Seth Godin is one of my favorite bloggers, as I have said many, many times over the last several years. I'm beginning to think that Seth has had one or more bad experiences with real estate brokers over the years, because it seems to me that each post he writes about real estate has a little bit of an edge to it. But, Seth's crafty. I can't really point to anything directly. He's built in plausible deniability.
In his latest real estate article, there are some truths, some half-truths, and some, shall we say, misinterpretations. First, let me deal with the obvious point that I, as a real estate broker, would differ with: number nine. Seth, I can't really speak to the laws of agency in New York, but in Texas, the first piece of paper an agent has to get signed, at the first substantive conversation about real estate, is a document called: Information about Brokerage Services. This document spells out clearly that a broker (all listings are considered to belong to the sponsoring broker here, as opposed to a particular agent) can represent the seller or the buyer, or can represent both in house through a process called intermediary. Intermediary would mean that both sides of a deal is being handled in-house. Intermediary requires the broker to appoint two agents - one to represent the interests of the buyer, and one to represent the interests of the seller, with the broker becoming the intermediary. Personally, I'm not a fan of intermediary, but it does happen.
Now, I believe a lot of his other points are good ones, and deserve thoughtful reflection, except number eight. Nobody has a guarantee of being able to make a big house payment, even one with a "steady job." Boy, didn't this last recession prove that? What's the solution?: put more money down, and keep the payments low enough that you can survive any lull in income. Or, pay 100% down. But then that puts you in a neighborhood where you may not want to live, and that brings us back to...number five!
Seth, you of all people should understand that we all buy emotionally and justify rationally. The idea that a home is a great investment is how we as buyers rationalize the purchase we are making and that rationale applies not only to homes, but everything else we buy, like books on marketing, which could actually be more entertaining than factual, but we rationalize that the purchase is really an investment for our business.
Shadow Inventory: What Is It?
There has been a lot of talk lately about "shadow inventory" in the financial community. This is the term applied to the current supply of homes held by banks and other lending institutions where the homeowners are behind on their mortgages, or that have been foreclosed on, but are not yet on the market. There are a lot of fears surrounding "shadow inventories" and the perceived potential for a "flood" of foreclosure inventory being brought to market, creating a dampening effect on the housing recovery.
I found three articles which debate the point, but I must admit I'm more personally aligned with this one by Larry Nusbaum, a resolution assistance contractor for the FDIC. More pessimistic views can be found in these two articles found in the Wall Street Journal and iStockAnalyst.com. Admittedly, my optimism may have a lot to do with where I live.
If you are in one of these states, the shadow inventory threat would certainly seem far more credible than for other major markets around the country. In Texas, for instance, we are seeing inexpensive inventory snapped up in a matter of days by investors. I even saw one last week where the investor buyer wrote a full price offer for a property that had only been on the market two hours, and delivered his offer with a 100% earnest money check. He got the property, but it turns out there were eight other offers written and delivered to the selling agent within a 24 hour period from the time it went on the market.
What does that mean to me, today?
If you currently have your home for sale, you still need to be aggressive in getting it sold. While we are seeing improvements in most price ranges over the first two months of 2010, there is still a surplus of inventory, and a smaller pool of buyers due to increased lending restrictions and continued unemployment. Bearing all that in mind, my goal is to be the next home that sells in my subdivision.
If you are thinking about buying or selling in the near future, you should start paying attention to articles like this one. All good things must come to an end, and if you don't know the effect an additional 1% on your interest rate has on your buying power, go here and run a quick mortgage calculation.
If you don't have time for that, here are some quick numbers: on a $271,000 loan (FHA loan limits in North Texas), a 1% difference in the monthly principal and interest payment when you go from 4.95% to 5.95% equals $169.56 per month. Times 360 months that comes out to $61,041.60!
This video from Zillow economist states that non-foreclosures still garner higher prices.
In North Texas, we have been affected by housing inventories just like the rest of the country, only not as severe as many areas. When counseling our sellers as to setting price, we've found it very important to price in as close a proximity to loan limits as possible. What do I mean by that? Well, in North Texas, the current loan limit for FHA is $271,000.
Why is that important today? First off, FHA offers very low interest rates with minimum down payment(3.5%), and credit scores can generally be lower than that required for most conventional loan products today. In fact, we are seeing a 6X growth in the number of FHA loans this year versus last. So, the highest you can price a home that would require no more than the minimum down payment would be right at $280,800. Any prices higher than that are going to require more than the minimum down payment. The farther you get away from FHA loan limits, the smaller the potential pool of buyers. It has more impact than you think... And, oh by the way, the $8000 first time home buyer tax credit goes away November 30th!
I read an article recently that was reminded me of what real estate professionals already know - if you want a solid idea of where you stand in the marketplace, get an appraisal before you start marketing your home.
There are multiple reasons for this, but the most important in my opinion is to get an idea of what appraisers will be saying when someone makes an offer on your home. After all, the buyer is bringing his lender who is going to assign the file to his appraiser. The value that appraiser determines becomes gospel to the lender, and if his number is below the sales price, the seller has a rather large problem.
So, you can make an informed decision before you even list your property, and not waste time on the market hoping for a price that's not realistic. In fact, you may decide not to attempt to sell at all right now, and that's okay. Far better to make that determination, than to lanquish on the market for months on end.
Granted, two different appraisers will often give you two different numbers, but they won't be that far apart. And, when you have an appraisal in hand you have two weapons at your disposal. First, you have a certified appraisal you can show the buyer's appraiser and those tend to be taken seriously. Secondly, you have a current set of measurements you can utilize to advertise your square footage on MLS. This becomes important as most agents quote the tax square footage, which is often wrong, and when it is wrong, it's often lower.
An appraisal for a residence typically costs between $350 - $450. It's a solid investment.
In our business, there's a saying that all the exposure (meaning marketing) in the world won't sell an overpriced home. People are savvy today, it's a buyer's market, etc., etc., etc. You've heard it all, recently. One of the best articles I've read to illustrate this point lately was written by Elizabeth Weintraub, a contributor to About.com. Her article, entitled "The Worst Home Selling Mistake" are words that are echoed in the halls of real estate brokerages everywhere - in the best and worst of times, by the way.
I met with a builder recently to ask him to reduce the price of his listing with us. His response was about par with most home sellers when confronted with this request: "If selling my home is just about price, why do I need you?!" Good point. My first response to him was, "Maybe you need me to tell you the truth." Sounds bold, perhaps, but I stuck by that answer because I believed it. Home builders, and home owners everywhere are proud of their homes and very, very attached to them and the value they perceive that home to have. Therefore, by human nature, it makes it almost impossible for them to see market value clearly in my opinion. It's their home, for goodness sake! They should be proud of it. And, oh by the way, they need the money!
So, where do good agents make a difference? First off, and most importantly, they tell you the truth when setting price. (Mary makes a great point about who really sets the price - the market.) When properly priced, a good marketing plan works well. Why? Because people are looking for homes in that price range! If improperly priced, you might as well be invisible. Believe it or not, this can be by as little as one dollar! It is far better in my opinion to not put your home on the market at all, than to put it out there and "just try for a while" to get an unrealistic price. Now, not every seller has a choice in whether to sell or not, and that's when choices get hard. By the way, that's why so many foreclosures are happening right now. They can't sell. Or, can they? Many, many lenders are accepting short sales as opposed to outright foreclosures. Make sure your agent can help you if you are in this position. It's not easy, but it's worth the effort.
Home staging, advertising, broker opens, open houses, internet marketing - all of these are important and do make a difference in eventual sales price, and should be carefully orchestrated by your agent. But, there is a magic point in home pricing that will allow you to truly know the market value of your home, and that has to do with showings. Realtor driven showings tell the real story. I want to leave you with a rule of thumb we use here - first showings are function of price and second showings are an indicator of your home versus the competition. We evaluate weekly the number and types of showings going on in our listings. We're looking for 15 realtor driven showings in a given 30 day period, with 2-4 of those being second showings. If we get that, we're looking for at least one or two offers, soon. For more in-depth questions about this formula, and what it indicates, email me, or give me a call.
Calm Your Real Estate Panic!
Great advice from Barbara Corcoran to calm your real estate nerves in this market!


