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- Find a Trail - My TrailLink - Explore Trails - About Us - Get Involved To reach the Imeson Road trailhead from downtown Jacksonville, take I-10 west to Exit 356/I-295 North and head up I-295 to Exit 9/Commonwealth Avenue. Drive west on Commonwealth about 1 mile to Imeson and turn right. The marked trailhead is on the left. To reach the Brandy Branch Road trailhead, take I-10 west to Exit 343/US Highway 301 and head north to US Highway 90. Turn left, drive west about 2 miles then turn right on Route 121/Brandy Branch Road. The marked trailhead is on the right. City of Jacksonville 555 West 44th Street Jacksonville, FL 32208 Tried the trail for the first time in July...hot! What a nice trail! Be very careful at road crossings. Great facilities and interesting stops along the way. We road the entire trail from east to west and back (28.4 miles). The first 3.7 miles were along power lines and open in the sun. The remainder of the trail was nice and shaded. Very flat and easy for anyone. Great place to bike and also take the dog! This is a lovely, well-kept trail that is heavily shaded, a nice way to get some exercise and stay out of the sun (for the most part). Rode it twice during a recent stay in the area and loved it. Woods and farmland, lovely. Awesome 29.5 miles I walked this trail before but started from the Jacksonville end. This time I started from the Baldwin end of the trail. In your picture (view) you do mention an address for the Baldwin end the correct address is listed on the board as 89 Brady Branch Rd. The trail was even more quite and had more wilderness than the Jacksonville side. The bench at the 8.5 mile had a broken frame and a missing trek slat on the seat, but was okay to sit on. I will most likely return to the Jacksonville-Baldwin Trail it was enjoyable to walk it from either end. I started off from the Jacksonville parking area which has large parking spaces. I walked about 4 miles toward Baldwin about a mile and a half past the electric grid and back. About 3 and a half mile in there was a stench in a couple places that smelled like dead animals. The walk was very pleasant and peaceful, although you do cross some roads but they are not busy at all, no noise and very woodsy feeling but very straight clean and well maintained. There was also trees on both sides that provided some decent shade from the sun. Although there was mostly bikers everyone was friendly and courteous. Great place. Specially near Camp Milton. I just purchased my first bike in 30 years and decided to go to the Baldwin end of the trail to try it out. Unfortunately, it was only two days after Hurricane Matthew tore through the area and it definitely showed on the trail, it was a real mess. I did buy a mountain bike and I really needed it, because this felt like it was an off-road trail with the amount of sticks and leaf litter on the trail. Less than a quarter mile from the parking lot, a HUGE tree almost completely blocked the trail. I was able to get under it and continued to the old train station. Since this was my first ride in a very long time, I decided to turn around and head back. I would DEFINITELY want to return later after they finish cleaning it up and ride it again. This is a great Trail!! Very well maintained, scenic and a great place to ride!! This trail is perfect for beginner to advanced riders; great for a family excursion without much traffic to look out for. I like to keep it in the rotation for days when I need fast, flat, and uninterrupted mileage. We rode our bikes on this trail for the first time on a Saturday afternoon around 75 degrees. Couldn't have asked for a better day. There were leisurely bike riders (us), fast cyclists, dog walkers, rollerbladers, walking families with strollers, and everyone we encountered was nice & respectful, keeping to the right for faster passerbys. The parking lot has security cameras, trash bins, & restrooms. The trail has mile markers and 5 miles down there is a stopping point with restrooms. There are benches every couple of miles & most of the trail is shaded. The scenery is nice, though u will pass a few derelict trailers & monster trucks. Today we saw cats, dogs, cows, bulls with horns, little pigs, donkeys, turkeys, squirrels, & 1 unsuspecting rabbit :) We did 5 miles & came back but at the 5 mile stopping point there is a map that shows a town if you continue on for 5-6 miles that has ice cream shops & restaurants. Hoping to return to this trail soon. Great ride in Feb. Started at Camp Milton. Plenty of parking, adequate restrooms are a ways from parking so don't plan on changing there. Lots of shade from evergreens make this shady even in the winter. Lots of deciduous trees too so probably deep shade after the trees leaf out. Didn't spot any wildlife beyond squirrels and birds. Easy ride west for 10 miles. Not much traffic. Lots of geocaches too! Hope to get out on a later trip to do Camp Milton into Jacksonville. My wife and I rode this trail on February 28, 2016. It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and the temperature was 60-65. We parked at Camp Milton. We try to find a middle point to park at when riding longer trails. This way if there is a problem with one of our bikes, the distance back to the car is limited. Although with two people someone could always go get the car and drive it back to where the bike broke. We only rode west, from Camp Milton to Baldwin and back. We did not go east of Camp Milton. The trail is asphalt and very smooth. We wore long sleeve t-shirts because we were in the shade most of the trip. (BTW. I rode a mountain bike and my wife a hybrid. Casual riding.)The were more people on road bikes than any other mode of transportation. All the riders announced themselves before passing us. We will definitely go back and ride the other part of the trail. I don't remember if there were restrooms at Camp Milton. There were restrooms at the Baldwin parking lot, and an portable restroom in the parking lot at the end of the trail in Baldwin. We saw a turtle, horses, birds, people riding motorcross, and chickens. Because of the length of the trail I would say its worth the trip. I live in Central Florida and it was a 2 hour drive to this trail via I-4/I-95. The Imeson Road trailhead was easy to find...just of the I-295/Commonwealth Ave. Exit. Restrooms and plenty of parking at the trailhead. The first two miles were a bit uphill and bordered by power poles and 1/2 acre residential lots. Eventually, the trail leveled out, the power poles disappeared and the landscaped transitioned to woods or open agricultural areas. Water and restrooms are located at the 5.7 mile marker at the Camp Milton Rest Area and at the 12.4 mile marker at the Baldwin Station Rest Area. This is the place to get off the trail to find stores or restaurants about 3/4 miles to the south on SR 90 (Beaver St). Next time I come to this trail, I will use the Baldwin Station as my turn around point instead of biking the extra 2.1 miles to the Brandy Branch Road Trailhead. My husband and I rode the trail today. The weather was perfect! 60 degrees! Very little traffic on the few cross streets, mostly curtious people on the trail, and well kept. Highly recommended! 5 of 5 stars review Some reviews here are a little outdated regarding facilities. There are now cameras installed at the Imeson parking lot and a very helpful fellow explained that there haven't been any more vehicle breakins that he knew of. We had absolutely no problems. My camera battery died, or we would have had more pictures of the facilities. There are facilities and water at each end and at the 5.5 mile Camp Milton side trail. Possibly the nicest thing about this excellent trail how nice the people are. Almost entirely tree-lined, we rode in perfect comfort on what was a hot sunny day. We will make this a weekly ride. We started out late on Sunday afternoon around 4 30pm. Not expecting to finish before dark we were feeling determined. We stopped along the way to take some pics and water breaks. In the end we finished at 9pm. The last few miles were grueling as it has now become dark. I will plan better for our next time. It was so beautiful and serene. Felt like we had the whole trail to ourselves. Rode this trail for the third time yesterday, with plans to come back several more times while we are in the area. The scenery is relaxing and the wildlife abundant, including gopher tortoises. The thick canopy makes for a refreshing ride, even in the afternoon heat, and the long stretches without stop signs make for a good workout. Good trail of plain. Met the security rooster at the Imeson trailhead! I only rode to the 10 mile marker this last time. It was a great way to start a Sunday. I really do like this trail - people are otherwise friendly. Most say good morning. My only major concern, the gun shots you could hear in the distance. Whether or not someone was target practicing or not..it was a little disconcerting. Especially when a shot rung out and the top of the trees about 50 feet from me rattled. I think I am going to try out the Palatka - Lake Butler trail next Sunday. This morning was my first ride on any of the trails in the area. I picked this trail because it was close to my house and because of all the positive reviews. It was a very nice ride. Because I am just getting into riding, I wasn't sure how far I was going to ride and was very happy to see mile marker posts along the trail an 1/2 mile markers painted on asphalt. I started at the beginning and went to mile marker 5. May not sound like much but 10 miles on my first day out made me feel good. The trail was nice and peaceful. just enough people to not feel to isolated but plenty of time alone. Can't wait to go back again. Started at Imeson Road trailhead; at mile 5.7, a historic Civil War Camp just a short walk behind the bathrooms with very good informational signs. Earthworks are still in place. A great 28 mile round trip. What a Gem!! Started on Imerson and rode to the end on Blanding Trail and back, 3 hours of pure joy. Nice trail heads on each end of trail with restrooms, 2 more restroom facilities one at 5 a half miles from Imerson and then around the 12 mile, there are mile markers at each mile, lots of benches along the route, this is a great path! My first time on this trail and I had a very good time. Went from Jax till the Baldwin Railroad station (12.7 out of 14.5 miles).Very well maintained and clean. I did not see one piece of trash from start to finish. Will come again... Play "Animal Scavenger Hunt" as you breeze under the shaded Florida canopies! We had an awesome Bike Ride yesterday at the Baldwin/Jacksonville Trail. The entire trail is 14.5 miles journeying through the swamp, forests, wetlands, grassy plains, rural homes, small farms etc. The constant shift in scenery is stimulating and it's even more fun to count how much wildlife you saw! I joked that it was like playing Animal Bingo! The coolest thing I saw was an adorable baby armadillo sniffing around the grass about a foot from the trail. I was also amused seeing two cows bathing in a deep pond in the shady forest. It looked a little ominous with the dramatic lighting and reminded me of The Walking Dead. (Thankfully, no zombies were present.) I was surprised with how BUSY it was Sunday morning! There was spandex, helmets, and bikes with skinny tires galore in the parking lot. However, once you were on a trail you had a leisurely private ride all to yourself with numerous "Good Mornings" to other cyclists as they passed. When reading the reviews on this site it warned against car breakins, but it seemed like there was a constant watchful crowd by the parking lot so I wasn't worried. Because of the Florida summer heat, and because we were wussy, we did not finish the entire trail. We stopped midway by Camp Milton. Camp Milton Historical Preserve is the site of an important battle of the Civil War, but to be honest with you there wasn't much to see. At that halfway point there is also clean bathrooms, water fountains, and two picnic tables. We rode on the little trail off by the bathrooms to explore Camp Milton. Just meandering around Camp Milton wasn't terribly interesting but it was something new to explore and it was free. I can't wait to go back and ride along the other half of the trail towards Baldwin and see what other animals we find and reward ourselves with some Dreamette icecream upon completion! A great ride with very few intersections. This trail truly takes you away from this hustle and bustle of Jacksonville. The length of the trail is perfect. Round trip is close to 30 miles..The road will well maintained, beautiful homes along the way, canopy trees...cows, horses...Great get away and exercise.... Courteous fellow bikers, nice shaded paved trail with lots of benches,and a bathroom facility along the trail. The only downfalls are the parking if you don't get there early enough the parking lot is FULL and you might want to bring a roll of toilet paper, the bathrooms aren't stocked very well, there was none in either facility at the head of the trail today. Get there early or you'll struggle for a place to park! The trail is paved and mostly shaded. There are benches along the way for you to take a break if need be, courteous riders/walkers/joggers and beautiful scenery along the route. We happened along a grazing set of bulls on the trail unfenced but they didn't care that we were there and kept on about their business, I will post a photo!!! All in all well worth the drive from anywhere to ride this trail, we will definitely be returning! The Jacksonville trail head is easy to find. Even though my GPS kept trying to dump me on the Baldwin end, I just found Imeson Road and looked for the sign. The parking lot was full at 8:45am. I found a grass spot and unpacked my bike. The trail head is very basic -paved parking spots, trail guide sign and mens/womans restrooms. The trail is wide, smooth, even has mile markers - a nice touch. Passing mile marker 1 I felt fatigued and anxious. Am I THAT out of shape?? Then I realized I was on an incline. Being an old railway, the inclines are so gradual you don't notice them but your legs will. As soon as I got past that first peak suddenly life got better. I love those long, smooth sweeping curves - no blind spots! Within 20 minutes I found myself riding in the total shade. Even on this hot sweaty August day the air was surprisingly comfortable under the dense canopy. It's been a wet summer so the drainage ditches on each side of the trail were full of water - and mozzies! If you ride this trail after a heavy rain, bring plenty of repellent or ride like the wind!! The rest area at the Camp Milton Historic Preserve fork is delightful! There's a cement pad with picnic table, groomed grass area, clean restrooms and ICE COLD water in the drinking fountains! There are only a few street crossings on this trail and the rural roads were never busy. The morning crowd was mainly comprised of spandex suited marathoners shooting swiftly past me. They glided along singly and in long strings. I was a little disappointed at the number of empty drink bottles this crowd drops in a single day. As the sun got high in the sky the mix of people changed. I passed a senior couple holding hands taking leisurely stroll, a delightful chap in flip flops riding a beach cruiser with an umbrella strapped to the bars. I was amazed at the variety of people I met. The Baldwin trial head and adjoining park has something for everyone. Both covered and open picnic areas, playground, skateboard park, and a tourist shop that was closed at the time. Conspicuously absent was the big city crowds you find at parks in larger cities. If you like a quiet, relaxed atmosphere the Baldwin trail head is a good stopping off spot. I rode a few blocks north to "Everybody's Restaurant". This quaint little breakfast diner is chocked full of nostalgia, good food and southern hospitality. You'd be hard pressed to spend over $10 per meal. Their cheeseburger plate really hit the spot for me. Overall I was very satisfied I took this ride and I will do it again soon. This being my first 30 mile round trip ride ever, it was surprisingly stress free due to the smooth flat paved trail. I would recommend this ride to anyone who loves to enjoy nature in peaceful quiet surroundings. With the exception of the shooting range I passed by, I mostly heard birds singing, leaves rustling and water trickling - very relaxing. Trail is great but car car was also broken into at the Imeson Rd parking area in the middle of the afternoon with a crowded parking lot. Will not go back again. The trail itself was just a paved path unlong the trees which sheltered from the sun. Good for those riding with children and/or disabled persons. I parked at the camp milton parking lot to access the trail. my vehicle was broken into while riding. Glass smashed in. Reported it to authorities. I was told that several robberies has happened there and surrounding area(not sure at the parking lot at baldwin park enterance). Just ran "burlary camp milton jacksonville" through the search engine and found a posting on a forum dating back to 2008 stating the same thing happened, car robbery. I really think that this place is not a safe place to take a bike ride.... I don't know that I would drive for hours to get to this trail, but it is definitely worth a drive if you're local. I live in Jacksonville and have used the trail many times. It is decently kept, there is a bathroom and water fountain built at an old train station a little farther than midway from the Jax end of the trail. There are porta potties and parking at the jax and baldwin trail ends. The main selling point for me is there are only 2 or 3 street crossings so it there is no traffic to contend with and the scenery is decent in general, but actually very nice as far as Jacksonville goes. Scenery wise, there are horse and cattle farms along the way, and lots of tree cover. The trail is flat for the most part, there are a few slight hills that work your legs if you're used to the usual flat jacksonville stuff, but it's an easy ride. I've taken road bikes, mountain bikes, and even an 3 speed in-hub french number from the 60's on this trail and they all got me through with ease. There aren't many places nearby to eat so I'd pack some snacks. My husband and I rode this trail last weekend. We started at the Balwin Trailhead, went west and then turned and rode to the east to the end. Great trail. Not much traffic to contend with. In riding many other trails around the state I would say that this one needs more covered places to stop along the way. There were benches but few picnic table/covered areas. Unfortunately we got caught in a thunderstorm and rode the last 7 miles in heavy rain. The only wildlife sighting we had were 2 black snakes sunning themselves on the trail. Overall, a nice trail. We rode this trail last week (April 2009). It was wonderful. No congestion, cool and absolutely beautiful! The best yet! My wife and I have ridden thousands of miles on this trail. It is beautiful, with a tree canopy covering probably 75% of it. We have seen squirrels, rabbits, snakes, deer, longhorn steer,turkeys, pheasants, cattle, birds of every kind, vultures, eagles, goats, turtles....it's like a visit to the zoo! The trail is blacktopped and very smooth. It is maintained by the City of Jacksonville, and they blow off debris every day. "I thoroughly enjoyed this trail, along with my granchildren whose father is in the Navy and stationed here. I have a question for the person who reviewed the trail on 4-25-2006 titled wow wow wow. You encouraged someone to maintain this nice trail. To whom were you addressing this comment? My question to you is - what are you doing to help maintain trails in whatever area you live? Most trail maintenance is done by volunteers. " "I'm new to the whole hiking and biking trail experience and the jax-baldwin trail has put a good impression on me. It was easy to find, all the other cyclist smiled back at me, and there was plenty of parking. Very, very beautiful. We're privelaged to have something like this in young jax. only one suggestion: please maintain this trail." "The directions to the Baldwin trailhead In this directory are ""[Baldwin Trailhead and Park: From Jacksonville, take Interstate 10 west to Exit 50 (new Exit 343) for US 301. Head north on US 301 (toward Baldwin), continuing through Baldwin to the trailhead]"" would be continuing through Baldwin turn just West of where 301 turns north again. If you turn north on 301 you will not see it. We had asked and noone knew where it was. We saw where it crossed 301 and so first went East and then West and found it. It was 25 miles round trip and a beautiful ride, mostly canopied with trees. There is a new park going in about 5 miles east of Baldwin. New FLUSH bathroom in with country cabin look and knotty pine interior! BEAUTIFUL. Big park going in behind that. All adjoining the bike path. Thanks for the help in finding Rail Trails. We love them." "The trail is lovely. The Baldwin trailhead is very nice - but finding it is difficult. The trail website states ""Head north on US 301 (toward Baldwin), continuing through Baldwin to the trailhead"" The trailhead is located Center St N. As you are traveling north on 301/90 turn left on Center St N; follow until it ends. You'll see the park and just follow the raod around until you get to the parking lot. Once there, you'll really enjoy the trail. "I've ridden this track many times, but have not seen any deer. Today I got out early, riding by 8:00AM and saw a bunch. Have Fun and Keep Riding!!" "We live in Hattiesburg Mississippi and are fortunate to have one of the best Rails to Trails in the country, Long Leaf Trace, so yes, we are spoiled and are sometimes disappointed in trails we've visited but not this one. It's a beautiful trail that has plenty of nature and a nice wide track. We're use to seeing a lot of deer, turkeys, squirrels and rabbits on our trail here in south MS. We saw several snakes and some awesome-huge grasshoppers on the Baldwin trail! This trail wasn't real busy either, we only saw one fellow cyclist, it was threatning rain though. The only suggestion we would like to make to the managers of the trail is to please post some signs marking the trail entrances from the highway and the small city streets. We had to stop twice and ask if we were heading in the right direction. If we hadn't, we would have never found the trail. We enjoyed our Baldwin ride when we got there!" "On our many outings on the trail we have seen deer, turkeys, foxes, hawks, rabbits and one rabbit in the process of becoming a hawk, at least part of a hawk. We have seen several coral snakes. You don't see these guys often. I have never seen one anywhere else but the zoo. We have seen wood storks, stilts and herons in the ditches on the road to the power plant, a worthy side trip. We have seen diamond back rattle snakes, timber rattlers, and pygmies. We have seen ribbon snakes, racers, rat snakes and moccasins. We have seen a huge variety of wildflowers and plants. It is a heck of a nature walk that many people miss because they are so focused on going fast." The Baldwin Trail is the premier trail in the Jacksonville Area. The trail offers postcard views and great areas for picnics along the trail. "This trail is really nice. It is close enough to my house so that I don't have to load my bike into my car and drive to the trail. I get on near the Imeson trailhead, so that makes it really convenient. We can ride the whole trail to Baldwin and then go to Everybody's Restaurant to eat dinner. This makes it a nice family outing, or we just take a picnic. Then, we just ride back home. e rode two weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon and saw three gopher tortoises, two deer, an alligator, several birds including a belted kingfisher, numerous squirrels and lots and lots of beautiful butterflies. Today we rode it and only saw two baby gopher tortoises, birds including our belted kingfisher that we saw the last time, squirrels and butterflies. Each trip you can expect to see different things. The canopy of trees really makes this trail something special. It is just gorgeous; you'll see quite a bit of wild flowers. I haven't tried the other rail-trails but, with this one so close to my home I am satisfied with it. I have ridden it several times and don't get bored with it. I could ride it everyday and count each time as a new adventure. I see a lot of people on the trail, on bikes, hiking, inline skates, horses, jogging, you name it. I am glad that they put something so nice out on this side of town. Besides the Jacksonville Zoo, this is about the only outdoor entertainment that we have in Jacksonville. Anyway, I could go on and on. So, just get out your bicycles or go buy one and hit the trail. You won't be sorry." "We tried the Jacksonville - Baldwin trail in mid September 2004 between hurricanes and tropical storms. It is a flat east-west 14.5 miles each way and we embarked from the Brandy Branch trailhead at the western most point. We were the only car in the lot and when we passed Baldwin we noticed an empty lot also. Did a round trip to the Imeson Road trailhead (3 cars) and only passed four other bikers. Surface of black top made for an extreemly smooth riding through fields and swamps with good foliage shade. The surface was clean and tree debris from the storms were sawed away from the trail and removed. Grassy sides of the pathway were mowed and clean. This is a great path for viewing assorted wildlife including a huge cottonmouth moccasin sun bathing on the asphault (we didn't stop to visit). Deer, cows, chickens, hawks and occasional eagles abound as well as goats and the usual Florida native wildlife. If you plan to stop at one of the many benches thoughtfully set along the trail you should bring a good mosquito repellant during warm weather due to the swamp nature of much of the locale. Porta-potties are located at each of the three trailheads and midway is a first class his and hers pine panalled rest facility complete with stainless steel fixtures and diaper changing station. Quite impressive! All in all, this is the best longer ride in northeast Florida and similar in many ways to the Siver Comet trail in Atlanta. Go do it! You'll be glad you did. " "This is the fourth trail we have reviewed and it is the best so far. We started at the Baldwin Brandy Branch Road trailhead where the trail is mostly flat and well shaded. It is extremely well maintained with grassy banks on both sides that had been recently mowed. Most of the trail is shaded by a canopy of trees. As you get nearer to the Jacksonville end, the trail is less shaded and there are several cross roads. The trail is well travled by other bikers, joggers and in-line skaters and is apparently used by horses also. The Jacksonville and Baldwin trailheads feature ample parking lots. The Jax parking lot was full by the time we arrived there attesting to the number of users of this trail. " "This trail is perfect for everyone regardless of thier experience level. Ride, jog, walk or skate -- whatever your pleasure this trail will far exceed your expectations. The 10-foot wide trail allows for plenty of room for couple and group rides. It's mostly shaded and provides plenty of livestock viewing. Just make sure you don't run over any chickens and you will have a blast. " "This 14.5-mile long asphalt surfaced trail is a magnet for bikers and in-line skaters living in or near Jacksonville and Baldwin, FL. The trail boasts three dedicated trail user parking lots, a former railroad caboose, a restroom facility fashioned as a railroad station, a gated trail crossing over an active railroad line, safety signage at all street crossings, and much more. On the day of my visit the Imeson Road Trailhead parking lot in Jacksonville was full. However, the Baldwin and Brandy Branch Trailhead parking lots had one car each parked in them. The three parking lots are identically constructed and sized. Portable restrooms are located at the Imeson Road and Brandy Branch lots. The permanent restroom facility fashioned as a train station is located in Baldwin adjacent to a municipal park; that‘s where you‘ll find the old caboose as well. There’s also a working water fountain at the Baldwin Trailhead and Park. If you enjoy biking flat paved surfaces, or are an avid in-line skater, and don’t mind dealing with loads of street crossings, give this trail a try. Bring plenty of water in the summer though!" "This is one of my favorite trails. It is so relaxing. I have seen deer, foxes, rabbits and snakes. If you want to get a decent bike ride in without having to worry about traffic, this is the place to be! The trail is very well maintained. " "Pleasant and relaxing. A great trail for bikers, runners and skaters." "Jax->Baldwin is one of the best trails. The trailway is smooth and wide. There are no breaks in the asphalt. Sight distance is excellent. Leaving Jax, the trail cuts through sparsely settled gently rolling terrain. At 6 miles it crosses a stream (not potable). Beyond 7 miles, the trail enters a wooded section with considerable canopy overhead. This section is exquisite. There is a parking lot with water and potties at Baldwin (12.5 mi). The trail ends at FL 121 (14.5 mi). Use is variable, but the width of the trail makes even two-abreast safe." "Nice trail, use is developing nicely. Need more parking spaces at the Imeson Rd trail head at times (a good sign!)" "This is a wonderful trail. Very scenic, shady and friendly. Watch out for the cows that occassionally get out! Happy Trails! " "I'ved lived in Jax all my life, this is the best thing the city has done. If you ain't been on the trail you should try it, you'll love it! I hope the city will continue to maintain it. Lots of improvements could be made but I'm happy to have it as it is! Dennis " "The Jacksonville-Baldwin rail trail is a wonderful asset in a city that is already a pleasure to live in. I'm a resident of Jacksonville and have been riding the trail nearly every weekend for about a year and a half. It's a great way to relax and get some fresh air. The Jacksonville trail head is easily accessible via I-295. There's a great little diner about a quarter of a mile off the trail in Baldwin, so there's a nice mix of nature and civilized comfort. Try it. You'll like it." Thanks to the great folks who made this possible. This trail does not have any events yet. Be the first to add one! The S-Line Urban Greenway is a rail-trail that runs just over three miles. The Black Creek Trail parallels U.S. Highway 17, from Orange Park south to Black Creek Park near Lakeside, FL, just south of Jacksonville. Passing... Although the State Route 21 Multiuse Path is not scenic, as it closely parallels its namesake roadway, it does provide an important connection between... The Palatka-Lake Butler State Trail corridor stretches nearly 47 miles from State Route 238 in Lake Butler to west of US 17 in Palatka. Currently, 20... 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A couple vendor announcements I missed initially, so in case you did too they’re here. Plus a couple articles I enjoyed. According to a blog post at Goulet Pens, Lamy will only be distributing extra fine nibs in Germany and Asia. So unless you’re in those areas you better get them while you can. Well, assuming you match my preference for extra fine nibs. This is only for the steel nibs. Gold nibs, such as on the Lamy 2000 are unaffected. Nock Co. will be raising their minimum order for free domestic (US) shipping from $50 to $75. You have through June 4th to get your order in under the old minimum. I recently re-ordered some paper stock from them and upped my order a bit to get the free shipping (it’s not like I won’t use the paper). I remember thinking their cases are both more expensive and lighter than the paper products and it seemed like a good deal since $50 gets a lot of paper. Getting to $75 will mean even more paper, but like I said, it will get used. Maybe their paper products will join their cases at some retailers. I thought this post from Goodwriter’s Pens about Sheaffer pretty much summed up my view of older Sheaffers, and disappointment with modern Sheaffers. Although she’s much more knowledgable about the quality and operating mechanics of their filling systems. I love their vintage material and nibs, along with some of the older, but still modern materials and nibs. I also enjoyed this post about using index cards. I make use of a lot of index cards (and the previously mentioned Nock Co order including restock on the “good” cards. I don’t have anywhere near the system described. They’re mostly for short term notes/planning/brainstorming and end up in the trash after a few days.	{ "date": "2017-08-23T23:10:47Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886124662.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170823225412-20170824005412-00042.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9710918068885803, "token_count": 409, "url": "https://fpquest.com/tag/links-2/" }
