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Caged HeartPosted: October 27, 2014 Filed under: Gentleman Friend, Love, mental health, polyamory | Tags: polyamory blog 6 Comments
I am having panic attacks several times a day. 6? 12? 20? I have no idea. I haven't stopped to count, but perhaps I should.
My chest tightens, I feel like I can't breathe, and my head starts to pound–a million pseudo heart-attacks.
I met a man, and we went on a date, and then two, and then three.
I met his family, he took care of me when I was sick and we started to run errands with and for each other.
We said "I love you"; "I love you too."
Before I knew it we were planning a weekend away, he was inviting me to play sports with his friends, we were shopping for housecoats and jammies and slippers for me to keep in his closet, and I was invited to share his Google Calendar.
And I am having panic attacks so many times a day I can't keep track. My heart hurts bad when I am not with him, and I increasingly feel like I have to puke.
It was so bad on Saturday night that I cut our date short. I had to leave. We had dinner with his wife, we went out, we made love, and then I had to leave. I could not stay, because I could not breathe. Fear is one of the worst human emotions, behind disappointment, betrayal, and heartbreak.
Fear is awful because it paralyses you. It can instigate fight, it can instigate flight, or it can make your blood run so cold you cannot do anything but stand and stare and wish you could cry to let it all out.
Gentleman Friend is afraid too. When he talked to his wife about it the other night he cried, because he is so afraid of losing me somehow. But his love is still big. It's still bold. I feel like my love is trying to burst out of the cage I have put it in, but I won't let it. It might destroy me. It is like a wild animal. No matter how you nurture and feed it, play with it and trust it, it can still turn and devour you in one fell swoop.
I cannot live my life based on fear. To attempt to do so, would preclude living at all. And yet, and yet, and yet, I cannot shake it. I cannot let go, and just believe. I cannot help the fact that my spirit is curled up in the fetal position, shaking and cowering.
What can I do? How can I stop it? How do I shake off the ashes and fly anyway? If I embrace the inevitability of hurt, I will constantly have one foot out the door. If I tell myself it will last forever, I will be doubly crushed when one of a million possible circumstances descends upon us, and it does not.
Maybe I just need to be brave. But I do not know how to coax myself into doing so. I do not know how to abandon my armour without being mortally wounded. I do not know how to let go, anymore.
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I've followed your blogs for a year now. I was excited , (insert all thesaurus synonyms here please!) to read your most recent write. Can I contact you personally? I'm scared, or scarred maybe…..I am 39 in Sexless marriage and I hate it;
it's like a wolf raging to gut and eat my entrails, a nasty freaking f5 tornado wanting to destroy my shack and an earthquake Richter scale seven that is making me want to run FROM this sanction of my life… and I f#cking hate him; hate my "husband" who will not lay me. I am not fat, ugly, poorly dressed or poorly educated at all. F+ckhim!! For transferring his problems onto me…why do women who don't ever want it end up up with men who beg for it, and vice versa??? Biology or karma is playing some sick twisted juxtaposition with me AND I HATE IT!
Oh, please pardon this addendum; they're not panic attacks, girlfriend. They are anxiety attacks, probably situational or performance anxiety. Panic attacks occur due to abnormality / imbalance in the brain stem; medulla ablongata. You know if it's panic attacks because they're like seizures. They happen without trigger; wake you up out of dead sleep! And out of nowhere!! Happen in the shower, buying a dress, weeding the garden, sexting, baking a souffle, etc. Just to clarify, you have anxiety attacks, but not panic attacks. TX is the same though, I believe.

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Starting A Blog
So you want to start a blog? It is actually pretty easy (to start that is). I have included some links below to some great resources.
There is a lot more to it than is in this short post, but this is a good start and to the point.
First things First
You need hosting. Managed WordPress Hosting is the easiest way to get started. With Managed WordPress you pay your money, pick your URL, and the provider sets everything up for you.
In this method the hardest thing (besides paying money) is choosing your URL. I recommend something catchy or even your name. Ideally you would have your URL be related to your topic. However, in a blog you can have the phrase be anything. It just has to be easy to type/remember.
*If you are blogging for your business you need the URL to be as closely related to your business or product as possible.
Choosing Your Host
I recommend Site Ground or Cedar Domains. Both are great providers. I have used both and both and have no complaints about either.
I would go with their small or medium level plans. I wouldn't go big unless you have done this before and know you will need to be able to handle the traffic.
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You will be prompted to create your username and password as the Admin User.
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This Ad Drives Me Crazy
No, the above graphic is not an ad, nor does it make me homicidally psychotic. It's simply a graphic I found while drilling the internet for oil images. a graphic that made me laugh (probably because I have a new car that gets 39 mpg on the highway. Yea!). What doesn't make me laugh – indeed, it makes me seriously angry – is a seemingly innocuous Chevron ad, part of the company's 'We Agree' campaign. This campaign purports to show how Chevron cooperates with and contributes to the communities in which its operations are located.
[I don't know how to swipe videos, so here's a link to the ad:
The ad in question is the second down (We Agree—Community) in the left-hand column under 'Television Ads.']
Oil companies run a lot of these sorts of ads, evidently to support positive branding efforts. (I'm not sure why: I really don't think that we patronize gas stations because advertising tells us to. We surrender our fuel money because [1] the station is convenient; [2] it has marginally lower prices than the station across the street; [3] we have a credit card for that brand of gas; or [4] we own stock in that oil consortium.) Usually I pay little attention to these ads, other than indulging in desultory eye rolling when BP touts its stewardship of the Gulf Coast. But this particular ad makes me want to punch out the TV screen and vow never, ever to buy Chevron (aka Texaco) gasoline.
The ad features Angolans talking elliptically about how Chevron is helping their country. One Angolan is an engineer (for Chevron? The ad suggests but doesn't say), the other a student (supported by Chevron? The ad suggests but doesn't say). They both speak about hope for their country, their community. The ad leaves the impression that Chevron-in-Angola acts as a responsible steward of the nation's natural resources and is helping Angolans achieve a better, more fulfilling, more upwardly mobile life.
What the ad covers up is the troubling back-story of Angolan oil.
First: Angola has some of the largest oil and natural gas reserves on the continent. It also has been one of the most war-torn and under-reported (in the West) African countries. Its fight for independence was followed by a bloody, 27-year-long civil war (which also served as a Cold War Proxy, the U.S and 'friendly' African nations on one side, the Soviet Union and Cuba on the other). The discovery of significant offshore oil fields (and the collapse of the USSR) contributed to a hiatus; eventually, the formerly Soviet-backed forces took power. Once there was 'stability,' multi-national oil companies – particularly Chevron, which had discovered the first Angolan oil deposits fifty years earlier – moved in big-time. They had to support the ruling powers in order to advance their business interests (this means, ironically, that U.S. and European companies [BP as well as Chevron] now back an initially Marxist regime). By 'back,' I mean contribute substantially to governance racked by corruption, human-rights abuses, and ethnic cleansing practices.
Second: Most of Angola's oil resources are located in Cabinda province. This is a northern exclave that only became 'Angolan' because, in the 1880s, it applied to Portugal (colonial overlords of Angola) for protection from Belgian rule and its deprecations. (Heart of Darkness alert for my fellow English Lit. geeks.) In general, Central African colonial and neo-colonial history is driven by colonial extraction (of gold, ivory, slaves, rubber, diamonds, uranium, oil, coltran). Methods to attain such extractive goals have included coercion, bribery, torture, kidnapping, amputations, 'strategic' rapes, and summary executions. Alas for Angola and, specifically, Cabinda, these methods have not been abandoned.
Cabinda people are ethnically and linguistically different from the rest of Angolans, who dominate the big-oil-supported national government. Not surprisingly, everything from oil-profit allocations to on-site hiring practices is weighted against Cabindans. And even more not surprisingly, there's a robust Cabindan independence movement. And even, even more not surprisingly, this movement is being ruthlessly suppressed by Angola's central government . . . with significant help from Chevron and its big-oil brothers.
[Cabinda has applied to The Hague to try the Angolan President for war crimes. The petition, which implicates Chevron as well, can be accessed here:
The Case for Trial of the MPLA Regime and of the Dictator Jose Eduardo Dos Santos in the Hague. (filed 7 February 2011, International Criminal Court, the Hague, Netherlands) http://www.cabinda.net/international_criminal_court.htm]
Third: Angola's 'oil miracle' [a phrase promoted by Angola's oil 'partners'] resembles other 'oil miracles' on the African continent. Take Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, and one of its richest in natural and human resources. Nigeria is now a complete disaster. The Biafran war (in the late 1960s) was largely an oil war, as the oil-rich southeast tried to declare independence in order to secure a reasonable share of oil-related revenues (and to have some say in protecting its ecology and traditional economies, like fishing.) Nigeria's subsequent political chaos is significantly grounded in the allocation of oil-industry profits, which also undergirds the present atrocities of the Islamic North against the Christian/Animist South (where the oil is). Thank you, big oil! (In Nigeria, Shell Oil and Royal Dutch Petroleum have been the major players.)
Because this is a blog and not an article in Foreign Affairs, I'll refrain from talking about Libya, Sudan, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, even Somalia (hint: oil interests). My point is this: Western-based big oil has had a far-reaching, systemically corruptive, ecologically irresponsible, and geopolitically devastating effect in African countries. Making such a claim is not absolving local governments from responsibility – you can't be corrupted if you're not corruptible; you can't turn guns or machetes on fellow citizens if you don't believe that violent repression is a logical response to dissent, inherited ethnic animosity, and threats to your Swiss bank accounts.
That said, the sheer amount of money (and in many cases, material support ranging from arms to mercenaries) provided by big oil to African nations is staggering. And for a good bottom-line cause: without a pesky Strait of Hormuz to block a clear shot to historically vetted Atlantic trade routes, unimpeded movement of oil, from a source you more or less control, is a winning business proposition. Also historically vetted: it's a sorry fact that continuing mayhem inflicted on African polities doesn't make waves internationally.
The Chevron ad in question probably is not dishonest on its face. I've no doubt that big oil has contributed to Angola's infrastructure, including its educational facilities. But the ad is, at the very least, disingenuous and misleading. Up to now, oil has been a curse rather than a blessing to African countries possessing this valuable resource.
Neither is the Angolan government's position simple. An astoundingly high percentage of its GNP comes from oil, and most of that oil comes from Cabinda. To cede Cabindan oil to Cabinda, and to allow that province's succession, would literally bankrupt the country – and plunge it yet again into the maelstrom of civil war.
In the future, oil could be transformative in positive ways, rather like the diamond industry has been in Botswana (largely because diamonds were not discovered there until after independence). In Angola's case, an aggressive program to help Cabinda benefit from a fair share of oil profits would be a good first step, as would judicial reforms that would promote greater transparency about where petro-dollars{Petro-kwanzas? [yes, that's the Angolan currency]) end up (yet another hint: they usually don't end up in places where they could benefit large numbers of Angolan and Cabindan people).
But until multi-national business 'partners' stop masking their histories of exploitation, and until they stop supporting repressive, kleptocratic, even genocidal regimes, their ads will continue to drive me insane.


