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To achieve peace and co-existence by means of the Arts
To re-establish social conventions and values and to mould a human generation who uphold cultural values
- To execute important measures in order to conserve and preserve arts of cultural significance which are on the verge of disappearance
- To present artistic items of immense importance
- To launch capacity building programs for the benefit of student community
- To enhance cooperation and interaction in the society through commemoration of especial days.
This Cultural Center was inaugurated by the Minister of Culture and the Arts, Hon. T.B. Ekanayakeon 25 March 2013.


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Saint Tropez
Protected by a small gulf and surrounded by a crystal-clear sea, Saint Tropez is one of the best-loved and most popular destinations on the French Riviera Côte d'Azur.
Small in size but hugely prestigious and famous, the city of Saint Tropez is host year after year to the world's, and especially Italy's jet-set.
A little Saint Tropez history
The city's magnificent historic centre was founded by Ligurian peoples and in later times frequented by Etruscans and Romans.
Its outstanding location for the growth of trade made Saint Tropez, formerly known as Athenopolis, a wealthy and flourishing hub.
Over the centuries, Saracens, Knights of Malta and trading fleets all had their influence on the village's structure, turning it into today's architectural gem and an interesting place to visit both historically and culturally.
The Jet-Set's home away from home
Saint Tropez is internationally known as the preferred destination of VIP's from around the world.
Private beaches, aperitif bars, prestigious night spots, four-star hotels and luxurious villas are the ingredients that go into making this little town the favourite spot among elite tourists who want to see and be seen.
In the 1960's, Brigitte Bardot and many other stars have contributed to making Saint Tropez the place to be in summer.
Even today "Saint Trop" can boast of being a favourite among fans of "hot summer nights" aboard mega-yachts or in private villas right out of a Thousand and One Nights, not to mention the many nightclubs that for years have charmed both occasional visitors and "habitueÌs".
Exclusive lifestyles and services
Prestigious hotels, yacht charters, luxurious villas to let and fine restaurants are some of the services available to those looking for the good life.
A year-round place to visit
Saint Tropez is not just sea, parties and stars; you can also love this place for its peacefulness and beautiful architecture, its culture and the many events that go on throughout the year.
A calendar of high-profile events
All year long Saint Tropez features lots of good reasons to visit: the International Polo Cup, Les Voiles de Saint Tropez and the Giraglia Rolex Cup are just some of the worthwhile events held here.
Business tourism
With its many four-star hotels and the chance to hold receptions and conventions in undeniably charming Provençal settings, Saint Tropez is the ideal place for holding meetings and events against a fascinating and culturally rich backdrop.
In winter and summer, there's always a good reason for visiting Saint Tropez!
For more information
Saint Tropez tourist information
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I work closely with Family Practice Lawyers and SME's to deliver professional training programmes that are bespoke, cost effective and fit for purpose.
Withinsight offers three professional training programmes
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- Our Transformation Programme works specifically with the leadership team of your organisation to transform their capacity to affect positive change throughout the organisation.
- Action Learning Sets offers organisations an opportunity to learn how to build effective, high performing teams through this simple facilitation process.


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Delegate365 version 2.9 is a new milestone in the evolution process of our Office 365 Delegation Add-On product. Have a look at the great new features:
New Design
We completely rebuilt the design and optimized the website performance.
We now make use of the latest Bootstrap framework and optimized all Client-side Styles and Code to reduce load time as well as using the Javascript framework AngularJS and SignalR for receiving a great website performance. The whole website now uses these technics for a good user experience with immediate response times – the user sees what´s going on, f.e. when opening a distribution list manipulating members of a distribution list or when syncing data.
The page setup is renewed and the menu has been cleaned up somewhat.
See the details here.
New Sync
The new Sync function allows portal admins to synchronize all data from Azure Active Directory into D365 manually at any time. Additionally rules can be set for automated assignment of users depending on user properties into D365 OU´s.
See the details here.
New Shared Mailboxes
D365 now supports the management of Shared Mailboxes.
Shared Mailboxes are an Exchange feature where many users can access a common mailbox (which does not need an Office 365 license), f.e. for departments or customer contact etc. Admins who are entitled to use this function now can easily manage Shared Mailboxes in D365.
See the details here.
Update: Report Account removed and Setup simplified
In D365 version 2.9 we removed the "Reporting Account" since all operations used for getting data out from Exchange are now made in the name of the Exchange Account. There´s no need for an extra account. So we also simplified the Setup-Wizard (https://d365-yourdomain.azurewebsites.net/setup) which now includes only two steps (filling in the the Office 365 administrator and the Exchange administrator) instead of three steps (with the former used Report administrator).
See the details here.
Automatic Upgrade
All these features will be available in D365 version 2.9. You will recognize the new D365 version in the new dashboard with the blue boxes, in the new design and of course in the status line.
Update: The upgrade to v2.9 for existing customers and trials has has been carried out by 20th Nov.
New D365 webs automatically get the newest version.
Enjoy the new Delegate365!
BTW: We are intensively working on more new features in Delegate365… stay tuned!
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Damage-Free Ways to Liven Your Walls: Wall Decals
No one likes to come home to a dull apartment. But if your landlord won't let you paint or wallpaper, brightening your room may seem unattainable.
But there's hope. To make sure your abode doesn't resemble a hospital room, here's an easy way to oomph up your digs.
Make a Statement with Vinyl Wall Decals
Vibrant wall decals add panache to lackluster walls. They're easy to apply and even easier to take off, so you can change your apartment's ambiance with the mood of the moment.
We suggest:dVider, a Brooklyn-based company specializing in vinyl wall decals. The folks at dVider produce eye-catching designs in bold colors, which span nine categories: nature, kids, animal, pattern, edgy, figure, mini, max and holiday, and always feature quirky art by various guest artists.
Why we love it: dVider stickers are not only funky and colorful but progressive, too. Just see their kissing Dutch girls/boys decals, available (for now) only via special order on the company's Facebook fan page. And to celebrate the first days of summer, they're offering a 20 percent discount on wall stickers until July 31, 2009 with promotion code dvsweetsummer20.
Click here and here for more tips on damage-free ways to liven your walls.


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UConn freshman Courtney Ekmark worked hard to get back
GREENVILLE, N.C. >> Courtney Ekmark came to UConn with a reputation as one of the top shooters in the country, which makes it somewhat ironic her first regular-season points as a Husky would come on a layup.
And she certainly wasn't anticipating those elusive first two points would not occur until the final day of 2014.
After spending nearly a month and a half watching classmates Kia Nurse and Gabby Williams become a high-scoring freshman duo, Ekmark was able to join in the fun in Wednesday's easy win at East Carolina.
Ekmark's collegiate debut came in a season-opening win at UC Davis, her 19 minutes the second most among the Huskies' freshmen. After being a healthy scratch two days later in an overtime loss at Stanford, the persistent discomfort in her right foot forced her to undergo an MRI. Ekmark could not believe a stress reaction was forcing her to the sidelines.
Given a target return date of Jan. 1, Ekmark put the same amount of due diligence into her daily rehabilitation sessions with UConn trainer Rosemary Ragle as she would have for any upcoming games. Her hard work was rewarded when she was cleared to return a couple days earlier than originally anticipated.
"It was a lot of fun," said Ekmark, who had two points and two rebounds in 10 minutes. "I missed it. I wanted to get back out there as fast as I could. It (stinks) sitting out. It is tough because you want to play so badly and it is just good to be back out there. The games are going a lot faster, practices are flying by."
Ekmark missed two shots against UC Davis, both 3-pointers. The surprising part of her Wednesday return was that none of her four attempts came from behind the 3-point line.
However, Ekmark was just happy to be an on-court contributor again.
"I was jacked up and ready to go in," Ekmark said. "I never really thought about (how her first basket would be scored), but it was a nice back cut, a nice pass and I was happy."
So were her teammates, who know how hard she worked behind the scenes to return as soon as possible.
"Injuries are never easy and for somebody like Courtney who loves this game, has passion for the game and works hard in everything she does, this is probably driving her insane that she can't get out here," Nurse said before Ekmark's return. "But she's watching film, taking in things on the sideline."
Said coach Geno Auriemma: "I am glad she is back healthy. The kid loves the game, she loves to play, wants to be really good and puts a lot of time into the game. I am glad we could get her some time. Courtney has gotten quite an education sitting on the bench. Having an injury sometimes is the best thing. Watching the game, you can learn a lot if you are paying attention."


