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Robert Macpherson

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Robert Macpherson uses reductive and systematic approaches to make expansive works. His starting points may be specific - what might be the least that has to be done to make a painting, or the permutations of a single repeated mark - but through his determined exploration of each stage of the investigation, extraordinary riches and complexities unfold. His methodology has its roots in his early engagement and dialogue with writings by Clement Greenberg on the essential nature of painting but has since expanded to embrace the relationships between the sign and the signified, the revealed and the obscured, between language and image.

If questions of 'art' constitute part of this exchange, the quotidian world and lived experience makes an important contribution. In an early work his investigation into the nature of a painting resolves itself into a consideration - and celebration - of the paintbrush itself: a tool used by both the worker and the artist. 'Relics of Boredom' sculptures 1978-81 displays a collection of found objects - rubber bands assembled into a ball, silver foil scrunched up into volumes, arrangements of paperclips - that had been left behind by people in the office block where MacPherson worked as a cleaner for three years. He notes that they are 'relics of the tactile need that makes everyone an artist'.

Many of his paintings use images and texts taken from the hand-made signs that populate Australian roads and highways advertising goods for sale, fruit, food or services: he has written that these black and white paintings allow him to explore 'a wonderful directness of means and an unselfconsciousness in the use of paint often lost in so called high art'. These works also brilliantly express a world of democratic signification where effective and direct solutions are found to complex issues of representation. Similar concerns animate the series of drawings he has made under the alter ego of Robert Penne, a pupil at St Josephs Convent, allowing him to represent a world (and an Australia) as ordered and understood by a twelve-year-old child.

Much of Macpherson's work travels under the banner of 'Poems' - as in the 'Frog Poems' a title that links many formally disparate works - and poetry is at the heart of his practice. Through the mechanism of combining different taxonomical indexes and focusing on seemingly simple acts that are so central to our lives, a vast engine of association moves into action. The grounding of the work in the every-day, in the way we understand and describe our world through words and listings, our groupings of information gives his practice a political charge and is also central to the sense of wonder that lies there: it is a celebration of our languages and quixotic understandings of the world.

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Questions from a potential investor, mentor or partner

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This post first appeared here as an article on Proseed Magazine in 2013. I have updated it since then, so this version is the best to read.

I send this article to people who approach me asking for feedback, advice, mentoring and/or an investment. I also send a link to it when someone writes to me, saying "you ought to meet: or "can you help" 'x' who has a great business idea", with the suggestion that they forward it to the person they want me to help. If you are 'x', and you don't see why you should read on, feel free to stop now. Please do let the person who introduced us know that it was your decision not mine, so they don't think that I am being unhelpful.

I changed the blog post title from

"Questions from a potential investor"

"Questions from a potential investor, mentor or partner"

because sometimes people approach me who do not want an investment. I may be able to help them anyway, and if I can, am usually glad to.

Why do I request "pre-information"?
I feel that if I am ready to give away my time, asking those who approach me to invest the time to pre-brief me is a good filter and fair. It shows they take my time seriously. While I enjoy hearing about business ideas, I prefer to know the stage people are at before meeting. I want the person to be properly prepared and to have done the "easy stuff" before we meet. People often want to chat before they have done basic Google searches on their potential competition, or figured out their planned business model. There is nothing wrong with this, but in this case I don't want to set up a dedicated meeting or call. I don't want to spend 30 minutes of a one hour meeting finding out information that I could pick up in 5 minutes reading a briefing document. If the idea is good then the extra time during the meeting will be much better used doing things other than finding out basic information about the team and ownership.

I am usually willing to give up to an hour of mentoring/feedback to people with business ideas - at a time/place convenient to me - provided I am not involved in anything competitive. This is not a promise. Sometimes people annoy me so much with their approach that I decide not to meet them at all. Sometimes I encourage people to attend events I am going to be at anyway, so that we get a few minutes to chat. Often 5 minutes is enough for me to tell whether I can be of any use. The questions I ask are ones that all professional investors will ask so it is not a waste of time to answer my questions.

I do not promise to find time for a call, meet, get involved in giving feedback about why I don't want to meet after I get the information requested in this post.

The questions and answers you provide are to help me decide if I want to do that.

I don't want to focus time and energy on projects that are not going to happen. Obviously if things have changed "Hi Richard - 6 months ago you asked us whether we had working product, a team and at least 5 potential committed clients. Back then we didn't - and you were right to send us away. The good news is we've done all of that and more" then I'll be glad to take another look.

Because the situations of people approaching me vary so much please be aware of the fact that some of what I suggest below may not fit your situation. If this is the case, just skip or move on to questions that are relevant to you.

Here goes:

Clients and potential clients People often ask me what I think about their idea. I always tell them 'it doesn't matter what I think nearly as much as what clients and potential clients think', and and I ask them what they have done to get this information from clients and potential clients. If I am told "we have interviewed 10 directors of companies who we want to sell to and they all say that they are very interested in purchasing at the kind of prices we want to charge" it not only is impressive it also tells me that the person I am talking to is well organised and has the self confidence to get out there and talk to people.

Why? What's the big idea? The vision. Why are you doing it? What and whose problems are you aiming to solve, what pain points are you addressing. What is it that makes a) your users b) people who will send you money really appreciate what you do.

Long term value of clients/repeat revenue. This can be hard to estimate for a startup, but you have to do it. If you sell post cards to tourists, the chances of repeat business are almost zero. If you sell premium (expensive) dog food to wealthy people who you can persuade that your dog food is the one their dog prefers, the repeat revenue may be very high. If you sell post cards to shops that sell them to tourists, you have a good chance of repeat revenue if they find your cards easy to sell and make a good margin on them. If you sell jet engines to Airbus, and each one comes with a high price service contract, it is obvious there will be repeat revenue.

