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package alpha

import (
	"bytes"
	"context"
	"crypto/sha256"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"time"

	"google.golang.org/api/googleapi"
	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/declarative-resource-client-library/dcl"
)

type PrivateCloud struct {
	Name              *string                        `json:"name"`
	CreateTime        *string                        `json:"createTime"`
	UpdateTime        *string                        `json:"updateTime"`
	DeleteTime        *string                        `json:"deleteTime"`
	ExpireTime        *string                        `json:"expireTime"`
	State             *PrivateCloudStateEnum         `json:"state"`
	NetworkConfig     *PrivateCloudNetworkConfig     `json:"networkConfig"`
	ManagementCluster *PrivateCloudManagementCluster `json:"managementCluster"`
	Description       *string                        `json:"description"`
	Conditions        []PrivateCloudConditions       `json:"conditions"`
	Hcx               *PrivateCloudHcx               `json:"hcx"`
	Nsx               *PrivateCloudNsx               `json:"nsx"`
	Vcenter           *PrivateCloudVcenter           `json:"vcenter"`
	Project           *string                        `json:"project"`
	Location          *string                        `json:"location"`
	Uid               *string                        `json:"uid"`
	Etag              *string                        `json:"etag"`
}

func (r *PrivateCloud) String() string {
	return dcl.SprintResource(r)
}

// The enum PrivateCloudStateEnum.
type PrivateCloudStateEnum string

// PrivateCloudStateEnumRef returns a *PrivateCloudStateEnum with the value of string s
// If the empty string is provided, nil is returned.
func PrivateCloudStateEnumRef(s string) *PrivateCloudStateEnum {
	v := PrivateCloudStateEnum(s)
	return &v
}

func (v PrivateCloudStateEnum) Validate() error {
	if string(v) == "" {
		// Empty enum is okay.
		return nil
	}
	for _, s := range []string{"ACTIVE", "CREATING", "UPDATING", "FAILED", "DELETED"} {
		if string(v) == s {
			return nil
		}
	}
	return &dcl.EnumInvalidError{
		Enum:  "PrivateCloudStateEnum",
		Value: string(v),
		Valid: []string{},
	}
}

// The enum PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnum.
type PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnum string

// PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnumRef returns a *PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnum with the value of string s
// If the empty string is provided, nil is returned.
func PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnumRef(s string) *PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnum {
	v := PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnum(s)
	return &v
}

func (v PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnum) Validate() error {
	if string(v) == "" {
		// Empty enum is okay.
		return nil
	}
	for _, s := range []string{"IP_ADDRESS_LAYOUT_VERSION_UNSPECIFIED", "VERSION_1", "VERSION_2"} {
		if string(v) == s {
			return nil
		}
	}
	return &dcl.EnumInvalidError{
		Enum:  "PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnum",
		Value: string(v),
		Valid: []string{},
	}
}

// The enum PrivateCloudHcxStateEnum.
type PrivateCloudHcxStateEnum string

// PrivateCloudHcxStateEnumRef returns a *PrivateCloudHcxStateEnum with the value of string s
// If the empty string is provided, nil is returned.
func PrivateCloudHcxStateEnumRef(s string) *PrivateCloudHcxStateEnum {
	v := PrivateCloudHcxStateEnum(s)
	return &v
}

func (v PrivateCloudHcxStateEnum) Validate() error {
	if string(v) == "" {
		// Empty enum is okay.
		return nil
	}
	for _, s := range []string{"STATE_UNSPECIFIED", "ACTIVE", "CREATING", "UPDATING", "FAILED", "DELETED", "PURGING"} {
		if string(v) == s {
			return nil
		}
	}
	return &dcl.EnumInvalidError{
		Enum:  "PrivateCloudHcxStateEnum",
		Value: string(v),
		Valid: []string{},
	}
}

// The enum PrivateCloudNsxStateEnum.
type PrivateCloudNsxStateEnum string

// PrivateCloudNsxStateEnumRef returns a *PrivateCloudNsxStateEnum with the value of string s
// If the empty string is provided, nil is returned.
func PrivateCloudNsxStateEnumRef(s string) *PrivateCloudNsxStateEnum {
	v := PrivateCloudNsxStateEnum(s)
	return &v
}

func (v PrivateCloudNsxStateEnum) Validate() error {
	if string(v) == "" {
		// Empty enum is okay.
		return nil
	}
	for _, s := range []string{"STATE_UNSPECIFIED", "ACTIVE", "CREATING", "UPDATING", "FAILED", "DELETED", "PURGING"} {
		if string(v) == s {
			return nil
		}
	}
	return &dcl.EnumInvalidError{
		Enum:  "PrivateCloudNsxStateEnum",
		Value: string(v),
		Valid: []string{},
	}
}

// The enum PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnum.
type PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnum string

// PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnumRef returns a *PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnum with the value of string s
// If the empty string is provided, nil is returned.
func PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnumRef(s string) *PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnum {
	v := PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnum(s)
	return &v
}

func (v PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnum) Validate() error {
	if string(v) == "" {
		// Empty enum is okay.
		return nil
	}
	for _, s := range []string{"STATE_UNSPECIFIED", "ACTIVE", "CREATING", "UPDATING", "FAILED", "DELETED", "PURGING"} {
		if string(v) == s {
			return nil
		}
	}
	return &dcl.EnumInvalidError{
		Enum:  "PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnum",
		Value: string(v),
		Valid: []string{},
	}
}

type PrivateCloudNetworkConfig struct {
	empty                        bool                                                 `json:"-"`
	Network                      *string                                              `json:"network"`
	ServiceNetwork               *string                                              `json:"serviceNetwork"`
	ManagementCidr               *string                                              `json:"managementCidr"`
	VmwareEngineNetwork          *string                                              `json:"vmwareEngineNetwork"`
	VmwareEngineNetworkCanonical *string                                              `json:"vmwareEngineNetworkCanonical"`
	IPAddressLayoutVersion       *PrivateCloudNetworkConfigIPAddressLayoutVersionEnum `json:"ipAddressLayoutVersion"`
}

type jsonPrivateCloudNetworkConfig PrivateCloudNetworkConfig

func (r *PrivateCloudNetworkConfig) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	var res jsonPrivateCloudNetworkConfig
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &res); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	var m map[string]interface{}
	json.Unmarshal(data, &m)

	if len(m) == 0 {
		*r = *EmptyPrivateCloudNetworkConfig
	} else {

		r.Network = res.Network

		r.ServiceNetwork = res.ServiceNetwork

		r.ManagementCidr = res.ManagementCidr

		r.VmwareEngineNetwork = res.VmwareEngineNetwork

		r.VmwareEngineNetworkCanonical = res.VmwareEngineNetworkCanonical

		r.IPAddressLayoutVersion = res.IPAddressLayoutVersion

	}
	return nil
}

// This object is used to assert a desired state where this PrivateCloudNetworkConfig is
// empty. Go lacks global const objects, but this object should be treated
// as one. Modifying this object will have undesirable results.
var EmptyPrivateCloudNetworkConfig *PrivateCloudNetworkConfig = &PrivateCloudNetworkConfig{empty: true}

func (r *PrivateCloudNetworkConfig) Empty() bool {
	return r.empty
}

func (r *PrivateCloudNetworkConfig) String() string {
	return dcl.SprintResource(r)
}

func (r *PrivateCloudNetworkConfig) HashCode() string {
	// Placeholder for a more complex hash method that handles ordering, etc
	// Hash resource body for easy comparison later
	hash := sha256.New().Sum([]byte(r.String()))
	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash)
}

type PrivateCloudManagementCluster struct {
	empty               bool    `json:"-"`
	ClusterId           *string `json:"clusterId"`
	NodeTypeId          *string `json:"nodeTypeId"`
	NodeCount           *int64  `json:"nodeCount"`
	NodeCustomCoreCount *int64  `json:"nodeCustomCoreCount"`
}

type jsonPrivateCloudManagementCluster PrivateCloudManagementCluster

func (r *PrivateCloudManagementCluster) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	var res jsonPrivateCloudManagementCluster
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &res); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	var m map[string]interface{}
	json.Unmarshal(data, &m)

	if len(m) == 0 {
		*r = *EmptyPrivateCloudManagementCluster
	} else {

		r.ClusterId = res.ClusterId

		r.NodeTypeId = res.NodeTypeId

		r.NodeCount = res.NodeCount

		r.NodeCustomCoreCount = res.NodeCustomCoreCount

	}
	return nil
}

// This object is used to assert a desired state where this PrivateCloudManagementCluster is
// empty. Go lacks global const objects, but this object should be treated
// as one. Modifying this object will have undesirable results.
var EmptyPrivateCloudManagementCluster *PrivateCloudManagementCluster = &PrivateCloudManagementCluster{empty: true}

func (r *PrivateCloudManagementCluster) Empty() bool {
	return r.empty
}

func (r *PrivateCloudManagementCluster) String() string {
	return dcl.SprintResource(r)
}

func (r *PrivateCloudManagementCluster) HashCode() string {
	// Placeholder for a more complex hash method that handles ordering, etc
	// Hash resource body for easy comparison later
	hash := sha256.New().Sum([]byte(r.String()))
	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash)
}

type PrivateCloudConditions struct {
	empty   bool    `json:"-"`
	Code    *string `json:"code"`
	Message *string `json:"message"`
}

type jsonPrivateCloudConditions PrivateCloudConditions

func (r *PrivateCloudConditions) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	var res jsonPrivateCloudConditions
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &res); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	var m map[string]interface{}
	json.Unmarshal(data, &m)

	if len(m) == 0 {
		*r = *EmptyPrivateCloudConditions
	} else {

		r.Code = res.Code

		r.Message = res.Message

	}
	return nil
}

// This object is used to assert a desired state where this PrivateCloudConditions is
// empty. Go lacks global const objects, but this object should be treated
// as one. Modifying this object will have undesirable results.
var EmptyPrivateCloudConditions *PrivateCloudConditions = &PrivateCloudConditions{empty: true}

