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Everyone who's ever written code must've had days where they maintain different versions of their files. Whether its adding documentation to your code, rearranging the methods, adding or removing some classes or resources, we've maintained several versions. These versions are maintained by using naming conventions like
- GetCustomer_1.java
- GetCustomer_14Mar.java
- GetCustomer_Final.java
Naturally, you must've wished for an organized way of storing these versions to see progressive changes made to the code. Additionally, if one's working in a team with multiple people working on different features, maintaining versions of all features quickly turns into a nightmare. This is just a tip of the breaking point in maintaining your code. In addition to these, let's take a look at other common challenges faced by software teams.
Challenges in Code Management
Maintain copies of files based on date and time they were changed
While working on a feature to get customer details, one would name the file GetCustomer.java using different naming conventions to track its versions. Ex: Code completed at end of 15 Feb would be named GetCustomer_15Feb.java, followed by GetCustomer_16Feb.java and so on. And if you want to save the code at multiple checkpoints (temporary stable versions of code) in a day then the naming conventions for the file would become even more complicated.
Track changes made to files by different team-members
Suppose you're working in a team of 6 members writing tests for a particular feature. It's imperative to ensure that there's no duplicate or ambiguous code. Also, team-members should reuse code already developed by other team-members. And also ensure that everyone uses the latest version of code developed by others. This would be an excruciating task for a team consisting of multiple people. Especially if they're working in different locations.
Trace the file's history to find the version of code which introduced the bug
Code undergoes regular changes either during development or maintenance phases. It's quite possible to inadvertently change something that causes the code to misbehave and not work as expected. In such situations, it'd be helpful to view the timeline of changes in code to pinpoint the exact cause of bug.
Maintain back-up of your files
In a unfortunate situation of hard-disk being corrupted or being subject to some malicious virus, working copy of your code is highly vulnerable. As a result, it's highly likely to lose all of your work in absence of proper backup of your code.
Comment out blocks of code to disable a functionality without deleting it
When the code is still in development, you might write a small sample piece of code to see how a particular method behaves. Irrespective of whether this experimental block of code tests your feature or not, you'd like to retain it for reference. It's not feasible to maintain multiple versions of files by commenting and un-commenting different blocks of code.
Under light of all these issues, there has to be a better way of maintaining the versions. Hail, Version Control Systems!
What is Version Control System?
You can think of a Version Control System (aka: VCS) as a kind of database. It lets you save a snapshot of the complete project at any point of time. Every change made to the project files is tracked, along with who made the change, why they made it, and references to problems fixed, or enhancements introduced, by the change. Later when it is required to take a look at an older snapshot/version, VCS shows how exactly it differed from the previous one.
Version Control Systems (VCS) are tools that help teams manage and track changes in code over time.
With reference to the image above, on 24 Feb, 17 your project has a new file added to it. This file could be a source-code file, a properties file, an image or any other type of file. Once your project is tracked by VCS, any addition, edit or deletion of files from your project will be automatically detected and recorded by it. In short, every time a change is made to the project, VCS creates and stores a snapshot in form of versions.
Note: Snapshot is the entire state of your project at a given point of time.
Version Control System also popularly know as:
- Revision Control System
- Configuration Management System
- Source Control Management System
Though different names, these tools simply aid in maintaining tracking changes in your project over time. Consequently teams can focus on business logic and improve its productivity. So VCS are basically a convention of modern software teams to maturely handle code as part of their professional practices.
Next let's skim through the primary features of a VCS and how they help in overcoming the challenges listed above:
Features of VCS
- Maintain independent branches of code for team-members to track their respective changes
- Ease of comparison of code across different branches
- Merging of code from several branches of multiple team-members
- Convenience of tracing changes in code to find the version that introduced a bug
- Annotate changes with name of author and message in a particular version of code. This helps to easily identify the intent of change
- Simple comparison across versions to help resolve conflicts in code during merging
- Revert changes made to code to any state from its history.
These striking features demonstrate the great flexibility provided by VCS in terms of code-management. Consequently, software teams have intricately integrated VCS in their daily workflow. Don't fret if lot of terms in this list of features don't make sense right now. Detailed explanation of these terms will follow in upcoming tutorials.As part of journey towards becoming an Automation Test Engineer dealing with lot of code, it's imperative to learn about VCS.
Git is a widely popular Version Control System developed by Linus Torvalds. More specifically, Git is a Distributed VCS.
Top Version Control Systems
There are many Version Control Systems are available in market, but few top VCS are:
- Assembla
- Mercurial
- Bazaar
In the next tutorial, let's take a look at the types yielded by evolution in VCS.


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Their 10-track self-titled debut album was released on October 2nd via Temporary Residence and the lead track, "Bad Insect," is a worthy synth-infused pop song to present a brand new record, loaded with soothing rhythmic percussion. An ominous, bass-heavy intro is the perfect introduction to their sound. Have a listen to a stream of the track or elect to watch the psychedelic video. Full album track list below.
Ultraísta will visit San Francisco on October 22 for a live performance at the Independent.
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If you want to run a business effectively, you will constantly need to look for ways in which you can improve your business. This is not going to be easy always, so you will need to be well informed and have adequate knowledge in coming up with these strategies. This is going to be useful not just for businesses that are just starting out, but also the ones which are well established. There is always going to be ways that you can try to improve and thereby increase your profitability. Here are some tips that could help.
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So the games gravy train continues for our humble vested interests. Today its announced that drivers on the Heathrow express will be receiving a £700 bonus for doing their jobs during the Olympics. This of course follows the tube driver deal and the national rail driver deals which have seen similar incentive payments for doing ones job.
In all this one feels a little sorry for the humble London bus driver holding out for his £500 incentive to turn up for work payment . The Heathrow express is always empty. There is no additional workload all the driver does it go from Heathrow non-stop to Paddington. That's it. So it's just a bribe.
Bus drivers will instead by coping with millions of tube outcasts (ordinary Londoners trying to work for a living), numerous traffic restrictions (so the 4,000 olympic VIP BMWs can create their own congestion) and lots of complaining and violent passengers and nutters (every day on the bus).
Frankly I don't see why anybody should get these payouts but it's the nature of the beast when you bring a ridiculous circus to town whose entire raison d'etre is to create its own gravy train of corporate contracts and advertising opportunities that the lower orders in vital services start trying to grab a piece of the action.
The current policy for the games in London seems to be one of hope. Hope that everyone who actually lives in London will somehow disappear leaving a lovely playground for the Olympic VIPs to play about in.
I reckon ordinary Londoners should go on strike from living until we get all get free travel cards and compensation for the month of disruption we will have to suffer this summer.
