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namespace Gaffer
{

class Plug;
class Node;

} // namespace Gaffer

namespace GafferUI
{

class GraphGadget;
class NodeGadget;

class GAFFERUI_API AnnotationsGadget : public Gadget
{

	public :

		~AnnotationsGadget() override;

		GAFFER_GRAPHCOMPONENT_DECLARE_TYPE( GafferUI::AnnotationsGadget, AnnotationsGadgetTypeId, Gadget );

		bool acceptsParent( const GraphComponent *potentialParent ) const override;

	protected :

		// Protected constructor and friend status so only GraphGadget can
		// construct us.
		AnnotationsGadget();
		friend class GraphGadget;

		void parentChanging( Gaffer::GraphComponent *newParent ) override;
		void doRenderLayer( Layer layer, const Style *style ) const override;

	private :

		GraphGadget *graphGadget();
		const GraphGadget *graphGadget() const;

		void graphGadgetChildAdded( GraphComponent *child );
		void graphGadgetChildRemoved( const GraphComponent *child );
		void nodeMetadataChanged( IECore::TypeId nodeTypeId, IECore::InternedString key, Gaffer::Node *node );

		struct StandardAnnotation
		{
			IECore::ConstStringDataPtr text;
			IECore::ConstColor3fDataPtr color;
		};

		struct Annotations
		{
			bool dirty = true;
			std::vector<StandardAnnotation> standardAnnotations;
			bool bookmarked = false;
			IECore::InternedString numericBookmark;
			bool renderable = false;
		};

		boost::signals::scoped_connection m_graphGadgetChildAddedConnection;
		boost::signals::scoped_connection m_graphGadgetChildRemovedConnection;

		using AnnotationsContainer = std::unordered_map<const NodeGadget *, Annotations>;
		mutable AnnotationsContainer m_annotations;

};

