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Book Review: Every Second Counts8 08 2008
Every Second Counts is the second volume of Lance Armstrong's autobiography, following on from It's Not About the Bike, which chronicles his amazing recovery from cancer. Given my current resurgence of interest in cycling I borrowed this from the public library, and it has served as a safe haven from thinking about my thesis during the past week.
Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France over a record breaking seven years (1999-2005), and in Every Second Counts he writes candidly about life in the world of professional athletic competition, life as a father of three, and life as someone who has managed to survive seriously life-threatening cancer. The style of the book is gutsy, honest and masculine, chronicling everything from how it feels to taste victory on the Alpe d'Huez to the emotions involved in the breakdown of a marriage relationship.
I found the book really interesting for a number of reasons:
1. Its breadth of application to life: Armstrong's reflections on professional competition frequently serve as a metaphor for other issues and relationships in the human experience. It is nothing short of inspiring to read of someone standing face to face with impossible odds (be it in the cancer ward or in the midst of an aggressive peloton)and finding victory from the deepest levels of self-motivation and belief. It is a challenge to the way that many of us face adversity in any sphere of life.
2. Its direct application to ministry: although Armstrong has no room for Christian belief (see below) there are a number of episodes in the book which speak loudly to those in ministry. Whether it be the challenge of continuing to work and strive whilst being misunderstood and misrepresented by others (as in Armstrong's drug use allegations), the blessing of striving in a team for the greater good (as in US Postals team tactics in the Tour) or of the loneliness of pursuing an ideal and calling in the midst of difficulty and demotivation. A grave warning from the book is of the danger of pursuing a good and glorious goal to the cost and detriment of family life. Armstrong's unyielding dedication to cycling and the noble cause of supporting those suffering from cancer is ulimately blamed for the breakdown of his family. This is a salutary warning to those in ministry about pursuing their calling to the exclusion, and at the expense, of investing in those whom we love and who matter to us.
3. Its picture of a man on the run from God: I truly believe that this is where Armstrong stands spiritually. In a chapter entitled 'Faith and Doubt' he shares of how many times he has been asked by people at airports and other public places about his relationship with God. Armstrong is agnostic, attributing his recovery from cancer to good mental attitude and excellent medical care, and not God. He writes about painful and abusive experiences at the hands of his church deacon stepfather, who regularly beat him in private whilst maintaining an air of spritual respectability in public, and of how Christian faith can be a crutch for the weak, or a convenient cover up for the wicked. Behind all of this, however, is a deep respect for his wife's devout Catholicism, and a hint of a belief in God which barely reaches the surface. As a mine for illustrations in Gospel preaching alone this chapter is well worth reading.
I really enjoyed Every Second Counts, and would love to read It's Not About the Bike at some point as well. Armstrong's book is an excellent piece of sports writing, high on action and adventure, whilst at the same time giving a fascinating insight into the human condition with all of its capacity for surprise and disappointment.
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Samuel Brannan
b.2 March 1819 Saco, York, Maine, United States
d.14 May 1889 Escondido, San Diego, California, United States
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m. 25 March 1882
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Samuel Brannan (March 2, 1819 – May 5, 1889) was an American settler, businessman, journalist, and prominent Mormon who founded the California Star, the first newspaper in San Francisco, California. He is considered the first to publicize the California Gold Rush and was its first millionaire. He used the profits from his stores to buy large tracts of real estate. He helped form the first vigilance committee in San Francisco and was disfellowshiped from the LDS church because of his actions within the vigilance committee. Brannan's wife divorced him and he was forced to liquidate much of his real estate to pay her one-half of their assets. He died poor and in relative obscurity.[1]
An early convert to Mormonism, a protege of Joseph Smith, and an early leader of the Mormon Church in New York, Brannan led eastern church members to Yerba Buena (San Francisco) aboard the ship Brooklyn in 1846. They were the first group of American emigrants to reach California by sea. Brannan's dreams of empire, nurtured in contacts with national Democratic leaders, were undercut by the United States conquest of California and Mormon settlement in Utah, but the discovery of gold in 1848, which he played a key role in publicizing, soon made him rich supplying the miners. For a while he was reputedly the richest man, and certainly one of the most powerful, in California. Having broken with Brigham Young and the Mormans, Brannan pursued other interests, from mines and railroads to vineyards and a recreational spa, from San Francisco's Vigilance Committee to filibustering in Hawaii and Mexico. Drink, womanizing, divorce, and bad investments brought him down. He died having spent his last impoverished years pursuing another dream of empire, involving mining and colonization in Sonora.
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Sunday Sweets: Fine Art Cakes
I know you're here to see pretty cakes, but I think it's time to bring some fine art education all up in this joint. Plus pretty cakes.
So welcome to Art History, Sunday Sweets Style!
Jimmy, start the slide show!
(By H Cake Bake Shop)
Can anyone tell me what classic American painting this cake is paying homage to?
If you answered, "That creepy farmer couple," then you're basically correct. Technically, it is a father and his "spinster daughter" depicted in Grant Wood's "American Gothic." But hey, the more you know!
Next slide!
(By La Belle Aurore Sugar Art)
Ceci n'est pas un gâteau.
This delicious piece depicts multiple paintings by René Magritte. I see "Son of Man" and "Golconda" in there. We're off to a great start!
(By La Belle Aurora Sugar Art)
This marvelous cake is a Salvador Dalí mash-up of "The Mae West Room," "The Persistence of Memory," and that egg that he puts in everything. But not a llama in sight! Missed opportunity, that is. (It's Dalí, people. Just roll with it.)
At first glance, this may look like just a painting of a cake, but it is, in fact, an actual cake. It's a lovely representation of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" series, and one of Amy Pond's favorites.
But, I digress.
(By Christine Santos)
I just LOVE the look of "ah ha!" on your darling faces, readers! Yes, everyone knows Pablo Picasso! Does anyone know which one of his paintings this cake refers to, though? Anyone? Drat. Neither do I. It sure is a fun cake, anyway!
(By For the Love of Cake)
This adorable cake is a miniature rendition of Georges-Pierre Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," which, in real life, is an astounding seven feet high and ten feet long. The only thing this cake is missing is the monkey on a leash. How can you NOT have the monkey on the leash?! Also, the girl fishing that may or may not refer to prostitution. Yay, art! Keeping it classy.
(By Debbie Does Cakes)
Is anyone here a fan of The Velvet Underground? (No, not the night club downtown.) It's a band from the 60s, and Andy Warhol created the art for their 1967 album cover. This cake is a darn near perfect replica of that piece. I wonder if the cake under the fondant is flesh colored like the original LP edition? (Thanks, Wikipedia!)
Let's completely switch it up now and go to back to the rococo era!
(By Flora Aghababyan)
This beautiful work of confectionery art is a three dimensional interpretation of Fragonard's "The Swing." At first sight, the original art may seem to be just another idealistic painting of country life in France. However, upon closer examination, the woman is being pushed by her husband, while letting her lover, who is hiding in the bushes, take a peek up her skirt. OH MY! Who knew sugar could be so spicy?
Let's move on before I get in trouble.
(By Cake Alchemy)
Now that everyone has gotten a nice neck stretch from turning your heads to the right, you can see this one is inspired by Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss." From Klimt's "Golden Phase," this one came after he threatened some dudes with a shotgun over his scandalous University of Vienna Ceiling commission. (Isn't art exciting?!)
Speaking of ceilings...
(By Neli)
I honestly had no idea what this one was inspired by, but leave it up to good ol' Google to help a lady out! It's based on the frescoes in Nymphenburg Palace by Johann Baptist Zimmerman. I don't have much else to add, except WOW.
Let's jump forward a few hundred years, shall we?
(By chickadodle2000)
More kissing! This one is a tribute to Roy Lichtenstein's work, most notably "Kiss II." Everyone should recognize this style, seeing as it's been copied and printed on cheap coffee cups, note pads, purses, etc. for years now...
