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Movie review: Second Act
6 Dec, 2018 2:00pm
Jennifer Lopez stars in Second Act
By: Tom Augustine
The idea that a Jennifer Lopez dramedy in the vein of Maid In Manhattan could be
considered a "throwback" is surely an unnerving one for some, and yet with the aptly
titled Second Act, we have exactly that.
Having the appearance of a relic of a bygone era and somehow feeling all the more refreshing for that reason, the film tackles issues of class and wage inequality in America in a way that uses echoes of the past to seem surprisingly timely.
Lopez stars as Maya, an incredibly bright woman stranded in a low-wage supermarket job due to circumstances that prohibited her from getting a college degree. After a friend doctors her CV with more desirable work experience, Maya lands a high-paying job at a makeup company - and has to keep up the ruse even when elements of her personal and professional lives start to clash.
The film, right down to its set-up and execution, has that classic Working Girl energy, as Lopez is allowed to really dig into the role of a layered and complex woman unashamed of her ambition and desire to succeed.
She's fantastic here, and it's a real joy to remember what a charismatic presence she can be on the big screen.
The film runs into some stumbling blocks when it takes a turn for the soapy, the focus on the compelling narrative of a Latina woman struggling in a workforce geared to discriminate occasionally ceding ground to an adoption story which, while often moving, feels of an era even older than the one Second Act is clearly indebted to.
By-and-large, the film goes exactly where you'll expect it to go from start to finish, but is
propelled by the strength of the characters and some wonderfully deft screenwriting (it
also features the most laugh-out-loud one-liner of 2018 following a
rowing tournament gone awry).
This isn't a film that has set out to re-invent the wheel and yet works, by virtue of good screenwriting principles. I was taken by how few of these kinds of films we get these days, and how satisfying they can be when done right.
Jennifer Lopez, Leah Remini
M (Offensive language and sexual references)
An agreeably old-school vibe helps Lopez get her groove back.
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A PHP-wrapper to the Ghostscript-CLI

The main reason to create this library was to create images from PDF- or
Postscript-files. As those Files can be either in RGB- or in CMYK-Colorspace the
library tries to handle colors so that the original file and the image are close
in color-impression. This is especially important as f.e. PNG is RGB-only while
JPEG can be either in RGB or CMYK.

Multipaged PDF-Files will create multiple images! To not overwrite your image-files
the filename will be passed to sprintf to create a filename containing the
number of the page. The one and only parameter will be the number of the page.

## Why another Ghostscript-Wrapper?

There are currently 2 other wrappers around that both didn't meet the requirements
I had:

 * [gravitymedia/ghostscript](https://packagist.org/packages/gravitymedia/ghostscript)
 * [alchemy/ghostscript](https://packagist.org/packages/alchemy/ghostscript)

While the gravitymedia library concentrates more on creating PDFs from input-media
the alchemy library is not easily extendable and doesn't handle the parameters to
finetune Ghostscript the way I needed them.

So this library tries to handle most of the important switches to ghostscript and
also allows you to extend the library by implementing your own driver using the
```DriverInterface```. More information on that will be shown in the
[Documentation](https://heiglandreas.github.io/Org_Heigl_Ghostscript)

## Installation

This package is best installed using [composer](https://getcomposer.org).

    composer require org_heigl/ghostscript

## Documentation

You can find the documentation for the library at https://heiglandreas.github.io/Org_Heigl_Ghostscript

## Usage

```
<?php
use Org_Heigl\Ghostscript\Ghostscript;

// Create the Ghostscript-Wrapper
$gs = new Ghostscript ();

// Set the output-device
$gs->setDevice('jpeg')
// Set the input file
   ->setInputFile('path/to/my/ps/or/pdf/file')
// Set the output file that will be created in the same directory as the input
   ->setOutputFile('output')
// Set the resolution to 96 pixel per inch
   ->setResolution(96)
// Set Text-antialiasing to the highest level
   ->setTextAntiAliasing(Ghostscript::ANTIALIASING_HIGH);
// Set the jpeg-quality to 100 (This is device-dependent!)
   ->getDevice()->setQuality(100);
// convert the input file to an image
if (true === $gs->render()) {
    echo 'success';
} else {
    echo 'some error occured';
}
```

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Technology and the internet have grown to be such a huge impact in our modern lives that it's hard to imagine what life would be like without it.
It has even come to the point that excluding our children from it is no longer an option. With such a widespread influence, it is important to remember that cyberspace is still unpredictable and erratic.
However, by creating a safe environment, parents can protect their children and make their cyber experience a fun and healthy one.
Educating your children is the first step parents should take when introducing kids to the computer and the internet. By making sure they know how to use both hardware and software properly, you will safeguard your kids against hidden dangers. This is very important due to children's innate curiosity. Make sure that they don't tamper with the electricity by themselves or open the various computer components. Moreover, teach children what programs they can run, in order to ensure the safety of your important documents and files. Possibly the best thing to do when getting kids started into the cyber world is getting an older or a less advanced computer model.
Child-proofing your internet is a quintessential step in ensuring your child's safety online. First off, it is very important to install an anti-virus program because viruses are unpredictable, sometimes visual and explicit, and they can pose a serious threat to children. You can also do a lot to create a safe cyber environment by blocking pop-ups, adjusting privacy settings, and creating passwords for specific files or folders.
Another vital step in your children's cyber education program is to teach them how to take care of themselves online and how to interact with other people on the web. The most important rule is "Never give out personal information". Teach them that if a site or person requires personal information from them, they should always come to you first. Also, create an environment that satisfies their curiosity so it doesn't get the better of them and expose them to unwanted content. This can be done by getting them involved in a particular topic that they find interesting.
You should spend time with your kids when they are online. This will give you the opportunity to monitor their online activity and indirectly control what's going on. Apart from this, you will have a chance to learn what interests your child and introduce them to similar material online. By interacting with your children, they will let you into their world. Once they let you in, you will get to know their thoughts and feelings about various subject matters. Not only that, but you will better understand your child and cement their trust in you. This subtle way of parent supervision will teach children that your presence is a good thing. It will create a fun, healthy, and safe cyber environment both of you can enjoy.
Teach your children to learn during their time online. By mixing entertainment and knowledge, children can develop skills and expand their minds. Children-based online brain games are great in achieving that. Online Sudoku games can improve their ability for logical thinking and pattern recognition while math games for kids are a great way to get them into simple math and develop their abstract thinking. Correspondingly, word games provide a great way of developing their vocabulary and language skills. Also, since most games have time limits, they improve children's quick thinking, decision making, and hand-eye coordination. Their interactive nature also lets parents participate, so both of you can have fun playing them.
Limit your child's cyber time. Even though there are numerous positive advancements your child can achieve through their use of the computer and the internet, parents should never let their children spend their entire day in front of the screen. By setting rules about how much time they can spend on the computer, children will learn to appreciate it more. Not only that, but they will get less bored with the subject matter you provide them. Moreover, this enables them to obtain other important developmental aspects of their character through exercise, interaction, and play.
With technology and the internet becoming a major part in the world, opening children up to it is essential. By teaching children the right way of using it, setting up simple rules, and getting them involved in the right kind of content,you will create a safe and healthy environment for their development.
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Then Under Live Streaming go to Events.
2. Configure your live event, then under Type select Custom and click Create Event.
3. Next choose whether you would look to use a Single-use Stream Key or a Reusable Stream Key. If choosing the single-use stream key option it will use a variable bitrate based on the stream that is being sent to YouTube. If choosing the Reusable Stream Key option you will be asked to choose the bitrate range for your stream.
