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wouldn’t have a reaction this week. Luckily, it seemed to work this week and Emma made it through the treatment without any reactions this weekwork so Emma can continue with this treatment regimen. It ended up taking 9 hours on Tuesday to get the treatment done, but it worked! So i guess we have some long days at infusion ahead of us.
The stay at Madonna has thrown some kinks in plans we had the next few weeks, but we are trying to get everything sorted out. We were lucky enough to have a great weekend as a family last weekend. We enjoyed Dream Night at the Henry Doorly Zoo, which is a night where they open up the zoo and do special exhibits for kids with disabilities and illnesses. It was a great night! The normally very busy zoo, was much quieter, which was great because many of the animals were more active than they usually are. Aiden thought it was great. We got to walk back by the giraffes, and also got to tour the top of the aquarium where we got to look down over the water that surrounds the shark tunnel. We also got a ride on the train, which Aiden thoroughly enjoyed.
My Dad purchased a helicopter ride from Husker Helicopter in Columbus at Emma’s benefit in February so that he could take Aiden on a helicopter ride. On Sunday, we went to Columbus and Brent, Aiden, my Dad (Papa Alt), and I got to take a ride on the helicopter. We got to enjoy a ride over Columbus and also got to fly over Brent’s family farm, which he loved. Aiden, Brent and Dad all had huge smiles on their faces! Aiden thought this was about the coolest thing ever!! He smiled and squealed the entire ride, and has talked about it all the time since we landedKim and Jill Wolf at Husker Helicopter for so generously donating the ride for the benefit and for giving our family such a memorable day. It was so great to see the huge smile on Aiden’s face and know that he got to have a great day. Thank you to them for their amazing gift!
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– which kept Kosovo in Serbia –
The European Union plans to send some 2,000 officials to Kosovo to take over from the United Nations, which has governed the province since 1999. It wantwho – according to the plan drawn up last year by Martti Ahtisaari, the UN envoy – will be the “final authority” in Kosovo with the power to “correct or annul decisions by the Kosovo public authorities”. Kosovo would have had more real independence under the terms Belgrade offered it than it will now.
Those who support the sort of “polyvalent sovereignty” and “postnational statehood” that we already have in the EU welcome such arrangements as a respite from theBut such fictions are in fact always underpinned by the timeless realities of brute power. There are 16,000 Nato troops in Kosovo and they have no intention of coming home: indeed, they are even now being reinforced with 1,000 extra troops from Britain. They, not the Kosovo army, are responsible for the province’s internal and external security.

In order to symbolise its status as the newest Euro-Atlantic colony, Kosovo has chosen a flag modelled on that of Bosnia-Herzegovina – the same EU gold, the same arrangement of stars on a blue background. For Bosnia, too, is governed by a foreign high representative, who has the power to sack elected politicians and annul laws, all in the name of preparing the country for EU integration.
As in Bosnia, billions have been poured into Kosovo to pay for the international administration but not to improve the lives of ordinary people. Kosovo is a sump of poverty and corruption, both of which have exploded since 1999, and its inhabitants have eked out their lives for nine years now in a mafia state where there are no jobs and not even a proper electricity supply: every few hours there are power cuts, and the streets of Kosovo’s towns explode in a whirring din as every shop and home switches on its generator.
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Progress with the challenge layout has been a bit slow of late, with the good weather and holidays. And to make matters worse, we seem to have sold our house, and are frantically searching for a new one. This challenge was going to be tight enough without the disruption of moving house!
Even close-up it looks OK, though I'm planning a wash of dirty brown and perhaps picking the wooden sleepers out in grey, before ballasting. Mind you it all depends on how much time I have!
Labels: 0-14, painting, Thakeham Tiles, Track making
- Yellow is for the three isolating sections.
The rails were carefully spiked in place checking the gauge. Slots had been cut under the tie bar for the wire droppers, and holes through the sleeper and foam-board at the hinge point, so the blades could be dropped in place. The tie-bars are made from 40" plastic (they will be cut down) through which the droppers pass, although these are largely cosmetic they do help keep the blade spacing. At present I have yet to fit the check rails.
The points are operated by wire-in-tube, a steel wire through the tie-bar passes through a plastic (PTFE?) tube which is held in place by lots of hot-glue and pieces of foam board so it cannot move sideways. A Z-bend in the wire by the tie bar acts as a spring for any slack. The other end is attached to a slide-switch, which not only will switch the electrics for the point vee, but also acts as the latch to hold the point over. Actuation is by dowels to the side of the layout, attached to the slide switches with a screw, more on this when I get to the wiring.
Posted by Michael Campbell at 13:14 2 comments:
The result is not pretty but it does work, no more shorts. I guess there is a chance of the 4-wheel loco stalling over the big isolating gap, but it seems OK at the moment. You can see I have only done this fix to the straight route, as this is the point it shorted every time, the curved route does get the occasional short but seems better for some reason. I'm hoping paint on the back of the blade might help (electrical switching is done separately), but in any case while the straight route will be in constant use for shunting, the kick-back siding is likely to be rarely used - it is more for scenic effect! The other two point are of larger radius and don't seem to have this problem at all.
Posted by Michael Campbell at 23:50 3 comments:
Labels: 0-14, boxfile, model railway wiring, Track making
Wires go to the most convenient place to attach to the track, and will all be hidden by buildings at the end of the layout or buried under the farmyard surface. They meet in a terminal block that will also be inside a building. The wires and point control tubes are all stuck in place with a hot glue gun: quick, easy and strong.
The rules specifically allow the front to be folded down to improve the view, which is a good idea as otherwise the view would be rather restricted to the "helicopter" position. However I thought removing the whole panel would weaken the box significantly, so I have cut away a large section with plenty at each end, and 5mm at the bottom, to maintain the strength. This section will be re-attached so that it hinges down. I have sealed the cut edges with a couple of coats of thinned PVA glue, and will paint them black for neatness in due course.
Posted by Michael Campbell at 23:43 1 comment:
This is the result of my efforts over the last couple of weeks then - three hand-built points. Other than some cosmetic quarry track in 009 (that was never intended to work, or tested to see if it would), this is my first effort at building my own track. I used the Roy Link (KBScale) templates but since I was going to be hiding the track, and I didn't want to protrude pins or moving parts through the baseboard, I decided on the traditional approach of soldering to copper-clad sleepers.
Posted by Michael Campbell at 23:08 5 comments:
So when starting in a new scale/gauge, should I start with the exciting new loco kit, the pile of wagons, or the track? Hmmm...
As you can see I started with track! This is only a small project so there was no point in setting up a test track, just crack on with the layout. However that meant starting with a point - or two! Now this is the first time I have made my own track, apart from some "scenic" 009 quarry track many years ago (including stub points), but as that was never wired for operation it doesn't really count!
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Last year I tried to bench roll this flat and messed it all up, it was bent way off center and there was no hope of me fixing it. Well I got access to a mandrel and jig from a very kind fellow and before I tried to roll any of my new flats I thought I'd try to save this one.
Well I am almost satisfied with it, it has a fine layer of rust on it from being out in my shop, in a drawer for the last year or so but it ought to blast right off, no pits.
It still isn't perfect it needs a little more messaging, but it is probably close enough to build on. The bend is still a little off-center and I am going to continue trying to adjust it until I get it close to perfect.
The roll usually goes bad at the crease at the bottom of the charging tube, they do not bend with the same amount of force or at the same angle on each side due to the port opening.
You're right, I am going to work on it again this afternoon and try to even it out some more. The right side rail (ejection port side) is about an 1/8th inch higher when measured from the center of the receiver.
Go by the width between the rails from vertical centerline, and check the profile, you will find that the crease under the charging tube on the left side, (opposite the port) is not bent as sharp as the one on the port side is, and that the left side profile of the receiver is flatter on the left side as well. Once your get that charging tube profile corrected and square your rails you will be a lot closer.
