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Adoption, fostering helps children find a home
Alexia Severson
Las Crucen Julianna Chacón-Maldonado, 17, didn't think she wanted to be adopted. She planned to age out of foster care and live independently.
"I already had it set in my mind that I'm going to be on my own. As soon as I age out, I'm out of here," Chacón-Maldonado said. "I've known a couple kids in the foster system who have said the same things."
But when she met Liza Maldonado and Jessica Chacón, a married couple that has adopted and continues to foster children through the New Mexico Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD), on respite (short-term foster care), she grew a bond with them and decided she wanted to be a part of their family.
"I got to know them and I really liked them, so I asked them if I could stay here," she said.
Chacón-Maldonado was officially adopted by the couple on July 11 of this year.
"I would say that everybody needs to have at least somebody in their life, whether it's family or friends, and a lot of foster kids don't have that," she said.
Choosing to foster or adopt a child is a big decision, but it can be very fulfilling and life-changing if done for the right reasons.
"You can really see the changes you make in the life of a child, even if they're only in your home for one night," said Theresa Gonzales, CYFD county office manager. "That's what we hear form our foster parents, is to be able to provide them (a home) — whether it be short term or long term — you're really able to see what the benefits are of that child being in a safe, stable place."
As of mid-July, CYFD, a state operated agency that facilitates foster care and open adoption for children who are unable to return home to their biological parents, had 106 licensed foster homes and 141 kids in care, ages 0 to 18, in Doña Ana County, Gonzales said.
"Our need for foster or adoptive homes is for all ages, but of course the higher need is for our teenagers because they are always the harder kids to place," she said.
Types of adoption
Children can be adopted through the national public child welfare system, private agencies, existing relationships or the international process, according to healthychildren.org.
According to healthychildren.org, there are three types of adoptions:
• Public adoption: The child is placed in a home by an agency that is operated by the state or contracted by the state. Requirements vary by state.
• Private adoption: The child is placed by a nonprofit or for-private agency. Parents typically use an agency to assist with an international adoption.
• Independent adoption: May be carried out by birth parents, a lawyer, a doctor, a religious leader or any other person who can help connect a child with a family.
Adoptions can be open or closed. In an open adoption, the birth parents are allowed to know and have contact with the adoptive parents and the adopted child. Levels of openness in an adoption vary, according to Childwelfare.gov.
In a confidential or closed adoption, no contact takes place between the parent(s) and the adoptive family and no information is given out that identifies the adoptive parents or the birth mother. Only non-identifying information, such as background and medical information about the birth family, is shared with the adoptive family, according to Childwelfare.gov.
Carrie Greer, licensed clinical social worker at The Center Through the Looking Glass, 1395 Missouri Ave., and New Mexico certified independent adoption worker, said today, open adoption is recommended — something that has changed over the past 20 years.
"Open adoption is what is most promoted by the judges and adoption workers like myself," said Greer, who was adopted herself. "What's difficult, at times, is to maintain that connection with the biological relatives… People don't (always) follow what they set out to do. Sometimes the birth parents will feel very disenfranchised. Phone calls, sending cards — depending on what it is, they won't do it because they don't feel comfortable."
But research has shown that children do better in an open adoption because it helps them understand how they came to be adopted and allows them to ask questions about their family backgrounds as they get older, according to childwelfare.gov.
Fostering/adopting in Las Cruces
At CYFD, Gonzales said all of the kids who come into care have experienced some form of trauma and may have physical or behavioral challenges due to their past.
"What we look at is, hopefully, one placement to permanency, so that the child would be placed into a foster home, and if that child couldn't return home, that they would end up being adopted by the family that they're placed with," Gonzales said.
In order to become a foster or adoptive parent, individuals must first attend a local foster/adoption information meeting, which takes place at 5:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the CYFD local office, 760 Motel Blvd., Suite A. An application is then completed and the candidate is assigned to a licensing worker, Gonzales said.
"From there is where all the interviews start and all the gathering of information and then after that, the family becomes licensed (which can take up to four months), and their home study would address whether they're willing to foster to adopt or whether they're wanting to adopt only," Gonzales said. "We do have our adopt-only families, but those families, unless they're interested in older kids, they're probably going to wait for a longer period of time, if they're not willing to do some form of foster care."
Applicants must also attend 32 hours of required foster/adoptive parenting classes, she said.
Gonzales said that the only automatic disqualifier for families wanting to foster or adopt a child through CYFD is any previous crime against a child. Otherwise, having a criminal record doesn't necessarily mean an individual can't get licensed to foster or adopt. A decision will be made based on the circumstances of the crime and how long ago it occurred, she said.
Gonzales said one misconception people have about foster care/adoption is that they think they have to be married or that they can't be a same-sex couple, but that is not the case at CYFD. Some couples also think they can't foster or adopt because both individuals work full time.
"We have two parent homes that both work, so we work with them and arrange daycare that the department pays for," she said.
Adoption and foster care is also not based on a family's income, Gonzales said.
"It doesn't rule a family out," she said. "What we want is to make sure that it's not going to be a hardship that the family take on a child."
At CYFD, foster parents receive a monthly reimbursement, based on the foster child's age and need level, to help provide food, clothing, shelter and transportation for the foster child(ren) placed in their home. Families who qualify may also be able to get an adoption subsidy, Gonzales said.
Other agencies in Las Cruces offer Treatment Foster Care (TFC), out-of-home care by foster parents with specialized training to care for a wide variety of children and adolescents, usually those with significant emotional, behavioral or social issues or medical needs.
The Bair Foundation Child & Family Ministries, 755 S. Telshor Blvd. Ste. D109, is a Christian nonprofit family services agency that focuses on TFC for children ages 0-18. La Clinica de Familia, a private, nonprofit federally qualified health center in Las Cruces also offers TFC, Gonzales said.
Taking the plunge
Chacón and her wife Maldonado have adopted three kids through CYFD. Since they began fostering children through CYFD in 2014, the couple has had a total of 23 kids come through their home.
"I was scared when (Jessica) first came with the paperwork, very apprehensive, but I don't regret any of it," Maldonado said. "I'm glad she took the initiative when she did."
Chacón, who also has a 17-year-old biological son named Noah, said the first child they adopted was Zoilo, now 3, adopted on Nov. 23, 2015; next was Michael, now 6, adopted on Aug. 1, 2016, and then Julianna, who they adopted this year. The couple is also currently fostering two brothers.
Maldonado said each child is different, presenting new challenges and experiences.
"The kids that come through here, we don't know what they've been through before they came to us — it could be anything from sexual abuse to parents just not being able to take care of them," she said. "We have to nurture that and figure out how to take care of that while they're here."
The couple said their adopted son Michael was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and Zoilo was born opiate dependent.
"It's about educating yourself and making sure that you can help them," Chacón said.
Those who choose the foster-to-adopt route also need to be ready for the challenge of letting kids go when it's time for them to move on, they said.
"Just understand that you have to have that open mind that they may or may not be able to stay with you," Chacón said. "But don't give up, because there's always going to come a child who is going to need a forever home."
Gonzales said families should be prepared to work with the child's biological family.
"They meet them, they attend appointments with them," Gonzales said. "Our goal is always to reunify the child with the family and so we really look for our foster parents to be mentors to those families on occasion as we transition home. If we're able to reunify, the foster parents are key in transitioning the kids home."
Greer said families considering adoption have to make sure they are doing it for the right reasons.
"It shouldn't be for a self-serving purpose, it shouldn't be because they have fertility issues and they want a child, it should be because they want to be a parent," Greer said. "Foster care is always a really good way to see if you are the right person for the job. I would always recommend that people try foster care before they adopt."
Gonzales said CYFD offers the option to provide respite — when a child in foster care is placed into another licensed home for up to three days a month.
"That will give them experience with the agency and the types of kids that come into care," she said.
While foster care/adoption can be difficult at times, it's a worthwhile experience, Chacón said.
"It's worth it when you have that kid that was with you two years ago still come over and go camping with you for the summer, or they call you because they're ready to get a job and want to know if you can help them get their food handler card," she said. "They still come back to you."
Maldonado said those who are hesitating should take the plunge and at least, try respite or foster care.
"I didn't think I was ever going to be ready," she said. "I'm just glad I did it when I did it. Anybody who does it will feel that happiness in them, helping the kids…They've changed us to where we are at today. Every one of them has had an impact on us in one way or another."
For information about foster care/adoption through CYFD, call 1-800-432-2075 or visit cyfd.org or pulltogether.org. For information about the Bair Foundation, visit bair.org. For information about La Clinica, visit lcdfnm.org.
Alexia Severson may be reached at 575-541-5462, aseverson@lcsun-news.com or @AlexiaMSeverson on Twitter.
What: Las Cruces Foster and Adoptive Parent Information Meetings
Where: Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD), 760 Motel Blvd., Suite A
When: 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1 (the first Tuesday of each month)
Info: 575-386-9528 or visit heartgallerynm.org/upcoming-events


