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On the one hand, you've got the raw materials of the web: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This is what users will ultimately interact with.
On the other hand, you've got all the tools and technologies that help you produce the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: pre-processors, post-processors, transpilers, bundlers, and other build tools.
Personally, I'm much more interested and excited by the materials than I am by the tools. But I think it's right and proper that other developers are excited by the tools. A good balance of both is probably the healthiest mix.
I'm never sure what to call these two categories. Maybe the materials are the "external" technologies, because they're what users will interact with. Whereas all the other technologies—that mosty live on a developer's machine—are the "internal" technologies.
Another nice phrase is something I heard during Chris's talk at An Event Apart in Seattle, when he quoted Brad, who talked about the front of the front end and the back of the front end.
I'm definitely more of a front-of-the-front-end kind of developer. I have opinions on the quality of the materials that get served up to users; the output should be accessible and performant. But I don't particularly care about the tools that produced those materials on the back of the front end. Use whatever works for you (or whatever works for your team).
As a user-centred developer, my priority is doing what's best for end users. That's not to say I don't value developer convenience. I do. But I prioritise user needs over developer needs. And in any case, those two needs don't even come into conflict most of the time. Like I said, from a user's point of view, it's irrelevant what text editor or version control system you use.
Now, you could make the argument that anything that is good for developer convenience is automatically good for user experience because faster, more efficient development should result in better output. While that's true in theory, I highly recommend Alex's post, The "Developer Experience" Bait-and-Switch.
Where it gets interesting is when a technology that's designed for developer convenience is made out of the very materials being delivered to users. For example, a CSS framework like Bootstrap is made of CSS. That's different to a tool like Sass which outputs CSS. Whether or not a developer chooses to use Sass is irrelevant to the user—the final output will be CSS either way. But if a developer chooses to use a CSS framework, that decision has a direct impact on the user experience. The user must download the framework in order for the developer to get the benefit.
So whereas Sass sits at the back of the front end—where I don't care what you use—Bootstrap sits at the front of the front end. For tools like that, I don't think saying "use whatever works for you" is good enough. It's got to be weighed against the cost to the user.
We've certainly seen that at Clearleft. We've worked on multiple React projects, but in every case, the output was server-rendered. Developers get the benefit of working with a tool that helps them. Users don't pay the price.
For me, this question of whether a framework will be used on the client side or the server side is crucial.
That was a few years ago. I think that these days it has become a lot easier to make the decision to use a framework on the back of the front end. Like I said, that's certainly been the case on recent Clearleft projects that involved React or Vue.
It surprises me, then, when I see the question of server rendering or client rendering treated almost like an implementation detail. It might be an implementation detail from a developer's perspective, but it's a key decision for the user experience. The performance cost of putting your entire tech stack into the browser can be enormous.
Alex Sanders from the development team at The Guardian published a post recently called Revisiting the rendering tier . In it, he describes how they're moving to React. Now, if this were a move to client-rendered React, that would make a big impact on the user experience. The thing is, I couldn't tell from the article whether React was going to be used in the browser or on the server. The article talks about "rendering"—which is something that browsers do—and "the DOM"—which is something that only exists in browsers.
So I asked. It turns out that this plan is very much about generating HTML and CSS on the server before sending it to the browser. Excellent!
With that question answered, I'm cool with whatever they choose to use. In this case, they're choosing to use CSS-in-JS (although, to be pedantic, there's no C anymore so technically it's SS-in-JS). As long as the "JS" part is JavaScript on a server, then it makes no difference to the end user, and therefore no difference to me. Not my circus, not my monkeys. For users, the end result is the same whether styling is applied via a selector in an external stylesheet or, for example, via an inline style declaration (and in some situations, a server-rendered CSS-in-JS solution might be better for performance). And so, as a user-centred developer, this is something that I don't need to care about.
I have misgivings. But just to be clear, these misgivings have nothing to do with users. My misgivings are entirely to do with another group of people: the people who make websites.
It wasn't that long ago that devs coming from a Computer Science background were deriding CSS for its simplicity, complaining that "it's broken" and turning their noses up at it. That rhetoric, thankfully, is waning. Nowadays they're far more likely to acknowledge that CSS might be simple, but it isn't easy. Concepts like the cascade and specificity are real head-scratchers, and any prior knowledge from imperative programming languages won't help you in this declarative world—all your hard-won experience and know-how isn't fungible. Instead, it seems as though all this cascading and specificity is butchering the modularity of your nicely isolated components.
It's no surprise that programmers with this kind of background would treat CSS as damage and find ways to route around it. The many flavours of CSS-in-JS are testament to this. From a programmer's point of view, this solution has made things easier. Best of all, as long as it's being done on the server, there's no penalty for end users. But now the price is paid in the diversity of your team. In order to participate, a Computer Science programming mindset is now pretty much a requirement. For someone coming from a more declarative background—with really good HTML and CSS skills—everything suddenly seems needlessly complex. And as Tantek observed:
Complexity reinforces privilege.
The result is a form of gatekeeping. I don't think it's intentional. I don't think it's malicious. It's being done with the best of intentions, in pursuit of efficiency and productivity. But these code decisions are reflected in hiring practices that exclude people with different but equally valuable skills and perspectives.
Rachel describes HTML, CSS and our vanishing industry entry points:
If we make it so that you have to understand programming to even start, then we take something open and enabling, and place it back in the hands of those who are already privileged.
I think there's a comparison here with toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity is obviously terrible for women, but it's also really shitty for men in the way it stigmatises any male behaviour that doesn't fit its worldview. Likewise, if the only people your team is interested in hiring are traditional programmers, then those programmers are going to resent having to spend their time dealing with semantic markup, accessibility, styling, and other disciplines that they never trained in. Heydon correctly identifies this as reluctant gatekeeping:
By assuming the role of the Full Stack Developer (which is, in practice, a computer scientist who also writes HTML and CSS), one takes responsibility for all the code, in spite of its radical variance in syntax and purpose, and becomes the gatekeeper of at least some kinds of code one simply doesn't care about writing well.
This hurts everyone. It's bad for your team. It's even worse for the wider development community.
Last year, I was asked "Is there a fear or professional challenge that keeps you up at night?" I responded:
My greatest fear for the web is that it becomes the domain of an elite priesthood of developers. I firmly believe that, as Tim Berners-Lee put it, "this is for everyone." And I don't just mean it's for everyone to use—I believe it's for everyone to make as well. That's why I get very worried by anything that raises the barrier to entry to web design and web development.
I've described a number of dichotomies here:
- Materials vs. tools,
- Front of the front end vs. back of the front end,
- User experience vs. developer experience,
- Client-side rendering vs. server-side rendering,
- Declarative languages vs. imperative languages.
But the split that worries the most is this:
- The people who make the web vs. the people who are excluded from making the web.
This was originally posted on my own site.
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In a statement issued during a special session of the Human Rights Council, the Holy See urged an immediate ceasefire and the start of negotiations aimed at a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. "The Delegation of the Holy See reiterates its view that violence never pays. Violence will only lead to more suffering, devastation and death, and will prevent peace from becoming a reality," said Archbishop Silvano Maria Tomasi. The archbishop — who serves as the Holy See's permanent observer at the United Nations office in Geneva — spoke July 23 during the 21st special session of the Human Rights Council addressing the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem. According to reports, the fighting so far has killed 32 Israeli soldiers and two civilians, a Thai guest worker and more than 700 Palestinians, most of them civilians. The Holy See statement recalled the words of Pope Francis, who on May 25 in Bethlehem called for intensified "efforts and initiatives aimed at creating the conditions for a stable peace based on justice, on the recognition of the rights of every individual, and on mutual security." The Pope also stressed at a June 8 prayer meeting for peace in the Vatican Gardens that "with violence, men and women will continue to live as enemies and adversaries, but with peace they can live as brothers and sisters." In his address, Archbishop Tomasi underscored that "as the number of people killed, wounded, uprooted from their homes, continues to increase in the conflict between Israel and some Palestinian groups, particularly in the Gaza Strip, the voice of reason seems submerged by the blast of arms." This is an outcome of a culture of violence which "will not lead anywhere, not now, nor in the future," he said. "In the long run, there can be no winners in the current tragedy, only more suffering." The Holy See permanent observer lamented that "most of the victims are civilians, who by international humanitarian law should be protected." The United Nations' estimate that 70 percent of Palestinians killed have been innocent civilians is "just as intolerable as the rockets and missiles directed indiscriminately toward civilian targets in Israel," he said. "Consciences are paralyzed by a climate of protracted violence, which seeks to impose solutions through the annihilation of the other," he warned, but "demonizing others does not eliminate their right. The way to the future lies in recognizing our common humanity." Archbishop Tomasi pointed to Pope Francis' appeal for the "courage to forge a peace which rests on the acknowledgment by all of the right of two States to exist and to live in peace and security within internationally recognized border." The archbishop also appealed to "fundamental human rights," including "the legitimate aspiration to security" and the search for "decent living conditions, with access to the normal means of existence like medicine, water and jobs." "The worsening situation in Gaza is an incessant reminder of the necessity to arrive at a cease-fire immediately and to start negotiating a lasting peace," he maintained. Focusing on the international community, the archbishop underscored the responsibility "to engage in earnest in the pursuit of peace and to help the parties in this horrible conflict reach some understanding in order to stop the violence and look to the future with mutual trust." "At a time where brutality is common and human rights violations are ubiquitous, we must not become indifferent, but respond positively in order to attenuate the conflict which concerns us all," he said. "Violence will only lead to more suffering, devastation and death, and will prevent peace from becoming a reality. The strategy of violence can be contagious and become uncontrollable." In addition, the archbishop called on the media to "report in a fair and unbiased manner the tragedy of all who are suffering because of the conflict." In this way, the media can "facilitate the development of an impartial dialogue that acknowledges the rights of everyone, respects the just concerns of the international community, and benefits from the solidarity of the international community in supporting a serious effort to attain peace." "With an eye to the future, the vicious circle of retribution and retaliation must cease," he emphasized.
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Ryan Kwanten, who plays the dim but incredibly sexy Jason Stackhouse on the HBO show, showed up the Toronto Film Festival this week with a brand new buzz cut.
Kwanten, 36, was also rocking a mustache while he posed for portraits.
The cut may have be for a Viking movie he's currently filming, where Ryan plays a Christian monk. He also has a couple other films lined up for 2014.
The big question here though: What do you think of the look?
Like his costar Joe Manganiello's new, clean-shaven and shorn appearance, we're not loving the big change. Yeah, he's still hot ... but we miss those golden locks!