func (r *PrivateCloudConditions) Empty() bool {
	return r.empty
}

func (r *PrivateCloudConditions) String() string {
	return dcl.SprintResource(r)
}

func (r *PrivateCloudConditions) HashCode() string {
	// Placeholder for a more complex hash method that handles ordering, etc
	// Hash resource body for easy comparison later
	hash := sha256.New().Sum([]byte(r.String()))
	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash)
}

type PrivateCloudHcx struct {
	empty      bool                      `json:"-"`
	Fdqn       *string                   `json:"fdqn"`
	InternalIP *string                   `json:"internalIP"`
	ExternalIP *string                   `json:"externalIP"`
	Version    *string                   `json:"version"`
	State      *PrivateCloudHcxStateEnum `json:"state"`
	Fqdn       *string                   `json:"fqdn"`
}

type jsonPrivateCloudHcx PrivateCloudHcx

func (r *PrivateCloudHcx) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	var res jsonPrivateCloudHcx
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &res); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	var m map[string]interface{}
	json.Unmarshal(data, &m)

	if len(m) == 0 {
		*r = *EmptyPrivateCloudHcx
	} else {

		r.Fdqn = res.Fdqn

		r.InternalIP = res.InternalIP

		r.ExternalIP = res.ExternalIP

		r.Version = res.Version

		r.State = res.State

		r.Fqdn = res.Fqdn

	}
	return nil
}

// This object is used to assert a desired state where this PrivateCloudHcx is
// empty. Go lacks global const objects, but this object should be treated
// as one. Modifying this object will have undesirable results.
var EmptyPrivateCloudHcx *PrivateCloudHcx = &PrivateCloudHcx{empty: true}

func (r *PrivateCloudHcx) Empty() bool {
	return r.empty
}

func (r *PrivateCloudHcx) String() string {
	return dcl.SprintResource(r)
}

func (r *PrivateCloudHcx) HashCode() string {
	// Placeholder for a more complex hash method that handles ordering, etc
	// Hash resource body for easy comparison later
	hash := sha256.New().Sum([]byte(r.String()))
	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash)
}

type PrivateCloudNsx struct {
	empty      bool                      `json:"-"`
	Fdqn       *string                   `json:"fdqn"`
	InternalIP *string                   `json:"internalIP"`
	ExternalIP *string                   `json:"externalIP"`
	Version    *string                   `json:"version"`
	State      *PrivateCloudNsxStateEnum `json:"state"`
	Fqdn       *string                   `json:"fqdn"`
}

type jsonPrivateCloudNsx PrivateCloudNsx

func (r *PrivateCloudNsx) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	var res jsonPrivateCloudNsx
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &res); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	var m map[string]interface{}
	json.Unmarshal(data, &m)

	if len(m) == 0 {
		*r = *EmptyPrivateCloudNsx
	} else {

		r.Fdqn = res.Fdqn

		r.InternalIP = res.InternalIP

		r.ExternalIP = res.ExternalIP

		r.Version = res.Version

		r.State = res.State

		r.Fqdn = res.Fqdn

	}
	return nil
}

// This object is used to assert a desired state where this PrivateCloudNsx is
// empty. Go lacks global const objects, but this object should be treated
// as one. Modifying this object will have undesirable results.
var EmptyPrivateCloudNsx *PrivateCloudNsx = &PrivateCloudNsx{empty: true}

func (r *PrivateCloudNsx) Empty() bool {
	return r.empty
}

func (r *PrivateCloudNsx) String() string {
	return dcl.SprintResource(r)
}

func (r *PrivateCloudNsx) HashCode() string {
	// Placeholder for a more complex hash method that handles ordering, etc
	// Hash resource body for easy comparison later
	hash := sha256.New().Sum([]byte(r.String()))
	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash)
}

type PrivateCloudVcenter struct {
	empty      bool                          `json:"-"`
	Fdqn       *string                       `json:"fdqn"`
	InternalIP *string                       `json:"internalIP"`
	ExternalIP *string                       `json:"externalIP"`
	Version    *string                       `json:"version"`
	State      *PrivateCloudVcenterStateEnum `json:"state"`
	Fqdn       *string                       `json:"fqdn"`
}

type jsonPrivateCloudVcenter PrivateCloudVcenter

func (r *PrivateCloudVcenter) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
	var res jsonPrivateCloudVcenter
	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &res); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	var m map[string]interface{}
	json.Unmarshal(data, &m)

	if len(m) == 0 {
		*r = *EmptyPrivateCloudVcenter
	} else {

		r.Fdqn = res.Fdqn

		r.InternalIP = res.InternalIP

		r.ExternalIP = res.ExternalIP

		r.Version = res.Version

		r.State = res.State

		r.Fqdn = res.Fqdn

	}
	return nil
}

// This object is used to assert a desired state where this PrivateCloudVcenter is
// empty. Go lacks global const objects, but this object should be treated
// as one. Modifying this object will have undesirable results.
var EmptyPrivateCloudVcenter *PrivateCloudVcenter = &PrivateCloudVcenter{empty: true}

func (r *PrivateCloudVcenter) Empty() bool {
	return r.empty
}

func (r *PrivateCloudVcenter) String() string {
	return dcl.SprintResource(r)
}

func (r *PrivateCloudVcenter) HashCode() string {
	// Placeholder for a more complex hash method that handles ordering, etc
	// Hash resource body for easy comparison later
	hash := sha256.New().Sum([]byte(r.String()))
	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash)
}

// Describe returns a simple description of this resource to ensure that automated tools
// can identify it.
func (r *PrivateCloud) Describe() dcl.ServiceTypeVersion {
	return dcl.ServiceTypeVersion{
		Service: "vmware",
		Type:    "PrivateCloud",
		Version: "alpha",
	}
}

func (r *PrivateCloud) ID() (string, error) {
	if err := extractPrivateCloudFields(r); err != nil {
		return "", err
	}
	nr := r.urlNormalized()
	params := map[string]interface{}{
		"name":               dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Name),
		"create_time":        dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.CreateTime),
		"update_time":        dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.UpdateTime),
		"delete_time":        dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.DeleteTime),
		"expire_time":        dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.ExpireTime),
		"state":              dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.State),
		"network_config":     dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.NetworkConfig),
		"management_cluster": dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.ManagementCluster),
		"description":        dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Description),
		"conditions":         dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Conditions),
		"hcx":                dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Hcx),
		"nsx":                dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Nsx),
		"vcenter":            dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Vcenter),
		"project":            dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Project),
		"location":           dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Location),
		"uid":                dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Uid),
		"etag":               dcl.ValueOrEmptyString(nr.Etag),
	}
	return dcl.Nprintf("projects/{{project}}/locations/{{location}}/privateClouds/{{name}}", params), nil
}

const PrivateCloudMaxPage = -1

type PrivateCloudList struct {
	Items []*PrivateCloud

	nextToken string

	pageSize int32

	resource *PrivateCloud
}

func (l *PrivateCloudList) HasNext() bool {
	return l.nextToken != ""
}

func (l *PrivateCloudList) Next(ctx context.Context, c *Client) error {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Config.TimeoutOr(0*time.Second))
	defer cancel()

	if !l.HasNext() {
		return fmt.Errorf("no next page")
	}
	items, token, err := c.listPrivateCloud(ctx, l.resource, l.nextToken, l.pageSize)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	l.Items = items
	l.nextToken = token
	return err
}

func (c *Client) ListPrivateCloud(ctx context.Context, project, location string) (*PrivateCloudList, error) {
	ctx = dcl.ContextWithRequestID(ctx)
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Config.TimeoutOr(0*time.Second))
	defer cancel()

	return c.ListPrivateCloudWithMaxResults(ctx, project, location, PrivateCloudMaxPage)

}

func (c *Client) ListPrivateCloudWithMaxResults(ctx context.Context, project, location string, pageSize int32) (*PrivateCloudList, error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Config.TimeoutOr(0*time.Second))
	defer cancel()

	// Create a resource object so that we can use proper url normalization methods.
	r := &PrivateCloud{
		Project:  &project,
		Location: &location,
	}
	items, token, err := c.listPrivateCloud(ctx, r, "", pageSize)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return &PrivateCloudList{
		Items:     items,
		nextToken: token,
		pageSize:  pageSize,
		resource:  r,
	}, nil
}

func (c *Client) GetPrivateCloud(ctx context.Context, r *PrivateCloud) (*PrivateCloud, error) {
	ctx = dcl.ContextWithRequestID(ctx)
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Config.TimeoutOr(0*time.Second))
	defer cancel()

	// This is *purposefully* supressing errors.
	// This function is used with url-normalized values + not URL normalized values.
	// URL Normalized values will throw unintentional errors, since those values are not of the proper parent form.
	extractPrivateCloudFields(r)

	b, err := c.getPrivateCloudRaw(ctx, r)
	if err != nil {
		if dcl.IsNotFound(err) {
			return nil, &googleapi.Error{
				Code:    404,
				Message: err.Error(),
			}
		}
		return nil, err
	}
	result, err := unmarshalPrivateCloud(b, c, r)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	result.Project = r.Project
	result.Location = r.Location
	result.Name = r.Name

	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Retrieved raw result state: %v", result)
	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Canonicalizing with specified state: %v", r)
	result, err = canonicalizePrivateCloudNewState(c, result, r)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if err := postReadExtractPrivateCloudFields(result); err != nil {
		return result, err
	}
	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Created result state: %v", result)

	return result, nil
}

func (c *Client) DeletePrivateCloud(ctx context.Context, r *PrivateCloud) error {
	ctx = dcl.ContextWithRequestID(ctx)
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Config.TimeoutOr(7200*time.Second))
	defer cancel()

	if r == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("PrivateCloud resource is nil")
	}
	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContext(ctx, "Deleting PrivateCloud...")
	deleteOp := deletePrivateCloudOperation{}
	return deleteOp.do(ctx, r, c)
}

