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How big is the constitutional challenge to the Obama health care law, which the Supreme Court will hear on March 26-28?
For starters, it's big enough for the justices to schedule six hours of arguments -- more time than given to any case since 1966. After all, the Affordable Care Act is arguably the most consequential domestic legislation since the creation of Medicare in 1965.
It's also big enough to attract more briefs than any other case in history. At least 170, including more than 120 "friend-of-the-court" or amicus briefs, have been filed, many of which are joined by 10, 20 or more groups of every imaginable description.
And, finally, it's big enough to cause the justices to postpone until October half of the 12 cases that they would ordinarily hear in April in order to clear time to get started on the health care opinions that they are expected to issue by the late June, or possibly, early July.
What's it all about?
The immediate issues, in the order the court will hear them, begin with the question of whether the so-called "individual mandate" -- which requires that almost all Americans without coverage buy individual health insurance policies or pay fines -- is ripe for adjudication now. Or must the case be deferred until 2015 because of the 1867 Anti-Injunction Act, which bars federal courts from ruling on the constitutionality of tax laws before payments are due?
After that come the arguments about what many consider the central issue: whether the mandate, which is unprecedented, should be voided because it represents an unconstitutional exercise of Congress' powers to regulate commerce and to levy taxes.
Next is what becomes of the law's hundreds of other provisions, covering 2,700 pages, if the mandate is unconstitutional? Are some or all of them "severable," meaning that Congress would have wanted them to stand even if the mandate falls? For example, what about the provisions establishing tax credits to help small businesses and individuals buy health insurance and taxing large employers that do not provide full-time employees government-approved coverage?
Apart from those issues, does the law's expansion of Medicaid violate the sovereignty of the states by effectively requiring them to spend more of their own money or forfeit all of the federal Medicaid money they now receive?
What's the likely outcome?
Nobody knows. It's clear that the court's four more liberal members, like almost all other liberal legal experts, will find the law constitutional in all respects. It's also clear that conservative Justice Clarence Thomas will vote to strike down much or all of the law. It's less clear what swing-voting Justice Anthony Kennedy and conservative Chief Justice John Roberts as well as Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito will do.
Kennedy, Roberts, Alito, and (especially) Scalia -- whom the government's brief quotes five times -- have all joined past decisions construing federal regulatory power very broadly. Two respected conservative federal appeals court judges, Laurence Silberman and Geoffrey Sutton, who is one of Scalia's favorite law clerks, have upheld the law.
What are the major arguments for and against the individual mandate?
Defenders say that the broad constitutional power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce, and the even broader power to "lay and collect taxes," both provide ample authority for requiring that people buy insurance as part of a comprehensive scheme to end "discriminatory insurance practices that have excluded millions of people from coverage based on medical history," in the words of a brief by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.
The same brief also asserts that uninsured people consume $43 billion a year worth of emergency-room and other health care for which they do not pay, costs that are shifted to insurers and that raise insured families' average premiums by more than $1,000 a year. Critics of the law dispute these numbers.
The 26 states challenging the law (along with a business group and four individuals) say, in the words of a brief by Paul Clement, who was solicitor general under President George W. Bush: "The individual mandate rests on a claim of federal power that is both unprecedented and unbounded: the power to compel individuals to engage in commerce in order more effectively to regulate commerce. This asserted power does not exist. … It is a revolution in the relationship between the central government and the governed."
Clement also stresses that President Barack Obama and his allies in Congress insisted during the debate before the measure became law that the financial penalty for failing to comply with the individual mandate is not a tax. They should not be allowed, he argues, to "enact legislation that would not have passed had it been labeled a tax and then turn around and defend it as a valid exercise of the tax power."
The Anti-Injunction Act?
This reconstruction-era statute bars courts from considering the constitutionality of tax laws until payments are due. It will apply here if the court deems the individual mandate's penalty provision a "tax."
Because the mandate is not scheduled to take effect until 2014 and the first penalties would not be due until 2015, the federal courts would not yet have jurisdiction to consider the constitutionality of the penalties or the mandate. In other words, consideration of the case would be postponed until 2015, and, therefore, such a decision would convert the biggest case in decades into the biggest anticlimax in Supreme Court history.
Both sides say that the Anti-Injunction Act does not apply. But the court appointed a lawyer as "friend of the court" to argue that it does, as one federal appeals court held. This appointment signaled the court's care to observe arguable limits on its jurisdiction even when the parties agree that it has jurisdiction.
What are the major arguments on severability?
The government says that if the court strikes down the mandate, it should defer until future cases any ruling on the severability of most other provisions. But, if it does rule on severability, the government maintains that only two other provisions should go down with the mandate. Those are the "guaranteed-issue" and "community-rating" provisions, which bar insurers from denying coverage or charging higher premiums because of medical history. Without the individual mandate, the government says, those provisions would send premiums soaring by creating incentives for healthy people to defer buying insurance until they need health care.
The 26 states argue that the mandate was deemed by Congress to be "necessary to make the other provisions work as intended," and that the court should strike down the whole law.
The court appointed another friend-of-the-court lawyer to write a brief arguing that a decision striking down the mandate should leave the rest of the law -- including guaranteed issue and community rating -- intact.
What are the major arguments on Medicaid?
The government asserts that "it is well settled that Congress's spending power includes the power to fix the terms on which it will disburse funds to the states," that Congress has repeatedly expanded the state-federal Medicaid program, and that this new expansion will not "impose significantly onerous burdens on the states."
The 26 states counter that the Medicaid expansion unconstitutionally coerces them because it "threatens States with the loss of every penny of federal funding under the single largest grant-in-aid program in existence -- literally billions of dollars each year -- if they do not capitulate to Congress' steep new demands."
Stuart Taylor, Jr. is an author and contributor to the National Journal and other publications.
This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.


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Speaking French: a passport to discover French cinema
With about 270 films per year, French cinema is the second global exporter, after Hollywood. Speaking French is the best way to satisfy your film-thirst. But what sort of French is spoken on French screens?
An Alumni in the French New Wave
In "Breathless", Jean Seberg sells the "New York Herald Tribune" on the Champs Élysées when Jean-Paul Belmondo catches up with her. Patricia, the character portrayed by Jean Seberg, is an impersonation of you, dear alumni: a beautiful American student from La Sorbonne speaking French with a cute accent. And who better than the seductive teacher played by handsome "Bébel" could help her improve her linguistic skills?
