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I have been studying Venture Capitalist funding lately and they have a lot of thoughts on teams vs solo entrepreneurship. They say 2 or 3 person teams are ideal. One individual can succeed if he hires right. But more than 3 is a disaster. As in ZERO IPOs on any founding teams more than 3. They are so adamant about this they don't fund startups with large founding teams.
But what was interesting is the preference for 2-3 member founding teams. That was fascinating to me. So I think you are on to something with this – "Men can't achieve greatness alone."
That's interesting about founder team size.
I had heard that for committees or meetings an optimum size is closer to 8.
A little digging found that optimum size is different depending on the tasks.
For programming it's four. From dx.doi.org/10.4236/jsea.2014.712088
Results from the two experiments conducted indicate that teams of four people working collaboratively on software projects given were able to perform effectively at optimal level. This result could be attributed to the fact that collaboration with four people improves the analysis and programming skills of the participants, there-
by reducing the time spent on the task. With one of them acting as the coordinator for the team, another in charge of typing on the system; others can act as inspectors for bugs and wrong coding styles as the task progresses. Two heads are better than one, so the maxim says. But it is demonstrated in this study four good programmers will make an optimal team in computer programming tasks.
From http://themodernteam.com/whats-the-optimal-team-size-for-workplace-productivity/
When teams pool skills and resources, their decision making improves, and they can make better decisions as a group than any one of them could do alone. Researchers call this collective intelligence.
"…teams are prolific in organizations. From a managerial perspective, there is this rising recognition that teams can function to monitor individuals more effectively than managers can control them."
So while most individuals form teams under the assumption that they'll be able to accomplish more complex tasks thanks to the complimentary skillsets of their peers, organizations as a whole benefit from team formation by reducing the need for management.
Everyone can win from flattening organizations.
If five major skillsets are required, there doesn't necessarily need to be five people on the team. As long as time isn't a factor, four people covering the requirements would be preferable to five.
Teams need a clear leader though:
"We had a class on the 'no-no's of team building, and having vague, not clearly defined goals is a very, very clear no-no. Another no-no would be a leader who has difficulty taking the reins and structuring the process. Leadership in a group is very important."
Keep in mind that a team can self-organize and pick what they want to work on, but the leader needs to shape how they do that, and what can be picked from.
4.6 members is a team size sweet spot. If the team is experienced and know each other well and doing standardized tasks, the size can grow.
What's a typical leader-to-doer ratio? Consider the experience of the team. Less experienced, newer teams will need to be smaller. More experienced, established teams can be larger. Tomasz Tunguz, VC at Redpoint Ventures, observed that at Google team ratios ranged from 1:2 to 1:20, with an average of 1:7.
In 1970, Hackman and Vidmar set out to get a sense for that by asking two questions to individuals from groups of 2-7: Is your group too small for the task? Is your group too big for the task? The percentage of yesses to the first question fell as the second's rose, and the lines intersected at a team size of 4.6 members.
Of course team size is not the same as organization size. Teams collaborate on specific tasks, and the company can have any number of tasks.
This is an important finding:
Decision making in particular is improved by a higher collective intelligence. You might be surprised to hear that collective intelligence is not strongly affected by the individual intelligence of team members. Rather, it's social sensitivity and conversational turn-taking that predict collective intelligence.
She describes social sensitivity as the degree to which people can read facial expressions and make attributions about what others are thinking and feeling.
Conversational turn-taking is how evenly distributed talking time is across group members. Groups with more evenly distributed talking times tend to have higher collective intelligence.
There was a potential intern who was briefly visiting (a friend of Aarons) who tended to dominate conversations. You'd have to tackle him to the floor to get a word in edgewise. I found it worse than annoying, but others in the group showed no signs of being annoyed by him. To me he was a blowhard with nothing interesting to say but who wouldn't shut the fuck up about it. He loved hearing his own voice. I quietly let it be known that he would not be invited into the group. Others laughed at his clowning but to me he just sucked all the fun out of interacting with the group. Loudmouth.
One image crystallizes how I view him. We'd all been doing shrooms. I did more than most – maybe a double dose. The guys started to get louder as they got more awestruck. I'm a more contemplative sort, so as they got more animated I went to my room to hang out with my girl. This guy went into the bathroom and then screamed at the top of his lungs "my toothbrush is melting!1!". Others were amused but I saw it as the ultimate drama queen act. Shut the fuck up! Attention whore.
There was another intern who was clever and had good contributions and was well liked enough, but I had problems with him as he tended to enjoy defending his arguments more than collaborating. He liked to bicker. I saw the whole group dynamic dramatically shift after he arrived. Before we were very civil, often complementing each other. Later insults became the preferred team sport, and "good natured" arguments arose over every tiny little fucking thing. It annoyed the hell out of me, until I just couldn't take it anymore. An altercation arose out of this intern disagreeing and refusing to follow my directions for several days despite clearly explaining that I was in charge and had made my decision and he was to use the system I chose. That was my reason for letting him go, but while I did so I vented a tirade at him explaining that I found him disagreeable.
