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House ITEC Committee Passes Bill with Ten-Year Extension to the State Fund!
On a unanimous voice vote the House Innovation, Technology and Economic Development Committee passed the Governor's broadband bill, HB 1498, after amending it to include a ten-year extension of the State Universal Communications Fund. The original bill included a five-year extension. Rep. Sharon Wylie (D – Vancouver) offered the amendment so that HB 1498 would match the bill she had sponsored to extend the fund by ten years. That bill, HB 1373, will not be voted out of committee.
Yesterday the Senate Energy, Environment and Technology Committee passed an identical version of the House bill. That version still contains a five-year extension of the fund. The Governor's bill still contains some troubling provisions including the creation of a state broadband grant and loan program which could be used to overbuild some of areas now served by WITA members at speeds of 10/1. We are working to amend that language to ensure that limited state dollars are targeted at areas which have no service. However, our highest priorities are to ensure the extension of the state fund and changes to the qualifications for drawing from that fund so that all our members can benefit from this program.
All of this occurred during the snowiest week in Olympia history. Many people reported 18 or more inches of snow at their homes, dozens of homes were without electricity and state government was shut down on Monday. Some legislative staff were unable to make it to work which resulted in the systems designed to track bills and amendments being out-of-date and incomplete. Dan Coyne and made it to the Capitol every day while Betty Buckley was unable to return from her ranch in eastern Washington due to heavy snow and pass closures. Shellie Burnham did a bit of work from home but also made it to her office, which is a block from the Capitol, every day.
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50 Cent Clowns Def Jam Recordings, Wants to Fill In CEO Position
Playing along with Fiddy's joke, fans in the replies are all in for the idea as one has listed what he wants the rapper to do should the hip-hop mogul really take over the label.
AceShowbiz -Another day, another trolling. 50 Cent is back at it again with his online antics, and he recently took to his Twitter account to joke about taking over the CEO position at Def Jam Recordings following the departure of Paul Rosenberg.
"I have decided to take the Job at Def Jam," the rapper and "Power" executive producer joked on Thursday, February 27. "Somebody gotta do it, who better then me."
He followed it up with a tweet that read, "wait let me see, what they got first," alongside a picture of the label's logo.
50 Cent trolls Def Jam Recordings on Twitter.
Playing along with Fiddy's joke, fans in the replies were all in for the idea. "50 please get them to make another def jam video game like the second one and nothing like icon. Thanks 50. G unit," one wrote. Trolling back, someone tweeted, "U gna do nothing but bully every other Major Label President… I WANT MY MONEY BY MONDAY YOUR IM KIDNAPPING YOUR ARTIST.' "
Meanwhile, a fan listed what he wanted Fiddy to do should the hip-hop mogul really take over the company. "FIGHT FOR NY REMAKE. it's what the people deserve. Add new fighters, get some Detroit blood in there," the person demanded.
Fofty's tweets arrive after Rosenberg announced on Friday, February 21 that he stepped down from the CEO position following two years with the label. Explaining that it was just a bit too much with everything else that he has going on, Rosenberg said, "Lucian offered me a dream opportunity to serve at the helm of Def Jam. The experience I had running one of the greatest, most storied record companies of the modern era was incredible."
"I will remain forever grateful. I've learned a great deal, but one of the most important things I learned is that my ability to multi-task is not without limits," so Rosenberg, who is also Eminem's longtime manager, concluded his statement.
Despite the announcement, he will still stay with company as he plans to transition into a new role as head of a new joint venture with Universal Music Group and Goliath Records. Roserberg, who previously replaced Steve Bartels after the latter served as Def Jam CEO from 2013-2017, will also continue his work with Em and Shady Records.
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Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
Developer Magnetic Fields
Publisher Gremlin Graphics
Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 is a racing game and the second of the Lotus series that shifts focus towards an arcade oriented gameplay. The game was released only for the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes home computers and the Sega Mega Drive console.
Lotus 2 is considered a technically impressive game of its genre. As in all Lotus games of the series, Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 is based around the renowned British car manufacturer, Lotus. As an improvement over its predecessor, its single player mode plays in full screen and the opponent cars appear in a variety of colors (the opponent cars of the first game are all white!) Your main goal is to drive your Lotus Elan (or Esprit) like hell and win the race within the time limit. The race tracks vary from highways to gravel roads and your opponents are quite skilled, so driving will become tougher as you proceed. Lotus 2 is an intense game, recommended for all racing fans.
The Atari ST version features fast action, while the backgrounds are nicely detailed. There are a few details missing compared to the Amiga version, mainly at the backgrounds (like sky coloring), but the overall visuals are good with up to 20 colors on-screen. Sound-wise, the in-game engine sound is quite annoying after some minutes while the intro music is good.
On our video below you may watch the Atari ST, Amiga OCS and Sega Mega Drive versions of the game.
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26 March 2018 - Following Julius Malema's recent comment, that he intended to "cut the throat of whiteness", by removing DA mayor Athol Trollip in Nelson Mandela Bay, I wrote on 7 March that the EFF leader, "can rightly be described as a fascist".
For too long the media and the commentariat have indulged too kindly Malema's various poisonous prejudices.
Following Julius Malema's recent comment, that he intended to "cut the throat of whiteness", by removing DA mayor Athol Trollip in Nelson Mandela Bay, I wrote on 7 March that the EFF leader, "can rightly be described as a fascist".
Subsequent to that article, a number of other columnists decried Malema's racist vitriol. On 8 March, Financial Mail Deputy Editor Sikonathi Mantshantsha wrote that, "Racist Malema no longer a joke". On 10 March, William Sauderson-Meyer wrote that it was, "time to challenge Malema's toxic politics". On 12 March, Wits Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib, wrote that, "The EFF is also no different from the proto-fascist movements in Western Europe and the United States." And, on 14 March, former DA leader Tony Leon, asked, "Why does Malema's race threat go unpunished?"
One way or the other, Malema's hyper-racial rhetoric in 2018, is significant both in its intensity and frequency. A threshold has been crossed and, if it carries on like this, perceptions will change soon enough.
All of this is to be welcomed. For too long the media and the commentariat have indulged too kindly Malema's various poisonous prejudices, in favour of the sensation and interest they generate. But, there seems now to be a growing consensus that the party – and its leader in particular – is infected with a very particular and focused brand of hate, that it is dangerous and that there is a moral duty to speak out against it.
None of it has, to date, had much of an effect on Malema himself, who last week tweeted in response to Trollip, "Hahaha, you are going white man. I've got no sympathy for whiteness, it feels so good for a black child to determine the future of the white one." But then these sorts of changes in perception take time. It took five years until public momentum against Jacob Zuma began to translate into an actual change in voter behaviour. One way or the other, Malema's hyper-racial rhetoric in 2018, is significant both in its intensity and frequency. A threshold has been crossed and, if it carries on like this, perceptions will change soon enough. Ultimately, he will not be able to avoid it.
