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That's a Wrap
I finally organized the spare room closet. Yikes! For shelving, I put a small bookcase the same width of the closet at one end, perpendicular to closet door. This photo was taken facing the open closet and looking left.
I am ready, apparently, to wrap a present of any size, any shape, any color, or any dimension at any time.
Resting on top of the bookcase is a lifetime supply of tissue wrap (not visible in photo). Congregating on the top shelf are raffia, twine, jute?, tulle, wire-edged ribbon, and thirteen colors of crimped curling ribbon. Ah, how jubilant I was sometime in the 1980s when I snagged all the curling ribbon at a going-out-of-business sale! Does anyone recall a gadget that you ran the ribbon through to not only curl the ribbon but divide it into tiny strands? The result matched an 80's perm.
In one basket I have bows, in the other plugs of ribbon remnants. My reputation for gathering up silk ribbon at the end of Christmas to re-roll and re-use is as eye-rolling as an exasperated teen. What can I say? My parents both lived through The Depression.
Gift bags are stuffed into the space to the right. On the floor is a jumbo roll of black chalkboard paper and a tall box of assorted rolls of wrapping paper.
And my favorite gift to give? A gift card to recipient's favorite store!
Have I Died and Gone to Heaven?
I've returned after a long absence from blogging. [Is blogging to podcasts what CDs are to Spotify?] In brief, I retired from my accounting job, my mother-in-law died in May of 2021, the grandchild count is at nine, the garden is green, and raspberries are on. Wonder of wonders, I find myself wanting to write.
Always ten years behind the times, my new joy is clearing out space, beginning with my kitchen sink. I'm certainly not minimalist, but midway between slob and minimal. For years this photo would have shown a mug filled with brushes and magic erasers, various drinking vessels, and two quarts of kefir "brewing".
I filled the empty soap dispenser, found homes for the rest, and now revel in the serenity of the suburbs of my sink.
Last night, we were prepping for a family dinner to celebrate my father-in-law's 86th birthday. My husband placed a dirty dish on the counter. No! I barked. Nothing left unwashed!! That's why I bought that dish wand!!!
He looked at me in surprise, a smile developing in his eyes. Have I died and gone to heaven?
Hand Over Your Coat
January 28, 1958
My Dearest John,
I'm going to town this morning and want to get this into the mail, too. I thought that I would write on Sunday, but I seemed to have a 'let down' after Mother [my Dad's mom] left, and then yesterday I was washing all day. I've about decided that I like to get all the washing done that I can on Monday and then just do some loads during the week if we need it. Usually baby things and a couple of other loads to tide us over. I counted my trips up and down stairs yesterday — close to 30 trips — from fixing the furnace in the morning to tucking Danny in at bedtime. That is the up trips, not counting the down ones.
John, we are still getting these letters [a nasty collection letter from INTERNAL CREDIT CONTROL BUREAU about a past-due bill]. As you can see, this one sounds serious. I looked up the article in the Reader's Digest, and it may be that since we didn't return the books, we do have to pay it. It is not as though we didn't acknowledge them at first. And though we didn't want them and asked to have them stopped, they sent us one last week. Last night in our Bible reading we were in Matt. 5, and when reading vs. 40 [And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.] I thought of this and decided that perhaps we should pay this. Cheaper to pay than to neglect it and have trouble. So I guess that I will send it in.
Al Lindeman asked me to give a flannelgraph in the opening of Sunday School next Sunday and I agreed. Then afterwards I began to wonder. Seems sort of funny to be up in front of a mixed meeting [men and women] like that, giving a lesson. Not many here in Sturgis would have any scruples about it, but I just have been wondering.
We are trading youngsters with the Goodpasters this afternoon, so I had better close and get this sealed up. I want to get back from town in time to get lunch ready when they get home from school at noon. Better dispositions if they eat soon after getting here. They have been having fun in the snow that we have.
Lovingly yours,
What Worries Me
11:30 p.m.
My Dearest,
Mother [Dad's mom, Margaretta Harper] called about 30 minutes ago that she was still coming on, so while I'm waiting for her I'll get something written to you. Your letter came today and I'm very honored that you took time this busy week to write — and ashamed that I haven't written.
We have been watching for Mother since Wednesday evening, although she called Tuesday evening and said if the roads were bad she would stop overnight in Detroit. They weren't bad then, but they are terrible tonight. Danny got up on Thursday morn, mad. "Where's Grandma?" "Grandma gone already?" After I persuaded him that she was still coming he cheered up a bit. He's so comical when his dander's up.
Finally this afternoon I put through a call to Buffalo. They had line trouble and it took a couple of hours before the operator called back to say that Mrs. Harper had left this morning for California. Got the information I wanted anyhow. [We carried this tradition into our marriage. After a trip, we would make a collect call to family, and they would not accept it. It was a free way to let them know we made it home fine.]
Incidentally, our phone bill came today. $20. [With inflation, that would be ~ $180 today]
I'm going to stop and sweep the steps; the snow's getting deep and it is still snowing.
Wolcotts were out Monday evening. I asked about [for privacy, I'm not including her name.] Her husband's divorce was not legal so their marriage was annulled and she is expecting soon. She has a job of housework and caring for a little boy now. Her folks are hard up as her Dad is sick in bed for sometime now.
So she is not going to keep the baby, but go home to live, get a job and help her folks out. What worries me is that baby. Is not keeping it the right way out? Am I wrong? It seems to me that she'll regret that later. I've stewed and prayed over it long enough that I'd be willing to take it for her until such a time as she could keep it. But perhaps, living in the same place, she wouldn't hear of that. With your consent I think I'll make some inquiries.
Sat p.m.
Mother drove in as I finished these two pages. You know how we talk and work around when Grandma's here. She was tired and slept awhile after lunch. So did Danny so we could give the record player a rest.
I went in town this a.m. and bought enough dishes to make a set of ten. Had to take turquoise and yellow as I didn't like the tangerine, etc. Your phone came: how good it was to hear you. As I said, I got Jimmy p.j.'s, overshoes, a shirt and mittens — all 1/3 off. I was so glad to get these things and so was he.
Mother has to leave early in the morning and it is late now, so I'm going to send this with her and start over on Monday.
Love from us all, me especially,
Got Stopped By a Cop
Monday 1-13-58
My Dearest,
I'll slip in a note with Margaret's. All the children went to school today. Whatever caused the stomach cramps made the rounds and we are all getting back on our feet today. Dorothy was really sick Saturday night.
Got stopped by a cop Saturday on the way out of town. My front license plate was gone. I don't know when that happened. Also I didn't have my car registration. He let me go with a warning. I came home and looked up the title in order to go get new plates … and found the 1957 registration in the envelope with the title. Been there since we bought plates last year, eh? Now when I get some money I'll go get plates.
Carol's cold persists. The fan stopped completely and the house got cool last night and she is worse. Mr. Hawkins is still gone so Millimans will have to care for it.
Beautiful sunshine today – it has been most of the week and I really like that.
I am wondering about next Sunday, if you are at Norwood again or not. I suppose I'll hear when you write. According to Mrs. Wolcott Daddy has already gone to Champaign. Maybe you got to see him? We didn't. I hope Mother stops because the flannel board is here. The bill came – 40% off – $12.90. How about you sending the money and writing him? If you'd rather not, let me know right away so he'll not be kept waiting.
