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The Dividends Account
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Whether you're paying dividends in cash or stock, you'll want to recognize and record them according to the date the company declares them. Debit the retained earnings account for the total amount of the dividends that will be paid out. Then you can credit the dividends payable account on the date of declaration. When the company actually pays the dividend, enter the date of payment. A stock dividend is another type of dividend that doesn't involve the distribution of any cash to shareholders.
The par value here is the book value of the stock and should already be recorded in any company's books. The only other entry needed when issuing a cash dividend is the entry on the date on which the company actually pays the cash dividend.
Example of Using the Dividends Account
So, qualified dividends are capital gains for tax purposes. As a practical matter, most stock dividends in the U.S. qualify to be taxed as capital gains. Revenue accounts come from a company's income statement. A company's revenue usually includes income from both cash and credit sales. Debits and credits form the basis of the double-entry accounting system.
Then we translate these increase or decrease effects into debits and credits. In return for services to the client, the company received a $1,300 promise of payment.
This is simply a reshuffling of amounts within the equity section of the balance sheet. Thus, stock dividends are also not considered an expense. One effect of the company's $80 cash payment to its owner is an $80 reduction in cash resources. Since the owner received the cash, the sources of resources that decreased is stockholders' equity.
For example, on March 1, the board of directors of ABC International declares a $1 dividend to the holders of the company's 150,000 outstanding shares of common stock, to be paid on July 31. This remains a liability until July 31, when ABC pays the dividends.
Thus, the company's assets ($10,150) equal its total liabilities and stockholders' equity ($10,150). The accounting equation balances because the company recorded equal amounts of debits ($450) and credits ($450). When companies earn profits, they can either reinvest them or distribute them to shareholders in the form of dividends. Other companies issue dividends after a strong quarter or year. Accounting for dividends paid is a relatively simple process.
Upon payment, the company debits the dividends payable account and credits the cash account, thereby eliminating the liability by drawing down cash. Thus, the company's assets ($11,370) equal its total liabilities and stockholders' equity ($11,370). The accounting equation balances because the company recorded equal amounts of debits ($80) and credits ($80).
Instead, it simply dilutes the value of shares and transfers money between retained earnings and shareholder equity. If a stock dividend is issued instead of cash, this represents a reallocation of funds between the additional paid-in capital and retained earnings accounts.
Once again, the retained earnings account is used to summarize the source of resources generated by management. Remember, retained earnings is included in stockholders' equity because the owners of corporations, call stockholders, have a right to the resources generated by management. Dividends are usually paid as cash, but they may also be in the form of property or stock. Dividends can be ordinary or qualified, and all ordinary dividends are taxable as income. Qualified dividends receive the lower capital gains rate.
Thus, the company's assets ($11,450) equal its total liabilities and stockholders' equity ($11,450). The accounting equation balances because the company recorded equal amounts of debits ($1,300) and credits ($1,300).
This remains a liability until July 31, when ABC pays the dividends.
For example, on March 1, the board of directors of ABC International declares a $1 dividend to the holders of the company's 150,000 outstanding shares of common stock, to be paid on July 31.
This account will be credited (increased) on the date of declaration. Like the debit to retained earnings, the amount credited will be the total value of the dividends declared. This will function as a decrease in this account because money that could have been retained is being paid out instead. This entry is made on the date of declaration.Continuing the previous example, imagine you company has 10,000 shares outstanding (total shares) and decides to issue a dividend of $0.50 per share. Your total debit from retained earning would be the same as the total value of the dividend payout, or $5,000 ($0.50 x $10,000).
General Rules for Debits and Credits
On the date of payment (when the shares are distributed to shareholders), another accounting entry must be made. This is done by debiting the common stock dividends distributable account and crediting the common stock account by the same amount. This amount will be the amount previously credited to the common stock dividends distributable account. This account will be credited by an amount defined by the difference between the amount debited from retained earnings and the amount credited to common stock dividends distributable.
The specific stockholders' equity account that is reduced is retained earnings. The retained earnings account is reduced because a dividend is a distribution of resources to owners from those resources generated by management. When a dividend is declared, the total value is deducted from the company's retained earnings and transferred to a temporary liability sub-account called dividends payable. This means the company owes its shareholders money, but has not yet paid. When the dividend is eventually distributed, this liability is wiped clean and the company's cash sub-account is reduced by the same amount.
This account represent the amount of money distributed above and beyond the par value of the stock. This account will be credited by an amount defined by the number of shares distributed times the par value of the stock.
Recording changes in Income Statement Accounts
Do dividends increase with debit or credit?
When a corporation declares a cash dividend on its common stock, it will credit a current liability account Dividends Payable and will debit either: Retained Earnings, or. Dividends.
Because this is a cash payment, you would credit the cash account (decreasing it) and debit the dividends payable account (decreasing it). This is because both transactions represent money leaving the company. Again, the value recorded will be the total value of the dividends paid. The dividends payable account recorded how much the company owes to shareholders between declaring a dividend and actually paying it.
Journal Entry for Dividends
Without understanding how they work, it becomes very difficult to make any entries to a company's general ledger. When a dividend is later paid to shareholders, debit the Dividends Payable account and credit the Cash account, thereby reducing both cash and the offsetting liability. When a cash dividend is declared by the board of directors, debit the Retained Earnings account and credit the Dividends Payable account, thereby reducing equity and increasing liabilities. Thus, there is an immediate decline in the equity section of the balance sheet as soon as the board of directors declares a dividend, even though no cash has yet been paid out. You may need to create some of these accounts if your company has not issued cash dividends or stock dividends in the past.
Debit and Credit in Accounting
Promises of cash payments by clients are resources called accounts receivable. Accounts receivable are resources because they can be used. For example, accounts receivable can be held until the cash is received, they can be used as collateral for loans, or they can be sold outright for cash. Thus, the increase in accounts receivable increased the company's resources. Since the accounts receivable resource resulted from management's providing services to a client, the source of resources that increased is stockholders' equity.
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Realizing President Trump's goal of vastly strengthening America's naval might won't come cheap, and there are already signs that it is setting off an arms race on the high seas with an increasingly wary China.
A just-released report by the nonpartisan General Accounting Office (GAO) on the Navy's shipbuilding plans for the near future and the next 30 years estimates that raising the number of combat-ready vessels from the current 272 to "a fleet of 308 battle force ships" would cost a total of $566 billion dollars – or an average of $18.9 billion a year in 2016 dollars.
But Trump has said he wants a much larger number of combat vessels – as many as 350 ships – and a Navy "force assessment" released last December calls for a fleet of 355. The Navy wish list would push the price tag of the three-decade program up to $25 billion a year, or $750 billion over the next 30 years – a 60 percent increase over the current level of funding for new aircraft carriers, submarines, surface combat vessels and support ships, according to Navy Times. Those numbers do not include the cost of littoral combat ships or training ships.
Reuters says that China does not break out how much it spends on its navy and the official figure for overall defense spending for 2016 – almost $140 billion – is thought to be understated. But last year, prior to the presidency of Donald Trump, Reuters said Chinese defense spending saw a rise of just 7.6 percent after a two decade string of double-digit increases.
In 2016, China commissioned 18 new ships, Reuters said, and recent reports indicate that it is building two new aircraft carriers to join the single one it has now – a retrofitted ship bought from Ukraine that is nowhere near comparable to any of the 10 carriers the U.S. has plying the seas.
Each U.S. carrier has an air wing of some 60 aircraft, according to the CBO, and for most of the time period it analyzed, Navy plans call for 11 carriers to be operational.
In its report, the CBO pointed out that the Navy's shipbuilding goals over the next four years – which include four more Gerald Ford class aircraft carriers -- cannot be achieved under the budget caps that were imposed by Congress in 2011 and don't run out until 2021. The CBO estimates that to stay within the caps, the Navy would have to build 9 fewer ships than the 38 it envisions over that time period.
That suggests that to assemble the Navy that the President says is needed to reassert American military dominance, he will have to do a good deal of convincing on Capitol Hill.


