MEMORIES ARE FICKLE BEASTS, living alongside our dreams. We often don't realize when one devours the other, or when they meld into that hybrid of fantasy and reality that becomes our truth. In earlier novels such as The English Patient and Divisadero, Michael Ondaatje explored the agony of living while consumed by memory. His most recent book is imbued with acceptance: memory is unreliable and desire is a compulsive curator of the past.
The Cat's Table recollects a singular event in the life of Michael, a writer who, at 11 years old, embarked upon a three-week sea passage from Sri Lanka to England in the fifties. The narrative flips from past to present and back again, showing us that the journey's significance, for both Michael and his fellow passengers, is only absorbed in the years that follow. Their shared experience, compressed into fixed space and time, leaves its mark in myriad ways, affecting the most important choices of love, marriage, and the pursuit of dreams. Everyone is changed. The delight of Ondaatje's story is in the application of childhood lessons, in the slow reveal of what truly matters once time has earned the answers.
As with Ondaatje's previous novels, the lapping waves of thought and image present a nonlinear tale while the narrator guides us between past and present, connecting the dots of meaning. The passengers blend into one another in Michael's memory — "I cannot remember who told us the first part of that story…" — and they exist as a function of adult Michael's search for the origins of his expectations. The story is populated with many characters, rendered succinctly, most without full arcs. To pull any one of them forward is to take a magnifying glass to one thread of memory — first love, first death, first crime, first freedom — but in reality the vignettes are interconnected: a true rendering of seminal experience.
I thought I was being loved because I was being altered.
Each boy assimilates this lesson according to his nature: Ramadhin protects himself, Cassius burns with a desire to be rid of his neediness, while Michael, adult Michael, identifies his young heart as cold and unfeeling, able to be locked away at the first sign of pain. It is a prominent feature in Michael's adult recollection of the voyage that he possesses a second heart, possibly one that isn't so cold. That he can trace his adult choices back to those childhood moments suggests a profound truth: self-knowledge lies in the acceptance of our emotional core as unchangeable. Perhaps the heart can't learn, only lead.
There is no control over the adults one will encounter in childhood; one can only hope the preponderance will be benevolent teachers. While Mr. Nevil is a kind, guiding presence, Ondaatje's story lays out a full spectrum, from compassionate to evil. He shows how easily a child can be misled, how innocence is abused — a crook plies Michael with ice cream and entreats him to slither through windows into unguarded cabins. The boys are in a true learning state, one that will be lost to adulthood, and their education dangles by the shoestring of fate. When they are steered wrong, or fed too much freedom, their fates are in jeopardy. Michael's stoic recollection of their scrapes with death and persecution belies a wellspring of gratitude, or possibly sorrow. The boys have no right to their lives, only luck and wiser heads to thank for them. Adulthood brings that knowing, in hand with grief for guileless curiosity.
The three weeks of the sea journey, as I originally remembered it, were placid. It is only now, years later, having been prompted by my children to describe the voyage, that it becomes an adventure, when seen through their eyes, even something significant in a life. A rite of passage. But the truth is, grandeur had not been added to my life but had been taken away.
While Michael is aboard the Oronsay, he is distracted by the memory of his abandoned homeland: its smells, its sounds, and its people, his friends. He is mourning, as are many others aboard the ship, yet nothing can be processed until years later, once safely back on familiar ground. It is this particular sway that Ondaatje offers us, even in light of dramatic and frightening acts: how the new commingles with the old, the present dances with memory, and the trodden path reveals itself in a broadened landscape of meaning.
The most compelling thread of The Cat's Table is this tracing of memory. Ondaatje's grasp is firmer than in previous books; there isn't the trademark struggle with truth that is bound to end in misery, and the unknowable is accepted with distinguished grace. To catalogue memory is a desperate act of photography, the sift of diminishing landscapes captured from a passing ship; we are forever coming away with time, leaving even our most recent discoveries to join the archives.


Microtel Inn & Suites Baguio is the most convenient place to stay while in the City of Pines. It is situated right next to Victory Liner terminal and is very close to Session Road, Lourdes Grotto, Burnham Park and and Baguio Cathedral. It is ideal for solo travelers and families on vacation as you can choose from their single, double and suite rooms.
Microtel Baguio probably has the most attractive facade in the city. I love its architectural design and the bright blue color of the hotel. Once you enter the lobby, you will feel the good vibe of the hotel. It's an old building but has a quaint look and feel.
I got the single room and I like how it looks like. It has a double bed equipped with an air-conditioning unit, a LED TV, s small table and a toilet and bathroom. The room is ideal for solo travelers or couples who wants to enjoy a soothing night in the summer capital of the Philippines.
When you stay at Microtel, you will be able to visit nearby attractions just by walking. The famous Baguio Cathedral and Session Road are just a few minutes walk from the hotel. Burnham Park is also just a walking distance. The city is known for its cold temperature so walking at night is enjoyable.
Microtel Baguio has an in-house restaurant, Te Quiero Tapas Bar & Restaurant. It offers Spanish inspired dishes at very affordable prices. The complimentary breakfast is also served at the restaurant. Aside from breakfast, Microtel Baguio also offers unlimited coffee stationed at the lobby available for self-service.
The best part about this hotel is its location. I know a lot of people consider location as their first concern when choosing a hotel to stay. I say, this has the best location as it just sits beside Victory Liner terminal and is at the heart of Baguio City. Staying at Microtel was definitely satisfying.