Malema's remark, that "it feels so good" for him to be able to determine the future of a white man is, however, worth interrogating further. It is deeply revealing on a psychological level. It speaks to a desperately low sense of self-esteem, grounded in a deep insecurity about his race and station. The sort of perverse satisfaction Malema claims he feels – one driven by racial animus and contempt – is inversely proportionate to one's sense of self-worth. The smaller the latter, the bigger the former. And Malema's sense of personal pride and confidence must be a weak and fragile, bitter and twisted little voice indeed, that shouts commands to him from the back of his subconscious.
It is sad, in that sense, to see a political leader so controlled by his damaged psychology. He is a raging Id, an instinctual creature subservient to emotion impulse; one who has long since destroyed his Super Ego; in turn, any ability properly to regulate his passions, at whose command his Ego now serves. It is true, he has for some time managed at least to subdue all that anger, in the order that he might maintain the pretence rationality has a bearing on those final positions he adopts.
Conversely, it is humiliation Malema seeks in his enemies. He does not wish to see them downed in the battle of ideas, but shamed and embarrassed, subservient and deferential, primarily on the basis of their race. Thus, ironically, Malema is without humility himself, arrogant and absolutist. Even those mistakes he cannot escape, he presents as triumphs, either of revisionism or self-awareness. He is shameless and, from that, without empathy or compassion. In its place, only rage, the universal emotional surrogate for every sublimated element of his entire emotional repertoire, the driving force behind his desire for manifest humiliation in those that oppose him.
But this is not just Malema's rationale. It is the EFF's more broadly. Infused into its ideology – a mess of contradictory ideas and political philosophies all merged together under the banner "revolutionary thought" – it is evident also in the conduct and positions adopted by so many of its representatives and supporters. Nowhere more so than when it comes to criticism, which the party detests with a rage that glows white hot with the heat of resentment. One need only look at how EFF supporters conduct themselves on social media, how they spit and froth at the mouth when rebuked and how their only rebuff is inevitably no more than racial bigotry and slander.
They mirror and exaggerate the behaviour they see in their leaders.
But that too makes sense. The EFF is, ultimately, a mere extension of Malema's personality. It was forged by him, in his own image. A monument to one man. And it has adopted his personality as a result. Most political parties take on, in one form or another, the personality traits of their leader. But, through time and change, they have a set of other influences – previous leaders and external set of voices, wise elders, who have helped shape the party – to keep it focused on principle. The EFF, barely five years old, has none of that. There is only Malema, inside and outside the party, he is the Alpha and the Omega, and the EFF's heart beats in time with his own.
His personality, and by extension that of the EFF, is fascist one.
Writing for the New York Review of Books in 1955, in an article titled Ur-Fascism, the late Italian philosopher Umberto Eco listed the features of fascism, as he had experienced it under Mussolini. Eco had noted, "Contrary to common opinion, fascism in Italy had no special philosophy", an observation particularly important when it comes to the EFF.
Let us take an abridged version of his list and apply it to the EFF.
Eco writes: "One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements."
So many of the EFF's ideological icons demonstrate this "cultish" attribute. From Stalin and Mao, both cited in EFF official documentation, to lesser known "revolutionaries" like Che Guevara and Thomas Sankara. All of them placed great emphasis on tradition, history and the "true", "authentic" culture and practice of the people whose will they claimed to embody. At home, icons like Steve Biko – who wrote much about what does and not define a "real black" - are used as the custodians of tradition and icons around which the EFF shapes its message. The EFF might not as of yet published its equivalent of Mao's Little Red Book, but one could easily stitch one together using Malema's quotes with him as the ultimate custodian of black identity.
Eco writes:"The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism."
Malema's dictum, that all politics is pragmatic, is a fundamental rejection of the values and principles that tend to underpin a human rights-based, constitutional democracy, defined by a series of universal ethical norms and standards. He, like Zuma before him, sees the modern world as encroaching on the traditional and fundamental rights of black South Africans, which he regards as determined by history, not the Bill of Human Rights. To this end, he seeks to take the South African state backwards, to an agrarian utopia, where "the people" work the land and the economy devolves down to its most basic conception. According to the EFF manifesto, the EFF would replicate this state-run socialist society down all the way down to municipal level.
Eco writes: "Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation."
This is one of the EFF's defining traits, a call to arms for the sake of nothing more than spectacle. In this way, the party can assume any position – even if contrary or hypocritical – on any issue, with no thought as to consistency of thought or principle. It is an entirely ahistorical attitude, ironic, for all the calls to history. Thus, the EFF can call for fresh elections when Cyril Ramaphosa is elected as president and, the very same week, act to remove a mayor in Nelson Mandela Bay. "Action" is the calling card for the EFF's contradiction and double speak and it marks its almost every endeavour.
Eco writes: "The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge."
As set out elsewhere, the EFF's disciplinary code reads like something out of the Soviet Union. Discipline is absolute, and disagreement met with harsh and immediate punishment. In part, the 60% turnover rate in the EFF's national caucus speaks to this total intolerance for internal dissent, to a degree far more severe than in any other modern political party. But it is replicated externally too. Public disagreement or criticism of the party is turned on absolutely, as intolerable, and critics denigrated and disparaged, often in racial terms, and in the most vicious way.
Eco writes: "The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition."
Another defining trait. The EFF is an inherently racist party, shaped and moulded after Malema himself, whose contempt for white South Africans in general and Indian South Africans in particular, is acute. "Whiteness" we are told is everywhere, infecting all institutions (most recently, news outlets like the SABC and eNCA). The "white", the enemy, the outsider – is "just a visitor" here, Malema says. They must "behave".
These two traits together – disagreement as treason and a fear of difference - make sense. They are the hallmarks of a total mentality, of absolutism. With Malema, as the custodian and gatekeeper of "black interests", the party becomes to believe not just that it is acting on their behalf, but that it understands "black identity" (a fictitious idea) better than black South Africans themselves. In this, its job is not just promote these archetypes but to impose them. Conversely, it knows the collective identity of white South Africans, the enemy, totally and completely. And it patrols the boundaries of identity, enforcing its fantasies and degenerating any opposition to them.
Eco writes: "One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups."
There is little need to explain this feature in any detail, it is the sine qua non of the EFF's electoral appeal, to the alienated, angry, socially and political disenfranchised, the poor and the marginalised, to rise up and complete the revolution. To blame are white South Africans and "white monopoly capital", which has infected even the ANC and continues to control and manipulate the economy. The EFF would have it, it alone is the true bearer of the liberation torch.
Eco writes: "The followers must feel besieged. The easiest way to solve the plot is the appeal to xenophobia."
Evidence for this is everywhere but perhaps Malema's July 2017 rally in KwaZulu-Natal, where he turned on Indian South Africans, is most instructive. Prior to that Malema has referred to "The Indian Question". He said then: "In the context of KwaZulu-Natal, where we have an 'Indian question' particularly, the Africans feel Indians are dominating life in every sphere." But, in July 2017, he would take it further still: "I've been going around here, in Durban here. Our people are crying tears, when they speak about how Indian fellows are treating them. How they treat them as subhuman. And the ANC has allowed that nonsense because the ANC is captured here in KwaZulu-Natal. All political parties in KwaZulu-Natal, they are captured. They might not be captured by an Indian Gupta family but they are in the pockets of other Indian families. It has to come to an end."
