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Conversations with the husband #17 – Just telling you only.
It's been more than a year since I wrote about a conversation with the husband. It is not that the conversations are not happening, more like I am too tired and lazy to write them down. This morning, while we were having breakfast at our dining table…
Me: Hey, I am going to Korea with my colleagues next May. Hmm, the exact dates are 13 – 21 May.
Husband: *shows a smirk*
Me: What?
Husband: Next year, I am getting the AP diver watch.
Me: Huh? That's so random.
Husband: No ah, just telling you only… (laughs). My trip is happening in 2 weeks and I haven't even plan yet. You already telling me that you are going Korea next year.
Me: HAHAHHAHAA. The air ticket got promotion!
Although he didn't say anything out, I am PRETTY SURE that he is thinking in his mind, AGAIN?!
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We had breakfast everyday and some lunches And the food and service was beyond excellent! Perfect for to relax and enjoy a meal!
Their Sunday brunch was sumptuous and yummy. But do book ahead. It was very full the weekend I was there.
We were staying at the Westin due to my daughter having a procedure at Stanford. The restaurant is well decorated and tables are set nicely, however it was empty of customers and staff, we waited several minutes for a hostess to come out to seat...More
The made to order omelette for breakfast are outstanding. I had lunch on Valentines days and it was great. Dinners are good, some better than others. Flank steak special was very tasty.
I had Sunday brunch with my friends . The place was probably a third full and yet we didn't really get much attention . Buffet style with unlimited mimosas for $40. Food taste was average... wasn't bad . Enough choices . I'm giving a 2...More
Disappointing selection of hot food, which was frankly not very appetising- the food tends to steam in the metal containers and that makes it a bit soggy. They will serve you eggs anyway you like which does help to liven up an otherwise dull breakfast....More
Ate here several times because it was easier for our group. Several times we were the only ones in the restaurant. Expensive, food adequate. My friend and I enjoyed the cheese fondue and glass of wine. Also, the oatmeal was really good, liked it better...More
Had dinner here the first night of my stay. Great filet and a lovely merlot. They were accommodating/helping with my friend's food allergies. Breakfast buffet was filling and tasty. And not rushed even on a busy weekend morning!
We recently stayed at the Westin Palo Alto hotel and had breakfast both mornings in this restaurant. Some of us ordered from the menu and others ordered the buffet. If you are hungry, even though the buffet is expensive, it is definitely a better deal...More
The breakfast buffet here is delicious. The waiters and chefs showed great professionalism each time we went to eat.
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In the world of digital ads, two names continue to dominate: Google and Facebook. The competition isn't even close, with these online juggernauts now representing 73% of all U.S. digital advertising, a rise from 63% in the second quarter of 2015, per Pivotal's Brian Wieser in a recent note to clients. But a recent report by investment firm Cowen, "Ad Buyer Survey VI," suggests that Facebook may be poised to snatch that crown, due to the growth in video ads and Instagram.
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Axonwave Software Inc., a provider of content intelligence solutions for unstructured information, has announced the release of version 3.0 of its Content Intelligence System (CIS). CIS can decipher relationships between words, concepts, and phrases to extract meaning from disparate textual sources such as, MS Office documents, PDFs, Web sites, intranets, email, and news feeds. CIS returns results that are based on user-defined relationships between concepts, rather than on frequency or statistical relevancy of certain words or phrases within a document. Axonwave's CIS enables users to view the results of concept queries in a variety of views, which helps to determine how the information interrelates, and to perform more sophisticated predictive trend analysis. New features of version 3.0 of the Content Intelligence System include integration with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and expanded API. CIS is integrated with SPS security and Microsoft Index Server and is able to provide conceptual analysis of the SharePoint document repository; proper name recognition (PNR)- CISŒs natural language processing capability provides proper name recognition (of any sort) in context. CIS enables the integration of the content analysis engine with enterprise systems, such as document management, content management, or enterprise portal systems; expanded macros--CIS enables users to specify relationships between concepts; expanded file format filter support--CIS supports an expanded list of file types and formats, including PDF and MS Office.


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YOUTH CLUB: Havercroft and Ryhill Youth Club is now open again, Mondays and Fridays, 4pm-5.30pm are for the eight to 12-year-olds, while Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 6pm-8pm are for 13 to 19-year-olds. Entrance fee is 50p.
ST JAMES' CHURCH: Coffee and cakes are on sale every Friday from 10am in the St James' Centre, with tasty home baking.
POPPIES: As the time for selling poppies for the Royal British Legion comes closer, it seems there are no arranged places in Ryhill and Havercroft for them to be sold. If you would like to keep a box of poppies and a collection tin please to help in the Ryhill and Havercroft effort, telephone Sue Kent on 07966 071432.
RYHILL ART SOCIETY: The guest artist at the first meeting was Jeremy Taylor, painting a view of Holkham Beach, North Norfolk, featuring Cley Windmill in watercolours. On Wednesday, September 21, Rob Waring will demonstrate painting in oil. The session is at St Paul's Methodist Church, £3 including refreshments.
CHILDREN'S CHURCH: Children's Church begins again on Tuesday, September 20 at St Paul's Church, The Balk, Walton. All children of Primary School age are welcome, along with parents, grandparents or childminders, to take part in this creative and enjoyable monthly service with refreshments, from 3.45pm to 5pm. Sessions are £1 per child and 50p per adult.
WALTON METHODIST CHURCH: The Rev Richard Oldroyd will lead the service on Sunday at 10.30am. Tomorrow the third Saturday coffee morning is from 10am to 11.30am, with book, craft and cake stalls. Admission is £1 including tea/coffee and biscuits. On Monday the after tea dance group meets from 6.30pm to 9pm, for an informal evening of mixed dancing. On Tuesday open door coffee morning is from 10am to 11.30am, and on Wednesday craft class is from 9.30am to noon.
WDH WALK: Wakefield and District Housing holds a residents' walk on Friday, September 23, from 10am starting outside numbers 1 and 2 at Brooklands. The group will be walking around both Brooklands and the Grove to address any concerns residents may hold.
FRIENDS OF HAW PARK WOOD: There will be a litter-picking activity day in the wood on Sunday, September 18. Meet by the Discovery Centre, Anglers Country Park at 11am.
PUBLIC MEETING: Friends of Walton Colliery Nature Park Public Meeting holds a public meeting in the Village Hall on Tuesday, September 20 at 7.15pm.