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What interests me most is that Schaumann, the state executioner, bred mice. In his spare time. Sirens, ozone, exhaust are all words I might use to entice you into thinking yourself interested in the scene at Sing Sing where Schaumann, of whom you'll hear quite a bit more, was dispatching such and such a killer on a day, let's say, in spring. Did you know that he lived in an undecorated house? As a rule, he was inclined toward plainness. An absence of adornment in his clothing, comestibles, decorations, speech, wife, car, habits. He would have lived thus even if employed as a dogcatcher or chiropodist. He had never been otherwise. Ostentation was indefensible. He pretended not to see it. Tasteful or un, he found anything done for no reason than to excite the senses to be in poor form. Perhaps the result of a transcription error in ye old zygotic alphabet. A possibility that would not have been unfamiliar to Schaumann, breeding his mice. Here a one with a longer tail, there a one who wouldn't take food. Schaumann eschewed even condiments. Nor would he wear charms or trinkets. He had lost his wedding ring on his honeymoon. While swimming. Sucked away by the salt he would not have added to his beef stew. Leading his wife to jibe that Schaumann was now married to the sea. Yes: a joke, for those with an ear for such things. But Schaumann hadno wit. Even less guile. His children found it easy to deceive him. His children found him simple. Given his profession, however, I am tempted to see something defensive in his meticulous triviality. Ostentation would draw attention. If attention were paid to Schaumann, the attender might learn what Schaumann did for a living. So he was ashamed of it? Sources differ. His children found him simple. I think they were mistaken. And, anyway, they will not read this story. I won't encourage them to do so, and I'll ask that you not bring it to their attention. And did you know that when Schaumann left his house to drive to the state prison to execute someone, he changed his license plates halfway? I'm unsure as to the legality or feasibility of this. Maybe he had received some sort of dispensation from the state. I'm sure the state made allowances for the privacy of its employees engaged in such sensitive work. And that was how Schaumann lived his private life: he was one man in town, walking to the store, going to church; another during his grim bivouac in the piney woods, spinning and unspinning his license- plate screws, changing his clothes, a legal criminal: killer, breeder of mice, husband, father. Don't tell me there aren't such men. Don't tell me our great and sovereign state is empty of such men. He didn't wear a hood. He owned a hood, it's true, but no one insisted that he wear it. Hood ownership was ceremonial; the hood was passed down to the next executionerwhen its previous bearer retired. A symbol of office. Not that Schaumann's superiors would have begrudged him its use. They were traditionalists. The hood was, however, left at home. Even when Schaumann would have preferred to walk hooded to the Chair. It lived in his bureau, the hood. I mean in his armoire. I mean in his dresser. It was folded in with his underwear, the hood. Schaumann's wife knew it was there: she had folded it, as she had the underwear amid or amidst which it resided. She knew about Schaumann's job, though he was, as a rule, taciturn. She probably knew about the mice too. In her basement. It may in fact be a simpler matter to keep one's employment as state executioner secret than to bring mice secretly into one's unadorned home. Especially with two children. The squeaking, the rattling of those filament- thin cage bars, the little corpses, the smell. Why keep secrets in any case? It would not have occurred to Schaumann that a deceit was worth the making. (It would not have occurred to Schaumann that a painting or poem was worth the making.) He covered his tracks without covering his coverings. He covered his tracks with water, not with leaves. And though Schaumann's wife didn't know it, it's no secret that I stole her husband's name from a novel I'm fond of. I'm sure she wouldn't have minded, had she known, so long as she didn't have to read the novel. Her name, however, is still open to conjecture. I go back and forth on this question. What is gained, or not, by naming. In deference to Schaumann, I too am trying to adopt a style of meticulous plainness. He bred mice in his spare time, in his basement, which was spare. And which, though underfurnished, was decorated like a ship's wheelhouse. I'm serious. It even had a working wheel. Working, in that it spun. More squeaking. Imagine that. Installed before a painted landscape, continuous on every wall. And though he never bothered looking at them, Schaumann's square, flat seas were calm and Mediterranean. A working guardrail was set into the plaster. Working in that one could grip it. Imagine that. All of this was a holdover from the previous owner, who must have had good reasons to spend his money in this way, Schaumann assumed. No one would have accused Schaumann of being capable of such eccentricity. But, then, his character likewise forbade spending his own money, or making a spectacle of his home in order to have such eccentricity removed. And before you get any crazy ideas, neither was it in Schaumann's character to stand on his deck and pick out some figure in the indifferently daubed middle distance, this figure blobbed with what one might suppose, in a charitable moment, was meant to be a muslin frock or robe by whichever rural housepainter had been commissioned to produce this panoramic travesty; Schaumann would never wring some fluffy aesthetic satisfaction out of the figure's artless art, would never wonder about that tanned splotch, never think profound things indicative of his own artless conception of himself as a man, a killer, a breeder of mice, a husband or father, with regard to the figure's static solitude, forever posed observing themotionless ship of his basement not drifting by. He would never feel anything for or about this forgotten digit in a bad painting on the walls of a room about six feet underground on the unexceptional side of the world. No, believe me, none of that for Schaumann. He hardly even—hardly ever—noticed his cubic sea, its two- stroke gulls, its labored clouds, its peeling Etna. He was, as far as representation, like a cat, our Schaumann. Flat birds, you know, squawk not. Painted seas smell only of mildew and plaster. I don't mean Schaumann was unimaginative: mainly uninvested. Mimesis, even when accomplished, even when photoreal, was lost on him. Schaumann went down to his basement not to brood but to breed. And, while we're setting out some rules, neither did Schaumann see any correlation between his playing vengeful god with his prisoners at the death house and playing fertility god with his mice in their cages. Because Schaumann didn't feel the least bit empowered—a word he wouldn't have used, or probably known—by his quotidian killings or propagations. Nor, before you jump to conclusions, was he numb to the unappetizing nature of his work, an unthinking processor of the condemned. It was like this: Schaumann had assistants who helped with the cleanup, and their chatter annoyed him. They had been selected for their solemnity, and yet, "behind the scenes," they talked and talked. They had not been raised right. Schaumann had to assume, therefore, that their fellow guards, all his younger colleagues, assigned to the general prison population, talked even more than they. The others had lacked even the solemnity of these chatterers. Sobering to Schaumann. He considered himself lucky, then, to have been plucked from normal duty to work here in the sanctum back in the days when, out there, men who were, like himself, unforthcoming, were still in the ascendancy. He had found such men congenial company. Together unconversing. Strength in silence. Days bygone, or perhaps vanished, or perhaps present but misty in Schaumann's middle distance as he came back from the cafeteria, his awkward shuffle the only movement there in the center of the center, the inside of the inside, where they keep the real if cheerless secrets of Sing Sing. Oh, I don't know: the panopticon, the spirit jars, the fetish bracelets, the guillotine; the different sizes of death chair, with or without cushioned armrests, pillows, claw feet, intaglio images of Itztli, the Ghede, Yama; the shrine to the Rosenbergs, piled with skulls and bowls of rice and mustard greens: the scent of the couple's smolder reproduced by costly parfumeurs and pumped continually into the corridor by unpaid interns. All of which Schaumann passed without remark, breathing symphonically through his one unclogged nostril, carrying his timecard, wondering how many pups from the latest litter aboard his basement might survive till summer. Would Schaumann's two popinjays have been considered apprentices? Did they nurse hopes of succeeding him and being handed the hood in turn? But Schaumann insisted on doing all the paperworkhimself. His work signature distinct from his home signature. Left leaning or right, more or less legible, more or less ambitious stroke structures. Hiking each of these mountain ranges in aid of the same Germanic name. Schaumann only wanted to divert attention elsewhere, not dissemble. If someone had asked him what he did for a living, a stranger, though he rarely met any that weren't dead an hour later, Schaumann would have been evasive, but he wouldn't have lied. If cornered. And if you kept at him. So is it awful? Are they violent? I'm never alone with them, usually they don't have much fight left by the time I see them. Are they scared of you? Not me, exactly. So exactly what? He never wrote his memoirs. All his predecessors did. But he had missed killing the Rosenbergs. By just a few years. Can you imagine the sense of professional loss? Schaumann was, at best, occupying the iron age of executioners. The heroes and immortals of the discipline were no more. Really, his profession was itself in danger of extinction. Not the practice but the profession. Courts- martial and the like, they don't require special executioners. It wouldn't be long before Schaumanns were obsolete. So what did he have to brag about? His figure? I can tell you he was never unfaithful to his wife. Who, in the end, was named Tina, short for Kristina. But Schaumann wasn't much fun to be around. Isn't that also a sortof bad faith? He tried his best with his family; that was obvious; I mean he labored obviously to do his best. It was important to him that people should recognize that he was doing his best. When a poet, or was it a painter, with connections to the so- called New York School opened a small bistro in Schaumann's town, Schaumann wanted everyone to see him take his wife there for dinner. They walked down Main Street and lingered where there might be witnesses. The owner of the restaurant spoke to Mr. and Mrs. Schaumann of a region in Italy where the natives cooked using unwashed basil. They refused to wash it, these aboriginal Italians. They'd pick the leaves and then brush them with twigs. That's all. And so into the sauce. "Such is their reverence for the leaf," said the owner. "Holy God," (cap'd, direct address) thought Schaumann, or perhaps he muttered it. If Schaumann did "have a book in him" after all, it would be the sort of book where people don't say but mutter (if not murmur). I hope that doesn't sound condescending. I don't mean to be, neither toward Schaumann nor the poet turned restaurateur. So don't you look at me that way. What was it that poet, (or was he a painter?) just back from Italy muttered or murmured about revering his basil? "Reverence is a twig, water somehow too familiar. So don't you look at me that way." Schaumann bred mice in his spare time, I am told. He was good at it. He experimented, tried to produce litters of only one color, bearing a certain pattern of spots, possessed of a particular nose or eye width. Which is to say that he found mice malleable, as a medium. In time taking special orders from labs from around the state. A little money on the side. Promptly reinvested in his mice. Cages expanding to sheds, additions, new buildings, a veritable farm. And after Schaumann's death, his legacy: glow- in- the- dark mice, monster mice, mice even Schaumann's skilled hands could not have produced: mutated mice, mice of the future. Do you know what a knockout mouse is? It's a mouse whose DNA has been altered to remove or disable a specific gene. For example, the FOXP2 gene, mutations of which supposedly affect language or vocalization. And yes, Schaumann killed many of his failures, whether out of shame or simply to protect his sovereign gene pool. He bought his son or daughter a snake so as to better dispose of the evidence, as he had no assistants attending him in these off- duty executions. But he didn't brag about his mice either, though they were his great success in life: not even in a murmur, not even to the lanky galoot from the city, who would have listened, who would have been eager to take in such nourishing specificity, but who Schaumann recognized as a threat to his (Schaumann's) anonymity. This epicene, glasses- wearing transplant. Wanting to fit in, like Schaumann, but unlike Schaumann talking too much and too strangely to be anything but an anomaly here. Even when using simple words, our urbanite couldn't use them right. And I'm not saying he preferred words that weren't simple. I'm not saying he was an intellectual. But he was from a different milieu, that's indisputable. He'd traveled. He'd eaten gritty basil somewhere on a different continent. He'd published poetry in magazines Schaumann wouldn't have heard of, and/or exhibited at galleries Schaumann wouldn't have considered worth a visit. Schaumann would have said, had he been forced to acknowledge such products, "You don't need talent to do what that guy does." But, you know, he didn't consider himself talented, the restaurateur. If you'd asked him at a cocktail party, both of you attending out of obligation, whether he considered himself a talented man, he would have said that his only genius was in being able to locate the word "orgasm" on even the most tightly kerned page of type, almost before his forebrain had taken in ink, page, paper grain; before his mind from its filing cabinets had selected "read" as the verb, "book" the noun, "toadstool" the odor at hand. To which boast you would reply with amusement or embarrassment, wondering whether the trains were still running. Or I guess you'd know best how you would reply. In fact, when I use the noun man to speak about this alien presence in Schaumann's small- town redoubt, it may seem as though I am employing precisely the same noun I would use to speak about our plainspoken executioner, had I likewise deferred giving Schaumann a name. And yet, with regard to the poet- chef, the word man in fact has anidiomatic meaning that I'm not sure I can communicate to you—you who are not from around here. But this person, so to speak, would in any case have found Schaumann captivating, had he (the chef) been privy to the things Schaumann would not share. He would have looked at Schaumann as a case study, perhaps to the point of offending Schaumann with his stare; perhaps he would have thought—reviewing Schaumann's future, which was printed in Palatino on the reticent man's cheeks and chin—that the details of Schaumann's life might make a great poem, or painting, or meal. Perhaps questo grande fabbro would even have suggested that Schaumann was something of an artist himself, which is, probably, condescending; I mean, placing an otherwise indigestible personage into a comfortable context the better to dismiss him. You know how it goes. But, in the chef's defense—let us call him Quakatz, to cut down on the pronouns—Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Quakatz, if you must know—in Chef Quakatz's defense, Schaumann did produce, did have an audience. It's just that Schaumann's readers, so called, and critics too, were unable to submit their reviews to the prison board the following morning, for the simple reason (you're way ahead of me) that they were by that time on slabs, smelling of fuse box. What a painting or omelet Quakatz could have made out of that! Schaumann's mice liked him at least as much as his prisoners did. At least the ones resigned enough to their forthcoming departures to take a moment to appreciate their dispatcher's decorum, his benevolence, his dignity, his melancholy as he led them on his two sinister feet to the long- suffering hot seat; why, some of these hard men even felt sorry for Schaumann. Everyone in the execution party, walking down that long hallway (I am employing my extensive knowledge of cliché), must have felt sorry for one another. For one another, I stress, not for themselves. Schaumann and self- pity didn't mix: he consumed it and excreted it. Like an algae- eating fish cleaning its tank. He consumed and converted into compassion all the self- pity the condemned could not help but produce as they saw their last of this glorious world: the drywall, the drop ceilings, the orangeade light in tubes, the flocculent spiral of discoloration on the tiling by the killing chair itself: Gosh it's hard to leave all this behind! Schaumann knew how to give his charges a proper sendoff. And then the bloody remains in a handkerchief into the trash. Until he went out to the pet store in the next town and bought that snake for his son, anyway. (Do you mind my not looking up the species?) The snake as an intermediary was cleaner, Schaumann thought, than just putting the corpses directly into the bin; the opossum problem was solved just about overnight: no more overturned garbage cans. Offal is offal, yes, whole or first abstracted by snake intestine, but no local, carrion- loving mammal would dare come near the smell of carnivorous reptile. Sorry, did I say that Schaumann didn't equate his mice and his prisoners? But you know I can't be trusted. I come from a broken home. The cages, the habitats, the mouse scent filled the Good Ship Schaumann, which despite his supposed disinterest he would have been embarrassed to show Quakatz—Quakatz the tangle, Quakatz the mélange!—and only with great diffidence his wife Tina and his two children, who went unnamed most of their lives. And polishing the fittings on the electric chair, oiling its great big knife switch (don't tell me there wasn't a great big knife switch), Schaumann thought about what sort of creature the union of reptilian Quakatz with his Tina might have produced. What sort of son or daughter would have resulted. What crimes would it commit. How long before it landed before Schaumann the executioner and recognized this man who could have been its sire, but would instead escort it from this welter of sublunary dissatisfactions—oh, matinee stubs, record- club circulars, septic fingers, amber ashtrays, dust- mops and corkscrews and orgasms. An executioner predisposed by his own two parents to attaining a high level of expertise in the arts both of dispatching murderers and husbanding rodents. Females can become pregnant within twenty- four hours of giving birth, and female pups within five to eight weeks after being born. Schaumann purchased; he culled; he coddled his mice. His human daughter and human son, uncoddled, unresponsive, themselves achieved sexual maturity and took great pains to demonstrate their achievement to their coevals. But they weren't developed enough characters to move away from this burlesque. They went to schoollocally, they bred with local stock and produced variations so slight from the generations that had preceded them that no researcher could have been seduced into mapping their tiny triumphs. Quakatz, for his part, refrained from breeding. Employed a baker and flourished according to his newer, lower, upstate standards. Kept a diary. Fell in love with and then dismissed said baker. No poem came of this loss. Sad loaves, buns, scones undithyrambed. The baker was solaced soon in the arms of the young and already once- divorced Ms. Schaumann—unworthy, perhaps, of his genius with yeast and oven, but no less so than Quakatz's predawn kitchen, now so undistinguished, where even the weevils had once been elegized. Did time pass? Every night the restaurateur praying to the Pleiades, Schaumann to the forkhead box. An older Quakatz drove to Albany once to take part in demonstrations demanding the abolishment of capital punishment. Taking food right out of his own mouth, had he known. What with Tina and therefore Schaumann and therefore the death- house payroll office being some of his best customers. Tina and Schaumann ate chez Quakatz once a week. A useless expense, now that no one bothered to comment that Schaumann was a good husband to so treat his spouse. But Tina insisted. On Friday nights, perhaps. Along with other couples of retirement age, or nearly, they were regulars. Though Schaumann himself would never retire. If he retired, he might be called upon to say what from. So he would continue pulling that switch so long as his armwould behave as habit and the penal code dictated, without flourish or tremor. And I would say Mr. and Mrs. Schaumann's Friday night ritual was intended to hark or hearken back to the early days of their adolescent pair- bond, but Schaumann and Tina had never dated; they were always married, were born old, and their house contained only a basement. Don't weep for the mice: they have it pretty easy. Short lives, little joy, but lives entire. Are they scared of you? Schaumann's daughter had asked when she'd gotten her one tour of her father's terraria. And he'd answered: Not me exactly. And she told this to the reporters who found her at the beginning of the next century, still living with her baker, having moved not three hundred yards from her childhood home, now almost entirely given over to mouse breeding—fluorescent mice caged near mice who could not even squeak, because of their mangled FOXP2s. What took you so long? she asked them, when they knocked. Because all the other state executioners had long since been found, interviewed, published, annotated, celebrated. Not Schaumann, who had left so meager a midden to be sifted by scholars. And Mrs. Baker's bemused testimony made the front page of the local paper, if only rating a peculiar paragraph in the Lifestyle section of the city rag, downstate—where women were women and men were idioms—which by the way made mention of the excellent if coarse pesto being served in the tiny but ominous town's bistro. Ancient Quakatz, long a subscriber, cudgeledhis old diaries for some mention of Schaumann the state executioner. Had he fed such a man so regularly and never noted his qualities? It seemed Schaumann was buried not ten minutes from where vacationers now enjoyed gourmet meals priced as though it were still a year when the grease- smoke of fried murderers might have served as a chance condiment for their veal chops. Quakatz visited the grave. Communed with the simple stele. Thought of taking up photography. The funeral? Unostentatious. The son and his snake, the daughter and her baker, Tina and her names, all in attendance. The two death- row assistants wondering how to ask the widow for their hood back. A very small crowd of retired coworkers from the old days, from the prison—not chatting, not chattering, not gossiping, barely speaking. But calling: Move over, Schaumann. We're coming in after you. Make room. From the grave, muffled, an explanation: "I am trying to adopt a style of scrupulous plainness!"
Forkhead Box is a story from "The Knack of Doing" by Jeremy Davies, published by Black Sparrow Books, an imprint of David R. Godine, Publisher (c) Jeremy Davies, 2016.