Such ambassadors have made French cinema the second global film exporter after Hollywood. When he received the Lumières award in 2013, Quentin Tarantino spoke in a lyrical tone: "Cinema is my religion, and France my Vatican". Speaking French means accessing a film heritage that records a high number of followers and a few chapters.
The "Gouaille", a specific art of insolence
But what sort of French is spoken on French screens? A category of characters can specifically be distinguished: those who use the French cockiness "gouaille" with delicacy. Like Arletty in "Children of Paradise" (Les Enfants du paradis) or Gabin in "Grisbi" (Touchez pas au grisbi), they come from working class backgrounds and live in an ambiguous underworld. With an unsurpassed art in witty replies and colourful words, a slightly slacking accent typical from the suburbs of Paris, they impose a cheeky and laid-back attitude in the face of high-class codes.
With an accent, from Pagnol to Guédiguian
The art of quick replies is also a trait of the characters created by Marcel Pagnol, or his "heir" Robert Guédiguian. Both filmmakers are particularly fond of characters speaking in Southern French loquacity: in "Marius", Pagnol transforms a card game in a funny demonstration of the power of language. When language is spoken with virtuosity and tinted with an accent from Marseille, it becomes the brilliant art of conning.
Jacques Demy's "en-chanted" French
Filmmaker Jacques Demy, deceased in 1990, shot films of absolute peculiarity: on jazzy tunes, characters of "The umbrellas of Cherbourg" (Parapluies de Cherbourg) promise each other eternal love or... ask for gas at the local station. Behind the apparent laid-back tone, themes are much more serious: the sufferings of the war in Algeria, the crumbling of teenage passions. In Demy's language, French is "en-chanted" (a term he invented to qualify his work) and never forgets the small and big disappointments of life.

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Brandon McVittie is a graduate of Art History from Montreal's McGill University where he studied traditional studio methods, materials and approaches in painting. His professional art career began over twenty years ago and has been multifaceted.
He has worked as an historical illustrator for the Canadian Geographic Magazine and has been a court room and features illustrator for national newspapers, magazines and television; including: the Ottawa Citizen, the Toronto Star, the Vancouver Sun and both the CTV and CBC television networks.
He was co-owner and curator of ARTGUISE Fine Art Gallery in Ottawa from 1996 to 2010 where he helped launch to international attention artists from Canada and abroad presenting and promoting annual solo exhibitions for over a decade.
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Window Draperies: Enhance Your Space with Style and Refinement
1. The Timeless Appeal of Window Draperies
When it comes to improving the grace and beauty of your space, window draperies are an exceptional option. These lovely fabric treatments not only add a touch of sophistication but also offer functional benefits such as light control, privacy, and insulation. With their wide range of fabrics, patterns, and styles, curtains for windows enable you to create a customized look that complements your interior design and sets the atmosphere of any space.
Window draperies have stood the test of time and continue to be a popular choice in both classic and contemporary homes. From flowing floor-length panels to tailored valances, there is a drapery style that can transform your windows into engaging focal points. Allow's delve into the features and advantages of window draperies in more detail.
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Curtains for windows provide an plentitude of options when it comes to fabric and style. Here are some popular choices:
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Enhance the visual attractiveness of your curtains for windows with the right hardware. Drapery hardware not only serves a functional purpose but also adds a decorative touch. Here are some options to consider:
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Alexander Dwyer and Andrew Kirkendall are the founding partners of Kirkendall Dwyer LLP. Two attorneys with diverse backgrounds, they came together with a singular goal: to build a personal injury law firm that brings its clients the best results through the most personal, compassionate legal service on the market today.
Our attorneys know that personal injuries can devastate your life, no matter what form they take. Whether you have been in a motor vehicle accident or have been injured by a drug or medical device, you are not just in need of legal advice. Our truck accident lawyers will invest the time and resources to make sure you can get back on your feet. At Kirkendall Dwyer LLP, you are not just another case file.
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Alexander Dwyer is a seventh-generation Texan, a life-long resident of Houston, and an accomplished attorney. Alexander combines his well-honed trial skills and detailed understanding of the law to achieve successful results for his clients. Read more here.
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Margaret is an engineer by training and a Harvard Business School graduate; she began her career in marketing with Procter & Gamble. She left the corporate world to spend some time with her children and then founded Eveil & Jeux in her garage. The company became France's leading mail order the e-commerce toy business with a turnover of 70M€ before being sold to the Pinault Printemps Redoute Group in 2001. For the next five years, Margaret Milan dedicated her energy to the promotion of women's careers and entrepreneurship through EuropeanPWN, first as initiator of the Think Tank and vice President of the Paris network then as president of the European network. She returned to the world of toys in 2006, heading up strategic transformation at what had become Fnac éveil & jeux, a retail, catalogue and internet business with turnover of 130M€. She also led the Eveil & Jeux Foundation, supporting learning projects in underpriviledged communities. She accompanied the sale of the business by Kering to ID Group, a French children's clothing retailer, in 2010. Since then, she has been an active board members of mid-sized consumer focused firms and start-ups. She recently co-authored a book of Gender balanced leadership, Mixité: quand les hommes s'engagent, which will soon be published in English.
Margaret is from Scotland, is married to a Frenchman and is the mother of two daughters. She has received the prestigious 'Legion d 'Honneur' in the category chevalier. France's president Sarkozy recognized her for her tireless efforts in promoting women's professional progress and entrepreneurship.


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Friday, September 23, 2011
John Kascht
I've always had some difficulty with the term, "master class", as it is often a little too liberally applied to instructors who might not be quite so masterful. Well, for once, I can use the appellation with utter conviction when I talk about John Kascht and his film,"Funny Bones". It's a short, incredibly incisive deconstruction on the art of caricature. In it, Kascht diligently analyzes every peak and valley of the topography that makes up the face of comedian, Conan O'Brien. And while it has plenty of delightful time lapse sequences of John sketching, painting and even sculpting, the piece is not about technique per se. It's really a rumination on the art of capturing a likeness and more importantly, the essence of a subject. He reminds us that caricature is not distortion for distortion's sake, but rather an amplification of those features that reveal what is unique about that particular person. There is plenty to marvel at in Funny Bones and if you are trying to learn something about capturing a personality on paper, go here.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Old Photos
As I thumb through books of old photos, I can hardly resist a quick drawing of some of the long-gone faces I see in them. This time I didn't resist at all. The sketch is based on a fragment of a larger scene depicting Londoners enjoying an afternoon on a merry-go-round, sometime during the 1920's. She's having the time of her life.
