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The #MeToo movement has inspired women around the world to demand sexual respect and safety. At UC Santa Barbara, UCGHI Women's Health, Gender and Empowerment Center of Expertise (WHGE COE) members are using the movement's momentum to explore what it means to be an ally in the age of #MeToo.
In June, the WHGE COE, in partnership with campus units and community agencies, brought together diverse voices, both on a panel and in the audience, to talk about different issues around the #MeToo campaign.
The event was initiated by Melissa Smith, WHGE COE deputy director, Laury Oaks, faculty ambassador for the COE and chair of feminist studies at UC Santa Barbara and Claire Amabile, student ambassador for the COE. All three emphasized the importance of collaboration in bringing these important conversations to campus. "We started reaching out to groups on and off campus and the response we got was really inspiring," said Amabile.
The trio soon grew to a group of cross-disciplinary planners, panelists and supporters – including Campus Advocacy, Resource & Education (CARE) at UCSB, the department of sociology, Standing Together to End Sexual Assault (STESA) and the UC Santa Barbara chapter of Planned Parenthood Generation Action.
"It's exciting to see how the COE's faculty and student ambassadors can play a bridging role in fostering collaboration on and off campus," said Smith.
Through the event, organizers sought to "deepen our understanding of rape culture, discuss how to be allies to survivors, learn about campus and community resources and learn how to take action to create change in our communities," said Amabile.
The panel – including, Becca Williams, assistant director of advocacy services, CARE; Kristen Minami, prevention education coordinator, CARE, Tristan Bridges, assistant professor of Sociology, and Christian Sierra, community education coordinator, STESA – highlighted "strategies for making campus a safe place to go after someone says #MeToo," said Amabile. "They stressed the importance of allies listening and believing and knowing what resources are available to survivors of sexual violence."
Each of the panelists shared knowledge from their respective areas of expertise ranging from gender and masculinities to prevention education and survivor advocacy, which "allowed for deeper and more nuanced conversations among attendees seeking to increase their understanding of survivor allyship and support survivors during the time of #MeToo," said Lauren Gunther, assistant director of Prevention Education, CARE.
The combination of scholarly research, activism and resources on campus made this a productive event, emphasizing the idea that "everyone in a community has a responsibility to recognize and intervene to prevent rape culture," said Oaks.
"CARE's involvement added great value to the event," Oaks said. Their active presence on campus and experience in communicating about the subject matter helped us frame our ideas and promote an event that was truly open to all."
Indeed, CARE provides confidential advocacy and support to students, staff and faculty impacted by sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and stalking. "We work with various campus departments and entities to provide campus-wide prevention education and [are] dedicated to working with student organizations and leaders to develop programming aimed at preventing violence and creating culture change," said Gunther.
Enhancing anti-harassment efforts is on the forefront of many working with the UC Santa Barbara community right now. In May, UCSB vice chancellor for student affairs, Margaret Klawunn, institutionalized a series of student-led demands to combat sexual assault on and around campus. CARE is highly involved in this effort.
"Along with more resources devoted to anti-harassment efforts, student activists have called for a survey of incidents and campus responses, as a way of ensuring that responses continue to improve," according to Oaks.
The WHGE COE signature project, Empower Campuses for Sexual Respect and Safety, does just that. According to Smith, the project has student ambassadors and faculty partners mapping sexual violence prevention activities and resources on UC campuses with the goal of building an evidence-base for effective campus sexual violence programs and policies that can be taken to scale in the US and internationally.
Smith is optimistic about future collaborations with CARE, STESA and other allies working to improve campus and community resources. "The WHGE COE signature project survey and subsequent phases could improve programs and policies by tapping into existing student concerns and working across organizations to address key gaps in campus responses to sexual violence," said Smith. "We plan to keep the conversation going and to bring student activists to the table as well," she added.
In the meantime, WHGE COE student and faculty ambassadors will continue to cross-fertilize ideas and inspire work and collaboration on the UC Santa Barbara campus and across the UC system.
"We hope to organize more events that explore how to make the #MeToo movement more intersectional, how to foster new masculinities in our communities and how to talk about the grey areas of sexual violence," said Smith.


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In fact, it is not cpecifically about the first date itself, but the first face-to-face period when you finally meet your partner after a particular period of online communication. In this article we are going to run through several do's and don'ts that will help you to manage the successful and perspective communication, if serious relationship is something you are looking for.
So let's start with something you shall never do on a date with a lady:
Being thoughtful is quite useful habit to have, though, don't go too far with it, as the first date is the time you both rather merely spend the hours learning new things about each other. The easiest and most pleasant way of all is to be light and slightly superficial about things. You can go deeper anytime you both want and/or ready to.
There is nothing more repulsive and pathetic then trying to be funny when it's not originally your cup of tea. So if you are not that "funny kinda guy" just get over it and better use something that works good for you, showing some vertues that actually reveil your beautiful nature.
That's a thing both men and women are not that much pleased to hear on the first dates. As far as you're not that close yet, you shall not go on discussing some of your previous experiences as you never know the reaction your companion's going to have, as well as the consiquences it may cause (like a belief that you're still not quite over)
Probably the most well-known fact is that truth always reveils oneself, so pretending to be a different person by regulating or original behaviour or qualities will not only put you through the wringer but also eventually, when your true nature show up, cause you date dissapointment and irritation as no one likes to be deceived. And, afterwards, isn't it your real you that you want to make happy and have all that great experiences that happen during a lifetime? Treat yourself right then!
Well, alcohol relaxes, make you feel sincere, even confident and that intoxicating state is, ingeneral, quite pleasant. Though you'd rather mind yourself with those on the first dates as you risk not only to lose control over yourself and situation but also cause the embarassment due to extra frivolous behaviour.
Trying to be something that you are originally not is the hardest work ever. Do you really want to be engaged with that scam? And, to remind you, if this is the right person, he or she literally needs and wants you the very way you are - with all flaws and weird things.
And as far as we have discussed the points you shall never do during your first dates, let's move to those you should practice if you want things to work out the best possible way.
It is hardly and advise to get as it is probably the most important thing that should be a basis for the communication. And still we better be here to remind you - be opened, it is pleasant and easy.
If you have some questions to put to - go for it. Be brave enough to lead the conversation the way you want it so afterwards you have a feeling that you made it all, no matter how it all have turned out.
As far as you have chosen this particular person to put your time and fancy into, pay most of your sincere attention in order to know one better.
You better use this aspect all the possible ways if you haven't learned this one yet, because it helps a lot in making full-size communication. It may say and show a lot mouth is not yet ready to speak about.
If you feel like continuing this relationship - be brave enough to ask for a second date. Show the person you've dated with that you had a good time and don't mind to continue. Coz if you felt that way, there is a chance for it to happen at the other side as well.