} // namespace GafferUI

#endif // GAFFERUI_ANNOTATIONSGADGET_H


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At life's end, more families choosing cremation
Matt Steecker and Patti Singer
When Kurt Eschbach began working in the death care industry in Binghamton in the late 1980s, about 10 percent to 13 percent of the families he sold funeral care services to requested cremations.
Eschbach, who now owns Hopler & Eschbach Funeral Home, said 60 percent of the services he currently sells involve cremation.
Across the country, cremation rates are rising as the share of traditional funeral home services such as burials are decreasing. The trend holds true in Monroe County and across New York state.
Half the dispositions of bodies in 2014 in Monroe County were cremations, according to state data. In 2003, 31 percent of dispositions were cremations. Over those dozen years, the rate increased every year but one.
For families who haven't talked about final wishes, some time may be needed to think about all the options — such as whether to have a service, what to do with the ashes. The decision has ramifications, said Mark Anthony, owner of Anthony Funeral & Cremation Chapels in Monroe County — not the least of which is, "cremation is irreversible. You can't change your mind."
According to the Cremation Association of North America, the national cremation rate surpassed 50 percent in 2016. The National Funeral Directors Association predicts the national projected cremation rate will reach 71 percent in 2030 and is expecting the burial rate to decrease to 23 percent.
Funeral homes are adapting to the changes, which they say are spurred in part by many changes in our modern lives, including fewer strict religious beliefs, increasing geographic mobility, economic realities and even environmental concerns.
"As some things have changed, funeral homes have had to change with it," said Gary Stoughton, funeral home director of Allen-Manzer Funeral Home in Spencer, Tioga County. "We are there to serve the consumer, the families, the people there. It's what they would want — what's meaningful to them."
Maggie Palmer, funeral home director for Herson Wagner Funeral Home in Ithaca, says the changes mean she spends less time developing relationships with families.
"There is a lack of rapport or bonding because it cuts the arrangement time and you may not coordinate with churches," Palmer said.
Not only have funeral homes had to adapt, but also the larger death care industry has changed as well, with businesses selling different products, services or changing pricing structures in order to stay afloat. Vault companies, for instance, sell units that store urns, called urn vaults, and more businesses make jewelry such as necklaces, bracelets and pendants that store less than a teaspoon worth of ashes.
From 2015 to 2017, there has been a 10 percent increase in the number of licensed crematories in the U.S., according to the 2017 National Funeral Directors Association Cremation and Burial Report. Almost 30 percent of funeral homes in the U.S. operate their own crematories and an additional 9 percent plan to open their own crematories within the next five years.
In New York state, excluding New York City, the state cremation rate rose from 27 percent in 2003 to 44 percent in 2014, according to the New York State Department of Health. The cremation rate in the Southern Tier has risen about 13 to 20 percentage points depending on the county. Tompkins County's rate was the highest at 60 percent, increasing from 47 percent in 2003. Broome County had one of the biggest jumps, increasing from 30 to 48 percent.
While New York cremations have grown rapidly in recent years, with the rate expected to jump to 56 percent by 2025, the states leading in cremations are Montana (83 percent), Nevada (82 percent) and Washington (82 percent), according to the National Funeral Directors Association.
Victoria and James Clark had been together for 42 years. James had never expressed a preference for how to handle his remains when he died. When he was ill, they talked about what to do. Victoria said he was fine with the decision to have his body cremated.
"I wanted to keep his ashes with me," the Monroe County resident said.
The urn sits on a bookcase in the family room, next to what Clark described as a model of her husband's favorite sailing ship.
Clark said she has instructed their children that she also wants cremation, and the children are to take her and James' ashes, as well as those of their dogs who have died, and find a nice place to scatter the ashes.
"Choose a spot and we'll all be together," she said.
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"Often the question comes when someone dies, 'What should I do?'" Anthony said.
Anthony, who said he doesn't like the idea of his body being in the ground or in a crypt and has told his family he wants cremation, said many families think cremation is simpler than burial.
"In actuality, it's more complicated," Anthony said.
How a family arranges for the disposition of the remains can help them heal from the loss, he said.
"The concern isn't so much burial or cremation. The concern is how you process the loss. The process of changing from the old normal to the new normal has a transformative effect. Done properly, we come out of the experience in a better place than we were before."
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Stoughton said his customers at his Tioga County funeral home increasingly have paid more attention to the costs associated with death care services.
When Stoughton started as a funeral home director in 1989, about 25 percent of his customers' calls were cremation requests. Since then, the share of calls he receives for cremation services has grown to 55 percent.
Stoughton said some customers choose direct cremations without a viewing or service over traditional arrangements that include a viewing and service, which may be upward of three times the cost of the former.
"People are more cost-conscious," Stoughton said.
Palmer said 70 percent to 80 percent of the cremation services she sells are direct cremations, as opposed to 20 percent to 30 percent being cremations with additional services. Herson Wagner Funeral Home charges $3,500 for cremations and $8,000 to $10,000 for burials.
Factors that play into the cost of burials include embalming and the selection of caskets and vaults. Burials can include visitation during calling hours, either a viewing with an open casket or a gathering with a closed casket, a service and the burial.
"Some families are suffering from the depressed economic conditions and are considering the costs of funeral services," Eschbach said.
With changing preferences, the funeral home also has had to be more discerning pricing its services.
"There is more that goes into consideration," Palmer said. "You are moving prices around for a loss of revenue."
At McInerny Funeral Home in Elmira, customers pay $2,600 plus a $300 crematory fee for a direct cremation, $5,000 to $7,000 for a full-service cremation, and $9,500 to $13,000 for a full-service burial.
