Starting a new business is a fun time in your life. But is everybody else going to feel the same way? It is important that your new business cooperates well with your personal life. The last thing you want to do is put all your time into the business, just to find that your relationships are suffering. Finding a happy medium, as soon as possible, is of utmost importance. Many people never think about this, but find out real soon that it can be a major problem.
Above all else, you need to make time for both. No matter how you do this, make sure it is always high on your to do list. Regardless of the type of business you are running, you should make sure you are always willing to walk away and have time for others when need be. After all, this is one of the main perks of owning your business. Since you are in charge you can make your own schedule. Does it get any better than that?
If you need help staying on track, put a calendar together. You may not be able to follow every last detail of your schedule, but having an idea of what you should be doing is very important. It is easier than you may believe to create a calendar, online or off, and follow through with it day after day. This is one of those things that you have to try out in order to appreciate all that it has to offer.
As you look at the past, can you see that you have been neglecting your personal life for the betterment of your business? This is something that many people are not very proud of. The good thing is that it is never too late to make a change. Just because you have struggled to balance the two in the past does not mean that you have to follow the same path in the future.
Anytime you start a new business make sure you are on the same page as your loved ones. Is your spouse on board with the direction you are headed? Will you have enough time to spend with your kids? It is very important that you consider the effects on your personal life before you begin to put a lot of time into any business venture. You do not want this to suffer as you are attempting to get your business up and running.


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class ProjectsController extends Controller
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WebCAT provides information on London's transport system to the professional planning community. This connectivity assessment toolkit allows planners to measure public transport access levels (PTAL) and produce travel time reports and statistics.
Our complete guide to connectivity assessment will help you become familiar with the techniques we use to assess levels of connectivity in London.
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William Edwin Franklin (born May 3, 1930) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, He served as an auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Dubuque in Iowa from 1987 to 1993, and as bishop of the Diocese of Davenport, also in Iowa, from 1993 to 2006.

Biography

Early life
Franklin was born on May 3, 1930, in Parnell, Iowa, the son of John and Matilda (Milholin) Franklin. He was educated in the local parochial school and at the former St. Patrick High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, and studied for the priesthood at Mount St. Bernard's Seminary in Dubuque.

Priesthood
Franklin was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dubuque on February 4, 1956, by Archbishop Leo Binz in St. Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque.  His initial assignment after ordination was as secretary to Archbishop Emeritus Henry Rohlman before being named associate pastor of St. John's Parish in Independence, Iowa. From 1959 to 1974, Franklin was a faculty member at Wahlert High School in Dubuque. From 1974 to 1976 he served as associate pastor of St. Mary's Parish and a member of the faculty of Columbus High School, both in Waterloo, Iowa. Franklin served as the pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Fayette, Iowa and St. Francis Xavier Parish in Hawkeye, Iowa from 1976 to 1980. Franklin became pastor in 1980 of Immaculate Conception Parish in Gilbertville, Iowa before becoming pastor of St. Edward Parish in Waterloo. In 1984, he was assigned as dean of the Waterloo Deanery.

Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque
On January 29, 1987, Franklin was named titular bishop of Surista and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque by Pope John Paul II. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop Daniel Kucera on April 1, 1987, in St. Raphael's Cathedral. Archbishop Emeritus James Byrne and Auxiliary Bishop Francis Dunn acted as principal co-consecrators. Franklin was assigned to be the episcopal vicar of the Waterloo Region of the archdiocese. His office was in St. Joseph Rectory in Waterloo.

Bishop of Davenport
On November 12, 1993, John Paul II named Franklin as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Davenport. He was installed January 20, 1994, by Archbishop Kucera in Sacred Heart Cathedral in the presence of the apostolic nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan.

Franklin revised the diocesan staff, creating an Office of Pastoral Services that combined the ministries of liturgy, education, and social action into the same office to facilitate better communication. He initially did away with the Diocesan Pastoral Council and instituted a Diocesan Pastoral Council Convocation in its place. The convocation drew together clergy, religious orders, and parishioners for their input and formation. Franklin also restructured the deaneries to include Deanery Councils, again to better facilitate communication between the diocese and its parishioners.

Several parishes in the diocese either merged or closed because of changing demographics. The Redemptorists, who had served St. Alphonsus parish in Davenport for 89 years as well as in other parishes, left the diocese in 1997 because of declining numbers. The Sisters of St. Francis in Clinton built a new motherhouse in Clinton, Iowa called the Canticle, also in 1997. Irene Prior Loftus was the first layperson to serve as the diocesan chancellor, and Mary Weiser was hired as the first layperson to serve the diocese as superintendent of schools.

In 2000, the diocese celebrated the Jubilee Year proclaimed by John Paul II. There were no diocesan celebrations, rather they were planned and celebrated in the diocese's six deaneries. The following year, the pope bestowed papal honors on 26 people of the diocese nominated by Franklin. Four priests were named by the Vatican as chaplains to his holiness, eight laymen were honored as knights of St. Gregory the Great, three women received the honor of dames of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, and 11 men and women received the cross oro ecclesia et pontifice. The three women bestowed with the Order of St. Gregory were the first such recipients in the history of the diocese.

The diocese lost two of its colleges just after the turn of the 21st century. Marycrest International University in Davenport, which began as a woman's college in the 1930s, closed its doors in 2002. Mt. St. Clair College in Clinton, Iowa, expanded and became The Franciscan University in 2002 and then the Franciscan University of the Prairies two years later. In 2005, it was sold to Bridgepoint Education, Inc. and became Ashford University, ending its affiliation with the Catholic Church.

In 2002, Franklin received allegations of sexual abuse of minors in the 1970's by William Wiebler, a diocese priest.  After Wiebler confessed his crimes to Franklin, the bishop ordered him to enter the Vianney Renewal Center, a treatment facility for priests in Dittmer, Missouri.  However, Wiebler later checked out of the facility and moved into a private residence in University City, Missouri, outside the diocese.  In 2004, the diocese settled the claims of 37 sexual abuse victims for $9 million dollars; one of the priests named in the settlement was Wiebler.  He was laicized in January 2006, several months before his death.

In 2006, the diocese celebrated its 125th anniversary. A eucharistic congress was held to mark the occasion at the LeClaire Park Bandshell. Bishop Paul Coakly preached the homily at the concluding mass. On October 10, 2006, the diocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.  According to Franklin, this was to properly managed the settlement of sexual abuse lawsuits facing the diocese.

Retirement and legacy
On October 12, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted Franklin's letter of resignation as Bishop of Davenport. Franklin Hall, a residence hall at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa is named in his honor.

See also
 Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
 List of Catholic bishops of the United States

References

1930 births
Living people
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Loras College alumni
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque
Roman Catholic bishops of Davenport
People from Iowa County, Iowa
American Roman Catholic clergy of Irish descent
People from Waterloo, Iowa

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Q: Please add trophies that get awarded to the user who has performed "best" based on a given set of conditions over a period of time Just to add another layer of make-believe "awards" to the existing reputation and badges, I thought it might be interesting to have something that is transient, based on ranked performance over a given time period (call them what you like, but I'll refer to them as trophies for the rest of this post).
To put it another way, have trophies that would be awarded to the user who has performed "best" based on a given set of conditions over say a week. That user would then hold that trophy for the week, but would (potentially) lose it to another user the following week as the rankings change.
So for example you could have:

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*Sage - User who posts the most accepted answers in a week

*Most Improved - User who gains the most reputation in a week relative to their total reputation

*Collector - User who is awarded the most unique badges in a week

*Overflowed - User who has spent the most time on the site in a week (not sure if you can measure this, but it could be most views, most votes, etc)

*Philosopher - User who asks the question with the most upvotes (or question with the most answers, or most questions) in a given week

*Quick Draw - User who answers a question (and gets accepted) the fastest in a given week

*Paramedic - User who brings the oldest question in a given week back to life, by answering it (and getting accepted)

To make sure super-users (like Jon Skeet) don't just constantly have all of them, you could include one or all of the following:

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*Only allow any given user to hold one trophy at a time

*Only allow a user to hold a given trophy once ever (or once a month/year/etc)

*Make it so that any user who has already held a given trophy needs to do exponentially more to gain it again (eg. with the Collector - userA has 10 badges in a week & userB has 9, userA wins, but the following week, userA gets a 20% handicap, meaning if userA got 10 again & userB got 9 again, userB would win since 10*0.8 < 9)

Note: you could also get a badge to indicate/prove that you once held a given trophy.
I guess I better make this a question... So what do you think? Stupid idea? Good idea? Really stupid idea? Good idea, but would take too much dev time, so a low priority? Suggestions for other trophies?

