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Liv's 2 Year Update
Hey guys! I hope you are enjoying the new site, and are finding it easier to navigate. I am so happy to finally have it done! And with Liv's party being over, and being back in Kelowna I feel like we can start to relax a little...and get back to posting more often.
Today's post I am giving a little two year update on Liv.
Running everywhere, climbing on everything, wanting to everything on her own.
Loves playing with other kids, would play 'chase' or 'sneak' all day long if she had someone to play with.
She copies everything we do and say...yikes! She is talking nonstop, using three-word sentences and on occasion 4-word sentences. Can count to 3, knows some of her ABC's (sometimes) and knows her colors (sometimes) mostly knows just pink and blue though.
She has quite the imagination and loves playing make-believe. Her favorite thing to play is babies. She is taking care of her babies all day every day....changing diapers, bathing them, putting them in her car seat and putting them down for naps. It is so sweet and crazy that the nurturing thing starts so young.
I have said this before but it is so true, she is the perfect mix of Carey and me. So goofy and playful like her dad, but cautious and responsible at the same time like her mama. She likes things neat and organized, always cleaning up her toys when she is done playing, is fun loving making the best out of any situation, but also likes to have time to herself away from everyone, especially in the morning (me all the way).
She loves to play and roughhouse. She enjoys trying new things and keeps at it until she can master it, but also loves to post up in front of the TV with snacks, just like her dada.
Oh, my gosh does this girl eat! We are always in shock over how much food she can put back. She eats whatever we are usually eating but if by chance she doesn't like it I keep some chicken fried rice in the freezer, which is one of Liv's favorite foods and I can easily pop in the microwave.
A typical day looks like this-
Breakfast - scrambled eggs, berries, and peanut butter toast
Snack - cucumbers, peppers and hummus
Lunch - left over salmon, pasta with olive oil, salt and pepper and steamed broccoli
snack - apple sauce, cheese, watermelon
Dinner - BBQ hamburgers with a side of rice and veggies
We are still keeping her away from sugar for the most part. For her birthday she had back to back days of treats, it didn't take long for her to start asking for cake for dinner!! We also use m&m's for potty training so I have been extra careful to feed her really clean the rest of the time.
Potty Training:
I almost feel bad talking about this part because honestly, it was pretty easy for us. We did have one day where she was running on no sleep and was just the worst child in the world and having accidents left and right. But other than that it has been smooth sailing.
I hadn't planned on starting potty training until later this summer, but when we were in the states visiting my parents, Liv showed us that she was ready. At around 18 months I bought a few small toilets for Liv, way too early to start training, but I wanted to have them there for her to get familiar with. So anyway, a week before her 2nd birthday we were at my parent's house, and I had her nakey to get in the shower, she was playing around in the bathroom and the next thing I knew, she was sitting on her little potty going pee! I wanted to capitalize on this, so the very next morning we went to the store, and she picked out her big girl undies, and the potty training officially started.
I pretty much used the '3 Day Potty training' method, a friend had sent me a copy, I hadn't fully read it since I wasn't planning on potty training quite yet, but I had skimmed it, so I knew the basics. It is pretty much just switching them to underwear cold turkey and only focusing on potty training for three days. I did stray from the rules a bit though; we are still currently using diapers (until they run out and then we will switch to pull-ups) during the night. And that is 100% a selfish decision. We went through a bad sleep regression not too far back, and we are finally getting back on track, and I just can't go back to sleepless nights right now. I feel like she is fully ready though and I don't want to confuse her. My mom suggested moving her to a big girl bed so she can get up on her own during the night to go pee, so I am considering doing that that...do you mamas have any suggestions for this?
Other than that we found having a Potty Chart with special stickers have worked well. When we are not home, I keep some m&m's in my purse, and she gets that as a treat when she goes in the potty.
All in all, I would say it took about a week until we got to a point where we were accident-free. I know it is usually not this easy, the game changer for us was Liv telling us she was ready.
Coming Up:
So the talks about moving her to a big girl bed have started. A few of my friends with kids around the same age have gone ahead and done it with success, so that is encouraging, we shall see!
We are planning a trip to Vancouver here in a couple of weeks; we haven't done the hotel thing with her for a couple of months so that could be interesting.
I am also looking into a junior pre school for Liv. I hadn't planned on enrolling her this summer, but I need time to get work done, and nap time is not cutting it. We are also already getting bored around the house, and she needs socialization. I tried to find some programs to put her in, but everything of interest doesn't start until age 3. So I have a couple of leads, so hopefully, we will find something soon.
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Book Review: Richard Diebenkorn: Still Lifes and Landscapes by Matthew Ballou
Over the last couple of years Kelly's Cove Press, in conjunction with the Richard Diebenkorn Foundation, has been producing a collection of small, image-heavy books of the 20th century American master's works. 2013 saw From the Model and Abstractions on Paper, both of which gave Diebenkorn aficionados access to a significant trove of never before published artworks (See my review of Abstractions on Paper here. Now, in 2014, we get Still Lifes and Landscapes, a valuable new collection featuring over 100 artworks, including nearly 50 not seen in print before.
The great benefit of these books is that they open Diebenkorn's oeuvre like never before; we get to see many missing links, as it were. So many freshly uncovered works becoming available for the public to peruse refine the contours of the artist's diverse body of work. In an era dominated by the Internet and never-ending mountains of information – one in which entire lifetimes of artists' works are available at the touch of a key – it is wonderful to buy a book, sit down in a quiet moment, and page through dozens of images one has never seen before.
Still Lives and Landscapes is, perhaps, the jewel in the triumvirate of Kelly's Cove Press books on the artist. Editor Bart Schneider explored the artist's archives a third time to flesh out Diebenkorn's particular approach to still life and landscape. It was a worthy exploration.
Striking and sometimes strange, many of the newly revealed artworks provide alternate views of Diebenkorn's working methods. These visual poems add to the overarching formal and narrative push of the artist's more famous works. I was drawn to the initial pages of the book where studies of shoes lead us into studio still lives and those iconic knives and tomatoes. The tabletops and tea cups, the scissors and cigarettes, the envelopes and flowers; these are the identifiable subjects of Diebenkorn's 50s and 60s work (there are a few outliers from the 1980s here as well). Yet we know that the artist's true subject extended far beyond objects themselves. Their orientations, and his orchestration of those various arrangements, became the formal dynamic that allured Diebenkorn's eye and inspired his ceaseless hand, eventually coalescing into the grand Ocean Park series of his later years.
One particular joy of this collection of work is how some works, newly seen here, show Diebenkorn's wonderful sense of color in terms of sharp, linear elements and in broad swaths. It is easy to think of his representational period as somehow less colorful – all too often previously published still lifes happened to be monochromatic – but here we see many colorful, gleaming examples (page 14, page 29, page 61, page 73, page 88, and many more).
Also welcome in this volume is the way famous, larger artworks are ensconced amid smaller, more intimate – yet no less powerful – pieces. This page-to-page association of works helps craft a great sense of the intentionality and consistency of Diebenkorn's efforts. In this book we get a fresh feel for his use of color and the rambunctiousness of his painterly action (…fingers and all! See page 71).
I love that after all of these years I can still be surprised by a Diebenkorn work. That's often a hard feeling to obtain, so kudos to Kelly's Cove Press for striking that chord with me in each of their three Diebenkorn books. Here's hoping they mine his archive again in 2015.
This is a high quality small press book that is well worth your $20. See below for more information on how to get your own copy.
Bibliographic information:
Richard Diebenkorn:
Still Lifes and Landscapes
Edited by Bart Schneider
128 pages, 101 full color images (nearly half unpublished until now)
November 2014
$20.00 paper
Purchasing information here.
Author Bio:
Matthew Ballou is an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri. He lives in Columbia, Missouri with his polymathic wife and three glorious children, and is learning how to see and dream well. More information here.