Unlike my previous retro gaming posts on Doom and Re-Volt, Thief II: The Metal Age is not one I have played when it first came out, we can be sure therefore, that my opinions on it are not tinted with rose coloured spectacles. Thief II the Metal Age has just been re-released on Good Old Games.com, along with the first in the series “The Dark Project” I thought now was as good a time as any to give it a go. GOG do ensure that any games they sell will work on a modern computer and operating system before they sell them, even if it means shipping them with DOSBox, we can however do better as both games have received fan patches that mean they don’t just run, but run in resolutions suitable for a modern monitor without letterboxing and upscaling. The GOG forums have all the information you need, for the first game you need to go here and for the second have a look at this. Note that for the first one there is an additional step to get the briefing videos to work which can be found in the second post of the thread. Stealth is something that is rarely done right in video games, first there are the stealth levels shoehorned into other games Take Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, at one point there is a level which is an instant fail if a Stormtrooper sees you and reaches the alarm, you just see yourself in a cell and it fades to black and screams after an interrogation droid comes in. This is all despite the fact that there are less Stormtroopers in that base than you single-handedly killed in the first level of the game, near the end now you have your lightsabre and force powers there is no way they could capture you. The second thing stealth games get wrong is having them in a third person perspective, if the game is about sneaking round it seems a bit unfair to be able to see round corners using the magic of third person, it ruins the tension and turns it into a game of Pacman. In first person you have to use your ears, you have to use timing to to judge how far away the guard is. You can be wrong, leading to a frantic escape as you desperately try to escape the guard. And believe me you will have a lot of frantic escapes in Thief. I decided to play Thief II first, as I have read that it fixes some of the things that people disliked about the first game. The Metal Age is not a game for the impatient, it took me half an hour to do the first mission, not including the times I restarted, you have to wait in doorways and learn the guard’s patrol paths, which are not entirely predictable. You will be holding your breath and they walk by as you wait in the shadows, hoping they won’t see you. Of the three missions I have played they have been quite varied so far. The first was to break a servant out of a mansion for her lover, a friend of yours (and pick up a bit of gold while you were in there why not?). The second was a more straightforward job of your own devising, breaking in to a warehouse and stealing enough loot to pay your rent and the third, well lets just say it was a job that required a thief rather than a job of theft. The missions are introduced by brilliantly narrated briefings, rather than cutscenes or FMV artwork is shown to accompany this in a style that fits the steampunk setting perfectly. Of course most of the story (which I will not spoil for you) comes from reading notes and overhearing conversations while you go about your “business”. Difficulty levels are handled very well, and can be changed on a per mission basis, rather than increasing the heath of the enemies or the damage you take, it sets you different objectives or changes them to be slightly different. It might challenge you to get more loot, it might insist that you don’t kill anyone where on the normal skill level you are allowed to. Any instant fail scenarios are given in story explanations so they are not ridiculous like the Jedi Knight who is unable to escape capture by a handful of stormtoopers, it can be assumed that you escaped but you were detected and therefore not paid for the job as being discreet was one of the conditions of payment. When you finish the game (if? Games were not made to be easy back then, getting to the end was not just a mater of time) there is a fan made expansion available which from what I have read is very highly thought of (with brand new voice acting and new animated mission briefings) and I will almost certainly give it a go. Thief II: The Metal Age is arguably the best stealth game in existence and despite the fact that a fourth game has been anounced I am not sure we will see it’s like again, publishers don’t like risks, and another game like this would be a risk, just look at the 1999 mode that Bioshock Infinite is going to have, why isn’t that the normal mode? Because, making a game challenging, having a possibility of failure seems to almost be taboo these days… Thankfully GOG and fans of the series have made it possible to play these classics. Now if you will excuse me, my fence has set me up and though I escaped their ambush I now have to cross the city with the watch on my tail… Until now the only game I have played that got it right is Deus Ex (the first, not the third, which for some reason thinks it needs to switch to third person for stealth and that is even worse than just being third person the whole time), which considering that it is not considered a pure stealth game is quite an achievement. which as a thief you should not be doing anyway. Hit a man too hard and you can only rob him once…	{ "date": "2017-08-16T23:35:49Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886102757.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170816231829-20170817011829-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9764931797981262, "token_count": 1216, "url": "https://gamingandtechnetwork.com/2012/02/12/thief-ii-the-metal-age-retro/" }
Arm launched cortex A-12 & Mali- 622 mid range CPU & GPU filling the gap between Cortex A-9 & A-15. It is designed to replace the old Cortex A-9 while boosting upto 40% in performance.This will off course offer better battery life as the Cortex-A12 will initially be fabricated at 28nm instead of 40nm, and will be offered to manufacturers alongside a new Mali GPU (the Mali-T622) and video engine (Mali-V500) that promise further power savings of their own. The energy-efficient Mali-V500 video solution provides dedicated video processing and reduces system bandwidth requirements by more than 50 percent_[ii] compared to currently available solutions. The Mali-V500 is a multicore video solution, scaling from a single core capable of 1080p/60 encode and decode to multiple cores supporting ultra-high definition 4K at a blistering 120 frames per second. The Cortex-A12 will also support big.LITTLE configurations, allowing it to be installed alongside Cortex-A7 cores that will take over for low-effort tasks in order make further power savings. Big.LITTLE hasn’t really blown us away so far, at least not on the Octa-core Galaxy S4 ARM expects the Cortex A12 to be used in mainstream smartphones and tablets where cost and power consumption are a bit more important. The design makes a lot of sense, the only downside is its launch timeframe. ARM expects to be sampling Cortex A12 in late 2014 with the first devices showing up in 2015. Update: ARM clarified that SoCs based on Cortex A12 would be shipping to device vendors in mid-2014, with devices shipping to consumers by late 2014 to early 2015. ARM has optimized Cortex A12 processor packs at both Global Foundries (28nm SLP) and TSMC (28nm HPM).	{ "date": "2017-08-17T21:14:07Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886104160.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817210535-20170817230535-00482.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9063615202903748, "token_count": 390, "url": "http://www.incpak.com/tech/arm-launched-cortex-a12-and-mali-622-mid-range-cpu-and-gpu/" }
There doesn't seem to be a lot of discussion in forums such as this one about Smart Meter technology and where the industry is at this point. I know they are being implemented on the eastern portion of the U.S. My understanding is that there are health related concerns about them but to what extent I don't have personal knowledge. On the surface they would seem to be a logical choice for electrical energy savings. Does anyone have first hand knowledge on how the Smart Meter industry is developing? Just a quick primer on them: http://blog.sls-construction.com/2011/reading-your-electric-meter The RF concerns are way over baked - from Ben Stallings blog: http://blueboathome.com/EMF The utility here has installed smart meters for more than 95% of accounts. Apparently at some point in the near future we will have the ability to monitor our usage via the internet. I'm sure a few folks will embrace this, but most will barely notice. The main advantages will be to the utility, in terms of more accurate metering and remote monitoring/troubleshooting capabilities. Smart meters eliminated a whole lot meter readers and overhead for the utility. I have heard that when all smart meters are installed, the utilities will put everyone on (TOU) time of use. If you use energy at the wrong time, you will PAY. Also the current smart meters are not working out with a net metering arrangement, so the utilities had to go back to the previous (not so smart) meter used with a grid tied photovoltaic system until they work out the bugs. We have one on our house, love it. We can monitor use online in 15 minute increments although the data is about 2hrs behind "real time". Works great for instant feedback of what energy saving measures work and which ones don't. TOU rates are OPTIONAL in our area, our utility even offers a 1 year guarantee of rates being no higher than it would have been on standard rates. We signed up for TOU, it has saved us considerably. Our program offers 1/2 price power compared to standard rates during "off peak times". On peak is 2-7pm weekdays in summer months where rates are about 2.5x standard, all other times are considered off peak. Thanks for the reply, Bob. Could I talk you into posting a picture of it? We have had them here in San Diego Gas and Electric for some time now. They started rolling out a couple of years ago. They installed both gas and electric smart meters. They have a system called Energy Charts which came on board about the same time Google PowerMeter was killed. http://rede3.com/Why_Google_PowerMeter_failed.html There have been no problems and the system is up and running quite nicely Maybe interesting bedtime reading: Realizing the Energy Efficiency Potential of Smart Grid, by Me (I'd recommend the PDF link there if you're actually going to read the whole thing). As for health concerns, the majority consensus seems to be you're worse off with a cell phone, cordless phone, baby monitor, or microwave oven than you are with a smart meter. Some smart meters use the same GSM technology that mobile phones use. I won't claim this report from UTC is unbiased research, but it could be informative. In terms of industry development, they're well on their way to being pervasive in the US, despite hiccups and occasional poor communication from utilities. Italy and Malta both already have essentially 100% implementation, many other countries around the world are committing to large-scale roll-outs. Smart meters offer opportunities for both consumers and utilities to save energy. Real time monitoring of electric usage allows the grid to be operated at much tighter tolerances, resulting in greater efficiencies and reliability. This is all good for everybody. Besides the advantages of online monitoring and being able to monitor in real time the electric usage of individual appliances and systems, not every consumer is having a warm and fuzzy experience with their new smart meter in the central valley of California. In 2009 and 2010, I was active as a solar power consultant, typically performing at least three presentations a week to home owners. The presentation almost always included an analysis of their last 12 months electric usage. A significant percentage of home owners that purchased Photovoltaic systems from me were really angry because of their increased bills with their new smart meter. Their new smart meter was registering higher usage and their bills were often much higher, as much as 50% in extreme cases. It was not uncommon to hear of bill increases as much as 25% to 35%, even though the home owners were telling me nothing had change in the way they used electricity. As an experienced sales person asking homeowners fact finding questions, their reason for looking into solar was often the same on a significant percentage of my appointments. These home owners were looking into solar electric because of their frustration with their smart meter. They were highly motivated to lower their newly increased electric bill and maybe even more so they were angry enough that they wanted to stick to the man. There were enough home owners angry with their smart meters that I was seeing them on the local news venting their frustration on a somewhat regular basis. It was not to many months after these galvanizing local news stories started showing up that the utility in this area reduce their tier 5 rate down to a tier 4 rate and they called it summer relief. Until very recent, the rates had not been raised again. I personally saw my usage at home jump up significantly and my bills increased by 20% to 25% when they put a smart meter on. When I called the utility, all I got from them was that my original meter was antiquated and under registering the usage. It felt like they were telling me I should be grateful for my discounted electric cost prior to getting a smart meter installed. Now that’s some good spin. I might have believed them but I was meeting people sometimes almost weekly that were telling me the same thing and it was showing up on the news as well. TOU rates are an option here in the central valley. TOU can work very well for a young couple that leaves in the morning and returns in the evening to an empty house. I don’t believe TOU works nearly as well for an elderly couple or for someone home all day with an infant in the home that needs to keep their home cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Here in the central valley the highs in summer average around 98F and the lows in the winter average around 38F. I have heard from several sources that the utility will put everyone on TOU once the installation of smart meters has been completed. Whether or not they have an infant or an elderly person in the home. The key here is currently TOU use rates are currently option that work well for many, but soon they may be mandatory for all. In our area TOU is required to be "revenue neutral". This means a person bill under TOU and standard rates should be the same if the consumer doesn't change usage habits at all. Our utility will even switch you back to the standard rates AND refund the difference (up to a year) if you paid more under the optional TOU. Doing simple things like delaying laundry, dishwasher, etc is enough to make TOU worth it, even if you don't adjust the thermostat. OG&E encourages consumers to "precool" their house before 2:00PM, then raise thermostat until 7:00pm. I haven't thought about all the extra revenue OG&E is getting from eliminating all the old "slow meters", perhaps the payback for upgrading everybody to smartgrid will pay off for OG&E sooner than they thought.	{ "date": "2017-08-22T07:38:19Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886110485.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170822065702-20170822085702-00162.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.977506160736084, "token_count": 1604, "url": "http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/forum/topics/smart-meters" }
March 21, 2012 My name is William Calley, I’m a soldier of this land, I’ve tried to do my duty and to gain the upper hand, But they’ve made me out a villain, They have stamped me with a brand … The massacre of 16 Afghan men, women and children in Kandahar has, inevitably, recalled the My Lai incident in Vietnam. But it’s worth thinking through what the comparison tells us. In 1971, a military court found Lieutenant William Calley guilty of murdering Vietnamese civilians, a decision generally recalled by liberals as a tipping point in domestic opinion, a moment that Americans turned against the conflict. That’s not entirely false. But it ignores an equally significant phenomenon — the tremendous outpouring of support for Calley. The lyrics above come from 'The Battle Hymn of Lt Calley’, a spoken word track celebrating the lieutenant as an all-American hero. That’s right – a song recorded to laud the man who had ordered soldiers to open fire on unarmed civilians, forcing some of his victims to strip before they were shot; a man who’d later picked up a weapon and joined in the killing himself. Among other deeds, when a two-year old child escaped from the ditch in which his relatives were being massacred, Calley grabbed the infant, tossed him back into the trench and personally shot him. Historians now think as many as 500 people died at My Lai. They were overwhelmingly old men, children and women. Some were tortured before being killed. Women were gang-raped; bodies were mutilated, with the words 'C Company’ carved into their chests. So who wore the Free Calley stickers that proliferated in 1971? Where did this support come from? In a history of the 70s, the conservative commentator David Frum notes: Congressional liberals like Senator Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut joined with conservatives like Georgia’s Herman Talmadge to condemn the verdict … The governor of Indiana ordered all state flags to be flown at half staff for Calley. The governor of Utah criticised the verdict as 'inappropriate’ and the sentence as 'excessive’. Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia proclaimed 'American Fighting Man’s Day’, and urged Georgia motorists to drive all week with headlights on. The Arkansas legislature approved a resolution asking for clemency. The lower house of the Kansas legislature demanded Calley’s release from prison. So did the Texas Senate and the state legislatures of New Jersey and South Carolina. … Alabama Governor George Wallace visited Calley in the Fort Benning stockade and called on President Nixon to pardon him. Wallace then spoke at a rally in Calley’s defence at Columbus, Georgia, alongside Governor John Bell Williams of Mississippi. One poll showed that 78 per cent of Americans opposed the verdict, while a majority wanted Calley exonerated entirely. President Nixon, acutely keen to fan any backlash against the New Left, personally ordered Calley released pending appeal. Thus, in his book Nixonland, Rick Perlstein recalls how 'a man convicted by fellow army officers of slaughtering twenty-two civilians was released on his own recognizance to the splendiferous bachelor pad he had rented with the proceeds of his defense fund . . . complete with padded bar, groovy paintings, and a comely girlfriend, who along with a personal secretary and a mechanical letter-opener helped him answer some two-thousand fan letters a day.’ Nixon’s intervention meant that Calley, originally sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour, served only three years of house arrest, despite their never being any doubt about his guilt. In some ways, the killings in Afghanistan are quite different. Though much about the slaughter conducted in the Panjwai district of Kandahar remains obscure, U.S. Staff Sgt. Robert Bales seems to have been acting on his own behalf rather than undertaking the kind of officially-sanctioned mission in which Calley was involved. Thus, whereas General Westmoreland initially congratulated C Company on an 'outstanding job’, President Obama immediately issued an apology for the Kandahar massacre, claiming Bales didn’t represent 'army values’. Bales was, the story goes, an aberration – a New York Daily News dubbed him 'Sergeant Psycho.’ Yet for some Americans, he’s a hero nonetheless. Blogger Charles Johnson writes: 'I’ve looked at about a dozen right wing sites this morning to see how they’d react to the news from Afghanistan, and the comments at every single one of them were full of people celebrating the killings, praising the soldier who allegedly committed them, and denying there was any crime, while at the same time frantically trying to blame the crime on President Obama.’ Johnson documents a thread on Fox News that contains the following. I don’t see a problem here. Obummer what is tragic and shocking that you are a lying P O S P that supports t e r r o r i s m ! Burn in L L E H It’s perfectly okay for the Afghanistan military to mur der our troops, Obama dosen’t even flinch, however, condolences go out when it’s the other way around. I’ll be very glad when the loser-in-chief is on his way out. I hate muslums, big time, in a very big way! Right behind the muslums are the libtards, they’re just as bad. What comes around goes around That soldier deserves a medal!!!!! Just a few nutters? Perhaps. Except, as Johnson says, you can find similar comments on almost all of the big right-wing blogs, with a certain proportion of commenters greeted the killings with an open celebration of murder for murder’s sake. One of the men responsible for bringing My Lai into the open was a helicopter pilot called Ron Ridenhour. He later discussed the war he saw. We would identify somebody […]. We’d say, OK, here’s somebody who is looking suspicious or whatever. And some infantrymen would walk up to him and just shoot him. I mean, no provocation. They just walk right up to him. I’m not talking about something that’s ambiguous, I’m talking about murder. I’m talking about somebody walking right up, pointing a gun and, without provocation, pulling the trigger. In those remarks, he wasn’t talking about My Lai. He was referring to the rest of his service, the everyday conduct of a colonial war in which callousness and oppression became routine. That’s why, back in 1971, the right-wingers who supported Calley understood far more about Vietnam than most liberals. When conservatives celebrated Calley as a man who 'tried to do [his] duty and to gain the upper hand’, they tacitly acknowledged that the war itself was inseparable from atrocity and that what took place at My Lai was merely an extreme example of a logic underpinning free fire zones and village pacification and all the rest of it, a logic that identified the population as a whole as the enemy. In a recent interview with Democracy Now, journalist Neil Shea explained how the occupation in Afghanistan inculcates a similar brutality in today’s soldiers. By the time I reached these guys, they had already been sort of—they had been building up anger and aggression in strange ways for a number of years. And when I saw them, they had just shot a dog that had been a pet in an Afghan home that they had confiscated during the mission, and they treated Afghan civilians fairly roughly, and they took a few prisoners and treated them very roughly, as well. Nothing that would rise to necessarily the—sort of a crime at that time, but the way that they talked about things and the way that they sort of handled themselves was really aggressive. And it was only—it seemed to me only to be barely kept in check. So it’s just this small—when we cycle our soldiers and marines through these wars that don’t really have a clear purpose over years and years, I write in the article that we begin—we expect light-switch control over their aggression. We expect to be able to turn them into killers and then turn them back into winners of hearts and minds. And when you do that to a man or a woman over many years, that light-switch control begins to fray. And that’s what I believe I was seeing with these guys in Afghanistan. Shea’s does not claim that the men with whom he embedded were particularly evil. On the contrary, they were, he says, entirely ordinary, which is why they needed a protective layer of hatred to perform what was asked of them. But it’s not just that the War on Terror changes soldiers. It also changes the society on behalf of which those soldiers fight. Lukacs says somewhere that the modern mass army is directly linked to what he calls the 'inner life of a nation’. You don’t have to look very hard to see what he means. Since 2001, we’ve seen the normalization of torture against (mostly Muslim) detainees; the construction of secret prisons to detain Muslim prisoners indefinitely without charges or trial; the routinisation of assassinations and other extrajudicial killings of Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen; and, most of all, deaths of (by the most conservative reckoning) hundreds of thousands of people, most of them Muslim, in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere. What attitudes to ordinary Muslims does such a record inculcate? What notions does it foster about the way they should be treated? Should we really be surprised that, within the semi-anonymity of a blog forum, a large number of Americans discuss Muslims as untermenschen, subhuman enemies of civilisation, fit only for extermination? Back in 1971, 'The battle hymn of Lt Calley’ sold a million copies in less than a week. Its final verse runs like this: When all the wars are over and the battle’s finally won Count me only as a soldier who never left his gun With the right to serve my country as the only prize I’ve won … More than a decade of the War on Terror has, just as you would expect, created a new audience who wants to never leave the gun, an audience no longer shocked by atrocity but increasingly prepared to celebrate it. The consequences will be with us for a long time. Jeff Sparrow is the editor of Overland magazine and the author of Killing: Misadventures in Violence.	{ "date": "2017-08-23T04:24:43Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886117519.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20170823035753-20170823055753-00242.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9660764336585999, "token_count": 2264, "url": "http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m86693&hd=&size=1&l=e" }
Roots thick as blood Tied to the vows of the womb we shared A woman’s bond coiled in cold intentions. Suffocate a moon-time flow of a new direction. Heartbeat in the background Tells us of the time we do not have. Regressed by a memory. Drowned by a dream. Is my psyche playing tricks on me? Blood and memory – The foundation of the altercation. You. My legacy’s contention. I heard your key press into the lock. It seemed a lifetime as the metal scaled and scraped the walls of the labyrinth for the end. A twist in the right direction and the cold clunk of the bolt as it breathed its release. Chills creep up my skin as you maneuver and manipulate our rugged old handle; too kinked from the cold this time of year. Chills. Wind sweeps in through the break of two worlds. My stare seems to lift you as my eyes drift from your soles to your soul. You smell the stiffness in the air and run to hold me. Do not leave, your body aches as it squeezes mine. Do not run away. But I stare at the key, stuck, but still swinging on the open door. Our souls can’t bear to be apart. Mine kicks to be released from this confinement through the palm of my hand She needs to find yours. My soul screams your name, Receives phantom squeezes in bed, walks to the tip of my tongue to drop off your name with three soft kisses. Until you return. Man of confidence and glee. A smile unmatched and on without need. Playful, pensive and plenty. A man of faith in failure. Speaks a sentence, but writes a life. Cultured in the prose of another’s plight. Man of confidence and glee, your light shines beyond me. You wrote the scripture of solitude. The sounds of shattered glass could not be heard on the floor, for our hearts were there no more. Constantly giving in to your will, our hearts began to shrill. They peeled away their skin to provide yours with protection. Like the girl I was before, I held out my arms and opened my door, welcoming her out of your protection – released of those convictions and restrictions. She is not yours anymore. She has a home where you are no more. You are not from the culture of my men. You have charm that does not whistle or honk at my features. Instead, you praise the thickness of my thighs with a poem from your own lips. You do not attempt to impress my father by talking sports. Instead, you listen to him complain about work and prompt him to persist in venting; remembering every detail. You do not pick the pieces of my broken life and judge their placement. Instead, you have allowed all those experiences to be everything you love about me. You do not dare bother with other guys in my life, as if they mean to hurt us. Instead, you embrace my personality and encourage human connection. You welcome every one with a handshake and a thank you, pridefully practicing a language foreign and unnatural to your lips. You are not entertained by the simple minded, yet care for all the simple pleasure. You stare into the silence and do not dare interrupt it. You have eyes that split into rays of the sun. Colors that grasp for my brown and highlight your hazel. Laugh lines that could hold fields of flowers. A toothy grin with a suspect of suspense, while you suckle on your bottom lip. Cheeks that have seen repair. Ears that have heard beats of a busted drum. Thin cookie-colored hair that toasted perfectly in your mother’s womb. And a thin frame, not muscular enough to be manly, too tall to be usual, too light to be Latino, but beautiful; so beautiful. And yet not… not of the culture of my men. Hushed mind for eternity. Kisses danced over the dusty darkness of the night. Freedom roamed. Energy bloomed in the full, midnight moon. Arms wrapped around twice for comfort and a cactus pricked my finger for the blood of the covenant we now hold. Mountain rocks shimmered in our eyes and the stars reflected off them all the light of our future. We dipped and weaved through the palm fronds and found each other amidst the dirt and diamonds of the desert.	{ "date": "2017-08-17T01:51:46Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886102819.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817013033-20170817033033-00682.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9389161467552185, "token_count": 942, "url": "https://jasminenduran.wordpress.com/tag/writing/" }