Now I must close. Danny says to tell you he loves you and to put the record player right there (pats the desk top!). I love you too – without a record player even! I am wondering about that house and the auctioned one. Now I'll close or miss the carrier and Margaret would not appreciate that.
Like a Deflated Balloon
January 9, 1958
Dearest John,
Uncle Sam really outdid himself and got your letter here on Thursday. And it was so very good to get it. I was wrapping books [it's a thing we did – cover books in plastic to protect the covers] when the mail came, so I went downstairs and got the one that you wanted and wrapped it. I sent Betty [my Dad's sister in South Africa] her books and am returning the one to Gene Bollinger that Daddy sent ot me.
When your check came I went to town as soon as the youngsters came home to get a vaporizer. Carol's cold has been worse since Saturday night when we were at Damer's. Today she was coughing and choking some which means that she is not any better. I hate to spend the money, but still it will be used plenty in our size family. Dorothy has a cold too, so she is sleeping downstairs with Carol tonight. Or with the vaporizer, I should say. I bought a $9.00 one and now am wondering if I was penny-wise and pound-foolish. It has a glass container for the water and the $14.00 had a metal container. With care it should not break, but so many accidents seem to happen in our household. I also got another case of Similac. I have been using the Olac that Jennie gave me and Carol does not spit up with that at all. I am going to ask the Dr. about that. It is certainly nicer to not have her spitting up all the time.
I haven't received the money from the Chapel. But I won't need it this week at least since you sent this. However, I'm not counting it until it is here. While they have never failed to send it, I still am looking to the Lord for our needs and not human sources.
The information about a house interests me. I was quite surprised about what you had to say about the apartment house. I have been praying that the school could get it so we could live there! And here you told them to count you out! And the house you looked at — did you mean 6 room house or 6 bedroom house as you wrote of? We can get along in that size house if there is some place for storage and a basement or place for the washing. As far as repair and redecorations are concerned: every place we have lived in has needed that and we seem to manage without getting it done. So that shouldn't hinder us. Not that we wouldn't like to have it done, but we just don't do it. When I think that we have lived over two years here and have done nothing about the wall at the foot of the stairs…I think we overlook a lot of dirt and it doesn't worry us.
I started cleaning the basement today. But I hardly know where to stop and start. I want to clean it enough so I can put what is left of the linoleum in the girls' room down there and put that new roll in their room. By using the sweeper on the floor in the basement occasionally I think the boys could play down there with their trucks, etc. when others come. I know they would be happier some place where they didn't get pushed around by all the big kids and grownups. And we all would be happier with their things out from underfoot. It is O.K. when I'm here by myself, but when more come it gets congested. The basement is warmer than their room. I did get the plastic up in their room and it helps to keep the drafts out.
After this vacation I can better understand some of the problems your folks have had. Remember several years ago when we talked about their adjustments, or I guess we called them maladjustments? I find that after just this long of running things myself here, it is hard to adjust to doing things smoothly when we are both home. Hard on us and hard on the children, for they feel they have two masters so to speak. Of course, the root of it goes deeper. Keeping our hearts in constant tune with the Lord, so whatever happens we can take it in stride. But with the situation now, there is the waiting and anticipation, building emotions for you to come home and the let-down when you leave with a lot of frustration in between. I'm not satisfied to have you home only occasional weekends, but it is too wearing on both of us the way things are now. I wonder if it is worth your coming home so often. You can't get your work done and that gets me upset. And you see all the work here that needs to be done and you get upset. Personally, I always end up feeling like a deflated balloon: a mess of a housekeeper and Mother. I'm not asking for sympathy, nor do I expect you to even be able to understand. Just chalk it up to me being a woman. I can only imagine what you feel like – but is it much better? It must not be, or you would not talk about leaving school unless things improved.
I hadn't meant to write all that, but perhaps it will help to clear the air. I've been trying to keep up on the daily Bible reading on the calendar. Reading it carefully and spending time in prayer. Dr. Culbertson this morning asked Does the Lord Jesus feel at home in your heart? That is the core of the matter. And by more time in the Word and in prayer, I'm trusting to get the heart cleaned up so He will feel at home there and perhaps He can then show me how to keep the house cleaned up. [Handwritten addition: Don't expect any change – I always fail.]
Now I must close. It is drawing near the midnight hour and that is too late for me. Six comes early and I usually have to get up then to fix the fire and the baby and the lunches. I love you dearly, and pray that our circumstances will not draw us apart but closer together. And I'm not sure in my own heart which it is now. Last year I was sure. Perhaps I'm still tired and depressed from the vacation activities, but I wonder about it all now. I think that is one of your troubles, too. Tiredness, I mean. The Lord can give us what we need for this next semester and perhaps your teaching will be easier in another year. I know you have a heavy load now. Don't try to come home for just a Saturday. That is too hard. We pray for you several times a day here and know that He will help you with your work there.
All my love,
Diving into the Laundry
Wednesday, January 8, 1958 [first letter of 1958!]
Dearest John,
Time flies by and if I don't hurry you'll not get even a note this week. Really, no news. But I suspect you'd like to know that things are normal. Cold out — the house is comfortable when it is calm. Did blow one day, however.
Still haven't got the Christmas tree down. I dived into the clothes on Monday and yesterday. And today I have had a relapse and can't get started. After all that work the baskets are still full. I suggest we move south or all wear blue jeans seven days a week.
Carol's cold is worse, so I cancelled my appointment for Tuesday. I'll go next Tuesday.
I suppose it takes a long time for answers, but I'd like to know how the auction on that house turned out.
Dorothy made her brownies for 4H. Very good. She'll make a good cook. [That prediction came true!] She usually does a beautiful job of cleaning the kitchen on her turn at dishes.
Danny just heard one of "your" song's "record" on radio and is in ecstasy. **
I hope you are catching up on your sleep better than I am; but knowing you, I doubt if you are. The children are getting caught up, but both Jimmy and Danny have turned into bed-wetters.
Mail man is coming so I'll close.
All our love,
** Danny became a tenor who sings professionally. Here on YouTube is a recording of him singing O Holy Night about twenty years after this letter was written.
Putting the Tree Up
Dearest John,
Just a note that I should have written several days ago. I'm busy as a bee and still a lot is going undone. I can't remember what we decided about your folks' gifts. I got the things off for Washington (her relatives) and Wheaton (his relatives) and sent a check to Harold's.
Mrs. Grif. told me that Gertrude was operated on and they found a malignant tumor and just had to sew her up again, and in their tests they also found that she has Hodgkin's disease. She doesn't know all this. I took time to write her a letter.
We got our tree and put and lights on this a.m. Changed furniture around some. Danny is so happy — children will put other decorations on tonight.
Don't stop to buy groceries on the way home. I bought considerable to stock up and we'll need the money. I've been paying bills and getting gifts—goes so quickly. Afraid the Lord will not get His rightful share of this Christmas.
Now I must close. The mailman comes early. What shall we get David? He wants a horn or a watch. I have got most of the other children's gifts. Clothes from us and trucks, etc. from what Grandma gave us.
Lovingly, Nellie
P.S. I'm busy but want to tell you again how much I enjoyed the banquet and appreciated you bringing me home. Hope you get back O.K. and get ready for Monday's classes. The banquet was such a treat – from beginning to end.
The Stress of Christmas
Tuesday, 12-17-1957
My Dearest,
How good it was to hear your voice on Sunday night. I should keep a notebook by the phone so if you call I can refer to it and ask the things I always forget in the excitement of getting a call.