A: I think we need to be careful with badges. While they are useful to encourage good behaviour, if you're not careful winning the badge becomes more important than the behaviour.
As an example take the Civic Duty and Strunk & White badges. When I started here (OK on SO) I knew those badges existed but achieving them seemed a distant goal. As time progressed and I started voting (& editing when I had enough rep) they started getting nearer.
As I approached the 300 votes I started hitting my vote cap as I was actively looking for posts to vote on. I only voted for posts I would have voted for in normal circumstances but I actively sought them out rather than just stumbling across them in the normal course of events. Once I achieved the badge my voting fell back to its previous behaviour. A graph would show this peak. The same applies to my edits, start of sporadic, hit a peak just before the badge and then drop down again.
Now you might say that I should be voting/editing at the higher level all the time - but I should be doing other things other than hanging out on SO/MSO & that amount of voting/editing takes time.
So what I'm trying to say is that too many badges might distort people's usage of the site to the detriment of the site. So while we should consider new rewards we should consider all the possible outcomes.

A: Gut reaction: sounds like a lot of complexity for relatively little benefit.
I can see the attraction of the general idea, but I don't know that it's got enough going for it to be worth the effort. For one thing, where would these be displayed? There's already a lot of information in the user flair (think of newbies seeing this!) so you'd probably want to  have it just on the user profile page... in which case who's going to see it?
I don't mean to sound too negative - it does sound interesting - but I just don't really think it's worth it.

A: The Monthly reputation league UV ticket was closed recently after the tag stats were introduced. Cool setup you have there though.
I think benefit vs. work required is quite minimal though.

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And it's true, behind the serious and caring side of doctors lies a joker. Or at least someone who loves (and quite often really needs) laughter. There's a dark side to the medical practice that I purposely shy away from in this comic strip series. At the very least, being in the funny pages (Plug! Buy the Manila Bulletin!), it would be counterproductive for Callous to go down that road. I guess I sometimes touch that stuff in my writing, though I do so very carefully.
Personally, the comic has given me further reason to seek out the lighter side of life and medicine. Primarily to write comic strips, admittedly, but as a consequence I find myself with a brighter perception on living.
And with that, I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I shall take the lessons learned from producing this comic and retire the series. It's time to actually live instead of just writing and drawing about life. It has been a wonderful 17 years!


Most homes will have at least one rug somewhere in the house, whether it's a small rug, large rug, a funny shaped rug or a kid's bedroom rug there is always one somewhere. A rug can add a lot to any home if you get the right size to fit your space, we have a fantastic range that fits any home and any room including living or dining room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom for children, teenagers and adults, and for the conservatory. We have a great range of styles and colours to suit you, a simple rug can have a huge impact on the look and feel of a room, it's a great way to add some colour to your room and to fill some void space. With the many options available it can be daunting trying to choose the correct one for you, so we have created a fantastic guide to help you decide on the right rug for you whether it's a small rug, large rug, funny shaped rug or a character rug we will help you narrow down your search and find the perfect one to suit your needs.
If you are not certain what style will suit your home best then take a moment to read this helpful guide.
There are so many different types of rugs available which can make choosing the right rug a little difficult. If you would like to know about the different types and materials of rugs our guide about the types of rugs will help.


The Fukaya category of a Weinstein manifolds W algebraically package all Lagrangian submanifolds of W into an A-infinity category. In this talk I will motivate why studying Lagragian submanifolds in symplectic manifolds is relevant and then I will give an overview of the definition of wrapped Fukaya categories. I will explain a theorem stating that for Weinstein manifolds a particular finite collection of Lagrangians generates this category. Finally we will see some element of the proof and applications of this generation criterion. This is joint work with G. Dimitroglou-Rizell, P. Ghiggini and R. Golovko.


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Blood Red podcast
The Liverpool man at the peak of his powers as he channels his inner Steven Gerrard
The Reds captain has been praised for his performances over the last few weeks and months
Matt AddisonFootball Writer
Since signing for Liverpool from Sunderland for £16 million back in 2011, Jordan Henderson has seen his fair share of intense criticism - but now he is correctly seeing much praise.
It has been well documented the extent to which he has been maligned - he could easily have left for Fulham in a swap deal with Clint Dempsey, choosing to battle back in his pursuit of a top-class career - but over the last few months, extensive acclaim has rightly been heaped upon him.
On the latest edition of the Poetry in Motion podcast, Neil Fitzmaurice, Caoimhe O'Neill and Joe Rimmer discussed the Reds' number 14 in depth, admiring him in the highest possible way.
Rimmer said: "Everyone talks about him every week now - it's about time. It really is satisfying when you think of the stick he's put up with.
"He just got on with and never complained. He's been one hell of a servant for Liverpool and it will make me so happy to see watch lift the Premier League title - I hope he lifts a few more."
Liverpool legend Sir Kenny Dalglish was right about Jordan Henderson all along
Bernardo Silva pinpoints when Liverpool's advantage became too much for Man City
O'Neill added: "I think he might be the best midfielder in the world right now. Fabinho being injured let him progress into that even more, but we've seen that from him for a while.
"Some of the assists and the vision, it's Steven Gerrard-esque. That famous picture of him taking the armband from Gerrard, it was always going to be a big task."
There are a number of reasons for Henderson's rise, from his incredible mental strength to his natural ability as a footballer, and everything in between.
But the panel believe one thing stands out above the rest.
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Rimmer said: "It's the attitude. His fellow pros have so much respect for him because of the way he conducts himself.
"There was questions over whether you should take the armband of him and give it to Van Dijk - why?
"It's not just on the pitch, it's off the pitch how you lead the club in the dressing room, on the training ground, how you conduct yourself.
"He's at the absolute peak of his powers and I love watching him score goals. I love how he celebrates - he doesn't mess around, he just loves it.
"It's how you should feel when you score a goal - it's like every one is the first goal he's ever scored.
"There's no better representative of Liverpool than Henderson."
Fitzmaurice added: "I've given him plenty of stick over the years and I'd be the first to admit it, but I'm also the first to admit that he's fundamental to this Liverpool team.
"Any game without him is a game that we will suffer."
The Reds captain, having lifted the Champions League trophy last June, is currently the favourite to take home the PFA Player of the Year.
He will, though, have competition from teammates Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane after their incredible seasons, as well as Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne.
Liverpool FCLiverpool evening headlines as Gary Neville names three players not good enough, Thiago claim madeThe latest Liverpool news and headlines, including Gary Neville's criticism of reserve trio, Dietmar Hamann arguing that Reds are better without Thiago Alcantara, and Takumi Minamino's curious absence.

