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Exams Stress and Exams Anxiety
All students have tried, whether it was their first exam, one in the middle or the very last one, all students have been nervous before an exam. But some students have worse, some get stressed out by exams, and with this is do not mean the F*ck I didn't study kind of stress. I mean the students whom have planned their exam period to the very last detail, follows their plan 100% studies all subjects, gets good/great grades and still get the fucked stressed out. However, there is a special group of students whom do not just get stressed the f*ck out. They get anxieties, they can have problems like fainting during the exams or throwing up without any apparent reason. I was one of those students and to some extend still are.
In this post I will explain my experience as a student and how I solved some of the issues. I am, however, not a professional and by such this is not a post detailing a psychological evaluation of my self, nor a recipe for success. The latter simply doesn't exists and your leg has been pulled, by anyone who told you so.
High School
In high school I was not the best student far from it, I just needed a certain grade average to attend the Computer Science program at Aarhus University and I wasn't going to do anything extensive to get above that average. By such I actually didn't care about the exams, I did get nervous close to the exams and by such the exams wouldn't affect me or so I thought. However, during my senior year I started to experience something, I had never tried experienced before. I started getting sick on the day of written exams and almost on the clock one hour before any written exam, I would have to throw up and again half an hour before. I did the logical thing and talked to my parents, whom assumed, like I, that it was just extensive nerves, which had gotten to me, as it was my senior year and final exams in high school. Then came Aarhus University.
Aarhus University
Oh my f*cking gods what a mess that was for me. Not due to lectures, work load or stuff like that. It was due to exams. At the department of Computer Science at Aarhus University and the remainder of the Science faculty, most students have finals every seven to eight weeks, and instead of working in semesters, the students work in "quarters", eg. seven weeks. For me this resulted in a lot of stress, because I had to attend exams constantly and though I thought my throwing up days from high school was over, they were not. So instead of having it rough once, I now had it four times a year. However, unlike high school I started seeing an effect at oral exams as well. Which where very problematic, I have once fainted during and exam and once I have forgotten my own name and where I was. So as you can see it got pretty rough. Therefore I stopped at Aarhus University and started looking for other options. I did want a degree in the fields of computer science or related field, so I needed a solution.
Before I started at another educational institution, I worked for six months. During this period a former fellow student made the comment, that I should consider that I did not just have exams stress, but suffered from exams anxiety. But I was macho, heh me macho, and said no that couldn't be possible. Then I started to attend Business Academy Aarhus and SURPRISE I started throwing up again.
Business Academy Aarhus
At Business Academy Aarhus, I attend the academy profession degree computer science program and during the first semester I had course I was pretty sure I would nail, because I already had passed similar courses at Aarhus University, but even though I had that knowledge I still needed threw up and in some cases even fainted, though luckily at the end of the exam. However, unlike last time where it was a friend whom suggested I might have exams anxiety, this time it was a teacher. The teacher suggest I saw a student psychologist to get it classified if it was just exams stress or anxiety. This time it did not sound so stupid, because it came from an authority and I decided to comply.
The psychologist indeed concluded that I suffered from exams anxiety, though not a server case of it. Otherwise I would have gone completely bongos to exams, I must admit I kind of thought I did. However, she did ask me questions about how I planned my exams and stuff like that, and to my astonishment, she made once comment plan less study more. I took this comment to heart and start to change my study patterns and not planning my exams periods to the very minute. I graduated from Business Academy with the average of average. Meaning I had achieved an average equal to the third highest grade after the danish grading scale. However, I was pleased, because I no longer needed to throw up before written exams and I no longer fainted during oral exams, which is a great plus. I was still nervous but far from the levels I experienced at Aarhus University. This was one of the things which encouraged me to continued my studies and I was accepted to Aalborg University.
Aalborg University
As I am not completely done with my masters yet, 1.5 years to freedom. I cannot fully state it yet. But I will say I still experience nervousness and once I have thrown up, before and exam due to anxiety, but it is still far from what I experienced at Aarhus University and my current grade average is very, very good.
What have I done then to help lessen my anxiety?
Well the first challenge is to accept that you do have anxiety, that was very hard for me and it took me some time to accept it. Secondly stop planing everything, I made a scheduled for reading both during the semester and the exam period, down to the minute and how many pages I needed to read to "succeed". This was one of the things which gave me stress because it resulted in me felling behind, when I did not reach my planned goal. Leading to me not thinking I would do good, resulting in anxiety. Thirdly take notes rather than study, this one might be more particular too me than others, I stopped reading before lecture, but rather took notes during the lectures and started reading afterwards comparing my notes to what I read, ensuring I had understood things correctly, further ensuring that I believed I could achieve a good result at the exams. Lastly remove your ambitions. In the TV-Show How I meet your mother Nile Patrick Harris starring as Barney Stinson, has the perfect line »Ambition is the enemy of success«. If you start setting high requirements for yourself, you start expecting more of yourself than you are actually capable of. However, if your ambition is to pass an exam, rather than ace it, you will not overload your head with expectations. I do not want you to say f*ck it all. I want you to realise what you are actually capable of.
Those are the things I have done to help lessen my anxiety and hope I will help someone else. Again I am not a professional, so seek one out if you need it.
-Lars Nielsen
Why I continued with Mac
So for the past two years or so, it was time for me to get a new laptop for university and my choice was to be between a Lenovo machine with Linux or a MacBook Pro with MacOS. For years I have want to go completely Linux or BSD, and therefore I was looking at other products than Apple's professional laptop line up. I looked amongst others at the Dell XPS series, HP Pro series (yes HP), and the Lenovo line. In the end I had to choose between Lenovo and MacBook Pro. So why did I go with the MacBook Pro?
Well what many might not know, is that I am actually a passionate photographer and I do a lot of image manipulation and clean up. In relation to the Lenovo line up this actually became a major factor. Because, though the Lenovo line does provided full-HD 15" displays, they do not provided above that. This is sometimes relevant when working with for instance RAW images and so on. Furthermore, some of the colour spectrum's on the Lenovo screens, where not true colour and if you have ever worked with a true colour screen, you know there is no going back.
Secondly, materials. The Lenovo line up is stilled made in plastic, though fair to say it is some strong as plastic, close to magical. However, I do have fellow students whom have actually succeed in breaking their cases, though taking better care of their Lenovo laptops, than I do of my MacBook Pro. This was a concern to me, as I am really good a breaking plastic stuff. So again here the MacBook Pro with its aluminium casing got a point.
Additionally, one of the concerns I have had with macOS and the actually reason I want to leave the Apple ecosystem, was due to Apple, in my opinion, neglecting Mac OS X and now macOS. However, when macOS Sierra was published, I saw some of the magic returning to macOS. Almost like Apple had remembered that it exists. This made me believe, that Apple actually was refurbishing macOS.
So based on this I went about another Mac. The only thing I upgrade was the CPU, so now I have to live with a 512GB SSD.
Many where surprised that I did, due to the lack of connection ports. The current generation of MacBook Pro's only have USB-C ports. Well I see it as USB-C is the future and Apple is actually not the first company to completely remove a certain port from their devices. And in case I need an old USB stick, I have bought an adaptor, it is annoying, but it is life.
So what is my experience. Well life is good I adore my new laptop, still have the old one as well. The new one, ensures that I can go an entire day without recharging. I love the new keyboard. I actually use the touch-bar, I thought I would hate, though it from time to time activates Siri, because I apparently hit very high on the keys, when I am typing.
Side note: Emacs scales extremely well to this new display resolution, good job developers.
So that is my current hardware situation. Hope you will comment and let us have a discussion.
For years you were certain that the world was much more than humans believes and that it might not be as light, as everyone thinks. Now you might have gotten your prof, you got a letter, the letter is addressed very specific and asks you to come alone to an up town address, located in the finest quarter of town, at a certain time on a certain date.
