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Presenting django-recommender
Uses fancy-schmancy algorithms to figure out recommendations for things based on votes (from django-voting) and tags (from django-tagging). Looks interesting.Visit
Introducing the Django Debug Toolbar
One of the most useful third-party Django apps yet!Visit
Django's release process
Now that 1.0 is out the door, the Django team has put together a release process document. Looks good to me.Visit
Impressive-looking skin for the Django admin interface.Visit
WDS08: Workshop Day One: Django-a-gogo!
Michael McCorry came to my Web Directions workshop and was kind enough to write up a mini-review on his blog. Awesome. Thanks, Michael — was great meeting you!Visit
Django From the Ground Up: Episodes 1 and 2
E-Flo is at it again with a pair of really, really good screencasts that take you through setting up a Django project from the very beginning. He is building a real live site (a sort of Twitter clone with a twist), walking you through it from step one (you can also download then entire source of the site). The first two episodes cover getting your source control environment set up, getting Django's settings.py file all configured, and then creating the models. Really, really good stuff here, if you're looking to learn Django.Visit
A Django custom field type which, in the background, stores and revisions its content in SVN or BRZ (more backends on the way). Haven't tried it, but the code looks clean and the API is nice and Djangonic (new word? I like it.). Very cool stuff. I'd love to be able to store website content in version control on the fly.Visit
Reasons not to use django
The good news about this post is that all of the reasons mentioned are either a distaste for bits you can swap out for your favorite (ORM, template language), or things that are planned for Django 1.1 (aggregate support). Well, except for the guy who complained that Django doesn't allow him to make very much money, since he charges by the hour. :)Visit
DjangoCon 2008 Panel: Django in Journalism
Moderated by Adrian Holovaty, panelists Matt Waite (St. Petersberg Times), Maura Chace (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), Matt Croydon (Lawrence Journal-World), and Ben Welsh (Los Angeles Times) discuss Django and journalism at DjangoCon. Really good stuff here. The discussion ranges from what's great and not-so-great about Django in a newsroom to the general decline of the newspaper industry to how to get the "pointy-haired bosses" at traditional media organizations to buy into something other than the "pageviews equals dollars" worldview that is helping to destroy serious journalism in favor of photos of Lindsey Lohan. Really good talk.Visit
This Week in Django: Discussion with Eric Holscher
I've recently had the pleasure of hanging out with Eric a few times, and I've gotta say: he one cool dude. Super nice, super chill, and super smart. Here, he talks with Kevin Fricovsky about several things Django, including his awesome work in Django testing and debugging and his new day job at World Online in Lawrence (for the sake of disclosure, Eric was not at World Online when I was). Good stuff.Visit
DjangoCon 2008 Keynote: Adrian Holovaty & Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Probably the single most relevant DjangoCon talk for most Djano developers, this fireside chat with Adrian and Jacob really covers the bases on where the framework will go in the future. As a sidenote, it also is a nice showcase of Jacob and Adrian's personalities: they're both really, genuine nice guys who are bright as hell but not at all opposed to criticism or other views (traits, which, in my view, have permeated the entire Django community). I've had my arguments with both dudes, but in the end, I love 'em both. Great guys.Visit
DjangoCon 2008 Keynote: Cal Henderson on "Why I Hate Django"
Cal's well-received talk from DjangoCon is very funny while making some great points. Most of his "serious" complaints about Django revolve around massive scaling, which he deals with on a daily basis at Flickr (which has both a huge data set and huge traffic). The reality is that none of the hot shit frameworks right now (Django, Rails, Cake, etc.) offer a lot of built in niceties for this level of scaling, and this is why (or at least part of the reason) we have a few notable sites built on them that haven't managed to scale well at all as they've gotten more popular (coughTWITTERcough). The big question, of course, is: should a general-purpose framework like Django or Rails cater to the top 100 websites in the world, or should they focus on the needs of the other 99.9%? I don't know the answer (and Cal says he doesn't, either), but it's an interesting topic. Plus, did I mention Cal is funny?Visit
Documents Reveal Django Pony, Caught In Tail Of Lies
Why The Lucky Stiff chimes in on the Django Pony, and is hilarious as per usual. Awesome.Visit
A pluggable Django app that adds batch deleting functionality to the admin (there are also hooks to add your own batch actions), thus solving one of my longest-standing complaints about Django. I understand this functionality will eventually be in Django itself, but quite frankly, the Django head honchos have been saying that for over two years now, and it's still not there. This project, by Brian Beck, is really well put together. It's subclases ModelAdmin, so that no changes are required to Django itself and minimal changes are required in the code of he app you want to take advantage of it (just changeVisit
BathModelAdmin). Awesome.
Yashh: My first looks into Savoy
Yashh is helping me out by beat testing Savoy, and he's posted some initial thoughts on his blog. He includes a diagram of the database structure (or, most of it, anyway), which will give you a good idea of the kinds of apps Savoy has in place, and explains a bit about how it's all put together.
