You need a safe place to share things that are going well in your life. A place free from jealousy and judgment and — worst of all — envy.
You are allowed to have a great week. Or a big financial win. Or have a wonderful time on your vacation. You don't need to be ashamed of it or be afraid of hurting someone else's feelings.
Yet some people have a hard time when their friends are winning. They feel left out or left behind. They can't feel happy for you because they're too busy feeling sorry for themselves.
They're probably hurting pretty badly, and I want to acknowledge that. But they make it worse by not enjoying your victory with you.
You are allowed to want someone to be glad for your win. To want a moment of recognition for your hard work.
The Brag Table is a safe place to share your wins. Your weight loss. Your new job. How awesome your wife is. Finally finishing that big project. Accomplishing an important goal. Or even cleaning up that pile of papers that has been bothering you for months.
But beware of those who envy the success of others. They will attempt to steal and murder your joy. Envy is toxic and hateful and bad for your skin. Probably.
So quit hanging out with those people, and find a few friends you can trust to be sincerely glad for your recent win. We all need support and reinforcement for our growth.
This post is your Brag Table — right here, right now. Comment on your recent wins.


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A Paddle to Wassaw Island
That's me and I can't seem to get upright...
It's going to be a hot day, temperatures nearing triple digits and high humidity making the heat index of around 110 . Just to be on the safe side, I pack four water bottles, a full gallon of water along with a sunscreen, insect repellant, lunch, a towel, and a beach tarp in which to retreat during the searing midday sun. A few minutes after nine, I arrived at the Delegal Marina where I met eight other kayakers for the trip to Wassaw Island. Although we were supposed to start at 9:30, most of the others already had their boats in the water when I arrived a few minutes after nine. I stuffed everything in my boat and joined them and soon we were paddling east, out of the marina and toward the mouth of Delegal Creek. It's not a long trip, five miles one way, but one that has to be carefully planned with the tides and involves some open water much of the Ossabaw Sound is open to the ocean. We paddled out on the falling tide. Leaving the safety of Delegal Creek, we merged with the Vernon River which opened to Green Island Sound, passing Raccoon Key to the south. It was an enjoyable paddle on calm waters. We passed the mouth of Adam's Creek, then Curtis Creek and Pine Island. You could see a clump of trees in the distance, our destination, but straight ahead was the wide open Atlantic. As I didn't know any of the paddlers before this morning, I first spent time paddling next to Rudy, who moved to Savannah from New York but is originally from Belgium. We paddle a ways out from land in order to avoid sandbars, but even here in places, the water is shallow enough that I hit bottom with my paddle. In other places it is very deep. As we paddle I get to meet many of the other paddlers: Bob, Dave, Ruth, John and three other guys whose names I forgotten.
Arriving on Wassaw
The dunes by the ocean
another "portrait" photo that blogger won't let me turn...
the forest of Wassaw
A calm day by the Atlantic Ocean
We arrive on Wassaw around 10:30 AM, beaching our boats on the safety of the sound side, at a site tucked away behind the inlet. After pulling our boats out of the water, we hike north, along the sound, to a trail that cuts across the island. The interior is heavily wooded, mostly pines with palms and other bushes growing underneath. The soil is sandy. We hike out to the beach. It is two hours from low tide, but the water is already calm. There are only small waves. Most of us swim and cool off, even though the water is warm. Afterwards, we hike on the beach around the inlet and back to our boats. Umbrellas open and I pop up my sun shade and we all retreat from the intense rays as we eat lunch. I make a few notes in my journal and the close my eyes and nap. I don't sleep very long as soon others are packing up. Rudi suggests we wait till 1:30, to catch the incoming tide, but by 1 PM, we're on the water, paddling back.
Preparing to leave Wassaw
Curtis Creek
On the way back, the wind is still off the land and is in our faces making the paddling more difficult. When the tide turns and begins to push against the wind, choppy waves form and occasionally break over the bow of my kayak. I am glad I have a spray skirt to shed the water. After forty-five minutes of paddling, we stop near the mouth of Curtis Creek and to rest and explore inland a bit, before paddling back to the marina. Although it is hot, the wind and water keeps us cool. We arrive back at Delegal at 3 PM.
A few photos...
It's going to be a hot one today, but in an hour I'm meeting folks for a paddle to Wassaw Island. Here are a few photos from my new home. Interestingly, with the moving van, the two pair of skis I kept came off first (I did get rid of two pair, but figure I will be make a sojourn back to snow country during the winter...
Moving van arrives in Savannah
The sailing is on the Wilmington River. Unfortunately, we were third in this race. The boat was a Rhodes 19.
I don't think one could make up a better name for a street.
Evening at Delegal Creek with the tide running out...
Goodbye Hastings...
Early this month, after a nearly 3 decade exile, I moved back South. More about my new home later. This is my reflection of my last walk through Hastings, taken on August 4, 2014. I had lived in Hastings for a little over ten years…
The Old Presbyterian Church, now a community center.
This photo was taken in late April.
The air is notably cooler following the earlier thunderstorm. There is no wind and the humidity is high and the air heavy. I walk down Green Street toward town. In the past decade, I've walked down this street a thousand times. I've covered this mile in the snow, in the fog, at night, in the sun and occasionally (by accident or lack of foresight) in the rain. This will be my last walk, least as a resident of this town. Next time, I'll be a visitor. Wednesday morning, I'll be on the road with my dog, heading south.
Tomorrow is the primary election in Michigan and signs clutter many yards. Most are for Hoot or Jerry, who are squaring off for a slot as a county commissioner. On a personal level, I like them both. A few people weigh in for Justin Amash, our current congressman who has managed to piss-off everyone in politics, especially his fellow Republicans. Brian Ellis is running against him and is being supported by the establishment that once seated Gerald Ford in the House of Representatives. As I won't be a resident in November, I've decided to sit out the primary election. I'd feel bad voting for someone right before driving out-to-town for the final time. Mixed in with the campaign signs are a few "no fracking" and a handful of real estate signs. There are fewer of the latter than they were four or five years ago when the economy was really bad. Fracking, a method of harvesting natural gas, is still a hot topic.
I've crossed Cass, Benton, and Young Streets, which I've been told were named for our town fathers. I know many of the people on this street. I pass Don's house. He's a hard worker, often holding down a couple of part-time jobs in addition to his primary work at Flexfab. Currently, he is preparing for another sale of collected antiques. At Market, where Steve, a retired dentist lives, Green Street turns almost 35 degrees to the right and heads into town due east. The homes here are older; some sport a detached garage with a hayloft above that remains as a reminder of a by-gone era. In one older home, made into apartments, Sue lives with her daughter. She'd escaped an abusive relationship in Tennessee and moved back to her home in Hastings and is now in college. The other apartment is empty, but the woman who used to live here had a boxer that always barked when I walked by with my dog.
Catty-cornered across the intersection with Washington is the Goodyear house, named from an early merchant family in town. Most all houses in Hastings are known by their former tenants! This home has a large porch with a flat roof. When my daughter was young and they still had teenagers at home, they were a special stop on Halloween. These kids (and a few adults) would set up as a rock band on the roof of the porch and pantomime to music blasting out of speakers, acting as if they were KISS or Motley Crew. Halloween was always a big night on Green Street as hundreds of kids roamed around and everyone decorating their yards and handing out tons of candy. One Halloween, a kid ahead of me darted across the street in front of a car. Luckily, the driver was going slow and watching carefully and screeched to a stop as did my heart. In the last few years, the police closed off the street, creating a safer environment for kids wandering around in the dark extorting candy.
A ways down on the north side of the street is Amy and Brian's. She's a judge and he retired early and now runs a window cleaning business. Then there's Lori's home with her Nantucket sign on a front porch, perhaps as a reminder of her hopes and dreams of where she'd like to be. Back on the south side of the street in one of the many beautifully restored homes resides Dave, my pharmacist. When I walk downtown early in the morning, I often see him walking into town to Bosley's Pharmacy. As I approach the light at Broadway, I see that the huge house on the rise to the south has a new labyrinth, laid out in stone in the yard beside the "project house" in which the owners have been working on for the past ten years. When I moved to town, the place was falling down and looked haunted or at least like a movie set for an episode of the Adam's Family. Although it still isn't fully restored, they've done a remarkable amount of work on it.
As I wait for the light to change, before crossing Green Street and heading north on Broadway, I scope out the landscape on last time. The next block to the south is Central School. My daughter started attending there at the middle of her kindergarten year. We could have sent her to the newer school, as many parents did, but were charmed with the old school (the main building was built in the 1930s). Her kindergarten class had a fireplace and an in-floor goldfish pond. That was pretty neat and overall the school was a good experience for her. She had wonderful teachers and a very caring principal. Although John has retired as principal, he's still a good friend, and I will be ever in debt to Jean, her first grade teacher. I'm going to miss those class field trips! When I worked in town, I would walk up Broadway to school and my daughter would come running out into my arms to be picked up and swung around. We'd walk back to my office, often hand-in-hand, where she'd hang around until it was time to head home.
I turn south on Broadway, walking in front of Girrbach's, one of two funeral homes in the town. I'd been there many times to say goodbye to those no longer with us and to comfort friends. At the next corner is Emmanuel Episcopal Church, a lovely brick chapel-looking church. Across the street is the old Presbyterian Church with its slightly tipped steeple and huge white columns. The old church building is looking nice as it is now the home of the Barry Community Resource Center, which is a wonderful use of the building that dates to the 1850s. It houses a number of non-profit organizations and the sanctuary has been refurbished to a performing arts center. The Presbyterians, of which I was a part, moved outside of town in 2010, onto a 34 acre tract of land next to the main highway heading toward Grand Rapids. As a community center, the building continues to serve the town well and the new site has allowed the congregation to spread their wings.
In the next block, on the left side is the Adrounie House, a wonderful Bed and Breakfast run by Don and April. I stayed there my first visit to this town, back in 2003. Next to the Adrounie House is a parking lot. Once Dr. Upjohn's house sat there, but the home is now preserved at Charlton Park. Upjohn started his drug business in Hastings. Local legend has it that his machine to make capsules was so loud he was ordered to remove it out of town. He did, to Kalamazoo and they enjoyed the success of his company (now a part of Pfizer). Across the street from the Adrounie House is the stately courthouse, built in the 1890s. I head over at Court Street and cross the front yard of the courthouse to State Street (not to be confused with State Road which is on the other side of the river). I walk down State Street (which most people call Main Street as it is the business district), passing the movie theater and a host of other businesses and restaurants. On the east end, there is the town hall and the library. They were raising money to build the latter when I arrived and it opened a few years later. To the community's credit, all the money for the construction of the library came from the community. Somewhere in there is a brick we purchased that has my daughter's name engraved on it.
I walk behind the library and across the footbridge over the Thornapple River, where I pause and look around and to listen to the water. This bridge is one of the few remaining structures of the old CK&S (Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw) Railroad which never made it to Chicago or Saginaw (it ran between Kalamazoo and Woodlawn), and went defunct in 1938. At the time, the Michigan Central railroad, whose tracks paralleled the river as it ran from Jackson to Grand Rapids, acquired the trestle and used it to access the factories on the other side of the river. The Michigan Central pulled up tracks in the early 1980s, at which time the trestle was made into a walking bridge.
Old CK&S trestle. This photo was taken by Vickie, a friend who paddled
the river yesterday, August 14, 2014
Darkness is descending and bats dart around scooping up mosquitoes and other insects. Yesterday, I paddled under this bridge for the last time. At the time, the airspace above the river seemed to be dominated by Cedar Waxwings, darting around doing their part at harvesting the insects that like to feast on human blood. The trip was bittersweet as I haven't done much paddling of this section in the summer in recent years (I have tended to sail instead of paddle during the warmer months). The local canoe livery has now started renting rubber tubes and the section closest to town was filled with tubers with their coolers and ubiquitous beer cans. Cigarette smoke fouled the air and boom boxes drowned the sounds of the river and the birds. Now it is quiet, except for the low roar where Fall Creek enters the river. The last couple hundred yards of the creek has long been underground, as parking lots and buildings sit above it. The huge culvert in which the creek flows into the river emits the roar as air blows through it.
Leaving the trestle on the north side of town, I walk between buildings owned by Hastings Manufacturing, the maker of Hastings Piston Rings. At one time they employed thousands, but today only a little over a hundred. Many of the buildings are empty, as the company which had been locally owned for three generations went bankrupt a year or so after my arrival. There was fear the company would cease operations, but a group of investors purchased it and it continues to chug along making high quality rings (they are an inclusive supplier to Harley Davidson). Others of the buildings were the former home of Viking, a manufacturer of fire suppression sprinklers. Long before I moved here, Viking moved across the river and on the west side of town. I walk east on Mill Street, back into a residential community with houses built on a steep bank above the river, and turn left at Michigan Street, crossing the Thornapple again on the new bridge. Below me in the water, a family of mallards preen themselves in preparation for the night.
A block ahead, behind City Hall, I stop to admire the bronze sculpture of a young girl exploring a garden. Flowers are all around her now. She was created by Ruth, a local artist who has lately taken hundreds of photos of me in order to paint my portrait. Although I may leave this town, a part of me will remain. But before she can work on the portrait, she has a couple of other statues to finish, so it won't be ready until sometime next year. The original will hang in the Presbyterian Church and I will receive a copy. This will do nothing to ease my struggle with vainglory.
I stop for a beer at Vinnies Woodfired Saloon, a new restaurant and bar in town, and watch the Tigers lose to the Yankees as I admire the craftsmanship of the establishment. The owner, a carpenter, used lots of wood and the establishment has a warm feeling about it. Finishing my beer, I head home, taking Jefferson Street, passing the Olde Towne Tavern (known for good burgers) and the boarded up Fall Creek Restaurant. This was a favorite restaurant, but the owner, Jeff, got cancer and it closed last summer, just weeks before his death. I miss him and his subtle humor, and his love for Santana. His funeral ended with some musically talented friends playing Europa. The song has a subtitle, "Earth Cries, Heaven Smiles," which seemed to be appropriate as there were lots of tears on earth that day. At the other end of the block is Brian's Tire, ran by Jeff's brother. They have serviced my vehicles since I arrived in town and I have always felt that they were honest and fair and will miss doing business with them. At Green Street, there is the Thomas Jefferson Hall, which used to be the Methodist Church. The building is now owned by the County Democratic Party, which rents it out for auctions and antique sales as well as occasionally holding a meeting there. On the next block stands the new Methodist Church, with its huge dome. Last year they celebrated their 100th anniversary of the "new building." When I re-cross Broadway, I retrace my steps toward the house that will be my home for one more night. The movers will finish up in the morning…
For those interested, Amash and Hoot won the primary elections. Soon, I'll have to do a post on my new home and the salt marsh that surrounds it...

