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Posts Tagged Stress Response
A Simple Strategy to Let Go of Painful Thoughts and Feelings
Posted by psychieblogger in Affective Neuroscience, Dialectical behavior therapy, Emotion, Mental Health, Uncategorized on June 15, 2012
English: Managing emotions – Identifying feelings (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
No one wants to experience pain. Whether it's physical, emotional or mental, once we've encountered pain, it's natural to want it to end.
But, if you pay attention, you will likely find that there are certain emotionally or mentally painful circumstances that you get caught in. Maybe it's the angry thoughts about someone who has hurt you or pessimistic thinking about troubles you have faced.
Each of us has a tendency to get caught in certain types of thinking that prolongs painful emotions. Instead of enjoying a relaxing evening, we might find ourselves ruminating on something hurtful someone said or rather than solving a difficult problem and moving on, you may find you are again and again drawn to thoughts about how unfair your circumstances are.
Sometimes it seems as if the mind just wants to hold on to these painful thoughts and circumstances. Even as we try to get rid of unpleasant thoughts, we may find ourselves rethinking and reliving painful situations.
Take a situation that you often find yourself either avoiding and pushing away or painful stuck in. It may be a situation in which you are ruminating and worried or one that you are fearful of and want to avoid dealing with.
When you encounter that situation or thoughts and feelings about that situation, don't attempt to engage in thinking about it and, at the same time, don't try to push your thoughts and feelings away.
Focus instead on noticing your experience. You might say to yourself "I'm thinking angry thoughts about that" or "It's painful to remember my mistake." Allow yourself to observe, without judging the situation, your thoughts about the situation or your feelings.
Over time, as you observe your own internal response to this situation, you will find that you no longer need to ruminate about it or push it away. You will be able to recognize your self-judgments and criticisms of others and let them be. The pain and the need to attach to it or push it away will pass and you will be able to let it go.
Still having trouble letting go? In his book, Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn suggests that when something has a strong hold on your mind, try to direct your attention to what "holding on" feels like. Become an expert in understanding your own attachment to this worry or problem. Even when you are struggling to let go, you can become skilled at understanding yourself and the consequences of both holding on and letting go.
You can find more strategies to improve how you feel in my new book, The Stress Response and by clicking here to sign up for more of my tips and here for podcasts using DBT strategies to improve how you feel.
Depression and Ruminative Thinking (everydayhealth.com)
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Fight-or-flight response, Full Catastrophe Living, health, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Pain, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Ruminant, self help, Stress Response, Thought
Early male friendship as a precursor to substance abuse in girls
Posted by psychieblogger in Mental Health, Research, Uncategorized, women on June 14, 2012
Two girls (Photo credit: @Doug88888)
The findings show that girls tend to initiate the transition to a mixed-gender friendship network earlier than boys, and continue this transition at a faster pace during adolescence. As a result girls who experienced this transition early and fast were more likely to develop substance abuse problems during late adolescence.
Researchers followed a sample of almost 400 adolescents (58% girls), aged twelve to eighteen, from a large French-speaking school district in Canada. They were interviewed annually over a seven-year period about their friendship network and their use of alcohol and drugs.
Lead author Dr. François Poulin, "Peer relationships are considered to be one of the main risk factors for substance use. However, for boys, the formation of other-sex friendships is not associated with later substance use problems. Boys reported receiving higher levels of emotional support from their other-sex friends, whereas girls receive more support from their same-sex friends. It is possible that having other-sex friends is protective for boys because they gain emotional support and are therefore less likely to engage in problem behavior."
The study finds that among girls, antisocial behavior and early pubertal maturation accelerated the increase in the proportion of other-sex friends. Compared to their same-sex friends, girls tended to form friendships with older males in out-of-school contexts. Since the legal drinking age is 18 in Canada, it may simply be more difficult for younger girls to purchase their own alcohol, thus older boys become one point of access for this substance. The study findings imply that parents may wish to take a more active role in monitoring their daughters' friendships, especially with older boys.
The authors maintain that by middle adolescence, once this transition has been completed, the impact of other-sex friendships on girls' maladjustment fades away. Mixed-gender networks then become more normative and girls are more likely to form romantic relationships with their male peers. The influence of boys on girls' substance-using behavior might then operate in the context of these romantic relationships.
The authors suggest that future studies should also examine the longitudinal associations between other-sex friends and other outcomes such as educational achievement and antisocial behavior. Finally, aspects of these other-sex friendships in early adolescence should be more carefully investigated, including the setting in which they take place, their linkages with the rest of the youth's friendship network, and parental supervision of these new emerging relationships
via Early male friendship as a precursor to substance abuse in girls.
Addiction, Adolescence, Canada, friendship, health, Legal drinking age, Stress Response, Substance abuse
Women happier in relationships when men feel their pain
Posted by psychieblogger in Affective Neuroscience, Dialectical behavior therapy, Emotion, Feeling, Mental Health, Uncategorized, women on June 14, 2012
Love Hurts (Incubus song) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The study involved a diverse sample of couples and found that men's and women's perceptions of their significant other's empathy, and their abilities to tell when the other is happy or upset, are linked to relationship satisfaction in distinctive ways, according to the article published online in the Journal of Family Psychology.
"It could be that for women, seeing that their male partner is upset reflects some degree of the man's investment and emotional engagement in the relationship, even during difficult times. This is consistent with what is known about the dissatisfaction women often experience when their male partner becomes emotionally withdrawn and disengaged in response to conflict," said the study's lead author, Shiri Cohen, PhD, of Harvard Medical School.
Researchers recruited 156 heterosexual couples for the experiment. Of those, 102 came from the Boston area and were younger, urban, ethnically and economically diverse and in a committed but not necessarily married relationship. In an effort to find couples who varied in the ways they resolved conflicts and controlled their emotions, they also looked for couples with a history of domestic violence and/or childhood sexual abuse. The remaining participants, from Bryn Mawr, Pa., were older, suburban and middle-class married couples with strong ties to the community. In all, 71 percent of couples were white, 56 percent were married and their average length of relationship was three-and-a-half years.
Each participant was asked to describe an incident with his or her partner over the past couple of months that was particularly frustrating, disappointing or upsetting. The researchers' audio recorded the participant making a one- to two-sentence statement summarizing the incident and reaction and then brought the couples together and played each participant's statements. The couples were told to try to come to a better understanding together of what had happened and were given approximately 10 minutes to discuss it while the researchers videotaped them. Following the discussions, the participants viewed the videotape and simultaneously rated their negative and positive emotions throughout, using an electronic rating device. The device had a knob that moved across an 11-point scale that ranged from "very negative" to "neutral" to "very positive."
Using these ratings, the researchers selected six 30-second clips from the videotape that had the highest rated negative or positive emotions by each partner. The researchers showed the clips to the participants and had them complete questionnaires about their feelings during each segment as well as their perceptions of their partner's feelings and effort to understand them during the discussion. They also measured the participants' overall satisfaction with their relationships and whether each partner considered his or her partner's efforts to be empathetic.
Relationship satisfaction was directly related to men's ability to read their female partner's positive emotions correctly. However, contrary to the researchers' expectations, women who correctly understood that their partners were upset during the videotaped incident were much more likely to be satisfied with their relationship than if they correctly understood that their partner was happy. Also, when men understood that their female partner was angry or upset, the women reported being happier, though the men were not. The authors suggest that being empathetic to a partner's negative emotions may feel threatening to the relationship for men but not for women.
The findings also show that the more men and women try to be empathetic to their partner's feelings, the happier they are. The authors suggest that this research should encourage couples to better appreciate and communicate one another's efforts to be empathetic.
