At the eve of the sixth meeting of the Council of Cardinals, it seems that the path of the reform of the Roman Curia has come to a halt – Pope Francis himself said that reforms will not carried out within the next year. As there was a de facto halt for what regards the most far-reaching positions during the last Synod of bishops, carried forward by those who were considered the closest to the Pope. As, in the end, there was a halt on many of the initial decisions of Pope Francis. These events suggest there are groups who want to prevent Pope Francis from carrying forward the reforms. With a nuance. The reforms that must not be carried forward are Benedict XVI's, not Pope Francis'. As if, putting in parenthesis Benedict XVI' pontificate, there was a need to go back.
That many did not like Benedict XVI's silent revolution is evident by looking at the (often unjust) attacks Benedict XVI's pontificate had been subjected to. And that Benedict XVI's revolution is being blocked and slowed down has been made evident in many instances during Pope Francis' pontificate. Perhaps, the most important instance is the account of the book "The Great Reformer," written by the London-based journalist Austen Ivereigh.
Formerly a spokesperson of Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor of Westminster and deputy editor of the progressive British Catholic magazine 'The Tablet', and currently manager of CatholicVoices, Ivereigh has reported that the so-called "Team Bergoglio" has worked behind the curtains to back the Archbishop of Buenos Aires' election as Pope.
According to Ivereigh, the 'team' was composed by cardinals Murphy, Walter Kasper, Carl Lehman and Godfried Daneels. Ivereigh wrote,generating controversy, that the four cardinals "secured Bergoglio's assent" (although this claim will be modified in the reprints of the book). The issue was raised of the validity of Bergoglio's election, since 'Universi Dominici Gregis', the Constitution that regulates papal elections, forbids any 'political' agreement before a conclave.
On the other hand, the Constitution does not forbid the exchange of opinions, the informal dinners, and discussing possible candidates. And the cardinals of Team Bergoglio (Murphy could not even take part in the Conclave) did exactly this: dinners, exchange of opinions and so forth. Yet, the four asked Fr. Federico Lombardi, Director of the Holy See Press Office, to dispute the book's account, which he did. To which Ivereigh responded by underscoring that they were only denying they had an agenda, not that they urged for Bergoglio's election.
Ivereigh writes that the four had backed Jorge Mario Bergoglio during the 2005 conclave, and that Bergoglio himself dissuaded them from keep on voting for him –voting that served to block Ratzinger's election. It seems just a minor detail, but in fact it is a revealing piece of information. After eight years of Benedict XVI, the cardinals chose to look back. It is even a symbolic choice, in a world where everything has a meaning. And the meaning is: we should have walked a different path.
Scandals and continuous attacks on Benedict XVI's pontificate must be read against this backdrop: the attacks have provided an excuse for cardinals to switch the pre-conclave meetings' themes from the universal problems of the Church and of announcing the Gospel, to the urgent problem to solve the practical controversies. And they have also backed the notion that the urgent problems may be solved with a reform of the reform. Id est, returning to the past, masking it as a great novelty.
Good part of the biased debate at the pre-conclave meetings is mirrored in the current debate. The so-much discussed Curia reform had been backed by many during the meetings. Yet, just a few cardinals knew in depth what the Roman Curia is, how it works. The financial issue was deemed crucial. But much of the information was that coming from newspapers, and it was not always accurate information.
This backdrop is probably the reason why Cardinal George Pell, Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and member of the Council of Cardinals, wrote an article on the Catholic Herald.
The headline of the article – "The days of ripping off the Vatican are over" – was true: many have ripped off the Vatican during these years. And Cardinal Pell is moved by the sincere wish to clean the Vatican up. Some passages of the interview are however noteworthy.
Cardinal Pell underscored that the Vatican is not broke, since there are many millions in "sectional balance sheets." Fr. Federico Lombardi clarified Pell's assertions the day after the publication of the article, noting that the cardinal was not speaking about hidden funds, as his words may have suggested.
That of the "millions tucked away" is perhaps the most flamboyant assertion.
It is also noteworthy that Cardinal Pell's text may suggested that Ettore Gotti Tedeschi was sacked from his post of President of the IOR Board of Superintendancy because he was in the middle of a struggle of power; and that Pontifical Councils and Congregation had at least a naive management of their finance – but in fact they were kept to present their balance sheet to the Prefecture of the Economic Affairs for oversight.
True, a rationalization of the organization of the Vatican financial structures might be in order. But it is also true that what Cardinal Pell described as "sectional funds" are more likely the funds of the Secretariat of State, the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Congregation for the Eastern Churches: all of them have their own budgets, which are not reflected in the overall Holy See / Vatican City State budget.
All of these institutions have dedicated funds and budgets in order to defend the Church's freedom. For instance, if in a country where priests cannot have a bank account and neither can their parishes, the Apostolic Nuncio accredited there asks for financial aid from the Secretariat of State, the latter must be able to give it to him quickly and possibly in cash. This is part of the mission of the Church, supporting the dioceses in mission.
In order to guarantee the Church's freedom, a financial reform that would adhere to international standards and at the same time preserved the Vatican City State specificity had been drafted under Benedict XVI's pontificate. And a reform of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs had been put into effect as well, thus giving this prefecture tasks similar to those of a Vatican ministry of finances. The Institute for Religious Works (IOR) had started reviewing all of its clients' accounts, while Vatican finances as a whole underwent a third-party evaluation by the Council of Europe's MONEYVAL committee. MONEYVAL's report found Vatican finances largely compliant with international standards, while the MONEYVAL progress report that followed (issued Dec. 2013) confirmed the seriousness of the Vatican effort.
Pell's article suggests the need for a complete overhaul. On the other hand, one should consider Benedict XVI's reforms and their huge impact. Likewise it should be acknowledged that this path had already begun under John Paul II. The new project for finances seemingly aims at the total consolidation of budgets, under the sole control of the Secretariat for the Economy. Instead, Benedict XVI's reform was based on collegiality, but nobody have really underscored it.
Benedict XVI's pontificate has not been understood in its revolutionary potentiality. On the other hand, everything done by Pope Francis is (often wrongly) described as a rupture with the past.
Among cardinals, bishops, Curia workers many are feeling a little disappointed, since this new approach – fostered by media – seemingly maintains that nothing had been done in the past. For example, the stress on a new pastoral commitment may suggest that Church have lacked of pastoral care in the past; the continual mentions to the malfunctioning of the Curia may let understand that in the Curia there are no goodwill men, or that everything has been badly managed until now. Obviously, Pope Francis do not wish to let things look so. He simply wanted to address problems.
True, things may be improved – and they are going to be. On the other hand, media should avoid the temptation to portrait Curia as a nest of non professional people, or a place for illicit dealings.
That Benedict's reform is valid and ongoing can be inferred from the resistance of many bishops and cardinals to its overhaul. The Synod of Bishops – – during which prelates have voiced their concern, in an open debate – has been an important testing ground. Another testing ground was the Pope's meeting with the heads of Vatican dicasteries on Nov. 24.
Discussing the Council of Cardinals' proposals for reform, the heads of Vatican dicasteries raised many objections, according to Vatican sources. No problem with the proposal to consolidate two big congregations (Justice and Peace, and Laity and Family) that include five secretariats each (i.e., offices). The issue was – critics stressed – that the reform should only be carried forward according to institutional criteria, taking into account the responsibilities of each dicastery and their valuable contributions. The heads of dicasteries also raised pragmatic issues. For instance: where would employees of the assimilated dicasteries go? All of these issues were reportedly missing from the information presented to the heads of dicasteries.
Not by chance Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, coordinator of the Council of Cardinals, had granted an interview to reiterate their willingness to carry out reforms. But the real issue is that the reforms may not change anything substantial, just the way each dicastery is managed. In the Nov. 24 report, there were many "gaps" and the heads of dicasteries noticed it. This is the reason why the expected, major announcement of the reform going forward did not take place.
The same happened during the synod of bishops. Pressures toward hasty changes – and carried out as if the Church had never known pastoral care – led to a first draft (the mid-term report) that was not favored by the majority of bishops. The final report had to take into account many of the issues raised, especially the absence language quoted from the scriptures. The final report is not however completely liked, but it is an almost accepted compromise.
The way the synod itself had been managed gave the impression that changes were going to be secretly imposed, without taking into account differences of opinion – as proved by the secrecy of the discussions (the General Secretariat of the Synod did not want to make them public) as well as the lively discussion about making public the observations to the mid-term report.
This is something for the Council of Cardinals to keep their eyes on, as they gather on the 9th, for their sixth meeting. Many of their reforms are presented as a real overturn of the previous status quo. One can assume that Benedict XVI's reforms, based on collegiality and personal responsibility, scared people. They pushed the Church forward, and had a major impact in the international arena. But at the same time, those reforms obliged everyone to be transparent and clear. The big reform of charity; the big reform of Vatican finances; the reform of the Code of Canon Law (which Pope Francis had promulgated)… all initiatives introduced under Benedict XVI. Who saw very clearly the need for a new kind of leadership, and this is why he started his reforms by changes to the criteria of admission to seminaries. Quite ironic that one of his last speeches (and a prophetic one, in light of what happened later) was that delivered to seminarians in Rome.
If the Holy See's commitment to turn the Vatican into a modern state,while keeping its own specificity, has not been understood, it is because on the opposite side stands a model for a pop, company-like Church aiming to stir consciences with simple words people like to hear.
But the Church is not only pop. The Church is also history, mission and sovereignty. And the sovereignty of the small territory of Vatican City State is crucial for the Holy See to exercise its mission. In times when Europe itself had turned its back to Christian values, sovereignty becomes a main tool to fully act as a moral authority.
Pope Francis' big challenge is now that of completing Benedict XVI's reforms. The media's big challenge, on the other hand, is to go beyond the paradigm of discontinuity.
Media need to understand that between one Pope and another there is a series of reforms that need to be carried out to ber effective, and that Francis cannot carry anything forward without appreciating and valuing the work of his predecessor. For instance, as Francis, Benedict XVI had spoken of a poor Church for poor. He did during his 2011 trip to Germany, when he outlined a Church that had to be less worldy, less appeased on its own structure.
It was a slap on the face, for the wealthy German Church. Benedict XVI revoked the latae sententiae commination of excommunication for those who do not pay the "Kirchensteuer," the Church tax. The excommunication was an outcome of the fact that when one declared he was not going to pay the tax because he was not Catholic anymore, this declaration was considered the equivalent of an act of apostasy. The German bishops responded with a document which stated that not paying the Kirchensteuer was equivalent to a "grave public sin," which bore in the end the same consequences of an excommunication. Until now, this is the only "grave public sin" German bishops have listed, while for every other "grave public sin," included that of being divorced and civilly remarried (which also has a social impact), German bishops (including reformer Cardinals Marx, Kasper and Lehmann) ask to act with mercy.
These small contradictions are food for thought. We should go beyond the paradigm of Pope Francis' discontinuity. But we should also acknowledge that many, among those who have elected him, have their own agenda – otherwise, why should they be so active? How much will Pope Francis follow this agenda, is yet to be known. But their activism indicates that the Pope, in the end, will not back their every move.
Pope Francis is the pope now. Get used to it.
You'd be a whole lot better off if you had spent this 15 minutes reading the bible rather than generating conspiracy theories.
I too would say the same. Why these justifications? Just look if Pope Francis is following the Jesus of the gospels.
This is an awful article full of gossip and innuendo. Pope Francis is the Vicar of Christ now. I am a convert (as of four years ago). Pope Benedict was a major reason I converted, but both my fiancee and I love Pope Francis. He has excited the world, and forced us to reconsider our own hypocrisies. Articles like this are fuel for tearing the Church apart. Do not built with straw.
It takes money to keep churches open, and priests supported to provide the sacraments. But in this action, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that what many German bishops prize most is … money.
Thank you for the much thought and work that went into this article. There is much truth in what you are writing and to say that none of it is true is more than ridiculous.
Most of us 'thinking Catholics' know well that the first relation was released (deliberately) to the press (English media probably first) before the Synod Fathers either saw it or agreed to it! Unthinkable!
Of course there are Cardinals who have their agenda.. and not only. For sure there are others who have an agenda ..close to the Holy See. One thing is for sure..
The article is very difficult to understand because the translation of the original into English is so poor.
The article says "Pope Francis himself said that reforms will not carried out within the next year." But actually, he said the program of reform won't be "completed" within the next year. This doesn't mean that there won't be some reforms carried out this year. I doubt he's going to wait a whole year to consolidate several councils into the Congregation for Family and Laity and the Congregation for Charity and Justice, which apparently already has been decided upon. And laypeople may be appointed to senior positions in those congregations. Cardinal Pell confirmed recently that an auditor general, a layperson, will be appointed in the new year; that in itself will be a reform. So I don't think it's true that the path to reform seems to have come to a halt.
Was this lucid, informative article translated by a speaker of English who knows Italian by or some program?
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Get ready to create an editorial calendar that sells! This article will help you better align your content with your growth and profit strategies for the year. The editorial calendar's purpose is to help you make the most out of every update.
how to make an editorial calendar sell for you!
I'm also going to shed some light on content marketing, which is what an editorial calendar consists of. Even if all you write is social media updates, you'll still want to employ this practice for your business. While content marketing is conversational and casual, it has a purpose. Instagram captions, Facebook status updates, blog posts, and even Pinterest comments should be used to help reach and engage with your potential customers. If done well, the same posts will simultaneously build a more trusting relationship with actual customers.
An editorial calendar will help you develop a rhythm that ties your content together. When I'm working on a new project, I use my editorial calendar to schedule posts months before its release.
Before we get to content, you'll need an annual strategy for your business.
First, look at a 12-month calendar and identify where you'll need time off, such as summer vacation, winter holidays, important dates, back to school, etc. List these special events on your calendar before listing business-related projects or promotions. This enables you to keep your priorities in order of importance: Your life then your business.
Next, add your money makers. There are many different ways your business can earn money, but I'm going to advise you to specifically name three to six money makers. These will be the larger promotions or projects that anchor your entire year.
In business, writing always falls into one of two categories: content marketing or copywriting. Anytime you address your customers online, you're doing one or the other. Both should be done with an end result in mind, but content marketing is more conversational and casual than its counterpart (copywriting). It's used to reach and engage your potential customers.
Whether you share a status update on Facebook, caption an Instagram photo, or write an in-depth blog post, it's a form of content marketing. Because content marketing is so conversational, knowing your ideal customer is vital to its success. The best conversations in life are genuine and interested in the other person, and good content marketing will appeal to your customer because it's genuinely interested in them.
Moreover, your content marketing needs to be inclusive and evergreen. It lives online, and it will meet different people every day. In fact, your writing is greeting people right now as you're reading this. It's going to feel very familiar to some and introductory to others.
Now, you're either my long-term reader or a new acquaintance who's just found me on Pinterest, but can you see how this article appeals to both? My long-term reader is enjoying yet another blog post of insanely useful marketing hacks, while my new acquaintance is getting to know me (but also eating up my take on editorial calendars).
Either way, you're my ideal customer (whose profile I've come to know very well). This post was written with purpose, designed to matter; it's here to help me reach and engage my dream clients. Fifty thousand people will read this post by month's end, but it's written for YOU. See how that works?
To know your ideal customer and deeply understand WHY that person is coming to you, you will write in a way that makes her feel heard and understood. When a customer feels this, it's as if you're speaking directly to her and her needs. It allows them to let their guard down. They think, You "get" me. It builds trust and loyalty. And trust me when I say, you cannot build a thriving online business without truly "getting" your customers.
Now that we've discussed the ingredients of your editorial calendar, it's time to put it all together in a delicious recipe for success! I highly recommend you separate this planner from everything else. Make it entirely its own thing.
Before starting my own editorial calendar, I kept my blog notes everywhere: paper notebooks, emails to myself, virtual notes on every digital thing I use, Evernote, you name it. Now blog notes, ideas to share, future headlines, and rough draft outlines have only one place to live.
In the "notes" section of my pictured editorial calendar, the first thing I do is list what I plan to sell that month. Too often in online business, we get so caught up in chatty conversation and enticing headlines that we forget the big picture.
Your "sell" list should be the first thing on your editorial calendar every month. Even if you don't have a big ask to make that month, know what you'll be selling next month so you can start building anticipation for it ahead of time.
The key ingredient of an editorial calendar that sells is simply knowing what to sell at any given time (hence the annual strategy and sidebar notes), but I also love to have an idea of any future projects that may need tending to and teased.
I often find great opportunities to build anticipation for future projects as I'm promoting the current offer.
There's no set rule as to how often you have to post, but you do need a consistent schedule that readers can rely upon. I post every Tuesday and email every Thursday, like clockwork. What you post about each week should be directly related to the things you sell for business.
For example on September 1, The Luminaries Club will see a price increase on lifetime memberships. Therefore, I'll dedicate August headlines to all things club-related so readers won't miss a good price before it's gone. In September, I'll be recording and launching a new podcast and pre-releasing Your Best Year 2018 to my email list. All content will revolve around the podcast launch date and YBY2018 previews.
I use the monthly spreads of my day planner to record the headlines of the articles I'm going to write that month. I use the weekly spreads meant for actual day planning to outline posts and jot down any notes I have on the topics.
This is so you can announce them early and mention them often, but you're also bound to meet them no matter what.
Hi, Katherine! Good—so glad you found it useful.
In my recent blog post I talked about all my planners. Its funny you say multiple planners may seem crazy to some because for me its a need. I have my main life planner, my homeschool planner, my blog/social media planner (the month view is my editorial calendar), my faith planner for my devotional and my bullet journal for my goals, list and collections. I so need to work on my new/updated annual strategy and I can not wait for the new YBY2018. Oh yeah, love the new website look by the way!
Great Post. I think having a separate planner is what I have been missing. I appreciate all the specific ways you use it, ideas and this last statement "what you post about each week should be directly related to the things you sell"? So basic – but I haven't been posting regularly because I don't have a plan. Onward and forward. Also, I know you gave us the name of the planner you use – need to order one. Can you tell me again?
Ban.do and Erin Condren are two of my favorites. Lately, I prefer the flat-lay of the Ban.Do.