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WTVR
Richmond leaders 'scared' about mounting staffing shortages at city jail: 'We're in an emergency'
Some Richmond city leaders declared an "emergency situation" at the Richmond City Jail due to significant staffing shortages that are showing no signs of improvement.
How Todd and Julie Chrisley are spending their time in prison
Savannah Chrisley says "Chrisley Knows Best" stars Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley are doing better than expected in prison.
Esther "Essie" Nakajjigo's husband and parents initially filed a $270 million claim against the National Park Service in 2021 over her death
This Woman Is Starting A Conversation About The Toxic Double Standards In Society, And Her Illustrations Are Spot On
Illustrator Lainey Molnar is challenging double standards in society through her thought-provoking art. "The amount of women who feel seen and empowered to talk about things considered taboo? It's magic."
Some officers have a different kind of vehicle.
Eagles offensive lineman Josh Sills has been indicted on rape and kidnapping charges in Ohio.
U.S. woman detained in Russia after walking calf on Red Square
Alicia Day, 34, was fined 20,000 roubles ($285) for obstructing pedestrians in an unauthorised protest and sentenced to 13 days of "administrative arrest" on a separate charge of disobeying police orders. "I bought the calf so that it wouldn't be eaten," TASS news agency quoted her as saying. Video shared by state media showed Day explaining that she had got a driver to bring the calf to Red Square by car.
Theresa Dunlap was shackled to a hospital bed while dying of cancer. After 46 years in prison, she wants to go home, but the governor won't let her.
FTX Collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried Suffers a Major Setback
Despite opposition from the former crypto king, the names of the two people who helped his parents fund his bail are set to be disclosed.
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Items of missing boater Tyler Doyle found near beach in North Carolina
Tyler Doyle's wife posted photos of several items on Facebook, including what appears to be her husband's driver's license.
South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh's final text to wife revealed in murder trial
"Call me babe" was Alex Murdaugh's last text to his wife, prosecutors revealed during the second week of the double murder trial where he is accused of murdering his wife and son.
Explainer: Gov. Ron DeSantis vs Disney's Reedy Creek — Here's the latest
The district's future 2023 outlook has become somewhat clearer over the month of January, but many questions remain. Here's what we know.
Jan. 6 defendant who sprayed line of police sentenced after tearful apology
"You're entitled to your political views but not to an insurrection," the judge said before delivering 68-month jail term.
Car Chase Leads To Stolen Cars, Artifacts Recovered
Yes, you read that right, artifacts…
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Man accused of killing Selma police officer named. He has a criminal history
It was the first killing of an officer in Selma's 130-year history, officials said.
Deputies: Man, woman tried to spray-paint stolen semi truck in Flagler County
Deputies in Flagler County said a man and a woman were arrested after they were caught trying to spray paint a stolen semi-trailer.
Chinese-born woman sues adoptive US parents for using her as a slave, locking her in a 'dungeon' for years
The suit, which was filed Monday in Merrimack County Superior Court, also names multiple co-defendants, including the state's child protection system, the local school district, New Boston police and a Massachusetts adoption agency. Olivia Atkocaitis, now 19, was adopted from China at the age of 14 months in 2004. Olivia said her parents, Thomas and Denise Atkocaitis, built her an 8-by-8-foot room in their home's basement, which is described in the suit as a "dungeon."
Bucks County police are warning parents about the #OrbeezChallenge. What you need to know
Police in Warrington are urging parents to learn about the #OrbeezChallenge and the dangers associated with the popular TikTok dare.
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In a surprising move, Leon County Florida Commissioner Bill Proctor sided with Ron DeSantis and criticized an African American studies course.
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Q: Spotlight shortcut Cmd+Space stops working in Yosemite I have to go to the spotlight menu under system preferences and change and re-set the keyboard shortcut to Cmd+Space and then it starts to work again.
Has anyone else also experienced this? Anyone know what causes the shortcut to stop working?

