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define([
        'Core/OrthographicFrustum',
        'Core/Cartesian2',
        'Core/Cartesian3',
        'Core/Cartesian4',
        'Core/Math',
        'Core/Matrix4',
        'Specs/createPackableSpecs'
    ], function(
        OrthographicFrustum,
        Cartesian2,
        Cartesian3,
        Cartesian4,
        CesiumMath,
        Matrix4,
        createPackableSpecs) {
        'use strict';

describe('Core/OrthographicFrustum', function() {

    var frustum, planes;

    beforeEach(function() {
        frustum = new OrthographicFrustum();
        frustum.near = 1.0;
        frustum.far = 3.0;
        frustum.width = 2.0;
        frustum.aspectRatio = 1.0;
        planes = frustum.computeCullingVolume(new Cartesian3(), Cartesian3.negate(Cartesian3.UNIT_Z, new Cartesian3()), Cartesian3.UNIT_Y).planes;
    });

    it('constructs', function() {
        var options = {
            width : 1.0,
            aspectRatio : 2.0,
            near : 3.0,
            far : 4.0,
            xOffset : 5.0,
            yOffset : 6.0
        };
        var f = new OrthographicFrustum(options);
        expect(f.width).toEqual(options.width);
        expect(f.aspectRatio).toEqual(options.aspectRatio);
        expect(f.near).toEqual(options.near);
        expect(f.far).toEqual(options.far);
    });

    it('default constructs', function() {
        var f = new OrthographicFrustum();
        expect(f.width).toBeUndefined();
        expect(f.aspectRatio).toBeUndefined();
        expect(f.near).toEqual(1.0);
        expect(f.far).toEqual(500000000.0);
    });

    it('undefined width causes an exception', function() {
        frustum.width = undefined;
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.projectionMatrix;
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('undefined aspectRatio throws an exception', function() {
        frustum.aspectRatio = undefined;
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.projectionMatrix;
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('out of range near plane throws an exception', function() {
        frustum.near = -1.0;
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.projectionMatrix;
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();

        frustum.far = 3.0;
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.projectionMatrix;
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('negative far plane throws an exception', function() {
        frustum.far = -1.0;
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.projectionMatrix;
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('computeCullingVolume with no position throws an exception', function() {
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.computeCullingVolume();
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('computeCullingVolume with no direction throws an exception', function() {
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.computeCullingVolume(new Cartesian3());
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('computeCullingVolume with no up throws an exception', function() {
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.computeCullingVolume(new Cartesian3(), new Cartesian3());
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('get frustum left plane', function() {
        var leftPlane = planes[0];
        var expectedResult = new Cartesian4(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
        expect(leftPlane).toEqualEpsilon(expectedResult, CesiumMath.EPSILON4);
    });

    it('get frustum right plane', function() {
        var rightPlane = planes[1];
        var expectedResult = new Cartesian4(-1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
        expect(rightPlane).toEqualEpsilon(expectedResult, CesiumMath.EPSILON4);
    });

    it('get frustum bottom plane', function() {
        var bottomPlane = planes[2];
        var expectedResult = new Cartesian4(0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
        expect(bottomPlane).toEqualEpsilon(expectedResult, CesiumMath.EPSILON4);
    });

    it('get frustum top plane', function() {
        var topPlane = planes[3];
        var expectedResult = new Cartesian4(0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
        expect(topPlane).toEqual(expectedResult, CesiumMath.EPSILON4);
    });

    it('get frustum near plane', function() {
        var nearPlane = planes[4];
        var expectedResult = new Cartesian4(0.0, 0.0, -1.0, -1.0);
        expect(nearPlane).toEqualEpsilon(expectedResult, CesiumMath.EPSILON4);
    });

    it('get frustum far plane', function() {
        var farPlane = planes[5];
        var expectedResult = new Cartesian4(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 3.0);
        expect(farPlane).toEqualEpsilon(expectedResult, CesiumMath.EPSILON4);
    });

    it('get orthographic projection matrix', function() {
        var projectionMatrix = frustum.projectionMatrix;
        frustum = frustum._offCenterFrustum;
        var expected = Matrix4.computeOrthographicOffCenter(frustum.left, frustum.right, frustum.bottom, frustum.top, frustum.near, frustum.far, new Matrix4());
        expect(projectionMatrix).toEqualEpsilon(expected, CesiumMath.EPSILON6);
    });

    it('get pixel dimensions throws without canvas height', function() {
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.getPixelDimensions(1.0, undefined, 0.0, new Cartesian2());
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('get pixel dimensions throws without canvas width', function() {
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.getPixelDimensions(undefined, 1.0, 0.0, new Cartesian2());
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('get pixel dimensions throws with canvas width less than or equal to zero', function() {
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.getPixelDimensions(0.0, 1.0, 0.0, new Cartesian2());
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('get pixel dimensions throws with canvas height less than or equal to zero', function() {
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.getPixelDimensions(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, new Cartesian2());
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('get pixel dimensions', function() {
        var pixelSize = frustum.getPixelDimensions(1.0, 1.0, 0.0, new Cartesian2());
        expect(pixelSize.x).toEqual(2.0);
        expect(pixelSize.y).toEqual(2.0);
    });

    it('equals', function() {
        var frustum2 = new OrthographicFrustum();
        frustum2.near = 1.0;
        frustum2.far = 3.0;
        frustum2.width = 2.0;
        frustum2.aspectRatio = 1.0;
        expect(frustum.equals(frustum2)).toEqual(true);
    });

    it('equals epsilon', function() {
        var frustum2 = new OrthographicFrustum();
        frustum2.near = 1.0;
        frustum2.far = 3.0;
        frustum2.width = 2.0;
        frustum2.aspectRatio = 1.0;
        expect(frustum.equalsEpsilon(frustum2, CesiumMath.EPSILON7)).toEqual(true);

        var frustum3 = new OrthographicFrustum();
        frustum3.near = 1.01;
        frustum3.far = 3.01;
        frustum3.width = 2.01;
        frustum3.aspectRatio = 1.01;
        expect(frustum.equalsEpsilon(frustum3, CesiumMath.EPSILON1)).toEqual(true);

        var frustum4 = new OrthographicFrustum();
        frustum4.near = 1.0;
        frustum4.far = 3.0;
        frustum4.width = 2.0;
        frustum4.aspectRatio = 1.1;
        expect(frustum.equalsEpsilon(frustum4, CesiumMath.EPSILON2)).toEqual(false);
    });

    it('equals undefined', function() {
        expect(frustum.equals()).toEqual(false);
    });

    it('throws with undefined frustum parameters', function() {
        var frustum = new OrthographicFrustum();
        expect(function() {
            return frustum.projectionMatrix;
        }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it('clone', function() {
        var frustum2 = frustum.clone();
        expect(frustum).toEqual(frustum2);
    });

    it('clone with result parameter', function() {
        var result = new OrthographicFrustum();
        var frustum2 = frustum.clone(result);
        expect(frustum2).toBe(result);
        expect(frustum).toEqual(frustum2);
    });

    createPackableSpecs(OrthographicFrustum, new OrthographicFrustum({
        width : 1.0,
        aspectRatio : 2.0,
        near : 3.0,
        far : 4.0
    }), [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]);
});
});