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Jean Todt re-elected unopposed as president of FIA for third term
- From the section Formula 1
Jean Todt has been re-elected unopposed for a third term as president of motorsport's governing body, the FIA.
The 71-year-old ex-Ferrari team boss will retain his position until 2021.
Frenchman Todt will lead motorsport as Formula 1 goes through a critical period of renegotiation of the contracts that tie the teams to the sport, most of which end in 2020.
These have already hit trouble, with proposals for a new engine opposed by the car manufacturers involved in F1.
Todt is not involved in the commercial relationship between the teams and F1 owners Liberty Media, but he is responsible for new regulations that will be introduced post-2020 as part of the wide-ranging negotiations.
The FIA and F1 Group are working on these rules together, including analysing ways of improving the quality of the racing.
Ultimately, the teams have to sign up to new commercial deals with Liberty and commit to enter the F1 world championship, which is administered and regulated by the FIA.
Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last month, Todt said he had not intended to serve a third term but had been persuaded to by the support he received from within the FIA.
"Personally I don't need to be president of the FIA," he said. "But I got so much out of motor racing that I want to give something back.
"I am passionate. I love it and I meet people who are absolutely outstanding and amazing. When we had discussions about the extra mandate I got some amazing support.
"After a week of announcing I would be a candidate I got 160 letters of endorsement from a populate of 200 so I knew I had a good chance to win so I was not surprised to see I was not opposed.
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By Quirin Schiermeier of Nature magazine
The tsunami that crippled Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant almost a year ago was as formidable as initial estimates suggested, according to the first scientific assessment of its impact on the locale.
Surveys along 2,000 kilometers of coast have already generated the largest tsunami data set in the world. But no verified data have been obtained from the 20-kilometer-radius restricted zone around the shattered nuclear plant, where scientific fieldwork had previously been barred.
On 6 February, however, a seven-strong team set out on a two-day mission to determine the height and inland penetration of the waves that hammered the area less than an hour after a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan. The team was led by Shinji Sato, a civil engineer at the University of Tokyo, and included two officials from the Fukushima prefecture and two local guides.
By recording the locations of `tsunami marks' -- water damage, debris and damage to trees, for example -- the team confirmed previous estimates that the wall of water that hit the region was around three times taller than the 5.7-meter-high sea walls protecting the plant. The measurements are roughly consistent with the inundation height of 14-15 meters reported in April 2011 by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which operates the damaged reactors. The team was not given permission to get closer than two kilometers from the plant, however.
In the central part of the restricted area -- around the towns of Futaba, Okuma and Tomioka -- tsunami heights were generally greater than 11 meters, with a maximum of 21 meters, measured at a cliff-top site north of the plant. Finding reliable tsunami marks almost a year after the disaster was a challenge, says Harry Yeh, a civil engineer at Oregon State University in Corvallis, who has been studying tsunami impacts for 20 years and was a member of the team. In places, the tsunami had wiped out almost everything that stood. Elsewhere, the Japanese Self Defense Force had removed large pieces of debris that may have borne tsunami marks as it attempted to find victims of the disaster.
But in other places, the flooding left buildings unscathed. Apart from a dent in its metal chimney, the gymnasium of Ukedo Elementary School in Namie -- less than 5 kilometers from the nuclear plant -- looked almost orderly, Yeh recalls. Graduation banners still decorated the walls inside, and a small Japanese flag was unharmed. At a restaurant in the town, the team found a pristine newspaper dated 11 March 2011 -- the day of the earthquake. The team was also surprised by a herd of cows that had apparently survived the tsunami and adapted to the abandoned environment. "I often scratched my head at the juxtaposition of utter devastation and relative intactness," says Yeh.
The team eventually identified tsunami marks at 27 sites in the 1,256-square-kilometer restricted zone. "Nobody else has obtained this kind of information," says Philip Liu, a tsunami researcher at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, who was not involved in the survey. "It's valuable evidence of how the tsunami has behaved."
Yeh and his colleagues will use the data to refine simulations of how the contours of the coast and sea bed shaped the tsunami. Some scientists believe that the tsunami that struck Fukushima was the amalgamation of two waves, one coming from the north and one from the south. The simulation should inform this hypothesis, and could therefore help to improve tsunami defences for the future.
Liu adds that the data could also be used to improve simulations of how high the wave was when it hit the plants, which would help to improve protection measures for nuclear plants. "It is a pity they couldn't take measurements at the plants themselves," says Liu.
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"The living God has taken my judgment away and the Almighty has made my soul bitter. All the while my breath is in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, My lips shall not speak wickedness nor my tongue utter deceit".
Thus begins the final discourse between Job and his three assailants.
Bildad, who appears to be the most honest of the three, is struggling with a very deep concern. He has heard Eli-phaz twice make the comment that man, who is born of woman, cannot be just before God and Job himself has stated the same. Now, unlike his two compadres, Bildad does not try to reinforce his original argument but rather he is given to concentrate on this illusive concept; "How then can man be justified before God or how can he be clean born of woman?" (25:4). Bildad had not yet been taught by the revelation of the Spirit, that mortal man and the eternal spirit are not one in the same and many struggle with this same dilemma today. Man that is born of woman is mortal and from the very moment of his conception, he begins his journey to death. This is the race that is set before him and the labour assigned to him. It has limitations and boundaries that cannot be altered in any way and unto man is given the exact amount of power, intelligence, will and skill to accurately complete this arduous journey. It does not matter if the earthen vessel is afore prepared unto glory or outfitted for destruction for the assignments are particular to the individual and the tabernacle of the dwelling is commensurate to the task at hand. Man cannot do anything that could possibly change his state from mortal to immortal any more than he can establish his way, direct his footsteps or set his time of habitation. Since therefore, man is unclean and predestined to walk in accordance with the will and purpose of the Almighty, who can be delivered from the just wrath of God; "for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God"?
The question Bildad asks is very complex yet of great sincerity. He cannot understand how a mortal man with all his frailties and imperfections can stand before the throne of the Most High God and be equal to Him. He not only wants to know if a man can be pure and just but how this can be accomplished since at his best, man is nothing more than a maggot feeding off the death and decay of this world. It would appear that there has been some enlightenment here because of the personal nature of his question. He understands mans condition and his posture in reference to the perfect Holiness of Almighty God. He knows that God alone is the standard with which to be compared and he knows the necessity of this comparison yet his thoughts remain on the temporal plane and his reasoning is carnal.
