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My life time prisoner-os-bday treat
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Hii all this OS is dedicated to Mass sneha who is celebrated her birthday today.. may be by the time I am posting this, her birthday would finish. So happy birthday sweetheart and also belated happy birthday to u too.. my dedication to my one episode friend… so here we go hope u like this insane one..
Abhi was sitting in his classroom going through his phone and smiling looking at it. As the class was free, all the students hung around in small groups when bulbul came inside the class with tanu.
"sshhh.. abhi look"purab said pointing at tanu. Abhi turned to look at the new girl and whistled at her approving of her beauty. " hey bulls!!" abhi called out excitedly grabbing the attention of the class rep. Pragya. Pragya turned to loo at bulbul that why abhi suddenly giving more attention to her but on seeing Tanu with her, pragya shook her head and thought ' abhi will always be abhi'
Shaking her head she turned to aaliya and continued tot alk with her.
"who do we have here?" he said pointing at Tanu to bulbul as he pushed purab to make a little more space for tanu in the middle.
"hey everyone, this is Tanu,, she is the new exchange student" bulbul told them " and TAnu this is abhi, purab, pragya and aaliya"
"hii" tanu replied all smiling at ABhi. " exchange student? That's nice now tell about ur college and life"abhi told her offering the seat next to him
Tanu chuckled seeing the outrageous flirting by abhi while others watched him. Then abhi turned towards bulbul and said " bulbul darling why are you standing come sit with me?" he todld by pushing purab completely out of his place and made bulbul sit to his left.
"what the.." purab shouted but stopped in the middle seeing abhi busy with tanu and now with bulbul while bulbul remained silent tanu was equally in convo with abhi.
Few minuted later, pragya was called to the staff room and she left leaving aaliya alone behind. So aaliya sttod and stood next to purab. Seeing her, abhi invited her to join their small party.
" you are one lucky idiot.. you know that?" purab asked pissed at abhi half admiringly and half jealously. Abhi chuckled and he was serious in dividing his attention to the three ladies.
" why do u flirt so much abhi?" aaliya asked in exasperation.
" because you girls are beautiful and beauty not admired is a sin". Aalya rolled her eyes. " I don't mind your flirting " TAnu said softly running her fingers through abhi's cheeks. " trust me when I tell you this you would never be alove for touching him" bulbul said warningly.
" he's cute" tanu told bulbul offended that who would be suitable for abhi more than her. " oh thanks sweets" abhi rpelied winking at her.
Tanu giglled and swatted his shoulder playfully.
Pragya returned ti the classroom and shouted " mam is on leave the hour is free" many students walked out and some remained talking to others. Pragya went to her place and started dng her work.
Bulbul looked at purab and slyly showed him two fingers. But purab grinned and whispered to her " under 1". " you're on" bulbul said challengingly.
Meanwhile abhi looked pragya slyly and noticing she is not joining them he told the girls " excuse me lovelies, got a work" he graciously got up from his plce and went and sat next to pragya.
Purab jumped behind bulbul " pay me now," and smirked at her. Bulbul huffed in defeat and took out a 100 rupee note and handed it to purab.
" who is she?" tanu asked bulbul as she watched abhi sitting next to pragya.
" pragya arora his fiancé" aaliya said to her grinning.
"fiancé ?" tanu asked shockingly while others giggled. " thay have been engage3d for two years by now" bulbul said to tanu irritating her more. " then what was he dng with us?" tanu asked not recovering from shock. " flirting" aaliya replied calmly. " but he was standing with us right?"tanu.
Bulbul " did u see any of us flirting back? Did u see any women looking at him?". Tanu " because he is engaged?" gaping her mouth open.
Aaliya jumped in and said " no because he is prgaya's and anyone dare to cross the line she will kill them alive" tanu looked at the coupld who was smiling with each other and talking. Abhi was not in his flirty look but with pragya he was more gentle and lovable. Tanu could see that in his eyes.
Tanu " she doesn't mind him flirtin?" thinking if her bf does like that he will skin hi alive. Purab " he is so madly in love with her and pragya too knows that so she doesn't mind him flirting". Bulbul " he will always stick behind her like a love-sick puppy it is a relief for pragya when he is with us". " and the point is he too knows that" aaliya informed. Purab " pragya told him that". Tanu " strange!!". He was irritated that she spent her precious time on an already engaged one.,
"what hpnd love?" abhi sat next to pragya taking her hand in his. Pragya smiled at him and continued to write " nothing abhi since it is a free hour thought to finish this assignment". Abhi stretched his back on the bench " I didn't even started it". Pragya " when did u start earlier? You will always eat my brains at the end time". Abhi came near her face and whispered " don't worry darling after our marriage I will never delay in my husbandly duties and that's a promise". Pragya blushed hearing him. Abhi chuckled seeing her blush and kissed her cheeks.
"so how Is she?" pragya asked
"she is cute?"
"damn hot" abhi admitted smiling sheepishly at her.
"dont hurt her darling.. she doesn't know about us" abhi told her little worried. Pragya looked at abhi with a crazy look. Abhi looked at the girls and said " I think buls is warning her".
"she better be". Pragya huffed in anger as she flirted with abhi, her abhi. "well you did slap the wits out of ria in front of all" abhi chuckled at her action
" because she was shamelessly flirting and forcing her on you" pragya reminded him.
" I love it when you fight for me" abhi told kissing her earlobe.
" I know" pragya told him blushing.
They were sitting in silence when madhu looked at the group enjoying. She told abhi " abhi you go and be with them.. it will take me time.. I don't want you to sit near me like a watchman dng nothing". Abhi hugged her and said " arrey I am ur watchman let me see anyone cmng near my darling" " and moreover you finish I will always wait for you" he replied stretching himself lazily.
" I am right her love: pragya replied smilingly at him loving this simple gesture.
" it will not be the same as hvng u right next to me" abhi replied shrugging.
" sometime I have nightmare abt my life after marriage" pragya said looking at abhi jokingly
" what nightmares?" abhi asked her questioningly ' what doubt does my baby has abt our life?'
" that u will handcuff me to yourself so that I wil be with you all the time and u will make me a life time prisoner to you" pragya laughed
"there might not be a handcuff but you are handcuffed to me my love. Wherever you go I will be with you my darling" abhi murmured to her lovingly cupping her cheeks "you are my life time prisoner" he kissed her on her lips passionately claiming her as his.
I know that it is silly and stupid but I really wanted to do smthng for my fellow friend as I didn't know many bdays here I cant do anything so whoever comments her just drop ur bdays too… as I got a family in this tellyupdates I love to do smthng for them and don't throw any chappals or tomatoes.. for this idiotic story.. and bday girl may this year be full of happiness an u should alwys be smiles there should never be a hint of sadness and thalla naanum tamilnadu Pondicherry aalu.. nee mass ma kalakku.. happy bday once again sweetheart hope u see this and tell me ur views. Love u all stay blessed be happy always…
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Liam Legacy, Episode 1.7
Coming up on Wildcat Wednesday: "Liam Legacy, Episode 1.8"
***Programming update***
Due to a deadline I need to meet in order to submit a short story to an anthology, I'm going to push "Liam Legacy, Episode 1.8" to Wednesday. Instead, Friday's episode will be encore episode: Ted E. Bear's favorite episode from 2009. Hmmm... What will it be?
