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2101. GO! – "Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!" – Goethe – (1749-1832) We're usually not short on ideas or even will-power, but so often we just can't to seem to do the things we really want to do. A challenge to "GO!" in 2010, and especially to begin to really talk to each other.
"Ultimately, the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or friendship, is conversation." – Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900
MERRY CHRISTMAS! – Our Christmas 2009 greeting along with some text and a link to Dylan Thomas's brilliant poem, remembering many of his childhood Christmases rolled together in "A Child's Christmas in Wales." Also a comment from Tiny Tim.
SPEND BIG! REALLY! – This Christmas, pour something quite sexy indeed into your beloved's Christmas stocking; give them yourself! A gift that keeps on giving through 2010! Ten promises to "show up" with passion, sexual and otherwise. "Blank cheques" for them to redeem when and as they wish. And you still have time to also forward this post to them as well, with "…and this what I really want this Christmas!"
LONELY? – in the midst of your life and in the midst of your relationship? "The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." – Henry David Thoreau – (1817-1862). Many marriages suffer a "creeping separateness," and then this quiet desperation which becomes "an abyss they now think of as normal, unavoidable and acceptable." What can we do?
LET'S TALK – Explicit conversation. The ache to know, and to be known… Sexual words convey images, ideas and fantastic possibilities. These hopes and promises are everywhere; the "sex and relationships" tab on your home page, the clever and not so subtle Cialis ad, the breasty girl on this months Cosmo, and of course, filling our evening television.
SLEEP. THE NEW SEX "Too Tired for Sex?" …or, just too tired? Fatigue is in. Almost everywhere you look, and anywhere you go, you will find people complaining that they are just TOO tired. Shooting for the weekend, trying to get through the day, didn't sleep that well last night, so much to do. Too tired for words.
FIRE! How do you fall in love? How do you keep that love going? (on fire). How do you tend to this love (fire) when you 're apart?
NAKED AND NOT ASHAMED "Marriage Actually" interview. "What do you feel is the main problem (or problems) couples are facing sexually today?"
DIAL "M" FOR… "Masturbation! The amazing availability of it!" – James Joyce
THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR LOVERS! – "For a late night-cap, A Private Affair is "the perfect erotic tonic" for those lazy days together after Christmas, and through the cold winter nights yet to come!"
MAKE LOVE STANDING UP – a wonderfully refreshing sexually explicit piece by Marye Audet.
OUR SURVEY RESULTS! 68% said that they wished that their partner would initiate sex more often.
LOVE, LIFE & SEX – Link to the APA quotes archive. Over 75 of the best.
PASSION & DELIGHT "…after childhood, we rarely delight in anything. Yet delight, along with gratitude, is the primary religious virtue and is the deepest root of all love, friendship, sexuality, family life, community, passion and enthusiasm. All of these, if they are not to die, must be a constant source of delight." – Ronald Rolheiser, "Against an Infinite Horizon."
SHOWER TOGETHER – Some dreamy, and wonderfully detailed instructions. Try this tomorrow morning…
INTERPENETRATION – Consider how you might risk more vulnerability with your lover today.
THREE QUESTIONS – The best time to do things is – now. The most important one is – the one you are with. The most important thing is – to do good for the one who is standing at your side.
HOW TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION – Someone once described the breakdown of easy and happy communication in marriage, as a "creeping separateness," which often leaves couples so far apart, in nearly every way.
WHO WANTS MORE SEX? – Everyone knows that men want sex MORE than women. That men have a higher level of sexual desire, right? and yet…
EDITOR RECOMMENDED! – "A Private Affair" game is a fun and titillating way to deepen the intimacy in your marriage. Even if you have open communication, the cards bring up questions you'd never think to ask. It's a great way to discover new things about each other just when you thought you knew it all." ~ Lori Phillips, BellaOnline, June 4th, 2009.
TEN THINGS LOVERS WANT! – "I want more of this in our relationship!"
HOW TO INITIATE AN AFFAIR WITH YOUR SPOUSE – Furtive glances, aching possibilities, endless conversations, clandestine meetings, impossibly long embraces, and breathless and heated sexual exploration and celebration! What's not to like?
SEX SURVEY & STATS – How many times a year do Canadian (or Italian, or Polynesian, or South African, or Brazilian) couples have sex?
SEX. WHAT OTHERS THINK ABOUT – If you're curious, and wondering what the rest of the world is up to sexually, the Discovery Health/Sexual Health Center lists eleven interesting polls about sexual practices, interests, opinions, etc. These are short and to the point with just 5-10 questions for each survey. When you submit your answers you'll instantly see how they compare to what other viewers are saying about sex.
TIME FOR LOVE! – Our September Post – Sex, especially good sex, lives in the margins of our lives. To be honest, how much room (and energy) do we have left?
SIMPLE MARRIAGE – with link to "How to have curl your toes sex!"
LOVE LETTER – Two simple words… so enchanting, so evocative… "In a man's letters, you know, madam, his soul lies naked." – Dr. Johnson
SEX QUIZ – Link to Dr. Petra Boynton's Sexpert Quiz with answers and links to more information.


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This is a series of posts that records the cases of cohabitation in countries with semi-presidential constitutions. Cohabitation is defined as the situation where the president and prime minister are from different parties and where the president's party is not represented in the cabinet. Presidents classed as non-party cannot generate any periods of cohabitation.
