The Oude Kerk, the oldest monument in Amsterdam, was the venue for the traditional Canon 'prize winners dinner' on the evening of Friday 20 April 2012, during which many of the winning photographers from the 2012 World Press Photo Contest got their first chance to see their award-winning work exhibited.
For the second year in a row Canon's printer group produced personalised versions of the World Press Photo Yearbook for each attending 2012 World Press Photo Contest winner, featuring one of their images on the cover. The books were swiftly collected throughout the evening and many attendees also took the chance to go in front of the camera in a special Canon portrait studio situated in the choir of the Oude Kerk, after which their photos were printed out on a Canon PIXMA PRO-1 printer.
From left to right: photographers Ebrahim Noroozi (Jamejam Online), Samuel Aranda (Corbis Images) and Massoud Hossaini (AFP) discuss their personalised yearbooks from the 2012 World Press Photo Contest in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, 20 April 2012.
The evening also saw Michiel Munneke announcing the 12 photographers who had been selected, from among 165 candidates from 56 countries, by an independent selection committee for the 2012 Joop Swart Masterclass. The Joop Swart Masterclass is a six-day meeting in which participating young photographers interact with six prominent experts to discuss technical, journalistic and ethical aspects of their work.
The independent selection committee was comprised of Alex Majoli (photographer, Magnum Photos), Dana Lixenberg (photographer), Maria Mann (Director for International Relations, European Pressphoto Agency), Patrick Witty (International Picture Editor, Time), and Silvia Omedes (curator and founder of Photographic Social Vision).
Mike Owen, European Professional imaging Communications Manager, Canon Europe, delivers a speech to the audience of prize-winning photographers and professional photography industry luminaries during the Canon dinner in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, on 20 April 2012.
The committee chose the following 12 photographers – six men and six women, from 11 different countries – to participate in the 2012 Joop Swart Masterclass: Cemil Batur Gökçeer (Turkey), Maja Daniels (Sweden), Bieke Depoorter (Belgium), Ilkin Huseynov (Azerbaijan), Tatiana Ilina (Russia), Jia DaiTengFei (China), Hajime Kimura (Japan), Sofie Amalie Klougart (Denmark), Dhruv Malhotra (India), Muhammed Muheisen (Jordan), llvy Njiokiktjien (the Netherlands), and Anastasia Rudenko (Russia). All of the selected photographers will have to prepare a project on the theme of 'Trust'.
The exhibition of prize-winning World Press Photo photography from the 2012 World Press Photo Contest will be on display at the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, until Sunday 17 June 2012 (every day, except 30 April) and it will subsequently visit almost 100 locations around the world.


This post is part of the 17 Tips Series on How to Make Windows Run Faster.
Performance counters are the tools used by Windows to monitor and track the errors and bottlenecks in the speed and performance of Windows. But they are too technical in nature and are difficult to be used by a common Windows user. They can, generally be used by an IT administrator or a developer to tweak the performance related to CPU, Memory, Disk, Network, Processes Exchange and many other things. They keep on gathering their data from Windows in the background but in the process gobble up precious system resources.
You can safely consider to disable Performance Counters without loosing anything. This will surely help to speedup your Windows and make it run faster.
Download Extensible Performance Counter (615kb) [Microsoft Site].
Run it from C:\Program Files\Resource Kit\exctrlst.exe.
Uncheck the check box Performance Counters Enabled for each item in the list.
See also the other 16 tips to How to Make Windows Run Faster.
how to save settings is unclear.
Installing and then disabling. Don't know if all should be disabled for error logging though. But this would increase speed.
You should start up a manual system, test it for speed and apply all of your hacks and see what the difference in speed is!
Do not expect noticeable gains from this. In many cases you will not be disabling the update of these counters but only the means of accessing them.
I wouldn't call them useless. Performance counters are commonly used in games to calculate frame time. This would make these games run way too fast.
you have a great post here! would you like to make some invite posts on my blog?