This obsession with a plot – whether it be "white monopoly capital", "whiteness" infecting news rooms or Indian entrepreneurship – dominates the EFF and Malema's rhetoric and thinking. They are controlled by other race groups, working against black South Africans, to undermine and subjugate them, and no more than your race determines whether you are a villain or a victim of these unseen but all powerful forces.
Eco writes: "By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak."
A classic EFF trait. The ANC is constantly presented as a juggernaut, a behemoth that controls all, kills its people, and whose former president, through a personal patronage network manipulates every element of the state, to the extent that the whole state is captured. At the same time, the ANC is weak. We are constantly told it is the EFF that is leading, that the ANC is merely a sheep, hypnotised by and awe of the EFF's political brilliance. In this way, as Eco says, there is a "continuous shifting of rhetorical focus" as the ANC switches between all-powerful spotlight and fragile candle flickering in the EFF's wind.
Eco writes: "For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle."
The EFF's is essentially a militant organisation, formed around the metaphor of an army, with a commander-in-chief and a war room. The revolution is constant. The battleground everywhere. Parliament is not a Socratic forum but a site of struggle, of physical disruption if necessary. No different from an H&M stores, which can ransacked for the sake of an argument with someone else on the other side of the world. The fight is everywhere, in everything, and always present. Argument, debate, discussion and disagreement are not acceptable alternatives, unless they are backed up by the threat of violence.
In this way few positions exist as ideas in and of themselves, they are primarily threats. Most often backed up by some or other physical consequence, should they not be adhered to. The EFF is not interested in winning debates but in ensuring its position emerges triumphant. In this way, it attempts to emasculate debate by, first and foremost, describing the consequences of any disagreement.
Eco writes: "Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology."
Malema, like so many in the EFF is both a revolutionary cadre and simultaneously a member of the elite. He feigns concern to the poor but indulges the life of rich. He wears overalls in parliament but suits in private. He speaks to the poor at rallies but parties with millionaires on his own time. The EFF itself is subject to this contradiction: it wishes to be outside the state, to bring the state down, but it wishes too, to be photographed on the red carpet, to be celebrated on social media and to have profiles about its leading personalities to be written in high-end newspapers. It wishes the status quo to indulge it, just as it claims it wishes to destroy it.
But the contradiction extends further still. The EFF is an army, it would have us believe. Led by a commander. He has, however, fought in no war. He is an invention. The highest ranking general, who have ever earned a medal.
Eco writes: "In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death."
There is much to be said about the EFF's obsession with death, Malema's too, on a psychological level. It suffices to say that features prominently in the EFF's rhetoric. And it is a longstanding obsession, Malema's most infamous quote – that he would be willing to die for Jacob Zuma – speaks to this link between death and heroism and how integrated it is into Malema's internal universe. It is, of course, the language and thinking one might try to inculcate into soldiers, not politicians. It is a desire not for the modern world, and the battle of ideas, but for some ancient time, where blood and bloodshed defined human endeavour.
There is something to be said about education too. The EFF prides itself on the intellectual pedigree of its leaders, which it frames almost universally in terms of formal tertiary education qualifications, each one of which it launches as a spectacle. But for all that, true revolutionaries, as opposed to the EFF's pseudo brand, are text loyal, totally versed in the writings and philosophy of their respective ideological icons. The EFF, however, is not. Indeed, there is no universal revolutionary text to which it subscribes. As Eco says, it has "no special philosophy", just a self-serving and brutal pragmatism by which it appropriates any idea that serves its general purpose.
Eco writes: "Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality."
This is perhaps the least applicable of Eco's features. Ironically, the modern world – for which Malema has so much contempt – has made at least this sort of bigotry unacceptable for even the EFF. But of machismo there is no shortage. The grandstanding, the claims to bravery in the face of some all-consuming dark force, the feigned allusion to death and heroism and the way in which heroes of old, especially those that died in pursuit of some cause, are hyper-venerated, all of these speak to a rampant machismo, and the need to feign aggression and dominance. Malema's use of violence, his constant references to metaphors like "the barrel of a gun" permeate through his and the EFF language. Linked to this and the cult of heroism, the Guevara-inspired banner held at the EFF's inaugural meeting, and which read, "A revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate", resonates on this front today, as it did then.
There is much else besides, one could file under this trait. Deputy Leader Floyd Shivambu's assault of a journalist last week, is a kind of machismo. The Facebook post, by an EFF chairperson in Ekurhuleni, in which he stated, "we could kill all this [sic] white [sic] in two weeks", likewise brings together not just machismo and the cult of death but the contempt for pacifism or debate.
Eco writes: "There is in our future a TV or Internet populism, in which the emotional response of a selected group of citizens can be presented and accepted as the Voice of the People."
This goes the heart of the EFF's conception of itself as the voice of all black South Africans; indeed the idea that there is any such thing as an archetypal group that comprises all black South Africans, uniform in its thinking, desires, history and culture. Overseeing it all is the EFF, the sole and total custodian of black identity.
Eco writes: "All the Nazi or Fascist schoolbooks made use of an impoverished vocabulary, and an elementary syntax, in order to limit the instruments for complex and critical reasoning."
Malema is superb at harnessing simple ideas, turns of phrase, the mixing of languages, to deliver messages that resonate with the party's core constituency: the unemployed and working class, the media too. He uses social media powerfully to this end, generating typically binary ideas that trap debate in a false dichotomy from which it cannot then escape and, in turn, by which the public mind is then trapped. Malema and the EFF does not do ambiguity or subtlety, complexity or complication. As a result, the party's generally impoverishes rather than enriches South African debate.
Eco has the EFF almost down to a tee. It is true, his list is but an archetype itself. But it is a helpful guide. In turn, it is a pity the word "fascist" is so abused and misused, in every serious sense it is an insightful analytical mechanism through which one can better understand the EFF and its leader.
The party is by his concept a fascist institution and serious-minded political analysts should give some serious consideration to using this description when talking about the EFF.
But for all Eco's characteristics and insights, as brilliant as they are, it would be a mistake not to acknowledge the fundamental emotional impulse that underpins Malema's political attitudes and behaviour: a deep and residing low self-esteem, which manifests in a racial urge for revenge and punishment, and a universe of insiders and outsiders.
To Malema's mind, he is the sole gatekeeper to that world and, if you are black South African, redemption can only be found via the EFF.
History is replete with examples of the damage fascism has done. But Malema cares nothing for history. Neither does the EFF. It, like so much else, is a means to an end. That end is totalitarian in nature. The only thing stopping its realisation is power, of which the EFF has none, at least in any meaningful sense. One can laugh off any one of those attributes described above as no more than coincidence but, collectively, they cannot be contested.
The EFF is a fascist party and Malema is a fascist. South Africans need to begin to reconcile themselves with that fact.