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Hot Start Sets #23 Capital Apart in Rivalry Win
Capital (16-3) 49 44 93
Otterbein (6-13) 26 35 61
Pictured: Will Hannah (photo credit: Joe Maiorana)
Pts: Austin Schreck - 26
Reb: Caleb Cox - 8
Ast: Dan Auble - 7
Pts: Justin Carter - 14
Reb: Justin Carter - 5
Ast: Hunter Dennison - 2
By: Ryan Gasser, sports information director
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The nationally-ranked Capital University men's basketball team cruised to a 32-point victory over its rivals, the Otterbein Cardinals, on Saturday night at The Rike Center. The Crusaders, led by Will Hannah, got off to a hot start and left their rival's house with a 93-61 victory to give them win number 15 on the season.
No. 23 Capital zoomed out of the gate with a 9-0 run that included five coming from Will Hannah (Milford, Ohio/Milford). The senior hit a 3-pointer for the game's opening points and added a quick bucket on the next possession to help with the run. It was a sign of things to come for both Hannah and the Crusaders.
A little 6-0 spurt thanks to triples from Ganiyu Yahaya (Abuja, Nigeria) and Joey Weingartner (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) gave the Crusaders its first double-digit lead just past the midway point of the first half, and the points kept coming. Yahaya added a second 3-pointer and then another fell off the fingertips of junior guard Dan Auble (Brecksville, Ohio/Brecksville) and his layup on the team's next possession extended Cap's lead to 21, nearly doubling its lead in just under three minutes of play. At the end of the first half, Cap's shooting numbers were off the charts and read …
The lead continued to balloon for Capital and Austin Schreck (Erlanger, Ky./Dixie Heights) came from out of the darkness with 20 second-half points, good to represent the team lead on the final stat sheet with 26. He finished 10-for-13 from field goal range and also added four helpers, overall.
In the second half, Capital nearly replicated its offensive effort with 44 points and shot better than 50 percent once again. The defense never let the Cardinals back into it. Known for their ability to shoot the deep ball, Otterbein was held to just 2-for-14 from distance, preventing any sort of challenge at the end.
Hannah finished the game a perfect 8-for-8 from the field to total 19 points in addition to his five rebounds. Caleb Cox led the Crusaders in rebounding (8) while Dan Auble tallied seven assists in his first start of the season at point guard.
This marks the fifth game this season that the Crusaders have scored 90 or more points against an opponent and second in the last three games.
The Crusaders (15-1, 11-1 OAC) will prepare for a rematch against an old foe and nationally-ranked Marietta College, who entered the weekend No. 10 in NCAA Division III, per the D3Hoops.com polls. In the last meeting between these two teams, Capital defeated Marietta, 82-78, at Ban Johnson Arena on January 9 to help propel them into the Top 25. This time, the Crusaders and Pioneers will meet at The Capital Center on Wednesday, January 30 for a 7 p.m. tipoff.

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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by baa269, Aug 10, 2010.
Im trying to unroot, loaded the proper drivers, and rsd light, booted onto bootloader screen but it rsd it wont detect my phone. says its connected in status but cant click start, no imei/esn/meid number, nothing. i was running chevy ss 4.6... trying to go back to 2.0.1 but cant anyone have any idea why it wont pick up the phone i rsd?
I am not sure but I think you may need the android sdk installed as well. worth a shot any way.
Do you have the updated RSD??
And are your drivers up to date?
Two questions, the phone screen says "OK to Program" and you have an .sbf file selected in RSDLite, right???