Current situation
How are you doing? How are you making/going to make money?
If your business is already underway please describe how you got to where you are now, what the key processes are (how you get clients, deliver your product or service and make money), and what you expect from me. Please send me basic facts, your trading history: costs, revenues and profits, number of employees, and ownership. A simple spreadsheet showing past and planned future costs is often very useful. There is a useful concept of Unit Economics, which is very simply. what are the costs of making/doing the thing you sell, and how much do you charge for it. If you are a real estate agent, and the cost of visiting, documenting, describing, promoting, explaining methods for making profit from the property and showing potential clients a property, and handling paperwork if there is sale is US$400 and you make $2000 if there is a transaction, you are making $1600 per deal, it becomes obvious how many sales you need to make to cover your fixed costs and start making money. If you are losing money, don't expect an investor to bail you out, unless some dramatic change is about to happen that you can explain.

If you have not started yet, describe your planned business model, how you are going to make money and how far you have got already. If you haven't thought about how you are going to organise your business so that your costs are much less than your revenues, please do so before we meet. If you are at the stage of "once we have traffic we should be able to make money" I am not that interested unless you explain how. You above all people should be thinking, brainstorming and testing ideas in this area.

Costs A tough area for many entrepreneurs is the issue of 'founder salaries'. It is important to address this. If you have been working for free in your spare time and 'post investment' are planning to go full time then you may not know how much to suggest. A rule of thumb is that until you are making a profit, approximately 50% of what you were making on a salary might be reasonable unless you are a developer. Investors won't like the idea of you being too comfortable on the back of your take home pay from your startup. Results related bonuses, and salaries that rise as the company goes through agreed milestones make a lot of sense.

Competition - who are you competing against in your home market and internationally? Who is dangerous to you now and how are or can you be better than them? If you haven't searched and checked who is doing this in foreign countries, do it now. Don't show up to a meeting before you have tried to buy what you are thinking of selling on,, and via a simple google searches. You may think you are the first person to have thought of renting out dogs You are wrong. Years ago I posted this Now Will Bunker who made his fortune in a dating site has invested in Borrow My Doggy which charges both the dog owner and borrower for the transaction and unsurprisingly is making money. A great example of it being more important to execute on an idea than be the one who has the idea first.

Strategic plan. How will you grow in terms of geographical spread and product/service offerings.

Benefits for investors. How am I, and other investors, going to make money?

End game. Are you going to exit? If so how, when, who are your potential buyers ?

Ownership/shareholders/Team: key team members etc. who apart from you is part of your set up?

Gaps what do you lack/what are your weaknesses/challenges? What else do you need that you don't have today, and what are you doing to address them? As Gary Vaynerchuk says, self-awareness is a vital business skill.

Barriers to entry if you start turning into a high profit business. what is to stop others entering the market?

Dangers and threats. how could it "all go wrong"?

My role. How can I help you ? What is the main reason you approached me?

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2013 Survey For Recognizing Popular Recruitment Channels

Getting the right talent on board has always been a challenge for enterprises. The team that recruits plays a very vital role in shaping the organization. Overtime, the means of recruiting candidates has evolved and with the rise of social networks an entire new channel has developed. The other channels that have been used for a while are company career webpages, employee referrals, job boards, agencies, campus recruiting, etc. With so many options available, it becomes difficult to choose the best and most effective channel of recruitment.

So how do you source candidates for the job openings at your firm? Do you use social media or has the firm outsourced some parts of the recruitment to an external agency? What is the success rate of hiring the candidate through job boards?

Software Advice has created a survey to help answer all these questions. Do fill out the survey here and help in this aggregating data. We’ll post the results from the reports collected from recruiters facing the same problems like you!

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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Al-fatihah for Samani

Samani Mohd Amin, who was detained under the ISA in 1976 with the late Pak Samad, died last night. He was 78.

Samani was with The Star when I joined the paper as a rookie in 1985 but I never knew the man well. Nuraina A. Samad knows him better than I do. They spoke on the phone just on Monday, here.

pic taken from Tok Mummy.

  1. Anonymous2:14 pm

    Dear Rocky,

    Al-Fatihah to One of the Towering Nusantara Malays. May your soul be blessed by the Almighty.

    Y.B Hisham Gemuk

  2. Anonymous2:25 pm

    The Barisan Rakyat bloggers are reporting about the Kuala Terengganu by-election.

    How come you are not doing a report as the Barisan Nasional blogger, Rocky? We need some balance and view from both sides.

    Go Rocky go, do it for us Barisan Nasional supporters!

  3. Anonymously Anon, you may want to leave your comment under the Ezam posting, not here ...

  4. Al-Fatihah.....

  5. Anonymous3:33 pm

    Ooopss sorry bro!!! Baru nampak posting Ezam kat atas tui...........

    Al-fatihah kepada Pak Samani... seorang lagi tokoh era Pak Samad yang kini meninggalkan kami..........

  6. al fatihah to uncle sam who had taught me newswriting way back in 1980.

  7. Anonymous6:48 pm

    Al Fatihah for Sam ... Amin
    Sam was a very approachable person on the editorial floor when I was at Balai Berita ... Wali Kota

  8. Goodbye to the unsung hero of Malay journalism. Memories of you will be with us forever Pakcik Samani. May Allah bless your soul...Al-Fatihah

  9. Anonymous2:50 am

    Like Nuraina,I know Arwah Pak Samani well too. He was one of the most jovial editors at Berita Harian, and very professional,when I first joined the NST as an intern and subsequently, a cadet journalist in 1976. Alas, it wasn't long before he was arrested together with Arwah Pak Samad for supposedly "communist leanings". Even so, he never lost his sparkle after his release. My regret is that we never stayed in touch. This is my lesson to myself!
    May Allah bless his soul. To his family, my deepest condolence.
    Thanks Rocky.

  10. Sdr Rocky,
    Al-fatihah untuk roh Allahyarham dan takziah kepada kaum keluarga yang ditinggalkan.
    Semoga roh Allahyarham dicucuri rahmat dan digolongkan di kalangan mereka yang beriman.


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I just got the final proof for the Run Lil Jared book!
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I will have the books for sale at Small press expo the weekend of September 13th! Afterwords I will be putting them online on my Store envy and perhaps an Etsy store.