Alright, last one, kiddos!
Let's take a few minutes to just soak in the tranquil beauty of this cake. *wistful sigh* This one is based on Monet's "Water Lilies." Did you know he painted 250 different renditions of water lilies?! And he started painting that series after he had already been painting for 70 years. It's never too late to start being awesome! Not that he wasn't awesome before then... You get the point.
Well, that's it for our class, my little cupcakes! Hope you're having an awesome Sunday!


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LaVern Keune Brewer, age 86, passed away on August 20, 2012 at Capitol Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, MO.
She was born on March 9, 1926 to Edna Emilie Saak Keune and Herman Julius Keune in Hermann, MO in Gasconade County. She was married to Wesley N Brewer on November 16, 1944 in Hayward, CA. He preceded her in death, November 14, 2010.
Between the ages of 14 and 18, LaVern worked in a restaurant, cotton factory and a can factory, all in the St Louis area. She then met Wesley and moved to California and they were married. When Wesley was stationed overseas in World War II, LaVern moved back to the St Louis area and worked at the Alligator Coat Co. until the war ended. They then moved to the Kirksville, MO area where they farmed row crops and raised cattle. LaVern also worked for Lambert Manufacturing for 18 years and Hollisters for 20 years during that time. She was an active member of her church and a long-time supporter of the Kirksville Bible School.
In 1995 LaVern and Wesley moved to Versailles where she helped her son and daughter in law at the Conoco and 52 Diner until 2000. She then worked at the Versailles Nutrition Site until 2011. She attended Bethel Mennonite Church.
LaVern will be remembered for her staunch work ethic and her amazing abilities to accomplish whatever task was before her. She enjoyed being productive and helpful to those around her. Her many talents include her marvelous cooking, canning, gardening and embroidery and visiting the sick. She was skilled in all areas of farm work as well.
LaVern is survived by one son, Wayne Brewer and his wife, Jacquie of Versailles; three grandchildren, Chris Brewer and wife Kristi of Sedalia, Betsy Nichols and husband Jason of Centralia and Jeff Brewer of Kirksville; four step-grandchildren, Tony Stephens and wife Missy of Versailles, Brent Stephens and wife Emily of Carlsbad, CA, Lori Mott and husband Kevin of Honolulu, HI and Jodi Stephens of Columbia, eleven great- grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter; one sister, Evelyn Schirmer of Ellisville, MO, and three brothers, Herman (Sonny) Keune and Victor Keune of Ellisville, MO and Glen Keune of Marthasville, MO and many other relatives, friends and neighbors.
In addition to her parents, LaVern was preceded in death by a sister, Leota Schindler, and two brothers, Vernon Keune and Robert Keune and two infant brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, August 24, at the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home in Versailles. Graveside services and interment will follow in the Versailles Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Friday, at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Versailles Nutrition Site or to Bethel Mennonite Church.
Arrangements are under the direction and care of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.


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Using the appropriately named Lagoon LB Homespun yarn I adapted a pattern from Suzies Stuff called "Come On Baby Let's Do The Twist". I made a couple of slight alterations: I cast on 90 stitches instead of 84 and used US size 10 circular needles instead of 10.5; Sleep sacks are hardly a science. Using slightly more than one skein of yarn, here's what I came up with!
I'm really happy with the way this yarn added texture to an already textured pattern. Also, I'm sure that it will be warm because my fingers were practically sweating as I flew through this pattern and that's quite a feat considering how frigid my house was!
That's all for today. I hope you are all staying warm this winter and using the weather as an excuse to get your crafting on!


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The ENFOCO Lab leverages collaborations between physical and social scientists and policymakers to produce scholarship and analysis on issues at the intersection of the environment, food security, and conflict. Since its establishment at the College of William & Mary in 2011, the lab has been home to both graduate and undergraduate researchers who have contributed to a variety of externally supported projects, including:
- The Social Conflict Analysis Database. In collaboration with the Universities of Texas at Austin and Dallas, The Social Conflict Analysis Database (SCAD) provides data on protests, riots, strikes, inter-communal conflict, government violence against civilians, and other forms of social conflict not systematically tracked in other conflict datasets. SCAD currently includes information on social conflicts from 1990-2014, covering all of Africa and now also Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. In 2016, a full 2015 update will be released, as will comprehensive data on the Arabian Peninsula. These data inform more than 125 studies indexed on Google Scholar and have been downloaded over 4,000 times by researchers in over 90 countries. Supported by the US Department of Defense Minerva Initiative.
- The Nonviolent Actors in Violent Contexts (NVAVC) Database. In collaboration with Erica Chenoweth, this project aims to create a collection of the first regional, systematic data set identifying nonviolent tactics used in armed conflict contexts by (1) unarmed civilians; (2) NGOs of various types; (3) IGOs; and (4) local and transnational commercial enterprises; and (5) organized labor. The data set features incident-level observations of nonviolent actions during civil conflicts in which there were at least 1,000 observed battle deaths (as defined by the Armed Conflict Data Project (UCDP) housed at Uppsala University) occurring in Africa from 1990-2012. The project includes all actions meant either to (1) tamp down violence or (2) generate political or social change, which may include spurring violent activity. Supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
- Emerging Powers and Natural Resource Governance. The 21st century commodity boom, during which real prices for most globally traded commodities more than doubled, catalyzed a gold rush–like frenzy of exploration effort, resulting in radical upward revisions of proven oil and/or natural gas reserves and mineral deposits in many "legacy" (long-time) exporters as well as discov- eries by much smaller and/or nonlegacy exporters. Countries across West Africa Africa and Southeast Asia have seen their proven energy and mineral reserves increase significantly against a backdrop of increasing US production, Iran's exit from pariah status, and Russia's oil-fueled military adventurism. This project addresses the geopolitics and economics of natural resource governance, with a particular focus on how resource wealth shapes the foreign policy of major exporters and importers. Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation.
- East African Fisheries and Food Security. In collaboration with One Earth Future's Secure Fisheries Program, Boston University, McGill University, and Salisbury University, this project investigates the dynamic links between the ecology of Lake Victoria (a natural system), the economy of its surrounding fisheries (a human system), and the bridge between these systems created by aquaculture, as well as the impacts of regional conflict dynamics on capture fisheries. This project led to the founding of a GIS laboratory housed at the National Fisheries Research and Resources Institute (NaFIRRI) in Jinja, Uganda, where ENFOCO researchers and affiliates (both graduate and undergraduate) have conducted numerous trainings and collaborations around fisheries management. Supported by the National Science Foundation's Coupled Natural-Human Systems (CNH) Program.
- Demographic and Environmental Stress and Mass Atrocities Prevention. In collaboration with the Stanley Foundation, this project develops conceptual model that identifies structural and actor-contingent factors linking demographic-environmental stress to mass killings. The next steps include comprehensive testing of the model and developing various policy interventions that might help the international community be better prepared to prevent tragic events. This project resulted in the brief Putting Environmental Stress (Back) on the Mass Atrocities Agenda, published by the Foundation in 2016. Supported by the Stanley Foundation.


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Board of Regents Diversity Award
Congratulations go out to Dr. Lisa Poupart on being the 2012 recipient of the Board of Regents Diversity Award in the Institutional Category. As the Director of our Center for First Nations Studies, Dr. Poupart has worked continuously to provide a knowledge base regarding the traditional cultures and world views of indigenous people. She has also developed a Fusion Model to aid teachers in their efforts to educate students as to the cultural sovereignty and histories of First Nation Peoples worldwide. Thank you Lisa for your hard work and dedication.


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Had you ever thought that gifting can become a business idea that could lead to a start-up? As much as the idea is intriguing, Giftxoxo not only translated this into a grand success but also have been moving forward to conquer the next level of experience gifting. Here is an interesting interview with the founders. Read on:
SoS: Share a little bit about your organization and how did the business idea of an online R&R, incentive management occur?
