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Let me help you out here with a concept: Rand was a fiction writer, and yet her stories are remarkably prescient. In other words, her "facts" didn't happen until decades later, which we call prophetic or prescient. She drew on her life under communism as an inspiration. Frankly, I don't think you've read her work, I am calling you out here for reading something "about" her work and using that as an excuse not to read it. Your "social science" garbage statement makse zero sense at all. And by the way, it's Ayn, not Ann.
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Pathway from UNSW JD to Oxford BCL or MLF
This information is for current UNSW JD students who have been accepted into the Bachelor of Civil Law or Master of Law and Finance at the University of Oxford and what they need to do next.
Study Duration
The JD combined with either the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) or Master of Law and Finance (MLF) programs amount to 3.5 academic years; 2.5 years at UNSW Law in the JD, and 1 year at Oxford University in the BCL or MLF.
Students are granted advanced standing (credit) for the equivalent of 4 JD electives (24uoc). You must complete the following before going to Oxford:
- ALL core courses (to meet Australian professional qualification requirements)
- 3 electives to the value of 18uoc
Students must have completed 120uoc at UNSW before going to Oxford University.
The final 4 courses required to complete the requirements of the JD degree will transferred over as credit once you have completed the BCL or MLF.
You will be placed on LEAVE in the JD program while you are studying at the University of Oxford.
Students enrolled in the BCL or MLF undertake their studies in Oxford from approximately mid September of their third year of studies at UNSW Law and complete their studies at Oxford University in June the following year. For exact dates please consult the Academic Calendar on the Oxford University website.
It should be noted that there are various pre-course training requirements for the MLF (mostly relating to maths and accounting). Reference should be made to the MLF ebrochure for further details.
Please note that Oxford's subjects are year-long and as such students will not complete their JD until they have successfully completed their BCL/MLF around June each year.
You must organise to have an Oxford transcript sent back to the UNSW Law once you have completed your studies to receive advanced standing for your studies at the University at Oxford. Please note that Oxford University does not send a transcript back to UNSW Law automatically.
Study Costs
Students are liable for all tuition, travel and living expenses associated with the BCL and MLF. You should investigate the costs associated with the program from the outset to ensure that you can afford to study and live in Oxford. A good place to start is the University of Oxford Fees and Funding webpage.
If you are accepted and enrolled into the BCL or MLF at Oxford University Law School you do not pay tuition fees for the final 24uoc in electives required to complete your JD. The fees for these courses are waived due to your participation in the Degree Partnership program.
Students are responsible for arranging visas and accommodation. Accommodation is usually offered by the your admitting Oxford College but can also be arranged privately. Please refer to the Accommodation Office webpage for further information.
Oxford offers a wide range of scholarships for which you may be eligible to apply. Further information can be found via their Scholarships website.
You should also investigate scholarship options outside of those mentioned here, potential places to start include the JASON website.
If your application is successful and before you depart for Oxford you MUST advise Law Student Services. Please complete the UNSW JD to Oxford Registration Form and return to Kyle Allen, firstname.lastname@example.com so we can ensure that you are placed on LEAVE while you are studying at Oxford. All students who travel overseas are required complete the online registration form so the UNSW Global Education Office can track students mobility. Further information can be found on the Information for Students Travelling Overseas.
Further Information
For initial enquiries please contact Law Student Services, email@example.com or +61 2 9385 2264.
UNSW Law's Academic contact for the Oxford/JD pathway is Professor Brendan Edgeworth, email@example.com .

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Little Gecko
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Little Geckos are enemies from Fallout 2, and are going to appear in the upcoming game Fallout: New Vegas. They are the most common sub-species of Gecko.
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Geckos appear early-on in Fallout 2 and have two variants, the Fire Gecko and the Golden Gecko. All of the versions (excluding the fire gecko) can be skinned with the Gecko Skinner perk, and are often hunted to make leather armor and other tools. Oddly enough the Golden and Little gecko will equip Power Fists and other melee weapons.
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In Fallout: New Vegas they will be returning and can be seen in the Mojave Desert.They have green skin, unlike the pale in Fallout 2, and look similar to fish.


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The house that Jazz and Brett built.
Jazz's blog is really nifty and I love her fun sense of humor and funky design. But what I only just realised is that in her "spare" time, Jazz is an event manager extraordinaire - and the image is from her own destination wedding - via her business Event This
Apart from lots of dreamy pics, Jazz has heaps of style boards on her site which translate into interiors as well.


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By Dan Ridge, Contributing Consultant, Q4B
I was thinking about the whole idea of working remotely after reading Q4B's Rookie Recruiter's Blog of last week, A Remote Recruiter in a Virtual Company and how far this way of working has come.
Years ago I was asked to do some consulting for a local staffing firm whose founder I had hired years before at the search firm I was managing. He learned the business, had some success with us and then went out and formed his own search business. He was way ahead of his time, always looking to add more value to the relationships that he and his staff developed both on the client company side and the candidate side.
At the time, 20 years ago, he asked me to conduct a survey using his client database, to get a sense of how companies and specifically hiring managers felt about workers telecommuting, or working remotely.
His purpose in conducting this survey was two fold. One, he was gathering information that might become useful in presenting hiring options to his clients; and two, he was doing something very different than any of his competitors, he was acting more as a consultant than as a recruiter, exhibiting more interest in what the hiring managers opinions were regarding their work environment and types of workers hired, than in just asking for the job order.
As I said, he was way ahead of his time. And the results of the survey were interesting. Of the 250 some odd hiring managers that I surveyed, the vast majority (over 90%) felt that even though there was emerging technology that would allow remote workers to access and share company databases, files and programs, there was a matter of TRUST. Some of the comments and questions were: "How do I know that they are really working? If he is here in the office then I know that he is working. Sometime I call meetings during the day and I need her to be here. The job requires handling sensitive information; I don't want it to go out of the office. I don't know who she is talking to. At least when she is here I can pass by her desk and overhear her conversations."
And there were so many more, but you get the picture, 20 years ago the concern was TRUST or lack thereof.
Now fast forward 20 years, and the perception of the hiring manager regarding remote workers has changed dramatically.
In a recent article by Scott Edinger, founder of Edinger Consulting Group, the following question was asked:
"Who is more engaged and more committed to their work and rates their leaders the highest?"
A. People who work in the office
B. People who work remotely
Edinger's company used this question as part of a 360 degree survey for their client. If you answered "A" to the question you would be wrong. The vast majority answered "B" and here are some of the reasons that Edinger discovered.
• Proximity breeds complacency – Just because you work in the same space as your boss or your employees doesn't mean that you are engaging with them on a regular basis – the possibility of communicating is so easy that it is often taken for granted.
• Absence makes people try harder to connect –As a leader managing remote employees you go out of your way to connect with them as often as the work or job requires. As a remote worker you go out of your way to make sure that you are heard even though you may not always be seen.
• Leaders of virtual teams make better use of tools – The use of video conferencing, IM, email, Google + Hangouts, SKYPE and other forms of communication are not just a requirement for staying connected but a requirement for becoming a true leader. Put it on your resume.
• Leaders of virtual teams maximize the time spent together – Maybe it is because some services like Webex or GoTo Meeting have set time requirements for meetings, leaders and remote employees are more conscious of time spent together and tend to accomplish more in the same amount of time than office counterparts. Time is valued, fewer if any distractions are tolerated, more is accomplished.
These are just some of the reasons why many companies are currently allowing for remote workers and why those not doing so should consider it.
Yes there are jobs that cannot be done by a remote worker; jobs that require face to face customer engagement, manufacturing jobs, transportation jobs, many healthcare jobs, the list goes on. But if the job does not require the physical presence of the worker day in and day out in an office setting then having remote workers makes a great deal of business sense.
So, as a business leader, hiring manager what would you prefer workers who are HEP or not HEP?
That is Happy, Engaged and Productive!
I know what we at Q4B would want, HEP! HEP! HEP!


