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"If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive."
"Shame, for women, is this web of unobtainable, conflicting, competing expectations about who we're supposed to be. And it's a straight-jacket."
-Brene Brown
I was ten years old, MAXIMUM, when I first started feeling ashamed of my body. Maybe it was all the spandex figure-skating dresses that did me in, making it so easy to compare the softness of my own tummy to the firm ones of other girls I skated with. The comparison would have come soon enough though, whether or not I had been wearing those little dresses. We all know how our culture is saturated heavy with images of "perfect" bodies… images that validate some while simultaneously shaming others.
It was my tummy that always got to me, protruding a little bit more than I was sure was acceptable. I was eleven when I discovered the magic of sucking it in. I remember walking through the cafeteria in a striped purple shirt, feeling oh-so-skinny, oh-so-beautiful, sucking in that little bit of belly fat I was so ashamed of.
I remember once during those awkward teen years my Mom telling me a story about how much I loved milkshakes when I was a toddler. She told me that story and I got mad at her. I said, "WHY DID YOU LET ME DRINK MILKSHAKES?!!?!!" I was sure I wouldn't have become so fat if she hadn't allowed me to consume so much sugar. "You're not fat!!" She would reassure me, but the thing is.. the way we perceive our bodies is so often absolutely skewed. While others described my body as slender, I was disgusted by what I saw in the mirror.
Somewhere around the age of 18 I discovered the magic of calorie counting. I know how many calories are in an egg, in a slice of bread, in an apple, an orange, a banana, a carrot, spinach, raisins, a glass of milk, a glass of soy milk, a glass of rice milk, a glass of almond milk. That's why I used to go with almond: only 60 calories. I know how many in a slice of cheese, oatmeal, popcorn, cashews, ice cream, peanut butter, honey, pasta noodles, pizza sauce, coffee. Pretty much everything I would consume. I learned that the minimum amount of calories our bodies need each day to function properly is 1,200. So I started counting everything I put into my mouth in an attempt to stop each day at that magic number (although 2,000 was a healthy amount for the lifestyle I was living.) The problem is I often failed, consuming as many as 1,500 calories a day and then absolutely LOATHING myself because of it. Every morning was a fresh start, one I would begin with two oranges (good girl!) but inevitably end with a handful of chocolate kisses or a spoonful too many of peanut butter (nasty, disgusting, horrible fat girl!) Lots of people were noticing how I was slimming down, but nobody knew about the battle going on in my head for me to achieve that skinniness.
I had put a quote on my bathroom mirror: "Women are always beautiful." -Ville Valo. Claire saw it, looked at me skeptically, and asked, "But do you actually believe that??" I didn't answer her, because no, I didn't actually believe it at all. At 132 pounds Claire told me I was "scary skinny" but I was intent on lowering those numbers on the scale even more. But then the interruption came. Missions.
There are people who move to other countries and lose all kinds of weight. I started gaining. I no longer had control over what kinds of foods I was consuming and I didn't know how many calories were in pig skin soup or lentil hot dog soup or cactus salad. More than I estimated, that's for sure! Over the past 6 years I've been dealing with these fickle 30 pounds, on and off and on and off and on, fluctuating depending on where I'm living despite my desperate attempts to control calories.
On one visit to the States I remembering having a sleepover with one of my cousins. I remember we were lying there in the dark and she started telling me about a friend of hers whom she was worried about. She was so concerned about that friend, "She counts the calories of everything she eats and then she hates herself for eating too many. Every. Single. Day. I don't know how to help her with this eating disorder."
Did she just say EATING DISORDER?!!?! I was quiet, laying there in the dark, laying there in my shock. My cousin was describing my own behavior, my own ordinary, as an eating disorder.
I went back to Mexico where my weight went down at the orphanage and then I moved to Chile and my weight climbed quickly back up, thank you Chile for your
obsession love of bread. I remember having a little breakdown in a bathroom in Pichilemu, after another starchy meal, crying and begging God, "Pleaaaaasseee God, I JUST WANT SOME SPINAAAAAACH!!!"
My calorie controlling and the hatred & shame I felt about my body became CONSUMING. So when I moved to Colombia I knew I had to make a choice. I had to choose to either keep focusing on trying to fit back into my skinny clothes or I had to give it up, and instead focus on caring for the children in front of me. I chose the kids, deciding to put my weight loss desires on the back-burner, to return to later.
But then something changed.
I stopped hating my body.
It is a miracle.