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Clea Shannon is a Board Certified Wellness Coach (AADP), Founder of Live Inspired Today, a web-based wellness company and the creator of Hip, Simple, Fabulous™ recipes and life-changing wellness advice on her award-winning blog www.CleaShannon.com.
Clea is a shining example of someone who is thriving with an auto immune disease. As an International Wellness Coach and successful entrepreneur, Clea has turned her own health crisis into a personal and professional triumph. It was her journey to health that compelled Clea to help others navigate their own health issues and turn these challenges into powerful, life-changing opportunities. Her experiences shaped Clea's philosophy that it's never too late to switch paths or change directions and that small, consistent changes create big, lasting results.
As a graduate of Stanford University, Clea went on to become a Senior Product Designer for NIKE, Nissan and branding powerhouse, Ziba Design. While collaborating with such diverse client companies as FedEx, Whirlpool and KitchenAid, Clea identified strategic opportunities and created powerful solutions with lasting, high-impact benefits. As a collegiate athlete on the Stanford women's lacrosse team, Clea experienced the powerful benefits of regular exercise and the effects of nutrition and lifestyle on optimal performance.
Her professional turning point came when Clea's own health diagnosis required that she make profound changes to her diet and lifestyle. Empowered by her transformation, Clea shifted gears to run a thriving yoga studio well-known for its dynamic classes and transformative workshops. She became well-known for establishing deep connections with her clients and for her ability to help them achieve their goals and ultimately change the trajectory of their health.
Hungry for more, Clea studied with leading experts in nutrition and wellness at the world-renowned Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in New York City. Her life's work was founded on her deep passion for helping people transform their lives through nutrition and daily lifestyle changes. Today she applies these tools and experiences towards her wellness coaching, collaborating with highly successful individuals, professional athletes and corporate leaders from around the world to achieve their personal goals, feel their best and perform at their highest potential.
Clea specializes in designing a Personalized Wellness Program tailored to your specifics needs to support positive changes in your body, mind and spirit and to resolve chronic health issues. Instead of quick fixes, Clea offers clients a wellness lifestyle based on her customized blend of adaptive fitness, functional nutrition and inspirational leadership.Clea's unique tools have helped her clients to achieve their goals, including weight loss, immune system support, optimal performance and beauty from the inside out. By establishing daily rituals and providing step-by-step instructions for Hip, Simple, Fabulous™ meals, Clea successfully creates an achievable lifestyle in which ANYONE can Live Inspired Today and every day.
Clea is recognized nationally as a Health Coach Advocate for Celiac Disease and an Ambassador for IIN. In 2012, Clea received the prestigious Health Leadership Award. She is regularly featured on radio, television and webinar programs and enjoys speaking to women's groups nationwide. She shares her step-by-step tips for making "hip, simple, fabulous" meals in minutes and establishing daily rituals during her engaging, high-energy workshops. In addition, recipes for Clea's Hip, Simple, Fabulous™ dishes are frequently published in magazines such as Edible and Dining Out.
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'The Bachelor' Season 25, Episode 2: We Need to Talk About "Queen" Victoria
Because she's been there and done that, literally, former Bachelor contestant/tear fountain Ashley Iaconetti is recapping this season of The Bachelor for Cosmopolitan. With insider insight as well as a clear eye for what's going down both in front of and behind the cameras, she's got a whole lot to say…and you're gonna wanna hear it.
This post contains spoilers for last night's (1/11/2021) episode of The Bachelor.
You guys…What. Is. Going. On? Is Victoria a hired actress? Seriously! I'm actually wondering about this. Because for someone who waltzed in calling herself a queen, I thought she'd have a sense of humor about herself, but nope, she has zippo! (For the record, during my involvement with the show and based on everything else I know, there has NEVER been such a thing as a hired plant.)
There's this feeling that takes over me when I watch Victoria that I have a hard time explaining. It's just so hard to see someone behave the way she does with a straight face. Most Bachelor villains give off the vibe that they know what they're doing. They laugh in interviews, crack smiles, and have a certain slyness in their eyes. (See: Corinne Olympios, Courtney Robertson, Chad Johnson.) Nothing about Victoria makes her someone we love to hate.
Victoria is offended by everything and doesn't give anyone any grace. She's not open to conversations, as we see when she won't even sit next to Marylynn. The smallest remark absolutely outrages Victoria, and she speaks in such an incredibly defensive tone that I feel like she's going to come through the TV and start barking at me. And yet, for some reason, Matt seemingly trusts her more than the very well-adjusted Marylynn.
Apparently the drama between Victoria and Marylynn that really escalated at the cocktail party began with a conversation about getting to know each other. Victoria claims that Marylynn was rude when she allegedly said, "I'd like to pick your brain and understand you and see why you act the way you do." Victoria says those were Marylynn's words verbatim, but none of Victoria's behavior leads me to believe her about this. And even if that is what Marylynn said, it doesn't at all justify Victoria blowing up the cocktail party and accusing her of being the most toxic, negative person. I'm seriously confused as to how Matt can take anything Victoria says seriously.
Matt is seriously SLAYING the Bachelor role, except in this one instance. He seems to be interpreting Victoria's claims as more valid than Marylynn's defense. I could feel Marylynn's heart sinking when Matt pulled her aside to explain the situation. Normally in this she-said/she-said situation we'd see both girls stick around for at least another week or so. I'm scared that because he's not used to in-house fighting and because of the tension we see towards Victoria (WHO IS STILL THERE) in the teaser for next week, he may eliminate Marylynn based on this wildness made up in Victoria's head. Could this be the huge downside to Matt's franchise inexperience?
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On a lighter note, Matt had some fantastic connections develop during this episode. He continued to relate to Bri on family dynamics. Matt and Bri bonded over wanted to create strong family structures (complete with very present father figures) for their children one day. I thought for hours after the show about Bri's mom being just 13 years old when she got pregnant with her.
Then, Matt and Lauren found commonality in the way they want religion to play a deep role in a romantic relationship. It was beautiful how she made him comfortable expressing this desire. I also loved the banter they had about the UNC vs. Wake Forest rivalry. It was one of those flirty moments that I feel is too often edited out of the show.
On Matt's second one-on-one of the week, Sarah poured her heart out about her father's life with ALS. ALS is one of the most devastating diseases. My heart goes out to Sarah, her father, and her family. It was beyond touching when Matt asked what he could do to show her that he was someone she'd want to be with. I watched that and thought OMG, PEOPLE, DO WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE MAN AS THE BACHELOR?! YES! This demonstrates that he does not have a massively inflated ego that leads him to expect the women to audition for his heart. Instead, this process is a two-way street.
Matt, you freakin' rock…just don't fall to "Queen" Victoria's rule. The crown she wears is plastic.
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The first rule of user research: never ask anyone what they want.
User research is the basis of a good product. You have to listen carefully to people and ask the right questions. The answers to wrong questions may make you feel like you know something new. But you don't.
Would you pay for this service? How much?
How would you make this feature differently?
Do you think you would use this?
How do you currently solve this problem?
How have you found similar products in the past?
What happened last time you used this product?
What would you expect to happen when you … ?
How would this fit into your work?
How might this change the way you do that today?
Know the unanswerable questions. These are the questions that can't be answered.
Always ask the right questions and listen carefully. If you didn't learn something new from your research, you probably did something wrong.
Interviewing users is an art — whether you are running usability testing, focus groups, ethnographic research or what not. Here are some good practices for asking users the right questions, and asking the questions the right way.
Good UX design is built on good UX research. Here are 10 key questions that you should ask before kicking off any user research.
Open-ended questions have sentences, lists, and stories as answers; yielding deeper, new insights. Closed-ended questions limit the answers but give tighter stats.


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Being a Technology Entrepreneur in this Modern World Possessing a business could be a difficult and demanding undertaking. This could mean a lot of time and effort as well as thoughts on effective business marketing strategies. Nonetheless, simply because of modernization, there have been plenty of developments regarding the technology and business which each person should find truly beneficial. This will assist businessmen and organizations to successfully obtain their targets. Probably, one of the newest terms in business is called technology entrepreneur. Basically, it is a form of business or a group of businessmen who use technology as tools for achieving business success. It might be a deep concept but the sure thing is that technological advancements and systems in the business world are utilized. Although the technology entrepreneurship uses largely the modern technology and systems, it encompasses several things including finding the right skills and talents to operate and manage the technology, effective ideas of selling or marketing, and some other gifts innate or acquired by individuals. Additionally, this strategy usually requires the connections of talents as a group.
According to many experts, there are several technological innovations that led to the increasing usage of technology entrepreneurship. With respect to several professionals, there are various technological improvements that directed to the improving usage of technology entrepreneurship. But the majority of it is credited to the advent of computers and the Web. One definite model of this technology or process is the social media platforms. As you know, the social media nowadays are not only for fun. These are now crucial for marketing, connection, and other business-related goals.
Other good examples for technology that cause the boom in entrepreneurship are the search engines and online marketplaces. The search tools could provide details of products and solutions by means of the websites of a search optimized business. Therefore, the search engine optimization (SEO) approach becomes very helpful for those who will search for details and businesses who want to be located by potential clients all throughout the planet. On the other hand, online marketplaces also contributed a lot in terms of technology entrepreneurship. Vendors will have now an online place to market their merchandises while purchasers could have the most practical approaches to buy what they want. And so the list goes on namely web designing, link building, and many more. As have stated in the previous paragraph, technology entrepreneur is an extensive and broad concept. You cannot just understand all of it immediately and it takes enough time to fully learn it. It is recommended to acquire technology entrepreneur guides on the internet and enroll in workshops with great trainers regularly. When you are significantly familiar with the concept, only by then that you can give your business the greatest chance to succeed in this modern time.


