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Reminders of World War 2, it will forever haunt us.Sixty eight years ago and bombs and sea-mines are still laying on the bottom of the North sea. A daily threat for fishermen.
An American aircraft bomb, from World War 2, gets tangled in the fishing nets of a fisherman's boat.It's April 6, 2005 the men are pulling in their catch of the day. The nets are pulled on board, and the 500-pound bomb explode. Three fishermen are instantly killed, one of them the son of the captain.
Sixty years it has been since the bomb was laying on the bed of the North Sea off the coast of The Netherlands. The incident caused a shock wave amongst the Dutch fishermen, who quite often had bombs hanging in their nets before. It was rare that the thing would explode, after being for that long on the bottom of the sea. The incident with the OD-1 meant the start of a large clean-up of the seabed.
Two years later: another bomb is found on the bottom of the sea, only 9 kilometers off the coast of Zeeland. Just like the OD-1 an old American aircraft bomb and again a 500 pound bomb.
Sea lieutenant Olav Thesingh says:" there is at least another 10 years of work to clean up the reminders of World War 2". From the bridge of the minesweeper Hr. Ms. Schiedam, he watches how the explosion from thirteen meters deep send an enormous column of water in the air.The vibration is felt on the ship.
Haw many of these bombs are still laying on the sea bed, nobody knows.They estimate at least a couple of thousand. During World War 2 aircraft bombers were flying back and forth over the North Sea towards Germany. On their way home they would drop the bombs they had not been able to drop over German occupied Europe in the North Sea as superfluous ballast.
Since that time the bombs end up almost daily into the nets of the fishermen.These bombs are a huge threat for the fishing industry. "Even so these bombs are over sixty years old, they are bombs". says Thesingh. The fishermen used to throw these bombs back into the sea, if they had one in their nets. The official procedure was not done- the bomb was suppose to be taken right away to the harbor, where the bomb squad would take care of the bomb. But this mend for the fishermen less days at sea, less catch and less pay.
The explosion at the fishing boat "Ouddorp-1" changed everything. From that day on 'April 2005' the clean up of the bombs from the bottom of the North sea has been a very important task for the now one hundred year old minesweeper company of the navy. The total bombs who are reported by the fishermen since the explosion on the OD-1 has gone from fifty a year to almost fifty a month.
A couple of years ago we would laugh; the fishermen tell in the harbor of Scheveningen. Looking back we have been damn lucky. We call it fisherman's luck.Certainly when the weather is bad and the boat rolls in the high waves, a bomb in the net can go off easy.Since the incident not one single fisherman is careless anymore. You would be declared crazy if you would ignore what happened to the OD-1.
When a fisherman nowadays has a bomb or sea-mine in it's nets, the coast guard is informed about the location where they dropped the bomb or sea-mine over board.Every fishing boat is now in possession of a sonar buoy, which they attach to the bomb or sea-mine. The radar of the minesweeper is able to find the bomb quickly and take care of it. Since the accident around six hundred bombs and sea-mines have been cleaned up.
Sailor Mark Bosgra descends into the waters of the North Sea, the ' tin' tied on to him. The 'tin' contains eighteen kilo of explosives, which will take care of 'bomb 594'.With only fifteen centimeter visibility the diver descends to thirteen meters, where the 500-pound bomb is laying. Arriving on the bottom he ties the 'tin' to the bomb. After about 10 minutes the diver crawls back into the rubber dingy, where two colleagues are waiting for him. They navigate the rubber dingy about six hundred meters away from where the bomb is laying on the sea bed.From the bridge of the minesweeper the 'tin' will be detonated ;after a life of sixty years resting on the bottom of the sea the end of 'bomb 594' came to an end.
It seems unbelievable, but for every fisherman at the North Sea it became a normal day of life. Each boat weekly has an explosive in their net and the marine weekly detonate about six.
It still is scary when they have one in the net.They never forget what happened that day in April, now almost eight years ago.
History will never be forgotten! There always be many memories from the past.These memories can never be erased, reminders of the past will always show up when you least expect it.


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The Politics and Pop Culture of the 1980s
Table of Contents
Stars of the '80s
Cherilyn Sarkisian was born in 1946 in El Centro, California, and raised by her mother, a struggling actress who was married eight times. At 16, Cher quit high school to concentrate on acting lessons. Shortly thereafter she met 28-year-old songwriter Sonny Bono at Aldo's Coffee Shop. They moved in together while Bono worked at Phil Spector's Gold Star Studios. Convinced that Cher could be a star, Bono arranged some recording sessions for her, but she was very nervous and he sang with her. They sounded so good together that they began to perform as the duo Caesar and Cleo, but it was as Sonny and Cher that they made the big time with the 1965 megahit "I Got You Babe." That year the duo had six Top 40 hits and followed up with 1967's "The Beat Goes On." In 1969 the two were married and had a daughter, Chastity.
In 1971, CBS debuted the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour as a summer replacement series. The show was a smash hit and revived the couple's careers. In addition, Cher had several hit singles in the early Seventies. Things seemed to be going well. But increasing discord behind the scenes led to a breakup in 1974, and their TV series ended abruptly, to the chagrin of CBS and millions of fans. The following year, CBS launched Cher in her own variety series while Bono moved to ABC. The two agreed to a professional reunion and the new Sonny and Cher Show was born. During this time, Cher became pregnant by her estranged second husband, Gregg Allman
in 1976 she gave birth to their son, Elijah Blue. In 1977 the second Sonny and Cher Show was cancelled. Cher tried desperately to salvage her marriage to Allman while appearing in concert with Bono, which was part of their legal settlement. Following her 1979 divorce, Cher was linked with Gene Simmons of the rock group Kiss. She briefly had her own rock band, called Black Rose, and played casino showrooms. But her career seemed directionless until 1982, when she surprised nearly everyone with an excellent performance in the stage production of
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.
She was seen by director Mike Nichols, who cast her opposite Meryl Streep in the film
The 1980s witnessed Cher's transformation into a top Hollywood star, as she launched an acting career that was both critically and commercially successful. She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in
and was in such demand by mid-decade that she appeared in three films in 1987 alone. Throughout, she remained a prime target for the tabloids, not least because of her romance with Rob Camilletti, a man who was 18 years her junior. Also in 1987 she reinvented her musical career, signing on with former boyfriend David Geffen's new label and churning out eight hit singles in the next six years, including "If I Could Turn Back Time." In 1988 she won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in
In the Nineties an exhausted Cher reduced her workload in both film and music. She started her own hair-care and home furnishings business and produced fitness videos. Her entrepreneurship was criticized by many in Hollywood, and she was no longer offered choice film roles. Her music career also faltered, only to be resurrected in 1998 with the huge hit, "Believe," which remained at the #1 spot for four weeks. The album of the same name became her best-selling album of all time. And in 1999 she once again earned rave reviews for her acting in the Franco Zeffirelli film
Tea With Mussolini.
1980s Filmography
The Witches of Eastwick
Critic's Comments
Silkwood (1983)
"[Karen Silkwood's] lesbian roommate [is] played by Cher in a performance that surprised those who thought of her merely as a leftover pop icon. Cher inhabits her role . . . with ease and beguiling naturalness."
