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Few things are better than life with a kitten. These adorable little furballs are endlessly fun and impossibly cute, but it's also important to know exactly what you're getting into when you adopt a kitten.
Here are five essential tips for getting to know your kitten and caring for them as they grow.
1. Plan A Period Of Adjustment
Kittens can be resilient creatures. However, when you bring a new kitten home, you still need to plan for a period of adjustment before inviting everyone you know to come for a visit.
First up, set your new kitten in a small room where they can explore around safely and get accustomed to their new environment. Food, water, a litter box, a scratching post, and some toys are key.
Once your kitten seems to be getting used to their new digs, you can slowly let them begin to explore the rest of the house or apartment.
2. Kitten Play Is Essential
Kittens have two settings: play and sleep. A kitten's need for play peaks when they are about twelve weeks old, which is right around the point when your kitten should come home with you.
To that end, make sure your kitten has a variety of toys to fulfill their love of play and being active. Suggestions include: puzzle toys that dispense treats, stuffed toys to stalk and attack, and balls or electric toys to chase. These toys will let your kitten exercise their natural hunting instincts, too.
3. Monitor Your Kitten's Biting Instincts
Fresh kittens might be prone to biting. A simple solution when your kitten starts to bite in an inappropriate manner, make a loud noise (like a good "Ouch!"), walk away, and then give them a suitable toy to bite or attack. At this point you can heap praise on your kitten for demonstrating appropriate behavior with the toy instead of your fingers.
4. Encourage Good Behavior Early
Well before your new kitten is four months old, you'll want to foster good behavior and socialization. This might involve dealing with dogs, children, vet visits, car journeys, wearing a harness or leash, plus any grooming and dental regimes.
Go slow, make it fun, and give your kitten lots of praise, petting and treats when they're encountering what might be a new and potentially scary situation or activity. Starting early will help your cat be more outgoing and well-behaved in the future as an adult. It will also make routine tasks, like brushing their teeth or going to the vet, much easier.
5. Figure Out The Litter Box Situation
Finally, set up your kitten's litter box so that it's attractive to use. At first, offer a choice of several types of litter so she can select her favorite, plus include a choice between an open and a covered litter box.
Also, always keep the box super clean, both in terms of scooping out poop and washing it regularly with non-harsh cleaning products. You may wish to replace the litter box every so often. Remember, cats can smell things you can't, and an old litter box might harbor some nasty odors, even after a wash.
Do you have any other tips for people who want to adopt a new kitten? Let us know in the comments below!


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Define a simple monophonic tune in a string of plain text, then the player will generate tones for the notes creating the music. This tune player uses the ANSI music format, was also used by QBasic.
For example, this is how "Somewhere over the rainbow" looks like:
You can also read more about the ANSI music history and specs.
I'm working on this player to use it in TruequeGS, a project for teaching the principles of game design to kids.
ANSI music player
Includes txt with some tunes for you to guess!
Moral choices as a game dynamic
This post is a tweet gone big replying Tim Wicksteed about his recently announced game 'Big Pharma',
First I need to say I know very little about the game itself, and I don't really know how Tim is handling the moral choices in his design. This conversation was a trigger and I decided to share my thoughts on the topic.
'Big Pharma' seems to propose a moral dilemma to it's players: Going for the cash or contributing to humanity?
MiniTower prototype released
It's time to start testing the MiniTower prototype!
Download it here.
It deserves some explanation first because it's some early stuff.
Keep reading for some notes on prototype making and game design.
Welcome, this is Ptower dev diary 3.
Some people have asked me to extend myself a bit further into the concept and ideas behind the design of Ptower. So, this is what I'm doing in dev diary 3.
Keep reading for the full video and transcription.
A funny rig to say happy new year.
Find the video after the break, featuring some concept art for the "hanging rocks room" and a full resolution version of the complete image.
Some things that are happening:
Is that a fake moustache in your face?
Yep, it is. Having some fun doing the video for the first dev diary of #PTower.
3:00 minutes of concept art, sketches, prototype and silly editing + 1:00 of a time lapse of me doing some concept art of the tower.
Valve just have been announcing somethings during this week. An operating system, custom hardware and today a gamepad controller. When I saw it I couldn't resist to see this cute creature.
On September 18th at 19:30 I am giving the talk "The secrets of game design".
Continue to read the funny snake-oil salesman description of the talk.
Alejo AC
Indie game designer
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I bought 2 sets of the blue string lights, they are beautiful at night
Every time I look at an email from TMART, I end up spending too much time looking at the endless list of cool items they offer. It's not only the volume but also the actual items. From light bulbs to fishing gear. You name it, they got it and at a fraction of the price you would expect to pay.
Suite a differente commande je vous fait part de ma satisfaction merci
We can get more and more information from this website.
Заказывала много товаров, все приходит вовремя и высокого качества. Всегда можно получить помощь в чате. Цены очень хорошие, я рекомендую!
Cimi :Gracias por el envio avisa que ya llego el violin tan esperado muy agradecida esta muy bonito,me ha gustado seguiremos comprando otras cositas ,luego voy por el acordeon saluditos.
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What the #%$@! is Programmatic Marketing?
Every day, there's a new article about programmatic marketing: who's doing it, who's not doing it, who should be doing it, and why. Even with this deluge of info, it's easy to forget what, exactly, programmatic marketing is at its core. To answer this very question, we've created a series of short animations that dive into precisely what programmatic means across a variety of mediums, from cross-device to television. Spend the next three minutes getting a jargon-free explanation of programmatic marketing across devices that will tell you how to activate your marketing data and show how programmatic is an important tool to help understand and engage your best customers.


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o Provide a copy of identity card (KTP/SIM/KITAS) and a copy of proof of residence (electricity/telephone/credit card bill) addressed to you at your residence.
3. All items must be paid in full prior to delivery, and if an extended rental period is requested then rental charges must be paid before the start of the extended rental period.
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5. The items rented are only intended for personal use by children of an appropriate age and must not be used for party purposes or commercial/profit-making purposes (unless otherwise approved by FunBox Rental under specific agreement).
6. Customer is not permitted to lend/transfer possession of the rented items to any other party under any circumstances or conditions.
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I had the amazing opportunity to return for a second year in a row and present to the coaches and athletes of Colorado high schools on Developing and Maintaining Healthy Relationships in the Spotlight.
I had a full classroom. All chairs were taken up and many teens piled in on the floor. We had a wonderful conversation about relationships, both healthy and unhealthy. We also talked in depth about teen dating abuse.
Thank you to the wonderful organizers of the Coaches and Leadership Conference.
