text:
CPI(M) Manipur State Conference Held
EXPAND and strengthen the mass base of the CPI(M) in Manipur, party central committee member Gautam Das told delegates at the 18THstate conference of the party in Imphal on November 25-26.
Read more about CPI(M) Manipur State Conference Held
Mammoth Rally of Working People in Agartala
THE Left Front government in Tripura is pursuing an alternative policy in favour of the poor, toiling masses and the middle class, contrary to that of the RSS-BJP-led Modi government at the Centre which is working for corporate barons. This alternative policy must be highlighted before the nation through the victory of the Left Front in the ensuing assembly election, frustrating all conspiracies hatched by the opposition parties, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar told a mammoth rally of the working people at Vivekananda Maidan in Agartala on November 26.
Read more about Mammoth Rally of Working People in Agartala
BMS Move Prevents Kerala Govt's Takeover of PSU which the Central Govt is Closing Down
A COURT case filed by the RSS/BJP-supported trade union has threatened to sabotage the Kerala government's takeover of a public sector company which the central government intends to shut down.
The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front government of Kerala had expressed its willingness to take over Instrumentation Limited, a public sector undertaking (PSU) of the central government which the BJP-led government at the centre is closing down.
Read more about BMS Move Prevents Kerala Govt's Takeover of PSU which the Central Govt is Closing Down
GUJARAT : BJP Resorts to Casteism & Communal Polarisation to Win Elections
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi's famed and favourite 'development' agenda has taken a back seat in Gujarat as the state heads for a crucial assembly election that may determine the course of India's political discourse for the next few years.
Despite shouting from roof tops about 'development' continuing to be its main agenda, the ruling BJP and its chief campaigner Modi are keeping no stone unturned to deploy the age-old deadly concoction of casteism and communal polarisation to win the elections.
Read more about GUJARAT : BJP Resorts to Casteism & Communal Polarisation to Win Elections
KERALA: After Assault on Mayor, RSS Attacks CPI(M) District Office in Thiruvananthapuram
RSS workers attacked the Thiruvananthapuram district committee office of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on November 19th night.
The incident took place a day after another attack at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation which left the City Mayor V K Prasanth and four councillors injured. Alleged RSS workers who came from outside attacked the mayor and four councillors in the midst of a ruckus created by BJP councillors during a discussion on the installation of high-mast lights in the state capital on November 18.
Read more about KERALA: After Assault on Mayor, RSS Attacks CPI(M) District Office in Thiruvananthapuram
Form Judicial Commission to Probe Hunger Deaths in Jharkhand: AIKS
THE All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has demanded the formation of a judicial commission to examine the recent hunger deaths in Jharkhand. On November 10, an AIKS delegation, led by P Krishnaprasad, visited Karimati Village in Simdega where 11-year-old Santoshi Kumari died due to starvation on September 28.
Read more about Form Judicial Commission to Probe Hunger Deaths in Jharkhand: AIKS
WEST BENGAL: Centenary of the October Revolution Observed in Kolkata
CPI(M) West Bengal state committee has organised a year long programme to celebrate the centenary of the October Revolution. It concluded with a massive public meeting in Kolkata. The meeting was attended by two thousand people despite inclement weather.
Read more about WEST BENGAL: Centenary of the October Revolution Observed in Kolkata
MAHARASHTRA: October Revolution Centenary Celebrated
THE last two weeks saw a series of impressive programmes in Thane-Palghar district of Maharashtra. They began with a district Party class at the Comrade Godavari Shamrao Parulekar Bhavan at Talasari on October 30-31, 2017. This was attended by 415 leading comrades from eight tehsils. They included state, district, tehsil and local committee members of the Party, unit secretaries and elected Party members in the zilla parishad, panchayat samitis, municipal council and sarpanches/upasarpanches of gram panchayats.
Read more about MAHARASHTRA: October Revolution Centenary Celebrated
KARNATAKA: Protest against Demonetisation
On November 8, the first anniversary of demonetisation, protest demonstrations were held across Karnataka by Left parties – CPI(M), CPI, SUCI(C) – in most district centres. Speakers brought attention to the failure of all objectives (including shifting goalposts) cited by Modi government for demonetisation. Speakers also highlighted the havoc caused in the informal economy by destroying jobs and livelihoods. This time there was better response from people as all the euphoria over demonetisation is over and havoc caused by it, is quite visible.
Read more about KARNATAKA: Protest against Demonetisation
TELANGANA: Left Parties Demonstrate Against Demonetisation
LEFT parties, including the CPI(M) and CPI, held a protest demonstration against demonetisation in Hyderabad on November 8. When leaders and workers of the Left parties took out a rally from Babu Jagjivan Ram's statue at Basheerbagh x roads to Nehru's statue at Abids, the police arrested them. Leaders of the Left parties criticised that in the background of demonetisation, introduction of goods and services tax and other developments, the country's economy deteriorated further.
Read more about TELANGANA: Left Parties Demonstrate Against Demonetisation


