Not much to say about this guy, with his dead eyes and cheeky profile. Kinda low key tonight which is good. I need to get to bed early. Been falling behind on my sleep lately. Toodles.
They say if you dream that you're bleeding from your mouth it means you're doing something that's bad for you but you keep doing it anyway. While I've never dreamt this specifically it is a very frequent feature in my artwork which is largely unplanned and subject to my unconscious impulses and desires. I've also been actively abusing myself lately in the form of a stupid, competitive, online game which only makes me even more anxious than I already am. But I keep playing it even though I realize the detrimental way in which it affects me. Must be a symptom of a deeper disturbance.


The year started off with some really cold weather here. Luckily the snow didn't end up as bad as it could have, which always helps. But the below freezing temps and wind, still makes for some biting cold.The heating element I have in the water tank can't even keep up with this cold, so the tank is frozen solid now. Normally it works pretty good, but this last week must have been too much.
The boys are doing very well considering the cold. I have to admit I was a tad worries about the bucks, but they all snuggle up with the big guys, and everybody stays warm it seems. They also got some additional cozy hay/straw bedding.
There still is plenty to be done blog wise, with re-arranging things, but it keeps ending at the bottom of the list. I'll get to it one of these days I recon.
I've finished a couple of knitting projects during the holidays, so at least that's moving along. I had gotten a custom order for a baby hat that turned out really cute.
Take a look, isn't Elias cute in his new little hat? I was worried about the fit, only having measurements, but it turned out fine.
The other project I finally finished, after waiting for the buttons for the longest time, is a cabled vest. I'll have to get some better pictures before putting it up for sale, but it will be for sale.
Other than that things are moving along. Everybody is settling in nicely after the changes this summer. Boys are easier than girls in some regards, however they are quite a lot more destructive in their behavior (bucks in rut), so more time is spent on repairs. I don't mind at all.
Hopefully I'll get this blog sorted sooner rather than later, and get it to where I want it. I'm also working on figuring out how to be able to sell items directly from here, and have a separate linked shop/market. Stay tuned!
This entry was posted in Daily rants and tagged freezing cold, handknit items on January 5, 2014 by Marianne.


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Spinning Discs: Whole New Worlds
A generation before Aladdin was a hit Broadway musical, it was the biggest hit movie of 1992. A spectacular Blu-ray edition shows why, and my favorite musical comedy from that golden era of Disney looks as spiffy as a freshly scrubbed lamp. Truly blue blues, drop-dead reds, pulsating pinks–it's all that. Plus, awesome, a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 surround track that had the kids diving under the couch as the flying carpet seemed to whiz inches from their ears and lava and serpents poured out from our screen. Perfection.
And–Robin Williams. If the movie has a flaw, it's that he let fly with topical humor that is already puzzling to anyone millennial or younger. (Ed Sullivan impersonations may already have been past their sell-by date in the aborning Clinton era.) But–Robin Williams, in the only medium, animation, that could really contain his multitudes. Such tremendous enthusiasm, and firing away on all cylinders. It's a tribute to the actual script that it's sturdy enough to allow other performers, including Gilbert Gottfried as the squawky Iago and Jonathan Freeman as Jafar (my vote for the greatest of the Disney villains), to do some of their best work. Woven throughout the tapestry is that lovely, boisterous Oscar-winning score. Aladdin is perilously close to being an "old movie" now–so, welcome, old friend, into my man cave to delight new viewers.
Speaking of new–supplements, to go along with the prior ones from past DVDs (when Jessica Simpson was happening) in this sparkling Diamond Edition. We get, in HD, a few minutes with co-producers/co-directors Ron Clements and Jon Musker, about their long association; a tie-in feature, hosted by Darren Criss, about the Broadway show, a worthwhile adaptation; a "Genie 101" piece untangling some of those now-obscure references for small fry; and recording studio outtakes spotlighting Williams. (Yes, the Narrator was supposed to be revealed as the Genie at the end, but that went unrealized on film–maybe you just thought that detail was in there, but it never was.) That featurette ends with a warm tribute to the performer. Aladdin used to leave us laughing; today, via this first-rate Blu-ray, it leaves us with an affectionate tear.
Jurassic World is to the boxoffice of 2015 what Aladdin was to the boxoffice of its day, No. 1. Time will tell if the force will reawaken forcefully enough to overtake it. Right now, we have it on Blu-ray, with or without a 3D disc. Having seen both, I can say, "without" is my preferred viewing option. I can also say that my Epson projector setup is much better at finessing 3D than any theater in New York City (seriously), so it extends the "2.5D" I'm always complaining about to maybe 2.75D–bringing Indominus Rex a shade closer to my face, but still not close enough to justify the added expense. The movie is full of potential "pop-out" effects that veer off at the last second, each a missed opportunity for third-dimensional fun.
Missed opportunities abound in Jurassic World, a movie that's just OK enough to translate to audiences worldwide, and no more. (Movies like this are like benign viruses, which get you into the theater, then pass from you the second you leave your seat, sated but mildly annoyed.) The plotting is perfunctory when not plain silly, the performances unremarkable. (The insufferable Bryce Dallas Howard gets another career extension, sigh.) What it has is the aw shucks charm of Chris Pratt, an actor Howard Hawks might have really done something with back in the 30s and 40s, and, dinosaurs. Lots of dinosaurs, coming out of the woodwork, and my speakers, in room-shaking DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, and right up to my eyeballs in a stunning transfer. Almost up to them, that is. (The 2D Blu-ray is darker and more refined in appearance, too.)
The supplementary material is decent, with Pratt and director Colin Trevorrow chatting about reviving the franchise after almost 15 years, some deleted scenes, and a good deal about the production and the effects, which is all anyone really cares about. A movie that's ostensibly about restoring magic to our perceptions of prehistoric life settles for a thrill ride instead. Maybe it's enough: good, bad, of indifferent, I'll be back for the fifth installment, which has to end with the one character retained from the 1993 original dying a horrible, toothy death. It's time.
"It" actress Alicia Vikander–now, there's an animatronic I can relate to. The actress, the soul of the machine in the indie hit Ex Machina, is in a bunch of movies this year, and is said to steal away the Oscar hopeful The Danish Girl from the actor playing the transgendered title role, Eddie Redmayne. There's nothing quite so extraordinary going on in the BBC Films adaptation of Testament of Youth, except that Vikander quite credibly delineates the personal transformation of author Vera Brittain, a noted feminist and pacifist who came of age during the First World War.
It's quite a story, handsomely filmed in that "BBC" way, but one that gets its hands bloodied. Brittain first upended convention by studying at Oxford in 1914. War brought her patient fiance, Roland (Game of Thrones star Kit Harington), beloved brother Edward (Taron Egerton, from Kingsman: The Secret Service), and two of their friends to the front lines. Brittain would follow, as a nurse, dispatched to London, Malta, and France. The experience reshaped her life. We see the war as she did–no battles, nor heroics, just bodies waiting to be bandaged, or buried. This is a quiet movie (written by Juliette Towhidi) that seethes at the horrors of war, and the mundane lot of women like herself, who were expected to know their place. (Dominic West and Emily Watson are the uncomprehending parents who try to keep Vera in hers.)
Testament of Youth is an ideal respite from thrills this week in home video, sturdy, and steady, in all regards. Extras are deleted scenes, a making-of, and a decent commentary track with Harington and director James Kent, Vikander being rather too busy these days to chat.
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ITU's Hamadoun Touré and Russia - a secret "agenda"
A big thank you to CNET for their exclusive and Anthony Rutkowski for having the courage to speak out about the ITU, its secretary-general Hamadoun Touré, and the Russian "agenda"--
Exclusive: ITU 'failed,' says former policy chief | Internet & Media - CNET News: " . . . Rutkowski holds the ITU's secretary-general, Hamadoun Touré, accountable for a decade of "spin" and close work with the Russian Delegation -- ostensibly to further advance what Rutkowski sees as an "agenda." "Touré's technical education was in Russian schools. The official Russian Ministry website on Putin's visit to Geneva hosted by Hamadoun contains surprisingly candid remarks regarding Touré being a 'brother' of Russia, and that Putin anticipated his help in pursuing Russian goals in controlling the Internet. [Touré] is a master at spinning up half truths and all kinds of propaganda to drive the agenda he's been pursuing for the past ten years in the ITU. They get an A-plus for adaptability," Rutkowski said. "Classics are things like the ITRs and the ITU being responsible for the Internet's existence, or that the ITU has developed hundreds of security standards used today, or that the [WCIT-12 conference] is all about connecting the world to broadband facilities, or Dr. Vint Cerf and Google are the ones primarily leading a campaign against the ITU." "The reality is that other than ITU radio spectrum management work, the rest is a worthless institution that does nothing more than flush money into the Geneva economy," Rutkowski added. . . . "Soon after taking over as secretary general, Touré eliminated the existing policy planning staff and pulled his own confidants around him. His initial major aegis for moving forward was his Global Cybersecurity Agenda. In all these activities, Russia was a constant ally. Sometimes [Touré] would lead; sometimes Russia. They operated as a tag-team in the forums.""Russia also got some of its key operatives into different WCIT preparatory and ITU-T security committee leadership positions. You can map many of them to the Russian delegations to both WTSA and WCIT. Russia is typically good at long range planning in these intergovernmental bodies," he said. . . " (Read the full article here--it is outrageous that Touré and Russia are attempting to hijack the internet for their own purposes!)
So now we all know the truth about Hamadoun Touré, his deceptions, his attempts to promote the Russian "goals" in the ITU, WCIT and elsewhere--isn't it time to get rid of both Touré and the ITU--a "worthless institution"?
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Q: Serializing an object containing a Bitmap i .NET Compact Framework I am writing a project for Windows mobile 6 (.NET CF 3.5). My project contains a class that looks like this:
class MyClass {
    private Bitmap picture;
    //... and some other fields ...