Finally conduct a test something like this.
Thank you. Work in progress, almost done though. Will be blasting and parking by the end of the month.
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To begin with, let’s ask a question: what weapons topics are the most controversial in the Ukrainian media?Without a doubt, this is the so-called legalization of short-barreled rifled weapons. Why “so-called”?
Also, I suppose, pistols / revolvers won’t let you eat?
Strange, isn’t it?In a country where you can even buy a tank, the subject of the most heated debate is precisely the “black rifle” …
What is the fault of the AR platform-based rifles?
And if so, it is with them that you can frighten. What if it works?
This is a common weapon for our media. By the way, what is the right way to say – “rifle” or “carbine”?


Online Platform Reaches Out to Cyclists in Beijing
China was once known as the "Kingdom of Bicycles”. But its iconic bike culture has begun to slip away. An online platform has been newly developed to help improve cycling environment in Beijing.
Volunteers tested the platform’s functionality and interface and spread the word on social media.
Jian Gemin, an engineer in Beijing, bikes to work every day. But in recent years, he found that the city, where the number of vehicles just reached 5 million, is becoming less friendly to bikers.
So he applauded a newly-developed online platform (http://www.ourtransport.net ) which collects feedback from residents on cycling conditions in Beijing, and became a volunteer to test its functionality and interface.
The online platform is a pilot created by the Beijing Transport Research Center (BTRC) in collaboration with the environmental NGO Friends of Nature (FON) and technology provider Ushahidi, and with support from the World Bank, as a first step to help improve the city’s cycling environment. Residents can submit reports to it about problems or positive elements of the cycling environment in Beijing via web, smart phone apps, SMS or social media.
On Sunday, October 21, an event jointly organized by the four project partners brought together 70 volunteers from different walks of life to learn about and test the platform.
On his way to the office, Jian Gemin biked through sections of road without bike paths, or, even worse, with cars parked in bike lanes. He took photos and submitted a report to the platform.
During the three-day testing, more than 110 reports were submitted to the platform via various channels. All user-generated reports are on.
"Clearly there is strong interest among both institutions and individuals in Beijing to better understand and plan for the needs of cyclists," said Ke FangAs this first technical pilot draws to a close, the Bank and its partners will look for ways to follow up on this work, both in Beijing and hopefully across China
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With the changing of the tassels mounted atop their brightly colored blue and red mortarboards, the 178 students in the West Holmes High School class of 2000 closed the door on one stage of their lives and opened another.
"Seize the future with gusto. Hug your friends, throw your hats and dance in the parking lot," Weigand said.
Likening herself and her fellow graduates to plants, valedictorian Erin Wheeler encouraged her peers to continue to grow.
"We all have the choice and potential to live the lives we desire," Wheeler said, challenging all to make the choice to grow and realize his or her full potential.
The changes undergone by the graduating class can help its members accept and adapt to change in the future, said valedictorian Erin Slates, daughter of Dean and Carol Slates.
Reflecting on 13 years of education, Jeremy J. Miller was the last of the class' four valedictorians to speak at the commencement ceremony.
He asked everyone remember a day in which he created a new fashion statement by wearing mismatched shoes to school.
He also reminded those in attendance that "GPA is not as important as minds, soul and spirit."


The Connecticut River Museum in Essex is closing for a major renovation. To help clear space, the shop is holding a special sale Saturday and Sunday. During the sale, shoppers will find significant discounts on books, posters, children's educational and scientific games and toys, clothing, canvas tote bags, field guides, walking maps of Connecticut, sailing guides, sailing prints and more. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Connecticut River Museum is at 67 Main St., Essex. Information: 860-767-8269.
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3This topic obviously raises conceptual problems. First, how far is it legitimate to refer to "Arabic" media, since the term implies that these media form a unified whole?
11This raises several questions. What are the respective roles of Western foreign policy and Muslim theology in the support expressed for terrorists by Muslim public opinion?According to the Pew survey (2005), it is "slightly more in favour of bomb attacks when these are directed against Americans or other foreigners in Iraq". Furthermore, what has been the role of the media in the development of these opinions in recent years?Why is there majority support only in Morocco?Why has confidence is Osama bin Laden increased significantly in Jordan (from 5 % in 2003 to 60 % in 2005) and Pakistan (from 6 % in 2003 to 51 % in 2005), but dropped by 23 % in Indonesia and 26 % in Morocco?
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Vice-Chancellor | 2010s
When I decided to come to La Trobe back in 2011, I began to realise just how many people in Melbourne, and across Victoria, have some sort of La Trobe connection – either as graduates themselves, or as members of a family that includes a La Trobe graduate. Almost without fail, the story told is one of the amazing opportunity that La Trobe made possible. There is widespread and deep affection for the University as a result.
Now that I have been here for almost five years, my affection and passion for La Trobe continues to grow. La Trobe is a I can see why our alumni and former staff are always so passionate about La Trobe: no one spends time here and leaves without believing in what we do.
One of the most satisfying parts of my job as Vice-Chancellor is going to graduation ceremonies, across all of our campuses. Graduations hold some of the most enduring memories for me about what makes La Trobe special. Time and time again I hear stories about entire families that have studied with us, often being the first generation in their family to study at university, and it is deeply rewarding to hear them talk about the impact that La Trobe has had on their lives.
Vice-Chancellor John Dewar with graduates from La Trobe University’s Bendigo campus
La Trobe people have also made extraordinaryWe have created new knowledge in ways that have had a transformative effect, our researchers are world-class and work on topichumanity, and we have produced some of Australia’s leading public intellectuals.
I’m very proud of the fact that La Trobe is now, once again,– but even more pleased that we have achieved this while remaining one of Australia’s most accessible and diverse institutions. It is a unique achievement and one that we will rightly celebrate in 2017 as we turn 50.
We have much to celebrate in in 2017, but equally many reasonsPersonally, I look forward to the next round of graduation ceremonies, where I know I will see first-hand what is so special about La Trobe.
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Does he want it to be over or does he want to try?
I’ve been dating this guy for the last few months. We originally started dating in October and got pregnant right away. 🙈 We we’re excited and ready but lost the baby in January. He seemed super disconnected and we broke up shortly after. We started dating again without the title but living together in March. We went to counseling and he couldn’t get to a place of being able to commit. I moved out because it’s too hard with what we’ve gone through. I’ve asked him if he would be willing to commit so I can come back and help him because he’s struggling. He can’t answer the question. Sometimes he says he misses me and other times he says he can’t handle the pressure. What does this mean?

Yeah, sure. Just happened.
I think you guys already gave it a good try.
You need to let go of each other.
There is not enough of a foundation in your relationship. That, combined with an unexpected pregnancy and miscarriage...
I think you should feel confident that you tried to make it work and have no regrets about letting him go.


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Depending on size, the group may be divided into two sections. One group is then taken to the gallery to experience the current exhibit, complete an activity (i.e. gallery scavenger hunt) and if time allows, tour the College's Visual & Creative Arts - Fine Arts and Music Theatre - Performance classrooms, while the other group creates an art project developed to support the current provincial curriculum. Sections then switch so all visitors have the same experience. Groups will then have time to eat their lunches/snacks (if brought), before leaving the College.
Lead by the curator, studentsexpress their likes and dislikes of different artistic styles, are introduced to the formal elements of art and related vocabulary, and discuss how art is used to document history, express ideas, and convey emotion. Students are encouraged to share their own art experience, ideas, and opinions.
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The "heterogony of end" is a famous expression formulated in 1886 by the German philosopher Wihelm Wundt, what about the Hacking Team case?
As Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (@LorenzoFB) wrote later on Motherboard in his famous article: "A Notorious Hacker Is Trying to Start a 'Hack Back' Political Movement"  the Hacker not only shown himself with the name of Phineas Fisher as the responsible of the attack. He wanted to give to his act a background based on a true political intention ion "
", adding sentences like "our keyboard is our weapon". His main thought can be summarized in this sentence: "I don't want to be the lone hacker fighting the system. I want to inspire others to take similar action."
Third, if in the past years, they "had" to buy external tools, now how as Nicole Perlroth writes, now how as Nicole Perlroth writes, "a number of companies in the United States are trainis to code their own surveillance tools. In many cases, these tools are able to circumvent security measures like encryption."
History is a strange thing and the heterogony of ends it is not always able to succeed: but from the premises, it seems that this new road is the obliged choice after the Hacking Team data breach. Writes again Nicole Perlroth: "T" …"They've clearly upped their game. They''re clearly moving up the chain."
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Getting Congress to pay attention to Puerto Rico was like "talking to them in a foreign language."
WASHINGTON ― In 2015, as talk began to circulate on Capitol Hill of crafting legislation to help Puerto Rico manage its billions in debt, a hedge fund creditor paid a visit to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s new special counselor.
The creditor told Antonio Weiss, who would become the point person on the island’s fiscal crisis, that the Puerto Rico government should simply eliminate some waste and cut a certain number of jobs to pay back its debt. Don’t bet on Congress helping, the creditor said.
A year ago, the idea of lawmakers lifting a finger to help the beleaguered commonwealth was indeed a pipe dream. But Weiss knew better. He told the creditor that history indicated otherwise. When Americans’ livelihoods are threatened, he said, Congress moves in.
Puerto Rico is home to 3.5 million Americans.
Earlier this summer, after a year of haggling and revising, Congress passed legislation allowingebt under the supervision of an oversight board. The bill didn’t satisfy everyone, but it is nevertheless the only piece of major economic policy to pass Congress this year ― a sign of Treasury’s persistence in the face of incredible gridlock.
At the center of those negotiations, and in countless meetings with lawmakers, labor unions, Puerto Rican officials and creditors, sat Weiss ― soft-spoken and stoic.
But it took months to get Congress to focus on the task, and Treasury needed to convince skeptics that Puerto Rico would otherwise face devastatingWhen Treasury first went to Congress in September, Weiss and others were met with incredulity. Democrats and Republicans alike asked why they didn’t just undertake some extraordinary palliative measure themselves. For starters: Treasury doesn’t have the unilateral authority to approve restructuring powers for the island.
In October, Treasury returned with a detailed plan, taking time to dive into the arcane elements of Puerto Rico’s multifaceted debt and the inevitable defaults to come. From there, it took nine months to get a bill to the floor of the House, and another month on top of that to get it through the Senate.
For Weiss, that meant 35 meetings on Capitol Hill, 20 meetings with Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla, five trips to the island and three congressional hearings. According to a source within the Garcia Padilla administration, it was Weiss who first articulated the need to craft a legal framework for restructuring and take it to Congress.
The first obstacle, and possibly the greatest, was apathy.
“To talk to them about doing something for Puerto Rico, doing something for Puerto Ricans, was like talking to them in a foreign language,” the source added.
To help craft and move legislation to the floor, Treasury staffed up. Not only did it engage and meet with members, it built up a team to regularly talk to all stakeholders ― a wide array of creditors, labor interests and Puerto Rican businesses and lawmakers.
Weiss met with the Progressive Caucus, the Hispanic Caucus and every sub-caucus that would listen to him. And when Secretary Lew trekked up to Capitol Hill, Weiss was nearby, joining in on meetings with House and Senate leaders of both parties.
In the months of back-and-forth over minute details ― Treasury wanted all the debt covered, no exceptions ― Weiss remained in close contact with the House Republicans writing the bill, and withs it became clear Congress intended to introduce a legislative option to help Puerto Rico, the hedge funds moved in.
Advertisements lambasting Congress, and Antonio Weiss specifically, blared across TVs and popped up in major newspapers and online. Full-page ads denounced Weiss for trying to bankrupt states, and others claimed the bill would be a huge cost to taxpayers. Ryan took that last one personally.
When the Center for Individual Freedom started running TV ads painting the bill as a bailout at taxpayer expense, Ryan went to the mat, telling reporters it was offensive that groups were mischaracterizing the legislation. CFIF’s donors are anonymous, but it is suspected of being a front group for hedge funds that own Puerto Rico debt.
Democrats, meanwhile, had their own issues with the bill. Pelosi was able to deliver a strong vote in the House, but only after many decried the increased power afforded to the oversight board, and the provisions keeping minimum wage on the island below the national standard.
Weiss, at left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 13, 2016, before the House Natural Resources Committee.
After the long battle in the House, the Senate took up consideration of the bill with only a month to go before its summer break. The short time frame didn’t make it an easy sell for Treasury. In the days leading up to the vote, Weiss went back and forth with senators, especially Democrats who weren’t particularly happy with the compromises that came out of the House.
On top of the minimum wage provision, Democrats were upset over the island’s exemption from new overtime rules, and wanted more pension protections for workers on the island.
Weiss again helped navigate talks with senators, offering a “degree of credibility to the compromise,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
For Blumenthal, Weiss’ expertise and knowledge of financial issues from his time as a former Lazard investment banker ― amounting to roughly two decades on Wall Street ― were key in assuaging Democratic concerns.
“What he added, in a sense, was a view as to what the extraordinary damage and dangers would be in the event of default and the consequences of postponing action,” Blumenthal said.
Weiss laid out what would be likely to happen in the event of cascading catastrophes. Without preventative action, he said, the island would become isolated economically; unemployment would rise and essential services would be lost.
Still, the bill isn’t perfect, and the oversight board is a concern not only for Blumenthal, but for a number of progressives and labor unions.
The commonwealth won’t rebound with restructuring alone. Blumenthal is hopeful Congress will work on legislation before the end of the year to boost the island’s health care programs, tax provisions and other economic programs. Without incentives provided by Congress, it remains to be seen if businesses will stay in Puerto Rico.
A source within the labor movement (which never threw its support behind the bill) praised the Treasury Department and Weiss for being open throughout the entire process, but said it’s simply too soon to tell what the final outcome will be for the island and its people.
The Garcia Padilla administration is cautiously optimistic as well. The source within the administration who spoke to HuffPost said the talk on the island from local media and residents is focused on the control board established under the bill. Many are worried that the board takes too much power away from the Puerto Rican government, and that the majority of seats given to Republicans could jeopardize a restructuring vote.
Much of Weiss’ attention in the coming months will be on the oversight board, which is supposed to be formed by mid-September. Treasury hopes it happens sooner.
While the restructuring bill can be notched as a win for Treasury, it’s just one piece in a larger process. The next step is setting up the oversight board. Seeing how well the board funcdministration’s success.


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Ophiogomphus is primarily a Holarctic genus, with the greatest diversity of species being in North America. The Extra-striped Snaketail (Ophiogomphus anomalus) has an eastern Nearctic distribution and is found in the Great Lakes, New England, and maritime regions, from Nova Scotia and Maine, south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and west to Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota. Adjacent to Minnesota, it has been found in west central Wisconsin at sites along the Chippewa, Flambeau, and St. Croix rivers, and it has also been reported from the Gull River in the Thunder Bay region of Ontario. There are 150-200 known occurrences of this species reported in the United States and Canada (NatureServe 2015). Although this species has been found in abundance at a few sites, it is highly localized throughout its fairly limited range and is usually reported in small numbers when found.
Despite targeted searches in Minnesota (Montz 1993; Steffens and Smith 1999; Steffens 2001, 2004), the Extra-striped Snaketail has only been found in the Pigeon and Brule rivers in Cook County and in the upper St. Louis River in St. Louis County. The species has been located at several sites along the St. Croix River in Wisconsin but, to date, the species has not been recorded on the Minnesota side of the river. Given its limited distribution, the Extra-striped SnaketaiExtra-striped Snaketail has been listed as an endangered species in Wisconsin since 1989.
