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The most difficult golf courses on PGA Tour, 2018-19 season

One season ends, the next one starts up right behind it.

There’s almost been no time to digest all the amazing data spit out by Shotlink, which tracks pretty much everything on the PGA Tour.

One of the more interesting data sets is the list of most difficult golf courses, based on average score over par.

It’s probably no surprise that the most difficult course from the 2018-19 season was the Black Course at Bethpage State Park, site of the 2019 PGA Championship.

The top 14 on the list all produced an average score over par. The complete list shows all 49 courses used on Tour during the 2018-19 season. Click ‘next’ to start.

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Quail Hollow plays host once again for the Wells Fargo Championship. The 2020 tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Five-time PGA Tour winner Rickie Fowler looked upbeat as he shot a 1-under-par 70 in Thursday’s first round at Quail Hollow. He said a recent break was a reset as he tries to find his past form with a new swing.

Peter Malnati had missed eight consecutive cuts heading into the first round. So of course he shot 4-under-par 67 to get on the first page of the leaderboard.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Joel Dahmen poked the bear.

In a friendly Twitter exchange on Wednesday night, Dahmen, a winner of one PGA Tour event, ended his back and forth with World Golf Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson by writing, “I’m excited to see how my game stacks up against the best of the @ChampionsTour.”

Well, Mickelson, 50, who has won twice on the PGA Tour Champions, flexed his PGA Tour muscles playing alongside Dahmen on Thursday and fired a 7-under-par 64 to take the lead through one round of the Wells Fargo Championship at sunlit Quail Hollow.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – For a guy who hasn’t played on the PGA Tour since tying for 17th in the Valero Texas Open the first week of April, Rickie Fowler certainly has made a lot of noise in the golf world.

He missed the Masters for the first time since 2010, which ended a string of 41 consecutive major championships played. Word got out that he received a special exemption into the PGA Championship, which ruffled the feathers of a few critics in the game’s circles. He was predicted to be one of the beneficiaries of the

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19 March 2013 Iraq attacks
The 19 March 2013 Iraq attacks were a series of coordinated bombings and shootings across the capital Baghdad and several major cities in the north and central parts of the country. At least 98 people were killed and more than 240 others injured in the wave of violence, which took place on the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War.[1][2][3][4][5]
19 March 2013 Iraq attacks
Part of Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
LocationAcross Iraq
Date19 March 2013
TargetShia civilians, Iraqi security forces
Attack type
Car bombings, suicide bombings, roadside bombings, shootings
DeathsAt least 98
InjuredAt least 240
The attacks occurred on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, and about sixteen months following the withdrawal of the United States military forces from the area, leaving the security of the country in the hands of the Iraqi security forces. Violence slightly rose during 2012, with militant groups averaging about one major attack every month.
In addition, the country was in the midst of major protests by the Sunni population that began in December 2012. On 25 January 2013, the demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki turned deadly in Fallujah, as soldiers opened fire on a crowd of rock-throwing demonstrators, killing 7 and injuring more than 70 others. Three soldiers were later shot to death in retaliation for the incident, and clashes erupted in the city.[6][7]
On 14 February Human Rights Watch called on Iraqi authorities to complete and announce the results of the ongoing parliamentary committee and the Defense Ministry investigations into the Fallujah shootings.[8] On 8 March Iraqi Police forces shot at protesters in Mosul, killing three and injuring nine others. In response to this, Agriculture Minister Izz al-Din al-Dawla announced his resignation, while Parliament Speaker Usama al-Nujayfi called on other Sunni officials to follow suit.[9]
Numerous attacks were conducted within hours of each other on 19 March 2013 across Baghdad, Mosul and several smaller cities in Iraq.[3]
On 20 March, the Islamic State of Iraq claimed responsibility for the wave of attacks in a statement published on a militant website. The group said the violence was in response to "the executions and massacres of convicted Sunni inmates" held in Iraqi prisons and warned the government to stop with the practice or "expect more bad events ... and seas of blood".[10]
 IraqInterior Ministry spokesperson Col. Saad Maan announced a large-scale investigation of the attacks on 20 March, saying that government forces "will not give up their responsibility and duty to fight terrorism" and promising "a swift and painful reaction" against the groups involved. Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq asked people to "show compassion towards their brothers, the families of the victims, and help security forces in their effort" against terrorism.[11]
See also
  1. ^ "Baghdad Shia areas hit by deadly car bombs". BBC News. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. ^ Markey, Patrick; Raheem, Kareem (19 March 2013). "Bombs kill 50 on Iraq invasion anniversary". Reuters. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b Margaret Griffis (19 March 2013). "Iraq Invasion Anniversary Carnage: 98 Killed, over 240 Wounded". Antiwar.com. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  4. ^ Mohammed Tawfeeq and Joe Sterling, CNN (19 March 2013). "Attacks claim 55 lives on Iraq anniversary". CNN. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Series of bomb blasts kill scores in Baghdad". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. ^ "9 killed as protesters, army clash in Iraq". Tampa Bay Times. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Iraqi Troops Fire on Protesters; 14 Killed, 72 Wounded Across Country". Antiwar.com Original. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Iraq: Investigate Deadly Army Shootings in Fallujah - Human Rights Watch". hrw.org. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  9. ^ "31 Killed Across Iraq; Police Fire on Protesters". Antiwar.com Original. 8 March 2013.
  10. ^ "On 10th anniversary of war, al-Qaida in Iraq claims wave of attacks that killed 65". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Iraqis mourn 59 victims of Tuesday's attacks". Mawtani. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  12. ^ "China condemns bombings (China Daily)". chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  13. ^ "KUNA: EU strongly condemns terror attacks in Iraq - Politics - 20/03/2013". kuna.net.kw. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
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What is photojournalism photography?

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Photojournalism plays a significant role in media and news. The importance of photojournalists is unquestionable in this world, where news spread faster than fire. Photojournalism is not like any other genre of photography.

It has become a big part of the news coverage system as well. Although its role has changed a bit, the concepts remain the same. Let us shed light on this genre of photography that influences the public the most!

What is Photojournalism Photography?

Photojournalism is all about telling stories through photographs. Photojournalism is based on this simple foundation that pictures are worth more than a thousand words. It is a genre of photography that has vibrant ties with history.

It explores the untold stories of the world and presents them to the public eyes. Photojournalists give voice to the unheard and silent people globally. The pictures they capture spread awareness of other people’s struggles. Its single image can be so powerful that it transforms public opinion forever. It has deep roots in politics as well.

