Life was perfect, except he was miserable. Until a medical crisis forced him to get help and rethink his priorities.
I stood against the bathroom vanity desperately trying to catch an unimpaired breath and caught a look of panic in my eyes. Something wet and thick was on top of my tongue and was severely impeding my airway.
Breathing and speaking was still a real struggle and I was wretching, spluttering and choking constantly.
The look of fear was doubtless exacerbated by my accelerated heartbeat, somewhere in the region of 140 beats-per-minute at a guess, brought on by the turbo-charged partying I'd put my body through over the past few hours and the six hour run / hike I'd taken in the blazing sun the day before. With no water.
That expression spoke volumes; for the first time thoughts that I might die here, alone, on the cold, hard bathroom floor with nobody for company except the dog (who didn't seem unduly concerned), were racing through my mind.
It couldn't really have come to this, could it? I'm just a normal guy: decent education, good job, physically fit and healthy.
Scrambling around for the one relatively easy breath in four I jumped on the computer and Googled "blocked throat" and "unable to breathe" and was hit with all manner of random suggestions, none of which seemed to offer any immediate insight.
Fast running out of ideas I dialed triple zero.
Once I got through to the ambulance service I tried to explain my symptoms but the blockage seemed to be raging again and I couldn't make myself understandable to the operator. Gagging and gasping, I finally managed to get my address out.
Dave was clearly more worldly-wise and had been around the block a few times. He stepped into the back of the van and had a look.
"Wow," said Dave, "let's get down to the Emergency Room." And with that, we were off.
At the hospital it was more of the same. The Registrar had a look at my throat and called over a couple of colleagues for a gander.
My pulse lurched into overdrive. I couldn't even manage a crude innuendo.
I was quickly escorted to a bed and hooked up to various machines and pierced and prodded in various places. A screen above my left shoulder showed my racing heartbeat in all it's addled glory along with my blood pressure and various other data.
Breathing and speaking was still a real struggle and I was wretching, spluttering and choking constantly. Some kind of steroid was administered and slowly, interminably, things eased off.
Looking back now with the lucidity that hindsight brings, it seems so obvious and cliched, but at the time I had no idea what was going on.
I was released the next morning but not before a device had been forced into my nose and down into the back of my throat to ensure everything was as normal "back there". This was an especially unedifying experience that almost caused the nurse and I to come to blows. She was a doughty-looking campaigner and I didn't fancy my chances in a fist fight.
Looking back now with the lucidity that hindsight brings, it seems so obvious and cliched, but at the time I had no idea what was going on. So much so that I couldn't even grasp that what I was feeling and my behaviour wasn't normal.
To say it should never have come to this is a massive understatement but, really, it shouldn't.
I was in my mid-thirties and married to my soul-mate. We had a beautiful baby and a dog that looks like an Ewok. We owned a property in one of the nicest parts of the Eastern suburbs of Sydney; nothing fancy or grand but a lovely home.
You see, I've always gone alright at life: always been okay at most things and never really faced a truly significant trauma.
We had two good jobs, generating in excess of $300k a year [this is neither a brag or a humble-brag. $300k is a decent sum but nothing special for Sydney. It is, however, more than enough to live somewhat comfortably]. I'm reasonably competent in my profession which gives me some degree of autonomy, mastery and purpose. It's safe to say it's not my raison d'etre but I enjoy aspects of it.
There were other assets, European trips, savings, a place for the baby at an assuringly expensive daycare centre.
And we had our health, plenty of food and the knowledge that if we ever faced extreme hardship, there were doting parents with the resources to bail us out for a few months.
So why was I so miserable?
Because despite everything positive in my life, I simply couldn't see how we could move forward or progress. I couldn't see how we could afford another baby. I couldn't see how we could stump up the extra $500k required to trade up to a 3 bedroom house in Clovelly or Coogee or wherever.
And I blamed myself not being able to facilitate this and provide for my family in the way that my mind was telling me I should do. Once I was done blaming myself, I'd look for others to blame for my 'unfortunate' situation, regardless of whether they had anything to do with it.
Mostly, though, it was the people closest to me that I lashed out at. My wife recently told me that I'd once let fly at her because the labels on the tins of tuna weren't lined up in the pantry properly. What's fascinating is that I have zero recollection of this. It sounds pretty funny and it would be, if there isn't the chance that it could well be true.
I have no idea what was behind this inability to appreciate what I had and just assumed that it was part of being a new parent. Speaking to anyone about it wasn't an option, firstly because there wasn't anything to speak about, right? And, secondly, because it would have meant admitting that I was struggling, and I didn't know it was okay to do that.
You see, I've always gone alright at life: always been okay at most things and never really faced a truly significant trauma. Academically I'm okay without being a genius. Sports come naturally to me. I've forged a career of sorts being an "expert" in what I do. This meant I had no barometer against which to measure my current state. Whilst I knew I was finding life more of a struggle than it should've been, the idea that there could be a medical explanation for it never once entered my head.
And so things trundled on, punctuated by more outbursts and ensuing troughs which then typically recovered to high peaks. As my anxiety grew so to did my reliance on various chemicals, which at least provided temporary respite from my dissatisfaction and feelings of failure and despair.
An element of addiction tends to categorize the way I pursue various interests: five hour tennis sessions as a teenager; twelve hour revision days as a student; grand marathon and ultramarathon ambitions as I've got older, again, backed by nothing more than a piqued interest and some dedication.
Generally and unsurprisingly I've always seen a huge correlation between hard work and results, especially when working with my limited supply of natural talent.
But this was something less wholesome.
Newly minted, back on two good incomes with no plan in place and no light at the end of the tunnel. What could possibly go wrong?
Men aren't generally comfortable discussing problems or demonstrating vulnerability, especially with their friends.
Despite maintaining external high function in work and physical health, I slowly poisoned myself from the inside out without ever acknowledging or owning what was going on. This continued to the extent that it became untenable for the person I was closest to.
And in a nine-month blink of an eye the perfect life I'd managed to construct was ruptured beyond repair.
It's much easier to be wiser after the storm has finished raging but if I knew back then what I know now in terms of outlets to support and help deal with issues like this, my circumstances could be so different. And that's the really painful part.
Men aren't generally comfortable discussing problems or demonstrating vulnerability, especially with their friends. So if this isn't an option there are a number of charities who specialise in providing this kind of counsel.
Paying to speak to someone who is clinically trained at teasing out and exploring the things you're struggling with is another option, as is considering medication designed to temporarily adjust any chemical imbalance in your brain. Increasingly, groups are being formed for Dads to get socialise and spend time with other people who "get it".
These options can all be wonderfully cathartic but they only work if someone knows they have a problem, becomes comfortable admitting that things may have got away from them a little bit and knows that these support outlets exist.
The first time I sat down over a beer with my friends and 'fessed up that there was trouble in paradise was, perhaps, six months after the first cracks emerged. This was one of my best friends and someone who had been through something similar himself.
Six months is a long time to be waging an internal war and not knowing quite why you aren't as content as you should be. It feels like an eternity.
During that chat I wasn't judged, called out as a failure or made to feel awkward. I came away feeling lighter, unburdened. I also felt completely ridiculous that it had taken me so long to open up.
Then, finally, I was dragged, protesting, to the doctor. He gave me some tablets. The impact was immediate and positive. The term "different person" was bandied around our house and not always by me; proof that in some scenarios the drugs really do work.
Sadly it was too late for us but imagine if I'd administered these tweaks three or six months earlier. It's heartbreaking.
I don't consider myself an especially materialistic person but do recognise that my definition of success wasn't a healthy one. In the absence of awareness of any other metrics, I relied on the linear achievement of extrinsic goals as the basis of my success or failure as a person.
It feels so much better to appreciate things rather than lament what you don't have.
Ticking off the next item on the 'list' became the holy grail and once that hit the buffers (in my mind), things began to unravel. Not being able to afford a three bedroom house in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney doesn't make you a failure. It makes you normal.
And instead of worrying about what you don't have, it's so much more fun to be grateful for what you do have. Whatever that may be. It feels so much better to appreciate things rather than lament what you don't have.
I have a close friend whose wife died before her fortieth birthday. Other friends who have given up on having children after five years of trying. These are things to agonise over and be haunted by (for a time), not whether you can afford a smarter car or a bigger house.