I've seen some pretty new accounts lately. For those of you who are actually new, welcome to the Fediverse!
@trevdev @ashfurrow Has there been an influx since the Tumblr thing?
@djmoch @trevdev anecdotally yes. Check out @usercount.
@djmoch @trevdev a small blip I guess.


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Tech pitches in to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Conspiracy theories slow public 5G adoption (but private 5G gets a boost)
Wearables get their killer app: saving you from killer viruses
Coronavirus: Managing (and pivoting) during a crisis
Updated: If you weren't entirely prepared for COVID-19, you're not alone. Ensuring business continuity in crisis management mode requires the right mix of technology, patience and agility. This collection of Insider Pro articles may help.
By Insider Pro staff
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Stress test for IT
COVID-19, 5G and conspiracrcy theories
If you weren't collaborating before ...
More COVID-19 coverage on Insider Pro
In Insider Pro's podcast, Tech Career Ladder, career coach Ryan Halverson discusses how overcoming uncertainty is one of the biggest challenges and frustrations of the coronavirus pandemic. Using a road race analogy, Halverson talks about how we all started out thinking we were running a 5K, but as we approached the finish line we learned it was 10K, which turned into a half marathon. No, wait it's a marathon but may actually be an ultra marathon.
While we can't ignore isolation and changes to our routines (or the fact that the finish line isn't yet in sight), Halverson points out that we may just learn that our resiliency and ability to manage is more powerful than we thought. It's also a chance -- albeit an unwelcome chance -- to slow down, reconnect with family and friends, and take stock of who you want to be when you come out the other side.
It's hard to think of the rush to a remote workforce as an opportunity, but Insider Pro columnist Jack Gold says now is the time to evaluate how this stress test for IT has gone. Gold looks at five lessons we should have learned around topics such as application scalability, collaboration, connectivity, security and support.
"Use this time to build out a strategy," Gold suggests, "so you won't have to use Band-Aids and duct tape next time."
Theories around the dangers of 5G abounded before the coronavirus, but now there's a whole new reason to fear 5G, and it's as dangerous as it is dumb, notes Insider Pro columnist Mike Elgan. "One of the most common (and also dumbest) false rumors is that the symptoms caused by COVID-19 are actually caused by 5G towers, and that the coronavirus crisis is a fiction designed to cover up the role of 5G in harming health."
While COVID-19 may be giving conspiracy theorists one more reason to fear 5G, there's one way 5G adoption may gain from the pandemic, Elgan writes.
"The coronavirus pandemic has shocked large enterprises into an acknowledgement of the total dependency and necessity of high-performance networking. This is as true in manufacturing, services, telecommunications, automotive, robotics and other sectors as it is in healthcare, where the need for 5G has become glaringly obvious.
As the days of lockdowns and social distancing drag on, tech winners and losers are emerging. Contributor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes, "We've been finding out the hard way what technologies work well when subjected to a real-world disaster and which, well, aren't up to snuff."
COVID-19 has forced nonessential workers to their home offices. Of course, not every employee was equipped to work from home, leaving some IT departments scrambing to ensure workers were safe, productive and in touch with colleagues. As the coronavirus continues to impact the health, business operations and economies of the world, Insider Pro's ongoing coverage aims to keep you well-informed as you react to technology and leadership challenges.
While tech giants have their own revenue, shareholders and employees to worry about, it's encouraging to see the industry step up and open up its products and services during the pandemic. For example, as part of the Open COVID Pledge, IBM is offering its patent portfolio to those "developing technologies to help diagnose, prevent, contain or treat" COVID-19. IBM says the pledge covers thousands of AI patents, including Watson technology, and more than 900 active U.S. patents in the general area of biological viruses.
In a blog posted yesterday, Mark Ringes, vice president, assistant general counsel, wrote, "IBM's pledge will last for the life of our more than 80,000 patents and patent applications, and any new patent applications filed through the end of 2023 will likewise be covered by this commitment."
IBM joins Amazon, Facebook, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Microsoft and Sandia National Laboratories in the pledge.
No one could blame you for not keeping a positive attitude during the current coronavirus crisis. After all, every facet of your life has changed, but if you listen to Insider Pro's latest podcast, executive coach Ryan Halverson will help you learn how to come out of this stronger, even if it doesn't feel that way now. He describes that while the pandemic feels like "a punch in the face," it's also a chance to slow down, reconnect with family and friends, and take stock of who you want to be.
While the world waits for a COVID-19 vaccine, technology -- wearable technology to be more precise -- maybe our best chance limit the virus being passed. Insider Pro columnist writes that, "Smartwatches and fitness trackers already harvest data about the resting heart rate and sleep patterns of millions of users. More-advanced devices measure body temperature. When the human body is fighting infection, the resting heart rate is slightly elevated (easiest to gauge during sleep) and the body temperature rises. Individually, this data could tell you a little. In aggregate, they tell you a lot -- specifically, they can offer the earliest possible warning of a flu or coronavirus out in a city, region or country."
Last week, contributor Sharon Goldman covered what the IT job landscape will look like in the coming months and offers some tips on how to be best-prepared in these unpredcedented times. "The industry is bracing for bigger changes to come, including reduced or delayed hiring, or even layoffs, particularly in hard-hit industries such as travel, hotels and restaurants," Goldman writes. "On the other hand, some of the largest sectors employing IT workers may even see increased demand in some areas, including healthcare, financial services, government and data-driven technologies."
Bob Violino rounds up 10 free collaboration tools vendors such as Avaya, Cisco, Microsoft and others are making available in response to this global crisis.
