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July 31, 2009
Today, I was, or maybe was not confronted by someone from my past. Obviously, this guy knew me, so he had to have technically been from my past, but since I'm not 100% sure who this was, I say maybe. This person, I kind of recognized, but at the time I had no idea who it was, approached me, and said my name. Being a friday, and being that I did not know this guy for certain, and if I did, didn't like him. He said my name twice, then asked me if I was who i actually am. Of course, I said no. He proceeded to tell me how much I look like this guy he knows (me). I told him I get that all the time, and have been told I look like a wide range of people. One time in particular this chick told me I looked like the guy who played Rudy. I then cried the rest of the day. Anywho, this guy, who I was slowly starting to realize who he was, or may have been, insisted I was who he thought I was, which of course was me. If he was who I thought he was, I had no desire to talk to him anyway, one cause he's a total trainwreck of a person, and two, it's Friday. So yeah, I pretended to not be me, which happens about every 8 months or so, and is hillarious. I didn't owe this guy money or anything, just don't particularly like him, assuming he was who I thought. So if you have approached me in the past, and I pretended to not be me, sorry. You should have held me down, and looked at my drivers license, to confirm my existance. It's nice to be not in anyway important, so you can pull off the "You got the wrong guy" move. Recently I had Delino Deshields do this very thing to me. Unlike Delino, I only get asked this about once or twice a year. We must have asked him 30 times that night, if he was Delino Deshields. He managed to deny it the whole time. So well done me, and even more well done Delino. I finally have someone to look up to.
A free case of beer for anyone who guesses the guy who thought I was me. Here's the hints.
Went to EHS, but may not have graduated there, or anywhere. Was supposed to be in the class of '97, but may have been held back a time or two. Served a good deal of time behind bars. Is surprisingly alive still. He was a bad person, by all standards.
Happy hunting!
Chris beats a phobia!
July 30, 2009
Today, I stepped it up a notch, and overcame sheer terror, and broke free from the shackles of phobia. All my life, I have been terrified of riding on an escalator while wearing sandals, or flip-flops. Today, I rode the shit out of an escalator, while wearing flops. I've never been so proud. Sure, the urine puddle I left behind likely shorted out the whole unit, but I got it done. I am a free man. Next up, my fear of the bastard alien movie E.T. I have no plans on watching it, or hearing that creepy them song, but I know I'll be strong, if I ever have to. I am a man!
Breaking Down the Beer Summit
July 30, 2009
Call it what you will, but the term Beer Summit seems to be what the media is going with, so we'll follow suit. I beileve the term Beer summit, has no place here, and should notbe taken lightly. The term "Beer Summit" should only be used for an occassion of the greatest beer drinking magnitude, a showdown between two raging alchie's, or a gathering of guys who own really famous breweries, not for 4 guys nursing beers in a backyard.
Much has been debated about race, society, and now beer in all of this. This being the arrest of the black harvard professor. I've decided it's time to get to the bottom of all this, once and for all.
Is this an act of Racism? Does this reveal the current state of race realtions in America? Does this show us anything about descrimination, or police profiling? Is beer the greatest negotiating tool since sex? The answers, in order are No, No, No, No, and yes. Sorry America, Hooray Beer.
This is a touchy subject, but lets dive in head first. Yes, it is unfortunate, that anyone gets arrested for breaking into their own house, even though that's not what the original arrest was for. However, both parties involved in the original act, can accept blame, but I'm going to play jury and solve this sucka.
Based on what I've read, and it is quite a bit, as the Reds are now completely un-watchble, and I sat for 45 minutes getting an oil change, and read USA Today. I read an account, from both Professor Gates (whom we will refer to as either Black Dude, or Professor), and the cop Whom we will refer to as Cop), based on their words. Here's what went down. Some chick was driving by, and saw two dudes forcing open a door in a house, and then going inside. A few robberies had taken place of recent, in this area that she knew about. She calls 911. I can buy this, just playing it safe. Cop arrives, sees black dude, who is pissed off, inside said house, since he either lost his key, or it didn't work, and he just got back from the airprot, and may have contracted swine flu. Black dude sees him. They lock eyes. Black dude claims "his hair stood up on the back of his neck" (He has wrote several famous pieces on race in America). Cop had heartburn from Dunkin Donuts Coffee (It is Mass.) Black dude opens door (sans force) and is pissed off. Cop acts all Coppish. Black dude gets real pissed, tosses him his I.D. (Black dude claims it was his drivers license with his address, Cop claims it was a Harvard ID badge, no address) Cop can't bend over to look at it, from all the Dunkin Donuts (they have one on every block near Boston) Cop, who thinks he has walked in on a burglary in progress, does not want to enter the house, as the 911 call reported 2 men entering the house. (The Professor's driver was the other dude, he already left, most likely to go to DunkinDonuts) Cop asks Black Dude to step out onto the porch. Black dude claims all his years of studying race, and police profiling were coming to fruition"right on my front porch" Black dude says "I'll meet your mama on my porch" Cop gets pissed, black dude, even more so. lack dude again refuses to step outside, more cops arrive, pissed they had to leave the Dunkin Donuts 90 feet down the street. Screaming ensues, and what could have been easily handled, is now a full blown race issue, and national news.
Here's the deal. I respect cops, at least those who do their job the way they are meant to. They face unknown dangers every day, and too many cops have died because they let their guard down, or they allowed themselves to get into a situation they could not control. Now, cops who sit, completely avoiding the whole "protect and serve" thing, and try to make a few quick traffic stops, on people who are barely breaking a law, or are otherwise to threat to anyone, are the lowest forms of life on earth. I recently witnessed someone very close to me getting pulled over at night, by a small town cop, with a Clint Eastwood complex, for doing nothing at all. It was after 11 at night, so the cop was looking for a quick DUI arrest, and maybe a joint bust or something even more lucrative. This person, had broken no laws (this cop claims he ran a stop sign, even though he stopped to wait for the car to his right to proceed). The cop whipped past me, with no lights on, hauling ass, in a 25 MPH zone, in a sleepy little town. Within minutes, the cop had him out of the car, giving him sobriety tests, that had countless times been rules in-admissiblein many, many courts. I witnessed it all, as I had ninja crawled up to the scene, with a claw hammer at ready, just in case this cop tried to take it too far. This douche cop, ended up letting him go, as he had done nothing wrong, and he needed to get back to his hiding spot to catch other hard core criminals. Cops who act like this, should be tarred and feathered.
The Boston cop was not acting this way. He was not seaking out the situation. From all he knew, he was first on the scene of a crime, as someone had dialed 911, and someone was in this house, and they were not acting cool, and calm, like the owner of the house should. Black Dude, was just having a bad day, and it got way worse, way too quickly, but partly because of his actions. Cops need to be authority figures. When they tell you to do something, you still have to do it, fair or not. This is notprofiling, this is cops. Cops talk this way to white people too. When a cop asks you to step out onto the porch, you step out onto the porch. You don't say "I'll see your MaMaon the porch" This is what gets you arrested, not your skin color. Even though Black Dude was being a dick, he didn't need to be arrested, but he pretty much painted the cop into the corner, and the cop did what cops do. Plain and simple. This is notracism. It's pretty simple. If anything, it's reverse racism. Lets say a white dude in a East St. louis says to a cop whom is on his porch, and asks him to step outside "I'll see your mama on my porch" and then gets arrested. Lets not even consider what color this cops skin is. What is gonna happen? White guy is going to get arrested, post bail, show up to court, and pay a fine. No news stories, no debating, and sure as hell no Beer Summit's. Simple as that. White guys not likely to get his charges dropped either. What happened, was a cop doing his job, confronting a pissed off dude, who insulted him, and refused to cooperate, and then used his power a little too much, and arrested the guy.
As for the Beer thing, I do like to see this. I've found there are few things in life that can't either be settled, or improved when people sit down, and hash things out over beer. I've read that Obama had a Bud Light (good call) Black Dude had Sam Adams Light (well done sir) and Cop had a Blue Moon (very nice), and joe Biden had some NA beer. I've got to hand to to 3 of the 4 men for their choices in suds. All 3 are beers I would recommend to anyone.
So here's what we learned.
This was not racism, this was one dude having a bad day, and another guy not only walking into this bad day, but helping to make it worse for everyone.
People throw racism out way too often. There is real racism out there, you don't have to look too hard to find it. This was a case where had it even been a not famous black dude, no would would be crying racism on the news. I don't pretend to know what it's like to face discrimination, I'm white. As a white dude, who makes good money, and pays good taxes, I however don't have people looking out for me. I can't cry racism, I'm on my own. That being said, I do know a thing or two about cops, and can say this fits easily into the cop being a cop thing, much more than racism.