A: Go to System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts tab and click Restore Defaults. Then reconfigure your shortcut.

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Interactive Brokers Reports Positive Financials for Q4 2018
Revenue rose on strong interest income, which jumped 19 percent YoY, as did commissions and execution fees.
Aziz Abdel-Qader | Execution ( Institutional FX ) | Wednesday, 23/01/2019 | 00:28 GMT+2 2019-01-22T22:28:42+00:00 2019-01-29T10:47:52+00:00
Shortly after the close of the US trading session, Electronic brokerage firm Interactive Brokers LLC (NASDAQ:IBKR) disclosed its financial results for Q4 2018, revealing that its metrics managed to improve year-on-year, though earnings took a hit stemming from the exchange rate volatility.
The company's net revenues for Q4 2018 amounted to $492 million, lower by five percent compared with $515 million in the same period last year. Income before tax totaled $309 million, down 15 percent year-over-year from $364 million in Q4 2017.
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The drop in net revenue was primarily due to an $18 million reversal on the company's currency diversification strategy, which swung from a $6 million gain in Q4 2017 to a $12 million loss in 2018. However, the revenue figure benefited from strong growth in net interest income, which jumped 19 percent year-on-year, as did commissions and execution fees.
Interactive Brokers, which went public a decade ago, has been trying to tap the brokerage market, which has a relatively steady source of revenue.
Trump's Tax Overhaul
Delving further into financial metrics, Interactive Brokers reported diluted gain per share (EPS) on a comprehensive basis at $0.57 for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, reflecting an improvement year-over-year from a loss of $0.02 per share during Q4 2017.
Interactive Brokers said that the sweeping changes to US tax law knocked about $84 million off its profits in 2017, which were largely related to its tax-deferred assets, which had to be recalibrated to reflect the lower corporate rate.
The listed brokerage company were among the global firms that reported a hit to its earnings from the US corporate tax rate cut, which came into effect at the start of 2018 after being signed into law the year prior.
While some financial institutions reported 2017 earnings hits stemming from the new tax law, they see rich benefits over the long-term, including effective tax rates that are even lower than the new 21 percent corporate rate.
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Giant Mutilated 'Rabbit' Protests Animal Experimenters' Gathering in Boston
Published September 26, 2017 by PETA.
Earlier today, a giant mutilated "rabbit" led a group of two dozen black-clad PETA supporters in a protest outside the inaugural "Charles River World Congress on Animal Models in Drug Discovery & Development" in Boston. Armed with signs proclaiming, "Charles River Poisons Animals" and "Close Down Animal Laboratories," the protesters called on experimenters to switch to modern, non-animal research methods.
In addition to poisoning animals in its own laboratories during archaic tests, Charles River is in the dirty business of breeding and selling millions of animals—from mice to monkeys—for use in cruel and deadly experiments in laboratories around the world. PETA is calling on the attendees of this summit to get out of the Dark Ages and commit to in vitro testing, human organs-on-chips, and other modern research methods.
PETA notes that Charles River Laboratories is the world's largest breeder of animals for use in experiments, supplying one of every two animals tormented in laboratories each year. The company intentionally poisons animals by force-feeding them test compounds, smears caustic experimental chemicals onto their bare skin, and forces them to inhale toxic substances during painful and deadly experiments. Its appalling history of animal-welfare violations includes failure to provide animals with veterinary care, failure to provide suffering animals with pain relief, and shoddy surgical methods. At its Nevada facility, 32 monkeys were baked alive when a thermostat malfunctioned and no one noticed. A monkey was also scalded to death when her cage was run through a high-temperature cage washer—while she was still locked inside.
You Can Help Animals Like the Ones Suffering at Charles River
Every year, thousands of mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, and monkeys are killed in preclinical poisoning tests, during which animals are forced to swallow or inhale massive doses of a test substance—which can cause severe abdominal pain, paralysis, convulsions, seizures, or bleeding from the nose, mouth, or genitals—before they're killed by experimenters.
It's 2016. With so many non-animal testing methods, there's no excuse to experiment on animals. https://t.co/CzjA9OWyPS #StopAnimalTests
— PETA (@peta) January 18, 2016
This cruelty continues, even though reliable non-animal testing methods are available and many more are being developed. Using non-animal tests will produce safer and more effective drugs as well as reducing the cost of bringing drugs to market. Please click the button below to urge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to replace cruel animal tests with superior non-animal methods:
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LP version. Includes a CD copy of the album. This is the third album by Swedish indie-pop band Lacrosse. After a four-year long hiatus since album number two, the band needed new input and teamed up with Swedish producer Henrik Svensson, known for his involvement with Swedish luminaries Moneybrother, Existensminimum, Fint Tillsammans, and many more. The album was recorded in three different studios in Stockholm, Sweden during a total of two weeks, including mixing and mastering. "These songs were written between 2009 and 2012, and they were constantly changing for three years. But when it was time to press 'record,' it all came together magically. It feels like we finished the songs at just the right moment." Lots of things happened on a personal level for the band during these past three years. One member left the band, some became parents, and so forth. "The songs mirror the times we've lived in, but the general idea behind this album is unselfish love in times of extreme self-centering. The whole process was very organic, with the feeling that anything was possible. This was all thanks to Henrik Svenssons' creative genius who challenged us and our ears. He showed us that Lacrosse can be so much more than we knew before." Lacrosse has a knack for writing albums that will have you bouncing on the brightest-lit dancefloor and crying in the darkest corner. The songs on Are You Thinking of Me Every Minute of Every Day? are still bouncy and upbeat and with the characteristic dark nuance in the lyrics, but this time the whole sound has a more experimental production that brings you on a journey through time and space. "This is the best driving music I've heard in years," claims Gunther Buskies, CEO of Tapete Records. "I wish the Autobahn was longer." The fantastic food artwork is by Norwegian artist Ida Frosk. They sent ideas to each other for a bit and then she created the cover. "The title is not meant to be taken seriously. We understand that no one is thinking about Lacrosse all of the time, every minute of every day. If they are, they are not well and need professional help."