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Rusne’s performance in long-running Lithuanian festival “Recurrences” was described by the art portal “7art days” as “full of virtuoso lines, strong musical climaxes and entertaining
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 Rusne is a winner of the III prize in the International Jurjans Andrejs Woodwind Instrument Competition in 2016. Rusne also won a Concerto Competition at Royal College of Music in 2016, performing Fantasia by H. Villa-Lobos for soprano saxophone, together with the RCM Philharmonic orchestra. Recently Rusne appeared as a soloist with Cheltenham Philharmonic Orchestra performing A. Glazunov’s concerto for alto saxophone.

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In Summer 2017 Rusne was invited to teach and play at the international music festival and summer course Trakai Fanfare Week in Lithuania. She also played concerts at Cadogan Hall, King’s Place and Southbank Centre.

Rusne toured Estonia and Finland with Quadruplex saxophone quartet in 2015, performed many concerts in the Netherlands and Germany in with ArtEZ/HKU saxophone orchestra. She performed in Lithuania and the Netherlands with the Dutch pianist Thijn Vermeulen . Rusne
also played solo in Lithuanian National Television, her live recordings were streamed on Lithuanian National Radio. In year 2011 Rusnė was a member of the European Saxophone Ensemble. She toured 10 European Countries with this ensemble, making music together with other 11 saxophonists from different EU countries and the artistic director Cezarius Gadzina.

Rusne is a prize winner of three National J. Pakalnis music competitions in Lithuania. Rusne’s diverse programmes range from original pieces for saxophone to transcriptions and arrangements, often written by her. Few compositions by composers G. Lago and Q. Jacobs were written for her and her chamber music groups.


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Friday, March 30, 2007

A Funny Conversation

Conversations With Sophia

One of my favorite times with Sophia is at night while tucking her into bed. This is when she turns into a chatter box. Not because she's trying to get out of going to bed, but because she's got my undivided, with-no-interruptions, attention. We talk about anything from "how much she likes Ethan" to "what can she wear the next day" to "ice cream cones" to "God questions".

The other night we talked about the beach and how excited she was about our upcoming vacation. She had lots of questions about the beach and just our trip in general, but here was her most burning question:

"Mommy, will there be socks at the ocean?"

Puzzled, I said, "No, we won't wear socks to the beach, we'll wear sandals."

She said, "No, are there soooocks at the ocean?"

Thinking this was a funny thing to ask I again replied, "Well, we can wear our socks and shoes, but it's better to just wear our sandals."

A bit frustrated, she tried one more time, "Noooo, will there be shaaaaaaawwwwks?"

"OH!! SHARKS!" I said (as I'm trying not to laugh over the miscommunication). "No, honey, there won't be any sharks where we'll be. Don't you worry."

Poor, sweet thing.......she tried so hard to get that tricky "R" sound to work for her. But at least her worrisome question was answered and she could finally sleep in peace!

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

We're Goin' Back to Cali, Cali.....

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A Much Needed Vacation Coming Soon

We are eagerly counting down the days until we return to our homeland. Although we have grown to love Texas, my heart is still in CA. What can I say, I'm a CA girl and always will be. If you can get past the liberal domination, the traffic, and the silly wanna-be-laws like "no spanking your children", it's really a beautiful place.

The mountains, the beaches and the desert (if you like the desert) are at your beck and call. There is such a spiritual awe when you're standing at the edge of the ocean, watching the waves come rolling in over your feet. Or smelling the fresh aroma of the tall pine trees as you're hiking through the mountains of Yosemite National Park. My heart is welling up with joy as I think of the beauty of where I was born and raised. And, to top it all off, I will be reunited with family, whom I miss so very much!

Here's what our itinerary will look like:

Saturday, May 26th we begin our long journey through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and into CA. We will probably drive straight through, mostly because that's what we've always done out of pure eagerness to just get there. Our first stop will be Uncle Gary's in Redondo Beach. We will spend three or four days with him, but will be driving back to San Bernardino and the surrounding area during one of those days to visit my Grandmother and many aunts, uncles and cousins. My mom will be flying into LA to meet us, and to visit all of her family as well. Another one of those days at Uncle Gary's will be reserved for the beach! Ohhhhh yeeeaaah! The kids are already talking about the beach.....they're very excited!

From Redondo Beach, we will travel to Sacramento to spend time with Greg's sweet grandparents. After we drive them crazy, we'll head to Modesto to see Greg's mom, the Denbraves and the Hess Family. It will be so good to spend time with precious family and friends. From Modesto, we will head up the mountain to the quaint town of Sonora, where my brother Jason, my dear SIL Tara and their three beautiful children live. I am SO excited about seeing my brother and his family.

After having a wonderful time with my brother, we'll end our trip in Mariposa to stay with Grandma and Grandpa. We'll also be seeing Uncle Andy and Aunt Julie who also live in Mariposa. My grandparents live on a beautiful ranch bursting with trees and mountain views.

With my grandparents, we will spend a day in Yosemite National Park, where they lived and worked for sixteen years. I practically grew up there.  I also had the privilege of working in the park when I was fourteen and fifteen years old. I've probably explored, hiked, or swam in every inch of this beautiful creation. I even hiked up Half Dome (about a 12 hour hike) at the age of fifteen. Whenever visiting Grandma and Grandpa in the summer, I would sleep outside on a lawn chair so that I could stare at the stars all night long! The stars were so thick and was like getting a small glimpse of heaven. Actually, just BEING in the park was like getting a tiny glimpse of heaven. I can't even fathom how much MORE beautiful heaven will be!

I'm so thankful that my children will get to see so much family after such a long time, and see all the wonderful places we will be revisiting. I'm positive we will create memories for our family that will last a lifetime!

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Family Update

To Our Family...

I haven't posted in some time about family happenings, so here goes.......

Greg is as wonderful as ever. He's still with the Lackland Fire Dept and recently finished an EMT class. He'll be taking the BIG exam very soon to finally be certified as an EMT. It's a long story as to why he's not already certified, so I'll spare you the details. At his last pacemaker check up, they discovered a rapidly malfunctioning lead wire going into the upper chamber of his heart. Fortunately, it's the "least necessary" lead so he can afford to just let it be until his battery change surgery. We expect that to happen in a year or so. Other than that, he's just being the great husband and father we know and LOVE!

