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Blue, But Bipartisan: Can Vermont Be a Model for the Rest of the U.S.?
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By Louis Jacobson
Vermont is one of the bluest states in the nation. It gave Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden two-thirds of the vote in 2020, providing Biden with his single biggest winning margin in any state. Vermont sends a socialist, Bernie Sanders, to the U.S. Senate, and it has one of the few strong left-wing third parties of any state.
Yet for three elections running, Vermont's voters have chosen Phil Scott, a Republican, to be their governor – by increasing margins. Scott won his first two-year term in 2016 by 9 points, his second in 2018 by 15 points, and in 2020 by a stunning 41 points.
How is it possible that the same state has given politicians as diverse as Biden, Sanders and Scott overwhelming victories? Political observers in Vermont credit Scott's savvy and his moderate approach to governing, as well as his location in a state that's sufficiently small and independent that personal appeal can trump national politics.
"Getting caught up in national issues does not work here," says Michael Donohue, a Vermont Republican State Committee member and former chairman of the Republican Committee in Chittenden County, which includes the state's biggest city, Burlington.
Before becoming governor, Scott co-owned DuBois Construction and was a stock car enthusiast. He was elected to the state Senate in 2000, then in 2010 won the lieutenant governorship. That office is elected separately from the governorship, which was won that year by Democrat Peter Shumlin. Then, in 2016, as Hillary Clinton was winning the state by a 27-point margin, Scott won the first of his three gubernatorial terms so far.
In Vermont, the default is for Democrats to win statewide office. In fact, Scott has been the only Vermont Republican to win statewide office in more than a dozen years. That said, GOP candidates who take a pragmatic approach tend to be given a fair hearing in Vermont, and they could become favorites if they are facing a left-wing candidate in a statewide race. Vermont's recent Republican governors – Richard Snelling (1977-1985 and 1991) and Jim Douglas (2003-2011) – have, like Scott, emphasized moderation and bipartisanship.
"Vermonters have historically voted for the person, not the party," says Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, a Democrat who is credited with working effectively with Scott. "Again and again," she says, Scott has "shown a willingness to cross partly lines."
This is possible because of Vermont's small size. With 643,000 residents, it's the second-smallest state in population, and it's more compact than the smallest, Wyoming.
In a typical state Senate district, where Scott cut his political teeth, "it's manageable to get to know a good portion of your constituents," says Corey Parent, a second-term Republican state senator.
In Vermont, "voters like politicians who can connect well on a retail level and are sort of everyday citizens," says Neale Lunderville, who has been tapped for various positions by Douglas, Shumlin and Scott and is now CEO of Vermont Gas Systems. The state's small scale "makes it harder to get to the political fisticuffs we see in Washington."
Indeed, Conor Casey, the former executive director of the state Democratic Party and a City Council member in the state capital of Montpelier, recalls trying "everything" against Scott in campaigns and failing to make a dent.
"We tried being nice, we tried being mean, but nothing stuck, because voters knew him," he says. "If you attack Scott, your own favorable rating goes down."
Another reason for Scott's success is Vermont voters' penchant for political balance. Whenever Vermont's governorship has come open, it has changed partisan hands every time since 1961. "People say, 'maybe one party shouldn't have all the marbles,'" says Douglas, the former Republican governor.
Because Democrats have strong majorities in both chambers of the legislature, voters see Scott as providing a brake on a big leftward lurch.
"Scott's big word is 'affordability,'" says Philip Baruth, a six-term state senator who affiliates with both the Democratic and Progressive parties. "He's generally pro-economic development and low-tax, and doesn't like things he views as not in the government's purview or as costing too much, like universal health care." (Even Scott's Democratic predecessor, Shumlin, considered a universal health care plan for Vermont but backed off amid cost concerns.)
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Scott's biggest battle with the legislature was over family leave. Scott wanted a voluntary system and vetoed a Democratic-backed mandatory proposal that would have come with a $29 million payroll tax hike. Scott and the legislature also sparred over the scale of a minimum wage hike.
"He said, 'Look, this is the hard job of budgeting, and we need to do this within the reality of a tight budget,'" says Donohue, the state GOP official. "That is a message that resonates with a lot of folks who consider themselves Democrats."
At the same time, Scott has gone much further than Republican governors elsewhere to tolerate Democratic priorities. He signed a bill to protect abortion rights, and he allowed bills to legalize marijuana sales and to overhaul the rules for the use of deadly force by police to became law without his signature.
Most notably, Scott acted contrary to the heavily rural state's aversion to gun control legislation, following the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and the foiling of a school shooting in Vermont. Scott worked with legislators to enact a ban on bump stocks and large magazines, as well as a process to temporarily confiscate guns from individuals deemed to pose an immediate threat.
His work on gun legislation drove a wedge between Scott and some hard-line elements of his party. However, many Democrats and independents appreciated his efforts.
"That was the moment when Democrats gave him the benefit of not being an ideologue," Baruth says.
Scott further bolstered his standing with the state's Democratic majority by repeatedly distancing himself from then-President Donald Trump. Scott criticized actions like Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord and his policies on immigration. Scott also backed Trump's primary challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, and voted for Biden, who he says could "heal the country."
However, not even this record would have produced his commanding victory in 2020 had Scott not led a bipartisan – and effective – response to the coronavirus. The state has consistently had a low rate of infections, hospitalizations and death. It later achieved the country's best rate of vaccination.
"His approval rating for COVID is through the roof," said Chris Graff, a former journalist and longtime political observer in Vermont. "Most Vermonters are very proud when Vermont shows up as leading the nation, and they give Phil the credit."
Scott didn't do it by himself, says Middlebury College political scientist Eric Davis. "He had very good people in key positions," Davis says, including Health Commissioner Mark Levine, whose briefings led some to dub him the Anthony Fauci of Vermont.
"We didn't agree on everything – the legislature did oversight and made some changes to his programs – but his efforts were nimble, thoughtful and decisive," says Baruth, the Democratic-Progressive legislator.
Scott echoed this approach in July 2021, when he appointed Christine Hallquist as executive director of the newly created Vermont Community Broadband Board, which is charged with extending internet access throughout the state. Hallquist, the former CEO of the Vermont Electric Cooperative, was the Democrat who Scott defeated handily in 2018.
Despite their campaigns against each other, Scott realized that Hallquist was "absolutely the right person" for the job, Lunderville says.
What's less clear is what kind of future awaits Republicans other than Scott in the state. While Vermont is less Trump-friendly than most states, the state's Republican Party has a Trumpish streak that turns off Democrats and many independents.
"The party organization is very Trumpy," says John Walters, a longtime Vermont political journalist. If he were a moderate Republican who wanted to move up, Walters says, "I'd be discouraged." Indeed, Donohue, the GOP official, jokes that his goal "is to continue to plead for the governor to run again."
Rising political stars in the state say the pragmatic approach is worthy of copying elsewhere – if the national parties can think outside the box.
"At a time when we are seeing so much divisiveness nationally, I think our small state can serve as a model for a healthy issue-focused democracy," says Gray, the Democratic lieutenant governor. "We certainly don't agree on everything, but we are willing to come together and work together."
Parent, the Republican legislator, agrees.
"I'm a millennial," he says. "Looking at conservative millennials, they appreciate the pragmatic, socially moderate approach with a real look at fiscal issues. Unfortunately, national Republicans are stuck fighting fights that turn millennials off."


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Home Saint of the Day March 16. St. Heribert (Herbert), Bishop
St. Heribert (Herbert), Bishop
Invoked in Time of Drought
St. Heribert was born at Worms in Germany about 970 and educated at the Abbey of Gorze in Lorraine. He wanted to enter the Benedictine Order there, but his father recalled him to Worms and obtained a canonry for him. As a young priest, Heribert became a trusted counselor of the youthful Emperor Otto III, chancellor of the diocese, and finally Archbishop of Cologne in 998.
In that same year the Saint accompanied the Emperor to Rome and assisted him in his last moments before his death in 1002. In the ensuing skirmishing for the post of Emperor, St. Heribert at first was opposed to St. Henry II through a mutual misunderstanding. But in time the two Saints, Archbishop and Emperor, were publicly reconciled and labored together for the good of the people.
St. Heribert was practically a model of what a Bishop should be. He was a peaceful man but a firm disciplinarian; a holy man but one who knew the value of money and saw to it that his was always divided among the poor. He was a man of prayer, and in a time of drought it was in answer to his prayers that a torrential rain fell, saving the harvest and delivering the people from famine. He died in 1021 and is invoked in time if drought.
PRAYER: God, Light and Shepherd of souls, You established St. Heribert as Bishop in Your Church to feed Your flock by his word and form it by his example. Help us through his intercession to keep the Faith he taught by his word. Amen.

