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Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 leaked specs put MacBook Air to shame
By Mike Prospero
last updated 29 March 2020
The Surface Laptop 4 will come with a choice of AMD and Intel CPUs
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Consumers shopping for the upcoming Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 will have their choice of the latest Intel Tiger Lake-U and AMD Ryzen 4000 CPUs, according to a benchmark test leaked online. And based on early leaked specs, Microsoft's next laptop could pose a serious threat to competitors like the new MacBook Air 2020.
Twitter user @_rogame posted a screenshot from the 3DMark 11 test, which purports to show graphics scores from a 2.7GHz Intel Tiger Lake-U processor, which has a 4.3GHz boost clock four cores, and eight threads. The test Surface Laptop 4 also appears to have a 256GB hard drive and 16GB of RAM.
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According to the results posted online, the Intel processor hit a mark of 8412 on the 3DMark 11 Physics test, and 5540 on the Graphics test.
Big News !!Microsoft started testing 2.7GHz TigerLake-U3dmark 11 PerformancePhysics score : 8412Graphics score : 5540 (just under R7 4800U)Same SSD as Surface Laptop 3Windows 10 20H1WDDM 2.7 iGPU Driver pic.twitter.com/CUrYFIsXkKMarch 26, 2020
While not confirmed by the benchmark leak, there have also been rumors that the Surface Laptop 4 will also come with AMD Ryzen 4000 CPU. Either would be a big improvement from the Surface Laptop 3, which is available with an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor (for the 13-inch model) and an AMD Ryzen 5 or Ryzen 7 processor for the 15-inch model.
In our Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 review, we were disappointed with the performance of the AMD Ryzen 5 3580U processor in our 15-inch unit. The Surface Laptop 4 could also help Microsoft better compete with Apple, as our friends at Laptop Mag found the new MacBook Air's 10th-gen Intel Core i5 processor to deliver underwhelming performance compared to the competition.
Based on the release date of the Surface Laptop 3, we wouldn't expect to see the Surface Laptop 4 hit shelves until sometime this fall. But with the coronavirus pandemic affecting all aspects of life, we wouldn't be surprised to see some delay in the release of Microsoft's notebook.
Currently on Microsoft's site, the Surface Laptop 3 is available at a starting price of $999 for the 13.5-inch model with an Intel Core i5 processor, a 128GB hard drive, and 8GB of RAM. The 15-inch version also starts at $999 with an AMD Ryzen 5 3580U chip, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB hard drive.
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Q: changing background color and alert it using jquery I am starting to learn jquery and I tried to change the background colour and alert it with callback and it doesn't work probably something in my syntax is missing...
$("#b").click(function(){
  $("body").css("background-color,yellow",function(){
     alert("background-color has changed successfully");
  });
});

Thanks in advance for the help! :)

A:  $("#b").click(function(e){
  $("body").css("background-color","yellow");
  alert("background-color has changed successfully");
  e.preventDefault();
 });

You have missed " inside css's 'background-color' property.
Demo:
http://jsfiddle.net/L2PpG/

A: I dont exactly know whether the function you used second time would work or not but try using this
 $("body").css('background-color','yellow');
alert("COLOR CHANGED");

A: and if u want to alert the color of the element, in this case yellow then use this code rather than my previous one:-
 $("#b").click(function(){
         $("body").css('background-color','yellow');
    var color = $(this).css("background-color");

    alert("Color Changed to "+ color);
    });

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Q: The driver was unable to create a connection to mysql I'm programming in java SE and I get an error when trying to access to create a connection to mysql. I can connect to mysql, in fact, the error shows up when running a bucle.
What I do in this program is to check for a String in the table Colors of my database and if it finds nothing it creates this String in the table with an autoincrementing id.
It works fine, but after having checked it for a while it gives me the error.
I attach the image of the error and the code where I create the connection.

public Integer codiColor(String col){

    Integer codi=null;

    if(col.equals(""))
        return 1;

    try {
        Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
        con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, usuari, password);//here is the error
        try {
            Statement st = con.createStatement();
            String sql = "SELECT CODICOL FROM COLORES where COLOR ='"+col+"'";
            ResultSet res = st.executeQuery(sql);

            if(res.next()){
                codi = res.getInt("CODICOL");
            }
            try { res.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
            try { st.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
        }
        catch(SQLException s){
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error:\n"+s.getMessage(),
                  "ERROR.",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        }
        finally{
            try { con.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
    return codi;
}

This code is the one that checks if the color already exists or not.
EDIT:
url = "jdbc:mysql://192.168.1.200:3306/mybbdd?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull";

A: The problem is that con is evidently a member variable where it should be a local variable. If this piece of code and others like it are called from multiple threads, a con value will be overwritten and therefore lost, so a connection leak will result. You will almost certainly also have other problems due to concurrent use of the connection. Make it a local variable.
NB you haven't needed the Class.forName() line since 2007. The close of the connection, statement, and result set would be redundant if you used try-with-resources. And you should use a prepared statement.
String sql = "SELECT CODICOL FROM COLORES where COLOR =?";
try (con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, usuari, password);
        PreparedStatement st = con.prepareStatement(sql);
    ) {
        st.setObject(1, col);
        ResultSet res = st.executeQuery();
        if(res.next()){
            codi = res.getInt("CODICOL");
        }
    }
    catch(SQLException s){
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error:\n"+s.getMessage(),
              "ERROR.",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    ex.printStackTrace();
}

A: In your code you giving a new connection on every call but you need to understand your OS allows you Only Limited Connection.
after cross Limit it will Not allow you to make another Connection.
i don't know what's your requirement but if you really need Connection
So better option is that you need to make Connection Pool. If user required a connection to do some task then user can Take Connection from connection Pool and after Work Finished user can return that connection to connection pool.
For Achieve this you need to Design Your Configuration File Or you need Design interface library interface and implement according to your Requirement.

A: I find the way out. I googled the number the java error gave to me and I found that adding a registry key to be able to do more connections should work.
I first did it on the server, to allow more connections from clients but it didn't still work so I tried to do it on my computer and for now it works.
This is the link from microsoft