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Everyone in our church is participating in a 5K in May. We are admonished daily to walk or run – even in sub-zero weather. I posted this poem and letter to our race director on the church fb page. I share it with others who may be in the same situation.
A Simple Prayer
Sun, Sun, Glorious Sun!
Wrap me in your warming rays.
Snow, Snow, Go Away!
Greg says we must run today.
Sun, Sun, Giver of Light!
Shine on us with all your might.
Spring, Spring, Come and stay.
Surround me through my first 5K!
Sun, Sun, Glorious Sun!
Greg says we will have such fun.
Dear Greg,
Please accept this poem as my apology for not participating in the accountability run yesterday. It is difficult for this ole Texas lizard to get out in sub-zero weather and run around in circles. I did find enough jackets to wear but what I did not find was motivation to brave the possibility of lung frostbite. I am sure others have survived lung frostbite, but I like to be careful.
In addition, I will miss next week's run because I will be in LONDON, ENGLAND! However, I promise to faithfully walk from castle to castle and garden to garden all next week. When I return, and if the sun is out, I will gladly join you for the next accountability run. Until then I am…
your humble servant.
He wrote back a spiel about nasal mucosa buildup, running Snot Rockets and my blood getting thicker by next winter. I suppose that means I was forgiven for missing the run last Sunday.


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When Leah Sokolovsky was 15, she spent many Friday nights sleeping over at the home of the 20-year-old assistant head counselor of her ultra-Orthodox summer camp.If she chose it herself, it was a huge mistake. Isolationist lifestyles of that sort only risk leading to the mindsets that victimize many youngsters in cloistered communities. I hope the counselor is prosecuted for the criminal offense she committed, and that's when the lady will finally receive the justice she's owed.
The two had not been particularly close at camp. But during the school year that followed, the counselor, an ultra-Orthodox woman named Gittie Sheinkopf, cultivated Sokolovsky. Sokolovsky says Sheinkopf was nice to her and made her feel special. She began inviting her to sleep over for the Sabbath.
Within a few months, Sokolovsky says, Sheinkopf began molesting her. It went on for over a year.
Eight years later, Sokolovsky decided she needed an apology.
Sokolovsky tried calling Sheinkopf. Sheinkopf denied everything. Sokolovsky tried taking her to rabbinical court. Sheinkopf didn't show up.
In the end, Sokolovsky turned to YouTube, posting a video in which she alleged repeated sexual and emotional abuse.
"The first time she penetrated me I felt like I was dying from pain," Sokolovsky says through tears. "It was the most traumatic thing. I had nobody to tell this to."
The video, posted in late May, went viral in Orthodox Jewish circles. It was an extraordinarily rare thing: A young woman speaking publicly about alleged sexual abuse in the Orthodox community, and not only naming her alleged abuser, but explaining how the dynamics of the Orthodox community forced her to be quiet for so long.
In the days since she posted the video, Sokolovsky, who goes by Leah but whose given name is Dorina, has been attacked in the WhatsApp groups that serve as a digital public square for ultra-Orthodox Jews. In voice messages, she was called a liar, jealous, and even accused of blackmail. In response, Sokolovsky filed a defamation suit in a Brooklyn court on June 4 against a WhatsApp user named Yanky Sofer, whose voice messages she alleges were circulated widely in Orthodox circles.
In the meantime, the video, and a follow-up question-and-answer video posted days later, have racked up tens of thousands of views on YouTube. Sokolovsky's story not only raises the specter of sexual abuse in the Orthodox community, but also the particular vulnerability of young so-called baalei tshuva; non-religious Jews who seek to live a frum, or observant, lifestyle.
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The Space Nurtures program was launched by Space Asia Hub in 2011 to help develop the skills of young Singaporean students. We went to the south of France to find out more. In July last year, the two winners of Space's inaugural Space Nurtures programme — Ng Shin Luey, third-year product design degree student at Nanyang Technological University's School of Art, Design and Media, and Loh Jia Hui, third-year interior design degree student at Lasalle College of the Arts — attended one of the world's most highly sought after design schools at Domaine de Boisbuchet in France, taking part in a workshop led by The Experience Design Group.
Domaine de Boisbuchet is the perfect location for a creative retreat. In fact, every summer, the idyllic country estate in the French Poitou-Charentes region hosts a series of six- to 10-day design workshops led by internationally recognised artists, designers and architects from across the globe for a growing following of participants eager to learn from them.
The ongoing support of Centre Georges Pompidou and Vitra Design Museum ensure Boisbuchet's esteem. However, part of its allure and success is its carefree natural setting, which has organically evolved over the course of the workshops.
An eclectic mix of radical buildings and temporary exhibitions reside alongside the quaint historical manor houses, stables and mill, with the addition of experimental structures built during the workshops, including three bamboo houses by Simon Velez, a wooden/cardboard garden pavilion by Shigeru Ban and other works by Fernando and Humberto Campana and Maarten Baas.
One of the most popular workshops this year was Experience Design, led by Hlin Helga and Ronald Jones from The Experience Design Group (EDG), which Ng and Loh had the opportunity to attend.
Experience Design is the newest Master of Fine Arts programme offered by Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Sweden, and is led by a group of faculty members and students called EDG. Devoted to innovative interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary practiceled research, the group explores the interactions of meaning and sensation within immersive experiences using hybrid practices and methodologies. Unlike most designers, EDG is interested in designing not physical objects but, rather, intangible experiences.
As the market and designers have inched from a goods-based economy to a service-based one, EDG believes that it's now time for an 'experience economy'. From roller-coaster rides to health care, experiences are based on intangible values that grow over time. "The key word is 'intangible'," explains Ng. "It is about design that is beyond aesthetics or physical objects." Such intangibles have been defined by EDG's Jones as "assets that cannot be seen, touched or physically measured, and are created through time".
As the economy shifts from objects to intangibles, the design of intangibles also paves the way for design to remain relevant in an economy evaluated on human capital, leadership, research and development, goodwill, social media, collaboration, organisational ability, intellectual property, systems design, soft power and new knowledge. The next leap forward, in Helga and Jones's opinion, is the 'transformative economy': instead of single experiences, transformative design focuses on multiple experiences that cause a change.
Towards the end of the workshop, the designers had the chance to implement the designs they had been working on. Their brief was to create a transformative and educational tour of Domaine de Boisbuchet for their peers. Loh's team decided that having fun leads to the most memorable experiences, so they designed a game that led the participants around the grounds popping balloons as they went. Every balloon popped revealed a secret about Boisbuchet that enriched the participants' understanding of the place.
Ng's team opted for a more introspective approach. They designed a blindfolded tour around the site and led participants on a journeyto discover new sensations from a familiar terrain. When the blindfolds were removed, one girl was so overwhelmed by her experience that she was moved to tears. Ng, whohad been holding the girl's hand, recounts how she felt "transformed" too. Seeing how her team's design could have an emotional impact on someone was the best reward, and an experience she hopes to replicate in her career.
In many ways, the journey of these young designers mirrors a touching coming of age for them as adults too. Experience Design taught Loh that interior design is less about expressing the designer's ego and more about putting the user first, and that ego has to be humbled when working in a team. Learning from the diversity of her peers and the multidisciplinary nature of the workshop helped Ng reassess her strengths as a former science student.
Not many of us will have such an opportunity to live, breathe, play and design in such a unique and creative environment. Part of the creative process is the elusive chase for inspiration, yet often it is the most ordinary everyday item that can be reincarnated in a new product. This keen eye for inspiration, in General Manager of Space Furniture Asia Syddal Wee's opinion, is exactly what is needed to advance Singapore's design scene. More precisely, he is referring to a broad mind for design that international exposure can cultivate.
One of the common challenges faced by young local designers, Wee reveals, is the failure to translate their designs into products. This is partly due to impractical ideas and the limited capabilities of local manufacturers/vendors, who are often too quick to dismiss a product as impossible to make. Through collaborations with its international brand partners, such as Vitra in Space Nurtures 2012, Space hopes to open the eyes of young designers to a world of designer/manufacturer opportunities.
As well as the educational experience at Domaine de Boisbuchet, Ng and Loh also got to visit Vitra's headquarters and the Vitra Campus in Germany, where they gained insights into the leading Swiss furniture manufacturer's design and fabrication process.
Targeting the young is akin to "planting a seed", to borrow Wee's words. It is also the leading designer furniture retailer's way of paying it forward to the design industry. The inaugural Space Nurtures competition is a S$40,000 investment for Space that began with a brief to reinterpret one of the world's most iconic chairs, the Panton chair by Danish designer Verner Panton; six months later the competition has opened up the world for two designers in a once-in-a-lifetime experience that's priceless. Space Nurtures 2013 will begin calling for design entries in early 2013.