Note: I was found to be suffering from acute uvulits. The uvula is the small piece of tissue that hangs in the back of your throat. Uvulitis is usually caused by an infection, an injury to the back of the throat, or an allergic reaction.
Ben Ford is Super Fit Dad, a corporate fraud fighter by day and a fitness fanatic by night, focused on helping men become better Dads through improved physical and mental health.
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Hey, go buy some books from Women and Children First and help one of the last women's bookstores in the country to stay open. Here's Linda and Ann, the owners. How can you resist? Here's an article about how the store's struggling and needs more support. They have a good website, I just ordered a couple books I've been wanting.
Thank you for the link! I was just thinking of indulging some long-standing book cravings, and I would much prefer to avoid the tentacles of the Medusa. I had no idea that an independent bookstore would or could stock such an amazing breadth of titles these days.
All the best to you in these days of the blog wars. Don't let us get you down – you have created a rare and wonderful thing, both in your books and in the community that you have made possible here. Thank you.
Nice! Thanks, Alison… I'm forwarding the link to a few book buying mavens I know, in hopes of doing my bit to save the world from the banana belts of Bounders and Buns & Noodles.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the store suddenly experienced orders from all over the country from loyal DTWOF fans? I bookmarked the page and will place an order just as soon as I can. I was wondering why I hadn't yet ordered Fun Home when the rest of the world seems to have already read it. That will be my first order!
Thanks for this! I live in Andersonville and can't imagine life without this amazing bookstore. It's worth a trip to Chicago just to see the store's enormous purple awning which proclaims "Feminist Books and Music" in huge, defiant letters. Makes my heart happy every time I see it.
Well done, Alison! Thank you.
I love Women and Children First! Definitely order from them, and if you're in Chicago get a membership!
Thanks for reminding us (as if we could ever forget) the challenges small book shops (and feminist ones in particular) are facing.
This is a great forum for that purpose.
OK, I will start checking them first before other book distributors!
I still miss Sisterwrite in Islington. Did anyone ever eat in the cafe upstairs, Sisterbite? With Jo Nesbit's painting on the wall of two nuns, whose enormous skirts were the menu chalkboard?
In my city we had a women's bookstore that was next door to a (mainstream but cool) cafe. When the bookstore went under, they attributed it to the fact that women would browse in the bookstore with their dates, then go next door and spend their money on food in cafe. Sad but true.
On the other hand, I once attracted about 60 women (memo to Auntie Soozie: I'm a girl) to a music gig at a very straight sort of sports/burger bar. At the end of the evening, someone asked the owner if he had done well that night. He said, "Not much on alcohol sales, but man, those women sure can eat!" Then he hired me for a 2nd gig. So I suppose it works both ways. Competition for scarce resources and all that.
Yes,women's bookstores (and other independents except Powell's) are an endangered species. My next run will be to In Other Words,our feminist bookstore and resource center,here in Portland,OR.
DeLand, I've been meaning to say for a while that I love your name! For all the non-Minnesotans, our state is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, thus the fun in the name. Hooray for independent bookstores! Amazon has a big sign on their window stating they can order any book, and they can!
And totally unrelated to any thread anywhere on this blog, let's all take a few moments to mourn and remember Mr. Vonnegut, who gave us so much wit and wisdom for so many years. What are people's favorites of his?
We also bought a couple books at a second-hand bookstore on the near north side which is apparently also really struggling. The owner was a woman who was friends with the sister of one of my friends who was there with me, who also used to have a bookstore up on Clark for Sci Fi — The Stars Our Destination. That turned into a basement home catelog business and then folded altogether.
Ah, things seem to be getting back to normal around here. I'm a little sad. Threadgate was good entertainment value. So many posts and opinions. I could hit refresh when I was done and there would be more.
I worked in an independant book store for over 20 years in noble poverty. Now all I want is to make enough money to have some leisure time instead, and still be able to afford books.
DeLand…yeah, right next to Loring Park! Is Loring still the place for guys to cruise each other that it was in the '80's and early 90's?
And do you know if Amazon has a website? I remember the URL wars over the name back in the day.
Huh, anyone know a lesbian author with a book to promote?
Deena, Amazon isn't on loring park anymore — we're on 48th & Chicago in South Minneapolis.
(Just had to get that out there because I work at Amazon & wouldn't want you all to get lost).
It warms my heart to see all the support for indie bookstores. Thanks, everyone.
Thanks! I went surfing after I posted the first time and found you. I moved from the Twin Cities area in 1990, so my geographic knowledge is a bit dated. Y'all moved a lot south. I used to work very near to A Brother's Touch at Nicollet and Franklin. I bet they've moved too. That neighborhood was starting to gentrify not long before I left.
KURT VONNEGUT DIED?!?!?! Sorry to shout, but I really didn't know (I've been holing up and writing my thesis [or avoiding writing my thesis] all this week, so I've been kind of out of the loop. How very sad. Especially since my sister goes to the University of Iowa for creative writing, and I guess that casual Vonnegut sightings were pretty much par for the course around there….My favorite has always been _Bluebeard_, I find it a very compelling portrait of what it means to be an artist (i.e., the constant self-doubt.) I liked _Deadeye Dick_ a lot, too.
And thanks for the compliment! DeLandDeLakes is a nickname a friend from Kansas City gave me, and I liked it so much I kept it.
The BAA is still planning to hold the Boston Marathon as usual, with extra sag wagons and emphasis on treating hypothermia.
Meanwhile the weather mongers claim this will be the worst storm since, um, whatever, and we'll all be murdered in our beds.
Gah! My bookstore is in trouble?! I live down Clark Street from Women & Kids First, and buy all my books there. This Monday, I'll be there to buy some more.
Ginjoint, maybe I'll see you there. I don't live too far from W&CF either. I can't even IMAGINE my neighborhood without it. What a wonderful place, and what wonderful owners too.
Deland–the only reason I know about Vennegut is that it was on the Yahoo homepage. I had no idea he lived in Iowa–did he teach there? And sinacarus, thanks for the list of quotes! I haven't read Vonnegut in ages, so I think a re-discovery is in order.
judybusy~You're welcome! Vonnegut did teach at the University of Iowa at one time. I don't know if he had been teaching there recently, though. He's definitely worth "rediscovering". Vonnegut always reminded me of Twain with a twist. Both capable of wonderful observations of humanity with a dash of the sardonic and the ridiculous. Both started out in journalism as well.
DelandDelakes~I second the emotion~Great name.
Pam I – ah, yes, and Silver Moon, in the Charing Cross Road. RIP, Silver Moon.
Silver Moon is still there – just moved to the top floor of Foyles across the road. I believe they are autonomous within the Foyles set-up. It was the only way they could survive the rent hikes by greedypig leaseholders along the CharingX Rd which are destroying more small shops than the Medusas do.
Deena- Heh heh, no, they weren't exactly shy, if you know what I mean. I figured I would look like an idiot if I turned and bolted, so I just kept walking. And to Judy and Sunicarus- I don't think Vonnegut had been teaching in Iowa recently, but according to my sister folks still occasionally spotted him at the grocery store. 🙂 While we're on the topic of independent bookstores, it's worth mentioning that Iowa City has a few great ones that are still hangin' on- Prarie Lights is great, and there's another one whose name I can't remember that is supposed to be haunted.
I remember Silver Moon. So glad to hear it is still on Charing Cross above Foyle's! Thanks for the update Pam I!!
Deena, A Brother's Touch moved down to Hennepin and 26th or so and then closed a few years ago.
Jaibe, I love the Seminary Co-Op! It's one of the best bookstores I've ever been to (though of course I won't compare it to Powell's in Portland). Chicago has a ton of wonderful independent and used bookstores. In addition to Women and Kids & SC, there's Quimby's, Shake Rattle and Read, The 57th St. Bookstore, Powell's, a store called "Books" in lakeview, and that's just getting started. Every one of them is vital and I'm sure appreciates your business!
I work at Women and Children First and am in charge of doing online orders, I just wanted to say thank you to everybody for supporting us. There has been a ton of online orders over the last few days and it really means a lot to know that we have so much support coming from all over the country and we are so happy to be able to provide everybody with such great books! It's because of you that women's voices continue to be heard, thanks y'all!
Sorry Pam and Jane, Silver Moon in Foyles has closed down – not sure how long ago.
Their page page looks alive and has the Foyles address?
Gay's the Word, in London (UK) is also struggling. Alison did a signing there last time she was in the UK, I believe. It's a lovely shop – it's been open since 1979, but it's still very clued up and vibrant.
They have a 'sponsor a shelf' scheme – 100 quid is probably beyond most people's grasp. But if anyone wants to bung them some cash and tell them it's from a 'Dykes to Watch Out For' enthusiast, if we reach 70 quid I'll top it up to 100 so we can claim the shelf of comics.
Thanks for bringing this wonderful store to the attention of your fans Alison I bought my first autographed DTWOF book there many, many, years ago. I always stop in when I go back to visit in Chicago.
hmmm…i just went to do some shopping at w&cf, and noticed that the site seems to be down. anyone know what's up?