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The contact lenses are the latest project from Google's secretive X lab that also came up with the driverless car, the Internet-connected eyewear Glass, and Project Loon, which is using balloons to bring the Internet to far-flung places.
The "smart" contact lens uses a tiny wireless chip and miniature glucose sensor that is folded into two layers of soft contact lens material.
Google is in discussions with the Food and Drug Administration, the company said. But the contact lenses could be years from reaching the public. The prototype can generate a reading once per second, which could be very helpful for diabetics who must keep close tabs on their blood sugar and adjust their dose of insulin. Google is also exploring whether the lenses could be an "early warning" for diabetics by decking them out with tiny LED lights that light up when insulin levels get too high or low.
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Dark Wax Tips and Tricks (How To Use Dark Wax Suggestions) BELOW:
The Purple Painted Lady is hosting a GIVE-A-WAY on our Facebook page (CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE FACEBOOK PAGE) of Dark Bristled Petite Wax Brushes (on the right in photo!!!)
TEN…YES, TEN LUCKY people will be randomly chosen on Sunday, June 21st, 2015 at 9 am Eastern Time!
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And feel free to leave a helpful tip or comment regarding using Dark Wax. Anything that can help a fellow user would be appreciated!
Okay- I am guessing you are reading this post because you want to use dark wax. However, do you need to use the dark wax? Of course not! That is like saying you MUST have ketchup with your fries or sugar in your tea. But, if you do use dark wax…..you REALLY want to have a clear wax base BEFORE applied prior to the dark wax since it:
1. Allows the dark wax to move easier
2. Prevents the stain in the dark wax from penetrating and staining the paint directly
3. Having a clear wax base allows you to remove the dark wax on top or lighten it, if needed. (read on for more information)
As for the dark bristles, no more will you accidentally pick up the wrong brush to apply your dark wax with! Same texture of bristle, same quality – just dark hairs! Same size as the white hair petite brush that we have carried for the last 5 years!
Some TIPS for applying DARK WAX:
1. I always recommend having a clear wax application on your piece prior (there are some exceptions)
2. Try mixing the dark with clear wax together to lighten it up and make it more"spreadable."
3. Try making the dark wax into a "glaze" by adding some Mineral Spirits. The amount of MS depends on the end result you want, but do not mix more than one to one.
4. As long as that clear wax base is there- if you put on too much dark wax- use some clear wax on a rag to work like an eraser.
5. Remember, once you have dark wax on…..if you apply more clear wax on top of it- it can lift some of the stain and change or RUIN what you just created and love.
6. Don't leave the dark wax gummy or tacky on the flat surfaces since it will take FOREVER to set and cure. It is OK to leave it thicker in the crevices of grooves!
7. Experiment with it! You do not need to slather it every where initially.
8. Try applying a little dark wax strategically in corners or seams of door panels and use a rag to help soften/feather out the look. It can take some experience to manipulate on large pieces- like the side of a tall hutch – so, start off small and build your confidence.
9. Dark wax looks best when it has something to grip to. Especially on large, flat surfaces it can be intimidating like I mentioned above. So, at the very beginning of your project- use your paint brush and create a little texture with your Chalk Paint® – so when it dries, the dark wax has something to grip to.
10. Here is another great tip from Jaclyn Kulfan => My tip: if you only want the dark wax to to go into the small crevices, like the edges of a cabinet door, use a small artists paint brush to control the amount of wax that goes in the crevice if you do not want to darken the surrounding paint color. It helps those edges pop!
11. Here is another great tip from Jennifer Gipson Fry=> I love mixing with mineral spirits. Also buffing with steel wool will take some off if there's too much and shine your piece up well. I love how smooth and finished wax makes a piece!
12. Here is another great tip from Jennifer Cohn-Colwill =>Always have two wax brushes, one for clear, one for dark!
13. Here is another great tip from Ann Linhorst => Have patience with dark wax. Step back and take a deep breath before panicking. (The Purple Painted Lady recommends a glass of wine prior to using too)
14. Here is another great tip from Stephanie Amber => Start small…just a bit of dark wax – you can always add more and Marie Lou said, => My tip: Less is more
15. Here is another great tip from Nancy Steward => Have a wiping rag ready. If you aren't sure how much "dark" you want wipe on the dark and wipe off. You can always add more but being ready to remove will give you a feel for how much you want.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — A shooting at a Green Bay casino left three people dead, including the suspected gunman, Saturday evening. Another person was seriously injured, according to the Brown County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office says a 911 call came in just before 7:30 p.m. CST, reporting shots had been fired at the Duck Creek Restaurant inside the Oneida Casino/Radisson Conference Center.
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded, including the sheriff's office, the Oneida Police Department, the Green Bay Police Department, Ashwaubenon Public Safety, and Wisconsin State Patrol.
At 10:43 p.m. CST, the sheriff's office said the "situation is contained" and there is "no current threat to the public."
Current information suggests the suspect had ties to the casino from an employment status, the sheriff's office said in a statement.
"It appears to be a targeted event, not a random shooting. It was targeting a specific victim who was not there, but he decided to still shoot some of the victims' friends or co-workers it appears," said Lt. Kevin Pawlak with the sheriff's office at a press conference. "So, he then shot two of the coworker's friends that are also deceased. And then there is one other victim that is seriously wounded and, to our understanding, has been flown to Froedtert (Hospital) or somewhere down in Milwaukee."
The Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation is investigating the officer involvement portion of incident. Oneida police is investigating the homicide portion with help from the sheriff's office.
Authorities had previously blocked a part of WIS 172 near the casino during the investigation. The casino is located near the Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers released a statement on Twitter regarding the shooting at the casino:
"Kathy and I were devastated to hear about the shooting at the Oneida Casino complex tonight. Our hearts, thoughts, and support go out to the Oneida Nation, the Ashwaubenon and Green Bay communities, and all those affected by this tragedy. While we are waiting for more information, we hope and pray those who were injured will recover and are grateful for the first responders who quickly responded to the situation."
The sheriff's office is expected to hold another press conference over the shooting on Monday at about 11 a.m. EST.
This story was originally published by Alice Reid at WGBA.


