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OnePlus is minutes away from launching its next-generation OnePlus 6 phone at an event in London. The launch event starts precisely at 9.30PM IST and India Today Tech will be present at ground zero reporting on all the major announcements that OnePlus has in store for us. A lot about the OnePlus 6 has already been teased by OnePlus itself, and a lot more has leaked via the World Wide Web. OnePlus co-founder and CEO Carl Pei, will however give the full picture on Wednesday, formally launching the OnePlus 6 for global markets including India.
The India Today Tech team is at the event, and is going to bring you the live updates as Carl Pei reveals the phone. The updates appear after the break here. The most recent updates will be on top.
Update: "We hope you will love OnePlus 6," says Pei. And that is a wrap. For India price of the phone, wait for the India launch that is happening tomorrow.
Update: OnePlus 6 goes on sale from May 22. The Silk White variant will be available from June 5. The OnePlus 6 start at $529, Euros 519 and Pound 469. For now no details about India price. That will be announced tomorrow during the India launch. Also, OnePlus 6 will be available in India from Chroma.
Update: OnePlus 6 comes with improved camera, says Pei. The OnePlus 6 main camera has 16-megapixel image sensor. It also comes with a larger image sensor, made by Sony. This is IMX 519, which is 19 per cent bigger than the sensor in the OnePlus 5T. It helps in clicking low-light photos. The dual-camera module, as noted from the OnePlus 6 images, has been retained. And Pei says that the Portrait mode is now faster and comes with a few new effect. It also comes with Slow-Mo mode of 480FPS. And there is a new software update coming that will add Portrait Mode to the front camera of the OnePlus 6.
OnePlus 6 comes with an inbuilt video editor. "So look forward to see what users create with the OnePlus 6 camera," says Pei.
Update: To ensure that OnePlus phones work as intended, the company tests them thoroughly. So thoroughly, says Pei, that the tests they started on the OnePlus 3 haven't stopped yet. For 700 days the tests are running on that phone, says Pei.
Update: Speed is apparently very important to OnePlus. Pei is now talking about how his company wants to create phones that should not slow down with use. Dash Charging now gives "a day's power in half an hour". It's also fast because of the good core hardware. As noted earlier, the phone comes with top class Snapdragon 845 processor. It also comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage and hardware that supports network speed of 1gbps. Also, OnePlus 6 will get fast updates and it is already part of the Android P beta software.
Update: OnePlus 6 comes in three finishes. Mirror Black, which is shiny. There is Silk White and the Midnight Black too. Midnight Black has a matte finish. Getting this finish was a challenge, says Pei. Silk White will not be available at the launch, but will come to market in three weeks, says Pei. he talks about how each finish reflect the light in a different way. "We believe this is our boldest design work ever," says Pei.
Update: OnePlus 6 comes with a new design that uses glass back. Each glass sheet goes through 40 steps to achieve the kind of perfection that OnePlus wants. "Crafted without compromise" says OnePlus. All of this is nice but also keep in mind that there are some other phones too that come with all metal and glass design. And they too look quote nice, although the build quality of the OnePlus 6 looks fantastic.
Update: "With OnePlus 6, we focussed on speed. This is the fastest OnePlus phone ever," says Pei. It comes with Snapdragon 845 processor, up to 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Also comes with the largest screen in a OnePlus phone ever. 6.28 inches to be precise.
Update: OnePlus 6 launched. Pei says that they are also launching the wireless earphones but fear not, the OnePlus 6 still comes with a headphone jack. Loud cheers at the event venue. People apparently love their headphone jack.
Update: The Bullets Wireless will cost $69, Euros 69 and Pound 69. Available from June 5. That is a ridiculously good price. For now no details of the India price.
Update: Pei is showing a blind test video in which audiophiles are talking about the sound coming from the Bullets Wireless earphones. "Compliment the chef," one of the listeners says.
Update: Wow! Bullets Wireless supports Dash Charging. Charge them for 10 minutes and get 5 hours of listening time. "Pretty amazing right," says Pei. The Bullets Wireless comes with Energy Tube (OnePlus marketing name for some unique design of the earphones) that helps these earphones deliver great sound quality, according to Pei.
Update: OnePlus is focussed on only creating quality products. "Now let's look forward and talk to about the first product of the day," he says. Okay, it's not the phone. OnePlus is today launching wireless earphones. All aluminium buds. 9.2mm drivers. It's called OnePlus Bullets Wireless. The Google Assistant is supported.
Update: In an Apple-like manner, Pei starts by talking about his company's success in 2017. OnePlus 5 at a time sold at the rate 7000 units per minute. In India, OnePlus 5 was the best selling phone on Amazon India until it was replaced by OnePlus 5T, he says.
Update: Carl Pei is on the stage. "What's up London?" OnePlus is launching not one but two new products today, he says.
Update: OnePlus believes that the OnePlus 5 was its most complete phone. At least Carl Pei, who is going to do the keynote, believes so. Let's hope OnePlus 6 is similar, especially now when the competitors have started to take note of OnePlus and its success. Just yesterday, Huawei launched the Honor 10.
Update: Okay, "everybody ensure your phones are on silent". The announcement has been made so event is about to start. Let's see what is there in the OnePlus 6.
Update: Another 10 minutes to go. In its pre-roll video, OnePlus is also highlighting how it always talks to its fans. For example, it holds OnePlus Open ear forums across the world where it meets the OnePlus users.
Update: This is an interesting video that OnePlus is showing at the OnePlus 6 launch event in London. It talks of how going forward, the big aim for OnePlus is to be a consistent performer. and Carl Pei is talking again and again about how "we got cocky" with the OnePlus 2 and that was not nice. So basically the idea seems to be that remind yourself of your mistakes again and again so you don't repeat them.
Update: Also, while you wait for the OnePlus 6 launch, check out everything we know about the phone, top features that are expected in it, the India plan for the OnePlus 6, when it launches in India, and at what price. All the details here...
This is OnePlus 6 and here is everything we know about it
Update: Ahead of the launch, OnePlus is showing a pre-recorded video in which the company co-founder Carl Pei is talking about OnePlus journey so far. There have been glorious moments so far, and some slip ups to. Basically Carl is talking about the same things he said in November during the OnePlus 5T launch, including how the company made mistakes with the OnePlus 2.
You can read more about those statements here
Update: It's full house for the OnePlus here at its London even where the company is going to launch the OnePlus 6.
Update: Rumours and details shared by OnePlus reveal that the OnePlus 6 will have an all-glass and metal design with a notch up-front. It will be powered by Qualcomm's latest and greatest Snapdragon 845 processor and at least one of its variant will ship with 256GB storage. The OnePlus 6, more importantly, will be focusing a great deal on cameras, and an upgrade to OnePlus' Dash Charging may also be on the cards.
Disclaimer: The reporter's travel and stay for this event in London have been arranged by OnePlus.


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A paranoid schizophrenic who pointed an imitation firearm at police investigating reports he was displaying bizarre behaviour at his north Belfast home has been jailed.
Mark John Page was handed a two-and-a-half year sentence and will spend a year in prison, with the remainder on licence.
Belfast Crown Court heard that following reports the 30-year-old was standing in the street wearing knuckle-dusters and a bulletproof vest, officers arrived at his Westland Gardens home just after 10.30pm on March 6 last year.
Police were informed that Page was acting 'off his head' and was seen trying and failing several times to start a motorbike parked in his front garden, which caused him to fall and hit his head.
There were also reports he was standing in the street using threatening language and hitting his head off walls – and at one stage he went back into his house then came back out again wearing a crash helmet.
When police arrived Page refused them access, but officers looked through the living room window and noted the room was ransacked and the kitchen window was smashed.
Crown prosecutor Kate McKay said police saw Page with his back against the kitchen wall, then observed him going upstairs. She said: "He came down a short time later with a rifle."
Page then pointed the imitation firearm out into the street, causing both police and neighbours to take cover.
He made his way out the front of his house with his hands in the air, and was handcuffed, arrested and taken to the Mater Hospital due to concerns about what he was under the influence of.
