A modeling agency specifically for children and young adults with Down syndrome is launching this month in Ireland and it is believed to be the first of its kind in the world.
The agency, called "I'm Able 2 Model," is already representing 20 individuals ages 5 to 33 with the chromosomal disorder. Participants were selected based on the level of confidence they displayed before the camera, organizers say.
In Ireland, Down syndrome occurs in about 1 out of every 500 births. That's nearly twice the prevalence rate seen in the United States.
The idea behind the agency is to increase representation of people with disabilities in the media, organizers say, adding that they will work to secure jobs for the models in advertising, catalogs and on the catwalk at competitive wages, reports the (UK) Press Association.
Inclusion in general education classes can be beneficial both to children with Down syndrome and their typical peers. One story of inclusion at work is in a third grade classroom in California.
Tim's Place is a unique full service restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico serving breakfast and lunch. Our slogan captures exactly who we are and what you can expect when you visit us!
Breakfast, Lunch, and Hugs. The key differential factor of our concept is the customer service experience. We believe that people have a huge appetite for being genuinely welcomed, connected with, touched, appreciated, and genuinely cared for. We believe many experiences in our busy modern lives are impersonal, sterile, and devoid of genuine human connection.
Restaurant owner Tim Harris wants to offer a welcoming environment where you can grab something to eat while meeting friends. He didn't let Down Syndrome get in the way of achieving his dream of opening a restaurant at Academy and Wyoming in northeast Albuquerque.
Tim Harris serves as the inspiration for our unique restaurant concept.
Everybody needs a Tim hug.
What is a Tim Hug?Calorie Free, Guilt Free. Sweet, but not too sweet. Guaranteed to improve your lease on life! Ask your server.
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the largest government funding organization for research. The NIH has issued a "Request for Information" regarding a national Down syndrome registry, research database and biobank. They are expecting responses from the Down syndrome community and from anyone who is interested in supporting people with Down syndrome. Every e-mail counts!
If we have a large and clear response the NIH will be more likely to help us fund a Down syndrome registry, research database and biobank. The deadline to respond is Friday, April 1. Please help us!!
It is morally, economically and scientifically important that the National Institutes of Health increase funding for people with Down syndrome. We are pleased that the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome and the Global Down Syndrome Foundation have taken the lead with the NIH in this regard. We support and agree with the Linda Crnic Institute's assessment of what the parameters should be for our future centralized Down syndrome patient registry, database and biobank. Please continue to work towards this end. We appreciate NIH's renewed interest in Down syndrome research and we appreciate NIH addressing the historical and alarming disparity of funding for research that would improve the lives of people with Down syndrome.
Down syndrome is the least funded genetic condition by the NIH yet it is the most frequent chromosomal disorder. Please help us get our fair share of research dollars that will help people with Down syndrome live healthier and more productive lives.
In order to keep Americans with disabilities and other interested parties informed about the Obama Administration's disability-related efforts, the White House Disability Group is hosting monthly calls to provide updates on issues such as key political appointments, employment, civil rights, health care and transportation, as well as introduce staff who work on disability issues in the federal government.
The next call will be held on Thursday, March 31 at 5:00 PM EDT. Please dial in five minutes before the scheduled call time. It will feature remarks from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and include introductions to other Obama Administration personnel.
Today we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. How many people can that possibly affect, you may ask? Actually, about one out of every 800 babies born.
On March 21, Down syndrome organizations throughout the world participate in events to raise public awareness. The date was chosen to signify the uniqueness of Down syndrome in the triplication of the 21st (trisomy) chromosome.
Today we celebrate those individuals born with an extra chromosome, or "designer genes," as some parents like to say. We celebrate the fact that they are more like their peers than they are different from them.
Down syndrome is not a reason to pity or feel uncomfortable around a person or family. A person with Down syndrome typically has some delays in the areas of gross and fine motor skills, speech and cognitive development; however, just like all of us, capabilities and skills vary from person to person.
Today we take time to create awareness about the fact that these individuals are really not that different from you or me.
Babies with Down syndrome need to be fed, changed, held and loved. Toddlers with Down syndrome enjoy playing and go through their "terrible twos." Children with Down syndrome ride bikes, go to school and participate in Scouts, dance and sports. Adolescents with Down syndrome rebel against their parents and have raging hormones. Teenagers with Down syndrome go to high school and begin determining their future path, be that vocational school, a job or, for some, college. Adults with Down syndrome have careers, participate in religious communities, fall in love, get married and live long, happy lives.
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) held its 2011 Awards Gala Tuesday evening, which brought together leaders from government, business and the disability and civil rights communities.
AAPD honored Glee's cast and creative team for leading the way in how young people with disabilities are perceived in popular culture.
Actress Lauren Potter, who plays the role of Becky Jackson on "Glee," accepted the award on behalf of "Glee."
Potter has Down Syndrome and said she will use her fame to help change negative perceptions about people with disabilities and will work to stop bullying by teaming up in an anti-bullying campaign with abilitypath.org.
Derelle Linneth, who has Down syndrome, has idolized Prince William for years, so when he entered the tent full of Grantham locals, she saw her chance to say hello.
"She just went, 'Yes!' and she grabbed him," sister Marilyn Hilan said. "She looked at him and said, 'I love you, William' and he said, 'You get another cuddle then'."
On Monday, March 21, World Down Syndrome Day,"the West Virginia Governor's Mansion will be lit in blue joining the Light the Way campaign which raises awareness of Down syndrome cognitive research."
West Virginia First Lady Tomblin stated "in recent years, biomedical research advancements designed to treat intellectual challenges associated with Down syndrome have been made. These advancements may enable individuals with Down syndrome to improve their memory, learning and communication skills. In an effort to raise awareness of this important research, I encourage all West Virginians light their homes in blue on the 21st."
"in the United States, approximately 400,000 individuals are affected by Down syndrome. As medical research has advanced, most individuals with the condition will outlive their parents. The biomechanical research may increase life opportunities for those with Down syndrome."
"First Lady Tomblin joins First Lady Mary Pat Christie of New Jersey and other First Spouses in an effort to raise awareness of the non-profit group Reserch Down Syndrome's efforts to continue cognitive research. In addition, the Light the Way campaign seeks to motivate both the Down syndrome community and general public to empower individuals with intellectual disabilities to reach their fullest potential and lead independent lives."
First Lady Tomblin Encourages West Virginians to "Light the Way"
This year's NDSC Convention is August 5-7, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas. If you have never been to a national convention it is definitely worth trying. It's often referred to as a family reunion which actually describes it well. In addition to the excellent presentations there are also great parties and an amazing way to build your network of friends.
Here's who's coming...from the United Kingdom, founder of Down Syndrome Education International, Sue Buckley; from Phoenix, AZ, special education and inclusion expert, Michael Remus; self advocate and actress Lauren Potter, from the award winning television show,Glee; self advocate and actor Christopher Scott, from the film My Brother(and NDSC's More Alike Than Different campaign); stars of the HBO documentary, Monica & David, Monica Walters Martinez and David Martinez will present along with the film's director, Alexandra Codina; and finally the Dionysus Theatre Group from Houston will perform!
Look for convention registration to open on the NDSC website later this month.
One in three children nationwide rely on health services provided through Medicaid. Politicians from at least five states have threatened to withdraw from the Medicaid program, and nearly all state governments have taken or are currently considering steps to reduce their Medicaid costs.
While states are prevented from redefining eligibility standards to exclude currently eligible children, they may eliminate coverage for services not specifically required by federal Medicaid regulations, like prescription drugs, dental care or therapy services. Mississippi, for example, has already cut benefits for children with mental health conditions and disabilities like Down syndrome and cerebral palsy.
Kendra Huglin has Down syndrome and she explained to lawmakers that she soon hopes to become independent, but would rely on weekly check-ins as a safety net for crisis help. But the current plans in Idaho would cut those benefits.
Advocates are concerned that they may lose the last bit of funding they receive from Kansas state grants, about $3.5 million, which Gov. Sam Brownback has indicated he may cut from the 2012 budget. More than 300 recipients who depend on the grants because they aren't eligible for Medicaid would suddenly be without any government support, according to Starkey officials.
GAO's analysis of data showed children with Down syndrome received, on average, five times more outpatient care (such as care in an urgent care facility) and over two times more office-based care (such as care in a physician's office) than children without Down syndrome. In addition, children with Down syndrome have an increased risk of certain medical conditions and were hospitalized, on average, nearly twice as often and stayed twice as long as other children. The total average medical expenditures for children with Down syndrome were an average of five times higher than those for other children. However, both total expenditures and the difference in expenditures decreased substantially as the two groups of children reached 3 years of age.
Understand that Medicaid is a state-run program that provides medical insurance. Each state has different eligibility requirements and different application procedures.
Know that if you receive SSI (Supplemental Security Income) from the Social Security Administration, you will probably qualify for Medicaid, but you can also get Medicaid without having SSI.
Recognize that there have been recent limits placed on this program at the federal level, so the benefits are not as wide as they used to be.
Contact your local state Department of Social Services or Human Services to apply. Your state may have a different name for this agency. It is the agency that provides food stamps and financial assistance. Call your county building and ask for the name of it if you don't know it.
Ask for a Medicaid application. You will need to complete it and they will arrange an interview to review your application.
If you are denied you have the right to appeal the decision. Many people have experiences where they are not approved on the initial request but on the 2nd or 3rd appeal.
One of the challenges in organizing local efforts via a Down syndrome association or group is to identify resources among the many support organizations out there. Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action also recognized this need and created a conference/association of advocacy groups across the country and internationally. The annual conference serves as a melting pot of ideas and learnings that are invaluable. It also reassures that there is a huge network of people united for a common cause.
Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action started as a conference bringing together outstanding leadership from Down syndrome organizations around the country. After consecutive years of explosive growth, the conference has extended its reach internationally and is now a trade association continuing its mission.
DSAIA's purpose continues to be to serve our affiliates through collaboration, resource sharing, and networking. View a webinar or pdf document explaining the many benefits of joining the Trade Association.
There are many Down Syndrome non-profit organizations on the web. Here is a link to many of them along with a designation if they are a DSAIA member.
The sixth annual Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action conference will be held February 29 to March 3, 2012 in Washington D.C. It is in conjunction with the National Down Syndrome Society Buddy Walk on Washington. The conference brings together nearly 100 organizations for more than 70 sessions and lectures. Participants consistently rave about the energy and focus the conference delivers to them and their organizations.
The third annual national awareness day to end the hateful use of the "R" word took place last Wednesday, March 2, and ET's Mark Steines got one of the campaign's leading spokespersons, "Glee" star Lauren Potter, to dish on the event and her new boyfriend.
Down TV is an interactive video sharing website that covers a wide selection of themes all related to Trisomie 21 or Down's syndrome. The result is a wide range of videos that try to answer most of the questions we have on Down's Syndrome.
Upload a video from your account.
Watch it on your explorer and copy the [embed /] tag.
For Example in Youtube, you must click on the "Insert" button below to the right of the video. It will open a window with the video embed code highlighted in blue. Copy and paste it into the corresponding place in Down TV.
Go to the Publish video section in DownTV.
Fill in the form and paste the Embed code of your video on the proper tag. And… that's all! In a few days you will see your video on Down TV!
Down TV is brought to you by Invest for Children with help from other advocacy organizations. Invest for children (i4c) is a nonprofit international organization whose mission is to help disabled children and young adults achieve a better quality of life.
Actress Eva Longoria lobbied lawmakers and spoke at a rally on behalf of the mentally disabled on Tuesday. Texas lawmakers are grappling with a $27 billion shortfall. The current House bill proposes cutting the Department of Aging and Disability Services by 20 percent, or almost $1 billion.
Longoria has a sister with Down syndrome. She told the crowd that if Texans understood what these cuts would mean for people like her sister, they would oppose them. She promised to speak out against the cuts.
Longoria said her 43-year-old sister is a resident of a group home in Texas, which could close due to funding cuts in the state budget proposals under consideration.
Several NBA players, including Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler, Dwight Howard and Chris Paul, have signed up to be a part of the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign.
WTAE Channel 4 Action News anchor Kelly Frey spoke with several moms in Westmoreland County who are doing their part to get rid of negative connotations associated with the "r-word."
It all starts with one simple word. And the Santa Barbara Special Olympics Chapter want to make sure people know that.
Students from a Foundations of Special Education course at Midwestern State University are holding an End the "R" Word campaign on campus from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today.