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Ghanaian Architects protest multiple gov't projects awarded to Sir David Adjaye
Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | George Nyavor | george.nyavor@myjoyonline.com
Sir David Adjaye has won many prestigious awards for his iconic designs
President of the Ghana Institute of Architect has urged the government to adhere to the law in the award of key projects to Architects.
Architect Nii Dadey said concerns by a consortium of Ghanaian architects against projects awarded to Sir David Adjaye, a UK-based Ghanaian Architect, are justified and called on the government to pursue fairness.
Speaking Wednesday on MultiTV's current affairs programme, PM Express, Nii Dadey said local Architects feel sidelined by the government, mainly, and other private institutions for iconic projects awarded to persons or groups who are not recognised by the Institute -- in contravention of the law.
Related: Ghana Institute of Architects threatens to sue gov't over lack of board
Earlier through a petition, Design Associates Development Consortium, a local architectural firm, cited legal breaches in the award of multiple projects to Sir David Adjaye, renowned for his iconic design ideas.
In the petition addressed to the President and copied to the Speaker of Parliament, the President of the Ghana Institute of Architect, Registrar of the Architects Registration Council of Ghana and Executive Director of the Ghana Institution of Engineering, Coordinator of the Consortium, Dr Ekow Sam, said in the petition that the projects were awarded Sir Adjaye without regards to Ghana's procurement laws (Act 663).
Dr Sam claimed in the petition that the award of the National Cathedral, New Parliamentary Chamber, Marine Drive Master Plan and International Cancer Centre for Children as well as Trade Fair Centre Redesign, GNPC Takoradi Office Complex, Airport City Two Design, New Railway Terminal Design and Redevelopment and Expansion of Ghana Embassy in US were awarded to Sir Adjaye's Adjaye and Associates without adhering to principles of transparency, fairness, equity and laws governing the procurement of professional services by statutory companies and bodies.
A statement issued and signed by Dr Ekow Sam, Consortium Coordinator in Accra, said Sir Adjaye, who was the Principal Architect of Adjaye and Associates, was not a licensed or registered architect to carry on the profession of Architect under the Architects Decree, 1968 (NRCD 357) as amended.
"It is even more startling when one considers the fact that Adjaye and Associates is currently recruiting architects at the international level, when within the country, there are locally trained, qualified, certified and registered architectural firms who can deliver the services sought.
"Due to the monopolisation of awarding projects to Foreign Architects and Engineers, the negative impression and image is being created in the public that, locally trained architects and engineers are incompetent and not qualified to undertake such projects in the country, which is totally untrue," the petition stated.
On PM Express on Nii Dadey said it is clear that Dr Sam is protesting against an injustice which he believes has been carried out, but admitted that not all the projects awarded to Sir Adjaye are government-led, although many of them are.
He said for national projects of immense significance, it would be proper for the government to open the process for the whole body of architects to bid competitively.
Watch more from the discussion on PM Express on Wednesday. Lawyer, Kojogah Adawudu and President of Ghana Institute of Procurement Supply, Collins Agyemang Sarpong took part in the discussion.
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El Suzuki Eiger 400 es un quad fabricado por Suzuki a partir del año 2005.

