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I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Governing Body will be held on:
Meeting Room:
Reception Lounge
OPEN AGENDA
Len Brown, JP
Deputy Mayor
Penny Hulse
Cr Anae Arthur Anae
Cr Dick Quax
Cr Cameron Brewer
Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM
Cr Dr Cathy Casey
Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE
Cr Bill Cashmore
Cr Wayne Walker
Cr Ross Clow
Cr John Watson
Cr Linda Cooper, JP
Cr Penny Webster
Cr Chris Darby
Cr George Wood, CNZM
Cr Alf Filipaina
Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO
Cr Denise Krum
Cr Mike Lee
Cr Calum Penrose
(Quorum 11 members)
Elaine Stephenson
Democracy Advisor
Contact Telephone: (09) 890 8117
Email: elaine.stephenson@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Those powers which cannot legally be delegated:
(a) the power to make a rate; or
(b) the power to make a bylaw; or
(c) the power to borrow money, or purchase or dispose of assets, other than in accordance with the long term council community plan; or
(d) the power to adopt a long term plan, annual plan, or annual report; or
(e) the power to appoint a Chief Executive; or
(f) the power to adopt policies required to be adopted and consulted on under the Local Government Act 2002 in association with the long term plan or developed for the purpose of the local governance statement; or
(g) the power to adopt a remuneration and employment policy.
Additional responsibilities retained by the Governing Body:
(a) approval of a draft long term plan or draft annual plan prior to community consultation
(b) approval of a draft bylaw prior to community consultation
(c) resolutions required to be made by a local authority under the Local Electoral Act 2001, including the appointment of electoral officer
(d) adoption of, and amendment to, the Committee Terms of Reference, Standing Orders and Code of Conduct
(e) relationships with the Independent Māori Statutory Board, including the funding agreement and appointments to committees.
(f) approval of the Unitary Plan
(g) overview of the implementation of the Auckland Plan through setting direction on key strategic projects (e.g. the City Rail Link and the alternative funding mechanisms for transport) and receiving regular reporting on the overall achievement of Auckland Plan priorities and performance measures.
Exclusion of the public – who needs to leave the meeting
Members of the public
All members of the public must leave the meeting when the public are excluded unless a resolution is passed permitting a person to remain because their knowledge will assist the meeting.
Those who are not members of the public
· Access to confidential information is managed on a "need to know" basis where access to the information is required in order for a person to perform their role.
· Those who are not members of the meeting (see list below) must leave unless it is necessary for them to remain and hear the debate in order to perform their role.
· Those who need to be present for one confidential item can remain only for that item and must leave the room for any other confidential items.
· In any case of doubt, the ruling of the chairperson is final.
Members of the meeting
· The members of the meeting remain (all Governing Body members if the meeting is a Governing Body meeting; all members of the committee if the meeting is a committee meeting).
· However, standing orders require that a councillor who has a pecuniary conflict of interest leave the room.
· All councillors have the right to attend any meeting of a committee and councillors who are not members of a committee may remain, subject to any limitations in standing orders.
Independent Māori Statutory Board
· Members of the Independent Māori Statutory Board who are appointed members of the committee remain.
· Independent Māori Statutory Board members and staff remain if this is necessary in order for them to perform their role.
· All staff supporting the meeting (administrative, senior management) remain.
· Other staff who need to because of their role may remain.
Local Board members
· Local Board members who need to hear the matter being discussed in order to perform their role may remain. This will usually be if the matter affects, or is relevant to, a particular Local Board area.
· Representatives of a Council Controlled Organisation can remain only if required to for discussion of a matter relevant to the Council Controlled Organisation.
ITEM TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
1 Affirmation 7
2 Apologies 7
3 Declaration of Interest 7
4 Confirmation of Minutes 7
5 Acknowledgements and Achievements 7
6 Petitions 7
7 Public Input 7
7.1 Public Input - Christine King - Cities for CEDAW programme 7
8 Local Board Input 7
8.1 Local Board Input - Troy Churton, Orakei Local Board - Notice of Motion change to Local Board delegations 8
9 Extraordinary Business 9
10 Notices of Motion 9
11 Changes to local dog access rules 11
12 Proposed response to information request from Local Government Commission re Northern Action Group's proposal for local government re-organisation in the North Rodney Area 21
13 Governing Body decision-making during the 2015/16 Christmas recess 65
PUBLIC EXCLUDED
15 Procedural Motion to Exclude the Public 67
C1 Kaipara Harbour – Memorandum of Understanding with councils to establish joint working party 67
1 Affirmation
His Worship the Mayor will read the affirmation.
At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.
Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external interest they might have.
That the Governing Body:
a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 29 October 2015 as a true and correct record.
5 Acknowledgements and Achievements
At the close of the agenda no requests for acknowledgements had been received.
At the close of the agenda no requests to present petitions had been received.
7 Public Input
Standing Order 7.7 provides for Public Input. Applications to speak must be made to the Democracy Advisor, in writing, no later than one (1) clear working day prior to the meeting and must include the subject matter. The meeting Chairperson has the discretion to decline any application that does not meet the requirements of Standing Orders. A maximum of thirty (30) minutes is allocated to the period for public input with five (5) minutes speaking time for each speaker.
7.1 Public Input - Christine King - Cities for CEDAW programme
1. Christine King, President of Pacific Women's Watch (New Zealand) Inc. will address the Governing Body regarding the Cities for the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) programme.
Recommendation/s
a) receive the presentation by Christine King regarding the Cities for the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women programme.
8 Local Board Input
Standing Order 6.2 provides for Local Board Input. The Chairperson (or nominee of that Chairperson) is entitled to speak for up to five (5) minutes during this time. The Chairperson of the Local Board (or nominee of that Chairperson) shall wherever practical, give one (1) day's notice of their wish to speak. The meeting Chairperson has the discretion to decline any application that does not meet the requirements of Standing Orders.
This right is in addition to the right under Standing Order 6.1 to speak to matters on the agenda.
8.1 Local Board Input - Troy Churton, Orakei Local Board - Notice of Motion change to Local Board delegations
At its 5 November 2015 meeting the Orākei Local Board resolved (via a Notice of Motion):
MOVED by Member TG Churton, seconded by Member CH Cooke:
That the Ōrākei Local Board:
a) receives the Notice of Motion - Pre-1944 Character Buildings.
b) requests that the Governing Body resolve to amend resolution number GB/2011/158 to include a new d) (by way of addition) as follows:
i. where the views of the local board differs to those of the reporting planning officer, the local board is permitted to present its views, both in written and/or oral form on local issues to the duty commissioner and to any other commissioner(s) for consideration if there is a hearing.
c) notes with concern the increasing demolition of pre-1944 character buildings in the Ōrākei Local Board suburbs.
d) supports Member Churton to present the above process amendment to the Governing Body.
e) requests that a copy of these resolutions be circulated amongst all other Local Boards for their information and support.
Orakei Local Board member Troy Churton will be present to address the Governing Body regarding resolution b) above.
Governing Body decision GB/2011/158 – Role of Local Boards in Regulatory Matters – made at its 28 July 2011 meeting, is appended as Attachment A.
a) receive the presentation by Tory Churton, Orākei Local Board.
a Governing Body decision GB/2011/158 - 28 July 2011 - Role of Local Board in Regulatory Matters.................................................................. 71
9 Extraordinary Business
Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
"An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-
(a) The local authority by resolution so decides; and
(b) The presiding member explains at the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-
(i) The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and
(ii) The reason why the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting."
Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:
"Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-
(a) That item may be discussed at that meeting if-
(i) That item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and
(ii) the presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but
(b) no resolution, decision or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion."
At the close of the agenda no requests for notices of motion had been received.
Changes to local dog access rules
File No.: CP2015/20213
1. To accept decisions of the Albert-Eden Local Board on local dog access rules, and make the necessary amendments to the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012 and Auckland Council Dog Management Bylaw 2012.
2. From 1 July 2013, local boards have the delegated authority to make changes to local dog access rules in the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012.
3. The Albert-Eden Local Board has reviewed and made changes to local dog access rules in 2015.
4. To implement local board decisions the Governing Body must update the Auckland Council Dog Management Bylaw 2012 and approve local board decisions that use alternative summer times or seasons to those contained in the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012.
5. The necessary updates to the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012 and Dog Management Bylaw 2012 to give effect to the changes are contained in Attachment A.
a) note the Albert-Eden Local Board has made final decisions on changes to local dog access rules in accordance with its delegations.
b) approve the following alternative local board summer times and season:
Local Board
Summer period
Summer times
Labour Weekend to 1 March
10am and 5pm
Albert-Eden
Labour Weekend to 31 March
· 5am to 9am (e.g. under control off-leash on beach)
· 9am to 7pm (e.g. prohibited on beach)
· 7pm to 5am (e.g. under control on-leash on beach)
c) approve the amendments to the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012 and Auckland Council Dog Management Bylaw 2012 in accordance with section 10 of the Dog Control Act 1996 as contained in Attachment A to the agenda report, with a commencement date of Tuesday after Easter Monday 2016.
d) authorise the Manager Social Policy and Bylaws, in consultation with the chair of the Albert-Eden Local Board to make any minor edits or amendments to Attachment A to the agenda report to correct any identified errors or typographical edits.
6. From 1 July 2013, local boards (for the first time) have been delegated responsibility to change local dog access rules in the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012. This does not include areas subject to region-wide rules (e.g. playgrounds), areas of regional significance and areas not under control of Auckland Council (e.g. areas administered by the Department of Conservation or Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority).
7. The process for local boards to change local dog access rules uses the special consultative procedure under the Local Government Act 2002. A pre-consultation period over summer 2014/15 gathered information and community views to inform the development of proposed changes. The proposed changes were then publicly notified for submissions. All known dog owners were notified as part of the dog registration process in June 2015. Public hearings and deliberations were held before a final decision was made.
