I'm never sure how to answer the question of how I became a rabid Anglophile or caught the disease of Tudormania. Perhaps because I had an English pen pal from 6th grade on. Or because I majored in Brit Lit, have a Masters Degree in English Literature and taught it for years at the high school level. Of course, I fell in love with England through many trips there both for pleasure and research. And why the Tudors?What a turbulent era with a ruling family so over the top. Six wives?Beheadings?A virgin queen?
In The Irish Princess, and in many of your works, you mix fictional and well-known historical characters—provocative figures such as the Irish noblewoman Elizabeth (Gera) F Henry VIII, Sir Anthony Browne and Edward Clinton, Lord High Admiral of the king's navy. What was your approach to weaving your fictional story with historical facts?
Gera is raised in a family at the center of the struggle for Irish home rule. Young Gera flees to England as most of her relatives are imprisoned or executed. She seeks revenge against the powerful Tudors and reinstatement of her family—her primary motivations. How do Gera's motivations evolve as her story unfolds?
After entering the king's court and serving as lady-in-waiting to Henry VIII's doomed fifth queen, Gera married highly placed courtier Sir Anthony Browne. But Gera harbors a secret attraction to seagoing Captain Edward Clinton, Lord High Admiral of England. How does Gera reconcile her respect for her husband and his position with her desire for Edward Clinton?


If you're not spending the night but you want a vast variety?
TASTE OF SOLVANG, which spreads out, like jam on a pastry, over a few days, is a fine notion, but hone in on the Grand Tasting for the dozens-plus dining options. It's on Saturday, March 21 in 2015, and "more than 40 " are on the route. Both "bites and beverages" will be featured, some bites, some bevs, at places like Danish Mill Bakery, Del Sol, and the Elverhoj Museum of History & Art. The ticket?It's $35, so if you taste a little something everywhere, you'll send less than a buck to do so, per bite or beverage. Getting the grub scene wrapped up in one fell swoop -- or one busy walking afternoon -- is something Californians do often, on the road, when they know they're in a town famous for a certain foodstuff. That Taste of Solvang's Grand Tasting makes it all the easier for us means we only park once. And we Californians do love only parking once, don't we though?


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Allows users to dynamically 'stretch' warm and cold transactional data to Microsoft Azure. This improves customer experience, saves resource - and money.
Developed by data analysts, the R language allows for powerful in-database analytics and the use of specialist open-source tools.
The Azure data platform supports Cortana Intelligence Suite: a lot more than just a digital PA - or video game character! It's a fully-managed big data and advanced analytics suite.
SandDance is a free online data visualisation tool, currently in beta.
It's unusual in that every data element can be represented on- screen simultaneously. For example, scatter charts using individual geographic coordinates resemble maps:
PolyBase is a technology that accesses and combines both non-relational and relational data, all from within SQL Server. It allows you to run queries on external data in Hadoop or Azure blob storage. The queries are optimized to push computation to Hadoop. It makes working with unstructured data more simple.
To address  privacy concerns and regulatory commitments, users can set permissions to 'mask' sensitive data on the fly. People will only see what they need to see, and nothing else.
SQL Server 2016 helps you time travel!
Temporal tables allow simple historical analysis, enabling users to see trends over time and possibly help predict the future...
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Master data management enables you to discover and define non-transactional lists of data, and compile maintainable, reliable master lists.
Azure facilitates fast backups and restores.
20% of Azure is already Linux, and the SQL Server Linux version is due in 2017.
Ross Mistry from Microsoft has said SQL Server DBAs of the future need to have a "challenger mindset" - and be creative with their tools. SQL Server is less a database: it's a 'data platform' with everything built-in.
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Jonathan Wiese saved a man and two girls from drowning, San Diego, California, June 13, 2020. Before sunrise, a 47-year-old man, who had been the driver of a truck that left a road and entered the Pacific Ocean at the base of a cliff, held his 2-year-old twin daughters in the water beside the heavily damaged, overturned vehicle. One of the girls was motionless. Having responded to the scene while on duty, Wiese, 43, police officer, removed his uniform top, ballistic vest, and duty belt and wrapped one end of a 100-foot-long dog leash twice around his chest. Moving to a point on the cliff about 30 feet above the ocean, Wiese gave the other end of the leash to officers, who used it to lower Wiese to rocks that had collapsed from the cliff. Wiese removed the leash, entered the ocean, and swam to the man, who was much larger than him. Wiese then grasped the man, as he held the girls, and pushed them back to the rocks and pulled them out of the water. Wiese carried the unresponsive girl to the point where he descended the cliff and secured her to a backpack that officers lowered with the leash; officers hoisted her to safety. With help from a firefighter who had swum to the scene, officers similarly hoisted the second girl. A helicopter lifted the man to the top of the cliff. Both girls were hospitalized with serious injuries. The man was treated at a hospital then taken into police custody for charges related to the incident. Using a surfboard, Wiese paddled to a point where he could exit the ocean.


Japan in no hurry to lift ban on U.S. beef imports
A U.S. Senate proposal to impose tariffs on Japanese products should not influence Tokyo's decision on whether to ease its ban on American beef, imposed due to mad cow disease fears, a top government official said Thur conclusion of Japan's Food Safety Commission should be based on science, not foreign pressure.
"We are carefully observing the actions of the senators, but that should not affect the deliberations by the Food Safety Commission," Hosoda told reporters.
Twenty-one tariffs on Japan in retaliation for its ban on U.S. beef.
Japan, once American beef's most lucrative foreign market, closed its borders to U.S. beef imports in December 2003 after the detection of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, reports the AP.


Amphetamine has its fair share of medical benefits. It’s a stimulant for the central nervous system that affects hyperactivity and impulse control. For this reason, it has been used for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD.
It can also help treat narcolepsy, nasal congestion, and obesity. Unfortunately, this drug is also popular amongst illicit drug users, and is known to cause harmful side effects when used improperly. We will discuss such effects through this article.
The name amphetamine is really a contracted form of alpha-methylphenethylamine. Aside from being a powerful stimulant, it is also used as a cognitive enhancer, and a performance enhancer—primarily for athletes.
Historically, this substance has also been used to fight depression. Nowadays, many recreational users value its ability to provide euphoria.
This prescription drug is tightly controlled in many countries because of the health risks associated with misuse. It is so potent that patients can experience some side effects even at therapeutic doses. If your doctor prescribes this drug, be sure to follow their instructions carefully and report all symptoms you encounter. Do not take amphetamines for longer than is recommended, and always stick with the prescribed dosage.
In recreational settings, amphetamine intake is generally much higher than the standard recommended dose for patients. There is also no one who would regulate the intake of each individual. Because of this, users are at higher risk of suffering from serious side effects.