One note: Yashh talks about the savoy.contrib.comments app, which I write before the new django.contrib.comments app was released. I've debated back and forth about whether to ditch savoy.contrib.comments. It includes some functionality that django.contrib.comments doesn't (blacklists, whitelists, akismet, etc.), but I'm not sure I really want to maintain it, now that django.contrib.comments doesn't suck. Obviously, you can always simple choose to use django.contrib.comments instead of savoy.contrib.comments, even if both are in place (in fact, I'm doing that on a client site we're working on now). What do you think? Is a more advanced comments app worth maintaining now that django.contrib.comments is 100 time less sucky?Visit
Denormalization Field for Django
I'll let someone else test it, but I love it in concept. :)Visit
A simple example of row-level permissions in the admin
Simon posts another Django snippet, this one a demonstration of how simple it is to create row-level permissions using newforms-admin. Here, he has a simple blog entry model and sets up the admin such that users can only edit entries they authored.Visit
Django snippets: Orderable inlines using drag and drop with jQuery UI
Simon throws together a handy snippets which allows for orderable inlines using drag and drop (via jQuery) in the Django admin. Sweet.Visit
django-cms is a new CMS for Django. Although it's quite interesting, it's totally not what I would want in a CMS. I'm a fan of structured data, rather than simple "add a page of text" sort of CMSes. But, it's definitely well-done, so if that's what you're looking for, check it out. Even if it's not what you're looking for, be sure to check out the demo and the modifications to the Django admin interface. Quite interesting.Visit
A Django schema evolution tool created by Simon Willison and the team at Global Radio (formerly GCap Media), dmigrations looks great. It really seems to cover all the bases. I've yet to use any of the Django migration tools, but I'm really anxious to watch the video of the DjangoCon panel on the topic and see how each one might work for me.Visit
Quite interesting. Certainly the best implementation of dynamic CSS, including literals and the other typical functionality you see in these sots of things, that I've ever seen. I'm not sure if I could get into the habit of writing CSS this way, but it certainly would be pretty efficient if I could get myself into it. Hmm…cool stuff, even if I may never use it.Visit
Webmonkey DjangoCon Coverage
Webmonkey has some terrific coverage of DjangoCon, including this piece on the Django and journalism panel. What I took away from it is that Matt Croydon still wears his kakis with a cuff and a crease.Visit
Django 1.0 Cheat Sheet
Very nice cheat sheet for Django 1.0 from MercuryTide. Well-done.Visit
Django 1.0 released!
Now this is interesting: a web "framework" written in Python, released today. Apparently you can use it to develop web sites more quickly and efficiently. I hear it even makes programming "fun." It's great to see new projects still coming out on this front.
Oh, what's that you say? Django's been available for three years and used in production on major news sites even longer than that? Weird. You would think it would be at 5.0, by now. :)
Seriously — congrats to everyone involved. I've been keeping up with the latest revisions, and I know this: the Django I fell in love with a coupe years ago is a total piece of shit compared to 1.0.Visit
Django googlesearch
Uses the Google search API to add a simple site search to your Django project. Looks interesting. Might consider adding this to Savoy as a lightweight alternative to the more heavy-handed djangosearch.Visit
Porting your apps from Django 0.96 to 1.0
Comprehensive guide to porting Django .96 apps to Django 1.0. Short version? You're going to be doing a lot of boring, tedious work. Have fun.Visit
Using Akismet with Django's new comments framework
Great example of how badass the Django signals framework is. Basically, it lets you inject code upon some event happening, such as an object being saved, deleted, or in this case, a comment being posted. I use signals throughout Savoy, such as to geolocate an object as its saved, and to add a tumblelog object when particular types of content are saved. It's good stuff. This example also uses Django's brand-spanking new comments framework.Visit
Django in Linux Magazine
Frank Wiles has a nice piece on Django in the latest issue of Linux Magazine. He talks to Django lead developer Jacob Kaplan-Moss and covers all the basics. Both Frank and Jacob worked for the Lawrence Journal-World back when I did and have since moved on. In fact, Frank led the team that built a very cool Perl web framework called Gantry (http://www.usegantry.org/). It's a little known bit of trivia that the Lawrence Journal-World actually is home to not one, but TWO open source web frameworks. Not bad for a small-town newspaper in Kansas, huh?
Not god enough for you? How about this: Linux Magazine is also based in Lawrence. :)Visit
Django comments app refactored (finally)
Since the first day I started working with Django in January of 2006, Jacob told me that the comments app would be rewritten before Django 1.0. It's become something of a joke to me. Whenever someone says a feature is coming in a future version of Django, I throw out the classic, "oh yeah, along with the comments app refactor, right?"
Well today, that vaporware solidified into something real. The new version is documented, combines the old
FreeCommentmodels, and makes use of all the modern Django APIs that didn't exist when the first version was written. It looks quite nice.
I'm really curious to see just how many people who already have comments on their Django site go to the trouble of switching to the new app. I know I probably won't. The trouble is, the old app was so — well, old — that almost everyone has written their own, or adopted something like Eric's django-threaddedcomments. While it looks like it's pretty easy to upgrade from the old comments app, I'm not sure anyone is really using the old comments app — and switching from custom apps, like the one I've written, wouldn't be nearly as easy.
I think I'll use the new
django.contrib.commentsgoing forward for sites that it feels appropriate for, and I'll probably steal a few ideas from it for my own comments app — but migrating jeffcroft.com to it just seems like more trouble than it's worth.
That's definitely not a dig on the new system though — like I said, it looks very nice. Kudos go to Thejaswi Puthraya, who did most of the works on the new system as part of Google's Summer of Code, and Jacob Kaplan-Moss, who I know has had this thing on his radar for a very, very long time.Visit
Django Documentation
The Django documentation has been entirely refactored. It's much more readable online, now. I like.Visit
The Python Property Builtin
Adam Gomaa explains the Python property built-in and some clever ways to use it with Django. I particularly like the caching-of-URLs suggestion at the end of the article.Visit
My first Django pluggable: django-mailfriend
I finally got the balls to put some of my code out there. This simple app allows for "e-mail this to a friend" functionality for any instance of any model in your Django database. If it sounds interesting, check it out. I'd love feedback. As you know, I'm a designer first, coder second, so I'm quite sure some of my code is not as optimal as it could be. Hopefully someone will find it useful.Visit
A pluggable app for working with timezones in Django. Looks very useful. Brian Rosner and James Tauber are definitely leading the pluggable app charge — both are putting out a lot of useful stuff. Thanks, guys. Via Simon.Visit
EveryBlock adds Seattle!