Below that select your Encoder which will be "Other Encoders". It will show a Stream Name value which is your Stream Key. Copy this stream name/key and select Save Changes up the top right corner.
4. In vMix under the Streaming Window, select the YouTube Live option from the dropdown menu. Then paste the Stream name that YouTube provided into the Stream Key field. Select or configure your stream quality settings, ensuring your bitrate setting falls within the bitrate setting set in YouTube. Then click Save and Close to save your YouTube Stream settings.
5. To begin the stream click the Stream button in your vMix window or open the Stream window and click Start to begin sending the stream to YouTube Live.
6. If you want to add these YouTube settings to vMix just open up the Stream window and click Add. Once there select a name for your YouTube profile.
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Useful links:

[LLVM OCaml API](http://llvm.moe/ocaml/Llvm.html)

[LLVM Garbage Collection](http://llvm.org/releases/2.5/docs/GarbageCollection.html)


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SYNONYM

#### According to
The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011

#### Published in
in Kotiranta & Saarenoksa, Polish Botanical Journal 47(2): 107 (2002)

#### Original name
Steccherinum willisii Maas Geest., 1974

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#include "manager/stmgr-clientmgr.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include "manager/stmgr.h"
#include "manager/stmgr-client.h"
#include "proto/messages.h"
#include "basics/basics.h"
#include "errors/errors.h"
#include "threads/threads.h"
#include "network/network.h"
#include "config/heron-internals-config-reader.h"
#include "metrics/metrics.h"

namespace heron {
namespace stmgr {

// New connections made with other stream managers.
const sp_string METRIC_STMGR_NEW_CONNECTIONS = "__stmgr_new_connections";

StMgrClientMgr::StMgrClientMgr(EventLoop* eventLoop, const sp_string& _topology_name,
                               const sp_string& _topology_id, const sp_string& _stmgr_id,
                               StMgr* _stream_manager,
                               heron::common::MetricsMgrSt* _metrics_manager_client,
                               sp_int64 _high_watermark, sp_int64 _low_watermark)
    : topology_name_(_topology_name),
      topology_id_(_topology_id),
      stmgr_id_(_stmgr_id),
      eventLoop_(eventLoop),
      stream_manager_(_stream_manager),
      metrics_manager_client_(_metrics_manager_client),
      high_watermark_(_high_watermark),
      low_watermark_(_low_watermark) {
  stmgr_clientmgr_metrics_ = new heron::common::MultiCountMetric();
  metrics_manager_client_->register_metric("__clientmgr", stmgr_clientmgr_metrics_);
}

StMgrClientMgr::~StMgrClientMgr() {
  // This should not be called
  metrics_manager_client_->unregister_metric("__clientmgr");
  delete stmgr_clientmgr_metrics_;
}

void StMgrClientMgr::StartConnections(const proto::system::PhysicalPlan* _pplan) {
  // TODO(vikasr) : Currently we establish connections with all streammanagers
  // In the next iteration we might want to make it better
  std::unordered_set<sp_string> all_stmgrs;
  for (sp_int32 i = 0; i < _pplan->stmgrs_size(); ++i) {
    const proto::system::StMgr& s = _pplan->stmgrs(i);
    if (s.id() == stmgr_id_) {
      continue;  // dont want to connect to ourselves
    }
    all_stmgrs.insert(s.id());
    if (clients_.find(s.id()) != clients_.end()) {
      // We already have a connection for this stmgr.
      // Just make sure we have it for the same host/port
      const NetworkOptions& o = clients_[s.id()]->get_clientoptions();
      if (o.get_host() != s.host_name() || o.get_port() != s.data_port()) {
        LOG(INFO) << "Stmgr " << s.id() << " changed from " << o.get_host() << ":" << o.get_port()
                  << " to " << s.host_name() << ":" << s.data_port();
        // This stmgr has actually moved to a different host/port
        clients_[s.id()]->Quit();  // this will delete itself.
        clients_[s.id()] = CreateClient(s.id(), s.host_name(), s.data_port());
      } else {
        // This stmgr has remained the same. Don't do anything
      }
    } else {
      // We don't have any connection to this stmgr.
      LOG(INFO) << "Stmgr " << s.id() << " came on " << s.host_name() << ":" << s.data_port();
      clients_[s.id()] = CreateClient(s.id(), s.host_name(), s.data_port());
    }
  }

  // We need to remove any unused ports
  std::unordered_set<sp_string> to_remove;
  for (auto iter = clients_.begin(); iter != clients_.end(); ++iter) {
    if (all_stmgrs.find(iter->first) == all_stmgrs.end()) {
      // This stmgr is no longer there in the physical map
      to_remove.insert(iter->first);
    }
  }

  // Now go over to_remove to remove all the unused stmgrs
  for (auto iter = to_remove.begin(); iter != to_remove.end(); ++iter) {
    LOG(INFO) << "Stmgr " << *iter << " no longer required";
    clients_[*iter]->Quit();  // This will delete itself.
    clients_.erase(*iter);
  }
}

bool StMgrClientMgr::DidAnnounceBackPressure() {
  return stream_manager_->DidAnnounceBackPressure();
}

StMgrClient* StMgrClientMgr::CreateClient(const sp_string& _other_stmgr_id,
                                          const sp_string& _hostname, sp_int32 _port) {
  stmgr_clientmgr_metrics_->scope(METRIC_STMGR_NEW_CONNECTIONS)->incr();
  NetworkOptions options;
  options.set_host(_hostname);
  options.set_port(_port);
  options.set_max_packet_size(config::HeronInternalsConfigReader::Instance()
                                  ->GetHeronStreammgrNetworkOptionsMaximumPacketMb() * 1_MB);
  options.set_high_watermark(high_watermark_);
  options.set_low_watermark(low_watermark_);
  options.set_socket_family(PF_INET);
  StMgrClient* client = new StMgrClient(eventLoop_, options, topology_name_, topology_id_,
                                        stmgr_id_, _other_stmgr_id, this, metrics_manager_client_);
  client->Start();
  return client;
}

bool StMgrClientMgr::SendTupleStreamMessage(sp_int32 _task_id, const sp_string& _stmgr_id,
                                            const proto::system::HeronTupleSet2& _msg) {
  auto iter = clients_.find(_stmgr_id);
  CHECK(iter != clients_.end());

  // Acquire the message
  proto::stmgr::TupleStreamMessage* out = nullptr;
  out = __global_protobuf_pool_acquire__(out);
  out->set_task_id(_task_id);
  out->set_src_task_id(_msg.src_task_id());
  _msg.SerializePartialToString(out->mutable_set());

  bool retval = clients_[_stmgr_id]->SendTupleStreamMessage(*out);

  // Release the message
  __global_protobuf_pool_release__(out);

  return retval;
}

void StMgrClientMgr::SendDownstreamStatefulCheckpoint(const sp_string& _stmgr_id,
                           proto::ckptmgr::DownstreamStatefulCheckpoint* _message) {
  auto iter = clients_.find(_stmgr_id);
  CHECK(iter != clients_.end());
  iter->second->SendDownstreamStatefulCheckpoint(_message);
}

void StMgrClientMgr::StartBackPressureOnServer(const sp_string& _other_stmgr_id) {
  stream_manager_->StartBackPressureOnServer(_other_stmgr_id);
}

void StMgrClientMgr::StopBackPressureOnServer(const sp_string& _other_stmgr_id) {
  // Call the StMgrServers removeBackPressure method
  stream_manager_->StopBackPressureOnServer(_other_stmgr_id);
}

void StMgrClientMgr::SendStartBackPressureToOtherStMgrs() {
  for (auto iter = clients_.begin(); iter != clients_.end(); ++iter) {
    iter->second->SendStartBackPressureMessage();
  }
}

void StMgrClientMgr::SendStopBackPressureToOtherStMgrs() {
  for (auto iter = clients_.begin(); iter != clients_.end(); ++iter) {
    iter->second->SendStopBackPressureMessage();
  }
}

void StMgrClientMgr::HandleDeadStMgrConnection(const sp_string& _dead_stmgr) {
  stream_manager_->HandleDeadStMgrConnection(_dead_stmgr);
}

void StMgrClientMgr::HandleStMgrClientRegistered() {
  if (AllStMgrClientsRegistered()) {
    stream_manager_->HandleAllStMgrClientsRegistered();
  }
}

void StMgrClientMgr::CloseConnectionsAndClear() {
  for (auto kv : clients_) {
    kv.second->Quit();  // It will delete itself
  }
  clients_.clear();
}

bool StMgrClientMgr::AllStMgrClientsRegistered() {
  for (auto kv : clients_) {
    if (!kv.second->IsConnected()) {
      return false;
    }
    if (!kv.second->IsRegistered()) {
      return false;
    }
  }
  return true;
}
}  // namespace stmgr
}  // namespace heron


I visited Barcelona last year and the Sagrada Familia was so astounding! I just fell in love with Gaudí's art. Sadly I didn't know you have to book so early in advance so we couldn't see it from inside… I hope one day I will get back to have another look!