WALTON ARTS FESTIVAL: The banners are up and the brochures are out – you can find them at Walton Post Office, Walton Library and at St Pauls on the Balk. Not long now until the festival.


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Like every year,Board of Secondary Education, Assam (AHSEC) andBoard of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) have announced the dates and timetable for the Assam state board examinations.
This year, board exams for the HSLC and intermediate classes are starting from February 17, 2017, and ending on March 10, 2017. Exams are going to be organized for all streams that are: arts, commerce, and science on the same dates.
We wish all the students of the state Good Luck for the upcoming board examinations.
Examining authorities have declared the dates officially. More than a 100 thousands students have registered for appearing in upcoming Asssam board HSLC & intermediate board exams. Board authorities have already cleared that it will take two months for maintaining the answer sheets and for generation of the mark sheets of the students. Results for both the examinations will be declared on May 2017 (yet dates are not confirmed).
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We are planning on moving outside the city into a much smaller town. As my wife has taken on a profession that allows her to work from home much of the time and we need a larger space for the kids to grow.
The place we are moving to has some absolutely fantastic scenery and looks amazing year round.
And this doesn't even include the best shot that I sadly ended up missing because my phone's battery died..
Grr!! Ah well, next time..!
Looking forward to the future and what it might bring!
Until next time, keep those shutters firing!
*All images shot on a Nokia Lumia 1020 Cameraphone (which is probably the best camera on a phone... period!)


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I know its asking for too much but I keep thinking of her lately. Me and her talked for 4 months then made a date but 24 hrs before the date canceled on me and told me she was talking to another guy. I was very heartbroken. She even blocked me from facebook. She is 10 minutes from my city. And in May she's back from college for good. I just wish she would unblock me and give me another chance. I liked talking to her and never had a chance to meet in person.
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For years, I thought I had a lot of things figured out. It wasn't until I learned about a key ingredient all great leaders and professionals had, that I did not. I still remember the revelation clearly, it was the summer of 2005 in a large conference room.
That day in September marked a transforming experience for me while attending an advertising conference. On the last day of the conference, I heard the keynote speaker, Bryan Dodge, tell a story about "The Richest Man In Babylon". According to Bryan, The Richest Man in Babylon is one of the best books most often recommended by professionals and executives for its principles on personal finances and it's an absolute must read.
One of Bryan's key messages that day, long ago in September of 2005, was that it's up to us to bring good information in and educate and develop ourselves – no one else will, so we must. He also commented on how we were all in sales – selling people on our ideas, our children on the friends they keep and the books they read and shows they watch. The task of sales is a way of life, not a professional title.
Bryan then went on to explain how cheap the Richest Man in Babylon was to purchase, how small it was and how quick it was to read, how valuable and helpful the content inside was and how none of us attending the conference would actually read it, except for maybe one or two people.
Bryan said:
Right now, 500 of us in the group are actually listening, about 300 of us have written the name of the book down in our conference notepad and about half of us will decide to go to the book store to buy it and out of the 150 or so that decide to go, half of those people will run other errands first and never make it to the bookstore as planned. The remaining 75 of us would get to the store, but of that group, half of us would be distracted by the coffee, bargain books and magazines, and the remaining half would actually make it to the shelf where the Richest Man in Babylon sits. From there, some of us would get distracted and look at the other books next to it instead and only about 10 of us in the entire room would actually purchase the book – and sadly, 5 of the 10 owners of the book would never attempt to read the copy they purchased – opting for the osmosis approach, and 3 of us would start reading it but never finish… But 1 or 2 of us in the entire group of more than 500, would actually read the book entirely and set their course for a new life of knowledge seeking and book reading.
That day changed my life.
I made a commitment to increase my information sources and professional development beyond just attending conferences, seminars and reading on the web. That day I purchased his DVD and series of CD's and audio workshops with $300 I didn't have to spend.
Despite the hurricane that hit my area two weeks later, the relocation of my entire family as a result while my wife was 8 months pregnant and then having our first born child 200 miles from family, the loss of all my clients and closing down my company operations, I purchased and read the book.
I WAS the one person who completed the challenge Bryan foretold. The Richest Man In Babylon, in late 2005, became my first of many books. Bryan Dodge and that book are forever endeared as a turning point in my life as a truly committed professional and knowledge seeker.
As you might have guessed, I highly recommend you read The Richest Man In Babylon and make a commitment to read it and many more thereafter.
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|since the introduction of firearms. Just as anti-gamers ignore the violence of history if it happened before vidoegames.
|You know... I hate to bring this up, but gun control arguements have alot in common with 'ban videogames' arguements. "They are responsible for all this violence!" Ignoring the fact that random violence and slayings per capita dropped dramaticly (cont.)
|Easy less guns = less killings. As the most murders are domestic, within the homes.. Btw if u are against capital-punishment - then you should also be against the killing of the complete innocent chilrdren aka abortion..
|There is probably an optimal amount of private gun ownership, and an ideal or near ideal type of gun owner. Any postion on gun ownership or gun control that ignores those points is just another instance of tossing off into the wind.
|The rest of the quote.. "for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." --Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishment,
|"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the a**aulted and better for the a**ailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides,
|Im pro-gun as well.
|"The best defense against lawless rogues who possess _______ is for law-abiding individuals to surrender their own _______________." Correct answer: Guns. We would also have accepted nuclear weapons.
|My country is proof that if guns are outlawed, only the outlaws carry guns. Our government of a**holes actually NEGOTIATES with gang leaders to curb violence. Guns are for protection. The laws need to allow ppl to use arms to protect themselves.
|i agree with LogicDude on this one. and that doesn't happen very often...lol...im a firearm owner and pretty much everyone in my community is aswell. we all have a great neighborhood connection and its safer because of it
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|So we shall flow a river forth to Thee And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomeni Patri Et Fili Spiritus Sancti.
|And Shepherds we shall be For thee, my Lord, for thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand Our feet may swiftly carry out Thy commands. (Continued.)
|Last warning boeweizer.
|No political talk here. Politifake.org ony. Thank you.
|would they kill obama or just his advisers?
|Saints are still UNDEFEATED! BAM!
|they are a little nuts, DZ but you have to admit that prayer is badass.
|I would definetely appreciate a little vigilantism... But not by two religious nutbags.... Cool movie anyway!
|Poster is an epic win
|Great movie.
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|UR AN IDIOT, thats p***bear when he wakes up in the morning. He wants his first *doink* of the day!
|Hey! I'm in the picture! Under the bed!