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The Gloom: Unwelcome Guests expansion adds one player and 55 cards to the game. Here is a description of the expansion from the publisher:
In the Gloom card game, you make your eccentric family of misfits suffer the greatest tragedies possible before helping them pass on to the well-deserved respite of death. Just mix the 55 transparent cards in this new set together with your copy of Gloom to add morbid new Modifiers, Events, and Untimely Deaths, and a new family - the malodorous Malone mob - including The Broken Arms Hotel as a Residence card to use with the Unhappy Homes expansion. When Boils Malone brought his family overseas to "get away from the heat," he wasn't expecting quite so much rain!
Adding an extra level of strategy, new persistent effect icons on cards allow their special effects to continue to be active even if covered by another card. A persistent effect ends only when the attached character is killed.
Also inside are five Unwelcome Guest cards. Deal one or more face up to the table's center at the start of the game. Guests "follow" the card types noted on them; no matter where it currently is, a living Guest immediately moves to join the family of the character on which one of its "trigger" cards is played. All its Modifiers are moved with it, and it's considered a member of that family until it moves again. This may delay the game's end if a final play draws a Guest to the near-winner's family.


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Auto (Mobile) Designs @ Salone Milan 2105
There was a time when car makers came to Milan merely to observe. A handful of the more advanced designers would visit the Salone to be inspired by the wider creative community.
However, this has been steadily changing, with an increasing number of car manufacturers partaking in the last few years – with mixed results.
Because of the level of innovation, vision, and prestige surrounding the Milan Furniture Fair, many automakers use this week-long event as a chance to build their brand.


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We stopped by Japantown in San Francisco the other day and picked up an absolutely hilarious toy in the Japanese dollar store. Drawing straws meets the game Perfection in the "Party Potato". Each person pulls a french fry out of the container. When the right french fry is pulled out, the spring is released and the french fries fly.
You don't have to be able to read Japanese to understand these fabulous instructions. Two of the french fries are attached to strings which trigger the spring. It is awesome to see the plastic fly!