Asthma is a lung condition that causes the airways to constrict and restrict airflow to the lungs. Asthma is the most common chronic illness in children, but it can also affect adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). If your child has been diagnosed with asthma, there are a number of treatment options available to help manage symptoms and asthma attacks.
The pediatricians at Johnson County Pediatrics conduct breathing and allergy tests to help determine whether your child's symptoms are caused by asthma.
More than 18 million people in the United States suffer from asthma, according to the CDC. Asthma causes inflammation (swelling) and mucus buildup in the airways that carry oxygen to the lungs, making it difficult to breathe and can result in an asthma attack. There are a number of risk factors and causes of asthma, and attacks are usually brought on by specific triggers that vary from person to person.
Asthma treatment varies depending on the severity of symptoms. Pediatricians may prescribe inhalers, medication, and lifestyle modifications to treat allergies and help to avoid triggers.
For more information about childhood asthma and allergies, contact Johnson County Pediatrics at (913) 384-5500 to schedule an appointment with a pediatrician today.


"Humanity's ability to alter its own brain function might well shape history as powerfully as the development of metallurgy in the Iron Age, mechanization in the Industrial Revolution or genetics in the second half of the twentieth century." (Farah et al. "Neurocognitive Enhancement: What Can We Do and What Should We Do?" 2004) – as cited in Cognitive Prosthetics and the Augmented Mind – Michael Ridley.
What business person would not want to get more out of their most important resource?
You are talking about an organ representing 2% of body weight while burning over 20% of the body energy (What do your Mother, a Car Salesman and a Hare Krishna devotee have in Common?). This is, of course, further exacerbated by the fact 47% of your thoughts are not helpful (TPN vs. DMN – Neural Mechanisms and Mindfulness).
With this in mind – I have focused on four approaches (representing the gamut from 'state of art' to 'old fashioned'). The articles will appear in two parts: (1) Hi-tech/new age and (2) the lo-tech/tried and true.
As always my comments are not intended to validate or endorse any of these techniques but rather to call them to the reader's attention and encourage discussion. I raise this flag because I am aware of "brain hackers" in various shapes and sizes. For example, it is estimated that close to 10% of US University students (and 25% of UK) have tried 'smart' drugs.
I have relied heavily on "50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know" by Moheb Costandi as a source for this section and the following. As appropriate I have also consulted more recent articles to update any new developments.
Just to be clear the list here is at best illustrative given the pace of new discoveries in this area.
I paraphrase Constandi to describe these three approaches: This technique was developed for patients about to undergo neurosurgery, to investigate brain function in the lab, and to facilitate rehabilitation following brain injury – more recently it has seen applications to enhance cognitive function in healthy people.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an experimental procedure involving the implantation of thin wire electrodes into a predetermined part of the brain. The implanted device is attached to a power source which is attached to another part of the body (e.g. chest). This so-called 'brain pacemaker', alters activity in the target brain area by delivering regular electrical impulses to it. The US Food and Drug Administration approved (2002). DBS as a treatment for Parkinson's disease and the technique is now also being used as an experimental treatment for other conditions. As reported by Costandi, DBS can enhance the formation of spatial memories. Although preliminary, these findings suggest that DBS could effectively improve memory deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease, and could also be used to enhance memory function in healthy individuals.
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive stimulation technique, in which a constant electrical current is applied to the surface of the brain by a fitted cap containing electrodes. In a prophylactic context, it can enhance processes such as attention, memory and motor skill learning in healthy people.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is another non-invasive brain stimulation technique that creates rapidly changing magnetic fields to specified parts of the brain. It has also been tested as a treatment for a variety of neurological and psychiatric conditions, but most studies show that it has only modest effects. It may, however, be of therapeutic value to some patients with major depressive disorder.
Not mentioned by Constadi but given I have written previously on the vagus nerve (Body & Brain: Part Four – Gut Check: Do You Know What's in Yours?), so I mention vagus nerve stimulation which can have positive impact on mood.
Prescription drugs developed for specific medical conditions (psychiatric) can, at least, theoretically make healthy people more productive, enhancing processes such as attention, concentration and memory in other words to improve their ability to learn, create, recall memories, reason and concentrate.
Arguably, as I mentioned earlier, this is the fastest growing initiative for augmenting cognitive performance – with about 10% of US university students and 25% of UK university students having experimented with them.
Once again, I relay on Constandi to describe the options. Just to be clear the list here is at best illustrative given the pace of new discoveries in this area.
Dextroamphetamine (marketed as Adderall): A mixture of amphetamine salts used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The actions of Adderall on the prefrontal cortex improve working memory function and the ability to focus by increasing dopamine at synapses.
Methylphenidate (Ritalin): is another stimulant used to treat ADHD. Its molecular structure resembles that of an amphetamine. This is a favorite of US students.
Modafinil (Provigil): a non-amphetamine stimulant prescribed to treat fatigue associated with narcolepsy. To combat the effects of sleep deprivation, which has severe, detrimental effects on combatant's performance. Similarly, it could help individuals in prolonged endeavors.
Donepezil, an Alzheimer's drug developed in the 1980s, inhibits the same enzyme. It slows memory loss.
Numerous pharmaceutical companies are emerging to capture markets such as Alzheimer's and related (cognitive) conditions, so we can expect a preponderance of cognitive enhancing drugs. Cognition-Enhancing Drugs published in The Milbank Quarterly – Maxwell J. Mehlman – provides a good overview.
Nootropicsinfo.com provides a concise summary of drugs and purported benefits. Also, a blog titled 13 Nootropics to Unlock Your True Brain by Dave Asprey which appears on the Bulletproof blog site gives personal perspective to the issues.
The information on smart devices as cognitive prosthetics comes primarily from the blog post by Janet L. Heck – "Making Cognitive Connections".
Some authors (Chorost) have used the analogy of how the corpus callosum links two hemispheres of our brain to the type of linkage of brain/internet.
Per Heck, these prosthetics are generally iPod Touch, phone, tablet, etc. that can be used to assist individuals with cognitive-communication impairments that impact them on a daily basis. The devices can provide assistance with many commonly identified issues including those related to memory, organization, and executive functioning. Examples include: allowing paralyzed people to type and creating interactive installations that convert people's brain waves into moving visual displays. Musicians have used them to transform brain-wave patterns into sounds.
