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For a while, I thought it was just me…
I've always been picky about details, and I majored in English and Psychology, so I have a lower tolerance for terrible grammar/spelling/punctuation than most. I have OCD, so other little things, like inconsistencies in the news, would bug me.
None of it was really a big deal, until I realized the other day that America is becoming stupid.
Sorry, but it's true.
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Television: Seriously…Bayou Billionaire?? I don't think I really need any other examples for this category, but I'll elaborate.
There are at least 3 reality series currently airing that feature teen parents or parents-to-be. On CMT (where's the country music, people?), there's some redneck show in which the preview is a semi-toothless hobo-dressed man on a rock, proclaiming "put 'yer' big-girl panties on, I 'is' gonna whoop 'yer' ass." I could name a "real police" show that makes Super Troopers look realistic and solemn. American Idol manages to highlight some of our most…um, interesting…individuals regularly.
The News: The news is probably the worst…at least the idiots on TV shows are getting paid to show off their more "colorful" characteristics in the name of entertainment (although the fact that this crap is what gets ratings doesn't exactly reflect well on the rest of us). The people featured in the news are sacrificing their dogs to deities, biting bystanders after rolling their car into a field for no apparent reason, and chewing on homeless people.
What amazes me is the number of people claiming psychosis was caused by "legal drugs" like "bath salts." What scares me is that these products are still on shelves.
Our Schools: I'm sure no teacher ever went to college with a dream of spending their lives training kids to take standardized tests. They went to school to educate children. Sadly, most school-kids now get about 10% fitness, 80% test practice, and maybe 10% of actually learning applicable skills.
I've met many, many recent high school graduates who cannot grasp the concepts of basic grammar. I had the pleasure and pain of judging some scholarship entry essays recently and almost cried. I found one out of about 30 that wasn't grossly incoherent…and it would have still required extensive editing to get more than a C in college.
People, these were seniors at the top of their class, applying for academic scholarships!! Most of them were apparently never taught the differences between there, their, and they're…and forget about your and you're.
Social Media: I have no problem with people using "shortcuts" on a tweet or status update. Even I text things like "where r u" and "got 2 go, brb." Seeing this doesn't make me worry about the world, it makes me think the person was in a hurry.
This worries me: "I wuz guna goin to tha store fa some stuf an went over their ta you're hows nsted."
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Equality: I am all for equal rights and such, but they've taken things too far when they begin to refuse proper education to intelligent kids so that the others don't take a blow to the ego.
I get it…"No Child Left Behind" is a sweet concept, but it's not practical to stop teaching and challenging kids so that the most challenged doesn't feel left out! When I was in school, you did your homework, you learned…or you freaking got left behind! Now apparently, everyone is taught at the level of the lowest-scoring children in class…so that the lowest-scoring child doesn't feel bad.
In Texas, there is a standardized test that every student MUST PASS to move on to the next grade level. News I read said that 80% of those who FAILED that test were promoted to the next grade anyway.
Problem is, all the hand-holding and coddling means that these kids graduate and go out into the real world expecting more of the same. They cannot function.
What's the result of the end of actual education? Plenty of Americans who can't write an essay to save their lives.
The Demise of Natural Selection: Animals (which we are) are supposed to have a built-in way to make sure the species survives. Simply put, the dumb ones are supposed to die.
In the animal world, the slowest, dumbest, and impaired ones are usually the first to go…this ensures that the ones left to breed are smarter, faster, and all-around better. Therefore, their babies are better. So the cycle goes, and the species doesn't dwindle.
People were the same way for centuries.
Fast-forward to today…where infant chairs get recalled because an idiot sat their three-month-old in the chair, the chair on the kitchen counter, and went to check the mail.
You cannot get medicine without a child-proof lid, and people remodel their entire houses when they have a baby, so they don't have to remember to close the bathroom door or teach their kids not to drink bleach.
Instead of teaching them to survive, we wrap our kids in bubble wrap and hope for the best. They don't know NOT to stick a fork in a toaster…the toaster is locked up tight in an 8ft tall cabinet and our kids don't get to learn to make toast until they graduate. That's when you get the grown man in the ER because he stuck a fork in a toaster.
A woman in Dallas sat on a hot bench and burned her butt badly enough to require skin grafts. Seriously? Wouldn't you think STANDING UP might cross your mind when your ass starts feeling warmer than is comfortable???
I am just saying that we've put an end to natural selection in humans, and the slowest in our herd are surviving, breeding, and offering up more and more Americans too dumb to stand up when their rear starts burning…
Disclaimer: While I disagree with the gone-way-overboard safety standards today that make it impossible to teach kids common sense, I must let you know (before you call CPS) that I DO follow common-sense safety precautions with my kids.
I strap them into the car per DPS standards.
I don't let them jump off the roof with an umbrella. I keep medicines put away…but I also teach them to stay out of the medicine, and I tell them the reasons the leap off the roof isn't a good idea.
I try to teach them common sense, since it seems to be a dying art.


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Today I will post the remaining 4 (four) for this weeks Blog Browser Day, because everyone suffered from a sudden attack of Lazybonesitis as predicted and I may have to uncage the Chimps to cure this innocuous plague) – so give yourselves a treat this weekend and click on the blog names (and the recommenders names) to visit them – THEN:
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Lisa A. Kramer is a college teacher of theatrical studies. She is an erudite writer, director, and mother, and always has something intelligent and interesting to say.
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My blog is a journey through my life as a writer starting from just before my first book was published to date. Since my first book was about horses (Believing In Horses), and I'm quite passionate about them, I naturally venture into horse subjects now and then. But the blog has pretty much evolved into me wanting to share the things I've learned about being a writer with others.
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Mike is a published author of children's books and a career writer, meaning he makes his living as a writer. He is very entertaining and his posts show that he is an accomplished writer. You can actually feel the kid in him through his posts. He frequently encourages other authors and would be authors to write. He also gives them tips on promoting books, doing school visits and author interviews.
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Series of topics addressed with leading articles about writing, books, themes and subjects. Currently a series on Magical Realism vs magical Reality. Belinda welcomes drop in comments from other authors and interested readers and hosts some fascinating discussions and articles.
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If the pastries and cakes tasted only half as good as they look, then Bontemps Patisserie is a gourmand's heaven. It makes one feel fabulous just to see visit; there can be no prettier patisserie in Paris.
So stylish; posies of flowers, a blue cabinet of found, pretty mis-matched china that has found the perfect home, displaying exquisite cakes.
The cakes and pastries are made by Fiona Leluc and her assistant Charlotte. Fiona's sister Fatina greets the customers upstairs with a gorgeous smile.
The specialty of the house are mini cream filled shortbreads, flavoured with all sorts of wonderful flavours; vanilla, orange blossom, bergamot, Menton lemon and tonka-bean among others.
For those lucky people with someone special to share, there are larger heart shaped shortbreads, to be divided down the middle.
For the perfect tea party there are shortbread flowers where the flower petals could be tailored with flavours to suit each persons taste.
And then there are the tarts..... Bourdaloue made from Comice pears and an almond cream!


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- PeretzVancouverAsked on November 13, 2016 at 12:54 AM
I am setting up an online donation system for my organization and have chosen Paypal payments with a user-defined amount. When I enter an amount on the form and click Submit, I get a Paypal page that says:
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Is there any way to carry over a user-defined donation amount into the Paypal shopping cart?
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Hello Elena,
I tried it with my form and it worked just fine.
Can you please try to recreate the Paypal payment field in your form? Delete it and create a new one. See if this makes a difference.
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Employees' rudeness turns off customersJuly 23rd, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 23 (ANI): A new research has revealed that rude behavior among employees can negatively affect consumer perceptions - even when the incivility isn't directed at the customer.
Across a range of industries, including restaurants, banks, government offices, retail stores and universities, consumers frequently report seeing employees behaving badly toward other employees, including derogatory comments or inappropriate gestures.