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Q: OneSignal does not want to replace old notifications with a new one I'm trying to send a notification using OneSignal. Everything is fine, but I need somehow to make sure that the new notification does not overwrite the older one. So if I send two notifications to the chrome on the android phone, so I get two notifications on the lockscreen and not just the new ones.
I searched for documentation and found the items "collapse_id" and "android_group" where I give values (string)microtime (true) and it did not help.
Here is a simple PHP posting notification.
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        'included_segments' => [ 'All' ],
        "headings" => [ "en" => "test heading" ],
        'contents' => [ "en" => 'test content' ],
        "collapse_id"=> "ff".(string)microtime(true),
        "android_group"=> "ff".(string)microtime(true),
        "url" => "http://www.example.com"
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    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://onesignal.com/api/v1/notifications" );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
        'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8',
        'Authorization: Basic '.$onesignalkey
    ) );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POST, true );
    curl_setopt( $ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode( $fields ) );
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A: From OneSignal's staff:
You can stack notifications with OneSignal using our API and the steps below. We have disabled this from our dashboard due to misuse and complaints from customers.
When using our REST API to programmatically send notifications, you can use the undocumented parameter web_push_topic.
In a set of notifications sharing the same web_push_topic, newly received notifications will replace older received notifications with the same topic. Only notifications sharing the same topic will be replaced; notifications without a topic or with a different topic will not be replaced. You can set different topics for different sets of notifications to control which notifications stay on screen.
The web_push_topic value can be any string value.
On Chrome, a maximum of 3 notifications is displayed at any time, even if the other notifications are not related to your site or from OneSignal. This means you can only show 3 categories of notifications to your user, not counting for other notifications that might be displayed at that time.
On Firefox on Windows, many more notifications can be shown at a time (6+).
On Firefox on Mac, and Safari on Mac, only one notification can be shown at a time, even if the other notifications are not related to your site or from OneSignal. Notifications also disappear quickly within 5 seconds and this time is not customizable.
On Chrome/Firefox on Android, multiple notifications can be shown at a time.
If you do not specify web_push_topic , each notification will be replaced by a newer notification. If you do specify web_push_topic, you can choose which notifications will be replaced and which notifications will stack.
When sending a notification using our API, setting a string value for web_push_topic will set the topic for the notification. Any notifications sharing the same topic will replace each other, but any notifications with a different topic won't be replaced.
So suppose you send 4 notifications:
Notification "Open house at 1234 Street at 3 PM this Saturday" with topic 'open-houses'.
Notification "Open house at 1234 Street changed to 4 PM this Saturday" with topic 'open-houses'.
Notification "20 new houses match your criteria in the Seattle, WA" with topic 'general-updates'.
Notification "Find an agent in your area" with topic 'promotional'.
The sequence of notifications observed will be:
Notification #1 shows.
Notification #2 replaces #1 (even if docked in Mac OS X's notification tray).
Notification #3 is shown separately (and if docked in Mac OS X's notification tray, it will use a separate entry).
Notification #4 is also shown separately.
In the end, when the subscriber checks his unread notifications, he will see three total notifications.
Hopefully that makes sense!

