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Is there such a thing as "autogynephilia"?
June 22, 2016 February 4, 2017 transgenderreality transgender	autogynephilia, fetish, porn, sexuality
Is there such a thing as "autogynephilia", that is, sexual arousal at the thought of being a woman? The transgender community online adamantly assures each other there is no such thing:
"a made-up thing from Ray Blanchard"
"It is not AGP, because AGP does not exist"
Both screenshots above are from this thread, in which a poster wants to know why his therapist is asking questions about his desire to transition to a woman. Note how the second comment tells the original poster to ditch the therapist who is asking questions, and find someone who will go along with the desire to transition.
There is a great reluctance in the trans community towards the concept that some male people can feel arousal at the thought of themselves as being women. Considering that there are a plethora of different fetishes, people are aroused at pretty much anything from rubber boots to trees, it seems odd to claim that such a thing as autogynephilia does not even exist.
The assertions that AGP does not exist pop up in any discussion where someone is questioning whether they are actually transgender or are experiencing a sexual fetish, like this one.
"those things don't actually exist"
"Has anyone punched Ray Blanchard lately?"
Denial that AGP exists, together with encouraging physical violence towards the researcher who described it, and implications that he should not be able to get work because his research is unpopular with transgender people.
It is curious also, that there are online communities of self-identified autogynephiles, who happily post away about their fetish and related fantasies, apparently oblivious to the fact that they do not exist (WARNING: links lead to sexually explicit websites).
Posters who identify themselves as transgender very often talk about the sexual component to their transgender identification. In this thread, the following is posted and then deleted:
"I stole the swimsuit and wore it for masturbatory purposes"
In another thread, one poster discusses pretending to be a woman when masturbating, then gradually escalating:
pretending to be a woman during masturbation
In yet another thread, the poster talks frankly about the sexual motivations for wanting to transition:
"sex is probably the biggest driving factor that makes me want to transition"
Yet other posters talk about how arousing it is to wear women's underwear:
"when I wear them I get semi-erect"
"I get very turned on with the thought of being a girl", this poster writes, and is reassured that this is normal:
"Picturing what I will look like really turns me on"
Does anyone else get really turned on checking themselves out in the mirror? asks yet another poster. Among the replies is someone who is aroused by stockings, and someone who masturbates to their own nudes:
"I just need stockings"
"I jack it to my own nudes"
Another poster is worried about excessive masturbation:
"ever since puberty I've been obsessed with sissy hypno and forced fem"
With one exception, the comments are all about how taking hormones will decrease the poster's libido. It is not brought up how this young person's extreme porn consumption might have affected his sexuality and identity.
Finally, let us close this already long post with this post, wherein the poster describes arousal at being called a female name:
"I just get hard for some reason"
"I just get hard for some reason". We will let those words stand for themselves, and the readers can make up their own minds regarding the existence of autogynephilia.
"Did sissy porn make me trans?"
June 26, 2015 transgenderreality transgender	fetish, mtf, porn, reinforcement, sexuality, stereotypes, suicide threats
Many people who come to think of themselves as transgender, start out watching large amounts of pornography. Two of the most common types are called "sissy porn" and "forced feminization" or "forced sissification". Some of these types of porn have "hypno" videos where the viewer is supposed to be "hypnotized" into becoming a woman. One popular site has the following text next to one of the videos:
You love cum. You want to be a girl. Being girly is what you really want. Admit to yourself that you are a girl and go ahead and do something about it. The world is different now. Being openly sissy is acceptable. The number of sissies globally is amazing and growing all the time. Forget about being a man. Embrace the real you. You are a sissy bimbo cumslut. You know you cannot settle with just one cock. You have to have many partners. You don't care about the risks. You are addicted. You cannot stop. Cock is your life and like McDonald's, you're loving it.
For the men who watch these types of porn videos, "being a girl" is a sexual fetish, and it has nothing to do with actually being female. It is a type of BDSM porn where they get turned on by being forced to do degrading things. And for a great number of men, the most degrading thing of all is being a woman.
It is not uncommon for these men to start to question their gender.
Did sissy porn make me trans or was I trans all a long?, asks a poster to r/asktransgender.
I have always been attracted to men as long as I can remember. In particular, I have always been attracted to black men. After a while, I got bored of gay porn and started watching porn with transgender women in it. I started imagining myself in her position. About 3 years ago, I discovered sissy hypno videos, which in a nutshell are flashing subjective images telling you to wear panties, be girly, suck cock, and even take hormones. I became completely obsessed with these videos. Nothing got me off like these. It got to the point where I started wearing panties and imagining myself as a girl when I would masturbate. I personally think these videos just helped me realize that I am transgender. I never felt comfortable being a man. Before I hit puberty I was super androgynous and always enjoyed spending time with girls more than boys. I have never been able to enjoy sex and I think this is due to me being in the wrong body. I have had sex a handful of times and was not able to become aroused (even though they were studly men).
One month later, after two therapy sessions, the same poster is being advised by their therapist to start hormones. Note the references to suicide, both in therapy sessions, and in conversations with the poster's mother.
Commenters express concern that the therapist is moving rather fast with recommending hormones, and the OP replies:
Turns out the therapist isn't even seeing their clients in real life, just over webcamera.
One month after that, hormones are acquired:
Did anybody masturbate to transgender porn before they realized they were trans?, asks another poster, and the overwhelming answer is "yes".
This commenter admits that porn was the motivation for wanting to transition.
A teenager is confused about sexuality and identity.
At 15-16 I discovered "traps" and transgenders, and found myself incredibly fascinated with and attracted to MtF transgenders (and feminine/androgynous males). I then found sissy hypno/forced-feminisation porn and was incredibly turned on by it and indulged in it ALOT. Around this age I also began to have this distinct/recurring thought of: "I wish I was a girl", but without really knowing why. I began to feel a sort of split inside me: as if I had a male side which was masculine/dominant, and a female side which was feminine/submissive.
At 16-17 my porn addiction grew and I was spending alot of time on webcam sites. At one point I remember cutting up some of my t-shirts to shape them into skirts and wearing them (in private and on cam), as I was way too scared to buy girls clothes. On computer games I enjoyed having female characters and pretending to be a girl (on Second Life especially).
From 17 onwards, things were difficult. I continued being turned on by mostly straight, transgender and sissy porn. This sense of having a 'boyside' and 'girlside' became more clear. I began to accept that I was bisexual in the sense that I'm totally into girls (romantically and sexually), yet still have a sexual attraction to guys (but not romantic, I don't see myself dating guys). I knew I had a porn addiction, which was causing problems (staying up late, insomnia, not studying). I thought that sissy hypno was the reason for me wanting to be a girl, and began trying to quit watching porn and repress the entire feminine side of myself and focus on being a normal guy. The stress of exams, insomnia and my inability to quit porn led to severe depression (I was diagnosed and prescribed antidepressants but didn't take them). This went on for 1.5 years, in which time I seriously considered buying make-up/clothes online but didn't, and made craigslist ads wanting to meet up with guys but didn't.
After over 1.5 years of complete hell, I got to a somewhat healthy point where I was no longer depressed, exercising, getting good sleep, etc. I was still addicted to porn though and unable to figure out my sexuality/gender. I believed that sissy hypno was the only thing causing me to want to be a girl. I researched alot about porn addiction and nofap, and decided that if after 90 days of nofap (no porn or masturbating), I still felt the urge to be a girl, then I probably had gender issues and would address them.
Fast forward to now. I'm on my 18th day of no porn or masturbation, I'm getting good sleep, working out, not depressed, trying to just move on and be secure as a straight male at uni. I'm studying to become a teacher and really want to get a girlfriend this year (and eventually a wife/kids). Yet there's still a part of me that wants to be a girl. I have no interest in stereotypically masculine things like sports/cars, I enjoy writing/reading (dream job is to be a novelist – fantasy/adventure/romance genres), I've imagined myself being comfortable as a female teacher. Often when I see attractive girls, I simultaneously want to have sex with her as a guy and actually be her.
I should note, when I look in the mirror I feel somewhat conflicted. Part of my loves my slender, almost feminine physique, and wants to be more feminine. Another part of me wants to workout and look more like a man (to be more attractive to girls more than anything else).
If I had a button which could make me a girl permanently, would I press it? Yes, without hesitating. If I had the option of being a father or a mother, which would I choose? At the moment, a father. But I've never experienced life as a girl so I don't know. I'm trying to decide whether I should buy some make-up and girls clothes online, at least just to try it, see how it feels and see how I would look, then decide from there. But every time I consider it, I think about how impossible it would be – how everyone in my life would react. I'm really unsure about everything. From reading all of this, what do you think? Could I be transgender or bigender? Or just a male who has been influenced by sissy hypnosis/forced feminisation fetishes? Please help!
A severe porn addiction and depression that has lasted for years. Sterotypical views of what "being a girl" means (make-up and clothes seems to be the most important aspects). And this poster thinks that staying away from porn for a little over two weeks is enough to erase the influence it has had. Commenters are quick to chime in with "you sound trans":
Two months later, it seems that the OP has decided they might indeed be transgendered.
Yet another poster is confused about what role porn has played for them:
I'll try to keep this as succinct as possible but bear with me cuz this is bound to take a bit of text. Anyway, backdrop first I am a 25 yo guy in a nearly 3 yr relationship & I do legitimately love this girl. Lately, however, I've been struggling with what i suppose is gender dysphoria. I'm struggling to figure out if this is rooted solely in a sexual fetish of some sort… or perhaps a symptom of something deeper I am subconsciously trying to suppress. I have been into sissy/tg porn now for awhile, and it has been pretty much the standard for the past two years for me to imagine being in the female role whenever I masturbate. When I am with my gf though, it is just about us I am the guy she is the girl.. my mind doesn't really go elsewhere except very rarely. I have always considered this being something I could compartmentalize into being nothing more than a sexual proclivity I indulged myself on my alone time. However, now I'm not so sure…
This poster has a "sissy/feminization fetish", and it has led to gender confusion:
He writes:
I can't remember feeling any sort of gender confusion before I discovered this fetish (but that doesn't mean I never did, I just can't remember). Sometimes I feel like (since the brain is plastic after all) the dopamine release associated with my fetish has rewired my sexual preferences and possibly even my true gender.