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DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Several Michigan prosecutors want to keep most or all of their juvenile-lifer inmates behind bars despite Supreme Court rulings that say the punishment should be banned except for those rare offenders who are beyond rehabilitation.
Defense lawyer Deb LaBelle says that of some 363 such prisoners in the state, 236 are facing new no-parole sentences. She calls it "geographic justice."
Wayne County is home to the largest number of juvenile lifers in the state. The prosecutor's office there recommends a term of years -from 25 years to 60 years – in 82 cases while seeking new no-parole sentences in 62 others.
In other counties, prosecutors want new natural life sentences for the overwhelming majority of inmates.
Defense lawyers say this flouts the law. Prosecutors say it's necessary for public safety.
In 2016 the U.S. Supreme Court said prisoners who have been locked up for years must benefit from a 2012 ruling that outlawed automatic no-parole sentences as cruel punishment for first-degree murder.
It applied to people convicted of murder when they were teenagers.
Sheldry Topp, 72, is the oldest state inmate serving a no-parole sentence for murder as a teen. He's been in prison for 53 years.
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The writer is a practising Architect at BashaBari Ltd., a Commonwealth Scholar and a Fellow, a Baden-Powell Fellow Scout Leader, and a Major Donor Rotarian.
Elbowed out by mind blockThe morning was laden with an overcast sky, yet a brazen sunburst rifting through the haze bode a promising day. Despite the overwhelming laze and considerable reluctance, I moved my gaze away from the engaging serenity. With much disinterest I leafed through the pages of a newspaper lying beside me. There she was spread all across the front page, affording me a perchance face-to-face meeting. However virtual, the famed Indian silver screen infatuation of millions was in my hands.
Sports is about more than just participatingIt is natural to assume that Australia's Gold Coast is strewn with aurous accolades for the picking. A little exploration would have revealed that close to four and a half thousand athletes from 71 countries and territories were vying for the 275 sets of medals this summer Down Under.
Forgive us, AlviraI have never met you, my child. But, there are so many of you we all know; cheerfully running around, full of life, the apple of your parents' eyes. And your grandparents? They must love you to bits. Whereas the world should have been your playfield, your workshop to discover anew, your garden to dwell in peace and tranquillity, we have turned it into an ordeal where danger lurks abundantly, and death strikes with cruelty. We beg you an apology.
Farewell to armsThis could be the start of a gory serial. In response to 17 hale and hearty lives lost, and 15 serious injuries from a white shooter (predictably mentally ill) at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, the best the country's beleaguered president could do after seven days was to suggest arming school lunch staff with concealed weapons, and this was during his meeting with angry and emotional friends and relatives of
We are all VIPs in this kingdom of VIPsKobi Guru had this figured out more than one hundred years ago.


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Humana, the health insurer, said yesterday that profit more than doubled as enrollment increased in the company's Medicare plans for older Americans.
Net income in the fourth quarter climbed to $155 million, or 92 cents a share, from $61.8 million, or 37 cents a share, a year earlier, Humana said. Revenue rose 54 percent, to $5.66 billion.
Profit beat analysts' estimates, and the company raised its earnings forecast for the year.
Humana, which has staked its future on federally financed benefits, has about 3.5 million people in its Medicare drug benefit plans and a further million in a program called Medicare Advantage, which also manages doctor visits and hospital stays.
Premiums for the Advantage program almost doubled in the quarter, to $2.3 billion, as the company, based in Louisville, Ky., entered more geographic areas.
Profit beat the 88-cent average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Humana raised its earnings outlook to $4 to $4.20 a share for 2007, from a forecast of $3.90 to $4.10 in October.
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In the German speaking world, Glühwein is an essential part of Christmas. At least that has always been my impression and it is certainly true for me. In every major city, you can find a colourful Christmas market this time a year and I have yet to visit one that didn't offer about 400 vendors of Glühwein. The most exact translation would probably be Glow Wine but that sounds a bit trippy so most people would know it as mulled wine.
- 1 bottle of Red Wine, preferably on the fruitier side (I'm no sommelier but I think you get the idea). It does not have to be the greatest wine you ever bought
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 pods of Cardamom
- 1 tsp of whole cloves
- 1 slice of fresh ginger
- peel of 1/2 orange or 1 lemon
- 1 star anise if you have it
- 1/2 cup (125g) sugar, brown sugar, molasses or honey
Pour wine into pot, add spices and your choice of sweetener. Simmer on low until sweetener is dissolved and the wine is fragrant. Pour through sieve and serve in mugs.
A few comments: I strongly recommend using organic oranges or lemons whenever using the peel. You might not have all the spices, substitutes or leaving out one thing or another shouldn't ruin it. Avoid using ground spices though as it isn't lovely to drink that. If you make this for children or people who don't drink alcohol, use apple juice instead (not from concentrate).


