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package com.cloud.network;

import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.nullable;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyBoolean;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyLong;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyString;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.UUID;

import org.apache.cloudstack.acl.ControlledEntity.ACLType;
import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.orchestration.service.NetworkOrchestrationService;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;

import com.cloud.dc.DataCenter.NetworkType;
import com.cloud.dc.DataCenterVO;
import com.cloud.dc.dao.DataCenterDao;
import com.cloud.exception.ConcurrentOperationException;
import com.cloud.exception.InsufficientCapacityException;
import com.cloud.exception.InvalidParameterValueException;
import com.cloud.exception.ResourceAllocationException;
import com.cloud.network.Network.GuestType;
import com.cloud.network.Networks.BroadcastDomainType;
import com.cloud.network.Networks.Mode;
import com.cloud.network.Networks.TrafficType;
import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkDao;
import com.cloud.network.dao.NetworkVO;
import com.cloud.network.dao.PhysicalNetworkDao;
import com.cloud.network.dao.PhysicalNetworkVO;
import com.cloud.network.vpc.dao.PrivateIpDao;
import com.cloud.offerings.NetworkOfferingVO;
import com.cloud.offerings.dao.NetworkOfferingDao;
import com.cloud.user.Account;
import com.cloud.user.AccountManager;
import com.cloud.user.AccountVO;
import com.cloud.utils.db.DB;
import com.cloud.utils.db.TransactionLegacy;
import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;

import junit.framework.Assert;

//@Ignore("Requires database to be set up")
public class CreatePrivateNetworkTest {

    private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(CreatePrivateNetworkTest.class);

    NetworkServiceImpl networkService = new NetworkServiceImpl();

    @Mock
    AccountManager _accountMgr;
    @Mock
    NetworkOfferingDao _networkOfferingDao;
    @Mock
    PhysicalNetworkDao _physicalNetworkDao;
    @Mock
    DataCenterDao _dcDao;
    @Mock
    NetworkDao _networkDao;
    @Mock
    NetworkOrchestrationService _networkMgr;
    @Mock
    PrivateIpDao _privateIpDao;

    @Before
    public void setup() throws Exception {
        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);

        networkService._accountMgr = _accountMgr;
        networkService._networkOfferingDao = _networkOfferingDao;
        networkService._physicalNetworkDao = _physicalNetworkDao;
        networkService._dcDao = _dcDao;
        networkService._networksDao = _networkDao;
        networkService._networkMgr = _networkMgr;
        networkService._privateIpDao = _privateIpDao;

        Account account = new AccountVO("testaccount", 1, "networkdomain", (short)0, UUID.randomUUID().toString());
        when(networkService._accountMgr.getAccount(anyLong())).thenReturn(account);

        NetworkOfferingVO ntwkOff =
            new NetworkOfferingVO("offer", "fakeOffer", TrafficType.Guest, true, true, null, null, false, null, null, GuestType.Isolated, false, false, false, false,
                false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false);

        when(networkService._networkOfferingDao.findById(anyLong())).thenReturn(ntwkOff);
        List<NetworkOfferingVO> netofferlist = new ArrayList<NetworkOfferingVO>();
        netofferlist.add(ntwkOff);
        when(networkService._networkOfferingDao.listSystemNetworkOfferings()).thenReturn(netofferlist);

        PhysicalNetworkVO physicalNetwork = new PhysicalNetworkVO(1L, 1L, "2-5", "200", 1L, null, "testphysicalnetwork");
        when(networkService._physicalNetworkDao.findById(anyLong())).thenReturn(physicalNetwork);

        DataCenterVO dc = new DataCenterVO(1L, "hut", "op de hei", null, null, null, null, "10.1.1.0/24", "unreal.net", 1L, NetworkType.Advanced, null, null);
        when(networkService._dcDao.lockRow(anyLong(), anyBoolean())).thenReturn(dc);

        when(networkService._networksDao.getPrivateNetwork(anyString(), anyString(), eq(1L), eq(1L), anyLong(), anyLong())).thenReturn(null);

        Network net =
            new NetworkVO(1L, TrafficType.Guest, Mode.None, BroadcastDomainType.Vlan, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, "bla", "fake", "eet.net", GuestType.Isolated, 1L, 1L,
                ACLType.Account, false, 1L, false);
        when(networkService._networkMgr.createGuestNetwork(eq(ntwkOff.getId()), eq("bla"), eq("fake"), eq("10.1.1.1"), eq("10.1.1.0/24"), nullable(String.class), nullable(Boolean.class), nullable(String.class),
                        eq(account), nullable(Long.class), eq(physicalNetwork), eq(physicalNetwork.getDataCenterId()), eq(ACLType.Account), nullable(Boolean.class), eq(1L), nullable(String.class), nullable(String.class),
                        nullable(Boolean.class), nullable(String.class), nullable(Network.PVlanType.class), nullable(String.class), nullable(String.class), nullable(String.class))).thenReturn(net);
        when(
            networkService._networkMgr.createPrivateNetwork(eq(ntwkOff.getId()), eq("bla"), eq("fake"), eq("10.1.1.1"), eq("10.1.1.0/24"), anyString(), anyBoolean(), eq(account), eq(physicalNetwork), eq(1L))).thenReturn(net);

        when(networkService._privateIpDao.findByIpAndSourceNetworkId(net.getId(), "10.1.1.2")).thenReturn(null);
        when(networkService._privateIpDao.findByIpAndSourceNetworkIdAndVpcId(eq(1L), anyString(), eq(1L))).thenReturn(null);
    }

    @Test
    @DB
    public void createInvalidlyHostedPrivateNetwork() {
        TransactionLegacy __txn;
        __txn = TransactionLegacy.open("createInvalidlyHostedPrivateNetworkTest");
        /* Network nw; */
        try {
            /* nw = */
            networkService.createPrivateNetwork("bla", "fake", 1L, "vlan:1", "10.1.1.2", null, "10.1.1.1", "255.255.255.0", 1L, 1L, true, 1L, false);
            /* nw = */
            networkService.createPrivateNetwork("bla", "fake", 1L, "lswitch:3", "10.1.1.2", null, "10.1.1.1", "255.255.255.0", 1L, 1L, false, 1L, false);
            boolean invalid = false;
            boolean unsupported = false;
            try {
                /* nw = */
                networkService.createPrivateNetwork("bla", "fake", 1, "bla:2", "10.1.1.2", null, "10.1.1.1", "255.255.255.0", 1, 1L, true, 1L, false);
            } catch (CloudRuntimeException e) {
                Assert.assertEquals("unexpected parameter exception", "string 'bla:2' has an unknown BroadcastDomainType.", e.getMessage());
                invalid = true;
            }
            try {
                /* nw = */
                networkService.createPrivateNetwork("bla", "fake", 1, "mido://4", "10.1.1.2", null, "10.1.1.1", "255.255.255.0", 1, 1L, false, 1L, false);
            } catch (InvalidParameterValueException e) {
                Assert.assertEquals("unexpected parameter exception", "unsupported type of broadcastUri specified: mido://4", e.getMessage());
                unsupported = true;
            }
            Assert.assertEquals("'bla' should not be accepted as scheme", true, invalid);
            Assert.assertEquals("'mido' should not yet be supported as scheme", true, unsupported);
        } catch (ResourceAllocationException e) {
            s_logger.error("no resources", e);
            fail("no resources");
        } catch (ConcurrentOperationException e) {
            s_logger.error("another one is in the way", e);
            fail("another one is in the way");
        } catch (InsufficientCapacityException e) {
            s_logger.error("no capacity", e);
            fail("no capacity");
        } finally {
            __txn.close("createInvalidlyHostedPrivateNetworkTest");
        }
    }