// DeleteAllPrivateCloud deletes all resources that the filter functions returns true on.
func (c *Client) DeleteAllPrivateCloud(ctx context.Context, project, location string, filter func(*PrivateCloud) bool) error {
	listObj, err := c.ListPrivateCloud(ctx, project, location)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	err = c.deleteAllPrivateCloud(ctx, filter, listObj.Items)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	for listObj.HasNext() {
		err = listObj.Next(ctx, c)
		if err != nil {
			return nil
		}
		err = c.deleteAllPrivateCloud(ctx, filter, listObj.Items)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	return nil
}

func (c *Client) ApplyPrivateCloud(ctx context.Context, rawDesired *PrivateCloud, opts ...dcl.ApplyOption) (*PrivateCloud, error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Config.TimeoutOr(9600*time.Second))
	defer cancel()

	ctx = dcl.ContextWithRequestID(ctx)
	var resultNewState *PrivateCloud
	err := dcl.Do(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) (*dcl.RetryDetails, error) {
		newState, err := applyPrivateCloudHelper(c, ctx, rawDesired, opts...)
		resultNewState = newState
		if err != nil {
			// If the error is 409, there is conflict in resource update.
			// Here we want to apply changes based on latest state.
			if dcl.IsConflictError(err) {
				return &dcl.RetryDetails{}, dcl.OperationNotDone{Err: err}
			}
			return nil, err
		}
		return nil, nil
	}, c.Config.RetryProvider)
	return resultNewState, err
}

func applyPrivateCloudHelper(c *Client, ctx context.Context, rawDesired *PrivateCloud, opts ...dcl.ApplyOption) (*PrivateCloud, error) {
	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContext(ctx, "Beginning ApplyPrivateCloud...")
	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "User specified desired state: %v", rawDesired)

	// 1.1: Validation of user-specified fields in desired state.
	if err := rawDesired.validate(); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if err := extractPrivateCloudFields(rawDesired); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	initial, desired, fieldDiffs, err := c.privateCloudDiffsForRawDesired(ctx, rawDesired, opts...)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create a diff: %w", err)
	}

	diffs, err := convertFieldDiffsToPrivateCloudDiffs(c.Config, fieldDiffs, opts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// TODO(magic-modules-eng): 2.2 Feasibility check (all updates are feasible so far).

	// 2.3: Lifecycle Directive Check
	var create bool
	lp := dcl.FetchLifecycleParams(opts)
	if initial == nil {
		if dcl.HasLifecycleParam(lp, dcl.BlockCreation) {
			return nil, dcl.ApplyInfeasibleError{Message: fmt.Sprintf("Creation blocked by lifecycle params: %#v.", desired)}
		}
		create = true
	} else if dcl.HasLifecycleParam(lp, dcl.BlockAcquire) {
		return nil, dcl.ApplyInfeasibleError{
			Message: fmt.Sprintf("Resource already exists - apply blocked by lifecycle params: %#v.", initial),
		}
	} else {
		for _, d := range diffs {
			if d.RequiresRecreate {
				return nil, dcl.ApplyInfeasibleError{
					Message: fmt.Sprintf("infeasible update: (%v) would require recreation", d),
				}
			}
			if dcl.HasLifecycleParam(lp, dcl.BlockModification) {
				return nil, dcl.ApplyInfeasibleError{Message: fmt.Sprintf("Modification blocked, diff (%v) unresolvable.", d)}
			}
		}
	}

	// 2.4 Imperative Request Planning
	var ops []privateCloudApiOperation
	if create {
		ops = append(ops, &createPrivateCloudOperation{})
	} else {
		for _, d := range diffs {
			ops = append(ops, d.UpdateOp)
		}
	}
	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Created plan: %#v", ops)

	// 2.5 Request Actuation
	for _, op := range ops {
		c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Performing operation %T %+v", op, op)
		if err := op.do(ctx, desired, c); err != nil {
			c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Failed operation %T %+v: %v", op, op, err)
			return nil, err
		}
		c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Finished operation %T %+v", op, op)
	}
	return applyPrivateCloudDiff(c, ctx, desired, rawDesired, ops, opts...)
}

func applyPrivateCloudDiff(c *Client, ctx context.Context, desired *PrivateCloud, rawDesired *PrivateCloud, ops []privateCloudApiOperation, opts ...dcl.ApplyOption) (*PrivateCloud, error) {
	// 3.1, 3.2a Retrieval of raw new state & canonicalization with desired state
	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContext(ctx, "Retrieving raw new state...")
	rawNew, err := c.GetPrivateCloud(ctx, desired)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	// Get additional values from the first response.
	// These values should be merged into the newState above.
	if len(ops) > 0 {
		lastOp := ops[len(ops)-1]
		if o, ok := lastOp.(*createPrivateCloudOperation); ok {
			if r, hasR := o.FirstResponse(); hasR {

				c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContext(ctx, "Retrieving raw new state from operation...")

				fullResp, err := unmarshalMapPrivateCloud(r, c, rawDesired)
				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}

				rawNew, err = canonicalizePrivateCloudNewState(c, rawNew, fullResp)
				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}
			}
		}
	}

	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Canonicalizing with raw desired state: %v", rawDesired)
	// 3.2b Canonicalization of raw new state using raw desired state
	newState, err := canonicalizePrivateCloudNewState(c, rawNew, rawDesired)
	if err != nil {
		return rawNew, err
	}

	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Created canonical new state: %v", newState)
	// 3.3 Comparison of the new state and raw desired state.
	// TODO(magic-modules-eng): EVENTUALLY_CONSISTENT_UPDATE
	newDesired, err := canonicalizePrivateCloudDesiredState(rawDesired, newState)
	if err != nil {
		return newState, err
	}

	if err := postReadExtractPrivateCloudFields(newState); err != nil {
		return newState, err
	}

	// Need to ensure any transformations made here match acceptably in differ.
	if err := postReadExtractPrivateCloudFields(newDesired); err != nil {
		return newState, err
	}

	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Diffing using canonicalized desired state: %v", newDesired)
	newDiffs, err := diffPrivateCloud(c, newDesired, newState)
	if err != nil {
		return newState, err
	}

	if len(newDiffs) == 0 {
		c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContext(ctx, "No diffs found. Apply was successful.")
	} else {
		c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContextf(ctx, "Found diffs: %v", newDiffs)
		diffMessages := make([]string, len(newDiffs))
		for i, d := range newDiffs {
			diffMessages[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", d)
		}
		return newState, dcl.DiffAfterApplyError{Diffs: diffMessages}
	}
	c.Config.Logger.InfoWithContext(ctx, "Done Apply.")
	return newState, nil
}

func (r *PrivateCloud) GetPolicy(basePath string) (string, string, *bytes.Buffer, error) {
	u := r.getPolicyURL(basePath)
	body := &bytes.Buffer{}
	u, err := dcl.AddQueryParams(u, map[string]string{"options.requestedPolicyVersion": fmt.Sprintf("%d", r.IAMPolicyVersion())})
	if err != nil {
		return "", "", nil, err
	}
	return u, "GET", body, nil
}


BUCHAREST (Romania), February 11 (SeeNews) - Romanian stock indices fell on Monday in lower turnover, Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) data showed.
The total equity turnover of the BVB slightly fell to 44 million lei (10.5 million/ 9.3 million euro) on Monday from 45.7 million lei on Friday.
Blue-chip lender Banca Transilvania [BSE:TLV] fell 5.73% to 1.81 lei, generating the day's largest trading turnover - of 29.3 million lei.
Investment fund Fondul Proprietatea [BSE:FP] lost 0.60% to 0.8250 lei in the day's second largest turnover, of 4.43 million lei.
Financial group BRD Societe Generale [BSE:BRD] fell 4.23% to 11.32 lei in a trading turnover of 3.8 million lei - the third largest during the trading session.


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Hapalonoma is een geslacht van vlinders van de familie tastermotten (Gelechiidae).

Soorten
H. argyracta Meyrick, 1914
H. sublustricella (Walker, 1864)

Tastermotten

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San Diego Weekend Guide: June 17-20 – Culture & Canines
by June 17, 2022 0107
Oceanside, the site of one of this weekend's Juneteenth celebrations. Photo credit: @VisitOceanside, via Facebook
Looking for a reason to make merry with summer's official beginning just around the corner? Jump in for big celebrations of family and legacy this San Diego weekend.
It's the second year that Juneteenth – marking the day in 1865 that a group of former slaves in Texas learned of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation – has been a national holiday. Here's some of the events on tap:
The Cooper Family Foundation hosts its Juneteenth Festival at 11 a.m. Saturday. Head to Memorial Park in Logan Heights to see gospel, jazz, drums and dance on two stages, along with a history wall, kids zone and food trucks.
In Oceanside, there's the North San Diego County Juneteenth, at 10 a.m. Saturday. The event, at Pier View Way and Freeman Street, includes local artists and musicians, a kids zone, sports clinics, vendor booths, free health screenings and a vaccine station.
The Old Globe Theatre hosts a free day of music, poetry, storytelling and comedy for Juneteenth, at noon Saturday. Register online for tickets for the show, at the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre in Balboa Park.
Then there's dear ol' dad. Father's Day is Sunday and if that standout among the pops you know is a music fan, a couple throwbacks are in town this weekend:
Take a trip down memory lane with Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Santana and Earth, Wind and Fire as the bands take the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre stage at 7 p.m. Friday Resale tix, starting at $150, are available for the Miraculous Supernatural Tour in Chula Vista.
Another Hall of Famer, Bob Dylan, performs at the San Diego Civic Theatre as part of his Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour. Resale tix for the show, at 8 p.m. Saturday, are available as well, starting at $120.
Of course, a couple of other big local fests make great destinations for families and culture lovers alike:
Missed the San Diego Greek Festival in Hillcrest? Its pandemic pause ends at 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church with live Greek music, dancing, all manner of delicacies and church tours too. Admission is $3, with shuttles leaving from the nearby San Diego Unified headquarters lot.
Love pups? Love pints? Then the Barks and Brews Fest, at the downtown Waterfront Park, is your place to play at 2 p.m. Saturday. Enjoy craft beer tastings and food on the bayfront, in the company of your favorite furball. Dog contests include most talented and best dressed. Tickets with tastings start at $45.
Like it hot? Taste the West Coast Hot Sauce Experience at Broadway Pier Saturday and Sunday. The event, in which vendors from across the U.S. and as far away as New Zealand bring their hottest sauces and spices to the table, opens at 10 a.m. each day. Tickets start at $20.
What if the Vikings OL Is – Good?
The FCA Business Plan: what does it mean from a governance perspective?
Two-Car Collision Traps One Person in Vehicle, Sends Another to Hospital in Serra Mesa
SD Foundation Awards Record $3.5M in Scholarships to Local College Students
Heat Warning for San Diego Deserts Continues with High of 116 Forecast
Opinion: California's Inexcusable Resistance to Stronger Opioid Overdose Treatments
Deputies Search for Missing Man in Lakeside Neighborhood
San Diego GOP Conflicted on Abortion? Three in Ramona Evidenced a Wide Split
Fraud Week: So Much Fraud, So Little Time