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In 1994 Ken Finn and Mark Edelson's simple homebrews merged with restaurant entrepreneur Kevin Davies in the creation of Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant. Since those humble beginnings in Newark, DE, Iron Hill Brewery has developed 10 restaurants, including the one in Chestnut Hill.
by Len Lear
"Farm to table" has become a virtual mantra among many Philadelphia area restaurants in recent years, stressing the claim that they use fresh ingredients from local vendors and farmers instead of relying on processed foods, canned and boxed foods, etc. Well, unless the food is grown in the restaurant's backyard, it doesn't get any more local than the "Philly Grown, Philly Raised" dinners currently being held at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, 8400 Germantown Ave., using fresh produce from Weavers Way farms at Saul Agricultural High School in Roxborough and Awbury Arboretum in Germantown, both just a few miles from the restaurant.
On the first Wednesdays in July and August, Iron Hill offered a series of "Philly Grown, Philly Raised" menu additions highlighting the just-picked produce from Weavers Way Farms. There will be another one of the dinners on Wednesday, Sept. 3. The same thing was done last year, but there was virtually no promotion then. Dishes focus on locally raised ingredients, meant to pair with Iron Hill's beers, and are available a la carte in addition to their full menu from 5 to 10 p.m.
"Working closely with our neighboring farms allows us to offer our guests the freshest, most delicious produce around," said head chef Jared Cannon, 28, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. "We strive to serve local ingredients wherever possible, but these special menu additions are truly as seasonal as it gets, bringing the day's harvest right to the plate."
How did last Wednesday's "Philly Grown, Philly Raised" dinner go? "I would say without a doubt, it was definitely a success!," insisted Cannon. "I noticed something from the special (Weavers Way) menu — an appetizer, soup, entree or dessert — on 80% of the tickets all night. About 25% of all customers ordered their entire meals solely from our special offering of the Weavers Way products."
Menu additions included Weavers Way spring mix salad with sweet pepper, plum tomato, onion, cucumber, carrot and fresh herb vinaigrette; pan-seared halibut with braised Swiss chard, pea shoots and roasted shallot cream (ours was divine); crispy kale chips with lemon-yogurt sauce; and braised chicken and kale, a half-chicken braised in lemon-herb broth with kale, onions, fennel and cherry tomatoes (ours was undercooked); Some of dishes in the Sept. 3 dinner will most likely be: cauliflower grilled octopus, marinated and served with braised kale, tomato and beans; pan-seared Chilean sea bass with glazed hakueri turnips, baby bok choy, pea shoots and miso-ginger broth; and pan-roasted salmon with braised collard greens, roasted fingerling potatoes and radish raita sauce. Dishes range in price from $5.50 to $24.50.
Founded by home brewers Kevin Finn and Mark Edelson and restaurateur Kevin Davies in Newark, DE in 1996, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant has blossomed from one restaurant and brewery to 10 locations across the mid-Atlantic, with several more planned for the next three to five years. The Iron Hill restaurants are named after a Revolutionary War landmark in Delaware.
Recently a competition was held between the chefs of all 10 Iron Hill restaurants, in which the chefs were given a group of ingredients (unknown in advance) and told to make a three-course dinner within 60 minutes. Jared Cannon and his Chestnut Hill team came in first place and won a free dinner at Vetri in center city, where a fixed price dinner is $135 per person.
Jared Cannon, head chef at Iron Hill in Chestnut Hill, and his team won a cooking competition recently against the kitchen staffs from all other nine Iron Hill locations. Cannon was also asked to be a contestant on the "Chopped" TV cooking show last year, but he was unable to accept because of a prior commitment. (Photo by Len Lear)
I would certainly never claim to be a beer expert or even a beer aficionado, but one thing that has mystified me for years is how any human being with a palate could routinely drink some of these terrible liquid products on the market masquerading as beer, such as Bud Light or Coors Light. After all, would you go to a restaurant and order instant potatoes or instant coffee? Does this stuff even qualify as food?
Beer tastes best when it's fresh, not infiltrated with multi-syllabic Latin chemical names and not when it sits for months in a warehouse or on a shelf 2,000 or 3,000 miles away from where it was made. This is the reason for the explosive popularity of brewpubs, which generally sell beer they have made from scratch on the premises. And one of the best is undoubtedly Iron Hill.
My own favorites at Iron Hill have been the Pig Iron porter, a fabulous, robust, medium-bodied dark ale with a roasted flavor; Raspberry wheat, a sweet Belgian-style beer with a touch of raspberry aroma and flavor; and Heffe weizen, a spectacular medium-bodied, unfiltered Bavarian wheat beer with flavors of banana and clove.
Pairing drinks and food is a time-honored tradition that is routinely practiced by wine connoisseurs, but in today's world of more sophisticated and demanding customers, this ritual is also becoming commonplace with beer.
For example, Iron Hill is having a special six-course beer-and-cheese pairing dinner with some other goodies on Tuesday, Aug. 19, for $45 per person, which even includes the tip. My wife and I wanted to be there so badly that I cancelled an appointment I had arranged for the following day, Aug. 20, for a colonoscopy. (You're not allowed to eat any food the night before a colonoscopy.)
That's dedication to beer and cheese, gentle readers. I was tempted to call the medical office and tell them I was canceling the appointment because my colon had a previous engagement. (I will admit, though, that if the appointment had been for open heart surgery, I would have probably kept it.)
Iron Hill Chestnut Hill is open seven days a week. Every day until 11 p.m., guests can choose any two Iron Hill pizzas and a growler of house beer for just $25, available for take-out only. Happy Hour is offered Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m., and includes reduced prices on house and seasonal beers, house wines, specialty cocktails and shared plates.
So beers to you!
For more information about Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, visit www.ironhillbrewery.com or follow them on Twitter (@IronHillBrewery).
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Q: Is it too passive to start a sentence with 'To do something'?
There are two types of pollution, local pollution and non-local pollution. To quantify local pollution, this paper adopted a mass balance approach.

Actually the two sentences are from two paragraphs. The information of the first sentence is from a previous paragraph, and the 'To quantify' sentence is placed as the first sentence of the following paragraph.
I know I can reframe this sentence like 'this paper adopted a mass balance approach to quantify local pollution'. But I feel it lost the emphasis. But my supervisor said the sentence is too passive...

A: The sentence

To quantify local pollution, this paper adopted a mass balance approach.

is grammatically correct, although a present tense form would be better in my view:

To quantify local pollution, this paper adopts a mass balance approach.

Strictly speaking, this is not in the passive voice, as a subject ("this paper") is present. An actual passive version would be:

To quantify local pollution, a mass balance approach was used. (Note the absence of any agent here, even a personified thing such as "this paper")

However the sentence might sound more active, and be better writing, If this is recast to:

To quantify local pollution, I use a mass balance approach in this paper.

If you want, or are required, to avoid "I", you can write "the author uses" or "the author has adopted" instead.
It is perfectly normal to start a sentence, or indeed a paragraph, with a statement of purpose introduced by "to".

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Subject: Why the Silver Price Will Rise in This Post-Brexit Environment
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Why the Silver Price Will Rise in This Post-Brexit Environment
By Peter Krauth, Resource Specialist, Money Morning • June 27, 2016
Peter Krauth
The silver price saw a huge rally late last week thanks to arguably the biggest referendum in European history.
By now, you know the Brexit vote is over and Britons have chosen to leave the EU.
And the reaction was a classic "risk off/safety on" trade. Worldwide stock markets tanked, while the U.S. dollar, gold, and silver prices rose sharply.
I admit I was surprised. I thought the "Remain" side would win, even if by a slim margin. I expected Britons to stay with the status quo to avoid "rocking the boat." Many are already saying they regret voting to leave.
As a result, British Prime Minister David Cameron promised to resign in October. But something interesting happened, especially with regards to European stocks.
Here's how the FTSE, DAX, and CAC 40 – the respective benchmarks of the UK, Germany, and France – looked by the close on Friday…
You'll notice the FTSE sold off by a massive 10% after the open but ended the day down "only" about 3%. By contrast, German and French stocks were still down by about 7% and 8%, respectively, as the end of the trading day neared.
What that tells me is Europe feels it has more to lose from Britain leaving the EU than does Britain itself. Of course, the currencies reacted in the opposite direction, with the pound sterling down against the dollar and the euro.
But the bottom line is gold and silver did their job, providing shelter as safe-haven assets while the more traditional risk assets took it on the chin.
Let's look at the price of silver's crazy week last week…
How the Silver Price Performed Before and After the Brexit
Silver prices started last week with a solid jump. The metal bounced from $17.30 to $17.50 in early morning trading, but it fell back to $17.33 by market open. By the end of the day, the silver price had gained it back then climbed 0.6% higher to settle at $17.57.
On Tuesday, June 21, weakness set in as silver opened at $17.21. Prices eventually logged a loss of 1.8% and closed the day at $17.25.
As the polls from the Brexit vote started pouring in on Wednesday, silver prices were mostly static throughout the day. The results pointed to a small but likely win for the "Remain" side, which sent the silver price down only 0.2% to $17.22.
After a temporary early morning pop, the price of silver opened on Thursday at $17.27 and closed 0.2% lower at $17.24.
But it wasn't until Thursday night that serious silver price action began…
Silver prices soared into late Thursday night as the official Brexit vote results started to roll in. By midnight, the metal had surged 2.1% to reach $17.60.
Early Friday morning, the silver price had run up to $17.94. The gain from Thursday's close of $17.24 was 4% in a matter of hours. By the end of the day, the price of silver had cooled a bit to $17.84 for a gain of 3.5%.
And during those five trading days, here's how the U.S. Dollar Index performed…
It's uncanny how this chart resembles that of the silver price over the same time…
Much like the price of gold, I expect silver will back off in the weeks ahead as markets realize that Britain leaving the EU isn't the geopolitical crisis it was made out to be.
Despite possible volatility ahead, the Brexit aftermath doesn't diminish the potential for stronger silver prices this year and beyond…
Here's What Will Drive the Silver Price Higher in 2016
I'm confident in silver's long-term performance because I constantly look at the fundamentals. And what they're telling me right now is that the price of silver's future looks bright.
The technical indicators look bright as well. Even before the Brexit vote, silver managed to remain well above its 50-day moving average of $16.97. That's a feat gold prices only barely managed to pull off.
On the fundamental side, the biggest factor to watch is coin sales, which are growing at a rapid pace.
The U.S. Mint is seeing a lot of ongoing physical demand. In the first five months of this year, U.S. silver demand is up by 40% over the same period in 2015.
Naturally, the Mint has had to increase its weekly allocation of American Eagle silver coins in a big way. The previous weekly number of coins available was 1 million. That has just more than doubled, popping to 2.2 million this past week.
Furthermore, a report by research firm Transparency Market Research forecasts massive growth in the market for nanosilver. Sales of these tiny silver particles used in healthcare, electronics, and a host of other applications will soar from $700 million to $2.4 billion within just seven years.
And I also expect silver supply to remain tight for at least the next few years. In my view, the result is going to be much higher silver prices.
Stay tuned to Money Morning for more on the silver price following the Brexit vote. Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Q: What's the difference between SIP/XMPP for web conferencing and file-sharing? I want to setup a personal videoconferencing service for my family, friends and myself. The main problem I have with current options is that they are either closed-source and centralized (GG hangouts, skype) or open-source but not working in corporate environment or in hotels (due to strict firewalling rules and the "Skype is going through, if you want VOIP use that" kind of netadmin reaction).
I have two solutions then. Either setup a STUN/TURN relay server and use XMPP and SIP as I used to, but that would require my friends to setup that too. Or setup a whole VOIP server. 2 solutions come to mind: SIP and XMPP. Though to my knowledge, each of them ultimately uses the (S)RTP/RTCP protocol.
And that's the problem. Out of the specific signaling part used by the two of them, I really can't figure out the difference between them, their typical use case.