I wonder how the rest of it went.
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Two smart guys, Gerald Guerlais and Dice Tsutsumi are chatting one day and think: Hey, let's have a beautiful blank sketchbook made and then send it out, artist to artist, country to country until the whole damned thing is filled with beautiful drawings! We'll call it Sketchtravel and go to a top flight publisher and have them publish a limited facsimile of the book! Oh, Oh! Then let's auction the original sketchbook at some high dollar auction house in Brussels and GIVE ALL THE MONEY AWAY TO CHARITY!!!
They're very excitable guys, but when they have an idea, they get it done.
Check out their website here and take a look at the fabulous roster of artists they wrangled to appear in the book. Here's a sampling off the top of my head:
Carlos Nine
Carter Goodrich
Ronnie Del Carmen
Rebecca Dautremer
Hayao Miyazaki
Follow this link to a snappy little video about the adventures of the book itself!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Not so Hard Times
Here's one of eight pieces I am working on, showcasing the main characters from some of Charles Dicken's most famous works. They will appear on new paperback editions being published by Random House sometime next year. It wouldn't be quite truthful to call this work, given how much I am enjoying doing them. And although the drawings will be used rather small in the context of the cover design, I think the whole package will make a handsome series.
Above is Josiah Bounderby from Hard Times.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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Ukrainian fighters in the tunnels underneath Mariupol's pulverized steel plant held out against Russian troops Thursday in an increasingly desperate and perhaps doomed effort to deny Moscow what would be its biggest success of the war yet: the complete capture of the strategic port city.
The bloody battle came amid growing speculation that President Vladimir Putin wants to present the Russian people with a battlefield triumph — or announce an escalation of the war — in time for Victory Day on Monday. Victory Day is the biggest patriotic holiday on the Russian calendar, marking the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany.
Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia's most recent estimate, were holed up at Mariupol's sprawling Azovstal steelworks, the last pocket of resistance in a city largely reduced to rubble over the past two months. A few hundred civilians were also believed trapped there.
The defenders will "stand till the end. They only hope for a miracle," Kateryna Prokopenko said after speaking by phone to her husband, a leader of the steel plant defenders. "They won't surrender."
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She said her husband, Azov Regiment commander Denys Prokopenko, told her he would love her forever.
"I am going mad from this. It seemed like words of goodbye," she said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack was preventing the evacuation of civilians remaining in the plant's underground bunkers.
"Just imagine this hell! And there are children there," he said late Thursday in his nightly video address. "More than two months of constant shelling, bombing, constant death."
The Russians managed to get inside with the help of an electrician who knew the layout, said Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine's Internal Affairs Ministry.
"He showed them the underground tunnels which are leading to the factory," Gerashchenko said in a video posted late Wednesday. "Yesterday, the Russians started storming these tunnels, using the information they received from the betrayer."
The Kremlin denied its troops were storming the plant.
The fall of Mariupol would deprive Ukraine of a vital port, allow Russia to establish a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, and free up troops to fight elsewhere in the Donbas, the eastern industrial region that the Kremlin says is now its chief objective.
Capt. Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, pleaded on Ukrainian TV for the evacuation of civilians and wounded fighters from the steelworks, saying soldiers were "dying in agony due to the lack of proper treatment."
The Kremlin has demanded the troops surrender. They have refused. Russia has also accused them of preventing the civilians from leaving.
The head of the United Nations said another attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and the plant was underway. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said: "We must continue to do all we can to get people out of these hellscapes."
More than 100 civilians were rescued from the steelworks over the weekend. But many previous attempts to open safe corridors from Mariupol have fallen through, with Ukraine blaming shelling and firing by the Russians.
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Meanwhile, 10 weeks into the devastating war, Ukraine's military claimed it recaptured some areas in the south and repelled other attacks in the east, further frustrating Putin's ambitions after his abortive attempt to seize Kyiv. Ukrainian and Russian forces are fighting village by village.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Russian forces are making only "plodding" progress in the Donbas.
The head of Britain's armed forces, Chief of the Defense Staff Adm. Tony Radakin, said Putin is "trying to rush to a tactical victory" before Victory Day. But he said Russian forces are struggling to gain momentum.
Radakin told British broadcaster Talk TV that Russia is using missiles and weapons at such a rate that it is in a "logistics war" to keep supplied. "This is going to be a hard slog," he said.
On Thursday, an American official said the U.S. shared intelligence with Ukraine about the location of a Russian flagship before the mid-April strike that sank it, one of Moscow's highest-profile failures in the war.
The U.S. has provided "a range of intelligence" that includes locations of warships, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The official said the decision to target the missile cruiser Moskva was purely a Ukrainian decision.
Fearful of new attacks surrounding Victory Day, the mayor of the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk urged residents to leave for the countryside over the long weekend and warned them not to gather in public places.
And the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, a key transit point for evacuees from Mariupol, announced a curfew from Sunday evening through Tuesday morning.
In other developments, Belarus' authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, defended Russia's invasion of Ukraine in an interview with The Associated Press but said he didn't expect the conflict to "drag on this way."
Lukashenko, whose country was used by the Russians as a launch pad for the invasion, said Moscow had to act because Kyiv was "provoking" Russia.
But he also created some distance between himself and the Kremlin, repeatedly calling for an end to the conflict and referring to it as a "war" — a term Moscow refuses to use. It insists on calling the fighting a "special military operation."
Mariupol, which had a prewar population of over 400,000, has come to symbolize the misery inflicted by the war. The siege of the city has trapped perhaps 100,000 civilians with little food, water, medicine or heat.
As the battle raged there, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Russian bombardment Thursday hit dozens of Ukrainian military targets, including troop concentrations in the east, an artillery battery near the eastern settlement of Zarozhne, and rocket launchers near the southern city of Mykolaiv.
Five people were killed and dozens injured in shelling of cities in the Donbas over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian officials said, with shells hitting schools, apartments and a medical facility.
Ukrainian forces said they made some gains on the border of the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv and repelled 11 Russian attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that make up the Donbas.
The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said that Ukrainian forces "have largely stalled Russian advances in eastern Ukraine," and intensified Russian airstrikes on transportation infrastructure in the western part of the country have failed to stop Western aid shipments to Ukraine.
But the war has devastated the country's medical infrastructure, Zelenskyy said in a video link to a charity event in the U.K., with nearly 400 healthcare facilities damaged or destroyed.