A: You will have to add the option web_push_topic to your http request.
Every notifications under the same web_push_topic will replace the previous one

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The Joel Nafuma Refugee Center
Two new videos feature the work of a $22,800 United Thank Offering grant at an international refugee center in 2015.
The first video features The Joel Nafuma Refugee Center, located in St. Paul's Within the Walls Episcopal Church in Rome, Italy. The United Thank Offering Grant paved the way for the hiring of staff, the purchasing of computer equipment, which allowed the expansion of services.
The second video, Rakin: A Refugee's Story, is a poignant, heart-rending profile of an Afghan refugee being assisted at the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center.
The videos, produced by the Episcopal Church, are available here.
The grant was a direct result of the generosity of the hundreds who contributed and participated in the annual United Thank Offering ingathering, and is just one example of the grants awarded to support work with refugees. In 2015, United Thank Offering raised $89,045.20 through the Advent Challenge which supported Episcopal Migration Ministries in opening two new resettlement locations and offering mental health services through all of the resettlement offices.
"The generosity of so many has manifested into Christian action in helping refugees who are seeking a better life, through the Joel Nafuma Center," noted the Rev. Heather Melton, Missioner for the United Thank Offering. "The first video offers a glimpse into the dedication and work of the center, and the second provides an opportunity to meet and learn the story of Rakin, one of the refugees."
The United Thank Offering is a ministry to promote thankfulness and mission in the whole Church. Known worldwide as UTO, the United Thank Offering awards grants for projects that address human needs and help alleviate poverty, both domestically and internationally in the Episcopal Church.
Episcopal Migration Ministries is the refugee resettlement program of the Episcopal Church. Working in partnership with 30 local resettlement offices and a host of diocesan and parish partners, volunteers, and community supporters, each year Episcopal Migration Ministries resettles more than 5,000 men, women, and children fleeing violence, persecution, and conflict. Through this ministry of welcome, refugees' journeys of fear and flight are over, and their journeys of hope and new life begin.
For more information contact Melton.
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The Kenyan-German cooperation project "Skilled Workers for the Food Industry" plays an important role in building up the required skills, with a modern training centre that makes possible these qualification measures and promotes expert discussions in the sector. It will be executed by the GzF (Gesellschaft zurFörderung des MaschinenbausmbH) and financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation. This financing will be processed by the German Investment and Development Company, DEG.
The project is the result of a cooperation between the German Engineering Association, VDMA – VDMA acts as the conceptual patron –, and its service company GzF, with the Kenyan Centurion Systems Limited. Furthermore, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) is also involved in the project. The VDMA's Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association has worked successfully for many years with UNIDO as well as with partners from Kenya's food processing sector.
One of the project's key fields of action is providing training and further education based on the dual model – the combination of theoretical and practical training. Experts developed a specific training concept that combines German technological expertise with the requirements of the Kenyan food industry, on the basis of a needs assessment carried out by Kenyan companies and their German machine suppliers. The first courses will start in January 2018.
Local companies can also use the new training centre for specific in-house training. In addition, the training centre is envisaged to act as a central meeting place and venue for Kenyan and Germany companies. Here they can learn about best practices in terms of increasing quality and efficiency in their sector and share ideas and experiences. Specialist events and other know- ledge-sharing activities are planned for the future. Read more……..
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Hollywood stunt director Spiro Razatos roped in for Sanjay Gupta's next action thriller Jazbaa, starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Published by Hemant Sanganee on Jun 3, 2014
Director Sanjay Gupta, who recently announced his action thriller film, which will also see the comeback of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, has roped in an international talent for the project. Sanjay Gupta has signed on Hollywood stunt director Spiro Razatos, who has worked on several Hollywood movies.
Says the associate producer "Prachi Thadhani" – "Sipro has been signed on to choreograph the action sequences for the movie. He is among the top stunt directors in Hollywood with movies such as Money Train (1995), Training Day (2001), Bad Boys 2 (2003), Vantage Point (2008), The Expendables (2010), Fast & Furious 5 (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Captain America (2014) among others, to his credit.
Spiro also happened to be the stunt director for Sanjay Gupta's movie – Kaante in 2002. He has also done Bollywood movies like Kambakkht Ishq, Kurbaan and My Name Is Khan.
Interestingly, Spiro only shoots abroad. But for the 1st time, he will be coming down to India and will be choreographing the stunts for Aishwarya.
Jazbaa is a complete performance based film and Aishwarya will be seen essaying the role of the lead protagonist. The actress will be seen doing some strenuous action-packed stunts for which she will soon undergo special training. As Jazbaa is set in modern day Mumbai, it will be shot across the city. It is slated go on the floors in January 2015″


What an amazing last couple of months I've had! I went to New Zealand - it was amazing (I promise I will post about it later) and I've been busy with work and life.
I was sick in early December, and had 2 weeks off work, but was able to sit down and have a good hard look at my life - figure out what I want to do, what I want to keep doing, what I don't want to do anymore! I also started a new blog with my bestie Emmy... and started to learn how wordpress worked.
The idea behind Cats & Constellations is we post of alternate days, and the posts are adrdressed to each other, but others are welcome to read of course. It was inspired by The VlogBrothers, Hank and John Green, and a little bit of Amazing Phil and Danisnotonfire. I want to start vlogging, but my confidence still needs a little bit of kickstart!
I would really love it if you guys could check out Cats & Constellations and let me know what you think. I really appreciate everyones opinions, especially people who take time out of their lives to read whatever dribble I have to say!
I've just added it to Bloglovin' so please follow us! Again, I want to thank everyone who follows this blog for an amazing 2015, I know I was rather quiet on the blogging front, and that includes leaving comments on others blogs too. My plan for 2016 is to comment, no matter how short, just so people know how awesome I think they are!
Way back at the beginning of November I crossed something exciting off my bucket list, I participated in a Colour Run in Perth, Western Australia. It was amazing! I would like to share some tips with you!
Included in the price of the ticket (depending on when you purchase the tickets, the prices change – early bird tickets are cheaper) you get a t-shirt, a sweatband (not shown), your race number and safety pins, temporary tattoos, and a medal and drink (you get these at the end) – there was an option to have the pack posted to you, but it was $12.95 per pack, and since I had ordered 3 packs I decided to pick up the packs at the location the day before.
Sunscreen – especially for me in Australia (even when it's overcast) the sun is fierce!
Ziplock bag for your phone – a must! Even when in your bag the colour will find a way!
Fun clothes – people had wigs, socks, tutus (including me!) and I even saw some chickens! White is best – I even saw someone wearing a wedding veil!
It was an amazing day! Apparently over 23,000 people participated this time (that's the most people to ever do the Colour Run in Australia) and it was awesome, but didn't feel crowded! We left the start chute at around 9.30am and were finished around 10.40am, we walked a nice relaxing pace!
The colour coating was great (except for Orange… They just squirted use with orange water, but it didn't leave a mark) and the Shine section was amazing! Glitter and sparkles EVERYWHERE! We got coated in Yellow, Blue, Orange, Sparkles, Purple, and snow (bubble foam) and at the end we were given a pack of colour to use as we saw fit (Slo-mo throw videos anyone??) we got coated in all the colours! It was amazing to see people who did the run and didn't have much colour on them! Go wild people!
I highly recommend if you get the chance, DO THE COLOUR RUN!!