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Q: How can I determine if a Firestore snapshot is from the server? My application stores in-memory copies of Firestore documents.   When data is changed by a given client, it first updates it's own in-memory copy, then writes those same updates to firebase.
function updateDoc(docPath, changes) {
  updateInMemoryDocWithChanges(changes);

  app.firebase.db.doc(docPath).update(updates);
}

It's possible these documents will be changed by other clients at the same time.   In order to capture these changes, we're using onSnapshot({ includeMetadataChanges: true}, ...) to listen for changes to those documents, only updates the in-memory copy when hasPendingWrites is false:
function handleSnapshot(doc) {
  // local write just occurred
  if (doc.metadata.hasPendingWrites) return;

  updateInMemoryObject(doc.data())
}

The Problem
On slow connections, there can be a noticeable delay on receiving the onSnapshot event with hasPendingWrites: false.   So the following order of operations happens, but because of the delay, the client is temporarily updated with stale data.

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*updateDoc()

*snapshot, hasPendingWrites=true (ignored)

*another change is made, updateDoc() called again

*snapshot,  hasPendingWrites=false from the update written in step 1. In memory copy is updated, overwriting changes made in step 3!

*snapshot, hasPendingWrites=true with updates from step 3 (ignored)

*then a few moments later..

*snapshot, hasPendingWrites=false with updates from step 3. In memory copy is updated.

As a result the client sees some disconcerting loss of data before having it re-appear in 7.
I would like to simply ignore snapshot notifications that are the result of local client changes, but the only way I can see to do this is to match up snapshots that hasPendingWrites=true with hasPendingWrites=false, perhaps with the same doc?  Seems ugly and error prone.
What is the right way of approaching this?

A: To be sure the DocumentSnapshot corresponds to the current state of the database on the server, check docSnapshot.metadata.fromCache. If this property is true, the value is coming from the local cache and may not be up to date. If it is false, the value is guaranteed to be up to date with the server.
These properties go hand in hand for me, and I (currently) explain them to myself as:

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*hasPendingWrites indicates if there are local changes to this document that haven't been sent to/handled by the server yet.

*fromCache indicates that this document may be stale. I think the property name is a bit unfortunate here, as its value indicates data freshness more than where the snapshot was loaded from.

A: The solution in cases like this is to implement some form of data versioning. For example, add an integer version property that you increment each time you modify the object. Reject any updates with an older version than the in-memory copy. Your flow would become:

*

*updateDoc() (in-memory=1)

*snapshot, hasPendingWrites=true (ignored) (snapshot=1)

*another change is made, updateDoc() called again  (in-memory=2)

*snapshot,  `hasPendingWrites=false from the update written in step 1.  (in-memory=2, shapshot=1) Update is rejected because memory version > snapshot version

*snapshot, hasPendingWrites=true with updates from step 3 (ignored)  (snapshot=2)

*then a few moments later..

*snapshot, hasPendingWrites=false with updates from step 3. (in-memory=2, snapshot=2) In memory copy is updated because memory version <= snapshot version