Mrs. Wolcott heard from Daddy [I only know one or two people who call their father-in-law Daddy. Was this a common habit?] that they would probably be through here on Tuesday or Wednesday. So I'm trying to hustle around and get things ready in case they come today. If they don't, I'll have to do it all over tomorrow — you know our house. I'm washing. Yesterday I fixed up a Christmas lesson for Mrs. Rose and in the afternoon took the children to the chapel for a combined CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship) class where Miss Beverly Saunders spoke. She is going out to Venezuela soon. Then in the evening I took David into the chapel for basketball and practice for their part in the Christmas program. Randy promised them a malt if they would all come to practice. They got it at Fenners. I took Dorothy to Sunnyfield Road for a 4H meeting or party. Hesper went after the girls then.
Danny has learned the art of using scissors. He sits on the floor and cuts everything available. Have to teach him how to pick it up!
The coal bin is empty and I don't want to order more when two tons are not paid for as yet. So I'm asking the Lord to send in money for these bills before I make any more. I added it up last night and we need $200 to pay bills and take the Lord's money out of, i.e. $160 for bills and $40 for the Lord's portion. That doesn't include anything but due bills and no groceries. That is the doctor and dentist, too. I haven't heard from the Red Cross yet so I don't know if it will be more than $50 or not. I would like to pay it ourselves as the chapel is low on money, too. I think that is one reason that they have been having local brethren do the ministering lately.
I don't imagine that you have been able to do anything about Christmas gifts for the folks since you haven't had any money either. Should the Lord see fit to send in some gifts this week, I'll send down things for Bob and Ruth with Nita when she comes down on Friday. Marion called me last night to see if I would have anything I would like to send down to you with her. I may also send some clothes to the PGM (Pacific Garden Mission) if she doesn't mind taking them. She could give them to you and you could deliver them on your way home next week.
If we get out any cards this year I'll be surprised. I don't think that I can get around to it — at least the way things look now. Part of my trouble is that I'm disappointed about not getting any pictures taken and I just don't feel like sending out the same old things that I have sent out for two years. And I don't feel like buying new cards when there are so many of the old ones upstairs yet. Wonder what folks would think if we didn't send any?
Well, Carol is waking so I'll close. She isn't much good as an alarm any more – sleeps too long. I got up at five this morning to check the time and was afraid to go to sleep again as I knew I would oversleep then. It is almost dark when the bus comes now so I can't wait until it gets light to wake up.
I'm praying for the banquet and for the speaker. I have to ask the Lord to keep me from being jealous of Nita and Ruthie as I would so much like to be there. But I am happy that they can be there. I'd just like to be there, too! May it be more than just a good time: a real blessing to all, the speaker included! Would love to hear you…
Carol is being insistent, so I'll run.
Love all of us, me especially,


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Heartbreak and uncertainty danced in the air. Unaware of the heartbreak, the uncertainty is the most pressing to me. While I pack as much of my life that I can in a bag, my parents are doing their best to encourage an increase in my speed. I left packing to the last minute. Not on purpose. Generally, I like to be prepared; but lately, I'm just trying to stay afloat. Survival mode is profoundly stressful. In fact, experiencing it was heavy for all of my family. I was living with them and going through a lot. I felt immense shame. I was using crack and hydromorphone to deal with that pain. Due to those dependencies I had no money, still lived at home, and now, had no job. I want to deal with these issues, I thought, "why not Vancouver!?" My Baba and Gida live there and I have good, sober friends there too. So, we all had hope for my Vancouver move.
My parents, brother and I arrive at the airport. We say strangely solemn goodbyes and share loving hugs. Still unknown to me, my mom had received news that her mother had passed in the night. Through that loss, my parents pushed on that morning. They believed in me and my move to Vancouver.
I am stoked to finally be landing. Arrival texts were sent to my parents and my Baba. Thankfully, I organized plans to stay with K, an old high school friend, until I found a place. I hopped in a cab and headed towards her house. Arriving was a relief, but I was starting to withdraw. I needed opiates to deal with this pain, and quick. We timed a dealer with my arrival, bought a $40 bag of heroin and began to have an awesome day. We took the SkyTrain from Richmond to Granville. Walking everywhere we could eventually landed us in the Downtown Eastside. By now, the day had faded into evening and we both wanted to take a break from walking, and to my excitement, I see a sign: Insite. I was interested in drugs and harm reduction, but I had never been to a supervised consumption site before.
"They cared for my safety and wellbeing. I felt accepted and a huge potential for my life."
I remember everything about my experience arriving at Insite. I remember the way the waiting room felt, how busy the lobby was, and the respect I received from the workers. When I walked in, they asked me if I had used the services before. I said, "Nope. It's my first time!" I thought up a moniker for myself. I'd give my nickname and then wait for my turn. I was offered juice or coffee and the health care workers asked me about my history and drug use, all completely anonymously. They cared for my safety and wellbeing. I felt accepted and a huge potential for my life. I felt a sense of agency there over my choice to use drugs. The feeling was surreal. Until this point, I had been so convinced that I was failing myself by still using drugs. I felt shame and judgement. I was angry and stigmatized. The frustration I felt about being a drug user was beyond overwhelming. Yet, here I was in Insite feeling absolutely none of that.
"At Insite, I became educated about medication-assisted treatment and the street drug supply. Apparently, many heroin samples are fentanyl so I felt safer using an SCS. I began developing goals around my use and decided to try Suboxone."
Something awakened within me around my drug use. I learned how to use a naloxone kit to reverse opioid overdoses. At Insite, I became educated about medication-assisted treatment and the street drug supply. Apparently, many heroin samples are fentanyl so I felt safer using an SCS (supervised consumption service). I began developing goals around my use and decided to try Suboxone. I even met someone who was on the injectable treatment at Crosstown. I was enamoured being in this environment around other people who inject drugs and those who are compassionate and passionate for drug users' rights. I found a sense of belonging. I call the effect that supervised consumption services had on me, "potentiating my life." These intense experiences did not end when I left Vancouver. I have experienced all of those positives and more at Alberta SCSs as well.
READ MORE: What is harm reduction?
Unfortunately, after such a profound first day, I received the call from my mother. I was shocked to hear that my family had known about the loss all morning and still got me where I needed to be. I wouldn't be where I am today without the choices my family made to get me out to Vancouver. I have pride that I chose to use drugs in that incredible place. Though my living in Vancouver was cut much shorter than I had anticipated, I began a journey towards wellbeing that doesn't always rely on whether or not I am sober, and that to me is priceless. Using drugs doesn't make someone a lesser person. We are all equal. Now, I get to share my stories and lived experience through my consulting business, JRDS Consulting. Using my challenges as strengths in my work give me a great sense of purpose.
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Stencil Patterns Make Crafting Custom Accent Pillows Easy!
Good morning, my Cutting Edge Stencils friends. Did you know that our accent pillow stencil kits make crafting custom accent pillows super easy? In fact, no prior stenciling experience is needed to complete this DIY project. Does this sound too good to be true? Well then come take a look at this crafty stenciled pillow project using one of our accent pillows stencils.
We'd like to introduce Erin, the clever crafter behind the blog Francois et Moi. Erin has always loved the look of the Mexican Otomi pattern. The hand-crafted, hand embroidered design is beautiful but it's also super expensive. Erin really wanted to incorporate this pattern into her home decor and since she couldn't afford to purchase authentic Otomi textiles, she decided to craft her own using our stencil designs.