Understanding Spanish Grammar is an essential part of learning the language. The grammar of any language is the base of that language. The tense, the verbs, the nouns, and the pronouns help in framing the meaningful sentences. With so many grammar rules, however, this can be difficult for beginners, especially when you are dealing with a language like Spanish. If you are completely foreign to the language then it can be a difficult task for you to manage the grammatical differences and make a meaningful sentence.
Have you started learning Spanish? Are you facing problems with Spanish verbs, commands, and prepositions? Not able to express yourself freely using this language? These are some of the common problems but do not worry here you will get to know some of the relevant shortcuts that will help you to understand Spanish grammar easily.
It will be tiring and frustrating for you to learn the language especially the grammatical parts, however, do not get discouraged or demotivated. It is not a space science that you are about to learn.
The overall language is easy and just adapting the tricks for the grammatical part will help you to develop your knowledge in this matter and will make you a fluent Spanish speaker.
Here are some of the shortcuts that will help you to become well versed in Spanish grammar and develop your hold over the language.
In English 'these, that, this and those' are generally used as the demonstrative. Similarly, if you see in Spanish you will also notice the demonstratives like este, estos, esta, estas, ese, esos, esa and esas. Now you may get confused regarding the type of demonstrative that should be used for a particular sentence. In this regard, the simple trick is that remember that the ones with 't' are the this and these and the rest signifies the those and that.
The use of pronouns using the Spanish commands will become easy if you follow this trick. It is very simple in case of affirmative attach the pronoun 'escribelo' and in case of negative attach the pronoun 'No Lo Escribas'.
This is the most essential part of Spanish grammar and it is equally confusing to learn verbs in the English language as in any other language. In Spanish, the trick is to memorize the 'ar' ending verbs.
'To be' is the verb which is written in two different forms in Spanish namely the ser and estar. In the case of many English speakers, ser and estar has become the moment of a problem in terms of understanding the grammar.
Spanish is a gender-based language. So first you need to learn the gender of the words. in the case of a book the language suggests that it is masculine on the other hand the magazine is termed to be feminine. So it can really be confusing to understand which the gender of which product is. Now the most confusing part arises when you need to put 'the' before the items. In the case of masculine items you need to put 'el' and in case of feminine items you need to use 'la'. So first get your facts clear on the gender part then you can easily proceed with the article part.
As suggested by many other blogs, the use of FluentU will help you to successfully learn the tricks of grammar and help you in making successful and meaningful sentences. The unique 'learn mode' option as given by FluentU will help you to watch the video and learn the grammar step-by-step.
The Spanish language is a smooth language hence the excessive use of conjugations are not very much seen in the language. The two major conjugations in Spanish are 'a' and 'de' and the combination of the two conjunctions will create 'al' and 'del'. Master these conjunctions and speak Spanish in a fluent and smooth manner.
So next time when you are planning to learn Spanish and speak using this language then you know the trick, the only trick is to first master the overall grammatical part of the language and then proceed with the speaking and fluency part. Go on applying the tricks and become a master in Spanish.
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Blue Cow by Gelett Burgess (published in The Lark, 1895)

I never saw a Blue Cow,
      I never hope to see one;
      But I can tell you, anyhow,
      I'd rather see than be one.

    Change the cow's color to:
    <input id="input_color" value="Purple"></input>
    <button id="button_change">
      Change!
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The CMG is a six-module learning programme designed for participants from governmental and non-governmental institutions in Egypt with an overall objective to support a whole-of-government approach towards migration governance. The learning programme covers the topics of international migration and refugee law; migration and development; labour mobility and human development; trafficking and smuggling; and migration management in crises. The sessions are delivered by AUC professors and IOM experts, which ensures that participants are provided both the academic knowledge as well as the field experience. The certificate is supported by the Government of Denmark, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and the Government of The Netherlands.
This year's certificate had 35 participants representing 19 key ministries and governmental institutions, and one non-governmental organization specialized government agencies, and representatives from Non-Governmental organizations all working on migration.
"IOM and AUC's partnership on the third edition of the Certificate in Migration Governance highlights the continued importance of raising awareness about effective migration governance – the certificate also provides an important networking opportunity.", said Ms. Kristiina Wells, Counter Trafficking Project Manager, IOM Egypt.
The Certificate in Migration Governance supports the Government of Egypt in its commitment to "elaborate and implement a comprehensive national and regional strategies on migration and mobility" (Action Plan of the Valletta Summit on Migration, Nov. 2015) and "a fair interdependent society characterized by equal economic, social, political rights and opportunities realizing social inclusion" by 2030 (Egypt's Sustainable Development Strategy, Social Justice Pillar).


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Q: How to use leaflet.bezier plugin in react-leaflet? I want to use a leaflet plugin called leaflet-geotiff (https://github.com/lifeeka/leaflet.bezier) but I'm using leaflet react. Is it possible for me to convert this plugin to a leaflet-react version?

A: Install & import leaflet.bezier & snapsvg which is a dependency of the first:
import "snapsvg";
import "leaflet.bezier";

Create a custom react-leaflet component using native leaflet code, place it where the component mounts. Use also the imported plane image to reproduce the example demo:
function LeafletBezier() {
  const { map } = useLeaflet();

  useEffect(() => {
    const dash_straight = {
      color: "rgb(145, 146, 150)",
      fillColor: "rgb(145, 146, 150)",
      dashArray: 8,
      opacity: 0.8,
      weight: "1",
      iconTravelLength: 1,
      iconMaxWidth: 50,
      iconMaxHeight: 50,
      fullAnimatedTime: 7000,
      easeOutPiece: 4,
      easeOutTime: 2500
    };

    L.bezier(
      {
        path: [
          [
            { lat: 7.8731, lng: 80.7718, slide: "RIGHT_ROUND" }, //Sri Lanka
            { lat: -25.2744, lng: 133.7751, slide: "LEFT_ROUND" }, //Australia
            { lat: 36.2048, lng: 138.2529 } //Japan
          ],
          [
            { lat: 7.8731, lng: 80.7718, slide: "RIGHT_ROUND" }, //Sri Lanka
            { lat: 3.139, lng: 101.6869 }
          ],
          [
            { lat: 7.8731, lng: 80.7718, slide: "RIGHT_ROUND", deep: "8" }, //Sri Lanka
            { lat: 41.8719, lng: 12.5674 }
          ],
          [
            { lat: -25.2744, lng: 133.7751 }, //Australia
            { lat: -40.9006, lng: 174.886 } //Japan
          ],
          [
            { lat: 7.8731, lng: 80.7718, slide: "RIGHT_ROUND" },
            { lat: -18.7669, lng: 46.8691 }
          ]
        ],
        icon: {
          path: plane
        }
      },
      dash_straight
    ).addTo(map);
  }, []);

  return null;
}

Use it inside react-leaflet's <Map />:
<Map ...>
  <LeafletBezier />
</Map>

Demo
Edit
Using snapsvg library since a while gives an error

eve is not defined

so use snapsvg-cjs libray instead npm i snapsvg-cjs
and import it using
import Snap from "snapsvg-cjs";