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Q: Sequence generation using CUMSUM(TRUE,FALSE) method I am trying to generate a sequence below and code should be in adaptable form.
no_of_col = 12
cumsum(rep(c(TRUE, FALSE ), no_of_col/2))
[1] 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6

Expected Output is:
[1] 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

Here expected output should as shown above.
Note the sequence should be generated through cumsum command only.

A: We can try
cumsum(rep(c(TRUE, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE), length.out = no_of_col))
#[1] 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

A: no_of_col = 12
cumsum(rep(c(TRUE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE),no_of_col/4))

is this what you are looking for Harvey?
Simplifying things: if you do a simple
rep(c(1,0),2)

The output is 1 0 1 0
Further, if you do
cumsum(rep(c(1,0),2))

The output is 1 1 2 2, which is nothing by 1, 1+0, 1+0+1, 1+0+1+0.
You can get required result by the extension of this logic.

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The natural order of things is that things are either growing (progressing) or dying (regressing). I've learned a lot about growth by watching my plants grow, which lately, have been thriving. As long as I water them and give them the appropriate amount of sunlight, protect them from stifling weeds, and put them in a pot that will allow them to grow, they flourish. But, if I forget to water them, leave them without light, don't pull the weeds, or don't replace their pots when necessary, they slowly die.


Last fall I helped my good friend with a few DIY wedding decor projects for her step-daughter's wedding. The wedding turned out so beautiful. It was held at a venue with a large open grass field and a unique old barn as the backdrop. The colors for the wedding were mint, gray, white and champagne and all of the decor had a rustic flare to tie in with the barn. One of the DIY wedding decor projects was for a vintage wood ladder inspired by this one. I made the ladder rails and steps a little bit wider than the inspiration ladder to make it easier to place decorations on the steps.
I made two vintage wood ladders. I started out with these reclaimed wood boards from an old barn that I salvaged.
I cut the boards up according to the cut list (these are only the 1×6 size boards).
On the inside face of the front rail boards, I marked 12 3/4″ up from the bottom 4X (12 3/4″, 25 1/2″, 38 1/4″, 51″), marking both the front and back edges.
Marking front edge, repeat for back edge.
I used a straight edge to connect the marks. This line will be the top of the ladder step.
Drill countersink holes in the front rails, where the steps attach, 2 holes for each side of the step. Line-up the top of stair step with the line drawn on front rails. I used 1 5/8″ screws to attach the step to the front rails.
I used a clamp to assist while attaching the steps to the rail.
Repeat the same process to attach the front rail on the other side of the steps. Overhang the top board about 3/4″ in the front and center it side to side. Drill countersink holes and attach it to the top of the front rails with screws. Add the extra top piece the same way, the amount of hangover on the back of the extra top piece doesn't really matter.
Attaching the top board with screws.
I marked 5 3/4″ down from the top of the front rail (back side). I drilled countersink holes and attached the back board with screws.
On the 2 back rail boards, mark 12″ up from the bottom. Spread the back rails so they are 18″ apart (outside edges). Attach the 18″ cross brace to the back rails at the 12″ mark using 1 1/4″ screws.
To mount the hinges, I laid the ladder down with the backside up. Then I placed the back rails on the ladder and marked the holes for the hinge screws. If needed drill a pilot hole for the hinge screws. I attached the hinges to the back board and back rails.
If you want to make sure the ladder legs don't spread to far, you can add rope or twine between the front and back rails. I usually just tie a knot in the twine and staple it to the wood just above the knot.
Here's a few more pictures from the wedding set up, my friend did lots of fun DIY projects. Here is the wedding entrance with a cute saying on a DIY chalkboard easel.
The LOVE marquee sign makes a fun statement piece.
My friend made a bunch of these super cute gray planter boxes for the centerpieces. The boxes are made from free pallets! I love them, and they are darling filled with hydrangeas and baby's breath.
I love your post on ways to use vintage wood ladders….Thank you for all the great ideas!!! Beautifully done!


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Ingo the Dog Loves to Cuddle with Rescue Owls
Home » News » Ingo the Dog Loves to Cuddle with Rescue OwlsBy Katie Valentine | October 28, 2018
A post shared by Tanja Brandt-Tierfotografie (@tanja_brandt) on Oct 11, 2018 at 12:42pm PDT
While most dogs love to snuggle with people (and sometimes other dogs, or even cats), Ingo has found some unlikely cuddle companions – owls. The German shepherd discovered a surprising compatibility with these feathered friends when his mom, Tanja Brandt, began bringing home rescue animals.
Brandt brought owls that had suffered from falls or traffic injuries to her home in Germany. She began documenting Ingo's adventures with the owls after noticing how caring the dog was with them. He made his first owl friend, named Poldi, in 2015, and has befriended every owl in Brandt's care ever since.
In addition to rescuing animals, Brandt has authored five books and teaches animal and photography workshops. Indeed, she's quite a talented photographer and has captured many amazing shots of Ingo and his owl friends, ranging from cute to breathtaking.
Brandt says of her photos: "I wanted nice pictures of my animals. Photos that reflect the soul and character of each animal."
Like peas in a pod, Ingo and his pals do everything together. They can be found building snowmen, hiking in the woods, and posing for photos in the forest. During their downtime, they lounge around the house, sometimes watching football matches, and take naps together. He makes friends with each and every owl as they come and go, helping them heal with his sweetness and affection.
Ingo has become Instagram famous, having garnered over 160,000 followers, and is the star of his own product line.
One look at the adorable and strikingly beautiful photographs on Brandt's Instagram page is enough to understand why it's so popular. See it for yourself at @Tanja_Brandt.
Anya on November 6, 2018 at 11:31 am
So sweet of Ingo. Lovely !
Ellen Makridis on October 31, 2018 at 10:33 am
Every now and again we are rewarded with a feel good story….
Kylie T on October 29, 2018 at 1:32 pm
Very special bonds indeed.
Diane on October 29, 2018 at 11:43 am
All of this torture and cruelty has to stop. Put these monsters on the other end of it.
Absolutely disgusting!!
Rebecca on October 29, 2018 at 3:53 am
What a beautiful dog Ingo is. How people can still say that animals have no feelings or sentience is beyond me. You just have to look in their eyes to see their souls, feelings, love and intelligence. Stories like this prove it.
Patricia Hamilton on October 28, 2018 at 8:25 pm
Animals only no love and kindness I wish people would learn from animals how they get along and become friends I rather be with my dog then people i get enjoyment and fun and laughter from him and they make the best listeners animals so I don't see why there abused we need more stories like this with happy endings it breaks my heart to hear bad things to any animal God bless all animals of the world
Trish Katwrangler W on October 28, 2018 at 5:03 pm
Ingo is just a sweetie, and a beautiful animal.
Animals – ALL animals – just amaze me with their awareness.
Humans do not give them the credit or respect they deserve.
The Reverend Douglas m. Bilyeu on October 28, 2018 at 4:46 pm
When will this all come to an end? WHEN? Maybe never. But I am a firm believer that if we all stand together as one force of human beings, not this trash that call themselves humans, we can defeat them. I am so angry that this can even occur in other countries, but why ours. Because inhumane people pick on anything, animals, humans, etc. who will not be able to stand up for themselves. WE MUST BE NOW AND ACT UNTIL OUR MISSION IS COMPLETE.
Know this, I would be able to do the same exact treatment to whoever did these acts of horrific cruelty and feel no remorse or guilt.
That scares the hell out of me.
Lord hear our prayer and show us HOW TO FINALLY PUT A STOP TO ALL THIS INHUMANE BEHAVIOR. AMEN!
Rev. Doug Bilyeu
Animal Activist
HOPE MINISTRIES
Wallingford, PA.


