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How many times you were in panic because you didn't know what to buy for a gift? How many times you went to buy a gift for your boyfriend and didn't know will he love it? The most common problem for all women – we don't know what to buy!
Well, today is your lucky day!
We made a list of 85 gift ideas that your man will freaking love! Let's start!
You can not go wrong with a belt, that's for sure. Black, brown or beige? Well, it depends on your man's taste (and yours too). Think a minute about his clothes, favourite colors and shirts – choose a color that will fit the best in his wardrobe. We suggest black color because it goes very well with every color.
2. Perfume
If perfume is your chosen gift, you will need to spend a little more time in shopping. Why? Well, there are many, many and many available perfumes and you will not know which one to choose. Should you choose one that you like? Yes! But think about his taste also, you don't buy gift for yourself, right?
3. Shaving set
Shaving set it the type of gift that he needs and will always use it – sometimes every day. If you want to buy a gift which will remind him of you every day – shaving set is a perfect choice. You can buy a modern one or one that our grandfathers used to use.
4. Watch
Even if your men have already one watch (or few of them), he will be pleased to have another one. It's just with women and shoes – if you already have one pair of heels, does it mean that you don't need another one? I don't think so.
5. Tie
Tie is always a good choice for a gift. They can be personalized and unique. If you are buying tie for a Christmas, you can find a funny ones with Santa Claus or reindeer – it will definitely put a smile on his face.
6. Sweater
If you know your man's clothing size (every good girlfriend/wife should know it), you can buy a sweater. Most men don't like shopping, if your men is also in group I-Hate-Shopping, he will be very happy with a new piece of clothes in his wardrobe.
7. Led Chess Set
Is there any better gift than a chess set? Yes, a led chess set! This cool set will be a great toy for every man who likes chess.
8. Wallet
Get your man a wallet! Guys like that stuff. You can't go wrong with black or brown leather wallet. Don't forget to put some money in it for good luck. By putting money in a wallet, you ensure that the wallet will never be empty of money.
9. Bathrobe
If you want to keep your man warm after a bath, bathrobe is perfect gift for cold nights! Bathrobe is something most men will never buy in a shop but if they got it as a gift, they will wear it – that's for sure.
10. Bottle Opener
Your boyfriend is a beer lover? You don't need to think too much – buy him a bottle opener! There are many brilliant models on the market in many various designs. You can also make a personalized one with your names or some funny quote. We are sure he will love it!
11. Sweet Box
Boys are also sweet lovers just as girls. Is he chocolate or gummy bear lover? Maybe both? Make your own personalized box with all his favorite sweets. Put some cute note, too!
12. Socks
Keep your man's feet happy with some colorful stripes and designs. Treat him with some beautiful cosy slipper socks, silly novelty socks or cashmere socks. Choose a pair that fits his personality.
13. Underpants
Lots of men don't buy themselves new underpants, choosing to wait until Christmas or their birthday to re-stock their underpants drawer. Get him a present that he will actually use.
14. Wind Up Toys
Wind-up toys are timeless. Choose his favorite cartoon, movie character or football player.
15. Rubik's cube
This amazing cube is considered to be the world's best-selling toy. If your boyfriend is engineer or geek, he will love it!
16. Scarf and Gloves
Scarf and gloves are must have winter and autumn accessories. Buy it in his favorite color or match it with his jacket or coat. Keep him warm in cold weather.
17. Flask
Give him a chance to transport his favorite drink in a flask. For even more personalized gift, you can engrave it with his name or special date. Flask is a gift for every occasion!
18. Book
Even if your boyfriend isn't a 'bookworm', good book is always a nice gift. Science fiction, biographies and nonfiction books are always a good choice and interesting books to read.
19. Cologne
You cannot go wrong with cologne. Choose the fragrance you like the most and surprise the favorite guy in your life with a wonderfully smelling goodie.
20. Cuban Cigarettes
Even if your partner isn't a smoker, Cuban Cigarettes are antique and memorable gift.
21. Funny Cup
Funny gift ideas are always a bingo! If he is a coffee or tea lover, he would be able to enjoy it on daily bases.
22. Funny T-shirt
Funny, graphic T-shirt is perfect gift for a funny and humorous guy. This shirt will definitely be his new favorite piece of clothes.
23. Foosball Game
Boys, boys, boys… they love football! Allow your man to become a foosball champion! He will love it, we guarantee it.
24. Golf Balls
You are in love with a golfer? Well, finding the right gift has never been easier. Golfers loves their golf balls. You even can make a personalized ones so he can feel special on a golf course.
25. Camera-lens Mug
Is it a real camera? No it isn't. It looks like one but keeps your tea and coffee hot.
26. Laguiole Tool
This pocket-knife can really be handy, especially for someone who spends a lot of time in nature. It's always good to have something like that near you, right? Ditto, boys love knifes.
27. Hat
Fedora, Baseball Cap or Golf cap – everyone needs one. Get him one in his favorite color and he will like it!
28. Flash Drive – USB
USB is a perfect geek gift. There are some really cool and unique designs – keys, cartoon characters, gold bar, car, lego brick or USB that's also a bottle opener! To make it more special, you can add your favorite songs on it, your couple pictures or a love note.
29. Piggy Bank
No one can't be too old for a piggy bank, right? Encourage him to start save money… for you wedding maybe?
30. Shoe Brush
This can be pretty odd gift but if your man wears leather shoes, he needs a brush to clean them.. that's for sure!
31. Pajamas
Pajama is a classic. Choose comfort fabric and simple design. He will be able to sleep in style and comfort.
32. Resistance Bands
Help your man to build those muscles! He can use this workout tool anytime, anywhere! Even if he isn't sporty guy, he will enjoy it.
33. Skip Rope
If he needs to burn some calories down – help him with a skip rope. It's portable and cheap.
34. Slippers
During the chilly months, slippers are one of the best gifts you can give.
35. Mini Air Hockey
Fantastic and funny game for two! Great way to have some real fun.
36. Digital Photo Frame
Framed photo sounds too cheesy and boring? You should consider digital photo frame then! It's a gadget but also a reminder of some sweet memories.
37. Pro shaver
Every man needs a good shaver. Unlike women, men need to shave more regularly. Because of that, it's important to have a sharp and good shaver. If you partner doesn't have one – you just found a perfect gift for him!
38. Bottle of wine/champagne/beer
You can impress him with your choice without breaking the bank.
39. Kama Sutra Book
This is a gift you both can enjoy! It's time to explore the height of erotic and sensual pleasure. Spice it up a little!
40. DVD Movie
Who doesn't like movies? We all do! Choose his favorite movie or a TV serie and he will be thrilled! You can watch together whenever you want.
41. Music CD
CDs are slowly getting forgotten. All our music is usually on computer, . or USB… But it's always nice to have an original music CD of your favorite singer or music band, right? If you have your own 'couple' song, music CD with it could be an extra sweet gift. Don't forget to include a cute note, too.
42. Notebook
Whether he is writing a poem (about you, hopefully) or to-do lists, notebook is sure to come in handy.
43. Playing Cards
You don't need to be a gambler to love cards! You can buy personalized cards and make them more special.
44. Poker set
If you are searching for a fun-filled game, we have a suggestion – poker. Without doubt, poker is one of the guys favorite games.
45. Mug
'Best boyfriend ever' mug? Lovely! He will start his morning with a big smile.
46. Action Figure
Iron Man, Spiderman, Batman – the most revered and recognized characters of all time. He will be glad to put one of these action figures on his shelf.
47. Zippo Lighter
Your boyfriend is a smoker and he never has his own lighter? Familiar? Zippo lighter is perfect gift for your favorite smoker.
48. Headphones
Headphones – a perfect break from the outside world. Your boyfriend will appreciate it. We all need some 'alone' time, right?
49. Ashtray
We put lighter on our list so we can't forget about ashtray. Those things are a must have for every smoker.
50. Paracord Bracelet
This bracelet isn't only fashion bracelet, it can save your boyfriend's life!
51. Gaming mouse
Guys tend to be picky when it comes to their computer… pick wisely or skip this number!
52. Six Pack Carrier
No more packaging beers in plastic grocery bags or backpack. With this six pack carrier, your boyfriend will be able to transfer his beers in style.
