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Finding Love Is Like Waking Up On February 29th
Here's what I've figured out after a lifetime of dating...
Ok... So I've yet to find love. Or at least mutual love. I've had girls that found love in me, and I've found love in girls... But the girls in love with me I wasn't in love with and the girls I loved didn't love me.
So obviously I'm no expert here. But here's the thing, it's not that I wasn't COMPLETELY in love with those girls that were interested in me it's just that I was capped from going higher in my feelings. And it's not that the ones that I was in love with weren't interested in me at all... They were... They were just capped at a lower number of interest...
Let me explain...
Every day we meet people. We always meet new people. At work. At the store. In line at Wawa if you live in Philly... Or at the beach if you live in Cali. At the gym. At yoga. Out at the bar. At a show. Anywhere that other people are... We meet people.
Just like if you wait long enough... You wake up on a February 29th. It does happen if you wait long enough. Otherwise no one would ever get married.
But it doesn't happen to everyone at an optimal level on the mutual interest scale.
So most of the people you meet are not February 29th. Even if they are a high enough number and you are as well for it to lead to a relationship... it might never because you might never have the situation that will lead to love, or at least one of the lower levels of love.
Two people alone watching a movie on a couch and drunk on wine of any level of compatibility above a 1 will probably be enough of a situation to lead to the start.
The start is basically going beyond strangers... Beyond friends... Beyond anything acceptable in public. Any intimate act. Kissing... or anything beyond that.
Let's use the drunk on a couch with a movie situation in all examples of compatibility levels. What is a compatibility level?
Ok so there are different levels of compatibility. SO for myself to EVERYONE else on this planet... I have a compatibility rating of 0 to 10. Then every other person on the planet also has a compatibility rating of 0 to 10.
Out there somewhere there is a girl that looks at me and she says to herself wow... Like... he's a 10. I could totally fall in love with him and never want another guy on the planet ever. Then there is a girl out there that I say to myself... is a 10. I could fall in love with her and never want anyone else on this planet.
So most people that are in relationships... I feel, are lower on the compatibility chart. When lower numbers meet one another they will stick together until something happens in the situation chart to break them up. Or until they meet someone of a higher number.
Situations can include things that bring people together... Like a work xmas party where everyone gets drunk at the bar. Or situations can break people apart... Like fighting over bills.
Now any number can meet any other number at any point through life.
I could be anywhere in public and meet anyone of any number. Most people I meet are 0.
Obviously if most people weren't 0 we'd all just be walking around wanting to jump one another's bones. SO it makes sense that love is a leap year. It makes sense that it's rare. Otherwise society would fall apart.
You want most people to not find one another attractive. Or to feel romantic interest in each other. You want it to be rare.
Then every now and then there's a 1 or a 2. Or maybe a 3 or 4. Maybe you're out at quizzo or karaoke and you meet a 4. Or maybe you are just out with friends for drinks. You both start chatting...
But maybe you're both not 4s... maybe you're a girl and a guy walks up to you. That guy to you is only a 2. You have some interest. But to him you're a 4. So he's much more interested. Right there... it's off balance. Right there... the next 6 months will end. And they will have ended no matter what each person did because fundamentally to her he was a 2 will always be a 2. And to him she's a 4 and will always be a 4.
If they were stranded on a desert island... They could have stayed together for the rest of their lives...
But both people as they move through time meet new people... SO the following happens:
Here's an example... Person A is a 2 to Person B and Person B is a 4 to Person A when they meet. They stay together for about 6 months... Then an 8 comes long for Person B. Obviously the 8 is strong enough to push the 2 out of the way. So person B breaks up with Person A because the attraction is so strong they are absolutely totally driven to be with that person. But now you have an 8 and a 4. So the 8 treats the 4 unkind. Even though the 2 that they were previously with treated them like gold.
The roles reverse. The 4 to the 2 was always going over the top because the 2 just had less interest. It's a seemly one way relationship of that person always fighting for attention. For love. Now the 4 is fighting for the 8. But it won't last because the number spread is just too far apart.
To people on the outside it makes no sense. They see a person that was with someone nice and is now with someone else that just seems to treat them like crap. But it's because the mutual attraction scale is miss matched. At a lower level both people care less... So it's one of those relationships where people are just like "I think they are together?".
If you have a 1 and a 2 together.... It's like not hot an steamy at all. It's one of those situations where they are like... One person is dating the other because they don't have enough money to afford rent and so they eventually move in with each other because they need to save money.
And maybe they eventually get married because one of them has healthcare benefits and they need the benefits of the other person.
There's virtually no romantic interest. it's just one of those... Is what it is.
That's a 1 and a 2. Or maybe a 2 and a 3. They never say "I love you" to one another. To say it is like a chore. The guy spends his nights playing video games. The girl spends her nights avoiding him. Every now and then they have sex.
A 1 and a 10 situation would be an old rich guy and a 25 year old model. Or a 0 and a 10 would be a famous actor or actress or musician with an obsessed fan.
The famous actress has no interest at all in this obsessed fan. But to this regular joe schmo guy who is a nobody has a 10 for this actress.
Of course this Joe Schmo has a coworker that thinks he a 4. He thinks she's a 1. Every year at the xmas party they get drunk and end up making out.
Every year she thinks something might happen with him and every year he tells this girl she's nothing compared to this Hollywood actress.
Meanwhile the other rich guy is probably TOTALLY crazy in love with his 25 year old model. SO he's a 10 to this "hot thing". But she's all like a 1 to him... just because she wants his money when he croaks.
That brings us to a leap year. A leap year is when two higher numbers get together. A leap year is that couple that met, dated, got serious, moved in together, set a date, got married, and now have a kid and have been together ever since.
I'm going to say a leap year doesn't have to be two 10s. I would say two 10s are nearly impossible. I would argue there are only a dozen two 10s in the world. I would say there are hundreds of two 9s... maybe thousands of two 8s.
Hundreds of thousands of two 7s. 7 to 10s are those people that live into their 90s and both people are still in love after like 70 years of marriage.
That's rare. Super rare. It requires a lot of luck of both people meeting high numbers. And having a drunk on the couch situation to initiate love in the first place.
Although I feel as though if two people above a 6 both meet... The attraction should be strong enough that they hint at one another that they will end up at some point kissing drunk on a couch no matter what.
This brings us to 5s. 5s are leap years. 5s are what you want. Obviously you want above a 5 but a 5 is good enough to end in marriage. But common enough to be real.
It's enough of a mutual attraction to induce a wedding. But low enough on the scale for the odds of it to actually happen to be more realistic. It's a trade off. It's a compromise. Because we all can't be two 10s.
I'd settle for two 5s. I think most people would.
I feel like two 5s are maybe a million people are a 5 to you. So out of all the billions of people on this planet... that means each person has a million 5s.
That means you just need two 5s to cross paths. Then have drunk on the couch watching a movie to induce a kiss.
That's enough for them to get together and eventually fall in love enough to cross the threshold to marry.
So, I'm not looking for a 10... Or even a 9... or 8 or 7 or 6... I'm just looking for a 5. I'm looking for a common love. A lover that shows up every 4 years. It's rare.... But it's there from time to time.
A 5 and a 6 works too. As long as each person is within one number of one another... 2 or more numbers apart and you start to get major problems.
This is how things were with the last girl I fell for. She was WAY up there on the scale for me... but I was lower on the scale for her.
A 5 and 5. Because everything is best in moderation... Including love.
Old Rug
So I just was out in the garage trying to find a rug that I had in my apartment, I want to put the rug in my music/creative room.
In the garage is a lot of stuff. Some is stuff from my grandparents', some is my mom's stuff, some is my great grandmom's stuff, some is a friend of my mom's. I mean... It's just stuff. Nothing really super crazy valuable. Just... Mostly things that were just kept because...
There's items that my mom and her friend were going to have a yard sale to get rid of... They were my mom's friends dad's stuff.
What do most of these people have in common? They've all passed away. It's just stuff still there.
Even this rug was originally from my grandparents' house in Califronia.
I feel like... just sad really. I mean... It has be thinking about this one line in Fight Club... "Given a long enough timeline the survival rate for anyone drops to zero."
It's true. Everyone you know, including yourself will be gone eventually just leaving behind stuff. Houses, bank accounts... Things... Photos. Stuff.
