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The Listrak Implementation teams have identified that Cloud Services such as AWS, Azure and/or Heroku can be a source of struggle and/or integration pain point with the Listrak API – Pre-Defined Static IP Sources. For added security the Listrak API restricts access to a subset of IP Addresses configurable per customer account.
At the time of drafting this document, Listrak plans to continue the use of restricting API access by Source IP Addresses in our current API and our developing REST API(s).
The following sections will identify a number of methods to direct / source traffic from a controlled range of IP Addresses when using AWS, Azure, and Heroku Cloud Services.
This document is intended as a living, changing, evolving over time document. As our customers identify and/or use new Cloud Services, we may update this document to reflect those new Cloud Services.
The following are the most common types of deployments on AWS Services.This will more than likely evolve over time to include Container and/or API Gateway services.
Elastic Compute, EC2-Classic Deployment Static Outbound / Source IP Addresses
When an instance is launched in EC2-Classic, AWS automatically assigns a public IP address.This is the simplest method to get started with AWS, but is the most challenging as far as static outbound / source IP address control.Each time an EC2-Classic instance is stopped or as AWS sees fit the public IP address of the EC2-Classic may change.
Options to control static / outbound IP Addresses within an EC2-Classic based Deployment
The following are a couple of options, in order of simplest to more complicated:
Use / Associate an AWS Elastic IP Address to the EC2-Classic Instance (link|video).
Use a third party Proxy Service such as QuotaGuard (link).
The AWS Elastic IP Address option is a good fit / generally least expensive option for a small number of EC2-Classic instances.Where a third party Proxy Service is a good fit / generally least expensive for a greater number of EC2-Classic instances.
Elastic Compute, EC2, VPC Deployment Static Outbound / Source IP Addresses
VPC or Virtual Private Cloud, is a customer owned logically isolated virtual network and instances.A VPC Deployment though much more complicated than the original EC2-Classic deployment is more flexible.For example, it's possible to extend your own Corporate/Company network into a VPC deployment so that it functions as part of your own network, infrastructure, and/or domain.
One key take-away for VPC Deployed EC2 instances – by default VPC EC2 instances will have a private / non-public IPv4 address.
Options to control static / outbound IP Addresses within a VPC based deployment
The following are a few options, in order of simplest to more complicated:
Use / Associate an AWS Elastic IP Address to individual EC2 instance(s) (link|video).
Route privately addressed EC2 instances out through an AWS NAT Gateway (link).
Route privately addressed EC2 instances out through EC2 NAT Instance(s) (link).
Route privately addressed EC2 instances out through VPN Connected Corporate / Business Network (link).
Elastic Compute, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk Deployment Static Outbound / Source IP Addresses
Introduction and Overview Video
Node.JS Sample Deployment Video
Excerpt from AWS Documentation:
Elastic Beanstalk supports applications developed in Java, PHP, .NET, Node.js, Python, and Ruby, as well as different container types for each language. A container defines the infrastructure and software stack to be used for a given environment. When you deploy your application, Elastic Beanstalk provisions one or more AWS resources, such as Amazon EC2 instances. The software stack that runs on your Amazon EC2 instances depends on the container type. For example, Elastic Beanstalk supports two container types for Node.js: a 32-bit Amazon Linux image and a 64-bit Amazon Linux image. Each runs a software stack tailored to hosting a Node.js application. You can interact with Elastic Beanstalk by using the AWS Management Console, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or eb, a high-level CLI designed specifically for Elastic Beanstalk.
Elastic Beanstalk makes use of AWS CloudFormation to generate templates that either end up using EC2-Classic instances or VPC located EC2 instances.The EC2 instances created to support Elastic Beanstalk stacks are fully accessible to the end customer (and may be directly accessed through SSH and/or Remote Desktop).
See the appropriate section above to control static / outbound IP Addresses for either EC2-Classic or VPC deployed EC2 instances.
Elastic Compute, EC2, Lambda Deployment Static Outbound / Source IP Addresses
Excerpts from AWS Documentation, What is AWS Lambda:
AWS Lambda is a compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. AWS Lambda executes your code only when needed and scales automatically, from a few requests per day to thousands per second. You pay only for the compute time you consume - there is no charge when your code is not running. With AWS Lambda, you can run code for virtually any type of application or backend service - all with zero administration. AWS Lambda runs your code on a high-availability compute infrastructure and performs all of the administration of the compute resources, including server and operating system maintenance, capacity provisioning and automatic scaling, code monitoring and logging. All you need to do is supply your code in one of the languages that AWS Lambda supports (currently Node.js, Java, C# and Python).
When using AWS Lambda, you are responsible only for your code. AWS Lambda manages the compute fleet that offers a balance of memory, CPU, network, and other resources. This is in exchange for flexibility, which means you cannot log in to compute instances, or customize the operating system or language runtime. These constraints enable AWS Lambda to perform operational and administrative activities on your behalf, including provisioning capacity, monitoring fleet health, applying security patches, deploying your code, and monitoring and logging your Lambda functions.
Excerpt from AWS Documentation, Configuring a Lambda Function to Access Resources in an AWS VPC:
AWS Lambda runs your function code securely within a VPC by default. However, to enable your Lambda function to access resources inside your private VPC, you must provide additional VPC-specific configuration information that includes VPC subnet IDs and security group IDs. AWS Lambda uses this information to set up elastic network interfaces (ENIs) that enable your function to connect securely to other resources within your private VPC.
Internet Access for Lambda Functions:
AWS Lambda uses the VPC information you provide to set up ENIs that allow your Lambda function to access VPC resources. Each ENI is assigned a private IP address from the IP address range within the Subnets you specify, but is not assigned any public IP addresses. Therefore, if your Lambda function requires Internet access (for example, to access AWS services that don't have VPC endpoints, such as Amazon Kinesis), you can configure a NAT instance inside your VPC or you can use the Amazon VPC NAT gateway. For more information, see NAT Gateways in the Amazon VPC User Guide. You cannot use an Internet gateway attached to your VPC, since that requires the ENI to have public IP addresses.
The following are based on deploying Virtual Machines within Microsoft Azure.Container based deployments should be similar to the Azure Resource Manager Based Deployment.
Classic Cloud Service Based Deployment
Prior to 2014, the Classic Cloud Service was the only option for Azure.In some ways the classic method is simpler and provides more options than the current Microsoft recommended Azure Resource Manager framework.By default, outbound Internet access for a privately addressed Virtual Machine will source from a public IP associated to the Cloud Service.By default, the Cloud Service public IP can change, but it is possible to reserve and/or prevent this IP from changing.
Control the static IP address(es) associated to Virtual Machines
There are a number of options:
Use / Associate Reserved / Static IP to Cloud Service (link).
Assign Static IP to Virtual Machine (link).
Use a third party Proxy Service such as QuotaGuard (link).
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Based Deployment
In 2014, Azure introduced and recommended that all Azure deployments moving forward utilize the Azure Resource Manager methods for managing, monitoring, and provisioning Azure resources.The main advantage of Azure Resource Manager over the Classic Cloud Service is the concept of the resource group.In the Classic Cloud Service framework, all resources were managed independently.With resources associated to a resource group it's possible to configure access control to the resource group; or, monitor at the resource group level.The one notable feature not currently available is a public IP address at the resource group level similar to the Classic Cloud Service.
Control the static IP address(es) associated to Virtual Machines
The following are a few options, in order of simplest to more complicated:
Assign Static IP to Virtual Machine (link).
Utilize a Load Balancer for Outbound Access (link).
Route privately addressed Virtual Machines out through an NAT Gateway Virtual Machine (link).