Was this unfortunate? yes. However, I hope this will open new doors into the realm of beer relations, and both parties can go on with their live's, and neither has to find themself in a situation like this again. I've actually read one of Professor Gates books, or at least part of it. He is a smart dude, and he'll get over this, and use it to teach lessons to others.
The two most important things we've learned, are that the White House has a pretty kick ass beer selection, from what I've seen. Four people, drinking 3.5 different beers, not bad at all. This could be one of the few things our government gets right. And of course, Joe Bidenshould be impeached, and sent to the far corner of the globe, for drinking fake beer. You can't use the title "lunch pale Joe" and drink NA beer. You just can't.
All alone
July 28, 2009
Once again, my son and I will be all alone. Totally un-supervised. We've done it before, and this time, we're really gonna live it up. Now that I know I can keep a small child, and myself alive without anyone else around, I plan on throwing caution into the wind, and really living it up. I have yet to come up with a full schedule of events for the D man and myself, but one can only assume they include a lot of chicken wings, and sippy cups full of beer. He too will have a sippy cup, but I'll just give him milk, or water. maybe beer, we'll see if he's a good boy or not. We of course will miss his mommy, but it's only for a few days. I've promised to let him have a bunch of parties when he's in High School, if he just sleeps in while I'm alone with him. Not sure he knew exactly what i was talking about, but I think he got the picture. The only thing that worries me is Cuisine. He's an emotional rollercoaster when he gets home from daycare, ranging from super excited to see us, and the dog, to being really pissed off about having to come in. Usually a sippy, and some snacks calm him back down, and he can begin tearing the house to pieces. Our system is pretty solid. One of us keeps him occupied, holds off his hunger with just the right ammount of snacks, keeps him from killing the dog and other fun things, while the other gets everyones dinner ready. Most often, I do dinner, so being alone at this time, is the one time that is gonna keep me on my toes. I've got a pretty good idea on some quick meals for the two of us. This time, no grilling, or grill fires, and we should be all set. obviously the pizza dude will help us one night.
He's been learning to use a fork, with mixed results. Some things he gets right away, others, not so much. The problem is, he now only wants to eat with the fork, and he kinda sucks at it. Things that just a week or so ago were being picked up with his fingers, and thusly shoved into his mouth, need to be stabbed at repeatedly with a little kid fork. Pretty much no matter what it is, he tries to fork it up. Take corn for example. Each individual kernel gets stabbed at, and with each miss, he gets more and more pissed off. This makes it interesting, but very entertaining to say the least. All I can ask for, is that over the course fo the next few days, he doesn't become self aware, and turn the little kid fork on his master (me). So if no blogs show up after a week or so, I've been stabbed to death with a cute little fork, and the D Man is on the loose.
Will they ever learn
July 27, 2009
Today, I turned on ESPN radio, to find the mind blowing news, about Bud Selig considering re-instating Pete Rose. OMG! Can you believe it? The Hall of Fame inductions go on, and they talk about Pete Rose. Thats never happened before. Surely he'll be managing the Reds again by the end of the week, I mean, they talked about it. Why else would they talk about? It's not like there wasn't anything truly amazing going on in Cooperstown New York this past weekend, I mean, they inducted maybe the best class ever. Ricky Henderson, Jim Rice, and a dead guy. Those are the biggest stars ever. I mean, I could see not giving it a second thought if this was something that happens each and every year at this time, but this is huge. We need to talk about it all day on the radio, open Sportscenter with it, and have it as a poll question. That's the only sensible thing to do.
Seriously, the hall of fame, is a museum in a shitty NY town. Let Pete in. it's not like he's going to be managing the world series, or baby sitting your kids, it just baseball, and for that matter it's just a museum.
Speaking of never learning. Go Get 'em Cubbies! Cubs fans, celebrate now, you've pretty much got the division locked up now. Yeah so what the Cards picked up Derosa, and Holliday, and Lugo, and I'm sure will get one more arm, but you guys just took the lead. It's over. Theres no way they can catch you now. Last week you were a half game out, and now you're all alone in first. The cardinals clearly blow, and you guys are awesome. Even with almost half the season left, there's no way they can catch you now. They couldn't even win a series against the Philadelphia Phillies. What have they done recently besides win the world series, you guys just swept the Cincinnati Reds, maybe the best team in baseball. Go crazy Cubs fans!
I know Rickey Henderson is retired, and already in the hall, but can we try and see if we can get him to come back and hit leadoff for the Reds? This is just painful to watch. I almost, not completely miss the days of…dare I say his name…Corey Patterson. O.K. maybe not that far, but our hitters suck, I'm done with Willy Tevaras. Pretty much the only reason to keep watching at this point, is to see if Joey Votto goes crazy again. I feel bad for this dude. The Reds ownership needs to step up, do the right thing, and either let Votto out of his contract, so he doesn't have to waste away in Cincy the way Todd Helton did in Colorado, or at the least, let an elephant shit on the field again. At least that was exciting. I'm not sure how much more rebuilding I can take. I miss marge.
Twitter strikes back
July 23, 2009
Yes, there are similarities between blogs, such as this, and Twitter. Unlike Twitter, people can post nude pics/videos on Blogs, which pretty much end the debate right there. Blogs, and blog readers can be total douches, or absolute wastes of time, such as this one. However, blogs like this, are for people who like to have fun, have a few laughs, and just don't take things too seriously, unlike Twitter, which from what I've seen is a breading ground for people who use OMG on a daily basis. I firmly believe using OMG, and not trying to be funny, is grounds for deportation. People can be total douchers on each medium, but this blog, in all it's retarded glory, must not be compared to Twitter, even if you do live in Cincy. (????? yes you)
It seems that for every person I talk to about how gay Twitter is, there is one person who tries to convince me how great it is. One person to make jokes about it with me, and another to tell me about breaking sports news, or finding out that hot chicks are at a certain bar at 10:53 on a Thursday. I still believe with all my heart, Twitter will fail, or will destroy America, and yes it is totally gay. If you want a friend to know about hot chicks at 10:53 on a thursday, instead of Twittering about the occasion, you can do one of the following options. Either call, email, or text your friend to either come and take away, or scare off said hot chicks, or use these more traditional methods of communication to lure your friend in, once he is there, slip him a roofie, and have gay sex with him. if you see a group of hot chicks at one of your normal watering holes, and instead of approaching them, and making a move, your first thought is to Twitter about it, to alert other dudes, you are most assuredly gay, and are using said hot chicks, to bring guys to you. Save yourself the trouble, stop Twittering, come all the way out of the closet, and be these hot chicks rather flamboyant "gay friend". All chicks want a gay friend. Every chick movie, and show has it set up to make regular women think they need to have a gay friend to be cool. Much like the ole Joe camel adds that got kids to smoke. Same premise.
If you want sports updates, follow tese steps. Either build a sweet man-cave, get a highspeed universal wireless card in a laptop computer, a few HD flatscreens, and some beer. Sit, drink beer, turn on said devices, and enjoy. no Twitter. Or, go to a sports bar, and sit, at the bar, and of course drink.
I've been debating all day, just what I can do to personally end Twitter? I know I can do this, it may be why i was put on this planet. I just have yet to figure out exactly how. I've had a few thoughts though. I could start a Twitter account, and Twitter links to illegally taped peep-hole videos of famous people. That would make a big stir, and cause a legal nightmare for Twitter. If I post on enough accounts (all fake) it could end really bad for Twitter, but maybe for me also. I think I could go even farther, and Twitter some really offensive things. It's gotta be worth a shot.
I've also thought about just Twittering so much mindless stupidity, so much crap, that people see the light, and lose interest. It's like at a party, when someone gets so drunk, and makes such an ass of them-self, it ruins the whole night, and everyone goes home. I could be just that stupid on Twitter, that I could bring it down. However, this same thought process kind of lead to this blog, and seems to have had little effect in that department. Blogs are still here, and my dumb ass gets 100 hits a day. I guess now that I think about that little fact, maybe it's too late. maybe not only the retards who use OMG, and LOL, but jack-asses like myself have ruined Americas soul. Maybe too many programs like entertainment tonight, and too many discussions about who you would rather bang, have done this nation in. My bad America. I hope it's not true. I hope we can get even stupider, it actually sounds kind of fun.