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All Boy/All Girl Announce New Album/Share New Single
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All boy/all girl started with modest beginnings when theatrical vocalist and front woman Danielle Lovier first started playing music with experimental composer and bassist Nicholas Rahn in Philadelphia in 2010. When the two began playing in Rittenhouse Square Park for spare change, there was an instant, explosive chemistry. After touring the US for three months as a duo, they found themselves living in New York City, writing and recording an EP of contemporary-classical-leaning pop songs. Listen to the brand new single 'Pastels' here
The 7-piece band assembled organically around those arrangements with soprano vocalist Jessie Rogowski, guitarist Josh Curry, drummer Joey Campanella, cellist Susan Mandel and violist Hannah Levinson coming into the fold. The epoch of all boy/all girl soon took form, their name derived from the Arthur Russell song. The group toured extensively supporting 2013's Tiny Iglesia and 2015's Trophy EP with a vigor noticed by their audiences in the US and abroad. Channeling her formative days in Syracuse's hardcore scene, Lovier's unhinged performances quickly became a highlight of the septet's live output.
Last January, All boy/All girl built a rehearsal space in a vacant basement beneath a pawn shop in the lower east side of Manhattan. They constructed a room where there was none, a creative workshop for themselves where their abstract version of pop music could be nurtured and honed. In this room, they would begin chipping away at the songs that would become Slagroom, their second full-length album and the most unwavering and dynamic material the band has created to date.
Slagroom, meaning 'whipped cream' in Dutch, plays out like the cover art, a gleaming, saccharine dollop in a claustrophobic soiled cubicle. It was recorded and mixed by experimental/noise purveyors, Machines With Magnets, in Pawtucket, RI. On opening track "Living Room" Lovier contemplates a stagnant routine asking, "When we were dying in the living room, did we feel anything at all? Were we even alive when we were lying in the watered lawn?" Meanwhile, guitar and drums navigate seasick passages, regularly establishing and breaking harmonic and metric form before locking in to a wholesome 4/4 pop groove.
Elsewhere on the album, tracks such as "Pigeon" and "Threnody" go to brooding and unapologetic places. Rogowski's vaulting melodies shimmer above oblique harmonic movement while Mandel and Levinson contribute lush textures interwoven with nascent counterpoint. The group shifts from these austere moments to transcendent pop hooks in an unexpectedly authentic manner. Ending on "Food Court", a song whose lyrics recall a lonely moment at an Arby's in a shopping mall, all boy/all girl's often surreal output comes firmly down to earth, the record wrapping up on an intimate and contemplative note.
With a planned release of October 21st, Slagroom's rollout is sure to be as unpredictable as the music itself. This is a band, after all, that handmade miniature trophies and challenged fans with a video game to win bonus tracks for their last EP release. The band is seemingly unrestrained by the rooms of convention, always exploring new musical avenues trying to find their place. They're building a house to work it out in.
1. Living Room
2. House Cat
3. Housewarming
4. Pigeon
5. Pastels
7. Voyeur
8. Threnody
9. Rapture
10. Civic Mind
11. Food Court
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Blockbusted Blogathon: The Haunting (1999)
My weekends are often filled with the happy voluntary indulgence of watching blockbusters - Speed, Twister, Poseidon - and the list goes on and on. Across the board online is a movie that earns not one but three worst movie accolades; remake, horror film, and book adaptation. In terms of fulfilling a guilty pleasure, let's talk, rave, and analyse the insanely-awful movie The Haunting (1999).
As the story goes: Eleanor "Nell" Vance (Lily Taylor) has a terrible string of bad luck and arseholes ruling her life. After caring for her invalid mother for eleven years in a rundown Boston apartment, her sister and boyfriend evict Nell from her home via her mother's last wishes. Nell receives a phone call to participate in a sleep research study helmed by Dr. David Marrow (Liam Neeson) in an isolated mansion on Hill House. She uses her newfound "freedom" and nightmares as a means for escape to join the experiment. Once all have arrived at the manor - Marrow and fellow participants Luke Sanderson (Owen Wilson) and Theodora (Catherine Zeta-Jones) - they're cut off from the bordering town and the house soon shows its true horrifying colors.
Honestly, they are horrifying - not in the sense of the movie being scary. Two key ingredients of horrible films are plotholes and/or unrealistic plot circumstances. While offeringcheesy moments of suspense such as unexplained drastic temperature changes, constant conviction by the main character that she is seeing ghosts, and scenes of waiting to see what's lurking behind the corner to make you jump, The Haunting is all but laughable - probably one of the only reasons I watch it; to revel in its bombastic storytelling.
What can we say about the plotholes except there are many of them. I'll list a few before naming my all-time favorite. 1. Dr. Marrow lures the research participants at Hill House under false pretenses that the study is about sleep; instead it's about fear. 2. When the house aims to destroy everyone, they do not stay outside on the nearest garden grounds but keep returning inside for more melodramatic torture.
My all time- favorite scene (shown briefly in this clip): Upon arriving at Hill House, Nell meets caretakers Mr. and Mrs. Dudley (hello cameo by Bruce Dern!) who warn they leave when nighttime arrives and lock the manor upon leaving; there will be no escape to the nearest village. The monologue by Dudley about this restriction is repeated twice for us to retain maximum retention. Then guess what happens? One of Marrow's assistants is struck in the eye when strumming her fingers of an old piano. Marrow lets them off the property by unlocking and locking the gates. While I have reason to believe that the Dudley's are just trying to spook the participants on Marrow's orders, it's still a pretty quick waste of dialogue. Call me entertained.
Also, The House Wants Babies: Poor Nell grows too close to the house's "Charles Foster Kane meets Adams Family" motifs and history. Originally created in the 19th century by a textile tycoon Hugh Crain, he wanted a house filled with children. After his plethora of children died in or following childbirth, and subsequently his wife Carolyn, he became a recluse. Upon dying, his malevolent spirit became an overbearing all-powerful entity that tracked down Nell (a descendant of Carolyn's) to join them in the afterlife. At one point, the bed comes alive and almost looks like it tries to sleep with Nell.... We never know the true intentions of the house nor the villain known as Crain - did the billions of kids he spawned truly die of natural causes? Did he force children from the local town to build his house 'cause he was just nuts? So many unanswered questions.
Upon the film's release, the cast were prominently hitting a stride in the late 1990s. What must've been on paper had to be more promising because the actors fell into common stereotypes; Neeson is the skeptic old teacher turned believer, Zeta-Jones is a wickedly flirtatious artist, Wilson is comic relief, and Taylor is our suffering protagonist. As silly as the script gets, their performances aren't too bad. They ground the terrible script to make the movie watchable. The score by Jerry Goldsmith is truly haunting and the set design is spectacular; these just can't outshine the bad script, CGI that was made with Corel Paint, and laugh-out-loud plotholes.
Jan de Bont's direction honestly tanked. It's a shame to link this masterful painting of suck to the original The Haunting and the book by Shirley Jackson The House on Haunted Hill; both which continue to invoke genuine terror fifty years after their initial release. A cinematographer turned producer turned director, two classic blockbusters came out of his Bont's early career changes only a few years before The Haunting: Twister and Speed. Setting aside their universal recognition of cheesy action movies, both actually have respectable storylines with decent balance of tension, conflict and characterization.
Surprisingly, The Haunting had greatness behind it: legendary horror author Stephen King once penned the original script and director Steven Spielberg pushed for Bont as a director, who said that he wished for The Haunting to resemble Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Something happened between his directorial debut and this one movie that just goes down in flames; it was sheer madness where nothing necessarily came together in the right way and somehow still found its way into theaters.
Originally seeing this in 1999 as a young pre-teen, I knew it was terrible, and more than ten years later, it's weaknesses become ever more enjoyable now. Unlike many blockbusterss that are cheesy but are better than most action movies today, I continue to return to The Haunting - entirely just to be entertained by its terribleness. I'm fully aware of its limitations, terrible script, hilarious CGI and convenient storylines. This is such a so-so-bad-it's-good experience; one of the many examples of a blockbuster gone busted.
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GDPR 6 months on
David Snocken 7th December 2018
Why it's time to stop the scaremongering and tell the whole story on data
At the end of October, enforcement action was taken against French start-up, Vectaury, by the French Data Protection Authority, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL). The news, both accurately and inaccurately reported, has spread like wildfire – causing negative repercussions for many data handlers and the IAB; raising concerns over its data consent framework.
Whilst it has been reported, in some instances, that the reason the CNIL prosecuted Vectaury is because the company was registered as a Consent Management Provider (CMP), the IAB says the investigation started prior to Vectaury ever registering itself as a CMP. On many of the points, the CNIL considered Vectuary's conduct to have violated GDPR while the IAB argued it also violated its Europe Transparency and Consent Framework's policies (TCF).
What this latest case highlights, is there is a serious lack of certainty in the industry concerning how businesses can be compliant while remaining commercially viable and where advice should come from to 'do the right thing'. Ambiguity around GDPR, coupled with current negativity towards the IAB and pressure from activist groups, makes for an unsettled playing field but also points to one thing – taking a more ethical stance.
Although the IAB framework isn't yet perfect, it's growing in popularity with big CMPs, including TrustArc and OneTrust joining the party, which brings confidence for other data companies that following this framework should hopefully keep their enterprises aligned with GDPR.
But for agencies and platforms like ours, which use data in an ethical way and has a portfolio of brands that require meaningful adtech solutions, it is difficult to overcome the negative noise and keep the focus on the consumer benefits. We strongly believe that consumers should know their rights when it comes to data handling and that there should definitely be restrictions on how data is mined and used, but it's clear that the whole story isn't being told.
Utter the word data to the average person and with all the recent press they think of Big Brother and their privacy being stolen. With such a raft of negative news about the issue out there, many consumers are rightly wary, but if challenged most would accept that media consumption can't be free and would be happy to be served a well-targeted advert, that they can engage with or ignore, in order to consume their favourite content online.
Capturing consent too needs to be aligned – the variety of consent mechanisms in use currently have varying interpretations of what 'informed', 'freely given' and 'affirmative' means and different approaches are evident when allowing a user to change their preferences. We can see this lack of certainty has led to a lot of experimentation to discover the boundaries of acceptability; is a clear notice that continued use of a site is 'affirmative' or is a button click required? Does a single 'I accept' button before being allowed access to content actually count as freely given?
Yet, most consumers want a frictionless engagement with sites and the ad eco-system and while blatant misuse of their data is wrong, introducing too many hoops for consumers to jump through to get to their content goes against the grain for the time-poor, available now culture we live in. Would it really be appropriate to have a full-page pop-up of detailed purposes and a long list of third parties to review and accept before we can read a news article link that has been sent on to us? It's this balance between GDPR requirements, consumer experience and advertisers' commercial interests that the IAB, and others, are working towards facilitating.
Trustworthy and well executed personalisation should almost be transparent and enhance the customer experience; think of Amazon's prompt 'people who looked at X also viewed Y' or the Spotify feature which allows users to seamlessly discover new artists. Both are uses of consumer data for personalisation which are well executed to improve the consumer experience.
In summary, it's important the industry isn't too knee-jerk in reaction to the IAB relating to stories like Vectaury's. And, in my opinion, that more support is given to organisations like IAB who are trying to help the industry navigate GDPR effectively. Overall, this issue isn't going to resolve itself in the short-term – we'll see this balancing act continue to play out for many months to come. Hopefully, it will conclude with reaching a clear definition of 'consent' – one that suits both legal and commercial sensitivities by defining the rules that everyone works within; is fit for purpose and most importantly, is in the best interest of the consumer.
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ENUMERATI
Trump's Approval Rating Falls to 29%
Stone, Bannon and Flynn Supported 'Stop the Steal' Rally
Kinzinger: Trump Isn't President, He's 'Nuts'
Trump's Russian ties
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WSJ Slams Trump for Parroting Russian Propaganda About Afghanistan
January 7, 2019 Buck Banks
"We cannot recall a more absurd misstatement of history by an American President."
— The Wall Street Journal editorial page slamming President Trump's comments earlier this week which echoed Russian propaganda when he defended the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan.
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Trump's Lawyer Has Russian Ties
June 12, 2017 Buck Banks
"The hard-charging New York lawyer President Trump chose to represent him in the Russia investigation has prominent clients with ties to the Kremlin, a striking pick for a president trying to escape the persistent cloud that has trailed his administration. … Marc Kasowitz's clients include Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch who is close to President Vladimir Putin and has done business with Trump's former campaign manager. Kasowitz also represents Sberbank, Russia's largest state-owned bank, U.S. court records show."
— Washington Post
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White House Provided Oversight, Distractions for Trump During Comey Testimony