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Addressing healthcare needs of transgender adults: Qualitative study finds three main barriers to receiving primary care in a supportive environment
Regenstrief Institute
INDIANAPOLIS – Transgender individuals are less likely to have had a primary care visit in the last year than cisgender individuals despite having more chronic conditions. A study from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and Eskenazi Health explores the healthcare experiences of transgender patients and uncovered three major barriers this group faces in accessing healthcare.
A cisgender person is someone whose sense of personal identity and gender corresponds with their sex assigned at birth.
To better understand the challenges, perceptions and feelings of transgender patients seeking care, the research team interviewed 21 adult patients in the Gender Health Program at Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, a comprehensive healthcare clinic for transgender and gender-diverse adults. The interviews revealed transgender patients in Indiana face barriers related to:
A lack of willing or knowledgeable providers
Long wait times for appointments
"When we spoke to these patients, many described difficulties in being able to find a provider that could or would treat them. Some traveled for hours just so they could be seen in an affirming setting with providers knowledgeable about transgender health," said first author Joy L. Lee, PhD, M.S., research scientist at Regenstrief Institute and assistant professor of medicine at IU School of Medicine. "These interviews speak to the need for more primary care providers who can treat transgender patients and highlight the need to create healthcare spaces that feel safe for transgender individuals."
Transgender patient experiences
One patient told the research team, "[The transgender clinic physician] is more than willing to be my primary care doctor. His only concern is that he's a hundred miles away, quite literally. …I'm a little worried as to where I'm going to find primary care."
Other patients reported being uncomfortable in care settings outside of the transgender clinic. "It didn't feel safe -- not that anybody was mean or anything. It's just that you get in there and you're all nervous because now you have to explain who you are to somebody. I know they're professionals and I'm [probably] not the first trans person they ever saw. But you never know. Sometimes it's hard."
Many reported that providers actually looked to the patient for guidance on transgender specific care. "All I've ever done is had to educate them," one patient said. "Educate doctors. Educate pharmacists."
Overall, patients reported very positive experiences in the transgender clinic. One shared the experience, "[My doctor] doesn't make me feel like I'm a man coming into the transgender clinic. He makes me feel like I'm wanted. He talks to me as if I'm a woman.… It just feels like a regular doctor's appointment [where] I'm going to go get checked up."
However, travel and wait times for transgender care clinic appointments can be prohibitive for patients.
"A supportive care environment, whether it is a specialty clinic or a primary care office, is so crucial for these individuals who have many unique needs," said Janine M. Fogel, M.D., a study author, the medical director of the Gender Health Program at Eskenazi Health and assistant professor of clinical family medicine and clinical medicine at IU School of Medicine. "This study is noteworthy because it gives us insight into the experiences of transgender patients in the Midwest, highlighting experiences of rural patients."
"Our research indicates that transgender patients are having their needs partially met by the comprehensive care model, but there is a long way to go to make quality care accessible to everyone," said senior author Marianne Matthias, PhD, Regenstrief research scientist and associate research professor of medicine at IU School of Medicine. "These findings set the stage to develop future interventions aimed at expanding the capacity of providers and health systems to address the healthcare needs of transgender patients."
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life only going to a gender wellness clinic": Healthcare experiences of patients of a comprehensive transgender clinic" is published online ahead of print in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
In addition to Drs. Lee, Matthias and Fogel, the other authors are Monica Huffman, B.S., of Regenstrief, Nicholas A. Rattray, PhD, of Regenstrief, IU School of Medicine, and the VA Health Services Research and Development Center for Health Information and Communication (VA HSR&D CHIC); Jennifer L. Carnahan, M.D., MPH, of Regenstrief and IU School of Medicine; Dennis Fortenberry, M.D., M.S., of IU School of Medicine and Michael Weiner, M.D., MPH, of Regenstrief, IU School of Medicine and VA HSR&D CHIC.
About Joy L. Lee, PhD, M.S.
In addition to her role as a research scientist at Regenstrief Institute, Joy L. Lee, PhD, M.S., is an assistant professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.
About Marianne S. Matthias, PhD
In addition to her role as a research scientist at Regenstrief, Marianne S. Matthias, PhD, is a core investigator for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center for Health Information and Communication, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. She is also an associate research professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.
About Janine M. Fogel, M.D.
In addition to medical director of the Gender Health Program at Eskenazi Health, Janine M. Fogel, M.D., is a bicentennial professor and an assistant professor of clinical family medicine and clinical medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.
About Regenstrief Institute
Founded in 1969 in Indianapolis, the Regenstrief Institute is a local, national and global leader dedicated to a world where better information empowers people to end disease and realize true health. A key research partner to Indiana University, Regenstrief and its research scientists are responsible for a growing number of major healthcare innovations and studies. Examples range from the development of global health information technology standards that enable the use and interoperability of electronic health records to improving patient-physician communications, to creating models of care that inform practice and improve the lives of patients around the globe.
Sam Regenstrief, a nationally successful entrepreneur from Connersville, Indiana, founded the institute with the goal of making healthcare more efficient and accessible for everyone. His vision continues to guide the institute's research mission.
About IU School of Medicine
IU School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the U.S. and is annually ranked among the top medical schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The school offers high-quality medical education, access to leading medical research and rich campus life in nine Indiana cities, including rural and urban locations consistently recognized for livability.
About Eskenazi Health
For more than 160 years, Eskenazi Health has provided high-quality, cost-effective, patient-centered health care to Central Indiana. Accredited by The Joint Commission, nationally recognized programs include a Level I trauma center, regional burn center, comprehensive senior care program, women's and children's services, teen and adolescent care programs, health and wellness center, Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center, and a network of primary care sites located throughout the neighborhoods of Indianapolis. In partnership with the Regenstrief Institute, Eskenazi Health conducts groundbreaking work that informs health information technology around the globe. As the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County (HHC), Eskenazi Health partners with the Indiana University School of Medicine whose physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services.
About the Gender Health Program at Eskenazi Health
The Eskenazi Health Gender Health Program provides access to a network of primary care and specialty services for older adolescent and adult transgender patients of all gender identities. The first of its kind in Indiana, the program combines primary care and other comprehensive services with surgical options.Established in March 2016, it includes many skilled team members trained in the WPATH (World Professional Association for Transgender Health) standards of care. From primary care physicians and surgeons, to nurses and caring support staff, all are dedicated to serving the transgender community with excellence.
Journal of General Internal Medicine
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life only going to a gender wellness clinic": Healthcare experiences of patients of a comprehensive transgender clinic
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'It wouldn't go away': The flu is menacing Milwaukee. Here's how you can fight back.
January 16, 2020 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment
Dr. Jorge Ramallo, who practices internal medicine and pediatrics at the Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, said the best way to avoid influenza is by getting the flu shot. (Photo by Edgar Mendez)
The flu is back with a vengeance this year and hitting the Milwaukee area hard.
"I'm seeing about double the flu patients" compared to this time last year, said Dr. Jorge Ramallo, who practices internal medicine and pediatrics at the Sixteenth Street Community Health Center.
From September through December, there were 131 influenza-related hospitalizations in the city, compared with just 17 through the same period the year before, according to the Milwaukee Health Department. The flu season typically runs from October to March, health officials say.
It was during that period that Deborah Montano, who lives on Milwaukee's South Side, was hit with the flu. She ended up in the doctor's office twice but still had trouble shaking it.
"I was sick for four weeks from November to December," Montano said. "I tried everything you could imagine to get over it, and it wouldn't go away."
A nationwide problem
The increased spread of the flu this season was not isolated to Milwaukee, with state health officials also reporting record number of flu hospitalizations and 15 deaths, including one child who died in southeastern Wisconsin, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The Centers for Disease Control have reported elevated flu levels nationwide, with double the number of pediatric flu deaths as last year.
Because antibiotics don't work against the flu, doctors prescribe antiviral drugs. Those drugs can only do so much, so many times, and the flu has to just run its course, Ramallo said.
Ramallo said children and those older than 65 are most at risk for severe flu complications, although anyone can get very ill from it. Common symptoms of the flu include high fever, body pains, nausea and vomiting, a runny nose and a cough. Symptoms are similar to that of the common cold but can become much more menacing. Dangers include severe dehydration, the development of pneumonia and even death, Ramallo said.
"The best thing you can do if you're experiencing any of those symptoms is to go see a doctor immediately," he added.
How to beat the flu
The best course of action for avoiding getting sick – and you have definitely heard this before – is washing your hands. It is also wise to avoid going to places where large numbers of people frequent such as grocery stores and other crowded areas because you have less chances to come into contact with the virus through touching or from coughs or sneezes, Ramallo said.
And be sure to get the flu shot.
Ramallo acknowledged that there are many misconceptions about the flu shot, including stories of individuals who say they got sick right after receiving one.
He said the shot doesn't make a person sick.
Rather, the flu shot works by introducing inactive strains of the flu virus into your bloodstream, which helps it develop antibodies that attack the real virus when introduced, he said.
If you have questions about the vaccine, he advised talking to a doctor rather than relying on social media or what others are saying.
Alison True, director of communications for Sixteenth Street, said costs should not deter anyone from getting the flu shot.
"It doesn't matter if you have insurance or not, or whatever your status is, there are many ways to access the flu shot," True said.
And although it is getting late in the season and the best time to get a flu shot is in the beginning of fall, it's not too late.
"Go to a clinic, and you can get it the same day, and you'll be safer because of it," Ramallo said.
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Edgar is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in Journalism and Sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master's degree in Communication. As an accomplished journalist, Edgar's awards include a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow award, several press club awards and a Society of Professional Journalists' regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism.