"There is simply a catastrophic situation regarding access to medical services and medicines," in areas occupied by Russian forces, he said. "Even the simplest drugs are lacking."
With the challenge of mine-clearing and rebuilding after the war in mind, Zelenskyy announced the launch of a global fundraising platform called United24.
At the same time, Poland hosted an international donor conference that raised $6.5 billion in humanitarian aid. The gathering was attended by prime ministers and ambassadors from many European countries, as well as representatives of nations farther afield and some businesses.
In addition, a Ukrainian cabinet body began to develop proposals for a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan, while Zelenskyy also urged Western allies to put forward a program similar to the post-World War II Marshall Plan plan to help Ukraine rebuild.


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Shazam Entertainment Limited was founded in 1999 by Chris Barton, Philip Inghelbrecht, Avery Wang, and Dhiraj Mukherjee. In December 2013, according to its CEO, Shazam was one of the top ten most popular apps in the world. As of August 2014, the Shazam app had more than 100 million monthly active users and had been used on more than 500 million mobile devices. In October 2014, Shazam announced its technology has been used to identify 15 billion songs.


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Ignorance of crypto becomes harder and harder everyday!
Big companies admit that they can't just miss out 300M of wealthy crypto-users. Such brands as Gucci and Balenziaga have already started receiving crypto payments, and Asics raised $7 million dollars with their NFT-sneakers collection in just a couple of hours.
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The biggest problem of receiving the crypto payments is integration. There are working solutions which can be applied easily, but they are suffer from low scalability, and probably will not survive the business growth. But processing gateways, which can stand the increasing payment volumes require months of development and enormous budgets on a crypto coding team.
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While Meta, Adidas, Gucci compete for being a first in Metaverse, any small or medium-size business can outperform the competitors by receiving the crypto payments. Using 0xpay may not only be a way to enter the cryptocurrencies market for traditional businesses, but a starting point in building a full-featured crypto infrastructure around the project.
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Shawn Wood is the experiences Pastor at Seacoast Church in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. and the author of 200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One and Wasabi Gospel.
As experience pastor he helps create spirit-filled, yet not creepy but kind of mystical connections with God on 13 campuses and the web.
As an author when he has lots to say – he writes books but he also opines often in <140 characters at www.twitter.com/shawnwood and occasionally writes in >140 here on www.shawnwoodwrites.com.
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About SGP SystemsWelcome to SGP Systems - one of the most innovative companies in the field of educational visual programming tools for kids, children, youth and adults. The long-time research experience (since 1978) in the field of programming languages lead us to development of SGP (Baltazar, Baltie 2, Baltie 3 and Baltie 4 C#) products. SGP Systems is the European software company established in 1978. From the beginning the company specialized on developing structured (JSP) programming tools (Soukup Graphic Preprocessor - lower CASE tools) for Assembler, Basic, C, Clipper, Cobol, dBASE, FoxBASE, Fortran, Informix, Modula 2, Paradox and Pascal, nowadays we are focused on the OOP teaching tools. In 1993, the SGP Systems focused on educational programming tools for children and youth and now the company co-operates with teachers from 69 countries in order to implement SGP programming teaching tools into their school ICT curriculum. Programming contests The SGP Systems organizes an international annual programming contest for kids, children and youth. BB2000 - 7th International Creative Programming Contest Finalists (age 9 - 30 years)
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Our "children" now :-) - they are 19 (20) years old and owners of their companies. Photos from INVEX 2006 - International Trade Fair of Information Technology Our contests are open for children and youth from all over the world. We emphasized the ease of use and social and pedagogical impact of the work with computers during long years of improving our tools. Now, virtual creative teams of children can easily co-operate on development of multimedia computer applications. We have prepared new platform for computer-related education, which can be easily used without strong needs for foreign language skills. Using our graphic efficient programming tools, users can create the language independent source codes. The power of graphic representation and ease of use gave us a belief that we found the new innovative principles of programming teaching. SGP Systems support teachers We have also prepared organizational platform for the preparation of the worldwide teacher creative network. Along with our international ICT teacher community we are starting to prepare national and international projects in the field of education for information age. Your pupils and students can exchange their own programs, improve them, to provide and get feedback. This can be easily performed in the Internet age - Internet gives children opportunity to work in the virtual groups over borders, and
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rand, rand_r, srand - pseudo-random number generator
#include <stdlib.h>
int rand(void);
[OB CX] int rand_r(unsigned *seed);
void srand(unsigned seed);
For rand() and srand(): [CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard.
The rand() function shall compute a sequence of pseudo-random integers in the range [0, {RAND_MAX}] [XSI] with a period of at least 232.
[CX] The rand() function need not be thread-safe.
[OB CX] The rand_r() function shall compute a sequence of pseudo-random integers in the range [0, {RAND_MAX}]. (The value of the {RAND_MAX} macro shall be at least 32767.)
If rand_r() is called with the same initial value for the object pointed to by seed and that object is not modified between successive returns and calls to rand_r(), the same sequence shall be generated.
The srand() function uses the argument as a seed for a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers to be returned by subsequent calls to rand(). If srand() is then called with the same seed value, the sequence of pseudo-random numbers shall be repeated. If rand() is called before any calls to srand() are made, the same sequence shall be generated as when srand() is first called with a seed value of 1.
The implementation shall behave as if no function defined in this volume of POSIX.1-2008 calls rand() or srand().
The rand() function shall return the next pseudo-random number in the sequence.
[OB CX] The rand_r() function shall return a pseudo-random integer.
The srand() function shall not return a value.
No errors are defined.
Generating a Pseudo-Random Number Sequence
The following example demonstrates how to generate a sequence of pseudo-random numbers.
#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> ... long count, i; char *keystr; int elementlen, len; char c; ... /* Initial random number generator. */ srand(1);
/* Create keys using only lowercase characters */ len = 0; for (i=0; i<count; i++) { while (len < elementlen) { c = (char) (rand() % 128); if (islower(c)) keystr[len++] = c; }
keystr[len] = '\0'; printf("%s Element%0*ld\n", keystr, elementlen, i); len = 0; }Generating the Same Sequence on Different Machines
The following code defines a pair of functions that could be incorporated into applications wishing to ensure that the same sequence of numbers is generated across different machines.
static unsigned long next = 1; int myrand(void) /* RAND_MAX assumed to be 32767. */ { next = next * 1103515245 + 12345; return((unsigned)(next/65536) % 32768); }
void mysrand(unsigned seed) { next = seed; }
The drand48() and random() functions provide much more elaborate pseudo-random number generators.