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If you or someone you know is experiencing mood swings, persistent sadness or anxiety, or having trouble sleeping or eating, you might have decided it's time to seek help. If symptoms like these have started to interfere with your work, social or personal life—or if you experience a sudden change in mood that makes you feel "not yourself "—a visit to a mental health professional might help you.
This brochure can help you through the process of finding and working with a professional. You might be hesitant to see a professional to talk about your thoughts and feelings. You're not alone; many people worry that they'll be labeled "crazy" or that they'll be judged. You may have heard people say that you need to "just snap out of it," "control yourself," "pull yourself up," "have more faith" or that your symptoms are your fault. This is not true, and you're not "crazy." Seeking help is the best thing you can do for yourself … and the best way to start feeling better.
Your relationship with your health care provider(s) should be a partnership. You'll work together to find a treatment plan that will help you feel better. You should never feel intimidated by your provider or feel that you're wasting his or her time. A good provider, despite time limitations, will make an effort to listen to you and understand you.
How do I decide which type of professional is right for me?
To get a better idea of your own needs, it might be helpful to answer some questions and/or make a list of your symptoms and concerns.
■ Am I looking for talk therapy? If so, what kind of ther- apist do I need—someone who will listen to me, someone who will help me set goals, someone who will help me learn coping skills?
■ Do I have any concerns or questions about taking medication?
■ What has my health history been like? Include recurring physical problems like headaches or stomach- aches, and habits like drinking, illegal drug use, prescription drug abuse or self-harm (cutting). Also include any treatment you've had in the past with a psychologist, therapist, social worker or psychiatrist and how it helped you.
What kinds of professionals do I have to choose from?
A primary care doctor is the doctor you see for your preventative and general health needs: your family doctor, internist, ob-gyn, etc. While not specialists in mental or emotional disorders, primary care physicians can often effectively treat mild to moderate depression that responds well to treatment. Your primary care doctor should give you a thorough physical examina- tion to see if there are any other illnesses or conditions that might be contributing to your symptoms. Your primary care doctor might talk with you about what's troubling you or prescribe medication for you. Or, he or she might refer you to a specialist like a psychiatrist or psychologist.
A psychiatrist is a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating emotional, behavioral and mental disorders and illnesses. If your primary care doctor isn't comfortable making a diagnosis, is unsure of your diagnosis or believes you may need a combination of treatments, he or she may refer you to a psychiatrist. Most psychiatrists see patients to prescribe and adjust medications only, but some offer talk therapy and medication.
A psychologist has intensive training in emotional, behavioral and mental disorders and illnesses and can help you feel better by teaching you coping skills and helping you change the way you approach things. Most appointments with a psychologist usually last about 50 minutes, and you'll have a chance to discuss what's happening in your life and what you can do to get through it. In most U.S. states, a psychologist cannot prescribe medication.
Social workers, counselors and therapists are highly trained professionals who work with thought- and action-related coping skills. Their methods are similar to psychologists' methods.
Psychiatric nurses work with individuals and families to evaluate needs and develop treatment plans. They may monitor treatment, assist with crisis intervention or offer counseling.
No one type of provider is better than another. The most important thing is your ability to work with the person, talk honestly and openly and make progress. Choose the one that's the best fit for you in terms of your needs, your comfort level and your finances.
Sometimes people see more than one professional. For example, a person might get medication from a family doctor and see a social worker for talk therapy.
Where can I look for a provider?
■ Your family doctor. He or she can give you a referral.
■ Local hospital, or university teaching hospitals.
■ A local doctor referral service.
■ DBSA's online database of peer-recommended providers, www.DBSAlliance.org/FindAPro.
What should I tell the provider?
Many people find it difficult to "open up" to a new doctor, especially if they're talking about feelings and emotions. Take another look at the list you made on page 3: "What are the main things I'm looking for help with?" Bring it with you to your first appointment. It can be a good way to start talking about the main things that are causing problems in your life, or the things you want to improve. Filling in the list on the next page can also be helpful.
Has anyone in my biological family been diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder or another mental illness?
Have I or anyone in my family had trouble with chronic pain, headaches or stomach problems?
Have I or anyone in my family had trouble with other medical illnesses?
■ What medications (prescription or over-the-count- er) am I taking? What vitamins or supplements am I taking? What medications have I taken in the past? Did they work?
■ How much have I been drinking? What about drug use?
■ Have I had thoughts of death, suicide or hurting myself, now or ever?
If you or someone you know has thoughts of death or suicide, call 9-1-1 immediately or contact a medical professional, clergy member, loved one, friend or crisis hotline such as (800) SUICIDE.
Remember that seeking help is no reason to be ashamed. You wouldn't be ashamed to ask for help with symptoms of diabetes, asthma or another health problem. Your mental health care provider should be someone who is approachable and with whom you feel comfortable. If, after a few appointments, you feel uncomfortable for any reason, it's often helpful to talk to him/her about it. If you're not satisfied with the way the provider addresses or responds to your concern(s), and still feel uncomfortable, it may be time to look for another provider.
call can't see you soon enough, call others until you can find one who is able to help you quickly.
In your first session, you'll probably do most of the talking. You should tell the provider why you're there and what you would like to get from treatment. The provider will tell you how he/she can help, and the two of you will work together to set goals and develop a treatment plan. After the provider gets to know more about you and your situation, he/she may be able to give you an idea of how long treatment will take and when you can expect to feel better. Most treatment today is goal-oriented and doesn't necessarily go on indefinitely.
What questions should I ask the provider?
■ What type of training and experience have you had?
■ What's your treatment philosophy/method?
■ How long do appointments usually last, and how often will they be?
■ How do you handle billing? Do you offer a sliding scale?
■ How can I reach you in an emergency?
If you and the professional you're seeing make a list of short- and long-term goals at the beginning of treat- ment, you'll be able to check the list and see if you're closer to reaching any of those goals. It's helpful to use a journal, a DBSA Personal Calendar or the online tools at DBSA's wellness site, www.FacingUs.org, to track your progress: how you feel each day and how you deal with difficult situations. You and your provider should also set a time to look back and review your progress. Improvement won't happen overnight, and the prob- lems you're having might not completely disappear, but you should be able to see some change, even if it's just a better understanding of your own thoughts and feel- ings. Many people who keep journals or personal calen- dars are surprised when they look back to see that they have made a lot of progress. Another helpful tool to track your progress is the "How is my treatment plan working?" worksheet on pages 18 and 19.
It's also helpful to learn more about mood disorders (and any other illnesses you have) and their treatment options. Visit DBSA's website at www.DBSAlliance.org, and check your local library for other books and refer- ence materials. You can also ask your pharmacist for information if you're taking medication, or find infor- mation from the National Institutes of Health at www.medlineplus.gov.
What if I'm not making progress?
It's important to remember that, with any illness—physical or mental—treatment takes time and results aren't immediate. If you're taking medication, it might be several weeks before you notice a difference. Many types of psychiatric medicine can take several weeks to take effect. If part of your treatment is talk therapy, therapists need some background and experience with you to determine the approach that works best for you.
Sometimes, though, as hard as providers try, they might give you an incorrect diagnosis or lack the time to pay attention to your unique needs. After honestly looking at your goals and your feelings before and after an adequate trial of treatment, if you believe that you're not getting better, you have a right to seek a second opinion (as you would with any illness) and to have the best treatment possible. You don't have to stay with your current provider. It's very important, though, to continue any medicine you're taking. To avoid harmful effects, never stop taking medication without a medical professional's supervision.
To find another provider, use the resources listed on page 16 and the knowledge you've gained from your time in treatment. Don't let one unsuccessful experi- ence discourage you from trying treatment again. And don't blame yourself. Sometimes the match of profes- sional and patient personalities doesn't work out, or a patient might make more progress with a different method of treatment. Keep trying, and don't give up hope. There is a way for you to feel better.
Let your current provider know you won't be returning for further treatment. You can also ask for a copy of your records or that they be transferred to your new provider. Your current provider's office will have you sign a form giving them permission to do this. Some offices charge a small fee, while others provide this service at no charge.
How can a DBSA support group help me?
If you think you might have a mood disorder, a DBSA support group can help by connecting you with people who have "been there" and know what you're going through. People who attend our groups live with a mood disorder or have a family member who does. They can share with you their experiences with treat- ment, coping skills and the recovery journey.
■ Provide a safe, welcoming place for mutual accept- ance, understanding and self-discovery.
■ Give them the opportunity to reach out to others and benefit from their peers' experience.
■ Motivate them to stick with their treatment plans.
■ Help them to understand that mood disorders do not define who they are.
■ Help them rediscover their strengths and humor. According to a DBSA survey, people who had been attending DBSA groups for more than a year were also less likely to have been hospitalized for their mood dis- order during that year.
How can I deal with financial and insurance issues?
■ Talk to your health care provider(s) about your finan- cial situation and try to work out lower fees or a pay- ment plan.
■ Use your health department and other community-or state-provided services, many of which offer a sliding payment scale.
■ Space out your allowable psychotherapy visits over time and work on developing skills you can use between visits.
■ If you're taking medication, see if you qualify for any financial assistance programs like the ones listed at www.DBSAlliance.org/RxAssist. Also ask if your doc- tor has any free samples of your medicine to give you.
■ Ask your doctor to contact your insurance company to ask if they'll allow more treatment for you.
■ If you have trouble getting insurance because you've been treated for mental illness, see if your state has a risk pool, which offers insurance for hard-to-insure individuals. There's often a waiting list, and this insur- ance can be costly, but it is an option to consider. Visit www.HealthInsurance.org/risk_poolinfo.html to learn more.
■ Get help before there's a crisis. A brief appointment to adjust your medication or talk about how you're feeling can prevent more costly interventions later.
Right now you might be dealing with symptoms that seem unbearable, and it's sometimes hard to be patient as you search for a professional and go through treatment. The most important thing you can do is believe that there is hope. Even if you don't feel 100% better right away, it's important to stick with treatment and remember that you are not alone. Treatment does work and recovery—living a full life in the communty— is possible.
The following are just some of the informative re- sources available to you from DBSA. You can download these, and more, at www.DBSAlliance.org/publications free of charge. For a free printed copy, contact DBSA at (800) 826-3632 or bookstore@DBSAlliance.org.
The following resources can help you locate mental health professionals in your community. DBSA does not endorse or recommend any specific mental health facility, professional, treatment method or medication.
Please use these resources as a starting point only. Finding a provider that's right for you is a personal process that can take time. Be sure to find someone you feel you can speak with openly and honestly, and don't hesitate to get a second opinion.
DBSA's "Find A Pro," www.DBSAlliance.org/FindAPro, is an online search engine that helps you find a professional or mental health facility recommended by individuals living with a mood disorder. New recommendations by you or your peers can be added at any time. You can search by city, zip code, type of professional, specialty, gender, age and lan- guage(s) spoken. The search results include a map to help you locate the provider or facility.
How is my treatment plan working? This worksheet can help you check your progress and find out which issues need to be discussed at future appointments. You might want to make copies and use one each week.
Have my family, coworkers or friends said anything about my mood? If so, what have they said?
Did I have any difficulties sticking with my treatment plan (medication, talk therapy, support groups, etc.)? If so, what were they?
Did my medication make me feel bad in any way? How?
In what ways am I feeling better than last week?
Do I think I could be doing better?
If yes, in what ways?
This checklist can help you prepare for a first-time discussion with your provider, or evaluate your daily or weekly progress. However, it is not meant to help you diagnose yourself. Only a health care professional can diagnose you.
clergy member, loved one, friend or crisis hotline such as (800) SUICIDE.
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The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the leading patient-directed national organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses. The organization fosters an environment of understanding about the impact and manage- ment of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to pro- mote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure. The organization works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably.
Assisted by a Scientific Advisory Board comprised of the leading researchers and clinicians in the field of mood disorders, DBSA has more than 1,000 peer-run support groups across the country. Nearly five million people request and receive information and assistance each year. DBSA's mission is to improve the lives of people living with mood disorders.
Visit our updated, interactive website for important information, breaking news, chapter connections, advocacy help and much more.
This brochure was initially reviewed by DBSA Scientific Advisory Board member Eric J. Nestler, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and by Jane Ann Cartwright of DBSA MDSG New York. Its revision was reviewed by DBSA Director of Scientific Affairs Brenda Bergeson, MD.