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from the nato's: i had plans.
i have found many other activities to keep me from writing this out.
i have tortured myself by making apricot jam. i have meticulously stenciled a moroccan print on my dining room wall(the before and after coming soon). i have written about other things on this blog. i have been a little bit of a zombie, lost in my thoughts.
it can be painful to face reality when it is not how you thought it should go. in fact, i planned it to go much differently. you know, when you map out your life and then ask God to bless your plans? like humans do?
i sat in the waiting room, playing with lila nervously as we waited to see the new doctor.
Ook. ook. see! lila turned my face to a bin of oversized blocks. her way of telling me to look at something.
nato sat and built blocks with her. he kept building them even when lila moved onto a different toy. he was nervous.
i was too. kind of. but i was ready. i needed to hear something. tell me anything. i'm tired of doing this by myself. just tell me what's wrong, and we'll move forward.
when the sweet doctor called us into the room, he said, i'm going to test lila and talk with you guys. back and forth. just know that i'm always testing her, so don't prompt her.
and he would ask her to do something and she would look at me and i would point or talk to her in a language she understood. our language.
remember, you can't interject. i have duct tape in the drawer if you need it. the doctor had a dry sense of humor and i liked him immediately.
oh gosh. i'm sorry. i shrunk down in my chair. how is she going to get through this without me?
i didn't realize that i helped her make sense of the world so much.
and it was painful to watch her struggle with colors. at 3 and 1/2 years old. simple color recognition. or directions. or most things that he asked her to do, she could not fully. i wanted to jump up and say, stop! that's not how she does it. she can only understand it this way.
but i knew this needed to happen. isn't this what i've wanted for 2 years now? someone to tell me something isn't right?
by the end of the evaluation, he let lila play and told us that there were some options here. perhaps she still couldn't hear. that would be unlikely after tubes and a passed hearing test in at least one ear.
because if hearing was the problem and it was fixed she would have caught up by now.
no one has told us that yet. i knew it in my gut but no one has actually said the words.
or she could have a severe learning disability. but she doesn't exactly fit the bill of any particular disorder. definitely not autism.
or, he said with a sigh. we need to look at her chromosomes. this could be DNA related. excuse me? i thought she was simply delayed.
an extensive blood test will tell us this. as he was saying things like fragile X, chromosome disorder, and other DNA terms, i prayed that i would just keep me together and hear the doctor's prognosis. i wanted to say, your words are too heavy for my ears but they just kept falling out of his mouth.
and so i kept listening.
well, let's get bloodtests back before you guys think about more kids. i'm not saying to stop, i'm saying you have things to think about.
no more biological kids. what? i'm supposed to get to decide that. on my own terms. when i want to decide that. i have plans, doctor.
and we'll need to think about putting lila in a better school district. you can't stay in the one you're in if you want the best care for lila.
moving? no. we're in our forever house. we love this neighborhood. we love our church and our son's school and we have plans here.
and so we walked out of the doctors appointment with blank stares.
but not the direction i had planned to walk in.
are you ok with me going back to work, honey?
ya. i mean, there's nothing we can do right now.
and i shut the car door and turned up the music and lila sang.
i sang too. and i cried.
all of my plans were failing me. they were crashing down and crushing me.
and the next day, i just cried all day. just all day long. off and on randomly. laying hopes and dreams on an alter one minute, choosing to trust that God is bigger than what feels immensely painful and heavy. and the other minute thinking too far ahead. what will all of this look like when she's a grown adult?
and as i prayed it out, a question popped up in my head.
i had plans for her. i wanted her to be something.
i have plans for her. why does your life glorify me more than her life? i knit lila together in your womb just so. just exactly so.
they were such gentle words and yet they pierced right through me. my ugly heart gushed open. i have such a narrow perspective of God and what he can and can't do.
i love to think i can control things and that i don't need a savior. that's what i'm saying when i don't trust in the Lord. i can do this better than you, God. you who made the universe and everything in it.
yet here i am, again, learning i can not control anything.
i am learning this week, in a tangible way, that God uses all of life to glorify himself. even in a broken world and even in suffering. and that i am not in control of what this looks like. i am not a savior. in fact, i desperately need a savior.
i am learning that we are just tiny stories in a larger story of redemption and that this life is but a breath. but a tiny breath. and yet i look at my daughter with such small eyes.
lord, have mercy on me. give me new eyes, for my daughter and for this world that is passing away quickly. i have such a small perspective of your goodness. help me to think outside what my eyes can see and what my heart feels sometimes. lila has always been yours. i am her mother for a small time. and you have made her perfectly with plans and a purpose. i pray for healing, but i also pray your will be done and not mine. because you are Good and Just and i can trust in You.
I am praying for your baby girl and for your family!
Sometimes when we are taken in to situations that seem so difficult and not controllable by us that is when God does a miracle ~ Then we can know without a doubt that it was only because of Him! I love that promise!
I am so blessed to have read this post today. You are a blessing. Thank you for sharing so openly you real and true struggles. Our journey are never what we want or thinkwe would want.... But God uses our lives to bring more people to him. If we had perfect. And wonderful lives ( ya know the world's perfect) well who would ever have a need for a Savior. Praying for you and your family as you walk thru these hard times.
Oh Jami...have you been reading my diary again? You really should stop that.
But really...this speaks right to where I am. My husband and I just experienced a loss and I've been reeling ever since. God...I had plans to be a mom. You put that in me, right?!
I stop trusting so easy. I lose faith too quickly.
Thanks for this reminder to set myself aside today...and let God be glorified even through that pains I don't understand.
"I knit her just exactly so."
Wow, I'm crying just reading those words. He did, didn't he? It's so easy to forget somehow. I'll be praying for Lila and all of you. He is more than able to see you through this- now and in the future. I'm so glad you're sharing this. I know it can't always be easy, but I love how honest you are about your own failings (not trusting, being in control, etc).. It really makes me think of my own issues with not trusting God fully, or only when need him.
God Bless you and your family. I am in awe of your ability to express yourself: your faith, your struggles, your love for God, your husband, your children. I read a lot of blogs, Jami, but only yours can make me laugh and cry and feel like I've known you my whole life in the space of 3 minutes. I'm praying for you. And thank you for being....well....you. :) God knew what he was doing with you as much as he knows what he's doing with Lila. Remember that.
Thanks for writing this out and sharing it here. You have a gift with words and, I believe, a real ministry here with how you share them.
I have a cousin who has faced enormous struggles in becoming a mom, including a stillborn daughter and preemie twins with cerebral palsy and autism. She's one of the most remarkable people I've ever met. Anyway, several years ago she shared this story with me and even though it's written specifically to parents of children with disabilities, I think of it often when my plans don't seem to match up with God's.
My word. I just cried and cried. Bless you sweet Jami. Bless that sweet Lila! I'm praying for you friend! The Lord DID knit her perfectly in your womb and he does have mighty plans for her! It may not be what we envisioned, but He is so much better than us. Your honesty and raw emotion will be a blessing to so many. Praying for you all as you continue on this journey. Much love.
Praying for answers for you sweet mama. Life is tough. I feel like right when I'm sure I've got it all down, God sheds light on another area I need grace.
Jami, I love you for having such a real and honest faith. And the ability to convey it so eloquently.
Good luck as you continue to gather & assess the information about Lila. You are so brave. So brave. And not alone!
Hang in there, momma! I love this post and how absolutely OPEN you are!
Jami, thank you for this beautiful post. I was in tears not even half way through. Thank you for being an inspiration, I hope you can feel comfort as the days go by. I'm so sorry that you have this trial, but I now when you trust in the Lord you will come out on top. Best of luck to your family, they are in my prayers.
praying for you and your sweet family. thank you for being vulnerable. and praise God that His ways are higher than ours, His thoughts are higher than ours, that He does have a plan for each of us (isa. 55:8-9, 11) - even when we want to control it!
Praying for you all, Jami. Thank you for writing this. I love your perspective and willingness to learn see your precious little girl the way He sees her... she is fearfully and wonderfully made!
Thank you for writing these words. They are exactly what I needed this morning. I will be praying for your family. Your little girl is so blessed to have a mama who will fight for her and pray for her and trust God for her future.
i love you even more than before for writing this (not trying to be creepy). i will pray for you. just so you know, God is not following "my plans" right now (health wise). Your post really reminded me that I'm trying to be my own Savior. Thank you.
Gods plan is ALWAYS the best, and the human mind is often incapable of completely understanding it. Your Lila is beautiful, and she will have a beautiful life, Inshallah. Lots of love, prayers and positive energy.
I have walked in your shoes with all the questions and lapses of faith, temporary as they were. My beautiful daughter is now 42 and has taught me and so many so much in love, faith and beauty. God IS Just. Hang in there and give it over to Him. He is molding a work of beauty so great it will continually awe you. Great joy will come to your life through your daughter. Blessings upon you all.
Your honesty is so wonderful and lovely and reminds me that I need to trust God more and I need to humble my own selfish heart to his plans.
Lifting up prayers for your family. Because he is Good and Just and we can trust Him to do marvelous things.
This isn't a post about Lila as much as its a post about surrender. Lila and the details are the circumstances through which God is revealing himself to you; it's your story, your version of being transformed. And one thing I've thought of a lot lately is that we don't get to choose our stories. He gives us our cup to drink, and through it prunes us and shows us a greater depth of His love. Each of us with different stories, each of us learning the same things, that He is good. And He is enough. Thank you for such an honest look at how hard it is to say not my will, Lord, but yours. My heart nods in agreement.
Good for you Jami for getting out all of your honest feelings. You're human just like the rest of us. Much love! It's hard when things don't turn out the way we thought and even more difficult to know that we never really had any control either.
I love your honesty. You writing it out for all of us to read makes me reflect on how I might be doing similar things. I appreciate you and your heart to share such intimate things with strangers :) I'll be praying for your healing and for God's will to be done in your family. You are right, our God is a GOOD God, who knows exactly what we need. Sometimes that is painful to realize that our will is not God's will, even when you have the best of intentions. God is always GOOD.
My family and I are praying for you and your family, Jami. I can think of 5 million Bible verses of encouragement for you in a time like this, but I keep coming back to the one in Psalm about God knowing us, even in our mother's womb, just like you already shared. Instead of me offering you some type of hope, your post has offered ME hope, and pointed me back to Jesus-in my small, stressful life situations I am facing.
:) I think God wants me to hear from Him today, and I just wanted to thank you for being that instrument. I love that HE loves us that richly and deeply.
take hope in that. He loves YOU that richly and deeply.
nd may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep HISlove is.
I'm a new follower of your blog but wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your candidness - in your family matters, in your struggles with trusting our Savior, all of it. I see myself in your writings a lot and can relate with a lot of what you say. Thank you for sharing - my prayers are with you and your family!
Oh Jami. This post opened old wounds for me. In a good way.
There is something about a delayed diagnosis that stings. The unknown. The guilt. "Our plan" we thought had culminated itself when we met our sweet, perfect baby on the day she was born, before we knew.
But you know? She is still perfect. And sweet. It's just a harder road. But we can do hard things. We can. You can.
Praying for you as you work this out. Online. And otherwise. Proud of you for sharing. She will want to read this. She will be happy to read this. She will NEED to read this. It screams of your reliance on Christ.
your reflections are beautiful and encouraging. praying for you always!
My prayers are with you in your struggle Jami! I want to sincerely thank you for writing so openly. I don't comment often but really admire this about you.
thanks for sharing this, Jami.
I'm crying with you. I hope you get the answers you need in order to help your beautiful girl in the best way possible soon. God does have plans for our lives but I don't think it's really a sin to struggle when those plans seem kind of crappy to our eyes. I will be praying for you and your sweet baby.
I really, really appreciated this post in light of some areas God is exposing in my own life. There were a few things you wrote that really hit home, and I feel God is using those words to reach my heart!
I only "know you" thru your blog, but I am sending love to you so hard my heart hurts. Hang in there.
So very blessed by your decision to share the workings of the Lord in your heart and in your family. Praying for you, your precious family and your Perfectly, intentionally, put together little girl.
i am so sorry you are having to go through this, but i do know you of anyone can handle this. you are just what lila needs because god made you her mother. i will be praying for you and your sweet girl. p.s. those pics of her are amazing.
thank you for sharing, so wildly and openly. praying for the many dicisions (and answers) ahead of you.
Jami, I'm sorry your family is going through this rough time. Keep trusting, His plan is better than anything you could ever imagine. Praying for you guys.
praying for you sweet Jami. i love your heart. so so much. you are the perfect mamma for sweet lila. she was knit. YOU were knit. your walk with HIM is inspiring!! loveyou!
for i think most of us moms would have reacted the exact same way.
we do have such a tiny perspective.
oh i will keep you in my prayers.
isn't that what these struggles are for?
but the beauty of it is that we can all see God and how His ways are supreme.
God is doing good stuff through you!
I will pray with you. She is precious and so are you. What a great perspective!
Jami, this is why I read your blog. Your real life struggles and the way you share your heart and walk with the Lord challenges me. Sure I love your cute crafts and other fun tips, but I can find that on other blogs. Thanks for writing the way you do. Praying for your heart.
it is always such a blessing to read your blog. Whether you are telling a hilarious story or you are laying your heart out there. Our stories, are really the Lord's stories. Psalm 119 says, "your testimonies are my delight,"
In God's eye, your story is perfect. It is in HIS hands.
It's hard sometimes. Like you said, we have our own plans for our lives. How often does God have to remind us that we are His, that He already has our lives mapped out. Perfectly. Wow.
I am praying for you and your family, especially sweet Lila.
God is so good. I am excited to hear what He has in store for you, if there is a move and some changes in store.
I'm at my desk at work and just today hung a cute sign that will give me a constant, great reminder.
Thank you for sharing your heart... beautiful.
Jami, I swear you must be one of the strongest women I've ever known, and I don't even really 'know' you. Lila is so lucky to have you as her mother, and in the end I know you will trust in the Lord and it all will work out. Not necessarily as you have planned, but it will work out. Sending many many hugs your way.
It's amazing how God has used you to help me work on my own heart and my issues with surrendering everything to Him. Unreal.
So sorry to hear of your struggles but so encouraged to read your heart. What a blessing that Lilah has you for a mother. Really.
My daughter Brittany connected me to your blog when I started doing one of my own. I have been checking back in on yours and love your writing style. This was such an open honest post. Thank you so much for sharing. Can't wait to see what God has in store for your daughter.
isn't it amazing how the LORDs spoken word hits the heart like a ton of bricks? lila is a rockstar now, and in her own world. so while it is sad that she isn't making milestones like other children; she is not sad. as far as she is concerned nothing is wrong.
my son, dallas, has duane's sydrome....and in his own world he is SUPERMAN. LORD willing, i will always allow him to believe that.
Prayer for you to find endurance, faith, and greater trust in God now more than ever He will stretch you when you don't want to move another inch. We are on the autism path and an unknown path for our youngest. Hang in there and reach out for help. Hugs to you.
Lila was perfect before you knew about her issues and she still is and you know this. The plans can still be the same however the journey to get there may have changed, a few more hills and bumps in the road but a powerful journey all the same.
Your words, as always, pierce my heart, come when needed and show me what faith and love look like. Thank you. I am a special education teacher and my students are 18-22. When I meet them, sometimes I forget that they were once small and their parents were once afraid and unsure. Your words today remind me that each one of them are made in God's perfect image and they are there for me, to change my heart and show me what acceptance and love are all about. Lila is a unique and beautiful child with a world of possibilities in front of her...God knew EXACTLY what He was doing when He gave her to you. She will show you how to learn, she will change who you thought you were, because that is God's plan. Prayers to you during this time of uncertainty.
Oh, Jami. Oh, sweet sister. Once again, I'm right there with you. This last week we recieved the news that one boy has severe ADHD and the other has autism spectrum disorder, all while transitioning our oldest son from partial hospitalization into the day program at an autism school. And I'm reeling and struggling to let go and find hope in this all. But you are right. He did knit them together just so. They are the same amazing kids they were before we heard diagnosis, ominous terms or prognosis. The words haven't changed them.
I am praying for you and your family but mostly Lila. May she one day know the great love God has for her that He put her in such a wonderful, loving, supportive family. God is good. May He continue to bless your family.
This wrecked my heart. I'll pray, for her, but for you, too. He is already using her for greater things than you could plan for. And it's so cool how He is using YOU, too.
p.s. I am so in love with your play list right now. Ohhmeee this woman's work.
Love this. Beautiful writing, friend, and beautiful heart. Thanks for letting us learn with and through you. And those pictures of Lila are precious. You captured her so well. I hope Kate and Lila grow up to be great friends. Praying for your little family.
I have read your blog for a long time and never commented until today. I know I know, shame on me. I started because my friend Kristin posted about her friend Jami having a best friend who was trying to adopt a little girl from Ethiopia - so I fell in love with both your blog and Emily's in one fell swoop. This post hit me hard. I hope you know that despite being so very human, you have spread God's message. The line about Him knitting her perfectly in your womb is powerful stuff. For some reason it made me think of the song by Martina McBride - In my daughters eyes. I will be praying for all of you as your journey continues and you learn more of how to help little miss gorgeous.
He has a plan. And he loves you.
I cried for you and your family as I read this. Not out of saddness but because the love is so evident. Prayers for you all. I've read your blog for awhile and never commented before. I admire your strength. You are the exact mother she needs.
What a beautiful post. Lila is perfectly made, just the way God intended her to be. He is going to use her for big things. He doesn't make mistakes! Doctors say what they must, don't let the insensitive words keep you from walking the path God puts you on. More kids or not, all is in His hands. Take courage, because nothing can steal us from His love!
Thank you for sharing. As someone who worked in Special Education for over 10 years with children with all types of disabilities, I am happy to see parents who love their child for who they are. Far too often I saw many parents try to mold their child to fit in and be "normal", only resulting in an unhappy child and unhappy parent. God made Lila the way she is for a reason, and as she grows and as you share her story, it will not only open eyes, but hearts as well.
jami, you've soothed my own soul by sharing your heart here. so grateful for your heart for HIM and for your precious lila. she is a special gift. praying that as you learn about all of her uniqueness, that you grow deep in the strength of the father and lean hard into his ready arms.
Praying for you friend. Can't imagine what that appointment was like for you. Thank you for sharing your heart.
Bless you, Jami. Can't help but think that God is already using your sweet girl to minister to others...and I can only imagine how her precious life and story might draw others closer to the Father and help them understand His unfailing love and most perfect plan.
Jami, I cant imagine all of that coming down on you in one visit.
Beautiful Lila is just the way God created her to be...perfect in His sight. Love on her, and keep doing what you're doing-loving her as "your girl." I'm praying for you all in this time of uncertainty and fear. Love to you!
Jami Nato......you just make my heart really happy. Everything about you.
Jami, I've stalked your blog for a while now. It's about time you know that you bless my heart with every post whether I'm laughing or crying. You have a way of letting people see into your heart that is so refreshing! You challenge me to be a better mom, wife and follower of Christ. I will be praying for you as you tread these difficult and unknown waters, knowing that we have hope in Him who can see the bigger picture of it all. Thank you for sharing your heart!
Jami continue to lean on Him. He absolutely knit Lila perfectly together. I pray strength and understanding of His awesome plans for you and your family. Thanks for sharing your heart.
Read your blog regularly and I'm always so impressed at your ability to put into words whats in your heart. After finding out at 16 weeks that my daughter, now 18 months, was missing her left forearm and hand I had the same thoughts, I had a plan for her, she was going to be perfect. Someone wrote this to me and it was good perspective...It's like you think you're going on vacation to Hawaii and you get off the plane in Ireland. It's not Hawaii, not what you expected, but it's still beautiful. God has a plan for your daughter and mine. Not just for them but to teach us something through them. You guys will be in my prayers.
The Lord doesn't waste parents. Lila has a purpose and He has plans for you as well. You have been chosen to be her mom. Bless you, Lila and your family.
What a perfect mother you are for Lila.
And what a worshipful heart you have...even in the midst of some of the hardest trials I can imagine facing as a momma.
Wow, Jami. What a beautiful post and what a beautiful heart you have. You've articulated perfectly what's been happening in my heart lately..."God uses all of life to glorify himself. even in a broken world and even in suffering. and that i am not in control of what this looks like." Working on making babies for the past 2 years has been the most painful thing I've been through but I so believe that God is good and that he's glorified through all of it.
Thanks for writing this. It really spoke to me.
Thank you so much for sharing your heart and your struggles, Jami.
Brings tears to my eyes. I shared this post w/two friends that I know can relate. I know your post will bless them too. Sending prayers your way.
I've probably said this before, but one of the reasons I love your blog is that you do share your struggles. The fact that you don't live privately in hard moments is of immense comfort to me as I struggle with my own hard moments and wonder, sometimes, if the people I see at church and whose blogs I read are struggling at all, or if it's just me that God has chosen to send the really crappy things to. I'm not thankful that other people get crappy circumstances--but I'm thankful when people share theirs, and their feelings about them, so that I know I'm not alone in struggling with my lot.
For the past few years, God's plans have seemed almost always very different from what I planned and prayed for. It hurts. I know the dark fears we carry for our children and their futures, and how they can overwhelm us. I've been in doctor's offices trying to see my child through their eyes--and I know that hurts, too.
I'm so sorry for your pain and your daughter's struggles, and I hope and pray that you will find amazing help and answers for her. I am so sorry for the struggle--but so grateful that you share it. Thank you.
Your little Lila is so sweet! I keep thinking about you all and praying for you. It is really hard when our plans don't line up with the plans the Lord has for us. I believe and trust that the Lord has plans for Lila and her life! Hang in there and believe! Love you guys!
I love hearing your heart. Your real (not afraid to express it) heart. Refreshing. Thinking of you and the unknowns ahead. Strength!!
Thank you for sharing so openly about your life. It is amazing given the nature of many to pretend to have it all put together. I only know you through reading your posts, but as you have written God has created your little darling and loves her far greater than anyone can even imagine. I will pray for strength for your family and that our Creator will show you his love and mercy in this situation.
I love your perspective, faults and all. Because it's real. It's how I often look at things in my own life. It's human. It's expected. Thank you for reminding me that His plan is already in place, even when we want to re-knit the things that He has already made perfect in His eyes. I often worry about the future of my own children, one in particular. When I think I'm going to crack out of frustration and wanting to "fix" things, I remember that all of God's plans are laid out before me and I remember that taking a deep breath leads to refocusing and trusting that, like you said, I am a mother for a short time and our time here is like a speck compared to all of our time spent in eternity. Carry on, warrior mom!!
I love your little Lila though I have never met her except through you. I wish I could hug you both. Thank you for living out loud. You have a gift for showing a perspective I would never have considered. Tears for your pain. Cheers for Lila and the plans God has for her.
this kind of writing is right for me, too.
and when your name comes to mind, i promise to pray for you, and lila, too.
i am constantly humbled by how HE brings beauty from sadness.
my heart swells at the thought.
my best friends husband is in the hospital...forever...unless God heals him. he is 41, has 6 children. he cannot move a muscle, speak, or do anything for himself, but his mind is perfect.
this disease has ravaged his body and is stealing his life, but God, in His complete sovereignty, has brought some of the most beautiful things out of this sadness.
like a restored marriage, love renewed, husband and wife knit together more tightly than ever.
and i don't tell you this to steal form your story, sweetie.
only to stand with you in the fact that He has this and is very much in control, which you well know.
what a treasure, that sweet lila.
I am so honored to be reading this piece of your journey, thank you for sharing. I have a lump in my throat for how broken, beautiful, redemptive and sacred life with God is...your words were pure worship, it's not always pretty but it's honest.
So I just found your blog via Jones Design Co.'s blog and reading your words has been like surgery on my heart (the convicting "i've been so lame" kind). I know it can't be easy to put yourself out there and being brutally honest about your sin and struggles but I praise the Lord for your courage and humility! I hear my own thoughts in your writings and the Lord has used it to bring to light my own sins of control and entitlement. I'm so thankful for your transparency and I'm confident the Lord has used your journey to also help others in their own because you ALWAYS point to the cross and to Christ! He is our only hope! I look forward to seeing how the Lord glorifies Himself through your family!