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Pickup line they'll use: "Want to be on my podcast?
"How to repel them: Tell them that while they may have a face for radio, you do not.
How to repel them: Tell them your favorite comedian is Carrot Top.
Where you'll find them: They'll be the guy at the sports bar, wearing a suit and drinking a Coors Light. "How to repel them: Tell them you heard their phone ring and, when they go to check it, hide under a bar stool until they leave.
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Reggie Jackson joined the Yankees as a free agent before the 1977 season, and controversy ensued almost immediately. There was the "straw the stirs the drink" quote in Sport Magazine, a comment that also dissed captain Thurman Munson and one Jackson denied making. There was his dugout confrontation with Billy Martin in June during the NBC Game of the Week telecast after the manager pulled Jackson from the outfield in the middle of an inning. And there was his spectacular three home-run performance in Game 6 of the World Series that clinched the Yankees' first title since 1962.
All of that took an emotional toll on him, Jackson tells HBO's "Real Sports" in an episode that premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT Tuesday. Here's a preview:


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by Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
Say a hurricane is about to destroy the city you live in. Two questions:
1. What would you do?
2. What would you do if you were black?
Sadly, the two questions don't have the same answer.
To the first: Most of us would take our families out of that city quickly to protect them from danger. Then, able-bodied men would return to help others in need, as wives and others cared for children, elderly, infirm and the like.
For better or worse, Hurricane Katrina has told us the answer to the second question. If you're black and a hurricane is about to destroy your city, then you'll probably wait for the government to save you.
This was not always the case. Prior to 40 years ago, such a pathetic performance by the black community in a time of crisis would have been inconceivable.
Read and discuss Moral poverty cost blacks in New Orleans.
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See Tom Hiddleston in First Image from High-Rise
Although it hasn't gotten much attention yet, High-Rise is one of the reasons we're excited for this year's slate of indie sci-fi, not least because it stars Marvel favorite Tom Hiddleston. Here is the first image from the film featuring Hiddleston aka Loki, first published by Empire:
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High-Rise follows a young doctor in an alternate 1975 who is seduced by the lifestyle in an isolated high-rise community that is luxuriously cut off from the rest of society. Based on a book by J.G. Ballard, it has all the makings of an urban-set Snowpiercer.
Here's the synopsis for the novel: "When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on "enemy" floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle."
High-Rise also stars Sienna Miller, Elizabeth Moss, Luke Evans, The Following's James Purefoy, and Resident Evil's Sienna Guillory. It is set to be released sometime in 2015.


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Reporting abuse and other Survey topics.
If a person receives an e-mail from an unfamiliar address that they are unsure of, there is a way to find out if the mail is from a human or online automatic response marketing manager. This will protect the recipient from receiving a spam message that could be laden with viruses. Basically, upon receipt of the message, the recipient would issue a "challenge" to the sender. They would e-mail a response asking the sender to complete a task. It could be to solve a puzzle or visit a website to prove that they are real. If the task is completed, the recipient will know the sender's message is not spam. The challenge itself should not be considered spam, however, if you receive a challenge from a person that you never sent mail to, then the challenge mail would be spam.
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Well, last Thursday we got our business license! A huge step. After we actually pull the money to a Chinese bank account at the Foreign Investment Bureau and get our official stamps made, I'll be ready to come home for a couple of weeks for my brother's wedding--which I'm wayyy excited about.
Things have been busy the past few months. I worked hard to find a commercial space and work out a lease, spent some time in a different city helping some friends, have been sorting through the process of getting all the documents necessary to start the business as well as dealing with all the government bureaus involved. I've been making a lot of trips to the big city, staying with my friend there. And it's been good, though I haven't had near enough time or energy to maintain the relationships I have in my own city.
And, well--lately, I've been feeling a little off. I think I've been too busy to really deal with everything going on now. I think that I need more time to reflect and re-sort through everything. Not only are there some big changes coming up not only in my day-to-day but also the level of responsibility I have, but before and after trips home there always tends to be a lot of soul-searching. Such is the nature of having an interesting relationship with the concept of 'home.'
I hope that you've all been doing well! And I'm including some pictures of the space that we're renting.
The potential name is Red Park Cafe. One difficult thing for me has been finding names that sound good in both English and Chinese (the Chinese is obviously more important, which is the one that I'm clueless on). But, regardless, suggestions are welcome (and needed!), so I can run them by some friends.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Red Park Cafe?
themes: coffee shop
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- Justin said...
Sounds ok to me, but what happened to the old name? Or Foo Dog Cafe?
Also! It is a crime that I haven't called you in a while. I will correct that soon, I promise.
Peace brother.
- June 24, 2008 at 4:09 AM
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In case anyone needed a refresher, Bryan Reisberg's Big Significant Things is here to make the rounds through yet another coming-of-age trajectory for an awkward white kid perched between adolescence and adulthood. This time the young man put through the trials of aging is the generically named New Jerseyite Craig Harrison (Harry Lloyd), about whom it's hard to remember much after the credits roll. He's a lanky brunette with a loose comb-over whose casually fitting, solid-colored wardrobe suggests he's perhaps funding the unexciting vacation that constitutes the narrative through a series of J.C. Penney modeling gigs.
Craig has tentative plans with his girlfriend to move into a property in San Francisco (the current real-estate prices of which this film seems to have no concept), but before Big Significant Things begins, he's already ditched her for a soul-searching trip down south, and all we see are his day-to-day travels to unremarkable small towns, interrupted here and there by calls with his partner in which he keeps up a vague lie about a work trip. In a cute play on the title, Craig takes various roadside pit stops at oversized tourist trifles, one of which—the World's Largest Rocking Chair, off Route 66 in Missouri—predictably and paradoxically takes on symbolic significance when Craig purchases a more functional duplicate model of said rocking chair with the intention of using it for his future home. From that point on, the chair sits on top of Craig's Volvo as a promise/harbinger of adult domesticity.
Such elementary visual language, feeling like a vestige from Zach Braff's eye-rolling universe, anchors Reisberg's approach here (which also makes room for the standard-issue travel montage scored to folky indie pop). We're encouraged to consider the rooftop chair as a goofy but serious indication of Craig's self-denial, his failure to greet the tidal wave of adulthood with maturity and poise. This gently critical perspective sits unevenly in Big Significant Things alongside the dubious proposal that Craig's story is big and significant after all, as well as the more insufferable idea that it's emblematic. When a possible romantic interest—an ethereal fish-out-of-water, Finn (Krista Kosonen), living with an exile's sense of discomfort somewhere in Mississippi—is introduced in the movie's second half, she's snapped at merely for having the gall of not giving him the time of day at a bar, though of course charmless Craig ultimately gets his kiss anyway. In the film's final movement, Kosonen's character is brushed aside and turned, like all the rural rubes the movie fleetingly considers, into a more or less disposable rung on the ladder to Craig's self-realization.
On his drive back north, Craig calls into a relationship therapy line on the radio and regales a macho airwaves personality with the story of his trip, the psychology behind it, and his uncharacteristic act of infidelity. One fed-up caller offers his two cents shortly after: "There are people out there with real problems and we have to listen to this hoarse you-know-what complain about ruining his life. Grow up." Big Significant Things, whose anodyne tastefulness effectively lumps it into a big vat of likeminded Sundance-or-SXSW-endorsed offerings, apparently knows it's a trivial document of privileged white-people problems, but that self-awareness oddly enough doesn't stop it from being that exact thing.