EveryBlock added Seattle to its list of cities — as well as Boston and D.C. Sweet.Visit
Django: Inserting and Positioning Images
Via Jacob, here's a clever method for using Markdown to insert images into the content of a blog post, article, or whathaveyou. As Jacob notes, it's similar to the concept of "inlines," pioneered in Ellington, and later implemented in Nathan's Basic Apps and my Savoy. It's not as flexible as inlines (with inlines, you can insert any object, not just images, and you can access all attributes of your object, not just the file URL), but it's a lot simpler, too. If you just need to plop images into a chunk of text, this will work great.Visit
Webmonkey: Build a Microblog with Django
A nice piece on Webmonkey about how to build a basic tumblelog with Django. The technique used is similar in concept (but a bit simpler) than what I've done here at jeffcroft.com. Note, though, that the Django signals bit in the article refers to the syntax for signals before a recent API change, so you'll need minor changes to the code in the article to make it work with the current version of Django.Visit
Django 1.0 beta 1 released
I'll be damned if it doesn't seem like this whole Django 1.0 thing might actually happen. Be sure to read the release notes — there are several backwards incompatible changes (which are annoying, but it's way better to get them out of the way before 1.0 than after it).Visit
Django file/directory name conventions
Although a good oldVisit
manage.py startappwill give you a very simple file stricture to get started with, there are a number of Django conventions that aren't represented by it (and for good reason). For example, if you're going to provide middleware with your app, it's sort of accepted that you would store them in
middleware.py. However, this isn't documented anywhere, and it's definitely led to a slew of projects existing on Google Code which don't follow these conventions. This page, which was originally written in German and is being translated (sort of poorly) by Google, goes over the common file and directory names. It's a good start at something I really think ought to be somewhere in the Django proper documentation. Sure, you can put name these files whatever you want, but having standard ways of doing things can only make things cleaner and more usable.
This Week in Django
This Week in Django, which truly is one of the best podcasts I've listened to in any genre, has a new website. If you're not already listening, you should be. Michael Trier, Brian Rosner, and Kevin Frivcovsky do a really, really great job. Honestly, it's about the only Django resource I pay attention to. Being as design is my main focus, I don't subscribe to many Django/Python blogs, I don't really use the IRC channel, and I never read the Google Groups — and yet, I always feel like I know what's going on with Django. That's thanks in large part to TWiD.
Congrats on the new site, guys. It looks great.Visit
Nathan Borror: Creating a basic API with Django
Nathan shows how simple it is to create a basic REST API for an existing Django app, as he has done for his great new site, Readernaut.Visit


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Last week, the world's largest convention for the industry of wind-generated electricity was held in Atlanta. Why Georgia? Because the wind power industry is a perfect fit for the Peach State, writes Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, the convention sponsor. Meanwhile, wind energy critic Eric Rosenbloom calls the industry a waste of money and a poor job creator. He argues that the wind's actual record has not lived up to its promises.
By Denise Bode
The South is America's new manufacturing heartland. It's a region of innovation and tremendous growth and one of the best places in the country to see how America can still produce great products and create great jobs in the process.
That is why American wind power is such a perfect fit for this region.
Our industry has grown so much recently that it's almost unrecognizable from just five years ago. We've installed 35 percent of all new American electric generating capacity over that time (second only to natural gas) and we've kept 75,000 Americans working through the recession.
American wind also is powering one of the fastest-growing new U.S. manufacturing sectors, now 500 factories strong from coast to coast.
That is why our industry recently came to Atlanta to host Windpower 2012, the global wind energy industry's largest annual trade show and conference.
We chose Atlanta because the South has become a hub for our manufacturing supply chain.
More than 90 plants currently manufacture wind energy components across the South. Last year, $200 million worth of wind products shipped through the Port of Savannah.
The ZF Wind Power gearbox plant in Gainesville is a perfect example. Workers there produce precision-built gearboxes that translate the slower rotation of the iconic three-bladed wind turbine into the faster speeds needed to spin the electric generator inside. ZF invested $98 million to locate in Georgia and employs 150 people, including more than 60 highly skilled manufacturing technicians.
Technological innovation at plants like ZF's has transformed wind energy. Just as new technology has allowed the natural gas industry to tap shale formations, significant advances in the wind industry over the past five years also have been game changing.
Taller and better towers to reach higher wind speeds, new longer blades employing carbon and improved materials, and enhanced turbines are increasing capacity and making wind more cost-competitive.
These technologies have unlocked the South for some of the first wind developments in the region's history.
At the same time, wind's affordability and unbeatable fixed-cost contracts have encouraged utilities in Alabama and Louisiana to make their first-ever wind power purchases.
Consider what we've accomplished since President George W. Bush extended our main federal policy driver, the Production Tax Credit, in 2005. We've created hundreds of American manufacturing facilities as the domestic content of wind turbines has increased 12-fold, from less than 25 percent to more than 60 percent made in the United States today.
But this American success story is suffering from congressional gridlock and an uncertain business climate. Unless Congress acts, the PTC will expire at the end of the year, in effect raising taxes on these American businesses and costing 37,000 Americans their jobs within a year.
This is already impacting hiring decisions at facilities like ZF's.
"ZF is seeking to add 110 jobs, and the PTC would help ensure the stable policy and low taxes, which accelerate job growth and economic development for the wind energy industry," plant manager Carolin Wolfsdoerfer said recently.
"A delay in the extension of the PTC causes a drop-off in wind turbine orders, which slows down our ability to add jobs. It also affects the entire supply chain as well. We source all of our steel from North America, so when we have a lower volume of orders our suppliers — the forging companies, the casting companies and the steel mills — will experience a downturn as well."
Don't let this happen.
Denise Bode is CEO of the American Wind Energy Association.
By Eric Rosenbloom
Climate change, dwindling resources, ecological and geopolitical concerns surrounding conventional sources of electricity — all are prominent worries today, as they should be.