And while you may have taken that first (giant) step of getting your workforce set up to work remotely, now you have to meet the next challenge: managing a new, virtual environment. Paul Heltzel writes that "keeping things running smoothly requires a mix of the right technology, while maintaining your office's culture even at a distance."
[ Coronavirus Crisis: COVID-19 coverage on Insider Pro ]
Creating an environment that fosters online collaboration and an efficient remote worker strategy is hardly a new concept. Whether it's to accommodate the needs of a more diverse workforce, attract the best tech talent regardless of location or communicate with offices around the world, flexibility and agility are ingredients to a productive digital workforce.
The need for that collaborative, mobile workforce just acceralated. The rapidly expanding impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus is rewarding companies that have prepared and have the needed applications, infrastructure and polices in place. The payoff is a smoother transition during this period of crisis management. That said, few companies can be truly prepared for pandemic.
If you're in need of collaboration tools, remote worker policies or general advice for how to manage in trying times and maintain operational continuity, check out some of the articles below. We'll continue to add new articles to the list as the coronavirus continues to present us with what are arguably unprecedented challenges.
Technology winners and losers in the days of COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is revealing just where our technology is up to the challenge and where it's failing.
When radio waves, viruses and tin foil hats collide. How the coronavirus crisis is changing how, where and why 5G is being deployed.
5 lessons companies should learn about working at home
Companies now have the opportunity to learn from what is and isn't working during the coronavirus crisis. Use this time to build out a strategy so you won't have to use band aids and duct tape next time.
Until now, smart watches, rings and glasses offered useful features, but were optional -- that's changing fast. Soon our lives and businesses will depend on them.
Podcast : Survive and thrive during the Covid-19 crisis
Listen now as executive coach Ryan Halverson offers advice on how to manage your career (and your life) during the coronavirus pandemic and how to excel after it.
IT hiring trends: What to expect now and in the months to come
Given the uncertainty that the coronavirus is bringing to all facets of our lives, you're probably wondering how it will affect your career. Do layoffs loom? Will certain roles see higher demand? How are companies handling interviewing and on-boarding? Plus, what should you be doing today?
Videoconferencing vendors meet demands with free versions
As COVID-19 forces workers to remote offices, videoconferencing is becoming a lifeblood of business. These free videoconferencing offerings can help you meet the demand of the new work-at-home norm.
8 tips for managing a remote workforce
No one expects a pandemic, but those who created contingency plans are easing into the transition. For the rest of us, here are eight ways to keep things running smoothly while ensuring your approach reflects the reality of the epidemic and gauges how your employees are faring during the crisis.
How the coronavirus pandemic will change business culture forever
Enterprise and business technology (and how we use it) is about to change – in permanent, society-altering ways. It's our generation's Great Depression.
How to protect yourself from coronavirus phishing threats
The worst disease of the century brings out the worst in people as phishing attacks increase to unprecedented levels. Here's how to spot and avoid COVID-19 phishing attacks.
Can technology save the retail supply chain?
In the age of coronavirus, technology is playing a big role in boosting resilience but it's also meeting its match (and no, it's not just about toilet paper)
How to protect remote workers from the coronavirus crime wave
As predicted, the coronavirus crisis is bringing out the worst in cybercriminals. But the attacks are really just old exploits modified to exploit the new coronavirus context. Here's how to beat them.
How remote access tools can help your businesses adapt to the coronavirus
Coronavirus has created unprecedented challenges for companies and their employees across the globe and remote access tools are helping them meet them.
Don't let the coronavirus make you a home office security risk
Congratulations. You're now the chief security officer of your company's newest branch office: Your home. Here's how to manage your new job.
14 ways CIOs can show leadership during the COVID-19 crisis
What steps should CIOs be taking to help their organizations immediately weather this crisis? Fourteen CIOs share their thoughts.
COVID-19 and tech: New collaboration tools mean new security risks
As the coronavirus forces companies to move their communication and file sharing onto collaboration platforms, be prepared for unintended consequences: New security threats will surface, requiring new methods of securing your environment.
Coronavirus: What companies are ready for our new reality?
One class of companies is already equipped to work in a fully distributed employee model. Another going to have a difficult time adapting to most employees having to work from home. Some won't survive if this lasts more than a few weeks.
What your business can do about the coronavirus ... right now
The Covid-19 crisis is the Black Swan event of our lifetime. Here's how to hold it all together (while keeping employees apart).
How the coronavirus is changing tech and 5 things to do about it
Due to the Covid-19 virus, some tech-culture trends are radically accelerating. Others are being reversed. And it's happening all at once. Here's what you need to know.
4 tips for picking the right collaboration suite
Research shows that workplace technology actually impedes your employees' ability to work in a timely manner and makes it more difficult to collaborate. It doesn't have to be this way. Here are four ways to choose the right collaboration tools.
How to build a collaboration environment for a changing workforce
By 2025, most workers will be millennials. These 'digital natives' will have a major impact on how collaboration takes place – and it won't involve walking next door to an office to collaborate.
Why your company needs a BYOO (bring your own office) policy
Remote work is not a trend. It's there to stay. Insider Pro columnist Mike Elgan explains why it's time to re-orient your organization's thinking around workshifting and BYOO.
How to combine project management and collaboration
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Can you be mobile AND secure?
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How to develop a mobile policy
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Q: Is there any word alternative for "compared to"? I'd like to find an alternative for "compared to", in order to avoid repeating the same phrase in my scientific paper.
Is there any alternative for this expression?