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Rapidly growing nodule on an infant's finger
Clare A Goggins, BS, MS4
, Bernard Cohen, MD
Bernard Cohen, MD
Contemporary PEDS Journal, Vol 36 No 7, Volume 36 , Issue 5
An otherwise healthy 5-month-old girl presents with an asymptomatic, rapidly growing, firm, smooth nodule on the side of her left fifth finger since she was 2 months of age.
An otherwise healthy 5-month-old girl presents with an asymptomatic, rapidly growing, firm, smooth nodule on the side of her left fifth finger since she was 2 months of age (Figure).
Diagnosis: Infantile digital fibroma (IDF)
Infantile digital fibromas (IDFs), also known as inclusion body fibromatosis or recurring digital fibrous tumors of childhood, are rare, benign, fibromatous tumors most commonly located on the dorsolateral aspects of the fingers and toes.1 These fibromas typically develop during the first year of life; however, they are present at birth in up to one-third of cases.2,3 In rare circumstances, they can appear during adulthood.4
Infantile digital fibromas initially exhibit a period of slow growth, which is followed by a rapid growth phase over 10 to 14 months.2 They can ultimately reach sizes ranging from 3 mm to 35 mm.5 They subsequently regress without treatment within 2 to 3 years.6
These fibromas classically appear as single to multiple, smooth, firm, skin-colored to pink nodules on the dorsolateral aspects of the fingers and toes.1,7 Interestingly, the thumbs and great toes are typically spared.1,2,7
Histopathologic examination reveals proliferations of spindle-shaped myofibroblasts admixed with collagen bundles within the dermis.1,7 The presence of eosinophilic inclusions arranged in a perinuclear fashion within the myofibroblast cytoplasm is pathognomonic for IDF. Masson's trichrome stains these inclusions red, whereas phosphotungstic acidhematoxylin (PTAH) stains them purple.1
The differential diagnosis for IDF includes periungual fibromas, supernumerary digits, and acral fibrokeratomas.
Periungual fibromas are pink to skin-colored papules that develop from the proximal nail fold.1,8 They are associated with tuberous sclerosis and von Recklinghausen disease.8 In fact, approximately 50% of patients with tuberous sclerosis have multiple periungual fibromas, also known as Koenen tumors.1 However, solitary periungual fibromas can also be seen in the general population.8 They can produce pressure on the nail matrix, resulting in a longitudinal groove in the nail plate.1
Supernumerary digits are soft tissue growths that lack a skeletal component.1 They can appear as fleshy or verrucous-like papules, or present as larger, pedunculated nodules. Supernumerary digits are present at birth and often found bilaterally, with the most common location being the lateral aspect of the fifth finger.
Acral fibrokeratomas, also known as acquired digital fibrokeratomas, are relatively rare, benign skin growths.1,9 They present as skin-colored to pink, faintly keratotic papulonodules. Acral fibrokeratomas are typically solitary and tend to occur on the fingers and toes of middle-aged adults. They also can be seen on the palms and soles.9
Currently, there is no agreed-upon treatment approach for IDFs. Surgical excision is a viable option; however, recurrence is common with an estimated recurrence rate between 61% to 74%.3 Therefore, surgical excision is typically reserved for symptomatic cases causing pain or functional impairment.
Nonsurgical options include topical steroids, intralesional triamcinolone, or intralesional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU).3 However, these nonsurgical approaches have not been studied extensively, given the rarity of this condition. Eypper and colleagues recently proposed a management algorithm for IDFs: If symptomatic, proceed to surgical excision; if asymptomatic but greater than 1 cm, treat with intralesional triamcinolone or intralesional 5-FU; if asymptomatic and less than 1 cm, continue to monitor.
Patient outcome
A shave biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of IDF in this infant girl. The growth continued to rapidly enlarge, causing slight distortion of the distal interphalangeal joint. Surgical excision was performed at the age of 14 months without complication. However, at age 3 years the patient returned to the clinic for evaluation of a new growth on the dorsolateral aspect of her distal left fourth finger, clinically consistent with IDF. There also was evidence of recurrence of the previously excised IDF on her left fifth finger.
Given the small size of these growths (both less than 1 cm), clinicians opted to closely monitor the patient and prescribed clobetasol 0.05% cream to be used 2 times daily on the affected areas.
1. Bolognia JL, Jorizzo JL, Schaffer JV, et al. Dermatology, 3rd ed. London: Elsevier Ltd; 2012:1009, 1144, 1964-1965, 1969-1970.
2. Heymann WR. Infantile digital fibromatosis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008;59(1):122-123.
3. Eypper EH, Lee JC, Tarasen AJ, Weinberg MH, Adetayo OA. An algorithmic approach to the management of infantile digital fibromatosis: review of literature and a case report. Eplasty. 2018;18:e19.
4. Plusjé LG, Bastiaens M, Chang A, Hogendoorn PC. Infantile-type digital fibromatosis tumour in an adult. Br J Dermatol. 2000;143(5):1107-1108.
5. Laskin WB, Miettinen M, Fetsch JF. Infantile digital fibroma/fibromatosis: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 69 tumors from 57 patients with long-term follow-up. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009;33(1):1-13.
6. Niamba P, Léauté-Labrèze C, Boralevi F, et al. Further documentation of spontaneous regression of infantile digital fibromatosis. Pediatr Dermatol. 2007;24(3):280-284.
7. Marks E, Ewart M. Infantile digital fibroma: a rare fibromatosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016;140(10):1153-1156.
8. Ward PE, McCarthy DJ. Periungual fibroma. Cutis. 1990;46(2):118-124.
9. Boffeli TJ, Abben KW. Acral fibrokeratoma of the foot treated with excision and trap door flap closure: a case report. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014;53(4):449-452.