}


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PowerPlay Golf Indian launch
9.04am 25th September 2009 - Corporate•Sponsorship & Events
Indian model and actress Neha Dhupia at the launch of the Signature Club Golf Championship
A glamorous Bollywood siren, a major premium whisky brand and an international golfing initiative came together in India last week, when details were revealed of India's largest-ever golf event.
And the record-breaking announcement, which comes hard on the heels of recent PowerPlay Golf® launch events in New Zealand and Canada, signals another step in the global expansion of golf's new 'two flag' format.
Indian model and actress Neha Dhupia joined PowerPlay Golf co-creator Peter McEvoy OBE at the media launch of the Signature Club Golf Championship 2009 in Mumbai, India, on 16 September, along with representatives from United Spirits and event organisers Professional Management Group (PMG).
PMG – India's first sports marketing company, started in 1985 by cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar – will manage the event, which is now in its 8th year. It is India's biggest amateur golf tournament.
The event, which covered 20 cities in 2008, will expand in 2009 to cover 30 cities across India, and will be played to PowerPlay Golf rules throughout. It features three stages: Intra-Club matches, four Regional Finals, and the All-India Finals. Qualifying events will take place at 43 Indian golf clubs between September and December 2009, with the Championship reaching a climax in Phuket, Thailand, from 12th-15th December, when the All-India Finals will be played to decide India's Champion Golf Club.
Under the theme 'The Bold and The Beautiful', the Signature Club Golf Championship 2009, with Associate Sponsors Kingfisher Airlines, will feature the rapidly-expanding PowerPlay Golf nine-hole risk and reward golfing format ('The Bold'), along with a series of fashion shows ('The Beautiful') where leading designers will showcase their collections at 'Signature Fashion Nights' after the four Regional Finals in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata.
Screen siren is Brand Ambassador
Neha Dhupia, a screen siren with a career spanning 27 Bollywood films, is a former Miss India and one of the nation's most popular celebrities. The 29-year old has signed on as Brand Ambassador for the event to represent 'Millionaire Brand' Signature Rare Whisky, one of the leading drinks brands from the United Spirits stable.
"We are delighted to be working with United Spirits and PMG to launch this ground-breaking event for golf in India," said McEvoy, Director of Golf at PowerPlay Golf and Tournament Director for the Signature event. "Many have seen the connection between what we are doing with PowerPlay Golf, and with the tremendous success of Twenty20 Cricket, which of course has become a huge attraction in India. We hope that our short format of the game will create similar enthusiasm among India's 400,000 golfers.
"Like T20, PowerPlay Golf is designed to be as TV-friendly as possible, but we also have a strong mass-participation element, enabling golfers and golf club operators to play the game themselves, adding the excitement of a round of PowerPlay Golf to their regular golfing diet. I believe that the Signature Club Golf Championship's decision to switch to the PowerPlay Golf format will play a positive role in the growth of grass-roots golf throughout India and indeed the rest of Asia."
Ultimate combination of gripping golf action and fashion fiesta
Debashish Shyam, Business Head, United Spirits Ltd, said: "Signature Club Golf Championship in its PowerPlay Golf avatar presents the ultimate combination of gripping golf action and fashion fiesta. Signature has once again upped the ante in the country's most sought-after amateur golf event."
Melroy D'Souza, Chief Operating Officer at PMG, pointed out that the tournament would allow the brand to directly engage more than 6,500 competitors from across India. He added: "Through the tournament and activities surrounding it, we intend to create awareness among over 400,000 golfers across the country at the various clubs which will be represented at the tournament. These include professional golfers as well as celebrities and heads of many of India's largest corporations."
The announcement follows other successful PowerPlay Golf launch events this year in New Zealand, Bahrain and Canada, as more and more golfing nations take up the two-flag game at club level. India becomes the 24th nation to take up PowerPlay Golf, which made its debut in London in February 2007. So far in 2009, PowerPlay Golf Official Venues have also opened up for the first time in Cyprus, Slovakia, Poland, Netherlands and Kuwait, joining powerhouse golfing nations such as the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom as early adopters of PowerPlay Golf.
Peter MvEvoy / PowerPlay Golf / Signature Golf Club Championship


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Effective July 1, 2017, this base rate is $893 per month. It is automatically adjusted each year based on changes made in the Federal Benefit Rate (FBR) of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program and changes in the value of food support for an individual.
Housing Support is a resource for adults with low-incomes who have a disability or are 65 or older. Counties and some tribes administer the Housing Support program for the state and are responsible for determining eligibility.
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Effective July 1, 2013, the supplemental service rate is $482.84. Counties negotiate the supplemental service rate with providers and cannot exceed the maximum unless the county agrees to pay the amount over the maximum with county funds, or the Legislature has specifically authorized a higher rate for a facility. These providers typically serve clients who have mental illness or substance use disorder and are not eligible for home and community based waiver services.
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Park Manor Care has been considering redevelopment options for the last number of years; driven by the need to ensure that the residents of Transcona and the surrounding area receive quality personal care home services. We at Park Manor Care are committed to continue providing these services for many years to come.
With the Manitoba Government's "Aging in Place" strategy and it's initiatives to renovate shared spaces and add supportive and assisted living spaces, we feel that the time is ideal to move forward with an addition of 120 beds (private room, private bath) and a refurbishment of the existing building.
Park Manor Care currently has 100 beds - 44 private rooms, 20 semi-private and 4 four-bed wards; only 22 of the 100 beds are completely private including their own washroom.
The new "state of the art" facility will include 120 new private rooms with their own washrooms. Each wing of the new building will have its own dining room accommodations and ample recreation spaces. The main floor will incorporate a chapel with the capability of holding funeral services in the facility, and have a library, funded with assistance from the Transcona Rotary club.
We have commissioned LM Architectural Group to do the architectural renderings of the new facility. They have many years of experience dealing with strategic planning, feasibility studies, master plans and design concepts covering all key architectural sectors.
We have chosen the Pink Flamingo as the appropriate mascot for this endeavor.