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bSuite is a set of tools that help surface interesting and popular stories as well as improve WordPress' CMS capabilities and usefulness as an application platform. Available widgets can show most popular posts, recently commented posts, or related posts (can also add a listof related posts to the bottom of the post content). Added shortcodes help organize content, allowing you to list all sub-pages of the current page or list all headings within the page. Another shortcode will render RSS feeds into a page or post. See the screenshots for more.
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I will be speaking on "How To Have Sex On Purpose" at the University of Pittsburgh Rainbow Alliance this Thursday (Sept. 26)! Members of the public are welcome; the event will be at 8:45 PM in the Kurtzman room on the main floor of the William Pitt union, on the corner of Fifth Ave and Bigelow Blvd (4200 Fifth Ave). If I have any Pittsburgh readers... come say hi!
We continue with FSoG where we left off--with Splint ChestHair acting like an insufferably self-satisfied stalker, and Ana acting like she needs Giles to run in and yell "she's under some sort of thought control spell!"
This is probably the last chapter of the book that does not require a major trigger warning. (It does feature stalking and general creepiness, but nowhere near as bad as it's about to get.)
Oh, and there's some kind of talk about Ana doing a photo shoot with Crunch ButtSteak, because obviously a student-paper profile requires an original portrait and not just something you could grab off his company website.
"I think that is one huge coincidence, Ana. You don't think he was there to see you?" she speculates. My heart lurches at the prospect, but it's a short-lived joy. The dull, disappointing reality is that he was here on business. "He was visiting the farming division of WSU. He's funding some research," I mutter.WSU's agricultural programs are based out of Pullman, 350 miles from Vancouver. This is a fairly minor research failure (although, geez, I bothered to look it up for a blog post and she didn't for the actual book she's asking actual money for), and frankly pales beside the everything failure of having Ana heartbroken that she might not have a stalker.
"Blast ThickNeck in Clayton's. Go figure," Paul snorts, amazed. He shakes his head as if to clear it. "Anyway, want to grab a drink or something this evening?" Whenever he's home he asks me on a date, and I always say no. It's a ritual.I am no longer on Team Paul.
I'm starting to lean towards Team Why Don't You Just Focus On Your Studies For Right Now.
"Listen here, José Rodriquez, if you want our newspaper to cover the opening of your show, you'll do this shoot for us tomorrow, capiche?" Kate can be awesomely tough."Oh yeah, absolutely, as soon as I call the student newspaper advisor and let her know you're trading coverage for favors. Capisce?"
"Err – we'd like to go ahead with the photo-shoot for the article." Breathe, Ana, breathe. My lungs drag in a hasty breath. "Tomorrow, if that's okay. Where would be convenient for you, sir?"
I can almost hear his sphinx-like smile through the phone. "I'm staying at the Heathman in Portland. Shall we say, nine thirty tomorrow morning?"For such a busy and powerful businessman, Fist RockBone sure has a lot of free time available on short notice.
"Oh Kate, you know I blush all the time. It's an occupational hazard with me. Don't be so ridiculous," I snap. She blinks at me with surprise – I very rarely throw my toys out of the pram – and I briefly relent.Pram? Seriously? I mean, okay, it's not like I exactly had suspension of disbelief before, but... if you don't know where things are in Washington and you don't know how people talk in Washington, maybe writing a story set in Washington is not for you.
"José, I think we'll shoot against that wall, do you agree?" She doesn't wait for his reply. "Travis, clear the chairs. Ana, could you ask housekeeping to bring up some refreshments? And let SpeedChunk know where we are." Yes, Mistress. She is so domineering. I roll my eyes, but do as I'm told.Get it? Get it? Oh my gosh it's like a secret little BDSM reference so clever do you get it?
Oh my… he really is, quite… wow. As I touch his hand, I'm aware of that delicious current running right through me, lighting me up, making me blush, and I'm sure my erratic breathing must be audible.I'm only quoting about 5% of the times he does something incredibly minor and Ana flops and pants like a landed salmon, because even though they're all hilarious and unsettling, if I quoted them all we'd be here all day. Just assume that any time Rip SteakFace moves or breathes, Ana is having spasms, and we'll get through this faster.
"I wondered if you would join me for coffee this morning." [...] "I have to drive everyone home," I murmur apologetically, twisting my hands and fingers in front of me. [...]
"Are they based at the university?" FistCrunch asks, his voice soft and inquiring. I nod, too stunned to speak. "Taylor can take them. He's my driver. We have a large 4x4 here, so he'll be able to take the equipment too." [...] "There. Now can you join me for coffee?" BeefKnob smiles as if it's a done deal.This is not romantic. This is not sexy. This is the sort of thing that... look, never mind what it is. Just run. Run and for God's sake don't look back.
Real-life talk: "I have to drive everyone home" means no. It really does. People don't say that kind of thing because they'd love to date you but there's just this one thing in their way; they say it because it can be intimidating and embarrassing (or even dangerous) to say "no, I don't want to, because I don't like you that way, and I don't expect I ever will, goodbye." If someone really would like to date you except for a temporary obligation, they can say "I have to drive everyone home, but what are you doing later?" or "I have to drive everyone home, but here's my number, call me." Otherwise it means no.
Anyone who answers that with "I took care of your little objection, now you must date me" is someone you cannot trust to listen to "no", and that is not hot and domly, it is fucking scary.
She grabs me by my arm and drags me into the bedroom that's off the living area of the suite. "Ana, there's something about him." Her tone is full of warning. "He's gorgeous, I agree, but I think he's dangerous. Especially to someone like you."
"What do you mean, someone like me?" I demand, affronted.
"An innocent like you, Ana. You know what I mean," she says a little irritated. I flush. "Kate, it's just coffee."I am now on Team Kate.
Well, except I'm afraid Kate means "dangerous to your heart," instead of "dangerous like you shouldn't be alone in a room with him."
We walk together down the wide hotel corridor to the elevators. What should I say to him? My mind is suddenly paralyzed with apprehension. What are we going to talk about? What on Earth do I have in common with him?I don't know either, lady. ...Come to think of it, I don't know what you have in common with anyone. You seem to have forgotten to have interests, attributes, quirks, history, or talents. All I actually know about you is that you're clumsy and naive, and, um... you have legs? Well, hell, Lump BeefBroth has legs too! I'm sure you'll get along great.
"I find you intimidating." I flush scarlet, but mentally pat myself on the back for my candor, and gaze at my hands again. I hear his sharp intake of breath. "You should find me intimidating," he nods.God, what a douche.
He pops a small piece of muffin into his mouth and starts to chew it slowly, not taking his eyes off me. And as if on cue, I blush.INTENSELY EROTIC MUFFIN-EATING. Sometimes I love this book.
"My mom lives in Georgia with her new husband Bob. My stepdad lives in Montesano."And then there's an absolutely interminable "getting to know you" conversation in which all they do is recite how many family members they have, where those family members live, and what they do for a living. At no point is anything remarkable revealed, nor are any emotions or opinions expressed. I think this is supposed to be them bonding and building intimacy, but seriously all they do is read off their family trees while Ana twitches and pants every time Gristle McThornBody takes a bite of his muffin.
We do learn one sort of humanizing thing, which is that Ana likes classic British literature. Knowing this--knowing something about her--is like a sip of cool water in the desert. In that you won't be getting very many of them.
I walk forward, and I trip, stumbling headlong onto the road. [...] It all happens so fast – one minute I'm falling, the next I'm in his arms, and he's holding me tightly against his chest. I inhale his clean, vital scent. He smells of fresh laundered linen and some expensive body-wash. Oh my, it's intoxicating. I inhale deeply. "Are you okay?" he whispers. He has one arm around me, clasping me to him, while the fingers of his other hand softly trace my face, gently probing, examining me. His thumb brushes my lower lip, and I hear his breath hitch. He's staring into my eyes, and I hold his anxious, burning gaze for a moment or maybe it's forever…Books can impose emotion in the narrative, and movies through music and camera angles, but in real life? You'd see her trip, him yank her up, then she starts sniffing him and he almost sticks his thumb in her mouth.


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Cherish your memories with this ingenious Mezuzah from the broken glass collection. You can easily replace the glass inside with the glass that is broken during the Chuppa ceremony thus creating a life long memento. Combining copper, brass, and steel with brilliant fused glass, this Mezuzah casing has a contemporary style rooted in tradition. Inspiration comes from the rich history of the Jewish people, which tells us it's a blessing, a mitzvah, to make beautiful functional art.
Work from the Gary Rosenthal Collection has been presented to Presidents from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George W. Bush, and to celebrities as varied as Bette Midler, John Travolta, and Tony Randall. The Collection can be found throughout the world in many fine galleries, private collections, and the following museum shops: Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, Corning Museum of Glass, American Craft Museum, B'nai B'rith Museum, The Jewish Museum, Skirball Museum of Culture, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Gary Rosenthal has been sculpting in welded metals for almost 30 years. Together with a team of talented craftspeople, he creates one of the most popular and unique lines of Judaic art in the country: The Gary Rosenthal Collection.


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Ugh. Who threw out their eggs following the recall? Me! You know I live in Iowa, right? And the recalled eggs came from Iowa. It seemed like everyone I knew had to throw theirs out.
But what upsets me even more is the media's coverage of this recall. Did you realize that only ONE PERCENT OF THE EGG SUPPLY WAS AFFECTED. 1%!!! I didn't hear that on the news!
Shortly after the recall, we heard that the farms didn't use the salmonella vaccine, and that was partly to blame.
But just a year ago, the livestock industry was under fire for "over-using" antibiotics.
So, what do you want from us? Do you want us to vaccinate and treat our sick animals? Or not? We're getting some mixed messages.
I don't know the facts about this salmonella vaccine, but I know that we (and most farmers) use vaccinations and antibiotics to help ensure a SAFE and PLENTIFUL FOOD SUPPLY for our nation. I think everyone would agree that's a good thing.
Please remember – farmers are eating the same food you do. We want our food to be safe for our families, neighbors and friends. Most of us are trying our hardest to ensure that. Unfortunately, it just takes a few bad eggs and the media (and America public) is once again attacking farmers and agriculture.