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via Women happier in relationships when men feel their pain.
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New Discoveries About the Anger
Posted by psychieblogger in Affective Neuroscience, Feeling, odds, Uncategorized on June 14, 2012
English: Emotions associated with anger (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
New Discoveries About the Experience of Anger
Younger people, those with children and less-educated individuals are more likely to experience anger, according to new UofT research that examines one of the most common negative emotions in society.
Drawing upon national survey data of more than 1,000 Americans aged 18 and older, Professor Scott Schieman from the Sociology Department at the University of Toronto has published new findings about the experience of anger. In a chapter in the forthcoming International Handbook of Anger, to be released in January 2010, Schieman documents the basic social patterns and contexts of anger. His main findings include:
Younger people experience more frequent anger than older adults. This is mainly due to the fact that younger people are more likely to feel time pressures, economic hardship, and interpersonal conflict in the workplace (three core stressors that elevate anger levels);
Feeling rushed for time is the strongest predictor of anger, especially the "low-grade" forms like feeling annoyed;
Having children in the household is associated with angry feelings and behaviour (i.e., yelling) and these patterns are stronger among women compared to men;
Compared to people with fewer years of education, the well-educated are less likely to experience anger, and when they do, they are more likely to act proactively (e.g., trying to change the situation or talking it over);
Individuals who experience more financial strain tend to report higher levels of anger. This relationship is much stronger among women and younger adults.
"The sociological analysis of anger can shed light on the ways that the conditions of society influence emotional inequality," says Schieman. "Why do some people seem to experience more anger than others? And what does this say about social inequality and its impact in our everyday lives?"
The International Handbook of Anger is edited by Michael Potegal, Gerhard Stemmler and Charles Spielberger.
via New discoveries about the experience of anger.
Anger, care, Charles Spielberger, mental psych, Mindfulness, People, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Personality development, Relationships, Social psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Stress Response, United States, University of Toronto
Minor Stressful Events Can Cause Major Emotional Reactions
Posted by psychieblogger in Dialectical behavior therapy, Doctor of Psychology, Education, Emotion, Research, Uncategorized, women on June 13, 2012
By RICK NAUERT PHD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 13, 2012
New research suggests that our response to stress may at times be overexaggerated because of the evolutionary development of the brain linking emotional responses to perceptions of stress.
As a result, mildly stressful situations can affect our perceptions in the same way as life-threatening ones.
In the study, researchers studied the effects of money loss — a stressful event for most everyone. Money loss, real or perceived, can cause significant outcomes as financial loss can lead to irrational behavior.
Researchers determined that the stress inflicted by a financial loss can alter our sense of reality, interfering with a true grasp of the situation.
The findings, found in the Journal of Neuroscience, may also have implications for our understanding of the neurological mechanisms underlying post-traumatic stress disorder.
In the study, researchers trained subjects using a classical conditioning method on situations involving money.
Subjects were asked to listen to a series of tones composed of three different notes. After hearing one note, they were told they had earned a certain sum; after a second note, they were informed that they had lost some of their money; and a third note was followed by the message that their bankroll would remain the same.
Researchers discovered subjects improved their ability to distinguish the musical notes when a note was tied to a gain, or at least to no loss. But when they heard the "lose money" note, they actually got worse at telling one note from the other.
As part of the study, researchers used functional MRI (fMRI) scans to observe brain areas involved in the learning task. Investigators discovered the amygdala, an area of the brain known to be associated with emotions, was strongly involved during the learning process.
Researchers also noted activity in another area in the front of the brain, which functions to moderate or lessen the emotional response. Subjects who exhibited stronger activity in this area showed less of a drop in their abilities to distinguish between tones.
Neuroscientist and chief investigator Rony Paz, Ph.D., said the research demonstrates the evolutionary aspects of the brain in response to stress.
Our brain has been trained to blur certain inputs – if the best response to the growl of a lion is to run quickly, it would be counterproductive to distinguish between different pitches of growl. Any similar sound should make us flee without thinking, Paz said.
"Unfortunately, that same blurring mechanism can be activated today in stress-inducing situations that are not life-threatening – like losing money – and this can harm us."
An overreaction to stress may be quite serious. For instance, it may be involved in post-traumatic stress disorder. If sufferers are unable to distinguish between a stimulus that should cause a panic response and similar, but non-threatening, stimuli, they may experience strong emotional reactions in inappropriate situations.
This perceptional blurring may even expand over time to encompass a larger range of stimuli detrimentally expanding the stress response.
According to Paz, future research in planned to investigate this possibility in future research.
Source: Weizmann Institute
Stressed out man photo by shutterstock.
achievement, Classical conditioning, Compact Disc, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, health, Journal of Neuroscience, mental psych, mind, Mindfulness, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Stress, Stress Response, Weizmann Institute of Science
Video: About Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Posted by psychieblogger in Affective Neuroscience, Dialectical behavior therapy, Doctor of Psychology, Education, Emotion, Feeling, Mental Health, odds, Research, Uncategorized, women on June 13, 2012
By JOHN M. GROHOL, PSYD
Joseph Burgo, one of our bloggers here at Psych Central, has recently inaugurated a new series of videos about psychodynamic psychotherapy, aimed at people who may be considering treatment and don't know quite what to expect from this particular type of therapy.
His first video deals with the intake or initial consultation, focusing on the anxieties felt by both client and therapist as they embark upon a new relationship with a total stranger. His next video will focus on the types of issues that come up during the first few sessions; in future, he plans to cover other issues such as: the emergence of the transference, vacation breaks, the role of humor, therapist errors, etc.
These videos will appear on his YouTube channel and Dr. Burgo will announce each new one via his Therapy Case Notes blog. Even if you're already familiar with psychodynamic psychotherapy, his thoughts about first sessions apply to all types of treatment and may be of interest:
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Learning Works Best When You Rest
Posted by psychieblogger in Education, odds, Research, Uncategorized on June 13, 2012
By JANICE WOOD Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on March 25, 2012
A new study shows that sleeping soon after learning new material is best for recall.
Notre Dame psychologist Jessica Payne and colleagues studied 207 students who habitually slept for at least six hours each night. Participants were randomly assigned to study declarative, semantically related or unrelated word pairs at 9 a.m. or 9 p.m., and returned for testing 30 minutes, 12 hours or 24 hours later.
Declarative memory refers to the ability to consciously remember facts and events. It can be broken down into memory for events — known as episodic memory — and semantic memory, which is memory for facts about the world.
People routinely use both types of memory every day, such as recalling where we parked or learning how a colleague prefers to be addressed, Payne said.
At the 12-hour retest, memory was superior following a night of sleep compared to a day of wakefulness, she said.
However, this performance difference was a result of a pronounced deterioration in memory for unrelated word pairs, she said, noting there was no difference for related word pairs. At the 24-hour retest, with all subjects having received both a full night of sleep and a full day of wakefulness, memories were superior when sleep occurred shortly after learning, rather than following a full day of wakefulness.
"Our study confirms that sleeping directly after learning something new is beneficial for memory," she said. "What's novel about this study is that we tried to shine light on sleep's influence on both types of declarative memory by studying semantically unrelated and related word pairs."
"Since we found that sleeping soon after learning benefited both types of memory, this means that it would be a good thing to rehearse any information you need to remember just prior to going to bed," she continued. "In some sense, you may be 'telling' the sleeping brain what to consolidate."
Titled "Memory for Semantically Related and Unrelated Declarative Information: The Benefit of Sleep, the Cost of Wake," the study was published March 22 in PLOS One.
Source: University of Notre Dame
achievement, best, Declarative memory, Episodic memory, Learning, Mindfulness, PsychCentral, rest, Semantic memory, Semantics, Sleep, Stress Response, University of Notre Dame, Wakefulness
