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Kristian watched with a surprised expression as Simone waved her words through the air like poison…clearly she wished to act like Poison Ivy instead of Barbie. She took off in the cab after exiting the boat, and then was followed by Pan who said something about a class, however he did not miss the glare he received after her smug expression. He could barely take it, even his wife… his own wife had taken their side. Telling Kristian to 'get in', 'fit in' or 'get out' when it came to her friends, even though all Kristian wanted to do was order a lunch for her and her friends. THE NERVE! He scoffed and walked over to Kali as she asked to go home. He picked up some of the food and shoved it to her. "Fine, but you're still eating." He threw the money down on the table to pay for the meal as if it had cost nothing to him at all, which in reality didn't. As they hopped off the boat he didn't even open the door for Kali, simply waited for her to get in before driving back to the apartments. Obviously he had words to say and the sooner the better. The anger swelled more with the words that replayed in his mind, his hands going red and knuckles going white as he gripped the steering wheel tightly. He tried to relax and breathe, inhaling and exhaling slowly through his nose. The breaks screeched under the apartments, and he slammed the door to his Audi. He waited for her to enter the elevator before pressing the button that would lead them to the penthouse. His eyes remained closed the whole time he waited, his foot tapping the floor as they were being lifted. As soon as the ding rang, and the doors opened, Kristian slammed the doors open and walked to the kitchen, needing a bottle of water to cool himself.
"I told you, I wasn't hungry…" She explained when he'd shoved the plate of food at her. He had already walked over to the near end of the boat by the time she shook her head and tossed the plate to the side. Kali had watched him pay for the meal and sighed before following him off the boat after apologizing to the waiter for the inconvenience. What was Kristian's deal? She understood he was trying to be nice and pay for their meal and all. But he should have known when it came to the girls there was a time and place. A sigh could be heard from the other side of Kristian's car. A door opening and then shutting before she was left to open her own door and sit inside, not even a buckle could be heard as they sped off down the street towards the apartments. No words were spoken between the two of them through the whole ride there. And it was short-lived when they'd finally pulled into the garage of the Apartments, Kristian wasted no time in getting out, and for once Kali felt his anger practically wafting through the air as if it had lifted off his body. No sooner had they exited the garage and gotten into the elevator did she notice Taylor inside with them. Kali must have smelled horrid from being in the gym, but for some odd reason neither Taylor nor Kristian acknowledged a thing about it.
The elevator had dinged at the top floor; the Penthouse. They were home, finally. Kali looked to Taylor, as if to ask if he'd wanted to exit, but instead of speaking he simply waved his hands out in front of him to let Kali know she was safe to exit before him. She thought against it, but so as to not anger Kristian further she exited. Kristian had already gone inside their apartment and opened the doors wide enough for all to see. She entered after and looked around the place before finding him in the kitchen, his hand wrapped around a bottle of water. "Are going to talk about this?" She lifted her hands up before her, extended out in near shrug when referencing the situation that'd just happened on the boat. Kristian turned to look at Kali, his smoldering gray gaze now looking straight into her sea green hues as he began to make his way towards her. The bottle had been roughly placed upon the counter before-hand and now he was standing but inches from her face, his hands drawing up to her arms while then grasping tightly around her wrists in a restraint like motion. "There is nothing to discuss…" He said with a cold, dark tone. Kali couldn't stray from the situation; her hands lay flat against his chest before she pushed him away from him."Yes there is, you just don't want to face the fact that you were wrong and Pandora and Simone were right. I love you Kristian, but I've said what I needed to. I am still upset with you, and I know you're upset with me, but sooner or later, we need to discuss this." Having said what she needed to say Kali moved from his view and spoke softly while then entering their room. "I'm going to shower… join me or not, but as of now… I'd rather we didn't talk about what happened, we both need to cool off."
Kristian stared into Kali's eyes of a deep sea green like colour. Hunger filled his veins and his anger did not calm him any either. As she pushed away from him, he could not help but follow her into the room, his eyes gazing down with edacity at the way her hips swayed with each strut, the way her mound slowly rose and fell. The room was not that far away from the kitchen, but with each tile they crossed it felt like forever. Kristian's insides roared with attention and need, and as she slowly started to undress, so did he. "I agree, a shower sounds lovely." His voice was raspy and deep, cutting through the silence as they unclothed themselves. Kristian undressed fairly quickly, his rod of steel throbbing for attention. He moved closer to Kali as she too was almost undressed. Before Kali could undo her bra, Kristian's hands wrapped around her wrists firmly once more, before his teeth found their way to the thin straps that easily broke with one bite. His whole body was burning with elation, passionate flames of desire singing the edges of his soul, he dragged her into bathroom and closed the door. He kept pushing her forward, into the shower. Turning the handles of the shower, he waited for the water to cascade down their bodies. At first touch it was cold, and sent a shiver down his spine, the heat from his body coming off like steam at the contact. After a few seconds the water became slightly warmer, but not too hot. First his hands grabbed her hair, tugging it back slightly so her neck was in his full gaze, the water dripping down and sliding to the place in-between her beautiful breasts. His licking started from her jawline, her hair still in his hands as he slowly rolled his tongue down her neck, biting softly before continuing on the path of the flow of water. His lips found the softness of her nipples, as his hands then came down to pinch them after his lips had caressed every part of her breasts before coming back to her face. His mouth pressed against her own, ravenously mashing against her lips with the full force of his passion, his hand leaving an imprint on the stained glass wall of the shower as he began to ravish her lips with his own.
She could feel it, the rapid change of the air around them. The tension in the room both built and seemed to restrain itself when both Kristian and Kali neared one another. Kristian had looked at her; it was a look of pure hunger and thirst. A thirst that she knew needed to be quenched. It was a thirst for her. Kali had entered their bedroom and felt the presence of her husband behind her; a low sigh escaped her lips as she thought they'd go at it again while she slowly undressed herself. Kali ran her hands over both her shoulders and removed the red gym jacket from her body, and as it fell to the floor, she'd already begun to kick her shoes off and remove her pants. "How did he undress himself so quickly?" she thought to herself when she saw his pants fall to the floor. Kali couldn't believe it, her husband was actually going to join her in the shower.
"I agree, a shower sounds lovely." He'd said. It had been a long while since the two had engaged in any acts together aside from the nightly routine of everyday lives; sleeping. Her head turned full circle to glance at his immaculate body. And in the light of the afternoon sun… his smile, his body and everything about him seemed so perfect. And she admitted to herself… Kristian Grey was not merely good looking; he was the epitome of male beauty. By the time she'd reached behind her back to undo her bra, Kristian had run his hands down her arms and found her wrists once more before binding them with his strong, firm grip. Her gaze turned round to look at him, but before she had the chance to speak, his forehead was to her back and his teeth had found her bra strap. The one part of her bra that kept everything in place instantly broke free along with her breasts the minute Kristian had ripped the fabric of the bra. Instantly she could feel the freedom the air had to offer her, along with the heat wave pooling around her husband. Kali had moved to look at her husband again, but found him missing before she'd had the chance to ask him something. His hand then graced hers and her head swerved and she looked into his now passionate gray eyes."Kristian…" she'd said as he led them to their bathroom, closed the door and began to run the shower. He didn't speak, nor did he look at her again until they were both under the cascading torrent of the shower. A stream of cold water ran over their bodies as they now stood dead center under the torrent of water, the water although warming near appropriate temperature sent a shiver over her entire body, it spread over her image and soaked them both from head to toe. Like drops of rain gathered from a recent rainstorm, the clouds of passion seemed to engulf them both. Kali's breasts both now very wet and perky seemed to harden by the very closeness of her husband's body; the feeling of his presence always did something to her. Just after finally coming to terms with the pressure of the water, Kali felt a sudden wave of heat come over her. Kristian's hand wrapped around her hair, and instantly he tugged softly. Brushed it aside and began to slowly descend towards her neck. Kali's inner goddess screamed and did a cartwheel as Kristian began lapping and sucking along the side of her neck.
"Oh god… Kristian." A moan escaped her and she found herself running her hands along the side of his muscular biceps and over his back. Nails stretched forth and ready to claw his back at any given moment. He was a man of many mysteries, but Kali knew that when this man dominated, there was no stopping him. And that is just what he did. He dominated her. Kissing, biting and moving his lips down her neck, over her throat and along the base line of her breasts. It wasn't until he found her breasts did he pick up the pace in his actions. His lips locked over her perky full now hardened nipples and when they did her nails began to scratch the surface of his back. The shower over them now streaming in consecutive waves as their heated actions fogged the bathroom entirely. Kristian had dominated over every inch of both breasts and moved his hands to pinch each nipple with a slight twist. Kali now looked up at her husband and bit her lip knowing what it did to him, but more so to conceal her moans within her; practically raking to break free, much like her inner goddess who was now dancing the tango.
