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Being a mom is being controversial, a liar and fake!
I love my kids… mainly when they are asleep! The silence, the peace around the house! Then, I finally have some well deserved time for myself: I go on Facebook and post cute photos of my kids, or videos of my toddler playing, or I just go on looking at my children's pictures, old ones, preferably. Can't get away from them!
When they are having tantrums I want them to grow up! Grow please grow, I cannot take this anymore! Then, when they grow up and are kindergartners…oh, that last Summer is a mix of feelings!' Yay! Extra cash! No more paying for day care or preschool! Yay! Time for myself! Real school time, homework, big kid, I won't be wiping anyone's butt anymore!'
If you have a 5-year-old and you live in the Valley, you are about to embark in the world of School! If you have a Senior…you are entering the world of 'College'…in any case it is the time of separation. The so longed 'time for yourself'! It's here, it's arrived! And you are ready, right?! Besides, you were going mad bringing up these kids- toddlers on your neck, teens on your nerves! It is your time now!
Many of us find ourselves in a limbo…I did it all and it is time to go back to work (yikes!) or, I have being a working mom and now I have no more babies (what?!), my baby is all grown up! (what?!)
In my case, I am going to have a bit of both…this is my 'baby boy's' last Summer and next I'll have a daughter leaving to College. I have waited so much for these moments, and I'm not embarrassed to say I do have a couple of feelings I am currently faking!
Fake feeling # 1: I've been pretending it is just awful that here where I live, in Los Gatos, California, my 5-year-old-son will join Kindergarten for only 2h30′ per day! It is close to obscene that all I will have time for is to take him to school, come back home, clear the breakfast table, check social media (ha ha) and go back to pick him up! Outrageous Educational system! How can a mother work!?
Reality: Thank God! That means I get to stay with him one more year!! One more year, hugging, kissing, telling him 24/7 how much I love him, being in the pool during Summer, pumpkin farms in Fall, Christmas lights in Winter!! We are good! shhhh!
Fake feeling #2: Next Summer, there will be one free bedroom at home! Finally an office! I hope my daughter will get into an English College because she is British, she wants to go back home and she will be so happy in London – I want her to be happy!
Reality: Please God, it will be so nice if she gets into a UC!! She can drive home at the weekends or at least for every holiday! Thanksgiving with the whole family!
We moms are like that; we go crazy, we complain, we demand our down time, we need to be left alone until we are really left alone!
We know we bring up our kids to the world, and we try to make a good job out of it. But…just between us: it is the hardest part of our lovely job as moms: to let them go!
Enjoy your madness!
While it lasts! 😉
Much love, energy and strength to you all moms, everywhere! As for me…I carry on complaining a little and enjoying tons and tons of this exhilarating thing: Motherhood!


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If you stopped by FT Alphaville yesterday, you may have already seen mention of Financial Times' interview with hedge fund manager Ray Dalio, of Bridgewater Associates.
The full article is available at the link above (FT.com), and it is an interesting profile of one of the hedge fund world's most highly regarded figures. Here are a few excerpts from the piece:
"Mr Dalio, who founded his company, Bridgewater Associates, more than 30 years ago, is relentless in his pursuit of difference. He tracks his funds' correlations to the market and quickly tacks away whenever they appear to converge.
His singular view has shown results, propelling Bridgewater to become a highly regarded $150bn institutional manager as well as the third biggest hedge fund manager in the world. Bridgewater's hedge funds typically returned about 15 per cent a year, after fees, for the past 15 years. In 2007 the performance range was 9 to 11.2 per cent, net of fees, for its three hedge funds, a respectable showing in an environment where many big funds have faltered."
The article goes on to detail Dalio's views on investment performance, leverage, and the changing face of investment management.
"One thing he is certain about is the profound change that he says is taking place in the investing business as traditional asset classes are dissolving.
" "Investments were [once] in stocks and bonds and managers specialised in one or the other. An investment manager was different from a real estate owner, who was different from a private business owner. Now [almost] everything that earns money is securitised, often derivatives are created on them and the game is to make money by mixing them into optimally structured portfolios." "
You can see the full article online at the link above or in today's Financial Times print edition.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Ray Dalio in FT
Posted by David Shvartsman at 2:02 PM Labels: Hedge Funds, Interviews, Investing, Ray Dalio


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Happy Thanksgiving! If you're following the schedule, you should read these chapters today: 1 Chronicles 19–20, 1 Peter 1, Jonah 3, Luke 8. Click on any of those references to see all the passages in one long page on BibleGateway. If you can't do all the readings today, read Jonah 3.
Jonah's message to Ninevah was simple: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown." There is no call to repentance and no offer of grace to the repentant, for reasons we'll see tomorrow. Yet the people did repent, including the king of Ninevah (vv. 5-6). When the king issued his decree calling for everyone to repent, we see why he called for repentance: "Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish" (v. 9). And that's exactly what happened: "When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened."
I have a couple of thoughts about all of this. First, don't worry so much about having the perfect presentation when you give the gospel message or explain God's truth to someone else. By all means do the best that you can, but understand that it is not your perfect presentation or your persuasive ability that will matter. If it is God's message, God will use it to do his work. Just be faithful to what God has told us to say.
Second, repentance is always implied in any message of judgment God gives. The reason that the major and minor prophets (Isaiah-Malachi) exist is because God wanted to call his people to repentance. Though his words to them were direct, even harsh at times, they were designed to redeem people, not injure them emotionally. Keep this in mind when the Holy Spirit brings painful conviction into your life or a friend (or even an enemy) brings an ugly confrontation to your door. If you receive truth and repent at the message, God's forgiving and restoring grace is right there to meet you.
Now for your thoughts: What stood out in your Bible reading for today? What questions do you have about what you read? What are your thoughts about what I wrote above? Post them in the comments below or on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/calvarybiblechurch/. And, feel free to answer and interact with the questions and comments of others. Have a great day; we'll talk scripture again tomorrow.