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Q: php preg replace :: regex If I have a string that looks like my name is {your name here} and I am from {country}.
I am trying to use preg_replace to remove the {content} so the string ends up as my name is  and I am from .
But I can not work out the regex for the pattern.
Can someone please help me out?

my name is and I am from . is simply a sample string.

it could be something like the current date is {current date} in {suburb}

A: Perhaps something like:
/\{[^{}]*}/

Untested, but should get you started. First you match the {, then everything except }, and then the final }.
edit: fixed it, and now it's actually tested ;)

A: You can try:
\{.*?}

A: For your "toolbox": there are online regular expression checkers, such as this one. It provides a good testbed since it is completely separate from your code.
+1 Evert -- you solution looks good.

A: $str = 'my name is {your name here} and I am from {country}.';
echo preg_replace('/{.*?}/', '', $str),"\n";

output:
my name is  and I am from .

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Home/Front/NMMC plans to supply treated water to industries in the Thane-Belapur industrial belt
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NMMC plans to supply treated water to industries in the Thane-Belapur industrial belt
NMTV August 16, 2016
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has prepared a plan to supply treated water from six of its sewerage treatment plants to industries in the Thane-Belapur industrial belt.
A high powered committee headed by the chief secretary has already cleared the proposal and it has now been forwarded to the central government as the project has been prepared under centre's Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
The aim of this plan is to ensure that drinking water is used only for drinking purposes and not for any other use. Navi Mumbai civic body had earlier too tried to sell treated water to industries in the area through MIDC but very few buyers had evinced interest in the project as rate of fresh water in Navi Mumbai is much cheaper than treated water. NMMC supplies water at the rate of Rs 50 for 30,000 litres.
However, after NMMC Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has made it clear that water rates will be linked to consumption it is clear that the water rates will go up in city.
"As of now MIDC supplies 50MLD drinking water from Barvi dam to the industrial area. This supply will be stopped and NMMC will supply treated water to industries. Separate pipelines will be laid and pumping station will be constructed for the same," confirmed a civic official. He added that it will also help increase revenue of the civic body. Nearly, 230 MLD water treated at this STP is released in creeks.
"In the first phase 70 MLD treated water will be supplied of which 50 MLD will be given to industries and remaining will be used for gardens, public toilets and other commercial use," said the official.
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Master & Dynamic's beautifully crafted audio products have caught the attention of many other players in the luxury retail sector, leading to a number of successful projects and collaborations. One of these noteworthy partnerships was with legendary British car company Aston Martin. The two premium brands have teamed up to form a long-term overarching partnership, in which they plan to co-create projects and technologies. The first of these was a virtual test drive and luxury VIP experience, Aston Martin on Ocean at the Pebble Beach Automotive Week, where customers wore Master & Dynamic headphones in order to immerse themselves fully in the driving experience.
Another of the brand's exciting collaborations had them teaming up with The Rolling Stones on the band's Exhibitionism exhibit at the Saatchi Gallery in London. The iconic musicians commissioned Master & Dynamic to create the first ever Rolling Stones headphones that could be purchased at the exhibition, which, after six months in London, went on to be hosted in 11 other cities across the globe, including Las Vegas and Tokyo.
The company's partnerships have led to a number of innovative product launches, including Master & Dynamic's first wireless speaker created in collaboration with renowned architect Sir David Adjaye OBE. The two joined forces to reinvent the home speaker, which was comprised – for the first time ever – entirely of a proprietary concrete composite. The result was a state-of-the-art speaker, which took an innovative new directional form in terms of its design, but also boasts a number of technical advantages over its competitors, including increased dampening and reduced resonance of acoustics, resulting in a purer sound. The product launched, rather fittingly, in New York City's Museum of Modern Art Design Store.
In addition to this, earlier this year, Master & Dynamic stepped into the world of high fashion, creating an exclusive set of headphones and a custom turntable for luxury Italian men's fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna's couture collection. The resulting products were further proof of Master & Dynamic's true ability to blend craftsmanship with the finest elements of technology.
Further stylish collaborations include a number of exclusive products created by Master & Dynamic for Leica Camera and for Bamford Watch Department. With such diverse partnerships in the high-end automotive, airline, fashion, art and timepiece spaces, Master & Dynamic is now looking to the next step, a forthcoming expansion into the world of luxury yachts. With a number of notable yacht designers already fans of the brand, it seems a logical, and no doubt fruitful, step forward.


Congenital heart disease is a general term for a range of birth defects that affect the normal way the heart works.
The term "congenital" means the condition is present from birth.
Read more about the causes of congenital heart disease and preventing congenital heart disease.
Many cases of congenital heart disease are diagnosed before a baby is born during an ultrasound scan in pregnancy. However, it's not always possible to detect congenital heart defects in this way.
These problems are sometimes noticeable soon after birth, although mild defects may not cause any problems until later in life.
Read more about the symptoms of congenital heart disease and diagnosing congenital heart disease.
Read more about the types of congenital heart disease.
Treatment for congenital heart disease usually depends on the defect you or your child has.
Mild defects, such as holes in the heart, often don't need to be treated, as they may improve on their own and may not cause any further problems.
Surgery or interventional procedures are usually required if the defect is significant and causing problems. Modern surgical techniques can often restore most or all of the heart's normal function.
However, people with congenital heart disease often need treatment throughout their life and therefore require specialist review during childhood and adulthood. This is because people with complex heart problems can develop further problems with their heart rhythm or valves over time.
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Q: Prevent form POST from being canceled by the back button I am trying to implement some code to prevent the back button from doing anything on a page in my site. Page posts a form to process a payment, so don't want the user to press back otherwise it ends up in a weird user experience. There is serverside code to handle it, but would like to prevent it clientside as much as possible.
My issue is that even if I use methods like the ones mentioned here: how to stop browser back button using javascript
The problem is that although the page never goes back now, as soon as the back button is pushed the form POST gets canceled.(Using Chrome browser.)
Code I have currently is:
    function() {
        if(window.history && window.history.pushState) {
            window.history.pushState({ page: 1 }, $(document).find("title").text(), null);
            window.addEventListener('popstate', function (e) {
                e.preventDefault();
                e.stopPropagation();
                window.history.pushState({ page: 1 }, $(document).find("title").text(), null);
            });
        }
        else {
            window.location.hash = "pp";
            window.onhashchange = function (e) {
                e.preventDefault();
                e.stopPropagation();
                window.location.hash = "pp";
            };
        }
    }

Is there actually anything I can do here?