So you are standing outside, on a certain time, on a certain date, without no idea if you are going to come out again or if you are about to make the greatest mistake in your life, by entering this house. The house, what a house, impossible ancient, yet modern, so well kept. Looks like a small castle and from what of the garden you can see, it is kept in a old British style. However, you cannot enter, the gate is closed, but there is an intercom, which has a button you can press. Do you press it? Of cause, you do, you are brave, are you not? Almost like you are not even thinking about it, you press the button and a short static noise exits the speaker, followed by a very slow monotone, demanding voice, simply ask; »Yes?«. You answer a bit to nervously and fast, by rattling of your name and that your were invited and so on. There is no answer, but the gate does open inwards, inviting you in. Do you enter or do you run? Of cause you enter, you came this far did you not? You slowly walk down the pebbled path to the door. As soon as you are passed the arc of the gate it closes and you are now inside, no matter if you feel safe or not. As you reach the door, a younger looking woman opens it for you, and like the rest of the establishment, she looks very British, but it is almost like she is domesticated to be British, without speaking and using hand gestures only, she invites you in takes your coat, and asks you to follow her. Shes show you into a small room, it looks like a study and with a gesture to a very comfortable looking chair, she leaves. Do you sit? Of cause the opposite would be rude, would it not?
You sit there, for maybe ten minutes and you start to get restless. Why are you here? Why are the host making you wait? What is going on? Should you run? As you finish the last thought, the door to the study opens, you had not even realised that the young lady had closed it. But this time it is not the young lady whom enters, it is a man and he resembles the house impossible ancient and modern at the same time. He has black hair, with streaks of grey and impossible sharp eyes. When he looks at you, it is like he looks past you, to see you in another world or maybe even in a different time. As he releases his, what you have come to realise, stare at you he sighs and extends his hand for greeting. He presents himself as Sir Raz, his voice is lovely, soothing, yet dangerous, and as you finish the last thought he smiles lob sided, almost like he heard you thought and enjoys the truth in it. You answer his greeting with you name and that your were invited, but you are not completely sure why. Sir Raz looks at you almost regretting, like he is not sure your are ready to bear the burden, he is about to give you. Yet, he starts speaking. »For years, you my friend, have been certain that the world is not what it seems, that it is darker, more sinister than is shown to the mortal eye«, whilst he speak, he starts looking at you appreciatively and almost… almost proud, like he expected this much of you, but you have achieved it before he expected. You answer slowly, confirming, his statement and you follow the confirmation, with the most important question, »Are you one of them, those who walk this world and the next?«. He looks at you surprised, almost like he was certain, you had not made that connection yet, again he looks straight at you and again it fells like he is looking past you to another version of you, he sighs an answers. »Young one let me tell you a story, it is not a happy story, nor is it a story you will pass on, for no one will believe you.«. He flicks his hand and the young lady from before enters carrying a bottle of whisky and two glass, the man slowly says »Tia go get a third glass, for I can not tell this story alone«, the young lady looks surprise but nodes at the man and exits the room, only to return a few minutes later with a third glass. She then pours each of you a glass, even without asking, if you want a glass or not. The man takes a sip and it is obvious that he enjoys it, from what you can tell he enjoys it more than breathing. This time the both smiles and the man again focus on you and without any introduction starts his story. In the beginning he talks about a time before genesis and a different breads of angels and their descends, where they called Embreons? But then the story moves from the former strict path, to a quite elaborate story about the expression of death in different religions and the story is told, as it was a personal experience and you assume that it is. Finally he, looks a the lady named Tia and asks her to continue, as she is more in tune, with the next generation. Tia looks at him nodes, focuses on you and this is where you notice, that her left eye is grey as the mans and the other blue like the ocean on clear day. She chuckles, again almost like she knows what you think and without opening her lips, she continues the story, by placing words directly in your mind.
But before she starts, she readies her self, straightens her back and tuck a lock of hair behind her left ear and then she speaks in your mind, »I am Tiaran, though my father do prefer Tia, I am the concubine of death and his messenger«, she stops shortly, searching your face looking for a reaction. Apparently she finds nothing and continues. »I am the second oldest of deaths children, only surpassed in age by my brother Thanatos« she stops realising your reaction to the name, Thanatos, the greek god of death. This time Tia actually laughs out loud and the man looks at her sternly, saying something about mortals not knowing the truth and that she should respect them still. Tia composes her self and continues with an apology. »I apologise for my reaction, I just find it funny when mortals thinks that my brother is a god…« she takes a short break, to you it seems like she is pondering what to say next. She follows it by saying »Thanatos, is not a god, he is the first reaper and I am the second. We are a special breed of angels, we have a very specific domain, within which we work.« She takes a short break, sipping her whisky. »Our duties include that of Thanatos described in the Greek mythology, to guard the bounds between this world and the realm of the death, both the one in heaven and the one in hell« She sighs, almost like it still is a daunting task to her. At hearing that thought, your are pretty sure she is reading your mind, she smiles and nodes, again taking a small sip of whisky. »Now our duties also includes the transport of souls from here to their, certain groups of reapers take care of this, the most famous group is the northern reapers, they were knows as the Valkyrie by the vikings. We also make the first judgement of wetter or not a soul should go to hell or heaven. My brother Anubis, is properly the most famous of the judges. Though before you are completely scared of us, I will say that my father, my mother, and of cause master Peter have the final say in terms of judgement«. She takes a longer break this time, she looks at your untouched whisky glass, then she looks at Sir Raz and then she closes her eyes for a short moment opening them. For some reason this makes her seem more vulnerable, almost like she is about to start the saddest part of her story. This makes you take a sip of your whisky and by the God, it taste amazing almost like life it self was in that bottle. Sir Raz chuckles and unlike Tia, he still speaks out loud. »Do you not know, that whisky is from an old Gaelic word, which means water of life, you would be surprised at how true that is. My sister once blessed a whisky distiller and therefore all whisky made by the old ways, taste like life« He chuckles again, then turns his eyes to Tia expectantly, like he knows what is coming, yet it is something he has never heard.
Tia looks shortly at Sir Raz, then turns to you. »The hardest part however, for us is not transporting human souls, nor pass judgement, nor guard the bounds. Our toughest task are the same, but in stead of humans, we also handles the soul of death angels, both fallen and pure, and also those of Embreons… Those are the hardest, the souls of our family… Not believing they are death. How could they be, they are immortal… However, nothing is immortal, even one day my grand father might die« A short moment passes until you realise she means the all mighty God and for the first time you are scared. Both Sir Raz and Tia looks kindly at you and Sir Raz says »Yes… the burden of this knowledge is heavy, yet I believe you can handle it, for you already had figure most of this out on your own« Then He turns to Tia and nodes. Tia looks surprised at this, looks at you, the at Sir Raz, then back at you. Again she sighs, takes a sip of her whisky and you replicate this action almost like it was a compulsion. Tia then begins to speak in your mind again, but her voice has change and it is clear that she is sad, very sad, you almost want to comfort her, make sure she is okay, her lips turns into a very small smile. »Life as a reaper is tough, we are feared and hated by most, yet they do not understand that we help, both in this life and the next… Though we do not see it as two separated lives… That is the curse of the reaper, to always be unwanted by those we try to help«. Tia stops very abruptly, looks away and try to hide that she is wiping her eyes, but she is. You do it by impulse, something you never thought you would do, but you slowly stand, walk to her and hug her. Not like a stranger try to comfort a stranger, but like she is family, maybe even a younger sibling. You try to fill the hug with love, respect and safety. The most surprising thing about this, is that she hugs you back, buries her face in your shoulder and starts to sob uncontrollably. You do not count the minutes, but hearing a close to immortal being, sobbing, that is something you will never forget. Sir Raz said that the story would be a heavy burden, but nothing will be as heavy, as knowing that an entire race of beings exists, which are only loved, by the few whom know their work and burden. You do not fully understand what it is to be a reaper, but you have gotten a glimpse into the resentment and anger their soul. Tia pulls back a bit, and looks into your eyes, studies them, like she is looking for a lie, a hidden agenda. She then looks at Sir Raz and so do you, he also are in tears, though his are silent, a deeper sorrow, something you have completely missed and then your realise, Sir Raz, it is a shorting of Sir Razaphel, the angel of death and you have just been told the story of his children and their burden. Tears slowly starts spilling from your eyes, you do not even notice that now Tia is hugging you. The she springs the greats surprise of this evening, do not be sorry my grand child, for there is enough sorrow in our family as it is. Then she turns your head towards her, she push it gently downwards and gives you a loving kiss on your forehead and starts to stroke your hair. Now you know the truth, you are a nephilim, a descendent of angel and for the first time, you are home. Tia whispers »Yes, you are home, you are home my darling granddaughter«.