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National Editorial
A cabinet remade for today and tomorrow
The UAE's reshuffled cabinet indicates the country's ambition while conveying its ironclad commitment to promoting equality
As Hessa Buhumaid (left) and Sara Al Amiri (right). There are more female decision makers in the UAE government than in India.
In February 2016, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, shared his thoughts on the role of government in shaping the future of the United Arab Emirates. Government, he said, "must be flexible" and responsive to "our youth's aspirations". To create such a government, it was essential to people it with "ministers capable of dealing with change". With the approval of Sheikh Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammed supervised the most substantial restructuring of the UAE's Government. Important old ministries were merged to improve and streamline their functioning, and new portfolios were created to address the evolving needs of a youthful, dynamic and pluralistic society.
The UAE established a Ministry of Tolerance and appointed 22-year-old woman to lead the Ministry of Youth. As Sheikh Mohammed explained at the time, "failure to respond effectively to the aspirations of young people, who represent more than half of the population in Arab countries, is like swimming against the tide". The alertness and responsiveness to rapid change that animated the restructuring of the government in 2016 were again in evidence on Thursday, when Sheikh Mohammed reshuffled the UAE's Cabinet. The final list revealed a cabinet that is well equipped not only to deal with the challenges of the present, but also to prepare us for (and lead us into) the future.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announces UAE Cabinet reshuffle
More women than the White House, and the youngest minister in the world - meet the new UAE Cabinet
UAE to merge Government ministries, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid says
UAE looks to artificial intelligence strategy to prepare for the future
Everyone seems to agree that artificial intelligence (AI) will be a dominant force in the not too distant future, giving rise to abundant benefits but also serious challenges that range from ethics and application to regulation. Yet there are hardly any governments that have taken concrete steps to grapple with AI and all its implications. The UAE has become a trailblazer, creating a new ministry in the reshuffle dedicated entirely to AI. It is not an exaggeration to say that if you want to get a glimpse of the future, the UAE is the place for it.
The UAE has also established a ministry for food security to ensure that, in our excitement about the future, the most basic needs of the population are not neglected. If newly formed ministries indicate the ambition of the UAE, the reshuffled cabinet's composition conveys the country's ironclad commitment to promoting gender equality. As The National reported on Friday, nine of the 31 ministerial positions - spanning culture, science, diplomacy and community diplomat - are now held by women. There are now more female decision-makers in the UAE Government than in India.
Sheikh Zayed, the founder of the UAE, had once said that no country could pursue development by leaving behind its women, who form "half the society". That vision finds expression in the UAE's reshuffled cabinet as this country marches proudly into the future.
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Europe must act quickly to curb far-right mobilisation
The UAE is conquering space in the Moon landing anniversary year
Time is running out to end starvation
Troop redeployment in Yemen marks an important step towards peace
Trust is crucial if we are to counter the threat of Ebola
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Resolution on Promoting Equity in Education
CSG Executive Committee
Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 03:40 PM
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WHEREAS, equity in education refers to fairness in programs, strategies, and opportunities for all students; and
WHEREAS, equity is achieved when all students receive the resources they need to graduate prepared for success after high school; and
WHEREAS, significant student achievement gaps still exist for a wide range of sub populations, including but not limited to communities of color, homeless students and foster children and youth, English language learners, students with disabilities, and students from low-income families during a time when changing national demographics show sizable increases to these student groups over the past fifteen years; and
WHEREAS, there exists a disparity in accessibility to curriculum such as early childhood education programs for low-income and English learning families and high-level courses in math and science for high poverty school districts. Limited access to these curriculums can have dramatic effects on the educational and career outcomes of students; and
WHEREAS, access to high quality teachers is an important measure of success for student learning and achievement, however, high poverty and minority schools have been shown to possess lower proportions of fully accredited and experienced teachers; and
WHEREAS, school districts with greater proportions of low income students, students with disabilities, and English language learners require higher amounts of funding per pupil to adjust for specific learning needs; and
WHEREAS, the majority of school revenue comes from state and local budgets which can create sizable differences in educational spending per pupil and negatively effects the poorest areas of the country. On average, school districts with high poverty rates receive $1,200 less per pupil than those with low poverty.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that The Council of State Governments encourages the federal Executive and Legislative branches to support funding for programs that promote equity in education among the nation's schools.
Adopted by The Council of State Governments' Executive Committee this 16th Day of December, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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 between the multiple erros message that validation_errors() print, so in some way I must control what validation_errors() does, cos I can't inser br between the each message cos validation_errors print all messages as a whole. I tested passing first parameter (separation tag) to validation_errors() and don't work, the problem is that if you don't pass the open and close tag, the function still add
, and that break my HTML.
Looking at the code for validation_errors($open, $close), it seems if you pass an empty open or close string it defaults back to whatever the default is for $form_validation->error_prefix and $form_validation->error_suffix, which is a p tag, or whatever they have been set to using set_error_delimiters().
to set those defaults and then this should probably work.
I hope this bug get fixed in future CI versions.


If the children are our future and female is the future it is incumbent upon us to encourage, inspire, and educate the young women of today. The 2017 Young African American Women's Conference presented by the Pasadena Alumnae Chapter of Delta Segma Theta Sorority did just that- creating a positive platform for young women to thrive. The event started off with a Q&A and speech from ABC's Black-ish actress Yara Shahidi. The day proceeded with the young scholars being dispersed to different classrooms for workshops that focused on financial literacy, how to dress for success, resume building, health & wellness, college preparation, and a "Real Talk" panel where the young ladies can openly discuss problems they've faced. You can see the timidness of the young girls as they entered the classrooms but that shyness quickly went away when the young professionals leading the classes engaged with them in interactive ways. Popping in on one class where they were a group of girls dancing to Beyonce's "Move Your Body" with the dance instructor at the helm- there was genuine joy in the room. The purpose of this workshop was to encourage exercise and to have fun. Venturing into the college preparation class lead by USC Doctorate candidate Amber Bradley and Senior Site Coordinator of the UCLA Early Academic Outreach Program Brittany Lewis-Porchia. They broke down the cost of college- from community colleges, CSUs, UCs, to private universities. They emphasized the importance of good grades and how to turn that into scholarships and opportunities that will pay for college courses.


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from base import SimpleOauthTestCase
from simpleoauth.oauth1 import (hmac_sha1_signer, make_auth_header,
                                make_params, OAuth1Error, sign)

import contextlib

@contextlib.contextmanager
def constant_variables(t=0, r=0):
    import simpleoauth.oauth1

    old_time = simpleoauth.oauth1.time
    old_random = simpleoauth.oauth1.random

    simpleoauth.oauth1.time = lambda: t
    simpleoauth.oauth1.random = lambda: r
    yield
    simpleoauth.oauth1.time = old_time
    simpleoauth.oauth1.random = old_random

class OAuth1TestCase(SimpleOauthTestCase):
    maxDiff = None

    def test_hmac_sha1_signer(self):
        with constant_variables():
            sig = hmac_sha1_signer('consumer_secret',
                                   'access_token_secret',
                                   'GET',
                                   'http://example.com/',
                                   {},
                                   {})

            self.assertEqual(sig, 'HpqBQXW13CJcVZ+Nao7nClBajGc=')

    def test_make_params(self):
        with constant_variables():
            params = make_params({},
                                 'consumer_key',
                                 'hmac_sha1_signer',
                                 'access_token')

            expected = \
                {'oauth_consumer_key': 'consumer_key',
                 'oauth_nonce': 'b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c',
                 'oauth_signature_method': 'hmac_sha1_signer',
                 'oauth_timestamp': 0,
                 'oauth_token': 'access_token',
                 'oauth_version': '1.0'}

            self.assertEqual(params, expected)

    def test_make_auth_header(self):
        with constant_variables():
            params = make_params({},
                                 'consumer_key',
                                 'hmac_sha1_signer',
                                 'access_token')
            header = make_auth_header(params, 'foo')
            expected = \
                ('OAuth realm="foo",'
                 'oauth_consumer_key="consumer_key",'
                 'oauth_nonce="b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c",'
                 'oauth_signature_method="hmac_sha1_signer",'
                 'oauth_timestamp="0",'
                 'oauth_token="access_token",'
                 'oauth_version="1.0"')
            self.assertEqual(header, expected)

    def test_sign(self):
        with constant_variables():
            sig = sign({'params': 'foo=bar'},
                       'http://example.com/',
                       'GET',
                       'consumer_key',
                       'consumer_secret',
                       'access_token',
                       'access_token_secret')

            expected = \
                {'oauth_consumer_key': 'consumer_key',
                 'oauth_nonce': 'b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c',
                 'oauth_signature': 'OTdC8apUL3RhM0FvwondSh5bTdo=',
                 'oauth_signature_method': 'HMAC-SHA1',
                 'oauth_timestamp': 0,
                 'oauth_token': 'access_token',
                 'oauth_version': '1.0'}

            self.assertEqual(sig, expected)

    def test_sign_with_dict_params(self):
        with constant_variables():
            sig = sign({'params': {'foo': 'bar'}},
                       'http://example.com/',
                       'GET',
                       'consumer_key',
                       'consumer_secret',
                       'access_token',
                       'access_token_secret')

            expected = \
                {'oauth_consumer_key': 'consumer_key',
                 'oauth_nonce': 'b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c',
                 'oauth_signature': 'OTdC8apUL3RhM0FvwondSh5bTdo=',
                 'oauth_signature_method': 'HMAC-SHA1',
                 'oauth_timestamp': 0,
                 'oauth_token': 'access_token',
                 'oauth_version': '1.0'}

            self.assertEqual(sig, expected)