Posted by Bill, the Wildcat at 12:00 PM
Labels: Liam Legacy, The Kids
2 comments:
- Bucko (a.k.a., Ken) said...
Good call Frank, otherwise, you could be in there for life :o)
- February 10, 2011 3:32 PM
- Beth said...
I'm really enjoying this story line. I find it very visually compelling. :)
- February 13, 2011 2:46 PM
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text: Home > Life Food shorts: Valentine treats, Osaka Ohsho's new menu, Denny's in Trinoma ABS-CBN News Posted at Feb 14 2017 06:52 PM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MANILA -- Still have no idea where to take your date tonight? Here are some of the suggestions you can check out. These are not endorsed by ABS-CBN News. 1. Every day is Valentine's Day with Baskin-Robbins Make your Valentine's Day extra special with Baskin-Robbins' heart-filled ice cream cakes. You can personalize these with your choice of design, shape, size, and sweet message. You can also bring your special one to a date in Baskin-Robbins, and choose from its selection of indulgent beverages, frozen delights, and an array of ice cream flavors. 2. Aperitivo at Vu's Sky Bar and Lounge Still hunting for the bar to take your date tonight? Take her to Vu's Sky Bar and Lounge located at the 45th topmost level of Marco Polo Ortigas Manila and enjoy the gorgeous view. Sky Bar offers a vast selection of cocktails, wines and other spirits together with a well-curated line-up of dishes that is a good mix of Filipino, Spanish and other Mediterranean favorites. This February, it is introducing Aperitivo, an Italian ritual of socializing over good food and drinks. It consists a wide range of appetizers, such as cold cuts, pizzas, cheeses, croquettes, and house wine. 3. Denny's opens at Trinoma Quezon City residents can now enjoy Denny's dishes as it opens its new branch in Trinoma on February 17. Get your pancake fix at Denny's with varieties like the Choco Overload Peanut Butter (fluffy buttermilk pancakes with chocolate chips that's generously drizzled with hot fudge and peanut butter sauce) or the Blueberry (with blueberry compote). If you have a big appetite, try the Original Grand Slam (fluffy buttermilk pancakes, eggs, bacon strips and sausages), Breakfast Skillet (bacon and sausage topped with freshly made pico de gallo over pilaf rice served with sriracha sauce) and the French Toast Slam (thick slices of French toast with eggs, bacon strips and sausages) as well as assorted omelettes. 4. Red Ribbon's Valentine Black Forest Cake This Valentine's Day, make your bae feel extra special with Red Ribbon's Valentine Black Forest Cake. Made with heart-shaped moist chocolate chiffon, this cake is adorned with red and brown chocolate vermicelli and topped with two adorable chocolate hearts. The limited edition cake comes in two sizes, the regular one priced at P565 and the junior size for P355 only. It is available nationwide until February 14 only. 5. Pancake House' P370 promo This month, celebrate love and good food at Pancake House and avail of its Choose Any Two for only P370 promo. 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"Fear of Persuasion in the English Language Arts" with David Fleming
Please join us as David Fleming gives his talk, "Fear of Persuasion in the English Language Arts." Light refreshments will be served.
Abstract: For several years now, I've been teaching a course (English 388 Rhetoric, Writing, and Society) designed, in part, to prepare prospective secondary English teachers for one section of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure. As part of that experience, I have been learning about the Common Core State Standards, which since 2010 have been the basis for Massachusetts' K-12 English Language Arts Framework. One aspect of the Core that I welcome is the special place it accords argument in students' reading and writing. But I worry about how that term has been framed: as an exclusively "logical" form of discourse in which personal and emotional appeals are excluded. Although, since 2016, we might be sympathetic to pedagogies that privilege "facts" over "opinions" (as the issue is now often framed in the schools), I believe this has been a mistake, one with enormous potential consequences given the national scope of this new curricular regime. Persuasion is an inescapable and vital motivation for human language use and the central discursive end of the rhetorical tradition. It requires care, not banishment. Unfortunately, if one looks to post-secondary writing and rhetoric studies, one finds a similar anxiety about persuasion; in fact, it's hard to find treatment of it at all. In this talk, I will argue for a reconsideration of our current fear of persuasion, a topic that I believe is of potential interest to all who teach the English language arts, K-16, as well as anyone interested in public discourse and the role of education in preparing young people for it.
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Hartford, Conn. - The Trinity College women's basketball team welcomed a new member to their team following a 63-58 win over the Hamilton College Continentals, when the Laura Robichaud, a 13-year-old girl from Simsbury, Conn. who loves music and sports and has been diagnosed with autism and epilepsy, was drafted onto the Bantam roster through the Team IMPACT program.
"We are so happy to have Laura with us," said Trinity sophomore Meghan Collins. "She has shown us that our team is about so much more than basketball, but about creating a a group that will be there for each other through anything. This experience forced us to look outside of our own situations and see what others have to go through in the real world."
After first being introduced to the team via email, Laura attended her first practice a couple weeks ago. She was nervous at first but came out of it, and quickly became comfortable and had a ball. Team members shot around with her after practice, and spent time Laura and her family. Laura happily continued played on the court in the middle of a men's lacrosse conditioning workout in the gym.
We are extremely excited and honored to welcome Laura and her parents into the Trinity women's basketball family," said Trinity Head Coach Emily Garner. "She is extremely goal-oriented and loves musis and sports. Laura truly embodies the spirit and fight that we pride ourselves on as a team, and we could not have imagined welcoming a better teammate into our program."
The actually drafting ceremony took place at the scorer's table in Oosting Gymnasium with several several fans from the Hamilton game, including members of Laura's family and some friends and teachers, remaining in the facility. A formal ceremony that saw Laura sign official papers to make her a roster member was executed to make it a special and "real" occasion. Laura received a team jersey with her favorite number "23", and was thrilled to interact with the Trinity Bantam mascot, played enthusiastically by Trinity softball captain Meaghan Race. A cupcake reception followed and then Laura had another shoot-around with the players.
"It was an awesome experience for all of us to see Laura officially join the Bantams," said Trinity junior Emily Llerena. "She had oved our practice jerseys and was hoping that maybe she could wear one, so the look on her face when she got the game jersey with her favorite number was amazing! She is already such a special part of Trinity women's basketball, and it makes us proud to know she is watching and rooting for us."


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Lead ME not into temptation
The Lord taught us to pray, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." ~ Matthew 6:13. It's the oddest of requests really. Why in the world would God ever lead us INTO temptation? Do we really need to request that God not?