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Michael Joseph Copps (born April 23, 1940) is a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), an independent agency of the United States government. He has served as one of the commissioners of the FCC since May 31, 2001, and took on the additional role of acting chairman on January 20, 2009.[1] He relinquished the chairmanship to Julius Genachowski after Genachowski was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 25 and then sworn in on June 29, 2009.
Copps was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a professor of history at Loyola University New Orleans, from 1967 to 1970.[1] He obtained his B.A. from Wofford College in 1963, where he was elected to Pi Gamma Mu and to Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968. He served as chief of staff to Senator Ernest Hollings for almost 12 years before his appointment to the United States Commerce Department as assistant secretary.
In 2003, when then-FCC Chairman Michael Powell proposed loosening FCC regulations on media ownership, Copps made plain his strong opposition to media consolidation. In his dissenting statement from the FCC decision to loosen media ownership rules (which was later successfully challenged in court), Copps wrote:
"The majority instead chooses radical deregulation - perhaps not quite so radical as originally intended a year ago before so much pressure was brought to bear upon them - but radical nevertheless. This decision allows a corporation to control three television stations in a single city. Why does any corporate interest need to own three stations in any city, other than to enjoy the 40-50 percent profit margins most consolidated stations are racking up? What public interest, what diversity, does that serve? This decision also allows the giant media companies to buy up the remaining local newspaper and exert massive influence over some communities by wielding three TV stations, eight radio stations, the cable operator, and the already monopolistic newspaper. What public interest, what new competition, is enabled by encouraging the newspaper monopoly and the broadcasting oligopoly to combine? This decision further allows the already massive television networks to buy up even more local TV stations, so that they control up to an unbelievable 80 or 90 percent of the national television audience. Where are the blessings of localism, diversity and competition here? I see centralization, not localism; I see uniformity, not diversity; I see monopoly and oligopoly, not competition."
"Copps' ability to distill the complexities of media ownership into plain English and fire up crowds like a revivalist preacher helped derail an industry push in 2003 to loosen restrictions on owning broadcast stations," according to the Los Angeles Times. Copps prioritized informing public audiences about the media ownership debate:
Copps is one of the few former Capitol Hill staffers to serve on the FCC, and his experience in that crucible of partisan politics came into play when Powell began pushing for an overhaul of media ownership rules in 2001. Copps decided the public needed to know the stakes and reached out to consumer and public interest advocates.
Copps wanted the FCC to hold a series of public hearings, but Powell agreed to only one. So Copps tapped his own travel budget. Copps and fellow Democrat Jonathan S. Adelstein, who joined the FCC in late 2002, hit the road, participating in 13 unofficial hearings.
At a November 9, 2007 hearing in Seattle on a proposal by FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin to relax rules on newspaper and television ownership, Copps said," Over 70% (of Americans) say consolidation has gone too far, and almost six people in 10 want Congress to pass a law outlawing newspaper-television combinations in local markets! And this percentage is almost exactly alike whether you are a Republican, Democrat or Independent."
Copps urged attendees of the 2003 National Conference on Media Reform, which was organized by Free Press, to weigh in on media policy issues:
"Talk it up amongst their family, talk it up amongst their friends, use the media that you can have some access to and is willing to do something about it: talk radio if you can but also letters to the editor. Something that's very important is the Internet -- I've seen the power of the Internet to alter the terms of public debate -- and we've seen it right here on this issue already. So I think what the bloggers need to do is stay involved."


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It's very easy to look at the bad side of having a chronic illness however it probably doesn't do you much good to dwell on that side of things because having IBD has actually taught me a lot of good things too.
1. How to time manage effectively having IBD means that you never know when you're going to have a bad day or a good day. Because of this, I got into a pretty good work ethic of doing work when I get it rather than leaving it to the last minute to try and make sure I don't get behind on work. Also, by doing work early it can reduce your stress levels which can help relieve IBD symptoms (stress always made my flares 10 times worse)
2. Appreciate the good days like I said, you never know when the good days are coming and when they do, you really do appreciate them. However, you do have to balance getting everything you want to do in a good day but not make yourself so tired that you have a bad day the next (if that makes sense!)
3. How the digestive system actually works I feel like I know how the digestive system works incredibly well now! I know which foods are good, which are bad, which foods are anti inflammatory…if you ever need to know something about the digestive system, I'm your gal!
4. How to relax/ binge watch tv Arguably I'm not the best at this all the time but I've got a lot better at just sitting down and watching tv/films or actually going to have a nap when I need one. Admittedly, I still do run about like a mad woman and refuse to let the tiredness win which inevitably leaves me absolutely shattered (this happened today!) but I am working on it
5. How amazing my friends/family they are always there to help me and cheer me up. So thank you 🙂
If you want more information, head over to the Crohn's and Colitis charity website, go and have a search of the #7daysofIBD and read about other peoples lives with IBD and get involved yourself in the hashtag and finally, donate to the charity by texting DAYS22 £3 to 70070.


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The NFB of Pennsylvania believes that the real problem of blindness is not the lack of eyesight. The real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of information which exist. If a blind person has proper training and opportunity, blindness is only a physical nuisance.
Changing what it means to be blind in Pennsylvania, the NFB of Pennsylvania seeks to improve all aspects of life for those with vision loss. We hold an annual convention in November and sponsor two scholarships. We are the state affiliate of the largest group of blind persons.
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A remote control boat race competition will be held in Bintulu next month from Dec 6-7 at Kidurong Height about 6km from Bintulu town.
The annual race is into its fifth consecutive year and this year event will be sponsored by Goh Tai Seng.
According to its organizing chairman Francis Ngu, the competition is open to all remote control boat owners in Malaysia and Brunei.
The competition will be divided into various categories namely tunnel hull-catamaran (25cc), modified tunnel hull-catamaran (45cc), imported class 26cc and local 43cc engines capacity.
Participants will be charged an entrance fee of RM30 (or USD $9) and those who wish to joint the pre-qualification race will be charged additional RM10.
The closing date is on Dec 4, anyone interested can contact Mr Ngu (013-845 1111), club Secretary Hafeez Hamzah (019-814 7767) or Treasury Mr Jee Meng Seng (019-884 7079).