Time to end Twitter
July 22, 2009
I've pretty much had enough with any, and all things Twitter. At first, I paid little attention to it at all. I just didn't care. it was a minor annoyance, that I was sure would go away in a matter of weeks, as it is clearly the stupidest thing we as Humans have made into a Fad since the Hackey-sack. However, there seems to be no escaping it. Everywhere I look, there is something about Twitter. Every news program, or Radio show can't seem to go 10 whole minutes without bringing up Twitter.
First, it was a way for retarded Hollywood reporters, who were too lazy to find out what Paris Hilton was doing, to report on things nobody in there right mind cares about. Then, every douche celebrity started doing it, then the idiots on T.V. and radio had to tell us all about more things we don't care about. Now, companies, dogs, and buildings have Twitter accounts, to make sure that any possible thing we have no desire to know about, gets to us loud and clear. Apparently real life people (although the author still doubts they deserve basic Human rights) are using Twitter. The question I ask is, Why?
Why would I care? Why would I want to know what Ocho Cinco is doing for lunch, or what CokeZero is offering to me? The good news is, I don't care. I am proud to say, I have never been to Twitter, nor have I been Tweeted. The problem is, Americans are retarded enough already, this only makes it worse. I was certain this retard fad would blow over, as it serves no practical purpose, and unlike almost every other media thing on the Internet, has no way to post naked pictures. It appears that although Twitter is destined to fail, and go away someday, it seems to be here for a while. I just can't have this.
We need to set up some basic rules, which I believe will slow the retardation of my fellow Americans, and eventually make Twitter go away for good. Here they are.
1. For every person who's Twitter you sign up for, your driver's license is suspended one month. If you are stupid enough to use this thing, you clearly are not of the intelligence it takes to safely navigate a motorized vehicle.
2. If you yourself Tweet, whether it be to comment on tonights episode of 'So You Think You Can Dance' or to warn us of an invasion by the British, you have to give up your right to vote for one full major election cycle. Not a full 4 years, but the 2 yr. span for midterm elections. These can add up, so if you tweet 20 times, you can plan on not voting for the next 40 years. This will at least give American society a fighting chance, and keep a good portion of our more useless citizens from deciding public policy.
3. If you are caught Twittering in public on a cellular device, not only will the above two rules go into effect, but said cellular device will be taken away from you, and stomped on by a guy in a flannel shirt and really big boots, until said device is no longer usable. After 2 offenses like this, you lose the ability to own a cell phone for one full year.
It's pretty simple really. Twitter, is the dumbest thing ever. If you find yourself being tweeted, or you yourself Twitter, you are of the lowest form of intelligence, and are keeping the Human race from advancing, thus delaying awesome things like Hoverboards, and golfing on Mars. If you Tweet, Twitter, or get Twatted, you have serious problems. If there is any famous person you care so much about, that you have to know whatever they have to say, at any given time, please, please do not breed, as you are so messed up, you will only set back the evolution of our species. If you care about Austin Kutcher, or Britney Spears so much, that you sign onto their Twitter, do us all a favor, either go Amish, or put a plastic bag on your head and go take a nap. Lets all do the right thing. From here on out, whenever you see someone, ask if they Twitter, or get Twitter'd. if they say yes, please punch them in the face. This is the same way we got rid of the Whig party back in the day, we can do it again for the Twitter. If I hear one more thing about dumb assed Twitter, i swear I am going to have a stroke. Please make this thing go away, so we can let the internets get back to what they were designed for. Email, illegal downloads of music, games, movies, awesome videos of Erin Andrews curling her hair, and checking out her butt in the mirror nude, and of course, blogs, and porn. I can forgive a lot of things, but if you Twitter, I hate you.
God Bless America
Land Ho!
July 20, 2009
Operation new house, is finally under way. Yes, it is in the early stages, and may be on a schedule of years rather than months, but it is under way, all the same. We are officially land owners. A nice little plot, just outside of civilization. Not large enough to start that Unicorn ranch I have been dreaming about, but large enough to stretch our legs, and pee outside. It's a pretty sweet area, right up until I move in. It's safe to say we will have the shittiest house on the street, but I'm cool with that, as long as there is a bar in the basement. The only problem I have, is with the area itself. To this point, it has been an awesome area in the country, but still in an awesome school district. My problem, is how nice can it be if they let me live there? I've always been pretty skeptical about people in general, especially those I have to be surrounded by. my distaste for the bulk of the human race has got me this far, why stop now. Any place that lets me in, can't be all that great. Maybe I can make one possible exception, or maybe the people in this area don't have any control over who can buy land. It does mean, I can shoot animals right out of the bathroom window, while I sit on the toilet, the way God intended, and of course pee outside in the middle of the day. So, yes it may be a while before we actually say goodbye to the 'burbs, but the countdown to the housewarming party has begun. At that point in time, I will most likely be completely out of money, so it'll have to be BYOB, but I will try and shoot a deer or something while I poop, so we have stuff to grill.
My Proudest Moment
July 19, 2009
This past weekend, was a remarkable one. it started off with little fanfair. We had headed out of town, for some R&R as well as to attend my wife's family reunion. The reunion unfortunately, was located in putnam county OH, or as I call it sexoffendersburg. I kid, I kid, Putnam county is great, especially for people watching, which is one of my favorite ways to pass the time. It's also a great place, since you can pretty much take beer anywhere. We were at a community park, which in most parts of the U.S. of A. is a beer free zone, especially when it is right next to a big church. However, tyhis was Putnam county, and it was a catholic church, so beer was kind of expected.
We arrived a little late, as we had to wait for my son to take his mid-day nap. As we were walking up, we noticed it was pretty busy on this day. Every little shelter house was packed, and most of them had people with beer in their hands, this day was starting to shape up a bit. We found the one with my wife's family party, and sat down to get caught up. We chatted, mostly with the my wife's immediate family. I pretty much chased the boy around, and did some people watching. After a while, we headed back into the picnic area to see what was going on. My son, decided he was going to play with my father-in-laws cooler. He quickly discovered that the lid opened, and there was stuff in there. After he dug around for a few moments, he closed the lid, and started walking my way. he had something in his hands, but I could not make it out. As he walked closer to me, I made out the shape. He walked up to me, and handed me an ice cold Bud Light. All my dreams came true right there at this moment. Without me asking, my son, beer'd me, all by his little self. I truly am the luckiest man alive, and I can say without hesitation, that my kid, is the best kid in the world. it wasn't my beer, but I was damned sure not gonna let this magical moment go to waste. That may have been the best tasting beer I've ever had. Pretty much every moment since then, I've spent weeping tears of joy. There's been a constant stream of tears and snot running down my face, as this is, the greatest thing ever. I figured it would take a few years of training to get my boy to beer me, but he's already doing it, all on his own. He's an overachiever, I'll tell ya what. Really, no matter what he does from this point forward, I will be the proudest father in the world.
July 16, 2009
Ever wake up, and just know it's not gonna be your day? Ever get those signs, that seem to tell you, you should just stay home, play Mario Kart, and sniff spray paint all day? Today, I had all those signs, and yet, I pressed on.
I woke up, with a really sore back. I was all out of whack. Earlier in the week, my wife had a sinus infection, and a migraine, and a friend came over with a big bag-o-drugs. In her giant stash of prescription meds, were some really cool sounding pills that she got after a surgery that she claimed "make your whole body numb, and relaxes all your muscles". I asked if it was good for back pain and she said, "yeah, wanna keep a few?" I declined, for two reasons. one, my back was fine at that time, and they said DO NOT TAKE WITH ALCOHAL, so I passed. Now, I needed those wonderful drugs.
I pressed on, and made it about 1 mile before I realized, I was going to crap myself. I made it back home, and got things taken care of in that department, but failed to realize this was a sign for me to just call it a day. Any time you don't even get out of your own neighborhood without almost soiling yourself, you know it's gonna be a bad day. Still, I pressed on. Not sure why, but I did. It's that fighting spirit of mine. Pretty much the entire rest of my day, was just a little less pain-full than those intestinal cramps, with a far less happy ending. one thing after another, turned on me. Anything that could have gone wrong, did. About 3:00 I started wondering if I would have been better off just shitting myself this morning. I'll never know. But, what I do know is, I am going to start paying attention to these signs. When all signs are pointing to a bad day, it's gonna be a bad day from inside my home, or maybe a nice bar. In my younger days, I was Kean to pick up on these signs. If I got in my car, only to find I had left my window down in a rain storm, and my seat was wet. I stayed home. If I got pulled over on the way to work, that was it for that day. Sure, it wasn't great for my career, but it's a lot easier to deal with what shitstorm life throws your way, on your own terms. No harassing phone calls, no people yelling at you, and far less stupid people to deal with.