Sumit: Giftxoxo started when Manoj and I discussed some ideas which were shaping well in early 2012. Manoj was working for Flipkart and found some good ideas working well in the gifting industry globally. We made observations on gifting trends and the two of us iterated on a couple of these ideas and finally started Giftxoxo. We worked on these as per market needs and started building an experience gifting company. Abhishek and Kushal joined along in our journey within a month.
We started as a gifting company. However, over the last 4 years, we have moved beyond gifting. We are into three major business verticals and each is strategically linked. We work with a lot of corporates globally to handle their rewards, recognition, channel incentives and alike through a robust SaaS platform. We sell curated experiences and activities through our mobile app Frogo. This mobile app is a geo-based application that helps a consumer discover and book amazing experiences around. These experiences are also sold to corporates and individuals as gifts for various occasions. We are the only company in India who handle curated experiential gifting.
Giftxoxo today has a collection of 5000+ extraordinary Experiences across 6 categories – Adventure, Fine Dining, Wellness, Getaways, Hobbies and Philanthropy. Some examples are Flying a Microlight Plane, Bollywood Film Tour, Horse Riding Session, Dinner on a Yacht, Para Sailing, Tree Plantation and more. Each Experience is hand-picked from the best and most trusted brands. For gifting, we provide an elegant personalized gift box where one Experience can be chosen from the collection of Experience catalog in the box. This box is used for various occasions like Monthly/Quarterly Awards, Birthday/Anniversary Gifts, Client Gifts, Team Awards, Long Service Award, Sales Team incentives and more. The box can be customized as per requirement and its price ranges from ₹3000 to ₹5 lacs.
Giftxoxo Rewards Platform is a point based system where one can allocate points to other to show their appreciation. These points can be accumulated and redeemed against world's biggest portfolio of options having 5000+ amazing Experiences and 300+ brand Gift Vouchers like Amazon, Tanishq, Shopper's Stop, Bookmyshow, and more. We handle end-to-end fulfillment of these options. This automates the Reward and Recognition functions in an organization. This social media like platform also has a feature of Social Recognition like Good Job, Well Done, All the best badges, and so on. It is customized according to the requirement of organizations and gets implemented in 90 minutes. It saves a lot of money, time and efforts for the HR and increases the overall efficiency and productivity of organization as a happy employee is what makes a company successful. Currently, this platform is used by organizations like LnT infotech, Infosys BPO, India Bulls, Snapdeal, First American and more.
SoS: What have been the key milestones of your business? Kindly share some hiccups as well.
Sumit: We have come a long way since our inception. We have grown immensely as a company and as a service provider. Our services and products have been well appreciated and our feedback has always been positive. We have received prominent awards such as the best Mobile App Award at GMASA 2016, CNBC Young Turks, Future of India Award 2016 and our Rewards Technology platform has won the People Matters HR Spotlight Award 2016. Giftxoxo has also been regularly covered by renowned publications such as Business Standard, Hindustan Times, Times of India, Economic Times, Entrepreneur, IIFL etc. Along with this, our client base has increased to over 700 corporates, we are also steadily spreading our base across the world. We have a host of curated experiences of over 5000 experiences and we've given out 50,000 experience boxes till date and the number is only increasing as we speak.
SoS: If you could offer a first-time entrepreneur only one piece of advice, what would it be?
Sumit: Well, my advice would be to start early, don't fear or run away from taking risks, be focused and flexible and know that business is just an outcome.
SoS: How was the entire experience of getting the funding for your organization?
Sumit: We, from the beginning, believed in being a sustainable and profitable business. We also believe that this is the only reason why start-ups either do well or they fail. When we pitched our idea to our investors and proved to them that our business would not only be successful but a sustainable one at that, that's when they agreed to get on board.
SoS: How are investors adding value to your growth?
Sumit: Our investors are veterans in their industry. They come with long years of industry experience and one needs to understand that investors not just invest their money, but also their time, expertise and thoughts. They add value to our growth by guiding us through acquisitions, funding, and other important decisions that are involved in growing a business they are also our constant mentors who guide and help us.
SoS: How did you pitch your start-up / idea to the investor?
Sumit: Once we had an idea in place, it took us quite some time to convince the investors because of the novelty of the product but once they understood what our product was and how it was set to make a difference in the market they were more than willing to make an investment.
SoS: Now that you have got the funding, how do you aim to make the most of it?
Sumit: Giftxoxo is working towards becoming one of the largest curated experiences and activities company globally. We have good number of clients in India and they have given us great feedback for our products. We are planning to expand to other continents as well in the months to come. We will continue to add exclusive experiences and newer incentives. The corporate channel engages various stakeholders of companies including employees and customers. The consumer channel would serve to the requirements of people who want to explore something unique, make their day special with handpicked experiences around them. We want to become a one-stop destination for curated experiences across geographies.
SoS: What specific goals have you set for your business in the coming years in terms of adding services or categories?
Sumit: We are constantly working on increasing the experiences that we offer. We will be expanding our base to international geographies and we will be adding a lot of capabilities to our technology and core services.
SoS: What is your target audience? The tech savvy users or average internet user who wants to save more?
Sumit: Our target audience for Giftxoxo are decision makers such as CXOs HR heads, brand managers etc. For Frogo, our target audience consists of 18-40 year olds who are UG and PG Students, IT Professional, MNC employee, New age Moms and New age families.
SoS: What differentiates Giftxoxo from the rest?
Sumit: Product gifting has been all around for some time now, however, we are into a unique position of experiential gifting. While we do have direct competitors, we have been around for the past four years and our growth during this time has been good and we've been able to get a clientele of over 700 corporates in our kitty. We are experts in what we do and everything we offer is hand-picked, personalised and curated to cater to everyone's taste and choices. We make special occasions like Birthdays, Anniversaries, Weddings and retirement unique and unforgettable. Giftxoxo is a company that believes in creating memories and moments through unique experiences that users can cherish for a lifetime. We believe in making it exclusive that provides curated WOW experiences across India in various categories including Gourmet Food, Adventure, Tours and Getaways, Health and Wellness, Arts and Learning and Philanthropy. Its simple platform, standardized pricing and high quality offering ensures that customers are delighted each and every time.
SoS: Best incentive that you ever had?
Sumit: I think the best incentive is when people have good things to say about Giftxoxo, when our customers give us a good feedback and share it on their social media handles. Employees able to achieve milestones like when someone gets promoted, or buys a car. It's also an incentive when a vendor says that their business is growing because of us. These are the smaller things that prove as incentives to us.
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A handy little felted bag with an adjustable strap designed for your phone, complete with an integral pocket for earbuds or another essential. The pocket is created by use of single yarn double-layer knitting. This is the closest you will come to conjuring whilst knitting!
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Plant Description
Dogwoods are a smaller scale, understory ornamental tree with distinctive spring blooms. Their height can reach from 15-35 feet and usually perform best when placed beneath a larger shade tree or beside a home where it can get protection from extended, direct sun. They are considered as among the most beautiful of all ornamental trees found in America and are often seen in the spring along side blooming Azalea shrubs.
Dogwoods can be seen with blooms of white, pink or red bracts centered with small clusters of yellow flowers during the spring times, and in the summer, they are often seen flaunting their green leaves. The foliage is deep red in the autumn and in winter the Dogwood sheds all its leaves and bears its seeds called "drupes".
Dogwoods make excellent specimens for gardens and lawns due to their compact size, beautiful spring flowers.
Plant Details:
- Pros: Spring blooms, graceful shape, understory
- Cons: Moisture deficiency and temperature extremes can weaken dogwoods.