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David Richard Retherford
David Richard Retherford, 70, resident of Henryetta, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 3, at his home in Henryetta. David was born Nov. 19, 1947, in Tulare, Calif. to William Joseph "Joe" Retherford and Wilma Blake Retherford.
As a boy, David grew up in California before moving with his family to Colorado. He later moved to Oklahoma.
David served in the U.S. Army including a tour of duty in Viet Nam. He was honorably discharged after two years of faithful service. David earned an associate's degree in Nursing and Applied Sciences at Connors State College in Warner. Shortly after he began working initially as a registered nurse at the VA Hospital in Muskogee. After several years there, he went to work with Robison Nursing Agency in Tulsa. David worked as a nurse in the hospitals of Henryetta, Okmulgee, Okemah, and Wetumka.
David married the love of his life, Linda Ann Remis on Sept. 13, 1999, in Ft. Smith, Ark. He remained happily enjoined for 18 years prior to his death. David was a loving son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather. He will be remembered with great love by his family.
David was preceded in death by his father in 1978; his mother in 2003; a brothers, Ronald Lee and his wife Mary in 1984, Wesley Carl Retherford, and William Joseph "Jody" Rutherford in 2015.
David is survived by his wife, Linda Rutherford of the home; son, Bryon Retherford and wife Susan of Berea, Ohio; daughter, Renee Steely of Live Oak, Fla.; step-son, Earl Poole of the home; step-daughter, Sherrie Sloan and husband Rodney of Wetumka; brother, Larry Dean Retherford of Welling; grandchildren, Thomas Poole of the home, Rickey Steely, Dalton Tiger, Logan Tiger, Payton Tiger, Sam Sloan, Anjaila Poole, Elizabeth Kelly, Lilly Kelly, and Kaylee Retherford; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, other extended family, and many good friends.
Visitation was from 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Integrity Funeral Service.
Funeral services be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10, at Integrity Chapel with Chaplain J.D. Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Westlawn Cemetery under the direction of Integrity Funeral Service. Military honors will be provided by the U.S. Army.
Pallbearers will be Thomas Poole, Earl Poole, Shawn Remis, Rodney Sloan, Amon Tiger, and Dalton Tiger. Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Remis, Jr. and Tommy Remis.


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Al Locatelli is a film art director and production designer.
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(Click for audio: Forgiveness and the Art of Letting Go)
The very pain that you suffer, the very failure to demonstrate over some matter that touches your own life deeply, may rest upon just this spirit of unforgiveness that you harbor toward the world in general. Put it away with resolution.
This statement from Emile Cady is significant on many levels. She depicts the act of not forgiving as a cause for suffering, a blockage that may be keeping the greater good you desire from coming into manifestation. How could one act of holding on create an effect in a seemingly unrelated area?
In dealing with spiritual principle, the object of our unforgiving attitude is not as relevant as the attitude itself. If someone does you wrong, for example, you will likely hold resentment toward them. Imagine a once free-flowing stream that someone blocks with sandbags. It doesn't matter why the person placed the sandbags in the stream, the drying up effect downstream is the same regardless.
We're beginning to understand that our attitudes, like the sandbags, either restrict the flow of our life or encourage it. A person who you believe has done you wrong has no power to affect conditions in your life. How you think of this person does. Your motive for holding them in contempt may well be justified. But you have to ask yourself if holding such an attitude is worth the inner discomfort you experience, or the potential blockage that may ensue from your holding on. Forgiveness is not about condoning the ill actions of another; it's about letting go of attitudes that may be blocking your good.
As an exercise, imagine the sandbags blocking the stream, and downstream is completely dried up. With a knife, you begin slicing open the bags. The sand pours out and the water begins to move, carrying the loose sand with it. Soon the current is strong enough to carry the sand and the empty bags away.
What others do or do not do to us may have an impact, but this does not come close to the impact we have on ourselves when we refuse to let go. Apply this simple exercise to your situation and see what a difference it can make.


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[The Chosun Ilbo, November 13 2007] Korean Chip Makers Worried About Hynix Tech 'Leak'
Controversy is growing over Hynix Semiconductor's plan to provide 66-nanometer process technology to ProMOS Technologies, its Taiwanese strategic business partner.
Some Korean chip makers on Monday expressed concern about the plan, saying that since Taiwanese chip makers have had a hard time developing the 60-nano level production process, the provision of the technology by Hynix will lead to greatly reducing the technological gap between Korean and Taiwanese companies.
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Le Grand Syllabus 2016/2017
Pedagogical format : Lecture alone Course validation : Students' assessment will be based on a Mid-term exam (40% of the final grade) and a Final exam (60% of the final grade) Workload : 12 lectures of two hours each (24 hours). Credits : 4. Pedagogical method : Each lecture introduces theoretical tools and case studies for illustrative purposes. Course Description : A central field in the understanding of our economy, marketing goes much beyond its classic definition of promoting products or services to sell them. As the business world is shifting under the influence of the digital revolution towards new paradigms of customer centricity, brand contents, disintermediation and retail excitement - among others - marketing mission needs to be revisited and redefined. This course will explore not only the academic concepts of marketing but also the new approaches that challenge them, to enable students to develop a business situations problem setting approach and problem solving attitude. It will be based on reflections on classic and new companies cases, from various business environments and models Required reading : Positioning : The Battle for Your Mind by RIES and TROUT. A true classic book, as a perfect introduction to marketing..
Course validation : Case studies (50%) ; essays/ lectures (30%) ; participation (20%). Workload : 6 seminars of two hours each (12 hours). Credits : 2. Pedagogical method : The course takes the form of case studies, lectures, discussions and interventions from external professionals. Course Description : Private equity refers as a funding mechanism as well as an effective lever for value creation within a business, especially in emerging countries where opportunities have developed significantly in the last decade. The course will focus on the specific challenges faced by fund managers in emerging countries compared to developed markets and will examine the various approaches used to mitigate these risks. The impact of private equity on the local enterprises and economies will also be analysed. The course will be illustrated by case studies with examples from different sectors (services, banking, infrastructure) and regions (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe), as well as by the intervention of external professionals working in the industry. Required reading : Pierre Vernimmen, P. Quiry et Y. Le Fur, Finance d'entreprise 2009, Dalloz, 2008, 7 éd ; Josh Lerner, Felda Hardymon, Ann Leamon, Venture Capital And Private Equity : A Casebook, John Wiley & Sons, 2008 (4th ed.) ; Jed Emerson and Antony Bugg-Levine. Impact Investing : Transforming how we make money while making a difference. Jossey Bass : 2011 ; Private Sector and Development, Proparco.
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Teachers : Aglaé TOUCHARD-LE DRIAN (European Investment Fund, Senior Manager, Social Impact Investing). Prerequisite : The course will be best suited for students who have a solid understanding of basic economic and financial concepts and have a strong interest in combining a business approach and investing rigor with development and impact topics. Pedagogical format : Elective 2062
Teachers : Bertrand LE BRAS (Partner, IBM Global Business Services). Prerequisite : None. Pedagogical format : Elective Course validation : Continuous assessment grade. Oral presentations (50%), participation (10%) & final exam in class (40%).


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the electricity grid of the future, one that will look more like the Internet – distributed, interactive, open-source – than the dumb, one-way network of today
Call it the networked environment. Picture tiny – we're talking small as a dime – wireless sensors lining lake beds and ocean floors, buried in the ground, and floating in the sky.
Conservationists are looking to tag endangered animals with radio frequency ID tags and GPS sensors, and then use Web 2.0 mashup techniques to overlay their locations and map details of their habitats and habits with other landscape features to design better wildlife preserves.