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The judgment has comprehensively determined the legal status of the abductees which was in controversy since Cameroun characterized them as terrorists on the account of alleged crimes committed against Cameroun from the territory of Nigeria; so, the Isa Tchiroma and the Court-martial alleged. The Federal High Court of Abuja Nigeria on the territory of which the crimes alleged in the court-martial were allegedly committed has decided that they are persons who were legally in the territory of Nigeria as refugees under the protection of international conventional law at the time of their abduction and deportation. They were not therefore terrorists nor did their presence and activities constitute terrorism to warrant their being characterized as terrorists to warrant abduction and deportation to face a court-martial. Even if they were terrorists, international law still outlawed the abduction and deportation without compliance with the municipal and international rule of law.
This judicial determination settles a key issue in the subsequent case brought against the victims by Cameroun, the state to which they were deported. The failure of the court-martial in Cameroun where the abductees are forcefully subjected over their objections, to take judicial notice of the Judgment of the Abuja Federal High Court will have bilateral relations and multilateral treaty obligations consequences on the two countries, in the short and long term. Nigeria and Cameroun are state parties to the 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees and its Additional Protocol 1967. Both countries are state parties to the OAU 1969 Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of the Refugee Problem in Africa which came into force in 1974.
The refugee problem globally and in Africa is a matter of significant international emergency, if not a humanitarian crisis. Without the existing multilateral treaty regime to manage this humanitarian crisis, millions, of the world's vulnerable refugee population will be pursued across international boundaries and slaughtered by the murderous regimes and criminal squads from whom they fled in the search for protection. International law mandates state parties to the Refugee Convention to open their frontiers to allow refugees fleeing from wars, genocide, crimes against humanity and other life-threatening conditions to their lives to provide them protection. International law outlaws the abduction, deportation, rendition or the refoulement of persons who have sought refugee status to the countries from which they fled. Once the status of refugees is sought or obtained, the person concerned becomes a ward of international law under the Refugee Convention and its Additional Protocol. State Parties to the Refugee Convention are mandated to ensure compliance and indeed are obligated to submit periodic reports on compliance with their treaty obligations under the convention. Nigeria and Cameroun had a multilateral obligation to ensure that the refugee status of the abductees in Nigeria was respected and protected. Their mandate and responsibility are to the international community, since the 1951 Refugee Convention has near world wide membership. By engaging in criminal conduct to abduct and deport the victims to face a court-martial that applies the death penalty to Cameroun, Nigeria and Cameroun betrayed, violated and endangered the multilateral treaty regime and a protected international human rights value system.
The Federal High Court Judgment provided an opportunity to Nigeria to explain to the world, the rationale and legality of the abductions. It is significant that Nigeria did not convince the court that the abduction and deportation was informed by any compellable reasons justifiable in municipal and /or international law. Nigeria did not convince the court of any legally justified reason to violate with impunity the Nigeria Federal Constitution (1969), its multilateral treaty obligations under the UN Refugee Convention and its Additional Protocol, the African Convention, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Rome Statute. There is no compelling reason to explain why Nigeria mortgaged its reputation, its influence in Africa and its claims to lead and represent Africa as a world power at the UN Security Council to fulfil the dictatorial and criminal proclivities of a regime baying for the blood of millions of Southern Cameroonians. Hundreds of thousands of Southern Cameroonians have been deported by Cameroun from their ancestral home which are systematically torched as a deliberate government policy as senior military commanders and civilian government officials have admitted, across the border with Nigeria. The victims who at a great risk of a genocide sought international protections within the territory of Nigeria are living under continuing threat of abduction and assassination, after Nigeria provided support to Cameroun to pursue the commission of international crimes against them in the territory of Nigeria.
The answer as to what endeared President Mohammadu Buhari to place Nigeria at the centre of an unfolding genocide, rather than acting as a facilitator of negotiations and peace may not be answered in this one critical historic judgment. Yet the judgment has the merit of laying an enduring foundation for answers to be provided within the compelling injunction of history. The truth, it is said, will never die with those who thought they could imprison it with sheer political chicanery and stealth transborder corrupt operations. Truth is as stubborn as a rock. Nigeria and Cameroun are aware, and this is important, that the underlying cause of the war declared by Paul Biya as a proxy of France, are the resources within the territory of the Southern Cameroons. These minerals are the umbilical cord to the perennial Nigeria misadventure that has devasted the Niger Delta, its ecosystem, maritime resources, economy and human health. Time will reveal if there are a convergence of economic and hegemonic interests by the known yet, invisible political god fathers enforcing the genocide using Nigeria and Cameroun proxies.
I learnt from my years as a lead counsel at the Special Court for Sierra Lone, in the case of the Revolutionary United from for Sierra Leone (RUF)-Morris Kallon that minerals are the curse of Africa. That is why Central Africa Republic has never been at peace since independence despite its mineral rich capabilities. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one case in point; so also, Burundi where abundant mineral resources have attracted the interest and wrath of neo-colonial economic and natural resource predators.
The bazaar auctioning of the Southern Cameroons at independence as my late friend Dr Bate Besong stated, or the Mc McLeod slave deal, as the father of Ambazonia Fon Gorgi Dinka described it, was intended to silence the liberating ambition of Ambazonia patriots. For the record, the slave and bazaar dealers did not know that Ambassbay from which Ambazonia derived its name, stood watch over the liberating spirit of its Ambazonia offspring. Ambassbay is a natural environment for the sharks in the Ambazonia sea as opposed to the neighbouring sea which is inhabited by "crayfish". Those with a good sense of aquatic life know that a shark is not an ordinary fish, surely not a crayfish. And this is where the difference lies.
This judgment of the Abuja Federal High Court conveys an underlying message to the abductors that the abduction of Southern Cameroons leaders and citizens will have consequences that may potentially threaten peace and security in the Gulf of Guinea. That Nigeria has become a key ally of the state actor that declared the war of choice that have the capacity of igniting a conflagration in the Gulf of Guinea affecting its own citizens and interests on both sides of the borders, is a matter of profound concern.
The judgment is a municipal judgment on compliance by Nigeria of its multilateral treaty and constitutional obligations. Finding that Nigeria violated its municipal laws and treaty obligations, is an important contribution to international law. This judgment therefore must be served on the United Nations Secretariat, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, all the permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council through their permanent representations in New York, all ECOWAS state parties through their diplomatic representations in Abuja, the EU state parties present in Brussels, the AU Commission, and give wide publicity.
This judgment negates the charge by Cameroun that the abductees were and are terrorists. Nigeria did not make this charge before and during the hearing. Nigeria should be concerned that persons found to be refugees by its own judiciary are facing a court-martial based on international and municipal violations of its own government. With this judgment, the blood of the abductees and other Southern Cameroonians will lay on the hands of Nigeria should they be further held in violation of this judgment or should they be executed pursuant to the court-martial.