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MassRaqs is the very newest festival on the East Coast, organized and produced by Meiver, an amazing dance artist.
Getting ready:
One of the most important things for me to when I'm thinking about a stage show (and dancing for dancers, which is arguably the scariest kind of dancing, more on that later) is picking music.
There are songs that speak to you, and the language is Universal. Yes, most of the music that I listen to is Arabic. No I don't actually speak Arabic, BUT after 10 odd years of listening to it, you'd kind of have to be deaf to not at least learn the basics of musical Arabic.
Habibi? = sweetheart
Ouyun = eyes (of) as in Ouyun Bahaia = eyes of Bahaia
Wahashtini = I miss you
And let's not forget the ever popular buliz (as in Mohammed Shahin's description of the lyric of a song that says buliiiiiiiiz!!!!!! (please w/ a heavy Egyptian accent)
Ok, it's not that popular, but it's awesome so I had to throw it in there.
So, Daret Al Ayam by Oum Kalthoum. (The days have gone by).
This song haunts me, and has haunted me for the past 2 years. I love it, it brings me to my knees.
Through the generosity of my friends, I've been able to hear the full song which is about 45 minutes long. It does make a difference when you what instrument is substituting for the singer's voice when you are dancing to the music. If you know that the ney is simulating the voice, and you know what the lyrics are it can make a huge difference in your dance, as well as adding texture and dimension.
And isn't it about making the music come alive for your audience? Aren't you trying to "be" the music? Full apologies to Aziza, whose catchphrase that is. But it's apt.
So I listened to the music since July, over and over again. Since I love the song, I have about 15 versions of different portions of it. I finally settled on section III the song on Nesma Al Andalus' album, Memories of Cairo
(Album is also available on emusic)
And I submitted my choice to the organizer, at absolutely the very last minute (so sorry!). Who promptly responded "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!" and said that there were already 2 others (her included) who had chosen this song.
I thought feverishly.
Aha! What if the other dancer was dancing to another VERSION of the song? Meiver (the organizer) was dancing 2 whole days away! With all due respect to the audience, it's a 45 minute song, and we're radically different dancers! It's improv anyway! (for me at any rate) Meiver replies that it's from the same album.
Are you kidding? Who else spends endless hours trolling the internet for new and interesting variations of music? Why a whole bunch of other dancers, you (me) idiot!
Meiver graciously decided to scrap her plans to dance to it.
I asked the question of the other dancer. I waited for TWO whole days for her to get back to her computer, since she apparently has a life outside of it (who new?).
She planned on dancing to section I, which saved my butt and graciously agreed that I could dance to section III.
I had purchased a costume during the summer, that had been on hold for me forever. A mango yellow eman, that was luscious and sparkly. Not sparkly enough so I bought a bunch of crystals in yellow orange and red and stuck them on to the bra cup and to the top of the skirt to give some dimension to the color.
I also bought my very first Shibori Borealis veil http://www.etsy.com/transaction/33367660 , which if you are a silk veil aficionado is like buying a Mercedes. The car that is, not the dancer (I crack myself up sometimes). In glowing fire colors.
Usually I do nothing with my hair, but I decided to buy these lovely, lovely silk flowers, also in fire colors from theesfield's calico garden designs. http://www.etsy.com/transaction/33367719
Being me, with my complete inability to imagine dimensions, I thought 5 inches would be too small, so I bought 2. Cause you know, my head can support 10 whole inches of flower.
Yeah, I wound up wearing just one, which covered about half the side of my head.
Maybe my head is freakishly small?
I can say that it's not.
So can my mom.
And I have enough hair for 2 (very small headed) people. Ok, maybe just one. But that's not the point, is it!
Stop arguing with me!
I had also reserved a room at a dance studio which is awesome and had been practicing.
There is something about undirected practice that totally sucks. For me, anyway. I can't seem to focus.
I would pick one combination that I wanted for the music and drill it.
When dancing to the music, I'd forget to put it in.
Frustrating? A tad.
I am blessed, as I've said, in my friends. And she knows who she is who gave me an hour of her time to watch, critique and immeasurably improve my performance.
Eventually get everything together, have an attack of nerves decide I never want to dance again, lose my cool and temper all over the place and then the day comes.
I'm in the audience, witnessing an amazing recitation of Boston in it's heyday of Middle Eastern dance, with this wonderful woman describing her life. It was amazing.
I was of course, too nervous to really forget that I was shortly going to perform, but it was close. Very close.
I look around the audience to the enraptured dancers and their friends who had come and think to myself, what a wonderful testament to the work and the dreams of the organizer that these people have come and given of themselves to this endeavor of hers.
I see Bozenka. My heart stops.
I'm going to dance in front of BOZENKA!!!
She's been one of my dance crushes since way back when, waaaaayyyyyyy before she was a ever a part of the BDSS. When there were just a few clips of her on the web, which I linked to and treasured.
I cheered when I heard that she joined the BDSS.
I promptly paid for 2 hours of private instruction when she was last in town, despite some compelling reasons for not leaving home.
I was terrified.
During intermission, she left the room.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
I get changed, wait my turn while these amazing women were getting ready to perform, sadly missing most of the show.
It's my turn.
The music starts.
Dude. There was a hellalotta space to try to cover to get close to where the audience could see me.
I steptogetherstepped in giant leaps to get there (it felt like)
I start.
I see my friends.
I smile.
I dance.
I think about the love in the room, and there was lots.
For me. For my friends. For the audience.
I turn.
There's Bozenka.
I grin, because what the hell else am I gonna do?
I finish my performance.
I (gracefully, I hope) pick up my veil and leave the stage.
I cry.
Because if you're me, you put 2 months of rehearsals, 2 months of work, 2 months of emotion into those few minutes of performance, allowing it to build to a crescendo that you have just released.
And sometimes you feel empty. You feel that space, that empty space that should be filled, but isn't. You know that there will be no one to help you pick apart your show. No one to tell you how the audience reacted to that bit that you worked so hard on. No one who will know that you spent 2 months working on that transition, 2 months agonizing over whether you are doing the song justice, whether you adequately conveyed what you meant to.
But your friends are there; who love you and make sure you know it. So nothing else to do but wipe up the tears and get changed back to civvies, and go back out there.


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A Train operator was rapped by Government officials for turning off safety equipment on one of its steam trains near Doncaster, it has emerged.
The Office of Rail and Road temporarily prohibited West Coast Railway Company Limited from operating steam trains on the mainline rail network last month because of the move, it has revealed
The enforcement action, put in place no November 25, followed an initial investigation into an incident near Doncaster on October 2 2015, which found staff on the steam locomotive board locomotive 45231 had turned off its Train Protection and Warning System (TPWS) isolation equipment, designed to apply an emergency brake if the driver makes an error.
The Doncaster incident emerged as the OFF announced it was prosecuting WCRC and a train driver over a signal incident in March.
It is alleged a West Coast Railway Company Limited train was running from Bristol to Southend when the Spad (signal passed at danger) happened at Wootton Bassett junction in Wiltshire on March 7.
Ian Prosser, HM chief inspector of railways at ORR, said: "The safety of staff, volunteers, passengers and members of the public is our absolute priority."
"Britain's railways have a good safety record. However, there have been a number of incidents over the past year involving West Coast Railway Company (WCRC) trains.
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Good morning and happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.
Our weekend was fairly quiet. My parents came for a visit on Saturday and my mom & I took the girls out shopping. We didn't really buy anything, just a few groceries; but, it was nice to get out of the house!
Yesterday, I spent eight hours cleaning the upstairs. I know you're probably thinking, how does one spend eight hours cleaning one level of their house? It's not hard, I tell you. When you start scrubbing walls and baseboards, putting laundry away, changing beds, polishing furniture, it adds up. AND, I didn't even get it all done. I got the ensuite bathroom and main bath done, the master bedroom and Pretty's room are completely finished too. I managed to get half of Boo's laundry put away; but it was then time for him to go to bed, so I'll have to finish his room and Pickle's room today.
I never realized how many muscles you use scrubbing, polishing and putting away. My forearms and wrists hurt from all the activity and my back...well bending over all day doesn't make it feel good, that's for sure!
I guess I should be happy I'm getting a jump on Spring cleaning.
How about you? How did you spend your weekend?
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday Musings
Posted by Unknown at 10:37 AM
Labels: household chores, life, monday musings, spring cleaning
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I thought this was a writing prompt? Glad you had a productive weekend.ReplyDelete
Nope, the prompts are just there to provide inspiration when you don't have any!ReplyDelete
My weekend, I worked.ReplyDelete
Late last week and through this week I have been gradually spring cleaning. I think the only difference between the spring cleaning and regular cleaning is I include windows!
Jill from bloggy moms
I went full out, doing baseboards, walls and windows. Normally, those only get done once or twice a year. I was also in a rage over a comment DH made, so I took it out my anger in my cleaning.ReplyDelete
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As our time in China is coming to an end (more about that later), I feel the need to write about one of my other favorite Chinese foods. After dumplings, noodles are a very close second, making me also happily hum while eating them, especially the spicy ones!
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It's official. I am working again.
It did not take long to get used to this time (3 days to be precise). I've become a pro at starting new jobs having started a few in the last couple of years. This time it will hopefully be a little less short-lived as so far I am enjoying the journey (literally). Getting up early is a little easier in these parts of the world. As we are a good bit further south, there is not so much of that dreaded and depressing winter morning darkness going on, which makes getting up all that much more bearable, although some will disagree.
To get the earlier of the two trains, I leave the house at 7am. A driver (whom I pay…) collects me from the house. It's a different person each time but always holding up an A4 sheet with my first name. It's a little funny having some guy standing outside your door holding a piece of paper with your name on it but it beats looking for a taxi any day.