text:
Welcome | Global Support
The Cecil Papers is a major collection of early-modern historical documents from the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I/VI. William Cecil (1521-1598), Lord Burghley and his son Robert Cecil (1563-1612), First Earl of Salisbury were at the heart of events during one of the most dynamic periods in Western history. One of Elizabeth's I's closest advisors, William Cecil was both her Lord High Treasurer and her Secretary of State – a position also held by his son who continued to serve Elizabeth and her successor, James I. More than 150,000 pages have been digitized in full color and high resolution to create a definitive online archive of almost 30,000 manuscript documents written by some of the most significant figures of Elizabethan and Jacobean history. These are accompanied by the complete Calendar of the Cecil Papers, featuring summaries and/or transcripts of many documents and two eighteenth-century volumes of selected transcriptions all of which have been re-keyed to a high level of searchable accuracy.
Notify Me: Want to stay up to date? Sign up for updates by clicking "Notify Me" at the top of the page.
Full colour, high resolution images that provide the most authentic experience for researchers and students
Original cataloguing and identification metadata has been retained allowing users to find documents based on previously published references
Access to the scanned documents in a number of formats, including an easy-to-read interactive mode which allows fluid zooming, panning & free rotation of the images
ProQuest Platform benefits include cross-searchability, regular updates, and new modern search technology
Obtaining new collection-level MARC records can now be obtained through ProQuest Administrator Module.
Cecil Papers Libguide
Cecil Papers Recorded Webinars
ProQuest offers best-in-class customer service and technical support, so you can hit the ground running.
If the above information does not answer your questions feel free to contact us and we will be happy to assist.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Arguing: How To Do It, w/Dr. Rachna Jain, Psychologist
This is Coupleco, The Argument Edition. What causes the two of you to argue vehemently—when you're actually in agreement? What happens when an argument just makes you shut down? (There is an actual name for this.) We'll hear about the different styles of arguing—including the fact-based arguer, the feelings-based arguer, and even the kitchen-sink arguer—and what to do about it. This includes a technique that's deceptively simple to implement, yet makes it surprisingly difficult to maintain your argumentative stance. We'll hear about when walking away from an argument is not only OK, but absolutely necessary. And we will get to experience the phrase, "Hormonal cascades."
CLICK HERE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF PLACES TO HEAR THIS SHOW
FOR ITUNES, CLICK HERE
FOR SOUNDLCOUD, CLICK HERE
DOWNLOAD THE MP3 BY RIGHT-CLICKING HERE AND SELECTING "SAVE AS"
THE SHOW NOTES
CoupleCo – Dr. Rachna Jain On How To Argue
What causes you to argue vehemently when you're actually in agreement? What happens when an argument just makes you shut down? Why is walking away from an argument sometimes the right way to deal with it?
Dr. Rachna Jain is a licensed clinical psychologist. Two years ago, she launched a relationship program specifically for entrepreneurs to help them navigate their relationships and keep them strong and healthy while growing their businesses. In this episode she talks to us about arguing: Why arguing is important, why people react differently in arguments, and strategies to get through a disagreement.
You will have differences in opinions
Resolving an argument by arguing from the other side
You can solve conflict only as quickly as the slowest person
Do you want to be right—or do you want to be in the relationship?
Who Dr. Jain is and what she does (03:32)
Is arguing necessary? (06:36)
Why disagreeing is important (07:47)
Arguing and then realizing you are in agreement (08:40)
The different arguing styles (13:41)
Resolving an argument by arguing from the other side (15:42)
How one's sitting position can make a difference in how people argue (16:48)
What happens when someone in an argument shuts down, and how to deal with it (18:29)
Walking away in an argument (22:21)
Some techniques and strategies for getting through a disagreement (23:37)
How sometimes you are arguing passionately about something, and then realize you are wrong (27:51)
How do you diffuse an argument before it starts? (28:58)
Dr. Jain's website, In Love and Biz
THE TRANSCRIPT
Blaine: 00:01 It helps if I push the record button.
Honey: 00:04 Every time.
Blaine: 00:05 Every time.
Honey: 00:06 So we are now recording.
Blaine: 00:09 Could be.
Honey: 00:11 [crosstalk 00:00:11]
Blaine: 00:11 Does that look like it's recording to you?
Honey: 00:12 Well, I'm not the tech person, but little lines are moving, so I'm going to call it a yes.
Blaine: 00:17 Little lines are moving. That sounds like a metaphor.
Honey: 00:20 Or a book title.
Blaine: 00:21 It doesn't sound like a book title.
Honey: 00:23 Well, waiting in the gate.
Blaine: 00:25 How to Argue with your Spouse for Fun and Profit.
Honey: 00:29 It's never fun.
Blaine: 00:32 Welcome to CoupleCo, Working with your Spouse for Fun and Profit.
Honey: 00:35 It's business and it's personal.
Blaine: 00:36 I'm Blaine Parker.
Honey: 00:37 Which makes me Honey Parker.
Blaine: 00:39 And as a couple in business together, we are coming to you from the Couple Coach, our compact, trans-American land yacht.
Honey: 00:44 We're navigating the nation in search of standout couples in business together.
Blaine: 00:48 And are bringing the view so you can hear their inspiring stories of crushing it in business without crushing each other.
Honey: 00:53 The show is also brought to you by a couple-owned business.
Blaine: 00:56 Smokin' Mary Smoked Bloody Mary mix.
Honey: 00:58 Made in small batches with no reconstituted tomato juice, only wonderfully fresh, tremendously whole, completely fantastic tomatoes.
Blaine: 01:10 And a bushel basket of adverbs to boot. Smokin' Mary's smoked Bloody Mary mix. Hey, nice tomatoes. Online at smokinmary.com. If you're in business with or want to be in business with your better half, you probably have questions or challenges or even issues.
Honey: 01:26 Issues.
Blaine: 01:28 Oh, the dreaded issue.
Honey: 01:29 If you'd like to hear those things addressed here on the show, just send an email to CoupleUp@CoupleCo.com.
Blaine: 01:35 Your input will help determine the direction of future episode.
Honey: 01:38 And we will, of course, mention you right here on this show and help you become world famous.
Blaine: 01:45 You might even become big in Bangladesh just like this show.
Honey: 01:49 We're big in Bangladesh?
Blaine: 01:51 Second-biggest listenership after the US. They beat out the Canadians by a wide margin.
Honey: 01:56 Hmm. Come on, Canadians. Send us your emails. We'll make you big in Bangladesh.
Blaine: 02:02 Good. Just what every Canadian wants. Today, we are returning to the psychologist's couch with our favorite head-shrinker, Dr. Rachna Jain of InLoveAndBiz.com.
Honey: 02:15 Today's show is all about throwing your arms up in the air and being dramatic.
Blaine: 02:19 You betcha. This is CoupleCo, the argument addition.
Honey: 02:24 So what causes the two of you to argue vehemently when you're actually in agreement?
Blaine: 02:29 What happens when an argument just makes you shut down? There's an actual name for this.
Honey: 02:33 We'll hear about the different styles of arguing.
Blaine: 02:36 Including the fact-based arguer, the feelings-based arguer, and even the kitchen-sink arguer and what to do about it, including a technique that's deceptively simple to implement yet makes it surprisingly difficult to maintain your argumentative stance.
Honey: 02:50 We'll hear about when walking away from an argument is not only okay but absolutely necessary.
Blaine: 02:56 And we'll get to experience the phrase, "hormonal cascades." Here now, CoupleCo, the argument edition with Dr. Rachna Jain of InLoveAndBiz.com.
We are back again with the fabulous Dr. Rachna Jain of Profitable Popularity and InLoveAndBiz.com.
Honey: 02:56 .com.
Blaine: 03:23 Okay, just for people who have not heard you before, please give us a quick recap of all those fabulous credentials that you have got.
Dr. Jain: 03:31 Okay. Ready? Go.
Blaine: 03:31 Can you do it?
Dr. Jain: 03:33 So I can do it. I'm a-
Blaine: 03:35 You're going to be graded.
Dr. Jain: 03:36 I'm a licensed psychologist. I have clinical specializations in couples and marital therapy and neuropsychology. I have been working online since 1998. I have helped lots of clients build their online businesses, and I use psychology in the marketing work that I do. About two years ago, I started a relationship coaching program for entrepreneurs, and that focuses on helping entrepreneurs navigate their relationships and how to keep them strong and healthy while growing their businesses. And I've known Blaine and Honey for I think eight or nine or ten years, we decided.
Blaine: 04:12 Maybe even longer.
Dr. Jain: 04:13 Maybe even longer.
Blaine: 04:13 More than that, actually, because-
Honey: 04:13 I mean, what was crazy is we had reached out because we know Rachna for years as a specialist in clinical psychology. We did not know that she was doing work with couples, but we were interested in talking to her about that. And she said, "By the way, check out my website."
Blaine: 04:34 Talk about serendipity. So what that has done is brought us together in what is going to promise to be a brilliant series of interviews shedding light on how the heck we do this thing called CoupleCo.
Honey: 04:48 Working with your spouse for fun-
Blaine: 04:49 Yes. I love that CoupleCo has entered the vernacular, the lexicon of-
Honey: 04:55 People have called themselves couple cos, which I love.
Dr. Jain: 04:58 Absolutely. Yeah.
Blaine: 04:58 Yes. "We're a couple co." It's like, "Wow. This is cool."
Honey: 05:02 It makes me very happy.
Blaine: 05:03 Okay, so-
Honey: 05:05 Today-
Blaine: 05:05 Oh, by the way, do you have a screenshot of that 1998 website?
Dr. Jain: 05:09 Oh, probably somewhere I do. I save everything, so-
Blaine: 05:11 I want to see that. Frames?
Dr. Jain: 05:14 Frames. Yeah, I had frames, yes. It only had one page.
Honey: 05:17 So we're trying to pick bite-sized topics, and this is something that-
Blaine: 05:17 No, we're not.
Honey: 05:22 You're right. This is just something that keeps coming up.
Blaine: 05:25 No, it doesn't.
Honey: 05:27 You are good at that.
Dr. Jain: 05:29 Wait. Let me guess. Conflict?
Blaine: 05:31 Well, close. It's going to be-
Honey: 05:31 You're amazing.
Blaine: 05:33 ... how to argue.
Honey: 05:33 No, it's not.
Blaine: 05:34 Oh, dammit. I'm getting a dose of my own medicine. So this is a topic that comes up constantly when we're interviewing couples, and I mean open communication is obviously one of the things that they love to talk about and hope they have. But the interesting thing is couples talk about how they argue. In fact, we've just done an interview with the couple that owns Blackbird CrossFit in Maryland, and-
Honey: 06:00 That's Matt and Rebekah Titus.
Blaine: 06:02 ... But they never argued at all, ever. They had a storybook marriage, and then they decided to go in business together.
Dr. Jain: 06:02 Business together.
Honey: 06:11 Yeah. She said she was so taken aback because they didn't argue about anything, and then they did.
Blaine: 06:18 Then they did. Yes. So what? How? Arguing. It's going to happen, right?
Dr. Jain: 06:24 Yes, it absolutely is going to happen.
Blaine: 06:24 It's inevitable.
Honey: 06:26 We did have one couple who said they do not argue at all.
Blaine: 06:30 And we had another couple say, "BS."
Honey: 06:32 "I don't believe them."
Dr. Jain: 06:32 Yeah, and so-
Honey: 06:35 We're not naming names on that one. But is it necessary? Is arguing necessary?
Dr. Jain: 06:40 I don't think arguing is necessary, but let's actually back up a few steps and just call it differences of opinion.
Honey: 06:46 Oh, okay.
Dr. Jain: 06:46 You will have those for sure. And if your style is to confront those and to be confrontational or adversarial to each other, you will have arguments. If that's not your style because you don't do that, then you will have differences of opinion, which are still going to look like arguments to someone else, but you may not call them that. So I think there's a bit of a semantic difference in what people are talking about. And I think when people consider arguments, they're often considering that raised voices and that escalation and that slamming doors and, "I'm not talking to you," and just that kind of thing. But you can have plenty of disagreements or differences of opinion that are a lot quieter, a lot colder, and maybe in some ways a lot more long lasting.
So I think it's important to recognize that you will be called upon to try and address your differences, and even if you have a storybook marriage, very rarely does business go that way. Very rarely do we have storybook businesses.
Blaine: 07:47 So is arguing necessarily a bad thing?
Dr. Jain: 07:50 No. I think actually arguing or have discussion-
Honey: 07:53 Disagree.
Dr. Jain: 07:54 ... disagreeing. I think disagreeing is really important because it shows you the places that either you have to have more discussion or you need to put some rule or boundary in about. It gives you an opportunity to try and resolve it or make it better, and I think in some ways the faster and sooner you can do that in the course of in a business or a relationship, it lays a stronger foundation for the future.
Honey: 08:19 Right. I mean, certainly something that's come up repeatedly is you cannot be afraid to talk to the other person about something. Fear of confrontation, fear of disagreeing, what's that going to lead to? I mean, you have to be able to put it on the table.
Blaine: 08:37 I'm thinking right now to something that happened recently. We did an interview with Wayward Owl Brewing Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Justin and Kristin, they're amazing people. I mean, I don't think I've ever met anyone, not just in the context of CoupleCo, but anyone, anyone who works on their relationship like this and seems to be more acutely aware of what's going on. But one of the problems that they have is they argue. And Honey and I have done this, too.
Honey: 09:06 Argue? When was that?
Blaine: 09:08 We don't argue. Sorry. I forgot. They argue, and they realize as they're going through this argument, they are on the same side.
Dr. Jain: 09:18 Yes. Very common.
Honey: 09:22 The [Aldes 00:09:22] have said that. We've absolutely done it. Oh, and Matt and Rebekah Titus said the same thing. You're in the middle of it, and one person's like, "Are we arguing for the same thing? Dammit."
Blaine: 09:35 Okay. What causes this?
Dr. Jain: 09:37 Yeah, I think it could be a lot of things that cause it, but very often in those situations it's a difference in phrase more than a difference in meaning. So it's the difference between saying, "Six of one, half dozen of the other." But it's how it's said. It's what the person has said. It's maybe the way it just was received by the other person. And so they feel like they're fighting about something that's very different, and it becomes shocking in some ways, especially if you have a very close relationship and you feel that your values were very much the same. And then you have that disbelief. You have that shock. You're responding to all of that in the course of trying to have the conversation. And I think that can color a lot of what happens.
So you find yourself escalating, getting angrier and angrier because you're like, "This is such a core, central point, and I can't believe that you would think that or you would think differently than me about it." And there's all these feelings that show up in it. And then I think at some point you're able to say, "Oh, wait. We actually are talking about the same thing," or, "I meant that first, and then I agree with you. I just think something has to happen first."
Honey: 10:45 Right. I mean, I think literally you have said, "I can't believe you think ... " fill in the blank.
Blaine: 10:53 I have. And you have often said, "I don't. I'm just yanking your chain."
Honey: 10:54 Well, there's that.
Dr. Jain: 10:55 There is that. But sometimes it's really about just the way it was presented and sometimes the language that was used. And everybody comes to conversations with different experiences of different words or different situations. So that always gets triggered first, and if it's something very important to you ... I can tell you a story of a couple. He ran a large trucking company and his wife stayed home and took over the home, watched the kids. So they weren't in business together, per se, but she did a lot to enable him to do what he had to do. And he had said that when their children became of a certain age, he wanted them to all work in the trucking company, and his idea was that they should start at the lowest jobs and they should, on their own merit, work up through the company.
And she had a lot of family history, a lot of baggage, a lot of issues around that. So it really upset her that the son of the owner was sweeping the bays of the trucks or was doing dirty labor, whatever she called it. And they were fighting over the way that it was being enacted, but they actually agreed that their kids should have a work ethic and they should support the trucking company and grow up through it. But they were disagreeing on how it should be done.
So they thought they were fighting about these really basic values of working or not working or merit or not merit, and really what they were fighting about was one of the sons had asthma, and she didn't want him to constantly be inhaling the dust and the dirt, so she had a different concern, and I think the father didn't pay as much attention to that. So it was a lot of, "I can't believe you don't want our kids to work and earn their way." "No, that's not what I'm saying, but not this. Not this." And she meant specifically not the sweeping of the bays. But it was so many conversations until it became clear that their values were the same but the specifics were different, and when they realized that, they both felt a bit foolish because they were-
Blaine: 10:55 I'll bet they did.
Dr. Jain: 12:56 They were like, "Oh, we've been discussing this for weeks. We've been fighting about it, and it really is just the difference between maybe putting that one son not in the bay to sweep but maybe having him, I don't know, empty the paper trash or something." I don't know. Something.
Honey: 13:11 The mail room.
Blaine: 13:12 Or at least give him a respirator.
Dr. Jain: 13:13 Exactly. I mean, yeah, there are a lot of solutions, but until you realize what you're actually arguing about, you can't-
Honey: 13:13 They didn't hear each other.
Dr. Jain: 13:19 Yeah, and you can't go to solutions because you don't know actually what you're fighting about.
Honey: 13:22 Right. Interesting.
Dr. Jain: 13:23 And so that was an example of that.
Blaine: 13:25 So let that be a lesson to you. If you have an ongoing argument, you might actually agree. So arguing is not necessarily bad.
Dr. Jain: 13:34 No.
Blaine: 13:34 People often argue when they actually share the same ultimate viewpoint, they want the same outcome-
Dr. Jain: 13:41 Absolutely.
Blaine: 13:41 Do people have different arguing styles?
Dr. Jain: 13:46 Oh, they absolutely do. They absolutely do.
Blaine: 13:46 What are they? Can you highlight some of them, like the top three?
Dr. Jain: 13:46 Yeah, so I think that-
Blaine: 13:46 The most popular ones.
Dr. Jain: 13:51 Yeah. I think probably the easiest to understand would be that you have the fact-based arguer, who doesn't really attend to any of the feelings that are happening but just says, "No, the facts are this. This is how. This is the facts. This is-
Blaine: 14:04 You can tell them what Honey is doing if you want.
Dr. Jain: 14:06 And Honey is just looking at Blaine, pointing him out. I feel like the sidekick. [crosstalk 00:14:14]
Blaine: 14:14 Thank you, [inaudible 00:14:15].
Dr. Jain: 14:16 So you have the fact-based arguer. You have the feeling-based arguer, who just is how they feel. They don't actually care, or they're not paying attention to what's actually happening. It's just like-
Honey: 14:26 You can stare at me [crosstalk 00:14:27] if you want.
Dr. Jain: 14:26 ... "No, I felt this way, and this is how it feels, so it becomes real." I think also you have a style of arguing where people kitchen sink it where they start to bring up everything from the past.
Honey: 14:39 Oh, yeah.
Blaine: 14:40 Wow.
Dr. Jain: 14:40 So they have trouble keeping the argument to whatever it is today, but it's like, "Oh, you always," or, "You never," or, "Five years ago, you did this thing."
Blaine: 14:49 10 years. Yeah, and they're bringing up something that happened at the wedding reception.
Dr. Jain: 14:53 Absolutely. Absolutely. And then I think you can have somebody who also holds grudges, and so even if the argument's over and supposedly resolved, there's still a grudge that's being held so that it is brought up 10 years later or something like that. And so those aren't psychologically mandated. It's not like it's in the psychology literature, but those are the kinds of arguers that I've seen.
Honey: 15:14 Yeah, and so what do you do when the styles are different?
Dr. Jain: 15:19 Yeah, so the goal I think is to try and end up sitting on the same side of the table. And normally what that looks like is it's to help the fact-based people become more feeling oriented and the feeling-oriented people to become a little more fact based. And so a good thing to try sometimes is to try arguing for the other side. So if you're having an argument, like if you two are having an argument about something and Blaine is having a position and you, Honey, are also having a position, you could try swapping the positions and see how you would argue it.
So if Blaine is saying, "No, I really think we need to stop working at 5:00 on Fridays," and you're like, "No, we should just see how it goes and it's fine," it would be interesting to have a discussion where you purposely say that you take his role, arguing for stopping work, and he takes your role, which is, "We can stop whenever." And it can give you a really good sense of the other person's perspective, which it can help you bridge that gap because really what we're talking about is it doesn't really matter what's right or wrong. It matters how you two as the couple can bridge that gap that you're having in what you're understanding or what you're wanting to do. And the techniques to do that is basically to trade perspectives, to increase the empathy, to try and see it from the other person's side, strategies or approaches like that.
Blaine: 16:44 Yeah. Someone recently said to us, and I believe it was a CoupleCo interview, and I can't remember who. But had said, "Literally, sit on the same side of the table. Sit next to each other and try to argue, because it's much more difficult."
Dr. Jain: 16:57 It is, absolutely. It actually is a technique. It's a technique that comes out of the couple's therapy work.
Blaine: 17:02 Really?
Dr. Jain: 17:02 Dan Wile is a therapist, a psychologist, and he has couples in a couple's therapy session ... Normally, they're sitting maybe next to each other at a distance or one might be sitting in one chair and one might be sitting in another chair, and he'll have them turn to each other and talk like you're talking across the table. And when there is a issue that they can't seem to resolve, he'll actually have them physically move and sit next to each other and try to have the argument with them sitting right next to each other. And it changes everything because when you have distance between you, it's a lot easier to raise your voice. It's a lot easier to throw your arms up in the air. It's a lot easier to be dramatic.
But if you have somebody sitting there that you presumably love, you're not going to swing your arms because you don't want to hit them. You're not going to scream in their face because you know that that's a problem. And so it can be very, very powerful for the right couple. I wouldn't advocate that for a couple that is very passionate and is [crosstalk 00:17:59]
Blaine: 17:59 Two raging A-types.
Dr. Jain: 18:00 Yeah, kind of like that or throwing their arms around and doing things like that. But for the couple where they want to try softening it or they want to just see what that's like to remember that they're allies and not adversaries, it can be a powerful thing to try.
Honey: 18:15 That's interesting.
Blaine: 18:18 I love that. We can probably stop the interview right here and the takeaway would be phenomenal.
Honey: 18:22 But we won't.
Blaine: 18:22 But no, we're going to move on because ... and I'm wondering why Honey wrote this question down. What happens if one person shuts down?
Dr. Jain: 18:35 Yeah, it's a real thing. It's called flooding in the-
Blaine: 18:37 We know nothing about this.
Dr. Jain: 18:39 It's called flooding in the psychology-
Blaine: 18:40 Flooding?
Dr. Jain: 18:40 Flooding.
Blaine: 18:41 Interesting.
Dr. Jain: 18:41 It means that your emotions have flooded, have flooded your reasoning, have flooded your capacity to think logically. It can show up where people actually physically turn away. They close their eyes. They curl in or crouch down. They do a-
Blaine: 18:56 Fetal position.
Dr. Jain: 18:57 Yeah, or they try to do a lot of disengaging. So you'll see sometimes people leave the room, and you'll see in high-conflict couples the other person will follow them and won't let them disengage.
Honey: 19:07 Oh, wow.
Dr. Jain: 19:08 They'll keep following them, and they'll keep trying to engage them again. And in the early attachment literature where they talk about how we create attachments to other people, typically what happens is if a person has married somebody who's a high engager, it's because they grew up in a home where their caregiver was a high engager. And so the good parts of that is that person is always there, and they're saying, "I'm here with you. I'm here with you. I want to connect. I'm here with you."
The downsides of it though is that person doesn't know how to stop doing that when the time comes. And so if you are a person who disengages, you need to disengage, you need to leave, and your spouse or partner doesn't let you leave, you'll get overwhelmed and flooded. You may start to yell. You may not know what you're saying. You may just be overloaded, just I don't know what I'm going to say and just going off. And you may say things you really regret or things that are really hurtful that you legitimately don't remember because you're not processing information the way that you normally would.
So flooding happens to everyone at some point, and it can happen if you're low on sleep, if you're at high stress, if you haven't eaten, if you've had too much caffeine. There's a lot of physical components to that sense of overwhelm and that sense of flooding. But when it does happen, it's really important for the person to try and communicate that they're flooded, and they need to take a break from the conversation and then for the person who can't disengage, for them to know when you're going to resume the conversation. So that would look something like, "I'm really overwhelmed right now. I can't continue to talk about this right now. I'm going to go for a run or I'm going to go outside or I'm going to leave the room, and I'd like to come back and we'll talk about this at 4:00."
And then the person who wants to keep talking about it right now, because maybe they're not flooded yet or something, their role is to accept that and to say, "Okay, at 4:00 we will talk about it." And it gives everybody a chance to regulate themselves, to come down off of that intensity, and hopefully come back to the conversation with more resources because-
Honey: 21:13 That's great.
Dr. Jain: 21:13 ... because when you're flooded, you lose access to key parts of your brain that are involved in problem-solving, creating thinking, all those kinds of things, and you're having a lot of hormonal cascades that are happening in your body, so you can't pay attention and react and respond how you normally would. And so the thing is is that most of us probably wish that our spouse got flooded less often when we want to talk about something. So we always wish that they would just keep going with us until we were done and we were ready. But your relationship can only go as fast as the slowest person in it, and the person who is prone to overwhelm because of their own history, their own background, their own physiology, they're always going to be the one who has to control the rate of conflict or the speed of conflict, and that's just how it is. If you don't want to ruin the relationship and destroy it permanently, you can only ever resolve conflict as fast as the slowest person.
Honey: 22:15 I feel like we need to pay you for a therapy session.
Dr. Jain: 22:17 [crosstalk 00:22:17]
Honey: 22:18 That was incredibly helpful.
Blaine: 22:19 This has given us an answer to a question we were going to ask, which is, "Is it ever okay to walk away?" It's necessary to walk away for some people. It's the only reaction they can have to it.
Dr. Jain: 22:30 Absolutely. And, in fact, one of the skills that you would learn in counseling or coaching around your relationship is how to identify when you're feeling flooded and how to mitigate it for yourself, if you can, but then also how to say that, "I can't stop this cascade. It's becoming too much. I can't stop it, so I can't be in this conversation," because then at that point you have to say, "Well, do you want to be right, or do you want to be in the relationship?" And sometimes you can't have both.
Honey: 23:05 Interesting.
Blaine: 23:05 Do you want to be right, or do you want to be in the relationship? Boy, how many people do you know who for just being right is the only thing that matters? Are you trying to look at me [crosstalk 00:23:17]
Honey: 23:17 No, I'm not.
Blaine: 23:18 Okay. So how can a couple learn to argue more productively?
Honey: 23:23 See someone like you.
Dr. Jain: 23:25 Yeah, well, I think that-
Blaine: 23:25 Go see Rachna.
Dr. Jain: 23:27 Yeah. I think something like that would be wise because ... I think we were talking about it. I don't know if it was here in this recording, but we were talking about the idea that sometimes you don't know what you don't know, so you can only take a conversation as far maybe as you've ever taken it before. And if that hasn't resolved it or solved it, you need some help to get over that speed bump or that hump to be able to talk about it the rest of the way.
But, that being said, I think that some good techniques or strategies would be to build agreement. So you start by saying, "Here are all the things we agree upon in this particular situation," and creating that solid base of being allies. "We agree on 50 things, and we only are disagreeing on one or two." And if somebody can stop and do that, either for you or between the two of you, and can say that, "We agree on this and this and this and this and this and this, and we just disagree on item 11 and 12," it can help narrow the argument.
I think if you both can talk around the argument where you say, "Well, what would agreement look like? Is it both of us saying we should open at 10:00 in the morning? Is that what we're trying to get to? Or is it that we just need to say maybe we need to open earlier than we do and earlier could be 10:30 or it could be 9:00 or it could be whatever?" So talking around the problem, so you're not trying to say the right answer is only opening your store at 10:00 but the answer is, "Well, what would be okay for Blaine? What would be okay for Honey?" And with that, what's important about the solution? So is it really about that the store has to open at 10:00, or is it that one of you is afraid that you're missing out on some business or somebody came by who criticized your store for not being open? So understanding what is the problem you're trying to solve, which I think I may have said before.
And then I think looking at where you're finding points of agreement. "Okay, so we both agree that the store has to open earlier. Yes, we do. Now, we're just trying to figure out what time."
Blaine: 25:32 What time. Yeah.
Dr. Jain: 25:33 And then, "What are the pros and cons? What if we open at 9:00? What are the pros and cons? Well, I have to get up earlier or we have to hire someone or what are the pros and cons?" And then being able to move it from, "I want, you want," to, "What are our options or what are our possibilities here?" And that works especially for things that are logistic and that are not related to deeper history issues in the couple or something like that-
Blaine: 25:33 Deeper history issues.
Dr. Jain: 26:02 ... things that you bring because of your own history that might be difficult to talk about in that way.
Blaine: 26:07 I think the deeper history issue we're facing is we didn't know we had a retail store, and we've not been opening it at all.
Dr. Jain: 26:07 Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
Blaine: 26:07 We're kind of screwed.
Dr. Jain: 26:12 You're not opening at all. Right. Exactly.
Honey: 26:12 It's 10:00.
Blaine: 26:12 Damn.
Honey: 26:16 Where's the store?
Dr. Jain: 26:18 Exactly. But there have been couples who have whole arguments around something like what time should they open their retail location.
Honey: 26:24 I think for us, and we haven't done ... and we should have. We didn't do therapy before we started our business ... I think just because we've been working together for so long, you start to-
Blaine: 26:36 We've muddled through, and it hasn't broken us.
Honey: 26:38 No. So we went the long way around, but you start to see patterns. And it's like, "Oh, there's that pattern again." And so maybe you can diffuse it before it goes too too far because you can feel yourself leaning in that direction and you're like, "Oh, I recognize this. It's not about that."
Blaine: 26:57 Maybe I shouldn't do this. Why don't I try saying this instead?
Dr. Jain: 27:01 Right. And it gives you a chance to say, "Is this important enough to me to fight with my spouse over?"
Honey: 27:06 And it almost never is. Yeah, it never is. It really never is.
Dr. Jain: 27:10 Yeah, and for the most part, very few things are really, if we're really trying to piece out what is really important.
Honey: 27:19 We joke that our biggest argument in the entire time we've been together was over a comma, because we did get-
Blaine: 27:26 It was a knockdown, drag out fight over punctuation.
Honey: 27:28 We don't have a ton of loud arguments, but we did. It was big, and it was a comma.
Blaine: 27:33 I don't even remember what the sentence was-
Honey: 27:35 I don't remember who thought ... and I would never argue for a comma, but I had just ... and I don't remember what else was going on in our lives, but I just remember I was in this place where it was like, "You know what? I'm not going down on this one."
Blaine: 27:35 It's not about the comma.
Honey: 27:46 It was not about the comma.
Blaine: 27:46 And I don't even know what it was about.
Honey: 27:49 It's never about the comma.
Blaine: 27:50 But here's the other thing though is you're having that argument and you're adamant that you are right and you're sitting there and you're arguing for it and about halfway through you start thinking, "Oh, I'm completely wrong." Then what do you do?
Dr. Jain: 28:07 But I think you say that. I mean, I think you can say, "Okay. Hold on a sec. Let's take a timeout. I just realized [crosstalk 00:28:11]
Honey: 28:11 And he actually has. I mean, he's definitely one of those personalities that will be definitive. I remember back in the beginning of our relationship and we would watch Jeopardy. And he would start chucking out answers, and he was so definitive. And for a moment, I thought, "My God. This guy is so worldly, and he knows so much." And then I'm like, "But he's getting a lot of these wrong. A lot of these are wrong," because he just ... That's his personality. He's definitive, but he'll also-
Blaine: 28:41 More than-
Honey: 28:42 ... say, "And that is incorrect."
Blaine: 28:46 More than most people that I know, I probably am willing to utter the phrase, "I'm an idiot." But this might lead us to something that is useful. Is there anything you can do if you find yourself facing an argument to diffuse it before it starts? Is that even a good idea?
Dr. Jain: 29:02 Yeah, I think you can, and I think it's similar to what you do when there's flooding. You just say, "Can we take a pause on this and can we come back to it at 5:00," or whatever time?
Blaine: 29:13 Is it important to schedule it?
Dr. Jain: 29:15 It is important to schedule it, especially if the other person has a high need to discuss it right then. They need to know when you're going to come back to it. You can't just say, "We'll discuss it later."
Honey: 29:25 Someday.
Blaine: 29:25 "Oh, I can't meet you for that drink at 5:00 because I've got an argument scheduled with my wife."
Dr. Jain: 29:32 I mean, it is crucial because if one of you has a high need to resolve it or a high need to engage around it, to be put off indefinitely, you're not getting what you need from that. I think that many arguments actually could be solved if we would just slow them down a little bit. They would be resolved before they start if we would slow them down a little bit, we would put a little bit of space in-between the immediacy of the argument and then having the argument. And then if we also each would take that time to check in with ourselves. Are we hungry? Are we tired? Do we need to close our eyes for 10 minutes? What do we need, and be able to attend to ourselves those ways first before we have the argument because many times it's depletion of resources.
One or more people in the argument are feeling depleted in some way, and so if there is a conscious effort to refill before you have those arguments ... When you're really hungry and you have an argument, it's always worse on an empty stomach than it is if you've just had a good meal and you feel-
Blaine: 30:38 Or a Snickers bar.
Dr. Jain: 30:39 Or a Snickers bar.
Honey: 30:40 I was going to say the next time that I feel a disagreement coming on, I'm going to go in your office with a sandwich and say, "Here's the deal." I like that.
Blaine: 30:49 A ham sandwich?
Honey: 30:51 Would that make you happy?
Blaine: 30:51 It would.
Honey: 30:52 Well, then, yes. A ham sandwich.
Blaine: 30:54 A ham ... okay. We never have an argument without a ham sandwich on hand.
Honey: 30:56 Now I feel like that's going to be our buzz word now. If we start getting in an argument and he's hungry, he's just going to say, "Ham sandwich," and then I'm going to know and it's going to diffuse everything.
Dr. Jain: 31:05 Actually, my husband and I do that.
Blaine: 31:07 Really? Ham sandwich?
Honey: 31:09 [crosstalk 00:31:09] ham sandwich?
Dr. Jain: 31:09 It's not a ham sandwich, but we actually do that. So what starts to happen is I have started to recognize that there's a particular way that he starts behaving when he's very, very hungry. He drives a long distance to get home, so very often in the evenings he's very tired and very hungry, and he'll come in, and he'll have a lot of energy and he'll be very energized and very activated. But there's this way that he's very activated but he's not really paying attention to what I'm saying. And so at first, I would get really angry. I would get very upset. I would rage at him and just be very distraught like, "How can you come home like this," and whatever. And he actually can't help it. When he gets hungry, it just is that way.
So I realized this sometime into our marriage, and what started happening is I would always leave a snack for him on the counter. And so I knew that he would get home at 7:00 or 7:15 and frequently, dinner's ready or we have some plans for dinner, but in some case it wasn't or just something that was going to take a while, I would always leave a little plate of cheese and crackers or just something that he could just eat right away-
Blaine: 31:09 And he'd go, "Uh oh. We're going to have an argument"?
Dr. Jain: 32:14 Yeah. He would say, "Uh oh. We're going to have an argument." But no, but actually what would happen is he would come in and he would do that thing that he does, and I would feel myself getting the hackles rising on the back of my neck and getting a little squinchy about it. And then I would just-
Blaine: 32:14 Squinchy?
Dr. Jain: 32:27 ... and then I would say, "I have an idea, honey." I said, "We'll definitely talk about this because I know it's super important for you to talk about, but how about you have some cheese and crackers and just relax for a few minutes first and then we can go into this and we can talk about it?"
Blaine: 32:42 I was actually just sitting here thinking, "What's it like for Mr. Dr. Rachna Jain to be in a relationship with a couples' therapist?"
Dr. Jain: 32:49 Yeah. He doesn't like it all the time [crosstalk 00:32:51]
Blaine: 32:49 And she knows things.
Dr. Jain: 32:55 Exactly. Because he'll say to me, "Do you really think that, or is that some psychology thing you're supposed to say?" And I just say, "Well, you may never know."
Blaine: 33:06 All right, on that-
Honey: 33:07 I like that we can be that adult [crosstalk 00:33:09]
Blaine: 33:09 Yes. On that note, I think we're going to have to let Dr. Rachna Jain get back to her practice. Dr. Jain of ProfitablePopularity.com and InLoveAndBiz.com. Should people go to InLoveAndBiz.com for anything ... ?
Dr. Jain: 33:25 Yeah. Actually, I have a relationship quiz-
Blaine: 33:27 Relationship quiz.
Dr. Jain: 33:28 ... that will tell you how you're doing in your relationship.
Blaine: 33:30 It's free.
Dr. Jain: 33:31 It's free.
Blaine: 33:31 It's a free relationship quiz.
Honey: 33:32 Well, we haven't taken it.
Dr. Jain: 33:33 You haven't taken it. It's at the bottom of the homepage.
Blaine: 33:35 Are you sure you want her to know the answers to these questions that we're going to have to-
Honey: 33:39 Why not?
Blaine: 33:40 All right.
Honey: 33:40 We say everything else.
Blaine: 33:42 Well, we're an open book. All right. Rachna, thank you very much.
Dr. Jain: 33:45 Absolutely. Thank you.
Honey: 33:46 Thank you so much.
Dr. Jain: 33:46 Thank you.
Blaine: 33:49 This concludes our conversation with Dr. Rachna Jain of InLoveAndBiz.com.
Honey: 33:53 If you enjoyed this podcast and you think it would be useful or fun for other couple entrepreneurs, please go to iTunes and leave a star rating and a review to help them find it.
Blaine: 34:02 And join us next time when we return to Park City, Utah, perhaps the nation's most challenging state with regard to liquor laws, for a conversation with Rob and Sara Sargent of Alpine Distilling.
Honey: 34:13 This is a couple who understand how to face adversity.
Blaine: 34:16 As residents of New Orleans, they lived through Hurricane Katrina, lost their home and virtually everything they owned and managed to take it all in stride.
Honey: 34:25 Rob was born to be a distiller. He comes from a long line of Kentucky moonshiners.
Blaine: 34:29 And Sara is not only a no-nonsense business woman. She's a killer athlete. But interestingly, there's no A-type energy going on here at all.
Honey: 34:37 These are two of the mellowest, no-nonsense entrepreneurs you'll want to meet.
Blaine: 34:42 And their product is excellent.
Honey: 34:44 It is really excellent, and we know because we did our research.
Blaine: 34:48 Yes. We drank a lot of it. Rob and Sara Sargent of Alpine Distilling next time here on CoupleCo, Working with your Spouse for Fun and Profit.
Honey: 34:55 Copyright 2018, all rights reserved.
Blaine: 34:58 Love you, baby.
Honey: 34:59 Love you, too.
Blaine: 34:59 CoupleCo out.