These effects may vary from person to person, depending on the frequency of use and dosage taken. Common physical side effects are hypertension, hypotension, erectile dysfunction, abdominal pain, nausea, and appetite loss. Many amphetamine users experience a sudden drop in weight.
Blurred vision, profuse sweating, and dry mouth are also possible.
However, the drug doesn’t just affect a person’s body; it may also affect their mind. Users are observed to become moody, anxious, irritable, or restless. In the worst cases, amphetamine abuse may even lead to cognitive problems and even psychosis.
Amphetamine overdose is not just a possibility—it is also very uncomfortable. Luckily, it is rarely fatal if the user is given appropriate treatment. Overdose symptoms may also vary, particularly in intensity.
When a person becomes tolerant, they become less likely to overdose. However, this is not something anyone should hope to achieve. Tolerance can lead to dependence, and eventually lead to addiction.
Amphetamine Addiction and Withdrawal
Addiction is the compulsive need for the drug, even when the abuser is already experiencing its negative effects. Though it is possible to get addicted to amphetamines, long term therapeutic usage does not cause it. Recreational amphetamine use is what truly puts a person at risk of addiction. Once tolerance develops, the person begins to crave for more and more of the drug, just to get the same effects.
And with continued abuse, the individual’s body may begin to adjust to its presence within the system. They won’t be able to function normally without taking the drug because they have already become dependent.
At this point, it is very difficult to quit without medical assistance, because withdrawal symptoms may manifest. Withdrawal often kicks in within 24 hours of the last dose. This is known as a “crash,” and involves depression, sleeplessness, fatigue, increased appetite, and lack of motivation.
Until the person takes another dose, they will continue to experience intense cravings.
There are many different treatment methods available for amphetamine-addicted individuals. This often involves drug detox, wherein their drug intake will gradually be lowered. This process is supervised by medical professionals.
Medications may be used to keep away any troublesome symptoms that can manifest. Right now there are no specific medications for amphetamine withdrawal, but there are some that can be used for specific problems. For example, antidepressants can help address depression, while benzodiazepines can help against agitation.
Therapy and counseling are also often incorporated during the rehab process. It may be done in an inpatient or outpatient setting, but the main goal is to educate the individual on the consequences of drug abuse. They will also learn how to adapt to a drug-free life, and how to deal with stress without relapsing.
There are other alternative methods that may be used, and it will all depend on the person’s specific condition. But with your support, and enough willpower on the part of the addicted individual, they can beat amphetamine addiction.


Inspiring Rabbis 2016: 32 Men and Women Who Move Us Most
My father was from Nigeria and my mother from Mobile, Alabama. I am a major in the USMC serving in the Pentagon. I married a Jewish woman. In 2008, I went to serve in Iraq and met Rabbi Cutler, then a Navy chaplain. He was the senior chaplain for Marine Air Wing in Iraq and would make visits to my base. After several conversations and because of him and wanting to have a Jewish home and bring up my children Jewish, I decided to start the process of conversion to Judaism. He outlined a course of study for me. We would Skype once a week, and when he came to my base we would study. When we returned to the States in 2009, he officially converted me to Judaism. Now I have a son and a daughter, and my wife and I are raising them as Jews. We are very involved in our synagogue. I am an African-American Jew, my wife is white, our children biracial and we are committed to the future of Judaism. If it were not for Rabbi Cutler, I don’t know if I would have converted to Judaism and be raising a next generation of Jews.
— Olufunmike Adeyemi


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2/15/18: The Longhorns followed the Texas A&M Aggies lead in poaching a coach from LSU. While the Aggies were able to hire renowned UT filled a vacancy in their defensive staff by hiring Brick Haley as their defensive line coach. Haley had the same position at LSU, but was moved into an 'administrative role' after LSU hired Ed Orgeron. The Longhorns enjoyed a very good recruiting season in Charlie Strong's first full go-around, and now Haley will be one of those responsible for turning high school talent into a national collegiate contender.
2/11/15: Hopefully, Texas will be back on the map very soon, in terms of being relevant in college football. The Longhorns signed the best recruiting class in the Big 12 and 12th best in the country, according to the recruiting evaluators at Rivals. They even edged out rival Oklahoma, who was ranked 14thd Texas fans were not happy with the last several years of Mack Brown's recruiting classes, so this may help calm the masses. Keep an eye out for five star recruit Malik Jefferson, a linebacker from Mesquite, Texas that everybody wanted.
2/4/15: Texas wanted a good recruiter to replace Mack Brown when he 'retired', and it looks like they got one in Charlie Strong. This is Strong's first real recruiting class since last year was a transition year. And it looked good at the end of January. Strong had the 8ith ranked class in the nation and the best in the Big 12 according to Rivals. One of the big 'gets' was five-star linebacker Malik Jefferson, who signed a letter of intent back in December. But the work is not complete yet, even with 26 commitments. Strong has to get those commitment letters in today to validate his ranking.
1/28/15: One of the reasons that former head coach Mack Brown was forced out was his inability to land star recruits in the latter years of his reign. Charlie Strong will certainly deal with the same kind of pressure, and that may ratchet up this week. It was reported that Michigan was able to flip Longhorns recruit Zach Gentry - a four star pro-style QB from New Mexico. That may be a big loss for Texas, but they do have a three star QB recruit Matthew Merrick, as well as four star recruit Jerrod Heard from last year. 1/21/15: Texas has had some great quarterbacks in the past, but those days have been gone for some time now. The situation is depleted enough that J.T. Barrett's high school coach criticized the program for choosing Tyronne Swoopes over Barrett a few years ago. Add to that some injuries and transfers and the roster is pretty thin. But the Longhorns may be getting one back. Connor Brewer was granted a release from Arizona and may be headed to Texas. He was actually a four star member of the 2012 recruiting class at Texas before leaving. He has his degree, so he would not have to sit out a year, and may be able to help the Longhorns next season.
1/14/15: With this being head coach Charlie Strong's first real recruiting class - remember, he was hired about a year ago, so he did not have the season to recruit for Texas, it will be interesting to see how well he does. The Longhorns already have gotten some high-profile recruits from within the state, something that is certainly needed to catch back up to Texas A&M, Baylor and TCU. They will also need to replace some players, including their top defender, Malcom Brown, who is entering the NFL draft. He is among the better defensive linemen available and could be a first round pick.