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Fecal transplants for sports performance are in the news again (this was one of those topics that has been talked about as a future possibility, but not actually tested in the field, for a while). Google 'poop doping' and 'cycling' for links. In this case, an amateur competitive cyclist got a fecal transplant from a high level competitor. Afterwards, she saw her training improve, greatly improved her recovery, and saw general improvements in her health.
At the same time, you can find articles in places like gizmodo telling you that no, fecal transplants won't make you a better athlete, because the people who write for gizmodo don't understand the difference between absence of evidence and evidence of absence.
The theory: What's this all about?
Your intestines are full of bacteria. That is why it's important to wash your hands after using the bathroom. Not just one strain of bacteria, either - everybody has a lot of different strains, in different proportions, living in their intestines. These bacteria help break down certain foods, produce chemicals that can get into your bloodstream and affect your health (butyric acid, branched chain amino acids. lots of others), and seem to impact your health in lots of other ways that are somewhat mysterious (impact insulin resistance, affect mood, influence the immune system, impact bodyfat levels, and so on).
Not all of these bacteria do the same thing. Some are better at digesting some fibers than others. Some do generally good things for you, some do generally bad things for you (things that detract from your health).
The most direct way to change your intestinal bacteria (also called your 'gut flora,' which sounds better) is two steps: 1) flush out your own, basically taking a bunch of magnesium citrate and cleaning out your bowels, and 2) re-colonizing with a different set of species (either different species altogether, or just different ratios of the same strains of bacteria). Where would you get a replacement colony (see what I did there? colon? colony?) From the gut of a healthy person. The process is exactly as disgusting as you think.
Do we know for sure this will work?
What parts of this plan are supported by science? Actually, quite a bit, but not all of it.
We know (as in, have extremely solid scientific evidence) that gut bacteria can massively influence various things in rats. Scientists have done fecal transplants on obese rats and they got leaner, among many other similar experiments.
We know that the gut bacteria in healthy/lean/athletically advanced people are not the same as in sick/obese/athletically disadvantaged people.
We know that, for example, being insulin sensitive will make you a better martial artists or cyclist or whatever, even if only a little bit.
What do the naysayers say?
Why wouldn't this work? Naysayers argue that, while healthy/fit people have different gut flora than sick/unfit people, this might be an effect, not a cause. Maybe elite cyclists have different gut bacteria because of the lifestyle that made them elite, and the bacteria changes are just a side effect.
They may be right, but there are a lot of studies done on humans where various protocols are used to change gut flora that lead to changes in health markers. None of them have been done on cycling performance, but it seems very reasonable to think that some change in immune function or insulin sensitivity would be likely to improve performance, even if only a little bit.
Naysayers also argue that the helpfulness of a particular colony of bacteria (the strains and proportions of each strain) might be very specific to an individual - maybe the gut bacteria that make Dave a great cyclist wouldn't work for Dennis, because of some peculiarity of either Dave's or Dennis' physiology.
There are potential complications and downsides to this sort of treatment. By definition, fecal matter isn't sterile. Importing someone else's bacteria into your body might make you sick - especially if your immune system isn't up to snuff.
What should I do?
Let's be clear: nobody really knows just how much any particular person might gain, if anything, from changing their gut bacteria.
And that's a big part of the problem.
It's a good bet, in my opinion, that swapping out your gut flora for those of, for example, a high level athlete, would be good for you. People who tend towards obesity, poor immune function, bad insulin resistance, and compromised digestion don't usually end up at the top of the athletic pyramid. There's a really good chance that your average Olympic athlete has an above averagely good gut biome.
But that's a pretty shaky foundation to build on. If you're sickly, generally feel like crap, and are a well below average performer in many physical areas, and other avenues of traditional medical intervention haven't worked for you, this might be something to explore. You don't have as much to lose. But if you're generally doing okay, getting a fecal transplant from the UFC Featherweight Champion (Max Holloway, can I have some of your poop?) is probably not warranted. We just don't know if everyone benefits from the same bacteria, how long the effect would last (how long before my super Max Holloway colon returns to my current biome, given my lifestyle and eating habits?), or what negative effects there might be.
Having said that, it is very, very possible that in a few more years researchers will understand these variables a lot better. There might even be better ways to change your gut biome (better probiotics!)
You can do some things to change your gut flora right now that aren't nearly as radical as a fecal transplant. To be honest, any change in your diet is going to affect your gut flora - consuming different amounts or different types of fiber will feed the different strains better or worse, changing the composition of your gut biome. BUT nobody, as far as I can tell (and I've looked), fully understands which fibers feed which bacteria to get which specific desired (or undesired) result. Will eating raw potato starch result in a beneficial shift in your gut biome? Maybe. But if you look at the work of the people suggesting that, there are holes in their evidence. Like, there's a jump from "this fiber feeds gut bacteria!" to "bacteria are good for you!" without a lot of specifics about "this fiber feeds these bacteria more than these other ones, and having more of these and fewer of those will make you healthier."
Without knowing all the specifics, we can do a sort of "good enough for now" workaround: look at healthy populations, groups of very healthy people, and see if there are any commonalities in their diet, because there's a good chance that they're feeding their gut bacteria in a way that contributes to a positive gut biome. What do we see? Lots of vegetable intake, not a lot of processed foods. In other words, good amounts of fiber from a variety of natural plant sources (sorry, not orange metamucil).
The takehome:
Your gut bacteria are super important. Some strains are better for you than others, and in different amounts. It's very unclear exactly how to make sure you are supporting the good bacteria and interfering with the bad ones. BUT you're probably safe eating lots of fiber, from a variety of whole food sources, because there are huge populations of people who eat like that who seem to have, at the very least, not-bad gut biomes.
ALSO this looks a LOT like an area where, it's not that we have good reason to think that fecal transplants won't work, but we have strong reasons to think that they should, but probably not enough evidence to justify running out and pumping ourselves full of someone else's shit. So instead of filing this away as "probable hoax," file it away under "promising idea, wait for more work to be done."


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I recently was asked to create a custom form for a WordPress installation. Unfortunately, the plug-in I used, 'Contact Form 7′, refused to work with the client's web server.
By default, most WordPress plug-ins that send mail use the PHP mail() function. Some servers do have problems with this so I solved it in the following way.
1) I installed the plug-in WP-Mail-SMTP. This allows you to change the default way that your WordPress blog sends email from the PHP function to SMTP.
2) I added the Gmail servers SMTP details to the plug-in:
Host: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 465
Encryption: SSL
Authorisation: YES
Username: client's email address
Password: client's password for above email address
Now the Contact Form 7 works! The client uses Google Apps for business so their domain name is set up to use with this, but it will also work with any gmail.com address.