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In essential words, the core objective of photojournalism is to educate people about the hidden stories. The goal is to improve photography and technological advancement to create a more quick and suitable medium for global coverage. Photojournalism adds urgency and emotions to news and provides an immediate and truthful representation of reality.

Photojournalism and Ethics

News articles cannot accomplish the same impact without photojournalistic photographs. It is the photos that influence the readers and make them feel the suffering of others. As these pictures play with emotions and act as instruments of addressing people, they should hold some moral values.

They shouldn’t exploit the stress of others and shouldn’t be utilized or created for personal gains. Displaying the suffering of people for ambitious purposes is not the most ethical thing. That is why photojournalist has to question their intentions all the time.

Especially in an emergency, photographers should be aware of the ethical conflicts and have a healthy mindset to face their own emotions. Moreover, in a conflict zone, backlashes are severe, so they should be ready for them as well. They shouldn’t withhold stories because they might offend or disagree with public opinion or specific political parties.

Rules of Photojournalism

Photojournalism influences the public as well as political views. And with high power come great responsibilities. Thus, you have to follow some rules attached to it. These are not hard and fast rules, but best practices were establishing trust and enforce legitimacy.

Identifying subjects

In other photography genres, it might not matter who the subjects are, nor their background matters. But here, every aspect matters as it completes the story. So the subject and every element must reflect real situations and represent reality.

Photojournalism is all about the objective truth; thus, the standards of identifying subjects are high. They have to as close to the actual truth as possible.

There should be some info attached to them as it adds legitimacy to the story that it tells. Moreover, photojournalists should be keen to learn background information, and it helps to understand and explain the context of the photograph.

Being Candid

Candid is appreciated in many genres of photography, but in photojournalism, it is essential. As it is all about presenting real stories, the photographer must capture them the way they are instead of artificial posing.

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This is because re-enacting cannot produce similar results and should be left for the real, not real life. Aim for capturing candidly, and if it’s not possible, then pose and state it as well.

Having Guts

For unique pictures, a photojournalist must be strong enough to open his eyes, explore, and then finally press the shutter. So the first step is to enter this world in which people are afraid to do so.

This requires many guts, as one has to overcome his fears and get close to subjects. There will be repercussions, but your determination for an outstanding story should outrun it!

Post-processing is usually avoided here. This is because photo manipulation breaks the goal of showing real scenes that photojournalism is all about. The problematic part determination of which type of post-processing duplicates manipulation.

The photo doesn’t have to be 100% pure as the editing is done in some way or another. There can be some cropping, a little dodging, color changes, and burning if they don’t change the image’s content.

Recent Trend

If you have been following news and its sources closely, you must have noticed that photojournalism is fading. There has been a lot of change in the change in how photojournalism is being perceived. The misuse of photojournalism has been going on for many years.

Instead of trying to show the objective truth, people are using it to boost their agenda. The news has become more about presenting more dramatic and emotional pictures rather than presenting stories. Buzz is prioritized over info. Moreover, the internet and other contemporary sources have facilitated this downward trend in photojournalism.

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Nonetheless, Photojournalism is alive in the hearts of many. It might not have similar positioning in mass media like some decades ago, but those who genuinely treasure it are still high in number. The purpose also has shifted slightly, but it’s still there!

Sources of Photojournalism

It has become challenging to find photojournalism these days on contemporary news outlets. So if you want to discover sources that provide complete bodies of work of photojournalism, then visit the ones mentioned below. These sources are not 100% free of bias. Nonetheless, we find them very high exciting and beneficial for photojournalists.

· Lensculture.com

This is the best place to start for those who are interested in discovering Photojournalism. It has a collection of the best photo series currently happening. Even though they are commercializing it a bit, we enjoy its photographs a lot.

· Reuters.com

You might know of it as traditional news sources, but as far as photography is concerned, they are doing a fantastic job at “sensationalizing’ photojournalism. These photographs tingle curiosity and are from all around the globe.

· Magnum Photos

This website is dedicated to photographers currently working on such projects. There are collective photographs of long-term plans as well, with a vast portfolio since 1947. You can find photography books here as well.

· Noor Images

This is placed second on the top collection of photojournalism. Here you can witness works of both current and past photojournalists and gain an exciting insight.

· World Press Photo Award

This is the most overlooked source in photojournalism because people take it as a source of other genres. But you can find plenty of social documentaries and photos on various other topics displayed here.

Photojournalism might have lost its appeal to the millennials, but it stills a significant role in journalism. In future years you will see it gain its spotlight back as in the early 20th century, as these sources of information never get old.

Photojournalism is not only a genre of photography. It is indeed a powerful medium that can convey stories of the world a lot more directly than words could. It speaks more volume, bleeds more emotions, and we would love to see it rise once more!

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The painful knee can severely affect the lives of the afflicted, limiting the mobility with adverse effects on general health.

Improved diagnostic methods such as magnetic resonance imaging helped the doctor to better understand the problem, assessing and through these imaging methods, status of articular cartilage, meniscus and ligaments.

The accurate diagnosis has led to more appropriate preoperative planning and the development of new surgical materials and methods or improving existing ones.
One of the biggest developments in recent years in surgery of the knee is the unicompartmental arthroplasty of the joint. This type of resurfacing is less invasive than total knee replacement.

The knee is created by the femur, the tibia and patella. The end surfaces of these bones are covered by articular cartilage that can move one bone relative to another, minimizing friction.

The patella is a bone that is moving in the anterior knee, and over it passes the tendon of the quadriceps muscle and the combination of the patella tendon and creates extensive mechanism athrosis.

The knee is divided on the lateral, the medial and anterior compartment. The lateral compartment consists of the lateral femoral condyle and tibial plateau, the medial compartment of the medial femoral condyle and tibial plateau, and anteriorly consists of the patella and femoral trochlea.

Sometimes osteoarthritis occurs in a single partition of the joint, the medial, the lateral or anterior without serious damage to the other two apartments.

Until recently where they were replacing the whole joint that is known as total knee arthroplasty, sacrificing in this way the healthy femoral condyle, the meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament.

Unicondylar artrhitis

The unicompartmental arthroplasty for the medial or lateral compartment based on the replacement of only one condyle and the corresponding surface of the tibia is affected by osteoarthritis. The main reason for replacing a portion of the joint that suffers is the inhibition of friction between bones no longer covered by cartilage due to wear and cause intense pain.

Implants applied in the affected region provide smooth surfaces that move with ease without causing pain and hence the person undertakes activities that may have been abandoned because of severe symptoms.

This is a significant advantage for younger patients who might need in the future a second surgery when the first will show significant wear rate. Removing less bone during the first surgery, makes easier the implementation of the revision total hip replacement using the knee joint at a future date.