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Decorating with Nature: Les Lalanne at Ben Brown Fine Arts
On leaving Les Lalanne at Ben Brown Fine Arts, I was surprised not to see a line of aspiring young influencers queuing up outside: this might be the most Instagramable exhibition since Martin Creed filled the Hayward Gallery with balloons.
The show has been choreographed by interior designer Manfredi della Gherardesca, and certainly departs from the traditional white cube approach to fine art. The gallery has been transformed into an Alice-in-Wonderland-style tea party, where sculptures, furniture and everything in between designed by French duo Les Lalanne are used to create a fantastical setting.
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Exhibition view, Les Lalanne (London, Ben Brown Fine Arts, 29 November 2018 – 25 January 2019) Courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts, London. Photo credit: Tom Carter Photography Ltd
The designs play with scale and materials, creating a menagerie of the surreal juxtapositions for which Les Lalanne are known: a giant cabbage with the legs of a bird and a fluffy sheep on wheels perch like guests around a table, where a six-legged salamander sits beside an oversized teapot and elaborate candelabra. Some of the walls are lined with gilt-framed mirrors, while others are covered in a curtain of origami paper flowers.
This bizarre arrangement feels like a fitting tribute to the hybrid nature of Les Lalanne's work. Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) came of age in Paris under the personal guidance of artists such as Man Ray, Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp. However, it was only under the influence of his artist wife Claude (b. 1924) that he took up sculpture, and the pair began to work together.
Their installations were generally assemblages made up of objets d'art created separately, but co-operatively, by the spouses, allowing each to maintain a degree of autonomy and to pursue their own formal interests. While Francois-Xavier's pieces generally focus on the animal world, Claude's work was more inspired by botany; together, they create a surreal ecosystem of flora and fauna placed firmly within the realm of human experience.
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Les Lalanne's work is also interesting for the way in which it crosses the divide between the fine and decorative arts. This is something drawn out by the exhibition, where distinctions between form and function are blurred: elaborate chairs are hung on the wall like sculptures, while a mobile of nature-inspired handmade cutlery hangs above a bed of leather fish-shaped cushions sitting inside a giant sculptural sardine tin.
There is undoubtedly something a little gimmicky about the display, and indeed about some of the Lalanne pieces on show – the wall of flowers, in particular, seems made for Instagram. But then there is also something charming about the show's immersion in the world of Les Lalanne, and in the concepts that characterise the discourse about their work. Everything here offers a bit of an art-world antidote: art as cooperation, art as decoration, art as social media fodder. A little silly at times, but perhaps there's nothing wrong with that. After all, it's nearly Christmas.
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Although an emerging concept in India now, hyper-convergence is attracting chunks of IT service providers, IT developers, analysts and data centre operators in galore – thanks to its ability to enhance business agility and reduce data centre operation costs. While it is simple, easy to manage and far more cost effective compared to the traditional data centre architectures, India needs to know who should invest in this technology and why. Sreemoyee Chatterjee from OSFY had a recent interaction with Rajesh Ramnani, regional director at Converged Platforms and Solutions Division (CPSD), Dell EMC, India that is revolutionising IT infrastructure management using hype-convergence.
Rajesh Ramnani, regional director at Converged Platforms and Solutions Division (CPSD), Dell EMC, India
Q What is hyper-convergence? Why is it a necessity in India now?
Hyper-converged infrastructure is a software defined format of consuming IT infrastructure. Most IT departments in enterprises are struggling to keep up with the needs of today's business for speed and efficiency. This include ways of figuring out how to make apps run faster, make provisioning simpler, offer non-disruptive and quick scaling – all economically. Traditional infrastructure and prevailing processes can no longer rise up to the requirements and new demands of the next-generation data centre. This is where hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) is able to solve this problem.
Q Who are the essential customers of hyper-convergence in the country?
There is no limit to the use cases and customer profiles who can utilise the benefits of hyper-convergence. We are currently seeing multiple user groups utilising HCI in their ecosystem. These include data centre operations in-charge, software developers and analysts, IT service providers, enterprises with limited IT skills and remote offices.
Q Why should these customers invest in this technology?
Customers across all industries can benefit from the adoption of converged systems. Organisations – large and small, from all industries, who are striving to modernise their infrastructure in order to compete in today's digital age will benefit from an integrated system and converged infrastructure environment.
A hyper-converged infrastructure help customers in building, maintaining and expanding their own IT infrastructure, which is risky, saps time and resources and makes predictable scaling difficult. Managing the life cycle becomes easier, which is otherwise complicated with multiple upgrades. Dealing with multiple support organisations is too hard and takes too long.
Hyper-converged infrastructure is being marginally preferred for perimeter workloads, which are non-core for the business. It is also being used extensively where organisations have high scale-out requirements. With scalability and simplicity as the key parameters for customers in India, HCI appliances are a perfect fit for businesses looking to move from a 'build yourself' to a 'buy' model.
Q What role hyper-convergence has for IoT and Open Source?
India is going through a digital revolution and government is promoting organisations who want to test and deploy solutions on Open Source. In fact, many government entities are adopting Open Source to a very large extent. Hyper-convergence allows seamless deployment and testing of Open Source applications on our platform.
Many IoT systems are today being developed on Open Source that use hyper-convergence for their ease of deployment and testing. A considerable number of organisations in IT and IT enabled services are using benefits of HCI for the said purpose.
Q Where does India stand in terms of adopting hyper-convergence technology?
India is one of the forerunners in adopting new technologies like hyper-convergence. India has already seen the benefits of hyper-convergence for its customers and has begun adopting it in large scale. The market is growing at an unprecedented rate of more than 70 to 80 percent every year.
Unlike any other geographies, there is less amount of legacy system in India. There are customers who are keen to adopt a technology, which is new and will last for the next seven to 10 years and hyper-convergence tops that list.
While just four years back, we were struggling to explain the benefits of hyper-convergence to customers, starting this year, we have noticed that they have fairly educated themselves on hyper-convergence and are approaching us and asking for solutions around hyper-convergence.
Q What has Dell EMC to offer in hyper-convergence?
Dell EMC's hyper-convergence solution has two key offerings. One is our appliance based offering, known as VxRail and the other is rack based offering called VxRack. Now, both of these categories come in two flavours – VMware based flavour wherein the end to end solution is based on the VMware software stack and the mixed hypervisor option wherein the customers have the flexibility to choose the kind of hypervisor that they would want to deploy.
The reason for having two different flavours is predominantly because a big chunk of the market is tilted towards VMware hypervisor, hence; we have an offering dedicated for VMware. Also, there are a set of customers who would want to have flexibility. Thereby, we provide the second flavour as well.
Q Why do you have two options of offerings – application based and rack based?
When a customer wants to start small and is looking at deploying hyper-convergence solution in standalone remote offices, branch offices and standalone business units, which are smaller in size or wants to just test hyper-convergence, he may go for appliance based offering wherein he can buy two or three nodes to start with and experience hyper-convergence for his environment. The customers using appliance based offering are the ones who do not have sufficient tech staffs to manage infrastructure or are facing support issues or want to be up in a faster time frame.
Customers who are more mature, have already tasted success with hyper-convergence and want to deploy it in multiple branches, business units or applications and want a highly scalable environment, can go for rack based offering. They can start with four to five nodes and scale up to hundreds and hundreds of nodes and experience it for their complete business environment. These are the ones who want to adopt hyper-convergence on an enterprise scale and consolidate their business units.
Q What are the recent trends in hyper-convergence and how has it evolved? What would be its future?
The hyper-converge infrastructure had begun by converging the storage environment only. Software defined storage was leading that initiative where, instead of customers buying physical hardware for storage, they started encouraging installation of software for storage. Now it has gone beyond storage to compute to network and is also encompassing areas of creating your own private cloud.
We have an offering VxRack SDDC powered by VMware software called VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) for the same. Apart from providing hyper-convergence around storage, compute and network, it also provides customers with self-service portals. On these portals, they can put in their requirements of different business units, which gets automatically provisioned from the system based on the department's approval.
This is like an Artificial Intelligence (AI) application built into the system wherein without any manual intervention, it creates the kind of resources the department wants, delivers it and at the end of the duration, it creates a report stating how much of that resource has been utilised by the said department. It also generates a bill on the cost to the department.
IT will become more like a self-serviced division and work like an automated arm and create better revenues for that department. However, right now, the customers have just started off in this direction and not all of them are mature to adopt it. But this would be the future of hyper-convergence.
Q How is Dell EMC unique in terms of providing hyper-convergence solutions?
Dell is the only vendor providing end-to-end rack based solution that integrates the network as a part of it. We also have management console taking care of not just the compute, memory and network but also of completely software defined solutions like self-servicing, charge back, automation that are Dell's uniqueness.
VMware being a part of Dell EMC, we are the only one having appliance based hyper-converge solution end-to-end on VMware. Jointly, we have created the hyper-convergence solution and we do not have to rely on multiple technologies to move forward on our hyper-convergence journey.
Ideally, all software should work tandem with each other and this can happen only when the software is developed as a product from a single factory, which we have jointly achieved. Thus, our customers can experience seamless support in all spheres from a particular vendor. Otherwise, issues may creep in terms of support and management.
Q What is the market size of hyper-convergence in India and global?
As per analysts' view, the generic market size of hyper-convergence in India is about USD 35 to 40 million at present. Because of its rapid year-on-year growth at the rate of 46 to 50 percent, the market is expected to be USD 63 to 65 million by 2019 in India alone. Globally, its market size is USD 3.5 billion and is expected to touch about USD 5 billion at the end of 2019 with a year-on-year growth rate of 42 to 45 percent. Dell EMC's hyper-convergence market share is 41 percent and 43 percent in India and global, respectively.
Q What are the challenges that you have faced in your hyper-convergence journey?
Old technology walking hand in hand with hyper-convergence technology is a concern now. While hyper-convergence is only 3 to 4-year-old, the old software has been running for so many years now. Many customers are still in the phase of migrating from traditional technology to hyper-convergence and we have a lot to do in terms of changing the mindset of the customers.
Also, it is a challenge at the customer end in case they have already made heavy investment on the old world technology but are now looking for shifting to hyper-convergence. The customers also raise concern about everything being provided by a single entity as their dependence on that becomes very high. However, we ensure the right kind of support and documentation to customers to enable them continue with a seamless hyper-convergence journey.
Q Are there any blue ocean areas in hyper-convergence which are yet to be explored?
It is only the tip of the iceberg that we have explored. Once this technology stabilises and the customers experience other services that it has to offer, we are looking forward to make software completely automated in future with the help of hyper-convergence. However, to achieve that the technology has to mature to that extent.
Customers are also exploring areas wherein there would be two worlds – private and public cloud and they would get a unified view of both and move workload from their own, private environment to public environment and vice versa. This aspect, known as hybrid cloud, has just started to happen. It has immense potential where these two worlds can merge together and provide customers with a seamless experience of movement between public and private cloud. Intermediator software are being developed by which customers can move between public and private cloud.
Q Who are the customers of Dell EMC's hyper-convergence?
Starting from finance to manufacturing, IT and ITeS, telecom and government, we have several smaller and larger companies as customers in India. Companies like Kotak Bank, Net Magic Telecom, Infosys, Disney, Accenture, KPIT, Harley Davidson (both India and global) are our major Indian customers.
Manufacturing and retail outlets like Mohan clothing (Blackberry formal wear), publishing houses like Penguin Random House, educational institutes, smaller financial institutes like Mirae Asser, smaller government offices like WEBEL and IT and IT enabled services like TASEC are other key customers for hyper-convergence in India.
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Komunikacioni satelit ili telekomunikacioni satelit je veštački Zemljin satelit namenjeni prvenstveno prenosu informacija (telekomunikacija). Savremeni telekomunikacioni sateliti su po pravilu aktivni, to jest primaju analogne ili digitalne signale s bazne postaje na Zemlji, pojačavaju ih i odašilju prema određenom području na Zemlji. Omogućuju više od 100 frekvencijskih kanala s predajnom snagom većom od 100 W. Energiju dobijaju iz sunčanih baterija, a projektovani su za vek trajanja od 15 godina. Sateliti u geostacionarnoj orbiti GEO (akronim od eng. -{Geostationary Earth Orbit}-) na visini 35 780 kilometara iznad ekvatora i s vremenom ophoda 24 sata vrte se (rotiraju) istom brzinom kao i Zemlja pa se, gledajući sa Zemlje, nalaze uvek na istom mestu. Jedan satelit može da pokrije 2/5 površine Zemlje, te se sa tri satelita može pokriti gotovo cela zemaljska kugla. Sateliti u niskoj Zemljinoj orbiti LEO (akronim od engl. -{Low Earth Orbit}-) na visinama do 1 500 km i s vremenom ophoda do nekoliko sati pokrivaju samo mali deo Zemljine površine. Kako bi se osiguralo da na bilo kojem delu Zemlje u svakom trenutku postoji barem jedan vidljivi satelit, potrebno je 50-ak veštačkih satelita za pokrivanje cele Zemlje. Sateliti u eliptičnim Munja-orbitama (nazvanim prema porodici sovjetskih komunikacionih satelita) s periodom obilaska Zemlje od 12 sati te apogejom iznad severne hemisfere, iznad koje provode veći deo trajanja svog orbitiranja, prikladni su za pokrivanje severnih područja, na primer Rusije. Niskoorbitalni sateliti imaju najkraći prenosni put signala pa su kašnjenja i gušenja signala manja nego kod satelita u geostacionarnoj orbiti.