8. To implement local board decisions, the Governing Body must:
· update the Auckland Council Dog Management Bylaw 2012.
This is a procedural step that cannot be delegated to local boards. Under section 10 of the Dog Control Act 1996, the Governing Body must update the dog bylaw within 60 days of a local board change to the policy on dogs. The Governing Body cannot change the local board decision.
· approve local board decisions that use alternative summer times or seasons to those contained in the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012 (Table 2).
Alternative summer times and seasons may be adopted by local boards to better meet the council's overriding statutory requirement to provide for public safety and comfort, and to achieve the overall objective and policy statements of the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012, to keep dogs as a positive part of Auckland life, and to provide dog access in a way that is safe for everyone.
In these instances, the Governing Body, in adopting the policy on dogs "recognised that regional consistency and local needs need to be carefully balanced depending on the unique circumstances for each area" (Governing Body 22 November 2012) which recognises that the desire for consistency is secondary to the overriding statutory requirement of the council and overall objective and policy statements of the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012.
The Governing Body, at its September and October 2014 and September 2015 meetings, approved alternative summer times or seasons shown in Table 1 (resolution numbers GB/2014/105, GB/2014/122 and GB/2015/105).
Table 1: Alternative summer times and season previously approved by the Governing Body in 2014
Devonport-Takapuna
10am and 6.30pm
Kaipatiki
Orakei
(9.00pm Mission Bay Beach)
Waitakere Ranges
(Te Henga / Bethells Beach only)
Labour Weekend to Easter
9. The Albert-Eden Local Board has reviewed and made changes to local dog access rules on 28 October 2015. The decision report will be available on the bylaw hearings page of council's website by reference to the relevant local board and decision date.
10. The Albert-Eden Local Board has used the following alternative summer beach times or season which require Governing Body approval (Table 2).
Table 2: Alternative summer times and season requested by local boards
11. The necessary updates to the Auckland Council Policy on Dogs 2012 and Dog Management Bylaw 2012 to give effect to the changes are contained in Attachment A.
Local Board views and implications
12. The views and implications of the decisions on local boards have been addressed as part of the local board decision-making process.
Māori impact statement
13. The impact of the decisions on Māori has been addressed as part of the local board decision-making process.
14. Any decision that makes changes to dog access rules will require updates to signage and information, and training of animal management officers and park rangers.
15. The administration and implementation of the changes to dog access rules will be provided for within existing budgets.
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Changes to dog access rules
Paul Wilson - Team Leader Bylaws
Authorisers
Kataraina Maki - GM - Community & Social Policy
Jim Quinn - Chief of Strategy
Stephen Town - Chief Executive
Proposed response to information request from Local Government Commission re Northern Action Group's proposal for local government re-organisation in the North Rodney Area
1. To endorse a response to the Local Government Commission to assist their assessment of a proposal for local government re-organisation in the North Rodney Area.
2. The Northern Action Group (NAG) has applied to the Local Government Commission for local government re-organisation in the North Rodney area. Attachment A is a map showing the area of the proposed North Rodney Unitary Council (NRUC).
3. Attachment B sets out the Local Government Commission's assessment process. The next step is for the Commission to decide what the affected area in respect of NAG's application.
4. The Commission has asked for Auckland Council's assessment of whether the operational scale, scope, or capability of Auckland Council would be materially affected if the North Rodney re-organisation proposal were to occur.
5. The proposed response, providing examples of operational impacts for Auckland Council if NAG's proposal were to occur, is provided in attachments C to H.
6. The proposed response was endorsed by the Rodney Local Board on 16 November 2015. Following approval by the governing body, the final response will be submitted to the Local Government Commission, with a covering letter signed by the Mayor and Chief Executive.
a) approve Attachments C to H of the agenda report as Auckland Council's response to the Local Government Commission's information request.
7. The Northern Action Group (NAG) has applied to the Local Government Commission for local government re-organisation in the North Rodney Area. NAG is proposing to create a North Rodney Unitary Council (NRUC) in the area indicated by the map at Attachment A.
8. In August 2015, the Local Government Commission determined that NAG's re-organisation application met the criteria to enable it to be assessed. Attachment B sets out the Commission's assessment process. NAG's application is at the beginning of the assessment process.
9. The next step in the assessment process is for the Local Government Commission to decide what the affected area is (as set out in the Local Government Act 2002 Schedule 3, clause 2) in respect of NAG's application. In this case, for example, the affected area could be the Auckland Council area, the Rodney Local Board area; or the North Rodney area.
10. The Local Government Commission has requested information from Auckland Council to assist it with this decision. The Commission has asked for Auckland Council's assessment of whether the operational scale, scope, or capability of Auckland Council would be materially affected if the North Rodney re-organisation proposal were to occur; and for examples to support our assessment. The Commission has advised that we do not need to provide every example of the potential impact of NAG's proposal.
11. The proposed response to the Local Government Commission is attached to this report. The response, in the following attachments, provides examples of key operational impacts for Auckland Council if NAG's proposal were to occur:
· Attachment C - council's ability to accommodate and provide for Auckland's growth;
· Attachments D and E - council's commitments, obligations and relationships with Māori;
· Attachment F - delivery of council's Long Term Plan 2015-2025 commitments from delay to NewCore implementation and need to de-couple data;
· Attachments G and H – the Rodney Ward and Rodney Local Board and planned activity in the area.
12. The proposed response was endorsed by the Rodney Local Board on 16 November 2015. Following approval of the response by the governing body the final response will be submitted to the Local Government Commission with a covering letter signed by the Mayor and Chief Executive.
13. This report does not provide an analysis of NAG's re-organisation proposal. Should NAG's proposal proceed through the remaining steps in the Local Government Commission's process, a full analysis will be provided to elected members at the appropriate time.
14. Once the Local Government Commission has determined the affected area, the next step in the process is to determine whether there is support in "the district of each affected territorial authority for local government re-organisation in the affected area". The Commission has advised that it anticipates making this decision in December 2015.
15. Should the Local Government Commission determine that there is sufficient community support for re-organisation, the next step is for the Commission to call for alternative re-organisation applications.
16. The proposed response to the Local Government Commission highlights the key impacts for the Rodney Local Board of the NAG proposal and was endorsed by the Rodney Local Board on 16 November 2015.
17. The draft response to the Local Government Commission contains information and comment about the impact of the North Rodney re-organisation proposal on Auckland Council's commitments and obligations towards Māori, Auckland Council's relationship's with iwi and potential impact on Treaty Settlements under negotiation.
Map of proposed North Rodney Unitary Council area
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Reorganisation Process
Impact on Regional Growth Planning
dView
Impact on council's relationship with iwi
Map of Rodney North - Iwi
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Impact on council's Long-term Plan commitments
gView
Impact on Rodney Ward and Rodney Local Board
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Rodney Local Board projects and priorities
Deborah James - Executive Officer
Phil Wilson - Governance Director
Governing Body decision-making during the 2015/16 Christmas recess
1. To confirm the process for urgent political decision-making over the 2015/2016 Christmas recess period.
2. The Christmas recess period starts from the last Governing Body meeting in December 2015 to the first scheduled meeting of the Governing Body or its committees in 2016.
3. The Governing Body needs to be prepared to manage unforeseen circumstances and respond to any statutory requirements over the Christmas recess period.
4. This report recommends the same delegation system as previous years for making urgent decisions over this period.
5. The first meeting of the Governing Body in the New Year will be scheduled for Thursday 28 January 2016, but will only be held if required.
6. The recommended process is consistent with arrangements for previous years.
a) delegate to any two of either the mayor or deputy mayor, and a chairperson of a committee of the whole, the power to make urgent decisions on behalf of the Governing Body or its committees between the last scheduled Governing Body meeting in December 2015 and the first meeting of the Governing Body or other relevant Committees in 2016.
b) agree that if a matter of major significance arises during the 2015/2016 Christmas recess period, an extraordinary meeting of the Governing Body will be called.
c) note that the first meeting of the Governing Body in the New Year will be scheduled for Thursday 28 January 2016, but will only be held if required.
7. Part 6 of the Local Government Act sets out the obligations of local authorities in relation to decision-making. Council needs to be able to make urgent decisions during the Christmas recess period. This is simply a procedural decision to enable efficient decision-making to occur. Existing delegations will remain in place for all non-urgent decisions.
8. Any matters to be decided under this delegation will be advised to decision-makers via the chief executive or his delegate, who will supply the necessary background and reasons for urgency. The decision will also be reported to the next ordinary meeting of the Governing Body or relevant committee.
9. If the matter is of major significance, an extraordinary meeting of the Governing Body will be called.
10. The Governing Body has made this delegation for all previous years of Auckland Council.
11. Consultation is not required.
13. Democracy Services will administer this process.
There are no attachments for this report.
Sarndra O'Toole - Acting Governance Support Manager
Marguerite Delbet - Manager Democracy Services
Exclusion of the Public: Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
a) exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.
The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows.
This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows:
C1 Kaipara Harbour – Memorandum of Understanding with councils to establish joint working party
Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter
Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)
Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution
The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.
s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).
In particular, to allow discussion of negotiations strategy, and to provide negotiations sensitive material.
s48(1)(a)
Item 8.1 Attachment a Governing Body decision GB/2011/158 - 28 July 2011 - Role of Local Board in Regulatory Matters Page 71


