Janusz Krawczak was born in 1950 and lives in Poznań. A. Criminal proceedings against Janusz Krawczak

On 17 June 1999 the Gdańsk District Court (Sąd Rejonowy) remanded Janusz Krawczak in custody for three months on three counts of armed robbery. It considered that that measure was indispensable in order to secure the proper conduct of the proceedings, having regard to the serious nature of the offences in question and the likelihood of a custodial sentence. The first hearing took place on 28 December 2001.<|endoftext|> that we're growing it, and now that we have a buyer, it's important for people to know how to process and eat moringa themselves, so that they can directly benefit from their trees and sell whatever they have in excess.

So that's my first project...anxiously uncertain...mindblowingly frustrating...but of all the things I do in Peace Corps this might be the best. Time's up, peace out.Sefrankelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01862386989442945872noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342167848428478533.post-46065186529366678102009-05-04T18:07:00.000Z2009-05-04T18:25:57.224ZInterlude: Malaria

So I got malaria a week or so ago. In point of fact I don’t know whether there were any P. Falciparum or P. Vivax crawling around my red blood cells, but at the very least it was a bad fever with most of the telling symptoms. I think a lot of us who are interested in the role of science in development keep abreast of the various scientific and economic happenings in the struggle to control malaria, but those of us in the developed world usually have at best an abstract sense of what malaria is.

Malaria hurts.

It’s a cyclical fever, and that part isn’t pleasant, and the parasite can cause lasting damage to the liver, which is scary, and it can kill, particularly children, which is merciless, but it hurts. I can only self report anecdotally, and as a foreigner being exposed for the first time during adulthood, but I’ll always remember waking up with that pain in my muscles whilst shaking from the chills.

Luckily, and I’m much more aware now of just how luckily, as a member of the Peace Corps I have the right medications and someone to call to guide me through it. God Bless the Peace Corps Medical Officer, who is amazing, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals I say.

Sefrankelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01862386989442945872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342167848428478533.post-78238756051170504102009-03-14T13:33:00.000Z2009-03-14T14:34:55.445ZAn Agricultural LifeHey all,

The dry season is fading into the rainy season, slowly, here in Brong-Ahofa. The rain pounds out a hell of a rhythm on the tin ceiling of my home, but the morning after the storm-when the dry, cracked ground has transformed into loose, black soil-is magic. The storms themselves are pretty magical as well, Africa does not mess around when it comes to lightning. You get proper lightning here, giant arcs of incandescent light like nothing I've ever seen before.

I wanted to let everyone know first of all that over the last month I've been able to clear some personal hurdles and my service in Ghana has become a lot more enjoyable. It's still hard, don't get me wrong, and I don't think about the whole two-year timeframe very much, it's too big to mentally swallow, but things are better than they've been. That's a combination of the projects beginning to take shape, learning more and integrating better into my Ghanaian home, and also really starting to love this part of Ghana. It's like anything else, sometimes it can be easier to care for a small, familiar region instead of a big, slightly abstract thing like a state or a country. I like Ghana, don't get me wrong, but I love Brong-Ahofa. It's beautiful, and it's beautiful in different ways in different places, from the huge rock faces outside of Techiman to the cashew and teak plantations in my, northwestern part of B-A.

I've said before that B-A is a largely agricultural region. Most of the people here are farmers, and even those with some other job tend to have farms that they work on the weekends. Since I have a growing interest in agriculture, farming has been the thing that allows me to talk to people, enter into their lives, learn from their experience, and share, in a small way, some things I've learned from Peace Corps. My formal Peace Corps projects are rolling, and I promise to write more about them in detail next time, but progress is slow, and you've got to find your own way to be here, your own work to do, every day, that lets you just be in this community long enough for those little bits of progress-a conversation with someone knowledgeable, a connection, discovering an interest in a particular project, etc.-sort of coalesce around you. It's not that it's passive, you have to very actively pursue these wisps of progress and sort of snatch them out of the air, but you've got to be there to catch them. And since this process is taking place on a long timeline, what are you going to do so that people know you, know who you are, and that you in some small way know them?

Different volunteers find different answers to that question. Some of my colleagues are working in clinics, others in schools, others doing a mixture of things. My answer has been to join in my community's agricultural life, to practice what we learned in Peace Corps training and more importantly learn from my Ghanaian hosts and my Ghanaian friends. I like that it makes Peace Corps more of an exchange. Yeah, I'm here to "help" but they're teaching me how to farm. Some days I go with friends to their farmland, and learn how to dig last year's yams out of the mounds with the hoe, how to tie next year's seed yams to bamboo racks so they won't be spoiled by moisture and insects lying on the ground, and how to use a machete to clear woody brush from fallow land in preparation for the coming season.

At my house I've fenced a small garden area where my compost pile is humming away producing black soil, and seed beds with three hundred leucaena tree seedlings are quietly growing under shade in preparation for transplantation sometime in April. More on that next time. I've got sturdy cassia siamea growing in bags to plant around my house for shade, although they won't reach sufficient height until long after I'm gone. Since most of the land around my house is unusable thanks to a rampaging herd of uncooperative sheep that destroy everything, I've also got some thorny acacia nilotica trees coming up beautifully, take that you ravenous bastards. I've also got some broad leafed albizia lebbek and delicate acacia mangium growing, for no better reason than that they're beautiful saplings and I want to see what they look like as they mature. I'm clearing the rest of the land in the garden area for vegetable seedlings once the rain comes in earnest at the end of March.

I also have a farm, albeit a very small one, out in the bush some distance from my house, as well as from the sheep. It's a beautiful place, under the shadow of a huge old mango tree that is heavy with fruit. The farmers tell me they'll ripen in mid-April, and I'm going to eat myself sick on them. This I have planned. Right now we're just clearing the brush from my small plot, in preparation for burning it to kill the weeds and some kind of small nematode worm that I'm told is resident in the soil. My friend Julius is farming a plot to one side, and my counterpart's son on another, and I'm going to learn from them how to plant the yams that are the staple crop of Brong-Ahofa, as well as some green vegetables and hot peppers to diversify my diet a little bit.

Alongside learning the basics of this agricultural work, I've also been traveling more within the region, visiting my Peace Corps neighbors to learn about their projects, get technical help, and attend a couple administrative meetings. It's good, there are very

that we're growing it, and now that we have a buyer, it's important for people to know how to process and eat moringa themselves, so that they can directly benefit from their trees and sell whatever they have in excess.

So that's my first project...anxiously uncertain...mindblowingly frustrating...but of all the things I do in Peace Corps this might be the best. Time's up, peace out.Sefrankelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01862386989442945872noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342167848428478533.post-46065186529366678102009-05-04T18:07:00.000Z2009-05-04T18:25:57.224ZInterlude: Malaria

So I got malaria a week or so ago. In point of fact I don’t know whether there were any P. Falciparum or P. Vivax crawling around my red blood cells, but at the very least it was a bad fever with most of the telling symptoms. I think a lot of us who are interested in the role of science in development keep abreast of the various scientific and economic happenings in the struggle to control malaria, but those of us in the developed world usually have at best an abstract sense of what malaria is.

Malaria hurts.

It’s a cyclical fever, and that part isn’t pleasant, and the parasite can cause lasting damage to the liver, which is scary, and it can kill, particularly children, which is merciless, but it hurts. I can only self report anecdotally, and as a foreigner being exposed for the first time during adulthood, but I’ll always remember waking up with that pain in my muscles whilst shaking from the chills.

Luckily, and I’m much more aware now of just how luckily, as a member of the Peace Corps I have the right medications and someone to call to guide me through it. God Bless the Peace Corps Medical Officer, who is amazing, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals I say.

Sefrankelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01862386989442945872noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342167848428478533.post-78238756051170504102009-03-14T13:33:00.000Z2009-03-14T14:34:55.445ZAn Agricultural LifeHey all,

The dry season is fading into the rainy season, slowly, here in Brong-Ahofa. The rain pounds out a hell of a rhythm on the tin ceiling of my home, but the morning after the storm-when the dry, cracked ground has transformed into loose, black soil-is magic. The storms themselves are pretty magical as well, Africa does not mess around when it comes to lightning. You get proper lightning here, giant arcs of incandescent light like nothing I've ever seen before.

I wanted to let everyone know first of all that over the last month I've been able to clear some personal hurdles and my service in Ghana has become a lot more enjoyable. It's still hard, don't get me wrong, and I don't think about the whole two-year timeframe very much, it's too big to mentally swallow, but things are better than they've been. That's a combination of the projects beginning to take shape, learning more and integrating better into my Ghanaian home, and also really starting to love this part of Ghana. It's like anything else, sometimes it can be easier to care for a small, familiar region instead of a big, slightly abstract thing like a state or a country. I like Ghana, don't get me wrong, but I love Brong-Ahofa. It's beautiful, and it's beautiful in different ways in different places, from the huge rock faces outside of Techiman to the cashew and teak plantations in my, northwestern part of B-A.

I've said before that B-A is a largely agricultural region. Most of the people here are farmers, and even those with some other job tend to have farms that they work on the weekends. Since I have a growing interest in agriculture, farming has been the thing that allows me to talk to people, enter into their lives, learn from their experience, and share, in a small way, some things I've learned from Peace Corps. My formal Peace Corps projects are rolling, and I promise to write more about them in detail next time, but progress is slow, and you've got to find your own way to be here, your own work to do, every day, that lets you just be in this community long enough for those little bits of progress-a conversation with someone knowledgeable, a connection, discovering an interest in a particular project, etc.-sort of coalesce around you. It's not that it's passive, you have to very actively pursue these wisps of progress and sort of snatch them out of the air, but you've got to be there to catch them. And since this process is taking place on a long timeline, what are you going to do so that people know you, know who you are, and that you in some small way know them?