Características
Disponía de un motor con árbol de levas en cabeza de cuatro tiempos monocilíndrico de 376 cc, refrigerado por aire y aceite. Pesaba , y disponía de un tanque de gasolina de . Permitía elegir entre la tracción en las cuatro ruedas o solo en dos. Contaba con la opción de una transmisión semiautomática de 5 velocidades con un embrague automático o una transmisión variable continua totalmente automática, que consumía unos , con un alcance de aproximadamente 50 a 60 millas (80 a 100 km) con el depósito lleno.

La transmisión era un sistema híbrido de eje y correa. El motor accionaba la correa de transmisión, que a su vez proporciona la potencia al eje como su tren de transmisión final a los ejes de las ruedas. El Suzuki Eiger poseía un diferencial de detección de par en la parte delantera en el modo 4x4.

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Enlaces externos
 Suzuki Eiger 400 4x4 Automatic: history, specs, pictures. Cycle Chaos

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On I Am Jazz Season 5 Episode 6, the teenager was rushed back into hospital following her surgery.
With the family on high alert as they awaited news, it emerged that Jack was fighting for his life with a health crisis of his own.
When Jazz regained consciousness, she had a lot to be thankful for, but she also wanted to visit Jack.
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ICE sent warning notices this week to seven illegal immigrants living in sanctuary at American churches, telling them to check in or face fines that could reach well into the six figures, The Washington Times has learned, as the agency ramps up its pressure on people living in the U.S. in defiance of deportation orders.
The warnings are a do-over after an earlier attempt to impose fines on the sanctuary migrants have to be rescinded, when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement realized it may have missed a procedural step.
But ICE says those high-profile sanctuary cases, which garnered headlines over the summer, are just the tip of the iceberg. Altogether some 230 other illegal immigrants have been slapped with fines as part of a new effort to use financial penalties to force people to deport when they're told to.
Henry Lucero, ICE's deputy chief of Enforcement and Removal Operations, released a statement that said, "ICE wants to make it clear that we're employing every tool we have to urge compliance with judges' orders. The use of fines will be seen more in the future."
Illegal aliens can be fined $799 for every day they defy deportation orders and remain in the country after their deportation date.
The law has been in place for decades, but has been ignored by previous administrations. However, President Trump signed an executive order which allows ICE to search for tools to help reduce the number of illegal aliens living in the US who refuse to abide their court ordered removal.
An estimated 230 fine notices have been issued since they began to go out last year.
EXCLUSIVE: ICE moves to revive six-figure fines against illegal immigrants living in sanctuary https://t.co/C5y1XzGcUP
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Q: What's the difference between running a debug app hosted in Visual Studio and running it directly? I have an application running on the .Net framework 4 and my application runs managed AND unmanaged code. UDP sockets are used with a custom comms stack to speak with our custom hardware. When the application is run from Visual Studio, all is fine, but when it is run on its own, it often freezes. I have seen the behavior on both Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 SP1. When the app is frozen, I can see that it is stuck in ntdll.dll in most of my threads. I was told in another question thread that this is normal, that the deadlock is still caused by my code.
This is very hard to debug, because I can only attach to the app and pause it in Native mode, so all I see is disassembly. I'm looking for any hint that could help me. So, does anyone have an idea what could cause an application to freeze when run directly vs. when run from Visual Studio using F5 ? I read somewhere that, in managed code, the GC acts differently, what are the differences ? Also, for unmanaged code, I gathered that memory is initialized differently. Again what is the difference ?
Any help is greatly appreciated !
Seb

A: The one thing that's different when running the Release build without a debugger is that the JIT optimizer is enabled.  The code runs faster.  Which has a strong correlation with your problem, threading problems are timing sensitive.  Count yourself lucky (I'm sure you don't) that this goes wrong while your code is still running on your dev machine, the really nasty threading problems are the ones mess up your program once a week on your customer's machines.
Making this problem debuggable is still the most important way to tackle it.  Other than Tools + Attach to Process, another way to get the debugger started is by using System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch() in your code.  You'll get a dialog that lets you choose the debugger.
Another way that doesn't require attaching the debugger is to switch VS to the Release build.  Use Tools + Options, Debugging, General and untick "Suppress JIT optimization on module load".  Pressing F5 now runs your program with the optimizer enabled and the debugger pre-attached.  Still not quite a slamdunk since having the debugger attached in itself causes timing differences.
Another common approach to tackle difficult concurrency bugs is to add logging to your code.  Write a line whenever it acquired a lock.  With luck, you'll quickly find the deadlock reason.  If you're not so lucky, the logging alters the thread timing enough to make the deadlock disappear.  There have been plenty of programs shipped with logging left enabled because that was the only way to keep them running.
A code review is yet another approach, especially when done by somebody else.  And last but not least, consider whether threading is really the optimal solution in your app.  The nagging "did I really solve it?" feeling never goes away, proving that threaded code is free of defects is close to impossible.