Aw shucks, that's such a shame that you were not able to go inside, it's stunning! One day you can perhaps make it back, and then it will be even closer to finished!
Wow, truly amazing how Sagrada Familia looks like. I can see its real worth in your pictures. Hopefully, I will be going to Barcelona, for the first time in Spain, this summer, and I will visit this amazing and exquisite architecture.
I can give you some great insights for Bucharest and Romania too. I know the country, I can say very well, and I`m also happy to give advice and tips about it when you will be travelling here.
Great article, would like to visit there one day.
Gaudi's work in Barcelona is just awesome! Thanks for sharing the amazing pictures.
I'm bringing my 10-year old son with me to Spain. Do you know where I can find info about age restrictions in water sports?
I am sorry, I am not really sure. You could try contacting your hotel before you arrive — they will likely have a good idea of that. Or, look up tour providers that offer the water sports and ask them via email. Good luck and safe travels!
La Sagrada Familia which was truly an awesome experience. Pay the extra money for skip the line tickets. The line was literally around the corner, but we walked right up and went in.
We were just in Barcelona and completely missed out the valuable information about booking ahead! We arrived on our vespa, took one look at the line, and then just did a perimeter and left. It was only in retrospect that we realized the magnificence of the interior! This is such a valuable post for Gaudí enthusiasts – thanks for sharing your experience.
This was one of my favorite things I think I've ever seen, but I always like to point out that the sets of 4 towers that we see are merely the side. There's supposed to be yet another central tower, much taller than the others. It's going to be so ridiculously cool when/if it's finished.
Perfect timing for this post – I'm going to be seeing this in just a few weeks! :-) Thank you also for the tips. I'm so excited to see this amazing architecture, it reminds me so much of some kind of fantasy novel.
Hehe, I know what you mean, I ended up eating more bread and cheese in a week than I do in a month usually!
Just got back from Europe – soooo glad I read your post and got our tickets online! The line to get into La Sagrada Familia was crazy! Loved, loved, loved and was blown away by the building – and Casa Batllo as well. The man was well ahead of his time.


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By ABQJournal News Staff
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2012 at 12:05am
Updated: Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 9:37pm
House OKs Public Defender Shift
The House has voted for a proposed constitutional change that would make the Public Defender Department an independent state agency, rather than one under the control of the governor.
The chief public defender would be appointed by an 11-member commission under the proposal
It's similar to a bill that passed the Legislature in 2008 but was vetoed by then-Gov. Bill Richardson.
"There's really no chief executive that's going to sign off on giving up power," said Rep. Antonio "Moe" Maestas, D-Albuquerque, the sponsor of House Joint Resolution 26.
Because it would be a constitutional change, Maestas's proposal would have to be approved by voters statewide if it passed the Legislature.
But the governor would not have an opportunity to veto it; constitutional amendments go directly to the ballot.
The House approved it 55-13, sending it to the Senate.
House Approves Pension Change
The House has approved a proposal to require legislators to contribute more into their pension plans, but the sponsor of the measure says the Legislature needs to scale back its retirement program.
Legislators don't receive an annual salary, but they are eligible for a retirement program that requires them to contribute $500 a year. The House approved a bill Thursday to increase those yearly contributions to $600. The measure goes to the Senate for consideration.
Rep. Dennis Kintigh, a R-Roswell, sponsored the proposal but says more change is needed to make the legislative pension system less generous.
Another Kintigh measure would establish a minimum retirement age of 62 for legislators to get their pensions, but that has been shelved by a House committee.
Bill Would Clear Crime Records
The Senate voted 35-4 on Thursday to approve a bill that would allow some misdemeanor criminal charges to be expunged five years after conviction.
Charges of driving while intoxicated, however, could not be expunged. Domestic violence charges could not be expunged for 10 years.
The bill, SB 2, would also allow felony charges to be expunged from public record in cases where a jury acquits the accused individual or charges are dropped. Law enforcement officials would still have access to those records under the bill.
Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Española, said the bill is "one step toward righting some wrongs" for people who were wrongfully charged with crimes or convicted of petty crimes they're trying to move past.
Critics said criminal charges are important information to which the public should have access.
From my viewpoint, people in the public do have the right to know that information," said Sen. Mark Boitano, R-Albuquerque, who voted against the bill.
Public Corruption Bill Advances
A bill to enhance penalties for public officials convicted of corruption related crimes unanimously passed the Senate on Thursday.
Senate Bill 197, introduced by Sen. William Payne, R-Albuquerque, is a version of a bill passed by the House last week by a narrower margin of 41-26 that would allow public officials convicted of crimes like embezzlement or accepting a kickback to face criminal fines up to the full value of the individual's salary and pension benefits.
The House version of the bill, HB 111, also allows for public officials to face up to one year extra jail time for corruption-related offenses.
Gov. Susana Martinez has touted increased penalties for corrupt public officials as one of her top priorities for the legislative session on the heels of former Public Regulation Commissioner Jerome Block's conviction for fraudulent use of a state credit card. After conviction, Block continued his position with the PRC for nearly two weeks.
— This article appeared on page A6 of the Albuquerque Journal
Legislature News

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Perhaps the $13 billion Mexico City airport already under construction was a boondoggle. And maybe the country's news president was right to cancel it. But the fact remains: The region needs more capacity. It's not clear how it will get it.
Four months after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged to scrap a $13 billion airport project for Mexico City, the airline industry is bursting with questions about his plan to operate three hubs for the nation's capital. His administration is still short on answers.
With other panelists and attendees echoing his concerns at the conference, Lopez Obrador's top transportation official had few details to offer in response. "We need to look for a valid solution that is absolutely safe from an aeronautical standpoint," said Transport Minister Javier Jimenez Espriu.