-- People Weekly
Mask (1985)
"After her Oscar-nominated portrayal in Silkwood, Cher no longer had to prove to the world that she could act. But even her admirers might have been astonished by the heat and bite she brings to the role of Rusty, a single mother whose dependence on drugs and too many wrong men never diminished her fierce drive to get her son the medical attention, education, social acceptance, and love he deserves."
People Weekly
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
"The women are played in the movie by Cher, Michelle Pfieffer and Susan Sarandon, and they have a delicious time with their roles . . . . But it's [Jack] Nicholson's show."
Roger Ebert
Suspect (1987)
is fun when Cher and [Dennis] Quaid interact; she does a convincing job playing a lonely career woman . . . . But the closing revelations make me rethink the whole plot, and made it look less like a case of jury-tampering than audience-tampering."
Roger Ebert
Moonstruck (1987)
Leads Cher and Nicolas Cage are both solid and appealing, but it's the pic's older lovers -- especially the slendidly controlled Olympia Dukakis -- who give
its endearing spirit."
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After my fifth weigh-in at Weight Watchers, I'm down 11.5 pounds. As my WW instructor puts it, I've lost 46 sticks of butter. I've been updating my readers here each Friday morning with each week's loss (or gain as it turned out last week) for two reasons. The first is to motivate myself. When I know I have to tell the whole world how I did during the week, it makes me work harder.
The second is that I think, perhaps, I can motivate a few of my readers if I tell them of my successes and my struggles. Most people who have tried to lose weight don't get it right on the first try. They often don't get it right on the second, third or fourth tries. It takes a lot of trial and error to figure out what works for each person. While I think the Weight Watchers program will work for most people who are looking to lose the weight slowly and steadily, it's only part of what is working for me.
I'm convinced that each person needs to find the right combination of eating healthy, moving their body, and motivation that works for his or her individual lifestyle and personality.
What is working for me
- Weight Watchers. I explained why I feel the program is a great fit for those who want to continue to eat sustainably and healthy while losing weight when I first told you I'd joined Weight Watchers. After six weeks following the program, I'm even more convinced of it.
- Exercising at home. I have promised myself that I will never pay for a gym membership again. I could probably own a house at the beach for what I've thrown away in unused gym dues (not really, but it feels that way). Leslie Sansone's Walk at Home DVD's are working very well for me. I have three of her DVD's of varying lengths that I use several times a week. I'm also use Peggy Cappy's Yoga for the Rest of Us DVD's. As the weather warms up, I'll be getting outside to exercise, but since it's been so cold and snowy, these DVD's have worked perfectly for me.
- Canned fruit. Fresh fruits and vegetables are the ideal, but fruit tends to disappear quickly in my home. I can't always get to the store to restock when needed, so I've started buying mandarin orange slices, peaches and pears canned in fruit juice.
- Accountability. Weighing in weekly keeps me accountable, but I post my weekly loss or gain here on the blog and on my Facebook page each week, too. I also have a couple of friends who are also doing WW and whom I talk to regularly.
- Trying to be perfect. The WW program has the flexibility of having a bank of extra points that can be used each week, a little each day or all at once if I need them. I can also earn extra points by working out. I've tried a couple of weeks to not touch any of those extra points to try to lose weight more quickly, but I just can't do it. I like a second glass of wine on Friday nights and a dinner out with friends once in a while.
- Deciding I need to lose x amount of weight by a certain date. When I started the program, I had it in my mind that I would have lost at least 20 pounds by now. Doable, but a little unrealistic. I know that my weight loss needs to be slow and steady, but darn it, I want it to go more quickly. I need to accept that while I may have a 3 or 4 pound week once in a while, 1½ to 2 pounds a week will be the norm, and it's the best way to do it for healthy, long-term weight loss. I'm doing this to get healthy, not to look great in my jeans, right?
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It was at the E3 conference in 2011, and Fletcher was there for work. At the time, she didn't really know what YouTube was. Still, YouTuber Toby Turner, she recalled, had a goofy grin and a knack for enchanting large crowds. His demeanor was almost annoying.
They exchanged numbers. They Facetimed. They texted. She eventually even moved to L.A. It was all normal – until one day, she realized it wasn't. She says he cheated on her. Yelled at her. Wouldn't stop texting her. Didn't want her to befriend other YouTube creators. Started doing drugs. Drugged her. Raped her.
A few months ago, when she saw him immortalized as a toy – his face on an action figure inside a box labeling him a "hero" – she couldn't hold back anymore. Fletcher ran out of the Toys R Us in Porter Ranch, California, and spent the next 12 hours crying and writing in her Los Angeles apartment.
On April 8, she hit publish on a Tumblr post: "The truth about Tobuscus."
To the public, Turner (a.k.a. Tobuscus) is an A-list digital creator. To Fletcher, he is her ex-boyfriend – and alleged abuser.
Toby Turner at VidCon 2015 (left) and a Toby Turner Tube Heroes doll (right).
The Star Factor
For a while there, Vidcon was Ground Zero for spawning relationships that sometimes went too far. Before security was heightened in the past couple of years, the Hilton Hotel right next to the Anaheim Convention Center was a mob scene of creators and fans.
Hundreds lingered by the elevators, stairwells and even the bar, awaiting their favorite stars. There were no guards telling them to back off; instead, they knew their favorite celebrities' room numbers, and ways to get there unnoticed.
Things are different in traditional Hollywood, where A-listers still maintain a safe distance. There are bodyguards, publicists and dedicated teams working to help them maneuver the fame and shape their image.
"Back in the day to be a so-called 'groupie' you really had to hustle with security and follow a band or celebrity at every single venue," Toosbuy said. "Now, with stuff like Twitter, these stars have easy access to 12 and 13 year olds. If you are the kind of guy who is a jerk and want to capitalize on getting young girls today, it's the perfect environment for that."
What's more, fear of consequence doesn't prevail in the digital space. These digital stars aren't contracted at a studio, and most don't have a small army of handlers to whom they are accountable. They achieved fame for themselves, some literally overnight. And since their uncensored selves are the reason for their fame, they don't listen anyway, many in the industry who have worked with young creators tell Mashable.
In some cases, agencies and PR firms have dropped clients over conduct. One person in the industry said they asked a digital influencer what was the best gift they ever received from a fan.
The young teen star simply said: "A blowjob."
Fans swarm digital influencers at VidCon 2016. TARA ZIEMBA / CONTRIBUTOR / GETTY
'Now I'm paying for deception'
Alex Day knows he screwed up.
In 2014, about 14 people — including Day's ex-girlfriend — alleged that the former YouTube star behaved inappropriately, with some saying he also committed sexual assault. It's the most people to speak out about any one digital star to date.
"I was a manipulative person and I think I did put pressure on people, although I certainly didn't see it that way at the time," Day, who became popular on YouTube for his Doctor Who fan band Chameleon Circuit, told Mashable in a phone interview.
The 27-year-old, who lives in London, said he didn't know how to react when the accusations first came out. He wrote a blog called "on mistakes." He then wrote "On mistakes 2" — a response to his response. Eventually, he gave up on apologizing and deactivated the account.