Sad Movies Make Many People Happy
Posted by psychieblogger in odds, Uncategorized, women on June 13, 2012
New research helps explains why many people enjoy watching tragic movies or plays. Apparently, the emotional connection evoked by such stories helped viewers better appreciate their own close relationships, which in turn boosted their life happiness.
Thus, the paradox is that what seems like a negative experience — watching a sad story — can make people happier by bringing attention to some positive aspects in their own lives.
"Tragic stories often focus on themes of eternal love, and this leads viewers to think about their loved ones and count their blessings," said Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, Ph.D., lead author of the study.
Researchers found movies that cause a viewer to think about their own situation and relationships are powerful.
Investigators found that the more an individual thought about their loved ones during the movie — in this case, the 2007 film "Atonement," based on the award-winning novel by Ian McEwan — the greater the increase in their happiness.
However, viewers who had self-centered thoughts concerning the movie — such as "My life isn't as bad as the characters in this movie" — did not see an increase in their happiness.
Knobloch-Westerwick said this study is one of the first to take a scientific approach to explaining why people enjoy fictional tragedies that make them sad.
"Philosophers have considered this question over the millennia, but there hasn't been much scientific attention to the question," she said.
Researchers studied 361 college students who viewed an abridged version of "Atonement," which involves two lovers who are separated and die as war casualties. Before and after viewing the movie, the respondents were asked several questions which measured how happy they were with their life.
They were also asked before, after and three times during the movie to rate how much they were feeling various emotions, including sadness.
After the movie, participants rated how much they enjoyed the movie and wrote about how the movie had led them to reflect on themselves, their goals, their relationships and life in general.
What people wrote about as a result of seeing the movie was a key in understanding why people enjoy viewing fictional tragedies, Knobloch-Westerwick said. People who experienced a greater increase in sadness while watching the movie were more likely to write about real people with whom they had close relationships, she said.
This in turn, increased participants' life happiness after viewing, which was then related to more enjoyment of the movie.
"People seem to use tragedies as a way to reflect on the important relationships in their own life, to count their blessings," she said. "That can help explain why tragedies are so popular with audiences, despite the sadness they induce."
Surprisingly, the perception that movies may make people feel more happiness because they compare themselves to the characters portrayed and feel good that their own lives are not as bad — was not the case.
People whose thoughts after the movie were about themselves — rather than about their close relationships — did not experience an increase in life happiness.
"Tragedies don't boost life happiness by making viewers think more about themselves. They appeal to people because they help them to appreciate their own relationships more," she said.
But why would people have to get sad by watching a tragedy to feel grateful about relationships in their own lives? Knobloch-Westerwick said this fits with research in psychology that suggests negative moods make people more thoughtful.
"Positive emotions are generally a signal that everything is fine, you don't have to worry, you don't have to think about issues in your life," she said.
"But negative emotions, like sadness, make you think more critically about your situation. So seeing a tragic movie about star-crossed lovers may make you sad, but that will cause you to think more about your own close relationships and appreciate them more."
Research has also shown that relationships are generally the major source of happiness in our lives, so it is no surprise that thinking about your loved ones would make you happier, she said.
"Tragedies bring to mind close relationships, which makes us happy."
Source: Ohio State University
achievement, Atonement, Happiness, Ian McEwan, Knobloch-Westerwick, mind, Mindfulness, Ohio State University, Personality and Social Psychology Review, Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, Stress Response, Thought, Tragedy
Video: A Warm-Weather Mindfulness Activity
Posted by psychieblogger in Dialectical behavior therapy, Uncategorized on June 13, 2012
A Warm-Weather Mindfulness Activity
By SUMMER BERETSKY
Happy Autumn! The leaves are beginning to change colors and there's a cozy chill in the air that invites jackets and light scarves. Isn't it nice?
Just kidding.
But did you stop for a second to look at the calendar? You know, just to make sure that May through September didn't blindly pass you by?
You can't find seasons at the Lost and Found
It's true: you can miss an entire season if you're not paying attention. Have you ever taken a shower (yes, I hope, but let me continue…) in which you're completely blind to the fact that you're even taking a shower until the second you shut off the tap?
This is what happens when we let our minds hang in the past or scurry to the future. We forget where we are, what we're doing, and what the present moment holds for us.
I like showers. They're warm and refreshing. But, sometimes, I miss them. And by "miss", I mean this: an entire ten minutes of showertime passes until I realize that I've just completed a shower. I missed all the warmth. I missed all the refreshment.
You know what else I really like?
Summer. (That'd be summertime, thank you. See my name at the top of this post? Yeah. Just wanted to clear that up. My own self-esteem is nauseatingly mediocre, but that's another day and another blog post.)
I love the warm weather. I love the flowers and the trees. I love the vacations and the camping and even the sticky air (sometimes).
I don't want it to fly by without realizing it! Do you feel the same way? If so, this week's video is for you:
This video is based on Christy Matta's "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year? A Seasonal Mindfulness" post from her PsychCentral blog, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Exposed. Her latest book, The Stress Response, is available on Amazon.
via Video: A Warm-Weather Mindfulness Activity | World of Psychology.
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Bronto Named Finalists for 12th Annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service
Amir Iliaifar
One of our top priorities at Bronto is to deliver exceptional customer service to all our clients, regardless of their size. And while nothing tops the satisfaction we get from helping our customers, it's always nice when others take notice.
That's why we're pleased to announce our status as finalists for the 12th Annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service in the Customer Service Department of the Year – Computer Software category. This is Bronto's 10th trip to the finals.
Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie® Award placements will be announced at the gala banquet at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 23.
In recent years, we've had to take our commitment the extra mile. Acquisitions by NetSuite (2015) and Oracle (2016) introduced several challenges for our support team to overcome, including additional integrations with third-party applications, which led to average chat times increasing. A migration to a new CRM and corporate ticketing system increased the complexity of customer service cases due to integrations with third-party applications, which led to average chat times increasing.
Our rapid growth has also proved a challenge, albeit a good one. In the past year, our support team has seen the volume of support cases increase by more than 60%. Yet, even with the increase in volume, the customer service team has kept the escalation rate of cases under 10%.
A handful for any organization, to be sure, but we continue to meet our challenges head-on by employing a support department of highly trained specialists. These specialists are available for universal global customer support 24 hours a day, five days a week, as well as weekend on-call emergency support and live chat.
With more and more companies outsourcing their support and customer service teams, Bronto is unique in its employment of full-time support staff. We don't outsource any support functions. We offer a career development program to attract the best support talent, and we provide long-term career opportunities not available at "churn and burn" call centers.
With our dedicated focus on support, our goal is to identify and hire those with growth potential within the organization. Thus, Bronto support candidates spend a year learning the company, platform and clients before being promoted into QA and support.
And our clients can tell.
"Bronto's chat window kills other company's ticket systems, giving you the ability to instantly answer questions rather than wait for a delayed response," says Pitts Hewitt, owner of Shrimp and Grits Kids.
Keeping the Lines of Communication Open
We know that maintaining our position as a customer service leader requires effort, that's why we're acutely focused on making communication with clients more robust, conducting ongoing surveys and using customer feedback to improve the support organization.
Since 2017, we've added nine support associates to the team, resulting in two key improvements: average time to answer chats has decreased while customer satisfaction has increased.
For example: From November 1 of 2016 through May 31 of 2017, the average time to answer chats was four minutes and 35 seconds. From the beginning of Oracle Q1 FY18 on June 1 through October 31, the average time to answer was cut down to two minutes and two seconds, a 66% decrease.
For customer satisfaction, the industry standard ranges between 88% and 92%. Based on survey results, average customer satisfaction scores for Bronto were 94% in 2017.