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const { Locations, CardTypes } = require('../../Constants');
const AbilityDsl = require('../../abilitydsl.js');

class SeppunHiddenGuard extends DrawCard {
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        this.wouldInterrupt({
            title: 'Cancel ability',
            when: {
                onInitiateAbilityEffects: (event, context) => event.card.type === CardTypes.Character && event.cardTargets.some(card => (
                    card.isUnique() && card.controller === context.player && card.location === Locations.PlayArea)
                )
            },
            cost: AbilityDsl.costs.sacrificeSelf(),
            effect: 'cancel the effects of {1}, and force {2} to discard a card at random',
            effectArgs: context => [context.event.card, context.event.context.player],
            gameAction: AbilityDsl.actions.multiple([
                AbilityDsl.actions.cancel(),
                AbilityDsl.actions.discardAtRandom(context => ({ target: context.event.context.player }))
            ])
        });
    }
}

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module.exports = SeppunHiddenGuard;

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In many things to do in Viet Nam, travelling to Con Dao is necessary things. Pristine beach, fresh and delicious seafood, friendly local people and there is not stolen at all in this island. In this article, I will introduce 4 suggestion for you when you travelling there. I hope this post will neccesary before you come Vietnam.
At this time, there are two only flights to the island which are Vietnam Airlines and Air Mekong. All of the fights have to be transited at Ho Chi Minh City and the time of transit is quite short. Therefore, you need to carry your luggage quickly. In case of movement in Con Dao, driving motorbike is the best way; the vehicles are light and easily drive. Therefore, you could move around the island more simply.
If you want to stay at the hotel which is near the beach, the Côn Đảo resort on Nguyễn Đức Thuận Street is the good choice for you. There are some hotels like Sài Gòn Côn Đảo resort, ATC resort on Tôn Đức Thắng Street having stunning view, clean and good services. However, these resorts do not provide the private beach for the tourists. The fee of these resorts there are acceptable which are from 1million-1,5million for one room.
The seafood on the island is very delicious. There is one of many interesting things to do in Vietnam is finding the restaurant that provide the red grouper there. It is the fantastic and most delicious food on this island. The price of most of restaurants there are similarity, so you do not take for a long time to choose.
- An Sơn Temple: this temple was built to show the respect and worship of local people to Phi Yến who was the king NguyễnÁnh's wife. In the war time, she strongly convinced her husband to fight the enemy. However, her husband did not listen and jails her on this island.
- Côn Đảo's Prison: the French colonial and American empire built 19 prisons to jail and torture the Vietnamese's soldiers as well as people who against their comment. They were considered as hell to kill people. Visiting these prisons is one of most popular things to do in Vietnam because you will see and understand more the heroic history of Vietnam.
Similarity with Phu Quoc, the island is still wild and pristine. It is an opportunity and challenge for you to discover by yourself. Each discovering from the tourists assist the clear identity of the island, so the visitors are encouraged to discover more and more. The wild forest, beautiful beach and the stunning coral will make you happy.
To sum up, the island does not have many souvenirs for tourist buying, but it sells a lot of specially food like dried fish and fresh fish. They are so cheap and delicious; it is also one of many things to do in Vietnam. Hope you have a safe and happy trip with your family and friends in my beautiful country.


Marwa was train hopping from Bonn to Beautiful Ghent the other day ,yet on another insects related trip.
Why I like Tropentag is because it is a development-oriented and interdisciplinary conference. Meaning It addresses issues of resource management, environment, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food, nutrition and related sciences within the context of rural development, sustainable resource use and poverty alleviation worldwide. Agriculture has made remarkable advances over the last decades in increasing quantity and quality of food produce, but its contribution to improving the nutrition and health of poor farmers and consumers in developing countries often still lags behind. In cases where food provision is structurally guaranteed, food quality may still be a problem. Agricultural research and universities have an important role in addressing and solving both food security and food safety. They should do this in collaboration with international non-governmental donor and policy-oriented organizations, with respect for local, regional and global socioeconomic and cultural situations, legal conditions, markets and market mechanisms, limitations and opportunities, gender equity and the natural resource environment, in order to provide for sustainable solutions. In line with this background, this year's Tropentag theme was "Global food security and food safety: The role of universities".
I presented an oral presentation titled "Development and Implementation of Insect-Based Products to Enhance Food and Nutritional Security in Sub-Saharan Africa". I talked about EntoNutri project, a complementary partnership of icipe, University of Bonn, University of Hohenheim's Food Security Centre (FSC), and national agricultural research systems (NARS) from Kenya and Uganda to enhance food and nutritional security through the use of insects as food and sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Why insects? Why Kenya and Ughanda?
With a growing world population, increasingly demanding consumers and a limited amount of agricultural land, there is an urgent need to find alternatives to conventional meat products. Livestock production is a leading cause of anthropogenic-induced climate change. More sustainable diets are needed, with reduced meat consumption or the use of alternative protein sources. Insects are promoted as human food and animal feed worldwide. In tropical countries, edible insects are harvested naturally, but overexploitation, habitat changes, and environmental contamination threaten this resource. Therefore, sustainable harvesting practices need to be developed and implemented. The consumption of crickets (e.g. the house cricket Acheta domesticus), the longhorn grasshopper (Ruspolia differens), and a variety of saturniid caterpillars (e.g. Imbrasia zambesina and Cirina forda) is part of the food culture of some communities in Kenya and Uganda and constitutes 5–10% of protein intake of the rural and urban populace. For many, trade in edible insects is a major source of income and considerably contribute to livelihood improvements. Therefore, the development and implementation of research and knowledge construction on sustainable rearing and harvesting techniques to ensure that insect products are safe for human consumption is necessary. Insects can be contaminated by heavy metals or insecticides, therefore their use for food should be screened for risks to humans, animals, plants, and biodiversity. Moreover, edible insects are harvested from the wild in tropical countries which might lead to overexploitation, habitat changes, and environmental contamination of this resource. In this context, EntoNutri is researching the use and potential of edible insects to promote insect-based technologies and enhance the productivity and consumption of insects as a food and nutrition security tool. This multinational and multidisciplinary project has brought important results. Findings suggest major environmental advantages of insect farming compared to livestock production: (1) limited land and water consumption; (2) lower greenhouse gas emissions; (3) higher feed conversion efficiencies; (4) transformation of low-value organic by-products into high-quality food or feed. However, edible insect species intended for production should be screened for risks to humans, animals, plants, and biodiversity. As a conclusion, edible insect´s production and commercialization could improve the well-being of select rural communities around the world.
While in Ghent, I stayed in an Asian themed room and the surroundings reminded me of my time in India while the rest of the hotel was of an Imperial touch. I was lucky to find sometime to see Ghent's Altarpiece at St Bavo's Cathedral although it was not allowed to take photographs inside the cathedral.