"I feel very regretful that I used to be that way and that, however unknowingly, I made people feel that way," he said. "I don't want to have sexual encounters with people who aren't into it. That's not fun for me. The idea that I ever did have that is very troubling and I wish it hadn't happened." (For a full Q&A with Alex Day, click here).
Mashable reached out to over a dozen digital influencers accused of sexual harassment using the listed public contact information, including their emails (some registered to old YouTube accounts) and social media. Only Day replied.
Day says back when he was at his career high, he didn't understand that fans put him on a pedestal, nor the responsibility that comes with that.
"I genuinely didn't consider myself famous," he said. "From my perspective, I just sat in my room and made videos that people liked. Also, the idea of a girl being into me because I make videos in the bedroom is the opposite of everything I've even been taught. I didn't think I was sexy. But the people on the Internet didn't accept that … they thought how could I possibly not realize I was in the position of power."
Day lost all his Team Internet friends. He now always has his guard up. Recently, for example, a girl (who is 20) emailed him after watching his videos, asking if he'd like to meet up.
"I was really self-conscious about it," he said. "To me she's just a person I just met, but I was really concerned. She had to keep being like 'It's fine, you're not taking advantage.'"
It's taken some time, but Day said he has come to terms with everything that happened. Eventually, he began making videos again. At his peak, he was getting more than 2 million views on videos that he deemed silly, such as his dramatic hilarious readings of the Twilight books. Now, he's lucky if he gets more than 20,000 views.
Losing subscribers, views and friends — a.k.a essentially getting booted from Team Internet — is the standard consequence. Most of the accused end up going dark on the web, stripping all ties they once had to the community. Some — like Day — offer apologies, but their reputations remain damaged. And a few (arguably Turner) even go unscathed, with their fervent fan followings refusing to believe any allegations.
YouTube musician Ed "Eddplant" Blann, who was in Day's Dr. Who band, even admitted to being in an abusive relationship with a fan in Tumblr. Ten months later, he uploaded a song about flaws and regrets.
"Inhuman Nature"
By Eddplant
"I've got regrets too blue to mention
and I sold myself with the image of perfection
I've heard the truth will out
but I've always had my doubts
Now I'm paying for deception
So cast me like a stone against the rocks,
Reveal a cross-section of all my wrongs;
my every flaw exposed,
and I'll weather them:
I'll chase the storm of hate and lost respect
'til I'm a better man, I won't rest
I won't let go of what I've done
I'll let it shape what I become"
Now, the musician still sometimes uploads videos on YouTube and tweets to his 352 followers — but he never fully bounced back from the backlash. The last video he posted was seven months ago.
Despite a slew of high-profile accusations, Toosbuy said she's only seen one case at LAPD related to a digital influencer: In November 2015, then 15-year-old YouTube star Steven Fernandez was arrested after allegedly sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl.
The skateboarder and social media star, who has amassed more than 701,000 subscribers to his channel since joining the platform in 2012, allegedly promised that he would introduce her to celebrities and let her appear on his non-existent MTV show "in exchange for sexual acts." Both Fernandez and his 22-year-old manager Jose Barajas were arrested and are awaiting trial, Toosbuy said. A representative for Fernandez did not reply to Mashable's request for comment.
The only known case of digital influencer being sentenced to jail time for online harassment is Michael Lombardo (Mashable obtained the court documents -click the link).
The musician, whose first channel is now closed on YouTube and whose second channel has just over 2,000 subscribers, was charged and sentenced to five years in prison in 2014 for soliciting sexually explicit photos from an underage fan, according to court documents.
Tumblr archives and old YouTube videos are also telling — though many have been removed over time.
Though the harassment epidemic is now more publicized, the question remains: Whose responsibility is it to monitor and prevent this from continuing?
Is it the stars' responsibility to draw boundaries around themselves? Do the fans need to dial back on their obsessions? Do platforms and the companies built around them need to better educate fans and creators about how to create a safer Internet culture?
Uplift: Online Communities Against Sexual Violence — a nonprofit founded in 2014 — believes it's all of the above. The organization's mission is to help combat sexual abuse in online communities through education and advocacy.
Uplift members at their VidCon booth in 2016. UPLIFT
"We started a couple of years ago after there was this wave of allegations," Katie Twyman, Uplift co-founder and co-executive director, said. "It was like the magnified version of the bystander effect: Everyone wanted to something about the allegations, but no one knew if they should be the one to step forward. And no one knew how to address such a huge issue. We ended up stepping forward."
The organization had a booth on the VidCon floor both this year and last year, and Mashable recently featured a series produced by the nonprofit in a list of YouTube channels that "will make you smarter about social justice."
"It became clear there was a structural problem, and a short-term solution would not be adequate," added Grace Miller, co-founder and operations director of Uplift. "I think what's so unique about this kind of community, and these kinds of relationship dynamics, is we are seeing creators who risen to prominence — and hold extremely high elevated social positions that have unprecedented access to their fans."
At least 500 people have signed @UpliftTogether's safer community pledge #vidcon pic.twitter.com/HAcHMIXNRs
— Saba Hamedy (@saba_h) June 25, 2016
At VidCon, Uplift handed out fliers and small guides to digital abuse, including "warning signs your child is in an unhealthy relationship" (for parents) and "love is digital" tips. They also asked attendees to sign a "safer community pledge" and collected results for their VidCon safety survey. They also promoted The #HackHarassment pledge, created by another group of individuals who have similar goals of building a safer, smarter and more inclusive experience online. The Green brothers have been vocal about their support of nonprofits like Uplift and in the past even helped create a task force against abuse and assault. They produced and funded a series of videos that discussed abuse and consent in sexual relationships. They have also banned influencers — most notably Sam Pepper, who came under fire for his prank videos in which he pinched women's butts — at VidCon after community members expressed concerns.
In the parents lounge, tips for parents on how to help monitor their kids social media accounts / presence #vidcon pic.twitter.com/LReiU6mrUf
— Saba Hamedy (@saba_h) June 25, 2016
A handful of parents in the lounge said they were aware of the existing dangers of such an open creator-fan dynamic.
"I spot-check her phone," Susan Paragas, who is mom to a 13-year-old daughter, told Mashable. "I check because I never know who she might be meeting up with … but she's very open about showing me when I ask. I question her, 'Who are you talking to?' It's all mostly friends from school and family members … I always try to teach her what's right and wrong when it comes to the Internet."
This year, Paragas, who lives in Pomona, California, felt her daughter was mature enough to wander VidCon with just her friends. But only the friends her daughter was familiar with, and only if she promised to check in via text every hour.
Even some parents who are strict with their kids expressed shock when informed that such cases of harassment are so common.
"I feel so ignorant," Marcia Haresh, from Los Angeles, told Mashable.
The mother of a 14-year-old daughter said even though she monitors Instagram, her husband monitors Snapchat and her cousin monitors Twitter, the openness of the Internet culture is still alarming.
"She [my daughter] is so innocent," Haresh said. "She doesn't really understand the dark side. I'm that crazy mom who gives her all the scenarios that could happen … now that I know about [sexual harassment] I'll just add a whole other layer of crazy to the scenarios."
Moving On
Turner didn't respond to Mashable's request for comment. He continues to postvideos and tweets.
Following Fletcher's Tumblr post, Turner uploaded a video, saying he was "shocked" and "hurt" by the allegations.