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You. Me. And The Short Ones.
We had our homeschooling co-op today (the kids and I call it "homeschooling class"). I have become the art teacher this year. I had fun earlier planning out lessons through Christmas, and now that we have had our 3rd art class, I'm seeing how all this will work in reality. It's actually going really well. The kids - even the young ones - are following instructions as they should. And I'm often impressed with their talents.
Today, however, we were rushed a bit cause we were adding in a Spanish class taught by an 80 year old woman from our church. She apparently speaks several languages and has taught/tutored Spanish during her life. A few other adults (from the church, I assume) joined us for this class, and so the biggest problem was that the instructor was gearing it towards an adult level. And she went on for an hour. Now, she did start with going over the alphabet sounds, but man, was that a boring hour! The kids amazingly sat still and quiet during all this.
So it's been a year and a half. I dropped the ball on this blog. Possibly never to return...I have sat down a small handful of times to make an attempt at resurrecting it. But I always got too bogged down in a long update since I last wrote. So I always ended up deleting it.
I'm going to post this, and maybe I won't write any more. Or maybe I will. No promises.
While out of town over Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa B's, Luke discovered that he could climb out of his pack n' play.
This was the first trip where all three kids had shared the same room, and after Erin had picked him up out of his pack n' play one morning, he thought he'd try it for himself the following morning.
So naturally, when we got back home, he climbed right out of his big crib. I waited a few days to see if he would repeat this, and he did continue to do it a few more times. So we knew the crib days were over.
He spent his first night out of his crib a couple of nights ago and he's doing great with it. He has such a solid bedtime and naptime routine that he knows it's time to sleep. He lays right down and stays put (well, for his two naps so far, he has gotten up once each time, but not again after I tell him to lay back down).
You never know how they are going to do with this new freedom, but his is making it so easy on us. Such a big boy.
Happy Birthday Luke! 2 years out in the big world! What have you been up to?
My favorite phrases are "No, me do it!" and "Tickle me now!!"
I'm quickly turning into the stereotypical two year old with my huge mood swings and melt-downs when I don't get what I want. But I'm also full of laughs and smiles and I love my family so much. I love making them laugh with my silliness.
I love copying my big brother and I'll do anything he tells me to, even if it gets me in trouble. And my big sister also loves playing with me and finds it amazing whenever I say something new (which is often).
My favorite toy is my piggie (Piglet) that I always have to sleep with. I love milk and having snacks. I also eat my dinners pretty well, too. I love playing outside, watching Disney's Mulan ("moo-yon"), seeing the "kitty cats" outside which belong to the neighbor, and reading lots of books.
I'm turning into a pretty cute kid and I think my parents have decided to keep me around.
A couple of days ago, I was at Bi-Lo with just the boys. I had them in one of the carts that looks like a car (the two seats are up high in front of the mom). When I got to the register, the lady asked if they were twins. Since their height difference wasn't as apparent, I could understand the question. And this isn't the first time we've been asked that.
While chasing Noah: "I am the tickle monster"
It sounded like this: "I. Am. Da. Ti. Kle. Mon. Ter"
Noah: why don't people like moles?
Me: becasue they dig tunnels in the yard.
Our sweet potato plants got attacked by deer for the second time, so we harvested them a little earlier than we planned (the rest of our garden is safe in our fenced backyard).
is that trouble or what?
I used to not want a full week to go by without blogging and now look how I've let this slip. A month and a half! Well, first I started my other blog which divided my blogging attention and then a semi-major shift happened at home.
Preschool (5 mornings a week) stopped for Erin and Noah and suddenly I had them all at home all the time. We went right into homeschooling back in June (sitting around with unstructured days would have driven us all mad) and most of my "free" time has been focused on what to do for homeschooling or just taking a moment to relax.
So what has been going on over the summer? Well, as I said, since June we have been homeschooling. The mornings are preschool time with all three, and then Erin gets Kindergarten time while the boys nap. I have been polishing up our routine (I viewed the summer as more of a practice time for me) and I think we've got a pretty good thing going. The kids seem to like it and I do too.
Prior to right now, I don't think I've mentioned on here that we decided to homeschool. At one point I drafted up a long post as to why we're doing it, but I never posted it. Basically, we have a long list as to why we feel we want to keep our kids out of public school and homeschooling seems to be a good fit for us. We will evaluate year by year if it's what we want to keep doing, but I can certainly see us doing this long term.
Another event over the summer was back in July when Luke had outpatient surgery to remove a cyst on his chest (actually, you can see the little red scar above his blue collar in the above photo). A few days after the surgery, it started to get infected and it ended up that he had a staph infection. It got pretty nasty, even giving him an actual 1/4 inch in diameter hole in his chest...but all ended well as the antibiotics did their job. That was a scary few days as we didn't know how bad it was going to get (the most common strand of staph infection is very resistant to antibiotics).
Other minor summer events...we just put a new roof on the house and we have committed plans for new windows (yay home ownership!) We went to the Atlanta aquarium back in June, Erin just started a Ballet class and Noah has outgrown his peanut allergy! (although not the tree nut) Oh, and my birthday was yesterday...welcome mid-thirties.
That's about it. Looking forward to a break in the heat as we get into Fall. I hope to pick the blogging back up, but no promises. I have gotten severely slack in taking photos of the kids. But maybe as we have nicer weather it will prompt me to snap a few.
I was just reminded of how much Erin has to learn. So many little things.
A few minutes ago, I was folding laundry on my bed. Erin comes in a watches me for a minute. She asks why daddy has long underwear (as in boxers). I told her that men either wear boxers or briefs like Noah has.
Then I told her that briefs are sometimes called "tighty whities" and we both laughed hysterically for a good 30 seconds.
Our tabacco hornworm has two names: Crawly (given by Erin) and Leafy (given by Noah).
A week and a half ago we started potty training Noah. We took the same approach that we did with Erin. No real method, just putting them in cotton training pants and taking them to the potty when we think they may need to go.
This is difficult to start out with, since the whole thing is a guessing game for us, as only they know when they have to go potty.
For Erin, it took her several days of having some successes and some accidents to fully have it click that she needs to tell us before she pees. But after she got it, accidents quickly became fewer and fewer.
I expected Noah to follow something similar to this. But day after day, he was only having accidents, never telling us beforehand that he had to go. It was starting to get more and more frustrating for us, and after 8 days of this, we knew we had to change our approach.
Our neighbors are potty training their 2 1/2 year old boy at the same time we are. What she's doing, is having him go around without anything on and taking him to the potty at regular intervals until he goes. He is quickly having fewer accidents and actively telling her when he has to go.
The idea behind this, is that if they are wearing underwear, it makes them feel like they have on a diaper and they're more likely to pee in it. If there's nothing there, they probably don't want it to just go everywhere.
I thought we could give this a try. He's gone around bottomless for two days now and it's working! He's had a couple accidents, but mostly he's intentionally going to his little potty to use the bathroom. It's a complete change from the first 8 days.
I'm so relieved to be getting some progress. I certainly had thoughts of waiting to do this until later. But now I know he can do it!
Mostly known around my house as "Mommy"