The Extra-striped Snaketail is a medium-sized, bright green and black dragonfly, with a cobra-like clubtail. The adult has a medium-sized body that is approximately 4.3 cm (1.7 in.) long. This species has widely separated eyes; narrow, black, facial stripes, and a bright green thorax on which black, interrupted, lateral stripes form an “N” shape. The abdomen is black, with yellow, dorsal spots; segments S1-S7 have yellow, triangular, dorsal spots; segments S8-S9 are rounded. The female has upright, occipital horns and small, postocular horns.
Larvae of this species are slightly flattened dorso-ventrally, and their abdomen is oval, with a cylindrical, wedge shape. Their wing cases are divergent, and their antennae are thickened at the fourth segment, which differs from other related species. The Extra-striped Snaketail’s tibiae are short and twisted, with hooks for burrowing into substrate.
In Minnesota, this species is a resident of the Border Lakes and Northern Superior Uplands subsections adjacent to rivers draining into the Lake Superior watershed. The main breeding populations have been found at several locations in Cook County (Montz 1993). In addition, Steffens (2000) reported an occurrence near Pineville in St. Louis County (Tamarack Lowlands).
In general, Ophiogomphid larvae prefer clear, swift flowing rivers. Adults patrol these rivers and forage in adjacent wetlands, lowland forests, and mature upland forests with closed canopy and low understory. They tend to disappear from cleared or cultivated regions due to the reduction of sheltered shoreline vegetation for adults as well as changes in flow and siltation in the larval habitat.
The Extra-striped Snaketail is usually found in and along small- to medium-sized rivers that have rapids and riffles and are up to 1 m (3.3 ft.) deep, with a substrate of gravel, sand, and cobble. Preferred water temperature ranges from cool to warm. The preferred, terrestrial vegetation in adjacent areas seems to be mature mixed-hardwood forest with minimal fragmentation and a large, continuous, riparian buffer zone.
In Minnesota, the sites where the Extra-striped Snaketail has been found are characterized by pristine, medium-sized rivers with rapid current, high oxygen content, and high water quality. Many, spring-fed streams drain the landscape, which is moderately low to hilly. The watersheds have extensive forest coverage, usually undisturbed old growth or mature second-growth mixed forest of aspen (Populus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), and conifers (Northern Fire-Dependent Forest), or birch, maple (Acer spp.), and pine (Pinus spp.) (Northern Mixed Mesic Hardwood Forest). These areas are largely managed as state or national forest orregions of low population density (10 or fewer people per square mile).
The larval ophiogomphid diet generally consists of other insect larvae such as midge and mayfly nymphs. Adult ophiogomphids usually forage for other flying insects that are approximately their size or smaller. They hunt away from the water’s edge, in adjacent forest areas and can be seen flying up to tree top level in the canopy in search of food.
Extra-striped Snaketail larvae may be locally abundant in selected sites, however, smaller numbers of adults have been observed at those same sites. This suggests that there may be a high mortality at emergence. While adults are not known to be territorial, they have been observed patrolling regular beats along streams when searching for a mate. Although they forage for food in woodland areas, they often remain within 30 m (98 ft.) of the shoreline from which they emerged. They perch or rest in treetops in evening and early morning.
Ophiogomphids generally have a 2-year life cycle, wherein the larvae overwinter and then emerge as adults the following summer. Males patrol rivers and usually mate while perched on bushes and trees along the shoreline. Females oviposit alone by irregularly tapping their abdomen into the river, dispersing their eggs directly into the current. After hatching, larvae burrow into the sandy substrate of the river bottom. At maturity, larvae emerge from water in midmorning and crawl away from shoreline for some distance. Over the course of several hours, they undergo transformation while resting on rocks, vegetation, or even high up on the trunks of large trees. Emergence of the Extra-striped Snaketail has been observed in May or early June, with the flight season extending into early August.
Steffens (2000) reports that this species is typically found in areas where the watershed has a forest cover of 70% or more. In addition, natural resource maps indicate that known occurrences of this species coincide with remote, minimally fragmented, riverine forest habitat (LMIC 2002). Appropriate conservation measures for this species include maintaining wide, riparian forest buffer zones and preventing fragmentation of the larger forest areas in watersheds where this species is found. Shoreline land clearing increases runoff and sedimentation that can have a negative impact on the larvae, which depend on cool, clear water that is free of siltation. Additionally, chemical and organic pollumay compromise water quality beyond the tolerance of this sensitive species. Shoreline clearing may also negatively impact adults of this species, which seem to require forested, riparian areas and nearby forested wetlands for their feeding and reproductive activities. The spread of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations in the Lake Superior basin may also negatively impact this species, as there have been reports of other gomphid populations being impacted by this nonnative, invasive species (Tucker and Camerer 1994).
As this species prefers high quality streams within undisturbed riparian forest zones, the lack of adequate dispersal corridors may become a concern if pollution, land clearing activities, or even climate change impact their current habitats.
Survey work at the sites where Extra-striped Snaketails have been reported has been done primarily by Steffens and Smith (1999, 2000) and Montz (1993). While dragonflies have been surveyed by other researchers in many other parts of Minnesota, the Extra-striped Snaketail has been found at only a small number of sites. Based on similarities to habitat characteristics at known sites, expanded survey work along the main streams and drainages of the Big Fork and the Little Fork rivers of north-central Minnesota, the Vermillion River of northeastern Minnesota, and the upper St. Louis River is recommended.Zigzag Darners (among many other species18.
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Burke, P. 1995. Behavior of Ophiogomphus anomalus at Algonquin Park. Argia 7(3):27.
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I am all for not clogging up the frequency, but violently opposed to mindless frequent transmissions at the expense of flight safety. If I ask where you are and you do not answer, you are missing an opportunity to avoid a midair. That is the only reason for Unicom.
I too listen for about five minutes - then I call four miles out. Most of the time, if someone else is there, they will tell me "look for a white cessna downwind 23". Think about why you do stuff in an airplane - leave the mindless procedures for folks not doing stuff that can hurt you.
I think mindlessly asking for an airport advisory is lots worse than asking if anybody is around. When was the last time a Unicom operator answered you?
Opinion. My first seven years flying was exclusively at uncontrolled airports.
I don’t answer the “anybody in the pattern” question but will call my next move soon after. So instead of saying yes I am here and then 20 seconds later call turning crosswind, I’ll just not answer and call crosswind.
Agree. It answers their question without talking directly to them.
Just finished reviewing my valued copies of the ASF. Safety Advisor #3, "Operations at Nontowered Airports". They are pretty good - changed little between 2005 and 2007. I ought to get a more recent version. These are good handouts.
I obviously disagree with some of the tenets - they recommend that ten mile call, no matter whether you are an Aeronca C3 or a Gulfstream. They recommend multiple calls with multiple repetition of the airport on each one. And they are horrified by anyone asking an obvious question like "anyone home" and yet espouse the query "Wings Unicom, Conquest Three-Nine Alpha, 10 miles south, request airport advisory." Seems to me the two querys are identical - except that you are far more likely to get a response from pattern traffic.
I could go along with starting and ending a call with the airport name, but, and this is just personal preference, I would vastly prefer that you say it once, slowly, at the end of your transmission. Here is what I often hear, like every ten seconds from the same aircraft: "Mphlfgt traffic, this is 123 downwind Mpriiffic". No help at all.
But get this: page 5 "2. Be brief - It is more important for pilots to know what kind of airplane you are flying than to know your complete call sign." On that, I completely agree. Get one of these fine handouts. AOPA gives them away.