A: Unfortunately there's not a lot you can do. You can stop the end result of pressing the back button (changing the page), but you can't stop the side effects of clicking it (causing currently pending requests to halt).
The best you can do is capture when the back button is pressed, determine if the form was sent but no response was received, and then alert the user that the form was likely sent. Then you could attempt to direct the user to next page, which you could design to kick back to the payment page if none was received.
It's problems like this that are hard to analyze for edge cases. :)


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Pack Princess is the second book in the Wolf Rampant Trilogy. Enjoy the sneak peak below! And just in case you've missed it, get caught up by starting with the preview of Shiftless.
When I set off for my afternoon run, the whole forest smelled like my mate. Pine needles and leaf mold and that tinge of something extra that said "powerful male werewolf." Which is why I was smiling in a tongue-lolling canine fashion…right up until the moment when a huge wolf came barreling out from behind a bush and sent me spinning head over heels to land with a thud against the trunk of a tulip poplar.
Werewolves are pretty rough-and-ready, so it wasn't the crack on my skull that had me shaking my head in a daze as I scrambled back to my feet. Nope, it was just plain surprise. From the moment when I'd first stepped into my father's metaphorical shoes, I expected to have to face down power-hungry uncles and cousins in order to maintain my place as alpha of our current pack. But as days stretched into months without a challenge in sight, I'd slowly relaxed my guard. As a result, I now realized that it had been weeks since I'd bothered to peer at the inner wolf of each shifter around me, attempting to seek out insurrections before they had time to spark into flame. And I certainly wasn't expecting to be attacked here, deep in the heart of pack territory, where there were unlikely to be werewolves from other clans trying to slip past our defenses. So what the heck was going on?
Even as these bewildered thoughts tumbled through my mind, I was spinning on my heel, ruff raised to make me appear larger as I curled my upper lip back into a lupine snarl. But then I paused, even more confused, as I recognized my father's grizzled muzzle.
Chief Wilder had been the bane of my existence growing up, and he was also the primary reason I'd fled Haven in the first place to eke out a lonely existence in the human world. Yet, since then, my father had manipulated me back into our shared pack, and he'd recently seemed quite willing to let his sole surviving daughter take over leadership of clan Wilder. So what was with this out-of-the-blue attack? Could Crazy Wilder's nickname have become a self-fulfilling prophecy? Perhaps my father wasn't simply stuck in wolf form. Maybe now, he was truly cracked.
In the past, I'd always backed down when faced with the sight of my father's fangs, but as pack leader, I currently had shifters to think about other than myself. So even though it seemed a bit unfair to fight a werewolf who was probably at least partially out of his mind, I took a slow step toward the Chief and allowed a deep vibration to turn into a growl at the base of my chest. I hadn't realized my own power when I was a child, but now I understood that a simple stare from an alpha like me should be enough to squash any opposition from a weaker wolf. Why fight when intimidation would suffice?
But, unlike the other werewolves whom I'd spent time with recently, my father didn't back down in the face of my challenge. In fact, Chief Wilder didn't even bother to respond to my posturing. Instead, the huge wolf sprang again, his massive form suddenly looking nearly twice the size of my own, and I knew that I'd be crushed beneath the Chief's tremendous paws if I stayed put.
So much for plan A. Luckily, what I lacked in size (and, apparently, in ability to intimidate), I more than made up for in agility. Darting aside at the last moment, I snapped at the folds of flesh beneath my father's neck as he soared past, hoping to latch onto this piece of prime real estate. A wolf's under-belly was the ultimate prize in a shifter fight, but the neck wasn't far behind, and I knew that if I could just arrange my teeth on either side of my opponent's jugular, I'd be able to end this struggle before it truly began.
But unfortunately for me, the Chief was a wily old wolf, and no simple feint could elude his guard. Instead, he turned in midair, teeth snapping menacingly as his shoulder struck mine with a crack, and we both went down together in a pile of fur and claws.
Rolling across the leaves as part of an eight-legged jumble, I managed at last to latch onto the other wolf's shoulder with trap-strong lupine jaws. But I knew from experience that the Chief could barely feel the bite through his tough hide, and he certainly showed no signs of being vanquished. So I scrabbled with my hind legs, pushing against my father's belly in an attempt to reach a more delicate zone—the neck or belly would be perfect, but even the skin beneath my father's forelegs would suffice in a pinch.
And as I twisted, I felt the Chief's body shaking beneath mine, making me think that the deposed alpha might finally be struggling to hold his ground against a younger wolf. However, as I continued to bite and claw to no real effect, I soon realized that I was wrong—my father was simply laughing. In fact, the Chief was so confident of his own success that he was willing to give his daughter the opportunity to seek out a winning hold, waiting until I was forced to admit my own failure before ending the fight.
Then, just as I finally understood how severely I had been outclassed, the older wolf shook himself, pulling loose from my jaws with ease, and his own fangs sank deep into the tender valley of soft flesh beneath my chin. I yelped at the jolt of pain that rushed through my body, but that didn't prevent me from struggling against my father's grasp. Instead of freedom, though, I felt my hide tearing as a warm trickle of blood started to soak into my fur. Stilling at last, I knew that I was beaten.
If I'd needed proof that my father had allowed Wolfie and me to pull the rug out from under him six weeks prior rather than being truly vanquished, this farce of a battle was it. How could I have thought that I—a twenty-five-year-old female werewolf—was a match for the legendary Chief Wilder? Even half-crazed and unable to ally with his inner wolf, my father could have beaten me with one arm tied behind his back.
And as the Chief shifted seamlessly into human form, tossing me to the side and exposing my unprotected underbelly with one swipe of a muscular arm, I realized that my assumption that the wolf had completely taken over my father's mind was equally unfounded. Chief Wilder was as powerful as he'd ever been…and I was entirely at his mercy.
So, feeling like the cowed teenager I'd been a decade before, I instantly returned to my childhood demeanor. Pulling myself up to stand on four trembling feet, I cowered beneath my father's menacing form. And, with tail tucked between my legs, I whimpered my defeat.
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How Brentford Defeated Arsenal On Premier League First Day
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Brentford's starting XI contained Ivan Toney, who had played 10 minutes in the Premier League, while Arsenal's front four included two 20-year-olds, a 21-year-old, and a 26-year-old, but by full time, it was evident who looked the more savvy.
Brentford manager Thomas Frank pledged to be daring this season, and after a loud reception in west London, it was the visitors who took the lead in the first half.
After failing to register a touch in the final third in the first ten minutes, Frank made a gesture to encourage his teammates to push harder, and he was rewarded almost immediately. They took the lead minutes after Bryan Mbeumo had hit the post from an angle on the right side of the box-Leno had it covered.
Canos cut in from the left of the box during a period of pressure and caught Leno off guard with a low attempt into the bottom left corner. The home audience exploded in applause.
It should have been two minutes later; Mbeumo appeared to have lost the ball in the box, but recovered it before swiveling past two Arsenal players, but dragged his effort wide with only Leno to beat.
Arsenal's defense, which included new £50 million acquisition Ben White, struggled to cope with Brentford's high press and running in behind in the first half, but they improved in the second half when Emile Smith Rowe's fantastic turn, run, and shot was turned away by David Raya.