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Doctors are now suggesting de-prescribing antipsychotics since they INCREASE dementia risk – who knew?
Talk about the dose making the poison – a common class of drugs prescribed to treat Parkinson's disease and depression can increase a person's risk of dementia, according to a large study conducted by the University of Nottingham in England. The study, which was published in JAMA Internal Medicine, investigated the link between taking anticholinergic drugs and dementia risk.
Anticholinergics are drugs that block the action of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter associated with many bodily functions. Acetylcholine is found in motor neurons, where it stimulates muscle contraction. The neurotransmitter is also involved in the movements of the heart and stomach, even in the blinking of the eyes. Acetylcholine is also found in the brain, where it plays a vital role in cognition and memory.
Anticholinergics are prescribed to block involuntary muscle movements, such as those seen in patients with Parkinson's disease. In addition, they are also used to help maintain body functions in surgery, especially if a person is treated with anesthesia.
The drugs are also prescribed for the following conditions:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)
Treat now, kill later?
Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that affects a person's thinking, memory, behavior and ability to perform daily tasks. While the disease most often affects older adults, it is not part of the aging process. Currently, over 50 million are diagnosed with dementia worldwide, with 10 million new cases added every year.
The researchers looked at data showing associations between anticholinergic drug therapy and dementia risk in older adults.
In their study, the team reviewed the medical records of 58,769 people with dementia and 22,574 people without the condition. The researchers focused on the caseloads of older adults 55 years old or above at baseline.
Based on the team's findings, taking anticholinergic drugs, in general, can increase a person's risk for dementia, even after controlling other variables. In particular, those who take anticholinergics, antidepressants, antipsychotic drugs, anti-Parkinson's drugs, bladder drugs and epilepsy medication, and those who have taken strong anticholinergics for at least three years, were 50 percent more likely to develop dementia.
"This study provides further evidence that doctors should be careful when prescribing certain drugs that have anticholinergic properties," said Nottingham researcher and co-author Tom Dening. "If [people] have concerns, then they should discuss them with their doctor to consider the pros and cons of the treatment they are receiving."
Researchers noted that while this is an observational study, their findings highlight the need for regular medication reviews, as certain drugs can lead to negative outcomes later on.
"[The] study adds further evidence of the potential risks associated with strong anticholinergic drugs, particularly antidepressants, bladder antimuscarinic drugs, anti-Parkinson's drugs, and epilepsy drugs," explained lead author Carol Coupland.
"We found a greater risk for people diagnosed with dementia before the age of 80, which indicates that anticholinergic drugs should be prescribed with caution in middle-aged people as well as in older people."
Another study published in Scientific Reports also looked at whether anticholinergic drugs can adversely impact cognition in older adults. The researchers found that older adults who are prescribed strong doses of these drugs are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease – a form of dementia that causes problems with thinking and behavior – over a nine-year period. (Related: Understanding the medical differences between Alzheimer's and dementia.)
"Strong [anticholinergic drugs] not only have a negative impact on cognitive function but can also affect the risk of [Alzheimer's disease] in terms of incidence," the team concluded in their report.
Learn about other drugs and medications that increase the risk of certain diseases at BadMedicine.news.
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Retirement Planning > Social Security
by Peter Coy
(Bloomberg) — Move over, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. There's an economist running for president. Laurence J. "Larry" Kotlikoff is jumping into the race as a write-in candidate. The co-author of a best-selling book on how to maximize your payment from Social Security is hoping to apply the principles of economics to fix what ails the United States.
Kotlikoff, 65, is running as a conservative on fiscal issues and arguing that the U.S. faces a $199 trillion "fiscal gap" while taking liberal positions on abortion, gay marriage, legalization of marijuana, incarceration, and gun control.
"Nobody who has actually studied this stuff and written about it has run for president," Kotlikoff said of his economic expertise in an interview.
Typical of a professor, Kotlikoff has lavished attention on his platform — a 131-page document available for download through his campaign website — without bothering to line up endorsers and donors. In fact, Kotlikoff claims to be uninterested in campaign contributions. His website features a slogan: "Write Me In But Don't Send Me a Penny." His media strategy seems singularly reliant on stories like the one you're reading now to raise his profile.
Write-in candidates face long odds. In the 2012 presidential election, all of them together collected 11/100ths of 1 percent of the vote. So far there are 82 of them, not yet including Kotlikoff, according to the website mytimetovote.com. Among the declared write-in candidates: "Mouse, Mickey," "Vader, Darth," and "Bunny, Soul."
Kotlikoff insists that he isn't running just to raise awareness about his economic platform. This write-in campaign, he believes, can go viral. "I value my time very highly," he says. "I wouldn't do this if I thought my chances were small."
If knowing public finance cold were the criterion, Kotlikoff would win the election in a landslide. He's an expert on Social Security and generational accounting, which is essentially the study of how much debt the current generation is heaping onto future ones. The $199 trillion fiscal gap that he highlights is how much the government expects to pay in the future minus how much it projects to receive, stated in today's dollars.
Kotlikoff has a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate from Harvard University. He's an endowed professor at Boston University and a fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
His company, Economic Security Planning, created the software used for the calculations in his 2015 best-seller, Get What's Yours: The Secrets of Maxing Out Social Security. Written with Philip Moeller and Paul Solman, the book spent five months in the top 10 on the New York Times list of advice, how-to, and miscellaneous best-sellers. The book brought so much attention to two lucrative Social Security strategies that Congress stirred itself to kill them last year, a turnabout covered last month by Bloomberg's Ben Steverman.
Kotlikoff's positions on the issues are intriguing whether or not you think he has a prayer of reaching the White House. A sampling from his platform:
"Our true fiscal indebtedness is 15 times larger than the $18 trillion you've been told our government owes. Its tremendous size can be summarized with these five words: Our government is dead broke." "Social Security, with its maddening rules within rules within rules, [is] like a million Russian nesting dolls." "Legal immigration is … fueling a veritable population explosion. Unless we reduce legal immigration, our population will rise by one-third — over 100 million people — in just 45 years." "I [will] eliminate the corporate income tax, the personal income tax and the estate and gift tax. In their place, I institute a business cash flow tax, also called a value added tax (VAT), a progressive personal consumption tax, an inheritance tax and a tax on carbon." "Traditional banking is unsafe at any speed. … You [should] just make all the financial intermediaries operate as 100 percent equity-financed mutual funds."
Kotlikoff doesn't have a background in foreign policy or social issues, but he does have ideas. "As President," he writes, "I would deliver a clear message to North Korea that our patience has run out and that we will permit no further testing of nuclear weapons." He states unequivocally that the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms before raising a question: "But does it permit us to own tanks and drive them around town or, for that matter, jet fighters?"
Kotlikoff is obviously more into policies than polling. During an interview he grabbed a piece of paper to sketch out a graph of lifecycle consumption patterns. "What people are going to hear from me is the truth," he said, "and that's going to be refreshing." Hmmm. Maybe Kotlikoff has a future in politics after all.
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Superheroes, sequels, and Star Wars dominated the box office in 2017, and its biggest earners include Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Warner Bros.
The year's top-grossing films were respectively distributed by Walt Disney and Universal Pictures, with the live-action Beauty and the Beast remake, The Fate of the Furious, and Despicable Me 3 each bringing in over one billion dollars at the box office, according to Box Office Mojo. However, Disney's success didn't stop there as it went on to place four other films in the year's top 15 highest worldwide grosses, including Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which just recently broke $800 million during the second week of its release.
Warner Bros. followed up with four movies to break the year's top 15, including the DC Comics movies Justice League and Wonder Woman, as well as the horror remakes It and Kong: Skull Island. Wonder Woman was Warner Bros.' highest earner of the year at $821 million.
Other movies to crack the year's highest grosses includes Sony Pictures' Spider-Man: Homecoming, 20th Century Fox' Logan and Paramount Pictures' Transformers: The Last Knight. China Film Group's Wolf Warrior 2 grossed $870 million at the box office, making it the fifth highest-grossing film of the year and the first non-Hollywood film to be listed on the all-time worldwide box office.
If this is any indicator for what's to come for 2018, it's that Walt Disney will continue to be a driving force behind a majority of the year's box office successes. Marvel's Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Avengers: Infinity War are all releasing next year, as well as the Star Wars spinoff Solo and sequels to The Incredibles, Wreck-It Ralph, and Mary Poppins. Warner Bros. is also releasing sequels to Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them and Creed, as well as spinoffs including Oceans 8, The Nun, and Aquaman. Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One is also scheduled on their list of releases.
With 2017 included, Walt Disney Studios became the first studio to reach $5 billion globally in three consecutive years. Here's to 2018 potentially making that four.


