I'm new to all this and been spending most of my time reading as much as possible. I do have a question for the experienced crowd. How do you feel about the oven inoculation method? My first kit I purchased recommended this method as almost fool proof. What do you guys think?
If that was the advice your supplier gave you, I wouldn't trust the spores either.
Or their kit. Sorry, lol, my head almost exploded before I could get everything in that post.
Sort of takes away their accountability, know what I mean? Gack. I did it again lol.
Not only does this oven method sound completely unreliable, it sounds very uncomfortable and cumbersome. I can't believe any reliable supplier would recommend it when it's so easy and inexpensive to fabricate a simple Still Air Box, or Glove Box.
Exactly. Would also up their credibility to suggest that also. Before you waste a bunch of product, do 1 test jar first and see if the syringe is good. Save some money for sure. Money that can be spent on a reliable vendor.
Wait, your spore supplier recommended a way to grow the spores? And that was it? Yikes.
First of all a spore supplier should never talk to you about growing and you should never talk about growing to them, second that is a totally discredited method of inoculation for the last 15 years at least.
Let me clarify. The spore vendor didn't recommend the oven method. It was the grow kit company. Since I was new to this, I didn't want to go buy everything individually until I knew I was going to really enjoy this hobby. I did some research and the company has a good reputation, so I went for it. Apparently their advice wasn't so great. Now I wonder about the product.
You should do your inoculations in a still air box. Just take a big clear tote/rubbermaid and cut 2 arm holes in it and turn it upside down on a table. Dont attach gloves to it. That's really all you need. Put your stuff on the table, put the tote upside down over it, wait 5 minutes for the air to settle and stick your arms through SLOWLY and work SLOWLY. Don't spray the inside with alcohol. Dont use a flame inside the box, flame needles etc outside the box and slowly pass arms back through with tool in hand. Make sure no airflow/fans going in the room when you are working in your Still Air Box.
Edited by sandman, 30 January 2019 - 09:06 AM.
Ok, I am glad I just misunderstood about the vendors. Your spores should be fine then lol.
Thanks everyone for their comments and advise. I thought you would have to "decontaminate" a glove box with something. Perhaps Lysol. I had read somewhere that you could go into a bathroom, take out all the linens and trash. Wipe down all surfaces with an antibacterial wipe. Take a shower and then spray the air with Lysol, wipe your arms up to the elbows with alcohol and then inoculate. I don't know how good this would work.
Using a GB or SAB is best, but I am super lazy and hate being restricted.
I cut one of those really squishy sponges to the length of the needle, dip it in alcohal, and use it as a cover for the needle.
Every time you press the needle into something the sponge should compress then decompress, sterilizing the needle in 1 smooth motion.
Please perfect your sterile techniques, though. You wont get by in this hobby without it.
Edited by Deleena24, 31 January 2019 - 10:57 AM.
What sort of spore supply did you get? (syringe?, print?).
What are you inoculating? Grain jars? Grain bags?PF tech jars? Do you you have injection ports of some sort on your lids?
You can do this quickly in a fair 'clean' part of the house without SAB with attention sterile technique (alcohol your inj ports, use a new needle, don't touch the needle.
You don't have to alcohol or flame the needle between injections. There is no reason with sterilely prepped inj ports, sterile tech and sterile jars that you are exposing your needle to contaminants.
Now . . . as you compromise in some areas, this idea may not apply.
No inj ports - you have to open your jars.
You are really slow at doing the process.
Your jars were sterilized a month ago and might have contaminants or you aren't too sure about your jar sterilizer.
I would probably be able to guess the company you used for the kit, as my first kit also suggested the "oven method" as one of 3 methods to use during inoculation. While I quickly learned through mycotopia that this method is not trustworthy, the supplies (and their guides) I received worked very well and they had good customer service and shipping times. I had a pretty solid first grow with their kit.
That being said, once you tackle your first grow and have had more time to research the craft, you will be able to source your own supplies and apply the knowledge on the forums to your next grow. It's a bit cheaper that way, too!
They are recommended on a vendors website(ends in ..sters), and they give this guide out with their kits.
Edited by PistolPete13, 31 January 2019 - 07:10 PM.
Wow, I can totally picture some neophyte spraying a bunch of Lysol in the oven then turning it on to realize the hard way that it was a Gas range, of course after they put the fire on their eyebrows out.
While there is humor in that, it is a possibility and this should be avoided, perioid. I would hate to read about someone burning their face off and burning down their home because bad info is still circulating. I mean, hold balls batman! Kits are crazy anyway. Especially when ingredients are so readily available. I know how bad it was when I blew up my glovebox.


I think at some point we've all pondered the question - what do I have for dinner? It's one of the most obvious questions we ask ourselves on almost a daily basis but sometimes it's one of the hardest to answer.
How many times have you stood in front of the fridge, and all of a sudden your mind goes blank. Even if there is food in there, you can sometimes feel uninspired when it comes to food. Don't get me wrong I love cooking and I do experiment occasionally with food, when I have the time, but more often than not I make, and eat the same things over, and over again.
So what do you do when you're bored, the fridge is empty and you're lacking in inspiration? Well the most obvious answer is to let somebody else do the cooking, and go out for a meal or have a takeaway, but if you love being in the kitchen, there are other ways, you can read through some cookery books, you can take a trip to your local supermarket or farm shop or you could try one of the many meal delivery or box schemes that are out there.
Probably like most of you I'd seen the adverts for Hello Fresh on TV but it wasn't something that I'd never thought much about, that was until I received a £25 gift card in a recent Glossybox. An odd collaboration with a beauty box but after a little discussion with Mummy Lou and a look at the Hello Fresh website, we decided to use the voucher and order a box.
Some meal boxes on the market deliver ready prepared meals but Hello Fresh is a little bit different. Every week the chefs at Hello Fresh create delicious, and nutritious recipes in their own kitchens, and instead of being sent a ready meal, you're sent the freshest and best quality ingredients to make the recipes in your own kitchen, usually in less than half an hour.
There are a few different boxes to choose from a Classic Box, a Family Box, and a Veggie Box. Obviously being a vegetarian, I went for the Veggie Box, which is ideal for lacto ovo vegetarians like myself - It contains no meat or fish but it does potentially contains eggs, and dairy products. My one issue is that some of the recipes do contain wheat or gluten but as you'll see there are ways round it.
The Veggie Box that I got costs £36 and comes with the ingredients to make three, generous main meals for 2 people, but you can also get a Veggie box that makes 3 meals for 4 people if you have more mouths to feed. The Classic Box works in a similar way and you also have the option of getting a 5 meal box, and the Family box provides 4 meals a week for 4-5 people.
The good thing about the Hello Fresh scheme is that it flexible, you don't have to buy what you don't want, you can pause and stop deliveries at any time or you can just get a one off box when you feel like it. All the boxes are delivered on a Monday and then you can see a preview of the next weeks meals and if you don't want them you can just pause your account.
I enjoyed my first box so much that I got another one delivered on Monday and this was it.
My boxes were delivered by DHL and I received emails from both them and Hello Fresh ahead of my delivery. My goodies came in a strong cardboard box divided up into a couple of section depending on the food type. All of the chilled items came with ice packs and well wrapped up in insulated packaging, and the rest of the items were well protected with brown paper.
All of the vegetables, fresh herbs and tinned items arrived in excellent condition.The vegetables were firm and unblemished, I received pasta that was made in Italy and the tinned tomatoes and lentils that I got were organic.
I also received a paper bag containing two fresh garlic cloves, and little individual, portion controlled plastic pots of spices.
So you've got your ingredients then what ? Well for every recipe you received a full colour recipe card, that gives you full instructions on how to prepare every aspect of the dish. The card also provides allergy advice, and nutritional and calorie information. It also gives you a little bit of inspiration behind the dish and an idea of what to expect from it.
The first recipe that I tried this week was Lentil And Charred Vegetable Halloumi Salad.
In a word - amazing - The saltiness of the halloumi combined perfectly with the tangy dressing, the earthiness of the lentils, the pepperiness of the rocket and the sweetness of the peppers. This was a really nice, and surprisingly filling dish that I'll definitely make again. The only things I needed to add were some salt, pepper and olive oil, and I had some thyme and some lemon left over.
The next meal that I made was something I wasn't sure about at first but it's something that I will definitely make again - Mustard Seed Green Bean Salad With Roasted Sweet Potato.
This was probably the most complicated of the 3 recipes, because you were really making three separate things, it was still pretty simple though and the step by step instructions were easy to follow.
Seeing as I'm a bit of a sweet potato addict the wedges were easier enough to make and they were served with a creamy creme fraiche, lemon and ginger dip. Alongside that you made a salad with fresh peas, sugar snap peas, and green beans, with added red onion, red chilli, garlic and lemon zest, all topped with mustard, nigella, and coriander seeds roasted in oil.
This dish was a real taste explosion that made the most of some really fresh ingredients. The sweet potatoes were sweet and caramelised, the dip was zingy and creamy, and the bean salad was full of fresh flavours, with a hit of warmth from the raw onion, garlic and chilli, and spiciness from the roasted seeds. As I say this dish really surprised me by just how good and how filling it was, and by the multitude of different flavour sensations. I didn't use all the chilli as it was a little on the warm side and I had some ginger and some lemon leftover, and again the only thing I needed to add was oil, salt and pepper.
The final recipe was a nice quick and filling Italian meal, Rigatoni Caprese With Olives And Mozzarella.
This recipe came with a packet of Italian made dried rigatoni pasta which was obviously crammed full of wheat and gluten so I substituted it for the same amount of gluten free pasta. I couldn't find any free from rigatoni but pasta is pasta so fusilli it was. All of the recipes list the allergens quite clearly and it's pretty easy to substitute or replace your own ingredients if your don't like something or if you are allergic.
This was probably the quickest and easiest recipe of the three, you just a really basic tomato sauce, with organic tinned tomatoes, onions, garlic, black olives and lots and lots of fresh basil. Just mix your sauce in with pasta and top with some fresh basil and torn up buffalo mozzarella.
This was a really simple recipe but again it was a recipe that came into it's own because of the freshness and quality of the ingredients. The olives were strong and salty, the basil was hot and peppery and the mozzarella was incredible and easily the nicest that I've ever had. It was firm on the outside and beautifully creamy on the inside. The only additions were salt, pepper and olive oil but I have to admit that I add the a little bit of red chilli to give it a bit more of a bite. This wasn't the most exciting recipe of the 3 but it was a good staple recipe that could be the base for many more meals.
My Hello Fresh experience so far has been a good one, the quality of the ingredients has really, really impressed me and the recipes have all been tasty, plentiful and easy to follow. Even if your not a regular cook I don't think you'd have a problem following the recipes and if like me you are a dab hand in the kitchen then these recipes will hopefully inspire you to experiment and try out new things and different ingredient combinations.
The boxes aren't cheap but with the box that I get each meal works out at around £6 per potion, per person which isn't that bad when you consider what you spend on a takeaway or in a restaurant. That said I won't be buying a box every week but for an occasional treat or for a when time is precious or when I'm lacking in inspiration, I'll definitely indulge again.