A: I think you're right in that as far as setting up a video conferencing system XMPP and SIP are  equivalent. They both are signalling only protocols and the media sessions they set up typically use RTP (although they can both be used to set up any kind of session you want but RTP is the norm).
The biggest problem is also going to be the one you mention about getting video streams out of a corporate firewall. Skype overcomes this obstacle by sending it's media over an SSL connection and is thus able to get through firewalls. Theoretically you could do the same with RTP and in the past I once used openvpn connections with a SIP client to test some audio calls. My experience wasn't great as the audio was very choppy, assumedly as a result of all the extra packaging that is required to get the high volume of small audio packets from one end to the other. That was nearly a decade ago though so perhaps with the better CPU and bandwidth resources available now it would work better.
Personally I think I'd stick with Skype as it's going to be a big hassle to set up your own system. If you were to go ahead with your own the first option I would try would be Asterisk combined with openvpn so that if the clients were behind a firewall or had NAT issues they could connect over it.


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Joe Budden Gets Emotional Discussing Depression, Says Most Of Our Favorite Rappers Suffer From Mental Illness
Joe is encouraging these hip hop artists to seek help.
by Jasmine Grant 8/23/2017
Anyone who has suffered from depression, anxiety or any other mental illness can tell you its not an easy topic to discuss with loved ones. This is even more true in the hip hop community, where image is everything and vulnerability is seen as weakness. Thankfully, artists like Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi and of course Joe Budden are doing the work to show that this is a topic we can, and should, address as a community.
During a recent appearance on the The Breakfast Club, Styles P broke down while revealing the details of his daughter's suicide in 2015. After playing a clip from the interview on his web series Everyday Struggle, Joe was brought to tears while being reminded of his own experience with depression.
"[That clip] was difficult," Joe says tearfully. "I'm gonna always react this way to that. As someone who has experience with that, as someone who has been suicidal, as someone who has battled depression…you never see the signs. I would love to see more people speak out on mental health issues the way that Styles is. I would like to see hip hop address it more. We're so powerful as a culture."
Kid Cudi Checks Into Rehab For Anxiety, Depression and Suicidal Urges
Both Joe and host Akademiks agree that it's healthy for the public to see "tough" rappers letting their guard down so that the stigma of mental illness can be erased and an honest conversation can be had. But deeper than that, Joe knows firsthand that many signs are in the music itself. "Most of these n–s are telling us how sick they are and what they're going through, so I try to listen to for it. I can't just jam. Chris Brown, you're talented but let's get some help. All of these people…Cudi, B.o.B who we're about to talk about, Kanye…you wanna talk about all artists that need help with mental health, that's a long f–king show."
Joe also adds that being a celebrity most times intensifies the symptoms of depression, "Fame puts a microscope on sh-t. So if you're sick when you get it, you'll probably be a lot sicker after it comes."
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Column: Woods apologized. Sort of.
Published April 8, 2012 6:27AM (EDT)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods apologized. Sort of.
He behaved better. Sort of.
None of it made much difference.
The peace of mind Woods used to know every time he stepped on a golf course is gone, if not for good, then certainly for the rest of this Masters. He will never get that back, at least not completely. It's like Superman finding out kryptonite followed him to a new planet. Woods is never going to be worry free again.
Dozens of times, for more than two years running, Woods kept saying how close he is to putting it all together. He said it four more times in the span of four minutes after his round Saturday. A win at Bay Hill two weeks ago — his first in 30 months — suggested Woods finally might be. His play this week said the opposite. His spoiled-child routine a day earlier — a kicked club, a few mock swings in anger, a handful of curses — suggested he knew that, too.
"Am I conscious of it? No. Certainly I'm frustrated at times," Woods said after shooting even-par 72, three strokes better than his round Friday — with only one slammed club.
"I apologize if I offend anybody by that, but I've hit some bad shots. It's certainly frustrating at times not to hit the ball where you need to hit it. I certainly heard that people didn't like me kicking the club.
"But I didn't like it, either," he added. "I hit it right in the bunker. Didn't feel good on my toe, either."
Ditto for his reputation.
Grace was never Woods' strongest suit. Ambition was, and the gulf between what he wants and what he has to settle for has likely never been wider. When he returned to golf at the Masters in 2010, a few months after that fateful post-Thanksgiving slalom down the driveway of his Florida mansion, he vowed to respect the game. Back then, Woods had no idea it was going to be this hard.
"All this club dropping all the time, he seems disgusted," said Hank Haney, his former coach, whose recent book "The Big Miss" has kicked up a stir.
"I'm not there watching his shots, and he did some of that when I had him. But it seems to me he's doing it a lot more now. Still, the notion that he should just go out and play, or have fun, or somehow just play like he used to, is nonsense. I hear people say it all the time, in things I read, or on TV, and it's just total nonsense.
"He's always been mechanical. He was always thinking about his swing, about his short game, about one adjustment or another he was convinced would make a difference. With a lot of touring pros, it's a defensive mechanism. They can't let too many doubts creep in. But there's a big difference between a textbook swing and one you can take to the golf course.
"And for some reason, he can't make that transfer. ... The strange thing is that before this tournament, he was on a run of pretty good results. He's still going to win a lot of tournaments," Haney said finally, "but probably not as many as he used to."
Woods is at 3 over, 12 shots off the lead, farther behind than he's ever been at the Masters. Late into the night Friday, using a spotlight provided by the club, Woods went to the practice range and pounded shot after shot into the darkness. His coach, Sean Foley, crouched alongside and tried to track the flight of the ball.
Despite the extra work, less than 24 hours later, Woods found himself another four strokes in arrears. Asked whether another practice session was on his schedule, Woods replied, "I'm a little tired. Last night took a little bit out of me and certainly (so did) trying to put everything I possibly had into this round to get it back. I'm going to go back and go lift, work out and get ready for tomorrow."
Someone asked Woods what he would need Sunday to get back into the tournament, recalling that just a few weeks ago, when the arrow on his game was pointing up, he shot a 62 in the final round of the Honda Classic to finish in a tie for second.
"That would be nice," Woods replied, almost wistfully. "I don't know. I don't know what the score is going to be because it's going to be dependent, obviously, on what these guys do today. If somebody shoots 4 or 5 under par and they're up there in the lead, it's going to be tough to go get 'em. But anything can happen. That's the thing.
"You can be 4, 5, 6 back going into the back nine and still win the golf tournament. Anything," he said, "can happen."
With that, Woods turned and headed for the parking lot, where he climbed behind the wheel of a black Mercedes SUV and headed for the exit. If he really believed he could still conjure up some of the old Masters magic, the mournful look on his face said otherwise, calling to mind a line from an old blues standard that goes, "I might be better, but I'll never be well."
Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke(at)ap.org and follow him at Twitter.com/JimLitke.