The first thing she did was purchase a plain white pillow cover for her Otomi project. She prefers over-sized accent pillows as opposed to the 17″ inch square pillows that we offer on our website. Then she browsed our website for the perfect Otomi pattern. Erin fell in love with our Otomi Pillow Stencil, a 17″ x 17″ inch stencil that is perfect for custom accent pillows.
Erin set up her supplies and started stenciling. She inserted a piece of cardboard into her pillow cover to catch any bleed. If she had purchased out Otomi Accent Pillow Stencil kit it would have come with all of the supplies for this project including a 17″ pillow cover, pillow insert, and cardboard frame for easy stenciling. Then she taped her pillow cover down on a flat surface.
Place the stencil design on top of the white pillow cover and secure it in place using tape. Then paint the Otomi Stencil using a stencil brush. Erin used Beetle Black acrylic craft paint from Martha Stewart for this project. She poured the paint onto a foam tray and then lightly coated the stencil brush. Be careful not to overload the brush with paint. Brush off the excess paint onto a folded paper towel until the brush looks almost dry. The key to stenciling is using as little paint as possible. Too much paint will cause the design to bleed and smudge.
Once the entire pillow cover was painted, Erin peeled back the stencil to reveal the pretty pattern! Are you ready to see how her crafty project turned out? Here it is!
Erin commented, "Though I will be keeping the pillows inside, I did want to try them outside just to see how they might look. I love them at the dining captain's chairs on the patio, but alas back inside they go!"
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ORLANDO, Fla. – A grand jury has indicted a downtown Orlando apartment security guard in the murder and sexual battery of one of the apartment complex residents.
Stephen Duxbury, the security guard accused of killing 27-year-old Sasha Samsudean at her Uptown Place apartment, has been in the Orange County Jail without bond on sexual battery and murder charges since his October 2015 arrest.
Duxbury was indicted Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder, attempted sexual battery with a weapon or physical force and burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery.
Surveillance video showed Samsudean walking with Duxbury inside of the apartments. Two days later, she was found dead inside her apartment. She had been raped, strangled and her body doused in bleach, officials said.
"If the state's going to bring this as a capital case, they've got to bring this before a grand jury. They have to go ahead and get an indictment," said attorney Steven Kramer.
Analyzing the decision to let a grand jury return an indictment, Kramer said the experience was also a good first-run for prosecutors.
"It's an opportunity to see what evidence is out there, to kind of organize it, and get a grasp of what the case is going to become," Kramer said. "Maybe get a read for how jurors react to it."
Duxbury will face arraignment next. A date for that hearing has not been set.


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COVID-19: AstraZeneca and EU both claim win as court rules on vaccine supply row
AstraZeneca says the court ruling acknowledged the difficulties of meeting supplies in an "unprecedented situation".
Friday 18 June 2021 15:29, UK
AstraZeneca and the EU have both claimed victory in a court ruling over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines.
The two sides have had a rocky relationship over the past few months, with the European Union accusing the vaccine maker of not producing supplies fast enough.
AstraZeneca was contracted to do its best to deliver 300 million doses to the bloc by the end of June, but it had to revise down its target to 100 million doses due to production problems.
A Brussels court rejected an EU request for at least 120 million vaccine doses by the end of this month - something the company has claimed as a win.
Instead, the drug maker said the judge ruled it should deliver only 80.2 million doses by 27 September.
AstraZeneca said it would "substantially exceed" that amount by the end of this month and that the court backed its assertion that the European Commission "has no exclusivity or right of priority over all other contracting parties."
However, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the ruling supported the EU's view that AstraZeneca had failed to meet its commitments.
"It is good to see that an independent judge confirms this," she said.
"This shows that our European vaccination campaign not only delivers for our citizens day by day. It also demonstrates that it was founded on a sound legal basis."
The supply cuts had meant the EU's vaccination drive was delayed in the first quarter of this year, when the bloc had relied on AstraZeneca for a large proportion of its shots.
AstraZeneca has now been told by the court to deliver 15 million doses by 26 July, another 20 million by 23 August, and a further 15 million by 27 September.
If the company misses these deadlines it will face a penalty of €10 (£8.57) per dose not delivered, the European Commission said.
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The vaccine maker said other measures the EU had hoped for were dismissed.
"The judgment also acknowledged that the difficulties experienced by AstraZeneca in this unprecedented situation had a substantial impact on the delay," it said, adding it "looks forward to renewed collaboration" with the European Commission.


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15 Commonly Asked NodeJS Interview Questions
Preparation is as important as your knowledge for a successful programming interview. It'll give you the confidence to attend the interview without the nerves of uncertainty. This is especially true if you are facing a programming interview for the first time in your life.
To help Node.js developers achieve this necessary preparedness for an interview, I have put together a list of 15 commonly asked Node.js and web development related interview questions. These questions and their answers will also prompt you to brush up on any area you feel needing improvement before the big interview.
In this post, we are focusing on questions related to only Node.js; however, bear in mind that JavaScript-related questions are very common among Node.js interviews, so it doesn't hurt that you prepare some of those as well. We wrote a post not so long ago on common Javascript interview questions to cover all your bases.
Right now, let's dive in to see the Node-related questions you are likely to get in your next interview.
How Is Node.js Different from Javascript?
|Node.js is an interpreter and a runtime environment designed for Javascript. Node.js comes with some in-built modules that enhance the features of Javascript programming.
|Outside of Node.js, Javascript is used on the client-side of a web application, especially for developing dynamic features.
|Node.js can be used on any operating system to develop applications that interact with system hardware, particularly for web backends.
|Node.js only runs on the V8 engine used by Chrome.
When Should and Shouldn't You Use Node.js?
Node.js is asynchronous, event-driven, non-blocking, and single-threaded. It makes Node a perfect candidate for developing the following types of applications:
- Realtime applications like chat and live update providing applications.
- Streaming applications that stream video or other multimedia content to a large audience.
- Other I/O intensive applications like collaborative platforms.
- Web backends that follow microservices architecture.
However, Node.js' unique qualities make it not an ideal choice for some other types of applications. Applications that carry out CPU-intensive tasks like complex mathematical computations do not bode well with Node.js because of its single-threaded execution.
If you want to learn more about this, check out our article Node.js architecture and when to use Node.js in projects .
What Does EventEmitter Do?
Every object in Node.js capable of emitting events is a member of the
EventEmitter class.
http module is one such example.
EventEmitter classes can use the
eventEmitter.on() function to attach event listeners to the event. Then, as soon as such an event is caught, its listeners are called one by one synchronously.
const events = require("events");
const eventEmitter = new events.EventEmitter();
const eventListener = function(){
console.log("event triggered");
eventEmitter.on("emitted", eventListener);
What Is Node's Event Loop?
Since Node.js is single-threaded, it has to be non-blocking to prevent the thread from spending too long on a task that takes a long time to complete. The event loop is responsible for achieving this non-blocking behavior.
Its job is scheduling the pending tasks using the application thread.
We know that Node uses callbacks to handle the response returned by an asynchronous function when its task is complete. Similar to the event that created the task, the completion of the task also emits an event. Node.js adds these events that require handling to an event queue.
The event loop iterates over events in the event queue and schedules when to execute their associated callback functions.
What Are Node Streams?