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Apos Therapy catches the eye of ex-pro athletes
Published Mon, Apr 6 20154:20 PM EDT Updated Tue, Apr 7 201511:02 AM EDT
Sofia Pitt@sofia_pitt
Andy Rothman
Got a bad knee? You'll want to see this
A new business plan has two Israeli doctors hoping for big changes when it comes to reducing joint pain. Their at-home system, Apos Therapy, is non-invasive and it's caught the attention of former pro athletes.
Tom "Satch" Sanders, now 76-years-old, played 13 seasons with the NBA's Boston Celtics in the 1960s and '70s, winning eight championships. He's one of a group of Professional Basketball Alumni Association players that are trying Apos Therapy.
Sanders suffers from sciatica, a condition that causes pain down the lower back and legs. After walking in Apos' boots last summer, Sanders says relief came almost immediately.
"I thought it was kind of unbelievable that the second time I wore them, I told my wife, I said, 'You know, something strange has occurred. I'm not feeling the kind of pain that I felt with the sciatica, and it's gotta be the shoes." Sanders said.
It's called Apos because it works during all-phases-of-the-step cycle, focusing specifically on the muscles and nervous system. Doctors Avi Elbaz and Amit Mor began working on the system back in the 1990s when they were students at an Israeli medical school.
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The boots have adjustable pods built into the soles that are calibrated to create a subtle imbalance when the patient walks in them, which puts their brains to work. The act of rebalancing trains the brain to re-position muscles, aiming to correct the patients' back, hip and knee alignment while walking. They say the treatment often reduces or eliminates the pain caused by arthritis and other joint issues (watch the animation below).
How Apos Therapy works
Walking in the boot for 30 minutes to a few hours a day can reduce the kind of pain that often leads to hip and knee replacement surgeries. It also helps post-op patients, accelerating rehabilitation. While most are skeptical at first, 50,000 patients in Israel, the U.K. and Singapore have used Apos.
Does it work? Of the 1,300 Apos patients surveyed In 2011 by Britain's largest leading health insurance provider, British United Provident Association, more than 80 percent reported some reduction in pain.
For 10 years, Apos has been opening its own clinics, but that idea proved daunting when Apos launched a couple of years ago in the United States. Instead, newly installed Global CEO Dr. David Levy is using a different business model. Now Apos is taking advantage of the existing infrastructure for physical therapy in the United States. They're training physical therapists, starting in the New York City area, to use the system.
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Levy, a one-time primary care physician who led PricewaterhouseCoopers' global healthcare efforts, was among the skeptics when he first heard about Apos, but now he says the convenience of the treatment is what makes it unique, "People want things faster, better cheaper. They want choice control, customization, they want their thing when they want it and they don't want to go to a hospital, they want to be treated at home."
Currently, Apos is not covered by medical insurance in the United States and it can cost up to $6,000.
The price tag may seem hefty, but more than 1 million Americans have a hip or knee replaced each year, typically costing tens of thousands of dollars.
Apos will collect a fee from physical therapists for each patient that signs up.
David Lipetz, who has a physical therapy practice on Long Island, has been using the therapy and thinks the opportunity it presents to reduce the need for join replacement surgeries is revolutionary.
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"It's a game changer. I mean, I think once everybody really understands it and gets past the skepticism, it's going to change the way we look at orthopedic conditions and conservative management," Lipetz says.
While the way the system works seems relatively simple, Lipetz explains that it's much more complex than meets the eye, "The misconception is that we're training, we're making the muscle stronger and that's really not what's happening. What's happening is that we're manipulating the central nervous system. That's something that up until now we were never really able to do well."
When Elbaz and Mor started, they were trying to reduce joint pain. What they are doing now is not just a prescription for pain relief, it might help solve some of what's ailing the health-care system.
"What we learned in med school was the medicine, OK? The arena that we play in is now much broader, it's health care," says Mor, "There is not enough money, not enough manpower, not enough beds to do procedures to all the people that are suffering. Things need to be changed, we need to take treatment out of the facilities."