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By attending each NARCA Conference, an attorney can earn all the annual Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits needed for licensure in almost every state.
NARCA has made arrangements with almost every state that has a CLE requirement (MCLE) for pre-approval of the program at each conference for continuing legal education credit. Conferences offer 6 to 12 hours of general CLE credit and 1 (and sometimes two) hour of Ethics credit. The actual number of credits available in a state will depend on whether the state counts 50 minutes or 60 minutes as an 'hour' for CLE purposes, and the types of courses each state will accredit.
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Okay, so my wife is in fixing dinner and I'm feeling guilty cause I'm out on our porch blogging.
But, I came across a great website earlier this week (thanks to Kim Kommando. . .it wasn't one of her "Cool Sites of the Day" but it was linked on one of them.
Anyway, one of the things I'm interested in as a researcher is emotion. . .particularly how emotional reaction to media (audio?) impacts how you process it.
But check out Eric. . .some guy who acts out emotions via a webcam.
Very funny. . . but also reminiscent of Eckman's serious work on emotional expression in faces.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Emotion website
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Working from home can be hard. Parenting and family life can be challenging. Put them together and you've got a real battle on your hands.
Or have you?
I'm not saying it's easy – it's almost certainly not – but there are ways to make it feel more balanced. To feel more in control.
I've fought with myself constantly since becoming a mother, starting a blog and balancing a career. Now with a micro business too it's even more of a juggling act. I still find it a challenge to keep it all going and to finish every day with a sense of 'yeah, I rocked this!' but I wanted to share some of the things I've done to find my balance.
01. Finding a schedule that works
This is so so important. When I first started juggling motherhood, work and blogging I was trying to do little bits of each thing here and there. It just wasn't working. I'd waste ages worrying I wouldn't have enough time to reply to my emails or write a collaborative post, as I just didn't have plan for when I'd do it – other than a vague 'this week'.
For some of us having no fixed plan works well, but for me it was a nightmare. I was unproductive, stressed out and not making the most of my energy or free time. Things improved a lot when I started working with my life and priorities rather than battling against them.
I've found that setting aside a few hours on my at-home days, baby-free, allows me to focus on the rest of my life and only worry about my blog and business during those hours. You might find success in having an hour each morning before everyone else wakes up, naptimes or after bedtimes, or every Sunday between X and Y works for you. It might take some time to get it right but finding a good schedule really helps.
02. Embracing the need to take breaks
Another huge realisation I had was accepting that I'd need to take breaks between work tasks, and that's okay. While I love setting aside 3-4 hours on certain days for client work I knew that it'd be impossible to work that whole time without the littlest one needing a feed, or stopping for a ten minute break.
It was just something I needed to embrace, so I did. I now plan my days out with enough time for 2-3 breaks for a rest, a cuppa, a feed and cuddle or whatever else needs seeing to… and I'm so much calmer since I did. No more frustration at home life cutting into my 'work' hours.
03. Getting the household stuff out of the way first
I really hate household chores. They're thankless tasks that take up a lot of time and are seemingly endless BUT they're necessary. We can't escape them (unless we outsource!).
As much as I don't love doing the washing up or putting away laundry, doing it first before tackling any of my blog or business work helps so much. It gives me the sense that everything else is taken care of and there's one less distraction from working. On the days where I've taken care of the chores the night before I'm always calmer, knowing that if I'm lucky enough to get an hour of baby-free time first thing I can crack on with writing a blog post or responding to clients instead of tidying.
04. Planning around my purpose
This ties in a lot with #1, but as well as setting a schedule for myself I've found a lot of balance by deciding what my purpose is and making that my priority.
I love blogging and I love working with clients on their social media or blog, but with little ones my overruling priority is my family. To some people this makes absolutely no business sense but I've actually found the opposite. It means that I'm taking care of myself, my family and that makes me a happier, healthier person. It also means I attract clients, friends and readers who are family-oriented too, with similar goals and a similar attitude to the little things.
Sometimes my purpose does change. If I have a deadline coming up or a really exciting project to work on then maybe we'll do less activities as a family that week and make up for it another time, or if I'm feeling burned out I might take some time out to learn something new or go to a conference.
By being clear about who I am in life, motherhood and business I find myself surrounded by the right people. Being honest with myself about my purpose helps define my working day just as much as it defines other areas of my life, like spending money or what we do at the weekends.
05. Letting go of perfection
Finally, although I wouldn't say I've ever striven for perfection, it is easy to get caught up in chasing a certain way of living or state of mind. There's always something that needs doing, another thing on the to-do list. A tidier kitchen, a more put-together daily look, a more organised way of life.
It's always a good idea to have goals but only to a certain point. Aiming for something is motivational, but juggling too many wants and wishes is overwhelming. It's been a hard one for me because I like to do so many things at once, but realising that they're not achievable and they can wait until later has really given me a better sense of balance.
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Maruti Suzuki Eco Is for those who seek happiness on four wheels for both home and work- this is the words of Maruti . Yes this is a car that not only meets your family's dreams, but also helps you achieve your work aspirations.
Maruti Eco Engine:
Maruti Suzuki Eeco is equipped with a powerful 1200cc BS IV compliant engine that delivers 73 bhp @ 6000 rpm, with a torque of 101Nm @ 3000 rpm. The engine incorporates a range of advanced technologies, and has been tuned for performance at low and mid range speeds with emphasis on fuel efficiency and drivability.
Maruti Eco Engine Management system.
The new Engine Management System in the Maruti Suzuki Eeco incorporates the latest engine technologies including High Pressure Fuel Injection System, Knock Sensors, Compression Ratios, Crank Sensors, and Low Friction Pistons to provide better fuel efficiency and drivability.
Maruti Eco diagonal shift assistane:
For the first time, Maruti Suzuki has introduced Diagonal Shift Assistance (DSA) for smoother gear shifting and for enhanced driving ease.
Maruti Eco suspension system
The suspension system of the Maruti Suzuki Eeco has been designed and developed for best-in-class driving comfort, with balanced handling for Indian roads in both plain and rough terrains.
This is made possible by a combination of dual and progressive rate coil springs in the front and back as detailed below:
McPherson strut Front Suspension
The front of the Maruti Suzuki Eeco is supported by McPherson strut suspension with dual rate coil springs for superior handling and driving comfort.
The front of the Maruti Suzuki Eeco is supported by McPherson strut suspension with dual rate coil springs for superior handling and driving comfort.
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The rear of the Maruti Suzuki Eeco is supported by 3-link rigid suspension system with progressive rate coil springs, which ensure everyone seated in your car enjoys a comfortable and smooth journey.
The rear of the Maruti Suzuki Eeco is supported by 3-link rigid suspension system with progressive rate coil springs, which ensure everyone seated in your car enjoys a comfortable and smooth journey.
Besides this, the damping forces are also tuned to enhance ride comfort and maneuverability in the Maruti Suzuki Eeco.
Maruti Eco safety:
The Maruti Suzuki Eeco is designed to ensure a high level of safety, and complies with safety regulations ahead of our times.
The features that add to the safety of the car include:
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Maruti Suzuki Eeco offers a perfect blend of style and substance. Its bold design and stylish body graphics symbolise power and also give it a balanced look.,
Be it a short trip or picnic or a drive to the market, things are always best enjoyed when done with the family. Imagine a car that is designed keeping this in mind. That's the Maruti Suzuki Eeco for you!The Maruti Suzuki Eeco 5 seater variant comes with a powerful air-conditioner and heater making it comfortable in any weather.
Complementing its smart exteriors, the Maruti Suzuki Eeco has elegant new dual tone interiors.
The integrated headrests on the front seats for both driver and companion in the Maruti Suzuki Eeco, are not only stylish to look at, they also provide excellent comfort and support.
Maruti Suzuki Eeco has a contemporary new digital instrument panel, which comprises of fuel level, trip meter and odometer – all of which provide the driver with easy readability, and complete control.
The Maruti Suzuki Eeco provides spacious interiors for both driver and others travelling in the car. Thereby adding to the overall comfort you feel in it.
In both the 5 seater and 7 seater options, the Maruti Suzuki Eeco offers roominess for all kinds of usage – for both personal and work related travel. The seats have been designed to maximise comfort and space for all.
The Maruti Suzuki Eeco offers ample boot space of 540 litres* that ensures you don't have to leave anything behind, whether on a business trip, or on a picnic with your loved ones.
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Oversight of Indian Program Budgets. Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs. United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session on Review of Budget Submissions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Office of Indian Education, Department of Education; and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Testimony and prepared statements provide insight into the manner in which Indian affairs will be administered under the proposed 1982 fiscal year budget and compares the proposed innovations and the implementation of assistance to the Indian tribes with a general Federal policy to promote tribal self-determination. Probably because of the fragmentation of the Federal delivery system, the proposed budget reductions to Indian programs total $1,118,745,000, or a 35% reduction of a planned budget of $3.1 billion. Agencies including the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Service, Office of Indian Education, and Department of Housing and Urban Development propose to give Indian tribes a greater role in allocation of financial resources and additional flexibility in meeting their particular reservations' needs. Appendices include statements by the Duckwater Shoshone School Board, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, National Congress of American Indians, and Penobscot Nation; correspondence from the Fort Belknap Community Council, Native American Rights Fund, and Papago Tribe of Arizona; and Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of Housing responses to written questions. (NEC)
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BOSTON (03/29/2000) - IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp. today announced the Netfinity A100 Web Server, a Windows 2000-based Internet appliance specifically designed for Web hosting.
The pizza-box-sized Netfinity A100 is the first offering in IBM's A-Series line of server appliances aimed at corporations, ISPs (Internet service providers) and ASPs (application service providers), according to the companies.
The A100 is designed to fit into racks used by ISPs and corporations, and installation requires little more than plugging it in and flipping a switch, according to Jim Gargan, director of strategy and product marketing for Netfinity at IBM. Typically, appliance installation takes around two-and-a-half hours, but Netfinity A100 is designed to go from the box to operational in five minutes, which is good news for customers, Gargan maintained.
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Netfinity 100 Web Server is available in three models, all of which are based on IBM's rack-optimized Netfinity 4000R server, Windows 2000 for Appliances and IBM's Netfinity Web Serving Accelerator Software, according to IBM.
Some details, including the models' names, are still being worked out, but according to IBM, the available specs of the three models are:
-- For under US$6,000, a 650MHz Pentium III chip server with 512 M bytes of RAM (random access memory), a 9G-byte disk drive and dual embedded 10/100 Ethernet;-- A mid-price range server consisting of two 650MHz Pentium III chips with 1G-byte RAM, two 9G-byte drives and dual embedded 10/100 Ethernet; -- For under $16,000, a server with two 750MHz Pentium III chips with 2G bytes of RAM, two 18G-byte drives and a 1G-bit Ethernet adapter card.
The first Netfinity 100 Web Server, probably the midrange model, will be available in the next couple of weeks, and all three models will be available by the end of May, according to IBM.
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15 Options for Fast and Easy Time-Tracking
Solo entrepreneurs need a suite of tools to automate the tedious administrative tasks associated with running a business. Last month we talked about <link> some of the features and things to look for when choosing basic accounting software to keep your finances organized. But if you are running a service-based solo start up, such as a wellness professional or freelancer, you need to ability to track time and create invoices.
There is an overwhelming number of programs available online to help you accomplish these goals. Most of the apps in this list are accounting apps at their core, with time-tracking and invoicing features. However, a few of these are the other way around where the time tracking and invoicing is the key reason to use the software.
Although this list only begins to scratch the surface on how many apps are really available, they all revolve around a suite of features that is relatively standard. More than anything, this list can help you quickly compare pricing and scope of the app.
Nutcache is first and foremost project management software that includes time-tracking and invoicing as additional features. This program offers an extensive free program that covers just about everything a one-person company needs.
Tsheets focuses on time tracking and provides companies the ability to completely customize the software to their needs. This software is completely free for single user teams.
Hiveage is primarily an invoicing platform, although they have a range of features for tracking time, expenses and estimates. There is no free plan, and the smallest option is $15 per month.
MyCase is software designed for law firms and single practice lawyers to manage cases, track time, and send invoices. There are two tiers of pricing depending on who is using the software.
Ronin focuses on invoicing, time-tracking and payments.There is a free trial plan with no time limit that allows one person to use the software for two clients. Most solo companies could manage at the smallest plan of $15 per month.
Invoicely is another invoicing, time-tracking, payments combo. This software has a limited free plan, although most solopreneurs would have all the features they need from the $9.99 monthly plan.
Function Fox tracks time and also offers project management and more. Function Fox starts at $35 a month and offers a free demo.
Paymo has a time tracking component, but the software also includes project management, scheduling and accounting. Paymo offers a free trial and a simple, ala carte fee structure after.
Vericlock focuses on team time-tracking, which means the software features are not designed with the solopreneur in mind. THis service starts at $15 per month.
Minterapp is primarily a time-tracking and invoicing tool that integrates into other programs. MInterapp starts at $10 a month.
Bill4Time is a simple tool for time-tracking and invoicing on the go. This option also starts at $15 per month.
Accountsight focuses on time and expense tracking, with a number of app integrations to keep business tasks as automated as possible. There is a free plan that includes up to two clients.
Clicktime is primarily a time-tracker, but there are other features for project planning including project insights and analysis. The basic plan is $10 per month.
Time Doctor
Time Doctor is first and foremost a time-tracker, with extensive analysis tools to help you understand where your time is being spent online. There is a free plan with limited features and a solo plan for $5 per month.
Harvest is a time-tracking and invoicing platform with a number of other accounting related features. There is a limited free plan and the solo plan is $12 per month.
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Interesting list Kate, thanks! Over the years I've tried a couple of those apps and I always come back to Nutcache. Love their multiple timers feature!