Yet, I have been feeling a bit tempted lately. For me this generally begins with a thought. When the thought occurs, I know it is temptation. It is not nice or not helpful to think it, but it doesn't seem all that bad, really. As long as I don't act on the thought.
Well, temptation is a slippery slope, and like most slopes, if you stop yourself before it gets too steep, you have a better chance of not falling. So, I had this other thought. What if, whenever I felt tempted, I just spoke the words to myself: "Lord, lead me not into temptation…"?
Worth a try, right? Well, the instant I adopted the practice, I was astounded at the frequency with which I put this to use. It's a bit embarrassing. In just a few hours, I was tempted:
- to complain about the kids blocking the aisle
- to chastise the smokers in the parking lot
- to judge the outfit
- to find fault with the other patron
- to lose my patience
- to take advantage
- to blame
- to run ahead of God
- to seek validation and admiration
- to gossip
- to compare
- to rush to be done and submit less than my best
- to be selfish
- to dismiss another by talking over them
- to dodge my responsibility
- to neglect
- to steal by plagiarizing
- to worry
Wow! Think of the evil I was delivered from! Ha. And I thought I was doing pretty well. (see validation/admiration above) Guess this is gonna be a greatest hit on my prayer list.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
The temptation to look is hard to resist
For some reason, this feels especially true today …
Our Father,
Who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done,
On earth
as it is in Heaven.
Give us, this day,
Our daily bread.
Forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive
those who have trespassed
against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine,
is the Kingdom,
and the Power,
and the Glory.
Lord, Teach us to … Listen
The disciples asked Jesus, "Teach us to pray," but was that what they really wanted? To learn how to pray? Or was their request really, as Jesus knew, for Him to teach them to listen?
What if what we call the "Lord's prayer" or the "Our Father" isn't just an outline for how we "should pray" or the format for the "perfect theological prayer" but the kindness of God showing us how to reach Him? And a way to show others how to reach Him?
Recently, I was caught up short when I read a Sports Illustrated piece about Lauren Holiday, one of the members of the World Cup winning US Women's soccer team. It was called Going Out on Top. She surprised most everyone by announcing her retirement at the age of 27. Why? In this wonderful article by Jeff Kassouf, Holiday explains,
"I've been praying about it for a couple years now and really just this last year, it was so clear to me," she said. "I had so much clarity about it. I knew that I wanted to give my all to the World Cup. I wanted to be able to say that I gave it my all to fulfill the final dream of winning the World Cup and I feel like I did that. Even if we wouldn't have won, I felt very comfortable in my decision. I feel like God had led me to that decision, so I was ready either way."
So… she prayed for a long time and it was clear she should retire. God showed her this when she listened to God in prayer.
Can you imagine listening to God in the midst of the physical, mental and emotional grind of World Cup preparation? Amid all of the media, the teammates, the fans, and the coaches all yelling, to listen deeply? I imagine there were many voices, including the one tempting comfort, "You're retiring soon, don't worry about it. Just take it easy."
That's not the voice Lauren heard when she listened, or at least not the one she chose to follow. She heard, "Play for My Glory and all will be well." True, they won, and the world thinks all is well. But for Lauren, playing was Glory: the outcome she had given to God. Her decision for a life course did not rest on winning or losing. Ironically, having the decision made probably boosted her to play her very best.
Holiday's story, and her wonderful sharing of the truth without agenda or podium, leaves me speechless — and listening, for myself and for my children. If they were faced, as they will be, with BIG decisions, life-changing moments, and huge round-abouts, would they choose prayer?
Have I done more than instilled in them the words of the Lord's prayer?
Have I helped them listen under the words?
Have I shown them the calm in the silence after the question?
Have I encouraged them to trust in the voice that speaks in that silence?
Have I been Christ to them?
How powerful is that on-going conversation with God about how to lead life. He doesn't ask that we trust and obey, only that we listen and pray. That's how we will come to trust the Voice that speaks completely for our good. That is not just the voice of reason but the Voice of Life itself.
Oh Loving God, how kind you are to give us more than we ask, by offering all that we need.


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There are no warm Olympic memories at London's museums and art galleries. Attendance at the British Museum, National Gallery and others in the city's cultural centre plunged during the run-up to the summer games, by as much as 40 per cent.
The museums might have hoped for some of the jam promised during the grand sweets-table of the Cultural Olympiad and its climactic London 2012 Festival, which cost a combined £97-million ($154-million). But even museums that laid on games-related events, such as the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition of Olympic photographs, were expecting to take a pasting at the turnstile, and did. They knew their kind of tourist would skip the city this summer. The same no-show problem depressed business in the whole West End, heart of London's arts and entertainment district.
There has to be something wrong with a major and supposedly successful pan-arts festival that guts attendance for a whole class of the host city's arts institutions, and wallops the part of town most associated with culture. But there's a lot wrong with the theory and practice of Cultural Olympiads.
These four-year jamborees have become a key promotional device for each Olympics, in part because they localize the image of these roving international contests. It's a lot easier to see what's Canadian about performances by kd lang or a native dance troupe than it is to discern a uniquely Canadian approach to, say, shot put.
But when the games begin, the subsidiary nature of the cultural stuff becomes baldly evident. Those who went to London this summer were willing to spend large amounts to see games events, but little or nothing on cultural offerings. Only 15 per cent of the 19.5 million London Festival attendees paid anything for their fun. Most of that paying minority went to museums, galleries and the BBC Proms concerts – as they might have done with no games and no Cultural Olympiad. One of the festival's biggest draws was artist Jeremy Deller's bouncy-castle replica of Stonehenge, which was to British culture as Euro Disney's Jules Verne submarine is to French culture.
"There were parts of the Cultural Olympiad that were fun," says Sophie Cummings, collections manager at the Lydiard House heritage property, "but such a lot of funding was put into one-off events that cannot have a lasting effect." Government funding for arts and heritage institution declined during the run-up to the games, she said, and the Olympics bill and the recession have ruled out a return to previous levels.
Every Cultural Olympiad is launched on a warm gust of talk about how the games can be used to leverage the cultural visibility of the host city. At the party's end, we're left with an equally vaporous idea of what was achieved. There's seldom much to compare to the hard infrastructure left by the games themselves, such as a new stadium or swimming pool, or a wider highway to Whistler.
Vancouver's three-year, $20-million Cultural Olympiad produced dozens of new artworks, including some that might have happened anyway, and a few that have had a second life. A 2011 report on the impact of the Vancouver games, commissioned by the Vancouver Olympic committee, totted up numbers of attendees and budgets of productions, but said not a word about what effect this activity had on the city's cultural sector.
The Vancouver Art Gallery's attendance surged to "record-breaking" levels, says Gallery spokesperson Dana Sullivant, no doubt primed by temporary government funding to make admission free during the games. But the Museum of Vancouver suffered a 47 per cent decline, largely because there were no buses available for school visits.