The scriptures have concluded all under sin that no flesh should glory in the sight off God. Adam failed to measure up to the standard of Holiness that God required and all of his house failed in him; "Therefore by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation." (Rms. 5:18). No descendant of Adam can be made just by any works or good intentions that they may have and therefore all earthen vessels, formed from the same lump of clay, are found to be dead in trespasses and sin. The vessel afore prepared unto glory is shaped in iniquity and the life is conceived in sin the same as the vessel outfitted and reserved unto the day of judgment. Yet God, who is rich in mercy, righteous in everything and immutable, because of His eternal love for His people, not only requires perfect Holiness but also required that the One who is perfect (and that is only Jehovah God), become the imperfection of the vessels of His seed and cleanse them from all unrighteousness. Christ told the Pharisees that they were obsessed with the cleaning of the outside of the outside of the plates and cups and the white washing of the sepulchers but inside was death. He cleansed the inside of these vessels by the washing of His blood and therein dwells life. His tabernacle is with man in the temple of the Holy Spirit, the habitation of God, Christ in you the hope of glory.
The seed never failed to measure up to the Holiness of God because they are His seed and He cannot deny Himself. They were never in jeopardy of judgment or in fear of eternal separation from Him but they could not be polluted by coming in contact with an unclean vessel. A 'fit man' was needed to take the sin from the camp into the uninhabited land where it could never be called into account again. On this day of the Atonement, the sin of the entire house was imputed to the innocent goat by the imposition of hands and the confession of sin and when the 'scape-goat' was removed from the camp, all were made just and the camp was clean. This justification was by the free grace of God through the work of His right hand and His people were made just in a completely passive way. They were not justified by any works of righteousness which they had done any more than they were made unclean by any work that they had done. God created man incapable of keeping His law and the actions of Adam and his household exemplified that quality. If they had been righteous there would have been no need for the atonement. If they could make themselves righteous then there would be no need for the 'fit man' or the propitiation. But the impossibility of the one demanded the presence of the other in order for there to be the making of them just. This was not for the seed within for they which are born from above cannot sin because His seed remains in them. It was entirely by the faith of the Son of God in the completion of the work set before Him, the sufficiency of the sacrifice and in the acceptance of the sacrifice by God. The seed is and shall always be Holy and while partakers of flesh and blood the vessel afore prepared unto glory is cleansed and made a proper tabernacle for the precious incorruptible seed.
The complexity of this quandary is in the understanding of the nature of Adam, the qualities of the outer man and the separation of the inner man from his earthly tent. The old man of the law has been crucified with Christ and his former way of life, the handwriting of ordinances, is now dead with Him. Adam was formed from the dust of the earth and he lives, moves and breathes by the power of God and his delight is in the things of this world. The body is dead because of sin and to the dust of the earth it shall return: "for we all must die, and as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again:" (II Sam. 14:14). The outer or natural man is dying, perishing daily, and the lusts and desires that he has are as temporal as his existence yet he is subservient to the inner man who is renewed day by day. He knows that he is corrupt and that his heart is desperately wicked because in Adam he received the knowledge of good and evil. He cannot control his tongue and his thoughts betray him. Because of the presence of the light within, he knows his wretchedness and the need for deliverance but he thinks he can resolve the matter as Adam did in the garden. The natural man desires to do good but does not and cannot receive the things of the Spirit for they are of a foreign tongue to him and he has not the ears to hear. The natural man cannot keep the commandment of God for when he would do good evil is present, the evil that he would not performed is committed daily and the good that he would, do that he does find how to perform.
The Spirit has been made subject to the vanity of the flesh and cries out for deliverance. The Spirit within causes the child of promise to keep the commandments because of the Faithfulness of the Son who fulfilled the law in all righteousness and finished the work given unto Him. The Spirit reveals the truth to the inner man who delights after the law of God which is contrary to the outer man.
The outer man thinks himself in control and his arm strong enough to command and order his affairs but as Job asks Bildad; "how hast thou helped without power and how is the arm saved without strength? How have you given counsel without wisdom and plentifully declared the thing as it is?". Job begins to answer Bildad in a very personal manner. He is refuting the doctrine set forth by directing his questions specifically to Bildad. He is asking the same question that Paul asked the Corinthian brethren; "what do you have that has not been given to you and who makes you to be different?" How is it, Bildad, that you know that you are a sinner in need of cleansing? How do you know the standard of Holiness, demanded by God, is unattainable by mortal man? "To whom hast thou uttered words and whose spirit came from thee?" Job is given to speak not to the man Bildad but to the child of grace who is feeling the hand of Jehovah upon him. His pride and arrogance has been stripped from him and he is speaking from the heart.
Job does not present to him a way that he may appease the pricks in his heart but rather proclaimed the truth of the gospel, "Say to them of a fearful heart, be strong, fear not, behold thy God will come with vengeance, a God of recompence and He will come and save you" (Is. 35:4). Job was not going to compromise the faith that he had been given, not as though he had any power over this imputed faith, and he was not going to try and justify Bildad or anyone else by recanting what the Spirit had given him to say. His integrity was impregnable because it was not of Adam and His righteousness held fast because it is the immutable righteousness of the Son of God unto the sons of God. God had given him the Spirit within who had taught him in all wisdom and spiritual understanding and therefore he did not lean upon his own understanding but in all his ways he acknowledged the majesty and power of the Almighty. He accurately and consistently proclaimed that God has ordered all things from beginning to the end, that He alone is power and might and that all the intents of His heart are accomplished by the power of His own will. This came not from Adam nor of the teaching or the doctrines of man and if God had decreed that Job should stand alone before all his enemies who should rise up against him as unrighteous, the breath of the Spirit within him would not permit him to speak unrighteousness, injustice, slander or deceit concerning the wonders of the Lord God Almighty. The testimony of God was that His servant Job spoke rightly concerning these things and was accepted in the Beloved (42:7-9).
Mortal man cannot and will not ever stand before the throne of God until such time as the vessel, afore prepared unto glory, is changed. In a moment, a twinkling of an eye, this mortality shall be swallowed up in immortality and this corruption shall have put on incorruption. When the time of this habitation is over and the temporal tabernacle is dissolved, then He shall appear a second time unto His saints, without sin. Each man in his order, shall be present with the Lord and shall have that building not made with hands. Then we shall be like Him. God has predestinated those whom He loved and foreknew to be conformed unto the image of His dear Son; "Brethren now are we the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be. But we know that when He shall appear, we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is" (I John 3:2). This is the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body, when we shall be 'made like the Son'.