1/7/15: The Big 12 had a rough start to the 2014 Bowl Season with West Virginia falling to Texas A&M and Clemson routing Oklahoma. Unfortunately, the Texas Longhorns continued that trend and were flattened 31-7 by Arkansas in the Texas Bowl. Texas simply could not put up any form of offense, save for a touchdown drive on a short field late in the second quarter. The Longhorns finished the season at 6-7, which seems like a step back in Charlie Strong's first season. However, Strong was playing primarily with Mack Brown's recruits and also removed nine players from the program this season. On the plus side, recruiting is going very well with Texas getting some of the top talent in the state so far.
12/3/14: The first regular season of the Charlie Strong Era is in the books and the Longhorns finished with a 6-6 overall record and 5-4 in Big 12 Play. Texas finished the regular season with a humbling 48-10 loss at home to fifth ranked TCU. But the game was closer than it looked. It was 27-10 midway through the fourth quarter before TCU put it away for good (while looking for style points from the Selection Committee). In any case, the Longhorns are at least eligible to go to a bowl game and that will be determined in the near future. It would be nice to get Texas A&M, but several reports indicate that the SEC will not let that happen.
11/19/14: It has taken a little while, but the Texas Longhorns are starting to shape into new team. The Longhorns became bowl eligible last Saturday when they trounced host Oklahoma State 28-7 in a game that was not even that close. UT took a 22touchdown. QB Tyronne Swoopes had a great game with 305 yards passing, two TDs and no INTs. Texas improved to 6-5 overall and 5-3 in the Big 12, and has been playing much better lately than early in the season. The Longhorns have a bye this weekend before facing TCU.
11/12/14: Look at the Longhorns showing signs of life. Texas is trying to get bowl eligible for the season, which requires six victories. Most penciled in last Saturday's game against No. 23 West Virginia as a loss, but the Longhorns relied on a strong running game and a "bend, don't break" defense to pull off a 33-16 upset. Johnathan Greay rushed 10 times for 101 yards and three touchdowns while Malcolm Brown added 90 yards on the ground. Texas improved to 5-5 on the season and just one more win away from getting to a bowl game. They have a good chance this Saturday at Oklahoma State.
11/5/14: The first season in the Charlie Strong Era has been a struggle to transition into a more disciplined program. Still, the Longhorns are 3-3 in Big 12 play and have a chance to get into a bowl game. They took a nice step forward at Texas Tech last Saturday, winning 34-13. The Longhorns depended upon their ground game, racking up 241 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Malcom Brown had 116 yards and two scores on 22 carries to do most of the heavy lifting. That was a nice tune-up for this Saturday's showdown against a very good West Virginia squad in Austin.
10/29/14: There was some mild chatter leading up the Longhorns' visit to Manhattan that Texas may upset No. 11 Kansas State. Through the first quarter, and even into the second, it looked like Texas may be able to pull a surprise since they were keeping the game close. But time ran out while the Wildcats systematically kept putting points on the board. The Longhorns offense could never quite get going and finished with less than 200 yards combined rushing and receiving. The loss dropped Texas to 3-5 overall and 2-3 in conference play. Another good challenge this Saturday when Texas travels to Texas Tech.
10/22/14: The Longhorns are admittedly in a transition year, so there are going to be a lot of ups and downs. And while giving up 45 points to Iowa State is not ideal, the Longhorns did earn the win in an oddly compelling game. The Longhorns had the offense moving. QB Tyrone Swoopes threw for 321 yards and Swoopes, Malcom Brown and Johnathan Gray combined for 191 yards on the ground in the 48-45 victory. Texas (3-4, 2-2) hits the road for bit challenge this Saturday when they head north to face No. 11 ranked Kansas State.
10/15/14: The Longhorns may have played their best game in the season last week in the traditional Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma at the Texas State Fair. Texas lost 31-26 to the 11th ranked Sooners, but showed a lot improvement and the will to fight back despite being down by two touchdowns in the first half. The Longhorns actually were better statistically, with more first downs, passing and rushing, but turnovers and special teams breakdowns were the downfall of the team. Texas is at home this weekend to host the Iowa State Cyclones and the chance to get to .500 in the Big 12.
10/8/14: the Texas Longhorns are 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12. The boosters and fans may be calling for head coach Charlie Strong's job, but in reality, this was kind of to be expected as he tries to turn the program around. The Longhorns fell 28-7 at home to No. 7 Baylor last Saturday, so that certainly will not quiet the unhappy boosters. The University issued a statement, however, saying they support Strong. They also may not want  But Strong can get redemption on Saturday if his Longhorns can upset Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game.
10/1/14: After only three games into his tenure as the Longhorns head coach, Charlie Strong was starting to earn the ire of Texas supporters. He had a 1-2 record and has dismissed nine players from the team for various violations. In other words, Strong-brand discipline had not yielded wins. But that was not the goal. The objective was to clean out the Texas program and reshape it over the next few years. Perhaps he will get a reprieve for a week after the Longhorns went to Lawrence, Kansas and shutout the Kansas Jayhawks 23-0. Texas has a long march back to the top, but should be heading in the right direction. They will get a good measure of where they really are on Saturday when they host Baylor.
9/24/14: A bit of a sad time for Texas Longhorns football. The team was blown out by BYU a few weeks ago but put up a good fight against UCLA after that. Both games were played without starting QB David Ash. Unfortunately, it looks like Ash has played his last game. He has reportedly retired from football due to multiple concussions. While this is bad news for the Longhorns, perhaps it is good news for Ash - and maybe he will be able to pursue a normal life without the threat of a traumatic head injury. Best of luck, David. Texas is back on the field this Saturday at Kansas State.
9/17/14: As far as losses go, UT's defeat to the hands of UCLA was a good one. UCLA entered the game ranked number 12 in the country and sporting one of the better college quarterbacks in Brett Hundley. Texas was coming off a drubbing to BYU. But the Longhorns put up a good fight - the type that should inspire faith and confidence in new head coach Charlie Strong. Texas actually had the lead late in the game, but UCLA's backup QB, Jerry Neuheisel rallied the Bruins back. Texas starts their Big 12 play this coming weekend with a tilt against Iowa State.
8/28/14: New Longhorns head coach Charlie Strong has sent a tremendously loud message to his new players - shape up or ship out. In fact, he himself has shipped out a number of players, with others leaving of their own accord. Over 20 players are no longer with the program since Strong took over in the spring. Add another to the list as redshirt freshman guard Rami Hammad has left the program. Hammad has a lot of promise and was a 4-star recruit a couple of years ago. At the time he was rated as the number 10 guard in the country. He likely would have been third or lower on the depth chart this season, so maybe he is looking for more playing time.
8/21/14: The Texas Longhorns are officially welcoming back one of their all time greats. Formerstunning national championship in 2006 (in one of the best ever Rose Bowl games of all time - with a shocking come from behind win over powerhouse USC), has been hired to serveoung will actually start his new position on September 1. But it is nice to see the university paying back a guy that gave them so much less than a decade ago.