Third Party Firewall / NAT Gateway (Checkpoint sample link).
Use a third party Proxy Service such as QuotaGuard (link).
Heroku is a cloud platform based on a managed container system, with integrated data services and a powerful ecosystem, for deploying and running modern apps.Similar to AWS's Elastic Beanstalk or Lambda service with one exception, instead of the application / application components running in Virtual OS Instances, they are running in Heroku Containers called dynos.
Sample Python Application Configuration / Deployment:
The sample above is for a Python Application on a single web server instance.Heroku also supports Ruby, Node.js, Java, Clojure, Scala, Go and PHP based applications. With many add-on modules available such as databases / 'Data Stores'. (i.e. Postgres, Redis, MySQL, Kafka etc.) and the add-ons we are most interested in for this document, 'Network Services'.
Control the outbound IP address(es) associated to Heroku based Applications
The following are a few options, in order of simplest to more complicated:
For Heroku Platform, there are a number of 'Network Services' Add-Ons.The following is a sampling:
Fixie (link)
Proximo (link)
QuotaGuard Static (link)
For Heroku Enterprise, some of the previous mentioned 'Network Services' Add-Ons are options.Additionally, 'Private Spaces' are supported.Each 'Private Space' has a small stable/static set of IP Addresses.
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Choice is a mystery. In very basic terms our choices are the result of a conglomeration of our personal experience and the perceived expectations of the community that we live in. The easy choices are the ones between good and evil. Few of us really struggle over those choices. I mean even when we choose evil over good we usually understand that it was wrong, and when we reap the consequences, we recognize that we have only gotten what we deserve. This is basic decision making 101. Most human beings who are accountable for their own decisions understand this.
However, the most difficult decisions that we make are often the choice between what is good and what is best. Generally, we want to use the same equation of experience plus expectation. But what happens when those lines get blurred. What happens when the two don't agree? What if the choice I make is unpopular and in the eyes of my peers is unacceptable? What if the choices I make diverge from my personal experiences? Is there a more dependable resource than my personal experiences and my perceived expectations? There is. There is a resource that is unchanged by human experience and cultural expectations. It is the Bible. You knew I was going to say that right? What would any Baptist preacher say? Yet, I struggle so often with making the best choice, the exercising of true discernment. For example, it is good to be at home with my family and enjoy supper and an evening of relaxation. Agreed. But what will I do with that time? Will we spend it in conversation together? Or will we spend it watching TV? You see there is good and there is best. Being a regular reader of God's Word is the only way to consistently choose what is best. Being with friends is a good thing. But what to do when friends diverge from what the Bible teaches is best? Discernment tells me that what is best is to do what is right concerning God's Word even when it is culturally unacceptable or divergent. The term discernment means to "judge well". To be a discerning person means that I consistently judge well between what is best and what is good and certainly what is evil.
Another resource for discernment is the Church. Church is the Community of Faith gathered to worship God and sent out to be a witness of His Son, Jesus Christ. The Church that meets at Crossroads is moving into a new space Sunday, May 15. This space is not special, but the people and the purpose are. You are one of those people. The purpose is to encourage one another to be discerning in all of life's decisions, to consistently choose what is best over everything else. Come and join us for a cup of coffee, and great friends gathered for worship, and encouraged to live everyday for His Glory.
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If you have read Digital audio fundamentals, you should have a good idea of what is contained in a SONAR audio clip. An audio clip contains a long series of numbers, or samples, representing the fluctuating amplitude of a waveform. Audio clips are typically quite large, hundreds of kilobytes to many megabytes in size. By comparison, a MIDI event takes only a few bytes to store.The Track view lets you see your audio waveforms in great detail; you can zoom in until you see the individual samples.You should also now be aware of some things to watch out for when editing your audio data. First, if you cut audio clips apart or splice them together, you should do so at zero-crossings in the waveform (places where the amplitude is zero), in order to avoid sudden changes in amplitude that may cause clicks and pops. Second, you should beware of clipping. Clipping of the audio waveform can occur if you record a signal at too high a record level, or if you apply audio processing or effects that increase the waveform amplitude too much. If you accidentally cause the waveform to clip, you should undo the command and try again with different parameters.Clipping can also occur in other situations, for example, if you try to play or mix several loud audio tracks together, the aggregate signal strength may at times exceed the clipping limit, and the output signal will be distorted. To correct the problem, you can create a volume envelope to reduce the level in loud audio clips or reduce the track volume in the Console or Track views.
Tip - Searching Documentation
Tip: To search for a specific topic, type your search query in the Search Cakewalk.com field at the top right of this page.
When the search results appear, click which product's documentation you would like to search to filter the search results further.
Note - Using Offline Help
Note: If you prefer to always use offline Help, go to Edit > Preferences > File > Advanced in your Cakewalk software and select Always Use Offline Help.
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In order to deal with the backlog of calls Los Angeles County gets about allegations of child abuse, it has decided to pilot a new system which will allow for the reporting of some of these allegations to be online.
Online reporting is not available to everyone, and can only be used by what California calls mandated reporters. These are individuals working in professions which are required by law to report any suspicions they have about child abuse. The law places a legal responsibility on these individuals to report suspicions or allegations. It is a law we don't currently have in the UK, but it is being considered in a consultation which was launched in 2016. (We sent a tweet last night to the Department For Education to find out when the findings would be published).
The online reporting system is meant only for what the county calls 'non-emergency' child abuse, the idea being that life threatening and serious abuse can be dealt with faster as they become prioritised over less 'urgent' forms of abuse.
Here is an interesting extract from the article in The Chronicle Of Social Change:
Located south of downtown at the DCFS Emergency Response Command Post, Child Protection Hotline fielded nearly 219,000 calls of child abuse in 2016.
That's an average of one call every 2.4 minutes to the hotline, which is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The total number of child abuse reports in 2016, according to DCFS documents, represented an increase of 22 percent over 2006, when about 179,000 were placed to the hotline.
According to a DCFS report, the increased number of calls to the hotline has been caused by several factors. Media attention paid to high-profile cases of abuse and neglect have driven more reports, and DCFS now has new responsibilities to field calls for groups like older foster youth and commercially sexually exploited children (who were previously were overseen by the Probation Department).
The process for using the online reporting system involves fielding calls within a framework designed firstly to work out which cases should be investigated, through a series of ten questions.
If the case meets the criteria, it will then be investigated right away, or a social worker is dispatched to follow up with the child within five days. This latter part concerns us quite a bit. We know child abuse can escalate over night, so a five day waiting period seems incredibly reckless.
If any of the mandated reporters answer yes to any one or more of the ten questions, which include queries like, is the child's health at risk and does the alleged perpetrator have access to the child? then the report is barred from being made online and will have to be filed through the emergency hotline.
There are suggestions that the system is helping to free up the hotline and speed up responses to cases involving critical abuse.
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NextPVR uses transport stream files (.ts) for its Live TV and recordings. If more than one audio codec is selected in the Decoders Settings tab, perhaps because you have some TV channels with MPEG audio and others with AC3 audio, then ReClock will no longer function correctly. This is because it can only work with one audio decoder at a time, but NextPVR must add all the enabled decoders to the playback graph because it doesn't know in advance which ones will actually be required.
ReClockOrNot is a small plugin that works around this situation by disabling ReClock whenever a .ts file is in use, but keeping it active for all other video files.
Downloading and Installing
The latest version of the ReClockOrNot plugin is v2.12.01.04, released on January 4th, 2012.
Download: ReClockOrNot.zip (13 KB, 1074 downloads)
To install, simply extract the zip's contents into NextPVR's Data Directory.