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How to remove ads in U torrent without upgrading
How much ever everyone tries to disagree, uTorrent is one of the software which is found installed on every other laptop or PC. We all try to ignore the irritating ads present on the top and side of uTorrent and always feel in mind wish they were not there. the only way to get rid of the ads as told by uTorrent is to get a pro version which most of us do not like to do.
So here is a workaround to get rid of those nasty ads and make uTorrent clean without purchasing the Pro version. It needs a bit of fiddling around to be done with the settings on uTorrent which we are explaining step by step with screen shots.
Steps to get rid of Ads on uTorrent without buying pro version:
Launch uTorrent application in your Laptop or PC
Go to Options, present on the top left corner of the uTorrent window
From the options seen in the drop down menu click on Preferences
Now go to Advanced option seen at the bottom of the list on the left side
You will be seeing the Advanced option window with multiple options with Name and the value set as True or False
To get rid of the ads we have to change five of the listed values from True to False listed below, type each one of the following the Filter box seen and select False for each one of it:
- offers.left_rail_offer_enabled
- gui.show_plus_upsell
- offers.sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled
- bt.enable_pulse
- gui.show_notorrents_node
That is it Press OK and go back to the uTorrent main page and you will see that the ads have disappeared, in case you are still seeing the ads, close the app and relaunch it. Sometimes when the latest version of uTorrent has been upgraded to the ads might appear, follow the same steps and you will be able to remove the ads in the newer version too.


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I can't remember where I read it, but I recently came across the idea that a great room design incorporates varying pattern, texture, and shine. When I found this amazing faux fur fabric, I knew it would make the perfect pillow to help fulfill the texture part of that recommendation. Plus, it reminds me a lot of a seventies faux fur pillow my grandparents had when I was growing up. The only problem is that my sewing machine is currently in the shop getting a tune-up, and I didn't want to have to wait for a new pillow. Luckily this is a super easy hand-sewing project. Faux fur is really forgiving of hand-stitches, and even without a sewing machine, this pillow should only take an hour or two to whip up. With a sewing machine, you can have it done in no time, though you'll still want to hand-stitch part of it. Either way, it's way cheaper than this version from West Elm, or this one from Anthropologie, plus no lambs were harmed. Win-win!
Delicious is not super sure about this addition to her chair. She feels it might be competing with her fluffiness.
Faux fur fabric, 1/2 yard (I used this curly mongolian faux fur)
Pillow insert (I used one that was 18×18 inches)
Hand sewing needle
Measuring tape
1. For an 18×18-inch pillow, measure a strip of fabric 36 inches long by 18 inches wide. To cut the faux fur, mark where you want to cut it, snip about an inch on the back, and then tear the fabric straight across. This way you won't end up cutting any of the pile of the fur. (Thanks to the woman at the fabric store cutting counter for this useful tip!)
2. Fold the fabric in half, right sides together, so you have an 18×18-inch square. Tuck the fur into the interior, and pin two of the three open edges together.
3. Start with a corner between a pinned edge and a folded edge. Hand sew straight across the corner using a backstitch, about an inch in from the corner point, and continue sewing the pinned edges together. When you reach the next corner, sew across it, then sew the next edge and the following corner. Backstitch a few times, tie a sturdy knot, and cut your thread.
4. Turn the pillow right-side-out, and insert your pillow through the open edge to check the fit. Check the corners for any fur fibers that were caught under the stitching, and gently pull them free. Remove your pillow form and turn the cover inside-out again.
5. Round off the last corner of the pillow cover by sewing across it as you did with the three other corners. Continue sewing about 1/3 of the open edge shut, then backstitch several times and make a sturdy knot.
6. Clip off the corners of the fabric.
7. Turn the cover right-side-out and stuff the pillow form through the opening. Blind-stitch the open edge shut. Now you have a pillow!