June 9, 2017 Buck Banks
New York Times: "In all, Mr. Trump watched only about 45 minutes of Mr. Comey's testimony, the people close to the president said. Much of that time was spent under the eye of his take-charge personal lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, one of the cabinet members he trusts most. This was by design, with the president's tacit consent. His aides packed the day with meetings and speechwriting session."
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Comey Thought Trump Might Lie
"I was honestly concerned that he might lie."
— Former FBI Director James Comey, quoted by the AP, testifying on why he created a memo on his January meeting with President Trump.
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Warner Highly Critical of Trump's Behavior at Comey Hearing
"This is not how a President of the United States behaves."
— Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), quoted by Axios, in his opening statement before former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Clapper: Watergate Pales by Comparison
June 7, 2017 June 7, 2017 Buck Banks
"I think if you compare the two, that Watergate pales, really, in my view, compared to what we're confronting now."
— Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, quoted by Reuters.
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Majority Thinks Trump Fired Comey to Protect Himself
A new ABC News-Washington Post poll finds 61% of Americans think President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in order to protect himself rather than for the good of the country, and 56% think Trump is trying to interfere with official investigations of possible Russian influence in the 2016 election. "A broad seven in 10 also doubt Trump's word on the Russia issue."
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Trump Might Live-Tweet During Comey's Testimony
"The President is expected to be tweeting on Thursday in response to Comey — not to stay quiet during the testimony — because he himself wants to be the one driving the process."
— Roberta Costa of the Washington Post, telling MSNBC that President Donald Trump might take to Twitter on Thursday in reaction to the planned congressional testimony of former FBI Director James Comey.
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Top Law Firms Refused to Represent Trump in Russia Investigations
"Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice," Yahoo News reports.
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What's in a Meeting?
Kushner says the meeting was about making America great.
Gorkov says the meeting was about making money in real estate.
Who should we believe,
The princeling or the KGB?
Doesn't matter — either the meeting or the lie could seal Jared's fate.
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The Second Time
Buck Banks | Jan. 14, 2021
Donald Trump owns a distinction no predecessor has attained.
He earned it through sedition, encitement and bloodstains.
Though not an honor o'er which he'll gloat,
History will nonetheless ever note
That President Donald J. Trump has been impeached — again!
"Three of the key advisers who helped engineer Donald Trump's' rise to the presidency in 2016, and who fell from grace under the weight of federal criminal charges, resurfaced during Trump's final days in office to help engineer his ill-fated attempt to cling to power. … Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn all participated in efforts to promote the Jan. 6 'Stop the Steal' event that ultimately devolved into a riotous and deadly melee at the United States Capitol."
— ABC News
"I think the president for all intents and purposes is not the president. He's just nuts. He's going crazy."
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), quoted by CBS News.
"Donald Trump is a living, breathing impeachable offense."
— Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), announcing his support of impeaching President Trump.
"Top Republicans want to bury President Trump, for good. But they are divided whether to do it with one quick kill via impeachment, or let him slowly fade away. … Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would be more likely than not to vote to convict Trump — a green light for other Republican senators to follow. … House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy would love a Trumpless world, but doesn't want to knife him with fingerprints. This school of thought wants to let Trump do himself in, without a big party fight over his sins and sentence."
— Axios
"I thought I was going to die. I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive. … I didn't even feel safe going to that extraction point because there were QAnon and white supremacist members of Congress who I felt would disclose my location and create opportunities to allow me to be hurt."
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) revealed during an Instagram live stream there were "traumatizing" moments during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol when she legitimately feared for her life.
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"Dozens of people on a terrorist watch list were in Washington for pro-Trump events Jan. 6, a day that ended in a chaotic crime rampage when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol," the Washington Post reports. "The majority of the watch-listed individuals in Washington that day are suspected white supremacists whose past conduct so alarmed investigators that their names had been previously entered into the national Terrorist Screening Database, or TSDB, a massive set of names flagged as potential security risks."
"On Dec. 8, someone made a simultaneous transfer of 28.15 bitcoins — worth more than $500,000 at the time — to 22 different virtual wallets, most of them belonging to prominent right-wing organizations and personalities," Yahoo News reports. "Now cryptocurrency researchers believe they have identified who made the transfer, and suspect it was intended to bolster those far-right causes. U.S. law enforcement is investigating whether the donations were linked to the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol."
Washington Post: "Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the couple's house, the Secret Service detail assigned to President Trump's daughter and son-in-law spent months searching for a reliable restroom to use on the job… After resorting to a porta-potty, as well as bathrooms at the nearby home of former president Barack Obama and the not-so-nearby residence of Vice President Pence, the agents finally found a toilet to call their own. … But it came at a cost to U.S. taxpayers. Since September 2017, the federal government has been spending $3,000 a month — more than $100,000 to date — to rent a basement studio, with a bathroom, from a neighbor of the Kushner family."
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Alabama Supreme Court in landmark ruling: 'each person has a God-given right to life'
Ben Johnson - LifeSiteNews
In a landmark legal case that established the right of a mother to sue if her unborn child wrongfully dies before viability, today the Alabama State Supreme Court unanimously ruled that "each person has a God-given right to life."
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alabama-supreme-court-each-person-has-a-god-given-right-to-life
An epic fight to preserve the spirit of a community
On Tuesday night, after a packed and emotion-charged meeting, the local Mount Alexander Shire authorised an appeal to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal against a decision that would more than treble the number of poker machines in the town, about 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.
Bruce Guthrie - Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/an-epic-fight-to-preserve-the-spirit-of-a-community-20120218-1tfrt.html
Greens hedge their bets on poker machine legislation
Richard Willingham - Canberra Times
The Greens are refusing to guarantee support of the federal government's poker machine reform legislation because the plan to trial mandatory precommitment and introduce technology on all new machines is holding back meaningful changes.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/greens-hedge-their-bets-on-poker-machine-legislation-20120217-1tf2e.html
Indigenous suicide rate tackled
Russell Skelton - Sydney Morning Herald
IN A move to combat the high indigenous suicide rate, prevention programs will be strictly audited and required to be more transparent in the way they operate. Counsellors hired by consultants will be also be urged to undergo cultural awareness training before they work in remote communities. http://www.smh.com.au/national/indigenous-suicide-rate-tackled-20120217-1ter3.html
Indigenous children not to be part of ABS survey
Lisa Martin - Canberra Times
Indigenous children should be included in voluntary medical tests being conducted as part of a national health survey, a federal inquiry has heard. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/indigenous-children-not-to-be-part-of-abs-survey-20120217-1teyo.html
New Jersey governor vetoes gay marriage bill
The governor of the US state of New Jersey has vetoed a bill allowing same-sex marriage just a day after it was passed by the state Assembly. Chris Christie - a rising star in the Republican party - renewed his call for a referendum to decide the issue http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17081970
Maryland House approves same-sex marriage
Tom McParland - Capital News Service
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - After a year of highly contested debate and political wrangling, the Maryland General Assembly is poised to become the third state legislature this month to approve same-sex marriage after the House of Delegates on Friday voted 72-67 to pass the Civil Marriage Protection Act. ttp://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view/20120218maryland_house_approves_same-sex_marriage/srvc=home&position=recent
Election needed to move beyond Gillard-Rudd war, says Opposition leader
LABOR'S internal war over the leadership has paralysed the federal government, made it totally dysfunctional and a fresh election is needed, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said today. Mr Abbott seized on reports Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is preparing to challenge Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the Labor leadership. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/election-needed-to-move-beyond-gillard-rudd-war-says-opposition-leader/story-fn59niix-1226274539101
Bligh to call Qld state election
The Queensland Premier is today due to see Governor Penelope Wensley, to call an election for March 24, meaning parliament will be dissolved and Anna Bligh's government will go into care-taker mode. The opposition Liberal National Party needs only a swing of about 4.6 per cent to topple the government. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/state-election-2012/bligh-to-call-qld-state-election-20120219-1tgom.html
When it's ethical to disclose your religious beliefs
Jennifer Wilson - Online Opinion
What I learned about being a Christian is that a follower is expected to live his or her faith. It isn't some abstract concept that is trotted out on Sundays. It's supposed to imbue every aspect of life, every action the believer takes is to be taken in God's light, and when a Christian encounters difficulties of any kind, a Christian prays to God for guidance and sustenance. No matter what one's profession, one is expected to perform it as a Christian, according to Christian values. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13262
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> 2 stars and 8 with 1 star.
Awesome work from all the contributors.
> nothing we can do for that.
> to the volume size.  (Is that what we fixed with the "growpart issue"?).
> One user could not login as "admin"; not sure why.
> strong recommendations of Amazon.
This is a best practice which can be modified with cloud-init configuration if the user wishes. The risk is too great for general configuration.
Decreasing boot times,  packages keeping parity with current SDK versions, and support for new regions are always welcome features for AWS customers. As you find issues that you want to address, let's keep the dialog open so that we can work together to ensure that you have what you need to provide the best experience for Debian users on the AWS Public Cloud.
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First there was a Better Block; then, a Better Boulevard; then, just yesterday, a Better Bridge. Of all the efforts to temporarily transform a piece of the city into something other than what it is, yesterday's brief installation atop the Cedar Crest Bridge, which connects Oak Cliff to South Dallas (where it turns into Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard), was the most simple -- no kids' activities, no pop-up shops. There was the requisite food truck (SsahmBBQ), but not much else: donated seating, potted plants, chess tables, a bird's-nest "bandshell" made by Wanda Dye's UTA architectural students, a sax man wandering the scene.
But in some ways, it was the most successful, because this installation -- again, a collaboration between Jason Roberts and Andrew Howard and the city, this time with HNTB and Halff Associations along for the ride -- shut down traffic an entire half of a bridge over the Great Trinity Forest and the river itself. Organizers didn't need to schlep out shade coverings; the canopy provided its own; the crowd was a mix of young and old, black and white, bike riders and a man riding a horse; and there was no need for entertainment save for the graciously provided binoculars spread across the span of bridge occupied by the event. The boy and Brother Bill Holston, there to offer info about the nature scenes beneath, spent a long while trying to decipher the word spray-painted on the truck sunk into the Trinity: "Dirk" or, um, something else?
Council members who strolled the scene -- Dwaine Caraway, Pauline Medrano, Carolyn Davis, Linda Koop, Angela Hunt -- were enamored of the project; they envisioned block parties, concerts, using it as a space to bridge the gap, as it were, between neighborhoods that simply drive past each other without a second glance. They spoke of the opportunities for economic development as the base of the bridge, from both directions, and of how this reminded them of Austin -- something, you know, scenic.
Hunt demanded of Halff and HNTB folks: "Why can't we do this now?" And why must it cost millions to shut down half a little-used bridge? Word is, at the council's retreat on Friday there was one common grumble: Engineers are holding impeding progress when it comes to the so-called quick wins along the Trinity (and elsewhere, for that matter). But Halff's Lenny Hughes insisted to Hunt: "My time line to make this happen is one year." A HNTB rep said: More like a year and a half, maybe two. Hunt, who can't figure out why it would take more than a month and a half, said she'd hold them to that.
The Continental's hike-and-bike makeover is due to begin shortly after the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge opens in March; at least, that was the last thing we heard -- I'll double-check in the morning. But perched next to Calatrava's bridge, the Continental won't have the the scenic views provided by the Cedar Crest Bridge -- trees, river, sunken truck. An old friend from New York -- Matt Zoller Seitz, maybe you've heard of him -- stopped by yesterday, quite the pleasant surprise. And I asked him: "Does this remind you of anything?" He said: The High Line, a little bit. Which is exactly what Roberts and Howard and Dye were going for.