Home » Commonwealth » Africa » Swaziland » eSwatini: What's in a Name?
eSwatini: What's in a Name?
The word sounds and looks like a modish online company but eSwatini is the new name of Swaziland, by decree of King Mswati III, one of the world's last absolute monarchs.
Or rather the old name, as Mswati claimed he was simply restoring the pre-colonial name to mark the 50th anniversary of independence. The announcement – and independence celebrations – could not wait until the actual anniversary in September and were brought forward to coincide with his 50th birthday in April. Surprising as it may sound, the king claimed many people around the world mistook his country for Switzerland, Reuters reported.
Ken Opalo at Georgetown University noted that 'per capita income in eSwatini has been in decline since peaking at just over $4,000 in 2014. One reason for this name change might be King Mswati's search for legitimacy via other means.' Reports of thousands marching in protest at worsening living conditions and the cost of the anniversary celebrations, with tyres burned and police firing rubber bullets, might support Opalo's assertion.
Among African states in the Commonwealth, barely half have changed their colonial name. But perhaps in the case of certain ignoble names bequeathed by colonial overlords a new name might an improvement: Cameroon, for example, means 'shrimps'.


When Dr Argo showed the design for power armor everyone thought it was awesome looking. However, most of the viewers also thought it looked too dangerous to operate or stand withing twenty feet of. Cooper on the other hand, thought it looked like the most wild ride in the world. Seeing as they had a volunteer they built it too fit their body.
We don't know if Drive is their real last name. It's a little too on point for a test pilot, but they live up to it.


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DEMONS STOLE MY BABY
'Still/Born': A Missed Opportunity for Horror's Next 'Babadook'
The first half of 'Still/Born' plays like a haunting spiritual successor to the domestic horror of Jennifer Kent's 'The Babadook.' The second half, not so much.
Updated 02.02.18 5:21AM ET / Published 02.02.18 5:00AM ET
Home is where the heart is, which goes some way toward explaining why it's such ripe territory for horror. 2014's The Babadook, directed by Jennifer Kent, is the perfect example of such "domestic horror," turning the stresses of being a mother and the shadow of grief into a truly chilling haunting. Still/Born is something of a spiritual successor, as it deals with a similar dovetailing of motherhood and loss, but it doesn't quite stick the landing.
The main problem is that the film defaults to making its mystery explicit instead of leaving it to the imagination. The unknown is always scarier than the known, and the first half of the film is accordingly much stronger than what comes next, as the frights buckle under narrative pressure for a neat resolution.
Mary (Christie Burke) gives birth to twins, but only one baby, Adam, survives. As she tries to adjust to her new life—her husband Jack (Jesse Moss, the poor man's Justin Trudeau) has just been promoted, and they've accordingly moved into a larger house and to a more affluent neighborhood—things start to happen that point to some other presence in the house, and a possibly supernatural reason for the death of her other baby. When Adam starts crying, it doesn't sound like he's alone: The baby monitor also picks up the sound of a man weeping, though when Mary rushes to check, there's no one else in the nursery.
Some of these scares are old hat but director Brandon Christensen has a deft enough hand that they still feel new, helped along by the fact that the script goes out of its way to dismiss some of the oldest horror tropes in the book. Jack isn't an entirely present husband as his work takes him away from the house, but he's sweet and attentive when he is around, and doesn't disbelieve Mary's fears until well into the last act of the movie.
Things only start to unravel when the curtain is pulled back on what's happening in the house. Jack's solution to Mary's conviction that something is wrong is to take her to a therapist (played by, of all people, Michael Ironside); Mary's solution is to take matters into her own hands, eventually coming across a woman who claims that a demon stole her baby under similar circumstances. If the notion sounds silly on paper, it doesn't fare much better on film, especially as the film doubles down on that premise and abandons the more psychological horror that worked so well at its beginning. As a result, the mystery dissolves, buried underneath demon voices that sound like prank calls more than supernatural entities.
There's enough the film does well that it wouldn't be amiss on any horror enthusiast's shelf, as the jump scares are solid and the thin story is boosted by the competency of everyone involved. It's just that it falls into one of the most frustrating categories of film, i.e., the missed opportunity. Still/Born could be much more than it is, and I've found myself stuck on that hypothetical other movie rather than any of the real movie's merits.
The success of home-bound horror hinges less on the strange and more on the idea that perfectly normal people are capable of doing terrible things, even to those they love. What happens when unconditional love isn't enough? It's scarier when Jack installs surveillance cameras throughout the house to monitor Mary's behavior than when Mary actually sees the monster because it's such a clear indication that there's been some break in the trust between them. And later on, when Mary suddenly seems to get her act together and turns into the perfect Stepford wife, the thought that she might have snapped is more affecting than the demon now so clearly prowling through the house.
Still/Born starts to get predictable as its central mystery becomes clearer, which is disappointing not just because the first half of the film is so strong, but also because these turns ultimately trap Mary in stale territory as the crazy housewife, complete with jealousy over a flirtatious neighbor. It comes off as regressive in a genre that has been more progressive than its lauded peers, to the point that the movie feels older than it is. Mary deserves better, and so does Christie Burke, who shines even as she's relegated to diminishing material.
It's frustrating not least because stories about motherhood—stories about women—have begun something of a resurgence, and not just in the horror genre. Lady Bird and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri are both centered on a mother-child relationship, and they're most striking when focusing on that human aspect. Though horror naturally demands a certain amount of exaggeration, the best parts of Still/Born suggest that both Burke and Christensen would be fully capable of carrying that home. As underlined by The Babadook, it's scarier to think of what we as humans are capable of doing to those we love when pushed to our limits than what some monsters may be able to inflict upon us because they have a taste for human flesh.