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Futuremark's 3DMark 11 Benchmarking Suite Reviewed (Page 4)
Performance Testing
Our GPU selection was a little light at the time of this writing, as was our CPU availability. However, we were able to get you a few current and popular GPUs to show you how the numbers fall.
We would like to thank the following companies for supplying and supporting us with our test system hardware and equipment: Intel, GIGABYTE, AMD, Kingston and Cooler Master and Sceptre.
As you can see below, the performance numbers come in very interesting. We see NVIDIA on top for the most part, but that PhysX advantage is certainly gone in the combined scores. This is something that we know Futuremark has been working on since NV bought Ageia as it put them in a very odd position.
We talked very briefly with them about the new test and they said that they knew they had the right balance with this one when both NVIDIA and AMD were not happy with them. We can see some of that below.
Once again, because of the pre-release nature of our testing we do not have detailed scores. We will be revisiting this test after today and comparing the detailed scores for you along with more platforms and CPUs very shortly.
Now, for the thing that keeps some people up all night; the scoring methodology. Back when 3DMark Vantage came out and I published the scoring calculations, I received many e-mails telling me that the calculations were wrong, or unbalanced, or this or that.
It was as entertaining as it was annoying. First, I did not come up with these, nor did I compare and analyse the way the formulas are built. I am presenting them again for you to get a "feel" for how the system totals up that final score and once we can publish ours to the net, we will see how they stack up.
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Whether you are an indie writer or a community manager just starting out, there are some rules that have to be followed right off the bat. If you don't know how to navigate the murky waters of social media, your message can become confused, or even rejected by the people you want to listen to you the most.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Technology-inspired Art
A recent trip to the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid showed just how much technology has inspired art: a transparent, glass dinosaur foot is just the start of a journey in which science and technology is king.
Do you know this person? Social Media Fails
"New Friend Request: Athanasi Bengal, Network: Mexico." As someone who hasn't set foot in Mexico, this is something I find puzzling (and rude). In the past I have I have imagined a doppleganger with the same name, travelling to the dodgiest corners of the world and meeting interesting people with odd professions and a penchant for religiousness, shouting "look for me online" whilst speeding off into the sunset. The poor buggers then unwittingly waited for their friendship to be accepted online whilst I rejected them outright, putting an end to the fantasies of countless lonely chaps around the world.
BBC director general resigns after erroneous child abuse report
George Entwistle, director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation, said Saturday that he would step down amid controversy over the broadcasting of false claims by a sex abuse victim.
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2016…Best Days of My LifePosted by Kim on Monday Jan 9, 2017 Under Tru Moments, Tru Soundtrack
January 2016…Blink…December 2016
Honestly, every year with you is the best year.
You live life with this force of energy that keeps things fresh and new.
You wake with excitement about being alive and bring laughter to all you do.
You make every day the best day of my life.
I love you too much!
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14 February 2017
Cardinal Burke at the Priory of Ephesus
From a reader of this blog:
On February 10, 2017, the Feast of Saint Scholastica, Cardinal Burke celebrated Holy Mass at the Priory of Ephesus, the home of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles. Below are some photographs of the visit. While in KC over the weekend, His Eminence also delivered a lecture on Friday to an overflow crowd at Saint James Academy. On Saturday, the Cardinal celebrated Holy Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Leawood, KS, for the Catholic Medical Association, with Archbishop Naumann of the Archdiocese of Kansas City (KS) and Bishop Johnston of the Diocese of Kansas City-Saint Joseph (MO).
A good time, as ever, to pray for this holy and steadfast shepherd! (click on photos to enlarge):
4 comments:
- Jane Chantal said...
Deo gratias.
- 14 February, 2017 11:32
I've heard rumors of a video of the talk given in KS, but have not seen it yet.
- 14 February, 2017 13:31
I'll be darned! Abp NAUMANN showed up. He's been an ostrich with his head in the ground ever since Amoris Laetitia was released.
- 14 February, 2017 21:02
- JBQ said...
Semper Fi.
- 15 February, 2017 16:32
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Move over, you're hogging all the covers
If politics makes strange bedfellows, then House Bill 1288 needs a king-size bed.
The bill, which changes the way the unemployment insurance system is financed, is sponsored in the House by Denver liberal Dan Pabon and Colorado Springs conservative Larry Liston.
And consider the bill backers: NFIB and AFL-CIO. Yes, small business and the labor unions. It is also is sponsored by the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute (tax hikes are a good thing) and the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry (tax breaks are a good thing.)
Pabon has gotten a kick out of the unlikely alliances for the measure, which is scheduled to be heard Friday by the House Appropriations Committee.