Kristian had smiled a number of times throughout everything he'd done to Kali. He was finding great desire in pleasing her. This much was clear to Kali when he'd then moved from ravishing her breasts to gracing her lips with his own tender mouth. She felt it before and she felt it now, the full force of his passion for her. But by this time she found it to be enjoyable that they'd ignored the argument and moved onto the afternoon activity they were now engrossed in. Kristian's tongue delved deeper into the trenches of her mouth and Kali submitted to the forced entry and closed her eyes and kissed him hard and deep as her back now pushed against the glass wall of the shower. The only thought running in her mind was clear as day. " This man, is mine."
Esme's Bedroom
Esme rolled over in bed lazily, the sun pouring in through her black laced curtains. How she hated the sun…With a rather unladylike groan, she continued to roll around irritably before grumbling "Fine…I'm up." But she was speaking to no one. For days she had been thinking about how it might be time to get a cat. Antony's room was on the other end of the apartment and she hardly saw him anymore. His hours were wacky at the hospital and Esmeralda was often left alone. Not that she minded being alone too terribly. It gave her more time to think. Still, another house companion might be nice, too…As these thoughts rolled around in her head, the younger Bellissima decided it was time to get out of bed and see if her brother was home yet. Sliding her dainty feet on the floor delicately, she stretched her arms over her head before grabbing her pink lacy robe. Shrugging into it, she pulled her dark curls over her shoulders and padded over to the mirror. Her face was well-rested and young looking, no doubt thanks to the beauty regime she had been on for years. Beneath her satin robe was black lingerie that fit to her short and curvy body elegantly. She was stunning…and stunningly single. But Esme had no time for men and had no patience for them, either. It was better to do everything herself right…including pleasuring herself. A boyfriend was hardly necessary anymore with today's technology.
Smiling at her refection, she tied the sash to her robe tightly around herself in case dear Antony was home. Her brother didn't need to see her modeling her latest design. Strutting out into the kitchen, she called out in her thick Italian accent"Buongiorno…Anyone home?" But of course there was no response. With a heavy sigh, Esme wandered over to the cappuccino maker and went about her morning ritual. Soon her cappuccino was in hand as she sat at her cherry oak dining room table. Today's paper was spread out before her and she was in no hurry to get to work. It was seven in the morning, after all, and she still had time. But what she was really stalling for was a chance to speak to Antony. He absolutely hated cats and if she showed up with one…it would be bad. Realizing Antony was her only friend was mildly depressing. Shoving the paper aside, Esme silently thought to herself I am going out tonight, and that's that. He's your brother, for fuck's sake. Not your husband.With that, she disappeared into her room again to get ready for the day.
Pandora was still fuming when she reached her apartment. She was so pissed off at her mother and George for calling her. She had made it clear the day she left she wanted no contact from them whatsoever. They were dead to her she had screamed before she stormed from her childhood home, slamming the door so hard it shattered the pane of glass that made up its window.
And now they were trying to call her? God help them if they ever decided to show up in person.
The temperature had risen steadily as she paced her living room, doing her level best to calm her emotions before she set her apartment on fire.
And poor Louis…he had faced the full force of her anger, and nearly got himself singed for his efforts. It was unsure whether his eyebrows would grow back but he wouldn't let it stop him from trying to befriend the rough woman. Oh he held no illusions that she would like him in a romantic sense, especially now that she had a boyfriend, whom she really liked. But deep in his little bookish heart, he pined for a woman that would never be more then "just a friend" to him.
She paced a few more times, counting backward from a thousand and the temperature in the room slowly came down to a normal range.
"Bastards." she snarled, itching to throw something.
Simone, Pandora…. Was wondering if we could talk about today? If you are wondering, this is Kali's idea and not mine, however I believe it would benefit us all for her sake.
Kali felt the power of his thrusts, his twitching palms coming forth to grope and rough her up. It was moments like this that made Kali feel that much more at home. Not just because of the arguments, not because of the fighting, and definitely not because of the sex. But because being with her husband in the sanctity of their home made her life all the more complete. She was his, and he was hers. No matter the things they'd been through, through rough and rigorous times, they had each other, and they'd be there for one another no matter what. That is what she felt while being in his arms. And the more he pushed into her, the safer she felt being there with him. She met him, thrust for thrust, her voice singing his praises, her inner goddess clawing the inner cage of her sanctum; screaming at Kali to be freed and be released from her cage.
"Gods Kali…" He spoke as he breathed in her feminine musk, coiling his strong arms around her exposed, vulnerable body. His masculinity out-shined her and dominated her over and over again, slamming her into the walls of the bathroom shower. Kali arched her back as she felt herself nearing climax, her face dug into his neck and she inhaled his scent, his body, drinking in every little bit of her husband before he thrust a final time, and with it climaxing with her in unison. She'd done it, moved him to the edge and instantly been punished for it. But she was glad for it, she was happy with the end results. As much as she'd wanted to be with her husband in the shower, to please him and to fill his every need she knew she needed to move on with the day's events.
Kristian pushed himself out of her, his cum slowly dripping from the depths of her as she exhausted herself and fell back against the shower wall, the water slowly running over her as she cleaned herself and moved to dry off after Kristian had shut the shower off. "I'll consider what you have said Mrs. Grey." She couldn't help but smile while getting dressed for the rest of the day's agenda. "I would hope so Mr. Grey." A wink from her eye and he was out of her sight, and just like that she was alone again, fitting herself into her heels and moving to the bedroom mirror while she curled her hair.
Apartment 7D – Pandora's Bedroom
Still fuming mad about the phone call, Pandora stalked into her room, throwing herself upon her bed. She screamed out her rage into her pillow, muffling the sound so she didn't scare her neighbors before flopping onto her back. She took some deep breaths, the screaming she did easing some of the tension she had felt.
She knew she owed Simone an apology for leaving like she did. She pulled up her phone and shot off a quick text.
Sorry about this morning. Promise to explain and make it up to you soon. ❤ P.
She stared at the ceiling for a few minutes, feeling a crushing weight of lonliness surrounding her. Brock was away on a mission for the government with his family and she missed him terribly.
She looked at her phone, debating before she nodded. She opened her favorites and quickly pressed Brock's name. Putting the phone to her ear, she held out little hope he would answer. A few moments later, she got his voicemail.
-This is Brock. Can't answer my phone. I'm either with my girl or I'm working. Leave a message. BEEP!-
"Hey Brock…it's me…-sigh-…miss you. Really wish you were here right now. There's so much I want to tell you…about me…and my past…I think it's time I did. -sigh- I love you. Stay safe."
She hung up the phone, dropping it to the blanket beside her, rolling onto her side and staring at nothing.
"When will my life stop being so fucking difficult?" she mumbled, closing her eyes. She was so tired, she dozed off.
The mission had been classified as top secret, and while Brock would have preferred to let Pan know what he was doing and where he was, sadly this went against government protocol. When he did touch down at the base, and went back to his office, that is when he got the message on his phone, from a very depressed sounding Pandora. Brock knew he had to make it up to her, being away from her for so long and without word. He thought for a moment of calling, but the hour was quite late. Deciding to shower and change at his office, rather than do it at her apartment, Brock changed into civvies clothes; a simple pair of jeans and a black t shirt, that happened to have a spider symbol emblazoned in silver on the left of his chest. With his hair combed straight back, and having shaved, he was ready to go see the woman that he had professed his love for months earlier.
His truck was still parked in his officer's car park, and there was only a skeleton crew on at that time of night. Brock threw his bag in the back of the tray, before tying it down, than walked around to the passenger side of the 4WD, and getting in. The truck started with a loud roar, and he put it into reverse pulling out, before flicking on the headlights, and driving off the base.
The drive from the base took about twenty minutes, and soon he was driving through the city streets on his way to Escala Apartments. Sadly, none of the florist's or shops were open this late, or he would have got her a gift. He made a bit of a face, one of disappointment, as he liked to bring her things from time to time.
