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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
I will dive back into new writings soon, but this week I spent some time on less new literature (though still in recent past). I read, quite hungrily, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. This book came to my attention via my Austin book club, where it surfaced as a opportunity to reread a contemporary marvel. Having never read it (and I suppose this makes sense, considering it was first released when I was six), I made it a point to grab it at the book store here.
I mentioned it to a colleague today and she summarized it in few words. "Yes, I remember it. It's about love, and who you can and cannot love." Uh-huh, pretty much. But, in such an expressive, lyrical way it enunciates, despite its setting and the characters and its time in history, how this plays out in different ways, how it consequently impacts life and death. Oh, it was beautiful. It could have kept going... I would have loved to get to know Estha and Rahel more as adults.
I do not want to give too much away about this book in the chance that you, too, had not yet discovered this treasure. Instead, I leave you with this, and encourage you to go, read!


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Best and Free WordPress Plugins 2018 | Best WordPress Plugins for SEO
Each and then I need to remove the old plugin and pick some of the things that offer a better feature and increase your blog. I understand that the search for the right plugin can be a daunting task and therefore I want to place it on Techysols using the WordPress plugin. According to my research and experience, I prepare a secret list of plugins that I use on all my blogs. And as part of the culture of transparency, I will share this special list with you today. In this post, you will see Best WordPress Plugins.
However, today's publication is a special publication that is part of our culture of transparency. And I love to share how we do things, what tools we use, and other important things that will help your blog grow just like show out lone. Today, I am sharing the list of all the WordPress plugins we currently use on Techysols.
List of Best WordPress Plugins
1. Yoast SEO Plugin
Here is a free WordPress plugin that is the powerhouse of my SEO blog. It improves on the SEO site on the SEO page and on the social blog's SEO. And this is a must have a plugin for every blog and I have written a guide here to learn about. The configuration of this plugin Yoast SEO comes in two versions: free and paid.
In the Pro version, there are some special features like redirection and internal linking. This is why I use Yoast SEO Premium. You can read my take on the premium version here.
2. Akismet Plugin:
Akismet is a free WordPress plugin for spam protection that I recommend because it is an official plugin from WordPress creator, which helps you fight spam comments. In using Akismet, you need an API key. You can follow this guide.
One disadvantage of this plugin is that it sometimes skips spam tracking or comments or comments about Land in the spam folder. Although it happens due to interaction with I.P or email address. But you can fix this at any time by checking your spam folder every day.
This is a must have a plugin that you should have from day one to stop spam comments on your blog. You can download Akismet Plugin here.
3. Author hReview WordPress Plugin
This WordPress plugin is useful if you post reviews. Using this plugin you can add star ratings to your blog posts and make it stand out in the search engines. It's a premium plug-in that costs only $ 69 and is a great investment once.
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4. CloudFlare plugin:
CloudFlare is a free, secure, and free CDN service. What I like about CloudFlare is that you can prevent bot bots and spam at the DNS level, saving a lot of bandwidth and loading your server will not be affected due to Bot traffic If you use a shared hosting login with shared hosting or web hosting, your bandwidth is limited. You should use services such as CloudFlare absolutely.
5. Social Warfare plugin for social media sharing buttons:
This plugin will allow you to add social and social media sharing to your blog. This plugin has many beautiful social sharing buttons, such as a floating share button after posting after commenting and using buttons. If you need a plugin that takes care of your social media sharing needs, here is the best plugin for now.
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This free plugin allows you to add contact forms to your blog, and I like it because it also shows the referral URL of people using my contact form to send a message. And it allows me to filter real messages and spam. If you are using the Jetpack plugin, you should use the plug-in's contact form feature.
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However, this WordPress plugin is intended to add features like stats, themes, themes, mobile themes, social sharing buttons, and much more. While this is a must-have plug-in for your WordPress site.
8. LinkPatrol:
Here is the SEO WordPress plugin that controls the external links of your blog. Using this plugin, you can delete existing external links from your blog. It is a special and powerful plugin and is useful for the SEO of your blog. You can read the reviews and how to use this plugin here.
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This free and useful WordPress plugin causes me to stop sending trackbacks to my interconnected posts within my domain.
10. OptinMonster:
While this is a plugin with many features. And I use it to display pop-ups and highly configurable email subscriptions. Even without any design skills, I was able to quickly configure and design effective pop-ups for my blog. And if you're into email marketing and want a user-friendly WordPress plugin, look no further than OptinMonster.
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While this plugin informs me when a blog post is submitted for review and informs users when their blog post is accepted. And after that, we switched to Peter's more collaborative email plug-in.
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OK, sorry we're a bit late on this one, but we think it's worth the wait!
On 25th February, we were honoured to welcome Jay Williams and Lavern into the studio. Jay used to play guitar in Cambridge favourites Hofman and the Broken Family Band, but has taken a step back from the local band scene to record new tracks in a completely different style.
He recently enlisted Lavern, a rapper from Bedford, to provide vocals on a couple of his tracks. We think the results are amazing. Could this be the start of something big?
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UW Board of Trustees to Meet March 25-27
A visit from Gov. Matt Mead, updates on a variety of initiatives, and a salary distribution policy for the 2015-16 fiscal year are on the agenda for the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees March 25-27.
The meeting begins at noon Wednesday in Salons D and E of the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center. Before that, from 7:30-10 a.m., the five new members of the board will participate in an orientation session, followed by meetings of two board committees.
The business meeting, in which trustees take formal action on agenda items, is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Friday. All meetings are open to the public except for executive sessions.
Public testimony will be accepted at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Wednesday afternoon's agenda items include updates on UW's fiscal reporting system and the legislative session.
The governor is scheduled to meet with the board at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
Presentation of the proposed salary distribution policy is set for 1 p.m. Thursday, followed by discussion on student fees for 2015-16, and the Trustees Education and Endowed Chairs initiatives. Also planned are updates on dean searches, community college collaborations, strategic planning, enrollment and construction projects.
The trustees will meet with the Energy Resources Council from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Friday. Later, the board will consider contracts for a guaranteed maximum price for the High Bay Research Facility and the architect/engineer for the Rochelle Athletics Center addition.
Also Friday, the trustees will take part in the annual "Take a Trustee to Class" activity, in which they each attend a class with a UW student.
The complete agenda is available on the Web at www.uwyo.edu/trustees/2015-meeting-materials/.
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Malls lack proper security, says police chief
Shopping malls and multiplexes in Kolkata have not taken adequate security measures despite the Mumbai terror attack, Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty said.kolkata Updated: Feb 21, 2009 23:39 IST
Shopping malls and multiplexes in Kolkata have not taken adequate security measures despite the c, Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty said on Saturday.
"I am not fully satisfied with the security arrangements at the malls and multiplexes across the city. Even after 26/11, the owners are not taking the security factor seriously," Chakraborty told reporters in Kolkata.
He was speaking on the sidelines of a conference on safety at malls and multiplexes.
"Despite installing close circuit cameras, I doubt how many of them are monitored regularly, if not 24x7. At the entrance, there is no thorough checking of the bags and individuals," he said.
Chakraborty added that the security guards at these places also lacked the expertise to deal with an emergency.
"Most guards don't even know how to react during emergencies. They should immediately be given proper training. If the mall and multiplex owners want, the police can help," Chakraborty said.
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2008 Squiggy Classic Reports & Photos
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March 10th, 2008, 05:00 PM
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Awesome weekend
Kudos to Jessica and Birgit for putting on a top-notch event, you guys did a great job. All of us at Team Rainbo really enjoyed the event. I sure hope I can make it down next year again.
I'll try and keep this short, I have a
full account on my blog
if you want to read the detailed version.
Having been skating indoors for the last 4 months, I felt like I was in no shape at all to skate a marathon, I had very low expectations, to be honest. I was glad to be away from the 18-degree weather though!
The Squiggy course if flat and smooth, very nice to skate on, very well maintained.
The time trial was fun, even with the hurricane force winds in our face! Seriously, the gusts were so strong it was amazing. It would easily knock 5 mph off your pace at times. As usual my back was killing me, and I honestly questioned myself whether or not I would even attempt the marathon the next day. My time trial:
: 26:03
: 3:43.3/mile
: 16.12 mph
I was just glad to be under a half hour!
The morning of the race was chilly! But the sun eventually warmed us up. I got myself into trouble by not having a plan at the start of the race. Because I was mentally juggling how ready I was and everything, I failed to get with a group of people that better suited my pace.