At the time of the Heck article, there were two popular brands of smart devices: Apple (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) and Android (phones, tablets). A frequent question that comes up is which type of device is better. The author at the time preferred the way the Apple user interacts with the device.
In closing, I should mention – a number of "training programs" have been developed – for example: BrainHQ, Lumosity, and Cogmed – the latter being the oldest.
The research doesn't seem to back up the claims of (most of) the brain training companies. Instead of increasing your overall intelligence, playing these games just makes you better at those games. There's limited (if any) transfer to the real world.
However, according to Brett McKay and Kate McKay one type of game has been shown over and over to improve working memory – "dual n-back game".
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In the last six months, 44 percent of Russian online consumers used mobile devices to purchase goods or services at least once.
New study shows that m-commerce is growing in Russia even as more than a third of respondents continue to be wary of paying via app.
Nearly half of Russian online shoppers — 44 percent — make purchases via their smartphones, but an almost equal amount distrust online payment systems, according to new research by Nielsen.
In the last six months, 44 percent of Russian online consumers used mobile devices to purchase goods or services at least once, according to the Nielsen survey. The global average was 38 percent.
According to the report, 66 percent of Russians use mobile devices to look up product information, 56 percent to compare prices and 48 percent to look for coupons or deals.
At the same time, Russians continue to be wary of payments via mobile devices – 36 percent of respondents are not sure about the safety of online banking operations and the same number don't see the need for the service at all. Forty-one percent of respondents said they would not carry out a transfer of funds from one bank account to another from a smartphone, which is 13 percent lower than the global average of 24 percent.
Russians are less likely than residents of other nations to pay via smartphone in bars, restaurants and stores. Only 30 percent of Russians would take out their phone to pay in these situations, compared with 40 percent worldwide.
However, Russians are just as attached to their phones are their peers around the world. Fifty-five percent of Russian and 56 percent of global consumers cannot imagine life without mobile devices and 54 percent and 53 percent, respectively, feel anxious when a smartphone is not at hand.
Despite the fact that just over half of Russian users are not ready to use applications for purchases, the conversion of retailers who actively use mobile applications has increased by 90 percent compared to those who are just beginning or planning to integrate this tool, according to research by digital advertising firm Criteo. The firm's recent study showed that in the first half of 2016, Russia's share of mobile transactions grew by 13 percent.
"Mobile commerce has reached a tipping point in its development: Now mobile transactions exceed the number of purchases made from a personal computer, as retailers continue to develop their mobile trading platforms," said Emin Aliyev, managing director of Criteo in Russia.
According to the forecast of J'son & Partners Consulting, the market for m-commerce — mobile payments, payments for purchases and other financial transactions using mobile devices — in Russia will exceed 2 trillion rubles ($31.6 billion) by the end of 2016 and reach 2.5 trillion rubles ($39.5 billion) in 2017.


we are planning our first trip to Tuscany at the beginning of June. We will be staying for 2 weeks and would prefer not to drive. I had originally considered starting with 3 days in Florence and moving to the coast but on reading the Lonely Planet guide I'm wondering if Pisa would be the best place to arrive, have some day trips to Florence and maybe Sienna and then stay a while in Lucca.
If I had to choose between Pisa or Lucca - personally I would go with Lucca, not because it is more beautiful or has more monuments/museums but because I love the small atmosphere, which feels just a bit more authentic.


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Author George McDaniel will talk about his book Drayton Hall Stories: A Place and Its People. Drayton Hall is an 18th-century unrestored plantation house established by John Drayton, a white man whose wealth came from plantations worked primarily by enslaved labor. George McDaniel will focus on the site's recent history using interviews with descendants (both White and Black), staff, architects, historians and more. He will showcase how the book uses oral history to build community and transform this Southern plantation into a site for racial conciliation.
George W. McDaniel, PhD, is the President of McDaniel Consulting, LLC, a strategy firm that helps organizations use history to build bridges within itself and to its broader constituents. For 25 years, he served as the Executive Director of Drayton Hall, a historic site in Charleston, SC. A native of Atlanta, he earned a BA from Sewanee, a MAT (history) from Brown University, and PhD (history) from Duke. For 40 years, he built a career working in education and history museums, beginning with the Smithsonian Institution, and earning awards at the local, state, and national levels. Following the 2015 massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, he helped lead volunteer efforts with the church and other organizations to enhance racial conciliation and healing.
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Q: How do you implement "std::slice::SliceIndex<[]>" for a struct you made in rust I made a custom struct in rust and cannot index it in a for loop.
fn main() {
    let vec = Dog::breed();

    for x in vec {
        println!("{}", vec[x]);
    }
}

struct Dog {
    fixed: bool,
    age: u8,
}

impl Dog {
    pub fn breed() -> Vec<Dog> {
        let vec = vec![Dog::new(8, true), Dog::new(10, false)];
        vec
    }
    pub fn new(a: u8, b: bool) -> Self {
        Dog {
            fixed: (b),
            age: (a),
        }
    }
}

A: Unlike Javascript, in Rust for x in vec iterates over values, not indices. This is (indirectly) shown in the error your code gives:
error[E0277]: the type `[Dog]` cannot be indexed by `Dog`
 --> src/main.rs:5:24
  |
5 |         println!("{}", vec[x]);
  |                        ^^^^^^ slice indices are of type `usize` or ranges of `usize`
  |

"cannot be indexed by Dog" means that x is Dog, so you would want to use it directly. However, replacing vec[x] with x gives another error:
error[E0277]: `Dog` doesn't implement `std::fmt::Display`
 --> src/main.rs:5:24
  |
5 |         println!("{}", x);
  |                        ^ `Dog` cannot be formatted with the default formatter
  |
  = help: the trait `std::fmt::Display` is not implemented for `Dog`
  = note: in format strings you may be able to use `{:?}` (or {:#?} for pretty-print) instead

The reason is that not any value can be printed - only those who implement the corresponding formatting trait. The simplest way to go, as again hinted by the error, is to use Debug, which can be derived automatically:
fn main() {
    let vec = Dog::breed();

    for x in vec {
        // changed formatting specifier
        println!("{:?}", x);
    }
}

// added `derive`
#[derive(Debug)]
struct Dog {
    fixed: bool,
    age: u8,
}

impl Dog {
    pub fn breed() -> Vec<Dog> {
        let vec = vec![Dog::new(8, true), Dog::new(10, false)];
        vec
    }
    pub fn new(a: u8, b: bool) -> Self {
        Dog {
            fixed: (b),
            age: (a),
        }
    }
}

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A: Just in case you really need to index the vec (as it's in your question):
let vec = Dog::breed();
vec.iter().enumerate().for_each(|(index,x)|{
    println!("{}: {:?}", index, &x);
});

The output will look like this:
    0: Dog { fixed: true, age: 8 }
    1: Dog { fixed: false, age: 10 }

And, of course, you need to #[derive(Debug)] for struct Dog.