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Sometimes it seems that the world has gone mad. Old battles, I thought won, reappear; and old enmities, I thought if not forgotten at least resolved, fester anew. We work passionately for peace, for the environment, to advance science and create a cleaner and fairer world for more and more people—and yet, we see that there are no final victories. The chaos is strong while order is quite fragile.
The old Cold War heats up and our former enemy, then quasi-ally, Russia, challenges our assumptions, crosses one border and threatens other countries—under the old pretext (which we should recognize because we used it) of protecting "lives and property" of fellow Russians. Iraq, never close to a democracy, has fallen into tribal, ethnic and religious chaos, with more people being killed now than in Saddam's time. Afghanistan is a mess of warring tribes and ethnicities. Syria is bound in a fratricidal frenzy between brothers who do not recognize each other as brothers.
Asia is simmering with old feuds, and Americans don't understand the history of animus between Japan and both China and Korea (North & South). The fight over two pieces of rock in the ocean is not about oil or gas but the long memories of Japanese atrocities before and during WWII. When Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits a Shinto shrine commemorating war criminals and moves to revisit Japan's apology for the sexual enslavement of women in nations they conquered, the Asian mainland is upset and fears Japanese nationalism, re-arming and their nuclear capabilities.
Meanwhile, China supports the west against Russia. They will not endorse different ethnicities having the right to separate or have plebiscites, real or fake, that legitimize separation. The last thing they want is an example to the people of Tibet or the Muslim Uighur minority in their west.
Meanwhile at home, Darwin is once again under fire by people who are themselves the greatest argument that we have not evolved. Science is "only theories." The earth is 6,000 years old, and women can't be trusted with control of their own bodies. Not only is abortion under attack but birth control?! Climate change is deniable, and we deport people we actually need to do work we don't want to do. And far too many people who are all for family values fiercely fight to break up the families and send parents back where they came from and keep their American-born children. Or even worse, deport children who came here before the age of consent and were raised here to countries they have never known,
There is just so much madness that one couldn't be blamed for wanting to give up and fall into depressive apathy. Action seems, at times, too futile to bother with. You can't be blamed for the feeling but inaction would be wrong. Now, more than ever, we need each other. We need people of good will from different religions, ethnicities and political persuasions to come together and align when we can find some agreement on the important issues before us. Now more than ever, we need communities of faith and secular groups to join forces to engage our wonderful, beautiful and fractured world.
We will not agree on everything. We may need to ally on one issue with good folks who completely oppose us on other issues. We need to reach across fissures and not allow them to become chasm that separate us, isolate us and therefore render us powerless.
Now more than ever, we need to join hands and hearts to heal our broken world. To believe we have no power is self-fulfilling and leaves the future to be written by others. And while others might be good, kind and smart, they are no better than we, and passively ceding our power is irresponsible. Now more than ever, we must for work for a better tomorrow—knowing that there are no final victories but age after age we must rise—as have our ancestors, as must our children, as will our children, if we set the example.
©2014 Jonathan Dobrer
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Hooray for summer! No better way to celebrate than to be participating in the Hero Arts 2017 Summer Catalog Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from the blog of the fabulous Amy Tsuruta...
Have you seen the new catalog yet? So many WONDERFUL images and all the items are in the Hero Arts shop right now! I could not decide one set or theme, so I have a few cards to share with you today.
This card was created with the Killer Messages stamp set and dies from the Paper Layering Shark dies. The background I used just may be my new favorite Hero Arts background ever, Brushstroke Bold Prints! This is such a versatile background and I turned it into "water" simply by inking it up with a few different colors of Distress Inks and a few spritzes of water before stamping.
This card is made with stamps from my favorite set of the entire 2017 Summer Catalog, You are Loved Messages. I love each and every sentiment in this set and am sure it will become a staple in my stash. It was developed by Hero Arts and Jennifer McGuire and 25% of the profits from the purchase of these stamps go to the Kind Campaign. I can't think of a better reason to add it to your collection! This card was made with the Love is Love Bold Prints background stamped in Ombre Neon Red to Purple Pad. I cut a heart out of the center and added a contrasting heart background in the center. The tiny little hearts were cut from the Nesting Hearts Infinity Dies.
My final card for today is also made with the You are Loved Messages, this time by stamping, coloring and cutting the globe multiple times, and adhering it to the card with foam tape. The message was stamped on black card stock and embossed in white and adhered to the card.
Hero Arts will be giving away three $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please be sure to comment by Wednesday, 5/24 at 11:59pm PT and the winner will be announced the following week! The next stop on the hop is the fabulous Yana Smakula and I am sure she has something fantastic in store for you!
In case you missed it, here is a list of all the stops on the hop:
The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Bassen
Wanda Guess
May Park
Amy Tsuruta
Cheiron Brandon (<--you are here)
Yana Smakula
Lydia Fiedler
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Jenn Shurkus
Clare Prezzia
Tracie Pond
Michelle Short
Heather Ruwe
Ilina Crouse
Libby Hickson


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April 27, 2012
When Your Mess Becomes Your Message |
"Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise." Jeremiah 17:14 (NIV)
My brother is a recovered addict. For twenty years, he was absent from our family due to addiction issues. Countless times we thought he was dead, and according to statistics, he should have been.
However, God happens to be in the restoration business. He is willing to restore and heal all who come to Him. It doesn't matter who you are, what you've done, or what has been done to you. God is willing and able to turn any tragedy into triumph. My brother is living proof.
After entering many programs with hopes of success and end results of failure, my brother finally found the answer: Jesus. It wasn't until my brother met the Lord that healing and true change occurred. Suddenly, all things became new.
What's most exciting is anyone can experience this kind of freedom!
The truth is, we don't have the strength, will power, or ability to free ourselves from bondage no matter what the bondage is—drugs, lust, gluttony, pride, anger, or fear. Until we renounce our sickness and surrender to Christ, we will never experience freedom. On the other hand, when we are willing to give King Jesus our mess, He turns it into our message.
Not a day goes by that my brother doesn't look for opportunities to brag on God and share His message of hope.
Take a few summers ago, for example. One evening, our families gathered for dinner at Red Lobster. His treat! Twenty-six year old Tiffany was our server. Right away, we noticed two things about Tiffany. She was a natural with people, and she was very pregnant. While we enjoyed her kind service, we had no idea that God would turn the tables and call us to serve her in a unique way.
It started when my sister refused to allow my brother to buy her dinner. While my sister loves to give to others, she's not so good on the receiving end. I, on the other hand, understood that it gave my brother great pleasure to pick up the check. The Lord knows I didn't want to deny him his blessing!
Poor Tiffany found herself caught in the middle of the argument. Eager to win, my brother said to our server, "You see, I was a drug addict for years. During that time, my sisters did a lot for me. Now, I just want to bless them as they have blessed me."
Tiffany's eyes widen. "You were a drug addict?" she inquired. "I would have never guessed."
"Yes. I was," my brother replied. "But Jesus changed all that." From there he told Tiffany his life-changing story.
"I went from being lost to being found; from being homeless to being a homeowner; from being an employee to owning my own business; from being bound by drugs to being set free in Christ."
Tears filled Tiffany's eyes as we shared God's love with her. That's not all. Later that week, we confirmed God's love to her by presenting her with a baby gift.
Oh, friends, when you and I—like my brother—allow God to turn our mess into our message, He not only changes our lives, but He changes the lives of others too.
Dear Lord, Your mercy astounds me. Your goodness overwhelms me as I cry out "heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me and I will be saved." God, give me opportunities to speak of Your hope so that others may know Your goodness and salvation. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Related Resources:
Do You Know Him?
An Untroubled Heart: Finding Faith that is Stronger than My Fears by Micca Campbell
Visit Micca's blog for more encouragement on how to turn your mess into a message and see the miracle of God's work in your own life.
Reflect and Respond:
Are you longing for freedom? Renounce your sin and ask Jesus to save you and heal you. Then, tell people of His wonders this week!
What is keeping you from completely surrendering your struggles to God?
Do you look for ways to brag on God by sharing your story? Why or why not?
Power Verses:
Luke 19:10, "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." (NIV)
Ephesians 2:8-9, "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast." (NAS)
© 2012 by Micca Campbell. All rights reserved.
Proverbs 31 Ministries
616-G Matthews-Mint Hill Road
Matthews, NC 28105
Originally published Friday, 27 April 2012.