Consequently, I got caught behind a slower group while the guys I needed to be with skated away. The long and the short of it is I tried to shoot a gap to catch this disappearing group, and bit the dust. I don't know what or who I tripped on, but it was pretty much my own stupid fault. I went down hard on my right side and even my head scraped and hit. (Yay, helmets!)
At that point I was extremely angry with myself. I was fine, I got my stupid carcase off the ground and took off to catch the group I wanted (this time without crashing.) Turns out that group was the General's group as he mentioned above.
Turned out to be an excellent group with which to skate. There was a team of I think 3 guys who had a plan on what they wanted to do (possibly that was your team, General?) and they did a majority of the pulling. It was a great pack in that it was friendly and cooperative - no blocking, guys letting pullers back in, etc. You couldn't ask for a better pack.
In the group were two other Rainbo guys with me, Guy and John. We each took at least one pull, I myself only took one at the end of lap two. I would have liked to have gone up again but I feared it would ruin me for good.
I was really struggling with my back pain, and it was a constant mental battle to continue. But as Cale always says - "Embrace the pain!" At the end of lap 3 my left foot was becoming completely numb. The last lap was a struggle to keep blood circulating through it while trying to keep up.
The thing is I was not having any cardio issues keeping up, it's the other things that are bothering me right now. Maybe someday I'll actually skate a race where I feel good! (Boy, that would be an experience).
At some point Guy consulted his GPS and said he felt we might finish in the 1:40s, which I thought would be great. At the beginning of the race, I was hoping to be under two hours! That's how unsure I felt. To this point my best was 1:48, I would be happy with anything around that time.
With about 4 miles to go, our guy John decides he's going to break away - honestly not a good move. So Guy jumps out to go too, and I figure, sure why not, here I go too. Guy and I skated for maybe a half mile out front (not catching John) and the pack sucked us back up. Even Guy said "that was stupid!" Problem was we had no plan. Maybe if we had all three gone together and worked together, we might have been able to stay ahead, but we didn't do that.
We sucked up John too. Inside the last two miles it became time to start jockeying for position for the sprint to the finish. This was fun for me, it being the first time I have been in an advanced/experienced pack that would sprint to the finish.
My goal was to hang back until the last half mile while people moved around, then get to front so I could lead the sprint without any obstruction - this was the one point where the narrowness of the Squiggy trail became a concern.
Just inside a half mile I did just that, pulled to the front and then slowed the pace down quite a bit - maybe down to 12-14 mph. We all were skating relaxed, now in two lines leading up to the last curve into the finish. You really could kind of feel the tension of the group, everyone waiting for someone to make a move.
With maybe 300 yards to go, I think the guy on my left began to go, so I took off too. About halfway in, I got passed by two guys, but held my position there I think, for the rest of the way - it was a killer sprint - Guy was right on my heels.
When I looked at the clock I was floored... 1:33. I felt we were skating at a good pace, but I had no idea it was close to 1:30. Having set a personal goal of 1:30 for this season and to nearly hit that on my first race, where I felt like I'd barely finish one lap, it just astounded me. My final results:
: 1:33:36 (new personal best)
: 3:34.4/mile
: 16.79 mph
: 21st out of 52 in the open division, 19th out of 40 males, 6th of 7 males 40-49.
I guess it goes to show that I was not in as bad a shape as I thought, but also it shows you how important it is to skate with a good pack. I was also pleased considering I fell at literally mile 1. But maybe I needed to fall, I needed a kick in the arse.
The other great thing was meeting so many skateloggers and seeing them face to face. I've forgot a couple names, and seemingly I met/skated with the General without knowing it, but it was good to meet Jess, Birgit, ckMost, Bryan, SkateKat and her husband (Chris?) LezSk8 and more that I am forgetting already. The dinner ck organized was great, lots of fun all around.
A few pics for ya:
SkateLog dinner my table:
Jess & Birgit workin' hard:
Rest of my pics here:
Not too many good ones, hard to get pics when you are trying to compete.
Great meeting everyone, and great weekend.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
This Aug, I am into...
Listening: Humming Urban Stereo, Mika's Lollipop with the new Sennheiser headphones
Watching: Coffee Prince, Thank You, Bad Couple, Nodame Cantabile
Reading: Translated Japanese magazines like With
Wearing: Ahava matifying moisturizer, stuff that hasn't been worn yet in my wardrobe
Eating: Camel Adenishiki nuts (so addictive!), Marks & Spencer Honey Nut cereal, Marigold Fuji Apple jelly, going to Dempsey (without planning!) 3 weekends in a row for dinner & dessert
Partying: National Day BBQ, going to KL (twice!) for work and for friends' wedding , newly upgraded California Fitness membership
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Charlottesville School Board Accountability sign now
A Public Petition by a Group of Concerned Charlottesville Citizens May 6, 2005
Dear CCS Board:
It has been a traumatic ten months for the CCS community. You, the CCS Board, have succeeded in closing a terrible period in our local history and for that, many of us are grateful. However, as we view the critical decisions ahead, many of us feel a certain degree of trepidation. None of us, regardless of how we come down on the issue of the former superintendent, wants to repeat our communitys most recent experience.
The community sees you, the CCS Board, as the primary caretaker of our schools, and as such the community must be able to rely upon you to educate its children. You are also by law, the public body that bears the heaviest burden of responsibility with regard to our schools and to our citizens. Tragically, at this moment there is a widespread and drastic lack of trust in this School Board. This distrust goes far beyond the voices youve heard at school board meetings. Teachers, assistants, librarians, parents, neighbors are all in conversationand their discussions clearly indicate that this community has suffered serious and deep damage this past year. At the end of the day, the many unanswered questions all add up to a grave mistrust in this Boards ability to manage our schools.
We all want to look ahead to a new and better future. But to proceed as if business can be carried out without first reckoning with the damage done by past mistakes presumes a trust that simply is not there in the broader school community.
Every decision made by this current School Board will be met with incredible suspicionnot just scrutinyuntil trust has been restored. If the closed culture of the present Board remains the same, many of us in this community are fearful that the group dynamic will remain the same, the decision making processes will remain the same, and the outcomes will be the same. We cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of our most recent past.
The first step in reestablishing trust is to have an open discussion about what transpired these past ten months. Establishing trust requires that the Board truthfully answer the publics questions about what went wrong. Even while recognizing legal constraints, much information can and should be shared with the public. We cant move forward as a community until there is a clear willingness on the part of the Board to be open and to conduct its business in public. To talk about moving ahead is meaningless without first establishing trusttrust that is predicated on accountability. Until then, every utterance from the current School Board chair will be perceived as taking us further away from the goal. We implore the School Board to work with this community to create a culture of openness, engagement, and ultimately, trust.
The following questions were distilled from a list of over a hundred, compiled during the past week. They reflect the voices and perspectives of many different people throughout the community of Charlottesville. We offer them to you out of an urgent need to establish a new culture of transparency and accountability. Speak the truth about whats gone on in the past so we as a community can move forward into the future. Communication and collaboration will be the new realities if you work now to reestablish the trust that has been lost between yourselves and this community. Thank you.
1. Superintendent Search: How will you avoid past mistakes?
a. Were all board members privy to all of the reports (positive and negative) submitted by Ray and Associates? Were the companys recommendations verified by the board? If not, why not?
b. Will Ray and Associates be retained to conduct the next search? Why?
c. How will genuine public involvement be ensured during the next search?
d. The results of the 360 Review should be public information. Why havent these results been made public and when will the board do so?
To move forward we must establish trust. What will you do to build this foundation?
2. Protocols: When did you make the business of the public schools, private?
a. Has the Board conducted at least 15 undisclosed, improperly recorded or secret meetings in violation of the Virginia Open Meetings Law?
b. Did the Board repeatedly discuss important public policy matters during these secret meetings such as: Flanagan testing, the PDK Curriculum Audit, the budget, division goals and objectives, and the hiring of additional Central Office personnel?
c. Have the tape recordings of all School Board meetings from July to November 2004 been destroyed? (Missing tapes include those for retreats in Richmond, July 18-19, 13 hours, and Williamsburg on November 18, 4+ hours. Both have been requested under Virginia's Freedom of Information Act.)
To move forward we must establish trust. What will you do to build this foundation?