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NSA director says agency isn't reading Jimmy Carter's email
Giuseppe Macri Tech Editor
March 26, 2014 12:49 PM ET
National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander told former Democratic President Jimmy Carter he could relax Tuesday — the signals intelligence agency isn't spying on his email.
The general made his statement in response to an NBC Sunday interview where 39th president told journalist Andrea Mitchell he uses the Post Office to send written or typed letters to foreign leaders out of concerns over the NSA surveilling his communications.
"Well, we're not, so he can now go back to writing emails," Alexander said on Fox Tuesday. "The reality is we don't do that, and if we did it would be illegal and we'd be… held accountable and responsible."
According to Alexander, oversight from the White House, Department of Defense, Department of Justice and Congress ensures the agency stays within its legal boundaries.
"Everybody reviews what we do to see if anybody's doing anything illegal like you suggest," Alexander said. "No one has found anything, zero."
Alexander's statement came just hours after two major legislative proposals designed to overhaul NSA surveillance practices, legality, and bulk storage of Americans' private telephone and Internet data were leaked from the White House and announced by the House of Representatives.
Carter is one of the hundreds of past and present high-profile American politicians to describe NSA surveillance practices as an "invasion of privacy" since the leaks of classified widespread spying programs by former agency contractor Edward Snowden last year. (RELATED: Jimmy Carter: 'America no longer has a functioning democracy')
According to Carter, the national security reasoning and legal underpinning of such surveillance "has been extremely liberalized and, I think, abused by our own intelligence agencies."
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Whether you are running away from a horde of zombies, trying to defend your base against other players or simply to avoid getting bitten by a poisonous insect.
Survival games can be really challenging and complex, but extremely fun as you will constantly have to deal with different things so your character stay alive.
The best thing is that there's no one size fits all survival game.
If you don't like zombies or horror. No problem!
You will find that there are a few different categories when it comes to survival games, like horror, nature, fantasy, PvP (player vs player) and even some that is a combination of them all thrown in one survival game.
The Survival Genre is also unique in the sense that most of them are either in Early Access now or were at some point, which means they are being developed over time.
I created a list for the best survival games in 2019 so you can experience the horrors, random strolls in nature or just hunt other players.
So I bet you'll find a game that's perfect for you.
SCUM is one of the latest Early Access survival releases in 2018 and has already made a big impact on the genre by taking the mechanics to a new level.
It's a survival game with many aspects, like PvP, surviving nature, avoiding mech robots and dealing with zombies.
You are a prisoner that is thrown on an island and your task is to survive and eventually escape.
Well, and the people that put you there is making a TV show so don't forget to smile for the camera.
It's super fun to play with all the looting, crafting and trying to stay alive.
Make sure to check it out.
ARK Survival Evolved is a Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) survival game with a bit more in store than just your regular hunting and killing games.
Yes, you will hunt, build massive bases, farm the land and explore the wonderful open world of ARK.
The island has dinosaurs on it, and a lot of them as well, more than 100 different species!
Now that is a challenge!
You can choose to use them to your advantage or hunt them, well especially if they try to kill you.
So you start as a man or woman stranded naked, freezing and starving on the shores of a mysterious island called ARK.
To survive, you must hunt, harvest resources, craft items, grow crops, research technologies, and build shelters to withstand the elements.
Do you like mysterious islands?
The Forest… sounds so innocent right?
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You are going on holiday, sipping away on nice warm cup of coffee on a passenger plane, when suddenly.
The plane crashed and you find that you're the only survivor in a lush green forest in the middle of nowhere.
Well, if you play alone. You can play with a friend to make it even better.
The Forest is a horror survival game where you will need to stay alive from many dangers. The main one being the cannibalistic cult that is all over the area.
During the daytime you'll need to gather, build and set up defenses so you can be ready for the horrors of the night.
You find yourself in a emerald green forest somewhere in the Amazon, left only with a radio to communicate with a loved one and the clothes on your body.
Green Hell is an open world survival simulation game that will push you to the edge of survival.
Your main goal is to find a way out of this impenetrable location and live to tell the tale.
Not only will you have to fight the environment, animals, sickness and harsh weather conditions, but you will have to battle with psychological thrillers as well.
Will you make it out in one piece?
Do you have what i takes to beat the Green Hell?
That was the 18 best survival games you can play in 2019.
What is your favourite survival game?
Is it the horrors, the nature, the fantasy or the PvP that you enjoy the most?
I'm sure you have found one that will be perfect for you.
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Utilities are Planning to Gut Rooftop Solar in Arizona
Arizona utilities are attempting to raise rates and lower reimbursements for families with rooftop solar panels.
By Michael Hiatt | February 26, 2016
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Arizona is blessed with an abundance of sunshine. The renowned deserts of Arizona are a testament to the power of the region's rays—and so are all the local teams with names like the Suns and the Sun Devils. This bountiful sunshine means Arizona is well-positioned to lead the nation in developing clean, renewable solar energy. And the state has largely lived up to that potential to date. The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently ranked Arizona third in the nation for installed rooftop solar capacity. Plus, the Solar Energy Industries Association ranked Arizona a top five solar state for 2014.
But rooftop solar in Arizona is now at a critical crossroads. Utilities throughout the state have proposed regressive policies and rate hikes that would severely undermine the continued growth of rooftop solar.
The Arizona utilities' playbook for limiting rooftop solar growth involves a three-pronged attack:
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1. Scrap Net Metering
Net metering gives rooftop solar customers the right to be paid retail rates for the energy they send to the grid. Net metering is a keystone solar policy that has been implemented in the vast majority of states, providing customers with a clean, economical alternative to electricity from fossil fuels. But Arizona utilities, including Tucson Electric Power and UNS Electric, are trying to eliminate net metering. The utilities have proposed to substantially cut the compensation rooftop solar customers receive for excess energy by crediting that energy at a much lower rate tied to utility-scale renewable wholesale prices. The result would be a nearly 50 percent cut in the compensation rooftop solar customers receive for the energy they send to the grid.
2. Increase Fixed Charges
In 2013, Arizona Public Service Company (APS) imposed a monthly fixed charge on rooftop solar customers averaging $5 a month. In 2015, APS asked the Arizona Corporation Commission to increase this fixed charge to an average of $21 a month. But after strong opposition from Vote Solar and other consumer and solar advocates, APS withdrew the proposal pending further commission proceedings. Now, both Tucson Electric Power and UNS Electric have proposed to double the fixed charges rooftop solar customers and other customers pay. These proposals would create disincentives for rooftop solar and energy efficiency, and would disproportionately harm low-income customers.
3. Impose Mandatory Demand Charges
Residential customers' electric bills are typically based largely on the total kWh of electricity consumed over the prior month. But Tucson Electric Power and UNS Electric have proposed adding an additional bill component for rooftop solar customers, called a demand charge. A demand charge would charge customers based on how much electricity they consume during the time period of highest use. In other words, a demand charge for a typical residential customer might be based on how much electricity they use during an hour when they were watching TV, running the dishwasher or using the oven. Demand charges are common for large and sophisticated industrial customers. But they are very rare for residential customers because these customers are less able to manage and reduce their maximum demand. Not only have Tucson Electric Power and UNS Electric proposed mandatory demand charges for rooftop solar customers, but UNS Electric recently endorsed a mandatory demand charge for all residential customers. No other state-regulated utilities in the U.S. require all residential customers to pay mandatory demand charges.
These utility proposals pose a dire threat to rooftop solar in Arizona. They would severely undercut the economics of solar and diminish the value solar provides to customers. Recent experience shows just what's at stake. When Arizona's Salt River Project instituted a mandatory demand charge for rooftop solar customers last year, applications for new rooftop solar installations fell by more than 95 percent. And when Nevada recently decided to eliminate net metering and increase fixed charges for solar customers, local solar companies laid off hundreds of employees and reduced their investment in the state.
Over the course of the next year, the Arizona Corporation Commission is poised to make a series of decisions on these utility proposals that will very likely set the future trajectory of rooftop solar in Arizona—for better or worse. Earthjustice is working with Vote Solar and the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest to protect rooftop solar and to ensure that the thousands of Arizonans who support solar have a voice in the proceedings. The first case on the docket is the UNS Electric rate case, which will be heard beginning on March 1. Earthjustice and our partners will be in Tucson fighting to maintain a bright future for rooftop solar in Arizona.
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I'd like to see the NetFlow reporting get better and the new UI needs some work.
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They're giving away one free sample of Christina Aguilera By Night eau de parfum (EDP). When you fill out the Christina fan form, they'll send out a cute little 0.04 fl oz vile bottle in the mail to you. I'm not sure how long this offer will be available for, but I was told it should be around at least for another month or so.
And by the way, it took a whole month for it to arrive in my mailbox. And it was wrapped in a flimsy clear package that was ripped up before I received it. I bet the mail woman who delivered it, wanted to try it so she was the one who opened it, but then put it back because it smells terrible. Either that or she put something in it to make it smell so bad, lol.
If you're still interested in trying this free sample of Christina Aguilera By Night eau de parfum you'll just need to fill out their request form. As usual, there's a limit of one per household and available to anyone in the United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, and India.
got mine in last week and absolutely love it! almost out of it already! they sure don't give you much in the bottle.
5 out of 5 stars!!! I love this perfume!!
Hi really love christina she is a great singer thank u so much .
What a surprise. I expected anything perfume by Christina Aguilera to smell trashy, but I have to say that this is absolutely the best celebrity fragrance I've ever used. Smells amazing and lasts long! I definitely recommend this to anyone. Ty!