53. Hot Sauce
He like it hot, hot, hot? Make your hot sauce lover happy!
54. Whiskey Glasses
A drop of whiskey isn't the same if you don't include whiskey glasses.
55. Flash Memory Card
Data needs to be stored somewhere. Memory card has become one of those things without which we can not live.
56. Beer Glasses
Your partner prefers beer from whiskey? No problem! Beer will become even more tasty.
57. Personalized keychain
Keys make the day run smoothly. By having them engraved, you turn a popular gift into a precious item.
58. iPad Case
An iPad case is extremely important for protecting his valuable device from scratches and falls. But that doesn't mean you have to buy boring, plain cover. You can customize it with your pictures or something that he really likes. iPad case will become a treasured gift.
59. Domino Set
A fun and posh gift that'll be appreciated for years to come.
60. Popcorn maker
Who doesn't like popcorns? We all do! Especially when we sit down to watch a movie. Enjoying and making this yummy treat at home is easier with popcorn maker.
61. Remote Control Container
With this remote control container, your boyfriend will never have to ask again: Where's the remote? No more searching for lost remotes!
62. Pocket Watch
Pocket watch is classic gift with timeless style.
63. Cigar Tube
Cigar tube will make the perfect gift for the cigar lover in your life.
64. Pen Set
With his own pen set, your boyfriend will be able to create beautiful written masterpieces. We all need a fine pen set in our daily life.
65. Gift Basket
Help him enjoy the things he loves with big gift basket. Fill it with his favorite sweets, foods or drinks. This gift basket will become his favorite hobby.
66. Gift Cards
If you don't want to worry about choosing something he doesn't like or already has, gift card is always a right solution. Pick a gift card for a brand he loves, and he can spend them on something he really likes.
67. T-shirt Folder
You boyfriend isn't good at folding his T-shirts? His T-shirts are always crumpled? Make his life easier with this T-shirt folder. His mom will be grateful.
68. Beer making kit
So he's a beer drinking kind of guy? Shocking. It's time he starts some homebrewing.
69. Hoodie
Keep him warm with stylish and comfy hoodie.
70. Golf Glove
For a smooth swing, your man needs a golf glove. Help him to lighten and relax grip.
71. Wine aerator
Wine aerator is the perfect gift for a red wine drinker.
72. Meat Brander
His grilled meats will be a hit at his next BBQ. Meat brander is a great gift for your favorite grill master.
73. Binoculars
If your man loves outdoor activities, he needs this timeless gadget.
74. Beer Boot Mug
With this beer boot mug, he will start drinking beer like a man!
75. Football Jersey
Men like the player's jersey, especially with the 'big' name guys.
76. Sport bag
Training bag, backpack or sackpack are essentials for every fit guy. With it, he will able to workout in style.
77. Kitchen Apron
Your boyfriend showed interest for cooking? Even if he didn't, apron is funny gift and can cause a lot of laughs.
78. Laptop Case
While men invest in the latest laptop, you can gift them a laptop case to carry his favorite toy with both safety and style.
79. Lap Desk
You're dating a tech lover? Then you know how much his laptop means to him. With lap desk, he will be able to surf from the bed and sofa. Lap desk makes surfing more comfortable and protects his laptop from overheating.
80. Romantic Dinner
Love goes through the stomach? See it for yourself. Take him out for a dinner in his favorite restaurant or make a delicious, romantic dinner at home.
81. Movie/Sport/Concert Tickets
Surprise your partner with tickets to his favorite sport game, concert or a movie. You bought can enjoy in this present and spend some time alone.
82. Auto Accessories
Hunting for a gift and your boyfriend is a car-lover? We have you covered. These items every car owner should have in his car: box of wrenches, camera, iPod cable, floor mats, drink cup mount and car vacuum.
83. Annual Subscription to his favourite magazine
Annual subscription to his favorite magazine makes the perfect present.
84. Alarm Clock
Your boyfriend needs a bit of help waking up? No problem! Choose flying, annoying or spinning alarm clock that will wake him up in a second! He might be mad at you in the morning but grateful when he isn't late for a work.
85. PC or PlayStation Game
If your boyfriend is a gamer, you might think of gifting him a new PC or PlayStation game. Hot new title or retro game? Doesn't matter. He will be pleasantly surprised.
Who said gifts for men are hard to find? With our top list of presents for your boyfriend, choosing and buying the perfect gift was never easier. You're welcome!


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Every week finding out what to eat next week? Hard work. But not any more, since I worked out my new system.
1. Monthly calendar in list form (my own insert)
2. Color coded page flags (by Sigel)
3. Moving the page flags for the next months. (I kept them before on a different space.)
How is it working?
I have the current and 2-3 next months worth inserts here. I have a weekly "routine" on which day we what eat, like meat, vegetables, sweat meal. I know what color to place to which day.
As the days are going, I write in what we actually have eaten....
... and move the page flag for the next month or after that.
This is lot more better option as placing back the page flags on a storage fly leaf. When I made that way I had to have to choose from so much options! Now I don't have, I just have to adjust the next week for my mood and what we have at home etc. See on the first picture that I have an almost finished plan for the whole month (we are in the first week of the month). If we like something very much I move that flag only one month for, if the family is not sooo delighted about it, I move 2 months.
Then I write the meals to the daily page in:
And decide when I will cook, and create a task from it:
Little details
I keep a DIY post it/page flag storage in my planner to have everything by hand.
I pay attention what happens when. We will have holiday in April and don't cook. I skip these days.
Do you menu plan? How?
Happy planning
✏ Zsuzsa

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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Terrible Things
I've been a bit preoccupied with other Things lately. A friend was in a bad car accident and remains in a partial coma after more than 3 weeks (as does his fiance); and another friend's child is severely ill (HLH, … Continue reading
Things #19 and #20: Bracelets and Revelation
Things #19 and #20 are bracelets made from very old linen, beads from a vintage necklace, and memory wire. This time, I've decided to share the love via a tutorial. I stuck the tutorial on the Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose portion … Continue reading
Thing #18: Ball Chain Bracelet
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Thing #17: Hex Nut Bracelet
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A Larger Thing
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A Productive Weekend, However Thingless
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Xavier Avery could have excelled in any sport, but he chose baseball because he saw it as a game his talents could grow into with hard work. He enjoyed the challenge of playing a sport in which there's always room for improvement — where getting three hits in 10 at-bats is universally seen as successful.
To him, it's a game best-suited to his competitiveness, and having grown up in a family that has collected plenty of athletic accolades, Avery had little choice but be competitive.
His older half-brother was one of the top high school quarterbacks in Georgia and went on to play wide receiver at Memphis. Another half-brother, two years younger, has emerged as an All-America baseball player and will likely get drafted in two weeks.
Avery was in the middle — a football and baseball star with rare speed — growing up outside Atlanta. When the Orioles took him in the second round of the 2008 draft, he had already signed to play football at Georgia.
Quietly confident, his father, Teddy Griffin, calls him.
"He loves to prove what he can do, but he doesn't say much," Griffin said. "He always says to me, 'I'm not going to tell you, I'm going to show you.'"
Now, the secret is out. The 22-year-old rookie outfielder has had his taste of the major leagues, his contract purchased from Triple-A Norfolk on May 13 to fill left fielder and leadoff hitter spots ravaged by injuries.
This time last year, he was struggling through Double-A, but suddenly, he has been thrust into an everyday role. Avery, less than two weeks into his big league career, has made an immediate impression on the Orioles brass.
"He's taking it in," manager Buck Showalter said, "and not going around with big eyes. He's been on the big stage before. He's been around the lights and the attention."
Avery is here by circumstance. If a rash of injuries hadn't occurred, he would still be with Norfolk. But starting left fielder Nolan Reimold is out indefinitely with a bulging disk in his neck, and backup outfielder Endy Chavez is on the disabled list with an intercostal strain. Reimold and Chavez had split leadoff duties.
"I understand that this doesn't happen to a lot of rookies, so the situation I'm in, I'm thankful for it," Avery said. "I get a chance to prove myself. I'm getting a chance to see what my game is like against other major leaguers. It's not just showing fans and the team how I play, but also, I wanted to see what I was made of."
Avery has reached base on nine of his past 10 games after going 0-for-4 in his major league debut May 13. He began his second game with a double into right-center field off New York Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova, then hit an run-scoring triple off Nova for his first RBI.