3. Fiduciary Duties: Did the Board violate procurement policies & laws?
a. Has the Board determined whether it violated CCS policies and the Virginia Procurement Act with the purchases of the Flanagan testing systems and the PDK Audit?
b. Under what authority did the School Board transfer money, estimated in excess of $1 million, from approved classroom and instructional budgets to non-instructional uses?
c. What was the ultimate monetary cost of buying out the superintendent and where did this money come from? Has a spending freeze on all instructional materials been imposed and if so, is this action related to the buy-out of the superintendent?
To move forward we must establish trust. What will you do to build this foundation?
4. Personnel: Have personnel decisions been ethical and in accord with policy?
a. Did the Board undertake or approve hiring practices that were either in violation of existing CCS personnel policies or unethical (e.g. creating two new superintendent level positions without public discussion and allowing the former superintendent to hire the former School Board chair who hired her?)
b. Why did the board fail to investigate allegations of a developing hostile work environment created by the former superintendent after receiving warnings from numerous sources as early as August, 2004?
To move forward we must establish trust. What will you do to build this foundation?
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Sending Warm Fuzzies
Running slow late so short post today. This is my entry to this months challenge at Gerda Steiner's. Have a Friends birthday this month and she love critters so this months cutie was perfect. As usual I used copics to colour the image and made a clean and simple card. To give it a bit of dimension I cut a circle panel and mounted it over the image. The sentiment is from an old Hero Arts set called Everyday Sayings and I stamped it twice around the circle. The happy birthday and heart is one I have had forever I don't know what company it came from.


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Funny Stupid Gifts for College Girls & Sorority Sisters (Aka Basic Bitches)
College Bros have their female equivalent with the College Sorority Sisters wearing hoodies with weird words like "#DeltaGamma".
They love buying expensive clothes, are extremely loud and spend half of their daytime on Instagram & Snapchat.
So here are some perfect gifts to make fun of girls who act a little bit too much like cliché College Girls. Most of these gifts, like these girls, are dumb but fun – and under 20$ !


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2009年12月31日 星期四
Coming sooon: The Bluetooth Watch
Here's the pitch.
Earlier this decade Microsoft started an effort they called the Smart Watch. It pretty much failed. Some people wore watches with keypads, presumably so they could do calculations or write memos. You'd have to have fingers about 1/100th the size of human fingers for that to work. I'm sure there were lots of other early attempts to digitize watches, but in the end, watches are good for telling time and not much more.
The reason -- to be ergonomic a watch has to be small. But to have a decent user interface a watch has to be big. Too big.
That's why the functionality that could have conceivably gone on our wrists is now in our pockets -- on smart phones, Blackberry, iPhone, Droid.
In-our-pocket is the wrong place for quick text messages. They should be on our wrist!
Enter Bluetooth.
I don't know the economics but I imagine a digital watch could be made to look beautiful and also to have a mode where it couples with our phone and acts as a receiver for text messages. That way every time someone DMs you on Twitter it could show up on your wrist, with a little vibration only you feel.
I considered calling this the Twitter Watch, but enough with Twitter. They get too much free publicity.
PS: I know there are Bluetooth Watches, but they got it wrong. The display should be the whole watch face, not a sliver of tiny text beneath an analog watch face. And it's nice they can show you the caller ID, but I don't get nearly as many phone calls as text messages. A watch could display 140 characters, if you temporarily displace the time display (until you click the face to dismiss). The ones that try to be an MP3 player or cell phone are just as ridiculous and doomed to fail as the smart watches of the 90s.
What is seduction?
All three elements are necessary.
I put this together as a response to a well-meaning commenter on my Person of the Decade piece yesterday, who observed that I was an "old" person who had done all the work being honored while in his 40s (and 50s!). I didn't ask for details, but I assume they meant that such accomplishments are usually the province of younger people.
This didn't feel right to me.
So I started thinking.
Not to brag, but I was also very accomplished in my 20s and 30s, and in my teens I was precocious. But as an adult, which I am now, I am capable of seduction. And you couldn't launch something like RSS or podcasting, without the ability to seduce people. Because they won't move unless they get what they want, the way they want it. It never occurs to young males to seduce, because to get what they want they just have to look young and virile. Which they are very good at! If an older male wants to get some action he has to seduce. Therefore evolution taught at least some of us to do this. And that's the skill you need to make something like podcasting work.
So don't be surprised if old (I hate that word) people make great contributions in the arts and technology. There are certain things, those that require seduction, that we do much better than younger folk.
Example: Why it's smart to publish Realtime RSS now.
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2009年12月30日 星期三
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Happiness, joy, and hope with a yellow circle banner for the New Year
Person of the Decade?!
Slate's culture podcast chose three people as Person of the Decade and they were: George W. Bush, Paris Hilton and Dave Winer.
It's the weirdest thing.
They said my name and no one said Who dat?
I don't think it was a joke.
And it was for a good thing, podcasting -- and they're right about how nice it is to have all those great podcasts to listen to.
I didn't make a dime off podcasting, but in a more important way I did get rich from it. There's an incredible wealth of great stuff to listen to. It really took off, and it's something I'm really proud of.
Here's the full MP3. The segment starts around minute 27.
And here's the 3.5 minute excerpt where they talk about the Person of the Decade.
2009 in Pictures & SEOmoz's Seattle Meetup on Wednesday 1/6
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What a year! From traveling to software development, saying goodbye to old friends and growing the team with new ones, we've had a tremendously exciting 12 months at SEOmoz. To celebrate, next week, on Wednesday, January 6th 2010, we'll be hosting an informal meetup at the Elysian Brewery on Capitol Hill in Seattle, WA. Everyone from the Seattle technology, startup and SEO community is welcome to attend, and we'll be hosting a special guest, Distilled's Will Critchlow (who's chosen the worst possible time, weather-wise, to visit our fair city). Please RSVP via the Google form below!
In addition to the meetup, I thought it would be appropriate (and fun) to celebrate the year with a look back in pictures. Enjoy!
SEOmoz's Mel Gray, Matt Heilman, Gillian Muessig, Nick Gerner, Sarah Bird & Mike Thompson at Seattle's Big Climb Event, raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The SEOmoz December holiday party at Olive8 - (Left to Right) Arden, Jimmy, Christine, Sarah, Ben Huff, Timmy, Gillian, Adam, Sam, Jen, Rand, Chas, Kate, Darren, Danny & Nick. Why did we all stuff into the dual showers? Umm... I don't know. It seemed like a good idea at the time. You can watch our holiday video greeting and more holiday party photos on Facebook.
SEOmoz's Chas Williams and Sarah Bird won most festive attire at our holiday event.
Tony Adam, smiling next to his SEOmoz Werewolf/Search Spam card at Pubcon Las Vegas in November
Kristy Bolsinger, Kate Morris & Matt Cutts at the SEOmoz Werewolf Party at Pubcon Las Vegas
Ben Hendrickson and Jen Lopez, attired in full moz regalia, carrying "link juice" by the SEOmoz booth at SMX Advanced in Seattle
Ben, Danny (with a mustache! - he's hidden so look real close), Chas, Scott & Timmy at lunch downstairs from SEOmoz's offices at the Elysian Brewery on Capitol Hill
Sarah Bird hard at work in our cramped conference room
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The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 16CHAPTER XVI
The Wanderer glanced at Unorna's face and saw the expression of relentless hatred which had settled upon her features. He neither understood it nor attempted to account for it. So far as he knew, Israel Kafka was mad, a man to be pitied, to be cared for, to be controlled perhaps, but assuredly not to be maltreated. Though the memories of the last half hour were confused and distorted, the Wanderer began to be aware that the young Hebrew had been made to suffer almost beyond the bounds of human endurance. So far as it was possible to judge, Israel Kafka's fault consisted in loving a woman who did not return his love, and his worst misdeed had been his sudden intrusion upon an interview in which the Wanderer could recall nothing which might not have been repeated to the whole world with impunity.
During the last month he had lived a life of bodily and mental indolence, in which all his keenest perceptions and strongest instincts had been lulled into a semi-dormant state. Unknown to himself, the mainspring of all thought and action had been taken out of his existence together with the very memory of it. For years he had lived and moved and wandered over the earth in obedience to one dominant idea. By a magic of which he knew nothing that idea had been annihilated, temporarily, if not for ever, and the immediate consequence had been the cessation of all interest and of all desire for individual action. The suspension of all anxiety, restlessness and mental suffering had benefited the physical man though it had reduced the intelligence to a state bordering upon total apathy.