The biggest problem I think I'll have besides the total lack of professionalism, is knowing just where to draw the line. If the light that is almost always green is red, do I turn back and head home? What if the wrong song is on the radio? Does that mean Fergie is telling me to stay home? The lady at the Coffee counter is just a wee too perky in the morning, do I pack it in? Life is full of difficult questions. I just hope I am wise enough to find the answers. Of course, I could always just error on the side of caution, and never leave. I may become un-employable, but never risking shitting myself may be worth it.


text: I have a running joke that goes around in my head that I might as well have been born on the front pew of my home church. I wasn't, of course, but as a child born into a pastor's family, it seemed like a likely scenario. Church became home. It was all I really… Continue reading Confessions of a Pastor's Wife … The Church and the House Cat

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Happy Monday!!!
"I'm only going to say what I want to put it into the universe."
There is power in the tongue. Proverbs 15:4 says that the tongue can be "A TREE OF LIFE." If you want something, speak it into the universe. What you put out, you attract. If you're speaking positively, you'll attract positive energy and if you're speaking negatively, you'll attract that same energy as well.
Speak positivity into your relationships, families, careers, whatever you want. I personally have been struggling with this lately which is why I felt like this was a great mantra to share with others that may be going through the same thing. I've been struggling trying to find happiness at my job and each time I work, all that comes out of my mouth is negativity which makes my days at work long and miserable.
For the longest time, I kept trying to figure out why my job situation wasn't getting better. It was because of the words and energy I was putting into the universe. l would be on the way to work saying things like "Well, I'm headed to hell." I had negative thoughts, feelings and actions before even stepping a foot into the building.
Today, I am going to speak and think positive thoughts into the universe.
I will not be at this job forever. The job search will get easier. I am going to find a better job. I will truly be happy with whatever position I get next. As I begin to speak these words, I already feel better.
"Learn A Trade."
A trade is a skill that one learns that can be used in the work force. Learning a trade and mastering it is one way to always be able to make money. When you learn a trade, it allows you to be flexible. You're able to work for a company if you'd like or you're able to work for yourself and start up a business of your own.
A trade also allows you to network better. We all know networking with the right people brings opportunity and that leads to fulfilling income. Learning a trade does not need to be something you want to do for full time work either. You can use that skill as a side job or for times when you know you could use a few extra dollars.
Generations before us had plenty of skills and learned trades to fall back on for financial purposes. If you're interested in a trade of any kind, learn it. Add to your resume and skill set and create a new avenue of income for yourself.


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Where I live, I see a young man "walking" his dog most days. I use the term loosely – what he is actually doing is dragging the dog along whilst he rides his bike. He is going too fast for me to stop him and tell him this is not a good way to "walk the dog". Sure he may be giving his dog some exercise, (and probably ruining his joints at the same time), but a walk is much more than exercise.
Dogs naturally want to stop to check the pee-mail on every blade of grass and sidewalk. This is part of exercising their minds as well as their body. It's also about socialization. I know it can make the "walkies" very slow when your dog wants to have a sniff and turn a few circles to leave a few messages in the neighbourhood, but it is in fact the best way to exercise mind and body – and hey – we all want the best for our pet's don't we?
And of course, you have the opportunity to "smell the roses" too. Simon and Garfunkel said it all with their beautiful song "Feeling Groovy"!
Slow down, you move too fast.
You got to make the morning last.
Just kicking down the cobble stones.
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy.
Hello lamppost,
What cha knowing?
I've come to watch your flowers growing
So do you have any tips on "walking the dog"?
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Summertime in Saratoga
I'm not super into betting horses but he is so I go along for the ride, placing $1 bets per race like the gambler I am. but let me tell you, nothing beats this town in summertime.
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Once again the Netherlands were crowned the winners of EuroCosplay, making it two years in a row, with Iloon cosplaing as Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist. MCM Buzz had a quick chat with her just mere minutes after she had been announced as EuroCosplay Champion 2013 (she was clearly very surprised that she had actually won). Not only did she take part and win, but it turned out that it was also her birthday too.
MCM Buzz: What's your immediate reaction? How do you feel?
Iloon: Surprised, excited, best birthday present ever (laughs). No, I'm really excited. I'm stunned, really!
MCM Buzz: How did you feel when they said your name?
Iloon: When I was backstage and [the judges] were talking about [this being] the most bizarre judging experience ever, I was like 'Oh my God,' because I was the one stripping for the judges to show all the metal (points to arm). I already I had an idea [the judges] were talking about me. When I heard my name I was like… 'Wahh!'
MCM Buzz: How did you feel to take the crown home for the Netherlands and keep it as European champion?
Iloon: I am really proud about it. I didn't expect it. I was like… it must be… magical!
MCM Buzz: Because you wanted to reveal the whole detail of your costume, would you say that was the secret to why you won?
Iloon: Yeah, and also staying close to myself. Not turning myself into a whole different being, but just staying myself, I think that's also important. Most cosplayers are like, 'Oh my God, I need to sew something big to impress the judges.' I'm like, 'Oh screw it, I'll go make something simple, but really neatly and perfectly made.' I think that's my secret.
MCM Buzz: What do you love about Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist? Why cosplay this character?
Iloon: It's not really the character itself, but more the story. But I have to say, the history of the character, and [having] the same personality… some s**t happened to me in the past, so I completely understand.
MCM Buzz: So you can relate to the character.
Iloon: I'm a big fan of the work of Hiromu Arakawa too. She's making the art in traditional cel, which I really like. I really like the original art. The story is just perfect for Fullmetal Alchemist; it's just perfect
MCM Buzz: Happy birthday, congratulations and thank you.
Iloon: Thank you also, thanks a lot!
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Feminism has endured a lot of stigmatism in recent years, being misunderstood for an ideology about the superiority of women, instead of the true premise of gender equality. Despite women anachronistically experiencing more discrimination than men, it is clear that archaic gender stereotypes are the root cause of gender inequality, not just female disadvantage. By seeing all genders as the same species, free from architypes and traditional roles, true equality will be achievable.
Rose McGowan, acclaimed actress and author, whipped feminists into a frenzy after her shocking and somewhat uncalled for response to a transgender woman criticising McGowan's lack of support for transgender victims of sexual assault. Asking her "what have you done for women?" and saying "I don't come from your planet" unveiled a side of McGowan that was far from the compassionate feminist campaigner. This factionalism within the community of women exacerbates the fragility of the feminist movement and inhibits commendable progress with the absence of cohesion and support from all genders. Both considering themselves feminists, Rose McGowan and the lady who criticised her actions, exemplify the issues with the feminist movement and how a universal agenda has been lost amongst internal conflicts. The same applies to men; everybody has to be on board for gender equality for it to be achieved, especially due to the male dominance in Parliament.
In terms of male equality, concepts like paternity leave and child custody disadvantage men severely. 88% of men who apply to court to have contact with their children are granted visitation rights, with most of these scenarios being an every other weekend arrangement. Although we like to think our justice system has evolved with society and has overcome gender stereotyping, it is clear that women are still viewed as the rightful parent, and has advantages when it comes to custody. Surely by allowing men the ability to take on roles that are traditionally for the women, this breaks gender stereotyping on all levels, and allows women to break free from the Victorian 'Angel in the home' label that still lingers in modern day society. Implemented from above, these laws and conventions are a significant setback in the advancement of feminism, and will continue to be until enough influence is exerted from below.
In light of this, the stigma attached to sexual assault allegations also inhibits the advancement of feminist ideals. I recently heard a true story of a man being pressured into having sex with a woman, after repeatedly declining her advancements. Although the man was not raped, the uncomfortable, trapped feeling he described was clearly the same as any female's endurance of sexual assault. Where this differs comes from his following comment: "imagine if it was the other way round". The dismissal of male victims of sexual misconduct emphasises the gender dichotomy in modern society, inadvertently disallowing the progression of all genders as equal. It is factually clear that women are more frequently the victims of sexual assault, with 82% of all juvenile victims and 90% of adult rape victims being female, however it is important not to ignore the minorities in light of true gender equality.
Therefore, it is clear the true way forward for feminism is a cohesive vision with all genders, in order to tackle gender inequality from all angles. This method abstains from factionalism within feminist ideals and breaks down stereotypes from the male perspective also. Where this gets difficult, is when feminists focus on solely the female perspective instead of seeing gender inequality through all lenses, making a feminist vision more powerful and achievable. For example, ending the gender pay gap will only make women equal to their male counterparts; no one is hurt and everyone propers under gender equality.