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Avalon is the focus of local, national and international attention supported extensively by the Australian Defense Force (in particular the Royal Australian Air Force) and the Defense Material Organization of the Department of Defense.
The Asia Pacific region is undergoing major growth with their defense budget, with Australia and many other countries continuing to increase their ever-rising level of sophistication in technologies, equipment, systems and operational methods. More than 40,000 trade visitors and 664 exhibitors participated in 2017, and this addition of Avalon is set to far surpass those numbers with thanks to Australia's defense white paper. This document lays the plan for a serious buying campaign for the coming years and proves a responsible long-term plan and unwavering commitment to the safety and security of the Pacific region and the Australian people.
To that end, Avalon 2019 will encompass the full range of military and civil aviation and aerospace, as well as air, sea and land defense to satisfy the region's technology needs. The show presents a unique opportunity to showcase products, technologies and services to an informed target audience and to demonstrate a marketing presence in this vibrant and vital region.
The U.S. International Pavilion at AVALON 2019 will provide you a seamless opportunity to display your capabilities in this sector and your seriousness of purpose in this seller's market.
Special California KIOSK option now available in the U.S. International Pavilion.
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The GlamourGals Foundation Hosts Unprecedented Two-Day Leadership Event
The GlamourGals Foundation Hosts Unprecedented Two-Day Leadership Event:
Panel Discussion for supporters will precede training event for teen volunteers
The GlamourGals Foundation Hosts Unprecedented Two-Day Leadership Event
Panel Discussion for supporters will precede training event for teen volunteers
Panel Discussion, Thursday, November 15, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
GlamourGals Leadership Training Institute, Saturday, November 17, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, One World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281
New York, NY (November 13, 2012) - The GlamourGals Foundation (GG) created the GlamourGals Leadership Training Institute (GLTI) nine years ago to help volunteers further their service and build skills. For the first time, GlamourGals is extending this leadership development opportunity to established professionals, by co-hosting a panel discussion featuring dynamic speakers, in partnership with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. With these two events, GlamourGals invests in the future success of both teens and supporters.
The panel discussion, "Investing in Your Future: Success in the 21st Century," will be moderated by Joya Dass, business anchor with NY1 News and CNN on Thursday, November 15. Panelists will discuss nontraditional methods for personal branding, as well as how success is defined in today's rapidly changing world. The event will begin with a statement from Kathy Hirata Chin, partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. The panelists are GlamourGals Executive Board member, Jason M. Halper, also a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, Sarah Quinlan, CIO and partner at QAM, LLC and Shamina Singh, a senior advisor at MSL Group. Closing remarks for the evening will be presented by Rachel Mara Doyle, founder and president of GlamourGals.
On Saturday, November 17, over 100 volunteers from nearly 20 GlamourGals high school and college chapters across New York and New Jersey will take part in the GLTI. Speaking at the event will be Sarah Quinlan, Joya Dass, and Susan Schulz, a GG Advisory Board member, who is the editorial brand director of Cosmopolitan magazine. Also in attendance will be GG supporters, Alumni Council members, and chapter advisors.
"This event provides a unique opportunity for GlamourGals volunteers to come together to learn not only from one another, but also from GlamourGals alumni, board members and remarkable speakers." said Erika Engelson, a GG Advisory Board member, who is chairwoman of the event.
Collaborating with Erika and the GG staff to ensure the GLTI is a success is Advisory Board member Lindsey Smith, chairwoman of volunteer staff and Alumni Council member Vashti Barran, who is coordinator of programs for GLTI.
This unique two-day event allows GlamourGals to give back to volunteers and supporters and provide them with meaningful discussions and pertinent advice for continued success in their field or at their school.
About GlamourGals
GlamourGals is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit which inspires and organizes teens to provide ongoing companionship and complimentary beauty makeovers to women living in senior homes since 2000. GlamourGals has 75 chapters across the country that engage over 1,400 teen volunteers to serve more than 2,000 senior women in 14 states. Oprah Winfrey, "The New York Times," and the Saturday "Early Show" on CBS have all commended the GlamourGals program. For more information, please visit www.GlamourGals.org.
GlamourGals Foundation, Inc.