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Q: Unlimited size delimiters with TikZ Compare this two outputs

Which one would you prefer to have in your document? I would definetly prefer the one on the right. However, most fonts (MinionPro in this case) only offer four sizes of delimiters available, and, in case one needs a bigger size they rely on the "extensible delimiters" which might not look as good.
Since we have TikZ available, I thought that it would be great to create some —flexible— options to enhace delimiters in TeX.
Question: How could one use the power of TikZ to create unlimitedly large delimiters?
I've already written some code to achieve that. However, I ask the question that way so that it's not closed because of OffTopic, or Too Broad, or even Unclear.
My idea was to create a certain figure in TikZ (inside a user command) which could be easy configurable by certain parameters. The most important one is the height, which is the mandatory argument to a hypothetical command \PARENS{height}{content}. I've already done many delimiters (just by hand, in less than two hours, so no effort has been put into that), but I will share here the parenthesis (at least for now). In my case there is no relation between one parameter and another (which could be perfect in an ideal solution)
However, I think my idea could be developed much more. Right now, they are just a tikzpicture for the opening delimiter and the same one for the closing (just with xscale=-1); in case one wants to automatically measure the height of the contents, I just set a box and measure it (which is slow when using nested parenthesis); I mix expl3 with TikZ, etc.
So, in case one wants to answer this question, these are some points that would be great to enhance

*

*May be using proper TikZ systems to offer even more flexibility (may be add the delimiters as some sort of pic or decoration);

*using TikZ systems to measure the height of the content;

*enable flexible calculation of parameters in function of the height;

*may be create a system to save all the created parenthesis to boxes and just reuse them when the same height is used;

*proper decision about what parameters are necessary and which not;

*etc.

Of course, different styles are also appreciated, and even different delimiters (I chose parenthesis for the example, since those are a bit more trickier than the rest, but, of course, nothing to do with braces!).
What I'm looking for is, apart from the answer to my question, any idea that would improve, in any way, the usability of this delimiters.
In any case, I will read comments / suggestions or whatever to improve the question in any possible way.
EDIT: This is not an easy question, and may not have answers. In any case, two things I came along in the last months.

*

*There's a calligraphy library for TikZ, it would be nice to have an answer with the parenthesis or delimiters provided by that library.

*May be, much more easier than my solution would be to create a function that takes in account every variable to determine two control points; these would be used in the end to create the curve.

A: Well, here it is the first step.
The code is a mess (mixing expl3 and TikZ is not a good idea, but is the knowledge I have). The TikZ code is even less legible because I used search and replace after writing it to substitute some things, I hope you (in case of interest) can read it.

I created a command \PARENS{…} which puts parenthesis around the content in a similar way than \DeclarePairedDelimiter. \PARENS*{…} automatically measures the height of the content (it's wrongly done, because there can be different heights over and under the line where everything is centered, but I leave that for later).
My \PARENS[config]{…} can be configurated by some parameters (it might be easier to try changing them so one can see how it works)

*

*height, which is the "important" parameter;

*outwidth, the width in the top and bottom of the parenthesis;

*midwidth, the width in the middle of the parenthesis;

*insep, space between the contents and the delimiters;

*outsep, distance between the delimiters and the outside of them;

*proportion, the relation between the height of the delimiters and the total horizontal space they use;

*outangle, the angle that forms at the extremes;

*inangle-i, inangle-ii, difficult to explain, usually next to perpendicular to outangle;

*looseness-i and looseness-ii, the parameters (between 0 and 1, IIRC) that control the curvature of the parenthesis (because ind the tikzpicture I use looseness to draw curved lines, which might not be perfect.

Moreover, I added 15 already configured parenthesis, to avoid using \PARENS*{…} which becomes quite slow, that can be used like \PARENS[15]{…}. They all resemble the 15 parenthesis offered by Typoma Minion Math. One could, of course, configure more by default to use in his document.
Here it's the long —and far from optimal— code

%!TEX TS-program = pdflatex
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenx}
\usepackage{MinionPro}
\usepackage{mathtools,xparse,tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}

\newcommand*\tikzangle[2]{#1:#2}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\keys_define:nn { delimiter }
    {
        paren .code:n = \keys_set:nn { delimiter / paren } {#1} ,
    }
% PARENS (fold)
\dim_new:N \l_paren_height_dim
\dim_new:N \l_paren_outwidth_dim
\dim_new:N \l_paren_midwidth_dim
\dim_new:N \l_paren_insep_dim
\dim_new:N \l_paren_outsep_dim
\tl_new:N \l_paren_proportion_tl
\tl_new:N \l_paren_outangle_tl
\tl_new:N \l_paren_inangle_i_tl
\tl_new:N \l_paren_inangle_ii_tl
\tl_new:N \l_paren_looseness_i_tl
\tl_new:N \l_paren_looseness_ii_tl
\keys_define:nn { delimiter / paren }
    {
        height       .dim_set:N = \l_paren_height_dim      ,
        outwidth     .dim_set:N = \l_paren_outwidth_dim    ,
        midwidth     .dim_set:N = \l_paren_midwidth_dim    ,
        insep        .dim_set:N = \l_paren_insep_dim       ,
        outsep       .dim_set:N = \l_paren_outsep_dim      ,
        proportion   .tl_set:N  = \l_paren_proportion_tl   ,
        outangle     .tl_set:N  = \l_paren_outangle_tl     ,
        inangle-i    .tl_set:N  = \l_paren_inangle_i_tl    ,
        inangle-ii   .tl_set:N  = \l_paren_inangle_ii_tl   ,
        looseness-i  .tl_set:N  = \l_paren_looseness_i_tl  ,
        looseness-ii .tl_set:N  = \l_paren_looseness_ii_tl ,
        height       .initial:n = 11pt                     ,
        outwidth     .initial:n = .024cm                   ,
        midwidth     .initial:n = .045cm                   ,
        insep        .initial:n = .1em                     ,
        outsep       .initial:n = .1em                     ,
        proportion   .initial:n = .275                     ,
        outangle     .initial:n = 43                       ,
        inangle-i    .initial:n = 48                       ,
        inangle-ii   .initial:n = 48                       ,
        looseness-i  .initial:n = .8                       ,
        looseness-ii .initial:n = .85                      ,
    }
\NewDocumentCommand \PARENS { s o m }
    {
        \group_begin:
        \IfBooleanT {#1}
            {
                \setbox0=\hbox{$\displaystyle#3$}
                \dim_set:Nn \l_paren_height_dim { \ht0+\dp0 }
            }
        \IfValueT {#2} { \keys_set:nn { delimiter / paren } { #2 } }

        \mathopen{
        \kern \dim_use:N \l_paren_outsep_dim
        \begin{tikzpicture}
            [ xscale = -1,
                baseline = \dim_eval:n { -\fontdimen22\textfont2 } ]
            \coordinate (P1) at ( 0 , \dim_eval:n { .5\l_paren_height_dim } ) ;
            \coordinate (P2) at ( $ (P1) + ( \tikzangle { \l_paren_outangle_tl } { \l_paren_outwidth_dim } ) $ ) ;
            \coordinate (P3) at ( 0 , \dim_eval:n { -.5\l_paren_height_dim } ) ;
            \coordinate (P4) at ( $ (P3) + ( \tikzangle { -\l_paren_outangle_tl } { \l_paren_outwidth_dim } ) $ ) ;
            \coordinate (P5) at ( \dim_eval:n { \l_paren_proportion_tl\l_paren_height_dim/2 } , 0 ) ;
            \coordinate (P6) at ( $ (P5) + ( \tikzangle { 0 } { \l_paren_midwidth_dim } ) $ ) ;
            \fill [smooth]
                (P1)
                to
                (P2)
                to [ out = -\l_paren_inangle_ii_tl , in = 90 , looseness = \l_paren_looseness_ii_tl ]
                (P6)
                to [ out = -90 , in = \l_paren_inangle_ii_tl , looseness = \l_paren_looseness_ii_tl ]
                (P4)
                to (P3)
                to [ out = \l_paren_inangle_i_tl , in = -90 , looseness = \l_paren_looseness_i_tl ]
                (P5)
                to [ out = 90 , in = -\l_paren_inangle_i_tl , looseness = \l_paren_looseness_i_tl ]
                (P1)
                to cycle
                ;
        \end{tikzpicture}
        \kern \dim_use:N \l_paren_insep_dim
        }
        #3
        \mathclose{
        \kern \dim_use:N \l_paren_insep_dim
        \begin{tikzpicture}
            [ baseline = \dim_eval:n { -\fontdimen22\textfont2 } ]
            \coordinate (P1) at ( 0 , \dim_eval:n { .5\l_paren_height_dim } ) ;
            \coordinate (P2) at ( $ (P1) + ( \tikzangle { \l_paren_outangle_tl } { \l_paren_outwidth_dim } ) $ ) ;
            \coordinate (P3) at ( 0 , \dim_eval:n { -.5\l_paren_height_dim } ) ;
            \coordinate (P4) at ( $ (P3) + ( \tikzangle { -\l_paren_outangle_tl } { \l_paren_outwidth_dim } ) $ ) ;
            \coordinate (P5) at ( \dim_eval:n { \l_paren_proportion_tl\l_paren_height_dim/2 } , 0 ) ;
            \coordinate (P6) at ( $ (P5) + ( \tikzangle { 0 } { \l_paren_midwidth_dim } ) $ ) ;
            \fill [smooth]
                (P1)
                to
                (P2)
                to [ out = -\l_paren_inangle_ii_tl , in = 90 , looseness = \l_paren_looseness_ii_tl ]
                (P6)
                to [ out = -90 , in = \l_paren_inangle_ii_tl , looseness = \l_paren_looseness_ii_tl ]
                (P4)
                to (P3)
                to [ out = \l_paren_inangle_i_tl , in = -90 , looseness = \l_paren_looseness_i_tl ]
                (P5)
                to [ out = 90 , in = -\l_paren_inangle_i_tl , looseness = \l_paren_looseness_i_tl ]
                (P1)
                to cycle
                ;
        \end{tikzpicture}
        \kern \dim_use:N \l_paren_outsep_dim
        }
        \group_end:
    }
% (end)
\ExplSyntaxOff