Parking his truck in the basement carpark, he took up his bag, and then finding the key to her apartment in his pocket, he made his way to the lift and swiped the pass, so it would unlock the security system. The doors opened, and he stepped inside. Brock wondered if she was even awake. If she wasn't he hoped to give her a nice surprise.
Reaching her floor, the doors opened, and he wandered out, till coming to her apartment door. He put the key in the lock and the light turned green, allowing him to push the door open. The lounge and kitchen were in darkness, and Brock tiptoed inside, shutting the door quietly, before setting down his bag.
"Pan?" his voice just above a whisper. There was no reply, so he crept to her bedroom door, opening it slightly, and just making out the shape of her sleeping body on her bed. Entering the room, Brock slowly peeled off his t'shirt, and then dropped his jeans to the floor, so he was only wearing boxers. Standing there, he admired her slender form beneath the sheet. Again he whispered. "Pan…I'm home." No reply again. She must have been dead to the world. Chewing his lip, he made his way to the side of the bed, and pulled back the covers gently, before easing himself in. He lay on his side, and then his fingers walk up and down her side, as he waited for her to wake up at his touch. Pandora smelt incredible, and it took a lot for Brock not to draw her into his arms. Last thing he wanted to do was startle her.
A little after 1 in the morning and something jolted her awake. She struggled into wakefulness, wondering what it was that had caused her to do so. There! A soft touch down her side. Frowning, she wondered if a spider (LOL!) had found its way into her bed. She waited a moment to see if the feeling came again. When it did, she was ready.
Not even bothering to look, she reached out and swatted at whatever was touching her with the magazine she'd swiped from the side table. It made a flat sound as it connected to whatever it was and a feebly muttered "Ow!" got her to stop. She flipped on the light, blinking in the sudden brightness before she sat up to see Brock behind her. He was grinning at her. She was so happy to see him, she didn't even care that he hadn't even called her the whole time he was gone.
She threw her arms around him, planting her lips over his, her way of saying "Hi, baby. I missed you."


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As May rolls around and summer looms just around the corner, I paused to ponder just how cloudy and unclear one's future can be when contracts, attorneys, ill-trained managers cum poker players are allowed to run large businesses. I also note that a lot of this mindless paperwork comes from our every growing litigious society and because no one trusts anyone else to actually do what they said they would do, when they said they would do it for the compensation agreed upon. Then there is the ever present "that depends what the meaning of is is" mentality. Coupled with the recurring reminders that not every member of the human species is as evolved from our simpian cousins as we think we are. Reversion is an annoying trait and alpha males are the worst offenders.
OK, now that the mumbling lament is over, here is what summer 2007 in Las Vegas holds poker-wise.
The World Series, of course, dominates the poker scene each and every year. Seven weeks and fifty-five bracelet events will keep everyone on their toes and there will be several procedural and media screw-ups over the summer. The whole media covering the WSOP plans, rules and guidelines are still not fully in place less than four weeks before the first event; so expect disruption, complaints and confusion. All of which will be torturously played out in dozens of witty and whiney blogs.
The WSOP itself is still undergoing growing pains or perhaps better evolutionary emergence. The Harrah's/WSOP team are always looking better ways to present the Series. This means that they are always balancing the wants, needs and desires of the players and the often competing financial goals of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Then, each year, they present their new and improved vision of the WSOP to 50,000 players over 7 weeks and inevitably they do not please all of the players all of the time.
With this year's Series being bigger in number of events, number of tables, number of total players, number of media credentials, etc. etc. There will be new problems and new successes and all of it will be reported, deported, inverted, rejected, inspected and detected ad nauseum. I will be joining the chorus at the Series in a yet unknown media capacity.
Prior to June 1st, the first official day of the 2007 WSOP, there are two Season Six WPT events here in Las Vegas. The Mirage Poker Showdown begins in a week, personally one of my least favorite poker tournaments but that is another story. Following Mirage is the Mandalay Bay Championship tournament, which overlaps the first two days of the Series.
Lots of poker coming up here, who knows exactly what cards will be in the air? There are more than 52, you know!

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Frederick Peck
Assistant ProfessorOffice: Math 201
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Office Hours:
I'm always happy to meet! Just go to www.fapeck.com/meeting to schedule a meeting at a time that is convenient for you.
Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
Current courses:
M394: Seminar: Problems and contests
M510 Problem solving for teachers (online)
M504 Seminar: Topics in math education (Tue 11-12; Math 103)
Past courses
M132 Number and operations for elementary teachers (F 2015; S 2016; F 2016; S 2017; F 2017; S 2018; S 2019)
M429 History and nature of mathematics (S 2017)
M500 Current mathematics curricula (S 2016; S 2017; S 2019)
M510 Problem solving for teachers (F 2017)
M572 Algebra for middle school teachers (Sum 2016; Sum 2018)
M595 Probability and statistics for teachers (Sum 2017)
M596 Qualitative research methods (S 2018)
M596 Teaching and learning in Calculus (S 2019)
M602 Teaching college math (F 2016)
Resources for Teaching college math
Resources for Teaching mathematics through problem solving
Personal Summary
My teaching and research is guided by the notion that mathematics is the human activity of organizing the world.
Prior to getting my PhD, I taught high-school math for six years including Algebra, Calculus, and IB math courses. In addition, I created and taught an intervention "double-dose" course for ninth-grade students who had traditionally struggled in Algebra I. We implemented this course as part of a detracking initiative, and it proved to be so successful that we expanded the initiative to the rest of the math courses.
BS Carnegie Mellon University
MA Univeristy of Colorado
Ph.D. University of Colorado
Research Interests
My research explores the educational implications of treating mathematics as a human activity. I take the perspective that all human activity is inexorably bound with culture: activity is "mediated" by cultural artifacts, and cultural artifacts are produced through human activity. I therefore take a cultural perspective on learning, studying the mutually constitutive nature of mathematical artifacts—including models, tools, strategies, representations, algorithms, and notation systems—and mathematical activity. I explore the ways in which artifacts are reinvented and made-meaningful in activity, and the ways in which these artifacts mediate future activity.
"Mediation" is a complicated word for a fairly simple idea. Here is the idea: Human activities take place in a cultural milieu and therefore thay always incoprorate pieces of prior human activiites. Thus human actions "involve not a direct action on the world but an indirect action, one that takes a bit of material matter used previously and incorporates it as an aspect of action" (Cole & Wertsch, 1996, p. 252). Here, the "bit of material matter" is a cultural artifact. In recruiting thses artifacts into activity, we distribute the labor across these artifacts. This is surely true for physical actions—consider how the activity of pole vaulting, for example, is distributed across the pole vaulter and the pole—but it is also true for cognitive actions. What this means is that I believe cognition is not something that happens "in the head", but rather is distributed across resources in the environment. As Edwin Hutchins explains, "humans create their cognitive powers in part by creating the environments in which they exercise those powers."
Broadly, then, I am interested in the ways that cognition gets distributed in math classrooms; how artifacts—such as models, tools, representations, and symbol systems—mediate learning in mathematics. To study this, I conduct classroom design experiments in high schools. My most-recent study took place in an Algebra II classroom, and explored how students learn quadratic functions. Prior work has explored how students develop a robust understanding of slope, and how students come to understand fractions-as-division.
Artifacts do more than meditate activity. As humans act with artifacts, the artifacts "act back" on the human actors, such that humans are constituted by culture. Thus, I am also interested in how students become particular kinds of people, and the ways that mathematics mediates students' educational and biographical trajectories. To study this, I conduct ethnographic work in educational and community settings.
Finally, I am interested in educational measurement and psychometrics. In this line of research, I interrogate the design principles behind educational assessments, and to explore ways of bringing learning theories to bear on the design of assessments. For example, if students "create their cognitive powers in part by creating the environments in which they exercise those power," then what does this mean for "traditional" tests which—by design—occur in cognitively impoverished environments?
Field of Study
Mathematics Education


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This article brings together the ancient practice of yoga, specifically the postures (asanas) and other therapeutic techniques in a holistic approach to therapy that includes understanding of birth and prenatal experiences as basic. With a focus on the potential for using yoga postures in psychotherapy, research was completed involving 22 children, ages four years and eight months through nine years and eleven months. These children were video-taped while performing a series of five, especially selected, yoga postures. Their birth stories were then collected through interviews with the child, mother, father, and/or another person who had been present at the birth of the child. Analysis of these data resulted in identifying specific elements in the performance of the yoga postures that could be perceived as clues to the child's prenatal and birth experience. The proposal is put forth that yoga postures have the potential to activate birth memory in the body and can be used both diagnostically and therapeutically in dealing with prenatal and birth issues.