Here is my list of cohabitations in Sri Lanka:
Aug 1994 – Nov 1994
President – Dingiri Banda Wijetunge (EJP); PM – Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (SLMP/SLNP); Government – SLMP/SLNP
Dec 2001 – Apr 2004
President – Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (SLMP/SLNP); PM – Ranil Wickremasinghe (EJP); Government – EJP
Party abbreviations:
EJP – Ekshat Jathika Pakshaya (United National Party)
SLMP – Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya (Sri Lanka People's Party)
SLNP – Sri Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya (Sri Lanka Freedom Party)
Source of affiliations:

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This is what summer tastes like!
- Local tomatoes from Wilson's and Hy-Vee
- Homegrown garlic
- Homegrown basil
- Local Ancient Grains bread from Uprise
I used this recipe – but only kind of. I used its ingredients and amounts, but didn't bother with removing the skins from the tomatoes or any of that nonsense. I just chopped everything up and mixed it together, then spread it on Ancient Grains bread that I'd cooked in butter in a pan on the stove. YUM.


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Discussion in 'Motorola Droid' started by thremix, Nov 19, 2009.
Google phone rumors put damper on Droid buzz | csmonitor.com
Just like someone said in the article, Why would they make a phone instead of focusing on the operating system? Google's acting mad shady hahaha
If they do indeed launch a phone (and that is still up in the air), it appears that it will be VOIP. If so, adoption may be slow as people might still lean in the proven basic cell network before becoming totally dependent on a data network. Might be ok around the larger cities, but out in the hinterlands, that my prove to be less reliable. Could be interesting though, however I don't see where this is particular advantage to Google over the cell providers, they can always modify their plans to meet Googles pricing. Plus, just who's data network will Google use?..... Verizon, Sprint, AT&T? Or is everyone supposed to look for hot spots. BTW, don't bemoan the "death" of the Droid that you read in some of the Google articles, in a short time we will all be licking our lips while we look at the latest and greatest....that will never end, no matter who enters the field. Most of our Driods will wind up as backup phones in a draw in less than two years http://www.droidforums.net/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif...Just sayin'
it would have to be a killer phone for me to put my droid back in the box... I mean I did come over from the 3GS...:greendroid:
Same here.... Maybe a Droid2, Nothing that Apple would put out would make me switch.....
There is already articles in the forums related to this subject matter. Most speculations are putting it at a data device only. Not a voice and data.
Rumored.. for a long time
It is a 'bad' rumor. They would not want to piss off the hand that feeds them aka, Verizon ect. Google has zero experience marketing products to the end user at a retail lever ect.
Don't you mean drawer? lol
This is why they add stupid crap like "aint" to the dictionary...
Back on topic:
There will always be something new... Google won't be "biting the hand that feeds them" business is business. This is what companies do, test the waters; see what you are capable of doing/selling and profiting from. I don't see why this would be an issue at all for them to release their own phone that Verizon or another network could pick up. Who cares? There are other droid devices on other networks. What's the big deal. IMO, so what. Also this ish is speculation, no actual proof, as i always say "Pics or it didn't happen!"
Motorola recently bought Gizmo5. Gizmo5 provides VoIP for cell phones (basically). Google has been slowing (quietly) looking to build a wireless network across the US (remember, they tried very hard to buy that bandwidth from the FCC for cell use but couldn't buy it). Put these two together and I think it's easy to see what they'd like to be able to do--offer VoIP phone services over their own network. My guess is, like most things Google, if they were to pull it off, the service would be ad-driven (i.e. free). I think we're a ways from that but I don't think it's out of the question. There just isn't nearly enough wireless coverage at the moment.
I think a VOIP device, that people could use for the internet, email and texting, multi user gaming, that allowed them to make the odd call here and there and even better making long distance calls over seas when traveling with WIFI access, would be a great niche device. Great for the person that does not want a voice plan and truly doesn't make many calls.
This also opens up the world to devices that are not cell phones but do have internet connectivity, as in portable game consoles. With built in "Google Phone" you can make calls as well as battle others when you have a wifi connection. So if Google is thinking in this way, they don't have to JUST make a phone, but can put their "phone" pretty much into anything that you'd expect or want to have WIFI built in.
Bundle the Google Phone with Google Voice and pop all that into a portable WII/DS/PSP/Netbook, cram an inter ear headset ear bud, inside your ear and your off to the races. (well as long as there is WIFI at the races!):icon_ banana:
I think it's just rumor.........
Regardless though the only other phone I will put my Droid down for is another Droid : )


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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
November 2011
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Best place to stay in Dubai - Dec 2011
Bur Dubai is actually a very viable option. It is very centrally located and will prove convenient to you as tourists. Dubai is technically a very self-exploring kind of city but a tour operator will not be too bad an idea either. Hope you have an amazing 3 days in the metropolitan city of Dubai! over 8 years ago
7 hours in Dubai
Not enough time to do much in a city like Dubai. I'd suggest that online you book a time slot for the observatory at Burj Khalifa. The world's tallest building. Apart from that, Ski Dubai, dubai's indoor ski park and the malls are worth a visit. Hope you have a good time! about 8 years ago
When is the best time to visit Burj Khalifa, Dubai - daytime or at night?
I've been there during sunset. And it's nothing great. I'd suggest a night visit. The lighting of Dubai is worth the watch! about 8 years ago
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Jackie Kennedy movie: Who should play the former First Lady?
Image Credit: Solarpix/PR Photos; Everett Collection; Chris Ashford/Camera Press/Retna LtdA Steven Spielberg-produced script about Jackie Kennedy is making the studio rounds, and word is that HBO may buy it. The script — written by Noah Oppenheim, the head of development at Reveille — follows the late First Lady in the days immediately following husband John F. Kennedy's assassination. It sounds fascinating — I would love even a fictionalized telling of what the calm, cool, collected-seeming Jackie was doing and feeling following the devastating loss of her partner-in-iconhood, especially given the never-ending speculation about his very public shooting and very private affairs. Spielberg and HBO seem like the perfect match for the project.