- Deciduous
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text: Last weekend nine family members gathered together at a cabin in the Wisconsin woods for a long weekend. We had a blast. Still, I must admit that getting ready for the weekend was lots of work. I bought four cardboard grocery boxes and filled one each week. To cut down on food preparation at the cabin, I made meatballs to go with spaghetti, pre-cooked bacon, made salad dressing, and baked cupcakes. When we left for the cabin the car was almost packed to the ceiling and there wasn't an inch to spare. There were four of us in the car, and the second seat had sleeping bags in the middle of two people. Unloading was easy, but it took me a half hour to put everything away. Later that evening the remaining family members arrived and my husband and I stayed up later than usual. Tired as we were, it was hard to get to sleep because every foot step made a thunk on the wooden floor above us. The next morning everyone was up early and ready for action. From then on, the weekend was a blue of shared meals, canoeing, wading, walking in the woods, and photography. Before we left the cabin, I washed four sets of sheets, made four beds, cleaned out the refrigerator, and re-packed the car. Sunday evening was catch-up time -- getting groceries for supper, putting food away, doing laundry. On Monday morning I was tired. Does this story ring a bell with you? Like me, you may have put lots of effort into a mini vacation or extended stay. When you get home, you feel like you need a vacation from your vacation. And that's okay. Maybe our enjoyment depends, in part, on the effort we put into a vacation.


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Korea Cyber Tech Inc. and ApON Innovative Solutions Now Authorized Providers of DH2i's DxEnterprise Microsoft SQL Server Container Management Solution
Fort Collins | January 4, 2017
DH2i™ Company, the leading provider of Microsoft Windows Server application portability and management solutions, today announced the expansion of its DxAdvantage Partner Program into the Asia Pacific (APAC) market. Key to the expansion is the addition of Korea Cyber Tech Inc. and ApON Innovative Solutions to the DH2i DxAdvantage Partner Program. This strategic partnership enables them to be providers of DxEnterprise™ software, a first-of-its-kind Microsoft SQL Server container management solution.
According to Gartner's recently published Forecast: Enterprise Software Markets, Worldwide 2013-2020 4Q16 Update (December 16, 2016), the forecast for 2016 global spending for enterprise software will be "$367.3 billion in constant U.S. dollars, with growth of 6.9% over 2015." The emerging Asia/Pacific market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.5% through 2020.
"The global demand for Windows Server application portability is climbing at a rapid rate, particularly in the APAC region where Windows Server applications are among the most prevalently deployed platforms for managing business critical data," said Connor Cox, Director of Business Development, DH2i. "With a powerful and innovative solution to meet this demand, DH2i is perfectly positioned to enable customers throughout the region to simplify datacenter complexity, minimize OS sprawl and lower overwhelming licensing costs. As we expand internationally, we are selectively partnering with innovative leaders. Both Korea Cyber Tech Inc. and ApON meet our goal to partner with well known, highly respected partners that can deliver demonstrable client outcomes."
Since 1996, Korea Cyber Tech Inc. has specialized in selling the best data protection and datacenter solutions while also providing superior technical support to medium and large Korean corporations. Korea Cyber Tech owes its continued success to an exceptional collaboration with customers and partners.
"When deploying mission critical Windows Server applications, the most common concerns for our customers in Korea are workload portability, high availability and disaster recovery — as well as managing exorbitantly high licensing costs," said Joon N. Lee, President of Korea Cyber Tech Inc. "By partnering with DH2i, we can save many of our customers thousands – if not hundreds of thousands – while dramatically enhancing their application manageability, fault protection and data performance. For our organization, this means increased revenue and a fortification of our trusted advisor status."
Based in India, ApON Innovative Solutions is a collection of experienced professionals, seasoned CIOs and some of the country's best-known thought leaders who converge from various domains, providing proven credentials and track records. The company's collective experience touches more than 300 years—culminating in a diverse knowledge repository of invaluable expertise.
"Microsoft SQL Server is a vital platform for customers throughout India, yet these organizations continue to be plagued with complexity and cost," said Jaideep Khanduja, Director, ApON Innovative Solutions. "With DH2i, we have the solution we need to provide customers the ability to move applications freely and transparently between their physical, virtual and cloud environments, while lowering all associated costs. With management streamlined and costs contained, our clients can now leverage their Windows environment on activities that more directly impact their business organization's bottom line. We are pleased to join the global DH2i ecosystem of partners as we work to free our customers from the burden of IT modernization."
DH2i's DxEnterprise features a first-of-its-kind Microsoft SQL Server management technology that enables workload and data portability—as well as high availability for any Windows Server application or service. This pioneering technology creates a framework for orchestrating datacenter management, high availability/disaster tolerance and policy-based SLA management. DxEnterprise is the only Windows technology that leverages native Windows file system (NTFS) and shared or replicated storage technology to coordinate access to a pool of disk resources in a cluster. This enables consistent disk presentation no matter which host the container is active on. DxEnterprise can support any current version or edition of SQL Server and Windows Server OS across any physical, virtual or hybrid infrastructure.
About DH2i's DxAdvantage Channel Partner Program
DH2i's DxAdvantage Partner Program provides channel partners with the ability to integrate DxEnterprise mobility, orchestration, HA/DR and multi-subnet support into their existing offerings. Program enrollment also entitles partners to a comprehensive set of tools and collateral that promise to reduce sales cycles, enhance trusted advisor status and dramatically increase revenue, including but not limited to:
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To learn more about DH2i's DxAdvantage Partner Program, please visit: https://dh2i.com/partners/.
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DH2i Company™ is a leading provider of Microsoft Windows Server application portability and management solutions. Its flagship solution, DxEnterprise™, containerizes and decouples Windows Server applications, such as SQL Server, from the host OS and underlying IT infrastructure. In doing so, customers can simplify and dramatically improve the management of their datacenter environment, ensure SLA compliance, and lower costs by 30%-60%. To learn more, please visit: www.dh2i.com, call: 800-380-5405 or email: email@example.com.
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As a mostly residential area, blocked drains in Epsom can prove to be very stressful and often tricky to deal with. They can have an enormous impact on the living environment within your home, often making essential rooms such as your bathroom and toilet facilities out of use. As a family run drainage company, Maclaren Drainage understands the need to offer an expert 24 hour 365 days a year emergency drain unblocking service so when these difficult situations arise then can be dealt with quickly and effectively
Located in Surrey, very close to Epsom Town Centre and junction 9 of the M25, we are able to offer rapid response times to residential and commercial customers who are experiencing blocked drains in Epsom. From your initial call we can sometimes even have your drains unblocked within the hour!
Bathroom facilities need to perform efficiently whether in your home or place of work. Failure to do so can have a huge impact on those people affected. However even everyday routines such as brushing your teeth, shaving, showering and using the toilet increase the chances of your drains blocking. General dirt, hairs, sanitary towels, tissues when not exposed of carefully can become wedged in the pipe and eventually lead clogging within the drain.
Whatever has caused your drains to become blocked Maclaren Drainage can provide a cost-effective solution and offer customers in Leatherhead, Ashtead and Dorking a rapid response. From your initial call we will even provide you with free advice and talk you through a couple of things you can do to help release the blockage, without the need for a call-out! Our engineers are on call 24/7 and are ideally located close to Epsom, Ewell and Stoneleigh so please do not hesitate to contact us, day or night.
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Maclaren Drainage, as specialists for blocked drains in Epsom, are proud members of Checkatrade and Surrey Trading Standards approved. As a reputable drainage company we pride ourselves on honesty, competitive pricing and commitment to do the best job possible for every customer. Our 24 hour emergency drain unblocking service is at the very heart of this and every year we help hundreds of homeowners and commercial businesses when their drains become blocked. We guarantee to resolve your issue and as a promise to our customers will always do so as quickly as possible whilst using the most cost-effective methods.
Are you responsible for the drain?
Firstly it's important that we determine whether you are even responsible for the drains. Any pipe which drains a single property or a number of properties/buildings within the same curtilage is defined as a drain and will remain the responsibility of the owner/occupier of the premises up to the point where it is no longer within the area of land immediately surrounding the property or it connects to a sewer. If the blockage is located outside the official boundary of your property, then it is likely to be the responsibility of Thames Water.