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The latest Facebook post by the Megastar created waves in the social networking sites, most importantly Facebook.
Mohanlal had shared the photo cherishing the memories of his first movie and the unforgettable moments with the Fazil family when he recently made a visit the location of his first film, Manjil Virinja Pookkal (where Mohanlal was cast in the role of the antagonist). At the same time, the actor was thanking the evergreen director Fazil for finding the actor in him.
You can view the original Facebook post by clicking here. In the photo (from left), Farhaan Faasil (Faasil's son), Rosina (Fazil's wife), Fazil, Mohanlal, Nazriya (Fazil'z daughter in law), Fahadh Faasil (Fazil's son).
Farhaan Faasil had also updated a Facebook photograph with Megastar Mohanlal around 2 hours before the actor published the photograph with the family.
The most popular films in Mohanlal Fazil duo are namely Manjil Virinja Pookkal (1980), Dhanya (1981), Marakkillorikkalum (1983), Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku (1983), Nokketha Dhoorathu Kannum Nattu (1984), Life is Beautiful (2000), Vismayathumbathu (2004).


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Calycopis vidulus is een vlinder uit de familie van de Lycaenidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd als Thecla vidulus in 1907 gepubliceerd door Hamilton Herbert Druce.

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I have a few PAFOA guys I hope see this comment!!
I hope he doesn't burden our state pension system for too long! Good riddance, you hairy gorilla!
As much as I complain about the NRA, I have to defend them here.
It is NOT the NRA holding power over the PA legislature. I am not the NRA. A number of people that called, emailed, faxed the PA senate and house were not NRA. I don't know if the people on the ground in H-burg were all NRA members or not.
This was the will of the people. Were there lots of NRA members that called, emailed, faxed, and showed up in H-burg? You bet! But this was not the big, bad, NRA all on it's own.
But woiuld you agree they had the deepest pockets? It's about the money. NRA has more.
I just sent them another 50.
I would agree they have more. I sent my $ to FOAC. They need a lot more than the NRA.
It's your money, though. What you do with it is not my decision.
Funny how it never occurred to him that his real problem is that his own position is completely at odds with what the voters want. Typical.


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Someone's gotta be the bad guy, right? If you've always identified more with the Galactic Empire than the Rebel Alliance, and have always dreamed of piloting an AT-AT Walker across Hoth or Endor, carry your plebian car keys on this Star Wars AT-AT keychain. The silver-tone keychain with red fill is a perfect replica of the Galactic Empire's crest, and is attached to a sturdy D-ring keyring.


Can someone in the US please look up and tel me how I can get in touch with Thrustmaster in the US, preferably a switchboard number in the New York area.
We want to import some goodies.
I think Thrustmaster are a division Guillemot, which is (IIRC) a Canadian company.
No matter, I phoned MagnumPC (Hunters place) and they are gonna help us out.


Leather & raffia are a match made in gorgeous natural fibre heaven if you ask me & this beautiful new item has a big piece of my heart.
It is exactly the same as the Luxe Leather Personalised heart but with a flashy fringe of raffia around the edge.
The heart has a real leather front and is backed with gold faux leather, and fringed with raffia, it is stitched around the edges and stuffed with PET recycled toy stuffing. It comes with an adhesive velcro patch on the back so it can be moved around the room without having to nail anything into the wall. The heart measures 15cm wide and 16cm tall.
The leather is ethically sourced in Australia and not treated with any chemicals. Please note that real leather has subtle markings through out. It is a handmade product and although I try my best to make it as similar to the images, each item will vary slightly. Colours may vary slightly from screen to screen.