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Pre-loved is well loved
This article is from Evolve - RCA Villages magazine*.
From time to time selected villas become available for re-sale to new residents of RCA Villages. These are not brand new units and, on occasion, have additions and / or improvements included.
Purchasing a re-sale retirement village unit is an attractive option for those who wish to reside in an established village with all amenity and communal facilities in operation.
At Beleura Village in Mornington, Village Manager Amanda Anthony says:
A pre-loved villa can also offer an established garden and courtyard, as well as the improvements or upgrades installed by the previous owner; some resale villas offer floating floor boards, plantation shutters or pergolas with cafe blinds.
All re-sale villas are well presented and are ready to move into; many undergoing refurbishments prior to welcoming their new occupants. Once settled into their new home, and following consultation with management, residents may be able to make their own improvements and upgrades to their new home if they wish.
If you are interested in inspecting a pre-loved villa in one of our established villages, call the onsite village manager to arrange a time to tour the village. Unlike new build 'off the plan' villas, the price of re-sale villas is set by the outgoing resident and, just as in the wider real estate market, purchasers are able to negotiate with the seller.
RCA Villages' re-sales across all of our villages are listed on our dedicated website:
* To subscribe to receiving your own copy of Evolve magazine, go to the home page of this website - retirement-communities.com.au - scroll right to the bottom, and you'll find 'Subscribe to our newsletter'.
Main image: a streetscape from Beleura Village Mornington.
If you are interested in exploring the possibility of a move to a modern retirement village around Melbourne. Booking a tour at one of the RCA Villages around Melbourne can be a great place to start. Visit the website of the village in the region you would like to visit for contact details.
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Mornington Peninsula
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Ask about RCA Villages no deposit reservation process on new villas.


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When you arrive you will be greeted by volunteers who will be glad to direct you to our All Saints Kids' area. We invite families with children ages 1 to 8th graders to check in or register on the iPad, then head downstairs where our All Saints Kids Team will be looking forward to welcoming your family! Don't forget to print your child's sticker nametag!
For children ages 1-3, please take the first right at the bottom of the stairs, then walk straight ahead thru the large classroom to the Toddler room. Ages 3-5, take the second right at the bottom of the stairs, then continue to the last classroom on the left. K thru 5th grade is in the large room to your right after the stairs. Middle School students will attend the gathering for worship and then can proceed upstairs into the Loft conference room.
If you are dropping off a toddler, we will make sure volunteers can reach you via text message should your assistance be needed. For nursing infants and their mothers, you may utilize the baby nursery to nurse, nap, or change diapers, but childcare is not available for kids under 1.
Note: Our amazing team of committed, kid-loving volunteers have all undergone a thorough background check and enjoy journeying with kids as they explore a relationship with Jesus.


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BitPay's Copay wallet has been comprised, according to a November 26 announcement from the company, by malware that can potentially access private keys and be used to steal digital currency.
The malicious code appears to have first been identified last week on GitHub, although BitPay seems to have only become aware of the vulnerability after a separate GitHub issue was published yesterday, November 26.
According to the press release, JavaScript code used by both Copay and BitPay applications was modified to load the malware. The malicious code was installed on the 5.0.2 through 5.1.0 versions of BitPay's Copay wallet. The BitPay smartphone app is not affected, and BitPay is still investigating to find out if any individual user accounts were compromised.
In the meantime, BitPay is urging its customers using the infected versions of the Copay wallet to not open the app and to assume their private keys have been compromised.
BitPay says it has released a security update, Copay wallet version 5.2.0, which will be accessible to all Copay and BitPay customers. The company is cautioning users to first update their wallet to the more secure 5.2.0 version before inputting their 12-word backup phrases because these phrases correspond to private keys that may have been compromised. Once their wallets have been updated, users should move their funds from affected wallets to the updated version.


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Temperature for December 1977
In December 1977 the average high temperature in Pensacola, FL was 64.3°F, and this was 0.3°F cooler than the average of 64.6°F. The hottest day in December 1977 was 6 December when the temperature reached 75.9°F. Overnight the average temperature in December is 46.3°F and in 1977 the average overnight temperature was 3.0°F cooler at 43.3°F.