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I got an great opportunity to test my own and some test equipment accuracy. I visited at the army 300 meter shooting range with some future articles rifles and scopes. I also tested my own equipment and it was nice to find out that we both are able to less 1 MOA group with 5 shots at 300 meters. Great result with 2.5-10×50 scope. The placement of the group was little low and right due of change in ammunition between aiming and the test shooting.
At the same time I was following how a group of hunters prepared for their safari at Africa. Guys were aiming their sights for long distances at open plains and got some good practice!
The most interesting experience was to take couple of rounds with new 8x super super zoom, Zeiss Victory V8 2.8-20×56. Blaser R8 6.5×55 and that scope were a match made in heaven at 300 meters. Aiming is easy because of the open viewing angle and the scopes highest 20x magnification works ofcourse well at those distances.
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For the formative years of my life, I was away from India, in a place and around people where the term "arranged marriage" was as archaic as the Roman empire. But being the Indian girl that I was, with a typical conservative middle class up-bringing, I was never averse to the idea. I had seen arranged marriages around me, with practically every member of my close family being bound by the same institution. I had faith, as I still do, in the idea of my parents and relatives looking out for the right person for me, and a similar family for me to be married into. The idea was almost comforting.
Still, I was being raised in a society which was alien to the concept of an alliance arranged by families. At the age of 15-16, most of my friends were in relationships and had found what they called "love", while I was the confused yet conservative teenager who had no idea what to consider as right or wrong. I was often asked the question, "have your parents already found a match for you? Is your family going to get your marriage arranged?", and I was somehow never able to explain the concept to them, to explain that there is no rule-book which dictates how it should be, and there is no hard-and-fast rule obliging me or forcing me to live a life of confinement, but rather an option, a different method of going about finding one's life partner. I was amused at the surprised and often shocked faces of disbelief at the very idea of having someone else choose your life partner for you, but at that immature age I just couldn't explain to them that it is not someone else choosing your partner for you, but rather facilitating the way you meet who you'd like to marry.
To put it simply, if love-marriage (or the "conventional" way of getting married by first meeting, then dating, then getting married after getting to know the person) is a buffet setting, an arranged marriage is like an a la carte menu. In a buffet, you go around on your own, and are not served by anyone, while in an a la carte setting, you are given a set menu where there are choices which help you decide what you would like to be served. At the end, you decide what you put on your plate, and what you want to try, the end objective being the same – Good Food.
But of course, I had my years of rebellion too. I did experience the phase where it seemed unfair that my choices were subjected to criteria which would decide on who I should marry or not. It did seem unsettling to know that I would be expected to spend my life with someone I had met only once or maybe a few times. At the time, it seemed almost rash to take such an important decision, which carried so much risk. I mean, how was I to know for sure, that this is the right person for me? How was I expected to take that decision so quickly, without really getting to know the person? And more importantly, how was I to get married to someone I did not love? Because, conservative or not, Indian or not, I am a girl and I wanted my fairy-tale love story.
My idea of love was Bollywood, and in particular, Yash Chopra romances. Call it cheesy, call it dramatic, sugar-coated, call it what you may, but a Yash Chopra movie was enough to transport me into a fantasy world where romance, poetry and love were so real and so plausible. I grew up singing songs like, "Mere khwabon mein jo aaye" and "dekha ek khwab toh yeh silsile hue", and truly believed in a love story, a romance which would sweep me off my feet and where everything around me would be misty and musical and magical.
Then I grew up, and the talks of arranged marriage which were just merely talks, started to become real, where my parents got aware of the fact that I am of "marriageable age" and a suitable match must be found for me. Suddenly, with the blink of an eye, the idea started to take shape and before I knew it, there was a proposal of a "suitable match" who I was supposed to meet and decide on marrying.
We met, and talked and in a span of a few hours what I had believed and dreamt of my entire life, changed. The idea of love, transformed and the concept of commitment took a new level altogether. Suddenly, all the doubts, the apprehensions, the anxiety became irrelevant and I realized that when it's right, you just know. You can meet the person one time or for years, but it is just in a moment that you decide to be with someone for life. From then on, everything becomes a process, something that the two of you do together. From that moment, when you make the decision, everything else seems like destiny which was waiting to happen.
And Love? Love happens. And it happens not like in Yash Chopra movies, it happens in a better, more real way. It happens in moments, in instances, in glances. It happens not in song and drama, but in smiles shared, in long conversations, in understanding. It happens with a message, with a phone call, with concern in a tone of voice. Love happens when you stand across the room from each other and are aware of each other's presence and one glance is enough to make you feel secure. It happens when the person makes an extra effort to spend those extra ten minutes to be with you. Love happens when there is unshaken faith that you will spend the rest of your life together, come what may.
In a place I didn't expect, I found my Yash Chopra moment.