The safety focus underscored the airline industry's misgivings about Lopez Obrador's intention to upgrade the existing hub and an airport in nearby Toluca, while tapping the Defense Ministry to transform a military base into a commercial airport. Aeronautical analysts at Mitre Corp. have argued that the Santa Lucia air base can't safely operate in tandem with Mexico City's main airport if capacity grows at both, which would be needed to ease saturation.
Trekking out to Toluca from any of those two airports can take an hour and a half or more, depending on traffic, complicating passenger connections.
Lopez Obrador canceled his predecessor's project to build a major new airport in Texcoco, east of Mexico City, which was already one-third built. That hub was designed to replace the current airport, which is congested — and constrained from adding runways.
Other questioners at the IATA conference zeroed in on Lopez Obrador's plan to ask the military build and operate an airport meant for commercial use. Does it make sense? Is the model used elsewhere?
De Juniac, who represents airlines around the world as head of IATA, said it's definitely not common. At best, the operation would have to be split among the military and government offices that handle civilian affairs such as immigration and customs, he said.
Local transportation links also came in for scrutiny. The government has said that international and domestic flights will be split among the three airports, a move that would create logistical challenges for airlines.
Grupo Aeromexico SAB CEO Andres Conesa, speaking on a panel of airline executives, agreed.
"Airlines like ours that operate wide-body aircraft need to operate out of one single airport, we need one single operation center," he said.
Enrique Beltranena, CEO at low-cost airline Volaris, said operating out of Toluca would threaten to generate additional costs.
"That would be a deal breaker for us. I can't operate something that is just not economically viable," he said.
Aeromexico shares fell 1.5 percent to 20.50 pesos at 10:13 a.m. in Mexico City. Volaris rose less than 1 percent to 16.62 pesos.
Transport Minister Jimenez Espriu said he knew the Texcoco cancellation has ranked as one of the least popular decisions so far by the new president, who took office in December.
"But I'm sure people will eventually come around," he said.


The memory-enhancing properties of Ginkgo Biloba are long documented as being very effective. Combined with the mental sharpening ability of green tea and rosemary and the tasty antioxidants of blueberry, this light-bodied blend is a great way to start the day sharp and focused.
To infuse, use one teaspoon per cup of water at 185°F and allow to steep for 2-4 minutes. Stronger infusions may become astringent.


In January, what I desire most is to slow down.
My heart wants to use the New Year as a time to reflect on the year that has passed by—what felt right, what didn't feel right, and areas of potential growth. And my mind wants to use the New Year as an opportunity to look ahead and discover the ways in which I can improve myself moving forward, based on insights that I gained looking back.
In the past, many of my New Year's resolutions involved behavioral changes that I knew would be beneficial—eating better, exercising more, writing more, waking up earlier. But I often found myself in a mental tug of war with my resolutions.
I struggled with the future mindset that inevitably comes with setting goals. I found myself striving, wanting, sometimes forcing—the very opposite of mindfulness.
I haven't quite found the delicate balance of accepting myself and my present moment while simultaneously working toward future goals.
How do I accept myself and the present moment as is if I am in a mindset of wanting different for myself? How do I find the balance between tuning into my body and heart and meeting ever-changing needs, and staying consistent with the behaviors I have determined I need to bring into my life?
I am sure there is an evolved state where self-acceptance and self-improvement can live harmoniously, but I have not yet discovered this state of balance. And that is okay. We are all a work in progress, discovering and starting over every day.
So this year, I am choosing differently for myself. Instead of a slew of resolutions, I am setting an intention. My intention is to live consciously and compassionately in each moment, whatever that moment may bring.
This means listening deeply to myself.
Resting if I am tired.
Moving when my body needs to move.
Nourishing myself when I am hungry.
Stopping when I am full.
Acting with kindness, toward myself and others.
We may not always be able to meet our needs immediately as they arise, but we can still tune into the messages that our body, mind, and spirit send to us, and honor those. This is the blessing of self-care.
Cultivating compassionate awareness and making choices accordingly feels so much more freeing than a resolution or a goal. I am free to call forth whatever feels right.
And most importantly, from this place of consciousness, we can meet each other with true kindness. We can connect with strangers and loved ones with an open heart. We can allow generosity and patience.
We can be with the people and experiences of our lives in a meaningful, present manner.
But how do we learn how to listen to ourselves in this way? We are so used to staying in our heads and our thoughts, disconnected from the soul of our internal and external experiences. Here are some possible ways to connect with ourselves more deeply in the new year.
Not all of these tools might be for you, or maybe you might discover your own. Each of us has to walk our path in the way that feels most comfortable.
For some, this can feel terrifying! We are used to maintaining a rushed pace, often to distract ourselves or for fear of missing out. Play close attention to when you are moving too fast, or are too busy.
Consider asking yourself whether there is something you are avoiding in your busyness. Say "No" to activities that aren't necessary or meaningful to you. Choose consciously to block out time on your schedule for rest.
Create buffers between activities so you are not rushing, and allow yourself time to transition.
The constant noises of our world—people talking, music playing, kids asking, technology beeping—can be loud and intrusive. The voices in our heads—our constant commentary—can be deafening. Turn the volume down, or better yet, switch to silent mode, and allow yourself to just be.
This is when you can start to become aware of the forces that operate within you. This is when you can feel the beating of your heart, or the sensation of your breath. This is when you can feel how emotions, desires, and aversions come and go like the tide of the ocean waves.
Once you feel comfortable with disconnecting, experiment with how meditation feels. Meditation is a way to observe all of yourself in an intimate way. You might start with a brief sitting practice where you focus on the sensation of breathing for a few minutes.
Don't put pressure on yourself to meditate in a certain way. Don't make it another project or goal that you can fail at. Meditation is called a practice for a reason. Find your entry point and build from there.
Being with yourself won't be very fun if you are always criticizing yourself. Make a pact to only use kind, loving words with yourself, the way you would with a child or a favorite friend. Compassion for yourself improves well-being, and is the foundation from which compassion for others can grow.
Practice immersing yourself in your experiences, in a curious, non-judgmental manner. There are several ways to experiment with mindfulness in your life. Try using all of your senses to consciously connect to a mundane experience.
For example, while washing the dishes, really listen to the sound of the water, feel the slippery soapiness of the dishes, inhale the scent of dish soap. Using our senses to deepen our experience prevents us from ruminating about an argument with our boss or worrying about tomorrow's crazy schedule.
Alternatively, if you find yourself waiting, allow yourself to just wait. Put your device of choice away and focus on your breath, or the sensory experience of being where you are. This moment is the only moment that truly exists. Mindfulness allows us to truly live that moment, deeply and intentionally.
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Frank H. McCourt (born August 14, 1953) is an American businessman, president of the McCourt Group and owner of the Los Angeles Marathon. He was owner and chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine from 2004 to 2012.
REDIRECT Template:Baseball year, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox Entertainment Group, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Prior to purchasing the Dodgers and moving to Los Angeles, McCourt was a Boston real estate developer, whose family resided in Brookline, Massachusetts.
In 2013, he donated $100 million to establish the McCourt School of Public Policy, the ninth school of Georgetown University.
McCourt was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised Roman Catholic and attended Georgetown University where he earned an economics degree in 1975. He met his future wife, Jamie McCourt, when they were both freshmen at Georgetown. They married in 1979. The McCourt family has a long association with real estate and construction in the Boston area.
In 1977, Frank McCourt founded The McCourt Company, which specializes in the development of major commercial real estate projects, particularly parking lots.