He is also distressed by this turn of events and wants to rid himself of his fetish.
As transgenderism keeps becoming more mainstream, and more and more places are codifying into law that "identity" and not biological sex is supposed to be the determining factor for the use of sex-segregated facilities, it is important to talk about this phenomenon. Why are we not hearing more about these stories in the media? Why, when we hear talk of transgender people, are we always told that this has nothing to do with sexuality, but rather with some abstract identity? Could it be that it is because what we have seen in this post is less palatable to the public? We can assure you that this phenomenon is not at all uncommon. The posts you have seen here are a fraction of what can be found online written by males who after years of heavy porn consumption start to "feel female".
Schrodinger's trans: sexual fetish or transgender
June 22, 2015 June 29, 2015 transgenderreality transgender	fetish, mtf
Being transgender is often portrayed as having some sort of essence of the opposite sex, being the opposite sex in the mind or brain. We are also told that "gender identity" has nothing to do with sexuality. Why is it then, that there are so many people for whom being seen as a woman is sexually gratifying and stimulating?
This person likes airing their penis in women's dressing rooms:
This person feels aroused at the thought of being female, while at the same time disliking women because "they were the center of attention". He's unsure whether he's trans or not.
This person has a "transformation fetish":
This charming person, who we've already seen in a previous post, is "completely a boy" in his head, because he likes video games and cars, but he wants a female body so that he can be "dominated and fucked in bed":
This fellow gets a weird happy feeling and an erection whenever thinking about being the opposite gender:
This person gets erections from wearing skirts:
Why are so many male people confusing being aroused by something and wanting to become that thing? Why are nobody questioning these motivations? Are most women comfortable sharing locker rooms and other facilities with people who by their own admission gets so turned on they have to masturbate just by "feeling female"?
"I feel like it takes me effort to act 'masculine'. Am I transgender?"
April 28, 2015 April 28, 2015 transgenderreality transgender	fetish, mtf, stereotypes
Is it even possible to come to communities like r/asktransgender as a questioning person and be told that you are in fact, not transgender? Let us take a look at this post:
I feel like I've always wanted to be a woman for a very very long time. I always felt different from other people, and I didn't feel necessarily "masculine" or anything like that. Didn't understand the whole macho thing growing up either, wasn't very sporty.
I watched a shitton of porn from an early age growing up, so I'm not sure if this fucked me up or just exacerbated everything, but I could always remember wanting to be a woman. I'm highly attracted to women – I LOVE them… they are so beautiful. And I was so envious. I would imagine things like "if I were a woman, I would do x, y and z" etc… I would try on some of my mom's underwear and liked it. I still have the desire to do that.
I look at women and I love them so much. But I always feel this jealousy, like they are just the ideal "kind of human" to be. If you could be anyone, you should want to be a woman. I love how they look, how they are, and I feel like I just want to act feminine so badly. I want to wear makeup. I want to make myself look pretty and wear girl's clothes. I want to feel sexy. All these things. Maybe that isn't representative of the ENTIRETY of being a woman, but it's how I feel.
Might come off as an asshole here, and I don't mean to offend anyone, but I'm just trying to get my feelings out: I feel like guys are losers. I don't like guys. They are gross, they aren't beautiful or attractive; I don't understand the preoccupation of being macho or something (I know not all guys are like this, but I'm just trying to explain that I don't understand how your "typical guy" acts and why they do that). I feel like it takes me effort to act "masculine". I've gotten kinda good at it, but lately all these thoughts about being a woman and being transgender have been popping into my head. I fear I'm really suppressing this stuff and that scares me.
Post is long enough, I guess I'm done for now. Does anyone have any thoughts? Am I transgender? Do I just want to be a woman, but I don't have actual dysphoria or anything like that? I'm not sure if I FEEL like I'm a woman, but I feel like I want to BE one, or I'd love to become one. Is that the same thing as being transgender? I feel a bit better talking about this, but it still freaks me out. Please help.
Feeling "different", not being interested in acting stereotypically masculine, not liking sports, wanting to be beautiful and sexy. Admits to watching a lot of porn and feels unsure how this has affected him. Note that he says that he doesn't have dysphoria about his body, he just wants to be what he imagines women to be (sexy, beautiful etc).
The comments?
"We can't tell you what to do, but you're totally trans"
"One of us, one of us!"
A single voice of dissent, urging the poster to reflect on what it is about women that makes him feel the way he does, and learning to love himself. And it's downvoted:
Learning to be happy with yourself the way you are is so old-fashioned, this is 2015, where in order to be "yourself" you need medical procedures!
"Is it normal to get erect when doing girly things?" Sexual fetishism in the trans community
April 14, 2015 April 14, 2015 transgenderreality transgender	fetish, sexuality
Online transgender groups are quick to assure people that there is absolutely nothing sexual about being trans. Gender identity and sexuality are completely separate, the narrative usually goes.
"Is it normal to get erect when doing girly things?" asks a poster in r/asktransgender.
"Oh, yeah, totally normal".
"Does anyone else get erect when passing as a girl?"
Don't worry, OP, that's normal!
"I get erections when I wear female clothing, oh and I want to use my penis to penetrate my girlfriend"
This poster worries that he has a fetish, but the commenters are quick to shoot this down. There is no such thing as "autogynephilia" (a sexual fetish for seeing oneself as a woman), they say. In fact, it's normal for women to get turned on from sexy clothes!
If you read around in places like r/asktransgender, you will see that people there are very quick to shot down the idea that there is any sexual element to wanting to transition from male to female. What you will also see, however, is a lot of posts from people coming into the sub, talking about having sexual feelings about seeing themselves as women, and worrying that their desire to transition is not rooted in some deep-seated identity, but in sexual motives.
"It turns me on to wear female clothes and imagine myself as a girl"
"Is it possible to tuck without getting aroused?"
Feeling constantly aroused when wearing female clothes:
"My second most worry is what role porn plays in all of this."
It is also interesting to notice that almost all of these stories of sexual arousal when "cross-dressing" come from males. Where are the females feeling aroused by wearing pants and binding their chests?
Special Edition: Sissies, Fetishists, and Kinksters
March 27, 2015 May 13, 2015 transgenderreality transgender	fetish
How often in media stories about MTF trans people using public accommodations for women do we see the same basic narrative: trans people have always felt these feelings for a long time, their feelings are not sexual or fetishistic, this isn't a way to let sick or twisted men into women's spaces. Indeed, for most trans people, this is undoubtedly the case, but the problem lies in saying that there are no trans-identified people intent on using women's spaces for fetishistic purposes.
You can see the result of this thinking in media coverage the current Planet Fitness case. The "trans woman" at the center of the Planet Fitness situation, "Carlotta Sklodowska," is a male-identified fetishist who adopted a creepy, racist pseudo-Eastern European woman accent on his Facebook and liked posting objectifying, ultra-sexualized comments on fitness photos of women. Women are portrayed as crazy harpies for daring to warn other women about someone who is a serious creep. Even though several actual transgender people, including Zoey Tur, specifically said that this person was a fetishistic crossdresser and not trans (and therefore shouldn't have been protected by transgender protection policies or laws), those trans people have been told to shut up by prominent activists and have had their roles as media spokespeople called into question.
But is the distinction between a trans-identifying person and a fetishist always so clear? When women are being told worldwide that we must accept XY-chromosomed, fully fertile people with penises in our changing rooms, we need to know whether the narrative of "this isn't sexual, I just need to pee" is really all there is to it.
We here at Transgender Reality decided to investigate.
In this post, one transgender-identified male asks how he can stop having erections every time he dresses like a woman in public. The overwhelming response by the community?
Dress as a woman more, and it'll probably get better. So this is one thing women can expect to be dealing with in the months and years to come: men dressing as women and entering women's spaces deliberately to "desensitize" themselves to their sexual feelings. Is this a service women should be required to provide to men–validation of their "woman-ness" even as they stand there with their erections simply from wearing "female clothes"? Is the accommodation of these men through their desensitization process something all women and girls should be subjected to?
For that matter, how long is the average desensitization period? Women need to know these things, since we are now supposed to accept the "trans woman" experience as female. If this is so normal, talk more about it, trans activists. How many weeks, months, years will you be getting erections when you put on a bra or enter a changing room?
In case you wonder whether this is common, here are a few links to sort you out. In each link, the comments talk about just how common this is. No one says "this is vile, you're not a real trans person, get out." So in case you had any illusions about the trans community policing its own, and making sure that only people who just feel very sad about not having the opposite sex's body get to use opposite sex facilities, rather than allowing fetishists as well, think again.
Whether you're too turned on by women's pajamas to even fall asleep:
Or believe that all women's vaginas are for is to be "fucked hard" on a "regular basis":
Or obsessively look at women's pelvic areas to see if you can determine what kind of underwear they're wearing, all while feeling jealousy and resentment (bonus: this man's wife was 3 months pregnant with their first child at the time when he wrote this!):
Or you wake up in the middle of the night to pee, see your reflection and get hard:
Note how this person acknowledges that he has a fetish, and feels like he's being "a girl" for the wrong reasons. What advice does he receive? That his happiness is the only thing that matters, even when he admits getting "so turned on he's scared":
Being constantly turned on by "wearing pretty girl clothes" is great! And apparently the purpose of pronouns is sexual gratification:
Keep doing what you're doing, but keep your penis!
Or how about this guy, who wonders if watching "sissy porn" made him think he was transgender:
Or how about this person, who wants to be "pinned down and raped", "forced to suck cock", and "get caged and turned into a sexy little fuck-cow", and who states that his fetishes are all "directly related to me becoming a girl".
No worries though, the commenters assure him, most women have these fantasies, it's totally common!
These are the people women are supposed to be okay with sharing bathrooms and dressing rooms with, and if someone complains they must be a horrible transphobe. Disclaimer: nobody is saying that all, or even most, trans people are this way. But some definitely are, by their own admission. And we're apparently not allowed to point this out, without being called TERFs, transphobic, or bigots. And women are apparently not allowed to be skeptical about sharing private spaces with people who get so turned on they're "scared" by any kind of "female" items or settings, even by female pronouns.