Your servant in Christ,
(Elder) Chet Dirkes
September 9, 2012


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We've been without power two nights in a row. Despite the storm, the heat hasn't abated much. It's been miserable co-sleeping in this heat, even though the kids don't climb in bed with us until the wee morning hours. This morning the power came back on, and with it, the AC. Squeaker quite perfectly expressed the group sentiment by crawling over to the AC vent, sitting on top of it, and happily clapping his hands.
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It's three in the morning. You would think that with a king sized bed and a crib side car I would have plenty of room to sleep. Instead I have my toddler burrowing into me on one side, and the baby cuddled into my arm on the other. I set the baby back in the crib area, and scooch the toddler over to the middle of the bed so I can get comfortable. A few minutes later, both have started to wiggle back towards me. My husband is lightly snoring on his side of the bed. Blissfully unaware of the nightly custom.
Sometimes, I can't wait to have my own space to sleep again, or roll over without waking the children. I can't wait to sleep all the way through the night. With co-sleeping it seems like getting to these goals are two steps forward, one step back. I hear other moms talk about how early their kids slept through the night; how they never shared the bed with their kids, and I wonder if I'm doing the right thing.
Then, I smell my baby's head as he snuggles in closer to me; my toddler contentedly says "mama and dada" as he climbs into bed with us and settles in. I remind myself that in a few years, when I ask them to come cuddle with me, they'll make faces. They'll probably say no. I remind myself that I'll have years and years to sleep alone, and only this short time to cuddle with my boys.
So I wake up during the night, and I wake up early in the morning. We play games in bed until Mr. Bug asks for his breakfast. And while sometimes I wish they'd grow up and let me sleep, most of the time I wish they'd never grow up.
Sleepy Time Issues
So at this point, I can no longer remember when I slept more than an hour or two without one of the kids waking me up. Mr. Bug used to go to sleep from 2-4 for naps. He now naps maybe once a week, and gets extremely cranky in the evenings because of this. I still put him in his bed with the gate up at the usual time, but I can't force him to fall asleep. He plays or reads quietly, but his behavior in the evenings make it pretty clear that he still needs an afternoon nap. He just won't take it.
Because of this, instead of going to bed at around 8pm, he has been falling asleep in his highchair while eating dinner around 6:30 or 7. He used to go to bed around 8pm, and then crawl into bed with us around 3am. Since Squeaker was born, he's been climbing into bed with us earlier and earlier. Usually around midnight. Now, since he keeps falling asleep at 7, he gets up around 11pm to get in bed with us. Which normally wouldn't bother me, except that he acts like he's just gotten up from a nap, and wants to play. The lights are out, everything is quiet, but he keeps trying to get me to sing a song, or recite one of his stories. His chatter inevitably wakes Squeaker up, who wants to nurse. Then Mr. Bug wants to nurse because Squeaker is nursing. By this time all this is over, it's 1am or so. This is when Mr. Bug finally stops tossing and turning and goes back to sleep. Squeaker will wake up at least once more to nurse. Then Mr. Bug is up at 6:30 ready for the day. I try to get him to go play in his room for a bit, but he wants to play with me. Squeaker, who is really not a morning person and would sleep till 9 if he could, wakes up fussy because Mr. Bug is up and making noise.
So I go to bed at around 10, get woken up 1hr later by my toddler who tosses and turns and plays, usually waking up the baby around midnight. I get them both back to sleep by around 1, Squeaker wakes up at 3 or so to nurse, and if I'm lucky sleeps until Mr. Bug gets up around 6:30. Squeaker won't go to sleep before 10, so I can't really move my bedtime up. Once Mr. Bug is up in the morning, everyone is.
Last night, when I put Mr. Bug to bed, I left his gate up. When he woke up at 11, I made him go back to sleep in his bed. He proceeded to get up and cry every 15minutes or so until about 1:30 when he finally went back to sleep. He still got up at 6am. I want to get him to stop climbing in our bed so early. On the other hand, I get why he's jealous since Squeaker sleeps in our room.
Really the only thing getting me through at this point is knowing it's just a phase. I try to remind myself of that whenever either of the kids is doing something on a regular basis that drives me bonkers. They grow and change so fast, but it doesn't seem that way when you're suffering from sleep deprivation. But he wasn't like this 6, or even 3 months ago, and in 3-6 months, things will have changed again. Hopefully for the better, sleepwise.
One Tired Momma
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Sleeping Update
No naps is not working. The first day or two without went fine, but now he's randomly passing out at four or five in the afternoon. So I'm reinstating naps. I'll just try to keep it short so he still sleeps well at night. Having him sleep in his room is going well. He's still climbing into bed with us in the wee hours of the morning, but I can deal with that. At the risk of jinxing it, I'll say it currently takes 20-40 minutes to get him to sleep. Here's hoping that number goes down and not up.
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I'm Done
Mr. Bug has been taking longer and longer to get to sleep for his naps and bedtime. Last night it took two hours before he fell asleep. I'm done with it. I can't do this anymore. I used to cuddle him to sleep because it would help him fall asleep faster, but that is obviously not the case any longer, so what's the point. I can't sit in bed with this kid for two hours, I have a newborn that needs me too. So I'm done with it. As of tonight, we are transitioning him to the room we set up a few months ago. He's been taking naps there, so hopefully it won't freak him out too much. I'm putting him in bed, and sitting outside the door in a chair. This will probably make him take longer to go to sleep at first, but hopefully things will settle down within a week or two. I don't know exactly where we'll end up, I just know I need to change what we're doing, because I can't do it anymore.
There Were Four in the Bed
And the little one said my space isn't comfortable unless I'm taking up half your pillow and kicking you in the ribs.
Our toddler has mostly moved back into bed with us. Turns out he's uber jealous of his little brother getting to sleep next to mommy all night. Actually, most nights I pick him up and put him in his crib once he's fallen asleep. But instead of sleeping till 3 or 4 before crawling into bed with us, it's now more like midnight. He also has this annoying habit of wanting his head to touch mine for some reason. He practically burrows into me, which as you can imagine is difficult to sleep through. Once he falls asleep again though I can usually move him over to his space, and at least get a few hours shut eye. So, Mr. Bug sleeps between me and the wall, and Squeaker sleeps between me and Captain Caveman. Except on the occasion that he decides he'd rather sleep next to daddy. Captain Caveman really hates this, because he's a much lighter sleeper than I am, and has a much harder time getting back to sleep once woken up. Captain Caveman has also returned to his habit of sleeping in the basement on the nights before he has a test. Can't say I fault him much for that. Hopefully things will settle down soon, and we'll be able to get Mr. Bug back into his crib on a regular basis.