Some of Bronto's most powerful praise comes directly from client feedback. Our customers are constantly raving about the attentiveness, helpfulness and compassion of our support team.
Customer Satisfaction is the Real Winner
Industry recognition is nice, but our priority will always be to our customers. By continuing to focus on customer service – and by showing clients we're there to help them meet and overcome whatever challenges they're facing – we think we're on the path to accomplishing both.
To learn more about Bronto, please visit bronto.com.
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Press Release: Rainbow Flags Proudly Fly Over Muskoka
RAINBOW FLAGS PROUDLY FLY OVER MUSKOKA
All Muskoka Communities Show Support for Diversity
MUSKOKA, ONTARIO – July 20th , 2014 – For second year, all of the communities in Muskoka are raising the Rainbow Pride flag to recognize Muskoka Pride Festival which runs July 17 – 26.
The Townships of Muskoka Lakes, Georgian Bay, and Lake of Bays, and the towns of Huntsville, Bracebridge, and Gravenhurst will all be raising the flag again this year.
Starting the day off, Georgian Bay Township Mayor Larry Braid and Lake of Bays Mayor Bob Young proudly raised the Rainbow flag in Port Severn and Dwight respectively. Referring to Georgian Bay Township's stragegic plan, Mayor Braid stated, "We are proud to have Muskoka Pride as a stakeholder in our community." He also shared his optimism that the new Courtesy flagpole would work – to his pleasure the flag was raised flawlessly.
Muskoka Lakes Mayor Don Furniss commented on the role Muskoka Pride had in getting a flag holder installed. In 2014 Muskoka Pride spoke before Council and purchased the holder. Mayor Furniss recognized that this is the second year for a Rainbow Pride flag raising, "and we hope it's an annual occurance." He also mentioned that with the new holder the Township has marked other flag raisings as well.
Bracebridge Mayor Graydon Smith expressed his pleasure in raising the Rainbow Pride flag for the 5th consecutive year, to thunderous applause from over 50 people who attended the ceremony. Mayor Smith thanked the Pride organizers for their time and dedication. He remarked, "The crowd is growing every year, the awareness is growing. Everyone is making an incredibly positive impact in the community."
The Rainbow Flag symbolizes the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community with the different colours representing the diverse groups.
For Heather Hay, Chairperson of Muskoka Pride, the flag raisings are a symbol of acceptance of the LGBT population of Muskoka. "It says to the people in Muskoka that our community is diverse and inclusive, an important message for residents and visitors."
Hay stressed the need for the flag raising's visibility within Muskoka. "It's important for young people to see it and know that they're welcome in their own community."
"It is significant that all communities of Muskoka are once again recognizing the Muskoka Pride Festival this year," says board member Shawn Forth, "because there are LGBTQ residents all over Muskoka, who want to feel supported by their town."
Having grown up in Muskoka, he understands the feeling of isolation that comes with thinking you are alone. "Visibility is important for the LGBTQ community so that you don't isolated. LGBTQ Pride is not just about tolerance and acceptance – it's about celebrating the rich diversity in our community."
The Muskoka Pride Festival continues with events all week throughout Muskoka. The week concludes on Sunday July 26th with the 7th annual Muskoka Pride Picnic at Annie Williams Park in Bracebridge.
For further information about all events, go to www.muskokapride.com or visit the Muskoka Pride Facebook Page www.facebook.com/muskokapride
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Stacey Solomon proudly shows off bikini body four months after giving birth
Little Rex makes a splash!
September 24, 2019 - 09:17 BST Sharnaz Shahid Loose Women panellist Stacey Solomon has reached another new amazing milestone with baby Rex. She welcomed her third son in May...
Stacey Solomon and baby Rex have been making a splash! The Loose Women panellist has revealed she has reached another new milestone with her youngest son - by taking him to his first lesson swimming session. Clearly overjoyed, the mum-of-three - who welcomed her tiny tot with boyfriend Joe Swash in May - shared a gorgeous picture of the pair at the pool following their dip. "My little water baby," she wrote. "Rex has his first swimming lesson today and he loved it (thank goodness because I was panicking the whole time.)"
However, there was one moment which left Stacey slightly worried. "I've got to admit the bit where they ask you to dunk them in the water sent me over the edge with fear but he didn't mind it at all," she added. "We worry for them don't we? The fear is never-ending. Happy Monday Everyone." The photo saw the proud mum show off her natural beauty, whilst her four-month-old baby sat perched on her knee.
Fans immediately rushed to praise Stacey for proudly showing off her "mummy tummy". One follower said: "I wish I had the balls to rock a bikini with my mama tummy like you do, you look great and he's so cute." Another said: "Absolutely love this and all your posts. They give me my giggles for the day. Keep doing what you're doing!! Rex is such a cutie x." A third post read: "What a natural photo… beautiful inside and out x."
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Rex is Stacey's first child with her partner, ex-EastEnders actor Joe. Stacey, 29, is also a mother to two other sons from previous relationships - 11-year-old Zachary and seven-year-old Leighton, while Joe shares a 12-year-old son, Harry, with his ex. The couple first met on I'm a Celebrity, got together in 2016 and announced they were expecting a baby in early 2019.
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Earlier this month, Rex made his first on-screen appearance on Loose Women as Stacey visited her colleagues prior to returning to work. "It's been really intense," she said of the time since Rex was born. She also paid credit to Joe's fathering skills, saying: "He's such an incredible dad, honestly. You are so lucky, little man."
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Social security from 1 January 2021
Following the ratification of the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), protocols are in place concerning the social security arrangements for employees who are either:
Being sent to work in the EU but from the UK
Employees of an EU state employer who are sent to work in the UK under a secondment agreement
The agreement largely follows the EU regulations applied in the lead up to 31 December 2020. Consequently, individuals will only be liable to social security on earnings in one country. The general rule is that social security contributions will be payable in the country where the activities are carried out, often referred to as the country where the employee is habitually resident.
There are special rules for employees who work across Europe, in many different states and employees sent on secondment to work in another state.
Multi-state workers
As mentioned, the rules will generally follow those previously in place before 31 December 2020. The multi-state worker will be liable to pay contributions in the state where they are habitually resident. This will be on the basis that this is where a substantial part of their activities is carried out in that state. The general guidance applied by all countries is that 'substantial' means 25% or more of the employee's activities. Where this is not the case, then social security of the country where the employer is based will apply.
Detached or seconded workers
The detached worker rules will generally remain unaltered from those in place leading up to 31 December 2020.
Where an employee is sent on secondment to work in another EU state, the worker will continue to remain liable to social security contributions in their home country. However, this will be on the basis that:
The secondment period will not exceed 24 months in duration
The worker is not replacing another detached worker.
Currently there is no guidance as to whether the 24-month period can be extended. Prior to 31 December 2020 it was possible to obtain an extended period of coverage with the worker continuing to pay contributions into their home country system. We will need to see whether this point will be revisited at some point in the future.
However, there is no guarantee that the detached worker rules will apply. This is on the understanding that each EU country must agree to apply these rules by 1 February 2021. Consequently, the position will need to be reviewed for each secondment during these early months of the TCA.
There are special rules which will apply to assignments between the UK and Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein which started post 31 December 2020:
Employees sent on assignment between the UK and Norway will be able to consider a period of up to three years (an application must be made within the first four months of the secondment)
Employees sent on assignment between the UK and Switzerland will remain in their home country social security regime for up to two years
Employees sent on secondment between the UK and Iceland will remain in their home country social security regime for up to one year
There are no special rules in place between the UK and Liechtenstein. Consequently, the 'rest of the world' rules shall apply and where the assignment is from the UK, the employee will remain within the UK social security system for the first 52 weeks of their assignment.
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Q: Call function by a string from imported module How can I call a function from imported module?
Usually I would do something like global[method](args) but imported modules are wrapped in an anonymous scope and they are not accessible through global.
I'm using ES6 with Node.js (v10.16.0), Nodemon (v2.0.1) and Babel.
import myFunction from './methods/myFunction';
const method = 'myFunction';
console.log(method in global); //false
console.log(global[method]); //undefined