Some longer-term results were clearly negative. The Cultural Olympiad aggravated a squabble over shrinking public arts funding that grew worse still when the B.C. government announced a few months later that it would spend $30-million over three years in Spirit Festivals designed to commemorate the games. (Some of that money passed back to the B.C. Arts Council after its chair, Jane Danzo, resigned in protest in August, 2010).
Two years after the games, Vancouver's arts scene is in obvious decline. The Vancouver Playhouse closed in March, artists are leaving the city, and the exuberance of the Olympiad is a fading memory.
"Millions of dollars were funnelled into arts and culture, and we were trucked out proudly as a way of showing the world that Vancouver is indeed a world-class city," actress Laara Sadiq told the Globe's Marsha Lederman when the Playhouse closed. "[But] we were expected to pay for that support out of the other pocket" – the pocket that pays for the ongoing work of making art and building a culture.
London's Cultural Olympiad ran on the rhetoric of the "once in a lifetime" event, with no particular thought for the day after. But the day after produced predictable feelings of euphoria and loss among the organizers, who started musing aloud about making the London Festival an annual or biennial event. That's right: Educated people are floating the idea of an annual £55-million ($87-million) cultural festival for which almost nobody pays from their own pocket.
The same play-it-again mania is driving a £10-million ($15.9-million) plan to turn one part of London's Olympic Park into an Olympic Museum. That's £10-million that won't be going to any of the museums that people will actually want to visit five or 10 years from now.
The next Cultural Olympiad is already under way in Russia, where the 2014 winter games will be held in Sochi, a Black Sea resort town the size of London, Ont. The massive building spree going on there will transform the town beyond recognition, but four years of games-related arts revelry aren't going to turn little Sochi into a cultural centre. As in Vancouver, the Cultural Olympiad will probably turn out to be a Roman candle, flashy for a short time and then forgotten.
If we want a big culture show every year, with a roving spotlight, better to direct the money to something with a more sustained effect. Why not turn the European Capital of Culture program into a global project? We could enhance the world's cultural centres one city at a time, and not as a sideshow to something else. Artists don't needs athletes to justify what they do.


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Is there anyone left in the beauty blogging world who hasn't done one of these? Basically, Project 10 Pan is a challenge where you choose 10 items from your beauty stash that are nearly used up, or that you want gone, and you can't buy any more of that item until you finish it ("hit pan").
I'm trying my hardest to streamline my stuff at the moment, and so this seems like a really good thing for me to try to do!
Here are my ten items:
So first up, moisturisers:
Firstly, The Body Shop Papaya Body Butter. I love these body butters, but this one is nearly done, and I have a couple more at home.
Givenchy Ange ou Demon Le Secret "Silk Body Veil" Lotion – This is a lotion scented with my favourite perfume, but it's not the best at moisturising, so I've been saving it for important days when I want to layer it with the perfume. Which is a bit silly, because it doesn't smell very strongly, and I have a large bottle of the perfume.
My two oldest lipsticks, No7 Moisture Drench in Chic, and Miss Sporty Perfect Colour in Dream. You can see that there's not a lot of these left, and I'm not a huge fan of either of these colours anymore – I have better reds, and the No7 is exactly the same colour as my lips, so there's not a lot of point to it!
The other lip product here is a Chili Pepper lipgloss pot, which isn't nearly finished by any measure, but which is very old and not very exciting, so I'll be keeping this on me to use up, hopefully quite quickly.
Then there's two bits of eye make up, the Natural Collection Eyeliner in Black, and Miss Sporty Fabulous Eye Shadow in Night Black. As you'll know if you've been following me for a while, I adore Urban Decay eyeliners, and so this dryish pencil has been left behind for a while. I've had this eyeshadow since I was about 14, when I only wore blackest black eye make up, and since I rarely wear black anymore, it's been very neglected. With this one, I will consider it "used up" if I decide to throw it away, because I might not be able to work it back into my make up routine.
And finally, a couple of bits and bobs:
Dove Go Fresh Grapefruit and Lemongrass Spray Deodorant – I dislike spray deodorants, so I'm not sure why I was tempted to buy this. It does the job, but is a pain to apply.
John Frieda Frizz-Ease Secret Agent Smoothing Cream – This is really nice, but I don't love it as much as Lush's R&B, and it's very very old (I'm not even sure if they make this any more!).
(Not pictured) A very old bar of Hunky Dory Soap. I've been using this to scent my drawers for years, because it has sentimental value, but although I love the little tin, there are much nicer soap scents. I think it makes sense to use up the soap and use the tin for something more useful!
So, there we go. No new products until I've finished these all up! Think I can hold to it? It'll be so nice to get this beauty clutter out of my room…
UPDATE: Finished the Dove deo, the Givenchy body lotion, and the Body Shop butter, and tossed the black eyeshadow – too difficult to use! The green soap is also vanquished.


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The specialist lender provided the facility to Sampson Homes to allow it to refinance a detached property in Longwell Green, Bristol.
Avamore has also agreed to provide regular advances to Sampson for the development of the homes, which are expected to be completed and sold within 14 months.
The lender was introduced to the deal by Mark Ellis of Just Bridge/Development Money with Martin Philips and Susan Pearson at Howard Kennedy legally representing Avamore and FDC Law acting on behalf of Sampson.
Dane Sampson of Sampson Homes said Avamore delivered on its promises and thanked the lender for its great service.
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"I approached Avamore Capital for development finance and was promptly given a decision that my deal was acceptable.
"Avamore Capital and the team were prompt, efficient and very proactive at getting things done fast.
"This was important to me as I needed the funds quickly to clear a bridging loan."
Mark added: "This has been our first transaction with Avamore and we've been really impressed by their professionalism, determination and efficiency.
"We hope to work with them again in the future."
Michael Dean, principal at Avamore Capital, hoped this transaction would be the start of a long and fruitful relationship with Sampson.
"Dane is a fantastic guy with a really fascinating back story.
"Although he's fairly young in the development process, we've already seen examples of his work which were very impressive.
"He's picked up a cracking site for good value and obtained a consent that makes a lot of sense."
Michael went on to add that Avamore had started the year well and revealed enquiry volumes were near record levels.
"What has been impressive has been the quality of the enquiries, which tells me we're doing the right things by delivering for customers, brokers and sending the right message to the market."


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Intro Elegant Themes Blog
If you're looking for a new WordPress theme, one name you'll almost certainly encounter is Elegant Themes. With a large portfolio of appealing themes, a choice of powerful plugins, and an active user community, Elegant Themes is among the greatest names in the WordPress ecosystem.On paper, Elegant Themes surely deserve a place on your own shortlist in regards to theme and plugin shopping. But are their products the right choice for your website? In the event you sign up with this WordPress mainstay or keep your search? By the end of this article, you'll hopefully have all you need to generate a well-thought-out, educated decision.Let's get started. Elegant Themes Blog
Elegant Topics have been in operation for eight decades, and have served over 500,000 customers to date. In the process, they've grown into a workforce of more than 50 employees working in several nations — a far cry from their humble beginnings working out of founder Nick Roach's school apartment.Elegant Themes now offer 87 WordPress topics and five plugins. Access to all their themes (for example their flagship'Divi' motif — more on this below) and plugins will set you back $89 annually , which makes them very competitively priced. If you are considering using their products for many years, though, it is really their slightly pricier'Lifetime Access' plan that's the very best value alternative, providing you with access to all present and future products for a one-time fee of $249. But is Elegant Themes the right choice for your project? Let us find out.