The next logical question: Who should play the First Lady of First Ladies? Joan Allen and Diane Lane both immediately popped into my head — they have the poise, the gravitas, the beauty, and the skill to pull it off. They're both about a decade older than Jackie was at the time of JFK's death — 34 — which wouldn't bother me, since they look spectacular. But are there others who could/should pull it off? Would you rather see a Rachel McAdams (who might not exactly look the part, but has the requisite polish and could certainly dye her hair for the occasion)? Could Audrey Tatou or Marion Cotillard de-Frenchify themselves for it? Could Thandie Newton give it a shot?
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Författarblogg om mitt skrivande, mina böcker och annat.
Thursday, March 09, 2017
"Welcome to Dystopia": Författarkväll om politiska dystopier
Aniara, på Oslo Universitet.
Temat var "Author Evening: A. R. Yngve on Political Dystopias":
"Author A. R. Yngve, creator of the adventure epic DARC AGES (http://darcages.com/) shares his thoughts and ideas on political dystopias. Join us for an interesting talk about a very interesting, and ever too relevant, topic."
Vi hade en lång och stimulerande debatt till efter klockan nio. Stort tack till Tonje Andersen och Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay som bjöd in mig, arrangerade kvällen och fick så många att komma dit! :-)
Mycket intressant sades -- bl.a. nämndes uppsvinget för dystopisk litteratur på arabiska efter "The Arab Spring" -- och vi dryftade varför det publicerats så många dystopier för unga läsare på sistone.
Nedan följer ett par utdrag ur mina föredragsanteckningar (allt var på engelska, eftersom det kom studenter från flera land):
A man builds a time machine and travels 100 years into the future.
He is welcomed by a friendly woman who takes him on a tour of the city. It seems there is no war, there's peace and quiet on the streets, the cops don't have guns because no one has guns, people seem to be happy and well-fed, no one seems to be oppressed, the environment is fine...
Of course the time traveler has to ask the woman: "What's your secret? How did you make this paradise come true?"
The woman says: "First, we banned all violent people. Then we banned all lawyers. Then we banned all politicians. Then we banned all liars. Then we banned all ugly people. Then we banned all jealous people. Then we banned all greedy people."
The time traveler asks: "So how many people live here, really?"
The woman looks around for a minute, and replies: "Twelve... or fourteen. But we're talking about banning people who are good at counting!"
There's a difference though between a real dystopian society, such as the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany, and a fictional one. The fictional bad societies tend to suffer from what I call the "Perfectly Wrong" Paradox.
For example, take a movie most of you have seen, Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL, or a novel like George Orwell's 1984, which I assume most you have read (or should read). Both are extremely well crafted, both are sort of based in the present era, and both dystopias seem to work on similar assumptions:
In both BRAZIL and 1984, we are shown a society which is deeply dysfunctional, insanely bureaucratic, things are breaking down, any individuality is crushed, no one feels safe except those who are too brainwashed or too stupid to realize that they are slaves...
...while AT THE SAME TIME the oppressive state runs smoothly, it never fails to crush the citizens, no one ever escapes the system, no one in charge ever questions the meaning of all the oppression, torture and murdering...
You get a feeling that these worlds are controlled by evil geniuses, or demons. And a perfectly evil character that never makes a mistake is the least believable character of all. Trust me as a guy who makes shit up – such a person cannot exist. Hitler, Mao, Stalin – they all failed. The Soviet Union broke up. Big Brother is flesh and blood, and he dies.
In a sense, the worlds of BRAZIL and 1984 are too perfect AND too dysfuctional in ways that should be mutually exclusive. That's the "perfectly wrong" paradox.
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An intermediate target is a variable (such as the money supply) that is not directly under the control of the central bank, but that does respond fairly quickly to policy actions, is observable frequently and bears a predictable relationship to the ultimate goals of policy.
Intermediate Target
Anything under indirect as opposed to direct control of a central bank. An example is money supply; a central bank usually cannot shred dollars when it wishes to reduce the money supply. Rather it raises interest rates, which provides an incentive for people to reduce the amount of money they pump into the economy.


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For students, few parts of the college application process are as daunting as the prospect of taking the SAT and ACT.
As a high counselor, you're likely to field a wide range of questions on the two, so an update on the best ways to prepare is always in order.
To get a serious insider's point of view, we talked to an SAT/ACT tutor who knows the process as well as anyone: Debbie Stier founded the Perfect Score Project (and wrote a book of the same title) after she spent a year trying to crack the SATs and help her son do the same. Neither ultimately got that perfect score, but she managed to raise hers over 300 points, and her son raised his by 500.
So if you have students who are want or need to conquer the SAT or ACT, share this primer with them.
Pick One Test and Focus on It
Most schools now accept both the SAT and ACT, so unless you find yourself applying to a school that doesn't take both, your best bet is to choose one test early on and then learn it, live it and take it.
Sign Up for the Official Question of the Day
The Official SAT Question of the Day and the ACT Question of the Day are easy ways to do a little daily prep. The ACT e-mails a new batch of questions each week, while the SAT's app, Daily Practice for the New SAT, sends a single question each day.
Invest in Only One Book
There are a ton of SAT and ACT prep books, but those most worth buying are the official ones: The Official SAT Study Guide (2018) and The Official ACT Prep Guide (2018). They're both created by the makers of the standardized tests, and while they won't provide much in the way of studying strategies, they do offer plenty of real sample tests — something other books can't offer.