The limitations on the amount of state that can be carried between one function call and another mean the rand_r() function can never be implemented in a way which satisfies all of the requirements on a pseudo-random number generator.
These functions should be avoided whenever non-trivial requirements (including safety) have to be fulfilled.
The ISO C standard rand() and srand() functions allow per-process pseudo-random streams shared by all threads. Those two functions need not change, but there has to be mutual-exclusion that prevents interference between two threads concurrently accessing the random number generator.
With regard to rand(), there are two different behaviors that may be wanted in a multi-threaded program:
A single per-process sequence of pseudo-random numbers that is shared by all threads that call rand()
A different sequence of pseudo-random numbers for each thread that calls rand()
This is provided by the modified thread-safe function based on whether the seed value is global to the entire process or local to each thread.
This does not address the known deficiencies of the rand() function implementations, which have been approached by maintaining more state. In effect, this specifies new thread-safe forms of a deficient function.
The rand_r() function may be removed in a future version.
XBD <stdlib.h>
First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.
The rand_r() function is included for alignment with the POSIX Threads Extension.
A note indicating that the rand() function need not be reentrant is added to the DESCRIPTION.
Extensions beyond the ISO C standard are marked.
The rand_r() function is marked as part of the Thread-Safe Functions option.
Austin Group Interpretation 1003.1-2001 #156 is applied.
The rand_r() function is marked obsolescent.
POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 2, XSH/TC2-2008/0301 [743] is applied.
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Chocolate milk brochure and colouring book sent home this year with Ontario kindergarteners as part of the Elementary School Milk Program |
Invited to this particular chat were representatives from Dairy Farmers of Canada including their President Wally Smith, and their Executive Director Caroline Émond.
During the discussion, Nova Scotia Senator Kelvin Ogilvie, took issue with the way the Dairy Farmers of Canada represented the sugar in chocolate milk in the materials presented to the Committee,
"I came across some remarkable statements about the amount of sugar and the fact that the sugar in chocolate milk is not an issue and we shouldn't be concerned about that. It shocked me, quite frankly, because sugar is a serious contributor to the obesity problem that we have in Canada and around the world.The non-answer provided to him by Ms. Émond didn't satisfy Senator Ogilvie and he minced no words calling her on that,
Just to take a quick example, a 250 millilitre glass — that's one quarter of a litre, for those of you who want to follow this — of chocolate milk, 1 per cent, has 160 calories and contains 25 grams of sugar. A glass of Coca Cola of about the same size is 100 calories and 26 grams of sugar.
Now I understand there are other things in the glass of chocolate milk, but the idea that you can state unequivocally in here that there should be no concern whatsoever about the sugar in chocolate milk astounds me. It would take an ordinary person in ordinary exercise approximately an hour and a half to work off that many calories. It would take a vigorous workout to do it in half an hour. The issue is not just the amount of calories; it is in fact the amount of sugar. They are empty calories, they are high calories and they contribute negatively to health overall.
I was startled to see that. I happen to like chocolate milk, by the way. I had never seen a statement such as that and I'd like your reaction."
"You have spoken to obfuscate the issue, and I congratulate you on that.Ms Émond responded that she understood Senator Ogilivie's concerns, and perhaps tried to reassure him by explaining that Dairy Farmers of Canada markets chocolate milk responsibly - to athletes,
In the basic white milk, there is far less sugar, so you actually have significant added sugar in here, and it is the added sugars, absolutely, that are the very serious issue."
"We position chocolate milk as a sport recovery beverage. It's a great positioning and it works well with athletes and sporting people who are using chocolate milk as a recovery beverage instead of energy drinks, which are, again, empty calories. We try to position the product in the best possible light. I understand your concern."Huh?
I wonder how Ms. Émond and Dairy Farmers of Canada would explain all the photos on this page?
You see they're all photos of the marketing materials that Dairy Farmers of Canada recently distributed to elementary school children and their parents as part of their Elementary School Milk Program.
And front and centre in those materials that are marketed to Canada's youngest school children and their parents are the very claims that shocked Senator Ogilvie. And not only are the claims front and centre, but the brochure itself is clearly designed to position chocolate milk preferentially over white milk with 3 of the 4 pages of the brochure literally being brown (with only the back of the brochure promoting white milk), and the line, "Get your child off to a great start" framing a carton of the chocolate stuff.
The inside of the chocolate milk brochure up above |
Kindergarteners and elementary school children aren't athletes. Chocolate milk isn't health food. And Dairy Farmers of Canada, if their statement to the Senate was meant to suggest that they don't market chocolate milk to anyone other than athletes, are plainly lying.
[Thanks to Blacklock's Reporter's publisher Holly Doan for sharing the Senate transcript with me - I will attach a link to the full testimony once it's posted on the Senate Committee's webpage]


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Hyaluronic Acid is powerful stuff. But don't let the word "acid" fool you. This gel-like water-holding molecule is a moisture-binding ingredient that helps keep skin plump and hydrated. And, it's actually something our bodies naturally produce.
Hyaluronic Acid helps retain over 1,000 times its weight in water within the cells of skin, making it an excellent moisturizer.
Scientific studies have shown that Hyaluronic Acid helps improve skin hydration and production of collagen, fight free radicals, maintain skin elasticity, and even has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that help with wound healing. Yes, please!
So why do we need more if our bodies already produce it?
Well, the average human body contains about 15 grams of Hyaluronic Acid. However, one third of that gets degraded and synthesized on a daily basis. We also produce less and less as we age. So we want more, which is why many anti-aging products contain Hyaluronic Acid. Plastic surgeons often inject Hyaluronic Acid into sunken areas of skin to plump it up, but you don't need to get injections to reap its benefits. Just choose a serum or moisturizer that contains Hyaluronic Acid (also commonly listed as Sodium Hyaluronate) for softer, smoother, more hydrated skin.


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What started as a small direct sales business, has now become a successful, global company that helps people live a better life in more than 20 countries. Our European Head Offices in London and Basel are responsible for co-ordinating our business in all countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Nothing excites us more than being able to have a lasting and positive influence on the quality of people's lives.
Our common goal grows from his enthusiasm to inspire people to lead a healthier and better life all over the world!