WordPress Themes
Let's begin with a look at the various themes available, before moving on to the plugins.As mentioned, signing up for Elegant Themes provides you access to 87 WordPress themes for the purchase price of what you can pay for just one theme elsewhere. However, there are two alternatives to take into account. Since the arrival of Divi at 2013, the attention of Elegant Themes was on making this the only best WordPress theme available. Extra followed shortly after, and together they've become the highlights of the Elegant Themes portfolio.
Divi is Elegant's flagship motif, and is truly multipurpose, using the capacity to make almost any kind of site .From sites and company homepages to ecommerce shops and everything in between, Divi is undoubtedly a versatile site construction tool.It's also excellent for new WordPress users looking to create custom sites without having to examine a single line of code. However, this effective theme has also become a popular choice with professional web designers searching for a tool to make building sites to their customers more efficient.Some of those motives experienced and inexperienced web designers alike select Divi are its useful set of high-quality templates and the powerful drag-and-drop builder tool. Loading up among the Divi layouts provides you with a quick way to start your site, as well as the new-and-improved Divi Builder can be used to customize these layouts through a intuitive front-end drag-and-drop interface. Making your custom layouts from scratch is not a problem either with Divi.No matter what your skill level, Divi does a fantastic job of democratizing internet design. Those new to WordPress can utilize the Divi designs, combined with the builder's point-and-click port to create custom page designs. More experienced designers can do what they've always done, only much faster.Another facet of this theme that's worth mentioning is your Divi Leads tool. Divi Leads lets you conduct split testing experiments onto your site's design and content. If you've ever wondered which headline or color scheme your visitors will best respond to, Divi Leads removes the guesswork.Divi Leads makes it easy to display numerous variations of your site and its content, which means that you can just sit back and wait for the results. If you have to create sites that convert against their goals –whether for yourself or to your customers — Divi Leads will be a priceless addition to your toolkit.The sole disadvantage to Divi compared with Avada and the other bestselling multipurpose topics is the lack of complete website demos. Therefore, despite not having the ability to import an whole site in your WordPress setup, you won't be lacking new layouts for your site's pages.Overall, Divi is a great selection for creatives who would prefer to create a custom WordPress website regardless of their technical abilities. Elegant Themes Blog
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The Extra theme (view live demo) was started after Divi, also includes many of its finest features. Using this homepage layout gives you the capacity to display your best or latest content in a fashionable grid format. It's possible to use article carousels, tabbed regions, mini-article sliders, and custom widgets to display previews of your content.Extra also comprises an image-focused homepage layout that utilizes the featured images from your posts to draw attention to your content. The plan of this theme is focused on enticing your customers to click through to a lot your articles.As Extra comprises the strong Divi Builder tool, you are able to customize some of the theme's templates via a front end drag-and-drop user interface. Not only that, but you can use the builder and its own library of modules to create custom designs for every article you publish on your site. If you want your website or online magazine to match the demonstration quality of leading news media websites, you now have a potent tool that may help.With Extra along with the Divi Builder, then you can design custom page designs that overlay images with text, include photograph collages, use pull quotes, attribute multiple columns, and include other tried-and-tested content elements to improve your site from a fundamental blog to a professional-looking online publication.Even if you don't want to use the integrated Divi Builder, Extra is nevertheless a fantastic choice for bloggers and online magazine sites. The library of templates makes it effortless to add significant pages to your website with hardly any work. With writer, timeline, portfolio, and contact page templates included, you can spare yourself a great deal of time when setting up your website.Extra can also be used to make an ecommerce store with WordPress, due to its full support for your WooCommerce plugin. If you would like to build an online shop or simply add physical or digital products to your blog or magazine, Extra is greater than the task.While Elegant Themes made Divi together with the objective of making it the ideal theme for any WordPress website, Extra was made to be the best theme for bloggers and online publications. They've definitely done a fantastic job, and Extra is a competitive theme that any blogger or magazine-style website owner should think about. Elegant Themes Blog
While Divi, also, to a lesser extent, Extra, are multipurpose topics which may be used to make any sort of website, the other themes are somewhat more focused on a specific kind of project. |} It is possible you could discover a motif from the Elegant Themes back catalog that is ideal for your website. However, if you truly want to take advantage of everything Elegant Themes has to offer and has been working for the past couple of years, you should only consider the Divi and Extra topics from their collection.While signing up using Elegant Themes gets you access to Divi, one of the very best WordPress themes around, along with the impressive Extra magazine motif, do not get too excited about another 85 alternatives. However, as we will see in another section of this Elegant Themes review, you will find more reasons to choose this business than simply their flagship WordPress themes.
The Elegant Themes WordPress Plugins
As mentioned earlier in this review, the group supporting Divi and Extra also have produced quite a few high-quality WordPress plugins. By joining Elegant Themes on either the mid-level $89 Developer plan or the top grade $249 Lifetime Access program, you gain access to all these plugins.
Let's have a look.
The Divi Builder plugin relies on the page builder tool that's incorporated into the Divi and Extra themes. |} The Divi Builder that is found in the latest edition of the Divi and Extra themes includes a back-end user interface. However, this upgrade has not been implemented to the Divi Builder plugin yet (it'll be added later on ). As it is a standalone plugin, you can use this edition of this Divi Builder with almost any WordPress theme.The Divi Builder plugin can nevertheless be used to make custom page layouts, albeit via a back-end builder interface. Any of the 46 customizable content modules could be added into your designs, together with the ability to drag and drop them into position.Other useful features of the Divi Builder plugin include the ability to quickly duplicate any page component, copying and pasting within the builder, unlimited undos and redos, and a simple method to add custom CSS for your pages.The Divi Builder plugin making it effortless to save any layout, part, or module to your library for reuse elsewhere on your website. If you update any of these library products, you're able to selectively apply those changes to every instance of the item throughout your site.Even if you are not using a motif from Elegant Themes, you need to have the ability to use Divi Builder to customize your WordPress site. Consequently, if you would rather use a more minimal motif (like those produced by StudioPress rather than Divi) but you still need the ability to create customized layouts for your content, then the Divi Builder plugin could be a fantastic choice.Divi Builder contrasts favorably to another drag-and-drop builder plugins for WordPress. However, until the live front-end editor is added into the plugin, there are more user friendly WordPress site builder plugins on the market. Elegant Themes Blog
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Being able to email your audience every time you publish a new post, launch a product, or possess some other significant announcement to make has many benefits. Unfortunately, building a record of email subscribers is not simple. Luckily, Bloom is a plugin that can help encourage your visitors to sign-up and hand over their email addresses.After triggering Bloom, you are able to begin adding a number of email optin or signup molds to your site. Form options comprise pop up, fly-in, below article, inline, and widget forms. There's also a locked content type that requires your visitors to enter their own email address and subscribe to a list to obtain access to a specific piece of content.Bloom also comes with a fantastic choice of email optin form templates that may be customized through the plugin's editor.As and the ability to customize the look of forms, you also receive a good quantity of control over how they work. You can select an intro animation that determines how the form looks, and you can also specify a time delay that controls when the form appears. Custom triggers can also be employed to restrain the form's visibility, and more.Through the Bloom form display settings, it is possible to specify where on your website each form will be more active. These options include activating the form for your whole site, the home page, person articles and pages, plus much more. As you can create multiple forms and display them on particular pieces of your website, you can really tailor the design and content of your forms to match the articles on which they're displayed.Bloom also includes a split testing tool which makes it simple to compare two forms to discover which one works well with your viewers. Thanks to these features, Bloom contrasts nicely to another leading email optin form plugins, such as OptinMonster and Thrive Leads.Nearly every type of website can benefit from using a list of email subscribers, and Bloom is a capable tool which may help you grow your list.