This is again a new type of short story, it relates to the universe of my books, Tiaran has already been mentioned in another short story on the blog. This story is related to reapers and nephilim, who both have a very big significance in the book universe, especially as nephilim and Embreons are distant cousins. I hope you enjoyed it and will give some constructive criticism.
Adding Disqus to the blog
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen.
I have for some time talk to a friend about adding reader interaction to our blogs and how to do it properly. We even discussed changing to other blogging platforms, such as Wordpress (may the gods forbid it) which comes with this capability build-in or provides a good, and in some cases even brilliant plug-in options.
But we both love Jekyll and it does not come with the same options as for instance Wordpress. So how do we solve this? Well luckily I am working at a company which webpage is also made with Jekyll and have been looking for a solution to the same problem. Actually, if you want another tech blog follow the company [1]. Anyways trying to find a solution to the problem, the CTO of Steinwurf found Disqus and suggested we tried it.
However, I had a few problems with it, first it adds a level of user tracking and as most of you know, I am big privacy advocate and hates being tracked, but a lot of that can be disabled by the user by using for instance Ghostery [2]. Secondly it adds third party java script, which I have little to no control over, which also annoys me.
So how do I address this? Well the first one I cannot really address, besides disabling tracking as much as possible in Disqus, which I have attempted. The third party java script I just have to accept. But I will monitor the traffic generate for a while.
Anyways, this gives me a better way to interact with you guys and I hope you will use it.
- Lars Nielsen
Staying up to date with software development
Employees who are involved in software development, both programmers and non-programmers needs to stay up to day with their respective fields. In this post I will talk about how I stay up to day, in the fields I like and find most relevant on a daily basis. These practices can also be applied in other software development fields.
So first let me state the fields which I focus on, when staying up to date:
- Parallel Programming and Computation
- C/C++ Programming
- Ruby Programming
- Open Source in general
- Linux
- OpenBSD
- Fedora
- Programming Languages
- Emacs
So there are a few additional fields, but these are the one I primarily focuses on. The reason I mentioned the fields are so you know where to look for information about these specific fields. Now let us continue with what I do, to stay up to date.
Most people know the web site Reddit[1] and use it to find funny posts and stuff like that. However, a lot of people does not know that there are a lot of serious sub-reddits, which are pages dedicated to a certain topic. Among these sub-reddits are a lot focused on software development, programming and *NIX, so right down any software developers ally. The reason I will recommend these to stay up to date is, that for instance /r/cpp[2] continuously contains information about what is currently being discussed to become a part of the C++ standard, what as been accepted, and what has been dismissed. Giving a good ground for following the development of C++. Furthermore, there are also a lot of open source developers whom post on reddit when a new version of library is available or if a new library has been published. This do not only matter for C++, but for almost any programming languages you can think of. Some of my favourite language sub-reddits are:
There also exists sub-reddits for the remainder of the topics in the list above, and I use them all to gain new information and stay up to date with any given topic. I further more recommend, the following sub-reddits:
Some might wonder, why I have not recommended /r/bsd[9] and /r/openbsd[10], the reason for this is that I fairly reason was made aware of their existence and do not feel I can give a proper recommendation yet. However, I will say that so far, a month in, I think that the content is of a high quality in general and the tone is very sober.
Mailing lists and newsletters
What are they not dead yet? NO! Mailing list may be primarily from the prior century, but they are fantastic. First off you can get help through mailing list and by reading others question you can even get smarter and more up to date with techniques you might even not know existed. Furthermore NEWSLETTERS the king and well of new information, where the creators of a programming languages, a technique, a compiler, a library, or something fifth, explains what is new, what is old, what is removed and so on. This often gives an in-depth understanding of the changes which occur to a project you use. Often newsletters also provides links to blog post or white papers which goes more in-depth with the changes allows you to get a very update view of what has been done. Therefore I use these two options to get new information.
I primarily uses newsletters for:
- fedora
- linux
- llvm
Bonus info mailing lists also sometimes contains information about meet up opportunities which you will not find on any webpage.
Blog posts
Blog posts are close to the holy grail of getting new information for a software developer. This is due to two reasons: Firstly technical blogs by companies and individual project developers. These blogs tents to go in to detail about a specific topic and covers what is new and how to use the new stuff or may be cover a feature in-depth which you had never heard of. Therefore these post really expands your knowledge of the project and teaches you something new.
Secondly are developer blogs, these are not by developers developing a particular product, but using it in stead. This type of blogs have a tendency to be brutally honest, though coloured, and therefore gives a fantastic view of how good a product or technique is and by such informs you if it is worth you time.
So these two types of blog post are actually the reason I primarily recommend blog post and I find information about all topic via a blog post. I will, however, not recommend any specific blog or author, but rather say log on to feedly[11] and navigate the different RSS feeds for nerds, software development and programming to find those you find the best, did you know I provided an RSS feed?
Research papers, articles and technical reports
Now I know that most do not think that it is relevant for them to know the latest research, but it is, just accept it. Go read some research papers, it will give you a wink in the direction of where your field is going and what the next path will be. Of cause this is also often a bit harder to read and understand but I sincerely think, they are worth a read.
I predominately use google scholar[12] to find research resources.
Now I primarily uses these resources to find information about parallel programming and computation, and compile design. But there are tons of fantastic papers about almost any subject.
Ah the magical world of youtube[13]. Youtube is a platform for distributing free videos to the masses, just in case you did not know that. Some companies, conference and developers have taken to youtube to share material about subjects, project, and products. Where they provided videos explain a topic and or a product and how to apply this in a real world scenario. A youtube channel I personally are very fond of is CppCon's channel[14], where I find a lot of good stuff about C++. Again here I will not recommend a lot of specific channels, go look for your self it is awesome.
I hope this gave you a tool box on how to stay up to date with some of your favourite fields. So happy hacking.
-Lars Nielsen
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Confidence Lost - Chapter 23
Present Day… New York…
As costumed vigilantes across the world and beyond it talked about their recently found brother, son, and friend, the troubled man at the heart of their conversations was still sitting alone in his secluded corner of the FBI conference room. Dawn was hours away, but as tired as he felt, Neal simply could not sleep. There was too much to worry about. Part of it was from the earlier attempt on his life at his home. The other part was from the fact that Peter was even considering sending him back to prison.
The very idea of being sent back to Supermax made Neal feel sick. That was the absolute last place he ever wanted to be again. Didn't Peter understand that? He glared at the tracking anklet that now felt more like a ball and chain attached to his leg. How much longer did he have before his (granted limited) freedom was stripped from him again "for his own safety?" That's one of the things that galled him the most about this new looming threat of re-incarceration. He hadn't even done anything wrong! He would be going back into lock down because someone else was trying to kill him!
Neal buried his face in his arms. He was trying so hard to do the right things now. When was the world going to stop taking things from him? Wasn't stripping Kate away from him enough? How much more would he have to lose before the fates were satisfied? More of his friends? His own life?
There was a knocking at the door.
"Go away!" Neal said.
He grimaced when he heard a key being turned in the lock.
"You know, Peter? Traditionally, locked doors are seen as a kind of barrier, usually meant to keep people out." Neal lifted his head from his arms with an exasperated sigh.