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About Raymond Keller
Raymond Andrew Keller, a retired history professor, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and currently serves as an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America), attached to In Touch and Concerned, a United Way agency in Monongalia County, West Virginia, where he assists persons with disabilities, seniors and veterans in securing affordable transportation options.
Keller has been involved in active UFO research since 1967, when he was a reporter for the Bedford Times Register in his hometown of Bedford, Ohio, and a research associate with Earl J. Neff, the founder and director of the Cleveland Ufology Project (CUP). Keller established his own group in 1986, the Outer Space International Research and Investigations Society (OSIRIS) and was the publisher and co-editor with Ballarion Stahr of that organization's monthly organ, The New Millennial Star. Keller has conducted numerous excursions to UFO hot spots throughout the world and has communicated directly with extraterrestrials on many occasions. The Final Countdown: Rockets to Venus and The Cosmic Ray's Excellent Venus Adventures are his third and fourth books; the first being Emergence of the Afro-Zulians in the Transatlantic World, 1722-1811 (Lewiston, NY: Mellen Press, 2013) and the second being Venus Rising: A Concise History of the Second Planet (Terra Alta, WV: Headline Books, 2015).
He graduated from Bedford Senior High School in Bedford, Ohio and went on to honorably serve in both the United States Navy, where he was the feature editor of the Miramar Naval Air Station Jet Journal in San Diego, California; and in the United States Army, where he worked as a voice intercept operator in the Spanish language throughout Latin America. He received an associate degree in business from the University of Maryland and his bachelor of arts in world history from the University of Maryland, both degrees while on active duty. In 1989 he successfully completed the Multicultural Education Program at the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico, whence he went on to become the Director of English as a Second Language and Bilingual/Multicultural Education programs for secondary education at the Hilmar Unified School District in the San Joaquin Valley in California from 1990-1995.
Keller was employed by VENUSA (Venezuela-United States Academy) in Mérida, Venezuela, in 2001 and 2002 as an ESL instructor and editor of the textbook division. He also was attached to La Universidad Valle del Momboy in Valera, Venezuela, from VENUSA. He returned to the United States in 2002 to accept a scholarship in foreign languages at West Virginia University (WVU), receiving his master's degree in Spanish, with an emphasis on magic realism in Latin American literature, in May 2004. He enrolled in the doctoral program in the Department of History in the fall of 2004, and mostly taught classes on Africana Studies, with some World History and Latin America, receiving his Ph.D. in African History from WVU in 2011 with an emphasis on the diaspora of African peoples in the Sur del Lago Maracaibo region of Venezuela in the eighteenth century, and focusing on a contingent of Imbangala warriors from Angola brought over by the Basque sea captain and privateer Juan de Chourio to stem incursions of the Motilones Indians into Spanish settlements in that region. Keller is currently working on his third advanced degree as a theology student at the Community of Christ's Graceland University Temple School in Independence, Missouri.