If we did a "where are they now special" on people 150 years from now... I can tell you where they would all be.
All of that corporate ladder climbing... Where are they now at the 150 year high school/college reunion?
You guessed it. All those accomplishments and all that hard work you put in day after day... Where did it get you 150 years from now?
Sorry to be kind of depressing. But I mean... I don't know, I live in a house filled with stuff that is now mine... That used to belong to others.
I have bank accounts that are now mine that used to belong to others.
And one day... All this stuff... Will belong to someone else... At least temporarily. Until the next person in line is handed the hot potato for a hot minute in the grand scheme of all time and universe...
This thought was mostly sparked by a broken piece of glass in the garage that I was sweeping up. I don't know how it broke. It was in there broken. I feel like that's a lot of how life is... Just sweeping up the broken pieces of things that we don't even know how they broke in the first place. When all we wanted was a rug.
I guess it is a strange thought. We put all this time and effort into getting to the top... But the top of what? Eventually... when they do a "where are they now" special on us... in 150 years...
You know where we'll be.
Gone... Broken shards of glass being swept up by someone else and tossed in a waste basket to be taken away...
And forgotten... Eventually.
I know, I know... You just have to enjoy life in the short term while we're all here on this planet. It's a funny thing. All of us know the end result. Yet we do things like get up each day and go to jobs that most of us don't really like... Yes there are a handful of people that found the job of their dreams... But most of us would rather be doing other things with our time... Even the people that are like "I'm on my way to the top"...
Again... top of what? And then what do you do at the top? Hang out. Snap a few photos. Wait for things to eventually go back downhill... because no one can stay on the top forever. Eventually one day... things go south.
That's inevitable. I mean look at all the people that were on the top in 1900. At the height of their careers. In love. Happy with their lives.
What happened to those people that had "amazing lives" in 1900?
Where are they now?
I don't even have to answer that question. We all know where they are. Every single one of those people.
Sorry to be kind of depressing. I'm just having a moment. I suppose I'll go set the rug up then maybe have a sleepy time tea and head to bed.
Warmer Days Ahead
It's just nearly March. Today wasn't bad. I actually sat outside and soaked in some of the warmth... I suppose that's a relative term. To the people that live by the equator they would be like warm? What are you talking about???
It's the same as talking about a hundred thousand dollars to a college student versus Warren Buffet. Warren will be like what are you talking about???
The college student will be like WHOA SON!!!
It's all relative. One person's trash is another's treasure. Kind of like dating. Someone's ex is someone's new love. Like the girl I'll one day marry... She'll have been some other guy's "what are you talking about???". Meanwhile I'll be like WHOA SON! This girl is what's up!
It's all relative.
What was I talking about? Oh yeah, warmer days. So the thing about March is... You know it's almost warm days. And it's cool because after having all these months of cold air... It makes you appreciate it. It's like when you haven't kissed someone in FOREVER and then... You kiss someone. It's like huh... Well now, I'd forgotten how that feels.
Did I kiss someone recently? I'm not one to kiss and tell.
Let's just say it's warm outside... Or warmer than it has been.
So let's see... It's spring break at work. I get one day off... tomorrow. The students have a whole week off. I'll take an extra day though. Works for me, to not have work.
I think tomorrow I'm going to get out and do a few little yard work things. This probably could wait until the beginning of April. But, I'll at least do a couple things for an hour maybe. It's supposed to be rainy in the morning but the afternoon looks decent. High of 57, partly cloudy. Or... If I decide to go with the glass half full outlook, partly sunny. I'm an optimist. I almost wrote optometrist. I'm not an optometrist.
Sounds like a romantic comedy...
They never saw eye to eye... He's an optimist, she's an optometrist... He viewed the world through rose colored glasses, she viewed the world through prescription glasses.
The Optimist and The Optometrist... Coming to theaters this Summer.
I really have a whole to-do list for things around the house, I could stay home for a week and not run out of things to do. My next project is to make the room next to mine into a little music studio space/workspace. I also need a couch for the living room and a new fridge and washer and dryer. Waiting until all is settled with the money stuff for that. I don't like to count chickens until I've got lots of hatched chicks. Right now I have some chicks hatched but... It's only a handful out of all the chicks on the way from the hatchery.
Then I'll order the hot tub for the back porch. Kidding. I'm not going to buy a hot tub. Too much maintenance. Maybe if I publish a number one selling book or write a number one hit single.
I mean I COULD put a hot tub in if I wanted. But I'm not going to. I need a music room first with a drum set. And a space to write and work on creative things. And focus on stock trading research.
Splurging on hot tubs will come after I've made it and become established. You have to be established first. Once I'm established... Hello hot tub.
Established in what? I have no idea. Does it really matter? Ask any one that's established. They will tell you. You just have to be established in something.
I feel like if you have business cards that say "professional" that you can hand out to people. That's when you know you're golden and then you can have a hot tub in the back.
"So what exactly is it you do?"
"Says right there... Professional established hot tuber. I go around and sit in hot tubs and show people the exact way to sit in the hot tub and look like a million bucks doing it."
"Oh snap! I've been looking all over for someone like you. What's your availability this week?"
"I have an opening this Thursday."
"Perfect. How's 2pm?"
"I'll pencil you in."
Where was I?
Oh yeah, house things... Yeah, I could just stay home for a week and still have plenty to do. Work on this newest song I've been working on, work on books (I'm soooo close to finishing my first book), work on stock trade research (I sold two stocks last week so I need to replace those with two more to bring me back up to 40 holdings), work on my taxes... I really usually don't start those until mid March because I'm always waiting for updated/adjusted investment tax stuff... I might have to actually hire an accountant. My taxes are starting to get kind of complicated. I guess that's how it goes as we age... Taxes just keep getting more and more complicated.
Life gets more complicated. You know how it goes.
Which is why we all need a hot tub to just sit in and relax at the end of the night.
Story = true.
So yep. I'm excited for the warmer weather ahead. Definitely going to have to start running again in Valley Forge Park. I haven't been there since the Fall. Maybe head out to Longwood Gardens too. I haven't had a chance to go there since the Fall either. Probably have a few more cold days yet to come... but those days are on their way out with the change of the season. Woo Spring!
I received a dividend a couple days ago from Costco. I had decided to purchase some shares a little bit before the Ex-Dividend date because I'm fairly certain it's a pretty decent investment. I now have to find 2 more stocks to get into after selling for a small profit two other companies I was in. So far this year my realized gains are still beating my dividends, although my next dividend from Simon Property Group will inch that dividend number closer again to my realized capital gains and pretty soon I'll have to trade again... and again.... and again. Got to keep that number up just like in a video game.
I'm also trying to nab 300 free trades from my broker. If I transfer in a specific amount of money they will give 300 free trades. That would be awesome because commissions do count against my final realized capital gains number. Hopefully that promotion will still be available by the time the amount I need to transfer in to my account becomes available to me from the various estate and trusts things that are all happening at the moment.
I actually started using the pro version of the trading platform since I now make enough trades a year that they notified me I can have access to that. Oh goodness. It's amazing. The charts and technical analysis features are gravy. I LOVE the whole realtime thing. During the trading hours of 9:30 to 4pm they give you realtime stats and price changes. As well there's real time news and trading signals.
It's kind of crazy how powerful it is. In the trading world the more information you have and the better analysis tools you have at your disposal, the better trades you can make.
Now my trading strategy still relies on long-term holds. So I'm mostly just "browsing" at this point. I have been making test trades, or hypothetical trades with larger amounts of money, like in the 100k range. This is something I'm very interested in. Day trading in lots of 100k. OR perhaps 50k. I also might do something where I use margin trading so if I put down 100k I can actually buy 200k in shares.
Hypothetically let's look at a stock like Campbell Soup...
This is a strong stock, it holds well, it's in a bull trend, people aren't likely to stop buying Campbell Soup tomorrow. It's not hugely effected by commodity prices like oil stocks have been. In fact, most of the water, utility, and food stocks have been capturing my attention lately. Cheap things. TJ Maxx... Domino's pizza just hit an all time high.
Everyday stuff is what I like. I don't care much for the over the top future sci fi innovation. I want things like Costco. I want everyday people buying everyday stuff.
Back to Campbell Soup: http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=cpb
If you look at that chart, as of Feb 26, 2016 (obviously if someone is reading this in the future the chart will have changed, and who knows, Campbell Soup could be out of business, or bought up or merged)...