While some funeral homes may have their revenue affected by the decreasing burial rate, and may adjust prices accordingly, a representative of the National Funeral Directors Association said the increasing cremation rate does not necessarily equate to a decrease in revenue.
"In some cases it could, but some don't think of the role it plays in funeral services," said spokesman Robert Moore, president of the National Funeral Directors Association from 2014 to 2015 and a past board member. "The funeral home director needs to tell them all of the opportunities and services for cremation."
Many people aren't aware of all the options simply because people don't often have to make funeral arrangements, Moore said. They might think burials are the only choice if they want to hold a service of some kind in their loved one's memory.
"That's very far from the truth," said Moore, who has been a funeral home director for Moore's Home for Funerals, a family business in Wayne, New Jersey, for more than 30 years. "A gathering or visitation can still happen with cremation."
At Moore's Home for Funerals, about 75 percent of Moore's cremation customers choose to complement the cremation with additional services, whereas 25 percent choose a basic cremation.
"People need to know they have options," Moore said. "They can do any funeral or memorial service that they see as meaningful for their family."
Changing lives, changing deaths
But cost concerns aren't the only factors leading more people toward cremation services. Another issue at play: Fewer people are embracing strong religious affiliations that might call for a traditional burial with a church memorial service.
According to a 2015 report from the Pew Research Center, one in five American adults was raised following a religion that they are no longer affiliated with. Close to one out of every four citizens described themselves as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular." In 2007, one in six people considered themselves to be in either of those categories.
In 2014, 173 million adult Americans, or close to 71 percent of the population, identified as Christians. In 2007, 178 million, or 78 percent, identified as Christians.
"The percentage of the population reporting affiliation with a religion is on the decline, much of which is explained by declines in affiliation with mainline Protestant and Catholic traditions," said Elizabeth Bergman, an associate professor within the Ithaca College Gerontology Institute. "This means that fewer people are adhering to religious traditions that include burial and more are requesting cremation and exploring other possibilities."
Another factor at play: We're not as tethered to our hometowns as we once were.
"There's no home base anymore," added Kevin McInerny, funeral home director of McInerny Funeral Home in Elmira. "There are no roots. It used to be that people grew up in a community and stayed there."
Environmental effects
For some, environmental concerns play a role in choosing cremation over burial.
Concerns over land use are causing more families to opt for the storage of their deceased family member's cremains in an urn instead of a burial, Bergman said.
"In early context, cremation was viewed as sanitary and environmentally friendly, because, according to thoughts of the late 1800s, people believed burials were poisoning wells and were spreading germs," Eschbach said.
"[But] with cremation, you are burning fossil fuels with combustion," he said.
Eschbach said incinerating mercury and dental fillings with the remains also should be viewed as an environmental concern.
"Some are now returning to burial, or natural burial without embalming," Eschbach said.
Some state governments also have been considering other death customs. Flameless cremation, which involves the dissolution of bodies with heated water and lye and the pulverization of remaining bones, is legal in 14 states. Legislation on flameless cremation is pending in New York state.
Proponents of flameless cremation say the use of lye makes this method of disposition more environmentally friendly, Eschbach said.
"Supporters have tried to get this method to take off, but many are against flameless cremation," Eschbach said. "It never gained much traction. Flameless cremation has been used on road kill as a means to get rid of deer."
"Cremation does still have an environmental impact, and so some are looking to green burial and other more sustainable methods of body disposal," Bergman said.
Cremation versus burial is a highly personal choice for grieving families, but the chosen method doesn't lessen the pain of losing a loved one.
"Sometimes people perceive cremation as being less painful, but all evidence suggests the opposite," Eschbach said. "There is no way to make losing someone you love easy."
MSteecker@Gannett.com
PSinger@Gannett.com
Follow @MSteecker and @PattiSingerROC on Twitter.
Cremation vs. burial
Monroe County: In Monroe County, 1645 bodies (50 percent) were cremated and 1645 bodies (50 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, around 31 percent were cremated and 69 percent were buried.
For the rest of New York state outside New York City, 18,508 bodies (44 percent) were cremated and 23,556 (56 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 27 percent were cremated and 83 percent buried.
Other county breakdowns of cremation and burial services according to the New York State Department of Health:
In Livingston County, 109 (48 percent) were cremated and 120 (52 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 31 percent were cremated and 69 percent buried.
In Ontario County, 363 (60 percent) were cremated and 243 (40 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 42 percent were cremated and 58 percent buried.
In Wayne County, 271 (58 percent) were cremated and 197 (42 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 34 percent were cremated and 66 percent buried.
In Tioga County, 273 bodies (58 percent) were cremated and 170 bodies (36 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 28 percent were cremated and 42 percent were buried. About 30 percent of bodies received a different or unknown disposition.
In Tompkins County, 413 bodies (60 percent) were cremated and 206 bodies (30 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 47 percent were cremated and 43 percent were buried.
In Seneca County, 203 bodies (56 percent) were cremated and 140 bodies (39 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 36 percent were cremated and 59 percent were buried.
In Broome County, 968 bodies were cremated (48 percent) and 830 (40 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 30 percent were cremated and 61 percent were buried.
In Chemung County, 503 (52 percent) were cremated and 440 (46 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 29 percent were cremated and 64 percent were buried.
In Steuben County, 564 (54 percent) were cremated and 440 (42 percent) were buried in 2014. In 2003, 27 percent were cremated and 63 percent were buried.
In Cayuga County, 326 (44 percent) were cremated in 2014. In 2003, 209 (27 percent) were cremated.
In Schuyler County, 105 (58percent) were cremated in 2014. In 2003, 79 (38 percent) were cremated.
In Chenango County, 325 (61 percent) were cremated in 2014. In 2003, 207 (39 percent) were cremated.