The Berliner Younect GmbH staff experts look back on a turbulent year. Berlin, December 2012. The Berliner Younect GmbH staff experts look back on a turbulent year. Talent pool candidate recommendation, is the name of the drive motor of the young company from the capital to managing director Martin Gaedt. Talent pools, these are Web-based candidate portals, which have aimed to support a sector or a region in their specialist backup. With two branches of the German of hotel and Restaurant Association DEHOGA and two local Alliance pioneers from Berlin-Brandenburg (VME, media.NET), there were just four Younect talent pools in Germany at the beginning of the year. This is the principle behind the pools: companies that advertise a post and adjust a selected applicants, recommend the second – and third-placed candidates to market pet of their region or industry. Competences remain, brain drain is minimized.
2012: Growth and excellent Lighthouse projects the clarity of the concept is 2012. Through a reverse seven times throughout Germany 28 talent pools by organisations and networks connect applicants at the end of the year hundreds of matching employers. Www.talentpools-deutschland.de Germany map provides a complete overview. In addition to professional associations and local investment promotion agencies, also traditional institutions such as industry and chambers of Commerce or professional Sinnungen have recognized that new paths in the Bewerberakquise are necessary in order to meet the shortage. The Younect GmbH awarded selected landmark in the land of ideas will receive their accolade 2012 "in the Federal competition. 2013: Change of perspective made by Younect which provides highly advanced expert team to Martin Gaedt for the coming year well turned up. In the last year we have expanded our leading position in terms of regional pool-based recruiting concepts", reported Martin Gaedt.