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2014: Ready or Not
Well it is 2014
How did this happen? It seems like only yesterday 2013 just started, despite predictions that 2012 was the end of the world. But now we are in 2014. Two years later the world still hasn't ended. Just goes to show you that you shouldn't believe everything you hear.
So it's a new year, but what does that mean? For some of us it includes New Year's resolutions, which I am personally not a fan of. These 'resolutions' usually involve trivial goals such as losing weight or, my personal favorite, "Living like each day is my last!!!!!!" . Who honestly could possibly live like that? Who would work at their job on their last day alive, or do any of the other thousands of mind-numbing tasks and chores that are required for what is considered an 'average life'. If we throw aside all our duties today, we will have a terrible tomorrow.
So yes, I'm not personally a fan of New Year's resolutions, mostly because I believe they set us up for failure more than success. Few people ever actually achieve their resolutions, especially if their goal requires a significant change to their lifestyle.
One of the main reasons for this failure is that people set goals, which is good, but they don't create a clear plan on how to achieve those goals. My business planning classes have taught me that you need both a goal and an action path of how to accomplish that objective if you are to succeed. So if you are setting a New Year's resolution, such as getting in shape, try to write down at least five steps on what you plan to actually do to get in shape. Examples of this could be:
- Join a local gym (create a list of gyms in the area)
- Workout five days a week (try to pick the days and times as well)
- Get a personal trainer (decide what type of trainer, nice or intense, you would prefer)
- Reduce fast food intake to once a week (think of ways to avoid fast food places near you)
- Eat more fruits and vegetables (create a meal plan)
So I guess what I'm say is that if you set New Year's resolutions, do it with an action plan. Don't just say what you are going to do, but how you plan on actually accomplishing it. Have clear goals, and set apart time in the day to stick to those goals. I believe this is the best way to achieve you New Year's resolutions, and for your sake I hope you succeed.