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by Hank Leukart
Climbing into the worst weather in America
Summiting New Hampshire's Mount Washington in winter.
Hikers catch a glimpse of the Lake of the Clouds Hut below Mount Washington's summit. (view all Mount Washington, NH photos)
INCOLN, New Hampshire — "Once we pass the Lake of the Clouds Hut and start up the mountain's summit cone, it's serious," Alex says. "At that point, we'll put on our balaclavas, facemasks, and goggles. The forecast tomorrow with wind chill is 1 degree Fahrenheit, with 35 mile-per-hour winds. Absolutely no skin can be exposed. We'll check each other carefully. This is not a joke. If you get frostbite, you'll have to live with the consequences for the rest of your life."
My friend Sarah, a Vermont-based solar energy technician, and I are standing with Alex — an expert climber and mountaineering guide — and six other hikers at the peak of Mount Dickey in the White Mountains, during the middle of a ruthless, polar-vortex-infused New Hampshire winter. We — four seemingly tough Israeli men living in New Jersey, two 32-year-old women from Queens, Sarah, and me — have hiked up here, wearing crampons and carrying ice axes, as a practice run before our winter summit attempt tomorrow on Mount Washington, a mountain peak known among climbers to have the most dangerous and unpredictable weather in the U.S. In January, the average wind speed on Washington's summit is 46 MPH (with a record high of 172 MPH), and the average temperature is 5 degrees Fahrenheit (with a record low of -47 degrees Fahrenheit).
"Remember that, after I assess the weather conditions and how fast we're moving, I will be the one to make a final decision about whether we attempt to summit or if we have to turn back," he says sternly.
"So, basically, after we pass that Hut, we're all going to die," I whisper to Sarah.
"Sounds like it," she says. But she doesn't look scared. She looks like she's salivating, as though she's just been told the secret location of the world's biggest, most delicious pepperoni pizza.
In the evening, after recovering from our disappointment that both Lincoln's Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train and Hobo Hills Adventure Golf Course are closed for the winter season, Sarah and I join the two New York girls, Stephanie and Lisa, at the Woodstock Inn Station & Brewery for dinner and craft beer.
"This is my second summit attempt on Mount Washington," Stephanie tells us. "The first time wasn't so good. I was on a bad blind date, one of my boots was hurting my foot, and I didn't even make it close to the top."
"You went on a three-day date with someone you didn't know to climb up a mountain?" I ask. "That's intense."
"Yeah, and the worst part was that my date made it to the summit. You should hear about the time I slept with a married man on the way up to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro," she says. Sarah bursts out laughing.
"Well, I slept in his tent, anyway," Stephanie adds.
"God, I hope we make it to the top," I muse.
"Me too," Stephanie says. "I have to prove to my bad blind date that I can make it."
In the morning, my iPhone alarm goes off at 4:45 AM, but I'm so tired from our hike the day before that I don't even move to turn it off. Sarah throws a pillow at my head.
"I'm just going to lie here," I groan. "I'm too tired to go."
"Fine, I'll let you know what it's like to reach the summit," Sarah says as she gets out of bed to pack her backpack. Soon enough, we're both hiking with the group at the bottom of Mount Washington, through a beautiful forest covered in a blanket of sparkling snow. It feels like we're in a fairy tale, complete with a foreboding ambience. Over steep ice sheets on the trail, we continue climbing, using crampons affixed to our double-plastic mountaineering boots.
We're about halfway to the summit, with about 2,000 feet of elevation still to go, when one of the climbing guides, Bob, asks me and Sarah how we feel.
"Great," Sarah says. "This is amazing!"
"I'm great too," I say. "If the rest of the way is an elf-filled winter wonderland like this, it'll be no problem."
"Well, let's see what the weather is like above the Hut," Bob says.
"It better be scary," I say. "I was promised a crazy snowstorm and lots of cold and pain!" Sarah rolls her eyes.
Finally, we reach the Lake of the Clouds Hut. We hide behind it to gulp down our lunches as the snow and wind begin to pick up.
"Okay, who wants to try to make it to the summit?" Alex says. "If we're not at the top in one hour, we have to turn around. The weather can change in an instant, and I'm afraid that some of you may not make it." To my surprise, two of the tough guys from New Jersey immediately announce that they're heading back down the mountain.
"You still want to go to the top, right?" I ask Sarah. I feel like I still have lots of energy in reserve.
"Definitely," Sarah says. She looks like she's still drooling over that sublime, imaginary pizza on the summit.
"Okay, for those of you set on going, we're going to split into two groups." Alex says. "I'll take Hank, Sarah, Eyal, and Ilan. Stephanie and Lisa, you'll go with Bob. The weather is getting worse. It's now or never guys. Let's book."
With Alex leading and Sarah seemingly super-glued to his backpack, the eight of us begin speeding up the mountain as fast as we can. But it's been snowing all night and day, and two- to four-foot snow drifts blanket the mountaintop. It takes a huge amount of energy just to take a single step and then pull our legs out of the resulting hole in the snow. After about 20 minutes of climbing, I look behind us. Bob, Stephanie, and Lisa have vanished.
"They've already turned back," Alex says as I scan the landscape. I feel despondent, sad that Stephanie's second Mount Washington winter summit attempt has been unsuccessful.
"I didn't expect this much snow," Alex says, snapping my attention back to our own situation. "This is tough."
Alex's verbalization of the situation makes me feel better, validating the fact that every step in the deep snow seems to sap all of my remaining energy.
"'Shit,' I say to Sarah. 'Our elf-filled forest winter wonderland has turned into a death trap.'"
"How are you guys doing?" Alex asks when Eyal and Ilan catch up to us. They're not moving quite as fast as Sarah and I. Everyone murmurs that they're feeling good, but it's clear that everyone's energy reserves are dwindling rapidly — except Sarah's.
As we continue slogging through the deep snow, over thousands of ankle-twisting rocks, we pass a sign that reads, "STOP: The area ahead has the worst weather in America. Many have died from exposure, even in the summer. Turn back now if the weather is bad." As if on cue, the wind seems to have reached over 25 miles per hour, the temperature is dropping, and the snow blowing through the air is causing an almost-total whiteout.
I think to myself that if I were on the mountain by myself right now, I'd probably turn back, not being able to see a route to the top. I'm worried that Alex is going to force us to turn back. We're well behind our summit schedule, barely still within our safety margin. But Alex has summited the mountain tens of times, and his resolve does not waiver.
"Let's do this," Alex says. His confidence acts like a huge jolt of caffeine, and we continue marching toward the top with seemingly newfound energy. I'm exhausted, and all I can see ahead of me is a sea of cotton, but it feels like an invisible rope, tying me to Alex and Sarah, is dragging me up the mountain.
Suddenly, a 30-foot-tall, white structure that looks like a clock tower emerges from the snowstorm, appearing 10 feet from my face. I'm surprised to see hikers from another group huddled against it. I realize that we've reached the observatory on the summit.
"We're here!" I yell. We congratulate each other and take photos in front of the "Mt. Washington Summit" sign, but our celebration is short-lived. The wind is increasing and it's getting significantly colder.
"We have to get off this mountain," Alex says. Then, like a human GPS device, he starts guiding us down the mountain at a breakneck speed — so fast that I know that he perceives real danger. I'm moving as fast as I can, but I feel like I'm running through a bowling ball factory with my eyes closed. Mount Washington's summit is covered in rocks, and since they're covered in a blanket of snow, it's impossible to see what I'm stepping on until it's too late.
I trip on the rocks over and over and over, trying as hard as I can to avoid crashing into the snow, but the whiteout makes it nearly impossible to see anything. On one rock that I trip over (maybe number 63?), I bash my boot into it particularly hard. When I try to stop myself from falling, one of my crampons gets caught on my pant leg, ripping it to shreds. In a gloriously anti-balletic move, I smash into to the ground, badly twisting my knee. When I look up, I see Alex and Sarah fading into the infinite white.
"Sorry… I fell… my knee…" I gasp when I finally catch them again. I look behind me and Ilan and Eyal are gone. We wait, and in about a minute, they emerge from the bleached expanse. Ilan looks like he's been run over by a truck carrying ten tons of snow.
"I… can't… see," Ilan pants. "My goggles."
At an unbelievable speed, Alex, like Mary Poppins, magically pulls a clean pair of goggles from his backpack, grabs the iced-over ones on Ilan's face, and puts on another pair.