Read One Op-ed Piece a Day
One of the most underrated prep techniques is to commit to reading one op-ed piece each day in a high-quality publication to help with reading comprehension. This could be a column in The New York Times, The Washington Post or The Wall Street Journal, or it could be just about anything in The New Yorker, Arts & Letters Daily or even the Smithsonian. When doing this, you should do two reads — the first to get the gist and the second to understand the structure. To read for structure, look at how the main idea is introduced and how each paragraph supports that main idea, then make notes — two- or three-word phrases about what each paragraph does — in the margins.
Become a Mathlete at Khan Academy
While there's no substitute for one-on-one tutoring, Khan Academy's free SAT Math Solutions videos are a not-so-distant second. They offer explanations that are understandable, even for the least mathletic among us.
Aim to Take 10 Practice Exams
That's the number most tutors recommend completing — though some insist on 15 — before sitting for either test. Considering the SAT is three hours and 50 minutes and the ACT is two hours and 55 minutes, this is a serious time commitment that may not always be realistic. If that's the case, three practice exams leave you well on your way to developing a familiarity with either test.
Practice Vocab on a Flash Card App
Trading some social media time for a flash card app is an easy way to add test prep to any day. For the SAT, a good free app is SAT Flashcards, and for the ACT, try ACT Flashcards from Magoosh. You can also create your own cards out of words you missed on practice exams with apps like Cram.
Create Test-Room Conditions When Practicing
While it's not feasible to replicate everything, you should at least time your practice tests down to each section. Take the timed breaks and use bubble sheets — you can print them out for free here — instead of doing the tests online. After all, that is how you'll do it on test day.
Review Every Mistake on Practice Tests
When you are done with each practice exam, review everything you got wrong, categorize what types of questions they are (e,g, reading comprehension, triangle questions) and tally each category. Then — and here's the most important part — go over each one until you understand why it's wrong. If you get stuck on the why, post your questions on the College Confidential message board.


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Sure, if you feel lonely, bored and you've got a computer at hand, cyber love may seem like a great means to kill time. According to a survey conducted by sina.com, which involved more than 17,000 Internet surfers, 69% of them had tried it. Another survey by sohu.com found that more than 50% of net surfers trust cyber love.
The most convenient place to talk with an online lover is a chat room. According to a survey by the Chinese Internet Culture Association, 97% of Internet surfers have tried communicating with others in chat rooms. And there are plenty of choices, with around 2,500 large-scale chat rooms available to Chinese surfers.
This month, netizens have been expressing their anger in a forum run by Netease, one of the most influential websites in China, about one of the forum's former administrators, whos net name was Kuaile Buyi (A Happy Plain Man). Apparently, he cheated some of the female forumites out of hundreds of thousands of yuan.
According to Hanqiong Diming (Cold Song of Crickets), one of the female victims, Kuaile Buyi was good at writing, a skill that helped him become an administrator on the Netease page in which he talked about feelings and love. Many women adored him.
After her marriage broke up, Hanqiong Diming found herself falling in love with Kuaile Buyi, and she believed that he loved her deeply. However, after they met at the beginning of 2004, he asked her to lend him 50,000 yuan, since his former girl friend was dying of cancer.
Hanqiong Diming was moved by his kindness and gave him the money. But then Kuaile Buyi disappeared and she didn't see him again. After that Hanqiong Diming realized she had been cheated.
In February this year, Hanqiong Diming posted her story in the Netease forum. She wasn't surprised when she found out that other female net surfers had had similar experience. One of them even lent Kuaile Buyi 150,000 yuan this March.
However, these female victims were unwilling to sue Kuaile Buyi, since most of them were married and could not face with such a big scandal.
Till now, Kuaile Buyi has not been found or punished.
"What he did damaged people's trust on the Internet, and hurt people's most beautiful feelings," said Sophiedream, a net surfer on Netease.
In fact, many people have had unfortunate experiences in relationships with cyber lovers, but not all of them were as unlucky as Kuaile Buyi's lovers.
"Last year, I dated a girl several times after meeting her in a chatroom," said Hongchen Jianghu (Dust and Rivers), a postgraduate student, "She was under 20 and told me she was a college student."
But the girl asked Hongchen Jianghu to lend her 2,000 yuan. He told her he would like to help her, but he was a poor student as well and so much money was totally beyond him. The girl immediately broke off with him.
"At that time, I felt my heart was broken, but it's better than having my wallet broken. Compared with the women who were cheated by Kuaile Buyi, I think I was lucky," said Hongchen Jianghu.
Lovers become rapists
On April 4, police in Chaohu, Anhui saved 18-year-old Cheng Anfang, a middle school student, from a local whorehouse. She was taken there by her cyber lover, "Handsome Man", two weeks before.
The two met in a chat room and started dating since March 20. Together with an accomplice, Handsome Man started feeding Cheng with sleeping pills. They took some naked photos of her and then raped her. After that, they took her to a whorehouse and forced her to prostitute herself.
There have been numerous cases of teenagers being taken advantage of in this way. In August last year, Beijing citizen Liu Lumin was sentenced to four years in prison for sexually abusing Weiwei, a 13-year-old girl.
Weiwei met Liu online in 2002. the 43-year-old man was considerate, humorous and passionate. Weiwei fell in love with him immediately and made love with him after their first date. After that, he took Weiwei out and continuously had sexual intercourse with her.
One time, Weiwei was away from her family for 40 days, during which Liu offered her drugs. It was only then that Weiwei began to regret her actions. She decided to sue Liu.
In court, Liu claimed that he did not know Weiwei was only 13, and he said everything that happened had been with both sides' consent. However, Weiwei's mother said in court that she had told Liu how old Weiwei was several times.