(For NPVR 2.6, you must use ReClockOrNot-NPVR2.zip instead)
This plugin requires ReClock to be installed.
For ReClockOrNot to work correctly, you must tell ReClock to never load NextPVR automatically. To do this, ensure that your ReClock settings match those highlighted in the image below.
ReClockOrNot will work automatically for .ts files and any other video file type played by NextPVR(mkv, mp4, avi, etc). If you also wish to use ReClock for DVD playback, then you must change the audio renderer within the DVD Settings tab to "ReClock Audio Renderer".
You can also - optionally - provide two batch files in the plugin's installation directory: SetDefault.bat and SetReClock.bat. If found, they will be run whenever ReClockOrNot changes the audio renderer and can be used to make any further tweaks you might want, such as changing the settings for an audio decoder based on whether it is being used for Live TV (without ReClock) or videos (with ReClock).
This plugin is discussed here: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?50920-ReClockOrNot-Support-Thread
To remove ReClockOrNot, simply delete the ReClockOrNot directory from within /Plugins.
Source Code
The source code for the ReClockOrNot plugin is available on request by sending a PM to imilne.
Developed by imilne
2013-10-11 : v22.214.171.124
- Updated for NextPVR 3 (and .NET 4) compatibility
2012-01-04 : v2.12.01.04
- Added support for running batch files on decoder change
2011-03-26 : v2.11.03.26
- Initial public release
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05 Sep Meditation & Parenting Have a Lot in Common
I have been parenting for 15 years and meditating intently for about half of that. Without a doubt, having a regular meditation practice has made me a calmer, more consistent parent. And the challenges of parenting make me aware of how much I need meditation! Whether you have a regular meditation practice or have just heard that it is beneficial, see if you can relate to these things they have in common.
# 1 Showing up daily and being fully present are required
No one gets anywhere by meditating 'once in a while.' And can you imagine if we only made our children's lunches 'when we felt like it?' Both require a commitment to doing what we know we need to do – even when we don't feel like it. No one likes learning that meditation depends on the discipline of daily sitting to reap any deep benefits. And no one enjoys getting up again and again and again when the baby cries. Yet tremendous amounts of patience are cultivated as we do these daily practices. Through consistent, persistent, and sincere showing up, we catch glimmers of growth occurring over time. Like the tender shoot of new life that grows from a seed planted, watered and protected, one day a bud of joy blooms as we bring our full presence to each moment of parenting or meditating.
# 2 The distractions are endless
Laundry piles, missing homework, undone chores – anyone with kids knows what manner of things distract when we try to get organized. Similarly, when we try to get still, the mental monkeys, roller coasters, and demons show up in full force. The challenge and the gist of the practice of course, is to stay centered amidst all inevitable distractions. If we fluctuate with every wave of chaos that races through our minds or our kitchens, we are done for. By remaining stable regardless of external circumstances, we become an anchor for our children, one that they can rely on when life's challenges arise. By remaining focused on our breath or meditation technique amidst the swirling currents of the mind's wandering, we diminish its ability to toss us around in reactivity. In both cases, over time, we find that there is a calm center within – one that is undistractable, peaceful and always joyous.
# 3 Love and devotion are essential ingredients for success
In Yoga meditation, the practice of focusing on one thought of the Divine is a beautiful way to still the ever restless mind. Using something as simple as Light we can perceive the beauty and ever changing magnificence of God's light on this earth. But usually our focus can burn brightly for a few seconds like the last blaze of a sunset, and then it is gone, elusive as trying to capture a sun ray in our hands. But by infusing the technique of concentration (or whatever meditation technique you use) with love and devotion, we experience what the Yoga Sutras promise: "Boundless love and devotion unite us with the Divine Consciousness." (translation by Nischala Joy Devi, The Secret Power of Yoga) This distinction is much like attending to our children's basic needs while thinking of what we would 'rather' be doing versus giving them our full loving, dedicated attention. We know the difference – and they do too.
# 4 To experience anything, we must trust the process and let go of the results
Paramahansa Yogananda, master of Yoga meditation, explains that the reason people do not perceive benefit from meditation is because they give up too soon. When we throw a rock into a placid lake, ripples radiate, and it takes time for the stillness of the water to return. The ripples of our restless, egoic minds take more than minutes, hours or days to still. So when we approach stillness, having a 'goal' is just a setup for frustration. And as parents, although we might hold ideals for our children's future, we must trust their daily evolution into that which their Divine Creator has set them here to become. By releasing ourselves and our kids from the suffering born of attachment to specific outcomes, we create a life through which trust and enjoyment can flow.
# 5 Both parenting and mediation lead us to greater awareness
It is okay that the brilliant sunset doesn't last. And it is okay that our child doesn't make straight A's or the Little League team. What matters is that we show up with our full presence, attention, love, devotion, trust and enthusiasm to tomorrow's sunset, tomorrow's game, and tomorrow's meditation. We embrace each moment and see the blessing it holds. And day by day, year by year, we begin to remember ourselves as part of the universal oneness. When our awareness expands in this way, both meditation and parenting become pursuits of pure joy.
Conscious Moms.org—Posted by Jennie Lee in Articles, Health & Wellness,Meditations, Yoga


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Tickets Now On Sale At The Office And Online
3pm Kick Off
Saturday 21st February 2015 Tranmere Rovers V Shrewsbury Town
Saturday 21st February 2015 Tranmere Rovers V Shrewsbury Town
Tickets for Shrewsbury Town's trip to Prenton Park on are now available to purchase from the Ticket Office or online.
Just over 1300 tickets have been allocated for the fixture and the prices are as follows:
Adults £15
Senior 65+ £9
Young Person 17-22 £9
U12 £5 Must be accompanied
U7 £4 Must be accompanied
Tranmere Rovers have a new offer available to families. The 'Affordable Live Football Offer' consists of one Adult and two U17s for £20. This offer is only available to the first 100 families and will not be available to purchase on the day.
Ambulant disabled supporters will pay £6 with a free carer if required, whilst wheelchair disabled supporters will need to contact Tranmere Rovers direct on 0871 221 2001.
If tickets remain they will be available on the day however only adults and U17s can pay cash on the turnstiles, other ages will need to purchase a ticket which can involve lengthy queues.
Those purchasing a Young Person category ticket will need to produce ID on the day and any supporter who can not produce ID with their date of birth on, they will be required to upgrade their ticket to a full adult.
Car parking is available at a cost of £5 and it is on a first come first serve basis, this includes disabled bays. The surrounding area is residential permit holders only and parking here will more than likely result in a parking fine.
Tickets will remain on sale until Friday 19th February, 4pm. Tickets can be purchased from the Ticket Office at the Greenhous Meadow, over the phone on 01743 273943 or online by clicking HERE.


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I have often received frequent sarcastic comments from friends and colleagues, asking me
"why are you carrying that yellow handbag around?"
This in fact, not a hand bag but my trusty home visit bag, which I carry with me every time I leave the office, be it for home visit, case discussion, linking clients to resources etc. The fact that the bag is neon yellow is so that it is easily noticeable, hence I won't accidentally misplace it at someone's house or even under the block, where prying eyes may peer at confidential information. And I happen to like the colour yellow..
What's in the bag you say? Well, here are some standard items which I feel are must haves for a day out in the field.


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Letter: Don't seek federal ban on abortions
I disagree with President Donald Trump's proposal of a federal ban on abortions after 20 weeks.
While speaking to pro-life demonstrators at a right to life rally on Jan. 21 he said he would like to propose a federal ban on abortions after 20 weeks.