When my wife and I first watched Netflix’s Stranger Things series, I was struck (just like so many of my peers) by how powerful the D&D nostalgia was. We were those kids in 1985 (minus demonic monsters and psychic girls). Much has written about the connection between us 40-something gamers and the Stranger Things kids, so i won’t rehash it here. But an experience last night reminded me that you did not have to be 12 in the 1980s to be those Stranger Things kids: you can be 12 right now, in fact. Obviously, I make no secret of my geekery and neither does my wife, so it was not unusual that Dungeons and Dragons came up in a conversation between her and a friend at work. It turned out this friend, S, had bought her son J a full set of the D&D 5th Edition books (Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, Monster Manual as well as the Starter Box) for Christmas. Part of the reason was because S wanted J to put down his tablet and interact with friends more. J and his buddies had tried to navigate D&D on their own, S told my wife, but had crashed and burned. That is when my lovely wife offered up my services to teach J and his friends how to play D&D. I was to be Johnny Diceseed, progenitor of a whole new crop of D&D players. I will admit, at first I balked a little. I am used to running games for strangers at conventions, but those are usually adults, and if there are any kids they tend to be with their parents. My sense of humor and imagination are not PG rated, and f-bombs, shit jokes and bloody decapitations are likely to fly during any given moment in one of my games. In addition I was not confident in my ability to teach kids the very basics of a game that is so ingrained in me after 30-plus years of playing it. Are you a parent? Do you remember the frustration of trying to teach a child to ride a bike when you could not actually articulate how to keep the bike upright? That’s what I was worried I was up against. Nonetheless, I agreed. After all, the couch is cold. As the event got closer, I found myself rehearsing things in my head, planning out how I would explain this aspect or that aspect. I remembered being me trying to master the weird game in the red box and I got both a little misty and excited to impart that on a group of kids. I have purchased D&D for friends’ kids before, trying to pass on the hobby, and have offered advice to those kids. My own kids have been resistant, with my son being more active than tabletop gaming allows and my daughter being too young until recently. This would be the first time I really tried to teach the basics of the game to kids I had not met before. It would be much more like those convention experiences of a table of strangers. None of my plans survived contact with the enemy, so to speak, but even so I was able to herd the kids and get them pointed in the right direction. J was quiet but deeply interested. Of the other four kids at the table — at boys about 12 or 13 years old — two were obviously natural gamers. One, B, is going to be their DM — he says not, and they want to make J do it because it is his stuff, but I can spot a DM a mile off and B is going to be it. Two of the other boys were a little more distracted and had little interest in the nuts and bolts of their characters, and if I had to guess those two would play for a while on occasion before wandering off back toward other activities. One thing I found to be difficult in the process what that non-gamer adults never understand how long D&D takes. The kids wanted to learn to create characters AND play the game. Our window was about 2 hours. I got the kids through the rolling stats, picking race and class and spells, part of character generation and then told them we would fill in the other details as we went. Then, I ran them through a forest ambush with a hobgoblin and some goblins to give them a taste of the combat rules. But that was just the tip of the iceberg. It is hard to articulate until you sit down and think about it, but there is quite a lot that happens in your average game of D&D. No single 2 hour session can hope to teach it all. But, again, as Johnny Diceseed my job was just to plan a 20-sided acorn. When I learned to play D&D, we had just a 32 page player’s guide and 64 page DM guide to navigate, along with a solo adventure to explain the basics and a pre-stocked dungeon to get the DM started. I like the D&D starter set and think the Lost Mines of Phandelver is a great introductory adventure, but I actually prefer Paizo’s Pathfinder beginner Box for teaching the very basics of tabletop D&D style role-playing. Kids just getting into D&D now have a lot more material to try and digest. If it were up to me, I would teach a group to play D&D over the course of four sessions. The first one would be a short adventure with pre-generated characters to teach the basics of play and the assumptions of the world of D&D. The second session would be a character generation session where the players went through the entire process, had time to read their options and so on. The third and fourth sessions would be a somewhat longer adventure using those newly minted characters, designed with the goal of introducing the variety of activities that can happen in D&D, from dealing with NPCs to delving dungeons to traversing the wilds to selling loot and upgrading their gear. By the end of those four session, I think any group of kids that was interested in D&D should be able to navigate their way through the sometimes arcane rule books and adventures. My philosophizing aside, I got to see at least a few gamers made last night. They cheered when they eviscerated a goblin and laughed when the barbarian whiffed twice in a row. They only got to peek through the door into this world, but they decided based on what they saw they were going to set their shoulders against that door and push. I am excited for them, for all the adventures they will have and the friends they will make and the worlds they will create.	{ "date": "2017-08-18T21:58:09Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105187.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20170818213959-20170818233959-00122.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9845927953720093, "token_count": 1364, "url": "https://ianeller.com/tag/dd5e/" }
The apartment burns, melting ice Cubes in record time. A blink of the eye and the Amber light turns clear. My sweat dries in the fan's breath. I rub the glass across my forehead slowly: Momentary Relief. Isn't that what we all look for? Momentary Relief. And it's all over. In the blink of an Eye. A flash of a lash. A flick of the ash. I breath in the smell of Athens tonight. I swallow the taste of Tony's. I ask for help from the Amber Blood of the Irish. I inhale 20 friends of the past, my Prodigal Lovers. Self-medicate. Go with what I know. Push it all down deep inside, never let it see the light of day again because it always rains when I do. I lost my umbrella. Did I ever have one? I feel like my old Self tonight in the wet heat; I feel like all the bad parts of my old Self. The living parts that lead to death. Lilly yells at me, telling me I'm doing this all wrong. Get it together. She says I don't know how to love, how to live. "Saigon...Fuck...I'm still in Saigon." I'll be the 35th passenger scrambling for the helicopter that only holds thirty-four. My fingers touch the shell and slide off. My hand outstretched for the Sun behind the Clouds. My eyes reflecting the greyness. I see nothing. Maybe I never wanted to truly leave. The apartment feels empty. A life force has left, leaving a vacuum. Choking. The Blue-haired Demons are always gathered outside the Wall. I thought I could hold them off, but that's a lie. Always a couple sneak in the cracks in the Wall. They snicker in the corner of The Cube, holding what I want just out of reach. Their teeth flash in the flame's flicker. My skin turning red; they bath in poison ivy and eat Love. They know I cannot kill them. I embrace them tonight. * * * The Lost Weekend. Fragments come back to me like shapes moving hunched-over, just out of sight, in a fog. Random shadowy scary alluring mysterious well-known haunting tempting so close disappear re-appear. Everything is out of order tonight. The Lamp Post. A beacon in the fog. A lighthouse in a stormy night. A haven in the turmoil. Guinness, Jameson on the Rocks. Smoky. Dim. Wood. Music. Something to look at, two out of 3 times. Traded Confessions. I hear cries for help, but cannot answer as I am screaming myself. We are both treading water in uncharted territory, for the most part. Can two men drowning save each other? - "So here's the story..." and Wilco comes on the jukebox. A movie moment. We laugh in gallow's humor so I don't go insane. I'm not crazy, I'm neurotic. It's funny, in an absurd way. I see the beauty and ugliness of Life in a 3 minute second. Another round. - "Dude, listening to Kid Rock in the shower hungover is traumatic." - "I don't know what to do." "Neither do I." - "There's two apartments open here!" - "Singles was a bad choice...should have put in Apocalypse Now." - "Did I just smoke a cigarette?" - So I'm at work. And this Department Head I barely know sees that we're working at the same counter and gives me this big-ass hug out of no where. WTF? And then, The Croatian Gyration Sensation keeps hitting my arm, Amber Chunky Globes keeps touching my arm and calling me "Pookie," and S.W. pushes me so hard, I fall into the stairway wall. - Freaking out on the corner of Wilson and Lincoln, inhaling a Camel Light. Staring at the bar's entrance. People in pairs. "Mac, don't beat yourself up. Anyone would be nervous in this situation." - "Die Yuppie Scum?" "No. I said, 'Can I have a piece of gum?'" - "I am so glad to see you." - "So, I'm driving home from work tonight. And I'm like, 'what is this weird feeling?' And I realize I am in a great mood." - "No, man, pain is pain. Don't compare yourself." - "You kissed her, too?!?!" - Constantly: "L.C. or L.S.?" - "Did you two sleep together?" How did...? - She never learned to ride a bike until Africa. In the sand. - "Sorry, I thought you said, 'Elmer College.' Like, Elmer Fudd, like it was a hunting rabbits technical community college" - "Want another drink?" "No, I'm driving." - "That's amazing how you smile just talking about his sister like that." - And I'm looking at her chin. It's cute. And she touches my arm, talking about Gambia. Meant nothing, but cool. - And she's sitting next to me, squished into the booth. She's leaning away from someone else toward me, and our arms touch for 3 minutes?, a half an hour?, a second? and I'm thinking, "this is exactly where I want to be." - "Well, I picked that up from the way you were totally staring at her." - "What is up with all the people singing in this bar?" - "That blonde is annoying the Hell out of me" - "Dude. It's like a 6 to one ratio of women to men in this bar." - Sitting on the porch at five in the morning. The sun is coming up between the trees at the park. I'm drinking the last half of an Old Style, rubbing my head. Hating myself. Looking at The Thin Line Between. I remember the line from Some Kind Of Wonderful-- "I'd rather not see you, and have you think good thoughts about me, than see you and have you hate me." - "Where's my wallet?" - "Oh, keys would be good." - "Dude, seven fucking years! J.B. and I figured out a two to four plan, but seven fucking years!" "Yeah, that's a long time." - At work, "I'm hiding in flutes section, you can't see me." S.W., as a joke, "Drunk! Nobody wants to see you!" That whole sticks and stone may break my bones but words will never hurt me is a fucking lie. - And I'm sitting in the booth at The Grafton. I'm pretending to read the menu knowing I won't eat, nervous, self-conscious. I down a Jameson on the Rocks, yearning a Clonzepam. Smoke a Camel Light, watching the door. Anticipation. Dread. Get the Hell out of the way, you fat bar manager! Squash the smoke, order another drink. Wait and need Mike to return. And she walks in looking radiant in the dim light. A smile. A cool white shirt with a martini glass print and jeans. - Rehashing memories about 76 N. Congress, Bald Zach with that lipstick swastika on his forehead, 120 N. Congress, 48 Mill, telling about the awkward drunken 3-way in The College Inn, "Her kisses were all teeth, biting my lips and shit, not cool. And the conversations in the bathroom; I just wanted to see the band at The Union. They were so hammered." A.R. loading the bong for a game of "I Never." Leaning on the end of the bar at O'Hooley's while he DJ-ed. "Supposedly she drank blood, but, yeah, she was a great kisser." Gay Politics 101, Ron Hunt. "She dated that Asian lesbian, right?" "Yeah, right after me." "All I remember is drinking Old Milwaukee Tallboys, and she's sitting on my waterbed, you know, before Zulu popped a hole in it, and all of a sudden she stands up and starts making out with me." "What did you do then?" "I think we went to Tony's or a party" - "You can buy Meigs Gold in Amsterdam." "Fuck off, really?" - Everyone's been overseas but me. - "WTF? I got pictures of everyone except who I really wanted pictures of!" - "I haven't seen you in a long time." "Yeah, that ain't right." - "Okay, don't make eye contact with that guy. He's drunk and dying for conversation. He'll start talking to us." "Nah, he's won't want to leave his seat, but keep an eye on him." - "Shit! Our bar tab is $107 dollars!" - "I'm drunk, boys, give me a cigarette." - "I'll have the same." - Staring out my kitchen window at the cop car double parked across the street. Totally enthralled, like a movie. They drive off. Aww, show's over. They just wrote a ticket, and the owner of the car comes out. "Damn, man, they wrote me a ticket!" We can't take our eyes off the scene. And then laugh at ourselves, hard. - "What's up with this MTV dance party shit music?!?" - "You've never seen The Wall?!?!?!?!?!?!" - "Kid's T-shirt said 'Charlie don't surf' on the front, but probably had no idea what it was from." - "Oh my God! It's 4:35 in the morning!" - "I never really liked the Hop Leaf either." - "4 a.m. bar?" "Dude, I'm old." - Lilly's been under the bed the whole time. - "That's a blog post right there!" - "Are you done with the computer?" - And, like a Budweiser commercial, only with actually substance behind it: "I love you, man." - "You know how Eskimos have like 40 definitions of snow? Same thing with love." - "Mac. We're pathetic." Ha ha ha. - I think I am going to pass out on Cybele's porch. I keep staring at the candles and humming Led Zeppelin songs. - "You know, the fucker lurks, the least he could do is leave a comment." - "So the river just disappears?" - "Put on the red dress, pleeeeease." - "He called your mom for bail money?!?!?" And a million more that I can't remember now. But wish I did. Remember Everything. Feel free to add in the comments all y'all involved.	{ "date": "2017-08-20T15:26:04Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106779.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820150632-20170820170632-00282.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9561108946800232, "token_count": 2335, "url": "http://mycubehasthreesides.blogspot.com/2005/07/extending-lost-weekend.html" }
Turns out the weekend was more. More than a no toys at hand couple of days, and so much more than a healthy diet. Our trip was joy. Nothing, if not joy. Our trip was sunrise wake ups but we did more than munch eggs and sip coffee until it was bright enough to seize the day. Instead, our trip was sneak down the long path in the black of the night to be dazzled by the starry sky over the ocean. Our trip was foam on your feet. It was sandy smiles and ocean breeze snoozes. It was ugly birthday cake eaten on a fallen palm tree washed ashore while listening to nothing but the surf and gulls. (I mean it, this poor thing went through the ringer. But don’t you worry we gobbled it up none the less). It was lanterns and camp fires. It was responsibility for my three-year old hard-working boy. It was joy at seeing him gather the fuel and then (carefully) feed that fascinating and mesmerizing fire too. A moment of glory and beauty and marvel. We met up with some amazing volunteers at the moments before that old ball of flame rose up high in the sky to hike out to the nests of the giant underwater beasts. The loggerback sea turtle. They were assessing the survival of three nests that morning. They were able to help four tiny babes, no bigger than your palm scurry down to the sea. Mind you the lucky ones of these sweet little turtles will grow to be upwards of three hundred pounds. It is vital that these little ones do this hike on their own. No tossing them in and wishing them luck. They need to imprint this beach in their pea sized brains for this is where they will come back in thirty years time to lay their own couple hundred eggs. So we formed two lines. Us and some boy scouts and some older folks decked out in bright orange. And we witnessed the most incredible display of effort and instinct I have ever laid eyes on. Good luck out there little ones. Lee and I plan to come back in thirty years, when we are old and gray and try to catch a glimpse of you all grown up. So, until next time…	{ "date": "2017-08-24T03:04:06Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886126027.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170824024147-20170824044147-00602.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9752245545387268, "token_count": 461, "url": "https://mamarise.com/2012/09/17/a-trip-to-the-sea/" }
We weighed a group of steers and heifers off of ryegrass the other day, and many ranged from 770-850 lbs. That made me think about an old rule of thumb I was once told regarding growing cattle on wheat pasture. The cowboy logic I was told “once they hit 800 lbs, they’re done”, and as a nutritionist, I see the logic in that. Assuming that maintenance requirements are driven by metabolic body weight (emphasis on the word body weight), as that animal gets bigger, more and more of its diet is going to simply maintain weight. In a feedlot, dry matter intake is fairly easy to measure, however, it is quite the opposite in a pasture scenario, and there is not a good method to measure DMI. Nonetheless, this concept has been further examined by researchers at Arkansas who compiled data of cattle on wheat pasture and determined that to maintain their rate of gain, a range of 3.7 to 7 lbs of forage is required per pound of body weight in the animal. Based upon their review, these researchers felt that 5 lbs of forage (dry matter basis) per pound of body weight is required for weight gain. While we cannot reliably measure DMI in cattle grazing pastures, we can effectively measure forage allowance. Using the time honed tools of the trade, grazing stick, rising plate meter (the homemade one works well too), or simply cutting weighing and calculating (for those who really want a good estimate). Similar to wheat, ryegrass pastures are highly digestible and high in CP, so the logic would seem to fit in ryegrass cattle scenarios as well. Additionally, like wheat, the overall nutrient content of ryegrass throughout the grazing season (based upon samples collected at White Sand Unit) is fairly high, and based upon calculations from NRC (2000), it should support 1.75 lb ADG in an 850 lb yearling even at its lowest level. However, if we use the figures compiled by Arkansas, that 850 lb steer will need at least 4,250 lbs of forage to meet those gains. Examining the data from MSU Forage Variety data, Poplarville is the only location that has all varieties with an average yield that high on a per acre basis. In fact, based upon that data in South MS we could in theory keep cattle gaining up to 1,100 lbs (stocked at one animal per acre). However, we must keep in mind that those are averages for yield, calculated over a growing season, which means that yield data will differ within a season. Additionally, those numbers generated by our forage colleagues are based upon small plot harvest data, continuously grazed pastures might have different averages. Moreover, fertilization regimen and other management scenarios might offer different yields. The question of economics then plays into the scenario. Using NRC equations, and our forage allowance assumptions, we can determine how many cattle we can effectively stock per acre, and still maintain good weight gain. Rather than worry about individual animal gain, the area that should be focused on is gain per acre. Examining the scenario presented in Example 1, will give you an idea why that old saying about the 800 lb steer being done comes about. Example 1. Two management scenarios for grazing beef cattle on ryegrass for 28 d Two Stocking Scenarios 850 lb animal 425 lb animal Pounds of forage available 9800 in 2 acres 9800 in two acres Stocking rate @ 5 lbs/lb of BW 2 animals total 4 animals total Calculated ADG (NRC, 2000) 1.75 lb/d 1.40 lb/d Total gain 98 lbs 156.8 lbs The above scenario shows that while more cattle per acre might yield less individual gain, the overall gain was greater on that pasture. Oftentimes, the individual ADG is the factor that is most talked about, however, when our expensive inputs (NPK) are applied on a pasture level, pasture gain is more important than individual ADG. Unfortunately, to most optimally manage stocker cattle grazing pastures, requires a lot of flexibility and resources to be able to move heavier cattle off, and bring in light weight cattle. In conclusion, knowing how much forage is available can help determine forage allowance and stocking rate. Additionally, there comes a time when the heavier cattle are not as efficiently using resources as well as a lighter animal, and the decision needs to be made whether that heavy animal is “done”.	{ "date": "2017-08-19T20:34:45Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105922.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170819201404-20170819221404-00482.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9621742963790894, "token_count": 938, "url": "http://blogs.msucares.com/southmsbeefcattle/2015/04/13/forage-allowance-and-ryegrass-cattle/" }
Last night, January 19th, 2017, I wondered this as I walked through western Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Memorial Drive, in a neighborhood where somewhat posh residential houses open up into some sudden strips of concrete retail, the filthy river and the glittering Boston skyline just in view. It is not a beautiful place. It is also only ugly to the extent that most architectural products of this age are ugly: morally, even if not aesthetically. Not that I always separate the two. In any case, I wondered how long all the human-made structures that I saw would stay. The electronics store, the gas station, the stoplight, the skyscraper. One answer is, “It will stay until somebody tears it down and builds something else.” The more geological, morbid option, which I intend to reflect upon today, assumes the likelihood of non-interference by humans, meaning that the human species would be extinct by the time that these stone, metal, and other components began to naturally erode and collapse into nothingness. I am not asking this question because I expect people will read and take action. As it happens, I am only a fledgling in the countless sums of voices who, possessing some vital belief, have tried to be heard by more than their immediate circle; I am even only a fledgling in the countless sums of voices whose vital beliefs constitute a truth, a prophecy, a desperate plea. Instead, I am writing this because it is the stupid, ridiculous human instinct to record, whether some extraterrestrial archaeologist should ever stumble upon the (digital) evidence and be capable of decoding it, or whether we say only to the absolute, perfect void that we were here. Not many will see what I say here right now. It does not matter. My words are meant for anyone, everyone, but equally for no one— the prospect of no one. In light of such, I will not worry about whether my words are pretentious. I often find that when I write for an audience, I try to mitigate my mind’s natural gravitas with lighter-hearted phrasing, witticisms, self-deprecation, and so forth. The pretentious quality that I discern or fear others discerning— this arises when I have retreated far into my own stream of consciousness, thinking only of the thing I’m trying to say, relying on a lexicon and psychological environment that derived from reading old literature when I was quite young. But this is what I must rely upon now. I need this writing to be as authentic as possible, not because it ought to be my last, but because it is the first thing I have written in full acknowledgment of what I largely expect constitutes the final descent of my species. How long will it stay? . . . . In my childhood, I remember learning about some grotesque crimes against humanity. They were explained in books and television programs and statements by adults, usually quite sanitized. It was at least enough for me to grasp the simplest facts of what happened, why things were so terrible. Chief examples would be the history of African slavery in the United States, or the Holocaust. At the time I didn’t think either of these things had much to do with me. For a long time I didn’t understand that I had an ongoing role to play as a person with pale skin, European ancestry, and a background of what could be called cultural whiteness. I also didn’t understand that I would come to belong to several demographics targeted in the Holocaust itself, even though I was not Jewish; nor did I know that a slim branch of never-met family members had been, in fact, German Jews. Even in my ignorance, I still knew such past events, and the people who perpetuated them, merited my horror. I had no trouble summoning empathy. No, the real trouble lay in how I imagined some curtain to have been drawn between the events of my own time and the events of people older than me, elderly people, dead people, forgotten people. I lived in a world where certain US residents were called ornery for having human needs now that they weren’t literal plantation slaves anymore (contemporary observation: for the most part). I lived in a world where Nazis were cartoonish, silly men who got outwitted by clever GIs and punched by dashing archaeologists. I don’t miss that time of my development. What I do miss was the mood surrounding another thing I kept learning about, which was the natural world. My planet, the Earth. I attended preschool, kindergarten, and primary school from about 1990 to 1998, and in this time the capitalist “green revolution” had not yet superseded a different sort of environmentalism. Many of the ideas were the same, of course. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Save the rainforest. Protect endangered species. Don’t waste water. Don’t create pollution. Don’t harm the ozone layer. Don’t contribute to the greenhouse effect, the source of global warming. In the early 1990s, however, this felt different in the sense that, at least in my own education, we were taught these principles to contribute to a glorious, wonderful cause that would help preserve life on this planet— a cause that was winning. We weren’t past any climate tipping points. We hadn’t caused as much damage as we eventually would. We needed to worry, but we also needed to hope and celebrate. It was going to be all right. That sentiment could have distorted the truth, or it could have been tragically misplaced optimism. I still long for that sense of heroism. It is very gone now. It has been replaced by a sunkenness in my guts, a tightness in my throat. A hollowness, a sorrow, floating on top of a simmering fear that has also dwelt with me since I was extremely young. I speak of the fear of apocalypse. Raised with an atheist outlook, which I preserve in a highly augmented and problematized form today, I dreaded no Day of Judgment or various equivalents. Briefly, when I learned about the very idea of Hell, I had some nightmare about it, but this didn’t concern me. The most religious fear I felt was when I first read about Ragnarök, when the Fenris wolf is prophesied to eat the Sun. That story, though in truth more complicated than a pure, final, “everything dies” tale, hit closest to the fears that did consume me. Each time that I learned of various Earth-destroying cosmic events that could or would eventually occur, I went paralytic with terror. Asteroid or comet impacts; the planet being consumed by the expanding Sun; the universe as we know it ending with heat death, collapse, or who knows what. I couldn’t bear to think about black holes, even though the Earth is not likely to ever fall into one. The mere prospect of such annihilation petrified me. I felt keenly betrayed by the notion that life should come into existence, that sentient forms of it should evolve, only to have no ultimate chance. We would have billions and billions of years, alone or not alone, but we were slated to perish by the laws of physics. It did not seem fair at all. It seemed as appallingly unfair as the idea that I could be born, enjoy living, accomplish things, collect spectacular memories, and yet ultimately die with no hereafter to welcome me. On long car rides with my family, when night fell I would stare out the window at the stars, and I would cry childishly but in silence at this impossible, absurd tragedy. The stars were the symbol of things enduring despite all odds, and yet even they would have to lose their fire. . . . . Here are some of my vital beliefs. That humans are relatively hairless chimpanzees that have evolved a general tendency toward an erect bipedal gait, opposable thumbs, and fully developed linguistic faculties, although there are variations across the gene pool. That we chimpanzees occupy some temperament midway between the common chimp and the bonobo, between the warring killers and the fucking hedonists. That it is against universal wisdom and morals for humans to detach ourselves from the Earth by pretending we are better than other animals, or pretending we are not tool users, or pretending we are not omnivores, or pretending we are not naturally and inextricably violent. That it is also against such wisdom and morals for us to detach ourselves from the Earth by pretending our absolute self-interest will have no consequence for life as we know it, or pretending that satisfying instrumentality requires engaging in exploitation, or pretending we need no standards for how to behave toward one another and the rest of life, or pretending we are not also naturally and inextricably peaceful. That extinctions must happen if a species has lost its place in the cycle of things. That extinctions must be fought if such a loss is due to a wider imbalance that threatens the whole ecosystem, particularly if the species’ absence would cause further destabilization. That life in its broadest sense is good, and should be preserved, even while preserving so many evils within it. Even while preserving the more intrinsic forms of death and violence. That a socioeconomic order predicated upon eternal expansion and profit will always serve as a destabilizing force, threatening all ecosystems, threatening all participants, threatening itself, making itself the greatest and worst joke that our witty species has ever played. That there are few things humans have ever built which could be called unnatural, but that in terms of causing non-intrinsic forms of death and violence, capitalism might be called the greatest unnaturalism, the greatest virus, the meta-virus, the meta-death that is far worse than ordinary death. That we are exquisitely close to running out of time. . . . . I am an emotional writer. When I write something that has hurt inside me for a long while, I weep as I scrawl or type. Somehow, I have not wept yet today. Today I am sad but also perplexed, puzzling. Weighing. Fighting the last vestiges of denial. I do not know if my tears belong with denial or with acceptance. When I know, maybe they will spill. . . . . By this point, anyone reading this when it’s published or with the relevant background knowledge could see that I have written this on the day that a particular man was officially inaugurated as the President of the United States. He is a despicable, infuriating, repugnant wretch. But I am not writing simply because I had such boundless hope before he achieved his power and now, only now, is it dashed. For me it is not like that. That would be pathetically, embarrassingly naïve. Over the past several years of shared political struggle and my own private struggles, following various news stories about the latest undesired climate change milestone, the latest labor abuse, and so forth, I have already grown fairly convinced that the species is digging its own grave, and possibly the graves of everything else on this spinning rock. I will provide two long quotes from a very