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Indie developer. Likes Japanese things, cats, combing my hair in the morning, game contests, the fact that 46% of traditional (=not casual) gamers are girls nowadays, shark plushies, cats, cosplay, shiny round objects, cats, and being alive. Currently on the way back into life after a long depression, and this time I've learned to take better care about myself.
I also do some real programming work for a real company, but I try not to mix my professional and my private life so I won't tell you a lot about that.
I've always found it hard to find quality resources for your games at an affordable price, which has forced me to dabble in pixel art, editing photos and textures, composing music with a variety of tools, record sound effects, and generate sound effects with waveform generators. Eventually, I've become self-sufficient at resources for my games. But why stop there? I want to use my powers for the benefit of all mankind! Thus I've started selling resources I've created here on Itchio, ranging from simple resource packs to game engines.
All resources bought from me can be used in commercial games, no questions asked. Credit is appreciated but optional unless stated otherwise. Game engines may require the free Standard version of Game Maker Studio, available at www.yoyogames.com, but sounds and graphics should be usable by anything with a load button, always made accessible in the most compatible format I can find.
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Reviewing this book is difficult for me because I really really had hard time getting into it. As it was for my quaterly challenge, I did not want to give up.
I finally finished it this week but had to wait some time to see which feelings still lingered after a few days. What a surprise for me when today (after reading 2 other books) I'm in a hurry to read its sequel!
I'm gonna try explaining as clearly as possible.
"Infected: Prey" are 2 great stories: the writing is smart, the characters development is subtle, unexpected. The succession of events that help in their evolution (and make them more interesting) made me forget the linear aspect of the plot (although well put together).
But what bothered me at the beginning?
As all authors, Andrea Speed uses lots of images and similes to describe characters, places ... That's normal. But there were so many of them in this book!! For each description there was lots of comparisons and those were mainly in relation with someone or something really English?
Here is a sample picked from 2 or 3 pages of the entire book:
"a mustache that was a quarter inch short of a
Fu Manchu
Bat Boy
Becomes Secretary of Agriculture"
"...who worked for the
"God, he looked like the middle manager of a paper company in Slough on casual day"
"...if he'd been white, he could very well have been
Joe Friday
and so on...
For someone like me whom English is not their first language and who has not this whole culture, the reading was really tedious. Having to check Google or Wikipedia at every page wasn't motivating!! And understanding half of it was unnerving.
This has caused lots of interferences. I really don't know _ maybe it's my lack of general knowledge? Or maybe it just put the finger on my limitations in English.
Anyway, overall I gave it 4 stars: minus a tedious reading, I loved the whole no-HEA-for-infected-shapeshifters.
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Cool Videos: Arnold pranks fans and impersonators as the Terminator
With TERMINATOR: GENISYS on the horizon, seminal star Arnold Schwarzenegger took up the leather and make-up once more to bring the Terminator to life. This time, he's out to have a little fun with fans and impersonators outside of Grauman's Chinese Theater. Yes, it's as amazing as it sounds. Yes, there are already t-shirts that read, "Don't bump my selfie stick." This is all to bring attention to a contest being run through Omaze to benefit After-School All-Stars.
One lucky fan (and a friend) will win a chance to:
- Ride with Arnold to the Terminator Genisys Premiere
- Drink Schnapps with Arnold at the exclusive star-studded after party
- Take selfies and get interviewed with Arnold on the red carpet
- Get flown to Los Angeles and put up in a 4-star hotel
You can click here if you'd like to donate, but in the meantime, here's the video of Arnold being his awesome self!
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Those looking to check out the work of solid, locally-based filmmakers have two strong options this evening. Brian Lindstrom's (director of Finding Normal and the much anticipated Alien Boy) latest documentary Writing Myself will have its local premiere at Cinema 21. The film is Lindstrom's exploration of Portland's own Playwrite Inc., an organization that helps "underserved-youth" create works for the stage.
The official synopsis goes something like this:
"Writing Myself" is the newest full-length documentary by filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, taking a peek into a 2-week PlayWrite workshop and showing the transformation of 8 students into performed playwrights.
Also screening tonight at the NW Film Center is Alison Grayson's The Love of Beer. Grayson's documentary takes a look at the local brewing explosion, spending much of its time with women who are carving out a place for themselves in the overwhelmingly male world of meticulously-crafted beer.
The film's website describes the doc as being:
...a feature length documentary celebrating the women in the Pacific NW beer industry. Produced by Lingering Illocutions and created by Alison Grayson, The Love of Beer stars Bend Brewing's Tonya Cornett and Saraveza's Sarah Pederson and featuresTeri Fahrendorf, Lisa Morrison, Gayle Goschie, Amy Welch.
The Love of Beer from Lingering Illocutions on Vimeo.
Writing Myself screens at Cinema 21 on Thursday, June 14th at 7pm. More info available here.
The film screens again at the Clinton Street Theater on Friday, June 15th at 7pm. More info on that screening here.
The Love of Beer screens at the NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium (in the Portland Art Museum) on Thursday, June 14th at 7pm. More info available here.
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Waltham, Mass. – Mr. William C. Kalke (1942-2017) passed away suddenly at his home in Waltham on July 23, 2017. A wonderful musician, Bill was deeply involved with First Lutheran Church in Waltham where he moved in 2013 after leaving Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In Milwaukee, Bill created a rich church family at Bayshore Lutheran. Bill had a quick mind and quicker wit, and infected everyone around him with his delight in ideas, culture, and religion. Bill died due to complications from Type One Diabetes, which he was diagnosed with in the 1980s. He had fought the complications of the disease for over ten years but won the battle for a good independent life until the end.
Bill attended Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin to academic acclaim followed by Princeton University where he earned a Masters in Philosophy. After teaching at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, he embarked on a career as an enrolled pension actuary first with Sentry Insurance and more recently with Emjay Corporation in Milwaukee. He finished his career as an actuarial consultant with White Chalk Consulting, his own company.
He was proceeded in death by Katherine Kalke whom he married in 1965, his brother Edwin Kalke, and his parents Doris Gwen and Charles Kalke and is survived by sister, Bonnie Bullion, daughters Celise Kalke and husband Lance of Atlanta, Georgia and Martine Kalke and husband Mike of Waltham, and three granddaughters.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donation be made in Bill's memory to the American Diabetes Association or either First Lutheran Church in Waltham, MA or Bayshore Lutheran in Milwaukee, WI.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 30th, at 7 p.m. in the First Lutheran Church, 6 Eddy Street, Waltham. There will also be a memorial service for Bill at a later date in Milwaukee.