"Okay, let's move," Alex says as he heads down. At this point, it feels like we're running down the mountain, and Alex, Sarah, and I are moving faster than Ilan and Eyal.
"CAN WE TAKE ANOTHER BREAK?" we hear Eyal yell.
"GUYS, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO TIME TO STOP," Alex yells. "YOU MUST KEEP WALKING FORWARD."
"HE CAN'T SEE," Eyal yells back. Ilan's goggles have been completely covered in ice again.
"CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING?!" Alex yells.
"NOT REALLY!" Ilan yells. "I CAN BARELY MAKE OUT THE BACKPACK IN FRONT OF ME!"
"GOOD ENOUGH." Alex responds. "WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO STOP. THE WEATHER, GUYS. THE WEATHER IS GETTING DANGEROUS."
"Shit," I say to Sarah. "Our elf-filled forest winter wonderland has turned into a death trap."
We're nearly running down the mountain, and as the wind speed nears 50 miles per hour, it feels like we're flying. Three separate times, I think I see through the whiteout the outline of the Hut, but each time, it turns out to be a mirage. I realize that I have no idea where I am. I can't stop tripping on my shredded pants.
"I keep thinking I see the Hut, but it's just mirages," I say to Sarah.
"Yeah, I think maybe we already passed it and we're taking a different route…?" Sarah wonders.
And then, seemingly by a miracle (but really due to our guide Alex's prowess), my fourth mirage turns out not to be a mirage at all. We've made it back to the Lake of the Clouds Hut.
"It'll get easier from here," Alex yells as we head down the trail back under the tree line. On the way down, we pass a dejected Stephanie and Lisa, who tell us, sadly, that they didn't have the energy to brave the storm. After trying to cheer them up and being careful not to mention Stephanie's bad blind date who reached the summit, we head back to the parking lot, though my knee is screaming in pain.
After saying goodbye to the group and thanking Alex and Bob profusely, Sarah and I jump in the car and turn on our heated seats. Then, we drive directly to Elvio's Pizzeria in Lincoln, New Hampshire and order the world's biggest, most delicious pepperoni pizza. At least, as we're eating it, that's what it tastes like.
As I'm driving to the Boston airport the next morning, a news story on NPR catches my attention. The reporter says that, yesterday, four hikers became lost on the Mount Washington summit in the whiteout and had to be rescued in the middle of 0-degree temperatures and 95 mile-per-hour winds a bit before 3:30 AM. I realize that they were hikers from the group that I saw on the summit. Suddenly, my inelegant, knee-twisting crash while dashing down the mountain doesn't seem so bad anymore. WB
A hiker affixes crampons to a double-plastic mountaineering boot.
Hikers do a test hike on Mount Dickey in the White Mountains.
Hikers head toward the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trailhead near Marshfield Station.
Hikers hike up Mount Washington in deep snow.
Hikers walk on ice sheets with crampons on Mount Washington.
Hikers huddle next to the Lake of the Clouds Hut below Mount Washington's summit cone.
A sign on Mount Washington warns hikers that they will encounter the worst weather in America.
A climbing guide surveys the situation at the Tuckerman Crossover sign on Mount Washington.
Hikers hike up Mount Washington's summit cone in near-whiteout conditions.
How to Climb Mount Washington in Winter
OVERVIEW: There are four primary trails up Mount Washington: Tuckerman Ravine, Lion Head, Ammonoosuc Ravine, and Jewell Trails. In all cases, the hike is between 8 and 10 miles and covers between 3,800 and 4,250 feet of elevation gain, round trip. See the Mount Washington Observatory web site for a detailed description of all the four common summer routes and the common winter routes. Most winter hikers use Lion Head Trail.
DIRECTIONS: Fly into the airport in either Boston, Massachusetts or Manchester, New Hampshire and rent a car. For the Tuckerman Ravine or Lion Head Trails, take I-93 North to NH-104 East to US-3 North to NH-25 East to NH-113 East to NH-16 North to North Conway, New Hampshire. For the Ammonoosuc Ravine or Jewell Trails, take I-93 North to Lincoln, New Hampshire. In those towns, you can stay in a hotel and head to the trailhead in the morning.
LOGISTICS: Despite the fact that I usually prefer to avoid guides, we decided to hire REI Adventures mountaineering guides for this trip to teach us mountaineering skills and make planning easier. The excellent guides leading our trip, Alex and Bob, can also be hired directly for a variety of other mountaineering and climbing trips through their company, Mooney Mountain Guides. While hiking up Mount Washington even in winter is barely technical (usually only crampons are required), having a guide who knows the dangers and the route is very helpful for inexperienced and intermediate hikers and climbers. The guides instruct untested mountaineers on necessary gear, crampon usage, ice climbing techniques, and ice axe procedures. Experienced hikers and mountaineers can attempt this trip themselves as long as they're careful to pack the right gear. To ensure preparedness for Mount Washington's extreme weather conditions, hikers must have double-plastic mountaineering boots, crampons, hiking poles, a parka rated to 0 degrees Fahrenheit, a good, wind-proof hard shell, expedition mittens, expedition gloves, mountaineering goggles, a facemask, and a balaclava. It's also essential to start hiking at sunrise and attempt to summit by around noon to avoid dangerous weather in the afternoons.
ROUTE: We took the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail, which is 9 miles with 3,800 feet of elevation gain, round trip. Keep in mind that, once you reach the tiny lake called Gem Pool, this route can be hard to see buried under snow. Do not attempt to hike above the Lake of the Clouds Hut without GPS assistance if you're not familiar with the trails. In a snowstorm, it is easy to get lost.
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My mummy is a bit busy at the moment (i think she thinks i haven't noticed) she's working on a new clothing range named after me, Freya Lillie, so i've decided to help her out and write a blog because it's nearly my birthday.
Mummy says it's important that our followers are kept up to date with what's going on and to try and give them something interesting to read every now and then. For some reason she thinks people are interested in me, i suppose i am quite cute but i think it's maybe more about my journey since it started 11 weeks early!
People always ask mummy 'so how's she doing?' and mummy always responds 'she's doing great' because mummy and daddy think i'm pretty brilliant, they don't compare me to anyone else and they always look so amazed every time i say a new word or put puzzles together myself. I can even count to six now, you should see mummy, i think she thinks i'm a child genius and she cuddles me and claps and kisses me all over. I won't even mention how excited she got when i started putting 2 and 3 words together, wow!
The difference between an 11 week preemie and a regular 2 year old, hmmm i'm not sure, i just feel the same and act the same, i'm a little bit naughty sometimes too. The thing i hate most and makes me upset is going to see the lady at the hospital every now and then with mummy. She makes me play with toys and asks mummy lots of questions, i even have to have my head measured and then take all of my clothes off to get weighed and measured. I really don't like this and it makes me cry lots, so mummy has to get on the scales with me and cuddle me. I'm in aged 2 clothing so i think i'm growing ok. Mummy says it's a good job she has a stock room full of clothing because i keep on growing, i think she's happy about that though. They said if i'm doing well at my next appointment this year i won't have to go back until i'm 5!
Mummy and daddy always seem to worry a lot in the cold weather, they think because my lungs weren't developed properly it causes me to get a poorly cough a lot and it makes me sick and sometimes it's a bit harder to breath, so mummy puts so many clothes on me when we go out i can hardly walk, silly mummy!
I still don't sleep through the night and i think mummy and daddy are really tired now but mummy says if i need a cuddle or my milk during the night then i can have it because i'm only a baby for such a short time that she doesn't mind sitting on the rocking chair reading a book or singing a song to get me back to sleep, i think she quite likes it. It makes me feel all safe and secure and i go straight back to sleep.
Me at the top of the Burj in Dubai eating sandwiches…i was hungry!
Mummy says my development in the last year has been pretty amazing and i've come on leaps and bounds, i don't know what this means but i think it's a good thing. I've even got friends now at nursery and we play together with the dollies but i like playing outside the most and reading books, i read to mummy all of the time and i'm not sure why but she sits and smiles at me while i'm reading to her.
I'm sorry mummy for making you so worried when i was born, for sitting by my cot for 6 weeks solid, for you having to leave me and go home each night without me, for still having to get up in the night to express milk even though i wasn't there with you, for making you panic when i kept forgetting to breathe, but you never needed to worry because i'm made up of one part you and one part daddy so i was always going to be made of something strong.