But organisations, mental or physical, of great natural strength, are never reduced to weakness by a period of inactivity. It is those minds and bodies which have been artificially developed by a long course of training to a degree of power they were never intended to possess, which lose that force almost immediately in idleness. The really very strong man has no need of constant gymnastic exercise; he will be stronger than other men whatever he does. The strong character needs not be constantly struggling against terrible odds in the most difficult situations in order to be sure of its own solidity, nor must the deep intellect be ever plodding through the mazes of intricate theories and problems that it may feel itself superior to minds of less compass. There is much natural inborn strength of body and mind in the world, and on the whole those who possess either accomplish more than those in whom either is the result of long and well-regulated training.
The belief in a great cruelty and a greater injustice roused the man who throughout so many days had lived in calm indifference to every aspect of the humanity around him. Seeing that Israel Kafka could not be immediately restored to consciousness, he rose to his feet again and stood between the prostrate victim and Unorna.
"You are killing this man instead of saving him," he said. "His crime, you say, is that he loves you. Is that a reason for using all your powers to destroy him in body and mind?"
"Perhaps," answered Unorna calmly, though there was still a dangerous light in her eyes.
"No. It is no reason," answered the Wanderer with a decision to which Unorna was not accustomed. "Keyork tells me that the man is mad. He may be. But he loves you and deserves mercy of you."
"Mercy!" exclaimed Unorna with a cruel laugh. "You heard what he said--you were for silencing him yourself. You could not have done it. I have--and most effectually."
"Whatever your art really may be, you use it badly and cruelly. A moment ago I was blinded myself. If I had understood clearly while you were speaking that you were making this poor fellow suffer in himself the hideous agony you described I would have stopped you. You blinded me, as you dominated him. But I am not blind now. You shall not torment him any longer.
"And how would you have stopped me? How can you hinder me now?" asked Unorna.
The Wanderer gazed at her in silence for some moments. There was an expression in his face which she had never seen there. Towering above her he looked down. The massive brows were drawn together, the eyes were cold and impenetrable, every feature expressed strength.
"By force, if need be," he answered very quietly.
The woman before him was not of those who fear or yield. She met his glance boldly. Scarcely half an hour earlier she had been able to steal away his senses and make him subject to her. She was ready to renew the contest, though she realised that a change had taken place in him.
"You talk of force to a woman!" she exclaimed, contemptuously. "You are indeed brave!"
"You are not a woman. You are the incarnation of cruelty. I have seen it."
His eyes were cold and his voice was stern. Unorna felt a very sharp pain and shivered as though she were cold. Whatever else was bad and cruel and untrue in her wild nature, her love for him was true and passionate and enduring. And she loved him the more for the strength he was beginning to show, and for his determined opposition. The words he had spoken had hurt her as he little guessed they could, not knowing that he alone of men had power to wound her.
"You do not know," she answered. "How should you?" Her glance fell and her voice trembled.
"I know enough," he said. He turned coldly from her and knelt again beside Israel Kafka.
He raised the pale head and supported it upon his knee, and gazed anxiously into the face, raising the lids with his finger as though to convince himself that the man was not dead. Indeed there seemed to be but little life left in him as he lay there with outstretched arms and twisted fingers, scarcely breathing. In such a place, without so much as the commonest restorative to aid him, the Wanderer saw that he had but little chance of success.
Unorna stood aside, not looking at the two men. It was nothing to her whether Kafka lived or died. She was suffering herself, more than she had ever suffered in her life. He had said that she was not a woman--she whose whole woman's nature worshiped him. He had said that she was the incarnation of cruelty--and it was true, though it was her love for him that made her cruel to the other. Could he know what she had felt, when she had understood that Israel Kafka had heard her passionate words and seen her eager face, and had laughed her to scorn? Could any woman at such a time be less than cruel? Was not her hate for the man who loved her as great as her love for the man who loved her not? Even if she possessed instruments of torture for the soul more terrible than those invented in darker ages to rack the human body, was she not justified in using them all? Was not Israel Kafka guilty of the greatest of all crimes, of loving when he was not loved, and of witnessing her shame and discomfiture? She could not bear to look at him, lest she should lose herself and try to thrust the Wanderer aside and kill the man with her hands.
Then she heard footsteps on the frozen path, and turning quickly she saw that the Wanderer had lifted Kafka's body from the ground and was moving rapidly away, towards the entrance of the cemetery. He was leaving her in anger, without a word. She turned very pale and hesitated. Then she ran forward to overtake him, but he, hearing her approach, quickened his stride, seeming but little hampered in his pace by the burden he bore. But Unorna, too, was fleet of foot and strong.
"Stop!" she cried, laying her hand upon his arm. "Stop! Hear me! Do not leave me so!"
But he would not pause, and hurried onward towards the gate, while she hung upon his arm, trying to hinder him and speaking in desperate agitation. She felt that if she let him go now, he would leave her for ever. In that moment even her hatred of Kafka sank into insignificance. She would do anything, bear anything, promise anything rather than lose what she loved so wildly.
"Stop!" she cried again. "I will save him--I will obey you--I will be kind to him--he will die in your arms if you do not let me help you--oh! for the love of Heaven, wait one moment! Only one moment!"
She so thrust herself in the Wanderer's path, hanging upon him and trying to tear Kafka from his arms, that he was forced to stand still and face her.
"Let me pass!" he exclaimed, making another effort to advance. But she clung to him and he could not move.
"No,--I will not let you go," she murmured. "You can do nothing without me, you will only kill him, as I would have done a moment ago--"
"And as you will do now," he said sternly, "if I let you have your way."
"By all that is Holy in Heaven, I will save him--he shall not even remember--"
"Do not swear. I shall not believe you."
"You will believe when you see--you will forgive me--you will understand."
Without answering he exerted his strength and clasping the insensible man more firmly in his arms he made one or two steps forward. Unorna's foot slipped on the frozen ground and she would have fallen to the earth, but she clung to him with desperate energy. Seeing that she was in danger of some bodily hurt if he used greater force, the Wanderer stopped again, uncertain how to act; Unorna stood before him, panting a little from the struggle, her face as white as death.
"Unless you kill me," she said, "you shall not take him away so. Hold him in your arms, if you will, but let me speak to him."
"And how shall I know that you will not hurt him, you who hate him as you do?"
"Am I not at your mercy?" asked Unorna. "If I deceive you, can you not do what you will with me, even if I try to resist you, which I will not? Hold me, if you choose, lest I should escape you, and if Israel Kafka does not recover his strength and his consciousness, then take me with you and deliver me up to justice as a witch--as a murderess, if you will."
The Wanderer was silent for a moment. Then he realised that what she said was true. She was in his power.
"Restore him if you can," he said.
Unorna laid her hands upon Kafka's forehead and bending down whispered into his ear words which were inaudible even to the man who held him. The mysterious change from sleep to consciousness was almost instantaneous. He opened his eyes and looked first at Unorna and then at the Wanderer. There was neither pain nor passion in his face, but only wonder. A moment more and his limbs regained their strength, he stood upright and passed his hand over his eyes as though trying to remember what had happened.
"How came I here?" he asked in surprise. "What has happened to me?"
"You fainted," said Unorna quietly. "You remember that you were very tired after your journey. The walk was too much for you. We will take you home."
"Yes--yes--I must have fainted. Forgive me--it comes over me sometimes."
He evidently had complete control of his faculties at the present moment, when he glanced curiously from the one to the other of his two companions, as they all three began to walk towards the gate. Unorna avoided his eyes, and seemed to be looking at the irregular slabs they passed on their way.
The Wanderer had intended to free himself from her as soon as Kafka regained his senses, but he had not been prepared for such a sudden change. He saw, now, that he could not exchange a word with her without exciting the man's suspicion, and he was by no means sure that the first emotion might not produce a sudden and dangerous effect. He did not even know how great the change might be, which Unorna's words had brought about. That Kafka had forgotten at once his own conduct and the fearful vision which Unorna had imposed upon him was clear, but it did not follow that he had ceased to love her. Indeed, to one only partially acquainted with the laws which govern hypnotics, such a transition seemed very far removed from possibility. He who in one moment had himself been made to forget utterly the dominant passion and love of his life, was so completely ignorant of the fact that he could not believe such a thing possible in any case whatsoever.