A: A reason for such problems can be deadlocks or race conditions. They go away when you debug an application, because break points and execution breaks will change the execution duration of certain code paths.
I don't understand, why you can only attach in native mode. Even remote debugging is supported for managed applications.

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Breathing new life into adversity – nzherald
Living with schizophrenia isn't that bad. Mostly. Kind of… It's like crossing the road with a sensible parent. It looks one way then the other then gets hit by the car anyway.
So what happens when you get to the party, excited for the vodka cranberry and the car is in the driveway?
Breathe is a story of dancing in the thick of it; connection, play, and what makes us human.
Kira Evenden
Kira to become youth mental health advocate – nelson weekly
A Garin College student, who took her speech about mental health online after she was not allowed to speak it at the school's annual arts festival, is now training to become a youth mental health advocate.
Lisa Brickell
Mockingbird — A black comedy about motherhood and mental health
Based on the true stories of women admitted to psychiatric hospitals after child birth, Lisa Brickell and Siri Embla weave a tale spanning four generations, multiple characters, and a host of dubious and devilish alter egos. Their tongue-in-cheek rendering is both dark and horrendously funny.
Natalie Lanfear
A book to give to and a book to take from to help your mental health – Taranaki Daily News
[T]he 25-year-old mental health advocate is creating a book for Taranaki youth to open up about their mental health in the form of a poem or short story.
Mental illness within youth has been on the rise nationally for the past decade and Lanfear has spent the past four years being an active listener for those who are struggling.
Matthew Nuttall
Financial impact of mental health on individuals, and the country – Stuff.co.nz
Experience mental distress so acute you need treatment, and lose your income, and not only is the income not covered, but often the treatment you need isn't available either, so you have to self-fund it, if you want it.
What is Rākau Roroa?
Rākau Roroa is growing mental health leaders for the future!
Rākau Roroa will train and support a growing network of people who want to use their personal lived experience of mental distress and recovery to inspire others.
By the end of the training Rākau Roroa will enable people to tell their own story and to champion positive mental health messages in their communities.
Why get involved in Rākau Roroa?
If you are looking for an opportunity to create a meaningful difference for other people who are going through difficult times then this is for you!
This is a unique opportunity to learn and engage with other people who also want to make a difference. You will be supported through the whole Rākau Roroa process by mentors who have been selected based on their experiences and knowledge. And best of all it is completely free as the Rākau Roroa initiative is run by Changing Minds and funded through the Like Minds, Like Mine programme.
What do I need to apply for Rākau Roroa?
You are someone with lived experience of mental distress and recovery, who is confident that with the right training and support, you will be able to positively work with your community to reduce discrimination to benefit other people with their own experiences of mental distress.
You have supports in place emotionally and professionally to be open about your experiences and have some ideas of how you would like to use the knowledge and skills you gain from being a part of Rākau Roroa.
1. What is the course outline?
The course is comprised of 7 modules – exploring human rights, discrimination, and wellbeing.
2. What are the expected outcomes from the programme? E.g. How will those trained use the new skills?
We are hoping that most applicants will bring their own ideas of how to apply these skills in their own communities using the skills and passions they bring to the programme. Be it as a public speaker, an artist, a musician, a workplace policy maker or anything! It is not for us to dictate what you do with your knowledge, only that you have the confidence and skills to be grounded in the core messages based on best practice that reduce stigma and discrimination and increase help seeking and inclusion.
Some may in the future go into a pool of people that Like Minds, Like Mine and the National Depression Initiative call on to represent us in the media, and some may go on to support others, but most will use their knowledge and be supported to run the projects they want to.
3. Where will the training be held?
Currently we have completed all our face-to-face trainings across Aotearoa New Zealand and our next training opportunities will be online using our specially built digital platform.
4. Is the course designed to just offer new skills and set up a network for those trained or is there an ongoing expectation that there will be ongoing work in our communities?
Yes (We hope so – but that work is up to the participant and what they want to do, their mentor can guide them and there may be project funding they can apply for in the future)
Why the name Rākau Roroa?
In discussions with Changing Minds Kaumātua (Ngāti Whātua) and our Māori partners, the name Rākau Roroa emerged which roughly translates as Tall Trees.
This has connotations of the strength, resilience and leadership of people with lived experience rising from the roots to the branches of our whenua connecting and supporting one another to grow.
Is this a Like Minds, Like Mine initiative or a National Depression Initiative?
It supports both programmes.
Rākau Roroa is being created to support the aims and messaging of both the Like Minds, Like Mine and National Depression Initiative (NDI) programmes. This initiative supports the aims of both programmes – ending stigma and discrimination and encouraging conversations to increase support and help-seeking. Leaders will be able to identify with one or both programmes and will be supported to use their experiential wisdom to counter discrimination and encourage help-seeking as part of the activities they engage in.
Will this initiative be a repeat of past work like the "Speakers Bureau"?
New Zealand's Lived Experience movement has a rich and vibrant history of initiatives such as the "Speakers Bureau", "Speak Your Mind" and "First Voices".
We are learning from the magic of the past – from the strengths as well as the weaknesses. The "Speakers Bureau" is just one of the incarnations we are looking at for what worked well and where we can improve.
The Rākau Roroa initiative, however, is much broader than public-speaking. Providing more opportunities for people from all walks of life and industries who have a lived experience to use their wisdom and the wisdom of others to address discrimination and encourage helping-seeking in their communities, locally, culturally or demographically.
The initiative will identify people with existing skills, connections and project ideas and provide them with the right knowledge, messages and support to counter discrimination and encourage help-seeking within their field of interest.
How will Rākau Roroa maintain a 'grassroots' focus and ensure grassroots voices are key drivers?
The Rākau Roroa initiative aims to include people with lived experience of mental distress from many walks of life, not just those already working in peer roles.
Of key importance will be the recruitment, support and training processes that participants are involved in as they become part of the Rākau Roroa whānau.
To make this as 'grassroots' focused as possible, Changing Minds have committed to a co-design process to set up these three fundamental processes.
What is Co-design?
Co-design reflects a fundamental change in traditional service design, and is a new approach to programme design.
Rather than the traditional model of the funder designing the programme in isolation from the communities in which it will be delivered, co-design ensures that fundamental processes are designed by those at grassroots level.
Changing Minds are committed to ensuring the co-design philosophy is maintained for design, development and improvement throughout the duration of the initiative.
Does the Rākau Roroa initiative include addictions?
People with addictions are not specifically a priority area for the Like Minds, Like Mine and National Depression Initiative programmes.
In saying that, we are aware that mental health and addictions often do not sit as separate experiences and the programme will be inclusive.
There will be opportunities over the duration of the project to provide sector information which identifies gaps and opportunities for the future.