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A lunchtime wander: Fleet Street
My blog post is long overdue so I'm going to do what I love best which is recommending places to go in London starting with a lunch hour in Fleet Street.
First of all the pubs ...
The Punch Tavern
in Fleet Street is not the pub it once was, part of it now being sectioned off to be an entirely new pub the
Crown and Sugar Loaf
a Sam Smiths pub whose entrance is around the corner. However since the days of the Punch being a venue for hard drinking journalists this pub has reinvented itself and has a very good food menu made even better by their weekly special offers offering mains such as fish and chips or home made burger for £5. They also have a regular programme of
including quiz nights and wine tastings.
My favourite pub in the area has to be the Fullers pub the
tucked away in the back streets with its 3 separate bars each with a different character.
Near Ludgate Circus in Farringdon Street there is the
Shepherd Neame
pub the
Hoop and Grapes
. This is good not just for eating and drinking but is also a
zone. See my virtual bookshelf
Opposite the Hoop and Grapes is a fantastic tea shop,
To a Tea
that deserves a visit. The tea is brewed to perfection before being served so there is no danger of it being stewed. The soup and cheese scone deal is a particular favourite of mine and good value too.
Not too far away from To a Tea is a Spanish cafe
Brass Mongoose
which is offering all coffees for £1 from 7 to 9.30 every morning until 12 August.
If you want to do more than just eat and drink in your lunch hour you could take in a free recital. These take place at
St Bride's Church
every Tuesday and Friday 1.15 to 1.45 (apart from August) and
St Dunstans in the West
every Wednesday from 1.15 to 2pm. When you emerge from St Dunstans you could grab a coffee in the tiny mobile cafe in the churchyard.
Alternatively you could take in a lecture at
Shoe Lane library
, go to see a 45 minute play at the
Bridewell Theatre
or go on a guided walk with
Walk City
But if you would prefer to just find somewhere pleasant to eat your sandwiches
Inner Temple Garden
is definitely the place to be. This amazing garden is only open to the public on weekday lunchtimes. It is accessed through the gate at the west end of Tudor Street. Cross the car park towards the pillar box, follow the road round and you will discover one of my favourite gardens in London.
If you would like suggestions of where to go in Central London maybe I could help. I am a City of Westminster Guide but also have a pretty good knowledge of the rest of the City.
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Mike Harris will be taking part in a sponsored walk across the Republic of Ireland.
Mike will begin his 143 mile WALK from Wexford and will end his journey in the market town of Listowel.
There are many reasons why Mike is WALKING:
To ensure that Academy fees are kept as low as possible!
All of the money raised will be going directly to the TNS Academy!
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By taking part in the walk, the Club will be able to once again further enhance opportunities!
There will be more awards and more prizes available, thanks to the money raised.
Mike will begin his adventure on Thursday the 20th of June 2013.
Mike will be stopping off at the following places: New Ross, Pilltown, Cahir, Mitchelstown, Mallow, Rathmore, Killarney, Killoglin before reaching Listowel.
Along the route he will be keeping everyone informed with constant updates via Twitter and Facebook.
The person who raises the most money will WIN a lucrative prize!
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Lunar Eclipse Projects in Chile: Project Hipparchus-Aristarchus: Activity on the size and distance to the Sun
This is the activity that David Orellano created for the children in Chile to perform in the night of the lunar eclipse, Oct. 27, 2004. The activity was called Project Hipparchus-Aristarchus after two great Greek thinkers of antiquity. Hipparchus measured the relative distance to and size of the Sun. Aristarchus, through careful measurements of his own and archived data of the Babylonians, discovered the Earth's wobble and made predictions of future lunar eclipses. Their methods and outcomes were used by the children to measure the distance and size of the Moon.
Download the activity and worksheet
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- Ficha-de-Observacion.pdf [158 KB]
- The Nature of Light
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- Remote Sensing of the Earth
- Remote Sensing of Mars
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Kathie Coil, EPO Program Coordinator
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As the weather has been warmer and sun shining, a bevy of activities are available to your customers and clients. You may find foot traffic into your storefront and views on your website slowing down bit. The phone might not be ringing as frequently. If this is an expected part of your business cycle and you find yourself with less business hustle and bustle, use the time to relax into a social media strategy. For many small business owners just thinking about social media creates stress. You may be overwhelmed with the idea of setting up your accounts, connecting to the right people, and then actually being social.
If this stress sounds familiar, do not worry, we can help you. Right now, I challenge you to take the slower pace of summer and make one significant difference to your social media strategy in each of the following areas. I have listed out lots of things you can get done in manageable amounts of time. Take it slow so you do not get overwhelmed and most importantly, be authentically social!
1) Set-up well-written profiles and accounts. In this important sector of social media take a good look at your accounts. Change your picture, add a background photo, or expand the writing in your bio. Look at one of your accounts and put in the links to your website, blog, and even your other social media accounts.
2) Connect with the right people. Ever wonder who you should connect to? Search contacts from your alumni association, high school, local neighborhood, or a job you previously held. Is there a local politician with an extensive number of contacts or even a fellow small business owner?
3) Make the commitment to share one article from your website per week on what site and then one piece of content from a non-competitor. Sharing the content of others shows you are not just advertising your own business and are relevant in your field.
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Young Money – Rise Of An Empire (Album Cover + Tracklist)
Young Money release th album and tracklist for their upcoming collaboration album "Rise Of An Empire". The project features Drake, Lil Wayne, Birdman, Nicki Minaj, Tyga, Cory Gunz, Jae Millz, Mack Maine, Lil Twist, YG, Meek Mill and more. Check out the Rise Of An Empire tracklist after the jump.
Young Money – Rise Of An Empire Tracklist
New Music: Justin Bieber Feat Tyga – Wait For A Minute
Justin Bieber drops one for the ladies. Check out his new song "Wait For A Minute" featuring the Young Money MC, Tyga.
What do you think? Will you Download, or Diss?
–Rick Roman (@_RickRoman)
Big Sean Brings Out Nicki Minaj & Drake in Detroit
Last night Big Sean celebrated the release of his new album "Hall Of Fame" by making his triumphant return to Detroit. While ripping up the stage of the DTE Energy Music Theatre, Sean surprised the crowd by bringing out Young Money royalty Drake and Nicki Minaj. Drake came out blasting with "All Me", "Versace", and of course "Started From The Bottom." Shortly after, Nicki Minaj joined Big Sean on stage for "Dance (A$$)" and their new track "MILF." Just before exiting the stage, Nic left the crowd with a few choice words about the Detroit rapper. "I've never come to a Big Sean show, but this ni**a gotta be one of the most genuine people I've ever met in the music business," said Minaj. "I thank you guys for coming out tonight to support him because he's one of those ni**as who's really who he says he is." Check out the performance above.
–Rick Roman (@_RickRoman)
New Mixtape: Lil' Wayne – Dedication 5 (Download and Stream)
After a 35 hour delay, the wait is finally over. Lil' Wayne and DJ Drama have unleashed their newest installment in the Dedication mixtape pentalogy, eight years after the premier of the first tape in the series.
Originally, Dedication 5 was set to be released on August 30 but was reportedly postponed so that Tune could add some finishing touches along with a few additional songs. Shortly after the not-so-good news was delivered, fans took to Twitter to express their anticipation. The social media buzz that followed almost instantly began to send hashtags like "#BeforeDedication5ComeOut," straight to the Top Trending Topic's list.
The mixtape includes 25 tracks with features from The Weeknd, 2 Chainz, T.I., Chance The Rapper, Vado, Birdman, Gudda Gudda, Euro, Jae Millz, Lil' Chuckie, Future, Mack Maine & Kidd Kidd. You can stream and download Dedication 5 below.
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Lil' Twist Feat Miley Cyrus & Justin Bieber – Twerk
Young Money's very own Lil' Twist teams up with twerk queen Miley Cyrus and longtime sidekick Justin Bieber to deliver their latest creation. Listen to "Twerk" below.
What do you think of this collaboration?
–Rick Roman (@_RickRoman)
New Music: Drake – Girls Love Beyonce (feat. James Fauntleroy)
Its only been a few days since Drake's promise to release new music was heard during a radio interview with Elliot Wilson, but here it is. True to his word, Drizzy delivers the second single in one day by unleashing "Girls Love Beyonce" on to the net. Drake puts James Fauntleroy (of Cocaine 80's fame) on the hook to recreate the famous Destiny's Child chorus to "Say My Name." Word is, the haunting slow jam will not be included on Drake's upcoming LP Nothing Was The Same.
Check out the song below.
What do you think? Sound off in the comments.