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All electronic systems and equipment regardless of their size or function have one thing in common: they all need a power supply unit (PSU) that converts input voltage into a voltage or voltages suitable for their circuits. The most common type of today`s PSU is the switch mode power supply (SMPS). There is a wide variety of SMPS topologies and th
eir practical implementations used by PSU manufacturers. However they all use the same basic concepts. This page explains the principals of operation of a switching mode power supply and reviews its main parts and functions. This tutorial can be useful for system integrators, hobbyists, and those who are not necessarily experts in power electronics. This is a conceptual circuit diagram of the power train of a typical ATX computer power supply unit. This schematic does not show the control circuitry, that`s why you see all MOSFET gates and transistor bases are open. For clarity, the parts responsible for miscellaneous auxiliary functions, such as current limit, fan control, and OV protection, which are not essential for learning the basic concepts of the power conversion, are not shown as well. For a complete schematic, see for example this annotated diagram of an ATX power supply. Note that unlike generators that convert energy stored in various fuels into electricity, PSUs convert electric energy from one form to another. The AC input receptacle in a PC is an IEC 320 type or equivalent. The fuse "F" is followed by an EMI filter. The filter is normally consists of a combination of differential mode and common mode chokes and capacitors. Its main purpose is to reduce the conducted radio frequency noise emitted from the power supply back into the input line to comply with regulatory requirements. Reducing conducted noise also...
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Near the end of World War I, the IJA showed an interest in armored warfare and tanks and obtained a variety of models from foreign sources. These models included one British Heavy Mk IV and six Medium Mark A Whippets, along with thirteen French Renault FT-17s (later designated Ko-Gata Sensha or "Type A Tank"). The Mk IV was purchased in October 1918 while the Whippets and Renaults were acquired in 1919.[1]
Trials with these vehicles were successful, and the IJA decided to establish an armored force in 1925, planning to form three light tank battalions and one heavy tank battalion. However, the greatest problem was equipping these units, as the Japanese did not have any indigenous tank production capability. The IJA therefore sent a mission to purchase more tanks from the United Kingdom and France, requesting newer designs. However, the newer tanks were not available as these countries had difficulties supplying them to their own armored forces, and the only available model was the older Renault FT-17. The IJA reluctantly imported these, but in 1929 they were able to acquire ten examples of its successor, the Renault NC1 (designated Otsu-Gata Sensha or "Type B Tank"). Both types of tanks were still in active Japanese service in 1940, and additional vehicles and spare parts were obtained after the Japanese occupation of French Indochina.
The IJA also purchased several Vickers 6-Ton tanks and Carden Loyd tankettes and used these as a basis for further development, resulting in tanks such as the Type 89 Chi-Ro.


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Over at TPM Muckraker, Paul Kiel has an article he titles Today's Must Read. He's referring to an article in the Los Angeles Times about Kevin Ryan, one of the eight U.S. Attorneys fired last December. He writes:
It's almost too perfect. The only U.S. attorney fired by the administration in December who undeniably had performance issues was begrudingly added to the list at the last minute -- and only then because of a federal judge's threat that he would go to Congress with complaints about the prosecutor's performance.
Today's Must Read
From what we've entered into the Gonzopedia thus far about Kevin Ryan, it's pretty clear that he had a tin ear for politics, given that he was a Bush Loyalist:
The Los Angeles Times tells the story of San Francisco's Kevin Ryan today, who, as the scandal over the firings began to simmer early this year, telephoned the Justice Department to assure them that he's still a "company man."
Today's Must Read
Kiel also cites a USA Today article from last week's USA Today, in which Ryan was mentioned as being the only one of the eight prosecutors David Comey, who was the Deputy Attorney General through 2005, was also ready to fire for incompetence. This seems to be a sharp contrast with Kyle Sampson, who was the AG's chief of staff last year.
In principle, the former Justice official says, Comey was not opposed to removing incompetent people.
However, Comey's definition of incompetence turned out to be quite different from Sampson's and had nothing to do with politics, says the former official. And the only one of the fired group Comey had identified as weak was Kevin Ryan, the U.S. attorney in San Francisco. But Sampson put Ryan on his list of top prosecutors.
Ashcroft Aide Sought to ID Weak U.S. Attorneys
Lynn Allen at Evergreen Politics has written an article on the coming Constitutional crisis. Another must read, I'd say. For my part, I was sure this was coming, but I figured it should have been over Iraq. But, as we said in the Nixon years, whatever works.
UPDATE: Corrected Kyle Sampson's role in the DoJ. I'd erroneously identified him as the Deputy AG.


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When I worked as a surveyor for the City and County of San Francisco (starting pay $270 a month), rain meant a day off with pay. That conditioned me, like Pavlov's dogs, to have a life-long affection for rain.
So where did I go on my first non-military overseas job? Perhaps the driest place on earth. The Southern Peruvian Desert. I heard that it hadn't rained in that desert, and the western Andes that bordered it, in 40 years. It didn't rain all the time I was there, but we did have a fog or two.
I looked it up. Average annual rainfall in that area is 9mm or 3/8 of an inch. That sounds high. Maybe they count the moisture the fogs leave.
Four or five years later I was in Da Nang, RVN, when a "tropical storm" hit. They called it a tropical storm but it was worse than the two typhoons I experienced in the Pacific. In just two days we got 21 inches of rain. Yearly average rainfall in San Francisco is 19.33 inches. I guess that made up for Peru.
Then I settled down in Southern California. That is a semi-arid region 400 miles south of "The City," as San Francisco is known. I won't say the frequent droughts depressed me, but the occasional rain cheered me so much that perhaps I had been depressed without knowing it. Perhaps I had learned to live with it without recognizing it.
Then when I decided to move to Thailand I was looking forward getting back into a tropical climate. Come on monsoon! The more rain the better.
So what happens? Southern California has record rainfall. Thailand is having a record drought.
I just can't win.


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Wolverine Legend aka AOA Goodness….Aka Wolve' n the goons!!
Posted by blantern on September 27, 2008
I know, I know, its supposed to be DC Modern, but this is a MAA Wolverine Legend deck….pretty dangerous all things considered..something I will be walking [or running sometimes] into battle with. Its very well put together, since Rogue n Mimic double as both 6 n 8 drops. From fighting this deck, its only weakness is pathetic attempt on BOTH ends [not having one to protect 4 drop wolverine, and catching one from 7 drops effect]
Characters: from biggest to smallest]
3 x Drop Wolverine, BloodLust
1 x Mimic, Exile
4 x Rogue, Age of Apocalypse
1 x Blink, Age of Apocalypse
3 x Cyclops, Fearless Leader
4 x Wolverine, Age of Apocalypse
4 x Sunfire, Age of Apocalypse
1 x Havok, Unstable Son
4 x Bishop, Age of Apocalypse
4 x Shadowcat, Phase Shifter
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3 x Cerebro
3 x Xavier's Institute of Higher Learning
Plot twists:
2 x Pathetic Attempt
4 x Sneak Attack
3 x Berserker Rage
3 x Children of the Atom
2 x Healing Factor
2 x Adamantium Claws
2 x Battle Tactics
3 x Turnabouts
4 x X-Men Assemble!


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Looks beautiful , Not even worth 3 stars otherwise.
An interesting film about faith, family love, and friendship.
Last year we had the miserably overwrought, overly sentimental trite that was "Heaven is for Real," and this year, we have the equally dismal "Little Boy." This film isn't so much offensive for its portrayal of the time period (1930's America/post-Japanese internment camps) but more offensive in that it needs to spell out everything for the audience. A film for the AARP crowd that gets out to the theater once a year.


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Been feeling shyer and clumsier today. Soggy in the spirit. An awkward-feeling day.
The weight of the changes feels heavier, one week into interprovincial postulancy. I am more grounded than I was when I landed in Hays last Sunday, which is good. I am coming to know my place. But it's good to soar, too. We need to soar. Indeed, we are made to rise into the air and follow wherever the Spirit blows. However, sometimes you can soar only when you are not aware of the forces of gravity.
God is reminding me gently of gravity. So are my devilish idols, though less gently. Now I am coming down to the end of gravity's rainbow. (Perhaps a few of my brothers are coming down, too: our honeymoon is over, our marriage is beginning!) Speaking for myself, I am feeling human, all-too-human today. God is speaking some kind of deep-down, heavy-metal truth. The truth is pressing down, making more dense my spiritual core. When that happens, I get moody. I get real quiet. I get tongue-tied. I need to sit in silence and darkness with that truth and feel how it is shifting my center of gravity. In a word, I need to be alone.
Although we get generous expanses of personal time, right now I feel like I can't get enough alone time, can't get enough quiet time. The brothers are with you or near you 24 hours a day, and there are many more of them than in postulancy. That's great if you are an extrovert; it's fatiguing if you are an introvert.
It is sinking in: I will be living 24 hours a day for the next fourteen months with 24 brothers and a team of friar formators. Whoa. Whoa again. This is a lot of people to be living with!
What do I feel like right now? I feel like a fool in the shower. You turn the water on, and it's lukewarm at first, so you turn up the hot water. It gets a little warmer, and it feels nice, but not quite hot enough, so you turn up the hot water a lot more. All of sudden the water begins to scald you, so you dial it back down beyond lukewarm to tap the cold. There is momentary relief, then you jump in shock: ice water is pouring down your body!
My body-soul-spirit took for granted all the changes of the last seven days. Now I'm standing soggy in the shower, shivering and sweating.
And there you have it. This week, I'll be aiming to recover my equilibrium, now that I am more mindful of my environment. Brothers, if you are reading this, please be patient with me. The quality of my presence may not always be as rich or as real as we want it to be, at least in the early going together. Stick with me; I will stick with you. God is working on me and my responses. The graces God showers on me (and each of us), I will learn to bless and channel them. And sooner or later, the temperature of the water will be just right.