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title:      25 new Android libraries and projects to check at the beginning of 2018
date:       2018-01-16
summary:    This is my newest list of 25 Android libraries and projects which you may find useful, interesting and which are worthy to check.
categories: libraries android
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This is my newest list of 25 Android libraries and projects which you may find
useful, interesting and which are worthy to check. All of them were released in
the last 3 months and are not in ranked order.
Check them below and enjoy!

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### 1. [transitioner](https://github.com/dev-labs-bg/transitioner)

Transitioner is a library which provides easy, dynamic and adjustable animations
between two views with nested children. It is written 100% in Kotlin under MIT
license and is really well-documented.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*--CMdeDW2unGlTwYXW2aSQ.gif)

This library supports API 19 and above and in the project there is also a sample
app which presents its features. Undoubtedly this is worth checking!

### 2. [FragmentRigger](https://github.com/JustKiddingBaby/FragmentRigger)

This library manages Fragments in a powerful way. The goal is to make Fragments
easy to use and minify the cost of managing them.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*Tn55vgFYAjBJQVbXzuqU-Q.gif)

The library has a proper documentation as well as a sample app. It is released
under MIT license.

### 3. [PRDownloader](https://github.com/MindorksOpenSource/PRDownloader)

This is a file-downloader library for Android with pause and resume support.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*1zdrG71XmpLMgURVCfaEvw.png)

This is a short description from README:

> PRDownloader can be used to download any type of files like image, video, pdf,
> apk and etc.
 This file downloader library supports pause and resume while
downloading a file.
 Supports large file download.
 This downloader
library has a simple interface to make download request.
 We can check if the
status of downloading with the given download Id.
 PRDownloader gives
callbacks for everything like onProgress, onCancel, onStart, onError and etc
while downloading a file.
 Supports proper request cancelling.
 Many
requests can be made in parallel.
 All types of customization are possible.

