Written by Mark Forrester on June 21, 2012 WooCommerce.
Not limited to services, you can sell physical goods!
WC Subscriptions makes it easy to create and manage products with recurring payments. Create a subscription product just like any other WooCommerce product, and you're ready to start selling subscriptions.
With Subscriptions, you can charge recurring payments per day, week, month or year. You can add an optional sign-up fee and duration. Shipping fees, discounts & taxes are all applied to recurring payments.
Subscription management is also synced with the payment gateway. When a subscription is cancelled at PayPal, it will be cancelled with your site. And you can offer your customer's multiple gateway options – PayPal Standard is supported out-of-the-box, and you can add PayPal Digital Goods or Stripe (with more to come).
What can you sell with Subscriptions?
Any other physical, virtual or downloadable, product or service you can imagine!
Groups is an existing free plugin providing group-based user membership management, group-based capabilities and content access control. With the Groups for WooCommerce extension one can grant memberships based on products. It automatically assigns a customer to one or more groups based on the products they ordered.
Groups for WooCommerce requires WordPress 3.3+, the Groups plugin, as well as the WC Subscriptions extension to be installed.
Both Stripe and PayPal Digital Goods have been updated today to support the new subscriptions extension – customers will be able to purchase subscriptions with these extension and be billed automatically.
Stripe has also been integrated with stripe.js which adds additional security by tokenising credit card details.
These updates require WooCommerce 1.5.8 which was released earlier today.
Mmmm, been a bit disappointed with the themes lately but I must say I am VERY pleased to see this.
Woo is literally the best subscription i've ever signed up for.
Would love to see Google Checkout and Amazon Payments added to options for payment subscriptions.
Ogone can manage this! would be great to offer a service for europeans! I will then stop concidering recurly or spreedly type of services!
Can we use Stripe gateway within Mijireh Checkout?
Please, please add Ogone support! It would rock so much!
yes! and ccbill too!! that would be sooooooo awesome!
this is the second time you all have potentially saved me from software i hate lol.
WooCommerce is one of the best things to happen to me in a while.
does this work with custom post types as well?
Is there plans for a theme that is catered towards subscriptions? If yes, any timeline on estimated release date?
There definitely plans for one, but we can unfortunately not give you any ETAs at the moment.
Congratulations!! This will be a boom for the platform. Will you provide support to allow managing subscription/payment from front-end? I think at a minimal "cancellations". In particular, many of us develop for non-profits and the "recurring donation/cancellation" scenario is greatly needed. I need to investigate today's drop to see if your subscription feature supports user-entered price. Does it?
Thanks again for listening and bringing this feature to the marketplace.
Cancellation is gateway dependent and does show on the my-account page. PayPal doesn't because you cancel via PayPal, but Stripe does.
No user entered prices yet – this will be added to add-ons at some point.
One more thing regarding subscription support…please support Authorize.net gateway.
I definitely agree. Support for Authorize.net gateway is a must. Many of us have existing businesses which use Authorize.net as the primary gateway. Thanks, I hope this happens.
I will join in on requesting Authorize.net as well. Every single WooCommerce install I have made has been for a business with an existing Authorize.net account – and recurring orders.
Now we need a Woocommerce extension/theme that creates a password-protected area so we can really leverage this puppy!
wait, thats not what this does?
The "Groups for WooCommerce" extension can be used to create protected content based on membership level (and you can sell a subscription membership with groups using WC Subscriptions).
Stoked. Looking forward to getting my clients onto this system.
Hadn't heard of groups, but it looks nice, light and integrated with WP very well.
The Woo Team is amazing thanks for this drop! I am going to try it now and then wait for an authorize.net update! thanks again!
Wouldn't it be great if existing Woo subscribers/members got a discount on extensions or something … at least this way I would somehow feel included in these WooCommerce related postings!
Thank you for bringing back the love!
Another Woocommerce, what a miracle. Have you ever counted how many of you have already Woocommerce now or how many have you published in recent months? 8 of the last 12 were Woocommerce-themes. And you think that is fair, it is supposed to give customers who do not operate or store?
And then if you time a magazine or blog published Tehme, sees everything from very cheap, see Daybook!
6 of our last 12 (or 6 of our last 15) themes are WC-only.
It will soon be 6 of the last 18 themes are WC-only themes (we have a biz and magazine theme coming up next).
We believe this is fair since WC has grown immensly fast and our data shows that WC is in high demand.
That's nice but I'm stuck in my mind you. But many of your business Themes can also be converted to store theme. So I think it's just not fair to publish Woo-commerce. Then indeed would be six of the next 12 Themes Magazine and Personal Blog Themes.
Wait so if i want to sell membership subscriptions I need BOTH groups for woocommerce AND WC Subscriptions??
Groups is really for access control (for your site). You can still have membership accounts with just subscriptions. See the docs for the user membership functions.
Ok, so I can sell membership subscriptions with Subscription WC plugin (and Groups) without Groups for WC right?
If only after subscriptions to one of your products, you'd just need the Subscription extension.
If you need to protect content on your site and sell a subscription with access to that protected content, you'd then need the subscription extension, the Groups plugin, and the Groups extension to tie it all into WooCommerce.
What is I want to protect content, yet not have a subscription? Can I just use Groups, and PayPal for Digital Products?
These are great additions, but there are some things that are not possible to do right now.
For example, you can't upgrade a user's account correctly. Using a plugin like Dynamic Pricing you should be able to have an upgrade path for existing users to upgrade to a higher level at a lower price than the listed price since they have already paid something.
The problem is that Groups does not change the user role in WordPress, which means Dynamic pricing cannot work since it is based on user roles.
This is a very important issue to address because unless you can offer upgrades to users the system is very limited.
So exciting! I can't wait for WooBookings to integrate with this so that when people cancel their subscription they are automatically taken off the calendar! At that point I can use this. Good work folks!
Is it possible to have products that only members see?
Awesome, been hoping for this for a while! Does this drop support multiple concurrent currencies? Does it also support PayPal Pro/Websites?
Do we still have to wait for a WooCommerce child theme for listings or will this work with it?
"We've not built WooCommerce support into listings yet sadly, so there isn't much guidance we can give.
You could perhaps put your listing submission page behind a paywall, using groups and subscriptions but I don't know how good a solution this would be.
Thanks Mikey for the reply.
Why haven't the "Enterprise" themes been getting any love?
If they're not selling well enough, WooThemes should take a serious look at pricing them more affordably. Say, for example, $97 + 1 bonus theme (or even $70 without bonus themes) instead of $200. At $200 they've been priced into obscurity.
One of marketers' biggest mistakes is NOT testing pricing!
This not only hurts sales but also in this case, the customer relationship: The customers that paid the most are being essentially ignored.
In regard to your suggestion about getting a Woo Worker or posting on WooJobs, why base a business around a solution that looks likely to be retired by its creator soon?
This is a serious problem that I hope is addressed at the next company meeting.
Do we need to initiate a Kickstarter campaign just to get WooThemes to update Listings in the next 30 to 60 days? If so, please let us know a what the fundraising goal amount should be.
Is it possible to automatically apply a discount for members of a group to all other products in the store?
I think theres a WC extension that gives discounts on user role.
Thanks. Looks like that may do it.
Just in time. I was literally looking at other plugins and this came up in the search. Glad I can stay loyal to the Woo team (and know the plugins work and stay supported). Thanks, guys.
I'm curious why you went with Groups over the Members plugin? I've used the latter quite a bit and it seems would provide the same functionality with a much larger user base. Interested in the rationale. Thanks!
I have a ton of customizations in the code of WooCommerce (1.5.6). Is there a way to get this and the newest version of WooCommerce without overriding all of my customizations? Or is there a "best practices" so I can add them back?
Looks like a great extension, I am looking to purchase it, but does it support Sagepay?
Hey there great extension but I have one very important question. My client has a service that they sell at different prices depending on what territory you want access to(Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana). The service would be sold as a 1 year subscription which can be paid in one installment or monthly which is why we would need the subscription extension. The question I have though is is it possible to add multiple subscriptions to the customers cart like adding Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana and pay for those three subscriptions through that extension? Thanks and look forward to hearing back from you.
Hi Charlie, it is currently only possible to purchase one subscription at a time, so your customer would need to checkout 3 times to purchase the three subscriptions, or you could create one subscription which includes all 3 territories.
Purchasing multiple subscriptions is on the todo list, but I can not give an estimate of when it will be available.
NEED PAYPAL PRO INTEGRATION ASAP!
Hey guys, just pulled trigger on the extension for Stripe, one question though, during testing, one time product purchases to Stripe in Demo mode work great. All good. I did my 1st subscription purchase test, goes thru ok, but when I login to Stripe it doesn't appear the subscription is created or passed to stripe. Just shows a 1 time charge of $29 bucks (my test case).
Should the Stripe dashboard show a subscription is there? I've setup for month recurring, etc. Went thru all the docs, what am I missing here.
Thanks couldn't find any articles on this yet need some input.
Great plugin though, even better when I get it working!


