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TaxWatch: IRS pauses rule requiring folks to report PayPal, Venmo transactions over $600. Right here's what went unsuitable.
Michael December 23, 2022
To avert taxpayer confusion in the upcoming tax season, the IRS is delaying a rule that would have required e-commerce sites and payment platforms like eBay
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and PayPal
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to send out tax paperwork to a much wider swath of people in 2023.
Beginning next year, payment platforms were supposed to send tax forms, known as a Form 1099-K, to people who received at least $600 via these types of sites and payment platforms. The forms are typically triggered when a recipient receives at least $20,000 and has had at least 200 transactions.
E-Commerce businesses, accountants and others pushed for a higher threshold, saying the batch of paperwork would be an administrative headache for companies and the backlogged IRS, and also stir up confusion among taxpayers. These groups applauded the pause announced Friday.
The threshold was lowered in the American Rescue Plan of March 2021. Recent lobbying efforts to raise the threshold as one part of the year-end spending deal proved unsuccessful. On Friday, the House passed the $1.7 trillion spending bill, which now awaits President Joe Biden's signature.
The IRS said the upcoming tax year will be a "transition period" for the platforms that were due to adopt the now-suspended reporting requirements, including Venmo, PayPal and CashApp.
Acting IRS Commissioner Doug O'Donnell said IRS and Treasury officials heard the concerns about putting the new, lower reporting requirements into practice.
"'The additional time will help reduce confusion during the upcoming 2023 tax filing season and provide more time for taxpayers to prepare and understand the new reporting requirements.'"
— Acting IRS Commissioner Doug O'Donnell
"To help smooth the transition and ensure clarity for taxpayers, tax professionals and industry, the IRS will delay implementation of the 1099-K changes. The additional time will help reduce confusion during the upcoming 2023 tax filing season and provide more time for taxpayers to prepare and understand the new reporting requirements," O'Donnell said.
One organization pushing for higher reporting thresholds, which included companies like Airbnb
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eBay, Etsy and PayPal, called the delay "great news for millions of Americans."
"We appreciate the IRS providing this critical relief so that millions of people aren't unnecessarily burdened with tax forms in 2023 for splitting meals, selling used goods, paying back a friend, or other instances where no taxable income was generated," said a spokesperson for the Coalition for 1099-K Fairness. The delay creates a chance for lawmakers "to find a common-sense and permanent solution."
The 1099-K is geared to report business income from goods and services, and the required tax obligations. But many people use payment platforms to pay back friends and family.
The IRS said the lower $600 threshold "is not intended to track personal transactions such as sharing the cost of a car ride or meal, birthday or holiday gifts, or paying a family member, or another for a household bill."
And that, critics said, was part of the problem: How do payment platforms distinguish between payments for personal expenses versus payment for goods and services?
Another source of confusion: The rules surrounding tax obligations when personal property is sold at a loss.
Personal property sold at a profit can face a capital gains tax. But when personal property is sold at a loss — like secondhand items sold at a garage sale or online — capital-loss tax rules do not apply. Critics said the paperwork might confuse many casual sellers into thinking they faced a capital-gains tax when they did not.
"We appreciate the IRS stepping in and providing a one-year delay, and are encouraged that they recognized the threshold decrease would have caused confusion and uncertainty for Americans this tax season," said an eBay spokesperson.
The American Institute of CPAs cheered the delay, calling it "the right move for taxpayers, tax practitioners and for the IRS" and urged a higher reporting threshold.
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Q: 'System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Dispose(bool)' is inaccessible due to its protection level I got this error while compiling. what does it mean and how do i resolve it?
'System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Dispose(bool)' is inaccessible due to its protection level
Here are both of my files;
Listener.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
namespace Multi_con_Server
{
class Listener
{
    Socket s;

    public bool Listening
    {
        get;
        private set;
    }
    public int Port
    {
        get;
        private set;
    }

    public Listener(int port)
    {
        Port = port;
        s = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
    }
    public void Start()
    {
        if (Listening)
            return;
        s.Bind(new IPEndPoint(0, Port));
        s.Listen(0);

        s.BeginAccept(callback, null);
        Listening = true;
    }
    public void Stop()
    {
        if (!Listening)
            return;

        s.Close();
        s.Dispose();
        s = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp);
    }

    void callback(IAsyncResult ar)
    {
        try
        {
            Socket s = this.s.EndAccept(ar);

            if (SocketAccepted != null)
            {
                SocketAccepted(s);
            }

            this.s.BeginAccept(callback, null);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        }

    }
    public delegate void SocketAccecptedHandler(Socket e);
    public event SocketAccecptedHandler SocketAccepted;

}
}

Program.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
namespace Multi_Con_C
{
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Socket s = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream,
    ProtocolType.Tcp);
        s.Connect("127.0.0.1", 8);
        s.Close();
        s.Dispose();
    }
}
}

A: From MSDN, Socket.Close() automatically "releases all associated resources". You can safely remove all occurances of Socket.Dispose() from your code.

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After chasing sunsets all day over Glen Alpine Falls and Lilly Lake I retired to my room in a little motel on the outskirts of the City of South Lake Tahoe. Yes I did consider just sleeping in my truck as I sometimes do, since I only planned on sleeping a few hours. However, after hiking and standing on my feet all afternoon till after dark, I knew I would need a shower and a good night's sleep; well 5-6 hours of sleep at least.
I have photographed Eagle Falls several times before. Most recently I visited the falls this past winter and made a daring hike down to the lower falls. I just realized I never posted about that excursion. It was quite and experience to say the least. I'm not sure I want to do that again. None-the-less, there had been one item on my Bucket List and that was to photograph the falls at sunrise. Sunset here is much less dramatic if not drab and unremarkable.
I woke up at 3:30am, showered, put on my winter clothes, prepped my camera gear, loaded up the truck and was on the road just after 4:00am. I arrived at the trail head around 4:30am. I was the only soul at the falls. Sunrise was around 5:30am. This gave me enough time to scout my shot. It was dark, with clear skies. After a few minutes my eyes adjusted and could see the stars. It was beautiful. I used Google SkyMap to determine where on the horizon the sun would appear so I can frame my shot to center it's radiance. I was all setup and ready to go with so much time to spare that I actually took the time to photograph myself. I always forget to do this and thus have no record of ever being there.
Nothing could have prepared me for the sunrise over Eagle Falls. Nothing. As the sun started to rise the breathtaking beauty all around me just kept intensifying. It was surreal. One thing I love about sunrises is that they tend to last much longer than sunsets. I reflected back to the previous day as I lay on my sofa just before noon and decided all of a sudden that was NOT now I wanted to spend my weekend. Now there I was the following morning, my soul overflowing. My passion fulfilled. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend.
I hope you enjoyed the photos and they inspire you to dare to venture out and explore. The shots are unedited and straight out of the camera, as I tend to do these days. This explains the halos and ghosting typical of in-camera HDR images. The camera has less elaborate HDR algorithms. Who has time to tinker with image editors when you could be out there? I typically only edit/process when I'm taking a photo to limited edition print. The two panoramas here will definitely be available in very limited edition print.
Several weekends ago while Chasing the Sunset over Glen Alpine Falls, I took a break for a late lunch snack a little further upstream at Lily Lake. It was so relaxing to just sit there and take it all in, all of this magnificence, all to myself. No cell phone reception forced me to unplug from technology that has so much invaded every aspect of our lives.
Taking a break from chasing the sunset at Little Lake.
We've had record rain and snowfall this year so I wondered what this lake would look like with a little less water – perhaps more like a bog?? I made a note to revisit it later in the summer. Maybe with waders on? An inflatable dingy/boat? A shot from the middle would be beautiful.
I did take a fem moments to give the scene a good photographic treatment. I have yet to process the ultra high resolution panorama, but judging from the looks of these quick and rough shots, it should be a real treat to look at when it is ready. It will most likely be available in very Limited Edition print.
This past Wednesday the fog and rain gave way for partly cloudy skies over Boston. What this meant for me was spectacular light shows at sunset, depending on what types of clouds were forming overhead. Usually this kind of weather leads to higher altitude clouds, the best kind. At sunset they reflect the red sunset light from the horizon back down against a backdrop of clear blue skies. The full spectrum of colors are just magical, a real treat.
All you have to do is show up about an hour before sunset, find a good vantage point, kick back and enjoy the magic hour. I spent some time on my flight and in the airports planning this shot, looking for the right perspective on the city at sunset and also the best unobstructed view of the skyline. Fortunately this key vantage point happens to be a public park. Thank you City of Boston for protecting this view for all! I often have to go places I really shouldn't go, and the risks to myself and my gear are really not necessary – however often worth the shot.
Sunset was around 8:30pm. I arrived the North Harbor before 7pm and scouted a bit before settling on this view. By 7:30pm I had configured and set off the 7D Mark II for a 3 hour HDR time lapse. What an amazing camera. When properly configured, you can save days of post processing time when doing HDR time lapse photography. I hope to post a how to on this soon. With the 7D Mark 2 on time lapse duty and time to spare before magic hour, I turned to setup the 5D Mark III.
I brought the beastly EF 300mm f/2.8L IS Mark II on this trip, however it was a bit too long for this scene. The EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II would have been better suited. So I resorted to the trusted and versatile EF 24-105mm f/4L IS. It allowed me to switch from wide to telephoto with relative ease and enough detail for a signature high resolution panoramic shot. From this point on, with all my settings dialed in, it was pretty straight forward. So I just enjoyed the view and captured the magic. I am pleased with the shots I got and will be posting sneak peeks as soon as get them processed.
The final shots will be released as Limited Edition fine art canvas prints. The HDR time lapse shots will eventually be available as 4K video for anyone to license and use in their projects/productions. The video will also eventually accompany all limited edition prints in the form of a DVD screensaver. Here are some behind the scenes shots from this outing.
Managed to fit it all into the LowePro!
Quick panorama shot with phone.
Where was this shot taken?
If you ever visit Vancouver BC, do take a stroll around Olympic Village at sunset. The views of the skyline are breathtaking. The people are friendly and outgoing. The air is crisp and water always calm. This makes for an almost magical visual experience. This is really why I do this – being able to personally immerse myself in, witness such beauty all around me and capture it. It is priceless.
Below are some behind the scenes shots. This shot will most definitely make it to large format limited edition print. Have you been to or live in Vancouver? What were some of your favorite views on the city? Thanks for stopping by and sharing.