Different volunteers find different answers to that question. Some of my colleagues are working in clinics, others in schools, others doing a mixture of things. My answer has been to join in my community's agricultural life, to practice what we learned in Peace Corps training and more importantly learn from my Ghanaian hosts and my Ghanaian friends. I like that it makes Peace Corps more of an exchange. Yeah, I'm here to "help" but they're teaching me how to farm. Some days I go with friends to their farmland, and learn how to dig last year's yams out of the mounds with the hoe, how to tie next year's seed yams to bamboo racks so they won't be spoiled by moisture and insects lying on the ground, and how to use a machete to clear woody brush from fallow land in preparation for the coming season.

At my house I've fenced a small garden area where my compost pile is humming away producing black soil, and seed beds with three hundred leucaena tree seedlings are quietly growing under shade in preparation for transplantation sometime in April. More on that next time. I've got sturdy cassia siamea growing in bags to plant around my house for shade, although they won't reach sufficient height until long after I'm gone. Since most of the land around my house is unusable thanks to a rampaging herd of uncooperative sheep that destroy everything, I've also got some thorny acacia nilotica trees coming up beautifully, take that you ravenous bastards. I've also got some broad leafed albizia lebbek and delicate acacia mangium growing, for no better reason than that they're beautiful saplings and I want to see what they look like as they mature. I'm clearing the rest of the land in the garden area for vegetable seedlings once the rain comes in earnest at the end of March.

I also have a farm, albeit a very small one, out in the bush some distance from my house, as well as from the sheep. It's a beautiful place, under the shadow of a huge old mango tree that is heavy with fruit. The farmers tell me they'll ripen in mid-April, and I'm going to eat myself sick on them. This I have planned. Right now we're just clearing the brush from my small plot, in preparation for burning it to kill the weeds and some kind of small nematode worm that I'm told is resident in the soil. My friend Julius is farming a plot to one side, and my counterpart's son on another, and I'm going to learn from them how to plant the yams that are the staple crop of Brong-Ahofa, as well as some green vegetables and hot peppers to diversify my diet a little bit.

Alongside learning the basics of this agricultural work, I've also been traveling more within the region, visiting my Peace Corps neighbors to learn about their projects, get technical help, and attend a couple administrative meetings. It's good, there are very few volunteers in Brong-Ahofa, I don't have the most remote site in Ghana, but am among the most remote in terms of distance from cities and isolation from other volunteers. That said, there is a social network of people here, some of whom are from my training group and others who are new friends. Meeting them, seeing their communities, and becoming more familiar with the regional centers of Sunyanni and Techiman has made me more appreciative of this area.

OK, next time: details on what the


 a humbling lesson that separates grown-ups from kids. It can be painful and hard to do, but you'll soon realize the merits of losing the battle to win the war. Isn't losing a minor argument worth keeping the peace at home?
  11. Unplug: Yes, we may all be glued to our gadgets, but unplugging and turning those electronics off when not needed will give you a much-needed rest. I know it's hard to do, which is why you should be proud of yourself when you digitally detox.
  12. Go to bed early: Going to bed 15 minutes early is a very healthy nighttime habit to pick up. This will help you avoid procrastinating bedtime and will give you a better night's rest.
  13. Read a life-changing book: Start on your journey of self-improvement by taking the first step and reading a book that will make a change in your life.
  14. Start recycling and upcycling: Do some good for the environment by remembering to recycle. Invest in a recycling bin in your home, and try to reuse and upcycle old items when you can.
  15. Tackle a DIY project: Seriously, it's hard to beat the feeling of completing a project on your own. And using the item will keep the glow of accomplishment alive.
  16. Go for regular health checkups: Taking care of yourself and addressing your physical health is something you should be very proud of doing. It's easy to dismiss things and let health problems linger until they build up. Preventative health is key to a happy and healthy life.
  17. Treat your parents: Your parents devoted their lives to raising you, so when you finally get the chance to treat them or take care of them, it'll feel really gratifying. Once you're in the position to do so, I guarantee this will be one of your favorite notches on your belt of life accomplishments.
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Latest Smart Living<|endoftext|>Changing source OS

I’m in a similar position. I want to create a backup using my windows PC then export it to a NAS to continue later, but it doesn’t like the source changes.

Still no way to fix this?
or an easy way to change the paths in the database?

ok, so i’ve done some tests with renaming the paths in side the filelist.json file (inside the

my initial backup with the windows machine was from source \\backup\test\ which ends up looking like: \\\backup\test\ and when moving that over to the NAS the path translates to /data/backup/test/ which is quite easy to find and replace.

What i found was then i had to find and replace any sub directories which was easy enough by searching for “\” and replacing it with “/”

This all seems to work great until you want to go the other way…

If you have a backup that is /data/backup/test/ and you want to rename it to \\\backup\test\ that is easy enough. But its when you start looking for the subdirectories. you can’t just do a search on “/” and replaced it with “\” Because there are hashes in the file that use the “/” character as part of the hash, and you can end up accidently renaming the hash.

Anyone have any suggestions on fixing this file path? or somehow reindexing?

Let’s make sure I’m understanding the situation currently.

You run a backup of source files on Windows (meaning all the paths are backslash Windows style).

Then you export the backup job and move it and the source files to a Linux environment, import the backup job and change the source and destination paths (now forward slash based) as appropriate for the new OS.

When you run the moved backup it complains because it can’t find any files in filelist.json (inside the because the source slashes (and root paths) have changed?

Correct, I get the error:

“The backup contains files that belong to another operating system. Proceeding with a backup would cause the database to contain paths from two different operation systems, which is not supported. To proceed without losing remote data, delete all filesets and make sure the --no-auto-compact option is set, then run the backup again to re-use the existing data on the remote store."

But there is no way to 'delete the filesets

Thanks for the confirmation.

This is speculation on my part (hopefully @kenkendk or somebody else can confirm) but it sounds like you need to purposefully cripple the backup so that a rebuild of data is triggered.

DO NOT TRY THESE until it’s confirmed by somebody else, but my guess is you’d need to do something LIKE:

  1. manually connect to your destination
  2. delete (or better yet, rename) the file
  3. add the --no-auto-compact Advanced parameter to your backup (otherwise I think it will delete your backups, as it will see every backup file as wasted space since it’s not referenced in the file)
  4. run your backup, at which point I expect it will
    a. realize there no remove file
    b. scan all your local files to build new contents
    c. upload the new

If you brought your local Windows sqlite files over to Linux rather than exporting/importing the backup job them something like this MIGHT end up being needed to get paths in the local database structured correctly:

  1. export your backup
  2. delete the backup but DO NOT “Delete remote files”
  3. import the backup
  4. run the backup - at which point it will:
    a. realize it has no local data files
    b. download remote files to re-populate the local data files
    c. run the backup and NOT upload very much data as it will see the contents already exists at the destination

Again, DO NOT do either of these until somebody can confirm either of them are the correct process.

Ok, so ive tried your first suggestion, but no success…

here were my steps, let me know if I misunderstood.

  1. Made windows backup
  2. Exported backup
  3. Imported into linux
  4. Renamed DLIST files manually on backup
  5. Added --no-auto-compact parameter
  6. Ran backup - Error no list files present
  7. Attempted to run repair - Error
  8. Attempted to delete and run repair - Recreated
  9. Ran backup - Errored.

So it doesn’t look like this method works.

I’m not quite understanding your second method, are you saying that you need to redownload the whole backup again?

There is a check in the source that prevents you from continuing if you have no remote dlist files. You need to create one, but it can be empty (i.e. no files) and put it in the remote folder to “fool” Duplicati into thinking that it is a valid backup. Then you can run the repair, which will build the local database, but with no files.

The next backup should then add your filenames to the new dlist file, and you can use the commandline to DELETE the old/fake/empty version (version 1).

For the manual fixing of the dlist file, you can use something like Python to load the json, manipulate it, and then write it out again as a json:

This will allow you to only do the replace on the path fields instead of a simple search-n-replace.

ok, well the fake dlist file sounds like a much easier way to go than to making a script. So once you run the repair it will create a proper dlist file?

No, “repair” will rebuild the local database.

The next backup you run will create the correct dlist file, and re-use the dblock data.