Streams are pipelines that read or write data from a source and transfer it to a continuous flow destination. There are four types of streams:
- Readable
- Writable
- Duplex (both readable and writable)
- Transform (A type of duplex stream. Its output is calculated using the input)
Each stream is also an
EventEmitter. It means a stream object can emit events when there are no data on the stream, when data is available on the stream, or when data in the stream is flushed from the program.
const fs = require("fs");
const readableStream = fs.createReadStream("test.txt");
let content = "";
readableStream.on("data", (chunk) => {
content += chunk;
readableStream.on("end", () => {
What Is the Difference between ReadFile and CreateReadStream Functions?
readFile function reads the entire content of the file asynchronously and stores it in the memory before passing it to the user.
createReadStream uses a readable stream that would read the file chunk by chunk without storing the entirety of it into the memory.
createReadStream optimizes the file reading operation compared to
readFile by using less memory and making it faster. If the file is of considerable size, the user doesn't have to wait a long time until it's entire content is available because small chunks are sent to the user as they are read.
const fs = require("fs");
fs.readFile("test.txt", (err, content) => {
console.log( content);
How Do You Handle Uncaught Exceptions in Node.js?
We can catch the uncaught exceptions thrown in the application in its process level. We attach a listener to the
process global object to catch such events.
process.on("uncaughtException", (err) => {
console.log("exception caught: ", err);
Can Node Take Full Advantage of a Multi-Processor System?
Node applications are always single-threaded. So, naturally, the application uses only a single processor even when running on multi-processor systems.
But one of Node's core modules, Cluster, provides support for Node applications to take advantage of multiple cores. It allows us to create multiple worker processes that can run on several cores parallelly and share a single port to listen to events.
Here, each process uses IPC to communicate with the main thread and pass the server handle to others as needed. The main process can either listen to the port itself and pass every new connection to child processes in a round-robin order or assign the port to child processes so the child processes listen to requests.
What Is the Reactor Design Pattern Used in Node.js?
The reactor pattern is used for maintaining non-blocking I/O operations in Node.js. It attaches a callback function (a handler) to each I/O operation. The handler is then submitted to a demultiplexer at the time of the request creation.
Demultiplexer collects every I/O request made in the application and queues them as events in a queue. This queue is what we call the event queue. After queuing the event, the demultiplexer returns the control of the application thread.
Meanwhile, the event loop iterates over each event in the event queue and invokes the attached callback to handle the event response.
This is the reactor pattern used by Node.js.
What Are the Benefits of a Single-Threaded Web Backend to a Multi-Threaded One?
Though Node is single-threaded, most of the programming languages used for backend development provides multiple threads to handle application operations. In what way is having only a single thread is beneficial to backend development?
- It's easier for developers to implement the application. Our application has no risk of running into unexpected race conditions suddenly while in production.
- Single-threaded applications are easily scalable.
- They can serve a large number of user requests received at a moment without much delay. In comparison, a multi-threaded backend has to wait for a thread from the thread pool to be free to serve the user request when the traffic is high. With the Node's non-blocking nature, there's no risk of a user request hanging on to the single thread for too long (this is true only when the operations are not CPU-intensive).
What Is REPL in Node?
To start the Node REPL, you just have to run the command, node, on the command-line. Then, once you write a Javascript line of code in one line, you can see its output in the next.
What Is the Difference between Process.nextTick and SetImmediate Functions?
The callback passed to the setImmediate function is executed in the next iteration of the event loop over the event queue.
On the other hand, the callback passed to the
process.nextTick is executed before the next iteration of the event loop, and after the operation currently running in the program is finished. At the application start, its callback is called before the event loop starts iterating over the event queue.
Therefore, the callback of
process.nextTick is always called before that of
If we consider the following code snippet:
setImmediate(() => {
process.nextTick(() => {
Its output is printed in the following order.
What Are Stubs?
Stubs are used when testing applications. They simulate the behavior of a given component or a module so that you can only focus on the part of the code you want to test. By using stubs in place of components irrelevant to the test, you won't have to worry about external components impacting the result of the test.
For example, if the component you are testing has a file reading operation before the part you expect to test, you can use a stub to simulate that behavior and return a mock content without actually reading the file.
In Node, we use libraries like Sinon for this purpose.
Why Is It a Good Practice to Separate 'App' and 'Server' in Express?
By separating app and server in Express, we can separate the API implementation from the network-related configuration. This allows us to carry out API tests without performing network calls. This also guaranteed faster test execution and better code coverage metrics.
To achieve this separation, you should declare API and server in separate files. Here we use two files:
app.js and
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
app.use("/", index);
app.use("/contact", contact);
app.use("/user", user);
module.exports = app;
const http = require("http");
const app = require("/app/JobBoard/JobListModule");
app.set('port', process.env.PORT);
const http = http.createServer(app);
What Are Yarn and Npm? Why Would You Want to Use Yarn over Npm?
npm is the default package manager distributed with Node.js. It has a large library of public and private packages stored in a database called emp registry that users can access via npm's command-line client. With the help of npm, users can easily manage dependencies used in a project.
yarn is also a package manager that was released as an answer to some of npm's shortcomings. However, yarn relies on the npm registry to provide users access to packages. Since yarn's underlying structure is based on npm itself, your project structure and workflow doesn't have to go through major changes if you are migrating to yarn from npm.
Like I mentioned before, yarn provides better functionality over npm in some cases. Unlike npm, it caches every package you download, so you don't have to redownload it whenever needed.
It also provides better security by verifying the integrity of packages using checksums. It guarantees a package that worked on a certain system will work exactly the same way in any other system. These are some of the reasons why you would want to choose yarn over npm for package management.
In this post, we went through 15 of the most commonly asked Node.js interview questions to help you prepare better for your next interview. Knowing what type of questions you are likely to get asked and knowing their answers will give you the confidence to answer interview questions without doubts and nerves.
Whenever you face that big interview, we wish you the best of luck for it to be a successful one!
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Baker Hughes Reports Weekly Fall In Active U.S. Oil Rigs
Data from Baker Hughes showed that the number of active U.S. oil-drilling rigs fell by 10 to 545 as of Friday. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes natural-gas rigs, was down 7 at 737. Compared to last year, the total rig count has fallen by 1,183, with the oil rig count down 1,030. December crude was at $40.01 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down $1.08, or 2.6%. It was trading at $40.04 before the data.
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QING Name Report:
QING's Popularity and Statistics
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First Names which are compatible or rhyming with QING. They will be the best brother/sister names for QING.