Currently | the every things.
Dreaming of.... Fall. Im awaiting those chilly mornings & evenings; that are warm enough for windows to be open & a fire in the evening. & fall decor...fall scented anything...anything.. oh & football, but does that really need saying?
Netflixing... BONES! I mean, apparently Im late to the party cause I am obsessed with this show! Had no clue it existed, or that it was even still running! There is like a million seasons, & I intend to watch everyone! Previously to this, I was re watching the Jon & Kate series. Remember them? I wonder whatever happened to them? Its funny, now as a mom; how different I look at Kate!
The girls are loving the Little Tykes shows on Netflix right now, too!
Since Ive been sick, I havent put in ONE MJ order this Fall release. I know what your thinking or doing; was that a eye roll I just saw ;) But really that is huge for me. & I just got to peak at the last 2 releases & I could just die at this sweater for myself! Birthday present for myself?
Ive read this before, but its always good to brush up on. Losing a baby, especially your third is hard; & hard on a marriage with different ways of coping. This book always puts it back in perspective that women & men see things differently.
Our movie night outside for tonight with friends & kennedys THIRD birthday party! She picked her own theme this year, & I am very excited!
I love pumpkin everything this time of year...but I"m so ready for it to be done with by Christmas!
I'm dreaming of fall, too! Pumpkin and cinnamon and, ahhhh, it just seems so magical. Too bad it's still 100+ degrees here in South Florida. Lame.
Hey girl! Found your blog through instragram. I think it may have been through a hashtag about Matilda Jane. You're not getting any eye rolling from me :) Then, I realized a pic in my instagram feed was also in my facebook feed. We're facebook friends! My closet name is Hallie Bryson. So glad to have found your blog. And I am seriously jealous of the palmyra!!