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Review: 'Imitation Game' a crackerjack tale about Enigma buster Alan Turing
November 26th, 2014 | Los Angeles Times
The disturbing, involving, always-complex story of British mathematician Alan Turing is a tale crafted to resonate for our time, and the smartly entertaining "The Imitation Game" gives it the kind of crackerjack cinematic presentation that's pure pleasure to experience.
Turing, exceptionally well-played by Benedict Cumberbatch, was a brilliant man, often considered the father of computer science, whose top-secret work as a code breaker of genius shortened World War II by years, saved millions of lives and was so central to the Allied victory that it was said the war could not have been won without it.
But Turing was also a homosexual at a time when that was an out and out crime in Britain, and as a result (a bit like the politically suspect atomic physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in this country), he was humiliated and destroyed by a postwar establishment that would have perished without his efforts.
Named after a paper Turing wrote about artificial intelligence, "The Imitation Game" does not lack for conventional elements. But they are handled with such depth and emotion by a top cast that includes Keira Knightley, Mark Strong and Charles Dance that we end up impressed by the level of intelligent storytelling it provides.
Stories this involving invariably start with a persuasive script, and Graham Moore's is so good, filled with on-target dialogue that's as explosive as any wartime munitions, that it landed at the top of the 2012 Black List for best unproduced scripts.
"Imitation Game" goes back and forth between three time periods, starting in 1952 in Manchester with a startling monologue ("Pay close attention, I will not pause, I will not repeat myself" is how it begins) that Turing delivers to a busybody police detective (Rory Kinnear) during the interrogation that follows his arrest for "gross indecency."
Things then flash back to 1939 at Bletchley Park, the site of Turing's code-breaking exploits and the film's central location, as well as retreating even further in time to Turing's miserable 1929 schoolboy days at the Sherborne School.
Giving Turing's wartime exploits, as well as the entire film, the unexpected pacing of a thriller is the work of Norwegian director Morten Tyldum, whose crackling "Headhunters," adapted from the novel by Jo Nesbo, became the highest-grossing film in that country's history.
The same qualities that the director exhibited in that picture, including a fascination with narrative structure, the creation of a frisson of danger and an ability to handle personal situations as well as action moments, give "Imitation Game" more high tension than its outline would have you believe.
Helping in this, as he does in all things, is star Cumberbatch. For years, he's been excellent in smaller roles in films like "Amazing Grace," "The Other Boleyn Girl" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," but he didn't become a major player until he became Sherlock Holmes on British TV.
Good as he's been in the past, however, the richness and complexity of Turing's character make this portrayal of an arrogant, difficult, sure-of-himself individual the role of Cumberbatch's career. His performance makes Turing accessible, even palatable, and gives us a sense of how smart, how impossible, yet how finally human was this man whose idea of a compliment was to say, "That is not an entirely terrible idea."
The wartime sections of "Imitation Game" open with Turing, as he often was, in an adversarial mode. Only 27 but one of the world's best mathematicians, he has come down to Bletchley Park to offer his services as a code breaker, but the spit-and-polish man in charge, Cmdr. Denniston (a splendidly apoplectic Dance), takes an instant dislike to him and is about to show him the door — until he mentions Enigma.
Nazi Germany's code creator, the super-secret Enigma machine was considered all but unbreakable because of the millions of options possible for the codes it created daily. Turing believes he knows how to beat it, but it won't be easy.
The British have put together a team to break Enigma's code, including the suave national chess champion Hugh Alexander (Matthew Goode) and the empathetic John Cairncross ("Downton Abbey's" Allen Leech).
But being on a team is definitely not Turing's style, and because the culture of personal small talk is one code he will never break, he is totally at sea in human relations. Turing hopes to best Enigma by creating another machine, one that can think, but he is such a pain that his teammates almost hope he fails.
Turing's fortunes begin to change when key people start to believe in him, including MI6 honcho Stewart Menzies (Strong) and a diffident female math whiz named Joan Clarke (Knightley) he hires as the result of a newspaper crossword puzzle competition.
The level-headed but invariably cheerful Clarke, who frankly tells the difficult Turing, "I'm a woman in a man's job. I don't have the luxury of being an ass," is some of Knightley's best work. She sees Turing for what he is, attraction to men included, but his personality does not stand in the way of their closeness.
As a marvelous-looking computing machine gradually gets built (Maria Djurkovic is the production designer), the truth of "Imitation Game's" Turing-generated theme becomes more and more apparent: "Sometimes it's the people no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine." A too tidy sentiment, perhaps, but a top-notch film nevertheless.
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Bamford Watch Department is like Pininfarina, Brabus or Prindiville for Automobile brands. They work officially with beautiful watch-makers in order to push further the customization of certain models without loosing the initial spirit of each timepiece. Brands like Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemar Piguet or Tag Heuer trust Bamford for the excellent work they accomplish in each timepiece. All timepieces are new and no customizations on already owned watches are possible. This insures the perfect state of the customized watch. With the launch of this limited edition, Bamford is loyal to the great relationship they have with Rolex, as they offer a vast collection of Rolex limited editions on their current catalog.
With the launch of this new limited edition by Bamford, Karl Lagerfeld brought a subtle yet precise fashionable touch in this Timepiece. It is classy, distinctive and with a certain touch of fun I must say.
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This Limited edition will be available at the Recommended retail price of 19'000 € and is exclusive to Karl Lagerfeld boutiques in Paris and Munich. A special luxury box was developed according to the Limited Edition color code. On top of the black box we can see Karl Lagerfeld face profile and his signature as an autograph on the box. The words "Bamford Watch Department is written on the left side, as a label of quality, creativity, exclusive luxury and the symbol of this great partnership.
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This year trip was in my mind from mid of May or so. Goa was supposed to be a solo, but not totally unplanned. Had Harish and Ram join me and it was all fun – worth it. Next was a planned – unplanned in Oct/2015, this was planned along with Ram and Maari even from the beginning. So cannot count this for the solo planned-unplanned for this year.
I was still waiting for a solo planned unplanned for this year, after having tried this for 2013 (Tiruchendur-Kutralam-Manjolai) and 2014 (Coonoor, Ooty, Valparai, Athirapally), and having tasted the experience of traveling alone.
This year took a major decision to get a new bike before the trip. The search started by September/2015 and bought the bike in October/2015. Preparation was the same like last year, with just a few changes as few items were taken care from last year trip itself.
Few items I had decided to leave back was my 50mm 1.8 lens as I was comfortable with my 17 – 50 mm 2.8 from Tamron. This is a better all-round lens for my needs. Also left behind the monopod to keep the weight low. My first plan was to pack all of the stuff in my Forlac 50L bag, but again in the last min added a secondary bag, later realized it was a very good decision.
To head back to Chennai from the point I reach on Friday as I had to report back to work on Monday.
What is fun without a spanner in the plan: The first deviation in the plan was few personal commitment that came up only on Wednesday minutes before I was about to start. Was roaming around getting things done but my mind and soul was wanting to leave in to the unknown to venture in to uncertainty. This was in the making for 6 months and it was almost coming to an end before it could start. Setting things around me, unwinded myself for the next days. I tried to sleep early to start early morning on Thursday, but my mind would not rest. I was in and out of sleep from 11 pm. Got up at 3 am. Packed and left my house at 3:30 am.
After starting at 3:30 am from home, decided to head west as weather was bad in south and also north of Chennai. So set the starting point to Bangalore and started the journey. Weather was all good until I reached Poonamallee - it started raining.
The first milestone was to cross Kanchipuram, stopped for a tea then geared up after Kanchipuram. The gear was all from last year, fox knee guard, elbow guard and pro biker gloves. Wanted a riding jacket and a better knee guard, but budget constrain forced me to go with what I had. Helmet was from LS2, got is on Monday as my Vega was not stable past 100km/h. Did not want to take any risk with helmet, so got the best I can afford.
After Kanchipuram came the toll plaza and the 6 lane toll road. Wow, it was a larger playground than what I am used to. This gave me all the confidence to go past 100 km/h. Wanted to warm-up the tyre before I go faster, after a few minutes tried going up to 120km/h and dared to test the bike till 145km/h. Would try again and again on all straight stretches, the bike would lock in 144km/h, but would not reach 145km/h. After a few tries and shifting gear at higher RPM, the bike touched 145km/h. Felt like Armstrong had set foot on moon :D. The secondary bag on the front provided the wind barrier from my chest, kept the cold air from hitting me. This gave all the more confidence to hit higher numbers. This testing went on for a long time and then came the heart break; I found the fuel had reached to just one point above 'E' after traveling for 220km. Was worried if speeding took a toll. Went in for refueling before Bargur and to my surprise it took about Rs.550 of petrol to fill the tank. Hence the bike was still maintaining 25km/l, which is what I was expecting ;) Now I need not worry about hitting higher speed.
The ride was buttery with very less vehicle on road. Took a lunch break, in a road side Dhaba. Relaxed for a while. The first date got over after Hosur when I was about to enter Bangalore. Traffic was bad and it was at snail pace. Now it was between 20 and 40 km/h.
Until this point I did not know where to go. Reached Bangalore and I was blank. It took me 4.5 hours to reach Bangalore. Then Ram came to mind. Shimoha, have heard him mention how beautiful Shimoha is. So decided to head to Shimoha for the day. Shimoha was 300km away from Bangalore. Took the nice ring road to bypass Bangalore, to my surprise, there is a toll fee even for tow wheeler on this road. But it was all worth it. The road was all the more tempting. This time dropped my shoulder and elbow down, hugged my front bag with my elbow, tucked my head down inline with the front shield judging the stream of air coming above it. Again started shifting up at higher RPM, changed from 5th to the 6th gear at 110km/h. This time did not let go past 145km/h. The bike reached 152km/h after a steady acceleration. Boy – o – boy. After hitting 150km/h, riding at 120km/h felt comfortable and gave much better confidence in handling. I started trusting the bike more.
So far had one tea break, one brunch break and a filling break until Kibbanahalli which I had reached by 11 am. This is 120 km from Bangalore. It was time for refueling. Good news was, I had Rs.200 in my purse and my account had Rs.132 in it :D. The last fueling was with my credit card, I cannot expect the same here. It was time for call a friend. The response was rapid, 3k credited. Took the cash and fueled for Rs. 600 there.
I reached Shimoha by 3 pm. I was searching for mountain range, cold climate. I was expecting Shimoha to be like Coonoor at least, but this was like Salem, Trichy, it was not even like Coimbatore :(. Ram, ippadi pazhi vangitiye. I was already tired being on the road for 12 hours. I asked for tourist location around Shimog, ppl suggested lion safari and a dam. No way. I asked for more places and a auto driver suggested Jog falls which is 110km from Shimoga. Had already covered 650km, another 110km should not hurt (It was already hurting ;) ). Reached Jog falls by 4:30 pm. Started talking to cab drivers there and one guy owns a home stay accommodation. Settled for a room for Rs. 600 a day. He also said his mom will prepare dinner and breakfast for me. I was waiting to taste their local dish and agreed.
Went back to my room, was served with roti made from rice flour, Chutney and yummy sambar. Had my second meal for the day and slept at 9 pm. Set the alarm for 5 am and went to bed.
It was time to go back. Packed my stuff from the room and was served with dosa. Finished with my breakfast and headed west, wanted to touch the west coast before I plan to head east again, this time was a place Horlics'mama was talking about, it was Mudeshwar. Headed west and reached Mudeshwar by 11:30 am. I had my bag tied to the rear seat. I cannot carry it along with me. Reached a matam near by, ppl there had agreed to take care of the bike and the bag. Left it there and took my camera bag to explore this place. The beach view, the gopuram structure were all interesting. The Shiva statue was majestic.
Clicked few pics, went back to the matam. Answered all the questions they had, where I am coming from, why I am travelling along and so on ;) Next was to head back east. This time wanted to go a little south, so selected Chikmangalur which is 237km from Mudeshwar. Did not want to go back through Shimoga to have a different flavour, so selected the Sringeri route. En'route stopped and had tender coconut on a beautiful road with sea shore on one side and river running on the other side. Reached Chikmangalur by 5 pm. To find a room and settle down took time. I was all set by 6 pm. With sun running down, wanted to select a place for sun-set photo. Was told about Mullayanagiri. This is the highest peak in Karnataka, this is the highest peak between the Himalayas and the Nilgiris. It is about 20 km from Chikmangalur, should take about 30 min to reach the base, if possible in 20 min. Took the bike on the twisty. Had crossed 30 km with no sign of any peak. Stopped to check the route, was told it was on a parallel road which separates 12km before. I missed the turn and the opportunity to take a sun-set photo. Disappointed, headed back to my room. Went out for dinner, tried Bonda soup (This was the Karnataka version of Sambar vada), butter masala dosa and kalli dosa. To top it had a coffee.
Went to room, with no plan for the next day, it was again time for call an acquaintance/not a friend. Asked for list of places which I can check the next day. Went to bed. The list was prepared and sent.