Colorado Spirit Coaches Association's mission is to support the needs of Colorado coaches in cheer, pom, dance, all-star, and drill teams by uniting, educating, networking, and recognizing the achievements of the athletes and coaches of our Rocky Mountain State.
The Leadership conference educates spirit leaders in developing and maintaining respect between teams in the spirit industry, promotes advocating for the sport, educates how to be an ambassador for the team, school, and entire spirit industry, provides formal training with skills and personal behavior/attitude, and increases development in professionalism within the sport.
I had a wonderful group of teens. So many amazing ideas, thoughts, and stories were shared. I look forward to coming back again next year!
At the end of the hour, I had the teens write what love means to them on their hands and arms. Here are some pictures!!!
Love is....
What is love to you?
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text: Christening Cakes are extremely personal and only you can decide exactly what you want. You have the choice of a traditional Cake elegantly decorated with the name of your child or choose to have some sugar crafting to create the sleeping baby or the tiny boots. Maybe you you will require a two tier cake if you are planning a slightly larger Christening, giving you the option of having a chocolate or vanilla butter flavoured option as well as the standard sponge. Please feel free to call me to discuss exactly what it is you are looking for and I will give you some Free advice. Please also have a look through my Birthday galleries to get an idea of the kind of things that are possible to make with a cake, just in case you are feeling adventurous.


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The world of eCommerce is constantly evolving. The market exploded in the mid-1990's, and although the turn of the century saw the Dot-Com Crash, the market is still going strong and growing every day.
The power of conducting trade online has attracted smaller players to entire the game and seek their fortunes.
Having the right backend is of vital importance when setting up an online shop. Two common choices for eCommerce platforms are Magneto and WooCommerce.
Both are free to use, but they have striking differences which may make one appeal over the other depending on the needs of webmasters. Let's take a look at the strengths and weaknesses of both platforms and help you to determine which platform would work best for you.
Magento is not just the name of the X-Men villain, but it is also a powerful eCommerce platform. Owned by eBay, this online store platform offers a plethora of features that makes it a superb choice for setting up an eCommerce website.
These features include shop customization, incorporation of coupon codes, filtering to help customers easily navigate your products, and more.
The downside is that setting up Magento will take some technical savvy, and less-skilled webmasters may find themselves purchasing the services of a professional to get things up and going.
Magento also keeps track of analytics information, allowing shop owners to see how well certain products are selling.
To extend functionality. However, one will have to access Magento Connect. This marketplace features thousands of add-ons to enhance the functionality of your site, but it can be costly since the best additions come with a price.
Moreover, setting up plugins on a Magento-based site is a technically extensive affair, and may require hiring a skilled developer. Time and money are required for setting up a fully functional Magento-based online store.
Given the amount of power and scalability that Magento offers, it is perfect for those that plan to create big online stores, or who already have the merchandise ready to go.
The costs in terms of time and money with establishing and maintaining such a site also make it more suitable for larger businesses that have resources to spend.
Magento is a robust eCommerce platform, but its technical complexity and potential costs are not for everyone. This is where WooCommerce shines through with its simplicity and low cost of entry.
Unlike Magento, WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin, making it easy to install and set up. This also comes with the upside that establishing a small online store can be completely free when using WordPress-based hosting, although this is not ideal.
On the downside, one is forced to utilize a WordPress platform, whether using WordPress hosting or one's own hosting plan. This can be a detriment since WordPress was not designed for creating online stores, despite its versatility.
Since WooCommerce is a WordPress plugin, stores created using this platform have access to all of the other plugins that WordPress has to offer.
For instance, one can use SumoMe to market their websites, check analytics, and manage mailing lists. If a webmaster can set up a WordPress site, then they can easily incorporate WooCommerce to start selling items.
In fact, if one already has a WordPress-based site established and wants to start selling items, it can be done with ease by installing and configuring the plugin.
WooCommerce may be easier to use than Magento, but this comes at the price of it not being as robust. For instance, WooCommerce's product filtering is not as refined, making it less intuitive for customers to find what they are looking for.
Some of these issues can be rectified by utilizing other WordPress plugins, but even in conjunction with other plugins, WooCommerce just does not have the same specialized eCommerce features that Magento enjoys.
The Final Verdict
Magento and WooCommerce are both great choices for eCommerce websites, but the better option is ultimately your choice. If you are just getting into the eCommerce market, or if you plan on creating a smaller site, then WooCommerce is probably your better bet.
Larger businesses may want to invest in Magento since its features are well-suited for larger stores, and they will have the resources to set up and maintain a functioning Magento site.


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Hauppauge (NY) – Chip developer SMSC today announced a new USB hub, which enables users to network USB peripherals between two host computers – without the need of a traditional local area network. USB hubs with networking capability are in development now and should be available starting this summer, according to the manufacturer.
About ten years ago, USB promised a new sense of convenience for PC users by dropping the requirement of manual driver installation for every peripheral device connected to a computer. Today, USB devices are ubiquitous and delivered on the industry's original promise – most driver installations for peripherals happen in the background, invisible for the user. But the sheer flood of USB devices forces us to move flash memory sticks, portable hard drives, scanners, printers, card readers or digital cameras from one computer to another, if we choose not to set up a network connection for every single one of these devices.
SMSC appears to have come up with one of these "why haven't they done this earlier?" solutions that eliminates the problem of sharing USB devices between multiple host computers and USB peripherals. The firm's MultiSwitch hub allows two (upstream) host devices – such as a desktop or notebook PCs or TVs – to share up to four (downstream) peripheral devices. The hub creates a mini network between two computers without asking for an actual network, which may simplify the shared use of many devices for mainstream users.
According to SMSC, the hub does not require specific driver software and will deliver an aggregate bandwidth of 960 Mb/s (2 x 480 Mb/s) between the two host computers and up to 12 Mb/s (USB 1.1 spec) to each of the four ports. Potential applications include a notebook that can share a portable hard drive, digital camera and a printer with a desktop PC, a game console that shares storage and printing devices with a PC and a digital TV that shares a flash card reader and hard drive with a media center PC. The switching process will happen automatically, and will not require the user to physically "switch" between two devices: Both upstream devices can simultaneously access downstream devices at any given time, we were told.
The first USB sharing hubs using SMSC's chips are expected to surface in summer; PC OEMs apparently are planning products for fall of this year, consumer electronics products integrating the chip may become available in early 2007.


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DuPont recently hosted a series of seminars on FM-200® and Halon replacement across the Gulf region including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar. FM-200® is a trusted choice in waterless fire suppression and is a member of the DuPont family of clean agent fire extinguishants.