The Monarch plugin has been created to assist you increase the number of times your content has been shared on social media. Social shares not only help drive more visitors to your site, however they may also help your content to rank more prominently in search engines such as Google.Once Monarch is live, you can exhibit a variety of social sharing buttons onto your site. More than 20 social networks are supported, and you can display the buttons in five different locations — such as on pictures and videos.As well as showing floating, always-visible sharing buttons, Monarch enables you to choose from a range of trigger-activated buttons. Timed flaws, page scroll place, following commenting or purchasing, and after a period of inactivity can all be utilized as triggers to control every time a pop-up or slide-in set of societal sharing buttons is exhibited to your visitors.You may additionally use Monarch to show links to your social media profiles, complete with follower counts. This feature provides you with a fast way to incorporate social proof to your site.Like the remaining Elegant Themes tools, Monarch offers you a lot of control on how your social media buttons and hyperlinks are displayed. The customization work takes place through a user friendly interface, with many options and configurations to guarantee this plugin operates exactly how you want it to.Monarch is one of those best social networking plugins for WordPress, so it's great to get access to it as part of your Elegant Themes subscription.
The Elegant Themes Community
With this kind of a sizable userbase, it is no surprise that a sizable community and ecosystem has built up around Elegant Themes and its products. The Elegant Themes site is among the busiest WordPress websites. In addition to publishing advice and tips for web designers and WordPress users, the blog frequently shares brand new page layouts and other extras for Divi users. There's also the Divi Nation Podcast for interviews and news with Divi users.
Elegant Themes Support
Some years ago, Elegant Topics had a small reputation for delivering less-than-stellar service to their customers. After checking into this and being a happy customer for a little while now, I'm very happy to report that Elegant Themes seem to have solved any problems there might have been.Their flagship products are regularly upgraded and improved, and the online documentation for their themes and plugins is extensive, such as walkthrough videos and text. Those with an active Elegant Topics account may open a service ticket by posting a question in the support forums.In addition to a General Questions sub-forum, each Elegant Themes product has its own active sub-forum. The Elegant Themes support forums have been staffed by a group of tech support agents, who, in my experience, react to questions quickly and inexpensively.
Divi is undoubtedly one of the best and most common multi-purpose WordPress topics around. Since you are able to buy Divi and Extra, along with 85 (admittedly increasingly obsolete ) other topics for just $89 (along with a handful of very helpful plugins), signing up with Elegant Themes represents excellent value for money.The upgraded Divi Builder that's a core component of the Divi theme is also among the best WordPress page builders available now. Everybody, from those new to making sites to seasoned web designers, can benefit from the ability of this Divi Builder.But, Divi, Extra, and Tasteful Themes aren't for everyone. Since they're such elastic topics, there's a great deal of creative freedom, which might be overwhelming — especially in the event that you don't have a clear vision for your website. The library of webpage templates was created to a high standard, but there aren't any comprehensive site demos that you could import into your website in only a couple of clicks.If you prefer to have a motif built for a specific focus, like a business site or an online portfolio perhaps, you might actually be much better off looking at themes offered by some of the additional, more concentrated theme shops.However, if you're looking for a WordPress theme that can be used to make any sort of website, subsequently Divi and Extra and their innumerable customization tools and settings are hard to beat. Throw in the rest of the benefits of signing up with Elegant Themes and you should have all you need to make your WordPress website a success. Elegant Themes Blog
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I am passing all the paramters to the cardObject of messageModel inlcuding imageUrl. Other things are coming fine like Title, description, action(null).. but image is not displaying in responses from chatbot.
I observed that when i am trying to browse the image in browser via the image url (copying from json response) it is throwing error as below
In cardObject, i am providing the details of product from CX Cloud instance. Is it that to fetch the image, i have to provide further authentication, if so, how can we pass into cardObject or any way to get the image dispalyed in chatbot?
The images apparently are saved in a non-public storage. It requires authentication before it can be accessed. This is why the CR component cannot display them. An option to solve the issue is to create a Node.js app proxy that you execute on e.g. Application Container Cloud Service and that authenticates accordingly to then server the images. The card would then use the URL to the ACCS to server the images
Images are appearing now, just tweaked url a little bit around.
It is coming in chatbot only when i am logged to commerce cloud instance in another tab of browser and testing bot in other tab of the same browser.
Not sure why? On what logic it is happening so and even it is valid thing then how to bring images without even login to commerce cloud instance in tab of the same browser where i am testing my bot.
Three Images:
a. Before login to commerce cloud instance
b. once logged in to cc instance
c. testing after login
B. once logged in to cc instance
c. doing testing in another tab of same browser after login. I have tried the same thing in different browser too, observed the same.


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RCAP Solutions, a federal Housing and Urban Development-certified housing counseling agency, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the state to provide financial literacy counseling services for Worcester residents.
Through this program, RCAP Solutions' 'Housing Consumer Education Center' counseling staff can assist homeowners in searching for resources to alleviate the problem or rectify the delinquency, create a household budget that the homeowner can live within and advocate with other creditors to help lower non-housing related debt.
The money is awarded through the Office of the Attorney General's Financial Literacy Education Grant Program
Homeowners can also learn about their rights under Fair Credit and Reporting Regulations, and understand loans and loan documents to identify and avoid sub-prime and predatory loans. The program can also help access loan products to make emergency repairs, and help pursue loan modifications, repayment agreements, short sales and other options.
The program can also assist with securing new safe, affordable housing if there is no solution to a foreclosure.
For more information, contact David Anderson at (978) 630-6692 or Leah Donohoe at (978) 630-6689 or visit the Resource Center at RCAP Solutions located at 90 Madison St, Worcester.