We co-sleep with my 18 month old, and plan to do so with the new baby. We didn't intend to co-sleep originally. We bought a crib, and for the first week home put our son in the crib every time he slept. Because I was breastfeeding, once I figured out how to nurse lying down we would frequently fall asleep together on the bed. Turns out, he slept quite a bit longer and less fitfully that way. It was also easier to nurse him again when he did get up. I didn't have to get out of bed, get him out of the crib, and then put him back into the crib once we were done. Also, once we were co-sleeping, I frequently woke up as soon as he began stirring next to me, instead of not waking up till he was crying.
I was worried at first, because you hear so many horror stories of parents rolling over on, or suffocating their children. But it turns out that many co-sleeping deaths don't happen in a bed. They happen on the couch, lazy-boy, rocking chair, etc. Also, apparently it's a co-sleeping death even if the parent isn't sleeping with the child. So basically any death that occurs outside of a crib = co-sleeping death. It also turns out that co-sleeping deaths are much, less likely with moms who breastfeed. Something about breastfeeding puts your body more in tune with the baby's position in relation to your own, as well as makes you sleep more lightly.
So after doing the research, we just made our bed as safe a sleeping environment as possible. No heavy comforters, keep baby on his back, make sure he can't get trapped between the bed and the wall, etc. Once he got to be about 9-10 months old, he was rolling around a lot, and kicking in his sleep. It's amazing how much space a baby can take up. So we removed the side rail from his crib making it a toddler bed, adjusted the mattress height to match ours, and pushed it up against our bed to give us all a little more room. Again, making sure this set up was as safe as possible. It worked wonderfully, and our son actually started sleeping even longer at night within a few weeks.
Now that we're expecting a new baby, we're changing the set up once again. While I'm not worried about my husband and I co-sleeping with an infant, I am worried about a toddler co-sleeping with an infant. He's old enough now that we're planning on moving him to his own room soon, but I want to do this gradually. I also don't want to move him only to put a new baby in our bed just a few weeks later, talk about replacement and jealously issues. So we have a long term plan. The first thing we did was purchase one of those bed rails you can attach to the toddler bed. If we move him to his own room, he'll need one on his bed, and for now it helps confine him to his toddler bed. He didn't much care for it at first, but he's gotten used to it now. Next, we plan on moving his bed across the room from ours. This way, he can still see us and get to us easily if he needs to, but gets used to his bed being separate. Next comes setting up a room for him. My younger brother is going to move down to the basement so we can use his current room for the baby's room. He's actually thrilled with this idea since it gives him more privacy and easy access to the game systems. While we don't plan on moving my son to his room for a few months, we're setting it up for him this month. The idea is to set it up as a play room, and get a second bed to put in that room. This way he can get used to the room, and we can start putting him down for naps in it so he gets used to waking up there. He mostly sleeps through the night now, so hopefully he'll be doing this regularly enough when we switch rooms that the only hard part will be getting him to sleep. We'll have to get a gate to put in the hallway so that he can still get from his room to ours at two in the morning, but not out to the rest of the house. If all goes well, I'd like to have him established in his new room by his second birthday in January.
Hopefully when it comes time to move the new little one out of our room, it'll be a bit easier. With any luck, he'll be thrilled to move in with his big brother. It'll be nice for my husband and I to finally have our room to ourselves again.
Some Co-Sleeping info references:
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Euro-Asia Baptist Congress Reveals Struggles for Christians
During their October trip to the republic of Georgia, both Steve and John Benham, MIWC's president and founder, attended the three-day Congress of the Euro Asiatic Baptist Federation. Traveling with them was MIWC Eastern European missionary Vitaliy Bolgar.
Steve greeted the congress, which included Baptists from nine different countries, and described the scope of MIWC's work in Georgia.
MIWC was one of only three mission agencies represented at the congress, and John said the three felt privileged to be a part of it. MIWC-trained musicians from Georgia performed at the event.
Each country's Baptist union president stood up and shared the experiences of believers in his nation.
"In some countries, such as Moldova and Ukraine, the church was strong and flourishing with little outside pressure," Steve said, "while in other countries [they] are experiencing intense persecution from both governmental and religious authorities."
One leader described worshipers facing people positioned outside of their church doors on Sundays writing down church attendees' names to report to their employers so they could fire them on Monday.
John said witnessing this kind of faith under persecution was refreshing, but challenging.
"The church under persecution is most pure," he said. "You don't stay in the church if your relationship with God isn't such that you would put your life on the line."
While at the congress, the Benhams and Bolgar talked with many other congress participants and received invitations to speak in Belarus and Russia.
MIWC was also asked to support ministries in Azerbaijan and Armenia by sending MIWC missionaries in Ukraine to those locations. Americans need visas to enter those countries, but Ukrainians do not.
"Through God's provision and blessing," Steve said, "Our missionaries from Ukraine are able to go and work in places where it is not possible for us to do so."
Congress Report
The federation provided substantial information regarding the current situation for believers and non-believers in these countries in the Central Asia area:
Uzbekistan—Christians and churches are fined for sharing the gospel. Outreach materials are confiscated by the police and government officials. Natural gas is not available so homes are cold. The natural gas in the region is instead sold from these countries to China, where they can make more money.
Tadjikistan—Residents here only have electricity for four hours a day (two hours in the morning and two hours at night). The people do not have natural gas at all due to the sale of it to the Chinese, as in Uzbekistan. Again, homes are cold as a result. If children under the age of 18 go to church or other religious activities apart from funerals and weddings, the family will be disciplined by the government.
There is intense persecution from Muslims in both Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan. Locals fear visiting the Baptist churches for risk of persecution from authorities and families. If a Muslim becomes a Christian, his or her family will immediately disown that individual.
Kazahkstan—This country passed a law that all churches must officially register with the government. However, in order for a church to register, a church must have at least 50 members and those members must be specifically from the geographic area where the church is located. For the Baptist Association in Kazahkstan, this means that half of its congregations are immediately excluded from being officially recognized.


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Tulum Snorkeling
The 22nd most popular snorkel dive spot in Mexico.
Wednesday 13 July 2016 06:53 GMT
South of Cancun and Xel-Ha, the snorkeling at Tulum offers sand flats with some shoreline rocks. Further offshore, there are nice coral heads to explore. The water depths range from surface down to 25 feet deep. The water visibility can be up to 25 feet.
To reach the snorkeling in Tulum by air, you will need to fly into Cancun International Airport (Aeropuerto de Cancun - CUN). Some of the hotels provide shuttle vans or there are shuttle vans to be hired down to Tulum. Renting a car to drive around can be hazardous do to the potential for unwarranted police stops resulting in required immediate cash payments. An alternative airport option is to fly into Aeropuerto Internacional de Cozumel (CZM) and take the ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen. From there, you can take a much shorter shuttle van down to Tulum.