He has five multi-hit games in 11 starts and owns a .347 on-base percentage. When he's on base, his speed adds a dimension these Orioles haven't had.
"He creates some anxiety, and he makes people hurry," Showalter said. "I don't care how long you've been playing, it's a dimension every team's in need of. There's some energy there that [the Orioles] get from being able to go multiple bases on one ball."
'I've always believed'
Orioles scout David Jennings remembers one of the main moments that sold him on a teenage Avery. He was at a showcase event at the Detroit Tigers' spring training home in Lakeland, Fla., when Avery turned on a fastball and blasted it over the scoreboard in right field of Joker Marchant Stadium.
"[The scouts] still talk about that every summer in Lakeland," Jennings said. "He had the power. He could lay it down and play small ball. He could use the whole field to hit. He could run down any ball. And he always has well above-average speed. He was raw coming out, but his speed could make up for most things. A lot of talent and a lot of tools, they just needed to be refined."
Avery played on travel-ball teams with Atlanta Braves outfielder Jason Heyward and Colorado Rockies outfielder Dexter Fowler, so he had to fight for the spotlight.
It was the same with his half-brothers. His older brother, Maurice Avery, set the foundation of success. He played wide receiver at Memphis, was briefly recruited to play on the school's basketball team, and even now is the leading receiver for the Allen (Texas) Wranglers of the Indoor Football League. His younger brother, Trey Griffin, was always biting at his heels. Like Avery before him, he was an Aflac High School All-America outfielder.
"We were competitive with everything," Griffin said. "From sports to chores, even who could finish washing the dishes first."
Said Avery: "My confidence is always there. I've always believed I can play. It's just the competitiveness in me. That's the way I was raised. I have two brothers, and we always compete. We never stepped down. I don't care who I'm facing, I always think I can beat them."
Then there was his father, Teddy Griffin, who kept Avery grounded. When Avery signed with the Orioles for a $900,000 bonus, Griffin made sure it was spread over five years. When Avery wanted to spend money on a new car with 300 horsepower, Griffin talked him into a more sensible sedan.
"I told him, 'You're trying to be a baseball player,'" Griffin said. "'We're not developing a racecar driver here.'"
'A lot of learning'
Avery showed his speed throughout the minor leagues, stealing 30 or more bases in each of his first three full seasons. But he also averaged 132 strikeouts a year, including 156 last season at Double-A Bowie.
He knew he needed some seasoning — especially against left-handed pitching — so he went to play in the Arizona Fall League with the focus of refining his game. He cut down on his strikeout numbers there while hitting .288 with a .378 on-base percentage,.414 slugging percentage, four doubles, five triples and nine stolen bases. He also began a transition to left field, his likely home with the Orioles.
More importantly, he has learned more about his hitting approach. Left-handers would jam him inside with two-seam fastballs, then make him chase outside sliders. Now, he's more patient at the plate. It showed at Norfolk, where he hit .273/.373/.469 with five homers, 16 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 33 games before he was called up.
"Honestly, I think everything's carrying over from Arizona at the end of last year because I went through a lot of learning then, getting used to lefties," he said. "I had to learn how to be patient. That's why my strikeouts were so high. But there's no doubt I had to learn patience. It's showing now. All the struggling that I went through last year has taught me this year how to be patient in certain counts."
And that's one way he has been impressive in his brief stay with the Orioles. He has been able to work at-bats well against some of the game's top pitchers — James Shields, CC Sabathia, Nova and Stephen Strasburg. But all parties agree that Avery is still learning.
"He's going to do some things," Showalter said. "He's going to get picked off here and there. He's going to get doubled up and do some things. Some of the best coaching you do is the coaching you don't do. He's a smart young man. He'll figure it out.
"He's a watcher. He's analyzing what's going on. You talk to him at the end of a game, and you get a feel for what he sees. I think sometimes we can get a little bit over-coachy and make them robotic. I want a little bit of that swashbuckling with him because I know what it can do when other teams do it to us."
It's unclear what will happen to Avery once Reimold and Chavez return. He very well could be sent back to Norfolk.
But he will keep fighting to get back. Avery's competitive fire knows nothing less.
"That's just me, in general," Avery said. "That's the way my dad raised me. It's kind of a football mentality also, facing the hard knocks. Throughout the minor leagues, I've got hit and had to get back up.
"I'm sure you could look at some of those stats — the strikeouts in my first year — there were times when it was rough. My dad would call me up and say, 'Don't come home.' That's what his words were. I've been through a lot, but at the same time, there's no give in me. I'm never going to step down. I'm going to find a way. That's the way I see it."
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Endangered whales – these fascinating huge mammals were hunted so heavily that the populations were severely reduced. During the 19th century, whales were hunted primarily for oil and baleen. Before the advent of electricity, many American homes were lighted with whale oil. As recently as twenty years ago, products from whales were used for everything from machine oil to women's cosmetics. Because of the passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in 1972, it became illegal to import products containing materials from whales.
Global warming – is the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Main reasons are of greenhouse gases produced by human activities such as the burning of fosil fuels and deforestation. Since the early 20th century, Earth's mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C. The greenhouse effect is the process by which absorption and emission of infrared radiation by gases in the atmosphere warm a planet's lower atmosphere and surface.
Deforestation – Amazon rainforest is called "lung of the world". Brazil once had the highest deforestation rate in the world and as of 2005 still has the largest area of forest removed annually.Since 1970, over 600,000 square kilometers of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed. In 2001, the Amazon was approximately 5.4 million square kilometres, which is only 87% of the Amazon's original state. Deforestation is also ruining the life of natives and Indian population life. Damage to forests, believe it or not, affects every citizen's standard of living.
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Traffic pollution – form of air pollution coming from vehicles, though it sometimes can also refer to noise pollution coming from cars and other vehicles. Researches have demonstrated increased risk of developing asthma and COPD from increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution. Traffic pollution still continues to grow, even despite the cleaner vehicle engines. Babies who are exposed to ambient air traffic pollution are likely to have poorer lung function up to the age of eight. Pollution in big cities is responsible for dark starless sky at night.
Oil catastrophes – million gallons of oil are leaking to the sea. Huge area of ocean is contamined. Oil is killing fishs and animals, ruining life of human fishermen. Some incidents are part of war – the Gulf War Oil Spill where hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil poured in the Persian Gulf during the Kuwait War. Some of it occured by accident. Largest oil spills (diseasters) was at tanker ship in Alaska, Gulf of the Mexico, Galapagos Islands, France, Fergana Valley in Uzbekistan and a lot of more. The oil companies need to go more deeper and deeper for oil every year.
Drinking water – Water scarcity involves water stress, water deficits, water shortage and water crisis. The concept of water stress is relatively new. Water stress is the difficulty of obtaining sources of fresh water for use, because of depleting resources. A water crisis is a situation where the available potable, unpolluted water within a region is less than that region's demand. The biggest water crisis is in Sudan where about 12.3 million of people have no access to the potable water.


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Mariposa Cruises has been hosting Student Groups since 1987. As the proud host of Harbourfront Centre's Education Afloat program, Mariposa offers a fleet of well-maintained vessels that are Transport Canada inspected and crewed by our Professional Navigation Team.
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Students will enjoy an informative 45 minute audio Harbour Tour showcasing Toronto's breathtaking waterfront, skyline and Toronto Island waterways. Our vessels have indoor space with plenty of windows and offer freedom to roam on the outer decks for best sightseeing opportunities.
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Home Funding was founded in 2005 and is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to provide mortgage origination and insurance mediation services. Drawing on the significant experience and expertise of our Principals and in close collaboration with key partners, we provide our clients with a comprehensive range of advisory services and risk solutions for mortgages, asset funding and finance in the UK and across Europe.
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Tony Ward, Chief Executive
Tony has extensive experience in the mortgage, structured finance and banking markets and is a risk professional. Until recently, Tony was CEO of Clayton Euro Risk responsible for delivering their risk services across Europe. As Chief Executive of award winning mortgage lender Britannic Money plc, Tony led the first lender to offer current account mortgages and pioneered the use of flexible mortgages in other types of lending in the UK. Tony has held various senior positions in international banking, treasury, foreign exchange and structured finance and was a founder and Group Treasurer of the Mortgage Funding Corporation plc – one of the UK's first mortgage securitisation companies, established by Kleinwort Benson. He is a Fellow of both the Association of Corporate Treasurers and the Royal Society of Arts, is a Member of the Institute of Credit Management and is also a past Deputy Chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders and Chairman of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association.