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Dash, B. (1994). Caraka Samhita. New Delhi, India: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office.
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Ianniruberto, A., & Tajani, E. (1981). Ultra-sonographic study of fetal movements. Seminars in Perinatology, 5(2), 175-181.
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Northrup, C. (1994). Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom. New York: Bantam Books.
Rhodes, J. (1991). Mind Made Visible: Psychotherapeutic Applications of Yoga Asana. Unpublished master's thesis, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH.
Rhodes, J. (1997). Aware Beginnings: Body Language and Birth Memory. Unpublished dissertation (PDE), The Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH.
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Jeane Marie Rhodes, Ph.D.
Jeane Rhodes, Ph.D. teaches psychology, including a course on Prenatal Development, at Bed Rocks Community College. She also has a private psychology practice in Lakewood, Colorado and offers therapy for families and children through a foster agency in Aurora, Colarado. Correspondence may be directed to 611 S. Simms Street, Lakewood, CO 80228 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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We won, we won
And then we shot that BB gun
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cause we took they shit, now its time to floss
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Little red handkerchief, hangin out the right side
Back pocket jeans fallin, Couple my evisu signed
Yep we do shine, and they gon' hate
But they hated Jesus baby we won't break
So we ride like 4 Pirelli's
So secured no security, no protectin no comparing
Lok and heavy, Ocean 11
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Hollygrove from the start
Don't cross Earhardt
Boulevard where the ward I come from
17, one shot, never that (blum blum)
Brrrt Brrrt! Pop Pop! Clap Clap!
What the f**k, Hollygrove stand up Nigga!
Get 'em get 'em Weezy hit 'em where you kill 'em easy
Sit em in the river, leave em, they find em tomorrow evening, sinkin
Im probly drinkin that syrup
Thinkin I won't slip, even though I'm leanin like a broke hip
He don't know I got the nina wit the full clip
Thats a somersault back spin full flip for ya?
Push this button, I flip out and hit something
Miss nothin i'm just bustin until this scene clean
12 hundred for the jeans stop playin
Hundred dollars for the glock in my pants
Who the man? I am when I stand with it pointed right at ya face
Knock the brains from the back of ya neck for lack of respect
I- strap a jet black gat 'til the deck
Tell the mama to bury me with that, No Bullshittin'
My hood getting kinda crazy where I be
So Ronie's with me 'cause he's the OG
Fresh out the back seat of the figgity phantom
The haters I make em mad em when I wave at em like what up?!
If it ain't about money I keep goin
I tryna get that green, niggas tryna mow my lawn
But F**k, them boys I got the shottie on my arm
If them boys run up I leave their bodies on the lawn
And Duck the f**k out a there, 'cause baby its hot out there
If this was a movie it's time to roll the credits, cut!
Its all over, all of ya brains is all over the motherf**kin' block!
I'm a motherf**kin' rock!
Hard body eagle street 17 shots
Night vision double-clip, hot steady beam, glat! Pop!
Drop little man drop
This is not for little bitches you man or a fox
I'm layin in the drop, thinking of more money
Cash money, young money
Take money, your money.
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Prom is over and so too graduation — but there's no sitting back.
While school just got out for the summer, the big countdown is on for kids heading to university and college. Plan now so your kids thrive come September!
There's a lot of push/pull emotions that parents, and teens, feel before and during their time away from one another, says Sara Dimerman, psychologist and author of Don't Leave, Please Go: What you (and your teen) need to know before heading to college or university.
"Many parents look forward to having some space and time away from their teen, while at the same time, fear that they will miss them and know that they will worry about them," Dimerman says. "Most teens, too, realize that as much as they're looking forward to increased independence, worry about going it alone and missing the comforts of home, too."
Dimerman, of Helpmesara.com, says it's best to go in knowing what to expect so then you're not blindsided.
She journaled nightly during her daughter's first year away and turned it into a unique book that blends first-hand experiences — including that emotional push and pull of being apart — with her knowledge as a psychologist.
Plan for a rollercoaster ride: "It's normal to feel a bunch of mixed emotions along the way. It's a journey towards learning how to live apart and how to come together again, that will not always go smoothly, but ultimately, a lot is learnt along the way."
According to Dr. Kathryn Smerling, "the push-pull conundrum between children who are leaving the nest to head off for college and their parents can be a confusing and paralyzing experience." With departure a couple of months away, parents can help themselves and their children to move forward by starting to give them additional responsibilities – perhaps asking them to cook dinner once a week, or giving them more leeway with curfews.
Get them more involved with laundry, and being responsible for getting out of bed in the morning without your reminders, adds Dimerman, whose book is carried at Bed Bath & Beyond and Dontleavepleasego.com, which also lists upcoming events related to the book.
Both parents and their children should anticipate as much as they can. "Don't leave anything to the last minute," stresses Smerling, of Drksmerling.com.
"Picking out decorations for the dorm room can be a fun activity for parents and kids to do together, engaging both parties in the excitement of preparing for the next phase. Kids might want to plan to bring along a few transitional objects – items from home that will make them feel comfortable in their new college environment."
Here are more of Dimerman's tips for parents – plan now and reap the benefits come September:
- Create lists while there's plenty of time to spare.
- Visit the university campus so you are familiar with the layout and services they offer.
- Create a Facebook group or other form of support for other new parents whose teen will be attending the same university. This way, you can support one another and can also take goodie packages to residence for one another's teens, or even help drive each other's teen there or back, if needed.
- Decide how you will be moving your teen's stuff to residence. Book a U-Haul, for example, because if you wait, there may be no availability. Also, book a restaurant and a hotel if you will be staying over as move-in-weekend is extremely busy.
Hey, kids, get ready, set and go in September!
Sara Dimerman suggests the following:
- Make lists of what to take to school. Ask other students in higher years what they found useful.
- Purchase items ahead of time and organize in boxes or bins that are easily transportable. Sort through personal belongings that you want to take.
- Go on a campus tour so you're familiar with campus and not overwhelmed come September.
- Spend time with people you are closest to. "Find ways to work towards the pause in your relationships such as organizing farewell gatherings, writing letters to good friends as they head off too."
- Allow yourself to experience mixed emotions – from excitement to anxiety about the upcoming change – it's normal!
Come September and beyond, here's what the empty nest may bring:
- Expect the unexpected. Even a typically self confident and outgoing teen can feel more vulnerable and alone and perhaps to call on you more than you had anticipated.
- Be available and as patient as possible. Even when you get a call at midnight or later with a question about whether they can eat cheese with mold growing on it!
- Keep an open mind. Your teen will be exposed to more drugs, alcohol and partying than ever before. Try not to judge, but support and ask questions that will help them develop how to think, not what to think.
- Plan for visits home or head to the university yourself. Keep in regular contact and watch for signs that your teen may not be thriving.
- When your teen is home, expect that they will have gotten used to the freedom of doing what they want when they want and expect an adjustment period for both you and them. Acknowledge this and try to figure out how to manage this so that everyone's needs can be taken into consideration.
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Another new album from the prolific LuvTunGrl, as I call her (and have to explain to her every time). Jamie Hill, who is Shannon's husband and musical partner in crime, will tell you how much I prefer acoustic—just the singer and the piano in this case—which is why I think he adds these beats and whirly and other sound effects: to piss me off. Thankfully Shannon's voice carries the songs so that I can ignore most of that stuff.
Who Do You Think You Are?
A perfect example of what I said above. Lyrically I don't find this as good as most of hers, but since it's got great music and is basically a showcase for her vocals, who can complain? Especially when the chorus rises so deliciously. . .
She Writes It
A slow start to this surprisingly poppy song, but like the first one it's all in the chorus. The lyrics are a beautiful twist on the girl power theme. My fave on the album. Could be a power anthem for female writers.
For the most part the beat is the only music behind Shannon's voice, which is both good and bad. This one is too sparse to really get into, despite her breathy tone.
Little Life
Another sparse tune; without much of a melody it's hard to remember.
The Stillness
Is that a Theremin? (Not according to the artist herself, but how cool would that have been?) I thought it was a sweet little love song at first, but I have to confess I'm not at all sure what's it's about by the end.
Roaring Flame
This is the most driving song, and oddly it's the most obvious love song. About overcoming obstacles and all that, which you wouldn't expect from the title.