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Jesse Sharkey's letter Lessons from the teachers strike at Chicago International Charter School, contains so many falsehoods that it's hard to know where to start when responding to them. But it's his hypocrisy that should be most offensive to parents who send their children to CICS schools — parents like me.
Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, claims that "the interests of charter operators differ from the interests of educators and students." As someone who has had a child in a public charter school for 14 years, I can unequivocally say that nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I'd argue that the interests of CTU differ from those of the students and families that attend charter schools. Why else would they keep more than 2,000 children out of school for two weeks, only to accept essentially the same agreement that was on the table before the strike began? They did it to make a political point and used our children as pawns in the process.
Sharkey also says that this strike "changes the idea of what is possible in charter school organizing." I hope, for the sake of all 64,710 public charter school students in Chicago, that this is not true. Threatening the public with multiple charter school strikes, as CTU has done, is irresponsible and unfair to our students. Mr. Sharkey says that they're fighting for what's best for our schools, but I fear that this is just another politician saying one thing and doing another.
S. E. Cupp writes that Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is a liar and not a credible witness. She questions his motives. If Cupp had been a columnist in 1973, she could have written the same thing about John Dean, who made allegations against President Richard Nixon in his public Watergate testimony. Ultimately, Dean proved to be unbelievably accurate and honest.
Congressional Republicans who grilled attorney Michael Cohen over his truthfulness have a point: Once a person has been exposed as a liar, it is difficult to believe anything else they say. Unless, of course, you're a Republican congressman and the liar is Donald Trump.
Two thirds of the voters in Tuesday's mayoral election preferred somebody other than Toni Preckwinkle or Lori Lightfoot. Clearly, this shows the need for a ranked-choice ballot, such as they use in Maine, instead of what we have now, a ballot that allows voters to indicate only their first choice. The result can be, as in this case, that no candidate gets anything close to a mandate.
I would urge those rushing to legalize marijuana to pause and ponder this question: How do you decriminalize marijuana and not encourage its use? Legalizing marijuana would put one more mind-altering drug on the market alongside cigarettes, alcohol and opioids. I need not go into the enormous harm caused by alcohol, cigarettes and the abuse of opioids. The health ramifications are well documented.
As a society, we have waged a long and continuous battle against the use of cigarettes and have seen a decrease in their use. Do we want to go down that road with marijuana and the new kids on the block, e-cigarettes and vaping?
Decriminalize marijuana, but don't promote and encourage its use. Can we do both?


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Q: Show/hide div - DRY I have 3 views, SectionAView, SectionBView and SectionCView.
Each view has 2 radio buttons, Yes and No.
When I select Yes in SectionAView, it should display SectionBView. Selecting 'No' should display SectionCView (and hide SectionBView)
The application could have many views, so I guess my question is to keep things a little bit more DRY and possibly the best way to approach this?
I have something like this:
var Section = Backbone.Model.extend({
    defaults: {
        block: null
    }
});

var List = Backbone.Collection.extend({
    model: Section
});

var SectionAView = Backbone.View.extend({
    el: 'body',

    initialize: function() {
        this.model = new Section();
        this.collection = new List();
        this.listenTo(this.model, "change", this.render);
        this.render();
    },
    events: {
         'click .section-a': 'updateElement'
    },
    render: function(e) {
         this.$el.find('.section-b').hide();
         return this;
    },
    updateElement: function(e) {
        var $target = $(e.target);
        var activeValue = $target.val();
        // Default - SectionA is displayed (at all times)
       this.model.set('block', 'section-a');
       this.collection.push(this.model);
       if (activeValue == 'no') {
           this.$el.find('.section-b').show();
           this.$el.find('.section-c').hide();
       } else {
           this.$el.find('.section-c').show();
           this.$el.find('.section-b').hide();
       }
     }
   });

   var SectionBView = Backbone.View.extend({
        el: 'body',
        model: Section,

        initialize: function() {
             this.render();
        },
        render: function(e) {
            this.$el.find('.section-b').hide();
            return this;
        },
      });

      var SectionCView = Backbone.View.extend({
            el: 'body',
            initialize: function() {
                this.render();
            },
            render: function(e) {
                this.$el.find('.section-c').hide();
                return this;
            }

        });

HTML:

Section A

        Yes<input type="radio" name="section-a" class="section-a" value="yes" />
        No<input type="radio" name="section-a" class="section-a" value="no" />

Section B

        Yes<input type="radio" name="section-b" class="section-b" value="yes" />
        No<input type="radio" name="section-b" class="section-b" value="no" />

Section C

        Yes<input type="radio" name="section-c" class="section" value="yes" />
        No<input type="radio" name="section-c" class="section" value="no" />

A: It is better if you cache elements and use toggleClass:
render: function(e) {
    //cache
    var elemB = this.$el.find('.section-b')
    var elemC = this.$el.find('.section-c')
    elemB.toggleClass('show', false);//remove 'show' class if any
         return this;
    },
updateElement: function(e) {
    var $target = $(e.target);
    var activeValue = $target.val();
    // Default - SectionA is displayed (at all times)
    this.model.set('block', 'section-a');
    this.collection.push(this.model);
    elemB.toggleClass('show', (activeValue === 'no'));
    elemC.toggleClass('show', (activeValue === 'yes'))
    }

Additionally if you set activeValue to true or false, you will not have to check for 'no' value and code becomes shorter
elemB.toggleClass('show', activeValue);


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Phil Leakey (né le  à Londres et mort le  dans la même ville) est un maquilleur britannique.

Biographie

Phil Leakey est, avec Roy Ashton, le maquilleur emblématique des productions Hammer Films.

Filmographie partielle
 1953 : Le Saint défie Scotland Yard de Seymour Friedman
 1955 : Le Monstre de Val Guest
 1957 : Le Redoutable Homme des neiges de Val Guest
 1957 : Frankenstein s'est échappé de Terence Fisher
 1958 : L'Homme au masque de verre de Guy Green
 1958 : Le Cauchemar de Dracula de Terence Fisher
 1958 : La Revanche de Frankenstein de Terence Fisher
 1965 : Ipcress - danger immédiat de Sidney J. Furie
 1975 : Les temps sont durs pour Dracula de Clive Donner

Liens externes

Naissance à Londres
Maquilleur britannique
Naissance en mai 1908
Décès en novembre 1992
Décès à Londres
Décès à 84 ans