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The diary contains descriptions of the five phases of Sergeant Larson's imprisonment.
The first phase concerns the capture and processing of the prisoner of war. In this phase the sergeant was transported to the prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft 6. The second phase includes descriptions of the daily routine at Stalag Luft 6 and, although the diary was not kept on a day-to-day basis, includes the more important or humorous events which occurred. In the third phase the POW's were transferred to another camp more distant from the advancing Russian front. This phase concerns the move itself and describes the Heidekruge death run which resulted in the deaths of eight hundred of the two thousand American POW's who began the run. Life at the new camp, Stalag Luft 4, is described in the fourth phase. The final section of the diary again concerns movement away from the approaching Russian forces. This time the move was made on foot and covered a period of seventy-nine days and a distance of 603 miles. At the end of the long march Sergeant Larson and his fellow prisoners of war were liberated by American forces.
Also in the collection is a journal kept on a day-to-day basis while on the long march across Germany. Photographs of the B-17 on which Sergeant Larson was waist gunner and of the crew are also in the collection.
Sergeant Walter Larson became a prisoner of war when he and the other crew members of their B-17 were shot down over Calais, France, on February 28, 1944. Sergeant Larson was liberated by elements of the U.S. Fifth Army at Bitterfield, Germany, on April 18, 1945.
April 30, 1969, 4 items: Memoir, diary, and photographs of German POW T/SGT. Walter F. Larson, U.S. Army Air Corps. Deposited by Mr. Michael T. Larson, Greenville, N.C.
Gift of Mr. Michael T. Larson
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The Culture of Life Ministry promotes a renewed respect for human life. Our goal is to help parishioners understand the issues and the importance of meeting the needs of those who are most vulnerable- especially mothers and their unborn children, and those who are seriously ill or dying and their families. Events hosted by our ministry include:
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• Work parties at local pregnancy centers
• COLFs baby bottle drive
• LIFE Walk • Letter writing campaigns
• Organize prayer programs to promote a culture of life
• Serve at local homeless shelter
Culture of Life Coordinators:
Mike and Sheila Meziere
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Penelope Rosemont
In the sea, an island is rising, black and rough, but is it possible for a volcanic island rise so quickly? Now a giant eye peers forth, water cascades down black scales….it is Godzilla! Dinosaurs did not go extinct, they are dwellers of the deep. I see Godzilla angry, rising up, walking toward the city, the city the gem of civilization. The dwellers of the city have gone too far in polluting the sea from which we all emerged. Godzilla will show them how fragile their land-world is. He has lived for thousands of years. Both frightened and thrilled by the spectacle of Godzilla's power, people flee. The Empire State Building is knocked on its side, it crumbles to rubble. (On the other hand, it always kept us out, it was for the elite only.) People flee, their cars locked in traffic jams are crushed. Traffic, a curse of a stupid civilization world based on automobiles, motorized-individuals in tin-cans. People flee, but they help each other; they flee, but they find each other; they flee, but they talk to each another; they flee, but they fall in love with each other. The monster retreats back to the ocean, perhaps discouraged or bored by flimsy human weapons. But for a moment a great force of nature broke loose, gave warning, life was on the edge, adrenaline rush made life beautiful and strange. Does such a being exist? Find him in the storms, in the hurricanes and water spouts. The weather gives us warning about when Godzilla will walk. But everyone forgets so quickly, they go back to their sleepwalking world of work. Nothing changes.
Seen from space the planet Earth is Blue (it would be more accurately called planet Ocean), the land floats on the ocean like a bits of flotsam and jetsam; it will sink someday; it will rise again; then sink again; then rise as the Burgess Shales show. Dynamic and thrilling but on a time scale that is inconceivable to us, our planet will be water, and a mix of water and land. The most beautiful of all planets we have the joy to be here today and at this moment. We highly prize ourselves even though we are only "Ants with Beach towels."
Though I feel I must dwell in the thinner atmosphere of free oxygen of fire and ice and startling clarity. Deep inside I am a creature of the sea.
Godzilla is from a long line of poetic monsters and fantastic critters, real and imaginary that dwell in the sea, found in old maps decorating their outer reaches and forbidden places. The sea is a fearful place when it is angry, the vast unknown, still unknown….but it always represented adventure and freedom. Mariners set off in search of gold or China or perhaps it really was it in search of freedom. Some declined to return and went native, some declined to return and became pirates… and even aspired to pirate utopias.
The Ocean is there, always there, in our sleep, in our dreams, we are floating on waves of joy, uninhibited, unencumbered, free. Surrealists have a profound admiration for the sea, from Maldoror's shark to the blue-eyed scallop. The ocean is a treasure house of surrealist life forms.


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To Thomas Jefferson from Anonymous, 11 September 1804
The Louisiana memorial abridged.
|Power despotic is infernal
|Freedom is a right eternal.
|Unchangeable in every time
|For every people, & for every clime.
|This Truth your ancestors profess'd.
|And bled to make their country bless'd.
|Why unto us the boon denied?
|Oh spread lov'd Freedom far & wide.
|Receive us to your arms as Brothers
|And grant us to make slaves of others.
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Proposition 1 Cycle 1 Active Grants
The Cycle 1 projects that are moving forward under the Delta Conservancy's Prop 1 Ecosystem Restoration and Water Quality Grant Program are listed below.
1503 – Ducks Unlimited, $2,000,000.00, Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement Project
The Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Habitat and Drainage Improvement Project will provide new and enhanced habitat for migrating waterfowl and other species, improve agricultural sustainability and wildlife-friendly agricultural practices, and increase public access opportunities through the construction of drainage and water infrastructure improvements in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. The Project is the top priority in the 2014 Yolo Bypass Drainage and Water Infrastructure Improvement Study, developed collaboratively with local agencies, farmers, wetlands managers, and other stakeholders. The Project will create 220 acres of new wetlands and improve water management on 1,250 acres of existing wetlands and 540 acres of agricultural land. The Project will also increase public access by an average of 7 days per year by reducing localized flooding resulting from insufficient capacity in the existing drainage and water supply system.
1505 – California Land Stewardship Institute, $89,450.00, Fish Friendly Farming Certification Program for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
The Delta suffers from several water quality problems related to agriculture including pesticide pollution and low dissolved oxygen (DO). Organochlorine pesticides, although removed from use in 1972, remain in agricultural soils. Organophosphate pesticides are used widely in the Delta. Low DO found in many locations can result from algal blooms as a result of fertilizer/nutrient runoff. Improving water quality in the Delta requires recognizing that sources of pollutants are distributed throughout the Delta and that there are many pathways for pollutants to reach waterways. Source control of these pollutants requires changing cultivation and agricultural practices in as many locations as possible. The Fish Friendly Farming (FFF) Certification Program is a voluntary program which has enrolled over 140,000 acres of agricultural lands in eight counties in California. The FFF program has already developed Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) to improve water quality for winegrapes, peaches, pears, nectarines, plums, strawberries, apples, walnuts, cherries and livestock grazing. This proposal will produce a version of the FFF program for the Delta. The FFF program will provide for reduction of nonpoint sources through collaborative efforts with growers to change cultivation and land management practices. This approach has the greatest potential to produce long term improvements. An Advisory Committee of growers and agricultural organizations will review the draft farm plan template and BMP workbooks.