I sincerely believe that Roe v. Wade is the law of the land and will be the law of the land for many years to come. I do not feel that abortions should be banned after 20 weeks or after 24 weeks. All women who want to have an abortion should be allowed to have one.
Legal abortions are the safest method to terminate a pregnancy. I also feel that the government should stop trying to find ways to impede women from having abortions and they should also stop trying to find ways to violate a woman's privacy when she has an abortion.
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Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 4 Alderman Tony Lafuente, and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) invite all Continue reading Marshall Street Playground Community Meeting – community note
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GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer
GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS THURSDAY, July 17, the 198th day of 2014 with 167 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:21 and sunset is @ 8:19. The moon is waning. The morning stars are stars are Mercury, Neptune, Uranus & Venus. The evening stars are Jupiter, Mars & Saturn.
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Somerville Lions Club Used Unwanted Eyeglass Drive
The Somerville Lions Club is accepting your generous donations of used unwanted eyeglasses. Eyeglass can be dropped off at The Somerville News Weekly office located at 161 Linwood Street in Somerville that's located in the Pat's Auto Body Building. Hours: Mon-Fri from 8am-3pm or you can mail them to Somerville Lions Club, PO Box 117, Somerville MA 02143 or for more info call Somerville Lions Club President Billy Tauro at:(617)293-2016
Join The Somerville Lions Club
Please come join us as we cruise through communities to make a difference! We are on a mission and our goals are Eye research, finding a cure to Blindness, Diabetes and educate people to prevent overdose addiction!
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Titus's New Wardrobe
Finally, Titus's new wardrobe is ready with the finishing touch. He was so happy and excited. We managed to stick the design up yesterday and he was all ready to help out. So I gave him the sheeps sticker so he can start sticking on it and let his creativity runs. Or I should mean let the sheeps fly… :p
As for me, I am happy with the final results and it is good for now till he outgrows it again… 🙂
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WordPress database tables contain all the sensitive information including user data. Therefore it's better rename default MySQL database table prefix. Because everyone knows the default name. Therefore hackers can easily run SQL injections. In order to increase the security of your site, it's highly recommended to apply a custom name. If you followed the manual WordPress installation method, most of the time (if you have not changed) your database tables uses default wp_ prefix. It's a one of the security vulnerabilities in this system. However if you followed the automated method, it allows user to customize the installation. That's why I personally like the automate WordPress installation method.
There are several methods to change the WordPress database table prefix. They are PHPMyAdmin or WP plugin. In this tutorial I'm going to use Change DB Prefix free plugin. Because it's easier and no need to follow long steps. However if you have a huge database this tutorial not recommended to you. Unlike some of the table prefix changing plugin, this one allows the user to apply a custom text. Therefore you can create your own unique prefix. Make sure to use an unguessable text with two underscore. Before follow this tutorial it's highly recommend to backup the database. Unlike the PHPMyAdmin based method user don't need to change the wp-config and it's not necessary to change each and every table prefix one by one manually.
How to rename WordPress table prefix manually.
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to "Plugins>Add New".
- Then type Change DB Prefix and click on "Search Plugins" or download the plugin using following link.
- Click on the "install" button or upload the plugin zip file via cPanel or FTP client to wp-content/plugin folder and extract.
- Then activate the plugin though the dashboard.
- Next go to "Settings>Change DB Prefix".
- It will automatically detect the existing database prefix.
- Under the "New Prefix", type the new unique WordPress MySQL database table prefix.
- To apply the changes click on "Save".
- Within few seconds your page will be refreshed and completed the database table prefix rename.
- Login to the cPanel PHPMySQL Admin and verify all the table prefix have been renamed.
Once you have renamed the table using the above steps, it's very unlike to receive errors. However if you if you received any error make sure that "wp-config" file contain "$table_prefix" section updated to the newest table prefix. Apart from that if there's any table prefix not changed correct them using PHPMyAdmin by using the following command line (make sure that you have replace new and old with your own prefix).
RENAME table `old_commentmeta` TO `new_commentmeta`;
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|Eva arrives to see Jordi on tonight's episode of Red Band Society.
In the episode, titled "Liar, Liar Pants on Fire," someone from Jordi's past shows up out of the blue and sends the hospital into chaos, while Dr. McAndrews unknowingly betrays a patient. Kara continues to test Nurse Jackson.
Watch a sneak peek video below:
Red Band Society stars Octavia Spencer as Nurse Jackson, Griffin Gluck as Charlie, Zoe Levin as Kara, Dave Annable as Dr. McAndrew, Rebecca Rittenhouse as Nurse Dobler, Charlie Rowe as Leo, Brian Bradley as Dash, Ciara Bravo as Emma and Nolan Sotillo as Jordi.
"Liar, Liar Pants on Fire" guest stars include Wilson Cruz as Kenji Gomez-Rejon, Catalina Sandino Moreno as Eva, Edgar Arreola as a faith healer, Christian James as Brady, and Nicolas Bechtel as Young Jordi; Paisley Dickey as Simmi and Jaret Sears as Carl.


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Ways to Locate the Best Fat Burner Pills Sold Anywhere
February 9, 2017 by admin
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Ways to Locate the Best Fat Burner Pills Sold Anywhere
Article by Winfred Sheppard
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A scheme that allegedly involved a private investigator in Louisiana bribing prosecutors in exchange for more favorable plea deals in drunk-driving cases could throw a wrench into hundreds of DWI cases.
Lafayette Parish District Attorney Michael Harson insists all of the plea deals are valid, according to this article from a Baton Rouge newspaper. Even if bribes led up to the deals, the defendants knowingly waived their right to an attorney, he said.
Three former employees of the district attorney's office have pleaded guilty in the case, the newspaper reported.
But defense attorney Barry Sallinger isn't buying it. He has filed a lawsuit on behalf of one man whose case was involved in the alleged scheme, with the goal of getting the plea deal thrown out. Sallinger said the 24-year-old had no idea the $5,000 he paid private investigator Robert Williamson would be used as a bribe. Instead, he thought the money was a legitimate legal fee, Sallinger said.
Why would defendants who supposedly got a sweet deal now want it thrown out? At least five of them have been subsequently arrested for driving while intoxicated. Because of their earlier pleas, they face more severe penalties for the second offense.
Sallinger's argument is that the pleas which occurred in response to bribes were not valid because the defendants were effectively denied the right to an attorney and were instead represented by Williamson, the private investigator. An attorney could have looked at those earlier cases and perhaps challenged them, he said.
If the lawsuit is successful, Sallinger said that could pave the way for legal challenges to all of the plea deals Williamson was allegedly involved in. Federal prosecutors handling the case against Williamson have not specified the number of DWI pleas they think Williamson assisted with. But court documents filed in the case against Williamson allege the scheme ran from 2008 to 2012.
Williamson allegedly paid members of the district attorney's office more than $70,000 as part of the scheme and also gave them gifts, such as a New Orleans Saints hat. In exchange, Williamson's clients allegedly got plea deals that allowed for quicker resolution of their cases and immediately reinstated their driving privileges.
This is truly a strange situation, and the facts aren't entirely clear. For instance, were the defendants represented by the investigator or an actual lawyer. And if the investigator represented them, did he falsely hold himself as a lawyer? You also wonder how strong the cases were - if you're falling down drunk and your case gets dismissed you might wonder how that happened. If they did know a bribe was involved, I don't see how they can come back and challenge the cases.
Just goes to show that sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.