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Manuscript recollections "My Arrest" (n.d.); Manuscript recollections "An Unquakerly Quaker" (n.d.); Manuscript recollections "Catherine Marshall" (n.d.); Manuscript recollections "Lloyd-George and the N.C.F." (n.d.); Typescript copy of letter from A. Fenner Brockway to Sir George Cave (13 May 1918); Typescript extracts from a letter from A. Fenner Brockway to his wife (n.d.); Typescript copies of 2 letters from Catherine E. Marshall (9-10 Jan. 1918); Typescript memorandum relating to strike policy (June 1918); Typescript memorandum relating to No-Conscription Fellowship meeting, 6 June 1918 (n.d.); Typescript recollections, extracted from a letter to Gwen Kemball and relating to Wormwood Scrubs (n.d.); Typescript recollections, extracted from a letter to Gwen Kemball and relating to Dartmoor (8 Apr. 1917); 6 issues of The C.O.'s Hansard, Nos. 69-70, 73, 77-78 and 80 (2 Nov. 1916, 17 Mar. 1917, 24 May 1917); Pamphlet Defence: that is no defence by C. E. M. Joad (n.d.); News-sheet N.C.F. News (May-June 1918); 9 photographs, with explanatory notes (1915-1916, n.d.); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with the Reverend Brian Measures (July 1978).
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Aylmer R. M. Rose (b. 1888 in Ireland) was educated at Dublin. As a member of the Independent Labour Party at the outbreak of the First World War and an Absolutist and Secretary of the No-Conscription Fellowship, he was imprisoned at Wormwood Scrubs. Later, he was employed on the Home Office Work Scheme at Dartmoor from where he escaped.
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Bio Benjamin Verdonck & Lucas van Haesbroeck
Benjamin Verdonck (b. 1972) is an all-round artist who lives and works near Antwerp.
Both actor and writer, visual artist and theatre maker, his art practice recklessly resists genres or classification. From theatre pieces on stage to performances in public space, across objects and art installations, to miniature mobile theaters on the go, Verdonck displays a catching simplicity in his visual language, but not in his thinking. Concerned with and distracted by what goes on in our world, he plays the game of a child with the wrinkles of a philosopher.
Since twenty years, he combines on-stage collaborations with a steady yet agile visual art practice. His work is characterized by constant rethinking, rewriting, reworking propositions on how art could co-create reality, rather than reflecting on it. In his work, he touches our consciousness with elements of playful fantasy, makes language a material, and lets the space and the objects speak. Far from resolving, his work has the quality of a poetic blessing that pretends no cure. Often it reveals a conscious – even activist – endeavour to tackle local or global urgencies (e.g the ecological catastrophe, consumption and economics) from within his work.
In the search for new forms of 'tafeltoneel' (table scenes, miniature theatre), Verdonck has recently been creating a series of table-sized mobile theaters. With few words but many strings, colours, geometric figures, opening doors and closing curtains, he rewires theatre to its most essential form, close and on a human scale. His magical showboxes have the potential to emerge anywhere in cities, indoors or outside, to disappear just as quickly. With Verdonck at once machinist and protagonist – they reveal an audiovisual poetry that is both puzzling and tangible.
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Case study: C Lab & Co
C Lab & Co are a high-end coffee skin scrub that were requiring custom imagery to appeal to a luxury market. After receiving a $20,000 invoice from a freelance photographer, owner Tijana was looking to explore other alternatives.
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It's so nice to take a break from work and the computer to go out mushroom hunting! Wild edibles are the best edibles there is because it's completely grown by nature in all the right ways. Wild mushrooms are perfectly seasonal; they bloom only when the conditions are just right.
This year has been dry so we were a big concerned about mushroom harvest. That's it with gardening and eating with nature. Some years some things are more plentiful than others. Luckily, this is a good chanterelle year. The characteristic yellow/orange color is hard to miss in the bed of mosses. We go on our hands and knees for gourmet wild mushrooms. :) It's so much fun and really meditative looking for mushrooms.
Here at Rawganique. we hold lobster mushrooms in the highest regards, not only because lobster mushrooms are delicious but because they yield the most beautiful natural organic mordant-free dyes in pinks, yellows, and purples. Vegan and organic cuisine can really replicate some seafood dishes with the help of lobster mushrooms, which aren't technically mushrooms but parasites that live off mushrooms. They are a joy to behold and often grow on hillsides. We love to dye our organic cotton, linen, and hemp fibers with natural lobster mushroom dyes.
Now on to the fluted helvellas, which is often known as elfin saddle or slate blue saddle. They tops are edible and much sought after by gourmands. At first we thought they were related to morels, but they are in fact a thing of their own.
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525,000 in state, 36,500 in city lose power
A 36-hour barrage of ice, snow and freezing rain snapped power lines across Kentucky, leaving at least 525,000 electric customers out of power — a figure that still could grow if the frigid temperatures persist.
Many Kentuckians could be in the dark for as long as a week or two, especially those in rural Western Kentucky, which was hit hardest.
The storm produced the second-worst power outage in Kentucky history, surpassed only by September's high winds left over from Hurricane Ike, which knocked out power to 600,000.
Having the two biggest power outages in state history within six months of each other "is just mind-boggling to me," said Andrew Melnykovych, spokesman for the Kentucky Public Service Commission, which oversees utilities and was tracking outages throughout the day.
In Lexington, patches of the city were without power all day, leaving at least 36,500 homes and businesses without light and heat.
The weight of more than half an inch of ice and a layer of snow wreaked havoc on Lexington-area power lines and tree branches.
That conjured up memories of the February 2003 ice storm, in which as much as 2 inches of ice accumulated on branches and power lines in Lexington. But that storm wasn't nearly as widespread as this week's winter blast.
Nearly the entire state was affected — from the Jackson Purchase Energy Corp. in far Western Kentucky, more than half of whose customers were without electricity, to Kentucky Power in Eastern Kentucky, where 32,000 homes and businesses remained in the dark late Wednesday.
Some customers in the Ashland area — including Boyd, Carter, Lawrence and Greenup counties — might not have their power restored until next Wednesday, Kentucky Power spokeswoman Delinda Borden said.
Kentucky Utilities Co. and its sister company, Louisville Gas & Electric, reported that a combined 275,000 of their customers were without power Wednesday afternoon.
"I think we're going to see an increased count by (Thursday) morning," Chris Whelan, spokesman for the utilities' parent company E.ON U.S., said at a 4 p.m. news conference.
Low temperatures that are expected to persist for the next few days will complicate utility crews' repair efforts by keeping ice and snow locked on branches and power lines, increasing the chances of more downed lines.
LG&E and KU faced at least 10,400 downed lines, which was 1,000 more than in 2003, Whelan said. The companies have recruited more than 1,100 utility workers from Southern states and Michigan to help.
Crews from KU, which serves more than 140,000 customers in Fayette County, were trying to repair service to more than 30,000 customers in Lexington, where four major substations went down early Wednesday.
Restoring power to all the homes around Lexington will take days, said KU spokesman Cliff Feltham.
The bigger challenge for KU remains Western Kentucky, where more than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power and likely to stay that way for days.
"We're talking a week to two weeks, depending on the location," Feltham said.
Rural terrain, where long transmission wires have been weighed down by the ice, makes restoration difficult, he said.
The region had been virtually shut down by the combination of treacherous roads, widespread power outages and little phone service.
Much of rural Central Kentucky and parts of Eastern Kentucky also were left in the dark.
About 190,000 of East Kentucky Power Cooperative's 511,000 customers had no electricity Wednesday, said spokesman Nick Comer.
Nearly all of the 16 smaller distribution cooperatives that are members of that umbrella organization reported outages. Its most crippled utility remained Inter-County Energy, which serves Boyle, Marion, Casey, Lincoln, LaRue, Garrard and Mercer counties.
"Virtually their entire system is out," Comer said.
Another of East Kentucky Power's utilities, the Bards town-based Salt River Electric Cooperative, reported 33,000 of its 44,000 customers out of power, he said.
The cooperative that covers a sliver of Fayette County — Nicholasville-based Blue Grass Energy — recruited out-of-state crews to help restore power to more than 30,600 customers. Blue Grass serves parts of 23 counties.
"Obviously it's going to be a matter of days for some customers because of the scope of these outages," Comer said. "This is a very serious situation — a catastrophic storm. So we ask customers to still be patient and understand that the crews are working as fast as we can."