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If you walk into a shelter and connect with a rescue dog—regardless of its breed—take it home! At the end of the day, pups have individual personalities, just like us. We've known shy huskies who just want to cuddle, loyal mixed breeds who love to go hiking with you, and even quiet hounds who prefer to gnaw on a bone by the fire.


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Tanaina és una concentració de població designada pel cens dels Estats Units a l'estat d'Alaska. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 4.993 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Tanaina tenia 4.993 habitants, 1.609 habitatges, i 1.266 famílies La densitat de població era de 71,1 habitants/km².

Dels 1.609 habitatges en un 49,9% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 65,9% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 8,6% dones solteres, i en un 21,3% no eren unitats familiars. En el 14,9% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles l'1,9% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 3,1 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 3,46.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 35,8% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 7,3% entre 18 i 24, un 32,9% entre 25 i 44, un 20,9% de 45 a 60 i un 3,1% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 32 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 105,2 homes.

La renda mediana per habitatge era de 64.491 $ i la renda mediana per família de 71.629 $. Els homes tenien una renda mediana de 47.917 $ mentre que les dones 30.474 $. La renda per capita de la població era de 23.967 $. Aproximadament el 6,1% de les famílies i el 7,5% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

Concentracions de població designades pel cens d'Alaska
Borough de Matanuska-Susitna