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Business News›Industry›Transportation›Airlines / Aviation›After turbulent April, domestic air passenger traffic grows by 2.96 per cent in May
After turbulent April, domestic air passenger traffic grows by 2.96 per cent in May
In April, domestic air passenger traffic had dropped by 4.5 per cent over the same period last year.
Updated: Jun 18, 2019, 06.00 PM IST
The market share of Air India, GoAir, AirAsia and Vistara were 13.5 pc, 11.1 pc, 6.3 pc and 4.7 pc, respectively, in May this year.
NEW DELHI: Domestic air passenger traffic saw a rebound in May as it increased by 2.96 per cent after a slump in April, according to the data released by aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday.
The domestic air traffic in May this year consisted of 12.20 million passengers as compared to 11.85 million passengers in the same month last year, a jump of 2.96 per cent, as per the data.
Suspension of operations by Jet Airways on April 17 due to lack of funds was considered to be one of the primary reasons why domestic air traffic saw a fall in that month.
IndiGo maintained its lead position with 49 per cent share of the domestic passenger market in May, the data showed.
SpiceJet's market share increased from 13.1 per cent in April to 14.8 per cent in May, giving it the number two spot, as per the data.
The market share of Air India, GoAir, AirAsia and Vistara were 13.5 per cent, 11.1 per cent, 6.3 per cent and 4.7 per cent, respectively, in May this year.
"During May 2019, a total of 746 passenger related complaints had been received by the scheduled domestic airlines. The number of complaints per 10,000 passengers carried for the month of May 2019 has been around 0.61," the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said.
Air India topped the list of passenger grievances with 1.7 complaints per 10,000 passengers in the month of May, while SpiceJet was on number two position with 0.6 complaints per 10,000 passengers, as per the DGCA data.
The passenger load factor -- which is measured by dividing the number of passengers to the number of available seats in a flight -- for SpiceJet was 93.9 per cent in May, as per the data.
"For the 50th month in a row SpiceJet has flown with the highest loads in India. In May, our PLF stood at 93.9 per cent. This is a feat unparalleled in global aviation industry and a huge milestone for SpiceJet. This record firmly establishes SpiceJet's standing as country's most preferred airline," said Shilpa Bhatia, Chief Sales and Revenue Officer of SpiceJet.
For GoAir, IndiGo, Air Asia and Vistara, the passenger load factor stood at 93.3 per cent, 90.9 per cent, 87.8 per cent and 85.6 per cent, respectively, in May.
Air India's passenger load factor was at 85 percent in May, the DGCA data showed.
Sharat Dhall, Chief Operating Officer (B2C) of Yatra.com, said, "Considering the slow growth in the last two months due to turbulence in the aviation industry, it is encouraging to see a month-on-month growth of 2.96 per cent."
"Induction of new aircraft and discounts offered by the airlines has marginally lifted the passenger traffic. We expect higher growth in the coming months as more seat capacity comes in and airlines are also likely to announce further sales as we move into the off-peak period," he added.
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GMR Airports wins contract for duty-free shops at Kannur International airport in Kerala
TruJet starts daily flights from Belagavi to Tirupati, Mysuru, Hyderabad
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IndiGo to start flights to Dammam from three Indian cities
Air India cost saving plans to add over Rs 700 crore per annum, as govt readies plan to divest stake
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Pink lemonade, anyone? This stunning bouquet of pink and yellow roses adds an instant smile to anyone's face - especially when they notice the gorgeous Couture Vase they get to keep using for years to come!
Elegant pink and yellow roses are contrasted with green bupleurum and variegated pittosporum.


Defenseman Josh Brown and forward Dryden Hunt each scored their first NHL goal as the host Florida Panthers defeated the Detroit Red Wings 6-1 on Sunday.
It was the 33rd NHL game for Hunt, 23, who signed with the Panthers in 2016 after going undrafted. Brown, 25, was Florida's sixth-round pick in 2013, and this was his 24th NHL game.
Hunt and Brown upstaged another Panthers rookie -- goalie Sam Montembeault, who had zero wins a couple of days ago but has now won two straight games after stopping 19 Wings shots.
Against the Wings, the Panthers also got one goal and one assist each from Aleksander Barkov and Jonathan Huberdeau. Barkov leads Florida with 77 points and has a career-best 30 goals. Huberdeau has a career-best 74 points and leads Florida with 52 assists.
The Panthers also got two assists each from defensemen Aaron Ekblad and MacKenzie Weegar.
Detroit, which got a goal from Thomas Vanek, has lost 10 of its past 11 games. Wings goalie Jimmy Howard had a rough game, making 37 saves.
Florida opened the scoring on Brown's goal with 6:42 expired in the first period. Troy Brouwer, who had the puck deep along the left boards, fired a centering pass to Brown, whose wobbly wrist shot beat Howard glove-side.
Less than three minutes later, the Panthers scored again. Detroit's Madison Bowey was called for hooking Huberdeau, and the Panthers capitalized just 13 seconds later. Ekblad fired from the left circle, and Jamie McGinn whiffed on his first try at a rebound before finding the back of the net.
The teams split scores in the second period. Frank Vatrano gave Florida a 3-0 lead when he redirected a pass from Ekblad.
Vanek's power-play goal cut Detroit's deficit to 3-1. Frans Nielsen's cross ice pass led to Vanek's one-timer, and Montembeault couldn't get over to his right in time.
From there, however, the Panthers scored three times in the first eight minutes of the third period, and the rout was on with those goals by Huberdeau, Hunt and Barkov.


Israel on Wednesday suffered the most intense heat wave to hit the country in over a decade. Temperatures ranged from 37ºC (98.6ºF) in Jerusalem to a sizzling 46ºC (114.8ºF) at the Dead Sea. The populous coastal plain was sweating with temperatures hitting between 42ºC (107ºF) to 44ºC (111ºF).
Unsurprisingly, the dry and hot weather resulted in not a few fires, one of which destroyed three houses in Tel Mond, not far from the coastal town of Netanya. A large forest fire blazed just outside Beit Shemesh in the hills west of Jerusalem.
The sweltering conditions delayed air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport, and Israel Railway officials ordered all passenger trains to keep their speeds below 80 kilometers per hour (50 mph).
Fortunately, the heat wave was forecast to break overnight with temperature falling slightly on Thursday and light rain predicted on Friday.
PHOTO: Israeli children cool themselves in a public fountain in Jerusalem.


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Product Love Podcast: Brandon Chu, VP of Product at Shopify (Part 1)
By Eric Boduch – January 8, 2020
If you're an avid reader, you've probably seen the name "Brandon Chu" floating around the PM-focused parts of the internet. He's the creator of the Black Box of Product Management, a site that "shines the light on the PM discipline." I've discovered so many amazing frameworks and insightful articles on his site that I knew I had to have him on the podcast.
Brandon is also the VP of product and GM of platform at Shopify, an e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. In this week's episode, we discussed Brandon's pivot into product management from financial modeling. He says he's always had an entrepreneurial heart, which explains how he's won so many tech startup contests just with a pitch deck and idea. He's even raised a quarter of a million dollars. Yes, really.
Brandon is also a bit unique in that he climbed the product ladder at Shopify while also shaping the PM function there. He joined Shopify when there were only five people with a product-related title, yet none were actually product managers at that time.
Brandon goes into detail about what it was like to define the product organization, even amidst skepticism about what product managers exactly do (a PM's favorite question). What defined success for product managers? How could they help their teams when the ratio to developers was 1:100? What steps did he take to figure out the team's mandate? How could he evangelize product within an engineering-centric organization? Brandon says it best when he says that his own story of growth is the story of the growth of product management at Shopify.
We also discussed his two favorite articles, "The First Principles of Product Management" and "Applying Leverage as a Product Manager." If you want to hear Brandon's advice for junior product managers and why he thinks the job of the product manager is actually quite simple, listen to the episode above.
Notable moments
0:37 – Brandon Chu introduces himself and gives an overview of his background. He talks about his pivot from financial modeling and capital markets to the world of tech.
5:20 – He wanted more creative expressions outside his job, and met someone who could help him build a startup.
11:21 – When he first joined the product organization at Shopify.
11:55 – The executive team asked, "What is product management at Shopify?"
12:45 – The one-liner of what product management did at Shopify: "We're here to help the team ship the right thing."
13:15 – Brandon's consulting mindset when it comes to the early days of product management at Shopify.
16:10 – The ratio of PMs to devs? 1:100.
17:28 – Brandon talks about the recognition of product management at Shopify post-IPO and the importance of earning trust and immediately showing value.
20:40 – The team's mandate. Do they only work on features? What were their expectations? He also delves into the team's imposter syndrome.
23:30 – Judgment is what really matters to product managers, but it's often a difficult thing for PMs to get because they're hyper-analytical and rational.
24:05 – Brandon has promoted several junior product managers and shares advice on how they can best grow.
26:40 – Brandon delves into one of his articles, "Making Good Decisions." Product managers need to understand their company's vision and strategy and how their decisions roll up to that.
28:55 – Brandon talks about why he started the BlackBox of Product Management. A lot of the writing was him clarifying his own thinking.
32:52 – Sum up product management in one word: context. There's no playbook. Context dominates what's happening.
34:50 – "The First Principles of Product Management."
36:55 – How do you explain product management to your family?
37:23 – Brandon talks about "Applying Leverage as a Product Manager." Don't waste your time doing the busywork of backlog management.
39:52 – Why Shopify product teams spend less time on backlog management.
40:45 – Brandon's advice for PMs on how to put together a vision.
42:11 – You can't build a good product strategy without understanding the company and business strategy. Product managers need to know what matters to the org.
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Eric Boduch
Eric Boduch is the Chief Evangelist for Pendo. Previously, he served as the CEO of Brainstorm SMS Technologies LLC (dba SMaSh, Inc.) and was the co-founder and CEO of several other companies. Eric holds a Bachelor of Science from The School of Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Electrical and Computer Engineering and is a graduate of its Executive Management Program.
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We live in a hectic world full of stress. The medical community as a whole believes that stress is one of the main causes of early aging and deterioration of health. Stress has been linked to hypertension, a medical condition that plagues millions of people world-wide.
With all the information available today about the damaging effects of uncontrolled stress, it's imperative that to take stress reduction seriously.
Especially when you consider that experts estimate that "90% of all illness and disease is somehow tied to stress.
The fact remains that we live in a stress filled world. Our lives are more fast paced than ever before and it would be nearly impossible to completely eliminate the pressure and anxiety that goes hand-and-hand with living today.
But we need to do something so that stress does not have its way with us and that's where massage therapy comes in.
Fortunately, massage therapy is a safe, enjoyable and a proven way to reduce stress in your life and its negative effects.
In addition to all the physical benefits massage therapy offers, its also a nice soothing way to reduce stress and experience that often needed relaxation. And because its 100% natural, massage therapy does not have any significant side effects.
Champaka Thai Massage specializes in using massage therapy to significantly reduce your stress. Our approach to addressing your stress through massage therapy is proven.