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Pistachio Jell-O
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1 large can crushed pineapple (in own juice)
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1 medium container cool whip
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I was born a semi-diva. I married a redneck. Through the magic of osmosis or just because of a serious lack of sophistication over the years I have found a balance of the two that make me who I am today. And then I write about it all, much to the chagrin of my mother.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
They're giving away a Dodge Dakota and by golly, I would drive it. Heck, I need it. Do I really want a truck? Nah, not really, but the Astro is on her last leg - er....tire - and well, a little Dakota would be a fine and dandy replacement. At least until I can trade it off for a new Astro.
Mom and I have strategic parking plans, we have our tickets taped and indexed in notebooks and I'm wearing a pantyliner just in case I tinkle a little when they call one of my numbers.
Today should be fun, what with the 496 mile an hour winds, the fact that my eldest was up half the night puking and my husband has decided he has too many things to do to watch the kids while I go out and stand with the other crazies in town.
Oh yeah, I feel lucky.
4 comments:
- Miss Wisabus said...
I'm rootin' for you! Good thinking, putting the tickets in notebooks, what with the winds being *exactly* 496 mph. Let us know how it goes!
- Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:56:00 AM
- Kathryn said...
Good luck. Positive thinking is the way to go.
- Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:47:00 PM
- Sam said...
My Lord and God. A pantyliner? You rock, woman. You well and truly do. Because I'm right there with ya.
- Monday, January 07, 2008 3:50:00 AM
- Shannon said...
I was there! I was there!
and no, I didn't win either. :)
- Monday, January 07, 2008 7:30:00 AM
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After nearly 20 spasmodic years in development hell, Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is facing more trouble yet again after losing American distribution. Set to release on May 19, it's unclear when - or if - it will be available for American audiences.
Behind-the-scenes drama plaguing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is two decades in the making, and recent issues regarding production, as well as the film's release, have proven to offer the movie very little hope. The story revolves around a movie-within-a-movie involving Jonathan Pryce as an actor who becomes convinced that he actually is the man he's playing on screen, Miguel de Cervantes' fictional Don Quixote. Adam Driver plays an advertising executive named Toby Grisoni who embarks on a delusional adventure with the actor, given that he is mistaken for Don Quixote's squire Sancho Panza. The film shifts between the 21st and 17th century, exploring fictional worlds and characters, per Quixote's feeble grasp on reality. Unfortunately, long-running production woes may well carry over to the movie's official release date at the end of May, seeing as its distributor, Amazon Studios, will no longer manage U.S. distribution.
Related: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Finally Gets a Trailer
In 2015, Gilliam signed a deal with Amazon at the Cannes Film Festival for distribution and financing. However, for unspecified reasons, the studio will no longer handle the movie's domestic release, according to THR. This information comes off the heels of a legal battle between the film and producer Paulo Branco, who claims to have rights to the film, despite Gilliam's lawyer claiming that the funds that Branco promised to the production were never provided. As a result, Branco took legal action to prevent The Man Who Killed Don Quixote from screening at Cannes. It was intended to be the closing night film, and the festival entered into deliberation to officially decide whether or not Branco's demands would be met. In the end, they ultimately sided with Gilliam, allowing him to screen the movie as planned.
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When I started this blog, my plan was to start, and to continue this year, 2012, by posting a new Permission each month. You can read, or perhaps re-read, about my plan here, in my very first post:
I was supposed to start in January. I didn't start in January. So now, I am starting now.
I have so many plans, piles of plans which have piled up until the deepest plans are buried and I can't even find them. When I am reminded, sometimes painfully, sometimes guiltilly, sometimes wistfully, of a long-neglected plan, I want to start on it right away, and then I realize all the reasons why this might not be the right time. It might be too early. It might be too late. I might need to get some other things done first, like read every e-mail, wash every dish, put away all my laundry, go pick up all those things at the store, and while I'm out I'd better stop at that other place I need to go and take care of some business, and now I see that my tank is almost empty, so I'll need to stop and take care of that, and by that time it will be time for lunch, and what was that other thing? I have forgotten it again.
So now, rather than feeling sad or guilty or too busy or not in the right mood, I am going to start now. I am going to start now while it is still now, and not wait for the right time to decide that there is such a thing as now. No matter how many reasons I can find why now might not be the right time, I'm just going to do it now anyway, because now is the only now I have.
I know that now is already later than it ought to be. Since I can't go back and fix that, I will just start from now and go forward as best I can. I know that now is a time when I might be interrupted and not be able to finish what I have started, and I might have to come back to it at a later now, but just in case there is never a now when that won't be even truer than it is right now, I am starting now.
So now, I give you Permission To Start Now!
Is there a book you have been meaning to read? Pick it up and start reading, even if you have to put the bookmark in before you even finish the first page. Is there a book you have been meaning to write? Find a pen and paper or a typewriter or a computer or a voice recorder and get some words to come out of your mind and into the world, even if they will turn out not to be the right words, and you will have to change them all later, when you have found out what you are actually writing about - you will find that out by having written it.
Is there a recipe you have been meaning to try? Look it up and write down the ingredients on a scrap of paper right now, and put it in your wallet so that when you get to the grocery store, you will remember what you need to buy so that you can make it.
Is there a huge pile of items in your home which you haven't really used for a long time, and which you don't necessarily need to keep anymore, and which might be hiding actually useful and important items from you by being so piled up? Pick up one of those items, just one, right now. Examine it, and decide whether to keep it or to give it up. If you decide to keep it, you must also decide where it belongs and put it away in its proper place right now. If you decide to give it up, find a bag and put the item in the bag and put the bag by the door so that when you have repeated this procedure once a day for a month, examining just one item each day, you will have a month's worth of no-longer-useful-to-you items in the bag by the door and can take that bag out of your home and donate it to a thrift store, or have a friend look through it and help you decide which friends of yours should become the happy new owners of which now-useful-to-them items.
What do you feel most like doing right now, whether it makes any sense or not? Do you feel like bursting into song, like doing a silly little dance, like screaming, like laughing, like running around in circles until you fall over, like taking a bath, like taking a nap? If it won't cause anyone any harm to do that nonsensical thing right now, then do it! Right now! Is there a bird singing outside your window, a sunbeam making motes of dust sparkle in the air, the smell of someone baking or having a barbecue next door? Can you give yourself a moment to hear it, to see it, to smell it, to relish it and revel in it right now?
Every moment is a now which might be the home of some simple, silly joy, and the spaces between big, busy moments in our lives can be filled with these small, joyful moments, if we allow ourselves to have enough now for what we feel like experiencing instead of always what we are supposed to be doing, or are feeling bad about failing to have done. Now only takes a moment of your time, and it gives you a moment of time spent really being and noticing and experiencing and living. And when one moment of now leads to another, there's no telling what might happen now!
Living in the Now,
Wishbringer Molly Blue Dawn, High Priestess of Serendipity
Friday, June 15, 2012
Permission to Start NOW!
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- AnonymousJune 15, 2012 at 4:03 PM
Molly! I went and looked through my clothing RIGHT NOW since I was so inspired by this post, and I NOW have two pairs of pants to give you! Love this!ReplyDelete
Molly, this is beautiful! I'm a devotee of sacred decluttering. Thanks for the reminder...ReplyDelete
Love and light!
This is wonderful. Right NOW I will throw open my window to hear the birds sing.ReplyDelete
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission regulates and oversees the harvesting of scallops, as well as all of Florida's fisheries, and sets the daily limit for scallopers to two gallons of whole bay scallops in shell, or one pint of bay scallop meat per person.
Although the 2016 scalloping season struggled to see a large number of people, the FWC only shortened the season, rather than suspend it. Regardless, 2017 could be much more popular.
According to the News Herald, the decision to shorten the scallop season came two days before the Saturday 25, 2016 season officially began.
"The FWC expects a full recovery by next year," said Pat Hardman, president of the Coastal Community Association of Gulf County.
In order to ensure a successful 2017 season, the FWC has held three public workshops to promote statewide scalloping.
"We want to work with the local community in order to make this as little difficult as it needs to be," added Chuck Roberts, FWC commissioner.
Although Atlantic sea scallops have large shells, up to nine inches in length, bay scallops usually grow to only about four inches.
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My first butternut squash of the fall season (a monstrous one scored from mom's friend's garden) yielded a ridiculous amount of squashy flesh and so "hungryboy boyfriend" and I ate butternut dishes all week. Unemployment allowed me the luxury of making this "sunday brunch" on a lazy tuesday. Topped with a maple apple compote and tangy greek yogurt, it held us over till dinner (except when hungryboy wanted Chipotle for lunch, sigh). Note the glorious lone fig from my fig tree, all the rest were snagged by the squirrels before I could eat them.
{ Bon Appétiting, Katie }
Serves 2-3
1/2 cup ground oats
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
1 TBS baking powder
1/2 cup butternut squash
1 egg
1/2 cup almond milk ( or soy, cow, etc)
2 TBS maple syrup or agave syrup
2 TBS oil (sunflower, coconut, etc)
1/2 apple, grated
1 apple, cored and thinly sliced
2 TBS maple syrup or honey
1 tsp cinnamon
fresh grated ginger (optional)
- Begin first with the compote to allow time for apples to soften. In a small saute pan combine ingredients for the compote and cook over low-medium heat until apples are soft (add a little water or lemon juice if sauce is too thick).
- Combine pancake ingredients in a bowl and cook 1/4 cup portions of the batter in a well oiled cast-iron skillet, cooking a few minutes on each side.
- Serve pancakes with a dollop of greek yogurt and generous helping of compote.
{For the squash, I roasted it, cut in half lengthwise on 400 F in a baking dish, removing the seeds and lightly oiling, until tender}
Adapted from whatshouldieatforbreakfast