DuPont also announced the launch of FM-200® Falcon Customer Protection Program designed to help protect FM-200® customers in the Middle East region. The Falcon Customer Protection Program is a 20 years warranty program for DuPont customers and it is currently available in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Led by Dr. Mark Robin, Senior Technical Services Consultant, Neil Roberts, Europe, Middle East and Africa [EMEA] Business Manager and Mohammed Shehabi, Middle East Regional Manager [ME], the seminar addressed clean agent market history and future trends, Halon replacement and clean agent comparisons, LEED Green Buildings and HFC Usage and Emissions reports.
"We are very delighted to announce the Falcon Customer program as it solidifies the position of FM-200 as the agent of choice in the region. The seminars were very successful and well-attended, with over 350 attendees. DuPont FM-200 is the most specified Halon replacement agent worldwide, and its unique characteristics make it the most appropriate product for clean agent systems. DuPont confirms through its seminars its commitment to supporting regional Halon replacement initiatives and future clean agent requirements," said Mohammed Shehabi, Regional Manager Middle East.
FM-200® is an important part of an environmentally responsible fire suppression solution. FM-200® systems reach extinguishing levels in 10 seconds or less, stopping ordinary combustible, electrical, and flammable liquid fires before they cause significant damage. This results in less damage, lower repair costs, and an extra margin of safety for people. It also means less downtime and disruption of business. FM-200® fire suppressant can be safely used where people are present.
DuPont's family of clean agent fire suppressants also includes the Halon 1211 replacing FE-36 portable fire extinguisher agent which provides maximum protection for people and assets at minimum impact to the environment. The range of Fire Extinguishants embody DuPont's over 208 years of commitment to the safety of people, assets, and the environment.
DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in approximately 80 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.
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Research published in a leading scientific journal provides insight into how celiac disease pathology is triggered.
The below is a portion of a press release from ImmusanT, an early stage biotechnology company focused on developing a treatment and a set of diagnostic and monitoring tools to manage patients with celiac disease.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., — A link between gluten and the immune system has literally been visualized in new research published today in a leading scientific journal, Immunity. The discovery is the collaborative work of research groups in Australia, the Netherlands and ImmusanT Inc. based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, led by Professor Jamie Rossjohn and Dr. Hugh Reid at Monash University, Dr. Bob Anderson of ImmusanT and Professor Frits Koning at the University of Leiden.
The use of x-ray crystallography enabled the researchers to visually determine how T cells interact with gluten that causes celiac disease in patients who have the DQ8 susceptibility gene, thereby providing insight into how celiac disease pathology is triggered. About half the population is genetically susceptible to celiac disease because they carry the immune response genes HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8. At least one in 20 people who carry HLA-DQ2 and about one in 150 who have HLA-DQ8 develop celiac disease, but people with other versions of the HLA-DQ genes are protected.
This has led researchers to question how the immune system senses gluten.
"This is the first time that the intricacies of the interaction between gluten and two proteins that initiate immune responses have been visualized at a sub-molecular level. It is an important breakthrough for celiac disease and autoimmune disease," stated Professor Jamie Rossjohn , National Health and Medical Research Fellow, Monash University.
This central event in celiac disease is of scientific and commercial interest. ImmusanT is currently developing a blood test and a therapeutic vaccine, Nexvax2®, for patients with celiac disease who carry HLA-DQ2. Nexvax2 uses three gluten peptides commonly recognized by gluten-reactive T cells. Nexvax2 is intended to restore immune tolerance to gluten and allow patients to return to a normal diet including gluten.
Future studies will investigate whether T cell activation by gluten in patients with HLA-DQ2 follows similar principles.
Dr. Bob Anderson , Chief Scientific Officer at ImmusanT commented, "Because we now know the gluten peptides responsible for celiac disease, this is a unique opportunity to interrogate the molecular events leading to a self-destructive immune response."
About ImmusanT Inc.
ImmusanT is a privately-held biotechnology company focused on restoring tolerance to gluten in celiac disease by harnessing new discoveries in immunology that aim to improve diagnosis and treatment and return patients to a normal diet, good health and improved quality of life. The company is developing Nexvax2®, a therapeutic vaccine for celiac disease, and a companion diagnostic and monitoring tool to improve celiac disease management. ImmusanT's targeted immunotherapy discovery platform can be applied to a variety of epitope-specific autoimmune diseases. More information can be found at www.ImmusanT.com.
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Finished … The Many-Stitches-Blanket!!
Tuesday was a happy day, as I finished my many stitches blanket! Yay! And I am so utterly happy with it, I just love how it turned out. It all started with basket, filled with lovely yarn. Soft and muted … Continue reading
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Sleepless in the village
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Tutorial :: Mandala Summer '15
This weekend was all about mandala's. It was so much fun to make a second mandala, and … it was a lot of work to write it all down. When people ladies asked me for the pattern I knew I … Continue reading
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I am a wife and a mother. M and I are an active empty nester couple. I am the earner in our household, M is our hands-on home manager. The kids are products of my first marriage, living nearby and visiting frequently. As of this update (6/21/2016), we have 2 weddings in 2016 – daughter C married in April 2016 and son G is scheduled for September 2016.
This blog, my small piece of cyber real estate, is to help me sort out my thoughts and ideas, share aspects of my life and our adventures as a couple and a family. I have kept a journal for a number of years, but this is my first public outing.
As I often remark to family and friends, I love my life. I have a terrific husband and marriage. Our kids have grown up into interesting and responsible people. Work is challenging and financially lucrative, and at the beginning of 2016 I transitioned part-time employee and full-time self-employment. Describing my day-to-day activities would not be enthralling reading for anyone, so I will do my best to demonstrate that I strive to treat each day as a gift to be cherished rather than a chore to be endured. My ups and downs are pretty routine, with minimal drama, and I like that.
This blog is my version of an ongoing conversation, a give and take where as we get to know one another. I do hope you return often, to peruse my ramblings, maybe even leave me encouraging or constructive comments. My focus from 2015 onward has been on my pursuit of better health through lifestyle (read: diet and exercise) changes and a lot of my focus is directed toward my fitness efforts with a slowly turning page toward tightening up my diet and eating habits. Both are definitely works in progress.
And finally, my disclaimer: I am not an expert on ANYTHING. Any financial or health commentary I provide is based purely on my what works for me, my family, our lives. Any and all opinions I express are personal and based on my own beliefs and value systems. Any advice offered is from personal experience or knowledge on a topic. Nothing written here is ever meant to offend or pass judgment upon any section of humanity. It is also not meant to imply or insist that my way is the best possible and/or the only way, and if you disagree with me you are obviously clueless. Or worse. If I present something as fact, I will likely cite the source.