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SMS Marketing: The Neglected Engagement Goldmine
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SMS marketing. SMS marketing receives a response rate of 45%, while email only elicits a 6% response rate. Moreover, it's a form of communication your customers want ; approximately 70% of customers in recent studies indicated a desire for SMS communication with businesses. But despite this and the relatively low cost of SMS marketing, it's still a largely untapped marketing resource. How can your business effectively leverage SMS marketing?


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An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
I could not believe my luck when I turned on the television and this movie had just begun. Along with my long time desire to see this movie, I was pleased to learn it touched on alcoholism and starred Shirley Booth.
As a former anonymous member, I took issue with the use of last names in the meeting, though within the meeting it would be acceptable. I did LOVE how the birthdays were celebrated…No Singing!
Unfortunately, my knee went out on me during pivotal point before Doc (Burt Lancaster) "goes out" again, so I missed the "reason," though I suspect it had something to do with his attraction to Marie. The ending of the movie is very telling of a relationship between and alcoholic and a family member. Shirley Booth was perfect for the role of Lola, capturing the loneliness of her character perfectly. Apparently, Shirley Booth won an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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It hasn't been an easy weekend for racing drivers.
Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso was hospitalized with a concussion Sunday after crashing during a preseason testing session in Spain.
The McLaren-Honda driver was taken to the hospital via helicopter after the right side of his car crashed into the barrier at turn three of Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. McLaren said in a statement that Alonso "was conscious and spoke with doctors" after receiving care at the circuit's medical center.
Alonso underwent a CT scan at the hospital, where he will stay overnight for observation, the team said.
"Fortunately, he's fine, but was concussed during the accident, which therefore required an overnight stay in hospital as a precaution," said Eric Boullier, McLaren-Honda racing director. "That's normal practice after a concussion. Inevitably, some media reports have sought to exaggerate the severity of the incident – it was just a normal testing accident."
Neither McLaren nor track officials have given a reason for the crash.
McLaren has had decent pace in preseason testing, but the team has struggled with reliability as it makes the transition to the new Honda turbo engine.
Alonso's crash comes less than 24 hours after NASCAR driver Kyle Busch suffered a compound fracture to his right leg and a broken left foot following a scary-looking collision with the inside wall during Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
Busch underwent surgery and remains hospitalized. He will not race in the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
Alonso, 33, rejoined McLaren this off-season after an often tumultuous stint with the team in 2007 while racing alongside then-rookie Lewis Hamilton. Alonso joined Ferrari in 2010, but couldn't win a title with the famous marquee in his five years working with the Maranello-based team.
Ferrari tweeted, "All the best Fernando" shortly after his crash.
Alonso won consecutive titles while driving for Renault in 2005 and 2006. He has 32 career Grand Prix wins.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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One of those Sunny days at the very beginning of Sydney Wintertime. Catching warm lights before it is getting colder.
Here I match a flower print dress (MinkPink) with a simple denim shirt. I also love to hear a medium high wedge sandals (guess). They are beautiful and very comfy, looking good with any outfit.
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- A passivation technique in which the protected components and surfaces are encapsulated by glass. For instance, molten glass may be deposited upon the components and surfaces, then be allowed to be hardened. Also, such a technique utilizing a dielectric other than glass. Used, for instance, to seal semiconductor devices and chips.
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Forclaz 100 Men's Mid brown waterproof mountain hiking boots
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Key feature
These mountain hiking shoes are comfortable with the built-in cushioning, stone guard, good support and waterproof layer!
User benefits
Crosscontact soles offer an excellent compromise for flat or hilly ground.
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Breathable and waterproof membrane, designed for walking for 4 h on damp ground.
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Stone guard to protect toe area and mid-height upper for ankle support.
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440 g per shoe in size 8.
Outer sole of : 50.0% Polyurethane (PU), Outer sole of : 50.0% Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) Upper of : 40.0% Polyamide (PA), Upper of : 30.0% Polyester (PES), Upper of : 30.0% Polyurethane (PU) Lining and sock of : 70.0% Polyurethane (PU), Lining and sock of : 30.0% Polyester (PES)
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Footwear waterproofing test: tested in laboratory and actual usage conditions, the shoes are equipped with waterproof and breathable membrane to provide optimal protection from rain. First, the shoe is immersed in water while internal air pressure is applied to check that no bubbles form on the surface of the footwear. Next, shoes are fitted to a mechanical arm that simulates walking and half immersed in water so we can test that the inside remains perfectly dry.
Waterproofing level
During the waterproofing test, we test 3 levels of waterproofing: 2000 flexes (around 2 hours of walking), 4000 flexes (around 4 hours of walking) and 8000 flexes (around 8 hours of walking). Of course, after this test or in use, the shoe regains its original waterproofing once dry. The Forclaz 500 waterproof passes the 8000 flexes test.
Making waterproofing last longer
A shoe's waterproofing is often undermined by water getting in from the top of the shoe. Using waterproof gaiters or mini gaiters, it is therefore recommended to keep your feet dry for longer periods by protecting the top part of your shoes and prevent water from getting in as well as pebbles, sand, etc. Use of a re-waterproofing spray is recommended several times per year. This will help your shoes recover their original water-repellent qualities and combat outer stains.
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What size should I choose?
When taking up hiking, do not hesitate to take a size above your usual shoe size to guarantee an optimal comfort when walking downhill and to prevent your toes rubbing the tops of the shoe. Tip: nails must be cut short, and before descending, check that the laces stop the foot from slipping forward to the front of the shoe.
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All our shoes are tested in comfort and in use, by users representative of those for whom the products are designed, under conditions identical to those that you can find in use. Our "Missions Tests" put the product manager in contact with people who are not affiliated with Quechua to test, develop and validate the products.
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Other laboratory tests are also conducted to approve the quality of the following components: Arpenaz 100 high Warm shoes are waterproof for 2,000 flexes.
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The beasts within: artists tap into their wild sides for a roaring show
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'Animality' is on view until 17 December. For more information, visit the Marian Goodman Gallery website
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Rarely before have we seen such a long and varied list of contributors, as we do in Marian Goodman Gallery's group show 'Animality'. The 'cast of creatures' ranges from dogs, camels, fish to octopi, and charts a history from George Orwell to Gabriel Orozco by way of Marcel Broodthaers. Curator Jens Hoffmann, never one to turn down a challenge, has outdone himself with this wild, two-floor adventure.