You can see it's holding strong even into 2016 when the overall market is down. There are two spots that I'm interested in...
The 50 day moving average pull back in January...
And the 200 day moving average pull back in November....
Both of those spots were opportunities to buy in and then hold. Now, let's say you took that 100 grand and you bought shares at the 50 day moving average pull back in January. Then you sold a little while later. Let's go with a purchase of 52 dollars per share. Then lets sell at the next point of resistance at 56 dollars a share. SO we buy let's say, 2000 shares, which is 104 thousand dollars... then we sell those 2000 shares at 56, about a month later.
That's an income of, drumroll please...
2000 x 52 dollars a share = 104k
2000 x 56 dollars a share = 112k
Pretax/precommission/pre fee profit?
8 grand.
You have to pay short term cap gains taxes and there's commissions and fees which are not much at all... mostly it's the taxes that you eat it in (see what I did there? Eat... Campbell... Yep). But even if you lost half that profit to taxes... 4 grand for two mouse clicks a month apart? And you spend the rest of the days in January on a beach in a tropical climate?
Or more my style... Sit around and make music/work on books all day. Which is my dream. Trade stocks... Make music, make books. Use the stock profits to fund books and music... and eventually make movies. I suppose once the music/books/movies start all making money...
I'd probably give up the trading. So it's a means to an end really.
Obviously I'm making these trades hypothetically at this point because I don't yet have that capital available to me... But we're looking at a scenario like this in my future.
For now I'll stick with my very small trades. My last two stock sells this past week I only made about 25 and 30 dollars from the first and second one. Plus, I got in right before the Ex-Div date so I was able to capture a dividend on each one as well.
I don't know if I'll EVER be able to trade in the 100k lot range. Just because.... I don't think I'd sleep for the time that my money was in the market. I mean, yes I can say I'm 75 or 90 percent sure this stock will trend in this or that direction....
But there's always variables in the market. There are always events that you just can't see coming.
That's why the number one rule is diversify.
What I might be more inclined to do is a day trade where I enter and exit my position on the same day maybe even within an hour or two. This way I KNOW my capital is safe in cash.
We'll see. Only time will tell. I just have to continue to trade on a smaller scale and trade my successes and failures and make my decisions based on a data driven analysis.
Oh by the way, if you had leveraged that Campbell soup bull trend month long swing trade at a 2 to one and borrowed 100k against your 100k you put down? You'd have a 16 grand return in one month.
Of course you have to pay the daily margin fees... But those are fairly nominal at that level.
For now, I'll just hold my Costco shares and collect the dividend and hope that their loyal customers continue to shop there, if this is any indication, I should be in good shape... http://ktla.com/2016/02/26/amid-sharp-increase-in-state-gas-prices-drivers-line-up-for-cheap-gasoline-at-socal-costco/
Talia Trails
Maybe you're team Talia, or maybe not. Either way, there are millions of young-ins that have definitely felt the hardship of moving to a new city or town. So, I've decided today's post will be a fictitious startup idea that I had this evening while washing some dishes, sipping on some "Blueberry Cobbler" flavored New England Coffee and making dinner after work. If any entrepreneurs/venture capitalists out there want to take the idea and run with it... Be my guest! Just make sure to mention me in the credits. And maybe throw a few shares my way if things really take off.
Maybe someone at Y Combinator can make this a thing... Just remember to register the corporation in Delaware. Why Delaware? Listen to "How To Start A Startup" from Stanford University on iTunes U. They explain it to you. I believe it's Lecture 11: Legal and Accounting Basics. All you really need to know is.... Just register your business in Delaware and worry about everything else later.
Ok so, this idea was partially first hatched last night just before I fell asleep as I read the latest in the letter to the letter to the letter saga that is Talia's Yelp letter to her CEO (https://medium.com/@taliajane/an-open-letter-to-my-ceo-fb73df021e7a#.xre9dc6hv) followed by Stefanie Williams' letter to Talia (https://medium.com/@StefWilliams25/an-open-letter-to-millenials-like-talia-52e9597943aa#.8fnoitzdd) followed by Sara Lynn Michener's letter (https://medium.com/listen-to-my-story/36-year-old-destroys-29-year-old-millennial-who-ripped-25-year-old-yelp-employee-who-got-fired-aa91972dedff#.baw0on5nb).
Then... Suddenly, an idea was born...
We're all just following in the footsteps of someone else that has been there, and done that, before us. So...
Ladies and Gents, I present...
Talia Trails
Tagline/Slogan: Moving to a new city can be scary... It doesn't have to be!
Mission: Lets help others help others help others help others... Or, a little less open letter conversation a little more action. To help and be helped in return.... HALP! Moving is a cray cray stressful experience, I'm feeling no bueno about this new job/city... Something like that. (Obviously this is a work in progress)
Moving to a new city can be very scary, but Taliatrails.com (not a real website... yet) can help.
Maybe you have a job lined up but no apartment, or maybe you've found the perfect place in that little trendy part of town and will be making the big move with savings you've stashed away because you don't have the perfect job yet. Maybe you have neither, but you just needed a change and a fresh start. Or perhaps you have both but just no support network to greet you when you arrive in your new city. No friends or family to hang out with on your first Friday night in a new town. No big bro or little sis to show you all of whats around and where to go in town... Or that best friend from college to link up with.
I mean, let's face it... Not all of us have those people in life to rely on when moving somewhere new.
That's why we created Talia Trails. Taliatrails.com is here to help just the way a family member would, or a best friend. Now everyone can experience familiarity and fellowship even if they are making a big leap into uncharted territory. With Talia Trails you can find and follow the footsteps of those who have made the same move before you from exactly the same city you are moving from.
And after you've made your big move and become a transplanted local expert on your new digs... Sign up and share your story to help those who come after! Recommend living spaces, or workplaces. Share horror stories you've had when times were bad. Or give a glimmer of hope when you finally made it. Connect and share.
Tell about that one apartment complex from hell. Or discuss the workplace that you regretted ever taking a job at. Or maybe talk about the little part of town that had that one dive bar with the best karaoke around where you met your new best friend. Share it all in a story for others to search for. Or message back and forth to give realtime feedback to someone excited to live the life that once bedazzled you in your youthful days.
But with Talia Trails, you can be both a newbie and an oldie... Because you've become an expert in your new scene and new job and new apartment. You've been in your new town for a few years now. You know ALL there is to know about the place, but what's this in your email inbox?
You just got a job offer you can't refuse...
Suddenly it starts all over again. You need a friend, a trail guide to show you the new world you're about to head off to... But once you move, you long for the last few years. You long to assist some fresh whippersnapper still wet behind the ears from their last move. You mentor the younger... While you rake in the wisdom from an elder of your new slick little city spot in the world.
From Talia Trails to you... Happy trails!
Curio Has All The Covers
So... I'm here in my room just working on some things and Faith and Curio come in. Curio wraps herself up in the blanket...
I actually have another photo of her with only her eyes peeping out at me through a very small opening and the whole blanket around her entire body. Faith walks over to the blanket and tries to get inside. Curio wasn't all about sharing her blanket. She wants all the covers to herself.
Here's an Instagram of one of the photos I snapped...
Oh these cats. My mom would be laughing so hard at this and telling me to send her the photo so she could send it to all of her friends.
BOGO: Blueberry Cobbler Coffee
Tonight I decided to brew up some blueberry cobbler coffee. It's fantastic. Well, I mean, I'm no coffee connoisseur, so to me it was pretty fantastic.
My latest thing after work has just been to come home and do things around the house. As soon as I get home I first start boiling the water for a french press of coffee and then I feed the cats. Then I'll make some dinner while I drink coffee.
Tonight was crazy. It stormed on until just a few minutes ago. I even lost power. Some of the cats were a bit scared from all the lightning and thunder and wind, so I pet them. They seemed fine after that.
Anyways, back to the coffee. This coffee I wouldn't have normally bought, but I decided since it was essentially free, why not? It's one of those BOGO things. Buy one, get one free. I'd actually never heard the term "BOGO" until I went to college out near Pittsburgh and they had BOGO signs all over the place in Giant Eagle. I was like... What the heck is BOGO? They were like duh... it's buy one get one free.
Me: Ohhhhh. Got it.