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Life More Features 16 Oct 2019 Sky is the limit
THE ASIAN AGE. | DHARSHINI RAMANA
Published : Oct 16, 2019, 12:22 am IST
Updated : Oct 16, 2019, 12:22 am IST
How a youngster took wings despite losing his family support during the gender fight.
Adam completed his schooling and then joined an aviation academy attached to Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Adam Harry who is a resident of Thrissur district in Kerala is recognised as India's first transman to get a private pilot license. He was confused about his gender since childhood but never about his dream career — to become a pilot and fly airplanes crisscrossing the skies.
Adam completed his schooling and then joined an aviation academy attached to Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. He explains, "At the age of 19, I was under house arrest for a year for saying that I was a man trapped in the body of a woman. My parents are orthodox; they even dragged me to counselling centres and so I had to run away from home to escape endless torture and mental breakdowns".
Initially his family supported him in joining the academy and to get an education loan for his foreign studies but then stopped all assistance after he continued to express his real gender. "Coming out of the closet is not an easy thing to do, especially in a country like India. Though I have starved on the streets, I survived by taking up jobs like a helper in a juice stall. Despite the odds, my passion remained undaunted and I still have
a hope that one day my family will accept me", says, Adam.
Things have been changing of late as more members of the LGBTQIA+ community are getting the respect they deserve but not all are lucky. After his own family disowned him, the LGBTQIA+ family not just accepted him but also helped him to achieve his dream of becoming a pilot.
Now, at the age of 20, his dream is set to be a reality as the Kerala government has sanctioned over Rs 23.34 lakh to help him pursue further studies at Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology in Kerala which will also fulfil his dream of becoming the first commercial pilot in the country who is a transman.
"I always dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot but I don't think that it's possible in India because they don't accept in defence and for now my future plans are to work in an airline. I am also really grateful to the government for the helping hand. Otherwise, my dream
will never have become a reality," added Adam, who is still hoping that one day his family will accept him for who he is, and that day will soon come.
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I have a topic whose name is too long. It is fine for electronic files, but when the PDF is made, it over-runs the space allocated to the name in the header. So, I put in an IF PDF Then Name and gave it a shorter name for use in the PDF. I ran the html output, and the name stayed the same as it is supposed to do. I ran the PDF and the name was not shortened.
My guess is that you are using the normal HEADINGx variables for the topic headings in the Topics section of the PDF template. Those variables get their text from the TOC entries, not from the topic header. If you want to get the topic header text, which will include your conditions, then you need to use the HEADINGLONGx versions of the variables. Those get the text from the topic header.
I did a search in the help files for both H&M and Print Manual Designer. I couldn't find headinglong. I need more information if I'm going to investigate this.
Never mind. I found it. Yes, that works. Thank you.
Nope. That was only a partial fix. It fixed it where the string is too long in the header, but not in the Table of Contents (where headinglong is not supported). Nor did it fix it in the PDF's TOC thumbnails.
Tonea Morrow wrote: Nope. That was only a partial fix. It fixed it where the string is too long in the header, but not in the Table of Contents (where headinglong is not supported). Nor did it fix it in the PDF's TOC thumbnails.
That's normal. You can't have alternative titles in the TOC, that is where the short titles belong.
Yep, I need to switch the long name for the short one and then use the If>then to make the long name appear only where I want. Got it. Will try it.
I have one set of pages for PDF and print. But, for online help I have an additional copy of the entire site. The copy has no graphics. Instead, every place where graphics had been used has been replaced with a complete text description of what the viewer would have seen. This makes the copy comparable to having the "audio description" turn on for your favorite TV show.
This works for an online system. The TOC on the left let's the user select whether they want to navigate withing the graphical or textual versions. But, I don't want the print and PDF versions to say Introduction--Yes Graphics when there is not a non-graphical version included. Any ideas?
You can have alternative TOC entries for the same topic in the TOC, one for PDF and one for your other content. The TOC is really just a list of links pointing to topic files, and it is quite possible to have more than one for the same topic, and each one can also have its own build option.
I'm not sure I understood your instructions. I created a second table of contents for the file, but couldn't specify which was for print and which was PDF. I exited without saving.
I thought about how to track it and it seemed insane. So, again I exited without saving.
I reopened and created a second copy of the table of contents (just as before), but this time I saved the name as PDF Table of Contents. I should be able to fix that in the PDF skin so it just reads as Table of Contents. Now I have a plain TOC with all the electronic support files. And, I have a PDF Table of Contents that lacks the text description files. It is just the PDF/Print unique files and a copy of the approriate files from the electronic version. These copies I can track by making a comment in my "Writer's Comments" page that doesn't print in anything. And, I'll color code the duplicates for clarity. Of course, in the PDF TOC, I changed the copy's name from "Introduction--Yes Graphics" to just Introduction.
I think this works. We'll see.
I reopened and created a second TOC entry of "Introduction--Yes Graphics"...I then renamed the topic under the TOC for the copy to be just Introduction. When I created the PDF, the name printed correctly, but none of the pages under it were printed.
That is one of the limitations of making second entries in the same TOC. They are really individual entries, and if you do it with chapter entries then you also need to make second entries (NOT copies of the entire topics!) for all the sub-topics that you want to have as well. In this case, it is really better to create a second TOC. That will be a lot easier to manage.
When I ran the PDF, I selected PDF Table of Contents and used my skin without worrying yet about changes to it. All of the page reference icons are there in the PDF, but the entries are blank. It is just the icon with no page number inside it.
Tonea Morrow wrote: When I ran the PDF, I selected PDF Table of Contents and used my skin without worrying yet about changes to it. All of the page reference icons are there in the PDF, but the entries are blank. It is just the icon with no page number inside it.
Hmm... since you're using your own terminology here I'm not quite sure what you're referring to. What do you mean by "page reference icons in PDF"? And what are the "entries"?
Insert page referrers: Inserts a small icon containing the link target page number after every hyperlink. Recommended for PDFs designed for printing. You can choose from a number of different referrer icon styles. Try them out and see which one you like best!
Instead of page referrers, I say page reference. I don't think it's a big difference, but I understand your abundance of caution.
It inserts the icon, but the page number is missing in each and every location throughout the document. I did try to select the page number within the icon on the hopes that it was present but was somehow set to white and thus invisilbe. However, this did not work. It seems to be just the icon.
Please mail a sample project with which we can reproduce this and the .mnl PDF template you are using to support AT ec-software.com (replace the AT with @) and we'll check it for you. Something really screwy must have happened here for this to occur.


