Hetch Hetchy Valley

Yosemite is so wonderful that we are apt to regard it as an exceptional creation, the only valley of its kind in the world; but Nature is not so poor as to have only one of anything. Several other yosemites have been discovered in the Sierra that occupy the same relative positions on the Range and w Read More

ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection for Beginners. The Often Confusing C# Coding Pattern

If you are researching dependency injection, no doubt you have already watched hour-long videos or read most multipage documents that attempt to explain dependency injection. However, I will keep my explanation short and sweet since the name “dependency injection” tells us what this codi Read More

The Singleton Design Pattern in C# ASP.NET

Singleton is a creational design pattern that ensures that only one class instance will be created while providing a global access point to this instance. This pattern ensures application-wide common functionality because only a single class instance can exist. Use this pattern when it does not m Read More

Custom CSS Overrides or Clashes with Bootstrap CSS? This May be the Problem!

Occasionally, conflicts can result if you use Bootstrap to style your web application and create a custom style sheet to enhance the interface. For instance, you may have encountered a problem where you have a button styled using Bootstrap, and then your custom CSS style overrides or conflicts with Read More

5 Emerging Ways Millennials Influence Travel

Millennials have grown accustomed to seeing the world in the palm of their hand. The generation born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s has grown up at the forefront of the digital age and with a smartphone as their ubiquitous accessory. The development of this generation has coincide Read More

How Do I get the Current UserId in an ASP.NET Core Identity View or Controller

Accessing the current UserId (ASPNetUsers Id) of an ASP.NET Core Identity application is essential to creating user-specific applications and filtering data based on a specific user. When users create (register) an account in an ASP.NET Core Identity application, a distinct user ID is generated a Read More

Lost...in Translation: Understanding Language

Language is a wonderful thing, the prime means of communication with our fellow humans. But languages, or different ways of expressing the same thing, can cause untold problems for those who send or receive these messages. For that is what conversation is – a stream of messages back and forth Read More

Trump Administration's Zero Tolerance Policy

     With humanitarian issues on the table, it has only been the last three days that CNN has felt the Zero Tolerance policy of the Trump administration newsworthy. On Friday, June 15, 2018, they were focusing on who did or did not interfere in the Trump presidential campaign. If t Read More

Love is Driving People out of their Minds: Totally Worth it!

“What is the best stage in love?” is a controversial question that has many variable answers according to numerous opinions. As far as I am concerned, I believe the majority of people I have met admit that “the best stage in love is the pre-confession stage”. The pre-confessi Read More

The Quality of the Magnesium Bath and Its Benefit

A society that values a strong work ethic that stresses and less and tireless work and burning the tension. Good quality sleep magnesium it is often looked down upon as a sign of laziness. But getting the sleep you need is critical for so many aspects of your general health. In order to improve both Read More

How to Publish Your Writing Work

Anyone can become a writer. However, becoming a published writer requires extra efforts. For one, you need to remain disciplined, acquire as much knowledge you can, and be willing to learn and work. Lastly, luck also plays a role in achieving your publishing goals, but you shouldn’t count on l Read More

My Time On A Ventilator

You groggily awaken in the OR. Your surgery has ended so you close your eyes for a peaceful recovery. Without warning, you feel as though you’re being propelled through a wind tunnel and somewhere off in the distance, you hear someone shout, “Hurry, she’s not breathing.” Someone else shouts: “Her Read More