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Masi Oka Biography
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Birthday: December 27, 1974 (Capricorn)
Born In: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Masi Oka is a well-known Japanese-American actor, producer and digital effects artist. He was born in Japan and at the age of six, he moved with his mother to the USA. He earned his B.Sc. degree in computer science and mathematics from Brown University. Thereafter, he joined 'Industrial Light & Magic' (ILM) as a digital effect artist, creating programs for well-known movies including the Star War trilogy. Concurrently, he took acting lessons. From 2000, he started working at ILM's Los Angeles branch, simultaneously appearing in insignificant roles in various projects for six years. Finally he was cast in the role of Hiro Nikamura, a space-bending, time-traveling Japanese speaking master on the television series 'Heroes' and became well-known for his work. Soon after the culmination of 'Heroes' in 2010, he bagged another long lasting role, that of Dr. Max Bergman, an eccentric medical practitioner in 'Hawaii Five-0', appearing in it until 2017. Of late, he had also started producing films.
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Childhood & Early Life
Masi Oka was born Masayori Oka on December 27, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan. As his parents divorced within a month of his birth, he was raised by his mother, Setsuko Oka, in a single parent family. He has never met his father.
He spent the first five years of life in Japan, where at the age of five, he underwent an IQ test, scoring 189 points. Realizing that the Japanese education system would stifle her gifted son, Setsuko decided to move to the USA, where she believed his intelligence would be better nourished.
When Masayori was six years old, the mother and son moved to the USA, where they settled down in Van Nuys, a cheap neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Here, he found himself in a new environment, but soon learnt to accept it.
In Los Angeles, he began his elementary education at the Mirman School, an institution meant for gifted children. Here, he was teased by other children for being different, eating raw fish and rice for lunch instead of peanut sandwiches. They also gave him many nicknames, one of them being 'Masi'.
As a child, he had a messy handwriting. Moreover, everybody in school, including his teachers, found 'Masayori' hard to pronounce. Therefore, when one day one of his classmates in the first grade began calling him 'Messy Mossy', the name stuck. Later, he modified the spelling, writing 'M-A-S-I' instead of 'M-O-S-S-Y'.
In school, he showed keen interest in mathematics and also loved playing with computers. In an interview, he had later said, "I just loved solving problems, and there's something about trying to figure things out and making things work that was always a big thing with me".
At the age of eight, he appeared on the CBS-TV game show 'Child's Play'. Four years later, he was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, titled 'Those Asian-American Whiz Kids'.
In 1988, at around thirteen, he competed in the California state MATHCOUNTS competition and came out fourth. Later, he, along with three other students, represented the state of California in the national competition.
For his secondary education, he entered Harvard-Westlake School, an independent, co-educational university preparatory day school, graduating from there in 1992. Thereafter, he worked as an English, Spanish, and Japanese translator at the 1992 Summer Olympics before entering the Brown University in Rhode Island to get his degree in computer science and mathematics.
In 1993, while studying at Brown University, Masi joined 'The Bear Necessities', an all-male cappella group in the University and began spending his free time with them, becoming the group's music director in his senior years. He later described his time with the group as a formative experience.
While in the group, he arranged nearly thirty songs including 'Invisible Touch', Faithfully', 'Flashdance...What a Feeling', 'All I Want, 'The Promise' and 'With or Without You'. Many of his songs were included in two of the group's albums, 'TBNJ: The Bear Necessities Jam' and 'Circus People'. He also produced 'TBNJ'.
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In 1997, Masi Oka graduated from Brown University, earning his B.Sc. degree in computer science and mathematics. Thereafter, he joined Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) as a digital effect artist.
His job was to create a system that would allow the special-effects artists to create visual scenes. His first major project was to co-develop a computer program to generate water effects, which was used in 'A Perfect Storm', bringing waves crashing down on the commercial fishing boat, Andrea Gail.
He also worked on the 'Star Wars' trilogy, cracking asteroids into a million pieces. His other important projects were 'Mighty Young Joe' , 'Mission to Mars', 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines', 'Hulk', 'War of the Worlds'and 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'.
Oka enjoyed his job very much, dreaming of winning Oscar someday for his technical work in a motion picture. His seniors also took interest in him. Sometime during this period, he featured in the San Francisco Chronicle in a pre-dot-com article, talking about merging technology and acting.
Concurrently, while working for ILM, he started taking acting lessons, concentrating on comedy, eventually deciding to try his luck in acting before it was too late. In 2000, he earned a Screen Actors Guild card by appearing in industry films.
In 2000, he returned to Los Angeles, looking for roles. Simultaneously, he maintained his job, signing a contract with ILM that allowed him to work at its Los Angeles branch provided he got a recurring role in the same season. Otherwise, he would have to return to their Marin County office.
In 2000, he did get a recurring role; but the show was never picked up. Nonetheless, it fulfilled the stipulations in his contract and therefore, he was allowed to remain in Los Angeles. However, he was soon disappointed because no good role came his way. But he never gave up.
He continued to appear in guest roles in several television series like 'Dharma & Greg', 'Citizen Baines', 'Gilmore Girls', 'Yes, Dear', 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch', 'She Spies'. Finally in 2002, he got his first recurring role, appearing as Franklyn in five episodes of the medical comedy 'Scrubs'.
In 2002-2003, he appeared in four episodes of reality television series, 'The Jamie Kennedy Experiment'. Concurrently, he continued to make guest appearances. In 2003, he appeared as a Japanese tourist in 'On the Spot', an Asian Man in 'Uh-Oh' and in an uncredited role in 'Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde'.
With time, he started getting minor roles, appearing as Deng Wu in television series 'Louis' (2003), as Wonsuk in romantic comedy film 'Along Came Polly' (2004). However, he still continued to make guest appearances in several television series throughout 2004 and 2005.
While working in 'Along Came Polly', he learned a valuable lesson from his costar, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Till then, he used to worry about his own look and performances. But Hoffman taught him that generous actors make their partners look good and that acting is about connecting and sharing.
In 2005, apart from making guest appearances, he also appeared in voice only role in 'The Proud Family Movie' and 'God Wears My Underwear'. In the same year, he appeared as Stanley Tong in the television film, 'House of the Dead 2'.
First Break
By 2006, Oka realized that very few roles were written for actors like him. Nonetheless, in the same year, he appeared as KJ in a short film titled 'One Sung Hero' and as Clerk in the television series, 'The Sarah Silverman Program'. Concurrently, he continued to make guest appearances.
While he was thinking of quitting his acting career, his agent received a pilot, which drastically changed everything. They required someone fluent in Japanese, who should also have a comedic background and American television experience for a role in science fiction television drama series, 'Heroes'. It fitted Oka perfectly.
Although the agent was excited, Oka, having six years of experience, was initially skeptical about it. But when he read the script, he was thrilled. It was not only well-written, but the character of Hiro Nakamura in 'Heroes' had lot of common with him. He accepted the role immediately.
Hiro was not only from Japan, but like Oka, he also felt rather isolated in the society because of the racial differences, also having a childlike curiosity for everything around him. The difference was that, unlike Oka, Hiro did not enjoy his cubicle job very much.
For enacting the role of Japanese speaking Hiro, Oka had to translate his dialogues into Japanese from the English script. Such an arrangement was made because it was thought that a professional translator would have made the dialogues more rigid. On the show his dialogues were accompanied by English subtitles.
Overnight Oka became very popular, appearing in sixty-six episodes of the series, earning several awards and nominations for his role. Concurrently, he continued to work in other productions, making guest appearances in many of them.
In 2007, he appeared in the sports comedy film 'Balls of Fury', television film 'Jane Doe: Ties That Bind' and three television series; 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip', 'Reno911' and 'Robot chicken'. Concurrently, he continued working for ILM for three days week as a Research and Development Technical Director.
From 2008 to 2011, he appeared in six films; 'Get Smart', 'Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control', 'The Promotion', 'Fired Up', 'Searching for Sonny' and 'Friends with Benefits'. Also in 2010, he got his second biggest chance when he was cast as Dr. Max Bergman in 'Hawaii Five-0'.
'Hawaii Five-0', an action police procedural television series, had started in September 2010. In the first season, he was cast as Dr. Max Bergman, an eccentric, but well-respected medical examiner. Oka was upgraded to a series regular from season two.
From October 2010 to May 2017, Oka appeared in 135 episodes of 'Hawaii Five-0'. Concurrently, he also appeared in other projects; enacting the role of Ken Tanaka in the biographical drama film, 'Jobs' in 2013. In 2015, he appeared as Hiro Nakamura in three episodes of 'Heroes Reborn'.
In 2017, Oka ventured into a new line, producing 'Death Note', a neo-noir supernatural thriller film loosely based on the Japanese manga of the same name. In the film, he also enacted the role of Detective Sasaki
In 2018, he was seen in the science-fiction'The Meg'. He is also producing the film adaptation of 'Mega Man', a science-fiction video game.
Masi Oka is best known for his work in 'Heroes'. That his character became very popular among its viewers is an achievement in itself because all his dialogues were subtitled. Moreover, he was the only actor in the series to be nominated both for Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards.
He is equally known for his work in 'Hawaii Five-0'. Enacting the role of Dr. Max Bergman, an ethnic Japanese adopted by Jewish parents, he appeared in 135 episodes of the series, departing after the thirteenth episode of the seventh season.
Family & Personal Life
Masi Oka is a bachelor. Nothing much is known about his personal life, which he likes to keep private. However, it is known that his hobbies include Japanese martial art Kendo, in which he carries the rank of Shodan, literally meaning beginning degree.
He is also fond of playing video games. He is also an avid collector of Japanese comics known as manga. In addition, he loves playing the piano, beatboxing, and singing.
When Oka received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, his mother was in Japan. These days, she prefers to live in Japan because she believes living in Japan brings her good fortune.
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The loss of their daughter Grace to a rare cancerous brain tumor compelled Tamara and Brian Ekis to found the Reflections Of Grace Foundation. Helping families in similar situations and finding a cure for DIPG is what drives them today.
Tamara is a kindergarten teacher with the McKeesport Area School District while Brian is a Senior Underwriting Analyst for First National Bank. They share their home in North Huntingdon, PA with Grace's siblings – brothers Colin & Garrett and sister Claire.
Reflections of Grace would not be the organization it has become without the immense contributions of Ashley Metz Leax. A member of the Board from the beginning, she is also Race Director for the Foundation's largest event, the annual Race For Grace. Ashley coordinates the efforts of hundreds in making Race For Grace one of the largest and most successful 5K events in western Pennsylvania.
Ashley is a human resources executive with Westinghouse Corp., based in their Waltz Mill facility. She lives in North Huntingdon with her husband Jimmy and daughters Brenna Grace and Maeve Ellen.
A longtime friend and neighbor of the Ekis family, Dan Dodaro has been a key member of the Board since its inception, focusing on marketing, social media and public relations.
Dan, a Senior Auditor with the Pennsylvania Turnpike, lives in North Huntingdon with his wife Milissa and two children, Emily and John.
Crucial to the founding of Reflections Of Grace and its ongoing success, Tricia Mahlstedt manages the legal facets of the organization.
Tricia resides in the Forest Hills community of Pittsburgh with husband David, son Eddie and daughter Megan. She is an attorney with Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC in Pittsburgh.