"These findings underscore the need for organizations to promote employee civility," Deborah MacInnis, a Professor at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.
"Training employees to treat one another well enhances the bottom line because of its impact on customer behavior," she added.
Across four studies appearing the August 2010 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, MacInnis and co-authors examined how consumers witnessing acts of employee incivility may extend their experiences to more general feelings about the company.
They found that people witnessing employee incivility — in this case, a store manager calling an employee an "idiot" — were faster to jump to negative conclusions about the company than those who witnessed employee incompetence.
Surprisingly, the researchers found that customers turned against the company even at times when the rude employee was trying to help the customer.
"Whereas one might anticipate that incivility directed at consumers has extremely negative effect, we show that consumers are also negatively affected when they are mere observers of incivility between employees," the authors of the study said.
"Several methods include selecting for and training in civility, setting zero-tolerance expectations and reprimanding incivility before it festers," they added. (ANI)
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- Morning mood affects you throughout the day - Apr 05, 2011
- Consumer durable firms increase prices but say demand will be strong - Oct 18, 2011
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Four fragments of jar
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan I B Period
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 056.3.
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Medium or Technique
Not On View
Four fragments of a large jar. Buff clay. Decoration dull black, octopus design with dotted lattice pattern in spaces. Marine Style.
According to Fairbanks, Catalogue: from Crete; Sent by the Candia Museum in recognition of a gift from Mrs. T. James Bowlker for the excavations by Richard B. Seager; gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker to MFA, December 29, 1909
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Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker


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Once the biggest trainwreck in rock'n'roll, Guns N' Roses have announced that they will be bringing their Not In This Lifetime… tour to Wellington's Westpac Stadium on Thursday 2 February and Auckland's Western Springs on Saturday 4 February.
While some of their original members may have lost their appetite for destruction – or been given the boot – original band members Axl Rose, Slash and bassist Duff McKagan reunited at Coachella in April of this year and are currently on a full world tour together.
To announce the New Zealand shows with proper enthusiasm, local Guns N' Roses tribute band G'n'FnR's – who pitch themselves as the "best tribute band in the world" on their Facebook page – are playing at three different locations in inner-city Wellington today. And best (or worst) of all, they'll be playing on top of a truck.
Not In This Lifetime..., which is a reference to how much the band hated each other in the late '90s, is slated as a reunion tour, and a recent show was given a pretty glowing review from The LA Times. Rose seems invigorated by touring with his old mates, and the show was apparently polished and even started on time.
But detractors of the tour have accused the band of money-grubbing off the nostalgia of their fans. The band has no plans to record new material together, and considering the their horrific interpersonal relationships in the past, it would be very wishful thinking to consider it on the horizon.
So will the newly professional Guns N' Roses make it all the way down under without a full-scale implosion, or will they just chuck a couple TVs out the window like the good old days?
Guns N' Roses NZ tour dates
Thursday 2 February - Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Saturday 4 February - Western Springs, Auckland
Tickets are on sale from 10am Wednesday 31 August from Ticketek (Wellington) and Ticketmaster (Auckland).
Watch their video for November Rain.


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You've probably heard me talking about this on Twitter already, but there's no point in hiding what has sort of become my keynote project of BookMade. I'm attempting to make Scarlett's dress (or, at least, a dress inspired largely by Scarlett's dress, or maybe just something that resembles an article of clothing) from Caraval.
So. Yep. It'll be an interesting project.
As opposed to other BookMade projects, in which I will have one post to explain how I made whatever it is, this one'll take a few more than that. At this point, I'm thinking that there'll be at least four or five posts detailing the process, so settle in for a good, long project.
And no, I have no idea what I'm doing. I have, like, three pictures, the Caraval aesthetic board, and a basic understanding of hand sewing to go off of*. I am not attempting to make the corset, but rather will find one somewhere to use and add to the whole 1870s-circusy-vaguely-steampunk style.
This is the general shape of it, by the way:
It'll be very exciting, to say the least.
*I tried using a sewing machine at first, but proved my theory that any sewing machine I touch immediately decides to mutiny.
Anyway, this first portion of this will be the bustle pillow. Don't know what this is? It's a special pillow to tie around your waist. Like the corset, it helps create the shape of the dress, but in less of a painful way.
Yeah, I know. It looks bizarre. But hopefully, it'll look better with the skirt over it.
I was an idiot and didn't make it properly, either, so it's rather short and looks even more stupid than it's supposed to, but it works? Ish?
I used this pattern. It's wonderful, so long as you read the instructions properly and enlarge it as it asks you to. Instructions for my particular brand of pillow are in italics, but… as aforementioned, it looks very odd. Make it the way you're supposed to, and it will look far better.
Before you start, make sure you have fabric enough for the pattern (a yard should be more than enough), at least two feet- preferably a yard- of ribbon (another of my mistakes… I'll need to fix that.), and some kind of quilt batting or stuffing. Honestly, rice would probably work if that's what you have on hand. Don't forget fun little notions such as a needle/thread and a heck of a lot of pins. One of those magnetic pincushion things is good, especially since pins. will. be. dropped.
First, cut out your pieces and pin them. DON'T FORGET TO ENLARGE THE PATTERN. If you haven't hand-sewn before, we're working on the wrong side of the fabric. Make your stitches about a quarter inch from the edge, if you can, and we'll turn this right-side-out, later.
After realizing my mistake, I cut out two strips of fabic and pinned them to the flat edge of the pillow. It's kind of hard to explain better, but if you remember making newspaper hats as a kid… if the brim was on the inside, that's what this is.
Sew the curved edge.
If you made the same mistake I did (don't), sew each extra piece to each flat side. Make sure you're sewing through two layers and not four.
Another mistake I made: I pinned and sewed the ribbon to the inside of the pillow. You want the stitches and the end of the ribbon to be on the inside, but I had to pull the ribbon out of the stitches later on. Nasty business.
Sew the flat sides, but leave enough room to shove in your stuffing. This is important. Do not forget it. 4-ish inches should do it. I like to leave the needle and thread attatched while I'm stuffing, so don't tie it off yet.
Turn the pillow right-side out, poke it into shape, and start shoving in your stuffing. You want it to be firm but not stiff, so prod stuff around before sewing it entirely shut.
I stuffed each part of my pillow seperately in the hopes that it'd remedy part of my mistake. It didn't, but it gives it a bit more volume? I'm not really sure what the point was, actually.
Sew it shut as you stuff. You'll have some visible stitches, but it doesn't matter in the slightest- not only will they be basically invisible, but this is a purely structural thing.
Voila. Bustle pillow. If you followed the instructions nicely, yours won't have a seam down the middle, but alas… the good thing is that, as of yet, functionality does not seem to have been altered.
I recognize that from all appearances this is not a very bookish post, but it's a crucial step on the way to recreating the dress of Scarlett Dragna. Hopefully, I'll be able to do it justice, but… well, we'll see.


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Tonight, I take on the dreadful rise of left-wing political violence, then talk to Senator David Leyonhjelm about big tax cuts for millions of Australian households, and Bernard Gaynor about the corrosive impact of political correctness on the Australian Defence Force.
There's ZEG's cartoons, the new Outsiders' Outhouse segment (where you can have your say), an amazing "Left Lunatic of the Week," and much more!
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gary commented 2017-07-11 23:39:46 -0400loonie leftie of the week – very funny stuff and very good insight into why our school system is so screwed up and our children are falling ever so quickly in the international rankings….. maybe if he actually taught a subject of merit instaed of pushing his stupid views as to what is or isnt appropriate 'in his eyes' things can get better….. i dont think he grew up in a school system in Btitain that emphasised toy selections over english,maths and science….another overpaid dill out of the pickle jar…way to go mark !