If you have blocked drains in Epsom and require immediate unblocking, then our experienced engineers are ready for your call. We offer a 24/7 365 days a year emergency service for drain unblocking, so no matter what time of the night, get in touch with Maclaren Drainage.
How you can avoid blocked drains in Epsom…
After unblocking drains for our customers we will always leave with them some advice that will help them to avoid blocked drains in the future. Below are some tips to help you keep your drainage clear and ensure your wanted waste keeps flowing away from your building…
Do not pour grease or oil down the drain. These types of substances solidify within the pipe, creating a hard obstacle for other waste to try and pass. Eventually the build up of waste will create a blockage that can be difficult to get rid of. The majority of our drain unblocking work at domestic households is due to the build up of grease and oil so our advice is to find other ways of disposing these substances.
Do not flush anything down the toilet other than human waste and toilet paper. Sanitary towels and baby wipes do not degrade like toilet paper. Again, this is a very common cause of blocked drains in Epsom and you should take steps to prevent this from happening in your home or workplace.
Keep your drains clear. You can prevent blockages by keeping your plug holes and local pipes clear of hair and dirt. Make it a habit to regularly remove any hair and dirt from around the plug every time you bath or shower.
How to know if you have blocked drains in Epsom…
If your home or business premises is experiencing any of the following then we recommend getting in touch. There is a good chance you have blocked drains and we can provide a fast, effective solution.
Slow draining water. If the water in your bath, shower or sink is taking a lot longer than usual to drain away then there may be a blockage in the drain. There is a good chance that the blockage is local, maybe from the build up of hair, so we recommend looking into the plug hole yourself and checking to make sure the pipe is clear.
High water levels. After flushing the toilet check to see how high the water level rises too. If the water levels remain high and do not drop there it is likely that you have a blockage further down the drainage system. We recommend using a plunger because if the blockage is local you may be able to disturb it enough to release the blockage.
That 'rotten egg' smell. If sulphurous smells are in and around your home or workplace then this is another sign that you may have blocked drains in Epsom. Maybe you can smell them when brushing your teeth or doing the washing up. There could be a couple of reasons as to why you are experiencing this; the soil stack may not be venting the drains properly, the P trap may not be sealing as it should, or poorly designed pipework could mean your losing the water seal from one or more of your waste traps. We can deal with all of the above with some help from our Plumbing & Heating division! Give us a call and we will ask a few questions which may help us to diagnose the problem. If we still can't get sot the bottom of it we will send an experienced engineer around to meet you.
Areas We Cover
Located in Leatherhead close to junction 9 of the M25 and within close proximity of the A3 we are within easy reach of the following areas:
•West Sussex
•Worcester Park
Having provided drain solutions in Epsom for over 10 years our engineers have the local knowledge which enables us to complete any top of job whilst abiding by the local councils planning laws and regulations.
Epsom is a member of the Epsom & Ewell borough council and their drain rules and regulations can be reached by clicking here. Luckily we are well rehearsed with these and can offer our expert knowledge to homeowners and local businesses in the borough.
We would advise you to use a professional drainage contractor to carry out most types of drain related work. They should already have sufficient knowledge of the rules in regards to drain and sewer systems, however if you would like to read your local councils regulations with regards to drainage then please click on the name of your council below.
Epsom & Ewell, Mole Valley, Reigate & Banstead, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Elmbridge, Guildford Borough, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Woking
Choose Maclaren Drainage for Drain Unblocking in Epsom
Our drainage division consists of 3 experienced drainage engineers on call 24/7 to provide emergency drain clearance to customers throughout Surrey. All of our team live in Surrey, within 10 minutes of Epsom Town Centre, meaning we can offer very fast response times to customers in Ewell, Cheam, Stoneleigh, Worcester Park, Banstead and Tadworth.
Our high power water jetting equipment is installed in every drainage van so that our engineers always have the tools to complete the job.
Emergency drain unblocking is one of our 'bread and butter' services but we offer fully comprehensive drainage solutions for every issue. We also produce professional CCTV Drain Surveys and are specialists for drain repairs.
Please check our reviews and also visit our Checkatrade page to see what our customers say about us.
As a family run, reputable drainage company we are proud of our reputation and have worked hard to become one of Surrey's leading drainage contrators.
Whatever issue you face please feel free to get in touch, even if you just need some free advice or guidance, we are ready and willing to assist you.
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SIR – While it is fantastic to see 24 of the collection of 82 Lewis Chessmen go on tour in Scotland (report, October 2), it is now time for the return of all the 12th-century chessmen to the Western Isles.
The pieces, crafted from walrus ivory and whales' teeth, were unearthed in 1831. Of the 93 chessmen, only 11 are in Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland, while 82 are in the British Museum in London. It is simply not good enough that they are occasionally lent back to the Western Isles. Ownership should pass to the people of these Isles, where they were found, and where they should be put on permanent display.
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To help families finance college tuition, the Internal Revenue Service established the 529 college savings program.
The name comes from Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows people to withdraw money from accounts to pay for qualified tuition expenses without having to pay federal or state income taxes.
The state's HI529 program was formerly called Tuition- EDGE.
The state has selected Vanguard Group Inc. to be the investment manager for its 529 program. Upromise Investments Inc. is the plan's program manager.
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Q: Why is it that certain McDonald's restaurants downtown and other facilities do not have public restrooms, while others do? Who sets up guidelines for this, and are the requirements governed by city/state laws?
A: This question pops up every few years.
If a "food establishment" does have restrooms, it's not necessarily because having them is required by law.
The state Department of Health sets the requirements for restrooms for food service establishments, such as restaurants and markets, and places of public gathering, such as theaters, schools, dormitories, auditoriums and churches (see "Kokua Line," May 18, 2005).
Food establishments are not required to provide a public restroom; they are required only to provide restrooms for their staff.
However, if it serves liquor, then that establishment must provide toilet facilities for male and female patrons based on the number of people it can accommodate.
For details, go the Department of Health Web site at www.hawaii.gov/health. Click on "About DOH," then "Rules and Regulations." "Minimum sanitary facilities" is found under Title 11, Chapter 11, Section 9.
Q: I own an apartment and rent it to a tenant. A rental agent has been managing it for several years. The rental agent sends me monthly statement disclosing the rent collected, along with fees and expenses. The agent also is responsible to file excise taxes for me. However, I have never received any copies of the excise tax which they said they'd filed and sent to me. Is there a way to verify that my excise tax has been filed?
A: Yes. Contact the state Department of Taxation's Taxpayer Services Branch. Call 587-4242 or toll-free (800) 222-3229.
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Google search engines use a variety of techniques that govern which pages should be displayed first in the search results. The Google ranking formula is not completely known to SEO's, but there are strategies and techniques that you can employ improve your websites rank in the organic search results. Below are 5 ways to increase your Google rank and earn more traffic to your website.
Many websites target wrong keywords and this is among the worst mistakes. Take your time to do a thorough analysis of the keywords that produce conversions. One of the ways is to have analytic software like Google Analytic installed on your site and see how people find and interact your website.
Usually, business targets broadly, therefore have high volume keywords that convert well instead of ranking keywords based on competitiveness, conversion and multiples of volume. After installing analytic software, mark the keywords that cause your visitor to engage and even leave a comment or make a purchase. Also note the pages which scare them off. Ensure you choose keywords that people will look for.
Backlinks are links that come from another site to your site, because they point back to your pages. When you build these links which points back to your website, they can really boost your site's SEO and increase Google rankings. The more reputable and authoritative the website, the greater the impact it will have to increase your Google rankings.
You can add backlinks by making some comments on other blogs, guest blogging, and other creative tacts. However, there are various link building techniques that can help you achieve the best results. These includes creating viral content, guest posting, building link exchange relationships, creating info-graphics, and analyzing competitor links.