International law mandates that any offence committed on the territory of Nigeria can be investigated and prosecuted by Nigeria failing which Nigeria can send the refugees to a third country willing to accept them but not to the country from which they fled and sought refuge in Nigeria. Will Nigeria submit itself to a court-martial in Cameroun to provide evidence of acts alleged in the charges before the court-martial that were allegedly committed in Nigeria? Does Nigeria recognize a court-martial for civilians which is international human rights jurisprudence has characterised as torture and thus illegal? Does Nigeria by the abductions give legal approval to the crime of abduction which criminalised under the Rome Statute which Nigeria is a state party? Is abduction of civilians not one of the crimes alleged against Boko Haram in which hundreds of thousands of Nigerian civilians have lost their lives? The Abuja High Court trial was an occasion for Nigeria to prove that abduction is legal when conducted by a state actor but illegal when carried out by non-state actors. Nigeria failed to prove this or even convince the court that this crime may be legal under such or other circumstances.
Nigeria under President Mohammadu Buhari tends to disobey court orders and indeed disobeyed the order of the Federal High Court in Abuja made by Justice Gabriel Kolawole dated December 2, 2016 ordering the release of Ibrahim el Zazaky the leader the Shiite Muslim Movement who was abducted by the DSS on December 13, 2015. The DSS alleged that he was detained at his own request for protection. The Judge was unpersuaded on the grounds that protective custody was unknown to law or National Security Agencies Act establishing the DSS. Since December 29, 2015, Colonel Abubakar Malami former National Security Adviser of President Goodluck Jonathan has remained in jail despite court orders for his release.
However, in a suit brought by a constitutional lawyer Johnmary Jideobi praying the court to void the SAN of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami for professional misconduct for advising the Federal Government to disrespect court orders, the Attorney General refused being held accountable for advising the Federal Government to disrespect court orders and that he was not informed about the detentions and so his advice was never sought in the cases. The Attorney General argued in his defence that in cases where his advice was sought, he advised, and the Federal Government complied with court orders. He cited the release on bail of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the leader of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and that of the survivals of an attack on an uncompleted house in Abuja which was stormed and murdered by some operatives of the National Intelligence Services after the Nigeria Human Rights Commission ordered that victims and their dependents be compensated.
This defence by the attorney therefore begs the questions, if he was never informed how then did, he enters appearance to defend the illegal actions of the Nigeria Government?
Africa, and African leaders should hail the Judgment of the Federal High Court of Nigeria in Abuja and pressurise Nigeria and Cameroun to execute it without delay. This judgment protects the municipal and international protections of refugees afforded by multilateral treaties and municipal constitutional provisions. The international multilateral treaty regime has been tested and proved to be critical in checking the excesses and exactions of the world refugee crisis and the humanitarian calamity that is rocking the conscience of humanity. In their imposed inhuman dungeons Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and the Ambazonia abductees represent the face of humanity at risk. This judgment protects that human value represented by Sisiku Ayuk Tabe. African leaders and the international community should applaud this judgment and pressurise Nigeria and Cameroun to obey and execute it.
This judgment should be a shock reminder to everyone, the powerful and the weak, that a refugee is a protected ward of humanity and the legal regimes emplaced to protect him or her attest to this fact. Abducting and deporting refugees to be court-martialled or placing them in harm's way tantamount to driving a sword on the collective conscience of humanity. This should not be allowed to happen without consequences.
I have a message for those responsible for the abduction and court-martial of civilian victims. Respecting this judgment may be the only opportunity for them to avoid placing their own poisoned chalices to their own lips. Babatoura Ahmadou with the use of terror pursued nationalists who sought refuge in foreign lands but died a refugee himself in solitude in distant Senegal. The refugee status he imposed on others and pursued, abducted and killed or assassinated them was the status that protected and sustained him until he died. In 1968, Joseph Desire Mobutu otherwise called Mobutu Sese Seko lured and murdered Pierre Mulele over strong world-wide appeals and condemnation. Mobutu died a miserable refugee in Morocco. The extensive empire he acquired through, murder, looting and plundering the mineral resources of his country are in ruins. The blood of the thousands he slaughtered to keep himself in eternal power still haunts the memory of him. His countrymen and women are even traumatised, turning his extensive empire into the memorial for his innocent victims.
This recorded history may already have extended a hand of invitation to the actors in the theatre of criminality and violations that the Federal High Court High Court in Abuja addressed in this judgment. Whether they will on their own volition abide by this judgment, is not known to me. However, this judgment is addressed to the collective conscience of Humanity represented by the multilateral treaty regime which the court found was violated. The multilateral treaty regime must demonstrate that it has teeth and that it must not condone or encourage the impunity of state violators of their treaty obligations, lest it wrongly encourages non-state actors. Nigeria itself has a refugee problem in far and distant lands, including Cameroun. It will be unfortunate if Nigerians allow their government to determine their fate through the legitimisation of the violations found in this judgment.
I wish to conclude by addressing a few words to Ambazonians who should be strategizing on how to rely on this judgment to highlight their predicament worldwide where ever they find themselves. I am appalled by how much social media activism and sideshows are distracting them from following the rapidly evolving events that may determine their fate yet again while they are asleep or self-destructing in search of power. While internal squabbles must be addressed, that cannot override rallying behind the Interim Government that instructed the lawyers working on this and other cases to raise the profile of the cases to the highest levers of international intervention. While not trivialising the complaints or matters which some components of the struggle may hold dear to their hearts, and I will not and never get involved in such squabbles, I strongly advise all Ambazonians, to henceforth recognize that the Abuja abduction of Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and others and their deportation to Cameroun requires a strong international legal intervention. It is a crime against the Rome Statute which Nigeria is a state party. The unwritten underpinning of the Judgment indeed has this implication. It has violated the UN multilateral treaty regime and that of the AU.
Social media activism alone will not get this judgment executed, enforced. It will not rely on the judgment to pursue all international crimes and violations in which hundreds and thousands of civilians are systematically exterminated and civilian settlements, places of worships and hospitals are torched and reduced to rubbles. It is therefore advisable to support the IG to move quickly to fulfil these tasks while other weighty issues are internally reviewed and quickly redressed without the intension of rocking the boat for the sake of power. Protracted disagreement empowers adversaries. Clearly established areas of agreement should be identified, and prioritised and collective action sought to attain the position outcomes while perennial disagreements struggle for institutional solutions. What cannot wait even for a minute are contributions intended for the collective good, the protection of victims, refugees, vulnerable categories and preventive and protective strategies.
Chief Charles A. Taku
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Diamonds and Pearls è il tredicesimo studio album del cantante e musicista statunitense Prince, pubblicato nel 1991 dalle etichette Paisley Park Records e Warner Bros. Records. In questo album Prince lavora con la band The New Power Generation, anche conosciuta come NPG e infatti il disco è accreditato sia a Prince che alla band.