A: Vis-à-vis is a possibility. Literally, it means face to face, but it can also be used as an expression of comparison.

"Vis-à-vis our previous study, our results could not show the difference between A and B. The score for A was low, compared to their [its?] score." (Is the referent of "their" "our previous study"? I'm not sure.)

Other possibilities include

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*In terms of our previous study . . .

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A: *

*in comparison with (just another way of saying the same thing)

A: "We were unable to confirm Joe's report of differences between... "
"In our hands, Joe's results were irreproducible, with differences between A and B limited to less than two sigma."

A: Consider "collate."

collate: to compare (texts, statements, etc.)in order to note points of agreement or disagreement.

E.g.
Records will be stored and collated with other information collected at other times and places.
Also, consider "set (or pit) against one another."
Setting these figures against the stock of foreigners broken down by nationality reveals different degrees of attractiveness.

A: "Versus" would work, but may be considered excessively formal and somewhat stilted.

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The crew fights a dragon that protects a treasure. The final introduces the third movie.
a carastrophe of overused CGI instead of story and character.
No it's not like the book but Smaug was awesome.
Of course it's not the book.It has its own way of telling the story.Still a stunning film!
I really dislike The Hobbit movies, just feels like every creative decision is wrong.
Watch it for the action and adventure and not for the plot. Because there is none.
I don't see what Legolas has to do here. Same thing for Tauriel and her instant love.
Best film of the trilogy. Really good, a lot of action. Special effects are excellent.
So this was very long.
Effects are nice, but the things they have added in drive me insane.
Why do we need to focus so much on Legolas? Oh I forgot, llllllllllllllllllllllladies.
Isn't the book, but it's entertaining and visually stunning.
A film obviously made to cater for the masses. Peter Jackson casts Tolkien's plot aside.
the book was brilliant, why did they have to change all the best bits.
The Hobbit: Part 2 is a 2012 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson and written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson.


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Is Vancouver's False Creek home to the world's largest pop-up park?
There's a large new park on the shore of False Creek, and it might be a world record holder.
My friend James lives in one of the Main Street towers that overlooks the northeast corner of False Creek.
A few weeks ago, he posted a photo of the view from his condo.
Wait a second. Since when is there… a beach volleyball court down there? And… is that an outdoor amphitheatre with log seating? Is that actual… grass?
After a brief exchange with James, he told me that it was a "new, temporary park" that Vancouver real estate titans Concord Pacific opened earlier in the fall.
I wandered its large, sparkling expanse. I spotted bright Adirondack chairs, a dozen large picnic tables, a ball hockey court, ping pong tables, acres of emerald green lawn space, and, yes, the faux sandy beach complete with volleyball net, and an amphitheatre with log seating and views of False Creek to the south and the mountains to the north. All of it sat as vacant as a Twilight Zone episode.
It turns out this pop-up park officially opened Sept. 30 (it was supposed to pop up in the summer, but you know how these things go). According to Patsy McMillan, the chair of the False Creek Residents Association, a park in that space or close to it has been more than 18 years in the making.
"The original development plan for North False Creek stated that Concord Pacific was permitted to build 7,650 residential units in exchange for certain community amenities, including 42 acres of park or green space," McMillan explained to me.
Today, much of that green agreement already exists along the north shore of False Creek, including several parks stretching from the Granville Bridge to the Cambie Bridge, and yet the northeast pocket of False Creek remained undeveloped, even though, to McMillan's count, Concord Pacific has in fact developed 11,500 residential units.
"There have been several delays for a final permanent park. The economy, the Olympics, and now the impending viaduct removal," McMillan said.
With the viaduct takedown slowing up a permanent park's placement, Concord Pacific offered to build a temporary "pop up" park on an interim basis.
Once the viaduct does come down, a swap will be made: a permanent park will be built inland, and Concord Pacific will likely develop more condo towers on the waterfront site.
"The permanent park will be under the SkyTrain track, rather than the waterfront park we were promised," McMillan said.
But at the rate things progress in this town, McMillan thinks the waterfront pop up park could be there anywhere from three years to 15 years. No one can say for sure.
Ann Phelps has been the executive director of Dragon Boat B.C. for 29 years and was named the project manager for the new Concord Community Park. When I spoke to her, she was giddy with excitement over the fact that the park could be a world first.
According to Phelps, when many of the residents purchased their apartments, they were promised a park would be built on that corner of the creek shore.
Concord Pacific foots the bill. According to Phelps, the pop-up park was slated to cost around $500,000, but construction came in closer to $2 million.
Phelps was also quick to point out that I must have popped in to the park on an off day.
Both Phelps and McMillan are eager to see the park utilized and want more people to know about it.