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What is meditation?
There are many forms of meditation. Mindfulness meditation is taking the time to become more present in your experience, in order to better navigate the tides of life, as well as enrich the experience of living. Concentration practices are designed to stabilize and clarify the mind. And contemplative practices introduce ideas such as kindness or compassion, in order to improve our emotional well-being.
Meditation has been shown to reduce stress and improve physical health. It also reduces what is called 'stickiness,' which is the length of time that negative emotions and thought patterns last. Through practice, we become more self-aware and so able to make better choices in our lives.
Meditation does not require stopping the flow of thoughts or being a calm person. Rather, meditation provides tools to work with the mind as it is. Because the mind is neuroplastic, we can strengthen the stability of the mind through practice, much like we can build a muscle by exercising.
Both yoga and meditation are designed to 'wake us up' to our current experience, to live more richly and face what needs improving. Sometimes the practice offers a peaceful respite from anxiety or rumination. Sometimes turning toward our experience provides the opportunity to process old emotional experience. In all cases, meditation only requires showing up and engaging in the practice. There is no success or failure.
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We offer 20-minute guided meditation classes daily, which take place after our yoga classes. No experience is necessary. Props are provided for sitting on the floor, chairs are also available. View schedule here.
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If you would like to have individual guidance in beginning or deepening your meditation practice, try booking a private session with one of our experienced instructors. We will tailor a practice to you, with plenty of time to address your personal goals and questions. This can be for individuals or smaller or larger groups.
Our teachers come from various meditation backgrounds, including Tibetan Buddhist, secular Buddhist, mindfulness training, and various yoga traditions. All have a strong personal practice and are delighted to be able to offer their practice to others.
"What better gift could you give to yourself than peacefulness?" says instructor Aislinn Walton. "I am overjoyed to be able to share the tools of meditation so that we may learn to treat ourselves and others with deep compassion and respect."


text: Mabel L. Hathaway, 95, of Haddam, beloved wife of the late Robert W. Hathaway, Jr., passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at Middlesex Hospital. She was born in Fall River, MA on October 14, 1924, a daughter of John and Sarah (Holden) Leather. She devoted her life to raising her five children. She also worked for many years as a quality control technician for Litton Industries/SWEDA Division in Fall River. She was a member of her Durfee High School Class of 1942 reunion committee, planning reunions from its first to seventieth in 2012. She will be remembered for her beautiful smile, generosity and kindness, as well as her baking and cake decorating skills, especially her yummies, raisin squares, and chocolate covered peanut butter balls. She was an avid knitter and will be fondly remembered by dozens of family members and friends for whom she knitted customized Christmas stockings. She is survived by her children William (Virginia Nelson) of New London, CT, Robert (Mary Vandewalle) of Glendora, CA, Thomas (Cathy) of Bowie, MD, Elizabeth (Robert) Bochman of Higganum, CT and James (Margaret) of Spotsylvania, VA; eleven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren, with two more on the way. She is also survived by her brother, Walter Leather of Salisbury, NC. She was predeceased by her sister Alice (Arthur) Westgate. The funeral will be on Monday, February 10, 2020 at 10:00 AM at First Baptist Church, 10 Prospect Street, Essex, CT, followed by a graveside service and burial in Oak Grove Cemetery in Fall River, MA at approximately 1:30 PM. Those planning to attend at the cemetery will meet at the main gate on Prospect Street. A calling hour will be at the church at 9:00 AM preceding the service. To share a memory or express a condolence to Mabel's family please visit: www.rwwfh.com. Arrangements are by the Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home. Robinson, Wright & Weymer 34 Main St Centerbrook 06409 (860) 767-8000 Website


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India's most inspiring stories that you should not miss
One day, 12 inspiring stories that will change your life, Josh Talks Mumbai on July 25, 2015
Every individual needs an inspiration — an inspiration to motivate themselves in life. It is that stimulation which pushes forward an individual to overcome the hardship and find the meaning of life. You may see a lot of chaos in your life. However, the most important thing is to know how to face the challenges of life. Also, it's not that easy to find as inspiration, as it lies in rare forms.
Do you think your life is meaningless? What to do when you feel it's pointless to live. Have you dug yourself into the depressive hole of thinking? Please don't! Depression is that one breakdown, which makes you lose interest on everything. And, you don't want that, right?
No matter how old you are, you deserve to live happily and you have the choice to spend your time passionately. That's why, Josh Talks is showcasing India's most inspiring stories in Mumbai that you should not miss. One day, 12 inspiring stories, Josh Talks Mumbai is a four-hour-long powerful event that will take place in the Ecole Mondiale World School, Gulmohar Cross, on July 25, 2015.
To name a few speakers that the Josh Talks Mumbai features are:
- Priti Patkar (Social Worker)
- Mittal Patel (Social Reformer)
- Sonam Kalra (Musician and Founder, Sufi Gospel Project)
- Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (Transgender Rights Activist)
- Miss Malini (Celebrity Blogger)
- Mansukhlal Prajapati (Rural Entrepreneur)
- Ritesh Agarwal (Founder, OYO Rooms)
- Salman Sayyed (Young Achiever)
- Harish Iyer (LGBT Activist)
- Ishneet Kaur (fought physical ailments to win international accolades)
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Josh Talks aim to motivate you through the most inspiring thoughts and talks and give you an incredible perspective on how to live your life, cheerfully.
The aforementioned speakers are not just celebrities, but they are stars, who have seen many a struggle, hardship and pain. They will share their experience and their journey towards success at the Josh Talks Mumbai. Attending this event will give tremendous benefits to live life, to face difficult situations, to discover ways to success and the ability to feel connected. That's what make us feel alive. Register now at just 1000 INR.