Cheryl Hall commented 2017-07-07 00:46:51 -0400Thankyou Senator David L. Definitely providing the ability to enable Australian government guidelines of sensible alternatives,"Fiscal Food for Thought" for Australians all on every level of taxable income participate in the recovery process to reclaim our hope of surviving damages imposed by clueless politicians upon our nation. Shame the government doesn't care how they spend our money while Australian tax payers are screaming for fiscal responsibility after decades of inappropriateness and mismanagement of funding allocations.🇦🇺
Dallas Donnelly commented 2017-07-03 08:46:16 -0400Great show Latho, keep up the good work
Cam Smyth commented 2017-06-30 19:27:09 -0400One of the most restrictive pieces of legislation denying free speech was launched on Australia in 1976 with Fabius Maximus' ( Whitlam's ) so called Family Law Act. Section 121 of that Act could not realistically have been bettered by Stalin at the height of his murderous regime. Section 121 is designed to silence criticism of the marxist family court with imprisonment for anyone daring to stand and protest. No other lobby groups are as restricted in their options to criticise or protest as those good and worthy men and women in the family law reform groups in Australia.
"My ex wife wears a spotted dress"…there, I have just breached Section 121 of the Family Law Act and for doing so I can be imprisoned for a year. Brought to you by the "Its Time" crowd.
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Skip Norgenvaaz commented 2017-06-29 17:50:37 -0400Mark fantastic format much easier to view and listen to – all great subject matter – tell david he has to lose the doctor evil thing on his twitter account LOL.
Bruce Scott commented 2017-06-29 06:21:33 -0400Thank you Mark, for an informative, accurate and honest show. We in Australia need this show.
Greg Mapson commented 2017-06-28 20:57:13 -0400The Govt is using the ADF to push its social agendas. The ADF should never lead social issues, that is not its role, it should remain the most conservative arm of Govt. The decision of the then CDF to allow servicemen to march in the Gay Mardis Gras was ill concieved, argued and implemented. If you sexual persuasion is not an issue for employment in the ADF, why make it one by allowing personnel to march in uniform. It was a disgraceful decision and it remains so. The implementation of the 25% target for women in the ADF is now undermining ADF efficiency and morale. It is now common knowledge amongst officer, NCO and other ranks that if you are female your rise through the ranks will be rapid because the government has imposed quotas. This is not to denegrate the outstanding contribution of women in the ADF, but this policy attacks the very important fabric of professionalism, trust and teamwork in the ADF. Rest assured it will come back tobite us in conflict. As for LGBTI issues, we can now have our sex change operation paid for by the tax payer and if you are transex you can argue to wear a different uniform from your biological sex. The pandering to Islam is a complete joke and is a dangerous precedent. Very few if any serving members including those at the top believe in any of this nonsense, but they are being muzzled.
James Mathes commented 2017-06-28 20:55:27 -0400found this online https://witchwind.wordpress.com/2014/… if you ever wondered whats in the minds of feminists if anything it's an interesting read..enjoy
Jeff Holland commented 2017-06-28 10:02:11 -0400Thank you for another informative and honest speaking show Mark. You are a hero.
Sydney Lastrence commented 2017-06-28 09:38:09 -0400Correct Mark that queer from the school should be charged with trying to brainwash children's minds. The average Australian must fight to stop these weirdo's mentally deranging our children.
John Connelly commented 2017-06-28 09:12:00 -0400The Left call everyone who disagrees with them either Nazi or Fascist while their pet goons, who are more into ignorant mudslinging than public discourse, disrupt political meetings they disagree with.
Nini O. commented 2017-06-28 08:42:50 -0400No edit function after posting and using iPad with automatic spelling correction doesn't help. I'm sure you all get what I mean.
Nini O. commented 2017-06-28 08:39:50 -0400Great presentation.
About specifically recruiting for Muslims in the defence force.
Beware of al taqiya. Mohammed gave permission for Muslims to deceive and lie to gain the confidence of the kafirs to advance Islam.
Al taqiya got me remember the below:
I remember reading a tittle to a news item in the daily mail Australia that Waleed Ali recently got his PhD on the topic of global terrorism. I won't be surprised if the leftist govt will employ him a single their expert.
I also recall a female Muslim senator?? from WA as an expert in the similar area in which Waleed has a doctorate. I vaguely remember reading that she was in the national security committee in the senate. Maybe I'm wrong.
We should be smart and awake. Erosion happens little by little and we don't seem to notice until almost the whole block is gone.
Ro Parn commented 2017-06-28 07:44:58 -0400Great work Mark! Keep it up Australians are behind you!!
Matthew Dilosa commented 2017-06-28 07:34:33 -0400Compulsive Wednesday night viewing for me now Mark, we must fight back against these dangerous social engineers
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Figures. Russian Bots Scooped US Media – Broward County Democrats Were Destroying Ballots
You know your reporting sucks when you're getting scooped by Russian bots!
In early November 2016 the Gateway Pundit posted an article alleging voter fraud in Broward County Florida.
GOP Alleges VOTER FRAUD in Broward County – Democrats Opened TENS OF THOUSANDS of Ballots (VIDEO) https://t.co/AF9lhRMNQX via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) November 2, 2016
The GOP even released a statement on the alleged voter fraud.
These attempts by Florida Democrats to alter the election did not sway the election and Donald Trump won in an electoral landslide.
Then in February of 2018 — in the midst of the Russia-Collusion hysteria — the media accused The Gateway Pundit of falling for the fake news of a Russian troll internet bots.
The Washington Times even attacked The Gateway Pundit:
The article cited a tweet published earlier in the day by @Ten_GOP, a Twitter account purportedly managed by members of the Tennessee Republican Party but actually operated by the Internet Research Agency, a Russian "troll farm" at the center of a sprawling indictment unsealed Friday as part of Mr. Mueller's investigation into the 2016 race.
"BREAKING," the bogus GOP account tweeted. "#VoterFraud by counting tens of thousands of ineligible mail in Hillary votes being reported in Broward County, Florida."
That precise tweet was among a handful attributed to Internet Research Agency accounts and included in Friday's indictment charging 13 Russian nationals and three companies, including the aforementioned troll farm and its employees, for allegedly defrauding the United States and interfering in the 2016 race using "information warfare."
Brenda Snipes (Local 10)
Earlier today a Florida judge ruled that Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes violated state and federal laws by destroying ballots from a 2016 congressional race while they were the subject of a lawsuit against her office.
It looks like the Russian bots were right.
So was The Gateway Pundit.
Broward County Democrats were destroying ballots.
It must suck when Russian bots are more dependable than the liberal media.
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Woman Eats Live Tuna on Portland Bus
Another reason not to ride the bus. According to The Onion "America's Finest News Source" a woman tee's off on "Charlie Tuna" while riding a city bus.
Just the fact that The Onion is covering Portland makes me giddy and I'm pretty sure I've sat next to her at one point or another on The T! Here's the story Click here:
If you don't read The Onion I highly recommend it. It's one of the first sites I look at every morning. With headlines like "Nelson Mandela Becomes The First Politician To Be Missed" how can you miss-


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North Shropshire College (NSC) has been enjoying a busy festive period with a series of exciting Christmas events.
Staff and students at the College have been getting into the spirit of Christmas with a spectacular Christmas Fayre at NSC's Walford Campus, which gave host to a series of diverse festive craft stalls, music from Mark 'Macca' Jones, and a selection of festive treats from the Vintage Horsebox Company.
The hugely popular event was followed by the College's recent participation in the Oswestry Christmas Parade, with staff members appearing on the College's festive float and mobile display unit in Red Square.
To finish the busy season of events, NSC's Oswestry campus was host to a student led festive fair, in aid of The Guide Dog's Trust, and staff also donated to the Oswestry Food Bank to support those less fortunate.
The Shipley and Aspire Campuses also took part in the festivities, with a Christmas jumper day for staff and students.
Lucy Evans, marketing and customer services manager at NSC said: "It has been a very busy and productive festive period for everyone at NSC.
"I would like to thank both the staff and students at the College for their wonderful contributions over the last few weeks, and for making all of our events a huge success.
"I hope that the College will be able to build on the successes of the last year and I am sure that we will have another great year in 2018".