\DeclarePairedDelimiter\pa{\lparen}{\rparen}

\ExplSyntaxOn
\keys_define:nn { delimiter / paren }
    {
        1 .meta:n =
            {
                height=9.16pt,
                outangle=51,
                inangle-i=38,
                inangle-ii=33,
                midwidth=.8pt,
                outwidth=.33pt,
                proportion=.379,
                looseness-i=.81,
                looseness-ii=.9,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        2 .meta:n =
            {
                height=11.28pt,
                outangle=51,
                inangle-i=41,
                inangle-ii=35,
                midwidth=.83pt,
                outwidth=.35pt,
                proportion=.357,
                looseness-i=.82,
                looseness-ii=.89,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        3 .meta:n =
            {
                height=14.44pt,
                outangle=48,
                inangle-i=43,
                inangle-ii=37.7,
                midwidth=.87pt,
                outwidth=.38pt,
                proportion=.336,
                looseness-i=.81,
                looseness-ii=.88,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        4 .meta:n =
            {
                height=17.6pt,
                outangle=48,
                inangle-i=45,
                inangle-ii=40.5,
                midwidth=.92pt,
                outwidth=.4pt,
                proportion=.322,
                looseness-i=.81,
                looseness-ii=.87,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        5 .meta:n =
            {
                height=20.74pt,
                outangle=48,
                inangle-i=46,
                inangle-ii=41,
                midwidth=.97pt,
                outwidth=.42pt,
                proportion=.312,
                looseness-i=.81,
                looseness-ii=.87,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        6 .meta:n =
            {
                height=23.92pt,
                outangle=45,
                inangle-i=46,
                inangle-ii=43,
                midwidth=.99pt,
                outwidth=.46pt,
                proportion=.308,
                looseness-i=.8,
                looseness-ii=.87,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        7 .meta:n =
            {
                height=27.02pt,
                outangle=45,
                inangle-i=47,
                inangle-ii=44,
                midwidth=1.04pt,
                outwidth=.48pt,
                proportion=.302,
                looseness-i=.8,
                looseness-ii=.87,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        8 .meta:n =
            {
                height=30.2pt,
                outangle=46,
                inangle-i=47,
                inangle-ii=44,
                midwidth=1.08pt,
                outwidth=.51pt,
                proportion=.297,
                looseness-i=.796,
                looseness-ii=.86,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        9 .meta:n =
            {
                height=33.38pt,
                outangle=46,
                inangle-i=47,
                inangle-ii=45.2,
                midwidth=1.13pt,
                outwidth=.53pt,
                proportion=.293,
                looseness-i=.796,
                looseness-ii=.86,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        10 .meta:n =
            {
                height=36.5pt,
                outangle=46,
                inangle-i=48,
                inangle-ii=45.2,
                midwidth=1.16pt,
                outwidth=.56pt,
                proportion=.291,
                looseness-i=.796,
                looseness-ii=.86,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        11 .meta:n =
            {
                height=42.92pt,
                outangle=43.5,
                inangle-i=48,
                inangle-ii=46,
                midwidth=1.16pt,
                outwidth=.56pt,
                proportion=.288,
                looseness-i=.79,
                looseness-ii=.86,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        12 .meta:n =
            {
                height=49.3pt,
                outangle=43.5,
                inangle-i=48,
                inangle-ii=47,
                midwidth=1.16pt,
                outwidth=.56pt,
                proportion=.286,
                looseness-i=.795,
                looseness-ii=.86,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        13 .meta:n =
            {
                height=55.68pt,
                outangle=43.5,
                inangle-i=48,
                inangle-ii=47,
                midwidth=1.16pt,
                outwidth=.56pt,
                proportion=.284,
                looseness-i=.785,
                looseness-ii=.85,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        14 .meta:n =
            {
                height=62.06pt,
                outangle=43.5,
                inangle-i=48,
                inangle-ii=47,
                midwidth=1.16pt,
                outwidth=.56pt,
                proportion=.283,
                looseness-i=.79,
                looseness-ii=.85,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
        15 .meta:n =
            {
                height=68.44pt,
                outangle=43.5,
                inangle-i=48,
                inangle-ii=48,
                midwidth=1.15pt,
                outwidth=.56pt,
                proportion=.282,
                looseness-i=.78,
                looseness-ii=.85,
                insep=0pt,
                outsep=0pt,
            } ,
    }
\ExplSyntaxOff

\begin{document}
\[
    \PARENS*{
    \PARENS[15]{
    \PARENS[14]{
    \PARENS[13]{
    \PARENS[12]{
    \PARENS[11]{
    \PARENS[10]{
    \PARENS[9]{
    \PARENS[8]{
    \PARENS[7]{
    \PARENS[6]{
    \PARENS[5]{
    \PARENS[4]{
    \PARENS[3]{
    \PARENS[2]{
    \PARENS[1]{
    x
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }
    }^M
    }
\]
\[
    \det\begin{pmatrix}
        a & b & c & d & e \\
        a & b & c & d & e \\
        a & b & c & d & e
    \end{pmatrix}
    \qquad
    \det\PARENS[10,outsep=2pt]{\begin{matrix}
        a & b & c & d & e \\
        a & b & c & d & e \\
        a & b & c & d & e
    \end{matrix}}
\]
\end{document}

What could be done better, I don't know! May be some sort of setting/using already saved boxes, may be not using looseness and using precalculated control points to draw bezier curves, may be using TikZ facilities to improve the robustness and fasten the compilation (pic or decoration?), etc. I don't know, anything would be welcome.