    def test_sign_with_dict_params_encodable(self):
        with constant_variables():
            sig = sign({'params': {'foo+bar': 'baz'}},
                       'http://example.com/',
                       'GET',
                       'consumer_key',
                       'consumer_secret',
                       'access_token',
                       'access_token_secret')

            expected = \
                {'oauth_consumer_key': 'consumer_key',
                 'oauth_nonce': 'b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c',
                 'oauth_signature': 'eLMzvTMImpHvm0YVZVW9a4M+N80=',
                 'oauth_signature_method': 'HMAC-SHA1',
                 'oauth_timestamp': 0,
                 'oauth_token': 'access_token',
                 'oauth_version': '1.0'}

            self.assertEqual(sig, expected)

    def test_sign_with_japanese_params(self):
        with constant_variables():
            sig = sign({'params': {u'こんにちは': u'世界'}},
                       'http://example.com/',
                       'GET',
                       'consumer_key',
                       'consumer_secret',
                       'access_token',
                       'access_token_secret')

            expected = \
                {'oauth_consumer_key': 'consumer_key',
                 'oauth_nonce': 'b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c',
                 'oauth_signature': 'NCeOE7B7uqZBWBqwWh7ROxLMdM8=',
                 'oauth_signature_method': 'HMAC-SHA1',
                 'oauth_timestamp': 0,
                 'oauth_token': 'access_token',
                 'oauth_version': '1.0'}

            self.assertEqual(sig, expected)

    def test_sign_with_header_auth(self):
        with constant_variables():
            sig = sign({'params': 'foo=bar'},
                       'http://example.com/',
                       'GET',
                       'consumer_key',
                       'consumer_secret',
                       'access_token',
                       'access_token_secret',
                       header_auth=True)

            expected = \
                {'Authorization':
                 ('OAuth realm="",'
                  'oauth_consumer_key="consumer_key",'
                  'oauth_nonce="b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c",'
                  'oauth_signature="OTdC8apUL3RhM0FvwondSh5bTdo%3D",'
                  'oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",'
                  'oauth_timestamp="0",'
                  'oauth_token="access_token",'
                  'oauth_version="1.0"')}

            self.assertEqual(sig, expected)

    def test_sign_with_form_urlencoded(self):
        with constant_variables():
            headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
            sig = sign({'data': 'foo=bar&baz=qux', 'headers': headers},
                       'http://example.com/',
                       'POST',
                       'consumer_key',
                       'consumer_secret',
                       'access_token',
                       'access_token_secret')

            expected = \
                {'oauth_consumer_key': 'consumer_key',
                 'oauth_nonce': 'b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c',
                 'oauth_signature': 'PyWiGu5NYkUANiTO8K/RkIOZxlM=',
                 'oauth_signature_method': 'HMAC-SHA1',
                 'oauth_token': 'access_token',
                 'oauth_timestamp': 0,
                 'oauth_version': '1.0'}

            self.assertEqual(sig, expected)

    def test_sign_with_oauth_params(self):
        with constant_variables():
            sig = sign({'params': 'oauth_verifier=verifier'},
                       'http://example.com/',
                       'GET',
                       'consumer_key',
                       'consumer_secret',
                       'access_token',
                       'access_token_secret')

            expected = \
                {'oauth_consumer_key': 'consumer_key',
                 'oauth_nonce': 'b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c',
                 'oauth_signature': 't2koRmG0qelgFf1at5p550MI2oI=',
                 'oauth_signature_method': 'HMAC-SHA1',
                 'oauth_timestamp': 0,
                 'oauth_token': 'access_token',
                 'oauth_verifier': 'verifier',
                 'oauth_version': '1.0'}

            self.assertEqual(sig, expected)

    def test_sign_with_oauth_data(self):
        with constant_variables():
            sig = sign({'data': 'oauth_verifier=verifier'},
                       'http://example.com/',
                       'POST',
                       'consumer_key',
                       'consumer_secret',
                       'access_token',
                       'access_token_secret')

            expected = \
                {'oauth_nonce': 'b6589fc6ab0dc82cf12099d1c2d40ab994e8410c',
                 'oauth_timestamp': 0,
                 'oauth_consumer_key': 'consumer_key',
                 'oauth_signature_method': 'HMAC-SHA1',
                 'oauth_version': '1.0',
                 'oauth_verifier': 'verifier',
                 'oauth_token': 'access_token',
                 'oauth_signature': 'h6Qc1Cdcr1FHqy+8IrtM8grW9FU='}

            self.assertEqual(sig, expected)

    def test_sign_with_bad_sig_name(self):
        with self.assertRaises(OAuth1Error):
            bogus_signer = lambda: None
            sign({'data': 'oauth_verifier=verifier'},
                 'http://example.com/',
                 'POST',
                 'consumer_key',
                 'consumer_secret',
                 'access_token',
                 'access_token_secret',
                 signer=bogus_signer)

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SANDY HOOK, N.J. – More than two dozen poison ivy-eating Nubian goats were moved from a national recreation area in New Jersey in advance of the partial government shutdown.
Since July, the herd has been devouring a poison ivy infestation that has overtaken Fort Hancock. The Sandy Hook mortar battery defended New York Harbor during World War II.
Owner Larry Cihanek tells the Asbury Park Press ;he removed the animals from Sandy Hook and from Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island, N.Y., for their own protection because the parks are closed due to the shutdown.
The Sandy Hook Foundation is paying about $12,000 to use the goats to clear the site to make it more accessible to the public.
The animals live on a farm in Rhinebeck, N.Y.


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The Mystery of Mahmoud Dahoud
After a promising start to the season, the German international found himself back in the reserves on matchday 15. Where does he go from here?
By Zac Weilminster Jan 10, 2021, 7:10am PST
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When Mahmoud Dahoud made the move to BVB in the summer of 2017, he was fresh off a white-hot run of form for Borussia Monchengladbach. Dortmund struck a deal of $13.2 million for the promising young midfielder, who had the potential to form a formidable young German midfield duo with his compatriot Julian Weigl. Surely by 2021 the two youngsters would have nailed down starting places, formed perfect chemistry and orchestrated the destruction of every opposition they faced, right?
Apparently not. Four years on, Weigl has sought pastures anew while Dahoud has still yet to find his feet. Per Transfermarkt, his market value sits below what Dortmund paid for him three years ago, not something we have become accustomed to seeing from a youngster in the black-and-yellow jersey. Now 25, the "youngster" nametag has certainly expired. The signing of Emre Can spelled major trouble for Dahoud in January 2020, and Jude Bellingham's debut on matchday 1 was nearly the nail in the coffin. Dahoud has played 2,629 minutes in the league since his arrival, but when considering that the 18 year-old Gio Reyna has already played more than half that since his promotion from the youth team a year ago, it makes grim reading for our mustached midfielder. Suspect decision making, erratic positioning, and some of the WORST long shots to scream into the Sudtribune ensured Dahoud's place on the bench stayed warm until a surprise cameo in the DFL Supercup this season.
Some quality passes and high energy play earned Dahoud a return place against Hoffenheim, then a set of back-to-back performances against Schalke and Zenit, two wins where he boasted 94% and 95% pass accuracy as well as decent dribble and duel success. He even snagged his first senior call up to Die Manneschaft. Though his xA/90 remained the same as last season, there seemed to be a newfound sense of composure and incisiveness to Dahoud's play. Could the time finally have come? Could the slick haired, training ground goofball finally make good on his potentially from all those years ago?
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We did not get to find out. An injury to Haaland, the team's performances turning sour, and a bad outing against Frankfurt were enough to send Dahoud back to his bench role. With the promotion of Terzic, that is where he has stayed. Against Leipzig, the situation became even more damning; Dahoud did not travel with the team despite being healthy, with Terzic opting to bring only Emre Can as a bench option for the central/defensive midfield position.
So, where does our #8 go from here? Dahoud's role in the Dortmund midfield is an interesting one; he brings a dynamism and freeness on the ball that one might be able to liken to Axel Witsel when he first arrived at BVB, even if Dahoud is more adventurous. His willingness to carry the ball from deep in the Dortmund half into an attacking position can surprise opposition midfields, and his ability on the ball paired with a decent turn of pace can make his movement difficult to handle. We have seen a similar style of play from Dahoud's main competition, Jude Bellingham. Another technically adept player, Bellingham's advantage may be that he brings a bit more grit on the defensive side of the ball, and more consistent if not also more conservative decision making. Dahoud can, when he performs well, turn a game on its head. We have seen it against Bayern in the past, and we began to see it this season again.
Given Terzic's reluctance so far to bring Dahoud back into the team, the future looks bleak. With 1 year left on his contract this summer, Dortmund would be expected to be on the hunt for suitors, and Dahoud, despite reaffirming his desire to fight for a place at the beginning of the season, may be ready to listen. Dahoud has rarely if ever complained publicly about his playing time, but an individual of his quality needs minutes, and it can be as frustrating to see him on the bench for Dortmund as it is to see him fire one over the bar from 1,000 yards away. He is a funny guy, and it has been a joy to see the different hairstyles he has brought into each season, but unless he can convince Terzic he has something to give that his competition cannot provide, it may be time to seek an opportunity to rekindle the form that made Dahoud such a hot commodity four years ago.