The McCourt company headquarters moved to Los Angeles in 2004 in connection with the family relocating to Los Angeles. The McCourts owned a $16 million, Script error: No such module "convert". home in Brookline, MA that was acquired by John W. Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox.
Before buying the Los Angeles Dodgers, Frank McCourt made a bid to buy his hometown Boston Red Sox. If he had won the bid, he had planned to build a new stadium on the land he owned and used for parking lots on the South Boston waterfront. Instead, the Red Sox were sold in 2002 to John W. Henry, Tom Werner and Red Sox President Larry Lucchino.
McCourt is not the first member of this family to own part or whole of a sports franchise. His grandfather was part-owner of the Boston Braves.
After his failed bid to buy the Red Sox, he turned his attention to the Dodgers. In 2004, McCourt bought the Los Angeles Dodgers for $430 million from NewsCorp, Rupert Murdoch's flagship enterprise. McCourt's purchase of the Dodgers was financed mostly by debt.
In 2004 McCourt's South Boston parking lot property was used as collateral for some of the financing to acquire the Dodgers from News Corp. Later the South Boston property was turned over to News Corp. in exchange for canceling acquisition debt. News Corp. received approximately $200 million when they re-sold the property to Morgan Stanley and Boston real estate investor John B. Hynes III in 2006.
The Dodgers assets acquired by McCourt included significant real estate assets related to the stadium in Chavez Ravine, including stadium parking lot land. Plans have been announced for new real estate developments at Dodger Stadium.
To offset the purchase, McCourt raised ticket and concession prices every year. By April 2009 the team and its related assets, in which McCourt had invested heavily in improvements, had increased in value to $722 million according to Forbes.   In 2010 the value of the team was estimated at $727 million according to Forbes.
In 2003 (under News Corp ownership) the Dodger's record was 85 wins, 77 losses. Shortly after purchasing the team, McCourt fired then General Manager Dan Evans, replacing him with Paul DePodesta. DePodesta is featured (along with Billy Beane) in the book Moneyball as it discusses their non-traditional approach to using statistics to manage the Oakland A's. In Los Angeles DePodesta made a blockbuster trade in the middle of the 2004 season: the Dodgers sent the team's starting catcher, Paul LoDuca, its set-up man, pitcher Guillermo Mota, and outfielder Juan Encarnacion to the Florida Marlins for the high on-base percentage first baseman Hee-Seop Choi and power pitcher Brad Penny and pitching prospect Bill Murphy, who was in turn flipped with Koyie Hill and Reggie Abercrombie to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gold Glove center fielder Steve Finley and catcher Brent Mayne. At the time, DePodesta said of Choi, "I think we've acquired one of the better offensive players in the league."
Although Finley hit 13 HRs for the Dodgers in his two months with the team, this trade was a spectacular bust. In the playoff loss to St. Louis that season, Penny did not play, Choi had one at bat (hitless) and Dodger catchers were 3-for-10. Choi batted .161 with 0 HRs for the Dodgers after the trade, though he did walk 11 times in 87 plate appearances.
In 2004, the Dodgers won the NL West (93 W, 69 L), but lost in four games to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Divisional Series of the playoffs. In the offseason the Dodgers decided not to re-sign Adrián Beltré due to his high contract demands (Beltre finished second in the NL MVP voting and would later sign with Seattle for 5 years/$64 million). DePodesta signed outfielder J.D. Drew for five years at $55 million, sinkerball pitcher Derek Lowe for four years ($36 million), and All-Star second baseman Jeff Kent.
However, the 2005 season (71 W, 91 L) was the Dodgers' second-worst record since moving to Los Angeles, due in part to players' injuries. That off-season, manager Jim Tracy was fired. Soon after Tracy was fired, McCourt fired DePodesta and about a month later, hired Ned Colletti to replace him.
Ned Colletti's first action as GM was the signing of the former Red Sox manager, Grady Little. Colletti then signed several veteran players such as Rafael Furcal, Nomar Garciaparra, Kenny Lofton, and Bill Mueller. These players were among those who led the 2006 Dodgers to the NL Wild Card spot, with an 88–74 record. The Dodgers were swept by the New York Mets in the National League Division Series. In the winter of 2006–07 the team signed Juan Pierre, Jason Schmidt, and Luis Gonzalez.
In October 2007, Grady Little resigned and Joe Torre was hired as their new manager. In 2008 with Torre, Ned Colletti signed Andruw Jones, Hiroki Kuroda, and Chan Ho Park. During the trade deadline the Dodgers acquired Manny Ramirez in a trade with the Boston Red Sox.
In 2007 Dr. Charles Steinberg was hired as Executive Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations of the Dodgers after working with the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. In 2009 he was reported to be on his way out and was said to be allied with Jamie McCourt and had lost influence as she did, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
On October 14, 2009 it was announced the McCourts would be separating after nearly 30 years of marriage. While speculation was raised on the impact upon the McCourt family and Dodger ownership, a spokesperson for Jamie McCourt said the following day that "the focus of the Dodgers is on the playoffs and the World Series." Jamie was fired from her position as Dodgers CEO on Thursday, October 22, 2009, the day after the Dodgers were eliminated from the playoffs. She officially filed for divorce shortly thereafter. He has claimed that the divorce has "no bearing on the team whatsoever."
On December 7, 2010 the judge in the divorce case of the McCourts invalidated the post-nuptial marital property agreement ("MPA") that Frank McCourt had claimed provided him with sole ownership of the Dodgers. In the wake of this decision, Frank McCourt's lawyers said that Frank would use other legal avenues to establish his sole ownership of the Dodgers, while Jamie McCourt's lawyers said that Jamie would be confirmed as the co-owner of the team as community property of their marriage.
On June 17, 2011, the McCourts reached agreement on a settlement of their divorce. The settlement was contingent upon Major League Baseball approving a 17-year television contract between the Dodgers and FOX Television. The discussion set aside the Dodgers' ownership issue until a scheduled one-day trial on August 4, whereupon if the judge sided with Frank he would keep the team and pay a settlement fee to Jamie and if the judge sided with her the team would be sold. However, on June 20, baseball rejected the television deal and the settlement agreement fell apart.
On October 17, 2011 the McCourts reached a settlement in their divorce case whereby Jamie would receive about $130 million and relinquish her claim on the Dodgers. This ended what is widely believed to be the costliest divorce in California history.
In 2010, it was revealed that then California Attorney General Jerry Brown was opening an investigation into the Dodgers' charitable foundation, the Dodgers' Dream Foundation. According to tax returns, the charity's chief executive Howard Sunkin, earned a salary of nearly $400,000 per year, almost a quarter of the foundation's entire budget. Sunkin is a close associate of McCourt and has worked with him during his divorce proceedings. The courts eventually awarded the funds to be repaid and McCourt personally repaid $100,000.
In April 2011, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced that MLB would be appointing a representative to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Dodgers. His statement said that he took that action because of his "deep concerns for the finances and operations" of the Dodgers. This event occurred shortly after an LA Times report that McCourt had obtained a personal loan from Fox to cover the team's payroll for April and May.
McCourt vigorously disputed MLB's actions. Nevertheless, Selig appointed former diplomat and former Texas Rangers executive Tom Schieffer to oversee the Dodgers' finances.
After much legal wrangling between McCourt's lawyers and MLB lawyers in bankruptcy court, he reached a deal with the league to put the team up for sale.