A. Elizabeth is from Rhode Island but is currently living in Philadelphia, PA. Kristy lives in Ames, IA.
Q. Who is behind Fraggles & Friggles?
A. We're a niece + Aunt team. For information about us, go to the About page here.
A. A number of our designs are hand drawn and the rest are made in Adobe Illustrator. Our original screens were all handpainted by Elizabeth using the screen filler method but we have since moved to UV-cured emulsion for a quicker and more precise process.
All of our items (with the exception of the undies) are hand screenprinted by Kristy using non-toxic, long lasting water-based ink. This is different from plastisol, which can feel rigid and uncomfortable (think: shirts in museum shops). Water-based ink produces a softer and more comfortable printed shirt.
Q: What sort of material are your items made out of?
A: The majority of our items are made out of 100% cotton or a cotton blend. For specifics, please see the item description.
A: Each listing contains an image of the sizing chart. Please review it before purchasing your item. Also, please note that adult unisex shirts are pre-shrunk.
Q. What is your processing time?
A: Please allow up to 7 days for your shirt to be printed.
A: DOMESTIC: Shirts and bags going to the US will be sent via USPS Priority Mail 2-3 days. Prints will be sent via USPS ground mail. All orders include a tracking number.
A: INTERNATIONAL: All items will be sent via USPS First Class Mail with a tracking number. USPS does not provide an estimate on how long this shipping will take.
Q: What is your exchange or refund policy?
A: If your item does not fit or you are unsatisfied with it for any reason, please contact us for an exchange or refund. To be eligible for an exchange or return, the item must return in its original condition (not worn out and about and tags still intact) and you must notify us of the request within 30 days of receiving the item. The buyer will be responsible for the cost of shipping the new shirt.
Q: Is Fraggles & Friggles involved with any philanthropic cause?
A: A portion of all proceeds in 2017 will be donated to the National Resource Defense Council.
Q: I know of a store where I'd like to see your items and I think they'd be a good fit.
A: We're always looking for new brick and mortar shops to work with. Please contact us here.