Not much new with me. We're slowly winding down our school year and looking forward to our vacation in May. I'm still counseling at the Agape Pregnancy Help Center and also serve on the board. Right now, we are working diligently on our annual fundraising banquet.

Cheyenne is growing up so fast! She's fourteen and finishing her 8th grade year. She has finished all of her subjects except for Algebra 1 and Grammar and Composition II. Since she's done well this year and has been diligent in her work, we allowed her to take on a part time position at our friend's resale shop for children. She is SO excited to have this job and being able to earn some extra money. She also enjoys working with her friends. She's still playing the piano. Her former piano teacher moved away (we miss you Kim), but the Lord provided another teacher for her very quickly. Her good friend, Shelley, is teaching her. They happen to be the same age. Cheyenne was glad that Shelley was willing to teach her and it's working out well.

Celeste (11) is as sweet as ever. She's my little helper bee and is always willing to serve the family. She's also had a good schooling year, but still has most of her subjects to finish up. Her strong subject is Math. She's advancing fairly quickly through it and next year will be taking Algebra 1 as a 7th grader. The girl loves numbers and absolutes like her dad! She pitches in with schooling Seth in his math at times. She's also discovered a passion for cooking and baking this year and wants to attend culinary school when she's older. Isn't she already attending culinary school? ;-)

Sethman (5): He's great! His interests include anything Star Wars and sword fights with the Russell boys. He's done a wonderful job with Kindergarten this year. He's reading well and jammin' right through math. Another math junkie so far. He flew through his Kinder math book and is about half way through the first grade math book. We'll just keep him going in it through the summer. He's also a VERY helpful little boy. One day, while he was supposed to be in bed for rest time, he went to Sophia's room, where she also was supposed to be having rest time, and decided to help her out of a bind. She got a round brush all tangled up in her hair, so, he thought he'd help her out by CUTTING the brush out of her hair!!!! about busted! In the meantime, we're having fun trying to come up with creative hair styles to cover the missing chunks in Sophia's hair. We love him so.......

Sophia (4), is a pretty neat kid. She LOVES to play dress up and is convinced that she is a real princess. She is doing pre-K stuff this year. We just started her in Phonics Pathways and is enjoying it. Our goal is to speed her up some so that in the next year or so, she and Seth can do much of the same work. Subjects like History, Science and Logic. She also recently learned how to ride her bike without training wheels. She is SO excited about that.....can't keep her off the bike when we're outside.

Chloe is 2 1/2 now. We're thinking about potty training her and thinking about taking her binky away from her. Yes....just thinking about these things! Some day we'll decide, but for now, I'm comfortable with the thinking phase. Other than that, she enjoys hanging out with her siblings, pretending to "do school" with the big kids and talks about her friend Abby all the time.

Little Man Ethan is 9 1/2 months. He's taking several steps and will be walking fully any day now. He doesn't like food much and will probably nurse until he's five, but he's a big, healthy boy! He's a joy to our family and we look forward to seeing him grow into a young man!

So, I think that covers everyone. Just remind me if I've missed a kid. ;-)

Monday, March 12, 2007

My Girls, My Heros

choose ye this day whom you will serve!

I'd just like to share with you about how much I appreciate my older girls. Of course, I appreciate and love ALL of my children, but this post is reserved for Cheyenne (14) and Celeste (11). I've always said that God knew I needed the two older girls to help me manage all of the younger ones. We say it with a joking connotation, but most days, there is so much truth in the statement. Today was no exception.

Over the past couple of weeks we've had a string of illnesses pass through most of the kids. The one it affected the most, of course, was baby Ethan. It's impossible for a 9 month old baby to sleep with a congested head and a nagging, he didn't......which meant WE didn't.

After several nights of almost no sleep, the dynamics of our household had become a bit short-tempered and irritable. Okay, MOM had become short-tempered and irritable, mostly just the days Daddy was at work.

Cheyenne and Celeste have always been huge helpers in my life and they always seem to find unexpected ways in which to minister to Momma. Chey is really good about offering to watch the little ones so I can lie down for a bit. Celeste is always good about secretly setting up my foot bath massager while I'm putting the little ones to bed. Then, while my feet are soaking, she'll rub my shoulders or brush my hair.

Once again, they both managed to show me the love and service of Jesus while I was having a difficult/tired morning. Ethan actually slept all through the night, which was GREAT, however, the storm kept me up for several hours. Nonetheless, I felt pretty good and was geared up for a great day of schooling (even during spring break).

Well, as soon as Ethan woke up, he fussed and fussed and fussed. This usually doesn't bother me, especially since I know he just doesn't feel well.  But today, I just didn't have it in me to cope with all of the fussing and whimpering.......for hours.

He wasn't happy playing and he wasn't happy being held. He didn't quite know what he wanted, he just knew he didn't feel well. I decided to put him to bed hoping that he just needed a nap. That didn't work. At this point, I'm on the verge of tears out of sheer exhaustion, so I put him back into his crib and flopped onto my bed.

He just cried and cried. So I prayed and prayed! I prayed that the God would give me what I needed to get through the day.

Just then, Cheyenne came into my room and said, "Mommy, would you like me to give Ethan a bath? That usually makes him feel better." I told her that that was a good idea and thanked her for taking him. Then, Celeste came in and immediately began to assist Cheyenne, and then went to get fresh clothes for Ethan. I heard Celeste tell the little ones to "play quietly so Mom can rest".

I can't tell you how blessed I felt at that moment. Just the mere fact that my sweet girls were ministering to me with a caring spirit, I suddenly gained a second wind and a renewed desire make this a joyful day. I thanked the Lord for blessing me with them and hopped out of bed, ready to be mom again.

They are so special and I am truly thankful for them. Not only are they sweet girls, but they were also setting a tremendous example to the younger ones by their sweet service. I hope and pray that our little ones will follow in their footsteps, not only by serving our family, but serving others as well.

Thank you, Cheyenne and Celeste for ministering to me in such a special way and helping me get through our "daddyless days" with joy! I love you!