New college friend: Yinz aren't from around here are ya?
Me: No.
New college friend: Oh look... The pop is BOGO.
Me: It's soda.
New college friend: No. It's pop.
Me: Soda. It's soda.
Let's just say that friendship didn't last.
So I bought this coffee along with a breakfast blend, even though I drink my coffee after work. It's breakfast o'clock somewhere right? Now, the other coffee I've had before and enjoyed it. I picked up a bag of that and then mulled over my second choice. I thought about just getting the same one twice, but that's kind of boring. Sometimes you have to spice up your life! You know? Yes. You do. Right, so I was deciding between the french vanilla and this one. I actually placed the french vanilla in my cart, but then decided halfway down the next aisle that I wanted the other one.
I'm sooooo glad I changed my mind. I mean, I'm sure the french vanilla would have been good too. But this one? Like I said, it's fantastic.
What brand is it you ask?
It's New England Coffee...
The only thing I don't like about it is that it's obviously using artificial flavoring. I feel like artificial flavors just don't always give me the warm fuzzies. I'm much more into just the natural form of flavor. Like spices or seasonings or the natural flavor from cooking something. Like when you slow roast some beef or pork in a crockpot and really get the juices from it. Like pulled pork. Or barbecue. That type of flavor where the meat just has it's own power/presence and you don't have to use anything else.
Artificial flavorings to me have always just kind of made me feel as though the product just wasn't good enough on its own and it needs an enhancement. Why not just give the product a chance to blossom by itself instead of adding artificial flavoring training wheels? You know? Yes. You do.
But... Hey... Sometimes you just gotta live a little and go with an artificial flavoring even if you don't totally agree. So I'll be alternating between this one and the breakfast blend in the evening for my after work cup o joe.
Also, I just read an article that linked coffee consumption to lower rates of liver disease (http://www.sciencealert.com/two-cups-of-coffee-can-reduce-the-risk-of-liver-disease-study-finds). So... I'm going to go ahead and indulge in the evenings and not feel guilty about it. Although my dentist will probably not be the happiest of campers when I go in for my quarterly cleaning on the 8th of March. Oh well. That's why I go 4 times a year, my teeth stain like crazy from all the tea and coffee I drink. Eh, can't have it all. But I can have coffee... Blueberry cobbler coffee in fact. Mmmmmm.
Oh and the best part is that it makes my house smell all blueberry cobblery. It's delightful.
Misty-rita Monday
Yesterday was a full day. I had to get up early to take my cat Misty to the vet to get a teeth cleaning. Now all the cats are checked up and their teeth are cleaned and my wallet can hopefully take a breather. Until their checkup next year.
I have 4 cats: Curio, Misty, Fluff, and Faith. I should post a little blog about them in the future... Like a little bio about each one. They each do have a unique quirky little cat personality.
I dropped Misty off early and then picked her up after work. In order to clean a cat's teeth they have to do a general anesthetics thing. This means I had to keep the cat from eating starting at 10pm the night before. It's a whole thing. Then I had to chase her around the next morning to get her in the cage and then comfort her as she meowed all the way to the vet.
Of course when she got home she was all sorts of tipsy and had trouble walking around. I eventually got her to sit with me in the living room in my mom's old reclining chair.
This brings me to the evening of my day... While Misty sat next to me I slurped down a tasty margarita in honor of National Margarita day. My friend Jen came over and we went out to the store to pick up ingredients to make an avocado, fresh squeezed lime and cilantro margarita. They were soooooo good. We also got some taquitos. Then we just hung out and watched some Netflix. Curio hung and Faith hung out with her and Misty and Fluff hung out with me.
Here's the YouTube video of how to make the drink...
Oh and here's a video of Misty being "drunk" after her teeth cleaning.
On a side note... I had another... "Thanks ex" moment today at work. Seriously... This girl... It's like she was a muse for so many creative works of art of mine... and now she's still helping me at work. We haven't even spoken in forever and a day. And she has no clue that I still have her on my mind pretty much daily. What can you do though? Oh well. Sometimes some people just stick with you in your memory.
I would argue she was probably the most influential person I've ever crossed paths with on this planet so far. I'm pretty sure no one I'll ever meet will top how inspirational and influential she has been for me. But... I guess you never know. Could be someone new right around the corner that will completely change my whole world....
I won't hold my breath.
Anyways so the issue was that Turnitin.com isn't working. We received an email that the site seemed to be down and that it had been down for a few weeks.
I was suspicious of this. So I used my sleuthing skills to do some detective work. I decided that it just wasn't possible for a site... Especially one so widely used in the education industry, to be offline for more than a few hours at most. It just wasn't feasible.
Any business or organization has bills to pay. They have to keep the lights on. They have to keep income coming in. They have employees that work for them who have paychecks to be paid. Etc. etc.
From their website:
"Turnitin employs over 300 people on five continents.
Here are some of our people working to make a difference in education."
Obviously they wouldn't just allow their site to go offline for a few weeks. Since their business model kind of relies on it.
Was the site not working? I tested it out on my own computer. It was true. The site didn't work from my computer. I tried another computer. No dice. So it's not the computer. Then I had a thought... I'll use a proxy site.
Here's where the ex comes in...
So, I have to admit... Her plan didn't work as well as she'd hoped. She used to use a site, at least the last time I actually glanced at my Google Analytics, which was like a year ago at least or maybe more, she used this site to read my blog...
It basically let's you redirect your traffic to allow the page to be proxy loaded. Unfortunately for her I was able to piece together some things here and there by scouring my analytics data (because I was hopelessly in love with her and would spend hours going over my analytics data in hopes to figure out if she was still reading my blog because it meant in some way, shape, or form she was still thinking about me... I know... I know... But, that's what love does. Don't fall in love. It makes you do things you wouldn't normally do.) to figure out that it was her using the site to make it look like she wasn't reading my blog. I knew it was her because I found one little tell-tale sign that the site didn't hide that gave her away.
And then I thought it was kind of super attractive because she was a smarty pants enough to know about hiding your browser analytics by using a proxy site.
Intelligence is so hot. Especially nerdy geeky computer sleuth intelligence like that.
When a girl figures out how to use a proxy service to hide her browser from analytics collection?
Oh goodness. Yes. Holy goodness. So attractive. Which was the opposite effect she probably wanted to happen because the point of her using a proxy site to hide her trace was because she DIDN'T want me to know she was reading it.
Because she wanted to make sure I was moving on and wasn't still posting about how in love with her I still was... Etc. etc.
Oh well... That's how love works. Once you fall... As The Police say... Every little thing she does is magic.
Am I the only one that just finds smarts so attractive?
That girl... she was something special...
Anyways... So I showed my boss using the proxy service site that the turnitin.com site was indeed loading. To which he replied "Well... Look at you... Fancy boy. But how do you know it's not just loading a cached version of Turnitin.com."
To which I replied... "Good point."
Then we tested the site using some other alternative methods.
We hooked up our alternate Comcast line. The site works.
This left us with two possible culprits. It's the ISP... or the firewall.
We checked our firewall settings inside and out and there is nothing that could possibly be blocking that site. Given that we recently had an issue with our ISP going down...
We decided they were the likely culprit. Currently we have a ticket open with them. So I guess time will tell.
A Date Update
I went on this date last night. It was a second date. We were supposed to grab drinks. The plan was to go to Monk's Cafe in the city...
Sounds like a fine way to follow up some coffee. I mean... What could possibly go awry with that?
Here's how it actually ended up going:
Me: I'm here.
Her: Great. Park in the lot in the space that says "reserved".
Me: Are you sure?
Her: Yeah. There's no one on duty so that lot is free until 7 am. You'll be fine for a few hours.
Me: Ok, I'm parked... Where am I going now?
Her: I lost my wallet, or I can't find it.
Me: Ok...
Her: Just walk down the street... I'll be out in a minute and then you can come up here while I look for it.
Me: Ok. She comes to get me... We go up to her apartment. She shuts herself in her bedroom which I'm now allowed to see because it's a hot mess. She looks for her wallet.
Her: Yeah, I can't find it.
Me: It's ok. I was planning on paying anyways.
Her: No, it's not that. I don't have my ID now.
Me: Oh. Well... Did you want to do something else?
Her: We'll go anyways. Maybe they won't card.