Peter paused a few steps through the door and looked at Neal incredulously. "This coming from you?"
He shrugged. "Well, I've been known to enjoy bucking tradition on occasion." Neal attempted a sarcastic smile with his quip, but it failed to materialize. "What do you want?"
"Just wanted to let you know that there's a cot set up in that empty office at the end of the hall. Someplace a little more private and quieter if you wanted to get some sleep." Peter looked genuinely sympathetic as he offered the room.
"Let's see. Small windowless space. Bare bones bed. Surrounded by people in law enforcement, even as I sleep. Yeah, I should probably start getting used to that feeling again. Not like it'll be anything new for me, right? Supposedly it's better than being shot."
Neal might've felt guilty about the hurt expression that flashed across Peter's face if he still wasn't so frustrated.
"I just want to make sure you're safe," Peter said in a tone that sounded far too fatherly for the former con's own tastes. Too familiar… Though he couldn't place exactly why. "Someone out there is trying to get to you. Manipulate you. Possibly kill you."
"And the only safe place you can think to put me is back in prison?"
Frustration slowly bloomed on Peter's face. "I'm just trying to protect you!"
"I never asked for your protection!" Neal yelled back. "All I want is to find the person responsible for murdering Kate!"
"Even if it means you might die in the process?"
The heavy silence that greeted Peter spoke volumes as Neal averted his eyes, unable to meet the agent's gaze.
"Neal," Peter said, his voice tense but even. "Ask yourself this. Would Kate really want you to throw your life away searching for her killer? Do you honestly think she would want you to die while seeking revenge for her murder?"
"I want justice!"
Peter's eyes narrowed. "If what you really want is justice, if that really is all you want, that's all well and good. I'll support you every step of the way. We'll find out what happened to Kate together and get at least that much for her. However, if your definition of justice involves hurting or killing anyone in retribution, then you're just conning yourself." He took a deep breath and ran his fingers through his hair. "It's late, Neal, and it's been a very long night for everyone. You should get some sleep. In the morning, we'll go over everything regarding the shooting with the rest of the team and figure out what to do next. If you need me, I'll be in my office."
Once Peter had left, Neal finally lifted his head to look at the closed door. As he did so, his thoughts turned inward. Did he really want justice, or was he really only searching for revenge? Would dying for either really be worth it? Would Kate have wanted that?
He missed her so much…
As much as Neal intended to get up and migrate to the cot Peter had prepared in the other office, the exhausted man still ended up dozing off in his secluded corner of the conference room. About two hours later, he was woken up by the insistent vibration of his cell phone. He groggily fumbled for the device in his inner jacket pocket and managed to answer it without accidentally disconnecting the call.
"Hullo?" he mumbled as he tried unsuccessfully to will his heavy-lidded eyes to open.
"Neal? Is that you?"
That voice! Neal's eyes snapped open in shock. "Who is this?" he asked warily.
There was a small sob of relief on the other end of the line before the voice returned in excited, but hushed tones. "It's you! Oh thank god! It's me, Neal! It's Kate!"
He got to his feet immediately as his mind whirled. This couldn't be real. Had the stress of everything tonight finally made him snap? "No… No, you can't be Kate. Kate's dead. Who is this? Who the hell are you?"
"Neal?" the too-familiar woman's voice on the other end of the line sounded hurt. "What are you talking about?"
"Stop lying! The plane exploded right in front of me!" It was hard to keep his voice down while he spoke with the stranger on the phone, but he did his best. Last thing he needed was for Peter to come in watching him arguing with a figment of his imagination.
"Plane? What plane? I don't know what you're talking about. Fowler's had me on a short leash for most of the year. I haven't been anywhere near an airport in a months."
"Fowler…" There was doubt creeping up in his voice as Neal felt a tightness in his chest. That bastard… The one who'd been pulling so many strings in everything that led up to Kate's death… Could he, or the person he was working for, have been devious enough to fake a person's death? But for what purpose? Something didn't sound right about any of this, but the fact that someone who sounded like the woman he loved was talking to him on his phone was proving too big a distraction to ignore.
"If you really are my Kate," Neal whispered. "You need to prove it to me. I need to hear something only she and I would know. Something personal."
There was only a short moment of silence. "At the end of every visit while you were in prison, we exchanged letters folded into origami. What the officials there didn't know was that we'd put in hidden messages in the letters. On the last visit before Fowler forced me to break up with you, there was a question hidden in the letter you gave me."
Neal's mouth went dry. "If you could've answered me?"
"The answer would've been yes."
He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes, his heart thudding loudly in his chest. "Kate… You're really alive? How did you get my number?"
"Fowler thought he threw away this burn phone, but I grabbed it when he wasn't looking. Your number was the only one on it. Oh god Neal. I'm scared. He keeps me locked in hotels, and we're on the road all the time. I need help! I want to get away, but I can't on my own."
Neal's mind was working furiously as he listened to Kate's trembling, desperate voice. "Where are you? How can I find you?"
There was the sound of movement over the phone and the rustling of window blinds being parted. "We're in Gotham City for now," she said. "I can see Wayne Tower from my room."
"What about where you're at? What hotel? An address? Anything?"
Neal could tell Kate was now searching the room. He could hear drawers being opened and closed. "I can't find anything. Fowler usually cleans the rooms before he locks me-" Her words stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong?"
Kate's whisper was even quieter and more frantic now. "Someone's at the door. They're using the key! Oh God, it's him! It's him!"
The fear in her voice cut straight through Neal like a dagger. He forced himself to remain calm, though, for her sake. "Don't panic," he said. "Everything will be alright. I'm coming for you. Hide the phone. Call me again when you feel safe to do so. I'm on my way."
"I love you."
Neal swallowed hard. "I love you, too."
When the call was disconnected, Neal immediately moved into action. Without even thinking about it, his feet carried him swiftly out of the conference room and straight to Peter's office. He got as far as the door, but froze when his hands touched the doorknob.
"He won't believe me," was the thought that ran through Neal's mind as he looked through the glass at Peter, who was fast asleep at his desk, leaning as far back as his chair allowed. "He'll think I was just dreaming or hallucinating." He grimaced at his own thoughts. "Even if he did believe me, he'd never let me leave New York to go to Gotham City, especially after what happened tonight. He's too hell bent on protecting me." Slowly, Neal retracted his hand and took a step back from the door.
"I'm sorry, Peter," Neal whispered. Then he turned and walked away, dialing up a number on his cell as he made his way to the private office where his unused cot was waiting for him.
"Neal, to put it as eloquently as I can, you are out of your mind!" Mozzie said as he stared at his Neal as if the guy had completely lost his marbles. The two of them were walking side by side along the sidewalk, heading quickly away from the FBI office building. "How did you get the suit to take his eyes off of you, anyways?"
"I accidentally spilled a cup of coffee on him," Neal explained. "Wasn't too hard to make it look legit considering how tired both of us were this morning. Even a workaholic like him couldn't stand the idea of smelling like stale coffee all day. On top of it, he didn't have a spare suit at the office." It was shortly after 7am and the moment Peter stepped out to get a shower and change of clothes from home, Neal slipped out unnoticed as well. Anyone who saw him leaving the building had just assumed he was trailing behind Peter. He'd called Mozzie up late last night and made a very urgent request. The contents of the request were now collected in a backpack that Moz had slung over his shoulder.
"Are you a hundred percent sure that you weren't dreaming last night?"
"It was no dream, Moz," Neal reassured. "She called me last night. It was Kate. She's alive, in trouble, and I'm going to find her."
The smaller man sighed. "You know this sounds an awful lot like a trap. A late night call from a woman who just happened to sound like the dead love of your life, who just happened to get a hold of a phone her kidnapper just happened to throw away?"
"I know. In fact, I'd bet my bottom dollar that it is a trap."
Mozzie stopped walking and stared at Neal. "Then why are you leaping out of the frying pan and straight into hell's furnace?"