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Zero G Love.... Zero G Love.....
Alright I'm slowly making my way through the Macross Universe. In this post I'll quickly go over some impressions of things I played/watched in between finishing up "Do You Remember Love?" and Macross 7 (and a little bit on that at the end).
Macross Flashback 2012
Thank s to Animaster I was able to procure a copy of this 30 minute musical extravaganza. I read that it gave some info on what happened to the three main leads and that was originally why I watched it. It is true that in the last song we see brand new animation with the characters embarking into the great beyond (space not death). But there isn't a lick of dialog. The only way to really know what happened is to look it up online, or perhaps another Macross series tells us where they are going.
Regardless of all that I really enjoyed the video for the music alone. I love Minmay's songs. They are cheery, but kind of eerie at the same times, and seeing moments from the movie and tv show recut to match the songs evoked the right amount of emotion. There is a lot of sadness in these songs because they all feel like they are from Minmay to Hikaru (which they are) and knowing how their relationship turns out, makes the entire thing a little bittersweet. Very powerful though.
Macross Scramble - Super Famicom game
This game never came out over here in the states, but surprisingly the whole thing is in English (well "Engrish", but still). That said the story is completely incomprehensible, although the Internets tell me it takes place after "Do You Remember Love?"
The game is fantastic. I'm a massive R-Type fan, and I actually think I like this game more. Even if it wasn't a Macross game, it is one of the most creative shooters I've ever played. Of course, this is because you can switch between all three modes of the Variable Fighter of your choice. The other cool and unique feature is that if you lay off the gunfire, Minmay's music engulfs the ship and you can use it to take over nearly any unit in the game and bring it over to your side to fight. That makes for some awesome gameplay combinations. Every shooting game fan should play this game, Macross fan or no.
I realize that Macross Plus deserves it's own article and not wedged between blurbs about other games and side stories, but I've seen it so many times I just don't have many "new" impressions to give about it.
However, I will say that having more of an understanding of the universe made it even more enjoyable to watch this time. The first time I saw it I thought it was really creative how they took a mech show and made it all about idols and human relationships. Now I realize pretty much every Macross show is about this, so it doesn't seem as original a concept anymore, but it is still a much different take on what I've seen so far.
Also the final scene with Sharon Apple and the original Macross was a hell of a lot cooler now that I realized what the Macross ship had gone through before the events of Macross Plus. Can't that poor thing just rest in peace?
Macross Plus Arcade Game
Another excellent Macross game, though it doesn't retain much "Macross". It is a top down vertical shooter. Unlike the SNES game you can't switch between your modes on the fly, you need special powerups to do that, but it is still a lot of fun.
It really doesn't follow the plot of the show one iota, other then you can play as Isamu, Guld or some blue haired girl that I don't recognize. That's about where the similarities end, but it's still a fun shooter if you like those types of games.
And that brings us to Macross 7. I'm not that far into it, and I'll give better impressions at a later date, but I have to say it isn't really grabbing me right off the bat.
To clarify, I love all the characters so far. And I really love to see Max and Milla and their continued relationship, and their daughter Mylene is my favorite character so far. Yes I love all the characters EXCEPT the main character, Basara.
He's one of the most annoying main characters I think I've seen in an anime in a long time. I think a lot of my frustration around him is due to the fact he is nearly identical to one of my best friends, who is also a narcissist, also a musician that insists on breaking out in song at inappropriate times, and even has the same comical fauxhawk. Maybe one I get over their similarities I can lets Basara's music reach my soul, or maybe he will grow upa little and I will like him more. But for now he's grating on my nerves.
But it is a funny show, and I do laugh quite a bit at Basara's failings, and I intend to stick it out to the end.
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New alcohol policy instated by University
October 18, 2019 Leighah Beausoleil News 0
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By Leighah Beausoleil
The new University alcohol policy for the 2019-20 academic year was instated this semester, according to Joy LaGrutta, coordinator of alcohol and drug education and prevention, and Jay Hurtubise, director of community standards.
During the fall 2018 semester, a committee came together to discuss potential changes to the minimum sanctions of the alcohol policy, said Hurtubise.
"[We] saw opportunity for our institution's approach to educational sanctioning for violations of the alcohol policy to align more closely with national best practices and peer institutions," Hurtubise added.
Following President's F. Javier Cevallos' approval, the alcohol policy was changed for academic year 2019-20.
"The Student Affairs Committee recommended these changes to the minimum sanctions to ensure the policy remained firm in its stance to educate students on responsible decision-making and alcohol's potential impact on the community," Hurtubise said, "while addressing concerns of student persistence in classes during restrictions, issues of financial inequity, and the potential for impact of students with housing insecurity."
Hurtubise added, "In the current version of the policy, typical minimum sanctions are determined by the hearing officer's assessment of the incident and whether the student's behavior was associated with either minimal or significant disruption."
Change to the first violation sanctions include an option to "receive a $175 charge in lieu of restriction from residence halls. The option of paying a charge will not be available in cases where the alcohol policy violation requires intervention by [University] Police or other emergency personnel," according to the written alcohol policy.
Other changes include the elimination of "restitution fees" associated with assessment programs. Previously, students were required to pay for the assessment programs in which they were required to enroll due to the sanctions.
The policy for first violations includes a one-week restriction from varsity or club sport athletic contests, performances or exhibits on campus or at University-sponsored events, and participation in official leadership roles in student or dorm organizations and campus governance committees.
The duration during which privileges are revoked is reduced in the current alcohol policy.
First-time violations with minimal disruption are assigned no dorm restriction, and significant disruptions are assigned two consecutive weekends – starting Friday at 6:00 p.m. and ending Sunday at 6:00 p.m.
This is to ensure "students are able to stay on campus during the academic week and reduce the likelihood that a restriction would pose any challenge to class attendance or submission of coursework," according to Hurtubise.
Second-time violations with minimal disruption are assigned one week of dorm restriction instead of five weeks, but significant disruptions are assigned two weeks of dorm restrictions.
In addition, for first-time violations, participation in the alcohol and marijuana workshop is required.
This is an educational workshop being offered for the first time this year by LaGrutta and the Wellness Education office, and is open to all students who may be interested in attending.
LaGrutta is running the campaign for Alcohol Awareness Week, which will be extended to allow for the showcasing of more events concerning substance awareness.
LaGrutta and the Health and Wellness Center will be hosting two events in the month of October to teach students about the use and abuse of substances.
"We are doing an alcohol 'mocktail' event, where we are going to have some education on alcohol and serve alcohol-free drinks," she said.
The event will be held in Larned Hall Oct. 24 at 7:00 p.m.
LaGrutta said the second event will be a "Get Resourceful Fair" to be held Oct. 30 in the McCarthy Forum.
"We [will] have all different resources available for students, but two of the tables are going to be focused on substance use," LaGrutta said.
Outside Foster Hall, there is a display put together by LaGrutta. The display consists of red flags, each representing a college student's life lost to alcohol in the last year.
LaGrutta added, "One of the more disturbing facts about alcohol on college campuses is the sort of really alarming statistic – with every year, between 1,800 and 1,900 college students die of a preventable alcohol fatality," she said.
"The visual display was just an effort to make students aware of that. It's supposed to be sort of a passive program where you walk by, you see it, and maybe you think for a minute about the powerful impact that alcohol can have."
She explained how the addition of pictures of students from the Greater Boston area who passed away from alcohol-related complications was recommended by the student peer health educators to make the message more powerful and effective.
"You're actually looking at the faces of students who have died from alcohol-related incidences in the last 10 years," she added.
LaGrutta also teaches a class every other Wednesday in Foster Hall.
"It's an alcohol and marijuana education workshop. It's a free educational workshop for all students, and really, it's just a way for students who might want to learn more about alcohol, who want to learn about the new marijuana industry that's coming to Massachusetts," LaGrutta said.
On opposite Wednesdays, there is a Smart Recovery Group "that's available for anybody who's thinking about making some changes to their substances," LaGrutta said, "so not necessarily just looking for abstinence, but if you're someone who is looking to cut back on how much you use."
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Feodor IV Anovich (Feodor I) was born to Anastasiya Romanovna Zakharina-Yureva and Ivan IV, the tsar of Russia in 1557. Feodor I succeeded his father in 1584 as the tsar of Russia. He was both physically and mentally weak and he took no part in government. Boris Godunov (brother-in-law of Fedor I) ran the day to day affairs of the governing the country. Feodor died childless in 1598 thus ending the direct line of Rurik dynasty. The throne of Russia was transferred by vote of zemsky sobor (assembly of the land) to Godunov.
Silver Denga of Feodor I. 1584- 89 CE.
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'It's been very hard': New fund aims to help Ridgefield's restaurants and small businesses
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Sucre Sale restaurant, in Ridgefield, Conn. January 8, 2021.
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RIDGEFIELD — Restaurants could get some much needed help as they struggle with fewer diners and dollars due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The selectmen approved creating the Ridgefield Restaurant Community Support Fund at this week's meeting, which is designed to generate business and donations for eateries and small businesses in town.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has hit several of our Ridgefield businesses and restaurants — restaurants in particular — very hard, and the reality is that many of our restaurants are in imminent financial crisis and quite frankly might not survive," said Selectman Bob Herbert, who presented the fund at the meeting.
The fund focuses on two major activities. The first is increasing the demand for restaurants and businesses, and the second is providing an economic stimulus so they can remain open until their normal operations continue.
Herbert said they'll launch a marketing campaign to collect donations of any size with 100 percent of it going to the restaurants and small businesses.
Some of the marketing ideas are a thank you meal, gift card or meal discounts to healthcare workers, emergency responders and other essential workers that are serving Ridgefield. Another idea is creating high-margin menus that will help a restaurant generate revenue. The fund will also match or double gift certificates or gift cards, he said.
Virginie Bonnaudet, the co-owner of Sucre Sale welcomed news of the fund on Friday.
"That's great," Bonnaudet said. "We need it. It's been very hard. Even if we don't close down, it's still hard. We've lost almost 70 percent of our revenue since last year. So I'm very happy about that."
Sucre Sale isn't alone.
Restaurants and businesses are operating under limited capacity and a lack of business means their revenues are down to about 75 percent from where they were pre-COVID, Herbert said, adding he doesn't want this to continue since the restaurants and local businesses maintain Ridgefield's charm and keep it a vibrant community.
"We want to be able to put together a program for them where we can help them get through the very end of this," he said. "For those people that are committed, it's kind of like a pay forward commitment to those businesses."
The fund would have a board evaluate each application to determine if the fund can help that particular business successfully survive and come out of this at the end. It is not a one-time donation. Those at the fund would also individually help each business figure out what is needed.
"This initiative creates a private source of local economic stimulus independent of tax revenue," Herbert said. "It's purely voluntary and leverages the time, talent, and treasure of well meeting friends of Ridgefield. They need their help because of no fault of their own and that's why we're doing this."
Herbert said they'll develop an economic stimulus plan that would support these restaurants and businesses.
"Obviously we'd like to set up everybody we can that have remained committed to keeping their businesses open in Ridgefield," he said. "Many of them have said they just can't take on any more debt."
Selectman Barbara Manners expressed her concern if the size of the business or restaurant will affect how much they will receive from the fund, but Herbert said the fund would not help out any major chains.
"We want to keep this simple, we want to have as many people as we can," he said. "With that being said, no matter how successful we are on the capital raising side of this, we're going to have limited resources. We're going to establish some very general criteria. It's going to have to be a local Ridgefield owned and operated business. It has to be flexible. We want to be broad and go as deep as we can with it."
Herbert said there are two goals for the fund.
The first goal of the fund is to help as many restaurants and businesses as possible financially until they can get through the pandemic. The second goal is to show appreciation to first responders, front line workers and help support the elderly homebound people in need.
"Our local economy is very much interconnected with our restaurants and given what's happening now, we believe that as private citizens, we must know we can do something to help our local businesses and local restaurants," he said.