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I did a spirit guide meditation on Friday on the wooden swing outside my work building. The sun was shining brightly, the giant, old oak tree arched overhead like a protective Watcher, and the air was perfectly warm with a cool breeze to balance it. As I did the meditation, I could sense a building presence around me, and I became aware of a great ruckus. I opened my eyes to see a whole clan of crows cawing madly at each other (I saw no bird of prey, that's usually what their incessant cawing seems to signal around the river), and they were dancing in the air with each other, swooping from tree to tree. As I watched, two of them tussled a bit and a clump of feathers fell to the ground. Of course, I promptly went over to collect them, but could find only one. As I picked it up, one crow who was hovering above my head in another oak, took flight and a small oak branch fell right at my feet. Obviously, I will be using these two items to make a special fetish for Crow.
Interestingly, I had another interaction with a clan of crows just a little while ago. As I walked out onto the balcony with Vesta, I bent over my pot of chamomile, lavender, monarda and rue, and I caught sight of a large form in my peripheral vision. As I looked up, I saw a crow flying in a graceful arc out of the tree to the right of the balcony, out over the street, and up on top of the roof above us. As it flew, another came out of the tree to the left of the balcony, and fluttered also to the roof. Another, and another did the same, with one of them landing at the very edge of the roof. As he stood there, he was beaming down at me. He kept shifting his head, and he peered directly at me. I could just feel that the bird was focused on me, that it was meant to. I don't know how to explain the feeling other than just knowing it's important, and I trust it. So I spoke to it, saying something like, "Hey there Crow, how are you?" and he cocked his head, stared even harder at me, leap up, and fluttered right above my head, hovering there for a good few seconds before flying out of sight onto the rooftop. How awesome is that?! For awhile now, I've been noticing a clan of crows that live around here, and I've spoken to them before. Only one, I think, ever paid me any mind, though I don't mind just talking to them as they pass. But this….this was different. This was totally fuckin' cool!!!!
One thing I've been pondering lately is making my own version of Magpie's crow skirt in Laini Taylor's Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer, one of my all-time favorite books by my new favorite author. I find it interesting that as I've been pondering this, I've been finding loads more black feathers on my walks, and now these two poignant encounters with crows. I think I may have found my clan 🙂


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Anonymous University Professor : Face Book!
I think it's hilarious that Instagram (a company that's somehow intertwined with Face Book) supposedly intends to use Face Book users' "private" photos for commercial use. Why the hell would anyone want to put any of that stuff up for the world to see anyway? So now people are screaming about unfair use.
Serves them all right.
I have a Face Book account. I use it for finding out things about students and newly-hired lecturer-level teachers.Whenever I am given the application of a graduate student to evaluate, the first thing I do is look on Facebook. Most of them have public accounts. Most of them include photos of them horse-faced during summer break. Lots of girls' boob shots and pictures of guys chug-a-lugging beer and tequila.
Since the department is desperate for graduate students, we accept everyone (even applicants whose undergrad studies are in a totally unrelated field). If they apply for a scholarship and an assistantship, they're usually awarded one. Nobody ever brings up the topic of the applicants' Facebook accounts. It might be because almost all of the grad fac has had at one time an active Facebook account that showed photos that they eventually regretted. One of our lecturers got picked up by a men's magazine and later regretted it, despite the fact that she got a nice chunk of cash and a promotional tour out of it. The administration didn't like it. The dean said that he wouldn't stand for blatant immorality. He forced her to resign. I guess that discreet immorality is okay with him. He shtuped his married secretary in his office for a few years before he got hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit.


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Founded as Reliable Lock & Key in 1972 by Stephen Ehrlich in the Weir section of Taunton, Massachusetts, the tradition of providing quality security at a fair price was born. Shortly after the inception, Mr. Ehrlich began to build an impeccable reputation by providing his clients with fast, dependable service throughout Southeastern Massachusetts. As the industry began to change, so did Reliable Lock & Key. With the swell of electronic security to the marketplace, Reliable changed their name to Reliable Lock & Alarm, Inc. in 1991 to better reflect the turn the business had taken. It was around this time that Steve opened up a small storefront locksmith shop and service center in Foxboro Massachusetts, keeping the Weir Street headquarters as the main operations center. This shop began to build a strong client base in that area as well.
Throughout the early stages of Reliable, Steve's son Michael was heavily involved in the operations of the business, as well as becoming one of the youngest Certified Master Locksmiths in the country. In the early 1990's Mike would leave to become New England Regional Manager for the country's largest wholesale supplier, and later the Eastern New England Field Representative for the nation's top high-security lock and cylinder manufacturer, Medeco High Security of Salem, VA. In July of 1998 Mike would reunite with his father to create a revolutionary concept in the security industry.
July of 1998 brought big changes to Reliable Lock & Alarm, and the local security industry as a whole. Reliable merged with two other security providers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and formed Integrated Security, Inc. With an already established client base in Massachusetts, Integrated Security, Inc. was now able to bring on board an established Rhode Island area, increase our technical staff and begin to service all of New England with the same ideals that made Reliable Lock such a success, commitment to the customer and their security needs with timely responses and solutions.
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In ancient times it was said a merchant was not one of the more respectful and noble occupations. And until the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the motto of "greed is good" was the prevalent and widespread business approach. Still, it is not a shame to earn an income from a decent and honest livelihood. Most of us have to do this unless we had someone else to provide our needs (like parents or spouse or having inherited wealth from either) or simply on charity to survive in this material world (if only we can be like St Francis of Assisi). But we don't live on bread alone and also aspire to do work that will help provide for a better community.
And so as I embark on the next journey of my life by doing a startup in the Philippines I would like to do it in the Bayanihan spirit. The following is a brief description of what the Tagalog word means with the beautiful painting that illustrates how is shown in action in a traditional Filipino setting.
Source: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/cag/bayanihan/
Pronounced like "buy-uh-nee-hun," bayanihan is a Filipino word derived from the word bayan meaning town, nation, or community in general. "Bayanihan" literally means, "being a bayan," and is thus used to refer to a spirit of communal unity and cooperation.
Although bayanihan can manifest itself in many forms, it is probably most clearly and impressively displayed in the old tradition of neighbors helping a relocating family by getting enough volunteers to carry the whole house, and literally moving it to its new location. They do this by placing long bamboo poles length-wise and cross-wise under the house (traditional Filipino houses were built on stilts), and then carrying the house using this bamboo frame. It takes a fairly large number of people — often 20 or more — working together to carry the entire house. All this is done in a happy and festive mood. At the end of the day, the moving family expresses their gratitude by hosting a small fiesta for everyone.
Bayanihan has been a favorite subject of many artists. The picture above is from a mural by Filipino National Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco, commissioned in 1962 by UNILAB founder Jose Y. Campos, and currently on display at UNILAB's administration building in Manila. It is used here with permission from UNILAB.