When he was interviewed the following day, he said that while he had no recollection of the previous evening, he believed police were trying to stitch him up in order to steal his guns.
He also said his neighbours were making things up about him because they didn't like him and that his house had been vandalised.
Ms McKay said: "His account changed several times throughout the interview."
Defence barrister Richard McConkey revealed his client has suffered from mental health difficulties and has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia – which he said was reflected in Page's paranoid claims that police were after him to take away his legally held air rifles.
Mr McConkey also revealed that the bizarre behaviour displayed by his client on the evening in question was part of the "enduring mental health illness this man has suffered".
Urging Judge Miller to display leniency to allow Page to get the help he requires in the community, Mr McConkey said "the place for people with mental health disorders such as this is not jail". He added society would benefit better from Page being treated for his difficulties.
The defence barrister also revealed that on the evening in question, Page had "taken drink which he shouldn't have done" as it does not mix with his medication.
Sentencing Page, Judge Miller spoke of the defendant's dysfunctional upbringing, which included violence against him.
The judge also spoke of a man who was isolated from his community, whose passion in life was motorbikes and scramblers and who was a member of a soft air club in Co Antrim.
Jailing Page, Judge Miller said the longer period on licence was to allow him to address his mental health issues and access any community-based treatment programmes.
During the hearing, it emerged that half of Page's 28 criminal convictions arose from the same fatal incident in July 2006 which claimed the life of 22-year-old Darryl Faulkner.
In November 2008, Page was jailed for eight years and banned from driving for 15 years for a series of charges including causing the death of Mr Faulkner by dangerous driving.
Belfast Crown Court heard that in the early hours of July 11, 2006 Page hijacked his father's car at knifepoint and was seen driving dangerously around north Belfast.
He then hijacked a second vehicle from a female motorist and abandoned his father's Suzuki Swift.
After stealing petrol from a filling station in Newtownabbey a four-hour police chase using both vehicles and a helicopter then ensued around north Belfast, during which officers deployed stingers.
Page managed to avoid the first stinger on the Upper Hightown Road, but drove into a second one, and swerved into the wrong lane before crashing into a police Land Rover – killing his front seat passenger Mr Faulkner.

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If the Bible is supposed to teach us what and what is not proper when it comes to sex, you'd have to say the person whose sexual behavior is considered least proper is....
Jesus does not have sex. In fact, to suggest such a thing or, way worse, depict it, is in some circles tantamount to publishing a Mohammed cartoon. When "The Last Temptation of Christ" came out in 1988, a film that included a fantasy sequence of Jesus and Mary Magdalene passionately coupling, a theater in Paris was set on fire by ultra-conservative Christians and, as a result, 13 people were burned, 4 severely.
This awful thing apparently happened before the invention of international freedom-of-speech solidarity marches. It would have been something, though, back in the day, to hear hundreds of thousands from all creeds and countries walking down the Champs-Élysées arm-in-arm shouting, "Je Suis Kazantzakis"!
Sex is the one big arena (or maybe the biggest of big arenas) where the popular question "What Would Jesus Do?" isn't the least bit helpful. At least for contemporary sensibilities and needs to know.
Jesus would never have sex. Never ever. Never ever ever ever ever ever. Ever.
Actually, Jesus may have had sex. Chances are Jesus was married. Most Jewish men of his time were. Some say the "Wedding at Cana" account in John 2 is actually a scene from Jesus' own nuptial celebration. Could be. Who knows?
The point is, for the purposes of what scripture wanted to tell us about Jesus and his mission, his life between the sheets was completely irrelevant, maybe even intentionally disregarded.
Why would that be? Is sex bad? Well, in New Testament thinking, the answer would probably be "yes," but not for the reasons we're probably at present assuming.
To reiterate what I wrote in a previous blog (St. Paul Visits SCOTUS), Jesus was all about announcing and modeling The Kingdom of God -- beloved community whose most stunning and significant characteristic was that it had nothing to do with bloodlines, gender, class, appearance or anything else that might result from sexual activity (and its consequence, procreation). The Kingdom of God is propagated by those born from above, not from…"down there." It doesn't at all matter where you come from, we're all a vital part of God's family!!
Don't then dilute this liberating message with stories of actual baby-making the Son of Man may or may not have done. Or of behavior that may lead to the making of babies.
In fact, the closest thing we find to a "romantic Jesus" in ancient Christian writing is in the gnostic document known as "The Gospel of Philip." This is a text believed to have been written in the 3rd century AD but not discovered until 1945 in a cave near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt. While the Gospel of Philip never made it into the New Testament canon (for any number of reasons), chances are it was sacred to the "Philip Community," one of what seems to be many early Christian groups.
One of the stunning pronouncements in the Gospel of Philip is that Jesus considered Mary Magdalene his special "companion" and that he (according to the parchment) "loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on her […]." [64] D'oh! Wouldn't ya know it, just when we're going to learn where Jesus kissed her the next part of the page is either ripped away or completely illegible. D'oh!!
This acknowledgement of Mary's "companionship" with Jesus and her receipt of his kisses (wherever on her body they may be) form the basis of the celebrated claim made in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" that from the beginning the Church, in the interest of preserving patriarchy, went to great lengths to cover up the fact that Jesus and Mary Magdalene scandalously promoted the "Sacred Feminine" by marrying, living as equals, and enjoying a healthy sex life.
However, if one reads the Gospel of Philip closely, they'll realize what Jesus and Mary are said to be doing, in their most intimate, climactic moment of ecstatic connection is…more like a Vulcan mind-meld.
Even our much less salacious letters of Paul talk about how Christians are to greet one another with a kiss (2 Cor. 13:12; Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20; 1 Thess. 5:26). We're not talking about something leading up to heavy petting. Rather, it's a sharing of God's breath, God's Spirit.
In fact, before noting Jesus kissed Mary (on her whatever), the Gospel of Philip emphasizes...
"The heavenly man has many more sons than the earthly man. If the sons of Adam are many, although they die, how much more the sons of the perfect man, they who do not die but are always begotten. … It is from being promised to the heavenly place that man receives nourishment […] him from the mouth. And had the word gone out from that place it would be nourished from the mouth and it would become perfect. For it is by a kiss that the perfect conceive and give birth. For this reason we also kiss one another. We receive conception from the grace which is in one another." [59
I can't but help imagining a date night for Jesus and his "companion" Mary, might have consisted of an evening of passionate debate (as the Early Desert Fathers were wont to do) over a hypothetical conundrum, like "What would do if you saw a man commit a murder and he flees to your cell and when the police ask 'Do you know where the murderer went?' you can either lie or hand him over to killed?" Then the lovebirds walk along the Jordan as Jesus picks up a stick and says "How many ways is the Kingdom of God like this stick?"
They brainstorm for an hour or two on that, and then it's a few nibbles of bread and fish that fill them like a feast and off they go to the outskirts of town to enjoy prayer time with strangers.
At the end of the evening, as Jesus leads Mary to the front of her tent, they look at one another and think the very same thing:
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back This Saturday
LOS ANGELES - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide. The service is free of charge, no questions asked.
America is presently experiencing an epidemic of addiction, overdose and death due to abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioid painkillers. 6.4 million Americans age 12 and over-2.4 percent of the population-abuse prescription drugs, according to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health released last month, more than abuse cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine combined. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms. The majority of prescription drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet.
Last April, during its 11th Take Back Day, the DEA Los Angeles Field Division, which encompasses seven counties in the greater Los Angeles area, the States of Nevada and Hawaii, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana (CNMI), took in 33,801 pounds of medication as part of the effort. Nationwide, DEA and over 4,200 of its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners collected 893,498 (about 447 tons) of unwanted prescription drugs at almost 5,400 collection sites. Since the program began six years ago, about 6.4 million (about 3,200 tons) of drugs have been collected. That's more than a quarter pound of pills for each of the 25 million children aged 12 to 17 in America, pills that won't result in abuse or overdose.