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Q: prove the lower limit of Hellinger distance for multivariate Gaussians For two multivariate Gaussians with covariance matrices $A$ and $B$ (of dimension $n$) and with equal means, the squared Hellinger distance is given by
$$
H^2 = 1 - \frac{[\det(A)\det(B)]^\frac{1}{4}}{\left[\det\left(\frac{A + B}{2}\right)\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}}
$$
How can I show that $H^2 \geq 0$? The fact is well-known for the Hellinger distance in general, but I wonder how I can prove it for this special case?
Here is what I have: $H^2 \geq 0$ gives
$$
\frac{[\det(A)\det(B)]^\frac{1}{4}}{\left[\det\left(\frac{A + B}{2}\right)\right]^{\frac{1}{2}}} \leq 1
$$
and therefore we have to show that
$$
\det{\left(\frac{A + B}{2}\right)} \geq \sqrt{\det(A)\det(B)}\tag{*}
$$
which is an interesting determinant inequality for positive semi-definite matrices in itself. It says that the determinant of an arithmetic mean of two matrices is larger than or equal to the geometric mean of their determinants.
The first relation I could think of was:
$$
\left(\sqrt{\det(A)} - \sqrt{\det(B)}\right)^2 \geq 0
$$
which leads to
$$
\det(A) + \det(B) - 2 \sqrt{\det(A)\det(B)} \geq 0
$$
and therefore
$$
\det(A) + \det(B) \geq 2 \sqrt{\det(A)\det(B)}.
$$
As the second relation we can apply the following inequality for positive semi-definite matrices (Abadir and Magnus, Matrix Algebra, p. 325):
$$
\det(A + B) \geq \det(A) + \det(B).
$$
This leads to
$$
\begin{align}
\det\left(\frac{A + B}{2}\right)
&= 2^{-n} \det(A + B)\\
&\geq 2^{-n} [\det(A) + \det(B)]\\
&\geq 2^{-n} 2 \sqrt{\det(A)\det(B)}
\end{align}
$$
and then I'm stuck since I can't get rid of the factor $2^{-n} 2$. Is there a mistake in my attempt? How can I prove the inequality (*) in a different way?

I think the inequality taken from the Abadir/Magnus book is too strong for this problem. Equality is reached for zero determinant of the sum or zero matrices (p.326), whereas we would need some inequality where equality is reached for identical matrices.

A: Hint.
If $A$ and $B$ are both positive definite, it suffices to prove that
$$\ln \det \frac{A + B}{2} \ge \frac{1}{2}\ln \det A + \frac{1}{2}\ln \det B$$
which is true since log-determinant
$X \mapsto \ln \det X$ is concave for positive definite matrices
(See Page 74, [1]).
References
[1] Boyd and Vandenberghe, "Convex optimization".
http://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/cvxbook/bv_cvxbook.pdf

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There are many women in the world who have grown to love their time as stay at home mothers.This is a period of time when a mother is caring for her children, and can create that desire to want to be around children who aren't necessarily hers biologically. This is mainly as a result of a very strong connection that is created between her and her children in this period of time. There are jobs that allow such a mother to still deal with children and be proud while doing it. Illustrated below are excellent examples.
Teaching in a nearby school is a good example of a career.This will give you the chance to interact with young people at different levels such as in high school and middle school. Since there are moments where you found the need to teach your own children at home, you will most likely find this task easy to manage.Being a teacher in a high school gives you the chance to be part of the key time of development . This career might demand that you have a college degree. If you do not have degree, it is recommended that you earn a certificate on the subject you are interested in teaching.
Working as a student counselor can also be a very good opportunity. Working as a counselor opens doors to participation in the main stage of a child's growth cycle. At this time, there are many new things in life that children grow interest for. There is a possibility of wrong choices being made by children who aren't provided with the right guidelines.Therefore, it would be advisable to acquire some professional training before enrolling for such a position.
Taking of young children when they are still in nurseries is also a good career to undertake. For mothers who find it easier to be around younger children, this is a good option. This career will give you the chance to offer basic training to children, so as to make the transition to more advanced levels of education easier. At this stage the child will need help in the choice of food, which is a familiar to you. This job can be done from home where your own children will be able to make new friends and play buddies.
This last option is for mothers who know a sport or a team related activity. Teaching sports gives a mother the chance to improve physical health and competitiveness in children. For mothers with skills in other team related activities, there is the option of starting an after school program in where you will be able to teach children to work as a team and solve problems.