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Fashioning Frenchness: Gens de Couleur Libres and the Cultural Struggle for Power in Antebellum New Orleans
Whitney Nell Stewart
Volume 51, Number 3, Spring 2018
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While travelers to antebellum New Orleans consistently commented on a pervasive French aura in the city, exactly what and who defined this Frenchness was in flux over the first half of the nineteenth century. From the city's earliest days, residents constructed myriad and often conflicting definitions of Frenchness, but most versions associated the Frenchness of New Orleans with the city's mixed-race character. Colonial society exhibited a tripartite racial structure that legally situated free people of color, many of whom had mixed-race ancestry, between white individuals and enslaved people. Culturally and socially, however, mixed-race Francophones, known as gens de couleur libres, had for decades existed on a relatively equal footing with white Francophones. But beginning slowly in the 1830s and accelerating in the 1850s, the tripartite racial structure of New Orleans gave way to a binary one. As part of this legal, social, and cultural shift, white Francophone New Orleanians began to dissociate Frenchness from its mixed-race past. They emphasized their whiteness as a way of associating themselves with Americans, thereby augmenting their own power and lessening that of gens de couleur libres. Elite gens de couleur libres countered by deploying cultural resources that demonstrated their Frenchness and its mixed-race essence. One of their most potent tools was fashion. As consumers and producers of French fashion, elite gens de couleur libres wielded their influence over New Orleans's French material culture to counter the regressive race relations of this cosmopolitan city.
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A member of the Armed Detective Agency. Before he was scouted, he lived in a rural area without electricity. He knows no suspicion, and will be understanding and considerate no matter who he is talking to. He has a lot of friends who call him "Ken-chan."


First let's start with an explanation of the general design principles suggested by AWS followed by a closer look at some of the so-called "five pillars" of the AWS Well-Architected Framework (p. 2). Mentioning "five pillars": In a former blog post from October 2015 the author Jeff Barr counts only four pillars. So, the here not mentioned pillar "operational excellence" seems to have gained more importance over the time.
the optimization of performance efficiency has crucial effects on your cost efficiency.
So, it's recommended to do performance analysis and optimization of performance bottlenecks on a regular basis to gain effect on e.g. cost efficiency.
AWS make it easy and affordable for you to test in the cloud. You can run your tests without a huge increase of costs.
It is common to introduce new features or a new technical product to your architecture, test it in an automated, cloud based environment and learn about the performance impact of the introduction. Especially test automation is one of StormForger's major topics as we deliver all the tools you need to do continuous load testing in the cloud.
"The Operational Excellence pillar includes operational practices and procedures used to manage production workloads. This includes how planned changes are executed, as well as responses to unexpected operational events." (p. 33).
As mentioned before in this article spike testing or stress testing are powerful ways to analyze the effects that planned or unplanned events may cause. AWS advise their customers to document, test, and regularly review "[all] processes and procedures of operational excellence" (p. 33).
The white paper actually speaks about the "Performance Efficiency" pillar which is a bit redundant, as performance actually means resource efficiency.
On page 20 the white paper asks the question: "How do you select the best performing architecture?". AWS offers various kind of support and services to help answering these questions and help you to establish a good working architecture. But there is one thing to keep in mind: "data obtained through (…) load testing will be required to optimize your architecture" (p. 20). Of course, we totally agree: You just can't avoid load and performance testing!
Depending on your workload various resource types and sizes can differ to fit your performance requirements. With a defined test case it is easy to rerun the same test case against different infrastructure setups and gather needed data and learnings.
What AWS is suggesting here is what we call Configuration Testing. Configuration Testing does not only cover your software configuration, but also your entire environment. Rerunning of performance tests is part of a review routine to "ensure that you continue to have the most appropriate resource type" (p. 56). Approaches change, new technologies develop – use these progressions to refine your architecture and improve its performance.
It all boils down to: Performance Testing is not a one hit wonder. Continuity is key to success and you should be setup for doing performance tests whenever needed. In general you should start to test early and do it on a regular basis. If possible integrate performance analysis in your development and testing processes, ideally alongside your functional tests in your continuous integration systems.
AWS released a fine and valuable white paper worth reading, a practical guideline to design and steadily improve a well-architected framework. They offer a lot of useful services you might check out. Most of the targeted problems we see in the wild on a regular basis and speak out the same recommendations.
We always recommend to start early with small, easy and understandable test case scenarios. It is easy to setup your first load test with StormForger for free. Sign up, learn more in our documentation and get in touch with us to get a personal on boarding.


Only for the next two days, and only for Audible.com members, but the deal is so good, I feel compelled to share this collection of three hard-edged science fiction novels, Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies. I really enjoyed all three novels, and hope the author will return to the Envoy universe and write more of Kovacs's story.
Hi—Just looked at the series and Audible is not showing it on sale for $25. I only have a Basic membership so maybe it's based on the plan?
Also wanted to thank you for the info and recommendations you provide. I'm really enjoying the Harry Bosch series and totally agree with the golden voice choices.
One of my favorites that I didn't see on your list is the Bartimaeus series by Stroud. And another of the Audible specials was fantastic, Cutting For Stone by Verghese.
@Kris: Hmmm, it was my understanding that any membership would do to get access to the sale. Are you seeing the orange and yellow Summer Listening Sale banner graphic at the top of the Audible site? Should be on every page. Are you logged in? I just signed out, and the banner disappeared. I think the sale pricing might work the same. HTH!
Thanks, Michael. Still no luck and I'm signed in and even have it in my cart. As you said though, it looks like a great deal so I'll end up getting it anyway. I'll write to Audible and see if I can get the sale price.


Carolyn Phillips, frozen treat entrepreneur, delivers the scoop on what it's like to build a business as a millennial woman.
With her fleet of three pop carts and a bricks-and-mortar store set to open this fall, Carolyn Phillips is the admiral of Alchemy Pops. With flavors like honey-cream lavender and blood orange lime, Phillips makes what she calls "chasing the pop dream" sound like a whole lotta fun.
I have interviewed many seasoned entrepreneurs, but successful trailblazers of all ages have a few things in common. They're willing to face down the fears and doubts that would hinder them. They run toward the roar. Here's what I mean: male lions roar to provoke fear and send prey scattering away from the startling noise and into the path of the smaller, quieter lionesses — the true hunters. If gazelles knew to run toward the frightening sound, they would have a better chance of survival. Likewise, successful entrepreneurs are those who run toward the challenges and conflicts, instead of away.
1. Own your personal brand Being a business owner has its fair share of challenges. Being a young, female business owner is a landmine-filled journey unto itself. While Phillips doesn't identify these attributes as hindrances, she understands the reality: people come to the table with predetermined judgments that affect the way they view her.
For example, being asked, "Is your husband coming to this meeting?" is unique to women. As the decision-maker for Alchemy Pops, Carolyn Phillips recognizes that her husband would never face the same question. Still, Phillips believes she's faced more challenges due to stereotypes about millennials than she has as a female.
While Phillips indeed faces unique challenges, any business owner must learn not to let other people's perceptions affect their view of themselves. Instead of being a victim to what others think, Phillips recommends building relationships to break down barriers and assumptions.
Millennials are often conditioned to multitask and try to "do it all." That, according to Phillips, is just not real. Part of building your brand is defining your values and investing fully in those.
2. Build a brand on something bigger than product People often wonder whether this frozen treat thing is just another fad — like the gourmet cupcake. That's why Phillips builds her brand on "sunshine and smiles" more than on frozen flavors. "We sell fun with friends," she says.
The economy will change and fads will come and go, but certain values — like community and friendship — remain. Cultivate community and sell the experience, and "You're going to be okay," Phillips said. That kind of community can't stop with customers either. Build social capital in every part of the business.
As for the long-term viability of a good product, Phillips notes that there are still plenty of cupcake shops doing well even after the high point of the trend has passed.
On a recent challenging day, Phillips had $17 left after paying her bills. While she felt the pressure (and had an ugly cry), she also took the moment to appreciate that she was still able to pay everyone. It's about perspective.
4. Master your release valve In 2015, 24.2 miles into a marathon, Phillips wanted to quit. She broke down right there on the course. And, as she said, crying while also running and sweating is "the worst kind of ugly cry." When a running coach joined her from the sidelines and asked if she was okay, she said she was decidedly not okay. She was, in fact, "terrible." Still, as she acknowledged the pain and the sweat and the terrible feelings, she also remembered that in less than two miles, it would all be over and she could have a beer. By mile 25, she was back in action.
Phillips believes being in touch with and able to express emotions is a strength. Phillips said that if you've been short with two people in the office before 9 a.m. and don't know what's actually bothering you, it might be time to take a long walk.
The bottom line Sometimes, you just have to have patience. Being willing to endure means you'll be in position when you finally get a yes after seven nos or when the answer to a question that has been keeping you up at night pops into your mind just as you're about to lose hope. Hold tight to your story and your brand. Build a brand on something bigger than a trend or product. Give yourself permission to express your feelings. Never let go of that perspective that has served Phillips so well. If the story seems to have a sad ending, she just chooses to believe it's not over yet.
Editor's Note: This article previously incorrectly stated that an Alchemy Pops store was opening in August. It has been updated to correct that error.
Jason Forrest is CEO of FPG.com, a global leader and designer of sales, management, and corporate training programs. He is the author of several books, most recently "Why Training Fails." He's the chairman of the National Speakers Association and the Million Dollar Speaker Group. He writes this column for each issue of FW Inc.