Wind power companies and their lobbyists — and many in the environmentalist community — assure us that industrial wind can break our dependence on other fuels, reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants, and help build a "green" economy of 21st century jobs.
A closer look, however, reveals that wind's actual record has not lived up to those promises — despite billions of dollars of public and private investment and an increasingly undeniable toll on the environment and on the citizens, mostly rural, who must bear the personal costs of 500-foot turbines thrust into their neighborhoods.
The wind is intermittent and variable, and when the realities of the electrical grid are taken into account, wind energy's theoretical benefit is drastically reduced because other sources have to stay on line — and operate less efficiently — to not only provide electricity on demand, but also balance the fluctuating wind-generated supply.
Generous handouts — paid for by every American — intended to create a smattering of factory jobs (as promised, for example, in Georgia) could be much more efficiently spent to help the economy as a whole and to work towards seriously addressing concerns of resource depletion, energy security and pollution control.
Not only are industrial wind turbines a waste of money, they also have serious negative impacts.
Wind projects usually target open land or undeveloped mountain ridges. A single turbine weighs 250 tons or more and requires wide heavy-duty roads for construction and maintenance. It is supported by an underground foundation of hundreds of tons of steel-reinforced concrete. A group of turbines is a sprawling facility that dominates the landscape for miles. In addition, the facility needs a substation and high-voltage transmission lines to connect to the grid.
In addition to wind energy's impact on rural landscapes and wild habitats, human neighbors often suffer from the noises generated by the giant machines. Leases typically include "gag orders" to keep landowners quiet about their complaints. Neighbors — many of them unsuspecting — are induced to silence in return for small "forbearance" payments.
As more people speak out, many jurisdictions are insisting that at least 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) separate the turbines from any residence to protect people's health. Others are recognizing the necessity of limiting low-frequency and pulsating noise.
The wind industry has benefited for decades from favorable treatment by all levels of government. Yet to this day it has been unable to demonstrate the results that are still promised. Against this backdrop of a failed experiment, the clear burdens imposed by industrial wind — on our diminished landscape, on wildlife, on people's right to enjoy their homes — are unacceptable.
It is time to hold this industry to account. Strict environmental siting and nuisance regulations are needed to limit its impacts. We need to end the many direct and indirect subsidies that prop it up.
Industrial wind has shown itself to be a great waster of resources, both natural and human. As more communities around the world learn about the harm it does and stand up to say no, our business and political leaders would do well to take heed.
The people speaking up are your neighbors, and they're getting louder.
Eric Rosenbloom is the president of National Wind Watch Inc.
June 14th, 2012
6:42 pm
@Windtalker: ?
June 14th, 2012
4:39 pm
Frida, your right, it is nice to turn the switch on at home and know the light will turn on. You as a consumer don't care where the energy is coming from just your instant gratification of the light coming on in your home, apartment whatever. When was the last time a nuclear power plant was constructed and if it was such a good idea, why did they stop. Have you ever driven past a coal burning facility to see the what is billowing out from the smoke stacks. Talk about harm. What was the impact of the gulf oil spill? In your world your happy to have cars that get 10 miles to the gallon and don't care what the cost is to future generations because you won't be here to enjoy. If I were to mention natural gas and hydro would your thoughts be different? I too could come up with arguments for other forms for producing electricity.
June 14th, 2012
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@Windtalker: Wind is not new. It is time to ask what exactly you are embracing.
June 13th, 2012
8:29 pm
"A Reader" is mistaken in saying that "Mr. Rosenbloom could make virtually the same arguments against every other source of electricity." Every other source actually provides electricity on demand in a predictable way. It can thus be used instead of another choice. Wind does neither. It has little benefit to weigh against its substantial cost and harm.
June 13th, 2012
6:01 pm
I love politics. For every action there is a reaction, usually negative to make their point. Farmers in the midwest are paid for use of their land to put wind farms on. This helps to subsidize their living expense since their crops get cheaper and cheaper. Why do will still give subsidies to oil companies, I thought their profit margins were good enough to support themselves. Every new idea is scrutinized for basic political posturing. I say embrace the new.


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2 form entry primary school - Here's what i have at the moment
Server 1 3ghz Dual Core Xeon 2GB RAM 250GB RAID5 - Main DC. AD,DHCP 5 Printers, All user home areas, Profiles, Staff and Pupil Drives, all shared drives and application drives
Server 2 3ghz Dual Core Xeon 2GB RAM 300GB Raid 1 - CMIS server, DNS, DC Sophos
Server 3 3ghz Xeon 2GB RAM 250GB Raid 1 - WSUS, Ghost, Policy Central
Server 4 3ghz Xeon 2GB RAM 500GB Raid 1 - Nothing on it! (new)
All these servers are connected to gigabit switches throughout the school I have 60 student laptops (trolleys) 25 staff laptops, and about 60 workstations. All servers run server 2k3 and all client machines have XP
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Hi every one. I just bought the car 2 weeks ago.... I have been banging my head on a brick for days, I have a 2000 outback 4cyl. one day it did not start. I changed to fuel pump and still wont start. I pulled off the fuel line that goes to the fuel filter, and don't seem to be spiting out enough fuel very week. I went to the dealer and asked them what it can be, they are puzzled too - They said to check the fuel tank pressure sensor?. Please help
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A Selfless Decision
The week of May 28, 2013, I received the estate file of my birth mother. I decided to try to locate the executor of the estate, thinking she could give me insight as to who my birth mother was as a person. The executor I found on the internet had passed away, but her daughter was also a witness to the will. I looked her up on the internet, and found her address and phone number. I called her and left a message. She called me back a week later. She told me I was a blast from the past. The daughter of the executor told me, "Your birth mom wasn't a bad person." A lump formed in my throat. She told… [more]
Understanding Birth Mothers – Wage Homes