The public can find a nearby collection site by visiting www.dea.gov, clicking on the "Got Drugs?" icon, and following the links to a database where they enter their zip code. Or they can call 800-882-9539. Only pills and other solids, like patches, can be brought to the collection sites-liquids and needles or other sharps will not be accepted.


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There's nothing I love more than getting dressed up for the day. I treasure my morning hours, sometimes afternoon hours when I'm feeling a bit worn out from the pregnancy!, where I can sit down and get myself primped and ready for the day ahead. Some days though call for a more relaxed and laid back feeling, but still not sacrificing any style points. I've lived in these white skinny jeans all spring and summer long. They're such a nice alternative to dark denim and really brighten up an outfit. This beige top from Triple Thread OC feels so lightweight and comfortable for those warm summer days. I love how easily I can move around in it and the versatility of it. While it is not specifically a pregnancy top, it is definitely very pregnancy friendly. I was never a big sneaker person either and in fact, I purposely would not wear them, opting for flats instead. Once I found the cute styles that Keds offer though, I was completely hooked. Who could pass up this pretty mint shade?!
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My mother still can't believe I ever joined a sorority. I was the young tomboy who wore baseball caps with my long ponytail hanging out the back. I vowed never to wear a skirt or carry a purse. The girl friends I had growing up generally turned out to be catty drama llamas or straight-up bitches (with a few special exceptions). I surrounded myself mostly with guy friends in high school and laughed in people's faces when they asked me if I was "going Greek" in college. Yeah. Right.
Fast forward to my junior year when I transferred to Sonoma State from my community college and suddenly I was in a different reality. Granted, I had matured and had a few more girls in my life who set a better example of what female friendships could be like, but I still wasn't interested in this so-called "sisterhood." I was, however, interested in having a strong network and showing philanthropic efforts on my resume for my post-grad life – whatever those things might do for me was still a question.
Looking back, sure, sorority life brought me great friends and definitely had its fun "movie moments" (a.k.a. bad decisions), but most importantly, it taught me many valuable business and life lessons…
1. Learn to laugh at yourself ... because you will embarrass yourself.
It is a certainty that at some point, you will do something completely dumb. Maybe it's putting your foot in your mouth in an important meeting or walking out of the bathroom with your dress tucked into your underwear. Find a way to laugh about it, shake it off and keep going.
2. You are your letters.
My sisters and I were known as being members of our sorority (or at least Greek) everywhere we went, whether or not our bodies, books, bags or cars were adorned with Greek letters … and the same is true now in business. People associate me with my company, and my company with me. If I get hammered at the local bar tonight and make an ass of myself, it reflects poorly on the organization that entrusts their business and reputation to me. And it goes both ways; if the company I work for were to suddenly take a political stance the public at large didn't agree with, for example, it would reflect on me because I choose to work there. The line between personal and professional is getting blurrier.
3. Relationships open doors. Reputations close doors.
Where I am now has as much to do with the people who helped me along the way as it does my own efforts. Putting in the time to connect and stay engaged with people will get you further faster (especially if those people are gatekeepers or key influencers in your industry). The same can be said for what holds you back; if people don't like or respect you because you haven't earned their affinity, it doesn't matter how smart or talented you are … you will only get so far.
4. Meetings should have a purpose and an end time.
Don't have meetings for the sake of having meetings. I showed up on campus every Sunday for a mandatory meeting that was 2-3 hours long on average. There is something to be said for a standing meeting for which you must come prepared and to have an opportunity for face time with colleagues to discuss important issues. BUT, keep the dialogue on track and don't waste everyone's time. If it can be handled via email or a phone call, do that instead. If a meeting is necessary, create an agenda and stick to it. Better yet, take a note from "Robert's Rules of Order" and give each person the floor to discuss their business and then move on, allowing new topics to enter the discussion only at the end. (Oh, and bring snacks – a lesson I forgot at my recent 5-hour work meeting!)
5. Being a team player means knowing when to lead, when to follow, and when to shut up.
Imagine a normal-sized college classroom filled with 60 girls … that's 60 opinions, 60 perspectives and a LOT of chatter. It was exhausting trying to make decisions by committee. When the discussion keeps going in circles, step up and take charge. Sometimes there is a leader but she's not leading and you're going to step on some toes. Step anyway. When other people have a healthy opinion and show initiative, give 'em a shot and don't be combative. People often rise up when given the opportunity; follow the people you believe in. And when you are indifferent or have nothing nice to say, listen to your mother. Say nothing.
6. Be cordial not fake.
You won't get along with everyone, and the sooner you accept this (and accept them) the easier your life will become. There are some people with whom you will just never see eye-to-eye, and that's okay. Groups thrive from diversity. But you have to find a way to work with these people cordially and cohesively, which means not being fake. Condescension is an office buzzkill and makes you look bad. Find common ground and a way to play nice. You can't change them but you can change your attitude.
7. Time Management 101: If you want to get something done, assign it to a busy girl (or guy).
I hustle. I'm a "get 'er done-er" – always have been, always will be. I realize, however, not everyone is like me. Some people are methodical and task-oriented, maybe even perfectionists, while I manage a million things at once and have learned to reach a level of "good enough" that will suffice for each so I can manage to complete everything. For as much as I have on my plate, I can always add more because I'm simultaneously taking things off of it. If you want to make sure something gets done, give it someone who's already managing a lot. They're used to juggling so they won't get overwhelmed or forget your request. Better yet, learn to juggle.
8. Find a mentor ... and pay it forward.
The sorority Big & Little concept is a great one. Your Big takes you under her wing and shows you the ropes – which boys to avoid and what clothes will pass for "badge attire" (appropriate for business meetings where you wear your official sorority pin). When you're a newbie, a Little, this is sage advice. I have learned to acknowledge and respect the wisdom from my elders and find strong mentors that can show me the way. I trust them because they've lived through the growing pains and can help me avoid the pitfalls. And the best way to repay them is to pay it forward, mentoring you own Little.
9. It is always better to be overdressed than underdressed.
Walk into a casual room dressed to the nines and sure, everyone might stare at you, but they'll be wondering if they should have tried harder. Walk into a formal room in casual attire and everyone will wonder if you missed the memo or just didn't care. Always look like you cared.
10. There's always time for Happy Hour.
School and work never stopped me from having fun in college. I was always known as "the responsible one" but even the straight-A student wants to attend the parties. Where there's a will, there's a way. No matter how many papers or projects I had to complete, there was always time for Taco Tuesday. This is a lesson I have to force myself to keep learning over and over as I get older. The deeper I get into my career, the more work there is to do and it seems there is less and less time to play. No time for a time-out. You'll never find the time ... you have to make the time.


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Beyond the moral imperative to transform our justice system and stop the needless suffering it creates, making our justice system more restorative creates a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for donors to create exponential returns for the most high-need and at-risk people.
$200 = $2000
Donating $200 to design and deploy pre-charge diversions, one low-level offender can be diverted from the traditional criminal justice system before charges are filed, saving $1,500 in overall justice administration costs and saving the would-be defendant $500 in fines and fees.
$1000 = $10,000+
Donating $1,000 to develop a technology solution that favors treatment over jail for people suffering from mental illness, one severely unstable person can be diverted to professional mental health care, saving $1000 for the nights the individual is not in jail, $500 for the officers that do not have to arrest the individual, and, most importantly, accruing more than $8,500 in the short term to the individual who gains the support they need to stay out of trouble and begin treatment.
$4,000 = $40,000+
By donating $4,000 to support legal representation for lifers at The Francisco Homes, one tenacious lifer will be able to vindicate his rights in court, in some cases recovering upwards of $40,000 from people who have stolen from them over decades of incarceration.


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|Baltimore Orioles outfielder Kim Hyun-soo singles in the fourth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox on June 14, 2017. (Yonhap)
For a second consecutive season, Baltimore Orioles left fielder Kim Hyun-soo has found himself fighting to hold down his starting spot. But compared to last season, stating his case in 2017 has proven to be a struggle, as his offensive production has unexpectedly deteriorated.