myFunction.js:
const myFunction=()=> { console.log('x') };
export default myFunction;

A: would it work to have a mapping object you define yourself and use it like you're trying to use 'global'?
ex.
const functionMapper = {
  myFunction: myFunction,
  someOtherFunction: someOtherFunction,
};

functionMapper['myFunction'];

A: Nodejs is not browser when meaning, if you define function it be added to window/global. To define in global u need to add in global.
If you realy want to add in global. try this.
//myFunction.js:
let global = global || window
global["myFunction"] = ()=> { console.log('x') };

// Now access:
import './methods/myFunction';
const method = 'myFunction';
console.log(method in global); //false
console.log(global[method]); //undefined

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Q: TypeORM not recognizing migrations path I'm trying to create migrations for my application in typeorm, but I'm getting the error
No changes in database schema were found - cannot generate a migration. To create a new empty migration use "typeorm migration:create" command

However, the migrations folder is properly configured in the database config and also with the "npm run migrate:generate" command within my package.json
package.json
{
  "dependencies": {
    "@types/body-parser": "^1.19.2",
    "@types/cors": "^2.8.13",
    "@types/dotenv": "^8.2.0",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.15",
    "body-parser": "^1.20.1",
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
    "express": "^4.18.2",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.20",
    "pg": "^8.8.0",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
    "typeorm": "^0.3.11",
    "typescript": "^4.9.4"
  },
  "name": "networking_api",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "rimraf dist & tsc",
    "dev": "nodemon --exec ts-node ./src/server.ts",
    "migration:generate": "typeorm-ts-node-commonjs -d ./src/database/config.ts migration:generate ./src/database/migrations/default",
    "migration:run": "typeorm-ts-node-commonjs -d ./src/database/config.ts migration:run"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "description": "",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/node": "^18.11.15",
    "ts-node": "^10.9.1"
  }
}

src/database/config.ts
import { DataSource } from "typeorm";
import dotenv from 'dotenv';

dotenv.config();

export const AppDataSource = new DataSource({
    type: "postgres",
    host: process.env.DATABASE_HOST,
    port: 5433,
    username: process.env.DATABASE_USERNAME,
    password: process.env.DATABASE_PASSWORD,
    database: process.env.DATABASE_NAME,
    synchronize: true,
    logging: true,
    entities: [`${__dirname}/../entities/*.{ts,js}`],
    migrations: [`${__dirname}/migrations/*.{ts,js}`],
});


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The following table lists information about Adult Dental Services provided by each state and territory.
• Commonwealth Senior Health Card Emergency and general dental care – check–ups, oral hygiene, fillings, endodontics, extraction dentures, oral surgery and dentures.
Treatment is provided through teaching dental facilities, community clinics and the private sector.
Limited specialist dental services are available. No cost to patient.
Must be normally resident within the boundary of the providing Area Health Service. Emergency and general dental care – check–ups, oral hygiene, fillings, endodontics, extraction dentures, oral surgery and dentures.
Limited specialist dental services are available primarily through two teaching hospitals. No cost to patient for emergency and general dental care.
Co–payments may apply for patients of some teaching services, specialist dental services and some denture services.
- registered clients of mental health and disability services. Emergency and general dental care - check–ups, oral hygiene, fillings, endodontics, extraction dentures, oral surgery and dentures.
Treatment is provided through community dental clinics, the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne and the private sector.
Limited specialist dental services are available primarily through the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. Emergency course of care: $25 flat fee.
General Course of care: $100. Up to $120 for dentures.
Some exemptions apply (e.g. ATSI clients, homeless, refugees and asylum seekers).
Co–payments for specialist services are dependant on service - up to a maximum of $300 per course of care.
• Pension Card Emergency and general dental care - check–ups, oral hygiene, fillings, endodontics, extraction dentures, oral surgery and dentures.
Special Care Dental Units in two acute hospitals provide medically necessary dental care.
Very limited specialist dental services are available (e.g. oral and maxillo facial surgery through the Royal Hobart Hospital). Some patients needing other specialist services are referred to Victoria, SA and NSW via the Patient Transport Assistance Scheme. Co–payment of 25% of the DVA Local Dental Officers (LDO) Fee to a maximum of $366 per course of care.
Treatment in Special Care Dental Units is free.
• some Pensioner Concession Cards (DVA).
Emergency and general dental care - check–ups, oral hygiene, fillings, endodontics, extraction dentures, oral surgery and dentures.
Referral to the Adelaide Dental Hospital for specialist dental care as required. Emergency course of care: $52 flat fee. General dental care check–up and preventive treatment is free.
15% of the DVA LDO Fee for general restorative treatment to a maximum of $146 for a completed course of care. Denture co–payments up to $325.50 for full dentures.
For specialist services, a co–payment of 20% of the DVA LDO Fee applies. Some exemptions apply to all co–payments.
• Health Care Card Emergency and general dental care - check–ups, oral hygiene, fillings, endodontics, extraction, dentures oral surgery and dentures.
Referral for oral surgery and special needs dentistry as required including in hospital treatment under general anaesthesia. No co–payment.
In remote locations where Dental Health Service is the sole health provider, all are able to access care (although those without concession cards are required to pay the full fee). Emergency and general dental care - check–ups, oral hygiene, fillings, endodontics, extraction, dentures, oral surgery and dentures.
Referral to the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia for specialist dental care as required. Treatment is subsidised by the West Commonwealth Government up to a maximum of 75% of the cost of the treatment.
Level of subsidy is based upon the eligibility of the person and is assessed at the dental clinic.
• Refugees Emergency and general dental care - check–ups, oral hygiene, fillings, endodontics, extraction, dentures, oral surgery and dentures. Maximum co–payment of $300 for restorative treatment in any year.
Free for special needs groups, including homeless, refugees and some rehabilitation clients.