Subtitled 'A Fairytale by Jens Hoffmann', the exhibition transforms Marian Goodman's bright white space into a colourful – and noisy – zoo. The packed press preview certainly helped with the latter. Culture vultures circled and swooped to their hearts content. Though it must be said, the space feels less like a caged, organised zoo, and more like jungle – where weird and wonderful creatures roam free, decontexualised, to brilliant effect.
'Octopus' by Carsten Höller, 2014. Photography: Mike Bruce. © The artist. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery
Carsten Höller's Octopus (above) almost obstructs the doorway to the darkened room in featuring Joao Maria Gusmao and Pedro Paiva's video installation. Across the floor, a slug is famously oggled by a small boy in Elmgreen & Dragset's Dawn, Fig. 2 (2016). Above the staircase, Yinka Shonibare's tight-rope walking Calf Boy balances precariously overhead.
It sounds chaotic, but thanks to Hoffmann's sensitivity and coherent vision, it somehow ties together without trouble. The curator left his post as deputy director at New York's Jewish Museum in March with the intention of working with exhibitions in a more hands-on way. Here, he seems to let loose his pent-up creativity. 'Jens is not afraid to think big and has no shortage of creative ideas,' explains Courtney Plummer, director of Marian Goodman Gallery. 'He is very conscientious about contextualising the work and making sure there are layers of content and perspectives from which to consider.'
From left, 'Silverback self portrait with prominent belly, trying to remember how to use my opposable thumb in indelible, diverse and kinky ways' by Abraham Cruzvillegas, 2016; and 'Camel (Albino) Contemporary Needle (Large)' by John Baldessari, 2013
Upstairs, John Baldessari's imposing albino camel (above) deservedly takes centre stage. It remains humorously surprising, no matter how many times you've seen it in the white-bone flesh. Abraham Cruzvillegas' glossy ink and acrylic paintings, created earlier this year, are another marked highlight. Touching upon Hoffmann's more serious theme of animals edging into extinction, Cruzvillegas paints a series of silverback gorillas, each ever more gently than the last, fading into obscurity, so the final portrait is difficult to make out.
Plummer tells us that this exhibition has taken about a year to pull together. It's not surprising – with over 70 works to peruse 'Animality' is an overwhelming feat, aided by the range of artistic mediums on display (photography, film, sculpture, historical artefact, painting, installation). This adds to the sheer, confusing joy of it. With rules being continuously rewritten in the human political realm of late, it seems apt that Hoffman rewrites the rules of the animal kingdom too, where peacocks perform happily aside keen-eyed tigers, and octopi line the floors, ready to trip ill-prepared humans up.


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On February 9, 2015, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued the public version of Order No. 36 (dated January 27, 2015) in Certain Footwear Products (Inv. No. 337-TA-936).
By way of background, this investigation is based on an October 14, 2014 complaint filed by Converse Inc. ("Converse") alleging violation of Section 337 in the importation into the U.S. and sale of certain footwear products that infringe U.S. Trademark Registration Nos. 4,398,753; 3,258,103; and 1,588,960. Additionally, Converse alleged violation of Section 337 based upon unfair competition/false designation of origin, common law trademark infringement and unfair competition, and trademark dilution. See our October 15, 2014 and November 14, 2014 posts for more details on the complaint and Notice of Investigation, respectively.
According to the Order, New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. ("New Balance") filed a motion to intervene as a Respondent in the investigation pursuant to Commission Rule 210.19. Specifically, New Balance argued that: (1) its motion is timely; (2) it has an interest relating to the property; (3) its ability to protect its interest would be impaired by the general exclusion order sought by Converse; (4) its interests cannot be adequately represented by the existing parties as none have an incentive to protect New Balance's designs; and (5) the investigation is at an early stage and that intervention will not unduly delay or prejudice the adjudication of the rights of the original parties. All parties to the investigation either supported or did not oppose New Balances' motion to intervene.
ALJ Bullock agreed with New Balance's argument that the five factors noted above all favorably support its motion to intervene. Furthermore, ALJ Bullock held that it is possible that New Balance's shoes could be found to violate Section 337 with respect to Converse's asserted trademarks. Accordingly, ALJ Bullock granted New Balance's motion to intervene and, further, granted New Balance's request to be given full Respondent status.


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Jesus Is Worthy – Sermon Audio
I spoke at Five Points Community Church of Auburn Hills, Michigan this past Sunday. You can listen the sermon I preached, Jesus Is Worthy, from their website. Windows Media MP3 Download
Swift-Growing Trees
One evening I was reading on the porch enjoying the cool of the evening. The sun set and the light faded. I put my book away and enjoyed the cool evening and the lights blinking on in the darkening night. The moon rose into the eastern sky. It looked big as it always does when […]
If you are interested in weight management you should consider the historic Christian discipline of fasting for reasons different than you probably think. Fasting should not be seen as a weight-loss method. Fasting is focusing our attention and affection on God. Fasting is delighting in God over food.
Zeal… and Planning
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It's a coolish winters day. The kind where the sky is a soft grey blanket and even the sun struggles to get going.
Hibernation seems to be the only acceptable thing to do and yet, like all things, the day must move forward.
Jobs to do, people to see, places to go and a brain that struggles to switch off.
There are moments when we all long for, yearn even, for a lull in our life. A break from the steady stream of jobs to do and the onslaught of information coming at us in a mobile world.
I dreamed the other day of a retreat into the wilderness; a cabin by myself, without WiFi, phone or television. Without a job to do, washing to clean, meals to make, kids to taxi about….oh I could go on!
The day was stiflingly standard in its course: wake, breaky, bundle kids out the door, work, meeting, pick up kids, dinner done, kids in bed, clean crap, stagger to shower and bed.
Lying in the darkness at the end of a day, with my free fleeting minutes of private thought, I even toyed with the idea of booking into a Buddhist sanctuary for some practice in soothing solitude.
Ah, to find some balance. To arrive at that place of contentment.
I've Arrived…Not!
We convince ourselves that a break away from the busyness of the everyday, is just around the corner; in our next lot of holidays or once this job is finished, but like all things in life, we never really 'arrive'.
The holiday ended up being frenetic, the kids got sick and there is still a burgeoning pile of things to do upon our return.
That job ended, but now it's on to the next one before I fall behind on things.
And of course in always trying to keep up, the lists grow long and time sensing this, seems to sink into the ethos.
I'm a hopeless optimist and without fail, at the end of a working week I convince myself that come the weekend, I'll be able to catch up – 'do it all!'.
As if by some curious magic, time will slow on a Saturday and Sunday and I'll be at my most willing and able to perform any number of planned feats.