More than 500 handshakes were exchanged Wednesday in the gym at Wade Park School.
These weren't just any handshakes, but those of students participating in a competition on social grace and manners.
Wade Park hosted its first ever Amazing Shake competition, which was started by the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta and places emphasis on teaching students manners, discipline, respect and professional conduct. The more than 40 students who competed were judged in areas like posture, composure and of course -- the handshake.
The student ambassadors, a group of middle-school students selected for leadership roles, rotated through 12 two-mintue stations where they were faced with scenarios to test their manners and ability to think on their feet. One station involved a one-on-one mock job interview for a nonprofit neighborhood center working with children and elderly people. Another included a panel of four people pretending to be frustrated top executives at a computer company with rapidly declining sales. The student was the CEO and was asked to solve the urgent problem -- fast.
Though the students were not clued into the scenarios beforehand, Principal Lee Buddy Jr. said his scholars have been unofficially preparing for a competition like this since they first stepped foot into a Wade Park classroom.
To judge the contest, the school recruited community partners and volunteers, many of them familiar faces in the hallways.
Allison Wallace is the executive director of the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association and helps facilitate the Partners For Student Success (P4SS) enrichment program at Wade Park and other local schools. She spoke highly of the students, whom she has worked with through her organization for several years.
A big surprise came for the students after the scores were tallied. Buddy announced that the top five finishers would be traveling to Atlanta in February 2018 to participate in the Amazing Shake National Competition at the Ron Clark Academy.
Harmony, an eighth-grade student, was ecstatic that she was in the top five but was not surprised. Her favorite station was one where the facilitator asked her to create a new Pepsi product.
"I realize that Pepsi is really sugary and has a lot of acid, so my idea was to create a pop that was not only healthy but still had taste," she said.
She credits some of her high finish to the "Wade Park Way," which gave her clear expectations for how to act in professional settings. The contest also helped pull her out of her comfort zone.
"Usually I'm shy, but today when I was doing that, it prepared me to be able to talk to other people without being shy," Harmony said.