1508 – Ducks Unlimited, $100,000.00, Sherman Island Wetland Restoration Project, Phase III
The proposed planning project will advance the restoration up to 1,600 acres of palustrine emergent wetlands. The restoration project is located on a portion of Sherman Island which is owned by California Department of Water Resources (DWR). The property is currently managed for flood irrigated pasture and includes a regular and extensive disturbance regime associated with field prepping, disking, and grazing. The restoration project focuses on the restoration of palustrine emergent wetlands, complemented with upland riparian forest, scrub shrub, and grassland to add diversity of structure and habitat to the site. Restoration of wetlands will be accomplished by upgrading existing water management infrastructure and installing new infrastructure such as water control structures and water conveyance channels and swales. The restoration project will combine the wildlife benefits of wetland restoration with the importance of reversing Delta island subsidence. Upland vegetation will be planted on a higher elevation area adjacent to the wetland. The purpose of the wetland sequestration restoration projects is to reverse subsidence by capturing atmospheric carbon and converting it to organic material which in turn creates new soils surface material. Subsided Delta islands are like bowls and if tule wetlands are constructed and permanently flooded, these bowls over time will fill up with rhizome root material (or Carbon). For the proposed planning project, DU will utilize the topographic survey that will be collected by DWR to develop the conceptual, 30% and 60% engineering designs collaboratively with DWR. Additionally DU staff will conduct a wetland delineation of the project area to facilitate submission of the US ACOE 404 permit and other environmental documents. The wetland delineation also functions as a baseline for wetland acres, of which new acres will be identified. The outcome of grant related activities will produce a wetland delineation, report and map, as well as a 60% engineering design.
1509 – American Rivers, $836,409.00, Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project
American Rivers and its partners, the Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed (FOMCW), the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (District), and the City of Brentwood (City), propose a multi-benefit ecosystem restoration project at the confluence of Marsh, Sand, and Deer Creeks (Three Creeks) to convert a denuded flood control channel into a healthy riparian corridor. The Three Creeks Parkway Restoration Project will restore native vegetation on 12.5 acres along nearly a mile of Marsh Creek, and floodplain and riparian habitat along 4,000 linear feet of creek. These restoration actions will increase flood protection and contribute to achieving water quality objectives in the Delta. The project will also maximize voluntary landowner participation: all of the project site landowners are involved in and supportive of proposed efforts. The project team's overall goal is to reestablish the thriving habitat and functional floodplains that are at the heart of healthy creek and wetland ecosystems. The proposed project will greatly enhance the habitat and resilience of the Marsh Creek watershed ecosystem, including increasing resilience to climate change. It will also improve the quality of life for Delta residents in one of the most densely developed areas of the Delta by reducing flood risk, improving recreational opportunities, and providing a place to make meaningful connections with the natural world of the Delta region. This project is an early step in a larger effort by a collaborative team to restore and improve habitat along the entire length of Marsh Creek from Mount Diablo to the Delta.
1512 – San Joaquin County RCD, $99,924.00, Paradise Cut Conservation and Flood Management Plan
The proposed project is a category 1 planning grant application to advance plans for a new flood bypass that will reduce flood risk, improve habitat and maintain agricultural land along the San Joaquin River south of Paradise Cut. This bypass was identified as a priority in the Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Plan. The new bypass will: Substantially reduce flood stage (1.5 – 3 feet) on the mainstem San Joaquin between Mossdale and Stockton; reduce risk of catastrophic flooding in Lathrop, Manteca, Stockton, and unincorporated San Joaquin County; substantially increase flood conveyance capacity of the San Joaquin floodway; provide floodplain and riparian habitat for a variety of sensitive species including riparian brush rabbit, giant garter snake, Sacramento splittail, and juvenile Chinook salmon; and preserve agricultural land and protect it from uncontrolled flooding. This proposal is focused on: Fully developing conceptual plans and a project description sufficient for advancing a CEQA/NEPA analysis; identifying, analyzing, and advancing near-term restoration projects associated with Paradise Cut; quantifying costs and benefits so that flood managers and other potential implementation funders can make better investment decisions; determining a strategy to expedite a successful Section 408 permit (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and codified in 33 USC 408, commonly referred to as "Section 408"); completing a finance strategy for subsequent project phases, including project implementation and long-term operations and maintenance; completing a detailed scope of work and budget for NEPA/CEQA analysis; informing local residents and officials so they understand the pros and cons of the project. The project team has also submitted a separate proposal to the Conservancy for a category 2 acquisition grant to purchase flood easements in the Paradise Cut expansion area.
1516 – Yolo Resource Conservation District, $688,195.65, Yolo Bypass Corridors for Flood Escape on the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area
This project addresses regional and Delta priorities and objectives, bringing together a deep partnership to restore a portion of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (YBWA) in the Yolo Basin. Working with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW), the local Resource Conservation District (RCD), the Yolo Basin Foundation (YBF), Putah Creek Council (PCC), the Center for Land-Based Learning (CLBL), Point Blue Conservation Science, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), California Conservation Corps (CCC), UC Davis, lease holding farmers and ranchers, and the general public, Yolo County Resource Conservation District (YCRCD) proposes 2 goals: 1) Address wildlife flood-safety problems and enhance year round habitat in the YBWA; 2) Use regional partnerships to implement a pilot restoration program to provide educational opportunities and create public connections to habitat restoration in the Delta. The project creates corridors in the YBWA to provide multiple benefits: wildlife habitat compatible with floodway management; wildlife escape cover from advancing flood water; habitat to support groundwater recharge and GHG reductions through use of deep-rooted native perennial plants; and increased awareness and appreciation of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area and its many values and functions. Five miles/22 acres of new habitat in two corridors will provide cover for wildlife escaping flood events; enhance year-round habitat for migratory birds, pollinators and other wildlife; and provide a public-access demonstration planting. This work will be the first partner-based effort to integrate new wildlife habitat with ongoing agricultural operations on the property. Wildlife use of the habitat corridors will be monitored to measure success and inform future restoration efforts. Proposed restoration sites are a mixture of grazed and unmanaged grasslands consisting primarily of annual grass and noxious invasive weeds. Treatment of noxious plant species will support a diverse mix of regionally appropriate native plant species. Engagement with the regional community through organized field days involving high school students and community volunteers in hands-on learning about restoration and planting native plants in the corridor areas will expose the public to usually off limits parts of the bypass, expanding awareness and understanding of the area's importance for flood safety, agriculture and wildlife. At project completion, a 2.7 mile Corridor North, 2.2 mile Corridor, South, demonstration planting, project assessment and wildlife monitoring data will help guide next restoration steps will enhance the YBWA. 3 high school field days and 12 community volunteer stewardship events will have engaged hundreds of participants in project implementation, creating enhanced awareness and appreciation of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area and its values and functions.
1519 – American Rivers, $73,493.00, Lower Marsh Creek and Sand Creek Watershed Riparian Restoration Planning
The Marsh Creek watershed, located in eastern Contra Costa County, provides an important ecological corridor in a burgeoning urban area of the Delta region. Unfortunately, the watershed is significantly degraded, provides limited habitat and contributes polluted run-off to the Delta. Over the past 15 years, American Rivers' staff has been working with partners in the region to realize a large-scale, multi-benefit vision to improve habitat, water quality, flood protection and recreational opportunities along the watershed's creeks. Although some important progress has been made, a piecemeal approach to planning and permitting has been a significant bottleneck. The pace and scale of restoration and conservation are not keeping up with urban development. In the next few years, a confluence of significant opportunities could allow for the restoration of Marsh and Sand Creeks and the treatment of stormwater runoff. However, under status quo conditions, these opportunities could be buried under the next wave of urbanization that is rolling over the watershed. American Rivers and its partners propose a two-prong strategic approach to increasing the pace and scale of restoration and advancing specific on-the-ground efforts: 1) develop a programmatic CEQA document for the lower Marsh and Sand Creek watersheds that will facilitate permitting of multi-benefit projects; and 2) improve stormwater management and ensure it's integrated with creek restoration. This approach will allow project proponents to advance and implement many restoration and water quality opportunities that have been identified in the last few years. The outcomes anticipated as a result of this approach include: 1) water quality is improved in Marsh and Sand Creeks and their receiving waters, the Delta; 2) flood management and ecosystem resilience to climate change is improved for Delta communities; 3) restored urban greenways are created along Marsh and Sand Creek from the Diablo Range to the Delta; 4) flood protection is improved and riparian habitat is restored in Marsh and Sand Creek; and 5) expedite implementation of projects consistent with the Delta Conservancy's Strategic Plan and the purposes of Proposition 1.


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Jack Flynn had a game-high 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead the nationally ranked UW-Oshkosh men's basketball team to an 86-77 season-opening victory over first-time opponent Piedmont College (Ga.) at the Lee Pfund Classic on Friday (Nov. 16) in Wheaton, Ill.