It's a miracle that I know has everything to do with all the talk that's been going on about body image over the past several years… like this synchroblog of women writing love letters to their bodies, and Taryn Brumfitt's beautiful before & after pictures, and these other famous before & after pictures, and Dove's Campaign for 'Real Beauty', and Glennon being honest about recovering from her eating disorder, and Sarah Bessey sharing her scared/sacred, and this Mom writing about "staying in the picture", and these beautiful pictures of these Momma's bodies, and these celebrity quotes on body image, and Kate Winslet getting upset about being photoshopped skinnier, and Brittany Gibbons stripping down to her swimsuit during her Ted Talk, and this Mom in her swimsuit, and Lily Myer's poem "Shrinking Women", and even Colbie Caillat taking off her makeup.
It's like… the shame can only survive in secret. The shame can only thrive in darkness. But once we let the light in, and start being honest about our insecurities… we realize we're not alone. And we realize we don't have to be ashamed anymore.
That's why I'm writing this, it's my "Me too!" to join this tidal wave of women being honest about our struggles with beauty & weight & self-hatred, because it's a tidal wave with the power to crash down upon all this shame we've allowed to become a part of us, and carry it off to sea.
My tummy is still squishy, but I'm not disgusted by it anymore. Baby Boy likes to use my tummy as a pillow, because it's warm and soft and round. J likes to use my tummy as a race-track for his cars, because it jiggles around like jello. He actually exclaims "GELATINAAAA!!!" (JELLOOOOO!!!) whenever he wraps his arms around my waist and feels the squishiness.
And I just smile.
& I agree that YES my belly feels like jello,
because I don't want my children to think my body, their bodies, anyone's body, is something to be ashamed of.
Crazy ( skinny ) dancing in Mexico & Crazy ( squishier ) colors in Colombia.
There's at least a 20 pound difference there… maybe that doesn't seem like a big deal, but to me it is… & the fact that I'm okay with it, really is a miracle.


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text: On March 16 а special visual aid room, dedicated to 203-rd anniversary of Taras Shevchenko's birth was organized by the Department of Ukrainian Studies. In the introductive speech lecturer Halyna Hlypavka stressed that Shevchenko is considered as the father of the nation, as he remembered Ukrainians about their glorious history, awakened sense of national dignity in their minds and that led our people to the state. According to Shevchenko Prize laureate Ivan Malkovych, Shevchenko's "Kobzar", always was and still remains a Constitution for Ukrainian People. Cadets had the chance to watch scientific-documentary "Kobzar" about the history of this book.


text: Last week, we broke from format to discuss San Diego Comic-con 2016, but we're back on track with Episode 8 of Nerd News Cafe. After a shenanigan filled round of Trek Wars Trivia, Matt asks us to ponder the state of modern movie creation, and Justin somehow twists a tech roll in to a discussion of gaming. Rules? Where we're going we don't need rules. Grab a frosty one, and enjoy this weeks episode of Nerd News Cafe.


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As President Muhammadu Buhari continues his vacation hundreds of Nigerians gather on the streets in Lagos and Abuja in protest tagged #IstandWithNigeria.
The massive protest against the federal government on February 6 was announced by music star 2baba Idibia.
READ ALSO: Anti-Government protest kicks off as Nigerians gather in Lagos, Abuja (photos,video)
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I WAS a customer for over 20 years. We suspended our service for 9 months, because we moved from Gilbert Az, to Columbia, S C and we're building a new home.
Up to this point all was good! We were instructed to call back by the end of September to resuspend service. We did, they told us we owed 12$ for services we didn't receive! We explained to the lady what we were told, and were not paying that charge.
She agreed, and supposedly removed it. The next day there was a charge for 175$. We called to cancel all services, my wife talked to a Sanjay, he was rude, and demeaning to her. She was near tears when she finally handed the phone to me.
She did not tell me of his attitude prior to handing me the phone. He tried it with me , I explained to him that I wanted to speak to a supervisor, he kept telling me that they could not do anything more for me then he could. I finally agreed to go through the dispute system. Now he says the charges are 240$.
It started at 175$. Things have changed since att bought them, they don't care about right or wrong ! Only the dollar, that's why we don't have phones with att, they are thieves period. We have been customers of direct tv for over twenty years.
It stopped yesterday, and we informed the other people of this. Customer service drives business, I know, I'm a service manager.
This will be the downfall of dtv. Our rental has spectrum and a better package then dtv ever has had.
Product or Service Mentioned: Directv Ultimate Tv Package.
Reason of review: Return, Exchange or Cancellation Policy.
I didn't like: Worst yet, Solution.
Run, do not get direct tv, poor programming, even worse customer service.
There are a lot of options get something better for 50-100$ a month less. We did.
My wife was called from the resolution department. She handed me the phone.
A nice lady on the other end.
We discussed what had transpired, with the previous phone call. She informed me that our conversation might be recorded. I stopped her there and asked for this to be recorded!
She was happy to do it. We discussed how I felt that there was fraud involved because of the changing prices.
She had no real explanation. And of course still wanted there money, 240$ .