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Friday, November 11, 2011
Friday Night DeStash Update & Bonuses...
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This week on Eating Disorder, hosts Chef Paul Gerard and The Rev Spyro welcome Jesse Malin and Danny Sage, owners of East Village bars Niagara and Dream Baby. These guys also make up part of the band D Generation and are in studio for 'the after party.' Opening up talking about growing up in New York, the guys acknowledge that while the scene has changed, there's still a great energy that surrounds the area. Throughout the conversation, the guys share their favorite parts of the city that are still considered untouched by current times. After the break, Jesse and Danny continue the talk on the good ol' days in New York City. Tune in to hear some crazy stories all about the grittier NYC of yesteryear. This program was brought to you by Roberta's Pizza.
"I like being in New York still. I travel a lot and I still find there's things about Manhattan – there's an energy walking out your door, so many things happening." [7:53]
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Since I was vacation during E3, I am combining my E3 coverage with the my Meta Gamer article for July. It won't be exhaustive, but I am highlighting some of the more interesting games. I am saving all the Nintendo coverage for a separate article, it will feature a ton of info about Super Mario Odyssey.
PlayStation and Xbox haven't announced their free games for July yet. Keep an eye out as I will update this article when they do.
Thanks to my lovely fiance, I finally got a Nintendo Switch and will share my first impressions. Also expect a review of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in a few weeks.
***Updated: Free Games for PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold now included.***
Nintendo Switch First Impressions
The dock for the Switch is very light and not very substantial. Docking and undocking was fairly easy, although the Switch does wiggle while docked.
The Joy Cons slid very easily into the grip. The grip itself isn't very wide as compared to a Dualshock 4 for the PS4 and took some getting to use to.
I got to test out the best thing about the Switch. While playing Breath of the Wild the electricity went out. Normally this would be a "Oh no I didn't save!" moment, but as the Switch has it's own battery it was still running, I just slid in the Joy Cons then pulled it out and continued playing.
My only issue is with the wrist straps that come with it the Switch, one is very hard to detach from the Joy Con.
Cross-play Controversy
During E3, Microsoft announced cross platform play for Minecraft, so players on PC, Switch and Xbox One would be able to play with each other but not PS4 players. Also during E3 Nintendo announced Rocket League was coming to the Switch and the games developer Psyonix announced it would also have cross-play with PC (through Steam), Switch and Xbox One and again no PS4.
Neither Microsoft or Psyonix are responsible for the omission, Sony is the hold out in both cases. According to Eurogamer's interview with Jim Ryan, global sales and marketing head for PlayStation, Sony feels they can't adequately protect children online (in reference to Minecraft). It seems to be a flimsy excuse considering Nintendo is often considered the family and kid friendly company. (Source: Eurogamer)
Evil Within 2
Sebastian Castellanos returns from the first game, when his old partner from the first game Juli Kidman tells him that Lily, the daughter he thought dead, is still alive. He has to return to the STEM from the first game and find and save his daughter.
Official Site: The Evil Within 2
E3 Gameplay Demo
Players: Single Player
ESRB Rating*: RP
Price: MSRP $59.99
Release Date: Oct 13th 2017
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Star Wars Battlefront II
The next game in DICE's Star Wars Battlefront series will allow you to play in any era, participate in space battles and best of of all Darth Maul!
Official Website: Star Wars Battlefront II
Players: Single Player, Multi-Player
ESRB Rating*: RP
Price: MSRP $59.99 ($79.99 Elite Trooper Edition)
Release Date: Nov 17, 2017 ( Nov 14, 2017 Elite Trooper Edition)
Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Other Games
A Way Out
Assassin's Creed Origins
Beyond Good And Evil 2
Destiny 2
E3 Trailer
Gameplay Trailer
Far Cry 5
Kingdom Hearts 3
Sonic Forces
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
At E3 Sony introduced a PlayLink, a social gaming platform that connects with mobile devices so play games in a social setting. One of the games That's You will be free for PS Plus subscribers when PlayLink launches July 4. (Source: PlayStation)
Official Website: PlayLink
Days Gone
This was originally announced at last year's E3, but I somehow missed it (probably because I was obsessing over the Breath of the Wild coverage). Days Gone is essentially Sons of Anarchy meets the zombie apocalypse.
Set around the fictional Oregon town of Farewell, the game stars Sam Witwer (the character is voice by and modeled after him) from the show Being Human and the Stars Wars games The Force Unleashed I and II. He plays a biker named Deacon, who was in a motorcycle club before everything goes all to hell. He has to use his skills to work as a mercenary and survive this new world.
To navigate this new reality Deacon relies on his trusty bike and his skills.
- Can be upgraded
- Handles differently depended on the dynamic weather system
- Can be knocked off bike by "clothes-line" traps that can be disarmed
- There is a gas gauge telling you how much gas you have left
- Guns
- Knives
- Bear traps
- Bombs
- Environment (Deacon uses "clothes-line" rope to choke an enemy)
Deacon will be able to craft, but there isn't much info yet on what crafting will entail.
Tracking Sense
Deacon also has a keen tracking sense that helps him complete objectives.
Deacon will fight other survivors as well as the "Freakers"
Freakers are Days Gone answer to zombies. Similar to Dying Light's zombies, Freakers aren't dead but living humans (and in this case animals) infected by virus that drives their insatiable hunger. Different types will attack each other. They all hate the cold and are attracted by noises.
- Swarmers – Small fast groups
- Hordes – Much larger groups
- Newts – Infected children
- Runners – Infected wolves
- Ravagers – Infected bears
Days Gone is a PS4 exclusive by Bend Studio. No release date announced as of yet.
Official Site: https://bendstudio.com/games/days-gone/
Players: Single Player
ESRB Rating*: RP
Price: MSRP TBA
Release Date: TBA
Platforms: PS4
Detroit: Become Human
Another game originally shown off at last years E3, Detroit: Become Human is made by Quantic Dream, who is responsible for such hits as the gritty noir Hard Rain, and Beyond: Two Souls. The game is set in future Detroit where human looking androids are used to perform many tasks, most of them menial. The androids start to develop independent thought and decide to rebel.
Player's decisions play very heavily in this game as the you're able to choose multiple outcomes for every situation. You can use built in tech to analyze your surroundings to help you formulate a plan of action. These decisions can affect the overall game world.
You play one of the three android characters:
- Kara – She is fresh out of the factory and is experiencing the world for the first time
- Marcus – He is a revolutionary at the forefront of the android rebellion
- Conner – A hostage negotiator that had to deal with "Deviants" androids who have gone rogue
Official Site: Detroit: Become Human
Gameplay Trailers
Players: Single Player
ESRB Rating*: RP
Price: MSRP TBA
Release Date: TBA
Platforms: PS4
Other PS4 Games
God of War
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds DLC
Xbox One X
Microsoft revealed the name and price of their new console. Previously know as Scoripo the new Xbox will be called the Xbox One X. Price is MSRP $499.99 and will be released November 7.
Offcial Site: http://www.xbox.com/en-us/xbox-one-x
Free Games For July 2017
PlayStation Plus Free Games
PlayStation has a great selection this month. PS4 players can get the horror game Until Dawn and Game of Thrones: The Telltale Series Season One starting the 4th of July.
- Darkstalkers Resurrection
- Tokyo Jungle
- Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series
- Until Dawn
PS Vita
- Element4l
PS4, PS Vita
- Don't Die, Mr. Robot!