These are the fundamental areas your nonprofit must focus on in the year ahead. And I mean focus.
Create written plans for these areas.
Include goals, measurable objectives, strategies and timelines.
Assign staff and volunteer responsibility.
Monitor, measure and evaluate what's working/not working.
And don't get distracted from your mission. Persist.
1. CONTENT MARKETING: You must let folks know what you do is relevant to them.
People can't know what you do unless you tell them. Don't expect them to magically figure it out just because you're doing such great work and you're such a good cause. There are thousands of good causes out there. It's the squeaky wheel that gets the donations.
People won't care unless your message centers on their needs. Which is why it's essential to figure out who your likely constituencies are, and frame your messaging to resonate with what's important to them. I remember before I had a baby I never even noticed all the ads for diapers, baby formula and the like. I wasn't "in the market." What are your potential donors in the market for? This is what your content marketing must deliver.
People won't care unless you meet them where they are.If your most likely supporters are all on Facebook, and you're not there, you're going to miss them. If they mostly get their information from snail mail, and you do only one mailing a year, you're going to miss them. If their preferred method of communication is email, and you don't have their email address, you're going to miss them.
2. ANNUAL GIVING: Your ability to make a compelling offer donors won't want to refuse is your foundation for sustainable fundraising.
Annual giving means all the money you must raise in order to meet your annual fundraising goal. The majority of nonprofits include money raised from mailed and emailed appeals, events, tribute gifts, car donations, social media and so forth. Then there are grants and sponsorships. To me, these are part of the annual money you must raise. So, for purposes of creating compelling annual fundraising offers, I'm talking about all audiences to whom you'll present your case for annual support – individuals, foundations and businesses.
The best case for support incorporates your donor's perspective. What they care about and value. So… consider the fact that your annual giving comprises both unrestricted and restricted gifts – as long as they're the functional equivalent of annual operating money. Donors should be given the option of designating their giving for particular programs that fall within your annual budget. I've never understood the penchant in so many nonprofits to eschew restricted annual gifts. Some do this to the extent fundraisers are penalized for bringing in too few unrestricted gifts.
Break your annual campaign into smaller packages donors can wrap their brains, and hearts, around. Don't fall into the blatantly non-donor-centered practice of not allowing fundraisers to talk to donors about what the donor really cares about. Why would you steer the donor away from their passions and towards a middle-of-the-road strategy that simply doesn't excite them? You wouldn't if you wanted to receive the donor's most generous gift.
ACTION STEPS: Figure out your core case for support, competitive advantage and priority initiatives.
Take a look at your mission statement, consider why you exist, and also what would happen were you to cease to exist. That's your core case for support.
Now consider why your nonprofit is better positioned than any other nonprofit to get the job done. That's your competitive advantage.
Finally, break your core case into components based on your greatest needs for funding this year and what you know about your donors' areas of interest. These are your priority initiatives.
3. DONOR RETENTION: Unless you renew donors, your support foundation will crumble.
Too often organizations get their priorities backwards. They focus the lion's share of time and energy on donor acquisition, only to lose those donors as fast as they can acquire them.
Per the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, donor retention has been terrible for years. But nonprofits have largely been ignoring the data. It's as if the sector is closing their eyes to the reality of climate change, choosing to charge forward looking for more sources of non-renewable energy. This is the year to say "no" to this senseless devastation!
With so much competition for donors today, and so much competition just for attention, it's never been more important to make authentic connections with your supporters that will cement your relationships with them.
Begin by committing to know your retention rates (for first-time donors, ongoing donors, lapsed donors and overall donors). Only then can you establish specific goals for improvement (by segment) and invest in personal, authentic, gratitude-filled cultivation and stewardship.
ACTION STEP: Put a strategic "Donor Love and Loyalty Plan" in place [Get your free worksheet HERE].
4. MAJOR & LEGACY GIVING: The lion's share of philanthropic support comes from a small slice of individual donors; you need a plan to get your piece of this philanthropy pie.
Less than 20 percent of charities have even one person specifically designated to pursue and cultivate major donors per a Bloomerang survey. Instead, they stuff their calendars with special events and focus their fundraising primarily on grants. They're losing money and/or building shaky foundations with these strategies.
One-to-one major gift fundraising is the most traditional, cost-effective, tried-and-true fundraising strategy. Roughly 10 to 20 percent of individuals will provide 80 to 90 percent of an average nonprofit's annual fundraising. So embracing major-gift fundraising shouldn't be controversial. Yet many nonprofits still think major-gift fundraising isn't for them (as per the study mentioned above).
Make this the year you embrace major gift fundraising as a core component of your development plan.
ACTION STEPS: Take a course, read a book, or just do some online research if you don't know where to begin. It's not rocket science. Raising $1 million from a handful of major donor-investors (who you'll be able to steward and keep loyal over time) is simply easier – and more sensible — than trying to raise $1 from a million supporters. Read the 3-part 'Major Gift Fundraising Shebang' series on the Bloomerang blog HERE, HERE and HERE (and pick at least one strategy to implement this year).
5. ONLINE SOCIAL FUNDRAISING: The world is increasingly online and networked; go where potential supporters are likely to be found.
Digital communications have changed the way people connect with organizations. You must find a way to truly connect with and meet your natural constituencies where they are.
Folks don't want to work to find you. If you deliver content through multiple channels, you're more likely to enable folks to find you serendipitously. Don't choose these channels randomly, however. Do some research (e.g., a simple survey using Survey Monkey or Google Docs) to discover where your audiences hang out.
Make sure your messaging across channels is consistent and integrated. Your constituents only know one organization. This is the year to eliminate departmental siloes! Merely communicating and fundraising through multiple channels (mail, email, social platforms, TV, phone, website) does not mean you have an integrated program from your consumer's perspective. Your fundraising is only integrated if you have coordinated images, messages and offers on various platforms – everything reinforcing everything else.
Your constituents want to be leaders, or at least equals, in the engagement process. Folks expect you to know them – rather than the other way around. To raise more money next year, you've got to develop an online plan that includes getting to know your current and prospective donors better.
ACTION STEPS: Develop a plan to provide meaningful and rewarding engagement experiences that help folks connect with you and simultaneously help you learn more about your constituents.
Get social. Interact. Ask for feedback. Learn what content your constituencies want. If you don't know this, you can't fulfill their wishes.
Use the information you gather, powered by technology, to segment your online strategies in order to attract and retain donors and volunteers.
6. CULTURE OF PHILANTHROPY: The way to compete today is via donor service, which encompasses gratitude, abundance and love.
Shift your thinking—and the culture of your organization—in the direction of gratitude, rather than greediness, toward your donors. "Culture of philanthropy" is the meme du jour, but I find it helpful to think of it as a "customer service" or a "gratitude culture" because it makes it a bit more actionable. Your organizational culture should fairly burst with gratitude, philanthropy and service.
Culture is a group endeavor. You need to become a philanthropy team! Fundraising must stop being seen as a "necessary evil." It must be seen as a good thing—for everyone. After all, the meaning of the word 'philanthropy' is 'love of humankind.' That's how you should act toward your current and potential supporters.
Philanthropy makes donors feel good, and it makes good things happen. And not just for the development staff. Get everyone — all your stakeholders — to come together around your shared values. The values you enact on a daily basis, and the values your donors cherish.
ACTION STEPS: Bring all staff together on a regular, planned basis to share stories and perspectives. One of my favorite strategies is to create cross-cultural exchanges where development staff periodically attend meetings of program and finance departments, and vice-versa. This is a way to see just how much you're all on the same page – headed in a direction that furthers your mission. Also check out this VIDEO for some specific tips.


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Sooo... you're planning a wedding and want to book a rockstar team of vendors, right!? It's important to not only meet with your potential vendors in person or over the phone, but it's also important to ask questions. First and foremost, book a hair and makeup artist you feel comfortable with! You'll need to eventually communicate your hair + makeup vision to this person so it's important they understand the look you're going for on your big day. Seriously -- go right ahead and stalk them on Facebook and Instagram to get a feel for their style!
How many weddings have you done? Do you typically work with brides?
Will YOU be my hair/makeup artist? Or will this be someone else? Some agencies have an entire hair + makeup squad. You want to at least be sure the hair + makeup artist that is doing your trial will be the actual person doing your hair + makeup on your big day!
How soon should I get a hair + makeup trial before the wedding? Is there an additional fee for this or is it included in your services?
What do you charge for your services? Is there a deposit? Minimum?
Can you duplicate a hair and/or makeup look from a photo? Because not all hair + makeup artists are comfortable recreating a hair style or makeup from a photo or Pinterest for that matter!
What kinds of brands/products do you use? Good to know -- the last thing you want is for them to being using cheap makeup products. You also want to be sure they provide hair styling tools such as a blow dryer, hair straighter, curling iron, etc.
Will I have to travel to you or do you work on-site?
How many other weddings/events will you work on the day of my wedding? Sometimes, your hair + makeup artist will have other obligations, which is fine! Just make sure they're comfortable with the number of girls getting ready in your wedding and is in fact something they can handle in time without being rushed!
How long should I expect each girl to take (hair + makeup/getting ready)?
What should I bring to the trial? Think: veil, headpiece, floral crown, etc.
Do you have a portfolio of your work? Be sure to check their website, Facebook and/or Instagram!


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The Sunset Kid
Aliases: Stoak Burns, The Mighty Stoaker, MC Whodat, MC Extraordinaire
The Sunset Kid (more commonly referred to as Stoak) is an American rapper from Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY. Born in Harlem, NY on January 23, 1978, The Sunset Kid was exposed to original hip hop practically since birth. He developed an interest in making music at the age of 10 and started writing raps on his 14th birthday in 1992. In 2005, he founded Stomp and Crush as his own independent record label. Since then he has released 1 full-length album and 1 EP on the Stomp and Crush label. To get more familiar with The Sunset Kid, please visit his official website.