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Jarrett Stidham decommits. Now what? You go to a luau with Breiden Fehoko and make a fire.
Highly rated Texas Tech commit, set to arrive in January, decommitted last night. What now for your Red Raiders?
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Long-time Texas Tech committ QB Jarrett Stidham decommitted from Texas Tech last night. I haven't read any rumors or anything like that because they are to me, largely irrelevant at this time. I don't care where Stidham ends up really (assuming he follows through with his decommitment). This is most likely why some of you hate me, I'm not going to completely flip out (only over uniforms) and lose my marbles about this.
Stuff happens. It happens all of the time. The worst thing is that this leaves Texas Tech is a real bad spot for the quarterback position, but as far as I'm concerned, I think Texas Tech is in a pretty nice spot with the two quarterbacks that are returning, Patrick Mahomes and Davis Webb, and I always felt that Stidham was bound for a redshirt and believed that to be even more true the more that Mahomes continued to progress this past year. Look at the returning quarterbacks and as a result of the past two seasons, Texas Tech is sitting very well with Webb and Mahomes returning and other than Boykin and TCU has the best quarterback situation in the Big 12.
The milk is spilt so what do you do?
Well, you make sure and secure your other highly rated recruits and Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury is in Hawaii with the other highly rated recruit, DT Breiden Fehoko, making fire and eating at a luau with Lee Hays and Mike Smith.
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— Breiden Fehoko (@Fehoko_Era) December 14, 2014
Coach Kliff Trynna make a fire here in the islands! He down for the cause! https://t.co/JI0nb7uhBm
It's crazy late in the game to earn the trust of a player and it seemed like Texas Tech shut down recruiting pretty much every other quarterback in the 2015 class. Again, I'm fine with that and up until last night, Texas Tech didn't have any reason not to believe Stidham. It showed that Kingsbury is going to be loyal to the player and trust is a huge part of this process. Given the situation revolving around West Mesquite's Chason Virgil, this would seem like a perfect opportunity to ask him if he wants to be part of this process. Virgil, 6-2/170 and a 3-star recruit who was committed to Mississippi State and was set to enroll early at MSU, but right before the Thanksgiving holiday, MSU pulled his scholarship and now you have a fairly highly rated quarterback that doesn't have a landing spot.
Hey! It just so happens that Texas Tech has an open spot in the 2015 class. The obvious tough thing here is that recruiting is about relationships and I'm guessing that there wasn't much of a relationship here, although Virgil played at West Mesquite, and it's as close as you could be to Mesquite Poteet, where Texas Tech has been recruiting players like DeAndre McNeal. The other tough sell here is that there is a dead period coming up on Monday, which means that you've got one day, today, to make contact with Virgil and hopefully let him know that he's got an incredibly opportunity here at Texas Tech. Of course, this has to be a mutual situation and I have no idea if Texas Tech is even interested, but this is one of those things where Texas Tech and Virgil are in similar situation and could greatly benefit from one another.
Other than that, the best thing to do is not over-react, which is totally contradictory to college recruiting and blogging about a college team. I think that Fehoko is as strong a leader as you'll find and Texas Tech will be fine keeping this class together. Yeah, I really believe that. Oh sure, it's a loss, without a doubt, and this is why you never pencil in a quarterback in any spot until the deal is done.
And it may turn out that Texas Tech doesn't take a quarterback now with this class. That's just going to have to be okay.
* On a personal note, sorry for not being around last night to post on this. Was at dinner with family and had my phone on silent.


This was inspired by my fathers (who is a Vietnam veteran) work volunteering to educate high school kids about conscientious objection. He is an amazing man that has inspired me to find ways to be proud of my country. We also had the amazing opportunity to debut this song while opening for utah phillips a few years ago which was an extremely powerful experience.
I thought, what am I fighting for?
They must have asked this question too.


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Q: I want to replace / from path bash I want replace / from the path /test/path/to/replace
i.e. the expected output should be =test=path=to=replace

A: #! /usr/bin/env bash

A="/test/path/to/replace"
B="${A////=}"
echo "$B"

Result:
=test=path=to=replace

A: Sed command can be used here.
sed "s/\//=/g"

Command output examples:
pwd | sed "s/\//=/g"
echo "/test/path/to/replace" | sed "s/\//=/g"

File example (change "/" to "=" in text inside a file):
sed "s/\//=/g" file_name

Variable example (change content of variable; "/" to "="):
echo $var1 | sed "s/\//=/g"

Of course you can substitute "default" separator (slash sign "/") for, say minus sign "-"; in that case you avoid using backslash sign and get better readability:
sed "s-/-=-g"

Explanation (if some of you are not so familiar with sed command):
sed "s/\//=/g"
sed - stream editor (non-interactive command-line text editor)
s   - substitute sed command
/   - separators - first, third and fourth slash sign
\   - used for escaping second slash sign so that bash interprets second slash sign as litteral slash sign - not as separator)
/   - second slash sign; litteral slash sign (not separator) - term that we want to replace
=   - term that we want to get after replacement
g   - global sed command (replace all slashes, not just first one - without 'g' sed will replace only first slash in the path)

sed "-/-=-g"
All the same as in the previous explanation, except the two things:
1. We don't use escape sign (backslash) and
2. minus signs represent separators.

A: Here are a couple of options.
You can use tr
new_path=$(echo '/test/path/to/replace' | tr '/' '=')
or sed
new_path=$(echo '/test/path/to/replace' | sed 's/\//=/g')