Brentford wrote a new chapter in their history as they rode a wave of emotion to start their first Premier League season with a flawless performance.
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1. Yikes: Bedbugs have invaded the Scotiabank Theatre, the main venue for screenings at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. [via THR] 2. Lady Gaga performed a new song called "Living on the Radio" in Minnesota last night. Watch the video here. 3. Paul Giamatti will guest star on the upcoming season of 30 Rock as a grouchy editor from Staten Island. In other news, Jon Hamm will return for the live episode. [via EW] 4. Find out what Cee-Lo has to say about the popularity of the unofficial video for "Fuck You." [via Urlesque] 5. There's allegedly a battle brewing between David Slade and Darren Aronofsky to see who gets to direct X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2. Frankly, we'd be happy either way. [via io9]
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Depaul, part of the global family of religious congregations and lay organisations working in the tradition of St Vincent de Paul (1580-1660), is marking its 30th anniversary of starting its mission to end homelessness in the UK and across the world.
Since 1989, Depaul has grown from a single housing project in North London to an international group of charities covering seven countries, and working at the United Nations to promote the cause of street homelessness as an issue governments need to address urgently.
Depaul was born out of the Passage Day Centre in Victoria, London. It started as a Vincentian partnership between the Daughters of Charity, the Society of St Vincent de Paul and the Passage Day Centre itself, as a response to the growing number of young people on the streets of London in the late 1980s.
Mark McGreevy OBE, Depaul Group Chief Executive, said: "I used to walk around the streets surrounding Westminster Cathedral during this period, and you witnessed a rising tide of homelessness across London.
"In particular young people were arriving in increasing numbers, normally runaways from all over the UK. They were hoping for a different life but for many they could not find work or accommodation. The safety net didn't exist and as a result they ended up on the street."
Cardinal Basil Hume, who saw many young people sleeping rough outside his Cathedral in Westminster, was a driving force in establishing the charity, and became its first Patron. His office secured the ongoing support of Diana, Princess of Wales who was closely involved in promoting the fledgling charity and often visited young people in Depaul's projects.
As its name suggests, Depaul is a charity that has been guided by the example of St. Vincent de Paul and his values since its very inception.
Mr McGreevy said: "Depaul still takes its inspiration from our historical founder. If you drill down into our values and mission they all relate to direct statements made by Vincent de Paul himself. You can trace [them] back into his letters, into his writing, into his speeches. Phrases such as 'action rather than words', 'work with the poorest of the poor,' 'inventive unto infinity' continue to inform our work."
Depaul International serves 20,000 homeless people each year across seven countries. Depaul also partners with DePaul University to run the Institute of Global Homelessness, in Chicago.
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There have been several high profile cases where scientists have either fabricated or cherry-picked data. Most, if not all, epidemiologists are familiar with the controversy surrounding Dr Andrew Wakefield. He ran a study in 1998 that showed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism in children (1). However, it was later found out to be fraudulent, and was retracted (2). There's also the story of Dr Anil Potti, who claimed to be a Rhodes Scholar. Turns out he made that up/misrepresented himself, and now has a slew of papers that have either been retracted or are under investigation.
But how common is this?
The number of retractions each year per 100 000 publications (via R-bloggers). Click the pic for more information.
Turns out it happens more often than you think. And not only does it happen a lot, it has also been going up over time, to the point where Retraction Watch is a blog dedicated to it. Part of this is attributable to the fact that more articles being published should result in more retractions (3), and with a wider audience any "issues" are more likely to be discovered (4).
Edit: Note that the denominator here is the number of papers indexed in PubMed. This should be considered when drawing conclusions; how are papers reported to PubMed when they are retracted, i.e. is this voluntary or automatic, how good is PubMed's data back to 1977, and how broad a field does PubMed cover.
With more and more information being available at our fingertips, and the absolute number of articles being published rocketing skyward, combined with a 24 hour news cycle that focuses on sound bites and headlines rather than delving into issues deeply, we, as scientists, need to be prepared and ready to critically analyze and evaluate information presented to us. The same way #StopKony was investigated and tested, we should evaluate information the same way, doing our due diligence and ensuring that the study has been performed to a high level.
Organizations like charity watch are getting popular even with those that are less "plugged in". I remember when I first stumbled upon humanewatch.org and petakillsanimals.com. It's inspiring to see so many non scientists asking questions about information presented to them, and then making arguments based on evidence.
And you know, we really do have mythbusters to thank for much of this.
Absolutely! Even something as simple/innocuous as chain forwards that go around on Facebook can be easily disproved with sites like Snopes. It makes me happy that people think critically and don't just accept the information presented as fact; especially when the information is flawed or just downright wrong.
1) This data isn't the number of retractions per year per 100'000 papers. It is the number of retractions per year per 100'000 papers per pubmed's records. Did anyone verify that their record keeping processes remained consistent over that period? Retractions were not originally indexed in pubmed (hence the lack of records prior to 1977). I would suspect that they were added by hand or when notified by the publisher initially until the records could be loaded automatically. When did they start loading retraction records automatically? Was the loading systematic or voluntary? Without knowing whether these numbers represent ALL the retracted publications for that period vs. the ones voluntarily contributed by individual publishers, the data is meaningless.
This article suggests that pubmed didn't start incorporating retraction data until 2002 (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so06/so06_pm_10.html ), but the language is unclear as to whether that was when they started making it a part of pubmed or whether that was when they started the collection of the data.
This help sheet states that medline (the underlying database) didn't start indexing data on errata until 1987, and comments until 1989, but fails to state when they started indexing data on retractions (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/errata.html ).
2) Some disciplines have heavily favored publishing errata over retractions in almost all cases. There may have been a culture change around this point, given that there is a paper from 2004 that studied the policies of publishers for the retraction of articles and was unable to find policies for 62% of the journals (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC385306/ ) In order to be able to assert that there are more problems with papers, one would need to plot not only the retractions, but also the errata.
These are all great points. The denominator used may not be completely accurate. I would suggest that, at least for more recent years, it would be fairly close. Also, you would hope that a database as large as PubMed would be kept up to date with retracted publications, and that the "honour system" would encourage publishers to report retracted publications. But, as you rightly pointed out, this may not be the case. I would definitely be interested in seeing the data on errata and compare that to retractions.
I know I probably sound like I'm harping on this, but the problem isn't one of accuracy, the problem is one of understanding the constraints of the data and operating within them. It's easy to mistake an artifact in the data for a phenomena, especially if the data is understood to be cold fact rather than a representation of a record of evidence.