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Deep Throat Choir
Contact: Flash Taylor
"I'm reeling, I'm restless," sing Deep Throat Choir from the heart of their second album. That restlessness manifests in a set of tremendously abundant, original songs from the east London female and non-binary vocal collective, founded by Landshapes member Luisa Gerstein. Released via Bella Union in December, In Order to Know You is a multi-layered assertion of freshly expansive range, driven by two core virtues: a sense of strength in unity and an open embrace of its singers' personal experiences, shared through collective, supportive vocal expression.
After 2017's largely covers-based debut album, Be OK, the choir recognised the call to evolve. "Having been singing together for five-plus years, and having released an album of mostly covers, it felt like the logical next step to make our own music together," says Gerstein. "This album is the alchemy of all the specific voices and players that make up the choir, and a collaborative process of writing and sharing music and ideas. Sonically, I wanted to move beyond just voices and percussion, to see what richness could be brought with instruments and electronics, and to transition from a choir that does covers to a band with loads of vocalists."
The rewards of that leap are immediately evident on first single 'Alchemilla', named after the herbaceous perennial. A testimony to the strength in vulnerability, it celebrates an openness to emotion across buoyant harmonies that "ebb and flow" like cool waves. With words by Heloise Tunstall-Behrens, Alice Freedman and Holly Turnbull, the song emerged from a jamming session in Margate and a conversation about masculinity. 'Picturing' is a spun-silk reflection on shared tenacity before tough circumstance, while the forceful voices and folksy guitars of 'Uvas' frame a lyric that testifies to the choir's depths of personal experience.
"This song is about my mum," says Gerstein. "In Colombia you eat 12 grapes (uvas) at New Year's to make 12 resolutions with. I was thinking about her resolve to move and travel to a faraway place, and a resolve and hunger that I feel she's passed down to me. It's about looking back at the generations before you, finding common threads that run through those histories, and all the bigger histories that are part of that tapestry, like ships on the sea and emeralds in the dirt (early conquistadors traded glass for emeralds with indigenous people)."
A rolling piano buoys up 'Lighter', which channels Sun Ra's influence into a song that upholds the support found in mutual connectivity. Meanwhile, the gorgeous swoon of 'Patience' again illuminates how individual singers' experiences can take shape within the choir, to become something held by all. "I wrote 'Patience' as a kind of eulogy for my mum's funeral," says Rosa Slade. "Music for me was the easier way to express a combined and confusing feeling of grief and celebration of life. I joined Deep Throat a few months later and found the choir space brought such deep holding through song and collectivity. When Luisa began to compose and gather for the second album, it felt natural somehow for the song to be held by those voices too; so it could live by transforming into something new and shared; becoming multiple stories existing in unison."
From there, In Order to Know You heads towards its climax without seeming to touch the ground, from the title-track's devotional exhalation to the stealthy, smoky shimmer of 'Unstitching'. Its lyrics drawn from a poem by Emma Cleave, the sublime 'Field of Not Knowing' closes the album in a vivid tapestry of folk-gothic images and serene-to-soaring arrangements.
For Deep Throat Choir, the result is both a culmination of journeys taken so far and a lustrous springboard for further adventures. Their travels began in 2013, when the collective took shape from a desire to strip music back to the basic elements of raw voices and drums, united in a fashion that both honours and transmogrifies personal expression. A small group of four or five singers steadily expanded, with Zara Toppin's drums providing a propulsive energy. Cathartic live shows and collaborations followed, ranging from team-ups with Peggy Sue, Stealing Sheep, Horse Meat Disco and Matthew E White to performances at Green Man, Wilderness, the Southbank Centre's WOW festival, London's Scala and beyond. A fruitful collaboration with techno-pop duo Simian Mobile Disco on the 2018 album Murmurations followed: a testament to the choir's alchemical abilities.
At a residency at the Prah Foundation, Margate, seeds were sown for the new songs. An increased confidence bloomed as the band pushed at its boundaries, an evolution aided by engineer Andy Ramsey and the vast range of the contributors' musical talents. Emerging organically, the songs reflect the experiences and worlds of the singers who contributed to the writing process. Alongside soloists Tanya Auclair, Liv Stones, Holly Holden, Elly Condron, Miryam Solomon, Fikir Assefa, Maddie Rix, Rosa Slade, Heloise Tunstall-Behrens, Fran Lobo and Gerstein, new contributors included brass players Marcus Hamblett and Emma Gatrill, plus pianist Sam Beste. From within the choir, Kate Burn played cello, Sarah Anderson played violin/viola, Tunstall-Behrens played bass and Auclair contributed synth parts. Recording took place before lockdown; Gerstein produced, while Jimmy Robertson (Anna Calvi, Peggy Sue) mixed the record.
The album title reflects that drive towards a kind of questing togetherness. "We made this music in order to know and understand each other more fully," says Gerstein, "and that's what music is in general. We're saying it to each other, and to the listener."
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We can't get what we want by having a fantasy about it. We have to be willing to do something to make it happen.
Maybe you haven't been willing to get up an hour earlier to go to the gym for a fit body, or maybe you would rather be liked then upset your colleagues with a new idea.
What haven't you been willing to do to make your dreams come true? Whatever the answer is, it's the missing link! This answer is the only thing missing in turning your dreams into a reality!
This is spot ON. And like you, Cindy, I often resist things the minute they become obligations, or the thing I have to do. And like you, I just need a new way of looking at it so that it is no longer just an obligation. I love this message.


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Endocrine Ethics Blog
A blog about endocrine ethics.
2019: Endocrine Ethics Biggest Story
January 3, 2020 • By Dr. M Sara Rosenthal
2019 marked a number of 50th anniversaries in the field of bioethics. Two of the biggest bioethics anniversaries included the 50th anniversary of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross' On Death and Dying, which laid the groundwork for all end of life discussions and care delivered today (see: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UYRGE3RPJPEKCDNHSIET/full?target=10.1080/15265161.2019.1674410)
Another major 50th anniversary was the founding of The Hastings Center (see: https://www.thehastingscenter.org/who-we-are/), which was the first bioethics think tank that began to publish and articulate important concepts for bioethics, and eventually led the field into various subspecializations, such as transplant ethics, research ethics or pediatric ethics – in which practitioners and scholars began to formulate applied ethical frameworks for particular fields. Similarly, Endocrine Ethics is a new subspecialization (see further).
The American Journal of Bioethics listed the top 10 bioethics stories of the years here (see: http://www.bioethics.net/2019/12/top-ten-bioethics-stories-of-2019/), many of which directly affect the practice of endocrinology, including the sweeping abortion restrictions that are now affecting the practice of reproductive endocrinologists who may have to rethink more preventative strategies, such as aggressive counseling about hormonal contraception, and creating greater restrictions regarding fertility treatment and the creation of high risk pregnancies that may not be allowed to be terminated in multiple states. The American Society of Reproductive Medicine strongly opposes so-called "personhood" laws that frame these new restrictions (see: https://www.asrm.org/about-us/media-and-public-affairs/public-affairs/asrm-position-statement-on-personhood-measures/).
Notwithstanding, the biggest Endocrine Ethics story of the year is also its oldest – access to insulin.The New England Journal of Medicine covered this story in November 2019 (see: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1909402), which is really more about the failings of the American healthcare system (which practices "healthism" and "wealthcare") than it is about a diabetes crisis. The crisis is from the high cost of insulin leading to the rationing of insulin, which has put thousands of insulin-dependent diabetes patients at risk of dying from a disease we've been able to treat since 1921. In fact, access to insulin was one of the first uniquely endocrine ethics issues that emerged in the 20th century, and it seems we've come full circle. The precedent set by the co-discoverers of insulin (a wild research ethics story in its own right) of making insulin widely accessible by selling the patent for $1 to the University of Toronto, led to widespread accessibility of other wonder drugs years later, including the polio vaccine.
Other endocrine ethics stories dominating the news include the continuing controversies over treating well-differentiated thyroid cancers and Graves' disease and a concerning spread of disinformation surrounding so-called "risks" of radioactive iodine that are unsubstantiated (see, for example: http://am2016.aace.com/presentations/thursday/T22%20&%20T53/ain_radioiodine_remnant_%20ablation.pdf). This has led to disparate standards of care, and many seasoned thyroidologists' warning of the coming tsunami of patients who will present with iodine non-avid thyroid cancers because of the withholding of the standard of care.
Finally — as you can see, Endocrine Ethics Blog was a little less active in 2019 than in previous years, but that's because one of the biggest Endocrine Ethics stories this year involved me: I founded in October 2019, along with three other colleagues, the first professional society for endocrine ethics issues: The Endocrine Ethics Association (see: www.endocrineethics.org). You will hear more about this organization in conjunction with this year's Endocrine Society Meeting in March 2020.
In 2020, here's to solving the insulin crisis so that thousands of insulin-dependent diabetes patients can see clearly for as long as possible.
Reproductive Rights in the Fetal Position
Dr. M Sara Rosenthal
Bench to Bedside: How the Supreme Court Decisions this Week Affect Endocrinologists
Editing Ourselves: 2015 and CRISPR
John McCain's Advance Directive


What I love to do in Nassau – Part Deux!
Last year I wrote a blog post giving 5 reasons to get off the ship in Nassau. Since then, my views on the island haven't changed, but my previous list has become a little obsolete and I have a couple new venues to add to the list. I have now been to the island 20 times and I still enjoy myself each visit! So even if you have been there a few times before, I'm certain you can find something fun and inexpensive to do. These are my go-tos when visiting Nassau!
I don't think this beach will ever leave my list. It is a free beach that is located about ¾ of a mile from the cruise terminal in Nassau. Making it very easy and convenient to get to. You can simply follow Woodes Rodgers Walk towards Senor Frogs and continue to follow as the road bends left and then right. The beach has public restrooms and is home to a number of vendors offering food and drinks. It isn't the most pristine beach I have been to, but it does make for some great photo opportunities of any ships docked in port that day. If you are headed here you'll want to check out my video walking tour I did from the cruise terminal.
Also finding its way back onto my list is the BCH. You can find the property located just before Junkanoo Beach (Around the bend from Senor Frogs). Day passes will now run you $79 per person (this is up from $60 per person previously). This allows you access to their private beach and pool. In addition, you will receive a $40 per person food and beverage credit for each paid admission. While the upfront cost is one of the more expensive options on my list, once you factor in the food and beverage credit it isn't so bad. One thing to keep in mind when booking the BCH is that it tends to be a quiet atmosphere. If you are looking for a place to relax it's a great choice. If you are looking to party there are other options!
Pirate Republic was also on my previous list, however since that was written I have been back a number of times. They are located almost directly across the street from the cruise terminal and is definitely my go to if I only want to get off the ship for a short amount of time. They offer a number of craft beers, some regulars and others that rotate in and out of the lineup. They also offer food, which I have not personally tried, but everything I have seen has looked very appetizing. Maybe I will have to cross that off my list on my next visit!
Lukka Kairi is a restaurant and bar also across the street from the cruise terminal, just a little further down as you head towards Senor Frogs. They opened back in 2015 and I finally had a chance to check them out this past February. There is one simple reason they are making my list, their long island iced teas. By far the best I have ever had! You could tell it was made with fresh ingredients and didn't have the get past the first few sips bad taste of many LIITs. There is also one other great thing about Lukka Kairi, their second story location. The views of the cruise terminal and harbor are awesome. This is great option to grab a drink or bite to eat before or after an excursion.
On my most recent visit to the island I was tasked with finding something my four year old daughter would enjoy as we were going on a daddy/daughter cruise. After getting some recommendations from cruise friends I decided on Ardastra Gardens. AG is a zoo and conservation center, they have a number of animal exhibits including their ever so famous flamingos. The beautiful gardens and animals make for some great photo opportunities. Our visit was a little rushed as the heat and humidity was quite oppressive that day, but I would certainly head back again when visiting with some cooler weather. Admission is $18 for adults, $9 for children 4-12, with children 3 and under being free. Located about a mile from the cruise terminal it can certainly be reached by foot, but with a little one in tow I opted for the $12 taxi ride.
My list would be incomplete without this establishment. It was on my previous list and I just couldn't see taking it off. As I mentioned in my earlier edition, it's the "touristy" place to go, but I have fun every time I step in the place. My most recent trip with my daughter was one of the only times I did not visit. I will most certainly be back on my next visit in November. As their Instagram account would say, it's "the perfect atmosphere".
I hope my updated list of things to do in Nassau will not only get you off of the ship when you visit, but I hope that it will help you have a fun and positive experience. If you have any questions about the places I included on my list please reach out to me, either through my contact page above or through any of my social media channels. If you enjoyed following along and wish to get email notification of future blog posts, please subscribe in the box to the right.
Do you have any places I missed that you would include on your own list? Please share if you do!
Oh! And one last thing, because I know a few people who are going to ask why it's not included on my list. I have not been to the Fish Fry! I promise I will get there one of these days!
Nassau Bar Crawl, grab your drinking shorts!