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Mo in Pre?
runninfool
Why did Mo Greene say words to the effect of "still don't know if they'll let me into the Pre meet"? in his post-race interview?
ycn
Re: Mo in Pre?
Maybe I'm reading the whole comment entirely wrong, but I take it as another jab at the Conte crowd, and another verbal affirmation statement of his dominance in the 100.
Mo is as much involved in a propaganda campaign to make his opponents convinced they can't beat him as he is involved in making political statements.
I think he's probably a pretty straightforward thinker. As in: "Here's who I am, and what are you going to do about it?"
The Kitchen Cynic
>Why did Mo Greene say words to the effect of "still don't know if they'll let me into the Pre meet"? in his post-race interview?<
I don't know the answer, but let me guess. Pre is a Nike-sponsored meet. Mo used to be with Nike but switched to adidas a few years ago.
Let me make this crystal clear: MO HAS BEEN OFFERED A START POSITION IN THE PREFONTAINE CLASSIC 100 METERS AND THE LANE HAS BEEN HELD FOR HIM FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS!! So why is he not yet confirmed for the meet? Most of you are bright people; I'm $ure you can figure out the rea$on$.
Tom Jordan
Meet Director
I'll have to admit, Tom, I'm not one of the bright ones.
Fill in the blanks for me, willya?
basehead617
>I'll have to admit, Tom, I'm not one of the bright ones.
>for me, willya?
guessing from the $ for S's he means appearance fee negotations.
Oh, and Tom...
You can take this on good authority. A number of years ago a past-her-prime Mary Decker-$laney was being wooed as a signature entrant in a meet called the Heartland Hu$tle.
The event organizers eventually gave up on her demands, which I will not elaborate here. But I think you understand.
But your stakes are different. You will have a nationally televised event with the possibility of the reigning Olympic gold medalist breaking the world record in the 100, right there in your house.
It seems like the $takes aren't quite the same. Wouldn't you agree?
To Mr. Jordan: Thank you for clarifying this for us. The perception that there was a Nike vs. Adidas situation in terms of allowing athletes into the meet was the question, and you've addressed it regarding Mo. Good luck with the meet -- it's the highlight of the track calendar in the U.S.!
intersting nike-adidas news...
hasn't germany become a nike client too!!
Herr Dassler must be turning over in his grave!!
tafnut
Location: Lost at C (-minus)
Mo's disingenuous statement underscores the true nature of $$ in track. I don't begrudge him top dollar to ply his trade, but he needs to keep in mind that it's the fans that pay him, and we won't be happy campers if he sits this one out because he can't squeeze every penny out of tj. On the other hand, I assume tj is not lowballing him, just because he knows Mo wants the exposure. I'm sure tj doesn't want the negotiations to be splashed across the newspaper (or heaven forbid, this board), but hopefully this can be worked out pronto.
In a previous negotiation (not this one) I was privy to the various conditions that were demanded by the athlete who the event organizers were trying to woo into the field, for exposure purposes.
The document from this athlete's agent ran two-plus single-spaced pages, with maybe 20 or more conditions that the agent said were non-negotiable.
Among the conditions was an extremely lucrative appearance fee; chauffeured limousine service at all times during the duration of the athlete's stay; 24 hour courtesy room service, all incidental expenses paid for by the event; private personal dressing quarters at the site of the event; guaranteed minimum autograph fee; all transportation to and from the event paid for by the meet, etc.
To me, it was an unbelievable exhibition of runaway narcissism, and I wouldn't have even considered those demands. Neither did the promoters of that race, from what I was told.
Greene's probably milking it for as long as it lasts. Who knows when his $100,000 days are over? Better get it while he can. Jobs like this don't come around too often...
I totally agree, Hulk.
It's not like he's over the hill or anything. He could break the WR on any given day, and if someone doesn't have him in their field when that happens, they aren't going to be very happy.
Nothing promotes a meet like a world record. And I'm sure that Mo understands that completely.
Just curious on how the finances for appearance fees work in Europe vs. the US...
Let's say you're worth $10,000 a meet in Europe where meets make a profit and the sport has a nice size fan base...what's the equivalent value of that athlete at a US meet that may break even and where the sport has a small fan base...$500 & a free oil change at Jiffy Lube?

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Cheri Olvera, Brian Giles and Suing After a Breakup
By Admin on December 17, 2008 2:04 PM
San Diego Padres outfielder, Brian Giles, has been sued by his former girlfriend, Cheri Olvera. In Olvera's $10 million suit, filed in San Diego Superior Court, she alleges breach of an oral cohabitation agreement after the two broke up.
According to Olvera, Giles was violent, and she suffered battering and abuse throughout their relationship. The abuse was so bad that Olvera claims to have had a miscarriage. A video released by Olvera's attorney, Cary W. Goldstein, purportedly shows the outfielder attacking Olvera.
The domestic violence reportedly began when the couple began living together in a "marriage-like relationship from in or about 2002 to April 2008." Although the two were engaged, Olvera did not marry Giles because of the violence. Although they did live together, California is not a common law marriage state.
Although there was no formal prenuptial agreement, the complaint alleges that Giles agreed to provide for Olvera and her daughter financially while she devoted herself to his needs. Olvera also maintains that they had an oral agreement that if their relationship ended, Giles' assets would be equitably divided between the former couple.
In a report of the Top 10 Legal Issues of 2008 by FindLaw.com, distribution of assets after a relationship ends was included as a major legal issue faced by consumers this year.
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Q: Why cache needs to be enabled/disabled in bootloader? I have some doubts about ARM bootloader.