Dal disco furono tratti diversi successi, come ad esempio Gett Off, Cream e altre ancora.

In totale l'album ha venduto 7 milioni di copie in tutto il mondo.

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In Diamonds and Pearls è presente una commistione di diversi generi musicali, miscelati liberamente da Prince e dalla The NPG: funk, pop, pop-rock e R&B sono alcuni di questi. L'attenzione al contemporaneo è comunque evidente in tutte le tracce, dove si sente una non trascurabile influenza dell'hip hop, così come dell'elettronica, due generi in pieno sviluppo all'inizio degli anni 90.

Il disco contiene sia hit che diventeranno dei veri e propri classici di Prince, sia sperimentazione.

MTV Video Music Awards 1991
Fece scalpore l'esibizione di Prince ai VMA del 1991, dove portò il singolo Gett Off. Presentatosi sul palco con un vestito giallo che ne lasciava in mostra le natiche nude, il musicista di Minneapolis stregò i presenti così come i telespettatori con uno spettacolo orgiastico, esibendosi su un palco colmo di uomini e donne dalle movenze provocatorie.

Questa sua esibizione è da molti considerata una delle sue più significative performance.

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This article discusses saltwater fishing for sharks from a pier, the surf, the shore, or from a small boat. The tips provided are apropriate for bays, inlets, sounds, nearshore, and tidal creeks and rivers. Some of the tips provided, however, can be employed anywhere that there are sharks. Shark fishing can be productive in just about any saltwater body.
Shark fishing is a great sport and has taken off in popularity in the last decade or so. I've often wondered if it was the Jaws movie that prompted this shark fishing frenzy. In many areas of the US, sharks are abundant and easy to catch. They're fun to pull in, too. Even though you won't get the dazzling runs or the flying leaps you get with some gamefish species, sharks are strong swimmers and they're powerful. They're also good to eat when properly prepared. A thick 3-4 foot shark will provide you with numerous fillets or steaks - whichever you prefer.
Sharks can be found just about anywhere—in the surf, around piers, in bays, in the open ocean, and in tidal creeks and tidal rivers. My favorite form of shark fishing is from a pier. Sharks always seem to hang around my favorite Florida pier, probably because fishermen are always cleaning fish at the fish-cleaning station, and the blood and scraps are returned to the ocean, making sort of a continual chum feed for the toothy diners.
I've caught sharks in Florida year round, and at all times of the day and night. I have, however, caught a lot more sharks at night than I have during the daylight hours. The sharks I've caught at night also tend to be larger sharks. I've also landed sharks at all points in the changing tides, from dead low tide to high tide.
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Sharks are not finicky eaters. From my experience, the best bait is a smelly bait. Sharks have an amazing sense of smell. They can smell a single drop of blood in a million gallons of water, so use this to your advantage. I like to use mullet - either whole or cut into large fillets. Many shark anglers use a live mullet and cut a couple of slashes in the fish's side to allow it to bleed a little. I've also had success with cut bluefish, cut and live whiting, live menhaden, chunks of stingrays, and live blue crabs. I've even caught small sharks on dead shrimp.
With cut bait, I fish right on the bottom. With live fish, I sometimes freeline the bait. Try both methods to see which works best for the area you're fishing.
If you're fishing from a pier, a boat, or from shore, try chumming. You can purchase a bucket of chum for a nominal price, or make your own from chopped mullet and/or menhaden. Remember: you just want to entice the sharks - you don't want to fill them up! If you're surf fishing, do not use a chum line, or you might become the bait! Check out my article about chum and chumming to get some ideas.
As I already mentioned, sharks have incredibly tough mouths, so they're often difficult to hook. I remember fishing in ultra-clear water once, and I could see a four-foot shark eating my bait. But it seemed like it took him forever to actually get hooked. Whenever I tried to set the hook, all I accomplished was jerking the hook out of the shark's mouth. So be patient.
Once your shark is hooked, and you've reeled him in, you have to land him. If you're fishing from a pier, drop the pier net under the fish and retrieve him. Ask for help from a fellow fisherman - this is difficult to do alone. If you're in a boat, you'll need a gaff for a large shark. From shore, pull the shark gradually onto the bank. As he nears land, he's going to put up a renewed fight. Try to keep his head under water to help calm him.
Use gloves and pliers to remove the hook. Even a small shark can have some wicked teeth. If you're going to eat the shark, the quicker you fillet it, the better. Get the fillets on ice as soon as possible.
If you're not going to eat the shark, release it unharmed to ensure the future of shark fishing. It might seem as though sharks are in constant supply, but they're not - especially the larger ones. In some areas, fishing for sharks is under a lot of pressure, and their numbers are declining. Enjoy your shark fishing trips, but always fish responsibly.
Is it true that some states don't allow chumming within certain distances from shore, so as not to bring in sharks close to people who are swimming?
1 berry , some body got to eat the shark,might as well be Holle Abee.
Sharks smell blood at one part per million or approx one drop per million. That equals about one drop per 13 gallons not one drop per million gallons.
If you are going to be an expert please do your research.
I agree, Travelin. It's cruel to just fin sharks and release them. They die a slow, agonizing death.
Turtle, I'm not a pro - I just love fishing!
Another good fishing article. Thanks for posting! My shark experience has mainly been limited to the lowly dogfish/sandshark on medium gear. No a pro yet like you guys :-) Still great fun though!
Killing sharks is ok !
Finning sharks in not !
We always keep only one to eat. Where we fish, sometimes the sharks are so thick that we'll catch one with every cast. On fishfinder rigs, we often catch two at the time. Thanks for reading!
We fish in new jersey, out in the bay and catch sandbar(brown) sharks up to 100+ lbs. They are protected in the north east now so its just catch and release , but I just joined the apex predator tagging program, so now its tag and release. They are a blast on spinning gear. Hub is great.
Megzi, thanks for reading, and for the tip!
sweet info...there are so many fishing adventures to be found! I found a site on google when i was looking for shark fishing in Florida..its www.funfix.com. (0: They list every state with spots to have any certain adventure....they have a TON of fishing spots! (0: its awesome!!!!!
MD, you don't have fishing piers or sharks?
Lady G, PETA does some great work, but sometimes they go too far!
Although I never fished for shark, I like you informative and detailed hub on how to get them. If PETA had their way we would not even have pets.
The last time I tasted shark it was kind of dry, but that was froma restaurant many years ago.
I will rate this up because of the detail involved along with the video's. Great job!
I don't have a problem with fin soup if the shark is killed in the process. I just think it's cruel to hack off the fins and leave them to starve to death. How much more trouble would it be to just go ahead and kill the shark?? Or perhaps that's what you do - some people don't.
Berry sounds like PETA to me. I love fin soup. The world is all mine and I can do what I want. If you can do want you wish and I can do what I wish then.
1berry, I don't doubt that shark populations are threatened in some areas of the world, but where we fish, the water is full of them! Sometimes we catch one after the other - nonstop. We keep only one shark per day and return the others to the water unharmed. I think finning is a cruel practice and should be illegal.
sharks are threatened with extinction.
Our world need the top predators.
1berry, we eat the shark meat.
Wow, B-rad. I've never used a live catfish for bait. I have used live mullet, whiting, and ladyfish. Are sharks that big good to eat? We love shark meat. In fact, I wrote a hub about how to prepare and cook it. Thanks for visiting!
Thanks, Nate. We like it - in fact, it's my eldest daughter's favorite fish!
I think this is definitely one of the mose unique subjects I've read about.
I ate shark once a while back and it was actually very tasty. I'll refrain from the standard "tastes like chicken" comment, even though the way it was prepared it had the same consistancy.
Me, too, Dorsi! And they're really fun to catch. Thanks for reading!
Nice hub! Sharks have always fascinated me!
Thanks for visiting. I'd love to be fishing right now, too!
Great hubpage here. very descriptive.
That must be what we caught at Amelia Island once. I thought it was going to eat the boat and everything in it before we could kill it!


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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is confused by football's virus rules
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is confused by football's virus rules
By AFP 44m ago
LONDON – Pep Guardiola says he is baffled by some of the coronavirus rules in the game, admitting he does not understand why certain matches have been postponed while others have gone ahead.
Four Premier League matches have so far been called off, including City's trip to Everton last month, but a different approach appears to have been taken in the FA Cup over the weekend.
Both Aston Villa and Derby fielded sides made up of youth players for their third-round ties after their entire first-team squads were told to isolate.
The Premier League last week called on players to tone down their celebrations in a set of reinforced Covid-19 protocols that also emphasised the need to avoid handshakes and shirt-swapping.
Britain is grappling with its worst outbreak of the disease since it hit the country early last year, though elite sport is allowed to continue.
City's own problems with the virus have continued, with Sergio Aguero forced to miss Sunday's 3-0 victory over Birmingham in the FA Cup third round.
The Argentine has been told to self-isolate after it was discovered he is a close contact of someone who has tested positive for the virus.
– 'Strange feeling' –
City have already been without eight other players following positive tests at various stages since Christmas Day.
Guardiola said the club would follow the new protocols but he said it was unrealistic to expect players not to celebrate goals.
"All of us (involved on match days) are tested negative, every two days. I don't know what is going to happen — but one guy scores a goal, the joy to celebrate it, I don't know if he is going to think 'I cannot hug my mate for two, three seconds'," he said.
"There are teams with four or five cases and played 10 players from the under-23s in the FA Cup. We are four or five, the same situation, and we are here.
"One guy is isolated and the group has to continue. So, I don't know. We follow what the people say at the club, the Premier League. We follow the rules. That is what it is."
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta agreed with his former boss at City that it was tough for footballers to keep emotions in check, following scenes of changing-room celebrations after FA Cup games.
"To control emotions when you are playing at 200 mph is very difficult," he said. "We are asking our players at corners for example to be man-marking people, pushing people around and not fist-bump anyone."
Newcastle manager Steve Bruce last week questioned the morality of continuing to play during the worsening pandemic and Arteta acknowledged the unusual situation.
"Morally, with the situation we have in the country and the situation we have worldwide, to keep doing what we are doing, is a little bit of a strange feeling," he said.
"We know what we can bring to society if we are able to do it in a safe way."
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Q: Typecasting a Dataframe returns 'null' for empty fields I have a raw data loaded into my hive tables with all the columns as strings by default. Now I need to change the datatypes of hive tables to export to SQLServer.
When Typecasting the hive columns the empty fields returns 'NULL', tried loading the hive tables into dataframe and typecast the columns, but still dataframe also returning 'null' for empty fields. SQLserver couldn't recognize such values.
Can anyone suggest a solution to avoid the 'null' values in display when I get data from hive or dataframes.

A: If you want to change the data type only because you want to have that particular format in exported data, consider using writing to a directory as per your requirement and then export using sqoop/any other tool.
INSERT OVERWRITE DIRECTORY '<HDFS path>'
Row format delimited
Fields terminated by '<delimiter>'
SELECT
a,
b
From
table_name
Where <condition>;

While exporting, if you have null values consider using these arguments in your sqoop command
--null-string "\\N" --null-non-string "\\N"

Hope this helps you

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So, the thing that I'm sure jumps out from the numbers below is that I haven't been working on Wanderer Book Five this week, but I did write a sizable short story. The reason being that I have a dozen things to juggle around the book launch, promotions, competitions, press releases and the like.
Writing a complex novel takes more focus than I could give it this week, but writing a short story… that was actually therapeutic. With only a single thread to track, or at most two or three threads, makes those short stories a great way to clear my head. Don't worry though… Wanderer book five will soon be moving again, and I have lots building up to write.