I think others in the room were a bit shocked and uncomfortable to see me fire and lambast him like that, on the spot. But I'm not running a social club. I'm running a business.
Which is the line that came out of me when I fired my personal assistant of two years yesterday. She was routinely incompetent, but the final reason for firing her was also for insubordination; repeatedly not following instructions on a specific issue after many warnings, the last written warning letting her know she'd be fired again if she ever disregarded it. She cried about being fired and an assistant tried to beg me to let her stay, because she'll miss her. "I'm not running a social club here. This is a business."
Actually the thing that annoyed me most about my secretary was not the incompetence, nor the insubordination. It was that she was forever asking me to repeat myself. I believe the habit was a passive aggressive act; she felt powerless and wanted more power, and so was constantly challenging my choices, in deniable ways.
I have another passive aggressive employee who causes no end of trouble, and I have to keep telling her "stop using your brain!" She is forever directly going against explicit often repeated and agreed to instructions, because "she thought". Yesterday I told her I want to scoop out her brain so that she can no longer "but she thought", and would just do as told. She's worth the problems though, as she's brought in some financing and is overseeing a property development.
I did warn her, using the fired personal assistant as an example of what eventually happens to people who can't follow orders. In her case nothing I can do will ever change her behaviour though, as she is genuinely and diagnosably passive aggressive to the point of it being a fixed personality disorder. It's caused a lot of problems.
She's also doting and submissive and loyal. Seems to be part of the package. Submissive but passive aggressive. And no, it's not due to errors in my management style; personality disorders are real and serious and can't be corrected or managed by the people the defective person interacts with. The best that can be done is to minimize the persons power to cause harm.
I offer all these examples to illustrate the importance of choosing and firing the right personalities for collaboration.
It's not only about skill. Personality is hugely important. And it's the leaders role to rip out strong and healthy weeds and toss them in the trash.
On the job training
I'm considering mixing internship with sales training. We'd develop some sort of syllabus and structure and devote a few hours per day to structured classes. The rest of the work day would be devoted to practical real world application. This would be offered to fresh university graduates.
I may be able to pay the interns for converting their class notes into blog posts, which would give content to the recruitment site.

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A magical bunny who visits houses in the dead of night and leaves pastel colored eggs hidden on your front lawn. The dying and decorating of Easter eggs. Parades and the donning of festive bonnets. Considering that Easter is a religious holiday, many of its customs seem decidedly secular., not to mention slightly random. Which begs the question: How did these and other customs become part of the Easter celebration? Here's a closer look at four Easter traditions and their origins.
1. The Easter Bunny
It's hardly surprising that his oversized, fluffy, anthropomorphic, candy-bearing cottontail claims the number one spot on this list. After all, the words "Easter" and "bunny" are inextricably intertwined. But seeing as how you won't find the Easter Bunny in the Bible, where did this mythical mammal come from?
The answer is not as satisfying as you might think: No one knows. Rabbits have long been symbolic of springtime, rebirth, and renewal due to their reputation for rapid reproduction. Because of this, they and the egg alike — both symbols of fertility — were associated with the ancient pagan festival of Eostre.
Some historians also attribute the origins of the Easter Bunny to German immigrants. Explains History, "According to some sources, the Easter Bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of an egg-laying hare called "Osterhase" or "Oschter Haws." Their children made nests in which this creature could lay its colored eggs. Eventually, the custom spread across the U.S. and the fabled rabbit's Easter morning deliveries expanded to include chocolate and other types of candy and gifts, while decorated baskets replaced nests. Additionally, children often left out carrots for the bunny in case he got hungry from all his hopping."
2. Easter Eggs
Like bunnies, eggs have symbolized fertility for thousands of years. The habit of decorating eggs during the spring equinox dates back just as long in the Middle East. So how did the tradition make its way to modern day culture?
Says Huffington Post, "For Christians, the Easter egg is symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Painting Easter eggs is an especially beloved tradition in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches where the eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Jesus Christ that was shed on the cross. Easter eggs are blessed by the priest at the end of the Paschal vigil and distributed to the congregants. The hard shell of the egg represents the sealed Tomb of Christ, and cracking the shell represents Jesus' resurrection from the dead. Moreover, historically Christians would abstain from eating eggs and meat during Lent, and Easter was the first chance to eat eggs after a long period of abstinence."
That covers the dying part. But what about the egg hunting and egg rolling? Continues Huffington Post, "Eggs are rolled as a symbolic re-enactment of the rolling away of the stone from Christ's tomb."
3. Easter Bonnets and the Easter Parade
If you love to put on a bright-colored, ribbon-festooned hat every year on Easter Sunday, you owe Irving Berlin a debt of gratitude for his hit song "Easter Parade," and its lyrics: "In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it/You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade./I'll be all in clover and when they look you over,/I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter parade." According to TheJournal.ie, this famous song brought the Easter bonnet into popular culture based on the style of the time that found New York's well-to-do women showing off their fancy hats at the annual Easter parade.