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Cool Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: AWSM) is having a relatively strong start to the trading session, trading up more than 3% early on. The gains come after the company announced an acquisition, leading to excitement. Here's what's going on:
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In a press release issued early this morning, Cool Holdings announced that it has acquired Simply Mac, Inc. Simply Mac was previously a subsidiary of GameStop.
Today, Simply Mac is a chain of 41 retail stores across 18 states within the US. Importantly, Simply Mac is an authorized reseller of Apple Products and the largest Apple Premier Partner in the United States.
The company also has 16 existing OneClick stores and operates a total retail footprint of 57 stores across the United States, Argentina and the Dominican Republic.
In a statement, Rein Voigt, President and CEO at AWSM, had the following to offer with regard to the acquisition:
We have been working on the Simply Mac acquisition for some time, and are extremely pleased to have it completed as a critical milestone as part of our retail expansion plans. Simply Mac is of great strategic importance to our Company, and we expect it will be the foundation for us to achieve profitability in the future. We intend to adopt the vision, values and mission statement upon which Simply Mac was founded in all our existing stores, and in those we may acquire in the future. Customer satisfaction is paramount, and our vision is to be America's premier technology retailer. One of the most important segments of Simply Mac's business is service, and the support of Apple products in cities where Apple has no presence. Located primarily in smaller cities close to a university, Simply Mac is an important provider of Apple authorized service in the U.S. We welcome the dedicated employees of Simply Mac to our team, and look forward to working with them to extend the Simply Mac name to more cities across the U.S.
Three Reasons Investors Are Excited Here
Ultimately, there are several reasons that AWSM investors are excited about this news. The three most important are as follows:
Reason #1: Revenue Appreciation
With the acquisition of Simply Mac, Cool Holdings now owns the company's retail footprint of more than 50 stores across 3 different countries. Most of these stores are well established, being in operation for years at this point.
Of course, Simply Mac wouldn't be able to survive with such a footprint if the company wasn't generating revenue. So, the acquisition means that AWSM investors can expect to see strong revenue growth ahead.
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XIGDUO XR was the first type 2 diabetes treatment to combine two antihyperglycemic agents, metformin XR and dapagliflozin, in an extended-release, once-daily formulation.
Postmarketing cases of metformin-associated lactic acidosis have resulted in death, hypothermia, hypotension, and resistant bradyarrhythmias. Symptoms included malaise, myalgias, respiratory distress, somnolence, and abdominal pain. Laboratory abnormalities included elevated blood lactate levels, anion gap acidosis, increased lactate/pyruvate ratio, and metformin plasma levels generally >5 mcg/mL.
Risk factors include renal impairment, concomitant use of certain drugs, age >65 years old, radiological studies with contrast, surgery and other procedures, hypoxic states, excessive alcohol intake, and hepatic impairment. Steps to reduce the risk of and manage metformin-associated lactic acidosis in these high risk groups are provided in the Full Prescribing Information.
If lactic acidosis is suspected, discontinue XIGDUO XR and institute general supportive measures in a hospital setting. Prompt hemodialysis is recommended.
Hypotension: Dapagliflozin causes intravascular volume contraction, and symptomatic hypotension can occur. Assess and correct volume status before initiating XIGDUO XR in patients with impaired renal function, elderly patients, or patients on loop diuretics. Monitor for hypotension.
Ketoacidosis has been reported in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes receiving dapagliflozin. Some cases were fatal. Assess patients who present with signs and symptoms of metabolic acidosis for ketoacidosis, regardless of blood glucose level. If suspected, discontinue XIGDUO XR, evaluate and treat promptly. Before initiating XIGDUO XR, consider risk factors for ketoacidosis. Patients on XIGDUO XR may require monitoring and temporary discontinuation in situations known to predispose to ketoacidosis.
Acute Kidney Injury and Impairment in Renal Function: Dapagliflozin causes intravascular volume contraction and renal impairment, with reports of acute kidney injury requiring hospitalization and dialysis. Consider temporarily discontinuing in settings of reduced oral intake or fluid losses. If acute kidney injury occurs, discontinue and promptly treat.
Dapagliflozin increases serum creatinine and decreases eGFR. Elderly patients and patients with impaired renal function may be more susceptible to these changes. Before initiating XIGDUO XR, evaluate renal function and monitor periodically. XIGDUO XR is contraindicated in patients with an eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2.
Urosepsis and Pyelonephritis: SGLT2 inhibitors increase the risk for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and serious UTIs have been reported with dapagliflozin. Evaluate for signs and symptoms of UTIs and treat promptly.
Use with Medications Known to Cause Hypoglycemia: Consider a lower dose of insulin and insulin secretagogues to reduce risk of hypoglycemia when coadministered with XIGDUO XR.
Hypoglycemia could occur when caloric intake is deficient, strenuous exercise is not compensated by caloric supplementation, or when XIGDUO XR is used with other glucose-lowering agents or ethanol.
Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Perineum (Fournier's Gangrene): Rare but serious, life-threatening cases have been reported in patients receiving SGLT2 inhibitors including dapagliflozin. Cases have been reported in females and males. Serious outcomes have included hospitalization, surgeries, and death. Assess patients presenting with pain or tenderness, erythema, swelling in the genital or perineal area, along with fever or malaise. If suspected, institute prompt treatment and discontinue XIGDUO XR.
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Metformin may lower vitamin B12 levels. Measure hematological parameters annually.
Genital Mycotic Infections: Dapagliflozin increases the risk of genital mycotic infections, particularly in patients with prior genital mycotic infections. Monitor and treat appropriately.
Increases in Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) occur with dapagliflozin. Monitor LDL-C and treat per standard of care.
Bladder Cancer: An imbalance in bladder cancers was observed in clinical trials. There were too few cases to determine whether the emergence of these events is related to dapagliflozin, and insufficient data to determine whether dapagliflozin has an effect on pre-existing bladder tumors. XIGDUO XR should not be used in patients with active bladder cancer. Use with caution in patients with a history of bladder cancer.
Macrovascular Outcomes: There have been no clinical studies establishing conclusive evidence of macrovascular risk reduction with XIGDUO XR.
Most common adverse reactions (≥5%) with dapagliflozin (5 mg or 10 mg) plus metformin vs placebo plus metformin were female genital mycotic infection (9.4%, 9.3%, 1.5%), nasopharyngitis (6.3%, 5.2%, 5.9%), urinary tract infection (6.1%, 5.5%, 3.6%), diarrhea (5.9%, 4.2%, 5.6%), and headache (5.4%, 3.3%, 2.8%), respectively.
Adverse reactions reported in >5% of patients treated with metformin XR and more commonly than in patients treated with placebo are diarrhea (9.6% vs 2.6%) and nausea/vomiting (6.5% vs 1.5%).
Pregnant Women: There are no adequate and well-controlled studies of XIGDUO XR or its individual components in pregnant women. Consider appropriate alternative therapies, especially during the second and third trimesters.
Nursing Mothers: Discontinue XIGDUO XR or discontinue nursing.
XIGDUO XR is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus when treatment with both dapagliflozin and metformin is appropriate.
XIGDUO XR is not recommended for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus or diabetic ketoacidosis.
Please read US Full Prescribing Information , including Boxed WARNING about lactic acidosis and Medication Guide for XIGDUO XR.
XIGDUO® XR (dapagliflozin and metformin HCl extended-release) [package insert]. Wilmington, DE: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; 2018.
Gerich JE. Role of the kidney in normal glucose homeostasis and in the hyperglycaemia of diabetes mellitus: therapeutic implications. Diabet Med. 2010;27(2):136-142.
DeFronzo RA, Hompesch M, Kasichayanula S, et al. Characterization of renal glucose reabsorption in response to dapagliflozin in healthy subjects and subjects with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2013;36(10):3169-3176.
List JF, Woo V, Morales E, Tang W, Fiedorek FT. Sodium-glucose cotransport inhibition with dapagliflozin in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2009:32(4):650-657.
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La 13e cérémonie des Africa Movie Academy Awards s'est tenue le 15 juillet 2017 à l', à Lagos, au Nigeria.

Récompenses
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When you consider the current market, you will realize that gold and silver and other commodities that you can touch tend to raise their value together they differ from paper financial assets. Whenever paper financial assets have a lot of stock the prices of gold remains constant but when the stock is flat the rate of other commodities rises very much. People usually have a trend they leave the other financial assets until their relationship is fair. People say that they would rather protect than speculate.
For the last six years, the value of gold has risen roughly about 158%, and also that of silver has increased a bit stronger about 246%, on the other hand, the value of the dollar has fallen by 32%. If you compare the value of a dollar today and a couple of years ago it worth's only 1cent. When you compare in the years of 1919, it worth 2 cents. There are many drops in the value of the dollar this drop has been for a long time.
In the US they are now running a total yearly budget and trade debts exceeding $1.5trillion, the Federal Reserve are making in year 1-2 trillion Dollar liquidity all these out of thin air.
Due to the latest decline of dollar Large Dollar holders have started exiting it and in the past the dollar was very powerful everything was related to it. All international trade was being conducted with the use of a dollar. But since it started to fall some countries begun to diversify it off from their holders. Now that the value of the dollar has risen and that of gold and silver increased they the latter two moves in an opposite direction with the dollar, and they seem like they are not attached at all. For the last 36 years the value of dollar has dropped by 80%, while that of gold has risen by 1900%.finally we came this brief explanatory that gold is a perfect hedge for the depreciating dollar.


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«Ю́жное э́хо» () — газета, що виходила у Кременчуці в 1912—1914 роках.

Перший номер газети вийшов 22 квітня 1912 року. З № 24 1914 отримала підзаголовок — «Ежедневная газета». Додаток «Южное эхо. Телеграммы» виходив як вечірній випуск від 21 липня до 15 грудня 1914 року.

Обсяг: 2—4 с. Усього вийшло 172 числа:
 1912 — 6 чисел
 1913 — 21
 1914—145 чисел

Вихід видання припинився не раніше від 14-15 грудня 1914 року, хоча точна дата виходу останнього номера невідома.