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Easter vigil one tradition left to St. Peter's by popular priest
Anne Cumming
Of all the things he did in Greeley, the Rev. Greg Ames is most proud of Easter at St. Peter's Catholic Church.
The sanctuary was filled with pastel-colored banners and Easter lilies. Parishioners got up at 4:30 a.m. for a special Easter vigil.
Ames left St. Peter's, 9th Avenue and 12th Street, two years ago to become the priest at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Northglenn. But the Easter traditions from St. Peter's live on Ames' new church. This year, that congregation held a 4:30 a.m. Easter vigil.
"We had beautiful Easter vigils at St. Peter's," Ames said. "I wanted to pass that on to my new community."
Ames said he misses Greeley and the people at St. Peter's, where he was the pastor for almost
10 years. He arrived in Greeley when St. Peter's was experiencing hard times. The parish had had a new priest almost every year for several years. Ames stayed longer than any priest the church ever had.
In 2001, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput asked Ames to take the helm at Immaculate Heart of Mary, a 15,000-member church and the second largest Catholic church in Colorado.
Priests get a six-year assignment at churches where they are head pastors and can sign up for another six years. Ames had two years left in Greeley, but he said he couldn't pass up the opportunity to lead the church in Northglenn.
Ames spent six years in Lakewood, Arvada and Boulder as an assistant priest before moving to Greeley. But Greeley is dear to his heart. St. Peter's was the first place he was in charge.
"They say you always fall in love with your first parish," he said. "Together, we made it into a great community."
After he left Greeley, Ames spent a month in Zimbabwe and Botswana on vacation. While riding there, he was thrown from a horse. He spent several months in recovery and had surgery on his neck and an elbow.
The recovery and the transition from Greeley to Northglenn took their toll on Ames. Last July, he left Northglenn for an eight-month sabbatical in St. Louis. He took classes at St. Louis University, a Catholic school, and spent a lot of time in prayer.
"The sabbatical was the best thing I've ever done in my life," Ames said. "It was hard to say goodbye to Greeley and reinvest your life in so many people. I needed time to renew my commitment to my faith."
Ames said he likes the challenge of a big budget and a lot of people at his new church. The parish is about to embark on a $5 million expansion. Ames led St. Peter's through a major renovation in 1995-96.
"I'm very personable, and I didn't know if my personality would fit such a big parish," Ames said. "It's been hard at times, but we're all adjusting to each other."
A few people from St. Peter's have gone to Northglenn to visit Ames. He comes to Greeley twice a month to meet with the Rev. Bernie Schmitz of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church in Greeley. Schmitz is Ames' spiritual mentor.
Ames' goal in Northglenn is the same one he had at St. Peter's.
"As long as we keep Jesus Christ as our focus, we'll be OK," he said. "Regardless of where I am, I want the people to be united in Christ."
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Милос () је једно острва у групацији Киклада у Грчкој. Управно острво припада округу Милос у оквиру Периферије Јужни Егеј, где са оближњим острвцима чини засебну општину, а градић Милос представља седиште округа.

Милос је познат ка налазиште једне од најлепших статуа из времена старе Грчке, Милоској Венери, која се данас налази у париском Лувру.

Порекло имена
Острво је добило име по грчкој речи за јабуку (грч. "мило").

Природни услови

Милос је једно од већих острва Киклада, удаљено око 150 -{km}- јужно од Атине. То је и најзападније веће острво Киклада. Најближе значајније острво Милосу је мањи Кимолос на свега 2-3 -{km}- ка северозападу. Највећа дужина остртва је у правцу исток-запад, око 23 -{km}-, док је у правцу север-југ највише 13 -{km}-. Острво је прилично разуђено и планинско у већем делу. Постоји неколико малих долина, које су погодније за земљорадњу.

Милос спада у острва Киклада која су удаљена од копна и имају сталан недостатак воде услед сушне средоземне климе са дугим, жарким и сушним летима и благим и не баш кишовитим зимама. Биљни и Животињски свет су такође особени за ову климу, а од гајених култура доминира маслина.

Историја
За Милос, као и за целокупне Кикладе, је необично важно раздобље касне праисторије, тзв. Кикладска цивилизација, зависна и блиска Критској. На острву је нађено и много грнчарије из овог раздобља, углавном фигурина. Током старе Грчке Миконос је прво био насељен Дорцима, а затим један од малих полиса у веома важном делу Грчке. Током Пелопонеског рата полис Милос је био неутралан, али га је касније освојила Античка Атина.

После тога Милосом је владао стари Рим, а затим и Византија. 1204. године после освајања Цариграда од стране Крсташа Киклади потпадају под власт Млечана, под којима остају вековима, до 16. века, када нови господар постаје османско царство. Становништво Милоса није било јаче укључено у Грчки устанак 20их година 19. века, али је острво одмах припало новооснованој Грчкој. Међутим, развој нове државе није спречио исељавање месног становништва у 20. веку. Последњих деценија ово је умањено развојем туризма.

Становништво
Главно становништво на Милосу су Грци. Последњих деценија број становника је поново у порасту захваљујући туризму. Највећа насеља су Плака и Адамас, најважнија лука на острву.

Привреда
Привреда Милоса се заснива на туризму, поморству и рударству (гипс, пуцолан), а мање на традициналној пољопривреди (јужно воће, маслине, винова лоза).

Спољашње везе

 www.milos.gr - Званична страница општине Милос на грчком и енглеском

Киклади
Периферија Јужни Егеј


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National Sew A Jelly Roll Day is this Saturday – September 15th! While SEW is in the name, we're sharing a no-sewing Jelly Roll project – one you can do with your kids, or one you can take with you if you won't be home.
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Q: Interesting Question about a derivative proof I recently searched around SE, and found:
How to solve this derivative of f proof
The answer is interesting.

"A function given that $f(x)=f''(x)+f'(x)g(x)$ could be an exponential function, sine, cosine , quadratic polynomial or $f\equiv0$. So we can say that the function is a continuous function $\in C^2$.
The right negation is that $f(x)\ge0$ in $(a,b)$ and exist a point c | $f(c)>0$.
You have that $f''(x_1)\ge0$ (the function in that point is convex) so in that point you have a minima so there are two case

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*$f(x_1)<0$ (obviously contradiction)

*$f(x_1)=0$ (it's impossible because this imply that $f(x)=0$  $ \forall x \in (a,b) $)

  Analog for the other case"

But how does $f''(x_1) > 0$ show that $f(x_1) < 0$?
Thanks!

A: You are missing one half of the answer. It is missing in the original answer too because it refers to another answer.
If the function $f$ is not identically zero, then there is a positive maximum or a negative minimum $x_1$ inside the interval. By switching $f$ to $-f$ one can reduce the second to the first case. Then $f'(x_1)=0$ and thus $f''(x_1)=f(x_1)$ per equation. Now $f''(x_1)\le 0$ per concavity close to the maximum and $f(x_1)> 0 $ which is a contradiction.