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L'autore e poeta Charles Ghigna nel settembre 1974 ha scritto delle note riguardo alla presenza della regione nello stato dell'Alabama; il titolo dello scritto è "The Alabama Wiregrassers", ed è stato pubblicato sul Harper's Magazine.

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A Bin Laden Trial a "Circus"? Who Doesn't Like a Circus?
Bin Laden's death is the intelligence world's loss.
I have it on good authority that Navy SEALs put a premium on capturing targets because they're taught that information is the true prize. Then why, we continue to wonder, did one of them shoot Osama bin Laden, especially since indications are that he'd already been captured? Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan explains.
SEAL Team Six was told to accept surrender only "if he did not pose any type of threat whatsoever," and if troops "were confident of that in terms of his not having an IED [improvised explosives device] on his body, his not having some type of hidden weapon or whatever,"
But Americans weren't aware of that when they were celebrating what sounded like a cold-blooded shooting. Even here: Jubilation Erupts in Harvard Yard As Obama Tells World Osama Bin Laden is Dead. (In a side note . . . young men — want a true test of how yoked to violence your sexuality is? Young women cheering bin Laden's killing: major turn-on or turn-off?)
How does Americans celebrating bin Laden's killing look to the rest of the world? An NBA player, of all people, has an idea.
[Chris] Douglas-Roberts [was] disturbed by the ensuing celebration. It reminded him of the response in Afghanistan — which was also captured on television — following 9/11. "We just looked like the Afghan people, a decade later," he said.
As you're no doubt tired of seeing me post, a court case would have been preferable. Many claim that a trial would be a "circus." At the Independent (via Duck of Minerva via the Progressive Realist) Geoffrey Robertson writes:
I do not minimise the security issues at his trial or the danger of it ending up as a squalid circus like that of Saddam Hussein. But the notion that any form of legal process would have been too hard must be rejected. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – also alleged to be the architect of 9/11 – will shortly go on trial and had Bin Laden been captured, he should have been put in the dock alongside him, so that their shared responsibility could have been properly examined.
Failing that, Robertson adds
Bin Laden could not have been tried for 9/11 at the International Criminal Court — its jurisdiction only came into existence nine months later. But the Security Council could have set up an ad hoc tribunal in The Hague, with international judges (including Muslim jurists), to provide a fair trial and a reasoned verdict.
This would have been the best way of de-mystifying this man, debunking his cause and de-brainwashing his followers. In the dock he would have been reduced in stature — never more remembered as the tall, soulful figure on the mountain, but as a hateful and hate-filled old man, screaming from the dock or lying from the witness box.
At its most elemental level, legality exists to mitigate man's brutality to man. A court case would have spared us Americans (including President Obama at Ground Zero) making a brutish spectacle of themselves.
Returning to bringing bin Laden back alive, at Time's Swampland, Massimo Calabresi writes:
John Yoo, who wrote the brief [for the Bush administration] that provided legal cover for waterboarding, sleep-deprivation and other harsh interrogation methods, wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal . . . arguing that bin Laden's assassination "vindicates the Bush administration, whose intelligence architecture marked the path to bin Laden's door." . . . Most provocatively, Yoo asserts that by killing bin Laden, rather than capturing and interrogating him, the Navy Seal team made a grave error. "Special forces using nonlethal weaponry might have taken bin Laden alive . . . [and] one of the most valuable intelligence opportunities since the beginning of the war has slipped through our hands."
It's mortifying when John Yoo gives voice to one's sentiments. But, no matter what his motivation is, when he's right, he's right.


We are overweight defense, with a positive spending outlook in the US, Asia and Europe, and defensive characteristics. And with multiples having moderated, valuations are now more attractive. We are currently positive on aerospace, but selective—the upcycle is getting long in the tooth, but most underlying indicators (traffic, load factors) remain positive. Valuations remain in the up-cycle range.