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Assignments for Week 2:
I. Read Chapter 1, "Crime and Criminal Justice," in your textbook. We will have Quiz #1 on this chapter in the first class session this week. All the quizzes are closed book and open notes.
II. Brief Lecture, Chapter 2, The Nature and Extent of Crime


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It is not how much we have but how much we enjoy that makes happiness. Charles Spurgeon
All of us want to be happy even if we don't admit it openly. But what do you think would make you happier?
Rita Mae Brown famously said that happiness is "Someone to love, something to do and something to look forward to" and there is no doubt that your work is a large part of that "something to do".
But recent scientific research into happiness reveals that your external circumstances only contribute 10% to your level of happiness. People quickly get used to any positive changes in their lives and soon return to their original or baseline levels of happiness. In fact, studies of identical twins have discovered that 50% of our happiness is determined by our own genetic "set-point".
You may find this surprising, I certainly did. Surely our happiness is driven by finding the perfect partner, getting the dream job, earning more money or losing that extra bit of weight around the midriff. Isn't it? Isn't that what we all strive for- and believe? I seem to have spent my whole adult life in a state of believing that "my life will be perfect once I've …….." Complete the sentence with anything you like.
How often have I stopped to look around me and say "hey, this is pretty good right now" ? How often have you? Yet, according to Sonja Lyubomirsky, professor of psychology at the University of California this is one of the most powerful things we can do to increase our happiness levels.
In her book The How of Happiness, she describes the scientific work that has been done to measure what it is that really impacts our happiness levels. And the good news is that, with 50% pre-determined and only 10% affected by external circumstances there is a massive 40% up for grabs. 40% of your happiness that you can influence by taking intentional happiness-increasing action.
Actions such as nurturing relationships, expressing gratitude, avoiding over-thinking (always one for me, I'm a chronic overthinking perfectionist), savouring life's joys, engaging in "flow" activities and cultivating optimism.
In the abstract these all sound rather difficult to imagine actually doing. But small experiments can pay big dividends as I've found when trying things out with friends and colleagues.
Here's an example: find a willing partner and agree to text each other each day with one thing you've appreciated that day. It could be a great cup of coffee, a compliment received, a small achievement, a slice of time you spent on yourself – it's amazing what we take for granted in an "average" day. At the end of the week compare notes as to how your happiness levels have changed.
In my experience this simple exercise has made a significant impact on the happiness of anyone who's been prepared to give it a go. If you can't find a partner then keep your own record. Just make sure that you take the time to actually write things down, thinking it won't be nearly as effective.
So, what has this to do with career changes? If external factors really do only influence 10% of our happiness, does it make sense to place such high expectations on finding the perfect job? Although a positive career move will bring a temporary increase in happiness, the evidence shows that we will quickly return to our set point.
So perhaps we should give ourselves a break. Take time to appreciate what we really enjoy in our current role, nurture relationships with our colleagues, find enjoyable activities that we can truly engage with – and stop over worrying about finding a perfect career.


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Cruise Automation, the self-driving arm of GM (GM), is growing rapidly adding a lot of value to the Detroit automaker. The latest reports suggest that the company is preparing for a future driven by autonomous vehicles. GM is currently evaluating public offering for Cruise.
In 2016, GM had spent more than $1 billion to acquire the self-driving startup Cruise Automation. GM admires the pace at which the San-Francisco based startup works. Hence, even after spending billions, the giant automaker kept a distance from the unit and let it stay autonomous, in order to preserve the fast-moving startup culture of Cruise. Both the companies became a dominant force in autonomous cars – after Cruise acquired startup Strobe on its own. This deal highlights the freedom Cruise is given to operate on its own despite being acquired by GM.
GM is currently evaluating public offering for Cruise.
Related Article: GM plans 20 new EVs by 2023 to fuel its clean-energy initiative
Latest reports from Bloomberg suggest that the automaker has initiated talks with banks as it evaluates plans to publicly list the shares of the San-Francisco startup, or a spin-off, or separate listing of the unit. The decision will be implemented only after a couple of years. This news sent the shares of the Detroit automaker slightly high on Friday. As of today, the company shares are up 0.73% to $43.91.
Just last month, GM's self-driving program received a major push after Japan's SoftBank Vision Fund offered a whopping $2.25 billion in GM Cruise Holdings. By the end of this month, even GM is expected to invest $1.1 billion in the acquired startup.
Related Article: GM shares surge after SoftBank offers $2.3 bln for self-driving car program
GM has great plans with self-driving cars. The company plans to launch the car, dubbed The Cruise AV, in US cities by 2019. If it succeeds in meeting this production target, it would be a tough competitor for Google's Waymo, who is currently leading the self-driving race. Apart from this, GM plans to launch 20 new models of EV by 2023.