Neal stopped walking as well and turned to glance at Mozzie behind him. "Because she needs me."
"Jesus Christ, Neal! How do you know that the woman you talked to last night was even Kate?"
Neal looked at Moz with a heartsick expression. "Because she knew things, things only Kate would've known. If there's even a sliver of a chance that she's alive, I have to pursue it."
"As much as it physically sickens me to say this, I think you really ought to talk to the suit about this," Moz muttered. "Whoever is pulling the strings in this twisted web of lies and deceit, they are not people to be faced either lightly or alone. Especially not in THAT city. Gotham City devours people alive."
"If everything works out, I won't be alone for very long there," Neal said as he flashed Moz a knowing, confident grin. "As soon as I get to the city, I'll turn off the jamming device-"
"If it even works. It's never been tested before."
"-and Peter will know exactly where to find me."
"Why don't you just tell him now?"
Neal sighed. "Because Peter's in over-protective, mother-hen mode. The shooting last night has him completely freaked out. He told me he's considering sending me back to prison for my own safety. If I tell him I want to go to Gotham City to rescue Kate from Fowler, he'd have me locked up and the key thrown away before lunch."
"You know this is going to totally screw up your deal with the feds," Mozzie reminded Neal solemnly.
"I know… But if sacrificing the deal means Kate gets her freedom, then it's a price I'm willing to pay."
Mozzie shook his head. "Being deeply loved by someone gives one strength, while loving someone deeply gives one courage. However, Neal, don't forget that rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune."
Neal gave Mozzie a melancholy smile. "I know you're worried, but everything will be alright, you'll see."
They came to a stop at the entrance to an alley where a motorcycle that had clearly seen better was waiting for them. "It's the best I can do on short notice," Moz said despondently as Neal inspected the machine. "I can't guarantee you can outrun the cops or the feds on it, but I'm relatively sure that it'll get you to Gotham in one piece."
Neal nodded as he swung a leg over the bike and settled himself on it experimentally. "It'll do."
With a grimace, Moz offered the backpack to Neal, who promptly took it put it on his own back. Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a modified iPod Nano. "All you gotta do to jam the signal on the tracker, theoretically, is to start the program that I loaded up and stick this onto the anklet. Again, this hasn't been tested, so I can't say for certain if it'll work at all."
"Maybe if I get enough of a head start, it won't matter," Neal contemplated. Then he looked at Mozzie gratefully. "Thank you for everything, Moz. I couldn't have done this without you."
Moz shook his head. "Don't thank me for anything, Neal. I've got enough sense to know I'm not doing you any favors by encouraging this. It's just… I know that I can't stop you. Even if I decided not to help, you'd just go running off anyways, completely unprepared."
Neal still gave his old friend one last smile before slipping on his helmet. "Take care of yourself, Moz. Hopefully I'll see you again soon."
And with that, Neal attached the jamming device to his tracking anklet, started up the motorcycle, and tore out of the alley, weaving in and out of the morning rush hour traffic.
As Peter Burke was taking a quick shower at his home, his wife, Elizabeth, was laying out a fresh suit for her husband, along with an extra in case he needed to pull another all-nighter at the office. She was distracted from contemplating his ties when a series of warning beeps suddenly erupted from her husband's phone. All it took was one look at the screen, and Elle went bursting into the bathroom unannounced.
"Peter!" she yelled with alarm, startling her husband so badly that he nearly slipped in the shower. She winced as she heard him clamor for footing behind the fogged up glass panels.
"Elle?" Peter said as he opened the shower door and poked his head out. At the expression on his wife's face, his own became more serious. "What's wrong?"
"This!" She thrust the phone at him, knowing he wouldn't want to grab it with his wet hands.
Once Peter read the alert on the screen, though, any concerns for how waterproof his phone was went out the window. "No… No, no, no, no, no…" he repeated as he tied a towel around his waist, grabbed his phone, and stormed out of the bathroom, still sopping wet. He went straight to his laptop on the dining room table and flipped it open. The screensaver blinked away and the last program left running, the one monitoring Neal's tracking anklet, filled the screen. On top of the open window, a single alert message was flashing in bright crimson letters.
Author Notes:
We return focus to Neal and Peter in this chapter. I know these last few chapters have been taking longer to write and release than the previous ones. I believe it's because as I'm starting to near the end of the story, I'm finding myself taking more time to make sure that I'm keeping all the story lines in order, fact-checking various little canon details for the characters of both Batman and White Collar, and make sure that any dialog actually sounds like something the characters speaking would say.
The introduction of Kate into this story is one I've been planning from near the very beginning, once the overarching plotline involving Tim/Neal's past and present began to reveal itself. One thing that still bugs me today when I watch White Collar is the ambiguous nature of Kate's death. At the end of Season 1, Kate is supposedly killed when the plane she's waiting on explodes. However, throughout the entire run of Season 2, there's no mention of Kate's body being buried. There's no scene of Neal visiting a tombstone with her name on it. It has always left a question in my mind about whether or not she's actually dead. There's also always been a question in my mind about whether or not Kate actually loved Neal at all, or was only using him for her own ends.
I will definitely be exploring those views as this story progresses towards its inevitable conclusion.

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Sur can, I use at my home and have it so I can connect to it from anywhere over the web via port forwarding.
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A Baoa Qu (ア・バオア・クー, A Baoa Kou)
A Baoa Qu is a space fortress in Mobile Suit Gundam, and was Principality of Zeon's last defense line in the One Year War of the Universal Century. The name (variously spelled Abaoaqu or A Bao A Qu by fans) is taken from an obscure Malayan legend A Bao A Qu which is about a monster who guards the "Tower of Victory".
A Baoa Qu was the Principality of Zeon's largest and most powerful asteroid base. A Baoa Qu was a fusion of two asteroids into one, forming an "umbrella"-like shape, its size is about 13.5km tall and 9km in diameter.[1] A Baoa Qu was built in the opposite L2 point orbit, placing it directly opposite from the Zeon Homeland in Side 3. A Baoa Qu provided rear defense, while the Zeon's Solomon space fortress provided frontal defense.
The space fortress served as the Zeon Military Force's general headquarters for their space fleet. It also was used as a mobile weapons production factory. It was the scene of the titanic Battle of A Baoa Qu, one of the greatest battles of the One Year War. Unlike the earlier battle of Solomon, this one was a hard-fought victory for the Federation.
After the One Year War, A Baoa Qu was kept by the Republic of Zeon following the signing of the Treaty of Granada. Later, in June U.C. 0087, the Zeons would hand over A Baoa Qu to the Earth Federation's Titans special police force, who would rename it the Gate of Zedan. The space fortress was completely destroyed in U.C. 0088 when the mobile asteroid base Axis rammed it and broke the Gate of Zedan into two.
Battle of A Baoa Qu
Following the firing of the Solar Ray, Rear Admiral Kycilia Zabi, aware of her father's secret meeting with the Federation's General Revil, learns that his ship the Gwazine-class Great Degwin was on the Geldolva line at the time of the Colony Laser's discharge. Only she and her brother Supreme Commander Gihren Zabi know of their father's negotiations and true fate.
The disarrayed Federal forces quickly regroup, using the Pegasus-Class Assault Carrier White Base as their rally point. While the Federation reorganize, Gihren Zabi meets with the A Baoa Qu defenders and gives a speech that the Zeon are a superior race, that the Earth Federation's remaining forces are now halved thanks to the Solar Ray System, and that they win this battle as to "rise up to the future".
The Federation launches an attack on A Baoa Qu's N defense field with the second and third mobile suit battalions, while its remaining fleets use the Magellan-Class Battle ship Luzar as its flagship to penetrate the S field. The White Base spearheads an assault into the F line, A Baoa Qu's crossfire aiming point but also its weakest defense point, all the while when a small fleet, rumored to have been led by the assault carrier Pegasus, attempted to breach the V line, guarded by Zeon's Dolowa carrier. Gihren Zabi's counterattack plan relies heavily on his mammoth Dolos-Class Heavy Carrier Ship and the MS-14A Gelgoog, Zeon's latest mass-production mobile suit that rivals the Gundam in strength and weaponry. The Federation attempts to use beam-dispersion smoke again, but Gihren Zabi launches a counterstrike of missiles, all the while keeping his mobile suit forces held back.