In the dilemma in which he found himself there was nothing to be done but to be guided by circumstances. He was not willing to leave Kafka alone with the woman who hated him, and he saw no means of escaping her society so long as she chose to impose it upon them both. He supposed, too, that Unorna realized this as well as he did, and he tried to be prepared for all events by revolving all the possibilities in his mind.
But Unorna was absorbed by very different thoughts. From time to time she stole a glance at his face, and she saw that it was stern and cold as ever. She had kept her word, but he did not relent. A terrible anxiety overwhelmed her. It was possible, even probable, that he would henceforth avoid her. She had gone too far. She had not reckoned upon such a nature as his, capable of being roused to implacable anger by mere sympathy for the suffering of another. Then, understanding it at last, she had thought it would be enough that those sufferings should be forgotten by him upon whom they had been inflicted. She could not comprehend the horror he felt for herself and for her hideous cruelty. She had entered the cemetery in the consciousness of her strong will and of her mysterious powers certain of victory, sure that having once sacrificed her pride and stooped so low as to command what should have come of itself, she should see his face change and hear the ring of passion in that passionless voice. She had failed in that, and utterly. She had been surprised by her worst enemy. She had been laughed to scorn in the moment of her deepest humiliation, and she had lost the foundations of friendship in the attempt to build upon them the hanging gardens of an artificial love. In that moment, as they reached the gate, Unorna was not far from despair.
A Jewish boy, with puffed red lips and curving nostrils, was loitering at the entrance. The Wanderer told him to find a carriage.
"Two carriages," said Unorna, quickly. The boy ran out. "I will go home alone," she added. "You two can drive together."
The Wanderer inclined his head in assent, but said nothing. Israel Kafka's dark eyes rested upon hers for a moment.
"Why not go together?" he asked.
Unorna started slightly and turned as though about to make a sharp answer. But she checked herself, for the Wanderer was looking at her. She spoke to him instead of answering Kafka.
"It is the best arrangement--do you not think so?" she asked.
"Quite the best."
"I shall be gratified if you will bring me word of him," she said, glancing at Kafka.
The Wanderer was silent as though he had not heard.
"Have you been in pain? Do you feel as though you had been suffering?" she asked of the younger man, in a tone of sympathy and solicitude.
"No. Why do you ask?"
Unorna smiled and looked at the Wanderer, with intention. He did not heed her. At that moment two carriages appeared and drew up at the end of the narrow alley which leads from the street to the entrance of the cemetery. All three walked forward together. Kafka went forward and opened the door of one of the conveyances for Unorna to get in. The Wanderer, still anxious for the man's safety, would have taken his place, but Kafka turned upon him almost defiantly.
"Permit me," he said. "I was before you here."
The Wanderer stood civilly aside and lifted his hat. Unorna held out her hand, and he took it coldly, not being able to do otherwise.
"You will let me know, will you not?" she said. "I am anxious about him."
He raised his eyebrows a little and dropped her hand.
"You shall be informed," he said.
Kafka helped her to get into the carriage. She drew him by the hand so that his head was inside the door and the other man could not hear her words.
"I am anxious about you," she said very kindly. "Make him come himself to me and tell me how you are."
"Surely--if you have asked him--"
"He hates me," whispered Unorna quickly. "Unless you make him come he will send no message."
"Then let me come myself--I am perfectly well--"
"Hush--no!" she answered hurriedly. "Do as I say--it will be best for you--and for me. Good-bye."
"Your word is my law," said Kafka, drawing back. His eyes were bright and his thin cheek was flushed. It was long since she had spoken so kindly to him. A ray of hope entered his life.
The Wanderer saw the look and interpreted it rightly. He understood that in that brief moment Unorna had found time to do some mischief. Her carriage drove on, and left the two men free to enter the one intended for them. Kafka gave the driver the address of his lodgings. Then he sank back into the corner, exhausted and conscious of his extreme weakness. A short silence followed.
"You are in need of rest," said the Wanderer, watching him curiously.
"Indeed, I am very tired, if not actually ill."
"You have suffered enough to tire the strongest."
"In what way?" asked Kafka. "I have forgotten what happened. I know that I followed Unorna to the cemetery. I had been to her house, and I saw you afterwards together. I had not spoken to her since I came back from my long journey this morning. Tell me what occurred. Did she make me sleep? I feel as I have felt before when I have fancied that she has hypnotised me."
The Wanderer looked at him in surprise. The question was asked as naturally as though it referred to an everyday occurrence of little or no weight.
"Yes," he answered. "She made you sleep."
"Why? Do you know? If she has made me dream something, I have forgotten it."
The Wanderer hesitated a moment.
"I cannot answer your question," he said, at length.
"Ah--she told me that you hated her," said Kafka, turning his dark eyes to his companion. "But, yet," he added, "that is hardly a reason why you should not tell me what happened."
"I could not tell you the truth without saying something which I have no right to say to a stranger--which I could not easily say to a friend."
"You need not spare me--"
"It might save you."
"Then say it--though I do not know from what danger I am to be saved. But I can guess, perhaps. You would advise me to give up the attempt to win her."
"Precisely. I need say no more."
"On the contrary," said Kafka with sudden energy, "when a man gives such advice as that to a stranger he is bound to give also his reasons."
The Wanderer looked at him calmly as he answered.
"One man need hardly give a reason for saving another man's life. Yours is in danger."
"I see that you hate her, as she said you did."
"You and she are both mistaken in that. I am not in love with her and I have ceased to be her friend. As for my interest in you, it does not even pretend to be friendly--it is that which any man may feel for a fellow-being, and what any man would feel who had seen what I have seen this afternoon."
The calm bearing and speech of the experienced man of the world carried weight with it in the eyes of the young Moravian, whose hot blood knew little of restraint and less of caution; with the keen instinct of his race in the reading of character he suddenly understood that his companion was at once generous and disinterested. A burst of confidence followed close upon the conviction.
"If I am to lose her love, I would rather lose my life also, and by her hand," he said hotly. "You are warning me against her. I feel that you are honest and I see that you are in earnest. I thank you. If I am in danger, do not try to save me. I saw her face a few moments ago, and she spoke to me. I cannot believe that she is plotting my destruction."
The Wanderer was silent. He wondered whether it was his duty to do or say more. Unorna was a changeable woman. She might love the man to-morrow. But Israel Kafka was too young to let the conversation drop. Boy-like he expected confidence for confidence, and was surprised at his companion's taciturnity.
"What did she say to me when I was asleep?" he asked, after a short pause.
"Did you ever hear the story of Simon Abeles?" the Wanderer inquired by way of answer.
Kafka frowned and looked round sharply.
"Simon Abeles? He was a renegade Hebrew boy. His father killed him. He is buried in the Teyn Kirche. What of him? What has he to do with Unorna, or with me? I am myself a Jew. The time has gone by when we Jews hid our heads. I am proud of what I am, and I will never be a Christian. What can Simon Abeles have to do with me?"
"Little enough, now that you are awake."
"And when I was asleep, what then? She made me see him, perhaps?"
"She made you live his life. She made you suffer all that he suffered--"
"What?" cried Israel Kafka in a loud and angry tone.
"What I say," returned the other quietly.
"And you did not interfere? You did not stop her? No, of course, I forgot that you are a Christian."
The Wanderer looked at him in surprise. It had not struck him that Israel Kafka might be a man of the deepest religious convictions, a Hebrew of the Hebrews, and that what he would resent most would be the fact that in his sleep Unorna had made him play the part and suffer the martyrdom of a convert to Christianity. This was exactly what took place. He would have suffered anything at Unorna's hands, and without complaint, even to bodily death, but his wrath rose furiously at the thought that she had been playing with what he held most sacred, that she had forced from his lips the denial of the faith of his people and the confession of the Christian belief, perhaps the very words of the hated Creed. The modern Hebrew of Western Europe might be indifferent in such a case, as though he had spoken in the delirium of a fever, but the Jew of the less civilised East is a different being, and in some ways a stronger. Israel Kafka represented the best type of his race, and his blood boiled at the insult that had been put upon him. The Wanderer saw, and understood, and at once began to respect him, as men who believe firmly in opposite creeds have been known to respect each other even in a life and death struggle.
"I would have stopped her if I could," he said.
"Were you sleeping, too?" asked Kafka hotly.
"I cannot tell. I was powerless though I was conscious. I saw only Simon Abeles in it all, though I seemed to be aware that you and he were one person. I did interfere--so soon as I was free to move. I think I saved your life. I was carrying you away in my arms when she waked you."