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Wakonda State Park
Osage Village State Historic Site
Battle of Athens State Historic Site
Boone's Lick State Historic Site
Montauk State Park
Whether it's hanging out in a quiet lake cove, exploring one of Missouri's pristine Ozark rivers or plopping in a pool, state parks offer swimming experiences that the entire family can enjoy.
Washington has a public swimming pool, while others have sand beaches.
The parks located on big impounded lakes offer some of the Midwest's top water recreation. Lake of the Ozarks, Lake Wappapello, Long Branch, Pomme de Terre, Stockton, Harry S Truman and Mark Twain state parks all have large lakes perfect for swimming, boating and fishing. Each of these parks has a designated beach area.
Cuivre River State Park offers swimming in Lake Lincoln. Finger Lakes, St. Joe, Trail of Tears, Thousand Hills, Wakonda and Watkins Mill also are state parks with smaller lakes for swimming. Several of the lakes have sand beaches.
Clear, spring-fed Ozark rivers are great for cooling off in the hot summer months.
Big Creek is a lovely little stream that runs through Sam A. Baker State Park, and the campground is next to a gravel bar along the creek.
Meramec and Onondaga Cave state parks are located along the Meramec River. St. Francois and Washington state parks are on the Big River.
One of the state's premier swimming holes is at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, where the Black River has carved out chutes and pools in the ancient rock of the namesake shut-ins area.
Swimming in the lakes, streams and rivers in state parks is at your own risk.
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Enjoy this activity at the following parks
Sam A. Baker State Park
Cuivre River State Park
Echo Bluff State Park
Finger Lakes State Park
Ha Ha Tonka State Park
Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
Lake of the Ozarks State Park
Lake Wappapello State Park
Long Branch State Park
Meramec State Park
Onondaga Cave State Park
St. Francois State Park
St. Joe State Park
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site
Stockton State Park
Table Rock State Park
Truman State Park
Mark Twain State Park
Watkins Mill State Park


A unique, eye-catching RGB lighting module is socketed on the back of the RC3 chair, which offers seven different colors: Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Cyan, Pink, and White.
Furthermore, three lighting effects: Static, Static Color Loop, and Breathing Color Loop.
The magnetic base of the lighting module allows the user to remove the module from the chair and stick it onto any other magnetic surface.


Whilst some thrive under the pressure of decisions and consider the process of renovating a rewarding challenge, for some, the challenge outweighs the reward. You won't know until you've renovated, but what I know is that some people are predisposed to this kind of work (and all that comes with it) and others are not. Let's talk through the challenges.
Here's the thing about renovating, you are going to have a million design decisions to make and to be able to make informed and considered choices you're going to, at the very least, need to know what you do and don't like. That sounds simpler than it is because knowing what you do and don't like means doing a lot of research. Even if you engage a design professional, you'll still be required to make the final decision and you don't want to be in a position where you don't know what you don't know. You can't feign interest here. For example, I will never be a sports commentator because, despite my best intentions, I just don't enjoy sport.
I'm not referring to the physical changes that your property is about to undergo. I'm talking about the fact that after you finally make that dreaded bathroom tile decision that you've been agonising over for weeks, your tile retailer tells you there's a six-week wait. Time is money, so you're forced to change tact. Renovating comes with curve balls like this, and bigger, at every turn. For seasoned renovators, it's par for the course but for many it's like being punched in the guts on repeat.
If you're living through a renovation, like many of us are forced to, you need to be prepared to live amidst, what can only be described as chaos (not organised chaos, just chaos). And if you're like me and your mind becomes frazzled by visual chaos, then frazzled is how you'll begin to act. You have to be able to live through mess and keep your eye on the ball because the alternative is to be completely overwhelmed. If that happens, your renovation will suffer.
I don't need to tell you that to make money on your renovation means that you'll have to pull up your sleeves and get dirty. Whether it's painting, planting out the garden or just a whole lot of cleaning (and there will be a whole lot of cleaning), it can be hard yakka! It's just not the ideal way for some people to spend their weekends. I get it.
I frequently compare renovating to childbirth, where you're so besotted with the outcome that you forget the pain. Even for experienced renovators, renovating is hard work and can come with a lot of stress. We love it. We love the work, the decisions, and the daily buzz of activity as much as we love the end result. If you don't, however, life's too short, find another sport.
Originally published as 5 reasons you know you're not a renovator at www.realestate.com.au.


If you're a golfer and you've been wondering why your game has been subpar, there's a good chance it's because of your glasses. Standard progressive lenses are designed for everyday use and are not optimized for the golf course.
Did you realize you focus on three crucial focal points while on the green? Yep, the scorecard in your hand, the ball at your feet, and the green in the distance.
Because of the optimization in these three vision zones, Shamir Golf™, ensures a more comfortable golfing experience. And we guarantee you'll play your best game ever, once you can actually see what you're doing out there! Don't forget to thank us once you triumph over your golf buddies next weekend.
As a golfer, you actually have four important vision zones, near, mid-range and far, but your Peripheral Vision is also crucial. You need to see out of the side of your lenses to where you want the ball to go while at the same time looking at the ball on the ground to line up your shot. Shamir Golf™ provides you with this all-important clear peripheral vision.
And since Shamir Golf™ is designed specifically for wraparound frames, you won't have to sacrifice your style either. Now you can get back to what's important out there – drinking beer, er… working on your perfect swing!


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Ottawa-Centre MP, consulting firm pay $17,000 in fines for robocalls
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC announced Friday it has issued two notices of violation totalling $17,000 in penalties as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the use of robocalls by political parties, elected officials and telemarketers. Paul Dewar, an M.P. for Ottawa Centre and the NDP's foreign affairs critic, entered into a settlement agreement with the CRTC and paid a $7,000 penalty for violating the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules (UTR). In an unrelated investigation, Strategic Communications Inc. also cooperated, agreed to settle and paid a penalty of $10,000 for similar violations. "We appreciate the cooperation we received during our investigations," said Andrea...


Some of my favourite video game ladies!
So today I joined the absolutely lovely Jemma's twitter 'Girl Gang' group and am absolutely chuffed and excited to be involved in a great idea that will bring girl bloggers together to unite, discuss and make friendships! Definitely go and check out Jemma's blog at www.dorkface.co.uk!
On the subject of awesome, empowering girls I decided to make a post about one of my favourite mediums and the characters I love! I feel like I may accidentally miss out some of them and they're in no particular order, so definitely comment any characters you think are honourable mentions!
Ah, my sweet, dear Elizabeth. Definitely a character I knew I was going to love and appreciate when I first watched the past E3 demos of Bioshock Infinite. The Bioshock series is one of my favourite game series and even though out of all the editions to the series, Infinite has it's flaws and I believe they may of somewhat held Elizabeth's involvement in mechanics back a bit, I absolutely love her. You're introduced to her as your typical Disney princess in a castle trapped from the big world with the naivety of what is out there. She sits in her rooms reading and makes tears to see Paris. She dreams of the big, wild world but is not entirely sure of what the plans her father, Comstock, dictates for her future. But soon she helps the protagonist Booker make his way through Columbia trying to figure out why she was trapped in her 'towers' with her powers and her amazing knowledge. She is such a strong, intelligent character and I think it is great that Irrational made her the playable character in chapter two of Burial At Sea.
Admittedly, I have still not finished Wind Waker, which I am ashamed to say because it's such an amazing looking game and the art style is so lovely and inspiring. If I was to ever be able to 3D model and texture in a style similar I'd be so happy. However Tetra had to make my list because she is a character I also fell in love with straight away when playing. She is very outspoken and her devilish smirk is adorable. I can't wait to continue playing and see how her story develops.
Persona 4 is my favourite game of all time. I cannot recommend it enough and you're damn right if you think I'll probably make a Persona 5 review when it comes out. Chie is a 'tomboy'ish girl from a small town called Inaba with a love for kung-fu, red meat and fighting for justice alongside her friends. Before gaining her 'persona', Chie has an inferiority complex towards her childhood best friend Yukiko and feels that she is not feminine enough to fit in at school and is jealous of all the attention Yukiko recieves. This then stems for her to internally gain satisfaction from Yukiko's need to rely on Chie for confidence and support. Chie finally confronts her 'shadow' (the manifestation of these internal feelings) and overcomes them whilst gaining confidence and knowing she should not compare herself to her best friend and has her own strengths. Chie is an incredibly admirable character and also extremely funny and adorable and I loved following her stories in Persona 4.
Now Junko is hardly a character to look up to and class as a role model. Considering she murders a lot of people, manipulates classmates into murdering other people and each other in a game of life or death and basically causes the destruction of mankind. But she is so well written and such a unique character that I am drawn to her and just had to put her on this list. It's been a while since I played Dangan Ronpa or Super Dangan Ronpa 2 but she is an extremely intelligent villain that creates her plan for the 'despair of mankind' purely for despair. Not in revenge, not over other characters. She's just cold-blooded and thrives off despair. She even owns up as a 'loser' to her own game at the end of game one and takes part in an execution because she is so full of energy from the despair. She's a mad and interesting character and you won't find another character exactly like her.
Some honourable mentions also include Snow White from The Wolf Among Us, Ellie from The Last Of Us, Mikan Tsumiki from Super Dangan Ronpa 2, Nami from Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life and Cassandra from Dragon Age Inquisition.
What female video characters do you love? Have a comment below!