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September 2001 Newsletter Scheduled Execution: Vincent Cooks
By Texas Moratorium Network On October 2, 2001 · Add Comment · In Uncategorized
The October 2001 newsletter contains information about:
2nd Annual March for a Moratorium
Juvenile offender execution
Meet your legislators program
TEXAS MORATORIUM NETWORK NEWSLETTER — OCTOBER 2001
Dear Moratorium Supporter,
As we continue to organize for a moratorium on executions in Texas, we are pleased to report that Sister Helen Prejean has agreed to serve on the Texas Moratorium Network Board of Advisors. Sister Prejean is the author of Dead Man Walking and Chair of the Moratorium Campaign based in New Orleans. She is a tireless activist on this issue both nationally and internationally, and we are excited to have her with us.
There is much more to report for October 2001, so let's get right to it:
2ND ANNUAL MARCH FOR A MORATORIUM LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AWAY!
The 2nd Annual March for a Moratorium is on schedule for Saturday, October 27, 2001, in Austin, Texas. This promises to be the largest public event ever to challenge the death penalty in the State of Texas. Over 1000 Texans are expected to converge of the Capitol to raise their voices for a halt to executions. Come to Austin and be a part of history!
Here are the specifics (for more information, including directions, call us at 512-302-6715, or go to ):
1 pm – Gather at Republic Park (4th and Guadalupe)
2 pm – March to the Capitol
3 pm – Rally at the Capitol
5 pm – Post-event party (Center for Mexican-American Cultural Arts — 600 River Street)
Speakers will include:
Kerry Cook (an innocent man who spent over 20 years on death row)
Rep. Harold Dutton (sponsor of moratorium bills in the 77th Texas Legislature)
Ireland and Rena Beazley (parents of Napoleon, an African-American juvenile offender sent to Death Row by an all-white jury)
Deborah Bell (President of Texas NOW and founder of the Andrea Pia Yates Support Coalition)
Jeanette Popp (mother of Nancy DePriest, for whose murder Christopher Ochoa and Richard Danziger were wrongly convicted by a Travis County jury)
Jeannine Scott (wife of Yogurt Shop Defendant Michael Scott)
Njeri Shakur (Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement)
Will Harrell (ACLU of Texas)
In Other News …
1) JUVENILE OFFENDER SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION ON OCTOBER 22nd
In violation of international law, the State of Texas is scheduled to execute Gerald Mitchell who was sentenced to death for a crime he committed when he was 17. Executing juvenile offenders is almost universally recognized as a fundamental violation of international law and is forbidden by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which every nation on Earth has ratified except Somalia and the United States. Texas accounts for more than half of all the world's executions of juvenile offenders in the last ten years. Under Texas law, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has the exclusive power to commute a sentence of death to life in prison.
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A federal jury in Laredo, Texas found 6 people guilty for their roles in a two-year multi-million dollar black market peso exchange money-laundering scheme, the Justice Department announced. Feb. 12. Three of those convicted are of Indian origin, one a woman.
Ravinder Reddy Gudipati, 61; Harsh Jaggi, 54; and Neeru Jaggi, 51, all of Laredo, Texas, as well as Adrian Arciniega-Hernandez, 36, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico; Adriana Alejandra Galvan-Constantini, 36, and Luis Montes-Patino, 57, both of Irving, Texas, were each convicted of a money laundering conspiracy following a five-week jury trial.
In addition, Harsh Jaggi and Adrian Arciniega-Hernandez were each convicted of two counts of money laundering and Neeru Jaggi was convicted of one count of money laundering. Gudipati was convicted of two counts of money laundering, two counts of causing a trade or business to fail to file a Form 8300, and one count of causing a trade or business to file a Form 8300 containing a material omission and misstatement of facts. Arciniega-Hernandez was found not guilty of a third count of money laundering.
Sentencing before U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmalejo of the Southern District of Texas, Laredo Division, who presided over the trial, has not yet been scheduled, the press release from the Justice Department said.
Arciniega-Hernandez, Galvan-Constantini, Montes-Patino, Gudipati, Harsh Jaggi, and Neeru Jaggi were part of a complex money laundering scheme whereby money derived from the sale of drugs in the United States were laundered through businesses in Laredo, in order to return these proceeds to Mexican drug dealers, the case revealed.
According to the evidence presented at trial, from 2011 through 2013, Galvan-Constantini, Montes-Patino and other co-conspirators helped to move millions of dollars derived from the sale of drugs throughout the United States, including New York, Kentucky, North Carolina, Illinois, Mississippi, and multiple cities in Texas to Laredo, Texas.
The U.S. currency was moved by couriers, including Galvan-Constantini and Montes-Patino, via cars, commercial buses, commercial planes, and a private plane in bulk cash amounts of up to hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time. The money, in heat sealed packs, uneven rubber-banded money stacks, or loose U.S. currency, arrived in plastic bags, cloth bags, suitcases, backpacks, and even cereal boxes.
The money was then distributed among downtown Laredo, Texas perfume stores, including El Reino International Inc., and NYSA Impex LLC. The owner of NYSA Impex LLC, Gudipati, and the owners of El Reino International Inc., Harsh Jaggi, and Neeru Jaggi, accepted loose bulk-cash, even after being told it was "narco dinero," according to the evidence presented.
Investigators found the store owners also failed to file Form 8300s which are required when more than $10,000 in cash is received by a business, or filed Form 8300s which omitted pertinent information such as the name of the courier who brought the bulk cash.