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ADM monitors Access databases and tracks changes in their key structural attributes, such as queries, tables, reports, forms and links. ADM can also carry out on-the-spot comparisons between different versions of the same database, to track the who-when-what changes in situations where source code management isn't used.
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Fiduciary Landmines that DC Plan Sponsors Must Avoid
Good governance promotes the timely and cost-effective delivery of benefits and promotes the administration of the plan in the best interests of the plan members and beneficiaries. Good governance requires appropriate control mechanisms that encourage good decision making, proper and timely execution, and regular review and assessment. Further, good governance may reduce potential liability for the Plan administrator, and associated advisors. Good governance demands a clear accountability for every decision made with respect to a retirement plan.
On February 24th we hosted part two of our governance PLUS webinar series. We heard from our panelists Randy Bauslaugh, Carolyn MacDonald, Jeff Gray and Tei Binesh (moderator) about how incorporating best practices can help defined contribution plan sponsors prepare for potential fiduciary landmines
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My Synopsis.Imagine This: You have been hiding this big secret all your life. With your adorable husband and son who's recently moved out of home, your life is perfect. You recently won an award in your field of investigative journalism. Everything is going like it's supposed to. Your secret is safe. No one knows. Your life isn't in tatters... yet.
During a pastime, you pick up a book to while the hours away—you have no one to look after these days, why don't you look after yourself then? So you begin reading this novel with your feet up, a glass of wine by your bedside—more like it!—and happen to be enjoying this novel. Until you realize you are reading about you. The secret you kept all these years unraveled in a book.
Who knows? Who's out to destroy you? You would only find out if you go back in the past.
Meanwhile, the writer of your work of 'fiction' is presently working on their best revenge yet. You will pay for what you did years ago.
Catherine's life summed up for your delight!
My Review.
I love this book!
The storyline was what reeled me in! I loved the whole idea conceptualized for a psychological thriller! Woman finds herself reading a book about her dark secret. Writer is out to make Woman pay with pen... or more! Lovely! A star!—★
Oh, you'd love its main character, Cath! Very ruthless (at times), very bold. Kind of the character you'd expect to handle a writer who's lost their hinges! A star to her!—★★
I cannot read this book and not comment about its opening chapters! Edge-of-your-seat fun! Very gripping and fast-paced! Most thrillers do not begin this way!!!—★★★
You'd love other characters too. The deluded writer out to get our main character's blood, our lead's husband who's for most part of the book supportive (till he finds out...)—★★★★
Ugh! What killed me about this book is its anti-climax, with such a promising start I was expecting more for an ending. Though, the ending was very soulful and fulfilling, I just wanted... something that would have this book imprinted in my mind forever!
So my rating: Four-out-of five stars.
The Disclaimer is up on Amazon!
I recommend this book to anyone in need of a psychological thriller laden with flashbacks (of so many versions from the POVs of some characters) that are as gripping as the current day events! You won't be able to put this book down!


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The Rare Breeding Birds Panel has published recording standards to help bird recorders and individuals to report their data to the Panel. Printed copies have been widely circulated and a copy can be downloaded here.
We hope that this guidance will aid collection of the most valuable information and promote the submission of records. We seek to maximise the quality of the data collected by highlighting what is most useful in determining the number and status of each species.
The key messages behind these standards are (1) that birdwatchers should be encouraged to record and report the location and numbers of rare breeding birds using standardised terminology and accepted definitions of breeding status, and (2) that the use of precise locations maximises the value of the data collected and ultimately the national archive of rare breeding birds held by the Panel.
The confidential archive of records of rare breeding birds in the UK has been maintained by the Panel since 1973, and is the only national source of data for many species, most of which are not well monitored by other schemes. Where possible, the archive contains full details of sites and the number of pairs of each species at each site. These data are thus robust and reliable, and of significant value for conservation. Maintaining this archive helps to fulfil the UK Governments legal responsibilities and assists in the protection of the breeding sites and amendments to legislation to protect rare breeding birds.
There are instances of sites being lost, and of prosecutions for wildlife crime failing, owing to the lack of information available on sites and occupancy. In 2008, investigation of an alleged egg-collecting incident was hampered by lack of detailed information on Honey-buzzard territories in one southern county and, in western England, a consultation on a proposed windfarm site was unable to take into account any impact on Honey-buzzards believed to be in the area, but for which accurate locational data were lacking. In contrast, knowledge of the nesting locations of Montagus Harriers in eastern England has helped to protect pairs breeding in those areas.
For more widespread species, the accuracy of the figures presented in the Panel's reports is compromised if the records are submitted without reference to the area surveyed. Thus, for breeding ducks, grebes and Water Rails (for example), a knowledge of the proportion of waterbodies or known sites for a species in a county covered in a year would help in making comparisons with other counties and with data for other years. The same applies to species such as Hobby which occurs widely in some counties but which is poorly monitored in most.
Only records of rare breeding birds submitted directly to the Panel or, preferably, via the county recorder, can be included in the archive and only then can they form part of any analysis or reporting. All data received from supplementary sources must be matched with those from the recorder network to identify and remove duplicates, allowing the most accurate available figures to be compiled for our reports; this can only be done if sufficient detail is supplied.
It is these records that help to build the picture of the changing status of rare birds and help with species conservation and site protection. We strongly encourage all birdwatchers to heed the advice given in the Panels Recording Standards and thus make their recording more valuable.


