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How flexible packaging trends are shifting and why

By Lisa McTigue Pierce in Flexible Packaging on August 29, 2018

Technological innovation, sustainability concerns and attractive economics are among the reasons for the phenomenal growth of flexible packaging in the last two decades in the U.S. With an estimated $31 billion in sales in 2017, according to the Flexible Packaging Assn., brand owners are embracing films, pouches and bags as a go-to packaging solution, thanks in part to wide acceptance by American consumers.

But we’re also seeing aluminum sourcing concerns because of U.S. tariffs, as well as major competitive moves—reflected, for example, by the recent Amcor acquisition of Bemis.

With flexible packaging so much in the spotlight, Packaging Digest wanted to see what is shifting in the market. So we conducted a virtual roundtable with five industry experts from various areas in the supply chain: resin supplier Nova Chemicals (page 1); printing press maker Comexi (page 2); extrusion/coating equipment company Davis-Standard (page 3); converter Berry Global (page 4); and form-fill-seal machinery manufacturer Pro Mach (page 5).

Their insights show how this dynamic market continues to advance, despite some challenges.

Here are the questions we asked:

1. What top trends are you seeing in flexible packaging and why? What are the drivers?

2. What challenges is the flexible packaging market encountering now and how are they being addressed?

3. Where do you see the biggest growth for flexible packaging moving forward and why?

4. What, if anything, is different about the sustainability message of flexible packaging today versus, say, two or three years ago?

Now, the insights from…

Page 1: Jonathan Quinn, performance films market development manager, Nova Chemicals, a plastics and chemical company that makes resins for flexible packaging.

Page 2: Raúl El-Fakdi, flexo brand manager, Comexi, a family-run manufacturer of flexographic printing, offset printing, gravure printing, laminating and slitting equipment.

Page 3: Louis Piffer, senior sales engineer, Davis-Standard, a designer, manufacturer and supplier of plastics and rubber processing equipment, and extrusion technology and extruder converting systems.

Page 4: Tarun Manroa, evp and general manager, engineered materials division, Berry Global, a Fortune 500 global manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products, including pouches.

Page 5: Troy Snader, svp, flexible packaging, Pro Mach, a comprehensive provider of complete packaging machinery solutions, from line design to the end of the line and beyond.

Jonathan Quinn, performance films market development manager, Nova Chemicals, a plastics and chemical company that makes resins for flexible packaging.

What top trends are you seeing in flexible packaging and why? What are the drivers?

Quinn: From an economic perspective, trends like consolidation—such as Amcor’s announcement to acquire Bemis—clearly will continue, and we also will see some further uncertainty related to the trade war. Regardless, we believe that packaging trends in the North American market place are driven by the consumer. And three major consumer trends are sustainability, convenience and ecommerce.

1. Sustainability: Shifting demographics and consumer preferences are driving the demand for more sustainable solutions, in packaging and far beyond. Negative publicity around ocean gyres and plastic-filled beaches only add to the urgency to increase recyclability, curbside collection, sorting capabilities and finally innovation to increase demand for recyclable materials. Rigid-to-flexible conversion, with its huge sustainability benefits, has been a trend for some time now. Add to all of these the opportunities resulting from more cost-effective and technologically feasible recyclable packaging solutions available today, and sustainability is at the top of everyone’s list.

We are at a unique point in the history of flexible packaging. According to the New Plastics Economy, major brand owners and retailers—including Danone, Mars, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, and Walmart—are working towards goals around all reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging, and these initiatives are speeding the shift to recyclable flexible packaging.

There is also a significant push by flexible packaging companies for sustainable packaging today. All in all, we’re seeing a critical mass of players moving the needle, after many years of talking about the need for action.

2. Convenience, convenience, convenience! The consumer of today is very different than that of the traditional consumer 20 years ago. The younger generations’ typical lifestyle is busier and busier, and at the same time, they’re looking for healthier options—that often require performance packaging. Everyone is on the go and these buyers want the products they consume to be delivered quickly, consumed easily and disposed of efficiently.

3. Ecommerce: Ecommerce is a game-changing example of the convenience trend. Its efficiencies, coupled with the ease of comparison shopping, are also driving down prices in many sectors. As Business Insider reports, ecommerce is driving virtually all retail growth, and its impact on flexible packaging will grow with it.

According to FMI, the online grocery market alone may reach $100 billion by 2022. Better performing flexible packaging solutions—especially seal integrity and abuse resistance so products arrive at the consumer’s door intact—will be a must to support the more rigorous ecommerce supply chain.

What challenges is the flexible packaging market encountering now and how are they being addressed?

Quinn: We see three challenges, as well.

1. Speed of transformative change: The biggest challenge we see moving forward is innovating at the rate of speed required to keep up with rapidly evolving business models. The meal kits delivery business is a great example. In 2018, we are going to get a good idea if this market segment is going to sink or swim. A key driver for it to survive and thrive will be packaging performing at the highest levels, providing consumer confidence that every week their food will arrive fresh and safe to consume. The “safe to consume” aspect will be that the products be efficiently packaged in well insulated secondary package. In addition, meal kit customers feel the amount of packaging is excessive and non-recyclable, according to a Packaged Facts report, so primary and secondary packaging will also have to have a sustainable format.

2. Consumer perception of plastics: Anti-plastics sentiment continues to rise, both in absolute numbers and relative to perceptions of alternative materials. Consumers are being exposed to media and publications showcasing the negative aspects of one-time-use plastics. Municipal bag bans are cropping up and companies like McDonald’s are discontinuing the use of styrenics, among other moves across the globe.

Our industry can and must do a better job of helping consumers see the benefits of plastics in the context of the total lifecycle environmental footprint. We need to go even further, and help to develop the circular economy, which today is just starting to take shape.

3. Personalizing the consumer experience: Everything from Coke bottles and cans to candy bars are being marketed as a unique experience for each and every consumer. This trend started in the digital realm and now younger consumers especially expect it with their goods as well. As a result, companies are being forced to find new ways to connect with consumers and give them an individualized experience. The challenge lies both in increased costs to deliver on this experience, and the enormous logistical challenges in implementation.

Where do you see the biggest growth for flexible packaging moving forward and why?

Quinn: The big trends noted above are the main drivers of growth in flexible packaging. Here’s why…

Sustainability: A lot of growth in flexible packaging is about conversion that improves sustainability. The first wave was in rigid to flexible, which continues to grow the flexible market tremendously while reducing total lifecycle environmental impact as noted above. The next wave is the move to mono-material and other recyclable film structures, whether from non-recyclable multi-material construction or leapfrog conversions from alternative materials. We see the advent of recyclable performance packaging accelerating the growth of flexible packaging tremendously.

Convenience: Kids have been leading the way in some respects in single serve and on-the-go packaging. Examples include packs of apple slices and carrot sticks, pureed baby food in SUPs with fitments and now squeeze packs of applesauce, or going way back to things like Lunchables. We’re now seeing expansion in products like this marketed to adults. Brands are introducing products like retort oatmeal in a SUP with a fitment, and we’re even starting to see convenience products in the produce aisle. For example, Dole is now offering pineapple and watermelon individually sliced and wrapped in a flow wrap, then collated into a secondary package.