Sateliti fiksnih službi održavaju vezu između velikih primopredajnih antenskih sistema postavljenih na Zemlji (zemaljske postaje), a koriste se na primer za prenos podataka unutar fiksne telefonske mreže pri prekomorskim komunikacijama, u čemu preuzimaju ulogu podmorskog optičkog kabla. Sateliti mobilne telefonije isprva su se primenjivali samo za posredovanje u komunikaciji s brodovima i vazduhoplovima, a u novije doba razvijaju se i komercijalne mreže satelitske telefonije. Takve mreže omogućuju korisniku da uz pomoć minijaturne zemaljske postaje ostvari vezu direktno sa satelitom, što je posebno korisno u udaljenim područjima koja nisu pokrivena signalom konvencionalne mobilne telefonije. Današnje mreže zasnovane su na geostacionarnim satelitima (sateliti -{Inmarsat}- ili -{Thuraya}-), ili na niskoorbitalnim satelitima (-{Iridium}- ili -{Globalstar}-), koji pokrivaju celu Zemljinu površinu, a omogućuju uspostavu veze uređajem posve nalik običnom mobilnom telefonu. Delove radiospektra te lokacije za satelite u geostacionarnim orbitama pojedinim korisnicima dodeljuje Svetska administrativna radiokonferencija. Za fiksne satelitske službe koriste se frekvencijski pojasevi S (od 1,55 do 5,20 -{GHz}-), X (od 5,20 do 10,90 -{GHz}-), K (od 10,90 do 36,00 -{GHz}-) i Q (od 36,00 do 46,00 -{GHz}-), koji se dele na potpojaseve i kanale.

Prvi aktivni telekomunikacioni satelit bio je Telstar.

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Koncept geostationarnih komunikacijskih satelita prvi je predložio Artur Klark, zajedno sa Vahidom K. Sanadijem nadovezujući se na rad Konstantina Ciolkovskog. U oktobru 1945 Klark je objavio članak sa naslovom "Vanzemaljski releji" u britanskom magazinu Bežični svet. U tom članku je opisao principe koji stoje iza implementacije veštačkih satelita u geostacionarnim orbitama u svrhu prenosa radio signala. Stoga se, Arthr Klark često navodi kao izumitelj komunikacionih satelita i termin Klarkov pojas se koristi kao opis orbite.

Decinijama kasnije projekat pod imenom Komunikacioni Mesečev relej je bio telekomunikacioni projekat koji je sprovela mornaca Sjedinjenih Država. Njegov cilj je bio da se razvije sigurna i pouzdana metoda bežične komunikacije korišćenjem Meseca kao pasivnog reflektora i prirodnog komunikacijskog satelita.

Prvi veštački Zemljin satelit bio je Sputnik 1, koji je orbitu postavio Sovjetski Savez dana 4. oktobra 1957. On je bio opremljen sa radio-transmiterom koji je radio na dve frekvencije: 20.005 i 40.002  MHz. Sputnik 1 je lansiran kao jedan od glavnih koraka u istraživanju svemira i razvoja raketa. Međutim, on nije bio postavljen u orbitu s ciljem slanja podataka sa sa jedne tačke na Zemlji na drugu.

Prvi satelit za prosleđivanje komunikacije bio je Pionir 1, koji je trebao da bude lunarna sonda. Iako je svemirska letelica uspela da pređe samo na pola puta do Meseca, letela je dovoljno visoko da se isproba dokaz koncepta relejne telemetrije širom sveta, prvo od Kejp Kanaverala do Mančestera, Engleska; zatim od Havaja do Kejp Kanaverala; i konačno oko sveta od Havaja do Mančestera.