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*Is cache enabled or disabled in bootloader?

*Why cache needs to be enabled/disabled in bootloader? What will happen?

*Who will manage cache in bootloader ? On what basis cache entry will be made ?

A: *

*Is cache enabled or disabled in bootloader?
It all depends on the architecture of the boot-loader. But in general, enabling cache (instruction cache in specific) allows 'fast' execution. So, if boot-loader needs to perform certain task repeatedly, e.g. deciphering a binary etc, then 'fast' execution would help.

*Why cache needs to be enabled/disabled in bootloader? What will happen?
First part of this question is already answered above.
If cache is disabled, of-course boot-loader will behave like a normal firmware / bare-metal code.
But if enabled, then boot-loader needs to provide correct mapping table to MMU, with all precautions such as for SFR region none of the caching should be enabled and so on.

*Who will manage cache in bootloader ? On what basis cache entry will be made  ?
Cache is anyways managed by MMU. But as mentioned above, mapping needs to be provided by boot-loader or any executing entity to MMU so that depending on address-range, cache is enabled or disabled. ARM provides multiple levels of granularity for memory mapping, so as per requirements memory sections can be defined and behavior of cache can be finely controlled.


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Posted in Community | May 19, 2016
Stephen Thurston has been teaching journalism and composition since 1998 at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, a large community college serving around 21,000 students. Having taught in higher education since 1990, he's seen a lot of classroom technology claiming to be "the solution." After learning the ins and outs of learning management systems (LMS) over the years, there was always one prevailing problem: nothing really worked.
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And he really does mean everything. From uploading assignments to administering quizzes to communicating directly with students, digitizing the classroom experience through a comprehensive LMS has irreversibly changed the classroom—"I use every element I can in Schoology," Thurston says.
According to Thurston, his students used to run into problems finding their homework in "convoluted" folder systems or they "got half way through the test and it shut off on them." Whereas technology was supposed to simplify the classroom, inefficient LMSs were causing more headaches.
But Thurston found himself drawn to Schoology's design, mainly thinking the "modern" look would mean "students would actually be more inclined to use it," and his hypothesis proved true. Because of the user-friendly design, students have been readily engaging with all sorts of features, paving the way for Thurston to create a truly modern classroom.
In a two-and-a-half week grammar class he teaches, Thurston utilized numerous kinds of materials, including videos hosted in Google Drive and embedded in his Schoology course. Students could complete roughly 45 exercises with 10 questions each on the page and a number of tests while Thurston seamlessly interacted with the class and graded everything.
"It was beautiful, it went off without a hitch," he said. "I absolutely loved it."
Because he teaches multiple classes across composition, grammar, and journalism during a given semester, developing an easy-to-use, comprehensive digital network has allowed Thurston to effectively scale the learning experience to a manageable model.
His students now receive personalized, one-on-one feedback and communications on a regular basis. This faculty/student collaboration extends further through the use of the Schoology mobile app.
"The app explosion has come," Thurston says. In his journalism and newspaper course, he annotates documents on the mobile app right in front of his student authors to provide personalized and constructive feedback in real time. This feature, on its own, is something Thurston is wild about, but he says it's even better because the mobile app works seamlessly with the main platform.
Thurston knows campuswide adoption may be difficult for a number of reasons. Getting every teacher on a new system can be challenging, and trepidation about technology offers its own set of issues. However, given the shortcomings of other, more traditional LMSs, Thurston's commitment to improving teaching and learning has led him to forge his own path.
He discarded the old adage, "this is how it's always been done" and instead devised his own criteria—usability and reliability. For Thurston, Schoology was the obvious choice and it has payed off.
Over to you. What are your main criteria for evaluating technology?
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Genome-wide association study of working memory brain activation.
In a population-based genome-wide association (GWA) study of n-back working memory task-related brain activation, we extracted the average percent BOLD signal change (2-back minus 0-back) from 46 regions-of-interest (ROIs) in functional MRI scans from 863 healthy twins and siblings. ROIs were obtained by creating spheres around group random effects analysis local maxima, and by thresholding a voxel-based heritability map of working memory brain activation at 50%. Quality control for test-retest reliability and heritability of ROI measures yielded 20 reliable (r>0.7) and heritable (h(2)>20%) ROIs. For GWA analysis, the cohort was divided into a discovery (n=679) and replication (n=97) sample. No variants survived the stringent multiple-testing-corrected genome-wide significance threshold (p<4.5×10(-9)), or were replicated (p<0.0016), but several genes were identified that are worthy of further investigation. A search of 529,379 genomic markers resulted in discovery of 31 independent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with BOLD signal change at a discovery level of p<1×10(-5). Two SNPs (rs7917410 and rs7672408) were associated at a significance level of p<1×10(-7). Only one, most strongly affecting BOLD signal change in the left supramarginal gyrus (R(2)=5.5%), had multiple SNPs associated at p<1×10(-5) in linkage disequilibrium with it, all located in and around the BANK1 gene. BANK1 encodes a B-cell-specific scaffold protein and has been shown to negatively regulate CD40-mediated AKT activation. AKT is part of the dopamine-signaling pathway, suggesting a mechanism for the involvement of BANK1 in the BOLD response to working memory. Variants identified here may be relevant to (the susceptibility to) common disorders affecting brain function.
Copyright � 2016. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Blokland GA Blokland Gabriëlla A M GA QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia; Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia; School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia. Electronic address: gabriella.blokland@uqconnect.edu.au.
Wallace AK Wallace Angus K AK QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.
Hansell NK Hansell Narelle K NK QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia; Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
Thompson PM Thompson Paul M PM Imaging Genetics Center, Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2001 North Soto Street - Room 102, Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States.
Hickie IB Hickie Ian B IB Brain & Mind Research Institute, The University of Sydney, 94 Mallett Street, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia.
Montgomery GW Montgomery Grant W GW QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia.
McMahon KL McMahon Katie L KL Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
de Zubicaray GI de Zubicaray Greig I GI School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia; Faculty of Health and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Wright MJ Wright Margaret J MJ QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, QLD, 4006, Australia; Centre for Advanced Imaging, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia; School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia; Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
TITLE: International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology
ISOABBREVIATION: Int J Psychophysiol
MONTH: Sep
MEDLINETA: Int J Psychophysiol
BOLD signal
Region-of-interest