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Q: zener diode i-v confusion So zener diodes in reverse bias apparently only work within a specific current, Is min and Is max which generally have basically the same X value. On the zener diode graph usually lets say Is min is at like 5.6v and Is max is at like 5.61v or something really close. So zener diodes only work within that voltage? If I apply 6v it will break? If not, then I don't understand the relationship between I-V on the graph
How do zener diodes create a stable voltage output even then? How do diodes have a constant voltage drop? I don't understand how to input a specific current into the zener diode without having to input a super specific voltage since voltage is just the different charge density that drives current
I'm just entirely confused

A: I already mentioned the "dam analogy" in comments, so I'll avoid it here. I also won't re-use what's already been written here. I'll start fresh and be a little more direct (electronic-minded) about it.
There's a nice zener image I found at a page called the Working principle of Zener Diode:

It's jazzy-looking, but there is a lot of information contained in it, too. So let's look at it in pieces.
The upper right quadrant is the area where a zener is operating like a normal diode, where it is forward-biased. In that quadrant, you can see that the forward current, \$I_\text{F}\$, stays very low until the usual minimum *silicon diode voltage" of about \$600\:\text{mV}\$ is reached. Then the current shoots upward like a rocket. Since a zener diode isn't supposed to be used like a normal diode, let's ignore this quadrant. It's not terribly interesting, anyway.
It's the lower left-hand corner where all the action happens. In this particular chart, the author took some time to provide a variety of curves. This is because there are several different zener voltages and these are due to a couple of different effects: avalanche and zener. The technical folks can worry more about the differences there, but you don't really need to. If I want to say anything here about all those curves, I'd want you to notice just how "vertical" the line is for the \$6.8\:\text{V}\$ zener. It's almost exactly vertical.
What this means is that for this particular zener, when the voltage is oppositely arranged (reverse-biased, which is why we are on the LEFT side of the chart) and before it reaches about \$6.8\:\text{V}\$, there's very little "leakage current" through it. The curve stays very close to \$I_\text{F}=0\:\text{mA}\$.
But as you can see, once the voltage exceeds this magic value, the current magnitude gets very much larger very quickly. This is the nature of that vertical line portion of the curve. If the reverse-biased voltage is \$6.8\:\text{V}\$, the current might be growing beyond \$20\:\text{mA}\$ (just by glancing at that curve.) And if the reverse-biased voltage is \$7\:\text{V}\$? Well, that just reaches out to the end of the curve near about \$140\:\text{mA}\$! Just a few tenths of a volt makes that much difference!
Let's see what happens when we put a resistor in series here. Something like this:

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Usually, we know the value of \$V_\text{CC}\$ or, at least, a range of values for it. Let's say we only know that it will be at least \$8\:\text{V}\$ but might be as much as \$9.4\:\text{V}\$, since we'll be using a \$9\:\text{V}\$ alkaline battery for this purpose.
The rating for this zener diode is at \$37\:\text{mA}\$. So let's select a resistor by making the assumption that the zener voltage will just magically work somehow and also let's assume the lowest voltage we expect to work with (the worst case situation): \$R_1=\frac{8\:\text{V}-6.8\:\text{V}}{37\:\text{mA}}\approx 33\:\Omega\$.
So what actually happens? Well, we actually start with a fresh \$9\:\text{V}\$ battery. That's more than the planned figure, so it allows us to test out what happens when plans go awry. Let's use that higher starting value as the actual voltage to start. When the circuit is just connected up, with no current yet in the zener diode and therefore no current in \$R_1\$ and therefore no voltage drop across \$R_1\$, the entire \$9\:\text{V}\$ would seem to be applied to the zener. This would immediately suggest currents in the zener diode that are simply off the chart! But as the current in the zener diode rises (very rapidly) in magnitude (goes downward on that chart) there is also a growing voltage drop across \$R_1\$. This lessens the voltage at the zener.
Let's assume for a moment that there is actually the original, estimated \$37\:\text{mA}\$. Then the voltage drop across the resistor would be \$33\:\Omega\cdot 37\:\text{mA}=1.221\:\text{V}\$. So we'd predict that \$V_\text{Z}=9\:\text{V}-1.221\:\text{V}= 7.779\:\text{V}\$. But we can easily see that the zener diode's current would be so much higher, if that were true. So we know that the actual current in the zener will rise above this value.
Let's make another estimate. We came up with \$7.779\:\text{V}\$, which is \$979\:\text{mV}\$ more than we'd expected. So let's assume this added voltage creates an added current in \$R_1\$. So we get a new estimate of \$I=37\:\text{mA}+\frac{979\:\text{mV}}{33\:\Omega}\approx 67\:\text{mA}\$. This means \$V_\text{Z}=9\:\text{V}-33\:\Omega\cdot 67\:\text{mA}= 6.789\:\text{V}\$. That seems a lot closer, now.
However, we supposedly know that the datasheet tells is that it is \$6.8\:\text{V}\$ with \$37\:\text{mA}\$. Our current is a lot higher, so the voltage in the zener diode should (according to the curve) also be a little higher.
I think you can see that we could go back and forth for a while, trying to work this out. There are math equations we could try. But it's time for a new idea, I think.

At this point, it's time to introduce a new concept. This is called "adding a load line" to the curve. The "load line" is a little tricky to get at first. But once you understand it, it isn't hard to remember and apply. So let's give it a shot.
The resistor is a really simple device. The voltage drop across it is a very simple function of the current through it. It's just your basic Ohm's law. It's possible to "visualize" this resistor on a chart like the one above, by drawing a line that represents the current in the resistor for various voltages across the zener diode (which subtracts from the supply voltage.) So if the zener diode voltage is \$9\:\text{V}\$ then obviously there is no remaining voltage drop across the resistor, so the current in the resistor is \$0\:\text{mA}\$. And if the zener diode voltage is \$0\:\text{V}\$ (for some reason) then obviously all of the supply voltage appears across the resistor, so the current in the resistor is \$\frac{9\:\text{V}}{33\:\Omega}\approx 273\:\text{mA}\$. And in between these two points, the line is very linear. Resistors are like that. So let's draw \$R_1\$'s load line in green below:

Where the line intersects our \$6.8\:\text{V}\$ zener curve is where the two devices solve out, correctly. Looks like about \$63\:\text{mA}\$. So from this, we can figure that \$V_\text{Z}=9\:\text{V}-33\:\Omega\cdot 63\:\text{mA}= 6.921\:\text{V}\$. Which is likely.
See how much easier it is with the load line added?? We don't have to sit around with a piece of paper rolling numbers back and forth a lot.
So... what happens if the battery is \$8\:\text{V}\$, instead? Or \$9.4\:\text{V}\$? Well, we can work out the new load lines, too. Those would make the chart look like this:

Now. Notice how small the span is in voltage (it's almost invisibly small) for quite a range of current variation?? (The arrows point the way!)
So this means that the zener will do a pretty good job of holding close to its rated voltage. Even when the supply voltage is changing a lot.

Hopefully, this gets across a few useful ideas. The load line is one good idea. But another is just realizing that the zener diode "floods" rapidly when the voltage exceeds its rated value. And this dramatic flooding behavior is what keeps the voltage very tightly controlled even when there are huge differences in the current flowing through the zener diode.