Wearing hats may be a rarity now, but they were once part of women's daily wardrobe. Even before Berlin's song referenced Easter bonnets, women looked forward to trading out their old hats for new ones for mass on Easter Sunday. Continues TheJournal.ie, "In post-Civil War America, women swapped their mourning veils for the bright hats. Nowadays, children often make such bonnets at school."
And while the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving may have surpassed it in terms of their popularity, the Easter Parade was once the most elegant of all events. According to AXS, "New York City's Easter Parade began circa 1870 and has been forever memorialized in celluloid as Irving Berlin's 1948 musical starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford and Ann Miller when the event was at its peak. The informal, unorganized, non-denominational and unprompted Easter Parade was hugely popular, hence the movie, and in 1947 drew over one million people. However, its recognition has waned since the 50s, drawing 30,000 fans in 2008."
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Turkey may be the undisputed food star of any Thanksgiving table, but it's got a lot of competition come Easter, which — like Thanksgiving — also has a close association with special, celebratory foods.
Lamb and ham are two common Easter meals — the former for its representation as the "Lamb of God," and the latter for its pagan association with good luck (not to mention its leftover potential). Meat is a special treat, in particular, for devout Catholics who may have chosen to abstain from it during Lent. That's not to say turkey isn't an option. In fact, this beloved bird is also a surprisingly popular choice for Easter dinner.
Another must-have for most Easter meals? Bread. Says The Food Timeline, "Bread has long played an important role in religious ceremonies and holidays. This is true in many cultures and cuisines. Holiday breads are often baked in symbolic shapes and include special ingredients. Easter breads often feature eggs, a commodity forbidden by the Catholic Church during lent." Cakes and other special desserts also fall under this category.
And then there's the candy and chocolate. As Katherine Tegen, the author of The Story of the Easter Bunny, told Real Simple, "The tradition of chocolate eggs began in 19th-century France and Germany and soon spread to the rest of Europe and eventually the United States. To receive the special Easter eggs, children were told to make nests from hats or baskets so the Easter Bunny could leave them there." (Hence the origin of Easter baskets, as well.) Adding to chocolate's Easter appeal? It's perennial status as one of the top Lenten sacrifices.
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I have read the information at
and in this thread and have searched the forums for information related to curio and relic firearms and the large capacity magazine law of 2000, but I haven't been able to find any information about it. So, I started looking into the California penal code that pertains to large capacity (more than 10 round) magazines.
seems to be the pertinent legislation for this topic. I have provided the pertinent sections of that penal code below.
Any person in this state who does any of the following is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison:
(2)Commencing January 1, 2000, manufactures or causes to be manufactured, imports into the state, keeps for sale, or offers or exposes for sale, or who gives, or lends, any large-capacity magazine.
(a) does not apply to any of the following
Any firearm or ammunition that is a curio or relic
as defined in Section 478.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations and which is in the possession of a person permitted to possess the items pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto. Any person prohibited by Section 12021, 12021.1, or 12101 of this code or Section 8100 or 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code from possessing firearms or ammunition who obtains title to these items by bequest or intestate succession may retain title for not more than one year, but actual possession of these items at any time is punishable pursuant to Section 12021, 12021.1, or 12101 of this code or Section 8100 or 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Within the year, the person shall transfer title to the firearms or ammunition by sale, gift, or other disposition. Any person who violates this paragraph is in violation of subdivision (a).
I looked into all of the sections mentioned in subdivision (b) part (7) above to make sure that there wasn't something that made mention of a curio/relic not
being able to have a large capacity magazine and, in turn, making subdivision (a) applicable. The first,
Section 478.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations
simply states the following requirements of a firearm to be considered a curio/relic.
Curios or relics: Firearms which are of special interest to collectors by reason
of some quality other than is associated with firearms intended for sporting use or as offensive or defensive weapons. To be recognized as curios or relics, firearms must fall within one of the following categories:
(a) Firearms which were manufactured at least 50 years prior to the current
date, but not including replicas thereof;
(b) Firearms which are certified by the curator of a municipal, State, or
Federal museum which exhibits firearms to be curios or relics of museum
interest; and
(c) Any other firearms which derive a substantial part of their monetary value
from the fact that they are novel, rare, bizarre, or because of their
association with some historical figure, period, or event. Proof of
qualification of a particular firearm under this category may be established by
evidence of present value and evidence that like firearms are not available
except as collector's items, or that the value of like firearms available in
ordinary commercial channels is substantially less.
Sections 12021, 12021.1, or 12101
of this code (CAL. PEN. CODE § 12020 : California Code) and
Section 8100 and 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
are all related to, in a nutshell, being a sane person that doesn't have a felony.