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Israel and Putin's Russia — a Tenuous Relationship
by Isi Leibler
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a meeting in Moscow. Photo: GPO.
For over 30 years, my principal public occupation in the global Jewish arena was to promote the struggle for liberation of Soviet Jewry. This brought me into direct contact with Soviet ministers, officials and apparatchiks, enabling me to appreciate firsthand the obsessive antisemitism underlying the Kremlin's policy toward Israel and the Jews.
This contrasts starkly with current Russian President Vladimir Putin's positive attitude to Jews in general, despite the fact that he was a former officer of the Soviet secret police agency, the KGB, a body notorious for its antisemitism. This is even more extraordinary, taking into account the fact that Putin today exploits nationalism as a major element to rally public support. And it was Russian nationalism, from the time of the czars and heavily reinforced by the Soviets, that has operated in tandem with a feral antisemitism.
There are no rational explanations for Putin's extraordinary attitude toward Jews, which some have gone as far as to describe as being motivated by philo-Semitism. Some say he was influenced as a youngster by his Jewish German teacher, Mina Yuditskaya, now living in Israel, whom he invited for a social chat to the King David Hotel during his last visit. He may also be highly sophisticated and pragmatic, and having seen the outcome of Soviet antisemitism, may have come to a realization that Jewish support would represent an asset at many levels.
Putin has ruthlessly suppressed violent antisemitism. He has gone out of his way to attend Jewish functions, such as the opening of a Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, to which he contributed $50 million of state funds and even symbolically personally donated a month's salary. He also attended Hanukkah celebrations and conveyed warm messages of praise and goodwill to Jews on the advent of the Jewish New Year — utterly unprecedented, especially from a nationalist Russian leader.
It is also astonishing that, despite his strategic involvement and alliance with the Syrians and Iranians, Putin has determinedly kept the channels to Israel open, making a point to personally visit Israel and in June 2012, Israel was the first country he visited after his election. He frequently speaks warmly about the Jewish state, expressing pride that it contains the largest diaspora of former Russian citizens. At the Western Wall, accompanied by Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, he donned a kippah, which would undoubtedly have made his Bolshevik predecessors turn in their graves. He also seemed quite indifferent to the rage this created among his Arab allies.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has deftly steered a delicate diplomatic balancing act, seeking to retain a good relationship with the Russians without antagonizing the Americans in relation to both Ukraine and Georgia. No Israeli minister has criticized Putin, despite his alliance with Syria and Iran.
Indeed, until recently, Netanyahu managed to persuade Putin to postpone providing the Syrians with the S-300 air defense system, whose deployment would make it far more difficult for Israel to penetrate Syrian air space in the event of a military confrontation.
However, due to US President Barack Obama's incredible mismanagement, Putin's major geopolitical breakthrough has transformed Russia overnight into a dominant power in the Middle East with greater influence in the region than even at its peak during the Cold War. Even Egypt has been alienated by US support for the Muslim Brotherhood to such an extent that it too has moved closer to the Russian camp.
The US has effectively enabled an economically weak Russia to seal an alliance with the Shiites, purportedly to combat ISIS but in reality concentrating on rescuing Assad, who, despite massive support from Iran and Hezbollah, was close to collapse.
Putin mocked the Americans for trying to promote "democracy" and in so doing created the vacuum that was rapidly filled by ISIS. At the UN General Assembly, Putin, speaking about Western support for the so-called Arab Spring, said, "Do you realize what you have done? … Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster – and nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life."
In contrast to a bumbling Obama, he emerged as a shrewd and tough strategist who can be relied upon to stand by his allies and confront his enemies.
As a consequence, the situation has become immensely more complicated for Israel and there are logical grounds for concern that Russia's ongoing confrontation with the US will override Putin's emotional philo-Semitism. His recent meeting in which he expressed solidarity with Assad in Moscow was hardly reassuring.
But the situation remains far from black and white. Immediately after announcing Russia's intervention, Putin agreed to a three-hour summit meeting with Netanyahu, who flew to Moscow where parameters were drawn in order to minimize any possible military overlap and try to protect some of Israel's security concerns. Coordination has been maintained at the very highest military levels between both countries, with Russia operating a direct hotline with Yossi Cohen, Israel's national security adviser, informing him in advance of Russia bombing targets in Syria.
Furthermore, according to Ehud Ya'ari of Channel 2, the Russians have allocated a future role for Israel in their area of influence by offering to buy a substantial chunk of Israel's newly discovered gas fields and provide military guarantees against Hezbollah attacks on the offshore locations. It is also proposing to export this gas to Europe.
But Israel remains the meat in the sandwich. It must walk on eggshells to avoid alienating the US Congress, which is bitterly opposed to Putin's global expansionism.
Some predict that Putin is merely taking advantage of establishing Russia as a Mediterranean Great Power. He is most unlikely to involve his ground forces after its ordeal in Afghanistan. Realizing that a complete victory is not in the cards, Putin may secure Assad, settle on a divided Syria and leverage Assad's retirement in return for U.S. concessions such as easing sanctions relating to Ukraine.
Profoundly conscious of the Iranian regime's messianic aspirations to wipe Israel off the face of the planet, optimists consider the possibility that the Russians will inhibit the Iranians from directly attacking Israel. They argue that Shiite fundamentalists like the Iranians also pose long-term threats to the Kremlin with Russia's growing and increasingly aggressive Muslim minority which is also being affected by ISIS — a large proportion of whose fighters originate from Russia and former Soviet countries.
The Netanyahu government is to be commended for its efforts to isolate itself from the conflict. But the situation is volatile and could unravel in the course of intensified superpower confrontations in this region. Israel is also cognizant of potential confrontations with the Russians should they continue to intervene when Iranians seek to transfer advanced missiles to Hezbollah.
However, it is a consolation that all things being even, Putin would prefer not to confront Israel and does not aspire to bring about its destruction, as did the Bolsheviks. However, that could change if Putin were to conclude that Israel represents a major barrier to his objective of creating a new Middle East.
It remains somewhat surrealistic for me to juxtapose Putin's positive attitude with my experiences with Soviet antisemites. Neither I nor any of the refuseniks would have remotely dreamed that, living in Israel, we would witness the visit of a former KGB officer as president of Russia who displays friendship rather than malevolence to the Jewish people. We must pray that this will not be swept aside by realpolitik.
Isi Leibler may be contacted at [email protected]
This article was originally published by Israel Hayom and The Jerusalem Post.