There are other problems. Temperature is one of them. If there is too much current then the zener diode will warm up from the excess dissipation required and this will also affect the resulting zener voltage. The rating is based on the idea of dissipating about \$\frac{1}{4}\:\text{W}\$ and waiting until it stabilizes at the rated ambient temperature. As you can see, there could be quite a difference in the current and that means quite a difference in dissipation, too. So while it seems pretty nice already, there is a price hiding behind the scenes, too -- temperature rise due to varying dissipation with different applied voltage sources. So that's another concern. But for a later time, I think. Just a note to the wise.

A: Consider 1k resistor in series with Zener diode. Add its characteristic to Zener I-V curve. For powering both from 6V source the ch-c for R would be the line through points (0mA,6V and 6mA,0V). For 10V it would be the line through points (0mA,10V, 10mA,0V). Where the line croses with diode I-V curve you get the voltage at Zener diode. Compare the difference betwean 6V and 10V powering and the difference at Zener diode in both cases. It is the stabilising effect of Zener diode.

A: A Zener diode is intended to be a current-driven device. It has a low 'slope resistance'.
In the case of your 5.6v device, let's say it draws 1mA at 5.6v, and 11mA at 5.61v. The slope resistance is dV/dI = 10mV/10mA = 1 ohm.
When designing a circuit using a zener diode, ensure there is enough resistance in series with the diode so that over the whole range of operating conditions (and transient/fault conditions) the circuit will see, the zener diode is not presented with a continuous current of more than Is max.
In its typical shunt regulator voltage reference mode, a zener diode will be supplied with a current of nominally Iz (the current that the diode has been tested with) which tends to be in the 5mA to 10mA range. Its voltage drop is then its nominal zener voltage. Where low accuracy is adequate, this current is supplied through a large resistor connected to a much higher input voltage.
If the current varies, the zener voltage will vary, but not by much. The 'better' the zener, the lower the slope resistance. With our 1 ohm slope device above, a change between 5mA and 10mA would cause a change in zener voltage of 5mV.
Where higher stability is required, a common trick is to use the circuit's regulated output voltage to help define a constant current through the diode. This improves the effect of slope resistance by several orders of magnitude, rendering it a negligible error compared to the thermal variation of zener voltage. Depending on the specific part used for OA2, this circuit may or may not start up. It will for most types. If it doesn't, an additional biassing resistor or startup capacitor can be used to ensure it starts.
It's worth pointing out the single transistor 'amplified zener'. Q1 maintains 0.7v across R5, which acts as a constant current source for the zener, in this case 5mA. The tempco of Q1 VBE is nominally matched by the tempco of a 6.2v zener, so the overall combination has a reasonable tempco.

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Global mortality impact of the 1957-1959 influenza pandemic
Cécile Viboud, Lone Simonsen, Rodrigo Fuentes, Jose Flores, Mark A. Miller, Gerardo Chowell
Background. Quantitative estimates of the global burden of the 1957 influenza pandemic are lacking. Here we fill this gap by modeling historical mortality statistics. Methods. We used annual rates of age- and cause-specific deaths to estimate pandemic-related mortality in excess of background levels in 39 countries in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Americas. We modeled the relationship between excess mortality and development indicators to extrapolate the global burden of the pandemic. Results. The pandemic-associated excess respiratory mortality rate was 1.9/10 000 population (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2-2.6 cases/10 000 population) on average during 1957-1959. Excess mortality rates varied 70-fold across countries; Europe and Latin America experienced the lowest and highest rates, respectively. Excess mortality was delayed by 1-2 years in 18 countries (46%). Increases in the mortality rate relative to baseline were greatest in school-aged children and young adults, with no evidence that elderly population was spared from excess mortality. Development indicators were moderate predictors of excess mortality, explaining 35%-77% of the variance. Overall, we attribute 1.1 million excess deaths (95% CI, .7 million-1.5 million excess deaths) globally to the 1957-1959 pandemic. Conclusions. The global mortality rate of the 1957-1959 influenza pandemic was moderate relative to that of the 1918 pandemic but was approximately 10-fold greater than that of the 2009 pandemic. The impact of the pandemic on mortality was delayed in several countries, pointing to a window of opportunity for vaccination in a future pandemic.
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Pandemic influenza
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Viboud, C., Simonsen, L., Fuentes, R., Flores, J., Miller, M. A., & Chowell, G. (2015). Global mortality impact of the 1957-1959 influenza pandemic. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 212(11), 738-745. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv534
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YouTube announced its own TV channel!
It was a great freaking news announced by YouTube to the media. They have been introduced their own TV channel. It brings you to sign up at tv.youtube.com. They have plans to connect with more networks and produce an access. Currently, it was planned to launch in the US. According to YouTube, only metro areas in the US can enjoy these benefits. What are the metro cities getting an access? When will the service launch outside the US? Members share your knowledge according to this thread. Elaborate this thread with more information.
Well, it is a part of the OTT services trying to serve the section of the society that has not entered the traditional cable television genre. The service has currently been announced in the US and will cost you $ 35 per month. It will cover over 35 TV channels run by ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC.
The service will not cover many major television networks like Viacom, HBO, Discovery, Time Warner etc. The YouTube TV will work seamlessly across your Smart TV, Mobile device and Desktop. You will also get unlimited DVR feature as well.
Exact full blown launch of the service has not yet been announced. Also there is no word as to when will it be available outside the US.