So, with all of this said, it would seem to me that any curio/relic firearm that has a large magazine capacity (i.e. greater than 10 rounds) would not be illegal to buy, sell or transfer even after 1/2000. I am really trying, as a law abiding citizen, to figure this stuff out. If anyone has any additional insight into this or links to legislation that would contradict or supersede my understanding, I would greatly appreciate the help.
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Values, variables, and literals his chapter discusses values that JavaScript recognizes and describes the fundamental building blocks of JavaScript expressions: variables and literals.
ValuesJavaScript recognizes the following types of values:
- Numbers, such as 42 or 3.14159
- Logical (Boolean) values, either true or false
- Strings, such as "Howdy!"
- null, a special keyword denoting a null value
Objects and functions are the other fundamental elements in the language. You can think of objects as named containers for values, and functions as procedures that your application can perform.
Data type conversion JavaScript is a loosely typed language. That means you do not have to specify the data type of a variable when you declare it, and data types are converted automatically as needed during script execution. So, for example, you could define a variable as follows:
var answer = 42 And later, you could assign the same variable a string value, for example,
answer = "Thanks for all the fish..." Because JavaScript is loosely typed, this assignment does not cause an error message.
In expressions involving numeric and string values, JavaScript converts the numeric values to strings. For example, consider the following statements:
x = "The answer is " + 42 The first statement returns the string "The answer is 42." The second statement returns the string "42 is the answer."
y = 42 + " is the answer."
For more information on these functions, see Chapter 9, "Built-in objects and functions."JavaScript provides several special functions for manipulating string and numeric values:
- eval attempts to evaluate a string representing any JavaScript literals or variables, converting it to a number.
- parseInt converts a string to an integer of the specified radix (base), if possible.
- parseFloat converts a string to a floating-point number, if possible.
VariablesYou use variables as symbolic names for values in your application. You give variables names by which you refer to them and which must conform to certain rules.
A JavaScript identifier, or name, must start with a letter or underscore ("_"); subsequent characters can also be digits (0-9). Because JavaScript is case sensitive, letters include the characters "A" through "Z" (uppercase) and the characters "a" through "z" (lowercase).
Some examples of legal names are Number_hits, temp99, and _name.
Variable scope You can declare a variable in two ways:
When you set a variable identifier by assignment outside of a function, it is called a global variable, because it is available everywhere in the current document. When you declare a variable within a function, it is called a local variable, because it is available only within the function. Using var is optional, but you need to use it if you want to declare a local variable inside a function that has already been declared as a global variable.
For information on using variables across frames and windows, see Chapter 3, "Using windows and frames."You can access global variables declared in one window or frame from another window or frame by specifying the window or frame name. For example, if a variable called phoneNumber is declared in a FRAMESET document, you can refer to this variable from a child frame as
LiteralsYou use literals to represent values in JavaScript. These are fixed values, not variables, that you literally provide in your script.
Integers Integers can be expressed in decimal (base 10), hexadecimal (base 16), and octal (base 8). A decimal integer literal consists of a sequence of digits without a leading 0 (zero). A leading 0 (zero) on an integer literal indicates it is in octal; a leading 0x (or 0X) indicates hexadecimal. Hexadecimal integers can include digits (0-9) and the letters a-f and A-F. Octal integers can include only the digits 0-7.
Some examples of integer literals are: 42 0xFFF, and -345.
Floating-point literals A floating-point literal can have the following parts: a decimal integer, a decimal point ("."), a fraction (another decimal number), an exponent, and a type suffix. The exponent part is an "e" or "E" followed by an integer, which can be signed (preceded by "+" or "-"). A floating-point literal must have at least one digit, plus either a decimal point or "e" (or "E").
Some examples of floating-point literals are 3.1415, -3.1E12, .1e12, and 2E-12
Boolean literals The Boolean type has two literal values: true and false.
String literals A string literal is zero or more characters enclosed in double (") or single (
') quotation marks. A string must be delimited by quotation marks of the same type; that is, either both single quotation marks or double quotation marks. The following are examples of string literals:
In addition to ordinary characters, you can also include special characters in strings, as shown in the last element in the preceding list. The following table lists the special characters that you can use in JavaScript strings.
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| \t
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| \\
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Escaping characters For characters not listed in the preceding table, a preceding backslash is ignored, with the exception of a quotation mark and the backslash character itself.
You can insert quotation marks inside strings by preceding them with a backslash. This is known as escaping the quotation marks. For example,
var quote = "He read \"The Cremation of Sam McGee\" by R.W. Service." The result of this would be
He read "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by R.W. Service.
To include a literal backslash inside a string, you must escape the backslash character. For example, to assign the file path
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My company just did a refresh of our desktops and has rolled out Dell OptiPlex 3040s running Win 7 Pro. We have found an annoying problem in the screes will begin to gradually dim down to the point that you can't see anything. This can happen when it is idle or in use and it isn't the monitor itself as changing the monitor while this is happening doesn't change anything as well as it happens with various models of monitors. I have looked in the power options as most help articles say to disable the auto dimming feature but I am not finding that option listed. The only way to get the display to return is to reboot the computer. As you can guess this is very inconvenient. Has anyone else seen this behavior before and figured out how to fix it?