8/14/14: Texas is getting a lot of attention this offseason, primarily from head coach Charlie Strong instituting a new brand of attitude and justice within the program. He has removed several players from the program for their off-field actions. While that may hurt the team in the short-run, it should certainly get his remaining players' attention and show them who is the boss. It also should help the program out in the long term as only quality players and people will want to be part of the Longhorns' program and tradition - and bring it back to the level it was just a few years ago.
8/7/14: The Longhorns brought in head coach Charlie Strongget the program back under control. Strong has little patience for arrests or poor behavior, and has been very strong about his direction. He has removed several players from the roster for their actions, even though he has not yet coached a game. But the university is behind him and UT President Bill Powers blogged that he supports Strong's methods. That may not play well with boosters this season, but certainly sets the bar for the future of the Texas Longhorns.
7/31/14: What an offseason for the Texas Longhorns. It has been so eventful, that the hiring of Charlie Strong is second page news. Strong came to the program preaching discipline and is showing his metal by booting a whopping seven players from the program. The most recent was senior running back Joe Bergeron for a 'team rules violation'. Strong is sending a message to his players - follow the rules or you are gone. That heavy handed approach may be exactly what Texas needs to re-establish itself as the premier program in the state and be able to compete on a national basis.
7/24/14: No one will probably know the real truth, but a report surfaced last week insinuating that Texas (through boosters) had put together a $100 million package to lure Alabama head coach Nick Saban to Texas. Saban flatly said that he never spoke with Texas and was never offered the job. Fair enough. But it is not outside the realm of reasonability that a package was created for him. That may be for the best, in the end. The Longhorns hired Charley Strong to rebuild the program. And, at this stage of his career, Saban does not want to do any rebuilding.
7/17/14: Sorry Longhorns fans, you will have to stay dry at UT football games again this fall. The school had considered allowing beer and wine sales at Texas games this coming season, but ultimately decided against it for now. The school says they want to see more results from alcohol sales in other sports such as basketball and baseball before bringing it to football games. The driving force behind alcohol sales is cash,be made with beer and wine sales. But more than likely, beer sales to football fans.
7/10/14: It was rumored for a long time that USC QB Max Wittek would be leaving the Trojans for the University of Texas as a graduate transfer. Wittek is a talented QB but fell in the depth chart at USC and wants playing time. Over the past couple of months, Texas seemed to lose interest in Wittek, which was surprising because the Longhorns could use him for the 2014 season. It turns out that Wittek did not graduate this past spring, so he would not be a graduate transfer that could play immediately. He would have to sit out a year. So now Wittek appears headed to Hawaii of all places in hopes of reviving his football career.
7/3/14: The battle lines are being drawn right now between the five power conferences and the rest of NCAA football. The Power 5 (SEC, Big 10, Big 12, ACC, and Pac 12) want more autonomy and freedom in their programs while the NCAA is trying to keep a level playing field for the lesser conferences. New Texas Athletics Director, Steve Patterson, says that the non-power conferences want to revert rules back to '1950'. Patterson says that the Power 5 are trying to their best by their student athletes, but the smaller conferences are hindering that. This is a debate that will rage for sometime, or until the Power 5 establish their own division.
6/26/14: One of the big reasons why the Longhorns basically forced former head coach Mack Brown into retirement was recruiting. Brown, in his later years, could not get the big recruits in talent rich Texas to commit to the state's flagship program. Instead, schools like Texas A&M, Baylor and even Texas Tech passed the Longhorns by. New head coach Charlie Strong has not been able to reverse that trend yet, as three of the top eight players in the state are going to A&M. He may need a year or two to show recruits that he has turned the program around, and keep them out of A&M or Big 12 rivals' hands.
6/19/14: If it seems like Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys) is sucking up all the major sporting events in the North Texas area, well, he kind of is. He has gotten a Super Bowl, a Final Four, and some big college games in his relatively new stadium. But he is not getting the traditional UT-Oklahoma game, which has been renamed the Red River Rivalry. Thankfully, that game will remain at the old Cotton Bowl. The game will remain as part of the Texas State Fair and at the Cotton Bowl through at least the 2025 season. The Cotton Bowl may not be as fancy as AT&T Stadium, but at least the schools are preserving a great tradition.
6/12/14: Texas always seems to be looking for bragging rights, and they have a new one. Right now, the most expensive ticket in all of college football is one to see the Longhorns take on the UCLA Bruins in Arlington, Texas. The average price of a ticket to that game is a whopping $770. Converted into car form, that is almost the price of four new tires for an oversized pickup truck. The cheapest seats are at $144. Texas also places fourth on the list for the UT/Oklahoma game. Those prices are $591 for the average and the lowest price at $251.
6/6/14: It has been over five years, but Texas and the Longhorn faithful are not likely to forget the tie-breaker in the 2008 season that sent Oklahoma, and not Texas, to the Big 12 Championship Game, and ultimately, the BCS Championship Game. The two teams had identical 11-1 records and Texas had beaten the Sooners. Yet the BCS rankings gave the tie-breaker to the Sooners. The Big 12 will avoid that in the future and will allow College Football Playoff committee rankings to decide any ties. At least it should have a more human element, rather than such a reliance on computer formulas, probably.
5/29/14: The Longhorns are inching towards the fall season, and the installment of a new head coach has expectation rising, perhaps unrealistically, right now. But big expectations are not the biggest problems facing the program. Texas really does not have a quarterback yet, and that will set them back if they cannot get that position squared away soon. David Ash is may be tops on the depth chart now, but he has not impressed. Neither has Tyrone Swoopes. There is a four star recruit as well, but he has no experience and does not have the trust of the coaching staff yet. 5/22/14: The University of Texas football program was embarrassed at the NFL draft as no Longhorns were selectedthe 1930's. Head coach Charlie Strong needs to change that, and in a hurry. For several months there has been speculation that former USC QB Max Whittek was headed to Austin. Recent reports say that the Longhorns have cooled on that idea, and no offer has been made to him. Whittek was apparently unaware of this possible development, but also has looked at going to Louisville, Pitt, and Hawaii to continue playing.
5/15/14: The Longhorns' struggles for the past few football seasons have been well-chronicled, which was a driving reason that former head coach Mack Brown is now Former head coach. Aside from the Longhorns' record over the past few season another indication of their fall is the relatively few NFL draft picks they have had. Good news may be on the way with new head coach Charlie Strong. Strong had several of his former players from Louisville drafted over the weekend, including first rounder Teddy Bridgewater. It may take a few years to fully rebound, but this is a good direction for the program.