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Q: Why is Laravel 5.7 pagination not showing more pages after the first page result I intend to paginate a laravel eloquent model using a where clause. I expect the page links to show and be clickable leading to the clicked page. This is the default controller in which I paginate without a where clause.
 public function index(Request $request){

  $users = User::paginate(12)->onEachSide(1);
  return view('/**',compact('users'));
}

I am able to paginate through till the last page. This is the route (I have placed the name is asterisks for confidentiality.:
Route::get('/**', 'SearchController@index');

This functions better, however I try to limit the rows with a where clause:
  public function search(Request $request){

$location = $request->location;
$talent  = $request ->talent;

$users = User::where('talent',$talent)->where('location',$location)->paginate(12);

return view('/searchResult',compact('users');
  }

This is the route:
Route::get('/**', 'SearchController@search');

However, in the second case, the pagination result returns blank when I try to navigate. I am not sure why this is happening.
On the front view, I have:
              {{$users->links()}}

A: This code works and I am now able to paginate effectively. Answer by lufc in the comment though. However, I am curious about the mechanism.
     {{ $users->appends(Request::except('page'))->links() }}

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What is the best treatment for an ankle sprain?
The best sprained ankle treatment follows the RICE procedure—rest, ice, compress, and elevate—and then rehabilitate the ankle. You need to take a break from all hard-impact activities and hobbies that may strain the joint, particularly sports and many outdoor activities. Icing the ankle will help reduce the painful inflammation in the soft tissues, allowing them to begin healing. Compressing the ankle in an elastic medical bandage discourages swelling. Keeping the foot elevated also decreases swelling, as well as forces you to rest for a little while. After a couple of days of RICE, you begin rehabilitation. This allows the ankle to recondition itself for your activities.
In severe cases, treatment may involve time in a brace or cast to stabilize the joint and protect it as it heals. Immobilizing the joint for a few weeks allows the loose and damaged ligaments to recover without pressure that could accidentally reinjure them. Occasionally, severely-sprained ankles actually need surgery to repair torn tendons. Getting your sprain accurately diagnosed is the key to getting the right treatment. Let Parker Foot & Ankle help. Call our Houston office at (281) 497-2850 to make an appointment.
Can stretching prevent foot injuries?
Sometimes you can prevent foot injuries by keeping your muscles and connective tissues adequately stretched. Your feet are under a lot of stress when you stand and walk; it's fairly easy for your tissues to become tight and overworked. Stretching to prevent injuries helps alleviate some of this stress in your lower limbs. These stretches don't have to be complicated to benefit your feet, either, and most are easy to do at home.
Exercises like the step stretch, the towel pull, the wall stretch, the plantar stretch, and the sole massage work well. They impact different parts of your feet, ankles, and lower legs, helping you to stay conditioned and keep your tissues relaxed. If you're struggling with tight tendons or muscles, don't wait until you develop an injury to get help. Let Parker Foot & Ankle take care of your feet. You can call our Houston office for an appointment at (281) 497-2850, or use the online form to reach us. We'll be happy to explain these stretches in detail.
What is the best stress fracture treatment?
Stress fractures are relatively common injuries and often develop from overuse, typically in high-impact sports. These injuries are most likely to happen to the weight-bearing bones found in your feet and lower legs. There are a variety of stress fracture treatment options, but the best is to simply take time away from the activity that caused the condition.
A stress fracture is a tiny crack in your bone that will heal on its own in roughly 6 to 8 weeks if further stress is not placed upon the area. If you are an avid runner with a stress fracture and want to maintain your physical conditioning, swimming and bicycling provide low-impact options that may work.
Before you alter your workout plans, consult with Dr. Robert Parker. While resting is the best treatment, we may want to prescribe the use of protective footwear or a cast to ensure proper healing. If the stress fracture is bad enough, surgery might be required.
When stress fractures happen, be sure to call Parker Foot & Ankle at (281) 497-2850 and schedule your appointment with our Houston office. We will make sure that you heal correctly and can return to enjoying your normal activities.
How can I avoid foot injuries during aerobics?
Accidents that cause foot pain can happen any time you're active—doing aerobics, for instance. There are ways to avoid foot injuries, though. Wear the right shoes whenever you work out. Make sure they have supportive, cushioned soles and fit your feet correctly. Always use the proper technique so you're less likely to strain your feet and ankles. If you're doing step aerobics, don't use a bench or step that is too tall for your legs.
Condition your lower limbs to handle the stress of your routine, too. Some simple exercises build up your toe, foot, and ankle strength, making them more stable. Calf raises, toe spreads, balancing exercises, and foot taps work the tissues that keep your feet strong and help prevent overuse injuries. Stretches, like the wall stretch and the plantar stretch, help prevent tissues from tightening too much and causing problems. If you develop foot pain during your work out, stop and take care of it. Dr. Robert Parker can help you prevent and manage any foot injuries. Just call our Houston, TX office at (281) 497-2850 or use the web contact form to reach us.
There are several different ways you can prevent shin splints. They are an overuse injury often caused by doing too much too soon when you exercise. There are several diagnoses to consider, such as nerve entrapments, medial stress syndrome, and tibialis posterior tendonitis. Dr. Parker will of course determine which of these similar presenting conditions is actually causing your symptoms.
Building up your routine gradually conditions your shins to handle the stress of your activities. Cross train regularly as well. Instead of doing the same exercises every day, take rest days for your lower limbs and do low-impact or upper body activities instead.
Always warm up to make sure your muscles are ready to work before you start your routine. That way, they're less likely to get injured. Make sure you wear well-fitted, supportive shoes to help your feet absorb the shock. If you can, try to avoid exercising on hard, unforgiving surfaces like concrete, too. Orthotics are in order if these conservative measures don't help, or if you have a significant bowlegged situation or severe pronation.
If you notice your shins starting to ache and burn when you're active, stop what you're doing and rest. Catching and treating the problem early is an important part of preventing full-blown shin splints. Let Dr. Robert Parker know if you're struggling with lower limb pain. Call our Houston office at (281) 497-2850 for an appointment or use our website to reach us for more information.
Can I run with bursitis?
People who love to run may ask us, "Can I run with bursitis?" We know it is hard, but this is one of those foot conditions where the best course of action is to let your foot rest, instead of just pushing through the pain. You will heal more quickly and prevent worse problems by taking a break.
Bursitis is often linked with Achilles tendonitis. If you feel pain or burning in your heel that gets worse with physical activity and feels better at rest, then you may have bursitis. This is most likely a cause of suddenly increasing the intensity of your physical activity level without gradually building up to it. Your feet, just like the rest of your body, need time to build strength. To treat this condition you will need to rest your feet, ice your heels daily, and possibly use shoe inserts or undergo physical therapy to increase your heel and foot strength.
If you have more questions about treating and preventing bursitis call Dr. Robert Parker at (281) 497-2850 to schedule an appointment at Parker Foot & Ankle in Houston.
What is turf toe, you ask? Simply put, turf toe is a sprain of the big toe joint. Imagine the shape that a foot takes when an athlete is on the starting blocks preparing to sprint—the heel is raised, the weight of the body is placed upon the ball of the foot and toes. The ligaments of the big toe joint allow for this movement, acting as a hinge to move the big toe up and down. This means that it also absorbs the weight and pressure from which you propel yourself forward.
When your body attempts to make that initial "push off," sometimes the big toe remains flat on the floor and doesn't lift. We call this a hyperextension, and if repeated enough over time, or with sudden force, it can cause a sprain in the ligaments of the joint. Turf toe is commonly seen in athletes that play on artificial surfaces, such as turf or basketball and tennis courts, as they are harder than grass. This injury may cause pain, swelling, and toe misalignment. If you're experiencing any of these symptoms, contact Dr. Robert Parker at Parker Foot and Ankle here in Houston, TX. Call (281) 497-2850 or fill out our online patient form.
When can I Run Again After an Ankle Injury?
Knowing how soon to run again after an ankle injury can be a difficult thing to figure out. When you are making this decision there are a few things to keep in mind. You need to consider the severity (minor sprain or fracture?), how long you were off your feet, your physical fitness level before your injury, your experience as a runner, and whether or not you were able to cross train while recovering. If you are unsure of your ankle's ability to support you, a good rule of thumb is being able to walk a half hour without pain before trying to run. Then increase your activity gradually. If you begin to feel pain, back up the level for a few days and then try again.
If you have more questions about getting back to running after an injury, call Dr. Robert Parker at (281) 497-2850 to schedule an appointment at Parker Foot and Ankle in Houston.
What do I do When I Get Shin Splints?
When you feel the beginning of shin splints, you should start treating them right away to prevent them from getting worse. You'll need to decrease or stop your activities temporarily to relieve the stress on your shins. Stretch out your muscles regularly and try low-impact exercises to stay active during this time. Also, ice your shins to decrease swelling and inflammation. You may need to change your shoes or add orthotics for extra support. Once your lower limbs are functioning without pain, you can slowly ease back into your activities. You may need conditioning exercises to bring your shins back up to strength without reinjuring them.
Don't ignore the discomfort of shin splints; that will simply guarantee an injury. Contact Parker Foot & Ankle to have your lower limbs checked and treated before the problem gets worse. Call (281) 497-2850 or visit the online contact page to reach our Houston office.