Granola and protein bars really speak to this trend and growth, even though we don’t think of them this way. They’re designed to be the perfect on the go refuel!

3. Ecommerce: We’ll see growth in ecommerce flexible packaging related to application customization. The major drivers—“frustration free” packaging and “ships in own container”—enhance the consumer experience and they’re going to drive flexible into applications where it has not historically been. We’re seeing things like using shrink wrap over a primary packaging box instead of a second box, and products traditionally packaged in clam shells and a secondary shipping box transitioning to an easy-open, abuse-resistant, and tamper-evident pouch or other primary package format.

The sustainability benefits of lighter weight flexible packaging will also come into play in ecommerce. Converting to flexible packaging can reduce material costs, shipping costs and ease logistical challenges. These take cost out of the supply chain for the retailer and the shipper and may in turn lower the retail price for the consumer. Products which needed to be merchandised for the retail environment don’t have the same requirement when sold online, which allows for different package formats and branding.

Ultimately, the result will likely be convergence, where one package format and structure can be used for both brick and mortar and ecommerce sales. These packages will incorporate the performance and aesthetic requirement of both sales channels, and offering an overall cost advantage over multiple stock-keeping units (SKUs) for identical products.

What, if anything, is different about the sustainability message of flexible packaging today versus, say, two or three years ago?

Quinn: We see a couple of different perspectives on this. First is the messaging opportunity to consumers, which often takes center stage. However, communication within the industry is also essential to developing and commercializing more sustainable packaging offerings.

Consumer messaging: Today, sustainability is a true driver of packaging innovation, where just a few short years ago it was just a buzzword. Again, shifting demographics come into play. Younger generations have a less positive perception of plastics, and sustainable packaging is an imperative to appeal to these consumers. Programs like How2Recycle label are helping consumers understand flexible packaging recycling options, and enabling brand owners to showcase package recyclability, educate consumers and ultimately drive up collection rates. Industry associations are also starting to step up with concerted efforts to promote the benefits of plastics over alternative materials, counterbalancing some of the anti-plastics sentiments we all see in the media.

Flexible packaging sustainability messaging is also focused on reducing waste in general. Newer technologies are enabling downgauging and related benefits in flexibles that reduce material consumption and waste. These packages also play a role in reducing food waste by extending shelf life and reducing spoilage from leakers and other package breaches. As a result, the messaging now is around the positive influence flexible packaging has on sustainability in the entire value chain.

In short, the message is changing. Sustainability is driving action and resources for all of us in the broader plastic packaging industry.

Within the industry: Sustainability is both a challenge and an opportunity throughout the value chain. We can’t find optimal solutions in isolation; we are all interdependent and must collaborate to develop the environmentally responsible packaging that consumers and brand owners are demanding. More and more industry players understand the sustainability opportunity today, and they understand that how we talk to each other about it is essential, as it influences how quickly and even whether a lot of innovation happens.

Also, no discussion of the sustainability of flexible plastics would be complete without noting the impact of China’s National Sword initiative. This initiative is increasing the amount of recyclable materials that need to be consumed domestically by a huge percentage. We’re going to have to think differently about how to expand the profitable uses of flexible recyclables to consume those additional materials.


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    My JS Story Mikeal Rogers

    On today's episode of My JS Story, Charles Max Wood welcomes Mikeal Rogers. Mikeal is the creator of NodeConf and request, community organizer at Node.js Foundation, and a co-host of RFC podcast. Tune in to My JS Story Mikeal Rogers to learn more about how he started in programming and what he is currently up to.

    The Beginning of the Programming Journey

    He was around 12 or 13 when he got a computer and assembled random parts on his own. Even before he really wanted to become a hacker. He never wrote a program from scratch. He just did some tweaks using different codes he got from people.

    Eventually, he learned C which allows him to do inline assembly. Later on he started with Pearl where he really began from nothing in programming.  He did port mapping, network manipulations, and the like.

    Pearl Into JavaScript

    He enjoyed doing Pearl, but some things changed when he started to become a real programmer. When he turned 18, he moved to Seattle and worked at HostPro which eventually emerged with Interland. They had a product which was like a container which felt like a private server.

    Pearl was not hacking things which he had to maintain. Out of his frustration with Pearl, he resorted to Python which has nicer syntax. However, he soon got annoyed with how Python was managed and packaged. He stopped using Python and moved to Node.js basket.

    Getting Into Node.js

    Mikeal was one the core people who got involved with Node.js. There were a lot of people who played around the project, but there were only a handful who really delved into codes. Felix Geisendörfer was the first person to really work on it. Along with Tim Caswell, Paul Querna, Matt Ranney, Daniel Shaw, they'd get together in San Francisco and iterate harder parts of Node.

    When Ryan Dahl first released Node, there were no API streams. Each component that was going to be a stream had separate API that was not compatible with each other. Those early streams work were done by Mikeal and his contemporaries.

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The VCC_BATT pin of the Colibri modules is used to power the module's internal RTC. The VCC_BATT pin must be connected to a 3.3V source. If voltage is not supplied by a battery, then the pin must be connected to another 3.3V source even if the RTC is not required.

Note: This is in contrast to the Apalis modules which don't require power to be applied on the VCC_BACKUP pin if the RTC is not required.

Below is an example of how to supply the VCC_BATT pin with either voltage source:

Some modules provide battery charging functionality. Therefore, when using a single non-rechargeable voltage source, the inline diode and resistor will still be required to protect the supply from reverse current. A FET may also be used for reverse current protection. Take care to ensure the circuit's reverse leakage current is low enough for safe operation with the chosen battery/power supply. High quality and/or redundant diodes should be used to safeguard against component failure which could result in battery fire/explosion.

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The professional identity of school counselors has evolved over time. This article traces the historical context driving this evolution, and suggests it is time for the profession to conjoin the roles of educational leader and mental health professional. This proposal is prompted by heightened awareness of unmet student mental health needs, referrals that go unmet, school counselors displaced by other mental health providers in schools, the potential loss of the unique school counselor role, and the natural link between the mental health professional role and the array of personal-social factors that impact student achievement. A conjoint professional school counselor identity that includes the roles of both educational leader and mental health professional positions school counselors to better respond to all students, including those with mental health needs. This article discusses potential roadblocks and offers suggestions for action.

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Acid suppression with a proton pump inhibitor is standard treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease and erosive esophagitis in adults and increasingly is becoming first-line therapy for children aged 1-17 years. We evaluated endoscopic healing of erosive esophagitis with esomeprazole in young children with gastroesophageal reflux disease and described esophageal histology.

Children aged 1-11 years with endoscopically or histologically confirmed gastroesophageal reflux disease were randomized to esomeprazole 5 or 10 mg daily (< 20 kg) or 10 or 20 mg daily (≥ 20 kg) for 8 weeks. Patients with erosive esophagitis underwent an endoscopy after 8 weeks to assess healing of erosions.