This library has a good documentation with a sample app and is released under
Apache-2.0 license.

### 4. [AnimatedPieView](https://github.com/razerdp/AnimatedPieView)

AnimatedPieView is another approach for displaying pie and ring charts on
Android.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1200/1*u32DrMxflZh08k8Rj_tZhA.gif)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1200/1*pJCPfwwwfTUdgGZMzFlgFw.gif)

This library offers:

* alpha animation on touch,
* setting clearance angle,
* fitting text field position itself during an animation,
* setting a description and showing it for every paragraph,
* a click callback,
* a click effect,
* transformation between a pie chart and a ring chart,
* animation when drawing the chart.

It has a really good documentation (also in
[English](https://github.com/razerdp/AnimatedPieView/blob/master/README_EN.md)).
There is also a sample app. All is released under Apache-2.0 license.

### 5. [FloatWindow](https://github.com/yhaolpz/FloatWindow)

This library helps with adding a "Floating Window" which can be displayed on the
top of your all Activities. The "Float Window" can be defined as eg. Floating
Action button. This is shown below.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*7FqpSgJoJX01plLLSuLUWQ.gif)

This library is released under Apache 2.0 license. It has a good documentation
but it is written in Chinese. Just translate to English and have a fun!

### 6. [MyLittleCanvas](https://github.com/florent37/MyLittleCanvas)

The reason for that library was to facilitate work with canvas on Android.
Instead of methods, you can use objects now.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*0D2dbLmEyzB6pbc6Z6ufcQ.gif)

By using this library, you can achieve e.g. a custom underline on a TextView
which is shown above.
 The example in *README* is self-explanatory and easy
to use. The documentation is decent enough and the library is released under
Apache-2.0 license. Have fun with drawing!

### 7. [WindowImageView](https://github.com/Bleoo/WindowImageView)

This is quite interesting library which displays ImageView in RecyclerView and
it acts like a window. See the gifs below for the visualization.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*3-AVoH4elBjkXV-dd_9vzQ.gif)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*XSSM161wa9cwCBXsbuGhzA.gif)

This project includes a sample app. The documentation is fair enough for getting
started and the library is released under MIT license.

### 8. [ChartView](https://github.com/romandanylyk/ChartView)

ChartView is a project which presents, how to draw custom charts using `Canvas`
and `ValueAnimator`.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*-kgQjOF8MjzB-V8np5KWWA.gif)

### 9. [hyperlog-android](https://github.com/hypertrack/hyperlog-android)

This is an utility logger library, on top of standard Android `Log` class for
storing logs in a database and push them to remote server for debugging.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*n-RMMPoJYGCHPUGlkKZYOA.gif)

The documentation is really comprehensive. There is also a blog post about it
and a sample application. The library is released under MIT license and
currently has version 0.0.7.

### 10. [Fairy](https://github.com/Zane96/Fairy)

Fairy is an easy debug tool which allows developers to use [adb
logcat](https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/logcat.html?hl=zh-cn#outputFormat)
command to view Android system log on an Android phone instead of on a computer.

 It also allows to scan the system log information anywhere using Android
phone without even having a root.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*R0nCIU2RSEOTmUQ5V6I-TQ.png)

The library has decent documentation and it is released under Apache-2.0
license. It supports Android API 21 and above.

### 11. [ExpansionPanel](https://github.com/florent37/ExpansionPanel)

This is another great library from [Florent
Champigny](https://medium.com/@florentchampigny). It provides us with an
implementation of [Expansion
Panels](https://material.io/guidelines/components/expansion-panels.html) (which
contain creation flows and allow lightweight editing of an element).

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*J7o_zt99Vch0OdjAJhL4Kw.gif)

The documentation is really comprehensive and the project itself contains a
sample app. All the code is under Apache-2.0 license. The sample app is also
available on [Google
Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.florent37.github.florent.champigny)

### 12. [kotlin-math](https://github.com/romainguy/kotlin-math)

This is

> Set of Kotlin APIs to make graphics math easier to write. These APIs are mostly
> modeled after GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) to make porting code to and from
shaders easier.

> The various types offered by this library are only meant to be *value types*.
> Most APIs are therefore exposed as top-level functions and not as methods

The project is released under Apache-2.0 license.

### 13. [TicketView](https://github.com/vipulasri/TicketView)

This is a library which provides a Ticket View. It offers 3 types of TicketView
corners: normal, rounded and scallop.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*SAKw7FLkt2w3_Io1dH8sgg.png)

This project is released under Apache-2.0 license and the sample app can be
found in the Github repo or on [Google
Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vipulasri.ticketview.sample).
The documentation is decent and the library supports API 15 and above.

### 14. [Cipher.so](https://github.com/MEiDIK/Cipher.so)

This library provides a simple way to encrypt sensitive date into a native .so
library.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*jMxaiYhmgqNOrbUkeSFVcg.png)

How the library works? All the key-values are auto-packaged into a native
library during a compile time. Then it can be obtained from the Java interface
generated by Cipher.so.

The documentation is good enough and the project is released under Apache-2.0
license.

### 15. [android-clean-architecture-mvi-boilerplate](https://github.com/bufferapp/android-clean-architecture-mvi-boilerplate)

This is a fork of [Buffer](https://medium.com/u/245d5483fb27) clean architecture
boilerplate using the Model-View-Intent pattern.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*sPoW9RyB4DSPFSJkDmNp1g.png)

In the presentation layer it uses now `ViewModels` from the Android Architecture
Components Library. The caching layer now also uses Room.

### 16. [Android-Indefinite-Pager-Indicator](https://github.com/rbro112/Android-Indefinite-Pager-Indicator)

This library is a lightweight, plug-and-play indefinite pager indicator for
`RecyclerViews` & `ViewPagers`.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*IyJBQ1rM4Flcj8_P0-75sQ.gif)

This library has really good documentation, sample app, a lot of dots
customisation and is released under MIT license. MinSDK is 16.

### 17. [daggraph](https://github.com/dvdciri/daggraph)

If you use Dagger, you will probably find it interesting to see how your
dependencies look on a graph. Daggerph is a tool which provides this
functionality for you.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*SJeUxkD1Y5SomH2GW5HX9w.png)

The documentation is quite short but enough to get started with the project,
which is released under Apache-2.0 license.

### 18. [ToastCompat](https://github.com/drakeet/ToastCompat)

This is an Android library to hook and fix Toast `BadTokenException`.
 The
purpose for this library was a fact, that from API 25, a new parameter was added
`IBinder windowToken` for `Toast#handleShow()` and it brought the
`BadTokenException`. This library tries to workaround that issue.

More info you can find in *README* on Github. The project is released under
Apache-2.0 license.

### 19. [RecyclerBanner](https://github.com/renjianan/RecyclerBanner)

This is not a library but a sample app which shows how to create a carousel
using `RecyclerView`.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*z03XaCe1VJiFg5bkS5QryQ.gif)

Unfortunately there is no English documentation, however you can refer to [this
article](https://juejin.im/post/5a13a28c51882512a860ee6a) (tutorial) and
translate it.

### 20. [FancyToast-Android](https://github.com/Shashank02051997/FancyToast-Android)

This library makes native Android Toasts Fancy. It takes the standard Android
Toast to the next level with a variety of styling options. It offers also
styling Toasts from the code.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*xRGylM8wqFjq7IUxJOJbcQ.png)

This library has a good documentation and contains a sample app as well. MinSDK
is set to 19 and this whole project is released under Apache-2.0 license.