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Family In Germany

Homeschooling In Germany.........

Stories like this one remind me to be thankful for the freedoms we have here in America to homeschool our children. Let's always remember to pray for the families in other countries suffering much persecution for simply being obediant to God's call.

Do you think the US (government) is heading in this direction?
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DICE Summit

I’m heading to Las Vegas again, this time for the DICE Summit. My first visit to that conf – should be entertaining. I was surprised to just notice that they want to charge people $35 for a ticket to the awards ceremony. I heard that it usually sucks? I wonder if the price is included in my DICE pass. Hmm.
Wow, I also just noticed that they don’t want you to download the “DICE Summit” image on the front page of www.interactive.org. What the hell is up with that? If I really want it, I’ll just screen-grab it instead. Try right-clicking on it. Paranoia.
I’m considering hooking up my EyeToy as a webcam (see pic) and bringing it with me to point out hotel room windows while travelling. Gotta write a few scripts to do that properly. For that matter, it might be taking a lot of pictures of dark cityscapes, since that’s the only time my laptop can be on and attached to the hotel network. Ah well, maybe I’ll think about that a bit more. 🙂


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Artist's depiction of SCP-990.

Item #: SCP-990

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Currently no containment for SCP-990 has been devised. Any personnel with suggestions for the containment of SCP-990 should report to Dr. ██████████. Any and all ideas are welcome, regardless of who suggests them.

Description: SCP-990 is generally a human male dressed in a Cold War era business suit who appears to Foundation personnel through dreams. Thus far no Foundation personnel have encountered SCP-990 in the real world; if he corresponds to an actual human being, we have yet to find him. Presently there have been no reports of SCP-990 appearing to non-Foundation personnel.

SCP-990 has been appearing to Foundation personnel since [DATA EXPUNGED]. SCP-990's existence came to light when several Agents discussed having dreams involving a similar individual. Numerous other Agents reported dream-sightings of an individual matching the description of SCP-990. The phenomenon did not officially receive SCP classification until the aftermath of event-990-07.

Event log 990-07:

Agent ██████ failed to report for duty at his assigned time. He was instead found in his quarters, asleep. Subject had been asleep for roughly eighteen (18) hours and all subsequent attempts to wake him were unsuccessful. Subject was transported to medical bay.

After over 40 hours of sleep, Subject awakened in a highly agitated state. Subject reportedly ran through the facility yelling loudly about "the end of the world". Even after being heavily sedated, all of his bodily functions remained in a dangerously accelerated state: increased heart rate, high blood pressure, etc.

Subject described a man matching the regular appearance of SCP-990. According to Dr. ██████████'s report, Agent described with great detail a series of events that would lead to several tactical nuclear missiles being launched into mid-Europe and eastern Asia, ultimately resulting in the extermination of nearly 98% of the human race and the total collapse of human society. Agent claimed that the information had been outlined to him by SCP-990 while he was trapped within his dream.

Mobile Task Force ██-█ was dispatched to eliminate the initial threat that would begin the chain of events. MTF ██-█ was successful and the crisis was averted. Agent ██████, however, did not survive his ordeal and died of shock-like symptoms.

Since Event-990-07, SCP-990 has appeared to many Foundation personnel and made similar threats. As of yet no situation on the scale of Event-990-07's has occurred; however, SCP-990 has successfully predicted the deaths of Doctors ████, ██████, and ████, as well as the destruction of Watch Station Epsilon-38, and [DATA EXPUNGED]. Any threat made by SCP-990 should be reported to Foundation authorities, regardless of its severity.

Foundation personnel are considered free to converse with SCP-990 if he should appear to them, and are encouraged to try to obtain information from the subject regarding himself. Additionally, Dr. ██████████ has stated that anyone who can determine whether or not SCP-990 has a corresponding body somewhere in the world will be well rewarded.

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The following is an interview conducted between Dr. ██████████ and SCP-990. Although the interview was not recorded until Dr. ██████████ awoke, his memory has historically been highly accurate and reliable.

Dr. ██████████: State your name.

SCP-990: Are you trying to conduct an interview?

Dr. ██████████: Yes. Is that all right?

SCP-990: Sure, I'm game.

Dr. ██████████: Please state your name.

SCP-990: How about Tony?

Dr. ██████████: Tony? Your name is Tony?

SCP-990: I believe a person has the right to be called whatever they want to be called.

Dr. ██████████: Very well then, Tony it is.

SCP-990: Actually, I changed my mind. How about Richard?

Dr. ██████████: That's fine with me.

SCP-990: Richard it is. What's the next question?

Dr. ██████████: Why do you threaten Foundation personnel?

SCP-990: Threaten? Who's making threats?

Dr. ██████████: You've predicted a number of unfortunate events involving the Foundation, including the end of the world.

SCP-990: And has any harm actually come of it?

Dr. ██████████: You murdered Agent ██████.

SCP-990: [after a long pause] Doctor, I believe you have the wrong impression about me.

Dr. ██████████: How so?

SCP-990: I'm not the bad guy here.

Dr. ██████████: I wasn't aware that there was a "bad guy" involved.

SCP-990: Oh, there is.

Dr. ██████████: Who?

SCP-990: [another long pause] SCP ██████████.

Dr. ██████████: There is no SCP with that designation, and there won't be for some time.

SCP-990: Well of course not. She hasn't even been born yet, much less classified by your Foundation.

Dr. ██████████: Is this another prediction?

SCP-990: This is your wake-up call.

At this point Dr. ██████████ was awakened by his alarm clock and proceeded to transcribe the interview.