I asked why customer service had gotten so bad since ATT bought them- nothing.
She did however reduce the amount from 240$ to 120$ plus tax, 132.+ change.
Better then a sharp stick in the eye, and I didn't have to fight it beyond her. Overall, very disappointed with Direct TV, we will never have it again!
I bought a very expensive data package with Suddenlink and AT&T. I'm paying over $300.00 a month combined for Internet, Cell data, and supposedly TV that is suppose to be "on the go".
As I've seen with other colleagues who travel. It's not at all on the go. And with only an iPad and a cell phone and one tv at home this seems outrageously priced. I've paid it because I'm into learning so I read many publications, educational tv when I'm home, and I have Apple Music I stream through my home surround sound system my cousin helped me install.
Budget friendly it is not. I was hoping DIrectTv could answer my need for a bit of relaxing with some fun programs while traveling.
The popular Outlander series has been removed from my tv lineup. Have to pay extra for that.


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Olive Margaret Bernier, age 92, of Boyne City, died Monday, March 12, 2012, at Grandvue Medical Care Facility.
Olive was born on Aug. 22, 1919, in Detroit, the daughter of Charles and Margaret (Smith) LaCross.
Olive lived in Ecorse and married Russell Van Horn in 1939; together they raised four sons. Olive moved to Boyne City in 1970 following Russell's death.
She then married Murray Northup who preceded her in death.
In 1974, Olive met and married Walter Bernier. Olive and Walter enjoyed 37 years doing painting, pottery, wood crafting and cooking. They were known locally and participated in many art shows.
Olive is survived by her children, Juanita, Ron (Gail), Greg (Lori), Gary (Mary Ann); stepson, Michael (Sonja) Bernier; grandchildren, Rusty (Debbie), Matt (Jennifer), Elliott, Kara, Mike, Dan, Mandy (Charles), Brian (Tanya), Catherine and Mike; five great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husbands, Russell Van Horn, Murray Northup and Walter Bernier; son, Russell; and granddaughter, Marisa.
The family would like to thank the staff at Grandvue Medical Care Facility for the outstanding care given Olive the past few years.
A private family service will be held later this spring.
Family and friends wishing to share a thought or memory of Olive are encouraged to do so online at www.stonefuneralhomeinc.com.
Stackus Funeral Home of Boyne City is serving the family.


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Category Archives: Data Management
Feb. 3, 2014 – Math (data, intervals)
We began math today in the textbook — a sample of fictitious student test data that ranged from a score of 54 to a score of 95. There were 25 pieces of data (i.e. 25 student scores in the set of data, ranging from 54 to 95).
We wondered why intervals ending in 60, 70, 80 were preferable to intervals ending in 59, 69, 79?
Is it because ending with multiples of 10 (e.g. 60, 70, 80) just seems more tidy and finished? What do you think?
We made observations about the graph in the example, which was made using the intervals 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, 81-90, 91-100.
Next, we used our observations to create Anchor Charts, one reference chart for the steps needed to create intervals out of a large set of numbers and one reference chart for the steps needed to create bar graphs using interval data.
Jan. 30/31, 2014 – First Nations Museum, Data Management
Our First Nations Museum, a new way to look at Mean in data management, and a picture from Theatre Ancaster's Stage 2 production of "Joseph" – way to go 5f student Owen L.! It was great to see you on stage, as well as 6G's Naomi B.!


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The Vision of Error: A Sextet of Activist Poems
John Kinsella
5 Islands Press, $27.95
In this remarkable set of six long, complex and many-sectioned poems, Kinsella rails against human despoliation of the planet's resources, working from a local perspective. While "mining companies rule Australia", in Western Australia it's "all extrusion and removal". The seasons falter; in "November. Shiny green growth/. . . (but) little moisture around". Harsh hakea survives while massive York gums die and "the locals" spend their time "killing, poisoning, clearing, bush- bashing,/spraying". Recalling The Waste Land, Kinsella asks: "After the warnings and the facts, what will be left?" This is not "poetry for entertainment", he writes, but it demands to be read.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Biotechnology stocks moved higher Monday, with stock of MedImmune Inc. getting a boost from the company's recent fourth-quarter earnings report.
The Amex Biotechnology Index $BTK rose 4 percent and the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index $IXBT increased 2 percent.
Shares of MedImmune climbed $1.44, or 3.3 percent, to $44.44. MedImmune MEDI, -2.27% late last Thursday reported earnings of $81.6 million, or 37 cents per share, compared with $49.4 million, or 23 cents per share, during the same quarter last year. According to First Call/Thomson Financial, analysts expected a profit of 35 cents per share.
In a note to clients, SG Cowen analyst Bill Tanner cautioned that, although fourth-quarter profits increased, MedImmune forecast that first-quarter sales of its flagship Synagis product would be up only modestly from the fourth quarter. Synagis is an injectable drug used in preventing a respiratory virus that can cause pneumonia.