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The New Science of Siblings
Your parents raised you. Your spouse lives with you. But it's your brothers and sisters who really shaped you. Surprising research reveals how
By Jeffrey Kluger Monday, July 10, 2006
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From that research, scientists are gaining intriguing insights into the people we become as adults. Does the manager who runs a congenial office call on the peacemaking skills learned in the family playroom? Does the student struggling with a professor who plays favorites summon up the coping skills acquired from dealing with a sister who was Daddy's girl? Do husbands and wives benefit from the intergender negotiations they waged when their most important partners were their sisters and brothers? All that is under investigation. "Siblings have just been off the radar screen until now," says Conger. But today serious work is revealing exactly how our brothers and sisters influence us.
•Why childhood fights between siblings can be good
THE FIRST THING THAT STRIKES contemporary researchers when they study siblings is the sheer quantity of time the kids spend in one another's presence and the power this has to teach them social skills. By the time children are 11, they devote about 33% of their free time to their siblings--more time than they spend with friends, parents, teachers or even by themselves--according to a well-regarded Penn State University study published in 1996. Later research, published last year, found that even adolescents, who have usually begun going their own way, devote at least 10 hours a week to activities with their siblings--a lot when you consider that with school, sports, dates and sleep, there aren't a whole lot of free hours left. In Mexican-American homes, where broods are generally bigger, the figure tops 17 hours.
"In general," says psychologist Daniel Shaw of the University of Pittsburgh, "parents serve the same big-picture role as doctors on grand rounds. Siblings are like the nurses on the ward. They're there every day." All that proximity breeds an awful lot of intimacy--and an awful lot of friction.
Laurie Kramer, professor of applied family studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has found that, on average, sibs between 3 and 7 years old engage in some kind of conflict 3.5 times an hour. Kids in the 2-to-4 age group top out at 6.3--or more than one clash every 10 minutes, according to a Canadian study. "Getting along with a sister or brother," Kramer says dryly, "can be a frustrating experience."
But as much as all the fighting can set parents' hair on end, there's a lot of learning going on too, specifically about how conflicts, once begun, can be settled. Shaw and his colleagues conducted a years-long study in which they visited the homes of 90 2-year-old children who had at least one sibling, observing the target kids' innate temperaments and their parents' discipline styles. The researchers returned when the children were 5 and observed them again, this time in a structured play session with one close-in-age sib. The pairs were shown three toys but given only one to play with. They were told they could move onto the next one only when both agreed it was time to switch and further agreed which toy they wanted next.

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This week's torrential rains in Colorado — and flooding — have killed several people so far. How many are due to GOP-led cuts to dam repair?
The torrential rains in Colorado this week have resulted in flooding which has killed several people so far. This flooding is made worse by multiple dams which have already failed due to overfill, with dozens more at risk.
Why are they at risk? It turns out that state Republicans have blocked bills to deal with repair or maintenance on infrastructure throughout the state. These efforts, done in the name of fiscal conservatism, do not save money at all, and wind up costing far more than the money saved. Several bridges and dams had already failed before the flooding, which makes the added stress of the current conditions too much to bear. It is reported that over 100 bridges are unsafe while the number of dams nearing failure continues to climb, with over 300 dams listed as at-risk, and two dozen as of extreme risk.
The department tasked with managing the repairs for dams in the state is woefully understaffed and underbudgeted, and the state Republicans refuse to fund any repairs in their push for "small government." This flies in the face of the reality of aging dam infrastructure across the United States, with 85% to be over a half-century old by 2020.
This is not a new scenario, of failure to maintain key infrastructure leading to disaster. In fact, it is a scenario the people of Johnstown, Pennsylvania know too well. In a wave of privatization in the late 1870's, the state of Pennsylvania sold several key areas of the south fork river, including the South Fork Dam, to private interests. This eventually landed with a group of private developers, who used the land to found the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club in 1881. It was host to notables such as Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Mellon, and a few dozen other of the wealthiest men in America. It was said that letting private hands manage the dam, which held back the reported 20 million tons of water of Lake Conemaugh, would be more cost-effective than having the state manage it. Instead, the private hands sold off the drain management systems for the value of the iron scrap, making it impossible to regulate the lake water level, and the dam fell into disrepair as 'turning a profit' was more important than maintaining the earthen structure.
On May 31, 1889, after several days of hard rain, the South Fork Dam gave way. In the path of the 20 million tons of water, the town of Johnstown.
"I had great faith that I would not be abandoned," she wrote. "While my thoughts were thus engaged, a large roof came floating toward me with about twenty people on it. I cried and called across the water to them to help me. This, of course they could not do. The roof was big, and they were all holding on for dear life, feeling every minute that they would be tossed to death. While I watched I kept praying, calling, and begging someone to save me. Then I saw a man come to the edge, the others holding him and talking excitedly. I could see they were trying to restrain him but he kept pulling to get away which he finally did, and plunged into the swirling waters and disappeared.
The total death toll was 2,209, including 396 children. It was the single most devastating event in US history up till that point. And it was caused by privatization, by greed, by hubris, by "small government." In other words, by the same forces at work across the country and displayed in Colorado today.
Government regulations are not there for the good times, they are there so when the bad times comes, it is a minor issue, not a major catastrophe. The results of the Johnstown flood was the adoption of strict liability in US Law, replacing the previous form of fault-based liability which allowed the super-rich to get away with the massive deaths that rainy day so many years ago. Of course, there is an attack on this rule as well, called "Tort Reform." They want none of it, they want to undo the entire 20th century, to turn the United States into a 3rd world nation, no longer a world powerhouse but instead a banana republic.
We hope for the people of Colorado that the rains pass soon, and that the worst case scenario does not happen. Do not believe their claims of 'fiscal responsibility' for their ideas cost far more than any short-term money saved. However, unless they excise the "small government" Republicans within their state as well as nationwide, even if the worst case scenario does not happen this time, it is a ticking time bomb.
Just ask the people of Johnstown, PA.