Xbox Live Gold Free Games
July 1-15
- Kane & Lynch 2 (Xbox 360**)
July 1-31
- Grow Up (Xbox One)
July 16-31
- Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (Xbox 360**)
July 16-August 15
- Runbow (Xbox One)
** Available on Xbox One through backwards compatibility.
Games Releasing In July
July 1
- CodeRed: Agent Sarah's Story (PC)
July 4
- That's You (PS4)
July 7
- Accel World vs. Sword Art Online (PS4, PSVita)
July 11
- Black The Fall (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Fable Fortune (PC, Xbox One)
- Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age (PS4)
- Minecraft: Story Mode – Season 2 (Android, iOS, PC, PS4, Xbox One) Digital Only
July 12
- Antihero (PC)
- The End is Nigh (PC)
July 17
- Albion Online (PC)
July 18
- Children of Zoiarcs (PC, PS4)
- Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy (iOS, Android)
- Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles (PS4)
July 21
- Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 (PC, Console releases later this year)
- Splatoon 2 (Switch) – July 21
July 25
- Aven Colony (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
- Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star (Switch)
- Pyre (PC, PS4)
July 27
- Galaxy of Pen and Paper (Android, iOS, PC)
- Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (PC)
- The Darkside Detective (PC)
July 28
- Hey Pikmin (3DS)
July 31
- Immortal Planet (PC)
- The Station (PC)
*ESRB Ratings
E – Everyone
T – Teen
M – Mature
RP – Rating Pending


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When I lived in Philadelphia, I was the only psychologist that a busy pediatrician would ever use to send his little patients. The reason was that my results were dramatic and consistent. The doctor knew that when he referred a child to me, the child would get well.
To this day, if he is still alive, he does not know that I never saw a single one of his patients. They played in the waiting room while I treated the parents. The youngest ones busied themselves with toys, and the teens absorbed themselves in the TV.
The reason I maintain this policy today is simply this: There is no such thing as a disturbed child who does not come from a troubled marriage, an upset parent, or both. Children react to what they are put through at home.
With the very few exceptions in genetics or other biology, children do not suffer from mental illness. They think, feel, and behave as dictated by the conditions they live in or to which they have been exposed.
My premise is not supported by the mental-health profession at large because tradition holds mental illness as some sort of mental state that arises within individuals but without a reason. So psychologists and psychiatrists make some observations, ask a few questions, and then affix a diagnostic label. The psychiatrist begins to prescribe medicine, no matter how long the list of side effects.
Many cannot see that what has always been considered mental illness is a reaction, not a set of symptoms magically emerging from a vacuum. Even attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the garbage-can diagnosis of school counselors, is a direct result of sensory deprivation in very early childhood. Even the most severe cases can be managed without medication.
ADHD has already been discussed in a previous article, and it is also described in my book. But usually it is a misdiagnosis.
Today, mental-health practitioners are being swarmed by cases of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Contrary to the foregoing, this painful state is being experienced by children all over the world. But again, even this real pathology is a reaction to craziness in any number of forms.
For example, children are reacting to physical, sexual, and emotional abuse in record numbers. Others are struggling with the trauma of actual war as more and more battles emerge all over the world. As a rule, doctoral programs in psychology concentrate very little on training their students to recognize trauma, let alone how to treat it.
In the United States, the main cause of PTSD is, beyond question, child abuse. The fact is that little kids are being dehumanized by their own parents, by the very people who are supposed to love them.
Some of these parents, potential murderers that they are, actually want their kids to be dead.
One of the main disguises for parents abusing their children is to label the child as being crazy. They take the child to a doctor who, the parents are sure, will not catch on to the reality. In fact, the doctor will reinforce what the child has heard from his parents, that there is something wrong with him. So the victim himself will grow up with the lie that there is something wrong inside his head.
This entire scenario is intensified and fueled by the fact that the little patient will indeed exhibit symptoms. Abuse, being the strongest communication possible, will always produce symptoms. What is not generally understood is that the symptoms are reactions to craziness.
There is not now, nor will there ever be, a normal way to react to craziness. Those who can understand such a statement will readily see that very, very, often, taking your child to a shrink is another form of child abuse, another expression of our debased society.
Father Heyward B. Ewart, Ph.D. is President of St. James the Elder Theological Seminary. Information about the doctoral curriculum in Christian clinical counseling and other programs, plus more information on Fr. Ewart, can be found at the seminary's website, http://stjamestheelderseminary.org
Father Ewart is author of the book "AM I BAD? Recovering from Abuse", published by Loving Healing Press. (lovinghealing.com) His site has links to two podcasts whereby he can be heard on separate topics changing weekly.


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by Abbey Knupp
It's that time of year again. The time of year when snow coats the world, lights twinkle around the rims of houses, people shop like the world's gone mad, the air constantly smells like cookies, and the entire world is filled with a sense of…wonder. When I was a child, the holidays were all that I looked forward to. Nothing was more exciting than receiving presents or decorating the household; after Halloween, I felt nothing but anticipation. This year is quite different.
I am completely bereft of holiday spirit. While I assumed it was just something that was occurring within myself, I quickly realized that I am not the only person who is experiencing this strange phenomenon. Holiday cheer has completely dissipated from much of the population at Bellbrook High School. This year, people are not excited about holiday movie marathons, people are not chatting about their holiday plans, and not a single holiday song has been hummed. The complete loss of holiday spirit is intriguing, if a little disconcerting.
What is different about this year? Why have people lost their holiday excitement? In some ways, especially in ways pertaining to our school, I think it is due to a preoccupation with other problems. Students are worried about exams and college acceptance. Adults are worried about work and the state of the world. Everyone is preoccupied with something else, leaving no room for holiday spirit. It is because of this overwhelming stress level that the holiday season is especially important; the holidays should be used as a time for people to set down their outstanding duties and take a moment to live for themselves and their families.
Though the lack of spirit seems a little disconcerting, it could also be a positive thing. Almost everyone that I've asked this year desires nothing for Christmas; everyone's wishes have already been filled or they are the type of wishes that cannot be filled with money. Over the years, people have become cynical about the holidays, attributing much of the spirit to consumerism, though this year's trend may prove that idea incorrect. While Black Friday still consisted of heinous crowds and the stores are seemingly sold-out of many hot-ticket items, I think the lack of desire for physical things is spreading and I think it is a good sign.
Perhaps, the spirit of the season isn't gone, merely shifted into a different form. The things that I am excited about this year are not the type of things that I have been excited about in years past. While the lights, cookies, and holiday festivities are still wonderful, I am mostly excited about the downtime that I can spend among family and friends. I am looking forward to reconnecting with people who have been overshadowed by my duties. It seems like the holiday spirit has dissipated, since people are so used to the holidays coming in many other ways, but I think the true meaning of the holidays are finally being expressed. People are less concerned with materialistic things and are more concerned with finding peace and reconnecting with loved ones.
So maybe it's not beginning to look like the holidays in the way that I would anticipate. After all, it's beginning to look less like presents and more like peace.


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Warning: This article was last updated on June 23, 2015, and as such, many of the examples are now out of date with newer NativeScript releases. You're welcome to read through the article, but we recommend developers get started with NativeScript on either our JavaScript tutorial, or our TypeScript & Angular 2 tutorial.
NativeScript is a framework that lets you use JavaScript to build mobile applications utilizing platform specific, native API calls. It supports iOS, Android, and (as of February 2015) Windows Universal.
In this article, you will learn how to build a native mobile app using NativeScript. If you'd like some background on how NativeScript works first, you can read NativeScript – a Technical Overview before getting started.
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If you want to see the final result, you can check the code at any time at https://github.com/sebawita/GettingStarted.
For clarity I added
components folder (inside the
app folder) where I am going to put all examples.
Here is how your folder structure should look.
Now you are ready to create your first NativeScript app.
helloWorldView.xml to the
components folder, with the following code:
<Label text="Hello World" />
app.js and change
application.module to components/helloWorldView.
app.js code should look as follows:
var application = require("application");
application.mainModule = "components/helloWorldView";
application.cssFile = "./app.css";
Build the app and deploy it to your device or emulator (for instructions see the getting started page, Step 4).
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<Page> tag can only contain one item. Adding more items to the page will break it. In the next example we'll examine how to add multiple items.
application.module is used to specify the starting page.
In this example you are going to add a few UI components. Since the
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StackLayout since it's easy to use.