Last season, Kim's spring training struggles lost him the confidence of manager Buck Showalter and he was relegated to the bench. However, he was productive in a platoon role, hitting .302 with a Weighted Runs Created+ of 119, indicating he was 19 percent more productive than the average major league hitter.
In 2017 however, Kim has not been able to replicate that success. He enters the All-Star Game break hitting .229 with virtually no power, and a paltry wRC+ of 56.
His worsening results, however, do not appear to be the result of changes Kim has made at the plate. His batting stance is the same. He has maintained the plate discipline that is one of his greatest assets and he has continued to draw walks at an above-average rate. He is still hitting the ball to all fields -- with a slight preference to pull -- and with the same authority -- his percentage of hard-hit balls is down slightly, but balanced by an increase in line drives hit.
The biggest change is that Kim seems to have gotten incredibly unlucky with where his hits have fallen. His batting average on balls in play is a staggeringly low .280.
While it is an oversimplification to say that bad luck alone accounts for Kim's low BABIP, theory dictates a hitter will tend toward his career average in BABIP. Kim's 2016 BABIP was .345, and he ran a .331 figure in his 10 seasons in Korean professional baseball, so, with no changes in his batted ball profile, it is fair to assume Kim has been at least somewhat unlucky.
As for his drop in power, it is important to note that Kim has only 134 plate appearances in the 2017 campaign so far. Power numbers often do not begin to stabilize until around 500 plate appearances, and given that prediction systems like ZiPS and Steamer see Kim's performance rebounding in the season's second half, it appears that for now there is no reason to worry, and Kim's early slump is attributable mostly to plain bad luck.
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Readers' Comments on Better Aerobatics
I have really enjoyed your book-Better Aerobatics. I have about every book written on the sport but you have the best, so far! Every little bit someone adds or discovers a better way and it makes our sport better. Your book is very detailed and has enlighten me very much. I especially like the power on spin recoveries for more advanced students but now I show everyone the power on way not so much for them to use as a standard recovery method but it helps demystify the spin it's self
Johnny White
Better Aerobatics is the best book written on the subject. I know because I have them all. I continue to go back and re-read it as my skills improve, and I never fail to pick up something new!
Bill Weber
Thank you, Alan. I have certainly enjoyed your new book. I think it is excellent and it has helped me greatly.
Mark Holmes
Your book has helped me immensely. I flew my stock Pitts S1T in Unlimited last year and did well with it, using your book to help with the difficulties early in the season. Thanks for a book that made a real difference for me!
Rick Volker
Every pilot, aerobatic or not, should read this. Alan doesn't just tell you how to fly the manoeuvres but also why they need to be flown that way. The amount of information he provides regarding what the aircraft is doing during each manoeuvre allows you to fully understand what is going on. This lets you really analyse how you fly the manoeuvres yourself and thus how you can improve your own performance. Not just in terms of how to fly more accurate figures but also how to optimise energy use throughout each manoeuvre.
I've been using the book during the past couple of weeks and it has made quite a difference to my sequences. Its easily the best book out there. Highly recommended
Ian Scott
At long last he`s done it! Having been nagged by many of us for some years, Alan Cassidy has finally committed to print what he has learnt from more than a decades aerobatic coaching. Those of us who have benefited from his instruction are very familiar with Alan's lucid, articulate, and often entertaining style. Better Aerobatics is all this and much more. The book is a must whether novice or experienced aerobatic competitor, display pilot or instructor. It's a fairly weighty publication at close on 500 pages, but this is `no holds barred stuff`. You get the lot! From learning to develop basic coordination and handling skills, through to the intricacies of competing at Unlimited in a World Championship. No one in their right mind would deny that aerobatics can be a pretty dry subject. However, Alan manages to tip toe the fine line between a detailed technical analysis of our sport, and light hearted anecdotal musings. For me it is his ability to find unique ways to illustrate his point that sets this book apart from the rest. Muller may have made the first real attempt at a detailed analysis of aerobatic figures, but to date this publication is the final word.
Mark Walden
Congratulate Alan on a superb book. The blend of technical and practical is outstanding and, as a considerable bonus, truly entertaining.
The spatial awareness / 'where to look' stuff is excellent. The first few chapters have certainly enthused me to constructively re-evaluate the characteristics of my plane before moving forward again on a more enlightened footing. Brilliant. –
Tony Pledger
Alan, just finished your book. It is great. It eclipses the other aerobatic books…
Charles Schumacher
Just finished reading your book. Its a marvellous read, very informative and instructional, the best of its kind on aerobatics by a very long way
Brian Cornes
As a new aerobatic pilot I just wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed "Better Aerobatics". I've purchased it for friends who are getting into the sport and the response is always positive


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Hi everyone,
I have an Inspiron 15-5559 laptop and I've been trying to turn OFF the backlight on the keyboard but none of the methods were successful.
Here are all the things that I tried:
1. Pressing Fn+10, as well as just F10 while the Fn key is locked. Keyboard backlight stays on.
2. Installed Quickset, same as above.
3. Installed DFEP 2.2 Utility (after uninstalling Quickset), same as above again.
4. Changing the settings in BIOS in the Keyboard Illumination section.
All of the above will allow me to change the settings on the software side, whether it's selecting OFF/50%/100% brightness, or ON/OFF, or on-screen slider. None of them actually changes the keyboard backlight brightness.
Please give me a hand on how to turn off the keyboard backlight. Thanks.
I know you already stated this isn't working in BIOS (which might make this a different issue), but I want to say on your system you no longer have to press FN + F10 or have FN locked. So if you're in Windows and just press F10 by itself (without FN locked) does it do anything?
Best regards,
Pressing F10 by itself doesn't change anything with the keyboard illumination.
It just executes whatever software function that was assigned to that key, e.g. search in Firefox and menu bar access in File Explorer.
Do you know of another solution? There has to be a way to control the keyboard backlight.
Can anyone help? I've had to laptop for 4 months and posted multiple times. I just want to turn off the backlight.
Well, the F10 key, if the Fn key is set to make the F keys function keys and not F keys, will change the brightness, on a normal system. You can also change the brightness on the Notifications Panel.
My keys also dim if I am not using the keyboard.
If neither of those work, you may have an option to change the operation in the Bios. Since you said that doesn't work, you may need a driver or a Bios update/reset to defaults..
Are all the Dell supplied drivers installed?
My system does not show an on screen slider for the backlight.
I do not have Quickset installed so can't test that but I have never used it. Can we assume the backlight stopped working before that utility was involved?
XPS 2720, Inspiron 17 7779, Inspiron 15 7567, XPS 13 9365, Inspiron 1545, TB16 Dock
Thanks for your reply Saltgrass.
I installed all the newest drivers from the Dell service tag page, as well as the latest BIOS.
I've tried resetting the bios, and it still didn't make a difference.
The backlight was turned on the moment I powered on the computer for the first time. Since then, I was not able to adjust keyboard brightness at all. So it "didn't stop working" because it never worked.


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I am not the most popular person on the block, but if somebody were to ask me who my best friend was, I guess Cream Jones would be the first person who would pop into my head. Now, before I continue, I'm sure you're wondering how Cream came across her odd name. It is honestly not really that exciting of a tale, but I will tell you it anyway. Cream was named Cream because as a baby she was as pale as - well - cream. So after several suggestions including soap, marshmallow (yes, her family is famous for giving their children extremely odd names. Cream's brother is named potato because the first word he said was potato.) her father finally came up with the golden name of Cream. Personally, I think Cream is a glamorous, cute name and it suits her. She is from Irish descent, and has this beautiful, pale complexion that I'm kind of jealous of. Cream and I have been best friends since as long as I can remember. She lives right on my street, and over the years we have grown closer and closer, to the extent that I guess I consider her my best friend, or at the very least a very close friend. Occasionally kids at school and in our neighborhood call her names like cream cheese just to be funny, but she hates it. Sometimes they even say unbelievably rude, mean things like: "Hey, there go bagel and cream cheese!" Whatever. I don't respect them enough to even respond to their rude antics. They're just a bunch of pesky mosquitoes, and if I concentrate hard enough, my psychic powers will fry them and they'll go away and never bother Cream or me again. Not really, obviously, but I like to think that that will happen so I can comfort myself.