Of 109 patients, 49% had erosive esophagitis and 51% had histologic evidence of reflux esophagitis without erosive esophagitis. Of the 45 patients who had erosive esophagitis and underwent follow-up endoscopy, 89% experienced erosion resolution. Dilation of intercellular space was reported in 24% of patients with histologic examination.

Esomeprazole (0.2-1.0 mg/kg) effectively heals macroscopic and microscopic erosive esophagitis in this pediatric population with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Dilation of intercellular space may be an important histologic marker of erosive esophagitis in children.

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Software Defined Network (SDN) is a new architectural design for networking that is constructed based on decoupling the control plane from the data plane in networking devices and providing programmatic interface for the control plane. The introduction of SDN has raised many new networking problems; one of the most interesting debating questions is the SDN controller placement problem. In fact, there is no single best solution for the controller placement problem, as the solution depends on the desired metrics and requirements. Our research addresses the following question: Where is the best place to attach the SDN controller in a given large-scale network? Previous work has answered this question using mathematical models or algorithms. This study proposes a new approach for solving the controller placement problem by using complex network analysis and involves finding the most central node in a given network. Our solution will focus on improving the performance of the network and will be applied to the Internet2 topology by using GENI platform to simulate our experiment.

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The Friday Reflection – June 15, 2018

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Dear Friends,
Please read and pray upon this request from the Immigrant Task Force.

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The Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin Immigration Task Force invites members of the diocese support the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund administered by Faith in the Valley. This fund helps provide initial legal services to immigrants at immediate risk of deportation who cannot afford an attorney when they present to Immigration Court. The Immigrant Legal Defense Fund will help provide an attorney and to prevent unnecessary deportations.

We invite clergy and lay leaders to consider a special collection at the end of services throughout the Diocese to support the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund. Please make checks out to the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin and put “Legal Defense Fund” on the “memo” line of the check.

As a result of new policies, immigrants are at a higher risk of being deported and separated from their families. The vast majority of the people that are being detained and deported are working people and not violent criminals, gang members or drug dealers. Studies estimate that about 45% of the undocumented immigrants in the United States initially entered the US legally, but overstayed their visas without authorization. Unauthorized entry into the United States is a misdemeanor, like a parking ticket. Overstaying a visa is also not a federal crime, but rather is a civil violation, dealt with through immigration court proceedings.

Presently, an accused immigrant who cannot afford an attorney, is not represented in immigration court. Studies show that “immigrants with attorneys’ fare better at every stage of the court process;” in other words, people presenting to immigration court without an attorney representing them will most likely be deported. In contrast, a person who has an attorney will probably not be deported. The cost of a defense attorney is about $2,000-5000, which is often prohibitive, resulting in people being deported because they cannot afford an attorney.

The diocesan Immigration Task Force invites you to pray and ponder how your community can contribute to the Legal Defense Fund. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

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Flightaware already allows one to track the registration of an aircraft registered in the US. Using that function, the site displays which flights the particular A/C has operated, currently operates and will operate in the near future.
Why is it in turn not possible to see the reg. when searching for flights between two cities (i.e. JFK-ATL) or a flight number?

Marius, this question has been done to death by several people, including myself. Unfortunately information is not forthcoming from the admins on anything ‘registration’ related it seems. There are about 12 other threads still unanswered. :confused:

Okay, let’s hope they will add this feature in the future. Thank you anyway.


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A few photos are up on the photo section that I’d love to know more about but there are no comments. There’s one of the orig Cirrus’ half submerged in a lake. The other is a Piper Aerostar with jets hanging off. Is this a photoshop job or is this a real experiment? I couldn’t find anything on it and the reg. itself shows it as a recip. … ate/page/7

When I was but a wee lad, well ok a teenager, I would ride my bicycle to the Oceano airport (L52). This was in the days when the Aerostar was being built down the road in Santa Maria, long before Piper bought them. The test pilots would sometimes make a high speed pass during their production test flights and once a month or so land and come in for a coffee. That was an airplane I always wanted to fly. I finally did get about 40 or 50 hours in a 601 years later.
Towards the end of the production I remember seeing an airplane in the hangar with some sort of ring spar where the engine should have been that didn’t look quite right. I was told they were working on a jet. I seem to remember it looking like the engine would mount on top of the wing but it was across the hangar and they wouldn’t let us near it so that may or may not have been the case.

John in Saudi

I haven’t had the chance to fly one. There is a real nice one here at SPI with a grey maroon and black paint scheme. My early memories of the Aerostar were at our local air show back in the mid 1980s. The first time I saw Jim Franklin he was doing an act geared towards kids in which he was named Zar. His Aerostar was all black and he was supposed to be from some other planet. He would take off and do an aerobatic routine, and then, ala Bob Hoover, shut em down and fly dead stick. Then after he landed he got out in this all black suit and cape and meet and greet the kids. Later in the day he’d do a routine in his Waco.

I’ve always thought the Aerostar was a neat airframe. as a kid I thought Mooney designed it because of the trailing edge taper on the wing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the old jet designs, sounds like it might have had the Hondajet style pylons?

In the early 80s there was a prime NASCAR driver with a Machen Bros. modified “Super Star”. He held a personel copy of Ted Smiths design book for a jet powered AeroStar and was seeking wing mounted propulsion ideas. Engine weight /balance vs. big Lycomings didn’t seem to be an issue but fuel volume / storage was. Range for NASCAR ops. of 650 mi. max. at the time was not a issue. Most small turbo jet engines of that time had too much thrust. Used P&W JT15D-1s from old Citations were investigated. Williams also received inquires into the idea as it was probably the best fit at that time.

N312BA, the Allison turbo-prop converted Aerostar owned by Bobby Allison, is now on a stick at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, AL. … 1078IWyAUC


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Also where’s the route line? I’ve seen that before.

Probably meant 190 knots and the track line is absent because I believe he cancelled his IFR.

No, he did not.

ok, so what IS the answer? Is this some kind of riddle?

No, not a riddle. :slight_smile: I dont know the answer.

Were you on this aircraft, ATC watching this aircraft, or the pilot of this aircraft?

Is the baron red?

Can we see the baron?

Is the baron alive?

Does the baron really exist?

Are you not able to see it says 1900 kts?
If I knew why it showed that, why would I be asking here?

Yes, I know the pilot and know he didn’t cancel IFR.

I don’t understand the confusion with my question.

The 1900 kts is under the “propsed/assigned” column, that why we think it was a typo of 190kts, more suitable for a baron.
It looks like the initial departure clearance was radar vectors to BARRY and then to IIU (louisville). Somewhere along the line somethink got dorked up and the rest of the flight plan was never recorded.
Maybe you can ask the pilot if there was anythng unusual, did ATC give a revised clearance enroute or something.
I’m not sure anyone can really give you the answer youre looking for.

BTW, the reason we were being sarcastic is that you asked a question, you recieved an answer and the you respond with “No, he did not.” without further explanation.