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Ministry is El Salvador is being pioneered and desperately needed in this nation.
El Salvador is one of the most violent countries in the world, with one of the highest murder rates.
A 'mara' gang member
Official reports for 2011 state that a total of 4,374 murders were committed in El Salvador last year, equivalent to a homicide rate of 70 per 100,000 population, one of the highest in the world according to several international studies. Eighty-five percent of the murder victims were male, and 83 percent of the crimes were committed in the central department (province) of San Salvador, where the capital city is located. Crime and violence in El Salvador, and more generally in Central America, also undermines social capital and erodes the assets and incomes of the poor, impeding safe access to education and reducing employment opportunities. Addressing this challenge will need a concerted and multipronged effort on the part of governments, civil society, and international development partners. El Salvador, together with Honduras and Guatemala, face an acute and serious crime problem caused by 'mara' activities. In El Salvador alone, with its 6.6 million people, some 40,000 young people have been recruited as 'mara' members, according to police calculations.
Poverty and social exclusion were the prevalent cultural conditions that impelled young Central Americans with no future to join the ranks of the maras. El Salvador is experiencing new forms of violence: barbaric murders, massacres of entire families and the resurgence of clandestine cemeteries in the Salvadoran countryside, where killers bury their victims in shallow mass graves, consigning them to the long list of the disappeared.
Population: 6,6 million people – UN International Data Base.
Young people who have been recruited as 'mara' members: 44,000(Estimated)
9,000 of these young people are in prison.
Over 2 million people live in high-risk areas. Gangs dominate these high-risk areas.
Around 800,000 children and young people of those who live in these areas are directly influenced by the phenomenon of the Maras.
Young people between 11 to 17 years are more likely to join gangs.
OFFICIAL STATISTICS PUBLISHED BY THE SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT – JANUARY 2005:
Nine out of ten people who die each year in the country are young people between 15 to 17 years.
Murders with firearms: 2000: 1,932
Homicides: 2003: 2,112, 2004: 2,756
Young people – Annual victims of homicide: (SOURCE: American University of El Salvador, 2005) 15-17 years: 93%
Average Age at which young people join gangs: 13.5 years
In this context, Youth for Christ in El Salvador is interested in working on prevention, focusing on the effort to decrease the number of people who join gangs or maras, based on a plan that focuses on the character and self-esteem of young people at risk, family integration projects, sports and vocational workshops.
Currently, Youth for Christ in El Salvador has open doors in four public high schools. and is still working with the Ministry of Education in order to obtain a license for an extended linkage with these institutions. Also, Youth for Christ has been offered a work position in one of the two rehabilitation centers for young gang members who are in prison. This center is in the municipality of Tonacatepeque, San Salvador. No ministry has begun at the institution yet.
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Naval Tactical Warfare Guide (Hardcover)
This book is used as a coursebook for the Tactical Module of the Maritime Warfare Course given by Navtrain international in Den Helder. The course trains young officers in tactical naval warfare. When participating in the course you will receive this book.
It can also be ordered directly via this webshop by anyone interested in naval tactics who is living in the Netherlands or Belgium
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A book about Naval Tactical Thinking
Essential Knowledge for Surface Ship Warfare Officers
Warfare at sea differs fundamentally from warfare on land or in the air, so does naval tactical thinking. Although these warfare domains definitely interact and do have a lot in common they cannot be fought in the same way. To think naval tactics are the same as on land would be a grave mistake. You can hide on land and in the air you can run. But at sea, once you have been found, there is no place to hide and nowhere for you to run. You have to fight out the battle that is coming. And it requires every effort either to win that fight. Or to break contact so you can escape your enemy and live to fight another day.
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[Pseudo-Cushing's] Michigan woman nearly dies after herbal supplement found to be laced with steroids
Posted on July 28, 2017 by MaryO
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (WXYZ) – Since 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received more than 26,000 reports of adverse events and complaints about dietary supplements.
Jody Higgins of Madison Heights, Michigan made one of those complaints to the FDA, after she says she found out the herbs she had been taking were making her seriously ill.
"I really thought I was going to die I was getting so sick," Higgins said.
Back in 2015, Higgins says her legs started hurting. She says she didn't have great health insurance, and she was hoping for a more holistic approach, so a friend referred her to Far East Ginseng Herbs and Tea in nearby Sterling Heights.
"They suggested that I take something that was called Linsen Double Caulis. I had never heard of it before, and it appeared to have all herbs on the label," Higgins said.
Higgins says for a while, she felt better, and when she stopped taking the Linsen Double Caulis, the leg pain returned. So, she says she kept taking it for nearly a year, even though she started noticing strange symptoms.
"Within four months I had gained 80 pounds," she said.
She suddenly had facial hair growth, severe facial swelling, extremely swollen ankles, and had dark purple stretch marks all over her body.
"I wasn't recognizable," said Higgins. "I couldn't stand for longer than 2 minutes. I couldn't cook. I couldn't wash my clothing. I could barely get in the shower."
After visiting several doctors, Higgins was eventually referred to University of Michigan Endocrinologist Dr. Ariel Barkan.
"The minute that I said I had been taking a Chinese herbal remedy, he said 'you've been poisoned. I know it.' Those were his exact words," said Higgins.
"Her situation was pretty shaky," Barkan said.
Barkan sent the Linsin Double Caulis herbal supplement to the Mayo Clinic for testing.
"They were loaded with Dexamethasone … [which] is a medication. It's a synthetic steroid, very potent, very long acting, and if we take it for quite some time, we develop what is called Cushing Syndrome," said Dr. Barkan.
Higgins was diagnosed with Cushing Syndrome, and Barkan says she could have died if she hadn't sought help.
"The mortality for untreated Cushing Syndrome is 50% within 5 years," said Barkan. " … immunity is completely suppressed. And when you don't have immunity, the first virus, the first germ may cause [a] fatal infection and you will die."
Higgins says once she stopped taking the Linsen Double Caulis, the facial hair went away, but she's still struggling with her weight. Barkan says her health should improve, although it will take time.
Both doctor and patient say they have contacted the FDA about this, and they each have a warning about taking herbal supplements.
"Please just be very cautious," Higgins said.
"Don't touch it. Don't touch it, you're playing Russian roulette," said Barkan.
Jody Higgins says she met with an investigator from the FDA's criminal division.
An FDA spokesperson would only say that they do not discuss possible or ongoing investigations.
The lawyer for the store where Higgins says she purchased the supplement told us the owners will not be commenting on, but the owner did say they no longer sell this product.
From http://www.fox4now.com/news/national/madison-heights-woman-herbal-supplement-caused-life-threatening-illness
Filed under: Cushing's, symptoms | Tagged: Cushing's Syndrome, dexamethasone, Dr. Ariel Barkan, FDA, hair, herbal, Linsen Double Caulis, Mayo Clinic, Pseudo-Cushing's, steroids, stretch marks, supplement, swelling, weight |	Leave a comment »
A Phase III Study of Osilodrostat to Treat Cushing's Disease
CLCI699C2302: A Phase III, Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, 48 Week Study with an Initial 12 Week Placebo-controlled Period to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Osilodrostat in Patients with Cushing's Disease
In people with a disorder known as Cushing's disease, levels of the hormone cortisol are very high in the urine and blood. Lowering cortisol levels relieves the symptoms of Cushing's disease. Osilodrostat is an investigational drug that inhibits an enzyme needed for cortisol to be made.
In this study, researchers are assessing the safety and effectiveness of osilodrostat in patients with Cushing¿s disease and observing its ability to reduce cortisol levels. In the first 12 weeks of the study, patients will receive osilodrostat or a placebo (inactive drug). After week 12 and continuing through week 48, all patients will receive osilodrostat. Patients will then have the option to continue taking osilodrostat for up to 100 weeks into the study, if they wish.
Osilodrostat is taken orally (by mouth).
To be eligible for this study, patients must meet several criteria, including but not limited to the following:
Patients must have Cushing¿s disease with elevated levels of cortisol in the urine.
An acceptable amount of time must have passed between the completion of prior therapies and entry into the study, to allow for a sufficient "washout" period.
This study is for patients ages 18 to 75.
For more information about this study and to inquire about eligibility, please contact Dr. Eliza Geer at 646-888-2627.
Eliza B. Geer
Co-Investigators
Monica Girotra
Memorial Sloan Kettering Memorial Hospital
From https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/clinical-trials/17-351
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Kiko Matthews, Pituitary Cushing's Survivor Solo Rows Atlantic to Raise £100K For Hospital That Saved Her Life
Deborah Arthurs for Metro.co.uk Monday 24 Jul 2017 12:33 pm
Adapted from an article at http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/24/ex-teacher-is-rowing-across-the-atlantic-solo-to-raise-money-for-hospital-who-cured-her-brain-tumour-6773756/
You'd imagine if you'd never set foot in a rowing boat before, apart from, say, an abortive attempt in a boating lake age 9, that you would set yourself a fairly tame goal for your first challenge when you did finally take up the sport.
Not so Kiko Matthews. The science teacher-turned-paddle board instructor and adventurer, this time last year a total beginner in a rowing boat, set herself the challenge of rowing solo across the Atlantic – before she'd actually picked up an oar.