    public MyClass ()
    {
        picture = new Bitmap (/*Picture file path*/);
        //...
    }
}

To my surprise, I found out that there is no binary formatter in the .NET CF. Does anyone know how can I serialize such object??
I tried to use CompactFormatterPlus - but it didnt worked.

A: There are two ways to attack this.

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*Manually serialize it.  The Bitmap class has a Save method that can output to a Stream.  You could send that to your serialization stream.

*Use a third-party option.  I'd likely use protobuf-net.

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"The government blinked," gloated ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. Judge Rakoff is notoriously liberal, having declared the death penalty unconstitutional in 2002 (a ruling quickly overturned), and earlier this year forcing the Pentagon to make public thousands of pages of information on suspected terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay. So it's understandable for prosecutors to not want to fight an unwinnable battle. Are we nearing the day, however, when the ACLU has our legal system so wrapped around its finger that government secrets can no longer be kept from terrorists? Consider these points: • The ACLU's Romero called the subpoena battle "a fight not over a document but over the principle that the government cannot and should not be allowed to intimidate and impede the work of human rights advocates like the ACLU who seek to expose government wrongdoing." But if leftist activist groups or journalists, rather than the freely-elected U.S. government, decide what is legitimately secret and what is "intimidation," there's little that will remain secret.
The ACLU boasts that its legal efforts have made public "more than 100,000 pages of government documents" regarding the interrogation of suspected terrorists. It has posted many of these documents on its Web site in an effort to shut down the program. But President Bush's policy of tough interrogation has secured information that has foiled numerous terrorist plots, saving thousands of lives. They include jetliner hijacking schemes targeting buildings on both the East and West coasts, another targeting Heathrow Airport in London, plus plots to destroy ships in both the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, and Jose Padilla's plan to blow up high-rise apartment buildings in the U.S. Intelligence information key to preventing terrorist acts has also come from the president's other homeland security policies, like the National Security Agency's wiretapping program. But ACLU lawyers are aggressively trying to shut those efforts down in several jurisdictions.
So, let us take a look at the ACLU's real attitude towards the intelligence community.
The ACLU opposes, and has fought in either Congress or the courts, virtually all "covert action," most "clandestine intelligence" gathering (i.e. spying), and in one case aid to an important U.S. ally with a poor human rights record. The net effect of these efforts has been to hinder U.S. opposition to Communist expansion. The ACLU may, at some point, have undertaken some major initiative that advanced U.S. interests and hindered Communist expansion, but our research never turned one up and no ACLU leader ever mentioned one to us.
In other words, strip the intelligence agencies useless.
All of this is now omitted from the Official ACLU policy! This is not the kind of organization one should trust when it comes to secrets that need to be kept from enemy eyes. The ACLU's extremist position towards classified information can be seen in the very case they have been citing recently, the Petagon Papers.
The Pentagon Papers case shows how extremist the ACLU can be. In that suit, the Supreme Court ruled against the efforts of the Nixon Administration to suppress documents that were a veritable history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The ACLU, which filed an amicus, was happy with the immediate outcome-the newspapers could run copies of the Pentagon Papers-but was less than pleased with the high court's reasoning. The Union was disturbed that the Supreme Court gave life to the idea that the president and the Congress had a right to restrain the press in bona fide instances of national security. It wanted nothing less than an absolute ban on prior restraint. Alexander Bickel, the brilliant constitutional scholar who argued the case against the government, criticized the unreasonableness of the ACLU stand. He accused the Union of being too ideological, labeling the absolutist position "foolish to the point of being almost unprofessional." Like most students of the Constitution, Bickel was generally opposed to prior restraint but nonetheless conceded that there may be times when not to invoke prior restraint may be disastrous to the well-being of the republic. This is something the ACLU has not acknowledged and will not acknowledge.
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Indeed, in their concurring opinions, Justices Douglas and White cited and discussed 18 U.S.C. § 798 as the prototype of a law that could be enforced against a newspaper following publication of information falling within the ambit of the statute. Justice White noted, for example: The Criminal Code contains numerous provisions potentially relevant to these cases. Section 797 makes it a crime to publish certain photographs or drawings of military installations. Section 798, also in precise language, proscribes knowing and willful publication of any classified information concerning the cryptographic systems or communication intelligence activities of the United States as well as any information obtained from communication intelligence operations. If any of the material here at issue is of this nature, the newspapers are presumably now on full notice of the position of the United States and must face the consequences if they publish. I would have no difficulty in sustaining convictions under these sections on facts that would not justify the intervention of equity and the imposition of a prior restraint.
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Exclusive Interview: Dave Sayce, Co-Founder of Compare My Move
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CompareMyMove.com is a free online platform where consumers can compare quotes from regional and national removals companies. The company, which has recently been shortlisted for a Cardiff Business Award, was launched in 2013 by Cardiff-based entrepreneurs Dave Sayce and Marc Benger, following a number of years working in the storage industry and running their own removals business.
Tell us about your business?
Compare My Move offers a free online platform where consumers can compare quotes from regional and national removals companies. It is a market-leading website for home movers seeking full UK nationwide coverage, plus business relocations and international moves.
Did you always plan to end up in business?
Marc and I have a diverse range of retail and customer service experience between us, and have both always had a desire to start a company of our own, but neither of us planned to end up in the removals industry. We met each other as colleagues while working at Safestore in Cardiff and realised that setting up our own removals company was a fairly low-risk way to start a business.
What is your inspiration in business?