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Iâ€™ve been messing around with ORtools and GH_CPython and wanted to share two TSP solver implementations:
First one is the standard tsp problem, so it finds the shortest route between all the points. Performance is good: Calculating a route between 1000 points route takes 26s, given that there are 2Ã—10^2564 possible routes, Iâ€™ll take it.
Second one is a tool to sort & flip curves to find the shortest route between them. This could be very useful if you want to engrave/ CNC /drawing Robot something and donâ€™t care about reversing some curves. But it is a bit hacky since all I did was to set the distance function for the curves to 0 and multiplied the rest by some large number to force the algorithm to use the curves in the route planning.
Probably there is much room for improvement, ORTools are quite rich but I didnâ€™t look too deep into it. There are options to set different algorithms, time limits, etcâ€¦ So If you do, please share
To use youâ€™ll have to install Python, OR tools and GH_CPython
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Splitting an object with vectors and joining them .....sequentially?
diff-arch (diff-arch) July 30, 2020, 7:57pm #2
Nice work, Konrad. If youâ€™re interested you can check out my implementation using IronPython only and a genetic algorithm here:
Genetic Algorithm for the Travelling Salesman Problem in Python [Completed] Grasshopper Developer
Hi guys, ORIGINAL POST | 23 Dec. 2018 Iâ€™m currently working on a genetic algorithm for the Travelling Salesman Problem. Those of you, who arenâ€™t already familiar with the problem, it asks the following question: Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that visits each city and returns to the origin city? (cf. wikipedia) Returning to the origin city is not a priority for me. Iâ€™m focussing on the genetic algorithm, instead of aâ€¦
Konrad (Konrad) July 31, 2020, 11:09am #3
quick note: converting to integer OR-tools runs about twice as fast, this was for 1200 cities
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tjankus (Tjankus) August 5, 2020, 11:55am #4
You guys are doing it wrong This is an example of 1500 nodes solved in PHP on my home PC I need to do some more verifications before claiming anything, but it looks like it can be solved in n^2, instead of n!. A pain to validate though.
I should fix some issues (eg. point uniqueness - I believe some points might be duplicate and end up being visited twice here). Anyway this is what the currently very rough script does in under a second on my old PC
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tjankus (Tjankus) August 5, 2020, 3:45pm #7
Also, sorry about â€œyouâ€™re doing it wrongâ€�, had to be a joke letting me crash your party. Which it obviously didnâ€™t sound like. Sorry about that.
The point is I think I had an epiphany on how to solve TSP. Made a quick 30 liner in PHP, seems to do the job as intended.
I got interested in the problem after a millenia prize was announced by Clay Mathematics Institute, back in 2000, yet Iâ€™m no scientist. I do deliver leaflets in UK at the moment, have some web technologies background, and just interested in approaching things differently.
So the way I see it, I can share my insights, but youâ€™d have to listen first. And then help me fine tune it. Maybe write a scholar article to initiate a prize claim, or such.
I have no idea how your culture works, donâ€™t judge me for that, please.
Konrad (Konrad) August 5, 2020, 4:18pm #8
Hey Tjankus,
welcome to forums first of all, most of the time this is a very open and friendly place on the internet, a lot of knowledgeable people and awesome developers.
Your work on TSP seems very interesting!
I think for many applications handling huge number of points is a big plus and taking a hit in absolute efficiency is mostly not a problem. Currently I am working with design students and an industrial robot. Right now we testing â€œpaintingâ€� with the robot, so naturally the question comes up, what is the best route between all brushstrokes
I would like to help you with your question but I think I am not the right guy, since I am not that technical after all. Maybe open up another thread and ask for specific help - probably this is more fruitful
btw: I found this a while ago, they seem to have an efficient algorithm as well
Konrad (Konrad) August 5, 2020, 9:45pm #16
Well your right, coming to the same route proves nothing no matter how many nodes. But coming to a longer route would prove itâ€™s not working
edit: Maybe I misread your post; give me 1500 cities and weâ€™ll go from there
tjankus (Tjankus) August 5, 2020, 9:51pm #17
give me an hour.
EDIT: cannot reply anymore today, so here it is:
Iâ€™ll see what I can do with your coordinates. Hereâ€™s one of mine
1500 on a 800x800 grid (originally posted as 400x400, my mistake).
1500nodes_original.txt (181.6 KB) 1500nodes.txt
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sorry about any childish bugs if there are any. Distances you can add to get the total distance around. I would be amazed if you can do better. Or devastated. Bring it on
E2A: Tried your nodes, which seem to be on a 101x101 (donâ€™t think it matters though. Or does it), got a distance of 3868.<PHONE>. Not too bad for a first try, Iâ€™d say Consider it doesnâ€™t take any real computing power.
Here it is. (0,0) must be left top here:
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Have to improve obv. Thank you for that though, got a benchmark at last. Also not sure if I imported your coords correctly, will have to wait for tomorrow though, getting really late here.
Konrad (Konrad) August 5, 2020, 10:12pm #19
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cities: cities.txt
route: route.txt
route length: 3645.23739
Konrad (Konrad) August 6, 2020, 7:53am #20
@tjankus could you send me the data in a different form, itâ€™s not so easy to get it (php? json? ) into grasshopper - or its just me. Either way csv or just a plain text file with the coordinates would be helpful. thanks
I got a bit drunk that night, sorry Hereâ€™s my solution to your 1500 nodes, in CSV (x,y\n), takes under a second on dual core given your input to provide a distance of 3868.43236
I would appreciate if you can confirm my results are correct (the points are all the same and the distance is correctly calculated). Iâ€™m just using some hand written script, can never be sure
1500nodes.txt
PS. the nodes I used, were just randomly generated, nothing of interest I believe. Iâ€™ll keep yours for a benchmark.
diff-arch (diff-arch) August 8, 2020, 7:18am #25
This is a weird discussion! What are you guys up to? Is this a competition? Speed or distance?
adrian.daniel.milita (Adrian Daniel Militaru) February 1, 2021, 8:04am #26
Hi there. So I took a look at or-tools and changed some stuff around. Changed the standard algorithm the OP used to a more advanced one called guided local search (recommended by google for this kind of stuff). It shouldnâ€™t get stuck as often in a local minima. I also added a search time limit (in seconds, default 1) to the python component, 30 seems to do a very good job.
Another thing I did was scaling the distance matrix (also recommended by google) seeing as or-tools only works with integers and rounding by 0.5 when the values are small produces a very big rounding error. Simply multiplied everything by 1000 so 0.5 becomes negligible.
Hereâ€™s the file, it also works for points in a 3D space apparently. I havenâ€™t changed anything for the part that works with curves but I will take a look at it as it will definitely come in handy at work.
Thanks to the original poster for the file, I couldnâ€™t have done it myself as Iâ€™m a beginner in python (or programming in general). Would you be interested in taking a look at a more advanced TSP solver that produces exact solutions and maybe see if you can port that to grasshopper? It is written in C: Concorde Home
Thereâ€™s also a python wrapper around it but it might have some issues running on windows:
GitHub - jvkersch/pyconcorde: Python wrapper around the Concorde TSP solver
Konrad (Konrad) February 2, 2021, 11:14am #27
thank you for sharing! Good work changing the algorithm and especially the addition of the time limit â€“ nice. btw, I did a similar trick by multiplying by a large number since ORtools works better/only with integers
Like you I only have beginner programming skills and since ORtools did the TSP in reasonable time I didnâ€™t want to invest in learning C and and integrating concorde. TSP comes up so often that is almost strange that there isnâ€™t a component or plugin by now.
On a side note: Can I ask how the curve sorting will come in handy? Just out of interestâ€¦
adrian.daniel.milita (Adrian Daniel Militaru) February 2, 2021, 1:50pm #28
Oops, didnâ€™t notice the 3rd post, my bad.
Concorde gives you the exact solution and is blazingly fast, someday I might try to convert it but itâ€™s going to be a long road ahead.