But Tanner also said that Gaithersburg, Md.-based MedImmune has promising drug candidates in development. The analyst said that data about MedImmune's potential treatment for the skin disease psoriasis could be available this year and the company could start the third phase of patient testing of the drug in early 2002.
"We expect substantial activity in the development of drug candidates in MedImmune's pipeline during 2001," wrote Tanner, who rates MedImmune stock "a strong buy."
Elsewhere, shares of Cerus Corp. CERS, +2.99% increased $3.38, or 5 percent, to $71. Cerus said late last week that it and a partner, Baxter, had completed patient enrollment for the third phase of testing of a system that is designed to purify blood platelets before they are given to patients in transfusions. Typically, companies must successfully complete three phases of patient testing before they can win government clearance to sell their products.
Shares of Baxter BAX, +0.71% added 17 cents to $87.73.
Shares of Sepracor Inc. gained $1 to $71.63. Marlborough, Mass.-based Sepracor SEPR said Monday that fourth-quarter revenue climbed to $24.4 million from $12.4 million in the same period a year ago. But the company's fourth-quarter net loss widened to $73.4 million, or $1 per share, from a net loss of $60.4 million, or $0.90 per share, in the 1999 fourth quarter.


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What China's Bloggers are Saying About Bo Xilai
What the bloggers are saying is often a good source to figure out what people in China really think about the Bo Xilai scandal. The WSJ's Deborah Kan speaks to Josh Chin who has been monitoring China's outspoken blog sites.
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... the ... what I China's social media sites say about that but she lies down the line Deborah con you watching Asia Today and joined now ... by Jon stand reporter in Beijing ... the kids and Josh social media is often a kid waiting change when Chinese people really think given a Claes meaty at it in China ... so what's everyone sang about Bo Xilai ... well the rumor saying come a couple of interesting things I think ... like a post bubble with anyone would admit most of the ... people using social media in China zeroed in on the most sensational part of the story ... which ... if you are reading last night you would see him ... is the ... policy wise wife who Carlie has been detained in connection with the death ... of a British businessman named Neil Heywood ... who in the Chinese authorities are now saying it was likely murder ... um so that it is one ... of the conversation around this topic ... discussing who she is ... what role she played in this whole scandal and ... one of the existing strains of the conversation ... is does come out of ... the sort of of of gender angle and whether or not she's being unfairly scapegoat it for her ... husband's ambitions ... one of the ... biggest TV personalities in China Hong Kong were not seen a label which is a time when most popular ... microblogging site and then wrote that ... in China whenever um and something bad woman gets blamed an internet addiction older friend to a long history ... of of ... female figures who've been sort of demonize ... I including the new going back to the chin dynasty the at this and pursue Dowager secede ... um one yet it ... existing strains was ... the discussion of Neil Heywood himself ... the fact that he's a British national ... and whether or not that had anything to do with how this is all played out a lot of people asking you noted in a Chinese person with this of ever been revealed ... um and allow some soul searching about the role that the foreign foreign powers are playing ... in Chinese politics ... um in the contest and Josh is off and on a topic that their social media ... um bloggers really care lah and given the fact that link business being there in China ... now ALM so much corruption on every bubble ... is and isn't how are people reacting to the fact that ... the government is actually you know ousted Bo Xilai and has ... detained his wife aam on accusations for allegedly being connected to this murder is their sense of justice ... I'm you know to just a few economy starting with the microblogging sites is quite a bit of cynicism ... the new and if you read my blogs as in China it is just sort of bad you know one piece of bad news after another being circulated so not ... certain that I would say that Owen is one of ... but how can achieve justice ... um but that is you know there's quite a bit of discussion about the starting point of anger being expressed ... and and you know all the other hand though bless you I was a very popular politician in the DRAM populist platform and a quite a few people in China really ... really liked and admired him and thought to be whatever its flaws was ... was fighting for the common person ... so ... it's come a bit conflicted message ... how is the government and dealing with the blindside and social media and given the fact that it does have only censor ... the internet and ... the fact that I'm you know it was actually the government came and made this announcement are they being morally Neena and allowing people to actually discuss it ... we know it's a really interesting question ... throughout this entire drama censorship has been so wildly inconsistent ... when it first broke ... then ... there's the censored quite heavily when we was who I was first ... restricted to the change in the chain back in March ... he was censored and all the sudden ... it was on sensitive or loud discussed freely in and it became censored again and ... it's it's really difficult to buy and what ... sort of decisions go into what gets an ... answer to what does the gets answered in this most recent case last night but ... it ... was interesting was that this is news coming straight from the government what did the sensors were were deftly out in force and they were racing huge swaths of comments ... um and and ... taking down post ... it's ... left to right ... and and so was I mean was it you know they're clearly they did ... was a sense of the need to get this news out there but there are very very cautious about the of the conversation online are really eager to control ... OK great thanks very much John stand for joining us from Beijing


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Attend this Celtic concert, including instrumental and vocal performances, as well as an Irish dancing demonstration
Be greeted by the Lord and Lady and have afternoon tea in the drawing room of this manor that dates back to 1750
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Mausoleum of the father & the brother of the present Nawab Sahib [in the Makbara enclosure, Junagadh]
Photographer: Nelson, F.