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Windows 7 Ultimate, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
That option for dimming is there. You can also go into advanced option to make changes.
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It isn't a laptop and I don't have those options.
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Nothing of those options are exclusive for notebooks, they're always available.
The screen is located in Control Panel => Energy Options => Change plan settings (for the enabled plan)
On desktops, the "On battery" settings are simply ignored, but the rest works.
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
My W7 desktop does not list screen dimming options.
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TechnoMage2016 we think alike on that matter.
Never, Never, Never. Along with using Balanced Active.
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
Are posts #6 & 7 above not a bit off topic here. They certainly do not help the OP solve his problem!
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Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
Tibbar -- Mine is not a laptop either. Follow this, click on your Start Button, click on Control Panel. You will see Power Options. Click on that. On the left you will see "Chose When to Turn Off the Display", click on that. You will see "Turn Off Display", set it for "20 Minutes". You will see "Put Computer to Sleep", set it for "Never". If you leave the PC and the screen goes dark after 20 minutes, just move your mouse and it comes on.
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Well John; I believe my choice of setting would solve tibbar problem with the desktops screen dimming.
It also doesn't cost anything to give it a try.
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2. According to Thomas Hobbes, what is the primary motivation of human beings? Human motivation is very self-centered
Seeking satisfaction of their own mechanical desires.
3. Moritz Schlick argues for the view that humans are so constituted such that they are able only to act out of self-interest. This view of human motivation is referred to as what? Physchological egoism- staes that human beinbs are made so that they can act only out of self interest
4. Why are our views about human nature important, according to Velasquez? In other words, what is the influence that our views of human nature have on our lives? because it shapes the every day world around us from relations ships with other people
5. Someone who believes that humans are basically unselfish would be more like what? That person would instinctively relate to other people with trust and openness. Pg. 49
6. To what does the notion of a "self" refer, within the philosophical world? The self can think, reason and perceive. You exist in a physical body and that is conscious and rational.
7. What does it mean to say that "the self is an independent individual"? The belief in life after death assumes that the self is conscious, has purpose and distinct from its material body
8. The traditional Western view of human nature, according to Velasquez, has five properties. They are what? all humans have a rational spiritual self that is distinct from its body has a purpose
endures over time
exists as a separate individual
9. Two of the most influential versions of the Traditional Western view of the self are what? * Rationalistic
* Judeo Christian religious
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12. Which of the philosophers from the chapter believed that "the truth about human nature requires knowledge of another world of reality"?
13. What are the Forms, for Plato?
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15. What is the significant implication of the Traditional Rationalistic view of Human Nature, according to Velasquez? Implies the human primarily as a thinker capable of reasoning.
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17. How is the Judeo-Christian view of human nature different from the Greek rationalist view, when it comes to the purpose of living? (p. 57)
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Having been born in England, I became a Canadian citizen by choice. My husband is Canadian, and my children were both born in Canada.
When I created the character of Nik over three years before Nikan Rebuilt was published, it was because I had read about the disproportionate number of First Nations children in care.
Since then, I have become much more aware of the reality of two things: the shameful treatment of First Nations in Canada—this goes for all Indigenous Peoples, but as Nik is First Nations, I speak about this specifically—and the importance of #ownvoices.
I recommend Bev Sellars' book, Price Paid, to anyone who wants to learn more about the controversial (and brutal) Indian Act, and the history of oppression and attempts at colonization. Ms. Sellars is the retired chief of the Xatsu'll (Soda Creek) First Nation and was an advisor to the BC Treaty Commission. I also suggest watching the testimonies of those who attended the residential schools (wherearethechildren.ca). The residential school system was a boarding school system designed to assimilate children into the dominant Canadian culture by removing them from their own cultures. Over 150,000 children were forced to attend. ~6,000 students died while residents.
Writing Nik's story was a difficult decision. I am not First Nations, that is not my experience, but I strongly felt he had a place in this series of stories. No amount of research by me can replace the authenticity of a First Nations author. I read several books while preparing to write this book, and my hands-down favorite was Rose's Run by Dawn Dumont. The rest can be found listed on my website along with other resources that I found helpful. (scarlettcole)
As this book is set in Canada, all terminology is correct to the Canadian experience. For example, reserve is used, not reservation, which may be more familiar to U.S. readers.
10% of my first-year royalties for this book will be donated to the Woodland Cultural Centre, formerly the Mohawk Institute Residential School.
Despite my every effort, there is a chance I have made mistakes in the writing of this book. If I have, I profoundly apologize and will use this as an opportunity to learn.
"November is getting off to a less-than-stellar start for one of metal's favorite bad boys. We're told we haven't seen the worst of the videos yet, but according to a source close to Nikan Monture, guitarist for explosive band Preload, Nikan isn't worried, as the footage is old."