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How An Adobe Employee Made Every Device In The World More Queer (With Just Emojis)
Posted on October 11, 2020 by [email protected]_84
Transgender flag emoji are being rolled out across devices all over the world as part of the Unicode … [+] Consortium's latest emoji sets
Jamie Wareham
One Adobe employee, with an expertise in fonts, is behind the victory of making perhaps the most universal language in the world–emojis–more gender-inclusive.
Paul D. Hunt is the designer and creator behind the latest gender-inclusive emojis, that are now on nearly every device all over the world.
They are part of the newest set of emojis 'Unicode 13' a set of standards released earlier this year by the Unicode Consortium, an organization that sets rules for tech companies using special characters like emoji.
Hunt is a typeface designer and font developer at Adobe. Still, motivated by personal reasons to make all emoji, more gender-inclusive, they submitted plans to the Unicode Consortium.
"I decided to champion the case for gender-inclusive emoji because, as a queer
Ex-Amazon employee arrested after issuing fake refunds totaling more than $96K
Amazon's Seattle HQ. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
A former Amazon employee was charged with federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after issuing false refunds for products ordered on Amazon.com.
A criminal complaint filed by the FBI alleges that Vu Anh Nguyen issued more than $96,000 in fraudulent refunds to himself and associates while working as a selling support associate based in Tempe, Ariz.
Nguyen used his employee access and manipulated Amazon's product return procedures by manually authorizing refunds for items ordered from third-party sellers, according to the complaint. None of the refended items were actually returned to Amazon.
Amazon fired Nguyen after detecting the suspicious refunds and reported Nguyen to authorities in July.
"We thank the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation for their swift work to hold this fraudster accountable," Amazon said in a statement. "There is no place for misconduct or fraud at Amazon.
Coinbase head draws scorn and praise for anti employee activism post
Posted on September 29, 2020 by [email protected]_84
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wrote in a blog post over the weekend that corporate activism was a "distraction" from his company's mission of increasing global access to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
Mentioning charged topics like the police killing of Breonna Taylor and the upcoming presidential election, Armstrong implied that employees who wanted their company to be focused on social issues should find work elsewhere.
Some in the startup and venture capital world were outraged, pointing out that Armstrong tweeted "Black Lives Matter" in June.
Others cheered Armstrong, like investor Paul Graham.
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
The CEO of cryptocurrency broker Coinbase Brian Armstrong stirred outrage and praise from Silicon Valley over the weekend by coming out with a hard line against employee activism at work in a Medium post Sunday.
Mentioning hot-button issues like the police shooting of Breonna Taylor and the upcoming U.S. election, Armstrong said he
Google's Sundar Pichai says future of office is employee 'on-sites'
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is "reconfiguring" its offices amid a more permanent shift to working from home.
Pichai discussed the future of work at Google during an interview for Time 100 this week.
While he doesn't see working in the office going away altogether, he described the office as a space for "on-sites" — presumably, days where employees, who mostly work from home, gather in the office.
Pichai also said he made the decision to have employees work from home until next summer in order to boost productivity and give workers a sense of certainty during an uncertain time.
Google's famous offices may look a bit different for employees once it's safe for them to begin returning to work.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said this week that the company is making changes to its physical spaces to better support employees
US gig worker rule proposed, narrowing employee definition
The issue of which workers in our economy have rights to many benefits and protections — like employer health insurance or unemployment benefits — has become critical during the pandemic. And it often comes down to how that worker is classified: as an employee or an independent contractor.
This week the Labor Department proposed a new rule that would make it easier for companies to designate workers, including gig workers, as independent contractors who are ineligible for many protections.
The move comes in response to several state laws, like California's AB5, which have made it harder to classify workers as independent contractors.
In California, the debate has mostly centered on gig workers, like drivers for ride-hailing services. Most of them would be reclassified as employees under state law.
But the new federal rule could set up competing legal criteria for how worker classification should be decided. And that could cause
As Google rethinks the remote work, it will need new employee perks
An employee survey revealed that just 8% of Googlers want to return to the office full time after the pandemic.
Meanwhile, CEO Sundar Pichai says the company is thinking about a more 'flexible' approach to office work.
As Googlers continue to work from home, the company will need to find new ways to attract talent from competitors. This week, we saw it employ one smart tactic: helping employees pay back student loans.
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Google employees will almost certainly be stuck working from home until next summer at the very least, but what happens then?
This week, Google published the results of a survey which asked its employees how they felt about eventually returning to
Using Technology To Support Employee Mental Health
Guest post by Martha Neary, Project Manager of One Mind PsyberGuide.
With at least 45 million American adults living with a mental health illness, and many experiencing increasing levels of stress, employers are seeking ways to provide much needed resources and support to their employees. In the world of COVID-19, where additional and unique barriers to care exist such as physical distancing measures that limit contact with providers and the balancing of new work at school schedules from home, many employers are looking to digital resources to support their workplaces and employee wellbeing. Headspace, for example, noted a 500% increase in requests from companies seeking support for their employees' mental health since March.
Yet there is an overwhelming number of mental health technologies available, and choosing one requires an understanding of the complex landscape. Over 15,000 mental health apps are available on the app stores. Even within the category of


You schedule time for your annual doctor's checkup. After your physical, the doctor indicates that you need to lose weight. Your cholesterol is yada yada, and your triglycerides are yakity yak. He presses on (with some encouragement) that you need to start a new diet and a new exercise blah blah blah. Before Doc can finish his spiel, you've already tuned him out. "Thanks Doc, I'm late for a dinner date at The Chophouse." You leave the doctor's office with the same sentiment and motivation you had going in, just with that $20 co-pay now in the hands of your physician.
Adopting a healthier behavior doesn't happen here. Facts don't drive behavior change. More often than not, you might leave that office without any motivation or an inherent drive to alter your life or your health habits. Change won't happen when someone tells you to change.
Change happens when you look back at a photo from your early 30's and realize how much better you looked then. Change happens when your wife posts a new photo on Instagram and you realize she can't quite wrap her arms around your entire torso. Change happens when you huff and puff your way up a single flight of stairs. Change happens when you discover it yourself. It is here, where change starts. Even strong encouragement backed with stats, and compelling regressional research won't really help you embrace change. You must discover it yourself, and make the commitment drawn from your own conclusions.
We see this often in our work life. An organization wants to roll out a new strategy focused on changing a workforce's method of operating. The new MO in the strategy can be vetted through months of research and backed by the entire room of executive leaders – many with advanced degrees.
You can come up with the most compelling evidence imaginable, and share it with your team, and your team's teams, and so on, but change is extremely unlikely when a leader launches an email campaign, or newsletter article. History shows that people will tolerate the conclusions of their leaders, but they will ultimately act on their own.
People need to discover the change for themselves. They need to answer the questions for themselves. How is this relevant to me? Why is this change happening? Why now? How does this change relate to my daily duties, and, will this change really lead us to execute our strategy? When an employee suddenly has the same realization that took place in the boardroom strategy meetings and understands the impact of changing to reach a broader goal…change starts here. How do We Initiate Change?
How do we evoke commitment and engagement of an entire workforce? How do we change? More tactically, how do we get people to discover a change themselves? The answer: disrupt the way employees learn. Don't just throw something new in their face and convey, "Here's what you need to do. Now, go do it." Outline the reasons why. Give them context. Allow them to see that a change is not only inevitable, but necessary, exciting, and relevant to them. Provide a platform for employees to transcend understanding and compliance, help them believe it themselves. Beliefs trump facts.
Presenting your employees with the new initiative, plan, strategy, etc. is great. It may entice a small percentage of your team, but helping them comprehend and buy into the initiative is exponentially better. With an approach like this, employees will engage with a deeper level of commitment, excitement, and seeds for fruition.
This methodology is effective across many industries, functions, and focus areas. Anytime an organization identifies and invests energy in a new key initiative, people need to be engaged in a fresh and new way. Workplace health is a key initiative in organizations. Leaders, very clearly, see the value in rolling out a new health and wellness plan throughout their organization. But a rollout of this nature and magnitude is, in fact, a change for your employees. If an hourly employee working in a manufacturing facility two states away from your corporate office gets a notice that his insurance premiums are going to go up unless he brings his blood pressure down…there's a good chance there will be some resistance. But if you find a way to engage that individual and the rest of his team to see the importance of worksite wellness and the personal benefits to them (i.e. feel better, have more energy, improved sleep health), you create a platform where that individual can see it in themselves that a change like this will not only be good for him, but for his family, and the rest of the organization, then you've sparked a movement. You've sparked a change.
Nolan McNulty is an Associate Consultant at Root, Inc., a leading consulting firm that uses a combination of art, science and engagement to change the way organizations change. He can be reached at nmcnulty@rootinc.com or 810.836.2934.