I will have caught up come Monday. Arrived!
But of course, it's just a disaster on weekly repeat which only adds to that sense of failure in striking the illusive 'balance'.
Planning fallacy I've discovered recently, is actually a semi-technical term given to this very real condition! It's the tendency to underestimate the time needed to do things.
I reckon it's indicative of how my brain works in also overestimating what actually needs to get done.
Is Balance Best?
So do we ever really get to that place of balance? A place of calm and contentment, where work and our private lives find some happy middle ground?
Do we ever really 'arrive'?
There seems to exist (at least in my mind) a stubborn idea that life should never really be 'go, go, go' all the time.
And yet, THAT IS LIFE.
That is exactly its function: to be, to exists, to remain constant. The alternative is lifelessness. And, well….. that's not going to work out!
So rather than wishing for it to all just slow down at times, it becomes this battle for balance – one
I fear we should never have attempted to engage in from the start.
It's relatively unrealistic to imagine that 'balance' is something we could even hope to achieve, considering the nature of our lives today.
And yet we talk about 'finding balance' in our life like it's the natural order of things. The right or best way to be.
Like our mental state, if we're not of sound mind all the time, some thing's wrong.
But of course, I'm yet to find anybody who's all 'there', all the time. Each of us are just a little weird, up and down, unique entities in our own right.
Just so, our lives area a constant hum of activities that involve all aspects of us: our family life, our work, our relationships, our social interactions, all merging and melting into one.
The scales naturally are constantly shifting as we navigate our way through the myriad of roles we take on and stability remains illusive.
Just being OK with this, might lighten our load.
Perhaps like the seasons, we too should see this constant battle for balance, as our natural state.
The norm as it were.
Maybe then we could give up the futile fight for balance and our ambitions to 'arrive' in life and see the persistent tussle as the truest way to live.


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Here is the third great installment I found on book tours, from a company that is closing their doors soon, so I thought I would pass it on to you guys!
Sometimes there are so many pieces involved in promotions and you want to have every detail perfect that you end up not ever getting your campaign going. It's really important to know the pieces involved, but to also remember that what's more important than being 'perfect' is to JUST DO IT! In this article Kevin describes some of the things you can think about before your book promotion. Enjoy.
All the best,
Book Promotion: Getting Your House in Order
So far in our series, we've discussed how best to describe your book in an airtight sentence and who your first group of readers will be. This week, we're going to pull back a bit.
Imagine that you're in the weeks and months right before your book is published. What's the best way to get ready for the big day? How much time will it take and what needs doing? All of these questions are part of the answer to the one that keeps authors awake at night when they have a new book on the horizon.
How ready would you like to feel?
When entertaining guests, we clean the house and stock the icebox. Before a trip, we pack a suitcase and notify the neighbors. We do this because the best antidote for fear of the unexpected is readiness. Just as you won't be a good host if you don't plan for your guest's arrival, you'll be a lousy spokesperson for your book if you don't get ready before its due date. Put more simply…
In order to best promote your book, make sure your own house is in order.
Anyone who has thrown a party knows that readiness does not mean scurrying about when the doorbell rings. Preparing to promote one's book requires time and effort in advance of the publication day. The normal amount of prep time needed for book promotion is 3-6 months. For what? You might cry with surprise. I'm about to tell you. And before you think I'm being excessive, think of how long it took you to write your book. Do you want to skimp on your efforts now, right before it's time for your book to find its readers?
How do you get ready? I break it down into three parts: 1) your calendar 2) your team 3) your online presence
Your Calendar: Clear it.
A diligent and thoughtful promotion effort takes three to six months of preparation and at least that much once the book is published. So to give your book both a fighting chance, we're talking about a year. Sometimes it's more. A lot less and your book will suffer.
We both know life won't stop because you've got a book coming. So while it'd be unreasonable for me to say "clear a year on your calendar," it's also smart not to actively court major life changes during this crucial time.
That may sound like an obvious warning, but after a decade in publishing, I'm still amazed by how often authors decide that the weeks and months leading up to their book's publication are exactly the right time to get married, have a baby, buy a house, change jobs, schedule major surgery, join the circus, etc.
Now is not the time for any of those things. Promoting your book, if done properly, will be at least a part-time job—more, if all goes well. And you want to be available for more interviews, more events, more everything should your book start to find its readers.
Promoting your book will be plenty hard. Don't let your schedule stand in the way of your success.
Your Team: Talk to it.
We may write alone, but most do not live that way. Even though book promotion requires substantial time and energy, our families, friends, and coworkers will not vanish and let us devote ourselves fully to it.
But they can help, and will, if you ask. Three to six months before pub date is the time to start communicating with the key players in your life. Let your job know that you might need to take some days off or start socking away vacation time. Enlist your spouse and family to help out and reward them afterward with the vacation you will have to postpone now. (I once worked with an author who had scheduled a three-week no-Internet-access vacation for the week after her publication day. Guess how well her book sold?) As we discussed last week, your friends are your best allies. Now is the time to start prepping them for what lies ahead. And what lies ahead for you may be travel, late night events, extra hours at your laptop, and radio interviews at 5 AM.
And that's if you're promoting well.
Most importantly, if you are working with a publisher and/or a publicist, three to six months is the time to open lines of communication. A short, thoughtful email (four to six lines) to your editor saying you'd like to be introduced to your publicist is perfectly appropriate. If you won't have a publicist, that same email is meant to clarify with your publisher who has what marketing responsibilities. Are they handling pitching reviewers and mailing galleys, or are you? Who is scheduling events? The answers vary but they will never be "sit still, we'll take care of it." You will be working. Now is the time to get clear on what and how much.
A word here about manners. Your publisher and/or publicist is a skilled professional with a demanding job. Yours is likely not the only book they are handling. Now is the time to state that you trust their judgment and are ready to be a hard working member of the team. "Put me to work!" your communication should convey. This is not the time for demands, blurted expectations, or "I won't dos." Rudeness or rigidity will sour your publisher on you and your book. And do you really want to do that to your book before it's even been published?
Your Online Presence: Build it.
You will need an author website. A website takes time and money. Three to six months before pub date is a good time to start.
An ideal author's website will be professionally designed (that means by someone who designs websites for a living, not your niece between homework and band practice) and will cost between $500-$1000. The domain name should be yourname.com or yournamewriter.com if you have a common name. Remember, the Internet is a big, unruly place. You want it to be as easy as possible for you and your book to be found.