Let's Pretend
Very melodic tune that makes me think of little girl best friends.
Come Away
This one is as gentle as a lullaby, though it reads more like a love proposal. Sweet is indeed what Shannon does best.
Last Night Ever
This is Shannon's second tune on the end of the world theme; the other, Lay Me Down, is one of my faves, and this one is up there too. Don't leave this plane of existence with regrets. (Woulda given this one a perfect 5 if it didn't have that weird beat that was almost like another attempted melody.)
Particle Collision
Ignoring the title, this is reminiscent of Shannon's earlier work, with the musicbox-type intro, spiced with a cello.
So overall, and going extra fractional, I'm giving this album 4.25/5. The only downside is there's nothing here that can compete, or rather compare to, "I Know, I Know," though "She Writes It" comes close.


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While Membean provides useful information to help you determine a grade for students, Membean does not assign grades to students nor prescribe any specific grading policy. This article contains some tips to help you craft a policy that works best for the needs of your classroom.
Use Reports
Reports provide a wealth of data that will prove beneficial for grading. These reports will also help you determine the quality of training time.
Set a Time Goal
Time goals are an easy and quick way for you to see which of your students are training diligently on Membean.
Factor in Assessments
An assessment score reflects the student's knowledge of words that are relatively strong in memory. We recommend that assessment scores should only be used as a portion of the students' overall grade so that training remains the main focus of Membean.
Factor in Dubious Minutes
Dubious minutes are reported when students appear to be repeatedly disengaged from a training session. While some teachers deduct points for dubious minutes, we recommend having a conversation with the student first to find out why the student is disengaged with their training.
Tips From Our Teachers
- School 1: "[My colleague] and I are grading students (vocab counts 10% of grades in all our English classes) based on how much time they spend using Membean each week. I check every week on Sunday night and give a 10/10 for 30 min. on Membean if students use it more than one day during the week. I give a 12/10 to students who do an hour a week instead of 30 min. The students who use it love it."
- School 2: "I give a time-based grade one week and a quiz grade the next week. A short quiz is administered biweekly."
- School 3: "Students must log at least 60 minutes of work on the program every two weeks. We give mini-quizzes (15 questions) every other week on the day that students' time requirements are due. These quizzes count as two daily grades each. The program issues and scores the quizzes for you, so it's extremely simple. We give one longer quiz (50 questions) at the end of every quarter. These quizzes count as a quiz grade every quarter."
- School 4: "I require students to train a minimum of 40 minutes a week and at least 2 times a week. The added criteria is that the students should answer at least 100 questions correctly. If answering this number of questions takes them more than 40 minutes, students are to continue working until they reach this number. This ensures that students don't intentionally waste time because if they do, they need to train longer."


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GridView TemplateField allow us to specify custom controls, multiple fields and Html using a custom template. TemplateField allows us to define a completely customized template for GridView Column. We can bind the data with in template control using binding expression. ASP.NET provides number of ways to take control over the template control. In this post I am going to discuss how we can set template control visibility based on certain condition which depends on the data source data. For example, imagine you have a link button within template field. You want to set visibility if that control based on the some value of your data source.
Tag: Beginners
Not able to view all the running Worker Process in Visual Studio – Process Attach Window – Resolution
This might be a very simple and known to most of us, but I found it as a query in a discussion forum of one of my article "Debug your ASP.NET Application while Hosted on IIS" which was published at Code Project . Question was regarding list of worker processes in "Process Attach window" of Visual studio. Though all the sites are running properly on IIS, still he was not able to view any processes in "Attach Process Window" while trying to attach a process from Visual Studio.
Use Shortcut or Context Menu for "Open Containing Folder" in Visual Studio
"Open Containing Folder" is one of the frequent used functionality to open a particular file location in windows explore from Visual Studio IDE . How did we do that ? Yes it's very simple, Just right click on file from files Tab and select "Open Containing Folder" from the context menu as shown in below.
This will open the selected item location in windows explorer. This operation by default having no keyboard shortcut. But do you know we can assign keyboard shortcut for the same or even we can customize the context menu in code editor to achieve the same as shown in below images.
Multipurpose Find Combo Box in Visual Studio
Most of the time we use Visual Studio find combo box ( ) only for search contents with in the solution. But the find combo box is something more than what we know. We can use the find combo box in different purpose like create file, open files, create project, print, open watch windows etc. As for example you can close all the open files by just typing ">CloseAll" with in find combo box followed by a "Enter". Fundamentally we can execute all the commands from Find Combo box which are available from Visual Studio Command Window. Like Command Window, In Combo Box, if you type ">" and aliases and press enter result will be the same.
What is the difference between Web Farm and Web Garden ?
I have been asked this question many times by different readers of my blog. They wanted to know about the fundamentals of Web Farms and Web Garden. In this blog post, I am going to explain the what is the exact difference between web farm and web garden, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using them. I have also described how to create web garden in the different version of IIS.
Overview :
Visual Studio is having its integrated ASP.NET engine which is used to run the ASP.NET Web application from Visual Studio. ASP.NET Development Server is responsible for executing all the request and response from the client. Now after the end of development, when you want to host the site on some server to allow other peoples to access, the concept of web servers comes in between. A web server is responsible for responding to all the requests that are coming from clients. Below diagram showing the typical deployment structure of an ASP.NET Web application with a single IIS.
Clients request for resources and IIS Process the request and send back to clients. If you want to know more details on How IIS Process the request, please read one of my article over "How IIS Process ASP.NET Request ?".
Web Farm :
This is the case, where you have only one web server and multiple clients requesting for the resources from the same server. But when there are huge numbers of incoming traffic for your web sites, one standalone server is not sufficient to process the request. You may need to use multiple servers to host the application and divide the traffic among them. This is called "Web Farm." So when you are hosting your single web site on multiple web server over load balancer called "Web Farm." Below diagram showing the over all representation of Web Farms.
How to remove Hyperlink from ASP.NET TreeView Control Nodes ?
ASP.NET Tree view control rendered as HTML Table – TR –TD elements. Each of the node are been represented as hyperlinks. Some times you may not want that fields as hyperlink and you want to be those nodes should be represent as static text. Many of the developer did the same using font style or css style change of the node, but it can be done very easily. In this small blog post I am going to describe how you can represent a tree view node as simple text instead of hyperlink.
This can be done very easily using Tree Nodes, SelectionAction properties. SelectionAction having 4 different values, they are.
Select is the default option which marked node as hyperlinked and on selection of the node, it raised SelectedNodeChanged event. For Expand Option, TreeNodeExpanded event will be raised while expanding the node. "SelectExpand" raised both the SelectedNodeChanged and TreeNodeExpanded events. Now if you don't want to make the node as simple text, just change the SelectionAction properties to "None".
Use "Obsolete" attributes to indicate Obsolete Methods
In this post I have explained how you can use Obsolete attributes to mark some methods which are not no longer in used or may be remove in future release of the class. During the development cycle we may need to change the name or declaration of certain methods which may be using by some other developers. In this case if you changed the name or declaration of that method, application may crash in different point of times as it's being used by other developer in the application. In this case you can use System.ObsoleteAttributes class to generate compiler warning and indicate the method as Obsolete.
How to suppress compiler warning using #pragma warning directives in Visual Studio
Sometimes during development you may need to avoid the unnecessary compiler warnings to show in warning window. Though it's not recommended to suppress the warning explicitly, but during some debugging and analysis of code you may want to hide them for time being. In this post I have explained how you can hide the unwanted warning explicitly by specifying the warning number.
To suppress the warning you need to use #pragma warning directives in your code. Below is the syntax for the same.
#pragma warning disable <warning-Numbers>
[Line of Code ]
Let's consider you are having the below code block and you want to suppress the warning messages.
If you are going to build the above code, you will find the below warning messages.
Set source view as default view for Web Pages in Visual Studio
By default in Visual Studio for any web pages design view is the default view. Which may causes some time to load if your page is having many controls . So If you want to change the default view from Design View to Source View, just perform the following steps.
Go to "Tools" > "Options" and Navigate to "HTML Designer" Section.
How to set automatically focus on ASP.NET controls when validation fails ?
If you are using ASP.NET Validation Control then you can use "SetFocusOnError" properties to automatically focus the control if validation fails. This will help the end user to identify the control easily.