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I am a word artist
By SEA Guest Blogger – Melissa Pouliot
I am an artist. An artist of words.
My artistic journey started at a very young age.
My first published work was in my local paper, The Quirindi Advocate, when I was just eight years old. It was entitled Santa's Elf. The smallest and brightest elf in the North Pole. The opening words are, of course, Once upon a time…
My career in the arts has taken dips and turns, reached dead ends and wallowed in the depths of the ocean. But it's all those sidetracks and wrong turns that have brought me to my artistic heart. Right here on the Sapphire Coast, with brilliant a blue ocean on one side and a glorious National Park on the other.
My career in journalism and the media, which has taken me from the red dust of the southwest Queensland outback to the rich soils of Victoria's Wimmera plains, has allowed me to perfect my word art on a daily basis.
I write about waste transfer stations and platypuses, bridal creeper and water pipeline projects. I also write about trees, water, soils, disability arts festivals, food festivals, 'low and slow' barbecue cooking and people.
I started writing with pencils and paper, then as a teenager discovered the freedom of a typewriter. The next step was writing on a heavy cumbersome computer that whirred when I hit save.
But it wasn't until I sat up through the night four years ago, with a modern writing gadget called an iPad, that I unleashed my true artist. On this night I started penning (in the modern sense) my first piece of real art.
A novel. Fiction. Made up. Free of facts and figures, times and dates, dollars and cents. The who, what, where, when and how that directed my media career flew out the window, and in came my new, much more artistic, friends. Imaginary made up friends living imaginary made up lives. Aaahh, the freedom of being an artist revealed itself to me. It had been there the whole time, beneath the surface, waiting to break out.
I was not writing to make a living. I was not writing to meet a mad crazy media deadline. I was not writing for a client. I was writing for me.
On the cusp of releasing my third fiction novel, having achieved mild success as an artist, I have an insatiable hunger to get back to my art. I quickly discovered that the life of a self-published indie author was not as glamorous as the likes of Jodi Picoult, Bryce Courtenay and J.K. Rowling, but being an artist is not about fame or fortune.
Every day my fictional characters call me to open my Pages app on my iPad and back to that place where we can get reacquainted and meet new characters along the way. Call me back to my art.
I still enjoy making words for my clients, and that is something I will always do, but for a portion of every day I will slip into my artist's clothes and open my artist's word file and disappear for a while.
You might see me sitting in my car or in my writing chair at a cricket match. Or at Bar Beach with wet hair as I find inspiration in the sand beneath the clear cool ocean that refreshes me. Or in a comfy red chair in the corner at Tathra Wharf, with the roaring yet soothing crash of waves coming up through the timber floorboards. Other times I will be sitting at my kitchen bench with a glass of wine, while the chaos of being a mum of three bangs and clangs around me. Lost in my own little world.
In my world as an artist.
Melissa Pouliot is a bestselling Australian indie author, who will launch her third crime-mystery fiction novel When You Find Me in Tathra's How We Roll Café on July 24. She has extended an open invitation to her launch – the more the merrier!
Her new novel is the third in a series that started with Write About Me, followed by FIND ME.
Melissa's books have a strong missing persons theme and are endorsed by the Australian Federal Police National Missing Persons Coordination Centre.
On the South Coast you'll find Melissa's books in Merimbula's Collins bookstore, Tathra Newsagency, Candelo Books, Mermaids of Bermagui, Montague Coffee in Narooma and ABC bookstore in Batemans Bay.
You can also purchase her books online or as ebooks on Amazon
You can follow Melissa on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
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Summary: Revisions to Board Bylaws are being presented for the purpose of keeping current and compliant with California law and District practice. The Board Bylaws presented were reviewed at the Board of Education meeting conducted on February 19, 2019.
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You'll have to forgive me for my reticence friends. I am dug deep into my manuscript for my second book, not to mention working through all kinds of career and personal exigencies. All will likely be quiet on the Adam S. McHugh front for a while. I do, however, want to share with you an excerpt of my book, so you don't forget about me entirely. This comes from Chapter 6: Listening to Others.
I got serious about listening when I realized I was missing things. Layers of meaning and opportunities for connection were lurking near the surface of my relationships, but I wasn't hearing them, even with those people I loved most. I was skilled at saying wise and empathetic sounding things; I was more skilled at holding people at arm's length. Whenever a conversation turned toward emotions, I started looking for an exit.
My retreats were subconscious. I didn't realize that I was backing away from conversations and from the people who had the courage, or foolishness, to express emotion to me. It wasn't like I was walking out of the room. Well, I suspect that if my heart had legs it might have tried. I considered a moment of pain, crisis, or unfiltered emotion an opportunity to impart my insight, to rescue someone from their weakness, to correct distorted thinking, to evaporate the pain. In my mind it was a chance to engage a problem; in truth I was disengaging from the person. Surprisingly, my strategy to fix people never worked. Not one damn time.
Above all else, I want the people in my life to know that when they come to me, with whatever is on their mind or heart, they will be heard. I am dedicated to hearing the hearts of those around me.
It's unlikely to make the annals of Christian history alongside Saul on the Damascus Road or Saint Augustine's "take and read" moment, but clearly I went through some kind of conversion experience. The friends I have known since my college days would like to award me the "Most Improved" trophy, which we all know is a way of saying "You used to be truly awful, but we're no longer embarrassed to have you on the team." I get the Most Improved Listener trophy. It's a golden ear.
What changed was this: I had a mentor who wouldn't let me get away with ducking out of emotional conversations. We met every Wednesday afternoon for 4 months, and she drilled this into me: "Stay in the feeling. Stay in the feeling. Stay in the feeling. Stay in the feeling." She seized on my tendency to run from feelings, both from the feelings of the people I worked with and from my own. The pattern was unmistakable: every time someone shared a real feeling, I told them, in one way or another, not to feel it.
Sometimes I tried to argue them out of the feeling, sometimes I tried to divert it with humor, sometimes I offered up quick reassurance, like "it will all work out" and at other times, I tried to pray the feeling out of them. I was the feelings exorcist. The way I dealt with the emotions of others, was indicative, as it always is, of the way I treated my own emotions. Every time I walked into a patient's room, I checked my heart at the door. I had little capacity for entering into the emotional world of others because I was unfamiliar with the terrain of my own emotional world. When that is the case, you have little choice but to practice a ministry marked by standing over people rather than sitting with them.