"I want to be crystal clear: I've never done anything without her consent," he said in the video (below). "I've never tried to trick her into anything."
"As Toby stated in his video, the allegations against him are categorically false," a representative for Turner told Mashable in an email statement. "Unfortunately, while the Internet is capable of tremendous good, oftentimes telling the truth becomes a secondary consideration to telling compelling stories. Those that choose to spread lies rarely face consequences while those they attack can face irreparable damage. It's really difficult to put the genie back in the bottle."
Because Turner is such a high-profile YouTuber, news of the harassment allegations ended up dividing the community. Fletcher received an outpouring of support (an unexpected amount of which she said came from creators themselves) as well as hate (Turner's fans continue to troll her on the Internet).
"When someone is constantly harassing you, you have to walk on eggshells," Fletcher told Mashable. "He has so much power within the community, he could destroy me by tweeting something about me."
After the post was published, Fletcher took the allegations a step further and filed a police report with rape and drug charges against Turner. Fletcher — who hasn't talked to Turner since January — isn't sure what will happen to her ex next, though law enforcement officials have said her case may take up to one to three years to go to trial.
For now, she takes comfort in knowing that at least one thing has changed since she came forward on Tumblr:
The Tobuscus "Tube Heroes" action figure is no longer available at Toys R Us orWalmart.


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As most of you know, we sent out a quick reminder of the upcoming Sia hardfork on Saturday. We put together this blog post to clear up any confusion and answer some frequently asked questions. If you have any further questions, let us know on Discord.
The hardfork is expected to take place on December 6.
Reminder: At block 135,000 the v1.3.0 difficulty adjustment hardfork activates. Please ensure you are running the latest version of the Sia software.
Why does Sia require a hardfork?
Sia, like many other tokens, uses a PoW (Proof-of-Work) algorithm to secure the network and to prevent double spending. PoW requires a DAA (Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm) to adjust the mining difficulty on a regular basis to ensure that blocks are mined every 10 minutes on average. This is especially important for Sia since file contracts use the blockheight as a measure of time.
While Sia's DAA has done a good job so far, it's not without its flaws. Currently this is not a problem, but it might become a threat to the network's security once ASICs are released, causing an enormous spike in hashrate. For that reason, we introduced a new DAA in Sia v1.3.0 which is triggered at block 135,000. The new DAA adjusts the difficulty every block and will be able to keep the network stable during sudden spikes in hashrate.
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Were there any other changes? e.g. block reward or number of Siacoins/Siafunds?
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Will there be a new token? Do my coins double like in the Bitcoin or Ethereum hardforks?
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Chain splits only take place during contentious hardforks. This hardfork is not contentious in nature.
When does the hardfork trigger?
The hardfork triggers at block 135,000 which is estimated to be mined on Wednesday the 6th of December.
What does that mean for existing Siacoin holders? What do I need to do?
If you are holding the coins in the Sia-UI wallet you have to make sure to update to the latest version before the hardfork. If you have all your coins in a paper wallet or on exchanges you don't need to do anything.
How do I update Sia-UI?
Just download the latest version from our website and follow the guide on our wiki.
What happens if I can't update in time?
Don't worry. Just update Sia to the latest version.
Will my coins cease to exist? Will I lose coins?
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Does the new DAA increase difficulty?
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Is GPU mining still possible?
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Regression Methods in Biostatistics
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How to Have No Fear
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This article was co-authored by Trudi Griffin, LPC, MS. Trudi Griffin is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wisconsin specializing in Addictions and Mental Health. She provides therapy to people who struggle with addictions, mental health, and trauma in community health settings and private practice. She received her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Marquette University in 2011.
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Fear is a life-saving feeling meant to circulate adrenaline and improve performance so that we can escape danger. However, overstimulation may lead to fear and anxiety taking control of your life. You can live a life of no fear by reducing negative thoughts and implementing positive, resilient behavior in response to change and challenges.
Part 1
Understanding Your Fear
1Realize the purpose of fear. Fear is an evolutionary adaptation, which alerts us to potential danger or threats. [1] When the fear response is activated, your nervous and adrenal systems become aroused, which produces physiological, psychological, and behavioral changes. When a threat is perceived, your autonomic nervous system is activated. This system is controlled by the amygdala.[2]
- There are several theories that state that anxiety and fear are different in that fear is the emotional expression of a threat or anxiety response, but how exactly the physiological response is translated into emotion is largely based on several theories which involve amygdala, hypothalamus, and cortex.[3]
2Assess what triggers your fear response. The fear response is the body's natural way of dealing with a fearful situation. It also helps you in coping during stressful times. Having this type of reaction or having fear is not bad, because it helps us to adapt during very stressful times. However, when the fear response is activated in a situation where it is not needed, such as taking a test, you may experience physiological changes including muscle tension, restlessness, and increased heart rate. You might also have psychological changes, which can include trouble concentrating, irritability, or diminished judgment.
- Keep track of things that make you fearful or worried. Do you see themes? For example, are you constantly worried or anxious about your health or money? Understanding what triggers your fear responses will help you figure out how to overcome them.[4]
3Don't try to completely eliminate fear from your life. Having fear is a biological response to an outside stimulus. Therefore, it cannot be taken away completely. Thus, having NO fear at all is not a very attainable goal. However, fear does become a problem when it is disproportionate to what you are experiencing or when it keeps you from trying new things. Make your goal to change how you perceive fearful stimuli, instead of getting rid of your natural fear response.
Part 2
Changing Your Thinking
1Challenge fearful thinking. It is very easy to listen to thoughts that warn us about danger. Sometimes these thoughts keep us safe. But when these thoughts keep you from living to your fullest, you can test and challenge these fear statements. Your thoughts will be different depending on what makes you afraid. Possible scenarios can include having a test or speech coming up, or being afraid of social situations. You might also be afraid to take a leap such as going back to school or applying for a new job. Test your thoughts to see if your fear is out of proportion to the situation.
- For example, you might be afraid to give a speech. You think that you will freeze up during the speech and embarrass yourself. Test out this thought by asking yourself the following questions: [5]
- "What is the evidence for this thought?"
- "Does this thought always hold true for you?"
- "Does this thought take into account the positive and negative possibilities of the situation?"
- For example, you might be afraid to give a speech. You think that you will freeze up during the speech and embarrass yourself. Test out this thought by asking yourself the following questions: [5]
2Tell yourself affirming statements. You can further rationalize by telling yourself that you do not know what the future holds. Reason with yourself to keep your thoughts from making you afraid.
- Offer yourself soothing supportive statements to calm these fearful thoughts. For example, tell yourself that you're a capable, strong person who can handle scary circumstances. Remind yourself about how you overcame fear in another situation, and you can overcome your fear now as well.
3Distract yourself. Distraction has been shown to be a helpful behavioral response when anxious.[6] Research has shown that using distraction can be a protective factor against anxiety. [7] Although researchers do not know the exact reason why distraction works to defend against anxiety, they think that it is connected to cognitive flexibility in being able to shift focus away from anxious external stimuli or anxious thoughts. [8]
- In fact, distraction was shown to reduce the risk of developing anxiety, in children. [9]
- If you are in a new situation, it may be helpful to distract yourself from your fearful thoughts. Your fear thoughts may be keeping you tense and worried in the moment. If you find that you are having trouble addressing and challenging your fear thoughts in the moment, giving yourself a distraction may help temporarily to get through the situation.