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Are You Unhappy @ Work?
Causes are many for unhappiness at work. Analyzing all the reasons is like trying to search for a small coin you lost while walking on the beach.
Instead let us try to look at some ways to make work meaningful, purposeful and happy-full!
First of all, be thankful. Only those who have been unemployed and those who were told "Your services are no need longer needed," know what having employment means. It means dignity, a place to go to regularly, and an opportunity to connect and network.
You might not be in the best workplace; but still be thankful to God that you are able to work.
Second, try to find a larger purpose in work. A teacher is not just imparting knowledge in a classroom. Instead he or she is sharing wisdom tested by the fires of life-experiences. He or she is more importantly shaping the destinies of students. A postman likewise is not just a delivery boy; instead he is bringing messages of hope and joy and connecting people over distances.
Getting to grip the higher meaning of your work will turn your work to a calling rather than a dull job.
Third, exercise leadership. Now leadership is not about position and authority alone. As an individual, exercising leadership is about not getting cramped by daily routines. You should be determined to carve a time out of daily schedules to pursue your hobbies, acquiring new skill sets, and improving your most trusted strength that is uniquely yours. More importantly you should strive each day to do something to improve your quality of work. It is these pursuits that help you counter stress at work and keep you balanced.
So leadership in this context is avoiding becoming the slaves of daily routines; instead rising above them and building an impact.
Again, unhappiness at work is contributed more by people than processes. It might be your boss, peers, or people reporting to you who are creating problems for you. Unkind remarks, criticism, gossip, and even slander top the list. Let me give you a radical suggestion. Can you try NOT to listen to or encourage when someone comes to you bad-mouthing another. See, the same person will be saying things like these about you to others behind your back.
The more you don't listen to bad press about others, the chances are higher that you will be happier at work.
Yet again, strive for excellence. It doesn't happen automatically. You need to do hard work, persevere, and keep pushing to do better than yesterday each day. Excellence depends on attention to minute details, double-checking and ensuring everything is ready to deliver. Create processes that can guide you through a list of things to ensure that nothing slips through your hands in the work you daily do.Shun mediocrity at all costs; it happens more through neglect than anything else. And be willing to do more than what you are supposed to do.
Why do I stress this? It is because happiness is a by product than a goal; it is a journey than a destination.
Well, there are many other things you need to do to achieve happiness at work. If you will not quarrel with me, here is one thing you can do. Remain focused on your work. Avoid distractions especially through social media. Evaluate what you read in social media in the light of these questions: One, will this be relevant 10 years from now? Two, is it going to take me nearer to my goal or away? But there is more. Honestly, too much of social media exposure is a drain on your quality time, quality work, and quality relationships.
Likewise, evaluate whether your consuming social media stuff is making you happily focused on your work or making you bitter and sour?
The last and final thought to achieve happiness at work is to learn to be professional. Now what does it mean? See, there are personal and family issues that bother most of us. We need to learn to manage them and not let it affect our commitment to work. There are days when it is painfully not possible. Do not worry; it just is a sign that you and me are not robots but human beings who are weak.* Yet commitment to work can bring order and harmony in a world of chaos.
Therefore strive to bring professionalism into all that you do to be happy at work. It simply means to keep emotions in check and having a balanced objective approach and assessment in all work-related situations.
Let me end.Happiness @ work is a gift of God given to thankful hearts that value the opportunity to impact others with the good they can do as much as they value the joy of receiving a pay cheque!
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Masquerades 101 by Emily
Posted on September 28, 2021 12:00 AM 7 Views / 506 Hits Word Count: 3433 (15 minutes)
Synopsis: Examining the aftermath of Halloween night just brings up more questions.
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How can a night be simultaneously the most magical night of my life and the worst night of my life? I thought this while lying in bed, being held tightly by Tyler. I could hear their soft breathing. The room was dark and I could hear cars and people outside coming home from wherever they were tonight.
I softly cried. I tried not to wake Tyler up. The horror on Nicole's face - my old face - was burned into my memory. I betrayed her. She betrayed me first, but two wrongs don't make a right. I know this, but I did it anyway. Now I feel incredibly guilty. Guilty but not regretful. If I had to do it all over again - I'd do it again. Hell, I wanted to do it again. Right now. But Tyler was sound asleep.
It wasn't fair. She knew I was falling for Tyler. She asked me not to, but I did. I couldn't help it. I started off pretending, but it felt so real. Tyler was my boyfriend now and I wanted to have sex with them. I did. And it was amazing.
I have never felt anything like this before with another person. Not even with Lindsey who I considered proposing to before graduation. I've never before felt so alive. I want to take them home to my parents. Of course, my parents wouldn't even recognize me. I'm certainly not taking Tyler home to Nicole's parents. That fact alone was enough to remind myself that this isn't a fairytale.
"Nikki" I heard a sleep whisper. "What's wrong?"
Shit. I woke them. "Nothing," I replied.
"You're crying."
What do I tell them? That I swapped places with their girlfriend? That I had sex with them even though I'm not their girlfriend? That she now knows we're both having an affair? "I… think I hurt a friend tonight" was the only thing I could think of.
"At the dance?"
"It's complicated." I replied. "I feel like I betrayed her."
"Nicole, you are a wonderful, strong woman. Yes, you are human, but you have never let grudges stand in your way. That's why all of your friends adore you. Apologize from your heart. Whichever friend this is, will come around."
"Thank you." I replied.
"I was worried it was about me." Tyler continued. "We haven't had sex for 2 months, then suddenly did. I was worried. I was worried I wasn't good-"
"No." I said quickly. "Not at all. Tonight was easily the best night of my life. You were amazing."
They held me tightly, and I clutched their arm.
Can you believe I never spent the night over at a girl's house before? I hadn't. Sex with Lindsey was very much inconsipicuous and rushed. Backseats of cars, quickies, and times where we were left alone. Tyler spending the night with me in my bed is going to be a first for me. I was so used to running away at night, I wasn't sure what to do with myself. My thoughts were running through my head, non-stop. Do I get out of Tyler's embrace and play on my phone?
I closed my eyes. After all, this is exactly what I really wanted all those times I instead fled in the evenings. I focused on Tyler's breathing. It was so calming. I could feel their heartbeat against my back. As minutes went by, I could feel their grip loosen and their breathing return to a normal sleeping rhythm. That was enough for me to fall asleep in their arms too.
I had the craziest nightmare. Vicky slept with Tyler. I got beat up by Brandon. At least it was all a dream.
"Nicole" I heard Lexi's whispering voice say.
I had a splitting headache. I attempted to move, but felt pain in my chest. "Yeah?" I meekly replied. I opened my eyes.
I was in my apartment. Lying on my couch. Lexi and Madison were kneeling over me. I saw cops behind them. I saw Dave and Stephanie off to the side. Oh no. I guess getting attacked by Brandon outside my apartment wasn't a dream. The emotional hurt of the evening returned to join the physical hurt I was feeling.
"Thank God you're awake." Madison said. "We were worried."
"Nic - Victor, the cops want to talk to you." Lexi said. "Are you OK to talk?"
"Everything hurts" I replied. "But I can talk."
I saw two police officers move my friends away.
A male officer asked. "Mr. Machado, can you tell us who attacked you?"
I looked at Lexi. "It was Brandon", I replied. I saw anger flash across her face.
"Brandon who?" the officer asked.
Lexi interrupted. "Brandon Flynn" she said. "He was my boyfriend until last weekend."
"Why would he attack you?" the officer asked.
"We had an... altercation last week" I said. I glanced back over to my friends. "He thinks I have something of his."
"I don't know. He didn't say" I lied. I didn't want to talk about genies to law enforcement.
The officer turned to Lexi. "Do you know where this guy - your ex-boyfriend lives?"
"I can give you his address." Lexi replied.
"A recent photo?" the officer asked.
"Yes." Lexi responded by pulling up her phone to look for a recent photo.
"And you are all witnesses?" The officer looked at everyone in my apartment.
"Just me, I saw it." Stephanie said. "The guy was kicking Victor in front of his door."
Just hearing her say it made my chest hurt even more. The memories, reinforcing the physical pain.
"Ma'am is the person you saw, the person in this photo?"
Stephane looked at the photo on Lexi's phone. "Yes, that's him"
"Sir," the officer turned back to me. "Would you like to press charges?" I wish the officer would stop calling me "sir."
"Yes." I replied. I wanted Brandon to stay away from me and my friends.
The officers continued to take my information and mine and Stephanie's account of what happened. Eventually the officers had what they needed and left, promising to call me.
My friends were adamant that I go to the hospital to look at my bruises. Lexi was afraid of broken ribs and internal bleeding. Madison started to usher Stephanie and Dave home.
I overheard Stephanie say to Madison at the door, "He's gay, you know."
"So am I." Madison replied, shutting the door behind Stephanie. She turned to Dave who was hanging behind with Lexi.
"So who was this guy?" Dave asked her. "You said your ex-boyfriend?"
"Yes." Lexi responded. "Not my proudest relationship, I can assure you."
"Yeah" he said. "I saw that picture. You can totally do better." He paused for a moment. "Is there a current boyfriend?"
Lexi let out a snort. "Sorry, I don't date football players."
"Oh" Dave replied. "I wasn't suggesting… I'm not a starter if that makes a difference."
"Listen, my best friend just got her - his ass kicked by my ex-boyfriend. We might have to take him to the hospital. Now's not a good time for flirting."
"Gotcha" Dave said, as Madison escorted him out of my apartment.
"Alright" Lexi said to me, clasping her hands. "We need to get you to a hospital to get you checked out."
"I'm fine" I said, then I coughed and felt immense pain in my chest.
"I can drive." Lexi said.
Madison came over and helped me up from the couch. As we were walking to the door, I noticed Lexi was staring at her phone with a concerned look on her face. Madison must've noticed the same thing.
"Lexi, what's up?" Madison asked.
"Mads," she said. "Did you find Brandon attractive?"
"Umm." she said. "For a guy, yeah. He was suave, and good looking. Before he went all psycho I was kinda jealous you found someone so cool."
"Is he attractive now?" she said, showing her the screen.
"Eww, no" she replied. "What happened?"
"What's going on?" I asked, wanting in on this conversation.
Lexi shows me the picture on her phone of her and Brandon. Yuck. I hate how he has his arm wrapped around my friend. "Yeah - it's Brandon, so? It's just a picture."
"The person I was dating was far more sexier than this." Lexi explained. "I mean.. This is the same person, but whatever I saw in him, isn't in this picture."
"That's weird. I saw no difference. So he had some power over you and Mads?" I said as we walked out of my apartment, I handed my keys to Lexi and she locked the door behind us.
"Are you suggesting Brandon used magic on us?" Madison added. "To get us to like him? To get you to fall in love with him."
"I dunno what I'm thinking." Lexi replied. "Everything about this is wrong."
Madison sighed. "Magic didn't exist a week ago. Now we're knee deep in it." She helped me into the passenger seat of Lexi's car.
"How did you meet him?" I asked.
"Online." she said, started the car, and pulled out of the parking spot. "He claimed he was in one of my classes last semester. I didn't think anything of it at the time. He was sweet and funny online and convinced me to meet him before the semester began. So I took a chance and met up with him at a dive bar near my house. I was instantly smitten with him. I found him charming, confident and sexy."