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About Sami Briss
Sample Work:
Sami Briss
Artist at a glance:
About the artist:
Sami Briss was born in Jassy, Rumania, in 1930, and the influence of his youthful surroundings pervades his artwork even to this day. The artist was strongly impressed by the peaceful, rolling beauty of the landscape and the stately architecture of his home city. The churches of his motherland touched his artist''s soul as well, as did their outer frescos of vivid color. Briss inherited a love for design from his mother, a dressmaker. Continually evincing an interest in the rich embroidery of the cloth, Briss early surprised his delighted mother with his own drawings. She encouraged his interest in the arts, and applauded his entering the Beaux-Arts of Bucharest.
At the beginning of his career, Briss painted beautiful still-lifes, which showed his undeniable concern for construction. He experimented successfully with lithography and wood cutting, but in the early sixties devoted his time to painting. The artist works in both oils and water colors. He was taught the art of iconography, another asset stemming from his Rumanian heritage, and made the art his own by the practice of the ancient technique which he has completely transformed by adapting it to the marvelous images he renews in each of his works.
Briss'' paintings, in which the blues, pinks, deep greens, off-whites and blacks predominate, as well as gold leaf, are pieces full of both mystery and certainty. He often calls upon the world of the Bible and the Rumanian folklore of his youth, incorporating both Saints and peasants. But Briss has broken with the past, and created a world quite his own by screening his memories and feelings through his subconsciousness, renewing them continually in his own way. In his art, which is connected to no precise code of contemporary art, he calls upon varied legends to create his own vocabulary of symbols.
The fish appears in his works as the symbol of abundance, hands evoke strength and happiness, and birds in flight emphasize a hope of detachment. Based in his two kingdoms of Paris and Tel Aviv, the land of Israel is evoked in Briss'' paintings by the ruins of the temples. Briss'' art depicts a series of figures, some perturbed, some serene, while his paintings are just as much dynamic as calm, complex and precise.
....Sami Briss is a painter of the magical and the marvelous, whose nostalgia for icons comes straight from his native Moldavian plains. His surrealistic artistic experience makes him brother to Paul Klee and Victor Brauner. But his images are symbolic their naivete has a genuine popular essence expressed in a subtly metamorphosed conventionalized style. Briss''s choice and use of colors are remarkable. As inventive as it is nuanced and captivating, it evokes the tones of enamels, bisque-fired pottery, and the sober luminosity of the primitives. Briss''s painting is one of myth and memory rooted in the web of time - in other words, in universal "childhood".


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Going deeper with dplyr: New features in 0.3 and 0.4 (video tutorial)
In August 2014, I created a 40-minute video tutorial introducing the key functionality of the dplyr package in R. dplyr continues to be my "go-to" package for data exploration and manipulation because of its intuitive syntax, blazing fast performance, and excellent documentation.
I recorded that tutorial using the latest version at the time (0.2), but there have since been two significant updates to dplyr (versions 0.3 and 0.4). Because those updates introduced a ton of new functionality, I thought it was time to create another tutorial!
This new tutorial covers the most useful new features in 0.3 and 0.4, as well as some advanced functionality from previous versions that I didn't cover last time. (If you have not watched the previous tutorial, I recommend you do so first since it covers some dplyr basics that are not covered in this tutorial.)
Table of contents
This new tutorial runs 37 minutes, but if you only want to watch a particular section, simply click the topic below and it will skip to that point in the video:
- Introduction (starts at 0:00)
- Loading dplyr and the nycflights13 dataset (starts at 1:12)
- Choosing columns:
rename(starts at 2:28)
- Choosing rows:
distinct(starts at 5:40)
- Adding new variables:
add_rownames(starts at 12:38)
- Grouping and counting:
ungroup(starts at 15:20)
- Creating data frames:
data_frame(starts at 23:01)
- Joining (merging) tables:
anti_join(starts at 25:28)
- Viewing more output:
View(starts at 31:29)
- Resources (starts at 34:41)
The video is embedded below, or you can view it on YouTube:
You can view the R Markdown document used in the video on RPubs, or you can download the source document from GitHub.
Here are the resources I mention in the video:
- Release announcements for version 0.3 and version 0.4
- dplyr reference manual and vignettes
- Two-table vignette covering joins and set operations
- RStudio's Data Wrangling Cheat Sheet for dplyr and tidyr
- dplyr GitHub repo and list of releases
My previous tutorial is embedded below, or you can view it on YouTube:
If you have any questions about dplyr, I'd love to hear them in the comments!
If you'd like to be notified when I release new videos, please subscribe to my YouTube channel. I also blog about a wide variety of data science topics, and have an email newsletter if you'd like to hear about that content!
Just released! 37-min tutorial on new features in dplyr 0.3 & 0.4: rename, slice, count, data_frame, joins, much more http://t.co/BoQXEvo81n— Kevin Markham (@justmarkham) March 9, 2015