- For example, if you are giving a speech, distract yourself with your note cards and focus on what you are saying.
- If you are in a social situation, start a conversation with someone or focus on what is going on around you, such as music or the smell of food.
4Imagine yourself succeeding without fear. Get a hold of your imagination before it runs wild. Many people who experience fear find that their imaginations work overtime to create catastrophic scenarios. Rope in your imagination and force yourself to envision that same scenario in a positive, successful way.[10]
- For example, if you are scared of giving a speech, spend a few minutes before the speech imagining yourself stepping up to the podium and speaking clearly and confidently. Imagine the audience listening attentively and clapping for you at the end.
5Celebrate small steps. Overcoming fear isn't going to happen completely overnight. Work on making incremental changes.[11] This way, you will slowly make progress forward.
- For example, if you're afraid in social situations, take small steps like saying hello to the grocery store clerk and the mail carrier. If you're scared of public speaking, raise your hand in class to make a quick comment.
Part 3
Finding Support
1Talk to a friend. Sometimes it is helpful to know that fear is a normal part of everyday life, and we have all felt afraid at one point or another. Talking with a friend can normalize this feeling as well as reduce stress by offering social support. Talking with friends can also reduce tension and stress by having a place to laugh and talk through fearful situations. In fact, research studies have shown that social support is linked to feelings of security, which can increase feelings of self-worth.[12]
2See a therapist. If you're finding that your fears are seriously limiting your ability to interact with others, or you feel restricted from doing things you used to enjoy, consider visiting a mental health professional. This person may be able to help you dig into the roots of your fears and figure out strategies for overcoming those fears.
3Try exposure therapy. In some cases, you may be able to overcome fears by trying exposure therapy. In this type of therapy, a person is exposed to their fear in a safe environment. Then, he or she can "unlearn" the fear. For example, one study reduced participants' phobias of spiders by allowing the participants spend time with tarantulas. They were taught about the spiders' biology and behavior, and eventually touched the spiders.[13]
- Exposure therapy can sometimes be detrimental, especially for people who suffer from PTSD.[14] Consult with a mental health professional before starting exposure therapy.
4Join a support group. Look for a support group in your area where you can share your experiences with other people who experience fear. You might find something that is specific, such as a support group to overcome a fear of flying, for example. Or, you might find a support group that addresses fears and anxieties more generally.
Part 4
Managing Your Physiological Response to Fear
1Try controlled breathing. Because fear is intimately linked to a physiological response such as increased heart rate, increased breathing, and sweating,[15] it is important to have ways to help reduce these responses. It's especially important because these sensations can be uncomfortable and may actually make you feel more afraid or stressed. Controlling your breathing can trigger a calming response, signaling your body to begin to relax and slow breathing and heart rate.[16] When you notice that your anxiety or fear is heightened, try deep breathing from your diaphragm.
- Take a full breath to a count of ten and ensure that you breath expands your abdomen, hold it for five seconds, and then exhale for five seconds.
- Be sure to take two normal breaths in between your deep diaphragm breathing.[17]
2Relax your muscles through progressive muscle relaxation. You can access a calming response by using progressive muscle relaxation. [18] This type of relaxation reduces muscle tension, sending a signal to your body to begin relaxing. By tensing and then releasing the tension in your muscles, you can slowly bring your body back to a calm state.
- Tighten your muscles for six seconds and then release for six seconds. Pay close attention to how each muscle is relaxing.
- Work from your head to your toes until you feel your body begin to relax.
3Be present in your thoughts. Mindfulness is a way to calm your fearful thoughts by becoming aware of your immediate environment such as your sensations like hearing and body sensations. Similar to challenging unhelpful thoughts, mindfulness can be used to allow your fearful thoughts to move in and out of your awareness[19] without judgment and without allowing these thoughts to evoke an emotional or physical response.
- When you notice that your fearful thoughts or physical fear response is becoming too much, tune into noticing the present moment. Listen to the sounds in the room. Sense the temperature of the room. Notice smells in the room. Keep at it until you produce a calming effect for yourself.[20]
- In addition to pacifying fear, mindfulness can decrease stress and blood pressure. It can also help you to feel more connected to those around you in the moment.[21][22]
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- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181681
- ↑ http://brainstemwiki.colorado.edu/lib/exe/fetch.php/ledoux2003emotionalbrainfearamygdalacellularmolecularneurobiology.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181681/
- ↑ http://www.learnmindpower.com/articles/what-me-worry-ten-practices-eliminating-fear-and-w/
- ↑ Bourne, E.J. (2010). The anxiety and phobia workbook (5th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
- ↑ Bourne, E.J. (2010). The anxiety and phobia workbook (5th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624966/
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624966/
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3624966/
- ↑ http://www.uncommonhelp.me/articles/overcome-fear-and-anxiety/
- ↑ http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2007/02/22/5-life-changing-keys-to-overcoming-your-fear/
- ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/social-support/art-20044445?pg=1
- ↑ http://www.livescience.com/20468-spider-phobia-cured-therapy.html
- ↑ http://www.livescience.com/51724-fear-extinguishing-brain-circuit-identified.html
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3181681/
- ↑ Bourne, E.J. (2010). The anxiety and phobia workbook (5th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
- ↑ Bourne, E.J. (2010). The anxiety and phobia workbook (5th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
- ↑ Bourne, E.J. (2010). The anxiety and phobia workbook (5th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
- ↑ https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200810/the-art-now-six-steps-living-in-the-moment
- ↑ Bourne, E.J. (2010). The anxiety and phobia workbook (5th ed.). Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
- ↑ https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200810/the-art-now-six-steps-living-in-the-moment
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Display AdSense On your Mobile AppSounds Good ? Obviously what can be better than adsense to generate some revenue. You can add Adsense to your Android App to make money. For this, you have to create an account at AdMob.
What is Admob?
In simple words, AdMob is the Mobile version of Adsense. It is used for Android Apps. You do not have to make a new account. You just use your existing Adsense Account.
How To use AdMob in Android Apps ?
1- Go to AdMob
2- Sign in with your Adsense Gmail Account.
3- Register with AdMob
4- Choose Payment Method ( Paypal Option Available )
5- Add your App's Android Market Link. ( This is why i said above that you must have to publish your app in Market because AdMob only registers the Published Apps . You will get your App's Market link once you publish it in Android Market )
6- After approval, you will get a unique code. Now this code you have to put in ibuildapp where your app is hosted.
Follow the images to clear everything :
This is Your App's Android Market URL. You only have to copy the highlighted code and paste it in Admob.
Now you have your Admob Publisher Id. Copy this. ( Don't click Get Publisher Code )
Now go back to ibuildapp --> My Apps ----> App Management ---- > App Settings
Scroll down to Advertisement Section and choose Admob. Paste your Publisher ID and Save.
It will take maximum 24 hours to start showing the ads in your app.
IMPORTANT : Admob had a very good feature which is SHOWING GOOGLE ADS. It means when there is no ad to show in your app, it will show Google Ads in your App. Your earnings in Admob is separate from Adsense. You will get paid via Paypal.