UW-Oshkosh (1-0), ranked second in the NCAA Division III by D3hoops.com, took the lead for good at 61-60 following a 3-pointer by Ben Boots with 8:44 remaining. Boots' long-range jumper, which marked the 15th lead change of the second half, sparked a 9-0 scoring run during a span of less than two minutes that turned a 60-58 UW-Oshkosh deficit into a 67-60 Titan lead.
The Titans owned their largest advantage of 10 points at 73-63 following a dunk by Connor Duax with 5:07 to play. UW-Oshkosh went on to maintain a lead of at least seven points the rest of the way after Duax skyed for his two-handed dunk off of a missed layup.
UW-Oshkosh, which advanced to the Division III championship game last season, has won 16 of its last 18 non-conference contests.
Flynn shot 8 of 15 from the field Friday en route to producing his ninth career double-double.
Boots ended the contest with 19 points, five rebounds and four assists while Brett Wittchow added 18 points, five rebounds and a team-leading five assists for the Titans. Boots scored 16 points, and Wittchow 12, during the second half as the duo combined to make 14 of 15 free throws after intermission.
UW-Oshkosh's Adam Fravert contributed 10 points, five rebounds, three assists and two blocks while David Vlotho added six points and four rebounds.
Duax finished the game with nine points and four rebounds off the UW-Oshkosh bench.
UW-Oshkosh shot 23 of 28 (82.1 percent) at the free throw line and held advantages in rebounds (38-35), assists (18-11), blocks (3-2) and steals (7-6).
Piedmont College (0-3), which did not trail during the final 14 minutes of the first half, concluded the game with narrow advantages in field goal percentage (.463 to .452) and 3-point percentage (.333 to .318). Both teams committed 11 turnovers.
UW-Oshkosh scored the first seven points of the contest as Flynn and Wittchow scored in the lane before Vlotho drilled a 3-pointer at the 18:20 mark of the opening period.
Trailing 11-5 with 15:42 left in the first half, Piedmont College responded with 12 unanswered points to take a 17-11 lead it would not relinquish until the second period. The Lions' 12-point spurt featured six points from Marquise Lanier and four by Miles Riley.
UW-Oshkosh missed seven straight field goal attempts during a span of nearly six minutes until Vlotho sank a 3-pointer that trimmed the Titan deficit to 19-16 with 10:39 to go in the opening half. The Lions had their largest lead of the game of seven points on three occasions during the first half, including a 31-24 score with six minutes to play before halftime. The Titans closed out the period with a 12-5 scoring run to tie the score at 36 at intermission.
A 3-pointer by Taylor Mills provided Piedmont College its final lead of the contest at 60-58 with nine minutes remaining. UW-Oshkosh matched its largest lead at 75-65 on a layup by Flynn and again at 78-68 following a 3-pointer from Boots with 2:50 left.
Lanier and Mills paced the Lions with 19 points apiece while Riley added 16 points and led the squad with five assists and three steals. Piedmont College starters Jordan Foote, who had team-leading 10 rebounds, and Justin Quick both chipped nine points as the Lions received just five points from reserves.
UW-Oshkosh takes on tournament host Wheaton College in the Lee Pfund Classic championship game Saturday (Nov. 17).


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Welcome to the MET Norway Weather API v.3
api.met.no/weatherapi is an interface to a selection of data produced by MET Norway. The data are available for use under a Creative Commons license. See also separate conditions for use of the service. Several people have developed third-party client libraries for various programming languages.
All regular users of the API are strongly recommended to subscribe to our API-users mailing list as this is the only channel on which we will communicate planned changes outside the API itself (see the archives for past notifications).
For operational status and maintenance notifications, see status.met.no (please bookmark in case there is a problem with the site).
For information on available data and how to access them, please refer to the weatherapi documentation. For a list of changes since version 2, see the Release Notes for v.3.
Data owned by other institutions than MET Norway is not available for unrestricted public use. This is specified in the documentation of each product. Examples of such products are the Nordic radar images and some satellite images. Refer to the documentation of each product.
Available products:
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Astronomy 🌣
Aviation ✈
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I know what your API did last summer 2019-08-21
Making an API is a thankless task. Most users aren't aware they are using it, and you rarely hear from the developers unless something isn't working. While our weather site Yr is hugely popular, our API doesn't get much publicity. So when we finally get some exposure, it's sad to find only negative publicity, and misguided criticism at that. But before addressing the issues, let's watch the presentation (starting about 8:44 into the video).
"...a company called met.no, seems to be a weather type service..."
To start with, met.no isn't a company, it's the Norwegian Meteorological Institute – a state-owned, non-profit government organisation which has as one of its missions to give free (both as in beer and in freedom) weather data to the whole world. So far we've managed to do this without any developer registration or other conditions than nicely asking not to overload our services. As a consequence we have no clue about most of the thousands of apps and sites using our services, and no way of contacting them unless they subscribe to our mailing list or read the API front page.
From the interview one would get the impression we are making apps ourself using unsecure communications. Such is not the case – the only app we have some influence over is the Yr weather app, which doesn't speak with our API at all. So already the (admittedly valid) criticism is targeted at the wrong party.
"... it was making an HTTP request, totally normal"
Disregarding that "it" in this case is an app we have no control over, we have actually supported (and recommended) HTTPS for many years (although in the old API this wasn't default because of compatibility issues). Since the rewrite and launch of WeatherAPI v.3 (which came out in beta in 2016 and was gradually phased in on a per-user basis over the next year) we have only supported HTTPS. All unencrypted HTTP traffic is either being redirected or blocked (more on this later).
To this day we still get complaints about this, e.g. when no longer being able to use Squid as a local caching proxy, or using client libraries which don't support SSL/TLS. Incredible as this may seem in 2019 it is still an issue, and when your application is a watering plant run by a Saia-Burgess PLC controller there is no sofware upgrade path.
About half of the requests to api.met.no are either throttled, blocked or invalid. Of the latter, most are for products which were removed years ago. We're still getting requests for locationforecast/1.8 which was removed in 2014(!). Most developers don't bother checking the response status codes, so lots of sites and apps go on blindingly ignoring 304, 404 and 429 errors for several years. And since many users don't update their mobile apps until they have to, we're getting a lot of legacy traffic, included unencrypted HTTP which we're unable to prevent people from sending us.
As an example, let's look at the HTTP traffic from Android (pre <5.0) apps where the developer haven't read the TOS and uses the default "Dalvik" User-Agent header which amounts to 13% of the total unencrypted HTTP traffic. These are the amount of requests sorted by status code between 12 and 13 today (UTC):
As the table shows, the unencrypted traffic amounts to a whooping 43% of the total identifying only as Android (and an obsolete version at that). How much of this actually handles the redirect is difficult to see as we don't track users, but we find it hard to believe that 76% percent of the HTTPS traffic comes from redirects. This means that a large portion of clients never follow the redirect.
Of those who use HTTPS, an incredible 55% of the HTTPS requests are being throttled for too much traffic or missing identification, while only 43% get a meaningful answer. The remaining requests (apart from a handful of timeouts) are either for products which been discontinued (sunrise/1.1 is still very popular) or they can't manage to construct a valid URL. That's a lot of developers who can't be bothered to RTFM.
"... trying to figure out when the sun goes up"
Now, this is where it gets interesting. Most of the HTTP traffic is actually for locationforecast; sunrise doesn't count for more than about 5%. Of this, 5 out of 6 sunrise requests are actually zombie apps calling version 1.1, which was discountinued in February and returns a 404. (Incredibly we also get some for version 1.0 which was EOL in 2016!)
Still, that leaves about 1% of HTTP traffic for sunrise/2.0, which has never worked with unencrypted HTTP. Every piece of documentation, example code and tests we have published have been using HTTPS, so why are people still using HTTP? These requests are (if identified at all) coming from Android, so either there is something amiss with the Dalvik HTTP client stack, or developers are intentionally breaking security by rewriting our examples from "https:" to "http:". As the saying goes, it's hard to make stuff fool-proff because the fools are so smart.
"Latitude and longitude, that's harmless, right?"