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Q: How can I programmatically create class functions in Typescript? I have a log class that needs to define various convenience functions such as error, warn, info, etc that all do the same thing: make a call to a log function with their severity and the data to be logged.
This is verbose and wastes KBs:
class Logger {
  error(...args: any[]): void {
    this.log('error', ...args)
  }
  warn(...args: any[]): void {
    this.log('warn', ...args)
  }
  // ...and so on
}

I currently have an enum of all the severities, and a union of strings of all the severities:
enum severityLevels {
  error,
  warn,
  info
}

type severities = keyof typeof severityLevels

What I'd like to do is programmatically create functions for each severity level in the logger class's constructor (a very simple Object.keys(severityLevels).forEach(...) in vanilla JS), however I can't figure out how to get TypeScript to allow this to happen. If I make an interface with all the severity function definitions, I can't implements it (the functions don't already exist). If I make them optional, then calling those log functions (which "might not exist") gets messy.
Any ideas?

A: You can programmatically add methods to a constructor's prototype in JavaScript and therefore in TypeScript.  The tricky part is getting the type system to understand what you're doing, which is doable but requires a bit of type assertion.
First, let's come up with an actual runtime list of those severities:
const severityKeys =
  Object.keys(SeverityLevels).filter(k => k !== (+k) + "") as Severities[];

Note, I init-capitalized the types to SeverityLevels and Severities, as per TS convention.  Also note that numeric enum objects in TypeScript also have reverse mappings: Severities.error is 0, and Severities[0] is "error".  To get the list of just the keys, I have to filter out the "numeric" keys with k !== (+k)+"".
Then, let's make an example BaseLogger class that represents your logger's functionality without the added methods:
class BaseLogger {
  constructor(public loggerName: string) {

  }
  log(level: string, ...args: any[]) {
    console.log("[" + this.loggerName + "]", "[" + level + "]", ...args);
  }
}

Here's how we might do the programmatic extension:
type Logger = BaseLogger & Record<Severities, (...args: any) => void>;
const Logger = (
  class Logger extends BaseLogger { }
) as new (...args: ConstructorParameters<typeof BaseLogger>) => Logger;
severityKeys.forEach(k => Logger.prototype[k] = function (this: Logger, ...args: any) {
  this.log(k, ...args);
})

This creates both a type and a value named Logger, so it is usable like a normal class.  The type corresponds to the type of the  instances of Logger, which look just like BaseLogger with the added method properties with keys in Severities and values of (...args: any[])=>void.
The value Logger is the constructor of Logger instances, which starts off as an empty extension of BaseLogger (although we assert that it constructs Logger instances).  After that we use severityKeys.forEach() to add the actual methods to Logger.prototype as needed.
Let's see if it works:
const logger = new Logger("My Logger");
logger.error(123); // [My Logger] [error] 123
logger.info(456); // [My Logger] [info] 456
logger.warn(789); // [My Logger] [warn] 789

Looks good to me.  All right, hope that helps; good luck!
Link to code


SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA North Korea announced last week it would not pursue denuclearization unless the United States removes what it calls its nuclear threat.
The Institute for North Korean Studies' Yongwook Ryu was not surprised by North Korea's declaration.
Most people suspected that North Korea and the United States, also including South Korea, has a different understanding of denuclearization, he said. Analysts and pundits knew that by denuclearization, North Korea meant the removal of U.S. forces from the Korean Peninsula, as well as U.S. nuclear threat.
However, the Asan Institute's Seong Whun Cheon goes further, saying, North Korea hijacked the terminology denuclearization from South Korea and the United States.
Denuclearization was coined by Washington, Cheon said, referring to a process whereby South Korea and North Korea give up all forms of nuclear position, including uranium enrichment and reprocessing facilities that can be devoted to military purposes.
North Korea's statement defining denuclearization came as Pyongyang and Washington are trying to negotiate a second summit between its two heads of state, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump.
But in its statement Pyongyang said, The United States must now recognize the accurate meaning of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and especially, must study geography.
When we talk about the Korean Peninsula, it includes the territory of our republic and also the entire region of (South Korea) where the United States has placed its invasive force, including nuclear weapons. When we talk about the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, it means the removal of all sources of nuclear threat, not only from the South and North but also from areas neighboring the Korean Peninsula, the statement read.
Ryu indicates that North Korea may be signaling that it is not interested in initiating dialogue with the United States at this time.
This does not necessarily mean they do not want to have talks with [the United States], but it's telling the American side that it's not intending to begin negotiations at this moment in time, he said, noting Washington should respond to the statement in some way.
The most recent statement from North Korea is just a repetition of their view, Cheon said. The problem is we have ignored, or we simply were fooled by North Korea's propaganda.
He says the timing of the statement may be in response to the Trump administration's pressure on Pyongyang to implement the terms of the Singapore Summit, as the United States interpreted them.
We still are working through the execution of Chairman Kim's commitment to denuclearize, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Kansas-based KNSS Radio last week. The U.S., he added, is hopeful that in the new year President Trump and Chairman Kim will get together not too long after the first of the year and make even further progress on taking this threat to the United States away from us.
Cheon is slightly less optimistic than Pompeo, predicting the likelihood of a second summit at 50 percent and the deciding factor is what President Trump's position will be on North Korea, in the wake of General Mattis' departure from the Defense Department.
I think the swing of America's North Korea policy is so wide, he said, that engagement policies could hit two extremes.
On one hand, President Trump may compromise with North Korea [and] be satisfied with eliminating North Korea's ICBMs and [some of their] nuclear warheads, but Cheon said that if the president believes he was fooled by North Korea ... he may take more radical, hotter and aggressive action toward North Korea.
While the United States has been discussing the timing of a second summit early in 2019, Ryu says that while such a meeting may still happen, it may happen later than that.
In Kim Jong Un's forthcoming New Year's Day address, Ryu said there is a possibility that the North Korean leader will not emphasize North Korea being a nuclear sate as a gesture to the USA and South Korea [and] that it is still interested in holding talks and advancing negotiations with the hope of removing sanctions on Pyongyang.
Meanwhile, Seoul has unveiled its national defense strategy that continues to pursue peace on the peninsula in the wake of stalled talks and an uncertain future.