But teenagers are not only victims. Yang, an 18-year-old girl in Changsha, Hunan dated her cyber lover, "Hug You and Kiss You". After he suggested making love, she refused, so he raped her and stole her money.
When police traced "Hug You nd Kiss You" to a net cafe in Xiangtan on April 6, they found he was only 16 years old. He admitted that he had raped several other cyber lovers and taken their money as well. All the girls had been around 16¨C18 years old.
"Teenagers are easily influenced, and they do not have much social experience. Besides, many teenagers do not know how to protect their privacy on the Internet and they willingly give their personal information to strangers, such as true names, telephone numbers, schools and addresses. This makes it easy for them to become targets of criminals," said Zhang Xuemei, vice chief of Beijing Legal Aid and Research Center for Children.
"And of course, pornography and deviant pages on the Internet play a negative role here," said Zhang. Teenagers are not the only people who need to be educated about using the Internet. She suggested that parents and teachers should improve their knowledge about it as well, so they can be aware of what children and students are doing on the Internet."
Lovers become killers
On February 15, a man was found trying to commit suicide at his home in Wuhan. Afterwards, he admitted that he had killed his cyber lover the last eve on Valentine's Day.
The man, with the net name "lying Dust", got to know his cyber lover "Rain Drop", a 25-year-old flower store keeper, at the end of 2003. But Rain Drop's parents disapproved of her having such an intimate cyber relationship. So on Valentine's Day, she told Flying Dust that she had to break up with him. He flew into a rage and strangled her to death, and then tried to cut the arteries on his neck and wrists.
"I love her, I want to be with her forever," he said later, when asked why he had done it.
On Apri l7, a man's body was found in a hotel room in Dengshikou, Beijing. The man, called Zhang Yang, had been killed by his cyber lover, Liang Yixia, because he refused to marry her. Liang was arrested when she came back to get her mobile phone recharger.
According to Liang, in May 2003 she had been raped by three men she met on the Internet, and they also took her money. After that, Zhang, a seemingly gentle and rich man, renewed her trust in cyber love. But after they had sex, he told her that it was impossible for him to marry a cyber lover. Liang felt so humiliated that she fed him with sleeping pills and then strangled him with adhesive tape.
At the police station Liang said she felt no regret for what she had done. "He deserved this punishment I gave him," she said repeatedly.
"Surfing on the Internet and having cyber lovers are the same thing. Like in real life, sincerity, responsibility and self-discipline are needed. And you always have to be cautious and know how to protect yourself," he said.
Source: Xinhua (China)
(if you think this only happens in Asia, think again - these sorts of scenarios happen all over the world, the U.S. and Canada included! - Fighter)


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I'm using xpdf with Ubuntu 18.04. It would be wonderful if it were possible to pass focus to the search bar whn you open the search dialog box with ctrl f. Seems like a big ask, but I know it's technically possible, since other apps do it.
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It looks like Ubuntu 18.04 is still using Xpdf 3.04. You can download the current Xpdf 4.00 binaries from the web site. Xpdf 4 has a completely new UI, with the search box in the tool bar, and ctrl-f sets focus to that search box.
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How to update the channel type in Firefox (nightly, release, beta, etc)
- Install the Update Channel Selector extension
- Go to Help -> About (Windows) or Firefox -> About Firefox (Mac), then in the dialog, click on the Change it! link (click on image to the left to enlarge)
Google +1 with WordPress (and Jetpack Sharedaddy)
[UPDATE: JetPack 1.2 released on Nov 17th 2011 has Google Plus support now] Unfortunately the WordPress ShareDaddy plugin (that comes with the Jetpack plugin) does not have Google +1 support currently, and adding it as a custom item does not work.
So, I modified one of the .php files from the ShareDaddy plugin to include this support. You will need either this plugin [1] or this one [2] installed first, in this example, I am using [1], but you can use any one if you know its shortcode.
The additions you need to make are in the sharing-service.php file. The diff is here, and this is the patched sharing-service.php file (from Jetpack ShareDaddy 1.1.2) . Below is an image and line location (lines 436-437) for the additions (click to enlarge):
This adds Google +1 to the end of the items shared by ShareDaddy. Change the shortcode to the one that your plugin comes with, I used this plugin [1] where the shortcode is 'wgdpo_plusone', for the other plugin [2], the shortcode is 'google1'.
NOTE: If you upgrade to 1.1.3, it goes without saying you will have to re-apply the patch.
Going Indie
… as in independent developer. Great blog posts and videos - I got the links from a Cocoaheads talk in San Francisco in 2009, during WWDC. I included the original bit.ly links so it would easy to remember (plus the original links just in case the Libyan government cancels the bit.ly domain - haha)
- Indie Ethos (video) by Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch [http://bit.ly/indie1] [original]
- How to become an independent programmer in just 1068 days by Gus Mueller of Flying Meat Inc. (maker of Acorn, an image editor) [http://bit.ly/indie2] [original]
- Indie Fever by Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software (maker of MarsEdit, blogging software) [http://bit.ly/indie3] [original]
- Indie Fever by Michiel van Meeteren for Sofa (maker of Versions, a SVN client) [http://bit.ly/indie4] [original]
- Apple to Indie by Buzz Andersen (maker of BirdFeed, now Brizzly - a Twitter client for the iPhone). Good insights on what goes on inside Apple by a former Apple Engineer's perspective.


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Bulgari unveils its fifth and newest property in Dubai
Bulgari Resort Dubai celebrated its launch with a star-studded event
Bulgari Resort Dubai celebrated its launch with a preview to select guests, including Bulgari brand ambassadors and VIPs.