Perth Writers Week (19–25 February) is coming up soon, and I am looking forward to some fabulous sessions.
I'm delighted to have the opportunity to talk to Chris Womersley about his fascinating novel of 17th-century France, City of Crows, on Sunday 25 February, 11am.
If you're keen to see recent 2, 2 and 2 guests Louise Allan and Michelle Johnston, they will be in conversation in a free session, 'Doctors' Writing Club', on Saturday, 12.30pm. Michelle will also be talking about Dustfall on Sunday, 4.30pm; and Louise's session on The Sisters' Song is on Saturday, 9.30am.
I have booked a ticket for the 'How to Read a Dress' High Tea and Fashion Show on Saturday afternoon. Some years ago, I attended a talk on what vintage fashion can tell us about history, and I'm hoping to learn more from Lydia Edwards, author of How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century, in conversation with Natasha Lester.
Other festival authors include Josephine Wilson, Heather Rose, Sofie Laguna, Rose Michael, Cory Doctorow, Tim Winton, Robert Drewe, Richard Fidler, Alan Carter, Deb Fitzpatrick…It's very hard to make choices from such a wonderful program of offerings! Congratulations to Guest Curator Will Yeoman.


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By Franco Panizo
U.S. defender Matt Miazga hoping Nantes, Ligue 1 can boost his career
Matt Miazga labels himself as "obsessed" -- obsessed with soccer, obsessed with honing his craft and obsessed with climbing the European soccer ladder. His obsession helped him thrive in the Eredivisie, and it's also what drove him to make the move to Ligue 1 this summer.
Miazga joined Nantes on a season-long loan from Chelsea in August, and did so with the aim to prove himself at a higher level after flourishing on loan with Vitesse in the Netherlands over the past two years. The promising 23-year-old U.S. international had other options on the table, primarily from clubs in England and France, but ultimately chose Nantes because he was convinced it was the best fit for the next chapter of his career.
"When I spoke with the management at Nantes -- I spoke with the manager, the president, the directors -- I had a really good feeling about the project that they had here," Miazga told ESPN FC in his first interview since signing for the French club. "It was a new manager who's in his first season here at Nantes as well, and I spoke with them at length about their plans for the season and why they want me and why I fit in there, and I had a good feeling about it and I made a decision."
It was not just Miazga's conversations with Nantes brass that helped persuade him the club was the right choice. He also spoke with U.S. teammate Alejandro Bedoya, who played for the Canaries from 2013-16.
"I spoke with him about his time here at Nantes just to get a feel for everything," Miazga said. "He couldn't say enough good things about it, and when you look at Ligue 1, it's a top-five league. France just won the World Cup, so there's going to be a lot of eyes, a lot of people, and a lot more exposure of Ligue 1 around the world now.
"I felt like it's the right step for me to come here and prove myself and show what I'm capable of."
Having moved to France in early August, Miazga is still going through the customary transition and adaptation periods on and off the field. He'd been living in a hotel for the first few weeks after joining the club and only just moved into a place of his own last week. He is also still a month away from taking French lessons Nantes has organized.
Still, he hasn't allowed any of that to get in his way. The 6-foot-4 defender did not play in Nantes' season-opening loss to Monaco at home because he had arrived just two days prior, but has started and gone the distance in the three games since.
"Football is the universal language and when you're on the pitch, your football does the talking," Miazga said. "Settling in has been different because of the language barrier, but all the guys are very helpful as well. I'm always asking questions, they're always telling me the words and all that stuff. A couple guys even speak English and the coaching staff speaks English, so settling in through that is much easier."
Miazga is hoping he can continue to establish himself with Nantes over the coming months and eventually piece together a season similar to the ones he enjoyed in the Netherlands. With Vitesse, Miazga went from a spot starter in his first season to an entrenched fixture in the lineup during the 2017-18 campaign. In total, he played in 72 matches and started 59 across all competitions for Vitesse while helping it win the first KNVB Cup in club history in 2017. He not only developed with the Dutch outfit, but also fell in love and became obsessed with everything that being a consummate professional entailed.
"In Holland the main focus for me was to really focus on my craft," Miazga said. "I wouldn't say I'm a young player because I'm not young anymore. I'm 23 now, but [when he arrived in] Holland I was 21 and being in Holland, being alone, no distractions, it really made me think and made me focus on my craft and just put in the time, put in the effort in my craft and solely my craft because it will just pay so much dividends in the future.
"I was able to do that and really focus day by day on just becoming better, and that really helped me, shaped me to where I'm at now. I felt like I've always had these qualities, but in Holland it really came out of me."
Miazga admittedly aspires to play at some of the biggest clubs in the world, but his year-long loan from Chelsea comes with an option to buy, and thus he could be at Nantes for the foreseeable future. That would be just fine for him, though, because he knows he is still in the process of proving himself in order to climb the European ladder.
"I'm not thinking too far ahead right now. I'm thinking about FC Nantes this season," Miazga said. "I'm really focused on this season. I'm making sure I'm taking this season day by day, week by week, and we'll see what happens in the future.
"If you told me two years ago that I'm going to play in Ligue 1, I wouldn't picture myself there, but I picture myself here now. It's the right step and it's perfect for me."
Matt Miazga


There are a LOT of characters in the Star Wars universe. Thousands if you count all the background characters, which, of course, every true Star Wars fan does. Just because they don't have lines doesn't mean they don't have lives.
You know what else they have. They have dreams.
Like the droid pictured above, who appears in the Jawa's sand crawler in A New Hope.
You may think that his resemblance to Jeff Goldblum in The Fly was a result of the fact that he is an RA-7 model protocol droid (or "Death Star Droid," for all you action figure collectors) created specifically for the purpose of Imperial spycraft, but oh no. This is a carefully crafted persona.
You see, this particular RA-7 is the Jeff Goldblum of the galaxy far, far away. In fact, because Star Wars is said to take place a long time ago, you could say that Jeff Goldblum is, in fact, simply parroting his synthetic predecessor.
Galactic Park: In which he plays the snarky (and sensual) Mal-C0M, a risk-assessment droid who became a quick fan favorite.
Rebellion Day: A film which was banned in most Imperial controlled sectors for its less-than-positive depiction of the Empire.
The Flybot: His first feature and the one on which he made his name across the galaxy.
Earth Girls Are Easy: Ironically enough, this film was so popular that it was re-released in 1988 and to this day people believe Jeff Goldblum was in it, when, in reality, it was everyone's favorite droid.
Eventually, he had to give up acting when the Empire fell and the film industry collapsed. He spent the rest of his career singing in dive bars before retiring to a scrapyard on Jakku.


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M.V Nikesh Kumar arrested for tax evasion; released on bail
Kochi: CEO and chief editor of 'Reporter TV' M.V Nikesh Kumar was Monday arrested by Central Excise department officials for alleged service tax evasion worth Rs 2.20 crore.
He, however, was later released on bail by the court on furnishing a bond of Rs. 5 lakh.
Of the total tax arrears of Rs 2.20 crore, Nikesh submitted Rs. 1.17 crore in the Ernakulam Chief Judicial Magistrate court. He has also assured the court that he will pay Rs. 19 lakh this month and other tax due by July 30.
Meanwhile, CPI(M) politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan has come out in support of Nikesh on his Facebook page, saying that the move has questioned the freedom of press.


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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | 2015 | PG | - 2.3.2