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Slave trader statue gets replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester
Now *this* is who should be honored in public spaces.
Now *this* is who should be honored in public spaces.
It's the city's latest (and most outrageous) ploy for a Tesla factory.
This statue isn't messing around.
You can find it right by the Dolby Theater.
It was because she was sitting still as a statue.
We'll leave it to your imagination.
Big statue for a big guy.
Sorry, this is supposed to be *honoring* him?
"Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
"You read all about Dr. Martin Luther King a week ago when somebody said I took the statue out of my office. And it turned out that that was fake news."
The coolest princess ever.
"How can a work of art be an object of censorship?"
A yuge Trump-rooster statue was placed in front of a Chinese shopping mall. You know, to bring in customers.
India is building two of the world's tallest statues.
The clay creation is not expected to last long.
It's certainly eye-catching.
It is noted that some essential body parts are missing.
The artwork has been blocked from appearing.
The latest in China's obsession with large statues.
Each one is probably singing, "All by myself. Don't wanna be, all by myself anymore."
A tribute to the late chairman Mao has cost locals approximately 3 million yuan so far and has taken nine months to build.
The statue has been vandalized in the months since the murder of nine people at a black church in Charleston, SC.
The state chapter of the NAACP, which opposed the decision, had previously called for the statue to be removed in 2003.
"Silent Sam" is the latest symbol of the Confederacy to be targeted in recent weeks.
It's 4 tons of bronze terror.
A statue depicting an Ottoman prince taking a selfie is officially under police protection in Turkey after vandals damaged its camera and cracked its saber in two.
Nothing like a little magic to spice up a casual museum visit. Over several months, employees at the Manchester Museum noticed one of their statues spinning slowly while sitting in its glass case. The odd thing was that it had no physical contact wit...
To commemorate a true innovator, a California company wants to get a statue of Nikola Tesla erected in Silicon Valley. Tesla discovered various innovations in sectors including electromagnetics, electricity and earthquake machinery. In honor of Tesla...
Google has a new Android statue on its campus, and it's quite different from its predecessor. The new statue, Google's Paul Wilcox notes, is mounted on Building 45 -- one of the buildings near the center of Google's campus in Mountain View, Calif. Un...


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Ratio of Miracle-Gro to Water
Properly mixed water-soluble fertilizers boost plant growth, strength and appearance. Too strong a solution can burn plants; too weak has little-to-no effect. The correct water-to-fertilizer ratio for Miracle-Gro Plant Food soluble crystals for flowers, shrubs, vegetables and trees is 1 tablespoon per gallon of water. Miracle-Gro also offers a water-soluble liquid concentrate. If that's what you're using, measure out one-third of a cap, or 4 teaspoons, per 2 gallons of water. Fertilize every seven to 14 days.
More Measurements
Use the double-ended scoop included in the package to measure dry fertilizer. One large scoop equals 1 1/2 tablespoons, the right amount for a standard 1-1/2 gallon watering can. If you're using a repurposed milk jug or other gallon-sized container, the small scoop, equivalent to 1/2 teaspoon, helps you get it just right. Six small scoops equal 1 tablespoon.
Houseplant Hints
Indoor plants don't need to be fertilized as often. Feed them through the roots and soil every couple of weeks using a weaker solution. Use 1 small scoop of dry fertilizer per 2 quarts of water or 2 small scoops per gallon of water. For liquid concentrate, the ratio is 1 teaspoon per gallon of water.


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Badho Bahu 4th April 2018 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
Lucky wipes his tears. Where did you go leaving me alone Badho? I need you. I wont be able to live alone. Please come back.
Chunnu and Munnu are trying hard to keep Badho quiet.
Lucky shouts Badho's name. He heads towards the house where Badho has been kept but meets a passerby. He shows him Badho's photo but the guy hasn't seen her.
Titli is highly worried for Lucky. Avinash asks her who she is looking for. She replies that one looks for God in temple. I found him already. Avinash suggests going to the restaurant now. Titli is irked that he seems to be too hungry. What if Lucky is in that dhaba where we often go to? I should check once. He asks Avinash if they can go to a dhaba. He agrees.
Sad song plays in the background as Lucky sits in his jeep again. Komal cries
seeing him. Lucky thinks of his wedding; the past moments spent with Badho. He gets teary eyed thinking of the responsibility given to him by Jamuna ji. He drives away breaking Komal's hopes. The goons heave a sigh of relief.
Titli and Avinash come to a dhaba. Avinash likes it. Titli mumbles that it is her and Lucky's favourite dhaba. It is bound to be amazing. He asks her if she said something. She denies. they take their seats. She decides to sit in the same place where she sat last time with Lucky. Avinash politely requests the guys to vacate the seats. They readily agree. Avinash goes for some work. Titli is missing Lucky. It is bad to leave your friend alone on your birthday. I understand your condition though. I will find you out at any cost. She checks with the waiter about Lucky but he too does not have any clue about him. Titli tries Lucky's number hoping he picks her call once! You can then call me Kabootari as many times as you want. I have gotten used to hearing Kabootari so much that I find it strange whenever someone calls me by my name. She thinks of their first meeting and all their arguments that ultimately turned them into friends.
Avinash brings Gobhi Parathas and Lassi to Titli but she tells him she does not feel like eating / drinking it. She replaces her food with Aloo Paratha, curd and pickle. She goes to wash her hands. Avinash looks confused.
Ram ji shows gratitude to Kamla ji, Malti ji and Badho for whatever they are doing for his daughter. Even after what happened, you agreed to celebrate Titli's birthday at your home. Kamla ji speaks of Raghubir ji and Malti ji's state of mind. I am managing your daughter's wedding too. She thinks this way she will surely become number 1. I will bring Badho back then.
Pragya notices Bharpayi setting Vardaan's lunch. She asks Bharpayi to add the pickle sent especially by Jamuna Ma ji for him. She sends Bharpayi to check it and recalls her conversation with Vardaan. She keeps a chit in between the chapatti's. Bharpayi tells her she couldn't find any pickle. Pragya tells her to let it be then.
Titli is unable to get in touch with Lucky. She asks God to make him come home asap or it will be a problem if I go looking for him! She finds Avinash looking at her. Avinash offers her Paan but she agrees to take it from him later. He asks her if they can go home. She suggests roaming around for some more time. He knows she is doing so just to find Lucky. I can see that you are concerned for your friend. I can see that urge in your eyes. I will surely help you in this endeavour. She thanks him happily. He asks her if she is marrying him out of happiness or is compelled to do it. She lies to him that she isn't giving it any thought. My Bapu chose you for me. I will marry whoever he will choose for me. They sit in the car.
Titli and Avinash drive around town looking for Lucky but do not find him anywhere. She asks many people on their way but no one has seen Lucky.
Vardaan opens his lunch box and finds Pragya's note. He reads her sorry note and smiles.
Raghubir ji is still hurt by what Lucky did. Don't know what I taught him wrong that he lied to me! He lied to his Babu ji! All these trophies, the medals hanging in the Akhada mean nothing to me now. You lied to your Babu ji! He pushes them away.
Titli and Malti ji stand in the party with a straight face. Kamla ji acts to be sympathetic to Malti ji. It is good that you came here. Malti ji is concerned about her husband. Avinash's mother suggests starting the celebrations. Kamla ji agrees. Ram ji asks Titli to cut the cake. She politely refuses to celebrate her birthday without Lucky. Please don't force me. Kamla ji says we all know he isn't here. We will have to continue without him. Think about all the people who are here. Raghubir ji seconds her. He is holding Lucky's trophy and medals. He tells Titli not to wait for anyone. You have everyone's blessings. Malti ji asks him where he is taking these things. Raghubir ji shares that he is going to throw them outside. They used to make me feel proud once but they hurt me now. Malti ji and Kailash ji request him not to take any step in anger. Rana also adds that Lucky did that unintentionally. Please forgive him. Raghubir ji is hurt that Lucky lied to his Guru ji / Babu ji. Titli says Lucky always told me what you mean to him. He always told me how you did the duty of both a father and Guru. You fulfilled his every wish as a father. As a Guru, you always guided him to the right path. I also understand how bad you would have felt realising Lucky lied to you! You would have felt that he broke not just your heart but trust too! What would you have done if you were in his place? Raghubir ji looks at her.
Precap: Lucky confesses everything before Jamuna ji and apologizes to her. Raghubir ji and Titli come there. Lucky hopes Badho returns soon. How long will you make me wait? On the other hand, Komal too is looking at the moon. Come soon and take me with you Lucky ji!
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Can Funding Entrepreneurs in the Developing World Create 1 Million Jobs?
Name: The Adventure Project
Big Idea: The Adventure Project is an alternative funding organization that supports entrepreneurs in developing countries, with the goal to produce one million jobs within the next ten years.
Why It's Working: With a series of ambitious projects ranging from healthcare to hunger, the Adventure Project provides funding to entrepreneurs in multiple countries. These localized initiatives bring about real change in both the local economy and the quality of life in areas that are desperate for solutions.
When Jody Landers and Becky Straw crossed paths while traveling through Liberia, they bonded over aiding developing countries. And from that mutual passion, the two women pooled resources and began their own startup.
"We wanted to make it accessible for anyone to create jobs in developing countries and see their impact," Straw says.
The two women co-founded the Adventure Project, a 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on providing funding to entrepreneurs engaging in initiatives that would also benefit the developing community's economy and conditions. The overall goal for the company, Straw says, is to develop one million jobs within the next ten years. The Adventure Project reaches toward this goal by utilizing four pillars of funding, each with a different set of objectives and goals: environment, water, hunger and health. In order to jumpstart the funding, which takes place through microinvestments distributed by the organization, Straw says she invested $4,000 of her own money and then she and Landers sold boxes of charcoal at Christmastime to benefit their first project in Haiti. Since then, the Adventure Project has been operating with a small budget and plenty of networking.
"It's all been word of mouth and virtual," Straw explains of the organization's donor outreach.
Since the company's launch in late 2010, Straw says she's thrown herself into the fledgling company, couch-surfing and forgoing salary to meet the organization's ambitious goals. And doing without has paid off: The Adventure Project has funded enough entrepreneurs to sell 465 charcoal-efficient stoves in Haiti, open two well mechanics shops in India, sell 720 irrigation pumps in Kenya and begin training 168 healthcare workers in Uganda. And Straw adds that the organization is receiving donations (both monthly and one-off) from all over the world — donors are even writing heartfelt notes to Straw and Landers to praise them for the work they're doing.
"It's phenomenal," Straw says. "It's truly so humbling and inspiring that people you have never met believe in you and believe in the mission."
Straw explains that the next step for the Adventure Project is to scale up and make a concerted run at that one million jobs goal. The organization has a baseline of 100 new jobs per month all over the world, and Straw says that she wants to build on that pace and stay consistent in production. But in the long run, she and Landers are just happy to continue moving forward in the often-tumultuous world of managing a growing social startup.
"Sometimes you're just holding on, but it's an awesome ride, so we're taking it," Straw adds.