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Before film and even before books, stories passed along a record of the existence of a people and their acquired wisdom. Music has been part of this storytelling since the beginning. It's one of the things which makes a story "stick."
Stories led to books and then film. Film is a great collaboration, bringing hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people together to tell a story.
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"Writing music is an art while creating a film score is both an art and a craft. A composer fits the countless musical components together to create a seamless composition which helps tell the story.
That is the reason I write music for film and TV. There is no greater exhilaration than watching a film take shape. For me, creating the music that "sticks" to a picture is the addiction. It's what I crave. It's what keeps me up the long nights in search of the best music."
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Seeing the Minneapolis Effect
Paul G. Cassell is the Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law and University Distinguished Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. He is also the foremost scholar of the "Minneapolis Effect" reflecting the spike in murders following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Professor Cassell describes the effect in the opening of today's Wall Street Journal column "Homicide Stats Show 'Minneapolis Effect.'" He writes:
Cities across the country suffered dramatic increases in homicides this summer. The spikes were remarkable, suddenly appearing and widespread, although often concentrated in disadvantaged neighborhoods. This year is on track to be the deadliest year for gun-related homicides since at least 1999.
The homicide spikes began in late May. Before May 28, Chicago had almost the same number of homicides as in 2019. Then, on May 31, 18 people were murdered in Chicago—the city's most violent day in six decades. Violence continued through the summer. July was Chicago's most violent month in 28 years. As of Sept. 1, murder is up 52% for the year, according to Chicago Police Department data.
Chicago's shooting spike reflects what is happening in many major cities across the country. Researchers have identified a "structural break" in homicide numbers, beginning in the last week of May. Trends for most other major crime categories have remained generally stable or moved slightly downward.
What changed in late May? The antipolice protests that began across the country around May 27 appear to have resulted in a decline in policing directed at gun violence, producing—perhaps unsurprisingly—an increase in shootings.
He quantifies the effect:
My recent research quantifies the size of this summer's Minneapolis Effect, estimating that reduced proactive policing resulted in about 710 more homicides and 2,800 more shootings in June and July alone. The victims of these crimes are disproportionately African-American and Hispanic, often living in disadvantaged and low-income neighborhoods.
Professor Cassell has posted his "recent research" in the paper that is accessible here at SSRN. A 68-page PDF version of his paper is posted here.
Professor Cassell counsels the restoration of preventive policing to overcome the effect. However, Minneapolis lacks the departmental manpower, the political will, and the civic support necessary to follow up on this obvious conclusion.


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More and more Bitcoin businesses are adopting mainstream practices and seeking insurance for their operations. A report by top insurance market operator Lloyd's, published on June 12 and targeted at insurance service providers, highlights the key risk factors for the insurance of Bitcoin operations.Lloyd's, an insurance market located in London, is one of the best-known names in the insurance sector. It operates as a marketplace within which multiple financial backers come together to pool and spread risk. Lloyd's itself does not underwrite insurance business, leaving that to its members.
Instead, the society operates as a market regulator, setting rules under which members operate and offering expert advice and centralized administrative services to members.The report suggests that the technology, procedures and practices that underpin Bitcoin are maturing.
Lloyd's shares a positive assessment of the benefits of Bitcoin, now widespread in the mainstream financial sector. "In essence, Bitcoin offers a low-cost, relatively fast means to transfer value anywhere in the world; the only real constraint is the availability of an Internet connection. As such it offers a lower-cost alternative to established banking and money transfer systems, which require a bank account and/or the payment of fees," states the report, adding that Bitcoin can bring global payment technology to populations unable to access or afford conventional banking methods.
These benefits could be significant for a wide range of users around the world. Insurance, according to Lloyd's, can be a component of responsible risk management to enable the next phase of Bitcoin's evolution. At the same time, Lloyd's is persuaded that the security risk of Bitcoin operations will never be reduced to zero. It can, however, be mitigated by the use of professional security measures and the adoption of recognized standards for secure bitcoin storage. The security measures required for Bitcoin should include both the physical and personal protection measures routinely applied for cash, and the cybersecurity measures required for sensitive data.Lloyd's also invites the Bitcoin community to cooperate with law enforcement to prevent Bitcoin from becoming "synonymous with crime" in the public perception.
The Lloyd's report includes a thorough description, by Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh of Coin Center, of operational risks associated with theft. Brito and Van Valkenburgh cover both local risk – the risk that thieves steal bitcoin from specific users or operators, and global risks – for example, 51 percent or Sybil attacks.In conclusion, Coin Center advises that insurers and industry observers keep tabs on whether a business is employing modern controls such as multi-sig, cold storage and hybrid wallets.Garrick Hileman, of the London School of Economics, and Satyaki Dhar analyze risks not related to malicious intent, including market volatility and regulatory uncertainty, which should be factored in when assessing the overall risks of Bitcoin operations.