Us: We go. We're at Monk's. It's super busy. We decided maybe to try another place. Three places all card. It's a Saturday night in the city. Everywhere is busy, or they card. Except for...
Her: Gelato?
Me: Sounds good to me.
Us: We grab gelato and talk.
Her: Wanna just go back to my place? I have wine there.
Me: Hmm... Well... Ok. I'll just have one glass.
Her: Let's stop at one more place.
Me: Ok. We stop at an Italian restaurant that also has a bar. I order a beer, she orders a glass of wine. We order an appetizer.
Us: Her place again. We choose a wine. We open it. We kill the bottle chatting about life and music and philosophy and religion and exes and such. The normal stuff you talk about with someone you might potentially get into a relationship with. It starts getting pretty late.
Her: We can open another bottle if you want?
Me: Ok. One more glass couldn't hurt.
Her: If you're not good to drive home you can always stay on the couch. You don't look too good.
Me: I'll be fine. I just have to lay here for a minute on the couch.
Her: Joking... If you have to puke just make sure you don't do it on the floor.
Me: I'm not going to puke... 1 minute later... I run to her bathroom... I puke. Well... This embarrassing and awkward. I'm going to go.
Her: Well, I had a great night and look at that... It's daylight. She points to the sun beginning to rise. You better go so you can leave the lot before it opens.
Me: Internally... You had a great night? Really? Lost ID and puking? Externally... That's cool. Internally... Daylight, there's a different girl that already has a monopoly on that term. A different chapter in my life. Externally... Yeah... Look at that, it's daylight.
Her: Text me when you get home. We'll have to plan something again.
Me: I text when I get home. I fall asleep. A cat sleeps sprawled out on the bed beside me.
Last Day Of My Budget
Ok. So today is my last day of my budget. Woo. That means tomorrow I'll be going to the grocery store to buy lots of fun things... Like fancy coffee. Well, not THAT fancy. I'll probably try that New England coffee brand. I think I've had their coffee maybe once on my way up to Maine one time when I stopped at the rest stop on the Mass Turnpike for gas.
I'm decently stocked for food but I do need a couple of little things.
Last night I went out with the yoga peeps for some drinks. It was fun. I had about 15 bucks left in cash in my wallet in addition to the 20 left on my card. I'll be using the 20 tonight... So last night I had to be kind of 'cheap'. I was going to maybe order a little bit of food, but I decided against it. Instead I just packed a Cliff bar. That was basically my post yoga, pre going out snack.
Cliff bars are not the best for like... 5 star dining options. But they satiate pretty well. And for the price (usually you can find them on sale at some point somewhere and just load up on them) they are a pretty decent on the go food source bang for the buck. Beats paying like 12 bucks for an appetizer...
So I had a Cliff bar before I went out with everyone. So my 15 bucks wasn't going to go very far. I opted to stick with some cheap beer. My choice: Corona Light.
It's fairly affordable but it's better tasting than the other "fairly affordable" beer options, at least in my opinion. Plus it comes with a lime for no extra cost! Why not just get a regular corona you ask?
Regular Corona is fine with a dinner... But for some reason when I haven't eaten more than a Cliff bar... It just makes my stomach feel a little more blah... after a while. Especially if I'm going to be there a few hours and have more than one pint. If I have the light one... I can have a couple and it's no big deal. I'm fairly certain both have similar ABV but I think the light one might have a slightly lower amount of alcohol. I'll have to compare them some time. I don't know, the light one is just... A little more refreshing to me versus the extra. I think they cost about the same though. I feel like light beers should cost less than their weighted counterparts. But unless their's a special of some sort happening or a happy hour... They usually don't seem to.
Ok, so... Why Corona at all? Well, my choice for Corona more recently is because... I'm a shareholder. Their parent company, at least when it comes to distribution rights here in the US, is a company called Constellation Brands. STZ is the stock ticker... So by buying some Corona, in a VERY tiny way, I'm paying myself. It's almost like the 2 percent cash back I get on my credit card.
A penny saved (or paid to yourself) is a penny earned.
Of course after I got home from the bar I decided to have 2 multigrain waffles with Kerrygold Irish butter and some real maple syrup for dinner. After having a couple of Corona Lights... That really hit the spot. Then I went to sleep.
Tonight I've successfully made it to date number 2 with a girl. Oh my god! Yes. It's true. So there goes my other 20 bucks. 2 beers for each of us on my card to close out my budget at breakeven point.
There's a couple other girls that I've been chatting with on the dating site... That I REALLY have an interest in at least grabbing coffee with or something and meeting.. I haven't met any of them in person yet. Although one girl I've been talking to that I actually kind of really like... lives in Kansas or something. So that's not really all that practical to date her. But I like chatting with her. I was supposed to talk on the phone Thursday night with one that I actually was super interested in. She's nearby over in Princeton. I gave her my number to call me and she never called... She hasn't responded to messages on the site since either... SO I'm just going to consider her "ghosting". I guess she got cold feet, or she met another guy and decided to go with him instead. Or she just got scared or nervous. Who knows.
This happened last month to a girl I wanted to meet for coffee or a beer or whatever that lived only like 10 minutes away. She works at the seminary school nearby... We were messaging back and forth, I was starting to get excited and I asked her if she'd like to meet possibly...
No response. I sent 3 follow up messages... All of them were shown as "read". No response.
Most of the time you never know... They just kind of fade away back into oblivion and you are just left wondering...
Then you start talking to the next girl and just go with that as long as it lasts until they fade off into oblivion as well. Or sometimes you become friends when the dating doesn't work out. Like Monday night a friend that I met YEARS ago on the dating site is coming over to hang out and have margaritas with me since apparently it's national margarita day or something. We're just going to try our hand at mixing and blending our own margaritas. Hopefully the blender doesn't blow up.
So it's either oblivion or friends.
Although the ones that you always have the most interest in... Usually end up in oblivion. I guess for some guy out there they don't end up in oblivion. Obviously they are picking guys to date... Just not me. So they decided to give me the cold shoulder while they open their door and heart to "Mr.Right". I just wish I would be Mr. Right for at least one of the girls that makes my heart skip a beat when I see a new message from them... Or new text... Or talk to her on the phone or hear her voice... Or see her in person.
It's tiring always having to start over with someone new.


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How 2 Play - Ghost Stories
Continuing with Co-Op month we now have the How 2 Play video for Ghost Stories. Sorry this didn't come out earlier - I had some sound issues with the first recording!
01:00 - Setting Up The Game
05:16 - The First Turn
10:24 - Further Examples
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Senate approves debt hike after McConnell, GOP leaders vote 'yes'
The Senate sent a bill hiking the debt ceiling to President Obama's desk on Wednesday, but only after a dramatic fight that forced GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) to cast a tough vote advancing the legislation.
McConnell and top lieutenant Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) reluctantly backed ending debate after it became clear that no one in their conference wanted to cast the deciding 60th vote.
With the upper chamber's Democrats and Independents all voting yes, Senate Republicans needed to muster five votes to overcome Cruz.
Yet during an hour of tense floor conversations, it appeared they might fail.
The vote started late, as Senate Republicans huddled behind closed doors. After meeting for roughly an hour in private, the conference still did not know whether it could conjure up the needed votes.
On the floor, the procedural vote ran on for another hour, with Republicans slow to offer support.
Cornyn and McConnell, who is the most vulnerable Senate Republican up for reelection in 2014, then voted to end the debate, making it clear the procedural motion would be approved.
After their dramatic votes, another group of Republicans met in a room off the Senate floor. They returned, and several switched their votes from no to yes.
Some members said they switched their votes to give cover to McConnell and Cornyn.
"I didn't want this to come down to just be a criticized vote for just a few of our people. It just wasn't right," said Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who fought off a primary challenger in 2012.
In the end, 12 Republicans voted to end debate in the 67-31 vote.
On final passage, the bill suspending the debt ceiling until March 15, 2015, was approved in a 55-43 vote, with every Republican voting no.
The bill will allow hundreds of billions in debt accumulated through that deadline to be added to the existing $17.2 trillion debt. It also ensures the debt ceiling will not need to be raised again until well after the midterm elections.
Obama backed the bill and is expected to sign it.
The battle over the procedural vote highlighted tensions in the GOP between establishment and Tea Party Republicans.