Kycilia's Mobile Assault Force arrives as the Federation begins to penetrate A Baoa Qu's lines. While Kycilia Zabi orders her fleet to position itself along the N field, she provides Char Aznable with the MSN-02 Zeong, a new mobile suit using Psycommu technology, which would allow him to pilot using his Newtype mind. The Psycommu was used originally in the Elmeth, another psychically controlled mobile armor, piloted by Char's protégé, Lalah Sune, but was destroyed shortly after the Battle of Solomon. After Char sorties in the Zeong, Kycilia confronts Gihren with the news of their father's death, and, after hearing him confess to killing him, executes Gihren Zabi for the crime of patricide. After his death, it is discovered that Gihren miscalculated the effectiveness of his fighting force. The three Dolos carriers are destroyed, depriving their large numbers of mobile suits of fuel and munitions, and the Gelgoogs, Rick Doms and Zaku II are piloted by conscripted students who have barely enough training to properly use their mobile suits. Many of Zeon's ace pilots also are killed or missing in action, such as Thomas Krutz and Johnny Ridden, hurting the Zeon's attempt to hold A Baoa Qu. Also, angered by the execution of the Supreme Commander, the Delaz fleet (a battle unit loyal to Gihren Zabi, led by Aiguille Delaz), resigned from the battle, further reducing the number of ships and mobile suits in the Zeon lines.
As A Baoa Qu's N field was overwhelmed by the Federation's mobile suit battalions and the Zeon's S field was on the verge of collapsing thanks to White Base's Gundam, the Zeong is sent to reinforce it and keep the Federation from penetrating the S field. The fighting becomes so thick that Amuro's Gundam and Char's Zeong are soon engaged in close combat inside the fortress, and the fight continues after both pilots have destroyed the others' mobile suits. The White Base is forced to beach itself on the fortress and fight Zeon infantry in close quarters combat.
Federation forces also sent token troops to assault E Field which was defended by Col. Kuspen's combat battalion, under engineering Lieutenant Oliver May. The diverse force consisted of Oggos piloted by new recruits which only have a few day of training, the Big-Rang mobile armor piloted by Oliver, Zakus, and Gelgoogs. They managed to force the first wave of federation forces to retreat, but suffered heavy casulties.
As the battle for A Baoa Qu enters inside the heart of the fortress itself, Kycilia Zabi begins preparations to flee from the collapsing A Baoa Qu. Her plan was to escape to a rally point and meet up with fleets from the Zeon's Granada lunar base and continue the war. She orders Twoning, the base commander, to wait 15 minutes after her exit then surrender the base (he will be exchanged later for Federal POWs, according to her plan). However, her plan is interrupted by Char Aznable, who assassinates Kycilia before she can leave the asteroid fortress. Her Zanzibar-Class Mobile Cruiser is soon destroyed by Federal forces.
The remaining forces in S Field retreated to Side 3 from A Baoa Qu thru E Field when the ceasefire order was given down by A Baoa Qu Defense Command which stated that all command structure is lost and all forces must ceasefire. Captain Prochnow of the Jotunheim suggested that defending E field for 30 min could allow the remaining fleet to escape from A Baoa Qu. Under Colonel Kuspen, Captain Monique Cadillac and Lieutenant Oliver May's lead, the defenders managed to hold off the federation long enough for the fleet in S Field to successfully escape.
A Baoa Qu falls to the Federal forces. On 1 January U.C. 0080, Zeon's Prime Minister Darcia Bakharov signs the Treaty of Granada, ending the war. Under the conditions of the treaty, A Baoa Qu is the only asteroid base kept by the new Republic of Zeon. However, on U.C. 0087, it was transferred to the Titans, as their new mobile headquarters, after the Titans lost the support of the Federation Assembly council, thanks to Char's speech at Dakar, which he persuaded the Federation Assembly to renounce the Titans for good.
Axis Zeon's Betrayal
On January 18th, U.C. 0088, Axis Zeon, led by Haman Karn, rammed A Baoa Qu with Axis, causing A Baoa Qu to be crushed, as a part of the negotiations dealt with the AEUG. The Titans were shocked by such sudden betrayal, not to mention how much the Titans lost, including the murder of their leaders, Jamitov Hymem and Bask Om. Afterwards, the colony laser on Gryps was seized by Zeon, and seized again in turn on February 6th, by the AEUG.
Mobile Suit Gundam Novelization
A Baoa Qu appeared in the novelization of the Mobile Suit Gundam series and served the same purpose that the base did in the anime. However, unlike the anime, A Baoa Qu was obliterated by the Solar Ray laser, it also destroyed the remains of the Federation Space forces and a good portion of the remaining Zeon army.
Gundam Build Fighters
A 1/144-scale physical replica of A Baoa Qu, materialized when Chairman Mashita's Arista reacted with the giant one hidden underneath the Gunpla Battle stage. Even at Gunpla scale, the fortress was big enough to break through the dome of the stadium. The fortress was guarded by a large number of Mocks, and possessed a massive particle cannon which was powered by the Arista hidden in its core.
- ↑ http://gundamfront-tokyo.com/news/ 、『機動戦士ガンダム』の最後の戦闘の舞台となった宇宙要塞『ア・バオア・クー』を約1/3000スケール(高さ約4.5m、直径約3m)で再現。
See also
|Universal Century Locations
|A Baoa Qu/Gate of Zedan | Axis | Fifth Luna | Luna II | Moussa | Palau | Pezun | Solomon/Konpei Island
|Antarctica | Augusta Base | Belfast | California Base | Dakar | Dublin | Great Canyon | Hickory | Hong Kong | Jaburo | Kennedy Spaceport | Kimberlite Base | Lahsa | Mount Kilimanjaro | Murasame Research Institute | New Guinea | New York | Odessa | Seattle | St. Anges | Sydney | Torrington Base
|Aires City | Amman | Anaheim | Granada | Von Braun | Neo Cartagena
|Space Colonies
|Cosmo Babylonia | Laplace | Londenion | Moon Moon | Side 1 | Side 2 | Side 3 | Side 4 | Side 5 | Side 6 | Side 7 | Side 8 | Sweetwater
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Catalina nodded, smoothing down her dress for the last time and then offered her hand to the young Prince. He took it in a grand and formal manner, leading her towards the door and down the winding staircase to her royal carriage. The Duke of Bolenurm bowed to the three ladies-in-waiting as they filed out, making Adele's rouged cheeks turn even rosier. When Catalina was comfortably settled on her pillowed seats, her entourage mounted and together they began her last journey as a maiden.
It seemed as though every single citizen of Espanta, Norwyn's capital, had flocked out to see the greatest royal marriage of the century. Women called out blessings to the beautiful foreign princess who would soon become their own. Many hoisted up their children to look at the veiled bride, with some even daring to push their little ones towards the princess so they could be blessed by her. Catalina waved from the inside of the carriage, offering little smiles here and there to her people. The little Prince was quite popular with the Espantians too, with many of the men bowing low to him as he passed by. He was, of course, extremely thrilled by all the attention. His sunny smile had extended almost to his ears, and he was waving at a hundred miles an hour.
"I want to go on like this forever," he told Catalina as he turned his horse to be closer to her carriage, "This is the best day of my life!"
"All good things come to an end though, my dear," she told him, then as she saw his face fall she hastily added, "But that's only so better things can come our way."