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Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection

Scofield Thayer was the publisher of The Dial, the famed literary magazine from the 20’s that featured such luminaries as Thomas Mann, Virginia Wolf and T.S. Eliot. He also came to Europe to be psychoanalyzed. “Obsession: Nudes by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso from the Scofield Thayer Collection” is the title of the exhibition at The Met Breuer. Is it possible to jump to the conclusion that analysis afforded a degree of disinhibition that resulted in Thayer’s “obsession” with the female body? And whose obsession is the show ultimately referring to, Thayer’s, those of the artists he collected, or both? The works that comprise "Obsession" particularly in the case of Klimt and Schiele are not merely women in a state of undress. They’re wanton, languorous figures who are frequently portrayed with their legs spread and masturbating. The project of portraying female sexuality and creating a harem of models who are willing to go the route, as they did for Klimt and Schiele, might go unappreciated in an age that’s so sensitized to erotic politics. Of course, these are no more a Hustler photo shoot than Courbet's notorious "The Origin of the World" (though they're more provocative). Schiele’s “Die Traumbescaute” or “Observed in a Dream (1911) plays on what might be termed sexual hyperbole. And it derives from the flow and lability of the watercolor that's employed. The models pudenda is swollen and she’s depicted pushing her ample pubic bush to the side in order to display the bright orange of her vagina. The same orange appears on her nipples. A similar juxtaposition between the brazen content of the image and formal technique occurs in Klimt’s “Water Serpents II (Women Friends)," l904-7, in which masturbation and lesbianism are countermanded by a rigorously decorative element. "Reclining Nude with Outstretched Left Arm," (1903-4) is one of 50 prelimary sketches for this work that's displayed. Speaking of Freud, the unapologetic sexuality and the uncompromising portrait of the body with all its imperfections recall the much later work of Lucien Freud, the grandson of the eminence grise who haunts this whole show. But what’s going on, institutionally, as least? Having an exhibtion like this is a little like Trump meeting with Kim Jong-un and thereby giving credibility to the DPRK. On the one hand the current zeitgeist mitigates against the exploitation of women by male artists and on the other “Obsession” gives it free rein. Artists who explore the limits of eroticism are always walking a fine line no matter what the age and actually Schiele appeared before a judge who sentenced him to 24 days and also incinerated one of his drawings. The Met has come down on the side artistic expression in the case of Balthus whose work was the subject of protest by those who demanded that disclaimers be posted alongside the artist’s work. But there’s definitely a double standard with painters of another era receiving exemptions due the distance in time. It’s a little like Pompeii, which was once off limits to women and where now all comers are admitted.Thayer employed  some of the most well-known dealers of the day, amongst them Paul Rosenberg in Paris and Alfred Fleuchtheim in Berlin, and ended up acquiring over 600 works including “Erotic Scene” (1903) from Picasso’s Blue Period which is also represented here and which depicts the artist’s own sexual initiation. By the way Thayer paid 60,000 Kroner or $60 dollars for “Observed in a Dream” which would be $741 today. Not a bad investment. Sotheby’s sold a Schiele called “Houses with Colorful Laundry” for over $40 million back in 2011.

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The Troll’s Peeps from the Peeps: Church

Loyal reader “Rommel” sends us to church today – and Lord are we thankful for it!!!!

He writes: “Teeny, check! Small teeters, check! Bad skin, check! Fucked in the ass inside a church, check!”

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Wolf Creature Fucks Young Skinny Asian Girl!

Ah. Look what we have here! Seems this skinny Asian is about to get an unexpected visit! Seeing this clip brought me fond memories of my time in the forests. I had heard about this white wolf creature. The lady trolls would all speak of his sexploits. They spoke of the dangers of wandering around Gobler’s Nook and Whisper Falls too late – for if they did then they would surely meet the miserable fate of rape by whitewolf! It’s all I heard. Every single day – same old tales. The way they’d talk about it, it was as if deep down they wanted to get paid a visit by this mythical beast. Needless to say, I waited, hidden, in Gobler’s Nook night and day and I never saw so much as a skinny dip let alone good old fashioned wolfrape.

No matter! Now, thanks to this clip – I can finally witness what I have longed to see for many years…and so can you! Heheheheheeheeeeeeeeeee!!!!

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Small Asian Teen Gets It is awesome. I don’t know where they find these little things, but god bless them. The 1:25 mark is where things really begin to get hot with this small Asian teen named Amai. Hope we see more of her in the near future.

2:05: “How does that taste?”…..

Puts cock in her mouth…

“Like of the taste of girls.”

And, cue cum spurting from my TrollCock.

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Jenna Goes To The Lady Doctor

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Asian Girls Make The Best Sounds When Fucked!

Do you wanna know what? I can cum to the audio on this one alone. In fact, it’s actually way hotter that way! Go on, try it! Close your eyes and play this…

…SEE?! It’s like she didn’t want you to, wasn’t it? And you didn’t care, did you? You took what you wanted! And I salute you, good sir.

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Britney Is Going To Do Anything And Everything

You may find this odd, but what really turns me on the most? Fucked up skin.

Please, allow me to explain. Who needs a perfect 10 to intimidate you and make you feel like they’re doing you a favor by letting you snuggle up beside them? Fuck those stuck up cunts and the false pedestals they stand on!

Now take a girl like Britney here. Here’s a girl who I can really get off to. The accessibly cute, young hometown ordinary naive little girl who I’d have a shot with in real life. And very fucked up skin-wise to boot. That’s the key element! And that’s why, as I sit here typing this, my fingers are sticking to the keys! Hehheeeee.

Enjoy her, especially when she spits and drools at 3:54. Yeah. That’s what I like, Britney. I like when you spit on my Troll Meat, you fucked-up-skinned little whore!

OH, and Sir in the clip, now that you’ve jizzed on that fucked up skin, get dressed and change the goddamn battery in that fire alarm! Every time that beep went off it sucked me right out of the moment. I had to start from scratch every time. Thanks for making me work for it, ya son of a bitch non-battery-changer.


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Wall Street declined amid early indications that the outcome of Italian elections calls into question the European Union's ability to lift itself from the sovereign debt crisis and recession.

Polls indicate that the vote in Italy, the euro-zone's third-largest economy, may have left the country with a split parliament. As Pier Luigi Bersani's centre-left coalition won control of the lower house, former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's party looked set to take the senate, which might jeopardise austerity efforts.

"What we don't want to hear is a renewed fear about a euro-zone fracture," Art Hogan, managing director of Lazard Capital Markets in New York, told Reuters.

In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.14 percent and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slid 0.29 percent. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.15 percent.