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Immaterials artist Timo Arnall on seeing the invisible
09 June 2015
Making the intangible tangible: Timo Arnall discusses the Immaterials exhibition now showing at Lighthouse
Reblogged from nearfield.org and elasticspace.com
A new exhibition, that brings together much of the work from the Touch project, called Immaterials opened last week in Brighton. The exhibition features new large-format prints and the films from many of the key works.
The exhibition is based on Touch work such as Experiments in Field Drawing and Immaterials: Ghost in the Field that explored the immaterial and invisible aspects of RFID technology.
From the exhibition text:
"Our environment is comprised not only of the physical, visible architecture and infrastructure that we can see and touch, but also of immaterial and invisible technological infrastructures that have an increasingly profound impact on how we experience the world. WiFi, GPS, RFID and mobile networks are the invisible materials, mechanisms, and infrastructures which enable contemporary digital culture. But our inability to see these systems hinders our capacity to understand their importance."
Alongside newer works such as Immaterials: Light Painting WiFi, Wireless in the world, Nearness, Robot Readable World and a premiere of the as yet unpublished Satellite Lamps this exhibition draws together these Immaterials projects for the first time.
The Immaterials project is concerned with the increasing invisibility of interfaces and infrastructures. The systems we interact with everyday such as WiFi and 3G networks have a profound impact on how we experience the world. As Adam Greenfield says:
"the complex technologies the networked city relies upon to produce its effects remain distressingly opaque, even to those exposed to them on a daily basis. […] it's hard to be appropriately critical and to make sound choices in a world where we don't understand the objects around us."
And as James Bridle has eloquently and disturbingly observed:
"Those who cannot perceive the network cannot act effectively within it, and are powerless."
The project set out to expose some of the phenomena and mechanisms of technological infrastructures through visual, photographic, narrative, animated and cinematic techniques. Over the last five years I have worked with Einar Sneve Martinussen, Jørn Knutsen, Jack Schulze and Matt Jones towards a body of work that is now brought together in an exhibition for the first time.
From 2004–2008 I speculated about the ways in which wireless interactions inhabited physical space, through my work on a Graphic language for touch, and also through films such as Wireless in the world. Some of my students made beautiful but fictional speculations about the physical qualities of different kinds of radio…..
Read more about Timo Arnall's thoughts about the Immaterials project here
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The good people over at Proverbs 31 Ministries shared this on their Facebook page this morning and I just had to pass it on. If there is any message we should think about moment by moment, it is this one.
You've never gone too far that God can't redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance.
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How to Not Let Work Get In the Way Of Your Relationship
When you first imagined marital bliss, we bet you pictured lazy Sundays, romantic dinners out and shopping together to get swag for your new home. What you didn't envision were the constant calls from your boss, an annoying commute and bitchy coworkers. In fact, you probably weren't thinking too much about work at all. But now that the honeymoon's over (literally), it's very easy to feel depressed. The good news: There is something you can do. See what the seven biggest work woes are and learn how to prevent them from wrecking your marriage.
You're Starting A Business Together
Before you do anything, figure out who's responsible for what. The last thing you want is for one person to become the boss and the other to wonder what happened to your supposedly egalitarian marriage. Also, conduct business meetings outside your home, even if at first that means having to hold court at your local Starbucks. Those $5 skinny lattes are so worth not having to hash over financial spreadsheets in bed. Hello, talk about killing the mood!
You Hate Your Job
There's only one thing worse than going to work at a job you can't stand, and that's not being able to pay your bills. The reality is, most couples need both people to work in order to pay for stuff like, oh, you know, food, shelter and any chance of retirement. Don't blame your spouse if she really likes her job and you're "stuck" doing something you can't stand (imagine if you were both miserable!). Instead, brainstorm any career options together and come up with a list of contacts you can use to network. If your less-than-hot job happens to bring in a load of cash that you desperately need right now, call it what it is: a temporary sacrifice.
You Work In the Same Field
You're both pros at what you do, which can make it tough not to lecture about what the other person should've done differently in a given situation. If your spouse had a down day at work, listen to what he has to say and offer your support. On the flip side, if he gets a promotion, put your competitive thoughts aside. You know he'll be there for you when it's your turn.
Your New Office Buddy is the Opposite Sex
Hate to break it to ya, but about 66 percent of women and 75 percent of men admit to having sexual thoughts about coworkers, according to Playboy (hmm, could that be why the numbers are so high?). While most people don't act on those thoughts, it doesn't help that you spend more waking hours in the office than at home. So, yeah, your spouse's concerns aren't totally unfounded. Put her at ease by inviting her out with your coworkers for drinks. Also, keep your own actions in check. Complaining to your opposite-sex coworker about your spouse, sending nonprofessional emails or developing inside jokes are all no-nos.
You Work Late (A Lot)
If you tell your guy that you'll "probably" be home by six, it's not too surprising that he's peeved (and sitting in front of two plates of cold pasta) when you walk through the door at nine. Be realistic about when you'll be home so he can make other plans when you have to put in extra time at the office. If your schedule has you regularly working late, set aside one weeknight that's always your time. Make dinner together, watch your favorite mindless reality shows or take your dog out for a walk. Basically, do anything but talk about your afternoon staff meeting, which, let's face it, was pretty boring.
You Work From Home
Just because you work from home doesn't mean your job is easier or less important than your spouse's job. Clearly you're aware of that, but it's easy for your office-going spouse to think that you have enough free time to take care of all the household chores (because obviously you're just watching Oprah, eating Ben & Jerry's and updating your iTunes and not actually busy).
So what's a work-from-homer to do? First, set boundaries by creating a home office, even if it's just a corner of your guest room. Then make a list of who's responsible for each cleaning task so you're not stuck doing the laundry, vacuuming every single room and scrubbing less-than-kosher stains from the master bathroom toilet in the middle of your workweek (yes, you have one too!).
Your Boss Owns Your Life
It's one thing for your boss to ask you to stay late on the occasional weeknight, but it's another when he's constantly calling and emailing to the point where you have to practically sleep with your CrackBerry. You need to set boundaries with your boss, but do it in a way that won't jeopardize your career. Instead of saying, "I refuse to work past 7 p.m.," start out small and request getting out on the earlier side just one or two nights a week. Also, have a separate cell phone for work so you can leave it at home during a weekend trip or a romantic night out on the town.
Nestpert: B. Janet Hibbs, PhD, author of Try to See It My Way: Being Fair in Love and Marriage
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Friday, March 23, 2007
Amazing People - Mark Tozer
Okay, so what so amazing about me? Well, today is that special day in the year when I can celebrate all manner of things about my life. One being how I've managed to still be upright and breathing after all this time!
Not sure how much wisdom comes with age but I'm learning something new every day :0)
3 comments:
- Wendy Killoran said...