important essay that I first read some day not long after it was published. One: We are living in a mass extinction event. This is not a theory. Over half the species on earth will be extinct by 2050. Let me repeat that fact: over half the species on earth will be extinct by 2050. We are on track to kill off 75% of life in no longer than 300 years, assuming we make it that far. This is the fastest and largest extinction event in history, including that of the dinosaurs. If we understand the example of the wolves, we can see that these are not discrete losses, they represent the unravelling of the entire warp and weft of life. In The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert, she reports the extinction rate in the tropics is now 10,000 times the background rate. … Seawater so acidic that the shells of molluscs are dissolving. Oceans overfished to the extent that they resemble deserts, seabeds ploughed to destruction, micro-particles of indigestible plastic poisioning bird life and turtles, reefs bleached, plankton populations which are the building blocks of all ocean life disappearing. Ocean acidification is predicted to double by 2050. Ocean acidification triples by 2100. The death of the seas is inevitable. Of freshwater I will say that the draining of aquifers is ongoing, that fracking threatens the water table and that wars over water are going to rage in the coming years. … The Earth itself is exhausted, soil degradation endemic, washed with its nitrogen fertilisers into our already poisoned seas. The living Earth is fragile, it takes a hundred years to form a centimetre of topsoil. Farmland is a limited resource and eroding fast. Industrial pollution has destroyed 20% of the farmland in China – I am not sure that you, or I, can grasp quite how much land that is. Globally 38% of farmland is now classified as degraded. Human population continues to grow, as our ability to feed it, and our infrastructures, buckle. Insect populations will soon not be able to pollinate the crops. It is not just the bees, with climate change animals and insects are being born out of sync with their food sources. As I have said before, the wheel of the year has been broken. … The air and fire are perhaps what should give us most concern. We thought we had more time. That man-made climate change would be tackled. It has not, and it will not be, as Government and Corporate interests are one and the same, namely infinite growth. This is where you should feel the knot of fear in your stomach. The CO2 emissions that are wreaking havoc now are the result of what we burned forty years ago. Since then we have engaged in an orgy of denial and consumption. There is no tech-fix in the Anthropocene, the age of manmade climate change. Nothing has been done. What mainstream scientists are not telling you is that the impact we are having is creating self-reinforcing feedback loops. Essentially they focus on a single domino when we have an entire array triggered and falling. Methane release from thawing Arctic Tundra is particularly worrying. We are facing NTE: Near Term Extinction. … Estimates for the time that this process will take, the process of extinction, range from fifty to three hundred years. If you prefer reassurances you can ask the New Agers about their ‘global awakening product’ or believe the green wash of the venture capitalists who will seek to cash-in on the death of the biosphere with equally implausible schemes and vapourware tech-fixes. The governments and scientists will continue to lie to you to prevent the panic that disrupts shopping as usual; however, the cracks in the official narrative are beginning to show. Most will choose to keep mainlining what Dmitri Orlov calls hopium from the sock puppets squawking out of the idiot box. However, I predict the next generation are going to be angrier and their witchcraft more radical than you or I could dream. They will realise that there is nothing to lose, rather than this generation which seems concerned only about the size of their pension pots – not the fact that they have cost us all the earth. … Extinction is a difficult realisation. After you have worked through the denial, you are going to need to cry in order that you can offer up the sacred lament. The five steps of the grieving process are well known, delineated by psychiatrist Kübler-Ross; they are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, finally, acceptance. Everyone here will be somewhere on this scale and it is important for you to understanding this process as you come to terms with these facts. The essay is entitled “Rewilding Witchcraft”, by Peter Grey, and if you are able to still view that link and read it, I hope that you will, whoever you are. It means more to those of us who are witches, myself included, and I do not agree with every single sentence; it almost feels worth remarking here that Kübler-Ross’ theory has been fairly questioned and reconfigured these days. But I read these words in 2014 or 2015 and I knew they were bitterly correct, for the most part. No matter who is in charge of the United States’ government or any government, so long as we remain committed to the intertwined monstrosity that is Capital & State, the environmental movement will not succeed. Nor shall basic human rights struggles succeed. Although it is a fallacy to speak of animal rights in the same way one speaks of human rights, it is folly to place a division between environmental and socioeconomic revolution. The same forces that destroy human lives are the forces that destroy ecosystems and the very planet’s habitability for life. It is imperative, it is utterly— utterly, utterly, UTTERLY FUCKING UTTERLY— imperative that a critical mass of individuals turn away from Capital (or State) and stop hoping State (or Capital) will save them. They cycle together. Each forms the other. They are a twin ouroboros, without being the beautiful kind. But I did think for a time that while the result of revolutionary struggle would be the toss of a coin, a chance that in those fifty to three hundred years from now— let’s put a clear date upon that, let’s look ahead to 2317— something momentous would have happened that began to save us. Until recently I thought that while we were already tipping down some horrible slope into the abyss, we might have the resources and tools to find our way to the other side and climb up the slender ladder. When the presidential election took place two months ago, some of those resources began to slip out of our hands, and the ladder began to splinter and crack. It does not feel like the toss of a coin. Now it is the roll of a die, and the die is weighted, and our odds are no better than one in six. We can perhaps survive, still, and the rest of life with us, but we now must recognize the strong, severe probability that nothing will endure, and after the last life has been extinguished in a few centuries or millennia, the Earth will exist as a quiet lump of carbon with a poisonous atmosphere and some strange, gradually disintegrating artifacts from its multi-million year experiment with self-replicating entities. The best case scenario, so-called, might be that we meet no such fate, but only after enduring unfathomable tolls to human life and the extinction of at least as many species as predicted. There are a range of outcomes in between. If such an outlook seems needlessly fatalistic— Trump, it’s only a name, I can say his name— my counterargument is that it probably isn’t fatalistic enough. If it were, I would have given into my socioeconomically cultivated suicidal impulses today, or well before today. Let me put it this way. Yes, Trump is a single, disgusting vermin. Yes, his regime is only so many vermin. Yes, contrary to the narcissism of many who live in this country, what happens here does not always have an overwhelming effect on what happens beyond our borders. And yes, the historical record indicates that all fascists lose power eventually (usually, and very importantly, by violence, not by nonviolence). I agree with these statements so heartily that I wish very much as if I could have gone through this Friday as if it were any other day— one more day of the Earth’s riches growing stained and toxic. A calamitous event, the inauguration, but only a drop in the poisoned pool of many other calamities. This thought has its appeal not only when thinking in geological terms but also in revolutionary terms, for we should not require the existence of an immensely powerful fascist leader in order for us to take action against Capital & State. And a fragment of my mind continues to think this way. It is an important fragment, well worth heeding in other respects. Unfortunately, we must also consider certain pragmatic issues beyond how a Trump-like figure in any country would produce a serious existential threat to marginalized members of its populace, even with people like me included. Even if we are witnessing the endgame of the US Empire, this collapse comes when the specific footholds of the empire remain exceptionally capable of influencing the fate of the environment and the fate of homo sapiens. Compared to some people, I am not tremendously concerned about nuclear warfare. If anything, Trump’s purported coziness with Putin would be a boon in avoiding nuclear war unless various other aspects of societal collapse tipped some dominoes that we have not yet foreseen losing balance. (I also could not give a single shit-smeared damn about how much Putin influenced this election, but that is a topic for another day, except to add that I find Putin about as odious as Trump on the whole.) Rather, my already mentioned ecological concerns drive the sense of meta-death today. This craven scum and his nauseating alliance of capitalists, military officers, Bible-thumpers, and Randians— they do not only seek to kill art and beauty, they do not only seek to exterminate those of us on the margins as if we were so many freaks crawling in the way of their vision (we are, O let us continue to be, O please). The United States’ industry, both internally and in its trade dealings, has a disproportionately large impact on the planet’s climate, the quality of the planet’s resources, and the necessary species diversity both within and beyond our borders. The darkest seat of Capital sits here, whatever may happen with State, for at least a few more decades, by my reckoning. And the newly inaugurated scum are actively working to ruin our final, desperate chance to make the national changes that we so badly need in order to still enter the abyss and climb back out when the centuries have passed. I do not really think they see it that way. It is fatal stupidity of the highest, most cataclysmic order, nothing more. If enough other countries besides this one can do double, triple the work that they already ought to be doing, perhaps this country’s failure to cooperate will not matter. But I doubt this. . . . . I know that others besides me have written essays on this same subject. Not only the one that I mentioned, either. There are a great deal. I do notice, however, a tendency in other essays to either close with sudden strange platitudes about what we can still accomplish, how we can take solace, etc., or close with no propositions for any solutions. Neither variety is guaranteed to carry a liberal slant, but sometimes that element shines through, malignantly twee. “We still have each other.” “Love is the only thing that will see us through.” “As awful as this is, I don’t know what to do about it.” “I’m just done. If you have any suggestions, let me know.” I would like to not close any such fashion. First, I would like to quote two individuals who, though white and male, sometimes said some good things. … it will be the silence, where I am, I don’t know, I’ll never know, in the silence you don’t know, you must go on, I can’t go on, I’ll go on. — Samuel Beckett In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times. — Bertolt Brecht I cannot presume who has or does not have anybody. I cannot presume anything about love, a construct as much as a fool’s hope, a destroyer as much as a creator. Instead, it is extremely likely that we will perish, we as ourselves now or we as our species later, and those who perish may perish quite alone and without any love left. If we do wish for any solace, any solution, these things will come only from reflecting, often, upon exactly how much we stand to lose, and the increasingly inevitable fact that we will lose every single part of it. Certain natural, logical conclusions from directing one’s thought to such ozymandian waste, and those conclusions will form a large portion of my future writing, here and elsewhere. What I will say in short form just now is that continued collaboration with Capital & State will drive all the nails in our coffin; it will be the end, the absolute and total end. The last shred of a future can only be seized by divesting ourselves, carefully yet efficiently, of that ouroboros. You— you, if you did read all of this— must inoculate yourself against that virus. You must acquaint yourself with revolutionary thought. I must further acquaint myself with it, and I must make plans to do more than I have done, and I must follow through. If you continue to collaborate with the thing destroying us, I have nothing else that I can say except that you are part of the problem. You, personally, are helping to select us for extinction. I, personally, may not be doing enough. No; I am not, not yet, perhaps ever. It is terrifying to consider that even with the most obvious choice before us, not enough of us will make it, or make it to the extent that it must be made. How long will it stay? D. 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This is the inside of an Italian restaurant in Melbourne, called +39. (Apparently, 39 is the international dialing code for Italy.)The pizzas were delicious, but what I found surprising was the sound level: it was quite difficult for us to hear what the others were saying. In fact, this seems to be the norm. We also went to an Indian restaurant where the noise level was even higher. And I've heard that in clubs, it is much, much noisier (though I can't verify that one). When I am with people, I like to be able to hear what they are saying; and I find it quite upsetting when I can't. But it seems that young people aren't like that. I sometimes think that nowadays places such as restaurants and clubs are actually designed to ensure there is lots of noise, so that people don't have to communicate with each other too much, or maybe because nobody cares whether others can understand them or not. Perhaps young people don't really like to listen to others. Or maybe I am just out of touch with modern trends. I guess restaurants and clubs aren't designed for old fogeys like me. The sociolinguistics of the Chinese script 3 hours ago	{ "date": "2017-08-20T17:33:00Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106865.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820170023-20170820190023-00562.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9924287796020508, "token_count": 255, "url": "http://brunei-linguistics.blogspot.com/2011/07/noisy-restaurants.html" }
If you have a local bead guild that you can join, I suggest that you go to a meeting. I went to my first one today, and I was really inspired. I cannot believe how many talented artists there are out there, and how willing to help each other everyone was. The first part of the meeting was shopping, my favorite thing. A few people brought some lovely things for all of us to drool over!! Then there was a quick overview of what the guild is about and what is expected of everyone. The dues are very reasonable, only $25 per year to come and get class instruction or to just have a grand old time! They always plan a yearly fund raising event and trips to bead shows and beading events. This year is very exciting, we are having some guest artists come in for special classes for all of us to join in on! I am very happy to have found this great group. Every month we meet and have just a fun time. So, I wanted to pass along this great social idea to all of you that may not know about bead guilds in your area. Go ahead have a ball!	{ "date": "2017-08-20T17:26:12Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2017-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886106865.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820170023-20170820190023-00562.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9848502278327942, "token_count": 232, "url": "http://twodoxiesjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/01/bead-guild.html" }
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BY NORTON SANDLER AND ASKAI TOURÉ SAN FRANCISCO - "We raised the bar for all workers by winning this strike," Steve Gilbert told the Militant. "The fact that we ended the two-tier system and won the wage gains we did sends a message to other workers that they can win some gains too, if they fight." Gilbert has worked for six years as a mechanic at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Some 2,500 Bay Area transit workers who are members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Amalgamated Transit Workers Union (ATU), and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) stood up to a carefully orchestrated and high- pitched campaign in the big business press and broadcast media here to score some solid gains during their week-long strike, which ended on September 13. Workers began returning to their jobs immediately after the tentative settlement was announced and trains began running again September 15. A ratification vote by the membership of the two unions is scheduled for September 19. The strike began September 7, when a "cooling-off" period mandated by California Governor Peter Wilson ended and the membership of the ATU and SEIU rejected what management termed its "best and final offer." BART spokespeople said they would offer the unions pay raises totaling nine percent over three years and said they would not spend more than $28 million on the next contract with the two unions. In 1994 management succeeded in forcing through a new setup under which it took new hires six years to reach top pay. This guaranteed that new hires never got more than 90 percent of what their co-workers were paid during the life of the three-year contract. BART management tried in this round of negotiations to not only extend the existing two- tier pay scheme, but also set up a third level where new hires would receive only 75 percent of the top rate of pay. The demand to eliminate these tiers and built-in wage inequalities was the major issue uniting the union members. This had become a major bone of contention as the expanding transit authority hired 500 new workers, many of them young, over the last two years. These workers began demanding to be paid equal wages for carrying out the same work. "I'm doing the same work for almost $3 less an hour," mechanic Paul Nadon explained. "I want the two-tier gone now." "We talked to workers with more seniority about this. We won them over that it wasn't in our interest to be divided. So we had a solid front on this crucial issue," Gilbert said. Under the terms of the tentative September 13 settlement, the members of the two unions will receive a $3,000 lump sum bonus for 1997 and then a 4 percent pay increase for the next three years of the four-year contract. Previous contracts between the union and BART have run for three years. AFSCME members are "me too-ed" in the agreement. The tier schemes have been eliminated and the progression to get to top pay shortened. Instead of at least six years, it will now take three years to get to top pay for ATU members and four years for SEIU members. Gilbert noted that four years is still a long time, "but it is a step forward." The unionists also won improvement in their dental plan for the first time in 24 years. Vicious antiunion campaign From the opening minutes of the strike, the big-business media tried to turn public opinion against the strikers. The San Francisco Chronicle ran article after article, as well as editorials, blasting the strikers for causing "suffering" for the 270,000 Bay Area residents who use the BART system during the workweek. The BART system has been in existence for 25 years. It was designed to bring middle-class people and others into the financial district of San Francisco from around the Bay Area. The Chronicle editorialized that "the strike, which began at 12:01 a.m. yesterday is hard to justify." The media repeated over and over that the BART workers under their old contract received a base wage of nearly $41,000 a year and mechanics a base wage of $48,000 a year. At the same time, the media tried to trivialize the unions' demands to get rid of tiers and shorten pay progression periods. "Most people can understand - and accept - the concept that newcomers should initially receive less than veterans. It is a common practice in most of the work world, including the transit industry," the Chronicle editors opined. Cartoons and the letters pages of the papers every day were organized to try to whip up a campaign against the supposedly overpaid workers. State Senator Quentin Kopp announced plans to press for new legislation that would ban strikes by transit workers. Much was also made in the press about taunts striking pickets received from those passing by closed suburban train stations. "The strikers are getting spat on and screamed at. Commuters are blowing their tops," a Chronicle article stated the morning before the strike ended. "The hostility is so intense that the strike line at the Pleasant Hill BART station had to be canceled yesterday because of threats to the pickets," the same article said. "Pickets also have soda-cup ice and garbage thrown at them, and sometimes shouting or shoving matches erupt with people who walk up to argue." This was far from the whole picture. Trade unionists who visited the BART picket lines were extremely well received. Outside the Colma maintenance barn where pickets gathered, many passing by honked their horns in a show of support for the strikers during the course of the day. Some union locals dropped off doughnuts and food for the strikers there as well. "We've had people drive by our picket lines and throw bottles, we've been spit upon and sworn at, but we've held our own," striker Dennis Jones told the New York Times at the end of the strike. Gilbert agreed. "We didn't have a good media strategy. We'll learn. But we shut them down and won the strike." Seeking to take credit for the workers victory, San Francisco mayor Willie Brown told a convention of the Service Employees International Union meeting in Washington, D.C., September 16, "I am the end effort of labor's magnificent political action." The San Francisco Chronicle reported, "BART might not have settled so quickly had BART's unions not `been part of a very strong political movement in the Bay Area,' Brown said. It was the pressure and the `back-door activities' applied by pro-union politicians that `put pressure on BART officials.'" 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Most things will not change in responsibilities unless your take on the Hosting Mentor Program Below. Help in the house Helping with Tourists HOSTING MENTOR AND VETTING; I am starting a mentoring program, for my benefit, to become a host with me for my venue of people who visit through many venues, American Sailing Club, and much more. It will entail you making a 30 day minimum commitment. It will be to learn, share, and develop skills while being housed, and some food, bicycle and kayaks provided. Also working with area for some passes to fun things so that the area will be your oyster. Cleaning, bed changes, making people smile and learning a little about hospitality will be the goal. More important is what you will learn. expect time off like always as my theme is still work hard/play hard. There are always people who have difficulty taking on new challenges and if you are one then please continue your search. IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO WORK HARD AND PLAY HARD KEEP LOOKING!!!! Volunteer Plan APRIL-MAY-JUNE: You will work 8 hour days! if you stay six to seven nights expect to work three (3) 8 hour days and three (3) days off. If you choose this opportunity you will be limited to working on the boat and touring the area. Volunteer Plan JULY: You will be here for a 30 Day period working 8 hour (3) days and off (3) days with lots to do locally. Additionally we will be doing sailing in the local Area for a min of 4 Days in the Month. Volunteer Plan AUGUST: You will work 8 hour days! if you stay six to seven nights expect to work three (3) 8 hour days and three (3) days off. If you choose this opportunity you will be limited to working on the boat and touring the area. Volunteer Plan SEPT-NOVEMBER: You will be here for a 30 Day period working 8 hour (3) days and off (3) days with lots to do locally. Additionally we will be doing sailing in the local Area for a min of 4 Days in the Month. This also will include the Host Mentor Program. December2017-March2018 TBD . PLEASE GIVE ME IN EMAIL YOUR SUGGESTED DATES AFTER YOU HAVE FULLY READ MY PROFILE...THANK YOU AND I AM AS EXCITED AS YOU ARE! 1. Cleaning, scrubbing, polishing, stainless as well as white top outside sunlight work Also inside work thoughout as it does rain sometimes...lol 2. Deep cleaning crevices, multiple inside jobs all cleaning related 3. Wood Projects, building projects, organizing storage. 4. You must have the attitude to work hard/play hard limited work time-frame for lots of learning and touring. 5. Many projects that require labor, brains, technologies, electricians needed 6. Scrubbing boat from water up, polishing and buffing. Sometimes fiberglass work sanding and painting. REFERENCES: If you have no references but other venues I will consider these. If you have written a reference but your host did not reply then I cannot help you. If they wrote a reference for you and you did not reply you should do this before contacting me. I am going from an introduction based to only reference based so prepare for this and get references if only from friends you have worked with and include them in your emails. Sailing Catamaran with three staterooms with full size double mattresses for (2). I only make available one room for workaway unless a special project requires more. Your luggage you will sleep with you as there is limited space. I have other paying guests, through other venues, all the time so my space most of the time is limited to one workaway in high season. I offer no food!!! We do have, on many occasions, a community food meal where you have the option to pitch in. There is plenty of refrigerator space grocery stores nearby and I always seem to have some extra food that needs to be eaten at times. It is a sleep/work and play/tour program. I will not work you everyday back to back without a good day or two of play every third day. Keep in mind I may ask you to extend your stay and offer your a longer time. It will be because I am impressed with your work ethic and personality. For the most part I only make available one bed for workaway. I am however in special times will make other beds available as I have larger work plans. I have a Head and shower on-board (to be used at sea). I have a full galley with wonderful opportunity to try new foods and preparation, electric grill, or charcoal on the dock picnic area. Wait till you see a Space Launch at NASA from just the Bridge a block away. Seafood is plentiful with local lobster, crab claws, and many other varieties a couple blocks away. TV, Stereo, and a Ninja Smoothie Mixer (oh yea). You may be the only workaway I have or there may be a group times of year and availability of skilled labor determines this. The best way we can see compatibility in work/play environment is to put a limit and possibly a testing time. I will be saving you a lot of money and you will be helping me with my boat. 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The bus system is great and rental cars can be used to get most anywhere. Lots of tourism but great local flavor and day or two day tours. Imessage, cell, or Whats app, are all ways I communicate with great local wifi. Buying a local sim card is easy ask me what i have discovered. Additionally there are some special sailing trips and adventures that we can discuss. You are getting the best of all worlds. If you mention KEYWORD: "AUNT POLY" in the email to me I will know you have read my profile and will give more serious consideration. Plan on having a great time of work/play and discovering a boaters world. Last note; I realize when you have no references you may consider workaway a cheap way to have a vacation. Remember we are a program design to benefit both parties. Come prepared to take on the task and plan a work/play lifestyle that may actually take over the rest of your life!!! Women PLEASE READ: I am going to add a short note based on a recent input. I am a man who is older and to some old enough to be your father. I am recently Married, and my wife is adorable. I am loving, demonstrative, caring and a good friend to many thus the reason for my reviews. Sometimes I find women who do not want to ever be touched or hugged, and friendly conversation about life and events makes you feel uncomfortable. I have no ulterior motives when, I am myself, a friendly guy who just happens to think women are wonderful and should be treated with respect. However if you are a person who is overly sensitive or has had a bad experience with a man then I would ask you consider another venue where more women are present and you feel more comfortable. Limited internet access We have pets We are smokers More than two Read my reviews and just get a glimpse of the excitement and value your time and energy can benefit what your time here can have. 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Medicine in Bolivia High School Specials for 15-18 Year Olds - Placement location: Cochabamba - Types of placement: Teaching Hospital - Accommodation: Host Families - Age Requirements: 15-18 years old This placement gives you the unique opportunity to observe the medical profession first hand in a developing country. Volunteers will work in Cochabamba and live with a local host family. As a volunteer on the Medicine High School Special, you will have the opportunity to observe the doctors as they treat patients at various health centres and hospitals. You will also be provided with some Spanish lessons and medical workshops during your placement. Volunteers will be involved in a variety of tasks, including dental outreach work at a care centre, and will also travel to a remote village to help treat children and the elderly, as there is no nearby hospital for locals to go to. Here volunteers will be involved in checking vital signs like blood pressures, pulse rates and temperature. On the weekend you’ll travel to Lake Titicaca, visit the Tiwanaku ruins and Sun Island. Every year, thousands of High School Special volunteers actively make a difference around the world. During their time abroad, they contribute towards achieving long-term goals and make a long-lasting positive impact on the communities where they work. If you want to know more about their achievements, read our 2017 High School Specials Impact Report.	{ "date": "2018-08-21T12:31:37Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2018-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221218122.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20180821112537-20180821132537-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9386916160583496, "token_count": 292, "url": "https://www.projects-abroad.pk/volunteer-projects/high-school-specials/medicine-and-healthcare/medicine/volunteer-bolivia/" }