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How to co-parent (including with a difficult ex)
on Apr 21, 2019 May 30, 2019
Co-parenting is the future, and the future is now.
Science is 100 percent behind equal co-parenting, in which both parents share parenting time approximately 50/50.
It is not divorce or separated families that harms children — but conflict between parents, which studies have found leads to fathers being marginalized in the family, and distancing themselves partly or completely from the kids' lives.
Together, we can work to stop that from happening, and promote equally shared parenting — no matter how many hours each parent has with the kids, whether you are married, separated, divorced or never romantically involved with your kids' other parent.
A full 55 peer-reviewed and published studies on shared parenting find that children fare better when separated, and divorced co-parents share parenting time and decisions approximately equally (courts and academics consider at least 40 percent time with each parent to be considered shared parenting, a.k.a. co-parenting).
This is also true for high-conflict situations.
29 ways to make co-parenting work
Whether you can stand the idea of relinquishing control of your children to an ex you dislike, loathe or hate, you likely do not have a choice.
Shared parenting legislation was introduced in more than half of states last year, and as science, media and general common sense infiltrates family court and culture, there has been incredibly positive movement towards it.
Even if the kids are with you a majority of the time, there is a lot you can do to promote a family culture of equality and harmony:
1. Trust, not control
The big, over-arching theme in successful, harmonious co-parenting is that both partners respect the other to be a safe, decent parent when the other is not around.
If you truly believe that your kids' other parent is unsafe, then you need to take legal action to minimize contact.
Which brings me to the big point about shared parenting: If a parent is deemed safe to be with the kids 10 percent of the time, they are then safe to be with them 30 or 50 or 80 or even 100 percent of the time.
That means that you do not try to control what happens at the other parent's house.
Maybe he is the fun weekend dad, all the time, and you prefer children have structure, chores and downtime.
He is a strict vegan and never allows sugar, carbs or produce grown outside of the county. You think kids need animal protein and the occasional cookie.
You have to let that go.
The beauty of successful shared parenting is that once you trust each other and learn to communicate, you are more likely to peacefully negotiate differences for the sake of everyone's best interests.
Says Elizabeth:
"My ex and I started to co parent amazingly once I let go of trying to control the situation, let him parent the way he wants to parent, be understanding when he was late, and ignore the clothes never being returned. Once you take the pressure off, the tension eases and you can start to bond and connect better."
2. It's about gender equality
Accept that men and women are equal.
That includes that mothers and fathers are equal parents.
3. Protect the kids
If things are tense between you, keep the focus of any must-have interaction on the kids.
4. The two of you are a parenting team
Focus on parenting as a team.
Ask his advice about behavior issues.
Do not allow the kids to pit one of you against the other, and never very for the position as favorite parent.
As one member of my Millionaire Single Moms Facebook group said:
"In parenting, there is no good-cop / bad-cop. Sometimes we are both the bad cop."
I'll add: And you both get to be the good cop!
5. The kids have two homes — use pronouns accordingly
When communicating with him, use 'your house' and 'my house' … not 'Home,' as in 'When will you bring the kids home?'
It doesn't matter how much time each parent has with the kids, keep these pronouns neutral.
6. Have family meetings
From Erin: "We still occasionally have family meetings.
It benefits the kids to see that we are on the same page and then everyone gets everything out at once."
7. Respect his time with the kids
Do not call all the time to check in on the kids, or chat with them.
Related: I don't live for my kids, and that my greatest gift to them
8. Involve him in matters large and small
Routinely involve him in decisions about the kids' child care, school, health, activities.
9. Boundaries
IGNORE when he gets pissy.
DO NOT ENGAGE.
Emily's tactic:
"It took me a while to release the angry texting habit I adopted once he moved out, criticizing him every time he was late, or his stories sounded fishy about a plan change.
Now I say to myself: 'And that is why I divorced him,' and breathe an actual sigh of relief.
I text 'OK thanks,' like a robot and get on with my life."
10. Let go of the heartbreak
From single mom Laura: "Change your own mindset about the past/divorce/your heartache.
LET IT GO.
You are co-parents now, and it doesn't matter how you got here, or whose fault it is. He's your co-parent and children's dad — not your ex.
His girlfriend or new wife is just that, not his mistress/affair partner.
Staying in a positive mindset about the now is critical."
11. Careful what you call your ex
From Maggie: "Change your own thinking by reframing what your relationship is with him in your head. 'My child's other parent,' instead of 'my ex.'"
12. Invite your ex to parties
Invite him to birthday or graduation parties you throw for the kids.
You can also ask him to participate in the planning, to bring the cake or otherwise be involved.
13. Stay involved with your ex-inlaws
Stay connected to his family and friends.
Send them holiday cards and invite them to school, sports and birthday events.
14. Tell you kids happy stories about their dad
Share positive stories about the other parent with the kids.
Tell them about how you met, or trips you took, or positive qualities about their dad.
This communicates to your children something positive about a person they love and reconditions you to think different, and better about your ex.
This shift will infiltrate your energy, vibration, and interaction with him.
15. Be thoughtful of him on the holidays.
Buy him a holiday and birthday gift on behalf of the kids.
17. Be supportive of his new girlfriend or wife
Be positive about any romantic partners in his life — both to the kids and to him.
It doesn't matter if you like her or whether she was the affair partner.
18. Respect him
When he makes a suggestion or request about parenting, listen and follow it unless you actually really object.
19. Support his parenting
Think about what you can do to help the other parent win at parenting.
These might include daily reminders, scheduling and planning emails, or follow-up phone calls.
Do it from a place of love and unity, and without being condescending!
20. Let him fail.
There is a fine line between being supportive and co-dependent.
Ultimately, he is responsible for being the best father he can.
I have heard moms say they schedule fun activities for their kids' dad to do with "because I love my kids and want them to have fun weekends."
That is actually controlling and co-dependent and doesn't work in a co-parenting relationship.
21. Celebrate the kids with him
Share the kids' successes with him: Screen shot good grades on homework or cute craft projects and send him, send pics or videos from sports events he misses – and not in a passive-aggressive way to punish him for not being there.
22. Say yes more than you say no (if you can)
Say 'yes' as very often as you possibly can when he asks for flexibility in the schedule.
23. Please and thank you
Thank him when he is flexible with you, no matter how much more of the work you know you do.
24. Don't keep score of stuff
Let go of the, 'I bought those clothes so they stay at my house.'
If you're running short on certain items, just ask that enough be returned when you are running low, and pay back that favor.
This mom of a blended family of 7 kids says: "Always always be the bigger person. When you feel the rage coming on STOP because it's not about you. Save your energy for the battles that really matter in the long-term. You can't force the other parent to be rational, but your life will be a lot more peaceful if you quit trying to make them."
25. Let the kids see you speaking well of one another — to one another
Give him a compliment. Do it in front of the kids.
26. Careful with your new BF and social
Refrain from posting social media pics of your new boyfriend with the kids, with the exception of when everyone is really getting along awesome and it truly is NBD.
Otherwise, that is not only counter-productive for co-parenting, but it is mean and targets his manhood on the most primal level.
27. Always always be the bigger person.
When you feel the rage coming on, STOP.
Save your energy for the battles that really matter in the long-term.
28. Accept that you don't have to force the relationship.
You may not want to spend the holidays together or sit on the same bleachers at the kids' volleyball match.
That is fine.
29. Be patient.
Take it from me: people change and grow and forgive and mellow.
Over time, handoffs at the police station can cease and be replaced by shared holiday meals.
Explosive texting can stop and words of support and encouragement can reign. Life is long.
"But my ex and I hate each other and it is impossible to co-parent"
My post-divorce road with my ex has been rocky. We're six years into this co-parenting business, and we're far from hitting a permanent groove. In the early days, aside from screaming matches in front of the kids and neighbors alike.
Whatever nasty thing you can imagine saying to the another person were in fact said. I'm guilty.
It seems inconceivable that our relationship would be anything other than an East Coast version of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, minus the fake tits, drugs and millions of dollars.
Every day I hear from people in the midst of co-parenting hell: Dads who check out, moms who block visitation, parents who cancel visits while the kids are waiting by the door, parents who call police when the other is one minute past the court-ordered time, screaming matches and one or the other spending nights in jail — for no good reason.
Fast-forward to today, and my ex and I hardly have it figured all out, and ups-and-downs ensue. What I could not have imagined has come to pass: More or less regular visits and smooth communication. Spontaneous meals together with the kids, whether at my place or restaurants. Rides shared in one or the other's Subaru to soccer games. Gifts exchanged on behalf of the kids to the other parent on birthdays and holidays. Chit chats and the occasional hug after a big argument or birthday party co-hosted successfully at the local bowling alley.