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The Cognitive Revolution Symposium takes the Mental Work art-science exhibition as a starting point for reflection on the emergent future of human-machine interaction, focusing on promoting a culture of responsibility within the communities at the forefront of this revolution.
Our lives have become increasingly intertwined with machines. Two decades ago, computers were limited to our desks. Smartphones have brought them into our hands, smartwatches onto our wrists, and smart speakers into our homes. Today, brain-computer interfaces (BCI) challenge us to consider an even more intimate interaction with machines: directly via brain activity. In combination with AI, this next step in computing creates a deepening convergence between natural and artificial intelligence.
BCI and other neurotechnologies hold the potential to revolutionize the treatment of many neurological conditions, enhance mental and physical abilities, and change the way we work. But the same advances could unintentionally increase social inequalities, and provide corporations, governments, hackers, and terrorists with novel ways to breach and manipulate people's mental processes. The progress of the field puts into question our idea of individual agency, the sanctity of one's private mental life, and other basic human attributes.
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Dog Walker Carterton, Oxfordshire: It is likely there could be a number of reasons why you end up trying to get a local dog walker in Carterton, you are perhaps out working the whole day and just never have time to walk your dog, you might be not well and are not fit enough to walk your dog, or perhaps you are an idle person and would prefer to employ somebody else to walk your dog.
Well thankfully you will discover many folk these days happy to do exactly that. Believe it or not it is possible to get hold of people around Carterton who will not just walk your dog but additionally undertake various other pet and dog related stuff, for example dog and puppy visits, small animal care, cat visits, dog sitting, dog whispering and vet visits.
Why Do You Need a Dog Walker?: Although all of us cherish our pet dogs and consider them to be part of the family, we quite often don't have ample time to give them the attention and care they require, particularly with regards to exercise and walking. With our ever busier working lives, children to care for and social commitments it's not always an easy task to fit in walking the dog, as frequently as you would like or as much as they need.
Now I'm guessing all of you know that your dog needs plenty of exercise and that it is vital that you take your dog for walks constantly, both for fitness and for your dog's overall health and wellbeing. it is always better if you do it yourself since you may get the same health benefits as the dog, enjoying much needed fresh air and exercise. Also there is the benefit of bond strengthening, taking part in activities together helps you to build a relationship with your dog. In the busy world of today however, lots of people basically cannot spare the time to take the dog for a walk, and definitely not more than once a day, and it is one chore which can easily be put off until the next day.
This is definitely where a local Carterton dog walker might be helpful, supplying a regular dog walking service on a day to day basis, taking the stress of one daily duty and allowing you time to do more important things. A dog walker will be able to go to your house in Carterton, collect your dog and take it for a walk for an hour or more. It may be each day, 3 or 4 times a week, or perhaps just on the odd days when your are too busy or have important responsibilities.
Certain Carterton dog walkers take your dog for a walk on a solo, one to one basis, other services could take groups of two or more, so it would be best to chat over your specific needs with the dog walker should you have a particular preference. If your dog is friendly and gets on with other dogs, group walking may perhaps be more beneficial, but if your dog does not like to mix with other dogs, a one on one walk may be better.
A number of professional Carterton dog walkers also offer other pet related services and not solely for dogs, for example they might visit your house every day to feed your dog, cat or small pet, offer dog boarding whenever you are on vacation, pick up your dog and taxi it to the vet or give your dog or puppy some basic training if needed. Other dog walkers in Carterton may even provide a dog grooming service too, a sort of "walk and groom". Some of these services can be very useful and give a total pet care service that gives you peace of mind with relation to the happiness, wellbeing and health of all your pets, while still allowing you to work, socialize and look after your family.
Making use of a dog walker in Carterton must not wholly replace your personal interactions with your four-legged friend though, you should still take your dog out as often as you possibly can, to keep strong that relationship and bond. You should be an integral part of their exercise and training regime to ensure your cherished pet stays healthy, loved and content.
The Benefits of Dog Walking: There are a huge number of positive effects that your dog gains from regular walking and exercise such benefits include: decreased loneliness, obesity control, improved mental health, reduced blood pressure, stronger muscles and bones, better bonding and increased cardiovascular fitness.
What Are Dog Walkers Prices?: As with any services, dog walking prices could vary quite a lot, subject to the exact service provided, whether it is a solo or group walk, the town where you live and the time spent on the walk, but the likely charges will be between £9 and £15 for a sixty minute walk with hugs and kisses included free.
Carterton Dog Walkers and What to Look For: Needless to say as it is not necessary to have any certifications or qualifications for dog walking, virtually anyone may set up shop as a dog walker and start running that service, so you need to be very careful regarding just who you select to walk your dog in Carterton. Security concerns could be involved as you could be permitting access to your home for them to be able to pick up your dog, check up on your pets or do other duties. You could have a lot more faith in any dog walkers who've passed a police DBS check (formerly CRB check). You may also wish to see whether any potential Carterton dog walker has a relevant insurance policy, to cover any incidents which involve your dog, some kind of public liability cover would surely be appropriate. It might also be a wise idea if any would-be dog walker meets your dog initially so as to ensure that they get on all right.
Working as a Dog Walker in Carterton: If you're keen on the company of dogs, enjoy being outdoors a lot and do not object to a considerable amount of exercise, starting up as a dog walker in Carterton may be right up your alley. Don't think for one moment that dog walking is an easy way to prosperity, because it's not, and you will discover there are limits to what you can earn, particularly at the beginning, however if you are unemployed at the moment, just exploring ideas for an alternative occupation or unhappy in your current job, then a job as a dog walker could be a good option for you.
Prior to actually starting a business you'll have to carry out some market research, you need to be sure that there's a need for dog walkers in the area, check to see just how many dog walkers are currently working nearby, determine precisely what these dog walkers are getting for these services, find out if there are suitable areas for walking a dog, discover if there are local council regulations pertaining to dog walking and any other relevant things you can think of. Discover as much information and data as possible before you fork out any cash on equipment.
It might be beneficial to initially take out some dogs owned by friends, close neighbours, family members or work colleagues, allowing you to make certain that you're going to like being a dog walker. Offer this voluntarily and when you eventually move on as a fully fledged business, these tester "clients" might become paying customers and help build up up a fledgling round.
Ensure that you have adequate cash put aside to last several months without having to use your dog walking earnings, it is not guaranteed to take off straight away and you need to be patient until you have established a good client base. It could take as much as one year to develop a profitable round and even when you do, your net income might not be good enough to get by on. You could start off on a part-time basis and grow your business slowly.
Be certain that you get some adequate insurance cover, accidents certainly can take place and you want to avoid being put out of business by being sued in the future. You can get insurance plans specifically designed for dog walkers, do a little research online and choose a suitable policy.
It is simple to get an idea of the hourly rate you should charge from anyone local already operating dog walking in Carterton, it's better to set your prices at an equivalent amount and don't attempt to charge a lower price than everybody else, simply in order to get the clients. Its far better to offer prospective clients something extra for the same fee so as to stand out from the crowd.
Carterton Dog Walkers And What They Do
Dog Walker Carterton: There are needless to say a vast assortment of undertakings that you might require a local Carterton dog walker for, and down below we have mentioned merely a selection of the most common explanations why you might find the need to search for the assistance of a dog walker in Carterton, Oxfordshire.
Using a service like Bark will help you to pick prospective dog walkers in Carterton, Oxfordshire and also find Witney dog walkers, Alvescot dog walkers, Aston dog walkers, Minster Lovell dog walkers, Shilton dog walkers, Oxford dog walkers, Bradwell Village dog walkers, Langford dog walkers, Curbridge dog walkers, Filkins dog walkers, Clanfield dog walkers, Swinbrook dog walkers, Brize Norton dog walkers, Worsham dog walkers, Bampton dog walkers, Crawley dog walkers, Burford dog walkers and more dog walkers pet related services.
Dog Walker Carterton Oxfordshire - Tips and Hints for Picking One: One of several old fashioned yet still favoured strategies for contacting a dog walker in Carterton is by wading through online directories, local directories or local papers, so you could have a look in some of the more definitive business directories for example Yelp, Touch Local, City Visitor, Thomson Local, Yell, Cyclex, Mister What, Local Life or 118 118 although just about anyone could be listed in these so there is little guarantee regarding the trustworthiness of any listed Carterton dog walker, therefore you'll be taking a chance by employing this method.