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He has worked for promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Ring of Honor (ROH). Lynn is a two time world heavyweight champion, having held the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once and the ROH World Championship once.
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ON a late February afternoon Gnarls Barkley, the duo known for its funny costumes and psychedelic post-hip-hop sound, was unmasked and at rest at a quiet hotel in Beverly Hills. Cee-Lo Green, the short, heavily tattooed singing and lyric-writing half, had just finished a snack of sushi. Danger Mouse, the tall, scruffy producing half, was wiping sleep from his eyes after a head-down nap on a marble table.
They were pondering how their second album, "The Odd Couple," then unreleased, might be received, given the buzz that it was a good deal weirder and darker than their million-selling debut, "St. Elsewhere" from 2006.
The day after its release "The Odd Couple" was atop the iTunes albums chart. But its first-week sales were only 31,000 copies, landing it at No. 18 on the Billboard chart. Jeff Antebi, the band's manager, said many brick-and-mortar stores did not get shipments until the end of the week.
But Craig Kallman, the chairman and chief executive of Atlantic, remains optimistic. "It's a fantastic album, and it's one that's going to continue to get discovered," he said.
Mr. Gipp said that, devastated, Cee-Lo poured his emotions into the Goodie Mob song "Free," which implied that he had suicidal thoughts. "His emotions, he really had to learn how to control them," he said.
When Danger Mouse was a teenager, his parents moved his family from Rockland County in New York to Atlanta. He later worked at the same Athens, Ga., record store where members of R.E.M. and Olivia Tremor Control had worked. Danger Mouse asked Cee-Lo to contribute to a remix for the rapper Jemini in 2003, their first collaboration. At the time Cee-Lo had left Goodie Mob over artistic differences and made a well-received but commercially unsuccessful solo record; Danger Mouse had yet to make his name with "The Grey Album," the unauthorized mash-up of the White Album by the Beatles and "The Black Album" by Jay-Z, which became a cultural phenomenon in 2004.
In 2005 the duo made a demo for the song "Crazy," which earned them a deal with the boutique label Downtown Records; the song became a blogosphere favorite and a sensation in Great Britain.
Mr. Kallman was so intrigued by the song that he pursued a joint venture deal with Downtown. He said that when he first played "Crazy" for Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic, Mr. Ertegun congratulated him after the first chorus.
"Crazy" lingered around the top of the charts in 15 countries for much of 2006 and won a Grammy Award, leaving even its creators a bit thunderstruck. They began work on "The Odd Couple" while on tour for "St. Elsewhere," which also won a Grammy. Afterward Danger Mouse went home to Los Angeles, and Cee-Lo returned to Atlanta. They communicated primarily through the music they sent back and forth via e-mail and Federal Express.
Cee-Lo said they didn't try to write another "Crazy." "If there was a formula to it, I would cut this interview short and go to the studio," he said with a beatific grin in his raspy, reedy Southern drawl.
When the duo performed "Crazy" at the MTV Movie Awards in 2006, Cee-Lo dressed as Darth Vader and Danger Mouse as Obi-Wan Kenobi. During the interview, Cee-Lo wore a white T-shirt and black Polo sweat pants, a diamond-encrusted necklace and a sparkling Rolex beneath a tattoo of a laughing clown. Danger Mouse wore a thick camouflage jacket and an ironic rock T-shirt.
He told a reporter that the duo picked a self-explanatory album title so "we wouldn't have to talk about it." But then he wondered aloud to Cee-Lo if they should put a question mark at the end to make it more provocative.
Few recent groups have so consistently feinted right while going left. In its riotous videos and stylized performances Gnarls has played with what Nate Chinen called a "miserable exuberance" in a review of "The Odd Couple" in The New York Times.
The song "Run" may be about a soldier in Iraq or a heroin dealer (not unlike the way "Crazy" might have been about a spurned lover or a serial killer). But the video is nothing but a party. It is a tribute to Michael Holman's "Graffiti Rock," a rap television show from 1984, with a bewigged Justin Timberlake starring as the host and dancers recapping a history of hip-hop dance crazes. For its promotional photos for "The Odd Couple" the duo chose to dress as a bride and groom.
Neither member had initially figured Gnarls Barkley for a career-making project. Until "The Odd Couple" Danger Mouse had never done a second album for any of his many eclectic projects, including Gorillaz, MF Doom and Beck. His latest credit is "Attack and Release," the new album by the Black Keys, a hard-rocking duo from Ohio.
For his part Cee-Lo has been working on a reunion album with Goodie Mob, buying masters of unreleased Jimi Hendrix recordings, producing an album by a group called the Good Time Guys and gearing up to start his own label, Radiculture.
Earlier, while Danger Mouse napped, Cee-Lo made the same point. He said that he grew up listening to funk and hip-hop, and "everybody from ABC to R.E.M., Billy Joel to Billy Idol." When Danger Mouse first played him sample tracks in 2003, including the strange groove that would become "Run," he could not believe his ears.
Now Mr. Burton sat straight up: "I don't know! I mean, I had his solo record, and it was a great solo record. I knew he could do a lot of things." He trailed off.
Mr. Callaway nodded slowly and didn't have to smile. "I got it," he said.