By the way, did I mention that my Uncle Craig (who is my father's brother) owns a canoe renting shop? He sells and rents out old and new canoes to people. Of course any one of my family members is allowed to take a canoe whenever we want, free of charge.
The next day I was so bored. So I called up Cream and asked her if she wanted to go canoeing with me. My Uncle was at his canoe shop and nobody else was there, so he decided to come along with us on our canoeing expedition. We (well him, really, as us kids don't drive. Not yet, at least) drove to the Barb River, which was located 30 minutes outside of Eastside Village, where we lived. We hoisted the canoe into the water. We had brought a picnic basket with us for lunch, which contained the average picnic lunch: sandwiches, soda, fresh fruit, chips, and cookies. We set off, with my Uncle rowing and Cream and I taking the rear of the canoe.
About an hour after we set off, Cream announced that she was starving, and my Uncle and I agreed, so we steered the canoe towards the bank of the river and settled down for our picnic lunch. I laid the checkered picnic blanket down on the dirt and straggly grass that made up the riverbank. We ate our sandwiches in silence, and once we had finished our lunch, we hoisted the boat back into the water and were on our way. We did not have a particular destination. We were planning on just going until we got tired.
As we rowed, my Uncle requested that we take his place at rowing. I could see how tired he was, and nudged Cream. We made our way to the front of the boat. But... Disaster struck.
While we were sitting down and settling ourselves into our new position, Cream's leg happened to get tangled up in a stray rope that lay in a messy coil at the bottom of the canoe. While she struggled in vain to free herself, she accidentally toppled over and, amidst the turmoil, caused me to fall out of the canoe. My Uncle quickly took action. Cream was so devastated she began to cry uncontrollably. But my Uncle grabbed the rope that had tangled up Cream's leg and threw it into the water. I flustered and floundered as I was spun about in the strong current of the Barb River. I saw through blurred eyes the rope my Uncle had thrown into the water and, with trembling, weak hands, thrust out my arm and tried with all my might to reach that rope. I felt it and grabbed it, and my Uncle slowly hauled me in. He reached out and picked me out of the water. Then everything went black.
I woke up and didn't know where I was. My eyes searched my surroundings, and I found myself in some sort of a hard frame with some thick cloth over a solid, but bouncy mass. I reached my hand up searching for my head, and touched a large lump. I must have hit my head on a rock, I thought to myself. In the river, while I was floundering around in the current. I guess after I was rescued, I just passed out. I tried to sit up, but couldn't. Then suddenly I felt the stinging pain in my spine. I writhed in agony and pain, and put a hand down to touch my spine. It felt... Deformed. Abnormal. I suddenly realized the horrible truth. My spine was broken. I would never be the same again. And it was all thanks to Cream. Cream Jones.
That fake fiend. I wish I never met her. I was so busy thinking about Cream that I didn't even notice the woman in white who had appeared in the doorway to my room. She carried a small tray and made her way to my bed where she stooped down and looked at me. "Natalia, I brought you some soup and crackers. Please try to eat some." She looked at me with concern, and asked me how my spine felt.
I replied, "it hurts so much. It's broken, isn't it? Where is my Uncle? Where are my parents?" Where is Cream, I thought to myself with disgust.
"Your Uncle made it home safely. Your parents are at home. We called them already and told them what happened."
I struggled to focus my eyes on the woman who was serving me. "What happened after I passed out?" I asked her confusedly.
"Your Uncle brought you to the hospital emergency room, where we immediately put you up for examination. We quickly determined that your spine was broken, and we took care of you the whole night long. You were knocked clean out the whole time we operated."
"Operated?!" I cried. Then I sheepishly looked down. Of course they operated, I said scornfully to myself. My spine is broken for crying out loud. I sighed a loud sigh, but it was interrupted with a sudden pain spasm located in my back. My mouth opened in an O of pain, and my glazed eyes were blurry. The woman who had brought me the soup called for the doctor, who came in at her bidding. He rushed in and then, spotting me on the bed curled up in pain, he went to the cupboard and brought out a pain killer pill. He gave it to me and the pain eventually subsided. By the table, I spotted a calendar, and with astounding saw that the date was Wednesday, the 18th of August.
I remembered that my Uncle, her (I couldn't force myself to say her name) and I had left on August 4th, and I realized how serious my spine problem was.
Those 4 months that I spent in the hospital recovering from my spine injury seemed like the longest months of my life. After spending my first several days in the hospital, I am able to say that it was one of the least fun places I have ever been to. My spine was still terribly deformed, and I was still too self-conscious to show it to anybody. When I first got out of the hospital, I had asked to talk to Cream, and I was so angry and terrified that I completely blew up at her. Swearing, spitting; the works. She tried to say sorry, and she was literally crying and banging her head, but I ignored her and left without another word.
Over the past week I have tried my best to avoid her, and have started hanging out with a new girl who just moved into the neighborhood. I found out that we have a lot of things in common, are about the same age (she is 2 months older than me) and even have had similar misfortunes happen to us involving our spines. (Although I didn't find out about this until we had been friends for around a year.)
My life is better I suppose. My experience with the canoe accident has prevented me from ever canoeing again, but it has changed my personality. I am still the same person, who can make orange juice out of lemons (not really, but that is my favorite saying, as it best describes my unique personality) but I am beginning to reach out in friendship to more people than before.
But as you can imagine my spine could not stay hidden forever. That horrific time would come, I knew. And it just so happened that that very next day, my nightmare came true when Lane (who was the new girl I had befriended last year) and I decided to go swimming at the community pool. When we were in the changing room, my towel slipped off of me while I was changing into my bathing suit. I didn't care so much about my bare skin and bottom showing as I was with my spine. Lane and I might have been best friends, but she and I had never, ever showed each other our deformities. I quickly picked up my towel and put it over me. I rushed out of the room, out of the pool room, out of the building, and raced down the street, barefoot, and into my apartment.
I sobbed and sobbed. I didn't eat anything for three days. I just drank and drank and drank. And I cried and cried and cried. I only got up to use the bathroom or get a tissue in order to blow my runny, red nose. My cheeks were tear-stained, my face was flushed, and I was devastated.
Then, finally, on the third day of my depression, Lane knocked at my bedroom door. She came in, even though I didn't respond when she asked if she could come in, and she sat down on my bed.
The first words she said to me were: "It's okay, Natalia."
I looked up at my best friend, and I managed a weak smile, but I didn't feel at all happy. "I know we're best friends Lane, but I have never shown my spine to anybody other than my parents and the doctors of course. And I just feel like a freak, now."
Lane looked concerned. "I'm sorry, Natalia. Don't worry. I won't make fun of you." Her face broke into a grin and then twisted into a grotesque sort of devilish smile. I must admit that it scared me a bit. That look in her eyes. That smirk on her face.
She continued, "anyways, no need for you to worry about being alone in the world. Because you aren't the only monster around here."
"Lane, what are you talking about?!" I exclaimed.
"Shhhhh," Lane soothed me, speaking softly and sweetly. Her voice had a syrupy, drippy sound to it.
Lane slowly began to get closer and closer to me, her arms outstretched in an attempt to grasp me with her sharp claws, which had unsheathed before my very eyes. They were like talons; curved and unbelievably pointy. I noticed with disgust that a large quantity of dirt had gathered underneath each claw. Dirt, grime, who knows what else those horrible claws had collected over the years. I didn't even want to think about that.
A string of saliva began to form at the corner of Lane's mouth. It slowly grew longer and longer, and finally it snapped.
"No Lane! Please don't," I cried alarmingly. She looked at me with her milky, glazed eye with the startlingly ice blue center - wait. Eye? I can't believe I never noticed that she only had one eye. I guess I was so self-conscious of myself and my spine that I never really noticed Lane's physical features. Not only that, even worse than having one eye, was that she still had the old socket from her missing eye. Her eye wasn't in the middle of her head like a cyclops, and I could see that she used to have two eyes. But her left eye socket was bare.