Not only does she plan to raise £100,000 for King's College Hospital with the row – after they saved her life when she was struck with a rare disease – but she plans to break the female world record for a solo Atlantic crossing while she's doing it.
The previous record for a woman rowing solo across the Atlantic is 56 days, the male record is 35.
Kiko plans to do it in 45, taking 11 days off the current female record.
Her determination and dedication indicate that she'll do it too.
She has been training daily for 7 months since she made the vow (she hadn't even been drinking when she made it, she tells me) in order to smash the record for the 3,000-mile trip.
On the way she will encounter storms, freezing nights, scorching hot days, sharks – and a whole lot of solitude. 'I have to be skipper, medic, my own best friend – and, sometimes, no doubt, my own worst enemy,' she says.
She'll have an emergency button in case of crisis — and not much else, besides her equipment and her ego.
A rigorous regime of on-land and on-water rowing, circuits, weights and cross-training with cycling and running is preparing her for the 16 hours a day of rowing she'll have to put in to make the record crossing.
The months of 4am wake-up calls are, as you'll see from her Facebook and Instagram posts, made somewhat easier by incredible sunrises, sunsets and glass-like oceans, but they are nonetheless gruelling.
However, they will have set her up for what will be six sleep-deprived weeks where she will try to shoehorn what sleep she can – a four-hour chunk and a few cat naps throughout the day – into the eight hours she has to eat and rest when she is not rowing.
No matter how much work she is putting in, the challenge is ambitious — but her chances are improved immeasurably not only by her tenacity (you have to meet her to believe it) but the fact that the boat she is using for the crossing is the same one that was used by the current male solo Atlantic World Record holder, Charlie Pitcher.
He set the new record for solo male crossing in 2013, taking 35 days to row the 3,000 miles in the carbon-hulled, 6.5m ocean rowing boat Soma of Essex.
His boat was the first of its kind to have the rower facing backwards into the waves rather than rowing forward, which made the boat far more aerodynamic and helped him to shave 5 days off the previous 40-day record.
And, as Kiko says, 'when you're in the middle of the Atlantic with nothing for miles either side, you don't really need to see where you're going anyway.'
Now, Pitcher has not only lent Kiko his record-breaking boat, but he's helping to train her too. And, having been exposed to the whirlwind that is Kiko Matthews, he is confident she can achieve her goal.
'I met Kiko at a charity function we were both involved with and we just hit it off immediately, like we had known each other for years,' he says. 'I wanted to lend her the boat because I believe she has what it takes to smash this, and not many others do,' he says.
'To break a tough world record like this, you need all the right tools in your bag. Kiko has the full house.'
The mammoth physical undertaking is all the more impressive when you understand how far Kiko has come health wise.
The once fit young woman was so rapidly debilitated by this mystery disease she had to drag herself upstairs on her hands and knees, yet doctors could not find out what was wrong.
Unlike most people with Cushing's, who experience the condition worsening over a long period, sometimes years, the size of Kiko's tumour meant the symptoms were aggressive and dramatic.
As she deteriorated, she was quickly referred to King's College Hospital where she lay for a month believing she would die before doctors were able to diagnose Cushing's.
Even then, her potassium levels were too low for her to survive surgery so she was taken to intensive care unit until she was strong enough for doctors to operate and remove the tumour.
Kiko says now that those were her darkest times. 'I couldn't see, I couldn't speak properly or think. I was too weak to move,' she says.
Ultimately, the disease could have proved fatal. But with the tumour finally removed, the levels of cortisol in her blood reduced from 3,000 mcg/dL to 30 mcg/dL in three days.
Within five, the brain fluid stopped dripping from her nose, the swelling in her body had gone down, her memory returned and diabetes and other symptoms vanished.
Soon after her recovery, Kiko left her role as a science teacher to set up SupKiko, a company teaching paddle boarding, and a charity, The Big Stand, that gives opportunities to young people and those with mental health problems.
While she still leads paddle boarding groups, most of her time is now spent training for the Atlantic crossing, which sets off from the Canary Islands in January.
Ironically, both the challenge and fundraising attempt for KCH has added poignancy now.
A few months into her training, Kiko began to feel 'strange' symptoms and, as they developed, she began to suspect the return of Cushing's.
An MRI detected a 3mm tumour on her pituitary gland, confirming her fears, and she found herself back at King's where Kiko says that the doctors, who remembered her aggressive and rare case 8 years ago, have been 'fantastic'.
She is booked for surgery on 1 August when surgeons will go in through her nose to remove the tumour quickly so that she can continue her training.
'With the help of an amazing team of nurses and doctors, I'll be 100% fine for my row in January. I'll make sure I am,' she says.
'The tumour returning has only made me even more determined to break the record and raise the money,' she says.
'The doctors will have saved my life not once, but twice.'
Read the entire article at http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/24/ex-teacher-is-rowing-across-the-atlantic-solo-to-raise-money-for-hospital-who-cured-her-brain-tumour-6773756/
Filed under: Cushing's, Inspiration, pituitary, Rare Diseases | Tagged: cortisol, Cushing's, King's College Hospital, pituitary, recurrence, surgery |	Leave a comment »
We're 17 Years Old!
It's unbelievable but the idea for Cushing's Help and Support arrived 17 years ago last night. That's a long time for anything online.
I was talking with my dear friend Alice, who ran a wonderful menopause site called Power Surge, wondering why there weren't many support groups online (OR off!) for Cushing's and I wondered if I could start one myself and we decided that I could.
The first website (http://www.cushings-help.com) first went "live" July 21, 2000 and the message boards September 30, 2000. Hopefully, with these sites, I'm making some helpful differences in someone else's life!
The message boards are very active and we have weekly online text chats, occasional live interviews, local meetings, email newsletters, a clothing exchange, a Cushing's Awareness Day Forum, podcasts, phone support and much more.
Whenever one of the members of the boards gets into NIH, I try to go to visit them there. Other board members participate in the "Cushie Helper" program where they support others with one-on-one support, doctor/hospital visits, transportation issues and more.
Of course, we now have a Facebook page and 2 groups. Both are secret, so if you want to join, please email or PM me for an invitation.
Other sites in the Cushing's Help "Family"
ADDISON'S DISEASE
Addison's Help
Addison's Help (Blog)
Addison's knol
Cushing's and Addison's Documents
Cushing's Help Message Boards
Cushing's News Feed This is also found on the right sidebar here.
CUSHING'S DISEASE / SYNDROME
Cushie Blogger, mostly used for Cushing's Awareness Posts and meeting information
Cushie Bloggers (Blog)
Cushie Info
Cushing's and Cancer (Blog)
Cushing's Bios
Cushing's Disease/Syndrome Knol
Cushing's Help
Cushing's Help Live Interviews
Cushing's Help Organization
Cushing's Help Podcasts
Cushing's News Feed
Cushing's Support
My Cushing's Bio
Cushings Help Organization, Inc
2 Secret Groups. If you want to join, please email or PM me for an invitation.
If you're interested in my non-Cushing's stuff (YES! I have a life), please see this list: http://www.maryo.co/other-sites/
Here's to another year of Cushing's Help and Support!
Filed under: Cushing's, Thankfulness | Tagged: Alice Stamm (Dearest), anniversary, birthday, Cushing's, Cushing's Help, cushings-help.com, cushings-info, Facebook, help, MaryO, message boards, Power Surge, support |	Leave a comment »
A Retrospective Review of 34 Cases of Pediatric Pituitary Adenoma
The purpose of this paper is to study invasiveness, tumor features and clinical symptoms of pediatric pituitary adenoma, and to discuss some inconclusive results in prior studies.
We retrospectively reviewed 34 cases of children (<20 year-old) who were pathologically diagnosed with pituitary adenoma and surgically treated from 2010 to 2017. Data of general information, clinical symptoms, invasive behaviors, surgery approaches, and tumor features were collected and analyzed.
Sixteen boys and 18 girls aged from 12 to 19 years old were included. Prolactinoma was most suffered, followed by GH-, none- and ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma. Invasive behaviors were observed frequently and suprasellar extensions were most found. Macroadenoma account 70% of all cases. Meanwhile, unlike prior studies, a significant raise of incidence on invasive tumor and pituitary adenoma apoplexy were observed. Craniotomy and transsphenoidal surgery were both applied with zero mortality. Nine cases occurred with transient hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus. Three cases of tumor recurrence received secondary surgery or radiotherapy.
Invasive behaviors were more frequent than previous prediction. Craniotomy is worth considering for total tumor removal. Pituitary adenoma apoplexy needs further studies since its different features between children and adults in present study. Specialized care and teamwork of neurosurgeons, pediatricians, and endocrinologists are important.
Pediatric pituitary adenoma Invasion Pituitary apoplexy Transsphenoidal surgery
Nannan Zhang and Peizhi Zhou contributed equally to this manuscript.
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CZARNECKI - Rev. Edward R. March 17, 2019 of Angola, NY. Beloved brother of Anne (Ronald) Haak; dear uncle of Amy (Dj) Anderson and Eric (Nicole Ksiazek) Haak; great-uncle to Sofia, Brady, and Ryan; survived by many cousins and friends. Family will be present to receive friends Wednesday and Thursday from 3-7 pm at the Latimore-Schiavone funeral home, inc., 8434 North main st., Angola, where prayers will be said Friday at 10:15 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Anthony's Church, Farnham at 11 am. Most Rev. Edward Grosz will be presiding. Father Ed always entered the room with a smile and a good joke. He was a member of the Knights of St. John, enjoyed golf, bowling and volunteered for meals on wheels.