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Rogers Sugar is one of Canada's leading producers of sugar and maple products. Its family of brands includes Rogers, Lantic, Highland Sugarworks, Decacer, and Great Northern.
Rogers pays a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share, equating to $0.36 per share annually, which gives it a yield of about 5.9% at the time of this writing. The sugar and maple products giant has paid quarterly dividends uninterrupted and without reduction since it converted from an income fund to a conventional corporation in January 2011, including one hike of 5.9% in 2012, which means it's a very reliable dividend payer.
I think Rogers's consistently strong growth of free cash flow (FCF), including its 18.3% increase to $17.36 million in the first quarter of 2018, and its conservative dividend-payout ratio, including just 54.8% of its FCF in the first quarter of 2018, will allow it to continue to provide its shareholders with a high and reliable dividend, or allow it to announce a slight hike in the very near future.
Domtar is one of the world's leading providers of fibre-based products, including communication, specialty, and packaging papers, market pulp, and absorbent hygiene products. Its family of brands includes Domtar, Cougar, EarthChoice, Attends, Indasec, and Butterfly.
Domtar pays a quarterly dividend of US$0.435 per share, representing US$1.74 per share annually, which gives its NYSE-listed shares a yield of about 4.05% at the time of this writing. The company has raised its annual dividend payment each of the last seven years, and its 4.8% hike in February has it on track for 2018 to mark the eighth straight year with an increase.
I think Domtar's strong growth of FCF, including its very impressive 126.3% increase to US$267 million in 2017, and its very conservative dividend-payout ratio, including a mere 39% of its FCF in 2017, will allow it to continue to provide its shareholders with dividend growth for many years to come.
Fiera Capital is the third-largest publicly traded asset manager in Canada with over $128 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2017.
Fiera pays a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per share, representing $0.76 per share annually, which gives it a yield of about 7% at the time of this writing. The asset manager has raised its annual dividend payment for seven consecutive years, and its recent hikes, including its 5.6% hike last month, have it on pace for 2018 to mark the eighth consecutive year with an increase.
I think Fiera's very strong cash-flow-generating ability, including its 60.9% increase in operating cash flow (OCF) to $92.52 million in 2017, and its sound dividend-payout ratio, including just 63% of its OCF in 2017, will allow it to continue to deliver dividend growth to its shareholders in 2019 and beyond.