Nik glared at the TV and the peppy entertainment-show anchor. "How about you make the story about me being hacked? About someone stealing my personal property?" he muttered as he started the coffee brewing and the kettle boiling. It was too fucking early in the morning to deal with this shit. He needed his lemon drink for his throat and some coffee to kick-start the rest of him before he could deal with the fallout. Three women had already been in touch asking what actions he'd be taking. The videos were from his private collection, all filmed with absolute full consent, the most recent one having been added three years ago. He'd grown up and moved on, but had stupidly forgotten to hit DELETE.
"And ladies, for the record, having seen a handful of the videos, we'd say Preload's hits are not the only huge thing in Monture's life."
Nik groaned as he ran his hand through his hair and tugged on the ends. He knew how big his dick was and, given the number of women who'd seen it, it wasn't a secret that he was well endowed—but, fuck, did the world need to hear about it over breakfast?
He looked down at his phone and realized it was actually closer to lunch. Not that the time of day made any difference. He grabbed a lemon from the silver dish on the counter and began to slice it.
"Either way, between Preload's upcoming North American tour and the leaked videos, I'm sure we're going to see much more of Monture in the coming weeks."


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Last season's final fixture, though, will live long in the memory.
Needing a point to win promotion, Boro's 1-1 draw was greeted with a full-scale pitch invasion.
A year earlier, Aitor Karanka's men finished the campaign with a convincing play-off semi-final second leg victory over Brentford.
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The game was also expected to be Jonathan Woodgate's final appearance in a Boro shirt before retirement. He did wave farewell but just a few weeks later, he was asked to come out of retirement by Steve Gibson and Aitor Karanka.
Aitor Karanka took charge of Boro in November 2013 and his first season was one of re-building.
The two Brighton games were watched by capacity crowds but that wasn't the case in April 2014 when the final home game was against Barnsley.
Boro won 3-1 in front of 14,867 fans.
Boro looked a good bet to achieve a top six finish in 2012/13 at the halfway point of the season. However, the club's form dipped badly after Christmas and at one stage relegation looked a genuine possibility.
The final home match of the season was against Charlton, who led 2-0 before Boro hit back late on through Marvin Emnes and sub Scott McDonald.
There was a muted lap of the pitch by the players after the match, reflecting the downbeat mood in the stadium.
Boro's season was still alive when they completed their home campaign in April 2012. They still had an outside chance of finishing in the top six thanks to a dramatic 2-1 home win over Southampton at the Riverside.
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Month: September 2002
would be interesting to use js remoting in myRadio, auto-update of components
rss1/2 trackback module sweet, how to incorporate this in radio? could use the rcs to gather trackbacks, radio clients then periodically pull down the data. guess the clients could receive them as well, if they were online. also other protocols could be used (im, email) to support systems without http presence.
Center for Conservation Biology should check in here
Computational Science at SDSC
Aha, here's where SD is unifying its efforts
my note to aggregators
That's a very cool possibility.
That proposal was written in April – I wonder what it's status is now,
since MSoft/IBM/BEA combined efforts on WSFL and XLANG into BPEL4WS,
WS-Coordination, WS-Transaction [1]. WSXL is at the top of the "Web
Services" Stack, above WSFL/XLANG at the time of this article. And now
the move to unify the OASIS standards with these, at the W3C [2].
I apologize for the rash of acronyms, it's the nature of the beast. I
still don't have a clear picture on what everything is supposed to do,
and I suppose the major players don't either. It doesn't look like any
concrete proposals will be released for at least a year, but at least
they're coming together? (and you thought RSS was complicated)
Why is this important to aggregators? I see aggregators as the
consumer and execution client of web applications defined in WSXL (or
whatever). Think Watson [3], with plugins defined by WSXL
implementations. Aggregators as the framework for collecting
distributed content and executing distributed applications.
I really liked what I saw Justin point to, Apache Cacoon [4]. It's an
actual working implementation of an XML application language. Well,
it's only running in Apache Jakarta, and I don't know enough to say if
its really suitable as a standard to implement on other platforms. One
nice point, it doesn't specify SOAP exclusively for messaging: can
read files, grab html, connect to databases.
[1] http://www.webservices.org/index.php/article/archive/59/
[2] http://www.webservices.org/index.php/article/articlestatic/634/1/3/
[3] http://www.karelia.com/watson/
[4] http://www.webservices.org/index.php/article/view/613
Ozone Hole some comments on the politics of the environment, over on nick denton's weblog
Hlistic Web Services the client approach, cool
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I have been taking this medicine for many years. Whenever I stop, I slowly start to gain weight. Now I just take 2 mid day to help curb my appetite and I have been able to maintain my weight doing this for over a year. If all my labs come back good, is it safe for me to take this medication for a few more years?