Many orthopedic worldwide use in recent years the unicompartmental artrhoplasty for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the medial or lateral compartment of the knee.

Historically, the first thought is to McKeever in 1950 by inventing the metal intention of a segment of the tibia. Here's Marmor inserting his own unicompartmental implant in the early '70s.

The Marmor's implant was anatomical shape for the thigh section, while the tibial level was composed entirely of polyethylene. Gradually added metal fixture in the polyethylene tibial implant, improving design and construction metals.

OXFORD Unicondylar knee arthroplasty

Placement of the femoral and tibial implant

Summarising the unicompartmental arthroplasty has significant advantages over total arthroplasty of the knee joint and these are:

• is a safe surgical procedure with a small wound

• do not need a blood transfusion

• have a reduced risk of infection

• the likelihood of a thromboembolic event is low because they used intramedullary guides

• less time spent in hospital

• lower rate of postoperative pain

• Preoperative possible correction of valgus or varus knee
• possibility of bending the knee at least 100 º
• extension deficit of the knee area of less than 10 º
• non-inflammatory arthritis - osteoarthritis (not in rheumatoid arthritis)

The permanent deformation of valgus or varus preoperatively creates problems in the implementation of the method. Enhanced strength from the existing types of distortion will be brought to the implant may lead to the premature failure.
The unicompartmental arthroplasty is also contraindicated in people with a weight increase.

X-ray of the knee joint.  Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.  The lateral compartment of the joint remain intact.

Direct comparison of total (left side) and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (right side).

Keeping the anterior and posterior cruciate ligament intact and the other compartment of the same knee and patellofemoral joint, a unicompartmental arthroplasty is that it maintains its normal kinematics of the knee and allows for relatively easy conversion to total hip replacement at a later time.

Also significantly reduced the period of recovery after the joint has greater range of motion in relation to total hip replacement.

The patient after surgery directly weight bearing the operated limb, first by aiding (canes), and faster without it and stay in the hospital 2 days.

The unicompartmental arthroplasty is now an accepted surgical option is included in the quiver of therapeutic treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee in young and elderly patients.

50 plus magazine (Greek edition). Unicondylar knee arthroplasty article

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The new system ROSA ROBOTICS, is the most modern achievement of robotic technology in the field of Orthopedic surgery for the treatment of severe knee arthritis (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, post-traumatic arthritis). ROSA ROBOTICS consists of a high-tech anthropometric data processing unit in combination with a precision mechanical arm, which work with the certified Orthopedic Surgeon to perform the most frequent knee arthroplasty surgery with absolute precision.

How does the ROSA robotic system work?

The interactive relationship of the orthopedic surgeon with the ROSA robotic system is performed throughout the surgery. ROSA robotics receives the anthropometric information of the patient provided by the Orthopedist with special high-tech systems. After the data has been processed by ROSA, the robotic arm moves to the nearest millimeter and shows the exact position where the surgical manipulations are to be performed. The ROSA electronic board also provides information and 3D images of the joint being operated on, which the surgeon takes into account during the operation.

The specialized hand of the Orthopedic surgeon is combined with the high-tech robotic arm and they apply the implants in the ideal anatomical position, balancing at the same time soft tissues around the joint. Perhaps most importantly, ROSA ROBOTICS does not allow mistakes to be made during the operation, thus ensuring the safety of the result.

How Many Robotic Knee Arthroplasty Systems Are There?

Today in Thessaloniki we have a single robotic system at the Inter-Balkan Medical Center, to perform ROSA knee arthroplasty, which is the spearhead of robotic technology worldwide. I would like to make an important clarification here. There is a general confusion with the term robotic arthroplasty and I am given the opportunity to explain that when we say robotic arthroplasty we mean that the surgery is performed in collaboration with the surgeon and the robotic machine that is located inside the operating room.

The other arthroplasty systems for the knee joint are:

  • the personalized digital arthroplasty PSI (Patient Specific Instrument), which we have been doing since 2014, having now operated with this method on most patients in Greece with great success,
  • the arthroplasty with electronic assistance or navigation (Computer Assisted - navigated), the operation is performed with the help of a computer in the operating room.
  • the classic knee arthroplasty.

The conclusion is that the doctor is obliged to explain to the patient which method he uses, because we have unfortunately noticed the confusion of the patients about what arthroplasty they have done or will do and so they are all "baptized" robots without of course being. The patient should also ask the orthopedic surgeon for the details of the arthroplasty method and also ask him if he is certified for the robotic surgery he suggests.

What are the advantages of ROSA robotic knee arthroplasty?

  •     Proper placement of the knee arthroplasty implants and balancing of the soft tissues around the joint results in a more anatomical and natural sensation immediately after surgery.
  •     Safety for the patient due to the cooperation of the Orthopedist with the robotic system which provides a continuous flow of information during the surgery, minimizing the possibility of    intraoperative and postoperative complications.
  •     Blood transfusions are usually not needed due to the bloodless robotic technique.
  •     The rapid mobilization of the patient on the day of surgery.
  •     Two days stay in the clinic.
  •     Faster return of the patient to daily activities (FAST TRACK)
  •     In the possible longer life of the implants in the patient's body (prospect 25-30 years).

The new robotic system ROSA ROBOTICS is the present and the future of robotic knee joint replacement. More and more special centers in the world use the method, recording items of absolute patient satisfaction. ROSA ROBOTICS is the first robotic system in northern Greece which is operated only by specially certified Orthopedic surgeons at the InterBalkan Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece. See more

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Chocolate recipes or how to make your life sweeter

If you go through this collection, you will learn how to prepare the most varied recipes with chocolate. Here you will find recipes adapted with ingredients that can be consumed by people suffering from gluten and lactose intolerance.

Did you know that:

Chocolate is the best antidepressant? When we eat chocolate, serotonin (which is also called the “hormone of happiness”) is produced in our brain. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that plays an important role in transmitting nerve impulses from the brain.

Chocolate ingredients:

The basic ingredients of dark chocolate are cocoa, sugar, soy lecithin, and various flavors. These ingredients can be replaced with others for a much healthier version with fewer calories. Thus, cocoa can be replaced with carob or you can use soy milk, coconut oil and Green Sugar (sugar made of stevia rebaudiana powder).

The benefits of chocolate:

It is well-known that chocolate gives you well-being, but also has the property of lowering LDL (bad cholesterol). Of course, it should be consumed in moderate quantities.

What we need to know when preparing culinary recipes with chocolate:

Chocolate is delicious whether it’s solid or liquid. In its melted state, chocolate can be a good topping for cakes.