To explore other containers see the documentation area and Demystifying NativeScript Layouts
app.js change the line that sets the
mainModule to:
application.mainModule = "components/signUpView";
signUpView.xml to the
components folder with the following contents:
<Page loaded="loadSignUpView">
<Label text="Name:" />
<TextField id="name" width="200"/>
<Label text="Email:" />
<TextField id="email" width="200"/>
<Label text="Twitter Handle:" />
<TextField id="twitterHandle" text="@" width="200"/>
<Button id="signUpButton" text="Sign Up" width="100"/>
<Label id="result" text=" " textWrap="true"/>
The bit worth noting is
loaded is an event that NativeScript triggers each time a page is loaded. The definition of
loadSignUpView is located in the JavaScript file (see below).
signUpView.js to the
components folder with the following contents:
var view = require("ui/core/view");
function onLoad(args) {
var page = args.object;
var nameTextField = view.getViewById(page, "name");
var emailTextField = view.getViewById(page, "email");
var twitterHandleTextField = view.getViewById(page, "twitterHandle");
var signUpButton = view.getViewById(page, "signUpButton");
var resultLabel = view.getViewById(page, "result");
signUpButton.on("tap", function () {
var result = "";
if(nameTextField.text === "" || emailTextField.text === "" || twitterHandleTextField.text === "")
result = "Error: All fields required";
result = "Success!!!\nName: " + nameTextField.text + "\nEmail:" + emailTextField.text + "\nTwitter Handle: " + twitterHandleTextField.text;
resultLabel.text = result;
exports.loadSignUpView = onLoad;
require function loads modules in NativeScript. In this case it loads a view module linked with the current page, which gives you access to UI components on the page.
exports variable exposes functions and attributes to the elements on the page. In this case it exposes the
loadSignUpView function (which corresponds to line 1 in
view.getViewById retrieves a UI component from the page.
tap event adds code to be called when the button referenced by
signUpButton is tapped.
Calling an element by its
id and manually getting its text is a bad practice, as it ties the business logic of your app to the specific UI components. It also forces you to know the
id of each UI component in your JavaScript code. Luckily NativeScript provides a more elegant approach: binding UI properties to attributes of a JavaScript object.
In this example you will create a journey cost calculator. The user will enter distance, miles per gallon and fuel cost, and the app will calculate the cost for the journey.
app.js change the line that sets the
mainModule to:
application.mainModule = "components/journeyCalculatorView";
journeyCalculatorView.js to the
components folder with the following contents:
var view = require("ui/core/view");
var journeyInfo = {
distance: "24",
mpg: "35",
fuelCost: "120.5"
var page;
exports.loadSignUpView = function(args) {
page = args.object;
page.bindingContext = journeyInfo;
exports.calculate = function() {
var distance = parseFloat(journeyInfo.distance);
var milesPerGallon = parseFloat(journeyInfo.mpg);
var milesPerLitre = milesPerGallon / 4.54609;
var fuelCost = parseFloat(journeyInfo.fuelCost) / 100; // cost in £
var costPerMile = fuelCost / milesPerLitre;
var journeyCost = distance * costPerMile;
var resultLabel = view.getViewById(page, "result");
resultLabel.text = "Journey cost £" + journeyCost.toFixed(2)
+ "\nCost per mile: £" + costPerMile.toFixed(2);
journeyInfo object's attributes using
{{ attribute name }}
journeyInfo object, rather than getting explicit references to UI components and setting their
text property.
journeyCalculatorView.xml to the
components folder with the following contents:
<Page loaded="loadSignUpView">
<StackLayout orientation="horizontal">
<Label text="Distance" width="50"/>
<TextField text="{{distance}}" width="100"/>
<Label text="Miles" />
<StackLayout orientation="horizontal">
<Label text="MPG" width="50" />
<TextField text="{{mpg}}" width="100"/>
<Label text="MPG" />
<StackLayout orientation="horizontal">
<Label text="Fuel Cost" width="50" />
<TextField text="{{fuelCost}}" width="100"/>
<Label text="Pence/Liter" />
<Button tap="calculate" id="calculateButton" text="Calculate" width="100"/>
<Label id="result" textWrap="true"/>
journeyInfo object, are created using
{{ attributeName }}.
text={{ miles + "miles" }}.
The observable object is the missing piece in the binding puzzle. Its main purpose is to notify the UI about any relevant (bound) changes so that the UI can update itself.
In the previous example, if the
journeyInfo was an observable object, you wouldn't need to retrieve the result label to display the result on the page. Instead you would update the
journeyInfo result and the UI would display the new value automatically.
In this example you will create a small game. In the game there are 10 numbers (1-10) in a random order. The player is presented with a number, and needs to guess whether the next number is higher or lower. The game needs to display the current card, the score, and the number of cards left. Finally, it must allow users to start a new game. Let's see how this is built.
app.js change the line that sets the
mainModule to:
application.mainModule = "components/upDownView";
upDownViewModel.js in the
components folder with the following contents:
var observable = require("data/observable");
var upDownViewModel = new observable.Observable();
upDownViewModel.noOfCards = 10;
upDownViewModel.cards = [];
upDownViewModel.currentCardIndex = 0;
upDownViewModel.currentCard = 0;
upDownViewModel.nextCard = 0;
upDownViewModel.score = 0;
upDownViewModel.streak = 0;
upDownViewModel.cardsLeft = 0;
upDownViewModel.startNewGame = function() {
this.set("score", 0);
this.set("streak", 0);
upDownViewModel.goHigher = function() {
if(this.currentCard < this.nextCard)
upDownViewModel.goLower = function() {
if(this.currentCard > this.nextCard)
upDownViewModel.getFirstCard = function() {
this.currentCardIndex = -1;
upDownViewModel.getNextCard = function() {
this.currentCardIndex = this.currentCardIndex +1;
index = this.currentCardIndex;
this.set("currentCard", this.cards[index]);
this.nextCard = this.cards[index+1];
this.set("cardsLeft", this.noOfCards - index -1);
upDownViewModel.hasMoves = function() {
return this.cardsLeft > 0;
upDownViewModel.goodGuess = function() {
this.set("streak", this.streak + 1);
this.set("score", this.score + this.streak);
upDownViewModel.badGuess = function() {
this.set("streak", 0);
upDownViewModel.shuffleCards = function() {
var cardDeck = [];
for(var i=0; i<this.noOfCards; i++) {
var shuffledCards = [];
while(cardDeck.length > 0) {
var index = getRandom(cardDeck.length);
var card = cardDeck.splice(index, 1)[0];
this.set("cards", shuffledCards);
module.exports = upDownViewModel;
function getRandom (max) {
return Math.floor(Math.random() * max);
goHigher and
goLower functions.
The above code is self-contained and is completely separated from the UI. Its sole purpose is to provide the game logic.
upDownView.js in the
components folder with the following contents:
var view = require("ui/core/view");
var model = require("./upDownViewModel");
exports.loadUpDownView = function(args) {
var page = args.object;
page.bindingContext = model;
upDownViewModel.js file.
upDownView.xml with the following contents:
<Page loaded="loadUpDownView">
<Button tap="{{startNewGame}}" text="New Game"/>
<Label text="{{'Cards Left: ' + cardsLeft}}" />
<Label text="{{'Score (Streak):' + score + ' ('+ streak +') '}}" />
<StackLayout orientation="horizontal" horizontalAlignment="center">
<Button tap="{{goLower}}" text="Lower" />
<Label text="{{currentCard}}" />
<Button tap="{{goHigher}}" text="Higher" />
set("attributeName", value) sets the value of the
attributeName attribute and notifies all bound properties in the UI. This should be used on attributes that are expected to be bound in the UI (like
currentCard and
myObject.attributeName = value) sets the value of the attribute, but it doesn't notify the UI. This should be used on attributes that are not meant to be displayed in the UI (like
nextCard and
The game from the previous example works, but the UI isn't all that attractive. Now is a good time to introduce NativeScript CSS styling and to make the game look better.