### 21.
[RecyclerViewCardGallery](https://github.com/zjw-swun/RecyclerViewCardGallery)

This library is a fork from this
[RecyclerViewCardGallery](https://github.com/huazhiyuan2008/RecyclerViewCardGallery).
Instead of using ViewPager, an author used RecyclerView, to achieve carousel
effect with swipe to refresh.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*YKGJDd-cQ0S1thF7lwahcg.gif)

The project has basic documentation, sample app and it is released under
Apache-2.0 license.

### 22. [ig-lazy-module-loader](https://github.com/Instagram/ig-lazy-module-loader)

> This library helps with loading modules (features) in Android apps on demand,
> whenever needed. Before this library can be used a module needs to be compiled
to a separate jar/dex or apk file.

> Right now, the library supports java libraries and android libraries which don't
> rely on android resources.

The author of the library also mentioned the benefits of Lazy loading of a
feature vs having the feature in the main executable file:

* feature is loaded in memory only when really needed. It offloads code from the
main executable file which remains smaller which guarantees better cold start
time. On Dalvik it offloads methods off the main dex file decreasing performance
penalty of multi dex
* feature code is clustered together in memory as it lives in one file and it
provides most optimal execution in terms of memory access
* less disk space is used if some features remain unused because code is not
uncompressed
* it may improve developer velocity where many developers concurrently work on the
same codebase by providing very rigid isolation between features
* module hotswapping may be implemented allowing for faster development without
restarting the app

### 23. [retrofit2-kotlin-coroutines-adapter](https://github.com/JakeWharton/retrofit2-kotlin-coroutines-adapter)

This is an experimental Retrofit 2 `CallAdapter.Factory` for [Kotlin
coroutine's](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/coroutines.html) `Deferred`.
Released under Apache-2.0 license.

### 24. [CalendarPicker](https://github.com/maxyou/CalendarPicker)

This library is another calendar and date picker. It can preset a selected date
and is heavily customisable — you can customise almost all text sizes and
colours, background colours and month title.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*nyZyTj3ouTs_ZpK3Q2mXIA.gif)

This library is released under MIT license and has basic documentation.

### 25. [avocado](https://github.com/alexjlockwood/avocado)

This is a command line tool (similar to `svgo`) that optimizes Android
`VectorDrawable` (VD) and `AnimatedVectorDrawable` (AVD) xml files.
 It is
created by [Alex Lockwood](https://medium.com/@alexjlockwood) and released under
MIT license.

What it exactly does:

> `avdo` rewrites the `VectorDrawable` using the smallest number of `<group>`s and
> `<path>`s possible, reducing their file sizes and making them faster to parse
and draw at runtime. The example below shows the contents of a `VectorDrawable`
before and after being run through `avdo`

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PNA Peptide Nucleic Acid
The gateway to information on peptide nucleic acids. PNA or peptide nucleic acid is a DNA mimic with a pseudopeptide backbone. PNA is an extremely good structural mimic of DNA (or RNA).
Peptide nucleic acids (PNA) are DNA mimics with a pseudopeptide backbone. PNA is an extremely good structural mimic of DNA (or RNA), and PNA oligomers are able to form very stable duplex structures with Watson-Crick complementary DNA, RNA (or PNA) oligomers, and they can also bind to targets in duplex DNA by helix invasion. Therefore, these molecules are of interest in many areas of chemistry, biology, and medicine including drug discovery, genetic diagnostics, molecular recognition and the origin of life. The history, properties and applications of PNA in drug discovery and DNA detection is presented in the book Peptide Nucleic Acids
The double helix of DNA is Nature's simple and elegant solution to the problem of storing, retrieving, and communicating the genetic information of a living organism. DNA has many important characteristics that allow it to perform these functions. Two of the most important properties are the specificity and the reversible nature of the hydrogen bonding between complementary base pairs, properties which allow the strands of the double helix to be unwound and then rewound in exactly the same configuration.
The field of life science realized early on the important implications of these traits. If specific, single strands of DNA could be synthesized, then the base sequences of genes could be studied and manipulated using these defined molecules. With the advent of efficient chemistries for DNA/RNA synthesis including automated instrumentation, these opportunities became reality. Synthetic oligonucleotides are now indispensable tools for life scientists, with many applications in molecular biology, genetic diagnostics, and most likely also soon in medicine.
PNA was originally designed as a ligand for the recognition of double stranded DNA. The concept was to mimic an oligonucleotide binding to double stranded DNA via Hoogsteen base pairing in the major groove. Thus the nucleobases of DNA were retained, but the deoxyribose phosphodiester backbone of DNA was replaced by a pseudo-peptide backbone that according to computer model building was homomorphous with the DNA backbone. In theory a neutral (peptide) backbone should improve the triplex binding capability of the ligand, and we believed that the pseudo peptide backbone was a good chemical scaffold that would allow us to design recognition moieties that went beyond homopurine targets.
It was, however, apparent that the PNA designed for triplex formation would also be a mimic of single stranded nucleic acids by default. Although, it was impossible to imagine all the properties and applications that could be developed based on the neutral backbone, it was intriguingto attempt to make a water soluble mimic of an oligonucleotide with a neutral backbone. The potential of the resulting structure as an antisense agent and as a molecular biology tool was obvious although abstract at the point of conception. The pursuit of a neutral backbone drove the design, and the leap to peptide (or amide) chemistry was easy because of the well-established robustness and flexibility of solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) technology. During the early stages of the design many structures were considered. However, by applying additional criteria for the structure such as, rigidity, water solubility and not at least chemical accessibility, the structure now known as PNA came into being. The very first experiments conducted with homo-thymine PNAs clearly demonstrated that these bound sequence-specifically to double stranded DNA. It was realized that two homothymine PNAs had formed a triplex with the homoadenine target in the double stranded DNA, while displacing the homothymine strand in the DNA target. Later it was found that PNAs with both purine and pyrimidine bases form very stable duplexes with DNA and RNA, although not with the extremely high stability of the homo-pyrimidine 2PNA/DNA triplexes, but still more stable than the corresponding DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA duplexes. With many properties that set them apart from traditional DNA analogs, PNAs have added a new dimension to synthetic DNA analogs and mimics in molecular biology, diagnostics, and therapeutic.
Epigenetics: Current Research and Emerging Trends
Next-generation Sequencing: Current Technologies and Applications
Genome Analysis: Current Procedures and Applications
See also: Current molecular-biology books
The CRISPR/Cas System
Chloroplasts
Applied RNAi