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Camera IconTommy Little at the Melbourne comedy festival launch.Picture: News Corp Australia, Sarah Matray
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★★★½: Tommy Little, Self-Diagnosed Genius, review at Melbourne comedy festival
Lynette WalkerHerald Sun
April 4, 2019 7:29AM
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Comedian Tommy Little is all over the small screen and radio airwaves, so it's no surprise that his popularity translates to a buzzing full house on a school night.
Word of warning: make sure you're firmly in your seat when the house lights go down, or you might find yourself part of the show — as Little works as his own warm-up man before the show kicks off in earnest.
If you're in the front row, it might be unavoidable anyway.
Little riffs off the latecomers, engaging in the time-honoured "how did you meet?" routine to showcase his quickfire improv skills.
He notes the difference between the various cities' response to his gags (his "root in my building dot com" swipes gag fell flat in Hobart, with its dearth of high-rise apartment blocks).
Camera IconTommy Little worked his improv skills and his finely tuned storytelling techniques at his Melbourne International Comedy Festival show.Picture: News Corp Australia, Sarah Matray
But the crux of the show is his recent attempt at the (in)famous Antarctic Ice Marathon, which had its origins in a particularly hairy night of excess in Sri Lanka — resulting in a "what am I doing with my life?"-style soul search — the previous year.
Ignoring advice from his doctor, and others, to engage in plenty of "soft-sand running" — and with his dodgy knees fortified with cortisone — the ill-equipped Little treks to the end of the earth to stay in an unheated tent and compete against seasoned marathoners in subzero temperatures.
The whole premise is comedy gold from the get-go — and Little milks its hilarity for all it's worth.
He matches wits and workouts with race favourites "Poland" and "Sri Lanka", honing his pre-race strategy of "just win it", and, above all, avoiding the omnipresent "wet is death" threat of hypothermia.
Having survived the potentially treacherous ordeal (no spoilers there, he's standing in front of us recounting these tall tales), Little — a non-swimmer — tells us he is now setting his sights on the 20km Rottnest Channel Swim.
Grist for the comic mill of next year's show, perhaps?
Our rating: ★★★½
Tommy Little, Self-Diagnosed Genius, until April 21, The Forum.
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Chives are a great low-calorie flavor addition to your meals like the rest of these herbs. Chives also have a lot of fiber too, which is an important part of a healthy diet. The high sources of vitamins A and K in chives make it a great resource for preventing cancer, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease. If you are pregnant, chives are also a great source of folic acid, a key to preventing defects in newborns.
My favorite part of including herbs in my diet is that they are a low-calorie taste provider. So there is no guilt about using them. How do you enjoy herbs?
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Mike Hammer is back, entering the realm of politics in Murder My Love that celebrates the Mickey Spillane Centennial. Edgar award winner Max Allan Collins has finished this book in time for those who have been thinking about the upcoming election season. Spillane was a Jehovah's Witness who did't believe in voting, and one hears Hammer's cynicism and distrust. He takes the assignment to help a politician root out and stop someone who is blackmailing him.
This one happens somewhere around the 1980s. The subject matter is adult with an interest in open relationships, something Hammer understands from his work and pleasure relationship with his assistant Velma, also a PI. When the blackmailers who have a tape of the political contender start being killed, the story turns away from commentary to investigation. There is serious action in this one, which is R rated, with some of the laws of love, and would not be considered Noir Lite. Spillane and Collins take us to New York sites with puns and emotional writing.
Action ensues like in the others, with this being one of a number of books that have been finished by Collins, a friend and colleague of the late Spillane, the best selling mystery writer of the 20th Century. They can be guttural, like in this one where you also know from your gut that something sinister, mysterious, and wrong, is to be expected, and not revealed until the very end.
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Johan Juul Jensen and student team from Georgetown University accelerate to regional finals of Hult Prize.
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Cyber crooks ramp up for holidays as consumers relax
As consumers slow down for the year-end break, cybercriminals are entering their biggest time of the year yet, writes DOROS HADJIZENONOS.
As consumers wind down for a much-needed year-end break, cybercriminals are entering their busiest time of year. A time when consumers are quick to snap up festive season savings and when they use their devices more for entertainment and less for work.
While most people will be reading books or letting their children play games on their devices, some will still access their work emails and documents at the beach. It is therefore crucial that businesses adopt robust, user-friendly security technology that protects users when they're not in the office.
Ideally, all business-sensitive information should be stored in a capsule on devices that is separate from the user's personal information. The password-protected capsule should only be accessible by authorised users and should encrypt all information stored within it so that the data remains secure if the device is lost or stolen.
Information security cannot only be the responsibility of the IT department, especially when users access private and business information on one device. Not only should users take steps to protect their devices but they should also be aware of the tactics used by cybercriminals to trick people into downloading malicious apps or visiting harmful websites. They should also use common sense when granting apps permission to access information on their devices – a photo editing app does not need access to a phone's contacts list, for example.
Festive season cybercrime tactics often involve "discounts" when shopping online or through a retailer's app. What consumers are often unaware of is that, even though the app or URL look legitimate, they are not have been designed with the sole purpose of stealing information.
The fact that users can often bypass app stores and download apps directly from publishers' websites has made it easier for cybercriminals to trick people. By simply sending an email that appears to come from a trusted retailer, prompting the user to download its app to receive a R200 discount voucher, hackers take advantage of unsuspecting shoppers looking to save money on their festive expenses, simply by directing them to a link that downloads a fake app.
All it takes is one click and the app will have access to a user's camera, microphone, GPS location, contacts, calendar and anything else the user allows it to, because let's face it, no one reads the list of permissions when downloading apps; we blindly accept the terms and conditions without a second thought. And hackers know this.
Apps behaving badly
Hackers may create an app that looks legitimate but has malware installed in it.
Consider a traveller who has arrived in a new city and wants to download a local city guide application. These are readily advertised in tourist locations with a QR code. A hacker could stick his own QR code over the poster advertising the application and the unsuspecting tourist would then be directed to the hacker's application that looks exactly the same as the original city guide application.
Once a user has downloaded what he thinks is an app to help him find interesting city information, he will be oblivious to the fact that a hacker is monitoring his every move. And because he gave the app permission to access many parts of his phone (including photos, camera, microphone, GPS location, etc), it is possible for the hacker to view this information as well as send screen captures of whatever is displayed on the screen, which can put company information at risk even though a secure container may be used to store this information.
Multi-layered security
Just as we protect our houses with security bars, electric fencing, alarm systems, beams and guard dogs, companies also need a multi-layered security approach, so that if a hacker breaches one system, there's a good chance he'll be tripped up by another.