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At the end of 2010, a jogging track which is linked to Sengkang Riverside Park was built behind the kampong, allowing joggers to enjoy the peaceful ambiance of that area.
A few steps away from the kampong is Leong Yoke Keng Hardware Manufacturing Factory, probably as old as the kampong itself, with two gigantic warehouses with zinc-plated roofs.
The region of Buangkok, situated not far from the kampong, is now filled with modern HDB flats of less than 5 years old, a stark contrast compared to the humble kampong.
Let's hope the unique "kampong spirit" will last forever!
Charming. Is there another kampongs in the surrounding island?
How about the kampong/fishing village at Seletar?
We are destroying the past too fast. We are losing our past. It is very sad.
The gov is systematically targetting what it deems sub-optimally productive land(read: all those old places) all over the country, and "re-purposing" them to supposedly benefit this land-scarce nation(read: line the national coffers). This is their idea of "nation building" alright, in every literal sense of the word…except they forgot to ask if this is how we want it. Oh wait, they did do the national dialog thing alright. But we all know it's a foregone conclusion anyway. Everything's been decided well in advance, the show-and-tell is just a polite formality.
Leong Yoke Keng Hardware Manufacturing Factory has been there for aeons!
Whenevery I jog or cycle on the park connector next to the kampong, I always see kampong houses. I once saw men walking out of the kampong into the park connector.
I also live near the kampong at Sengkang.
there a pair of stone lions situated at back gate of surya home along lor buangkok. to reach this part of lor buangkok, u have to go in via the hdb buangkok link and continue into lor buangkok after the roundabout and take the first right turn once u get into lor buangkok. drive up 30-50m on a badly pothole road and you will see a pair of majestic looking stone lions. not very big, about 1m by 1.5m, height less than 1m. i dunno the history of the lions, maybe you can find out from the ppl inside the home.
So sad if this goes too. We are moving too fast.
The kampong is still there,with new pavements. (: My aunty lives there. Everytime,during hari raya…the whole lots of our family including our cousins will visit them. So fun and enjoyable.
I'm from a group of local Instagram interest group called InstaSG (our Instagram handle is @instaSG). We would like to organise an Instagram photowalk (a casual photo-taking session) around Kampong Lorong Buangkok.
We organise this photowalk once a month, to different places. And our previous photo-walks include Gardens by the Bay, Thieves Market, Haji Lane, Little India, etc.
And for our January 2014 photowalk, we would like to organise one to Kampong Buangkok, to capture the rustic charm of Singapore's last kampong.
We respect the privacy of the residents at Kampong Buangkok, and will only take photos of the building exteriors and surrounding compound (unless invited by the residents to go into their houses).
Understand that your auntie lives there. Appreciate if you can advise whether it is 'ok' for a group of 20 to 30 people taking photos there, most probably on a Saturday morning or afternoon.
SINGAPORE – Residents in Jalan Kayu can look forward to a multi-purpose sports facility in the first half of 2015, which will feature a skating zone and areas for yoga.
Located in Buangkok Crescent, the 0.48ha facility will cost over $1.5 million to build, announced Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar, the adviser to Jalan Kayu Grassroots Organisations, at a media briefing yesterday. Dr Intan, who is a Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC, was speaking to reporters ahead of a ministerial community visit on April 14 by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu.
The facility is expected to directly benefit residents living in the 29 Housing Board blocks nearby, and private residences in Gerald Drive. Some 22,000 residents live in the Jalan Kayu ward, which encompasses Serangoon North Avenue 4 and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10.
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Hi, I found this is a very amazing controversial photo. I am doing a university thesis report about housing typology in singapore, may I have the courtesy to request this copy of photo from u ?
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My family lived in Bangkok before moving to Hougang. I've photos to share if anyone is keen.
I used to live in Jalan Tongkang Pechah which is very near to Jalan Buankok. Do you have old photos of the kampong and the present development? Thanks.
Yes it is still there ! (: everyone is welcome to take some photos!
Hi pple, for information the kampong now is ceasing. I wanted to go in but it was for closure and barred at the construction site and a lots of stray dogs are there. I wonder got any other ways for me to go in to take a look.
Hi I was wondering if I could use your pictures to be published. could you kindly contact me at my provided e-mail? thank you.
We're a team of students doing research on Kampong Lorong Buangkok and we would love it if you can take part in our survey. We're really hoping to conserve Kampong Lorong Buangkok because we strongly feel that it is a part of Singapore's heritage and culture. Your views would mean a lot to us. Thank you!
The old St Luke's Church and Surya Home might be demolished. Need further researching.
as of today, with the launch of new bto at Buangkok, the area might be cleared for high rise residential development.
Hi. I heard the Kampong Glam will be demolished and redeveloped.. Is it true? If yes, does anyone know the rough date? Thanks.
amazing, I wanna go there ASAP.
I plan to go there is weekend (5 Sep 2015), may I know if the Kampong is still there ?
Yes it is still there ! Do take a look around.
Thanks PinkRanger . I'm happy to learn that the kampong is still there. Looking forward to this trip back memory lane.
By the way , just a confirmation , I can take bus 854 direct from Bedok right ? Or is there any faster way? Thanks once again !
Thank you for your swift response and help. I sincerely appreciate the gracious gesture !
Is the village still there or has it been demolished? Can't find any news on it and was really hoping to check it out when I go to Singapore in two weeks..
yes it is still there ! My grandma side aunties are still residing there. It's one of the oldest kampung in singapore that is still standing till today. You can check it out ! But no fliming is allowed. Taking pictures is ok. Have fun exploring !
Farrah, I am visiting from the UK in Sept 2016, I am hoping to visit the Kampung and take some photographs, I used to live in Seletar Hills in the 1960's, I wish to make a keepsake of how I remember Singapore from those days, do I need permission from anyone in the village to take Photo's? I am disabled and cannot walk very far, would I be allowed to take a taxi into the village and then do my bits of photography?
I would not intrude on anyone's privacy, however if a resident would like to help me with the photography I would be very grateful.
@ Matt Stoves , hi !
Hi! Is there any opening hours to this location? Cuz I'm thinking of having a photoshoot for my friend over there tomorrow!
This place is open 365 & 24/7 everyday ! All are welcome to this place.
Hi , appreciate if anyone can advise if this is still standing ? Would like to bring my famil for viewing before it is gone . Thank you !
Can the Singapore government 'force' the land owner to develop or would they simply rezone the land and let the higher taxes force the owners to sell.