This is the Site of the Once Industrious "Cataract Coffin Factory". Abraham owned a coffin factory at the top of Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls Canada. The story has it that proprietor Abraham Mortimer dedicated every waking hour to surveying the progress of the coffins being built and the success of his business. At night he was tormented by young hooligans who taunted the eccentric old man. Abraham would chase the riff-raff from their pranks and dares. They always laughed at his threats, until one fateful night... Abraham confronted a rowdy group of thrill-seekers. In the ensuing struggle, a stack of solid oak coffins overturned and Abraham was crushed to death! The guilty ran off and were never apprehended for their part in the gruesome murder. Soon after the funeral Abraham Mortimer's coffin was found unearthed and empty! To this day it is said he walks the halls for revenge on those who dare to trespass on his beloved and now abandoned factory...	{ "date": "2018-08-14T08:49:09Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2018-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221208750.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20180814081835-20180814101835-00442.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.966751754283905, "token_count": 209, "url": "https://www.nightmaresfearfactory.com/legend" }
U.S. online data breaches have reached an all-time high. Tech-savvy hackers are making their way through sites that are and aren’t protected. What’s more, hackers have gained major insight and are using new technology to do so. Tech-savvy hackers are making their way through sites that are and aren’t protected. What’s more, hackers have gained major insight and are using new technology to do so. Today’s hackers are much more sophisticated than we would like to think. WordPress security can prevent hackers from ruining your site, taking your money, and impersonating you in interactions with your audience. A WordPress virus can majorly set you back in time, resources, and money. Malware is also alive and well in the online world. Bloggers are being tricked into Malware on a regular basis. Avoid a headache from a virus on your WordPress site by taking the necessary preventative measures. Make it impossible if not hellish for hackers to get through your walls. Here’s how: 1. Regularly Scan for Malware and Change Passwords It is essential to consistently scan your computer and remove any malware that you find. You can use Malwarebytes to do so. There are many different products available geared to help you see if your site is infected. Some even monitor your blog on a regular basis for you. You may need to spend a little money on a monthly basis but most plans offer fairly low rates. After you are certain your malware has been eliminated and you’ve got a clean blog, you can take further measures to protect your site. Changing passwords may seem like a basic step in preventing a WordPress virus. However, creating a new password with uppercase and lowercase letters, incorporating a number, and using an odd character in the password will give you a password that’s difficult to hack through. Change your cpanel passwords as well as your WordPress login passwords. Use a password that you haven’t used previously and that is not stored anywhere. Use a password that you can remember but that is very tough to guess. 2. Install Plugins to Prevent A WordPress Virus Security plug-ins can make all of the difference in your defense against a WordPress virus. Use plugins with great online reviews that have proven benefits for websites. Get a plug-in that allows you to rename your database and table prefix. Much like your password changes, make your database and table prefix renames very difficult to guess. WordPress usually already gives your database a name that has something like “wp_” as the default table prefix. Unfortunately, this makes it fairly easy for hackers. Because it’s a standard combination, hackers can easily scan for weaknesses in your fortress and insert a WordPress virus. Find a plug-in with the best WordPress security technology that combines them all into one singular plugin. With one click, you can have all the features you need to protect yourself against a WordPress virus. Plugin magic will change the access portals for you and make them more difficult to guess or hack. Your main goal should be to ensure that all of your codes are tweaked to increase your security levels. See what options work with your system and which do not. It’s possible you’ll be able to change a red link to a green one and it won’t affect your blog or plugins. It’s possible you’ll be able to change a red link to a green one and it won’t affect your blog or plugins. However, that same change of different color combinations might negatively affect your blog or theme. 3. Delete the Admin Account Yes, more changing of words, accounts, usernames, and passwords. WordPress allows you to give access to other accounts that aren’t the administrator. Instead of using the “admin” username, consider using a unique name that hackers won’t immediately recognize and go to. 4. Safely Connect Whenever possible, use sFTP or SSH instead of FTP when connecting your server for ultimate security. HTTPS is also an extremely secure way of making online transactions or using your WordPress site. This is a simple trick that you can easily do but will go a long way in terms of security against a WordPress virus. It’s all in the details when it comes to taking preventative measures to protect yourself. 5. Check Your Folder Permissions Your files and folders need not have a welcoming red carpet for hackers with a setting of 777. Avoid letting them set up base on your website with such an easy entrance. Set all of your files to 644 and your folders to 755. An easy change, but it’ll make a big difference. Also, remember to have these files and folders securely backed up. 5. Back It Up This might be one of the most important steps when it comes to the security of your WordPress site during a virus attack. If you have a large blog with a lot of content, the headache will be painful if you get hacked and lost your data. Save yourself time, money, and from the painstaking process of rebuilding your site from scratch by having your WordPress completely backed up. Find backup software that is powerful and complete with backup plugins. Some have features that even include the Dropbox integration tools which will be helpful if you are a regular user. Backup software will help repair your site, schedule backups, restore your data and help with migration. Most backup programs have built-in malware scanners which will keep your consistently updated on issues with your site. It is important to remember that backup programs are different than security tools and both are necessary to prevent your site from a WordPress virus. As the old saying goes, prevention is better than the cure. If you can manage to take a few simple steps, purchase fantastic plugins, change names and passwords you can save yourself from a WordPress virus attack. If you’ve taken all of the steps you can to protect your site and you still get hacked, you’ll have peace of mind knowing that your entire system is properly backed up with your backup software. Continually scan for malware and stay on top of any issues you see. When you are ready for optimal protection and the most clever plugins for your site protection, contact us today!	{ "date": "2018-08-21T14:02:11Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2018-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221218189.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20180821132121-20180821152121-00682.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9243674874305725, "token_count": 1314, "url": "https://cleverplugins.com/ways-protect-wordpress-virus/" }
Ultimo post del año 2008 deseándoles que tengan un 2009 brillante. El artículo siguiente del cura católico John Clifton Marquis, publicado en IDPI y recomendado por Gustavo en un comentario de verdad va a la cuestión moral relativa a la legislación de las drogas. Hay un abismo entre esta forma de tratar la cuestión y la exhibición de frases cazafantasmas que estamos acostumbrados a ver. Si alguien se toma el trabajo de traducirlo, se lo agradezco. Sólo voy a poner en castellano esta frase que me parece contundente: “Los líderes morales no tienen otra alternativa que elegir entre una moralidad auténtica, que lleva al bien, y una moralidad cosmética, que se ve bien“. Su título es “Las leyes sobre drogas son inmorales”. Creo que desde ahí puede venir el cambio, la inquisición debe ser primero desenmascarada en el plano ético. Drug Laws are Immoral – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – By Father John Clifton Marquis, S.T. U.S Catholic, May 1990 The United States’ federal, state, county and city governments have spent the last 50 years writing and enacting antidrug laws with increasingly severe punishments for offenders. These laws are false gods promising a salvation they cannot produce. Every year, they demand more adoration from their devotees: more time, more money, more people, more resources. And yet, no matter how punitive the sanctions (including the death penalty itself), the drug-providing business has only escalated; indeed ballooned. This is simple, historical fact. Drug laws are a moral issue. Fifty years of drug legislation have produced the exact opposite effect of what those laws intended: the laws have created a tantalizingly profitable economic structure for marketing drugs. When law does not promote the common good, but in fact causes it to deteriorate, the law itself becomes bad and must be changed. The undeniable result of current U.S. drug laws is certainty that drugs will be very, very expensive. The corollary to that “given” is that people will commit many and violent sins to control the money that is to be made. The moral issue here is to do the very best that can be done to give the community maximum control over drug availability and consequent drug use. Society cannot cure every drug abuser or alcoholic; that is a given. But the community can create a social condition in which innocent people do not become victims and where health-care professionals have a better opportunity (with more funds and people available) to serve the healing process of drug abusers. The moral principle involved here is very old and very sure: pick the lesser of two evils. Drug abuse is bad. It is a patent evil to the person abusing drugs and to everyone connected with him or her. But drug abuse is a problem that church and society can tackle and, in many cases, cure or control. In practice, our communities have the spiritual and psychological tools at hand. However, most do not have sufficient human and economic resources to use those tools effectively to help the people who desperately need them. The overwhelming majority of these resources are mainlined into a self-abortive policing effort that, by its very nature, cannot succeed. Drug use and abuse clearly are serious problems. Yet a more intrusive and caustic moral illness results from the presence of drugs in the United States: greed. Greed is a much more subtle evil that the immaturity that leads to substance abuse. Like a cancer, it produces ancillary evils as destructive as its root. The people of the United States know by daily experience the destructive and havoc wreaked upon their lives by drug provides. This is the moral evil that must be erased. I am painfully aware that, for many millions of U.S. citizens, the very mention of completely legalizing drugs sounds like a form of blasphemy. That is why I deliberately described current U.S. drug laws as false gods. They are blasphemy. They are the idolatrous Frankenstein that elected officials have created. They make the drug trade incredibly lucrative. Neither police action nor the appointment of drug czars will faze the drug lords. As a nation, the United States may well arrest and convict thousands of dealers. Law enforcement agencies can incarcerate them all at disastrous cost to the public. For the kind of economic profit illegal drugs provide, however, there will always be other losers that take their places. The kingpins will go on. Moral leaders have no alternative but to choose between authentic morality, which produces good, and cosmetic morality, which merely looks good. Drug laws look good! But the tragic flaw of cosmetic morality, like all other forms of cosmetics, is that it produces no change of substance. Proponents of cosmetic morality would rather look good than pay the tough, personal price of doing good. Authentic morality knows its limitations in the human condition and does all it can for the common good. Some people are convinced that any and every problem can be solved with just a little more firepower. Yet the United States already has the third highest rate of incarceration in the world, following only South Africa and the Soviet Union. Continued enforcement of drug laws may make us number one. Funds needed for education and health care will be stripped away to maintain police agencies and prisons. U.S. liberties and judicial process are endangered because of a growing mania to win in court one way or another. Authentic moral leaders cannot afford the arrogant luxury of machismo, with its refusal to consider not “winning.” Winning, the case for drug abuse, is finding the direction and methods that provide the maximum amount of health and safety to the whole society without having a cure that is worse than the disease. The fact is that the United States never had organized crime until Prohibition. Illegal (and thus very expensive) alcohol created a new economic market with hoodlums machine-gunning one another to death over profits. The percentage of U.S. citizens who drank hard liquor actually increased after alcohol was outlawed. When alcohol became legal again, the now-organized crime syndicate simply picked up the drug trade. The standard argument against the legalization of drugs (all drugs, across the board) is: “It will make people, especially young people, think drugs are good.” The people involved in drug dealing and drug using already think they are good. They are acquiring the money or pleasure so highly prized by the U.S. culture. At this point, what is imperative for leaders in the United States to realize how young people think about good and bad. As a culture, U.S. youth do not equate illegal with immoral. Within their culture (and their experience of what adults have been doing with laws for the last generation), illegal simply means “harder to get,” “forbidden fruit,” or “adult toy.” The United States has some laws for the protection of human life. What does that teach young people about the law? Law may very well have been a teacher of good and bad for Saint Paul and Saint Thomas Aquinas, but it is hardly that for U.S. youth. Another popular argument (and gross misconception) is that legal drugs will be too available. The reality is that U.S. grade schools and prisons are two of the hottest areas of drug trade. How much more available can the stuff become? Legalizing all drugs in the United States would have one immediate and dramatic effect: it would render them cheap. In today’s market, a kilogram of illegal heroin or illegal cocaine has a street value of several million dollars. A kilogram of illegal marijuana has a street value of about a quarter million dollars. A kilogram of legal cocaine would be worth perhaps a couple hundred dollars and a kilogram of legal marijuana would be price with expensive tobacco. As long as drugs are illegal, the obscenity of the pricing structure will perdure. Legal drugs do not drug lords make. Legal drugs eradicate the reason for violence to control the trade. There is no doubt that some people will abuse legal drugs; this happens with legal alcohol. It is also a sad human fact that some very sober and reasonable people drive cars recklessly; gamble away their hard earned money; use the gift of speech to spread slander, calumny, and gossip; and go on to do a great variety of inappropriate and sinful things. Human nature is, after all, wounded by the reality of sin. But lawmaking is not now, and never has been, the magic formula for goodness. The problems, hurts, and difficulties that will definitely result from legalized drugs will be far, far less numerous and less destructive to the whole society than theft, bribery, violence, murder, mayhem, and self-degradation that are daily bread in the United States today. U.S. citizens must have the integrity and the painful honesty to keep in the forefront of their minds that they are not preventing addiction to crack or any other drug at this time. The current methods are not working. Humility, not arrogance, will help society find the best way to reach its goal, which is common good. The authentic definition of humility is truth.	{ "date": "2018-08-20T23:12:54Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2018-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221217354.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20180820215248-20180820235248-00442.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9312306046485901, "token_count": 2045, "url": "http://josebenegas.com/2008/12/" }
\|Page (1) of 1 - 10/16/17\|\|email article\|\|print page\| Awesome TV Making It’s Distinct Mark in Digital Media(October 16, 2017) History is made, milestones are achieved, and records are broken! When one is on such a path, things seem to be falling in the right place - sooner than later! “We are the pioneers in this space of South Asian digital streaming network. I love it, how we (Awesome TV) have changed the South Asian media landscape. We have increased quality of programming, along with delivery for all viewers in the South Asian broadcasting market. Because of Awesome TV, status quo is gone and has forced various others to raise the bar in types and quality of programming that the viewers deserve'”. Says, Ritesh Parikh, the founder of Awesome TV Nutan Kalamdani, the co-founder says “There are three kinds of people in this world - people who make it happen, people who watch what happens, and people who wonder what happened. Staying true to its name (Awesome), the evening was marked in the style of a gala with sparkling décor, live music, dancing and entertainment. From Indian Artist Jashodhara Chatterjee, to mainstream music performers like Fascination, Mr. Boriqua Posse to a Rapper Az Izz, they all captivated the audience with their flavorful and varied music. A fascinating fire show and an LED wings performance by the Amazing Ivanna was another high point of the event along with music from DJ Himanshu. The REAL highlight of the celebrations was the announcement of 'Launch of digital only AWSM Radio, that's slated to go on air by the FALL 2017. Playing the best in music from all over the world including American (Top 40, Pop, Urban, Old School & etc.), Bollywood, Bhangra and more, including other original programming and none like any another radio station. Additionally, Awesome TV announced the launching numerous Original shows. The first two shows, currently being filmed ‘Rock it with ROX’ & ‘Take a bite with Ragini’. The event brought together multi-sector guests and in their presence 'Team Appreciation Awards' were presented to the ‘AWESOME TV’ team members. Along with, the IIFA crewmembers were also recognized for their diligence during IIFA week that was held at MetLife Stadium. Keeping the grace of its name, Awesome TV holds tight onto its mission of providing viewers with a significant amount of original, unique entertainment that is created by professionals around globe who caters to the chemistry of Global and South Asian audience in timely fashion today and always! About Awesome: Targeting international audiences, Awesome TV is your number one source to global Bollywood, Hollywood and original entertainment around the world. Awesome TV streams HD content globally on all platforms (iOS, Android & etc.) & devices (smartphones, tablets, connected TVs, game consoles, laptops) or any device connected to the Internet. Awesome TV content reaches over 1 million fans making it the largest, most watched independent South Asian Television Network from North America. Awesome TV enjoys powerful reach on social media with combined engagement of 3 million fans, followers and viewers. Visit the channel at www.awesometv.tv or download the app. Follow Awesome on social media @awesomeitv. Media and other inquiries should be directed to Awesome TV, [email protected] Company Name: Awesome TV Contact Person: Ritesh P Email: [email protected] Phone: 845-444-AWSM (2976) City: New York Country: United States Related Keywords:Arts & Entertainment,India,Media & Communications,News & Current Affairs,U.S,	{ "date": "2018-08-16T13:35:55Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2018-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221211000.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20180816132758-20180816152758-00322.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9270169734954834, "token_count": 790, "url": "http://www.digitalproducer.com/article/Awesome-TV-Making-It--s-Distinct-Mark-in-Digital-Media-5193237" }
When Milo Jones founded Jones Dairy Farm back in 1889, the company produced only one product, sausage made from his mother’s old family recipe. Today, six generations later, Jones still makes sausage from the same family recipe on the original farm with a time tested-dedication to quality and excellence. Our precooked pork sausage links are still all natural and contains no MSG or nitrites for that farm-fresh taste. All our sausage is gluten-free certified too. The taste is simply delicious. Jones Dairy Farm Note that the package is coated with a grain-based talc (corn) as a processing aid.	{ "date": "2018-08-21T06:35:44Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2018-34", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221217970.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20180821053629-20180821073629-00562.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9579243659973145, "token_count": 126, "url": "https://celiac.org/marketplace/gf-products/all-natural-golden-brown-mild-pork-sausage-links-7-oz/" }
Diary started Nov 13, 2011. Outfit first worn Jan 7, 2012. Fearghus is on the guard for TRH Uther and Kara. They are stepping up in “late period” and have asked their court and guard to match their colors (black and grey). Fearghus mentioned he would really like a new Waffenrock for 12th night. After looking over the images he decided he liked the look of the “Master Bear Hunter” outfit from the The Triumph of Maximilian. Details to include – Base fabric is dark grey herringbone will use red and grey slashed guards. The waffenrock will be split front and back to lie correctly when riding, ie a Reitrock aka: riding coat. Decided not to do this. – The doublet “sleeves” will be about 2 inches long around 3/4 of the armscye and have hidden attachment points around the inside for “fancy” sleeves. – I’m going to make this with removable fancy sleeves. That way if he gets overheated he can remove the sleeves and still wear the waffenrock. – Fancy sleeves will be fancy. (still working out what they’ll look like). – He’s asked for sleeves similar to the sleeves I did for my blue dress. – The back of the doublet will have 2 vertical guards and one horizontal guard (top edge). The vertical guards will go up, over the shoulder straps and then down each side of the front. The front of the doublet, will also have one horizontal guard at the top edge. – skirt will have one guard 3-4″ wide 3-4″ up from the bottom. – The guard on the skirt portion doesn’t look like it lies flat to the skirt. It’s sewn bubbled and this looks like it would cause the slashes on the guard to open wider. – Guards are red base fabric with grey slashed top fabric. Grey will need to be cut on the bias and sewn on “bubbled” to give the proper appearance. The grey will need a turned edge.. the red may be ok w/o a turned edge. – Where possible I’m going to use the buttons I have which have bear paw prints on them. – new black hat with lots of feathers – New shoes. (on order from Boots by Bohemond) – New pants (I cut up his old pants to take a pattern) – 8 yards of black herringbone wool. It feels like wool flannel. – 4 yards red wool for the under layer of the guarding – 4+ yards of grey/silver/green fabric for the top layer of the guards – 4 yards black linen for lining. – Pull old Waff apart. Use that for a pattern with noted alterations. – cut down width of back piece by 1 inch – cut down shoulder straps to a total of 12 inches (not including seam allowance) – Add to bottom of the front placket 3 inches + inches lost from the straps – Skirt is good length and fullness. Use the same. – (done) Pull old Waff apart. Use that for a pattern with noted alterations. – (done) Make guards. – (done) Cut out doublet exterior and interior. – (done) Sew doublet together around all edges except sides and armsceye. – (done) Sew sides of doublet together with a 1/2″ seam turning the seams to the interior of the doublet. – (done) Hand finish armsceye with tabbed mini sleeves – (done) Add attachment points for fancy sleeves. – (done) Add guards – (done) cut out skirt – (done) Add guard – (done) Pleat skirt to a band – (done) Attach band to bottom of the doublet. – (done) cut out a red linen sleeve – (done) cut out the grey herringbone wool (the wool is twice as long as the red sleeve but the same width) – (done) Add ties on the slashes to hold them in place	{ "date": "2019-08-18T18:07:38Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313987.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818165510-20190818191510-00162.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8987619280815125, "token_count": 891, "url": "http://research.fibergeek.com/2011/11/13/1517-landsknecht-reitrock/" }
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” ― Madeleine L’Engle I’ve argued that we should read to our children, but I haven’t said why. This post is about that. One reason, of course, is that it is good for their brain. Unlike TV and movies, when you read to a kid they have to fill in the pictures in their head. This is good, for their imagination and for their intelligence. And reading together is also a relational thing. It is what laps were made for. There is something profoundly intimate about sharing stories with children we love, even with teens. (Or spouses for that matter.) It is a shared journey, with shared laughter and suspense. It is the basis of private jokes and veiled allusions, all richer than the ones that come from the movies we watch together. Like movies, books open doors to new lands and new ideas. But books especially open doors to new conversations, not just about what will happen next but why and to what end. And you can have these conversations in the moment. One of the great benefits of reading together is slowing down to do it. Of course, virtue is embedded in the old books, before Disney turns them into fairy tales. (I like fairy tales, by the way, but they can be over-simplified. And of course, once visualized we lose the ability to picture them ourselves.) For these reasons, and more, reading together was a corner-stone of our family life and we raised a generation of readers. We read as a family, Katie and I both read to the kids, the kids read to each other. And now ten grandkids are being blessed by books. Reading out loud taught our kids new words. It made them better writers and speakers, tuned as they are to the rhythms and the flow of language. But more than that, it introduced them to new worlds — before they had to face them in person. I like that in a book. This is good for kids. It’s good for all of us. Be sure to read The Great Gift of Reading Aloud by Wall Street Journal children’s book editor Meghan Gurdon.	{ "date": "2019-08-23T20:31:51Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027318986.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20190823192831-20190823214831-00242.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9735733866691589, "token_count": 487, "url": "https://blog.thedaysman.com/2015/09/23/why-we-read-to-children/" }
USGS Says 50-Year Rain Could Inundate Broad Beach, Malibu Cyn, Malibu Country Estates With Mud Written by 991KBU on January 11, 2019 The U-S Geologic Survey has looked at the fire-scraped mountains above Malibu … and the canyons below. And it has released an alarming series of maps that show dozens of houses under water … or likely … surrounded by mud … in the event of a heavy rain. The city has released the set of maps … which are based on surveys of the fire-ravaged mountains and subdivisions after the Woolsey Fire. And they are alarming. The U S G S maps show that a 50-year-storm will flood significant slices of Malibu West … Escondido Canyon … and other low lying areas. Also … hiillsides are in danger. The dozens of homes on the steepest parts of Malibu Park are at great risk. Also … houses along Broad Beach. In Escondido Canyon. And along Malibu Country Drive … near Pepperdine. A major concern remains Malibu canyon … which drains hundreds of square miles of burned steep mountainsides … and where the old Rindge Dam is powerless to hold back any more sediment. We have posted the link to the maps at the KBUU webpage. Again … the heaviest rain will hit Malibu starting at about 11 o’clock tonight.	{ "date": "2019-08-20T03:31:29Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315222.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20190820024110-20190820050110-00202.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.869362473487854, "token_count": 300, "url": "https://www.radiomalibu.net/50-year-rain-could-damage-homes/" }
"We valued the festival so highly 30 years ago, when everything was in scarcity, because it was the only time we got to eat meat, put on new clothes and stay up all night playing games," Hu says. "Today we do those things anytime we want. It's human nature to chase what's hard to get and then throw it aside once we have it." However, folklore professor Zheng Tuyou from Fudan University says there's no reason to lament changing customs. "Folk traditions always change with the social changes," he says. "There is no standard to mark a truly traditional Chinese New Year because traditions long ago varied under different dynasties." Form may change but essence does not, Zheng says. He points to hongbao as an example. Money didn't really come into commonplace use until the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and today people transfer money around via mobile phones. "But the inner spirit of it never changes, that is to wish children good health," he says. "Old things are gone or eliminated, replaced by new things. It's just the way of development. We don't need to be overly nostalgic about it or even try to revive old times. Let the past go." The traditional family reunion dinner is another case in point. In olden days, wives prepared the New Year's Eve dinner. But in recent years, more families have chosen to eat the big meal in a restaurant. Bookings for that evening in major restaurants must be made well in advance. But now, with the trend toward home-delivered meals — some prepared by experienced chefs — families are once again choosing to stay at home. "Folk traditions have their own way of adjusting to the social environment," Zheng says. Last Lunar New Year's Eve, about 650,000 Shanghai residents traveled overseas for the holiday, often forfeiting presence at the traditional family get-togethers. "Why is it that young people don't care about Spring Festival but like Western festivals more?" asks professor Zhang Zujian from Shanghai University. "I find traditional Chinese festivals are mostly the same — we worship, we eat and we wish. What really matters is how we bridge the age gap and extend out hands and hearts to others." Old traditions are indeed evolving. Traditional Spring Festival couplets nowadays are often written with funny catchphrases instead of classic poems, and ancient operas have added punk music and electronic elements to attract young people. "But rest assured, Spring Festival won't disappear, no matter how much it changes," says He Chengwei, vice chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Literature and Art Circles. "It's a special time to bid farewell to the past year, past failures, past heartbreaks and welcome a fresh start, a new era and a bright future."	{ "date": "2019-08-21T09:42:37Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027315865.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821085942-20190821111942-00362.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9632635712623596, "token_count": 581, "url": "http://english.china.com/travel/keywords/art/238/20180212/1205101_1.html" }