HDUMC holds Kid's Church every Sunday during the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services.
We also have a fully staffed nursery for babies and children up through kindergarten.
Discovery Youth Group is for all students in 6th-12th grade. Our events are a combination of fellowship, worship, Christian education, service, and a lot of fun. Friends are always welcome at any event!
From Bible study groups, a missions team, community outreach, an active United Methodist Women program and more, HDUMC has a number of ways for you to join in and grow in your faith.
HDUMC is the proud host church for Cub Scout Troop 176. The troops recruit from 3 elementary schools in Hutto - Nadine Johnson Elementary, Hutto Elementary, and Ray Elementary.


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After the weekend: Imposing quarantine increases liability for violations
The alert period has ended. The quarantine that came into effect on Monday has brought more restrictions and tougher sanctions on those who neglect. It is the responsibility of the cities of the country to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Government Resolution that has entered into force. After evaluating last weekend's experience, Kaunas City Municipality and the police announce that it will tighten control in the coming days.
Outdoor tennis courts, spa, fitness center, sauna complex and several children's entertainment areas. The companies organizing such activities in Kaunas closed their eyes against the stricter requirements to suspend their activities for at least two weeks.
As early as last Friday, specialists from the Kaunas City Municipality Public Order Division began to closely monitor how private businesses comply with the bans approved by the Government. Almost half a dozen different establishments were inspected daily. The vast majority of them dutifully adhered to the announced restrictions, but violations were inevitable. Four operating establishments were identified: a spa center, a fitness club and two children's entertainment venues.
On that day, Public Order Division's specialists were confined to warnings. At that time, the residents of Kaunas informed about the functioning indoor tennis courts and sauna areas on Saturday.
The attempts of some entrepeneurs to stumble have also come to light. After publicly announcing the suspension of services on social networks, they still opened their offices. In justifying their decisions, the offenders explained that they had acted to please particularly loyal regular customers.
In the evening, police who took over the control checked nightclubs and other places of entertainment, catering establishments. After 10pm the patrols soon counted four bars operating. Law enforcement will decide what responsibility to place on their owners.
There is strict administrative liability for non-compliance with quarantine conditions: fines of up to € 560 for individuals and up to € 3,000 for companies if they pose a threat to human health.
"The situation is extremely serious, so each case will be dealt with principally. Alerts have expired and errors no longer exist. There can be no tolerance when it comes to the greatest human asset – health or even life" – emphasized Paulius Keras, coordinator of the Emergency Operations Center at Kaunas City Municipality. "We believe that Kaunas residents are aware enough and will comply with the quarantine requirements to protect the city from the emerging threat."
Last week, Kaunas police officers, like colleagues in the port city, had to trap a rabid patient who had escaped from an isolation facility at one of the city's clinics. The patient was suspected of having corona virus. The man maliciously removed his face mask and said he had to leave. He was soon detained and taken back to a medical facility.
Law enforcers warn that such behavior may involve not only administrative but also criminal liability if it would have serious consequences in spreading the disease to other people. This could result in a fine, arrest or even imprisonment of up to three years.
On Sunday, municipal officials and police officials finally agreed on common algorithms for action. The main objective is to ensure that the regime is more stringent and properly enforced so that only grocery stores and pharmacies can operate.
Information from the Public Relations Division


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Manchester United eye Memphis Depay
Manchester United eye Memphis Depay Reports reveal that Manchester United are now planning to seal the deal for PSV attacker Memphis Depay in the next transfer window.
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Manchester United have now started their work for the summer transfer window. The Red Devils failed to seal big deals in the winter window but are now planning to seal several stars including PSV winger Memphis Depay.
Reports reveal that Manchester United are now planning to seal the deal for PSV attacker Memphis Depay in the next transfer window.
The Sun reported that Louis van Gaal is planning for a £10million deal.
Depay has been one of the hottest prospect in the Dutch League since his impressive dislays for Netherlands in the World Cup.
United boss Louis van Gaal has already managed him during the World Cup and is hoping to team up with him once again in the coming season.
United have already sold Wilfried Zaha to Crystal Palace and duo Nani and Adnan Januzaj are also likely to leave the club at the end of the season which means United will be needing an attacker.
The 20-year-old is also a target of Tottenham Hotspur but United boss is hoping to seal his move verbally before the summer window starts.
The Dutchman has scored 13 goals in 17 Eredivisie games so far this season. He has also scored three in Europa League.
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A gorgeous tourist destination set in northern Catalonia is the city of Girona. It is located in Costa Brava and near Barcelona, lying on the Oñar River and in the Los Ángeles Mountain's foothills. Girona, Spain, has three zones: the residential area, the modern section, and the interior, including the old quarter and city walls.…
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Granada, Spain, is a beautiful, ancient city filled with Islamic architecture. There's more to Alhambra, a palace in Granada, Spain, that this place can offer. It has a rich multicultural history with influences such as Roman, Greek, Phoenician, and Visigothic. But it is the Moorish groups who made the most significant influence with the Islamic…
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Córdoba city (also known as Cordova City or Ciudad de Cordoba) is the provincial capital of Cordoba in Spain. It is nestled in a valley in Andalusia with the Guadalquivir River coursing through it. The Sierra Morena to the north and the hilly terrain of Miocene Campiña to the south provide excellent overlooking views of…
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System testing: Full functional testing of our AV racks prior to delivery and installation on site.
Installation: Working with our engineering team to install AV racks, plant room and in-room equipment to our very exacting standards and complete thorough testing.
The right candidate will be a highly-organised individual, with demonstrable commissioning skills and an Engineering degree—and relevant AV industry experience.
A working knowledge of the following is essential: Savant, Control4, HDMI matrix systems, TCP/IP networking, Lutron lighting control systems, Sonos, Satellite and TV distribution systems. Crestron experience would also be an advantage.