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Beau Monde Network @ Message 04
Beau Monde Network went to Message 04 to take part in the multimedia, graphics and music compos. The team was: DarkStar, sTeaLth and freestyler.
From left to right: freestyler, sTeaLth, DarkStar
Beau Monde had never been thought of as a demogroup. But then we wanted to compete in the multimedia compo and so The Suntrix - our first demo - was born. It was made in one day and without any experience in demomaking. The authors were: DarkStar (coding/choreography), sTeaLth (gfx) and freestyler (soundtrack).
The concept author was sTeaLth, whose Suntrix is the main "character" in the demo. The 90 seconds depict it's journey from darkness to light and sun. But unfortunately no-one can be told what the Suntrix really is...
Suntrix, also sTeaLth's "Sky is looking at the other colours" ("Taevas vaatab teisi värve") and freestyler's "Message 04" can be downloaded from the scene.ee site.
Beau Monde Network - The Suntrix
freestyler - message 04
sTeaLth - Taevas vaatab teisi värve
The idea for such an event came about a year ago. It wasn't until now that it became a reality. We hope to meet you next year at Message 05!
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[ Salamence ] The Pokémon Index: Evolution Chart, Move List, Images, Description, Type Match-Up, Base Stats, and more!
50 Fly fly 15 90 95% The user soars, then strikes its target on the second turn. It can also be used for flying to any familiar town.
38 Dragon Breath dra 20 60 100% A strong breath attack.
79 Dragon Claw dra 15 80 100% The user slashes the foe with huge, sharp claws.
93 Double-Edge nor 15 120 100% A life-risking tackle that also hurts the user.
53 Crunch dar 15 80 100% The user crunches up the target with sharp fangs. It may also lower the target's Defense stat.
32 Dragon Breath dra 20 60 100% A strong breath attack.
61 Dragon Claw dra 15 80 100% The user slashes the foe with huge, sharp claws.
70 Double-Edge nor 15 120 100% A life-risking tackle that also hurts the user.
80 Dragon Tail dra 10 60 90% The user knocks away the target and drags out another Pokémon in its party. In the wild, the battle ends.
Salamence does learn any moves by tutoring.
Salamence does learn any moves by egg hatching.
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Home FINDS 26 Family Board Games You Need for your Next Family Game Night
26 Family Board Games You Need for your Next Family Game Night
Family game night is a great way to keep your family connected on a regular basis. Establishing one night per week where you all hang out together and enjoy some time as a family is important for bonding, connecting, and the emotional development of your children (even teenagers). The games listed below are perfect for your next family game night.
Family Game Night- Games for the Younger Crowd
1. Race to the Treasure Game
2. Buzz! The Bizzy Buzzy Beat the Bear
3. Mermaid Island
4. Stone Soup
5. Fish Stix
6. Catch
7. SparkleKitty
8. Kitty Bitty
9. Mindo Kitten
10. Brain Connect
11. Dr. Microbe
12. HedBanz
13. Ukloo Riddle
14. The Game Plan
15. Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament
16. Equilibrio
17. Equilibrium
Family Game Night- Games for Older Kids
1. Fake News
2. Game of Phones
3. MIXTAPE
4. Poop the Game
5. The King's Abbey
6. Rise of Tribes
7. Scarabya
8. Word Q
9. Bundle
10. Harry Potter and the Magical Beasts
1Family Game Night- Games for the Younger Crowd
If you are looking for games that will appease to the younger kids in your family, this is the list for you. These games will not only be easy for them to play but will also keep them engaged and entertained the whole way through. These games are perfect for kids in the age ranges of 3 to 10 years old.
This cooperative game is great for the younger crowd. Working together your children will build a path to collect three keys before the Ogre gets to the treasure! It is a fun way to work together instead of competing against one another- everyone plays and everyone wins (or loses if the Ogre gets there first!).
Buy Race to Treasure on Amazon
Another great game from Peaceable Kingdom is Buzz! The Bizzy Buzzy Beat the Bear game. Working together you and your children will work to collect nectar drops from the honey jar before the bear gets to the hive! This game is great for kids ages 4 and older, and helps children work on planning skills and visual discrimination.
Buy Buzz! The Bizzy Buzzy Beat the Bear on Amazon
In this game, your children will work to help the mermaids swim back to Mermaid Island before the evil Sea Witch gets there. If they are able to get all the mermaids back in time, the whole group wins! This is a perfect game for children ages 5 and older and up to 6 players can play at the same time.
Buy Mermaid Island on Amazon
Named for the classic folk tale, Stone Soup is a matching game where your family will work together to make your own stone soup. When an ingredient is matched together, it can go into the pot. Once all ingredients are matched you will have your very own stone soup! Stone Soup is great for kids 5 years old and older.
Buy Stone Soup on Amazon
Another cooperative game, Fish Stix is good for children ages 6 and older. It can be played as a strategy game where every time they add matching sticks to the board they count the number of fish, or without strategy for the younger players. As the board grows, so does the game. It is fun to play and different every time, which makes it a great addition to your family board game collection.
Buy Fish Stix on Amazon
Working together as a team, your family has to surround the mouse with all 4 cats before the mouse can reach the fence. If the mouse gets there before the cats can gather 'round, then everyone loses. But if you get all the cats around the mouse by working together and using some strategy then you all win! It is a game designed for kids 6 years and older.
Buy Catch on Amazon
This adorably cute and silly card game is perfect for all ages and genders. Each player is a kitty that was locked in a tower by an evil princess, and using the cards you will have to come up with sweet and silly words to escape. The first one to escape wins!
Buy SparkleKitty on Amazon
This cute and sweet memory matching game will help to reinforce your little one's color recognition and memory skills all while having fun. The kittens want to play but mommy cats are trying to get them to nap. By rolling the dice you can remove one eye from the mommy cat and if she doesn't catch you, you can advance to the next yarn ball. First one to the basket wins! For ages 4 and up, this game can be played with the youngest ones in the family, too.
Buy Kitty Bitty on Amazon
As their first ever logic game, your child will have to match the game card using the tiles they have. The pieces only fit in that board, so they have to use logic and strategy to pick the right tiles that will fit and match the game card chosen. This is a solo player game and it has four different levels of difficulty so even the older kids can play!
Buy Mindo Kitten on Amazon
This four player puzzle game is a race against the clock. Each player has their own puzzle board. They must connect the red lines together as shown on the drawing card and then act out the picture on the card drawn. Once they have done that, they win the round. The first player to collect ten cards wins! This game is intended for children 8 years and older, but if you have younger kids you can act as a team as well.
Buy Brain Connect on Amazon
This game is for all the future scientists in the house! Work to help Dr. Microbe figure out what is needed in her petri dish by searching for the microbe missing on your game card. The microbes are different colors and shapes, making it a race against other players to find the exact one you need. This game is for ages 8 and up and can be played with 2 to 4 players.
Buy Dr. Microbe on Amazon
In this fun and silly game, each player wears a headband on their head. They place a card inside the headband without looking. The player can ask yes or no questions to find out what is on their card. Each player takes turns asking a question and the first person to guess what they are wins.
Buy HedBanz on Amazon
In this game your children will read clues and solve riddles to get to the next scavenger hunt item on the list. Some of the cards involve active play, so it is a great game to get the family up and moving all while working on their reading and comprehension skills. Perfect for ages 7 years old and up.
Buy Ukloo Riddle on Amazon
Everybody needs a game plan. In this feelings management, safety and life skills game children will discuss bullying, teasing, personal safety, and more. Players roll the dice and pick a card from the color coordinating pile. They will answer the question which can lead to deeper discussions with family members about important topics. It's a fun way to have tough conversations.
Buy The Game Plan on Amazon
Join Harry Potter in this pop-and-go game. Race to the end of the board before the other players, but be wary of spells that can send you all the way back to the start. Great for younger players who love Harry Potter but are not ready for strategy games just yet!
Buy Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament on Amazon
In this fun game, you have to work together to recreate the image on the playing card using the blocks. But be careful- any second all of those blocks could topple over! It is a fun, educational game that works on strategy, problem solving, hand-eye coordination, and STEM skills. And it will have the whole family laughing!
Buy Equilibrio on Amazon
In this active game, kids (and parents) have to mimic the poses they see on their cards. It is a great way to not only have fun together doing silly actions, but also a way to get up and get moving. It is perfect for cold winter snow days and extra hot summer days, too!
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2Family Game Night- Games for Older Kids
Trying to find a game for pre-teens and teens that are fun and not totally lame can be a difficult task for a parent. But the games listed below are fun, funny, and enjoyable for the older kids (and even the adults!).
It's all you hear every time you turn on the news- "It's all just fake news!" they say. Well, with Fake News by Breaking Games you get to decide what the headlines say. The most hilarious headline gets the points, and the player with the most points at the ends wins! Great for ages 13 and up if you have older kids in the home this one is for them.
Buy Fake News on Amazon
Perfect for those teens who are always on their phones anyways, Game of Phones has you actually use your smartphone to find the most hilarious headlines given prompts set out by the game. The prompts are family friendly but the answers might not be! Three or more players are needed for this game, and it is best suited for teenagers and adults.
Buy Game of Phones on Amazon
This game is for music lovers. Each player picks a scenario, and the other players will find a song on their smartphone or tablet that they feel best represents that moment or action to be played as a soundtrack for that person. This game is intended for ages 13 years and older and for more than 3 players at a time.
Buy MIXTAPE on Amazon
This game can be played with kids 6 years and older, but might be best suited for teens or adults. Each player receives a set number of cards, and the first player to get rid of their cards wins. Some of the cards have you doing crazy acts. Don't clog the toilet before you get rid of your cards!
Buy Poop the Game on Amazon
Transport yourself back to the Middle Ages with this worker placement and strategic resource game. Your goal is to build the most magnificent abbey in all the land to defend against the darkness that is threatening to take over. The game can be played solo or with up to 5 players, making it a great game for teens and parents to play together.
Buy The King's Abbey on Amazon
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Remarks by President Obama in Orlando, Florida, June 16, 2016
June 16, 2016 Press Latest National News
Orlando, Florida–(ENEWSPF)-June 16, 2016 – 3:40 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Four days ago, this community was shaken by an evil and hateful act. Today, we are reminded of what is good. That there is compassion, empathy and decency, and most of all, there is love. That's the Orlando that we've seen in recent days. And that is the America that we have seen.
This afternoon, the Vice President and I had the opportunity to meet with many of the families here. As you might imagine, their grief is beyond description. Through their pain and through their tears, they told us about the joy that their loved ones had brought to their lives. They talked about their sons or their daughters — so many young people, in their 20s and 30s; so many students who were focused on the future. One young woman was just 18 years old. Another, said her father, was a happy girl with so many dreams.
There were siblings there talking about their brothers and their sisters and how they were role models that they looked up to. There were husbands and wives who had taken a solemn vow; fathers and mothers who gave their full hearts to their children. These families could be our families. In fact, they are our family — they're part of the American family. Today, the Vice President and I told them, on behalf of the American people, that our hearts are broken, too, but we stand with you and that we are here for you, and that we are remembering those who you loved so deeply.