A quality author website will contain pages for your biography, your book, news/events/happenings related to your promotional efforts, and a contact page with your email and that of your publicist. That's all you need. With writers' websites, less is often more. Music, animation, or a lot of fancy graphics are a distracting waste and come off as desperate. Your website should focus on conveying the most useful information to a prospective reader as quickly as possible
To find a good website designer, visit the websites of authors you respect who have new books coming out. A clear, simple, dignified website was designed by someone good. Their email will be at the bottom of the page. Contact two or three designers and see how you get along. A good designer will answer your questions promptly and with patience and clarity. A lousy designer will be short, thoughtless, tardy, or will not listen. Don't give them your money, no matter how pretty talented they seem.
Should you set up a blog? A Facebook page? A Twitter account?
Can you maintain it? A blog is a continuously updated set of short writings. A Twitter account is a continuous stream of 140 characters updated several times a day. Do these sound like tasks you'd be willing to maintain for the duration of the promotion process? Because a poorly maintained blog/Twitter/Facebook page is worse than none at all.
We'll be discussing which technologies to use on the marketing trail in a future segment. For now, three to six months is the time to start learning about these basic social media tools. Ask a friend or another author who uses them well to walk you through. Or just do a Google search on "How do I use Twitter to promote my book?" These are called "social media" for a reason. How to use them is not a state secret.
Exercise: It's three to six months before your book is going to be published. Begin clearing your calendar, assembling your team, and researching your website and social media tools. Then tell us in the comment section how it's going.
BookTour.com launched a ten-part series on Book Promotion called "Everything you Wanted to Know about Book Promotion but were Afraid to Ask" written by CEO Kevin Smokler. Kevin has been advising authors and publishers on marketing and promotion for nearly a decade and has written and lectured on the topic throughout North America.
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A Review: Panasonic's Countertop Induction Oven—Underdone
Wired—February 15, 2017
Panasonic gave a splashy introduction to its Countertop Induction Oven at this year's CES, promising to get tasty dinners on the table in record time by blasting them with impressive-sounding technology.
This oven, aka the CIO, pairs an induction burner—which uses an electromagnet to heat a pan on the oven floor—with more traditional infrared burners up top. At $600, the CIO is very pricey, but I've got a soft spot for induction burners, usually in the form of a stovetop or standalone plug-in burner, and the whole idea sounded like it had potential.
Perhaps I should have stopped there…Read the full review in Wired.


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Life has its up's and its downs, it varies and is painful sometimes. It is inexplicable and
indescribable, but also a gift, something treasured that everyone deserves, even with all the difficulty
and hardship faced in it.
Hardship and difficulty has always been a part of life and always will be. The difficulty life gives
us helps us learn from our mistakes and develop something t0 compare the good things in our life to,
because without those difficulties in our lives we would have no idea what is easy or good because there
would be no hard or bad to compare them to. That ability to compare makes life exciting and keeps it
that way. It ensures life is always worth living and that is the way it should be; Worth Living.
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I am a high school senior with a strong interest in psychology and philosophy; my interest in psychology stems from my analytical thinking, I analyze just about everything. It is similar for philosophy except that everything is more in theory than in fact. These all compound to create the reason why I joined HNWF; self help type stuff has a lot of psychological principles in it and surrounding it. I joined because I was surrounded by it and the idea of being part of it interested me.


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Failure doesn't happen overnight; it takes some time to build up to it. Wrong decisions in life, inconsistent attitude, poor management skills, lack of time management, sloppy investment and such factors eventually lead to the ultimate demise of a company or a person.
Once Upon a Time | There was Nokia and Palm:
Coming to Microsoft and saying that this company is headed to failure, that's a big thing. I mean who would want to hear that? Millions of people use Microsoft products? Tons of people have Windows OS installed in their computers, we grew up using Windows 98 (ah, the classic times) and we want to see Microsoft expanding – at least that's what most of us want…
You think about the Microsoft boat sinking, and you're probably saying, "Cmon, it's Bill Gates, man! How could they lose or head to the sinkhole?" But here's the truth; companies do fail and it happens one way or another. What about Nokia? What about Palm? Some people are still making themselves believe that Nokia is rocking these days.
The last time I wrote an article about Nokia; the guys at Reddit were like, "Whaaaaaa???? I still have a Nokia blah blah handset and it is better than XYZ model." But that's not the majority there. From a general perspective, Nokia's overall demand and stock shares have dwindled down. Google, alongside, Android is having one hell of a time making sales and that's the truth!
Coming to Palm – it's the same story. The PDA Company was once very famous for its ingenious handsets. What happened over the passage of time? They didn't diversify. Changes were not made at the right time and eventually, the company was gobbled up with bigger fish in the tank.
Four Good Reasons Why Microsoft is headed to Failure:
Tami Reller, Microsoft's Chief Marketing officer said that the company sold over 40 million Windows 8 licenses since October 26. Wow, Tammy, that's a huge number – 40 million, impressive, isn't it? On the contrary, finance experts who write columns in the Times and New York Magazine cited poor sales figure for both Windows 8 and the latest devices associated with it.
And it doesn't stop there. Wait for it… wait for it… the NPD guys have got a much darker perspective of Microsoft's future. They say that Windows PCs and Windows 8 sales, over the last few weeks, have dropped down by a whopping 21% at major U.S. retailers. Don't bother to ask about Windows tablet statistics – they are like nonexistent.
To say that Microsoft is headed to failure because of Windows is, once again, a big thing again. Windows is just part of many products that the company is known for. But then again, Windows is the major produce which Microsoft was, is and will be known for. Let's take a look at some of the mistakes that Microsoft is making these days:
- Expensive Upgrades
Do the math here. You have more than one Windows machines and you spent a minimum of $40 on each. Now there is a huge probability that you don't have Windows 8 OS installed there. You'd have to have a touch based system to explore Windows 8 OS to its full potential.
This takes me to the cost factor. Even if you have Windows 7 installed, you will need to spend additional money for each license upgrade. Is it worth it? What are your options? What's the tradeoff? Exactly how much value is Windows 8 going to give you for your money? Please consider these questions before doing anything.
- What? Windows 8 Incompatibility Issues with Microsoft Surface Tablet?
Last time in one of my articles, I wrote about a day outside one of Microsoft Surface retailers. It was fun but the memory turned into a nightmare soon. When I came home, I realized that the Douchebaguettes back at the store didn't tell me that Microsoft Surface tablet is not compatible with Windows 8 Pro Edition!