This is one of the latest evolutions in SEO. It's one of the powerful forms of optimization but currently the least used forms of SEO. After grasping the method and concept of schema markup, you can use it to boost your website in the search engine result pages.
Schema markup uses unique semantic vocabulary in microdata format. It is actually a code that you put in your website to assist the search engines to return more informative results. It not only tells the search engine what your data says but also what it means.
A sitemap is a page or file on your site that lays out all of the rank-worth pages of your website. It enables Google bots to easily find all the links and content of your website. Sitemaps also determine the importance of your website's content. There are a number of websites that will create a sitemap for you or you can even generate one for yourself. This alone can really help increase your Google rankings.
Always capitalize much on social media. Social media is a great way to spread backlinks to many viewers. If your content is valuable, many viewers will link your site for you, which in turn increases traffic and consequently increasing your rank. Developing a compelling post about your site is important for social media. The reader should be fully attracted to follow the link and also needs to stand out from the pool of news on their feed.
Do you have any more tips to increase your website ranking in Google? Let us your know SEO strategies in the comments below.continue...
Keeping up with SEO holds various benefits for lawyers, legal professionals and law firms. Good SEO strategies help in gaining a great search engine ranking thereby increasing the exposure for a law firm and legal professionals in terms of area of expertise as well as region.
Here are some significant and effective SEO strategies for a successful 2015.
The significance of external websites and for linking to the content of the site of a legal professional or law firm is almost impossible to overestimate. Search engine algorithms depend hugely on reader endorsements that are measured by the links created by some established online authorities or local chambers of commerce.
SEO for lawyers, if done following a few networking strategies can work wonders for the rankings. Trade links with other local attorneys or law firms that have a different practice area and include the link requests as a part of the conventional networking strategy of your law firm.
Another option is to write articles for third-party legal websites in exchange for a link. One of the strongest element of search engine algorithms is the number of inbound links to a certain web page. In other words, inbound links are just like votes of appreciation and trust for the law firm website.
The legal services industry is surely a huge business that comes with a big amount of competition for the most popular and profitable keyword searches. Usually, an average law firm is not able to account for terms like divorce attorneys, bankruptcy law firm, or find a lawyer, despite of following great SEO practices.
The good thing about the same is that most law firms are not required to do so. Instead, emphasis should be given to local terms including the location, such as "Toronto tax lawyer" or "California family law attorney" as such terms can be more effective in targeting the client base.
A quite latest yet most effective element of on-page SEO strategies is schema markup. Almost everything that a law firm needs tell to Google for a better understanding of the website's intentions can be told with LocalBusiness Schema.
The most essential attributes or tags to implement are Business name, Location or Address, Phone number, Hours of operation and Brand. A resource for web marketers and webmasters is Schema.org containing HTML tags to integrate in the content of a page. Integrating Local Business Schema markup on some specific pages is just perfect.
Using social media for growing business is an extremely potential option for law firms. It is a wonderful way to add a relatable element to the client-facing profile of your firm that appeals the natural interests of your clients in working with people.
Using social media can play a part in achieving significant success when it comes to getting new clients and improving the media interaction. A quite instinctively comfortable platform for lawyers is LinkedIn in keeping in touch with contacts and clients. The perfect approach is to master one platform thoroughly instead of spreading little content over different spaces. It is also good to add a blog or Twitter account.continue...
Google recommends that a website have a responsive design as a measure to enhance its usability on all types of devices. A responsive web design is also key regarding any form of Internet marketing, particularly search engine optimization (SEO) and pay per click (PPC) advertising.
In essence, responsive design ensures that a website's user interface is highly adaptive to all sizes of screens, particularly mobile devices. As users increase their mobile activity, it is imperative that a website be optimized for mobile viewing as well so to enhance a company's digital SEO campaign.
Due to the increasing demands of having a responsive website, SEO strategies must also adapt to a method of integrating website development and design as a major part of the strategy of SEO. For instance, creating a mobile friendly version of a company's website will offer a leverage the following benefits and advantages to a marketing campaign that is digital:
Just see what Google has to say about the basics of responsive web design:
The trend of using responsive website design is swiftly becoming one of the very best practices within the industry of SEO. Google, itself, has been more than upfront regarding the fact that is prefers webmasters to use responsive design as a means to deliver viewers with the best experience while online. Therefore it is more than imperative for companies to alter the direction of their digital marketing campaigns towards a design that is far more responsive.
With an adaptive and responsive web design, search engines will be permitted to render one CSS media query for each device that attempts to access the site of a business that uses the platform of a single HTML. This is the hallmark for many web design companies, like OIC Group who base their core solutions on offering responsive, SEO-friendly web designs.
Coupling SEO friendliness with a responsive website design can offer better ranking for a company's website. The ease of indexing the URL of each page and on the platform of a singular HTML brings great benefits to the services campaigns of SEO.
Visitors, additionally, are able to have a viewing experience that is better due to easy transitions of the website regardless of the web enabled device that is being used. Due to this, a search engine will be able to rank and index a website that is responsive with much greater accuracy.
The responsiveness of a website is used by search engines as a metric of search ranking that affects the social engagement of visitors to the site. As a measure to ensure that visitors are provided with convenience and more that cater to their demands, Google pushes webmasters to make their sites as responsive as possible.
Also, the use of a responsive website is quite beneficial to the efforts of link building for those that utilize link juicing within their SEO strategies. The design offers prevention of link dilution, allowing for a more efficient flow of links back to your original site as social links are within one place for increased SEO results.continue...
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What do YOUR eyes say?
Several years ago I read a book which was to change my life. "The Magic of Believing" by Claude M. Bristol posits that one can achieve any goal by harnessing the extraordinary power of one's own belief in one's self. As I absorbed this, it came to me that I'd put this system to work many times without being consciously aware of it. If you're focused on a particular goal without letup, you do tend to realize that goal.
This can be as simple or as complex as your individual goals.
Over the last few years, I've heard a lot about "The Secret" and "Laws of Attraction." I really like Bristol's approach, though. He calls this area the science of 'mind stuff' and discusses techniques for how to leverage the power of an your mind.
In the end, it all comes down to ideas. Everything you see around you started with an idea. Ideas require ACTION in order to bring them to life. One needs to have a specific goal and then must "begin with the ending" in mind.
Think of planning a road trip. You decided on the destination first. Then you figured out the stops along the way. You planned which roads you'd take, where you'd stay and what you'd see. You began with a vision about where you'd end up. That's how this works. There's no mysticism involved. Bristol says "Thought attracts that upon which it is directed." Think about it.
There is a kind of 'magic' in this, though. When you believe certain things, you act differently. And when you act differently, others react to you in a different way. There's a kind of 'electricity' in how this takes place. You carry yourself differently when you know who you are and where you're going. You change, and everything and everyone around you changes. It is a kind of magic.
I expect to come back to this topic again. It's the reason I named this blog the way I did. I'm interested in a lot of different things and hold opinions about most of them. I'm all over the proverbial 'map.' What doesn't change, though, is this belief I have in the power of ideas coupled with directed energy. It's unbeatable.
So what are YOU thinking about?


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Drummers set the rhythm, pace and emotion in every music.
Drummers don't just read but rather feel music.
They breathe in the heartbeat to music.
Partner : Nicole Lague (CW)
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We wanted to invite people to the drummer's seat to share the emotions and let them feel the heartbeat.
By placing your finger on screen, the app measures your heart beat and recommends a list of songs that matches your pulse.


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The romance rumours have come thick and fast since the couple first sparked dating speculation back in 2013, but have Jamie and Katie just confirmed not only a relationship, but perhaps an engagement?
Although the pair attended separate events in New York City on Thursday evening, there was one unmissable detail that drew them together.