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TiVo and DIS Radio

I have been meaning to post this for a couple of months but just haven’t done it. If you have your Tivo connected to your computer you can get DIS Radio under “Music, Photos, Products, & More”. It’s a lot like Live 365 (it could be the same for all I know) with attraction music, the monorail soundtrack, Illuminations soundtrack etc…

I’ve had it on for a couple of hours and it’s such a great Disney fix.

Here’s one more reason I need to get a Tivo.:laugh:

What is Live 365?

It’s an Internet music site.

This is the DIS Radio on TiVo

Online Freeform Radio Station - Live365 Internet Radio - DIS Radio


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  • On Mar 27, 2011
    Marcelo Asked

    how do i find when the daily entertainment guide for april 20, 2011 will be posted

    Hey, Marcelo! My favorite go-to source posts the Walt Disney World times guide and entertainment schedule for each park every week.

    On Sat., April 16, visit for the entertainment schedule for the parks in the upcoming week, including your date in question (Wed., April 20.) You can plot out your days from there. While the entertainment schedule in Walt Disney World varies weekly (like my hair - I'm going with the Bieber look this week,) there is a bit of predictability in terms of showtimes, character greetings and afternoon parades.

    As you peruse the schedule and have questions, feel free to come on back and ask us specifics about anything (except my hair.)
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    Theresa from TX Asked

    Heard that on holidays parks can reach capacity and no one else is admitted. Does that mean when a park closes for non-resort guests and reopens for extra magic hours for resort guests,they will then allow admission?or once a park reaches capacity thats it

    Hi Theresa,

    It is common for parks to reach capacity at certain times of the year - especially during the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.  If a park is at capacity they can no longer let guests in; however, as guests leave, the crowd levels drop, and you may be gained entrance to the park.  The best way of finding out if a park is near or at capacity is to ask a cast member in the lobby of your resort.  They should have that information before you waste your time traveling to a park where you may be turned away.  I can say that if a park is NEAR capacity, I would stay away.  You're better off enjoying a less crowded park.

    The park doesn't actually close for Extra Magic Hours.  At the beginning of each attraction a cast member will ask to see your resort ID.  If you don't have one, you are not admitted in the attraction.  At that point, I would assume that many non-resort guests would leave and the park would no longer be at capacity.  I've also found that Extra Magic Hours are extremely popular during the first hour.  After that, families start to wear out and go home.  If you have the energy to stay for all three hours, you'll find that the crowds die down considerably by the end of the night.

    Hope this helps.  Have a magical vacation!
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I am Diane from RI.  My husband and I have 3 children. I took my first trip to Walt Disney World when I was 11 and I have traveled many times since then with all different party sizes.   Every aspect of planning a vacation is pure joy to me. Learn More About Diane

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    Dana from Dorset Asked

    Hi panel u guys r fantastic. We have a question, we r on our disneymoon 2013. How can we get the wedding ears waiting for us at hotel? Is there anything you can recommend to do for our disneymoon? We r staying at OKW. We can't wait

    Hi Dana!

    What a wonderful place to spend your honeymoon!  I'm sure you are counting down the days.  Disney Florist has a beautiful gift package just for new brides and grooms.  The Ears to You package comes with the bride and groom Mickey ears presented on a silver platter along with Mickey Mouse champagne flutes and sparkling juice to toast your celebration.  You can even ask the Dream Makers to sprinkle rose petals in your room.  How romantic!

    One of the most romantic things my husband and I have ever done at Walt Disney World is take the Wishes Fireworks Cruise.  You get your own boat with a driver as well as drinks and snacks.  You will set sail and enjoy a relaxing cruise ending with a beautiful view of Wishes at the Magic Kingdom, right from your boat!  You can even arrange for dinner to be brought to your boat and have a private dinner under the stars.  To book this in advance, call (407) WDW-PLAY.

    Have a magical honeymoon!

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  • On Nov 9, 2014
    Jennifer from WV Asked

    We will be staying off site when we arrive in December. To purchase the magic bands do I have to wait till we enter the park or can we purchase these the evening before so that we can link everything up and have them ready to go for our adventure? Price?

    Hey Jennifer,

    Thanks for visiting us here on the Moms Panel, and asking your awesome question! If you would like to purchase MagicBands for you and your party before you visit the Walt Disney World theme parks, you're more than welcome to do so. MagicBands are available in Downtown Disney and within The Disney Store in Orlando International Airport for 12.95 plus tax. You'll be able to add them to your My Disney Experience account, and link them to your FastPass+ selections.

    I hope this helps you with your planning, Jennifer. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask us at any time. We're always available to help you sprinkle a little more pixie dust on your vacation.

    Have a fantastical Disney day!
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I'm a Disney thrill ride seeker, Star Wars fangirl and Air Force Sergeant whose name literally means "Princess." Pixie Dust is in my blood, and I'm passing that magic along to my husband, little fairy daughter, "Imagineer-in-training" son, and Winnie The Pooh sized baby boy. Learn More About Amiyrah

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Archive for the ‘Oppression’ Category

M.P. recently wrote me a sweetly ill-informed response to a guest article I penned for the Progressive Magazine.  (see February issue).  I thought I’d share my response in an open letter. We all might learn something.

Dear Mark:  Let me first thank you.  For without engagement, even if powerfully and aggressively half-educated, we will not move forward. You do advance a strong point…not around the issue of illegitimacy, as that in and of itself is non-causative. There has been no identified causal relationship between a child born out of wedlock, parents who choose not to marry, divorced parents, adoptive children, or children born to same-sex parents and what you so aptly term “the fate.” I recognize your word-choice “illegitimacy” and “impregnating” as a fevered attempt at inciting divisiveness. Again, I smile in acknowledgement.  Your use of those terms is “nice” but your argument lacks legitimacy. (I am using your own words – pretty cool eh!) What you allude to, and I agree with, is a too-early sexual maturing of many of our young men. This tends to be needs and environmentally-based.  Any environment lacking in adult, male influence and supervision will demonstrate this.  (please see,http://thesestonewalls.com/gordon-macrae/in-the-absence-of-fathers-a-story-of-elephants-and-men/)  Why this environment consistently lacks male adult presence, is socially and historically based. This is an issue that needs to be addressed.  One of your greatest challenges though Mark, is the stalled perception of singularity.  I would strongly encourage you to expand your readiness to learn on this issue, because we do need you as a partner in this change.

Thank you so much for sharing.

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Okay ~ so have you heard this one?  It just cracks me up.

A District Attorney (DA), a lawyer and a Social Scientist (SS) walk into a bar.  They pull up to the bar and each sits on a stool.  The DA sits on a stool in the middle of the two ladies. The SS is to his right.  The DA leans forward and orders a beer.  The SS calls for a whiskey on the rocks.  The lawyer’s wants a rum and coke.

Anyway, so the DA looks at the SS through the mirror at the back of the bar and says, “So what do you want me to do?  They commit the crime, they do the time! My DAs don’t come in to work every day saying – I wonder how many Black people I’m going to lock up today!  That’s not how it works people!  My job is to keep the public safe of these criminals.  I don’t want to be locking up people.  This is not something I like, but I have a job to do.  You lock them up and keep the public safe.  What they need is education. You can’t expect to get a job or hold a job with a sixth-grade education.  Fix the damn education system.  That’ll keep half of them out the system.”