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Concernedabit; sounds like your doctor is doing all the things they have to watch most cases it is used short term but I have seen it used longer without any effects as long as your blood test are good and your blood pressure and heart as long as your getting you doctors okay. I would not worry.This is to be used for diet, while using with diet change and exercise. hope this well help you.And it continues to work just make sure your having these test done..Have a great day.
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On Saturday August 22nd, and Sunday 23rd, Trust volunteers spent some more
time at Halesworth Bird's Folly (courtesy of the Millennium Green Trustees), enjoying a third day of work on the locomotive shed area. After digging out the inspection and ash pits, we had several tonnes of soil to get rid of – so we hired a small digger from our good friends Harfords of Norwich. John H kindly took delivery of this on Friday, drove it (at 2kph!) down the access roadway, and managed to squeeze it through the gate (just). A combined team from the Millennium Green and the SRT (plus a new volunteer, Robin) spent the weekend onsite: by the end of Sunday, the entire shed base area was clear and tidy, and one side of the ash pit also (the other side is inaccessible because of a very large tree). James as usual hogged the digger most of the time, and Sean's ultra-small dumper was kept extremely busy – one can only admire his fortitude in driving (well, manhandling, really) this machine, which is very physically demanding.
While all this heavy earth-moving was going on, a defter team, led by
Stewart, was gradually digging down inside the well: so much miscellaneous stuff has been thrown there over the years that the soil all has to be sieved for artefacts. Many shards of pottery – some very fine – were found, plus sections of the chain pump, part of the timber pump platform, and various heavily-rusted parts of locomotive "Blyth" (not usable, sadly!). Parts of two buckets – which we have entirely arbitrarily decided are those used to water the locos – completed the collection – so far. We think we may have about another ten feet, or so, to go to hit water. Evidence was found of the wooden shed floor – with one section (in the store-room annexe) still complete in situ – and the main door support slots became visible, proving our supposition that the entire shed was designed for standard gauge. Quite a lot of
(very high quality) steam coal emerged from various holes – and some big chunks of clinker. Most gratifying – and a good morale-booster – was the universal positivity of passers-by about the railway and our plans to rebuild it: most people we talked to couldn't understand why anyone should so vehemently oppose "such a lovely idea". The SRT would like to thank the Millennium Green Trustees for this fine opportunity to do a Blyth Valley version of "Time Team". We would also like to thank whoever was responsible for holding off the rain – on Sunday – until we were ready to leave, and had finished all our tasks!


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Two alleged burglars got spooked when their victim's neighbour caught them and they fell from the second floor of a house in Battambang town on Wednesday.
Police say the two were breaking into the home while the owner was away when the vigilant neighbour saw them and called the cops.
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Solution to the economy?
RE: Solution to the economy?
(10-01-2013 07:15 PM)earmuffs Wrote:This is absolutely correct. In the US it actually starts at the printing press. The govt issues bonds to the Federal Reserve to print money.(10-01-2013 05:56 PM)Aseptic Skeptic Wrote: What are you saying?No, when he says that money is created from nothing he means:
Federal Reserve Prints 1 billion dollars. The govt pays them with 1 billion dollars govt bond. This bond is then held or sold to other countries or people, and these people collect interest. The govt then has to issue more bonds and print more money to pay off the interest. And the cycle continues.
Thus its nearly impossible for the US to get out of debt.
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RE: Solution to the economy?
If you mean it is nearly impossible for the U.S to get out of the debt and fix the economy, then yes.
Occasional TTA returner then leaverer.
15-01-2013, 05:40 PM (This post was last modified: 15-01-2013 05:49 PM by TrainWreck.)
RE: Solution to the economy?
Eventually the population has to be regulated - inadequate people cannot be allowed to reproduce.
Depopulation controls are deployed in the other countries, and our liberal pundits do not understand it, because of the language and cultural translations, liberals do not understand that lots of stupid people populate other countries, and the few smart people they might have, immigrate to America. It's a big complicated mess, and if you are not at the better end of the bell curve, like me, You're probably in for a world of suffering.
If the smart people would return to their native countries with their skills, they would be wasted because their is no decent government, because they cannot replicate the government and its corruptions that we enjoy.
What we need is a government template that allows the smart people to do their skills and perform governing activities, until the social sophistication advances to an adequate level; but eventually all of us will want to regulate reproduction and longevity healthcare.