Ah ok! so it won’t actually redo the backup. That’s good to know.<|endoftext|>BMM3Magnifier Gallery
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Copy right 2021<|endoftext|>Henrik Mønsted Jensen was born in 1957 and lives in Skørping. By an indictment of 25 October 2007 Henrik Mønsted Jensen, jointly with three co‑accused, was charged with violation of intellectual property rights under section 299 b of the Penal Code of a particularly aggravated nature, comprising professionally organised production, importation and sales, in which the defendants had cooperated on marketing substantial quantities of counterfeit goods in the form of designer knives, lamps and similar products. From the beginning of 2006 Henrik Mønsted Jensen was represented by lawyer A, and as from 21 August 2009, Henrik Mønsted Jensen was represented by lawyer B. By letters of 1 and 9 September 2009 A submitted his claim for legal costs to the City Court for work performed from 2006 until 2009. By decision of 24 September 2009 the City Court granted A fees in the amount of DKK 183,862.50 (approximately EUR 24,700) plus VAT and reimbursement of costs in the amount of DKK 2,060 which was provisionally to be paid by the Treasury.<|endoftext|>

 properly storing them to make them last longer.
  10. Compromise: Compromising is a humbling lesson that separates grown-ups from kids. It can be painful and hard to do, but you'll soon realize the merits of losing the battle to win the war. Isn't losing a minor argument worth keeping the peace at home?
  11. Unplug: Yes, we may all be glued to our gadgets, but unplugging and turning those electronics off when not needed will give you a much-needed rest. I know it's hard to do, which is why you should be proud of yourself when you digitally detox.
  12. Go to bed early: Going to bed 15 minutes early is a very healthy nighttime habit to pick up. This will help you avoid procrastinating bedtime and will give you a better night's rest.
  13. Read a life-changing book: Start on your journey of self-improvement by taking the first step and reading a book that will make a change in your life.
  14. Start recycling and upcycling: Do some good for the environment by remembering to recycle. Invest in a recycling bin in your home, and try to reuse and upcycle old items when you can.
  15. Tackle a DIY project: Seriously, it's hard to beat the feeling of completing a project on your own. And using the item will keep the glow of accomplishment alive.
  16. Go for regular health checkups: Taking care of yourself and addressing your physical health is something you should be very proud of doing. It's easy to dismiss things and let health problems linger until they build up. Preventative health is key to a happy and healthy life.
  17. Treat your parents: Your parents devoted their lives to raising you, so when you finally get the chance to treat them or take care of them, it'll feel really gratifying. Once you're in the position to do so, I guarantee this will be one of your favorite notches on your belt of life accomplishments.
Source: Shutterstock
Latest Smart Living<|endoftext|>Changing source OS

I’m in a similar position. I want to create a backup using my windows PC then export it to a NAS to continue later, but it doesn’t like the source changes.

Still no way to fix this?
or an easy way to change the paths in the database?

ok, so i’ve done some tests with renaming the paths in side the filelist.json file (inside the

my initial backup with the windows machine was from source \\backup\test\ which ends up looking like: \\\backup\test\ and when moving that over to the NAS the path translates to /data/backup/test/ which is quite easy to find and replace.

What i found was then i had to find and replace any sub directories which was easy enough by searching for “\” and replacing it with “/”

This all seems to work great until you want to go the other way…

If you have a backup that is /data/backup/test/ and you want to rename it to \\\backup\test\ that is easy enough. But its when you start looking for the subdirectories. you can’t just do a search on “/” and replaced it with “\” Because there are hashes in the file that use the “/” character as part of the hash, and you can end up accidently renaming the hash.

Anyone have any suggestions on fixing this file path? or somehow reindexing?

Let’s make sure I’m understanding the situation currently.

You run a backup of source files on Windows (meaning all the paths are backslash Windows style).

Then you export the backup job and move it and the source files to a Linux environment, import the backup job and change the source and destination paths (now forward slash based) as appropriate for the new OS.

When you run the moved backup it complains because it can’t find any files in filelist.json (inside the because the source slashes (and root paths) have changed?

Correct, I get the error:

“The backup contains files that belong to another operating system. Proceeding with a backup would cause the database to contain paths from two different operation systems, which is not supported. To proceed without losing remote data, delete all filesets and make sure the --no-auto-compact option is set, then run the backup again to re-use the existing data on the remote store."

But there is no way to 'delete the filesets

Thanks for the confirmation.

This is speculation on my part (hopefully @kenkendk or somebody else can confirm) but it sounds like you need to purposefully cripple the backup so that a rebuild of data is triggered.

DO NOT TRY THESE until it’s confirmed by somebody else, but my guess is you’d need to do something LIKE:

  1. manually connect to your destination
  2. delete (or better yet, rename) the file
  3. add the --no-auto-compact Advanced parameter to your backup (otherwise I think it will delete your backups, as it will see every backup file as wasted space since it’s not referenced in the file)
  4. run your backup, at which point I expect it will
    a. realize there no remove file
    b. scan all your local files to build new contents
    c. upload the new

If you brought your local Windows sqlite files over to Linux rather than exporting/importing the backup job them something like this MIGHT end up being needed to get paths in the local database structured correctly:

  1. export your backup
  2. delete the backup but DO NOT “Delete remote files”
  3. import the backup
  4. run the backup - at which point it will:
    a. realize it has no local data files
    b. download remote files to re-populate the local data files
    c. run the backup and NOT upload very much data as it will see the contents already exists at the destination

Again, DO NOT do either of these until somebody can confirm either of them are the correct process.

Ok, so ive tried your first suggestion, but no success…

here were my steps, let me know if I misunderstood.

  1. Made windows backup
  2. Exported backup
  3. Imported into linux
  4. Renamed DLIST files manually on backup
  5. Added --no-auto-compact parameter
  6. Ran backup - Error no list files present
  7. Attempted to run repair - Error
  8. Attempted to delete and run repair - Recreated
  9. Ran backup - Errored.

So it doesn’t look like this method works.

I’m not quite understanding your second method, are you saying that you need to redownload the whole backup again?

There is a check in the source that prevents you from continuing if you have no remote dlist files. You need to create one, but it can be empty (i.e. no files) and put it in the remote folder to “fool” Duplicati into thinking that it is a valid backup. Then you can run the repair, which will build the local database, but with no files.

The next backup should then add your filenames to the new dlist file, and you can use the commandline to DELETE the old/fake/empty version (version 1).

For the manual fixing of the dlist file, you can use something like Python to load the json, manipulate it, and then write it out again as a json:

This will allow you to only do the replace on the path fields instead of a simple search-n-replace.

ok, well the fake dlist file sounds like a much easier way to go than to making a script. So once you run the repair it will create a proper dlist file?

No, “repair” will rebuild the local database.

The next backup you run will create the correct dlist file, and re-use the dblock data.

Ah ok! so it won’t actually redo the backup. That’s good to know.<|endoftext|>BMM3Magnifier Gallery
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Copy right 2021<|endoftext|>Friday, April 3, 2009

Cutting back

The town where I live is slow to grow. That tends to mean we're not on the cutting edge of any cultural revolution (the green and local movements are just now becoming popular) but right now, slow is a wonderful thing. We haven't been hit quite as hard by the recession, the increased costs of goods, or the extensive mortgage defaults.

We're lucky, but that doesn't mean we're completely unaffected. Companies are closing, people are losing their jobs, a few are losing their homes, and anyone who works for the state is seeing their retirement die a long slow death. I know a few mothers whose kids (some of whom also have kids) are moving home until they get back on their feet. Even my father is making plans to prep his 100 acre farm so that if anything happened to any of us kids, we could live off his land.

Fortunately, Dave and I are usually on the


 prematurity (ROP), a leading cause of blindness in premature babies. ROP results from abnormal growth of blood vessels in the retina, sometimes causing the retina to detach from the back of the eye. Katherine Amberson Hajjar, MD, of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, is investigating the role of a protein in this abnormal growth of retinal blood vessels, in order to develop drug treatment to help prevent ROP in premature babies undergoing oxygen treatment for lung disease.

Injury to the brain’s white matter is an important cause of lasting disabilities, such as cerebral palsy and learning problems, in premature babies. Stephen A. Back, MD, PhD, of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, is studying the causes of these brain injuries in order to develop better ways prevent the injuries and the resulting disabilities.

Research breakthroughs

Frequently Asked Questions

How many babies are born prematurely each year?

In the United States, more than 450,000 babies are born too soon each year. Worldwide, 15 million babies are born prematurely.

What are the consequences of premature birth?

Prematurity is the leading cause of death in the first month of life. Worldwide, more than one million children die each year due to complications of premature birth. Babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, breathing problems, and vision and hearing loss.

Why is it important for a pregnancy to last at least 39 weeks?

If a pregnancy is healthy, it should go to at least 39 weeks. That’s because babies born at 39 and 40 completed weeks of pregnancy (called full term) have the best chance of a healthy start in life. Even babies born at 37 and 38 weeks (called early term) have a higher risk of newborn complications, like breathing problems. Babies born prematurely (before 37 weeks) have a higher risk of newborn health problems and lasting disabilities.

Have questions?

Stay informed

Get the newsletter and find out how you're helping babies.<|endoftext|>// archives

Bill Porter

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What Would Make You Eat a Rat?

Is courage genetic, or can it be formed through power of will?

Why Does Rejection Hurt So Much?

Science helps explain why so many people are afraid to get turned down in business, love and anywhere in life.

Answer This Question and the World Is Yours

Why do some people quit while others persevere?<|endoftext|>The Book of Jonah

It's not a fairy tale...

This original shadow-puppet show, still in development, explores the book from the Tanakh in its entirety, exploring not just the well-known episode with the Great Fish, but also Jonah's prophecy in Nineveh and his subsequent conversation with the Lord. The deceptively complex story ends with an open question about repentance and forgiveness, and is more a satire than a didactic fable. The clown-like Jonah, who runs away from his destiny, is selfish and obstinate, yet still becomes one of the most successful prophets in all of Scripture, in spite of himself! How could that possibly happen?