To enable and must enable this feauture, go to your App's Settings in Admob as shown in image below.
This is the final overview of your Admob account
When your admob will be activated within 24 hours, the status color will turn Green.
2 - Making Money with Direct Advertisers
Now this is very difficult but can be effective if your app receives good stats. If you have good stats than you can contact any advertiser to advertise in your app but this you have to do manually. As i mentioned at the start of the post that why it is important to publish your app in Market , this is the answer. You will get the stats only if your App is Published in Market so you can show stats to advertisers from your Market Account.
To put Direct Ads, simply add the banner and the url of the advertiser. Go to Advertisement Section of your app in ibuildapp and instead of Admob option, click HTML option.
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It appears right at the top of your headlines with a blue out-going arrow that further helps the click through rate.


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I've completed 6 more blocks for the Retro Flowers QAL!
All in DS's Hope Valley
All the completed blocks so far..
11 down, 5 more to go
This is a part of my FAL for the 2nd quarter so it is technically productive..
(so there Katy!)
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Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd (鴻海精密) yesterday said it plans to expand a recruitment program by hiring as many as 3,000 workers to support the development of new devices based on Mozilla's Firefox operating system.
The scale of hiring is bigger than the company's announcement on June 4, when it said it would hire between 500 and 1,000 engineers by the end of this year for its software center in Greater Kaohsiung to develop Firefox OS applications.
The center currently has 300 employees.
"Hon Hai will do its best to develop the Kaohsiung software center as the company's software powerhouse," the firm said in a statement. "There will be no budget limit for fostering software talent."
Hon Hai, which is a major assembler of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads, is scheduled to participate in a job fair tomorrow organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
The company plans to develop more than five devices running on Firefox OS, including smartphones and tablets, by the end of the year, which the company said is part of its efforts to provide customers with new products powered by alternative, open-source software.
The operating system will allow HTML5 apps to communicate directly with the hardware and it is being developed by Mozilla as an open-source mobile operating system.
Hon Hai has said that it hopes the platform would become another option for clients aside from Google's Android and Apple's iOS.
However, UBS Securities analyst Arthur Hsieh (謝宗文) said in a note on Wednesday that it would take time for Hon Hai and Mozilla to make Firefox devices attractive.
Hon Hai shares fell 1.81 percent to NT$70.7 yesterday.
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About Duneside Stud
Duneside Stud
An inborn love for horses and a passion for horse breeding motivated the owner of Duneside Stud to acquire the first brood mares from Voigtland Stud in 1974, and the stud remains grateful to Mr. Gerhard Voigts and his descendants at Voigtland (which has subsequently stopped horse-breeding), for their contribution to horse-breeding in Namibia. This stud provided broodmares for most of the other studs that started up about 40 to 50 years ago and Duneside Stud believes in the conviction of the desert Bedouins in attaching great value to the dam line in horse breeding.
Along with the other Namibian Warmblood studs, Duneside benefitted from the stallions made available by Celle (Hannoverian Breeders' Society) to the Warmblood breeders of Namiban and one of the damlines was founded by Graveur out of Grande. Anschluss, a Hannoverian stallion imported by Voigtland, also founded a successful dam line. Other Warmblood stallions used by kind consent of private stallion owners were Attache, Menotti, Pepino, Consuelo, Good Morning Africa (out of Wendesi), Bellini and Tanzpartner. Thoroughbred stallions used for refining were Moss Cable, Nile Game and Hold the Hostage. When matters finally came to a head for Namibian horse breeders to start their own Breed Society, Duneside was one of the founder members of the Namibian Warmblood Breeders Society.
The love for horses was not confined to Warmbloods only however; Purebred Arabians became part of the Stud and later, when Connemara's raised the interest of the stud owner, Ashgar Kierin was acquired, a Connemara stallion bred by Christine Walwyn of Clarence, (Orange Free State South Africa). Kierin bred great conformation, bone, boldness, jumping ability and savvy. Today he is represented by his son Duneside Sundance, a great ambassador for the breed. Both father and son have been used to breed with the Warmblood mares in the tradition of the Irish Sport Horse.
Duneside Stud today is in the capable hands of Keith Keating and Yolanda Meyer who continue with the same passion as their predecessor. Spotting a beautiful colt standing on the neighboring farm, they stopped to have a look, whereupon they were approached by this colt and it was a matter of 'love at first sight'. Consequently Mr. Keating and Ms. Meyer met with the owner, Mr. Fonk Genis, and the result was that they ended up as the new owners of Duneside Stud.
New stables and a World Class Equestrian Centre were built for the stud and an experienced horseman (Riaan Verster) was appointed as stud manager and the previous stud owner acts as stud advisor with his wealth of knowledge.
The Stud vision remains to breed "User-friendly horses for horse-friendly people" but this time around the vision includes using semen from world-class Warmblood and Arabian sires from around the world.
"At Duneside Stud we aim to breed "USER-FRIENDLY HORSES FOR HORSE-FRIENDLY PEOPLE" in different equine disciplines."


text: Chile is a country that boasts of having an egalitarian society, however, it is a veneer that is being lifted after reports of discrimination from the country's domestic workers. In one affluent area of Santiago, community by-laws justify forcing maids and gardeners to use a special bus for supposed "security" reasons, rather than allowing them to walk around the gated development where they work. Nicolas Pav Ez, a lawyer in the Chilean capital, has taken on the case to defend the workers. "We believe the constitutional right to presumption of innocence has been violated, not only is there discrimination but the presumption that servants are thieves, potential delinquents," Pav Ez said. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Santiago. SOURCE: Al Jazeera Business & Economy Latin America Chile


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This month we have changed things up a bit. Instead of one standard service design, we have begun dividing the month's services in to different types. I got this idea from Nanette Sawyer, Pastor of Grace Commons and St. James Presbyterian in Chicago. These are the types of services: Holy Conversations (which is more like our typical style), taize vespers (which we did last week), sacred meal, and poetry vespers. These will no doubt change in the future as more people join and our needs change, but this way we can mix things up a bit. On the 5th Sunday of each month, we will have a healing service. I hope you'll join us!
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Paradise Suites is the first boutique hotel in Halong that meets the standards of the concept of "Boutique hotel" with the great service and modern facilities. Paradise Suites hotel is with equipped with 158 bedroom 4 star luxury, European-style architecture.
The hotel features European interior design and sophisticated construction. Room lighting system makes you feel very cozy and luxurious. The spacious suites are armed with air conditioner, flat screen Smart TV, wooden furniture. Also rooms come with a private bathroom with a marble walk-in shower and toiletries.
Hotel location
Staying at Paradise Suites Hotel allows you to easily access beaches, Dolphin Club and Tuan Chau Theatre. This 4-star hotel is located near Tuan Chau Beach.
Paradise Suites is located in the heart of Paradise Town street, just several steps away from Dolphin Club, Tuan Chau beach and Tuan Chau theatre. In particular, the hotel adjacent to the marina Tuan Chau, it is very convenient for visitors to explore Halong Bay.


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Simon @ 4 Months – on 4th of July!posted by Andrea | 07/4/2014
My little man is 4 months old… on the Fourth of July — how could I not take a few cute pictures for the blog?