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Laura Poitras' CITIZENFOUR Awarded Oscar for Best Documentary in 2014
It's been a privilege to work on CITIZENFOUR, Laura Poitras' riveting documentary about Edward Snowden.
An eye-opening exposé of the dangers of government surveillance, CITIZENFOUR tells the inside story of Edward Snowden and of the NSA's mass illegal invasions of privacy. It's a real-life thriller, following Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald's encounters with Snowden in Hong Kong as he hands over classified documents and prepares to pay a personal price to reveal the truth.
After seeing the film, you'll never think the same way about your phone, email, credit card, web browser, or profile, ever again. You'll also feel inspired by Snowden's bravery. "One person can make a difference," he says at one point, "…and everyone should try."
Snowden's allegations brought to light violations committed by GCHQ (ruled as unlawful last month), who shared vast streams of sensitive personal information (including international phone calls and internet traffic) with the NSA, and countless other violations of personal privacy.
It's a striking piece of investigative work so we absolutely thrilled when the film won Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars last Sunday. The win not only recognises Poitras' skilful cinematography, but also her daring work with a high-stakes whistleblower and the journalism that kick-started a worldwide debate.
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Herod, New Testament, Oscar Wilde, religion, Salome, sex, St John, Teddington Theatre Club, TTC, violence, Wilde Weekend
Salacious Undertones Mined
Teddington Theatre Club, zoomed until 28th June, then on-line on YouTube.
Reviewed by Nick Swyft
Salome, the story of a man who is prepared to give anything to have his step-daughter dance for him is one that has inspired, and continues to inspire, artists throughout the centuries. And why not? It is a mine of those salacious undertones that we all love.
Wilde originally wrote this play in French because English law forbade the depiction of biblical characters on stage, although this was probably more down to the nature of the tale than anything else. The French were not so fussy. Still to a modern, perhaps more jaded, audience Salome now seems a little staid. So Herod wanted his stepdaughter to dance for him. She was a grown woman and she's fair game. One might be puzzled as to why he would have given way to her incendiary demand for the head of Jokanaan (played convincingly by Dave Brickwood).
In this production Herod (Peter Hill) is portrayed as a feeble minded fop, which was credible but unsatisfactory. Perhaps playing more on his 'illicit' desire for his young step-daughter would have worked better.
Both Herodias (Juanita Dahhan) and Salome (Mia Skytte-Jensen) came across well as high-born women whose egos had been badly bruised by Jokanaan. In particular Mia Skytte-Jensen was a very alluring Salome in the end. Her yawning earlier on might have been due to a heavy day finished by a few glasses of wine, but could equally be ascribed to her boredom with Herod's constant demands for her to dance for him.
The Zoom production worked well since you do not need a lot of stage action for this play, although the technology was a little problematic. A background was provided for each actor of a full moon in a dark sky. The play made much of the influence of the moon, but its image here was a little ordinary. Perhaps a 'blood moon' would have worked better. Inexplicably, not all the cast made use of this background; although Salome could get away with a lamp-lit room, Herodias' Velux blind detracted from the atmosphere.
Nick Swyft
Photography by Aubrey Beardsley, Clive Barda and Teddington Theatre Club
Salome may be seen on YouTube as part of Wilde Weekend (at 6hrs 49 mins)
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The lightsaber of Kanan Jarrus, is in fact a lightsaber, which during the period of the Rise of the Empire had belonged to the Jedi Kanan Jarrus, who, after managing to escape from Order 66 kept it in a drawer together with a Jedi Holochrone, only taking it out after the arrival of Ezra Bridger in the Rebels of Lothal.
The sword had a special feature; it could be divided into two parts, both of which could be attached to Kanan's belt, these were only attached when the sword was to be used.
Before Ezra had had the necessary training to make his own sword, Kanan let him use his own for training, even though it was rightly only used by Kanan in combat.