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Newspapers continued to print on large sheets of newsprint for centuries, despite the high cost, because competitors were.
KARL MOORE – This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to speak to Freek Vermeulen who is a professor at the London Business School.
You have looked at the idea that poor management practices can last a surprisingly long time. Why do you think that is?
FREEK VERMEULEN – Yes, that is certainly true – that is not just my belief but I think I have some evidence of that as well. I like to do research on it because it challenges a very basic assumption that many people have – academics, economists but even politicians. They have a firm belief in the market or so, that the markets will makes things better and weed out these harmful management practices. Actually, I am very convinced, and again I have been doing research on that, that's not actually the case and the market doesn't solve it all.
KARL MOORE – So why is that?
FREEK VERMEULEN – We assume that harmful management practices will make firms less competitive and because they are less competitive they will gradually disappear and those practices will disappear with them.
Now, of course, we know since a few years that wasn't true because actually The Independent, as the very first newspaper in the world, made a smaller newspaper and it was because they were going bankrupt and they had to do something, and saw a surge in circulation. Then The Times followed and made the smaller newspaper and did better, and even The Guardian followed and now you see, all over the world, that newspapers are getting smaller. So, yes, the customers did want it.
So then I looked into where had this practice come from – these impractically large sheets of paper. I found out that is started at a very precise location at a very precise point in time, mainly the year 1712. In 1712, in London, the then English government decided to start taxing newspaper companies based on the number of pages they print. After which all these newspaper companies decided, 'you know what we will just make them as big as possible and print as few as possible.' Now, this tax law was abolished in 1830 but ever since newspaper companies kept printing on these incredibly large sheets of paper.
The point is that they kept doing this practice because everyone, indeed, was doing it and the assumption had grown that it is the way it had to be. If nobody challenges that assumption we won't find out that it's the wrong practice and it can actually persist, like in this case, for centuries and I am convinced potentially even longer.
KARL MOORE – So how do these sorts of anomalies get eventually solved in an industry?
FREEK VERMEULEN – Well in many industries, I am convinced, they often don't – at least not for a very long time. But if they do, and when they do, you can see certain things that you can generalize.
The second one is that sometimes, and it's also paradoxically, it's actually companies in distress that manage to solve it – as we saw here with The Independent. The Independent namely had nothing to lose; it was going bankrupt, so they thought, 'We might as well try this.' Well once The Independent succeeded, you see that other firms gather a lot of information from that and then they start doing it as well. So sometimes you see that, paradoxically, it's companies in distress that solve these problems.
My recommendation for companies that are still doing fine is to therefore, paradoxically, not monitor other successful companies but monitor actually entrants and monitor failing companies because sometimes you can learn a lot from the experiments that they are running.


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San Diego Boy, 6, Crushed To Death By Refrigerator As Father Moved Appliance Inside
Tara West
A San Diego boy, 6, was crushed to death by a refrigerator as his father moved the heavy appliance into the family's home on Saturday afternoon. The refrigerator reportedly toppled over onto the child as the father removed the appliance from his truck. Neighbors recalled the horrific scene as authorities reveal that no charges are expected to be filed in the child's death.
The Daily Mail reveals that a 6-year-old boy is dead following a freak accident at his family home. The child was reportedly standing nearby as his father attempted to move a heavy refrigerator from a truck into the house. As the father began moving the refrigerator, the unit tipped over and fell on top of the child, crushing him to death under its weight.
San Diego boy, six, is crushed to death by a falling refrigerator that was being moved by his father
A… https://t.co/XoSSj7bXlR
— missmaybell (@missmaybell) June 26, 2016
A neighbor who heard the terrified screams of the boy's mother says that the parents were screaming for help as they attempted to remove the fridge from the child. After the appliance was moved, the mother allegedly would not let go of her son telling emergency responders that she needed to be with her son.
"She was very emotional and even when police got her she was basically saying 'I need to be with my son. I need to be with my son.' They said, 'You need to let the paramedics in so they can take of him.'"
The neighbor says that paramedics performed CPR on the child for 12 minutes before being rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. NBC San Diego reports that the San Diego Police and Child Abuse detectives interviewed the family following the horrific accident, but do not expect any charges to be filed. Instead, authorities say the investigation was routine following the death of a child.
6-year-old boy killed in San Diego when refrigerator falls on him https://t.co/u8yG5LekxV pic.twitter.com/BRrZIDzmYH
— KTLA (@KTLA) June 26, 2016
A friend of the little boy says that he is in shock over the passing of his friend and recalled how the pair would frequently ride bicycles around the neighborhood. Rafael Lopez says that the boy was "a good friend" and that he feels bad for the boy's parents who he knows must be devastated at the loss.
"[It's] difficult cause he was a good friend of ours. It must be devastating for his parents I mean he was just six,"
a #DiY delivery gone horribly wrong, sadly…
"@nbcsandiego: 6-year-old killed by falling refrigerator" https://t.co/iJcusEQkDD
— ApplianceTechOfMarin (@ATOMsanRafael) June 26, 2016
The police note that there is no indication that the death was anything other than a freak accident. Though the case is tragic, the San Diego boy is not the only child to fall victim to heavy appliance accidents. Meghan's Hope, a charity which raises awareness about the dangers of unsecured televisions, furniture, and appliances, notes that three children every hour, and 71 children every day, are injured by a fallen piece of furniture, a TV, or an appliance. The nonprofit organization encourages all families with small children to take a furniture child safety test to determine if risks exist in their home.
"3 children every hour and 71 children every day are injured by a fallen piece of furniture, a TV, or an appliance. A child dies on average every 2 weeks. None of them every thought it would be their child, either. If you are not sure, take our furniture safety quiz."
Though the death of the San Diego child was the result of a moving accident, most of the deaths listed on Meghan's Hope are from furniture tip-overs in the home. Meghan's Hope notes that large appliances, furniture, and televisions are prone to falling on children because they are unstable and may easily tip. The refrigerator that was being moved in San Diego which resulted in the child's death was large and toppled unexpectedly as the father was moving it from the truck.
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Trying to decide whether or not to invest in life insurance can be a daunting task. The answer is not always straight forward. For those just starting out, life insurance may not be a high priority, while for those who may be considering starting a family, life insurance is likely to be a very important investment, even if they don't yet realize it.
Life insurance is intended to replace the income of the person who dies, at least for a period of time. Which is why it does not typically make sense for someone who is single, and has no dependents to purchase life insurance. It also usually doesn't make sense to purchase life insurance for a child, unless the child has a substantial income (like a child star). However, it could help cover all or most of your burial expenses. Ideally, life insurance will help protect your family should something unexpected happen to you.
Some people are fortunate enough to be covered by life insurance provided by their employer. These policies are typically very small and may not be enough to even cover funeral expenses and in some cases, the employer may be the sole beneficiary (this is usually the case with high revenue producing positions).
Therefore, it is essential for you to discuss your life insurance needs with a competent insurance agent or financial adviser before you are older and truly in need of a policy. While you are young you are able to purchase insurance policies more easily, typically with no medical screening required. Another of purchasing a life insurance policy before you absolutely need it, is that you may be able to lock in a lower rate, and save yourself a lot of money in the long run. If you know you intend to have a family in the future, it may be worth considering investing in a life insurance policy now.
Before you purchase a life insurance policy of any kind, it is essential to understand why you may need life insurance at all.
Even if you are fortunate enough to have substantial insurance coverage offered by your employer, a separate policy, that you pay for yourself, will protect you even if you lose your job, change professions or if your company simply stops offering the coverage. It is never a good idea to have all of your financial eggs in one basket.
Life insurance can provide a financial safety-net for your family in the unfortunate event of your death. If something unexpected were to happen to you, your life insurance policy could cover daily living expenses, pay down debt, pay the mortgage, or even cover college tuition or fund a retirement plan for your significant other. This offers a level of financial security that offers real peace of mind for those you leave behind.
At the very least, a minimum life insurance should cover the costs of your funeral and any burial expenses incurred after your death. Thus relieving those you leave behind of those burdens and the stress associated with them.
The money your beneficiaries are paid from your life insurance upon your death is known as the "death benefit."
Sometimes it can be complicated to determine how much life insurance is the right amount. You want to ensure adequate coverage, but you also do not want to pay for excessive coverage, which could be costly. A typical method used by financial advisers to calculate a rough estimate is to take your current annual salary and multiply it by ten.
On the surface that may seem like an excessive amount, but remember that your beneficiaries may need to live on that amount of money for a long time. It could be quite a while before they find a way to replace the income you provide, especially if you are the primary "bread-winner". You should also consider that this basic calculation does not account for inflation and the declining value of the dollar. The best way to determine how much life insurance will be enough is to discuss your personal needs with your insurance agent or financial adviser. Ideally, you should find a fee-only adviser that you trust.
Which Type of Policy is Right for You– Whole Life or Term Life?
There are typically two options for life insurance policies.
Term Life insurance may offer more affordable premiums. However, the policy does not build any cash value. This basically means that the policy is not worth anything unless you die during the policy term, at which time your beneficiaries will collect the death benefit. The policy is also only in effect for a limited "Term" (e.g.: 10 or 20 years), after which you lose any benefit and must buy a new policy.
Whole Life policies have costlier premiums, but the policies will build cash value over time as you pay the premiums. That cash value can then be borrowed against or the whole policy cashed in and you can use the lump sum of cash for whatever you see fit. Whole life policies last, as the name implies, your whole life, so long as you continue to make the payments.
Although many companies offer life insurance coverage to their employees as a benefit, it is also important to analyze and discuss the financial needs your family will have so that you can properly plan for the future. It is always best to be prepared in the unfortunate event of the loss of yourself or a spouse.
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MPs: Army Chief Focused on Rivalries, Not War
Findings by a parliamentary committee indicate that the newly appointed chief of army staff for Afghanistan, Gen. Wali Ahmadzai, has been focusing on rivalries with corps commanders instead of managing the fight against the Taliban.
The army general was appointed to the post a month ago, replacing former chief of army staff Gen. Yasin Zia, as the Taliban was taking over as many as a dozen districts each day. He was expected to lead the fight against militants, focus on training and equipping Afghan forces and to implement major military plans.
The internal security committee of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of Parliament, said that Gen. Ahmadzai has fallen short of fulfilling his responsibilities and that during his time he has been focused on rivalries with members of the army corps instead of managing the war.
"We hoped that the appointment of the army chief would lead to some progress, but unfortunately, he is focused on rivalries against those who replaced him in (previous positions). This is not the time for rivalry," said Khan Agha Rezaee, the head of Parliament's internal security committee.
Ahmadzai began his service as an army commander in 1986. In 2015 he was appointed the commander of 215 Maiwand Corps. Three years later he was appointed the commander of 209 Shaheen Corps. He was there for 18 months. Later he was appointed the commander of 215 Atal Corps and then served as the general director of the national public protection force.
He was the commander of 201 Selab Corps before being appointed the army chief.
Sources said that Gen. Ahmadzai has not maintained effective relationships with army corps commanders who replaced him in his previous posts.
After taking charge Ahamdzai vowed to fix the fragile security situation in the country.
"We accept that the situation has deteriorated," Ahmadzai said last month. "We lost some territory but we continue discussions about our next plans and programs."
A military analyst said that rifts between the army chief and commanders of the army corps will cause the situation to further deteriorate.
"We will face defeat if we don't have at least common views on the management of the war," military analyst Jawed Kohistani said.
The Ministry of Defense, however, denied the findings.
"The army chief, in line with the prevailing laws of the country and the military principles, is working day and night for the better management of the war. There are no rivalry or rifts against anyone," said Defense Ministry spokesman Rohullah Ahmadzai.
The army general was appointed to the post a month ago, replacing former chief of army staff Gen. Yasin Zia.
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Satan is determined to drive wedges of discord between marriage partners. If he can convince one partner or the other that something else should take precedence over this central relationship of both time and eternity, he has won a battle in his war against the family and against God's plan. We must therefore take special care to build, nurture, and deepen the marriage relationship.
Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley (1997), 325.
"Fundamentals of Enduring Family Relationships," Ensign, Nov. 1982, 60.
"Healing Wounds in Marriage," Ensign, July 1993, 16.
The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball (1982), 311.
In "Quotable Quotes," Reader's Digest, Jan. 1963, 25; see also Gordon B. Hinckley, "Reach Out in Love and Kindness," Ensign, Nov. 1982, 77.
The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson (1988), 497.
"The Honored Place of Women," Ensign, Nov. 1981, 107.
"Save the Children," Ensign, Nov. 1994, 54.