On March 27, 2012, he agreed to sell the team to a group consisting of former L.A. Laker Magic Johnson, former baseball executive Stan Kasten and the Guggenheim Partners for a record price of $2 billion, the highest ever for a professional sports team. McCourt separately sold the land surrounding the stadium for $150 million to the same group, while maintaining some economic interest in the property. According to the Guggenheim Group, McCourt will have no control or influence over the land, but will profit from potential future development of it. Also, the new ownership will pay $14 million to rent the parking lots surrounding Dodger Stadium from an entity half-owned by McCourt. The sale officially closed on May 1, 2012, ending McCourt's turbulent period as Dodgers owner.
In 2008, McCourt bought the operating rights to the Los Angeles Marathon. McCourt's group changed the route of the Marathon so that it would start at Dodger Stadium. His "Stadium to the Sea" course revitalized the Marathon and in 2010 it drew the largest field in the history of the race. During his divorce he briefly considered selling the Marathon, but he chose to retain the rights and refocus on the race.
In 2014, McCourt bought 50% of the Global Champions Tour.
Frank McCourt's grandfather was part owner of the Boston Braves along with Lou Perini and others. Inspired by his grandfather and the others formation of the Jimmy Fund, Frank McCourt started ThinkCure to fight cancer.
Frank and his ex-wife Jamie have four sons, Drew, Travis, Casey, and Gavin.
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Q: Fourier transform floating point issues I am implementing a conventional (that means not fast), separated Fourier transform for images. I know that in floating point a sum over one period of sin or cos in equally spaced samples is not perfectly zero, and that this is more a problem with the conventional transform than with the fast.
The algorithm works with 2D double arrays and is correct. The inverse is done inside (over a double sign flag and conditional check when using the asymmetric formula), not outside with conjugations. Results are nearly 100% like expected, so its a question about details:
When I perform a forward transform, save logarithmed magnitude and angle to images, reload them, and do an inverse transform, I experience different types of rounding errors with different types of implemented formulas:

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*F(u,v) = Sum(x=0->M-1) Sum(y=0->N-1) f(x,y) * e^(-i*2*pi*u*x/M) * e^(-i*2*pi*v*y/N)
f(x,y) = 1/M*N * (like above)

*F(u,v) = 1/sqrt(M*N) * (like above)
f(x,y) = 1/sqrt(M*N) * (like above)
So the first one is the asymmetric transform pair, the second one the symmetric. With the asymmetric pair, the rounding errors are more in the bright spots of the image (some pixel are rounded slightly outside value range (e.g. 256)). With the symmetric pair, the errors are more in the constant mid-range area of the image (no exceeding of value range!). In total, it seems that the symmetric pair produces a bit more rounding errors.
Then, it also depends of the input: when image stored in [0,255] the rounding errors are other than when in [0,1].
So my question: how should an optimal, most accurate algorithm be implemented (theoretically, no code): asymmetric/symmetric pair? value range of input in [0,255] or [0,1]? How linearly upscaling result before saving logarithmed one to file?
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my algorithm simply computes the separated asymmetric or symmetric DFT formula. Factors are decomposed into real and imaginary part using Eulers identity, then expanded and sumed up separately as real and imaginary part:
sum_re += f_re * cos(-mode*pi*((2.0*v*y)/N)) - // mode = 1 for forward, -1
          f_im * sin(-mode*pi*((2.0*v*y)/N));  // for inverse transform
// sum_im permutated in the known way and + instead of -

This value grouping indside cos and sin should give in my eyes the lowest rounding error (compared to e.g. cos(-mode*2*pi*v*y/N)), because not multiplicating/dividing significantly false rounded transcedental pi several times, but only one time. Isn't it?
The scale factor 1/M*N or 1/sqrt(M*N) is applied separately after each separation outside of the innermost sum. Better inside? Or combined completely at the end of both separations?
For some deeper analysis, I have quitted the input->transform->save-to-file->read-from-file->transform^-1->output workflow and chosen to compare directly in double-precision: input->transform->transform^-1->output.
Here the results for an real life 704x528 8-bit image (delta = max absolute difference between real part of input and output):

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*with input inside [0,1] and asymmetric formula: delta = 2.6609e-13 (corresponds to 6.785295e-11 for [0,255] range).

*with input insde [0,1] and symmetric formula: delta = 2.65232e-13 (corresponds to 6.763416e-11 for [0,255] range).

*with input inside [0,255] and asymmetric formula: delta = 6.74731e-11.

*with input inside [0,255] and symmetric formula: delta = 6.7871e-11.

These are no real significant differences, however, the full ranged input with the asymmetric transform performs best. I think the values may get worse with 16-bit input.
But in general I see, that my experienced issues are more because of scaling-before-saving-to-file (or inverse) rounding errors, than real transformation rounding errors.
However, I am curious: what is the most used implementation of the Fourier transform: the symmetric or asymmetric? Which value range is in general used for the input: [0,1] or [0,255]? And usual shown spectra in log scale: e.g. [0,M*N] after asymmetric transform of [0,1] input is directly log-scaled to [0,255] or before linearly scaled to [0,255*M*N]?

A: Scaling causes roundoff errors. Hence, solution 1 (which scales once) is better than solution 2 (which does it twice). Similarly, scaling once after summation is better than scaling everything before summation.
Do you run y from 0 to 2*N or from -N to +N ? Mathematically it's the same, but you have an extra bit of precision in the latter case.
BTW, what's mode doing in cos(-mode * stuff) ?

A: The errors you report are tiny, normal, and generally can be ignored. Simply scale your results and clamp any results outside the target interval to the endpoints.
In library implementations of FFTs (that is, FFT routines written to be used generally by diverse applications, not custom designed for a single application), little regard is given to scaling; the routine often simply returns data that has been naturally scaled by the arithmetic, with no additional multiplication operations used to adjust the scale. This is because the scale is often either irrelevant for the application (e.g., finding the frequencies with the largest energies works no matter what the scale is) or that the scale may be distributed through multiply operations and performed just once (e.g., instead of scaling in a forward transform and in an inverse transform, the application can get the same effect by explicitly scaling just once). So, since scaling is often not needed, there is no point in including it in a library routine.
The target interval that data are scaled to depends on the application.
Regarding the question on what transform to use (logarithmic or linear) for showing spectra, I cannot advise; I do not work with visualizing spectra.

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Twitter User Explains How Brooks Koepka, Bryson Dechambeau Clip Leaked
The clip was taken down but GOLF.com wanted to find out how it leaked in the first place.
Russ Heltman
Courtesy: Sport Sugar
The video taking over the internet this week is mysterious, at least its origins are. Footage surfaced on Wednesday of a Golf Channel outtake showing Brooks Koepka and Bryson Dechambeau after their Friday rounds at the PGA Championship. Koepka's disdain for Dechambeau is well known in the golfing community, and his comments in the clip didn't hide anything. NBC Sports eventually had the video taken off Twitter, but nothing dies on the internet these days.
The problem is this wasn't some throwaway interview that was part of the Golf Channel broadcast. None of this footage ever aired on the network, prompting Dylan Dethier of GOLF.com to do some digging. Dethier talked to @RJWinfield, the owner of the Twitter account that posted the clip, wondering how he got his hands on it?
"Great question," he told Dethier. "I don't have much of a story for you."
Winfield told Dethier he tracked down the video from another tweet that housed a link to MediaSilo, a secure way to share videos online. A few accounts had posted the MediaSilo link to Twitter, but none gained any viral traction because the video had to be clicked on to view it. Winfield downloaded it on his own and uploaded it directly to Twitter. "The rest is history," he said to Dethier.