The problems of Aam Aadmi Party are increasing in the case of 2 crore rupees fund. Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case under the Money Laundering Act in the case of manipulation of 2 crore rupees against four shell companies involved in donating 50 lakh rupees each to AAP. The AAP was shocked even by the Income Tax Department last month. The Income Tax Department had said that these funds are not donations but rather the income of the AAP. It was that in 2015, Aam Aadmi Party got Rs 2 crore through 4 drafts of Rs 50 lakh. The party argued that this amount was paid to them as a fund. In February 2015, an NGO named 'Awam' had alleged that the AAP had grasped 50-50 lakh rupees through registered 4 fictitious companies in the name of the same person and declared this amount to be a charity. Later, former Delhi government minister Kapil Mishra also made these allegations against Aam Aadmi Party. He had alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party has converted black money in the face of white money. After Mishra's allegations, a man named Mukesh Sharma, who lived in Delhi, came to the fore and claimed that companies that donated to AAP were not bogus. Mukesh claimed that he was the director of those companies. However, Kapil Mishra later made a press conference claiming that Mukesh was brought forward by the Aam Aadmi Party for their defence. Mishra claimed on the basis of some papers that when the funds of the Aam Aadmi Party were given, Mukesh was not connected to those companies.


CHECHESMITHNATION : Make-up that you will believe -Kandee Johnson transforms herself into celebrities!!
Make-up that you will believe -Kandee Johnson transforms herself into celebrities!!
Wow! She's very talented I will say, though some of us right here in Africa might say "Haba!!! nah, na juju be this na mtchewww!!"
Abegiii this is raw talent on display, Some of these celeb faces are better than others sha,but she did fantastic replicating these amazing and superb looks.


First things first, I am so glad we started this link up. I've already made some new friends! Thanks to the great group of bloggers who linked up and participated last week. Help us spread the word!!!!
I'm going to try my hardest not to get all mushy on you with this post, but in all seriousness I couldn't live without my husband, Tolar. For the past two weekends I have been a solo parent and y'all it is hard. Single parents - you have gotten A LOT of my prayers recently. I'm not saying I have been without help, because I have been surrounded by family who are very loving and caring the past two weekends. But Baby K is very shy and doesn't like to let me out of her sight when she is around people that she doesn't see every day. She also doesn't go to other people that well unless she is completely comfortable with them.
Add her shyness and not wanting to let go of me to the fact that we have traveled for the past two weekends and I need to unload the car (and numerous other duties) and well it gets kind of stressful. Every time I talked to Tolar I told him that I missed him. And yes, I missed laughing with him, hugging him, kissing him, seeing him interact with my daughter (because y'all he's a GREAT Daddy) and just plain being around him. But I REALLY missed his help. Tolar is very much a hands on Dad and I am so thankful for that. He does just as much caring for Baby K as I do and when I'm a parenting party of one I quickly realize just how much I need him and how much he actually does.
When solo parenting, I don't get a break. I can barely even pee in private - in fact, while visiting my sister, my bathroom visit was a family affair involving Baby K, my nephew and my sister's dog! I have been exhausted each time we are reunited with Tolar because all of my energy has gone to take care of Baby K and make sure that she is completely comfortable in every situation. I don't have my partner to assist. So this is where I salute single mothers and single fathers. How you do it for longer than a weekend is beyond me! I'm extremely impressed that you hold it together the way that you do. I'm praying for all the single parents out there to continue to find strength to keep going! Your kids love you - you are doing a great job!
And Tolar, we love you! I am so thankful for you and how much time you devote to Baby K and in return me, allowing me a break from time to time. God has blessed me and Baby K with such an incredible man in our lives.
And now...I'm am so excited to welcome you to the I Couldn't Live Without Link up hosted by me and For Lauren and Lauren. We are so excited to connect with other bloggers.
I think this is the sweetest post, and obviously shows how much you love and adore these two!
Aww so sweet! I hate when my husband is out of town and we don't have children. I pray for single parents as often as I can, because they are total rockstars. ALL PARENTS are, don't get me wrong, but doing it solo is just incredible!
What a sweet post! My husband travels a lot over the summer for baseball and it's just so much easier to parent with him here than with him gone that's for sure. Single parents get a lot of respect from me because by the time baseball season is over I'm so glad I'm not doing it alone anymore!!
Awww that is SO sweet! I definitely got a little teary-eyed!
Awe what an awesome awesome post!!! What an guy. Those photos are adorable and I love his name!! So unique.