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1895
Photograph of Baha-ud-din's Tomb or the Mahabat Mukbara at Junagadh in Gujarat, taken by the travelling commercial photographer F. Nelson in the 1890s from the Lee-Warner Collection: 'Photographs of Junagadh'. From the early 18th century Junagadh was ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty, established in c.1735 by Sher Khan Babi. Their tombs, known as maqbara, are situated in enclosures within the city walls in two groups dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, and are some of the most extraordinary and unusual buildings in Gujarat. This is a view of the mausoleum of the Nawabs Mahabat Khan II (r.1851-1882) and Bahadur Khan III (r.1882-1892), father and brother of the Nawab Rasul Khan (r.1892-1911). It has a finely carved façade crowned with clusters of onion domes. Next to it on the left is a mosque.


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It is always difficult to go back to my normal routine at home after the holidays. I keep looking at pictures and videos with my husband of our great days in Corfu, and one of the many things we miss is the food. The first time I tried Greek food was in a restaurant in England long time ago and I liked it very much. So in Corfu I forgot about the diet, all I wanted was to experience the Greek gastronomy.
One of the things I loved was the variety of fresh products, like fruit, fresh sea food, the famous feta cheese and the olive oil. Most people have houses with massive gardens where they have olive trees and lemon trees. So it is common to see people selling their own products and put a sign at the front door.
If you are a sea food lover like me then Corfu island has so many good restaurants that offer sea food, especially in Paleokastritsa where my husband had this huge plate with deep fried sea food. The plate was big enough for two people, served with fresh lemon, and it had calamari, sea bass, king prawns, white bait, it was amazing!. My husband shared his plate with me and I also ordered something typical from the island. Our tour guide suggested something called 'Sofrito' and its a dish made of beef marinated in lots of garlic, white wine, condiments and herbs. It was served with white rice and I absolutely loved it. Something you see in the menus a lot is the Moussakas and lamb based casseroles. There is pasta dishes and pizzas for children, as well as 'Gyros' which is like a doner kebab, it is pita bread stuffed with pork, tzatziki sauce and chips. This is one of the children favourite.
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Greeks are very good at baking cakes, and when passing near a bakery I would always be tempted to get desserts like lemon pie, custard pie, rice pudding and baclava.
Corfu has it's own speciality liqueur called Kumquat which is made of mini Chinese oranges, brought from far away Asia and grown in Greek soil. Also there is a liqueur called Ouzo which is made with anise seeds. Kumquat and Ouzo are often served as aperitif at dinner time. We did a tour around Corfu and we visited a Kumquat shop where we tried a few liqueurs and decided it would be a nice gift for the family so we brought some bottles back home.
I cant wait to go back to Greece and next time would be to explore another island. Thank you beautiful Greece!.


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"We've certainly taken a lot of confidence from our results recently but we're taking nothing for granted as there's still a lot of work to be done," the 25-year-old said ahead of tomorrow's visit of Cowdenbeath.
"I think clubs are beginning to panic now with the Lowland League and the play-offs as teams can't afford to be relegated. But it's never nice to see any manager lose his job and I was surprised at the decision to let him [Hegarty] go. Having played against Montrose twice this season I think they have been one of the hardest teams to beat. They've had some really good results against Forfar, ourselves and Annan so I think he was doing a good job. But I just think that boards and committees don't want to contemplate relegation. "We always said the first quarter of the season was going to be a learning curve for us all," he continued. "When you play local football you know the guys your coming up against week in week out but that changes when you move up divisions. We're doing a lot of video analysis so we can learn from our mistakes."
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"To see ourselves off the bottom, though, would be a huge boost to us all. There's only five points between ourselves and Berwick, who are up in fifth so it is really tight. We've just got to stay in the pack for as long as we can and hopefully come the summer we'll still be a League Two club."
Stobie has made the No. 1 position his own since taking over from Calum Antell towards the end of September and is targeting his fourth consecutive clean sheet tomorrow.
"I'm pleased with my form but it's a team effort at Edinburgh City," he explained. "I was down at the Under-20s game on Monday night as Calum was playing so I was there to support him. We try and get the best out of each other in training and take that into the games. Fortunately, I've got the jersey and at the moment and I want to hold onto it. But Gary might want to change that up next week and if he does I'll support Calum 100 per cent.