Information Point Waterland is situated in the old Monnickendam town centre, on the Middendam, near the lock.
Weekly , starting from 01-11-2018 , until 31-03-2019 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Weekly , starting from 01-04-2019 , until 31-10-2019 on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.


CAROUSEL a 50' Taswell 2000 Price Reduced to $495,000.
She is located in Brunswick, GA.
The talent and experience of Carousel's designer, Bill Dixon, are evident in all aspects including her attractive deck styling, exquisite interior joinery, and fast, sea-kindly hull design. There is extra storage in every cabin and especially the galley, all berths are longer and wider, beautiful matched grain varnished teak woodwork throughout and a teak cabin sole with contrasting inlays. The spacious, bright, well ventilated interior offers living space comparable to many larger designs. The patented shoal Scheel keel allows access to thousands of additional harbors and anchorages not usually accessible to a 50' yacht. A Stoway mainmast, electric winches automated staysail and headsail furling and bow thruster are valued options that facilitate sailing Carousel shorthanded. Fuel and water capacity have been increased with the addition of custom tanks in the salon and second guest cabin.
Please call David Walters at 954-328-2130 or office 954-527-0664 for more details.


Pertilä, Pasi; Mieskolainen, Mikael; Hämäläinen, Matti S.
The utilization of distributed microphone arrays in many speech processing applications such as beamforming and speaker localization rely on the precise knowledge of microphone locations. Several self- localization approaches have been presented in the literature but still a simple, accurate, and robust method for asynchronous devices is lacking. This work presents an analytical solution for estimating the positions and rotations of asynchronous loudspeaker equipped microphone arrays or devices. The method is based on emitting and receiving calibration signals from each device, and extracting the time of arrival (TOA) values. Utilizing the knowledge of array geometry in the TOA estimation is proposed to improve accuracy of translation. Results with measurements using four devices on a table surface demonstrates a mean translation error of 11 mm with standard deviation of 6 mm and mean z-axis rotation error of 0.11 (rad) with a standard deviation of 0.14 (rad) in contrast to computer vision annotations with 200 rotations and translation estimates.


text:
Midwest×
US/Occupied Territories
Economic Justice×
Media Justice×
Prisoners' Rights×
Action Communication and Education Reform
Duck Hill, MS
We encourage individuals to become involved in the decision-making process of their communities and schools to bring about positive social change. Our vision is to ensure that low-income...
All of Us or None – Riverside
All of Us Or None is a national organizing initiative of prisoners, formerly incarcerated people, friends and loved ones that organize and take action to end the discrimination...
Alliance for Community Services
The Alliance for Community Services has devoted its energy to passionately advocating for the fight for Human Rights, accessible and responsive Human Services, and a social safety net...
California Prison Focus works to abolish the California prison system in its present condition. We investigate and expose human rights abuses with the goal of ending long term...
Located in one of Cincinnati's poorest neighborhoods, the Contact Center has a forty one year history of community service and organizing. We work on the local, state and...
Critical Resistance Los Angeles
Critical Resistance Oakland
Family Farm Defenders
Family Farm Defenders began as an outgrowth of two national grass-roots campaigns: demanding a national referendum to end the mandatory check-off on raw milk that funds the lobby...
Operation Welcome Home
Operation Welcome Home is a community of homeless people and their allies in Madison organizing around the root causes of homelessness. We are fighting for affordable housing, jobs,...


Ansley Designs: Sassy Side Tables!
This is my latest completed furniture project, and I thought I should go ahead and post about them since I have up for sale on Craigslist and they (hopefully) will soon be gone!
I picked up these babies in a lot of furniture I bought off of Craigslist. Here is a photo of them before. They were already pretty, not in bad condition - but I had a vision for them as soon as I saw them!
First came cleaning them up, then I used spray primer, following that up with a creamy white spray paint. I don't usually spray paint my pieces, but considering all of the little nooks on the legs and bottom I thought that would be the easiest route. Last came the glazing.
multiple colors out of one jug if you choose.
When applying the glaze on the tables I used a cheap dollar store paint brush because I was pretty hard on it when cramming all the bristles down into those little holes on the legs. I did not want to mess up one of my better brushes. The glaze has a very long working time. In the legs and areas with deep crevices, the glaze can be wiped off immediately with a damp rag and leave behind a nice effect. However, in areas that are not so pronounced, such as the fine wood grain on the top of the table, it should be left on longer. The top of the tables were the last thing that got wiped off. I even went back and applied a second coat to the table tops for a better effect.
Top of the table before the glaze was wiped off.
These are up for grabs in my "shop".
I like those side tables.
You must be the only one...I've had them for sale forever!