If you have read much about adoption practices during the 60's and 70's, you might be familiar with the concept of wage homes. Maternity homes were so crowded with young pregnant women during the 60's and 70's that there was often a waiting list before a young women could get into a home. Often women spent time during their pregnancy at a wage home first, and then entered the maternity home for only the last two months or so. Wage homes were simply private homes where pregnant women lived and worked in exchange for room and board. Some women describe this experience as being treated like slave labor. A young woman was sent away as soon as possible after pregnancy was diagnosed to… [more]
Understanding Birth Mothers – Introduction
For adoptees from the closed adoption era, there are several ways to learn about what your birth mother's experience might have been like. One of the best ways is to meet and hear stories from other birth mothers from that era. Reading about the era can provide you with insights as well. Chatting on forums like Adoption.com can help as well. One purpose of learning about birth mothers is to understand how her experience has shaped her. It could offer some idea of how she felt about the child that she relinquished and her reasons for the adoption. Many of the experiences were negative, however, that does not mean that every birth mother from the era of closed adoptions is a dysfunctional and "ruined"… [more]
Birth Mother Baggage at Reunion – Part 2
If you read a post of mine on any given day, you might believe that I am stuck, and angry. Read another day, and you will find that is not the case. Although I have angry moments, I use those to fuel my fires and give me the incentive to keep working to change some bad adoption practices, and faulty counseling for pregnant women. Although adoption continues to tinge my life with sadness, I embrace life and lead a full and rich life. In my day to day life, I have made some peace with my adoption loss, and it no longer prevents me from a measure of happiness. Everyone has some baggage, adoption or not. For some of us, it prevents… [more]
Birth Mother Baggage at Reunion – Part 1
What kind of a baggage do birth mothers carry at reunion? Some are burdened more than others. It depends on the personality of the birth mother, her experiences and her ability to deal with loss. What do adoptess generally expect? An adoptee recently commented that after discovering how affected some birth parents are affected by adoption, he was questioning his desire to search. Since I devote a great deal of time and energy singing the praises of reunion, I found that comment somewhat disheartening. It made me ponder what most adoptees expect to find at reunion. Do most adoptees fear a search because their birth mother might be too wounded and affected by their loss? Are there worries that a birth mother might… [more]
Woe is Me – the Victim! – Part 3
This comment that I referred to in Part 1 made me decide to look up the word "victim" in the dictionary. I prefer to think of myself as a survivor rather than a victim. "Victim" has connotations to me of cowering in a corner, meekly accepting your fate and not speaking up. Victim is what I had to be to allow my son's adoption; I went along with the plan. Even though, it felt horribly wrong; I let it happen. However, victim does NOT define me now. Nor does "victim" fit now for any of the feisty, courageous birth mothers that I know who dedicate their lives to improving adoption practices. The victim role also might include someone who whines about their life "being… [more]
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I hear a lot of "victimhood and woe is me" in your writing-whose's choice is it to place and whose responsibiltity is it when the adoption is complete? Not society or adoption parents are at fault-IMO it's the bfamily. The recent reader comment mentioned that she detected a "woe is me" and victim-type attitude in my writing. I did not respond to her comment as I decided that I needed to ponder a response for awhile. I also realized that I probably could not give a two-line response. Brief answers are not something that I am skilled at giving. Ask me to jump on a soap box and go on forever though....and I am there. Sometimes I have lamented about the fact that my subject… [more]
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Adoption is sometimes the right choice for a woman in a crisis pregnancy. Parenting is the right choice sometimes too. For some women, abortion may be their right choice, whether you believe in it yourself. It is presumptuous to tell a woman that her decision was right or wrong. You cannot possibly know that. No one can know for certain, and she may or may not believe that she should have parented her child. Telling her that you believe that she made the right choice by choosing adoption may insinuate that you believe she was never meant to be a mother. It could make her feel that you are inferring that she would not have been a good mother. There is no way that… [more]
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If there is one phrase certain to irritate many birth mothers more than any other, it has to be "You did the right thing." This particular comment first surfaces when a woman in a crisis pregnancy is considering adoption. Some people felt quite confident in telling a woman at that point that she is "doing the right thing". They may know almost nothing about her, and yet they are convinced adoption is the best solution for her. Later, after a woman has made the decision to relinquish, more praise comes her way for "doing the right thing". In some people's minds, apparently,if you did not choose to have an abortion, you have done what they consider "right". However, it is a huge… [more]
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Many of you probably can imagine some of the ideas I used to hold about adoption. A few of you probably still fervently believe some of the same things that I used to believe. You know - stuff like birth mothers forgetting and moving on with their lives - not holding their babies because it would make it harder for them later -ideas along those lines. Domestic newborn adoption is the area that I feel needs the most reform, so, I focus on that area of adoption most often. Many of the "old" ideas still abound in newborn adoptions. My views on both pre-birth matching and adoptive parents in the delivery room have changed considerably. As I have learned more about the nature of coercion in adoption… [more]


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Why women are better investors
Call it the Weiner principle: Men self-destruct.
By David Weidner, MarketWatch
Anthony Weiner put us men in a pickle.
Why is it that men so often self-destruct? In the political world, Weiner recently joined Eliot Spitzer, Bill Clinton, John Ensign, Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Edwards as hypocritic slimeballs who let their pants set their personal policy.
But it's not just politics. Todd Thomson, young, married, chief financial officer at Citigroup (C) was embroiled in a scandal a few years ago with money honey Maria Bartiromo of CNBC. Her career survived. His didn't.
There's Dominique Strauss-Kahn of the International Monetary Fund, who's accused of sexual assault. There's James McDermott, who was CEO of Keefe Bruyette & Woods until a dalliance with a porn star named Marylyn Star embarrassed him out of the company.
We men just make bad decisions. We can't help it. We're men.