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Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) said Thursday he'll attempt to force a vote on a bill that would extend protections for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as minors.
When he returns to Washington next week, Coffman said he'll file what's known as a "discharge petition" to force action on his proposal, known as the BRIDGE Act. If he can convince a majority of the House — 218 members — to join him, the House will be required to take up the measure later in September.
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Coffman's rarely used gambit comes amid reports that President Donald Trump may roll back an Obama-era program meant to protect undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors. The program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, has shielded about 800,000 immigrants from deportation and provided work permits.
"#DACA participants grew up here, went to school here, and should be allowed to stay here. The time has come to take action," Coffman tweeted.
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Coffman's call is likely to draw support from Democrats, as well as other Republicans who have previously backed measures to protect those undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as minors. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump called for eliminating the program, but he backed off shortly after winning the election. This week, his administration indicated he was reviewing the program and hadn't yet decided what to do.
Trump said in February that he intended to deal with DACA enrollees "with heart."
Coffman is also one of the more vulnerable Republicans in the House. Democrat Hillary Clinton won his district by a 50-41 margin.


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Stephen posted a topic in EffectsHey all, I been messing with some grains and loving the speed but I ran into a slow down on the meshing side of things. I'm doing some wacky fractured objects so I am having to iterate over each piece and point deform them separately. Once you start working with upwards of 100 pieces the point deforms grind to a halt. I am hoping someone has a trick that would speed this up or point out the obvious mistakes in my workflow that will unleash the speed! grainsTest_v001.hip
Redshift: .rs proxy of lights?
Stephen replied to Stephen's topic in Lighting & RenderingInteresting, thanks for the info! It was not super clear in the redshift houdini docs that I was able to archive all the things in a RS proxy. It only mentioned " The Redshift ROP nod has - The tools to export objects or scenes as Redshift Proxy files."
Redshift: .rs proxy of lights?
Stephen posted a topic in Lighting & RenderingWhat are the benefits/applications to creating an .rs proxy of a light? I only ask because I did not realize I was creating an .rs proxy of my object and the light in my scene when I created my archive. I realize now that I just have to check on the "export only selected objects" and it will exclude the light. It would have saved me a few hours of digging if that was checked on by default. Thoughts?
Thats great! I need to start postings over at redshift. @atom I just did a really quick test and it looks like the instancefile attribute takes priority over the instance attribute. So you shouldn't be getting duplicates.
Hi Atom, I attached the solve. Unfotunatly .bgeo is not supported when using instancefile. @Sepu fix works as well. The .rs file takes the place of the .bgeo The key is in the OUT context. In the file attached I have separated out the steps. It seems like redshift has combine the rop for rendering and exporting their (proxy)geometry. So set up one rop to cache out the .rs file/s and another rop to render the image. I attempted to cache the .rs file with a ROP Output Driver but it did not work. There must be some magic behind the Redshift ROP. rs_instance_v002.hip
solved... Just had to export the .rs proxy file from Redshift ROP > Archive tab. Now instancefile is working is working. Would be great if that was broken out like the Geometry ROP.
using instancefile with redshift?
Stephen posted a topic in Lighting & RenderingIm just getting into redshift and I have been googling around try to figure out if using the instancefile att is possible. I would like to instance files off disk so that I can have control over the frame of the cache that I'm instancing. I set up this simple test scene so feel free to take a look and point out what I have missed. Thanks, Stephen rs_instance.hip
F.E.M. stretch using constraints
Stephen replied to Waasha's topic in EffectsSounds like what you are looking for is the "cloth attach constraint". You can find it on the cloth shelf as "attach to body", it will work with FEM.
The Plan
Stephen replied to Jason's topic in HDK : Houdini Development KitSet your RBD fractured objects "Group Mask" to read in just your pieces (in your case large_*). For your ground go to your RBD object under the Physical tab uncheck "Compute Mass" and set your "Mass" to 0 hope that helps -S
Hi Odforce, I am just about finished up my study at Vancouver Film School. I am in a six month Houdini program under the instruction of Ray Corbett. I would like to share the work that I have been doing here with the community. You can see my reel at www.wagnervfx.com I guess ill give a short rundown of how I created each piece. The intro clouds are i3d volumetric renders, the tree is all procedurally created using l-systems, and the last piece is created with sprites and dynamics. I would like to thank the community for helping me create some of these pieces. Especially for those of you who have shared there knowledge of l-systems. I would also like to thank Ray Corbett, Mark Story, and the class of HD05 for all their help and guidance. Questions, comments, and crits welcome. Cheers, Stephen
lsystem animation
Stephen replied to Stephen's topic in EffectsFix it. ..kind of. For those of you who are interested. I just animated the generations of the other lsystems.
lsystem animation
Stephen posted a topic in EffectsThe problem that I have run into is that as the tree grows the branches pop in instead of for lack of a better word lsys_smalltree.hip SEW_elsystem.otl
Camera Projection tutorial fixed.