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Household water and energy bills soar 30% in four years
Written by: Paula John
Despite general inflation running between 1.8% and a maximum of 4% per year since 2015, the cost of some of the core utitilies has skyrocketed in that time, disproportionately impacting poorer households, including single parent families.
According to the September 2019 Money Statistics produced by The Money Charity, UK households spent £111.27 million per day on the core utilities of water and energy in Q1 2019, equating to £4.05 per household per day, or £28.35 per week.
This was up from £3.10 per household per day in Q1 2015, or £21.70 per week, representing an increase of 30.6% over the last four years on these essential services.
The charity pointed out that the poorest households in the UK feel the greatest proportional pain, including single parent families.
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) recently published its 2019 'Cost of a Child' report, which each year calculates the total cost of raising a child from birth to its 18th birthday. This is achieved by taking the UK's minimum cost of living, and then measuring the extra cost incurred by a household as each child is added to it.
The 2019 report calculates that the average cost to a couple remains similar to last year's calculation, at £150,582, but that the cost for a single parent family rose to £185,036.
The average child costs a single-parent family £28.16 per day to raise, compared with £27.90 in 2018. For a couple, the cost is £22.92 per day (raising a child is more expensive for a single parent because in a couple household costs are spread over more people.)
According to CPAG, rising energy costs have been a significant contributor to the higher costs of raising a child that can be traced over recent years. However, it is also worth noting that an even bigger item of expenditure is the cost of childcare, with its net cost (i.e. the difference between total childcare costs and government tax credits) having tripled over the last 10 years.
Erik Porter, acting chief executive of The Money Charity said:
"While prices are ultimately always expected to rise in most cases, the sizeable increases seen across recent years for core utilities emphasise the permanent importance of robust and well-considered budgeting, which we see as an essential ingredient to achieving financial wellbeing. Key to that is honestly weighing up income and expenditure, determining personal spending priorities, and actively shopping across the market for those opportunities which keep outgoings at their lowest optimum rate.
"Alongside that, it is also essential that voices like ours are heard loudly in market considerations, calling for consumers' best interests to be at the heart of processes and policies, with healthy competition and regulation ensuring fairness and accessibility for all."
Household bills at lowest level in three years
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Fables de la Fontaine
1931. Maison Alfred Mame et Fils. Tours
Set: 0.
Jean de La Fontaine.
Language note: French.
This is our fifth Nézière version of La Fontaine and one of the most interesting. Here is the history as I believe we can reconstruct it. Mame published a fine Nézière edition in 1926. It was slightly larger than this present edition, which is almost 8" x 11". It contained 60 fables on its 159 pages. It combined 16 strong full-page colored illustrations with two smaller black-and-white illustrations for every fable except one, MM. The match between the colored and black-and-white illustrations was particularly good. Front and back covers also had full-page illustrations of arches with the poet on stage on the front cover and anthropomorphized animal characters in the foreground; on the back cover, another set of anthropomorphized animal characters was in the foreground. I praised this book for its extravagant imagination. This edition was apparently exactly reprinted in 1930 in our second copy. Our third copy is an inexpensive Dutch paperback from 1979, but it coincides with the present book in presenting internally only black-and-white versions of Nézière's original illustrations. It presents only 35 fables and eliminates entirely the full-page illustrations. The fourth book is a 2001 Everyman's Library edition that reproduces both the smaller black-and-white illustrations of 1926 and the 16 full-page colored illustrations. Now I have found this 1931 edition, whose 160 pages render the full-page illustrations in black-and-white and are selective in the smaller illustrations that are included. There are significant stretches of fables toward the end with no illustration at all. Might this version be a cheaper post-stock-market-crash version? Pinterest shows many copies of the colored 1926 version but none of this 1931 version. As I have mentioned a propos of the other versions, one of Nézière's gifts is the inclusion of contemporary technology, from bicycle pumps to biplanes.


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Quebec Discusses Merged Designations
From August 15-September 30, the Comptables Agréés du Québec (the provincial society of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA)) is holding information sessions throughout the province to familiarize its members with the details of a proposal for the unification of the accounting profession in Quebec. This is being done at the invitation of the Quebec's Office des Professions. While all of the Canadian Chartered Accountants and Certified Management Accountants are contemplating unification (see sbr 6/11), CGA-Canada is also being considered in Quebec's unification discussions. If the members approve the merger, Quebec would be the first province to implement the change as early as April 2012, CICA leaders have said. Approximately 20 percent of Canada's accountants are in Quebec.
Asked why merging the organizations is being considered, the Canadian groups explain: "We have come to believe that a united profession would be more efficient and effective than the status quo; more relevant, both at home and abroad; better able to enhance the support and services it provides to all members, candidates and registered students; and better able to protect and serve the public interest."
At first, the existing CA, CMA, CGA designations would be combined with the new "CPA," Chartered Professional Accountant. Then after a transition period, estimated at about 10 years, just CPA would be used. When asked why "Chartered Professional Accountant" is being used instead of "Certified Public Accountant," the institutes responded: "Today the CPA and CA are the most recognized designations around the world. Using the word 'Chartered' within the CPA would allow the new designation to be aligned with both of these designations. Finally, the use of 'Chartered Professional' would serve to distinguish the Canadian CPA from the CPA in the United States."
3 Canadian Bodies Plan New CPA
3 Accounting Orders Agree in Quebec
U.S. and Canadian IQABs Meet
Canadian Merger Problems
NASBA BOD Okays Extension of MRA with CICA


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Itinerary Announced for Pope's September Lebanon Trip
Will Sign Apostolic Exhortation on Mideast on Sept. 14
July 03, 2012 00:00ZENIT StaffVatican Dicasteries/Diplomacy
VATICAN CITY, JULY 3, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican announced today the itinerary for Benedict XVI's Sept. 14-16 trip to Lebanon, where he will sign the postsynodal apostolic exhortation following up from the 2010 synod on the Middle East.
The Pope will leave Rome on the morning of Friday, Sept. 14, and arrive in Beirut at 1:45 p.m., local time.
After the welcome ceremony he will travel to Harissa where he will visit the Basilica of St. Paul and sign the postsynodal apostolic exhortation.
The next day, the Holy Father will pay a courtesy visit to the Lebanese president, prime minister and speaker of the parliament.
He will then meet with the heads of Muslim communities before going on to pronounce an address before representatives from government, state institutions, the diplomatic corps, religious leaders and the world of culture.
On the same day the Pope will have lunch at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Bzommar with patriarchs and bishops of Lebanon, members of the Special Council for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, and the papal entourage. At 6 p.m. he is scheduled to deliver an address to young people gathered on the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate at Bkerke.
At 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, the Holy Father will celebrate Mass at Beirut City Centre Waterfront and consign the postsynodal apostolic exhortation.
Having prayed the Angelus he will then travel by car to the apostolic nunciature at Harissa where he will have lunch with members of his entourage. At 5.15 p.m. he is due to preside at an ecumenical gathering in the Syro-Catholic Patriarchate of Charfet. From there he will travel directly to the airport of Beirut whence his return flight to Rome is due to depart at 7 p.m.
July 03, 2012 00:00Vatican Dicasteries/Diplomacy
Pope Thanks His Secretary of State
Pope's Homily on Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul


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14-10-110. Irretrievable breakdown.
Statute text
(1) If both of the parties by petition or otherwise have stated under oath or affirmation that the marriage is irretrievably broken or one of the parties has so stated and the other has not denied it, there is a presumption of such fact, and, unless controverted by evidence, the court shall, after hearing, make a finding that the marriage is irretrievably broken.
(2) If one of the parties has denied under oath or affirmation that the marriage is irretrievably broken, the court shall consider all relevant factors, including the circumstances that gave rise to the filing of the petition and the prospect of reconciliation, and shall:
(a) Make a finding whether the marriage is irretrievably broken; or
(b) Continue the matter for further hearing not less than thirty-five days nor more than sixty-three days later, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be reached on the court's calendar, and may suggest to the parties that they seek counseling. At the adjourned hearing, the court shall make a finding whether the marriage is irretrievably broken.
Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 523, 1. C.R.S. 1963: 46-1-10. L. 2012: (2)(b) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 831, 26, effective July 1.
Cross references: For marriage counseling, see article 12 of this title.
Law reviews. For article, "Is Residence of the Plaintiff, in Colorado, Necessary to Support a Divorce Action Based on Cruelty Within the State, If Defendant Is a Resident of Colorado?", see 24 Dicta 110 (1947). For article, "When the State Had an Interest in Marriage: Colorado's Divorce Acts, 1861-1917", see 16 Colo. Law. 1627 (1987).
Annotator's note. Some of the cases appearing under 14-10-110 were decided under repealed 46-1-1, C.R.S. 1963, 46-1-1, CRS 53, CSA, C. 56, 1, and laws antecedent thereto, which specifically enumerated the grounds for divorce.
Marriage is a contract between the parties, but it is distinguishable from the ordinary civil contract. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
Marriage is the subject of a more immediate interest to the state than is the ordinary contract. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
Marriage is not a "contract" within the meaning of the contract clause of the constitution. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
General assembly control of marriage is constitutional. Since marriage is not a contract within the meaning of the constitutional contract clause, the general assembly has broad control over it, the reasonable exercise of which will not run afoul of the constitutional protection of contracts. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
In attempting to increase availability of divorces to estranged spouses, the general assembly recognized that public policy does not encourage keeping two people together once the legitimate objects of matrimony have ceased to exist. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
Decree not automatic. Although the dissolution of marriage statute was intended as a "no-fault" divorce act, the actual granting of the decree is not automatic or perfunctory under all circumstances. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
Court's discretion to continue case sufficient safeguard against hastiness. The general assembly declined to include in the Colorado act, which is modeled on the uniform dissolution of marriage act, the language of the uniform act allowing the court to order a conciliation conference, and thus, in effect, determined that vesting discretion in the court to continue the case from 30 to 60 days was sufficient safeguard against hasty and insensate decisions. In re Baier, 39 Colo. App. 34, 561 P.2d 20 (1977).
"Irretrievable" breakdown is no more vague or incapable of definition than "became impotent through immoral conduct", has been "extremely and repeatedly cruel", or being an "habitual drunkard", all of which constituted, under the prior Colorado statute, grounds for divorce. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
A finding of irretrievable breakdown is one of fact and, where the allegation of the petition is denied, it must be proven as any other essential element of the cause of action. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
Where the parties do not agree as to the breakdown of the marriage, it is imperative for the court to weigh all the evidence and make its own independent determination of that fact. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
The issue of whether a marriage has been irretrievably broken is a question of fact to be resolved upon consideration of the facts and circumstances of each case, and the factors underlying that determination will necessarily vary from case to case. In re Baier, 39 Colo. App. 34, 561 P.2d 20 (1977).
Finding of irretrievable breakdown must be proved when denied. While the dissolution of marriage act did eliminate all the former defenses to divorce in this state, it did not eliminate the necessity of proving an irretrievable breakdown where that basic allegation is denied in the pleadings. In re Franks, 189 Colo. 499, 542 P.2d 845 (1975).
No requirement that valid goals of marriage must be unattainable. There is no requirement that for the marriage to be beyond redemption, substantial proportion of legitimate objectives of a marriage must be no longer attainable by the parties. In re Baier, 39 Colo. App. 34, 561 P.2d 20 (1977).
Elucidating valid goals of marriage which must be either lost or beyond accomplishment before the marriage can be classified as irretrievably broken would constitute an amendment to the act, and that power is reserved exclusively for the general assembly. In re Baier, 39 Colo. App. 34, 561 P.2d 20 (1977).
The parentage of a child is not an issue in a divorce or annulment action between the parents. Devereaux v. Devereaux, 144 Colo. 31, 354 P.2d 1015 (1960).
Formerly, before a court could enter its findings in favor of a defendant, it must have necessarily found that the defendant had not been guilty of a violation of the marriage contract. Schleiger v. Schleiger, 137 Colo. 279, 324 P.2d 370 (1958).
In a divorce action where a defendant pleaded grounds for divorce by way of counterclaim, the issue was the guilt or innocence of the parties on the grounds alleged against each other, and findings by a trial court that plaintiff was entitled to a divorce was necessarily a finding against the defendant on the issues. Schleiger v. Schleiger, 137 Colo. 279 324 P.2d 370 (1958).
Formerly, the grounds for divorce in this state were purely statutory. Pleyte v. Pleyte, 1 Colo. App. 70, 28 P. 23 (1891); Redington v. Redington, 2 Colo. App. 8, 29 P. 811 (1892); Githens v. Githens, 78 Colo. 102, 239 P. 1023 (1925).
For the former ground for divorce, adultery, see Redington v. Redington, 2 Colo. App. 8, 29 P. 811 (1892); Harding v. Harding, 36 Colo. 106, 85 P. 423 (1906); Jones v. Jones, 71 Colo. 420, 207 P. 596 (1922).
For the former ground for divorce, desertion, see Stein v. Stein, 5 Colo. 55 (1879); Calvert v. Calvert, 15 Colo. 390, 24 P. 1043 (1890); Johnson v. Johnson, 22 Colo. 20, 43 P. 130, 55 Am. St. R. 113 (1895); Hobbs v. Hobbs, 72 Colo. 190, 210 P. 398 (1922); Oates v. Oates, 72 Colo. 195, 210 P. 325 (1922); Mulhollen v. Mulhollen, 145 Colo. 479, 358 P.2d 887 (1961).
For the former ground for divorce, cruelty, see Sylvis v. Sylvis, 11 Colo. 319, 17 P. 912 (1888); Gilpin v. Gilpin, 12 Colo. 504, 21 P. 612 (1889); Williams v. Williams, 1 Colo. App. 281, 28 P. 726 (1892); Geisseman v. Geisseman, 34 Colo. 481, 83 P. 635 (1905); Harding v. Harding, 36 Colo. 106, 85 P. 423 (1906); Sedgwick v. Sedgwick, 50 Colo. 164, 114 P. 488 (1911); Shaff v. Shaff, 72 Colo. 184, 210 P. 400 (1922); Miller v. Miller, 90 Colo. 428, 9 P.2d 616 (1932); Hilburger v. Hilburger, 110 Colo. 409, 135 P.2d 138 (1943); Harms v. Harms, 120 Colo. 212, 209 P.2d 552 (1949); Mentzer v. Mentzer, 120 Colo. 412, 209 P.2d 920 (1949); Carroll v. Carroll, 135 Colo. 379, 311 P.2d 709 (1957); Schleiger v. Schleiger, 137 Colo. 279, 324 P.2d 370 (1958); Reed v. Reed, 138 Colo. 74, 329 P.2d 633 (1958); Lininger v. Lininger, 138 Colo. 338, 333 P.2d 625 (1958); Poos v. Poos, 145 Colo. 334, 359 P.2d 3 (1961); Harvey v. Harvey, 150 Colo. 449, 373 P.2d 304 (1962); Cochran v. Cochran, 164 Colo. 99, 432 P.2d 752 (1967); Moats v. Moats, 168 Colo. 120, 450 P.2d 64 (1969).
For the former ground for divorce, nonsupport by the husband, see Rogers v. Rogers, 57 Colo. 132, 140 P. 193 (1914).
Applied in In re Erickson, 43 Colo. App. 319, 602 P.2d 909 (1979); In re Lester, 647 P.2d 688 (Colo. App. 1982).


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är en ort och frazione i kommunen Tremezzina i provinsen Como i regionen Lombardiet i Italien.

 upphörde som kommun den 4 februari 2014 och bildade med de tidigare kommunerna Mezzegra, Ossuccio och Tremezzo den nya kommunen Tremezzina. Den tidigare kommunen hade  invånare (2013).

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Orter i Lombardiet


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