"I thank you--I suppose it is as you tell me. You could not move--but you saw it all, you say. You saw me play the part of the apostate, you heard me confess the Christian's faith?"
"Yes--I saw you die in agony, confessing it still."
Israel Kafka ground his teeth and turned his face away. The Wanderer was silent. A few moments later the carriage stopped at the door of Kafka's lodging. The latter turned to his companion, who was startled by the change in the young face. The mouth was now closely set, the features seemed bolder, the eyes harder and more manly, a look of greater dignity and strength was in the whole.
"You do not love her?" he asked. "Do you give me your word that you do not love her?"
"If you need so much to assure you of it, I give you my word. I do not love her."
"Will you come with me for a few moments? I live here."
The Wanderer made a gesture of assent. In a few moments they found themselves in a large room furnished almost in Eastern fashion, with few objects, but those of great value. Israel Kafka was alone in the world and was rich. There were two or three divans, a few low, octagonal, inlaid tables, a dozen or more splendid weapons hung upon the wall, and the polished wooden floor was partly covered with extremely rich carpets.
"Do you know what she said to me, when I helped her into the carriage?" asked Kafka.
"No, I did not attempt to hear."
"She did not mean that you should hear her. She made me promise to send you to her with news of myself. She said that you hated her and would not go to her unless I begged you to do so. Is that true?"
"I have told you that I do not hate her. I hate her cruelty. I will certainly not go to her of my own choice."
"She said that I had fainted. That was a lie. She invented it as an excuse to attract you, on the ground of her interest in my condition."
"She hates me with an extreme hatred. Her real interest lay in showing you how terrible that hatred could be. It is not possible to conceive of anything more diabolically bad than what she did to me. She made me her sport--yours, too, perhaps, or she would at least have wished it. On that holy ground where my people lie in peace she made me deny my faith, she made me, in your eyes and her own, personate a renegade of my race, she made me confess in the Christian creed, she made me seem to die for a belief I abhor. Can you conceive of anything more devilish? A moment later she smiles upon me and presses my hand, and is anxious to know of my good health. And but for you, I should never have known what she had done to me. I owe you gratitude, though it be for the worst pain I have ever suffered. But do you think I will forgive her?"
"You would be very forgiving if you could," said the Wanderer, his own anger rising again at the remembrance of what he had seen.
"And do you think that I can love still?"
Israel Kafka walked the length of the room and then came back and stood before the Wanderer and looked into his eyes. His face was very calm and resolute, the flush had vanished from his thin cheeks, and the features were set in an expression of irrevocable determination. Then he spoke, slowly and distinctly.
"You are mistaken. I love her with all my heart. I will therefore kill her."
The Wanderer had seen many men in many lands and had witnessed the effects of many passions. He gazed earnestly into Israel Kafka's face, searching in vain for some manifestation of madness. But he was disappointed. The Moravian had formed his resolution in cold blood and intended to carry it out. His only folly appeared to lie in the announcement of his intention. But his next words explained even that.
"She made me promise to send you to her if you would go," he said. "Will you go to her now?"
"What shall I tell her? I warn you that since--"
"You need not warn me. I know what you would say. But I will be no common murderer. I will not kill her as she would have killed me. Warn her, not me. Go to her and say, 'Israel Kafka has promised before God that he will take your blood in expiation, and there is no escape from the man who is himself ready to die.' Tell her to fly for her life, and that quickly."
"And what will you gain by doing this murder?" asked the Wanderer, calmly. He was revolving schemes for Unorna's safety, and half amazed to find himself forced in common humanity to take her part.
"I shall free myself of my shame in loving her, at the price of her blood and mine. Will you go?"
"And what is to prevent me from delivering you over to safe keeping before you do this deed?"
"You have no witness," answered Kafka with a smile. "You are a stranger in the city and in this country, and I am rich. I shall easily prove that you love Unorna, and that you wish to get rid of me out of jealousy."
"That is true," said the Wanderer, thoughtfully. "I will go."
"Go quickly, then," said Israel Kafka, "for I shall follow soon."
As the Wanderer left the room he saw the Moravian turn toward the place where the keen, splendid Eastern weapons hung upon the wall.
The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 17
The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 15
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 17
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 18
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 19
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 20
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 21
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 22
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 23
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 24
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 25
- The Witch Of Prague - Chapter 26


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I am back again this time with another EOTD! I haven't done a look with pink or glitter in awhile so I decided to do both this time. While this isn't an official Sailor Moon inspired look it does remind me of Chibi Moon's Pink Sugar Heart Attack.
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I used the following products for this look:
Lunatick Cosmetic Labs (LCL)Primer
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Lit Cosmetics Afternoon Delight
You can pick up Lunatick Cosmetic Labs here. follow them on Facebook and on Instagram. You can purchase Candii Blossom Cosmetics on Etsy. You can also follow her on Facebook and Instagram. Sugarpill can be purchased here and followed on Facebook and Instagram. Finally last but not least you can purchase Lit here or in Sephora stores in the US and Canada. You can also follow Lit on Facebook and Instagram. I hope that you enjoyed this look of the day and until next time lovelies!


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Selecting gifts to give to a family member, a friend or a loved one is not always an easy task. In fact it is one of the most nerve wracking things to do especially when you are obviously out of ideas on what gift to purchase. It is important to find out as much as you can on the type of gift that the person you are buying it for is expecting so that you are able to make them happy or even surprised when they finally open your gift.
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Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Individual Complainant v. The R.O.S.E. Fund, Inc
The GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project (GLBTQ-DVP) and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) pursued this complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) on behalf of a gay male survivor of domestic violence who was denied access to facial reconstruction surgery by The R.O.S.E. Fund.
On March 25, we filed our appeal brief with the Full Commission of the MCAD arguing that a hearing officer erroneously concluded that the R.O.S.E. Fund, a nonprofit social services agency, is exempt from the Massachusetts law that prohibits discrimination on account of race, sex, sexual orientation, disability and other protected classes.
The R.O.S.E. Fund established a partnership with leading healthcare institutions to provide free or low-cost reconstructive surgery to survivors of domestic violence. Through this program, R.O.S.E. refers survivors to institutions such as Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and Tufts Dental School. But they denied a referral to the complainant because he is a man.
The Commission had previously found that there was probable cause in this case that discrimination had occurred.
The complainant is represented by attorneys Ben Klein and Jennifer Levi of GLAD and Wayne A. Thomas Jr. of the GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project.


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Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, T.N. notified the application for Bachelors of Education (B.Ed.) Two Year & B.Ed Special Education regular course admissions for the academic session 2017-18. The above notification invited from the eligible candidates to B.Ed Two Year (Teachers course) Admissions for 2017-18 under the respective colleges. The eligible and interested persons may check notification details like application fee, application procedure, how to apply, study center list, date of declaration shortlist, counseling dates etc details through this article, read more below.
Tamil Nadu Open University
Latest Updates for B.Ed. Special Education Admission-2017
List of Provisionally Selected Candidates Called for First Admission Counselling
B.Ed. Special Education (English / Tamil Medium) Admission Counselling Registration Form
B.Ed. Special Education Admission Counselling Details
B.Ed. Entrance Exams 2017 Results & Eligible candidates list
B.Ed. Special Education Entrance Examination 2017
List of Provisionally Selected Candidates for 1st Admission Counselling
B.ED, B.ED (Special Education) & PGD in SE – Term End Examination Result December 2016 (EXCEPT B.ED CY-2015 BATCH STUDENTS AND M.ED)
B.ED – Term End Result December 2016 (UPTO CY-2015 BATCH STUDENTS)
Find more details at : http://www.tnou.ac.in/
If any candidates have queries regarding above topic please comment us below (or) direct contact with TNOU office. Thank you…!
Tamilnadu Open University
No 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015.
Phone: 044-24306600
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.tnou.ac.in
|Name of University
|Tamil Nadu Open University, Anna Salai, Chennai, T.N.
|Admission Notification / Counselling dates
|Name of Course
|B.Ed. Regular course session 2016-17
|Last date to application
|Date of declaration of result
|Counselling dates
|Held in January month of 2016
|Study Center
|Check below of this article
|University website
Tamil Nadu Open University – B.Ed. Admissions 2016-17
TNOU, Chennai recently issued the B.Ed. Application form for admissions of 2016-17 academic session under the respective colleges. The above notification invited eligible persons to B.Ed. regular course under the TNOU University. All the related candidates who want to apply for the BED admission 2016-17 application, you may apply on or before last date. Further details find below.