Layout of a wine label made for the Portuguese market.
The briefing called for a funny and humorous piece, for an exclusive wine that would be distributed in a racing event.
It was not used in the end, but I enjoyed the results.


Sun sextile Pluto pulls the shadowy planet out of the underworld and puts it in supposedly soft aspect. But if it was such a soft aspect then why do we have Peter Sutcliffe and Fred West in here? Two serial killers who sexually abused their victims. The sextile is like the blooming flower with Pluto it's more like they are coyly poking out their first petals. Sun sextile to Pluto likes to play devils advocate, they are provocative, but they are not overt in their style.
They slip in and out of the shadows, teasing, while flashing a little piece of taboo titbit. They make enthusiastic researchers, probing deep but also thoroughly, regarding their subject from every conceivable angle. They leave no stone unturned in their pursuit of the truth. They are obsessive when it comes to unearthing secrets and solving mysteries. They like to expose injustice and as artists are likely to cover grissly and taboo subject matter. They can turn darkness into an art form.
Celebrities with the Sun Pluto sextile are Cilla Black (11′) who played the trickster cupid in her matchmaking programe "Blind Date", Obsessive genius Albert Einstein (73′), dark songbirds Bob Dylan (78′) and KD Lang (00′), British serial killers Fred West (18′) and Peter Sutcliffe (70′). Artist Tracy Emin took the taboo to extremes by exhibited her unmade bed, complete with used condoms and bloodstained underwear. Satirical comic Peter Sellers (32′) was known for being a nasty piece of work in real life, while his co-star and "good" twin, sizzling Sophia Loren (65′) also has this aspect.
This answers a lot for me, too, as I recognize myself here. Thank you.
No wonder I have such a weird taste in music!
I was wondering, if you have a chance to do a write up on Tracy Emin's chart eventually, just because, I realize when she was writing about some things, concerning her youth, it could have mirrored my own.. and it made me curious about what sign she was..
I was shocked to find she was a Cancerian. Certainly the Moon sextile Pluto is a relationship of possibilities with the balancing of "darker" elements and daily life.
I always thought her work became so desired because it was like the power people were buying a bit of someone's tormented soul.
Marina..here we go again…"twins" !!!!
I've got this aspect – albeit in a wider orb of 4 degrees applying. Fascinating to know who else shares it …. I do recognise the obsessive researcher and the need to unearth things, and the need to expose injustice. And with Pluto in my 5th, some of my artwork is disturbing. I love the image of slipping in and out of the shadows.


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Geert Wilders: maverick who could ride anti-Islam wave to the top of Dutch politics
Anders Widfeldt
He's been called a "demagoue" and a "cheat" by the UN human rights chief and his party's electoral platform, which calls for all mosques and Islamic schools to be closed, radicalised Muslims to be arrested as a precaution and a complete stop to asylum in the Netherlands has been called a "societal threat" by the prime minister. But none of that is likely to bother Geert Wilders.
Despite what many would view as his extreme views on Islam and immigration, his party is riding high in the polls and looks set to be the largest in the Dutch parliament after the next election in March 2017.
theconversation.com/geert-wilders-maverick-who-could-ride-anti-islam-wave-to-the-top-of-dutch-politics-64992


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Kaduna: Public schools to operate only 4 working days – State Govt.
January 10, 2022 January 10, 2022 Aminu Imam
As schools resume for the 2021/2022 academic session, the Kaduna State Government has directed all public schools in the State to operate only four working days a week, between Monday to Thursday instead of the usual five working days.
The directive was given by the state Commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal, in a notice for school resumption for the second term of the 2021/2022 academic session.
As a result, the commissioner explained that the 2021/2022 academic calendar would be adjusted to ensure coverage of the curriculum for the academic session.
She also informed all parents, guardians, and the public to note that the State government has approved January 10 as the resumption date for the second term of the 2021/2022 academic session.
This, according to Lawal, is even as the state government advised parents, guardians and students to comply with all public health guidelines by adopting all protective measures against COVID-19.
The directive to public schools comes five weeks after the state government migrated to a four-day working week for all civil servants.
The State governor's spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, had explained that the decision was designed to help boost productivity, improve work-life balance, and enable workers to have more time for their families, for rest, and agriculture.
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Q: Unable to create a new entry in Apache Directory studio for LDAP integration with AEM Getting following error:

Error while creating entry
   - [LDAP: error code 67 - NOT_ALLOWED_ON_RDN: failed for MessageType : ADD_REQUES
    java.lang.Exception: [LDAP: error code 67 - NOT_ALLOWED_ON_RDN: failed for MessageType : ADD_REQUEST
  Message ID : 15
      Add Request :
  Entry
      dn[n]: cn=bella+uid=bella+userPassword=54321,dc=example,dc=com
      objectClass: person
      objectClass: top
      objectClass: uidObject
      uid: bella
      sn: mcdonald
      cn: bella
      userPassword: 0x35 0x34 0x33 0x32 0x31
  : ERR_62 Entry cn=bella+uid=bella+userPassword=54321,dc=example,dc=com does not have the userPassword attributeType, which is part of the RDN";]
      at org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core.io.api.DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.checkResponse(DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.java:1374)
      at org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core.io.api.DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.access$9(DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.java:1342)
      at org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core.io.api.DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper$6.run(DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.java:958)
      at org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core.io.api.DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.runAndMonitor(DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.java:1269)
      at org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core.io.api.DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.checkConnectionAndRunAndMonitor(DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.java:1205)
      at org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core.io.api.DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.createEntry(DirectoryApiConnectionWrapper.java:980)
      at org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.core.jobs.CreateEntryRunnable.createEntry(CreateEntryRunnable.java:225)
      at org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.core.jobs.CreateEntryRunnable.run(CreateEntryRunnable.java:124)
      at org.apache.directory.studio.connection.ui.RunnableContextRunner$1.run(RunnableContextRunner.java:116)
      at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:119)
[LDAP: error code 67 - NOT_ALLOWED_ON_RDN: failed for MessageType : ADD_REQUEST
  Message ID : 15
      Add Request :
  Entry
      dn[n]: cn=bella+uid=bella+userPassword=54321,dc=example,dc=com
      objectClass: person
      objectClass: top
      objectClass: uidObject
      uid: bella
      sn: mcdonald
      cn: bella
      userPassword: 0x35 0x34 0x33 0x32 0x31
  : ERR_62 Entry cn=bella+uid=bella+userPassword=54321,dc=example,dc=com does not have the userPassword attributeType, which is part of the RDN";]

I have tried on 6.1 and 6.3 version of AEM, but it is still not working.

A: The error message says:
Your client is trying to add an entry with RDN cn=bella+uid=bella+userPassword=54321 but the entry itself does not contain the attribute with the value userPassword: 54321.
Whatever LDAP client you're using this is a horrible security nightmare!
You really MUST NOT put the userPassword in the RDN because it would be readable for any LDAP client allowed to search the user entry.

A: Two issues here :
Grabbed this from your error message : cn=bella+uid=bella+userPassword=54321,dc=example,dc=com
Issue #1 : Fundamentally, you are doing wrong. Please do not put userPassword in your DN ever. Everyone can see that password. DNs are not hidden.
Issue #2 : The objectClass included in the LDAPEntry do not contain the attribute userPassword. Please include organizationalPerson or user in your LDAP entry.