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Q: React onSubmit wait for async IIFE inside the function to update state with hooks Is there a way to wait for this state(customerId => setCustomerId) to update?
When user signs up, he/she is redirected and the form unmounts.
I tried using IIFE so it runs immediately upon submit but no luck, useEffect also wont work because I cant wrap the onSubmit function in useEffect scope, at least I think it wont work.
Can someone enlighten me about this, it is crucial to update the user document in firebase upon sign up(that is what UserDataProvider() does) to prevent future complications.
const onSubmit = (formData: FormData) => {
    document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';
    (async function () {
      const customer = await axios.post('/api/create_customer', {
        email: 'testemail@test.com',
        name: `Dario Kolic`,
      });
      setCustomerId(customer.data);
    })();
    console.log(customerId);
    return auth
      .createUserWithEmailAndPassword(formData.email, formData.password)
      .then(() => {
        return new UserDataProvider().set({
          customerId: customerId,
        });
      })
      .then(() => {
        document.body.style.cursor = 'default';
        // window.location.href = '/terms_of_service';
      });
  };

A: Problem
First IIFE only have async call that why second return executed immediately without waiting for customerid update. That means second function executed before customerid update
Better use default then callback function instead of await. why you are using return statement inside the onsubmit event. i think that should be no effect.

const onSubmit = (formData: FormData) => {
  document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';
  axios.post('/api/create_customer', {
    email: 'testemail@test.com',
    name: `Dario Kolic`,
  }).then((customer) => {
    setCustomerId(customer.data);
    auth
      .createUserWithEmailAndPassword(formData.email, formData.password)
      .then(() => {
        return new UserDataProvider().set({
          customerId: customer.data,
        });
      })
      .then(() => {
        document.body.style.cursor = 'default';
        // window.location.href = '/terms_of_service';
      });
  })
};


Bankruptcy Information | Good Morning America's Report On Mortgage Modification Falls Short.
Good Morning America's Report On Mortgage Modification Falls Short.
Home > Mortgage Issues > Good Morning America's Report On Mortgage Modification Falls Short.
21 Mar Good Morning America's Report On Mortgage Modification Falls Short.
Good Morning America has been doing a series of financial stories including the website Making Home Affordable. The story features a family reviewing the site Making Home Affordable. This story leaves the viewer feeling that this site will be the answer to all their prayers and that is very quick and easy. My problem with this is that when it comes to mortgage modification nothing is ever quick let alone easy.
Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan of GMA and the morning team. I am not a news producer and I realize that there is a very short period of time to report on story but during these tough economic times it is important to provide all the facts. Making Home Affordable was made public this week of March 16, 2009. This site is in partnership with United States Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner and his Finanical Stability team. The purpose of Making Home Affordable is to assist the home owner seeking financial assistance through one of two paths, refinancing or loan modification.
The first part of the site asks you to take a quiz to determine if you are eligible for refinancing or loan modification. This is the part of the GMA story where the gentleman said the process was quick and easy. This is just a preliminary quiz to see if you qualify but this just means whether or not you should take the time to fill out the remaining paperwork. Nothing else. This quiz does not mean that you are automatically qualified or disqualified for the refinancing or modification.
If you qualify for the refinancing then you must determine if you have a Fannie or Freddie Loan. This question in the past was a difficult one to answer. Therefore, I give kudos to this website for assisting the homeowners in providing the answer. So if you are qualify for refinancing and if you have either Fannie or Freddie Mac loan you must proceed to the next step. The next step will be for YOU to call your lender and request to refinance your loan under the Making Home Affordable program. Check out the website for facts about the refinancing process.
Lenders and servicers have started to implement the program and there may be a slight delay before they are prepared to process all applications.
Again I give kudos to the Making Home Affordable website because this process is anything but fast and they are not trying to give false hope. I have clients right now attempting to refinance, or do loan modifications, or basically attempting to do anything to save their homes and neither they nor I can get a call back from the mortgage company. I am hoping that maybe now the tide is changing and finally the homeowners can truly receive help.
Refinancing is the first part of the site. If you do not qualify for refinancing you maybe eligible for a loan modification. By now you may be asking what is the difference between the two because it is all Greek to me and I do not speak Greek. Refinancing takes your current loan and creates a new loan on your home and pays off the existing loan. A loan modification keeps the existing loan and just changes the terms of the contract such as the payment per month and/or interest rate.
So if you are not eligible for refinancing you can take the loan modification quiz. If you qualify per the quiz you again must call your mortgage company and ask for a loan modification under the Making Home Affordable program. I cannot stress enough that it will take time for either process and there is no guarantee that this will work for you.
Bottom line is if you are having trouble making your home payments then definitely try to refinance or do a loan modification under the Making Home Affordable program. But while you are attempting to qualify for these programs do not stop making your payments. Also during this process remember that the squeaky wheel will get the grease. Meaning that YOU must keep in contact with the mortgage company. Do not think for one moment that the mortgage company cares about you as an individual. You are simply a business decision for them to make. This means they are not going to go out of their way to help you. Call your mortgage company once a week to see where you are at in the process and document every conversation. Check out the website for facts about the modification process.
Good Morning America did a great job of providing teaser information about saving your home but remember that knowledge is the power. To gain that knowledge read the website Making Home Affordable, read your mortgage contract, and be sure to read the paperwork regardless if you are refinancing or modifying your loan. If you are not sure what you reading than get help from an attorney. You should never sign any contract without reading it first and never sign the contract with understanding every word in that contact. The Making Home Affordable website also provides information about reading your mortgage statement. Never stop asking questions about your mortgage. It is up to you to protect yourself and your rights under your mortgage contract.


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import {Observable} from 'rxjs';
import {User} from '../../model/user';
import {NotificationService} from '../notification.service';
import * as firebase from 'firebase/app';
import {AngularFireAuth} from 'angularfire2/auth';
import {traced} from '../../utils/decorators';

/**
 * Created by loicsalou on 13.06.17.
 */
export abstract class AbstractLoginService {
  protected notificationService: NotificationService;
  private _user: User;

  constructor(notificationService: NotificationService, protected firebaseAuth: AngularFireAuth) {
    this.notificationService = notificationService;
  }

  get user(): User {
    return this._user;
  }

  set user(value: User) {
    this._user = value;
  }

  /**
   * ne pas surcharger ! devrait être final mais pas possible en Typescript
   * @returns {Observable<User>}
   */
  public login(): Observable<User> {
    return this.delegatedLogin();
  }

  createAccount(user: any, pass: any) {
    this.notificationService.error('La création de ce type de compte n\'est pas activée');
  }

  @traced
  deleteAccount() {
    //"resetting-password": "Demande de réinitialisation en cours...",
    //  "deleting-account": "Suppression du compte en cours...",
    let self = this;
    let popup = this.notificationService.createLoadingPopup('app.deleting-account');
    var user = firebase.auth().currentUser;

    user.delete().then(function () {
      self.notificationService.information('app.deleting-account-succeeded');
      setTimeout(() => {
        popup.dismiss();
        self.logout();
      }, 100);
    }).catch(function (error) {
      popup.dismiss();
      self.notificationService.error('app.deleting-account-failed');
    });
  }

  resetPassword(user: string) {
    this.notificationService.error('La réinitialisation du mot de passe pour ce type de compte n\'est pas activée');
  }

  @traced
  public logout() {
    this.delegatedLogout();
    this.firebaseAuth.auth.signOut();
  }

  @traced
  public loginFailed() {
    this.notificationService.error('app.login-failed');
  }