Note: while snorkeling offshore here, keep in mind that from November through March you might encounter bull sharks right off the beach.
Overall, Tulum is the 22nd most popular snorkel dive spot of all 37 snorkeling dives in Mexico. Several of the better snorkeling spots are nearby Tulum including Cancun, Cozumel, Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Yal Ku Lagoon, Riviera Maya and Isla Mujeres.


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The Realm of Sailor Energy:
The Three Guardians
The Monitor duty of Energeia of Energy and Cosmos(Order), a child with mechanical wings, is to protect the energy fabrics of local universe from any artificial interference by any advanced civilizations. The steps have been taken to keep her existence secret for her protection from those seeking to abuse her power. She is protected and aided by her buddha-like "brother", Pragma of Matter, and her loud sister, Akosmia of Chaos, the Destroyer. Very little is known about Pragma while the reputation of Akosmia is poorly understood and considered evil by many morally zealot people that she's subject to frequent "witchhunts". Those three consider themselves the Three Guardians, and they, especially Akosmia, would do what must be done to protect the universe even if they have to carry out the total destruction of a targeted civilization.
But that's what they thought until Energeia sensed a weak but very ominous signal coming from an asteroid orbiting the binary system of an ancient star and a neutron star. The Guardians decide to investigate this energy source, evaluate its threat to the universe, and neutralize it if necessary. It turns out that the asteroid is what remained of an ancient civilization and something very dangerous locked deep within the asteroid is beckoning curious Energeia to release it.
The Three Guardians mangas are in"storyboard" stage to learn develop new methods and may be someday be re-drawn/tinkered for publications.
-Generally Rated PG13, due to some mature contents and covered/censored nudity scenes.
It must be pointed that I, the author, is a deaf person, so the webcomics may differ in several ways from the typical comics out there (such as a lack of speedlines for example).
-Vol. 1-Three Guardians: The Mother of All
Energeia investigates an ominous energy source to evaluate its possible threat to the energy fabric of the universe. Rated PG-13
-Vol 2- Three Guardians: The Collector of Life
Energeia has been kidnapped by a type of collector and Akosmia is in state of panic. Akosmia and Pragma must search and rescue her.
-Vol 3- Three Guardians: The Warmth of the Stars
What's the heck going on?! Was it just some bad "Alice in Wonderland" dream or something else?! Generally Rated PG-13, but may contain some PG-16 scenes like dark/horror and suggestive scenes.
-Vol 4- Three Guardians: The Cradle of Planets
An enemy from Pragma's long lost past is attacking Energeia and Akosmia while Pragma begins to recall his past. Generally Rated PG-13, but may contain some dark scenes and one barely concealed nudity scene.
-Vol 5- Three Guardians: The Pulse of Atoms
The Guardians' enemy sends two minions to attack Energeia and Akosmia while they're confined by the humans. Generally Rated PG-13.
-Vol 6- Three Guardians: The Quirky Quarks
The Guardians are released and they begins the journey to return the Boy to his tribe, meanwhile, Pragma investigates a wrecked ship on one of Mars' moons. Generally Rated PG-13.
-Vol 7- Three Guardians: Just a Photon Away
Now that their enemies is aboard their cruise, the guardians continue their journey in fear. The moment finally came when they must make the decisions that will change their lives forever for better or worse.
Generally Rated PG-13.
-Vol 8- 3 Guardians: As Elusive as the Neutrinos
The "Angels" have their new wings and a spaceship rebuilt by Pragma which is on the way to Earth. Since the "Angels" need more time to practice their new wings, Pragma made a decision that resulted in a heap of problems that their enemies are quick to exploit.
Generally Rated PG-13.
The Character Profiles
Energeia, "Angel of Cosmos" (Energy)
Akosmia, "Angel of Chaos"
Pragma, "Buddha of Matter
Oshun, the Caretaker
ABC List of Original Characters created by JA
-Three Guardians Art Gallery by JA
Artworks by JA
-Fanarts of Three Guardians:
Fanarts done by the people who liked my original mangas.


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Netflix and Spotify will not load in both the apps and browsers. I have tried on an iMac, iPad and iPhone with the same results. The rest of the internet loads fine, including Stan. Netflix and Spotify apps both say there is no connection. netflix.com and Spotify.com do not load either.
Based off a previous question I have tried changing the WIFI channel, as well as the ID and password, neither changing the results.
Any ideas?
Hi @ecln,
Have you tried to access both websites on a Laptop/Desktop connected via LAN/Ethernet cable?
I'd like to know what troubleshooting have you done so far?
Hi Shane,
I have not tried an Ethernet cable, just as I do not own one and do not want to purchase one just to test this method, however if its necessary I can obtain one.
I have tried chaning WIFI channel like is listed here: (for the Huawei HG532d)
This was based off the advice found on this community post
( https://community.tpg.com.au/t5/Broadband-Internet/Can-anyone-help-Some-websites-won-t-load-when-use... ) who also recommended changing the WIFI name and password, which I also did.
Hi @ecln,
Thanks for the additional details.
What browsers have you tried so far?
Have you tried turning off the modem for 2-3mins and turn it back on again?
Yeah I've tried restarting the modem, and I've tested it on Safari and Chrome.
Hi @ecln,
Does it have error message whenever you try to access the two websites?
Is it possible for you to post a screenshot on this thread?
Yeah it just says there is no internet connection.
Spotify App says "You are offline"
Hi @ecln,
Please post a screen shot of the actual error message and PM me your account details (Username/Customer ID or Contact number associated with the account).
Hi @ecln,
Sorry for delayed repsonse. Thanks for sending me your details.
I will run initial tests on your connection and get back to you as soon as I got the test results.
I'd like to set your expectation that I may need to arrange a call from one of our Technicians in case the issue is still the same after the initial tests.
Hi @ecln,
Initial test result shown there is no fault detected and your service is connected for 15h 14m with a passing speed on the line.
Kindly PM me your best contact number and preferred time. I will have one of our Technicians to call you for further testing.


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Bus Schedule Chihuahua to Mazatlán
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ounded by guitarist "Frenzy" in 1982, Mystery Blue would publish two albums titled Mystery Blue (1984) and Circle Of Shame (1986) and tour with Saxon, Motorhead and Def Leppard but internal problems would cause the band to split by the end of the decade. In 1996 they would reform with the membership of Vince (drums; ex-Altar), Dany (bass; ex-Time Raiders), Frenzy (guitar) and Nathalie (vocals) to release Spirit Of Your Song (1998), and their current Brand New Demo (2002) in an attempt at a comeback with a more mature attitude and sound; they are currently working on regaining the audience with touring.