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You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead – Marieke Hardy (2011)
During the chapter entitled – 'Down the Hatch,' Marieke Hardy asks where are all the female writers who write like Charles Bukowski? After reading You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead I have to conclude that Hardy herself is attempting to inspire a female Bukowski writers movement single handedly. Hardy has filled her memoir with frank admissions of living an unconventional and drunken life in the public eye and all the complications and adventures that come with it. Oh, and it's also poignant, funny, insightful and clever - Bukowski would have been proud.
For those of you who have no idea who Marieke Hardy is, and there'd be at least some of you, think journalist, broadcaster, confessional blogger , child actor (see 1.46 minutes into this abomination), writer of screenplays and a regular panel member of the ABC First Tuesday Book Club. Hardy is only in her mid 30's, so why a memoir now? When I first heard about this book that's exactly what I thought, in a rather cynical fashion I have to confess. Mind you the fact that she is a total literate babe and that I'm one of those viewers of First Tuesday Book Club who aren't just in it for the panel's viewpoints about their latest read – she looks great with a flower behind her ear and she knows it. I didn't need much more enticement to give her book a go.
The title of this book is apt. Hardy herself and her writing style can irritate people, but ultimately her charm makes her easy to warm to. The book is entertaining in a guilty kind of way. It's like a well-written car crash - you can't look away and you kind of feel bad that you don't. Hardy reveals details about her life that most people would keep as deep dark secrets. There's the small matter of attending a swingers night out of curiosity. The ensuing tale is cringe-worthy and wildly entertaining and I'm glad she didn't leave it out. Hardy also didn't leave out her obsession with prostitutes, which influences her adventures with one particular boyfriend with bad-boy qualities.
Before you start to think that this book is just about drinking and weird sex, Hardy brings some balance to proceedings with a chapter about a close friend's battle with cancer. There are also chapters about a Young Talent Time obsession and an examination of what it's like to be a twenty something with a clique of friends, which is aptly titled 'The Bubble'. There's also a hilarious chapter devoted to Hardy's Bob Ellis fandom and how they end up meeting. In some ways though, Ellis ends up upstaging Hardy. Throughout the memoir a nice touch comes in the form of a right of reply at the end of some chapters, offering a significant player in proceedings a chance to respond. What could be seen as an indulgence works well and brings balance to the outrageousness. However, Bob Ellis's reply is even more outrageous than what had preceded it, and as if she knows this we hear nothing more from Hardy and the book ends with an afterward from one of her significant ex-boyfriends.
There is something fascinating going on here. You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead is more than just another memoir. I believe that this book directly reflects the influence of online culture with Facebook, Live Journal and blogs that allow people to live their lives in the public eye without a thought to privacy. Revelations simply emerge online, into the light, blinking and wondering what all the fuss is about. You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead is partly a product of this culture, and it is in some way an extension of Marieke Hardy's own blog that is sadly on a hiatus at the moment. A book of this sort may be beyond the pale for some people. Hardy has certainly left herself open to judgment from both male and female readers. Personally I think that she is a brave trailblazer, especially considering that Hardy often paints herself in an unflattering light.
They'll be more memoirs written in this style by people other than rock stars (they are a natural at this game) and in the ensuing years there'll be no avoiding them. Of course there are precedents, with Julian Cope's memoir Head On (1994) being a great example of an individual letting it all hang out. Head On is perhaps the greatest book about the music industry ever published. But I digress, safe to say that this book represents a refreshing approach to the memoir and I admire Hardy for her audacity.
In that previously mentioned chapter, 'Down the Hatch,' a judgmental viewer sends Hardy a Alcoholics Anonymous pamphlet and warms her to stop drinking to excess and that it's obvious that she is out of control due to her demeanour on the First Tuesday Book Club. I'm going to suggest no such thing. Keep living your drunken and adventurous life Marieke, and above all continue to write about it. Marieke, you can be my female Bukowski anytime.
And now for a female point of view from guest reviewer Elizabeth....
For fear of sounding like a sycophant, I must say Marieke Hardy's first book affected me profoundly. Her prose is clear and honest, and she shares touching and laugh-out-loud funny stories of love, sex, boozing, loss and laughter. Hardy has guts. She shares her truth boldly and unpretentiously, seemingly unafraid to expose her fantasies and insecurities. This is a book that shines due to its sheer 'humanness' – she's delightfully imperfect and the reader can relate to her self-doubt and laugh along with her self-deprecating humour. She cleverly draws the reader in with her conspiratorial style, which is like a wink and a whisper of "just between you and me…"
It's not Hardy's style that affected me so deeply. Her book made me feel less alone in the world. I promise I won't gush with snot-smeared gratitude like an addict in a self-help meeting, but I felt a rare feeling after finishing it. It felt like it was written for me (and all those who love libraries and long afternoons of intoxication). Most popular offerings for women entreat us to swoon helplessly under the power of dashing vampires or yet another contemporary version of Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy. With all the popular 'chick lit' written these days, there's little written about the interior life of the modern woman that explores beyond our romantic yearnings.
I loved this book, as Hardy had the courage to write about herself – her past, her hopes, ideas and preferences. The focus of the book is not her romantic relationships, though they are discussed. In the first chapter, she shares her adventures with prostitutes and three-ways – hardly conventional romance! It was refreshing to read her portrayal of female desire, which I'm pleased to report, displayed a complete absence of swooning!
Hardy asks questions I have asked myself – where are the female Bukowskis? Why won't I pick up my clothes and put them away? How do I behave around children when I don't have a maternal bone in my body? To me, having been a precocious 'weird girl' who's grown up to enjoy all of life's pleasures, Marieke's bold admissions encouraged me to not only accept myself, but to revel in my tendency to be a lush and fabulous individual.
I literally squealed with glee while reading, as Marieke lived my 1980's Aussie childhood dream – appearing in The Henderson Kids as a child star, and going on to act in, and eventually write, Neighbours. She was even clumsily kissed by one of the Young Talent Time kids! In terms of Australian popular culture, there's plenty to enjoy in this book.
The stories Hardy shares are no less than hilarious. A word of warning – this is not a book to read on the train. Unless you don't mind subjecting other passengers to your unladylike snorts of laughter as you read about the day writer, Bob Ellis met his canine namesake.
You'll Be Sorry When I'm Dead is most definitely worth the read – for the humour, the honesty, the humanness. These are the adventures of a woman unafraid of adventure, doing what many of us have dreamed but wouldn't dare attempt.
Perhaps best of all, Hardy reminds us there are stories in all of us worth sharing - if we honor truth, beauty and love. Although she slums the depths at times, this is a memoir and a woman with real class.
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Colleen 23 December 2011 at 09:20
Well you both just sold me on this! Looking forward to reading it on the train Elizabeth ;)
Colleen 25 August 2012 at 20:26
Hi Jeremy & Elizabeth :) Alrighty, eight months later I finally read this book. Well actually I only read the first chapter (or most of it). Having made a pact with myself not to persue most fiction that doesn't capture me I was (easily) forced to stop. I found her boring and pretentious .... shame, but oh well :) hugs to you both xC
Jeremy 26 August 2012 at 06:49
Hello! The thing about Marieke Hardy is that she polarizes - so it doesn't suprise me that you didn't enjoy her writing. She's had her critics just as much as she's had her admirers.
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Update: This story was updated at 4 p.m. with comments from President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON — Despite the sharp divisions that sandbagged Republican efforts to overhaul Obamacare last month, many GOP leaders, including President Donald Trump, are holding on to hope that a deal can be reached when Congress returns from a two-week recess.
"I think it can be passed. It should be passed," said Rep. Joe Barton, a Republican from Arlington, in an interview this week.
But while media reports suggest lawmakers are nearing compromise, some health care experts are skeptical, predicting Obamacare will reach crisis level before Congress acts.
There are such "fundamental divisions and dichotomies between the different branches of the Republican conference, you have to get a sense that if one isn't a barrier to reaching an agreement, they'll come up with another one that will work," said Tom Miller, a resident fellow with the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
Trump's first pass at overhauling the Affordable Care Act collapsed in March when Speaker Paul Ryan withdrew his bill, the American Health Care Act, amid disagreements between conservative and moderates.
Still, a president eager for a political win urged voters in Wisconsin this week to pressure lawmakers to pass the bill. And on Thursday, told reporters that the GOP's plan "gets better and better and better, and it's gotten really, really good and a lot of people are liking it a lot."
Trump on healthcare: The plan gets better and better and better and it's gotten really really good and a lot of people are liking it a lot.
The GOP has been working to resolve divisions between the conservative House Freedom Caucus and moderate Republicans over how much flexibility to give states on regulations involving pre-existing condition protections.
While Trump and many moderates want to keep that popular element of Obamacare, GOP leaders — who have remained in negotiations over the recess — are mulling a compromise to conservatives that would allow states to opt out of the "community rating provision." It limits how much more insurers can charge the sick.
Republicans also are grappling over whether to allow states to opt out of another provision governing essential health benefits — a list of services insurers must provide under the ACA — if they can prove that doing so would reduce premiums or increase the number of insured.
Some members of the Freedom Caucus favor allowing states to opt out of the community rating provision, saying they lead to higher health care costs.
But proponents of it, including many moderates, point out that while insurers can't turn away a sick person, they could charge so much as to make care unaffordable. Some remain skeptical of the conservative solution to use high-risk pools to subsidize that coverage.
It's unclear what states would even seek to opt out, particularly as the Trump administration has already offered "innovation waivers" to help states pursue health care alternatives to the ACA.
Stacey Pogue, a senior policy analyst with the left-leaning Center for Public Policy Priorities in Austin, warns that doing away with the community rating protection could harm Texans.
In the years before the ACA, insurers reported average annual per-person premiums of $3,000 to $4,000, but maximum per-person premiums of $30,000, she recently wrote, using 2006 data from the Texas Department of Insurance.
"Our history in Texas shows clearly that a guaranteed 'offer' of coverage with no pricing protections is essentially meaningless," Pogue wrote.
Critical choices: Why is health care reform so hard?
Rep. Tom Reed, a moderate from New York, sounded optimistic about allowing states to seek a waiver as long as their alternative proposal achieves the same effect as the community rating protections. "That may be a sweet spot" for compromise, he said this week.
Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies with the libertarian Cato Institute, argues that Freedom Caucus members can't afford to compromise on community rating, which he called the "centerpiece" of Obamacare. "You can't say you want to repeal Obamacare but not repeal it," he said.
He predicts Republicans won't be able to reach a compromise until more insurers withdraw from the individual marketplace, leaving Americans who rely on the ACA with even fewer choices and potentially higher costs.
But Barton, a member of the Freedom Caucus who supported Ryan's bill, says the crisis is already happening. In the past year alone, nine insurers withdrew from the Texas exchange, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Trump could speed up that process, experts note, if he follows through on threats to stop funding the ACA's cost-sharing reduction subsidies. The funds, remitted to insurers, help reduce health care costs for some of the country's poorest covered by Obamacare.
House Republicans sued former President Barack Obama over the payments because Congress didn't first approve the funds. Last year, a federal judge agreed, but let the subsidies continue while the Obama administration appealed the decision. The issue could come to a head next week when Congress reconvenes to pass a short-term spending bill.
The Kaiser Family Foundation suggest premium costs would need to increase by nearly 20 percent in some exchange plans should Trump halt the payments.
Cannon, the Cato scholar, thinks ending the subsidies could work in Trump's favor by revealing the true cost of Obamacare coverage.
But Republicans would also risk owning the collapse, Kaiser polling suggests. More than 60 percent of people said that because Trump and Republicans are in power, they're responsible for problems with the ACA, an early April survey by Kaiser found.
About 1.1 million Texans receive insurance through the ACA marketplace, with the majority living in Republican-held districts. That means GOP lawmakers could feel the heat.
Barton was less convinced that Republicans would face the fallout.
Lewisville Rep. Michael Burgess, a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee that helped craft the original bill, said he hopes the House can agree to a compromise, even if it's not perfect. "And if the wizards in the Senate are able to make it a much better product, then God bless them," he said this week.
But Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions, who supported the AHCA but also has proposed his own measure that would modify Obamacare, sounded less than hopeful.
"At some point, there's going to have to be a realization that fixing health care, as opposed to an alternative, is what will get people's votes," he said.