Held on the seahorse-shaped island, attendees included model Bella Hadid, Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander, model and actor Jon Kortajarena, and model Jasmine Sanders.
A menu featuring Italian dishes was designed by chef Niko Romito, the curator of Bulgari's Il Ristorante and a long-distance light installation ensured Bulgari left its mark on the Dubai skyline.
Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin said in a statement: "This is a momentous day for us here at Bulgari, to launch in one of the most talked about cities in the world. We hope this architectural masterpiece, not only the stunning design of the resort by our architectural team, but the magnificence of a seahorse-shaped island, will truly put The Bulgari Resort Dubai on the map as being one of the city's most iconic destinations."


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Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:34:29 -0500
Dear All,
group time ewportret ewdiffret
0 2007m4 .041679 .
1 2007m4 .0375245 -.0041545
0 2007m5 .0449738 .
1 2007m5 .0397919 -.0051819
0 2007m6 -.0240277 .
1 2007m6 -.0188678 .0051599
The variable ewdiffret is the difference in ewportret between group 1 and
group 0 for each time variable (thanks to Dr. Cox for the help with this). My
question is how can i now replace all empty cells under the ewdiffret in the
same month with the single ewdiffret value in that given month. Indeed i have
too many empty cells in a given month and i want to replace them all with the
single ewdiffret i have for that month.
For example: I would like to have the first empty cell under ewdiffret equal
to -.0041545 as the time variable for both is 2007m4 and the second
empty cell equal to -.0051819 as their time variable is 2007m5. Using too
many replace functions takes a long time and may cause transcription errors.
Thank you,
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Oscar awards 2007 is currently on, what use to interest me before no longer does. I am not watching it but choose to sit here in front of my computer and type some senseless comments here. What I really wanted to watch was Rome, but for some reason HBO canceled the show and decided to broadcast The Soprano in it's time slot. I have not been following the Sopranos so have little interest in watching it. I missed most of the beginning episodes of Rome, but when I did watch it I was hooked.
I just installed and configured the blog script on my server this afternoon, so now I am messing around with my newly created blog. I hope I do not spend so much time playing with this and neglect my main website www.cupidpost.com, which is a FREE ONLINE DATING SITE.


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OGDEN — The first time Lucille Brizzee caught a glimpse of Ogden High School, she realized the striking Harrison Boulevard monument was her destiny.
It was the 1980s and Brizzee was looking for a teaching job after graduating from Brigham Young University. The Idaho native knew little about Ogden and was even less familiar with the school she would later call home for 30 years.
"I'd never really been to Ogden — I might have passed through once or twice when I was young, but I'd never really seen it," she said. "I got this call about interviewing for a job opening (at Ogden High), so I went up there."
As she made the trek from Provo to Junction City and the school came into view, Brizzee felt a burst of inspiration.
"I was driving along Harrison and I just kind of got the feeling that this was it, this was where I was going to teach," she said. "When I saw that building it was like, wow. That's not your typical high school. It was like a cathedral."
The 2017-2018 school year marks the 80th anniversary of Ogden High School at its current east Ogden location.
The business and marketing teacher's awe for the Art Deco edifice isn't uncommon.
"It's just a gorgeous structure," said Bonnie Galbraith, a former Tiger and volunteer at the Weber County Heritage Foundation. "It's a gathering place, it's a piece of history and it's just something that for years has contributed to Ogden's sense of community."
Construction on the school was finished in 1937 for nearly $1.2 million. It was built under President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, a New Deal agency that employed millions of people to complete public works projects like the construction of public buildings and roads.
According to a Utah Heritage Foundation historical profile of the school, Ogden High was the first million-dollar high school built in the United States and "many taxpayers protested the building of such a lavish educational facility."
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Though some residents may have complained about them 80 years ago, Ogden High's "lavish" features are at the heart of what makes the school unique.
"When I first started teaching, you still had all of the antique desks, the chairs," Brizzee said. "So it was really like stepping back into time back then. But today you still have the marble walls, the amazing brick facade. There are still all of these small details in the design that make Ogden unlike any other school."
The school was designed by local architects Leslie Hodgson and Myrl McClenahan.
The Standard-Examiner interviewed Hodgson's granddaughter, Jeanine Downing, in 2014. She said her grandfather — who also designed city landmarks like the Peery's Egyptian Theater, the Eccles Building, the Ben Lomond Hotel, the Ogden Municipal Building and the U.S. Forest Service Building — considered the high school his crowning achievement.
"I think he was very proud of Ogden High," Downing told the paper three years ago. "It put people to work and gave Ogden something to be proud of during a very difficult time."
By the mid-2000s, some aspects of the school had become outdated and there was discussion about tearing it down to build a new facility.
In 2006, Ogden residents voted to fund a multimillion dollar bond that dealt with a variety of the community's school building needs, including those at Ogden High.
The renovation began in 2008 and was finished by 2012. Much of the nearly $80 million project was funded through private donations. The campaign was spearheaded by the Ogden School Foundation, with the Weber County Heritage Foundation playing a supporting role.
• RELATED: Ogden High ready to show off renovations
The renovation included things like a new physical education building, cafeteria, gym and commons building; a new science and performing arts center; a restored and expanded library; and mechanical, electrical and structural upgrades.
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The school remained open during the four-year project.
"Any student or teacher who was here during that time had to be pretty resilient," Brizzee said. "There was a lot of adjustments that had to be made during that time, but obviously it was worth it."
Principal Luke Rasmussen began his tenure at the school in 2016. He said he's been struck by how well students take care of the facility.