The traditional method of melting chocolate is the following: you must use two vessels, one that is placed directly on the stove with water; the second vessel goes over it with the chocolate. Chocolate will be mixed easily with a spatula until it’s all melted. The fire of the stove must be on medium.

I recommend you try these recipes. Here you will find recipes for chocolate cake (chocolate cake, chocolate cheesecake), brioche, sponge cakes, chocolate chips or homemade Nutella that can fill the fluffy, gluten-free pancakes.

Remember that there is a natural remedy for sadness, namely: chocolate.


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Cable TV’s “Ticking Time Bomb” Stock (Motley Fool) – Exposed!

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June 19, 2020

The Motley Fool has been teasing a company that they call Cable TV's "Ticking Time Bomb", but what is it and is it worth investing in?

In this quick review I'll be piecing together the puzzle and exposing the stock for free, which you'd normally have to buy a subscription of their advisory service to find out more about.

The teaser:

They've actually been teasing this same stock since at least 2018, and maybe earlier.

Some of the things we know are that it is in the advertising industry and isn't a competitor with Neflix, Hulu, etc., and it's said that most investors have never heard of this company, yet it is one of the rare "ultimate buy alert" stocks that The Motley Fool is recommending.

What the heck is an "ultimate buy alert"?

This is when both Tom and David Gardner (Motley Fool's founders) land on the same stock recommendation. They make their recommendations separately and when they both happen, by chance, to land on the same pick... well, then... this means the stock is likely a pretty good pick.

These "ultimate buy alerts" don't come around too often. Since Stock Advisor's 2002 inception there have only been around 25 of them issued. And the average return of these stocks has been 773%, which is pretty darn good (these statistics might be a bit outdated).

They hint that this "ticking time bomb" stock could see similar gains.

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If you're familiar with Motley Fool's teasers then I'm sure you already know what's going on here.

They have a special report called "1 Stock for Cable TV's "Ticking Time Bomb", which goes over the stock being teased and why they believe it's such a good play.

How do you get this report?

Well, of course they aren't just giving away this information for free. You have to buy a subscription to their Stock Advisor service first, which is the same sales tactic they used with their #1 Pot Stock teaser (we also exposed this).

Well... normally you have to subscribe... but today I'm just going to tell you what the stock is...

Motley Fool's "Ticking Time Bomb" Stock Revealed

Okay, so to piece this puzzle together let's go over some of what we know. The hints include:

  • This company stands to profit as more and more people ditch cable for streaming TV
  • isn’t some competitor to Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video
  • this company sits in the middle of the advertising market
  • CEO called the current moment "the most exciting in the history of advertising" during an interview with Tom Gardner (co-founder of The Motley Fool)
  • CEO said something about a "ticking time bomb"

None of those hints are really all that great, but fortunately for us this company has been teased for quite some time and the information as to its name has been leaked.

The "ticking time bomb" stock they're teasing is The Trade Desk (TTD), which is a tech company that provides a software platform allowing real time bidding (RTB) for digital ad buyers.

  • Yes, TTD is positioned to profit from more people joining streaming services.
  • Yes, it's true that TTD is not a competitor with Netfilx, Hulu, etc.
  • Yes, TTD is an advertising company.
  • Yes, the CEO, Jeff Green, did state that he believes this is "the most exciting in the history of advertising" in an interview with the Motley Fool.
  • Yes, the CEO did mention the TV business being a "ticking time bomb" in an interview published on Business Insider...

All clues point to TTD, and it makes perfect sense because The Motley Fool has been a big fan of this company for quite some time now... and has voiced this opinion many times.

Good Investment or Not?

It seems that people aren't quite as optimistic as they once were with this company, largely due to the recent pandemic's economic affect, but there are still many proponents... and it's still a stock that is held by a fair amount of hedge funds.

If you look at the 12-month price forecast from CNN Money the outlook isn't anything special, but The Motley Fool is all about long-term value investing when it comes to their Stock Advisor service... so they don't really care too much about the short-term future (although 12 months isn't really that short).

There's no doubt this company is positioned well in a growing industry, and that's always a good thing, but you certainly shouldn't buy into it thinking that it's going to provide a 773% return like that of the average "ultimate buy alert" stock - and besides, this statistic is misleading because of massive gains from stocks they've recommended, like Neflix for example (up over 20,000%).

Quick Recap

  • Motley Fool has been teasing Cable TV's "Ticking Time Bomb" stock since at least 2018
  • This is an "ultimate buy alert" stock, which is a stock that both Tom and David Gardner picked
  • Normally you'd have to buy into their Stock Advisor subscription to find out the name of this company
  • I've exposed it... the company being teased here is The Trade Desk (TTD), which provides a real time bidding (RTB) online advertising service
  • Don't buy in counting on this becoming the next Netflix of Tesla stock

And there you have it!

Hopefully this quick review has provided some value to you. Let us know what you think about this pick in the comment section below. We're always happy to hear back from our readers!

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  1. Hi Anders,

    Thanks. I saw this teaser and wondered if I could figure it out without joining Motley. I did that once and found it unhelpful. So I was thrilled to stumble upon your site where you did the work for me!

    And, as a Battlestar Gallactica fan, I love your name…

    1. Hi Cecelia. Thank you so much, I appreciate the compliment. Not sure the Battlestar Gallactica reference, but I’ll have to look it up.

      Take care.

  2. hi, never invested before, hope to leave something for my daughter. one question. I hear about 25 times the "all-in" alert has been raised and approximately a 773% average was achieved on these stocks. question is of the 23,25 what ever it was, how many of these actually lost money? and well, ok 2 questions. the 773 % was from when to when? I'm trying to ask if the first pick was 20 years ago and the next pic was 2 yearslater, how was the 773% calculated? pick one up 1000% the next day then fell to zero later on? pick 2 up 1000% the next day then fell to zero later on but a 2000% increase is calculated for these two picks? did the 3rd pick loose to the point of 1227% bringing average of first 3 picks to a outstanding average of 773%? help me out on the timeframes and calculations to get 773%. thank you, first time investor, greg,

    1. Hi Greg,

      I really don’t know the details of these statistics. I don’t think The Motley Fool really provides much information on them.

  3. Not sure how you can put down TTD with 1 year high undefined low of 132 vs 800. I’d take that any “long term” 1 year.

  4. Okay, So if you have an idea and you dont have the financial means to back it. you use social media platforms to pitch it to have the interest of others.Once you get enough hits it may stir things up in the NYSE..Once you have rattled a few feathers you may be flying high soon.

  5. Very informative. I'm new to the investment world and have already discovered that there is a lot of b.s. out there and it is very hard to get real news and advice. Thanks.