Lane just looked at me solemnly, but did not say a word. The last thing I saw of my so-called best friend were her saliva-coated, bloody teeth sliding out of her lips.
And then everything went dark, for yet the second time in my life. But this time, I did not wake up... I never saw the light of the world again... And that part of my tale I did not live to tell, so my sudden death was unexplained, because after Lane murdered me she disappeared. To where, no one knows. I just feel bad for her next victim...


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It appears that Microsoft is preparing the ground to bring .Net to the Mac.
The company has updated its Shared Source Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) implementation (Rotor) by adding Mac OS X support to the code.
Rotor is a resource for academics and researchers to explore programming language concepts for Microsoft .Net. It is an archive of source code written in the CLI and C# programming languages.
Microsoft standard CLI is the core part of the .Net Framework for functions such as managing object creation and memory. To promote its .Net Framework, Microsoft has submitted an implementation of the C# programming language and CLI to the International Standards Organisation (ISO).
John Montgomery, Microsoft group product manager for developer platform, explained: "The main reason we have submitted the code to ISO has to do with overcoming the customer perception that Microsoft is somehow entirely built on proprietary standards."
Shared Source CLI features about 3 million lines of code and is available for researchers and academics. The software can be used for non-commercial purposes; however, what it can do is quite limited, observers say.
All in Shared Source CLI features source code for an implementation of CLI to run on Windows XP, Free BSD, and Mac OS X; compilers to work with the Shared Source CLI for C#; development tools; documentation; sample code; and test suites.
Rotor also contains a Platform Layer for porting Shared Source CLI from Windows XP to FreeBSD and Mac OS X.
.Net currently exists as a development environment. It forms a major part of Microsoft's growth strategy. It promises to integrate advanced Web services with personal computing.
The release of Mac OS X support suggests that Microsoft is already working to ensure Mac OS X machines can act as .Net clients, at the very least.


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We are still in Kathmandu and here are some moments we would like to share with you!
After our introduction week at the Headquarter, our national contact person arranged a meeting for us with the Kathmandu District Chapter. We were happy to meet the youth volunteers and have activities while waiting in Kathmandu.
The Red Cross Youth Circle at Tri Chandra College gave us a warm welcoming and showed us around their college, the oldest one in Nepal. They gave a presentation on some of the activities they are working on; a compost project, rain water harvesting, first aid and a campaign on road safety. At the Secondary School, BGSS, they celebrated the International Children's Day and the Teej festival with songs, dancing, poetry, jokes and drama. It was great talking to the lovely children at the school.
Teej is the women's festival in Nepal. On this day, the women have leave from their work to celebrate. They fast and dress in red saris and go to the temple to pray for their husband or future husbands' wellbeing. They also sing, dance and enjoy themselves. In Kathmandu, they go the Pashupatinath Temple. Several Red Cross Youth Circles were present this day to give aid. Some were organizing the lines to the Temple, others had tents where they provided first aid and water and rest for the women who fainted. Several women fainted because they did not eat, it was also very crowded and the sun was burning.
A special thank you to Kunal Mishra for his great support during our activities. He has helped us with the planning, organizing and language barriers.
Thank you for reading our blog!
We'll soon be back with more :)


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As I mentioned in my last post, cyclists seem to thrive on predictability. So, it's understandable that when Rutgers Cycling, overcoming tremendous obstacles, opted to host a points race, there was quite a bit of griping on the part of racers expecting a traditional circuit.
I, for one, am pretty amped up about the points race. To me, one of the best aspects of collegiate cycling is the ability to participate in types of races you would otherwise shy away from. So, with that in mind, I turned to Chris Miller, Yale Cycling's resident track rider, to explain points racing. Here is his wisdom:
I hope everyone is as excited about this as I am, because it is going to be awesome! I raced a couple seasons of track a while ago, and I concentrated on these sorts of races.
What is this points race, you might ask? Answer: a points race is a race around a circuit, but unlike a crit or a circuit or a road race, the winner isn't necessarily the person who crosses the finish line first; rather, he or she is the rider who has accumulated the most points over the course of a race. Like a crit, a points race is a race often defined by time, e.g. 40 minutes plus 5 laps. All of this may sound dull, but the fun comes in when you realize how points are awarded:
In a sample points race, officials will award the following:
20 points for lapping the field,
-20 points for being lapped by the field,
Points for winning each sprint (5-4-3-2-1 awarded five deep) occurring every five laps.
Points for winning the final sprint (5-4-3-2-1 awarded five deep)
When you lap the field or get lapped, you are no longer considered ahead or behind the field, and you sprint with everybody else for sprint points the next time they come up. This means it may serve you to delay regrouping with the pack, or time your attack to rack up both lapping and sprint points. I once lost my win by misjudging a rider behind me who I thought wouldn't be able to chase me down as I lapped the field. He did, but he was fat and it took him a while, and by taking a while, he racked up the sprint points for two sprint laps.
So, you may think criteriums are tactical. Points races are far more so. You have to continually evaluate every rider's strength, do dynamic arithmetic for all the race leaders (this math is the hard part for me - I once thought I won, threw up my hands, and realized I'd added wrong), gauge whether you should close the gap as you are lapping the field vs. whether you can hold out alone for another minute to sweep up the sprint points before rejoining the group. Ideally, the course in two weeks will be short, with people lapping each other left and right. This makes for a fast, exciting race.
Consider letting a sprint go, and then attacking to lap the field when everyone else is tanked. Consider bluffing and testing the riders around you. You want to know how they stand, and you don't want to show your cards.
Finally, reasons you should keep up on other riders' points:
1. You don't want to work if you don't have to. Don't waste yourself in a sprint if the riders around you aren't in contention for the ultimate win that you are in a far better scoring place for.
2. You want to attack with riders strong enough to lap the field with you, but who aren't in contention for the win.
3. If you do attack with riders in contention with you, think of blocking them out of a sprint later, because it's not only how well you do, but how badly they do, that counts.
4. Same as 1-3, above, but with respect to second, third, fourth place, etc., once you've dropped out of contention for the win.
As I said above, this is going to be awesome. In closing, I convey my hope that all of you (1) wear your skinsuits, and (2) ride with rage in your hearts (but not so much rage that it clouds your fifth grade arithmetical abilities). In lieu of (2) I will also accept "thoroughly enjoy a novel and dynamic form of bicycle racing and come out smiling from how crazy fun it was."
Okay. Bye.


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Race matters and holy discomfort
This blog has been percolating in my heart and mind for weeks. Given the string of painful and disturbing images flashing before our eyes from Ferguson and Baltimore and beyond, today seems to be the day to begin an attempt to form words around my complex and overwhelming thoughts.
Though I in no way condone the violence and lawlessness that is happening, on some basic level, I get it. It points to a much deeper and insidious pain, suffering and inequity that is endemic to our American urban society. To understand the backstory of today's Baltimore, the critically acclaimed TV series "The Wire" is a place to start. Government corruption, drug culture, police brutality, along with lack of education and opportunity all play a role in this story. It is a story that many of us have the luxury to ignore – until we can't any longer.
Any group of people that is overlooked and silenced for too long will eventually rise up. Sometimes violence is the only voice available. It is uncomfortable and angering and sometimes devastating to watch or be victim to another's despair, but often we Americans don't listen until someone is screaming very loudly either in word or deed. It is in the DNA and founding days of this country and many others. I imagine that the Boston tea partiers were viewed as hooligans and thugs by the establishment of their day.
Identifying the underlying issues and a path forward is overwhelming and extremely complex. And for me as a 52 year old female, what in the world can I do to make any difference at all in this depressing situation? So much to ponder and pray upon.
These are not new internal struggles. I vividly recall my first grade self having great compassion for and curiosity about the perspective and feelings of the first black child in my 1970 school. I watched her interact on the playground, had big feelings, but never spoke a word to her.