Well, by this time the drinks arrive.  The DA takes a gulp of his beer.  He’s got foam all around his moustache.  He is pissed.  He swallows hard.  The SS dips her finger into her whiskey drowning one of the blocks of ice.  She is contemplative.  The lawyer draws hard on her straw.

One-one thousand, two-one thousand, three-one thousand… You could feel the dead, tense air drawn into your nostril.

The lawyer pulls the straw from her pursed lips, looks aimlessly straight ahead and says, “All I know is that we should be ashamed.  We look at this disparity in our jails, and we should be ashamed.  I am fed up with placing it on someone else.  It’s the parents.  It’s the children.  Where is your culpability?  How can you just sit there and defend this crap?  How can you do nothing?  This is painfully embarrassing.  We must be embarrassed! Every one of us should be embarrassed into action!”

The DA does not shift.  He looks into his drink and takes another gulp.  He looks down the counter at the bartender and knocks his half-emptied glass calling for a refill.  “I’ve got a job to do” he says under his breath.  “Give me an option.  I let them out, they hurt somebody…then what?”

Silence.   Deathly silence.

The SS holds her drink with both hands on the counter, turns toward the DA and says with the sweetest of tones.  She clearly wants to acknowledge his pain…if only having to sit between these two. She leans in, arms touching lightly and says; “You know, that’s actually not what the data says.  Honestly, if you control for education level…if you take education completely out of the mix, there is still a disproportional number of Blacks in jail.  It comes down only slightly, but it is a significant difference.  So there is something else happening here.”

The DA empties his glass and hands it over to be refilled.  The SS touches his arm ever so lightly.  He shudders. He doesn’t want to be touched – not now…not by her – not by either of them.

She continues; “And the way we’re doing it right now is not making the public safer either!  Which is weird.  You think you lock ‘em up and it’s all good, but it’s quite the reverse.  You lock ‘em up, there are three kids with no adult running around potentially getting in trouble.  All it does is ensure that the cycle is maintained.  It is actually the inverse. So public safety is not served at all.”

She pauses and continues:”Now – Building jails is good business.  You build jails and you fill them, you keep a lot of people employed and a lot of people disenfranchised. The jail system is a really good stock to invest in.”

Not another word is spoken.  The women finish their drinks, step down from their stools and exit the bar leaving the DA to warm his beer and cold his palms – angry.  Pissed off!  Determined!

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What our brain takes in is very much determined by our environment.  The smells that we find favorable and unfavorable are determined by our environment.  The foods we find acceptable and flavorful, unacceptable and gross are very much determined by our environment.  Friend, foe, safe, unsafe…are taught to each of us by our environment. The cerebellum, to the hippocampus, to the cingulated cortex.  It gets locked in.

What people don’t acknowledge is that this is all of us.  These learnings affect all of us.  It’s just what’s put in front of our plates and how it’s introduced to each of us.

An example:  I was brought in a cultural environment where dogs are for protection…not for petting, and certainly not to be in your house!  Family and friends who visit are quite put-off, initially, when they see a beagle greet them at the front door.  The discomfort, the fear, the anxiety are palpable.  By the end of their 2-week visit, they are petting my dog.  They understand that this beagle is part of my family structure.  Do not, for one moment, think that they are going back home with a newly discovered urge to see dogs differently!  They are not.  But they are more open to the concept of a different way to see dogs.  There are different realities – and more so, these different realities exist in certain environments.  What does that mean?  It means that if they come to America and visit your home, they will ask you if your dog is friendly.  If they never had the experience of difference, they will never know difference.

Now let’s go back to our discussion.

So let’s see – – – What have we been collectively taught about this population that we call Blacks?  What are these popular images? Do remember that these are images that bathe all of us!!!  No one is immune.

  1. We have the Black athlete.
  2. We have the Black as comedic relief…the fool…the jester.
  3. We have the Black as the over-do…the one that helps us to amplify and laugh at his own.
  4. Black as the pimp…the overly sexual Black.  The well-hung.
  5. The Black as the entertainer.
  6. Oh!  How can we forget the Black as the criminal.
  7. The Black as the slave.
  8. The Black as the distressed, the poor, the destitute.
  9. The Black as the thug.
  10. The Black as the lazy, can’t read, doesn’t read.
  11. And finally, there is the Black as the buffoon…the Black that, because he needs to be friends with Whites to be accepted, will play the buffoon.
  12. One more ~ the Black as the Brown Egg!

The intellectual, the academic, the scientist, the entrepreneur, the tender, the engaging, the CEO – are rarely seen.

What’s sad is that, many times, these roles (1 – 11) become the roles of ascendancy.

You want to get ahead in life?  Play this role.

You want to get paid?  Play this role.

You want to be part of my social group?  Play this role.

You want to feed your family or live in this fancy house?  Play this role.

Discuss this blog in light of everything we’ve seen and experienced and interpreted in our limited lives to this point.

Let’s have a wonderful discussion.

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  • Share your thoughts on any aspect of the movie Crash…not on the movie as a whole.
  •  Site fragments of the movie to bolster your comment.
  • Link your thoughts to something physical or emotional as evidenced in the movie.

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Listen ~ The Black color just pisses some people off!  It simply infuriates them.  It’s got nothing to do with why.  There’s no “why” to it.  They just shake and bubble with anger.  You can’t ask them “Why?”, ‘cause there’s no “Because!”  It’s an actual, physical bubble-up of pain, anger, resentment, “piss-off-ed-ness.”

They would aggress against it if given space (freedom) and authority. Some environments offer that authority.  Some situations offer that space.

In some places, there is nothing you can do but cede that authority.  Education is one.

In some places they take that authority.  The Prison is one.

It is always a holding pattern in some parts of this country. There is that tenuous balancing act – – – that tight-rope that you walk to keep yourself and your family safe.

Yes, this is 2011, but we’ve really not advanced the civilization much.  We’re good at clothing stuff – but we’re not particularly civilized.  But then, there is always next year.

Then for others the Black color increases anxiety.

          “Look to your left.  There’s a Black one.”

          “Where? Where?”

          “To your left!  Right there!  You blind?”

          “Oh my gosh! Fuh real! He is Black.  What’s he doin’ here?”

That anxiety provokes unnecessary attention.  That’s when you get a personal escort around Wal-Mart, or Shopko, or Target – or cameras at Boston Store…or cops follow you out of town.

Now, that happens on the other side too. The difference is POWER.

POWER or access to it is the game.  Don’t get it twisted.

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We would like to thank all of those who have been so kind and supportive of our magazine over this last year and what a year it has been. We have had some fabulous LGBT Author’s showcased on our site along with new releases from the music industry. Our guests posts have kept us entertained with the latest from down under with Kev’s column. Tom has been keeping us in the loop with politics. Sue’s column has definitely had variety, fancy traveling with the circus? well almost, the caravan was very real. Jo & Isa blogging away on their new column AKA Muppet & Donkey, cute pet names LOL! Jon has been jabbering to us about YouTube. It has been a fun packed year that’s for sure.