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They called with an estimate, and my mom took the call. Apparently I need a new transmission. For something like $2800. My mom was like, uhhhh...NO. So instead the dude is just changing the transmission fluid and resetting the computer. That's apparently gonna keep it alive for the next year or so, after which I need a new car anyway. And oh yeah, I need new brakes too. Apparently they're completely shot. Honestly, does anyone wanna buy me a new car? My dad said if anything else goes wrong with this one we're just gonna get me a new(er) and not falling apart car. How is it that my transmission is shot? Dude, the car might be ten years old, but it has less than 100,000 miles on it. It has like 9,000 miles less. Ugh, I hate Fords. They age like shit. Wanna hear the list of shit that has gone wrong with my car since we got it in 1998? Firestone tires that went bald, leaky windshield that had to be replaced, parts falling off the interior, radio that likes to adjust its own volume, new brakes, more new tires, sticking in 4WD low, more new brakes, and now, crappy transmission. Why are my parents making me keep this car? I have money in investments, so I have money to make a down payment. UGH!
There was good news yesterday though. I got a new phone, something else I needed desperately. I now have a camera, and text messaging, and fun ring tones and all that good stuff that other people got to have but I never did. So yay. And I'm getting a $150 rebate! Yay!
you think having a old car is bad try owning a old house.My place in NY was just classified by the elctritian as a fire hazard... 15,000 usd later the basment panel looks like a nasa switch board but i still don;t get power on half of the 1st floor. last month it was the water heater.NEVER BUY AN OLD HOUSE. ("this old house" is nothing but propganda) umm toytoa prius.. it also has a auto park option so the car will paraell itself (always helpful in the tri-state area) plus its good for the enviorment. (you do like cute bunny rabbits don't you? so no SUV)
By K.S.G., at
September 11, 2004 at 4:28 PM
I feel for you about the old house situation. One of my friends just bought a house that's 104 years old. She seems to like it so far though. I'll think about the Prius, although I'm leaning towards the Volvo S40. And about the auto park option, while I'm sure that's wonderful for some people, imagine this: I've been driving an SUV since I was 17 in the Princeton area (lots of parallel parking there) as well as in Washington, DC for 3 years. I am a master parallel parker. I can get into spaces even little cars don't get into. So that part I'm not worried about. But it would be nice to get something good for the environment. I do like bunnies.
By Lauren, at
September 12, 2004 at 4:52 PM
this place was built in 1892... so when people say "pre-war" i have to ask which war. it's a love hate relationship.The auto park.. it's more for the cool factor...i mean you leave the car in the middle of the street get out press a button and walk away... mean while the car does it's thing. however this is not the only reason you buy this car (or one like it)They also maintain a excellent resale value in contrast to alot of autos. in addition it;s worth some consderation that gas bound to hit 3.00usd a gallon if the shit hits the fan in one of oh so many locations(venezula, iraq, russia) i think it would be wise to get something that is eco freindly (and sure to give anyones kharma a boost) you could always go old school merc 300 series and run it off of veggie oil.
By K.S.G., at
September 12, 2004 at 8:03 PM
well, you said your problem already. it's a ford, aka "found off road dead."i love the explorer and the crown victoria, but ford just has such a terrible reputation. sadly, most of the american manufacturers just can't compete with the reliability of foreign makes.anything by toyota is pretty much kosher, as well as nissan and honda. not so hip on mitsubishis, but volvo is definitely super nice, and if your parents are willing to drop the cash, i would advise you go for it.
By Dante, at
September 13, 2004 at 12:11 PM
volvo=fordthey were bought out a few years ago.i think the s40 uses the same componets as the ford countor... i also belive it's the jaguar s-type (also owned by ford) as well.welcome to globalization
By K.S.G., at
September 14, 2004 at 10:09 PM
yup, i know about the whole volvo/ford thing. however, i've been checking where all the cars i've been looking at have been manufactured. so far all the s40s i've seen online have been manufactured in sweden, though i have no idea if that really means anything. i'm gonna be real careful as to what i eventually purchase. i dont want another car that'll crap out on me everytime someone sneezes near it.
By Lauren, at
September 17, 2004 at 4:28 PM
well.. it's not like ford is going to buy a company and then shut down the facilities so they go to waste. (plus make it painfully obvius that they own the company) however the engines and such are carried over from fords line of cars which is cheaper for the company. IE: the jaguar x8r (i think) uses the same engine as the f350 pick up....I don;t think it's where the car is made persey (jettas are made in mexico , Mercades suv's are made in alabama ) but by whom.I'd say give the passat a look. They are made by vw based on a audi a4-a6 platfrom and made in germany (german steel is the best) It's a long story but between my parents and my brotherthey have a jetta, a passat, a audi s8, and a phateon( http://www.vw.com/phaeton/ )a northstar cadilac, a town car, an acura tl, a hand full of suv's , a minivan (etc) and for zooming around town my brother tells me the passat is the prefered car. (my father prefers the phaeton but he doesn't drive and my mother prefers the s8 though she never drives it as it should be dirven)
By K.S.G., at
September 21, 2004 at 1:19 AM
dude, do they really have that many cars? that's insane. how many was that? i forgot to count. anyway, i'll let you know how i like my little volvo when i get it tomorrow.
By Lauren, at
September 24, 2004 at 12:26 PM
even though volvo is owned by ford, ford has done little to change the manufacturing process or interefere with the fabrication of those cars. volvos still hold the same high standards of reliability that they had pre-ford buyout, while fords still generally remain in the "sucks to have one of those" pile.
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OIC: Closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque and ban on Friday Prayer a crime and serious precedent
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned Israel's closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the banning of Friday prayer for the first time since 1969, considering it a crime, a serious precedent, a blatant aggression against the holy sites and an attack on the rights and freedom of Palestinians to practice their religious rites.
OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen warned against the Israeli occupation's attempts to impose a new reality in Al-Haram Al-Qudsi Al-Sharif. He called on the international community to act immediately to deter repeated Israeli attacks against Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Al-Quds and to stop Israel's racist violations and crimes against the Palestinian people and its holy sites.