Happy belated birthday, Mark! (It was your birthday?)
- 3/25/2007 7:34 pm
- Mark Tozer said...
Indeed it was
Many thanks for the well wishes :o)
- 3/27/2007 1:50 am
- derrick said...
happy Mark Tozer Day!!!
- 3/29/2007 10:32 pm
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About Schulenburg St. Rose Bootcamp
St. Rose class is mostly made up of teachers, so we call it our de-stressing time. We work out on the St. Rose of Lima Catholic School campus where we have access to many different scenes. We move around from the playground (which always adds an interesting element to the workouts), to the air conditioned gym, to the parking lot in the shade. We also have access to the classrooms on rainy days or extra hot days.
Although we're composed of mostly teachers, there's an open invitation to all! We have a lot of fun and really get a chance to bond and talk about things other than school. The work out are always changing and we joke about how we find muscles we never even knew we had because they turn up sore the following day. Read more about our other Folk Wellness Co. Bootcamps and Instructors!
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How Does Transaction CPU Behave?
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If a customer has Transaction goals[1] - for CICS or IMS - it's possible to observe the CPU per transaction with RMF.
But you have to have:
This might seem like stating the obvious but it's worth thinking about: The transaction rate and the CPU consumption have to be for the same work.
Now, a Transaction service class doesn't have a CPU number. Similarly, a Region service class doesn't have transaction endings.
So you have to marry up a pair of service classes:
Operationally this might not be what you want to do. Fortunately, you can do this with a pair of report classes.
There's another advantage to using report classes: You can probably achieve better granularity - as you can have many more report classes than service classes[2].
So I wrote some code that would only work if the above conditions were met[3].
Unimaginitively my analysis code is called RTRAN; You feed it sets of Transaction and Region class names.
Perhaps I should've said you could have e.g. a pair of Transaction report classes and a single Region report class and the arithmetic would still work[4].
But why do we care about CPU per Transaction?
There are two reasons I can think of:
From the title of this post you can tell I think the latter is more interesting. So let's concentrate on this one.
In what follows I used RTRAN To create CSV files to feed into spreadsheets and graphs[5]. Over the course of a week I captured four hills while developing RTRAN.
The first thing to note is that CPU per Transaction is not constant, even for the same mix of transactions.
This might be a surprise but it makes sense, if you think about it. But let's think about why this could be.
Two Important Asides
In a nutshell, both these asides amount to "this is not a method to accurately measure the cost of a transaction but rather to do useful work in understanding its variability."
Why CPU Per Transaction Might Vary
Short Term Dynamics
But it's not just homogenous variation; Batch can impact CICS, for example.
Look at the following graph:
In this case it's the lower transaction rates that are associated with the higher CPU per transaction. But not all low transaction rate data points show high CPU per transaction.
A tiny bit more analysis shows that the outliers are when Production Batch is at its heaviest, competing for processor cache. It's also the case that these data points are at very high machine utilisation levels, so the "working more to manage the heavy workload" phenomenon might also be in play.
Long Term Change
Well, things do change, and sometimes it's a noticeable step change, like the introduction of a new version of an application, where the path length might well increase. Or, perhaps, a new release of Middleware[7]. Or, just maybe, because the processor was upgraded[8].
But often, perhaps imperceptibly, CPU per transaction deteriorates. For example, as data gets more disorganised.
Try to understand "normal" as well as behavioural dynamics, and watch for changes.


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Movie is slated to hit theaters next summer.
Director Michael Bay has unveiled the new Bumblebee for Transformers: The Last Knight.
Created specifically for the movie, the model is based on the Chevrolet Camaro and features an aggressive body kit that includes a front splitter, revised side skirts, and a carbon fiber rear wing. The car also has a unique front fascia with a split grille, air ducts, and LED fog lights. Other changes include a ventilated hood, front fender vents, and five-spoke alloy wheels with a black finish.
Little is known about the latest installment of the Transformers franchise but Bay has previously revealed Josh Duhamel will be reprising his role as Lieutenant Colonel William Lennox. He will be joined by returning actor Mark Wahlberg (Cade Yeager) and newcomer Sir Anthony Hopkins.
The movie will also feature an appearance by Freya who has been billed as "Britain's loneliest dog." Freya has epilepsy and has reportedly been rejected more than 18,000 times in the past six years she has been up for adoption.
Transformers: The Last Knight is slated to hit movie theaters a year from now so expect pretty of teasers in the coming months.
Source: Michael Bay via Autoblog


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The House on Thursday backed a measure aimed at ensuring students get college loans amid the turmoil in the credit markets.
Passage of the bill on a 383-27 vote comes as worries mount that the tightening credit markets, stemming from the subprime mortgage crisis, could limit financial aid for students.
"Families deserve every assurance that we are doing what we can to make sure that they will continue to be able to finance their children's college education, regardless of what happens in the credit markets," said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., who chairs the House education committee.
Dozens of lenders, making up an estimated 13 percent of the market, recently stopped making loans under the federal student loan program, in which the government subsidizes and backs low-interest loans.
The departure of those lenders hasn't resulted in students being shut out of the program. Other lenders have stepped in, or the students have received the loans through a smaller program in which the Education Department makes the loans directly to students.
Some students relying on private loans, which are not federally backed and can carry high interest rates, have had trouble getting those non-federal loans.
The House bill seeks to address that problem by raising limits on how much borrowers can receive under the federal program.
The bill also tries to encourage parents to take out federal loans for their children's education. The bill would allow parents to defer repayment of those loans until after their children leave school, which is currently not allowed.
Home owners and people who are behind in medical bills also would get some relief under the legislation. It states that short-term delinquencies in mortgage or medical payments should not prevent otherwise eligible parents from borrowing money for college.
The legislation would give the Education Department authority to buy up loans from student lenders to ensure they have access to capital and can keep issuing loans.
Lenders, and some lawmakers, say more action is needed in this area. Some have urged Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to consider using a Treasury financing agency to pump cash into the student loan market so lenders will make new federally backed loans.
The bill passed in the House Thursday is similar to legislation introduced in the Senate by Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy, chair of the education committee in that chamber.
Students are just starting to line up financial aid packages for college this fall. Experts say the impact of the credit crunch on the student lending market probably won't be entirely clear until this summer.


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TSSP Announces Strategic Minority Investment by Dyal Capital
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2017 – TSSP, a global credit and credit‐related investment firm affiliated with TPG Holdings, announced today that TSSP has signed definitive agreements with Dyal Capital Partners ("Dyal"), a division of Neuberger Berman Group, for Dyal to take a passive, non‐voting minority interest in TSSP. All proceeds from the transaction will be retained in TSSP to expand the platform's capabilities and further strengthen alignment with its investors.