Many of the requests do indeed contain geocoordinates. However, the vast majority of these originate from servers located in data centers totally remote from the geolocation in the request. Even when an app enable location services on your phone, we have no way of knowing if the coordinates are your actual GPS location or if you're just checking the weather for your next trip to Paris. We're still getting ~25,000 different IP addresses from all over the world downloading the weather forecast for a cornfield in Poznan, PL every 5 minutes, amounting to 3.15% of the total api.met.no traffic.
"... but you've got the MAC address [...] and lat/lon"
I confess this claim has us stumped, and after putting our collective heads together we still can't figure out what they're getting at. Sure, the MAC address is an identificator which can be used to link with personal data, but that is never transmitted to us (what the app developers are doing with your personal data you must ask them about).
Now, the only third party getting access to both your MAC address and your unencrypted traffic is either the owner of your Wifi access point/router or your phone operator. Admittedly, both these can be spoofed and your traffic intercepted by evil middlemen. However, in both cases they can already pretty much tell your geolocation even without snooping your data traffic. When a phone is connected to (in this case) a 800mW faked wifi access point and indoors it is pretty much given that the person is within a 50 m radius. In fact this is how shops track customer behaviour, logging how much time each person spends before each isle. Now, having the GPS coordinates in addition would probably give you a better resolution, but then GPS reception isn't great inside buildings anyway.
"So now we can track that person when their phone requests updates"
Actually, no. The API doesn't collect any personal data, except for the ubiquitous access log. We don't even use cookies or Google Analytics, not do we write any mobile apps ourselves. The only potentially identifiable data logged by us are the IP address (which for vast majority is either a website server or a NATed 3G/4G address which changes every time you move into a new cell tower area), the User-Agent string (set by the app) and the URL itself. This log is used for monitoring resources, debugging errors and trying to stem abuse, which is necessary to avoid the tragedy of the commons.
Sure, the app developers can (and probably will) track you, and the same goes for your phone company or free Wifi provider. But that has nothing to do with HTTP encryption, and very little to do with geolocation (which they know already).
HTTP redirects
Now, you might ask why we didn't go directly for HTTPS in the first place. At the time api.met.no was lauched in 2007, this was not usually an option; Facebook didn't offer HTTPS until 2011, and many client libraries did not support it. While this now has changed, our main priority has always been backwards compatibility, something we're proud of having had for 12 years now, even though individual products and versions have come and gone.
As mentioned earlier, all of the unencrypted HTTP traffic is either blocked or redirected, in the latter case to a similar HTTPS URL. Now, since we're mirroring the original URL in the Location response header, it can be argued that we still "support HTTP" since legacy apps can still go on working if they handle the 301 properly. If they instead got a 404, the theory goes, they would see the error in their ways and change their code to use HTTPS instead.
Unfortunately, in practice that is not the case. The sites topping the list of HTTP have all been blocked for abuse and get a 403 Forbidden response. They have been blacklisted for years, but still continue to hammer our servers with 14k req/hour each with no end in sight. For these large websites there is no connection between the IP address and the geolocation received by us, so any "leak of personal data" here would be between the browser and the website if they're not using HTTPS.
If we can conclude that policing obsolete websites is futile, then this goes double for obsolete mobile apps where it doesn't matter what the developer does unless the user updates the app. As can be seen from the previous table, a lot of the traffic isn't only against services which no longer exist, but are also more than two years old and run on obsolete versions of Android. There is not much hope that these apps will be updated any time soon.
Anyway, as a precaution we tried disabling the redirect to HTTPS to see what happened. Not only did we get a lot of support tickets from developers who couldn't figure out what was wrong, it also broke the website. Whereas you previously could type e.g. "api.met.no/apis.json" in the browser location bar and get JSON back, the browser actually defaults to unencrypted HTTP which no longer works. Instead you actually have to type "https://" before the hostname. Can you think of any other sites in 2019 where this is necessary? Me neither.
In fact, all major sites we have tested (e.g. Google, GitHub, Paypal, eBay) redirect HTTP requests to corresponding HTTPS URLs, which is also recommended in all best practice documentation we have found, including the HTTP Strict Transport Security. Here is an example of GitHub doing exactly the same thing:
So we've rolled back the change, and until we can find a way to differentiate zombies from actual live humans we're keeping it that way.
The bottom line
So, the next time you hear someone boldly stating that
"APIs leak personal data"
you would be wise to interpret that as
"abandoned zombie apps, written by unknown parties for a defunct API, who send unsolicited, not-very-personal data to non-existent services, can be intercepted by hackers who will learn nothing they don't already know, and there is nothing the API owner can do to prevent it".
Admittedly that won't make any headlines at a security conference. Instead,
if there's anything to learn from this, it's that most traffic against APIs
is actually noise, which you'll just have to learn to deal with. But
admittedly that doesn't make for good soundbites on
More changes to Radar and Radarlightning 2019-07-02
Due to increased workload by the new 5 min radar interval, we have had to reduce the number of different images available. In short, generating GIF animations from existing static GIF images continues as before. However, due to the 50% increase in images and 33% shorter production window, generating animations from PNG is no longer possible and has been terminated. We apologize for the lack of advance notice, but we had not foreseen this would be a problem.
Since we know this will cause existing functionality to break, we've come up with a temporary solution where we substitute the missing animations with similar products. In most cases the pixel dimensions will be different, but this can be scaled in the browser. Also note that content=image and content=animation now will return totally different images, so be wary of using size=small for static thumbnails for the animations.
reflectivity_hires and rainrate_with_phase
All animations of type reflectivity_hires and rainrate_with_phase will be substituted with type reflectivity. Where radarsite indicates an area these will be identical, but single radars will be substituted to the closest area as per the following table:
All requests for lightning animations (including the Radarlightning product) now return the "norway" image. All other animations have been terminated.
We have some images currently used internally which could be substituted for each individual area, but they are currently not available on the API. We will be working on a possible replacement later this summer.
"medium" and "large" size static images
The little used "medium" and "large" sizes have been terminated. All requests for these sizes now return the "normal" image. If you scale this in the browser it should not be noticable to the end users. This does not affect radarlightning which already uses only "normal" size.
Also, the small GIF animations haven't been produced for a long time and will be removed from the API. This means only the following variations will be available in the future:
Again, we're sorry for the inconvenience, but hopefully the faster radar scan rate should compensate for the reduced size options.
Future changes
In closing, we will like to inform you that later this year we'll be releasing a new beta version of the Radar service, with a coherent set of areas and types which should be much more understandable than the current mess. Also, GIF animations will be replaced by Javascript, which should be much more user-friendly as you can then pause or jump forwards and backwards in time to see details.
We strongly suggest you consider dropping GIF animation as soon as possible,
since now that most partners are using Javascript or WMS we plan to phase
out GIF completely
Change log
Other data sources at MET Norway
- Frost, API for observations and climate data
- THREDDS for model and research data, including sea and ice models
See free meteorological data on met.no for a complete list of data services.
For questions regarding rights to and use of data, see our Licensing and Data Policy. For handling of personal data, see MET Norway's Privacy Policy Statement. For technical questions, contact technical personnel.


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Ignite Speakers UCTM 2017
We would like to give a huge thank you to all of our wonderful Ignite speakers from our annual conference which took place in August of this year. If you missed it or would like to re-watch one of your favorites, please check out the videos below.
Finding the Best Resources
I love sharing good lessons and ideas on this blog and hopefully you find some of them as helpful as I do. Rather than throwing you another resource or two, in this blog post I thought I'd share a little bit of how I find some of my favorite resources.
1. Read math teacher blogs
Never read a blog before? Don't know where to get started? Check out this page of Exploring the MathTwitterBlogosphere for more information on how to get started.
2. Use a search engine created by and for math teachers.
Typing the phrase "Solving Systems of Equations" into Google will get you about 40,000,000 results. Who has time to sort through all of that looking for the perfect task or resource? I don't think so! When I'm looking for something that I need to use ASAP and don't want to sift through millions of links of resources of varying quality, I use one of these two search engines:
Robert Kaplinsky's Problem-Based Lesson Search Engine
This customized search engine searches through a specific list of thirty-four vetted websites that are filled with great content and problem-based lessons.
John Steven's MTBoS Search Engine
This customized search engine was created by John Stevens (who will be one of our keynote speakers at our upcoming 2017 UCTM Conference in August). Like the other search engine, it searches through a set of math teacher blogs, but it is a much larger list of math teaching blogs which is still growing. I've gotten some great resources and discovered some great blogs from using this search engine.