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Awake Streaming a New EP

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Awake made it to my hardcore highlights right after they put out their first demo. I met their drummer in Lisbon a few years ago and he sent me a link to check out his new band. It’s cool that youth crew and straight edge are back on the Portugal hardcore map!

Now straight to the good news. Salad Days Records are releasing those songs on a 7″ and pre-orders start very soon!

To back this release up Awake are kicking off their European tour on Saturday. They’ll hit the road for 2 weeks so try to check them out if they’re somewhere near you… They have a bunch of available shows so contact them if you can help them book the last free dates!

Tour dates:

TBC dates need shows
5 – Porto, Portugal
6 – Spain – TBC
7 – Spain/France – TBC
8 – France – TBC
9 – France/Belgium/Germany – TBC
10 – Germany – TBC
11 – Braunshweig, Germany
12 – Leipzig, Germany
13 – Prague, C. Republic
14 – Bratislava, Slovakia
15 – Budapest, Hungary
16 – Austria/Slovenia – TBC
17 – Milan, Italy
18 – South France/Spain – TBC
19 – Spain – TBC
20 – Lisboa, Portugal


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3.6 Using Session Status

Let's have a look at a simple implementation of session management.

First, set the BEGIN_COM command in the WAM RDMLX to indicate that each webroutine in this WAM must have an active session status before it can be executed UNLESS otherwise indicated by the ONENTRY parameter associated with the specific webroutine.

The entry point webroutine, in this example MaintainGrid, will be allowed to execute with no session status, as indicated by ONENTRY(*SESSIONSTATUS_NONE). All other webroutines in the WAM (which do not have this parameter setting) require an active session status by default.

This entry webroutine sets the session status to active and can now invoke other webroutines in the WAM, which require an active session status.

So what happens if the session status is invalid (for example, if I try to invoke another webroutine in this same WAM which does not have the ONENTRY(*SESSIONSTATUS_NONE) setting)?

An invalid session status fires a SessionInvalid event, which can be handled to issue the appropriate information to the user.


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Remove User from Group Azure AD activity

The Remove User from Group activity removes an existing user from a security group in Azure Active Directory.

To access this activity in the workflow editor, select the Custom tab, and then navigate to Custom Activities > Azure AD. This activity was built with the REST Web Service activity designer template.

Important: The REST message used for this activity must be configured to use OAuth2 authentication.

Input variables

Table 1. Remove User from Group input variables
Variable Description
user_id Object ID (GUID) of the user to be removed.
group_id Object ID (GUID) of the target group.

Output variables

Table 2. Remove User from Group output variables
Variable Description
error Returns the error string from the REST message. If there are no errors, this variable returns a null value.
body Contains a string value representing the output from the REST message.
status_code Contains the status code returned from the Web service.

Table 3. Remove User from Group conditions
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Success Activity removed the object ID from the security group.
Failure Activity failed to update the group's membership, or the activity failed to connect to Azure AD.


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Product version: AppBuilder 3.4.3

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AppBuilder 3.4.3 is a maintenance release. For a list of the new features and updates introduced in the earlier major release, AppBuilder 3.4, see AppBuilder 3.4 Release Notes.

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This release resolves the following issues.

  • In Microsoft Visual Studio, the Remove Data from Cloud operation cannot complete and returns the following error message: error MSB4044: The "ReadProjectProperties" task was not given a value for the required parameter "ProjectConfiguration".
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Holiday times of year, such as this one, Christmas, that Christians and most of the Western world celebrate, often bring with them an instinctive migratory impulse – to brave the difficulties, uncertainties, expenses and rigors of travel so that we can be with the ones who we have known from the beginning. It can be a journey in time, back to origins and things primordial, even pre-verbal, in the psyche. The sights, smells, voices, memories, foods, utensils, patterns of every kind are potent.

These are opportunities to listen deeply into the old stories, personal and familial, to discover which ones can now be retold in a different light, with fresh perspective and maturity, and which ones run so deeply that only generations of ancestors before us hold the clues to unlocking their mystery. The times offer insight into what has shaped us and possibilities for longed for transformation and freedom.

So many humans across our planet are gathered now. I ask blessings for each and every one, that these times will be precious, fruitful, healing and renewing. There are deeper reasons than we can even begin to articulate for why we come together in these ways. Whatever the reasons are in the depths of being, may they be beautifully fulfilled.

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Top 10 Mountain Biking Destinations in Georgia

Unlike pedaling on a paved trail or in a city bike lane, mountain biking really tests your skills and gets you out into the ruggedness of nature. However, there are excellent mountain biking trails for all skill levels, and you can make the sport as relaxing or adventurous as you like. With its many parks, forested areas, and varied terrain, Georgia is an awesome place to go mountain biking. Here are our favorite mountain biking spots in Georgia!

Blankets Creek, Woodstock (Nearby Hotels)

Located near Woodstock, Blankets Creek is one of the most highly rated trails in the state. It’s close to the Atlanta Metro Area, so lots of city-dwellers flock here on both weekdays and weekends. This is an intermediate singletrack trail system that has about 15 miles of trails. If you’re a beginner, pick one of the short and flat trails from the parking lot. But if you’re up for more of a challenge, go further into the woods to experience more rocks and jumps on the trail. Be mindful that these trails can get crowded, but it gets better once you get further from the parking lot. Good signage makes the trails great for first-time riders to this area.

Chicopee Woods, Gainesville (Nearby Hotels)

Chicopee Woods offers around 21 miles of singletrack trails, which are managed by Northeast Georgia SORBA volunteers. If you’re just starting out, try the 2.6-mile Tortoise Loop trail for beginners. Intermediate trails that are worth trying are the Flying Squirrel and the Red Tail Loop. The Copperhead is the most challenging trail in this area and extends about 4.5 miles. Check out a trail map and information at the main trailhead kiosk for information about trail closures and whether night riding is allowed when you’re there.

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The five freedoms

Let’s go back to basics for a moment and think about our role as caregivers for our dogs.  Every animal owner should understand the Five Freedoms which are an internationally recognised code for animal welfare.

Anyone responsible for looking after animals should aim to meet each of these freedoms.

1.  Freedom from hunger and thirst

This means giving your dog adequate food and water to keep them healthy

2.  Freedom from discomfort

All animals deserve adequate shelter and a place to rest

3.  Freedom from pain, injury and disease

Owners should focus on keeping their animals safe from harm and, when they are sick, they should be taken for appropriate care without delay

4. Freedom to behave normally

This is about ensuring there is enough space for an animal to exhibit its normal behaviour including having opportunities to interact with others of its own kind

5.  Freedom from fear and distress

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(Photos) Nearly 30 Attend Domain Sponsor Meetup in Brooklyn

Regretfully, I could not attend the Domain Sponsor / Rook Media domain investor meetup held in Brooklyn earlier this week. I heard the meetup had nearly 30 attendees from the greater New York City area and beyond.