I guess this is technically his "baby golden birthday" if there is such a thing!
Here are a few of his "real" 4-month pictures:
The past month has been pretty easy now that Dave is home for the summer and Simon is getting a little older. Even though he has no real schedule, we're starting to realize what he wants and when he wants it (which makes my life a lot less stressful!)
Compared to "normal" babies, he hardly naps (two 40-minute naps a day if I'm lucky) but compared to Nora, he's a napping champ. I know when he's tired, he falls asleep almost instantly after laying down, and he just rolls over and makes happy sounds when he wakes up.
So while I would love a longer nap from him, I really can't complain — especially since he's a relatively happy camper the rest of the day. Plus, he's often sleeping by 7:00pm (or earlier) so I guess he's making up for sleep at night (which I won't complain about either!)
Speaking of sleeping at night — he usually sleeps for about 12-13 hours, waking up once (usually around 4:00 or 5:00am). Yes, I have lots of friends with babies the same age who have been sleeping all the way through the night for several weeks/months already — but I'm ecstatic with how well he sleeps compared to Nora! I honestly feel like I won the sleeping baby lottery 🙂
I can see his two bottom teeth through his gums, but so far, I can't feel anything. However, he's been sucking on his 2 fingers constantly and drooling like crazy so I have a feeling they'll be popping through soon (hopefully!)
For the most part, Simon would much rather sit in his bouncy seat by himself than be held. He gets SO hot if we hold him for even a few minutes — and being hot and sweaty is not something he enjoys.
I caught a VERY rare snuggly moment when he fell asleep in my arms (otherwise he definitely prefers to sleep laying flat on his belly.)
We moved him to the "big boy" seat of our double stroller — which he seems to like much more than being in the carseat. Doesn't he look so old in the picture below?
He's growing well, gaining lots of weight, and generally just a pretty "chill" little guy.
Nora loves him AND loves pestering him already. Dave said it will be a sad, sad day for Nora when Simon is finally big enough to push back 🙂
Happy 4 months Simon!
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He looks so much like Nora did at that age. You can really tell they are brother and sister. So cute.
Denise Z07/04/2014
Great pictures–thanks for sharing! That 3rd picture, where he's just sitting back "chillin' " in his seat cracks me up! So glad he's a good sleeper for you–you've earned it! HAPPY 4th to you and your sweet family! (How does Nora do with fireworks?)
Simon is adorable! Have a wonderful 4th of July!
Cutie! He looks more serious than Nora, but I'm sure that's only because he's still a baby.
I think 2 40-min naps is pretty typical for this age–both of mine didn't start to fall into a longer, more regular nap pattern until at least 4 mo (more like 5). There was definitely a slowdown in naptimes between the newborn sleepy stage and the solid 3 naps a day timeframe.
He is so CUTE!!! And I think sleeping 12-13 hour stretches is great!! Only one of my 3 babies was doing that at 4 months!
Paulette Smith07/04/2014
LOVE the monthly photo updates!!! Hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday weekend!
Adorable!!! Enjoy the holiday with your beautiful family!!!


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Divorce Expectations
It is reasonable for clients who are seeking a divorce to have high expectations regarding issues of custody, child support, marital property award, alimony, and other important issues. Yet clients need to have adequate explanation for each issue, the process of contested cases in court, and regarding non-contested cases that may be resolved through property settlement agreements.
The role of both client and attorney must be clear and the attorney and client must work as a TEAM. The attorney needs to be knowledgeable of the law, trial strategy, resources of the client, and the client must be candid with the facts, communicate effectively, express expectations, and participate in gathering information, particularly before the process begins.
On this website, I have prepared articles on what to bring to the first meeting. Much of the information requested is essential to understand the client's needs, children's needs, and history of the family relationships, and financial circumstances. Here are a number of important foundation needs:
- Child preference regarding custody and the special needs of the children
- Earnings of both spouses
- Income taxes
- Completing forms on our webside: (a) the Confidential Information Form and (b) Financial Statement, including Monthly Expenses, which is a required court form for many purposes.
- There is also a form called Joint Statement of Marital and Non-marital Property that provides necessary information to evaluate marital property.
It is the client's choice to complete the requested forms. Without the forms, I may not be able to form opinions.
Getting back to the client's expectations: A lawyer cannot tell you the cost of a divorce. Clients who expect to pay below standard fees for an attorney with over 30 years' experience and to receive the services on an expedited basis will not work. We realize that clients completing forms is a challenge, yet a good faith effort by the client will reduce the cost of a contested or non-contested divorce.
When you see a primary care physician, a medical model is used wherein you and your family's medical history, diagnostic tests or images and medication is requested. As lawyers, we request information that is valuable to your case. Paying us to obtain the necessary information is not beneficial to you as a client. Today, we utilize tools to serve you efficiently and effectively.
Much of our effort, especially in litigation, requires both client and attorney to meet deadlines. If not met, the client's case may be severely harmed. We set forth and communicate to clients the need to obtain from the client information that the client has or that is within their control to obtain.Understanding the process helps clients develop realistic expectations.
Fred Antenberg has been practicing Family Law in Howard County and surrounding counties in Central Maryland for over 30 years. Call Fred today at 410-730-4404 for a Free Initial Consultation if you have a need for a Family Law attorney.


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|Full name
|Valarie Jane Morris-Goodall
|Know as
|Jane Goodall, Dame Jane Goodall, Goodall, Jane
|Birth place
|London, England, United Kingdom
|Birth date
|85 years, 9 month, 9 days
|Star sign
|Darwin College, Cambridge
|5' 5" (1.65 m)
|Hugo van Lawick
Valarie Jane Morris-Goodall sourcesjanegoodall.org/
Valarie Jane Morris-Goodall Biography:
She's an extremely honored person in the world scientific community and is a staunch supporter of environmental preservation. Alongside her sister, Judy, Goodall was raised in London and Bournemouth, England. Her fascination with animal behaviour started in early childhood. From an early age, she dreamed of traveling to Africa to find exotic creatures in their own natural habitats.
Goodall attended the Uplands private school, receiving her school certification in 1950 and a higher certification in 1952. In her free time, she worked at a London-based documentary film organization to fund a long-hoped-for trip to Africa. In the invitation of a childhood pal, she seen South Kinangop, Kenya. Through other buddies, she soon met the famous anthropologist Louis Leakey, then curator of the Coryndon Museum in Nairobi. Leakey hired her as a secretary and invited her to take part in a anthropological dig in the now famed Olduvai Gorge, a site rich in fossilized ancient remains of early ancestors of people. Additionally, Goodall was sent to examine the vervet monkey, which lives on an island in Lake Victoria.
Leakey believed that the long term study of the behaviour of higher primates would give significant evolutionary info. He had a special fascination with the chimpanzee, the second most intelligent primate. Few studies of chimpanzees was successful; either the size of the safari frightened the chimps, creating affected behaviours, or the observers spent too little time in the area to achieve all-inclusive knowledge. Leakey considered that Goodall had the appropriate disposition to put up with long term isolation in the wild. At his prompting, she consented to try this type of study. Many specialists objected to Leakey's choice of Goodall because she'd no proper scientific instruction and lacked even an overall school degree.