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I make no assertions about anything to anyone as far as my own faith or (lack of) religion with these posts. I simply dedicate my involvement with this Virgin Business to my Loving Mother, Carmelina Rosa Caruso Spado. Just to be talking about the Blessed Virgin Mary would make her proud of me.
|Beautifully woven wool on wool. Our Lady of Perpetual Help
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|This sign posted information about the exhibit
|This colcha measures approximately 16" X 22"
In the days to come, there will be more artwork of Our lady. I won't be able to do one every day as I will be on the road and traveling to Washington DC, and be gone about a week starting tomorrow. I'll resume my postings of Our Lady and tend to this Virgin Business upon my return.
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If you happen to hang out with me online, you may know that there are certain things for which I am a complete homeschool evangelist. Products that I think everyone should try and love. Of course, no resource is right for everyone and so on and so forth. And there are many things that we use that I find very helpful and solid. But here are the things that I just love, the things I like to gush over.
The Boston Children's Museum Activity Books
I know I sound hyperbolic, but I firmly believe that these are the best science activity books for children ever written. They focus mostly on physics and are good for upper elementary and middle school. Where many science experiment books lay out a proscribed set of steps and a predicted outcome, these books show you how to build equipment to let you actually play with concepts and test out and explore the science on your own. We dabbled with them back in first grade, doing a few activities out of several of them. Part of me can't wait for fifth grade when we get back to physics so we can use them again.
Brave Writer
Yes, you all know, I'm a Brave Writer devotee. When I first heard Julie Bogart speak, it was like a revelation. She reminded me of all the things I had learned about teaching writing when I was a school teacher, but she had somehow made it add up with the things I was learning about teaching younger children, particularly about the value of copywork and other old-fashioned writing teaching methods. To me, Brave Writer is the most positive and flexible approach to writing I've seen.
Tin Man Press
These workbooks are so much fun and so whimsical that I fell in love with them the moment I saw them. They do for logic and writing what the Anti-Coloring Book series does for coloring books. They're like anti-worksheets. We're especially big fans of Wakeruppers, but I have a few things from them and look forward to getting more. Nothing I've gotten has been a dud.
Miquon Math
We started slow with Miquon, just trying out some of the Orange Book, but not really finding it fit us. However, when Mushroom became math anxious at the end of first grade, we had to throw out all the math curriculum we had been using. Eventually, we went back to Miquon, finishing the Red Book, then the Blue, Green, and Yellow volumes as well. I learned to really use the Annotations and to refer to Rosie's videos at Education Unboxed when I needed some inspiration. To me, Miquon is the most flexible, in depth, deep thinking math program there is out there. I thoroughly love it. I have delayed us finishing Purple by bringing it down to just a very little bit every day, but it will be at an end before the school year is through. If only there was a Miquon Mauve and a Miquon Black and a Miquon Navy!
Those are my homeschool obsessions. What are yours?


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A Legacy Luxury Florist
In 1919, Gordon Boswell opened his namesake shop, which would, over the course of a century, become a Fort Worth institution. Mr. Boswell's house was situated in the city's hospital district, with the shop just next door, where it remains today. Boswell's location allowed him to serve a community that was experiencing some of the most meaningful and transformative events of their lives, helping them commemorate those moments through flowers.
Boswell's son-in-law, Felix Ankele, eventually took over the business, propelling it into its glory days. His efforts wouldn't be the last. Ankele's four daughters all worked at Gordon Boswell at one time or another too, marking the third generation of Boswells to contribute to the operation's success. Daughter Martha Dean White ran the company from 2003-2010, with youngest daughter Nancy taking over in 2010.
We're now set to celebrate our 100th year of serving the Fort Worth community, and we couldn't be prouder. Our personal centennial has been earned over decades of providing our neighbors with singular floral designs made up of the highest-quality flowers. We're the premium luxury florist you've turned to for decades, and we plan to stay that way.


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A reprint from 2007 but as true today as it ever was.
As U.S. troops return to Iraq, more private contractors follow
By Warren Strobel and Phil Stewart, Reuters
WASHINGTON Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:17am EST
The U.S. government is preparing to boost the number of private contractors in Iraq as part of President Barack Obama's growing effort to beat back Islamic State militants threatening the Baghdad government, a senior U.S. official said.
How many contractors will deploy to Iraq – beyond the roughly 1,800 now working there for the U.S. State Department – will depend in part, the official said, on how widely dispersed U.S. troops advising Iraqi security forces are, and how far they are from U.S. diplomatic facilities.
The presence of contractors in Iraq, particularly private security firms, has been controversial since a series of violent incidents during the U.S. occupation, culminating in the September 2007 killing of 14 unarmed Iraqis by guards from Blackwater security firm.
Three former guards were convicted in October of voluntary manslaughter charges and a fourth of murder in the case, which prompted reforms in U.S. government oversight of contractors.
The number of Pentagon contractors, which in late 2008 reached over 163,000 – rivaling the number of U.S. troops on the ground at the time – has fallen sharply with reduced U.S. military presence.
In late 2013, the Pentagon still had 6,000 contractors in Iraq, mostly supporting U.S. weapon sales to the Baghdad government, Wright said.
But there are signs that trend will be reversed. The Pentagon in August issued a public notice that it was seeking help from private firms to advise Iraq's Ministry of Defense and its Counter Terrorism Service.
From Wikipedia's entry on the American Revolutionary War
Early in 1775, the British Army consisted of about 36,000 men worldwide… Additionally, over the course of the war the British hired about 30,000 soldiers from German princes, these soldiers were called "Hessians" because many of them came from Hesse-Kassel. The troops were mercenaries in the sense of professionals who were hired out by their prince. Germans made up about one-third of the British troop strength in North America.
On December 26th 1776 after being chased by the British army under Lords Howe and Cornwallis augmented by these "Hessians" led by Wilhelm von Knyphausen from Brooklyn Heights to the other side of the Delaware the fate of the Continental Army and thus the United States looked bleak. The Continental Congress abandoned Philidephia, fleeing to Baltimore. It was at this time Thomas Paine was inspired to write The Crisis.
The story of Washington's re-crossing of the Delaware to successfully attack the "Hessian" garrison at Trenton is taught to every school child.
On March 31, 2004 Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah ambushed a convoy containing four American private military contractors from Blackwater USA.
The four armed contractors, Scott Helvenston, Jerko Zovko, Wesley Batalona and Michael Teague, were dragged from their cars, beaten, and set ablaze. Their burned corpses were then dragged through the streets before being hung over a bridge crossing the Euphrates.
Of this incident the next day prominent blogger Markos Moulitsas notoriously said-
Every death should be on the front page (2.70 / 40)
Let the people see what war is like. This isn't an Xbox game. There are real repercussions to Bush's folly.
That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them.
(From Corpses on the Cover by gregonthe28th. This link directly to the comment doesn't work for some reason.)
Now I think that this is a reasonable sentiment that any patriotic American with a knowledge of history might share.
Why bring up this old news again, two days from the 231st anniversary of the Battle of Trenton?
Warnings Unheeded On Guards In Iraq
Despite Shootings, Security Companies Expanded Presence
By Steve Fainaru, Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, December 24, 2007; A01
The U.S. government disregarded numerous warnings over the past two years about the risks of using Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms in Iraq, expanding their presence even after a series of shooting incidents showed that the firms were operating with little regulation or oversight, according to government officials, private security firms and documents.
Last year, the Pentagon estimated that 20,000 hired guns worked in Iraq; the Government Accountability Office estimated 48,000.