On July 1, 2018, AGAPE adopted the Morning Star Sanctuary Domestic Violence Shelter and Court Advocacy program.
Morning Star Sanctuary is one of only two emergency domestic violence shelters in Davidson County. In 2018, it provided shelter to 197 victims, but the need continues to grow. The Metro Nashville Police Department received a staggering 26,641 domestic violence reports in 2017 alone, and more than 700 victims were turned away due to lack of shelter space in Davidson County.
Morning Star Sanctuary and AGAPE now operate as one non-profit serving Middle Tennessee. For more than a year, the Board of Directors for both organizations completed a process of diligence to make this decision with the community's best interest in mind. As part of the adoption, AGAPE proudly added three Morning Star board members to our governing board, in addition to doubling the shelter capacity from 16 beds to 32.
We believe there is great purpose and joy ahead for the children, families and individuals we serve through the joining of two agencies rich with history, experience and legacies of serving for more than 80 years combined. We encourage you to visit and donate to the Morning Star website and Facebook page, and we ask you to pray that God will use AGAPE and the Morning Star program to bless even more people in need with the healing love of Christ.


Just when you thought you were done with school, you will be back in the classroom (on campus or online) sooner than you think. Just consider what might be the half-life of computer programming languages that dominate today only to become storied skills tomorrow?
Even for Gen Z, the first generation where the Internet always existed, the accelerating pace of technological advance will soon transform their smart phones and smart speakers into technologies reminiscent of rotary phones and high fidelity stereos. Continuous learning and skills building is no longer the hallmark of the high achiever; it is now the required behavior of the workplace survivor.
Political economist Joseph Schumpeter, wrote about creative destruction long before consultants began muttering about disruption. Schumpeter argued that every business model contains the seeds of its own destruction. Organizations are designed to address the problems and solutions available at the time of their creation. Technology certainly accelerates creative destruction but so do social, political and economic forces – driving some businesses to the top of markets and others into oblivion.
Baby Boomers graduating in 1968 entered a work environment that featured unimaginable technological achievement. Against the backdrop of the first humans to land on the moon, the class of '68 must have believed that they, and the organizations they worked for, were vanguards of the future. But, few of the companies that were the titans then, are giants today. Some no longer exist.
A comparison of the Fortune 500's top 25 companies in 1968 and 2018 shows more than changes in revenues among leading companies, it also reveals the transience of industries that once appeared to offer careers for a lifetime. A job in the petrochemical, steel or telecommunications industries made sense in 1968. For Gen Z, Fortune's top 25 in 2018 reflects only five firms from 1968 and a profound change in the mix of leading industries. Today retail, health and financial firms have displaced petrochemical, steel and telecommunications companies that garnered top spots decades earlier.
The class of 2018 is walking off graduation platforms and into 50-plus years of work. Which industries will be transformed? Will transformation occur faster during Gen Z's work life than previous generations? Gen Z workers will need to be agile. Many Baby Boomers, and even some Gen X'ers, committed to one company to build a career. It may no longer be effective career planning to bet decades, let alone five-decades of work, on one or two firms or even industries. Gaining experience and developing skills that apply across industries is fast becoming a requirement for workers to successfully navigate five-plus decades of work.
Artificial intelligence, and robotics generally, is changing the workplace. No one is exempt. From commercial drivers that will be displaced by the widespread deployment of autonomous vehicles, to physicians who will be second fiddle to an AI diagnostician, every Gen Z professional will need to rapidly adapt to the new human-robot workplace.
Working with robots will not necessarily be a to be, or not to be question for Gen Z workers. But, artificial intelligence will require humans to adapt to new ways of working. Some Gen Z workers will need to learn how to be a robot's supervisor, while others may be supervised by a 'bot. Gen Z professionals, such as those in law or financial advice, will have to learn how to partner with AI – not just to excel in their profession, but to simply keep their job. Future annual performance reviews may include how well you work with your human colleagues and how well you collaborate with your robot colleague.
Gen Z graduates have an entire career ahead of them. However, many Baby Boomers, Gen X'ers and Millennials will be navigating the same rapidly changing workplace for years and decades to come – a future of work that has new unarticulated rules and demands for all workers.


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Roaming or SMS. The best cities for the use of communication services have been determined
The ceremony of awarding the winners of the special All-Russian award was held. This award was established by Yota to evaluate how communication is used in different cities of Russia. Andrey Beburishvili hosted the award ceremony.
Among the award winners are:
Krasnodar — in the nomination "City of jocks": the most information is downloaded in it;
Smolensk — in the nomination "Border State": for the most frequent use of mobile communications in roaming;
Cherkessk— in the nomination "City with the highest ICQ": for the most diligent use of ICQ;
St. Petersburg— in the nomination "City of larks": for a large number of morning calls;
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk— in the nomination "City of Owls": for a special love to chat at night;
Murmansk— in the nomination "The Hottest City": for the most active viewing of videos for adults;
Barnaul— in the "Normal nomination": for the arithmetic mean of the highest average use of roaming, the highest average time of the day, popular for conversation and the highest average values in terms of the volume of downloaded information. ;
The operator also found out that Grozny — this is the city where people make the least phone calls, in Birobidzhan they use social networks most actively, and Moscow writes SMS most often. Also, Novy Urengoy, Ufa, Saratov were awarded.
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    <%= f.date_select( :deadline , use_month_numbers: true , start_year: (Time.now.year) , end_year: (Time.now.year+1) , start_month: (Time.now.month) , end_month: (12) , start_day: (Time.now.day) , end_day: (days_in_month(Time.now.month)) , default: Date.new(Time.now.year , Time.now.month , Time.now.day) , date_separator: '/' ) %>

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def days_in_month(month, year = Time.now.year)
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A: That's a client side matter, you should handle it using javascript. This may help you: Form days value change with respect to the month.


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Order of contempt affirmed in freelance video blogger case
Sep. 11, 2006 · A panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th…
Sep. 11, 2006 · A panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.) has affirmed a lower court's contempt order in the case of freelance journalist Josh Wolf.
The court issued the decision Friday without hearing oral arguments from either side.
Wolf, who was sent to a California prison when he refused to turn over his video footage from a 2005 San Francisco protest, was released on bail Sept. 1 after a month behind bars.
Within the next 30 days, Wolf's lawyers are expected to file a petition for rehearing before the entire appeals court. A panel will then decide whether to grant the full court rehearing. As for Wolf, he will remain out on bail pending a response to the rehearing petition, according to Jose Luis Fuentes, one of Wolf's lawyers.
Federal officials think Wolf's videotape may contain footage of protesters attempting to destroy a police car, according to news reports. Portions of the video aired on broadcast television, but the grand jury subpoenaed Wolf and demanded that he turn over the unaired portions. Wolf was cited for contempt of court and jailed when he refused to comply.
Although the state of California recognizes a reporter's privilege to withhold testimony or confidential materials from a grand jury investigation under certain circumstances, the privilege does not apply in federal courts and there is no similar federal shield law. In Wolf's case, the investigation is before a federal grand jury because the San Francisco Police Department received some federal funding to purchase police cars.
Congress is currently considering a federal shield law, but Wolf's lawyers argued a reporter's privilege already exists under current law.
"Federal courts should be doing a balancing test in every case before ordering any journalist to hand over information," Dan Siegel, one of Wolf's attorneys, said Friday before the panel ruled.
The appeals court opinion affirming the contempt order against Wolf said that "the grand jury investigation is being conducted in good faith and the district court correctly refused to do a balancing test." Furthermore, the panel wrote, "Even if we applied a balancing test, we would still affirm."
The order also rejected Wolf's argument that the tape is testimonial and therefore protected under the Fifth Amendment.
"I found [the order] disconcerting because the panel judges just dismissed the constitutional issues," Fuentes said. "They were geared towards law and order, and they brushed aside the Constitution."
Fuentes said he was disturbed that the judges "questioned whether [Wolf] is a journalist," referring to the order's mention that Wolf is not employed by a publication or news organization.
Cases involving subpoenaed reporters such as Judith Miller, formerly of The New York Times, have led to calls for a federal shield law. Those who believe such a law should apply beyond the mainstream media have cited Wolf's case as a reminder that freelance reporters, bloggers and alternative journalists face the same dilemma: Divulge, or go to jail.
"Independent journalists and bloggers provide a valuable service," Siegel said. "People like [Wolf] have access to many stories that mainstream journalists do not. If they aren't protected, the public will be denied access to that information."
(In re Grand Jury Subpoena; Media Counsel: Jose Luis Fuentes, Dan Siegel, Siegel & Yee, San Francisco; amicus counsel: Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles) — ES
Freelance journalist jailed by federal judge (08/01/2006)
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#ifndef POLYGON_ARRAY_DISPLAY_H
#define POLYGON_ARRAY_DISPLAY_H