The experience of setting up and running a removals company gave us a strong work ethic to achieve more, and has enabled us to develop a really strong mentality and drive to achieve success with Compare My Move. I suppose another area of inspiration is gained from looking at what other comparison models are doing and finding ways to do it better. We are constantly developing and improving the business and it's great to be able to work like that.
When it comes to brand admiration, we would both agree that Compare The Market (CTM) really stands out. The brand has completely transformed the personal finance market, and our vision for Compare My Move has always been to revolutionise the removals industry in the same way. As consumers, we take price comparison for granted, but CTM have managed to take a simple concept of delivering a price comparison service and built one of the most successful and memorable brands in the UK, and we hope to emulate this with Compare My Move. Everyone recognises the meerkat campaign and makes an immediate link to the brand, yet meerkats have nothing whatsoever to do with price comparison. Compare The Market's marketing strategy has helped to make price comparison creative, fun and accessible to all consumers.
What would you be doing if you weren't doing this?
It's really difficult to say what we would be doing if we hadn't set up Compare My Move, because there have been so many different elements that have led to it. Running a removals company, for example, was never what either of us intended to do, but having met as colleagues at Safestore we realised that we both really wanted to set up our own business. We managed to develop a number of really useful contacts within the industry, and discovered that a removals business was a low cost business to start up and get off the ground. While running the removals company, we soon realised that there was gap in the market for a removals comparison service with a strong website, brand and digital presence that could offer a hands-on approach to home movers and removal companies.
Looking back at your career, are there things you would have done differently?
We both happen to have very varied career backgrounds in diverse industries before we started working in removals. Marc and I have spent a number of years working in the retail industry and we've both learnt a lot about management and how to run a business.
What are your plans for the next five years, and where do you see your challenges and opportunities?
Our long term plan is to expand into international markets and develop new revenue streams. We are growing our team at a steady pace, and we've already doubled our workforce with the recruitment of a digital marketing manager and a senior web developer. We plan to bring a number of areas of the business that we currently outsource in-house, and intend to recruit a further 12-15 employees within the next five years.
What advice would you give to someone just starting out in business?
Our advice would be to do as much research as possible, and outsource where you can. Find the best agencies and companies to help get your business off the ground, but always try and learn from the experience so that you can build an understanding of the areas you don't necessarily have the skills in. Remember, everything you do must be assessed against the return you get from it as a business.
What do you think Wales' strengths and weaknesses are as a place to do business?
I have lived in Cardiff for 10 years now, and in terms of running a business, I've seen quite a lot of change. Cardiff is an up and coming city, and it is set to increase in population faster than any other city in the UK over the next 10 years, which I'm sure will bring more business opportunities and attract more skilled workers to the area. It is a good sized city for smaller businesses to develop in, as well as having the capital city status and good links to London and the financial centers of the UK. For us, Cardiff has been a great place to start a small business.
What do you wish you had known when you started out in business?
Everything we've experienced from setting up our initial removals company and launching Compare My Move has been a valuable learning curve for us. We've had a few bad experiences with outsourcing, but we've also had a lot of good ones too. One thing we've learnt is that it's always worth speaking to other similar companies, and wherever possible seek recommendations from successful businesses you trust.
What was your first job and what did it teach you?
Following two short stints at university and some time spent travelling the world, I started working in retail. I quickly realised that if I wanted to develop my skillset, I would have to take a few different directions with my career in order to get as much experience as possible. I suppose in retrospect it taught me that you don't always have to know what you want to do with your life, and that the drive to achieve success can come at any time.
Do you have an interview question you always like to ask potential staff and why?
We always like to ask candidates how their current/most recent work colleagues or boss would best describe them. Also if they expect to keep in touch with them. It tends to give us a good indication if they will integrate well and be a popular member of the team.
What do you think the most important qualities for success in business are?
Always work with the best people. Whether it is ensuring you recruit the best quality people or outsource and work with the best companies, it is all about adding and increasing the value of your own company and brand. I would always pay more to have the best people part of the team as the rewards will be so much more in the long term. Also particularly in the early years of a business focus on the key areas that will drive the growth of the business and try not be distracted by spreading yourself too thin. Build a solid foundation first and then look to develop new ideas and concepts when you are ready.
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The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to Banu 'Amr b. 'Awf to effect reconciliation between them. in the meantime the time of prayer came and the Mu'adhdhin came to Abu Bakr and asked : Will you lead the people in prayer? I pronounce the Iqamah. He said ; Yes. So Abiu Bakr led the prayer, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came back while the people were praying. He penetrated through the rows and stood in the first row. The people clapped but Abu Bakr did not pay any attention to it during prayer. When the people clapped increasingly, he paid attention. He saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made a sign to him (saying); Stay at your place. Abu BAkr raised his hands and praised Allah for the commandment the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had given him (to lead the people in prayer). Abu Bakr then stepped back and stood in the row. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stepped forward and led the prayer. When he finished the prayer, he said; Abu Bakr, what prevented you staying (at your place) when I already commented you to do so? Abu Bakr said ; it was not befitting for the son of Abu Quhafah (Abu Bakr) to lead the prayer in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said; What is the matter that I saw you clapping frequently during prayer? If anything happens to someone during prayer, he should say "Glory be to Allah," for when he glorifies Allah. He pays attention to him. Clapping applies only to women. Abu Dawud said: This is operative in the obligatory prayer.