Europe's Stoxx 600 Index ended the session with a decline of nearly 0.1 percent, though the region's national benchmark indexes advanced as markets earlier welcomed Bersani's lower house victory on initial exit poll results.

The UK's FTSE 100 gained 0.3 percent as investors shrugged off Moody's decision, announced late Friday, to strip the nation of its top credit rating.

France's CAC 40 rose 0.4 percent, Germany's DAX advanced 1.5 percent, and Italy's key index climbed 0.7 percent-though at one point in the session it was 4 percent higher.

Signs of a potential Berlusconi grip on the senate accelerated after the markets closed. The euro gave up earlier gains of as much as 1 percent against the greenback, last trading 0.1 percent weaker at US$1.3176, while the yield of Italy's benchmark 10-year bond climbed four basis points to 4.49 percent, after earlier dropping as much as 28 basis points.

"The lower house is probably going to end in the centre-left but the senate is a close call and what we are seeing in the latest polls is that Berlusconi is doing better," Nicola Marinelli, who oversees US$180 million at Glendevon King Asset Management in London, told Bloomberg News.

"With no one having a majority there is going to be a lot of negotiations and it is not going to be a stable and strong government. When the first exit polls came out, Italian bonds pushed higher, but with the latest numbers everything is reversing rapidly."

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Detail form the doors of the Thian Hock Keng Temple

The other day I had a short wander around Chinatown. Not the usual streets around Chinatown MRT, like Pagoda, Mosque and Smith Street, but along Maxwell Road, Cecil Street and Telok Ayer Street. I love this part of Chinatown. There are loads of typical shophouses all well maintained, with small offices inside, a splattering of restaurants and eatng houses, some interesting shops, and some very historic temples, Mosques, and Chinese Clan houses.

Before land reclamation, Telok Ayer Street was actually the coastal road along the bay. Boats used to moor in Telok Ayer Bay waiting to get fresh water, carried by bullock carts, from a well at Ann Siang Hill, where you can still walk today.

It was the primary area set aside by Sir Stamford Raffles for the Chinese community and the main landing site for Chinese Immigrants. In this way it became one of the first streets in Chinatown and formed the backbone of development of the Chinese immigrant community in early Singapore.

Until the late nineteenth century, Telok Ayer Street was the main commerial and residential thoroughfare in Singapore, and many origunal buildings have survived. You can visit the oldest Hokkien temple, Thian Hock Keng Temple (1820s), which has some wonderful carvings and beautifully painted doors.

The Fuk Tak Chi Temple (1824), the oldest Chinese Temple in Singapore, has been converted into a museum. Inside you can view an interesting mixture of exhibits telling of the lives of the first immigrants. There is a model Chinese Junk, and this charming model of Telok Ayer Street which really gives you a feel of what it must have been like. Walk out the back of the museum and you will find yourself in a contrasting modern convertion of the area.

eastcoastlife said... @ September 10, 2008 at 4:43 AM

You should visit Thian Hock Keng Temple when it's holding festive celebrations. Very colourful, very interesting. :)

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That would be wonderful to see. Thanks for your comment ECL :)

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Fasil Back to Winning Ways

Fasil Ketema ended of their three game winless streaks with a narrow victory over Woldia in Addis Ababa Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.

The Ethiopian Football Federation suspended the Gondar outfit not to play one home game in Fasiledes Stadium as the Emperors forced to tackle Woldia in Addis Ababa.

In the Amhara derby, Fasil Ketema stared off the duel on a bright note as they dominated the proceedings in the opening minutes. Togolese import Edem Horousive’s goal bond header from Abdulrhaman Mubarak’s perfect cross struck the crossbar in the 6th minute. Woldia opted for a much defensive approach in the first interval as they struggled to create clear cut chances.

Minutes following the resumption, Yisak Mekuria headed home the much needed goal to put the Emperors ahead. Woldia failed to hit back their opponents as Fasil elapsed their three games losing streak in a style in front of a jovial and enthusiast fans.

The result leaves Fasil Ketema in sixth with 29 points as Woldia occupies 8th with 24 points.

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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Ethiopia Nigd Bank 1-2 Addis Ababa Ketema

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Fasil Ketema 1-0 Woldia SC

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15:00 – Mekelakeya vs. Hawassa Ketema (Addis Ababa Stadium)

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This simple yet chockful-of-goodness soap is made with my own hand-milked goat milk, local lard from a friend's sustainable small farm that I render myself, and a little coconut oil and of course lye - check out my "About Handmade Soap" page for why there is lye in soap.  I also add in some ground oats for some great skin-soothing, and some of our own raw honey, for extra moisturizing.  I love this soap - in fact I used to make this as a regular, non-goat milk soap, but then made a batch for a custom order and loved it so much I decided to convert my lard soaps to goat milk-lard soaps.  It is really moisturizing, cleans well with no residue, and has a great lather!

This soap is available in 2 oz dragonfly bars, regular 4 oz square bars and 2 different molded bars - a bee on a bed of flowers, or a rectangle with an Oat Stalk and the word "OATMEAL".  The bee is around 3.5 oz, and the Oats bar is right about 4 oz.  Both molded bars come packaged in a kraft brown paperboard box, while the simple square is hand-wrapped in brown paper and the little dragonfly is tucked in a hand-folded origami box with lid.

I handmake all my soap in small batches, 6 to 36 bars at a time.  If you have used a good handmade soap before, you know that it is a completely different creature than commercial soap, which can be so drying!  When soap is made by hand, the chemical reaction of oils with a lye solution forms the substances soap and glycerin.  A typical bar of handmade soap is roughly 1/3 glycerin!  This is a humectant, meaning it pulls water from the air - when on your skin, it literally moisturizes your skin by attracting water to it.  In commercial soaps, the glycerin is distilled and removed, and later sold back to you in a lotion, but in the "real thing", it is all one package.  I used to use lotions and moisturizers a lot, especially in the winter, but I virtually never use them anymore, other than some of my tallow body balm on my hands occasionally, and my lip balm or lip blush all year-round!