Women, on the other hand, do almost everything better. We've known this intuitively for a long time. If you didn't, just ask your wife or your mother. But now there's a raft of evidence that suggests women are better at everything -- including investing.
A new study by Barclays Capital and Ledbury Research found that women were more likely to make money in the market, mostly because they didn't take as many risks. They bought and held. Women trade this way because they aren't as confident -- or perhaps as overconfident -- as men, the study found.
"Women were more likely than men to have a greater desire for self-control," the study concluded.
In other words, they trade less and earn more.
"Women tend to have lower composure and a greater desire for financial self-control, which is associated with a desire to use self-control strategies. Women are also more likely to believe that these strategies are effective."
And you know what? They were.
The study supported previous findings that women tend to make more. A 2005 study by Merrill Lynch found that 35% of women held an investment too long, compared with 47% of men. Moreover, an academic study in 2009 found women made 1% more annually.
Chun Xia, a finance professor in Hong Kong and one of the researchers, wrote that women reported a greater desire for self-control in their approach to financial management. They are likely to get stressed out more easily and their awareness partially accounts for their greater desire for financial discipline.
However, the report said, it is men who actually have a greater need for discipline when it comes to investment management, as they tend to be overconfident in investing.
This probably doesn't come as a shock to anyone. A new body of evidence is emerging that shows women are better at just about everything -- or, as Dan Abrams has titled his new book, "Man Down: Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt That Women Are Better Cops, Drivers, Gamblers, Spies, World Leaders, Beer Tasters, Hedge Fund Managers, and Just About Everything Else."
As Abrams notes, women are better soldiers because they complain about pain less. They're less likely to be hit by lightning because they're not stupid enough to stand outside in a storm. They remember words and faces better. They're better spies because they're better at getting people to talk candidly.
Look at the evidence: Hillary Clinton has proved a more-than-capable secretary of state. Elizabeth Warren has been a leading champion against the banks. Sheila Bair, as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., has played hardball with the boys' club.
And what about Sarah Palin? There were 24,000 emails released this weekend and not one crotch shot.
This is deflating news for us men, but there is hope. We still lead the field in self-destructing because of pride, overconfidence, hubris and ego.
So, go ahead, ladies. Make the money. You're better at it. We men will just make inappropriate comments, send you lewd photos and make asses of ourselves.
That's why we created Facebook and Twitter.
It's what we're good at.
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Sensible people--both ladies and gentlemen--will ignore this kind of silliness.
Sensible men do get chosen by women all the time. I'm a sensible, pragmatic programmer, and I'm happily married. Almost every man I know of in some kind of engineering field is married. The problem is that men who don't behave badly also don't make for very interesting "news" material.
Just imagine the backlash that this would cause if the article was flipped saying that men are better than women at just about everything. It wouldn't last 10 min on a site like this, what a shame that sexism can exist in spaces like this. Enough with keeping score of who is better at what.
The frustrating thing is that the same qualities the author discusses that make men worse performers in many areas than women, are also at the root of why women were attracted to those men to begin with.
As the author points out, there have been many male figures in the news recently with stories of screwing up. At the same time, almost every single one of these men were married or involved with a fairly desirable woman. Yet, despite the man's potential for scandal, she still chose him. She did not choose the pragmatic, sensible guy - the one who makes judgements the way a woman would.
So women may be better at just about everything, but many successful, attractive women suck at choosing partners.
I am sick and tired of hearing how women don't make as much as men, so thats why they are better with there money. The reason men are paid more is because women still don't want to share thier money. They want equality, but yet they still expect the man to pay when they go out to dinner. The man is expected to pay for vacations, and to buy his woman all kinds of little trinkets (necklaces, flowers, chocolate,) just because she needs to feel loved. That being said there are very few women out there that will even date a man that makes less then she does. Because there is still a feeling in America that the man is the bread winner. So with that said it is engrained in a mans head that he needs to spend his money a little more freely. Meanwhile since the man has been spending his money whooing a woman. She has not spent any of hers or very little, she at this time now has extra money, and says to herself I guess I will put it away for a rainy day. Weather or not you want to admit it, this is the way society has been told to think. Until women have to start opening there wallets and spend some money on a man with out bitching, or thinking they should get something in return, this is the way it will always be.
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Plenty in India, including nuclear scientists, engineers, doctors. Plenty also historically when there was more equal opportunity for education until Britain came and banned women from inheriting, studying, etc. as per norms in Britain.
BTW, also some very successful female Mafia types, like Santok behn, the godmother, who controlled ports, etc.
Marie Curie, MRS. Erik Erikson, Vandana Shiva, etc. Today, heads of many financial institutions.Many simply don't get the credit.
Me, I like men so no issue.
Hey RickTheLongShanks: you want to know about famous female physicists or mathematicians? Well, everyone knows about marie curie (chemist and physicist) but most other female physicists aren't famous DESPITE contributing vast amounts to their field.
-Henrietta Levitt - enabled us to calculate intergalactic distances
-Phyllis Frier - discovered that the nuclei of heavier elements are in cosmic radiation
-Renata Kallosh (a mathematical physicist) - predicted the structure of 2-loop divergence in pure gravity
-Sau Lan Wu - discovered a subatomic particle comprised of charm/anticharm quarks that helped lead to the understanding of the fundamental structure of atoms in terms of leptons and quarks.
There are many, many more. The point is, when a female physicist makes a contribution, people don't hear about them. It doesn't mean they don't exist, or aren't stellar at what they do. For instance - you know how men supposedly discovered the shape of DNA? Well to do that, they stole (they didn't give credit to) a female physicists research. Thats not the only time guys have gotten the credit for what women have done, either. Not that the men set out to gyp women, they're just... ignored.
Ah, I don't entirely agree with this article, either. Women aren't 'better' investors- they're different. Depending on your goals, smaller but more reliable returns may be better. Historically men tend to outperform women on short term gains in stocks (especially things like day trade). Right now, people could say 'ah I should have invested with a woman all along!' but thats not fair. It depends on what your short and long term portfolio goals are.