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PSE Results Show Students Still Performing Well Below 70%
While there are the top performers in the Primary School Exams (PSE) whose parents and schools are celebrating and are proud of the show of excellence, the overall achievement of students from across the country generally, as in previous years, leaves much to be desired.
The average score in Math was 53.9%, with 45% of students scoring an E, which is 49% or below, and defined in the grading system as inadequate. Fifteen percent of the students scored A (Excellent), for 80% and above; another 15% of them scored D (Adequate), for 50-59%; 13% score C (Satisfactory), for 60-69%; and the remaining 12% scored B (Competent) for 70-79%. The Ministry of Education noted that this year, there were fewer students who received E than in 2018. Last year, 49% of them scored E.
In English, the average score was 56.7%, with 30% of the students receiving an E for a score, while 24% earned C and another 24% earned D, 16% got a B and 5% earned A. The Ministry noted an increase in the Adequate range over last year, from 55.5% to 56.7% this year.
The average score in Science was 56.8%, with 34% of the candidates receiving an E; 20% receiving a D; 19% getting a C; 16% scoring B and 11% getting an A. The biggest margin between this year and last year was a significant decrease in the percentage of students who performed in the Satisfactory range this year. Last year, some 60% of the students got a C in Science.
And in Social Studies, the average score was 64.2%, with 23% of the students scoring a C; 22% getting a B; 20% getting an A; 18% scoring D and another 18% getting E. According to the Ministry, there was an overall increase of 2.2% in this year's average over last year's, and there was also a 4% increase in the number of students who scored A this year.
Director of the Ministry of Education's Examination Unit, Nelson Longsworth explained that the Ministry considers anything over 50% as acceptable performance, even though that might be lower than what schools consider a passing grade. Scoring less than 50% does not mean that those students will not be able to access high school education, he added; it might just mean that they won't have selective access.
Longsworth says he sees signs of gradual improvement in the overall performance of students on the exams and this has to do with the efforts at the Ministry and the school level to identify better teachers not only at the standard six level, but from the infants division.
Written English is one area where the Education official says he has seen far better performance now than 10 years ago. His observation for math is "small but continuous gains" which he describes as a work in progress.
One area where he sees as "troubling" is Science. This is a subject which Longsworth feels has to have a more practical, engaging approach in the teaching of it. He explained that the Ministry has spent millions of dollars to provide about half of the country's schools with a quality improvement program, but quickly added that education is an all-encompassing approach. Hence, he said, the Ministry is now trying to help those schools that have shown poor performance.
Of the 7,280 students who registered to sit the PSE, 7,015 of them actually sat the exam, whether only a part or fully. This was 65 fewer than the number who sat the exams last year. There were more boys than girls by a fraction 3,515 to 3,500.
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Faces of NextGen: Meet Becks Campbell
Becks Campbell, 32, Washington
What five words would you use to describe yourself?
1. Passionate
2. Excitable
3.Dreamer
4.Nerdy
5. Friendly
Why genealogy?
Why not genealogy? Genealogy shows us who we are and where we are from —
what we do with that information is up to us. Genealogy has been a part of my life
since I was little girl. My mother is a professional genealogist and has been
involved in that field for the past 15+ years. As a child, she would take us to the
cemetery to find long-lost relatives and the names and dates in those resting places
took hold in my mind and stuck.
What's the coolest discovery you've made?
There are so many, but it would probably have to be the prison records of a
bootlegger in Montana from the 1930's. My clients family had a rumor that this
scalawag went to prison for bootlegging, but there was never any proof. There
were several instances of him being in county jail on offenses but the real find was
a perfectly clear mugshot.
What are you working on this week?
This week I am working on a great deal of English research for a client. Her family
is English starting at her mother and she wanted to go back on the maternal side to
see what else could be found out about her family. I'm learning all sorts of new
terms and ways of researching — its fantastic!
What's the number one secret to your success in genealogy?
Keep going. Sometimes the names and dates can start to blur, or you want to give
up because you can't find that one piece of information just keep going. Try a
different name or line. Watch your favorite show or listen to music to motivate
you. Just keep going.
What superpower would you want to help you uncover your family history?
The are so many superpowers that I would want, but I honestly think the ability to
read, write and speak any language so that when I dig into those records in foreign
languages I could understand everything that was written down.
What are we most likely to find you doing when you're not researching family
history?
So many things, but in addition to being a genealogist I work at a funeral home and
as a caregiver for adults with developmental delays. I also own a genealogical
transcription business called Life Stories — so I keep myself pretty busy most days.
Anything else you'd like to share?
I love to network with other genealogists, historians and those in the death field
and industry. Connecting as friends and learning more about each other is a huge
mission in my life. Come find me over on Facebook and Instagram.
Find Becks online at www.hipsterhistorian.com
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Kourtney Kardashian Gives Health Update After Stopping IVF Process
Kourtney Kardashian recently updated fans on her IVF journey with husband Travis Barker.
He also shared an update on his health!
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From the beginning, Courtney has set her sights on being a good mother. Very Known for years…
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She has always emphasized how important her family is to her, as well as her ex-husband Scott Disick.
But because of this, she runs into some problems when it comes to dating…
Of course, having an ex that you're still very close to can be difficult for a new boyfriend or girlfriend to accept.
Addressing the KUWTKshe and Scott opened up about what it feels like to "date other people."
They both agreed that it must be difficult for other people to come into their lives because they have to deal with the "baggage" of her and Scott's past relationship as well as the one they have now.
Scott then went on to outline how this led to his breakup with Sofia Richie, whom he dated for 2 years before hooking up with (another) nineteen-year-old Amelia Hamlin.
However, the pair called it quits after Disick's Younes Bendjima was caught sending insulting messages about Kourtney.
At the time, a source said E! News"[Amelia] The whole situation was very embarrassing and Scott didn't have much regret.
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But while Scott has always been very public about who he's dating, Kourtney has been straying away from the limelight.
to its most recent.
Kourtney officially moved in with new man Travis Barker in February 2021.
For those of you who may not be familiar with Travis, he is a musician and producer, but is best known for being the drummer in the rock band, Blink-182.
And not only that, but he was also a reality TV star for a while when he and his ex-wife starred together. Meet the Barkers.
The show followed the drummer, his ex-wife Shana Mockler and their children, documenting their lives together.
But unfortunately, after spending 4 years together, the two got divorced in 2008.
After that, she focused primarily on her career, with her dating life basically under wraps until we heard about her late-night escapades with Kourt.