As a nation, we've also been inspired by the courage of those who risked their lives and cared for others. Partners whose last moments were spent shielding each other. The mother who gave her life to save her son. The former Marine whose quick thinking saved dozens of lives.
Joe and I had the chance to thank Mayor Dyer, Chief Mina, Sheriff Demings, all who responded in heroic ways; the outstanding police and first responders who were able to, through their professionalism and quick response, rescue so many people. We also owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all the doctors, all the nurses who have worked day and night to treat the injured, save lives and prevent even more anguish. As one of the doctors here said, "after the worst of humanity reared its ugly head…the best of humanity came roaring back." Let me get that quote more precisely — "after the worst of humanity reared its evil head…the best of humanity came roaring back."
Now, if we're honest with ourselves, if, in fact, we want to show the best of our humanity, then we're all going to have to work together at every level of government, across political lines, to do more to stop killers who want to terrorize us. We will continue to be relentless against terrorist groups like ISIL and al Qaeda. We are going to destroy them. We are going to disrupt their networks, and their financing, and the flow of fighters in and out of war theaters. We're going to disrupt their propaganda that poisons so many minds around the world.
We're going to do all that. Our resolve is clear. But given the fact that the last two terrorist attacks on our soil — Orlando and San Bernardino — were homegrown, carried out it appears not by external plotters, not by vast networks or sophisticated cells, but by deranged individuals warped by the hateful propaganda that they had seen over the Internet, then we're going to have to do more to prevent these kinds of events from occurring. It's going to take more than just our military. It's going to require more than just our intelligence teams. As good as they are, as dedicated as they are, as focused as they are, if you have lone wolf attacks like this, hatched in the minds of a disturbed person, then we're going to have to take different kinds of steps in order to prevent something like this from happening.
Those who were killed and injured here were gunned down by a single killer with a powerful assault weapon. The motives of this killer may have been different than the mass shooters in Aurora or Newtown, but the instruments of death were so similar. And now, another 49 innocent people are dead. Another 53 are injured. Some are still fighting for their lives. Some will have wounds that will last a lifetime. We can't anticipate or catch every single deranged person that may wish to do harm to his neighbors, or his friends, or his coworkers, or strangers. But we can do something about the amount of damage that they do. Unfortunately, our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible for a terrorist or just a disturbed individual like those in Aurora and Newtown to buy extraordinarily powerful weapons — and they can do so legally.
Today, once again, as has been true too many times before, I held and hugged grieving family members and parents, and they asked, why does this keep happening? And they pleaded that we do more to stop the carnage. They don't care about the politics. Neither do I. Neither does Joe. And neither should any parent out there who's thinking about their kids being not in the wrong place, but in places where kids are supposed to be.
This debate needs to change. It's outgrown the old political stalemates. The notion that the answer to this tragedy would be to make sure that more people in a nightclub are similarly armed to the killer defies common sense. Those who defend the easy accessibility of assault weapons should meet these families and explain why that makes sense. They should meet with the Newtown families — some of whom Joe saw yesterday — whose children would now be finishing fifth grade — on why it is that we think our liberty requires these repeated tragedies. That's not the meaning of liberty.
I'm pleased to hear that the Senate will hold votes on preventing individuals with possible terrorist ties from buying guns, including assault weapons. I truly hope that senators rise to the moment and do the right thing. I hope that senators who voted no on background checks after Newtown have a change of heart. And then I hope the House does the right thing, and helps end the plague of violence that these weapons of war inflict on so many young lives.
I've said this before — we will not be able to stop every tragedy. We can't wipe away hatred and evil from every heart in this world. But we can stop some tragedies. We can save some lives. We can reduce the impact of a terrorist attack if we're smart. And if we don't act, we will keep seeing more massacres like this — because we'll be choosing to allow them to happen. We will have said, we don't care enough to do something about it.
Here in Orlando, we are reminded not only of our obligations as a country to be resolute against terrorists, we are reminded not only of the need for us to implement smarter policies to prevent mass shootings, we're also reminded of what unites us as Americans, and that what unites us is far stronger than the hate and the terror of those who target us.
For so many people here who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, the Pulse Nightclub has always been a safe haven, a place to sing and dance, and most importantly, to be who you truly are — including for so many people whose families are originally from Puerto Rico. Sunday morning, that sanctuary was violated in the worst way imaginable. So whatever the motivations of the killer, whatever influences led him down the path of violence and terror, whatever propaganda he was consuming from ISIL and al Qaeda, this was an act of terrorism but it was also an act of hate. This was an attack on the LGBT community. Americans were targeted because we're a country that has learned to welcome everyone, no matter who you are or who you love. And hatred towards people because of sexual orientation, regardless of where it comes from, is a betrayal of what's best in us.
Joe and I were talking on the way over here — you can't make up the world into "us" and "them," and denigrate and express hatred towards groups because of the color of their skin, or their faith, or their sexual orientation, and not feed something very dangerous in this world.
So if there was ever a moment for all of us to reflect and reaffirm our most basic beliefs that everybody counts and everybody has dignity, now is the time. It's a good time for all of us to reflect on how we treat each other, and to insist on respect and equality for every human being.
We have to end discrimination and violence against our brothers and sisters who are in the LGBT community — here at home and around the world, especially in countries where they are routinely persecuted. We have to challenge the oppression of women, wherever it occurs — here or overseas. There's only "us" — Americans.
Here in Orlando, in the men and women taken from us, those who loved them, we see some of the true character of this country — the best of humanity coming roaring back; the love and the compassion and the fierce resolve that will carry us through not just through this atrocity, but through whatever difficult times may confront us.
It's our pluralism and our respect for each other — including a young man who said to a friend, he was "super proud" to be Latino. It's our love of country — the patriotism of an Army reservist who was known as "an amazing officer." It's our unity — the outpouring of love that so many across our country have shown to our fellow Americans who are LGBT, a display of solidarity that might have been unimaginable even a few years ago.
Out of this darkest of moments, that gives us hope — seeing people reflect, seeing people's best instincts come out, maybe in some cases, minds and hearts change. It is our strength and our resilience — the same determination of a man who died here who traveled the world, mindful of the risks as a gay man, but who spoke for us all when he said, "we cannot be afraid…we are not going to be afraid."
May we all find that same strength in our own lives. May we all find that same wisdom in how we treat one another. May God bless all who we lost here in Orlando. May He comfort their families. May He heal the wounded. May He bring some solace to those whose hearts have been broken. May He give us resolve to do what's necessary to reduce the hatred of this world, curb the violence. And may He watch over this country that we call home.
Thank you very much, everybody.
3:58 P.M. EDT
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NEMA – SM 23 requires that the forces and moments acting on steam turbines due to the steam inlet, extraction, and exhaust connections should be evaluated by simple set of force/moment calculation similar to centrifugal compressors. These computations shall be done as below.
The total resultant force and total resultant moment imposed on the turbine at any connection should not exceed the values calculated as per the following equation.
F = Resultant force (lbs) including pressure forces where unrestrained expansion joints are used at the connection except on vertical exhausts. Full vacuum load is allowed on vertical down exhaust flanges.
D = Nominal pipe size of the connection in inches up to 8 inches in diameter.
The combined resultants of the forces and moments of the inlet, extraction, and exhaust connections, resolved at the center line of the exhaust connection should not exceed the following two conditions.
FC = Combined resultant of inlet, extraction, and exhaust forces, in lbs.
MC = Combined resultant of inlet, extraction, and exhaust moments, and moments resulting from forces, in ft lbs.
DC = Diameter (in inches) of a circular opening equal to the total areas of the inlet, extraction, and exhaust openings up to a value of nine inches in diameter.
Fx = Horizontal components of Fc parallel to the turbine shaft.
Fz = Horizontal component of Fc at right angles to the turbine shaft.
Mz = Component of Mc around the horizontal axis at right angles to the turbine shaft.
For installation of turbines with a vertical exhaust and an unrestrained expansion joint at the exhaust, an additional amount of force caused by pressure loading is allowed. (This additional force is perpendicular to the face of the exhaust flange and is deemed to act at its center), for this type of application, calculate the vertical force component on the exhaust connection excluding pressure loading. Compare this with one sixth of the pressure loading on the exhaust.
Use the larger of these two numbers for vertical force component on the exhaust connection in making calculations outlined in 1 and 2. The force caused by the pressure loading on the exhaust is allowed in addition to the values established by the foregoing up to a maximum value of vertical force in pounds on the exhaust connection (including pressure loading) of 15 ½ times the exhaust area in square inches.
These values of allowable force and moment pertain to the turbine structure only. They do not pertain to the forces and moments in the connecting piping, flange, and flange bolting, which should not exceed the allowable stress as defined by applicable codes and explanatory notes.
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PPP Loan Data — Parks Coffee California, Inc., Carrollton, TX
Entity: Sole Proprietorship
Industry: Mobile Food Services
Parks Coffee California, Inc. is a sole proprietorship located at 2629 Dickerson Parkway in Carrollton, Texas that received a Coronavirus-related PPP loan from the SBA of $4,709,900.00 in April, 2020.
The company has reported itself as a White male owned business, and employed at least 472 people during the applicable loan loan period.
Parks Coffee California, Inc. in Carrollton, TX received a Paycheck Protection Loan of $4.71M through COMERICA BANK, which was approved in April, 2020.
Based on standard PPP eligibility rules, Parks Coffee California, Inc.'s total 2019 payroll expenses were approximately $22.61M in order to qualify for the PPP loan amount received.
Because the loan received by Parks Coffee California, Inc. is at least $2M dollars, it is subject to a full review by the SBA to ensure eligibility and compliance with PPP program requirements.
Business Information - Parks Coffee California, Inc. in Carrollton, TX
2629 Dickerson Parkway
Mobile Food Services (NAICS code 722330)
Race / Ethnicity: WHITE
Gender: MALE OWNED
Congressional District: TX-24
Nationwide, 4,341 businesses in the "Mobile Food Services" industry received a total of $119,221,854.00 in PPP loans. These businesses account for 0% of total PPP applications submitted, and received 0% of the total PPP funding allocated.
PPP recipients in this industry report an average of 5 employees, 99% lower than Parks Coffee California, Inc.'s reported 472 employees, and received an average PPP loan of $27,464, 99% lower than this company's loan of $4.71M.
Source: www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/parks-coffee-california-inc-carrollton-tx