Eligibility criteria :
a) The candidates should have passed the U.G. (Degree) examination in 11+1+3 or 10+2+3 stream.
b) Trained In-service teachers with D.T.Ed. in any Government recognised school within Tamil Nadu state.
c) The candidates who have completed a NCTE recognised teacher education programme through face-to-face mode.
Application fee :
The Cost of Application form for B.Ed. Admission is Rs.500/-
Fee payment mode :
The Application form and Prospectus can be directly obtained in person either from the University Head Office or University Zonal Centres or B.Ed. Programme Study Centres by way of Cash or Demand Draft for Rs.500/- drawn in favour of "Tamil Nadu Open University" payable at Chennai.
How to apply :
The candidates may download the enclosed B.Ed. Application – 2016, fill the details referring the B.Ed. prospectus and send the filled-in application to "The Member-Secretary, B.Ed. Admission, School of Education, Tamil Nadu Open University, No. 577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai – 600 015" along with Demand Draft of Rs.500/- drawn in favour of "Tamil Nadu Open University" payable at Chennai.
The application form can be obtained either in person or downloaded
Application forms can be obtained from the following Programme Study Centres and Zonal Centres of TNOU :
B.Ed. Programme Study Centres
|Name & Address
|Contact Nos.
|St. Ignatius College of Education, Palayamkottai,Tirunelveli – 627 002
|Centwin College of Education, 300,Poolavadi Road, Ellis Nagar (Po), Dharapuram (TK), Tirupur (Dist), Tamilnadu, India – 638657
|Uma Maheswaranar College of Education, Karanthai Tamil, Sangam, Karanthai, Thanjavur-613 002
|Crescent College of Education, Somasipadi,Tiruvannamalai-606 611,
|Kasthooribha Gandhi College of Education, 1/220A,Nethaji Road, Masakalipatty, (PO) Rasipuram (TK), Nammakkal-637 401
|Kapi College of Education, 7/14-A, Wellington Road,NGGO Colony, Nagamalai, Madurai-625 019
|Rasi College of Education, 25/1B, Sendhamangalam Pirivu Road, C.S. Puram (Po), Rasipuram(TK) Namakkal Dist-637 401.
|Bhavani College of Education, Main Road, K.N. Pettai, Thiruvanthipuram, Cuddalore Dist-607 401
Zonal Centres
|Name & Address
|Contact Nos.
|Thiru. V. Issac Robert, Senior Consultant, TNOU Zonal Centre, Dr. NGP Arts & Science College (Civil Block), Kalapatty Road, Nehru Nagar, Coimbatore – 641 048.
|Tamil Nadu Open University – Zonal Centre, No.17/33,Dr. Dharmalingam Road, Opp. to Avvaiyar Govt. Girls Hr. Sec. School Dharmapuri – 636 701
|Tamil Nadu Open University – Zonal Centre Plot No.300, Near TV Station, K.K. Nagar, Madurai – 625 020.
|Shivani College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy, Dindugul Highway, Navaloor Kuttapattu, Trichy – 620 009.
Important dates :
|Starting date for the issue of Application and Prospectus
|Last date for issue of Application and Prospectus
|30.11.2015 (5.00 p.m.)
|Last date for the submission of filled-in Application forms to TNOU's office
|30.11.2015 (5.00 p.m.)
|Announcement of Admission Results
|Starting date of B.Ed. Admission Counselling
If any doubts on above topic, comment us below.The counseling dates shortly update here. So related persons who applied for the above notification may update with the university website (or) check this webpage regularly to find latest news.
TNOU B.Ed Entrance examination 2016-17


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Can i turn my Iphone G3 into a midi controller for Ableton Live? Answered
You should check out iRig MIDI, it allows you to connect ANY midi device to your iOS device.
You should poke around the website:
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E.g. http://www.ableton.com/support
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I looked and couldn't find an answer. But since you've got one of their 'phones you can message them.
Using MIDI from your phone is hard because the hardware isn't there. There are a number of iPhone applications that connect via WiFi or Bluetooth to Ableton. Just search the app store for Ableton. I've used TouchOSC and... another one that I can't remember the name of. There is a limitation. Since the control signals go through the network rather than direct wiring there can be a delay up to dozens of microseconds. This is fine for some things like controlling faders and triggering synchronized loops, but it can be murder if you're trying to lay down a drum track (for example.)


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Wenran Jiang
28 May 2008
Ottawa Citizen
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in Europe this week in part to lobby the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy to pressure China on the issue of global warming. Even putting aside Canada's dismal record on controlling its own emission of CO2 for a moment, don't you wonder why Mr. Harper ventures into building a "coalition of the willing" before talking to the Chinese leaders?
After all, other heads of major industrialized countries visit China or receive their Chinese counterparts in their own capitals on a regular basis, and some of them do multiple mutual visits a year. U.S. President George W. Bush claims that he can just pick up the phone and talk to Chinese President Hu Jintao. French President Nicolas Sarkozy went to China only months after assuming his post, openly challenged the Chinese on global warming responsibilities, and then with a stroke of a pen, signed $30 billion worth of contracts selling Airbus planes and nuclear reactors.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown travelled to China in January, also within months of taking over from Tony Blair. Joined by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Brown engaged the Chinese people in a Q and A "town hall" meeting on a range of issues, offered to host 100 Chinese firms in Britain and promised to boost bilateral trade by 50 per cent, all in the next two years.
Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a China expert in his early training, headed to Beijing during the recent Tibet crisis. He delivered a speech in fluent Mandarin at Peking University. It was friendly, but frank, bringing up the Tibet issue. Instead of being booted, he was praised as being honest. His predecessor, the Conservative John Howard, actively engaged China, securing some $40 billion in long-term trade deals that have boosted the Australian economy.
So Mr. Harper's counterparts in Europe are likely to look him in the eye and ask two questions: Do you have strong environmental policy credentials at home? What do you have to offer from your own interactions with the Chinese leadership on the subject of global warming? Mr. Harper has neither.
While the world is busy engaging China for easily identifiable reasons, Mr. Harper has been missing in action. Two and half years after President Hu last visited Canada (fall of 2005) and more than two years after the Conservatives came to power, Mr. Harper has yet to find Beijing on the map, not to mention take a trip there anytime soon.
Foreign-policy and China-watching communities have both speculated and heard many reasons for Mr. Harper's lack of initiatives on China. First, there was the talk of an inexperienced young team that may take time to get the China file moving. Then, there was the all-consuming foreign policy challenge of Afghanistan that had to take priority over other things. Then there was the ever-looming domestic election that might come at any time, so a minority government must take care of that first ...
They all bear some truth. But they also sound more like bad excuses now that the Conservatives have been in office for 27 months. Mr. Harper's handling of Canada's China policy has been, by design or default, exactly opposite to that of other world leaders.
While others are emphasizing China's growing importance and forming a comprehensive China strategy, Canada has removed Beijing from its foreign policy priority list; while new leaders from Germany to Japan put summit diplomacy with the Chinese leaders as an indispensable part of their travel itinerary, Mr. Harper has stopped such a practice in Canada; while others are promoting investment and trade with China as a part of increasing jobs and competitiveness at home, the Harper government has let our proportion of trade and investment with China slip; and while others are in constant consultation on some of the most pressing global issues such as the environment and climate change, Mr. Harper is not even on talking terms with the Chinese.
So it is clear that Mr. Harper's China policy is anything but to have one. And contrary to the prevailing but misleading perception that somehow this government has emphasized human rights in its China policy, the Conservatives don't even deserve a passing grade on this subject.
They have suspended Canada's annual human rights dialogue and replaced it with nothing; they have been making grand, but largely self-congratulatory, moral statements regarding China's human rights record but have not implemented a single tangible project to advance human rights and democracy in that country; and Mr. Harper confuses trade with rights by stating that Canada would not sacrifice human rights for the mighty dollar, as if they are mutually exclusive objectives.
Instead of taking fresh China policy initiatives, various House and Senate committees have settled for endless hearings. What they have been told, including testimonies from this author, is very straightforward: we are losing our influence in China, we need a China strategy. Put national interests over and above narrow party politics, and engage China on a range of issues that are absolutely relevant to the long-term wellbeing of Canadians.
Yes, International Trade Minister David Emerson, the only cabinet member who has China expertise, has been going to China since last year and so have a few other ministers. But unless Mr. Harper is willing to engage the Chinese directly by making the long-overdue trip to Beijing, his China agenda on this European trip may yield very little success.