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Topic Page: Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898)
(Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) British mathematician, photographer and children's writer. An Oxford don, much of his output consisted of mathematical textbooks. He is more widely remembered for the whimsical novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking Glass (1872). Along with his poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876), they have attracted much serious scholarly criticism.
English author of the children's classics Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872). Among later works was the mock-heroic narrative poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876). He was a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford University from 1855 until 1881 and also published mathematical works.
Dodgson first told his fantasy stories to Alice Liddell and her sisters, daughters of the dean of Christ Church, Oxford University. His two Alice books brought 'nonsense' literature to a peak of excellence, and continue to be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Dodgson was a prolific letter writer and one of the pioneers of portrait photography (his sitters included John Ruskin, Alfred Tennyson, and D G Rossetti, as well as children). He was also responsible, in his publication of mathematical games and problems requiring the use of logic, for a general upsurge of interest in such pastimes. He is said to be, after Shakespeare, the most quoted writer in the English language.
Dodgson was born in Daresbury, Cheshire, and studied mathematics and classics at Oxford. He was ordained a deacon in 1861. In 1867 he visited Russia.
Fiction Dodgson was fascinated by the limits and paradoxes of language and thought, the exploration of which leads to the apparent nonsense of Alice's adventures. The reasons for the success of the two Alice books include the illustrations of John Tenniel, the eminently quotable verse, and the combination of exciting adventures, imaginative punning, and humorous characters, such as the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, and White Knight, with a more sophisticated level of ingenious imagination which parodies everything from mathematical to literary theories.
His other major works of fiction, Sylvie and Bruno (1889), which combined a children's story with religious instruction, and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (1893), were less successful.
Number games and mathematical works Interested in the use of number games that called for general intelligence to solve the problems, rather than specialized knowledge, he saw their potential as teaching aids. His books in this field include A Tangled Tale (1885), The Game of Logic (1886), and Pillow Problems (1893). The chessboard featured in some of these games. Several of his books of puzzles suggest an awareness of the theory of sets – the basis on which most modern mathematical teaching is founded – which was then only just being formulated by German mathematician Georg Cantor.
Dodgson also wrote mathematical textbooks for the general syllabus, quite a few books on historical mathematics (particularly on Euclid and his geometry), and a number of specialized papers, such as 'Condensation of Determinants' (1866).
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Conventional home loan VS FHA
There are a few different mortgage programs to choose from and each have their own benefit, depending on your situation. The two most popular mortgage programs among most buyers recently, are the FHA mortgage and the conventional mortgage. You can also read about an article I wrote about popular mortgage programs for first time home buyers.
Visual Graph
This visual graph shows you a great comparison of the FHA vs conventional mortgage for a potential home buyer. I have stated the details of each program below, so you can compare the differences. Take a look at the short-term and long-term differences.
Details of Each Mortgage
Here are the details that are being used for both FHA and Conventional in the graph above.
- $200, 000 purchase price.
- 3.5% down payment. (This is the minimum down payment for the FHA program.)
- 3.75% fixed interest rate.
- 30 year term.
- $200, 000 purchase price
- 5% down payment.
You can see the only difference I have from the details above is the down payment. Typically, the larger the down payment, the less you have to borrower and the less interest you have to pay over the life of the mortgage. Well, there are two items that make the FHA mortgage much different from the conventional mortgage.
Two Major Differences For FHA Mortgage
- Upfront Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP)
The upfront MIP is a cost that is required with a FHA mortgage. This is a cost on top of your typical mortgage closing costs. This upfront cost is typically rolled into the mortgage balance you are borrowing, so you are paying interest on this over the life of the mortgage. Currently, the MIP charge for a 30 year term is 1.75% of your loan amount.
- Monthly Mortgage Insurance (a.k.a PMI)
The mortgage insurance amount is a monthly payment, on top of your mortgage payment. This monthly payment is required with FHA, regardless of how much of a down payment you have. Currently, the monthly mortgage insurance payment for a 30 year term is 1.25% of your loan amount. The FHA program requires you pay this for 5 years, before you can have it removed.
Conventional PMI vs FHA PMI
These premiums differ and typically the FHA PMI is more than the conventional PMI. Also, with a conventional mortgage, you only have to pay the PMI until you reach 78% loan to value ratio. (22% equity in the property) The FHA PMI is required for 5 years of the mortgage, regardless of the equity position of the property.
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On the tenth anniversary of the financial crisis, it's worth noting that the U.S. mortgage sector is now seen by some as a quality market. But there are new risks.
Joining a growing list of cooperators in Mueller's criminal inquiry, Paul Manafort will likely be quizzed about a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Kremlin-backed attendees who promised to offer damaging information about Hillary Clinton.
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Hurricane Florence made its long awaited landfall, knocking out power, pushing water inland and claiming its first victims. The storm's unlikely path across the Atlantic can be traced to global warming. In the Pacific, the more powerful Super Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into the Philippines.
America's college students are ditching literature, language, history and education studies in favor of majors in computers, math or statistics.
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Please join fellow Seattle-area Yalies at the home of Pete Day ('66 JE) for a potluck party to watch the annual Seafair Air Show on Saturday, August 3rd from noon to 3pm on Mercer Island.
In past years, the Blue Angels performance has been thrilling, with a number of flyovers within 200 yards of the house. Because of the sequester (in protest, no tea will be served), this year's show will feature the Patriots Jet Team (http://www.patriotsjetteam.com), which should be equally entertaining.
This will be a potluck, so guests can sign up to bring side dishes, desserts and drinks, or your preferred meats (or vegetarian options) to grill. Pete will provide beer and soft drinks.
In the past, the air show has been from 1:30-2:30p. Lunch will start at 12pm. Given the bridge closure (see below), it is advisable to arrive early. Details about the Air Show can be found at http://www.seafair.com/anevent.aspx?id=13&secid=917.
Where: 6915 SE 33rd Street, Mercer Island, WA 98040
When: Saturday, August 3rd, 12-3p
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We went to Millerton again this weekend, but this time by rail and bike. Can only bring bikes on train outside peak hours, so came up on Saturday morning. we ended up riding about 100km for the weekend.
Saturday rode down to Grand Central Station on 42nd st (3 km), then from Wassaic station to Millerton (17 km). then after lunch rode back to Wassiac to attend an art show, then back to Millerton. Including riding to the supermarket did precisely 41.00 miles for the day (approx 65km). A mile is a lot further than a km!