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Ford may shut down US plants due to lack of engines from Mexico
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The US auto giant may have to shut some US car plants as early as next week if they fail to receive Mexico-produced engines.
Ford Motor Co on Thursday said new staffing restrictions imposed on plants producing car parts in the Mexican state of Chihuahua were "not sustainable," the latest sign US automakers are still reeling from coronavirus lockdowns in Mexico.
Mexico is a key part of a wider international supply chain crucial to US carmakers, many of which operate factories across the border in Mexico due to lower labor costs.
Chihuahua, where the state government has limited employee attendance to 50% in plants, is home to a Ford engine plant and many auto parts producers.
US ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau on Thursday said the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker may have to shut some US car plants as early as next week if they fail to receive Mexico-produced engines.
Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford's Americas and International Markets Group, said the company had "several suppliers" operating under restrictions imposed by Chihuahua state.
"With our US plants running at 100%, that is not sustainable," Galhotra said in an emailed statement.
"While we do not expect any impact to production next week, we are continuing to work with government officials on ways to safely and constructively resume remaining production," he said.
Mexico's federal government has given automakers, mining firms and builders, with activities deemed essential, the green light to restart work, though some states have implemented their own restrictions as the coronavirus pandemic rages on.
Landau said a senior Ford executive told him on Wednesday night about the company's concern over parts produced in Chihuahua state.
"They're saying that they're going to start shutting down factories in the United States as of next week if they don't get that rolling," Landau said, in a talk organized by the Atlantic Council.
Alejandra de la Vega, Chihuahua's minister of innovation and economic development, said she was in "constant contact" with Ford and spoke with a company executive Thursday morning, but did not specify what was discussed.
De la Vega said Chihuahua had created a traffic light system to allow different sectors to gradually reopen from lockdowns, but added it was a "balancing act" to protect both public health and the economy.
In May, when Mexico signalled it would delay the reopening of its factories, Mexican officials said their US counterparts pushed for a speedy return, arguing that US plants on American soil could not operate without them.
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Q: SPFX extension placeholder for search bar I am trying to add some html elements like radio button below my search bar in communication site i.e. to a modern page using spfx extesion. So initially i tried to do it using javascript by just getting the class of the search bar I appended the html elements and I could see my functionality working.