This show will eventually be available for touring and booking at private events. Check back here for more information soon! For booking or other information, contact me here.<|endoftext|>Walter Johnson is from the United States. Walter was born in Salt Lake City. Walter is an alumni of University of Michigan. Walter was born on May 20, 1989. Walter receives email at johnsonwalter@gmail.com. Walter is a cricketer. Walter has the unique identifier 3a37b0d55da04c499bf166f3e4121842.<|endoftext|>Skip to main content
Image of contact lens

How to tell if your contact lenses are inside out

Inserting a contact lens the wrong way round doesn’t just make the lens ineffective at correcting vision. It can be an uncomfortable experience, and may cause damage to your eye if worn for long periods of time.

It can be difficult to tell when your contact lenses are inside out, unless you know what to look out for. This article takes a look at several methods you can use to ensure your lenses are the correct way round, every time.

Wash your hands with antibacterial soap and dry them with a clean, lint-free towel before handling contact lenses.

Side look

Contact lens side look

  1. Find a well-lit area and put your contact lens on the tip of your finger, so that the edges are pointing upwards.
  2. Bring your finger down to eye level.
  3. Look at your lens. If the sides are rolled along the edge or folded up, then they’re inside out.

The ‘taco’ test

The taco test

  1. Hold a lens near its centre, between the tips of your forefinger and thumb.
  2. Gently squeeze the lens as if you were trying to fold it in half.
  3. While squeezing, look at the edge of the lens. If it’s pointing upwards, or if the edges appear to meet, then the lens is the correct way around. If it bends outwards towards your finger and thumb, then the lens is inside out.

Check laser markings

Check laser markings

Some contact lenses have small laser markings, which can help you when checking if the lens is inside out. Usually, this will take the form of a sequence of numbers and/or letters.

  1. Place your lens on the tip of your finger.
  2. Hold the lens up to a bright light.
  3. If the number/letter sequence reads correctly, then the lens is properly oriented.
  4. If the number/letter sequence is in reverse, the lens is inside out.<|endoftext|>Anise Liqueur - Drink Secrets

Anise Liqueur

A Beautifully Flavored Liqueur

Liqueurs usually come in a variety of flavors because of the infusions of spices, herbs, and fruits into the alcohol base. Originally, these beverages were used as medicines and can be traced back to their popular usage in the 13th century by the Italians and Egyptians. One of the first known anise liqueurs was created by a French resident named Marie Brizard. She took the initiative and created a sweet anise flavored liqueur. The most popular anise based liqueur was made by Henri-Louis Pernod and it was called absinthe. He then went on to create the world famous Pernod Company.

Popular brands

Anise liqueurs come in different types and flavors across the world. The more famous of these liqueurs are: Absinthe (from the French-Swiss border), Anis and Ojen (the popular Spanish liqueurs), Ouzo and Mistra (from Greece), Anisette and Pastis (another popular liqueur in France), Raki (from Turkey), Kasra (from Libya), and the Anesone and Sambuca (from Italy). The Anise liqueurs are made using the spice anise or star anise or licorice. Anise is a flowering plant is native to the Mediterranean region. It was used as a spice in foods and as a medicine for its properties as a relaxant and laxative. The natural advantage of the spice being a relaxant was then used to make this liqueur. Anise liqueur is now well-known for its taste the world over.

No Sugar

One of the distinct properties of anise liqueurs is that they turn cloudy or milky when mixed with cold water. This effect is generally known as the Ouzo effect. This effect is caused because the essential oil of anise (called Anethole) is soluble only in alcohol and not in water. Adding cold water releases this oil. It is also a known fact that although Anise liqueurs are generally categorized as liqueurs, they have no added sugar in them. That technically makes it a spirit. The most famous cocktails the use the Anise liqueurs as an ingredient are: the Flaming Lamborgini, the 46 Magnum, the Flaming Sambuca, the Russian Roulette, the B-53, the Vulcan Mind-probe, the Sazerac, and the Bailey's Comet.

Drinks with: Anise Liqueur

Blarney Stone drink image
Blarney Stone

Category: Cocktails

Ingredient image

Cocktails using this ingredient<|endoftext|>A New Zealand solar company is about to take a major step towards helping a diesel-dependant South Pacific nation become completely solar-powered.

Mount Maunganui-based Powersmart Solar is the lead contractor in a renewable energy project to see Tokelau switch off all its diesel generators.

Each of Tokelau's three atolls will have their own solar system by the end of October, the first of which will be switched on next week on Fakaofo.

The project will allow Tokelau to become the first country to meet 100 per cent of its climate change obligations, while becoming the first wholly solar-powered nation on earth, said Powersmart director Mike Bassett-Smith.

"This system is among the largest off-grid solar power systems in the world and the largest solar system being installed the South Pacific," he said.

"Many Pacific Nations struggle to provide a high proportion of their people access to electricity, and

 oxygen may contribute to BPD, in order prevent it. Richard Lambert Auten, MD, also at Duke, is developing new approaches to deliver inhaled nitric oxide to where it is needed in the lungs to prevent BPD.

Lifesaving oxygen treatment also contributes to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a leading cause of blindness in premature babies. ROP results from abnormal growth of blood vessels in the retina, sometimes causing the retina to detach from the back of the eye. Katherine Amberson Hajjar, MD, of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, is investigating the role of a protein in this abnormal growth of retinal blood vessels, in order to develop drug treatment to help prevent ROP in premature babies undergoing oxygen treatment for lung disease.

Injury to the brain’s white matter is an important cause of lasting disabilities, such as cerebral palsy and learning problems, in premature babies. Stephen A. Back, MD, PhD, of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, is studying the causes of these brain injuries in order to develop better ways prevent the injuries and the resulting disabilities.

Research breakthroughs

Frequently Asked Questions

How many babies are born prematurely each year?

In the United States, more than 450,000 babies are born too soon each year. Worldwide, 15 million babies are born prematurely.

What are the consequences of premature birth?

Prematurity is the leading cause of death in the first month of life. Worldwide, more than one million children die each year due to complications of premature birth. Babies who survive an early birth often face the risk of lifetime health challenges, such as intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, breathing problems, and vision and hearing loss.

Why is it important for a pregnancy to last at least 39 weeks?

If a pregnancy is healthy, it should go to at least 39 weeks. That’s because babies born at 39 and 40 completed weeks of pregnancy (called full term) have the best chance of a healthy start in life. Even babies born at 37 and 38 weeks (called early term) have a higher risk of newborn complications, like breathing problems. Babies born prematurely (before 37 weeks) have a higher risk of newborn health problems and lasting disabilities.

Have questions?

Stay informed

Get the newsletter and find out how you're helping babies.<|endoftext|>// archives

Bill Porter

This tag is associated with 3 posts

What Would Make You Eat a Rat?

Is courage genetic, or can it be formed through power of will?

Why Does Rejection Hurt So Much?

Science helps explain why so many people are afraid to get turned down in business, love and anywhere in life.

Answer This Question and the World Is Yours

Why do some people quit while others persevere?<|endoftext|>The Book of Jonah

It's not a fairy tale...

This original shadow-puppet show, still in development, explores the book from the Tanakh in its entirety, exploring not just the well-known episode with the Great Fish, but also Jonah's prophecy in Nineveh and his subsequent conversation with the Lord. The deceptively complex story ends with an open question about repentance and forgiveness, and is more a satire than a didactic fable. The clown-like Jonah, who runs away from his destiny, is selfish and obstinate, yet still becomes one of the most successful prophets in all of Scripture, in spite of himself! How could that possibly happen?

This show will eventually be available for touring and booking at private events. Check back here for more information soon! For booking or other information, contact me here.<|endoftext|>Skip to main content
Image of contact lens

How to tell if your contact lenses are inside out

Inserting a contact lens the wrong way round doesn’t just make the lens ineffective at correcting vision. It can be an uncomfortable experience, and may cause damage to your eye if worn for long periods of time.

It can be difficult to tell when your contact lenses are inside out, unless you know what to look out for. This article takes a look at several methods you can use to ensure your lenses are the correct way round, every time.

Wash your hands with antibacterial soap and dry them with a clean, lint-free towel before handling contact lenses.

Side look

Contact lens side look

  1. Find a well-lit area and put your contact lens on the tip of your finger, so that the edges are pointing upwards.
  2. Bring your finger down to eye level.
  3. Look at your lens. If the sides are rolled along the edge or folded up, then they’re inside out.

The ‘taco’ test

The taco test

  1. Hold a lens near its centre, between the tips of your forefinger and thumb.
  2. Gently squeeze the lens as if you were trying to fold it in half.
  3. While squeezing, look at the edge of the lens. If it’s pointing upwards, or if the edges appear to meet, then the lens is the correct way around. If it bends outwards towards your finger and thumb, then the lens is inside out.

Check laser markings

Check laser markings

Some contact lenses have small laser markings, which can help you when checking if the lens is inside out. Usually, this will take the form of a sequence of numbers and/or letters.

  1. Place your lens on the tip of your finger.
  2. Hold the lens up to a bright light.
  3. If the number/letter sequence reads correctly, then the lens is properly oriented.
  4. If the number/letter sequence is in reverse, the lens is inside out.<|endoftext|>Anise Liqueur - Drink Secrets

Anise Liqueur

A Beautifully Flavored Liqueur

Liqueurs usually come in a variety of flavors because of the infusions of spices, herbs, and fruits into the alcohol base. Originally, these beverages were used as medicines and can be traced back to their popular usage in the 13th century by the Italians and Egyptians. One of the first known anise liqueurs was created by a French resident named Marie Brizard. She took the initiative and created a sweet anise flavored liqueur. The most popular anise based liqueur was made by Henri-Louis Pernod and it was called absinthe. He then went on to create the world famous Pernod Company.