• RELATED: New principal selected for Ogden High School
"The kids really respect this building," he said. "We don't have problems with vandalism or anything like that. I think the building itself and the restoration kind of sets a certain tone, but the kids really have a sense of the history here and they understand why this is such an important building."
Ogden High Junior Alexes Villicana is an example of what Rasmussen talks about. Villicana's mother went to the school and he said he's been taught from a young age to take pride in being a Tiger.
"It's a brotherhood," he said. "We take pride in being from Ogden High and the school itself is a big part of that. It's a beautiful school and we're the type of people who appreciate beauty. We take care of it because it's ours."
You can reach reporter Mitch Shaw at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @mitchshaw23 or like him on Facebook at facebook.com/mitchshaw.standardexaminer.


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RESEO is delighted to announce that we are partnering with FEDORA (The European Circle of Philanthropists of Opera and Ballet) and Opera Europa to award the new FEDORA Education Prize.
The Prize will seek to reward innovative opera and ballet education projects encouraging social integration and intercultural dialogue. It is open to opera houses, ballet companies and festivals who are members of FEDORA.
Find out more about the FEDORA Prize here or download the guidelines here.


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So I worked on the issues of my THOW and it is officially ready to sell. Check out the listing here and email me @ email@example.com if you are interested!
So I worked on the issues of my THOW and it is officially ready to sell. Check out the listing here and email me @ email@example.com if you are interested!
So I've been a little MIA lately, I had a good friend of mine pass away, followed by my grandmother just recently. She truly taught me unconditional love. Unfortunately she fell to the the disease of dementia.
Rest in peace, I will see you in your next life. You were the best of us. I love you endlessly.
I on the other hand have been learning a lot about tiny living. A few words of advice:
Now that I may have talked you out of tiny living, let me give you some of the things that I love.
Morning view.
Lovely neighbors.
Being adjacent to Winter Park.
https://instagram.com/p/9lbeMRCF1i/ (puppy park video)
We all go through crap, but overall…
There are many, many days like this for me. ❤
Tiny open houses can be a tricky thing. On the one hand, as a THOW owner I love and appreciate giving back by showing my home to those thinking of going "tiny", but on the flip side I live here and cannot accommodate all people who would like to see my house.
Even though as THOW residents we are very busy people, we love to show off our homes. We take a lot of pride in being welcomed to the THOW movement with open arms!
(Just email or call for an appointment first lol)
I had a woman knock on my door yesterday with a CLEAR sign by my door that reads:
If my dog hears a knock on the door (and happens to be up in my loft area), she plummets down the stairs and is at high risk to break a hip or worse (hence the sign). She proceeded to knock on everyone's THOW doors even after asking not to. I am a kind person, but I lost it and saw red. After chewing her out, I mistakenly gave her a tour of my home. I should have said – "sure but lets go take a tour of your house first mmmmkay?".
These are our HOMES. I have never once dared to knock on a persons home and ask for a tour. We have open houses just for that reason. Common sense people, common sense.
Let's start from the beginning.
First, I spent about a year researching tiny houses on wheels (THOWs).
It is definitely a social movement.
I had planned on moving out west, but had heard about a community in Orlando, Fl so I thought I needed to see a THOW in person to make a real decision. My now neighbor, James, happened to be in the park and was kind enough to show me his home.
I immediately fell in love and reserved my plot that same day.
Cornerstone Tiny Homes (www.cornerstonetinyhomes.com) at that time just happened to have a shell already built and could have it finished by the end of my apartment lease in St. Petersburg, Fl. It was meant to be!
We designed the interior together, specifically for my own personal needs, and about two months (or less) later I was moving in.
One of the first things I worked on was landscaping my plot, to have a tiny patio to match my tiny house.
I never dreamed that living in a THOW would be on my bucket list, but here I am. Literally living the dream! Although, to be fair, I do have A LOT of dreams… 😉
If you missed the Cornerstone Tiny Open House yesterday; let me give you a re-cap.
Cornerstone Tiny Homes are now RVIA certified!
(Open House welcome center)
"We are proud to distinguish ourselves with this prestigious certification. Owning a tiny house that is RVIA (Recreational Vehicle Industry Association) certified allows you to enjoy living tiny with peace of mind. The industry standard increases options for financing, insurance, parking, and rental/resale of your Tiny House RV. We'll provide more information on the key advantages of owning one of our RVIA certified tiny houses soon, or you can call, email, visit our website (www.cornerstonetinyhomes.com) or visit us at our manufacturing facility (please call for an appointment first)."
Hanging the new RVIA signs.
Be prepared for many pictures in this blog post. First I would like to show the interior/exterior of one of their new models that has been finished. And remember – everything is customizable!
28 feet long tiny home.
Entry way into tiny home.
Loft space.
Stairs leading up to loft.
Including closet and storage space built in.
More storage space… Which doubles into…
Another bed!
Washer & dryer stackable unit.
Ceiling fan above the kitchen and living space.
Kitchen space.
Additional storage/display area above the kitchen countertops.
Mimi-split air conditioning unit.
Plenty of windows for light to shine through.
Bathroom sink (also includes shower to the right and regular flush standard toilet to the left).
Can't forget the tiny home amenities!
Hard at work in the office.
Cornerstones first tiny house (my own).
So there you have it! Cornerstone is also in the process of building two more tiny homes to be completed shortly.
Thank you to those who stopped by and to all of my readers!
This Saturday from 1pm-4pm is an open house hosted by www.cornerstonetinyhomes.com. I was their first "tiny house on wheels" client, and I will be sitting at a booth answering questions about my experience. I hope that you come and see me. Talk to me, engage with me.