We recently completed a garden in BInham, Norfolk with beautiful surrounding countryside of open farmland with far reaching views. The garden is set some distance from the house and was an unused space covered in weeds.
The client brief was to create a large lawn in a country cottage style garden that would make the most of the views. We also were set the challenge to re-use a pile of very old sleepers and two metal water containers.
We build a raised deck to sit and take in the views of both the countryside and the garden with surrounding borders of cottage style planting. We are looking forward to returning and seeing the planting when it has matured. The plants chosen will give year round colour and fill out creating lush perennial borders.
We re-used the sleepers to create a raised bed with new sleepers at the back and the old rustic style one to the front. The metal containers have been repurposed as still water features and are set in the borders surrounded by plants.
A lush new lawn sets off the mosaic paths created using slate chips and cobbles. These paths also surround the garden following and covering up an ugly old concrete path.


"We were never meant to do life alone," said Jamie Tworkowski, Founder of To Write Love On Her Arms, which is a charity dedicated to helping people who battle with addiction, depression, self-injury and suicide.
Cocaine, pot and pills ran through a sleep-deprived 19-year-old Renee, as she grasped one end of a razor blade; pressed it up to the naked skin of her arm, as she had done 50 times before; and intently carved words that cut much deeper than the physical draw of blood. Surrounded by the prayer of friends and soothed by music, Renee chose life.
In 2006, Tworkowski wrote a story about the five days spent with his troubled friend (Renee), after she was denied entry to a local treatment center. He posted her story to MySpace. Instantly, it caught attention.
To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA) is dedicated to helping friends, like Renee (who inspired the name of the charity) to attain the help they need to carry on. They offer the tools and knowledge needed, such as local treatment centers and hotline information to help our friends who cannot help themselves.
In 2011, the charity was honored to receive a $1 million donation from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation at the first-ever American Giving Awards.
Today, TWLOHA hosts national concert tours, such as the recent Heavy and Light Tour with featured artists such as Jon Foreman (of Switchfoot), Christina Perri, Raneri (of Bayside) and award-winning spoken word poet Anis Mojgani, in an effort to reach out to people in pain through music, speech, and poetry.
"You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story." – Jamie Tworkowski.
Learn more about Two Write Love On Her Arms.