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Sanders: Congress not 'smart enough' to check Trump's taxes
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has declared that the current members of Congress are not "smart enough" to review President Trump's tax returns.
"I don't think Congress, particularly not this group of Congressmen and women are smart enough to look through the thousands of pages that I would assume that president Trump's taxes will be," she said during an appearance on Fox News Sunday. "My guess is most of them don't do their own taxes, and I certainly don't trust them to look through the decades of success that the president has and determine anything."
Her remarks come in the wake of House Democrats' request to the IRS to hand over Trump's tax returns.
RELATED: White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders
"House Democrats are giving the Trump administration a hard deadline of April 23 to turn over the president's tax returns, pushing back against Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's skepticism over their request for the private records," the Washington Post reported Saturday.
Trump is the first president in decades not to volunteer the information, saying his returns are under audit. Notably, there is no law that prohibits returns under review from being shared.
Ilhan Omar responds after Trump shares 9/11 video
Ocasio-Cortez defends Omar amid 9/11 controversy: GOP is 'happy to weaponize her faith'
Rep. Ilhan Omar gave a simple answer to Stephen Colbert when asked about a 'Fox Friends' host who questioned if she's 'an American first'
Article source: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/04/14/sanders-congress-not-smart-enough-to-check-trumps-taxes/23711553/


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Indian Family in Finland
Multiculturalism Family Life
The Family: The Father and the Mother are from India and have together a 16 years old son. They have been living in Finland for the last 6 years.
Multilingual at Home
The mother explained the different languages the family speaks at home expect of the Finnish language. "India is a multicultural and multilingual country. Therefore, we are used to speak at least three languages even at home. My mother tongue is Marathi, and the national language is Hindi. The English language is widely used all over the country. We have lived in different states therefore we have picked up languages of those states as well. They are easy to learn as they have some similarities with other Indian languages".
The Good side of Finland
"The health care system and free education for all is one of the highlights for me. Free and easily accessible health care system is unheard of in India".
"In general, the Finnish people are curious about the Indian culture and want to know more about it. They respect hard work and well-educated people. Since there is a demand for Indian food, there are Indian restaurants at many places and it's good to go out and have traditional food occasionally".
"We have slowly but surely adapted and acclimatized to the weather, the norms followed in public places and begun to appreciate its pros. The neighbours are friendly although we rarely talk. Greeting and smiling when passing each other is one thing that I absolutely love about people here. Almost everyone understands English, so it is fairly easy to survive in this cold country".
"I am able to wear Indian clothes at work, in public places without any discomfort. People have become used to seeing Indians wear their own traditional clothes and generally give appreciating glances rather than gawking".
To conclude, "I believe Finland is a fairly good country for immigrants and foreigners as we are free to practice our religions and traditions, English language is spoken by most of the people and it is starting to accept and appreciate different cultures".
Ganesh festival which is celebrated for 5 days every August and September
"Best thing about Finland is the forest"
The Finnish Language
Regarding the Finnish language, the mother stated that the language is vastly different and difficult. "Finnish is altogether another matter. It is very different and a difficult language. My husband does not speak Finnish at all. My child has been studying in an international school, so his Finnish language skills are pretty basic. I can make decent conversations in Finnish but am slightly apprehensive when speaking it in official situations".
The mother referred to the bright side as, "It is a good thing that the Finnish government helps foreigners integrate into the society by teaching them the language and about the culture. I have gained immensely from such courses".
Although the help of the Finnish courses, there is still a language barrier that affected the mother's life, "I have a higher qualification from India, but due to the language factor I have not been able to land a job of my liking and qualification. I am still trying to improve the language skills and get a good paying job".
Culture Differences concerning Child Upbringing
The mother pointed out the dissimilar norms regarding raising a child followed in Finland and in India:
"We strictly follow the Indian traditions and beliefs at home. We are practicing Hindus but consider ourselves liberal enough to appreciate and recognize other cultures as well. We have lived in Canada and Germany before moving to Finland. It was a different experience in both these countries".
"Child upbringing is the most important thing for Indian families. There is a vast difference in the norms followed in Finland and in India. Being disciplined is one of them. We love the children as much as we want them to be disciplined and be respectful to elders. Studies are very important as well".
"I have had a weird experience when the teacher made a child welfare notification because we were wanting our boy to do well in school and get good grades. They thought we were pressurizing the child. This was done without even once talking about it with us or taking up the issue with us. We were surprised and it was something that didn't go well with us".
"The good thing was the social workers were extremely cooperative, knew a little about our culture, were willing to know more about family life and expectations from children in India and listened to our views, understood our reasons behind the gentle prodding to the child and dismissed the whole thing. Although it was a stressful situation, we are thankful that the authorities give due attention to the well-being of the children and are concerned for their mental and physical health. We had a discussion with other families (non-Finnish) and they had similar stories to tell".
"I hope this is not some kind of discrimination against the foreigners and they pay more attention to all children and take up more grave issues concerning Finnish families as well".
Food & Social Difficulties
The mother described the challenges the family has regarding food and social life.
"My husband is very picky about food and carries home cooked food to work. He has Indian colleagues and they eat lunch together. Being vegetarians there is very few options available at workplaces and sometimes it becomes a problem for all of us. We are trying to adjust to this fact".
"Social life is many times restricted to the Indian community only. We all have friends from the workplace, but it is restricted only for work. I have not found many Finnish friends wanting to socialize with us on holidays or weekends as a family. But some of them have been interested in Indian food and culture. Therefore, interaction other than work or school with Finnish people is very less".
In addition, the mother said that she never personally faced racism, but her son has faced it on public transport.
'When in Rome, do as the Romans do'
"It is important to follow your own customs, but it is beneficial if one behaves in accordance with the Finnish cultural norms in public places. People appreciate the fact and are more welcoming and tolerating towards us"
Find your Safe net and Integrate
"Family is very important in a foreign country to maintain and follow your own culture and they are your own cocoon where you find safety and love. If not Finnish friends, have a small but trustworthy friend circle who will help you in need. Ask for help when needed. There is no need to live in isolation. Take part in Finnish celebrations and programs to be able to integrate better in the society"
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By now, pretty much anybody reading this article is well aware of how geeks from far and wide flock to San Diego Comic-Con every July, an event that is probably the biggest celebration of pop culture around. And, truth be told, it's quite understandable that they do so given that trailers for the most highly anticipated movies tend to drop there, not to mention a few earth-shattering announcements that may be in tow.
Some other cool things that fans can usually bank on are screenings for the most talked about pilots the coming season of television has to offer and, to nobody's surprise, this year will be no different. As it turns out, the debut episodes for both Black Lightning and Krypton will be shown to those lucky enough to be in attendance, despite the fact that neither will air until 2018 on The CW and SyFy, respectively.
Sure, the stars of these shows have been doing all they can to get us hyped already, but you have to admit that any positive buzz coming from the SDCC show floor will do wonders for both. So, if you happen to be in an opportune position, we think it's in your best interest that you head over to either Ballroom 20 or the Indigo Ballroom on Saturday, July 22 in order to take part in the festivities.
Saturday is a big day for WBTV, which takes over Ballroom 20 for most of the day. Riverdale will get the day started with a panel from 11 am – 11:45 am. The Arrowverse block begins with Supergirl at 3:30 pm – 4:10 pm; continues with DC's Legends of Tomorrow (4:10 pm – 4:50 pm), Black Lightning (4:50 pm – 5:10 pm) and The Flash (5:10 pm – 5:50 pm); and concludes with Arrow (5:50 pm – 6:30 pm). Meanwhile, in the Indigo Ballroom, Krypton will host its own panel from 1:15 pm – 1:45 pm, the Lucifer panel will run 1:50 pm – 2:50 pm and the Gotham panel will kick off at 2:50 pm and run until 3:50 pm.
Aside from the Black Lightning and Krypton panels, it's also recommended that you try to attend the others as each are said to include a "special video presentation," so it's highly possible that new trailers will be ready to rock.