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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
The pilot episode of The Bridge indicates it's a series which speaks softly and carries a very big stick. Despite being a crime drama about two seemingly mismatched detectives joining forces to capture a serial killer – two of the most tired TV tropes in existence – you hardly notice because of two general strengths: careful attention to detail and being deeply rooted in horrific realism. This does not look like a show which sets out to reinvent the wheel, just produce a very efficient and overall solid wheel.
The Bridge is a remake of a Scandinavian crime drama of the same name which premiered in September of 2011. The FX series follows a joint investigation by American and Mexican authorities (led by Inglorious Basterds' Diane Kruger and Academy Award winner Demian Bichir, respectively) into a series of murders which begins with two halves of two bodies – the top half a conservative American judge and the lower half belonging to one of the thousands of dead girls of Juarez – found on The Bridge of the Americas across the Mexico-Texas border. The original Dane-Swedish series is so well-received that not only is FX remaking the show in America, but a Franco-British co-production has been announced as The Tunnel to be broadcast on Sky Atlantic in the UK and Canal+ in France.
Apparently the co-production company Shine America wanted the series to take place on the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, in order to mirror the original series' winter setting, but thankfully head writers and executive producers Meredith Stiehm and Elwood Reid were persuasive enough to set the series in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Jaurez, Chihuahua. This setting, and the masterful world-building which makes it as much a character as either of the show's leads, both of whom are fantastically effective, is crucial to the series' intrigue. Though I contend this is a high quality episode on every level (writing, acting, directing, production, editing, pacing, tone), the politics of the region is what elevates it to potentially daring television.
Since the early '90s there have been probably about two thousand or so abductions of young women in Ciudad Juarez, pretty much all of which have gone unsolved. I use such vague terms only because as Amnesty International puts it, "Inadequate official data on the crimes committed in Chihuahua, particularly accurate figures on the exact number of murders and abductions of girls and women, has led to disputes around the issues that obscure the quest for justice." Yeah, the problem is so out of control that proper records aren't even kept on these women. They are known unceremoniously as the dead girls of Juarez and their tragedy is a morbidly fascinating confluence of backward cultural attitudes, an intensely corrupt justice system, powerful drug cartels, and economic despair. To learn more about the corrosive epidemic check out Casa Amiga or Ni Una Mas (or just watch this At The Drive-In video), but for the purposes of this review suffice to say the gravity of that situation, while in no way compensating for the other aspects of the show thus far, absolutely lends to the show the level of stakes most dramas simply can't replicate.
But to tackle the episode more directly, I loved how immediately the initial crime is portrayed and then seen to draw in its key players. Moving with deft momentum the episode (which was a full hour for the pilot as opposed to the standard 43-ish minutes) managed to provide solid characterization to both leads' characters as well as those of their supporting cast. In particular, Kruger's Detective Sonya Cross, who is part of a new categorization of television protagonists whom experience some degree of autism (including The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon Cooper, Community's Abed Nadir, and the late Alphas' Gary Bell), convincingly conveys the isolation and painful uncertainty of functioning among individuals most of whom never consider the ramifications of anyone having such debilitating difficulties in terms of the social cues and norms which we all take for granted, let alone a police detective. Typically I cringe at such portrayals of the magical autistic, but done well, as I believe may be the case here, these performances can honor those they emulate.
In addition to Cross, Detective Marco Ruiz, and Cross' supervisor Lieutenant Hank Wade (The Silence of the Lambs' and Monk's Ted Levine), we're introduced to a horse trainer and his wife, the Millwrights, and an as yet nameless man who appears to be a coyote, or human trafficker. I'm curious to see precisely how this man's interactions with the women of Juarez fit in with the plans of the mastermind orchestrating not only the dead women found on the bridge, but the fake carbombing of Matthew Lillard's jaded journalist, Daniel Frye. Also curious is what Mr. Millwright's secret basement contains which will drag Mrs. Millwright into the investigation.
I recognize how stilted and trite a show about odd couple detectives tracking a serial killer around a chief on the verge of retirement whose pilot includes a ticking time bomb sounds. But despite all these apparent cliches, The Bridge contains just as many admirably brazen elements and appears to be nothing less than the only series tackling not only issues of immigration, a topic controversial enough it's unseen anywhere but 24 hour news networks, but those of the corruption and corrosive nature of Mexico's infrastructure, a subject which deserves wider American attention for many reasons, chief among them being the fact that the concerns of our neighbors reflect our own. The Bridge is clearly capable of more than just riding the "ripped from the headlines" nature of their setting's humanitarian concerns, and is a truly competent series which knows how to skillfully utilize its elements to successfully achieve its goals, such as Ruiz's recent vasectomy and subsequent limp and good-natured ribbing from a coworker symbolizing a man who has moved beyond the archaic notions of machismo which many agree contribute to the hundreds of deaths per year of young Mexican women in Juarez, or the tears welling up in Cross' eyes when she hears of Wade's impending retirement and his reassuring shoulder bumps to comfort Cross in lieu of more conventional means of physical comfort. The Bridge may be playing on well tread ground, but if the pilot is any indication it's merely a solid foundation upon which the series will construct a masterful narrative, one which I eagerly await to experience.
The post TV Review: The Bridge 1.1, "Pilot" appeared first on WhatCulture!.


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Full Human [Gospel of Mary: Page 9:16-20]
In a bright woman's dream,
God appeared and said
"You are Jesus".
She looked a bit odd,
but was ignored 'cause
it was none of my damn business.
Perhaps she is a really bright woman.
A beautiful woman claimed
she was a goddess so
I called her a crazy bitch, but
now I see she might be a full human who
who discovered her own divinity.
I have long worshipped and served my wife
As goddess, but come to think of it,
I am god too…
Are there ranks among gods too?


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THQ to Receive $6.55MM in IP Sale
THQ Inc. announced that it has completed the bidding and sale process on certain of its intellectual properties (IP) with three buyers emerging to pay $6.55 million for the six available lots, subject to bankruptcy court approval. The company said it filed its motions with the bankruptcy court to obtain approval of these proposed sales.
The $6.55 million sale of the IP assets breaks down as follows:
The company said it expects the Bankruptcy Court to hear the sales motions on May 13, 2013 and to finalize the sale transactions thereafter.
THQ and its domestic business units filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on Dec. 19, 2012.
Previously on abfjournal.com:
THQ to Sell Certain Remaining Intellectual Properties, Wednesday, February 27, 2013


text: The CanineKids Outfitters Cancer Research fund at the Colorado State University Robert H. and Mary G. Flint Animal Cancer Center is an endowment to support cutting-edge cancer research and clinical trials. Improving and extending the quality of life for dogs fighting cancer is at the core of our mission, with the ultimate goal of finding a cure. The fund was established in memory of Stella, a beloved Sheltie who was a long-time bladder cancer survivor. Through her cancer journey, her family learned about the critical research that made her treatment options available to her. Ultimately, these treatments enabled her to live her life fully in spite of her cancer. The intent of the fund is to continue the type of research that benefited Stella to benefit many other cancer patients.