While anti-virus solutions are good at blocking known malware, they are less effective against unknown malware. Hackers can also turn known malware into unknown malware in minutes using freely available online modification tools. Security should therefore be bolstered by sandboxing and other security monitoring tools.
Once an app bypasses the anti-virus system, a sandboxing solution will emulate how the app will perform if a user were to open it and will either alert the user if it is malicious or prevent the user from downloading it.
The next level of control involves monitoring the app for suspicious behaviour once it does execute, for example, if the device's camera still records even though it is turned off. The software will either alert the user to the suspicious behaviour or quarantine the app for further investigation.
It's tempting to agree to download an app in exchange for 25% off a shopping cart, but users should exercise caution and investigate not only the link they are being directed to but also the information the app asks to access before installing it. It's safer to go directly to the retailer's website and follow the download links, or to download the verified app from an app store, than to blindly trust a link in an email or SMS.
Businesses should assume that consumers are not protecting their devices or following due diligence when downloading apps and should implement multi-layered security systems that make it difficult for malicious apps to enter the network.
Hackers will continue to prey on network vulnerabilities and human error to steal information. As long as we stay one step ahead, we can afford to relax this festive season knowing our information is secure.
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The Sims 4 Update
by Kayleigh Jones Ithaca College Jun 13, 2016
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There are so many video games out there that it's hard to really wrap your head around it. A lot of them are a ton of fun to play, but it's sometimes hard to be able to picture yourself as one of the characters. There are a lot of games that allow character customization where you can spend hours of your life trying to create the most perfect character that looks just like you, or just like the person that you imagined in your head before you started the customization. Most of those games do an adequate job at trying to make the character that you imagined come to life; however, The Sims 4 just took the cake and made all other games look weak in comparison.
Recently, The Sims 4 just came out with an update that will make the Create a Sim (CAS) option so much better and way more customizable. This is just part of what it looks like:
Now I don't know about you, but this is freaking awesome. Being able to customize this many aspects of your character makes the game that much more accessible for those who are in the LGBTQA+ community and those that aren't sure where they are yet. This makes the CAS so much better for those who want to make a character that is just like them. The update also enables players to give their female characters clothing and hairstyles that were originally only offered to the male characters and vise versa. It's such an incredible update to a game that was already extremely accepting of any and all people.
I think that this is one of the coolest things to ever happen for a myriad of reasons. One of those many reasons is that now, when younger kids are playing this, they will see that boys with female figures and a preference to female clothes is a normal occurrence, and it might resonate to their everyday lives. Being able to show kids that whatever they see in games is totally acceptable in real life, is so very important. It is a way to start a conversation about acceptance and loving others for how they choose to live.
This is something that hasn't happened in other games and it's so great that a franchise that has been around for years is taking advantage of this opportunity and is giving their gamers something that will make their game play more rewarding.
The Sims 4 was already an incredible game and now, with this update, they are able to make more people happy and really make the game an accepting place. I'm so happy for this new update and can't wait to really get into it and start learning more about what this update can do. Hopefully you start playing this wonderful game too! It'll be well worth it.
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Those who support the Obama administration's landmark nuclear deal with Iran are nervous, and for good reason. In his Sept. 19 address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump gave what was perhaps the clearest signal to date that he has no plans to recertify the agreement (formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA) next month, as mandated by Congress.
Certification of the agreement isn't a condition of the nuclear deal itself. Rather, it's a provision of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA) passed by Congress in 2015 in an effort to gain some leverage over the Obama administration's opaque negotiating process with Iran. INARA - or Corker-Cardin, as the legislation is more popularly known - stipulates that the president must confirm to Congress every ninety days that 1) Iran is fully implementing the terms of the JCPOA; 2) the Islamic Republic has not committed a material breach of that agreement; 3) that Iran has not done anything to materially advance its nuclear weapons program; and 4) that continued suspension of nuclear-related sanctions against Iran remains in the national security interests of the United States.
Currently, none of these criteria are being satisfied.
First, the administration is not able to certify that Iran is fully implementing the JCPOA because the United States simply doesn't have access to the totality of Iran's nuclear program. Numerous sites that are connected to Iran's atomic effort remain off-limits to international inspectors. Those facilities that are being actively monitored by the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, meanwhile, have only provided the international community with a partial picture of Iran's current nuclear work, as U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley pointed out in her recent speech before the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC.
Second, the international community cannot currently judge if Iran is in "material breach" of the accord because, paradoxically, no settled definition of such a breach exists between the United States and its partners in the P5+1 (Russia, China, France, Great Britain, and Germany). This state of affairs has created what can be called a "consensus conundrum," in which every report of a potential Iranian breach of the JCPOA has led to acrimonious bickering - not between Iran and the P5+1, but among the P5+1 countries themselves - over the extent and severity of the violation in question.
Third, a credible case can be made that Iran is in fact continuing to advance its nuclear weapons program through its associated work on ballistic missiles. This aspect of Iranian capabilities was largely ignored by the Obama administration, which early on caved to Iranian pressure and removed ballistic missiles from the scope of the agreement then being negotiated with Tehran. Nevertheless, ballistic missiles are widely understood to be the most likely delivery system for any conceivable Iranian nuclear weapon, and recent months have seen the Islamic Republic make significant strides in the range, sophistication and capabilities of its strategic arsenal.
Finally, the Iran nuclear deal has enabled the regime in Tehran to expand both its military spending and its regional activism, much to the detriment of the United States and its allies in the Middle East. Iran's new activism owes much to the JCPOA, which has conferred major economic benefits to the Islamic Republic. Containing an emboldened Iranian regime makes the re-imposition of a full range of economic sanctions nothing short of a vital American interest.
For all these reasons, "decertification" of the JCPOA likely isn't a matter of "if," but of "when." As President Trump told the U.N. this month, the United States "cannot let a murderous regime continue [its] destabilizing activities while building dangerous missiles, and we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program."
The Iran deal, as currently structured, both enables Iran's malign activities and brings the Iranian regime closer to nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. That is why, at least from this president's perspective, it cannot stand.