I work with a CNC router, and apart from closed curves (which I easily sort by sorting the starting/end points) I also have open curves which obviously start and end at different points so if I take that into consideration the sorting is more accurate. Optimising is my obsesion at work.
Konrad (Konrad) September 21, 2021, 2:56pm #29
I recently had another go at this. Here is a comparison between 4 different options:
ORtools gives the best result (100% reference) but I tested other tools as well: In this example bubalus and fennec seem to use the same algorithm, achieving 84%
Spiralizing the shape seems to be a good way, too. Offset-curves has its difficulties with non-convex shapes and the route is not as efficient (77%); A refined version uses clipper so non-convex is not a problem and the route is pretty good
As a comparison just sorting by XYZ gives 20% or in other words takes 5 times as long.
Maybe we get a nice plugin-less version with high efficiency somedayâ€¦ @tjankus
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adrian.daniel.milita (Adrian Daniel Militaru) September 23, 2021, 10:08am #30
Nice, Iâ€™ll take a look at this when I have the time, thank you!
w.radaczynski (W Radaczynski) September 23, 2021, 10:52am #31
Have you tried graph theory plugins available already? Dachuanâ€™s LeafVein (LeafVein | Food4Rhino) has 2 different algorithms to solve traveling salesman, as I remember default one was pretty fast and was O(n^2).
Here is a good article about different heuristic algorithms for this problem: 11 Animated Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem
Havenâ€™t implemented any of these algorithms for my Megarachne | Food4Rhino yet, but it looks doable.


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The same way Joshua 1:8 tells us that there is such as “good success”, our opening text also tells us of a good type of riches. It is the true riches from heaven. This “true riches” has been given to every believer, It is what flows from God to us as blessings and inheritance. God hasn’t called us into a wealthy place that is full of chaos and unrest, rather, He has brought us into a place of rest with all kinds of blessings and spiritual endowment (true riches).
All we have been given in the way of providence has God’s blessing in it, and will do us good. Cares, troubles, and difficulties come with all ‘ort.


When it comes to vintage eyewear the 70s can sometimes be a decade that is overlooked. People often think of the 50s & 60s cat eyes or 80s huge oversized specs, but let me assure you the eyewear in the 70s was just as hot as the mini skirts, bell sleeves and flares that graced the decade.
The seventies had one of our favourite colour pallets of all time, with earthy tones including harvest gold, burnt sienna, teak and avocado all taking centre stage. All of these colours can be seen throughout the glasses and sunglasses of the era.
Throughout the 70s technological advances made eyewear more mainstream and plastic lenses were starting to become more common than glass. This brought big advantages, not only from a safety/breakage point of view, but glass lenses are at least twice the weight of plastic due to the density of the material. This often made eyewear heavy and uncomfortable.
The way sunglasses were tinted changed across the decade too. In 1974 RayBan introduced Ambermatic lenses. These light adaptive lenses changed colour depending on the light conditions from amber to dark grey. The lenses highlighted contours and shapes making them great for winter sports.
Graduated or Gradutint lenses also became popular. The lenses would be dip-dyed in tanks and with time the density of tint would change across the surface of the lens. Most commonly the lenses would be darker at the top, and fade towards the bottom of the frame.
We also saw a surge in yellow and amber tints, giving a real hippy vibe with famous faces sporting the look such as John Lennon and David Bowie.
With lens innovations came frame enhancements and in 1964 Wilhelm Anger who at the time worked with ViennaLine and later Carrera created the plastic material Optyl. Optyl is  that is still used to this day. It is partly down to this material that many of our new old stock frames are in mint condition, as the glasses were designed to last. The material was used by many manufacturers and is quite prolific across several high end brands such as Christian Dior and Dunhill.
We have picked our three favourite shapes from the decade and some of our hot picks from our 70s Collection.
Aviator glasses and sunglasses were popular across the decade as was military fashion in general. Designers were influenced by many factors such as the Vietnam War and the emergence of global TV coverage displaying the fashion trends of both activists and demonstrators.
Featured below are some of our favourite 70s style icons which we hope you enjoy.
Butterfly shaped frames were popular in the seventies, and can be seen in the image at the top of this blog post which features Olivia Newton John at Bleecker Street Station in New York. Butterfly frames are feminine, often oversized and they have the same bilateral symmetry as that of the butterfly.
Oversized Square frames were huge in the 70s and most definitely our favourite pick of the lot, be it glasses or sunglasses, we're just crazy for this style at Retro HQ.
70's that I didn't know before starting this blog post. In regards to fashion it could currently be my favourite. I hope you have found interesting and insightful and in perfect timing I finish typing to the Sultans of Swing by the Dire Straights, a classic hit from 1978.


For more than a decade, scientists have observed “ship tracks” in natural-color satellite imagery of the ocean. They are a visible manifestation of pollution from ship exhaust, and scientists can now see that ships have a more subtle, almost invisible, signature as well.
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Millions Of Dead Herring Wash Ashore In Iceland
Thousands of tonnes of dead herring have been discovered washed ashore in west Iceland. The building of a local bridge and the nearby location of a landfill are the suspected causes of the deaths.
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“Internal waves,” the surface manifestation of slow waves that move tens of meters beneath the sea surface, produce enough of an effect on the sea surface to be seen from space.
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Euro MPs Back Large-Scale Fishing Reform
The European Parliament has voted for sweeping reforms of the controversial EU Common Fisheries Policy. The package includes measures to protect endangered stocks and end discards.
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Solomon Islands Earthquake: 8.0 Magnitude Tremor Generates Tsunami
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami, small yet still deadly.
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Tortugas Marine Reserve Yields More, Larger Fish
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Windfarms Break Energy Record In Spain
Over the last three months wind farms produced more electricity than any other power source in Spain for the first time ever.


1sttimer36
I was very close with my mom but she unfortunately recently passed away. :( I have never been close with my father. He was emotionally abusive to my mom and honestly neglectful of her and has no understanding of how to care for anyone or any pet. We made him promise not to get another dog, or else we’d have to report him (anonymously) to animal services as he was negligent toward his former dog and she ended up with medical issues. He’s just incapable of empathy to some degree and is incredibly selfish; it’s obvious he has some psychological personality disorder but I’m not sure what. I’m not trained in psychology.
If it were up to me, I’d honestly distance myself from him and have no relationship with him. He adds little to nothing to my life but stress and embarrassment most of the time. He doesn’t know how to act around people normally. It’s tough to explain. I didn’t attend my own law school graduation because I was too scared he would embarrass me in some way in front of my professors or colleagues, who are all professionals. He is also racist and sexist in some ways.
So anyway, despite all this, my sister and husband insists I continue to have a relationship with him and involve him with our future child. I can, but would want to limit it. I’m planning a gender reveal soon with only immediate family and incredibly stressed about how he may behave/act, and my sister suggested bringing her kids as an aid to distract him from talking with others and upsetting them. It’s honestly a bit ridiculous.
I don’t know exactly what I’m asking but just wondering if anyone is in a similar boat with parents and how you’re handling it. I think he’s upset with me for not calling that much, so lately he’s not answering my phone calls. But I’m just so exhausted with work and the pregnancy, I lately don’t want to call anyone, never mind someone I don’t particularly like who usually only stresses me out.
My husband insists I continue to see him on holidays and have a relationship with him so for now I will. But there’s so much about his life that stresses me out - he’s like a train wreck waiting to happen at any time - so I’m trying not to get too involved or invested. Also a long story to explain about that.