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A Beer and Cheese Match from Up High
We're taking cues from the weather for this round of pairings. Now that summer has well and truly landed it's time for a clean cold beer with a mild, moreish goat camembert.
*Fun Fact:
We're putting on a pairing event that features Bright Brewery and a couple of other legendary locals during the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. It's Called Hops & Cheese From Up High, it's happening on the 18th of March & we're treating it as a recovery session to follow our 30th Birthday Party the night before! Tickets to both are available now – and you can find them here.
Our Goat Camembert Cheese is a traditional Normandy style white mould cheese made from pure local goats milk. From the outside, our Goat Camembert might look like your classic Camembert cheese but cut into that delicious morsel and you'll find a lighter, almost pearl coloured cheese with a delicate and mild flavour when young, developing a strong, goaty flavour when fully matured.
The perfect pairing for our delicious Camembert is Bright Brewery's Hellfire Amber Ale. The clean mouth feel of our Goat Camembert contrasts beautifully with the rich toffee and caramel tones found in the Hellfire Amber Ale.
Plain water crackers are our pick for a large range of cheeses and quince paste is always a winner with goat cheeses as sweet accompaniment.
Hazelnuts can be a great compliment to the caramel and toffee flavours of an amber ale also.
Bright Brewery's Alpine Ale has a smooth palate, and has a fresh tropical hop aroma that would also pair beautifully with our Goat Camembert.


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SVG Special Olympics Team To Attend World Games
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Digicel/Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Special Olympics team to the 2015 14th World Games in Atlanta United States was launched yesterday at the Frenches House here in Kingstown. The Games are scheduled for June 2015 and will see over 7, 000 Athletes taking part. Director of the… Continue Reading →


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The Dalai Lama has put the Chinese government in a quandary. The Atheist communist leaders are in an unusual position of upholding the traditional Tibetan religious customs after the Dalai Lama irked them with a new succession plan.
I had thought that birth and rebirth were more of a Indian Film Industry phenomenon, and with that slob of a film Om Shanti Om (OSO) doing so well despite a poor script and horrible acting by a very aged looking Shah Rukh Khan , it is interesting that the Dalai Lama is going for a referendum to decide whether he is to be reborn or not and also whether he should choose a successor while still alive.
Now how can he be alive as two individuals? Interesting ain't it?
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From Reuters, 1/20/09, by Charles Abbott
There were cultural groups, members of the U.S. military, drill teams, Indians, floats, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Alabama teenagers dressed in vibrant organza hoop skirts and a band of Illinoisans pushing whimsically decorated lawn mowers and carrying brooms among the 103 units from all 50 states in the parade.
Read the rest (and see the pathetic video)...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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Now not only are The Chris Voss Show podcasts available on iTunes, so is The Chris Voss Show iPhone App!
For about 5 months I've been trying to get an iPhone App done. Its been a project to try to get it done and I do have to thank Sean at @whatchawearing for having it on his calender for next year and offering great help on it. Alas, using a Company @guykawasaki used for his, we were able to speed up delivery.
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Book Review: The Submissive Wife and Other Legends (Martha Drake) ISBN 0-87123-926-4Sunday, November 21st, 2010
Marsha's Drake's The Submissive Wife is a short novel that expounds on the biblical teachings of Titus and Ephesians, primarily those involving a wife's biblical submission to her husband. The novel is written in an easy to read format, documenting the days of one Martha Christian, a housewife / mother (of three boys), whose liberation from the home is awakened one day when she is called to duty as a smock lady at the local hospital.
After suffering an accident that puts her in a cast, things begin to go downhill, as Martha repeatedly defies her husband's wishes for her to stay at home. To cure herself from this need for "self-expression," she tries a number of remedies, anywhere from shopping herself out of a rut, to taking different jobs. Don't let the title of the book fool you. It may be 170 pages, but it is 169 pages of a woman being everything but a submissive wife. One wonders many times along the way whether it is possible to be so at odds with the joys of homemaking. Martha continually quotes the scripture- even at one point to a teenage girl who has an aggressive career-oriented mother who is separating from the husband – but she herself then neglects following her biblical advice and goes back to rebelling. In that sense, it seems a little contrived.
Honestly, we girls at the Stepford Organization would have caved in at Chapter 1 and "quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness" and obedience to our husbands' wishes.
Needless to say, the moment finally arrives, but with a unique twist. It's got a bit of everything: humor, emergencies, cuteness, a smattering of intellectual quotes, cheating, flirting bosses, break-ins, shoplifting, juvenile delinquency, all in a familial setting. So if you tend to wince at some of these situations, you may want to proceed with care. Pay attention to her boss outside if the domestic sphere – Drundle – who seems to be a dominating male figure which comes into competition with her husband's.
Recommend: Aubrey Andelin's Man of Velvet and Steel (February 26, 2010)Friday, February 26th, 2010
As you know, among our Stepford bibles is Helen B Andelin's Fascinating Womanhood. Her husband Aubrey also wrote a book for men, after Fascinating Womanhood became a bestseller (it sold over 1.6 million copies since 1963, when it was published!). Man of Velvet and Steel (ISBN-978-0911094237 ) was written in 1972, and though it is primarily a guide for men, we thought we'd share our highlighted passages here, since it's a guide for Stepford women too, in how to behave around our men. After all, the purpose of good manners is to help our husbands make a good impression on others, demonstrating what good decision-makers they are by picking such an obedient and loving wife. Here are some of the favorites among us Stepford girls.
Click on this link to go to read excerpts of this book on the Good Manners page on our websites: Stepfordwives.org and Stepfordwife.com
The Ideal Husband and the Good Wife (update: January 21, 2010)Thursday, January 21st, 2010
I am reading F. Carolyn Graglia's book Domestic Tranquility. She seems to have it in for the feminists, who – in her perspective – worked hard to diminish the role of the wife and homemaker. It was written in 1998. I hope that feminists have soften a little and realize the role of a homemaker is one of many choices available to women. After all, the prize that feminists – since the days of Senecca Falls – fought for is choice. This means the freedom to chose their role in their lives, whether it be lawyer, doctor, politician, feminazi, rock and roller, pole dancer, police officer, or housewife, mother, or homemaker. Not all women want, need, or enjoy being a powerbroker with a corner office. To demand that that one occupation is superior to another (and that we should all vie for that position) is to fall into the very trap of railroading everyone into your singular vision of an ideal world. Isn't this the very crime feminists have long accused male-run patriarchal society of committing?
We at Stepfordwives Organization believe single women should pursue their dreams and do what pleases them. However, once they enter into marriage, there's many different roles husbands and wives could fill. None is more right than the other, and none is better or worse. These are our outlines for what we feel is an ideal husband and a good wife, according to the blue ribbon quality we at Stepford Wives Organization cherish. As you can see, everyone's plate is full, so you better love what you do!
In order of importance, from least important trait (10) to most important (1)
The Ideal Husband
10. Escorts his wife in public.
9. Stays healthy physically and in outlook
8. Inspires hope and trust through honesty and fidelity.
7. Sets a moral example for the wife and children to respect and follow
6. Determines what his wife should do and when
5. Educates his wife and his family
4. Makes decisions regarding his wife
3. Protects his wife and his family
2. Leads his wife and his family
1. Provides for his wife and his family
The Good Wife:
11. Inspires love and understanding by yielding
10. Stays in shape and maintains a physique that pleases her husband
9. Dresses and behaves in a conservative, prim, respectable manner in public to gain respect for her husband. Dresses and behaves whichever way her husband pleases in private.
8. Is loyal to her husband, siding with him and agreeing with his views.
7. Maintains and cleans the home, picking up after the children and her husband if necessary.
6. Provides a warm, inviting haven for her husband to come home to
5. Cooks daily meals and snacks according to her husband's wishes
4. Obeys her husband's wishes
3. Ignites husband's sexual drive and fulfills his appetite on demand.
2. Cherishes her role as her husband's wife, committed and devoted to her place beside him.
1. Cherishes her husband, committed and devoted to him, making him feel loved, needed, admired, and special in her life.
How To Be A Successful Wife (update: December 3, 2009)Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
A drunkard husband spending the evening with his jovial companions at a tavern boasted that if he should take a group of his friends home with him at midnight and ask his Christian wife to get up and cook supper for them, she would do it without complaint. The crowd considered it a vain boast and dared him to try it by a considerable wager. So the drunken crowd went home with him and he made the unreasonable demands of his wife. She obeyed, dressed, came down, and prepared a very nice supper just as quickly as possible and served it as cheerfully as if she had been expecting them.
(the above is an excerpt from Pastor Walt D Hyuck Jr.'s wonderful sermon How To Be A Successful Wife, which can be read or heard, in its entirety, at his website (click here): This Christian Journey)
I look around and compare versions of biblical passages ( i.e. Titus 2:4 for example) as a harmless pastime. I try to find passages pertaining to marriage and wives. I can't say I'm a devout Christian, though my father was raised Catholic, and my mother thought at a convent from the day I was born until I was 10. We eventually changed over to Protestant. I guess that's where my comparative itch came from.
Though Stepfordwife.com / Stepford Wives Organization is non-religious and certainly non-denominational, I thought all our readers would enjoy this wonderful sermon. If you have the time, click on the audio portion, as a voice always adds a livelier tone to the text. Even if you are an atheist, you will find plenty sensible advice in this gem.