I have seen a bunch of these flip down toggle coat racks and have been intrigued by the designs. Modern and unobtrusive. Toggle a peg down if you need it, up if you don't.
I find them clever, but they are too modern looking for my taste. So I started imagining one that was based on a log design. I sketched one out where the green slices would be the toggles.
I figured I would go for contrasting wood. I had a limb from a mango tree and some scraps of 1″ thick cherry that seemed right for the job.
The mango log was a little over 2 feet long and had been drying in my garage for several years since I cut it off the mango tree that was in our back yard.
The limb has a sizeable check in it, but other than that, it looked fine.
I put the limb in my Bulloxon vise and got ready to peel the bark off with a drawknife. This log was a little too big to fit in my shaving mule, so I was glad it worked out in the vise.
As the bark came off, I was relieved to find that the checks on the end did not go very far into the log. I discovered a few bug holes, just enough to give it character.
All peeled and ready to go. Mango is striking because it has yellowish tones and then lots of dark grey/black tones. I am not sure if this is typical of mango, or if this piece was a bit spalted.
One side of the log will have to be flat, so that it can sit flush against the wall and hang on a french cleat. So I placed the log into my lumber milling sled and started to slice off one side.
Then about 3/4 of the way through, the blade snapped. I ordered a new Timberwolf bandsaw blade, but that was going to take a few days to get here.
I tried to use my old Disston rip saw, but the kerf was too wide for the slot left by the bandsaw. It bound in the slot before it even got to the wood that needed cutting. So I cut the remaining section away with the rip side of my ryoba (Vaughan Bear Saw). The ryoba's thinner blade let it get into the bandsaw's kerf without a problem.
I need to be able to route a recess on the wall side of this log to accommodate a french cleat. I also need to be able to make parallel slices using the bandsaw. To accomplish both, I temporarily attached a piece of 1/4″ thick luan plywood to back with some hot glue.
I used a 3/8" spiral router bit to create a concealed recess through the plywood and into the log. I moved the fence 1/4″ with each pass and after several passes was able to route out a 2.5″wide x 20″ long by 1/4″ deep recess in the log.
Then I marked off on the plywood where I wanted the cuts to be, in order to cut off two ends, then make 6 equally sized segments of the log. Sorry, I have no photos of this operation. After I cut them, I was able to break off the plywood that was only attached by hot glue.
I marked the end of each segment with a letter so that I could keep the order the same when I reassembled it.
I find paper modeling is fast and effective. Here you can see the toggle piece laying on top of an outline of the log profile. The hook at the bottom will catch the bottom of the french cleat, keeping it from rotating too far. It is also important to point out that the center of gravity when the toggle is in the out position, is to the left of the pivot point (black dot), causing it to stay out. When the toggle is closed, the center of gravity is to the right of the pivot point, causing it to stay closed.
Since the log has an irregular outside shape, I had to use something that would stay consistent. The one consistent part of this is the lip created by the router. So for consistency in drilling, I hot glued a small piece of luan plywood to the fence on my drill press. I positioned each section against the fence and made sure the top of the routed grove sat firmly against the plywood strip. This part worked fairly well except for drilling into end-grain with a long 3/8″ drill bit. The bit flexed a little with each operation, causing some deviation between where the bit entered and exited the log segment.
Here is one of the 7 toggles that I cut out of cherry on the bandsaw. I traced each toggle with the mango segment that it would be positioned next to. Then using a dowel center I marked the location of the metal axle and drilled the hole on the drill press.
Here is the steel rod that passes through the log segments and toggles. I used super glue to fix each log segment in place.
With all the log segments and toggles in place, I cut a strip of 1/4″ luan plywood that has a 45 degree bevel on it to mate onto the french cleat. I screwed it to the log segments in the recess (in the left side of the recess in the photo). I also cut a thinner strip and chamfered the edge enough so that it would clear the bottom of the french cleat but would help prevent it from getting bumped up and off the cleat while hanging on the wall.
These two strips provide all the holding power fastening the segments together and hold it to the wall, once hung on the cleat.
Here is the piece of 1/4″ luan plywood that will be screwed to the wall to from the french cleat. Despite its size, it is still sturdy way to hang something on a wall. You can also see on the end piece here, that neither the steel rod, nor the hanging strips are visible. They are all hidden. I filled the big check with some black tinted Bob Smith's epoxy.
Here the log starts to take on its full dimensions.
Due to the mistracking of the long drill bit, some of the segments are not quite flush with the profile of the log. A fair amount of cherry needs to be removed.
I had to get creative with my clamping methods to hold it in place while hitting it with my Makita belt sander. I use it so rarely that all the belts I had were old, and separated at the tape line. Apparently the adhesive used to join the ends of the belts has a limited shelf life in the neighborhood of 5 years. A trip to the local hardware store had me up and running again. The sander made the profile of the cherry toggles match the profile of the mango segments pretty nicely. A bit more sanding with my Dewalt random orbit sander followed by some hand sanding, and it was ready for finish.
I used Hope's 100% Tung Oil for the finish. The first few applications were thinned with mineral spirits and rubbed in with some pumice to fill the pores.
Here is the view with all the toggles closed. It looks like some abstract woodsman wall art.
With the Tung oil on, it takes on a nice sheen and the varied colors of the Mango intensified.
Here is a single toggle flipped open, ready for a hat, coat, backpack or handbag.
This shows the contouring of the toggle.
Timewise, this was a pretty complicated build for something as simple as a coat rack. I like the looks of it, and the function of it. Truth be told, the rack has enough crap hanging from it that the toggles are never closed up. They are always out and in full use, so the toggle action was pretty superfluous. I guess the function was more of a personal challenge than it was a needed feature… but I really enjoyed the challenge.
I really like the end result. Have you had any people look at it and wonder the purpose when nothing is hanging off of it?
Sadly no, no-one has wondered because it is always close to filled.