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Queensland To Partner US Navy In Massive Biofuel Initiative
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Queensland's future as the biofuel hub for the Asia-Pacific has further been advanced with the signing of a high-level agreement between the Palaszczuk Government and the United States Navy.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and United States Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Management Thomas Hicks today signed a Statement of Cooperation as part of the Great Green Fleet initiative.
The Great Green Fleet is a US Navy commitment to source 50 % of fuel from renewable sources by 2020.
"This is a huge vote of confidence in our developing biofuels industry and puts Queensland in the box seat to supply the Pacific fleet." Premier Palaszczuk said.
"The partnership we have signed with the US Navy underlines the huge potential to build a new industry that will make Queensland the biofuel hub of the Asia Pacific."
"I have long been talking about the need to diversify our economy, create new industries, and lock in the next wave of long-term, export-orientated job opportunities." Premier Palaszczuk said.
"The signing of this partnership between Queensland and the US Department of the Navy is a giant stride towards reaching those goals."
Premier Palaszczuk first discussed Queensland's role in the Great Green Fleet initiative at a meeting with Mr. Hicks at the Pentagon in June last year.
"Since then, there have been significant advances in the development of an industry that I believe will be a huge player in our economic future." Premier Palaszczuk said.
The Government has dedicated almost $20 Million in four funds to stimulate key areas of the state's industrial biotechnology and bioproducts sector and launched a 10-year Roadmap to develop the industry.
"We have also been able to lure Southern Oil Refining from New South Wales and the $16 Million pilot plant they are building at Yarwun has a key role to play in this emerging giant of an industry." Premier Palaszczuk said.
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Nick was still cheating of course, but this time he was hooking up with his baby mama Keonna Necole. According to The Shade Room, their hookups resulted in Keonna get pregnant by the baller once again!
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There is so much well-deserved attention focused on the 50th anniversary of the Beatles US arrival and appearance of on The Ed Sullivan Show. But here's a bit of interesting history.
In the 1960s, when Paul McCartney was dating Jane Asher, he was often found hanging around her family's house. Asher's parents took pity on him and offered him the guest room at the top of the house as a pied-à-terre.
When McCartney wasn't on the road, he shared the room with Jane's brother, Peter Asher (pictured with McCartney below). "During that time," Peter recalls, "I got to hear songs in various states of creation which Paul played, and one of them was this unfinished song called 'World Without Love.' All he had was a couple of verses. John didn't think it was right for The Beatles. Nobody jumped on it."
Some months later, Peter got a record deal with his own group, Peter and Gordon. So Peter asked Paul if the unwanted song was still around. It was. "World Without Love" hit the top of the charts. It's one of two songs written by Lennon and McCartney to reach number one in the United States as performed by an artist other than The Beatles (the other being Elton John's version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"). Peter Asher went on to be a superstar record producer and produced successful albums for James Taylor, Cher, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Diamond, Bonnie Raitt and many others.
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Turing TestFebruary 25, 2012
"Computing and Machine Intelligence" by Alan Turing (1950) as published in Haugeland's "Mind Design II".
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This may be a long, boring one. If you don't want to read the post below, at least read the Biography above. He's concise red the father of modern computing, cracking the Nazi Enigma Code for the British in WWII effectively winning the war, or at least the security of the country. He was arrested in '52 for homosexuality, taking his own life two years after. Maybe I'll try to study up on him a little later on and write something of my own about the guy.
-Alan Turing describes the Turing Test as testing for intelligence and for thought. Turing's idea of machine intelligence is simply the perfect mimicry and imitation of humans. The machine must give the answers a judge would deem appropriate of a human and in a similar amount of time. If the machine can behave like a human it must have some intelligence.
My definition of intelligence is the propensity to learn new facts, opinions, views, etc. while thought is the function of how we use that knowledge to synthesize new ideas and give more meaning to those we already have. Thought involves the combination of ideas into new ideas and ways of understanding. So, intelligence is a necessary condition of thought. Thought is what is built from our intelligence.
If the imitation game is merely to imitate human conversation, then it is not a practical means of assessing machine intelligence under my definition of intelligence. Turing's definition is exceedingly narrow. Under his definition it would seem to be a viable means of proving machine intelligence. If my definition was held, though it may measure some degree of conversational intelligence, it would not be an adequate test of a machines true overall intelligence.
An intelligent machine might believe that were it to pass the Turing Test, people would take it apart to see how it worked. So it might intentionally fail. If a machine were to believe that, the machine would be fearing for the cessation of its own being. The possession of the knowledge of its own existence should be considered as having a personality and therefore the machine would be thinking. This reaction by the machine, though undoubtedly programmed, would be totally separate from all other human interaction and influence. Such thoughts, if able to be known by us, would be undeniable evidence of an intelligent machine.
Five of the ten judges in the First Turing Test thought that a version of Weizenbaum's program was human. So naive humans might be said to be too gullible for Turing Test purposes. Suppose the government decided to make Weizenbaum's ELIZA program vastly larger by adding more and more canned responses and developing hardware to get the machine to deliver the canned responses quickly. The resulting SUPERELIZA program, still a bag of tricks– that is, responses whose every detail was thought of by the programmers–might be thought to be intelligent even by judges who are wise to the ELIZA tricks.
The machine would still not be intelligent. While it could respond to any question posed to it, it would not be able to "think" as I defined it above. Processing a question and searching for an appropriate answer would be a repetitive machine that would have no use but answering question. Not that that's completely useless, Siri for the iPhone has many uses, including answering questions, giving directions, etc.
An intelligent cave-person might be very good at telling men from women in the imitation game, but nonetheless hopeless at telling people from machines because of lack of familiarity with technology. With such a judge, unintelligent machines- -even iPhones–may consistently pass the Turing Test. Further, it will do no good to specify that the judge be selected randomly, for in a cave-society (where everyone is unfamiliar with technology) unintelligent machines may consistently pass, and thus will be intelligent, relative to that society, according to the Turing Test conception of intelligence. Of course, an unintelligent machine such as an iPhone will be incapable of the genuine thinking that the cave people manage easily, e.g., figuring out where to find food, understanding why the fire went out, and the like. So the machine won't be genuinely intelligent, even by the standards of that society.