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Tracking Bear 3129
Orphaned Killarney cub's journey offers a lesson in sharing Ontario's north with black bears
Story and Photos by Paul Gains
Temperatures were near freezing as I pitched my tent in an isolated corner of Killarney Provincial Park.
It was the last week in October, a time when park staff see few campers and it is wise to carry proof of sanity just in case they ask.
Indeed, on my visit two weeks earlier, a young Algonquin wolf had merrily trotted past my tent, eyes fixed on me, tongue hanging out of its wide-open mouth. It later poked its head out from the brush long enough to pose for a photo before vanishing. Locals have told me they see moose in the nearby marshes and I live in everlasting hope that I will capture one – on my camera. Hopefully not on my campsite.
At that time of year, most of Ontario's estimated 100,000 black bears are worried about bulking up their figures with winter hibernation approaching. So it was a surprise when I caught sight of a cub about 40 metres from my tent.
Unaccompanied, she was foraging for acorns beneath oak trees and for the next two days I watched her feeding constantly. Apart from our initial encounter, when after setting eyes on me she sprinted into the nearby Cranberry Bog marsh, she seemed comfortable with my presence.
On my last night I was awakened in the wee hours by a loud, horrifying, husky roar followed by a whimper. I knew there was a wolf pack around nearby George Lake, and I had heard their howls each night, but this was different. It didn't sound like a lynx or puma either. An adult bear, possibly.
I keep a survival knife handy – about 25 centimetres long – when I am camping or hiking and I instinctively reached for it. On the evenings when I am sitting next to my campfire surrounded by illuminated pairs of eyes, which I can only assume are raccoons, it helps me feel safe. But I am not sure it would be much help if a 180-kilogram male black bear tore into my tent, like they do in the movies or in one's imagination.
Bears have an incredible sense of smell and will travel several kilometres when they catch a whiff of a food attractant. "If it's a bear, it knows I am here," I reasoned. "I have no food in the tent so it's probably foraging."
Bears generally avoid people. Moreover, there's more chance of being struck by lightning than being attacked by a black bear. Comforted by my thoughts, I went back to sleep.
There was no sign of the cub when I searched the woods and the perimeter of the marsh after breakfast. She'd been frightened, no doubt. Before I left Killarney, the park staff told me if she was an orphan she wouldn't survive the winter alone, so they called the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to capture her.
A trap was set a few days later but she walked laps around the cage, frightened of two raccoons that were feeding on the bait. A ministry officer tranquillized her and took her to Bear With Us, one of only two licensed bear-rehabilitation facilities in the province.
She couldn't be in better hands.
Mike and Ella McIntosh operate Bear With Us, a facility in Sprucedale, where Bear 3129 was taken to be nursed back to health.
Mike and Ella McIntosh have run this facility in Sprucedale – between Parry Sound and Algonquin Park – for more than 25 years, fully funded by charitable donations. They have rehabilitated and returned more than 550 black bears into the wild. Mike was surely a bear in a past life; his knowledge and love of bears borders on obsession.
The Killarney cub was tagged and became Bear 3129.
"She was basically starving to death. Beneath that fur she was all skin and bones," Mike McIntosh says.
"If they have been starved, or they've had a lack of nutritious food for some time, their body starts to shut down. When a cub comes in, I basically have to continue to starve it and gradually feed it a little more each day."
Her initial diet consisted of raw eggs, yogurt and electrolytes. Some of the cubs will be fattened up with dog kibble because of its high nutritional value while McIntosh pays particular attention to the amount of water they get. In cold weather this can be an issue. So, too, is the danger of infection. The facility enlists the help of Dr. Sherri Cox, a veterinarian with the National Wildlife Centre, to monitor the bears for possible parasite infection. Those infected will receive antibiotics.
Through his experience with bear cubs, McIntosh has learned the fifth day is the critical stage. If the cub can survive past that point odds are better it can be fully rehabilitated. Cubs are then integrated into larger enclosures.
McIntosh says he must limit the interaction with humans.
"One of the biggest stressors is dealing with human beings. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact I might look a lot like the person who killed their mother. Not necessarily visually but by smell. These cubs are just freaked out."
By the time winter arrived in 2018, there were 51 orphaned cubs in care. A staggering number by anyone's count. The last two arrivals visited a Sudbury veterinary hospital first – one had been hit by a train, resulting in a skull fracture, while the other was caught in a leg trap for several days. Sadly, the latter did not survive the frostbite and infection it suffered, leaving McIntosh with 50 to care for over the winter.
"These cubs wouldn't be out in December if they were with their mothers," he says.
Jeremy Inglis, a bear expert for the ministry, says a plentiful fruit crop meant mothers had as many as four cubs last year. But the reason for so many being orphaned isn't clear.
"People are entitled to protect their property and, in doing so, can dispatch bears," Inglis says. "Females get shot in those scenarios. In hunting season, they are occasionally shot. There are any number of things. Typically, an adult female has a pretty low rate of mortality otherwise."
Most people are afraid of bears. But, contrary to what most city dwellers have been taught, black bears are omnivores, eating little meat, though a small mammal might do in a pinch.
This fact is underlined at the bear rehab facility. In October alone, McIntosh bought almost 2,300 kilograms of apples and copious amounts of sunflower seeds for the cubs to eat.
Bears are social animals that do better in a group so, to prepare for their hibernation, McIntosh constructs a plywood "den" and places it inside the 275-metre-long enclosure.
"I used to make a bunch of different boxes and put them in the enclosure, thinking four or five cubs would inhabit each box," he says. "Well, if there are 20 cubs in the enclosure, they all try to go to the same one. So now I make one big one because they all want to stay together anyway."
The image of this mass of bear cubs huddled together is heartwarming and as a photographer one I would love to capture. But Bear With Us doesn't allow visitors. Human contact, after all, is the likely reason the bears are orphaned.
Most of the cubs are orphaned because of hunting, McIntosh says. "Then there is other human activity, the odd road kill, even though compared to deer and moose it's kind of rare. But it still happens. Then there is the illegal hunting aspect of it.
"People just shoot one because they are afraid of it. Or they don't want it around. . . . No matter the way you cut it, it's human activity."
The Ontario spring bear hunt was reinstated in 2014 as a pilot project that has been extended through 2020. There is also a long-running fall bear hunt.
Mark Ryckman, a senior biologist with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, says most hunters follow ministry rules. Fines of up to $25,000 are deterrents to illegal hunting of black bear sows, he says.
"Sows that are encumbered with cubs cannot be shot in May or June," he explains. "That is exactly how the regulation is written. Sows that are encumbered by young of the year can be harvested in the fall hunt legally. They are not necessarily cubs any more – they are much more capable of surviving on their own."
Research indicates cubs remain with their mothers for up to two years. The cub I encountered was likely born in December 2017, making her 10 months old.
Ryckman says there is a wide range of potential reasons for cubs to be orphaned.
"Probably the greatest impact would be collisions with vehicles where the mother is killed by a vehicle and cubs orphaned as a result," he says. "To a lesser degree, I don't think it's overly common, cannibalism by adult male bears."
A spokesperson for the Sudbury provincial police detachment, which covers Killarney, says collisions with moose, deer and wolves are far more common than accidents involving bears.
One Northern Ontario hunting guide, Derek Mansell of Shining Tree Camp, says guided hunters are not the problem. Rather, he points to resident hunters.
"They are not required to be guided and are not educated on bear hunting unless they take it upon themselves, which most don't," he says.
McIntosh doesn't hide his contempt for hunters.
"Hunters are great for being in a constant state of denial," he says. "Bears don't tend to be dangerous anyway. The more (hunters) make people afraid of them the less people object to how people kill them, and they have got that down to a science.
McIntosh believes we can and must coexist with bears. As cottage country opens up to springtime travellers, he advises there are many precautions that should be considered to avoid a negative encounter.
Let the bears know you are coming by making noise. Talking loudly is good. Singing is even better. No bear has so enjoyed my singing that it has come out looking for an encore. Carrying bear spray is wise. Leaving pet food on the cottage porch or in bird feeders, McIntosh says, is not.
"If you come across a bear that doesn't run, there is a real good chance that bear was fed by somebody," says McIntosh. "This happens in parks. People think it's really cool to throw down some food to get a photo or brag about it. That doesn't make that bear dangerous, but it makes him look to the next person for food."
Another issue is people allowing dogs off leash in bear country. Dogs will antagonize bears, McIntosh says, and a bear will sometimes give chase. The dog invariably leads the bear back to the owner.
As for Bear 3129, the cub was doing well when she went into hibernation, cuddling with four new friends. She is expected to be released back into the Killarney region in July or August.
"I feel relieved when they go free because that's where they belong," McIntosh says. "I know that even though their life is a challenge because there are so many human beings around, it's still better than being in a cage."
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An in-line unshielded twisted pair (UTP) surge protector with attached ground lead. Help isolate damage from lightning strikes and errant power surges. Protect your DVR and protect all the cameras on your surveillance network by guarding them against surges due to lightening strikes and other electrical problems.
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Nowadays, environment is still being polluted.
Can you see the clear blue sky?
Can you drink cool & clean water?
Can you breath with fresh air?
It's our responsibility to make it!
Do you ever take a walk in the forest?
Do you ever lie down on the green grass?
Do you ever drink the water in the river?
you'll find yourselves forget all the worries!
The best in this clan is you'll receive WEEKLY INFORMATION.
How to save something after using?
How to separate rubbish and non-rubbish?
Save the earth- our only home.
>> Never break the general games rules.
>> Combat level 7 or above, laborer's guild level 2, hunter's guild level 2.
>> For player level 5-6, reach level 7 in limited time for 3 weeks after joining, else facing eviction.
>> Follow general games rules.
>> Complaint by anyone more than 1 time.
>> Break any games rules.
For easier reading, each clan mails will start with some symbols with different informations.
[A]= Weekly clan mails on protecting the earth.
>> Chance to become co-leader if doing a better job than current co-leader(monthly).
>> Counted as clan's officials.
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How Hungary is paving the way towards tax education
The National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA) in Hungary is making great strides to ensure young people in the country understand the importance of taxes.
Since the launch of the TAXEDU digital platform, the NTCA management and trainers have been working towards its promotion and use in tax education. From the vey onset, news about the platform was published on NTCA's intranet website, raising awareness among staff and providing them with up-to-date information. In addition, the TAXEDU platform has been promoted during all tax education trainings.
To reach a wider audience, the platform was also presented at various professional and scientific conferences as well as at working visits - when a delegation visited the NTCA.
As part of other promotional activities, the platform has also been showcased at the NTCA's Museum of Customs and Taxation History as part of the popular Museums' Night. In fact, it is a permanent feature of this museum and is used as part of educational activities.
The National Tax and Customs Institute of Training, Health and Culture also received 14 Mobility era games – a European tax board game with the aim of educating young learners about taxes in a fun and engaging way.
Future initiatives
The NTCA has prepared their "Tax awareness Strategy 2020-2024" which includes the promotion of the TAXEDU platform. As a part of this strategy, an action plan was created with concreate actions about how the platform will be promoted.
Training programmes for young students, for example, are currently being created which will include the promotion of the TAXEDU platform.
The lesson plans from the TAXEDU website will become part of the guides used to help prepare teachers and students from primary and secondary schools.
The platform will also be actively promoted at conferences which are planned by partner organisations. There are also plans to follow up with conferences for schoolteachers about tax awareness training opportunities, strategy, methods and tools. These activities will be realised after the strategy's approval.
The NTCA, with the help of the TAXEDU digital platform, is ensuring young people learn about the impact of taxes on their lives.
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The AGB/918-2 is a buffer preamp that features adjustable gain which allows you to boost the input signal up to 12dB while maintaining flat frequency response. It is less than ½ the size of a 9-volt battery making it ideal for instruments with limited cavity space. The AGB/918-2 provides a strong output signal and isolation from external equipment that may otherwise adversely affect pickup tone. It is often used to make a passive instrument active with very little effort. With only 4 wires to connect – power, ground, input, and output – it is a simple way to add flexibility and power to your guitar or bass with active or passive pickups.
The AGDB/918-2 provides 2 independent buffers in the same space as the AGB/918-2. This is great for separately boosting 2 pickups into either a simple dual-volume setup or even into an EQ preamp. When you have 2 passive pickups with low output, you can easily boost and isolate them with the AGDB/918-2 – effectively making them active pickups.
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Caseneuve is een gemeente in het Franse departement Vaucluse (regio Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) en telt 355 inwoners (1999). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Apt.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Caseneuve bedraagt 18,4 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 19,3 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

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Gemeente in Vaucluse


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Dolnje Dobravice – wieś w Słowenii, w gminie Metlika. W 2018 roku liczyła 74 mieszkańców.

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Q: Complicated calc() in LESS is not working as expected i have this calculation in my less file:
height: calc((100vh - 60px) + ((100vw / 9) * 3));

but the result is not what i was expecting, in my chrome devtools the result is:
height: calc(73.33333333vh);

It should (in my viewport) be something like 130vh, its way off.
I already tried to find a solution for this, but was not able to fix it, and due to the more "complicated" nature of the value, i couldn't find comparable cases. I tried the following Calculations, but the result was always faulty.
height: calc((~"100vh - 60px") + ((~"100vw / 9") * 3)); // breaks, doesnt build CSS
height: ~"calc((100vh - 60px) + ((100vw / 9) * 3))";    // results in invalid height value

Anybody have an idea whats going wrong?
Any help is highly appreciated.