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Ladies and Gentlemen,
I piggybacked Ms. Hoffman's e-mail to say to you all one again how important I believe it is to follow our attorney's advice by challenging the State and its method of awarding charters and increases in available seats to organizations without regard to the law and Judge Wilson's directives.
I have always been under the impression we all ran for and were elected to these board positions to represent the children of Little Rock and support public education. I thought we would do this in spite of our differences of opinion and ourselves. But lately I have begun to worry that some of us have forgotten why we are here. We make comments that are derogatory to staff and their efforts. We say charters are here to stay and we must adjust to deal with the competition. And we refuse to challenge the efforts of a state entity that seems to be carving our district up like a roast and slowly re-segregating it.
It took this district almost two decades to convince the courts we were worthy of governing ourselves and overseeing this district both financially and academically. We told the courts we wanted local control of our school district and would offer an equitable education at the highest level to all students who entered our doors seeking one. Now we are being told that all we have worked for, accomplished, and seek to accomplish has been in vain. We have decided to be the purveyors of children and education while following the edicts of the throne. We dare not place any additional value on them least they be unjustly taken from us and placed in the care of another; any other and without regard to their ability to educate them or their willingness to do so. We have decided to simply give away our responsibility to anyone with a building to house them and a fist full of dollars. And please help me to understand how this district will continue to exist when you dismantle all the programs that have gotten us to this point? Haven't we been led to believe everything we have done, thus far, was good enough to get us to unitary status? So, now that we are unitary why's it necessary to get rid of all the programs and processes that were responsible for getting us there? And finally, where will we be in another 5 or 10 years except back in federal court?
I think it is time for us to take a stand and fight for the realistic education of our children. All of our children without regard to their race, ethnicity, or socio-economic status. We need to demand the existing charter schools adhere to the language of their charters and future schools follow the requirements outlined by Judge Wilson before they are granted a charter. I think its time to act and we must act now since we have negotiated in good faith for more than two years to no avail. I think it's time we called Attorney Heller and encourage him to proceed with his/our challenge!
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Same-Sex 'Marriage': Coming Soon to a State Near You
When the state of New York voted on same-sex "marriage" rights in December 2009, Democrats controlled the state Senate. And even then, the bill had no chance. It lost by 14 votes. Two weeks ago, with Republicans now controlling the New York Senate, the same legislation passed by a comfortable margin of 33-29.
On June 25, the New York Times printed a revealing piece about the stunning turnaround in the state legislature. It started with Andrew Cuomo, New York's popular governor, who endorsed same-sex "marriage" just five years ago—several years after many of his political rivals had done so. But if Cuomo angered homosexual advocates for being slow to endorse gay "marriage," he quickly won them over last year, when he made same-sex unions one of the central planks of his gubernatorial campaign.
Since becoming governor, Cuomo has faced intense pressure to follow through on his campaign promise—not just from the homosexual lobby, but his girlfriend also. She has no interest in marriage, personally. But she desperately wants a change in the marriage law—because of her openly gay brother.
So earlier this year, Cuomo went to work legalizing same-sex "marriage." First, he mobilized same-sex "marriage" groups into one unified coalition. In the lead-up to the 2009 vote, these groups had been bitterly divided. Under Cuomo's leadership, they merged together as "New Yorkers United for Marriage."
Cuomo then recruited the wealthiest, most powerful Republican donors he could find—those who favored same-sex "marriage" legislation. One of them, a billionaire, had a homosexual son. These rich Republicans were needed to finance the gay "marriage" coalition—and to provide cover for Republican lawmakers willing to reverse their vote. These donors had the influence and the money, the Times wrote, to "insulate nervous senators from conservative backlash if they supported the marriage measure."
Cuomo also took advantage of a leadership vacuum within the Republican ranks. They held a slim majority in the legislature, but without strong leadership at the top, stragglers were left in a vulnerable position.
Cuomo went right after Republicans who came from moderate districts, like James Alesi from Rochester. The homosexual lobby arranged for the super-rich Republican donors to assure Alesi that he would receive enthusiastic support for switching his vote.
"That's not the kind of lily pad I normally hop on," Mr. Alesi told the New York Times. But on June 13, he hopped on it anyway. After Cuomo introduced him to a group of homosexual "marriage" advocates as "the first Republican to support marriage equality," Alesi proceeded to apologize for his 2009 position, saying it was politically motivated.
Another critical flip-flop came from Carl Kruger, a Democrat from Brooklyn, who alienated his party with the 2009 vote. Like Governor Cuomo, Kruger is not married—he lives with his girlfriend. According to the New York Times, ever since he cast his "no" vote a year and a half ago, Kruger had desperately wanted to reverse course because it was "tearing apart his household." His girlfriend, the Times explained, had a homosexual nephew who was so upset by Kruger's opposition to same-sex "marriage" that he cut off contact with both of them.
"I don't need this," Kruger told his colleagues in the legislature. His colleague helped to assure Kruger that he was right to change his vote, saying, "When everything else is gone, all you have left is family."
Thus, in the upside-down world of today, it's the fragmented remains of a broken institution—the traditional family—that are now rising in defense of homosexual "marriage"! It's the billionaire "conservatives" who are buying political favors for their homosexual offspring. It's the cohabiting divorcées, now occupying governors' mansions, who are ramrodding the homosexual agenda through state legislatures. It's the nagging girlfriends, those who have no interest in getting married themselves, who pull the puppet strings of decision-makers in order to secure equal "rights" for homosexual siblings. And it's the homosexual children and relatives of those in positions of power who throw tantrums until they get what they want.
New York is now the sixth state in the Union to legalize homosexual "marriage," joining Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Iowa. As the third-most populated state in America, the territorial reach of same-sex "marriage" rights effectively doubled on the night of June 24.
This landmark decision now sets the stage for a number of other contentious battles that are sure to erupt in other states.
"I think you're going to see this message resonate all across the country now," Governor Cuomo predicted, following New York's historic vote. "If New York can do it, it's okay for every other place to do it."
Eighteen months ago, New York rejected the measure by a large majority. And today, homosexuals and liberal activists are celebrating yet another victory.
One popular liberal website even turned an iconic image of American heroism into a celebration of same-sex "marriage." Instead of five soldiers raising the American flag at Iwo Jima, it posted a picture of four scantily clad homosexuals raising the rainbow flag, representing the diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
Not to be outdone, in the same edition that featured the story about the recent gay "marriage" vote, the New York Times printed a snapshot of a Broadway performance showing a group of half-naked homosexuals reenacting George Washington's famous boat ride across the icy waters of the Delaware River.
"The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom," the Prophet Isaiah wrote (Isaiah 3:9). Jesus said our day would be just as it was in the days of Noah, when they were "eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage" (Matthew 24:38). The problem wasn't with the institution of marriage, as Herbert Armstrong explained in Mystery of the Ages. It was in the manner that they were marrying and giving in marriage!
We see these same evils multiplying greatly in our society today—and rapidly, as the recent overturn in New York plainly reveals.
The New York law also reveals a lot about the overall strategy of our adversary the devil. To think—barely a year and a half ago, state legislators in New York overwhelmingly voted against the prospect of legalizing homosexual marriage.
But in Satan's mind, that resounding "no" only meant not now. And today, same-sex "marriage" is legal in New York. And since there are no residency restrictions within the law, homosexuals from anywhere in America can legally "marry" in the Empire State.
This perversion will continue only until Jesus Christ returns to this Earth to forcibly stop the madness by first removing Satan from the throne of this Earth (Luke 17:26). Then, after Christ marries His wife, the true Church, the God Family will establish and administer God's loving government over all of mankind.
In the end, it is the Family of God that will turn this world—and, ultimately, the entire, vast, limitless universe—right side up!


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As you will note if you follow my posts, I have a thing about keeping the holy land looking holy. If we believe it is holy, it should look like it. This would suggest caring for it as we do our finest silver, or the precious heirloom passed down for generations.
Being human, we will naturally fall short of the ideal, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't take greater care. One of the ways we can do that is keeping our trash bins from overflowing. I know that sometimes we can't help it, but there are often things we can do. What exercised me this holiday cleaning season were three kitchen chairs and a significant count of empty boxes.
In my neighborhood, a number of homes share a small number of trash bins. Being religious, a lot of cleaning is done, a lot of new things bought, and a lot of old discarded as a function of Passover cleaning. This will obviously test our receptacle capacity, even with the extra trash pick-ups the local authority schedules.
But this is also a holiday that celebrates our coming together as a nation. It is said that to merit the Torah, we came together as one, if only for a moment in time. In the spirit of being a nation, of watching out for one another, I suggest we take a little greater notice of how our inattention to little matters can lead to bigger messes.
So I went to take out the trash, and when I opened the bin, I noticed that three metal framed kitchen type chairs had been tossed in. Leaving aside that these might have been of some value to someone else, these took up most of the capacity of the bin. I took them out and the result was that the bin ended up only one-third full. I doubt anyone else would have, but I know what the result would have been, an overflowing bin, with ripped garbage bags and food wrappers strewn about as the result of the dogs and cats that get into such things. As luck had it, the chairs were collected separately within hours by the patrol that made the round to collect discarded furniture and similar bulk items.
In a similar vein, another bin was almost half-full of empty cardboard boxes. I am certainly happy for the person who got the new inkjet, but the simple courtesy of breaking down the box would have meant a lesser likelihood that we all would have had to deal with the resultant mess of an overflowing bin.
Today, as I returned from a short outing with my family, I had to negotiate the narrowed road where the recently emptied trash-bin jutted out. While I could certainly complain to the regional council - and I just might - I also wonder how many drove or walked by without pushing the near empty bin back into its place.
So I return to my theme, manners includes taking note of how our actions - or lack thereof - affect others. There are many little things we can do over the course of our days that simply make life more pleasant, both for ourselves and others, and there is no shame in doing them. Perhaps, and this may be the point for Israelis, if we give up our fear of being "friarim" for doing that which should be done by another, we may all have a better world to live in.


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