I picked up this piece in a huge remnant sale one of my suppliers was hosting, and have about 3m of it - enough for a dress!
The material is organic cotton, though it's been screen-printed with chemical dyes. I love the gold/light brown colour of the polka dots, and it contrasts nicely with the white background.


Sakuntala Jayasinghe -Ambanpola Special Corr.
The elephant which was hit by the Raja Rata Regina yesterday. Picture by Galgamuwa Group Corr.
A wild elephant was seriously injured after being knocked down by the Matara-bound Raja Rata Regina from Omanthai, near the Getadivula forest reserve close to the Mee Oya, yesterday morning.
The elephant, which was about 40 years old, met with the accident as it was crossing the rail track with the other elephants in the herd to get to the Getadivula reserve.
A team of officers from the Galgamuwa Wildlife office arrived on the scene and Nikaweratiya Wildlife office Veterinary Surgeon Isuru Hewakottage treated the injured pachyderm.
Three elephants died after being knocked by trains at this elephant crossing point in 2015 and a baby elephant, aged about three months, died at this spot last year. More than 10 wild elephants have been struck by trains since 2017.
A committee of experts appointed to propose a solution to the elephant deaths caused by trains recently submitted its report to Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva recently.


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Q: PyCharm printing 'True' when importing nltk I have the following code running in Pycharm using Anaconda package manager with Python 3.6
print('before')

import nltk

print('after')

And I am getting this result in the console of PyCharm.
before
True
after

When I run this in the command line of Python output is normal as expected.
It appears the import statement of NLTK module is printing True. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I have already tried Invalidate Caches / Restart option in PyCharm

A: I got so sick of using Anaconda, that I ended up uninstalling it and just installed Python clean from python.org and the issue went away in PyCharm

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In Transgenic Bestiary, players create virtual hybrid creatures using a database of sequenced animal DNA. The game's ostensible goal is to create a potentially viable animal, but what players learn as they progress is that the mixed species have to be closely related taxonomically, or else the animal will not survive. The game uses largely existent technologies and concepts.
From glowing rabbits to hypoallergenic cats, transgenic animals are already part of our environment. These new animals, engineered for medical purposes, research or pure amusement are blurring conventional classifications. Darwin's tree is slowly changing into a web where elephants and jellyfish, panthers and hummingbirds are crossed and merged together marking a new step in evolution. Natural selection is no longer the only rule.
Installation with computer, video projection, illustrated tiles, Flash, Java, and Reactivision software.


↑ Rodríguez Martínez, Pilar. "An Intersectional Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence and Workplace Violence among Women Working in Prostitution."Revista Española De Investigaciones Sociologicas no. 151 (July 2015): 123-138. SocINDEX with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed November 2, 2015).


Here's what we have to fill your growler this month.
What is it? Our first ever non alcohol beer. A fresh, zesty pale ale perfect if you're having a few weeks off the booze.
What is it? Imperial Red Ale – strong, hoppy & malty.
What is it? A beautiful low alcohol session pale ale that packs a punch that belies its low strength.
What is it? Hoppy & fruity pale ale packed with new world & American hops.
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What is it? Sweet & malty, rich & strong, this IPA is the latest addition to the Five Points range.


I must confess that the newly reunited Swedish black/doom metal band Third Storm is a new acquaintance to me, but this EP has really given my the taste for blood and I want more, now, immediately!
Third Storm was formed way back in 1986 in Uppsala, Sweden by four kids who shared the same passion for the underground and heavily influenced by acts like Bathory, Venom, Hellhammer etc. The members were just kids in the 14-16 age range. Instrumental skills were secondary as long as it sounded loud and noisy!
Third Storm had some very over the top crazy live perfomances with satanic imagery and wasn't taken serious at all. The band split up after just 2 year in 1988. As time has passed some interest about the band has risen, but mostly in the name than for their music as very few have heard it, as recorded material from that time is very rare. The recordings that they did do were primitive and raw, and as they used blastbeast in a time where people weren't used to it it didn't get a greater audience and the vocal were insane screams. The band really wasn't into promotion either as they just wanted to make noise!
26 years after the breakup, the band reunites with a new lineup in October 2014 with two original members onboard: Vocalist Heval Bozarslan (Sarcasm) and guitarist Jimmy Eriksson.
As I've not heard anything from the past I have no idea how they sounded like back in 1986-88 but I know for a fact that it is not how they sound today with their new Black Doom suits on.
The EP, Tarîtîya Me, is just a teaser of what will come. The band has announced that their first full length (hopefully released sometime 2016) will be a concept album and part of a trilogy. And that my friends is good news, because this two track EP really has gotten me interested.


The solution is simple to start Auto-Hide-Mouse-Cursor Free always minimized eg. to-tray!
1.) ... Put Auto-Hide-Mouse-Cursor for Windows in tray area!
2.) ... Auto-Hide-Mouse-Cursor for Windows on top, why and for what?
See also: ► Classic and New Strategy?
Please start the Program Auto Hide Mouse Cursor and click on Options and please select Always start minimized (system tray) to start the program AutoHideMouseCursor always in the notification area (To-Tray)!
(Image-1) Start Auto-Hide-Mouse-Cursor always to-tray!
But some of the user will see also others programs on top!
(Image-2) Disable Always ON-Top the Auto-Hide-Mouse-Cursor!
In order to start the mouse cursor Hide software always Minimized in the info area of the Windows taskbar To start it does not require any mouse cursor expertise. The elegant solution is not only written for Windows 10, although this screenshot has been made under Windows 10. You can use this program to hide the mouse automatically as a solution without any problem even on earlier versions of MS Windows operating systems. The mouse cursor tool does not care if it is a Windows desktop computer, or in the mobile tablet PC, Surface Pro / Go, or even on a MS server operating system where the mouse cursor can also be very annoying.
AutoHideMouseCursor - FAQ-2: Can Auto Hide Mouse Cursor Free always start minimized (to-tray)?
Hello from US. thanks for the great freeware. it compliments wallpaper_engine and fences quite well. i have but one simple question. in what circumstances might i need to set autohidecursor to "always on top"? the only other program i've ever set to "always on top" is windows task manager so i can kill a frozen full-screen task. so why might i need to set autohidecusor to be "always on top"?


Beware of Bogus Medical Alert Review Sites!
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Above: Vocally will be dedicated to multicultural millennial women.
RockYou Media is branching beyond social games with the launch of Vocally, a new digital property for multicultural millennial women.
The website is billed as a safe space to showcase unique perspectives of young women, and it will take advantage of RockYou's existing base of 75 million monthly users, said Lisa Marino, CEO of RockYou, in an interview with VentureBeat.
Vocally uses RockYou's existing RYME platform (RockYou Media Engine), which is the underlying base for its social and mobile games. Marino said that for RockYou has been working on Vocally for about a year. She explained that it came out of the acquisition of influencer marketing firm FanBread, which RockYou bought in August 2016.
FanBread had the makings of the platform, which is a vehicle for original stories, art, illustrations, editorial, and video. Some of the content will be created and curated by Vocally's recently hired team, and some will be created by the users themselves, Marino said.
Above: Lisa Marino, CEO of RockYou, at the GamesBeat Summit.
RockYou Media operates an ad network that it uses to monetize its social and mobile games. And it already reaches about a third of all online millennial women, Hispanics, and African Americans. After launching Vocally, RockYou will move on to publish other kinds of media sites and take advantage of its growing network of users for both games and non-game content. A Hispanic-focused site will debut in 2018.
Marino believes the timing is good for building a community, since women's issues and multicultural topics — from the Women's March to sexual harassment — have been in the news for the past year.
RockYou has 265 employees, including 135 in India and 55 in Thailand. The company recently hired three female executives to help with its digital media strategy: Sherry Herman, senior vice president of sales; Dera Campbell, senior vice president of ad strategy and operations; and Emily Smith, senior vice president and general manager of media.