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Members of Akashganga moved on to multi-tasking and become a lean mean fighting machine. Sport and military parachuting complemented each other. But, behind all of these unique achievements paradoxically, an equally important conflict raged on. The 'sporty' blitzkrieg led by the imaginative daring of Thapar, a veritable 'one-man- Army' from the House of Adventure was a frontal, daylight assault on the traditional expertise of the Dhartiputras. They believed, what was construed to be as sports parachuting was given birth to and mothered at Paratroopers Training School. She was nothing but another child of military parachuting. It was argued and not without much reason too, that it was time, for PTS to let go and focus instead on its more compelling and urgent military tasks. Thapar had removed all stops and got none too happy Army paratroopers to add grist to the intrigue mill. Sunil uncovers another layer of mystery of Akashganga, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths.
Team Akashganga was busy re-inventing itself. 'Glasnost'and openness had quickly replaced the regimented style. It was personal. It was family. Each member was carefully selected before being blooded in. A new work philosophy of "un pour tous, tous pour un" (One for all and all for one) had unconsciously become the bonding force. There were no clear targets. Yet all of these dedicated band were fully committed. As the bombast goes: beyond the call of duty!
The sheer dearth of sports canopies compelled the youthful but inexperienced leadership of Akashganga to think hard and bold. Risks were taken. Some foolhardy and some calculated. In fact, bereft of any formal training or foreign exposure but through the indigenous painstaking trial and error method Canopy Relative Work (CRW); the art of flying canopies – was pioneered and honed over the skies of Malpura Dropping Zone creating history. A nervous, silent and patient Lal was reaching the brink of exasperation. "Maybe, oftentimes, going with the flow helps" Dhritarashtra had philosophized, "Let events unfold unhindered. Who is to tell?" The cheap photocopies of The Basic Free Fall Manual by Dan Poynter and Canopy Relative Work by Terry Parsons, old editions of The Parachutist magazine from the library of ADR&DE were the only dummy guides that helped navigate this perilous journey. There were no synthetic simulations. No videos or audio transcripts. Much less the assuring presence of expert hands. All jumps were real time and tried out at over thousands of feet of the sky only with searching curiosity, creative intelligence, silent prayers and lots of reckless bravado Little Chordia or the incorrigible Bong kept their own trysts with danger very private. Parachute wraps and entanglements, they dealt with, were treated as business as usual. There was no time to be afraid. There was no running away.
The union of the first two HAPPS Canopies paired and pretty was quickly followed by a third one for a sensual threesome. This spectacular debut on the Indian skies was an ecstatic moment of aerial choreography more orgasmic than any coital consummation. But the lethal dangers of the complicated locking system of dive loops on risers, flapping extensions, wobbly and truncated suspension lines, a long pilot chute bridle, and the metallic rip cord of the nine cell HAPPS ram air system compelled a rethink and a divorce after a short honeymoon resulted.
Safety and not a lusty partnership was the wise choice. A new marriage of sorts with the fast and contemporary but smaller Stratos cloud of seven cells was solemnised and the second marriage was indeed lucky to carry forward the incense of permanence and robust happiness. For once consumed with passion Banjo dared to win despite Chordia and Kallan having left soon after on posting. Sikku and the young VP Sharma were ready and waiting in the wings to fill in. Accident or destiny, this new found skill of CRW kindled the flames of self-belief.
Much needed modifications and major repairs were necessary to up the numbers of Stratos cloud parachutes and keep the development of skills in their handling improved and smart. Interestingly, the latter was done without any prior authorisation from appropriate quarters violating regulatory norms, just like Canopy Relative Work. So much so Banjo sat through with John Rix, a visiting test parachutist and accomplished rigger, on an old fashioned Singer sewing machine run by the feet for stitching dive loops on the risers for increased response in dive, turns and flexibility and reducing the length of the drogue chute to avoid entanglements and facilitate the safe use in formation flying of square parachutes. Canopies were repaired in-situ with patches of borrowed fabric, glue, suspension lines and other knick knacks through the generous help of Ajoo and his team from ADR&DE. The A-lines of the parachute were coloured with Alta (indigenous red colouring fluid) to identify the front lines to be held during parachute contact and sliding down to the plane mode from stack (from the roof of the canopy to the shoulders of the bottom man). The parachutes were preserved with Talcum or chalk powder bought out of the individual contributions.
Field packing systems were introduced. Every jumper was to be able to pack the main parachute. His confidence, self-reliance and knowledge improved dramatically. The rigger-in-charge Tripathi presided over the packing conversion training before it was completely taken over by Team Jumpers. This skill enhancement with increased workloads without any known or promised rewards called for supreme commitment. Once again this was a very private and inspired initiative of new triumvirate Banjo, Sikku and VP Sharma without the blessings of superiors. The disregard of indifferent orders extant was a radical step in a hugely regimented setup.
Akashganga, the aerial parachuting display team was the new sensation. SAF Games, of 1987, at Calcutta, inauguration of Tercentenary Celebrations, 1989, in the presence of Prime Minister V P Singh, Jyoti Basu and the noted educationist, Governor, Nurul Hasan, the hundred years of Mohun Bagan Club, 1989, wherein the match between Mohun Bagan and Services kicked off with several footballs carried by skydivers from the air and to be received on landing by the famed Chuni Goswami, 1000 years of Cuttack, in 1988, AAFI, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, witnessed by the President of India, Delhi, Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri and Mahalaxmi Race Course, Bombay, Lal Bahadur Stadium, Bangalore and others across India made Akashganga come alive. While the squares had made parachuting fast and accurate it was not a breeze in the summer sky while entering modern stadiums such as Salt Lake. Descending into a large deep well with tall electric masts, sucking swirls and eddies once inside called for high expertise to land safely.
The daily newspapers had begun to publish stories of death-defying spectacles and hair-raising sights. Escapades were many as landed on a high rise (the State Bank Building at Esplanade, Calcutta), another almost on the lap of Jyoti Basu in the jump at Mohun Bagan and Sikku along with six others on the streets and parks surrounding the Salt Lake Stadium dodging buses, pedestrians and live high tension lines. With bouquets came the broken bones! Such was the price of sporting delights! Shadows of departmental inquiries peppered the otherwise scintillating performances. The Dhartiputras were made of stronger stuff and skydived unfazed. Mistakes were there to be made and lived with. A Jump was to die for!
Members of Akashganga moved on to multi-tasking and become a lean mean fighting machine. Sport and military parachuting complemented each other. But, behind all of these unique achievements paradoxically, an equally important conflict raged on. The 'sporty' blitzkrieg led by the imaginative daring of Thapar, a veritable 'one-man- Army' from the House of Adventure was a frontal, daylight assault on the traditional expertise of the Dhartiputras. They believed, what was construed to be as sports parachuting was given birth to and mothered at Paratroopers Training School. She was nothing but another child of military parachuting. It was argued and not without much reason too, that it was time, for PTS to let go and focus instead on its more compelling and urgent military tasks. Thapar had removed all stops and got none too happy Army paratroopers to add grist to the intrigue mill.
Unknown to the authorities the small bunch of vigilante-like Devaputras felt orphaned, mentally challenged and left to fight a bleeding battle of attrition against clever arguments and manipulative orders. The Banjo and Kallan pair initially and then the former almost alone was hobbled by frequent summons and explanations from the higher echelons, directing them to urgently fall in line. A garrison mentality and strategy of siege was very much on the cards, thereafter!
What was Chitragupta to script in his heavy historical tome? Dhritarashtra remained sullen all through. Questions and reflections engulfed him. He reminisced how in the past the objective perspective of the Vidur alone, could offer safe passage out of this plaguing minefield of petty and sometimes lofty-minded intrigue! He had seen so much of it already in his time. He had not forgotten how his half- brother Vidur and Vikarna together but in isolation had opposed the Vastraharan (disrobing) of Draupadi! The blind king was left standing leaden-footed with precious little to show for his embarrassment. Perhaps, the horrible scream of Ashwathamma on seeing his unjustly killed father Dronacharya echoed the heartbreaking mood of these momentous days in history. Yet again, the beckoning of "Dharma" (righteous duty) and "Nyaya" (justice) bedeviled the tall patriarch, while helplessly hearing an oft-repeated story.
This was the stuff of high tragedy!
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Established in 1980, Touro Law Center is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). In addition to the regular J.D. program, Touro Law offers two programs specifically for foreign-law graduates – one is a Two-Year J.D. Program, the other is a 27-credit LL.M. program in U.S. Legal Studies. The Law Center occupies a dynamic 185,000 square foot, state of the art building in Central Islip on the south shore of Long Island. Touro Law is at the center of what is arguably the nation's first integrated law campus, comprising a United States courthouse and federal building and a New York State court center, with supreme, family, and district courts. Located about one hour by car or train east of New York City on Long Island, Central Islip boasts a wide variety of affordable housing options. Students may also use the Office of Admissions' Housing Information Network, which provides current listings of accommodations, as well as information regarding carpools and shared living arrangements. On-campus parking is free of charge. The Law Center provides free shuttle service for day and evening classes between the Central Islip train station and the law school. Students can choose to live in Manhattan or Brooklyn and commute to school via the Long Island Railroad. Touro Law is a leader in bridging the gap between law school and legal practice, and between the classroom and the courtroom. Taking advantage of its unique location as part of a law campus adjacent to and working with both a federal courthouse and a state courthouse, Touro Law offers an innovative Court Immersion Program that enables students to experience the workings of the judicial system from the very first days of their legal education. Touro Law is the only law school in the country where first-year students are exposed to true legal practice through simulations in both litigation and nonlitigation settings and through faculty-supervised small group visits to courts in session, court-related agencies, and court administration. In an effort to facilitate experiential learning, Touro Law invites students not only to observe live proceedings, but also to discuss with the participants (judges, attorneys, and sometimes the parties themselves) their perspectives on law in action. Touro Law's curriculum is a cutting edge program that reconceives and restructures the law school experience for all students. The curriculum expands the scope and quality of legal education by focusing on the development of legal professionals, from prelaw through postgraduation.


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Well, there's not much to it yet, but the maze is present, and the player can move about the maze. There is nothing for him to do yet, however.
Some differences from the original version include a different screen resolution (800×600 instead of the original 640×480). I did not change the actual number of ascii cells, which remains 40×30, it just scales the sprites to the 20×20 from the 16×16 in the bitmap.
However, the area left for the minimap has changed this time. Originally, this area was 128×128, and it is now 160×160. Since the minimap consists of individual pixels, and I don't want to be scaling something like that, I'm going to change the size of the entire map to 160×160.
Originally, the individual "rooms" of the maze were 16×16, and there was a grid of 8×8 of them. This leaves me with a decision to make. Stay with the 16×16 rooms and change the number of them to 100? Or, stick with 64 rooms and make them 20×20? Or, go with a totally different room size completely.
After that, I have a few other decisions to make. The original game had 4 differently colored doors, and the differently colored keys to go with them. Do I leave it at 4, or change it? The four potions: invincibility, freeze, health, and wealth. Keep as is or add/remove/modify the list?
In any case, the end result should be interesting, and recognizably the same game as the original, so it really doesn't matter what is decided as long as it keeps the game fun.