When we first heard rumors about this new couple in January 2021, many speculated whether or not they were actually dating.
It all started when Kardashian posted a photo of herself relaxing in Palm Springs and soon after, Travis posted a shot with a similar background.
Unusual coincidence? I do not think.
And then in February 2021, there were several paparazzi shots of the two enjoying each other's company.
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it looks like the 2 had plenty to do while grabbing dinner in Los Angeles.
Our suspicions were confirmed days later when a source said:
"It's been low key. They're a really good match, and Kourtney's whole family already loves Travis. They've been neighbors and great friends for years, and it just got romantic.
The source continued:
"Travis has always looked up to Kourtney. The chemistry and flirting has always been there. They have a lot in common, and Kourtney has always been fascinated by how Travis is as a parent. He's an amazing, hands-on dad. , and Kourtney loves that about it. They like to relax at home with their kids, and everyone gets along. It's going well, and they're not stressing about being super serious right now. are."
And then on February 17, 2021, the two apparently decided to confirm their relationship in matching snapshots.
The mom of 3 just shared a photo of herself holding hands with a man. specific While she posted the photo without a caption, Barker later shared the same photo on her Instagram Stories and gave us the spice we were looking for.
They were Definitely Together
Fast forward a few months and they are completely public about their relationship.
From the red carpet to romantic days on the beach, couples are stealing the limelight wherever they go.
Eagle-eyed fans noticed that the L Word was dropped pretty quickly after Travis posted a sweet note on his Instagram Stories.
"I love you" he said softly. Although the note wasn't clearly signed, fans later noticed Kourtney's distinctive handwriting.
Afterwards, the couple went on their first double date with another very famous couple, Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox.
A smitten Kardashian was photographed in the VIP section of UFC Apex alongside Travis, along with Fox and Kelly, who also sent the internet wild after going official a year ago.
Now I bet you're wondering what Scott thinks about the whole thing, right?
As mentioned earlier, he and Courtney are still very close, but they respect each other's relationships.
A source told PEOPLE that she is not concerned about replacing the 45-year-old, who has also been her longtime friend.
The source said:
"Scott knows that he will always have a special place in Kourtney's heart and that he will never change and he will always be in the picture because he is the father of their children.
"At this point he is not threatened by Kourtney and Travis' relationship."
It is good to see that they have mutual respect for each other's partners.
But things are getting serious.
After some heated exchanges on Instagram, Kourtney and Travis kicked things up a notch.
The Blink-182 drummer decided to cement his new relationship permanently on his body.
He got Courtney's name tattooed on his chest very close to his heart.
Posting on her Instagram, Kourtney gave us what we wanted: a close-up shot.
But if you thought that moment was wild, wait till you hear this..
The couple got engaged!
Less than a year after they were first spotted together, the couple decided to dedicate their lives to each other.
Multiple Outlets confirmed the news after Travis got down on one knee in what has been described as the most "romantic" proposal setup ever.
The Kardashians also confirmed the news on social media, with Kourtney posting pictures from the intimate moment alongside the caption "Forever @travisbarker."
Kim also took to her socials to celebrate the news, posting a cute video of the moment with "KRAVIS FOREVER" and a ring emoji.
It was also reported that Khloe, Tristan Chriss, Corey were all there to share the moment. Oh, someone give me a tissue, please.
Kourtney and Travis also reveal that they are trying for a baby in the trailer. The Kardashians.
So excited!
In the first season of the series, fans saw Courtney visit Dr. Wood for IVF treatment.
The doctor came back to her with some good news, saying that she had good follicles and "multiple babies".
However, Kourtney told The Wall Street Journal in an interview in September that she was taking a break from her IVF treatment…
Because it was damaging his mental health.
He also told his mother The Kardashians that the hormone treatment she was on was triggering the "depression".
"I just feel anxious and not myself. I'm super moody and hormonal. I'm crazy half the time," Kourtney admitted.
Then, in the latest season of The Kardashians…
Things appear to be looking up for the couple as Kourtney gave an update on her IVF journey.
He revealed that an egg made him an embryo.
Courtney said: "We don't know. We haven't had an answer yet."
"After eight months of our IVF journey, we took a break and wanted to try things naturally.
"The doctors told us we still had some really good looking follicles and it was the best they'd seen," he continued.
"Everyone involved, including our original doctors, felt we should give it another shot with IVF retrieval.
"And so we retrieved one last egg, and we're just waiting on the results of the genetic testing, but it made it an embryo," Courtney said.
Since then, Courtney Dare has appeared in the media. Not thin but not fat podcast and revealed that her age played a huge factor in her undergoing IVF treatment.
He even noted that forty-year-olds are always told to get it to help them get pregnant.
"If you look up anything online about things you can do to help you get pregnant … it says, like, 'If you're over 40' — or something like that. Little can say — it says, 'Go now,' " Courtney said.
But that's not all…
Kourtney revealed that they are "done with IVF now."
And hopefully she and Travis are blessed with a baby.
The star also admitted that she was under pressure to undergo IVF treatment.
"So I felt a little bit of a push," Kourtney admitted.
But it looks like Kourtney has had an unexpected treat in her IVF journey…
His "fat" body.
"It took me a long time to get to the point where I felt really comfortable and happy with the changes," she explained in a recent statement. episode of The Kardashians.
But Travis was there to help…
"Having a partner who's so supportive and always compliments me, no matter what, has really helped me embrace the changes and really get to the point where I'm ready," Courtney said. I love the changes now," Courtney said.
"Every day, Travis is like, 'You're perfect.'
"If I have one complaint, it's like, 'You're perfect. You're so good… you've never been better,'" she continued.
"I'm very into my fat body.
"I used to always say: When I'm too thin, just know that I'm not happy. … Not about food. Not about being at a certain weight. But, like, just in toxic relationships, Courtney said.
She also revealed her weight…
"I used to be like 95 pounds," Kourtney admits.
"And then 105 became my new normal weight. I'm 115. I was, like, stuck at the number," she said.
We think she looks great!
And following her IVF journey, Cornette has updated fans on her health.
"My energy level has been really low since starting and I haven't done it since January or February and even now my energy level is still really low," she shared on it. The podcast Back in October.
But this week, he shared some more positive news.
"Finally starting to get my energy back 10 months after stopping IVF, anyone going through this, it gets better!" He shared Instagram.
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The long anticipated Major Lazer cartoon, which has been continually teased for months now, has finally been given an air date. Set for debut on April 16th via the relatively new channel FXX, this show which will feature the likes of modern comedic legends Aziz Ansari & Adam Samberg with guest appearances from Tiësto, RiFF RaFF, Trinidad James & more.
Major Lazer is set to run on a weekly basis with iTunes and Hulu providing instant online access to new episodes. We are, without a doubt, anxious to observe this show's success; as it is the first EDM-inspired television series that we've seen on a major network in the states.
In the meantime, check out the trailer and theme song below for a glimpse into the adventures of Diplo, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire.