text:
Factors I Love Hot Indian Women
February 11, 2022Dressing
Another form of discrimination in course of British Indians is stereotyping, one example is British Asians stereotyped as being nearly all of newsagent and comfort store shopkeepers, the stereotype "Paki store". This stereotype was made enjoyable of inside the television and radio sketches of Goodness Gracious Me by four British Indian comedy actors. Some British Indians spoke out in opposition to what they observed as a outcome of the BJP's meddling in the UK election. Neelam Gill is the primary British Indian model to perform as a high trend model. "Desperate British Asians fly to India to abort child ladies". "British Indians warn Hindu nationalist get collectively not to meddle in UK elections".
Their way of life is a perfect blend of modern and traditional.
Indian star Pratima Singh is an Indian basketball player and has captained the country's women's national basketball staff in a quantity of high tournaments.
India is a stupendous and fascinating country that attracts plenty of tourists yearly.
She began her profession in Bollywood with the movie Jannat reverse Emraan Hashmi within the yr 2008.
She received three WISPA tour titles in 2001, which led her to attain a career-best ranking of 13. At just the age of 22, she has turn into a distinguished face of Indian squash and has graced numerous glamor magazines. The Hottest Indian Sports Women, Tania Sachdev, is the best combination of brains and beauty. She gained her first worldwide title when she was only eight and continued to carve a distinct segment for herself. The chess prodigy has already gained the titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master .
Hot Indian Girl At A Glance
But before, let's check out 10 most beautiful Indian ladies. Honorable mention – Bollywood Beautiful Queen Madhuri Dixit – The most lovely Indian ladies. With her charming smile, this Marathi queen sure is aware of how to make million hearts go Dhak Dhak. Her good appearing and distinctive dance moves has got her a great distance. In 1999, Dixit married Dr. Shriram Nene, a cardiovascular surgeon from Los Angeles, California. Dixit comes at No. 4 within the ranking of most lovely girls of all time. Ranked as one of the desirable Indian girls, Angela is a of Indian born fantastic thing about Icelandic first rate.
She was a successful tennis participant, reaching a profession best ranking of 197 in 2007. But the rating that basically counts is her 2nd spot in SPORTZWIKI's Top 10 SUPER HOT women https://planetofwomen.org/hot-indian-women in Indian sports activities. India has given us numerous the most properly liked, most stunning girls on the planet.
5 Simple Details About Hot Indian Woman Described
She has come a long way because the modeling days, however still is likely considered one of the most stunning girls born on Indian soil. This Indian actress and mannequin mainly works in the Hindi film trade, though has additionally appeared in Tamil and Punjabi language films. Zareen Khan has worked alongside a number of the Bollywood's largest names corresponding to Salman Khan. This innocent trying woman is the owner immensely appreciable magnificence.
"Every ounce of vitality went into how can I leverage every day to get me nearer to my targets," she reminisces about her time as an entrepreneur in New York City. Even with the uncertainty that comes with going off by yourself, her mother and father bolstered her choice. "Sometimes I think again to how scared they will must have been after I stop my job, however I'm lucky that they supported me, as a end result of their confidence in me gave me the boldness in myself to go for it," Mutyala says. "I felt like I had the universe at my fingertips, so I took a step back," she mentions. During lockdown, she used the extra time at residence to look at YouTube tutorials and construct on her design credentials in pursuit of her childhood dreams of becoming an art director. "My wall was once coated in editorials and I'd tried, multiple times, to get the free trial of Photoshop," she explains. It means taking dangers, honoring your self, and speaking up for what you believe in.
Hot Indian Girl Features
Mind you there have been a couple of "western" girls assaulted as well so maybe they simply do not care that much. Asking whether ladies from a certain race are sizzling is up there on my top10 most retarded questions. I'd submit the video response to it…….however that'd get me banned. And, of the one's I've ever bumped into, it looks like their girls have guts. If somebody was giving them shit they'd give shit right back. I can admire someone, especially a girl who's not afraid to get her palms somewhat dirty.


text:
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Epilogue
All Themes Dictatorship Freedom and Imprisonment Religion Women Courage vs. Cowardice
All Characters Patria Dedé Minerva Mate Papá Mamá Rafael Trujillo
All Symbols The Rabbits Portraits of Trujillo
Instant downloads of all 1201 LitChart PDFs (including In the Time of the Butterflies).
Freedom and Imprisonment
Courage vs. Cowardice
Rafael Trujillo
Portraits of Trujillo
Mamá Character Analysis
Mercedes Reyes Camilo is the mother of the sisters. Mamá originally avoids trouble with Trujillo and wants her daughters to get married young, but later in life she becomes rebellious and outspoken. Originally illiterate and of the opinion that young women should get married, over time she learns to read and comes to believe that young women should be educated. She outlives the butterflies by 20 years, and helps raise their children.
Get the entire Time of the Butterflies LitChart as a printable PDF.
Mamá Character Timeline in In the Time of the Butterflies
The timeline below shows where the character Mamá appears in In the Time of the Butterflies. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1: Dedé, 1994 and circa 1943
...narrative shifts through Dedé's memory back to sometime around 1943. The sisters and their parents, Mamá and Papá, are all sitting around in the yard and talking. Papá is drinking rum,... (full context)
...says that she will make "men's mouths water." Patria then asks for her future, but Mamá stops Papá, saying that their priest, Padre Ignacio, disapproves of fortune telling. Minerva defends Papá... (full context)
...school, and María Teresa says that she hopes her future will be in law too. Mamá says "just what we need, skirts in the law!" but Minerva says that that is... (full context)
...is the only future Papá really told – María Teresa's was just a joke, and Mamá stopped him before he could get to Patria and Minerva. Dedé feels a chill, as... (full context)
Chapter 2: Minerva, 1938, 1941, 1944
...be a nun. Papá says that this is a "waste of a pretty girl," but Mamá finally convinces him to at least send her to a convent school. Minerva then asks... (full context)
Mamá doesn't know how to read, though she pretends her eyesight is just bad, and she... (full context)
Chapter 3: This little book belongs to María Teresa, 1945 to 1946
...so smart and good at arguing. María Teresa talks about her cousin Berto, who brought Mamá some flowers. (full context)
Chapter 4: Patria, 1946
Minerva stops going to church unless Mamá forces her to. Minerva says that some of the priests are on "double payroll," and... (full context)
Mamá decides that the family should go on a pilgrimage to a town where there have... (full context)
...stay with some distant relations. As they pray to the Virgin that night, Patria asks Mamá if Papá has "another woman," and Mamá doesn't deny it. Mamá laments that the Virgin... (full context)
Chapter 5: Dedé, 1994 and 1948
Dedé returns to her memories of Virgilio, and she remembers how Mamá always complimented him and talked about politics with him. Dedé was slightly resentful that Mamá... (full context)
Mamá gets angry at Minerva for this, and Minerva points out that Mamá had agreed with... (full context)
...and criminals." One day the police come to the Mirabal house asking for Lío, but Mamá (truthfully) says she hasn't seen him in months. Dedé gets more frightened and feels her... (full context)
Chapter 6: Minerva, 1949
...thrown by Trujillo himself, and there is a special request that Minerva appear as well. Mamá is frightened by this, as she worries that Trujillo now desires Minerva. She agrees to... (full context)
The next scene is Mamá angrily condemning the governor's proposition. Minerva drops her off and then goes to see Papá's... (full context)
Minerva and Mamá later drive to the capital to appeal on Papá's behalf. They discover that he has... (full context)
Mamá and Minerva are basically imprisoned after this, as they aren't allowed to leave their hotel.... (full context)
...letter of apology signed by the Mirabal family, and Trujillo mentions Chiche Reyes, who is Mamá's uncle and a friend of Trujillo's. Trujillo picks up his dice and says that Chiche... (full context)
Chapter 7: María Teresa, 1953 to 1958
...decide between her cousins Berto and Raúl. Mate then writes out a letter she and Mamá wrote informing Trujillo of Papá's death and thanking him for his "beneficent protection." Mate reveals... (full context)
...home with her boyfriend Manolo (who has broken off his engagement). Mate has been teaching Mamá to read. She mentions that the family has lost a lot of money since Papá... (full context)
...Mate likes Manolo because he likes her food, and he is also tall and handsome. Mamá says that she is moving to a smaller house, so Dedé and Jaimito can have... (full context)
...the university with Minerva in the fall, and she has gotten all her inheritance from Mamá, which she plans to use on clothes and save for her future. (full context)
...she says that the Mirabals have been fine with the regime since Minerva's speech and Mamá's letter. Mate describes the first day of class. All the students have to march and... (full context)
...babies Minerva now checks the viewfinders of rifles. Noris is sent off to live with Mamá, and they use her room to hide the arsenal of weapons among her toys and... (full context)
...they went off to Jaimito's mother's house. Dedé saddles the horse and rides off to Mamá's. The other sisters are there too for a meeting, but Dedé frantically says she needs... (full context)
...starts rounding up members of Minerva's group. Leandro is arrested first. The family gathers at Mamá's house, and Mate tearfully explains what happened: the SIM broke down their door, dragged Leandro... (full context)
The couple drives to Mamá's house first, but they find the SIM already there. Captain Peña, head of the northern... (full context)
Dedé and Jaimito return home, where Mamá is wailing and praying – she has learned of Minerva's arrest because the SIM came... (full context)
Chapter 10: Patria, January to March 1960
Patria is crazy with grief when she first comes to Mamá's after losing everything, but soon she finds herself able to bear her "cross." She keeps... (full context)
...at the sky until Dedé comes and prays with her. It is strange living in Mamá's new house, as everything is the same but all rearranged. In the hallway she has... (full context)
That night Patria, Mamá, and Dedé assemble a care package for the girls. After Mamá goes to bed, Patria... (full context)
...be secret but constantly leave traces of their existence or cough next to the window. Mamá leaves out a trashcan and ashtray so they stop littering in her yard. One night... (full context)
...goes to Margarita's pharmacy and delivers the care package for the prisoners. The next week Mamá and Dedé drive by the prison and see a towel they sent to Mate hanging... (full context)
...he is making a peace offering, as he has been having trouble with her land. Mamá locks herself and the children in her room to avoid him, but Patria recognizes that... (full context)
Mamá is overjoyed when she hears the news, but she refuses to have Peña eat a... (full context)
...the capital and bring a sponsor on Nelson's behalf. He asks about his dinner, and Mamá disparages him, but Patria tries to defend him as not so bad. She is worried... (full context)
Chapter 11: María Teresa, March to August 1960
A few days later Mate is allowed a brief visit with Mamá, Patria, and Pedrito, and she learns about Nelson's pardon. The next day Mate talks with... (full context)
Chapter 12: Minerva, August to November 25, 1960
Minerva is especially disturbed by Peña's visits, and she tries to hide from him until Mamá fetches her. The children get used to Peña and start calling him "Uncle." One day... (full context)
...Pedrito is still at the capital so Patria usually doesn't come along. Before they left Mamá and Dedé had warned them of the danger of all three traveling together, but Minerva... (full context)
On the way back they stop at a gas station and Minerva tries to call Mamá, but the line is busy. They delay and keep trying, and Minerva and Rufino have... (full context)
Epilogue: Dedé, 1994
Dedé remembers the day she first heard the bad news, when Mamá called her to her house. At first she thought it was a fire, but when... (full context)
Mamá lived for twenty years after her daughters' deaths, and Dedé and Jaimito stayed together while... (full context)
Mamá died peacefully, and her death seemed almost unreal to Dedé because it came without violence... (full context)
Cosby, Matt. "In the Time of the Butterflies Characters: Mamá." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 7 Sep 2014. Web. 16 Jan 2020.
Cosby, Matt. "In the Time of the Butterflies Characters: Mamá." LitCharts LLC, September 7, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2020. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/in-the-time-of-the-butterflies/characters/mama.