Attendees will learn how to load, publish, and share geospatial data with GeoServer. Discussion will include navigating the GeoServer user interface, loading and publishing data, OGC web services, and styling data with SLD. Also showcased will be Styler, a browser-based graphical style (SLD) editor.
Andrea is an expert geospatial technologist with specialties in large data systems and spatial data analysis algorithms. Over the past 10 years, Andrea has been a leader in major open source software projects, including GeoServer, Geotools and GRASS. Andrea is a long time GeoServer developer and a member of the GeoServer Project Steering Committee. His interest in GIS stems from their unique applications across the whole IT field, and he is partial to open source software because of the great communities.
Mike Pumphrey has been working in technical support for over a decade, from his college media lab and system administration to the retail world. Though not a programmer, he well-suited to translating difficult concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. At OpenGeo, Mike is the co-architect of a complete rewrite of the GeoServer documentation, as well as frequent author on the GeoServer Blog.
Familiarity with basic GIS concepts and using the command line is suggested.


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text:
//convert
 /* ghost.browser.data.LocalForage
*/
import {LocalForage} from "browser/data/Forage";
//convert
 /*(ghost.utils.Objects.*/
import {Objects} from "ghost/utils/Objects";
//convert
 /* ghost.core.applyMixins(*/
import {applyMixins} from "ghost/core/applyMixins";
//convert-files
import {Collection} from "./Collection";
//convert-files
import {IModel} from "./IModel";
//convert-files
import {MixinConfig} from "./MixinConfig";
///<module="api"/>

    //convert-import
import {APIExtended as API} from "browser/api/APIExtended";
    //convert-import
import {APIExtended} from "browser/api/APIExtended";
import {API2} from "browser/api/API2";
    //convert-import
import {Arrays} from "ghost/utils/Arrays";
    //convert-import
import {IBinaryResult} from "ghost/utils/IBinaryResult";

    //convert-import
import {Model} from "browser/mvc/Model";
    /**
     * Collection API class
     */
    export class CollectionAPI<T extends IModel> extends Collection<T>
    {
        protected is_fully_load:boolean = false;
        private _order:string[];
        private _orderDirection: number[];
        protected requests:any;
        protected _cache: number = 0;
        protected _lastPart: string;
        protected _mixins: any[];
        public constructor()
        {
            super();
            this.requests = {};
        }

        public cache(): LocalForage
        {
            return LocalForage.instance().war(this.name() + '_collection');
        }
        protected refresh():void
        {
            if (this.requests[Collection.PART_DEFAULT])
            {
                //exists
                this.previousAll().done();
            }
        }
        public order(order:string | string[], direction:number|number[] = 1):void
        {
            this._order = <string[]>(Arrays.isArray(<any>order) ? order : [order]);
            this._orderDirection = <number[]>(Arrays.isArray(<any>direction) ? direction : [direction]);
            while(this._orderDirection.length<this._order.length)
            {
                this._orderDirection.push(this._orderDirection[this._orderDirection.length-1]);
            }
            if(this.length())
            {
                this.sort((modelA:T, modelB:T):number=>
                {
                    for (var i: number = 0; i < this._order.length; i++)
                    {
                        if (modelA[this._order[i]] > modelB[this._order[i]] || (modelA[this._order[i]]!=null && modelB[this._order[i]]==null))
                        {
                            return this._orderDirection[i] > 0 ? -1 : 1;
                        }
                        if (modelA[this._order[i]] < modelB[this._order[i]] || (modelB[this._order[i]]!=null && modelA[this._order[i]] == null))
                        {
                            return this._orderDirection[i]> 0 ? 1 : -1;
                        }

                    }
                    return 0;
                });
            };

        }

        public isFullyLoad() : boolean
        {
            return this.is_fully_load;
        }
        protected _onPartData(name:string, data):void
        {
            this._lastPart = name;
            return this.onPartData(name, data);
        }
        protected onPartData(name:string, data:any):void
        {
            if(name == Model.PART_DEFAULT)
                this.readExternal(data);
        }
        public getRequestInstance(part?: string, params?: any): APIExtended {
            return this._getRequest(part, params);
        }
        protected _getRequest(part?:string, params?:any ):APIExtended
        {
            if (typeof part !== "string")
            {
                part = Model.PART_DEFAULT;
            }

            if (!this.requests[part])
            {
                this.requests[part] = this.getRequest(part, params);
                this.requests[part].on(API.EVENT_DATA_FORMATTED, this._onPartData.bind(this, part));
            }

            return this.requests[part];
        }
        protected getAPIData(part?:string):any
        {
            var api:APIExtended = this._getRequest(part);
            if(api)
            {
                return api.getAPIData();
            }
            return null;
        }

        public clear() : void//:Promise<any>
        {
            this._changed         = [];
            this.firstData        = true;
            this.requests         = {};
            this.is_fully_load    = false;
            super.clear();
        }
        public first():Promise<any>
        {
            var promise:Promise<any> = new Promise((resolve:any, reject:any):void=>
            {
                if(!this.firstData)
                {
                    return resolve();
                }
                this.once(Collection.EVENT_FIRST_DATA, ()=>
                {
                   resolve();
                });
            });
            return promise;
        }
        public next(part:string, quantity:number):APIExtended
        public next(quantity:number):APIExtended
        public next():APIExtended
        public next(part:any = null, quantity?:number):APIExtended
        {
            if(typeof part == "number")
            {
                quantity = part;
                part = null;
            }
            var request:any = this._getRequest(part);
            if(request)
            {
                return request.next(quantity);
            }