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It's always a challenge with carry-on luggage. Where is the happy place between not enough and too much? I'm not someone who can travel with only a handbag. I need that perfect amount to make me comfortable on-board a long haul flight, but not too much to carry around the airport while in transit.
This is what I usually carry on a long haul flight:
In my handbag:
- Passport and travel documents
- Wallet including credit cards, cash currency card and cash for the country I am visiting
- An empty drink bottle. Nothing irritates me more than paying a ridiculous price for a bottle of water in the departure lounge. Due to the liquid restrictions on International flights you are unable to take a bottle of water through security. You can always find free drinking water near the restrooms of an airport, which is handy to fill up your bottle before the flight. Depending on what trip I am taking will determine if I take a plastic bottle which I can recycle or a reusable bottle which I can use throughout the trip
- Tissues – if you're like me and get the sniffles on a long flight
- Phone / iPad loaded with some new music and a couple of podcasts
- A spare pen, since you can never seem to locate one to fill in your arrival card
I opt for a backpack to save my arms carrying around an overnight bag by its handles. When you have your main suitcase, it is easy enough to sit the backpack atop the suitcase and wheel them together. The usual backpack I take is 18L and has two main pockets.
- Sandwich sized ziplock bag with liquids. Included is spray deodorant, small tub of face moisteriser, hand sanitizer and hand cream (all are mini sized and comply with airline policy of under 100ml each, and no more than 1L total) **This is always at the top of my bag for easy removal at security screening
- Medications kept in a ziplock bag. I'll keep headache tablets, travel calm tablets and my asthma inhaler as a minimum. Depending on the country I am visiting will determine if I take anything else such as prescribed medication (e.g. malaria tablets), water purification tablets or anti-diarrhea meds
- A change of clothes rolled together into a mesh travel storage cell for easy storage. This will usually include a t-shirt, underwear and socks. The outer-layer is generally fine, but spare essentials can be very handy. Trust me – I once missed a connection in Dallas Fort Worth and was stranded in the airport for 20 hours with no access to my luggage. Being able to use the "Minute Hotel"; shower and change critical pieces of clothing before boarding a 17 hour flight was invaluable.
- Camera and spare equipment in a padded storage cell
- Another mesh storage cell that includes all electronic leads and adaptors. This will include cables, power adaptors, chargers; basically any electronic leads. I love how they are easy to organize and store in the cell.
- Noise cancelling headphones are in a league of their own. With superior sound quality they make the inflight entertainment more enjoyable and will also assist with blocking out the crying of the small child two rows in front of you.
- Emergency snacks just incase your luck runs out with the inflight service; which will usually include a chocolate bar, a half-size packet of Pringles and a bag of my favourite lollies… healthy huh? Buy these before you get to the airport to save you lots of $$$
- A book, magazine or puzzle book.. I won't usually take all three, but depending on my most recent interests will help me choose which to take. I always start off with the best intentions to read on my trips, but I usually just end up carrying around a new book (I'll be lucky if I've read the first chapter), and the cover will slowly get bumped and bruised on the corners as it is transferred from my backpack to my suitcase and back again!
These are my essentials that I will always carry with me. What do you carry with you that you can't fly without?


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The very first thing that I noticed about this book is how colorful and sturdy it is. It's perfect size for tossing in a gym bag, brief case or backpack. All of the pictures are in color which makes it very appealing to the eye.
This book will help guide readers on a 40 day journey to losing, gaining or maintaining weight and offers an easy to follow plan that incorporates the physical, spiritual and the medical. Each day offers a morning reflection and an evening wrap up. Included in each day's plan are various tips which cover movement, work, faith, medical, emotional, family & friends and nutrition.
However, readers should keep in mind that this is NOT an intensive plan so there aren't recipes or tons of facts about food and nutrition. If you are looking to lose a lot of weight, you could use this as a supplement to more in-depth weight loss program. This book is basically a stepping stone to help implement better habits or make some changes in your lifestyle.
Disclosure of Material Connection:
I received this book free from Barbour Books. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.


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OMG! Who Will Star in Legally Blonde from 23 Oct???
Sheridan Smith\'s last performance as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde will be Saturday 23 October she has revealed to fans on her Twitter feed. There has been no announcement about who will be replacing Smith, with producers stating that Jennifer Ellison was just one of the names in contention. Laura Bell Bundy who played the original Elle Woods on Broadway was also visiting the UK this week, joining Smith on stage for a post-show Q&A session.
With the changes in cast, performances will revert to a straight Monday though Saturday schedule dropping the Sunday show. Director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell is apparently returning for the new cast auditions, although many of the ensemble have shown interest in staying on. Paulette will definitely be recast as Jill Halfpenny is confirmed to be leaving (See Goss, 14 July 2010.)


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Is This Even a Costume?
November 1, 2006 / Posted by: admin
Parasite Hilton attended Heidi Klum's Halloween party last night in Los Angeles and I'm guessing she just wore her normal clothes out? I mean, what the hell is it supposed to be? Besides a used up street whore. Anyway, Halloween seems to be Paris' favorite time of year. She can dress as the slutty version of her favorite characters. Basically she just wears her normal clothes with like rabbit ears or a cop hat.
She loves Halloween so much that she apparently attended at least a dozen parties. Witnesses say that Paris showed up dressed up to parties over the weekend where costumes weren't even required. A source said, "She had no awareness of people staring at her silly outfit."
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Let's talk about happiness.
A funny thing will happen:
the more we talk about it, the less happy I become.
One cannot "try to be happy".
One just is happy, or not.
It is an ephemeral state which,
like a passing cloud,
brings pleasure when one notices it.
When I am unhappy about a conversation
I have a habit that bothers some people.
I change the subject.
This is not a bad thing.
As Eric Weiner says in "The Geography of Bliss",
"When you get down to it, there are basically three, and only three, ways to make yourself happier. You can increase the amount of positive affect (good feelings). You can decrease the amount of negative affect (bad feelings). Or you can change the subject."
The road to happiness is not paved with words.
Perhaps, after all, happiness is not in the mind,
but in the "never mind".
This daily journal came from a promise. Right before Memorial Day 2009, I met with my business coach Joe Stumpf. I shared with him my total burn out in my business of 20 years. Frustrated by what my life had become, I promised to get up at 5:00 AM every day, meditate and journal and focus on bringing passion back into every aspect of my life, my work, my family and my personal growth. Instead of going to work every day and having a PITY PARTY, I have decided to have a PASSION PARTY.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Passion Party #461 - Change The Subject
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Hi! I am looking for after school help with my two great kids, ages 10 and 12. The kids go to school in Piedmont and will need to be picked up at 3 p.m. most days. We are looking for someone who is comfortable helping with homework, driving to activities, helping with snacks and occasionally getting dinner started. We are looking for someone who is a strong communicator and can ideally commit to being with us for the school year. We look forward to hearing from you. Thanks, Kerry


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Q. When do you think actress Daryl Hannah will get around to marrying John F. Kennedy Jr., the former president's son?
A. Hannah refuses to discuss any aspect of her personal life. This much is clear, though: She and pop singer Jackson Browne - he's single with two sons from a previous marriage - continue to enjoy a relationship going back nearly a decade. At the same time, she's still seeing Kennedy, who tells me there's nothing going on between them.


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Education is changing daily in Tennessee, and SCORE communicates regularly about these developments with stakeholders, educators, parents, and the public at large.
News Releases
SCORE To Invest In Tennessee School Leadership InitiativeMarch 20th, 2018 by SCORE
School leaders who can skillfully lead learning and people are essential for driving bigger and faster academic gains for Tennessee students. The Tennessee new leader fellowships SCORE will be investing in will expand access to high-quality preparation and opportunities to learn on the job in schools with strong support systems like residencies and mentor relationships.
Survey: Tennessee Voters Name Education As Decisive Issue In Governor's RaceJanuary 26th, 2018 by SCORE
Tennesseans who are likely to vote in this year's gubernatorial primaries identify education as their top issue in casting a ballot for governor, according to a statewide survey.
SCORE Report Sets 5 New Priorities For Improving Student Achievement Through 2025November 29th, 2017 by SCORE
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today released a new report with five strategic priorities for continuing Tennessee's unprecedented progress in student achievement through the year 2025. The report,…
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New music technology that is easily portable such as IPODS, MP3's or other devices require the use of ear buds or head phones. In our previous article we mentioned the wave of new age offices where businesses are using non-permanent stations for their employees. In offices where there is little private space (even with cubicles), open environments are often noisy, busy, and wrapped in distractions. Employees are turning to head phone devices such as ear buds to reduce distraction and improve the efficiency of their work day. The ultimate paradox: Employers are turning to free and open office designs to facilitate easier, fast paced collaboration between co-workers looking to boost productivity and lower costs. But according to an article in the Wall Street Journal, individuals in these open workspaces are turning to head phones and other devices to a degree that even questions or advice needed from fellow co-workers are completely shut out by anti-distraction headphones. In short, what is supposed to be boosting productivity is actually hurting its chances by creating an environment that distracts employees – the biggest premise for designing such a workstation.
To be truly "ergonomically designed", solutions should reduce risk factors without creating new hazards. The ability to hear is a safety issue. We often hear hazards before we see them. Loss of hearing is also a workplace issue. People with untreated hearing loss are less productive on the job. They make more mistakes because of mis-heard directions. (HealthyHearing.com) The risks for early hearing loss is greater as the volume from ear buds goes up to block out external distractions. One way to correct this issue is to turn down the volume and you can listen longer. If you need to turn the volume up, listen for a shorter amount of time and give your ears a break to recover.
As the average age of our working population increases also does the need to provide for the longevity of our hearing. Age related hearing loss is caused by changes in the inner ear that occur as you grow older. But your genes and loud noises (music headphones) may play a large role. According to National Institute of Health. According to OSHA, occupational hearing loss costs workplaces an average of $242 million a year in work comp claims. So while we advocate ear plugs, noise cancelling headsets/headphones to aid in hearing loss prevention, making sure the ergonomic layout of open offices allows for quiet zones can also assist in hearing conservation and better productivity.