"When was that?"
"A week before we moved back in." she replied.
"So a week before me and Vicky swapped lives?"
Lexi was focused on the road and was silent.
Madison, from the backseat chimed in. "So what's the connection?"
"He asked me about magic," Lexi whispered. "I mean." she said, raising her voice to a normal volume. "I didn't tell him about the swap. I only joked that I think my roommate was affected by magic because she seemed like a different person."
"Nicole, you're suggesting Brandon sought out Lexi?" Madison asked. "But even if Brandon did seek out Lexi," Madison said. "That means Brandon believes someone in our group has the genie. And he believed that before the swap even happened."
"And the fact the swap did happen," I started. "Means we do have the genie, right?"
"But you and Vicky did a thorough sweep of our place the first night of the swap." Lexi said. "You'd think you would've found a genie, right? Or in the two months since?"
"Well it has to be somewhere." Madison said. "We can tear apart each other's looking for it."
I chuckled. "Welcome to my world 2 months ago, Mads."
We rode the rest of the way in silence. Lexi or Mads would attempt to bring up the Halloween Dance and talk about how fun it was, but I wasn't in a talking mood anymore.
I woke up to birds singing outside and the sun peeking in through the closed blinds. Tyler's arm was still draped around me. Both of us were still naked under my comforter. I could feel their morning wood pressing up against the back of my leg. The thought made me giggle. I hadn't had to experience morning wood in 2 months and I certainly didn't miss it.
For a moment all was right with the world. I remembered having sex last night and it was wonderful. Top moment of my life.
Then I remembered the look on Nicole's face and my heart sunk again. Why can't my guilt just take a break so I can enjoy this for longer than a few minutes?
I reached to my dresser and found my phone and saw a missed text message from Lexi. "Hey I know you're sleeping and your phone is likely on silent. I just got home at 4am and tried not to wake you. Brandon ran into Nicole last night. She's OK, but she has minor injuries. Thought you should know."
I moved out from under Tyler's arm and put on a fresh pair of panties, and found some leggings and a t-shirt to put on and walked into the living room. Lexi's door was closed, as I'd expect from someone who just came home a few hours ago.
I texted Nicole. "I heard what happened. Let me know if you need anything. I'm sorry about last night"
Just then, Tyler came out, wearing their dress. "Hey um." they said looking embarrassed. "I didn't plan to spend the night properly. Do you have any unisex clothes I could borrow?"
"Yes," I said, getting up from the couch. Back in my room I pulled out some of my old Victor clothes I had on hand for casual stay at home days. "These might fit you."
They took off the dress, pulled back on their panties from the last night, then my jeans and my high school's long sleeve t-shirt I had.
"They fit" they said.
I'm glad Tyler didn't ask why I had baggy guy clothes just laying around. Too complicated to explain at this moment.
They kissed me on the lips. "I have to run. My Thursday morning class starts in a half hour."
I smiled, and kissed him back passionately.
Tyler smiled. "Hey now, kisses like that might encourage me to stay. But I really need to get going."
"I just wanted another memory to get us through the day." I flirted back.
As they backed away, I noticed the outline of their dick under the jeans. I wanted to pounce back on him and take those jeans off of him.
Tyler could see the hunger in my eyes and replied. "Behave. We'll see each other after class?"
"Yes." I replied. "Absolutely."
I watched Tyler walk down the hall. I jumped back into my bed. I heard the front door of the apartment shut. I was flustered. My hand drifted under my leggings and panties and to my clit. When was my first class again?
I heard Lexi's door open and I quickly removed my hand from my leggings. I sat up in time to see a tired-looking Lexi peek into my room.
"I got your text." I said to her. "Rough night?"
"You could say that." she said, rubbing her eyes. "I heard you wake up, then I was waiting for Tyler to leave."
"What happened?" I asked.
"Brandon jumped Nicole outside of your old apartment. She was beat up pretty badly. No broken bones, but she had bruises on her chest where he kicked her multiple times."
I closed my eyes. This is a nightmare. "I should go see her" I finally said, opening my eyes.
"Yeah, I wouldn't," she replied. "Nicole doesn't want to see you right now."
"Oh." I said.
"She told me and Madison about your night when we were sitting in the waiting room." she said.
"Oh." I said. "Do you hate me?"
"No I don't hate you Vic." she said. "You both are in an impossible situation. You don't get a free pass, because you had an agreement. But she doesn't get a free pass either for making that request of you in the first place."
I was silent.
"Did you tell Tyler yet?" she asked.
"No" I said meekly. "I can't, Lexi. I'm in love with them. If I told Tyler now, I think it would ruin our relationship."
"And lying to them? Pretending to be someone you're not? Isn't that ruining your relationship too?"
"What if Tyler never finds out?" I suggested.
"Vicky." she said. "What does Tyler call you?"
"Nicole."
"You're living a lie, and you know it. One day the truth will come out. The longer you wait, the worse it will be." She got up.
"Where are you going? Class?"
"No. I didn't get any sleep. I'm skipping this morning's classes. Think about what I said." She walked into her room and gently closed the door.
In the morning, I was standing in line for coffee with Kayla. She offered to pay. I told her it wasn't necessary, but she insisted after I told her what I went through last night and earlier this morning.
"And they haven't caught him yet?" Kayla said, handing me my coffee.
"No." I replied.
"What are you going to do?" she said. "I know I'd be looking over my shoulder."
"I am." I replied, sipping my coffee. Damn, that's hot today. "I feel like I'm being watched." I looked around, but all I saw were other students going to class like us.
"Does it still hurt?" she asked
"Yes." I replied. "Especially when I take a deep breath or laugh." I pulled up my button down shirt to show her my chest.
"Jesus, Nick - Nicole." she said. "You're all black and blue there. That is scary as fuck. What did your attacker want?"
I didn't want to tell Kayla the truth. Body swaps and genies are a lot to swallow. "I don't know."
"Did he mug you? Take money? Credit cards? Your keys?"
"Nothing." I said. "My neighbors came outside before he could do anything more."
"Thank God, they were there." she said. "Injuries aside, how are you doing?"
"I am so tired. I didn't get home til 4. Thankfully I napped in the waiting room and in my friend's car a little bit."
"Girl, I should've got you a double espresso instead."
My phone rang. The caller ID said the local police. I answered. "Hello?"
"Mr. Machado?" the person on the other line said. "This is detective Messik."
If I told them I was trans, would that get them to stop calling me Mister? I pushed the thought out of my mind. I imagine that information would detail their investigation. This wasn't a hate crime. This was something else.
"Any news?" I asked with baited breath.
"We have not found Mr. Flynn. We're still looking though. Any more information you have would be helpful."
"I don't have any more information," I replied.
I heard the familiar tone of call-waiting. I looked to see who's calling. Dad? Victor's dad? Why was he calling?
"If you can think of anything," Detective Messik said, "Please call me back. You have my card."
"Thank you, bye" I said and switched to the other line. "Hello?"
"Hey Victor" he said. "I got your letter."
My letter?
"Of course I have room for you in our internship program," he continued. "Or rather I'll make room for my son"
Internship program? What's he talking about?
"I'm going to have my secretary email all of the details for you," he added. "We can work around your classes."
Wait, I'm going to have an internship with Victor's dad? I didn't know what to say. I didn't ask for this.
He didn't wait for my response. "I am so excited to have you come work for us."
I needed to say something. "Thanks, Dad," I said.
"Bye son, have a good day at school." Then the line went silent.
I feel like someone is playing a cruel joke on me. I could feel my breathing increasing and an anxiety attack coming on.
"That sounded interesting," Kayla said.
"Well, the police haven't apprehended my attacker." I said. "The second call was my dad. Apparently I have an internship with his company."
"Well, congrats on the internship" she said.
"Well, that's more people that don't know I'm transgender. More people to misgender me. And my Dad, how do I even bring that up?" I need to get control of my breath. I stopped walking.
Kayla stopped with me and was silent. "I don't know. I have no clue. Maybe you can reach out to a support group for answers."
"I'm sorry, Kayla" I said. "I didn't mean to dump that on you. The detective and my dad both misgendered me over the course of 60 seconds and… and…" I was stumbling for words.
Kayla hugged me. "It's going to be OK, Nicole."
"Thank you" I held onto Kayla while my breathing returned to normal.
"So what are you going to do about your attacker?" she asked.
"I don't know." I said. I have way too many things going on in my head at the moment. I can't tell the police about the genie. That means if I want answers, I'm going to need to do my own detective work. And I need to figure out why Vicky's dad offered me an internship.
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marter September 28, 2021 11:46 PM
I wonder if that means Tyler made off with the genie unknowingly and had it with him when he wished Nicole to be different. Great chapter as always!
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Emily October 4, 2021 12:16 PM
It certainly appears that way now
Ashe47 September 29, 2021 6:32 AM
My guess is that perhaps Tyler's roommate has it.
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Iowa has become home to data centers or server farms for some of the biggest players in the tech industry. Why do companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft choose a state in the middle of the country to store their data?
John Roth is a data center facilities manager for OneNeck IT Solutions in Cedar Falls says one advantage of securing data in Iowa is you don't have to worry about earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters. "You want to build where you can avoid that and have your facility maintain its up time. If you look at maps, Iowa has very low risk," Roth says. He says tornadoes are about the only thing you have to worry about and you can build to mitigate that risk.
There are now large data facilities in operation or under construction in Council Bluffs, Altoona and West Des Moines. Iowa State University economist Dave Swenson says Iowa's cheap energy prices are a major draw for the facilities. "These companies consume an unbelievable amount of electricity. They're monsters. They eat electrify. That's how they run, they require massive amounts of power," Swenson says.
Iowa Economic Development Authority director, Debi Durham, says Iowa's cheap electricity is due in part to the fact the state doesn't apply sales taxes to the utility. Additionally, she says Iowa electric companies keep costs low with the investment in new renewable energy, and the diversity of their portfolios. "And then you have really strong investor owned utilities here, and then you couple those with the rural electric coops with are also strong in economic development, and then the third player is the municipalities, and then to be very competitive themselves," Durham says.
ISU economist Swenson says Iowa's attractive tax incentives sealed the deal for the companies locating the operations here. "Iowa is much more liberal in its range of state and local government incentives that it affords businesses,"Swenson says. "Other states, usually, usually are much more circumspect both in the amounts, the duration, the scope and the type." Swenson says it's doubtful whether places like Altoona and West Des Moines get back what they give up in property taxes.
However, Debi Durham says the state isn't going into these agreements blindly. She insists Iowa will get the jobs Google, Facebook and Microsoft promise. "We actually hold all of our clients accountable –so there's a day of reckoning down the road. And if they don't meet those numbers then we exercise claw-backs. Which means you have to pay back incentives, or you don't get to take, if you haven't taken them,"Durham says.
When Microsoft announced West Des Moines as the site of its newest datacenter, many in the company's home state of Washington were not pleased. Some speculated Iowa's generous tax incentives tipped the scales, despite several logistical advantages of being in the center of the country. Both Microsoft and Facebook declined to be interviewed for this story.