Centrist Republicans had spent days trying to convince Cruz to drop his filibuster so the bill could be approved in a simple majority vote on the backs of Democrats.
After the vote, Cruz blasted the debt hike as "a classic victory for Washington establishment interests."
Asked if McConnell should no longer lead Senate Republicans, Cruz demurred.
"That is ultimately a decision, in the first instance, for the voters of Kentucky to make," he said.
McConnell's GOP primary challenger Matt Bevin attacked the incumbent before the vote was over, writing on Twitter that Kentucky deserves better.
But McConnell was backed by members of his conference who praised what they described as a courageous vote.
"Hopefully people will understand that McConnell, in the toughest Republican race in the country, had the courage to vote the way the vast majority of everybody understood the vote needed to go," Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said. "He did that, and I think it shows tremendous courage on his part."
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who also planned to vote no but then switch his vote to yes on the procedural motion, said McConnell showed "a great deal of leadership, so did Cornyn."
"Both of them are in primaries, particularly Mitch. They played the leaders' role," he said.
It was the same position that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his leadership team played in Tuesday's House vote, when only 28 Republicans voted to raise the debt ceiling.
McCain said the debt vote would allow the GOP to move on from fiscal fights that damaged the party's image in the fall, when it got the lion's share of the blame in polls for the government shutdown.
"Our focus is on ObamaCare, repeal and replace ObamaCare," McCain said. "If you shift the attention like we did on the shutdown of the government, then we lose our focus on what we think is important."
The Republicans who voted in favor of ending debate were McConnell, Cornyn, Hatch, McCain, Corker and Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Mike Johanns (Neb.), Mark Kirk (Ill.), John Barasso (Wyo.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and John Thune (S.D.). Thune and Barasso are also members of leadership.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) predicted McConnell's vote will have minimal impact on his reelection race.
"I think people understood that he is not for raising the debt ceiling without something attached. Obviously, that was impossible after the house voted for a clean increase," Graham said. "Hopefully the other people voting with him helps and hopefully people see it as an act of pragmatic leadership."


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Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA firstname.lastname@example.com
Corresponding Author. Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
Understanding structure-function relationships in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc is a critical first step toward creating functional tissue replacements for the large population of patients suffering from TMJ disc disorders. While many of these relationships have been identified for the collagenous fraction of the disc, this same understanding is lacking for the next most abundant extracellular matrix component, sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). Though GAGs are known to play a major role in maintaining compressive integrity in GAG-rich tissues such as articular cartilage, their role in fibrocartilaginous tissues in which GAGs are much less abundant is not clearly defined. Therefore, this study investigates the contribution of GAGs to the regional viscoelastic compressive properties of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc. Chondroitinase ABC (C-ABC) was used to deplete GAGs in five different disc regions, and the time course for >95% GAG removal was defined. The compressive properties of GAG depleted regional specimens were then compared to non-treated controls using an unconfined compression stress-relaxation test. Additionally, treated and non-treated specimens were assayed biochemically and histologically to confirm GAG removal. Compared to untreated controls, the only regions affected by GAG removal in terms of biomechanical properties were in the intermediate zone, the most GAG-rich portion of the disc. Without GAGs, all intermediate zone regions showed decreased tissue viscosity, and the intermediate zone lateral region also showed a 12.5% decrease in modulus of relaxation. However, in the anterior and posterior band regions, no change in compressive properties was observed following GAG depletion, though these regions showed the highest compressive properties overall. Although GAGs are not the major extracellular matrix molecule of the TMJ disc, they are responsible for some of the viscoelastic compressive properties of the tissue. Furthermore, the mechanical role of sulfated GAGs in the disc varies regionally in the tissue, and GAG abundance does not always correlate with higher compressive properties. Overall, this study found that sulfated GAGs are important to TMJ disc mechanics in the intermediate zone, an important finding for establishing design characteristics for future tissue engineering efforts.
Viscoelastic compressive properties of GAG depleted TMJ disc and hyaline cartilage samples. (a) GAG removal with C-ABC did not produce a significant difference in the instantaneous modulus of the TMJ disc. (b) C-ABC treatment also had no effect on the instantaneous modulus of the tibial cartilage, although it did trend lower. (c) Overall, C-ABC treatment did not produce a change in the relaxation modulus of TMJ disc samples. (d) GAG depletion in articular cartilage produced a ∼50% decrease in the tissue's relaxation modulus. (e) GAG depletion produced an overall decrease in the coefficient of viscosity for TMJ disc samples. All regions of the intermediate zone (IZM, IZC, IZL) displayed a ∼30% decrease in viscosity. (f) C-ABC treatment of hyaline cartilage led to a ∼50% decrease in the coefficient of viscosity. Data is presented as mean ± SD. Letters in brackets represent the results of a two-way ANOVA for TMJ disc specimens and a student's t-test for hyaline cartilage specimens. Groups not connected by the same letter are statistically different. (Note: TMJ disc regions and hyaline cartilage are plotted different scales to enhance readability).
Sulfated GAG and collagen content of C-ABC treated samples. (a) C-ABC treatment produced extensive GAG depletion (≥96%) in all regions of the TMJ disc. (b) Using the same treatment, GAG depletion in tibial cartilage was only about 50%. (c) C-ABC treatment produced no change in collagen per dry weight within the TMJ disc. (d) Treatment of hyaline cartilage with C-ABC did increase the collagen per dry weight (∼10%). All data is presented as mean ± SD. Letters in brackets represent the results of a two-way ANOVA for the TMJ disc samples and a student's t-test for the articular cartilage samples. Groups not connected by the same letter are statistically different. (Note: TMJ disc regions and hyaline cartilage are plotted on different scales to enhance readability).
Safranin-O staining of C-ABC treated specimens to examine the distribution of sulfated GAGs. Some positive staining (red color) can be found in TMJ disc samples immediately surrounding cells, but very low overall staining was observed, and no staining was detected in the matrix. In contrast, intense positive staining can be seen throughout the matrix of articular cartilage. C-ABC treatment produced a small but visible difference in some TMJ disc samples. Treatment of hyaline cartage produced a very obvious depletion of GAGs starting at the edge of the tissue and proceeding toward the center. (Scale bar = 100 μm).
Investigated regions of the TMJ disc and tibial cartilage. Because of the heterogeneous nature of the TMJ disc, the contribution of GAGs to the compressive properties of the tissue was tested regionally. (a) 3 mm discs were harvested from five regions of the disc: the posterior band (PB), anterior band (AB), intermediate zone medial (IZM), intermediate zone central (IZC), and intermediate zone lateral (IZL). Hyaline articular cartilage (AC) from the tibial plateau was as a benchmark control in this investigation. (b) A 3 mm disc has harvested from the center of the tibial plateau on the medial side of the joint. (not drawn to scale).
Time course of GAG removal from the TMJ disc. Samples from the IZL region of the disc were treated with C-ABC or a control buffer for up to 12 h and their final sulfated GAG content was measured. A one-way ANOVA comparing time points within the treatment control and C-ABC treated groups is shown. Time points not connected by the same letter are statistically different from each other. C-ABC treatment produced a rapid decrease in the GAG content of the disc, which equilibrated after 3 h of treatment. A decrease in GAG content was also seen in the treatment control group, but was only statistically significant after 12 h. A 3 h incubation was chosen for all subsequent testing. Data is presented as mean ± SD.
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When Do I Start My Job?
Date of Joke: Monday, 26th May, 2003
Boudreaux went into the fish market to apply for a job. The boss thought to himself - I'm not hiring that lazy Cajun, so he decided to set a test for Boudreaux hoping he wouldn't be able to answer the questions and he'd be able to refuse him the job without getting into an argument.


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Affirmation rules
- Clearly determine what dream you want to have. You shouldn't read more than one affirmation before you go to sleep.
- After you get an answer in your dream, don't repeat this affirmation earlier than in a month (if not indicated otherwise in the affirmation). If the affirmation had other effect, e.g. healing dream or travel, still don't hurry to repeat it. The subconsciousness perceives well all what's new, and things often repeated don't have power for perception.
- In affirmations of dreams of future, if you got an answer which is not clear to you, put the question in other way, make it clear. Subconsciousness is an ideal mirror. You get the answer for the question you ask. Just remember it.
- When reading affirmations, at points when it's necessary to imagine what is proposed, visualize people and objects, get yourself to the place in question, feel the state described. This way you'll create thought forms in your own mental world.