I feel sympathetic for anyone who knows what this is like. It’s so tough. 😌 😌
Hey this is pretty similar to my situation. My mom is an alcoholic, and while she’s currently sober, we do not have a good relationship. She’s also just super unstable and cruel. To sum it up, my childhood was not a lot of fun. I feel like there is so much pressure on adult children to maintain relationships with parents even in situations of past abuse or neglect. People always say, “well she’s your mom.” But honestly she didn’t mother me and I am alive in spite of her not because of her. I’ve worked very hard to get some sort of working relationship with her that doesn’t harm me bc I care about my dad and my siblings. But you don’t owe anyone anything. The truth is that if anyone else acted that way or did similar things, they likely would not be in your life. Your sister has her own relationship with him and your decision to maintain a relationship with him should not be based on her. And your husband needs to back you up. The absolute best thing for me has been my husband confirming at times that yes the things my mother does are awful and abusive. Bringing a child into this situation is very difficult but your duty is to your child at this point, not to your dad. Find what works for you but it’s going to require boundaries. Number one will be absolutely no unsupervised time. There is a lot of commonality Your sister and husband may call your dramatic or say you should just give him a chance, buis not going to have a personality transplant bc you have a baby. Good luck on this!! There is no right answer unfortunately
@ali765,
thank you!! I told my husband he was abusive but he doesn’t seem to believe me. He knows my dad is ‘weird’ but says he’s a good guy who loves me. I know he loves me and my sister but I just don’t like him. He was very cruel to my mom and wasn’t really around for us as kids.
I’ll still see him on holidays and here and there, but it’s not going to be nearly as frequent as my sister sees him and that’s OK. He causes me a ton of anxiety and headaches just listening to him ramble and not make sense, and spew racist stuff all the time. He is also an alcoholic so I’m stressed about whether he will drink and drive after my gender reveal, or how much alcohol he will have. He risked killing us in the past after he insisted on driving after drinking when we were kids. My husband wants to offer alcohol but I’ll monitor him and have to stop him after a point. Maybe threaten to call the cops if he does want to leave and is too drunk. It’s honestly just always stressful around him.
I wouldn’t let him babysit my baby and will put my foot down on that. My sister feels the same - she entrusted our dad to look after her 2 year old once for only a few minutes and he just randomly decided to drive off to the hardware store and leave her alone outside. She was wandering alone around the neighbor’s home until my sister saw her and brought her home. She was so freaked out — what if a child molester saw her and just took her in his car? He’s just incredibly ADD and like I said, negligent really.
I’m so sorry you’re going through something similar. There’s no easy answer. I guess I have to tolerate him at family events but will not see him much otherwise. I think he’s going through some sort of depression and drinking a lot, I think partially because my mom never forgave him and I don’t like him but I can’t force myself to have a strong relationship with him just to make him feel better. He has to be an adult and find friends or hobbies but he doesn’t.
gandras
My husband is not close with both his parents. They each have their own problem and have not been good parents to him. It gives him a great deal of stress thinking about how to communicate the news of a baby to them. He also isn't looking forward to them visiting. I'm supportive of whatever he decides to do with his parents. It's his family anyway. We have not yet shared the news with them.
@gandras,
that’s so good that you’re supportive. I wish my husband was a bit more understanding but he doesn’t seem to completely get it. As long as he agrees that he won’t be babysitting our child or left alone with him/her, that’s enough for me. I’ll bear seeing him on special occasions and every so often, maybe once every 4-6 months or so. I know my dad will insist on visiting more often and throwing a hissy fit if we don’t visit him but I have to put up some boundaries.
Even now I think he’s not answering the phone because he’s mad at me for not visiting when I dislike him, he’s a huge anti Vaxxer and I’m pregnant and need to be careful. So no, I’m not going out of my way to visit him or call him. He should honestly be lucky I even shared the news and visited him once for Father’s Day already.
I cut my dad out of my life like 2 years ago. He doesn’t even know I’m pregnant and not planning on him finding out. Do what’s best for you and your family. Your sister doesn’t get a say in this.
@SNS521,
thanks hun. I am a bit scared even if I put up boundaries like I don’t want him randomly visiting, he may do it or become very forceful/bullying. Luckily he doesn’t live close though. He hasn’t done it yet but if I were to cut him off entirely, I can see him becoming erratic and pulling weird ***. Not sure what he’s do exactly. I’ll try to be civil and just see him on holidays and every so often. My husband is pressuring me to visit him more than just holidays in the future but we’ll see what happens. I’m not planning too far ahead.
@1sttimer36,
We did increasing levels of boundaries for years which were never respected. But honestly I’d sit down and discuss this with your husband - He should be supporting you in what makes YOU feel mentally healthy and safe. My husband never once made me feel like I was a bad person for my boundaries or even when it came time to cease communication. I told him how I needed him to show up and support me and that was that.
cadesmomma111821
I was adopted when I was 2 weeks old by my paternal grandparents, never had a relationship with either of my bio parents until i was 18, and now I am only semi close with my mom. my father is an absolute disgrace of a human, and I have 5 other siblings by him, but the only one he gives any cares about is my youngest brother. my older brother, 2 of my younger sisters and I have never been able to form a relationship with him and it is simply because of him. my whole life he has made no effort to be apart of my life, and the several times I have talked to him over the years he has only hurt me time and time again. i purposely was not telling him about my pregnancy because it is the one happy moment in my life that I was not going to allow him to take from me, but somehow he found a tik tok I made shortly after we announced and texted me not to say congratulations, but to tell me how I'm such a scared little girl for not telling him and how I am not ready to have a child because of that. I told him in all reality it was because this is MY son, and I'm not going to allow him to have the chance to him like he has hurt me in the last 22 years. he didn't like that and told me he wished me the best and I have not spoken to him since then and I honestly never plan to again. he will not be invited to ever meet my son, attend my wedding, basically as far as I am concerned he is dead to me and I have never felt more at peace than I have with this decision. don't let anyone make you feel ba. you are the only one who can make the choices about what is best for you, regardless of what those choices look like to others.
PlumpShark
skywalker1213
I was raised by a narcissistic mom and a wonderful dad. It’s taken a long time to get rid of the guilt I carried about needing boundaries in place regarding my mom, and I’m still learning/unlearning things as I go.
I think it’s reallyhusband about it. Be frank with him. If it feels like he’s pressuriell him. Be really firm. You need his support, or you’re not going to be able to set boundaries that help YOU feel secure. If you haven’t given him specific examples of the abuse you witnessed against your mom, start giving those examples. He needs to accept that this is a thing for you, and it’s not okay to invalidate your feelings about it. If you’re fine with holidays but nothing else, fine. But if you’re not even comfortable with that, you absolutely don’t have to subject yourself to it. Your husband needs to support you. He married you, not your father, andfamilial relationships.
Editing to add: I saw you say “if it were up to me.” It is ABSOLUTELY up to you, mama.
RMWLeary
I cut ties with my mom a few years ago. At first my husband kept encouraging me to try to repair things. People kept telling me “You only get one mom” etc.
What finally convinced my husband to let it go was when I asked him if he would encourage his sister to stay in a relationship with a boyfriend who treated her the way my mom treated me.
While it would be nice for my child to have another grandparent, my mom isn’t capable of providing the kind of relationship I would want for my child.
I wioxic people in their lives. Why? It is NOT healthy, at all.
Your instincts are 1000% correct. Your husband and sister are delirious.
erivera0312
I don't speak to my dad at all anymore. We used to be close and I thought he understood me better than my mom. Then I got pregnant now by someone no one really likes and he totally flipped the script. He's a very religious conservative and I am a not very religious liberal, and that's always caused problems. But the last time we spoke early April, he went OFF on me because I'm unmarried and pregnant (again) and said something like "you always pick these s*** men u just like being passed around by all these men" and honestly I felt like that was way over the top. Maybe this pregnancy wasn't ideal but it was completely agreed to and planned and my son is also a part of ME and deserves love from those around him. My father remarried this horrid women who pushes her ideals on to him and forced him at times in my childhood to sever contact with his two daughters, and he freaking did. I could practically hear her voice when he was talking to me and I was disgusted that my own father would say these things when HER daughter used to be loosey goosey before she got married (but of course, she's a perfect angel). I haven't spoken to my dad since April 10, and at 330 am on April 11 I was in the hospital for spotting. That was it for me I don't think my dad and his bs made me bleed but I feel it was a contributor to me spotting along with pushing to use the bathroom. It's hard because I do miss my dad but I miss my old dad the one where he loved me and supported me thru everything and loved me no matter what as parents are supposed to...not this new guy
I'm not close with either of my parents. My mom has always been a narcissistic alcoholic with paranoid delusional tendencies. She spent my whole childhood making me raise my sister's and keeping the whole house clean while she was out running around. She would then come home and tell me how lazy, useless, and unlovable I am.