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I recently read a Forbes article by Brett Nelson which resonated with me as an author. He talked about the difference between those who made it in business and those who didn't. He believes this comes down to three basic categories of fundamentals and the relentless pursuit of them by those who know what they were doing.
So he identifies the 23 most important questions which all fall under the three categories and he goes into the details of each of these. He also mentions that even if you think you know the answers to these basic questions, it's well worth your while to revisit them, and to reconsider your answers to them carefully, repeatedly and in great detail.
Of course, many of the references are American (as you would expect on Forbes and I was amused when one of his most crucial questions involved having a good lawyer), but there are takeaways for businesses right here in Canberra.
For me, the most important questions boiled down to three in each category (some of which I combined) and I will comment on each of them in an Australian context.
1. How committed am I and what's my appetite for risk?
The reason businesses don't last long is that business owners really have not thought it through in terms of the level of their commitment. What would you do if your back was to the wall? Could you hack it if the business was going so badly that your reputation was at stake? Could you actually hack the stress of the ups and downs, the famine and feast that business often serves up? Many entrepreneurs go into business with stars in their eyes and with no real idea of just how tough the business world can be. They find out too late that they can't hack it.
2. Is my product/service a real business?
It amazes me when I ask brand new business owners how they make money and many of them (incredible as it may seem) don't know the answer to this question. Without a realistic plan, they are just "playing on the fringes of business" and not really in business at all.
3. What differentiates my product/service from my competitors?
Many do not even research this before they open the doors – they have no idea of who their competition is, and often not even of potential clients who might like their product/service.
1. Am I measuring the right things?
It is quite common on social media to measure efficacy via the number of Likes on Facebook or followers on Twitter. These do not necessarily convert to sales or dollar values. One needs to be very clear about what exactly is worth measuring and many don't know the lifetime dollar value of a client.
2. Do I have the right people?
This is by far the most problematic issue for growing businesses. Often operators have to learn the hard way, through bitter experience of mistakes made in the hiring process. This was the biggest issue for almost all of the people I interviewed for my Canberra Business Success Stories book.
3. Are my incentives aligned with my business goals?
The best businesses incentivise their staff and understand the basics of human psychology. They adopt a win/win/win approach to the way they do business and work with staff to make the customer experience the best it can be. The business owner benefits, as do the staff and the customer.
1. Am I thinking big enough?
This does NOT mean that you will take huge risks – in fact, most successful entrepreneurs only take measured risks, but it is more about thinking what is possible now and in the future. Is the business scalable?
2. Am I truly harnessing technology?
In today's digital trends of the ubiquitous growth of vodcasts, podcasts, and mobile apps, it is important to keep your finger on the pulse and adapt in a considered fashion – but beware – "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" is a good rule to go by here.
3. Can the business function without me?
This is the biggest question of all in the growth category and one that you should be aiming for as a true entrepreneur. After all, why would you put yourself through all of the hard business-building journey, without having an exit strategy? This one is to keep in mind from the very beginning as well.
You know, my favourite saying about true entrepreneurs is this: "Entrepreneurs are those who do today what others won't do, to live tomorrow like others can't", and my research confirms that this is the case. So the ultimate question you need to ask yourself is – are you truly up for it?
And just like fiction writers need to be aware of the fundamental seven stories, business owners need to be aware of the fundamentals of business and pursue them with the relentless sharp focus if they are to grow and have their businesses flourishing.
By the way, if you'd like to read Brett Nelson's article, here is the link . I highly recommend it.
Would love to hear your take on it.


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Thor Freudenthal
Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
Nell Minow
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Hotel for Dogs (2009)
Amazon's Carnival Row is a Messy, Satisfying Distraction
Allison Shoemaker | 2019-08-27
A review of the new Amazon series Carnival Row, which premieres with its eight-episode season on Friday, August 30.
Ebert Club
#175, July 10, 2013
Marie Haws | 2013-07-09
Marie writes: I've been watching a lot of old movies lately, dissatisfied in general with the poverty of imagination currently on display at local cinemas. As anyone can blow something up with CGI - it takes no skill whatsoever and imo, is the default mode of every hack working in Hollywood these days. Whereas making a funny political satire in the United States about a Russian submarine running aground on a sandbank near a small island town off the coast of New England in 1966 during the height of the Cold War - and having local townsfolk help them escape in the end via a convoy of small boats, thereby protecting them from US Navy planes until they're safely out to sea? Now that's creative and in a wonderfully subversive way....
#170 June 5, 2013
Marie writes: Behold a truly rare sight. London in 1924 in color. "The Open Road" was shot by an early British pioneer of film named Claude Friese-Greene and who made a series of travelogues using the colour process his father William (a noted cinematographer) had been experimenting with. The travelogues were taken between 1924 and 1926 on a motor journey between Land's End and John O'Groats. You can find more footage from The Open Road at The British Film Institute's YouTube channel for the film. You can also explore their Archives collection over here.
#44 January 5, 2011
Roger and Chaz outside the CBC Studios. They were recently featured on CBS News Sunday Morning to discuss the launch of their new show "Ebert Presents At The Movies".


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Casa Del Sol Re-Opens in Toms River!
Alexander Shalamov
"Over 20 years ago Patricia and Jorge Ramirez met and fell in love at a restaurant in Lavallette, NJ. They got married and started a family in Toms River, with dreams of owning their own restaurant some day. Many people may remember their first two La Casa's which were over the bridge is Seaside. The first restaurant was located in a building that had a terrible fire and the second was destroyed during Hurricane Sandy. But the Ramirez family never gave up! Today, through a lot of hard work and dedication, their dream has once again become a reality with Casa Del Sol, an authentic Mexican café on Fischer Blvd in Toms River." ~ Casa Del Sol
It's the return of a Shore favorite, Casa Del Sol Mexican Restaurant. The well-known eatery has had to come back from not one but two significant setbacks. Fire and Flood both struck the family-owned business, but now the Ramirez family .... has found a new location in Toms River.
Casa Del Sol is now in the Bellcrest Plaza at 953 Fischer Boulevard in Toms River.
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Western Michigan held its second of three practices in Nassau Tuesday morning at Roscow A. L. Davies Soccer Field near Robinson Stadium.
"I think they're really strong up the middle. Football is kind of like baseball – when you're strong up the middle you have a pretty good unit. They're defensive tackles are big and strong and hard to move. You don't get to knock them off the ball very much, and then their inside linebackers are good players, especially (T.T. Barber), he's really good, and they're safety is a really good player, too. That jumped out at me right away when watching the film. That's the strength of their defense, right down the middle.
"We always stress three things. We're always talking to our guys about how it doesn't matter who we play, but it's about how we play. We must take care of the ball – we always have to do that – and then we must executive, and then we need to out-play our opponent, out-work them. Those are always our three keys, whoever we're playing.
Do the coaches get to have fun at bowl games?