Besides locating Carterton dog walkers in the Yellow Pages, business directories, local newspapers or from flyers and leaflets delivered to your door, there are other solutions which you could possibly use to look for the ideal Carterton dog walker to carry out your project. The first of these strategies is perhaps the obvious one, and that's to find out from family, friends, associates or maybe even nearby neighbours if there's somebody that they can recommend from past experience ie: a Carterton dog walker that they have employed previously, such "by word of mouth" recommendations will most often be the best of all. Yet another method you might use is to read through reviews and testimonials on the net, a favourite solution as of late with many services websites available for example Bidvine or Bark, whereby former clients can submit their testimonials and reviews.
Looking on the Internet: As of late one of the most obvious methods to use to locate a dog walker in Carterton is by using online search engines. Sometimes even this method can be rather puzzling, because you must sort out precisely what results are in any way relevant to the words you searched for. The words you type in must be as specific as possible when you are doing a search on Google or Bing, generally the most obvious phrase people type in is "dog walker Carterton" or "Carterton dog walker", this can deliver a mix of search results mostly from a few of the top web directories such as Yellow Pages and Thomson, yet what may not be quite so clear to you straight away is that with Google or Yahoo the first two or three search results are pay per click advertisements, in other words somebody will have paid to gain that position and the chances are they're not appropriate for your requirements or even a local business, therefore you ought to check further down the results and essentially ignore such results. At times sites advertising dog walker jobs in Carterton may feature in the search results shown, these can of course be disregarded.
From time to time results for a genuine dog walker in Carterton will feature on page 1 of the results, you might be able to spot them if you look very carefully, move on to page two or three and there is a better chance of seeing a better percentage of genuine Carterton dog walkers. You should make your search term more precise, for instance, if you are a single woman living alone you may favour identifying a lady dog walker, so your search term should be "lady dog walker Carterton", or you might possibly try "dog walking Carterton", "dog sitter Carterton" or "dog walker near me in Carterton". You must also remember that not all dog walkers in Carterton will own their own website, therefore another effective method is to look for several extra dog walkers in the business listings placed under the map on Google and Bing, when you try this type of search.
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After falling just short of the first half flag, the Vancouver Canadians were obviously very excited to get the second half going. Monday's finale against Eugene was done in an hour and fifty-six minutes. I couldn't believe it, was doing some writing, looked up and the ushers were cleaning up. That's a fast game. The C's finished on a high, taking the game 4-2 and winning the series, which keeps them two games up on the Spokane Indians for the next best record. An important place to be, if Everett were to go on and win the second half as well. The way the league's playoff system works, Vancouver really don't have time to decompress following the near miss of the first half. They need to get off to a fast start in the second and go from there.
Of course, the last two years saw the C's in the same position, and both times they ended up winning the second half before going on to take the Northwest League title. With Everett already promoting their leadoff hitter Jamodrick McGruder and the current home run leader D.J. Peterson surely not far behind, I don't foresee them contending the rest of the way. Spokane is the team we need to worry about.
Monday's result was overshadowed somewhat by two post-game promotions. One was expected, while the second not so much. First half MVP Jordan Leyland and Daniel Klein are both on a plane to Lansing where they'll join the Lugnuts today.
I mentioned that Everett may lose 2013 first rounder Peterson, which will leave a hole in the middle of their lineup. Vancouver losing Leyland has to be considered an even bigger blow. He leads or is thereabouts in every offensive category for the C's this year. This from a guy that was demoted last year after five weeks in the Northwest League. This year he wasn't even invited to full spring training. None of this phased him though. An intense off-season training program brought him to extended in great shape and the results have followed.
Speaking to the C's manager, Clayton McCullough attributes a lot of this year's success to confidence. Coming to the C's straight from the draft in 2012, there may have been an element of 'do I belong here?'. Jordan put in the effort to ensure he never feels that way again.
Not only had he embraced the physical work to be successful, but the California native is (or was) the most meticulous C when it comes to studying the video analysis made available to all the hitters. With that, and the work put in with hitting coach Dave Pano, he has been able to make the necessary tweaks to his swing, getting himself started earlier, seeing the ball longer, and using all fields. Spray charts are not readily available for minor league hitters, but if I had to guess, I would say over half of his hits have been to the opposite field. His home run last Thursday was an opposite field job and a big one. Two home runs may seem low, but I think his power will continue to develop throughout the season (getting away from the Nat won't hurt either).
Dan Klein's promotion comes as a bit of a surprise as he really hasn't done much at the plate this year, striking out over 30% of his at bats and putting up a .183/.261/.333 slash line. McCullough was quick to point to Klein's success from last year and his defensive capabilities when discussing the move. With Mike Reeves coming in and having such success, shifting Klein to Lansing is an 'opportunity to get him some at bats in a new environment, give him a chance to clear his head and reset.'
The two moves means Vancouver are now one player under the 30 man roster limit. If Bobby Brosnahan remains on the DL then they could make two corresponding moves. I don't necessarily expect that to happen. I think Seth Conner will come down from Lansing to fill the third catching position, but can see the other spot going unfilled for the time being. The C's boss said that Andy Fermin will get a few more at bats now, as will Shaun Valeriote.
That being said, Mitch Nay didn't start for Bluefield last night. When I threw that at Clayton he did hesitate for second before saying he couldn't see that as a possibility, especially with 'Justin Atkinson playing so well at third.' Either Clayton is a very good poker player, or he really didn't know who would be coming up/down.
Notes from the Pressbox:
Chatting with the C's video coordinator, he said he'd heard that Anthony Alford's appeal to the NCAA to forego his mandatory redshirt year hasn't been heard as yet and if unsuccessful he would return to the Jays for the conclusion of the baseball season. May explain why he was promoted to Lansing then put on the inactive list before heading back to Mississippi. Still, I can't see how this would work, as, from what I can gather, the NCAA are notoriously slow in hearing these sorts of appeals and the decision may not come down until mid to late August, in which case it wouldn't do Alford much good to come back for two weeks of baseball.
But hey, what do I know, any at bats he gets would be good, so what the hell, come back for a few games if at all possible.
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Follow up on http://yetanothermathprogrammingconsultant.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-hostile-brothers-problem-1.html and http://yetanothermathprogrammingconsultant.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-hostile-brothers-problem-2.html.
Now some experiments that did not work.
Find global solutions with Baron
This is a very difficult job. One idea that may help is to add some symmetry breaking constraints:
This can reduce the search space considerably. We run the equation over all i–1: in GAMS this is notation that means we drop the first possible equation (the equation related to ord(i)=1).
In addition we can pass on a good solution we found with techniques described earlier. Unfortunately this helps but not enough to bring us close to proving global optimality:
Iteration Open nodes Total time Lower bound Upper bound
|Default. Note that Baron actually finds good solutions quickly. But after a little while the lower bound will not move again and the upper bound will move slower and slower.
Iteration Open nodes Total time Lower bound Upper bound
|Here we added symmetry breaking constraints. This helps with the upper bound.
Iteration Open nodes Total time Lower bound Upper bound
|Here we use a starting point and symmetry breakers. This gives best performance but still not sufficient to get close to a global solution.
Understandably global solvers can not handle just anything we throw at them. Heaving said this I think Baron does a good job finding good solutions if we don't provide our own initial points.
Other Global solvers
None of the global solvers can solve this problem quickly. It is interesting to see which objective can be used with different global solvers.
|Discontinuous Formulated allowed
|Smooth Formulation Accepted
|Can not handle function 'min'
|OK (n=75 problem ran out of demo license)
|OK automatic reformulated into bigM constraints
|OK (n=75 problem: Model size exceeds LindoGlobal limits of (2000,3000)).
|OK (n=75 problem:Reduced Model Size exceeds LGO limits of (2000,3000)).
Can we solve as a MIP?
The quadratic expressions form a problem. Although Cplex can solve non-convex QPs it does not handle non-convex quadratic constraints (I believe SCIP does). We can use some piecewise linear approximation, but it seems to make sense to first try a linear version with a different distance function: the Manhattan distance. Here the distance between two points is the sum of the distance in the x direction and in the y direction. The formulation can look like:
This model turns out not easy to solve. Even after 2 hours compute time the resulting locations are not very good:
Note: the plot is made with R and SQLite:


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What Are Vacation Paint Colors?
Vacation colors are simply any colors that evoke the same sensation you feel at a favorite vacation spot. This could be an actual spot you visited once, or your idea of a dream vacation. Colors, after all, have a strong physiological and psychological effect. Many restaurants, for instance, have a red interior because the color is known to stimulate appetite.