- Set an alarm fifteen minutes earlier than the time you need to get up. It is easier to remember a dream being still in bed. If you get up and take a walk, the movements of your legs, arms, etc. will 'switch' the body on, and you will be completely awakened.
- Don't eat before sleep. Generally, it is better not to load your stomach 5 hours before going to bed. Otherwise your chances to have a clear dream will be lower.
- Time for dreaming should be sufficient. The organism will have enough rest only after several sleep phases, and then the time of quick eye movement phase will be extended which is necessary to have a normal dream.
- If any affirmation has some particular rules, they will be indicated at the very beginning of the text.
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Affirmation of the dream «There is happiness in living!»
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Will Lloyd joins sixth FIFA Masters World Gathering in Paris
On 11 and 12 June, the FIFA Master Alumni Association (FMA) held its 6th Biennial World Gathering – this time in Paris, France - and the feedback confirms that the 3-part event was a huge success.
"This last edition of the FMA World Gathering was fantastic", says Nick Lau, alum from the 4th edition and Project & Knowledge Management Group Leader at FIFA.
Saturday, 11 June, started with the FMA Congress, with the morning sessions opened only to alumni and to our partner, CIES. Then, attendees discussed matters that concern the association, gave the floor to alumni to present ideas and discussed the vision and direction of the forthcoming strategic plan (more detailed info will be sent to the alumni in the coming days).
The afternoon session was open to members of the current edition of the FIFA Master as well as special guests and was filled with great content and high level of debate and knowledge exchange.
The afternoon started with a keynote speech by Alexander Schischlik, Chief of Sport and Youth Section at UNESCO, addressing critical industry topics such as global access to sport and the interdependence between sport and governance.
That was followed by a Panel Discussion about Recruitment and Career Development, organised by the FMA in partnership with GlobalSportsJobs (GSJ).
Will Lloyd, GlobalSportsJobs's CEO, moderated the panel with Céline Peltier, HR Director at Paris St. Germain, Mathieu Souchet, HR Director at Lagardère, and Matt Hill, Senior VP for Sports and Entertainment Consulting at GMR Marketing. Other guests, who also contributed with the discussion were Helen Hughes, HR Director at the NBA, Phil Gegan, General Manager, and Juliana Travassos, Strategic Partnerships Coordinator at Soccerex, Cedric Le Nest, Headhunter and MD at Sport Business Talent, and Kelsey Philppot, Senior Director also at GMR Marketing. The afternoon drew to a close with an hour of networking between alumni and guests.
Helen Hughes, from the NBA, said she "really enjoyed spending time with everyone and was very impressed by the calibre of the Alumni and by how welcoming everyone was", while Matt Hill, from GMR Marketing commented: "The FIFA Master alumni is really impressive. We met a lot of terrific people and look forward to following up with many of them, both with regards to potential opportunities at GMR, as well as ways we may be able to support their organizations".
At the evening the FMA Committee hosted the 1st FMA Awards, which was followed by a night out at Le Duplex, right next to one of Paris's landmarks, the Arc de Triomphe.
Aine Power, alum from the 11th edition, and Legal Counsel at the FEI enjoyed the idea introduced this year: "The highlight for me was the inaugural FMA Awards – it was a nice opportunity to celebrate the impressive achievements of our colleagues and to have some fun while doing so". She continued with her impressions about the event as a whole: "It was wonderful to meet many old friends and some new ones and to be reminded about what makes the FMA family special".
To read more about the Awards click here.
On Sunday, alumni and guests attended a match of this year's UEFA EURO – Turkey v Croatia – The passion and amazing energy in the packed (and extremely loud) stadium served as a clear reminder of why we chose sports as our field of work.
In the end, the lingering question in most of people's head was: when is the next one?
Stay tuned – there will be news on that soon!


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More than 240 participants gathered in Kyiv on 26-27 June for the National conference to celebrate the good practices of the democratization projects schools from all over Ukraine have carried out this school year.
The event was organized by the European Wergeland Centre in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Education Initiatives Centre and ISAR Yednannya supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.
Representatives of schools participating in the Programme (teachers and schools administration, local community representatives, students, parents), members of the Programme Network of Trainers, partners, guests and media were invited to mark a symbolic graduation event of 42 schools taking part in the Programme's second cycle.
During the official opening of the Conference HE Ambassador of Norway Ole T. Horpestad addressed the participants highlighting the Norwegian support regarding the implementation of democratic reforms. Oleksandr Yarema,Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, commended a fruitful collaboration with the EWC underlining the relevance of the centre's work in Ukraine. Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Roman Greba expressed the gratitude for centre's support in implementation of educational reforms in Ukraine and countersigned the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the European Wergeland Centre.
Ana Perona-Fjeldstad, Executive Director of the European Wergeland Centre welcomed the participants and presented a new enhanced "Schools for Democracy" Programme corresponding to the needs and requests from the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine – support of the new National Curriculum development, elaboration of quality standards for schools, development and piloting of materials enhancing civic competences, development of the online tools incl. massive online courses and providing educational policy advice.
EWC's Executive Director used the opportunity to present a "School Guide on Developing Democratic Competences and Creating a Democratic School Environment" which was recently elaborated by Programme's experts. The new publication will: provide theoretical background and Programme's philosophy, give concrete examples of good practices, suggest practical recommendations and further readings for those willing to improve the relations and environment in their schools and beyond.
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Be open to the signs, because you never know when spirit is going to send you a wee blessing that will turn your day around. On the morning of April 9 the snow banks were still high and I was pretty low when I went out on the front veranda to ask for a glimmer of cheer. There she was less than four inches small, a tiny garden fairy/angel that I hadn't noticed in the fall when we moved in, appearing out of the dirty snow bank — and with a butterfly on her knee just in case I needed a stronger symbol of hope. I immediately felt a shimmer go through my body and my eyes filled with tears at the sight of this simple sign of hope and renewal.
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We have within us a miraculous power, and if we live our daily lives in mindfulness, if we take steps mindfully, with love and care, we can produce the miracle and transform our world into a miraculous place. — Thich Nhat Hanh
Once I started noticing the miracles in my life, they became almost too many to count. Large miracles are as likely as small ones and as I shift my focus from dark to light they appear more and more often. If I let myself get down in the dumps and focus on every discomfort and disappointment nothing comes but more of the same and the downward spiral begins. On the other hand, the moment I shift my view to the higher vibration of being open to light and love, just the tiniest crack even, quite suddenly if my eyes are open the miracles appear to me. From little ones like finding a precious lost earring to huge ones like selling our home the first day on the market. When I add the power of gratitude to the mix, I manifest even more and greater miracles. So like most humans on this planet I move back and forth between times of expansion and times of contraction, times of blissful happiness and times when I struggle with all kinds of dark thoughts. Ah, but the possibilities of decreasing the former and increasing the latter are unlimited, and by being mindful each and every day, my life is becoming so full of miracles that I cant' help but share them!


text: Media coverage is peaking today over online mega-retailer Amazon's reveal that they are investigating using aerial drones to deliver packages to your doorstep within 30 minutes. The plans were presented last night in a "60 Minutes" TV segment on Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos. Drones are all the rage right now, from small hand-launched ones all the way up to military-grade drones the size of a large aircraft, and this latest plan by Amazon seems to be taking advantage of the current interest in drones for all types of commercial applications. While the TV segment showed a slick video of a 4-rotor electric drone delivering a small package to a house in the suburbs, Bezos cautioned that he didn't think we could expect to get packages this way until at least 2015. While I admire Bezos and company for putting R&D money into the development of small, sophisticated aerial drones, I think telling the world about it at this early stage is just a smart marketing ploy for Amazon, especially since this was broadcast the night before "Cyber Monday", the largest online shopping day of the year. When I think of all the technical and regulatory hurdles that accompany flying any type of drone in U.S. airspace, I think even 2025 (if ever) would be optimistic for this type of package delivery. Some other obstacles I can think of to this type of service: light-weight drones such as presented in the video would be susceptible to any type of wind; delivery to city and apartment dwellers who don't have "landing zones" for the drones; collision avoidance capability would have to be incorporated to avoid flying into trees, power lines, towers, tall buildings, not to mention mixing with small planes and commercial air traffic; reliability, reliability, reliability….having one these drones crash into an innocent bystander would not be good for Amazon public relations; and, finally, anti-spoofing capability so thieves couldn't electronically hijack these drones to steal the packages. So I'm not so sure how serious this Amazon drone research program really is, but it probably has already paid for itself in free press – I heard on the evening news that Amazon was processing over 300 orders a second today, Cyber Monday. Jeff Bezos certainly didn't become a billionaire by being a bad marketer.