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What is the usual after effect of having a miscarriage aside from the emotional downfall? How about your physical body? Does it feel bad or sick? How did you cope with it?
It was almost the same as giving birth because my body like trying to return to my non-pregnant state. I had bleeding too.
Aside from the emotional effect the mother is really weak and sick. Still in the state of recovery to gain strength.
After I miscarried I had a D&C and I have to make the necessary check-up to be sure that I had a complete miscarriage meaning my uterus is completely clean. The first week was really tiresome and I had bleeding too. I just made sure that I have enough rest so my recovery was fast and bearable.
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Every year the Heritage Foundation releases a report ranking the overall economic freedom of every nation on the planet.
What is economic freedom?
Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every human to control his or her own labor and property. In an economically free society, individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please.
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In economically free societies, governments allow labor, capital, and goods to move freely, and refrain from coercion or constraint of liberty beyond the extent necessary to protect and maintain liberty itself.
The Heritage Foundation has found that countries which score high on the economic freedom index not only enjoy higher levels of financial prosperity, people in these free societies live longer, have better health, are better educated, and surprisingly are better protectors of the environment.
While the world has become demonstrably more economically free in recent years, that trend is not one that we can see in many of our Western (so called "advanced") democracies.
Sadly, the most glaring problem with this year's list is that the United States has continued its recent pattern of falling further and further down the list. In fact, the USA has become measurably less free over the last year!
The USA has actually fallen from the 6th place position we enjoyed when president Obama first took office, to 11th place in the latest index measurement. The culprit behind our demise has been rapidly increasing government spending, huge bailouts and ever increasing subsidies that wreak havoc on the free market.
The data also shows that the five freest economies in each region are significantly more prosperous than the least free. The countries that score highest unsurprisingly also score higher in three other important areas: income per capita, social progress and democratic governance.
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This index is important because, as the data shows, a nation's well being is inextricably tied to their economic freedom. The more free a nation's economy, the greater prosperity that nation enjoys. Conversely, the less free the economy, the greater the chances are that life in that nation grows more difficult by the day. If we want to turn around our recent spate of self-destructive policies that are destroying our own interests and driving our economy over the brink… we must elect conservative leaders who will deregulate the market, end federal subsidies and stop bailing out failed businesses.
If we continue down the path that President Obama (and to a lesser extent George W. Bush) have placed us on, we will continue to see our prosperity undercut and our freedoms eroded.
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Washington's first HGTV Dream Home, located in Gig Harbor, has all the Pacific Northwest flair you'd anticipate, and some unexpected design.
Dropping down from a snaking driveway in Gig Harbor is the 2018 HGTV Dream Home, flanked by cascading trees and the Puget Sound, a view that appears endless from the moment you enter the home.
The 1970s contemporary house shed its skin of a mossy green and beige exterior coat and took on a bold new identity with charcoal paint. Glass-paneled garage doors and a matching front door offer a peek into the life of whomever wins the home in the annual sweepstakes. But the dramatic exoskeleton of the house is just the beginning.
Upon entering the 3,500-square-foot, four-bedroom home, adapted by Gig Harbor builder Choice Construction, guests are met with floor-to-ceiling stationary windows with minimalist design accompanied by pops of pastels and a bevy of sunshine-soaking plants.
HGTV Dream Home interior designer Brian Patrick Flynn has been designing Dream Homes for three years and also serves as the interior designer for the annual HGTV Urban Oasis project. He spent months living in the area while working on the project, and said each home stands out as a work of art.
"I love how rugged it is," he said. "I love all the massive evergreens outside with that perfect line of the Puget Sound and the horizon out there. And I love the weather. I do! You come here in the summer and have your windows open all day long and put a sweater on at night, and then you get closer to the end of fall and the beginnings of winter, where the clouds just keep morphing all day. It's very beautiful, and it forces you to stay inside and just cuddle up."


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Republican Mitt Romney is placing television ads in Minnesota, a move that pushes his presidential campaign into a state Democrats have held for more than three decades.
Republicans and Democrats who track campaign spending confirmed late Thursday that Romney will begin running ads in Minnesota over the weekend. The investment is described as a small buy that Democrats suggest is simply intended to generate media coverage and force President Barack Obama's campaign to invest there as well.