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Well, that was impressive fast!....
Where is the documentation?
I want to know which structure you use about memory?
and how did it handle threads/processes?
by the way CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
FAT32 is unsupported afaik. FAT16 is, information and utils can be found on http://www.msx.ch/sunformsx/download/idetxt/instr-fat16.html
Does anyone know if this is limited to Sunrise IDE's?
By Haohmaru
Paladin (773)
For FAT16 to work, you need the FAT16 tool. Get it here.
Having a FAT12 partition to boot from and to place programs that are not FAT16 compatible is a good thing btw ;)
And again, without the . : http://www.msx.ch/sunformsx/download/idetxt/instr-fat16.html ;)
By Algorythms
I am IMPRESSED!!! Now if you could also adapt it to the Gfx9000 graphics card I'd be stunned!
Very impressive work Prodatron. I want to see how you are pushing V9938 VDP and our MSX Next Navarparty I will have a Desktop MSX 2 ^^... great!
PS: I have my IDE broken... can I fix it sending it to Sunrise?
I started to write several documentations and libraries last year:
http://www.symbos.de/download.htm#marke2
There you can download the "developer documentation". As the CPC guys are all so lazy I stopped with the documentation, as it was useless, if nobody is interested in it. So there is no documented example source code yet, but I will do this soon, when the MSX version is ready for a (beta) release.
But you will still find most information you need, also the memory structure is documented. In the MSX version the "file manager" module will be placed in the first ram bank, where the CPC has its video ram, so the "memory map" document is not 100% correct.
By Sousuke
Wow, looks nice Prodatron! Very impressive all this
By Trebmint
Very cool Prodatron, and I must admit even the 2:1 as opposed to the 1:1 resolution isn't as big an issue I thought it would be - weird. I wonder what Symtris looks like? Anyway Top Stuff
By wolf_
Ambassador_ (9842)
Does every window store the background-screen/gfx it's located on? (to restore the screen after close/move/resize)
If yes: what happens when one has, like, 10 fullscreen windows? 10 storage buffers?