If reminiscing about a past getaway makes you feel good, then our tip is to use a vacation color or two.
Common Vacation Colors
If you love coastal vacations, then we recommend light blue, which signifies the sky and sparkling water. You can also use white here as an accent color, which symbolizes white sand. This is a popular color combination even among homeowners who already live along the coast.
Perhaps you enjoy hiking in one of the Pacific Northwest's many mountainous regions. In this case, we recommend a tone-on-tone color scheme of green with brown or blue as an accent. You can also incorporate rustic red and burnt orange, which represent common colors in the mountains during fall.
Maybe you prefer a desert oasis. Use earthy colors, such as that of terra cotta, bright red, and some sage greens. These are good color choices for the main living area, because they evoke a sense of being grounded.
We Use Vacation Paint Colors in Various Combinations
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Arabic Calligraphy design for «Kathleen - كاثلثن»
Name meaning: Kathleen is a given name, used in English and Irish-language communities. Sometimes spelled Cathleen, it is an Anglicized form of Caitlín, the Irish form of Cateline, which was the Old French form of Catherine. It ultimately derives from the Greek name Aikaterine, the meaning of which is highly debated. [Wikipedia]
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Anukreethy Vas from Tamil Nadu crowned Miss India 2018
Tamil Nadu girl Anukreethy Vas was crowned Miss India 2018 in a glitzy ceremony. She won the title by beating 30 contestants from different states of India. She was crowned by Miss India 2017 and the present Miss Universe Manushi Chillar. Now Anukreethy will prepare and compete for Miss Universe 2019.
Miss India Haryana Meenakshi Chaudhary and Miss India Andhra Pradesh Shreya Rao Kamavarapu bagged the first and second runner-up position respectively.
The grand finale was held tonight at Dome, NSCI SVP Stadium, Mumbai.
The judges' panel included celebrities like cricketers Irfan Pathan and K L Rahul, ace fashion designer Gaurav Gupta and Bollywood actors Malaika Arora, Bobby Deol and Kunal Kapoor. The show was hosted by Karan Johar and Ayushmann Khurrana.
19-year-old Anukreethy is a student of Loyola college pursing BA in French and she takes keen interest in modeling and acting.
The contestants were dressed in Indian designer Gaurav Gupta's designer outfits. Top 12 were shortlisted from the 30 participants to answer the final round question. From the 12 participants, five were selected to answer the final question- "" Who is the better teacher? Success or Failure?" The top five contestants are Miss India Delhi, Miss India Haryana, Miss India Jharkhand, Miss India Andhra Pradesh and Miss India Tamil Nadu answered the final question.


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A word of warning: This is macabre and unsettling. Maybe quite advanced on the madness scale. It's just me, practicing for something yet to be written, I suppose.
"Mrs. Griffin, may I go to the bathroom?"
"But I need to go, Mrs. Griffin."
"Tough. You had your chance fifteen minutes ago. Wait another fifteen minutes."
"I can't, Mrs. Griffin. I need to go bad."
"Did you need to go fifteen minutes ago?"
"Yes ma'am, but not so bad."
"Well, then, you'll just have to wait. And next time, don't put it off."
"But Mrs. Griffin, I'm afraid I'll soil my pants."
"You better not. If you do, I will tan your hide. Is that clear?"
Tears suddenly flooded the boy's face as Tanksley Trevemore began to cry, his sobs deep and effusive. A sickening stench flooded the air. The rear of the boy's khaki trousers darkened from beige to dark brown.
Hope Griffin smelled the mistake and grabbed the wooden paddle hanging from the side of her desk. She marched over to Tanskley, yanked him out of his chair, and bent him over the desk, his face and chest against the desk and his brown butt facing upward.
"Maybe this will teach you a lesson," she screamed as she slammed the paddle, drilled with dozens of tiny holes, against the brown backside. The instant the wood hit the cloth, brown streams sprayed up from those tiny holes, drenching Hope.
"Goddamn it, Tanksley, you did this on purpose!" The paddle again tore through the air, landing hard on Tanksley's brown bottom. Another mist of youthful diarrhea engulfed the woman, whose convulsive shrieks caused the other children in the room to wince and turn away.
Cagley Smale, the acting principal, entered the room just before the first paddle hit Tanskley's behind. He witnessed both the first and the second incidents of hard wood against soft, wet fabric. And he heard Hope's enraged howls. He had no other choice, he thought, than to put an end to the beating. Raising his 45 calibre pistol in front of him, at eye level, he pulled the trigger. The report was deafening. Little Tanksley's body went limp.
"Thank you, Mr. Smale! I thought the boy was going to kill me."
Smale, seeming surprised by the response, tipped his hat at the teacher and spun around toward the door. "It was nothing, ma'am. It was nothing. I'm just sorry I missed."
He stopped, turned around again, and aimed the pistol at the smiling teacher. The explosive sound of gunfire filled the air as Hope Griffin's eyes grew wide and she clutched her chest. The bullet entered her chest just below the sternum, missing the heart by only a few inches.
"How could you?" Her words, shallow and weak, barely escaped her mouth.
"It was easy," Smale replied.
The remaining children in the room looked confused and frightened. "Children, don't you fret, that poor boy is no longer suffering the indignities of dealing with Mrs. Griffin. And you won't have to deal with her anymore, either." Smale's toothy smile filled his face with ivory pickets as long as his lips were wide.
The class erupted in spontaneous applause. Karen Clockman, subbing for Eleanor Corely, who Smale had gunned down only a week earlier, peeked in the door. "Is everything all right?"
"Peachy," Smale replied. "Do you have anything that will remove blood stains from a white shirt?"


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Instagram Lets You See NYE Celebrations Around The World
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Curious what New Year's Eve looks like in Kathmandu? Maybe not — but the social photo app Instagram is giving everyone a chance to see how the world is celebrating Monday night.
Instagram created a special microsite, instagram.com/nye, that'll automatically upload photos when it's 2013 in their time zone — no special hashtag needed.
Just click a photo to be taken to its original source and leave a comment or a "like."
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The Messina Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at South Shore Hospital is the first and only Level III NICU located in a community hospital in Massachusetts. The Level III Messina Family NICU and the Level II Andrade Family Special Care Nursery enable us to care for babies born at any time in pregnancy who have a wide range of medical conditions.
The unit is staffed by doctors, nurses, and respiratory therapists with specific training in the care of ill, premature, and recovery newborns. Our NICU doctors are dually affiliated with both South Shore Hospital and Boston Children's Hospital.
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Parents are core members of their newborn's care team. Our NICU is open to parents 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Overnight rooms are available. Together with parents, the NICU staff provides a warm and nurturing environment with parents involved in the daily care of their infants, frequent Kangaroo Care (also known as skin-to-skin care), and a dedicated NICU Lactation Service.
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Business Online Advertisement Ideas
- Website: A website is the simplest and most successful way to market your company. Essentially, after creating a website the additional solutions below can be used to market it even further and bring traffic to your site. A company website can contain information about services, offer contact information, and can even enable consumers to purchase directly from the site.
- Online Ad Space: Purchasing ad space is a great idea when advertising a business. Google for example offers ad space and ensures your ads appear of websites pertaining to specific keywords. Say your are a real estate firm and have purchased ad space from google, your ad will appear on other real estate sites or wherever the word 'real estate' was mentioned online.
- Blogs: blogs are mainly used by individuals to document their day to day lives, thoughts or opinions. There are also many small business and entrepeneurs that use blogging as a type of online advertisement.
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From the street, you see only a low range of bedrooms and
a concealed entry—a deceptively modest prelude to the lofty
living areas that open up to the garden and a view of the city as
you descend a spiral stair. Two of the huge plate-glass windows
are motorized and recede into the ground, opening the living
room to a terrace. Cruciform chromed steel columns support the
upper floor. An onyx screen wall divides the sitting area from the
library, and a curved wood screen veneered in ebony encloses
the dining area. This wood screen is the original, looted by the
Gestapo in 1943 and rediscovered in a nearby canteen in 2011.
The steel-framed dining chairs were designed for this house, and
have now achieved classic status, and the Barcelona chairs
have the bright green leather upholstery that Mies specified.