Does giving no-strings cash to poor moms produce healthier babies?
The concept of the universal basic income is having quite a moment in the media. From , and to , and , the idea of giving every citizen a basic annual income is reaching levels of peak buzz that can't be explained by any single news hook — not even Switzerland's on the policy.
So why is this media fervor spilling over into a children's health blog? It turns out that current-day Manitoba might have even more to teach us about social policy and income supplements. A in the June issue of Pediatrics evaluates what happened to birth outcomes when pregnant low-income Manitoba women were given a no-strings-attached monthly income boost.
[W]e found that receipt of an unconditional income supplement by very-low-income women during pregnancy was associated with several positive outcomes: increased breastfeeding initiation, reductions in low birth weight and preterm births, and shorter mean length of birth hospital stay.
Among families that received the benefit, there were 21 percent fewer babies with low birth weights and 18 percent fewer preterm births. Other differences, such as length of hospital stay for babies born vaginally, were statistically significant as well.
As a society, we tend to assume that poor people cannot be trusted to make good choices. Indeed, when the Health Baby Prenatal Benefit was first introduced in Manitoba, concerns were expressed about introducing a program for low-income women without conditions or accountability. Although information about prenatal and infant health is included with the monthly payment, the Manitoba HBPB program trusts low-income women to make good choices regarding their pregnancies. There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating improvements to child outcomes associated with increased family income that warrant attention from decision-makers.
But for policy makers, this latest research does put useful pressure on the idea that all benefits need sturdy strings attached to protect poor folks from their own profligacy. Manitoba's experience suggests that even a modest investment of about U.S. $63 a month for two-thirds of a pregnancy can pay dividends in the form of better birth results and healthier babies. That's a return on investment that seems far more politically palatable than the astronomical costs of universal income schemes.


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Dollar steady, euro wallows at two-decade low on energy, growth woes
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U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
SINGAPORE, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The dollar held firm on Tuesday on safe haven flows, while the euro languished around a two-decade low as investors braced for a hard winter in Europe as it grapples with energy supply and broader economic growth concerns.
The euro touched its lowest since late 2002 at $0.9926 overnight and was last barely higher at $0.9939.
Russia will halt natural gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream pipe for three days at the end of the month, the latest reminder of the precarious state of the continent's energy supply. read more
Heatwaves in the continent have already put a strain on energy supplies and worries are growing that any disruption during winter months could be devastating for business activity.
"Given the current mood, there's obviously concerns as to whether that's going to be three days or whether it's going to be three years," said Ray Attrill, head of FX strategy at National Australia Bank (NAB).
"Is it really just going to be a three day maintenance or is this just another example of weaponisation of gas supply into Europe?"
The pound was also dragged to a new 2.5-year low overnight, and hobbled near that level at $1.1758 in early Asia trade. The Japanese yen steadied at 137.30 per dollar after touching a one-month low of 137.70.
The Australian and New Zealand dollars were relatively steady, which NAB's Attrill attributed to market's attention being drawn to the weakness of Europe's outlook.
Chief on investors' minds for Tuesday will be flash manufacturing PMI readings out in the eurozone and Britain later in the day, which will provide further clarity on the growth trajectory for the respective economies.
Investors are also waiting on minutes of the European Central Bank's (ECB) last policy meeting on Thursday that are likely to sound hawkish even as the continent faces downturn in growth.
The Aussie was last up 0.15% to $0.6689, while the kiwi gained 0.18% to $0.6183.
Elsewhere in Asia, the dollar hit 6.8711 against the offshore yuan , close to a nearly two-year high of 6.8752 hit on Monday.
Against a basket of currencies, in which the euro is the most heavily weighted, the U.S. dollar index stood firm at 108.9, attempting to breach a two-decade high of 109.29 hit in July.
Another reason investors have sought shelter in dollars is the growing risk of a hawkish message from the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium, flagged by several officials last week.
"Bonds sold off, led by the front-end," said analysts at ANZ. "That's possibly in anticipation that Chair (Jerome)Powell's speech on Friday is likely to reiterate hawkish messaging."
Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note have risen about 4 basis points for the week and stood at 3.0201%. Yields on the two-year Treasury note were up around 5 bps to 3.3140% as investors remained on inflation and Fed watch mode.
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Interface GroupMappingServiceProvider

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public interface GroupMappingServiceProvider

An interface for the implementation of a user-to-groups mapping service
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Refresh the cache of groups and user mapping

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Get all various group memberships of a given user.

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In 2015 and 2016, Labour's starry eyed members voted overwhelmingly for Jeremy Corbyn as their leader. The 2017 general election rather disguised the problem Jeremy Corbyn is for Labour. What appeared to be a good election result (it looked good only because the assumptions about the outcome were so bad for Labour), turned out to be a much less generous picture for Labour. While there had been a significant increase in share of the vote, Labour failed to turn most of that into a significant increase in the number of seats they hold.
Two years ago, Labour behaved as if they had won the general election. I heard lots of Labour councillors in Gateshead drooling about the forthcoming socialist revolution. All they needed was another general election and they will sweep to power to implement the red revolution (which amounted to forcing Britain to relive the 1970s) and a fantasy Brexit that would give the UK all the benefits of EU membership without the costs.
Nowadays, I hear nothing from Labour councillors about Corbyn walking on water. They can barely bring themselves to mention his name. That's hardly surprising. His fence-sitting on Brexit and his total failure to hit the Tories hardly inspires Labour members (or anyone else). The guy is a waste of space who has significantly helped to reduce Labour's poll ratings to be 6% below what they achieved at the 2017 election. That's quite an achievement for an opposition party that is facing a governing party that is tearing itself apart.
So, as I said last year in this blog, Labour need to be careful what they wish for. Their answer to every policy vacuum is "Hold an election." The danger now is that they could get exactly what they ask for!