Last week I finished up a 6 week book study with about 30 other women – half African American and half Caucasian American – on The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. It is a novel based on the true story of the growing up process of an abolitionist and her slave girl. In this book group, the viewpoints of any and all were given voice and respect as we tackled sometimes uncomfortable matters. But at the end of the study, we all realize that we have only addressed the tip of a gigantic iceberg. Ferguson, Baltimore and beyond confirm this.
Sometimes when faced with a situation of overwhelm and complexity, I become paralyzed and tempted to just walk away and back into my comfortable, privileged existence. It is not difficult to self segregate and only walk and talk and do life with those most like me. In fact, it takes a significant level of intention to get out of this comfort zone on occasion.
During the recent book study, I received a God nudge. There was a black woman who I had interacted with elsewhere in a very surface way. Her words and passion moved me as she spoke. The nudge was to invite her to my home for tea and conversation, just as I would do for anyone I wanted to get to know better. It was a beautiful morning shared on our front porch. We asked each other questions and took our friendship one level deeper. A few weeks later, she invited me and my daughters into her home to celebrate a family milestone amongst her family and friends. Initially, there was a tinge of holy discomfort, but very quickly I was engaged in conversations with other moms doing their best to raise boys into young men. We listened, laughed and shared our experiences on that journey. In fact, part of that conversation led me to a greater understanding of the now famous mom who yanked her son away from the Baltimore rioting.
The "what can I do" answers are floating into my heart and mind. They include: be mindful of and check any mentality of being a white savior or the one with answers; treat all that I pass on my downtown streets with warmness and kindness; be intentional about inviting people who are different from me into our home; ask questions and opinions of those with different viewpoints and listen to the sometimes hard to hear answers with an open heart, mind and soul. I would love to hear your thoughts on how to mindfully address our nation's and neighborhoods' race issues.
There is no one black perspective or one white perspective on any matter. But if we never interact with individuals different from ourselves, we will never begin to understand. I have found this to be true in all human interaction whether the person before me be of different race, religion, sexual orientation, political thought or economic status – listening to their story, asking respectful questions and taking their perspective to heart leads to compassionate and non-judgmental living. Sometimes I have to be willing to feel a little or a lot of holy discomfort along the way.
PS I recently listened to a poignant podcast at On Being. A Jesuit priest, Gregory Boyle, was interviewed about his twenty plus years working in a gang intervention program in Los Angeles. He has also written a book entitled Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion. After hearing him, the book is on its' way to my home. I encourage you to take a listen or read the book.
Alongside choice
This past weekend was a milestone event for my husband Mark and his career. He has stepped aside from the role of chairman of his company and is ramping down the time that he spends at work over the next few years. No, he is not yet retiring, but his focus is shifting. This was a much planned and intentional shift from both the home and work sides of the equation. Our family is already enjoying benefits of this decision.
When we dated and dreamed of our married days, it was always my desire to stay at home with children. I have kind of made a career of that! Some mothers have that same desire and the choice to do so. Others love to work and choose that path. Necessity and the stream of bills sometimes leave parents with little choice but to have two parents at work. Personally, I have great respect and admiration for each path taken.
In our home and with the demands of the work that Mark has chosen, having mom stay at home and keep things afloat there has worked best. Along the way I have exercised my own gifts and talents in various volunteer spaces and places. I am extremely grateful for the resources, experiences and people that we have met in connection with his company.
Yet, my personal relationship with this job is also a bit complicated. At times I have felt jealous and resentful of the time and energy required of him. At the same time, there is great joy in seeing him flourish in a place where he is able to utilize his talents and gifts. I have felt tired and lonely when he is out of town, but have also delighted in the fact that he has had a career that is fulfilling and challenging year after year. The mere fact that his pay more than allows me the choice of holding down the Wilson fort is a gift. Mixed emotions for sure.
I recently heard my mom once again say something like, "when I was in college, most women had the choice between being a teacher or a nurse" – both wonderful professions, but not for everyone. My mom would have made a wonderful architect… When I was in college, there were certainly broader options for women but the challenges to fulfill career dreams remained, as they often still do today. At Mark's company, there is currently a focused initiative on how to adapt and support women for long-term retention – that warms my mom of daughters, feminist heart.
This past weekend, Mark and I were blindsided by a beautiful and touching recognition of his leadership role and my support of him in that pursuit. It was humbling and emotional. Much is a blur, but my proudest moment was when he was referred to as a servant leader, one thing about him that I deeply love and respect. There is something incredibly attractive about seeing a grown man choke up and cry. Most of us don't get standing ovations from a big room full of people, though many more should. It was an honor to share the spotlight on that night.
Getting to the decision for my husband to begin to step away from work and more toward home has been quite a process. It has required a great deal of honest communication – sometimes in love, sometimes in desperation and hopefully always with respect and open ears and hearts. At times it has felt like a great big negotiation full of compromise from every side.
Work-life balance is challenging. One of my favorite moments during the recent weekend was when two company employee dads shared that they make it a priority to show up at their children's schools each and every week for an extended period of time. As to the missed work, they stated that they figure it out. It is also exciting to see more female presence in a company that has traditionally been predominantly male. I have seen flexibility and progress in this area during the 25 plus years since Mark began his work in that place.
As I reflect on the emotions and the observations from this past weekend, hope arises. I have a great deal of optimism for both our daughters and our sons as they move toward work-life balance and choices. Hope that their choices will be broader and approached with greater imagination and the careful consideration of both partners' wishes and dreams, whatever they may be. Optimism that each will have voice and choice in the path forward for their family.
My husband's company is quite mindful that the time and energy required of its' employees has an impact on the children and spouses in each family story. They often express gratitude for sacrifices made. On Saturday night when I was asked to share the spotlight, I received beautiful flowers with this note attached, "Behind every good man is a great woman. Thank you." From their perspective, I am certainly behind the scenes. There isn't a lot of immediate gratification nor glory in my chosen profession. And I truly appreciate the acknowledgement that this career path has been a team effort.
But in this next season of life, I hope that at its' close, Mark and I can write this to each other: "alongside every good partner is another". That is our desire and choice for this next phase. I look forward to all that we will learn and experience together and separately in the days to come.
Send off or shove off
Saturday mornings are typically for sleeping in at the Wilsons – at least for the females in the house. This morning was a bit different since one of our girls was going on her first church youth group overnight. She was scheduled to go in the fall, but a tree fall and concussion derailed that plan. So today was her inaugural retreat.
This particular girl is no fan of early morning Saturday wake ups, for any reason. She groaned when mom gave her the time to get up nudge but did roll out and get moving. I communicated to her the news that the one of her three "go to comfort zone youth group friends" signed up for the weekend wasn't going to participate. She seemed to take that in and ponder it a bit but didn't verbally express what was going on inside of her.
We headed to the meeting spot and parked. She rebuffed my offer to help her carry her stuff. In body language, she was screaming that she was a bit anxious and uncomfortable but mom support wasn't the answer to her problem. She got signed in, I said goodbye and then she sort of wandered away all by herself and disappeared. I started to go back to my car but my mom sense tingled just a bit and said to check in with her one more time. After a short search, she reappeared and I asked her, "do you want me to stick around until you leave or head out now?" She tersely replied, "go!". And go I did.
There was a level of tension within me this morning. My wish was to give her a nice send off, but in the end I needed to hear her desire for me to shove off. A bit of nostalgia and sadness rises up as I reflect on this encounter. It seems to be symbolic of this middle school, identity seeking time of life for my girl. It all makes logical sense, but sometimes I miss the little girl who happily held my hand and skipped along beside me.
In years to come, we will continue this send off/shove off dance. There will no doubt be times when I am the one who needs to push her a little harder toward independence and growth and other times when she offers a more subtle and sensitive "no" when I need to move out of the way. The hope is that we can learn and grow together in love, respect and grace as we send and shove each other off along this mother and daughter journey.