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in: Extinct Attractions, Disney California Adventure, A Bug's Life,
Themed areas in Disney parks
Former Pixar attractions
Pixar attractions
A Bug's Land
Ride information
Attraction type
Themed Land
Replaced by
Avengers Campus
A Bug's Land (stylized a bug's land) was an area of Disney California Adventure themed after the 1998 Disney·Pixar film A Bug's Life. The area consisted of Flik's Fun Fair, an area with four rides and a water play area targeted towards young children and set in a representation of the film's fictional universe, which opened in 2002; and an outside area that contained the It's Tough to Be a Bug! theater, which was an original area of the park when it opened in 2001.
2 Former Attractions and Entertainment
3 Former Restaurants and Snack Stands
4 Former Shops
It's Tough to Be a Bug! and Bountiful Valley Farm was original attractions at Disney California Adventure when the park opened on February 8, 2001; both were originally part of the sprawling "Golden State" area. The park suffered from low attendance in its early years, partially attributed to the lack of rides appropriate for young children and the low proportion of E-ticket attractions to stores and restaurants. In response, Disney announced it would concurrently build The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – a recreation of an attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios – in the Hollywood Pictures Backlot; and Flik's Fun Fair – a collection of four rides and a water play area geared towards children and themed to the fictional universe of A Bug's Life – adjacent to the existing It's Tough to Be a Bug! theater. The fictional backstory for Flik's Fun Fair holds that Flik and the other bugs were inspired to create their own funfair when Disney's California Adventure opened next door to them. When the Imagineers set out to build The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, they discovered the bugs in the garden and decided to open up Flik's fair to park guests.
Flik's Fun Fair opened on October 7, 2002, and became part of A Bug's Land, the new name for the collection of A Bug's Life-related attractions. Concurrently, Its Tough to Be a Bug! and Bountiful Valley Farm was transferred from Golden State to A Bug's Land, and the area's only store was re-themed with more focus on the film's characters.
In 2010, Bountiful Valley Farm as well as the area's shops and restaurants were closed and demolished; their site is now part of Cars Land, which opened on June 15, 2012. With the construction of Cars Land, two new entrances from Hollywood Land and Cars Land to the Flik's Fun Fair area were opened; the area originally had one entrance.
On March 20, 2018, it was announced that A Bug's Land will close permanently, as the land will be the site for the new Avengers Campus, opening in 2020, however, it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It's Tough to Be a Bug! closed on March 19, 2018, while the remainder of the land closed on September 4, 2018, a day after Pixar Fest ends.[1][2][3]
Former Attractions and Entertainment
It's Tough to Be a Bug! (2001-2018)
Bountiful Valley Farm (2001-2010)
Flik's Fun Fair (2002-2018)
Flik's Flyers (rethemed to Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind)
Francis' Ladybug Boogie
Heimlich's Chew Chew Train
Princess Dot Puddle Park
Tuck & Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies
Former Restaurants and Snack Stands
ChurOs (churro cart that looks like it was made from a box of Chur-O's: a fictional churro cereal)
Coool! Refreshing Fun! (drink and frozen treat stand that looks like it was made from a Coool! Refreshing Fun! juice box)
Fun & Fruity Drink (drink stand that looks like it was made from a Juice Drink juice box)
Sam Andreas Shakes
Former Shops
P.T. Flea Market
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↑ https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/20/17144788/disney-disneyland-marvel-avengers-superheroes-theme-park-immersive
↑ http://abc7.com/entertainment/disneyland-adding-marvel-attraction;-closing-a-bugs-land/3239771/
Buena Vista Street
Red Car Trolley
Hollywood Land
Disney Animation Building (Turtle Talk with Crush • Animation Academy) • Disney Junior Dance Party! • Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! • Mickey's PhilharMagic • Hyperion Theater • Red Car Trolley
Grizzly Peak
Grizzly River Run • Soarin' Around the World • Redwood Creek Challenge Trail
Seasonal: Villains Grove
Pacific Wharf
Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar • The Bakery Tour
Cars Land
Radiator Springs Racers • Mater's Junkyard Jamboree • Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters
Seasonal: Haul-O-Ween • Mater's Graveyard JamBOOree • Luigi's Honkin' Haul-O-Ween • Mater's Jingle Jamboree
Paradise Gardens Park
Goofy's Sky School • Silly Symphony Swings • Jumpin' Jellyfish • The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure • Golden Zephyr
Pixar Pier
Incredicoaster • Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind • Jessie's Critter Carousel • Pixar Pal-A-Round • Toy Story Midway Mania! • Games of Pixar Pier
Avengers Quinjet (Opening in 2022) • Doctor Strange: Mysteries of the Mystic Arts • Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! • Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure
Seasonal: Guardians of the Galaxy - Monsters After Dark
Current Entertainment
World of Color (Reopening in 2022)
Seasonal: Disney's Celebrate America • World of Color: Seasons of Light • World of Color: Villainous • Frightfully Fun Parade
A Bug's Land (Flik's Flyers • Francis' Ladybug Boogie • Heimlich's Chew Chew Train • It's Tough to Be a Bug! • Princess Dot Puddle Park • Tuck & Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies) • Bountiful Valley Farm • Hyperion Theater (Aladdin: A Musical Spectacular • Frozen: Live at the Hyperion) • California Screamin' • Disney Junior - Live on Stage! • Golden Dreams • King Triton's Carousel of the Sea • Luigi's Flying Tires • Maliboomer • Mission Tortilla Factory • Muppet*Vision 3D • Paint the Night • Superstar Limo • The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Play It! • S.S. Rustworthy • Disney's LuminAria • Disney's Electrical Parade • Disney's Eureka! A California Parade • Block Party Bash • Pixar Play Parade • Condor Flats (Paradise Pier • Golden State)
Seasonal: World of Color: Winter Dreams • World of Color: Celebrate! - The Wonderful World of Walt Disney
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa • Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel
A Bug's Life • Soundtrack • Video Game • Classic Storybook
A Bug's Land • Bountiful Valley Farm • Disney Animation Building • Flik's Flyers • Francis' Ladybug Boogie • Games of Pixar Pier • Heimlich's Chew Chew Train • It's Tough to Be a Bug! • Princess Dot Puddle Park • Pixar Pal-A-Round • Tuck and Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies
Entertainment: Disney KiteTails • Once Upon a Mouse • One Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On!
Restaurants: Farmer's Market • Sam Andreas Shakes
Shops: P.T. Flea Market
Parade: Block Party Bash • Disney's Party Express • Disney on Parade: 100 Years of Magic • Pixar Play Parade • Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLights
Firework: Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular • World of Color • Wonderful World of Animation
Summer: Stitch and Friends Summer Surprise
Flik • Atta • Dot • The Queen • Hopper • Molt • Thumper • Grasshoppers • P.T. Flea • Circus Bugs • The Blueberries • Bird • The Fly Brothers • Ant Colony
The Time of Your Life • Main Title • A Place You've Never Been • It's Tough to Be a Bug!
Ant Island • P.T. Flea's Circus • Bug City • Bug Bar • Hopper's Hideout
The Science Behind Pixar • Pixar in a Box • Fake Bird
Extinct Attractions