Last year I was lucky enough to be approached by Sydney based stationery label A Happy Death Paper Co to work on a series of three greeting cards for them. Doing cards has always been something I've wanted to do and to collaborate with such an awesome label and equally awesome people I jumped at the chance. AHD work with Australian and international artists to create a killer collection of cards and wrapping paper. It's exciting to have my work alongside some artists who are absolutely killing it right now, including Olivia Mew, Billie Justice Thomson, Beth Hoeckel and Kyle Montgomery.
The new collection from AHD will be released in February.
You can have a look at the designs here.


The U.S. confirmed Thursday that it will for the first time sell billions of dollars' worth of arms to Taiwan.
In a move that is sure to spur anger in Beijing, weapons and equipment valued at $1.3 billion will be sold.
This will be first such sale since the former U.S. President Barack Obama's administration delivered weapons worth $1.83 billion to Taiwan in 2015, according to the U.S. State Department.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the Donald Trump administration had notified Congress of its intent to approve seven proposed deals. The decision now requires congressional approval. Lawmakers, who are generally supportive of such deals, have 30 days to object.
Nauert said the approval did not violate the Taiwan Relations Act that governs U.S. contacts with the island.
"It shows, we believe, our support for Taiwan's ability to maintain a sufficient self-defense policy," Nauert told reporters.
"There's no change, I should point out, to our 'One-China' policy."
Meanwhile, Chinese ambassador to the U.S., Cui Tiankai, criticized the decision, saying recent moves had eroded the trust built when Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida this April.
According to a U.S. defense source in Washington, the sales will include $400 million in early-warning radar equipment, torpedoes, missiles and other components.
Trump sparked controversy in December 2016, when he held a phone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, reportedly the first such direct contact since 1979.


DEEP paves way for Millstone's power bid | HartfordBusiness.com . New to the site? Click here to register.
A potential hiccup in controversial competition for long-term electricity contracts that involves Connecticut's sole nuclear power plant appears to have been averted, after state regulators tweaked the terms of its bidding process.
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) on Tuesday night released a final version of its request for proposals for "zero carbon" electricity, which could include nuclear, as well as solar, wind, hydropower and energy storage.
contracts to spur investment in solar energy and other technology -- since at least last year, when plant owner Dominion warned lawmakers and regulators that its Waterford plant could be at risk of closing.
The company has had successes along the way, despite fierce opposition from fossil fuel plants and environmental groups who characterize the contracts as an unneeded handout.
Last fall, lawmakers authorized DEEP to conduct the RFP, and to move forward with the contracting process if the agency deems any bids to be in ratepayers' best interests.
However, as part of the bidding process, which is largely based on price, Millstone would get favorable treatment if it's deemed to be at risk.
After DEEP released a draft version of the RFP in June, Dominion said the language may delay it from winning at-risk status until 2023. The final version of the document released this week instead specifies 2022, though an at-risk designation could come sooner if regulators are convinced Millstone's financial condition puts it at risk of closure.
Sen. Paul Formica (R-East Lyme) said Wednesday that he was pleased DEEP modified the RFP language, after listening to Dominion's concerns.
"This revised RFP will allow Dominion, owner of Millstone Power Station, an opportunity to prove to regulators their at risk status," Formica said.
A key controversy in Dominion's lobbying for access to long-term energy contracts was the energy giant's unwillingness to share full financial information about the Millstone plant with regulators for some time.
Dominion has since privately shared the financial information, Paul Koonce, CEO of Dominion's power generation group, noted in a letter last month to DEEP and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
"With this information in hand, both agencies have strong, independently audited evidence that Millstone is at risk now," Koonce wrote in the July 18 letter, italicizing the final word in the sentence.
If Millstone is successful and regulators find its proposal favorable, it could sell as much as 12 million megawatt hours of electricity a year to Connecticut utilities through state-approved contracts. That equates to roughly 70 percent of the plant's 2015 output.
Utilities' costs are ultimately passed on to their customers. Dominion has argued that awarding it electricity contracts would save ratepayers money, but opponents of the deal have argued the opposite.
According to a timeline in the RFP document, DEEP could announce winning selections by this winter.


La Casa del Teatre Nu was born with the will to be an open space for creation.
La Casa del Teatre Nu is our workspace. Located in the heart of Sant Marti de Tous, a small town in the region of Anoia, we opened our doors in 2015 and since then we have been hosting our creations and co-productions. At the same time, we offer workshop programs at schools to bring the craft and the creation process of theatre to students around the country. Our space also houses residences for creators, training activities for audiences, shows, and the theatre school of the town.
La Casa del Teatre Nu offers schools the possibility of experiencing a day at the theatre to find out how a theatre company works and what the secrets behind the shows are. The experience, which we call "theatre a prop" or "closeby theatre ", is structured in two different parts.
In the first part, the students attend a performance of one of the shows from el Teatre Nu, in the small theatre at La Casa del Teatre Nu. The function is experienced in very close quarters because the capacity of the space is 50 people.
In the second part, everybody is divided into three groups to be able to work on different aspects of the theatre and its creative processes. The activities take place in different spaces of the House: the theatre, the workshop, the expression room and the surrounding areas of the town.
Depending on each cycle, the speeches and activities will be adapted. The Teatre Nu shows are aimed at all audiences, but they all have a specific way of working when they are presented to school groups.
If you are interested in the project, you can contact us and check the information for each show.
At La Casa del Teatre Nu we also do workshops for children, youth and adults. Another way to bring theatre closer to people. For many years, our line of work has been in training. After many years of managing courses and theatre workshops in different towns of the Anoia region, we decided to set up our own school.
In La Casa del Teatre Nu we program different shows and activities every month that intend to bring art and culture closer to the people of the region. La Casa del Teatre Nu offers a proximity that is highly valued by its creators and the public alike. The experience of seeing a show on is very special and it can be seen in a very intense way at our space.
Apart from our creations, El Teatre Nu produces shows that are seeking a space to carry it out. The umbrella from where we welcome ideas that come to us make the work of the Teatre Nu team and the walls of La Casa available to professionals. The Teatre Nu hosts projects from an idea, to its premiere and exhibition. A way to learn and become better professionals.