A: after A LOT of trying (literally over 2 hours), i figured it out:
height: ~"calc(calc(100vh - 60px) + calc((100vw / 9) * 3))";

if anybody can let me know anything about the mechanics here, please, let me know. this was a long time of guessing, i finally found this solution after i started implementing css and less variables and got my desired result. so basically that was 2 hours of trial and error


This sketch of "Rosebush" shows James D. Farrell's home "Homebush" after the O'Hara Taaffe family moved in. Photo courtesy of Arthur A. Shilt.
Captain R. R. Thompson. Courtesy photo.
Captain R. R. Thompson cashed out of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company and moved south: first to San Francisco, and then to Alameda, where he built this stately mansion in today's Lincoln Park. Photo courtesy of the Alameda Museum.
Historians and Alameda Sun publishers Eric J. Kos and Dennis Evanosky will share stories about the three families that once called Lincoln Park home at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 26, at the Alameda Museum, 2324 Alameda Avenue.
Farwell arrived in San Francisco in the spring of 1850. He had safely captained the steamboat Tehama from Panama. He opened a chandlery on Clay Street, from which he supplied the ships in port with their wares.
Farwell was a vigilante who served on San Francisco's First Vigilance Committee. As a member of the committee he was called to arms on June 10, 1851, when John Jenkins stood accused of stealing a safe. Farwell witnessed the trial and Jenkins' hanging the next day. His signature appears on the document that supported a vigilance committee "jury" meting out "justice" in San Francisco.
The 1860 Census shows Farwell living in Alameda with his wife, Angelina, and a gardener, an Irishman named Jim Carroll. Census taker William Grove Deal listed Farwell as a "merchant." He had purchased property in today's Lincoln Park and built a home he called "Homebush." Angelina bore Farwell a son in 1866 and died in 1868.
Burpee also recorded James' brother and his son's namesake, William, living in Alameda with his wife, Sarah. The 1868 San Francisco Directory tells us that William and James were partners in a chandlery, likely the same one that James had started in 1850. William and Sarah had two children, Laura and John.
In 1872 James teamed up with a group of wealthy men that included John Parrott and Peter Donahue. They had put up $2 million to start the Pacific Cordage Company. These investors wanted to meet the demand for rope while competing with the only rope manufacturer in San Francisco.
Californians once imported all their rope. In 1852, for example, ships laden with 13,323 coils and 15,612 packages of cordage passed through the Golden Gate on their way to eager buyers in San Francisco and beyond. To meet the local demand for rope, Hiram Tubbs opened the San Francisco Cordage Company in 1862. Nine years later Tubbs got some competition across the bay, in the form of the Pacific Cordage Company.
Farwell sold Homebush to O'Hara Taaffe the same year that Pacific Cordage produced its first rope and moved to a ranch in Hayward. The Pacific Cordage Company stayed in business for four years. For the first two years it offered Tubbs some lively competition; then it began to lose money. It closed its doors in 1877.
Farwell died at his ranch in Hayward on November 19, 1887 after a brief illness, The Daily Alta California reported.
O'Hara Taaffe was born on in Denmark on Dec. 1, 1825. He arrived in San Francisco in 1851 and worked at first as an agent for the Commercial Union Assurance Company. He later served as the consul for Denmark and the vice-consul for Sweden and Norway. Before coming to Alameda, he lived at 2114 Mason Street in San Francisco.
O'Hara Taaffe married Anna Södring on July 24, 1856, in Denmark. She was born there on July 11, 1838, and bore seven children before she and Gustav either separated or divorced. Seven of their children survived into adulthood: four sons — Christian, Teodor, Viggo and Gustav — and three daughters, Agnes Elizabeth and Catherine.
O'Hara Taaffe served as president of the Scandinavian Hall Association and played an important role in starting the newspaper California Scandinav. He worked as a trustee at Our Savior's Scandinavian Evangelical-Lutheran Church. He was also an amateur sculptor. He traveled in important circles: In 1869, three years before purchasing the Farwell estate in Alameda, he affixed his signature to the papers that formed the California Immigrant Union.
He and his associates started the organization to encourage immigration from Europe to California. The union appointed O'Hara Taaffe one of its first trustees, and he sat at the table with such luminaries as railroad baron Charles Crocker, cattle tycoon Charles Lux and sugar magnate Claus Spreckels.
In 1869, the same year the California Immigrant Union set to work, O'Hara Taaffe wrote a 40-page document that he called "Californien som det er," (California As It Is). He had this published in his native county's capital city of Copenhagen.
"This pamphlet is, on the whole, a sober and seemingly accurate account of conditions in the state, which he knew intimately through travel and business," a reviewer wrote. He aimed his treatise specifically at Scandinavian farmers, people he felt would help California thrive.
In 1872, three years after he penned "Californien son det er" he purchased Homebush, renamed the place Rosebush, and live long enough to enjoy the place for just two years.
He died in Alameda on April 16, 1874. He was only 48 years old. His obituary described him as "the most distinguished Dane in the city of San Francisco." He was buried in San Francisco, but his body was later disinterred and moved to Woodlawn Cemetery in Colma, where a small stone marks where O'Hara Taaffe rests today.
Before coming to Alameda, Thompson made his fortune first in the California gold fields, and then as a principal shareholder of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. He and his partners sold their interests in the steam company to a railroad. Each man received a tidy sum.
In 1877 Thompson decided to return to the state where he made his fortune in gold. He headed for San Francisco, where he began investing the proceeds from the sale of his steamboat company in real estate. While shopping for property, he discovered that Rosebush, O'Hara Taaffe's 12-acre estate in Alameda, was on the market and purchased it.
In 1879 Thompson decided to start a project that would supply his new hometown with water. After some testing he bore four wells on his property. The spot he chose for this enterprise bears his name, Thompson Avenue. He found an abundance of fresh water and obtained a license from the city to lay down the pipe necessary to supply Alameda with water.
Thompson found O'Hara Taaffe's Gothic Revival cottage too small to suit his needs. So in 1880 he hired local architect William Patton to design a mansion. Thompson and Patton struck up a relationship that held them both in good stead. In 1887 Patton would design the First National Bank at 1400 Park Street, now home to Capone's Speakeasy.
The Alta California newspaper called Thompson's three-story home "the handsomest and most costly residence in Alameda County." According to the newspaper, "the lights over all the doors were of stained glass specially ordered for the mansion in Munich, Bavaria — each one of them in itself a work of art and done by the best artists."
"The carpets were woven in Europe to fit the rooms of the house and cost fabulous sums. The mantelpieces in the rooms were all of onyx, and everything in the house was of an equally luxurious and costly nature," the newspaper told its readers.
On October 19, 1880, while his mansion was rising up on High Street, the city of Alameda founded its fire department. On November 17, three firefighting companies were formed. One bore Thompson's name, the Thompson Hose Company No. 1. The following month, the city arranged for Thompson to supply the department with water. He also obtained the license from the city to use his water to flush the sewers in town. He allowed the city to use his "pressure engine" for all fire purposes.
In a touch of irony, the man who did so much to supply the town and its fire department with water watched his palatial mansion burn to the ground. The fire started just after 2 p.m. on August 18, 1884, in a room above the kitchen. "The firemen did all they could, but the water pressure was too low for quick and effective work," the Alta California reported.
Like other wealthy residents in Alameda, Thompson opposed tax levies, including those to pay for the city's fire department. He told everyone who would listen that he had no need for the fire department to ever visit his property because he had his staff drilled to put out any fire that might start there.
The fire did not discourage Thompson in the least. In 1887 he and one of his partners in the Oregon Steamboat Navigation Company, J. C. Ainsworth, purchased a large tract of land on Santa Monica Bay. The pair moved south and established the city of Redondo Beach.
Thompson and his wife, Harriet, never returned to Alameda. They both died in 1908. That same year, a portion of the land they called home became city property. The following year, the city created Lincoln Park on the land. The decorative iron fence along High Street that Charles H. Foster crafted in 1879 remains to remind us of the Thompsons.
Interesting. If you look at the Redondo Beach history items, they make no mention of the Thompsons. Maybe they do in some other books or articles, but an initial view does not mention them. Very ironic about the house burning down and their lack of support of the fire department and need for fire protection by the city.
It's a huge exaggeration to say that they founded Redondo Beach. They simply bought some land. I'm guessing there's no real fact checking done on this website. The real information is very easy to find using Google.
I could swear that I am an original Lincoln Park resident,,,spent every day there for 13 years.


I need to let everyone know that I am not taking any more whip orders for the remainder of 2011. This is in part because I am trying to catch up on the orders I have and also because I was recently promoted with Walmart and I am going though training for my new position until the week of Christmas.
I am still taking orders for whipmaking DVDs! So please email me at rhettswhips at yahoo dot com if you are interested in getting one of those for the holidays.
I hope to start taking whip orders again after the first of the year.
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Super hackers, spies and a couple of old guys. Welcome to the third installment of the Security Briefing.
Dave: - Attending Security Congress in Chicago, Derbycon, HITB Malaysia, Speaking at Deepsec in Austria and maybe bsidesTO. Panelist at SecTor (twice). And finally speaking at Hackfest in Quebec City.
Other LSD Writers: - Chris Sistrunk speaking at EnergySec in a couple of weeks.