Winfield theorized that this was a simple gaffe by one of the Golf Channel employees that probably wanted to send the funny clip out to a friend. One thing led to another and it was seen millions of times on Twitter.
Yet Dethier confirmed that sources told him Koepka had requested the video be sent to him to keep for a laugh around friends but didn't want it to spread like this, or did he?
"I honestly wouldn't even care," Koepka said at the end of the clip. The Dechambeau-Koepka feud rages on.
Russ Heltman is a daily news writer for BSM. He is the morning host and producer for 89.3 WMKV in Cincinnati, OH. He also works in gameday communications for FC Cincinnati and additionally contributes to the AllBengals blog for Sports Illustrated. Russ can be found on Twitter @RussHeltman11 or you can reach him by email at Heltmandm@yahoo.com.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Dirty Mo Media has announced a podcast deal with NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin.
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Denny Hamlin jokingly thanked Dirty Mo Media for the "opportunity and the fat check" the company wrote for him to host the podcast in a Twitter announcement.
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The podcast is the latest in an expansion of content produced by the Mooresville, North Carolina-based digital outlet. After beginning with The Dale Jr. Download, the company has grown to include other podcasts like Door, Bumper, Clear, and Speed Street, as well as video projects like The Next Level.
"I think we'll start with the biggest sports that we know and love."
Barstool Sports CEO Erika Nardini recently did a wide-ranging interview with AdAge.com about the future of the digital sports outlet's television aspirations, and she said sports they're familiar with will take priority.
""We want sports that appeal to a broad audience. We're kind of tickled to be able to broadcast things in the first place. So I think we'll start with the biggest sports that we know and love, whether it's basketball and football," Nardini said. "You could definitely see that extended to golf, that would probably be the next place that we'll play."
The questions about Barstool's future aspirations come after the company's successful first broadcast of the Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl. Barstool says the broadcast received nearly 1 million views, peaking at 130,000 concurrent viewers. The outlet also broadcasted the Barstool Sports Invitational that featured Akron, Mississippi State, Toledo, and UAB in November.
Nardini added that the company is interested live televised sports for a few reasons.
"We're owned by a sports betting company and the more we think about building our sports platform, there's obviously a huge opportunity for us to convey a whole bunch of offerings to our audience, but certainly betting will be one of them…I think that live sports on television is the last man standing where it's all anyone tunes in for."
"The location at the home of the Washington Commanders will make it the first sportsbook to open inside an NFL stadium."
Sports licensing giant Fanatics will soon be launching its long-anticipated sportsbook.
The company will open up a physical sportsbook location in Maryland at FedEx Field on January 20. Fanatics has also been granted a license to operate in Massachusetts, tethered to Plainridge Park Casino.
The location at the home of the Washington Commanders will make it the first sportsbook to open inside an NFL stadium. Bettors in the DMV will now be able to place wagers at all their local teams' venues, as William Hill has an on-site location at Capital One Arena – home of the Capitals and Wizards – and BetMGM has a space at Nationals Park in D.C.
Despite having a physical location at FedEx Field, bettors in Maryland will not be able to place mobile wagers through a Fanatics Sportsbook app.
According to Front Office Sports, Fanatics hopes to have the sportsbook up and running in some fashion in all states where legal by September.


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Get out in nature, and feel the joy of it, and feel gratitude for my body carrying me through it.
Deny the narrative of the voices in my head, and the voices of unhelpful people (after all, what they say is probably more about them than it is about me), and let them go, because I know they're not true.
Stop letting others dictate how I feel, stop letting them belittle me, when I'm doing so much more than they are, as their comments and actions are probably about them, not about me.
Let go of the anger, because it only eats me up, and forgive them, even if it is only to stop bringing myself down.
Stop being so hard on myself, and show myself some self-compassion - I I don't need to justify my actions to anyone when they are coming from my heart.
Take control of what I can control, and use that to move myself forward.
Such great reminders... I kind of want to type this up in a pretty font and hang it in my office because it's amazing advice that I could stand to take pretty much daily. The self-compassion, in particular. And I LOVE your 365 space! New obsession. Bookmarked it.
I'm with Jess... I think I need this hanging in my office. This is beautiful. Checking out your 365 blog!
I can relate to every single point made. My mantra is "go with the flow, be zen and let it go". Thanks for dropping by my blog.


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What You Need to Know about Workplace Pension Auto Enrolment
Home News What You Need to Know about Workplace Pension Auto Enrolment
Steph Stevens June 1, 2017 No Comments
A workplace pension is a way of saving for your retirement that's arranged by your employer. Some businesses refer to these as occupational, work, or company pensions.
A percentage of your pay is put into the pension scheme automatically every payday. In most cases, your employer also adds money into the pension scheme for you.
What is Workplace Pension Auto Enrolment?
By October 2018 every employer must provide a Workplace Pension scheme to their staff and make contribution to their pension if they:
Are aged between 22 and State Pension age.
Earn more than £10,000 a year.
Work in the UK.
This is called automatic enrolment.
Why was Workplace Pension Auto Enrolment introduced?
In the past, many workers have missed out on valuable pension benefits because their employer was not offering a pension scheme, or they didn't join the company pension scheme through lack of understanding of the long-term impact.
It has long been recognised that most people are not saving enough for their retirement and as a result may not be able to live comfortably on just the state pension.
Auto Enrolment was introduced by the government to ensure more workers build a pension pot for the future and to relieve the increasing strain on the state benefit system, due to our ever-increasing ageing population.
How much do I need to pay into the workplace pension scheme?
The following link has been created by the pension regulator. You can use this to see if the new law applies to you or your business. The calculator is for employers but works for employees too.
http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/employers/staging-date.aspx
Can I avoid Auto Enrolment?
As an employee you can avoid auto enrolment if you already participate in a pension with your current employer. However, as an employer you cannot avoid complying with the scheme if you have staff who fit the criteria.
This is a legal obligation and noncompliance could result in a fine.
What happens when you're automatically enrolled?
Your employer will write to you when you've been automatically enrolled into their workplace pension scheme. The will advise you of the following:
The date they added you to the pension scheme.
The type of pension scheme and who runs it.
How much they will contribute and how much you will have to pay in.
How to leave the scheme, if you want to.
How tax relief applies to you.
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On the assumption you are eligible, it may be that your employer has not reached the date which they are legally obliged to participate. However, by October 2018 all employers will have to enrol all eligible workers into a Workplace Pension scheme.
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Reece Trivia
By: Mildred Greear
The asbestos shingled house that has already been torn down (or on way to being?) was built by Jean Reece Rispoli as a home in which she could live somewhat independently and still be "at home." She had but one child, Kathleen Patricia, known as Patti. Jean was the most fragile of the Reece children; it was she who had long stays at Battey Hospital in Rome. It was she for whom the "car" had to be kept on the ready to be taken to doctor, etc. She survived healthier siblings, but was frail from the time I first met her. (She was also a publishing poet, and I am fortunate to have several of her ballads…so like Byron's, but entirely her own.) During her lifetime I was never told she was a poet, so modest and quiet she was.
When Jean moved into Blairsville several years before her death, she sold the house to her niece Sharon McKenzie Johnson. Sharon held on to it fiercely for several years. Others would have loved having it, but she would not part with it, having had many happy times there in her childhood with her cousin Patti, etc. Near the lake, near doting grandparents, all the things that make kids happy.