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Activists Counter FBI Trying to Exempt Its Database From Privacy Protection
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After having spent eight years collecting sensitive biometric data on over 100 million Americans and assembling a huge database to contain it, the FBI has now announced that, in just 21 days, they will exempt this enormous bulk of information from the privacy protections guaranteed by US law.
FBI Fighting to Keep Secret if They Have Your Biometric Data
A coalition of activists and privacy groups have submitted a joint letter to the agency seeking additional time to respond, requesting another month for public debate to decide if the Next Generation Identification (NGI) database is actually "designed to protect."
The NGI contains biometric data, including fingerprints, face profiles, iris scans, palm prints and biographical information. Contrary to the common belief that the information is solely related to arrest records, roughly half of the database is from ordinary citizens, official documents reveal.
For instance, to get a job with the federal government, a prospective employee must provide fingerprints. But some states require the same kind of background checks for those who seek to become dentists, accountants, or teachers. The fingerprints of representatives from many different careers then end up in the NGI system.
Last year, the FBI announced that it would combine into one system the records of convicted criminals alongside those of regular citizens who undergo simple background checks. Many raised questions regarding the possibility of crosstalk and error in such an enormous database.
The NGI's face recognition system fails in 15 percent of cases, the FBI revealed, making the possibility of an innocent person being accused of a crime he didn't commit all the more plausible.
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The FBI, according to research by the National Employment Law Project, falls short of updating information on final disposition of a case following an initial arrest some 50 percent of the time. Those arrested but found not guilty, or those arrested in error, can remain on a criminal list for the foreseeable future and, if the FBI can prevent citizens and researchers from examining the data, wrongful arrests could result in a potential lifetime of harassment. Given that a third of US arrests end with no charges or convictions, the scale of misrepresented data could be massive.
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As their name implies they are insect eaters and they catch their food by flying out after it. They will sit quietly on a perch until they spot an insect they want on the luncheon menu, then they fly out to intercept it in the air. If it's a sunny day they look like miniature fire-balls in flight.
These beautiful birds call is a 'peent' or 'peet-peet' sound. You can listen to it here on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website.
Vermilion Flycatchers are often found in city parks. I found the bird in these photos in a small city park in a little town in Texas only a few miles from the border with Mexico.
When they perch atop an evergreen tree they look like a brightly colored Christmas ornament. In fact, there are Christmas tree ornaments that look like bright red birds and these ornaments were modeled after these Vermillion Flycatchers.
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Review of "Resonance"
I'm a fan of puzzle games and adventure games. I love feeling clever when I figure out a well-crafted puzzle in a game. Sadly though, in recent years, the genre has died off a little, making releases few and far between. When the games do come out, they're often made to be a little easier to appeal to a larger audience. Indie developer Wadjet Eye Games has ignored this philosophy though and made an adventure game that deserves to be ranked up with other classics like "Monkey Island," and "Day of the Tentacle."
It is called "Resonance."
"Resonance" starts out with major explosions happening in almost every major city around the world, the cause of which is unknown. The game then cuts to 60 hours earlier and you see how everything led up to those explosions.
A smaller explosion happens in a laboratory, killing a scientist who was working on a world changing discovery. The story is told through four characters connected to the scientist: his lab assistant, his niece (a doctor), a reporter, and a detective. To avoid spoilers, I'll just say that twists along the way left me genuinely shocked. There are also multiple satisfying endings to the story depending on the choices you make, all worth the extra playthroughs.
The game strives to be like the classic adventure games, right down to the graphics style. Everything is pixelated and a little cartoony, lending the game a retro charm without sacrificing fluid movement and characters' facial expressions. In combination with the art, the voice work is fantastic. All the characters have unique, expressive voices. When they're not speaking, thought bubbles appear above their heads, which thankfully means you don't have to hear the same dialogue over and over again when you make the wrong guess about what you're supposed to do next.
When I said I wanted an office with a window, this isn't what I meant.
As for the puzzles, they hit the sweet spot of being challenging without being so difficult that you get stuck on them for months at a time (or you feel forced to cheat just to move on). The types of puzzles vary, from the traditional "use object with another object to get result" to various logic puzzles. There are different ways to solve certain puzzles, giving the game even more replay value.
There is also a hint system built into the game. If you do get stuck, talking to another character in your party can steer you in the right direction but they will never directly give you the answer. You can't really fail puzzles either; there are a few instances where you can die, but if you do, the game just brings you back to before you made the mistake that killed you.
You know this is fiction, because that is way cleaner than any train I've ever been on.
The interface is basic: click the left mouse button to interact with an object, right click to examine it, and click and drag objects to make them interact with each other. The major difference is in the dialogue options. In many games, you're given a choice of things you can say to other characters and that's it. In this game, you get a few options but you also have three separate sections you can access in a dialogue tree to get information from other characters. First, there's long term memory, where the main plot points are stored automatically. There's your inventory, where you can ask about anything you're carrying or give it to someone else. Finally, there's short term memory, where you can take any object from the environment and store it to ask anyone about later. It's a very welcome alternative to the traditional dialogue trees locking you into set choices. Admittedly, it can get a little annoying, forgetting to put something in your short term memory to ask someone about and having to backtrack to the location just to put it in, but this is only a minor inconvenience and only happened to me a few times.
"Resonance" is a great addition to an old genre, its retro-style graphics make it fit in with classic games in the adventure genre. The puzzles are challenging but not so difficult that you feel like banging your head against a wall. The interface is simple but still brings freshness to the genre that many other games lack. If you're a fan of puzzles, or even just good storytelling, I'd recommend checking it out.
"Resonance" is currently available for PC and can be purchased on the developer's website, and is also available on Steam for $9.99.
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It is early morning in Ontario, Canada. Outside the dance studio a few tight clad patrons trickle in and out the doors. Then a blue, 15 passenger van pulls up to the doors and unloads a group of women in sweat pants and tank tops. It's a team of swimmers from Synchro Swim Ontario, who, in lieu of a morning swim are hitting the ballet barres to build core stability, flexibility, balance (especially when upside down in a pool), mental focus and endurance through ballet exercise.
They aren't the only recognizable athletes that have been seen frequenting the dance studio. NHL goalie, Ray Emery, who suffered from a debilitating condition, faced a premature retirement from the sport he loved. So he took up ballet. In less than a year he was back on the ice. This year he made NHL history by becoming the first goalie to ever start a season with 10 straight wins. In April of this year, he won the William M. Jennings Trophy given to the goaltender that gave up the fewest goals in the season, along with teammate Corey Crawford and in September led his team to victory in the Stanley Cup finals by defeating the Boston Bruins.
Who can forget the graceful leaps, turns and catches of Pittsburgh Wide Receiver Lynn Swann? The results of his ballet studio classes were evident on the football field and left us all as breathless as if we had attended the ballet. Swann's contemporary Herschel Walker, known more for leaving permanent shoulder pad imprints in the chests of those who tried to oppose him than for his grace and beauty, also was a ballet student. Both took ballet as part of their strength and cardio regimen.
Others who have seen at the ballet barre:
Willie Gault, former NFL Superbowl victor and Olympian was considered one of the fastest players in the NFL.
Evander Holyfield used ballet exercise to increase his flexibility which he felt leveled the boxing ring when fighting a taller, heavier competitor. Who's going to argue with that?
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Well, that's how I remember it. Dec 26, · This photo Richard Billingham has taken is of two figures in a room, who I think are his mother and father. The photos is of both of them, but just their body's and heads and surroundings behind, which seem to be the interior of the house, a bookshelf with brightly coloured objects scattered on it.
The work seems to be an insight to his Views: K. Richard Billingham's "Ray's a Laugh", published in by Scalo, is a bone jarring chronicle of the parts of life that shouldn't the life that tried, but wouldn't, and dreams that simply couldn't. It is a chronicle of everything that hurts a cartoonish-nightmare jaunt through the land of alcohol-living, wet-smelly breath.
Dec 26, · This photo Richard Billingham has taken is of two figures in a room, who I think are his mother and father. The photos is of both of them, but just their body's and heads and surroundings behind, which seem to be the interior of the house, a bookshelf with brightly coloured objects scattered on it.
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I do not agree with a previous post mentioning the "pin" feature as the same as the "unread" one. In my case I use the "pin" feature to put on top of the list chats I use almost daily while the "unread" feature would be a nice way to trigger a notification a second time.
This was working. Where did the functionality go?
I think the message pin feature handles this need well. In my experience it's bad form to have multiple options that accomplish the same thing. I'd say it's better not to have a mark as unread feature.
Is this going to happen anytime soon? Looks like a pretty old post from 2014! Thank you!!
re : "I have a Note 8 and I have several messages that no matter what I do, I cant mark them as "read" "
I have a Note 8 and I have several messages that no matter what I do, I cant mark them as "read"
Spresking as a programmer, I find it hard to imagine how anyone could ever have omitted a "mark as unread" feature from this software at its inception. Even harder to imagine is why it still hasn't been added. Easy to imagine is my changing to another product if this isn't corrected soon.
Is the 'save for later' feature not working anymore? I saw that I got an update for Textra, and now when I do 'save for later', the notification just disappears from my notification tray and my message is marked as read.
Long into your account with the phone company and look at the text history ?
I deleted a text and the contact who sent it completely . How can I get the text and the contract back.
Obviously this feature is too difficult for the programmers to implement. I'm waiting for more than a year to buy the app but you know what? I'm fed up with it. I'm switching to something else. This is ridiculous.
This would be HUGE! I'm surprised it's not already in. And based on the votes, I'm not alone!
Please add this very valuable feature!
I'd also like this option. Very important. May uninstall without it.