Popular brands

Anise liqueurs come in different types and flavors across the world. The more famous of these liqueurs are: Absinthe (from the French-Swiss border), Anis and Ojen (the popular Spanish liqueurs), Ouzo and Mistra (from Greece), Anisette and Pastis (another popular liqueur in France), Raki (from Turkey), Kasra (from Libya), and the Anesone and Sambuca (from Italy). The Anise liqueurs are made using the spice anise or star anise or licorice. Anise is a flowering plant is native to the Mediterranean region. It was used as a spice in foods and as a medicine for its properties as a relaxant and laxative. The natural advantage of the spice being a relaxant was then used to make this liqueur. Anise liqueur is now well-known for its taste the world over.

No Sugar

One of the distinct properties of anise liqueurs is that they turn cloudy or milky when mixed with cold water. This effect is generally known as the Ouzo effect. This effect is caused because the essential oil of anise (called Anethole) is soluble only in alcohol and not in water. Adding cold water releases this oil. It is also a known fact that although Anise liqueurs are generally categorized as liqueurs, they have no added sugar in them. That technically makes it a spirit. The most famous cocktails the use the Anise liqueurs as an ingredient are: the Flaming Lamborgini, the 46 Magnum, the Flaming Sambuca, the Russian Roulette, the B-53, the Vulcan Mind-probe, the Sazerac, and the Bailey's Comet.

Drinks with: Anise Liqueur

Blarney Stone drink image
Blarney Stone

Category: Cocktails

Ingredient image

Cocktails using this ingredient<|endoftext|>A New Zealand solar company is about to take a major step towards helping a diesel-dependant South Pacific nation become completely solar-powered.

Mount Maunganui-based Powersmart Solar is the lead contractor in a renewable energy project to see Tokelau switch off all its diesel generators.

Each of Tokelau's three atolls will have their own solar system by the end of October, the first of which will be switched on next week on Fakaofo.

The project will allow Tokelau to become the first country to meet 100 per cent of its climate change obligations, while becoming the first wholly solar-powered nation on earth, said Powersmart director Mike Bassett-Smith.

"This system is among the largest off-grid solar power systems in the world and the largest solar system being installed the South Pacific," he said.

"Many Pacific Nations struggle to provide a high proportion of their people access to electricity, and even when they do, access to affordable electricity is a significant additional challenge."

Securing the job was "


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Within five minutes it was Summerbee who had handed us the lead, and got a goal which he deserved. Teed up by Quinn he lashed a low shot in from the edge of the area at the far end of the Stadium. That had to be it. It had to be because quite frankly nobody, not even Charlton fans, could really have expected much more from a game which had us on every emotion possible to this point.

Unfortunately there was time for another twist in the tale -- as unfathomable as it seemed -- as Clive Mendonca scored his hat trick following more poor defending. A cross was allowed in far too easily by Mickey Gray before Mendonca with the freedom of London was allowed to control and finish unmarked in the six-yard box... and there was still a good 15 minutes to play.

For the first time all game (or so it felt) we went an extended period without a goal. 120 minutes were up. It was to be a penalty shootout, and approximately 35,000 Mackems took up smoking.

Mendonca scored... Summerbee scored... Jones, Kinsella, Robinson Newton... Ball, Makin, Rae, Johnston, all scored. Everyone was scoring and after 120 minutes of football and 12 penalty kicks, it was 6-6 in the shootout.

Shaun Newton stepped up for Charlton with the seventh and placed it high beyond a diving Perez, who went the right way for once. Up stepped Mickey Gray, a local lad and fans favourite to continue the scoring-fest before our very eyes.

Something wasn't quite right though in my mind. For some reason something in my water told me that there was a miss on the cards and I felt it was now. I couldn't watch it, and didn't even see the infamous kick for a few days afterwards once we got home. Instead I stared into the eyes of those around me who could stomach it. You could hear the kick, the roar from the far end of the Stadium where where the Charlton fans were situated, and the collective "awwwh f--k" from our lot as thousands of hands were placed on heads against a backdrop of jubilant Charlton fans in the private boxes above us.

Turning around you could see the Charlton players pile on to Sasa Illic while Gray cut a forlorn figure, wandering around alone, visibly slumped but not dropping to his knees or breaking down, staying strong as a chorus of "There's only one Mickey Gray" broke out. Perhaps that was what made him seem like he'd eventually drop before Niall Quinn grabbed him in held him up as the rest of the team came to console him.

We hung around for a few minutes to applaud the efforts of a team which had given their absolute maximum and then some but ultimately couldn't get over the final hurdle. Some brief moments of madness and misfortune changed a game which had absolutely everything.

When I look back it was possibly one of the most thrilling and exhilarating games which I've ever seen in the flesh. I can't help but ponder, if possible, would I have changed the result?

I have to say that I wouldn't. This stand out as still my favourite game regardless of how it ended, and whilst you might think it odd that somebody's favourite was ultimately so heartbreaking and tinged with sadness, consider this - not everyone's favourite song is the most upbeat, and not everyone's favourite film the funniest.

Some things are just perfect as they are and serve as a lesson for the future, which this game ultimately did as without it going how it did, we'd never have had such a successful and incredible year the one after that. It all happens for a reason.

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<|endoftext|>John Bolton’s abrupt departure as National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump is only the latest sudden exit from a top job in this troubled administration. The White House is the center of the turmoil, but for that reason, the instability reverberates widely and powerfully throughout Washington, the federal government and the nation at large.

The imagery of the United States government as a “ship of state” is historically rooted in ways that speak directly to contemporary times, including the exceptionally turbulent White House. The captain of even a small ship cannot afford to constantly change direction.

Staying on course is crucial. Serious storms are a danger, but can often be avoided or deflected. This is true in politics as in seamanship.

Bolton may have been fired or he may have initially offered to resign, as he testifies. This event is only the latest sudden change in what is now a non-stop merry-go-round of senior officials coming and then going, often very quickly.

The latest D.C. tempest provides an opportunity to reflect on the significance of the event. More important is long-term lack of consistent trends in policy in this administration, given the now undeniably ceaselessly erratic course.

In this context, there has been relative stability at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a particularly influential player among our multiple federal intelligence agencies. Mike Pompeo joined the current administration as CIA director, and then became Secretary of State in April 2018.

Gina Haspel, his successor at CIA, is the first woman director and a career professional. Both qualities are major strengths, professionally and politically.

In the current environment, a military officer would be a good choice for National Security Advisor. Pompeo is a former Army officer and West Point graduate.

Generals Colin Powell (Reagan administration) and Brent Scowcroft (Ford and G.H.W. Bush administrations) were successful in the difficult job. Effective cooperation between civilian and military intelligence officials is essential. General H.R. McMaster’s tenure under Trump ended because of poor personal chemistry.

Military officers have been vital to government leadership in U.S. intelligence and national security. At CIA, established in 1947, the first four directors were all senior military officers: Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Vice Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter and General Walter Bedell Smith.

Bedell Smith was chief of staff for Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II. As such, he was crucial in the most demanding and difficult military alliance in history.

During more recent decades, the U.S. paid a high price for alienation between civilian and military agencies. During the Vietnam War, there was general lack of communication between our military and CIA. The latter proved notably accurate - and prescient.

Vietnam commander General William Westmoreland, a man of great personal integrity, was so proudly positive about prosecution of the war that he unintentionally surrounded himself with yes-men. Irreverent - and well-informed - CIA pros were shunned. Military Intelligence officers literally were forbidden from talking to them. Late in that war, Congress acted to force cooperation.

Accurate intelligence and assessment remains essential to our safety and security. False intelligence that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction led to the costly 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Eisenhower stated that a “strange sort of genius” is required to excel at intelligence. Military service is similar in terms of tasks and challenges, including combat and non-combat realms.

Good luck to whomever is appointed.<|endoftext|>The best way to Repair a Broken Tunes Box

Just about the most attractive items that somebody can give One more human being, Primarily a wife or daughter, is really a new music box. Through the gift of tunes, they will be able to maintain an individual’s memory alive in the songs of the music box, which could Enjoy on for decades.

Tunes containers, Unfortunately, also can stop working. So, to keep up the new music which will suggest a lot to the one who received the musical present, it might be essential that you begin to understand repairing a music box.

Most issues in songs containers are a result of a malfunction within the starter in the audio box. Thankfully, This could usually be repaired at home while not having to get it fixed at a shop. You will find 3 differing kinds of starters for audio bins, and figuring out how to fix each is likely to make you extremely adaptable. As well, often remember to be incredibly fragile as you could possibly bring about additional damage to a audio box in your attempt to mend it.

Wire Starter

This kind of tunes box plays in the event the lid is opened and tension is

 of this back and forwards game. One goal though would surely do it. That remained the mantra in my mind. Simply down to the law of averages we can't be so sloppy again at the back and if we get the lead once again we surely will hold on to it.

Within five minutes it was Summerbee who had handed us the lead, and got a goal which he deserved. Teed up by Quinn he lashed a low shot in from the edge of the area at the far end of the Stadium. That had to be it. It had to be because quite frankly nobody, not even Charlton fans, could really have expected much more from a game which had us on every emotion possible to this point.