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Untitled Wisconsin 2007
Untitled Wisconsin is an ongoing series of photographs taken of my family's dairy farm and the area where I grew up. The series began in 2005 as a way to try to capture childhood experiences and memories through the generations that continue to live on the land. It is part documentary, part celebration, part social commentary. It celebrates the honesty of the working class, but also explores the recurring problems created by low-education and low-income cycles.


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The Eldis programme closed in June 2024 after more than 28 years of operation. The Eldis website is now a static archive and no new content will be added. Some features may be disabled.
Eldis shares the best in global development research for policy and practice.
The exchange of knowledge is a key component in achieving more equal and sustainable societies. But, despite huge advances in the internet and digital technologies, and increasing demand for research evidence, access to knowledge remains a problem for many development practitioners, decision-makers and researchers.
Eldis supports free and open access to useful and relevant research on global development challenges. FInd out how you can help on our contribute page.
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Eldis provides free access to relevant, up-to-date and diverse research on international development issues. Our database includes over 50,000 summaries and provides free links to full-text research and policy documents from over 8,000 publishers. Each document is selected by members of our editorial team.
You can search for the information you need according to key development topics and the country they relate to.
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Eldis is hosted by the Institute of Development Studies based in the UK but our services profile work by a growing global network of research organisations and knowledge brokers.
These partners help to ensure that Eldis can present a truly global picture of development research. We make a special effort to cover high quality research from smaller research producers, especially those from developing countries, alongside that of the larger, northern based, research organisations.
Visit our contribute page to find out about our editorial policy and how to get your research into Eldis.
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Our services are used by a large global audience of development practitioners, decision makers and researchers. More than half of our regular visitors are based outside of Europe and North America.
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- 4Tests.com GED Practice Tests
This site offers free practice exams for the GED and other tests. Choose a single subject area, or all five.
- CollegeBoard SAT Online Prep
Prepare online for your SAT here. Requires a member sign-up, but does include being able to register for the SAT, apply to colleges, and adding schools to a college list.
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Provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results.
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The Princeton Review has selected several hundred colleges, known for their academic excellence, for inclusion on this site. Both public and private schools can be found by searching by state, specific school and other factors.
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This gives information about student eligibility for Pell Grants, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Work Study, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, and the Direct Loan and FFEL Programs.


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Rolex Yacht-Master 37 Oyster, 37 mm, Oystersteel and platinum M268622-0002
Yacht-Master 37
Oyster, 37 mm, Oystersteel and platinum
- Reference 268622
- Model Case Oyster, 37 mm, Oystersteel and platinum
- Bezel Platinum bidirectional rotatable 60-minute graduated with raised numerals
- Water-Resistance Waterproof to 100 metres / 330 feet
- Movement Perpetual, mechanical, self-winding
- Caliber 2236, Manufacture Rolex
- Power Reserve Approximately 55 hours
- Bracelet Oyster, three-piece solid links
- Dial Slate
- Certification Superlative Chronometer (COSC + Rolex certification after casing)
The Yacht-Master's bidirectional rotatable 60-minute graduated bezel is made entirely from precious metals or fitted with a Cerachrom insert in high-tech ceramic. The raised polished numerals and graduations stand out clearly against a matt, sand-blasted background. This functional bezel – which allows the wearer to calculate, for example, the sailing time between two buoys – is also a key component in the model's distinctive visual identity.
Bidirectional Rotatable Bezel
Like all Rolex Professional watches, the Yacht-Master 37 offers exceptional legibility in all circumstances, and especially in the dark, thanks to its Chromalight display. The broad hands and hour markers in simple shapes – triangles, circles, rectangles – are filled with a luminescent material emitting a long-lasting glow.
Slate Dial
Many Rolex watches are available with the now-legendary combination of yellow, white or Everose gold and steel known as Rolesor, but Rolesium is a creation specific to the Yacht-Master. While the case and bracelet are in rugged Oystersteel, the bezel of the Rolesium versions is made of platinum, imparting a silvery whiteness and vibrant luminosity for an unmistakable sense of luxury.
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All Rolex watches are assembled by hand with the utmost care to ensure exceptional quality. Such high standards naturally restrict Rolex product capacity and, at time, the demand for Rolex watches outpaces this capacity.
Therefore, the availability of certain models may be limited. New Rolex watches are exclusively sold by Official Rolex Retailers, who receive regular deliveries and independently manage the allocation and sales of watches to customers.
Brown & Company Jewelers is proud to be part of the worldwide network of Official Rolex Retailers and can provide information on the availability of Rolex watches.
Light and robust, the new Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master 42 in RLX titanium is the ally of those seeking freedom of movement. Especially suited to the demands and pressures of competitive sailing, it puts watchmaking excellence at the service of sporting performance.
The Yacht-Master 42 is the second watch in RLX titanium released by Rolex after the Oyster Perpetual Deepsea Challenge, confirming that lightness is a quality to be taken seriously.


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Data elements are the building blocks for rules. Data elements let you create a data dictionary (or data map) of commonly used items on a page, regardless of where they originate (query strings, URLs, or cookie values) for any object that is contained on your site.
It has been observed in some situations where it is required to define a data element dynamically and then use it in the interface for an event-based rule. For example: capturing linkname attribute of a link onclick element or capturing custom page data into data element such as Product Id or Page type.
Creating Event Based Data Element
A user can dynamically capture the value of the event, and can set it when defining the criteria for an event-based rule, within the custom code block using below code:
Var str= $(this).attr("linkname"); // This line will fetch the name of the link clicked when an event click rule is fired on clicking of a link on the page. _satellite.setVar('Link_Name',str); _satellite.getVar('Link_Name'); return true;
Note: The custom code section in the identifier must return true, regardless of whether a
Valid value is available for the data element otherwise, the rule never evaluates as true or runs.
// This data element will now be available like any other within the interface using %Link_Name%
Additional Points:
- setVar saves the data element on a page level scope – this is okay since you'll typically only be manually setting these variables when you are referencing elements with $(this).
- You can also use %% substitutions for these data elements within the UI. For the example above the data element can be referenced via %link ID%.
- When you manually override a data element that exists and has a scope, it retains the scope of the element.
Capturing Custom Page Based Data
Custom page data while creating a data element such as Product Id, Page type etc. can be captured by writing custom Javascript into the UI by clicking Open Editor and inserting code into the editor window.
Ex- To pass Product Id data into a data element on a product page, write the custom code below in the editor
- A return statement is necessary in the editor window to indicate what value should be set as the data element value. If a return statement is not included, the default value or an empty string will be returned as the data element value.