Stephen replied to Symbolic's topic in Lounge/General chatAwesome! Thanks Symbolic can't wait to give it a read.
Effects Animation Reel
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Vac Pots blow my mind
About twenty years ago somehow I came across a place in Little Tokyo called "Focus, Salon De Cafe", how? I have no idea. It was a Japanese coffee house hiding inside a building with no visible entrance and a very secret clientele of coffee officiandos drinking $4 cups of coffee years before Starbucks ever ever considered charging that much. As I say on my coffee page, it is still listed, but I have not gone there to see if it is still really there.
What was their gimmick? Vac Pots.
At the time I had no idea what vacuum siphon coffee brewing was about, I only knew that the coffee at Focus Salon was unlike anything I had ever had.
20 years later and after many close calls buying my own Vac Pot I stumble onto what might be the best cup of coffee in LA at balcony cafe.
cafe balcony (they use all lower case in their logo, does that mean I should as well?) with it's innocent and deceptive sign reading merely "Cafe" is across the street from "My Gym" where my five year old son Jack goes every Tuesday between 3:45pm and 4:30pm for a work out. I have often thought, oh I sure would like to get a snack over there and see what it was all about, but crossing Wilshire Blvd at junction of Centinela always seemed to be more than I could handle.
The other day all that changed.
I walked into cafe balcony and I was immediately fascinated by what was going on in the place. It just had a good vibe. As I got closer to the counter I shook my head in disbelief, because what I thought I was taking into my field of view were Vac Pots. Lots of 'em. I was a little nervous, like I wanted that moment to last as long as possible. The anticipation and the discovery of whether or not this place was actually going got make me a vacuum siphoned cup of coffee. Well, I am not going to beat around the bush, as soon as Ray the proprietor excused himself for being low on beans, I ordered a $2.50 cup of coffee, siphon style.
I went back to my car, got my glasses, my camera and the Wall St. Journal and came back to the most amazing cup of coffee I have had since the Focus Cafe, and this time it is right here on the West Side of Los Angeles.
After thoroughly enjoying that cup I got into a great conversation with Ray regarding many aspects of coffee brewing, drinking, roasting and storage. The conversation lead to an new level of obsessive do-it-yourself coffee mayhem when he started telling me about roasting your own beans using the West Bend Poppery air popcorn popper as outlined in this article here.
Clearly I had found a place that I felt a comfort in and a familiarity with. And yes I am now considering when and where I will start the process of roasting my own beans, but of course before all of that I have to buy a Hario Vac Pot (which are getting harder to locate even online) and wouldn't you know, Ray has 'em, brought back from Taiwan by traveling freinds where they are easy to pick up.
Alas, Cafe Balcony only takes cash. I am getting one very soon.
There is a coffee god.
cafe balcony
12431 Rochester Ave
West Los Angeles, CA 90025
Open till midnight daily, that is pretty cool as well.
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War Junk 's fourth season is a two-part event. The Canadian-produced series hosted by historian David O'Keefe and history buff and filmmaker Wayne Abbott, tells the stories of legendary battlefields by the objects of war left behind, and the emotional reunions as they connect the past with the present by locating surviving family members connected to battlefield artifacts. This season, the War Junk team investigates Operation Market Garden, one the largest airborne operations ever attempted and the inspiration for the epic war movie A Bridge Too Far, and the Rhineland Campaign, which marked the first Allied push into Nazi Germany that culminated with the crossing of the Rhine River, the last barrier to the heart of Hitler's empire.
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Canon EOS M2 : Tests and Reviews
Canon EOS M2 Review
Canon EOS M2 review: Incremental upgrade
Introduction Canon was the last of the major manufacturers to introduce a mirrorless model, but rather than shy away from smaller size sensors the EOS M used the same APS-C size CMOS sensor found in the EOS Rebel range of DSLRs. In fact the EOS M adopted the same 18-Mpix CMOS sensor as the Rebel T4i (EOS 650D) and introduced a small number of lenses adopting a new, smaller EF-M lens mount. Announced late last year (December, 2013), the EOS M2 has been updated with the same Hybrid CMOS II sensor as the company's Rebel SL1 (100D).
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Five years after their first mirrorless M-series camera, the sixth generation of the Canon M has arrived — the EOS M6. Boasting similar internal specifications to its sister model, the EOS M5, the EOS M6 features a 24Mp APS-C sensor, Dual Pixel CMOS autofocus, Canon's latest Digic 7 processing engine, and 1080/60p video.