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BBO Discussion Forums: RIP - BBO Discussion Forums
RIP Memoriam thread?
#781 mycroft
Secretary Bird
Location:Calgary, Canada
Posted 2021-January-22, 11:41
"Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."
Godspeed, Mira, and ware anyone who gets in her way.
When I go to sea, don't fear for me, Fear For The Storm -- Birdie and the Swansong (tSCoSI)
#782 y66
There Are Hall of Famers, and Then There's Hank Aaron
#783 nullve
Location:Norway
Interests:partscores
Posted 2021-February-02, 17:31
Tom Moore, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, was propelled into superstardom last spring when he raised $45 million for Britain's National Health Service by walking 100 laps around his brick patio outside of London during lockdown. At the time, he said he wanted to support Britain's medical workers during the pandemic, just as the country had backed him during his army days.
#785 Lovera
Location:Bari (ITALIA)
Interests:I'm also on YOUTUBE with a channel of music songs .
Remembering Mary Wilson, founding member of The Supremes.Ieri
The world lost an icon when it was confirmed that Mary Wilson had died, at the age of 76, Monday night at her home in Las Vegas. Friends and fans alike are paying tribute to the late singer with heartfelt messages on social media.
#786 0 carbon
y66, on 2021-February-02, 17:31, said:
Tom Moore, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, was propelled into superstardom last spring when he raised $45 million for Britain's National Health Service by walking 100 laps around his brick patio outside of London during lockdown. At the time, he said he wanted to support Britain's medical workers during the pandemic, just as the country had backed him during his army days.
Alas, he succumbed to Covid-19. Maybe all those soldiers and others around him should have been wearing masks. He seems to have become a victim of his own celebrity 😢
tOM, Manager,GlobalClub ♣ My convention charts ♣ Ottawa RADBC webmaster
#787 Cyberyeti
0 carbon, on 2021-February-10, 14:48, said:
He had Covid, he was already in hospital with pneumonia, all the reports here pointedly said he died WITH Covid rather than OF it
#788 Winstonm
Are you claiming his Covid was acquired in the hospital or are you trying to claim his pneumonia was not a complication of Covid?
Winstonm, on 2021-February-10, 17:06, said:
He had the pneumonia for weeks before he got Covid (which I'm guessing he picked up in hospital, but no data on that).
A long term hospitalization would be a strong suspect for a secondary infection no doubt
Well I'm sure in the current climate they'd have tested any pneumonia patient for Covid at the start of treatment. I'm not sure if he was hospitalised for all the pneumonia treatment, the article I read wasn't clear.
Return to Forever, one of the most popular instrumental ensembles of its era, in 1976. From left: Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Mr. Corea.Credit...Dick Barnatt/Redferns, via Getty Images
Clear days feel so good and free
So light as a feather can be
There's a place so easy to be found
If you want I'll take you there right now
Come with me there's music all around
Can't you hear can't you see I am free
Giovanni Russonello at NYT: said:
https://www.nytimes....896ed87b2d9c72a
Mr. Corea's best-known band was Return to Forever, a collective with a rotating membership that nudged the genre of fusion into greater contact with Brazilian, Spanish and other global influences. It also provided Mr. Corea with a palette on which to experiment with a growing arsenal of new technologies.
But throughout his career he never abandoned his first love, the acoustic piano, on which his punctilious touch and crisp sense of harmony made his playing immediately distinctive.
A number of his compositions, including "Spain," "500 Miles High" and "Tones for Joan's Bones," have become jazz standards, marked by his dreamy but brightly illuminated harmonies and ear-grabbing melodies.
By the late 1960s, Mr. Corea, still in his 20s, had already established himself as a force to be reckoned with. He gigged and recorded with some of the leading names in straight-ahead and Latin jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Mongo Santamaria and Sarah Vaughan. His first two albums as a leader, "Tones for Joan's Bones" (1966) and "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" (1968), earned rave reviews. Both are now thought of as classics.
But it was playing in Miles Davis's ensembles that set Mr. Corea on the path that would most define his role in jazz. He played the electric piano on Davis's "In a Silent Way" (1969) and "Bitches Brew" (1970), the albums that sounded the opening bell for the fusion era.
Soon after leaving Davis's group, he helped found Return to Forever, and he spent much of the 1970s touring and recording with the band, which became one of the most popular instrumental ensembles of its era.
Reviewing a performance at the Blue Note in New York in 2006, the critic Nate Chinen, writing in The New York Times, recalled the innovative sound that Mr. Corea had honed with Return to Forever three decades before: "His Fender Rhodes piano chimed and chirruped over Latin American rhythms; female vocals commingled with the soothing flutter of a flute. Then the ensemble muscled up and morphed into a hyperactive fusion band, establishing pop-chart presence and a fan base to match. To the extent that there is a Return to Forever legacy, it encompasses both these dynamic extremes, each a facet of Mr. Corea's personality."