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What could be better than taking on one of the most thrilling activities of them all against one of the most beautiful backdrops in the world? Experience the feeling of a freefall combined with the peace of a parachute descent for a moment you will never, ever forget!
Meet your jumpmaster and be fitted with a jumpsuit and harness as you are explained all the procedures. Boarding the plane, you'll climb to an altitude to 15,000ft above one of the world's most scenic destinations. All you need to do is relax, enjoy the incredible views - and breathe!
Once you reach altitude, your jump master will take control as the door opens and you jump out to encounter an exhilarating freefall at speeds of up to 200kph. Safely harnessed to your personal skydiving instructor, relax and enjoy the ultimate thrill in a world-class setting. After approx 60 seconds of freefalling, your jumpmpaster will open the parachute and you can enjoy the gentle glide back down to earth. You will take off and land at the same location, a private drop zone which is located just at the base of the Remarkables Mountain Ranges. Achievement doesn't come sweeter!
Once this experience has been confirmed, changes are at the discretion of the experience provider and arranged directly with them according to their policy.
You will be one on one with your jumpmaster; there can be up to nine other skydivers.
Skydiving is subject to suitable weather conditions. You will be asked to call the experience provider 15 minutes before your booking to confirm that the weather is suitable. In the event of unfavourable weather conditions, you will have the option of transferring between Queenstown, Wanaka and Glenorchy drop zones at no charge.
Please wear comfortable, closed toe footwear.
Photo packages can be purchased on the day.
This experience takes place in Queenstown.


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Cradled between the Aravallis, this picturesque Indian city is the State Capital of Rajasthan.
Jaipur is a city of Art. It is known for its Architecture and Jewellery.
The city has always been associated with Royalty; the jewellery here has the same inclination. The designs are superb and have been praised world over. The colour stones set hand-crafted jewellery has been the forte of the Jaipur jewellery industry.
The city has had nimble fingers working out ornamental designs in floral and geometric motifs using Precious stones, Diamonds and beads encasing them in diamond crusted gold frames, strung with pearls, beads and delicate gold chains. It is only in Jaipur that every extravagant idea in art has been translated into reality in the form of Jewellery.
In fact, its always been the incredible interaction of intricate designs.
The Diamond is just one stone; while in Jaipur we also deal with hundreds of coloured stones.
In value terms, coloured gemstones account for only a small slice of global jewellery retail pie. They don't have a slogan linking them to romance and, there isn't any 'big daddy' organization promoting them.
Yet, coloured gemstones are an essential part of the global jewellery market. Their intrinsic value isn't driven by any links to the relationships between men and women.
Nobody has mooted the idea of an emerald; ruby or sapphire being even remotely "forever" and nowhere does one consider these gemstones as being "the ultimate gift of love".
Coloured gemstones sell simply because they look good.
In fact, selling coloured gemstones was and is akin to selling a dream, an illusion.
The world has seen our treasure of Colour stones; it has also witnessed our astonishing creations. And, from now onwards, be also prepared to watch our professionalism taking jewellery making to ever-rising heights. The new generation of jewellers is progressively plunging into international methodology of jewellery manufacturing. And, this is amply reflected in the Pink City's increasing number of jewellery factories.
Jaipur has developed a new export hub focused on manufacturing gem-set jewellery at the Sitapura Industrial Area. Set up as an amalgam of two duty-free zones (SEZs) along with an industrial park (EPIP), the complex located, just 5 km. from Jaipur Airport, also houses a state-of-the-art Gold Refinery and Mint. Launched some three years ago, the Sitapura zone has really taken off in the past eighteen months. The two duty-free enclaves will, in a couple of years, have 240 units in production with an estimated turnover exceeding $ 900 million, and generating direct employment for nearly 100,000 people.
India is the third largest consumer of certified Diamonds. And, Jaipur has always been the centre for Coloured gemstones. Hence, the new and upcoming jewellery manufacturing units at Sitapura will have the inherent advantages in the manufacturing and sales of the Diamond and Coloured gemstones jewellery. The biggest advantage at Sitapura is that buyers can get a wide variety at one stop. ( Look up our Products Range ).
Ms. DONNA BAKER, President of The Gemological Institute of America ( GIA ), was in Jaipur in December, 2006, and, honoured the Jaipur jewellers fraternity by visiting the Sitapura Industrial Area. Her comments : "I also saw the ability in the designs to span the worldwide, global culture and tastes. So there was a lot of flexibility in their designs to be able to meet different markets. And then I saw some very good quality as well in the manufacturing. A couple of visits to the factories – and when you look at what they are doing with their new economic zones (at Sitapura), and the development of those factories, there is a very bright future, I believe."
To take care of the various issues involved in any Industrial Area / Zone, the jewellery manufacturing units formed the Sitapura Gems & Jewellery Industry Association ( SGJIA ) in the year 2006. The SGJIA disseminates information on various subjects pertaining to the Gems and Jewellery trade including, but not limited to : Sources of Gems and Jewellery in and around Jaipur. Opening of Gems and Jewellery retail outlets in Jaipur. Setting up of Gems / Jewellery manufacturing units in Jaipur. Possibilities / capabilities in Jaipur to buy or to sell Gems and Jewellery. General information on the Gems and Jewellery trade worldwide. History of Indian Heritage focusing on Gems and Jewellery. Up to date central and state government policies, acts and regulations pertaining to the Gems and Jewellery Trade in India.
The SGJIA, since inception, is acting as a catalyst between the Industry and the Administration to showcase the Gems & Jewellery Trade in Jaipur, not as a Trade, but, as an Industry comparable to the best anywhere internationally.


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2014 Subaru BRZ: Preventative Maintenance0
We recently had the opportunity to perform a Preventative Maintenance service on a 2014 Subaru BRZ Limited. Our long-time customer bought this vehicle as his "fun" car and knows that in order to keep it running efficiently and effectively, maintenance is a MUST. This vehicle had 19,000 miles on it when it came in for service. After a good bit of research, our customer decided that he would like to service the rear differential, manual transmission and upgrade the shifter though the mileage was low. He wanted to change out the conventional differential oil and replace it with synthetic gear oil. He also wanted to get rid of some of the "slop" from the factory shifter so he upgraded to a Perrin shifter bushing and rear transmission mount. We were in total agreement and the following pictures show a little bit of what we did. The car drives like a dream, and our customer loves his fun car even more !