Names That Includes QING as a WholeSiqing, Qingjun, Qinghua, Zhanqing, Yuqing, Boqing, Qinglong, Beiqing, Qingsheng, Ruoqing, Qingmei, Aqing, Huiqing, Qingxin, Qingfei, Qingqi, Qingyan, Yunqing, Wenqing, Qingquan
Compatible Names with QING According to First Letters
Compatible Names According to First 3 Letters (QIN) - Names That Begins with qin:Qin, Qingping, Qinghong, Qinli, Qingyang, Qinglin, Qingbing, Qingzhong, Qingyu, Qingwei
Compatible Names According to First 2 Letters (QI) - Names That Begins with qi:Qian, Qiang, Qiong, Qiao, Qiu, Qiuxia, Qisheng, Qianxun, Qili, Qianlin, Qizhi, Qixin, Qiyuan, Qixia, Qianjin, Qiubing, Qiwen, Qiping
Rhyming Names with qing According to Last Letters
Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ING) - Names That Ends with ing:Irving, King, Ming, Sterling, Ying, Ching, Ping, Ling, Wing, Fleming, Manning, Loring, Bing, Harding, Jing, Ewing, Fielding, Sing, Ting, Channing
Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (NG) - Names That Ends with ng:Young, Hong, Yong, Sung, Chung, Hung, Jung, Sang, Chang, Quang, Kyung, Dong, Hoang, Long, Jong, Chong, Yung, Cheng, Phuong, Kwang
Compatible Names with QING According to First and Last Letters
First Names which start with q and end with g :Queg, Quigg, Quong, Quaking, Quisumbing, Quing, Quynhtrang, Quehuong
QING Meaning
Name meanings are given in many internet websites and we focus on giving more interesting (and useless too!) information about names than meanings. But considering most of our visitors insist to see meaning of QING in this page, we are giving you a google search box in which you can type "meaning of QING" or "QING+name+meaning" and find what you are looking for :)
QING & Numerology
The sum of alphabetical order of letters in QING is 47:
With this sum name QING ranks as 9978.th name according to its arithmetic value (... 9976.cody, 9977.leona, 9978.qing, 9979.sree, 9980.risa ...). There are 801 other names which have the same sum of 47 in our database (1.07%)
Most common names with the same arithmetic sum of 47 are:
john, gerald, sarah, renee, rachel, adrian, omar, rex, cary, dianne, shane, ron, fouad, damon, nadine, veena, madhu, anjali, belinda, hart
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One of the many wonderful recipes this momma got from one of her daughters!
Both our girls are great cooks and each of them has shared some remarkable recipes with me. This is, hand-down, the best banana bread recipe I've ever tasted. The soured milk (note: not sour milk about to be dumped!) and the baking soda get all excited when they meet up and provide all the leavening the bread needs!
The little hint of nutmeg and vanilla just push it over the top! When you add a shake of cinnamon sugar before you bake it, the crust takes on a beautiful golden color that's very appealing and adds a little extra oomph!
Confession: Sometimes I buy bananas just to watch them ripen for banana bread!
The secret to spectacular banana bread is optimum ripeness.
Ok, ok, that's pretty food nerdy. But it matters. When perfectly ripe, the peel should have lots of black spots. The peel can be almost completely black but the banana should still be somewhat firm. When the banana itself gets dark and mushy, it should be thrown away. If you don't have three ripe ones, just peel what you have and pop them in freezer bags and freeze until you have enough for a loaf or two. Then defrost and use them. Be sure you use all the "banana liquer " that forms when they thaw out!
Beckie's Blue Ribbon Banana Bread
A tender, moist quickbread with a hint of nutmeg and topped with cinnamon sugar
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter (one stick, softened)
- 2 eggs
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup soured milk (Put 1 T lemon juice in cup and add milk to 1/2 cup)
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon sugar*
Beat butter and sugar together until creamy and well blended. Add eggs and beat until fluffy. Break banana into chunks and add to sugar/butter mixture. Blend til bananas are mashed. Add flour, soda, nutmeg, and salt alternately with soured milk. Add vanilla. Mix until smooth and all ingredients are combined.
Put into a well greased 5" x 9" loaf pan, top with about a tablespoon of cinnamon sugar. Bake in 350 degree oven about 55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Beckie's Blue Ribbon Banana Bread also makes the cutest little loaves, perfect for snacking or gifting. This recipe makes one 3.5" x 7.5" and three 3" x 5.5" mini loaves. Reduce baking time to about 40 minutes.
*Some sources suggest the perfect ratio of cinnamon to sugar is 1/4 cup sugar to 1 Tbsp cinnamon. I say, follow your tastebuds!
One big loaf or multiple mini loaves? It's up to you!
Let them cool on rack then pop them out, slice and wrap for a wonderful treat any time of day!
Extra good with butter! Here's a four-bite mini slice with butter! Yum! Perfectly snack size and delicious!
GB is what our six grandkids call me and I often bring a home baked treat to their ball games. Banana bread is always a hit! It's wonderful for breakfast, too, and whipped cream cheese is another scrumptious way to top it!
If you enjoyed this recipe today, please share it on your social media accounts like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. I'd sure be tickled and ever so grateful, thank you!
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Ernest and the Pale Moon
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Award-winning Les Enfants Terribles is celebrating its 13th year at the Fringe with a remarkable production of Ernest and the Pale Moon.
In this spine-chilling tale of obsession and bloody murder, it's heavily influenced by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock creating a gothic horror story that sends chills up your spine.
It's stylishly staged with a whimsical set, haunting music performed live on cello and accordion with sound effects created on stage and dark atmospheric lighting that builds the tension.
Ernest sits in his lonely 13th floor room, lovingly staring at an attractive young woman Gwendoline with golden hair who lives in the apartment opposite. He is fixated by her beauty and longs to meet her.
Anthony Spargo creates an eerie, sinister, macabre Ernest whose descent into madness following his horrendous crime is powerfully enacted.
As Gwendoline, Laura Mathews perfectly captures the innocence of her trusting character.
Returning from the war with shrapnel in his leg is Thomas Thistle, the splendid David Ahmed, who also admires Gwendoline.
Ernest becomes violently enraged when he sees him with Gwendoline and it drives him to plot a violent revenge.
But all does not go to plan and there are more twists and turns in this roller coaster ride horror to be revealed.
It is visually stunning with exquisite performances from all the actors including stellar support from Rachel Dawson.
Terrifying, thrilling and compelling, this is one show you will not want to miss.
Reviewer: Robin Strapp


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Definition: A production budget is a financial plan that lists the number of units to be manufactured during a period. In other words, this is a report that estimates the number of units that a plant will produce from period to period.
What Does Production Budget Mean?
Managers use the production budget to estimate how many units they will need to produce in future periods based on the future estimated sales numbers. They also use this report as a planning tool for future production processes, machine times, and scheduling. Production managers have to estimate the future demands and plan out the workflow to make sure everything is produced timely and there aren't long periods of wait time or down time.
This is the main reason why the production budget does not show the costs of production nor the sales revenue from the estimated sales during the period. Instead, it always shows the total estimated sales in units and the budgeted number of units produced. Remember, this is a report used to determine the number of units that need to be produced during the period. The sales budget and manufacturing budget are used to estimate the total revenues and expenses for the period.
The standard production budget compares three periods of activity. These periods could be years, months, or even weeks depending on what the managers need to forecast their plans. The report uses a simple equation to calculate the units to be produced during the period.
First, it takes the next period's budgeted sales units and multiplies them by the ratio of inventory to future sales. This gives us the budgeted ending inventory in units. We can then add the budgeted sales units for the current period and subtract out the beginning inventory leaving the number of units that will need to be produced based on the estimated sales numbers and desired ending inventory balance.


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The last decade has seen dramatic growth of technologies that impact society, from data science and machine learning through to pervasive devices, social media and drones. The same decade has also brought major challenges and threats to human well-being and the economy, including an increase in severity and frequency of natural disasters, increasing dependency on a fragile technology infrastructure, and increased demand on first responders. There is an urgent need for new approaches to using technology to manage crises that are reliable, scalable and affordable; that can interoperate between emergency professionals and the public; and that can help save lives in a complex, challenging environment.