The meetup started at a bar called Wolf and Deer, and Rook Media / Domain Sponsor rented a suite at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn where attendees watched the Brooklyn Nets take on the Phoenix Suns. Kevin Diaz, the Director of Sales and Marketing at the company, shared some photos with me, which I have posted below. I see some friendly faces from various conferences and my time in New York City.

I think meetups like these are a great way to get to know other local domain investors. I think it can also be a great way for companies to show their support of domain investors and introduce products and services as well as customer support staff.

If your company is going to hold a local meetup for domain investors and you want some (free) publicity for it, please let me know.

Here are some photos from the meetup:

Domain Sponsor team Joe Higgins, Stefanie Starkman Michael Morrison, Daniel Law, Henry Hsu, Simon Pupo, Kevin Diaz

National anthem before the game with Larry (legend) Fischer in the back.

Joel Runyon, Jeff Edleman, Alan Shiflett

  1. This looks like a lot of fun. Godaddy is planning a meetup at our flagship office in mid February. We will have food and drinks and a tour of the new building, you can take a trip down the slide or ride the go carts and try the climbing wall. Of course there will also be great networking and information on the domain space. Keep your eyes out for our announcement and if you are in the Phoenix area February 18th please make some time to come by.

  2. It was a great time. I met some good people and the Barclays Center is beautiful. I want to thank Kevin Diaz and others at Rook Media for putting it together. And thank you to Elliot for letting me and others know about it.

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Rob Gronkowski Announces Madden Cover on

It’s not secret that I am a big New England Patriots fan. Obviously, that makes me a Rob Gronkowski fan, too. Any time I can write a domain industry article that mentions one of my favorite players (and one of the best players in the entire NFL), you better believe I will.

It was just announced that Rob Gronkowski will be on the cover of the popular Madden 17 football game. In fact, Rob mentioned this honor via his Twitter account yesterday evening:

As someone in the domain space, what I immediately noticed was his usage of in that tweet. Unlike many others who are using new gTLD and ccTLD domain names as url shorteners, Rob is actually using his domain name for a website filled with Gronk-related news. The family also uses for its primary website, but GronkNation.News seems to be only used for news related articles and information.

In looking through Rob’s Twitter feed, it looks like he has been using this .news domain name since May 2. The domain name is privately registered, and it has been registered since April 20th.

I asked Rightside’s Matt Overman about this, and he told me that Rob is not a paid or compensated endorser for using this .News domain name. Rightside operates the .News new gTLD registry.

Update: I reached out to find out more about Rob’s usage of this .News domain name, and Dan Gronkowski shared the following with me:

The reason we went with .news is because we were looking to make a news blog with all Gronks news that was free standing. I noticed that people were using different domains on the right side and thought this would be the perfect opportunity. It is different but practical and we want people to know that his isn’t totally just a blog but more news stories about Gronk.

  1. Gonk is one of the biggest crybabies in the NFL, ask any NFL referee, and your a fan of his? Well at least we didn’t see him do a Cam Newton after the championship game against the Broncos, I loved that game! 🙂

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Sedo Brokers for $200,000

0 Sale SedoEarlier today, Sedo reported the sale of for $200,000. The sale was reported on Sedo’s market activity page, and it was brought to my attention today by Jag Singh. I reached out to Sedo’s Dave Evanson, and he confirmed that the domain name sold, although he was not the broker.

It looks like the buyers of were quick to act, as the website is already operational. Here’s an excerpt from the about us page:

“Meet ada, a virtual health companion available on the go. Designed by a dedicated team of doctors and computer scientists, ada gives you the best symptom assessment available. Building up a detailed picture of your health over time, ada provides you with an accurate understanding of what is going on and helps you decide on next steps to take.”

Prior to the domain name sale, it looks like the domain name was privately registered. It appears to have been parked at Uniregistry before it was sold. I am unsure if the domain name was bought at a BIN price of $200,000 or if there was any type of extended negotiation done via the Sedo platform. Interestingly, this domain name was listed for less money on a domain broker’s newsletter back in 2013. I am not sure if it was sold then and resold recently or if the market commanded a higher price today than back in 2013.

This sale will rank as the 12th highest sale of the year (tied with the $200k sale of, as archived by DNJournal. It will likely be the highest sale of the week when it is reported by Sedo next week.

Thanks again to Jag Singh for bringing this sale to my attention.

  1. The Buyer is Medx GmbH, a German company from Munich, active in the diagnosis support software.
    The company CEO, Daniel Nathrath, also owns 🙂

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Quick Eats: Yia-Yia’s Pancake House and Restaurant, North Riverside, IL

Matt’s plate

Matt and I made plans to have breakfast with his dad two Tuesdays ago and this is where we settled at. So apparently this is a Greek breakfast place (I still have to blog about the Greek chicken from the other day!) but I really wasn’t looking for anything fancy for breakfast. Just an easy regular one. I asked Matt and his dad what the good stuff are and they both recommended omelettes, just different kinds, and I ended up getting a more classic breakfast which had eggs, bacon, sausages, and waffles. I did request for the waffles to be extra toasty.

With a little muffin and some coffee to tide you over til the meal arrived, it was an easy wait. And eventually, when the food arrived, it was  a bit crazy to realize how big all the portions are! They are huge. I tried Matt’s omelette though, and it was just like any regular omelete. Their food also came with a side of hash brown, which was also just okay. My food too was generally just okay. Nothing fancy. I think the food is more familiar than different. And that is maybe also why this is a popular breakfast place. 🙂

Yia-Yia’s  Pancake House and Restaurant
2250 Harlem Ave, North Riverside, IL 60546

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I’ve created a Visual Studio 2017 integration module for Runtime Flow that should be installed along with the main installer.

Download link: RuntimeFlow2017.vsix.

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Custom stored procedures returning DataSet instead of TList in NetTiers – and how to change!

When we upgraded our Nettiers installation on an old website recently some of our custom stored procedures suddenly started to return a DataSet rather than a TList. This is understandable – the stored procs were complex and so Nettiers wouldn’t have been able to guarantee the return type. Probably the earlier version of Nettiers was wrong to trust us in the first place. However *we* knew that it would always return the correct thing, and there were far too many places in the code to go back and recode it all to cope with a Dataset.

It seemed tricky to find the answer so I’ve reposted it here from the original source (

Set the Codesmith template setting AllowCustomProcMultipleResults (under the CRUD -Advanced section) to True and then regenerate. This seems to tell Nettiers to just trust that you know what you are doing, and sets the return type to that of the entity in the provider.


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Kirkus Reviews released their review for Douglas J. Wood’s memoir ASSHOLE ATTORNEY: Musings, Memories, and Missteps in a 40 Year Career. From Kirkus: “Wood’s prose is crisp and anecdotal, and he’s refreshingly unafraid to poke fun at his misadventures.”