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I hope November has been good, thus far and you have been able to get some crafting in!
Today, we would like to feature one of newest Design Team members, Ashley Horton. Ashley joined the LMT DT back in September and has shared in our passion (some call it obsession) of all things washi. :)
She brings so much enthusasium and creativity to the DT and we just love having her on board.
Let's get to know Ashley a little better.
What is your favorite Love My Tapes product?
Wood Veneer Washi - how cool would that be? Love that idea!
I hope you enjoyed getting to know Ashley a little better. Thank you Ashley for sharing!
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***Monday mulch***
Outside of my reading group's book, I still haven't found anything to read of interest. I have selected a historical mystery, which is a good start. But I still haven't found a good relationship book similar to my current work-in-progress (WIP) to be inspired. Aargh!
Decided to forgo an extra hour and a half of cardio and weight-training and instead just did a hour's worth of cardio. I think my belly's staying flat on its own instead of me having to suck it in daily.
R.'s having a frustrating time at work. Events seem to conspire in not only adding more work but pulling away time to the required follow up and, especially, paperwork. While I'm supportative, I'm beginning to wonder if it truly is time to start looking for new employment for the dear thing.


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SpintheDemon and I have been more busy than we have ever been in our lives. We apologize for the lack of updates and our sudden disappearance from the youtube channel but we promise wel will come back and we will be better than ever!!
So today I want to talk about a game that has come back to me from the past. I'm sorry guys, its a true classic game, not a video game but I wanted to share what kind of gaming has been happening in our house.
Milk Caps is the name of the game and it's often called Pogs after it's biggest brand of caps. The rules change quite frequently but today I'll cover history and I'll create an ongoing series to explain some of the rules.
The newest craze of this game came from the 1990s and originated in Hawaii. Basically the players stack cardboard discs into a pile, and they use slammers to flip them over for points or for keeps. Souds simple, right? The difficulty comes from the skill of flipping and turns out to be more difficult than you would expect.
I will continue in more posts to talk about the game, as well as some actual video game stuff. Please check back for more posts as the site will be updated in the future and I'm sorry about our disappearence!
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The Transformer USB Flash is an actual USB flash drives that actually transforms from a flash drive into a panther/white tiger?/cheetah. No doubt that alone is worth the price of admission.
Storage size ranges from 4GB right up to 64GB. There are also 3 different designs available – black, white and cheetah. The quality of the product may be a suspect as this is not an official Transformers product. However at only $5 a pop for the 4 GB version, they still make cool toys even if the USB drive part of it breaks down.
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Clark: Are we about to experience our demise because of gluttony?
May 8, 2017
Under the Obama presidency, the Food and Drug Administration set up new rules regarding nutrition information available to consumers. Restaurants are now required to provide the caloric content of food and drink items on their menus. Vending machine operators are required to do the same. The purpose of these rules is to inform consumers regarding the caloric value of individual items so they might make healthy choices.
These rules were scheduled to take effect May 5. The food industry has determined these rules burdensome and has petitioned the present administration to overturn them arguing this is just the kind of onerous regulation the new administration has opposed and halted since taking office.
Once again, it appears government interfered with our daily life and suggested what we should or should not be eating. It would seem that this should be the consumer's job, not the government's.
When I look at a menu I shouldn't need some regulatory agency telling me what I should eat. Why would the federal government do this in the first place? Is there some national imperative that makes such rules necessary? Is obesity such a big problem that it's a significant public health issue?
Honestly, I became interested in this matter last summer when I was on a family trip to Mount Rushmore. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A lot of people were not walking from one place to another, they were waddling. The benches were full of obese people having to rest. Wheelchairs and "wheelies" of one sort or another to cart them around were abundant. I was appalled, thinking if this is a sample of the adult population in this country we're in real trouble.
Actually, who cares what I think? Let's look at the facts. If we expend energy (calories) by exercise and activities of daily living commensurate with what we eat, we will pretty much maintain our same weight. If, however, we take in more calories than we expend, those excess calories will be stored as fat. Because it occurs slowly and insidiously, a few extra pounds don't seem to have much effect. If the trend continues, however, there becomes a "tipping point." That's when our bodies won't allow us to do the exercise needed to maintain, much less lose weight. At that point the process accelerates leading to obesity and any attempt to reverse it, more often than not, fails.
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What constitutes "obesity?" Normal body mass index, or BMI, a ratio of height and weight, is 18 to 24. A BMI of 25 to 30 is overweight. Greater than 30 defines obesity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has calculated that two thirds of the country's adult population is over weight. But, the real shocker! An amazing 36.5 percent of the adult population in the U.S. is obese. That's one in three.
The medical implications are overwhelming. High blood pressure, heart disease and type II diabetes are just a few. Abnormal stress on hip and knee joints are common, leading to expensive surgery that otherwise would not have been necessary. It is estimated that medical costs are $1,500 higher per year in obese patients and $200,000 over a lifetime. On a national level that amounts to over $150 billion.
I haven't even touched on loss of performance in the workplace, but to make a long story short, it is estimated that by 2030 the loss of economic productivity due to obesity will be as much as $520 billion annually.
If we don't urgently address our impending public health crises (substance abuse and an increase in mosquito-borne diseases due to climate change are just two other examples), we as a nation will go bankrupt. Wouldn't it be a terrible legacy if history recorded that while millions of people are starving to death on this planet, the United States of America experienced its demise due to gluttony?
Maybe requiring that restaurant menus and vending machines show caloric value of individual items isn't such a bad idea after all. Maybe we should be doing anything, no everything, to reverse this train wreck. Maybe, just maybe, there are those occasions when some type of collective attempt to addressing a problem is necessary. Let's see what happens.
— Ronald D. Clark, M.D., lives in Windsor.


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What do you do after winning four gold medals at the Olympics? You get a tattoo, of course! Don't worry, Missy didn't run off and get a sleeve tattoo or anything like that. She got a pretty small tattoo of the Olympic rings on her hip, and it actually looks pretty damn sweet. Take a look below…
Not too bad, huh? Her parents even approved of the 17-year-old's tattoo, "This will be the only one, and she's earned it" Dick Franklin told TODAY.com.
Missy may have gotten the idea for the tattoo from Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte; they both have very similar Olympic ring tattoos. You would think they would have a little more creative than that. Getting a tattoo of the Olympic rings is just so obvious, you know? They should have asked for a full body Bob Costas tattoo on their back, with a little note underneath saying, "Actual size"
Now that would be a great tattoo.


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As light relief to all the serious things I usually write about, I am including below two amusing poems from an interesting book called The Unfolding of Language by Guy Deutscher (Willliam Heinemann, 2005), which, as you would think, is all about the development of languages. These poems neatly encapsulate the difficulties we all have, English and foreigners alike, in spelling and pronouncing English. Having tried many times over the years, usually in vain, to help students with their spelling (a fast-disappearing skill with the appearance of Twitter and blogging), the poems made me laugh out loud.
The teacher claimed it was so plain,
I only had to use my brain.
She said the past of throw was threw,
The past of grow – of course – was grew,
So flew must be the past of fly,
And now, my boy, your turn to try.
But when I trew,
I had no clue,
If mow was mew
Like know and knew
(Or is it knowed
Like snow and snowed?)
The teacher frowned at me and said
The past of feed was – plainly – fed.
Fed up, I knew then what I ned:
I took a break, and out I snoke,
She shook and quook (or quaked? or quoke?)
With raging anger out she broke:
Your ignorance you want to hide?
Tell me the past form of collide!
But how on earth should I decide
If it's collid
(Like hide and hid),
Or else – from all that I surmose,
The past of rise was simply rose,
And that of ride was surely rode,
So of collide must be collode?
Oh damn these English verbs, I thought
The whole thing absolutely stought!
Of English I have had enough,
These verbs of yours are far too tough.
Bolt upright in my chair I sat,
And said to her 'that's that' – I quat.
(Guy Deutscher)
I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough?
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, lough, and through?
Well done! And now you wish perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead – it's said like bed, not bead –
For goodness sake, don't call it 'deed'.
Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt):
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear.
And then there's dose and rose and lose-
Just look them up – and goose and choose,
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front, and word and sword
And do and go, and thwart and cart-
Come! Come! I've hardly made a start!
(From the Manchester Guardian, 1954)