The internet has made known in all aspects attainable. Naturally, the fitness industry isn’t the one to lag behind. Everything that you need to know about attaining the perfect body can be found with a single tap of the internet. Meaning, unless you live under a rock, there’s no other excuse for you NOT to achieve your ideal physique. Decades ago, most people believe that getting your dream body wouldn’t be possible without hitting the gym. But that mindset isn’t exactly the right one. If you don’t have any gym membership, there’s a lot of ways wherein you can work out. As a matter of fact, even if you don’t have any dumbbells or barbells at home, there’s still a way to get in shape. You can do bodyweight exercises if you will. In any case, I’m going to tell you how to workout without a gym in this article. Let’s see how you can grow your physique at the comfort of your own home or basically thru the use of other means. Gym-Free Exercises To Try Out If there’s anything that we can all agree on, it’s that walking is the most accessible exercise anyone can do. This is one of the ways of getting in shape. It doesn’t cost you anything, and you don’t need any fancy place to do this. Since everyone does this every single day, in order to get a good workout you simply have to increase the number of steps you take on a daily basis. Brisk walking is definitely something you should make a routine of every morning. Also, you can create a social affair with your friend every other day. There are also local walking groups you can often find at your local Oval Sports Center. By walking, you’ll be able to stimulate your cardiovascular system. I’m referring to your heart, lungs, and overall circulation. This also gives you an edge as it improves your endurance in the lower muscles – basically, legs and hips. On the other hand, you can always invest in getting yourself a maxi climber. You successfully have your full body workout in the comfort of your own home. For some people, walking sounds too easy for them. Assuming you’re one of those people, you can always step up your game by running. It clearly makes more demands on your muscles than an easy brisk walk. Of course, you shouldn’t sprint on your first few weeks. Building the speed as you go on while your legs are keeping up with the whole process is the best way to do this exercise. This burns more calories, and you can shorten the amount of time working out without compensating your exercise routine. Make a milestone challenge for you every week, increase the length of your run to burn more calories and build leg muscles. Let’s admit it – we all had bikes when we were kids. Turns out, cycling is actually a really awesome aerobic exercise. Professional fitness trainers often use this type of workout every morning to keep their lower body and cardiovascular system in check. There are people who find jogging or running boring, and getting on a bike is a great alternative. Just make sure that you’re purchasing the ideal size of the frame as well as the saddle and handlebars. This is to avoid any unwanted accidents in the future. Invite your friends and family to go cycle with you. There are also cycling groups you can join for friendly competition. Cycling takes you to really far places if you take this seriously. Fantastic way to be one with nature and visit new sights. Fun Fact: Did you know that swimming is a really popular sport in the UK? It actually ranks third in the overall placement. While walking, running, and cycling is fun workouts to do, swimming takes you out of the land and into the waters. Visit your local pool center, they mostly offer classes for beginners or activities for professionals. It gives you an opportunity to improve your skills or you can create a whole new experience altogether. Unlike the other three exercises I’ve mentioned above, this targets your entire body. Generally speaking, this is the best exercise to tone up your muscles for aesthetics. Only doing a few lengths hits almost all of your muscle groups, but if you escalate your swimming pace, you’ll be getting an effective aerobic workout. If your purpose is to lose weight, you can keep your pace on a consistent level throughout your workout session. Again, join groups to make the experience more fulfilling. It doesn’t matter if you have the moves or not, moving your hips to the beat of the music is a great way to exercise. Dancing is meant for everyone, regardless of how old you are. Okay, for the most part, this is considered to be a skilled activity. However, there are a lot of studios that are springing up from one town to another that offers dancing sessions for all skill levels. Dancing is better known as a fun, recreational aerobic activity that increases your balance and coordination. Zuma sessions can be found in parks, fitness centers, malls, and even in your municipality. Attending to a Zumba session is usually free, and they are mostly there on a weekly or daily basis. Lastly, we have badminton on our list. In the world of racquet sports, this is probably known for its accessibility. You can basically play badminton in any open space (if you plan to play it recreationally with friends.) However, going to a public court is free, and the sport is really easy to learn. It isn’t hard to return the shuttlecock, and the mechanics of the game is simple. This is an aerobic activity that targets both of your lower and upper body. Wrapping It Up There are different means where you can workout without actually going to the gym. Doing any of these exercises above will give you similar effect if you were to workout at the gym. This is depending on your body goals, of course. If you have any questions, kindly post them down below. 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We are lucky to live less than an hour from the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park and even luckier to get to spend lots of time in one of the world’s first national park. It isn’t easy picking 5 hikes in a park that is so full of wonderful backcountry experiences, but I did it. According to the park website: Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America’s first national park. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world’s most extraordinary geysers and hot springs, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. I’ve chosen 5 hikes that my family and I have enjoyed and that represent different areas and ecosystems in Yellowstone. So, whether you want to geyser gaze, watch trout spawn, photograph wildflowers or push a stroller, I have a hike for you! Trailhead: On the northeast park entrance road west of Pebble Creek campground Distance: About 0.5 mile one way Difficulty: The trail is quite steep, but it is so short that almost anyone can make it. Trail description: The short, steep trail switchbacks up the side of a hill through open sagebrush steppe, wildflowers and forested pockets. What you’ll see: A beautiful lake nestled in a meadow at the base of Mt. Hornaday. If you visit in June you’ll see hundreds of cutthroat trout spawning in just inches of water in the inlet. Otters and muskrats also make Trout Lake home. Get there at the right time and you’ll see otter pups playing on fallen logs and chasing each other around the lake. Cutthroat and rainbow trout draw anglers to the lake. Trailhead: Behind Roosevelt Lodge Distance: 4 miles roundtrip Trail description: This loop trail departs from behind Roosevelt Lodge and climbs 300 feet onto the bench. Here the trail joins the Roosevelt horse trail and continues west to Lost Lake. (If you take the trail east, you loop back to the Roosevelt corrals on the horse trail or continue on to Tower Fall Campground.) From Lost Lake, the trail follows the contour around the hillside to the Petrified Tree parking area. Cross the parking lot and climb the hill at its northeast end to loop back behind Tower Ranger Station. Cross the creek and return to the Roosevelt Lodge cabins. (It’s easier, if a little longer, to hike back the way you came or walk on the road back to Roosevelt Lodge.) What you’ll see: Pretty Lost Lake, wildflowers, waterfowl, wet meadows, petrified tree, black bears (maybe, but carry bear spray any time you hike in Yellowstone). Trailhead: Cascade Lake Picnic Area, 1.5 miles north of Canyon Jct. on the Tower-Canyon Road. Distance: 4.5 miles roundtrip Trail description: Fairly flat trail through meadows. This trail is often muddy through July, so hold off until Aug. What you’ll see: Wildflowers and wildlife—in season. Lovely, Cascade Lake. Since the Canyon area can be such a zoo, this is a nice way to take a short break from the throngs. You can make this a through trip by hiking 3 miles out the Howard Eaton Trail to the trailhead 0.5 miles west of Canyon Junction on the Norris-Canyon Road (leave a vehicle). Or, from Cascade Lake take the strenuous, 1,400 foot climb in 3 miles to Observation Peak (11 miles roundtrip from the trailhead). The hike takes you to a high mountain peak for an outstanding view of the Yellowstone wilderness. The trail passes through open meadows and some whitebark pine forests. Lone Star Geyser Trail Trailhead: 3.5 miles southeast of the Old Faithful area, just beyond Kepler Cascades parking area. Distance: 5 miles roundtrip Trail description: This mostly level trail follows an old service road along the Firehole River through unburned forests of lodgepole pine. This trail can be accessed by bicycle with the final approach to the geyser on foot. What you’ll see: Lone Star Geyser erupts about every 3 hours. Even if you miss the eruption, the ride or walk along the Firehole River is lovely. Plus, it is fun to see a geyser off the boardwalk, even when it is just gurgling. There aren’t many trails in the park where bikes are allowed, so take advantage of this one. If you get a chance, check out Kepler Cascades near the trailhead. John W. Hoyt, the governor of Wyoming Territory visited the Park in 1881 looking for a decent wagon route connecting his Territory to the Park. Included in the party was a young boy named Kepler. According to the book “Yellowstone Place Names,” then Superintendent Norris named the cascade after “the intrepid twelve-year-old son of Governor Hoyt, of Wyoming, who shared all the hardships, privations, and dangers of exploration with his father.” Two Ribbons Trail Trailhead: Approximately 5 miles east of the West Entrance, no marked trailhead, look for wayside exhibits next to boardwalk in large pull-outs Distance: Approximately 1.5 miles (2 km) roundtrip Trail description: This is a completely boardwalked trail that winds through burned lodgepole pine and sagebrush communities next to the Madison River. This is a nice walk for someone pushing a stroller. What you’ll see: Good examples of fire recovery and regrowth as well as buffalo wallows. Waterfowl on the Madison River. Need a trail guide? Of course, I think you should get my book, 20 Family-Friendly Hikes in Yellowstone. My go-to, favorite hiking book for longer hikes in Yellowstone is Bill Schneider’s Hiking Yellowstone National Park. Other family-friendly hikes in Yellowstone (or a bit more description of the ones above). Want to Spend the Night?	{ "date": "2019-08-22T20:07:42Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027317359.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822194105-20190822220105-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9234369397163391, "token_count": 1336, "url": "https://yellowstonetrips.com/yellowstone-hikes/" }
By Richard Telford Early in my first year of teaching in northeastern Connecticut, more than two decades ago, I heard a colleague refer to her husband as a “typical Swamp Yankee.” He had acquired numerous lawnmowers in various states of disrepair and was slowly pirating parts from one or another to produce a working machine. It was the first time I had heard the term Swamp Yankee, but it would not be the last. Though it has historically been used largely as a pejorative, albeit a tempered one, I have come to see it as complimentary. In fact, I believe that a Swamp Yankee ethic, as I will try to frame it here, is a potent tool in the fight to mitigate the effects of the environmental crisis with which we are presently beset and likely always will be. Ruth Schell, in the May 1963 issue of American Speech, published by Duke University, wrote what may be the only scholarly treatise on the term Swamp Yankee. Schell noted that the term appeared to have a limited geographic range in terms of popular use, largely confined to southeastern Massachusetts, northeastern Connecticut, and northwestern Rhode Island, the junction of the three states. In that region she found that a Swamp Yankee was seen as “a rural dweller–one of stubborn, old-fashioned, frugal, English-speaking Yankee stock, of good standing in the rural community, but usually possessing minimal formal education and little desire to augment it.” In communities where the term was most commonly used, she found that the colloquialism “refers very simply to a rural resident of Yankee descent and inclinations, who is of long and, generally, good standing in the area.” The more localized the term, the less focused it seems on education or the lack thereof, and this, for me, is a distinction that matters. Having lived in northeastern Connecticut for the last 22 years, 14 of which have been spent rehabilitating our 1770 farmhouse, I have come to see myself as a full-fledged Swamp Yankee, a term which, for me, has no pejorative quality. For me, the Swamp Yankee ethic boils down to the practice of fully and wisely using all resources, both material and intellectual, and this, I think, becomes more critical each day as we continue to assess and understand more fully the deleterious effect our societal wastefulness has on the natural world and, ultimately, on ourselves. For my family, the Swamp Yankee ethic manifests itself in living frugally in economic terms so that we can live more fully in terms of living close to the land and to each other. We live only on my teaching salary, which allows for our kids to grow up in their own home. Our frugality manifests itself in buying nearly everything secondhand, doing nearly all home repairs ourselves (learned mostly through books), and, perhaps most significantly, in rehabilitating our 1770 farmhouse, which was being considered for demolition before I bought it. In simple terms, we have worked hard to distinguish between what we might want and what we truly need, and we have modeled that way of life for our children. As I note above, the benefits of our Swamp Yankee ethic extend far beyond the economics. Such an ethic rejects the disposability that defines our society, reducing our environmental impact significantly. For us, it is a kind of living governed both by necessity and by the desire to give to our children, and subsequent generations, a more sustained and sustainable natural world. Tom Brokaw, in 1998, invoked the term “The Greatest Generation” to recognize the generation of Americans who had lived through the deprivation of The Great Depression and rallied to fight the rising Axis Powers both on the battlefield and through solidarity on the home front. Americans ran scrap metal drives, planted Victory Gardens, rationed basic staples such as sugar and gasoline, and halted commercial automotive production in deference to wartime production; they forewent luxuries in all forms to contribute to a cause on which the survival of civil society as they knew it hinged. In short, they provided an example of sustainable living in a world of limited resources, though their greatest concerns, understandably, did not center on the loss of biodiversity or the changing climate. They demonstrated a selflessness that is largely absent from American culture these days. Those who challenge the validity of anthropogenic climate change, and even many who acknowledge it, might argue that the present environmental crisis is not comparable to a global war that precipitated the estimated loss of 70 to 80 million combatants and civilians worldwide. I disagree. At present, we are at war with ourselves, pitting consumption-driven self-interest against long-term sustainability. The evidence of this war is all around us, and the casualties are real, though not so easily quantified. According to the World Food Programme, for example, “Some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life.” To what degree is this number directly related to unsustainable agriculture, or to ecosystem changes rooted in anthropogenic climate change, or to government corruption that values self-interest over the environment? Consider, too, the long-term effects of the recent drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan; or the cascading effects of the loss of polar sea ice due to rising ocean temperatures; or the plastics that comprise the vast majority of oceanic litter; or the widespread, global loss of biodiversity; or the poisoning of groundwater caused by the extraction of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing. How can we quantify the loss of health and life that will occur for generations as a result of these and other manifestations of the environmental crisis we have wrought? How can we fail to see that this is a crisis of unprecedented urgency? Seven decades after the end of the Second World War, though we lull ourselves daily into thinking otherwise, we stand at precisely such a crossroads faced by Brokaw’s “Greatest Generation.” In fact, the long-term stakes are higher. Climate change is not a brutal dictator whose rise to power can be abruptly halted. Nor can accelerated resource depletion, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity loss, or other dynamics of our present environmental crisis be cast in simple terms. Our assault on the environment, whether conscious or unconscious, is omnipresent. Yet it is also largely invisible to those who cannot or choose not to see it, rendering the threat even more potent. It is not just civil human society at stake, as it was in 1939; it is our long-term survival as a species, and the threat will continue for decades, perhaps centuries, or even millennia. It is easy to decry such a statement as alarmist, of course, but doing so ignores the staggering speed with which we are depleting resources and degrading the environment in ways that neither we nor the Earth itself can reverse. In her 1940 book The Wave of the Future: A Confession of Faith, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, facing the rise of Nazism, Communism, and Fascism in Europe, wrote the following: “In fact, on the average citizen, even more than on the expert, falls the responsibility of decision, in present issues, and the burden of its consequences.” Seventy-five years later, it would be hard to sum up more eloquently the dynamic of our present environmental crisis; we, as “average citizen[s],” cannot ignore the critical role we can and must play in solving complex environmental problems rather than exacerbating them. There is, though, a darker dimension to Lindbergh’s treatise, one that is especially pertinent now. In the closing pages, she writes, “Because of this tradition and this heritage, many of us hoped that in America, if nowhere else in the world, it should be possible to meet the wave of the future in comparative harmony and peace. It should be possible to change an old life to a new without such terrible bloodshed as we see today in Europe. We have been a nation who looked forward to new ideas, not back to old legends.” Though she seems reticent to state it outright in the 41-page text, it is clear by the end of her Confession that she advocates for an isolationist course. This is not surprising, given that her husband, American aviator Charles Lindbergh, headed one of the most potent isolationist groups in the country, the America First Committee. In the closing pages of her treatise, Anne Morrow Lindbergh argues that, by remaining aloof of the conflict in Europe and by “giving up part of the ease of living and the high material standard we have been noted for […],” i.e. the loss of European luxury imports, America “might gain in spirit, vigor, and in self-reliance.” The hindsight of history bears out the flaws her argument, and the application of that history in the present leads to one inevitable conclusion: such aloofness cannot save us now, just as it could not have done so 75 years ago. We cannot, in our comparative affluence as a society, isolate ourselves from the effects of the present environmental crisis. If we do not face it openly and act on all scales to change course, we are ignorant or willful conspirators in our own demise. Our affluence as a society allows us in the short-term to keep at a distance many of the direct effects of anthropogenic climate change that others now face head on—desertification, increased vulnerability to catastrophic weather events, and famine, to name only a few—much as geography allowed America, for a time, to isolate itself from the upheaval fomented in Europe by the Axis Powers. But in both cases, the “distance” from the respective problems was and is illusory. We can only buy our way out of the problems of anthropogenic climate change—and of many other manifestations of the present environmental crisis—for a finite time. The sooner we stop trying to do so, the better. On the individual scale, an ethic forged along the lines of the southern New England Swamp Yankee offers a good starting point. On the societal scale, we must look to Brokaw’s “Greatest Generation” and work to emulate their capacity to look away from themselves and toward the greater good. My father was born in 1926 and later served as a Staff Sergeant in the Pacific Theater of the Second World War, so I grew up surrounded by his contemporaries. I think Brokaw got it right. But for us to emulate that generation and to face the environmental crisis with like selflessness and resolve, we must first see the crisis as a crisis. To do so, we must come to terms with a complex and oft-hidden enemy—ourselves.	{ "date": "2019-08-24T07:26:58Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027319915.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824063359-20190824085359-00442.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9618473052978516, "token_count": 2209, "url": "https://theecotoneexchange.com/tag/america-first-committee/" }
Yes it’s that time again (if you can read it that is) where I have a look at the perennial geek designer from the amazing people at – TokyoFlash. The model is the BASIK Watch by José Manuel Otero and here it is. So let’s “at a glance” check the time . . . . Noooo, I’m not quite seeing what the actual time is here, but I’m sure I can work it out given time! Which for me is not quite the name of the game. I confess I like to wear on my wrist something beginning with W! Yes you guessed it – a Watch! and one that when I give it a quick glance immediately tells me the time and maybe even the day and the date! Now is that too much to ask? Well it seems to me that at TokyoFlash they are always attempting to challenge the old round dial concept clock face idea for showing the time, which like the original QWERTY keyboard worked for all sorts of very good reasons (and even that’s been challenged these days) and every time I see one of their new creations I start to get one of my awful migraines again! Now I don’t really mind them doing this as it’s great potty training and probably really mentally challenging for the young designer, but sometimes a reality check might be in order here. Because I and most of us I suspect want a gadget that simply, easily and clearly shows the time – no more – no less. It’s a bit like re-inventing the wheel I suppose. Why is it round? – I can even hear the new recruit to the Design Guild of Pointless Ideas, question. Would it not be better to make it square? And Oh of course we can round off the pointed bits to make it smoother yes and maybe – no maybe . . . an oval? But we’d maybe have to alter the suspension to compensate I suppose if it’s used as a vehicle . . .? And then there’s . . . . Now – where was I – Oh yes – the Basik Watch . . . . Well it’s not really difficult when you study it for a while – something you can do with your time I suppose 😉 and this is the same image with the time disclosed at image top left. Well the dial has 2 index rings – the Inner which is for the Hours and the Outer for the Minutes. These are in light grey unless activated as markers. You can see on the inner index a dark marker – at 3 (hours). Another dark marker is showing on the outer index indicating 7 (minutes) and the very outer continuous moving line thing which goes round the entire dial perimeter is showing at 27 – this is the seconds. Hence the time is 03.07 and 27 secs. And how do we know it’s 03 am and not 3 pm? well apparently it’s indicated by the changing colour of the dial – if it’s light colored then it’s PM and if it’s dark is AM – or perhaps the other way around – sorry but this migraine! Also you can move the outer bezel which in turn moves the entire dial around, so that if the watch is off your wrist and sitting on it’s side, you can move the 12 o’clock position to the top and the watch reads as if it was sitting upright – get it? Utterly fascinating and brilliant I am absolutely sure – but is it for me? Well sadly I am equally and absolutely sure it’s NOT . . . ! Anyway if you want to check it out HERE is where it’s at . . Now – I’ve taken so long with this Post that I’d better check the time myself! Well I can see Mickeys long gloved hand is pointing at 5 and his shorter open glove hand is pointing at 6 . . . . Goodness it’s 5.30 – it’s time for my dinner! 😉 😉 Seriously this is quite an unusual watch and one of the best of the alternative time readers out there in my opinion. The idea of using inner and outer indexes is not particularly new, though the dark indication markers are quite novel. Personally I would prefer the dark markers to be very much darker so that I could more easily see the time in less than ideal light. I like the large Date window which is easy to read and the Seconds animation perimeter is both novel and a very good indicator, firstly showing the watch is running and secondly a rather good seconds countdown timer too. As I said in the Post, which I admit to being a little tongue in cheek, it still is not really the watch for me. But I can see certainly see the attraction for many (possibly younger than I) who like something that little bit different. In fact I’m sure it wouldn’t take long to get used to to it and that “quick glance” might well be all you need. Anyway, hats off to José Manuel Otero for a pretty smart and different take on the more usual watch idea and congratulations – for it seems to work!	{ "date": "2019-08-24T07:02:12Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027319915.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824063359-20190824085359-00442.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9566530585289001, "token_count": 1094, "url": "https://watchspace.co.uk/tag/basik-watch/" }
Garrison Keillor is an author and radio personality. He promised the swamp would be drained, Was elected, said “Rain!” and it rained And the old crocodiles Wore flesh-eating smiles And the turtles were well entertained. It’s a wonderful satire right out of Twain or Thurber. A minority of the electorate goes for the loosest and least knowledgeable candidate, certain that he will lose and their votes will be only harmless protest, a middle finger to Washington, and then — whoa. The joke comes true. You put a whoopee cushion on your father’s chair and he sits down and it barks and he has a massive coronary. You wanted to get a rise out of him and instead he falls down dead. Very funny. Thank you, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania for this wonderful joke. Voters in high dudgeon against Wall Street manipulators and the Washington aristocracy vote for the billionaire populist who puts tycoons in power and the Republican hierarchy who owned the logjam that the voters voted against. If Billy the Kid had been smart, he’d’ve run for sheriff. And now we sit and watch in disbelief as the victor drops one piece of china after another, spits in the soup, sticks his fist through a painting and gobbles up the chocolates. Not satisfied with the usual election night victory speech, he stages a post-election victory tour and gloatfest, a series of rallies in arenas where he can waggle his thumbs and smirk and holler and point out the journalists in their pen for the mob to boo and shake their fists at. He puts the Secret Service through their paces, highways are closed, planes diverted, cities disrupted, just so the man can say how much fun it was to defeat Hillary Clinton and confound the experts. I stood in an airport last Thursday and watched live cable news coverage of his first stop in Indiana where he toured a factory whose owner had been promised a $7 million tax break in return for not laying off 800 workers. In November, 178,000 jobs were created and unemployment fell, and here was a platoon of journalists in Indiana trailing a big galoot with a red tie who offered a corporation $7 million not to lose 800 workers. No gain, simply a non-loss. It was a classic TV moment, extensive live coverage of essentially nothing whatsoever and we all stood in a stupor and watched, like people mesmerized by drops of rain sliding down a windowpane. Eighty thousand Trump voters in three states gave us this man, which goes to show you how much damage a few people can do. It takes 12 million to provide health care, 3 million to run the public schools, but 19 men with box cutters can turn the country upside down and empower the paranoid right and create the pretense for wars that will cost billions and kill a million people and give us a permanent army of blue uniforms yelling at us to take off our shoes and put our laptops into plastic trays. He is a showman, and oddity has paid off for him, as it did for Lady Gaga and Gorgeous George and Liberace. But the public demands new tricks. Today, railing at the journalists who slavishly cover him is, like bear-baiting or lion-taming, entertainment enough, but by next fall he will need to pull canaries out of his ears, and by 2018 he’ll be diving on horseback from a high tower into a pool of water while playing “Malagueña” on a trumpet. Meanwhile, the Democrats wander in the woods, walking into trees. A wealthy San Francisco liberal is reelected as minority leader in the House, having flung millions into the wind and gotten skunked in 2014 and drubbed this fall, and a lackluster black Muslim congressman from Minneapolis is a leading candidate for chair of the Democratic National Committee, the person who will need to connect with disaffected workers in Youngstown and Pittsburgh. Why not a ballet dancer or a Buddhist monk? Meanwhile, the emperor-elect parades in the nude while his congressional courtiers admire him and the nation drifts toward the rapids. The one bright spot is the old draft-dodger’s newfound fondness for generals, including the one who talked him out of the idea of torturing prisoners of war. Military experience does encourage a certain respect for reality. There is hope that if the showman should decide late one night to incinerate Iran or North Korea and get it over with, someone might say, “Hold on. Let’s think this through.”	{ "date": "2019-08-25T16:48:51Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027330750.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825151521-20190825173521-00042.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.955825686454773, "token_count": 964, "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/thank-you-trump-voters-for-this-wonderful-joke/2016/12/06/235877ae-bbe2-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html?utm_term=.3dc82e6543da" }