Since being founded by its management team and TPG in 2009, TSSP has grown to become a leading investment platform with approximately $20 billion in assets under management. TSSP has established a global reach with offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Luxembourg and Melbourne.
Alan Waxman, Co‐Founder and Managing Partner of TSSP, commented: "This partnership will broaden both our network and our resources available to pursue the strategic initiatives of our business with the goal of continuously sourcing new credit and credit‐related investment opportunities. It will also further strengthen our alignment of interest with our limited partners. Dyal has a terrific, well‐earned reputation for supporting management teams and we are excited to welcome them as partners."
Michael Rees, Head of Dyal Capital Partners, added: "We are excited to partner with TSSP, which in our opinion is going to continue to be one of the leaders in the credit space for many years to come. TSSP's long‐term oriented, highly‐flexible capital base that allows it to selectively invest across industries, geographies, capital structures and asset classes sets it apart. We look forward to a long and productive relationship with the TSSP team."
Jon Winkelried, Co‐Chief Executive Officer of TPG, said: "Since our investment in its founding in 2009, TSSP has been an important and highly successful part of the TPG family. With this transaction, we are excited about the TSSP team's future and look forward to our continued partnership." Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and closing is anticipated to occur upon the satisfaction of customary conditions.
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TSSP is the global credit and credit‐related investment platform partnered with TPG. Co‐founded in 2009 by Managing Partner Alan Waxman, TSSP has approximately $20 billion in assets under management. TSSP has a long‐term oriented, highly flexible capital base that allows it to invest across industries, geographies, capital structures and asset classes, in distressed assets but also healthy and growth companies. TSSP's investments are typically complex to source, analyze and execute. For more information, please visit www.tpg.com/platforms/tssp.
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In the aftermath of her accident, Cole has been on the phone with insurance companies. This morning, someone asked her if she was married.
Now, that's a trick question. Because no matter what we say, we're lying. Yes, in Canada, No, in Illinois (which doesn't make any sense at all seeing as opposite sex couples are married everywhere when they're married) or Maybe, depending on what the question is actually getting at.
She said no.
We talked, and I told her that in the future, I was going to start saying "not legally" (which is still a lie: see Canada, above) which would toss the question back if need be, for clarification. If they are asking about my living or family sitatuation, they can then ask more, and if they are asking a straight-up (in more ways than one!) legal question, they have their answer (sort of).
What do you say when you get this one?
(For more on this, see an old post at Waiting for Nat)


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I'm making more of a conscious effort to take photos every day – and not just of Jenson! You may have spotted most of these snaps on Instagram over the last month and I like sharing them in an end of month round-up – even though it's been June for a week now. Crazy, right?
1. Amazing coffee at Duke Street Cafe – prepare for lots of food and drink pics! I know, I have a crazy life!
2. Beautiful blossoms on the walk into town after swimming
3. The most epic milkshake ever, courtesy of Willy Wallers (Milky Way flavour, in case you were wondering)
4. Ice cream is best with sprinkles! Love the ice cream van on Longrock Beach
5. The Little Wonder Cafe is such a great little place. It's a campervan cafe which hangs out on the Promenade in Penzance. Cake, coffee and a cracking view!
6. This statue is one of my favourite spots and looks so moody when the weather is bad
7. Instead of heading out of the house and turning right into town, lately we've turned left and headed into Marazion to take Jenson to that park and pick ourselves up some ice cream. I never tire of this view
8. I had the best collaboration post this month – hello, Paperchase and your freakin' fantastic blogger's journal!
9. I also started bullet journalling! I plan on doing a 'proper' post on this soon
I love sharing Jenson's month too and I'm trying not to duplicate my fave pics which show up in his monthly update. The little collage below features some of his little developmental milestones over the last month. Look at the cuteness!
1. Wearing the cutest Guess How Much I Love You dungaree set and hugging his little nutbrown hare
2. Tickles with Daddy – he's taking after me and screams when he's tickled
3. So cute reading his Peppa Pig book! The flaps are a bit worse for wear these days though
4. This is one of my new favourite photos – and Luke's. They have these plastic tubs to put your things in during swimming lessons and when I'm trying to get ready the easiest thing to do is plonk Jenson in one so he doesn't crawl off. Ain't he the cutest?!
5. He's so clever with his toys. He looks so proud of himself when he drops the blocks in the top
6. The weather has been gorgeous lately and we spend a lot of time in the parks. Jenson loves the swings – Daddy pushes him a lot higher than Mummy does!
7. Looking proud of himself again having a go with the walker
8. He's obsessed with his toothbrush! He's constantly teething so loves giving it a good chomp. I get him in his PJs and let him brush his teeth while he's still sat on the changing table (rather than me brushing over something sore) and when he's ready to go into the living room he lifts his arms to be picked up and carries on chomping on the sofa until it's bed time
9. Playing on the swings at his birthday party. Luke took this one and it's one of my all-time faves. Think we're going to get a print of this done
Now, let's see what June brings!


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Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro couple up for the premiere of their upcoming HBO film Wizard of Lies on Thursday night (May 11) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
The co-stars were joined at the event by their co-stars Kristen Connolly, Alessandro Nivola, and Hank Azaria along with Michelle's husband David Kelley, actress Jennifer Morrison, and Harry Connick Jr with his wife Jill Goodacre and daughter Sarah Connick.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Michelle Pfeiffer
The film "examines Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme �" his deception, lies and cover-up, all as the financier's wife and sons are catapulted into a harsh and unrelenting spotlight.
Wizard of Lies premieres on Sunday, May 20 on HBO.
FYI: Michelle is wearing a Monse suit, Prada shoes, and Fred Leighton jewelry while carrying a Leiber bag. Kristen is wearing Tadashi Shoji and carrying a Rubeus Milano clutch.
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The Java Game Tome is a the premier game showcase platform for all Java game developers. The Java Game Tome focuses on games written in Java™ able to run as Applet, Java Webstart or via download. Games are available for all major operating systems including Windows, Macintosh, Linux and UNIX.
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Translation (French): Julien Gouesse
Translation (German): Christoph Aschwanden
Translation (Chinese): Kin Lik Wang
Translation (Japanese): Junko Saito
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Life inside the banks' arrears collection units
To witness the specialised teams at work at KBC and AIB is to realise just how difficult it will be to fix the country's complex debt problems
The Arrears Support Unit of KBC Bank's Irish headquarters in Dublin. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
It's early evening and Amy Murphy, a young bank worker, is talking through a headset to a customer who's missed last month's mortgage payment. The conversation is polite, but assertive. The customer has explained that his cheque for tax relief at source for his mortgage was delayed.