#include <jsk_recognition_msgs/PolygonArray.h>
#include <rviz/message_filter_display.h>
#include <rviz/properties/float_property.h>
#include <rviz/ogre_helpers/billboard_line.h>
#include <rviz/ogre_helpers/shape.h>

#include <OGRE/OgreSceneNode.h>
#include <OGRE/OgreManualObject.h>
#include <OGRE/OgreMaterialManager.h>
#include <rviz/properties/color_property.h>
#include <rviz/properties/bool_property.h>
#include <rviz/properties/enum_property.h>
#include <rviz/ogre_helpers/billboard_line.h>
#include <rviz/ogre_helpers/arrow.h>

namespace jsk_rviz_plugins
{

  class PolygonArrayDisplay:
    public rviz::MessageFilterDisplay<jsk_recognition_msgs::PolygonArray>
  {
    Q_OBJECT
  public:
    typedef boost::shared_ptr<rviz::Arrow> ArrowPtr;
    PolygonArrayDisplay();
    virtual ~PolygonArrayDisplay();
  protected:
    virtual void onInitialize();
    virtual void reset();
    virtual void updateSceneNodes(
      const jsk_recognition_msgs::PolygonArray::ConstPtr& msg);
    virtual void allocateMaterials(int num);
    virtual void updateLines(int num);
    virtual Ogre::ColourValue getColor(size_t index);
    virtual void processLine(
      const size_t i, const geometry_msgs::PolygonStamped& polygon);
    virtual void processPolygon(
      const size_t i, const geometry_msgs::PolygonStamped& polygon);
    virtual void processNormal(
      const size_t i, const geometry_msgs::PolygonStamped& polygon);
    virtual void processPolygonMaterial(const size_t i);
    virtual void processMessage(
      const jsk_recognition_msgs::PolygonArray::ConstPtr& msg);
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    rviz::FloatProperty* alpha_property_;
    rviz::BoolProperty* only_border_property_;
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    rviz::EnumProperty* coloring_property_;
    rviz::BoolProperty* show_normal_property_;
    rviz::FloatProperty* normal_length_property_;
    bool only_border_;
    std::string coloring_method_;
    bool show_normal_;
    double normal_length_;
    jsk_recognition_msgs::PolygonArray::ConstPtr latest_msg_;
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    std::vector<Ogre::SceneNode*> scene_nodes_;
    std::vector<Ogre::SceneNode*> arrow_nodes_;
    std::vector<ArrowPtr> arrow_objects_;
    std::vector<Ogre::MaterialPtr> materials_;
    std::vector<rviz::BillboardLine*> lines_;
  private Q_SLOTS:
    void updateColoring();
    void updateOnlyBorder();
    void updateShowNormal();
    void updateNormalLength();
  private:

  };
}

#endif

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The Xiangshan Forum and Asia's 'New Security Architecture'
Edward Schwarck
Asia, China, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues, Central and South Asia
While touted as an alternative to the Shangri-La Dialogue, the Xiangshan has failed to tackle the issues at the heart of East Asian tensions.
Historically, China has had a complicated relationship with the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's foremost multilateral security forum held annually in Singapore. To the irritation of leaders in Beijing, the discussions over the years at Shangri-La have become increasingly directed towards Chinese assertiveness in regional flashpoints such as the South and East China Seas. Following a particularly acrimonious event in 2014, there was a brief debate in Beijing on whether China should continue to participate at all. A fist-thumping outburst by PLA General Wang Guanzhong – which followed criticism of China's South China Sea policy by former US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel – did no favours for China's reputation as a responsible regional security actor.
If China eventually chooses to pursue this course of action, it would mark the latest strategy in a long series of others to mitigate the effect of the Shangri-La Dialogue on China's reputation. In the early years, China remained aloof to the discussions in Singapore entirely, and then deigned to send only lower level officials in an attempt to dilute the event's importance. As the Shangri-La has emerged as a major diplomatic arena, Beijing sent PLA heavies, like General Wang, to tackle criticism head-on. The last iteration, in May 2015, witnessed attendance from China's most high-profile visitor to date, Deputy Chief of the General Staff – and head of PLA intelligence – Admiral Sun Jianguo, who made a valiant attempt at press engagement, albeit while nervously clutching a set of talking points.
To those who have witnessed China's engagement with the Shangri-La Dialogue over recent years, the idea that China needs a 'louder voice' in regional security forums may sound surprising. Yet that is precisely how the state-run China Daily put it when discussing the importance of the Xiangshan Forum, a multilateral meeting held earlier this month in Beijing by two of China's premier military think tanks.
Attended by 500 participants from sixty countries, this year's Xiangshan Forum was a considerable step-up in scale from previous iterations. It also marked an attempt by China to exert more control over track-two discussions on security in Asia – and a ploy to wrest control of the security discourse in Asia away from Western institutions. (The Shangri-La Dialogue is organized by the UK-based International Institute for Strategic Studies).
New Security Architecture
Steering the discussion away from the region's troublesome political fault lines, most Chinese plenary speakers at Xiangshan dwelled on the need for a 'new security architecture' to manage the region's tensions. This is not a new concept in Chinese diplomatic parlance. President Xi Jinping raised the idea at the 2013 CICA Summit in Shanghai, and essentially defined it as a model in which regional security problems are 'solved by Asians themselves.' The rebuke of Western-led alliance systems inherent in Mr Xi's call is clear.
Against the backdrop of major security crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, China's leaders evidently believe there is some traction to this concept. Acting as the Forum's closing speaker, China's former Ambassador to the UN, Wu Jianmin, remarked that Asia has enjoyed three decades of peace and prosperity precisely because it has avoided polarising NATO-style multilateral alliance systems, and rejected military interventionism. Reinforcing the sense of an Asia-centric event was that three of the conference's four plenary sessions, which dealt with regional security challenges such as counter-terrorism and maritime security, did not feature Western speakers at all.
By and large, the fourteen defence ministers attending the conference were happy to defer to Chinese leadership. Singapore's Defence Minister declared his country's support for 'China's leadership in seeking solutions to [regional security] problems.' His Malaysian counterpart spoke of the 'warm gestures and commitment to security from China.' Almost everyone was positive about a new agreement for multilateral maritime-rescue and disaster-relief exercises reached between Chinese and ASEAN defence ministers in Beijing, on 16 October, the day before the conference.
New Leadership?
The scene was set, therefore, for a productive Chinese-led discussion in which the region's players were evidently willing to play a role. The results, however, were underwhelming. Discussion during the plenary sessions was buried in a heap of diplomatic platitudes: 'win-win collaboration', 'cooperative mechanisms', 'trust building', and 'crisis management' were bandied about without clear reference to the root problems they are supposed to address. Without identification of the friction points that are driving regional insecurity, discussion on remedial measures proved fruitless and often confusing. The lasting question from the Xiangshan was whether China is ready to confront regional security problems in a fashion commensurate with its tacit claims to leadership.
Nevertheless, while most Chinese speakers at the Xiangshan ducked away from the challenges that preoccupy its neighbours and rivals, they showed mastery over the language of modern diplomacy. Keynote speakers such as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, General Fan Changlong, who delivered the conference's opening address, dwelled at length on the value of dialogue, multilateral groupings, the importance of regional economic integration to peace and stability, norms and international law.
That China generally shows little regard for these constraints when pursuing its international security objectives is obvious to anyone familiar with the output of PLA analysts, who focus incessantly on the balance of power with the U.S., China's strategic 'rights and interests', and the role of a strong military in securing political objectives. China's stance on the South China Sea, meanwhile, defies moderation through dialogue and institutional mechanisms because it is not clear how China's territorial and maritime claims are consistent with international law. Thus far, China has refused to offer a clarification. Beijing has boycotted a Philippine-led tribunal in The Hague tasked with scrutinising the legality of Beijing's maritime claims. It is pushing instead for ad-hoc bilateral negotiations with each of the claimant states.
Ironically, the only realist voices at the Xiangshan came from U.S. participants such as China expert David Lampton, who discussed the danger of the 'Thucydides Trap' in US–China relations, and the concessions that Washington may need to make to accommodate China's rise as a great power. This may not be an attractive or easy debate, but it is commendable for its willingness to confront the problems that lie at the core of regional tensions.
Yet with little else than platitudes to propel the discussions at Xiangshan forward, the conference fizzled out without consensus on anything other than dialogue is good, cooperation benefits all, and that negotiation is preferable to confrontation. If the Xiangshan Forum is to emerge as an equal to existing initiatives such as the Shangri-La Dialogue, China must shed its cloak of diplomatic niceties, and confront the insecurity that its rise, rightly or wrongly, has generated in the region.
From Al-Shabaab to Daesh
Following the announcement of British deaths in Iraq and Somalia, it has become clear that foreign fighters are attracted to various battlefields. However, there has been a noticeable shift away from Somalia to Syria/Iraq in travel patterns from the UK. Understanding why and how this has taken place might offer some ideas for how to stifle some of the attraction of Syria and Iraq.
Tags: International Security Studies, Terrorism, Iraq, Syria, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Nightmare Nostrum? Not Quite: Lessons from the Italian Navy in the Mediterranean Crisis
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Operation Mare Nostrum offers pertinent lessons as the EU seeks to get a grip on the burgeoning migrant crisis
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Fashionable assumptions notwithstanding, distance is still at the heart of contemporary geopolitics
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Dramatic pictures of flooding across the UK broadcast over the last few days vividly demonstrate how fragile our people, towns and infrastructure are in the face of unrelenting nature.
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Taiwan's nuclear tryst
Taiwan's attempt to gain leverage in the cross-strait stand-off with the People's Republic of China in the mid seventies by launching a nuclear weapons programme was immediately thwarted by the United States. Newly released classified documents made available by the US National Archive shed considerable light on the pressure exerted by the US on Taiwan to cease its...