Prvi namenski izgrađeni satelit za relejne komunikacije bio Projekat -{SCORE}- agencije NASA iz 1958. godine, koji je koristio magnetofon za čuvanje i prosleđivanje glasovnih poruka. On je poslužio za slanje božićne čestitke svetu od predsednika SAD-a Dvajta Ajzenhauera. Kurijer 1B, koji je izradila kompanija Filko, lansiran je 1960, i bio je prvi aktivni repetitorski satelit na svetu.

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 The future of communication satellite business
 Communications satellites short history by David J. Whalen
 Beyond The Ionosphere: Fifty Years of Satellite Communication (NASA SP-4217, 1997)

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Russia: Those responsible for murder of LGBTQI rights activist Yelena Grigoryeva must brought to justice
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ARTICLE 19 calls on the Russian authorities to ensure an impartial, prompt and thorough investigation into the murder of LGBTQI activist and human rights defender, Yelena Grigoryeva and for all those responsible to be brought to justice. The activist's body was found on 20 July 2019, close to her home in St Petersburg. Grigoryeva was an outspoken local activist for LGBTQI rights and other human rights issues in Russia, where discrimination and violence against LGBTQI people are common and often met with impunity by authorities. She had reportedly received death threats in relation to her LGBTQI activism in the lead up to her death.
Yelena Grigoryeva actively participated in the work of Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT People for Equal Rights, also known for her protests against Russia's annexation of Crimea, the ill-treatment of prisoners and other human rights violations in Russia. The death threats she had received in relation to her work as a human rights defender were reported to police but reportedly ignored. It is therefore essential that any investigation into her murder seeks to identify whether this brutal attack was connected to Grigoryeva's work as a human rights defender.
"LGBTQI people and their allies in the Russian Federation face significant violence and discrimination, often emanating from the State and enshrined in its laws," said Sarah Clarke, Head of Europe and Central Asia at ARTICLE 19. "Russian state officials regularly attack LGBTQI groups verbally in public statements and on social media, and their views are spread in pro-government media, laying the ground for threats, violence and – as we see in the case of Yelena Grigoryeva – murder. The Russian authorities must stop denying LGBTQI people their basic human rights."
Russia's 'homosexual propaganda' laws, alongside other repressive legislation, are regularly used to target activists speaking out on LGBTQI rights issues. These discriminatory laws enable an environment where hate speech and incitement against LGBTQI people can thrive, putting those speaking out on these issues at further risk.
The work of the human rights defenders is essential for the protection of all fundamental rights, and States have a specific responsibility under international standards to providing protection to human rights defenders at risk. International human rights laws require the Russian government to make sure that human rights abuses that seek to silence LGBTQI people and their allies are investigated speedily, effectively and independently in compliance with international legal standards, and that those responsible for attacks are held accountable.
ARTICLE 19 calls on the Russian authorities to take immediate steps to ensure the safety of human rights defenders, including those advocating for LGBTQI rights, and to bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice. Russia should repeal repressive legislation, such as the 'homosexual propaganda ban', which is used to both censor and stigmatise LGBTQI people, further entrenching discrimination, and preventing them from accessing important information and support.
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April showers bring … questions about homeowners' coverage?
"Well, yes," replied Robin Price, president of Allen Tate Insurance, when I caught up with her this week. With all the storms and downpours the season brings, I had some questions and concerns, just like any homeowner who has watched a Carolina blue sky suddenly turn dark and ominous.
Does regular homeowners insurance cover floods?
The first question was easy.
Your insurance agent can help you determine if you are in a flood plain and need flood insurance. Robin says you can purchase up to $250,000 coverage on your dwelling and $100,000 on contents for less than $500 a year IF you are in a low-risk zone. For homes over $250,000, excess policies are also available.
What if there's a leak?
Perhaps the wind blew off your shingles, or worse, an entire section of the roof, and rain poured in for an hour. Or maybe last winter, your pipes froze and burst, while you were away. And it was water, water, everywhere.
What then? I asked and of course, Robin was happy to answer my questions about potential leak scenarios.
"There always seems to be confusion about when a leak is covered and when it is not. Mostly, it depends on where it was started and what caused it," she said.
In short, if the water damage was caused by rain when the wind blew shingles off your roof, or a tree branch broke a window, it's probably covered. Water damage from frozen pipes bursting is likely to be covered, but keep in mind, faulty workmanship is not. Damage caused by a leak over a long period of time is most often considered a maintenance issue—not sudden damage—and is probably not covered.
What about sewer or pipe-related issues?
Under most regular homeowners' coverage, if a sewer or drain back-up causes water damage in your home, it may not be covered or coverage may be limited. This exclusion is about "overflows" of water from sewers (like toilet bowls) and "backups" from drains (like floor drains and sinks). The good news is you can probably add a Back Up of Sewer or Drains endorsement to your policy.
As with anything, it depends on how much you want to buy, but in general, you can endorse for $5,000 to $20,000 in damage coverage. The endorsement provides coverage for damage due to back up through a sewer or drain or overflow or discharge of a sump pump. The coverage is also for water or waterborne material, providing coverage for damage caused by items floating in the water.
So where do I sign?
Seriously, check your homeowner's policy ASAP and if you don't have this endorsement or are unsure, immediately call your insurer. Well, that's what I'm doing. Nope. Not risking that.
How quickly can I get my claim paid?
The last thing you need when it's claim time is for your insurer to do a disappearing act.
"We advise everyone to insure with a financially sound company that will be able to pay your claim when the time comes. If you can't be sure about that, you can't be sure about any type of homeowner claim," Robin reminded me.
If you have questions about what you've read here or about your homeowners coverage, Robin says to ask your trusted insurance advisor, or contact Allen Tate Insurance Services . They'll be happy to point you in the right direction.
I was recently asked this question by one of our Allen Tate Insurance clients, and thought I would share the answer here for our readers.
Why do my auto insurance rates keep going up even though my car is getting older? At Allen Tate Insurance, many of our clients ask this question so I would like to address it from a couple of angles.