She advises him of his options – noting that a missed payment could affect his credit rating. They agree a new payment for the overdue mortgage – and for the following month's payment.
"The majority of calls we deal with here are at an early stage," Murphy explains, after the call has ended. "It was good we called him – as it didn't seem like he was interested in calling us about it. In the end, he was more than happy to give us the information."
There's little time to wait around. He's just one of 60 customers she's due to deal with over the course of the day. Amy is one small part of the "arrears support unit" at KBC bank. It has about 35 staff working the phones in shift from 9am to 9pm. In all, the bank has some 200 staff involved in collecting outstanding payments from customers.
The arrears support unit alone makes in the region of 40,000 calls a month, and receives some 15,000. Around the open-plan office in this first floor of KBC's Dublin headquarters are colour-coded bar charts and graphs that show the performance of each employee in recovering arrears. On one wall is the image of a rocket hurtling to Mars, whizzing past various numbers. The figures represent the number of serious debtors the team hopes to get on its long-term mortgage arrears resolution strategy (Mars) plan, a move the Central Bank has forced all lenders to do.
On another is a poster: "Effective listening + questioning/challenging = results." Right now, It's approaching peak time for the arrears support unit. Mornings are best for customers contacting the bank, generally between 9am and 9.30am, as people arrive at work or open their post. But evening time is best for reaching customers, generally between 5.30 and 7.30, as most people tend to pick up the phone then.
AIB operation
Over at AIB's sprawling headquarters in Ballsbridge, the scale of the operation is greater still. Here, between 1,200 and 1,300 employees are spread across the building, with the same aim: ensuring customers keep up repayments and don't fall further behind on their debts. They are dealing with some 45,000 accounts that are in arrears, ranging from anything between €5,000 to €50 million.
A computer automatically dials the numbers of customers in arrears as members of the collection team wait for an answer. In addition, staff at the bank's 200 branches engage with the customers if they require follow-up attention. It's a similar story at Permanent TSB's headquarters in Dublin.
The arrears collectors are divided into teams who compete against each other for who can collect the most in a given day. A monitor shows everyone how much has been collected, compared to the daily overall target.
None of this existed a few years ago. It was a different era when banks dispensed lavish loans for frenzied property developments and accumulated eye-watering profits. The odd loan – in relative terms – went bad, but it was nothing to worry about. Giving the money away is one thing; getting it back is another. Now, banks are in the process of transforming themselves from being money lenders to debt collectors.
The stakes are high. Almost 100,000 homeowners are in some form of arrears, with debts worth about €25 billion. That's not counting unsecured debt for credit cards and smaller loans. Despite the scale of the problem, it's only now that banks are being forced to face up to the full scale of the challenge ahead. Until now, the most struggling borrowers could hope for were short-term fixes such as interest-only payments for three or six months.
New legislation
This has left them in a twilight world, with no realistic chance of being able to move on. They may all be about to change. Now, a combination of new insolvency legislation and directives from the Central Bank are putting more permanent solutions into sharper focus.
In recent weeks the Central Bank set six of the State's main mortgage lenders targets to offer borrowers "sustainable" restructured loan arrangements. These banks have until the end of the year to offer debt solutions to half of people in arrears. Banks that do not meet the targets will be penalised.
Debt resolution and insolvency arrangements due to come into force midway through this year could also help force the banks into action. They will be overseen by the new Insolvency Service of Ireland. For the seriously indebted, insolvency may offer a seductive escape route from debt. After five or six years, a debtor could emerge from a personal insolvency arrangement, living at home and with much of their debt written off.
Banks will hold a veto on all insolvency arrangements. But a debtor can always threaten the nuclear option of bankruptcy – to be reduced from 12 to three years – later this year.
New energy
Brendan O'Connor, AIB's head of financial solutions, acknowledges the banks – including his own – have not acted quickly or enough in tackling the problem of homeowners in serious debt. But he says there's a new energy about working out potential longer-term solutions that work for both debtors and creditors.
"The longer-term restructuring will happen, but like any deal, there's a bargain that needs to be struck on both sides. It's not in our interests for someone to feel like they've gotten a very raw deal, because chances are it's not sustainable in the longer term... our job is to figure out a deal that is better than insolvency." By way of example, he says that month alone AIB sent out 1,400 letters to customers offering split mortgages, which allows a debtor to park some of their debt at 0 per cent interest.
At KBC Bank, executive director Christine Moran says it has been working on long-term solutions for customers for a long time. While she says it fully respects the right of any customer to enter the personal insolvency process, she says the bank feels it is engaging constructively with the vast majority of customer as things stand. "We don't see a reason why a customer would need to go elsewhere," she says. "Our customers are very important to us. We've invested hugely in the area of arrears management to get the majority of them into a soft performing status."
Hard days of reckoning
Much of the language used by the banks surrounding the collection of debt resolution can sound soft and fuzzy. They talk of support units and outreach teams. But there are some hard days of reckoning for some who have refused to engage with banks. Bank officials privately talk about a small proportion of strategic defaulters who they are aware of: some who have simply abandoned their properties, or have rented out their indebted properties and are parking the rental income elsewhere.
Repossessions, in these cases, are a certainty. But most say they do not envisage taking a family home off anyone who had made a meaningful attempt to engage with them. But there are also heartbreaking stories of people mired in debt who see no way out, regardless of all the talk of new deals and insolvency arrangements.
David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation advocacy group in Dublin has met many of them. He worries that the despite all the solutions being offered, many still may not see a way out. "Five years into the crisis and latest figures show there have been 52 split mortgages offered, six trade-down mortgages and eight mortgage-to-rent arrangement," says Hall. "That's 66 arrangements out of more than 100,000 people who are in trouble."
Back at KBC bank, the slow-grinding work of collecting debt continues. Here, amid the din of chatter, missing a phonecall is a mortal sin. It could be a chance to get a customer to repay some of their debt, or agree a repayment plan.
A constantly updated graph on the wall shows the the number of calls missed. It's only a handful so far today. Over in the far side of the room, where the more difficult cases of debt are dealt with, it is quieter. Here, the team deals with cases that can involve anything from illness to death. It's a reminder that resolving the country's personal debt problems will be complex, time-consuming and anything but easy.


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I am the proud owner of a new Canon EOS Rebel XSi! David got it for me as a Mother's day/birthday gift and I am so giddy about it. It took me forever to process the possibility of getting a digital SLR. I kept questioning myself – was it too much camera for me? Would I use it? Would it be too technical? Do I even deserve it? All these thoughts kept swirling around in my head (for months!), until I finally accepted that it was okay to want a nice camera, especially to document one of the most important people in my life right now. I also knew I was frustrated with my ancient point-and-shoot. It just couldn't offer the creativity and flexibility I was looking for (although it is fine for throwing in the diaper bag!)