The Tugendhats helped make the new republic of
Czechoslovakia a beacon of progress in the years between
the two world wars, and their house is the brightest star in a
constellation of modern buildings. In Brno, it's worth seeing Hall
A of the busy Trade Fair, as well as the newly restored Masaryk
School and Era Café. A local map will guide you to these and
other delights, and you should travel on to see the model town
of Zlin, founded by the shoe manufacturer Tomáš Bata. Like the
Czech people, these visions of an enlightened future survived the
darkest days of the past century and flourish anew. n Information
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How to Play Foosball
If you've ever wanted to play foosball but don't know the first thing about it, here is a detailed description on how to play the game. Foosball is an indoor soccer game that occurs on the top of a playing table. It's a game that can be played by kids and adults, professionals and hobbyists.
Here are a few basics steps on how to play foosball:
1. Put the ball into play by placing it on the table. To determine who will start the game, use a coin toss. Once the ball is in play, the player who won the coin toss will make the first move. The other player would then do the counter attack to keep the other player from scoring a goal. To move the players, turn, push, and pull the rods. But the golden rule of foosball is no spinning the rods.
2. Set time limits. Usually, players are only allotted 10 seconds to hit the ball if it is positioned against the rod with five men. On the two or thee man rods, a maximum of 15 seconds is allowed. This rule could be disregarded by players who are just learning the game and for those who are trying to get a feel of the table.
3. To start a game or round, the ball should hit the playing field first before a man can strike it. Pay attention on the serve. Call it a foul every time the player hits the ball in midair.
4. If it happens that the ball is hit to a spot that it cannot be reached by any game figure, the game halts and the ball is served once more. The player who serves the ball in the previous play is the one that should serve the ball again. If the ball stops behind a rod with two men, the goalie should put the ball back in play.
5. All legal shots that lead to the ball getting into the goal score a point. The point is counted until a player reaches 5 points. The player who gets to that number first wins the game. If the ball went into the hole but came back to the playing field again due to impact, it is still considered a score.
These are the five basic steps on how to play foosball. Now that you know them, you should feel confident in buying a foosball table that looks perfect in your game room. There are also foosball tips that can help you play like a pro!


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Erasmus participates in the Athens Roadshow. First stop: London
Erasmus participated in the official delegation of the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) Roadshow, its first stop being London. The Athens Roadshow, is a series of exclusive presentations, designed to showcase Athens as a destination and highlight the competitive advantages and the conference infrastructure of the city in a modern and lively way. It is powered by the city's most important industry stakeholders (Aegean airlines, conference venues, hotels and Professional Congress Organizers) and is reserved for senior associates of large Associations, representatives from MICE media, trade associations and core PCO's.For further information please click here.
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School Holidays
A day of spoils thanks to the V & A Waterfront
Enjoying the last of the holiday
For those Parents who have been on holiday this entire time, well done and eina to your budget. Constantly keeping the kids entertained can be financially challenging. But because I'm such a bargain hunter I've included Groupon links to some of these activities.


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20th May || 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Eastern time)
Canada Science and Technology Museum
1867 St Laurent Blvd
Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5A3
Senior Project Scientist for JWST (and Nobel Prize winner) John Mather is going to be giving a public talk in Ottawa at the Canada Science and Technology Museum on May 20th.
Cosmic Quest at the Canada Science and Technology Museum
Discover the Universe: Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy!
Discover the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), successor to the famed Hubble Space Telescope, at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. In the daytime, meet Canadian Space Agency's team and try a series of interactive games and activities to learn more about the science behind JWST. Find out how Canada is part of this exciting new space observatory, which will be launched in 2013.
In the evening, join JWST scientists for two special presentations on JWST. Nobel Prize winner, John Mather, will kick off the evening with his presentation entitled "From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize and the James Webb Telescope." Canadian scientist René Doyon, named Scientist of the Year by Radio-Canada, will follow with « À la recherche de nouveaux mondes » (The Search for New Worlds), in French. End the evening on a starry note by taking a planetarium show, or by heading outside for a star party (weather permitting). Astronomy experts will be available to answer all your stellar questions!
** All evening activities are free of charge. For daytime activities, regular Museum admission fees apply.
See the complete program.
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My view on BTC last dip
BITSTAMP:BTCUSD Bitcoin / Đô la
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this may show the reversal trend and last dip before recovery... we need new money coming in
Bình luận: BTC about to hit the support line, it will probably be all for today
Bình luận: BTC reached the support line, it was an easy read, for now things can back to the mean and next 24h shows a leg up to face the resistance line and be tested again.
if this support line do not hold, the chart will be useless.
if this support line do not hold, the chart will be useless.
Bình luận: after a bit of tension, the BTC bouced a bit below the line.... back to the trach after the biggest 1H chart of BTC history
Bình luận: My chart ideas still valid.. Until mondey BTC may keep going up until test the major resistance +- 10300/10600 level... if BTC fail to break it, expect another huge fud. Be careful with your ALt holding next 30 hours
Bình luận: The new China ban destroyed this idea and it's not valid any more. Only decentralized exchange may save BTC
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I tweeted my disappointment and had many messages of support , the restrictions in twitter meant that lengthy discussion's are impractical - hense this post .
A bit of background. I originally purchased an Arc'teryx alpha Lt back in 2012, I bought this in a sale although it was still expensive . I liked the fit , features and the weight and was very happy until it leaked through the front zip. It was returned to Snow and Rock who in turn sent it back to Arc'teryx to be assessed .A few weeks later I received a letter from Snow and Rock informing me Arc'teryx had found it to be faulty AND had refunded my money, with which I could choose another jacket . I could have chose another brand but was delighted with Arc'teryx's response so I chose to pay full price for the updated AR version ( the LT had been discontinued ).like most outdoor folk I have limited funds for outdoors gear and any purchase needs to be considered , usually involving a combination of saving , selling unused item's and family contributions for birthdays , Christmas ect.
I used this replacement for around 2 1/2 years until it too developed the same fault , I went through the return procedure but this time the outcome was not so satisfactory ! below are the responses I received from supplier and manufacturer.
To say I was astounded at Arc'teryx's reply would be an understatement ! They basically say the front main zip that we all rely on to keep us dry is infact NOT waterproof ! instead it relies on a flap behind the zip . Below are 2 pic's showing this flap.
Would you say that flap is a reliable way to keep water out ? I don't ! it's just not wide enough , and doesn't even have a 'rain drain' !
The overall quality of Arc'teyx jackets is very good- so why do they compromise that with a sub standard zip/ method of keeping water out ? I know this has been discussed on social media , forums and blogs many times , and you are probably fed up with hearing the same old discussion over & over again , but until manufacturers take note what choice do we have ?
Needless to say , I'm in the process of sending another email to Arc'teryx but don't hold out much hope .. I'm just not important enough
Edit . 24/07/2017
Had an email response from Arc'teryx today . I questioned their testing procedure- they replied saying they 'do not have sight of jackets sent to their repair facility through authorized retailers ' and are unable to see what 'tests' have been carried out to determine the jackets ability to withstand water .
They go onto say ' the retailer will have more info' on what tests have been carried out , they do ask for a RA number so they can see what tests have been done so they can supply a ' detailed ' explanation of what tests have been done . I supplied the reference no. on the retailers letter from - snow and rock .
Am now in the process of sending snow and rock another email , detailing what Arc'teryx have said & to get the RA number .


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Hi there penguins!
How many of you love to act out a play with your friends or maybe even for your friends? Well - today, I have realized that the Secrets of the Bamboo Forest play has returned to the Stage! Head on down for some fun.
Have fun, penguins . . . and good luck hunting out this play's secrets!
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TICKETS are going fast for the latest event in aid of the Bobby Lennox Statue campaign.
But there is still time for you to get involved, with the organisers unveiling more of the brilliant raffle and auction prizes that will be there at the end of the month.
Taking place on February 24, we previously reported that a pair of gloves signed by former Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc will be one prize.
The team behind the campaign have said that signed jerseys will be up for grabs and locals will also have the chance to see the replica of the European Cup which Bobby and his Lisbon Lion teammates won back in May 1967.
Showing on the day will be a classic European encounter between Celtic and Real Madrid.
Dean McMillan from the campaign explained: "These are the tops the teams wore in 1980 and we have the Celtic jersey signed by Bobby, the goal scorer George McCluskey and Danny McGrain
"These jerseys will be raffled at the event, the European Cup replica will also be there so get tickets and come along get photos.
"Kids five and under are free so just bring them along. It's also free for anyone that receives care at home or stays in a care home.
Tickets are only £5 and they're available in Cavani's Cafe, the Elms bar & Castlehill Vaults and by email bobbylennox1967@ gmail.com."
The event is at St Matthew's Academy's Auditorium on February 24 with doors open at 1.30pm and the match kicking-off 3pm.