White Matter Hyperintensities on MRI - Artefact or Something Sinister?
White Matter Hyperintensities on MRI – Coincidental Finding or Something Sinister?
White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are lesions in the brain that show up as areas of increased brightness when visualised by T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
WMH's are also referred to as Leukoaraiosis and are often found in CT or MRI's of older patients. The prevailing view is that these intensities are a marker of small-vessel vascular disease and in clinical practice, are indicative of cognitive and emotional dysfunction, particularly in the ageing population.
The initial discovery of WMH's was made in the late 1980's by Hachinski and colleagues. They described WMH's as patchy low attenuation in the periventricular and deep white matter.
WHAT DO WMH'S LOOK LIKE ON MRI?
As MRI's have greater sensitivity to subtle changes in brain water content, they are better at visualising WMH's. These areas are hyperintense on T2-weighted (T2) and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI sequences, and by consensus are now referred to as "white matter hyperintensities" (WMH), or "subcortical hyperintensities" where deep gray matter is also involved.
WHAT IS THE NEUROPATHOLOGY OF WMH'S?
WMH's are associated with vascular risk factors such as diabetes, smoking and hypertension and hence WMH's are considered part of small vessel disease.
WMH's are known to disappear as they do not always signify permanent glial or axonal loss; instead subtle shifts in water content.
WHAT IS THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF WMH'S?
Until relatively recently, WMH were generally dismissed as inevitable consequences of "normal" advancing age. This is clearly not true. Although WMH do become more common with advancing age, their prevalence is highly variable.
A review by Debette and Markus sought to review the evidence of the association between WMHs and the risk of cognitive impairment, dementia, death and stroke.
White matter hyperintensities are a predictor for vascular disease for which age and high blood pressure are the main risk factors.
The review showed that WMHs are significantly associated with an increased risk of stroke. Even when adjusting for vascular disease risk factors, such as age and high blood pressure, this association was still significant.
White matter hyperintensities are also associated with both impaired mobility and reduced cognitive functioning.
Specifically, WMHs can impact on memory, vigilance and executive functioning, depending on its localisation and severity.
Periventricular WMHs can affect cognitive functioning while subcortical WMHs disrupt specific motor functions based on location.
Although WMH's are associated with a faster decline in global cognitive performance as well as in executive function and processing speed, the jury is out in relation to their association with dementia.
WMH's have a high association with Vascular dementia but their role in Alzheimer's dementia is unclear.
The presence of white matter hyperintensities may increase the risk that an individual will develop mild cognitive impairment or have declining performances on cognitive tests but may not be enough to facilitate progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia, the latter being overwhelmingly driven by neurodegenerative lesions. An exception could be the rare cases of pure vascular dementia, where diffuse white matter hyperintensities could be important also at later stages of cognitive decline and conversion.
There seems to be a significant association between WMHs and mortality in both the general population and in high-risk populations such as those with a history of stroke and depression.
The Rotterdam and the Framingham Offspring Study showed an association between WMH's and mortality independent of vascular risk events and risk factors. The association is particularly strong with cardiovascular mortality.
WMH's may, therefore, be a marker for diffuse vascular involvement including peripheral and coronary arteries increasing the risk of cardiovascular mortality.
Deep white matter hyperintensities (DWMH's) are associated with a more resistant form of depression, and the patient is more likely to present with cognitive dysfunction, psychomotor slowing, and apathy. They are also closely associated with late-onset depression.
This 'Vascular depression' is regarded as a subtype of late-life depression characterised by a distinct clinical presentation and an association with cerebrovascular damage.
Moderate to severe leukoaraiosis with scattered areas of T2 hyperintensity involving subcortical white matter, right and left corona radiata of the frontoparietal and to a lesser extent temporal lobes. Area of old cortical damage involving the ventral left frontal and very small area involving the ventral left temporal lobe with some surrounding gliosis, very suggestive of previous trauma.
In a previous post, we covered the clinical association of WMH's with a presentation of depression.
The presence of WMHs significantly increases the risk of stroke, dementia, and death. WMH'S are significantly associated with resistant depression.
Detecting WMHs by diagnostic brain imaging gives clinicians an opportunity to screen for other vascular risk factors and proactively treat them.
They have important clinical and risk factor associations, and that they should not simply be overlooked as inevitable "silent" consequences of the aging brain.
Want to learn more? We covered the neuropsychiatric aspects of Multiple Sclerosis, an autoimmune condition characterised by significant involvement of white matter.
Wardlaw, J. M., Hernández, M. C. V., & Muñoz‐Maniega, S. (2015). What are white matter hyperintensities made of? Relevance to vascular cognitive impairment. Journal of the American Heart Association, 4(6), e001140.
Debette et al., The clinical importance of white matter hyperintensities on brain magnetic resonance imaging: systematic review and meta-analysis, BMJ 2010; 341: c3666.
Dr. Sanil Rege is a Consultant Psychiatrist and founder of Psych Scene and Vita Healthcare. He has lived and worked on 5 continents and currently lives on the Mornington Peninsula.
I am a PhD-trained biochemist and neuroscientist with over 9 years of research experience in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. As an academic I have published several scientific papers; as a medical writer I have written many articles in print and online, covering topics on ageing, brain health, anatomy, psychiatry, and nutrition.
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I generally try to stay out of the boys' school backpacks, partly because I'm not sure I want to know what strange items might be lurking at the bottom of them, but mostly because I feel that it should be Noah and Will's responsibility to empty them after each school day, pulling out any homework that needs completing and any forms that need my attention, and to pack them back up in the morning with everything they need for the day ahead.
Three dog-eared duotangs. One school agenda. Four months' worth of loose completed worksheets and marked assignments, wadded up into unrecognizable shapes. One ball glove. One orange and yellow safety vest. An empty gum package. One Minecraft character key chain, broken into two pieces. One superball. Two paper clips. One half of an eraser. One deck of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. One laminated late pass from the office that was supposed to have been given to his teacher when he returned to school after his orthodontist appointment on Tuesday. Four rulers. A half package of Kleenex. A strange, unidentifiable contraption made out of drinking straws and duct tape. Sand.
Twenty-four (24!!) pencils (+2, actually, because I later found two more in another pocket of his bag. I especially like the one that is sharpened at both ends.
1. Despite the fact that Will and I have similar physical features and personality traits, we have absolutely nothing in common when it comes to organization.
2. If I ever need a pencil (heck, if everyone in the whole neighbourhood ever needs a pencil!), I know exactly whom to ask.
3. I will owe Will's teacher an entire Costco-sized box of pencils by the end of this school year.
Last week a notice came home from the principal of the boys' school, stating that they were starting to develop plans for next September and that if we had any reasonable requests for our children's class placements, we should submit them in writing to the office by the end of this week. I am not too concerned about which teacher Will ends up with or which of his peers are in his class, but I am thinking I should probably write a letter anyway. Will needs to be in a classroom with a lot of pencils.


Summer is unofficially here and you're ready to escape those winter blues. You're thinking of escaping from it all to a beautiful vacation home, but can you make that dream a reality? Here are some tips for buying a vacation home.
Take time to think about exactly what you want. A vacation home is no small investment. It is important to take the time and effort into deciding what you really want and what you can afford. Location is key, especially when it comes to your vacation getaway. Consider the location, imagine yourself returning there at your leisure. When you settle on a location, decide the style home you will need whether its for big family gathering or a quiet getaway.
Remember to keep in mind not only the cost of the property but the cost of upkeep throughout the year, utilities, taxes, community fees and maintenance. Find a number you can comfortably afford and stick to it. Its easy to fall in love with the perfect vacation home but its important to not overspend or it will cause more stress in the long haul.
The demand for industrial real estate on Long Island is increasing rapidly according to analysts, developers, and real estate brokers. This demand is caused by the increasing amount of e-commerce businesses which adds more demand for warehouses and factories. Since this demand is so high, the rental value of these buildings is at an all-time high. Due to how crowded the city is, distributors are selling their warehouses in Brooklyn and Queens and are buying on Long Island. This is an opportunity that needs to be acted upon fast.


This one is a nasty rumor that will not go away just like an infection.
A number of sites are reporting that Windows 8 will let users play Xbox 360 discs on their PCs.
According to the rumor, Xbox 360 on PC will require an Xbox Live Gold-like subscription service, but online gameplay will specifically prohibit cross-platform matchups to keep the playing field leveled.
Parts of that rumor are really exciting and parts of it dont make any sense.
Why would you want to prohibit cross platform match ups? I imagine that's where the fun would be.
There isn't much information available at this point, and naturally many will be wondering why Microsoft would potentially cannibalize sales of its own console. But with Windows 8 still about a year away, and the company's next-gen console announcement expected in some form at E3 2012, the pieces could fall into place for a smart succession plan of Microsoft's gaming platform.