They built my THOW… and I made the right choice to go with their company.
Obviously read about my experience though my blog http://www.quittersnation.com… but the best advice advice I can give is to research tiny homes (if you are interested until your fingers bleed).
It is not a competition, it is about what fits your lifestyle and brings you joy.
There are all sorts of types of family. One of mine resides in the growing THOW community at Orlando Lakefront at College Park where I currently park my tiny house on wheels. It includes my neighbors as well as my soon to be neighbors (fingers crossed!) and they make my world a happier place.
Some mornings are coffee over looking the lake, days are cookouts or fishing, others are community outings…
(Early morning coffee on my patio)
(Ariel view of the park)
(Fishing dock)
(Getting goofy… ready, set, POSE!)
(Duck face is definitely one of our signature poses…)
But most of all we have a strong bond and love for one another and our THOW community.
During the day we share meals, tea or fruits…
(Especially now that I have my new refrigerator!)
(My first ripened lemon from the lemon tree on my patio!)
We adore the all of the different personalities we have here and love to get goofy together.
Last night we attended a drum circle down the street. We have all been so busy and I love that we are taking the time to get the band back together.
(Kai and I killing it on the bongo, Click the links above!)
If you would like to learn more about going tiny, Cornerstone Tiny Homes will be having an open house this Saturday October 10th.
Hope to see you all there!


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1. Beset on all sides. Michael Ignatieff is under attack from Stephen Harper's Conservatives, who are accusing the Liberal leader of once again "scheming to impose an unwanted coalition." At the same time, Jack Layton and his New Democrats are taking shots at the Liberals, arguing that Mr. Ignatieff is being disingenuous when he rejects the idea of forming coalitions.
In these dog days of summer, fear-mongering over coalition governments is something politicians are revisiting. The issue came to the fore again when Mr. Ignatieff responded to a question this week during a stop in the Ottawa Valley as part of his cross-Canada his bus tour.
The NDP charges that Mr. Ignatieff is already in a coalition - and it's with the Harper Conservatives. "To date Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals have cast 107 confidence votes supporting Stephen Harper's Conservative agenda," the party said in a "reality check" release Tuesday.
But Mr. Ignatieff has dismissed the idea, arguing that he is not "running to make a coalition with anybody else, I am running to win a Liberal government."
The NDP found this a little rich. "What Mr. Ignatieff failed to mention is his own sorry record on supporting Harper's Conservative agenda."
Meanwhile, comments in a French-language magazine from Quebec Liberal MP Denis Coderre - "I am not against a coalition after an election if the numbers ensure a more stable government" - caught the attention of Conservative Party strategists.
"Michael Ignatieff said previously that he would support of a coalition but now has changed his tune and refuses to tell Canadians exactly what he has in mind," the Tories say in a memo to insiders.
"Coderre's comments simply expose once again Ignatieff's plan to form a coalition that would give the NDP co-management of the economy, and a policy veto for the Bloc Quebecois, a party that would break up or country."
In response, a senior Ignatieff official says: "Nice try, but they'll have to do better in order to change the channel."
"Fear of flying did not work. Fear of mean census-takers waiting outside your door did not work. Fear of rising unreported crime did not work. And fear of imaginary coalition does not work either."
2. How it will go down. Stephen Harper has said repeatedly over the past few days that Canadians do not want an election, which means he must have a plan in the works. Conservative sources say it could look like this:
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver a substantive economic update in the fall (he does this every year) that will paint the Conservatives as the most competent economic managers.
The update will show the Tories are one year ahead of schedule in fighting the deficit - as the Conference Board of Canada suggested this summer. The Tories played down the recent Conference Board report but the source said that Mr. Flaherty could play it hard in the economic update.
But with the good news will come some bad news. The update, the source says, will also spell out several of the tough measures Mr. Harper and his government must take to deal even more aggressively with the deficit as the stimulus comes to an end. This will prepare or help to pre-condition Canadians for what could be a difficult budget in 2011.
Expect, too, for the government to be even more aggressive in pushing through legislation in the fall, including changes to copyright laws and the wireless industry.
The promotion of John Baird to the Government House leader will also change the complexion of the minority Parliament. Aggressive and partisan, it's not clear if Mr. Baird was put in that position as an act of provocation or simply because the Prime Minister wanted to take no chances in pushing through his agenda.
Most national pollsters are saying there is no chance of a fall election, given that there is no clear path to a majority government for any of the parties.
3. 'The volatility is real.' A third national poll in almost as many days has Stephen Harper's Conservatives with a six-point lead over the Liberals. This differs from two other polls that have the Tories and Michael Ignatieff's Liberals virtually tied.
Conducted by Harris-Decima for The Canadian Press, it has the Tories at 34 per cent compared to the Liberals at 28 per cent. The NDP are at 15 and the Green Party is at 12 per cent.
EKOS pollster Frank Graves, whose latest poll had the Tories and Liberals virtually deadlocked, says he is sensing change again as he is back in the field this week, preparing for the release of his poll next Thursday.
"This suggests that the volatility is real rather than random oscillation," Mr. Graves told The Globe. "Beyond that it is very difficult to explain. Perhaps a rebound from Harper's reappearance on the public stage? It's all quite odd."
Harris-Decima pollster Allan Gregg, meanwhile, told CP this Tory recovery is part of the pattern of polls of the past few years - the Conservatives slump and then rebound.
"What you see is an ongoing resilience in the Conservative support base," he said. "If they get a little period of relative quiet, their vote comes back quite quickly whereas the Liberals have a very, very hard time getting any sustained traction."