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The electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in south-west rural Victoria, west of Geelong, and covers the Colac and Corangamite local government areas (LGA), parts of the Moyne, Golden Plains and Surf Coast LGAs, and slivers of the Ararat and Greater Geelong LGAs, running along the Great Ocean Road taking in Anglesea, Cape Otway, Peterborough, Aireys Inlet, Lorne, Wye River, Apollo Bay and Port Campbell, covering the inland towns of Winchelsea, Colac, Camperdown and Terang along the Princes Highway, and Inverleigh, Cressy, Lismore and Mortlake on the Hamilton Highway, and finally, includes the Otway Ranges and Lake Corangamite.

The seat has existed since 1889 and has always been held by conservative parties. The Liberal Party has held the seat continuously since 1970, although the Nationals have provided strong challenges on occasions, such as at the 1999 election when election night figures suggested retired AFL Footballer Paul Couch would win the seat. Ultimately, however, Couch failed to finish ahead of the Labor Party candidate and the Liberal candidate, Terry Mulder, won after receiving preferences from Couch.

The 2014 Victorian election saw the Liberal Terry Mulder retain his seat, with a 3.2% swing to Labor. Mulder resigned from parliament on 3 September 2015. The subsequent by-election, held on 31 October, saw Richard Riordan elected as the new member.

Members for Polwarth

Election results

Historical maps

See also
 2015 Polwarth state by-election

References

External links
 Electorate profile: Polwarth District, Victorian Electoral Commission

Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
1889 establishments in Australia
Shire of Corangamite
Shire of Colac Otway
Surf Coast Shire
Barwon South West (region)

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Google's ever-expanding reach has entered into the world of hosted anti-spam services, with their recent decision to acquire Postini. Postini is one of the most well-known anti-spam firms out there, catering to big business or people looking for 3rd party hosted services to do spam filtering.
Google is framing the acquisition as part of their Google Apps strategy, pitching Postini as the perfect addition to their Gmail, Calendar, Talk, Docs & Spreadsheets, and Personal Start Page efforts. Google will tap Postini's cadre of services to add security, archiving and policy enforcement to Google Apps.
The cost of acquisition will run Google about $625 million, though clearly they aren't shy about investing significant money into new ventures.
However, Postini is a bit different from others they have acquired. Rather than being a startup or a relatively unknown company with a good product, Postini is already known as an "industry-standard" offering, and is definitely not a pay service. What exactly do they plan to do with their new toy?


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Q: How can I log the index of each array item? I'm a beginner and struggling with this exercise. Can anyone tell me why the console is logging the index of both characters as 1. I want it to log the character 'a' every time it appears in the word. So for example, if we ran the function with the word 'Saturday' and 'a' as below, it should log an array [1,6]. Instead it is logging [1, 1].

const subLength = (word, letter) => {
  let wordArray = word.split("");
  let indexArray = []
  for (i = 0; i < wordArray.length; i++) {
    if (wordArray[i] === letter) {
      indexArray.push(wordArray.indexOf(letter));
    }
  }
  console.log(indexArray);
}

subLength('Saturday', 'a');

A: You could take the index i from the loop directly.
String#indexOf returns the first found index, but if you take an index as second parameter it searches from this position.

const subLength = (word, letter) => {
  let wordArray = word.split("");
  let indexArray = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < wordArray.length; i++) { // take let here too
    if (wordArray[i] === letter) {
      indexArray.push(i);
    }
  }
  console.log(indexArray);
}

subLength('Saturday', 'a');

An approach without using split.

const
    subLength = (word, letter) => {
        let indexArray = [];
        for (let i = 0; i < word.length; i++) {
            if (word[i] === letter) indexArray.push(i);
        }
        console.log(indexArray);
    };

subLength('Saturday', 'a');

A: A simpler method would be to filter over the indexes.

const subLength = (word, letter) => [...Array(word.length).keys()]
  .filter(i => word[i] === letter);
console.log(subLength('Saturday', 'a'));


Resting heart rate and maximal heart rate are two of the very important components of heart rate training. But do you know that heart rate recovery is just as important for measuring cardiovascular health as the first two factors? If heart rate recovery is abnormal, it is a sign of reduced parasympathetic reactivation. So, as important as it is to aim for a healthy resting heart rate, it is perhaps even more important to ensure adequate heart rate recovery rate.