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Several organizations and gaming fans are asking the Copyright Office to make a DMCA circumvention exemption for abandoned online games, to preserve them for future generations. The exemption would allow museums and libraries to offer copies of abandoned online servers, so these games won't turn to dust.
The U.S. Copyright Office is considering whether or not to update the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions, which prevent the public from tinkering with DRM-protected content and devices.
These provisions are renewed every three years. To allow individuals and organizations to chime in, the Office traditionally launches a public consultation, before it makes any decisions.
This week a series of new responses were received and many of these focused on abandoned games. As is true for most software, games have a limited lifespan, so after a few years they are no longer supported by manufacturers.
To preserve these games for future generations and nostalgic gamers, the Copyright Office previously included game preservation exemptions. This means that libraries, archives and museums can use emulators and other circumvention tools to make old classics playable.
However, these exemptions are limited and do not apply to games that require a connection to an online server, which includes most recent games. When the online servers are taken down, the game simply disappears forever.
This should be prevented, according to The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (the MADE), a nonprofit organization operating in California.
"Although the Current Exemption does not cover it, preservation of online video games is now critical," MADE writes in its comment to the Copyright Office.
"Online games have become ubiquitous and are only growing in popularity. For example, an estimated fifty-three percent of gamers play multiplayer games at least once a week, and spend, on average, six hours a week playing with others online."
During the previous review, similar calls for an online exemption were made but, at the time, the Register of Copyrights noted that multiplayer games could still be played on local area networks.
"Today, however, local multiplayer options are increasingly rare, and many games no longer support LAN connected multiplayer capability," MADE counters, adding that nowadays even some single-player games require an online connection.
"More troubling still to archivists, many video games rely on server connectivity to function in single-player mode and become unplayable when servers shut down."
MADE asks the Copyright Office to extend the current exemptions and include games with an online connection as well. This would allow libraries, archives, and museums to operate servers for these abandoned games and keep them alive.
The nonprofit museum is not alone in its call, with digital rights group Public Knowledge submitting a similar comment. They also highlight the need to preserve online games. Not just for nostalgic gamers, but also for researchers and scholars.
This issue is more relevant than ever before, as hundreds of online multiplayer games have been abandoned already.
"It is difficult to quantify the number of multiplayer servers that have been shut down in recent years. However, Electronic Arts' 'Online Services Shutdown' list is one illustrative example," Public Knowledge writes.
"The list — which is littered with popular franchises such as FIFA World Cup, Nascar, and The Sims — currently stands at 319 games and servers discontinued since 2013, or just over one game per week since 2012."
Finally, several 'regular' gaming fans have also made their feelings known. While their arguments are usually not as elaborate, the personal pleasure people still get out of older games can't be overstated.
"I have been playing video games since the Atari 2600, for 35 years. Nowadays, game 'museums' — getting the opportunity to replay games from my youth, and share them with my child — are a source of joy for me," one individual commenter wrote.
"I would love the opportunity to explore some of the early online / MMO games that I spent so much time on in the past!"
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Q: InlinedCallFrame in call stack Sometimes in managed calls stack, inspite any method call I get InlinedCallFrame. What does this exactly mean?
0024e6dc 6fe1e38f Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.OnUserPreferenceChanged(Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr)
0024e6fc 6fa64c29 Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.WindowProc(IntPtr, Int32, IntPtr, IntPtr)
0024e700 000a1104 [InlinedCallFrame: 0024e700]
0024e8d8 6e378d5e System.Windows.Forms.Application+ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32, Int32, Int32)
0024e974 6e3789c7 System.Windows.Forms.Application+ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext)
0024e9c8 6e378811 System.Windows.Forms.Application+ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32, System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationContext)

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tl;dr - It is a deep implementation detail - it can be ignored by a typical .NET developer. It is an object that the runtime leaves on the stack to help with stack walking.

Context:
In the early days of computing, there is no exception handling and there is no garbage collection. So there isn't a hard requirement for stacks to be walkable. Therefore, in general, the stack is not walkable.

Technically, the debuggers need them. The debuggers pulled off magic to achieve it. I will skip the actual mechanism here.

To support exception, garbage collection, and debugging, the CLR has to make sure that all managed frames are walkable. To do that, the JIT generates code that is described so that the stack walker knows how to unwind the individual managed frames.
Once in a while, managed code needs to call into some code written in C++. It could be because we are doing a PInvoke, but it could also be various other reasons, for example, when we need to do a GC, or we are doing reflection, etc. In those cases, the stack will have some C++ code on it, and there is no guarantee that c++ code produces stack frames that are walkable, so we have a problem.
Solution:
That's why we have these Frame objects. These Frame objects are meant to solve that problem.

The naming is a bit unfortunate. We have stack frames and we have Frame objects. Note the capital F in Frame, that is how we differentiate them.

A Frame object is allocated on the stack, it is a linked list so every Frame can have a parent Frame (or FRAME_TOP if we don't have one), and the top Frame can be accessed through a thread static. Together, these form a separate linked list that is side-by-side with the actual stack.
With the two, now we can walk them side by side, and interleave them by their addresses. Remember stack pointer values decrease as we make function calls. So from the callee to caller, the stack pointer should always increase, so we know exactly how to interleave them. More interestingly, these Frame objects are responsible for skipping through the c++ frames, so we know exactly how to walk the whole stack for managed frames.

Caveat - do not attempt to debug frame chain creation by setting breakpoints on constructors. Some Frame objects are directly placed on the stack by assembly stubs or jitted code.

Ever since x64, the platform application binary interface is designed so that the stack is always walkable, at least for Windows. So helping the stack walker is technically no longer needed. But since x86 has to be supported, and it is a nice thing to have that we can skip through the native frames, this separate chain of Frame objects stayed.
Technically, it is a bit confusing that !clrstack show them there as a row just like the others. That line does NOT represent a function call. Instead, it is a special object that happens to be on the stack, just like your arguments or locals. It might be useful for a .NET runtime developer to debug what's gone wrong in the stack walker, but it is almost useless for developers writing .NET code.
Feel free to learn more about CLR stack walking here


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The said video of Manny Pacquiao affected the whole LGBT community, not just in the Philippines, but also in other countries where the People's Champ is recognized.
In his show, Adunda admitted that he got really hurt and angry over Manny's statement. He also noted that the Senatorial aspirant is not entitled to compare the LGBT community to animals.


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