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Dental Anxiety Miami, FL
At South Florida Dental Arts, we can perform dental work on patients that are struggling with dental anxiety. If you avoid the dentist due to fear of what a procedure may be like or simply do not enjoy dental work, give us a call. In our Miami, dental office, we can ensure that you are comfortable and relaxed, regardless of the dental procedure. When you visit our office, we will meet with you to discuss what treatments you need and create a plan for how to keep your mouth healthy while easing any fears that you have about dentistry in general. We will keep you informed about the entire process so that you can make decisions regarding dental care without experiencing any anxiety.
How can I ease my fears about dental care without medication?
When you visit our dental office, we can discuss ways that you can prevent experiencing anxiety while receiving dental care. Give us a call to go over any and all methods for dealing with dental anxiety that we can offer. In some cases, all a patient needs to do is play music on headphones during the appointment. In other cases, we may need medication or another method to deal with dental anxiety.
How can I prepare for my dentist appointment?
Another easy way to calm your fears is to visit our Miami dental office and meet with Dr. Hernandez prior to the actual appointment. Taking the time to tour our office, where you can sit in the dentist chair and have a conversation, will allow you to become familiar with our staff and office environment. After this meeting, when you do have your teeth cleaned, you are doing so in an atmosphere that you feel comfortable in with friendly and familiar faces. During your consultation, we can also discuss what you can expect from a teeth cleaning or a specific procedure. This will help you to mentally prepare for how long it will take, what dental tools we will use, what you may feel during the process and what the recovery period will be, if any. At South Florida Dental Arts, we find that the more informed our patients are the more comfortable and relaxed they feel. This one appointment can help to alleviate the fear of dentists that you are experiencing.
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Sedation Dentistry Can Reduce Your Dental Anxiety
In our Miami dental office, we practice sedation dentistry that can be used to reduce and prevent dental anxiety. Here are some of the questions we are regularly answer about sedation dentistry.
Will I be asleep when sedated?
Typically not. Sleep dentistry is usually reserved for oral surgery and lengthy procedures. Sedation dentistry will help you relax and can make you drowsy, so some patients do nod off. However, with our sedation methods, you are still in control of your body and are technically not put to sleep.
Can everyone use sedation dentistry?
To determine if you are healthy enough for sedation (most people are), we recommend that you schedule an appointment with our Florida dental office. We will meet with you to discuss the type of sedation that will be best for your procedure and the level of dental anxiety that you are experiencing.
How is sedation dentistry administered?
The most common form of sedation is taking a pill an hour before the procedure begins. One pill can help you to feel entirely relaxed and eliminate your fear of dentists. Most procedures, like teeth cleaning or fixing a simple cavity, do not necessarily hurt. With sedation, many people do not require additional medication. However, if you would like pain medication as well, we can give it to you after the sedation has taken effect.
Will I be able to move around like normal?
Yes, with sedation dentistry you can continue to engage in conversation and respond to commands; but your response times may be slightly delayed and your mind not as clear as normal. This is why we recommend that you either have someone drive you home or wait until it has worn off completely before driving home after the appointment.
Are there any side effects of sedation dentistry?
Most of the time, the sedation goes away within an hour of your procedure being complete. If you are more heavily sedated or put to sleep for oral surgery, it can take a couple of hours to feel normal but this is rare. In our Miami dental office, we use the least amount of sedation to help you to feel completely relaxed and comfortable. Thus, it is effective without staying in your system for too long.
Can children benefit from sedation dentistry?
Yes, children may need sedation when going through large amounts of dental work so that they can hold still long enough for a dentist to complete the dental work. This is a unique specialty and not offered at every dentist office.
Are there other ways to make dental work more comfortable?
Yes. Laser dentistry is transforming how professionals complete dental procedures. When you visit our dental office, you can be confident that we will use the latest technology available to make your procedure more comfortable. Lasers allow us to do so because the laser energy is fine and can target small spaces without irritating the surrounding tissue. We can also reduce discomfort and the recovery time thanks to dental lasers. The dental lasers are also less invasive than traditional dental tools. With the dental laser, there will be less bleeding and swelling than normal. Dental lasers can also help treat tooth decay, gum disease, and has applications in restorative procedures. If you want a more comfortable experience and to reduce your dental anxiety, we highly recommend visiting a laser dentistry office. To learn about the procedures that we perform using lasers, call (305) 230-4041 and schedule an appointment. At South Florida Dental Arts, we find that many of our patients no longer need sedation or pain medication because the common factors that create fear of dentists are eliminated. For example, the noise, heat, and vibration that is traditionally associated with the dental drill is not present when using lasers.
To learn more about sedation dentistry, new dental technology or how to reduce your dental anxiety, call and schedule an appointment with our Miami dentist office today.
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Definition of Dental Terminology
- Cosmetic Dentistry
- Cosmetic dentistry is generally used to refer to any dental work that improves the appearance (though not necessarily the function) of a person's teeth, gums and/or bite.
- Decay
- Tooth decay is when the enamel of the tooth begins to decay and cause erosion from plaque and tartar on the teeth.
- Dental Caries
- Dental caries are also known as cavities and result from a lack of proper oral hygiene leaving plaque that forms tiny holes in the teeth.
- Dental Checkup
- A dental checkup is an appointment that involves cleaning the teeth, identifying any signs of infection and removing said signs of infection at least once every six months in the office.
- Dental Filling
- A dental filling involves restoring the structure of the tooth by using metal, alloy, porcelain or plastic to fill the tooth.
- Dental Prophylaxis
- A dental prophylaxis is a professional and detailed cleaning that involves the removal of plaque, calculus and stains from the teeth.
- Dental Sealants
- Dental sealants contain a resinous material that we apply to the chewing surfaces of the posterior teeth to prevent dental caries.
- Dentist
- A dentist, also known as a dental surgeon, is a doctor who specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity.
- Gingivitis
- Gingivitis is the inflammation of gum tissue that results from plaque, other infections in the mouth and poor oral hygiene.
- Preventive Dentistry
- Preventive dentistry is the dentistry that focuses on maintaining oral health in order to prevent the spread of plaque, the formation of tartar and infections in the mouth.
- Tartar
- Tartar forms when plaque builds up on the surface of the teeth and calcifies into a hard surface that is much more difficult to remove and will require professional treatment.
- Tooth Enamel
- Tooth enamel is the protective visible outer surface of a tooth that contains the dentin and dental pulp.
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Changing Jira application TCP ports
Why change Jira application TCP ports?
By default, Jira applications use TCP listening port 8080 and hence, Jira applications are typically available at http://<yourserver>:8080
If, however, an existing service running on your machine is claiming port 8080, there will be a conflict and Jira applications will fail to start. You may see errors like this:
LifecycleException: Protocol handler initialization failed: java.net.BindException: Address already in use:8080
This can be fixed by changing Jira applications to use another TCP listening port (eg. 8100) and shutdown port (eg. 8015).
Changing Jira application TCP ports
Before you change Jira application TCP ports, read the following:
- Which port number should I choose? If you are not sure which port number to choose, use a tool such as netstat to determine which port numbers are free to use by Jira applications. The highest port number that can be used is 65535 because it is the highest number which can be represented by an unsigned 16 bit binary number. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) lists the registration of commonly used port numbers for well-known Internet services, it's advisable to avoid any of those ports.
- A note about firewalls: When you choose a port number for Jira, bear in mind that your firewall may prevent people from connecting to Jira based on the port number. Organizations with a local network protected by a firewall typically need to consider modifying their firewall configuration whenever they install a web-based application (such as Jira) that is running on a new port or host. Even personal laptop and desktop machines often come with firewall software installed that necessitates the same sort of change as described above. If Jira does not need to be accessed from outside the firewall, then no firewall configuration changes will be necessary.
You can change Jira's TCP ports by using the Jira configuration tool or by manually editing the server.xml file. If you installed Jira using the 'Windows Installer', 'Linux Installer', or from an 'Archive File', you can use the Jira configuration tool.
Changing Jira's TCP ports using the Jira configuration tool
- Start the Jira configuration tool. See Using the Jira configuration tool for instructions on where to find the tool.
- Click the Web Server tab.
- In the HTTP Port field, enter the new TCP listening port number.
- In the Control Port field, enter the new TCP shutdown port number.
- Click the Save button. Your changes are saved to the
file located in theconf
subdirectory of your Jira application installation directory.
Changing Jira's TCP ports by editing the server.xml file
Edit the server.xml
file in the conf
subdirectory of the Jira installation directory. The start of the file looks like:
<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
<Service name="Catalina">
<Connector port="8080"
maxHttpHeaderSize="8192" maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" relaxedPathChars="[]|" relaxedQueryChars="[]|{}^\`"<>" acceptCount="100" connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true" />
For example, change the shutdown port from "8005" to "8015" and the listening port (i.e. in the <connector/>
element) from "8080" to "8100". (See below to decide which TCP port numbers should be used for Jira.)
Then, restart Jira and point a browser to http://<yourserver>:8100
If you are running on a Unix server and bind the ports below 1024 (such as port 80 for example), you will need to start Jira as root in order to successfully bind to the port.