The Defense Department has paid $2.7 billion for private security since 2003, according to USA Spending, a government-funded project that tracks contracting expenditures; the military said it currently employs 17 companies in Iraq under contracts worth $689.7 million. The State Department has paid $2.4 billion for private security in Iraq — including $1 billion to Blackwater — since 2003, USA Spending figures show.
The State Department's reliance on Blackwater expanded dramatically in 2006, when together with the U.S. firms DynCorp and Triple Canopy it won a new, multiyear contract worth $3.6 billion. Blackwater's share was $1.2 billion, up from $488 million, and the company more than doubled its staff, from 482 to 1,082. From January 2006 to April 2007, the State Department paid Blackwater at least $601 million in 38 transactions, according to government data.
The company developed a reputation for aggressive street tactics. Even inside the fortified Green Zone, Blackwater guards were known for running vehicles off the road and pointing their weapons at bystanders, according to several security company representatives and U.S. officials.
Based on insurance claims there are only 25 confirmed deaths of Blackwater employees in Iraq, including the four killed in Fallujah. You might care to contrast that with the 17 Iraqis killed on September 16th alone. Then there are the 3 Kurdish civilians in Kirkuk on February 7th of 2006. And the three employees of the state-run media company and the driver for the Interior Ministry.
And then exactly one year ago today, on Christmas Eve 2006, a Blackwater mercenary killed the body guard of Iraqi Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi while drunk at a Christmas party (the mercenary, not the guard or Vice President Abdul-Mahdi who were both presumably observant Muslims and no more likely to drink alcohol than Mitt Romney to drink tea).
Sort of makes all those embarrassing passes you made at co-workers and the butt Xeroxes at the office party seem kind of trivial, now doesn't it?
So that makes it even at 25 apiece except I've hardly begun to catalog the number of Iraqis killed by trigger happy Blackwater mercenaries.
They say irony is dead and I (and Santayana) say that the problem with history is that people who don't learn from it are doomed to repeat it.


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Vacation Village; LA trio designs resort, residential plan in Dominican Republic
One of the most visited islands in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic, was home base for a select group of students from Texas Tech's Department of Landscape Architecture this year. The three weren't there for the sun and sand; they were there to work up a master design plan for a Boca De Yuma private developer called the 'Yuma Bay Vacation Village.'
The capstone project covered a 250-acre site and focused on developing a resort, residential plan, said John Billing, associate professor with Tech's Department of Landscape Architecture. "This final project was created for Landscape Architecture 4507, which is a senior design studio. It allowed them to take their knowledge and skills, and combine them into a project of their interest," he said.
Surrounded by beautiful beaches, Boca de Yuma is a village in the province of La Altagracia in the Dominican Republic. Situated west of the mouth of the Rio Yuma River near the Caribbean Sea, it has a population of about 2,400 people.
Jenna Loa, Ruben Abbud and Katelyn Grass, all recent graduates of the Tech department, created the master plan, which included everything from a casino to an apartment complex and recreation activities. Billing said there are primarily five major steps in creating a master design project.
The plan began with a week-long trip to the Dominican Republic that allowed the students to conduct a site inventory, Billing said. An analysis was taken of site elements such as soil content, slope, typography and other existing characteristics. Students then conduct a content analysis of other case studies relative to their plan.
After the preliminary plan circulates to faculty within the department and the students receive feedback, the final master plan is constructed and displayed in a formal presentation. Billing said this type of project gives students international perspective into a different environment and culture. Not to mention a project of this caliber would be a beneficial addition to a student's portfolio.
Separately, Billing said that other landscape architecture projects that have been completed in the department include a water conservation plan for the Colorado River Authority, an ecotourism project in Yucatan, Mexico, and a number of projects in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Meanwhile back in the Dominican Republic, there's a discussion underway with Boca De Yuma officials about the possibility of creating a senior design studio plan involving creation of a visitor's center in a national park within the community.
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CONTACT: John Billing, associate professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Texas Tech University at 806-742-2011 or email@example.com


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My friend Temple recently purchased this black velvet dress from my shop, and this song-poem accompanied her order (sung to the tune of "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Gurfunkel):
hello darkness my old friend, i've come to shop for you again...with a velvet softly feeling and a dress that is a-peeling.... and the orange garments, that i did not pick over you, they sing boohoo, and you'll live in my closet! with garments deathrock in the back, they hang silent on the rack. i love them with their goth mystery from a time from my own history when a club was the only life i knew, and i was blue- but we can visit then, now, because of you.
(Temple, you are a poet, hope you know it!)
I'd like to do a little visual accompaniment to the goth riff here, with some of my favorite "dark" photos that I have found lately:
Fern Andra
Serge Lutens, Despointes (Unknown Lady in a Hat), 1972.
Theda Bara, actress, considered by some to be the prototype of the "goth" look
Alexander McQueen
Sarah Moon
...and of course we need some music. First, that Simon and Gurfunkel tune:
...and this fabulous PJ Harvey song, "Dear Darkness", from her very gothic album White Chalk (remember, sometimes all white can be as goth as all black!):
Oh my goth.


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Grenson's Archive Collection commemorates 150 years of English shoemaking expertise
The collection recalls decades of timeless footwear.
Amongst the best of the best in English shoemaking is Grenson, the English company has been manufacturing some of the finest footwear for over 150 years and for 2017 they're celebrating some of their favorite archival styles. The eight styles chosen span Grenson's work in the 20th century and are a perfect testament to the brand's affinity for timeless design and craftsmanship. Though the aesthetics and details remain the same, Grenson has developed a new last for each shoe and of course, each are made in England in their Northhampton factory.


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To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the longest-running science-fiction show in the world, I'll be taking weekly looks at some of my own personal favourite stories and arcs, from the old and new series, with a view to encapsulating the sublime, the clever and the fiendishly odd of the BBC's Doctor Who.
The Awakening originally aired in 1984.
The Awakening was the third and final of Peter Davison's smaller two-part adventures, taken once in each of his three seasons in the title role. Much like Black Orchid and The King's Demons, it feels like a light and refreshing breather, especially in a final season that was becoming gradually darker and more somber. While Black Orchid allowed the cast and crew to take a somewhat relaxing break before the tragedy of Earthshock, The Awakening feels conspicuously grimmer, but still seems a relatively casual affair when measured against the stories that were to follow.
In fairness to this two-parter, it does boast a rather nifty concept, with the idea of "a confusion in time" somehow linking seventeenth century England with 1984. Confining the action to two half-hour episodes concedes that there's not really too much that can be done with the premise, but it's an endearing sort of modesty. We've seen much slighter premises expanded to fill four-part episodes, so it's nice to see a story that is just the right length for its material.
The King's Demons revealed that we can forgive even a fairly flawed and banal little adventure if it's told with brevity. I'd argue that one of the reasons Jon Pertwee is so underrated is because even a good story suffers if it runs to six episodes. You need something really fascinating to justify that, and it's not easy to come by (that said, there are any number of well-paced Doctor Who episodes running to and beyond six episodes). Still, I think The Awakening has a far more interesting central premise than either The King's Demons or Black Orchid, even if the latter perhaps benefits more from the BBC's stylish period design.
That said, The Awakening looks good. Even today, the location footage looks pretty nice. It's very clearly footage from the BBC in the eighties, but it's about as good as one could expect footage from that era to look. Apparently the serial was shot across three different villages, and they all look absolutely sublime – to say nothing of the rather wonderful visual thrill of seeing troops on horseback marching through a quaint little village with its telephone polls and red phone booths. Much like the length of the story, the production seems relatively restrained – and I'd argue it's the better for it. The show struggled to create convincing and emersive alien worlds on a shoestring budget, but the crew really got a chance to shine when they were allowed to work with more common surroundings.