Then Sunday we rode over into NW Connecticut to the village of Salisbury, for Mother's Day breakfast at the White Hart Inn, a charming newly renovated olde worlde inn. The ride involved 10km undulating country highway each way, with not much shoulder in places. And the Sunday weather was back to winter, so the ride was hard and not particularly enjoyable. Only 4C when we set off at 9 am, with a 25km wind gusting up to 50km, and the wind chill making it feel like sub-zero, and even colder on the bike. Then it was back to Wassaic Station once more for the 2hr rail trip home.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Mother's Day in Millerton
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After that weather report I think you're going to love France. Your mileage is most impressive!ReplyDelete
we really were knackered after cycling 60+40, especially in the wind. what about the "Mistral"? how hilly is the Dordogne? Cycling long distances day after day requires a lot of enduranceReplyDelete
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Fred has worked in the architecture industry 36 plus years. He was drawn to the architectural industry growing up amongst Alden B. Dow who was a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice that designed buildings near Midland, Michigan where Fred grew up. With a Bachelor of Science and Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan, Fred's deep fascination for drawing and designing facilities has helped shape his successful career as a professional architect. Fred is a registered architect in Michigan and Colorado. During the course of his career Fred has worked as a Designer, Design Director, and Healthcare Practice Director which has infused him with an owner's perspective. As an exceptionally clear thinker, Mr. Wesolowski understands the needs of complex healthcare organizations, with knowledge of how to balance the demands of the varied constituents, thus, building alignment and consensus. In his spare time, he takes pleasure in traveling and spending time with his family.
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From a purely layman's observant research, I think the months of October and February are the most difficult for kids who struggle with attention skills, social skills, and rigors of classroom expectation.
By six weeks in school, classrooms have settled into routines, teachers are aware of each child's personality, strength and challenges. AND, visitors begin to see the single desk in the hallway, just outside the classroom door, but far enough down the hallway that the child, sitting at the desk, can't see into the classroom.
When I see that lonely desk in the hallway, my heart aches for its occupant. Usually a boy, but not always. Usually chewing on his pencil, staring down the hallway, or, finding solace in playing with his smuggled in small detractors, such as a bottle cap, marble, eraser, or the ultimate, a box car.
I have been privileged to watch superior teachers working with energized, "I can get away with this" kids with never seeing the child ostracized to the hallway. Getting a child to behave in accordance with classroom expectations, while maintaining a teaching structure is delightful to watch.
Back to Johnnie in the chair in the hallway. As you can tell, I don't advocate that we place individual students, who are struggling with classroom expectations, in the hallway. This procedure is supposed to give the student a "time-out" to get his "act together." More often than not, it does not provide the student with the tools he needs to be more successful inside the classroom. The kids I have worked with, who manned the desk in the hall, really did want to find a way to earn approval and positive recognition from both teacher and peers.
I believe in using volunteers in schools. A trained volunteer can help Johnnie re-direct his energy to appropriate outlets, while learning to follow classroom expectations. To help with success, each expectation has to be broken down into steps, so that it isn't overwhelming and so that Johnnie can learn which exact step causes him to be sent to the hallway. As soon as these steps are in place, with Johnny understanding their importance to him–Johnnie has a much better percentage of staying in the classroom, earning positive recognition and growing developmentally to be able to be successful in future years.
For an example of these kinds of "steps" please see (in no particular order):
- http://www.parenting.org/topic/social-skills
- http://www.loveandlogic.com/
- http://www.wglasser.com/the-glasser-approach/quality-schools
- http://www.hcz.org/hcz-home.php
That child that has been marooned in the hallway doesn't want the distinction or label of being a "hall kid." Help him, or her, to get back into the classroom, earning the right to feel good about his or her achievement/s.
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1. What exactly do you do?
- What field is your job in?
Information Technology
- What is your job title?
Enterprise Engineer
- Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for (size and general description of what type of organization it is)
Corrections Corporation of America. We manage prisons and other detention facilities in 20 states. We currently have ~15,000 Full and Part time employees. Most of them are hourly.
- How long have you been employed in this position?
2 years
- How many hours do you work a week on average?
- Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
- Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
Support and maintenance of the datacenter, servers, and applications. Design of systems, network and deployments.
- What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
- What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
- Please list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation, sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
18 days PTO (sick - vacation) health and dental (vaious plans available) 401k after 1 year
- Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
well compensated - good range for this position.
2. Work environment!
- Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
I work in support of the Call/Help desk so I interact daily with them as well as in some direct support of the people in the field. I interact and collaborate with others on my team daily.
- Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
- Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
- Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it
- Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
- 5 Income
- 7 Work Environment - co-workers
- 4 Work Environment - supervisors
- 6 Benefits
- 2 Hours
- 3 Level of responsibility
- 1 The actual "work" you do at your job
- 8 Job Title
3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours?
- If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
Entry level server and desktop support. Progressively learn broad based applications. Get certifications initially, they are less needed later on but will help starting out.
- What skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Technical skills and troubleshooting skills are primary. Social skills are not as necessary but that depends on the company.
- Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
Absolutely. Experience is necessary, book knowledge is helpful starting out but real world solutions are best
- What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Don't work yourself to death and take it easy, you will most likely get burned out if you do.
4. How did you get your J-O-B
- How did you find your current job? (e.g. newspaper, internet, referral, etc.)
- What was the application process for your job? (e.g. submitted resume, paper application, electronic application, all, etc.)
referred from current employee, then wen through formal process - resume with application, then interviews with supervisor and co-workers
- Did you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the interview process entail? (e.g., number of interviews, who you interviewed with, group interview, individual interview, etc.)
Interviewed first with co-workers, then with the director.
- If you can remember, what questions were you asked at your interview?
What my thoughts were on the architecture of the network and how I would design one. What would I do in certain situations. What experience did I have designing an infrastructure.
- Is this the job / field you planned to work in?
- If your job is in a different field from your original plan how did you get here? Explain (Plan can be from high school/college/post college/personal plan)
I went to college to be a marketing designer and do commercial advertising. Right out of college there is not much money in that and started to work for an insurance company that had a few of the IT staff quit. Cince somputers were kind of a hobby, I volunteered to fill in, and 11 years later, I am still in IT.
5. Background: Are you qualified?
- Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
It is mostly on the job training, I have been progressing in my experience over the years. While certifications now are nice, they are nothing compared to real work work.
- Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain
Not really, I was initially hired to do a design, architecture, and research and development position and it has settled back into a support role.
- Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain
Not really, I had no real computer or electronic training in college. It was all a hobby turned career
- If applicable, do you feel your internship experience helped you prepare you for your job?
6. The Future and Beyond (FINAL SECTION)
- If someone were to observe you at work, what would he or she say is "fun" about your job?
Troubleshooting and fixing problems for people
- What is (are) the most fulfilling aspect(s) and least fulfilling aspect(s) of your current employment? (e.g. fiscal, spiritual, type of work, hours, commute, compensation, etc.)
The pay is pretty good. It makes me feel good to finish or accomplish a projet, but that is getting to be a rare opportunity. I believe we talk alot and there is not as much "doing" lately.
- Is your current employment part of your career plan? Why or why not?
No, I have become apathetic about an information technology career unless I can move into a design and research or management position. I do not want to be hands on with the technology anymore.
- What are your current career goals? (Can be broad or specific)
I would like to move into a more active profession. I have been sitting at a desk for 12 years and I just don;t get alot of satisfaction from what I am doing.
- Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?
Great social skill are not necessary, long hours are. You will always need to stay on top of the latest technology and if you do, there will be no end of positions available. The pay can be quite good and you will have the ability to take any paths within the IT world.
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