Consoled, the young Prince continued with his waving. His charms had an endearing effect on all those he rode by, and Catalina thought that once he was grown, this little Prince would wield a lot of influence on his people. The crowd thinned as they neared the cathedral, with erect and proud soldiers lining the path instead. The Duke of Bolenurm helped Catalina off her carriage, much to the annoyance of Prince James. He protested that he was meant to escort and help her, but Catalina gently pointed out that he was too small to reach her from the ground. Sulking slightly, the Prince followed Duke Henry of Bolenurm inside the cathedral to take up their position with the royal family.
Left with her three ladies, Catalina busied herself with her veil so that they couldn't guess her stomach was filled to the brim with butterflies. She was about to leave behind the self she had known for the past fifteen years after all. When she leave this cathedral, she would no longer be Princess Catalina of Wilderose, but instead Crown Princess Catalina of Norwyn.
Adele, Isobel and Maria straightened her train for the last time as the herald bowed to her and indicated the cathedral door. She inclined her head stiffly to her ladies-in-waiting, and they curtseyed back before slipping through a side door to enter St Prisca's. Stepping up to the great oak doors, she motioned to the herald to swing it open. The wooden slabs swung back on their hinges as the herald announced her presence to the full cathedral. Catalina glided in to face the hundreds of noblemen and –women who had come to see her wed, her eyes blind to all but the boy waiting for her at the altar.


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Unfortunately I can not write a review on the product itself, and from some of the other reviews maybe these are good, but sadly I never received the product I ordered and the customer service was genuinely awful - as bad as I have ever received buying something online. I placed an order, saying specifically it couldn't be a 9-5 mid-week delivery. I tried to discuss with the customer services team what would be possible via email (which became impossible due to both the levels of unhelpfulness… Read Full Review
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Chair was accurately described and illustrated on the website and arrived promptly and well protected. Assembly instructions were clear and the product was of high quality. My single query regarding seat operation was answered within hours by a helpful telephone call… Read Full Review
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Apparently I am not allowed to mention staff names in this review so I am going to break that rule right away and say that Gayle in the customer services department has been excellent in her attention to my emails and requests for assistance with a minor problem with my chair sending out a replacement part straight away. When I saw the chair advertised for the price I thought I had been drinking too much because it looked too good to be true. However it was good and I would highly recommend… Read Full Review
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From start to finish nothing but excellent service, super quality chair, delivery as promised even with a text from the couriers giving a time slot, very easy to put together only took 10 minutes from start to finish, will certainly use your company again and will recommend your company to friends and family alike. Again thank you James Robinson… Read Full Review
Written on: 19/11/2014 by Callahan331 (1 review written)Visit www.OfficeFurnitureOnline.co.uk
Product was exactly what I was looking for at price that was much better than the offerings from the usual office supplies company. Site stated that next day delivering was included if ordered before 2pm and I am pleased to report that promise was fulfilled despite not placing the order until nearly 2pm. Product arrived well protected and completely damage free. Overall great product, great communication and great delivery performance. This company delivered on all 3 and I would happily use… Read Full Review
Written on: 29/10/2014 by HarryChristopherPotter (2 reviews written)Visit www.OfficeFurnitureOnline.co.uk
It's not often I write reviews for anything really, but on the rare occasion that everything is so good that it merits it, then I do, and this is one of those occasions. Having ordered late on Saturday the Cadiz chair - colour being wine, by Monday I was in panic hoping that is wasn't going to be bright red, however my fears were put to rest when a member of the Custom Services Team actually went and found one to report that its actually more of a light burgundy, and its a good blend with my… Read Full Review
Written on: 09/09/2014 by Kateround (1 review written)Visit www.OfficeFurnitureOnline.co.uk
Received today, on time, assembled in minutes - love the colour, quality, robust, looks good and an absolute bargain. Easy online ordering, description accurate and fair, excellent acknowledgement and communication. Highly recommended. … Read Full Review
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as advertised product, very fast delivery (next morning) product very easy to assemble, less than 20 mins from opening box to completion, good quality chair for the price. would recommend… Read Full Review
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I am very pleased with this desk, I selected it because it looked strong and was simple on design. The desk meets my demands it is strong and well made and was easy to put together! The light oak finish is distinctive and attractive. Also importantly the price was very good .... great value for money… Read Full Review
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this is one of a great seat to work on my computer (ive had 5) THIS IS ON THE TOP . IT all works ,easy to build ,no tools required (supplied) . If like me you are on slightly big ?? the strut is man enough to not move unless requested… Read Full Review
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In this day and age when the customer is often taken for granted it is refreshing to deal with a company that delivers first class service with an equally good product. My order was relatively small, but very important to me just the same. The order procedure was good, the delivery date was confirmed. Free delivery as well! And when the goods arrived - on time, they were perfect. The instructions were easy to understand and the quality of the units was just what I expected. Now if only Tesco… Read Full Review
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I did a Google search and came across this company. I did lots of comparisons and found them to be the best value. I had a few problems with my online order so rang and was greeted with a someone really friendly and helpful. Order placed with no further problems. I ordered two items, but only arrived (far more quickly than I had expected so was really impressed) the courier item arrived but the Royal Mail delivery has not. I telephoned to enquire about the missing item and again, someone… Read Full Review
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As the tittle says, very happy with the product, service and rapid delivery. Meet with my expectations and more. Many thanks… Read Full Review
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Hadn't ordered from this company before but the prices were good & the descriptions seemed comprehensive. The chair arrived within 3 days: a little wary as the packaging was slightly damaged. However, all components were there and having followed the excellent on-line video for assembly: viola: I had my chair assembled in less than 10 minutes. And it's very good: the colour (wine) is just what I wanted, the shape and overall size is exactly as described. I've sat in it for a few hours and… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/06/2014 by StephenFranks (2 reviews written)Visit www.OfficeFurnitureOnline.co.uk
My second order from OfficeFurnitureOnline (this one a Cadiz chair in black leather). My chair arrived next day as promised, and is exactly as described. I'm happy with it: it appears robust, there are no blemishes anywhere, it looks better than expected and is easy to clean. Assembly is easy, the video gives a handy hint to help with fitting the back. Apart from working out which way round the arms go, it is all very obvious. I work from home and use it all the working day: so far it is… Read Full Review
Written on: 26/05/2014 by MrZet (1 review written)Visit www.OfficeFurnitureOnline.co.uk
At first I was not sure whether to buy from this website or not, but looking at the feed back it gave me a bit of confidence and I must say that feedback is genuine as delivery was prompt and chair I got is of excellent quality… Read Full Review
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I bought this for my 19 year old grandson who tends to play computer games quite a lot. I was very impressed with the price, the speed of delivery & the quality of the product, in fact I am so pleased I am now thinking of getting one for myself… Read Full Review
Written on: 25/05/2014 by Leonard1983 (1 review written)Visit www.OfficeFurnitureOnline.co.uk
I needed a good quality office chair for my home office in a hurry and that is what I got. It's comfortable, very well priced and was delivered within 24 hours. The only negative (not the fault of Office Furniture Online) was that the City Link courier left it outside of my front door when I wasn't in. I did put delivery isntructions on my order and I left a signed note requesting he deliver via the neighbour but he ignored it. If it had been nicked then I'd have had a lot of hassle sorting it… Read Full Review
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Having experienced terrible service from another online furniture supplier, I contacted officefurnitureonline.co.uk by telephone to check availability of items before cancelling my previous order. The helpful lady I spoke with took my details and information on the items I wanted to buy and agreed to call back to confirm availability. She called back to confirm that they were and I went ahead and placed the order online - all items were 'Next Day Delivery'. I was called 30 minutes after… Read Full Review
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K-9 Down: Officer and veterinarian training, redux
OK, now that I've spent two very full days in NYC helping K-9 Down teach soldiers, cops, firefighters and paramedics how to put catheters in veins, bandage wounds and tube their bloating dogs …I'm tired…really tired.
I'll be back at work in two hours after flying into Miami an hour ago and I'm wondering if I can somehow squeeze a nap in…after I finish this post, of course.