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I nearly shot Mozilla Thunderbird with my imaginary ray cannon this morning. This is why.
I am a hip, with-it, capable-of-adapting, technology person. I am a beneficiary of a middle class American upbringing and a private engineering college education. I have self selected myself into a realm of (moderate) computer skills which assist me in carrying out my daily tasks, including this blog post.
But sometimes, it feels like banging my head on a wall.
I remember back in the day of MS-DOS 3.0 when I sat down with a manual and started playing the "what does this command do?" game. That was when I first learned about paths and command line interfaces. Every computer geek that I've ever been associated with has at one time or another spent days figuring out how to do something; a lot of learning is packed into that process. Undertaking a daunting computer task is a good way to learn all the ins and outs. I respect this method of learning and do it myself (although less these days) especially now that the web has provided a wealth of resources to help, literally at your finger tips.
But again, sometimes computer problems are like pulling the nails off those tips.
Case in point: I have recently switched from POP mail to IMAP mail for all my normal email communications. This allows me to a) access my messages wherever I go rather than having to wait 'til I get home and b) retain easy access to encrypted communications. I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird for various reasons, the trump of which was that it easily allows GnuPG through its extension of Enigmail. All good and simple. As long as you're familiar with how to set up an email account on a mail program, Thunderbird will give you no issues.
Unless, for some reason (say) you can't send mail because Thunderbird insists on using your login ID as "nematode" rather than "firstname.lastname@example.com". It so happens that the "@roundworm.org" is a critical part of the login of your mail server and Thunderbird just won't send it! You mess with the settings. You delete and reload the account. You pore over the server variables. You delete and reload the account again. You stare at the screen until your eyes bleed. You go three whole fucking weeks without being able to send email from this account.
Then you notice the little scrolly bar on the left side of the account set up window.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, I agonized for three weeks because I couldn't figure out that I should scroll down to the bottom where it helpfully says "Outgoing Server (SMTP)". This is where all those settings I'd been looking for were hiding. This was the root of my despair. Why wasn't this placed with all the other account settings? Why why why!?
I'm a bit upset by this, as you can probably tell.
Technology is a wonderful thing. Good design is also a wonderful thing. Good design isn't just making things look good (and I praise Thunderbird for having a simple and attractive display), it's about making things usable, and my wife will probably agree.
I'll be forwarding this comment to the Thunderbird developers. While not everyone probably has a horror story like this one, it's the exceptions that create the largest amounts of grief.


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"Mr. Huxley is currently an independent director of Kinross, which position he has held since 1993. From 1997 to 2006 Mr. Huxley was a principal of Algonquin Management Inc., the manager of Algonquin Power Income Fund. Prior to that, Mr. Huxley was the President of Algonquin Power Corporation, a builder, developer and generator of hydro electric generating facilities in Canada and the United States. Mr. Huxley holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School (1970)." [1]
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Who's surprised at this news? Probably all of the people who keep telling us that they'd be satisfied to wait through the end of a second term for pro-LGBT legislation (or just insert your long-ignored progressive cause here) to be passed and signed by President Obama.
Do you think Barack Obama deserves to be re-elected, or not?
If you're like most Americans, your answer is "No," according to a poll released on Tuesday by CNN. The perception was even worse for members of Congress nationwide -- but respondents still indicated they were likely to re-elect their current Representative.
With identical numbers for all Americans as well as for just registered voters, 52 percent said the President does not deserve to be re-elected, while 44 percent said that he does. Four percent had no opinion.
Respondents indicated the lowest opinions of Congress dating back to the start of the poll in 1991.
While the GOP may be in disarray with its fringe elements on fire, the Democrats have pissed away opportunity after opportunity with internecine squabbling, unbelievable naivete that 60 votes with all those Blue Dogs equals 60 votes, a lack of iron-fisted leadership on the Hill, and a clock running down to pass significant, meaningful legislation -- never mind getting to the Homosexual Agenda.
It's just one poll, and you can try to toss it out as a one-off, but the fact is, coming into office, Barack Obama has been set up to be a one-termer from the start. Left with a flaming pile of cow dung economy and two failing military actions in progress by Dear Leader Bush II, the GOP was glad to hand over the keys to the WH so that they could quite wisely depend on the lack of attention-span American public to blame Obama for not fixing all of the Bush messes that took years to create. If Hillary won, she'd be in the same sorry position.
However, what we'll never know is what was going on inside the minds of President Obama's staff, who for some reason thought that 2008 win meant an automatic two terms. They clearly laid out a two-term plan, and sold that to LGBT leaders as a realistic goal of some kind. Given a two-term plan means a re-election bid, any person of average political intelligence should have realized that the window of opportunity to pass socially groundbreaking civil rights legislation was going to need to be addressed early on, and ducks needed to be in a row, with strong leadership to push the controversial elements forward. Now we see how the focus is on the mid-terms and the smell of Dem fear is in the air re: anything gay.
There wasn't a back up plan for one term, huh?
It's still his second term to lose; if the GOP is stupid enough to nominate a fringe candidate like Palin or some teabagger icon, President Obama may have a slam dunk re-election. However, as brain-dead as we often think the GOP is, they have a presence of mind and ability to focus on the end goal that Democrats seem to flounder time and again. One can only hope that a re-election campaign is run better than this governing administration.


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Right, so let's not waste much time on Generation 4 now. We already covered the best it had to offer, but there is a slew of Pokemon that fall into the worst category easily here. Part of the problem is the overabundance of generic and gimmicky Pokemon. Monsters such as Burmy and Wormadon, Cherubi and Cherrim, Chatot and even Rotom fit into that category easily. Throw on top some mediocre design schemes and a lack of battle prowess, and you can sum up most of Gen 4 right there.
This article is one in a series we're calling the Year of Pokemon, which celebrates the beloved pocket monsters and their many games.
As always, a few guidelines before we begin. First, no legendary Pokémon will be on this list. Second, only one Pokémon per evolutionary line will be showcased. Finally, the list will combine design aesthetics, competitive viability and overall impact as part of the criteria of their design.
So, without further ado, here are the six worst designed Pokémon of Generation 4.
Might as well start with the meme first.
It is probably a bit unfair to pick on Bibarel and its pre-evolution of Bidoof. It is designed, after all, to be a bit, well, doofy in its appearance. A beaver Pokemon is a good fit for the game, but Bibarel is just a fatter Bidoof.
Not much else to say honestly. It is generic as the "early game normal type" gets, compounded with oddly shaped eyes finishing off the goofy expression we knew it would get. Combine this with the buck teeth and chubby body, you have a Pokémon that is simple, yes, but also boring by any metric.
Bibarel is also boring as a battler, despite having some tools to help it in a fight. It's Normal/Water typing is unique and actually pretty strong offensively and has access to three of the best abilities in the game: Simple, Unaware, and Moody. Moody can be extremely powerful; it randomly raises one of your stats by 2 while decreasing a stat by 1. Moody is a strong, if luck-based, ability that can lead to snowball effects easily for team—so much so it is banned in casual formats such as Smogon.
While it has the tools, Bibarel lacks the stats to abuse them, with its highest being an 85 attack. Even a strong movepool and access to support moves such as Curse, Amnesia, or Swords Dance, which Bibarel needs to rely on, give it little chance of surviving against powerful opponents.