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by Emma
Question: Hi Heidi, Thanks for your reply I thought it would be best if I gave you some more info! At the moment I am going to stick with lily sleeping in the bed with me as she seems much happier there!(Following-up on Not in her own bed!)I have given Lily a bedtime routine since she was about six weeks old as follows:5.30pm go upstairs and run bath, close curtains and get lily undressed.5.45pm bath6-6.15pm change and bottle then cot.From this time up until about 3 months lily would fall asleep on her bottle (I know the opinion is to wake baby and put in cot awake but It didnt seem right to wake her up!) She would wake about 11pm and then 3am for a feed would then sleep until about 6am.From 3 months things started to change. Lily started waking more in the night and needed cuddling to get back to sleep (I know this didnt help with her self soothing back to sleep but she would really cry if not). Although also at this stage she was awake at times after her bottle and I would put her in the cot with the mobile on and she would be asleep by the time I had tidied up the bath things.At 5 months things got progressively worse with lilys sleeping in the cot waking every half hour in the night and I was so exhausted she came in the bed with me. She was sleeping for longer periods but this didnt last long and I took her to a cranial osteopath who suggested controlled crying by adding 2 mins on each time in her cot. She never cried for more than 11 mins over the three nights and then was only waking once in the night, at this time she had a bottle and was awake afterwards putting herself back to sleep in the cot.This continued untill about the beginning of January when she did something unbelievable!!.. slept through the night from about 6.30-5.30..amazing! This is when I dropped the night feeds. This lasted three weeks untill my friend and her children came to stay for the weekend and the pattern of when she was 3 months started emerging again. At the end of January I was going into her room about 13 times a night, my back was killing me so I decided the only option was to bring her into my bed again. She started sleeping better but then she started really fussing at bedtime this began about march and would not go to sleep, at this point I thought that the bedtime bath may be waking her up so I changed this to the morning which to be honest made no difference. So I moved the bedtime slightly later to 7pm and she has been going to bed much better although now instead of starting off in the cot I put her into the bed. I would like to add that if she is awake after her bottle we have a cuddle and she goes to sleep and then I put her on the bed.Where we are now.5-5.30am wakes6am milk8am bath8.30-9am breakfast10.00 milk10.15 sleep (on bed for approx 2 hrs)1pm Lunch2.30pm juice and snack5pm tea6.30pm ready for bed & milk7pm sleep (bed)last night woke about every hour cries and when she knows I am there settles back to sleep. I started giving her milk again in the night a week ago as this seemed to help her sleep longer but seems to have lost affect. I have read so much info and tried everything, light night, no night light, warmer room, cooler room, lavender, bedtime story,all sorts. Her sleep just seems really disturbed, I even took her to have a food intolerance test which didn't make any difference. The GP told me to do controlled crying which I tried about 3 weeks ago and she cried for 2 hours (i went in every 5 mins) it made me feel depressed the next day and I couldnt stand it (even though part of me feels guilty for not doing it as the GP said she needs training to sleep??!) so we didnt do anymore.Lily is in my bed now (HATES her cot) and has very disturbed sleep which obviously isnt good for her but not sure what to do without a great deal of crying!Thanks for your helpEmmaHeidi's Answer: Hi Emma,Thank you for giving the extra info, it is definitely helpful.It's clear that you have tried many things, which is a good thing, but I understand that after reading many different sources and experimenting with success sometimes, sometimes not, you've both become confused and weary of more tries.To me, Lily's sleep issues seem a combination of her sleep patterns (physical), habit (psychological) and separation anxiety.Therefore, let's set up a strict basic plan to start from. Knowing that she will not sleep like an angel within a few days (there is no magic) but that you can set a firm base for her to develop a decent sleep pattern again. Some of these things you're already doing, some not, or not strictly, but the best start right now is really to go 'back to the basics' and be consistent.So, here's the plan I would like to suggest right now: phase I first, for a week or two. Then move on to phase II, and then, if necessary, to phase III.Phase I - Back to the basics-------1. You've decided to co-sleep for now, so stick to that consistently (do not even 'allow' her near her crib ... ;)). Do remain alert that it is always safe of course, also now that she is surely becoming more mobile and may be able to crawl off the bed or so.2. No more feeding at night, that is between the last and the first feeding. She's at a good age now to be without feeding at night and it is not a habit you want to set. If you feel she may be needing a bit more food, you can fit in extra during the day though, for instance some extra milk at tea time.3. Having the bath in the morning is a good idea, so keep that there. At nap and night bedtime: make sure you have some simple, recognisable 'activities' in your bedtime routine. So, next to the changing, also things like 'say good night to some favourite toys', close the curtains together, switch on the nightlight and sing a lullaby. Always do the same, over and over again.4. During the night, make things as dull as possible, and definitely keep lights dim.5. Then, most of all, work on the schedule. Simple changes to the sleep schedule are often enough to alter sleep patterns sufficiently.I'm surprised to see she has only one nap. Regular and sufficient naps have a great influence on night time sleep. I suggest you add a nap after the early afternoon 'juice and snack'. Never mind if the naps are just an hour, it's the regularity that will help.Phase II - Alter bedtime--------If you've done the above for one or two weeks without much improvement: shift her night time bedtime to half an hour earlier. Ten minutes each day for three days and then keep it there for at least a week and see what happens.Phase III - Scheduled awakenings---------If things haven't gotten better, we can experiment with 'scheduled awakenings' where you will wake her before she wakes up at nights. But it is something to be careful with so let's detail that if we get that far.Alongside this plan, do observe Lily well, especially for separation anxiety or teething signs.Do let me know how this all sounds,Kindly,Heidi
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