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Criminal Incuriosity
In a series of high-level meetings in 2002, without a single dissent from cabinet members or lawmakers, the United States for the first time officially embraced the brutal methods of interrogation it had always condemned.
This extraordinary consensus was possible, an examination by The New York Times shows, largely because no one involved — not the top two C.I.A. officials who were pushing the program, not the senior aides to President George W. Bush, not the leaders of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees — investigated the gruesome origins of the techniques they were approving with little debate.
According to several former top officials involved in the discussions seven years ago, they did not know that the military training program, called SERE, for Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape, had been created decades earlier to give American pilots and soldiers a sample of the torture methods used by Communists in the Korean War, methods that had wrung false confessions from Americans…
They did not know that some veteran trainers from the SERE program itself had warned in internal memorandums that, morality aside, the methods were ineffective. Nor were most of the officials aware that the former military psychologist who played a central role in persuading C.I.A. officials to use the harsh methods had never conducted a real interrogation, or that the Justice Department lawyer most responsible for declaring the methods legal had idiosyncratic ideas that even the Bush Justice Department would later renounce.
The process was "a perfect storm of ignorance and enthusiasm," a former C.I.A. official said.
Hilzoy writes:
In general, I wouldn't think it was a problem not to know the origins of a technique, except for political reasons. But not knowing that the SERE program was designed to help soldiers withstand interrogations that had produced false confessions is inexcusable, especially since this was our program. Not knowing that the psychologist who persuaded the CIA to go for this had never conducted an actual interrogation is similarly mind-boggling. The fact that no one knew what the actual interrogators thought of all this is standard for the Bush administration, but it should not have been.
There are all sorts of experts in our government, including experts on interrogation. There's also more than enough institutional memory to inform the administration about the origins of the SERE program. But the Bush administration, typically, did not bother with them. They preferred to make things up as they went along, because, after all, they always knew better.
This is what happens when we stop demanding minimal competence in our Presidents; when we start caring more about who we would rather have a beer with than, oh, who would be most likely to seek out the best advice and listen to all sides of an argument before making an important decision, or whose judgment we can trust. We end up with people who toss aside our most fundamental values because someone who has never conducted an interrogation before thinks it might be a good idea, and no one bothers to do the basic background research on what he proposes.
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Unity Bank Plc, one of Nigeria's leading retail banks has won the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 2018 sustainable banking award, clenching the award for 'Sustainable Transaction of the Year in Agriculture'.
The Bank won the coveted award for its compliance with the Sustainable Banking Principles as it relates to the management of Environmental and Social Risk set out by the CBN for adoption by Nigerian Banks, Discount Houses and Development Banks.
While presenting the award to Unity Bank at the just concluded Bankers' Committee held in Lagos, the apex bank commended the efforts of the lender in promoting the Anchor Borrowers Program (ABP), Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) project, adding that the bank deserves the award because of the role it played in actualization and management of this audacious project.
The active involvement of the Bank in various financing schemes has resulted in creating huge social and economic impact on the income of households involving over 270,000 participating small holder farmers thereby boosting not only the gross domestic product but also helping to achieve self-sufficiency in food production.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Unity Bank Plc., Mrs. Tomi Somefun while commenting on the development, dedicated the award to all farmers and businesses in agriculture value chain.
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