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Are you or your child preparing to sit the BJC Mathematics exam? Maybe you need to pass the BGCSE Mathematics exam but need some basic help. This course is perfect for that.
In this course, we cover all topics listed on the Bahamas Ministry of Education BJC Mathematics curriculum. We walk you through step by step how to understand each concept and then you're given the problem to work out on your own.
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Zagorje Gornja Stubica & Marija Bistrica
It takes only an hour to get from busy Zagreb to the green and peaceful villages of Zagorje. We go to Gornja Stubica where we visit the Peasants' Revolt Museum situated in a baroque castle that used to belong to the family Oršić. The museum displays the life of the peasants and aristocracy in the times of feudalism, from the 15th until the mid-19th century, and tells us about the 16th century peasants' revolts and their legendary leader Matije Gubec. An impressive monument dedicated to those events, designed by the famous sculptor Augustinčić, is situated next to the Museum, overlooking the enchanting hills. After a lunchbreak at one of the local restaurants, we continue the trip to Marija Bistrica, the most popular pilgrimage site of NW Croatia since the 17th century. There we visit the church of Saint Mary of Bistrica, see the statue of the Virgin Mary, which is believed to be miraculous and walk around the Stations of the Cross. It's a great destination to learn about the traditional manufacture of wooden toys and gingerbread souvenir cookies, which were both added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. After trying some traditional sweet gingerbread, we leave the picturesque Zagorje and return to Zagreb.
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Zagorje 6h
Peasants' Revolts & Marian Shrine
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Secrets hidden in the hills
The quaint hills of Zagorje are much more than a picturesque lanscape: they are witnesses to millions of years of earth's turbulent past. Proofs of various geological processes and volcanic activity are still around us and are some of the reasons why we can nowadays enjoy delicious wines and spas.
In the land of dragons – Postojna Cave & Ljubljana
Discover the surreal subterranean landscapes and the mythical origins of Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana!
Highlights of Slovenia – Ljubljana & Bled
Visit Slovenia's only island in lake Bled and enjoy the unique atmosphere of Ljubljana!
Taste of Culture
Enjoy a walk around the historical city center of Zagreb, learn about history and culture and try Croatia's amazing wines and delicious bites!
Truffle hunting in Istria
Hidden in the mountains of the region Lika, the magical Plitvice Lakes have been inspiring legends and fairy tales for hundreds of years.
Plitvice & Rastoke
Holidays in Zagreb
The travelers have chosen Zagreb as the best European Christmas destination and we will show you why! Take a walk with us and discover art, architecture, history and feel the cheerful Christmas spirit of Croatia's capital city.
Zagorje – Krapina & Trakošćan
Following in the footsteps of ancient inhabitants, we discover the beauty of the region and its long history by visiting the Krapina Neanderthal Museum and the enchanting castle Trakošćan!
Zagorje – Kumrovec & Veliki Tabor
Visit the green hills where history was made: from medieval aristocratic castle to the small village where future leader was born, and discover both the legend and the true story!
Zagorje – Gornja Stubica & Marija Bistrica
Discover the green hills of the Croatian Zagorje region, enjoy the views, learn the history and taste the local cuisine!
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Keeping our heads in Teahupoo
From Tikehau to Tahiti was a two day passage. It started well, with smooth seas and dolphins, but as we pulled away from Tikehau the rolling swells from the last few days of strong winds made themselves felt. It wouldn't have been too much of a problem if the wind hadn't been so fickle, fading and leaving us to be rolled about by the waves. Jim caught a fish- a tasty looking tuna- but the swell and the smell weren't working for me, so the lucky animal was returned to freedom in the sea.
The first view of Tahiti is almost legendary- rows of towering green mountains rising from the sea. For me, it shall remain the stuff of legends- it was hard to see the island through thick cloud and pouring rain. As I steered the narrow pass to Teahupoo between pounding reef breaks, I caught hazy glimpses of sharp peaks in front of me. The atmosphere was almost eerie- not a South Seas picture postcard paradise, but somewhere mysterious and magical. The eeriness felt well-placed when we learned how Teahupoo got its name. Two tribes were fighting over land here, and the battle was bloody. The victors lopped off the heads of their adversaries and piled them up as am offering of thanks for their victory. 'Teahupoo' means 'altar of skulls'.
Happily, Teahupoo is now famed for its surf break rather than its head hunting. We were here to catch some of the Billabong Pro, an international surf extravaganza. But the competition was over, finished in the first three days of the eleven day window, so we'd arrived in time to see viewing towers being dismantled and support crews saying their goodbyes.
The weather remained determined to be non-tropical, with a chilly wind accompanied by drizzle. We made the best of it, exploring beautiful lily ponds and roads towards the mountains where old men sat outside strumming their ukeleles. The up side of the rain is the lush greenery, with an abundance of flowers and flowing streams. Such a contrast to the lovely but dry Tuamotus. There are even butterflies flitting about. It's enough to make you forgive the lack of surfing and the dull weather.
We won't linger here too much longer- destiny is telling me I have a date with paperwork in Papeete. So it's time to head to the big smoke- whilst we still have our heads
Exploring and sketching in Tikehau
Ile d'Oiseaux- Bird Island- lived up to its name. Noddys, fairy terns and red footed boobies all nest there, and wading birds scurry along the tide line. Squawks and chirps and whistles and grunts echo around the island from dawn to well after dusk. On the ground, scuttling, clicking and rustling hinted at the hundreds of crabs who make their homes amongst the leaf litter. The most extraordinary thing was how unconcerned some of the birds were. Whilst some sent out alarm calls and wheeled up into the skies the second they spotted us, others would sit confidently and just watch us. Bird photography has never been so easy, and a second shore party with my sketchbook was essential
Nearby was Ile d'Eden. A tiny Christian community from Taiwan, following the teachings of their prophet, they've transformed their dry, sandy atoll into a fertile garden, growing fruit, vegetables and vanilla, producing honey and sea salt, raising chickens and pigs. Manure from the animals and compost from the garden are dug back into the gardens, enriching the soil, creating a self- sustaining farm. We purchased papaya, lettuce and mint for a tasty salad- fresh fruit and veg are a rare treat out here in the Tuamotus, where few things grow. Looking at the farm, and smelling the rich, mulchy soil on Ile ďoiseaux, I did wonder why more islands don't try this, at least on a small scale. Could fertile little garden plots be in the future?


Kitchen is the area that we live with and enjoy for decades. Selection of your "Kitchen Mr. Right" should therefore be carefully carried out. The selection of cabinets is the cornerstone of your kitchen. Cabinets are the most visible and most used element of your kitchen. Everything else in the kitchen revolves around the cabinets.
So, what are the key factors to consider when selecting kitchen and bath cabinetry?
As with every other element of the kitchen, there is an abundance of materials to choose from. The most popular hardwoods are maple, oak, and cherry. Staining on cabinets will alter the tones and colors of the wood. It will also affect the graining patterns of any species of wood. Because of the nature of wood graining, each piece of cabinetry will bring a unique look to the kitchen.
All series of J&K's cabinets are made of solid maple wood. Maple cabinets are in a class of their own. A sturdy and durable hardwood, maple is treasured for its unusually fine texture and smooth, uniform grain. Generally pale to creamy white naturally, maple often includes reddish streaks that deepen with staining and enhance the individuality of the wood. Randomly occurring bird's eye dots, mineral streaking, a curling grain or fine brown lines also add depth and interest to the appearance of maple cabinets. Maple takes a stain well, and is available in a variety of colors that highlight the wood beneath. Maple has the strength necessary for frequent use and is especially prized by people who want to design a modern kitchen while retaining the warmth of natural wood.
Storage options are the keys to practical kitchen cabinets. Not only you can have your basic cabinets and drawers above and below the counter-top, but you can also have an island or bar for more workspace. Incorporation of innovative storage racks can also help create extra storage options to better organise your dinnerware, wine bottles, spices, or larger cooking and cleaning objects.
The doors on the cabinets provide the greatest nuances of expression. Cabinet doors do not usually have a plain flat surface (although they can). Doors come in a wide variety of designs and raised panel styles are one of the most popular. They can be very simple or very ornate. Knobs and handles in different design could really affect the whole impression of the cabinets. Traditional kitchen styles are usually associated with more details and raised panels whilst commercial kitchens and homes are usually designed with simple door surface and clean horizontal lines (contemporary design).