To the guys that say 'oh she'sjust spending his money' and idiotic things like that: please grow up, and grow a pair. 40% of households now have a woman as the main breadwinner. To the rest of the guys (which are significantly the majority): You're right - this article is sexist, and unfair. Sorry :-/
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Lee County - The Southwest Georgia Therapeutic Riding Center doesn't have any employees. It operates solely through the service of volunteers.
Tara Okon says, "We had a lot of students from Albany State and Darton that used to come out and volunteer, but they can't afford to come volunteer."
Can't afford it because gas prices have skyrocketed, which has funneled down to other things. Okon says, "Our feed, our hay, everything's gone up in price, except what we've been charging everybody and we just can't keep doing that. We need help from somewhere."
And from someone like Jodi Henry, who volunteers to assist the special needs children as often as five times a week. Jodi says, "Luckily I've been blessed to have the time to do it and the Lord calls you to do it, you do it. Pure pleasure, that's really it."
But everyone could lose if the center is forced to close or reduce in size. Unless more volunteers come out and more monies are received, horses may have to be sold and fewer children would be allowed to ride.
Tara says, "Kids that really really need it are the ones that are going to be hurt the most." But everyone will benefit, if more volunteers come out. Jodi says, "I think we get a lot more out of it because it's really fulfilling. It really is."
A fulfillment that only comes when special people help those with special needs. Volunteers are needed most on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 AM to 10:30 AM. The center is located at Hunny Pot Stables on Philema Road in Lee County.
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In horror movies, the "adorable" factor is typically used to hide something sinister. Think of a film like Orphan, which depicts a murderous midget posing as a cute little girl. No one expects the pig-tailed school-girl playing on the playground could actually be a maniacal killer – but that's what horror movies are for.
This ruse isn't used strictly in horror, though. All types of movies try to hide evil with innocent cuteness, especially when looking at creatures. Animals are the best example, especially in today's cat meme obsessed culture, because we never think such a cheek-pinchingly lovable furry friend could be capable of horrifying acts – even though wild animals kill each other every day. Cats, dogs, monkeys, rabbits – they've all been been pegged as killers at some point, but not before being established as man's best friend. Lulled into a false sense of safety, our characters think nothing of the animal they're looking at, go in for a pet, and aren't too fond of the consequences. Evil comes in all shapes, sizes, and cuteness levels – trust me.
With that in mind, join Remy and I as we list our favorite deadly creatures that won over our hearts with adorableness, then ripped them right out of our chests.Next
Remy – The Fuzzies from Attack The Block
Man, I love this movie, and even if these little buggers will eat you alive or whatever, I still think they are kind of cute. They remind me of the CRITES from Critters (which is why the Crites are not on my list), but they just have this Jim Henson quality of cuteness to them. I realize the only reason I think they're cute is because of how low budget the movie was, and for that reason, the creatures are not really creatures so much as they are vicious Tribbles (Star Trek reference), but still, any monster you can make with five dollars at a craft store is a monster that HAS to be cute, and to me, that is what these little vicious bastards are.
Remember, cute is in the eye of the beholder, so don't try to tell me I am wrong. It's an "opinion piece" and it seems the more and more Matt and I write, the more and more the concept of that escapes you all.
Nato – Gizmo/The Gremlins from Gremlins
Hi, I'm Matt Donato, and I have a Gremlins problem. You'd know this if you go back and read any of my other articles with Remy. But how does that adorable little Mogwai Gizmo get lumped in with a list of cute and cuddly killers? Because once you break the rules and Giz shoots out his mischievous offspring, you better run for your damn life.
The Gremlins themselves have a funny allure to them, although I wouldn't call them cute, but there's still a part of us that wants to keep a Gremlin. That's until they hop in some construction vehicle and try to run you over, or tamper with your in-house stairlift so it goes flying off the tracks, of course. These vicious little miscreants will have you laughing at their antics, but once you let your guard down, they'll be the only ones continuing that maniacal little cackle of theirs.
Gizmo brings the adorable factor, but the Gremlins bring the terror.Previous Next
Remy – The Sheep from Black Sheep
Alright, again, I know they may look like crazed zombie sheep, but so do half our readers, and we love you guys and think you're cute, still. The point here is, for all the things coming at you to kill you, I feel like a sheep, even if it had gray eyes and was foaming at the mouth, would still be cuter than most things. Granted, once they reached you and were gnawing on your guts like string cheese, it may not be so cute, but at a distance of about forty feet, I am pretty sure you would still go "Awww, look at the cute…urgggh…" See, you don't get to finish the sentence, because by the time you do, the sheep are all up on you, eating your guts.
Funny fact: That actually happened at a petting zoo once in Massachusetts.
Second funny fact: The first funny fact is a lie I made up as filler.
Nato – The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog from Monty Python
As described by Tim the Enchanter, this wretched beast was supposed to have "nasty, big, pointy teeth" and "a vicious streak a mile wide." Then we're shown a fluffy little white-as-snow bunny hopping about, guarding The Cave of Caerbannog, and our first reaction is simply "D'awwww!" Thinking this creature to be harmless, victory seems like a cakewalk for Bors, who boasts "One rabbit stew comin' right up!" Of course he's then swiftly decapitated as the killer rabbit jumps into action, biting through his neck in one clean lunge. Yes Brave Sir Robin, now would be the right time to soil yourself.
The purity of the rabbit is what we think of first. Something so bright and clean couldn't harm a fly, could it? But then when he's covered in the blood of our knights, we realize what a ferocious little f#cker this guy is. Luckily for King Arthur and his remaining knights, they still have The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, which they throw after counting to three – no more, no less. Well, sorry, technically it's after Arthur counts to five, which he substitutes for three, then Sir Galahad corrects him – whatever, not important, it's Monty Python.