You can add AutoShapes and other drawing objects only to a chart. You cannot add them to the datasheet.
On the Drawing toolbar, click AutoShapes, point to a category, and then click the shape you want.
To insert a shape with a predefined size, click the chart.
To insert a shape with a different size, drag the pointer to make the shape the size you want.
To maintain the shape's width-to-height ratio, hold down SHIFT while you drag the pointer.
To draw a circle or square, click Oval or Rectangle on the Drawing toolbar, and then click the chart.
To add color, change borders, rotate, or add shadow or 3-D effects to a shape, select the shape, and then use the tools on the Drawing toolbar.


text:
Gus and Bea's Story
Redemption AdminSeptember 28, 20140
"Gus is a six-year-old Boxer mix. I adopted him about five and a half years ago from the Ontario SPCA. He had been rescued from an Amish puppy mill out near London, Ontario. A…
Hadley and Darby's Story
"Hadley came into our lives in Feb 2011 a few months after we quite suddenly lost our previous dog to illness. She was a stray from Kentucky and thankfully for us, she was pulled…
Nisi's Story
"I was living in an Inuit village in Nuvavik, northern Quebec. The indigenous dogs there, sometimes mixed with other imports from cities further south, are not viewed as pets. They were once indispensable to…
Arthur's Story
"Nearing the end of my wife's career at the local animal shelter, a little Jack Russell Terrier was brought in as a stray. When no one came to claim him my wife explained that…
Ripley's Story
"I came to know Ripley (aka Lulu) through Nicole Simone. Nicole spoke up for her, (saving her from being put to sleep) knowing that she could find her a forever home if given some…


text:
This is a wrap-up of https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core and https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-ref-impl

#### Why?
At the moment `uap-ref-impl` repository contains only reference implementation without data required to use the parser and the `uap-core` repository isn't published to npm registry.

#### Usage:

    var uap = require('node-uap');
    var userAgentString = "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_2) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/41.0.2272.118 Safari/537.36";

    // Parse everything
    console.log(uap.parse(userAgentString));

    // Parse specific info
    console.log(uap.parseUA(userAgentString));
    console.log(uap.parseOS(userAgentString));
    console.log(uap.parseDevice(userAgentString));

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The Facebook application accomplishes more than enable you to remain associated with your companions and interests. It's likewise your own coordinator for putting away, sparing and sharing photographs. It's anything but difficult to share photographs straight from your Android camera, and you have full power over your photographs and security settings. You can pick when to keep individual photographs private or even set up a mystery photograph collection to control who sees it.


The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) Reclamation and Development Grants (RDG) Program offers state-funded grants for the prevention and control of aquatic invasive species (AIS). The goal of the grants is to protect the natural resources of Montana from severe and unacceptable damage from aquatic invasive species.
Eligible Activities: Activities include but are not limited to aquatic invasive species: (1) outreach and education; (2) prevention; (3) surveying and monitoring; (4) control; (5) treatment demonstration, research or design; or (6) other related actions.
Who is Eligible: AIS grants are available to state, city, county, tribal governments, or other local government subdivisions within the state.
DEADLINE: Grant applications must be submitted via email or postal mail by close of business Monday, December 3, 2018 by 5 p.m.
Contact: For technical questions about AIS projects, please contact Stephanie Hester, 406-444-0547, shester@mt.gov. For all other questions about the grant program, administration and reporting contact Heidi Anderson Folnagy, 406-444-6691, hfolnagy@mt.gov.
Applications may be submitted by email or mail to the addresses listed below. Click here for the application and for additional information.
Additional information about the grant program can be found at the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) website at http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/cardd/resource-development/aquatic-invasive-species or by contacting DNRC.


The house, the cars, the corner desk and executive title, fancy vacations, private schools, private yachts, private jets, the glamour, the luxury, it all can become yours if you want it. But is all that stuff really what you want out of your life? Or is the thing you want actually the intangible quality that a millionaire has of simply not worrying about money because they have more than they need? You don't have to have a million dollars to be a millionaire.
Without further ado, the recipe for financial freedom.
That's it. That's the entire recipe for finding financial freedom and building a life free from financial worry and stress.
Take time to develop your career, especially early on. If you put a lot of effort and focus into it, you can grow your income quickly. Always negotiate your salary, and don't be afraid to ask for raises or bonuses as appropriate (like when you take on new responsibilities).
The fastest way to increase your income is usually to find a new job or new company. If your income isn't as high as it could be, take some time to update your resume and sharpen your interview skills.
Don't be afraid to take on a side hustle. It can be a lot of work, but I've really enjoyed renting out my house.
You have to spend less than you earn. This is the key to financial freedom. There's no other way around it. The bigger the gap between earning more and spending less, the healthier your financial life will be.
Tackle any debts head on. They're dragging you down. Make sure you're addressing any habits that brought you there in the first place. Eliminating debts frees up your cash flow.
Cutting your spending is more effective than increasing your income. It increases the amount you can save each month, and it means you need less money to live off of for the rest of your life. A little discomfort when you cut your spending is OK since it helps you realize what you value and rethink your spending. Try cutting things out, and know you can always go back to spending more if needed. However, at a certain point, cutting spending further becomes extremely uncomfortable, so you have to revert back to increasing your income to increase savings.
Frugal habits are essential. Frugal, not cheap. Frugality is not about deprivation. Frugality is about being smart with money. Focus every purchase on maximizing personal happiness. I find that my frugality keeps my miscellaneous spending very low without even really trying because I'm busy enjoying my hobbies like working around my house and experiences like frugal travel. I don't regularly go shopping because the artificial happiness created by swiping my credit card isn't lasting, and I have enough stuff in my life without adding more to it.
I don't have a formal monthly budget. Instead, I decide how much money I want to save and direct that money into the appropriate accounts. In order, money automatically goes to my 401k, my HSA, my Roth IRA, my taxable savings, my emergency/slush fund (anywhere from $100-500 per paycheck depending on "slush" used/needed), and THEN the rest goes into my checking account.
I use credit cards to help track spending and earn cash back. On pay days, the first thing I do is pay off my credit cards online in full (twice a month). Then I pay my mortgage and car payment. Once my bills are taken care of, I note the dollar amount left in my checking account. If there's a lot, I might shift extra to savings or start planning a trip. If the dollar amount remaining is low, I try to "live lean" and be mindful of spending for a couple weeks until the next paycheck. I never spend what I don't have in my checking account.
This method "artificially lowers my income" and makes it incredibly easy to spend less than I earn. In fact, it takes almost all thought out of my money management. In my mind, you can't spend something that's not there, and it's "not there" if I don't see it.
Be patient with the market, and remember you are investing for the long term. A bear market (when the market is going down) is a buying opportunity for you, especially early in your career. You get to buy into the market at a discount. This is one of the best things that can happen early in your money-saving journey.
I choose to invest in index funds with low expense ratios. Studies have shown time and time again that an index fund with a low expense ratio will beat an active fund most of the time. I don't feel the need to make time for individual stock picking, because an average of 7% growth between now and retirement from simply doing nothing sounds great to me.
You might choose to buy a house or buy investment properties that you rent out.
Start investing early so you have as much time as possible to save. Never take for granted the power of compounding. Don't short change future you.
I've all but forgotten what it means to worry about money. To be honest, I probably feel more like a millionaire than the person who has a million dollars.
Great write up! I'm interested in how you decide on how much to automate to each account above? The only account I automate is my 401K. I can't seem to find a good balance on automating my Roth IRA, taxable savings, an emergency fund. I seem to be the type that likes to see big chunks of money hitting my goals by priority. So when I automate the above accounts I only see small changes. I have felt like I might be missing something with automation. But then again it could be I should just stick to what has worked. I like keeping things simple with finances and spend more time on other things. Just seems automation would make it simpler but it has had a reverse effect. Really like your style of writing and your blog.
Wow, you are crushing the FI game. I never thought about using credit card cash before. I have about $700 worth of points in my chase account right now. If I don't use it for travel I'll definitely cash that in and invest it. Thanks for giving me that great idea. It opens a whole new aspect of CC hacking.


text:
Sandu Florea (; born 28 June 1946) is a Romanian-American comic book and comic strip creator, also known as an inker and book illustrator. A trained architect and a presence on the science fiction scene during the 1970s, he became a professional in the comics genre with albums such as Galbar, and was allegedly the only artist to have obtained a steady income in this way during the communist period. A prolific contributor to Romanian children's magazines, Florea had his activity curbed by communist censorship when he first publicized his intention of emigrating to the United States. He eventually left the country shortly after the 1989 Revolution, and soon after began collaborating with Marvel, DC Comics and other leading enterprises in the field of comic book publishing. He became especially noted for his activities as an inker, with contributions on series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Executioner, X-Men: The End, Batman R.I.P. and Batman: Battle for the Cowl.

Florea has maintained enduring contacts with his native country, and has taken an initiative in popularizing the American comic book style in Romania. He has been described as one of the most successful among his colleagues, and claimed to be one of the most recognizable Romanians in his field.

Biography

Early life and career in Romania

Born in Ghelari, Hunedoara County, Sandu Florea first became interested in comics while in fifth grade, his first contact with the medium being through a copy of the French youth magazine Pif Vaillant. This encounter, he recalled in a 2004 interview, left him with "an impression that cannot be erased", and "the wish that I myself could draw such appealing and interesting characters."

Sandu Florea published his first comic strip in 1968, with Luminiţa children's magazine. It was a series centered on the anecdotal hero classic Păcală. In 1971, Florea graduated from Bucharest's Architectural College, and subsequently worked for a building design institute in his adoptive city of Timișoara. Before graduation, he had also published his first work in the comics genre, inspired by the folkloric tale of Păcală, and featured in a 1968 issue of Luminiţa magazine.