5/8/14: Could the Texas-Texas A&M rivalry be coming back? It is possible, but would not be for several years. The new SEC schedule mandates eight conference games and leaves the rest for the schools to schedule for themselves. That means that there is an extra spot on the schedule for an out of conference game. Texas, however, is booked up for the next several years, so the earliest they could renew a rivalry is in 2019. As for the new SEC schedule, Texas AD Steve Paterson does not think it is revolutionary, saying that everyone else 'already does that'.
5/1/14: In what would have seemed inconceivable a decade ago, Longhorns linebacker Steve Edmond apologized for an outburst where he referred to Baylor as 'trash'. Furthermore, the Big 12 reprimanded Edmond for his comments. The reprimand amounts to less than a slap on the wrist. He will not be suspended or anything, it was more of a parent saying 'don't do that again'. College rivalries are built upon meaningful close games and hatred of the opponent. In the current league, it seems like everyone is supposed to be politically correct and happy for their rivals' success. Of course, one does not have to go back too far to find a different story.
4/24/14: There was a lot of action out of Texas this past week. First, former USC Max Wittek showed up to watch the spring game. Wittek may well be transferring to Texas soon, though he is also said to be considering Hawaii and Louisville. He will graduate from USC this spring, so he would be eligible to play without sitting out a year. That may be putting pressure on QB Tyrone Swoopes who struggled during the game. Wittek is seeking to transfer so he can have a chance to play, because he is not getting on the field with the Trojans.
4/17/14: The Longhorns suffered a tough, but at least short-term obstacle last week as startinges with a broken foot. Ash will undergo surgery agood news is that he is expected to be fully recovered by the time August practices roll around. Ash is still the starting quarterback for Texas. That being said, Texas' new head coach, Charlie Strong, may always change up the depth chart. This injury gives 2013 recruit Tyrone Swoopes a chance to prove his mettle in leading the team.
3/27/14: This time of year is notorious within college football as a period where players sometimes move on from the program. That can happen in several ways, but usually boils down to the player wanting to play somewhere else or the team dismissing the player for academic or legal reasons. Texas, last week, dismissed two reserve players for violating 'unspecified team rules'. The players are Chet Moss and defensive back Leroy Scott. Scott was a co-special teams player of the year in 2013, while Moss was suspended previously for the Texas Tech game around Thanksgiving and played in 27 games in his Longhorn career.
3/20/14: Much to the chagrin of Texas A&M faithful, the University of Texas is still the flagship football program in the state. A&M is expanding and renovating their stadium (thank you, Johnny Football), while Baylor is getting a new stadium (thank you, Robert Griffin III). UT looks to upgrade as well. The Longhorns have reportedly hired PriceWaterhouseCoopers to study the possibility of adding a section to the south end of Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. UT has long had the biggest stadium among Texas colleges, and an expansion by UT would ensure that they stay as the biggest in the state.
3/6/14: Texas' new athletic director Steve Patterson may be moving to allow alcohol sales at Texas Longhorn football games in the near future, possibly as soon as the 2014 season. The athletic department reportedly has approved sale of beer and wine for men's basketball games this season. Baseball would be next, and football then in the fall. The Longhorns would be the third Big 12 program to allow such sales, following in the footsteps of Iowa State and West Virginia. Of course, it comes down to money. West Virginia made a lot off beer sales, and all programs (including Texas)2/6/14: If you thought that Texas has reached its potential in its reach, then you are sorely mistaken. New Texas Athletic director Steve Patterson has some big plans, and those plans include playing games in Mexico. There will be some who will say that Texas' reach almost destroyed the Big 12 Conference (indeed, Nebraska, Colorado, Texas A&M, and Missouri all left), but the program has to continually grow, and Mexico is a logical next step. In the future, there may be Longhorns games south of the border, which is actually good for all of college football, as it helps the game grow to new markets.
1/30/14to surprise everyone with a great record. That is the exception. The rule is that several years of top recruiting build national championship contenders. Right now, the Longhorns have 22 commits in their recruiting class, which is The top commit is defensive end Derick Roberson out of San Antonio. He is ranked as the number four DE prospect and the number 64 over all prospect. The Longhorns also have a few strong wide receivers, which will help them open up the field down the road.
1/23/14: Just a week in to his job and new head coach Charlie Strong has a minor controversy on his hands. Prominent billionaire booster (and former Minnesota Vikings owner) Red McCombs went on the radio and blasted the hire of Strong as the new head coach. Strong, to his credit, remained professional about the whole ordeal and McCombs later apologized. It is interesting to note that Strong was the defensive coordinator for Will Muschamp at Florida. Muschamp was the coach-in-waiting at Texas before leaving for Florida - so this could have been his job, rather than his former assistant Charlie Strong.
1/2/14: The Mack Brown Era at Texas is finally over. Texas played Oregon in the Alamo Bowl, and unfortunately, were blown out. But this game was more of paying respect to Brown in his 16 years as head coach. Brown actually may have been a victim of his own success. He revitalized the program and took them to two BCS Championship Games, winning one. Pundits now call the Texas job the best in college football, however, the expectations are sky-high. The Longhorns can cross Jimbo Fisher off of their wish list, as he just signed an extension to stay at Florida State.
12/19/13: After a week of intense speculation, information and misinformation, there appears to finally be resolution to Mack Brown's status as head coach of the University of Texas. Brownend. He will coach one more game - the Alamo Bowl against Oregon on December 30th in San Antonio, Texas. Now the speculation will run on his successor. Nick Saban just signed an extension with Alabama, so he is likely out of the running. Other names may include Jimbo Fisher (Florida State), Art Briles (Baylor), and Todd Graham (Arizona State).
12/12/13: For a few hours, the stars seemed to align and there was a chance that Texas could be the unlikely winner of the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma summoned their best game of the year to knock off Oklahoma State in the Bedlam Game, meaning all Texas had to do was beat Baylor. Unfortunately, Baylor won that game and earned a birth in the Fiesta Bowl. The Longhorns, instead, will play in the Valero Bowl in San Antonio on December 30th. It should be an interesting matchup though, as Texas will play the Oregon Ducks and essentially have a homefield advantage.
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Camping 2.0 Released
Back "in the day", a gentleman and scholar called Why The Lucky Stiff built a teeny, tiny webapp framework called Camping. It was like an extremely light mix of Rails and Sinatra, except that Sinatra didn't even exist at the time. In late 2009, Why went missing and still hasn't reappeared, but Magnus Holm picked up the torch and has released Camping 2.0. It retains Camping's original flavor and hardcore spirit (it's only 3072 bytes in size!) but adds Rack support and simpler routes, amongst other things.