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Kumarakom- a cluster of little islands on the Vembanadu Lake, the largest backwater in Kerala, in Kottayam district. This charming Emerald peninsula, clustered in the ever flowing blue beauty-Vembanadu Lake- is undoubtedly the most amazing, mind catching, fascinating paradise in Kerala. The vembanadu kayal flourishes the mainland Lagoons, brookes, canals and water ways, all year, and thus Kumarakom is one of the main Back water tourism center in God's on Country, Kerala.The never ending paddy fields, incredibly gorgeous mangrove forests, meandering lagoons and backwaters, more than hundred varieties birds can calm your mind and these all makes Kumarakom, a pristine beauty, and is a very apt place for the newly married honeymoon couples to make thier love in the Emarald Beauty.

The back waters of kumarakom is famous for its rich marine life, which includes the exclusiveKarimeenKonjuNjandu and Chemmeen.

            The main economic activities here is the Fishing, Agriculture and of course Tourism. Kumarakom is famous for the large Paddy fields and for the Coconut groves. One can see Cocunut trees or palms leaning towards the kayal/Lake, and is also a great SNAP for a good PHOTOGRAPHER...! Also the smaller canals are often lined by hibiscus plants which lean partly over the canals to form a green canopy, from which hang the lovely hibiscus flowers.

After the Thanneermukkam bund was constructed, the tidal movement of the water in the canals stopped, and thus plenty of water hyacinths started growing densely in the canals, forming lovely green carpets with pale lilac flowers carpets. When flowers, this also becomes another eye-catching scenery.

Climate: Kumarakom has a tropical climate approximately round the year. This is a cool place over the full year with fresh gentle wind from the Canal and River sides. The rainy season is from early June to middle of August. November to March is regarded as the best months for a vacation over there.

Kumarakom is famous for its House Boats also. These are not used by the local people for their daily fishing and other jobs, these are exclusively for Tourists. Many Resorts and private peoples owns House Boats with very good facilities...(One can get House baots with 3 star or 5 star facilities-but the cost will be high...!). Local people uses KettuVallam for their daily uses. Small Canoes are also available for the local water transport.

Kumarakom Boat Race is another famous one which is always conducted in the Onam season (September)...

Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary/Vembanad Bird Sanctuary is situated on the banks of Vembanad Lake. Spread over 14 acres in area, this sanctuary is a paradise for Bird Watchers and is a favourite haunt of different species of migratory birds. Nicely placed Foot paths are made in this santuary. Also one can use Simple canoes for seeing the santuary, and is very cheep for a 2 hour journey. The journey will start from the very entrance of the sanctuary.

Good facilities for the accomodation and food are available here at Kumarakom. Home Stays are available. Many Resorts have their own House Boats and Ayurvedic Massage Parlours.

Hotel Golden Waters Retreat: It is a Five Star deluxe hotel with 28 rooms. Fully air conditioned rooms with direct dial comfort, color televisions with cabled connections. For the entertainment of the guests there is the swimming pool, speedboats, water-skies, backwater cruises, fully equipped ayurveda centre with trained practitioners.

Hotel Kumarakom Lake Resort: Is a five Star deluxe hotel with approximately 40 rooms. All the Amenities like 24Hrs room service, running hot and cold water, Direct dialing facility with STD and ISD, water sports, Sunset cruise, Cultural programmers, Ayurvedic centre, Village outing etc.

Waterscapes: It is a beautiful resort and has nearly 40 cottages. All the basic facilities like attached washroom with the shower, cable facility with color television, Swimming pool, Cab on rent, money changing facility, Ayurvedic centre, meeting halls, boating, arrangement for backwater tours and visiting the attractions around.

How to reach:

Nearest Airport is Cochin International Airport and the nearest railway station is Kottayam.

One can use the public boat service from Muhamma (near Alappuzha) to Kumarakom Jetty.
Kumarakom is just 16 kilometres away from Kottayam town. Buses and taxis are easily available at all times of the day from Kottayam.

*Please don't put/throw plastic bottles in the Canal, River side, or any where in the water. Plastic bottles and sheets are very much harmful for the life in water.
*It is better to take the Canoe trip to the sanctuary in the evening or early morning to avoid the afternoon sun.
*Please don't forget to eat the homely food "Karimeen Pollichathu with Kappa and pure

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    What an amazing Science week we have had this year. It all began on Monday when we went to Clubby fields to take part in a litter pick, we found so much we had to get Mr James to fetch his pick up to help us get it back to school. For the rest of the week we learnt all about the damage and harm plastic is causing to our oceans and planet as a whole. The children found this really interesting and they were highly motivated all week. Thank you to Mrs Cooper for organising such a great week.

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1. On Generalized Some Inequalities for s Convex Functions

    Mehmet Eyup Kiris1, Naki ÇALTINER2

    1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Arts, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. E-mail address: kiris@aku.edu.tr.
    2. Institute of Science, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. naki.caltiner@gmail.com.

    Abstract: In this paper, a general integral identity for differentiable mapping is derived. Then, we extend some estimates of the right hand and left hand side of a Hermite- Hadamard-Fejér type inequality for functions whose first derivatives absolute values are s convex. Some applications for special means of real numbers are also provided. The results presented here would provide extensions of those given in earlier works.

    Keywords: Hermite-Hadamard-Fejer inequality, Trapezoid inequality, convex function, s – convex function, Hölder inequality.

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  2. Common Fixed Point Theorem under the pair of T-Zamfirescu Mappings in Cone Metric Space

    R.S. Chandel1, Hasan Abbas2, Rina Tiwari3

    1. Govt. Geetanjali Girls College, Bhopal (M.P.), India. rs_chandel2009@yahoo.co.in.
    2. Saifia Science College, Bhopal (M.P.), India.
    3. IES,IPS Academy, Indore (M.P.) India. rina.tiwari71@gmail.com.

    Abstract: In this paper we find sufficient conditions for the existence of unique common fixed point for pairs of T-Zamfirescu contraction mappings.

    Keywords: Fixed Point, Complete Cone Metric Space, T-Zamfirescu Mapping, Subsequentially Convergent.

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