To set focus automatically you have to set SetFocusOnError="True". By default it's false. SetFocusOnError of a validation control is associated with "ControlToValidate" properties. If the validation fails, focus will automatically move to the control which is specified in ControlToValidate.
How to sort ASP.NET DropDownList based on DataValueField or DataTextField using LINQ?
Sorting ASP.NET Dropdown list is very common requirement for any of the web application development. To Implement this features sometimes developers used to iterate through each and every item and create a sorted list of element then reassign the same source to dropdownlist or sort the element at source itself. But this thing can be done easily using LINQ. In this post I am going describe how you can sort a ASP.NET DropDownList based on either of DataTextField or DataValueField using LINQ and list of KeyValuePair elements as DataSource.
To start with the application, let's consider you have following List of employee data as datasource of the DropDownList.
/// <summary> /// Create List Of Employee /// </summary> List<KeyValuePair<int, string>> employees = new List<KeyValuePair<int, string>> { new KeyValuePair<int,string>(1,"Abhijit"), new KeyValuePair<int,string>(2,"Rahul"), new KeyValuePair<int,string>(3,"Kunal"), new KeyValuePair<int,string>(4,"Atul"), new KeyValuePair<int,string>(5,"Abhishek"), };
In the employee list collection, you have added KeyValuePair for each element, where Key is employee ID and Value is the employee name. The most interesting part of using KeyValuePair is you can bind either of Key or Value with the DropDownList as per your requirement.
Now let's bind the DropDownList with the DataSource
How to pass external values with GridView HyperLinkField which are not part of your Gridview DataSource member ?
Few days back I have published an article "How to pass multiple values using GridView HyperLinkField ?", where I have explained how you can pass multiple parameter with Gridview HyperLinkField using DataNavigationUrlField and DataNavigateUrlFormatString properties. In this post, I am going to explain how you can pass some external values as parameters with the same hyperlink field.
DataNavigationUrlField use only those fields as parameter which are the part of GridView DataSource. Now the problem comes when you want to pass some other variables as parameter which are not part of the DataSource. As shown in below image we are passing EmpID and ParentId as argument and this two field are the data member of GridView DataSource.
Now Say, You want pass ChildID for that particular record along with ParentID and EmpID and you want hyperlink url should be like "Default.aspx?EmpID=1&ParentID=P1&ChildID=C1"where ChildID is not part of datasource.
You can achieve this by writing code in code behind for the particular GridView. There is two events where you can overwrite the navigation url of that hyperlink field. You can use Gridview_RowDataBound or Gridview_PreRender for the same.
How to hide Intellisense window in Visual Studio while coding or debugging to view the code?
Here is one quick tips to hide Visual Studio Intellisense window to view the covered source code by the particular Intellisense popup. When we are working in Visual Studio and the IntelliSense window comes up, but we may want to view the code that is covered by the window. Here you go, Press the Ctrl key. Intellisense window becomes transparent and you can easily view your source code. Hold the Ctrl as long as you want them to be transparent. You can do it while debugging your application or writing code.
Below is the few snaps for the the same.
1. View Code By Hiding Intellisense Window During coding


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Lightweight, maneuverable commuter electric bike
Most powerful Bosch Performance mid-motor with support up to 28mph
Extensive range with 500Wh concealed battery
Powerful Shimano hydraulic disc brakes
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Reach your destination at lightning speed and with minimum effort, thanks to the powerful Bosch Performance Line mid-drive electric motor. The battery is nicely concealed in the frame giving the bike a tough and robust appearance.
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Sportiness and quality along with a neatly concealed and powerful Bosch battery provide a sturdy and minimalistic design.
Shimano hydraulic brakes
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Enjoy effortless cycling with the smooth and powerful Bosch mid-mounted motor. The low positioning of the electric motor gives the bike a responsive and stable feel. The Bosch electric mid-mounted motor is ideal for daily trips as well as long distances. With torque of 63 Nm, it provides assistance on both flat and hilly terrain. Enjoy carefree cycling on your Gazelle with a Bosch mid-mounted motor.


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Test Rig
Big thank you to CryoPC for providing the following test rig:
CPU: Core i5 750 @ 4GHZ
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E
GPU: Sapphire 5850 1GB
RAM: Corsair Dominator 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3
Storage: Samsung F3 500GB 16MB
CASE: NZXT Hades
Here at XSReviews, we don't have the money for a full test bench when it comes to PSUs. Load testers cost thousands of pounds which unfortunately we just don't have. Because of this, we don't pretend to test the rail stability or efficiency of a PSU, as we simply can't do it effectively.
However, what we can do is test the Ripple/Noise quality of each rail using an oscilloscope. The one used was USB Instruments Stingray DS1M12 using HP 3060 probes and also in line with ATX specifications, I used 10uF and 0.1uF capacitors to simulate added load.
Noise and Ripple
The last PSU review I did included a pretty good explanation of Noise/Ripple, so if you don't mind I'll just reproduce that here instead of rewriting it:
"So what is noise and ripple? This is the description of minute voltage fluctuations on each of the main rails in any PSU. In a nutshell, the good power supplies have very little, the awful ones fluctuate a lot. According to ATX Specifications, there shouldn't be more than 120mv in peak to peak voltage fluctuation on the 12v rails, and no more than 50mv on the 5v and 3.3v rails. These are the theoretical maximums, with good PSUs hitting somewhere under half, so 60mv and 25mv respectively.
If noise and ripple are present in abundance, you're most likely going to find it at full load. Not posessing a load tester, the best I was able to do was to load up Furmark and WPRIME to max out the test rig. This ended up drawing 414w from the mains. This will likely equate to nearly 10% less used by the PSU because no power supply is 100% efficient. All we have to go on here is the 80 PLUS platinum rating of the PSU, which under 50% load conditions should be around 93%.
All images are of the average fluctuations. Not posessing a hot box to ensure that the unit is tested under stressfully heated conditions, air intakes and exhausts were partially covered. The internal temperature of the PSU was then measured using a probe, with results taken when it reached 40 degrees centigrade."
Since I used the .01v scale, each line on the graph represents 0.02v, or 20mv.
Numbers on the left of each image to take note of are the bottom peak to peak frequency results.
All rails are within specification, so no problems here.
I'd love to be able to test this PSU a bit more, perhaps efficiency or overload as it comes packing a lot of interesting features. I quite like the new modular connectors and the cables in general are well put together. The only problem I did have with them was the 4+4pin, which was really difficult to get into place. I ended up having to glue the two sections together.
One feature to take note of is the silence of this unit. Until it hits 70 degrees C, the fan doesn't even kick in. This is a quiet performing unit, completely silent until things get hectic.
As for Noise/Ripple, there were no issues with the Golden King and it should be perfectly safe to use. It's high efficiency rating is confirmed on the Plug Load Solutions site though interestingly, not in the 230v category.
The only real caveat here is the price. At £175 this could be the most expensive 550w PSU available right now. In our tests it does very well and of course it's efficient, but is it worth that much?
Would I pay that? No. If I had enough that money wasn't an option? Maybe.
Very high efficiency rating
Passes noise/ripple
Very expensive
Stiff cabling


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Photo compliments of Renata! Photo taken from the Have a Nice Day Tour in New Jersey...lucky dogs!!!
WOOHOO....been waiting all season for some JON!!!!!! Tomorrow night on Idol it's BON JOVI NIGHT! DO NOT CALL ME after 8pm....we will not be answering at the Bresnan's.
Lindsay went to TWO Bon Jovi concerts in utero. She can't wait either!!!!!!!!!!!
It's a slow blogger week. We went to the park for dinner tonight and it was great. Totally brought the camera and didn't take a single picture. Mike made dinner while I was commuting home from Cumming...ugh. We packed up the cooler, the baby and some toys and had a blanket picnic tonight from 6:30-8:30. Gotta tell you it's the best thing on a Monday night. Lindsay had a blast eating dinner while playing. It was the best of both worlds for her. Eat, play and undivided attention from both mommy and daddy.
Milestone Update: Lindsay is officially on the move...BACKWARDS...but on the move. She can crawl backwards faster than our border collie can get around these days. She also can get back up into a sitting position from her belly. Today is the first time I watched her do this and she did it more than once. She's a pro. I guess she figured this out on the floor at daycare because Lord knows we don't put her down at home. Ha!ha!


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Zombie Tuesdays
So I have decided to start doing something slightly new with my blog. I was thinking about how I can only talk about so many different writing subjects per a week, and how it might be nice to spice things up a bit with some zombies.