Unfortunately there was time for another twist in the tale -- as unfathomable as it seemed -- as Clive Mendonca scored his hat trick following more poor defending. A cross was allowed in far too easily by Mickey Gray before Mendonca with the freedom of London was allowed to control and finish unmarked in the six-yard box... and there was still a good 15 minutes to play.

For the first time all game (or so it felt) we went an extended period without a goal. 120 minutes were up. It was to be a penalty shootout, and approximately 35,000 Mackems took up smoking.

Mendonca scored... Summerbee scored... Jones, Kinsella, Robinson Newton... Ball, Makin, Rae, Johnston, all scored. Everyone was scoring and after 120 minutes of football and 12 penalty kicks, it was 6-6 in the shootout.

Shaun Newton stepped up for Charlton with the seventh and placed it high beyond a diving Perez, who went the right way for once. Up stepped Mickey Gray, a local lad and fans favourite to continue the scoring-fest before our very eyes.

Something wasn't quite right though in my mind. For some reason something in my water told me that there was a miss on the cards and I felt it was now. I couldn't watch it, and didn't even see the infamous kick for a few days afterwards once we got home. Instead I stared into the eyes of those around me who could stomach it. You could hear the kick, the roar from the far end of the Stadium where where the Charlton fans were situated, and the collective "awwwh f--k" from our lot as thousands of hands were placed on heads against a backdrop of jubilant Charlton fans in the private boxes above us.

Turning around you could see the Charlton players pile on to Sasa Illic while Gray cut a forlorn figure, wandering around alone, visibly slumped but not dropping to his knees or breaking down, staying strong as a chorus of "There's only one Mickey Gray" broke out. Perhaps that was what made him seem like he'd eventually drop before Niall Quinn grabbed him in held him up as the rest of the team came to console him.

We hung around for a few minutes to applaud the efforts of a team which had given their absolute maximum and then some but ultimately couldn't get over the final hurdle. Some brief moments of madness and misfortune changed a game which had absolutely everything.

When I look back it was possibly one of the most thrilling and exhilarating games which I've ever seen in the flesh. I can't help but ponder, if possible, would I have changed the result?

I have to say that I wouldn't. This stand out as still my favourite game regardless of how it ended, and whilst you might think it odd that somebody's favourite was ultimately so heartbreaking and tinged with sadness, consider this - not everyone's favourite song is the most upbeat, and not everyone's favourite film the funniest.

Some things are just perfect as they are and serve as a lesson for the future, which this game ultimately did as without it going how it did, we'd never have had such a successful and incredible year the one after that. It all happens for a reason.

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<|endoftext|>John Bolton’s abrupt departure as National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump is only the latest sudden exit from a top job in this troubled administration. The White House is the center of the turmoil, but for that reason, the instability reverberates widely and powerfully throughout Washington, the federal government and the nation at large.

The imagery of the United States government as a “ship of state” is historically rooted in ways that speak directly to contemporary times, including the exceptionally turbulent White House. The captain of even a small ship cannot afford to constantly change direction.

Staying on course is crucial. Serious storms are a danger, but can often be avoided or deflected. This is true in politics as in seamanship.

Bolton may have been fired or he may have initially offered to resign, as he testifies. This event is only the latest sudden change in what is now a non-stop merry-go-round of senior officials coming and then going, often very quickly.

The latest D.C. tempest provides an opportunity to reflect on the significance of the event. More important is long-term lack of consistent trends in policy in this administration, given the now undeniably ceaselessly erratic course.

In this context, there has been relative stability at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a particularly influential player among our multiple federal intelligence agencies. Mike Pompeo joined the current administration as CIA director, and then became Secretary of State in April 2018.

Gina Haspel, his successor at CIA, is the first woman director and a career professional. Both qualities are major strengths, professionally and politically.

In the current environment, a military officer would be a good choice for National Security Advisor. Pompeo is a former Army officer and West Point graduate.

Generals Colin Powell (Reagan administration) and Brent Scowcroft (Ford and G.H.W. Bush administrations) were successful in the difficult job. Effective cooperation between civilian and military intelligence officials is essential. General H.R. McMaster’s tenure under Trump ended because of poor personal chemistry.

Military officers have been vital to government leadership in U.S. intelligence and national security. At CIA, established in 1947, the first four directors were all senior military officers: Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Vice Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter and General Walter Bedell Smith.

Bedell Smith was chief of staff for Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II. As such, he was crucial in the most demanding and difficult military alliance in history.

During more recent decades, the U.S. paid a high price for alienation between civilian and military agencies. During the Vietnam War, there was general lack of communication between our military and CIA. The latter proved notably accurate - and prescient.

Vietnam commander General William Westmoreland, a man of great personal integrity, was so proudly positive about prosecution of the war that he unintentionally surrounded himself with yes-men. Irreverent - and well-informed - CIA pros were shunned. Military Intelligence officers literally were forbidden from talking to them. Late in that war, Congress acted to force cooperation.

Accurate intelligence and assessment remains essential to our safety and security. False intelligence that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction led to the costly 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Eisenhower stated that a “strange sort of genius” is required to excel at intelligence. Military service is similar in terms of tasks and challenges, including combat and non-combat realms.

Good luck to whomever is appointed.<|endoftext|>The best way to Repair a Broken Tunes Box

Just about the most attractive items that somebody can give One more human being, Primarily a wife or daughter, is really a new music box. Through the gift of tunes, they will be able to maintain an individual’s memory alive in the songs of the music box, which could Enjoy on for decades.

Tunes containers, Unfortunately, also can stop working. So, to keep up the new music which will suggest a lot to the one who received the musical present, it might be essential that you begin to understand repairing a music box.

Most issues in songs containers are a result of a malfunction within the starter in the audio box. Thankfully, This could usually be repaired at home while not having to get it fixed at a shop. You will find 3 differing kinds of starters for audio bins, and figuring out how to fix each is likely to make you extremely adaptable. As well, often remember to be incredibly fragile as you could possibly bring about additional damage to a audio box in your attempt to mend it.

Wire Starter

This kind of tunes box plays in the event the lid is opened and tension is unveiled on a steel adhere, and stops in the event the lid is closed. In the event the strain is starmusiq introduced over the metal adhere, a spring pushes the spring up and moves a related wire down, which releases an air brake and brings about the music box to play. They are the categories of tunes box movements you might want to be familiar with to repair service it.

You need to


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What does everyone else out there say? Might give me some more ideas, but I will give you credit if I use it! :D

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i am fond of poop, rats, frak (thanks bsg) and dammit.
"Cheese and rice!" instead of "Jesus Christ!"
"oh snap!"
"darned (classic...)"
"AW SHUCKS! >;p"
"oh shiznits."
the previous one was my fave...
omg, my mom just told me about that cheese and rice phrase. I think I'm going to start using it. And I like yr fudge the bucket. Thats pretty funny :P
Turtle Sauce
Snot Waffles

I like to make up nonsense words.

Holy Schnitzel

Leaping Lilliputians

Leder Schneder

Carby(Example: That movie is so carby!)

Whenever I am mad at someone I call them a Marius or Thenardier. Whenever I'm mad at my laptop I call her Cosette. Whenever I'm happy with my laptop I call her <3Enjolras<3 or Eponine.

instead of the f-word i say "fuel economy"

as in what the feul economy (wtfe)

oh my fuel economical gosh (omfeg)

fuel economize you!

fuel economize the world (fetw)

its pretty awesome. all of my friendsuse it now! so shoud you! and you! and all you nerdfighters!

that is pretty feul economically awesome. lol!

one of my faves is cheese

I'm trying to get out of the habit of saying things that aren't necessarily cuss words, but are not very pleasing, if you know what I mean. I have taken a liking to "crumbs" and "strawberries" and "cows!!!" or whatever pops into my head.

Muffins, crud muffins, poop, Nnoitora (from Bleach), ponyfeathers, mushrooms (rather than shiitake mushrooms), more random words that nobody understands...Once when there was an earthquake my friend and I kept saying, "HOLY BEDSHEET!" over and over.

I say poop instead of almost all swear words, but i have to say cheese and crackers seems like the best replacement swear ever!

Youtube Links!

© 2015   Created by Hank Green.   Powered by

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By Enrique Grijalva

I’m the son of a street vendor. I know the struggle and the daily grind. I know that in order to be successful you must possess tenacity, patience, and dedication, with a healthy business acumen that requires a little luck. Vendors are businesspeople. They’re their own bosses, in the toughest environment in New York City — the streets. Because of this, I will always support our street vendors.

My father had a job when I was a kid, so I was under the impression that we weren’t necessarily hurting for money. But when you’re feeding, clothing, and sheltering two kids in the City, as an immigrant in America — who can’t speak, read, or write in English and has a first grade education — job security is an illusion. So, any extra income was welcomed.

Each summer, my father would sell various goods at a neighborhood street market. They were mostly rare, promotional items or prototypes he would bring home from work, which was either thrown away or given away. Most of it never moved and, at the time, there wasn’t any pressure to sell them.

However, a few years later, when my father lost his job, it was crucial for him to start moving those items. (At the time, my mother wasn’t working and my sister was on her way to college.) But he soon realized that no one wanted to buy any of those novelty pieces he was trying to sell. So he turned to something that was moving on the streets.

In the land before streaming music services like Spotify, before the iPod existed, and before Napster sent music industry sales into a downward spiral, there was a time when the CD player was considered as luxurious as the Apple Watch. During this era, in the mid-1990s, sensing the black market’s advent of the bootleg Compact Disc, the cassette tape was scripting its final chapter.