The course was fantastic, of course. But the program's content was only the tip of the iceberg. The rest? Re-fueling my interest (and getting some new skills) in veterinary critical care, listening in on clinical conversations with veterinary specialists outside my normal realm, chatting with dog handlers and other first-responder personnel about how they care for their dogs…
So you know, spending a weekend with high-drive military guys is more than just visually stimulating. Some of these attendees are well beyond the average working dog handler in terms of their medical skills and knowledge.
Cross a Navy Seal with an Army medic then add a dog to the mix. You get the picture. Needless to say, the vets involved in teaching the course were learning a thing or two about applying critical care principles out in the field.
For example: Got no light? Grab a glow-stick (often used by military personnel for a variety of random after-dark functions). Need to place an IV catheter in this lightless environment? Break open the glow-stick and pour it onto the skin. It apparently helps highlight all the veins for your sticking pleasure. I can't wait to try it out!
While that gem was the most dramatically illuminating example, I also learned how to place intra-osseous catheters (indwelling catheters placed inside the bones for pediatric and emergency procedures), I honed my bandaging skills (plenty of tips on how to keep them from slipping), my chest tube placement skills got a big boost and I was taught a new way to pass a gastric tube in a bloating dog.
I'm sure I can come up with a bunch more fun gee-whiz moments courtesy of K-9 Down, but I'm slowly slipping into that post-lunch, pre-work slumber. But I'll make up for it—I promise to deliver more news on this front within the next few days.


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High court of Delhi, new Delhi published the official recruitment Notification for Inviting online application form for the posts of personal assistants. Total no of vacancies are 44 including various categories. Application form is invited online from the eligible candidates at the official website of Delhi HC. Selected candidates will be appointed in the posts of PA on the pay scale of rs 9300-34800 and grade pay of rs 4600. Online application form submission has been started from 17 September 2015 . Last date of application form submission is 1 October 2015 . Important recruitment details of Delhi HC as are following.Posts Name: personal assistants PA in Delhi High Court
Total no of vacancies: 44 (General 21 , OBC 15 , SC , ST 4 )
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The cure for Broken Dreams
A poem that came to me this morning when I was in a brooding mood. Tell me what you think.
The world is full of broken dreams
endless rivers, ceaseless streams,
of anguished sobs and agonized screams
our sanity torn out by the seams.
We long to see the higher things
to hear the sound when Angels sing
to know for sure when the Bell Of Truth rings
and to feel the touch of soft Angel wings
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thinking we may go so far
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This is a fallen world is seems
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Humanity, I love us so,
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Men hide behind masks, beneath false shells
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Our kinds' follies, our hopes and joys
the smallest wishes of girls and boys
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Sources in Ministry of External Affairs said that Manmohan Singh's visit to Pakistan was unlikely as India is unhappy with Pakistan's 26/11 probe.
In fact, Pakistan Prime Minister Asif Ali Zardari had earlier invited Manmohan Singh to visit Pakistan. Zardari invited Manmohan Singh during a visit to Ajmer earlier in Jul 2012. Zardari had invited the Indian Prime Minister to make a trip to his ancestral village in Punjab province on the occasion of Guru Nanak's birth anniversary which falls later this month.
An official of MEA said that the sense of hurt still remains and a little balm is necessary to enable India to move forward. India's demands to Pakistan include voice samples of suspects, speedy trial of Lashkar suspects and restrictions on Hafiz Saeed.
Pakistan has failed to bring the culprits of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack to book. Most of the times, Pakistani authorities are in a denial mode that terrorists, who attacked Mumbai almost four years back, carried out the heinous crime from their soil. In spite of India giving out sufficient evidence linking the terrorists with Pakistani soil, almost four years have passed by and victims of terror attack still await justice.
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15 Free Books for People Who Code
This is a collection of free programming books that are in digital/online format. The books in this list provide timeless insights that are universally applicable to all programming languages.
Note: Some of the books in this collection might use a specific programming language (such as Python) to illustrate general programming ideas.
How to Design Programs
By Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, Shriram Krishnamurthi. 55 pages.
This book is about the process of designing computer programs — which might mean "desktop software" or "mobile apps" or "web apps" depending on who's reading.
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
By multiple authors. 98 web pages.
Published by O'Reilly Media, this book is a collection of essays, or "pearls of wisdom for programmers collected from leading practitioners."
Foundations of Computer Science
By Jeffrey Ullman., Alfred Aho. 775 pages.
This text book was published in 1992, and has since been taken out of print. This is what the authors say about this book: "We believed in 1992 it was the way to introduce theory in Computer Science, and we believe that today."
Introduction to Computing
By David Evans. 266 pages.
This book covers essential computer science concepts. It uses Python and Scheme, but it's not really a book about those two programming languages.
The Codeless Code
By Qi. 195 web pages.
This book is a series of 195 stories in the form of fables about the art and act of software development.
Producing Open Source Software
By Karl Fogel. 24 web pages.
From the book: "Producing Open Source Software is a book about the human side of open source development. It describes how successful projects operate, the expectations of users and developers, and the culture of free software."
Patterns of Software (PDF)
By Richard P. Gabriel. 239 pages.
This book is a set of essays exploring topics in programming. It's an entertaining read, and a penetrating look into the life and mind of a programmer.
The Architecture of Open Source Applications
By multiple authors.
This is a trilogy of books about the design/architecture of open source software. From the description: "If you are a junior developer, and want to learn how your more experienced colleagues think, these books are the place to start."
Foundations of Programming (PDF)
By Karl Seguin. 79 pages.
This book is based on an article series called "Foundations of Programming" by software developer Karl Seguin. The topics — which are written from a .NET developer's perspective — are about things all programmers care about. Examples: unit testing, memory allocation, and DRY code.
The Nature of Code
By Daniel Shiffman. 17 web pages.
This book is an exploration of naturally occurring things in our world — physics, fractals, etc. — and how they might be simulated with code. The code samples are written in Processing.
Learn Regex The Hard Way
By Zed. A. Shaw . 31 web pages.
Regular expressions (regex) are powerful, but the concept can be hard to learn. Regex has been around since the 1950's, but it's still a huge part of modern programming.
The Little Introduction To Programming
By Karl Seguin. 7 web pages.
This book covers foundational programming concepts such as data types and conditional statements.
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
By Peter Wentworth, Jeffrey Elkner, Allen B. Downey, Chris Meyers. 39 web pages.
From the book: "The single most important skill for a computer scientist is problem solving. Problem solving means the ability to formulate problems, think creatively about solutions, and express a solution clearly and accurately."
Essential Coding Theory
By Venkatesan Guruswami, Atri Rudra, Madhu Sudan. 226 pages.
This book dives deeply into mathematical concepts, algorithms, and patterns related to code. This is by no means an easy book to read, and is reserved only for the brave.
Building Skills in Programming
By Steven F. Lott. 491 pages.
This book uses Python to teach the learner concepts such as functions, data types, objects, conditional statements, and more.
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Mocha Dwi Jun 28 2015
Thank you very much sir :)
Cathy Mayhue Jun 29 2015
Foundations of computer science brought all the old memories back, those initial years of struggling to learn computers, computer science and programming. In this list I find the first one to be most useful for me. Upgrade myself with latest software design methodologies is always enlightening and fun!
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BEN Nov 24 2015
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Javin Aug 02 2015
Great books, it effectively complements my list, which also contains Clean Code and Refactoring from Martin Fowler, those are great books to improve your code, which is very important.
Prashant Aug 03 2015
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PC Aug 03 2015
Essential Coding Theory is only tangentially related to programming. It's about information theory and data compression.
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This wide-ranging review is divided into four sections - small mammals, birds, reptiles/amphibians, ornamental fish - and consists of an introduction to the essential aspects of medicine and husbandry of each group of animals, 400 colour-illustrated clinical cases, plus summary questions to highlight key points. "The Rapid Review" is designed to appeal to veterinary practitioners dealing with an ever-wider variety of animals, to veterinary instructors and students, technicians, nurses and assistants, and to other animal health professionals in practice and training.
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