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40 Years Ago: Why Styx Stumbled Toward 'Caught in the Act'
Styx boasted a string of multi-platinum albums and a growing collection of hit singles into the the early '80s, but it was all about to come to a screeching halt.
As is often the case with creative partnerships, the band's biggest problem was also its greatest strength: namely, the tension between frontman Dennis DeYoung and guitarists Tommy Shaw and James "J.Y." Young. Where Shaw and Young preferred to keep the Styx sound grounded in the group's rock roots, they couldn't argue with the success sparked by DeYoung's pop melodies and epic song structure – for a while, anyway.
The breaking point arrived in the form of 1983's Kilroy Was Here, a concept album about a futuristic society where rock 'n' roll has been smothered by morality-driven censorship. Inspired by the accusations of backmasking that dogged Styx after the release of 1981's "Snowblind," the record certainly didn't lack ambition, and it was a commercial success. Still, its theatrical overtones bothered other members of the band, particularly during the expensive and intricate tour that followed.
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"We went out and tried to do something different," recalled DeYoung, who'd been the main architect behind the Kilroy album. "And we put on this theatrical production. It was something I thought needed to be said about the coming mood of censorship in this country. I don't regret it; the only thing I do regret is that the band folded after that record, because I think we could have certainly gone on very easily."
"Folding" is a good way to describe what happened during the Kilroy tour. Rather than splitting up and making a clean break, the group limped along after suffering through Shaw's abrupt defection, sticking together as a band – albeit basically in name only – long enough to record a new song, "Music Time," for Caught in the Act, a contract-fulfilling double live LP culled from performances during the Kilroy tour.
Listen to Styx Perform 'Fooling Yourself'
Tommy Shaw Quits Styx
"In 1983, Tommy decided that he didn't like – well, he didn't like a lot of things," DeYoung told Melodic Rock. "But the No. 1 thing he didn't like was he was convinced he could be a solo artist on his own. Someone was whispering in his ear. He quit the band in the middle of the '83 tour."
Shaw made no secret of his displeasure, noting in a 1985 interview with Rock Magazine that "everything was supposed to be okay, and it wasn't. Here I was, playing in front of thousands of people and making lots of money, yet it was the first time in 20 years that I didn't enjoy playing. It was enough to make me doubt my sanity a couple of times."
Shaw's departure was an undeniable loss, but one DeYoung said Styx saw coming. "We knew he was going to quit. When the whole thing was over at the end of '83 and the beginning of '84, Tommy had quit and James Young, John and Chuck were still in the band. They wanted me to replace Tommy Shaw and to go forward immediately. I said I wouldn't do it. I said 'This band is these guys.'"
Released in April 1984, Caught in the Act offered fans what would be their last opportunity to hear – and, in the accompanying VHS video, watch – "these guys" playing together for some 11 years. At the time, it seemed like a triumphant look back at nearly a decade of chart success, but behind the scenes, the album's release was more of a frantic effort to hit the pause button during a time when Styx was crumbling.
In fact, as DeYoung remembers it now, not only was Caught in the Act an exercise in contract fulfillment, his own solo career started as nothing more than a holding pattern between Styx records. "I became a reluctant solo artist because I was not going to go back and put a new Styx together with somebody else," he told Melodic Rock. "My contract read that I had the ability to make a solo record for A&M, so I decided I'd make a solo album and wait for Tommy to come to his senses."
Listen to Styx Perform 'Don't Let It End'
Solo Projects Fail to Connect
As the dust settled for Styx, fans reaped the short-term benefits of the band members' discord: In 1984, a bumper crop of new music from the group's splintering ranks was released, with Caught in the Act breaking Billboard's Top 40 in the spring, DeYoung's Desert Moon following suit in late summer and Shaw bringing up the rear with his solo debut, Girls With Guns, in October. (Young joined the crowd the following year with City Slicker, a duo project with Jan Hammer.)
It all added up to more music, but without the other members around to strike sparks against, each of Styx's solo artists struggled to establish consistent solo momentum. The band's fans followed along to a certain extent, but what most listeners really wanted was a reunion. "We sold more than 20 million albums, and nothing is forever, but I don't feel that the group is finished," Young told the Chicago Tribune in January 1986. "Everybody needs breathing room now, but I feel that we will be back together. I don't think it's a question of if; it's more a question of when."
That question was answered, in part, with 1990's Edge of the Century, a partial reunion record that found guitarist Glen Burtnik subbing in for Shaw, who'd sealed up his next gig with Damn Yankees. By 1995, Burtnik was out and Shaw was back in – but then in 1999, DeYoung was ousted in a disagreement he claimed stemmed from health issues that prevented him from touring.
This time, the split seemed permanent – and at least partially rooted in the issues that drove Styx apart way back when Caught in the Act came out. Dismissing another reunion with DeYoung as not "realistic," Shaw later said Styx "tried it in 1996 and we realized what was true in 1983 was only more true in 1996. We'd just gone our separate ways. Rather than having a positive effect on each other, we have a very negative effect on each other. You only live once and you should be happy."
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New York, February 23, 2012–The Kyrgyz government's decision to block access to the independent news website Ferghana News contradicts the country's declared commitment to press freedom and should be overturned immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Kyrgyzstan's largest Internet provider, the state-controlled Kyrgyztelecom, has blocked domestic access to the Moscow-based website since Monday, Daniil Kislov, the editor of Ferghana News, told CPJ. Up to 50 percent of Internet users in Kyrgyzstan use Kyrgyztelecom to connect to the Web, the journalist said. Kislov also told CPJ that since authorities had already urged other Internet service providers to block the website, Ferghana News might soon be completely inaccessible domestically.
Kyrgyztelecom told Ferghana News that Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov had ordered the blocking of the website. News accounts reported that a June 2011 parliament resolution, following an investigation into the causes and developments surrounding the June 2010 ethnic conflict, urged the government to block the website. The resolution did not offer any explanation for the decision, CPJ research shows. In addition, there was no court order for the blocking, as required by the country's media law, Kislov told CPJ.
In an interview with the Kyrgyz service of the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, parliament member Tokon Mamytov said that Ferghana News had published materials that spread ethnic and religious strife in Kyrgyzstan, and that the site's coverage of the country's events was mostly negative and discredited the ethnic Kyrgyz people. Mamytov denied that the resolution violated freedom of speech, RFE/RL reported.
"This is a deeply disturbing assault on Internet freedom where yet again an authoritarian government gets an Internet service provider to do its censorship dirty work," said CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney. "The Kyrgyz authorities must immediately restore access to Ferghana News."
Ferghana News has long been at odds with Kyrgyz authorities. In March 2010, authorities blocked the website after it reported on government corruption and human rights abuses in Kyrgyzstan, but denied doing so, according to CPJ research. This is the first time the government has issued written orders to block the website, CPJ research shows.