My father began selling old school Latin American music. It kept food in my stomach, a roof over my head, clothes on my back, and it helped put my sister through college.

His customers were loyal to my father, because he had the best quality tapes and he could get his hands on the rarest records — the demand for music was high. My father had cornered the market and became well-known in my neighborhood among old school Latin American music aficionados.

Although my mother had eventually found a good, secure job which included medical benefits, paid vacations, and a 401(k), my father continued to sell music on the streets.

Life has made my father an extremely stubborn man. If he lives to see next month, he’ll be 73 years old. It’s been over 65 years since he last had any parents. It’s been 20 years since he has had a traditional job or a boss. He’s a diabetic, and over the last four years he has seen his vision deteriorate, because he mostly refuses his doctor’s medical advice. For the majority of his life he has not answered to anyone (except my mother). He has always been his own boss, and it made sense that he was most successful (and happy) as a street vendor.

Despite his inevitable death looming over him, he somehow manages to still get out there in the streets, at least once a week, and sell some music. My mother recently retired, I’m old enough to fend for myself, and my sister has her own family. He doesn’t need to work anymore, but he still does. Truthfully, he loves it. He’s never said it in those exact words, but he does. It gives him a purpose (now more than ever).

So, my father spends his entire week preparing for the only day my mother will allow him to go sell some music.

I’m the son of a New York City street vendor.<|endoftext|>Edward Meyer

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! boasts over 30,000 exhibits, and the man responsible for every single one of them for the last 33 years was our Vice President of Exhibits and Archives, Edward Meyer. Now, after a grand total of 40 years working for the company, Edward has decided it’s time to take a bow and enjoy his retirement. Let’s learn about some of the cool stuff and strange things Edward has gotten up to over the past four decades.

To start, Edward was hired to manage the Ripley library, which contained the many cartoons Robert Ripley had penned since 1918. To this day, the Ripley’s cartoon is still going. As the company expanded, Edward’s role quickly expanded, and he became a professional shopper for the company. Originally, Ripley’s Odditoriums were few in number and mostly contained objects collected by Robert Ripley himself before he died. Edward changed all that. He set a goal to purchase an exhibit a day and would bring in well over 500 artifacts a year.

Edward quickly became an authority on all things strange, traveling the world seeking out the bizarre. Despite being on a constant hunt for weird stuff, the truly oddest things always seemed to find him. A paperweight made of acrylic with hundreds of human nails—a gift—sat on his desk, and he received the strangest mail in the country. He regards his most important purchase not to be the most expensive dress in the world—which he bought last year—but 16 pieces of the Berlin Wall. He had traveled to Germany as it fell, intent on taking a suitcase full of rubble home, but immediately realized that wasn’t enough for Ripley’s.

With a 40-year tenure with the company, Edward has been at Ripley’s longer than Robert Ripley himself and has bought thousands more exhibits than our founder. He may be leaving us, but his impact will never be forgotten.<|endoftext|>Legal issues

I found another thread that discussed legal issues with fonts but it didn't quite deal with my specific question and since I was still confused, I decided to just go ahead and ask the experts!!

Can fonts be legally used to create word art that

 door, son of a cracker (and I mean the editable cracker. People these days think im insulting white people when i say that, so i'm letting go of that one....) Popsicle, Fudge, random words of nothingness that mean

What does everyone else out there say? Might give me some more ideas, but I will give you credit if I use it! :D

Views: 98

Replies to This Discussion

i am fond of poop, rats, frak (thanks bsg) and dammit.
"Cheese and rice!" instead of "Jesus Christ!"
"oh snap!"
"darned (classic...)"
"AW SHUCKS! >;p"
"oh shiznits."
the previous one was my fave...
omg, my mom just told me about that cheese and rice phrase. I think I'm going to start using it. And I like yr fudge the bucket. Thats pretty funny :P
Turtle Sauce
Snot Waffles

I like to make up nonsense words.

Holy Schnitzel

Leaping Lilliputians

Leder Schneder

Carby(Example: That movie is so carby!)

Whenever I am mad at someone I call them a Marius or Thenardier. Whenever I'm mad at my laptop I call her Cosette. Whenever I'm happy with my laptop I call her <3Enjolras<3 or Eponine.

instead of the f-word i say "fuel economy"

as in what the feul economy (wtfe)

oh my fuel economical gosh (omfeg)

fuel economize you!

fuel economize the world (fetw)

its pretty awesome. all of my friendsuse it now! so shoud you! and you! and all you nerdfighters!

that is pretty feul economically awesome. lol!

one of my faves is cheese

I'm trying to get out of the habit of saying things that aren't necessarily cuss words, but are not very pleasing, if you know what I mean. I have taken a liking to "crumbs" and "strawberries" and "cows!!!" or whatever pops into my head.

Muffins, crud muffins, poop, Nnoitora (from Bleach), ponyfeathers, mushrooms (rather than shiitake mushrooms), more random words that nobody understands...Once when there was an earthquake my friend and I kept saying, "HOLY BEDSHEET!" over and over.

I say poop instead of almost all swear words, but i have to say cheese and crackers seems like the best replacement swear ever!

Youtube Links!

© 2015   Created by Hank Green.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service<|endoftext|>Street Vendors Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
By Enrique Grijalva

I’m the son of a street vendor. I know the struggle and the daily grind. I know that in order to be successful you must possess tenacity, patience, and dedication, with a healthy business acumen that requires a little luck. Vendors are businesspeople. They’re their own bosses, in the toughest environment in New York City — the streets. Because of this, I will always support our street vendors.

My father had a job when I was a kid, so I was under the impression that we weren’t necessarily hurting for money. But when you’re feeding, clothing, and sheltering two kids in the City, as an immigrant in America — who can’t speak, read, or write in English and has a first grade education — job security is an illusion. So, any extra income was welcomed.

Each summer, my father would sell various goods at a neighborhood street market. They were mostly rare, promotional items or prototypes he would bring home from work, which was either thrown away or given away. Most of it never moved and, at the time, there wasn’t any pressure to sell them.

However, a few years later, when my father lost his job, it was crucial for him to start moving those items. (At the time, my mother wasn’t working and my sister was on her way to college.) But he soon realized that no one wanted to buy any of those novelty pieces he was trying to sell. So he turned to something that was moving on the streets.

In the land before streaming music services like Spotify, before the iPod existed, and before Napster sent music industry sales into a downward spiral, there was a time when the CD player was considered as luxurious as the Apple Watch. During this era, in the mid-1990s, sensing the black market’s advent of the bootleg Compact Disc, the cassette tape was scripting its final chapter.

My father began selling old school Latin American music. It kept food in my stomach, a roof over my head, clothes on my back, and it helped put my sister through college.

His customers were loyal to my father, because he had the best quality tapes and he could get his hands on the rarest records — the demand for music was high. My father had cornered the market and became well-known in my neighborhood among old school Latin American music aficionados.

Although my mother had eventually found a good, secure job which included medical benefits, paid vacations, and a 401(k), my father continued to sell music on the streets.

Life has made my father an extremely stubborn man. If he lives to see next month, he’ll be 73 years old. It’s been over 65 years since he last had any parents. It’s been 20 years since he has had a traditional job or a boss. He’s a diabetic, and over the last four years he has seen his vision deteriorate, because he mostly refuses his doctor’s medical advice. For the majority of his life he has not answered to anyone (except my mother). He has always been his own boss, and it made sense that he was most successful (and happy) as a street vendor.

Despite his inevitable death looming over him, he somehow manages to still get out there in the streets, at least once a week, and sell some music. My mother recently retired, I’m old enough to fend for myself, and my sister has her own family. He doesn’t need to work anymore, but he still does. Truthfully, he loves it. He’s never said it in those exact words, but he does. It gives him a purpose (now more than ever).

So, my father spends his entire week preparing for the only day my mother will allow him to go sell some music.

I’m the son of a New York City street vendor.<|endoftext|>Edward Meyer

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! boasts over 30,000 exhibits, and the man responsible for every single one of them for the last 33 years was our Vice President of Exhibits and Archives, Edward Meyer. Now, after a grand total of 40 years working for the company, Edward has decided it’s time to take a bow and enjoy his retirement. Let’s learn about some of the cool stuff and strange things Edward has gotten up to over the past four decades.

To start, Edward was hired to manage the Ripley library, which contained the many cartoons Robert Ripley had penned since 1918. To this day, the Ripley’s cartoon is still going. As the company expanded, Edward’s role quickly expanded, and he became a professional shopper for the company. Originally, Ripley’s Odditoriums were few in number and mostly contained objects collected by Robert Ripley himself before he died. Edward changed all that. He set a goal to purchase an exhibit a day and would bring in well over 500 artifacts a year.

Edward quickly became an authority on all things strange, traveling the world seeking out the bizarre. Despite being on a constant hunt for weird stuff, the truly oddest things always seemed to find him. A paperweight made of acrylic with hundreds of human nails—a gift—sat on his desk, and he received the strangest mail in the country. He regards his most important purchase not to be the most expensive dress in the world—which he bought last year—but 16 pieces of the Berlin Wall. He had traveled to Germany as it fell, intent on taking a suitcase full of rubble home, but immediately realized that wasn’t enough for Ripley’s.