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Frontier Communications' Frontier Secure unit is taking advantage of the 2015 tax season to appeal to consumers with its new Identity Security Bundle, which is designed to help fight identity theft and online fraud.
"Tax season is among the worst times for cybercrime, and identity theft remains among the top consumer complaints to the Federal Communications Commission," said Kelly Morgan, senior vice president and general manager of Frontier Secure.
Available to consumers on a nationwide basis for $9.99, Frontier Secure's Identity Security Bundle includes both Identity Protection and Computer Security services.
From an identity protection perspective, Frontier provides triple-bureau credit monitoring and early detection of potentially fraudulent credit activity, Internet surveillance technology to detect when personal information is being traded and/or sold online, and social security number trace monitoring. In addition, the service can report all names, aliases and addresses associated with an SSN and provides 24x7 help with canceling and reissuing missing credit cards, driver's license, passports and other compromised identity information.
Providing protection for up to three computers, Computer Security offers consumers protection from viruses, spyware and other malware. It also offers personalized parental controls, guards against harmful downloads and provides authentication of favorite shopping sites.
This latest security bundle is just one many moves Frontier Secure has launched in recent years to help its consumer and business customers protect their online identity and computing equipment.
In the business market, Frontier has been helping small to medium businesses (SMB) stay ahead of an even more dangerous environment that's being created by the advent of the bring-your-own-device trend with its Computer Security Pro for PCs/Macs and Mobile Security Pro for Android OS-based mobile devices service.
Offering new value-added services like the Identity Security Bundle is a way that Frontier can increase average monthly business revenue per customer. While the service provider won't release its fourth-quarter 2014 earnings until Feb. 19, it reported average revenue per customer (ARPC) in the third quarter of 2014 was $60.34 while business ARPC was $658.56 a month.
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