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War For Relevance: Is Marvel's Avengers at Its Endgame?
Colby Woodland | August 18, 2021 August 18, 2021 | Features, Gaming, Main Grid, PC, PlayStation, Xbox
On paper, a game focusing on one of the largest media franchises, published by one of the largest game publishers, would be a slam dunk. Revealed at the height of Avenger's fever, Square Enix's co-op action game was met with skepticism at E3 2019. Criticism mainly revolved around awkward character models, and gameplay that was far from innovative. However the setting alone was sure to attract a sizeable following, or so one would assume.
At launch, Marvel's Avengers hit a couple of top retail charts but overall performed incredibly lackluster, touting a $63 Million loss two months after release. To make matters worse, the title began to bleed players quickly. According to Steamcharts, Marvel's Avengers' player base on Steam dropped from 25k at launch to roughly 2,000 a month after launch and had plateaued at that number with minor fluctuation for about six months, and has recently crept down to a steady 1000. At launch, disappointed fans bemoaned matchmaking issues, repetitive gameplay, and an unengaging story.
Around the same time the game had a large drop-off, Crystal Dynamics head developer Scot Amos reported to Kotaku that thanks to post-launch content, he was confident a player base would return. While the release of new content may not have rolled out at the speed many fans would want, Amos delivered on his promise for new content, introducing expanded story content and three new characters a year after launch. Along with the new additions, Crystal Dynamics has fixed a plethora of technical issues, many of which were fixed very early on in the game's life.
Despite Crystal Dynamic's hard work, Marvel's Avengers player count seemingly remained stagnant until a recent free-to-play weekend hit multiple platforms. This event saw an approximate 10 fold increase in players, even if it was only for a short amount of time.
As of August 17th, Crystal Dynamics' newest Black Panther-focused expansion, War for Wakanda, has been released to the public. In a single day, the game's PC player count is the highest it's been since a month after its launch. Trends on social media sites also suggest a rise in players on other platforms as well. Despite this success, Marvel's Avengers is still not putting up the numbers it may need to stay relevant. Square Enix and Marvel certainly have enough money to throw at this game to keep it supported for some time, the feasibility of this all will stem from the success of the latest expansion, and the uncertain future.
It would be neglectful not to mention the ace-in-the-hole Square Enix and Sony has stored away. While he has only been teased, it is very possible a friendly neighborhood hero has a chance to web-sling Avengers back into the gaming zeitgeist, perhaps as early as Christmas, though only on Sony consoles for now.
At the time of writing, the lasting impact of War for Wakanda is up in the air. Logic would dictate that the boost in players will be longer sustained than the free-to-play weekend, as the update should attract new and returning players for weeks to come. If T'Challa's debut proves to be fruitful, Crystal Dynamics will have the best opportunity for a recovery they've had yet. With many woes from launch being patched, and multiple expansions bulking the base content, Marvel's Avengers still has fight left in it.
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The life of prostitution leads to a 12 year prison term for murder... what happens to the children?
My name is ST and this is my story and my two children's story.
I am a parent who takes care of two children that I eventually got from their mom. Their mother in order to take care of these two children after so many abandonment in her life, by her 'baby daddies' by her family became a prostitute in order to survive .
Their mother would leave the children in hotel rooms while working the streets, with her pimp.
At first I would keep the children at night in order to save them from all the abuses and horrors of the life of prostitution and crime, I would drop them off in the morning on my way to work at AT and T.
The children were seeing a lot, hve been through a lot. One Tuesday morning, I went to drop them off and she said she did not want the children anymore. I took the children, made arrangements that morning at a Day Care for the two children. I felt the need to take the children, for their safety, my heart was heavy knowing that they would be alone, hungry and abandoned in a hotel room if I didn't do anything to help.
I am glad I took the children in, because currently their mother is in prison serving 12 years for murder .
Shortly after the baby girl was born, her mother's pimp was locked up so she was out trying to make money to get him out of jail, they had this guy robbed murdered . Although she didn't murder the deceased man but she has the same time sentence because she set up the murder.
The children have no idea where their mother is. They ask a lot of questions, the older boy misses her and cries sometimes when asking questions about her. I have not told them why she's locked up I have taken them to visit her on visitation.
It is very hard on the little girl because she know me as mom so it's hard to even explain to her at 4 years old. I have to have mentoring set up for both kids to help them out. they are in need right now of clothing, bedding.
I just got a new place, w'ell be moving in. We have no furniture, we have nothing. I lost all of their toys, clothes bedding in storage so if anything is possible if the kids can be helped. They need a lot of help, we need a lot of help.
I am an aunt by marriage but when I divorced their mother's uncle I still cared for the children to make sure they were alright. I have health issues and trying to get on disability but I lost my job I had with ATandT for over 14years, I then lost my apartment, I lost my storage unit and all my belongings too because I couldn't pay for it. I lost everything I had. I put in for housing I just have to try and get beds and furniture all over again. I am hoping to try and come up with the money by next week to do my deposit and get the key so that can be s Christmas gift to myself.
The kids have been through a lot not knowing where their mom is. The 9 yr old boy will be 10 on the 31st , he is very intelligent and bright. The little girl is 4, she is very smart. I don't get any help from the family at all., but the Almighty God always make a way for us.
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Jazz Bastard Podcast 190 - Opposite Ends of the Bench
The boys focus on two pianists this time - the recently departed McCoy Tyner (stalwart of John Coltrane's "great quartet" and indefatigable leader of countless record sessions) and the long-departed Lennie Tristano (reclusive doyen of cool jazz education). The subjects couldn't be less alike but both made fascinating music. Normally, we'd insert some kind of joke right about here, but we're too busy hoarding toilet paper. In pop matters, Mike's a real bastard while Pat muses about the Beatles' "best" album and its mixed attitudes towards women. Lennie Tristano – NEW TRISTANO/THE REAL TRISTANO; THE DUO SESSIONS; McCoy Tyner – THE REAL MCCOY; EXTENSIONS; TRIDENT.