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Report: Tudou looking to raise $120 million in Nasdaq IPO
According to a SEC filing reported by The Street, Tudou, one of China's two largest video-sharing sites, is planning a $120 million IPO on Nasdaq at an unspecified future date.
The initial stock price was also not released, though it looks like Tudou (which means 'potato' in Chinese) will trade under the symbol TUDO. Launched in 2005, Tudou's main competitor in Mainland China is Youku, and Tudou will partially use the funds raised in its IPO to further compete with China's other major video sharing site as well as to develop new technologies.
Tudou certainly is doing some interesting things. It did well with World Cup ads this summer, it has an online-only soap opera that it has produced, and as of last week, it's iPad and iPhone apps were both at the top of the Chinese Apple App Store charts.
When this IPO rumor was reported a few weeks ago, we reached out to an investor of Tudou, who predictably wouldn't comment. That said, it would seem as if a US IPO for Tudou is now only a matter of time. We've been covering Tudou for some time here at The Next Web – read our coverage from 2008 here and here.
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Frey, Fajmin, Judge Pera and others might be in the mix.
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Street (The Times in the tank?)
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Well, it may be 2018 with hundreds of jets a day crossing the Atlantic, but it was a bit more of an adventure back in the 1950's. So when Moses03 suggested the holiday lull might be a good time for him to attempt a Trans-At flight in the Virtavia XB-46, I thought it would be a good idea to tag along in a B-47, take photos and, if needed, act as a 'mother hen' should a ditching be required (hey, one should think positively but prepare for the worst ).
Thus it was that we assembled the crews and the equipment (add-on wx programs, Duenna, TeamSpeak) at Loring Int'l (formerly Loring (SAC) AFB). Turns out the XB-46 wasn't particularly fuel-efficient so we flight-planned to St. Magwan (EGDG) as the nearest British military airfield. with Shannon, Ireland as an alternate. Only 2460 nm but even that would require favorable winds.
Departure was set for 1300 LCL - giving us a night arrival in the UK, but that can't be helped when the 'domestic' environment had to be maintained in a happy state. We were 'wheels up' at 1320 and set course for the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The nav guys had plotted a route that took us across the northern tip of Newfoundland and well south of Iceland, but far enough to the north that we made a mental note that Keflavik could be an alternate-of-last-resort. We found a quartering tailwind as forecast and things were going as planned as we passed St. Anthony, NL but we were well aware of the "Murphy Factor" and sure enough, about an hour later the winds started to drop... and drop. OK, so it's going to be close, but Keep Calm and Carry On!
We also got word that a chartered B747 had departed Gander to join up with us (it's interesting to fly two a/c on two computers simultaneously - in cruise).
See that little jog in the course south of Greenland? Right about there -3:20 into the flight - is when Kevin's FSX decided it would be fun to freeze up solid. First thing to go was his connection to Duenna so he lost his flight tracking. As we were in a loose formation (visual contact) I could confirm that the XB-46 had indeed paused in space-time and was frozen in the midst of a clump of contrail. The jog in the track is from my turns to orbit and stay in sight. We're hoping the warp in space-time would be mended and after about eleven minutes he declared that the world was back to normal so we pressed onward. Unfortunately the winds didn't want to pick up so about 45 minutes later we elected to divert to Shannon. Adjust course, start briefing for a new destination and watch as the winds gradually swing to the southwest and increase - but not enough to tempt us to think about St. Magwan.
The 747 finally joined up and as a loose gaggle we continued without incident into Shannon. Well, Kevin did sound a bit nervous every time he checked his fuel...
Six hours, 55 minutes flight time, a little over 7:25 spent chatting and enjoying each other's company.
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We all know Willie Nelson for his music, his acting and his activism, but did you know that the country music statesman is also a black belt? On Monday, April 28, 2014, Nelson will receive his 5th degree black belt in Gong Kwon Yu Sul during a special ceremony at his martial arts studio in Austin, Texas.
Willie started practicing martial arts when he was a young songwriter in Nashville. He has trained in kung fu, Taw Kwon Do and Gon Kwon Yu Sul. He works out on his bus while traveling to shows.
Read the complete story here: http://www.musictimes.com/articles/5607/20140420/willie-nelson-martial-arts-expert.htm


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Multiplying Polynomials
Use the distributive property to multiply one polynomial by another polynomial.
You can use the FOIL method to multiply one binomial by another binomial. But it is best to avoid relying on the FOIL method. Instead, get used to multiplying two binomials by using the distributive property.
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If you have been part of any elearning program, chances are you have heard of SCORM, but perhaps didn't know exactly what it means.
Don't worry though, this is the case for many people.
Even for the seasoned elearning professional, SCORM can be somewhat tricky to grasp. There could be a variety of reasons for this (one of which being that the technology used for SCORM is rather dated).
Luckily though, the folks at LearningPool make understanding SCORM a little easier with a nice inforgraphic.
I must admit though, it is rather strange to be still writing about SCORM, especially given the transformation to Tin Can API. Still, there are many organizations out there clinging to the SCORM protocol. From my experience, government organizations aren't going to be changing to anything different for a while.
Organizations opting to stick with SCORM is is likely because of the perception that investing further into training that already exists seems like a waste of time and money. However, I would contend that this is a actually wasted opportunity – plus stale training doesn't do anyone any favors.
Tin Can makes training easier and more reporting more realistic to the natural learning environment. With these new analytics, organizations can create smarter training that is tailored to the needs of their employees.
Nonetheless, SCORM is still in use, so we may as well continue to educate people on what it is and what it can do 😉 . Maybe a good place to start is with this infographic. Print it out and tack it to the wall.


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"Arvida" by Samuel Archibald [Why This Book Should Win]
This entry in the Why This Book Should Win series, is by Heather Cleary, BTBA judge, writer, translator, and co-founder of the Buenos Aires Review. We will be running two of these posts every business day leading up to the announcement of the finalists.
Arvida by Samuel Archibald, translated from the French by Donald Winkler (Canada, Biblioasis)
In Samuel Archibald's Arvida, carried attentively into English by Donald Winkler and shortlisted last year for Canada's prestigious Giller Prize, one small town's secrets become a universe that alternates between the tender and the terrifying, often blurring the line between the two.
Arvida is a collection of stories named after a town named after the American industrialist Arthur Vining Davis, who underwrote its construction around an aluminum smelting plant over the course of an astonishing 135 days back in 1927. As a child born to this far-flung outpost in Saguenay, Quebec, Archibald's world was a tapestry of tales of madness, misfits, domesticated bears, and a Yeti-like cougar prowling the woods. The fact that Arvida was quickly absorbed by a neighboring town and exists, in a sense, solely as a memory only reinforces Archibald's fascination with the mythic dimension of these private and shared histories. As he observed in an interview with the Canadian press, "growing up in a place that is so remote it's on the edge or outside history, you never have any history except for the stories you told each other."
There are two kinds of spaces in the narrative world of Arvida: the vast, unknowable ones of the Canadian wilderness, and the claustrophobic, unknowable ones of the home.
Archibald excels in the latter, filling domestic spaces with the minor chords (and occasional bloodcurdling screech) of gothic horror. Yet for all the attic rattlings and mythical predators that abound in this narrative world, there is nothing more frightening than the interactions among its inhabitants, or their behavior when left to indulge in isolation. As Bryan Demchinsky observed in the Montreal Gazette, "there's a dark, hard presence in the stories, sometimes wry, sometimes muted, but always lurking" . . . most menacingly, perhaps, among armchairs and embroidered tablecloths.
Several stories are quite direct in asserting that genuine horror belongs to the domestic or interpersonal, rather than the supernatural, realm. "House Bound," which appears toward the end of the book, is the account of a successful contractor who buys the house of his dreams and only later realizes the true cost of his investment. "Not many people will understand me," he reflects, "but there's something strange about taking over an ancestral domain . . . When a man buys a place like that, he buys the nest and protective shell of someone else, someone else's wiring, and someone else's ideas, and he has to decide how far he's going to go to become that person, how much of that man he's prepared to graft onto himself." And yet, no matter how dark the history he adopts with the place turns out to be (and it does turn out to be quite dark), in the end it is emotional and physical violence of the most mundane and terrible sort that truly haunts the family's new home.
"A Mirror in the Mirror" is also the tale of a haunted house, though the violence that undergirds this particular story is self-inflicted, and offers a glimpse into the often desperate position of women in this narrative universe, many of whom have little agency beyond the power to make themselves disappear. Likewise, in "Jigai," probably the collection's most brutal entry, a Japanese girl and her mysterious foreign governess enclose themselves in a world of erotic bodily mutilation, slicing off fingers and toes, eyelids and lips while leaving their tongues intact, because "because without [pleasure], pain is only pain."
It is to Archibald's credit that not all the stories of the collection are written in this mode: just as unity of place opens on to a vast range of narrative settings, the book's gothic tropes are offset and enriched by the understated tensions and literary allusions of its other tales. The first, willfully charming, story offers insight into the mind of the narrator's father through a chronicle of his petty thefts as a young boy—the very first in Arvida, and almost exclusively of pastries. "The comedy darkens," he observes, as he considers his father in light of these stories, "something tragic makes its presence felt . . . the idea that the fulfillment of the desire never satisfies it, nor does it make it disappear, and that in the midst of all the things longed for desire survives in us, dwindling into remorse and regret. My father no longer lacks for anything," the narrator continues, "but he misses the taste food had when there was not enough of it."
Arvida does not employ the fancy stylistic footwork that characterizes some of the other nominees for the BTBA this year: grounded in oral history, the book is exceptional in its attention to the rhythms of storytelling and subtle regional and demographic modulations in vernacular. Its language is also quite restrained, and Donald Winkler rose admirably to the challenge of the narrow margin of error that this implies; the range both author and translator manage to achieve while remaining anchored to the collection's unifying conceits is truly an achievement worthy of recognition.


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