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Welcome to our first Favorites post of the month! This is what we've been loving in the glorious month of April…
First up in the beauty category is:
Jeffree Star Velour liquid lipstick in the shade 'I'm Nude' (which I purchased from Beauty Bay).
This colour is EVERYTHING! I struggle to find pale nude liquid lipsticks that wont look dark on me as every liquid lipstick I own seems dramatically darker than the pictures as I have pale skin BUT this lipstick is the perfect colour for my complexion and its a beautiful cool toned pinky-nude. The formula is amazing – its dries down but still has a slight tackiness so it doesn't dry out your lips. I cant stop wearing this and I would 100% recommend
Price: £16
I decided to change my night cream at the start of the month as my skin is getting even more dryer as the days get hotter, so I opted for an intensely moisturizing night cream aimed for dry skin gals. This cream feels so smooth, rich and luxurious and Iv'e definitely noticed a difference in the dryness of my skin! LOVE LOVE LOVE
Price: £3.02 (specific?!)
Only bought This recently but I had to add this to my favorites. Iv'e loved lush for years and I love what they stand for – and this product is soooo good. It seems scary at first because its a very dark black colour due to the Charcoal added in the scrub, but when you use it it really feels like your face is being deeply cleansed and I love that! Its also full of super raw and organic ingredients which benefits the skin.
Get a small amount from the tub, and mix it into a paste with some water (see photos) then apply to face 🙂
Price: £7.25/100g or £18.10/250g
As a whole i'm loving skirts in spring (original I know…) but I have Three specific favorites:
The Topshop Mini Denim Skirt , The Primark pleated satin skirt (Primark don't sell online so I will link a picture – you'll be able to find it in stores) and the Primark cream A-line mini skirt (Again this isn't online and I was unable to find a picture but I will post one below of me wearing it – you'll be able to find it in stores)
I think skirts are so in right now and they are the perfect thing to take an outfit to the next level, I love the fact they can be casual and formal!
Topshop skirt: £29
Primark pleated skirt: £13
Primark A-line skirt: £10
Home wear…
This beautiful mug was a present from none other than Jess (surprise surprise). We both have this mug and honestly it feels so special every time I use it, not only is it Good quality but its just the cutest thing ever! Like my mum says "Tea tastes better in a good mug".
Price: £5-10 (cant remember)
So my first beauty favorite of the month is:
Considering the hours that I have to be up for, I most definitely do NOT get enough sleep, so naturally I have quite dull skin. I apply this mask once or twice a week and leave it on for about 15 minutes, sometimes a bit it longer if I'm in the bath but be careful not leave it too long because, as any mask would, it could start to irritate you skin. The mask has tiny exfoliating beads which help with textured skin and the colour just makes your skin the brightest most healthy looking thing you have ever seen. If I'm having a dull skin day or want a bit of a pamper, I live by it.
Price: £7.99 for the 50ml that comes in the tub
I must admit this is a pain to get hold of and customs and border prices are wayyyy too high, but I wouldn't put it up on here if I didn't think it was worth the money. Especially for the price, this palette is amazing and is so comparable to eyeshadows more than twice its price and it has every eyeshadow to make perfect, warm eye looks, dramatic and less so. Lots of crease shades and nice darker ones to deepen the crease and smoke out the look too. I have been using this none stop this month.
Price: $10/£7.80
Next up I've got a fashion favorite for this month which is…
I've always loved rings and wear them everyday and I liked wearing necklaces and bracelets etc. but always found myself forgetting to put them on and just going without them. Recently I've been wearing them a lot more and I feel they just complete an outfit perfectly. I don't have any specific favorites but I love doubling up necklaces or adding two charms from different chains onto one to create my own jewelry. I recently bought a few bits from Topshop including a ring set which I'm sure I'll get lots of wear out of. Any jewelry in general is lovely just to add a little extra to any outfit.
I know reading isn't for everyone, Megs definitely isn't books' number one fan, but when we go traveling together she enjoys reading magazines etc. Over the Easter holidays I've massively rediscovered my love for reading and read through many books. It's such a nice way to unwind at the end of a day, or a refreshing easy start at the beginning. You can be absorbed into a whole different person's work and that's the magic of it.
My current favourite book of all time is "Everything Everything" by Nicola Yoon. It is part of Zoella's book club and I received it as a present for my birthday last year.
Price: £7.99 in store/£5.14 from amazon
The sky
I don't know whether you can tell yet, but I'm a bit of a spiritual one. I'm all about nature, not in a "I want to go live like Bear Grylles with my sloth friends," but appreciating how beautiful the world we live in is, is always at the top of my list. The sky is such a huge and beautiful thing that whenever I've had a stressful or not a great day, I look at the sky and 9 times out of 10, the most amazing thing you've ever seen. It always reminds me that no matter how big i think the problem is now, it is nothing compared to my life and the world. I helps to put everything in life into perspective, while being a sight for sore eyes. So maybe next time you're having a bad day or just a bad minute or two, look up ❤
(PS. all these photos were taken by Jess – They are stunning)