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Withernwick Wind Farm Community Fund
The Withernwick Community Wind Farm Fund currently receives an annual donation from the developer. Find out more about funding information for communities here.
What is the Withernwick Wind Farm Community Fund?
What is the area of benefit for the fund?
What type of activities will the fund support?
Are there any activities that cannot be funded?
How can the money be spent?
Who can request funds?
How much money can be applied for?
Will the fund support 100% of the project costs?
How is the fund managed and who makes decisions on how the money is spent?
What are the deadlines and timescales?
What is the application process from start to finish?
How do I submit an application for funding?
Funding is available to local community organisations for educational initiatives, community initiatives (activities), environmental initiatives, energy efficiency initiatives, community amenity initiatives (infrastructure) taking place in the electoral wards of Mid and North Holderness with a preference for appropriate initiatives in the proximity to the wind farm. The area of benefit map can be downloaded from the table below within the answer to How do I submit an application for funding?
This fund receives an annual donation from EnergieKontor UK Limited. The amount of the donation is based on a formula of £2,000 per megawatt of the wind farms operating capacity which, with indexation, is now worth approximately £40,000 for each year.
For further information on EnergieKontor UK Limited please visit:
EnergieKontor UK Limited (external website)
The area of benefit for the fund is the electoral wards of Mid and North Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire with a preference for appropriate initiatives in the proximity to the wind farm. The area of benefit map can be downloaded from the table below within the answer to How do I submit an application for funding?
The legal agreement and constitution define the fund criteria as, to promote:
community initiatives (activities)
energy efficiency initiatives
community amenity initiatives (infrastructure).
The following activities cannot be supported by the fund:
Activities adverse to the commercial interests of the wind farm
Political or religious campaigns
Statutory duties of a public body, including East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Humberside Police, Fire and Rescue Services, the Health Authority, the Coastguard or a Parish Council.
The fund panel can distribute the money as:
commissioning - where the fund panel devise a Public Benefit project and employ a group to deliver it
donations - where no conditions are placed on the money given to a project
grants - where conditions on use are placed on the money given to a project and reports and audit arrangements are in place
loans - where the money is spent and repaid at a later date.
Applications are accepted from community groups, community organisations, charities, parish councils, schools and churches. New groups or ideas for projects where a group does not currently exist can be considered.
For further information please contact the fund administrator:
Email: ruralfunding@eastriding.gov.uk.
Applications for over £500 should be made to the main fund. No upper limit has been set by the fund panel. Applications can be for more than one year in duration.
Applications for under £500 should be made to the fund's Community Chest. This is a simpler application process for small, one-off projects.
Please also see the How do I submit an application? answer below.
The fund panel will look for evidence of a project's own contribution towards the costs and will prioritise applications that show a 50% match funding, however, in certain circumstances, 100% funding may be given.
The fund is managed by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, the accountable body. The council is responsible for holding the money, reporting to the developer, receiving and checking applications, financial audits, processing of payments and providing the secretariats to the fund panel.
Decisions on how the money is spent are made by a fund panel made up of representatives from the following organisations:
Aldbrough Parish Council
Ellerby Parish Council
Hatfield Parish Council
Mappleton Parish Council
Withernwick Parish Council
Withernwick Community Association
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
A representative from the developer.
The main fund is open year round. The timetable for 2019 is as follows:
Applications received from 1 February 2019 to 30 April 2019 will be considered at a May panel meeting
Applications received from 1 May 2019 to 30 August 2019 will be considered at an October panel meeting
For applications of £500 or less - applications to the Community Chest may be made at any time and will be considered in between fund panel meetings.
The applicant completes an online Application Form and submits it electronically with supporting evidence (including quotes, permissions, accounts and bank statements). These forms can be accessed using the link in the How do I submit an application for funding? section below.
The online system acknowledges receipt of application.
The Administrator carries out a Technical Appraisal (does the applicant have power and permissions to carry out the project, does the project meet the fund criteria, has all the necessary information been supplied?).
The Application is sent to Fund Panel for scoring.
Fund Panel meet and make a decision (full award, part award or decline).
Administrator writes to unsuccessful applicants stating decision and reason.
Administrator writes to successful applicants offering funding and explaining any conditions that may apply.
Successful applicants write back accepting the offer of money and conditions.
Successful applicants submit an invoice for 50% of the money (unless the total project value is £1000 or less which can be invoiced in full). Please note: normal payment terms are 30 days.
Successful applicants complete the project
Successful applicants submit End of Grant report, supporting evidence and invoice for the remaining 50% of the grant.
Applications to the main fund (over £500) should be made on the online application form within the Flexi-Grant system:
Flexi-Grant System (external council website)
There are two options on the system to choose from:
For Small Project applications – select up to £2k form
For larger Project applications select over £2k form
Both forms have Guidance Notes to help you complete the form.
Applications for up to £500 should be made on the Community Chest Form which, along with guidance notes, can be downloaded from the table below.
If you have any queries please contact the fund by email: ruralfunding@eastriding.gov.uk
Community Chest Guidance notes
Community Chest Application form
Minutes of 21 September 2017
Minutes of 15 June 2017
Minutes of 6 April 2017
Constitution Final
WWCWFF Keep Me Informed Form
Withernwick Community Wind Farm Fund Annual Report 2014
Withernwick Community Wind Farm Fund Priority Area
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namespace viz {
class CompositorFrame;
}

namespace demo {

// DemoClient is responsible for communicating with the display-compositor. It
// sends messages to the service over the mojom.CompositorFrameSink interface,
// and receives messages through the mojom.CompositorFrameSinkClient interface.
//
// The client needs to have an identifier, FrameSinkId, which doesn't change
// during the lifetime of the client. The embedder of the client needs to know
// about this FrameSinkId. The 'host', when it itself is not the embedder, also
// needs to know about this FrameSinkId, so that it can set up the
// frame-hierarchy correctly in the service.
//
// The client also needs to have a LocalSurfaceId, which represents an embedding
// of the client in a particular state. If, for example, the size of the client
// changes (or other attributes, like device scale factor), then a new
// LocalSurfaceId needs to be allocated. The LocalSurfaceId is used to submit
// the CompositorFrame. Both the embedder and the embedded clients need to know
// the LocalSurfaceId. It is possible for both the embedder and the embedded
// client to generate new LocalSurfaceId (typically using a
// ParentLocalSurfaceIdAllocator and ChildLocalSurfaceIdAllocator respectively).
// In this demo, only the embedder allocates the LocalSurfaceId.
class DemoClient : public viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSinkClient {
 public:
  DemoClient(const viz::FrameSinkId& frame_sink_id,
             const viz::LocalSurfaceIdAllocation& local_surface_id,
             const gfx::Rect& bounds);
  ~DemoClient() override;

  const viz::FrameSinkId& frame_sink_id() const { return frame_sink_id_; }

  // Initializes the mojo connection to the service.
  void Initialize(
      mojo::PendingReceiver<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSinkClient> receiver,
      mojo::PendingAssociatedRemote<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSink>
          sink_remote);
  void Initialize(
      mojo::PendingReceiver<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSinkClient> receiver,
      mojo::PendingRemote<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSink> sink_remote);

  // This prepares for this client to embed another client (i.e. this client
  // acts as the embedder). Since this client is the embedder, it allocates the
  // LocalSurfaceId, and returns that. The client that should be embedded (i.e.
  // the client represented by |frame_sink_id|) should use the returned
  // LocalSurfaceId to submit visual content (CompositorFrame).
  viz::LocalSurfaceIdAllocation Embed(const viz::FrameSinkId& frame_sink_id,
                                      const gfx::Rect& bounds);

  // When this client is resized, it is important that it also receives a new
  // LocalSurfaceId with the new size.
  void Resize(const gfx::Size& size,
              const viz::LocalSurfaceIdAllocation& local_surface_id);

 private:
  struct EmbedInfo {
    viz::LocalSurfaceIdAllocation lsid;
    gfx::Rect bounds;
    float degrees = 0.f;
  };

  viz::CompositorFrame CreateFrame(const viz::BeginFrameArgs& args)
      EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(lock_);
  viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSink* GetPtr();

  void InitializeOnThread(
      mojo::PendingReceiver<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSinkClient> receiver,
      mojo::PendingAssociatedRemote<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSink>
          associated_sink_remote,
      mojo::PendingRemote<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSink> sink_remote);

  // viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSinkClient:
  void DidReceiveCompositorFrameAck(
      const std::vector<viz::ReturnedResource>& resources) override;
  void OnBeginFrame(const viz::BeginFrameArgs& args,
                    const viz::FrameTimingDetailsMap& timing_details) override;
  void OnBeginFramePausedChanged(bool paused) override;
  void ReclaimResources(
      const std::vector<viz::ReturnedResource>& resources) override;

  // This thread is created solely to demonstrate that the client can live in
  // its own thread (or even in its own process). A viz client does not need to
  // have its own thread.
  base::Thread thread_;

  const viz::FrameSinkId frame_sink_id_;
  viz::LocalSurfaceIdAllocation local_surface_id_ GUARDED_BY(lock_);
  gfx::Rect bounds_ GUARDED_BY(lock_);

  mojo::Receiver<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSinkClient> receiver_{this};
  mojo::AssociatedRemote<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSink> associated_sink_;
  mojo::Remote<viz::mojom::CompositorFrameSink> sink_;
  viz::FrameTokenGenerator next_frame_token_;
  uint32_t frame_count_ = 0;

  base::Lock lock_;
  // The |allocator_| is used only when this client acts as an embedder, and
  // embeds other clients.
  viz::ParentLocalSurfaceIdAllocator allocator_;
  std::map<viz::FrameSinkId, EmbedInfo> embeds_ GUARDED_BY(lock_);

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(DemoClient);
};