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There's been a major shake-up in leadership in the Scranton School District.
Monday night the school board voted to accept the resignation of Superintendent Bill King.
At a special school board meeting called for personnel issues, the school board when right to the top of the employee list.
This bomb shell was dropped on those here at the administration building.
"The Personnel Committee recommends the acceptance of the resignation of Superintendent William F. King," said board member Armand Martinelli.
The superintendent of schools and long-time district employee Bill King is out as of October 1 of this year.
The board voted 8 to 1 to accept it.
King was not at the meeting and no reason was given for why he was leaving, only that this is a voluntary resignation.
But then the claws came out as Board President Kathleen McGuigan laid into the board.
She accused some members of trying to dictate how the district is run, implying they had a hand in why Mr. King is stepping down.
"Some board members are in constant communication with the superintendent and central office administration, meddling in the day to day operations of the school district," said McGuigan. "They actually believe it is a part of their role, it is not."
McGuigan particularly targeted board member Cy Douaihy and he returned fire.
"Your lack of leadership in that seat has been astonishing. The criticisms you have leveled at me tonight are absolutely inaccurate, not truthful and bear no resemblance to the reality," said Douiahy.
Now, it will be up to this seemingly divided school board to find Mr. King's replacement.
"It`s going to be difficult with the board that sits here," said McGuigan.
Mr. King had a contract with district through 2018.
The board president would only say is Mr. King and board agreed on a settlement that would allow him to leave.


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U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly less optimistic about their sales prospects, even as their overall outlook remains favorable.
The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Monday slipped to 68 this month. That's down three points from 71 in March, when it jumped to the highest level since June 2005.
Readings above 50 indicate more builders view sales conditions as good rather than poor. The index has been above 60 since September.
The April reading fell short of analyst predictions. They expected the index to dip to 70, according to FactSet.
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Despite the decline in the latest builder sentiment survey, sales of new U.S. homes have been robust this year and are expected to continue climbing.
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"What we (Ministry of Education) will do in 2018 is to outfit that facility with the requisite equipment and amenities to ensure that persons can benefit from early diagnostics because we believe that if you are able to diagnose at very early stage what the challenges are with the persons, it needs to be addressed. This will, in turn, give them a better chance of achieving their full potential," Minister Henry explained.
It was highlighted that the ministry will place focus on early childhood students, particularly nursery children, as well Grade One and Two children.
The minister added that her ministry's proposed 2018 budget has allocated funds, to develop a space in nursery schools, specifically tailored to address special needs children. She explained that this initiative aims to provide the children, with an integrated educational environment.
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The IRB Nations Cup - involving Russia, Georgia, Romania, Italy A, Uruguay and Emerging South Africa - gets underway in Bucharest on 11 ...
The IRB Nations Cup 2008 gets underway in Romania on Wednesday, 11 June with Russia, Georgia, Romania, Italy A and newcomers Uruguay looking to wrestle the title away from reigning champions Emerging South Africa.
The Tournament, which features triple headers on each of the three match days, will again be hosted at the Arcul de Triumf stadium in the capital Bucharest, where for the first time on Romanian soil international matches will be played under floodlights. Another first will be the round one fixture between Romania and Uruguay, which will mark the first Test match between the two countries.
"The IRB is delighted that the Nations Cup is returning to Bucharest," said IRB Tournament Director Beth Coalter. "Last year's Tournament was the first international Rugby competition to be staged in the country for almost 70 years and generated a great deal of interest and clearly highlighted the continued growth of Rugby in Romania."
"In addition to increased playing numbers and support for the Game, the development of Rugby in Romania can also be seen in the expansion of the Arcul de Triumf stadium to include additional seating and international standard floodlights. I am sure that the venue will prove to be a fitting and welcome host for a tournament which will provide nine high quality matches over three competition days," added Coalter.
For Romania the second running of the IRB Nations Cup in Bucharest provides the opportunity for Romanian Rugby to be showcased on a global scale, with a worldwide audience of millions watching via a host of global broadcasters.
"The decision by the IRB to grant the Romanian Federation the privilege to organise the IRB Nations Cup for the second consecutive year is a glowing tribute to the FFR's dedicated team of administrators and organizers, and also to the quality of the facilities at the Arcul de Triumf Stadium," said Romanian Federation President George Straton.
While all eyes will be firmly focused on the action on the field, the IRB Nations Cup also plays a considerable role in the ongoing development of each of the participating Unions, providing access to a competitive player development environment.
"The IRB Nations Cup is a key Tournament element of the IRB's Strategic Investment Programme aimed at raising global playing standards. It was designed to give the likes of Romania, Russia and Uruguay an opportunity to test themselves against a higher level of opposition than they would normally meet. It also provides an important pathway for Unions such as South Africa and Italy who see this competition as important in developing the next generation of Test players," added Coalter.
Italy A, runners up in the inaugural competition in 2006, and Russia get the Tournament under way at 4pm (local time) on Wednesady, before Emerging South Africa start their title defence against Georgia at 6pm. The final round one match sees the hosts take on Uruguay at 8pm.
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An excellent entry of stock sold to a strong trade as bullocks made up to £1500, heifers £1395 and fat cows £1292
BULLOCKS: Donald Sayers £1500/830kg, £1440/820kg, £1350/720kg, £1350/800kg, £1285/750kg, Matthew Blacir £1170/660kg, £995/570kg, £960/520kg, £940/510/g, John McClelland £1005/570kg, Liam Devine £945/490kg, Wallace McCracken £900/510kg, £900/500kg, £900/520kg, £895/490kg, £860/470kg, £855/420kg, £815/450kg, £815/440kg, £800/450kg, £780/440kg, Harold Nutt £885/500kg, John McClelland £835/480kg, £820/490kg, £800/460kg, £800/460kg.
HEIFERS: Donald Sayers £1395/700kg, £1235/650kg, F McConalogue £1200/670kg, Derek Clarke £1080/580kg, £995/620kg, 985/550kg, £985/550kg, £920/530kg, Keith Cunningham £1050/560kg, £955/540kg, £910/540kg, Patrick McNicholl £940/510kg, £920/520kg, £895/490kg, S Devine £895/470kg, John McHugh £890/490kg, £870/490kg, G Christie £880/440kg, £880/450kg, £870/490kg,£820/490kg, Harold Nutt £860/530kg, Stuart Parkhill £840/430kg, £820/480kg, Liam Devine £835/450kg.
FAT COWS: F McConalogue £1292/760kg, Alastair Buchanan £1003.30/790kg, R Killen £840/750kg, Robert Love £800/500kg, £795.20/560kg, N Farms £765.60/660kg, Alastair Buchanan £756.40/610kg, R Killen £734.40/720kg, David Devenny £683.70/530kg.
A full yard of sheep sold a a strong trade throughout. Prices as follows:
FAT LAMBS: obert Henry £90/27kg, £85/25kg, Seamus McCloskey £84/24kg, evin McGee £84/25kg, William Knobs £83.20/24kg, G Warnock £82.50/24kg, Norman Thompson £81/24kg, £80/23kg, Mark O'eill £80/23kg, Robert Quigley £79.20/22kg, John McDevitt £78/22kg, Kevin Bryson £77.80/22kg, John Mark £76.80.
STORE LAMBS: Dvid Smyth £75, John Mark £75, William Douglas £74, E Elder £74, Mark O'Neill £74, Mark O'Neill £73, Mervyn McKinley £71, Andrew McKinley £71, Authur McGuigan £69.20.
FAT EWES: Kevin McGee £115, £84, Kelly Farms £76, Alexander Moore £74, Gerard McCloskey £73, Michael McShane £70.
BREEDING HOGGETS: John Gault £140, £140, £120, Seamus Devine £122, Clive Connell £120,£110 Robert Devine £120, Michael O'Neill £120, £118, Kelly Farms £118, £110 Oliver Parkhill £117, £108.