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Queen Chandra Nandini or 'Niadrus' is considered as the princess of Chandravanshi Clan Nanda Dynasty and daughter of Nanda Dynasty. Queen Nandini was one of the three daughters of Dhanananda, the ruler of the Great Nanda Dynasty which ruled Northern India around 322 BC.
According to reference in Jain Literatures Queen Nandini was married to Chandragupta Maurya as a war compensation and Dhanananda was sent to exile in the forest, became a Jain Monk.
According to Megasthenes reference from Indika (greek: Indica) Niadrus was an exceptionally warrior and a great leader. Niadrus was the eldest of all descendants of Dhanananda. Niadrus was also the advisor of militia and an able army commander. Niadrus had a fleet of 2000 Elephants and 4000 Chariots.
Queen Nandini – Queen Niadrus – or Chandravansham Nandini – Treaty of Marriage with Chandragupta Maurya
Around 323 BC, Chandragupta Maurya was looking for support to fight against Alexander. Chandragupta got support from Parvateshwar (Porus), ruler of Punjab. But, ruler Dhanananda did not support Chandragupta and ridiculed him. This got Chandragupta Maurya to prepare and overthrow the Nanda Dynasty. Chandragupta had a great clash with Nandini. The 4-day war ended with a treaty as Nandini agreed to marry Chandragupta Maurya in a pardon for Dhanananda's Life, who was under 2-month old captivity of Mauryans.
Queen Nandini – Queen Niadrus – or Chandravansham Nandini – Jealousy with Greek Wife of Chandragupta Maurya – Durdhara
Around 322 BC, after the death of Alexander the Great, Greeks had started retreating from Asia leaving behind a bunch of Indo-Greek Kingdoms, one of kingdoms being ruled by Seleucus I Nicator, a Macedonian satrap of Alexander. Seleucus I Nicator involved himself in a peace treaty with Maurya Dynasty and married his daughter Helena (or Diodora or Durdhara) with Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta Maurya favoured his Greek wife over his first wife Nandini. Nandini who was already let down by Chandragupta Maurya overthrowing her father Dhanananda from the thrown was now furious.
Queen Nandini – Conversion to Jainism and Later Life
It is depicted that Niadrus (or Nandini) poisoned Durdhara which caused her death. Nandini was prisoned by Chandragupta Maurya and was later pardoned in her older age. Nandini also converted to a Jain Aryika in later life.


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On 24.01.2011 07:52, John Cowan wrote: > See http://esw.w3.org/HTML_XML_Use_Case_04 . It's informally written, > but I think it's the truth and nothing but the truth (the whole truth > is rather beyond my scope). I recall that I read a long time ago that IE uses Window's scripting interfaces to instantiate the script engine. Thus, it *could* be possible to experiment with new scripting languages in IE right now. See <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa292164%28v=vs.71%29.aspx>: > Windows Script Host > > Windows Script Host (WSH) is a language-independent scripting environment for 32-bit Windows platforms. With WSH, Microsoft offers VBScript, JScript, and JScript .NET scripting engines. These scripting languages can be used in the ASP pages of a Web server, in HTML pages that run in Internet Explorer, and in Windows Script Host scripting engines on Windows 98 and Windows 2000. Best regards, JulianReceived on Monday, 24 January 2011 08:07:18 UTC
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Check out this Mars OG Kush Full Melt. This Medical Marijuana concentrate is made using the trim from OG plants. They throw all the trim and leaves and excess into these nylon bags. The nylon bags have different size "pores". the Kits have about 10 bags. The 10th bag has the smallest holes in it so it only traps the trichomes and little to no plant matter. This hash is probably a 5-6 bag extraction. They only use ice water to separate the trichs from the plant.


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No matter what I do, Helm logs me out - either straight after logging in, or after I try to access anything within the control panel.
1.) Make sure cookies are enabled on your web browser. Open up a browser and go to Tools > Internet Options. Choose the Settings button and in the new window, make sure "Automatically" is selected. Choose OK.
a.) If this doesn't fix it, open the Helm Configuration Tool. Go to the Control Panel Website tab and uncheck the "Create a website..." box. Then click Apply. This will remove the Helm website from IIS.
b.) Now check the "Create a website..." box again. Click apply. This will recreate the Helm website. Try and log in again now.
If you still have issues, there is a good chance that there is something wrong with IIS - it would be a good idea to reinstall IIS.


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This dental practice is currently participating in thePrototype Agreements Scheme hosted by the Departmentof Health to trial new ways of providing NHS dentalservices. For further information about this Scheme, please see the leaflet displayed in our practice titled NHS Dental Prototype Agreements – Patient Information.
What this means for you in terms of information relating to your treatment, is that if you have received NHS treatment here in the last 3 years, limited information relating to your private treatment may be shared with the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). This information will berestricted to the fact that a private treatment has been provided and the type of treatment that it was. No other details will be shared.
The reason for this is that in order to evaluate the Scheme, this practice is contractually required to collect and send to the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) datarelating to private treatment that we provide to any patients who have received NHS treatment at this practice within the three years preceding the date of their appointment, whether or not such treatment is associated with NHS treatment (a so called mixed course of treatment). Ifyou are unhappy with your information being shared on this basis, we will be unable to provide you with any private treatment at this practice while we are taking part in this Scheme.
The NHSBSA processes all NHS Dental Treatment claims on behalf of NHS England and the Department of Health. The information collected will be shared securely with the NHSBSA, and will then be matched to any dental treatment you have received from the NHS within the previous three years, for the purposes of evaluating and monitoring the Scheme.
Anonymised information relating to your treatment may alsobe shared with the Department of Health and NHSEngland, and if so, will be used to help in the development of new ways of delivering and paying for NHS dental services, which are currently being considered.
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A leading all-terrain vehicle manufacturer needed reliable actuators to raise and lower a dump box, combined with CAN Bus capable controllers that would allow the actuator control to be integrated into the vehicle's overall system monitoring and provide feedback displayed on an on-board digital screen.
Since its origins in the automotive industry, CAN Bus technology has begun migrating into all types of vehicles including ATVs and heavy-duty, off-highway equipment. The CAN Bus communication protocol has many advantages over traditional wiring harnesses including the elimination of vast amounts of wiring, reduced weight and simplified installation and servicing. The digital technology eliminates all mechanical and analog functions.
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I'm sure most designers hate pulling an object out of it's background, it's tedious and never feels perfect. Some of you lazy bastards even use Magic Wand instead of Paths, for shame. Now Magic Wand is no-brainer automated tools, but it sucks for fine edges and is liable to leave a chunk of background sticking to your object or worse eat into the image you are trying to extract. Paths are the best choice, but it can be time consuming because most designers treat it like a neutered Illustrator Pen Tool, actually I find the Photoshop Pen tool easier to use than Illustrator's. Lets see how to make a path super quick and more accurate. Most of you trying to shape the curve as you go along the edge of the object, jumping from pen tool to corner tool and that's far too time-consuming.
Just do a sloppy trace of the object, put points in corners or areas where a curvature starts, just keep going around the whole object don't worry about accuracy, we'll clean it up on the second round.
Now still using the Pen Tool, go to two point holding CMD (CTRL on WIN) to jump to the Direct Select Tool and get them right where they should be.
Now release the CMD key and move the cursor to the midpoint between the two points and the cursor will change automatically to the Add Anchor Point Tool, click to add a point. That point will automatically be a Curve Point (bends) not a Corner Point (straight), holding the CMD key again to jump to the Direct Select Tool, drag the point to fit the curve.
Now go around the object snapping the path to the edges, you can even delete some of the old points to make the curves even smaller as your first round is always corner points. You can adjust the curve by holding down the OPT (ALT on WIN) to jump to the Convert Point Tool.