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It has been proven in various studies that phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals contained in fruit and vegetables, are important for a healthy life. Experts recommend five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. However, it's not always easy to manage that everyday. We know how important a balanced diet is for our lives. So that is what we want to offer you. We have developed Juice Plus+ so that the ingredients processed are of the highest quality possible, that you get the best of 30 different fruit, vegetable and berry varieties, so you can get through the day with renewed energy and vigour.
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Thought I'd share a useful trick I've been doing for 15 years. It has likely saved my knees from thousands of feet of downhill running over the years.
I just order polyurethane foam from McMaster-Carr:
Then trace my insoles using a ball point pen, cut out with scissors, and replace or add underneath or on top of the original insoles. For myself, 1/8" medium is about right. 1/4" soft will absorb more impact and better protect the front and lateral side of the knee, at the expensive of more stress on the arch (plantar fascia) and more pronation which can stress the medial side of the knee I believe. There's also a higher risk of ankle sprains going with 1/4" soft.
It is less expensive than the medical-grade Poron used by podiatrists. It's very similar, just has an industrial smell instead of the added scents.
Very few shoes these days have polyurethane insoles or midsoles because EVA is cheaper, and there's usually not a business incentive to extend the life of shoes. The reverse may be true because if the shoes break down quickly, the consumer will come back again and buy shoes sooner.


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Getting Started
While playing the Pathfinder RPG, the Game Master describes the events that occur in the game world, and the players take turns describing what their characters do in response to those events. Unlike storytelling, however, the actions of the players and the characters controlled by the Game Master (frequently called non-player characters, or NPCs) are not certain. Most actions require dice rolls to determine success, with some tasks being more difficult than others. Each character is better at some things than he is at other things, granting him bonuses based on his skills and abilities.
Whenever a roll is required, the roll is noted as "d#," with the "#" representing the number of sides on the die. If you need to roll multiple dice of the same type, there will be a number before the "d." For example, if you are required to roll 4d6, you should roll four six-sided dice and add the results together. Sometimes there will be a + or – after the notation, meaning that you add that number to, or subtract it from, the total results of the dice (not to each individual die rolled). Most die rolls in the game use a d20 with a number of modifiers based on the character's skills, his or her abilities, and the situation. Generally speaking, rolling high is better than rolling low. Percentile rolls are a special case, indicated as rolling d%. You can generate a random number in this range by rolling two differently colored ten-sided dice (2d10). Pick one color to represent the tens digit, then roll both dice. If the die chosen to be the tens digit rolls a "4" and the other d10 rolls a "2," then you've generated a 42. A zero on the tens digit die indicates a result from 1 to 9, or 100 if both dice result in a zero. Some d10s are printed with "10," "20," "30," and so on in order to make reading d% rolls easier. Unless otherwise noted, whenever you must round a number, always round down.
As your character goes on adventures, he earns gold, magic items, and Experience Points. Gold can be used to purchase better equipment, while magic items possess powerful abilities that enhance your character. Experience Points are awarded for overcoming challenges and completing major storylines. When your character has earned enough Experience Points, he increases his character level by one, granting him new powers and abilities that allow him to take on even greater challenges.
The Most Important Rule
The rules presented are here to help you breathe life into your characters and the world they explore. While they are designed to make your game easy and exciting, you might find that some of them do not suit the style of play that your gaming group enjoys. Remember that these rules are yours. You can change them to fit your needs. Most Game Masters have a number of "house rules" that they use in their games. The Game Master and players should always discuss any rules changes to make sure that everyone understands how the game will be played. Although the Game Master is the final arbiter of the rules, the Pathfinder RPG is a shared experience, and all of the players should contribute their thoughts when the rules are in doubt.


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indu+ introduces an entirely new cooking experience. Thanks to the modular induction hobs and mobile trolleys you can take your kitchen outdoors in no time. The induction hobs (one zone, multiflex, wok, teppanyaki...) are easily exchangeable, and allow you to adapt the trolley at any time. Cook, wok or grill, indoors or outdoors, has never been so easy. With the solid and trendy indu+ trolleys you roll your kitchen to wherever you want: in the garden, by the swimming pool or on the terrace. The only prerequisite is the availability of electricity. This is literally cooking without limits!
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8 Cleaning Mistakes
1. Spraying surfaces and furniture directly
You may be one of the many homeowners thinking that it is best to spray cleaning products directly onto different surfaces and furniture. However, this cleaning method makes your job harder since this creates a build-up of the solution, and this in turn can lead to greasy surfaces.
Instead, you must spray the cleaning solution directly onto a cloth and wipe this over the dirty surfaces. By doing so, stains and marks will be prevented, making cleaning easy and requiring less product.
2. Scrubbing carpet liquid spills immediately
Despite how careful you are, you may spill coffee, red wine, and other liquids on your carpet every now and then. Also, your pet may accidentally urinate over it.
When this happens, your first move would normally be to scrub the spills immediately. But if you do this, the carpet fibers will become untwisted and the pile will get distorted, resulting in permanent damage.
Instead of scrubbing, you must get a paper towel and blot the spill immediately until it gets dry or until the towel can no longer attract color from it. Otherwise, you must treat your carpet with a stain remover or perhaps have it professionally cleaned to get it back to its original condition.
3. Not using gloves when cleaning
The human skin is absorbent, meaning that it is capable of soaking up different substances that come into contact with it. Even when you are using natural cleaning solutions, your hands and skin can dry out. So you must always wear a pair of rubber gloves each time you do home cleaning chores.
The rubber gloves will act as a durable barrier between your skin and the environment that is full of bacteria, germs, and harmful substances. In fact, this is the best way to protect your skin while keeping your abode tidy and healthy.
4. Cleaning your chopping board with a liquid detergent
Dishwashing liquid does a great job of cleaning greasy pans and pots, but this cleaning solution is not effective in terms of cleaning your chopping boards. Why? It's because it is not capable of killing the harmful bacteria from raw meat. In turn, this poses a risk to your health.
Our experienced maids here at Matic Services recommend soaking your chopping board in bleach after every use to stop the risk of bacteria or germ transfer.
5. Cleaning areas of your home in the wrong order
It may sound obvious that you should not clean from the ground up, but you might be doing this unintentionally. For instance, you may start sweeping and mopping the floors even before dusting or wiping the furniture. If you do this, you will end up cleaning the floors once again because the dust and crumbs from the furniture and other surfaces will fall to your floor you had just cleaned.