With a 40-year tenure with the company, Edward has been at Ripley’s longer than Robert Ripley himself and has bought thousands more exhibits than our founder. He may be leaving us, but his impact will never be forgotten.<|endoftext|>Legal issues

I found another thread that discussed legal issues with fonts but it didn't quite deal with my specific question and since I was still confused, I decided to just go ahead and ask the experts!!

Can fonts be legally used to create word art that would be sold as either bmp. files or .png files for digital scrapbooking? Or are you crossing the copyright laws? In particularly with regards to free fonts?

Also, if you do happen to purchase a commercial license of a font, does that give you freedom to create word art?

Is this even an issue since the image is raterized and from what I read on the other post it is


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This is the most basic Python program you can write, a command that simply prints the words “Hello world” on your computer screen. Compare it to Java and C’s “Hello World” programs, which are each several lines long. There’s no weird syntax, no cryptic variables. Anybody can look at this one line and figure out what it does.

Save, and then run the file with the “python” command. It’ll print your program:

Errors Appear On Runtime

When you’re learning something for the first time, you’re inevitably going to make mistakes. Python makes it easy to identify and fix these mistakes immediately. That’s because Python displays errors at run time, instead of simply failing to compile the program.

Open up, the program we just wrote before and intentionally make an error. Here, I’ve omitted a necessary quotation mark.

When I try to run the program, Python tries to point out where I went wrong:

Instead of displaying a blank screen where your program should have been, Python will run your buggy program and try to help you troubleshoot it.

Shallow Learning Curve

I began coding Python last week with the program above. A few days later, I’ve programmed my own basic text editor and calculator using Python.

Because Python has so little overhead and excess code, it becomes easy to grasp continually more difficult concepts since they mimic English sentence structure we’ve seen before.

We just built the most basic program possible. But even just knowing what you know about Python now, I bet you can take a guess as to what the following program does:

I’ll run this program using the Python command.

Sure enough, it lists how many students and teachers there are, and does a basic division problem for us. Did you guess correctly?

 For the reasons above and many more that more experienced Python programmers can explain better than I, Python makes a great first programming language, especially if you don’t really consider yourself the math and science type. It’s really no surprise that American universities have come to the same conclusion.

Logo via the Python Foundation
 If you understand English, you already understand Python. Hack Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:00:13 -0700 Lauren Orsini Which Coding Language Is Right For You?
Coding is all the rage these days. Students of all ages and adults already in the workforce are increasingly encouraged to learn programming. Even President Obama said everyone should learn to code.

There are countless resources that offer the opportunity to learn different skills. From free online classes through services like Codecademy to multi-thousand dollar programs that promise to turn you into a bona fide software engineer in nine weeks.

But the question remains: Does everyone really need to learn to code?

The answer is no, at least if you’re not in an industry that relies on technology. But that pool of workers is gradually shrinking.

See Also: How Coding Went Mainstream

Gregg Pollack, founder of learn-to-code service Code School, says anyone who has to communicate with a developer at any point in their career should learn the basics of programming.

“If you learn some code, you’ll have a much better appreciation for what they do,” Pollack said. “Take the time to understand what it is and how to effectively communicate with programmers.”

If your goal is to just understand programming concepts, you can play around with a few coding languages and see which one you prefer to learn. However, if you have a goal in mind—such as building an iOS application or a responsive Web page—you need the right tool for the job.

I’m Just Getting Started

If you have no experience with coding languages or Web development, you can start by learning basic HTML and CSS.

HTML isn’t a programming language; it’s a mark-up language used for formatting documents. With HTML, you’re able display your words, pictures, links and video in a format that can be understood by Web browsers. Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, help you can change the font, size, columns, and other design aspects of a Webpage.

You may already have experience using HTML and not even realize it. People who use WYSIWYG editors like Adobe Dreamweaver might have noticed you can change your editing style by toggling from “visual” to “HTML.”

Even minimal knowledge of HTML is helpful for people, whether they want to pursue programming or not. Having a mild understanding of how responsive websites operate, and learning how to fix your personal blog or site on your own, can help in many careers down the road.

I Want To Make Web Apps That Look Good

JavaScript is the code makes websites look great, and there are a variety of compatible frameworks like Ember, Angular and Backbone to help you organize and structure your Web applications for multiple browsers.

JavaScript has been around for 20 years, and it isn’t getting any less relevant. In fact, it’s on track to become the dominant enterprise language.

You can run JavaScript on just about any browser, and it is used to program both frontend and backend services. There are numerous resources for students to learn JavaScript, and Pollack told me JavaScript is Code School's most popular course offering.

“If you’re doing anything on the Web, you have to learn JavaScript, no matter what your backend is,” Pollack said.

I Need Fast Prototyping

If you’re a designer and want to learn backend programming to test applications, Ruby or Python are good options—both are object-oriented, dynamic languages that are fairly easy to learn. And both were among the top five most popular job skills of 2013.

Ruby has a large ecosystem and an active, supportive community. Ruby was created in 1995, but rose to popularity after the Rails software framework launched in

figcaption>

This is the most basic Python program you can write, a command that simply prints the words “Hello world” on your computer screen. Compare it to Java and C’s “Hello World” programs, which are each several lines long. There’s no weird syntax, no cryptic variables. Anybody can look at this one line and figure out what it does.

Save, and then run the file with the “python” command. It’ll print your program:

Errors Appear On Runtime

When you’re learning something for the first time, you’re inevitably going to make mistakes. Python makes it easy to identify and fix these mistakes immediately. That’s because Python displays errors at run time, instead of simply failing to compile the program.

Open up, the program we just wrote before and intentionally make an error. Here, I’ve omitted a necessary quotation mark.

When I try to run the program, Python tries to point out where I went wrong:

Instead of displaying a blank screen where your program should have been, Python will run your buggy program and try to help you troubleshoot it.

Shallow Learning Curve

I began coding Python last week with the program above. A few days later, I’ve programmed my own basic text editor and calculator using Python.

Because Python has so little overhead and excess code, it becomes easy to grasp continually more difficult concepts since they mimic English sentence structure we’ve seen before.

We just built the most basic program possible. But even just knowing what you know about Python now, I bet you can take a guess as to what the following program does:

I’ll run this program using the Python command.

Sure enough, it lists how many students and teachers there are, and does a basic division problem for us. Did you guess correctly?

 For the reasons above and many more that more experienced Python programmers can explain better than I, Python makes a great first programming language, especially if you don’t really consider yourself the math and science type. It’s really no surprise that American universities have come to the same conclusion.

Logo via the Python Foundation
 If you understand English, you already understand Python. Hack Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:00:13 -0700 Lauren Orsini Which Coding Language Is Right For You?
Coding is all the rage these days. Students of all ages and adults already in the workforce are increasingly encouraged to learn programming. Even President Obama said everyone should learn to code.

There are countless resources that offer the opportunity to learn different skills. From free online classes through services like Codecademy to multi-thousand dollar programs that promise to turn you into a bona fide software engineer in nine weeks.

But the question remains: Does everyone really need to learn to code?

The answer is no, at least if you’re not in an industry that relies on technology. But that pool of workers is gradually shrinking.

See Also: How Coding Went Mainstream

Gregg Pollack, founder of learn-to-code service Code School, says anyone who has to communicate with a developer at any point in their career should learn the basics of programming.

“If you learn some code, you’ll have a much better appreciation for what they do,” Pollack said. “Take the time to understand what it is and how to effectively communicate with programmers.”

If your goal is to just understand programming concepts, you can play around with a few coding languages and see which one you prefer to learn. However, if you have a goal in mind—such as building an iOS application or a responsive Web page—you need the right tool for the job.

I’m Just Getting Started

If you have no experience with coding languages or Web development, you can start by learning basic HTML and CSS.

HTML isn’t a programming language; it’s a mark-up language used for formatting documents. With HTML, you’re able display your words, pictures, links and video in a format that can be understood by Web browsers. Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, help you can change the font, size, columns, and other design aspects of a Webpage.

You may already have experience using HTML and not even realize it. People who use WYSIWYG editors like Adobe Dreamweaver might have noticed you can change your editing style by toggling from “visual” to “HTML.”

Even minimal knowledge of HTML is helpful for people, whether they want to pursue programming or not. Having a mild understanding of how responsive websites operate, and learning how to fix your personal blog or site on your own, can help in many careers down the road.

I Want To Make Web Apps That Look Good

JavaScript is the code makes websites look great, and there are a variety of compatible frameworks like Ember, Angular and Backbone to help you organize and structure your Web applications for multiple browsers.

JavaScript has been around for 20 years, and it isn’t getting any less relevant. In fact, it’s on track to become the dominant enterprise language.

You can run JavaScript on just about any browser, and it is used to program both frontend and backend services. There are numerous resources for students to learn JavaScript, and Pollack told me JavaScript is Code School's most popular course offering.

“If you’re doing anything on the Web, you have to learn JavaScript, no matter what your backend is,” Pollack said.

I Need Fast Prototyping

If you’re a designer and want to learn backend programming to test applications, Ruby or Python are good options—both are object-oriented, dynamic languages that are fairly easy to learn. And both were among the top five most popular job skills of 2013.

Ruby has a large ecosystem and an active, supportive community. Ruby was created in 1995, but rose to popularity after the Rails software framework launched in 2003 and made building websites and Web applications simpler thanks to collections of pre-written code.

Python, while similar to Ruby, has a somewhat larger scientific community, so if you want to progress into machine learning and artificial intelligence, Python is the language you should learn.

If you’re ready to get started, try Learn Python The Hard Way</a