The Chipmunks discover that their human foster father (Jason Lee) plans to propose to his new girlfriend (Kimberly Williams-Paisley) during a Miami business trip. Alarmed, they enlist the help of the woman's teen son (Josh Green) to go to Florida and stop the engagement. Also with Tony Hale, Redfoo, Bella Thorne and the voices of Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Kaley Cuoco, Anna Faris and Christina Applegate. Directed by Walt Becker. A few lines of dialogue are in Spanish with English subtitles. [1:26]
SEX/NUDITY 2 - A woman in tight-fitting clothes talks to a teen boy while playing with her hair and she winks at him (he looks a bit disgusted and surprised). A teen girl invites a teen boy to a party and he stammers and jumbles his words and agrees to attend. A chipmunk pretends his golf club is a female and kisses it several times.
► In a pool scene, a male cartoon chipmunk stares at women wearing bikinis and says, "Ooooo, if this is grounded, then ground me for life." A female chipmunk calls a male chipmunk "Theodore-licious." A teen girl tells a friend online that she likes a hairy boy.
► Three line-dancing sequences feature several women wearing short shorts or miniskirts. Three scenes feature close-ups of one of three female backsides in short skirts and short shorts. Several women in line dances and general dancing in a bar reveal slight cleavage and a few women reveal bare midriffs. Several beach, hotel pool and street scenes include women wearing bikinis that reveal some cleavage and a few navels. A man places one of his hands into his crotch while dancing. A man appears shirtless twice, and his name is tattooed on his stomach and a giant tattoo of three chipmunks is on his back. A chipmunk shakes and rotates his bottom and tail toward the camera.
VIOLENCE/GORE 3 - A man in a bar punches another man in the chest and grabs his long beard; a fight ensues and several pairs of men punch each other (no blood is seen), two chipmunks throw a third chipmunk into a man's groin (he yells), a chipmunk and a man make kung fu movements (no one is hit), and a chipmunk throws many toothpicks into a man's face and they stick with one moving in slow motion and sticking in the man's nose (no blood); a man is thrown through the entrance, loudly shattering glass, with shards everywhere on the sidewalk and pavement and the man gets up and shouts, "I will hunt you down!" as he runs into a street sign with his face and falls unconscious (no injury visible).
► A teen boy walks in front of a car whose driver is texting and two chipmunks throw another chipmunk into the boy to knock him out of the way (the chipmunk falls to the pavement, unmoving and a close-up shows him taking only one breath); he revives when he smells food but says his back hurts (we see no injury).
► At airport security, we see the small skeleton of a chipmunk in an X-ray viewer and when a teen boy removes the animal from his luggage, he twists and stretches his body and then slams the animal onto the counter below the frame and we hear a thud; the animal bites the boy who yelps (there is no bloodshed) and a female guard yells loudly, "Body search"; the boy is security-wanded and a chipmunk riding in one of his trouser legs urinates two streams onto the floor and drops a pellet of feces (we see two streams and the pellet).
► A chipmunk in a cargo hold on a plane releases a monkey that releases dozens of other animals: chased through passenger aisles by a flight attendant and an air marshal, we see three animated chipmunks, live birds, a goat, ferrets and dogs as the air marshal yells, "The plane is going down" (meaning returning to the airport, but passengers scream, thinking they are crashing). A woman looks into a house through a picture window and sees destruction as three squirrels run back and forth, chewing up the couch and gnawing through all the wooden furniture; when the homeowner returns and finds all the furniture and shelving destroyed, he throws down his luggage and shouts. A man chases chipmunks into a hotel elevator car that stalls, but the animals escape through a door in the roof and leave the man trapped; a maid finds him the next day, disheveled and sweaty. A chipmunk in a hotel lobby is thrown through the air, bounces out of a bucket of ice at a table, and lands face down on another table, unharmed.
► A few men and women skate board down a ramp and into a swimming pool, while a chipmunk says it is too dangerous to do so; he is pushed down the ramp and into the water on a skateboard and is not injured.
► A teen boy hangs a chipmunk by its sweater collar onto a circling windmill blade in an obstacle course. Still shots show the boy using a chipmunk as a brush for cleaning a windshield, hanging it on a Christmas Tree, and chasing three chipmunks with a leaf blower. A miniature obstacle is a bear with a gate made of fake bear teeth and it opens and closes as chipmunks run through it safely. A teen boy steals and sells a singing chipmunk for $20 to a 10-year-old boy, who sells it to the chipmunk's brothers for $40.
► A man argues several times with three chipmunks, sometimes loudly. Chipmunks argue with a teen boy and with an air marshal several times. A woman shouts loudly at her son in an airport. An air marshal and a rental car agent argue for several minutes and the air marshal begins to shout. A teen boy who does not like the chipmunks tells them he will make sure they will be holding their "nuts," living outside all winter. A teen boy says his father died when he was a young boy, and later says that his father left him and his mom when he was only 5 years old. A man pounds his fist on his desk, then accidentally slaps his ink pad, getting ink on his palm; he shouts at three chipmunks, telling them they are at fault for his fiancée jilting him.
► A woman becomes angry when her boyfriend presents her a ring box containing a Life Saver mint and storms away. A flashback shows a woman rejecting her boyfriend's marriage proposal because he is a fan of the singing Chipmunks; he is crushed emotionally and screams in slow motion as she leaves his apartment.
► A chipmunk flatulates. A teen boy burps loudly in close-up. A man sneezes on a chipmunk (no mucus is seen). A chipmunk smells the hair of an old woman on a plane and gags, but does not vomit. A macaw lands on a man's shoulder on a plane and urinates a yellow spot on his shirt.
LANGUAGE 2 - 2 scatological terms; 2 anatomical terms, 2 mild obscenities (screwed up, sucks), exclamations (aw nuts, oh brother, oh baby, oh my gosh, shut-up), name-calling (crazy, Mayor of Crazy Town, nuts, psychopath, stupid-dumb-head, idiot, lame, nerd, skunks, hillbillies, trouble, weird, plump-and-juicy, good-boy, three-ring circus, roller skate on wheels, parakeet, meerkats, things, muchacho, Officer Dingle-berry, Terminator, Mr. Macho, Noah's Ark, Tweety Bird, Armageddon), 8 religious exclamations (e.g. Oh My God, Thank God, Holy Christmas, Hallelujah).
SUBSTANCE USE - Three squirrels sleep on a kitchen counter and snore and beside them is a half-empty container of peanuts and an empty cough syrup bottle. A man and a woman at dinner sit with two giant margaritas (they do not drink) while a woman in the background drinks from a tall beverage, a man and a woman in a bar sit with glasses of wine but do not drink from them, dining tables in a bar are shown with bottles and glasses of beer, a few men and women hold beer mugs as they dance, a chipmunk sprays a man in the face with beer form a beer tap, a man and a woman drink from tall glasses of liquid containing lime slices (the drinks may or may not be alcohol), we see a few bottles of labeled sparkling cider that look like beer bottles at a party, a chipmunk pops open a bottle of cider and it sprays like champagne, several glasses of wine are seen on tables (no one drinks), a woman hands a man a tall unknown drink that he sips and spits out in a big spray, a woman hands a man a large glass of what she calls "butterscotch liquor" and he drinks it while holding it out of the frame (he begins to stumble like he is intoxicated), a man awakens in a hotel room with a headache from a hangover and another man tells him they went to every nightclub in town (drinking implied) as the first man sees a tattoo on his stomach and removes his shirt to find a large tattoo on his back that he does not remember having done (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details), and a man holds a very tall glass of unknown beverage.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Relationships, single parenting, families, loss, rejection, loneliness, revenge, fame, the music business, envy and jealousy, friendship, love, respect, honesty, communication, cooperation, acceptance, responsibility.
MESSAGE - Appreciate your family and do not jump to conclusions.