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FTS error morsal of analysis.

Metric numbers never really tell the true story.
I was looking into FTS transfer failures for the ATLAS experiment; (transfers involving ATLAS; I wasn't doing the analysis for atlas,) to see how well we are transferring data within the UK.
So the overall figure is 93.22%. So with two retires allowed; on average 99.993 of  transfers complete without having to worry about retrying from within the VO's Sounds good until you find out that last month ATLAS transferred nearly 6.5M files to and from UK sites, therefore ~45k files would have to be retried from the V0 framework. In total there were6417312 unique successful transfers (2.4M solely within the UK) and 467001 failures associated with them.

Good Write/Read/Delete rates for ATLAS at UK T1

Had a busy period for ATLASSCRATCHDISK space token at the UK Tier1.

This was in response to recovering files for a Tier 2 which had lost a disk server and wanted replacement files.

We wrote ~35TB/day in 2 days. Deleted 80TB; (240,000 files) in a day.

Data was copied out to the T2. Purely from RAL the rate looked like:
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DPM-XROOTD and Federated redirection: volume 1

Historically, one of the weaknesses in DPM as an SE, from the perspective of some of the LHC VOs, was its lacking xrootd support. (While, technically, DPM has supported "xrootd" for some time, the release of xrootd involved has always lagged significantly behind the curve, meaning that DPMs supporting the protocol often couldn't actually provide functionality expected of them.)

Partly as a result of the recent enthusiasm for federated storage (a concept whereby storage endpoints become part of a redirection hierarchy, so that requests against files not present locally can be passed up the chain, until a (hopefully close) endpoint with the file can be found to serve the request), and the particular enthusiasm of ATLAS and CMS (thanks to their experiments in the US) for xrootd as the mechanism for this, DPM's xrootd support has recently improved significantly.

At present, the package is still beta (in particular, the YAIM module is not released yet, so hand configuration is more reliable), but it's been tested on the development SE here at Glasgow (svr025), with some success.

The current release of the dpm-xrootd package still needs to be obtained from an unusual location (instructions here: https://svnweb.cern.ch/trac/lcgdm/wiki/Dpm/Xroot/Setup ), but has the advantage that it will work with DPM 1.8.2 disk nodes, as long as the head node is DPM 1.8.3.
As 1.8.3 is EMI-only, this effectively allows you to test the protocol with gLite disk nodes for the first time.

I've recently set this release up on the production SE at Glasgow (svr018, which is precisely EMI 1.8.3 head, with a mix of gLite and EMI disk nodes). Some thoughts follow:

1) it is not safe to install dpm-xrootd from the marked repository if your glite-SE_dpm_disk release is less than 1.8.2. One of the dependancies of the package is the 1.8.2 release of dpm-lib, but without the rest of the packages from 1.8.2 being installed, this will simply break gridftp and rfiod.
Update your node to 1.8.2 and then pull in dpm-xrootd.

2) the configuration described in the link above is identical for all disk pool nodes. This means it is much less painful than it might be - test with one disk node then mirror across the others.

3) It appears that, for some reason, the dpm-xrootd package does not like SL5.5 and glite-SE_dpm_disk  - several of our disk pools are on this SL release, and the xrootd service refused to start on them. Updating (yum update) to SL5.7 fixes this, by means currently not fully understood.

4) the provision of a certificate with a valid ATLAS VOMS role for the LFC lookup is provided as an exercise for the reader. This is a requirement of the xrootd redirection framework, not dpm specifically, and I hope it will go away soon, since it's extremely silly.

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Lately in the Texas Register: Comment on Gov. Perry's criminal justice priorities

From the Texas Register:
  • Clarifying amendments were released related to substance abuse treatment for probationers from the Department of Criminal Justice's Community Justice Assistance Division (CJAD).
  • The Commission on Jail Standards withdrew several proposed but never enacted amendments regarding construction standards, definitions, and rulemaking procedures.
Readers, let us know in the comments what if anything you see of interest in these proposed rules.

Finally, in a rare moment of bipartisan agreement with US Senate Democrats, Governor Perry's Criminal Justice Division is seeking input on funding priorities for spending federal law enforcement grants, according to this entry:
The Governor's Criminal Justice Division (CJD) is preparing its application for the 2011 federal Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG).

The Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011 allocation to the state of Texas is expected to be $18.2 million.  CJD proposes to use the FFY 2011 award to fund initiatives that target violent crimes and sexual predators and enhance border security and adult substance abuse diversion programs.

Comments on the application or the priorities may be submitted in writing to Judy Switzer by email at jswitzer@governor.state.tx.us or mailed to the Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711. Comments must be received or postmarked no later than 30 days from the date of publication of this announcement in the Texas Register.
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Swede said...

Hey, could we get a post with a bunch of links to authoritative stuff on videotaping police officers for and against? Cheers.

Unknown said...

Does "enhancing border security" include Southbound checkpoints for currency (by TX staters, w/o authority to search)?

Anonymous said...

on HB 2649- What judge will be making these decisions? The original judge from the case? Also, does it also go into effect September 1st, or will it be enacted sooner?

I asked before and got no answer.

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8:36, here's the bill text and analysis. See for yourself.

Swede, I've written some about that, see here and here including links at the bottom of the first post.

Unknown 8:27, I suppose we'll have to wait and see what is passed in the special; it failed in the regular session but since nobody's paying me to track it, I've been willfully avoiding the day to day goings on at the Lege for the last month.

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In the Gospel reading today from Matthew 8, a centurion asks Jesus to heal one of his servants from afar. Jesus offers to go to the man’s house, but the man says, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed.” Lord, I am not worthy. Words we echo at every Mass, right before we do receive Him in the Eucharist. But truer words were never spoken. Lord, I am not worthy to receive you; but only say the word and I shall be healed.

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Known Issues in Windows 10 KB5001391 update

Whenever Microsoft releases a Cumulative update for Windows 10, it also shares the known issues that users may experience after installing the update. There are some issues that users might face after installing the latest update. Below, we have listed some known issues in the KB5001391 update.

  • System and user might lose certifications when updating the device from Windows 10, version 1809, or later. However, this will only happen if a user has installed any Latest cumulative update released on September 2020 or later and then proceed to update to a later version of Windows 10 via media or an installation source that does not have an LCU released in October 2020 or later integrated.
  • You might experience few problems while inputting the Furigana Characters. Microsoft is working on a resolution to provide you an update containing the fix in an upcoming release.
  • Devices with Windows installation media files created from custom sources might have Microsoft Edge Legacy removed by this update.
  • Users may also experience few problems while playing games in full screen or borderless Windowed mode. However, Microsoft knows about this issue and said they would fix this via a server-side update.