            return null;
        }
        public nextAll(part:string, quantity:number):APIExtended
        public nextAll(quantity:number):APIExtended
        public nextAll():APIExtended
        public nextAll(part:any = null, quantity?:number):APIExtended
        {
            if(typeof part == "number")
            {
                quantity = part;
                part = null;
            }
            var request:any = this._getRequest(part);
            if(request)
            {
                return request.nextAll(quantity);
            }
            return null;
        }
        public previous(part:string, quantity:number):APIExtended
        public previous(quantity:number):APIExtended
        public previous():APIExtended
        public previous(part:any = null, quantity?:number):APIExtended
        {
            if(typeof part == "number")
            {
                quantity = part;
                part = null;
            }
            var request:any = this._getRequest(part);
            if(request)
            {
                return request.previous(quantity);
            }
            return null;
        }
        public previousAll(part:string, quantity:number):APIExtended
        public previousAll(quantity:number):APIExtended
        public previousAll():APIExtended
        public previousAll(part:any = null, quantity?:number):APIExtended
        {
            if(typeof part == "number")
            {
                quantity = part;
                part = null;
            }
            var request:any = this._getRequest(part);
            if(request)
            {
                return request.previousAll(quantity);
            }
            return null;
        }
        protected hasPart(name:string, params:any = null):boolean
        {
            return this._partsPromises[name] || this.getRequest(name, params)!=null;//name == "default";
        }

        public retrieveData(data:string[] = [Collection.PART_DEFAULT], params:any = null):Promise<any>
        {
            if(!data)
            {
                data = [Collection.PART_DEFAULT];
            }
            var _self:Collection<any> = this;
            var promise:Promise<any> = new Promise<any>((accept:any, reject:any):void=>
            {

                var failed:boolean = false;
                var promises:Promise<any>[] = <any>data.map((name:string)=>
                {
                    if(this.hasPart(name, params))
                    {
                        return this.getPartPromise(name, params);
                    }else
                    {
                        //reject Promise
                        failed = true;
                        reject(new Error(name+" is not a correct part's name"));
                        return null;
                    }
                });
                if(failed)
                {
                    return;
                }
               Promise.all(promises).then(function(values:any[])
                {
                    //TODO:weird le data.read devrait être dans le filter ? MAIS VA TE FAIRE FOUTRE CHROME
                    values.filter(function(data:any):boolean{ return data!==true && !data.read?true:false;}).map(function(data:any){
                        data.read = true;
                        return data.data[0];})//.forEach(this.readExternal, _self);
                    accept();
                }.bind(_self), reject);
            });
            return promise;
        }

        protected getPartPromise(name:string, params:any = null):Promise<any>|boolean
        {
            if(!this.hasPart(name, params))
            {
                return null;
            }
            if(!this._partsPromises[name])
            {
                var request: APIExtended = this._getRequest(name, params); //this.getRequest(name, params);

              //  this.requests[name] = request;

                this._partsPromises[name] = new Promise<any>((accept, reject)=>
                {
                    var _self:any = this;
                    request
                        .then(function()
                        {
                            _self._partsPromises[name] = true;
                            accept.call(null, {data:Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments),read:false});

                        },reject);
                });
            }
            return this._partsPromises[name];
        }

        /**
         * Gets default controller for api request
         * @returns {string}
         */
        protected controller():string
        {
            return this.name();
        }
        protected getRequest(name: string, params: any = null): APIExtended
        {
            switch(name)
            {
                case Model.PART_DEFAULT:
                    return this.request(name).controller(this.controller()).action(this.name());
            }
            return null;
        }
        public request(name: string): any {
            return API.request().name("controller_" + this.controller()+"_"+this.name() + "_" + name);
        }
        public getModelByID(id:any):T
        {
            var id_name:string = this.getModelIDName();
            var len:number = this._models.length;
            for(var i:number=0; i < len; i++)
            {
                if(this._models[i] && this._models[i][id_name] == id)
                {
                    return this._models[i];
                }
            }
            return null;
        }
        protected getModelIDName():string
        {
            var cls:any = this.getDefaultClass();
            if(typeof cls.getIDName != "function")
            {
                debugger;
                throw new Error("[API ERROR] Child class must have a static method getIDName()");
            }
           return cls.getIDName();
        }
        /**
         * @protected
         * @type {[type]}
         */
        public _onChange( model:T):void
        public _onChange(key:string, model:T):void
        public _onChange(key:any, model?:T):void
        {
            if(arguments.length)
                model = arguments[arguments.length - 1];

            if(model)
            {
                this._triggerUpdate(model);
            }else
            {
                debugger;
            }
        }
        protected _triggerUpdateAll()
        {
            super._triggerUpdateAll();
            if (this._order)
            {

            }
        }
        /**
      * @protected
      * @type {[type]}
      */
        public _add(model: T): void {

            super._add(model);
            if(this._cache && model)
            {
                var index: number = this._models.indexOf(model);
                if(index<this._cache && (<any>model).serialize)
                {
                    this.cache().setItem("model" + index, (<any>model).serialize()).then(function() {
                        debugger;
                    }, function() {
                            debugger;
                        });
                }
            }

        }
        private t = 0;
        public push(...models:T[]):number
        {
            var index:number;
            var model:T;
            for(var p in models)
            {
                model = models[p]
                if(!this._models.length)
                {
                    this._models.push(model);
                    this._add(model);
                    continue;
                }
                if((index = this._models.indexOf(model))==-1)
                {
                    //if list ordonned
                    if(this._order)
                    {
                        var result:IBinaryResult = Arrays.binaryFindArray(this._models, model, this._order, this._orderDirection);
                        if(result.index == undefined)
                        {
                            //handle order

                               if (result.order > 0)
                               {
                                   this._models.push(model);
                               }else
                               {
                                   this._models.unshift(model);
                               }
                        }else
                        {
                            ///test before remove this false

                            // if(false && result.index == this._models.length)
                            // {
                            //     this._models.push(model);
                            // }else
                            // {
                            //     this._models.splice(result.index, 0, model);
                            //     /*
                            //     debugger; splice doesnt seems to work with ractive.0.8
                            //     var temp1 = this._models.slice(0, result.index);
                            //     var temp2 = this._models.slice(result.index);
                            //     temp1.push(model);
                            //     this._models =  temp1.concat(temp2);*/
                            // }
                             this._models.splice(result.index, 0, model);
                            /*

                            if (this._orderDirection > 0) {
                                this._models.splice(result.index, 0, model);
                            }else
                            {
                                this._models.splice(result.index+1, 0, model);
                            }*/
                        }
                    }else
                    {
                        this._models.push(model);
                    }
                    this._add(model);
                }else
                {
                    console.warn("already into collection:", model);
                }
            }

            return this.length();
        }

        private detectFullyLoad( length : number ) : void
        {
            if (!this._lastPart)
            {
                return;
            }
            var apidata : any = this.getAPIData();
            var request: any;
            var api: APIExtended = this._getRequest(this._lastPart);
            if(api)
            {
                request = api.getLastRequest();
            }
            if (request && request.data && request.data.paginate && request.data.paginate.direction != undefined && request.data.paginate.key)
            {
                if (Objects.deepEquals(this._order, request.data.paginate.key) && Objects.deepEquals(this._orderDirection, request.data.paginate.direction))
                {
                    if (apidata && apidata.paginate && apidata.paginate.limit && length < apidata.paginate.limit) {
                        if (request.data.paginate.next || (!request.data.paginate.next && !request.data.paginate.previous))
                        {
                            this.is_fully_load = true;
                            this.trigger(Collection.EVENT_CHANGE);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