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Six months and two days — that's how long Tyler and I have shared a last name. That's six months and two days of inside jokes, road trips, late-night grilled cheeses, Netflix binges (currently "Breaking Bad"), sushi dates and lots of photos.
Though our relationship doesn't look any different now that we're married, there's something new deep down, an understanding that wasn't there before October 17 — an understanding that for better or worse, we are each other's.
I took these portraits Saturday evening (after one of those sushi dates). Maybe it's just me, but I could look at those blue eyes all day!
winter, in film + a love letter
Dear film,
Have I told you lately that I love you? I love your imperfections and the way your humble demeanor brings out the beauty in everyone. You aren't loud or pretentious. You love bright spaces. You help me remember otherwise forgotten days, like Tyler's and my Saturday meanderings, the first snow of the year or my nephew's soft smile. You encourage me to be patient, to slow down. When modern conveniences tell you no, you whisper yes. Your faithfulness proves them wrong.
We should all be more like you.
From Roanoke to New Orleans, and back
After more than 1,700 miles, 25 driving hours, three hotels and six beignets, Tyler and I are finally home from a week-long work trip to New Orleans.
Like business trips usually go, there wasn't enough time for exploring. But I tried to make the most of it, even if that meant taking photos from the car (or from my van chair, as Tyler calls it) or walking down Bourbon Street after a 10-hour day on my feet.
Even though it felt like we spent most of our time in the rental van, that's OK. This where Tyler learned I can do a spot-on impression of James Blunt and where I learned he's a boss at long-distance driving. I guess road trips are where our talents really shine...
Also, the following conversation from last night sums up our trip perfectly:
Me: What was your favorite moment of New Orleans?
Tyler: Watching Netflix in bed. [True, but sad]
Me: Come on.
Tyler: OK, well definitely not our first dinner there. [Mediocre and overpriced]
Tyler: My favorite moment was probably eating at that little cafe on Valentine's Day ... and sitting in my van chair. [We fell in love this weekend, but not with each other. With a roomy, high-speed van.]
Feb. 11 // We left snowy Virginia and headed for 70-degree Louisiana.
The lights of Birmingham, where we stopped that night. This is what you do when you've been in the car for seven hours.
Feb. 12 // Finally made it to New Orleans on Friday afternoon. Remnants of Mardi Gras lingered throughout the city.
Cafe du Monde was the one touristy place I had to visit.
... even though Tyler and I were drained.
Beads in trees — some of those aforementioned Mardi Gras remnants.
Feb. 14 // Valentine's Day dinner at Cafe Beignet. This quiet, open-air restaurant was our best find. (iPhone photo)
Our brief walk down Bourbon Street before heading back to watch Netflix. Because we're old now. (iPhone photo)
Feb. 16 // (Left) Last look from our hotel window. (Right) Last glimpse of New Orleans on the way out.
Settling in for the long drive back home.
Somewhere.
Wall art in Laurel, Mississippi.
Gas station in Georgia. The rain eventually turned into snow, forcing us to call it quits after 10 hours of driving.
This is how we survived Snow Storm Jonas
Well, we made it. Thanks to my new favorite cookies and an old tripod, our first major snow storm together was a success.
I got these adorable camera cookie-cutters for Christmas (thanks, Mom!) and knew this weekend would be the prime time for their debut. Turns out, decorating camera-shaped cookies is almost as fun as taking photos.
On Saturday, I forced us out of the apartment for some photos (of course). The skies were gray, the streets were deserted and plowing hadn't quite started yet — it was perfect. And once we started throwing snow, Tyler was super into it.
Our year-long film project
One photo every month for all of 2015. That was my and Tyler's project for our 1950s Kodak Duaflex, which offers a perfect 12 frames a roll.
Some months, our big events made the image easy to choose — Tyler's' graduation in May, our wedding in October, our first Christmas. Other months, the moments were smaller — a walk along the beach or a candlelit game of Yahtzee.
Each month, this film project encouraged us to think about what was important, what single moment would sum up 30 days.
Despite our best intentions and highest hopes, a few photos came out too dark. March didn't come out at all. But that's ok. If there's one thing 2015 taught us, it's that we are infinitely blessed to have shared these moments and millions more.
January // Tyler started an internship at The O'Connor Group in Roanoke.
February // A snowy Valentine's Day in Radford.
April // Our engagement photo session in Norfolk.
May // Tyler's graduation.
June // Tyler had just started working at Roanoke Railhouse and we had signed a lease for an apartment. This scene represents the start of our life together in Roanoke (and you can see our camera reflected on the left).
July // A summer storm ended with a power-outage and a candlelit game of Yahtzee. A small moment, but one we loved.
August // A much-needed trip away to the bay.
September // Moved into our first apartment together.
October // Married!
November // Tyler's birthday dinner. He's standing in front of the lights outside the restaurant, promise.
December // First Christmas! I'm on the right, opening presents by the tree.
November and December, in film
Though only 12 of the 24 frames actually turned out, I'm looking at this roll half-full. Most are from Tyler's 24th birthday, which we spent in Norfolk. We walked the quiet, tourist-less bay that day and scoured for sea glass — our favorite.
Another handful is from a warm December drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Another, of my new nephew Connor.
But my favorite (the last one below) is one I didn't even know about. Somehow Tyler knew the sweetest way to surprise me would be to sneak a note onto this roll of film. Smiling, I suddenly realized that the best and worst thing about film is the same: It's unpredictable.
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 1/6/2015
I began the year with more interviews at the Rescue Mission. During my first evening back, I sat down with 27-year-old Tasha, whose daughter's hand is photographed here. Tasha gave birth nine months before she was released from prison. "I got to spend four days and three nights with her," Tasha told me. "I was up the whole time. Nonstop. No sleep, no rest. I was like, 'I can sleep when I go back.'" Tasha's six young children are very close. "If you see one, you see them all. They're so close that my boys taught her how to walk, because I wasn't there."
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 1/10/2015
A few days later, I spent a sunny afternoon with Joy, a Project Hands interviewee battling the final stage of ovarian cancer. My goal that day was simple: Be with Joy and her caretaker Shirlene, and witness their abiding friendship.
After my first lunch at the Mission and a trip to Joy's favorite library branch, we ended our day in their shared living space at the Rescue Mission. It was bright and roomy — much like their hearts, I learned. I took portraits of Joy by the window, in her flowered armchair and reading from the books that uplifted her. Then I left, feeling once again bettered by their presence, warmed by their light.
In the handful of times I spent with Joy, she lived up to her name, often flashing her cheek-plumping smile and laughing — all while fighting the war that raged inside her. With an open, faithful heart, she made the most of the time she had.
But it's the opposite that strikes me most about this photo — it's a rare peek into the inevitable worry, fear and sadness that only someone with a terminal diagnosis experiences. Joy passed away nine months after that visit, on Oct. 21.
This is Jasim, an Iraqi refugee I interviewed for Project Hands. I took this portrait — one of my favorites, ever — during a warm February afternoon at the Rescue Mission. When I visited him that day, I expected to see the same scared and lonely man I had met a few months earlier. But I was wrong. The Jasim that greeted me in the reception area of the Rescue Mission was comfortable, almost sanguine. His demeanor wasn't unlike the sun-drenched hallway where I photographed. He spent most of our time together smiling and laughing. He told me he's learning more English from books at the library. He goes to his doctor appointments. He told me that he's looking forward to one day having his own apartment (which he has now, by the way).
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 3/25/2015
Carrie, who poses here with images of her four children, was one of the last Rescue Mission guests I interviewed for Project Hands. I met with her in March, after being contacted by The Roanoke Times about a story on Project Hands. Arts Editor Mike Allen joined me for this interview.
At the time of our sit-down, Carrie hadn't seen her children in almost three years. "My sister committed federal kidnapping," said Carrie, who traveled to Virginia alone in an effort to get her kids back. "She had custody in Montana, and only Montana. Then she left the state."
Speaking about her children was emotional for Carrie, who had only been at the Rescue Mission for two weeks at that point. "It's probably scariest for my youngest. He doesn't know his grandparents. He doesn't know his dad. But my kids are very close. My second-oldest likes to be the mommy while I'm gone."
Her two youngest children have mild forms of autism.
"Watching my daughter get tested for autism, I cried. It was like watching me. It saddens me that she's going through it. I've been diagnosed with dyslexia and ADD. Learning doesn't ever stop for me. When I was younger, I thought my parents took me out of school because I was having problems getting caught up after a respiratory flu. I had been out for two weeks, and couldn't catch back up. But they had taken me out because the kids were making fun of me.
I have a lot of ideas for creating programs for people like me and my children. I've heard about ones that have horses for therapy. Not only does it create jobs, but it also creates self-esteem for the children who come."
SALEM, VIRGINIA 4/16/2015
No matter what's happening on the field at a Salem Red Sox game, my attention is usually on the team's mascot, Mugsy. How can you not love a giant puppy that takes selfies in the rain?
This photo of my 2-year-old niece is from a post I wrote on how Project Hands has shaped the way I approach photography. "Since then — and especially since I began photographing at the Roanoke Rescue Mission — I've shot differently." I wrote. "I see a story in everything, every expression and of course, every hand. Ironically, by spending months focusing on one object, I've opened myself to a world of otherwise unnoticed details — ones that reveal who we are and what we hold onto the hardest."
INTERSTATE 95, VIRGINIA 6/5/2015
With so many of our friends getting married this year, my husband and I spent a lot of time on the road. This is my favorite photo from a June trip to Norfolk.
SALEM, VIRGINIA 7/2/2015
This summer, I photographed at the annual Salem Fair, the largest free-gate fair in the world. I hadn't been to the fair in 15 years or more, so it was like experiencing it for the first time.
SALEM, VIRGINIA 7/2/2015
Here's another favorite from the fair. I lapped the grounds about five times that evening, realizing that too often we forget that our own backyard is bursting with unexpected, untapped adventure. Hundreds photograph the colorful event each year, but no two experiences are the same.
Later that month, I was asked to photograph Pack the Park, an annual Rescue Mission event that promotes the Drumstick DASH and treats a group of Mission children to a game. Bombarded (I didn't mind) by excited requests to take their photo, I realized something huge that night:
Most of us take for granted the ability to capture moments with our family, our children, our friends. From iPhones and video recorders to hour-long sessions with professional photographers, our happy moments are extensively documented. Probably like most of you, I grew up with stacks of albums and DVDs filled with moments of my life. Those memories help me remember who I am and who I want to be — they forever anchor me to happy times. It breaks my heart to think that children of severely low-income families might never have that.
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 8/1/2015
This summer, I came across a Nature Valley commercial in which producers interviewed three generations of families. They asked each, "What did you like to do for fun as a kid?" The grandparents and parents responded with activities like fort-building, sledding, fishing and gardening. Smiling, they recalled vivid memories of friends and family.
The children, though, excitedly squeaked about video games, texting and their latest binge-watching accomplishments. I almost teared up, as some of my own childhood memories came rushing back — building snowmen, jumping in huge piles of leaves my dad would rake, playing made-up games with my neighbors. Instantly, I felt a renewed appreciation for growing up in a world void of smartphones, tablets and Netflix.
So when my 5-year-old nephew asked to have his annual camp night one weekend in August, I was even more eager to take photos, to document an evening in the life of a simple childhood and to remind us all to make little things like camp night important once again.
Another favorite image from that night. I love my niece's very serious expressions.
LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA 9/6/2015
I saw my first drive-in movie this September in Lexington. After losing a bet back in July, I had to plan a special date for Tyler and me. We started with a stop at Devil's Backbone, one of Tyler's favorite breweries. Then we grabbed some burgers at Pure Eats in downtown Lexington before heading to Hull's, the nation's first non-profit, community-owned drive-in theater.
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 10/8/2015
My nephew Caleb holds his new brother for the first time this October (analog photo). We had all been anxiously waiting for Connor — not just because we wanted to meet him, but also because his due date fell on the day before my wedding. When he came along nine days early, we all breathed a happy sigh of relief.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 10/22/2015
The wind whips through a tourist's hair on an evening ferry ride to Alcatraz. Tyler and I had been looking forward to this part of our honeymoon since buying the tickets in July. One bonus of the night tour is getting to see a sunset-drenched San Francisco from the Bay.
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 10/31/2015
My nephew shows off his Halloween costume. This was the year of the superhero obsession.
VINTON, VIRGINIA 11/11/2015
A beautiful moment from my first official family session.
Photos of my parents in front of their two-stocking mantel in Decatur, Ill. They're my favorites from a photo story I finished this Christmas, about the intricate stockings my mom hand-sews for every new member of our family. I love these images because they represent the start of something big. Before there were any children, son-in-laws or grandchildren, there were just my parents, waiting for the birth of their son and the adventure that would follow.
I remember the first Christmas we were one stocking short.
It was 2010 — the first Christmas without Dad. Like every other space emptied by his death, this one hurt.
But just as meaningful as the absence of one stocking is the presence of others.
Five years later, though we are still one sock short, our entire mantel is full. From end to end, hand-stitched letters and tiny sequins announce the addition of Charlie, Anna, Laura, Aubrey, Caleb, Amelia, Tyler and Connor.
Though they all feature a different holiday scene — a boy and his dog by the fire, Frosty and Santa sledding down a snowy hill — they all have one thing in common: Each was meticulously sewn together by my mom.
"I wanted them to be special for the people I care about," says Mom, who will continue to hand-stitch our stockings "as long as my fingers work."
The first one — for my brother, Charlie — was completed in March of 1980, shortly after he was born. My sister Anna's was added to the mantel two years later. Mom found them at a craft store in Illinois. Mine came along eight years later, in 1990 (which probably explains why my name is detailed in Puffy Paint).
For the next 17 Christmases, our fireplace would be home to five stockings.
Then Anna married Aubrey, and there were six.
Then Caleb was born.
"I wondered if I could make another one, then his turned out to be the most extravagant," Mom recalls.
Three years after Caleb, my niece and her stocking came along.
Then in 2014, I got engaged.
"I didn't start Tyler's until you got the ring," Mom admits, laughing.
When my second nephew came along in October, a stocking awaited him.
Over the past 35 years, my mom has made 11 stockings (Caleb, Amelia and Connor have one at my sister's house, too). And for a family that knows deep loss, seeing more stockings is a beautiful thing. We are thankful each year one is added, when the empty spaces are filled once again.
The woman I'm dedicating my December show to
"Project Hands: For the Stories We Hold" will be exhibited at the Alexander/Heath Contemporary Art Gallery from Dec. 4 to Jan. 9. Join me for opening night Dec. 4 from 5-10 p.m. Once again, proceeds will benefit the Roanoke Rescue Mission.
"Do you call the Rescue Mission a homeless shelter?" Joy asked me in January.
I was caught off-guard. Normally, I said, I refer to it as a "comprehensive shelter," alluding to the many back-on-your-feet programs it offers.
"Good," she said. "Because the Rescue Mission is my home."
Unlike the more than 200 people who stay at the Mission nightly, Joy was a hospice-care resident with stage IV ovarian cancer. Drained of financial resources, she and her caretaker Shirlene moved into the Mission in 2014.
"I'm here because I made a decision to be in a place where I would have peace," Joy told me during our first interview in December.
Since meeting Joy all those months ago, I have witnessed her inspire entire rooms of people, and I have seen her flood a sterile hospital room with laughter. Even in the face of death, she was a light. Cancer did not extinguish her spirit, her faith or her will to live.
The last time I saw Joy was Oct. 7 — 10 days before my wedding. Just as I was starting a new life, Joy was finishing hers, signing her name to final wishes.
Two weeks later, I returned home from my honeymoon to the news of Joy's passing.
"The staff knew it was coming soon, so many of our guests, program participants and staff were able to see her before she left us," the message read. "We got a few emails about how happy she was to see her Savior. The kids were able to sing to her and she prayed for them after."
So to honor Joy's memory, her fire and her intense encouragement of Project Hands (if it weren't for her urging, I would not have reached out to more galleries), this next show will be dedicated to her. I know she will be there in spirit.
Joy and her caretaker Shirlene at my 2nd Helpings show in May. Joy shared an excerpt of her story that evening.
Joy spoke at one of my employer's monthly company meetings. She was a powerful public speaker, and often presented at conferences and to groups around the country.
July and October, in film
I skipped a few months, whoops.
Once again, I had forgotten what the first chunk of images were on this latest roll of film. And once again, seeing them helped me remember some otherwise-forgotten moments and little adventures with the ones I love the most. Photos are such an awesome gift. One of the best adventures was welcoming new life into our family. World, meet my now 1-month-old nephew Connor!