The 37-year-old actress stepped out to the star-studded Target Pillowfort launch party at the Highline Stages. She donned a brown leather jacket draped over a blue, frilled Michael Kors dress, but it was hard to notice the frock over the gold ring that sat proudly on her fourth finger.
On the same night, the 48-year-old triple threat suited up to attend the Hillary Clinton fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall, also in New York.
As he walked into the event, it was hard to miss the prominent gold bling on his engagement finger.
Last week's outing wasn't the first time the brunette beauty had been spotted showing off a diamond ring.
In fact, the Batman Begins actress has been accessorising with this particular piece for months now, causing many to cast speculation on her relationship status.
The mother-of-one was first romantically linked to Jamie back in 2013, after the pair sparked rumours of a romance when they were spotted getting cosy on the dance floor at the 4th Annual Apollo in the Hamptons benefit. Watch the video below to see the moment that started it all.
When the rumours first surfaced, sources revealed to In Touch that the pair had been "dating for a while" and that Jamie often spent time at Katie's apartment.
At the time, Jamie denied the reports, telling Entertainment Tonight, "[The rumours] are 100 per cent not true."
But to contradict Jamie's denials, mutual friends of the couple have been adamant they are still secretly together.
Last year, a pal explained to Us Weekly that the Django Unchained was completely taken by the Dawson's Creek actress, with one insider revealing he calls her "my girl" as in, "My girl is calling."
"Jamie is someone she can trust and have fun with. She's getting everything from Jamie that she didn't get with Tom," the couple's friend said.
And the relationship rumours escalated to wedding whispers earlier this year, with multiple publications were claiming the couple were getting ready to tie the knot after two years of dating out of the spotlight.
"They're ready to debut not just as a couple, but as a newly engaged couple," said a source to OK!.
"They've discussed eloping or having a small, quiet wedding in an out-of-the-way place," a mutual friend said to In Touch before adding: "They're happy."
But before we had a chance to get carried away with the thought of Katie in another dreamy wedding dress, a rep for Jamie has spoken out on the latest batch of marriage chatter. Talking to Page Six, the rep clarified: "The marriage rumour is completely false."
And what's more, a rep for the actress insisted she "is not married or engaged to anyone." Well, perhaps that's true - but neither rep denied the existence of the couple's relationship…
Despite her 2012 divorce from Tom Katie, who shares nine-year-old daughter Suri with her ex, is open to marrying again.
"I'm a very loving person. Of course I'm open to finding love again," she revealed to People magazine.
Meanwhile Jamie, who has previously dated Lil' Kim and Christina Milian, has admitted he'll never give up on finding The One. "Love's hard anywhere though. It's really hard out here. But I been out here so long, it's like you just sift through, sift through," he told E! News last year.


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Jerk Less Date Better
Being a Jerk won't get you the results your looking for
When I was in Long Beach, California I was under age and subject to a night curfew. That didn't concern me too much, mainly because I didn't have any place to stay anyway. Then one night while walking down an alley I was stopped handcuffed and put in the back of a squad car. They told me I violated curfew and told me they were going to take me home this time rather then booking me. They asked me where I lived, I said anywhere I can. They thought I was being a smart ass and booked me into a juvenile detention center. They gathered information from me and then placed me in a room that had one window, a bed, a stool and a slot in the door were they pushed food thru for the occupant of the room.
Bad Words
Four days straight a man entered my room and fooled around with the heating unit and then before he left asked me how I was doing. I responded by saying two words, which weren't nice. The man then left without saying anything. I was allowed to exit the room once a day and take a shower.
I Got the Message
Then on the fifth day I finally realized what was going on and acted accordingly. Once again this gentlemen came in fooled with the heater and repeated the same question he asked the four previous days. This time when he asked how I was doing? I said ok and that was the magic key that got me out of confinement.
Want Help Don't be a Jerk
The people in charge asked me if I had some place to go? I said yes even thought they and I knew I didn't. I just wanted out. I think they knew I was homeless but they let me go anyway.
From time to time they would catch me after curfew, but this time they would just wave or asked me if I would like something to eat. The answer to that question was always yes and they would treat me to a burger and fries. In about two weeks they told me where to go and who to talk to for a job interview. It was a hamburger place that looked like a railroad train and I became a short order cook. The boss was a nice guy and I really had a good time. The owner also rented rooms which were only two blocks away and that's where I stayed.
Less Jerking More Dates
I learned that being nice produces better results then being a jerk. So if your looking for a date drop the jerk stuff. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Don L. Terrill
photo by KateMonkey
Posted by Don L. Terrill at 6:24 AM


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Morning links: The author-as-stalker edition.
If you were online at all this weekend, you probably caught some of this circus of fun and delight (and by 'circus of fun and delight', I mean TERRIFYING HORRORSHOW OF BADNOSITY):
- First up, the essay that started it all: 'Am I being catfished?' An author confronts her number one online critic. In it, YA author Kathleen Hale recounts the story of taking issue with a one-star review at GoodReads, stalking the reviewer online, getting involved with STGRB, and eventually PAYING FOR A BACKGROUND CHECK, CALLING THE REVIEWER AT WORK, RENTING A CAR AND DRIVING TO THE WOMAN'S HOUSE. Which, WHAT. If you don't see the horror inherent in that situation, just imagine that scenario playing out with a man playing Hale's role. Not so much with the Wacky Author Hijinks now, right? Anyway, Hale's supporters claim that the reviewer is at fault for being "mean", but A) we only have Hale's word to go on there, and as she admits to both lying and stalking in her own essay, I'm not sure why anyone would place much stock in her word, and B) VICTIM BLAME MUCH?
- At Thought Catalog: Privileged. A 2013 essay by Kathleen Hale in which she regales her audience with another story about stalking AND ASSAULTING someone. So, yeah. This is a pattern with her.
- At Storify: What happens when The Guardian lets an author gloat about stalking a blogger. This collection of tweets is a decent cross-section of the support Hale has been receiving on Twitter.
- Response at Smart Bitches: The Choices of Kathleen Hale. "I don't understand why the Guardian chose to publish that essay. I don't understand the thought process of the editor who gave it the green light and effectively condoned the stalking and harassment of a reviewer. The fact that the Guardian published it is as disturbing and abhorrent as Hale's actions - to say nothing of the degree to which she and the editors at the Guardian both seem to lack understanding of how inappropriate those actions were. The fear and horror and wariness that Hale's and the Guardian's decisions have created in many people is absolutely real and justified."
- Response at Dear Author: On the importance of pseudonymous activity. "You might assume by the response of Hale to the blogger's actions and the nearly 5000 words devoted to this response that the blogger was engaged in really terrible behavior. Certainly commenters and twitter denizens believed the blogger was "deranged" and "no angel" and "vicious" I read the Guardian piece carefully, probably five times, to ascertain exactly what it was that the blogger/reviewer had done and arrived at the above four actions. Let's take a look at Hale's actions." This is a great breakdown of the essay (and beyond).
- At Bibliodaze: An Open Letter to Kathleen Hale & Guardian Books: Stalking Is Not Okay. "You seem to think that having an online identity different from your real life is an act of fraud, when your actions are the perfect justification for many people doing so. It's not a crime to draw a line between online and real life. In fact, it's advisable to do so. Women are statistically speaking the most at risk from online harassment, and the reviewers all targeted by the bullies at STGRB were women. I've had to watch women receive rape and death threats on Twitter for daring to have a differing opinion, and I've seen a number of great journalists driven from the field because of it. Those voices were the ones we needed the most and now they're gone."
- From Jim C. Hines: Victim or Perpetrator? "Hale's account does not convince me that she was a victim of online bullying. But even if she was, there comes a point where she crossed a line from victim to perpetrator. She admits to stalking Blythe online. She then began stalking her in real life. She showed up at Blythe's home, called her on the phone."
Ag. I have no doubt that the STORY WILL CONTINUE.