As such, you must always remind yourself to clean each room in your house from top to the bottom. Start from the ceilings and windows, down to the counters and tables, couches and chairs, and end with the floor.
6. Neglecting to clean the vacuum
The vacuum is an essential cleaning tool, but if you do not replace or clean its filter on a regular basis, it won't be able to pick up as much dirt and dust as it should. Also, the dirt will just be blown back to your carpet, or worse, into the air.
So make sure to empty the vacuum bag or change the vacuum filter once it becomes full or inefficient. Furthermore, wipe the hose, vent and other vacuum attachments with a moist paper towel or a damp clean cloth.
7. Dusting your entire home with feather dusters or dry rags
When it comes to cleaning hard-to-reach areas in your house, feather dusters can be of great help. But instead of totally getting rid of dust, these will just transfer the dirt from one surface or place to another. The same is true with dry rags.
Instead of using feather dusters or dry rags, you must use a microfiber cloth. This cleaning material can pick up dust more efficiently.
8. Cleaning the windows on a warm, sunny day
When the sun is up, you may feel inspired to clean your house, but cleaning your windows on a warm, sunny day is not highly advised. This is because glass cleaners can dry up rapidly, which results in streaks on your window panes. Also, the cleaning product can accumulate.
To achieve the gleaming glass you have in mind, you should clean your windows only when the skies are cloudy or dark. You can then make use of a microfiber cloth for faster drying.
Home cleaning is not an easy job. It requires proper knowledge and technique so as not to put your time, efforts and money to waste


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Britney Spears and Kevin Federline's Child Support Case Is Over and K-Fed Just Made Bank
It seems that Britney Spears' child support drama with her Kevin Federline is finally over — but it appears the outcome of the former couple's court battle was settled in the singer's ex-husband's favor.
As The Blast reports, the pop star has allegedly agreed to pay K-Fed thousands more a month in child support. There are several more items in the couple's agreement, but the case is confidential.
The drama began earlier this year when Federline, who already receives $20K a month in child support for his and Spears' two children, Sean Preston, 12, and Jayden James, 11, filed court documents requested an increase in payments, complaining that the life he provides for the boys pales in comparison to their wealthier mother.
He reportedly asked for $60K, which Spears and her conservator, father Jamie Spears, refused to pay. Her father offered an extra $10K, which Federline denied.
Aside from the bump in child support, the singer was also ordered to pay Federline $100K to cover his legal fees and expenses during negotiations. According to financial records obtained by Entertainment Weekly, Spears made $56,562,912.38 in 2017. Her annual expenses amounted to $384,126.
Federline, 40, has admitted it's hard to get work as a dancer because of his age. He's said he has a hard time trying to make ends meet while also taking care of other family obligations. In addition to the two songs he shares with Spears, he has four others children.
Spears and Federline were married September 18, 2004. Their divorce was finalized July 30, 2007.


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He's being dubbed "China's Steve Jobs," so will plastic smartphones give a little Apple-sparkle to Lei Jun's Xiaomi?
He wears a black polo shirt with his jeans, instead of a black turtle neck. And his footwear is Converse, not New Balance. But the image is carefully cultivated. Lei Jun, CEO of China-based Xiaomi Inc. wants to be China's Steve Jobs. The company he founded in Beijing less than four years ago already has over 3,000 employees and revenue in 2013 of 6.25 billion euros ($8.6 billion). It works on a direct sales model, selling its smartphones only from its own "experience" stores and its website.
The company's range of smartphones has been a hit in Xiaomi's native China since the release of its first phone, the Mi-One in December 2011, and the company is now diversifying into network drives and smart TVs.
Like the company Jun hopes to emulate, Xiaomi has gone "beautifully, unapologetically plastic" — to borrow a phrase used by Apple's design chief, Jonathan Ive, on the launch of the iPhone 5c — with the design of its Mi2A smartphone. The slimline phone is available in a palette of bright and strangely familiar colors (note, however, that Mi2A launched some months before the iPhone 5c and may outlive the phone, which Apple watchers consider a failure).
To achieve the required effect, Xiaomi turned to Sabic Innovative Plastics, the Saudi Arabia-based polymer producer, selecting its polycarbonate grades Thermocomp LDS and Lexan EXL. Why did Xiaomi opt for these particular grades?
"Each of the three Sabic materials chosen for this application are PC based," said Matt Gray, consumer electronics market director for Sabic. "However, each resin and compound has been specially formulated with additives and fillers, using proprietary Sabic processes, to achieve the desired performance based on the requirements of the application.
"Sabic's Thermocomp DX10311 — a glass fiber reinforced PC — was chosen for the internal frame as it delivered the balanced mechanical properties required by the customer, such as stiffness and strength, as well as good impact resistance. The Thermocomp DX10311 compound was also found to be particularly suitable for this application as it helped to provide a surface that enabled a high yield rate for non-conductive vacuum metallization and painting, two processes that are often used on device frames."
To keep the form of the Mi2A slim, its antenna is integrated into the frame. This necessitated a sophisticated manufacturing process, laser direct structuring, or LDS, to integrate electronics and mechanical functions into a single part.
"Sabic specially developed this compound to be a good candidate for applications requiring the LDS process, which can help enable design flexibility and space consolidation that can ultimately help device makers to reduce the depth of a phone to less than 10mm, and to meet the industry trend towards thinner, more lightweight technology.'
The glossy "unapologetically plastic" back case was molded from Lexan EXL1414 resin. Gray said: "Lexan EXL1414 copolymer resin is a medium flow opaque injection-molding grade. It was chosen for the battery cover/back of the phone because it enables a variety of rich color options, helping manufacturers to design an aesthetically pleasing smartphone housing with colors that meet the demands of consumers."
He said the material has other important features, including superior impact resistance, low temperature ductility (down to -40°C) and chemical resistance. It also enables shorter injection molding cycle times when compared to standard PC resins.
The Xiaomi Mi2A smartphone was introduced to the Chinese market in May 2013. It has not yet been officially imported into the European market, although grey-market imports are available from online retailers.


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We just got back from vacation on Santa Catalina Island! We love how close the island is. For us, a short ferry ride, and an even shorter drive from my sister's house near Long Beach, delivers us to Avalon.
And once you get there, you feel transported to another country. The cobblestone streets remind me of Europe and cars are few and far between. Many streets in the main town, Avalon, are entirely blocked off for pedestrians.
Most places are close enough to walk. Or if you do want a quick ride, hop on a golf cart!