Warning, this post may very well read like a commercial for Pogo Pass. But, in the middle I hope you like seeing my kiddos & I during our adventures in Tucson this weekend.
With B traveling so much, it's been me and the kids solo for way too much time! And I think we may all be a little annoyed with each other. I also am a little tired of being the taxi driver for all teenage events–there are an awful lot of them these days & they always go past my bedtime! I also am more than a little of the crazy trouble my boys have found. And I, obviously, am done with friend drama. So, I decided, very last minute, that if Brian was going to be gone, we should be, too!
We found an awesome deal on a hotel in Tucson, and with Ebates, we are getting 7% back, too! And we have our awesome Pogo Passes, so we managed quite the adventure fairly affordably. I am afraid we still spent faster than B could earn, but not by too much.
Friday we drove down and enjoyed a quick night swim and a game of Uno. The kids were willing to put away all electronics for the night, and I don't think they even missed them too much.
They would only let me take a photo if they got to do a silly one, too.. Somethings don't change as they get older!
The next day we were up early to head to Oracle, AZ. Growing up in Iowa, I feel like I know *nothing* about Arizona–even though I have lived here longer than anywhere else. It was fun exploring our backyard. We went to Oracle State Park to hike in the morning. We enjoyed spotting all sorts of cacti & bugs. We also saw a couple rabbits & a few lizards.
Then we went in search of food. We managed to find the 1 restaurant in all of the United States that is closed on Saturdays. And then we found another that was open, but I think I missed the boat on this one. My food was amazing, but it was a little too fancy for the kids.
After lunch we headed to Arizona Zipline Adventures.
At Arizona Zipline Adventures, the boys did a 2 hour zipline tour. It was so cool! Bean firmly passed on this one so I opted to stay grounded with her, but given the chance, I would totally do the zipline in the future! The guides were friendly and helpful. The scenery was beautiful. And the boys all agreed that it was a lot of fun. With our passes, we got a $25 discount for each person.
On the way back to our hotel we stopped at Eegee's… Eegee's is a Tucson institution. This was my first time going, but it's one of those things I have heard everyone rave about. And, I am fairly certain that I could get lynched for saying this at U of A, but we all just thought it was ok.
I crashed early Saturday night because the sun and the wildlife had done me in.. My allergies were a mess and despite reapplying sunscreen 3 times, I was pink.
Sunday we got up and met Bean's bio-mom for breakfast. She lives in Tucson and always comes up to see Bean, but we are never in that direction. It was so nice to get to see her! She is always so loving and gracious to all of us.
We didn't keep score, but if we had, she would have won!
After lunch we headed to Golf N' Stuff… The boys played laser tag, the girls played mini golf. All of those were paid for with our passes! Then the boys opted for go karts and we played at the arcade before we headed out to the International Wildlife Museum.
I truly had no idea what to expect at the Museum… I knew it was animals, so I was sort of envisioning some sort of zoo. Well, it's pretty much the complete opposite of a zoo! All of the animals, save a couple insects, are dead and stuffed. But, once we got over the shock, it was really stinking cool. It really gave an interesting perspective… so often we see animals from afar, this gave us a chance to be right next to them!
Can't believe that I am including this one, but it was the favorite animal of the teenage boys… Sigh!
It was a bit of a whirlwind and totally last minute, but I think it was also a raging success. All of the kids said "Thank you" more than a couple times and there were lots of hugs and smiles and cuddles. And, it was a 100% drama free weekend!!
Happy to be home and to have been here to collect B from the airport. I am looking forward to having him home a whole 11 days before he's off on his next adventure.
Let me know if you have questions about the Pogo Pass, or any of our adventures!
Have you ever felt miserable and googled your symptoms? Ever done a Web MD search? Did you find out that you probably have cancer and the type of cancer that you have is likely fatal?
It's the same for criminal stuff. If you love someone who is facing charges, don't Google. You just don't want to know. Navigating the courts is scary, but, in this case, I think that it's scarier knowing the possible outcoms.
In other news, parenting teenagers continues to be challenging. It is unlike anything that I ever imagined. I thought that navigating the foster care world would be the hardest thing we ever had to do as parents. And, it's probably a good thing that I didn't know. I would have missed out on the amazing days. The days with smiles and hugs and laughs. The pride of seeing them succeed. I wouldn't wish our recent experiences on my worst enemy & I wouldn't trade my kids for all of the money in the world.
I can hardly believe it's nearly Christmas. And I have so many things to do! I should be wrapping or cleaning or cooking or something. But, I wanted to sit down for a bit. Well, to be honest, I was eating and to eat I sat down and I sat down in front of the computer. And, as we all know, once you sit down it can be really, really, really hard to get back moving.
Anyhow, while I embrace the lazy for a second, I also give myself to think about the past year. And it has flown by! There were some massive hurdles this year.. parenting teenagers is not for the faint of heart! And there have been some massive successes–one of those teenagers has stayed out of trouble for months now!
One of the little guys I used to watch has grown so big that he no longer needs a baby sitter and has moved onto preschool. And my other little dude just became a big brother!
My youngest two are growing like weeds and my teens are my height (& maybe even taller). They all are beautiful (I assure you it's true, not just the mommy goggles!). And they have these amazing personalities that are so fun to watch.
I keep seeing all over social media how awful 2016 has been and how ready my friends are for it to be over. But, I don't want anything to rush! I want time to slow down! Maybe even on those really horrible days… Then maybe we can appreciate the good a little more.
Anyhow, the laundry and wrapping and cleaning calls.
You know how the first born kid has books upon books of photos & the next kid has maybe a handful? And if there are more than 3 kids, there is no chance for that last kid? Well, that's sort of how I have been lately! I was so good about getting some photos of d up on this page and I got all misty posting them.
Well, I did the same for V. I combed through photos and got all misty again and was all set to share them, but it just never happened. The truth? Having a kid here 5 days a week is kicking my booty! But, one of the kiddos I watch is sick. And that gives me a little breathing room. So, I did what every SAHM to school aged kids should do. I relaxed! I slept in, I did my chores at a leisurely pace and I even spent a little time sewing! And now I have a little time to blog.
Our youngest son turned 10 last month. In fact, it's nearly been a month since his birthday! V came to us at 20 months old. And he has been a surprise in so many ways… We never thought he'd be placed with us. We had a crib ready when he was born, but they didn't remove him. So, we were shocked when they called a year and a half later asking if we knew he was in foster care. Then he showed up a couple months later with dark blonde hair and huge blue eyes. We thought they might have the wrong kid at the wrong place. But, it turns out he was in the perfect place. He was Grandpa David's favorite grandkid… He is Mr. Popularity. He is stubborn and smart–maybe even a little too smart! He is the most loving and gentle kid. He has a soft heart, but does protect it. And he's so very handsome.
Happy birthday to the Vinstigator!
My 3 boys the first day that the little dude was placed with us.
And now he's a total ham!
I have survived nearly a year of being the mother of a teenager. And tomorrow I get to start the journey of being the mother of more than one teenager. I will say, however, that this dude has already given me a taste of his teen attitude. He and I clash on humor and school and clothing. But, I know that somewhere in there is the little guy who came to us all those years ago.
I used to get teased that he never had to walk anywhere because I would happily carry him and he was happy to be carried.
He has always been quick to smile and laugh and, even though he won't admit it, cuddle.
He is the favorite sibling of all of our other kids. He is just a nice kid (when he's not around me! Ha!).
Happy Birthday to my David!
Teaching the class I taught to future foster/adoptive parents, there was one common complaint among my students. Class after class they would tell us that we were too negative. We only shared the hardships of fostering. We only shared the horror stories.
Now, even though we are no longer fostering, I still try to keep connected to foster and adoptive parents.
And, honestly, so very much of what they share is their hardships, their struggles… It's hard work. It's life in the trenches.
I spend a lot of my time still fighting the affects of early childhood trauma. Even though we closed our license years ago, and we are a forever family, those scars remain. More than that, some of the wounds haven't even healed!
But, today is not the day to dwell on that. Today is a day to celebrate!
The reason we never shared the good in being a foster parent… It's because it doesn't need to be spoken. It's obvious. From the first second you even think about fostering, you can already picture the child you will love. The instant you meet them, you fall in love. The good is so abundant.
Today is the day that our family became a forever family.
After three years in the system our boys were finally ours!
So hard to imagine life without them.. How did we survive before?
Hope you're enjoying your freedom with some friends & family!
I love Pinterest! It's sort of an obsession… However, you'd never know it based on my pins. I mostly just scroll and scroll. But, I do absorb some ideas.
This is the little dude's shirt. I will attempt a photo of the kids with theirs tomorrow. It was a really easy project & I thought the results were cute.
Then tonight, Bean & I baked cupcakes..