Launched in October 2015, the Canon EOS M10 is a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (hybrid) featuring an 18Mp APS-C sensor. Replacing its predecessor, the EOS M2, the new EOS M10 sits behind the higher-resolution 24.2Mp EOS M3 in the current Canon hybrid lineup.
The Nikon 1 J5 is the latest iteration of the 1-series mirrorless J-range models aimed at what the maker calls "everyday" users. Read on to find out how well the sensor in this new model performs.
Canon has announced a third-generation model of its mirrorless hybrid M range, cunningly named the EOS M3. Boasting features filtered down from Canon's new entry-level DLRs, including a 24.2Mp APS-C sensor, together with a redesigned shell for improved handling, has Canon delivered a hybrid camera that will excite enthusiasts?
The new Panasonic GM5 sits alongside the existing GM1 as Panasonic's ultra compact hybrid camera and features a 16Mp FourThirds CMOS sensor. The introduction of the GM5 offers consumers a super small hybrid with the addition of a built-in electronic viewfinder (EVF) and hotshoe, which were absent on the GM1. With price tags of $898 for the GM5 and $747 for the GM1, is the latest model worth the extra money? Let's take a look at the sensor scores to find out.
Canon was the last maker to introduce a mirrorless camera to the market and after something of a false start with EOS M, the company has released an update with the same Hybrid CMOS II sensor as the company's Rebel SL1 (100D). Read on to find out how the new, Asia only, EOS M2 performs.


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text: squatpuke Posted July 14, 2007 . . So I ordered some Rental Fat Bars, Ricky Carmichael High Bend. They were on backordered at Rocky Mtn for like 2 months (serious). Finally, after emailing every 2 weeks, they said my order had shipped. When I took the stock bars off and compared to what came IN MY CORRECTLY LABELED Rental box (that is, RC HIGH) the bars look VERY close to the same size as the stockers. I didn't think much of it (the RSW Triple added some serious height and I MIGHT just happy with the way it is) but I was at the local motorcycle dealer and saw a REAL pair of RC High Fat bars in the box and they are VASTLY different than what was sent to me...much, much higher. My delimma is this...do I go through the hassle of contacting RM to tell them of this issue....go through the hassle of removing the bars..(not too bad)...accept the risk that the RC HIgh bar may just be too TALL? Or just take in the a$$ and be happy? I guess I'm just pissed that I waited 2 months with a backorder and then they shipped me the wrong handlebars....infact, it makes me wonder if they just didn't stick another pair in a box to fill my backorder...(oddly the end of the Fat Bar box does say RC High..so I don't get it?). There seems to be an ID number on the bar itself...shouldn't it identify which bar I really got? Thanks for listening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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A vhaerath was a creature created by Vhaeraun from one of his petitioners. They were used by the deity as servants on Toril.[1]
A vhaerath always looked like a drow, with the difference of having a completely black body and equipment. A common vhaerath had basic skills with weapons.[1]
Petitioners of any deity lost all of their memories and skills in life and even some of their innate abilities, like the drow's innate magical abilities.[4] Vhaeraths were different. While they didn't have the standard qualities of a petitioner of the Demonweb Pits, what they had were their memories of their lives, skills aquired over their lives and their innate abilities as drow. They also had some added abilities in stealth from Vhaeraun. They were good at hiding and sneaking, and their abilities to hide increased when they were in shadow.[1]
A vhaerath could be intentionally called with the summon monster II spell by a person who was a divine caster of Vhaeraun who had read the notes about vhaeraths in the Obsul Ssussun.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Sean K. Reynolds (2004-08-18). Obsul Ssussun, "The Door to Light". Magic Books of Faerûn. Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved on 2016-05-19.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual 3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 103. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rob Heinsoo, Logan Bonner, Robert J. Schwalb (September 2008). Forgotten Realms Player's Guide. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-7869-4929-8.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Rich Redman, James Wyatt (April 2002). Deities and Demigods. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 55. ISBN 0-7869-2654-6.


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Okay, the name of this show has been bothering me for a while and I thought maybe someone here could help me out. I do not know how long ago this show played, could have been 10 or more years ago by now. Seems like shows I like seem to get cancelled. I think they will be back after the first season and they disappear and then I forget their name. So, some things that I remember from it are:
several people had "powers", changed into different beings
seems like the "team" would get a task to do
I think to get to their "hide out"/organization they went underground
seems like one of the beings was an elf, or short person or something like that
I want to say that one of the guys got involved with a person that ended up being a spider, or something like that
on one of the shows someone ended up getting locked up in a cell indefinately
Okay, was it all in my imagination or does anyone else remember a show with any of this stuff in it?
Special Unit 2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268094/
Thank you very much - looks like that is definately the show - appreciate your help.
Your welcome.