But after deployment I can not see the my webpart on the page, I have found that we can add extensions to only available placeholders in page. So how can we add html elements below search bar in this case?

A: SPFx extension(application customize) for now only has 2 place holder top and bottom. If you want to add html to any other place you would have to use custom javascript only.
The way you did it using content editor webpart might not work because, webpart would be only available on single page. I would suggest you to do following

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*Create a custom javascript file, in this js file - add your javascript code which add elements below search bar.

*Create SPFx extension to add reference to custom js file using application customizer.
Please note that you have to modify this code a bit to add it to top section or bottom section.

Ref link - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/extensions/get-started/using-page-placeholder-with-extensions
var customjs = document.createElement("SCRIPT");
customjs.setAttribute("id","customjs");
customjs.setAttribute("type","text/javascript");
customjs.setAttribute("src", site absolute url + "/SiteAssets/js/Custom.js");
document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(customjs);

*Add this SPFx extension to app catalog and install on your target site. You should see custom.js file being loaded on every page load and your code will take care of adding elements below search bar.


This is a story about the toughest time in our lives, Chelsea, I, and our family had to try to over come a monumental mountain, as you will read as the story goes on the human body no matter how small is an incredible thing. If you are affected by anything you read please get in touch via the contact us page, we've been there. It's not easy.
Most women get to enjoy a pretty sound pregnancy, forty weeks is the standard gestation period for human beings, some go slightly longer, some finish sooner, the latter is what happened during our pregnancy.
Our son Bobby was born at thirty-one weeks, he weighed 2 lbs 5 ounces, and was so small he could fit in the palm of my hand. Many parents will know where I'm coming from as many have been through what we went through.
So, rewind to early December 2010 we found out Chelsea was pregnant. We were ecstatic, overjoyed, scared.. At the time we were both 20 years old, living together, and both working full-time jobs. This would be life changing!
At first everything was normal and going great, we had told our families and they were happy for us. Then, just as we got to the starting line ready to begin our nine month journey to parenthood, Chelsea began experiencing some peculiarities, so we sought medical advice. We had been in the hospital since 7pm, after countless tests the news came with a shattering blow, the doctors were 90% sure we had lost our baby..
We were told we would have an emergency scan next week to determine if we were still going to be parents or not. However, there was still a 10% chance and that was all the hope I needed. We left the Accident and Emergency department at Maidstone Hospital in floods of tears, hand in hand. Me and Chelsea walked towards the exit, as the automatic doors slid open what greeted us couldn't have been more biblical. A snow storm, a thick white blanket of snow. It was 1am.
A few days later we received our scan appointment.. Christmas Eve! Of all the days it could have been, it fell on Christmas Eve. It was either going to be the best Christmas or the worst, but that was out of our hands..
We arrived at the hospital apprehensive, we looked up at the sonographer, with our sore, blood-shot eyes as she called Chelsea's name. This was it, the moment of truth..
There he was.. A beautiful 6 week old cell formation, with a heart beat! Yes! Chelsea was indeed still pregnant, 10% is all we had to hold onto as we walked into that room and we came out beaming.
Fast forward 5 or so months to a routine midwife appointment at the GP surgery, Chelsea had been feeling under the weather, but just put it down to general tiredness. This was not the case, our midwife had noticed something so she ran a few tests.. "You need to make your way straight to the hospital", "Okay?" We panicked. Chelsea was showing signs of pre-eclampsia. This was not good. We spent 3 days in hospital not knowing a single thing. Until Friday came around, and Chelsea got taken for a scan. A couple of hours past and frustration began to boil, why are they not telling us anything? What is the problem?
Eventually we were told Chelsea was to be transferred to a specialist hospital that could deal with situations like these. At this point it sank in.. We may lose our boy.. again! I needed to express my sadness but also remain strong for Chelsea, and for our baby. I walked for a while and then found the hospital chapel, an empty, echo filled room. I took a seat and let a few tears roll away, at this point the padre came across and asked if she could help. I declined. I told her my name and Chelsea's name and that our unborn son was in effect being starved of everything he needed, then I left. As I walked away the padre closed her eyes, clasped her hands together and sat quietly. When I returned to Chelsea the ambulance crew were ready to transfer her to the specialist hospital. Blue lights all the way.. This was no joking matter. I rushed home and packed everything I thought we'd need and then drove the 20 miles to the new hospital almost as fast as the ambulance.
After a very emotional few hours, we were fully informed and aware that our son would be born, tomorrow..
Chelsea stayed at the hospital and I slept on my brother's sofa not too far from the hospital. Morning came and I'd over slept, only to be woken by my niece, poking me on the face. I jumped up and rushed to the hospital, with time to spare, I got suited up into scrubs and we were ready for theatre.
With Chelsea laying on the bed prepped and ready, the surgeons began their work. Chelsea was given very strong anaesthetic and began asking the trained, skilled doctors for liposuction 'while they were down there'.. A little light humour in an otherwise petrifying situation.
Bobby was so small that at first they couldn't find him.. Surgery started at 11:19am and our son was born at 11:25am. 6 minutes was enough time for Chelsea to sing a stunning rendition of Aloe Black's 'I need a dollar'.
We were shown our son for 2 seconds, wrapped in a towel, looking a little like E.T. then immediately he was gone, taken away to the Intensive care unit and placed on a life support machine that provided his tiny lungs with oxygen.
It would be another hour until he got to meet me and 24 hours before he met Chelsea..
Walking through the maze of long white, brand new hospital corridors I eventually made my way to the ward where he had been taken. I arrived at his bed side, the sounds were overwhelming, alarms pinging, oxygen hissing, wires everywhere, but as my eyes focused past all of those things. I saw a tiny person who I immediately fell in love with.
The nurse asked me if I wanted to hold him, 'of course' I said instinctively, although my heart was pounding, my hands shaking, I held him. I introduced my self, and told him I loved him and would protect him.
This was the first of countless visits to that ward.
Once Chelsea had recovered, we would sit down by his incubator for hours on end, trying to be the best parents we could be through two small hand holes in the side of the plastic box. Eventually tubes came away, monitors were turned of, and the time we could hold our baby was extended, but all of these restrictions had taken their toll.
Milestones had been surpassed, first feeds were had, first baths had been and gone, Bobby's progress was brilliant. 47 day since he was born, it was time to leave the hospital and come home, he weighed just over 4 lbs.
We'd been home about 2 weeks when I began to notice Chelsea was struggling, I had started a new job the day after Bobby came home, so Chelsea was at home with Bobby until I finished. I didn't know it yet but this was my biggest mistake.
You concentrate all of your attention on your new-born child that sometimes you miss certain things about the people closest to you. Because Chelsea was bed bound for the first couple of days after birth, and then she had to be the best mummy she could be through an incubator, she had lost that connection with her child, the fundamental connection of a mother and her child.
Chelsea would have panic attacks, and not want to be alone with Bobby, we would argue, she just couldn't bond. Which is when I realised, she was suffering from post natal depression, she had been thrown in at the deep end with a child she barely knew.
It is important for partners and those close to realise these signs very early on as it could have catastrophic results. Luckily for us, we were able to get help, much to Chelsea's resistance, but in the end she accepted what was happening and allowed her self and me to help.
I took almost a year off of work to look after Bobby, and Chelsea went back to work part-time, it was this decision which in essence made Chelsea the mum and woman she is today, it gave her the freedom to grow and also made her fall back in love with her son who she had lost more than once.
My father gave me a piece of advice, which really stuck with me, he said "When ever you get home from work, always give Chelsea a kiss first.. Show her you love her just as much as your baby." This piece of advice had visibly positive affects it really did work. It was something so small that always gets over looked. You forget about each other when you have a child.
Fast forward to now and we have a little boy who has just started primary school, we have had 3 house moves, countless holidays, and we are still very much together, very much a family.
Which is why I have to hand it to Chelsea, what an incredible woman, to go through all what she has, and still be able to manage a huge retail store, keep our home as nice as it is, have the energy to get Bobby to school each morning, and still have time to love us two boys as much as she does. She is a phenomenal human being who has achieved greatness. She will always have my respect and I am honoured to call her the mother of my child.
Moral of this story, is don't forget to show you love each other as well as love your little ones.
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Thank you Raza, I really appreciate that.
This is a really beautiful account of your baby experience. It almost made me cry! Also so pleased that he was fine, despite the complications.
Thank you very much for your comment. He is doing great now, growing into a true gentleman.
I'm so glad it turned out well for all of you. What a wonderful man you are. I think it's amazing you were able to recognise and deal with Chelsea's PND and work it out as a family. Beautiful story, beautiful family!
Thank you for your kind words Jade.
What an amazing story and advice that really is timeless.
I have had to remind myself when I am talking about our family to say I miss our family rather than I miss the boys or you are all so special.
Thank you Peter. Wisdom is a great product of being a dad.
What a fantastic read! I went through ever emotion reading this. Well done you!! And it's so true about loving each other, we often forget about our relationships when we're busy being mum or dad!
What an amazing story to share and it will probably help so many other people in a similar situation.
Your wife sounds amazing and I'm so pleased she's recovered and so has your son.
Wow what an amazing and beautiful story! And look at Bobby now being a super football star ⭐ What a little fighter.


One evening I visited the Lounge at Address Downtown for Bijou Afternoon Tea. It was a windy day and hence I chose to sit indoors. The views from the restaurant were overlooking the Burj Khalifa. The staff made sure I settled well and then got my afternoon tea platter with my choice of drink. I chose Cappuccino for my drink. Bijou Afternoon Tea at the Lounge is a delightful treat of savoury and sweet delicacies, presented over a silver stand. The savoury and the sweet treats were delicious. I loved their variety of scones with the best quality clotted cream and jam. The sandwiches were yummy and the desserts were lip smacking. The afternoon tea is totally worth the price. The ambiance is lovely.