With that in mind, I should concede that I adore the Malus. I'm a sucker for that type of old-school animatronic pratical special effect. Yes, the monster looks like something from a theme park, but there's something impressive about the creature sticking its head through that church wall (or even scampering inside the TARDIS). I like the concept of the creature, and I think that the serial is wise not to have it communicate directly with the cast. I know that actors like Graham Woolf can give these cosmic horrors a wonderful depth, but there's something absolutely fascinating about a foe that doesn't even have the concept of verbal communication. It just seems so much more horrifying, as if it operates on an entirely different plain of existence. The Malus doesn't make threats or demands – it causes murder and anger and hatred.
"living history" "a confusion in time" "just twentieth century troopers playing a particularly nasty game."
"How else could you visit your grandfather?"
"there will be no visitors to the village. it's been isolated from the outside world."
fun. guards on horseback and a quaint red telephone booth and phone lines
davison seems to be in the perfect story. "given the energy, it would not only destroy him, but everything else. cheer up."
even then, it ends in a decapitation, the threat of burning tegan alive and with green slime oozing from teh creature's mouth.
mallus "but that's a representation of the devil!"
poltergeist (which is actually suggested) – wind "more psychic disturbance"
"do you know anything about psychic energy?" "you know I don't."
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I've been thinking about this for some time.
It is time to say goodbye here, to stop blogging.
The reason is that I simply have nothing to say.
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that I have been struggling.
I'm not the same person I was when I began this blog a year and a half ago.
Much has happened, and much has been lost.
I feel as if I am in a bit of a state of stun.
You know how you feel, or would feel, after a hard slap across your cheek? That immediate stun, a moment of incalculable numbness and silence, before you awake and feel and react?
My whole life is in that state right now.
It looks as if my daughter will never be home here with us again. She is too disturbed, and we are simply not enough for her. She will go on to live with a family more suitable to her needs.
It looks as if most of my family cannot comprehend this reality and quiet blame and mistrust has chilled into stone-cold silence.
And I don't know how I'll ever get over this.
I thank God Almighty for my son and for my husband. For despite all my grief and all my loss, I am still a rich woman.
But I simply have nothing to say here.
I have tried to stumble along, trying to find my voice again, my humor, my style. It is not there.
I can't find anything to say that I think anyone else will care about or that will be worth your time or my time.
Everything seems trite. The truth is, I have only deeply personal things on my mind and in my heart right now.
And the deeper things are stuck in a stunned pause.
So I will have to say goodbye here.
And thank you all -- every one of you -- who ever saw my name and felt persuaded to see what I had to say that day. You have done me a kindness that I cherish beyond words.
I will still be around to read your blogs here and there. While I seem to have nothing worthwhile to say, you all certainly do, and I look forward to stopping by to say hello from time to time, checking in on each of you. I would miss you terribly if I didn't.
I think I will leave this blog here and maybe some day I will be this person again. I can't bear to just delete it.
So thank you once again for coming by. It has meant more than I could ever, ever express.
I wish you each peace, joy, and love . . . the greatest of these is love.
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Yep, These 6 Shoe Brands Will Be Everywhere Next Month
When it comes to the fall shoe brands that will be huge this year, I have some predictions to make. It's my job to study all of the cool brands emerging on the fashion scene, and for the season ahead, there are plenty of shoe labels that are about to have an even bigger cult following. If you're interested in adding these to your closet while they're still in stock, I'm highlighting which brands will be most in-demand among the fashion set.
The styles range across the board from the brand designing a take on the square-toe heel that is already everywhere on Instagram to the boots fashion insiders will be wearing to the party shoes dripping in crystals or finished with fuchsia satin. The one thing they have in common? They will be worn by the best-dressed insiders on the street style scene and are destined to land on the sellout list. Go on to see why these six brands made the cut and shop our edit.
Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta really is the It brand of 2019, and its shoes will only grow more cult-worthy as the year continues. The square-toe silhouette (like this stunning quilted mule) put its shoes on the map, but we expect to see just as much love for the kitten heel pumps in the coming months.
Wandler's square-toe pumps have already gone viral this summer, but we only expect the shoes to become more in-demand as we move into fall with the cool take on next season's biggest trend. The brand's two-tone square-toe boots will likely emerge as the next It shoe from the brand as we move into fall.
Manu Atelier
Manu Atelier not only designed a cool strappy sandal to wear now but also a polished boot to add to your wardrobe in the next few months as the temperature dips. With an architectural heel and sleek silhouette, its duck boots are a must-buy.
Season after season, Giorgia Tordini and Gilda Ambrosio's shoes for Attico prove to be everywhere on the street style scene. With bold colors and strappy designs, we expect to see their new collection on the most stylish women in fashion.
Paris Texas
While we've already seen Paris Texas become an It-girl staple, its cool designs are perfectly on-trend for the knee-high boots that we'll see more of this fall. You can't go wrong with a classic shade like luggage brown, but you can also try one of the bolder colors like emerald green or purple.
Who doesn't love a party heel? If you want to find the coolest possible version, look no further than the crystal-adorned heels from Area.
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Bioimpedance spectroscopy: A technique to monitor interventions for swelling in minor burns
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The control of edema in burn injured patients is a priority as it can impede the wound healing process. Bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) has been identified as a method of swelling assessment that has merit after burns. The aim of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of BIS in the measurement of localised burn wound edema across (1) different dressing conditions (no dressing, non silver and silver dressings) and (2) three electrode positions. BIS resistance (R) was hypothesised to be inversely proportional to fluid (edema) volume. BIS was collected in triplicate for all conditions of interest. BIS repeated measures demonstrated excellent concordance for all BIS resistance variables (R0, Ri, Rinf) (intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.999–1.00, 95% confidence intervals 0.999–1.00) without a systematic difference. Multilevel mixed effects linear regression analysis examined the effect of electrode position and dressing condition on BIS resistance variables. R0, Ri and Rinf significantly increased with decreasing localised limb segment volume (p ≤ 0.01). Resistance was significantly (1) reduced when a silver dressing was in situ (p < 0.01) and (2) increased when a non-silver dressing was insitu (p < 0.01). There was a significant interaction between each dressing condition and localised limb segment volume (p < 0.01). An algorithm was developed to adjust resistance values when a silver dressing is in use. BIS may be used clinically to monitor localised changes in burn wound edema.
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The newly-sworn-in California Governor, Gavin Newsom, brings the hope of new energy and ideas for the office and some trepidation that he will fall into the same rut that other politicians do. I asked three young people in Sacramento for their thoughts on the new administration.
Julia Sidley,16, Sacramento.
"I have high hopes for Gavin Newsom's poverty plan, his first budget plan allocated millions to early ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and these screenings would be used to take trauma into account so they would not fall into poverty. Newsom also has big plans to reform California's drug policies, and has harshly criticized the criminal justice system, soaring drug arrests and how people are being views as numbers once they are in the prison system. My ideal vision for the Newsom's governorship is his focus on young people in education, the justice system and his healthcare plan which entails expanding the age for which a child can stay on their parents medical coverage from 19-26 years. This would help the expansion for healthcare of undocumented folks in California. Newsom recognizes the healthcare expansions as the morally just thing to do, and hopes to move California towards a universal healthcare system. "
Eli Meza, 17 Sacramento
"I do have high hopes for his governorship, specifically for a few things, like how he plans to fix housing in California. He says he wants to build 3.5 million new housing units by 2025, and he feels as if he can reach that goal, while others feel that he can't. The fact he has a plan is exciting to me, as well as Assemblyman David Chiu. So, that is something I do look forward to, seeing him keep his promise. Not only do I want to see him meet these goals on housing, but I also want him to accomplish what many of Californian's find to be pressing issues, such as affordability in general, teacher wages and rights for LGBTQIA+ identifying youth and students. To quote a recent tweet from Gavin Newsom's Twitter account:
'Outrageous. Trans-Americans who have put their lives on the line to defend our country will be restricted from military service by this administration. There is no basis for this other than ignorance and cruelty.'