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package com.strategicgains.jbel;

import com.strategicgains.jbel.expression.Expression;
import com.strategicgains.jbel.expression.LiteralExpression;
import com.strategicgains.jbel.predicate.LiteralPredicate;
import com.strategicgains.jbel.predicate.Predicate;

public final class Expressions
{
	public static final Expression NULL = new LiteralExpression(null);
	public static final Expression ZERO = new LiteralExpression(0);
	public static final Predicate TRUE = new LiteralPredicate(true);
	public static final Predicate FALSE = new LiteralPredicate(false);

	private Expressions()
	{
		// do nothing--this class is non-instantiable.
	}
}

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Prince George's County moves closer to stiffer punishment for illegal off-road vehicles 'Movies on the Potomac' returns to National Harbor May 1 3rd Annual Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit Retreat Maryland unemployment falls, Virginia jobless rate rises Three standouts from D.C. area selected as McDonald's All-Americans Maryland board formally OKs developing area near FedEx Field With a Democrat in the governor's office, local election boards are changing membership.
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Brooke Lierman makes history as Maryland's first woman comptroller
MARYLAND MATTERS: Former Del. Brooke Lierman of Baltimore City made history Monday as Maryland's 34th comptroller and the first woman ever elected to the position. During a nearly 45-minute ceremony outside the Goldstein Treasury Building […]
Economic Development January 24, 2023
Hyattsville Business Center Coworking Space Now Open
HYATTSVILLE WIRE: A new coworking space opened in Hyattsville on Saturday. Located at 4318 Hamilton St., just behind Polka Dot Park, the Hyattsville Business Center features a 1,459-square-foot work area and a 356-square-foot private kitchenette. The business center […]
Manifest Bread now Open in Riverdale Park
HYATTSVILE WIRE: After holding a soft-launch today, Manifest Bread in Riverdale Park will officially open to the public on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Located at 6208 Rhode Island Ave. next to the former home of Banana Blossom Bistro, the […]
Hometown Sports January 19, 2023
Bishop McNamara, chasing a WCAC title, holds off St. John's
WASHINGTON POST: Late in the fourth quarter, when the scoring had dried up and St. John's was carving into Bishop McNamara's lead, the Mustangs needed a basket. They had relied on strong, pressing defense throughout […]
Bowie State Men's and Women's Basketball Adds CIAA Broadcast Games to Schedules
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bowie State University has been chosen for several men's and women's basketball games to broadcast live through HBCU GO TV or the Black College Sports Broadcasting Network (BCSBNS), a subsidiary of PRC Communications. […]
Black Mayors Association Honors D.C.'s Bowser with Marion Barry Award
WASHINGTON INFORMER: The African American Mayors Association announced Friday that it has honored D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser as the inaugural recipient of the Mayor Marion Barry Jr. Award for Public Service. The award is named […]
Wellness January 19, 2023
Preparing for the next pandemic, DC hospital opens biocontainment unit
WTOP: Using lessons learned from COVID-19, MedStar Washington Hospital Center opened a unique facility designed to stop diseases from spreading. It is a 15-bed unit with advanced filtration that can stop infectious particles from moving […]
Wellness December 8, 2022
How can we reduce ER wait times in Maryland hospitals?
MARYLAND MATTERS: By Anna C. Palmisano The writer is director of Marylanders for Patient Rights. In 2022, Maryland was determined to have the longest Emergency Room wait time in all 50 states. Maryland has sustained […]
'Week of Healing' Mixes Yoga, Conversation and D.C. Culture
WASHINGTON INFORMER: As District residents continue to reel from the trauma of poverty and violence, dozens of local organizations have joined forces to host events this week that promote unity, clarity and thought and various […]
Events January 20, 2023
#BiggerThanRoe | 2023 National Women's March scheduled for Sunday
WUSA 9: Scheduled on the 50-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, this year's National Women's March Mobilization will be in Madison, Wisconsin, with sister marches around the country including in the District. Sunday's events are […]
Restaurant Week comes at (another) crucial time for DC restaurants.
WTOP: More D.C. restaurants closed last year than closed in 2021, as new struggles have eclipsed COVID-19 pandemic challenges. In 2022, at least 48 notable restaurant closures were announced, compared to 40 in 2021, according […]
Resources January 12, 2023
2023 MLK Day of Service events in the DC region
WTOP: Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 16 this year — and in the spirit of the late civil rights leader, the weekend will be packed with opportunities for people to serve […]
Local News December 20, 2022
Good riding to you: Metro announces hours for Christmas — and the day after
WTOP: Christmas is Sunday, so it's maybe not surprising that Metro announced on Tuesday that buses and trains will run on a Sunday schedule. But they'll be on that schedule Monday, Dec. 26, as well, […]
Resources December 13, 2022
Report finds mental health services in Md. lacking for immigrant children and non-English speakers
MARYLAND MATTERS: Even though they have the financial resources from the federal government to help non-fluent English speakers receive interpretation services, many Maryland mental health providers choose not to, a study released last week found. […]
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The match is scheduled to take place on the weekend of Saturday 9th March and Sunday 10th March, 2013. A date and time will be confirmed in the near future.
The Reds have been handed an F.A. Cup Quarter Final test against current Premier League holders Manchester City.
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func DefaultGCPolicy(p string) []GCPolicy {
	keep := detectDefaultGCCap(p)
	return []GCPolicy{
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		{
			Filters:      []string{"type==source.local,type==exec.cachemount,type==source.git.checkout"},
			KeepDuration: 48 * 3600, // 48h
			KeepBytes:    512 * 1e6, // 512MB
		},
		// remove any data not used for 60 days
		{
			KeepDuration: 60 * 24 * 3600, // 60d
			KeepBytes:    keep,
		},
		// keep the unshared build cache under cap
		{
			KeepBytes: keep,
		},
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The grunge generation grows up
They were known for their lack of commitment. Now Generation X is making waves, its own way.
By Kim Campbell Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
If the term "Generation X" brings to mind "slackers" who listen to grunge rock, you might want to take a closer look at the parents dropping off their kids at day care these days.
While no one was looking, Gen X grew up, and signs of their maturing are everywhere - from the release last month of the 10th-anniversary edition of the movie "Reality Bites," to a trend in stay-at-home moms.
Depending on whose measure you use, the first of the Xers will turn 40 next year - more than a decade after trend-spotters found similarities between the socially disengaged characters in the 1991 novel "Generation X" and the 20- somethings of the day.
Many of those in Gen X (born roughly between 1965 and 1979) now own their own companies, are raising children, and scoff at the stereotypes that were created about them in the early 1990s - particularly that they are cynical slackers who avoid commitment to jobs and relationships.
"That doesn't sound like me or most of my friends," says Tim Nekritz, a public relations professional and graduate student in his mid-30s from Oswego, N.Y. "We're like our parents' generation, in my opinion. We're getting married, having kids, settling down, buying houses.... I think we're like a lot of other generations that approach middle age."
Generation X may not have the numbers or the name recognition of the baby boomers, but its members - now approximately 25 to 39 years old, and 60 million strong - are putting their stamp on everything from parenting to planning for the future. Approaching their years of highest earning, this group is poised to influence not only housing prices and car styles, but social policy as well.
They live the life they want
More independent-minded than baby boomers, Gen Xers have been forging their own approach to adult life in recent years. Unlike their own parents, who had high divorce rates and dual incomes, Xer moms and dads are spending more time with their children, even leaving the workforce to raise them. Those who are single are also trying to balance work and a personal life.
"The legacy that the boomers gave Gen X was permission to do what you wanted, essentially," says Ann Clurman, a senior partner at Yankelovich, a marketing consulting firm that tracks generational trends. "And Gen X has really taken up that banner: If you want to have kids, have kids. If you want to work, work. If you want to stay home, stay home."
Whereas boomers tend to feel they have a moral duty to tell the world when they find the right way to do something, members of Gen X are more private, says Ms. Clurman. Xers are less ideological than boomers, and "that's one of the reasons that people sort of ... ignored them for a while, because they were hard to understand."
But the picture is becoming clearer of what this generation looks like as CEOs and diaper-changers. Defying the apathetic label, Xers have shown an entrepreneurial spirit and are more attuned to the need to invest for retirement, having been told there may be little Social Security left when the 76 million boomers are done with it. Gen X is said to be the first generation that may end up worse off than their parents, but they are also the first to enter the workforce as major innovations in communication technology - e-mail, cellphones, high-speed Internet access - were taking over.
The result? They live the way they want to.
"I believe my generation is constantly seeking ways to blend work and life together," says Heather Malec, who's in her early 30s, by e-mail from Chicago.
Ms. Malec says she doesn't mind working from home before and after typical office hours if it means she can make it to an afternoon tennis class, for example. "It gives me the flexibility to work from wherever I need to in order to get the job done and still have a life."
Gen X parenting habits are of particular interest to those tracking generational trends.
Today, 51 percent of children under 18 have parents who qualify as Gen X, according to an analysis by Reach Advisors, a Boston marketing-strategy and research firm. (Reach Advisors also analyzed Census Bureau data to come up with the 60 million figure for the population of Gen X, which can vary depending on which beginning and ending dates are selected.)
Gen X moms and dads tend to be homebodies - they are willing to sacrifice one spouse's income to have a parent at home with the kids, and frequently have to go into debt to own a house. Sometimes they choose arrangements, such as each spouse working a part-time job, that ensure that both parents get time with the children.
"They're willing to do what it takes to have family stability, because they didn't get it when they were young," says Ann Fishman, president of Generational Targeted Marketing Corp. "So this is something new, the importance placed on raising your children."
In 2002, Yankelovich reported that 67 percent of Xer moms said they planned to do a better job of raising their children than the generation before them. And for the first time in decades, fewer women are returning to the workforce in the first year after giving birth, according to Census data. When Reach Advisors conducted a survey of 3,020 parents at the end of 2003 ("Generation X: From Grunge to Grown Up"), they found that the increase in stay-at-home moms can be attributed in part to decisions made by college-educated Gen X women in households with incomes of more than $120,000 a year.
Dads spend more time with the family
Gen X dads are also trying to be more involved. Marty Kotis, president and CEO of Kotis Properties in Greensboro, N.C., says in e-mails and a phone interview that he worked from home for six to eight weeks after his son was born last year, and continues to actively participate in his son's upbringing.
"I think the approach with baby boomers was a lot more hands-off," says the 35-year-old, explaining he knows fathers of that generation who never changed a diaper. "My wife doesn't work right now, but I still feel like we should share the joys and responsibilities of raising our son."
The implications for labor markets - and even housing prices - of fewer working spouses are significant, notes James Chung, an Xer and president of Reach Advisors. An outcome of only one parent working is that couples are not as set on living a convenient distance from the workplace of both parents. "What you're seeing is [that] house prices are rising faster in communities that cater to those [single-income] families," he says.
Mr. Kotis is an example of another Xer trait: He plans for the future, particularly for retirement. Not long after he was elevated to the head of his family's company, he established a 401(k) program for the firm's employees, a majority of whom are Xers, too. "I sort of think of [Social Security] as a joke," he says. "I don't think it's going to be around when I'm old enough to need it."
Studies suggest his attitude is shared by others of his generation. Yankelovich has found that Xers have their eyes on retirement at an earlier age than boomers did, says Clurman. And the recent Reach Advisors survey found that 29 percent of Gen Xers versus 22 percent of boomers were saving for retirement with 401(k) or other defined contribution plans.
"This is a generation that does not necessarily expect to have the same kind of financial security as their parents do," says Mr. Chung. "And that's a big change."
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How millennials can learn from boomers' retirement planning mistakes