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Hello everyone. Sorry I have been less active lately. There is so much going on in my life right now that I can hardly find any time to spend on my comic. But don't be worried, I will still continue the once a week update for now until I can get things all worked out. Work Is hectic and for the next 3weeks it's going to be worst :cry:. I have also been having problems with my e mail lately. Currently working on fixing that.
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Sometimes I divide people up into just two categories: those who live close to their work and do little to no commuting, and those who have to commute.
Way too often in life, I have fallen in the latter category. At its worst, my commute has been 33 miles each way. At its best, it was a walk down a hill (and up on the way home).
Since moving back to California, I was lucky enough to live just 5 miles from a couple of different project offices, and with my new job, I live 18 miles from my office. An 18-mile commute is not the end of the world for me: I know it's popular to lament how gray and dull it is to get in your car and drive to work everyday, but frankly, I love my work and I love where I live, and the two happen to be 18 miles apart. I simply cannot zipline across 18 miles of Southern California suburbs, and so I make the best of my commute. Here are a few tips that have helped me enjoy the ride:
1. Carpool.
I have made a few great friends through carpooling to work. There's nothing like a car ride to make people open up to each other- and luckily that's always been a good thing. Carpooling is tricky since you don't always know when you need to stay late, and there have been times when I have walked out to the parking lot for lunch only to remember I didn't drive that day-but the benefits are immense. You spend less on gas or share the cost, you make the drive interesting, and you reduce your carbon footprint. Win/win/win.
2. Borrow Books on Tape from the Library.
Here are the books I have "read" on tape: Brideshead Revisited (an all-time favorite), A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, and The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. I've also got "Learning Chinese" although I will admit that I can only do a few lessons at a time since Chinese requires a lot of mental effort on my part.
3. Download an online course or series.
If you don't feel like listening to one book, try a course, from MIT OpenCourseware or other free platforms, and download the lectures for listening on your drive.
4. Beat the morning rush.
If you're lucky enough to have a gym on-site or on your way to the office, try getting up early to work out before work. You can avoid the morning traffic and get your heart pumping. I admit that I used to think this was impossible because everyone knows the best sleep is achieved from 5:45 to 6:30 in the morning. But after a couple weeks of morning workouts, I now love the morning routine. It's great knowing my workout is done and going home in the evening without feeling like I have to exercise and can just take the dogs for a long walk.
5. Get a wireless headset and make your daily calls.
I love my Bluetooth, even if it makes me feel like a cheesy mortgage broker sometimes. I can make all my calls on the drive home, some obligatory and some to just catch up with friends and family.
If you can take public transportation or ride a vanpool, even better. These options also allow you to catch up on emails, read or listen to music. I like the transition period from home to work, and while short commutes are better, there are always to make a longer commute more enjoyable and sustainable.


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It sometimes comes as a surprise to laypeople that commercial real estate and residential real estate have little in common. Those in real estate construction and development, almost always specialize in one or the other; real estate brokers and agents focus on one or the other, and there are vastly different laws that apply to each. Even real estate lawyers tend to focus their practices in either commercial or residential. Before becoming a lawyer, Richard Boyer worked in both residential and commercial real estate and development, and his law practice bridges the gap between the two.
Any lawyer practicing commercial real estate law must have an excellent understanding of commercial real estate leases. Whether pertaining to industrial property, commercial office buildings, warehouses, or strip malls, the commercial lease is the most common subject of legal disputes. As such, your lawyer should help you avoid eventual disputes, by helping draft documents that are clear and unambiguous. If a dispute develops later, that well-drafted document could be the difference between an early resolution and expensive, drawn-out litigation.
Simply because California has so many homeowners, residential real estate law has become a fertile ground for lawsuits. Risk management for homeowners starts with well-crafted documents, but does not end there. When the new homebuyer's euphoria wears off, he or she frequently decides, rightly or wrongly, that the seller: charged too much; failed to disclose defects, or; breached the purchase/sale agreement. At that point in time, an experienced real estate attorney can counsel whether there is any merit to the allegations, and whether a remedy is worth pursuing. Richard Boyer represents clients on all sides of residential real estate disputes: sellers, buyers, neighbors, HOA members, real estate agents and brokers, and contractors. Richard candidly advises his clients of their rights, and of the likelihood they will prevail if litigation ensues.
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Forest Reflections 1 is a computer based interactive artwork that uses a candle as an interface. This richly afforded interface device is immediately intuitive in the movements and behaviours it facilitates. The overall interaction is similar to Spotlighting for animals in the bush, an analogy that highly suitable to our project. The experience is slow and explorative, and dreamy or "mesmerising" at times.
At the exhibition our children would use the candle to explore and light up their winged Forest Creatures for their parents. These Forest Creatures are the Assemblages they created throughout the artist residency project and which were later stop-motion animated before being combined into a virtual "swarm", or gestalt as the interactive artwork Forest Reflections 1.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
R&R :: Day One
Saturday Morning Dreaming :: I really like this table...
You know how sometimes when you are waking up - for me it's usually when I am sleeping in - and you drift in and out of these semi-dreaming, semi-sleeping, semi-waking states? It's nice when it happens. Rare.
I stayed at last night's milonga until the bitter end, although I didn't dance the last few tandas, choosing instead to watch. Oh, in case you didn't catch it, I'm in Atlanta at the Gustavo y Giselle workshop - here ostensibly for "just the milongas" - although I noticed there is an advanced class this afternoon that is still open to leaders. Anyway, I got to bed around 3:00 or 3:30 I suppose, and was having some nice dreamy feelings this morning as I was waking up. Feelings of contentment, of gratitude, for what tango has brought into my life. I was trying to remember all my dances last night. They were all nice dances, even my one community service dance. Even community service tango feels good.
Gustavo y Giselle's performance was great - outstanding - fantastic. The real treat for me was watching them dance socially - they were warming up and having fun. They are so good, that after you have seen them many times, that level of dancing becomes the norm them. The expected. The beauty and technique and musicality and connection are all somehow anti-climactic. Don't get me wrong - they are moving and a joy to watch - but somehow...something...I can't explain it.
And don't forget the passion. I was talking with a friend about Ezequiel y Sabrina and Javier y Geraldine and their passion when they were together. The passion seems to be missing with them now, with their new partners. But not with G & G, the passion is still there, although it's more like a bed of hot coals. Not a big fanning flame of passion, but a deep, strong, white-hot heat of love. I think I see that with them. They are such a great couple. I admire them. Last night was a room full of G&G disciples. We wouldn't have been there if we didn't admire and respect them.
The video of the first song/dance is still uploading an hour later. I'll try to get it posted later.
The milonga last night was a treat. I would guess there were about 150 folks. Great DJ'ing by Avik...but a leader/buddy and I were talking about how there was a large proportion of "fast". Fast tangos, fast vals', and some painfully sloooow milongas. Overall, an A+ on the DJ'ing, you just can't really find fault there.
I had a wonderful surprise running into friends from Phoenix. I hadn't seen them since Austin back in November. It was great to catch up with them. That's one thing I love about tango - all the great people. We're going to have dinner tonight before the milonga.
There were lots of other familiar faces to say hi to and catch up with. Catch up and then dance a tanda (with the followers anyway).
My tango was okay. Not bad for not really having danced in four months. Stuff started coming back to me by the end of the evening. I completely forgot about volcadas. I was talking to my buddy from Phoenix, joking about Gustavo & Giselle's reverse double counter clockwise rotation back volcada with a twist, a gainer and a pike. I was joking in envy, it's a clean, simple, difficult to lead volcada that is a signature for them. Anyway we were laughing at my verbose descriptives, and it dawned on me that I had forgotten about them altogether. I'm not a big volcada dude. I'm a big dude, okay, but, I'm not big on volcadas, and not big volcadas either. I have a sweet little milonguero volcada "normal" that I do. At most, I may follow it up with another one, linked to the first, on the close side with a walk out in crossed feet over there. Anyway I forgot about them until the last tanda. I'm sure more "stuff" will come back to me today and tonight.
One thing about volcadas for the ladies. I noticed this one follower doing a "heel drag" version with a lead who appeared to be stuck in volcada mode. I thought to myself, "Self, isn't the follower supposed to trace her toe on the floor, and not her heel?" Maybe it's something new, but I didn't care for it. It was as if she were scraping dogshit off the end of her stiletto. I dunno, maybe she was.
Also, I saw a new left hand form. I will call it the "hook 'em horns" form. Hook em' horns is a saying and a gesture with regard to the Texas Longhorns. Index finger and pinky finger extended. There was a leader dancing this way and I winced a little bit, but then thought it cute. It's all good you know. He will learn and/or come into his own. There was also a fair amount of the "bang bang you're dead" form. Left index finger extended like you are making a gun with your hand - shooting it at the ceiling like in the old west days in a saloon.
Floorcraft and nav were good. There were a few issues in getting around the edges of the dance floor - to the entrance/exit, to the food/wine table, and to the restrooms. Some people were talking that the overall/general level of dancing was lower than expected/desired. All my dances were good. I was a little rusty, but I just got into the connection/embrace first and foremost, focused on music/ality, and it all turned out just fine. Nice dances. Nice women. Lots of really good looking women. There's something I'm going through these days where women just seem to be getting better and better looking, softer skin and hair, they smell better, their teeth are whiter and more perfect. What's up with that? I think it must be some cruel trick God or the Universe is playing on me.
Oh, and my left shoulder was killing me last night and this morning. I stopped on the way here yesterday and bought some Motrin. That seemed to help. A lot. The pain would be worse without it. I only noticed my hand dropping a bit during one dance at the end of the evening.
The only down element of the evening was that I dripped vino tinto all over my favorite shirt. Well, one of my favorites. It's a light blue linen number with nice embroidery down the button placket thingy - whatever you call it. I think it will be okay, I hand washed it in the bathtub. I need to get some stain remover. There was a crack in the bottom of the plastic vaso and I didn't notice until it was too late.
My plans for my R&R day today? (for my international readers, R&R is "rest & relaxation...) A big breakfast. Lay out by the pool and read and sleep. Go see the new Batman Movie. Perhaps try to shoehorn my way into the advanced class late this afternoon - mostly as an icebreaker to meet more followers.
I better get my ass in gear. I'm burning daylight.
Also, kudos to Ronda and Manuel...they throw a nice party...
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Following the recent Fred Daly Trophy first round success, County Armagh's Ronan Rafferty Cup lads further boosted the feel-good factor surrounding the club's junior set-up by booking a place in the second round of their competition.
Skipper Michael Calvert's youthful line-up, which consisted of Calum Connell, Mark Hagan, Simon McGurk, Jamie McKenna, Caolan McReynolds and Shea Williamson, secured a comfortable two-legged victory over Silverwood on Fridays 18 and 25 May, the reward for which is a second round meeting with another near neighbour in the form of Banbridge.
County Armagh Golf Club's Ronan Rafferty Cup team defeated Silverwood and will now take on Banbridge in the second round.
Elsewhere during another busy period on the inter-club matchplay scene, there was disappointment on Sunday 27 May for our Senior Cup group, who were eliminated in a fierce qualifying session at Warrenpoint, and the Rossmore Cup men, who staged a spirited second leg comeback to level their tie with Kilkeel at 4-4 but were ultimately ushered through the first-round exit door on account of a two-hole deficit.
There is still some hope, however, for the Ulster Four-Ball Trophy squad, who gained 2.5 points from their third round first leg clash with Knock and will travel to east Belfast for the decisive return encounter this Sunday 3 June. Competing in Belfast that day, too, will be Gerry Kelly's Junior Cowdy charges as they complete their first round match with Rockmount, which is poised at 2-2.
Meanwhile, back down the M1, Sunday will also see the Ulster Cup side resume their so far impressive campaign with a third round first leg fixture at home to south Armagh outfit Ashfield, and the Junior Cup crew compete in qualifying at County Cavan for a spot in the tournament's first round proper.
Best of luck to all our teams in their upcoming games and, win, lose or draw, continued thanks to everyone involved for giving up their time to represent County Armagh Golf Club.