upDownViewWithStyle.css to the
components folder, with the following code:
.info {
font-size: 30;
color: #2E4F8A;
.infoLabel {
font-size: 22;
color: #99ABD6;
.card {
color: #D63326;
font-size: 100;
width: 100;
Button {
vertical-align: center;
background-color: #037AC4;
color: #8CE8FC;
font-size: 30;
app.js change the line that sets the
mainModule to:
application.mainModule = "components/upDownViewWithStyle";
upDownViewWithStyle.js in the
components folder with the following contents:
var view = require("ui/core/view");
var viewModel = require("./upDownViewModel");
exports.loadUpDownView = function(args) {
var page = args.object;
page.bindingContext = viewModel;
upDownViewWithStyle.xml with the following code:
<Page loaded="loadUpDownView">
<Button tap="{{startNewGame}}" text="New Game" horizontalAlignment="center" cssClass="actionButton"/>
<GridLayout rows="auto">
<Label text=" Cards Left:" cssClass="infoLabel" horizontalAlignment="left" />
<Label text="Score (Streak): " cssClass="infoLabel" horizontalAlignment="right" />
<GridLayout rows="auto">
<Label text="{{' ' + cardsLeft}}" cssClass="info" horizontalAlignment="left" />
<Label text="{{score + ' ('+ streak +') '}}" cssClass="info" horizontalAlignment="right" />
<StackLayout orientation="horizontal" horizontalAlignment="center">
<Button tap="{{goLower}}" text="Lower" cssClass="actionButton" />
<Label text="{{currentCard}}" cssClass="card" />
<Button tap="{{goHigher}}" text="Higher" cssClass="actionButton" />
cssClass that corresponds to a class name defined in
cssClass attribute because their styling is defined by the
Button selector in
view-name.css to add styling to the specific
view-name.js view (i.e. helloWorldView.js -> helloWorldView.css).
upDownViewWithStyle.css follows the CSS structures and naming conventions. However only a small subset of CSS properties are available for use at the moment:
background-color, etc.
upDownViewModel for this example, as the styling of the UI is separate from the logic of the game.
Now you should have a working example of a NativeScript app with bindings and CSS styling. Hopefully these examples have prepared you to build your own NativeScript apps.
There are other things that you will need to know in order to build a successful app such as page navigation, adding 3rd-party native libraries, and adding platform-specific code. Don't worry – we'll be covering those topics (and more) in the near future.
For more information on NativeScript check out the docs.
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-advocating for the Wakefield-Lynnfield Rail Trail project.
Lynnfield Rail Trail
Leadership Team Letter - March 3, 2017
The Friends of the Lynnfield Rail Trail have worked diligently to inform residents about the facts and misconceptions regarding the
Wakefield– Lynnfield Rail Trail project. We are committed to making sure our residents understand the opportunity we have to greatly benefit our community in a number of important ways.
The Rail Trail will foster in the community:
* Safety
* Health & Wellness
* Improved social connections
* A Four season recreational path for all ages and abilities
* Town Pride
* A Boost to Home Values
Most important, this Rail Trail can save a child's life.
There are number of people in town that are worried about the Wakefield -Lynnfield Rail Trail project because of potential crime. A few abutters in an attempt to create fear, cite crimes with no evidence from local and national studies. They have not spoken to local towns with existing trails. Concord this year voted to connect to the Minuteman Rail Trail - the oldest in Massachusetts - 25 years duration. They are a smart, fiscally wise, and experienced town with their first hand viewing of this trail for 25 years. To date, no rail trail communities, not one, have experienced additional crime as a result of their rail trails. This statement is supported both by studies and by direct information provided by officials in communities with established rail trails and if you think about it, why would crime increase in the presence of a rail trail? The corridor was always there, and criminals can access a community by roads much more easily.
These abutters should not decide what is best for the town, you should.
Learn for yourself, get some of your friends and neighbors together on a rail trail and ask the local residents themselves their personal experience and opinion. This will hopefully give you the insight to overcome these fears and vote Yes, to build this rail trail. You will be very happy you did, as all other communities that have done this before us are.
Remember this; of the twenty thousand plus miles of rail trails that have been built not one has ever been closed.. That is a great testimonial to how these rail-trails are viewed and that they are highly prized assets for the communities that are lucky to have them. Can 107 towns that have built rail trails/ Rec Paths in Massachusetts be wrong? Including the most recent to vote yes- Concord and Dover?
A boost to home values- Local and national data indicate that rail trails increase property values, especially those nearer the rail trail. "The results show that houses near the trail sell for a higher proportion of the asking price and in about half the time that it took for houses in the general inventory". See "Life adjacent to a rail trail" by Craig Della Penna (Massachusetts Realtor and leading expert on this topic).
We strongly believe the Wakefield- Lynnfield Rail Trail project creating a recreational path that serves the entire community is an initiative that you need to support. Pedestrian, bicycle, baby strollers, roller blade, cross country ski; ADA compliant, Non-motorized use only, dawn to dusk hours of operation.
Towns across Massachusetts and the country desire these paths and continue to add them. We are fortunate in that we have an engineered rail bed currently unused that can be converted to a recreational path, expected to be paid for entirely with State and Federal funds( MA DOT STIP funding) and maintained at no cost to the town via a non-profit group assisted with private donations and volunteer efforts ( see Danvers and Topsfield). This path would cross only two streets and abut only 60 of 4200 homes but would connect the major public buildings in town. This includes the High School and Middle school which towns today strive for especially to allow children and parents to walk and bicycle to school. Studies show the major health and educational performance benefits to this activity.
Community spirit happens when people work together for the good of the whole.
People learn civic responsibility in their families, churches and schools. Working with others to do good for the community creates good feelings. There is positive reinforcement for constructive behavior.
This Rail Trail project exemplifies civic responsibility and civic betterment. It is in the very best interests of the community.
Go to our site www.Lynnfieldrailtrail.org and become informed. Read the Personal statement of Tom Grilk, 29 year resident of Lynnfield and abutter to the rail bed in Lynnfield.
Read the FAQS which are continuously updated, to answer the questions raised by citizens.
Please contact us to help you with any concerns or questions. Become involved with the process and help us get this asset built.
Please vote "Yes" at the upcoming Town Meeting on April 24, 2017 for the Rail Trail initiative, no solution satisfies everyone, but this is one of the best value opportunities this town has had in its history.
Thank you.
Friends of the Lynnfield Rail Trail
Leadership Team ( 3/3/17)
Tom Adamczyk Stephen Fantone
Sheila Aronson Kendall Inglese
Sanjay Aurora M.D. Vince Inglese
Eric Baras Bob Lee
John Ciampa Keith Nobil M.D.
Patrick Curley Dara Reppucci
Mike DAmore Randy Russell
Camille Ernest
. 3/3/17


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Advice for Brides
The only person who needs this advice is a Bride. And a Bride won't listen.
A Bride doesn't want you to disturb her big day mentioning how only 50% of all marriages do not end in divorce.
A Bride does not want to hear about domestic violence or adultery.
A Bride is the only person who believes that the man she is about to marry is perfect, and will never abuse or cheat on her.
The Signs
A Bride is the only person who is not ready for domestic violence and/or adultery, unless her intended has begun the slapping the day the engagement ring went on her finger, or he's never been faithful to her.
Most brides were never even spoken to in a rough voice by their groom, so don't expect him to 'change'.
A Bride doesn't know that the man who makes her cry then consoles her gets pleasure out of hurting her, and that over time he will need more hurt to get pleasure.
A Bride is not going to suspect that her husband isn't 'working late', doesn't 'have to help Bob move'.
And dare you warn the Bride of the possibilities she may face, you are destroying her big day.
If only
If one could warn the Bride not to lose her family or friends, keep her interests, be alert to changes in his behaviour...
If one could warn the Bride that her marriage isn't 'different' and that every abuser, whether he lives in Kinshasa, Kingston, or Kings County follows the same pattern, and that if she just became alert to the fact there was a pattern...