This tutorial will show you how to install CouchPotato on Ubuntu 16.04/17.04. CouchPotato is a free and open-source (GPL3) tool to download upcoming movies automatically. It periodically searches for movies on Usenet and torrent sites, and once they are available, it automatically downloads them with your chosen Usenet client or torrent client. We will use the Deluge torrent client as an example. I assume you followed the previous Deluge tutorial.
Supports transmission, qBittorrent, rTorrent, Deluge, uTorrent.
Now let's see the installation process.
First, open up a terminal window and install Python and LXML.
Then install the latest version of pyOpenSSL.
Install Git and clone CouchPotato repo on Github.
Now CouchPotato is downloaded to the directory /var/www/CouchPotatoServer. To start CouchPotato server, run the following command. The & symbol will make it run in the background, so you can use terminal.
If you are installing CouchPotato on a local Ubuntu 16.04 computer, then the setup wizard will automatically open in your browser after running the above command. If it's installed on an Ubuntu 16.04 server, then you can access the setup wizard via the following URL.
In the setup wizard, you can set a username and password to secure the CouchPotato web interface. You also have the option to enable dark theme.
Next, you need to select the download application.
If you want to download movies on Usenet, then you need to select an Usenet client like Sabnzbd. And if you like to download movie from torrent sites, then you need to select a torrent client. In this tutorial, I choose the Deluge torrent client.
By default, Deluge client daemon listens on port 58846, so enter localhost:58846 in the Host field. Then you need to edit the Deluge auth file.
The default username is localclient. Number 10 indicates this account is used for administration. We can create a new account for CouchPotato like below. Number 5 indicates this account has read and write access.
Save and close the file. Then restart deluge daemon.
Next, enter the new username and password in CouchPotato wizard and specify the downloads directory.
After that, you need to choose your torrent sites or Usenet indexer. Most of these torrent sites are private and require registration, but you can choose public torrent sites like RARBG and ThePirateBay.
Once you fill needed details in the setup wizard, click the big orange button at the bottom. Now you can login with your username and password.
You can now search and add new movie to your wanted list in CouchPotato web interface. Please note that in order for Deluge to automatically download added movies, you need to go to settings and disable black hole.
If it's enabled, then you will need to set up a watched folder in Deluge for new .torrent files.
It's also a good idea to go to settings > Downloaders and test connection to Deluge.
If you followed the previous Deluge install tutorial, then make sure that deluge user has read and write permissions on the downloads folder. For example, if the downloads folder is ~/Downloads/. Then you can run the following command to give read and write permission to deluge user.
Warning: Your online activity can be easily tracked. Be sure to use VPN when downloading torrents. See how to connect to VPN from Linux command line.
Once everything is set up correctly, you will see movies are being downloaded in Deluge.
To install CouchPotato browser extension, go to settings > Automation and click on the Install extension button.
To let CouchPotato automatically start at boot time, we need to copy the systemd service file.
Also change the value of User and Group from couchpotato to your own username and group like below.
Save and close the file. And enable auto start.
That's it! I hope this tutorial helped you install CouchPotato on Ubuntu 16.04 with Deluge. As always, if you found this post useful, then subscribe to our free newsletter to get new tutorials.


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Leveraging Large Existing Federal Programs to Induce the Adoption of Climate Smart Conservation Practicies
AAEA Members present research at ASSA 2023
MILWAUKEE (PRWEB) December 13, 2022
AAEA invites media to attend their sessions at the ASSA 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 10:15 am CST at the New Orleans Marriott, four AAEA members will speak at the session "Leveraging Large Existing Federal Programs to Induce the Adoption of Climate Smart Conservation Practicies."
Presentations in this session include (speakers are listed first):
Farm Heterogeneity and Leveraging Federal Crop Insurance for Conversation Practice Adoption
Jennifer Ifft, Kansas State University
Margaret Jodlowski, The Ohio State University
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Cover Crops, Farm Economics, and Policy
Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Sarah Sellars, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Laura Gentry, Illinois Corn Growers Association
Mitigating Climate Change with the Conservation Reserve Program in the United States: The Role of Program Redesign
Brian Cornish, Auburn University
Ruiqing Miao, Auburn University
Daniel Hellerstein, USDA - Economic Research Service
Andrew Rosenberg, USDA - Economic Research Service
Modelling Growers' SNA Decisions and Evaluating the Economic and Environmental Outcomes of PACE
Hongli Feng, Iowa State University
David Hennessy, Iowa State University
Daniel Andersen, Iowa State University
Michael Castellano, Iowa State University
If you are interested in attending the session in person, please contact Allison Ware in the AAEA Business Office.
ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries. Members of the AAEA work in academic or government institutions as well as in industry and not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of research, teaching, and outreach activities in the areas of agriculture, the environment, food, health, and international development. The AAEA publishes three journals, the Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (an open access journal), the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, as well as the online magazine Choices and the online open access publication series Applied Economics Teaching Resources. To learn more, visit http://www.aaea.org.
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EDMONTON - Terrell Owens isn't finished with football just yet.
According to a CFL source, the former NFL receiver has activated a 10-day window to receive a contract offer from the Edmonton Eskimos by July 24 or force them to relinquish his rights.
The 44-year-old Owens, who last played pro football in 2010, has been on Edmonton's 45-man negotiation list since June 19.
Edmonton could offer Owens a two-year deal at $54,000 annually, the CFL minimum. If Owens rejected it, the Eskimos would retain his rights for another year.
Edmonton could trade Owens' rights or opt against making him an offer within the 10-day period, which would result in his name being removed from their negotiation list. That would allow another team to place him on their negotiation list and effectively re-start the whole process.
Owens recently released a video on social media of him running a 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds.
Owens was named for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame next month but declined an invitation to the enshrinement ceremony. Instead, Owens plans to deliver his Hall of Fame speech at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, his alma mater, Aug. 4.
SURREY, B.C. - An injury has sidelined B.C. Lions star linebacker Solomon Elimimian.
A spokesman for the team says Elimimian will be placed on the CFL's six-game injured list on Tuesday.
No details about the injury have been released.
The news comes just one day after the Lions said starting running back Jeremiah Johnson was doubtful for Friday's game in Ottawa against the Redblacks because of an ankle injury.
Elimimian made four tackles for the Lions in their 20-17 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday.
The four-time all star now has 26 tackles for the season, fourth in the league behind Bombers Adam Bighill and Jovan Santos-Knox, and Montreal's Chris Ackie.
The 31-year-old is in his ninth year with the Lions, and has racked up numerous honours, including the CFL's most outstanding player award in 2014, the top defensive player nod in 2014 and 2016 and the top rookie trophy in 2010.
MONTREAL - Quarterback Jeff Mathews will be out for four-to-six weeks with a foot injury, the Montreal Alouettes announced Tuesday.
Mathews suffered a lisfranc injury, which affects a bone or tendon in the bridge of the foot.
He made his first start for the Alouettes in a 28-18 loss at home to the Ottawa Redblacks on July 6 after coming on in relief of Drew Willy in a 23-17 win in Regina on June 30.
Willy is expected to return from a neck and shoulder injury when the Alouettes visit the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday.
The Alouettes (1-3), who are coming off a bye week, also added Canadian offensive tackle Tyler Johnstone to their roster. The six-foot-six 275-pound Johnstone was taken in the CFL supplemental draft on July 2.
They released American offensive lineman Xavier Fulton and kicker Austin Renkow.
TORONTO - Edmonton receiver D'Haquille (Duke) Williams, B.C. quarterback Travis Lulay and Calgary defensive lineman Micah Johnson are the top performers for Week 5 of the CFL season.
Williams had 123 receiving yards and a crucial touchdown in Edmonton's 16-15 win over visiting Toronto on Friday. The former Auburn Tiger capped an 11-play, 75-yard drive in the third quarter with an 11-yard TD reception.
In his first start of the season, Lulay orchestrated the Lions' 20-17 comeback win over visiting Winnipeg. Lulay went 28-for-41 and threw for 326 yards and one touchdown as B.C. came back from a 17-0 deficit.
Johnson had three sacks and two forced fumbles as the Stampeders improved to 5-0 with a 27-3 rout at Ottawa on Thursday.


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Laurier Gardner, né le  à Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester et mort le  à Princeville, est un homme politique québécois.

Biographie

Il est le frère de Roch Gardner.

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Naissance en octobre 1944
Naissance au Québec
Député du Parti libéral du Québec à l'Assemblée nationale
Décès à 75 ans
Décès en décembre 2019
Décès au Centre-du-Québec


1. Young soldiers who have passed an examination evidencing possession of academic attainments, and hold a certificate equivalent to the diploma of a senior high school.
2. Retired servicemen who have passed an examination evidencing possession of academic attainments, and hold a certificate equivalent to the diploma of a senior high school.
3.Servicemen who have passed an examination evidencing possession of academic attainments, and hold a certificate equivalent to the diploma of a senior high school.