3. Twitter and the Math Twitter Blogosphere.
When I'm in a real bind and need help right away, I always turn to the math teaching community on Twitter. When I tweet something out a question using the hashtag #mtbos, I usually get several great responses within an hour or two. Never used Twitter before? No idea with the Math Twitter Blogosphere is? Learn more at Exploring the MathTwitterBlogosphere.
About the author: MaryAnn Moore (@1mooreorless) is the editor and lead writer of the UCTM blog. She teaches 8th and 9th grade math in Davis School District. When not teaching, MaryAnn enjoys playing violin, Crossfit, cooking and traveling. You can contact her at email@example.com.
Learning and Using Desmos
The USBE Assessment Department recently announced a change in the calculators that will be provided on SAGE this year. Here is the official word from USBE:
Grade 3-5: No built in calculator. No handheld allowed.
Grade 6: Desmos 10-key calculator built in. No handheld allowed. Note: This test has both a calculator and a non-calculator section.
Grade 7-8: Desmos scientific calculator built in. Handheld allowed as long as the device cannot communicate wirelessly and it was used during instruction.
Secondary Math 1-3: Desmos graphing calculator built in. Handheld allowed as long as the device cannot communicate wirelessly and it was used during instruction.
Have you ever used the Desmos graphing calculator? Have your students ever used it? Do you have the free Desmos graphing calculator app on your phone? Do your students have it? It's the best! I strongly encourage you to spend some time exploring Desmos. Where should you start? Go to learn.desmos.com and start exploring. I use Desmos regularly with both my 8th and 9th grade students and especially love the free and carefully crafted lessons available at teacher.desmos.com. One of my students' favorites is Marbleslides (pictured below). I dare you to click on that link and spend less than ten minutes playing with the marbleslides.
After learning about how math teacher Julie Reulbach incorporates Desmos Activity Builder into her formal exams/tests, I have also created an exam for my students on Activity Builder. I have previously blogged about the line art projects in which my students use Desmos to create line art by writing linear equations with domain/range restrictions.
Desmos is such a fantastic and free tool. Don't let the SAGE test be your students' first introduction to Desmos. Please take the time to learn about it and start using it now. If you have any questions or would like some training for yourself or your school, please send me an email. I'm happy to do whatever I can to help you.
About the author: MaryAnn Moore (@1mooreorless) is the editor and lead writer of the UCTM blog. She teaches 8th and 9th grade math in Davis School District. When not teaching, MaryAnn enjoys playing violin, Crossfit, cooking and traveling. You can contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Adam King believes that math skills will not improve until math attitudes do. Watch the video to find out what he is doing to change math attitudes and what you can do as well!
I'm amazed by how many of Troy's favorite things are things I'd never thought about. Troy has a gift for finding beauty and wonder in the mathematics of the world all around us!
2016 Ignite - Cathy Callow-Heusser: Connecting Strategies Across Concepts to Build Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics
Take five minutes to learn from Cathy Callow-Heusser how to develop conceptual understanding before teaching procedures and the importance of saying to our students and ourselves, "How does it work? Why does it work? Justify your reasoning!"
2016 UCTM Ignite - Ryan Francom: 'Success' is the Best Prediction of Future Success
"It is the response to failure that is the most important thing. Is there such thing as a successful failure? Encourage students who fail so that they never FEEL like they have failed. If students feel successful, they will try again and be successful." - Ryan Francom
Got 5 minutes? Listen to Mike Paap talk about Clarifying Moments in this 2016 UCTM Ignite talk.
We are happy to be able to share with you another video of one of our outstanding Ignite speakers from our 2016 UCTM Conference. Look for the rest of the Ignite talks to be posted to the blog this week. But today, learn from Christina Watts how to use computers for visualizing, multiple representations, exploring interesting questions, demonstrations, and making tedious tasks easy and fast.
We are very please to be able to share with the first of our Ignite videos from the 2016 Conference of the Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Jeremy Smith spoke about curiousity. "Curiosity is the need to know. It drives us forward and keeps the possibilities open."


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After his regular night shift spent driving drunks and assorted characters around Hollywood, taxi driver Sid returns home to his shrewish wife Lucy. Despite his exhaustion, Lucy demands that Sid clean the house, pay the bills and make her breakfast. Although he submissively does what she asks, his efforts are useless when the vacuuming results in the house getting covered in dust and the finicky Lucy rejects the breakfast. After Sid finally goes to sleep, he dreams of dangerous adventures in his taxi: A stranger, who has just committed a jewelry heist, holds Sid at gunpoint in the taxi, forcing him to speed. When a policeman pulls them over, Sid blames his passenger for the problem, but the stranger has mysteriously disappeared. Meanwhile, the stranger, whose name is Onslow, telephones his cohort Harry. Onslow asks Harry to lie to gang leader Lefty and tell him that Onslow was forced to leave the jewels in the cab when the police showed up. Onslow then tells Lefty that the two of them can split the profits from the robbery. Later, Onslow meets Lefty and his henchman Butcher and lies that, despite having left the jewels in the taxi, he can identify the driver. Butcher and Onslow then find Sid and bring him back to Lefty, who demands to know where the "ice" is. Because Sid has no idea what Lefty means by "ice," he offers no clues to the location of the jewels, thus infuriating Lefty, who assumes that Sid is lying and threatens to hurt him. Moments later, Harry calls Lefty to inform him that Onslow is double-crossing him. Butcher and Lefty then forcibly remove Onslow and leave Sid tied up. When Onslow returns to the room, he slaps Sid, after which Sid suddenly awakens from the dream to find that it is Lucy who is slapping him. That evening, as Sid prepares for work, he wishes out loud that he could win the radio sweepstakes and change his life. Lucy then reminds him to call her every ten minutes to see if her parents and other relatives have arrived by train, so he can then pick them up. During his shift, Sid stops for Guiseppe, an anxious Italian man, who is trying to get a cab for his pregnant wife Josefina. When Guiseppe's children come after their father, telling him that Josefina is not ready yet, Sid resumes listening to one of his favorite radio quiz programs. Meanwhile, at the radio station at which the popular Play and Win program is being broadcast, the chosen contestant for the night, widowed mother Mary Thomas, tells the host that she needs the prize money to help pay for an eye operation for her son. To win the money, Mary is given a task that is not revealed to the audience: find motion picture producer Robert Nash and bring him to the studio within thirty minutes. Because Mary has told the radio station doorman that she needs a good taxi driver, he calls his friend Sid. When Sid arrives, she explains that she must go from nightclub to nightclub and search for Nash. Sid is committed to helping her, but before they reach Sunset Boulevard, the taxi has a flat tire. Sid remembers that he has to call Lucy, who then berates him, while Mary fixes the flat. When Mary and Sid rush to the first club, the doorman refuses to let them in as the club only admits members, but tells them that Nash lives in the Kimberly Towers hotel. Knowing that Nash will be leaving soon to attend the opening of his latest film, Sid poses as a master mechanic, finds Nash's car in the hotel garage and disconnects the gas line. He then calls Lucy, who berates him for being four minutes late. With only ten minutes before Mary's time is up, she and Sid follow Nash and his date until Nash's car runs out of gas. Sid then offers his taxi to drive Nash to his opening, but leaves Nash's date behind. In their hurry, Sid has an accident, forcing Nash and Mary to jump into another taxi, leaving Sid behind. With only moments to spare, Mary makes her deadline and wins the prize. Later, she tells Sid about the contest and gives him one hundred dollars for his help. When Sid finally remembers to call Lucy again, she yells that the relatives have already arrived. In his rush to pick them up, Sid hastily hangs up the phone and does not hear Lucy's final words. On his way to the station, he picks up Guiseppe and Josefina, who is about to give birth. They are so delayed by Guiseppe's bad directions that when they finally reach the hospital's emergency entrance, the doctor must deliver the baby in the taxi. Sid then rushes to the train station, but the relatives are not there. He arrives home later to find that Lucy's relatives parents are already there. The group immediately harangues Sid to drive them to Hollywood tourist attractions, but as they bicker, Sid returns to his "sanctuary," the taxi, and falls asleep, dreaming of Onslow holding him at gunpoint.
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