The JRuby team has announced the release of JRuby 1.5.0 release candidate 1. It comes 5 months after JRuby 1.4.0's release and features the most fixes of any of JRuby's development cycles. There are also Windows and UNIX-specific support, standard library and RubyGems updates, Rails 3 focused fixes, performance improvements for Ruby-to-Java calls, and JIT compilation caching.
Ruby There: Ruby Events Listings
Ruby There is a new Ruby and Rails events listing site from Scottish Rubyist, Keavy McMinn. You can already submit events of your own or just check out what's coming up. We'll do a full post about it soon once Ruby There's listings have been integrated with Ruby Inside, as we plan to show Ruby event listings on all our pages. As an aside, Keavy is a great Rails developer and is currently taking on new work.
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Prawn is a pure Ruby PDF generation library that abstracts away a lot of the PDF-specific nonsense into a form that makes it easy to produce PDFs from Ruby code. Its creator, Gregory Brown, has retired the older PDF::Writer library in order to focus on the development of Prawn 1.0. Gregory is keen to lay down a spec for Prawn 1.0's API and he's put a draft spec out there for everyone to comment on. If generating PDFs from Ruby is important to you or your app, you might want to get involved in this effort, as Prawn is sure to remain the #1 PDF generation library available to us for some time.
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Bala Paranj is selling his much-celebrated rubyplus.org Ruby screencasting site. He claims it has 12,000 members and he's selling the site to fund the growth of his Zepho Inc company (which is focusing on a British accent training iPad app). Questions and offers can be directed to Bala at
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Re-framing Rejection
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Recently I re-read Stephen King’s ‘On Writing’ and for me, it still stands out as one of the best books focusing on ‘the craft’. The memoir conversational style of writing throughout creates a very honest and accessible account of King’s journey to becoming a best-selling author, with the technical advice neatly threaded into the narrative in a way that makes you think this guy clearly knows what he’s talking about, as you can read he’s a natural storyteller within the pages of this book.
Things that struck me this time around when I was reading was the fearlessness and tenacity King showed as a young writer when he would study the stories in numerous short story publications, then submit, submit, submit. If he got a rejection (and there were many as he started out), he simply kept going, often re-working and quickly re-submitting elsewhere, all the time consciously developing his craft. He did what we should all do really – don’t dwell on the ‘no’, just strive to get better and to find your story a home where it fits. (Keep reading on and I’ll share a challenge which might help with this)
Ironically the one time King nearly gave up on a piece of writing was with Carrie, his debut novel that launched his career. When he started to write Carrie, it was as a short story, and he felt it just wasn’t working. I love the way King threads in stories about his wife Tabitha, often reminiscing about how she has supported him at key moments throughout his career. Nothing better illustrates this than when Tabitha retrieves the crumpled pages of Carrie out of the bin and tells King to keep going because she wants to see how the story ends. King reflects on what his experience with Carrie taught him and I’ll quote an abridged version here;
Don’t stop a piece of work because it’s hard (emotionally or imaginatively). Keep going even when you don’t feel like it, and ‘shoveling shit from a sitting position.’ pg.82
Another section which stood out to me was when King described ‘the first time in (his) life, (when) writing was hard’. This was when he was working as a teacher, and even although he acknowledged the good parts – loving the kids and co-workers – he described ending the week feeling like he had ‘jumper cables clamped to (his) brain.’ (pg. 76) and it was the one time he, ..’came close to despairing about (his) future as a writer.’ I’ve included this in this post as it’s something, even with dropping a day at work, that really resonates with me. With a caseload of close to one hundred young people (doing indepth one to one work), and I’m now in an education setting one day a week, I understand the ‘jumper cables clamped to my brain’ description very well. It takes a lot to decompress, and stay creative.
Staying motivated to write when you have a lot of other things competing with your time is difficult. Especially if you don’t always see much reward.
So, something else I read lately which caught my attention, and actually gave me a spark of motivation, was an article about setting yourself Rejection Goals. You can read ‘Why You should aim to get 100 Rejections a Year’ here (The author of the article Kim Liao actually references King’s On Writing and the way he collected his initial rejections, nailing them to the wall, like a badge of honour).
The idea behind the 100 rejections goal is the more you submit, the more acceptances you are likely to get, and it quietens ‘your fragile ego.’ The perfectionist in me, never mind my fragile creative ego, thinks the psychology of this one is quite clever – if I can trick my brain into thinking my aim is to reach 100 rejections, I’m going to let go of any nagging doubts that I’m not good enough, and to let go of any disappointments of ‘set-backs’ because that simply is no longer the objective of my task.
We can sail into 2023 with the aim of racking up a lot of ‘nos’, or in the case of modern publishing, a big empty silence of never hearing back …
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But there are downfalls of course if you focus too much on the need for external approval, and in the latest chapters of The Artist’s Way, (yes, I am still working my way through this!), Julia Cameron talks about how if ‘creatives’ constantly chase ‘Fame’ and ‘success’, which is measured by others, it can be a massive block to our creativity and distracts from our enjoyment of the process. On page 172 Cameron says, ‘…Fame..is addictive, and it always leaves us hungry. …The desire to attain it, to hold on to it, can produce the “How am I doing?” syndrome’, which she points out then makes us start to question our work in terms of, ‘not if it’s going well for us’ but ‘How does it look to them?’
Elizabeth Gilbert in Big Magic talks of something similar, when creatives let their Egos get in the way. ‘An unchecked ego is what the Buddhists call a “hungry ghost” – f’ (page 249) She also warns of viewing creativity on a ‘limited human scale of success and failures’ as it takes away from the ‘.’ (page 70) In this section she quoted Harper Lee, (in response to questions around when her next novel would be released), “I’m scared…w (page 68).
Regardless of this, there is no denying that Lee obviously felt pressures after her debut success. Some articles I came across have quotes where she said, “Success was just as scary as failure.” “Public encouragement, I hoped for a little, but I got rather a.” (The Telegraph, Feb 2016 – read full article here)
A writer I have much admiration for is Donna Tartt who has written three books in thirty years. You can see her being interviewed here When the interviewer asks her ‘If she could become prolific and get faster with effort’ I bet she felt like slapping him (like she isn’t already putting in a lot of effort?). Instead she smiles sweetly and says, “I’ve tried to write faster and I don’t really enjoy it.” Her debut novel The Secret History was a best-seller, and had an initial print run of 75,000 (as opposed to the publisher’s usual 10,000), so you could say Tartt has the luxury of a decent sales history (see what I did there), to allow her time to create, but I am sure she must have kicked back against immense pressure from the publishing industry to produce more; faster, after her initial success.