As I told him recently in a therapy session: I love him. I've known him for more than 15 years and have two kids with him. He's a good person. I'm a good person. We both love the kids. At some point everything more or less calmed down, the divorce was finalized and life moved forward. Battles picked. The immediate trauma of divorce subsided.
I wish I could say we are perfectly civilized like the lovely Brandie Weikle, my friend who heads the excellent blog and podcast TheNewFamily.com, and who lives next door to her ex and his new wife, and are the shining model for what a healthy co-parenting relationship can look like — but that would be a lie (though we did discuss vacationing together — until we got into a fight about it, but nevermind.)
Instead I am here to tell you that it can get better. That one day while you're both at the soccer game expecting the usual arctic glacier to stand between you on either side of the sidelines, you will find that you need help passing out rice crispy treats for the team in order to make it to the team manager meeting for your other kid across the park. You will say, 'Hey, can you handle this for me?' and he will be so glad to thaw the boreal tension that he will chirp, 'Sure!' and suddenly there is a bit of a rapport, a hint of cozy relations that suggest the potential for more of good vibes and less of teeth-grinding hostility, and it feels good. It feels good to you, and it feels good to him, too.
After a while you forget why you were so freaking angry at him all the time, because being angry just sucks and being nice and getting along is so much better. Even if it isn't fair or logical, you let go. You forgive. He forgives. You see this has been hard for him, too. You see that he does love the kids, and that is a lot. You offer him a ride home. He offers to help you replace your windshield wiper blade.
You get on with it. Steel yourself not for friendship or even a sense of family. At least not yet. Instead, you open yourself to a relationship that you have not yet defined, but will explore. And everything is better.
That, I want you to know — need you to know — is possible.
Related documentary and books on shared parenting:
Recommended shared parenting documentary: Divorce Corp
Kickass Single Mom, Be Financially Independent, Discover Your Sexiest Self, and Raise Fabulous, Happy Children, By: Emma Johnson
Blend, The Secret to Co-Parenting and Creating a Balanced Family, By: Mashonda Tifrere
Co-parenting with a Toxic Ex: What to Do When Your Ex-Spouse Tries to Turn the Kids Against You, By: by Amy J. L. Baker, PhD and Paul R Fine, LCSW
Divorce Poison: How to Protect Your Family from Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing, By: Dr. Richard A. Warshak
Be part of the solution. Get the latest shared parenting news and action now:
Emma Johnson is founder of Moms for Shared Parenting, an activist group that aims to make 50/50 equally shared care of children the norm. This is what research finds is best for children. It is also best for gender equality. Let's bring parenting out of the 1950s already!
Emma is an award-winning business journalist, bestselling author, and founder of Wealthysinglemommy.com. She has featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Headline News, CNBC, NPR, TIME, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Doctors, and many more. Emma frequently speaks on women's issues, including at the United Nations Summit for Gender Equality.
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Juju Rafii says:
These are REALLY good. If only I could be so lucky to experience a healthy co-parenting relationship. SMH
Bennita Williams says:
My husband was once loving and caring but to a point he stopped and totally forsake me, he wasn't having time for me because he was having an affair, all he was, i was so devastated that i didn't know what to do. I did love him so much, even when he was still not caring and was cheating i couldn't leave cause i still loved him, i sorted for help from every where i could to have my husband back, i luckily found Robinson Buckler who was helping people out on relationship and marriage issues. I went on and contacted him, i explained what i was going through in my marriage, then he assured me that he would help me, i did all that he instructed me to do and then he told me that my husband would return to me after some days, i waited patiently and after some days passed my husband came home one evening and started apologizing to me to forgive him for how he had been treating me, i was so surprised beyond words that i can't thank this you enough. contact_____________Robinsonbuckler @ (y a h o o.) com *******
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Story of Successful People : The Man behind the Courage to Manage
A "Malaysian Boleh" who not only thinks he can but is also willing to break with tradition; acts with guts, gusto, and gumption.
Simon Choy is the Vice President of HR Asia Pacific for Tupperware Brands Corporation. A Malaysian born Chinese, he is truly a Malaysian Boleh!
When asked about how he grew to be courageous, he replied, "At a very young age, my grandma instilled in me to never be afraid of asking people, especially when it comes to directions. The golden rule is – if you don't ask, you will not learn new things." 'Ask and it shall be given to you' has been one of his life's dictums.
He is quick to add that integrity and keeping promises are the twin pillars of success.
Courageous people are contributors and humble at the same time. He is the oldest of three children. Being the second generation Chinese born in Malaysia, he grew up in a hardworking Chinese family. He left home at the age of 6 years old to live with his uncle and aunt at a remote village in Malaysia to start his primary education. At a very young age, he faced all kinds of adversities and challenges. He faced discrimination in a school that had only a handful of Chinese students. That did not stop him from having the courage to stand up for himself. Those life lessons have built a strong foundation in Simon.
A fascination with America
At the age of 11 he made up his mind to go to America. He was fascinated with the culture and opportunities the country had to offer. "America has so much to offer to those that are willing to explore new territories without any boundaries". Not bound by tradition, a common characteristic of courageous people, he left the only life he know and flew to America to continue his undergraduate and graduate studies.
Immediately after graduating with a Business degree in Finance and Computer Information Systems, he landed a job in Washington D.C. Simon Choy has lived and worked in the United States for the last 30 years. Prior to joining Tupperware, Simon worked with three other Fortune 500 companies in the U.S.
Simon started working with Tupperware Brands in 2001, and he has been with the company for 12 years. "Tupperware is a great place to work. I am as passionate today as I was the day I started 12 years ago. Tupperware Brands is a leader in driving positive change in women's lives."
What is the key to his personal success?
"Determination," he uttered without a flinch. "I have a pencil case since primary school, and it is still with me. It comes with a motto – 'Determination is the road to success'. My grandmother taught me never to give up." Having courage to keep trying and not giving up has paid for him.
Simon is passing this legacy on to his three children. He has a daughter who is attending university this year and is doing an internship in Asia. She flew all by herself from America to Malaysia. His three children are black belts in Tae Kwan Do. The daughter is a second degree black belt, the sixteen year old son is a third degree black belt and the eight year old has just passed his first degree black belt earlier in the year. His two boys compete competitively in the US ATA circuit. "My two boys came in 2nd place in the ATA World Championship this year in the age category. They were happy but not satisfied." According to Simon they will be back next year to compete to achieve the number one spot. Simon has definitely passed on his legacy to his three children.
He also mentioned the need for all of us to stay flexible and adaptable at all times. This quality has enabled him, and Tupperware, to innovate and stay relevant in today's ever-changing world.
Why is having the courage to manage important to us?
"Having the courage to manage is especially important for Asians because of our inclination to be submissive to authority, be it right or wrong. The danger of group-thinking has been well researched and documented. Managers need to have the courage to speak up and senior management needs to have the courage to listen. Isn't it ironic that innovations often come from unexpected sources and new discoveries from the periphery?"
Simon shared the following parting thoughts, "The world has become borderless, so we just have to be nimble and have the courage to explore new things."
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Where: The Basement, 2 Cohen Street, Belconnen, ACT
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Dream on Dreamer and The Getaway Plan have long shared a strong friendship built on mutual respect. Both bands have often talked about the possibility of touring together, and in 2019 they are excited to finally team up with a massive national tour, which will hit multiple cities and regional areas across the country.
Off the back of their hugely successful album tour for 'It Comes and Goes', Dream on Dreamer are setting their sights on even bigger things for 2019. With the band set to release new music in the coming year, their set list will be packed with crowd favourites and new tunes, making these shows some of their most explosive to date.
The Getaway Plan will start the year off on the national Under the Southern Stars festivals before hitting the road again on this tour with Dream on Dreamer. Their latest release 'Dark Horses' was their most successful album to date, debuting at no. 10 on the ARIA Charts. This co-headline tour is a welcome return to the live scene for a band who have been off the road for over a year.
A tour like this doesn't come around often, so don't miss this rare opportunity to see two of Australia's best live acts.
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Sat 23 Nov 8:00pm
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