To anyone, it will come as a shock. I mean, you buy the Microsoft Surface Tablet RT and you expect it to be awesome. The next thing you know is that someone is telling you about limitations concerning this device. No Windows 8 Pro for Surface tab is like a real kick in the, well you know where.
What Microsoft Surface RT does run is Windows RT edition. That's it!
- Overpriced Products
Overpriced products are one thing. People are willing to spend money on expensive stuff but it has to be worth it, right? Apple, whenever releases the iDevices, people buy it no matter how expensive they are. Except for the little group of price conscious folks, most of the Apple loyalist community seems to be unaffected.
Coming to Microsoft, let's take the Surface Pro Tablet as a fine example of a device that starts at $900! Wow, you are paying an extra $100 for the keyboard. Why not go and buy something cheaper, like, an Ultrabook for twice the battery life and cheaper price?
- It's a Touch Screen. No, Wait, It's Not a Touch Screen
There is a bit of confusion surrounding latest Microsoft Windows products. From software perspective, it is Windows 8, since it is the most recent invention. From hardware perspective, it is an entire line of Surface tablets from the same company.
Compare these two products with what other companies have to offer. At the moment, yes, touch based technology is a new thing – I acknowledge it. However, touch based stuff is not the only stuff in demand. There are tons of laptops, notebooks and computing devices that stand against Windows 8 and other Microsoft recent releases.
When my friends ask me whether they should be investing money in Windows 8 or Microsoft Surface tabs, I tell them to wait. There is Sony and Dell to consider. I am also in love with Lenovo – not all of its products, yes, some of them. There's Acer Aspire to consider too. The thing is that with so much competition out there, where is Microsoft's competitive edge?
In the end, there is that fake commenting sham that Microsoft is being known for these days. With so much stuff going on inside and outside the company, who knows what future has in store. What do you think about Bill Gates' company? Let us know through the comments below.


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Kristen Sigler 4/30/06
Hi Kristin,
Elizabeth Garrow was my wife'sgreat grandmother on her mother's side.I have that she wasborn 26 Oct 1872and died 2 Oct 1928.She originally married Cary Richardson (abt 1866) and they had two children : Zelda Richardson (abt 1894) and Raymond Richardson (at 1894).After Richardson died, Elizabeth married Neil LeClaire on 5 Oct 1901.Elizabeth had two additional children with Neil, namely Gladys LeClaire (1902-1983) and Neil LeClaire, Jr (abt 1904).Neil eventually worked as a cook, e.g. for the Henry Ford family and owned several restaurants.After Elizabeth's death, he remarried and moved to California.Neil LeClaire, Jr became an accountant in Illinois. My wife is descended from Neil and Elizabeth through Gladys.
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What is this crazy thing called triathlon? Three sports in one event—usually swim, bike, and run, and usually in that order. It's a great way to expand your skill set and your approach to training. You'll probably have a background in one of the three sports, and you'll probably find another is challenging. Good! Challenge is how you grow. I guarantee you'll learn about yourself and redefine your perceived limits in the sport of triathlon.
Here is part 1 of a three-part getting-started plan to turn you—yes, you—into a triathlete. In this installment, we'll examine equipment and choosing a race, with a training plan to give you four weeks of base-building in each discipline. In part 2, I'll explain how to combine workouts and how to make a quick transition from swim to bike and from bike to run, including a look at what to wear. Your second four-week plan will involve some combination (or "brick") workouts, as well as a focus on speed. Finally, part 3 will prep you for race day, with four weeks of race-specific workouts and a timeline and equipment checklist to get you ready to do your best on race day!
There's no way around it: you need some gear for triathlon. At the very least, you need a bike in working order. At the upper end, you could get a custom-built titanium bike with carbon aerobars, electronic shifters, an integrated drink system, and race wheels with a power meter. (Got $15,000 rattling around in your pocket?)
Here's what you'll need to get started training for your first race. Most items you'll already own or be able to borrow. You can upgrade later, if you love the sport (you will).
- Goggles that fit well. You can test fit by opening the case at the store (it's fine!), pressing the lenses against your eyes, and seeing if they will stick momentarily without use of the strap. If not, keep looking.
- A wetsuit, if you'll be swimming in a cold body of water. You can borrow or rent one for the race, or get by without if the water temperature is over 70 or so (depending on your cold tolerance).
- A bike. Road bikes are great; hybrids and mountain bikes work too, especially if you can put on smooth, more narrow tires. Triathlon bikes come later in your career. (So do clipless pedals, unless you are already comfortable with these, in which case bike shoes and cleats are part of your equipment.) Your bike should be comfortable to ride. If it isn't, take it to your local bike shop and see if they can tweak the fit. If you are considering buying a new bike, take extra care to choose a frame that fits you. You can change out everything else later on—including the color—but if it doesn't fit, in the best case it will be uncomfortable to ride for any length of time, and in the worst case it will be unsafe to ride.
- A helmet. Your helmet should fit snugly and hit mid-brow. Don't wear it loose, and don't wear it like an Easter bonnet.
- A bike pump. Pump your tires before every ride. (Tires have a cheat sheet: they give a range of PSI on the sidewall. Aim for the center of the range.)
- Good running shoes. Find more on run equipment in Get a Running Start.
Obviously, you'll also need workout clothes, including a swimsuit, a supportive bra, and sun protection. We'll discuss race-day clothing in part 2.
Each year, the number of triathlons grows. You probably have many races to choose from in your area. Look for a sprint or super-sprint triathlon. If there are women-only races nearby, you'll find they are a great way to try out the sport in a warm, super-supportive environment. Women's race series include Athleta Iron Girl, Trek Women's Triathlon Series, Danskin Triathlon Series, SheRox and Ramblin' Rose.
You'll find races online at Active.com, TriFind.com, and USA Triathlon's website.
If you aren't comfortable swimming in open water, look for an event with a pool swim. In these races, each athlete has her own individual start time, and the swim distances are shorter. If you feel strong on the bike, look for an event where the bike is proportionally longer (18 miles, say, instead of the 12 or so more common in a super-sprint event). If running is your thing, you might choose a race with a trail run, to let your technical skills shine. Also consider whether you like the heat or would prefer an early- or late-season race, when temperatures are cooler.
Each article in this three-part series will suggest four weeks of training for you. If your race is more than 12 weeks out, you can repeat a block once or twice. Since rest is important to your improvement, the fourth week of each cycle should be easier, to allow for absorption of the progressively harder work in the preceding three weeks.