This is it for now. Have a nice weekend!
P.S. Feel free to recommend something for the next list too. To do that, simply open http://sendtoreader.com/user/, and click the "Thumb up" button next to an article you've sent to your Kindle. I'll consider adding that article to the next week's list.
P.P.S. Please share your opinions about the first list in the comments area below. Thanks!
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One should always be sure that their children are heading their lives in a right direction. As children in their teens tend to indulge themselves in adult habits which could cause disturbance in their lives. When it comes to choosing a right path for the kids, mission trips is the best way which would help them out in becoming better individuals. Mission trips are a great way by which all the people get together and help other people in need. There are many countries and places which get destroyed and damaged due to the natural disasters. Mission trips are meant to help those people and prepare shelter for them. People who have lost everything in the natural disasters expect help from the missionaries or the youth groups. The mission trips help in getting over the stress and tensions which the destruction has given them. The youth mission trips help all the people in need come over the destruction. By helping the people, children can feel responsible and would be proud of their doings.
By joining the youth missions trip a child can have great options in order to enhance the knowledge about many things. In these trips the youth helps the people in building homes and preparing shelter, educating children, providing medical aid etc. With this a child can get responsible and can also become better citizens of the country. They can also increase their knowledge about the happening in the world. Joining these trips is not compulsory for the teen's infact it is a self decision. Parents can encourage their children for joining these trips as they would help them in become better persons. In order to send the young children to these mission trips parents do not need to spend anything on them. In fact, there are fundraising techniques which can be followed by the teens for sponsoring their trips. As the teens in their summer breaks are free so they can raise funds by adapting different methods. There are many methods like selling candles in the church on Sundays or by doing part time jobs. By this a person can arrange the cost of the travel and stay in that place.
Parents should motivate their children in helping others because this action would make them realize the importance of life and luxuries that they get. It can bring enormous change in their lives. This can become a life changing experience for the kids as they would become responsible and would be mature enough to handle any kind of situations. By sponsoring their trips on their own, would make them realize the importance of money they would live without their parents. They can feel the independence in their lives which would help them grow as a better individual. The teens involved in these activities have better chances of fundraising in their lives which would make them rise as a better person. By adapting this change in their lives they would start taking their careers and life more seriously.


29 August 2017 – After two weeks of studying, the entire student body of Aviation Engineering did Malam Keakraban for the first time on the 25th and 26th of August at the IULI guest house.
Malam Keakraban was attended by Mr. Ananta Widjaja, Ms. Ressa Octavianty, and Mr. Triwanto Simandjuntak, and the students of 3 batches of Aviation Engineering. This event aimed to ensure that the students got to know each other and got closer to each another. The event opened with introductions of every individual that attended, followed by the professors sharing their experiences within the aviation industry. There was also a session where a representative of every batch got to share their hopes and experiences with the rest of the participants. Other than sharing stories, the participants also got to play games so that the atmosphere was fun. The next day the participants indulged in outdoor activities.
On Tuesday, 20 September 2016, Students from Aviation Engineering Department semester 1/Batch 2016 visit GMF Aero Asia as their regular excursion to the industry.
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Will.i.am & Justin Bieber's "#thatPOWER" Video: Watch The Slick Clip
Sam Lansky | April 19, 2013 6:12 am
Will.i.am has just released the video for his Justin Bieber-assisted single, "#thatPOWER," from his upcoming LP #willpower (hashtag willpower!), and — just like the "Scream & Shout" video — it's ultra GIF-able, with some mighty slick dance moves. Still, the most crucial element of this video is that Will is still rocking his drop-crotch harem pants. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Aside from the meticulous choreography — featuring Will and some dudes who are styled just like him — Justin Bieber has also been beamed in via holograph to sing the hook, although he plays a smaller role in the clip than his fans would probably like.
"This video is probably the most time-consuming video that I've ever been a part of because I had to rehearse choreography," Will told ET Online, "and I've always been against choreography for me."
Watch the video up top.
Tags: Justin Bieber, will.i.am, will.i.am.


Swerve is a top-down free racing game in the spirit of the classic Micro Machines. Players may choose between solo and network multiplayer as well as going for a quick race, against the clock or a championship. Races are set in famous European capital cities such as Paris, London, Berlin and Rome, with some landmarks to be seen in the circuits. Each of the cities offers three tracks.
Graphics are great while never getting too cluttered and the track design is interesting. The motion blur effect is clever but can be turned off for those who don't appreciate it. There are many options to customize the races, from the car selection (some are locked at the beginning) to the choice of difficulty for each individual car, number of laps and track direction.
Swerve is a great and addicting game that deserves every arcade racing fan's time.


Configuration and quotation of the selected machine. Creation of PDF file to print or share via email.
Presentation of all machines and equipment grouped in families and models. For each Reepack product you can read a description, open a presentations, check technical data, watch demo videos, and directly access to real time quotation.
The selected machine can be configured base on customer's needs and a quote is calculated in a few taps. This section can manage different price lists and discounts. Before generating the offer in PDF format, it can be customized in terms of contents and immages. Thanks to the statistics coming from the app, Reepack is able to have a constant monitoring of its sales netweork.
Each area manager is albe to track his expenses during a business trip in a clear and complet scheme. They can for each expense fill in detailed information and attach the picture of the receipt taken directly from the tablet. Possibility to register with all the foreign currencies. The monthly report is shared automatically with the Admistration office.
Archive clients' details during direct visits or in case of exhibitions and events. The registered contscts will be saved in a databse and grouped in: meeting event, country, sector, product of interest and anything else. This will allow specific Marketing actiiy.
Detailed technical reports can be generated within this section in order to be officially archived together with the client's signature for appoval. After the data has been save, it is possibile to send the reports by email.