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St. Edward the Confessor, October 13
This story recounts how an Irishman named Gillemichel, who was crippled and covered with running sores, went to Rome seeking a cure for his wounds. The Pope told him that he would only be cured if King Edward of England (1003-1066) would carry him on his back from the great Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey.
The pious Monarch consented. On the way, the sick Irishman felt as if his nerves were loosening and his legs becoming flexible. The blood of his wounds flowed on the King's regal attire, but the King continued to carry him to the altar of the Abbey. He was cured. He immediately walked and hung up his crutches at the Abbey as proof of the miracle that had taken place.
St. Edward carrying the beggar on his way to Westminster Abbey
This was a man who had an illness that contracted his nerves, preventing him from walking, and whose body was covered with sores. He found a way to journey from Great Britain to Rome to ask the Pope to cure him. The Pope answered: "You will be healed if the King of England will carry you on his back on the road that goes from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey. Then, you will be cured."
The man returned to Great Britain facing all the imaginable difficulties – travelling the interminable rugged roads with the constant threat of being assaulted by bandits, living off the meager alms he received, begging shelter at night in the monasteries and hostels along the way. He had to face all these adversities on his journey from Rome to England. And the worst part was that he had done this shortly before. The Pope sent him back, still unhealed, to face those hardships all over again.
It is beautiful to see the act of confidence the Pope had in the power of miracles of the King. It is also beautiful to see the peaceful resignation of the poor Irishman.
He travelled back to London and arrived at the Royal Palace. We can imagine the King with his Royal Diadem on his forehead and his stately attire seated on his Throne. St. Edward welcomed him with goodness and affability:
"What is that you wish?"
"My Lord, I was sent here by the Dominus Apostolicus (as the Pope was called at that time) and he told me that you would cure me." Then he transmitted the message. The King agreed.
The contrast is enormous: On the one hand, a poor man, a semi-paralytic beggar covered with running sores; on the other hand, the healthy King in his glory and majesty. The Pope ordered nothing less than the King should carry this beggar on his shoulders and, in this humiliating act, walk publicly through the streets of the city. He was the Head of the Nation who should carry a sick and purulent man.
The King did it. He left the Palace, passing by the guards who probably duly saluted him; a bugle announced the King was leaving the Palace and his banner was lowered – a King's banner flies only when he is present at the Palace; when he leaves the banner is lowered. He went by himself without any escort carrying that man on his shoulders to the great astonishment of the people who gathered around and started to follow the strange pair.
"What has happened? The King is not in his carriage. He is not on the magnificent steed he usually rides when he goes out. He is alone, without any guards or entourage, carrying this beggar on his shoulders..."
The episode caused a great sensation and the news spread quickly through the streets of the small London of the time.
People commented: "How can it be that this miserable beggar is riding on the shoulders of our King? Our holy King is being humiliated, he who is the symbol of all of England, the symbol of Catholic virtue. He, who is lofty, majestic and pure as a lily. How can it be that he walks alone with a beggar mounted on his shoulders? What an extravagant thing!"
The King recollected, continued along his path praying; the beggar was also deep in his prayers asking Our Lady to cure him. The surprised people followed in lines behind them to see what would happen.
The altar of Westminster Abbey, unfortunately today in the hands of Protestants
As he continued, the King's royal attire became stained with blood and pus from the flowing wounds. But the beggar began to feel movement in his limbs. They entered Westminster Abbey. I believe that there could be few scenes as beautiful as what was happening there.
The King arrived at the Altar and carefully removed the heavy load from his shoulders. The man who was mounted on the King's shoulders was holding his crutches. But, then, he could walk without them. The sores were dried, he was cured. The King stood nearby, his apparel gloriously filled with blood and pus. A great miracle had taken place! The Royal Majesty blazed in one of the most beautiful acts of the whole history of Royalty in England. Through St. Edward, Our Lady worked a great miracle.
Now, the question: Is this episode true? Perhaps it is, perhaps it isn't. It can be a myth or a legend. But this really does not matter too much. What matters is that multitudes of persons desired that things should happen in this way. That slowly the legend grew based on some residual truth. That the people became enthused with the possibility that this event could have taken place in this way. This ideal stirred the enthusiasm of the English people for whole generations. This is what matters: that this state of souls existed, that this mentality was alive.
However, perhaps it was true. Maybe the miracle took place just as it was described. Why could St. Edward not have worked such a miracle? But, from a certain perspective, it is less important to know whether the miracle happened than to know that the possibility of this miracle fed the flames of enthusiasm of the English people throughout History.
How different these multitudes were from the poor masses of our days…
Another question comes: What is the beauty of this story? The answer to this question is important for us to understand the beauty of the Catholic Church. Let us make a brief analysis so that this episode does not end by leaving only a fleeting impression but rather an enduring principle.
If the story were true, it was caused by the power of the Church, by the fact that St. Edward and the beggar belonged to the Catholic Church. If it were not true, it was grace that led millions of souls to thirst for such an ideal. Either way, it is the beauty of the Catholic Church that is reflected in this episode.
Throne of St. Edward; according to tradition the stone under the seat is the one over which Jacob slept
This story has a twofold beauty:
One is the faith of the beggar. He is a poor man who, to be cured, innocently sets out to see the Pope and request the cure. It shows the prestige of the Papacy, how people believed that a Pope could work a miracle and effect a cure; we see the certainty they had of this.
He asks the Pope for a cure. The Pope could have cured the man, but he does not do so. He sends the beggar back to England. Our Lady was asking an act of confidence from the beggar that she normally only asks from men of strong faith. For the weak, she often comes to their immediate assistance. For the strong, she says a yes that has the appearance of a no.
Thus, the poor man drags himself back along the danger-ridden road until he reaches the Palace of the King. This beggar shows a great confidence that reveals the beauty of his faith.
Another beautiful thing in the story is the faith and submission of the King. The Pope ordered the King to do a thing that could easily appear extravagant. The King was known as a man who worked miracles. Why could he not cure the Irishman at his Palace?
Why did he have to carry that repugnant beggar on his shoulders? If it were necessary that they both go to Westminster Abbey, then, why should they not go seated in a carriage? But, no: the beggar had to go riding the King as if he were a horse. This seems to be an inversion in the hierarchical order.
However, we who love the order are also enthused to see that poor human rag riding the perfect, noble and holy King. Why? What is the beauty in this scene?
It is beautiful to see the public power in a role of domination. It is superb to pay due respect to those who hold the public power. Above all, this is true when the public power acknowledges the divine origin of the power in such way that, when we pay it homage, we pay homage to God, because we consider it to be a representative of God.
But, there is also beauty in another thing. On certain occasions it is beautiful to see the superior heroically demonstrating that he is the father of the inferior, to see the strong offering the weak sustenance and assistance. For this reason, it is a beautiful thing for one who is higher and more powerful to serve the lower and the weaker, doing whatever is possible to cure him.
At the entrance of Westminster Abbey Our Lady seems stern, awaiting the conversion of the Anglicans
Thus, we have two very beautiful things. A poor man resigned to his situation, who innocently asks the King: "Can I ride on your shoulders?" On the other hand, a King who knows how to be a king and knows the worth of his royal dignity, but who responds: "Of course, my son. Jump on my back and together let us ask for the miracle you seek."
There is a profound harmony in this picture where one extreme touches the other. It is beautiful to see the highest of royalty touching the lowest of mendicancy. It is beautiful to see royalty carrying mendicancy to ask for a miracle before the altar of God. It is a great glory for God – the Author of the beggar and of the King – to draw from the presence of a man covered with sores, incapable of walking or making brilliant acts, an episode of perfect beauty that shines for the whole history of England, and for the history of mankind of all times.
The miracle crowns the episode. And we are left with our souls filled with nostalgia at contemplating a time when such events were possible, a time when the multitudes were charmed by episodes like this.
Let us retain in our hearts the principle that is behind this episode – the beauty of the opposite extremes that touch one another.
Let us forget for a moment the abominations of our times and think: What a great Pope, what a great King, what a great beggar! What a glorious beauty resides in the laws of the universe! How great is God Our Lord!