Джерела
 Южное эхо  // Беляева Л. Н., Зиновьева М. К., Никифоров М. М. Библиография периодических изданий России, 1901—1916. — Л.: ГПБ, 1960. Т. 3: Р—Я. — С. 648.
 Полтавщина: Енцикл. довід. / За ред. А. В. Кудрицького. — Київ: УЕ, 1992. — С. 996

Українські ЗМІ Російської імперії
Друковані видання, засновані 1912
Засновані в Україні 1912
Газети Кременчука
Російськомовні газети України
Газети минулого
Друковані видання, закриті 1914


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» Man accuses brother of murder during probate litigation
Man accuses brother of murder during probate litigation
On Behalf of Busson & Sikorski, P.C. | Nov 14, 2018 | Probate |
While many families may hope to come together after loved ones' deaths, that is not always the case. Some individuals — siblings included — could end up facing significant disputes over the remaining estate of their loved one. Such cases could escalate to points at which probate litigation may occur to have the matter formally addressed.
New York readers may be interested in such a dispute currently underway in another state that involves accusations of murder. Two brothers are currently entangled in a probate lawsuit because one is set to inherit the majority of the estate. Additionally, one man claims that his brother had a hand in the death of their mother, who died by drowning in a hot tub. The man claims that their mother had an appointment with her attorney to make significant changes to her estate plans, but she died only hours before that appointment was to take place.
However, the judge involved in the litigation did not allow the claim to move forward. There was apparently no evidence of foul play and no evidence that their mother had an appointment to make changes to her estate. As the current plans stand, one brother is looking at inheriting about 85 percent of their mother's $5.2 million estate.
Family dynamics can play a major role in whether probate goes smoothly. As this case shows, disputes among siblings over remaining assets can easily lead to probate litigation and other conflicts. If New York residents find themselves facing similar predicaments, they may want to explore their legal options.


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Parents and grandparents will delight in reading this to little ones and children will love recognising the familiar activities they've enjoyed with their own loved ones, while garnering ideas for creating new memories.
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Alfred Leconte est un pharmacien, poète, chansonnier, goguettier et homme politique français, né le  à Vatan (Indre) et décédé le  à Piscop (à l'époque situé dans le département de Seine-et-Oise et aujourd'hui dans celui du Val-d'Oise).

Le pharmacien
Alfred Leconte fait ses études au collège de Bourges. Puis, à Paris, suit les cours du Conservatoire. Qu'il laisse sur ordre de sa famille pour s'inscrire à l'École de pharmacie. Il présente en 1851 sa thèse : Considérations philosophiques sur la pharmacie. Et s'établit pharmacien de  à Issoudun en 1852.

L'homme politique
Alfred Leconte est juge au tribunal de commerce, conseiller municipal d'Issoudun, conseiller général du canton de Vatan en 1871 et élu député de l'arrondissement d'Issoudun le . Il siège à gauche et s'inscrit au groupe de l'Union républicaine, puis au groupe radical-socialiste. Il vote pour l'amnistie plénière, pour la suppression du budget des cultes, est l'un des 363 qui refusent la confiance au gouvernement de Broglie, le . Alfred Leconte est très actif de 1876 à 1885 et est ensuite battu. On lui reprocha d'avoir voulu faire bénéficier une personne de sa famille de son permis de circuler sur les chemins de fer. Il est réélu en 1889 et siège à la Chambre des députés jusqu'en 1898. Il prend ensuite sa retraite et ne sollicite pas de nouveau mandat.

Le chansonnier et homme de lettres

Alfred Leconte a une vocation de chansonnier. Sous le règne de Napoléon III, il écrit déjà contre le régime des pièces de vers, des fables et surtout des chansons, dont certaines connaissent la célébrité. En 1876, il est membre de la quatrième société du Caveau et de la goguette de la Lice chansonnière au moment où il devient député. À cette occasion, Duvelleroy, membre du Caveau, lui dédie une chanson comique : Ne va pas le dire à  Naquet ! À notre camarade Alfred Leconte qui vient d'être élu député, à chanter sur l'air de Dis-moi donc mon p'tit Hippolyte.

Allard-Pestel, également membre du Caveau lui écrit un poème publié à la suite de cette chanson :

À propos de la même élection

D'un membre du Caveau, l'universel suffrage
Vient, sans aucun effort, de faire un député ;
J'y vois pour l'avenir un fort heureux présage,
Car la Chambre défunte avait peu de gaîté.
Leconte, chansonnier, le cœur plein d'espérance,
Va du progrès bientôt nous chanter les moissons ;
Il pourra doublement représenter la France,
Où tout, dit Beaumarchais, finit par des chansons.

Une notice publiée en 1877 indique qu'Alfred Leconte a « une splendide voix de ténor et compose presque tous les airs de ses chansons. » La même année il devient directeur du journal La Chanson française.

Parlant de lui, ses amis le blaguent alors à ce propos : « La Chanson Française est un des grands bonheurs de sa vie, et il n'est pas de nuit qu'il n'en rêve ; aussi bénit-il (civilement), les abonnés qui viennent chaque semaine grossir le tirage de cette feuille chère à tous les amis de la vraie chanson et assurer son succès. »

Le , il est un des orateurs qui prend la parole au pèlerinage annuel au tombeau de Béranger au cimetière du Père-Lachaise. Le , il participe au banquet donné pour le cinquantenaire de la goguette de la Lice chansonnière. À cette occasion le journal Le Temps le qualifie de « rimeur intarissable ».

Le , au palais du Trocadéro, il prononce le discours d'ouverture pour la distribution des prix aux lauréats du premier Concours des Sociétés lyriques, dont il est le président d'honneur. Dans celui-ci, il accrédite la fable républicaine de la disparition des goguettes sous la répression du Second Empire :

Le vent de la liberté qui avait soufflé en 1848, avait fait éclore beaucoup de ces sociétés. Le despotisme impérial fut pour elles un terrible faucheur qui les détruisit. La chanson vive et luronne, toujours frondeuse par son essence même, n'en mourut pas, mais elle se concentra entre d'intimes amis qui en conservèrent la tradition ; les goguettes disparurent, quelques sociétés chantantes survécurent à la condition de rester respectueuses ou flatteuses à l'endroit du pouvoir qui s'était imposé à la France par la violence et la terreur.

En 1893, Alfred Leconte est membre honoraire de la Lice chansonnière.

Poète et chansonnier, au cours de sa vie il publie aussi des travaux d'histoire et de littérature.

Mandats à la Chambre des députés
 -  : Indre
 -  : Indre
 -  : Indre
 -  : Indre - Gauche démocratique radicale et radicale socialiste
 -  : Indre - Gauche radicale-socialiste

Notes et références

Sources

 Jean Pascal, « Les pharmaciens députés de 1848 à nos jours », Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, année 1991, volume 79, numéro 288, .

Liens externes

Naissance en décembre 1824
Naissance dans l'Indre
Décès en septembre 1905
Décès en Seine-et-Oise
Député de l'Indre (Troisième République)
Député de la première législature de la Troisième République
Député de la deuxième législature de la Troisième République
Député de la troisième législature de la Troisième République
Député de la cinquième législature de la Troisième République
Député de la sixième législature de la Troisième République
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Poète français du XIXe siècle
Poète français du XXe siècle
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Chansonnier français
Décès à 80 ans