Download Windows 10 KB5001391 update

If you are using Windows 10 2004 and Windows 10 20H2, you can get the update directly from the Update & Security page. However, if you cannot get the update downloaded on your system, you can use the offline installation file.

Microsoft shared the offline installer files of the Windows 10 KB5001391 update. You need to visit this web page to download Windows 10 KB5001391 Offline Installer. You will see a screen like below.

Download Windows 10 KB5001391 update

On the Update Catalog, you need to click on the ‘Download‘ button next to the correct version/edition of Windows 10. Once done, the download would start.

How to Install Windows 10 KB5001391 update?

As mentioned above, Windows 10 KB5001391 update is available via Microsoft Update. So, you need to head to the Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update section.

Under the ‘Optional updates available’ area, you will find the link to download and install the Windows 10 KB5001391 update. Once downloaded, click on the ‘Restart Now’ button to finish the installation process.

There’s another important thing to note here. Microsoft is now combining the latest servicing stack update (SSU) with the cumulative updates. That simply means that you don’t need to install the SSU update first to get this update. However, if you receive an error message during the installation, you should install the most recent standalone SSU (KB4598481) and then attempt to install the cumulative update.

How to Uninstall Windows 10 KB5001391 update?

Well, if you are experiencing problems after installing the new update, and wish to roll back to the previous version, then you need to follow this guide – How to Rollback Windows 10 Updates (Including Insider Builds)

The guide list some easy steps to uninstall Windows 10 update. However, you need to uninstall the update within the 10-day time frame. After 10 days, the option to roll back to the previous build would be unavailable.

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Just Because...

Giant poppies in the 'Wild' garden at WD. It really is utterly beautiful in the gardens here.

A visitor to the studio yesterday asked me "isn't it depressing working in grey all the time?". Not a bit of it, I love greys. There are so many subtle nuances; a pinky grey, a blue grey, a greyed mauve. An almost infinite range of tones to choose from. And once one begins optical mixing with yarns....

I am smiling already; 'grey' is most definitely NOT depressing.

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Yerushalayim Terror Attack Victim Identified

Israeli security forces search the scene where a body of a 19-year-old woman was found Thursday, night in Ein Yael, in the outskirts of Yerushalayim, Friday. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The 19-year-old victim found brutally murdered in a Yerushalayim forest on Thursday night has been identified as Ori Ansbacher, Hy”d.

Ansbacher, whose family lives in Tekoa and who had been residing in Yerushalayim, was found in the Ein Yael forest near the Biblical Zoo Thursday night, after she had been reported missing earlier in the day. Her body was found, with signs of extreme violence. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ansbacher’s levayah will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon at the Tekoa cemetery.

On Friday morning, investigators and security officials swarmed the site where Ansbacher’s remains had been discovered.

A court had placed a gag order on all details of the murder, which was being investigated by the police and the Shin Bet. The order was partially lifted on Friday morning to allow identification of the victim.


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What goes on when you’re not there… :-)

Wonderful finger pickin’ by Ewam Dobson too…

Lanesboro Rhubarb Fest Sat., June 1st, 2013

Entertainment Schedule

10 a.m. – Festival begins

10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Singing of the Rhubarb National Anthem

Rhubarb Run: Welcome/Awards

Bee-Bop-a-Ree-Bop Rhubarb Pie sing-along

Welcome from Bob of Cock-A-Doodle Zoo

Event Leaders – What you need to know about the contests:
Tasting, Games, Minute-to-Win-IT, Pie-making

Event Leaders – What you need to know about the Story Tree
and Fashion Show

10:30 a.m.

Rhubarb Games begin. KTTC’s Morning News Team Jess
Abrahamson and Ted Schmidt throw out the first stalk. Olympics
run continuously 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

Rhubarb Jugglers Will they juggle flaming rhubarb?

Rhubarb Tasting begins.Taste everything rhubarb from savories to
sweets to drinks. Tasting continues until gone.

Minute-to-Win-it Rhubarb-Chopstick Contest begins. Contest
runs continuously 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 p.m. WALTER BRADLEY AND STEVE ARNOLD
will entertain with song.

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. RHUBARB SISTERS will sing original
rhubarb songs.

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Pie-Making Contest

12:30 p.m. – 1 p.m. TOM SCHRAMM, well-known local artist, will
sing and entertain.

1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pie-Making Contest

1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Rhubarb Zumba with Melinda Lutes

1:30 p.m. Prizes awarded for Rhubarb Games, Tasting Contest,
Minute-to-Win-It Rhubarb Chopstick Contest, and Largest Leaf and
Heaviest Stalk Contests. Remember – winners must be present to

take home prizes!

1:45 p.m. – 2 p.m. Rhubarb Fashion Show

2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. RUTABAGA BROTHERS will sing and entertain.

The Rhubarb Rant will be going on at the top of the hour every hour
during the Festival so tell us your personal Rhubarb story.

Don’t forget to visit The Story Tree, where local storytellers will entertain
at 11:30, 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30.

Cock-A-Doodle-Zoo will run continuously throughout the festival, but for
informational talks about the animals stop there at 11:00
or 1:00.

And check out ridetheskyusa.com to find out about helicopter
rides over Lanesboro departing from our nearby football field.
Their rates and schedule will be available the day of the festival.

Rhubarb Games Sponsors

  • Associated Bank
  • Cottage House Inn
  • Krage Insurance Agency
  • Rhinos Pizza and Subs
  • Scenic Valley Winery
Rhubarb Run Sponsors

  • Road ID
  • Commonweal Theatre Company
  • Artesian Fresh
  • Fillmore County Journal
  • Frank Wright
  • Lanesboro Fire Department
  • Joe Deden / Eagle Bluff Environmental
    Learning Center

Rhubarb Sponsors

  • Commonweal Theatre
  • Inn at Sacred Clay Farm
  • Lanesboro Web Management Group
  • O’Leary’s B & B
  • Ace Communication

Lanesboro – Rhubarb Capital of Minnesota!

“Everything Rhubarb” – The Book

Rhubarb Run

Rhubarb Games

Cock-a-Doodle Zoo

Call for Entries

Schedule of Events

Rhubarb Recipes

Ray Manzarek – Terrific Interview From 1998

Ray Manzarek did this interview while at his keyboard(s) in 1998 and it’s one of the very best I’ve ever heard. Manzarak plays, demonstrates, celebrates… just wonderful. Absolutely worth a few minutes of your time.