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Lewis Schaffer: A good laugh
Matei Clej is pleasantly surprised by Jewish comedian Lewis Schaffer, who has the last laugh on the Harpenden leg of his 2015 comedy circuit tour.
Lewis Schaffer is a dude with soul. His beady black eyes radiate a mix of Semitic warmth and cerebral anxiety. The New York native is on the Harpenden leg of his Free Until Famous UK tour 2015, and is in a bullish mood.
The tour is named after his long-running London show, a one-time resident at the Source Below in Soho and now at the Rancho Grill in Mayfair. The title Free Until Famous is a pretty good clue to the frame of mind of the self-described "57-year-old failed comedian" and Nunhead resident. We grab a moment to chat in the back-office ahead of the show.
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"A lot of Jews don't like what I do," he says. "Christians look at you and say 'wow, you're a comedian, you get up on stage, that's fantastic'. A Jew measures it by how much money you're making.
"If you tell them you make a living out of it, they have respect for you," he complains.
Schaffer's tradecraft is a mix of kvetching, self-effacement and generously distributed insults. His ex-wife, women in general, the English and the audience itself are all fair game for the latter.
His delivery is highly strung and off the cuff, with the odd meltdown thrown in. Having seen some of Schaffer's on-stage crises, I was surprised to see an energetic, well-paced, tightly structured set. The crowd clammed up only when he had a dig at the Queen ("Kim Jong-Il plus 400 years").
This was Harpenden after all, right in the heart of Hertfordshire. Schaffer swiftly got the audience bubbling again with gags about Diana Windsor and her fall from grace – "from wife of the future king to bedding the butler to dying in the arms of a dodgy Arab on a weekend break to Paris".
Schaffer loves to play with stereotypes. Jews, who are supposedly good at business, built the pyramids and still haven't been paid for it, he says.
The British, who sold the Jews Palestine while it still belonged to somebody else, are a nation of dodgy estate agents. And so on. He ends on a high note, tearing into the excesses of English reserve in a routine about ketchup packets and customer service. The reaction from the mostly English audience? Guffaws aplenty.
Schaffer might not yet be famous, but for such a brutal story teller, it can't be long now before the implicit forecast comes true.
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If your practice seems to have become stuck, or isn't quite what it was, the Vajraloka team can offer inspiration and helpful practical advice which can enable you to free yourself from those constraints. If your practice is going well, but you feel it could be going further or deeper, we can offer ways to cut through unconscious views and assumptions that may be holding you back. This can in turn lead to liberations from negative emotions and afflictions, here and now.
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Welcome back to school for the new school year 2018-19 and I look forward to spending a wonderful year with every one of you. To the new members, our S1 students, we are very excited to have you join our big family. I hope that you can adapt to the new school life in CLSMSS as soon as possible.
It is wonderful to see that our graduates in 2018 got remarkable results in the HKDSE. Significant improvements are shown by various figures. The overall percentage of students getting Level 2 or above in all subjects is 97.5%. The overall percentage of students getting Level 4 or above is 62.4%. 80% of our graduates meet the entrance requirement for degree programmes. All these figures are higher than those of last year. It is also very amazing that 71.2% of our graduates have been offered degree programmes through the JUPAS. And this is the highest figure compared with the past years. More exciting is that the percentage of entering 3 major universities is 31.1%, which is much higher than the figure, 20%, of the last year. Congratulations to our graduates on their excellent achievements. Of course, credits should go to our teachers for their marvelous efforts and commitment in helping our students achieve such remarkable results.
The school year 2018-19 is a special one. Firstly, it is our 40th Anniversary. The school has achieved excellence in different areas in the past forty years. It is worthwhile to organize a series of activities to celebrate this special occasion. The theme of the 40th Anniversary is "Celebrating Our Excellence, Igniting Our Future", in Chinese, "慶賀卓越成就,照耀璀璨未來". This theme is also the motto of this school year. I sincerely invite every member of the school to share the joy of 40th Anniversary and look forward to your participation in every celebratory activity.
Furthermore, this school year is also the first year for our new 3-year School Development Plan. Building on the successful completion of the School Development Plan of the last three school years, we have formulated two other major concerns for the forthcoming three years. The first major concern is 'To enhance students' academic performance by raising the effectiveness of learning and teaching'. The second major concern is two-fold, namely, 'To promote students' positive thinking and mental health' and 'To stretch students' potentials'. To implement these major concerns, different programmes have been planned and will be carried out in the school year.
I look forward to a fantastic and joyful year of 40th Anniversary and a successful start of the new School Development Plan. May I wish you all, students and teachers, a fruitful and wonderful school year and wish you all the best. God bless you! Thank you!
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Patsy Smith, from Mississippi Country, Arkansas, has raised ducks for many years. One of her ducks, Peg, was a bit different. When he was young, Peg lost one of his legs from a run-in with a turtle. After a while, the wound on his leg started to become infected. So… Read more »


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2016-17: Finished the 2016-17 season with a 17-17 overall record and a 6-7 dual meet record. He placed sixth in the MAC Tournament.
2015-16: Posted an 8-9 record… Won all matches by decision with three of the wins coming in conference matches… Wrestled at the Mid-American Conference Championships.
2014-15: Finished 2nd in the Freshman/Sophomore Divison in the Michigan State Open posting…Earned Academic All-MAC Honors…Earned victory by decision (4-1) over West Virginia's Roman Perryman.
2013-14: Recorded a top five finish at the freshmen/sophomore division of the Michigan State Open, earning a fall at 2:46 and a 6-1 record... Went 3-1 at an open competition on Nov. 16, earning a 14-0 major decision... Posted a 4-1 record on Dec. 14... Competed in the Southern Scuffle... Marked a fall (2:57) against the University of Dayton's Aaron Kinney (Jan. 19), earning a 4-1 record on the day overall... Earned a 2-2 record in a tournament on Feb. 1.
Prior to Ohio: Four-year letterman in soccer and wrestling... Compiled a 134-26 record in high school... Placed second as a junior and fourth as a senior in freestyle state championship... Two-time national qualifier in Greco duals with Illinois Greco team.
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In our modern world, technology is everywhere including in all aspects of the church. JICF IT exists to use technology to serve the body of Christ and expand the Kingdom of God. We help to keep the church's current systems working and are always looking for new ways to use technology to do things better and faster. Currently we need assistance with the following:
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If you are an IT person and feel the Lord is asking you to use your skills to serve JICF, please contact Wan.