As you should as you begin any new physical regimen, please check with your health-care practitioner before you start.
Here's how your weeks could look:
|Swim, bike
|Rest or easy swim or bike
|Swim, bike
|Swim, bike
|Rest or easy swim or bike
|Swim, bike
|Swim, bike
|Rest or easy swim or bike
|Swim, bike
|Swim, bike
|Rest or easy swim or bike
|Swim, bike
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Note that, contrary to my running plans here on the chi, this table gives only suggestions of which sport to slot on a given day. All of your workouts should be easy and conversational at this stage, building an aerobic base and giving your body time to adapt to working in three sports at once.
Your personal comfort with swimming, cycling, and running will dictate how long each workout lasts. If you are new to swimming, twenty minutes in the pool, resting on the wall between each length, might be a killer workout. If you swam in high school or college, you might be able to pound out 4,000 yards in an hour and feel great. Similarly, if you are gaining confidence on the bike, you might find that twenty or thirty minutes of tooling around your neighborhood is plenty of work; alternatively, you might be up for a two-hour group ride if cycling is your thing. Ultimately, you'll do well to have your peak bike ride take as long as your entire race will. That way, you'll be confident that you have the endurance to go the distance.
The run, however, is where you need to be consistent. Build up to running (or run/walking) 30 minutes easy. If you are already there, you could slowly build that up to 45 minutes or more, in increments of no more than ten minutes added to the longest workout of your week. And since running is an impact sport, you should stay (or become) consistent in the number of times per week you run, so that your body can adapt to the stress. In this case, I suggest three. Swim and bike, however, are nonimpact sports (provided you stay upright on the bike!), so if you would like to add a third, easy workout in either of these sports, that's fine. If weather doesn't allow for outside riding, you can substitute riding a gym bike or taking a Spinning class, but remember that nothing compares to being on the bike you'll race in.
Strength training, including Pilates and yoga, can be part of your plan, too. You might slot these workouts after your runs. For more on combining yoga and endurance-sports training, please see my books The Athlete's Guide to Yoga and The Athlete's Pocket Guide to Yoga.
For now, choose a race, get together your equipment, and enjoy your swimming, cycling, and running. In Part 2, we look at how to put them together into combinations that will begin to approximate your race-day experience.


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Investors often underperform their expected returns. In particular, this is common among so called "value investors". Whatever method they used to determine the value ( Relative valuation, discounted-cash flow, p/e, pe/g.pb, etc) may prove worthless if the company does conduct efficicent operations. There are two key measures which any "value investor" should employ against those in the industry and the market as a whole.
1) Earnings Yield- Many people familiar with this but don't employ it correctly. The quality of earnings is the first step, in other words remove any one time items and either remove reoccuring income from other sources or normalize it. In essence this will reveal the quality of earninigs from operations which are more likely to exist in the future. The adjustment is determining the earninigs yield by dividing enterprise value to eps (EV/EPS). EV = Current share price * shares outstanding - cash and marketable securities + debt. After you compute this ratio you merely take the reciprocal .. 1/(EV/EPS). A quick example: Company A earned 40 million from operations. It has 120 million in debt and 15million in cash. They have 75 million shares oustanding and the current price is 4$/share.EV=4*75million+120million-15million = 405 million. Earnings Yield: 405/40= 9.87%Using the reciprical of the Pe would give an artificially high EY = 300/40= 13.33%
2) Measuring the efficiency of a company's operation: This is done by taking Pre-tax Return on capital. There multiple firms who look like a deal but have low return on capital. This is very easy to calculate: EBT/Net PPE.
Conlcusion: When comparing what your determine "values" add the earnings yield and return on capital toghether. Do this for other players in the industry or other equities. Obviously there are exceptions. But you can negate some of this by using forward measures of these going out as long as you think you can accurately project. Joel Greenblatt wrote about this is a very small book with a bad title but it is very telling.
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Children who have high self-esteem have an easier time handling conflicts, resisting negative pressures, and making friends. They laugh and smile more and have a generally optimistic view of the world and their life. It is easier for them join in, will use words to express themselves, interact with others, are happy and confident, they try to do new things, respect themselves, overall they are socially better. Children with low self-esteem have a difficult time dealing with problems, are overly self-critical, and can become passive, withdrawn, and depressed, not feeling the need to try. They may hesitate to try new things, may speak negatively about themselves, are easily frustrated, and often see temporary problems as permanent conditions. The importance of self-esteem is not only played out in the emotional health of the child, but in the child's ability to succeed in society.
Help your child to become confident in the themselves by giving the tools to do so. Place your child in situations to work on this and instead of doing it for them allow them to do it on their own.
Here are 7 neat ways to help a child develop self confidence from Susan Case of kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com:
- Focus on your child's strengths making them feel special, important, and wanted. Every day, give them compliments and hugs and tell them you love them. The most precious words will then be heard by you, "I wuuvv u, too."
- Focus fifteen minutes a day per child of interrupted one-on-one time. Great results may be seen with only fifteen minutes of uninterrupted concentration on a child. Then they may have the desire and confidence to play/work/learn on their own giving you some down time. Turn off the phone, or put it on silent, so that it won't be disruptive to your child's special time. Adults can usually wait awhile for your phone or email response.
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- Provide choices such as, "Would you like to wear the green shirt or the yellow shirt?" If you are staying home, let them choose what to wear, or make as many choices as is reasonable. In Katie's case, perhaps telling Munchkin many times that she looks beautiful in any color will solve the dress problem. Children do not care about labels in clothes, they just want to be comfortable, have fun, and feel good about themselves. Perhaps Katie could buy some inexpensive dresses in different colors at a thrift shop and put back the Easter dress for that special day. What little girl doesn't like to dress up in mom's old dresses, shoes and hats? Throw in a boa, old purse, and tea set and I bet Munchkin will feel beautiful and special for many hours of imaginative play.
- Provide opportunities for your child to help and praise them frequently. Use a sticker chart or draw happy faces on the calendar when your child has wonderful behavior or learns something new. Treat them to something special when the stickers or happy faces have accumulated to a pre-determined number. The best rewards cost little—except your time. Counting the stickers will reinforce math also.
- Help your child make a book, box or sack titled I Like Me! Include their letter scribbles, drawings, and photos. Print their words on the front or back showing that letters have meaning. Putting the date will help you realize how fast they are learning and developing. Re-reading their book will build confidence, vocabulary and the desire to create more art while they learn in the process Read the notes and book on days when you wonder: Who's child is this? What was I thinking?