}  // namespace demo

#endif  // COMPONENTS_VIZ_DEMO_CLIENT_DEMO_CLIENT_H_


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Randy's Donuts Franchise Business Overview
Randy's Donuts
Randy's Donuts is the most recognized donut shop in the world and one of the most iconic locations in Los Angeles, attracting visitors from around the world to take pictures of the giant rooftop donut.
Quick Business Facts
Franchising Since: 2019
Corporate Office: 419 Hindry Avenue Suite B
Industries: Small Business, Food, Bakery
Resources: » Consumer Information
About Randy's Donuts
Based in Inglewood and with four California locations, Randy's Donuts is the most recognized donut shop in the world and one of the most iconic locations in Los Angeles, attracting visitors from around the world to take pictures of the giant rooftop donut. Immediately recognized as the landmark building from appearances in movies, music videos and television shows, Randy's has consistently been named one of the top donut shops in the country for 60 years and the most-reviewed and highest-rated donut shop on Yelp and similar sites. Whether it's a first visit or a local, one taste of Randy's donuts made by hand every morning brings customers back time and time again.
In 2015, after deciding to retire, Larry and Ron Weintraub sought out a buyer who would continue the family tradition they had fostered over 45 years, eventually selling to Mark Kelegian and his family. Mr. Kelegian is a California attorney who retired in 2005 after gaining a national reputation as an expert representing victims of sexual assault. Mr. Kelegian was called upon to assist victims throughout the country and was a frequent lecturer and supporter at national and local rape crisis events. Mr. Kelegian is also owns businesses throughout the country. Mr. Kelegian and his three daughters carry on the 60 year tradition and has expanded the company's charitable and social efforts.
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11/23/04 - FALLUJAH CLEANUP - 2004-11-23
U.S. and Iraqi forces are beginning the complex and difficult cleanup operation in Fallujah. They have found that the insurgents used mosques to store explosives, weapons, and suicide bomb vests.
Coalition forces have also located the insurgents' headquarters. There are bloodstains on basement walls in what appears to be a torture chamber. Also discovered were computers used to mass produce videos of atrocities that the insurgents committed.
U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General John Sattler says that during the fighting in Fallujah, as many as one-thousand-two-hundred insurgents were killed, with more than a thousand others captured.
Fallujah has a population of three-hundred-thousand. According to news reports, fifty-thousand residents remained during the fighting. Although Fallujah is now mostly secure, General Sattler says it is not yet safe for those who left to return:
"The town of Fallujah is secure but we're in that search and clear phase which will make it safe -- and relatively safe is the best word. We will then turn that relatively safe town over, over a period of time, to the Iraqi security forces."
General Sattler says U.S. forces will leave Fallujah when asked to by the interim Iraqi government:
"Until they [the Iraqis] are completely prepared and they ask us to leave in total, we will stay at arms length so that if in fact we have to come into town with a quick reaction force or shore up forces anywhere in the town, we will be prepared to do that."
It will take some days to clear up the remaining resistance in Fallujah, says Iraqi interim prime minister Iyad Allawi. But, says Mr. Allawi, "Fallujah is no longer a safe haven for terrorists."


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Best Of The Kinks 1964-65
Produced by: Shel Talmy
Release date: 15 May, 1989
Record label & catalog #: Pickwick PWKS 527
3. Come On Now mono mix (1:45), recorded 22 or 23 Dec, 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
6. Where Have All The Good Times Gone mono mix (2:48), recorded 25-30 Oct, 1965 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
7. A Well Respected Man mono mix (2:38), recorded probably 6 Aug, 1965 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
10. It's Alright mono mix (2:35), recorded mid-Jun, 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
11. Long Tall Sally mono mix (2:10), recorded probably 17 Jan, 1964 at Pye Studios (No .1), London
12. Who'll Be The Next In Line mono mix (2:00), recorded 23 Dec, 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
13. You Still Want Me mono mix (1:58), recorded probably 17 Jan, 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 1), London
14. I've Got That Feeling mono mix (2:45), recorded 18 Oct, 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
15. I Gotta Move mono mix (2:24), recorded 17, 18, 24, 25 Aug 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
16. Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy mono mix (2:14), recorded 22 Dec, 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
The Best Of The Kinks 1964-65 15 May, 1989 UK Pickwick SHM 3265 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM


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Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla Named Top Performer
The Joint Commission, the powerful nonprofit that inspects and accredits hospitals in the United States, has for the first time compiled a list of the nation's top hospitals. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla was listed among the 405 hospitals recognized as a top performer on key quality measures.
In its 2011 annual report on quality and safety, "Improving America's Hospitals," The Joint Commission lists for the first time hospitals that are top performers in using evidence-based care processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes. The 405 organizations identified as attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance for the full previous year (2010) represent approximately 14 percent of Joint Commission-accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals that report core measure performance data.
"To be recognized by a accrediting body is a great reflection of the expertise and dedication of the physicians and staff at Scripps in caring for our patients," said Gary G. Fybel, chief executive, senior vice president, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. "These data-driven results are proof that Scripps has achieved an exemplary level of performance on core quality measures that are proven to improve patient care and outcomes."
The Joint Commission report singles out hospitals in 45 states. Scripps La Jolla and the VA San Diego Healthcare System were the only two San Diego facilities to make the list. The list of top performing hospitals and the measure set or sets for which the hospital was recognized are available online.
"Today, the public expects transparency in the reporting of performance at the hospitals where they receive care, and The Joint Commission is shining a light on the top performing hospitals that have achieved excellence on a number of vital measures of quality of care," says Dr. Mark R. Chassin, president, The Joint Commission. "Hospitals that commit themselves to accreditation-related quality improvement efforts such as the use of evidence-based treatments create better outcomes for patients and, ultimately, a healthier nation."
The Joint Commission's sixth annual report, which presents scientific evidence of hospital performance and how it relates to common medical conditions and procedures, demonstrates continual improvement on accountability measures over a nine-year period. Quality, safety and patient satisfaction results for specific hospitals can be found at www.qualitycheck.org.
Read more about Scripps Health.
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T-Mobile says hacker stole data on 37 million customers
T-Mobile said a hacker stole data on about 37 million customers after first gaining access to a company system in November, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) report filed on Thursday.
The phone carrier said it first identified the "bad actor" on Jan. 5 and was able to trace and stop their activity within a day.
"Our investigation is still ongoing, but the malicious activity appears to be fully contained at this time, and there is currently no evidence that the bad actor was able to breach or compromise our systems or our network," T-Mobile said in the SEC filing.
The hacker breached a single application programming interface on about Nov. 25 that contained data on customer names, billing addresses, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth, T-Mobile account numbers and plan information. However, T-Mobile noted that many of the 37 million accounts affected did not include this entire range of data.
Payment information, social security or tax ID numbers, driver's license or other government ID numbers, and passwords and PINs were not impacted by the data breach, according to T-Mobile.
"Our systems and policies prevented the most sensitive types of customer information from being accessed, and as a result, based on our investigation to date, customer accounts and finances were not put at risk directly by this event," it added in the filing.
The phone carrier said it notified federal agencies about the breach and has begun notifying customers whose information may have been stolen.
T-Mobile noted that it began a "substantial multi-year investment" to improve its cybersecurity in 2021.
"Protecting our customers' data remains a top priority," the company said. "We will continue to make substantial investments to strengthen our cybersecurity program."
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The articles displayed here are from the Miami Herald and Tampa Tribune and deal with Okeechobee, Florida. There are a few articles from the late 1890s and the first two decades of the 1900s, but the largest portion comes from the 1920s. During the 1920s there was a land boom in Florida and Okeechobee shared in that. Some of the activity was real where business buildings and houses actually got built. But much of the real estate activity, especially in 1925 and 1926, was mere speculation and most of the highly advertised subdivisions were never actually occupied and are now the homes of cattle.
Of course, real estate speculation was not the only activity, and various articles convey the social news, road and infrastructure building, sporting events and other Okeechobee happenings during this time.
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It is with heavy hearts and empty wallets that we must now say goodbye to one of our favourite destinations of the summer, Laneway the Third. When confronted with this sad news, we found ourselves experiencing emotional stages of grieving.
Once we reached this stage in our grieving, we realised the best way to celebrate the vibrant, so hipster it hurts, good vibes at Laneway the Third is to get ourselves down there this Saturday night for their Official Closing Party, hosted by the Original Sailor Jerry.
Kicking off at 9pm, this sayonora shindig includes all the things we love about Laneway the Third. Mason jars, bangin' beats, delicious drinks and great vibes all round ft. some warming winter nibbles, merchandise giveaways, and fresh cuts from the lads at The Boys Club barber Shop.
So this Saturday is your last chance to raise a glass (or jar) and toast one of the most successful season ever from the Laneway trilogy. This would also be a fab opportunity to drown your sorrows at the thought of having to wait til October for your fourth Laneway fix, which somehow promises to be even bigger and better than before.


Boys have the coolest toys!
Being somewhat of a tomboy and growing up in a time when girls were given "girls" toys and "boys" I noticed (in my whole 6 years of life experience), got the good stuff.
Oh man, did I yearn for a slot car racing track, a train set, bow and arrow and motorbike. Surely not so much for a little girl to ask for.
I was given dolls and cooking junk. I mean really? Most days you would find me in dads shed driving nails into a piece of timber for one project or another. Racing around the yard on my push bike or catching frogs and birds in my home-made traps was my kind of thing.
I grew up and out of the tomboy phase, but still think boys have the coolest toys.
The Best Thing Is…………………………… now I can have them too!
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