I moved in with my dad to get away from the constant emotional and mental abuse, only to find out he was the same. I eventually cut my dad out of my life and didn't talk to him for 9 years, but I couldn't find the strength to do that with my mom until I had my son.
I haven't cut her out completely, because I love my grandma so much, and it would hurt her. My grandparents were the closest thing I ever had to true parents. Despite not cutting her out completely, I limit my time around her as much as possible. One day, I just looked at my son and said that I don't want him to think it is okay to let someone treat him like that and broke the hold my mother still had on me. She still makes rude and snide comments/judgements at family functions, but as soon as she starts on me, I simply turn around and walk away. She always complains I don't bring my son around enough, even though she's the one who refuses to make an effort. I also refuse to let him feel the tiniest piece of what I grew up with. I gave her an ultimatum the last time we got into it when she was drunk. She can have drinking and drama, or she could visit her grandson, but I wouldn't allow both at the same time. She made her choice, but acts like I'm unreasonable for protecting him from that.
I have started talking to my dad again, and I'm proud of the changes he has made in his life, but I don't think I'd ever trust him again. Despite all that, I have no issues letting my son around him because he has turned his life around and isn't cruel in public like she is.
Yo. People who don't have crappy parents don't understand. My best friend pushed her ex husband to start talking to his family again because she didn't fully understand. She does now and feels deeply regretful that she did.
Anyone not have a good relationship with their dad/mom/parents? :/
December 04, 2021 | by 1sttimer36
I know I posted about this before (got no replies) but it’s got me a bit stressed. Just seeing what others are doing. I don’t have a close relationship with my dad and I frankly don’t like him and neither does my sister. He was abusive to my...
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Rant, need to get this off my chest. Long but worth the read
July 14, 2021 | by ganzo21
I’m mad at my family. I don’t understand why they are they way they are. Here’s a little background of our relationshipI’m 100% Mexican my parents have never liked white plp. And I married a white person. We moved in right away into our relationship...
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35 weeks and about 100% sure
July 12, 2021 | by TalkDaddyToMe
*** July 19th Update: I've been in triage most of this morning. Waiting on test results. They're thinking I have pre-eclampsia. They were going to give me meds and schedule me for a 37 week induction. After watching the monitors for a little...
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The AIMMS READ and WRITE statements are intended to directly transfer data to and from a single text or case file, or a single table in a database. This is the simplest form of communication with a database. If you need more advanced control over the connection with a particular database, you can access stored procedures within the database using AIMMS. Such procedures can be implemented by the database designer to accomplish advanced tasks that go beyond the ordinary. The use of stored procedures is discussed in Executing Stored Procedures and SQL Queries.
When you are connecting to a table in a database through a READ or WRITE statement, you do not have to make a connection to the server explicitly. The database table declaration and the ODBC configuration files on your system provide sufficient information to allow AIMMS to make the connection automatically whenever needed. If you need to log on to the database, you will be prompted with a log on screen. On some systems it is possible to store log on information in the ODBC data source file.
Different data representation
There is a fundamental difference in the storage of data in AIMMS and the storage of data in a database table. Whereas AIMMS stores its data separately per identifier, a database table stores the data of several indexed identifiers in records all indexed by the same single index tuple. This difference implies that AIMMS has to impose some additional restrictions on data transfer with database tables that are not needed when reading from or writing to either AIMMS case files or text files.
Assumptions about database tables
In order to be able to define the semantics of the READ and WRITE statements to database tables in an unambiguous way, AIMMS makes a number of (reasonable) assumptions about the database tables in an external database. It is, however, not always possible for AIMMS to verify these assumptions, and unexpected effects may occur when they do not hold. The following assumptions about database tables are made.
Every database table is in second normal form, i.e. every non-primary column in the table is functionally dependent on the primary key.
Every primary column in a database table is mapped onto an index in an AIMMS domain set.
Every non-primary column in a database table is mapped onto a (slice of an) AIMMS identifier, such that the specific index domain of this identifier precisely matches the primary key of the database table according to the existing index mapping.
Assumptions about identifier selections
AIMMS will not allow all identifier selections to be read from or written to database tables. An identifier selection is allowed when the following conditions hold for its components.
All parameter and variable references must have the same domain after slicing. The resulting domain must correspond to the primary key of the database table.
During a WRITE statement in REPLACE mode you can only write a simple set or relation mapped onto the primary key of a database table as long as there are no non-primary columns, or when the selection comprises all the columns of the table.
AIMMS allows each domain set associated with a primary column in a table of any dimension to be read from that table.
The above rules can be summarized by stating that the database table can be transformed into an AIMMS composite table for the indexed identifiers in it.
Selections are sparse
Identifier selections in READ and WRITE statements form a one-to-one correspondence with a sparse set of records in the database table. During a READ statement the sparsity pattern is determined by all the records in the database table. During a WRITE statement the sparsity pattern is determined by all indexed identifiers in the selection. Records will be written for only those tuples for which at least one of the indexed identifiers or tuple references has a nondefault value. Thus, the transferred data resulting from a WRITE statement is equivalent to the single composite table in AIMMS for all indexed identifiers in the selection.
Writing data to a database in either merge or replace mode may lead to the creation of new records in a database table. New records will be created when AIMMS writes a tuple for a key for which no record is available. If the table has non-primary attributes for which no data is written, AIMMS will leave these attributes empty when it creates new rows.
Removal of records: REPLACE COLUMNS/ROWS mode
AIMMS supports two replace modes for writing: REPLACE COLUMNS mode (default) and REPLACE ROWS mode.
In REPLACE or REPLACE COLUMNS mode, AIMMS will only remove data from columns mapped onto identifiers in your model. Rows will only be removed from the database table if all columns in the table are mapped onto identifiers in your model.
In REPLACE ROWS mode, AIMMS will remove all rows whose primary key does not correspond to an index tuple being written during the WRITE statement. Columns that are not mapped onto identifiers in your model, either are assigned their default value specified in the database, or a NULL value otherwise. As a consequence, you should make sure that all non-nullable columns in the table are mapped onto identifiers in your model (or have a default value in the database) during REPLACE ROWS mode.
AIMMS will only remove records if the selection you are writing comprises all the columns in the database table, including the set mapped onto the primary key. In this way, AIMMS ensures that no data is lost in the table inadvertently.
Filtering on records
Using the DatabaseTable interface it is only possible to filter records using simple domain conditions formulated in a FILTERING clause. For huge database tables it may be desirable to use more advanced filtering techniques designed to restrict the number of records to be transferred. This can be done inside the database application itself in the following two ways.
Create a view in the database that does the filtering for you, and then use the standard READ statement. This is the most straightforward approach, and is sufficient if the filter does not depend on AIMMS data.
Create a stored procedure in the database that can be activated through a DatabaseProcedure in AIMMS. This allows you to filter records dependent on the value of some AIMMS identifiers that are used as arguments of the stored procedure (see Executing Stored Procedures and SQL Queries).


Was this proposal five years in the making?
Is it possible these people are staging this whole thing for some ulterior motive?For sure. Is there any way to verify their story and ensure that it wasn't all staged without actually being at the island on the day it took place?