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This guy buys up failing companies and real estate and doesn't care about anything else. He puts no value on Human Capital. Don't work for any company owned by him or you will languish. I'm not sure how he expects to make any money (maybe he doesn't) the way he does business. Check Glassdoor for his company reviews, you'll learn a lot.


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"Most of them didn't know where to turn to when they had complaints against police officers — so it goes both ways."
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The breakdown of this overall view provides some interesting specifics. Eighty-five percent of Americans believe political debate has become less respectful. Seventy-six percent think it has become less fact-based. And 60 percent believe political debate doesn’t focus on issues as much as it did in the past.
Many would say it’s the fault of the man in the White House, or on the flip side, those who control the House and Senate chambers. Still others would say today’s negative political discourse is the fault of college campus administrators, the mainstream media, or the ever-present influence of Twitter and Facebook.
Because of this, Weaver notes that we as Americans must be ready to properly handle the propaganda. And therein lies the problem, for “coping with propaganda requires a widespread critical intelligence, which is largely the product of education.”
Weaver goes on to ask the critical question:
Does our educational system prepare people to deal with the vast amount of opinion, argumentation, and special pleading addressed to them today through all the channels provided by modern technology?
I am inclined to think it does not prepare them because we have largely ceased to teach rhetoric. If democracy means anything, it means that every person is an active advocate of policies. He must listen to many arguments, and he must make arguments in refutation. He cannot do either of these well—he cannot make his honestly held views acceptable to others, and he cannot disarm an opponent in an argument—unless he has some understanding of the probative value of statements.
So why aren’t many Americans doing this? Weaver suggests an answer in another essay:
Judging from the Pew poll, Americans clearly recognizee. They don’t want to be fed lines of angry propaganda. But they do want facts with which to form their own opinions. Are we gi figure out these facts for themselves? And once we do this, is it possible our political discourse will become more civil?
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Father Jim Hreha is seen with his dog, Jack, in this undated photo. (CNS photo/Handout via The Dialog)
fabric of the parish community.
"A dog shows the nature of God," Father Hreha said.
Msgr. Steven Hurley has another big breed, a black Labrador retriever, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Wilmington, where he has been pastor for almost 10 years. Jake, a rescue, has been with him almost as long.
Msgr., is seen with his dog, Jake"It was the right location and the right time," he said.
For FathFather John Gayton, pastor at Holy Rosary Church in Claymont, Del., is seen with his dog, Roxie, in this undated photo. (CNS photo/Mike Lang, The Dialog)
"Part of that is isolation, some depression, anxiety, severe ultra-alertness, different things. When I got Zoey, she brought me right out of that. I was coming out of myself, I was laughing a lot more. I developed more energy and more focus, and I was able to accomplish a lot more in the parish," he said.
Losing her, he continued, was extremely difficult, but he recently adopted Roxie, a boxer who is 5 months old. She is a bundle of energy who loves to run around the yard behind the rectory at Holy Rosary. He knew training her would be a lot of work.
The dog is a bit stuck on herself. "Roxie believes that every human being was created for her pleasure. And she feels the same way about every other dog, that all they want to do is play with her. There's not a person she doesn't go to," Father Gayton said.
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Rev. Dr. Marcus Braybrooke*
For many people, religion is bad news. It is blamed for creating barriers and being a cause of division within societies and between nations. In 2003, for example, the British Government set up a Faith Communities Unit, and I recently heard the former head of the Muslim Council of Great Britain praising what has been done in Britain to promote social cohesion. It is encouraging, too, that several Muslim countries have arranged major conferences to bring together imams, clergy, and rabbis. Recently at a meeting in Geneva, convened by the King of Saudi Arabia, though some Muslim speakers dwelt on the ‘clash of civilizations' and their fear that the West wanted to impose its civilization on all other countries, the majority of Muslim speakers rejected this and called for a dialogue of civilizations.
A Christian friend told me how she made this discovery. Her daughter was very ill. At the weekend a colleague at work, who was a Hindu, rang her up to inquire after her child. "I have been praying for her,""Who was the Hindu praying to?" "s?" My friend had never thought about this before.
Positive reasons for interfaith work
First, the recognition of shared values allows us to act together for the common good.
non-violence and respect for life.
a just economic order.
tolerance and truthfulness.
During the Campaign to Ban Land Mines, the Peace Council to which I belong arranged times of prayer at the many international conferences. One Canadian diplomat said to me that these were the only times when representatives of governments, of NGOs, and of victims were together and on the same side -- all the rest of the time they were negotiating from different sides of the table. More recently religious NGOs have taken the lead in calling for a ban on cluster bombs.
The theme of this year's Pae in December i' with an emphasis on the environment, peace, overcoming poverty, and cultivating awareness of our global interconnectedness.
These initiatives are now increasingly welcomed by the United Nations, which last autumn, for the first time in its history, devoted a session of the General Assembly to discussing the importance of interfaith dialogue. Political leaders have also welcomed the support of religious bodies in efforts to reach the Millennium Goals. And we are hoping that the UN will support calls for a decado quote one of the popes, "We recognis." That pope was Gregory VII in the 11th-century writing to a Muslim prince. Are Allah and God and Brahma different names for the One Divine Reality? I was once asked what I prayed for when I prayed for the Dalai Lama. I think I said something like, "I pray that he will be supported in his work for peace and commitment to non-violence." At the end of the meeting I was told the correct answer, I should have been praying that the Dalai Lama would become a Christian.
I gratefully affirm that it is through Jesus Christ that I have come to know the generous love of God, but I hesitate to judge other people's claims to have experienced the grace of the Holy One. Increasingly, we are seeing that our differences can enrich our understanding of God, whose glory transcends all our words and doctrines. For example, when I go into a mosque, with its empty simplicity, I am reminded of the transcendence and holiness of the Almighty, which sometimes gets forgotten in our rather ‘matey' family services.
But such mutual enrichment requires time and the willingness really to listen to the other. Instead of highlighting differences, you need to find out what the belief really means to a person and how it affects the way they live. It is easy, for example, to say that Muslims reject belief in the Atonement, but they ask
"Why couldn't God just forgive without a blood sacrifice?" They hold that God did forgive Adam and Eve for their sin.
For some years I was a member of a group of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholars convened by the former Bishop of Oxford. It was moving to discover the deep reverence that some Muslims and some Jews have for Jesus. In the same way, some Christian theologians now recognise Muhammad as a Prophet -- on a par with Isaiah or Jeremiah -- but not as the final Prophet.
Again I have learned much from Jews, especially in the shadow of the Holocaust, in discussing the complex dimensions of forgiveness and the mystery of suffering -- "Why does God allow hideous acts of genocide?" I now find the picture of a Suffering God more helpful than talk of the ‘King of Kings and Lord of Lords.'