I'm not going to lie, I find Vespiquen to be an underrated Pokémon. The queen bee is a fair tank, despite a crippling Bug/Flying weakness, and has a strong design to it with the honeycomb motif being a perfect aesthetic. Sadly, Vespiquen can't save us from the horror that is Combee, perhaps the worst "gimmick" Pokémon in the entire game.
Generation 4 is chalk full of gimmicks, but what really sets it apart is Combee's gender-only evolution. The rare female Combee is distinguished with an orange stripe across its third face. With a very rare 12.5% chance of finding a female, very few players, unless they are actively looking for it, would likely see Vespiquen for themselves as male Combee do not evolve whatsoever.
In one sense, this is good design. It does make sense for female Combee, being the queen Bees, of course, being the only ones able to evolve. This leaves the male Combee as the worker honeybees for it. So good on Gamefreak for going on a theme there.
That said, the final design is both weird and useless. We return to the Gen 1 motif of trios, this time three faces on a flying piece of honeycomb. What's worse, Combee's terrible stats, offset by terrible typing and being able to lean only eight moves in-game (four of which are tutor moves) pretty much renders it useless. You can try to be clever and get a win or two with it, but when your best bet is trying a broken F.E.A.R strategy in Little Cup formats, you know you have problems.
The recent leak of the Pokémon Gold Spaceworld Demo was major news for fans of the franchise. For the first time ever, we were able to see behind the scenes of a game in progress, and with it, a slew of designs and concepts that Game Freak was tinkering on over twenty years ago. Many of the Pokémon from the Spaceworld demo have become major fan favorites thanks to their pretty solid designs, such as the shark known as Ikari or the beta design for Leafeon.
One of the gems revealed, however, was a Pokémon that made its debut as one of the many evolutions in Diamond and Pearl. The evolved form of Likitung we missed out on in Generation 2 was a scholarly-looking monster with a Fu Manchu mustache and its tongue as a scroll. While not the strongest design, it was clever looking.
What we got in the end was Lickilicky, which is a step down from the beta design.
Lickilicky was already coming from a strangely designed Pokémon in the form of Lickitung, but Game Freak pushed it further into the realm of being the poor man's Snorlax in terms of theme and design. Lickilicky is fat, has a "bib" pattern across its neck, and eats a lot. That pretty much says it all for you, a pink Pokemon whose design reminds me of Quina Quen from Final Fantasy IX.
Battlewise, Lickilicky continues to be a poor man's defensive tank. While it does sport excellent 110/95/95 defenses and a very wide movepool, Lickyilicky is often pigeon-holed into a defensive support Pokémon due to its low speed and mediocre attack stats. That said, it can perform well as a wallbreaker with boosted attack or a staller and cleric for a team in doubles. Its biggest weakness ultimately is being a jack-of-all-trades kind of Pokémon that can do any role you require it for but is ultimately going to be outclassed by a Pokémon specifically for that role.
While Lickilicky has a boring design, it at least has battle viability. The same cannot be said for Probopass, which lacks both a good design and viability thanks to several crucial weaknesses.
Probopass is another new evolution, this time for the pure Rock-type Nosepass. Based on the Easter Island Moai statues combined with a magnetic compass, the motif is actually pretty good on paper for a Pokémon design. What kills it is a problem of being over-designed than anything else.
To emphasize the magnetic, compass-like nature, a lot of the features of Probopass have been exaggerated to play off their motif. The magnetic "moustache" under its giant, north-pointing nose, the floating "mini-noses" around its body, the giant compass top across its head. Perhaps designed a bit differently, Probopass would have been better received, as it stands, it's a good idea mired by too many aesthetics at once.
Where it hurts the most is in battle. Probopass is made to be a massive tank thanks to its gained Steel-typing and 145/150 Defense and Special Defense. What lets it down is its dual typing being Rock/Steel, one of the few types in the game that is stuck with 2 4x weaknesses, in this case Fighting and Ground, both common attacking types. Its 60 base HP also means it loses a ton of bulk, so Probopass struggles to stay on the field as a single STAB Earthquake often brings it close to death despite its massive defenses.
There are some tricks to mitigate this, namely Probopass having a unique movepool filled with psychic support moves and electric-type attacking moves. While this can cause damage to some of its threats, its low attacking stats again work against it. Probopass can make good use of its support movepool, but it is a Pokémon that struggles in the role it is given simply due to poor typing.
Pokémon is no stranger to having cats in its repertoire. Meowth and Persian are of course iconic, but cat-like Pokémon in each subsequent generation have generally weak designs. The biggest culprit is perhaps Purugly, a "pure ugly" design for a fat tabby cat.
In this case, it is by design, so I guess credit to Game Freak for that one. Purugly is supposed to look like the way it does for the sake of their own pun name. The overlarge ears, the bent whiskers, even the sour-looking scowl across its face pretty much says all you need to know about it. Perhaps it's the fact that it's only a generic tabby cat is the problem. Like most of Generation 4, sort of just existing and being forgettable after you come across it.
Forgettable is also its battle abilities. Despite looking like a tank, Purugly is quite fast, sporting a strong 112 base Speed. The rest of its stats are mediocre at best, and what's worse, it doesn't have the best movepool to abuse its speed advantage well. Purugly's moveset is designed to lower player stats and stall by playing with its predominantly female gender. Moves such as Attract, Captivate, Charm, and Swagger are designed to annoy opponents, and while it has bad attacking stats, it does get access to both Foul Play and Super Fang, which ignore its attack stats when doing damage.
Purugly does have a niche this way as being a very off-putting, annoying Pokémon, but it relies heavily on annoying players. Other tools include priority moves such as Sucker Punch and Fake Out, plus the Defiant ability which boosts its attack by two stages for any status drop it receives. Even then, it is, at best, a longshot Pokémon in official and casual formats.
A skunk Pokémon is a perfect fit and was long overdue by Generation 4, but it was also a Pokémon that was underwhelming in the end. Much like Vespiquen, Stunky's evolution, Skuntank, is decently designed. Invoking the pompadour hairstyle naturally with its tail is a clever way to showcase the more "punkish delinquent" vibe of the Pokémon, and it works as a simple but effective design scheme. Stunky however is not so lucky.
The reason being its face mostly. I can't be the only one who sees a butt right?
Seriously, it's just staring at you, plain as day. Maybe this was intentional? Maybe its not supposed to look like a butt? I really don't know, but it kind of takes over every time I look at Stunky, as it stares back with its expressionless eyes.
I don't want to turn Stunky into the butt of too many jokes, but its face aside, it is generic like most on this list. Stunky falls into the trap of a lot of the bad designs of Generation 4: they are simply boring Pokémon overshadowed by the better designed monsters ten-fold.
Battle-wise it is not much to write home about. Stunky has good speed and attack and works best at trapping Pokémon in Little Cup formats. Moves designed to trap include its STAB pursuit and sucker punch. It also is good at hazing, removing status and hazard removing thanks to Defog, It sadly has no recovery options and lacks a strong movepool outside of its standard STAB attacks. So, it can be useful, but it often is left behind due to the lack of good versatility.
And there you have it, another list done, and another Generation finished. As I said, Generation 4 has always been my least favorite in the franchise, but things are picking up next time as I cover what is, to me, the best Generation of Pokémon with Generation V. How will we navigate the good and bad with a massive 150+ Pokedex to sift through? Be sure to check it out next time when we cover the best designs of Generation 5 together.
Until then, see you around, and be sure to check out that article, and future articles in our Year of Pokémon here.