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The Road Before Me Weeps
On the Refugee Route Through Europe
Nick Thorpe
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'A sweeping and devastating account of the human toll of border walls and anti-immigrant politics in Europe. An essential read.'
-Reece Jones, Author of 'Violent Borders'
War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have spurred several million refugees and migrants to set out for Europe. The West Balkans, from Turkey through Greece, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Hungary, became the main entry route.
Based in Budapest for more than three decades, Nick Thorpe was perfectly placed to cover the birth of the route, its heyday, and the attempts of numerous states to close it. This is his intimate account of the daily lives of those stuck in razor-wire enclosures or on the move along forest tracks, railway lines, motorways-and of the smugglers, border police, and political leaders who help, exploit, or obstruct them. He challenges those who demonise or glorify migration, visits the arrivals in their new environment, and studies their impact on the countries which welcomed them with open arms or hesitation.
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Tragic impasse
By Roger Norman
Nick Thorpe, the BBC's Central Europe correspondent, should be right in hoping his chronicle (2014–18) of the "age-old phenomenon" of enforced migration will remain a useful reference for many years. The book is made up of first-hand observation and interviews, analysis of national and EU policies, and a four-year account of major developments. The main geographical focus is on the most used of the routes into Europe, starting in far-off Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan, proceeding through Turkey into Greece or Bulgaria and from there into central Europe.
If there is a single epicentre of The Road Before Me Weeps it is Budapest's East railway station, where the whole crisis came to the boil in September 2015. The inflexible opposition of the Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán to the free movement of asylum-seekers is based on his conviction that this was not primarily a humanitarian crisis but a movement of peoples triggered by economics – the search for "a better life" on the one hand and religious fanaticism (terrorism) on the other.
Ranged alongside Hungary were Poland, Croatia and Serbia, countries that sternly resisted an influx of foreigners, though, ironically, the migrants had their sights set elsewhere. Against these four stood the generally humanitarian point of view of EU officialdom, which held that Europe was obliged by its culture and experience (notably at the end of the Second World War) to hold out a collective hand to refugees fleeing civil wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan – to register them, feed them and resettle them. Chief among these voices was that of German chancellor Angela Merkel, who emerges from this book as a kind of saviour. At her command the German frontier was opened, allowing the river of refugees to burst its banks at Budapest East.
Thorpe was hardly a popular figure with Orban's government, but it was his number that was dialled by the Hungarian immigration spokesman when the convoy of 100 buses was stopped at the Austrian border. At such moments readers may query the distinction between journalism and activism. Several times, Thorpe is found feeding and otherwise helping his interviewees, once opening his car boot to take out half a dozen watermelons for a group of hungry young Afghans. Episodes such as these are not incidental to the text but the key to its authenticity.
The statistics are all here – the estimated 23 million refugees worldwide in 2018 and, oddly, an identical figure for the pre-war population of Syria, of which a million were killed by the war, five million are refugees in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, six million remain displaced within their own country and another million are in various countries of Europe. Such figures can be found anywhere. The difference here is that we meet these people hiding in maize fields, stuck at train stations and border posts, endlessly waiting for the next step in the asylum process.
Here's the core of the problem: how to distinguish a genuine refugee driven from his or her home by war or terror from someone moving to another country for the purpose of economic betterment. Thorpe returns to the issue repeatedly, without ever quite resolving it. His own wide experience of asylum-seekers – in Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey – is that people don't set off on dangerous adventures with small children without a powerful reason – more so than some vague idea of bettering themselves. The risks are known: the media faithfully reports disasters – from the 70 people who suffocated in a meat truck driven by Bulgarians to the overcrowded boats sunk in rough seas in the Aegean and Mediterranean, these last vividly and tragically reflected by the dead body of little Alan Kurdi on the beach near Bodrum, the most notorious photograph of the entire history.
The Kurdi family was perhaps not unrepresentative. They left Kobani on the Turkish-Syrian border as it was being squeezed between ISIS and Kurds in 2013 and crossed to Turkey. Two years later they tried to return, but a renewed ISIS offensive forced them into a further flight. On Turkey's west coast they paid a Pakistani smuggler for the fatal crossing to Kos. The fee is not mentioned. Elsewhere in the book, Thorpe interviews a refugee-smuggler, a brash young Bulgarian boasting of earning €200,000 in three months.
According to George Soros, as quoted by Thorpe, Europe possesses the expertise and building blocks to manage the refugee problem. Up to half a million a year, Soros claims, could be settled in countries of their choice for an annual sum of €30 billion, much less than was spent yearly from 2014 to 2018 building fences, running camps, compensating Turkey, rescuing leaky boats and so on, not to mention the three or four billion euros a year ending up in the pockets of the people-smugglers – the closest we have to the villains of the piece.
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#Haiku Happenings #6: The Other Bunny presents a #haibun by Raamesh Gowri Raghavan!
He'd call me to his desk and show me cat stuff. Grumpy Cat memes. Cats playing pianos. Cat video ensembles. Cat GIFs. Boxing cats, ninja cats, bathing cats. Cats in funny clothes. Surprised cats. Then one day, he stopped.


The Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery has two locations, one at 76 rue de Turenne and the other just down the street at 10 impasse Saint Claude.
Xavier Veilhan's feature exhibition titled Furtivo, which means movement, was an akward juxtaposition of works. Singularly you can see how each piece is negoting the theme of movement, yet the exhibition lacked unity.
At rue de Turenne, a shark, then legs underwater of galloping horses, then these automatic self-functioning air hockey tables. Mechanical, cold, yes ok movement.
Dramatically polar space of Saint Claude location, Veilhan created these skyscapes with heavy votive candles placed behind perforated metal canvases. Warm, fluid, radiant.
On a sidenote, I saw Moriko Mori in the gallery, working out the space for her up coming exhibition there.


Talend Compare Result: How to find changed components in a job?
I'm using Talend Studio's compare result feature to try to compare two jobs to look at differences. The motivation is a pull request where I need to do a code review. The compare operation works and two palettes open up: one for the existing code and one from the code from the pull request. What I'm can't figure out is how to see which components have changed. Is there some sort of highlighting available? Otherwise, in a non-trivial job, it's hard (actually, all but impossible) to find the differences to be reviewed.
Re: Talend Compare Result: How to find changed components in a job?
I'm not an expert on this topic and maybe it's not the best solution, but it could work in the Talend Open Studio if you'd create a git repository in the workspace where the jobs are stored: e.g \TOS_ESB-20180411_1414-V7.0.1\Studio\workspace\LOCAL_PROJECT\process\ and commit the changes after the jobs are modified and saved. Then you can compare the Job's XML descriptor.
Yeah, that's the problem actually. I started with the XML comparison, found e.g. some java code that was modified. Then I wanted to find the actual job component so I could more easily view the diffs. What I hoped for was that the compare function would highlight the changed components in the palette for easy identification. Sort of like how SSMS does when comparing execution plans.
Anyone else know if there's a better way? Ultimately I want to do code reviews and add comments that are visible in the palette for issues.


CANAL EVANGELISTA - La historia de Ruth el poder de DIOS para transformar vidas.
Watch the official music video for "Read My Mind" performed by The Killers Music video by The Killers performing Read My Mind.
The Ruts - In a rut .
Пикник.Кукла с человеческим лицом.Уральский рубеж 2011.


This month I've have been working on making my very first real leather jacket. A client came to me with very specific detail of how they would like the jacket to look. Taking the basic template, I have already I set to work creating the different panels for the jacket to and made sure that they all lined up right.
When I was happy with this I made up a toile of the jacket and fitted it to the client to make sure they were happy with the panels and how they fitted with the shape.
You want to make sure everything is spot on when it comes to leather as it can be a nightmare to correct. After all my double checks, I could finally cut out in the fabric. This was exciting and terrifying at the same time as I had never worked with real leather before so it was kind of like been lead in blindfolded, also praise to You Tube for the handy video and tips and techniques on how to handle it.
Once I had all my panels cut out I could then see how the line of the jacket was going to look. I was pretty happy with how it was looking so I could set about making it up.
If you have never sewn leather before I would highly recommend reading up about it first, there are lots of tips online on how to. You will need a Teflon foot (usually white) and leather needles for your sewing machine. These are a definite investment as they will make sewing a 100% easier and you won't be tearing your hair out!
Before I can actually sew it altogether I had a couple of panels which needed the top stitching detail on first, so I had a back panel, 2 panels at the front and the top of the sleeves which needed the diamond pattern and the sleeves just straight lines across.
When doing these patterns, you need to make sure all measurements are spot on! i.e. the spacing in between each line and stitch length, although there is no right or wrong way to it just take your ruler and create but for this jacket I needed all the measurement to be exact.
You can see from my photos the pattern starting to take shape.
Once all these panels are in place I could then go ahead and sew it altogether, I usually start with the back panel and work towards the front. One thing I learnt whilst reading up about leather is to roll the seams flat, obviously you can't iron them or you'll end up with a melted jacket… I mean if that's the look you're going for crack on!
I had a handy little roller from a lino printing set, so I just used that and it did the job fine. You could probably pick on up off eBay. It just helps to get flat clean seam and also sets you up for when you do the topstitching.
Now I don't have a leather machine but I have a heavy duty industrial machine called Betty and she did the job just fine when it came to topstitching, don't be afraid you've got to handle the leather, don't let it handle you!
Anyway, many You Tube videos and samples later – so I made sure I nailed it first go because once you stitch the leather it marks it and you can't really correct it so you've got to be super spot on when doing them.
First of all, you've got to prepare all the pockets by stitching the facings onto the zip then the pocket bag (what you put your hands in!) onto the zip as well. Make sure you measure your zip first (the opening bit of the zip) and make sure that measurement matches the opening you make on your jacket where the pocket is going to sit.
See photo for what it should look like, accuracy is key!
Once this is all done you can stitch your zip in to the opening you made, make sure you practice your topstitching as the layers of leather can be a bit thick when it comes to this bit.
I had 3 pockets in total to do and each one I did I got better and I was really happy with the result of them.
Once they were in place I could then attach my sleeves to the main body, this is where it all starts to come together and start looking like a biker jacket.
I could then attach the collar making sure to roller all those seams so it looks clean.
After this process, the actual jacket is all ready for its lining to be sewn in. We went for a black and white satin polka dot fabric which complemented the leather so well and really made it look finished off.
After all the lining is in place the final topstitching can be done around the edge of the lapels, it's one of my favorite details on a biker jacket as you can be experimental as you like or just keep it simple.
One final check that everything is in place and looking fine diddly dine, I added my guitar Born to Thread guitar plectrum to give it a seal of approval that its finished.
I do take order for real leather jackets, please contact me hello@borntothread.co.uk for a quote.