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As Sweden weighs the 'e-Krona,' what do CBDCs mean for the digital assets space?
Gunnar Jaerv 6 January 2021
Sweden is considering switching from its national currency, the Krona (Crown) to a digital equivalent: a stablecoin backed by the state's fiat currency, referred to as a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
The country's financial markets minister, Per Bolund, said the Riksbank has launched a review expected to be completed in 2022, and observed that 'it's crucial that the digitalized payments market functions safely, and that it's available to everybody … depending on how a digital currency is designed and which technologies are used, it can have large consequences for the entire financial system.'
There's no guarantee that Sweden will make this transition, or that it's coming soon. But Sweden's heavily cash-averse daily economy makes it a prime candidate: most transactions are by card, even on public transport or in taxis, and payments that in most countries would be handled in cash are carried out through electronic payment provider Swish. In fact, Sweden has all but abandoned the Krona already.
Add to Sweden's near-total cashlessness a high degree of public trust, meaning a population that largely sees banking innovations like this as benevolent and convenient, and the policy's future looks bright — particularly with the enthusiastic support of the country's central banker, Stefan Ingves.
However, Japan has been considering the idea for some time and added it to the policy roadmap in July this year. Other nations are at varying stages of the consultation and consideration process, but the idea has moved from 'if' to 'when' globally and some nations — notably China — have already taken the leap.
How should the digital assets and financial spaces respond?
For many exchanges, trades are essential currency speculation. There's no reason to buy one digital currency over another in order to do business in a certain location, since all are nonlocal.
Exchanges might not be strongly affected by the introduction of national digital currencies, since many likely won't be listed on exchanges anyway. China's DCEP (Digital Currency Electronic Payment, DC/EP) will not be listed on exchanges, and while other nation states will take a different view from China toward the legitimacy of non-state-issued digital assets, they're not likely to want to encourage speculation in their own digital currencies, nor to want them seen in the same light as altcoins or even Bitcoin.
This could have the paradoxical effect of making it more difficult to onramp to digital asset exchanges than previously, for citizens of countries that use national digital currencies.
Trust and custody
A switch to the e-Krona would make little difference in Sweden, whose civil law code leaves little room for trust and custody arrangements. But worldwide, how would an uptick in digital currencies affect trust and custody arrangements?
In the US, we have some idea; the OCC has already permitted chartered banks to custody stablecoins provided they're backed 1:1 by fiat currencies. That's a long way from a fully open door for the digital assets space. But it's probably a sign of things to come.
The majority of CBDCs under consideration are blockchain-based, but they rely on conventional accounts rather than private keys for consumer-level access. As a result, the challenges of custodying them will be somewhere in between traditional asset custody and the custody of a purely private-key-based asset like Bitcoin.
Traditional digital assets
Traditional digital assets likely won't be strongly affected by the advent of CBDCs. They're typically used as a store of value rather than a medium of exchange — in fact, the once-risky Bitcoin is now seen by some investors as a hedge against risk — and there's little reason to think that will change.
What's not clear is how easy it will be to make international transactions in CBDC, one of the major use cases for digital assets worldwide and a major draw for businesses. But we can extrapolate: central banks want to keep control and aren't interested in anonymity, losing many of the security advantages of the blockchain for the end user in the process. As such, if a business has the choice between making a transaction in traditional digital assets and using a CBDC, even if there are no regulatory or other hurdles in the way, they are likely to plump for the most secure option.
CBDCs Vs Bitcoin
So, does this mean there's no reason to keep BTC, ETH, BTS or any of the other traditional digital assets around now?
No, it doesn't. BTC as a store of value won't go away. Digital asset investment isn't about to cease — major institutional and HNWI investors are just moving into the space.
What will happen is that digital assets will exist side-by-side with CBDCs, often serviced by parallel or partially integrated institutions. For instance, banks have always been chary of traditional digital assets. Perhaps it was because they were designed to make the extant financial system redundant; perhaps it's because of their complex technological underpinning or their often-fluctuating prices. But banks have no such objections to CBDCs. So what's likely to happen is that banks will offer management, custody and other services, fiduciary and otherwise, to CBDCs a lot more eagerly than to traditional digital assets; meanwhile, an infrastructure has come into being to support those assets.
CBDCs and central banks
Central banks will see major changes if CBDCs are widely introduced. But many things won't change as precipitously as you might expect.
Most money is digital already. Outside of small-amount exchanges like buying a newspaper, cash is hardly used in modern economies. The larger the amount, the less likely it is to be in cash; imagine making a mortgage payment in bills. Between businesses, financial exchange already means amending a ledger. CBDCs will make this process more efficient and secure, but won't affect its essential nature.
What will probably change is the weight and prestige of central banks swinging round behind digital payment tools that combine CBDCs with a mobile app, meaning you can send money from one cellphone to another in real time and securely. It's a long way from the vision the first generation of digital assets enthusiasts shared, but it's probably closer to what most people want. And the old digital asset exchanges will still be there.
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More Classic Movie Boats. Get Out The Popcorn!
Very early in the shooting of the film Pat Curtin at the wheel of 21CP141.
Keeping the movie theme of the week. The other cool woody boat movie is Striking Distance with Bruce Willis. And of course, our own Woody Boater Pat Curtin was also a part of it. I wonder if one of these will come up on eBay? Here is the story thanks to the Allegheny Chapter of the ACBS and the century power boat web folks.
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Fresh bid to impeach Brazil's Bolsonaro over Covid response
by Web Team · 1st July 2021
Brazilian President Jair Bolsanro/ Image: Getty
Opposition lawmakers in Brazil launched a fresh bid Wednesday to impeach President Jair Bolsonaro as more allegations broke of corruption in acquiring coronavirus vaccines to tackle a pandemic he is accused of having criminally mishandled.
A document signed by dozens of leftwing political parties, trade unions and civic organizations, as well as a few former allies, was submitted to the chamber of deputies.
It listed more than 20 accusations against Bolsonaro, including "negligence" in heading the response to Covid-19 that has killed over 500,000 in Brazil.
The document gathered more than a hundred earlier impeachment filings into one "super request" for Bolsonaro to be relieved of his post, its authors said.
For two months, a senate commission investigating the government's handling of the pandemic has heard a parade of witnesses testifying how the far-right leader and his government blatantly flouted expert advice on containing the virus.
Bolsonaro minimized the virus as a "little flu," fought lockdowns, questioned face masks and rejected various offers of vaccines, meanwhile pushing unproven drugs such as chloroquine and urging Brazilians to get back to work.
All previous impeachment filings against Bolsonaro have been blocked by the president of the chamber of deputies, Arthur Lira, a key ally.
Observers say it is unlikely Lira will change course now, and even if he did, Bolsonaro's conservative backers in parliament would save him.
Under fire
A protest outside the National Congress in Brasilia, after a request for the impeachment of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was filed in the Chamber of Deputies, on June 30, 2021. – (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
Earlier Wednesday, a senior official in Brazil's health ministry resigned after a newspaper published yet more allegations of vaccine fraud.
The Folha de S. Paulo daily reported that Roberto Dias, the ministry's logistics director, had sought a bribe from a company said to be negotiating the sale of 400 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Brazil.
A company representative claimed he had met Dias in a restaurant in a shopping center in Brasilia in February, where the request was made for payment of a dollar per dose purchased.
Dias stepped down after the allegations emerged, the health ministry said.
AstraZeneca, for its part, said in a statement it does not use intermediaries to sell vaccines to governments.
Last week, Brazil's senate heard accusations that a deal to purchase another vaccine, Indian-made Covaxin, was a front to embezzle millions of dollars, that a Bolsonaro ally masterminded the plan, and that the president knew all about it.
A health ministry official testified that his superiors had exerted "atypical, excessive" pressure on him to approve payment for the deal he suspected was over-billed.
The official and his brother Luis Miranda, a congressman close to Bolsonaro, said they took the matter to the president, but he took no action.
Following these allegations, three Brazilian senators on Monday formally accused Bolsonaro of malfeasance before the Supreme Court.
However, Prosecutor General Augusto Aras, an ally of the president, would have to bring charges for the matter to go ahead.
Anti-Bolsonaro protests are planned in Brasilia this week.
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//  NOTICE: You are permitted to use, modify, and distribute this file
//  in accordance with the terms of the license agreement accompanying it.
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import { IDirectCommandMapper } from "./IDirectCommandMapper";

/**
 * Maps commands for direct (manual) execution
 */
export let IDirectCommandMap = Symbol("IDirectCommandMap");
export interface IDirectCommandMap extends IDirectCommandMapper {

    /**
     * Pins a command in memory
     * @param command the command instance to pin
     */
    detain(command: Object): void;

    /**
     * Unpins a command instance from memory
     * @param command the command instance to unpin
     */
    release(command: Object): void;

    /**
     * Adds a handler to process mappings
     * @param handler Function that accepts a mapping
     * @return Self
     */
    addMappingProcessor(handler: Function): IDirectCommandMap;
}