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Saturday, March 23, 2013 ∞
"Add this to the list of places we shouldn't go to."
It took us awhile to find Liz. Only he would understand why when he made that statement, taking into account the bad experience we both had at Ion. Haha!
But if you are reading this, Wayne Wong, I just would like you to know that I appreciate the littlest things you do for me.
If you haven't actually heard of it, there was a flea at Clarke Quay Central Fountain Square on the 15th and 16th March (Friday and Saturday), from 5 - 11.p.m. (I was there on Saturday.) In collaboration with For Flea Sake, Social Creatives had a mini Art workshop for people of all ages. An Art workshop where you purchase an A4 size canvas (be it a plain canvas or one with an already drawn template) and paint at only $10. Not only that! You get to bring home your paintings too!
But of course, I felt this workshop was targeted more towards the kids. (Best remedy to curb their whining; keep them busy while the adults do the shopping.)
"Personally, I feel that your artwork is worth more than a mere $10. But I am paying you for having let me see your artwork."
Hearing these words coming from a stranger, and in that moment, I stood there with the Audrey Hepburn painting still in my hand, and a $10 note, the feeling was indescribable. It means a lot to me for anyone to at the very least, take a moment and appreciate my painting. He was the only person who did not turn me down when everyone else did. It is difficult expressing my utmost gratitude for this man; for this stranger.
God bless you.
Lei Gong. Alex. Sam.
I feel silly, and self-deprecating admitting this. I get really anxious when meeting people for the first time. I worry our conversation will be plagued with awkward silence. But with them, it was otherwise.
Lei Gong and Alex - They are both from China. Sam, on the other hand, is from India. Really nice people!
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Let's see what our buddies in the MWPSB are up to this week.
— The ensuing action scene reminds me how silly it is for Akane to be wearing a skirt out in the field. A pencil skirt, no less.
— Is the video games scenario realistic? Not remotely. The idea that the mastermind villain is simultaneously a master hacker and an expert programmer is beyond silly. But at the same time, we shouldn't miss the forest for the trees. The realism here isn't that important when the primary focus of the entire scenario is to be thematic. And what's the story trying to accomplish? Akane thinks Kamui is trying to ask, "People who kill with no intent to kill… What color are they?" I really think this is a red herring. I doubt this is what Kamui is trying to ask, because if it is, then it makes no sense. In no reasonable world can you hold these gamers responsible for their actions. You can't even nail them for negligence. In Kamui's previous examples, you could at least see what he was going for. The bomber hurt people with the clear intention of doing so. The old man hurt people with the clear intention of doing so. The fact that these two bad guys had clear Hues was problematic for the Sibyl System. As for these gamers, they have done nothing wrong. As far as they know, they're playing a game, and there's no reason to think that they should've known otherwise. At the end of the day, the murderer is still Kamui and Kamui alone. So I think Akane is asking the wrong questions.
— Mizue is now firmly on Kamui's side as we see her use a Dominator on one of the stray Enforcers. Of course, the Sibyl System allows the gun to be fired in the first place, so I guess we can only conclude that the Sibyl System has now outlived its usefulness. It can no longer distinguish between foes and allies.
— I just wish it was better understood why Kamui's followers are so utterly loyal to him. Yes, he keeps their Hues clear. In that sense, he saves them from certain death. He's a savior, he's their prophet, so on and so forth. But at the same time, someone like Mizue is only in this position because of Kamui's machinations in the first place. How is it that she quickly forgets all of that? How does simply keeping her Hue clear turn Mizue into yet another devoted follower of the Church of Kamui? Kamui even admits that he's done something terrible to Mizue. Her response? "I didn't like my eyes from the start." C'mon.
— Kamui can also fire the gun, because he now has one of Mizue's eyes. This is just hilarious. Oh, an Inspector has gone missing for quite some time? Let's just keep giving her access to a gun that can blow people up. Of course, this is supposed to be the point. The Sibyl System is so lost in its numbers and figures that it can no longer exercise common sense. It can no longer distinguish between foes and allies. Its many heads are shoved too far up its own algorithm-based ass to realize that it's being played. At the same time, however, this is so goddamn heavy-handed. I just find it hard to believe that the Sibyl System can be this stupid. Lacking the ability to look beyond the numbers is one thing. Lacking common sense entirely, especially when the Sibyl System is made up of a bunch of twisted human brains working in conjunction, seems beyond silly to me.
— Collecting the Dominators makes sense… somewhat. The idea here is that Kamui can effectively neutralize the MWPSB's army. The Enforcers all have high Psycho-Pass readings, so they don't stand a chance against Kamui and his followers if they are all wielding Dominators. The Sibyl System can do nothing but send Inspectors, i.e. individuals with less combat prowess compared to the Enforcers, to try and stop Kamui… which is easier said than done. After all, aside from Akane, the Inspectors are vulnerable to having their Hues being clouded. So why I did I start this bullet point off with "somewhat?" Because, again, all we really need here is a little common sense. All the Sibyl System has to do is crosscheck any high Psycho-Pass reading with the identity of the Dominator's current target. Oh, the gun is aimed at an Enforcer? Welp, let's not allow the gun to fire then! So this scenario only works if we assume that the Sibyl System is this stupid and careless. That the Sibyl System doesn't even bother to check whether or not a Dominator is aimed at one of its own Enforcers. And honestly, that's silly to me. If you're that immersed in data, then the Enforcers' identities are just another piece of data to consider. It is therefore very silly to me that Kamui can even use the Dominators on any of his victims. You can't tell me that a super-intelligent entity like the Sibyl System doesn't have the time to factor in a few extra variables into its considerations.
— Elsewhere, Mika learns that Sakuya has been tracking Akane's Psycho-Pass ever since he transferred into Division 1. Welp.
— Goddamn, stop saying, "That's impossible." Stop being so goddamn dense. We're already halfway into this season, and these characters are still dumb as bricks. Wuhhhh? Inspector Shisui has activated two Dominators?! Impossible! Kamui exists? Impossible! Someone can slip by the cameras undetected? Impossible! This was understandable after one or two episodes. In the sixth goddamn episode, this is just lazy writing.
— But anyway, it's a massacre as both Inspectors and Enforcers meet their end. Inspectors die to the drones, and Enforcers die to Kamui's Dominator. All the good guys can do is have Akane go after Kamui by herself. Needless to say, we immediately cut to Mika talking shit about Akane, because after six episodes, portraying the young Inspector as a bitch is still fresh and original. She even goes so far as to say she hopes Akane's Hue gets clouded. That alone should make Mika's Psycho-Pass reading go up….
— These characters are hilariously out-of-touch. Sugo says he can disable the drones, but he might die in the process. But he doesn't mind. He's an Enforcer, so it's no big loss if he dies! Really? Akane, being the only sensible character on the show, says she'll do the job in his place. Ginoza, whose characterization has taken a beating since the sequel began, continues to do nothing but oppose Akane's actions. He's just a less mean-spirited Mika at this point.
— Sakuya hangs back at one point and aims his Dominator at Akane once more. Seeing that her Hue is clear, he goes, "That's precisely why I want to color her black." Welp. Dude's definitely no fill-in for Shinya. You have to wonder if he even studied Akane's former partner a bit to ingratiate himself with the Inspector. This would explain why we felt he was so similar to Shinya at the start of the series. He's been stalking her this entire time. It wouldn't be difficult for him to also look up various details about Shinya to imitate the latter. Still, with the sequel being this short, do we have enough time to develop two villains simultaneously? Or will we simply take care of Kamui for the sequel, and leave Sakuya's fate as well as the Sibyl System to the upcoming movie?
— Look at all these characters hammering away at their keyboards, because that is how you counterhack or whatever. I expect this from a campy show like CSI, but I think a science fiction tale like Psycho-Pass can do a little better.
— This bit of animation here looks really awkward, because we initially can't see the boxes that she's climbing on. As a result, her movements seem weird and unnatural.
— Our heroes eventually disable all of the military drones, but the game then switches over to having the gamers control the MWPSB's drones instead. To prevent even more mayhem, the MWPSB has no choice to but to let the gamers see that they've been hurting and killing people all along. As a result, an entire area's Psycho-Pass readings go up in an instant. Clearly, the Sibyl System is not equipped to handle such an influx of clouded Hues. Was this irresponsible on Saiga's part? I wouldn't say so. The alternative is to allow those drones to continue killing people. Between clouded Hues and certain death, I'll gladly pick the former.
— Plus, it feels like Mika is more worried that the MWPSB is not equipped to handle such a huge problem. Maybe that isn't a charitable reading of her motives, but I'm pretty tired of her character at this point.
— Akane eventually catches up to Kamui just as he's making his getaway. Naturally, neither side can use their Dominators on each other. Sakuya thus grabs one of the traditional guns Akane had been carrying on her, and he intends to snipe Kamui with it. Great, you can take out the bad guy with one shot… assuming you don't miss. But of course, Akane sees Shinya in Sakuya, so she prevents him from killing Kamui. I mean, c'mon, you can potentially prevent so much pain and suffering if you take Kamui out now. Yes, I get it. The Sibyl System is the bad guy, but Kamui's methods nevertheless involve the deaths of innocent people. And he's already killed plenty. So y'know what? This is ridiculous.
— No, the man hasn't quite reached Hitler levels yet, but shit, if you could take Hitler out with one shot, wouldn't you do it? Would you really try to put him on trial? At this point, Kamui is no longer a citizen who has committed heinous crimes. He's basically a domestic terrorist. So why wouldn't you take him out with one shot if you could? All because we shouldn't bloody our hands? That's patently ridiculous. And now, Kamui can get away and engineer even more bloodshed. Worst of all, Akane was, up until this point, the sequel's one saving grace. But after this, I've got nothing.
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I wish there to be no more babies in the world. Everyone, please get your tubes tied or something. Adopt and make love to robots, now. I declare tomorrow to be National No Babies Day. Also, prisoners should be innoculated with the AIDs virus or be encouraged to pass it around. Criminals owe a debt to society, so why should society be the one to pay for criminals? Why do criminals get to be so privileged with medical treatment, video games, weight room, college education, and free anal probing? How does that deter crime at all? We are paying them to not rape kids and kill random people? What? No way! At least put them in a gulag or cane them five times a day. I say, let's rid ourselves of these parasites by using parasitic viruses! Irony? Yes, and I am snickering, probably by myself. Human rights? Don't be silly! American prisons are like four star hotels to people in North Korea. It's ridiculous to think that prisoners have it better than the homeless. It'd be better if we just kill off all criminals or let them die naturally, then use prison space to help the poor and homeless. No, better yet, have criminals servicing the homeless! Yea! Vote for me, dictator!
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