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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD):
Do you struggle with obsessions, compulsions, or both? Are you significantly distressed by your time-consuming obsessions or compulsions? People with OCD are typically aware that their obsessions and compulsions are irrational, yet remain unable to resist them.
What are obsessions?
Obsessions are intrusive and unwanted recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that cause the sufferer significant anxiety or distress. When people have obsessions, they often attempt to ignore or suppress them, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action.
What are compulsions?
Compulsions are repetitive behaviors such as hand washing, ordering, or checking, or mental actions such as praying, counting, or repeating words silently. People with compulsions feel driven to perform these repetitive behaviors in response to obsessions or according to rules that must be followed rigidly. The compulsive behaviors or mental actions are aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or distress, or at preventing some horrible event or situation. However, these behaviors or mental actions are not realistically connected with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent, or they are clearly excessive.
Treatment for OCD in Philadelphia:
Dr. Braunstein offers supportive, evidence-based therapy for people with obsessive compulsive disorder, tailored to their specific needs and preferences. Contact Dr. Braunstein to schedule an initial visit at her office in Center City Philadelphia.
Helpful external resources for OCD:


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Crime - Sacto 911
Motorists shot to death in Orangevale, Sacramento, Florin Road
Shootings late Thursday and early Friday left three motorists dead in Orangevale, Sacramento and the Florin Road area, but despite that similarity, authorities said they do not believe the killings are related.
As of late Friday afternoon, the names of the victims had not been released. The Sacramento County Coroner's Office reported that family members were still being notified.
Two of the shootings occurred in unincorporated parts of Sacramento County and the third in the city of Sacramento:
▪ About 10:15 p.m. Thursday, Sacramento County sheriff's deputies received calls of a man slumped over the steering wheel of a sedan at a stoplight in a southbound lane of Stockton Boulevard at Florin Road.
Deputies found a man in his late teens unconscious in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound, according to Sgt. Lisa Bowman, sheriff's spokeswoman. He was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
▪ About 1:25 a.m. Friday, deputies received information about gunfire near Beech Avenue and Greenback Lane in Orangevale. When deputies got to the scene, they found a sport-utility vehicle crashed and the driver shot at least one time.
A man in his mid-20s was declared dead at the scene.
▪ About 3:30 a.m. Friday, a man was shot and killed in Sacramento along Broadway. That shooting left a man in his late 20s dead and a female wounded with an injury that was not life-threatening.
Sacramento police spokesman Sgt. Doug Morse said that they were inside a vehicle when they were hit by gunfire in the 1100 block of Broadway. Police said the shooting was not random.
No information regarding suspects or motives for the shootings have been released.
Residents Friday morning shook their heads at the violence that occurred on Broadway. Cheryl Bernhardt, who lives nearby, called the shootings crazy.
"It's so close to home," she said while waiting for the Target store at Riverside Boulevard and Broadway to open. "It's getting hot. People are getting stupid."
Land Park resident Rafael Estrada, passing by the crime scene on his bicycle, said that he was also alarmed to see the homicide so close to where he lives.
"I've lived here a little over three years and I have not seen a situation like this," Estrada said. "You will see some interesting characters come down Broadway, but nobody seems to cause problems. It's a great neighborhood, and it is sad to see something like this happen."
The killing does not surprise Land Park resident Kurt Katsumata because he said there are some rough neighborhoods along Broadway. He wondered if new development planned for Broadway's west end will improve the street or do the opposite.
He said Broadway itself can be rough but that Land Park is relatively crime-free. When told that homicides in Orangevale and along Florin Road also occurred overnight, he called the spate of shootings a sign of the times.
"People are a little bit desperate," he said. "It does not surprise me."
Bill Lindelof: (916) 321-1079, @Lindelofnews


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February 2009 | Vol. VIII - No. 2
Stay on Tests Provides No Rest
Industry Struggles With CPSIA Despite Time-Saver Ruling
February 5, 2009 — The Consumer Product Safety Commission's one-year stay of testing and certification requirements under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act has received largely disgruntled reactions from the toy industry for being a slightly positive — but not really that helpful — move by the Commission.
Although the timetable gives toymakers some relief from expensive, mandatory testing, all retailers of children's products have essentially now been placed in the same situation as thrift stores. They bear the burden of judging which products might fail to meet the new standards for lead or phthalates, effective Feb. 10, without the backing of testing but with the possibility of civil penalties for non-compliance.
That's the comparison made in a press release issued by Rob Wilson, vice president of Challenge & Fun and founder of CPSIA-Central, an online community formed for industry professionals to discuss the tenets of the new law and jointly lobby for desired amendments.
"While we will not have to follow the complex certification rules for now," he added, "we know that our retailers will demand general certificates from us, which we will gladly provide."
The necessity of Certificates of Compliance — or at least comparable safety statements that speak to a product's right in the marketplace — hasn't disappeared with the stay that eliminates the requirement for them, with some exceptions.
"I'm continuing to ask for them the same way that I was," Owner Terri Bracken of Earth Explorer Toys in Zionsville, Ind., told TDmonthly Magazine in early February. When asked whether she will accept products without verifiable COCs, she said it depends on the item.
"It it was kids' jewelry and [the manufacturer] had not responded or given us anything, I wouldn't buy it," she said, owing to the higher probability of lead in jewelry. A card game, though, might be worth chancing.
Anthony Johnson, owner of Alphabet Soup in Ithaca, N.Y., indicated he's likely to take manufacturers at their word, as long as they believe their items are safe and issue a statement to that effect.
"I am not a scientist and do not have the capabilities or resources to analyze the data itself," he explained.
Johnson further pointed to a central frustration also voiced by the Toy Industry Association: "How else do you know if it meets the standard unless you test it?"
The solution, says TIA, is to defer not only the testing and certification for the requirements but also the requirements themselves. That was the focus of a petition put forth by 67 industry groups on Jan. 28, calling the levels for lead content "a practical impossibility for thousands of manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and resellers on February 10, 2009."
The request also pointed out to potential economic fallout when retailers are forced to destroy or return to the manufacturer old product on their shelves that they can't be sure meets the standards. While many independent retailers seem mildly comfortable with the idea of determining whether their existing inventory is likely to be compliant, some have received notice of products that are not.
"We got a letter from one of our vendors saying that they had a couple of items that would not pass the new standards," reported Bracken. The product in question? A plush purse with inner lining not visible from any part of the product that would have to be ripped open and tested — an item she disposed of per the company's instructions.
Despite these and other concerns, the CPSC has maintained it is up to Congress, not them, to make a change as bold as pushing back the deadline for complying with new regulations. Nonetheless, the National Association of Manufacturers CPSC Coalition issued a second, similar petition on Feb. 3, aiming to extend the deadline for meeting lead content requirements.
With all the back and forth between industry groups and the CPSC right now, one has to wonder about the effectiveness behind the legalese. Is the law going to accomplish that for which it was developed?
Malcolm Denniss, toy safety expert for SGS Group and former senior vice president of quality assurance with Hasbro, pointed out that enacting tighter lead limits in answer to failures to meet existing lead standards in 2006 and 2007 doesn't necessarily ensure compliance with any regulation, old or new.
"I think it would've been more useful to companies and to the issue if they concentrated their timeline on how to manage an ongoing assurance of compliance and delayed some of the implementation," he told TDmonthly.
Infinitoy has been fortunate to not have to change its testing methods to be in line with the CPSIA, but CEO Jeff Pinsker does have concern about the law's concentration.
"The most dangerous aspect of toy safety for children is choking hazards," he told TDmonthly. "I'm nervous that all of this focus on lead paint and phthalates is going to take parents' eyes off the ball and make them miss small parts."
See TDmonthly's section on lead and toy safety for additional coverage of the CPSIA. Access manufacturers' safety statements in the CPSIA COC Reference Section.
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