The funny thing is, I don't really read much or watch much with zombies, and I've only ever written one short story for Halloween that had any of the undead in it. But whenever I can't sleep at night, or need something to occupy my thoughts during a long workday, I think about what I would do in certain worst-case scenarios, and I can't think of anything that's worse than the zombie apocalypse.
Anyways, to start off this zombie Tuesday, I thought I'd share what I wrote for my Self Review at the end of last year. Unfortunately, my boss made me redo it, but here is my original self-review:
Kati, Administrative Zombie Slayer
Throughout this last year the zombie infestation has gotten more than a little out of control, and whereas it's my job to deal with the undead pests as Administrative Zombie Slayer, I find that the alarm system that was set up is more distracting than helpful, and the shotgun pellets are starting to get expensive.
We have tried the freezing method, but then the sales team complains: "Oh, I can't work under these conditions," or "It's so cold, I can't feel my limbs," so we are forced to turn on the heat again, and the zombies thaw and start to try and chew on anything with flowing blood, which does include the sales force.
I therefore recommend stronger firepower, and maybe booby-trapping the perimeters of our office. Sure the explosions might be louder than the alarms were, and sure there might be some property damage, but hey, at least then we'll be able to reduce the zombie infestation while we try to sell mats over here.
In between my efforts of battling the undead, I do enter in all the orders, answer all the questions about tracking, payments, and medical research on zombie infested bites, and I feel I perform these tasks rather admirably considering the circumstances.
I do feel it was a large drawback when we had to let the cyborg go do to an infected bite, but alas, I agree that having a zombie cyborg running about the office is quite terrifying. That was a huge dampener on moral, and the troll that was hired in the cyborg's place just isn't doing it justice. But hey, you work with what you've got. And the troll doesn't complain too much about the zombies' goo when it comes to the messier aspects of the job.
Things that I feel I could improve upon for this coming year are, I think I would be able to get more filing done if I had stronger firepower along with the booby-traps that will hopefully be set by then. And I'm not talking about little stuff, but rather flamethrowers, and maybe a mini-uzi or two. That way I spend less time reloading the shotgun, and more time firing, therefore giving me more time to enter in orders and do some serious filing.
If the sales representatives complain about the noises of battle, I suggest we replace them with some of the zombies that have finally been tamed and trained to do a little bit of phone conversation. Sure, we won't be able to allow customers into the office anymore, since there's the risk of those zombies going berserk and trying to eat them, but in the end, I think it will improve morale and general productivity.
Another Lazy Weekend
This past weekend was another rough one for me when it came to getting much writing or reading done. I headed up to Sacramento as soon as I got out of work on Friday (which is why I'll be doing my Friday book recommendation later today), and we played "Heroes of Might and Magic V" for the rest of the day.
I know, I know, playing a computer game is no excuse for not getting my work done. But I really love "Heroes of Might and Magic III" and "V" is very similar.
Anyway, Saturday I ran 16 miles. My sisters, brother and law, boyfriend, and I are getting ready for the Big Sur Marathon in May, so we're going to start tapering now. Our 22-mile run last weekend was our longest run until then. After the run on Saturday, I didn't really get too much more done for the rest of the day. When I got home that evening I pretty much just crashed out in bed and had some weird dreams.
Sunday was when my critique group met. I spent the morning re-reading the sections that we were critiquing that day, and the critique itself took up most of my evening. So when I did get back home again, I didn't feel like doing too much else other than reading a little more of "the Unidentified."
My sister and I did start drawing out a city map for our novel before the critique happened, and we did start talking about how we're going to wrap up some of out major plot lines. Also, as I was walking over to the coffee shop we're we meet every three weeks for our critique I saw baby geese! They were so cute and fuzzy! Here's a picture I took of them (although they are almost too small to see):
The final think I accomplished this weekend was that I found a picture of me where I: 1.) don't look like a zombie, 2.) am not doing that stupid lithe fake smile that I tend to do in photos, and 3.) am not purposefully making a stupid face at the camera. So that is not my profile picture.
How is everyone else doing? Did any new and exciting news happen while I disappeared from the blogging world?


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If you care at all about improving your social skills, you've probably already sought out plenty of books, videos, blog posts, and more to help you perform better in situations like meeting new people, resolving conflict, persuading others, and attracting women. All the information you need to improve your social skills is readily available, but there's one thing that trumps even the best book and the most inspiring video… experience.
Gaining The Experience You Need to Enhance Your Social Skills
No matter how much information you have, there is no substitute for experience. More importantly, there is no excuse for not diving in and getting the experience you need. Human beings are social animals. Sure, a lot of us are scared to death of socializing and go out of our way to avoid uncomfortable social interaction, but the opportunities to hone your social skills are abundant nonetheless. If you don't back up your knowledge with real world practice, don't expect improvement any time soon.
The army relies on boot camp to prepare new soldiers because it works. Boot camp gets results because of immersion and repetition. The focus brought about by intense immersion and the lasting habit produced by sustained repetition assure the accelerated progress that turns new recruits into efficient soldiers. Whether you're in desperate need of developing basic social skills, or you're already confident in your abilities and you want to get better, putting yourself boot camp style drills will help you push your social skills to the next level.
To put yourself through social skills bootcamp, identify social situations where you want to improve, spend two weeks immersed in those situations, and challenge yourself to continuously practice exercises that will build your skills. Focus on rigorous repetition and always be ready for more, just like a new army recruit is always ready to drop and crank out more pushups. For two weeks, become your own social skills drill sergeant, and at the end of boot camp, you'll have the reflexes and preparation to handle the real thing.
Here are some exercises to get you started. Choose the exercises that fit your needs, and complete them at least once a day for two weeks.
Basic Training to Build A Foundation
1. Eye contact and smile
Walk around a busy place. Make eye contact with every person and smile. Do this with 50 people, then take a break and find 50 more people.
2. Situational openers
Find a complete stranger and start a conversation based on something in the immediate environment. Try to make your opener as original and interesting as possible ("the weather" is not a great choice), and try to keep the conversation going for at least two minutes. Do this with 10 people.
Intermediate Skills
1. Learn about someone else
Have a conversation (with someone you know or a stranger) where you only focus on the other person and their interests. Instead of thinking of your response while the other person is talking, practicing listening to with genuine interest to what they have to say. Challenge yourself to learn as much as possible about a person's deepest motivations and values in one short conversation. Do this with 10 people.
2. Physical mirroring to build rapport
Consciously mirror the positioning, posture and body language of a person you interact with. Once you've used mirroring to establish rapport with the person, break the physical rapport and see if they unconsciously begin mirroring your body language. Do this with 30 people.
Advanced Training
1. Storytelling
While in conversation with either a stranger or someone you already know, tell a story to evoke emotion in the other person. Focus on improvising stories that fit seamlessly into conversation and either change or intensify the listener's emotional state. Do this with at least 5 people per day.
2. Make people qualify themselves
While in conversation, subtly prompt the other person to qualify themselves. When done successfully, the other person will not realize that you are inducing this qualification, they will simply be responding to the frame that you create. Do this with at least 5 people per day.
You might feel uncomfortable at first while performing some of these exercises, but by focusing on precise repetition of specific skills, you'll be able execute the skills you need in a natural way when they're called for in real situations. The harder you drill during boot camp, the stronger you'll be when it's over. Now drop and give me 20.


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Wisp has announced their schedule, pricing, and anticipated trails for opening weekend.
"Maryland's Wisp Resort will open for the 2016.2017 Winter Season on Friday, December 16, 2016 for skiing and snowboarding from 9am – 5pm thru Monday, December 19. Beginning Tuesday, December 20, skiing and snowboarding will be available 9am – 9pm thru Saturday, December 31, 2016, then regular season hours will commence. Standard and Premium Day pricing will be in effect with lift tickets for Friday and Sunday at $59 per day for adults and $49 per day for juniors ages 6 – 12; Saturday's lift tickets are $79 for adults and $59 for juniors……
We anticipate opening Squirrel Cage, Grouse Way, Wisp Trail, Sunset Blvd and the Wisp Kids Learning Terrain for Opening Day, Friday, December 16. On Saturday, we will add Central Park Terrain Park along with 8 trails in the North Camp area: Happy Camper, Big Dipper, Little Dipper, Backbone Pass, Ace's Run, Whip Saw, Over the Edge and Ridge Run. More terrain will open as snowmaking progresses," commented Mountain Operations Director, Artie Speicher.