When Sharon died the property rightfully went to her family. It is generous of her husband to have given it up.
Sharon was the daughter of Sarah Coburn, who was the child of Emma Reece's sister. Sarah's mother died (at birth of Sarah?…I do not know) and Naomi Allen, (Mrs. Frank) of Cleveland adopted Sarah immediately. Naomi was known as NONIE, and distinguished herself by being first woman to be called for grand jury duty in White county. At that time, many women would NOT register to vote for fear of jury duty (or divorce maybe….) Nonie, like Emma, was spirited, bright, outgoing. (To anger me, dare to mention this family as being withdrawn, unsociable people. (Nonie was Emma's sister. )
Sarah attended Young Harris College at time Byron was there. They were privileged to walk and talk together on campus at any time convenient to their schedules, because they were COUSINS! Rules at Young Harris College at the time were that only on certain times, (Sunday afternoons in daylight hours, I think were mentioned) could the young students "CASE" Case equivalent to DATE. No hand-holding in public. Well, then where? Who knows the answer to that?
Some of them managed, for there were marriages resulting from courtships begun so inauspiciously.
Back to Sarah; she was delightful matron when I met her, beautiful, tending to reddish blonde hair, open face, free spirited. It was she to whom the poem "Silver Streams Come Winding Down" is dedicated. I am writing this without books near by, but that is the name of the poem I am fairly sure. If I find differently, I will correct it by email later.
Yes, the studio. Byron built it economically, as all of the Reece family dwellings were done; they were not selfish, but wisely frugal. You must have seen the studio. Long enough for a cot, metal, folding as I remember it, a small table right by. Shelves for books. One window, A straight chair. I do not remember a typewriter but maybe that was what the bedside table accommodated. Pillow case on cot pillow made from feed sack. I have it. I stole it. in company of an attorney, if you can believe that. Called family members who congratulated me and thanked me for rescuing it. At the right time, I will give it to whatever family type archival things are in order. I am the legal heir to several small items which i treasure, and which also will be given to the appropriate organization.
Byron painted the studio Mulberry red (a stain, not a paint, if I recall correctly. Stain is less expensive and goes on easily.) He named it Mulberry Hall. That his ironic humor; a slap on the wrist to the not so nice holders of the bachelors, masters and doctors degrees who were so damn cruel at times. Some of them at Young Harris College. It is difficult for my husband and me to forget that, though many of them are now dead also. Forgiveness is as desirable as it is hard to extend. I work on that,
My husband and I do count ourselves among the next of friend.


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I hope he gets to do other things during the work day. Then again maybe I would rather be doing that than sitting in front of a computer all day at work. Maybe I will try to make one of those but I couldn't do the bending over thing for very long.
How often do I think about clamping the uke body with my feet? Not very much. Pretty good idea but not practicable... Doug, I think after doing that for a couple months for 12 hours a day you would yearn to be back in front of the computer. The ukulele sweatshop is probably not a great place to work. Ukulele sweat shops. Like what happens at Ken's work shop. Day and night the man turns out fabulous ukuleles until he is ready to drop with fatigue. Hands sanded raw. Barely time for a cup of tea. I salute you uke sweat shop workers!
OK. Got that sussed. Now let's see him make and fit a rosette.


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The importance of the political participation of refugees
Iris Samuels
Image: International IDEA/Joshua Sowah
When we think about refugees, we rarely think about them as political actors. However, refugees may in fact have a dual political role, as they can participate in the political life of both their host and their home countries.
According to a recent UNHCR estimate, the global refugee population reached 25.4 million people in 2017, and Sweden is among the top host countries for refugees in Europe, with more than 240,000 refugees. As Sweden prepares for general elections later this year, the issues of migration management and effective integration of refugees have become increasingly important.
In this regard, International IDEA launched a report earlier this year on the political participation of refugees in host and origin countries, which was funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung. The report is based on case studies from Sweden, Germany, Lebanon, Kenya, South Africa, Turkey, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. Among other issues, the report highlights the need for a wider debate on the political engagement of refugees in their host and origin countries as a way to ensure greater social inclusion and strengthen democratic norms. Notably, the report gives a broader definition of political participation, beyond elections, looking at various other means that make refugees political actors, such as participation in civil society, protests, grassroots initiatives and online political activism.
The report was discussed in an event held on 31 May at International IDEA's Headquarters in Stockholm. Among others, the event heard from Tarig Adan, lead researcher of the case study on political participation of Syrian and Somali refugees in Sweden. Adan first arrived in Sweden as a refugee from Somalia, and has since founded the Hab Association for Immigrants, a network focused on supporting vulnerable immigrants such as women and children.
Refugees who live in Sweden for a minimum of three continuous years gain the right to vote in local and provincial elections. However, through a series of interviews and focus group discussions with Syrian and Somali refugees based in Stockholm and Malmö, Adan found a low level of political engagement.
"One of the challenges [for political participation of refugees] is lack of awareness and information-sharing. Refugees don't receive proper cultural and political orientation or training courses, and this has caused them not to participate in the political and decision-making processes."
Adan also discussed the lasting effects of the conflict and the political situation in the home countries of refugees, mentioning the cases of refugees from Syria and Somalia who fear for the lives of their relatives who remain behind. "You see the connection between what's happening back home and what is happening [in Sweden]". However, Adan ended on a positive note. "Refugees have the skills and capacity to do better things in their host countries", underlining the positive role that refugees can play.
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As of 2018, Iris Samuels is a third-year student of political science at Princeton University, where she focuses on migration studies and is minoring in journalism and creative writing.
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This kind of music tells a story without words and so does your artwork. Enjoyed.
Thank you. I enjoy making the #WordlessWednesday posts.
Love your art, Rob. You are a power house of talent. Can't wait to see your guest post tomorrow on my blog for the blogivesary week.
Thank you again for inviting me.
You painting is fabulous. I love the colours. Lovely song too.
An incredible combination of music and art!
A gorgeous combination of image and music Rob. Have a wonderful Wednesday. Hugs on the wing!
I'm blaming it on sinus reaction to the weather (and stress) but I haven't been able to fully shake off this headache for two weeks. Add a sleepless night and I'm flat out exhausted.
Will do. Hugs on the Michelin Man!
That's a real 'wake up, it's morning' dawn. Love it.
Thanks Mary. I've started going through my stash of pending abstracts. This one felt like a dawn.
I love it, Rob. It reminds me of one of those air mass maps the weather people show us.
That's an interesting take, Hugh. I can see that. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Cool art! It reminds me of a topographic map.


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Eschscholzia lemmonii is a species of poppy known by the common name Lemmon's poppy.

It is endemic to California, where its distribution includes the Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada foothills, and Transverse Ranges. One subspecies, the Tejon poppy, ssp. kernensis, is limited to the mountains of Kern County surrounding the Grapevine. This wildflower is an annual herb growing from a patch of segmented leaves made up of round-edged leaflets. The erect stalks grow up to 30 centimeters tall and bear orange or dark yellow poppy flowers. The fruit is a capsule 3 to 7 centimeters long containing tiny netted brown seeds.

References

External links
CalFlora Database: Eschscholzia lemmonii (Lemmon's poppy)
Jepson Manual (TJM2) eFlora treatment of Eschscholzia lemmonii
USDA Plants Profile for Eschscholzia lemmonii
UC Photos gallery — Eschscholzia lemmonii

lemmonii
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Natural history of Kern County, California
Flora without expected TNC conservation status

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