Last year there was a memorable meeting at Black Friars in Oxford, where two monks explained their practice of contemplation or learning to be silent in God's presence, and in response the Dalai Lama talked about his practice as a Buddhist. Buddhists do not speak of a personal God, yet it became clear that in both traditions, the practice of contemplation frees us from self-centredness and deepens our compassion for all living beings. Last year also I took some of the students at the Muslim College in London, whom I teach about Christianity, to Evensong in Westminster Abbey. One of them said afterward that it was one of the most inspiring experiences of his life.
A few years ago I shared with some Sikhs in a pilgrimage to their holy places, including the beautiful Golden Temple at Amritsar. Whenever we entered a Gurdwara, we were expected to bow our head to the ground in respect for the scriptures. It made me aware how casual I have often been in my treatment of the Bible, whereas one should treasure it at least as much as love letters.
* orty years. He is the President of the World Congress of Faiths and is a co-founder of the Three Faiths Forum. In September 2004 ' Rev. Braybrooke is author many books on interfaith work.
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herish Bound & Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
August 11th, 2009 in Books/Reading, Children's Books
A couple of months ago I was invited to a blogger event put on by Cherish Bound and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. I had no idea what to expect, ended up having a ball and more importantly learned about two new companies.
I was very interested in learning about the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. I knew it would be something I would enjoy but at the same time couldn’t really say why I had never attended. They had two storytellers at the event who, well, told us stories and I was sold on the spot! Why have I not been to the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival? How silly of me! This is right up my alley. The storytellers were amazing; I was completely captivated and taken in by their stories. To be honest I am a little disappointed I have missed so many years in a row and am thrilled to be able to go this year.
I could have listened to this woman all day long. She was an amazing, beautiful, stunning storyteller!
Sept 3-5, 2009
I also had a fantastic time learning about Cherish Bound. On the surface this company looked a lot like the online photo book publishers I have used in the past, but this wonderful company has a whole other layer to it! They really promote AND HELP YOU tell your story, which is truly the most important part. Pictures are beautiful and make wonderful keepsakes but when you don’t have a story behind the picture it’s not as meaningful. Cherish Bound has these wonderful Story Starters that gets you thinking and helps your memories start to flow. Sitting down to create family albums is quite a daunting task for me but this Story Starter book helped minimize the workload, made it a lot more fun and helped me remember some great memories!
In a few weeks I will have my first Cherish Bound book done and sent to my home and I can’t wait to give you a more detailed review and a fun giveaway to go along with it!
Also, I hope to see you at the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. I am their newest fan and supporter!
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Haye return decision expected 'within next two weeks'
David Haye will make decision on his expected return to the ring within the next two weeks, according to the British heavyweight's trainer Adam Booth.
Speculation is rife that Haye will return to professional boxing in the summer in a bid to earn another world title shot - with the Daily Mail reporting last week that the former WBA world champion had pencilled in July 6 for his comeback, having recently applied tostored.
While calling the initial report "shoddy journalism", Booth acknowledged that Haye has been training in recent times and revealed that an announcement on his plans can be expected in the next two weeks.
"David is definitely doing some serious thinking," Booth said, speaking after fellow charge George Groves' super-middleweight win over Baker Barakat.
"He will make a decision very soon - in the next ten days or so."
Within boxing circles it is now expected that Haye will return to action on June 29 in London, with ranked heavyweights including Tyson Fury and Manuel Charr keen to fight the former cruiserweight.
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She is in love with this guy who is also so so in love with her but here is where the problem is, he has being married before with two beautiful little girls, but now undergoing a separation although the wife still live under the same roof.(with pretest of taking care of her kids and pitying the papa) Do not know how but from all what she explain is that they meet some time in snacks to share a drink with friends, hotel if they want toooooo....... and sometimes in her place cuz she own her own apartment with her two kids (one is her son and they other her cousin) never marry before. He wants to get things going with her like they are engage and promise her to give him 2yrs to deal with his skeleton in his closet n get back to her while they keep things underground, that is seeing each other as usual.Is it advisable? thatz what i ask. cant he let go and correct his home? Cant she send him away and pray God to send her someone if she do really need a man to oil her part. Hihihihih. Am tired of talking to her and forcing her to take a decision, cuz they say where two are join together in love let no one put his/her month in between. Is this true love as they say! or what advise will you give her if she was your own sister.
My advice is for her to move on with her life and let him get his house in order. As long as he is getting free sex, he will never think of getting divioce from his wife. It seems to me he is eating his cake and having it too.
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Glad to help, oh u are a very smart lady and keep your dream on. Like your determination as a lady.
Your sister is threading on a dangerous ground. She should move on with her life as a single parent. But if at all she wants to settle down, she may have to wait for another man. How is she sure that what befell the first wife will not befall her? The best thing for the man to do is to put his house in order, repair his marriage and move on with the wife instead of arranging to bring in another woman.
Thank you v. much Okere it was nice getting a sincere answer from u.
stay blessed then i will let her know ur opinion.
Letthe man is not saying the whole truth about his wife,he may have made up that story so as to have a comfort zone in your sisters abode.A lot of married men banter such tales about cat n dog story with their wife ,so that the single girl can date them. But experience have shown me that its very difficult for women to just dump a man that they hv become attracted to,its even more difficult if the level of attraction is high since they have started sleeping together.My advice is for your sister to be careful in other not to be hurt latter in life by the same man.
I think your sister should concentrate on taking care of her little kid now. I dont see any sign of serious in the man she claims she loves; I don't think the man loves her. if he wants divorce he should separate with his wife now. To me, she is still his legal wife and your sister is mistress. This is dangerous. A cousin of mine who made this kind of mistake in 1992 paid with her life. You know how our Yoruba women could be dangerous. She took my cousin's name to one babalawo in Ijebu-Ode and before my cousin could make a u-turn, she died a mysterious death. What makes your sister think that the other woman can't do such thing?wants to leave her husband after two kids? Women loves with their heart most of the time and forget to apply their head and think! Warn your sister!
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Online social networks have become an integral part of the public sphere, but they are also criticized for contributing to the crisis in Western democracies by facilitating the emergence of echo chambers, amplifying conflicts, and enabling manipulations of public opinion via social bots.
This state of affairs is the result of a complex interplay of technical systems, human actors, and partisan agendas that cannot be understood by one discipline alone. Interdisciplinary understanding of these phenomena needs to be based on theoretical expertise in computer science and the social sciences, empirical analysis and psychological experiments, plus a dialogue with civil society stakeholders.
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Detecting Twitter Bots: a Test of Botometer with Bots of Different Complexity
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