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Boston Bruins PJ Drive

The Hanson Public Library has teamed up with the Boston Bruins to participate in their annual pajama drive to benefit DCF Kids and Cradles to Crayons. The drive runs from February 1st through March 15th. The Hanson Library will be collecting new pairs of pajamas for babies, children and teens.


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1. 朱 is the 1118th most frequent character.
  2. has 3 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 22 words.
  4. appears as a component in 15 characters.

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (one), (N/A)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Zhu1 - surname Zhu
  2. zhu1 - vermilion
  3. zhu1 - cinnabar/see 硃砂|朱砂[zhu1 sha1]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 朱 (zhu1): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

朱红 (朱紅)
朱镕基 (朱鎔基)
朱丽叶 (朱麗葉)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.


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Metal Parts from 3D Prints

After testing the Flat-Pack Camera Arm, I was pretty happy with the results. Happy, except for one detail: the joint at the base of the arm would creep down over time. This wasn’t a problem while taking shots of projects at the bench, given how often I’d have to reposition it. The big pain was trying to capture time lapses. The creep was just too noticeable, and it would never stay in place long enough to keep the action of a day’s work in frame.

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The Adaptiv Robotic Shoe wins a Red Dot design award

The Adaptiv is a futuristic sneaker design that features soft robotic elements to maximize performance while running, jumping, and breaking ankles on the court. The design was spearheaded by Jordan Diatlo of Leadoff Studio for the athletic data company SOLS. The project also featured research and development work by biomechanical engineer Richard Ranky. Super-Releaser contributed to the overall project, building a physical prototype that displayed the soft robotic mechanisms that dynamically adjusted the shoe’s fit and springiness intended to maximize performance during a game.

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SOLS Adaptiv – A Wearable Soft Robot

I was hired by SOLS to help out with their Adaptiv project. The idea was to showcase the procedural modeling techniques, materials, and technologies behind their printed insoles with a futuristic robotic shoe. Jordan Dialto, the industrial design lead at SOLS, approached me in my capacity as lead scientist at Super-Releaser to make a prototype soft robot shoe that could change shape and fit in response to the wearer.

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Cultivating Style

I sit here, one of three folks all crammed on a futon, laptops steadily warming our laps, headphones plugged in, all persistently writing. To my right is designer, business owner, and furiously talented metal fabricator Danielle Hills. To my left is arch art director and wig stylist supreme Numidas Prasarn. The three of us collaborated to bring you these photos from Danielle’s most recent show, in which she exposed her brand new fashion line (The Executioner) to the world for the very first time.

You may recognize Danielle’s work from her previous collection, The Surgeon. She brings a unique, organic texture to her objects, while maintaining fairly simple geometries. The closest comparison I can think of offhand is Nervous System, but seen from a handcrafting perspective. You can view the whole series of shots I took of the event over on Flickr. There’s also some more coverage of the night here and here.

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Art is Wrong: How your Brain Tells you Beautiful Lies

Speaking is intensely exciting. I love sharing, teaching, and lining up all of my thoughts into something concise and convincing. Something about ordering a swarm of swirling tenuous ideas into a coherent presentation makes them more vivid and solid.

I’ve been looking for more opportunities to speak and on my hunt for possible events to pursue I stumbled across the Extreme Futurist Festival put on by Michael Anissimov and Rachel Haywire. It seemed like an interesting gathering of tech enthusiasts, new media junkies, teachers, singularity proselytizers, and a huge varied random smattering of people I thought it would be fun to talk with. Plus Alex Peake was going to be there, and it was impossible to refuse an opportunity to catch up on what he’s been up to.

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The Anywhere Organ at Maker Faire

Howdy, y’all. Come out and see the Anywhere Organ in action at this year’s World Maker Faire. I’m going to be setting up a keyboard for people to play with, a laptop to run some sweet MIDI tunes, and there might even be some special musical guests. I’ve also got a Kickstarter going to raise funds for a bigger, better, more amazing version. Check it out at

You can see a sweet video of the organ in action after the jump.

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Franklins Bar & Eatery.

Pairing classic timber furniture with a fresh, light-filled venue

Harrows was delighted to work alongside the team at Franklins Bar & Eatery to provide a range of furniture for their new venue.

The Pukekohe based eatery is all about what’s natural, with ivy crawling over the exposed brick interior wall and huge windows allowing natural light to spill in. Harrows provided predominantly timber furniture, with the Crossback Chairs and Chicago Tops being carefully colour matched to the site’s existing items.

Solid Colorado Stools are upholstered in a cohesive green vinyl, and in the outdoor area Extant Stools are paired with Tripod Outdoor Leaners. The white powder coated steel brightens the space and provides a beautiful contrast against the dark Iroko timber.

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Screen Time: Is My Kid Watching Too Much TV?

Alright, I’m going to be completely honest, because this blog is anonymous, and because the first step is admitting you have a problem.  On some days (on a lot of days — maybe even more often than not), my 2.5-year-old watches a full 2 hours of TV.  Ugh, gross.  This is the first time I’ve said that number out loud.  It sounds outrageous.  (But if your kid watches more TV than that, I totally don’t judge you!)

Now I’ve been on social media enough to know that everyone thinks screen time is basically the devil.  And parents who expose their children to TV are doing the devil’s work.  (Well at least now I know what I’m going to be for Halloween, right?)  So why am I admitting that my son watches an enormous amount of TV? I don’t know, I guess I have a sneaking suspicion that lots of parents rely on TV to parent, and maybe we can normalize it a little bit. Yes? No? I’m all alone, you say?

Well in my defense, I guess, things weren’t always this bad.  When K-Man was in daycare, he watched maybe 30 minutes of TV a day, tops.  I will admit that I started him early, out of what I felt was necessity.  When Hubby was in med school and I was still working, Hubby was usually out of the house by the time I needed to get ready for the day.  And K-Man woke up at an ungodly hour almost always.  How is a girl supposed to shower and blow dry her hair with a baby all up in her business?  So, I would situate K-Man in the bathroom with my iPad, and let him watch Elmo’s World while I preened.  And on the weekends, well, K-Man didn’t sleep in.  Which means I didn’t sleep in.  Which means I got in the habit of sitting him on my lap, turning on some trusty Elmo, and snoozing on the couch while his brain slowly melted away.

And then we pulled K-Man out of daycare in anticipation of our move to Upstate New York.  That move, man, it killed us.  Have you ever tried to pack up your life with a 2-year-old and a nursing baby in tow? It is fricking impossible. So I’ll just go ahead and admit it: my son watched Moana and Cars pretty much on loop for about two weeks straight while Hubby and I packed.  Moana is a great babysitter, even though she’s only 16.  So by the time we were all moved, K-Man was a legit addict.  Every other sentence was, “Watch Cars? Watch Moana?”