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The End. Roll Credits

November 30, 2006

It’s my own fault. I keep bringing it up. I don’t even know why. I, for one, am so tired of the endless conversations surrounding dating, marriage, how to understand the opposite sex blah blah blah blah…. I no longer care to figure out how it’s suppose to work. It will work out when it’s suppose to, how it’s suppose to. I hereby throw in the proverbial towel. Besides, all of these inane conversations and comments are so general. There are NO rules that are general when it comes to this kind of stuff, save two. In all things ask yourself these questions. 1. Do my attitudes and actions honor God and reflect HIS love for this person? 2. Are my attitudes and actions gracious and honest towards the other person.

Other than that, it’s all academic anyway. Therefore, there will no longer be open forums for relationship questions/frustrations/what-have-yous on this blog.

As my first offering of non-relationship diatribe inducing posts, I present a holiday poem.

‘Twas the month before Christmas and all through the town,
Not a Tiger fan was stirring, not one could be found.

Christmas was coming, but no one could care,
the stench of defeat still hung in the air.

Coach Bowden was tossing, sleepless in bed,
while visions of Gamecocks still danced in his head.

He was wearing his cap, which read, “Go Crimson Tide!”
And trying to forget how his season had died.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
He sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

He stood at the window, his lower lip quivered,
The lesson was hard the Ol’ Ball Coach delivered.

The moon on the breast of the Death Valley grass,
Showed Gamecock footprints from the game that had passed.

When, what did he see while adjusting his hat,
But a great Cock-a-boose, pulled by ragged, orange cats.

With a cool-handed driver, not a sweat did he break,
Bowden knew in a moment, it must be St. Blake.

The cats were so tired, they pulled with a strain,
So Blake beat them and shouted, and called them by name.

Now, Proctor! Now, CJ! Now, Reggie and James!

On, Stuckey! On, Adams! On, Gaddis and Duane! We’ll ride through the Valley again ‘fore I’m done, And rub that old rock one more time, just for fun.

As the footballs within the wild “Cock and Fire” fly,
Dumbfounding the DB’s, as they watch them go by,

Around and around, the poor Tigers flew,
With a Cock-a-boose full of Gamecocks, and Blake Mitchell too!

Then the Gamecocks stood guard o’er the Tigers out back,
As they painted poor Tommy’s house garnet and black.

As Bowden drew in his hand, and was turning around,
The Ghost of Steve Spurrier was seen floating down.

He was dressed all in fur from his toes to his chin,
He had made a new coat from some old Tiger skins.

Several more Tigers, he had flung on his back,
Jacoby, Jad Dean and Davis, in fact.

His eyes – how they twinkled! His countenance – how merry!
He was thinking of the team his young Gamecocks had buried.

Then suddenly above the Great Spectre appeared,
The names of all the coaches he had whipped through the years.

The victory torches still smoldered beneath,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.

But Tommy stood blank-faced, his stomach still queasy,
He knew that next year was not going to be easy.

He was sad and disgruntled, a mere shell of a man,
And Steve laughed when he saw him, and thought of HIS FANS.

They stood face to face, Bowden wanted to run.
He could hear the theme song from 2001.

The Ghost spoke not a word, but went straight to his plan,
Leaving Tanneyhill bobbleheads for all those at hand.

And raising his visor in salute as on cue,
He said, “See ya next year!”, and he faded from view.

Blake sprang to the Cock-a-boose, to the cats said, “Let’s go!”,
The Tigers all cried saying, “No, Blake, please no!”

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove through the gate,
“Happy Christmas to all, 31 – 28!”

My dad is a smart man.

November 30, 2006

My dad says that most people see life like a game of pinball. Most people think that their ball has to hit certain levers on the way down or they lose the game. If the ball doesn’t hit those levers just so, then they think there must be something wrong. He says that life just isn’t that way, and that the levers we think our ball has to hit may not be the way God is working. Sometimes when we think our ball isn’t hitting all the right levers just the right way, it’s actually exactly doing what it’s suppose to.

Throw out your check list.

Shawn Says…

November 29, 2006

In response to thoughts on how to pursue a woman…

Shawn Maze said…
I think the proper terminology would be searching or looking. That is how you “find” something (Proverbs 31:10, Proverbs 18:22). I think this better communicates the intent and perspective men who are desiring godly women should have. A woman wants to be “pursued” as it relates to being desired and a man taking the initiative. But once she is “caught”, she does not want to be regarded like a “trophy” which is put on the shelf and admired from time to time as a reminder of his great qualities or merit.Instead, she can still be desired and sought after by a man who is taking the initiative. But if a man is “searching” and “finds” a wife, then she is regarded like a “treasure” and a reminder of God’s goodness and favor toward the man. It is her great qualities that are celebrated and regarded as worthy of reflection.In regards to what prompted this discussion, I would suggest not worrying about a woman’s reasoning. If you don’t agree or can’t understand her choices, then take that as confirmation that she was not a good find for you. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter and she is not obligated to provide justification for her decision. If someone is going to be at risk and get hurt it needs to be the man. Men are to be vulnerable, women are to be protected. If you are known for having this mindset, you can ask a lot of ladies out in search of the hidden treasure God has for you without being blacklisted (Phil. 2:4). Seek to cultivate the reputation of a sincere man in search of a wife and who can accept a “no” graciously and move on. You may actually find a woman who decided to make sure she was in your path as a result of your reputation. Just my 2 ¢

November 29, 2006

“The heart will lead you to places the mind would never choose to go.”
-Bill Johnson

I Love My Big Bro!

November 28, 2006

As many of you know, I am currently looking for employment. I submitted my resume to work for Chick-fil-a corporate in their training department. Today, they sent me an email informing me that “other candidates fit our needs better, therefore, we will not be pursuing you at this time.”

I emailed my family to update them. My big bro’s response made me laugh. Hard. Outloud. In the library.

Cheryl: Chick-fil-a doesn’t want me. Back to the proverbial drawing board.

Chris: Chick-fil-a didn’t invent the snub….they just perfected it. Go eat a BIG ASS cheeseburger. Love ya.

Personal Boundary

November 27, 2006

J: Cheryl, how about eharmony…

C: (interupting) Stop. I am no longer accepting suggestion – only invitations.

Ladies, can I get an “amen”?

Old Married Guys I Have a Crush On

November 24, 2006

George W. Bush
Tony Blair
Paul Hewson
Kirk Herbstreit
James Rosen
Benjamin Netanyahu
John Stewart

Cool points for whomever can tell me who the last two lucky studs are. Jared, you can’t play…


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  1. I’d love to say that you should move to Jekyll – but funny enough I’ve been getting that occasionally in Jekyll (GitHub pages). It either loads immediately, or there is a momentary pause and then you get that error. Weird.

    • From using Firefox developer tools (Shift-Control-i), and monitoring the network traffic (there is none) – and from testing removing cookies for my domain, I believe this is not a network-related issue. It’s something internal to Firefox.

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I drew a variation of the 1898  Bleeding Heart block, #3358 in BlockBase. I changed a geometric angular blood drop into an appliqued teardrop shape and placed a second blood drop on the opposite side of the block in order to get the secondary star design in this Baby Blocks layout.