        }

        public getMixins(): any[] {
            return null;
        }

        public readExternal(input:any[]):void
        {
            if(input)
            {

                if(!input.length || !input.forEach)
                {
                    //needed to not break the flow
                    this.detectFullyLoad( 0 );
                    this.triggerFirstData();
                    return;
                }
                input.forEach(function(rawModel:any):void
                {
                    if(!rawModel)
                    {
                        return;
                    }
                    if(rawModel.__class)
                    {
                        var model:T = <any>Model.get(rawModel.__class);
                        model.readExternal(rawModel);
                        this.push(model);
                    }else
                    {
                        if(typeof rawModel == "object")
                        {
                            var cls:any = this.getDefaultClass();
                            var id:string = this.getModelIDName();
                            var model:T;
                            if(rawModel && rawModel[id] != undefined)
                            {
                                model = this.getModelByID(rawModel[id] );
                            }
                            if(!model)
                            {
                                model  = <any>Model.get(cls);
                                if (this._mixins != undefined || this.getMixins())
                                {
                                    if(!this._mixins)
                                        this._mixins = this.getMixins();
                                    this._mixins.forEach((mixin:any)=>
                                    {
                                        if(mixin instanceof MixinConfig)
                                        {
                                            applyMixins(model, [mixin.mixin], mixin.config);
                                        }else{
                                            applyMixins(model, [mixin]);
                                        }
                                    });
                                    /*var mixins: any[] = this.getMixins();
                                    for(var p in mixins)
                                    {
                                        applyMixins()
                                    }*/
                                }

                                model.readExternal(rawModel);
                                this.push(model);
                            }else
                            {
                                model.readExternal(rawModel);
                            }

                         //   this.trigger(Collection.EVENT_CHANGE, model);
                        }else
                        {
                            console.error("RawModel must be object, given ", rawModel);
                        }
                    }
                }, this);
                this.detectFullyLoad( input.length );
                this.triggerFirstData();
                this.trigger(Collection.EVENT_CHANGE);
            }
        }
        public toRactive():any
        {
            return this;
        }
    }


Global money transfer service Western Union has submitted a patent for a new payment system powered by cryptocurrency. The news, which was first reported by CCN, is the latest sign that global payment providers are pivoting toward blockchain and cryptocurrency for security, liquidity and faster transfers.
Western Union's filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was published Thursday in an abstract that describes a new method for increasing the security of electronic payments. The patent, which was originally filed in December 2016, proposes a biometric verification system to ensure that senders authorize transactions. This form of veridication requires fingerprint, voice sample or retina scan.
According to the official documents, Western Union's proposed system is designed to operate as a general purpose tool, which means it will accommodate most types of electronic networks, including cryptocurrencies.
Back in February, Western Union announced it will pilot Ripple's xRapid system for certain payment corridors. At the time, the company was in the process of exploring possible blockchain operations for its underlying business, including a focus on transaction processing, settlement, regulatory technology and digital identity.
Roughly six months into the pilot, Western Union CEO Hikmet Ersek said his company has yet to see any cost savings that warrant full-scale adoption of XRP systems for cross-border payments.
Although Ersek did not elaborate on why xRapid failed to bring efficiency gains, Western Union's patent suggests the company has been thinking about integrating blockchain for quite some time.
On the subject of Ripple, several payment processors have signed up for xRapid, chief among them being MoneyGram, one of Western Union's biggest competitors. The xRapid pilot program has also received support from MercuryFX and IDT, among several others.


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From Goodreads ~ Internet sensation Grumpy Cat's epic feline frown has inspired legions of devoted fans. Celebrating the grouch in everyone, the Grumpy Cat book teaches the fine art of grumpiness and includes enough bad attitude to cast a dark cloud over the whole world. Featuring brand new as well as classic photos, and including grump-inspiring activities and games, Grumpy Cat delivers unmatched, hilarious grumpiness that puts any bad mood in perspective.
I love cats but I don't get the whole Grumpy Cat phenomenon ... so that's why I checked out this book.
Grumpy Cat (born April 4, 2012), real name Tardar Sauce, is a female cat and Internet celebrity known for her grumpy facial expression. Her owner Tabatha Bundesen says that her permanently grumpy-looking face is due to feline dwarfism. Grumpy Cat's popularity originated from a picture posted to the social news website Reddit by Bundesen's brother Bryan on September 22, 2012. It was made into an image macro with grumpy captions.
This book is a hodgepodge all about Grumpy Cat. There are mini posters, advice on how to get and stay grumpy, pictures of Grumpy Cat's grumpy moments, along with games like connect the dots, crossword puzzles, etc.
It's a quick read and I'm glad I borrowed it from the library rather than bought it. I see this as a novelty item that probably won't have a lot of staying power.
Are you into Grumpy Cat?
Who doesn't love the grumpy cat?


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Update: This page was initially written when I used to think of gender as a binary + other. But now I think of gender as a fluid concept and this page hasn't fully been updated to include that
I am an intersectional feminist.
That is, I believe that there are a lot of inequalities in our society (gender, caste, race, etc in no particular order), that the effect of these inequalities get compounded disproportionately in the intersections, and that a lot of work is needed to eliminate such systemic oppression.
In practice, there are multiple kinds of feminism. Let us go through some examples:
HeForShe - a movement where the focus is on gender alone and explicitly wants to avoid misandry by including cis-men in the equation.
White feminism - which is focused on breaking glass cielings and often misses the perspectives of race, caste, etc.
Intersectional feminism - which speaks about the additive effect of belonging to an oppressed gender, race, caste, etc.
The extremism where women label everything that a man does/says "sexist" and attack men whenever possible.
TERF - trans-exclusionary radical feminist.
Gender discrimination is so prevalent and systematized that we often fail to see where they exist. Here's a list of links which point things out:
An Open Letter to Kerala Khap Managers and Madam Principal, CET, in Particular, and to Malayalees in General: talks about schools and colleges putting restrictions on what a girl can do, and how she must behave within the bounds of their institution and sometimes even outside. Unfair curfews at hostels under the pretext of security, for example.
It is a violent crime perpetuated by common people when they think the conditions are right.
These organizations are feminist.
HeForShe - an international organization with Emma Watson leading it.
Blank Noise is a movement which encourages action heroes to do things like they would want to do without having to listen to patriarchies. It is active in many cities of India.
India's Daughter
India's Daughter - A documentary by Leslee Udwin about December 16 gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh in Delhi. It documents the attitude of the guilty, their guilty lawyers, victim's friends and relatives, the public, and the judiciary. Some horrifying defences by the lawyers of the guilty - like "A woman is a flower, she should be protected, a man is like thorn, strong and tough.", and so many more worse things. Read the controversies surrounding it here
I am absolutely sure that Bollywood plays the biggest role in perpetuating patriarchical culture and an image of women that they are sex objects. In fact, I did a small not so scientific study to see what is focussed in Bollywood songs. You can see the results for yourself.
Deepika had a cleavage row in which she blamed TOI for focussing on her cleavage. But I call Deepika a hypocrite, read about it on quora
But she also featured in this Vogue campaign called "My Choice" to which an apt reply would be this and which probably belong to extremist feminism
She apparently holds this opinion on feminism:
"New feminism isn't about being aggressive; it's about reaching the top yet being soft. It's about being you — feminine, strong and full of will power."
Consumer India
White feminism usually answers questions like "Does reverse sexism exist?" with "No". But in intersectional feminism, the answer is "it is complicated".
Also read my post Is Feminism Brahmanism
Extremist Feminism
Extremist feminism is what some irrational females end up doing by blaming men for any action they do. They would even consider using the word "female" as a sexist remark.
Here are examples of how they create more problems than solve (if any)
A Dongle Joke That Spiraled Way Out Of Control
In defence of Rosetta mission scientist Dr Matt Taylor and his controversial shirt - women can wear anything, men can't.