If one could warn the Bride that no matter how beautiful and good she is her husband may still fall into bed with the first female who opens her legs, and that it has nothing to do with her, because he, her beloved husband, will not be thinking of her as he rolls on soiled sheets...
But one can't.
It will spoil the Big Day.
Jumping without a Parachute
So we smile, tell her how beautiful she looks, and let her go off without warning. She's never read that 'chapter' in the 'Facts of Life'; and we know it.
We know that unless her Best Friend or relative went through a Bad Marriage sometime in the past five years, so that it's fresh enough in her mind, she is going as a lamb to the slaughter.
Some place in our souls we want to make her understand the problems, the dangers, the possibilities, so that it won't take her unaware.
But we can't.
For we will Spoil Her Big Day.
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Well, right after introducing my project I want to let you know the state of it.
I want to keep things simple (for the moment) meaning that there will be only one race: The Ogre.
This has to do with my decision regarding the unit design.
The game wont have predefined Units like a foot soldier, a sniper, a rocket launcher etc. Instead you will have a base unit and equip it with weapons which will then influence the stats of the unit. A Bazooka for example will increase the viewdistance of the units while making them slower because of their weight. Additionally i want to add a basic XP system, so that units learn to be better with a weapon while using it. You will be able to change the weapon of a unit during battle causing the unit to loose all its XP gathered with the old weapon.
Another point which is important to me will be to force the player to be more carefull with his units. This could be achieved by giving the opponent a ressource bonus for every killed unit, or giving the killing unit a big amount of XP. This feature is still a WIP but will definetly be a key feature.
Unit controll
I want to implement a new way of moving around your units: Drawing A Path.
The basic idea behind it is that you dont tell the unit where to go, just by defining the endpoint but instead by telling them exactly which way to go.
Hopefully this will add some new possibilites to the game. I could imagine an efficient attack from three sides where you can exactly tell the units how they should walk around the enemy.
Here is video of my first results in implementing this Path Drawing:
You can see the how easy it is to define a path by just clicking on the unit and draw its way to go. By creating a closed path, the unit will patroul along unti you tell them to stop (the path becomes green when it is closed).
A problem I see with this feature is that in the middle of a battle the player wont be able to draw Pathes for every unit or group efficently. To handle this I want to add a pause mode where the player can stop the actions on battlefield, get an overview and make commands which are then executed.
This idea ist still very new and therefor I´m not sure of every detail of it. Let´s see where this one goes...
The next feature would be the ressource system. I plan to have only one ressource in the game: Money.
To gather it you have to place a Unit inside the Area Of Effect of a so called Moneyspot. The more units you have in there, the more money you get messured in "income by second". The unit standing in this spot won´t be able to attack, which hopefully gives more tactical depth.
Here´s another video showing the Moneyspots:
You can see how the amount of money increases (at the top middle of the screen)
So this is all for now. I will keep posting bigger and smaller updates as I work on the game, and there will be many posts :D
I hav so much ideas for it...


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T H Stotts
T H Stotts, age 78, of Conroe, was born January 2, 1939, in Lamesa, Texas, and died peacefully on the morning of June 6, 2017. He is survived by his wife, Becky; daughter and son-in-law, Connie and John Nagy; son and his partner, Kevin Stotts and Joe Corner; granddaughter and her husband, Amber and Clint Johnson; granddaughter, Ashley Nagy; grandson, Jacob Nagy; great grandchildren, Natalie and Riley Auld; brother and sister-in-law, Don and Patricia Stotts; sister, Jeanne Stotts Mueller; brother and sister-in-law, Gerald and Brenda Stotts and a host of other relatives and friends. His parents, Sam and Henrietta Stotts, preceded him in death. In 1961, while working for the J. B. White Co. chain of retail stores, T H met and married his loving wife of 55 years, Becky (Alexander) Stotts. Soon after getting married, T H and Becky moved to Hearne, Texas where they lived for nearly 30 years. After retiring as Vice President of Marketing for the J.B. White Co. in 1991, T H was an investment advisor for Edward Jones in Livingston, Texas. Throughout his career, T H was a devoted business and civic leader, serving as President of the Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Salvation Army, Director of the Hearne Golf Association (one of his favorite pastimes), member of the Hearne Lions Club and Chairman of the Livingston Rotary Club. In 2000, he and Becky retired in Conroe, Texas and devoted the next several years to taking care of Becky's beloved mother, Agnes Alexander. In retirement, T H enjoyed gardening, golf, bowling, family gatherings and reading, especially to his great grandchildren. The family would like to express our deep appreciation to the loving caregivers at Grace Manor and Rose of Texas Hospice. Services for T H Stotts are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 10, 2017 at Pace Funeral Home, 200 FM 350 North, Livingston, Texas. Mr. Stotts will be laid to rest in the Alexander family cemetery following the service. Dr. Richard Walters, Pastor of Oak Forest Baptist Church officiating. Visitation will be at Pace Funeral Home on Saturday from 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Tony Eaton, Pace Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Rose of Texas Hospice, 1610 Woodstead Court, Suite 395, The Woodlands, Texas 77380 or to the Lewy Body Dementia Association (https:// www.lbda.org/donate) or to the charity of your choice


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The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
The Doughty Family lives on the oddly named Scribbly Gum Island, a short ferry ride from Sydney Australia, and so called after the Scribbly Gum Eucalyptus trees that grow there.
The Island and the family becomes famous because 70 years previously, teenage sisters Connie and Rose Doughty had found an abandoned baby girl whose parents Alice and Jack Munro had mysteriously vanished. It created a media sensation which captivated Australians, and turned sleepy Scribbly Gum Island into a tourist attraction offering guided tours, cream teas, souvenirs and a carnival atmosphere. In time both Rose and the baby, who had been named Enigma, get married and have children and eventually grandchildren. The dynasty which becomes very wealthy but rather inward looking is held on a tight reign by matriarch Connie. The scene changes when Connie dies and bequeaths her beautiful home to Sophie Honeywell, an outsider, who she had met just twice. Family infighting starts and traditions begin to unravel.
The book was given a high score and enjoyed by one member. Another thought it readable and interesting as alongside the saga of the unconventional Doughty Clan, Moriarty allows us a peep into their thoughts, fantasies and secrets, giving us a somewhat surreal understanding of their characters.
However, this was not the opinion of the majority of the group who variously claimed it to be boring, written for teenagers, compared to an Enid Blyton children's adventure story, naïve, rubbish, lightweight, predictable, with characters floating around disconnectedly. The average score was a miserable of 3 out of 10.
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This is the first post stepping through a whole house remodel project in Sedona being worked by Biermann Construction.
The name of this whole house remodel project is: Lowry Residence Sedona
These first three photos dated: 05/03/17
The three photos below show some of the beginning foundation construction creating the footings for a new addition in this house remodel construction.
These photos in this first post show work being done for creating a foundation for an addition to the house in this remodel project. The photos show a ditch being created with rebar set in the ditch for pouring a concrete foundation.
This was one of the first steps in the home remodel project. We will continue this story in more posts to show how a full remodel takes a what a house currently looks like to the work of art that was envisioned.
We hope you will enjoy following our story through the course of construction.


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I'm in the last days of a cutout animation project with sometimes hundreds of bitmaps in one scene and like to share some observations:
While it's OK to create bitmaps a little bit larger than needed, don't do them larger than twice as needed. Moho seems to render slower the more it must scale down each element. You might not notice with just a few bitmaps, but with more than 20 it's obvious.
If you need to create them large because you need a close-up somewhere, it's always worth it to do a smaller version as well, to use in particle animation or any other fashion where you have lots of small ones.
If they don't move in relation to each other, by all means create plates as bitmaps which already contain dozens or hundreds of copies. Moho handles these much faster than each object as a separate image.
Calculating transfer modes and transparencies slow Moho down as well, so if it's possible do this in the bitmaps as well.