While Leakey sought for financial support for the planned Gombe Reserve job, Goodall returned to England to work with an animal documentary for Granada Television. Her first efforts to find carefully a number of chimpanzees failed; she could get no nearer than 500 yards ahead of the chimps fled. After finding another appropriate number of chimpanzees to follow, she created a menacing routine of observation, appearing at once each morning on the high ground near a feeding place over the Kakaombe Stream valley. The chimpanzees shortly taken her existence and, in just annually, enabled her to go as close as 30 feet for their feeding place. After a couple of years of seeing her every day, they showed no anxiety and frequently came to her in search of bananas.
Goodall used her newfound approval to create what she termed the "banana club," a day-to-day organized feeding process she used to achieve trust also to have a more comprehensive knowledge of regular chimpanzee behaviour. Applying this technique, she became closely acquainted with over half of the reservation's 100 or more chimpanzees. She mimicked their behaviours, spent time in the trees, and ate their foods. By staying in nearly continuous contact with all the chimps, she found several previously unobserved behaviours. She noted that chimps possess a complicated social system, complete with ritualized behaviours and simple but discernible communicating techniques, including a simple "language" system featuring more than 20 individual sounds. She's credited with making the very first recorded observations of chimpanzees eating meat and using and making tools. Tool making was formerly regarded as an exclusively human characteristic, used, until her discovery, to differentiate people from animals. She additionally noticed that chimpanzees throw rocks as weapons, use touch and adopts to comfort one another, and develop long term genetic bonds. The man plays no active role in family life but is a part of the group's social stratification. The chimpanzee "caste" system sets the dominant men on top. The lesser castes generally behave obsequiously within their existence, attempting to ingratiate themselves to prevent potential damage. The man's status is regularly associated with the intensity of his entry operation at eatings as well as other parties.
Ethologists had long considered that chimps were entirely vegetarian. Goodall seen chimps stalking, killing, and eating big insects, birds, and some larger creatures, including infant baboons and bushbacks (little antelopes). On a single occasion, she recorded actions of cannibalism. In a different example, she found chimps adding blades of grass or leaves into termite hills to entice worker or soldier termites onto the blade. Occasionally, in authentic toolmaker way, they changed the grass to reach a much better fit. They used the grass as a long handled spoon to eat the termites. The duty ran longer than expected; Goodall and van Lawick were wed on March 28, 1964. Their European honeymoon marked among the infrequent occasions on which Goodall was absent from Gombe Stream. Her doctoral dissertation, "Behaviour of the Free-Ranging Chimpanzee," detailed her first five years of study in the Gombe Reserve.
The movie introduced the self-conscious, discovered Goodall to a broad audience. Goodall, van Lawick (along using their son, Hugo, born in 1967), as well as the chimpanzees shortly became a staple of American and British people television. Goodall's fieldwork resulted in the publication of numerous articles and five important novels. She was known and honored first in scientific groups and, through the media, became a minor star. In the Shadow of Man, her first leading text, appeared in 1971. Her writings show an animal universe of social play, comedy, and tragedy where different and diverse characters socialize and occasionally clash.
To maintain the wild chimpanzee's surroundings, Goodall supports African nations to come up with nature friendly tourism plans, a measure which makes wildlife right into a money-making resource. She actively works with business and local governments to encourage environmental obligation. Her efforts on behalf of captive chimpanzees have taken her around the planet on numerous lecture tours. This issue is sharpened when the use in question results in extreme physical or mental anguish–as is so often true regarding vivisection."
Goodall's position is the fact that scientists must strive more difficult to locate alternatives to using animals in research. She's openly stated her opposition to militant animal rights groups who take part in violent or harmful protests. Extremists on either side of the problem, she considers, polarize thinking and make constructive conversation almost hopeless. While she's reluctantly stepped down to the continuance of animal research, she believes that young scientists should be prepared to take care of animals more compassionately. "By and large," she's written, "pupils are instructed it is ethically okay to perpetrate, in the name of science, what, from your perspective of creatures, would surely qualify as torture."
Goodall's attempts to educate individuals regarding the ethical treatment of animals goes to young kids too. Her 1989 book, The Chimpanzee Family Book, was composed especially for kids, to carry a fresh, more humanistic perspective of wildlife. It's been distributed throughout Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi to prepare kids who live in or near regions populated by chimpanzees. A French variant in addition has been spread in Burundi and Congo.
In March 2013, Goodall brought plenty of media attention for her novel Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder in the Plants with Gail Hudson. The novel hadn't yet hit store shelves when Goodall was accused of plagarism. As stated by the Washington Post, the famous scientist taken up sections from Wikipedia as well as other sources in her new novel without giving them appropriate credit. Not long following the news broke, the publisher announced the launch of the publication will be delayed to deal with the credit sections. Goodall, by way of a statement from her institute, apologized for these unintentional errors. "This was a long and well researched novel, and I'm distressed to find that a few of the outstanding and precious sources are not correctly mentioned, and I wish to state my sincere apologies."


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From the Submerged
R: Theodore Wharton. B: Theodore Wharton. D: E.H. Calvert, Ruth Stonehouse, William Walters. P: Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. USA 1912
"From the Submerged (1912) is a short film about the poor. It is moving, and striking for its social commentary.
Leading man E.H. Calvert is notable for both his virile appearance and his sensitive acting. Many years later, he would appear as District Attorney Markham in the Philo Vance films, based on the novels by S.S. Van Dine. Calvert doubled as a director in the silent era, making films of several very good short stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart, including 'Affinities' and a series based on some of her Tish tales: 'The Cave on Thundercloud', 'Mind Over Motor', 'Tish's Spy'.
There is what looks like a reproduction of Jean-François Millet's painting 'The Angelus' (1857), above the father's bed. This very famous painting is a profound expression of the sacredness of work among the poor. It expresses both the liberal concern for the life and economic struggles of the poor, and devout Christianity, that were common in the Progressive Era when From the Submerged was made.
Other links to religion are found in From the Submerged. The heroine points to Heaven, while inspiring the hero and saving his life. And a minister appears in the finale. The film link religion and a concern for the problems of the poor."
Michael E. Grost
Jean-François Millet: L'Angélus, c. 1857-1859
"Theodore Wharton (1875-1931) was an American film director, producer and writer. He directed 48 films in the 1910s and 1920s, including the 1915 The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford, which featured Oliver Hardy. (…)
In 1890 Wharton started in both the business side of the theater as well as acting in Dallas, Texas. He worked for a number of stock companies, including that of Augustin Daly until 1899, and then became a stage manager. In 1907 he visited Edison Studios and worked there until 1909. Over the next 3 years he wrote and directed many screenplays for various studios including Essanay Studios.
During 1912 the US government commissioned him to produce The Late Indian Wars, the first sevel-reel motion picture in America. It was filmed on location in the great plains, with a script by General Charles King and a large cast including other generals and 'Buffalo Bill' Cody. The Whartons Studio opened in Ithaca, New York in 1914. Stars he directed included Francis X. Bushman, Henry B. Walthall and Beverly Bayne. In the 1920s Wharton moved to Santa Cruz, California, as promoted by mayor Fred Swanton."