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A volunteer from the community came in to help with transplanting the starts and the rest of the vegetable seeds and starts were purchased from Edwards or donated by staff. "I was glad to find a home for the volunteer tomato plants that had popped up all over my front yard," said Hays youth specialist Dove Rainbow.
Here are some photos of the garden beds that the Hays residents built next to the greenhouse. It shows the gorgeous crop of pumpkins taking over that section of the yard, and a greenhouse full of tomato plants. The Hays garden also produced lettuce, kale, some herbs, and sunflowers.
The kids seemed to really enjoy the physical work of putting together a garden, and residents and staff worked as a team to maintain the garden, watering and weeding it, along with the busy schedule of day-to-day life at the shelter.
The current goal with the garden is to sell each pumpkin for a small donation and use the proceeds to make a donation to another kid-friendly, healthy organization in the Boise area.


The ever-increasing dominance of tech companies – specifically Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet, the parent company of Google – has made everyday life simultaneously more efficient and more unstable. The antitrust laws of yesteryear seem to have fallen by the wayside as these five companies accrue wealth, power, and influence over the lives of ordinary people.
The increasingly complex and vast reach of these companies is troubling for the welfare of our nation. Enormous multinationals have exactly one thing driving their actions: profit. In the quest for expansion, the Big Five tech companies accumulate vast amounts of highly sensitive data, and the problems associated with unchecked growth may be more pressing than many would imagine.
For example, consider the role of Facebook in the 2016 presidential campaign. During the campaign season, Facebook was admonished for its role in propagating 'fake news' and further polarizing Americans. Critics accused Facebook of creating 'echo chambers' in which users could have their beliefs validated without ever experiencing opposing viewpoints. Recently, the site has admitted to the news media that up to $150,000 in political ads were purchased by Russian operatives posing as Americans on its site. The results of these actions may or may not have swayed the election, but sketchy details are still emerging, raising questions about the specific nature of the use of Facebook for politically devious purposes. While Republicans search for evidence of voter fraud to vindicate their wild accusations and allegations, one culprit exists in election tampering which we can easily identify – Facebook.
In a similar way, the power of Alphabet is both astounding and suspicious. The European Union's second-highest court is considering an appeal made by Google against its ruling that the company violated antitrust laws there. A similar legal challenge would be almost unthinkable in the United States, where the company owns about 63% of the market share in search engine technology. Amazon owns about 43% of the market in online retail sales. With its purchase of the Whole Foods grocery store chain, this dominance seems to be only increasing.
Take a moment to stop and think about just how much each of these companies affects your daily life. If just one of them were to suddenly disappear, how would your life be changed? Regardless of which company evaporated, you would almost certainly notice. A recent New York Times article asked readers to vote on the order in which they would abandon each of these five companies if forced by some magical internet troll, and it is a fun thought exercise with a slightly disturbing underlying message – each one has a major impact on the everyday life of most Americans.
Perhaps there is some lesson to be learned about relying too much on technology. The real issue, however, lies in the all-but-unchecked power these companies are able to exert. It is an issue that will only deepen over time, unless the United States government takes steps to limit their authority.


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Skylanders Academy: Season 2 Episode 5
Elementary, My Dear Eruptor
Eruptor discovers he has the Sherlock Holmes-like ability to figure out who's guilty of committing evil deeds.
Spyromania Oct. 06, 2017
I Dream of Ninjini Oct. 06, 2017
Return to Cynder Oct. 06, 2017
Thankstaking for the Memories Oct. 06, 2017
Elementary, My Dear Eruptor Oct. 06, 2017
Split Decision Oct. 06, 2017
The People vs. Pop Fizz Oct. 06, 2017
One Flu Over the Skylander's Nest Oct. 06, 2017
Belly of the Beast Oct. 06, 2017
Who's Your Daddy? Oct. 06, 2017
Sheep(ball) Dreams Oct. 06, 2017
It Techs Two Oct. 06, 2017
Touch of Evil Oct. 06, 2017
Bean Bandit
Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious
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