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Romance and Liberation: Loving a Black Woman in 2016 America
It's a brisk Saturday morning in Waltham, Massachusetts. The glare of the 7:30 a.m. sunlight is sneaking through the window blinds like an innocent Black child creeping through and past cars and trees to reach home base in a neighborhood game of "manhunt." The brightness of the sun's beam is so vivacious that I'm almost certain that the night welcomed a stream of January snowfall. I peek out of the window only to be foolishly blinded and overwhelmingly notified that my hypothesis is indeed true. I have to get ready for work, which means that I have to trek through skin-biting air and, now of course, mounds of snow in order to get to campus.
But that's not the difficult part of my morning. No, what's difficult is the reality that I also did not wake up alone, and my love is still resting in bed while I rush to get washed up and dressed. I try my best to be swift and light with my movements in an attempt to not wake her, but the absence of my temple next to hers implores her to scarcely reveal her dark brown eyes and speak to me gently in a voice that suggests she won't actually be waking up just yet. She hates that I work as much as I do. Yet, she always reminds me of how much she admires my work ethic.
"Hey you," she whispers.
"Morning, I'm getting ready to leave soon. I love you. Text me when you wake up," I respond.
She smiles. I kiss her forehead. I tuck her back into the blanket. I leave. I leave knowing that on any day I could wake up and leave, as routine as it is, and not return. I leave hoping that I'll always make it back. I leave, hoping that none of the societal dangers of 2016 America steal me away from her. And I leave praying that this world is gracious enough to never steal her from me either.
In 2016, Black men and women were snatched of their bodies and identities at a disheartening rate.. And though this isn't new, social and technological evolutions have allowed this truth to be witnessed by billions of people across the world. Police brutality and tumultuous acts of racial violence contribute to Black trauma on a daily basis. The probability of Black death seems rather imminent.
I know that she worries. She's in love with a Black man in America. How could she not be? And how could I not worry about my Black woman?
I love a self-assured, intelligent, beautiful Black woman in 2016 America, and it's not always the easiest thing to do. We are separate individuals with our own separate schedules. I resent the fact that I can't always be where she is. I won't always be there to keep random entitled men from catcalling at her on the train or street. I won't always be present to stand with her when she experiences racism, sexism, or even classism when you consider that both her and I are products of working class families. Violence lurks around every nook and cranny and it bothers me to know that I won't be able to shield her from all of the troubles of America.
While exterior threats to us as a couple, and also individually, do sometimes make me uneasy. I ask myself often: "But am I loving her correctly?" I'm in love with a Black woman who is self-loved, a practice completed through an exploration of the self. It takes confronting the truths of her womanhood, while also being unapologetic about those truths as they don't define who she is as woman. She is very in tuned with herself and the way she feels, not afraid to be expressive. So in turn, she is also very sensitive. "I feel, very deeply," is the way she puts it. She understands and embraces her strengths and weaknesses as a human, and is constantly growing, reflecting, learning, and teaching. She has been relatively open with me about her experiences and how they have affected her.
Her position as a black woman in America is not an easy one to fulfill, as she is also very in tuned with the world around her. Awoken and committed to the fight for liberation of all people and all identities, the Black woman that I love is strong-willed and doesn't take shit from people - and that includes me and my ingrained homophobia and sexism. I had to deconstruct myself and the things that I had been taught over the years as a Black boy. I needed to do this in order to both gain a better understanding of myself, and to better love my Black woman and all people struggling for liberation.
Her knowledge and passion for both herself and black feminism was astounding to me when we first met. I have to admit, however, that it was also somewhat intimidating. Not in the vague sense of me believing that she was too strong for me, that has never been an element of our relationship. I knew early on that I wanted to love and be committed to this woman and therefore I'd have to learn as well. This was a decision that I made for myself. I decided that the only way that I'd be able to truly love her the way in which she required, I'd have to know and love myself as well. This means drawing back on my childhood experiences and unpacking what those moments meant for me as a black boy. Answering questions about sexuality and the male and female anatomies that I was afraid to ask my parents and teachers. Questions about my social position and both my racial and gender identities. Questions about why my mother was so restrictive with my sister, and why I was taught to be the same. I questioned the timidness of my childhood nature. And until my mom was actually married, I lived in a family where the men were either in and out, or not present at all. Therefore, I questioned what my role would be as a black man amongst black woman. And to this day, I question how to love 'correctly,' if there is a correct way.
For the past two months my love has been studying abroad in South Africa while I've been here in the states adjusting to post-grad life as a teacher. Her timezone is six hours ahead of mine, so we don't get to check in as much as I'd like to sometimes. There are days when work is tough and I need to vent, or I may discover something new and want to share with her, or I may just even want to be in her presence; but for the time being, I just don't have that luxury. It's not always easy. But it is worth it. I've been learning new ways to love someone that I can't see on a daily basis, let alone speak to. I can't exactly put the feeling into words. Sometimes I want to feel her around me so I visit old pictures of us in my phone or I play music that makes me think of her. She bought me an electric guitar last year so typically when I play, she comes to mind. I write about her and play melodies on my piano that remind me of her gentle touch and unique voice.
And I've been doing the one thing that she urges me to do everyday: Love myself.
I've been taking time to give myself what I need and want. Allowing myself to make use of the chances to be in creative spaces, places of peace and comfort, and also just the sanctuary of my room. I feel that in the past, I tried so much to be present and giving of myself to people and their needs, without paying attention to the needs of my own mind and body. It was unhealthy and I felt drained. In undoing a practice of being too 'over-giving,' I've found that I now have so much more love and energy for my passions in both writing and music. I've also been able to gain more of an appreciation for the way that the love of my life, loves herself. I've taken time to forgive myself for things in my past that haunt me. I've taken time to let go of grudges, and in turn I feel almost ten pounds lighter.
She doesn't even understand how much I feel indebted to her. Words just aren't capable of relaying that message. I truly believe that loving her is transformative and particularly special- and from 2016 on, I plan to continuously express my gratitude in the warmest way:
By loving a Black woman.


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Texas Winter Wonderland: Winter Gatherings 2016
by Nathalie L.
As many are back home for winter break, spending time with family or preparing themselves for the semester to come, various home groups in Austin embarked on drives to Dallas, Houston or San Antonio, on a cold winter weekend to reconnect with them.
While the weather outside was kind of frightful, the warm and pleasant reunions were quite delightful! We were dispersed in our different home groups, trying to hit up attractions and activities these cities were known for.
Many had a jump start on being active this new year, as some played basketball, football, or went on a couple of rounds of mini-golf. The Chao home group took it to another level, as they did a throwback to our childhood days of go-kart racing!
[Is this the new way to play mini golf?]
[Steven breaking ankles, Bryan doesn't know which way to go]
[Ethan looks looks like he's just enjoying the ride]
However, for others they went on what seemed like a boba tour, as they went from one boba place to another on the search for the best boba.
[Kung Fu Tea seems like a likely favorite for these sisters]
[Looks like the brothers' vote is for Share Tea]
And of course no trip would be complete, without some of the good food that these different places had to offer!
[Sisters really eyeing those appetizers..]
[Want some (kimchi) fries with that?]
[Sam couldn't even wait for the picture to be taken]
All in all, it was a good time of food, fun and fellowship, as we were able to reconnect with those who are back home for the break. Can't wait to see everyone back in Austin for the spring semester!


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Janet Yellen, vice chairmen of the Fed, gave a presentation at the Boston Economic Club this evening, with many interpreting it as a ringing endorsement for greater monetary easing.
"Prolonged weakness in the housing sector remains one of several serious headwinds facing the U.S. economy," Yellen said. "Given these headwinds, I believe that a highly accommodative monetary policy will be needed for quite some time to help the economy mend."
Heading into the Federal Reserve's June 19 and 20 meeting, investors are keenly on the lookout for any indication about the central bank's potential action.
Already, U.S. futures are up on the report and Asian markets are rallying.