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'Some of the best I've seen': Cipriani lauds Sale Sharks' improved training regime
27 Nov 2015 - 11:14AM | By Eve Langford
Sale Sharks will hoping that their AJ Bell Stadium fortress stands firm this Saturday as Newcastle Falcons head to Manchester for the Aviva Premiership's northern derby.
The pointless Falcons are currently propping up the bottom of the table while Sale sit seventh on 10 points, seven in arrears of Saracens.
After player rotation over the past two weeks in the European Challenge Cup, key players Danny Cipriani, Sami Tuitupou and captain Dan Braid will return to the Sharks' starting line-up with the former quick to praise his side's training regime.
"The way the team is shaping up and the way Deacs (attack and skills coach Paul Deacon) is helping everyone improve, we can see the improvement," Cipriani told MM.
"The last couple of years we've been doing the same old thing whereas we've got an onus on what we're doing now which is good.
"Forsh (defence coach Mike Forshaw) is great at what he does and even though Paul is learning parts of the game, he's a keen student and his video analysis is some of the best I've seen.
"He's very meticulous in what he does. It's very specific and people walk away with a definite point of view thinking 'Ah, I can actually get better if I do this, this and this'.
"I think that's what the players here need, young players, older guys, whoever, you want to be improving as a player otherwise it becomes mundane."
Cipriani's last match came in the Manchester side's defeat away to Harlequins on November 6 and the 28-year-old is looking forward to linking up with exciting young backs Sam James and Mike Haley again.
"If I can pass anything down to Jamesy or Haley I'll do that and it's been good to see (Mark Jennings) Jenno get a run out the last couple of weeks," he said.
"Sam's got all the tricks in the locker. I've seen him grow in training and get more confident which is brilliant.
"He went on instinct with that try (against Northampton), which shows where he is with his confidence levels and that's exactly where we want these young players to be.
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"We've got a lot of good young English players here which has been the focus because of the financial situation, though even if we had all the money in the world, the boys are doing really well so I couldn't see too much change."
The Premiership points table can be deceiving and Newcastle are not to be underestimated, Cipriani warned.
"They haven't started well but they're a very good team with a very good coaching setup with Dave Walder and John Wells there," he said.
"They have a good way of slowing the ball up so we have to look after ourselves and our breakdown and make sure we're clean on that front.
"It'll be a good test to see where we're at, I'm looking forward to it: we have to stick to our guns and get a victory against Newcastle."
Director of rugby Steve Diamond insisted that his team must not relax against the Falcons given the top flight is "stiffer and harder" in 2015/16.
"The points they haven't got, along with London Irish, belie their abilities so we can't take them for granted," said Diamond.
"There are a couple of games they should have won, and we've got to make sure we've got to play as best as we can to beat them."
Despite Newcastle not managing an away win against Sale since September 2013, Diamond warned that his side mustn't get complacent.
"The Aviva Premiership gives you the competitive edge so we've got to be right on the day."
Sale Sharks: 15. Mike Haley, 14. Tom Arscott, 13. Sam James, 12. Sam Tuitupou, 11. Will Addison, 10. Danny Cipriani, 9. Chris Cusiter, 1. Ross Harrison, 2. Tommy Taylor, 3. Vadim Cobilas, 4. Bryn Evans, 5. Jonathan Mills, 6. Dan Braid (capt.), 7. Magnus Lund, 8. Josh Beaumont
Replacements: 16. Cameron Neild, 17. Eifion Lewis Roberts, 18. Brian Mujati, 19. Andrei Ostrikov, 20. TJ Ioane, 21. Peter Stringer, 22. Joe Ford, 23. Mark Jennings
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Salem Red Sox top P-Nats, take series
Published Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, 10:42 pm
The Salem Red Sox battled through an early deficit to knock off the Potomac Nationals, 7-4, on Thursday evening at Pfitzner Stadium. The Red Sox have now won 12 of their last 13 games.
Facing knuckleballer J.D. Martin, Salem's offense struggled to adjust early on before finally breaking through in the fourth. Trailing 2-0 after Potomac (68-60, 34-26) tallied single runs in the second and third innings, the Red Sox plated three in the fourth. Jordan Procyshen brought in the first run with an RBI single before Jordan Betts smashed a two-run double to right-center, putting Salem (80-48, 37-22) in front 3-2.
The Sox tacked on two more in the fifth on a Jayce Ray RBI groundout and a throwing error from Potomac, extending the advantage to 5-2. Martin (0-2) tossed seven innings for Potomac, allowing six runs (five earned) on 10 hits.
After the early blips, Matt Kent settled in to throw yet another quality start for Salem. Kent (10-6) lasted 6.2 innings, yielding three runs (two earned) on four hits and two walks. He became the fourth pitcher in the league to reach 10 wins while recording his 12th quality start in 24 appearances.
The Nationals cut the deficit to 5-3 in the sixth by scoring a run on an error, but the Red Sox immediately responded in the seventh when Ray tripled home Joseph Monge to make it 6-3 Salem. Ray added another RBI with a two-out single in the ninth, marking his second straight three-RBI contest. Monge tallied three hits and scored three runs from the top of the order.
Things weren't smooth down the stretch as Potomac had nine baserunners over the final three innings, but only scratched across one run on a bases loaded double play in the ninth against Jamie Callahan. Salem pitching held Potomac to an 0-for-9 mark with runners in scoring position despite issuing seven walks and hitting four batters.
Salem now returns home for the final regular season homestand of the year, opening up a four-game, three-day series with the Frederick Keys on Friday night at 7:05 pm. Trey Ball (7-5, 3.86) gets the call for Salem opposite Frederick's Jon Keller (0-1, 2.89). Follow along with all the action on the Salem Red Sox Baseball Network, with pre-game coverage beginning at 6:45 pm.