It took a few more weeks to rid him of that particular habit, but the upshot is that the kid still watches a lot of TV (though he’s moved on to a YouTube obsession). I mean, it all adds up so quickly.  There’s usually an hour when he first wakes up.  It’s just that I feel like absolute death in the morning, and when I have to roll out of bed to deal with two maniacal kids, I don’t have much fight in me.  So I let him watch while I peel my eyes open, read my social media, make us some breakfast, get dressed, brush my teeth, and put my contacts on.  And then every time I have to nurse Ell-Bell (aka, the fussiest, most picky, most distracted nurser ever), I have to take her to another room, which means K-Man gets to hang out with the TV (aka, his babysitter) yet again.  And then there’s the after-nap grumpies, when K-Man is not human and needs to sit on the couch and zone out with some shows for a bit.  And on the worst days, little dude even gets to watch a bit before bed.  Because sometimes by the end of the day, I just can’t even.  So yeah, you can see how we hit two hours some days. Yikes.

We are always working on it, but I’m also trying to give myself a bit of a break.  I’m still learning how to Mom.  And gosh darnit, sometimes TV is educational.  Yeah, yeah, there are probably better ways to learn, but let me have this one.

All that being said, I do try to stick to some guidelines when it comes to the boob tube:

  • No more than an hour at any given time.  Let’s give that poor melting brain some time to re-congeal before we melt it all over again
  • Educational. We try to stick to TV that has at least some redeeming value. K-Man loves to watch nursery rhyme compilations on YouTube, and I totally attribute the fact that he knows his ABCs, colors, shapes, and numbers to those shows. I mean, the kid isn’t even three yet and can identify all the letters—both upper and lower case—and can also count up to 30-10!
  • I don’t offer it.  If he wants to watch TV, he has to ask for it.  And don’t worry, he does.
  • We have to do something else.  If it’s a TV-heavy day, we absolutely must get out of the house, at least once but usually twice, to do something completely different.
  • Snuggles or no deal.  My kid is extra cuddly when he’s watching TV, so if I’m not taking advantage of it, what am I even doing with my life?

So them’s the rules!  In the event that you’re interested in coming over to the dark side and need some TV recommendations, might I suggest Little Baby Bum, Clifford, or Daniel Tiger? Ugga mugga!

Until next time,

3 thoughts on “Screen Time: Is My Kid Watching Too Much TV?

  1. kiwinadian

    Just stumbled across your blog and saw this post. I’m a full time working mom and my husband is a workaholic. We both commute 40 minutes one way every day into the city. By the time we get home and start into kid-care mode, we are exhausted. So I have joked that Paw Patrol is my 2 year old’s third parent. Some people find it funny, some others, not so much. The way I look at it, when you’re a parent, you have to do whatever means necessary to survive the first few hard years. If it means a few hours of TV a day, then so be it. I figure that as long as you (not you specifically, “you” in general) create a balance of outside play and inside play along with some tv time, that is the best thing you can do. TV is going to be impossible for them to avoid as they grow older, so we might as well instill the ability to balance it out. 🙂

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    1. Thank you for this, it’s nice to know I’m not alone! I totally agree that balance is key, but sometimes you just need a third parent. And on an unrelated note, boo for 40-minute commutes! I’ve been there and it is the worst.

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Kjerstin Anne Kauffman / Ingrid Ellison

Painting Stories

My mother surreptitiously turns over peaches,
hiding the green ones, the bruised ones we ransacked,
I and my children, between the warm leaves,
before we can haul them to the scale.

Our plunder blushing in its cardboard crate
(yes, I crave it even now) does fail
to align. Big peaches jostle the small ones,
off-balance, or oddly oblate.

We have to respect the orchard, she’d said,
and she’d meant—suddenly, I understand—
produce culled, cradled, and basking
in ripe uniformity.

A pity we’ve left her to salvaging
what order she can, then bearing, with relative
grace, old Yaryan, who stoops,
weighs, and condescends

to advise: don’t turn up the stems, now.
Maybe we all of us, knowing best, err.
But who’ll forgive us our clumsy possession
of this fruit, these yielded gems?

Beginning Again, Oil on Linen 46×46″, © Ingrid Ellison

Red Roof, Oil on Panel 12×12″, © Ingrid Ellison

Blue Roof, Oil on Panel 12×12″, © Ingrid Ellison

Buried Under March Snow, Oil on Linen 48×48″, © Ingrid Ellison

Morning in the Cascades

The suburban smells like teenage boys
and coffee. But I’m in the back,
untouchable, serene—
             I’m the queen

of this expedition, who gets to sprawl
with Ebony, the dog, behind
the back seat, on the sleeping-bag-bed

over rucksacks and ski gear. I get
this envied seat, because when I read
the boys—everybody—listens.
             The roads glisten

with ice. This drive is dangerous. Yet the whole,
parentless carload’s in thrall to Watership Down
though mostly they’re too old
             for it, not bold

enough to admit they like it. I know
it bothers them—maybe it should
that it’s a story about bunnies.
             But it’s funny,

right now, no one wants to stop. We all
want to hear the world, like we thought,
is our enemy. We have to have cunning,

around in it. We have to have tricks.
Maybe they think, these brothers,
and these brothers’ friends, while I read
             they don’t need—

But look. We have such power then. The sun
stands over the mountains. The snow
is everywhere. And my voice, as we are cresting,
             is full, is arresting.

Turning, in Winter

Come inside, winnowing. Two months
this house has been in and out of a fever.
This room has asked me to bend
and whisk away: mucus, peevishness, sorrow.
Now the snow concentrates, heavy, tossing
on window and door. All day
I’ve been brooding the blue-light dispatches
of my phone—is this odd? some mother
had her children whisked by mistake,
by her benevolent state, by god—

The narrowest of passages, the most
impenetrable door I incline to survive as.
Nevertheless, I invite you,
flurry subsumed in this cavern, this room.

Carrying a Story Through the Night, Oil on Linen 48×48″, © Ingrid Ellison

Ingrid Ellison is a painter working in oil and mixed media. Born in Boston, Ingrid has made Maine her home since 2007. She has exhibited at the CMCA, AVA Center for the Arts, Cynthia Winings Gallery, and Frank Brockman Gallery. Ingrid has a passion for sharing what she does with students both school aged and adult.

Kjerstin Anne Kauffman has taught creative writing at  Johns Hopkins University and Hillsdale College. Her poems, essays, and reviews appear in many periodicals including Literary Matters, Gulf Coast, 32 Poems, The Cresset, Salamander,  and The American Poetry Review.