-The Turing Test seems to act as a sort of poll of the population to determine intelligence, which there should be a consensually agreed upon scientific definition for. If intelligence depends on the society, or the time for that matter, then we have failed at providing a true definition and test of intelligence. Something must be said about encyclopedic knowledge, however. Humans do not individually possess encyclopedic knowledge and I'm not sure if computers should be expected to possess that sort of knowledge that would be considered uniquely human. The computer should only know what is relevant at the time. If I were transported to the caveman days, I would surely be considered stupid due to my lack of practical caveman hunting and gathering knowledge and be dead in a week's time. Conversely were I too cold or quick with my answers, I may run a risk of being determined a machine.
The last two objections depend on the possibility that the judge may lack the abilities necessary to discriminate intelligent machines from unintelligent ones. Is there some way of specifying the nature of the judge so as to avoid such problems?
The depth of human intelligence cannot be truly simulated by the Turing test or any other behavioral test. Conversational intelligence, the ability to effectively communicate with a human, seems to be the only skill exercised and proven by the Turing test. If another behavioral test was to be proposed that limited itself to a single human characteristic, instead of the full breadth of human complexity, it would be too narrow to judge machine intelligence comparative to a human. A true test if behavioral would seem to need (you may want to sit down) a replicant of some sort. Yes, like Roy or Rachael in Blade Runner. For a machine to be able to fool humans across the board it must be able to empathize with a human being and perform the functions of a human in an entirely convincing manner it would have to share the experiences of a human. Just as we can't know what it is to be a bat, a machine cannot know what it is to be a human, no matter how complex and thorough the programming. When the time comes, the judge must be the general public. If the machine can assimilate itself in with the population it would almost certainly be said to replicate a human. The other option would be the 2001: Space Odyssey one. I will have to think about the Hal option and get back to you guys…


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Meals: D
Day 2: Gladiator school, the catacombs & after-hours at the Vatican Museums
Experience a close-up look at ancient Rome as you head out along the Appian Way. Your first stop is Gladiator School, where you'll not only get a fun introduction to ancient Roman history but also learn the essentials of fighting, gladiator style. Next up is a guided visit to the Catacombs of St. Callixtus where you'll learn all about the "secret language" of the early Christian symbols found throughout the underground tunnels of the Catacombs; take a look at frescoes and inscriptions that reveal clues. Have lunch at a restaurant on the Appian Way, then enjoy some free time in Rome. Tonight - a special family experience - a Tauck Bridges Exclusive after-hours, guided visit to the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel (subject to availability, day of visit may vary). See the Candelabra Gallery, Map Gallery and the Tapestries, as well as the Sistine Chapel - without crowds. You won't be rushed, you won't have to maneuver through masses of people blocking your views, and you'll be able to take your time to contemplate the inspirational and artistic treasures. Marvel at the spectacular Biblical scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which changed the course of western art and took Michelangelo four years to paint, standing on a scaffold - he had impaired vision and a serious stiff neck afterward - and see why the floor of the Sistine Chapel is almost as famous as the ceiling frescoes.
Meals: B, L
Day 3: St. Peter's Basilica, the Pantheon & the Trevi Fountain
Your day begins with a visit to the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Peter's Square, accompanied by a local guide. A walking tour takes you to the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and Trevi Fountain, where legend has it that if you turn your back, throw a coin into the fountain and wish for it, you'll return to Rome some day. Have lunch today at a local restaurant and spend the rest of the day enjoying Rome, as you please, with your family.
Meals: B, L
Day 4: From poignant Pompeii to pizza making in the countryside
Travel first class from Rome to Naples aboard a high-speed train. Upon arrival, you're off to Pompeii, which was buried in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD - take a walk through the ancient streets with a local guide. Following lunch at a local restaurant, head to Sorrento for a three-night stay. Late afternoon, drive to Agriturismo La Galatea Farm to see how olives are pressed to make olive oil and how mozzarella cheese is made. A local expert teaches you how to make your own pizza for dinner, where you'll discover the magic of Neapolitan music and learn how to dance the energetic "Tarantella." Your family will enjoy Executive Level, Sea View rooms during your stay at Hilton Sorrento Palace.
Meals: B, L, D
Day 5: To the Isle of Capri by jet boat, touring by convertible and back to Sorrento
From Sorrento, take a trip across the Gulf of Naples by high-speed jet boat to the Isle of Capri. A fabulous ride in a private convertible brings you along the cliffs of the Anacapri road, ending in the town of Anacapri. Ride a funicular to the highest point on the island before lunch in the town of Capri, and a return by high-speed jet boat to Sorrento. Late afternoon, your Tauck Director takes you on a walking tour of Sorrento; spend the rest of the day and evening with your family as you please.
Meals: B, L
Day 6: Positano, a cruise and paper making on the amazing Amalfi Coast
You're in for an exciting ride today as you drive along the Amalfi Coast - the road rises, falls, twists and turns like a roller coaster. In Positano, take a walking tour before boarding a private boat for a cruise to Amalfi. Spend some free time in the lovely medieval town of Amalfi with its labyrinth of winding streets. Return to your fabulous hotel late afternoon, and join us for a farewell reception and barbecue dinner.
Meals: B, D
Day 7: Journey home
Tour ends: Sorrento. Fly home anytime. A transfer from the Hilton Sorrento Palace to Naples Airport is included. Allow a minimum of 3 hours for your flight check-in at the airport.
Meals: B
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Thursday, 1 March 2012
Ever hear of the Book Divergent by Veronica Roth?
You may have noticed the Insurgent countdown widget on the right hand side of my blog. That is me showing my excitement for the upcoming addition to the Divergent Trilogy that is currently being written. Book one, Divergent was released in May of 2011. It is a new and exciting book series by the brand new author, Veronica Roth.
After I was finished with the Twilight series and the Harry Potter Series, I found myself looking for a replacement. I stumbled upon a recommendation for Divergent on a website dedicated to people who love to read.
This novel is about Beatrice, a sixteen year old girl, is reaching adulthood. In this dystopian society, each teenager takes an aptitude test that will tell them which faction they are the most like. Factions are what separates the societies. You are expected to choose the faction you grew up in but, if you don't, you turn away from your family forever. The five factions are; Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Beatrice never felt like she belonged to the faction she grew up in so she is faced with making the decision that could change her life forever. Secrets she discovers about herself along the way may lead to her being factionless or even dead!
Beatrice is a character I have come to love because of her inner strength and the self awareness that she has developed by the time you get to the end of the book. This is a page turning, exciting book that has left me waiting in suspense for the next installment!
So the countdown is on! On May 1, 2012, in just 60 days, the second book of the series, Insurgent is being released!
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