In today's fast-paced stressed life, even children need to take a little time off with some form of relaxation. However, instead of raising a couch potato who listens to MP3s, plays video games, surfs the Internet or just watches TV, encouraging a child to take up a constructive alternative, such as, a hobby could open a whole new dimension to his life. Parents should support their child in discovering the rewards of having a hobby.What is a Hobby?A hobby is a pastime or activity that a child does in his spare time for individual accomplishment. It is something they have an interest in and that they enjoy. It differs from an activity that is forced on them. For instance, a parent may think that her son needs some exercise and signs him up for soccer. While her son may not mind playing soccer, he is not especially enthusiastic about it either. This is not a hobby for him; whereas, a daughter begs to take up ballet. Here she is not only getting exercise, but she lives and breathes ballet. That then makes it her hobby.What kinds of Hobbies are there?1. One type of hobby is collecting, such as, key chain, lunchbox, autograph, stamp, trading card, comic book, postcard, doll, spoon, patch or coin collecting.2. There are educational hobbies. A few of them would be amateur radio, bird watching, genealogy, chemistry or astronomy.3. Then there are creative hobbies. They could be painting, photography, playing a musical instrument, cooking, scrap booking, building models, HO gauge trains, kite building, wood carving, needlepoint, knitting, sewing and crocheting.4. Also there are physical hobbies, for example, playing sports, yoga, bicycling, running or hiking.5. Next there are the games. Many of which can be played in competition. Several are chess, checkers, bridge, gin rummy, backgammon and scrabble.6. Some are then a combination of hobby types. For instance, hobbies that are a blend of the collecting and educational varieties are rock and mineral, fossil, butterfly, feather, shell and arrowhead collecting. Gardening could be considered both physical and educational; whereas, the art of dance is creative and physical.What are the Rewards of Having a Hobby?1. It can promote relaxation.2. It can encourage physical exercise.3. The hobby may further advance creativity.4. Through the process of self-discovery, a child may realize a talent they did not know existed.5. A hobby can teach. A child may learn about the particular subject they are engaged in and perhaps become an expert. They can learn organizational skills through setting up a collection or planning the next phase of their hobby's development.6. It may aid a child in increasing the drive and persistence to attain their goals.7. Due to self-achievement, the hobby can help in building confidence. For example, when a budding gardener takes some seeds, cultivates the soil, adds the right amount of water and proper sunlight and wins first prize for growing the largest tomato at the fair.8. It can also aid in developing social skills like how to handle competition with learning to win politely or lose gracefully.9. The hobby could result into a lifetime passion or eventually turn into a career.There are very few downsides to having a hobby. Unless, of course, the child becomes obsessed to the point where everything else in their life falls to the wayside. It is the duty of a parent to keep their child on track with what is appropriate and not to allow them to become too fixated on their hobby.To further the desire to take up a hobby in a child, it is important that the parents have a hobby themselves. They also should attempt to expose their child to various experiences so that possibly their child may form an interest in some area. When an interest seems to develop, parents should support it wholeheartedly. Perhaps take a trip to a museum, show, or exhibit that features the hobby.However, parents should not demand absolute perfection from the child. They should allow the child to try, fail, and learn from their mistakes. After all, it is their hobby and they should be allowed to explore it their own way. A child who discovers his own personal pursuit will surely reap many rewards from his hobby that he otherwise would not have experienced. [EXTRACT] In today's busy life today stressed, even the children have to take a little time with some form of relaxation. However, instead of raising a TV addict listening to MP3 music, play video games, surf the Internet or simply watching TV, encourage the child to have a constructive alternative, such as a hobby could open a new dimension to your life. Parents should support their children in discovering the benefits of having a hobby.What is a Hobby? A hobby is a hobby or activity that the child does in his free time for individual fulfillment. It's something I have an interest and enjoy. It differs from an activity that is forced on them. For example, a parent may think your child needs a little exercise and he signs up for soccer. While your child does not care about soccer, not particularly enthusiastic about it either. This is not a hobby for him, and a daughter asks to take ballet classes. Here not only exercise, but lives and breathes ballet. That then makes hobby.What type of hobbies are there? 1. One type of hobby is to collect, such as a keychain, lunchbox, autographs, stamps, trading cards, comics, postcards, a doll, a spoon, a patch or a coin collecting.2. There are educational hobbies. Some of them would be amateur radio, birdwatching, genealogy, chemistry or astronomy.3. Then there are the creative pursuits. That could be painting, photography, playing a musical instrument, cooking, scrap booking, model building, HO gauge trains, building kites, wood carving, embroidery, knitting, sewing and crocheting.4. There are also physical pastimes, such as sports, yoga, biking, running or hiking.5. Then there are the games. Many of which can be played in the competition. There are several chess, checkers, bridge, gin rummy, backgammon and scrabble.6. Some are then a combination of types of fans. For example, hobbies that are a mixture of varieties and education are collecting rocks and minerals, fossils, butterflies, feathers, shells, and arrowhead collection. Gardening can be considered both physical and educational, while the art of dance is creative and physical.What are the rewards of having a hobby 1?. It can promote relaxation.2. You can encourage physical exercise.3. The fans can still move creativity.4. Through the process of self-discovery, a child can realize a talent who could not existed.5. A hobby can teach. A child can learn about the particular subject to be involved and perhaps become an expert. They can learn organizational skills through the creation of a collection or planning the next phase of its development.6 mania. You can help a child in increasing unity and persistence to achieve their goals.7. Due to self-realization, the fans can help in building trust. For example, when a budding gardener has some seeds, cultivates the soil, add the correct amount of water and adequate light and won first prize for growing the largest tomato in fair.8. It can also help in developing social skills like how to handle the competition to learn how to win or lose gracefully.9 politely. The hobby can be a lifelong passion or eventually become a career.There are very few disadvantages of having a hobby. Unless, of course, the child becomes obsessed to the point that everything else in life falls to the wayside. It is the duty of a parent to keep their children on track with what is appropriate and not allowed to become too obsessed with his hobby. To further desire to have a hobby into a child, it is important that the parents have themselves a hobby. You should also try to expose their children to different experiences so that, possibly, your child may be an interest in some area. When participation seems to develop, parents should support wholeheartedly. Maybe a trip to a museum, exhibition or display that has the hobby.However, parents should not require absolute perfection of the child. It should allow children to try, fail and learn from their mistakes. After all, is his hobby and should be allowed to explore their own way. A child who discovers that his personal quest surely reap many rewards of his fans who would not otherwise experienced.


The 27th Golden Melody Awards is the Taiwanese equivalent to the Grammy Awards. It is also one of the three major annual awards presented in Taiwan along with Golden Bell Awards for television production and Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for films.
The Nomination Graphics Reel is an inspiring piece that showcases a multitude of techniques and styles while creating a cohesive branding package that stands out.
A consistent use of vibrant, complimentary coloring combined with juxtaposing shapes and forms engage the viewer and bring out fresh and quirky Asian inspired nuances.
Each category is well thought-out and the attention to detail definitely deserves a frame-by-frame run through.
Let me know what you think of this in the comments below, would you like to see more inspirational posts like these?
The on-air packaging and visual branding for the show was commissioned to TMRRW. TMRRW is a multidisciplinary creative studio based in Singapore. Check out more of their work here or follow them on Twitter.


Spoiler alert! Rather than stage a funeral to explain the upcoming exit of Paget Brewster's Emily — just a year after she faked her death — CBS' Criminal Minds has decided to end the season with a wedding. But who's getting hitched at the end of the tense two-hour finale is a secret. "We decided not to kill her off," explains executive producer Erica Messer. "We had already buried her, so that would have seemed repetitive."
Please join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to Paget Brewster who celebrates her birthday on March 10th. Happy Birthday, Paget!
Please join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to Matthew Gray Gubler who celebrates his birthday on March 9th. Happy Birthday, Matthew!
"Heathridge Manor" --(From left) Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Hotch (Thomas Gibson), JJ (A.J. Cook) and the BAU head to Oregon to investigate a series of gothic, ritualistic murders of women and suspect that the UnSub they are looking for may be a Satanist, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, April 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Series star Matthew Gray Gubler directs the episode. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS. ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"Heathridge Manor" -- Rossi (right, Joe Mangena) and Detective Gassner (left, guest star Robert Englund) discuss clues when the BAU head to Oregon to investigate a series of gothic, ritualistic murders of women and suspect that the UnSub they are looking for may be a Satanist, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, April 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Series star Matthew Gray Gubler directs the episode. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS. ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"Heathridge Manor" -- Rossi (near right, Joe Mantegna) and Hotch (far right, Thomas Gibson) are assisted by local police Detective Gassner (left, guest star Robert Englund) when the BAU head to Oregon to investigate a series of gothic, ritualistic murders of women and suspect that the UnSub they are looking for may be a Satanist, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, April 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Series star Matthew Gray Gubler directs the episode. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS. ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"Heathridge Manor" -- Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) looks at an equation which could help him and the BAU when the team is in Oregon to investigate a series of gothic, ritualistic murders of women and suspect that the UnSub they are looking for may be a Satanist, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, April 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Gubler also directs the episode. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS. ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
"Heathridge Manor" -- Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Hotch (Thomas Gibson) and the BAU head to Oregon to investigate a series of gothic, ritualistic murders of women and suspect that the UnSub they are looking for may be a Satanist, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, April 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Series star Matthew Gray Gubler directs the episode. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS. ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


My Grandpa was over for his weekly dinner and brought over an apple pie for dessert.
While eating it we started talking about how much we can't wait to eat a rhubarb pie.
I mean, I love rhubarb pie.
I purchased the pre-made ones from our local grocery store every year about this time when they start selling them.
Rhubarb is typically the first fruit (or vegetable) to get ripe in the spring and can be used for baking and canning.
I have never baked with it before. My Grandma always used to make pies.
Well we were talking about how great a rhubarb pie would be...and then my Grandpa left and I kept thinking about the tasty red stalks that my Grandma used to chop out of the yard in the house I lived in with my Dad when I was little.
There is a rhubarb patch in my backyard!!!
I announced this on facebook as being the longest and biggest blonde moment of my entire life.
We have lived here for eight, count them 8 years.
I remember my husband hacking away at it thinking it was a weed several years ago...but we still have it.
I immediately grabbed some kitchen shears and headed out to cut me some fresh fruit from my own yard!
Rhubarb leaves are poisonous to people. I remember my Grandma telling me this frequently.
I cut them off and washed the stalks happily. I called my Grandpa to tell him the news. He'd be having a rhubarb pie soon!
I then dug through my recipe box of my Grandma's recipes that I copied and got to work.
This is a very simple recipe that makes a tart pie, and do not mix the sugar with the rhubarb, otherwise it will be watery at the bottom.
Combine the sugar and flour in a small bowl.
Sprinkle 1/3 cup of the sugar and flour mixture over the bottom of crust.
Place rhubarb over the sugar layer.
Pour the remaining sugar/flour mixture over the rhubarb.
Top with other pie crust, cut slits for steam.
Bake on lowest rack in oven on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes.


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