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Are Theories Actually Practical?
Posted byCO-RE Lab 12 March 2021 30 July 2021 Posted inNon classé
Patrick S. Forscher
"There's nothing as practical as a good theory."
This quote is often attributed to the person hailed as the "father of social psychology", Kurt Lewin. In social psychology textbooks, the quote is used to justify a mode of social psychology whereby theories that are developed and tested in the lab "naturally" and "inherently" lead to useful social applications (Billig, 2015).
Here I will argue that theory is not always helpful for solving practical social problems. This is because fixating overmuch on theory can lead to what I call theory blindness, a singular focus on the aspects of the problem that are relevant to the theory at the expense of other aspects that are just as important when the problem is considered in its entirety. I review a case study that illustrates the dangers of theory blindness and close with an argument for a focus on the practical problem as it exists in its original context rather than a focus on any particular theory.
Theory application as a model for practical impact
The dominant model of how social psychology comes to have a useful impact on society, at least as portrayed in social psychology textbooks (Billig, 2015), is what I will call the theory application model. In this model, theory development may be somewhat informed by a particular social problem, but theory testing happens largely in tightly controlled environments, such as the laboratory or an online survey platform. The process proceeds something like this:
The social psychologist develops a theory. The theory can come from many sources: introspection, personal experience, the literature, or perhaps as a response to current events. Although this is rare in social psychology, the theory may even follow a process of formal theory development. These theories may be somewhat informed by a social problem, but not necessarily the problem in its full, original context.
The social psychologist tests hypotheses derived from the theory in tightly controlled environments. The theory is then used to derive hypotheses that, in social psychology at least, are usually tested using experimental methods, most often in the laboratory or a tightly controlled online platform like Qualtrics. The results of these experiments are used to support the theory, refine it, and add boundary conditions. The usual justification for the high degrees of control in this step is that this control is necessary to isolate and manipulate the psychological processes that are relevant to the theory (Billig, 2015).
The social psychologist applies the theory to a practical problem as a way to test its generalizability. Once theory-derived hypotheses have been tested in tightly controlled environments, the social psychologist may choose to conduct a study (for example, a field experiment) specifically designed to address some practical social problem. Usually, this exercise is framed as an application of theoretical principles already established in the previous two steps; the implication is that the study cannot directly refute the theory but merely demonstrate how its principles generalize to new, somewhat uncontrolled and messy settings.
Theory highlights some things and de-emphasizes others
The theory application model of practical impact illustrates how theory might, at least in principle, help solve social problems. Psychological theories provide working models of how psychological processes produce behavior. Insofar as individual behaviors "add up" to produce a social problem, psychological theories can highlight the psychological processes that produce those individual behaviors. Theories therefore also provide ready explanations for social problems and, due to their usefulness in identifying causal mechanisms behind individual behaviors, a guidebook for intervention via disrupting those mechanisms.
For example, the appraisal theory of emotion argues that emotions are produced by a person's interpretations of events – in other words, their appraisals. This theory highlights these appraisals as a cause of emotion. The implication is that, to solve problems related to widespread negative emotions, such as the emotional fallout of a natural disaster, one should look to identify and change people's interpretations of the natural disaster. This can lead scientists to develop and deploy specialized measures of people's appraisals of the natural disaster and apply interventions that target those appraisals. Under the spotlight of appraisal theory, aspects of a social problem related to appraisals become valid observations while other aspects of the problem become de-emphasized.
Herein lies the danger of the theory application model of practical impact: if the theory does not fully capture the problem's original context, it can leave important aspects of the problem outside its theoretical spotlight. For example, the lens of appraisal theory might cause well-meaning scientists who wish to provide mental health assistance in the wake of a natural disaster to neglect the real mental burdens caused by the economic and social fallout of the disaster. Focusing too much on people's appraisals of a natural disaster as a cause of poor mental health is a demeaning way to help people who have just lost their homes and loved ones. In addition to leading to misguided forms of help, theory blindness can have real material costs if lives depend on the help's effectiveness. In the most extreme situations, these costs can include lost lives and livelihoods.
The curious blindness caused by theory is part of a phenomenon that philosophers of science call the theory-dependence of observation. Theories define what counts as a valid observation. Theories can lead people to develop entire instruments dedicated to the measurement of the processes posited by theory (see Greenwald, 2012, for examples). In the context of a social problem, everything outside the measurement paradigm becomes "noise" that is outside the theory's scope. When the theory-derived measures are deployed to solve a social problem, these "extraneous" factors can therefore be interpreted as irrelevant to the target problem.
I am not the first to note the peculiar dangers of theory for application. Daniel Kahneman called this phenomenon "theory-induced blindness" and linked it to the mental heuristics and biases that dominated his decision-making research. Curiously, Kurt Lewin himself may not have endorsed theory as a route to application (see Lewin, 1931) – at least in the way social psychologists currently go about it. (Even curiouser, Lewin was also not the originator of the quote that leads this blog.)
Despite this history of similar critique, I believe the dangers of theory for application are not widely recognized. I therefore illustrate these dangers with a concrete case study.
Case study on Implicit bias
The concept of implicit bias was developed to explain a particular contradiction in the United States: in large, national surveys racial attitudes appeared to consistently improve from the 1960s through the early 1990s (Schuman, Steeh, Bobo, & Krysan, 1997). Yet, despite these improvements, racial disparities remained more stable than many scholars would like (Lee, 2002). These stable patterns in disparities were reflected in the laboratory, where even participants who claimed to value equality seemed to act unfairly when assessed on "unobtrusive" measures of bias (i.e., measures where, from the participant's perspective, no particular response could be clearly labeled as "prejudice" or "discrimination"; Crosby, Bromley, & Saxe, 1980). Solving the puzzle of why people's self-reports contradict their laboratory behavior provided an enticing means of making a practical impact.
Dual process models, such as the "prejudice habit model" (Devine, 1989), arose as an explanation for this contradiction. In these models, people's beliefs had changed throughout the 1960s up until the 1990s, but a fast, relatively automatic mental process had not. When national surveys asked people how they felt about Black people, those surveys measured beliefs. However, the studies of "unobtrusive" bias measured behaviors that were more influenced by the automatic process.
At first, research in the dual process tradition was stymied by the fact that there was no independent measure of the automatic process. This changed with the creation of "implicit measures", especially the Implicit Association Test. These measures were important for two reasons. First, they gave researchers a tool that purported to quickly, easily, and directly assess the automatic process (which came to be known as "implicit bias"). Second, they created a "palpable experience" (Monteith, Voils, & Ashburn-Nardo, 2005) that, when made widely available through websites like Project Implicit, greatly enhanced the standing of implicit bias in the public imagination.
The result was an explosion of research on implicit bias and a steady increase in the reach of the concepts into the public sphere. This research included observational studies designed to validate the new class of implicit measures and demonstrate the potential consequences of implicit bias (Cunningham, Preacher, & Banaji, 2001). The research also included manipulations designed to investigate the procedures that could change implicit bias (Dasgupta & Greenwald, 2001).
A funny thing happened over the course of this research on implicit bias: the implicit measures, but especially the IAT, became a target of change in their own right. In effect, the IAT became a stand-in for the problems related to social disparities. Thus, the existence of bias on the IAT became a convenient way of representing those disparities, and demonstrating the presence or absence of change on the IAT became a way of demonstrating which procedures might have promise for changing social disparities.
The result was a cottage industry of interventions and trainings all developed around the concept of implicit bias, especially as represented by the IAT. This has come to a head in the public sphere, where large companies like Starbucks and Delta Airlines have rolled out company-wide training programs focused on implicit or unconscious bias. Governmental agencies have also taken an interest; the New York Police Department has instituted its own training, as has the UK civil service (this program was recently scrapped).
Meanwhile, the evidence is muddled at best that implicit bias does indeed cause real-world disparities, and in some settings there is strong evidence of the importance of non-psychological factors. Take racial disparities in who is subject to police misconduct. In many US jurisdictions, firing problematic officers is extremely difficult because weaker disciplinary oversight is one of the main concessions that police unions have extracted through collective bargaining. This concession makes it difficult to remove officers who are acting out of line, with a disproportionate impact on communities of color. The implication is that reforming systems of collective bargaining might be an effective means of reducing police misconduct, especially in communities of color.
This insight comes not from a particular theory, but from a careful examination of the historical and policy environments of US policing. However, an observer who approaches problems in US policing wearing the blinders of dual process theories might miss this important insight, pursuing instead reforms such as mandatory implicit bias training that do not effectively alleviate the suffering caused by police misconduct.
The problem-solving model as an alternative to the theory application model
The police union example illustrates an alternative means of achieving practical impact that is different from theory application model: a focus on a particular, substantive problem as it exists in its original context. The process that I suggest bears some similarities to action research – a research method initially developed by, ironically, none other than Kurt Lewin (Lewin, 1946). My suggested process goes like so:
Analyze the target setting to develop a definition of the target problem. The first step is developing a careful analysis of the problem setting. This analysis should, at a minimum, draw on a consultation with stakeholders, but it can also draw on historical and policy analysis and pre-existing administrative data (if available). Any and every tool that provides insight into the problem is on the table; this stage may therefore require tools from many disciplines and levels of analysis. At this stage, the problem-to-be-solved may not yet be specifically defined. A major goal of this stage is to integrate the various sources of information to come to a more firm definition.
Select measures of the problem and define success and failure using those measures. A definition of the problem is little help if there are no systems for assessing progress in solving the problem. This second stage involves defining the problem in terms of a measure that can be readily deployed in the problem setting. In some cases, no pre-existing monitoring system exists; in those cases, this second stage may involve devising and implementing such a monitoring system.
Define the universe of interventions you can implement. Not all interventions are within the realm of possibility in all target settings; what is feasible will be constrained by pre-existing policy, law, and available resources. This third stage involves surveying the range of possible interventions you can deploy given these practical constraints. The interventions themselves can come from anywhere, whether from psychological theory or from the careful analysis of the target setting developed in the first step.
Implement one or more interventions with a plan for progress monitoring. The final step is to implement one or more of the interventions identified in the third step with a plan for progress monitoring using the measures identified in the third step.
As in action research, these four steps can form a feedback loop: if the intervention tested in the fourth step is unsuccessful, that can form the basis for a new analysis of the target problem in the first step.
Theories may indeed have a role to play at different stages of the problem-solving model. However, and unlike the case with the theory application model, the orientation of the problem-solving model is on a particular problem in its original setting rather than on a theory and its degree of empirical support. The problem setting therefore serves not just as a venue for demonstrating a particular theory's generality but as the entire focus of the research process. Moreover, the model embraces the "messiness" of the problem setting's history, politics, and resource constraints rather than attempting to control the messiness away, as understanding this messiness is critical to developing interventions that work.
Conclusion: Theories are not always helpful for generating practical impact
Theory has been enjoying something of a renaissance in psychology research, and a large list of scholars have put forward persuasive arguments that theory development is critical for advancing knowledge about psychology (Muthukrishna & Henrich, 2019; Fried, 2020; Robinaugh et al., 2020; Navarro, 2021; van Rooij & Baggio, 2021 1; 2). As a response to this resurgence, a small but growing list of scholars have started to identify limits to the usefulness of theory in knowledge advancement (Barrett, 2020; Eronnen & Bringmann, 2021).
Personally, I do not dispute the usefulness of theory – if the primary goal is indeed knowledge advancement. If the primary goal is pragmatic, I worry that processes like theory blindness may interfere with a clear-eyed view of the target social problem. For this reason, I believe that a problem-focused approach is a more effective means of achieving pragmatic goals.
These ideas were conceived at the Relationship Preconference at the 2021 meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Thanks to Farid Anvari, Hans IJzerman, Daniël Lakens, Duygu Uygun-Tunç, Peder Isager and Leonid Tiokhin for their helpful comments on previous drafts of this blog.
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Beautiful – such a thought-provoking and insightful blog, thank you!