This is one of our most pressing issues as Californians and as Americans. Not only am I excited for him to keep his promises, but I fully expect him to and will not allow anything but. Especially as a queer, person of color, I need this white man to do what he claims he will do. Gavin Newsom, I expect the best you can do."
Arabesque Lynaolu, 18, Sacramento
"The main thing I want Governor Newsom to tackle is what he said in one of his speeches; I want to see him end private prison systems like he has said he will. With that, I want to see him end cash bail in the state because its discriminatory against poor and minority communities. I would also like to see him achieve his goal to have 3.5 million new housing units in 6 years built. Finally, I want to see how he deals with the L.A. school strike, since it's been affecting thousands of students in that area. I really like what Gavin Newsom's been saying and doing, but as a poor kid of color from Del Paso Heights, I'm still really on edge because at the end of the day, he is a white man with power, and we've all seen what white men with power have done when they abuse it."
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Mark D. Kleehammer is vice president of regulatory and public affairs for Entergy Louisiana, LLC. He leads the regulatory and public affairs organizations for Louisiana and oversees the company's resource planning activities.
Prior to assuming that role, Kleehammer served as vice president of Entergy's business development services, where he was responsible for helping bring new businesses, including industrial facilities, to Entergy's Utility service territory.
In addition, he has served as vice president of Entergy's gas distribution business, where he helped ensure safe, reliable, and affordable gas service to customers in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. He also previously served as vice president of regulatory affairs for Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana.
Kleehammer began his career with Entergy in 1998 in the finance organization where he worked in both the risk management and utiltity finance groups developing forecasts and business plans for the utility operating companies. He then served as manager of transition management focusing on energy market restructuring and manager of regulatory strategy for the corporation before joining the Louisiana regulatory affairs group.
Prior to joining Entergy, Kleehammer worked for two years at the Chicago Board of Trade and two years in New York as a commodities trader.
Kleehammer holds JD and MBA degrees from Tulane University and a BA in economics and management from DePauw University. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
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An element of a creative entrepreneur's marketing plan usually involves circulating content on popular social media platforms. But did you know sharing your creations on a public forum like Facebook or Instagram before securing intellectual property (IP) protection may void your chances of obtaining IP rights? This leaves you at risk to copycats and competitors.
As you draw up your business and IP strategy, consider the type of IP protection you need:
Registered design rights
Design rights allow you to legally enforce ownership of your creation. This is necessary if you want to commercially manufacture and market your design within Australia and overseas. Note that in order for your application to be successful, your design needs to be both new and distinctive. Communicating or publishing details about your design in the public domain before completing your application can compromise the success of registering and certifying your design.
Say you're a fashion designer and you've created a garment with a pattern design that is the first of its kind. To promote your creation you may want to share it on Instagram. However if you upload an image of your garment before you submit your application, you will have disclosed your design and therefore it will no longer be considered new during the design examination process.
Trade marks
Trade marks are different to design rights in that if you've already started trading with your brand or logo you can still submit your trade mark application. However, in Australia, trade mark applications are examined according to the similarities between its text and/or image(s) compared to what is already in circulation. If another business is already trading with your desired trade mark, then our trade mark examiners will take this into consideration and it may impact whether your trade mark is granted or not. We suggest you seek trade mark protection before publicising your brand online.
Another consideration for brands on social media is the use of hashtags which have become a recognised symbol on social media platforms and therefore have a meaning to the general public. In most cases, the hashtag is simply a social media tool and it's what follows the # symbol that would set your business apart as a potentially registrable brand.
As a rule of thumb, if you're interested in obtaining patent protection for your invention you should not share any details of it with anyone until you've filed your patent application. If you share your invention on social media before filing, you will have made it publicly available information and therefore it will no longer be considered 'new'. Bear in mind that an invention must fulfil three requirements in order to be granted patent protection: it must be new, be able to be made or used in an industry and involve either an inventive step (standard patent) or innovative step (innovation patent).
Imagine you're a product designer and you've invented a chair that has new functionalities. You might take a short video on your phone to document how it works. If you then upload the video to YouTube before completing your application, this would negatively impact its outcome as it would be considered prior art. You should consider whether this early promotion would attract copycats and competitors.
Creative works are covered by copyright automatically and, in Australia, in most cases this protection lasts for 70 years after the death of the creator. The categories of protected material include textual material, computer programs, compilations, artistic works, dramatic works, musical works, cinematograph films, sound recordings, broadcasts and published editions. Please see the Copyright Council of Australia for more information.
In order to engage with social media platforms such as Facebook, the user may have to agree to let the platform own the copyright to all content created by the user. Make sure to be aware of the terms and conditions when you sign up.
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We are in a position of financial and social power, and we could be agents of change in our society. Without pretension, I believe we could be a nice little gardener who takes care of the garden, and hopefully our neighbor will do the same. Then, maybe we'll achieve a better world.
– Guy Laliberte


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"I love a good funeral."
I have overheard this comment twice recently, and I was inclined to agree. There have been four good funerals this month in our small community. Beautiful music. Tender eulogies. Abundant thanksgiving to God for those long and loving lives. Yes, I would say those were good funerals.
But, of course, that's not always the case.
Last winter in Ireland I stood on the cold sidewalk with long lines of townspeople on both sides of Main Street in Ballygar, in sorrowful respect as two black hearses inched their way to the cathedral. A car accident ended the lives of a mother and her young son. That was definitely not a good funeral.
One night in Ethiopia the sound of loud wailing at the mission clinic woke me and I walked half a kilometer to see what happened. A woman had come to deliver a baby, but something went terribly wrong; both she and the baby died. Her shocked family members were writhing and pacing, moaning and sobbing, shawls thrown over their faces. Those wails of anger and grief-pain are recorded in my memory. I'm pretty sure there was nothing good about their funeral.
Years ago in Bolivia I drove our truck as a hearse. Jake was out of the country when our dear friends' little son died, so there I was, driving the weeping mother and father in the backseat cradling a small white box on their laps . . . slowly, slowly, slowly . . . winding through the city to the cemetery, with a long line of cars in my train. With inconsolable sobbing, that mother fought the men who were putting that white box – her baby – into the grave. Where was goodness that day?
The first family funeral I can remember was when I was 27 years old. It was a graveside service at a North Carolina country cemetery. No music. No eulogy. A white tent. A handful of subdued people in folding chairs on a piece of carpet. The preacher and a small table displaying a shoebox-sized casket. The little body inside had never seen the light of day.
That was Hannah, my first daughter. Stillborn. Definitely not a good funeral.
At least not at the time.
But today, as I am thinking about these different scenes from my past, I am seeing that there is something good about every funeral.
And perhaps especially Hannah's.
Every funeral is a chance to remember that life is brief. This is the way of all the earth. We all die, and none of us know when.
Every funeral is an invitation for us to review our lives and think about what really matters. It's a chance to make peace with God. It's an opportunity to submit to His sovereign will and to accept His mysterious ways.
In my peculiar opinion, a really good funeral would be one where someone finds new life through Jesus.
Someday it will be my funeral.
I hope it's a really good one.
And I don't mean the eulogy.


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