AUBURN, Ala. — It's rare that a game lives up to its billing, especially when it's hyped up like the 2013 "Mother of All Iron Bowls" was. But Saturday's game was all that and more.
It even had a signature "moment" or two that will go down in Iron Bowl and college football lore.
Alabama coach Nick Saban had two major decisions in Alabama's improbable 34-28 loss to the Auburn Tigers in Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday night, and they both came back to bite him in a big way.
In the fourth quarter, leading by seven, the Crimson Tide faced 4th-and-1 on the Auburn 13. They were reasonably in field-goal range and had a chance to put the game away, but senior kicker Cade Foster had missed a 33-yarder earlier (and a 44-yarder at the beginning of the game), and Saban decided to go for it instead. T.J. Yeldon was stuffed for no gain, and Auburn got the ball back.
Then, with time expiring, he elected to send out freshman kicker Adam Griffith for a 57-yard field goal that was missed short, and the rest is history.
It's obviously always easy to look back and question calls when they go against you. But Saban and Alabama will hear about those plays for as long as the Iron Bowl is played and beyond.
After the game, Saban defended both decisions.
Coming into the game Alabama was 6-of-10 on fourth downs, so Saban was right. The Crimson Tide are also one of the most physical running teams in the country, so a dive with such short yardage to go almost seemed like a gimmie.
But the one that will haunt him and Alabama forever is the decision that ultimately cost Alabama the game.
Between the stuffed fourth down and then, Foster had another field goal blocked, so Alabama was already 0-of-3 on field goals. It was a stretch to begin with, but he went with freshman Adam Griffith to hit the 56-yarder.
His only other option was to try a Hail Mary, and while it probably would have been more of a stretch than the field goal, the worst thing that could have happened was it gets knocked down. Auburn had surely learned its lesson about going for an interception on a game-ending Hail Mary.
But he didn't, and Chris Davis scampered all the way down the right sideline for the score that sent Auburn fans streaming onto the field and Alabama fans home stunned.
Whatever it ends up being called, the 2013 Iron Bowl will surely go down in history. And Saban and Alabama will be thinking about two decisions forever.


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The Board will provide transportation for all students living beyond a reasonable distance from their school or from a scheduled bus stop as the Board has determined. This distance is defined as one mile.
Distance shall be measured by the shortest public road from the residence to the bus stop or school door. In cases questioned, distance will be measured and established by the Superintendent.
Exceptions to the above distance shall be made for the following reasons only:
Exceptions to established walking distances may be made for students with disabilities as required by their IEP or Individual Health Plan (504 Plan).
Exceptions may also be made to accommodate a student's need for transportation with written documentation from the student's physician.
Kindergarten Students
Kindergarten bus service will include pick-up and delivery to the home, providing a suitable bus time is available.
Hazardous Walking Conditions
Hazardous walking conditions shall be defined as those which would place a child of a given age in a situation of greater than normal or average danger.
Authorized bus stops will be located so as to load and unload students with the most safety allowed by road conditions. The distance between stops may vary according to safety factors. If possible, students will be loaded and unloaded so that it is not necessary for them to cross a main highway to reach their homes.
Bus routes will be reviewed annually. Appeals for additional stops must be made in writing to the Transportation Administrator. The Superintendent and the Transportation Administrator will review appeals. The decision will be communicated in writing and will be final.
20-A MRSA § 5401
June 1998 [Policy EE: Transportation Services Management]
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