It's enough almost to make you wish Dante wrote non-fiction: Rush Limbaugh is dead
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the spiritual godfather of the Beat movement, inspired generations of artists and writers through his poetry and his celebrated San Francisco bookstore, City Lights.
Sometime During Eternity
some guys show up
and one of them
who shows up real late
is a kind of carpenter
from some square-type place
like Galilee
and he starts wailing
and claiming he is hep
to who made heaven
and earth
and that the cat
who really laid it on us
is his Dad
he adds
It's all writ down
on some scroll-type parchments
which some henchmen
leave lying around the Dead Sea somewheres
a long time ago
and which you won't even find
for a coupla thousand years or so
or at least for
ninteen hundred and fortyseven
of them
to be exact
and even then
nobody really believes them
or me
for that matter
You're hot
they tell him
And they cool him
They stretch him on the Tree to cool
And everybody after that
is always making models
of this Tree
with Him hung up
and always crooning His name
and calling Him to come down
and sit in
on their combo
as if he is THE king cat
who's got to blow
or they can't quite make it
Only he don't come down
from His Tree
Him just hang there
on His Tree
looking real Petered out
and real cool
according to a roundup
of late world news
from the usual unreliable sources
real dead
#796 PassedOut
Location:Upper Michigan
Interests:Music, films, computer programming, politics, bridge
The World is a Beautiful Place by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't mind happiness
not always being
so very much fun
if you don't mind a touch of hell
just when everything is fine
because even in heaven
they don't sing
if you don't mind some people dying
or maybe only starving
some of the time
which isn't half so bad
if it isn't you
Oh the world is a beautiful place
if you don't much mind
a few dead minds
in the higher places
or a bomb or two
in your upturned faces
or such other improprieties
as our Name Brand society
is prey to
with its men of distinction
and its men of extinction
and its priests
and other patrolmen
and its various segregations
and congressional investigations
and other constipations
that our fool flesh
is heir to
Yes the world is the best place of all
for a lot of such things as
making the fun scene
and making the love scene
and making the sad scene
and singing low songs of having
and walking around
looking at everything
and smelling flowers
and goosing statues
and even thinking
and kissing people and
making babies and wearing pants
and waving hats and
and going swimming in rivers
on picnics
in the middle of the summer
and just generally
'living it up'
but then right in the middle of it
comes the smiling
Always loved to hear him recite his poems with his very distinctive and expressive voice. First heard him in Madison, Wisconsin in the early 1960s and was a fan ever since. Long life, well lived.
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists — that is why they invented hell. — Bertrand Russell
#797 pilowsky
pilowsky
Interests:Writing, Learning, History, Politics
Posted 2021-March-07, 16:52
Allan McDonald engineer. (https://n.pr/2ObUD3N)
It is fitting in these times to remember the Engineers at Morton Thiokol who attempted to prevent the Challenger shuttle's launch. Boisjoly, McDonald and the other Engineers commented that "We all knew if the seals failed, the shuttle would blow up.".
NPR reports that: "McDonald and his team of Thiokol engineers had strenuously opposed the launch, arguing that freezing overnight temperatures, as low as 18 degrees F, meant that the O-rings at the booster rocket joints would likely stiffen and fail to contain the explosive fuel burning inside the rockets. They presented data showing O-rings had lost elasticity at a much warmer temperature, 53 degrees F, during an earlier launch."
McDonald resisted intense political pressure and refused to sign off on the launch. The Morton Thiokol executives over-ruled him, and the rest is history.
At the time, I knew nothing of this. My clear (incorrect) recollection was that Richard (Surely you're joking, Mr) Feynman was the person that discovered what happened and demonstrated it to the commission by dropping an O-ring into liquid nitrogen.
If ever there was a system that was over-engineered to avoid catastrophic failure, it was meant to be NASA.
In the words of Seeger P., "When will we ever learn?":http://bit.ly/SeegerLearning (in English with Swedish subtitles and a little German).
The more things change, the more they stay the same: scientiam veritatis vires.
Not as politicians might have it: qui curat
non est deus ex machina; även maskiner behöver lite kärlek, J'ai toujours misé sur l'étrange gentillesse des robots.
Murray Walker - THE voice of motorsport in the UK for my whole life https://en.wikipedia...i/Murray_Walker
Anne Beatts, Original 'S.N.L.' Writer, Dies at 74
From left, the writer Deanne Stillman, Anne Beatts and Gilda Radner in 1976. Ms. Beatts was one of "Saturday Night Live's" original writers.Credit...Lynn Goldsmith
Helen McCrory