No night skiing plus no discount for the limited trails available opening weekend is kind of a bummer, but it's the only chance I have to ski this year until March (possibly at Mt. Hood!) so I'll bite.
Squirrel Cage plus Ace's/Whipsaw/Over the edge is a pretty solid selection of runs for opening weekend.
EDIT: just read your post more closely. I agree that $79 to ski the available terrain is pretty steep.
Poor Wisp, Mother Nature wiped out several slopes and caused a delayed opening with freezing rain. They did drop the price of afternoon tickets to $49, so at at least I foot some runs in. Conditions were definitely icey but there were hardly any lines, and the icey nice wasn't that bad, probably because it was around 50 degrees a good portion of the afternoon. Kind of frustrating seeing almost skiable trails close off but I still had a good time. Only six trails were open, but I didn't get bored. The wind on Happy Camper and Backbone Pass was pretty heavy the whole afternoon but not bad elsewhere.


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Just when it seemed that the Trump administration had found its footing, one of its key figures turns out to be neck deep in what is quickly becoming Russiagate. The wily little former senator from Alabama wasn't forthcoming during his confirmation hearings for Attorney General and now finds himself on the hot seat. Not only that but Donnie Jr. and his son-in-law Jared are similarly being implicated in the confidence game the Trump campaign played with Russia to undermine Obama's sanctions back in December.
All this came after the news media essentially gave His Trumpness a free pass on his Address to the Nation, heaping all sorts of praise on him for having found his presidential bearing after one month. Van Jones, one of his fiercest critics, even opined that Trump could very well be a two-term president if he keeps giving speeches like that.
It wasn't like Trump offered any broad bipartisan plan. What the media reported favorably on was his tone, with many comparing the speech to that of Reagan. Music to Mr. Trump's ears, but he still chose to freeze CNN out of the loop the next day, with Mr. Pence skipping a stop at the cable news studio in favor of other news outlets. So much for playing nice.
CNN seemed willing to shift the narrative but allegations of Sessions' link to the Russian ambassador has forced the little weasel to recuse himself from the ongoing investigation. This opens the door once again for journalists to investigate this matter even deeper, as Congressional Republicans so far have dragged their feet. The media should have never dropped its guard in the first place, but those favorable polls following the speech probably had them thinking the public is tired of their critical stance and wanted them to look on the bright side of the Trump administration.
The address was riddled with the half-truths and lies we've come to expect from Trump. Politifact pointed out his whoppers, such as continuing to insist nearly 100 million persons are out of work, failing to consider that the vast majority of these persons are either retired or in school, and do not participate in the work force. He uses this hyperbolic rhetoric to try to convince Americans we are in a deep shit hole, despite conventional unemployment figures like the U4 and U6 that put the unemployment rate at 4.7 and 9.4 per cent respectively. This simply doesn't fit into his narrative so he continues to peddle the same campaign rhetoric that won him the presidency.
Unfortunately, the major news outlets refuse to hold him accountable to facts. Most of these outlets want to stay on his good side so that they don't get frozen out of the White House Press Corps as was the case with CNN, the Washington Post and other major news outlets. If Trump is trying to delegitimize these press outlets, it isn't working as the Washington Post and New York Times are both recording a spike in subscriptions and CNN is enjoying a surge in viewership. In other words, it pays to remain on the Donald's bad side.
Yet, the staunchest criticism is coming from late night comedy, as it was during the Bush years. MSNBC did manage to catch an unguarded Trump practicing his speech in his limo, which became instant fodder for jokes, but it too became the brunt of jokes by Seth Meyers, who skewered the media coverage of His Trumpness' speech, noting all the faux anticipation and salivation that followed. It was like a debutante ball for Trump.
Never mind that the guy signed an executive order to erode the clean water act earlier that day, while proclaiming himself an "environmentalist." Or, his brazen use of the widow of a Navy Seal to promote his strong relationship with the military, without owning up to the failed raid. He first blamed the military for the botched raid, then had Sean Spicer try to play it up as a "successful operation by all standards." It's this ability to play both sides of an issue that keeps the media off balance and leaves the public to wonder where Trump actually stands on the issues.
Nothing is more confusing than the Russiagate scandal that is unfolding. It is clear that Trump's campaign and congressional advisers met with Russian officials during the campaign and transition period, but Trump continues to insist it is no big deal. Everybody does it! As a result, much of his constituency feels the same way.
His advisers were actively engaging Moscow and giving Russian officials the impression that his administration would immediately move to lift the sanctions Obama imposed on their country in late December. This flies in the face of the Logan Act, and points to a clear attempt to undermine US policy that is in direct response to Russian aggressive acts over the past two years.
Because of the pressure put on him by the media and members of Congress, Trump has backed away from lifting the sanctions, which no doubt has left the Kremlin feeling uneasy. As a result, they are increasing military movements in the Baltic region. This has led Sweden to reinstate the draft, and other Baltic countries to increase military spending.
To a large degree, Trump feeds off this confusion. It has long been his modus operandi in the business world to create a volatile market which he feels he can take advantage of. However, when dealing with governments, such a tactic undermines confidence and gives foreign leaders false impressions that very well could plunge regions of the world into chaos. All we have to do is look at the lessons of WWI and WWII and most recently the Ukraine.
There is no clear idea who his most trusted advisers are. We hope that he listens to General Mattis and VP Pence, who both support a strong NATO and European stability. However, it seems he is drawn more to the rhetoric of his son-in-law Jared and his chief strategist Stephen Bannon, who both have used conservative media to promote conflict. Bannon undermined Pence's recent European tour by offering support to separatist movements in the EU.
Many of the high rollers that support Trump are profiteers and a war pays big dividends. There is a huge private military industry that profited immensely from the Iraq War and no doubt feels that it could profit even more from a larger global conflict. Trump himself has intimated war several times, even implied that maybe we would get another chance to seize Iraq's oil supply. Freudian slips?
Whatever the case, the media should never drop its guard with Trump. It should continue to challenge him on every issue and force him to define his overall policy, which to this point he has not done. His executive orders have largely been superficial, designed more to give the impression that he is a "decider." However, as Fareed Zakaria correctly pointed out, we shouldn't confuse motion with progress, comparing Trump's first month in office to a kid on a rocking horse.


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All of us have heard the stories and news reports. A child is killed by a friend that found a gun. They didn't think it was loaded. He pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger. Parents and law enforcement point fingers at who is responsible, but a child is still dead. My family has taken these reports to heart. My children will not be the child responsible for another's death because of under-education nor will we leave weapons unattended or unsecured for any reason in our own home or vehicle.
Our son, S, is 4 years old. Naturally inquisitive and curious. My husband and I also have weapons in our home. For us, that means we have to be diligent in our teaching S the proper way to handle a firearm. Reports state male children are the shooter 93% of the time in what we consider accidental shootings, and the victim of an accidental shooting 81% of the time. These odds are too great for my comfort.
My family has been teaching S the NRA Gun Safety Rules since he was old enough to stand.
1. Always keep a gun pointed in a safe direction.
2. Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
3. Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.
I know I say "at targets only" many times a day in our house. This is how we teach our children to keep a gun pointed in a safe direction. The constant repetition for toddler and young children is imperative. They know what they see and hear. My husband and I are examples of this practice. We only point our weapons in a safe direction and ensure we state this fact aloud to our children if they are within earshot. S has his own set of targets in our home. We add them to a safe wall for any time there is a "play" situation. We do own toy guns with the red/orange ends. These are to be pulled out with adult supervision only. This action mimics the good practices laid out in the Eddie Eagle Gun Safe Program.
If you see a gun:
Don't Touch.
Leave the Area.
Tell an Adult.


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The Page of Sadness is how I feel the crying woman feels. I show this by using the darker colors and the colorful happy colors. The mix of these 2 types of colors can be used as mixed feeling in the woman. The words around the woman represent what she could be thinking or what shi is saying. I feel that this pice of work as a big impact in how peoplpe can hide away their feelings if they feel the need to, or just don't like talking about it.
This gargoyle is not the best i can dAlso i know for sure that my gargoyle is one of a kind. My gargoyle is a mixtur of many animals. These animals include: a mamoth (fur, and nose), lizard (tounge, and eyes), unicorn ((horn) my imagination runs wild), mouse (ears), and turtle (legs). i really hope that i will get to do more clay stuff!