The delight of one-on-one
No, this is not a post about basketball, though our family is in the midst of a bracket challenge. Mom is just about to sink to the bottom. Virginia let me down…but I digress.
I remember when we had our third son, a wise person told us that we as parents had moved from one-on-one to zone parenting. There was a great deal of truth in that metaphor. With three children, it was fairly rare that one parent spent time and shared experience with just one child. Each boy did go on a fun "10 year old trip" with their dad, but the one on one experiences were rare. Of course our first child received a few years of two on one, our third boy got a season of lunch and afternoons with mom after his big brothers started elementary school, and the poor middle guy never got it. Maybe that is why he is so flexible today…
We just came through spring break with our girls. This year, we split our family and went in different directions. Dad and girl #1 headed north to Chicago to visit family and Mom and girl #2 teamed up with another mom/daughter duo and headed south to Florida. Weather wise, my destination won the prize.
This trip was a reminder of how extra special time shared with one parent and one child can be. In the midst of the busyness and sometimes craziness of everyday family life, it is hard to make the connection that happens when extended time is spent with one other. We have time and attention to share words and experiences. Competitive or challenging interaction between siblings or any other less than functional family dynamic fall away. This child and I both have a love of roller coasters and interacting with animals. These passions aren't shared by all in our family. It was around these pursuits as well as a myriad of little moments of talking, eating and drifting off to sleep in the same room that we were able to connect in a deeper way last week.
The same dynamic is true in a marriage or in a grandparent and grandchild relationship or any other that has meaning for us. In our home, we have at times set special evenings for husband and wife only outings as well as "dates" with our girls. My very favorite gift from our grown sons is the promise of an outing with one of them. Making time for this takes planning and intentionality and often gets squeezed out by the seemingly urgent matters of life. After last week, I hope to be going on a lot more dates in months to come – with my husband as well as with each of our kids. The all together family times are often fun and lively, but there is not the same chance to deeply know another. I would love to hear from you the ways that you stay connected one-on-one with those you love.


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"Effective immediately, I am cancelling the last government's one-sided deal with Cuba".
U.S. citizens will not be able to plan their own private trips to Cuba and their incorporation into educational excursions will be subject to strict rules and possible audits by the Treasury Department.
Havana decried the "hostile rhetoric that recalls the time of open confrontation", and "return to the coercive methods of the past".
As part of the new policy, Americans will no longer be able to plan their own private trips to Cuba, and those who go as part of authorized educational tours will be subject to strict new rules and audits to ensure that they are not going just as tourists.
But Trump leaves in place the newly opened U.S. Embassy in Havana, as well as regular direct flights and cruises to Cuba.
The "wet foot, dry foot" policy, which once let most Cuban migrants stay if they made it to USA soil but was terminated under Obama, is to remain terminated.
During the initial talks between Cuba and the Obama administration, Fox 5 traveled to Havana where Chesimard, who is on the FBI's list of the most wanted terrorists, has been living for almost 30 years. This will essentially shield US airlines and cruise lines serving the island. "That could bring them under fire now, and they could find themselves much weaker".
The Obama administration had restored diplomatic relations with its Cold War foe in December 2014.
By restricting individual U.S.travel to Cuba, the new policy also risks cutting off a major source of income for Cuba's private business sector, which the policy is meant to support.
However, President Trump is not rowing back on all parts of Obama's deal. He has already pulled the United States out of a major global climate treaty and is trying to scrap his predecessor's landmark healthcare programme. Castro's government has clearly stated it does not intend to change its one-party political system.
The new measures prohibit financial transactions with Cuba's military-backed tourism conglomerate GAESA, which had hoped for a windfall from a new surge in American visitors.
"When he's cutting back on travel, he's hurting us, the Cuban entrepreneurs".
The lengthy statement goes on to strike a conciliatory tone, saying Cuba wants to continue negotiations with the US on a variety of subjects. "As someone who had the privilege of traveling to Cuba with President Obama, I saw firsthand how the country has a desire for openness and information". And he gave Cuba some conditions if it wants to have a relationship with the United States.
Mexico's foreign ministry urged the United States and Cuba to resolve their differences "via dialogue". Americans are not restricted from traveling to other nations with oppressive governments, including some that are as bad or nearly as bad as Cuba's.
"His speech was aggressive and threatening, . revealing his contempt and ignorance", President Nicolas Maduro said in a speech.
Responding to Trump's announcement, the Cuban government said in a statement that American attempts to fundamentally change the island were unlikely to succeed. "It is an offence against Latin America".
Castro also said that "the U.S. is not in a position to give us lessons".
Once implemented Trump's policy is expected to curtail U.S.travel by creating a maze of rules for Americans to obey. But the Republican leadership in Congress has long blocked such a move, and it appears unlikely to budge.
Earlier yesterday, Trump vowed to overhaul Obama's policies. This could make it easier for dissidents to organize, and other Cubans to utilize information sources not controlled by the state.


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Walmart Halloween Clearance Haul Today
One thing about me and post-holiday clearance shopping: I pretty much almost NEVER get to the store the day after whatever holiday just occurred. I know many people are literally chomping at the bit to get to the store the VERY NEXT MORNING after the holiday and go crazy with all of those fresh markdowns.
But as for me, for some reason (usually spelled k-i-d-s), I rarely see the inside of a store within 24 hours of any given holiday. Today, almost one full week after Halloween had passed, I finally made it to Walmart to check out their Halloween clearance sales. The best part waiting a few days to shop? Even steeper discounts! Today almost everything in the Halloween section at Walmart was marked 75% off.
Yes, there were a few exceptions, such as some Hallmark gift wrap, cards, tissue paper, etc. They were on sale, but not anywhere close to 75% off.
Here is the breakdown of what I found and what I paid.
Bucket (that I totally don't need at home but needed in the store to hold my stuff LOL) – 25 cents (was $1)
Napkins – 25 cents each (were .98 cents each)
Pumpkin Tools – 24 cents each (were 97 cents each)
Disney's Anna Wig – $2.24 (was $9.94)
Wilton Cupcake Liners – 25 cents each (were $1 each)
Wilton Sprinkles – 25 cents (was $1)
Treat Bags – 24 cents each (were 97 cents each)
Kids' Shirt – $1.47 (was $5.88)
Pumpkins – 24 cents each (were 98 cents each)
Grand total for ALL – $8.22
So I got everything pictured above for less than the regular price of the wig. Not bad! Definitely some motivation to remember to get out to the store (even if it's not the day immediately following a holiday) and peruse the clearance offerings. In my case, I made out way better today with 75% off than I would have the day after Halloween when discounts were just 50% Off. Yes, you do run the risk of not having the best selection to choose from, but I figure what I don't know I'm missing can't hurt me!
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Getting to photograph the little Cleary family before they meet their new little man was nothing short of one of these moments. I can't tell you how excited I am for these two to become parents, they deserve every little second of it. Congratulations again, Bobby & Steph! I can't wait to meet him!


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New York Placemats/
Last Christmas, a dear quilting friend of mine (thanks Karin in Aberdeen) sent me a small pack of four vintage New York quilt panels that she had found on her holiday in the US. I was thrilled to bits with them and they have been sitting on my sewing table, squeaking at me for several months. Finally, over the summer holidays, I thought they would be a nice project to work on. After some thought, I decided to use them to make placemats and was pretty pleased with the result.
They were straight forward to do, using some plain linen and scraps from my stash, a little ribbon, a touch of applique and some free motion machine embroidery. I used some invisible thread on the lettering and I confess this was a bit of an experiment and the first time I had ever sewn with it. It's a bit strange to work with in the beginning, but I was pleased with the results as I wanted to keep the look clean and modern.
I think that its rather nice how such vintage images can fit in with a contemporary dining style.
I had thought about ordering some more of these as we are a family of 5, but on reflection (and thinking about the Ketchup) ... I think I will just keep them for more cosy and sophisticated suppers!!!!
For anyone interested in getting hold of some of these little panels you can find them on www.OldeAmerciaAntiques.com They have a great selection of other images to choose from and are really fun.