Beach Bums
In fact, my sister's family and ours were mostly beach bums for four days straight. We lounged in the sand, ordered food and drinks from the Descanso Beach Club –brought to our towel, danced to live reggae, and floated in the ocean for hours. You can see golden Garibaldi swim right under you in the clear, turquoise water.
Mama's New Bag
Thanks to a cute online baby store, The Baby Cubby, my new bag had enough room to carry snacks, sunscreen, water bottles for everyone, wipes, UV sun protection shirts, and more. The Baby Cubby had the MZ Wallace Parker Tote in their curated selection of "diaper bags," and given the room, I could see why. Yet other high-end retailers, such as Bloomingdales and Nordstrom's, sell it simply as a purse. (Unsolicited advice to new parents: if you are going to buy a diaper bag, don't get something that looks like one! Get something you can use for years after.)
Full Disclosure: Baby Cubby sponsored this post by providing me a gift certificate, which I used on the bag. No one sponsored our vacation – but just putting it out there – email me at email@example.com if you want to sponsor our next trip!
Additionally, I liked that the hobo bag offered three different options for straps, including cross-body, and one that looks dressy-enough for a night out. Another thing that sets Baby Cubby apart from other baby boutiques is that they always price match, even Amazon. (How often do you shop at the cute boutiques for ideas and then go online to find the lowest price? I know I do. One of their selling points is saving you time – they research the latest and greatest products AND ensure it's the lowest price possible.) In my particular case, Baby Cubby marked the bag I wanted to such a deep discount that they couldn't even offer it online. I ended up calling the store to place the order and after calling on a Friday, I had it in hands by Tuesday.
Mama Bird's Catalina Travel Hacks
- Change into jammies at a restaurant after dinner, hop on the ferry, and let the kids get sleepy on the way home. (I had room for their change of clothes, long pants for me, toothbrushes, an iPad…)
- Restaurants don't give away free glasses of water. When you order "just water," waiters bring plastic bottles. Put any leftover in your purse, water is precious on the island!
- If you are fair, or just don't want the sun 24/7, bring a UV sunscreen shirt.
- Bring PBJs and snacks to the beach and let the kids splurge on ice cream or a virgin piña colada instead of buying every meal.
- Baby wipes help clean sandy hands before eating.
- Pack empty plastic bags to bring home wet suits — you will want to swim until the last moment.
- To prevent seasickness on the ferry, dose up with Bonine (for those over 12), Dramamine (any age) or brush up on my favorite morning sickness remedies.
Until Next Time, Catalina!


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Jesus Campos, the Mandalay Bay security guard who was the first victim the night that Stephen Paddock rained bullets on people in Las Vegas, gave his first — and possibly last — media interview, to Ellen DeGeneres on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
While there were no major revelations in the interview, which airs Wednesday, Campos' account added fresh detail to a timeline of events that law enforcement officials are still working to understand.
"I'm doing better each day," Campos said, clutching a cane and looking a bit overwhelmed. "Slowly but surely, just healing — physically and mentally."
With DeGeneres' gentle prodding, Campos told the story of the night of Oct. 1, when he was dispatched to the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino to check on an alert that a stairwell door was open.
Campos took the stairs, but when he tried to open the door to the 32nd floor, it wouldn't open. He went downstairs and took the elevator up, where he saw that a metal bracket was holding shut one of two consecutive doors leading to the stairwell.
A hotel engineer named Stephen Schuck — who joined Campos on DeGeneres' couch — was sent to look at the bracket.
Then Campos said he heard what sounded like drilling, which DeGeneres clarified was the sound of gunfire. He assumed people were working in the area and turned to walk down the hall. Campos said that as he walked away, one of the two stairwell doors slammed behind him, likely catching the shooter's attention. (Police say Paddock had put surveillance cameras in his room and in a room service cart outside his suite.)
Suddenly, Campos said, "I heard rapid fire. At first, I took cover. I felt a burning sensation." He realized he had been shot when he lifted his pant leg and saw blood. He got on his radio and told hotel staff that shots had been fired.
Paddock had shot him through the door of his suite. "I didn't know how he was shooting," Campos said.
That is when Schuck arrived from a higher floor to look at the metal bracket. Halfway down the hall, he saw Campos and heard loud noises.
"At the time, I thought it was a jackhammer," Shuck said, though he knew that didn't make sense.
Then Campos leaned out from an alcove to one of the hotel rooms and yelled at him, "Take cover! Take cover!" Schuck ducked.
"Within milliseconds, if he didn't say that, I would have got hit," Schuck told DeGeneres. He felt the pressure as bullets passed close behind his head.
A hotel guest stuck her head out of her room; Campos told her to go back in and take cover. "And that's when more rounds were dispersed," he said.
And with that, Campos and Schuck finished their recounting of events — a key part of the investigation into exactly what happened that terrible night and why. Firing across Las Vegas Boulevard from his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay, Paddock shot hundreds of bullets at people attending a country music festival before police say he turned the gun on himself. More than 500 people were injured and 58 were killed; about 45 people remain hospitalized.
The interview on Ellen doesn't alter the latest timeline described by Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo, which has shifted in the weeks since the shooting. Authorities originally said that Campos arrived after Paddock had begun firing on the crowds below — and that his presence diverted the shooter's attention and ended the attack on the music festival.
Lombardo and MGM Resorts, which owns Mandalay Bay, now agree that Campos was shot at about the same time Paddock started firing at the music festival. It's not clear, with the latest timeline, what caused Paddock to stop firing.
The precise timing of events, especially how quickly the hotel communicated what it knew to police, could affect lawsuits filed by victims against MGM.
As Campos finished recounting his experience, he looked shaken. DeGeneres said Campos doesn't plan to give more interviews.
"I understand your reluctance, because you just want this to be over," she said. "So you're talking about it now, and then you're not going to talk about it again. And I don't blame you, because why relive this over and over again?" She thanked him for saving the lives of Schuck, the hotel guest and possibly others.
Then Campos expressed gratitude to all the people who assisted that night — the police, FBI, first responders, hospital staff and the community.
"Everything puts pieces together on how everyone came together to help that night, even in the darkest hour," he said.
Campos and Schuck refused to accept money from the show, but DeGeneres still bestowed the men with a few gifts. A staffer brought out a giant check for $25,000 in Campos' and Shuck's names to a fund for the victims of the attack.
Campos dabbed his eyes and took a deep breath.
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