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Antonio Brown Talks About First Pro Bowl Appearance
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PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) — Steelers Pro Bowl receiver/kick returner Antonio Brown called Seibel, Starkey and Miller Monday before leaving Hawaii.
Antonio talked about playing in his first Pro Bowl, and getting to play defense. Antonio said that it was special to be around all of the great players at the Pro Bowl, but especially Ray Lewis because of his wisdom.
Antonio says that the OTA's will be important this off-season in learning the terminology and playbook of the new offensive coordinator.
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Scrutiny of the Chancellor's Autumn Statement has begun and the opening shots of the General Election campaign have been fired.
George Osborne stood in Parliament yesterday and confirmed that he had failed to deliver on any of the promises that were made in his first Autumn Statement of 2010.
Bringing down the structural deficit?
The deficit, he proclaimed back in 2010, would be eliminated by the end of the Parliament in 2015. In fact he is on course to have borrowed an additional £220 Billion between 2010 and 2015 and the deficit still remains at £100 Billion a year.
The overall national debt has more than doubled to a frightening £1.4 Trillion. This is a staggering failure and an equally staggering debt legacy that will certainly have to be confronted and dealt with in the next Parliament.
Confusion reigned over the actual deficit reduction yesterday. At PMQs, the Prime Minister said the deficit had been reduced by a third from the figure inherited from Labour, the Chancellor half an hour later said the deficit had been reduced by a half. Whatever the figure, a third or a half, it makes no difference, the nation's debt problems are as acute and worrying today as they were back in 2010.
Success albeit on paper
So with that news out of the way, the Chancellor began to quote economic indicators that on paper look encouraging and sound like success. Unemployment at 6% and falling, economic growth ranging between 2% and 3% for the next five years, record numbers of new jobs created.
Well it all sounds very positive and in some respects it is. But these headline figures conceal a very fragile economic recovery when you drill down into the raw statistics of each sector of our economy. The outlook is even more fragile when you consider the weakness of the overall global economic picture in an increasingly uncertain and unstable world.
Landing some policy punches
So George needed to back up his line that the economy was strong, the long term economic plan was working and that the fruits of austerity can and will deliver prosperity and public spending.
He landed a couple of solid punches with the modest reform of one of the worst taxes known to man, stamp duty. He followed up with a raid on fines levied from the big bad bankers and announced for the third time investment in GP services across the UK. He also responded to the corporate tax dodgers that if they shift their profits overseas, 25% would be collected before it leaves the country.
Mixed messages
Perhaps the most worrying part of the Chancellor's remarks were the huge commitments to public spending. £2 Billion for the NHS annually, Billions promised for new roads and flood defences. Then there was David Cameron's £7 Billion tax cuts promise announced just a few weeks ago.
I say this is worrying because the tax cuts and the public spending commitments are completely unfunded and hitherto, no one has explained how they will be funded.
The Chancellor says it is all possible because we have a strong and growing economy. But in the next breath when challenged whether the country can afford a modest 1% pay rise for NHS key workers he states £500 million p.a. is not affordable as we have to keep the deficit under control. Mixed messages indeed.
No one has a credible plan for reducing the deficit
It is clear that neither the Conservatives nor Labour have a credible long-term economic plan for meaningful deficit reduction.
George Osborne is likely to re-visit the same old wells like the Home Office, Defence, Welfare and Local Government. He will probably drain those wells completely dry to the point that they cannot function properly in years to come. Labour would probably run for cover, re-visit their mantra of 'too fast and too deep' and look to stage deficit reduction over the next two or three Parliaments therefore increasing the debt legacy for another twenty years.
If our politicians are serious about deficit reduction, increasing public spending in the key areas and committing to credible tax cuts, then there is an alternative to attacking services and threatening jobs (which actually stagnates growth through fear).
Whether you're politically in favour of our exit or not, leaving the European Union would reduce our fees from the current £10.5 Billion to £500 Million a year as a trading partner. This would save £10 Billion a year and £50 Billion over the next five years.
We could also get a lot tougher and targeted with the overseas aid budget. Reducing it from £12 Billion a year, to £2 Billion a year would save a further £50 Billion over the next five years. In addition, raising VAT from its current 20% level to £25% would bring in a further £100 Billion over the next five years.
What is clear is that the Office of Budget Responsibility and the vast majority of economists do not believe that what George Osborne announced yesterday is either credible or deliverable.