  @traced
  public success(user: User) {
    if (user) {
      this.user = user;
    }
  }

  protected abstract delegatedLogin(): Observable<User>;

  protected delegatedLogout() {

  }
}

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Great tech-spectations fall short
I.T. Mole
Now that we're well into the new decade, it might be worth noting that the year 2010 has apparently come as a bit of a technological disappointment to many.
According to a recent Zogby International survey, nearly a third of Americans said they thought there would be more technological advances by the year 2010. There were no high-tech specifics provided, but who's not miffed that Wal-Mart doesn't stock Star Trek-style transporters alongside Jetsons-style flying cars (for when the transporter is on the fritz)? This is the 21st century, people.
The poll of more than 3,000 adults showed many were less-than-enthusiastic about how far we have come since…well, since surveys were invented, perhaps? "The age group most likely to be disappointed with the current level of technological advancement are 35- to 54-year-olds (36 per cent)," Zogby said in a statement. Seems like a bit of youth envy there. Just because they can't text, tweet, rip, burn and post at the same time…
Indeed, "those aged 18-30 are much less likely than older generations to say the technological advancements up until now have exceeded their expectations," Zogby added.
About 21 per cent of people believe we are more technologically advanced than they thought we would be by 2010, while 37 per cent believed we are on target for their expectations. There was no word on whether these expectations included finding a way for survey totals to add up to 100 per cent for once.
List of words to be banished
2009, for its part, did not disappoint when it came to yielding high-tech candidates for Lake Superior State University's annual "List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness."
In addition to "shovel-ready," "bromance" and "chillaxin," tech-related words on the list included "sexting," shorthand for sexy text messaging; tweeting, retweeting and tweetaholics, terms made popular by users of the Twitter networking Web site; and Facebook's use of "friend" as a verb, as in: "his cruel tweet made me unfriend him immediately."
On a technologically anachronistic note, one list contributor asked whether there was an "app" (short-hand for "application," obviously) for making that annoying word go away. Blame the iPhone for this one – "app" is so 1986…
And just so we can produce a superb segue, here's a humourous heads up: Released recently by Switzerland's Azure Talon Software, the iLaugh app for the iPhone is a jokes database that pulls content from various online sources. The end result is a new joke every time you open the app. Random example: "I Still Miss My Ex. But My Aim Is Getting Better!"
Call that one a mulligan…
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Nastel Technologies wants to balance its channel sales model
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Q: OSX Cocoa App: Which method for rescaling an image is best with respect to image quality? Currently I am doing the following to rescale an image:
CGImageRef resizeCGImage(CGImageRef image, size_t new_width, size_t new_height)
{

CGColorSpaceRef colorspace = CGImageGetColorSpace(image);
CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, new_width,new_height,
                                             8,
                                             new_width*4,
                                             colorspace,
                                             kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipLast);

if (context != NULL)
{
    CGContextSetInterpolationQuality(context, kCGInterpolationHigh);
    CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0 , 0, new_width, new_height), image);
    CGImageRef imgRef = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);
    CGContextRelease(context);

    return imgRef;
}

return NULL;

}

When I rescale from 1920x1080 to 1280x720, the resulting image quality is too low. It is most noticeable around small text (which becomes hard to read).
Is there a better way (offered by the Cocoa APIs) to rescale an image ? By "better" I mean better image quality.

A: Try Core Image with the CILanczosScaleTransform filter.


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Chris Evans, Captain America, Says He'll Risk Ticket Sales to Stay Politically Active
Matthew Scott Donnelly Published: March 16, 2017
Chris Evans is taking his role as Captain America seriously, and said in a new interview with Esquire that he'd rather let ticket sales slump as consequence of speaking his truth than stay quiet and get rich.
Evans, a vocal critic of the Trump administration (and a particular enemy of David Duke's) said there's no internal debate when it comes to exercising his right to free speech — he's always going to say what's on his mind.
"Look, I'm in a business where you've got to sell tickets," he said. "But, my God, I would not be able to look at myself in the mirror if I felt strongly about something and didn't speak up. I think it's about how you speak up. We're allowed to disagree. If I state my case and people don't want to go see my movies as a result, I'm okay with that."
Still, Evans noted he's aiming to maintain a civil tone, and said the only way to mitigate the country's political discord is to be respectful through any debate.
"Some people say, 'Don't you see what's happening? It's time to yell,' " he said. "Yeah, I see it, and it's time for calm. Because not everyone who voted for Trump is going to be some horrible bigot. There are a lot of people in that middle; those are the people you can't lose your credibility with. If you're trying to change minds, by spewing too much rhetoric you can easily become white noise."
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There's a reason people recommend planning your family carefully. I believe it's because after so many family members, it becomes difficult to fit everyone into a camera frame.
While we successfully kept the human side of the family to plan, the canine side didn't go quite how we expected. Our plan was not to have any more dogs until we had settled down somewhere. Our goal was all about mobility.
But as things changed and we exercised our mobility less and less, I found myself home alone way too much. Working from home is not the same as actually being around other people, even on days when I'm on conference calls for 10 straight hours.
Not wanting a long-term commitment, I decided to foster dogs for a local shelter. Tisen was my 3rd foster dog in Chattanooga. I am what is called a "foster failure." That's what it's called when foster mom and dad adopt the dog they're fostering. I can live with that kind of failure.
But, having failed to plan the permanent addition of Tisen to our family, it follows that I would be equally less deliberate about planning the additions Tisen would bring home. It started with the discovery of his love for squeaky toys. For the first year we had Tisen, he had no interest in treats. Only squeaky toys.
As a result, we kept getting him more squeaky toys. Soon, it became a tradition every time we went to PetsMart, Tisen gets to pick out a new toy. He carries it so proudly through the store with the tags still hanging off it. Usually, he tries to prance straight out the front door with it. He hasn't quite gotten the "we have to pay for it" concept down yet. So far the store manager has been very understanding and hasn't prosecuted Tisen for attempted shop lifting.
Today, I decided, was the day to find out just how large the family had grown. I haven't attempted a family portrait since October, when Cow Ball joined the family. I was a bit shocked when I gathered up all the family members and piled them on the sofa. This actually took two trips!
I got out the last inventory list I'd made and checked off the toys as I found them. Each and every one of them was accounted for, plus about 10 news ones added since October. There was even one extra–White Ball. White ball doesn't belong to Tisen. He "borrowed" it from Twiggy, his girlfriend. It's probably some ploy he's using to try to get her to come over–she likes to play it cool.
I had a little trouble fitting the entire family into the frame. I'm a little worried they've started multiplying on their own–how did we end up with 3 bears? Last time I checked, we only had Minnie and Eddie Bear. Now we have Flat Bear, too. This is why family planning is so important.
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Why doesn't anyone call Sunrise Mountain by its real name?
Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 | 2 a.m.
You recently answered a question that included a reference to Sunrise Mountain. Most longtime Las Vegans know it's really named Frenchman Mountain. Why doesn't anyone call it by its real name?
The most prominent mountain bordering the valley on the east — the larger of two peaks straddling Lake Mead Boulevard — is officially named Frenchman Mountain. Sunrise is the smaller (by about 700 feet) and northernmost of the two.
Maps and atlases never confused the two either, according to historians.
But that hasn't kept most Las Vegans — with the exception of a few didacts — from referring to the larger peak as Sunrise Mountain.
Guy Rocha, the former state archivist, said that when he was growing up in Las Vegas in the 1950s, everyone called the bigger mountain Sunrise. "As a boy I climbed up to it — that mountain was Sunrise Mountain," he said.
In the early 1970s Helen Carlson's "Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary" noted that the larger peak is officially Frenchman, but also known as Sunrise.
Maybe it was inevitable there would be confusion surrounding the mountain's name.
Frenchman Mountain was named for Paul Watelet, a European immigrant who developed a mine there following reports of a 1912 gold strike. Watelet, however, was a Belgian, whom locals mistakenly believed was from France.