Just remember, the next time an Enchanter tells you of a mythical killer, believe him – even if he looks like nothing but a common housepet.Previous Next
Remy – Sam from Trick R Treat
First of all, I need to really stress, I am talking about the version of Sam where he wears his burlap mask. NOT the version where he takes it off, okay? But mask on, I would adopt him. Now I know, he has a jagged glass lollipop he uses to kill people, but most young kids carry things that could kill you at anytime. And I know he doesn't speak, which is a HUGE factor into why I would adopt him, but he looks SO DAMN CUTE in those feety pajamas he wears, and there is a delightful air of mischievousness about him that reminds me of my own younger self, murder streak and all (ha, ha, ha…).
Some may look at him and think him creepy, but I look at a normal kid, all dressed up by his parents like a little adult, and think THAT kid is creepy. Sam is a more honest representation of what children TRULY are: Monsters. So to me, he is adorable. Unlike YOUR weird ass kid.
Nato – Tooth Fairies from Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The first time we meet these magical fairies in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, no alarms are raised. They simply look like another mystical fantasy creature full of wonder and mystique, hypnotizing viewers with their fairy demeanor. Then we get the full explanation of what they are, and what they feed on, and the horror sets in. Living on calcium, humans become a perfect treat, as they tear through flesh, muscle, and bone before getting to their favorite treat – our teeth.
The sad part is, these fairies are usually harmless, living deep in the Black Forest of Germany. They only reason they turn into ravenous beasts is because Prince Nuada buys them off the black market and starves them, then utilizes their deathly hunger to wipe out and entire auction room of innocent people. Because of their nature, these terrifying creatures earn the status of super-killer, but because of their typically calm lifestyle and pouty little faces, you can't help but love them. Until they eat your face.
Remy's Honorable Mention/Trolling Bait:
Rebecca Gayheart from Urban Legend
You see, I am dumb and shallow, so at first I thought this list meant "cute" as in "things I would stick my dick in" (note I did not just say "people"), but then it hit me. Aw, cute like small and fuzzy cute. Not "I wanna plunder that booty" cute, so I reneged on this choice. But I thought I would pop it back in for two reasons.
One, she killed somebody in real life, which is pretty insane. No, seriously, Google it. Two, this is bound to piss off some trolls, and I want them to come out and play.
I LOVE playing with trolls.
So which adorably deadly creatures haunt your dreams at night? Did we miss any big ones? Let us know in the comments!
*A special thanks to Remy for stepping in to guest write! Feel free to follow either of us on Twitter for even more insanity and updates:
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The Liverpool FC Foundation and Little League Sports have launched a new partnership to deliver a unique primary school development programme to inspire children to learn new skills across a broad range of sports.
The programme – called 'Liverpool FC Foundation Skills and Drills' – launched in September 2013 and has been created to give children the opportunity to access first-class coaching within primary schools throughout Liverpool.
To launch the programme a special event was held at the Boot Room Sports Café at Anfield with more than 80 teachers, parents and kids in attendance and keen to learn more about the new initiative.
Mark Haig, the Liverpool FC Foundation's head of operations
"We are delighted to launch this innovative and exciting new schools programme.
Our Foundation is dedicated to working in schools to help build confidence and give aspirations to children in our city.
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On a day when the differences between the United States and Canada will never be more pronounced, a sign in Chicago wants to remind us all there's one thing everyone can agree on: Justin Bieber is kind of a doofus.
That's why @commandsign wants something else on the line for today's Olympic hockey semifinal, not just a berth in the gold-medal game.
As far as we can tell, one of this billboard's main purposes is to create messages that go viral. Still, a good joke is a good joke and a good idea is always worthy of praise, no matter the motive behind it. Forget beer bets, Obama and Harper: The Biebs should have been on the line.


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Like all of its clubs, this center in Bakery Square offers cutting-edge strength training and cardio equipment along with incredible amenities like racquetball, basketball and swimming.
Bakery Square is a former Nabisco plant that has been transformed into an an exciting lifestyle center environment with a new urban aesthetic that integrates historic architecture with new construction.
Built in 1918 by the National Biscuit Company (also known as Nabisco) it was a large and busy bakery for more than 90 years. The renovated center strives to be as ecology responsible as possible.
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"Mother Nature is throwing us another curve ball tonight and into tomorrow morning."
That's what Briarcliff Manor Village Manager Philip Zegarelli had to say about the heavy rain and winds expected to hit the area shortly.
"The latest weather advisory indicates that our region could receive between 1 and 3 inches of rain; sustained southerly winds of 25-35 MPH with gusts of up to 60 MPH; all lead off by a band of thunder storms that are targeted to hit around Midnight tonight," Zegarelli wrote in a memo to the community Wednesday.
Briarcliff Manor's DPW employees were focused on clearing gutters and catch basins today to help alleviate any flooding that occurs overnight into Thursday, he added.
Con Edison is also prepping for the worst.
"Extra crews will be available to respond to any power outages caused by strong winds," the company said in a statement today.
Con Ed will also be working with the Westchester County Department of Emergency Services in case storm responses are needed.
Zegarelli added that the below freezing temperatures the village experienced over the past week may make things worse tomorrow, pointing out some areas still have frozen ground which won't absorb runoff as usual.
"We expect that flooding could occur throughout the Village but especially along the Pocantico River drainage basin and other normally minor streams and brooks may become swollen by tonight's storm."
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning, flash flood watch and hazardous weather outlook in Pleasantville, Briarcliff Manor and the greater Westchester County area, as well as "gusts as high as 55 mph" tonight.
Tomorrow, the high winds may continue, with "gusts as high as 46 mph," with a chance of showers in the morning.
Con Edison is reachable at 800-752-6633 if you experience an outage or see downed electrical wires in the area.


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