After moving to Timișoara, he became a noted presence among the local science fiction fan base, joining the H. G. Wells Literary Club founded by writer Ovidiu Şurianu. Their collaboration produced the 1973 Galbar, reportedly the first Romanian science fiction comic book. In 1975, he and Timișoara native Marcel Luca published what is thought to be the first-ever Romanian coloring book with a science fiction subject, Vreau să fiu cosmonaut ("I Want to be a Cosmonaut"), which reputedly sold 45,000 copies. By then, having received offers of collaboration from two publishing houses (Editura Ion Creangă and Editura Facla), Florea settled back in Bucharest and focused exclusively on his work in comics and illustration. Said to have been the most prolific comic book author active during the communist period, he had his work featured in almost all of the children's periodicals in print at the time.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was creating and publishing comic books dedicated to popular legends, such as a retake on Ion Creangă's fantasy story Harap Alb, or recounting episodes in Romanian history (involving Dacian rulers Burebista and Decebalus, Roman Emperor Trajan, and Wallachian Prince Michael the Brave). Several single-issue albums in this category were based on texts by historical fiction author Radu Theodoru, forming part of the series Strămoşii ("The Ancestors"). The full list includes: Cavalerul alb ("The White Knight"; Editura Facla, 1976), Călugăreni (referencing the Battle of Călugăreni; Editura Ion Creangă, 1977), Misiune de sacrificiu ("Suicidal Mission"; Editura Ion Creangă, 1979), În lumea lui Harap Alb ("Inside Harap Alb's World"; Editura Sport-Turism, 1979), Burebista, regele dacilor ("Burebista, King of the Dacians"; Editura Sport-Turism, 1980),  ("Decebalus and Trajan"; Editura Sport-Turism, 1981),  ("Carousel"; Editura Sport-Turism, 1982), Sarmizegetusa eroică ("Heroic Sarmizegetusa"; Editura Sport-Turism, 1983). Florea was also involved in creating Romania's own Western comics, adapted from stories by Nicolae Frînculescu.

These works received critical attention, both in Romania and abroad. În lumea lui Harap Alb earned him the a Eurocon award (1980). This, literary critic Michael Hăulică notes, made Florea one in a final wave of Romanian Eurocon laureates to have emerged under communism (also including writers Vladimir Colin, Ion Hobana and Gheorghe Săsărman).

Florea also received attention from celebrated poet Nichita Stănescu, who discovered in  an unclassifiable and imaginative work. The writer argued: "[Florea] introduces mystery where we usually had happy-endings, imagination where there was lyricism and an indecisive epic where there was nothing. The book he calls  [...] is without precedent, in Romania and everywhere else." In 1982, Stănescu began working with him on the album Semne şi desemne ("Signs and Designs"). Florea printed the lithographs to go with the poems, but the project was cut short when Stănescu died (December 1983).

In the United States
The 1984-1989 interval was described by Florea as "one of the most difficult periods in my life." Having unsuccessfully demanded from communist authorities the right of leaving for the United States, where two of his siblings had already settled, Florea was exposed to political persecution, and the censorship apparatus lifted his right to publish, prompting him to contribute several comic strips under various pseudonyms. He returned to public attention after the 1989 Revolution, when he was briefly editor in chief of the new children's magazine . With Frînculescu, he also founded another such publication, called Proteus.

Sandu Florea, his wife and two children eventually left for the United States in 1991, moving to New York City and afterward settling in Long Island. Although initially discouraged by the competition among comic book artists, Florea recounts, he decided to contact Marvel recruiters within three months of his arrival, submitting a sample of his take on Conan the Barbarian. According to his own statement, Conan proved compatible with his talents: "[he was] the only Marvel character who did not fly, did not breathe fire and did not use psychic waves to defeat his enemies, being instead armed with a giant sword and axe. Since I had been drawing many historical tales back in the old country, Conan was a character whom I could depict in drawing with relative ease."

He was accepted by Marvel soon after this, specialized as an inker, and began working on several of its main releases, including, alongside Conan, The Amazing Spider-Man and the various spin-offs of Avengers, Blackwulf, Elektra, Mighty Thor, Captain America, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Four and X-Men. He also worked with DC Comics (on Superman Second Series, Batman, Justice Society of America, Nightwing) and Dark Horse Comics, signing additional collaborations with Innovation Publishing, Vivid Comics (on The Executioner) and Chaos! Comics (Lady Death, Undertaker). Among the significant miniseries to which he contributed as an inker are X-Men: The End (2004–2006), Batman R.I.P. (2008), and Batman: Battle for the Cowl (2009). His work with Dark Horse included Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. His artistic production also touched other media: Florea created storyboards and other graphics for the motion picture producers Full Moon, as well as book illustrations for The Princeton Review.

2000s initiatives

Florea was selected honorary president of the Romanian Association of Comic Book Fans in 2001. Speaking in 2004, he expressed interest in relaunching the native comic book genre in his native country, and in publishing a new children's periodical with original content. In 2006, he participated in the relaunch of , in a version argued by Hăulică to have been "professional under any definition."

The publication, which went out of print after only two issues due to distribution problems, included Romanian-language reprints of American comics such as Conan the Barbarian and Aliens, alongside original collaborations between Florea and his Romanian colleagues: Două paloşe ("Two Backswords", with Florea as artist and György Györfi-Deák as writer), Ultima frontieră ("The Final Frontier", text by Florea, Marian Mirescu and Eddie Pandele, drawings by Daniel Rizea and Cătălin Gospodin), Toxic (text by Florea, drawings by Tudor Popa), Leviathan (written by Cristian Lăzărescu, illustrated by Florea). The magazine also featured Borderland, a comic series conceived especially for a Romanian public by writer John Warner and illustrated by Florea, depicting the confrontation between three worlds: of the Mortals, of Magic and of the Demons. Around the same time, Sandu Florea also began contributing to various Romanian webzines, such as Pro-Scris, Imagikon and Paradox—the latter of which published his strip Fortăreaţa, based on a short story by Ovidiu Bufnilă. Several aspects related to the artist's new Romanian ventures were however criticized by Michael Hăulică. He argued that Toxic in particular was "weak and obvious", and noted that, in its featured edition, the text of Borderland evidenced its translator's poor command of the Romanian language.

These initiatives helped cement the artist's reputation in Romania. Sandu Florea claims to be "The only Romanian professional graphic artist who has managed to make a living exclusively out of his drawings, in the old country as well as [...] in America." Dodo Niţă, a historiographer of Romanian comics and Florea's colleague at , placed În lumea lui Harap Alb as fifth among an all-time chart of original Romanian works in the genre. According to a 2008 piece in the Romanian daily Evenimentul Zilei, Florea shares the distinction of "best known Romanian comic book artist" with Mircea Arapu, the latter being known for his contribution in Francophone comics.

An annual Romanian comic book fan convention in Constanţa awards the Sandu Florea Prize to artists with a long contribution in their field. In 2010, Florea was guest of honor at the European Comic Strip Salon, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) at the National Theater Bucharest. He exhibited his work, including the never before seen Semne şi desemne collection, at the Bucharest "Comic Book Museum" exhibit, jointly organized by the ICR and the Belgian Comic Strip Center in 2011.

References

External links

Contributions by and about Sandu Florea, in Pro-Scris webzine

American comics artists
American comics writers
American illustrators
Romanian architects
Romanian illustrators
Romanian comics artists
Romanian comics writers
Romanian lithographers
Romanian magazine founders
Comics inkers
People from Hunedoara County
Censorship in Romania
Romanian emigrants to the United States
Living people
Dacia in art
1946 births

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Q: How can I get a list of four letter words using the grep command in the Linux terminal? I need to get the number of four letter words using the grep command in the Linux shell. My idea was to create a list of four letter words and then use a pipe with | wc -l.
I'm pretty new to Linux, but I have tried the following:
cat your_file | grep -c '^[ \t]*[a-zA-Z]\{5\}[ \t]*$'

and
grep -o -w "\w\{5\}" your_file

A: Use this Perl one-liner:
perl -lne 'print for /\b([A-Za-z]{4})\b/g' in_file

Example:
echo 'ABCD abcd abcd1 abcd_ Abcd,Abcd.' | perl -lne 'print for /\b([A-Za-z]{4})\b/g'

Output:
ABCD
abcd
Abcd
Abcd

The Perl one-liner uses these command line flags:
-e : Tells Perl to look for code in-line, instead of in a file.
-n : Loop over the input one line at a time, assigning it to $_ by default.
-l : Strip the input line separator ("\n" on *NIX by default) before executing the code in-line, and append it when printing.
[A-Za-z]{4} : Any 4 letter word = a letter, uppercase or lowercase, exactly 4 occurrences.
([A-Za-z]{4}) : The above, parenthesis used to capture the 4 letter word.
\b([A-Za-z]{4})\b : The above, flanked by a word boundary \b on both sides, which makes it a separate word.
print for /(...)/g : iterate over the captured patterns and print all occurrences.
The regex uses this modifier:
/g : Multiple matches.
SEE ALSO:
perldoc perlrun: how to execute the Perl interpreter: command line switches
perldoc perlre: Perl regular expressions (regexes)
perldoc perlre: Perl regular expressions (regexes): Quantifiers; Character Classes and other Special Escapes; Assertions; Capture groups
perldoc perlrequick: Perl regular expressions quick start

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


I've spent a lot of time in Mexico these days but this wedding in Tulum was an instant favorite. Dreams, Tulum is an absolutely beautiful resort that set the perfect canvas for this wedding day but what made the whole weekend truly special was Kaitlin + Reid. I've had the pleasure to get to know these guys fairly well over coffees and lunches leading up to this wedding but I didn't expect to connect so quickly with their friends and family. The entire crew (about 50 total guests) were so supportive and excited to see these two jump into this next stage in their lives together and no matter where Brandon and I went at the resort we were greeted with smiles and stories about how these two have influenced so many lives around them. We were a long way from Bentonville but still felt right at home with this group. I'm so excited to share the total collection of just about 1,000 final images with these two SOON but couldn't wait to show off a few of my favorite moments first!


text:
Email: info@rpm-motorsport.com
About RPM
Austin Back in his BMW
Two time winner of the Donegal International Rally Austin MacHale will be returning to 'The Hills' for Déjà vu Donegal on the 30-31 August 2019.
The multiple Irish champion will be reunited with his Xtra-vision BMW M3, the car that finally brought him success in the north west in 1990.
The Dubliner had encountered cruel luck on his earlier attempts to win in Donegal as three punctures on the penultimate stage robbed him of victory in 1983, Billy Coleman pipped him in 1984 and '85 and he had an accident while leading in 1986. But perseverance paid when he and Dermot O'Gorman braved the adverse conditions in 1990 to beat Bertie Fisher's similar M3 by one second.
Brian Murphy sat in with Austin when he took his second Donegal victory in a Toyota Celica ST185 in 1997, the year that the Dubliner secured his fourth Irish Tarmac Rally Championship.
Forty-five crews have already taken advantage of the 'early bird' entry fees and Austin joins the growing list of former Donegal winners that includes Cathal Curley, John Lyons, and James Cullen.
There will be Mk I and Mk II Escorts, Ascona and Manta 400 Opels, BMW 2002 Ti's, and Porsche 911's joining the Chevette on the tour, but the car requirements are open to all as you only need "something with four wheels that they are proud of", to quote the organisers.
For all tour information, click here.
Home About RPM Tours Shop News Links Contact
Website by Big Pixel Creative