A review of The Diviners by Libba Bray Published 2012, Little, Brown In spite of the adage, we all judge a book by its cover. Especially if you find yourself in the type of book store that shrink-wraps its “browsing” copies and you have nothing else to go on. The cover of my copy of The Diviners just told me to purchase it: the front cover was designed well and reflected the era and aura of the narrative; the back cover informed me that the author (who I will be reading for the first time) has previously been awarded for her work, and is also a best-selling author. The blurb tells me of murder, supernatural powers, and secrets—a LOT of secrets. And that can be a good thing. Mystery is a necessary ingredient of a good murder story. Well, if it pays off. In this book, there’s a very solid divide between the awesome mystery and the awful mystery. Let’s start off with the awesome. I would really have to commend the author for creating such a cryptic and creepy character in Naughty John, the murderous evil spirit roaming the streets of 1920s Manhattan and perfect villain of the story. The scenes of Naughty John going about his ‘work’ are just plain horrifying. All told from his preys’ perspectives, these unfortunate encounters are described in terrifying detail. So much that the fear was exhilarating, tangible, and mine. Ruta’s heart fluttered wildly and her legs jellied. This had been a terrible mistake. She would leave at once. Ruta turned and watched in horror as the last of the illusion crumbled and the house transformed before her eyes into a dark, rotting hole, the rot crawling up the walls to meet her. The smell hit her like a punch, making her gag. And there were rats. Oh, god, how she hated rats. With a little cry, Ruta stumbled forward, as if she could outrun the dark coming to get her. Where was the door? It was nowhere to be found! Almost as if the house were keeping it from her. As if it wanted to keep her here. That’s probably half as scary as the rest of the scene gets, but I wouldn’t dream of spoiling that (or any of the many other terrifying scenes) for anyone. I would definitely recommend the book to those with a love for scary stories. That said, I’m on the fence as to whether the horror value of this book outweighs its excesses. Quantitatively, and generously, I would put the Naughty John material at probably half of the 600 pages of this book. I think the 300 pages spent on what was needed in this book are enough to make it stand as the first installment of a series, an introduction of the main characters plus a first adventure or challenge to bond them. Those two things do happen in this book. The main characters come together as a team to catch Naughty John, and we get to know Evie, a precocious, attention-seeking, 17-year-old wannabe-flapper with the titular divining powers. We are also introduced to Uncle Will, curator of what Manhattanites fondly call The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies. There’s also Jericho, Uncle Will’s big and brooding assistant with a secret. And Sam, a pick-pocketing charmer with a secret. Everybody has a secret in this book. And in this book, everybody’s a lot. Because aside from those four I’ve already mentioned — who were the only pivotal characters for the Naughty John arc — there are Mabel, Theta, Henry, Memphis, Isaiah, the green-eyed girl, Sister Walker, and two old ladies whose names I now forget. All these characters, save for Mabel, at some point in the novel were revealed to have some kind of mystical ability. Some of their powers were revealed, some were kept unknown until the end of the book, which did not make sense if the author was going for a lumpsum introduction of absolutely everybody. These “other” characters provided a lot of dimension to the story, raising issues we take for granted at present and some that continue to be a challenge today. On the other hand, it felt a bit heavy-handed. For one thing, I don’t think you need to give each character their own baggage to make them interesting. It seriously felt like the author listed all the problems she could think of (liberal during a conservative era, battered wife, gay, colored, abandoned, sick, etc) and raffled them off among the characters she created. Did anything happen to them? In passing, probably, and nothing where they could not have been replaced by a situational character the narrative just needed at that point, and who the reader doesn’t have to get to know or invest in. The real question though is did I care? Sad and only answer: no. I could have done without knowing any of them, at least at this point. I guess they would all play certain significant roles in the next installment/s of the series, and I just wish they were left out of this one and introduced only when they would become important. Six hundred is a lot of pages to ask of a reader * and I think the author was remiss in her responsibility to make it worth her readers’ while. I hope the next installment isn’t as long as this one. Or if it is, I hope the length is crucial. Thing is, because of my experience with this book, which half-annoyed half-excited me, I’m still thinking about reading the next book (coming out Aug 2014). Then if I’m also judging by the cover, I may just be spared from finding out. * Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell was over a thousand pages long, but I didn’t mind. Of course, because of its length and narrative style, I couldn’t possibly recommend it to young readers. But reading adults should have no excuse. 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An Outcast/Chapter VI If, generous reader, you had lived in Charleston, we would take it for granted that you need no further enlightening on any of our very select societies, especially the St. Cecilia; but you may not have enjoyed a residence so distinguished, rendering unnecessary a few explanatory remarks. You must know that we not only esteem ourselves the quintessence of refinement, as we have an undisputed right to do, but regard the world outside as exceedingly stupid in not knowing as much of us as we profess to know of ourselves. Abroad, we wonder we are not at once recognized as Carolinians; at home, we let the vulgar world know who we are. Indeed, we regard the outside world—of these States we mean—very much in that light which the Greeks of old were wont to view the Romans in. Did we but stop here, the weakness might be pardonable. But we lay claim to Grecian refinement of manners, while pluming all our mob-politicians Roman orators. There is a profanity about this we confess not to like; not that danger can befall it, but because it hath about it that which reminds us of the oyster found in the shell of gold. Condescending, then, to believe there exists outside of our State a few persons silly enough to read books, we will take it for granted, reader, that you are one of them, straightway proceeding with you to the St. Cecilia. You have been a fashionable traveller in Europe? You say—yes! rummaged all the feudal castles of England, sought out the resting places of her kings, heard some one say "that is poet's corner," as we passed into Westminster Abbey, thought they couldn't be much to have such a corner,—"went to look" where Byron was buried, moistened the marble with a tear ere we were conscious of it, and saw open to us the gulf of death as we contemplated how greedy graveyard worms were banqueting on his greatness. A world of strange fancies came over us as we mused on England's poets. And we dined with several Dukes and a great many more Earls, declining no end of invitations of commoners. Very well! we reply, adding a sigh. And on your return to your home, that you may not be behind the fashion, you compare disparagingly everything that meets your eye. Nothing comes up to what you saw in Europe. A servant doesn't know how to be a servant here; and were we to see the opera at Covent Garden, we would be sure to stare our eyes out. It is become habitual to introduce your conversation with, "when I was in Europe." And you know you never write a letter that you don't in some way bring in the distinguished persons you met abroad. There is something (no matter what it is) that forcibly reminds you of what occurred at the table of my Lady Clarendon, with whom you twice had the pleasure and rare honor of dining. And by implication, you always give us a sort of lavender-water description of the very excellent persons you met there, and what they were kind enough to say of America, and how they complimented you, and made you the centre and all-absorbing object of attraction—in a word, a truly wonderful person. And you will not fail, now that it is become fashionable, to extol with fulsome breath the greatness of every European despot it hath been your good fortune to get a bow from. And you are just vain enough to forever keep this before your up-country cousins. You say, too, that you have looked in at Almacks. Almacks! alas! departed greatness. With the rise of the Casino hath it lain its aristocratic head in the dust. Well!—the St. Cecilia you must know (its counterparts are to be found in all our great cities) is a miniature Almacks—a sort of leach-cloth, through which certain very respectable individuals must pass ere they can become the elite of our fashionable world. To become a member of the St. Cecilia—to enjoy its recherché assemblies—to luxuriate in the delicate perfumes of its votaries, is the besetting sin of a great many otherwise very sensible people. And to avenge their disappointment at not being admitted to its precious precincts, they are sure to be found in the front rank of scandal-mongers when anything in their line is up with a member. And it is seldom something is not up, for the society would seem to live and get lusty in an atmosphere of perpetual scandal. Any amount of duels have come of it; it hath made rich no end of milliners; it hath made bankrupt husbands by the dozen; it hath been the theatre of several distinguished romances; it hath witnessed the first throbbings of sundry hearts, since made happy in wedlock; it hath been the shibolath of sins that shall be nameless here. The reigning belles are all members (provided they belong to our first families) of the St. Cecilia, as is also the prettiest and most popular unmarried parson. And the parson being excellent material for scandal, Mother Rumor is sure to have a dash at him. Nor does this very busy old lady seem over-delicate about which of the belles she associates with the parson, so long as the scandal be fashionable enough to afford her a good traffic. There is continually coming along some unknown but very distinguished foreigner, whom the society adopts as its own, flutters over, and smothers with attentions, and drops only when it is discovered he is an escaped convict. This, in deference to the reputation of the St. Cecilia, we acknowledge has only happened twice. It has been said with much truth that the St. Cecilia's worst sin, like the sins of its sister societies of New York, is a passion for smothering with the satin and Honiton of its assemblies a certain supercilious species of snobby Englishmen, who come over here, as they have it (gun and fishing-rod in hand), merely to get right into the woods where they can have plenty of bear-hunting, confidently believing New York a forest inhabited by such animals. As for our squaws, as Mr. Tom Toddleworth would say, (we shall speak more at length of Tom!) why! they have no very bad opinion of them, seeing that they belong to a race of semi-barbarians, whose sayings they delight to note down. Having no society at home, this species of gentry the more readily find themselves in high favor with ours. They are always Oxonians, as the sons of green grocers and fishmongers are sure to be when they come over here (so Mr. Toddleworth has it, and he is good authority), and we being an exceedingly impressible people, they kindly condescend to instruct us in all the high arts, now and then correcting our very bad English. They are clever fellows generally, being sure to get on the kind side of credulous mothers with very impressible-headed daughters. There was, however, always a distinguished member of the St. Cecilia society who let out all that took place at its assemblies. The vulgar always knew what General danced with the lovely Miss A., and how they looked, and what they said to each other; how many jewels Miss A. wore, and the material her dress was made of; they knew who polkaed with the accomplished Miss B., and how like a duchess she bore herself; they had the exact name of the colonel who dashed along so like a knight with the graceful and much-admired Mrs. D., whose husband was abroad serving his country; what gallant captain of dragoons (captains of infantry were looked upon as not what they might be) promenaded so imperiously with the vivacious Miss E.; and what distinguished foreigner sat all night in the corner holding a suspicious and very improper conversation with Miss F., whose skirts never were free of scandal, and who had twice got the pretty parson into difficulty with his church. Hence there was a perpetual outgoing of scandal on the one side, and pelting of dirt on the other. When Mr. Soloman sought the presence of Mrs. Swiggs and told her it was all up with the St. Cecilia, and when that august member of the society was so happily disappointed by his concluding with leaving it an undamaged reputation, the whole story was not let out. In truth the society was at that moment in a state of indignation, and its reputation as well-nigh the last stage of disgrace as it were possible to bring it without being entirely absorbed. The Baronet, who enjoyed a good joke, and was not over-scrupulous in measuring the latitude of our credulity, had, it seems, in addition to the little affair with Mrs. Constance, been imprudent enough to introduce at one of the assemblies of the St. Cecilia, a lady of exceedingly fair but frail import: this loveliest of creatures—this angel of fallen fame—this jewel, so much sought after in her own casket—this child of gentleness and beauty, before whom a dozen gallant knights were paying homage, and claiming her hand for the next waltz, turned out to be none other than the Anna Bonard we have described at the house of Madame Flamingo. The discovery sent the whole assembly into a fainting fit, and caused such a fluttering in the camp of fashion. Reader! you may rest assured back-doors and smelling-bottles were in great demand. The Baronet had introduced her as his cousin; just arrived, he said, in the care of her father—the cousin whose beauty he had so often referred to. So complete was her toilet and disguise, that none but the most intimate associate could have detected the fraud. Do you ask us who was the betrayer, reader? We answer,— One whose highest ambition did seem that of getting her from her paramour, George Mullholland. It was Judge Sleepyhorn. Reader! you will remember him—the venerable, snowy-haired man, sitting on the lounge at the house of Madame Flamingo, and on whom George Mullholland swore to have revenge. The judge of a criminal court, the admonisher of the erring, the sentencer of felons, the habitue of the house of Madame Flamingo—no libertine in disguise could be more scrupulous of his standing in society, or so sensitive of the opinion held of him by the virtuous fair, than was this daylight guardian of public morals. The Baronet got himself nicely out of the affair, and Mr. Soloman Snivel, commonly called Mr. Soloman, the accommodation man, is at the house of Madame Flamingo, endeavoring to effect a reconciliation between the Judge and George Mullholland.	{ "date": "2019-08-25T19:30:16Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027330786.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20190825173827-20190825195827-00482.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.977438747882843, "token_count": 2294, "url": "https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Outcast/Chapter_VI" }
Monday, March 31, 2008 The funny thing is, in the literally thousands of gravel road recon miles I have done, this has never happened before. Was it the vehicle? Nope...........couldn't have been. Just a weekend prior to this I put in 1250 miles of travel in the same vehicle. I used it for part of last years recon too. No, it was the severity of the roads. Put that into your thinkerer as you contemplate Trans Iowa this year. A little ibuprofen did the trick for me though I still feel it this morning. I thought I was going to be able to catch up with Captain Bob for a spin yesterday but I thought better of it due to the back issue. I went down to the Lab for a while instead to start the process of bike set up and choices for Dirty Kanza. I have more than one choice for a bike for this gig. (A great blessing and luxury, I admit). I am primarily concerned with comfort, ability to carry water, and comfort. Did I mention the bike needs to be comfortable? Uhh.........okay, why so much emphasis on comfort? Well, let me tell you; Dirty Kanza is rife with some of the roughest gravel around. Iowa gravel shudders in fear when Kansas gravel is mentioned. Really, it is pretty dang rough down there. So I am considering what 200 miles of pounding will potentially do and I am thinking comfort, okay? This leads me to four rigs in the stable: The Blackbuck, the Pofahl, the Badger, and the venerable Dos Niner. Problem #1: I signed up for the single speed class. The Dos and the Badger are geared specific bikes, so a single speed conversion and chain tensioner would be necessary. Not the most preferred set up, that's for sure. The Dos is interesting for the soft tail aspect and the Badger is interesting for its uber comfy drop bar style. The Pofahl may be a great choice, but I'm still dialing in the cockpit on that one. I may not have time to get that right and train on top of it. The Blackbuck is a possibility with it's superior water carrying capability and it has a pretty nice steel frame for comfort. I am currently playing with set up on it though, as well, so it may be nixed unless a suitable set up is hit upon. So, the bike is still up in the air yet and what will shake out should be pretty interesting. I have parts coming to experiment with and some parts already here. The coming weeks should prove interesting with results and more fiddling. Stay tuned! Saturday, March 29, 2008 <===One of several downhills Let's see: 431 miles and fourteen hours on the road today to get this course dialed. How many downhills did we drive? Lots! But as you all know, for every downhill there is an accompanying uphill section. <===One of several uphill slogs. So, how many uphills did we drive today? Get ready for Trans Iowa V4 folks. The toughest one yet! <===Some roads were just barely passable. Road conditions varied all over the place from absolutely perfecto gravel- faster and smoother than last year- to absolutely horrendous. And everything inbetween. Let's say about half the course is suffering from the effects of snow yet, and this less than a month away from the start! <===Tunnel vision on March 29th? Yep, you betcha! Much of the course is lined with snow taller than my SUV that we drove today. This snow is keeping the roads saturated by melting everyday a bit and re-freezing at night. Will it all be gone by April 26th? Probably, but the effects may still be lingering. Consider that farm equpment has yet to hit the fields and you can see why some of these roads will have no time to recover from the ravages of this past winter. Some of the roads we traveled looked as if they had been bombed for all the potholes in them. We're talking miles of this sort of thing. <===We saw Wisconsin, Minnesota, and a whole lot of Iowa today. What will you see on T.I.V4? I thought I'd be nice and give you all a parting shot of what you will likely miss because it will be dark out when you pass through here. Such a shame! We saw some beautiful vistas today! What you will see: About 75% of the course is what I would consider hilly or worse. You won't see a lot of open convenience stores. You will see "B" roads. You will see places cars can not go. You will see evidence of wheeled vehicles not powered by "typical" means. (You might even see these vehicles in action) You will see two track and gravel roads four lanes wide. You will see cool bridges. You will see lots of cemeteries. If you finish, you will have seen the longest T.I. course ever. I often said to d.p. today that I have never seen the course roads in worse condition previous to a Trans Iowa. I also noted how hard it was to drive a lot of this course. You could put on a seriously cool rally on these roads, they are that challenging to drive. Anyway, we'll have some details on mileage and course checkpoints, time cut offs and supply notes soon. Stay Tuned! Friday, March 28, 2008 Anyway, I see where Cameron Chambers, Travis Brown, and Keith Bontrager are all scheduled to line up there on May 31st. As I said on mtbr.com, you better get your "hellos" in at the start line, 'cause these guys will be smokin'. Should be a fun time though. Banned From Public School!: I work with a guy at the bike shop that is also a teacher at one of the public high schools in our fair city. He tells me that he is a regular readed of this blog. He informed me the other day that the school has blocked this site on the computers at school. Hmmm..............must be my rebelious nature, or my subversive message.....whatever. Maybe they are afraid he's wasting time or something, I don't know. Anyway, a dubious honor, I'm sure. Bicycles are kind of scary and dangerous. I would be afraid.......very afraid! Sea Otter, Here I Come!: I got my itenerary for Sea Otter yesterday. I'll be flying out of Dead Moyne this time. WooHoo! This event is pretty fun. I recommend it to anyone that is into cycling of any discipline. Where else can you go to that has a huge expo, demo bikes, pro road and mountain bike events going on at the same time, and about a gazillion cycling freaks walking/riding everywhere you look? Yeah, it is a circus and the weather can suck, but there is nothing else like it. Bad thing: It happens the week before Trans Iowa. Yeah.......I'll be bushed at the end of April! Have a great weekend and ride yer bikes! Thursday, March 27, 2008 <===Dickies makes some nice budget work clothes..........and these gloves. Just before I left to go to Texas I went shopping for a pair of Mechanix gloves or an equivilant since my hands don't like typical cycling gloves. I saw these and got them for about $16.00 or so. As a work glove they stink! I mean, how fast do you think that terry cloth thumb area will fill up with grease and dirt? About what.........three seconds? But as a cycling mit it is pure genius. I bet Dickies never dreamed of these as a mountain biking glove. I searched and found out that the actual company making these for Dickies is some outfit called Fortress. Mmm-kay, whatever. They are cheap and they work...........for me. I don't like cut off finger gloves- make my hands go numb. I don't like a lot of palm padding either, so these fit the bill for me. Heck, they even do a color Mr 24 would be proud of! Trans Iowa Recon........no really! Seriously! Yes, it has been said before but T.I.V4 recon is upon us for real this time. It has to be! There is only a month to go till this beast gets going and we have to get our ducks in a row........fast! (Now watch...........we'll have some freak winter blizzard this weekend because I wrote this!) If and when this happens, (it will) I will post a report and maybe a pic or two. Stay tuned. I am not going to promise anything at this point! No More Waiting: I posted this on the T.I.V4 site already, but I'll post here as well. The "waiting list" is being shut down. With only a month to go I am finding more people have moved on to focus on other events and the impending work load of T.I.V4 is weighing heavily on my decison to shut it down. I just won't have time to dedicate to taking care of that list anymore. If you were on the list, thanks for your patience and I hope you try again next time. The Dirt Be Shapin' Up: It's looking as though offroad is going to be happening sooner than later. Winds and fairly dry weather are conspiring to make the dirt shape up pretty fast. I was thinking it would take a long time for this winter to shake off but it appears that we are well on our way to riding dirt sooner than I would have thought possible. I'll be doing some exploratory poking around in town here and others are going to be peeking here and there in the woods to see how things are coming along. It won't be long though, I'll bet, and we'll be out riding the trails again. Wednesday, March 26, 2008 <===The BD 2 after about eight months of constant use I have had this very early production version of the Ergon BD 2 back pack since last summer and I have been thrashing it ever since. It's seen daily commuting use, mountain biking, long rides, and it's been in Nevada and Texas deserts. Rain, snow, and wind have not been strangers either. Here's an update on how it has been performing so far. The BD 2 is the larger of Ergon's bicycle oriented back packs. It can hold a 100 oz. bladder with ease and a bunch of your gear as well. I have had it loaded down with upwards of 30lbs of stuff before and it rides great with even that much weight on board. Generally though, it's just a full load of water, some nutrition, a few tools, spare tube, CO2 inflater, hand pump, shock pump, and maybe a few other sundry items. I always have room to spare. I'm quite confident that given the right equipment and a bit more organization, I could find room for some outerwear and more stuff necessary for multi-day epics. I have on a couple occaisions carried the full 100 oz of water with three extra water bottles! Anyway, the point is, you can carry a whole lotta stuff in a BD 2 if you need/want to. <====My solution to a small problem I have had great experiences with the BD 2 so far, but I have also experienced a couple noteworthy exceptions. One is the chest strap. It attaches on either side of each shoulder strap in front by a means of a plastic clip that is crimped on the edges of the shoulder straps. One of these popped loose at Interbike's Outdoor Demo last fall. While I was able to have it quickly and expertly repaired at Ergon's booth at the demo, an in the field failure would necessitate some other solution. Well, that's exactly what ended up happening to me later that fall. I simply looped around the shoulder straps webbing with the loose end of the chest strap. Voila'! No more worries since then. <===It hasn't been a problem.........yet! Another glitch with some early iterations of the BD series packs was a Flink bolt that backs out and separates the pack from the framework that straps to your upper body. See that shiny bolt head in the pic at the left? That's the guy! I have a replacement bolt that cures the problem, but I haven't installed mine yet. (I know, I know......bad boy!) However; I haven't needed to. I have it in the backpack waiting on the day when I finally break down, ( or the back pack breaks down!) and install the thing. I suppose I ought to do it, but I have only had to tighten the bolt twice and I am aware that it backs out, so I check it regularly. Anyway, the point is that if you already have an Ergon BD series pack and it was an early version, you can get a free replacement bolt from Ergon by contacting them. Overall my impression is that the Ergon BD 2 is a great back pack/hydration system (You have to supply your own bladder) that can carry almost anything reasonably needed for serious rides to epic adventures. It is reasonably durable, well thought out, and beyond some quirky pockets and the chest strap issue, it has been flawless for me. I would highly recommend it based solely on how it rides with a load on it. The fact that it performs well above and beyond that fact is a bonus. If you don't need all that room, the BD 1 is also basically the same pack with a smaller carrying volume. For those of you looking for something even more extreme/waterproof, the new BC 3 is coming soon. I've seen early versions of this pack and it looks killer! Commuters or serious multi-day riders need to check this baby out. Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Well, the wheels both exhibited similar air holding capabilities. It seemed that everytime I checked throughout the week that both sets would lose about the same amount of air, or not. Sometimes it seemed that they would stabilize. Weird. Anyway, it was obvious that there was no real distinction there and that both sets were holding air rather well. Performance was really good with both wheel sets. I never experienced any burping or any negative sensations while on the bike. Both sets did not flat during the trip, which was my main goal. If I had flatted, or if I ever do, it is going to be a big mess because I've got plenty of sealant in each tire. Well, that might be if they were to flat in the near future. Later on the sealant may dry up, I don't know, but I've heard of this. I plan on doing a little maintenance check on these in a month, maybe two. So, as of now everything is great. I can't say as I feel any sort of rolling resistance advantages. I have a test planned though that might help me to see if there is anything to this. I'm thinking it is a negligible, if any difference from a tubed set up, but we'll see. Air pressure can be lowered, true, but I can and have run rediculously low pressures with tubed set ups, so I don't see the big deal here either. The interesting thing I found was that rolling resistance increased on par with tubed set ups when I lowered the pressure on one of my tubeless set ups. They felt no different to me than a low pressure tubed set up, so again, I just don't see any advantage there. Maybe a pinch flat could be avoided, and that's the only thing I can think of. In the end I can only say that the systems I'm using will hopefully prevent any punctures from becoming flat tires. Other than that I am not convinced there is any sort of advantage to tubeless mountain bike tires right now. I'll keep riding and testing though to see if I'm missing something here, so stay tuned. So far, so good................. Monday, March 24, 2008 <===Surrealistic view: The Flint Hills at dawn Easter Sunday. Back home and back to the routine again. Reflecting back on what just happened is a bit tough yet. My brain being addled from 24 hours of travel over two days time. Yep, 1239.3 miles to be exact. The two bikes I took down both did fantastic jobs with the severe terrain I rode them on. Of course, as I have said, the Siren Song may have been a crazy choice as a single speed bike, but it was still a load of fun. I would highly recommend it as a platform for a single speed endurance machine. Oh so smoooooth! The Hi Fi was equally as satisfying. I was really glad I had full suspension bikes at my disposal for this trip. It is really what you need to have on the technical trails of Franklin Mountain State Park. While I love my rigid front/hardtail rear 29"ers, I wouldn't want to have to ride one down there. It's waaay too rough and rocky. At least for my ol' body it is! So, anyway......here I am back in Iowa and while it may not be very warm, at least almost all the snow is gone and it looks as though trail conditions will be improving. Right now I'm sure everything is a bit soggy, but with time it should start to come around. That's good because I have to get started riding again for several reasons, not least of which is the upcoming Dirty Kanza 200 which will be held where today's photograph was taken. It may not look like much there, but the camera only captures the tops of the hills. There is a lot more going on out there than the eye can see from I-35, I'll tell you that much! You might be very, very surprised! While it's good to be back, I'll just be getting busier, so no more time to reflect. It's onwards and upwards from here! Friday, March 21, 2008 But now it is time to buckle down and get to driving back towards home. The "big chunk" will be tomorrow- 700 plus miles in one day with two kids. Then Sunday it'll be the home stretch with around 500 miles on tap. That is if all goes well. Let's hope it does. Today we went to an amusement park where the rides, for the most part, were the same as they were 40 years ago. It was weird watching my kids ride stuff I rode when I was a little guy. Kind of a time warp thing. Anyway, it was hot and sunny, I was getting tired, and I forgot that I was in charge of Mrs. Guitar Ted's purse and walked away from a picnic table it was under. About 50 paces away it dawned on me that I left it there. Sure enough, it was gone! Well, we found out where the office was and asked a young lady if they had seen it. To our amazement and relief, it was there. Apparently a sharp eyed employee saw it and took it to the main office immediately. We were only without the purse for fifteen minutes max, but that was some stress I didn't need! Last year I forgot Mrs. Guitar Ted's suitcase with her and the kids clothes, this year I lost her purse. Not a very good track record! Well, if that is all the drama we incur on this trip, that'll be enough for me. See ya all back in Iowa soon! Thursday, March 20, 2008 <====A loose rocky ascent around some unfriendly vege! <===A view down hill at some more rocky goodness. <===The trail winds away into the distance. The Fisher Hi Fi Deluxe is there waiting to gobble it up. <===A trail runs through it: This is one of those areas where it looks like you are riding through the rubble of a building! <===Warm weather, sunshine, and mountains. G-Ted says, "Me likey!" Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Anyway, it was back after it on the Fisher HiFi Deluxe today on Franklin Mountain. The timing was right so I went for it. I did the same loop for testing purposes that I had done on Monday. The funny thing was, this time I had gears and man! Did it ever make a difference! I smoked the loop in half the time it took on the single speed. Of course, some of that was trail familiarity, but a lot of it was being able to get into a low gear and grind over stuff I was walking up on the single speed. I'll be honest, the single speed thing here was a killer! I really got beat down from working myself so hard. The climbs are steep, but compounded by loose rocks, step ups, and cactus avoidance. I ended up walking a fair bit. That was where it took a longer time on the SS for sure. Today was different. Right off the bat I was carrying far more speed and climbing much more of what I had walked just two days ago. Still, there were some sections that would necessitate my having some more practice time to clean. I am confident I could make the whole loop with more riding time. The thing is, I was being cautious because I was riding in some dangerous terrain alone. One small mistake could have ended up being a very bad situation. Well, the Fisher Hi Fi was a blast! I was cruising along at a clip that was almost too fast for a newbie to these parts. I had to reel it back in a few times. The last section of trail I rode was called Cory's Quarry. Man, did the name ever fit! Wait until you see the pics I got. Anyway, the rocks were big, loose, and everywhere. I had fist sized rocks flying up and hitting the bike and one nailed me in the shin. No harm done, but that isn't what I like to see in my peripheral vision- rocks that ought not to be airborne flying up in close proximity to my tender bits! So, I really enjoyed today's ride and it was a great way to cap off the riding part of my vacation. I am dedicating the rest of the time here to family, so no more rides till I'm back in Iowa. Too bad! It's absolutely beautiful and epic riding here. Tuesday, March 18, 2008 <===Visited some local bike shops incognito! Well, after yesterdays sufferfest, I took today off for some recovery and to await the forecasted warmer temperatures for Wednesday. (70's for high temps) Less wind too, not that it is a problem, but hopefully less dust will be in the air. I inhaled my fair share on Monday, that's for sure! Anyway, we all got out and just hit up some shops and took in some of the local scenery. <===A view from a scenic overlook about two thirds of the way down from the pass on Trans Mountain Highway. We didn't really do a whole lot but hang out with each other and it was great not to have any schedules or places we had to go. I played outside with the kids for awhile and now they are seeing a kids movie with Mrs. Guitar Ted whilst I type at my snail like pace on here and elsewhere. <===What you are likely to see in yards here for "weeds". That about does it for today. Tomorrow will be something else. Maybe a ride, maybe some other tom-foolery. Who knows and who cares. It's vacation, right? Monday, March 17, 2008 <===The Siren Song in quiet desert repose. Well, the desert southwest is warm and sunny at a balmy 64 degrees today. Wind kept me in tights and a long sleeved jersey over a short sleeved one though. This mountain biking scene here may not be totally hopping, but it is awesome riding and pretty dang technical. <=== Looking back down the trail you can see the weathered and broken exposed bedrock off camber section. One small misstep and yeeouch! The trail was as tough as I remembered from last year, loose and rocky with plenty of ascending and descending on narrow single track. Cactus was on the trail in the form of broken off bits with spiky needles still intact. I had to dodge the ones I saw, but the Stan's sealant did it's job and I went three hours without incident. <===More climbing on exposed bedrock. There was quite a bit of this broken up exposed bedrock on the trail I rode. It was great until you hit a crack or seam and a gaping hole running crossway on the trail would be waiting to nab your front wheel and throw you down. I missed any crashing today. Believe me, I surely didn't want to biff on this trail! Broken bones, ripped flesh, and cactus punture wounds are not high on my list of "fun pain". What was on that list was lung busting climbs, burning thighs, and raw windpipe from all of the dust I breathed in today. I'll get to sneak out one more time while I'm here, but I'm not sure when. I'll be sportin' four X four inches and 27 gears the next time I'm out though! Sunday, March 16, 2008 So, I am planning to get a big helping of Franklin Mountain sometime while I'm down here on board the two bikes I brought down. When exactly that will be is yet to be determined, but plans are being co-ordinated now and it will happen. Hopefully the sand storm is over or it will have to wait until it is. Winds blow pretty strong and steady down here when they blow. That's it for tonight. Stay tuned for irregular updates throughout the week. New Mexico may be a treat as the winds are forecast to gust in excess of 50 mph on the way. Mountains + wind + long drive = not much fun! We'll see. I have some pics to post but that'll come later when I get to El Paso, so stay tuned! Friday, March 14, 2008 Well, here are the bikes that are going on the trip to Texas, (that is if the car is done today like they said it would be!) Anywho......The Siren Song single speed is set to roll. Race Face crank, 33T ring, 22T Surly cog, Chris King hubs, Stan's Flow rims with Continental Mountain King 2.4" tires mounted tubeless with Stan's. Magura Louise disc brakes, Thomson post WTB saddle, Syntace bar and stem. Cane Creek AD 5 shock, Reba fork. Ergon grips for the mits. And the other bike- The Fisher Hi Fi Deluxe with mostly SRAM drivetrain gear with the exception of the LX Hollow Tech two piece crank. I swapped the wheels over to the Bontrager Race X Lite Tubeless Ready set, (Not shown) and mounted Dry X tires tubeless with Slime sealant for tubeless tires. The only other change from stock was to mount Ergon Grips to the bars for my mits comfort and control. So, all is a go as long as the body shop holds it's end of the deal up. I sure hope so, because if we have to wait until Monday to leave, we are not going. It takes two days with the kids to get to El Paso, and leaving Monday to turn around and come back Saturday is not an option. So, at this late hour I'm still left in the dark as to whether or not I am going to actually get to Texas. I've had run ins with body shops all through out my life. Just another reason why cars and trucks suck. But that's another post......... Stay tuned.......if I actually get out of town, I'll post a on the road report late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Otherwise, I'll post right away again tomorrow with the bad news. So if you don't see a new post here tomorrow, you'll know we're outta here. Thursday, March 13, 2008 I even had the proper Stan's rims and yellow tape installed, courtesy of Bike 29. So I knew I hadn't ran a foul of some ghetto tubeless rim strip or the wrong rim. Still, something wasn't right. When I went to Decorah, I inquired of several of the locals about their tubeless set ups, as I knew that they ran them up there to great success. (Notice: the word "success" is coming up a lot here!) I even bought some Stan's milky magic from Deke figuring I would benefit from positive mojo if I did so. I did more research on the inner-web-o-sphere and visited Stan's site trying to put together all the missing pieces. Well, last night was the night it all came together. The little secret applied here, the homemade applicator I made from a Coke bottle, and the satisfying "pop" of beads setting up all lead to my very own Stan's tubeless conversion success story. So, does that mean that Guitar Ted will now become assimilated into the masses of devout tubeless believers? Hmm..........well, only if it actually works! That's what this Texas trip is going to prove out to me. If tubeless doesn't leave me stranded, leave me walking miles from my car, and doesn't make me mess with gooey-glop in the dirt while I switch back to a tube trail side then maybe.........just maybe, me love you long time. We'll see about that though. Until then, I'll test ride the set up from last night and hope we get our car back today, like the body shop promised us. We're still not cleared for take off just yet. Even the best laid plans can go astray. Stay tuned! Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Last evening I made the trek up to Decorah Iowa to talk to the DHPT Decorah Human Powered Trails) at their monthly meeting. I was pretty much the only thing on their agenda for the evening. (Most likely why there was such a low turn out! ) Anyway.....the ideas for this years Ballyhoo were discussed and lots of cool ideas were pitched. We will be having a pretty good time this year, that's for sure! I won't give away any details right now as there are things that need to be worked out, but here is an overview of what we are envisioning the weekend to look like this year. Friday Night: We are looking into having a get together at a local establishment with musical entertainment. There also is talk of having a night ride up in the trail network. Saturday: Along with some changes we are making, like having onsite registration, there will be the vendors and demo rides. Guided trail rides, the demo loop, and self guided trail rides will all be options. There will also be skill riding challenges available onsite for entertainment and fun throughout the day Saturday and Sunday as well. Saturday Night: The Ballyhoo Blowout. (Hmmm.........that just rolled outta my head, not bad!) Anyway, yeah............much like last year we are going to have a big party with a band and dancing on Saturday Night. It should be pretty fun. Sunday: The demo rides, guided trail rides, skill games, and such will all continue. We will also be having a drawing for prizes from all the names we had registered for the event on Sunday. (Must be present to win) and that will pretty much wrap things up for the weekends festivities. Sound like fun? Go to the Big Wheeled Ballyhoo site for future updates and pre-registration with a chance to win a prize, which should be coming soon. Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Well, I recieved some assistance in the form of a "secret recipe" and technique from a certain Lincolnite. The thing was though, his main ingredient isn't available locally here. Bummer! So, with time winding down on me, I had to use something else that I could get my hands on for now. (Not saying what, but it's commercially available. Wait till after I'm back, I'll let ya all know if it worked then) Anyway, I used the Bontrager Dry X tires on my Bontrager Race X Lite wheels which is a fool proof tubeless set up. I'm tellin' ya, if they ever get those tubeless rim strips for the Rhythm wheels out there I won't even consider using anybody elses system. The Bontrager TLR tires fit super snugly on the plastic rim strip to the point that your thumbs get a work out putting on the tire for the first time. That's like unheard of in the 29"er tire world. Then when you do get the tire on there, you can already hear that the beads are nearly seated due to the hissing of air when you squeeze the tire. Needless to say, setting the beads up is a no-brainer. Just pump up to about 50psi and everything snaps up into place. Add sealant and you are done. Easy! I got two tires done.......ready to ride done.....in thirty minutes. And I found a wrench that fits the flats on the removeable core presta valves in my tool box. Bonus! One wheel set ready to do battle with the Texas cactus. Stay tuned for the next wheel set I am going to attempt to set up tubeless. Hope it goes as well as the first! Handbuilt Bicycle Blues: If you haven't noticed, there is a big dust up on mtbr.com over certain small custom builders and some pretty disturbing claims of poor business practices on their parts. I have been pretty close to one of the accused. It saddens me on several levels that the issues have arisen and are being dealt with on public forums in some very juvenile and pathetic ways. I just wanted to air out some of my personal feelings on the matter. In general, my belief is that the products in question, the actual frames themselves, are very well thought out, fine quality pieces. No question about it. I have ridden or closely inspected two of these accused frame builders work, and it is above reproach in regards to quality. The issue that is at hand is how the business side was handled in each of the cases I am aware of. So, taking the product out of the picture, or the fact that they are one man operations, what we have here are simply just failed businesses for whatever reason. Businesses fail all the time. Even big bicycle companies "bite it" from time to time. What is different here is that the businesses in question were higher profile small builders and the problems that were had were immediately posted on the internet forums and Kangaroo court was in session from the get go. I've no doubt that people are angry, used and abused, and deserve some sort of justice, but that's what our legal system is for. This internet "mob mentality" I see is rather disturbing. Sure, you could say, "Well- You got your frames, you don't get it." And that justifies poor behaviour and slander? Please explain that. Besides, folks have no idea what problems I had or didn't have because I kept it out of the forums and dealt with it privately. Perhaps we could do with more of that. Finally, I just want to add my opinion that I believe in the small, hand built bicycle industry. I think it's fantastic and most builders have a passion and care for what they do and how they handle their businesses that is very admirable. These spectacularly publicized failures not withstanding, I think the hand made bicycle is a valid choice for anyones next rig. Funny thing happened at "mail call" yesterday: We get the mail in at the shop I work at around noon each day. The coming of the mail "man" (Ours is actually a woman) is greeted with calls of "Hello" and sometimes a bit of chit chat. It's a time that is a "marker" for our day at work. So when the mail showed up yesterday, I said "hello", of course, while another co-worker grabbed the stack of posts to take back to the office. Suddenly I hear, "Hey! Here's a Trans Iowa post card!" Wha............a T.I.V4 post card? Yep! Post marked in mid November, we finally got Dave Nice's post card on March 10th! Fortunately for Mr. Nice, he very wisely sent out more than one card and did get on the roster. Just goes to show you, late mail still happens in 2008! Monday, March 10, 2008 I'm betting that just about anybody that is a "bicycle enthusiast" will at least give it a go, but you would expect that of them. It is the much larger body of people out there that don't ride bicycles that is important here. To see any significant change in gas prices downward or to see any kind of a boost for the cycling industry, it is these non-cycling people that will have to come in and make a difference. My gut feeling is that it won't happen. Not even with $4.00 per gallon gas or higher. Here's why: This weekend I rode my bike to church and back. I play in the church band and since we have two services on Sunday and a rehearsal before hand I have to get there pretty early in the morning. I don't know what the temperature was, maybe around 20 degrees, but I got some comments from some of the band about how "hardcore" I was for riding that morning. However; it was another comment made by a young man that really got my attention. He is of college age, strong, fit and healthy. He said to me, "I'll never get into riding a bike, because I'll admit it, I'm just to lazy to sit there and turn the pedals around. That's too much work for me." Wow! So, I guess that whatever the price, it's "easier" to drive an internal combustion vehicle. To my mind, this guy wouldn't ride a bike unless the other option- driving a car- was taken away. I don't think high priced gasoline is going to do that. Since that is the case with this fellow, I would bet that the majority of folks out there that are non-cyclists would tend to fall into that camp. That means that while I expect a boost in commuting this summer, it won't be as big as it should be. Not this time. Cars are kind of like cigarettes in one regard. The price of cigarettes is mostly tax, yet the folks addicted to them just keep on paying the price. Have you seen what a carton of cigs sells for? It's rediculous! High gas prices making more bicycle commuters? Nope, it will just get more rediculous, just like cigarette prices and the folks addicted to that product. Until the option to drive is limited or taken away in some respect bicycles will never become a major form of transportation in the U.S.A., and that is really too bad. Oh well, I'll be riding to work today on my bicycle. I hope you will consider doing that too. Sunday, March 09, 2008 <=== The Siren "Song" as it appeared at the expo area at the 24 Hours of Old Pueblo recently. The Song is an interesting bike. With an inch and a half of rear wheel travel on tap, it should really take the edge off the trail in El Paso. It also doesn't have a pivot in the traditional sense. It has a flex plate made of titanium bolted onto the bottom bracket and chainstays. Low maintenance and durability are some of the design goals with the Song. This one happens to be a single speed 29"er, but it can be had in a mixed wheel format called the "fifty-five" or as a geared bike in either full on 29"er or fifty-five options. I got word yesterday that this particular Song is "in the mail", so I'll be looking for it to show up here soon. I'll be riding it pretty much as pictured here with the exception of my using an I-9 wheel set I have with those new Continental tires. I'll have some pics of the bike once I get it set up to go later next week. Saturday, March 08, 2008 Would a bicycle shop be a good place to take my Eagle for installation? No, many bicycle shops have a negative attitude, when it comes to motorizing a bike, they feel everyone should be in Lance's physical condition. If you don't have the time (or the inclination) to do the installation yourself, take the unit to your neighborhood lawn and garden repair - these folks are familiar with engines And which end of the screwdriver to use! So, What's Lance got to do, got to do with it? ( appologies to Tina Turner) This is so funny and pathetic on many levels. Obviously, the touch point for most folks outside of cycling is Lance Armstrong. Now that is interesting. Given that the image they probably have of him is of a man in tip-top physical condition, a condition most of us are unlikely to reach in our lifetimes, and you can see why this is what "they" think cycling is. Then the observation makes more sense. It also points to what I've been saying for years, that lionizing people like Lance Armstrong isn't going to do cycling any favors with the general public, but that's a whole 'nuther story. It's interesting also to me that they recommend taking your ill-concieved motorcycle to a lawn and garden shop. Hmm..........makes me wonder if they've allready been laughed out of the local motorcycle shop. Because, well........usually you take a motorcycle to a motorcycle shop, right? It seems to me that this "motorized bicycle community" has an identity crisis. Well, one thing is for sure, if you put a motor on a bicycle it becomes a motorcycle. That's pretty obvious I think. Next, don't be bringing your motorcycle to a bicycle shop. Wrong place to get service on anything motorized, ya know? Finally, perhaps we all could do a better job of being nice to these freak machine wielding folks when they come into our shops. Apparently they don't understand who they are, so how can you blame them. Friday, March 07, 2008 Well, funny you should ask..... I just got a couple Continental Mountain King 2.4" tires in to test/review. (Check out the specs and my initial take here.) These will be going on my Industry 9 single speed wheels which in turn should be going on one of the two bikes going to Texas with me. I can't say yet what that bike is, but here is a riddle to help you guess. It has something in common with a six pack of beer. It has something in common with the coming season of the year. It has a name on the top tube which is beautiful to hear. What am I? Let the guessing begin! I'll be doing some testing on that rig with those Conti tires. The other bike will be the Hi Fi Deluxe which should be an excellent rig for the rocky, loose conditions of the trail I am going to tackle down there. I want to run some sealant in the tires and I have a plan on that front in the works. Should prove to be fool proof. So, now it's time to tune up the Hi Fi, and wait for the other rig to show up here next week right before I leave. Hopefully the car, the bike, and myself all converge on readiness at the same time. That would be really cool! Other than that, not much else new going on 'round here! Thursday, March 06, 2008 In about a week I'll be pulling out of this deep freeze to go to the sunny desert in West Texas. Down in the West Texas town of El Paso, to be exact. (Old country music freaks .....or haters......will now have a song stuck in their heads the rest of today. You can thank me later.) Yep! My trip of freedom from ice and snow. I can't wait. Of course, you do know what this means, right? It means that the weather will finally straighten up while I'm gone. That's right! When I get back all that will be left will be the remnants of big snow piles. Just wait and see. I'll be riding my bikes a couple of the days while I'm down there, but I also will be going to Sea World in San Antonio too. Gotta take the kids there. That's a trip within a trip right there. See, for you Texas uninitiated, this "little trip" over from El Paso to San Antonio will take 12 hours. Yep! 12 hours at 75mph on freeway all the way there. And you are still in the middle of the state! Oh, did I mention that the 12 hours is only one way? Yeah.........24 hour round trip baby! That doesn't include the time spent in San Antone. But hey.........the kids will love it, I'm sure. It's closer to go to Tucson, Arizona than to go to San Antonio..........that's how big Texas is! Anywho, I have a lot of things to do to get ready. I'll be dragging two bikes along with me, that is if our car gets outta the body shop on time! It is scheduled to be done just days before we leave. Talk about cutting it close! And if it doesn't get done, then the whole trip gets cancelled and we have snow forever! So, it is imperative that the vehicle get done before our scheduled departure or the Mid-West will be plunged directly into the next ice age. Really.........that wouldn't be so bad, would it? I mean, we're used to it by now anyway, right? I could always get that Pugsley, or "fat front" one of my 29"ers. And Mike Curiak wouldn't have to go so far to do this as he has been. Right? Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Big Wheeled Ballyhoo: It is getting time to be talking about this event again. It is scheduled to happen on June 21st-22nd in Decorah, Iowa. We are getting together some great bikes, activities, and prizes to be given away. Look for more at the Big Wheeled Ballyhoo site soon. The Theme this year is "A Weekend Of Big Wheeled Bliss". Look for stuff outside of the 29 inch wheeled format, by the way. ( wink - wink!) It should be a great time. I'll post more on the event here as the time gets closer, so keep your eyes peeled for updates. Just A Word On The Roadie Weirdness: Not that I pay a whole lot of attention to the roadie scene, but when it gets as bizarre as it has gotten lately, how can you not notice? You've got one side saying they will ban, santion, or slap your wrists for entering another organizations events, while the one side says they don't recognize the other side and the riders don't know what to do. Then you have the organiazation behind the big Daddy of 'em all tour saying to some teams that they are not invited because of drug related scandals while other teams are invited that suffer from drug related scandals. .....wha? Is this a cycling soap opera or what? Then add to that Rock Racing. (Turn up the sound if you click on this) If it wasn't a road racing team I'd a thunk that Mr. 24 invented this organization. The only thing missing from the web page is a soundtrack of some angry, screaming metal frontman. Anyway, this road cycling scene............weird! My Plan To Stop Winter From Coming................Again: So, after getting all of this snow, I'm thinking, "Why didn't I get a Pugsley?" I could have ridden it about three straight months this year in the conditions it was designed for. Rats! I'm sure that if I do spring for one now, we'll never see snow again. Hmm..............maybe I could take one for the team! Ha! It's as good a reason to own one as any, I figure! Tuesday, March 04, 2008 Well, I was thinking that sooner than later these two fellas are going to be looking into some new mountain bikes. They obviously had a sense of adventure, (Besides myself, they were most certainly the only other guys in town cycling that weekend), and they asked me some questions about my bike and 29 inch wheels in particular. I have often said that a sub-grand 29"er would start bringing on more 29"er freaks and this scenario last weekend is the perfect seed for that to sprout from. Both guys were on hardtails that were verging on ten years old, if not older. In my time working at the bike shops around here, that's about the time folks start looking at a new bike. These guys were ripe. If they get into a shop that knows their stuff and has access to the sub-grand 29"er, I see one if not both of them getting on 29"ers. The thing is, it's a big "if" concerning the shop and the 29"er actually being there. Many shops don't believe in 29"ers, or have staff that even knows much about them. Strange as that may sound, it is true. If there is one thing that is keeping 29"ers down, it is that. I am confident that once most folks ride one, it is a sold bike. Hands down, a 29"er will improve upon the average cyclists mountain biking experience over a 26"er any day. That alone should convince shop owners to carry them, that is if they care about their customers off road cycling experiences. Sound like a harsh statement? Well, again- I believe most average mountain bikers would see an immediate benefit from riding a 29"er. They are more stable, less endo prone, and have better traction than their 26 inch counter parts. What's not to love for a recreational mountain biker about that? The trouble is, there are not many places that are versed in 29"ers. There are more that are all the time, but there are also lots of shops that are not. So, if shops want to benefit from the next wave of mountain bike purchasers and turn them into enthusiastic off roaders, then a 29"er is a no-brainer. Get ready, or get left behind. Monday, March 03, 2008 <===I busted through some drifts, but none this big! I took Saturday off from riding as I was feeling really beat. In fact I took a rare mid-day nap I was so tired. Sunday was better, so I hit the trail with the KMFDM to see what it was like out there. The temps were in the 40's and the snow was melting like crazy. I found the bike path leading out of town southwards and followed it. I noticed I wasn't the only one that had the idea to ride as I soon discovered two other sets of tracks in the melting ice. Soon I discovered that the snow had drifted across the path in various places. Sometimes a bit more than a couple feet deep. I could see that the two guys ahead of me, (I could see them by now) had been busting through most of them and I was having no problems with them myself. I just did it like we used to back in the day. Go really fast, hit that drift, come out the other side going much slower, but still going. (Only we did it in cars back then!) 29 inch wheels were cruising through those drifts with no problems. I finally started to reel the two guys in front of me in. They saw me coming at Shaulis road and waited for me to roll up. I hadn't met these two fellas before, but the were locals and we chatted for a bit before they turned back and I went on across the highway on Shaulis. I turned onto the old chunk of 63 shortly before hitting a gravel due south. I wanted to check the conditions of the rural roads. <===If it wasn't covered in melting sheets of ice, it was saturated with water. I found the going extremely tough. Where the snow and ice was gone the gravel was saturated. I am talking Trans Iowa V2 saturated. I was pushing into the surface about three quarters of an inch deep with 2.1" wide tires on. The ice covered sections were actually much faster. It's going to be awhile before the gravel shapes up too because we just got more rain, then snow on top of it and it all has re-frozen since it's 21 degrees as I type this. Yeah, it's still a mess. I turned back into town northward and once I got into the city I found rivers of water running over slush over ice. Great! Slow going as I picked my way through some of Waterloo's southern neighborhoods. I saw lots and lots of folks chipping ice out of driveways and sidewalks, just like Carlos details on his blog. We saw a glimpse of spring yesterday, but today it's the same ol' same ol' wintery crapola again. Two hour delay for schools so I'll be late getting to work. Seems like Mondays have been this way for awhile now. Anyway, it was great to at least get in a ride yesterday, but I have to say that two hours of not coasting is pretty brutal on the ol' hind end. I'm thinking a Brooks B-17 is in my future for the KMFDM. Sunday, March 02, 2008 This means that a lot of us Mid Westerners have to start packing on a lot of miles in a short period of time. Training for races will be intense. I am going to have to start laying down some long gravel rides myself to get ready for Dirty Kanza and the rest of the year. That doesn't cover it all for me though. I'll be doing some gravel road recon too. It's getting to be crunch time as far as Trans Iowa is concerned and the course still hasn't been verified yet. Add in my vacation to Texas in the middle of March and that cuts into time even further. Then right before T.I. I have a trip to Sea Otter. It's going to go from zero to sixty pretty quickly around here! So these last wintry days are passing quickly by and it's time to get into the starting blocks. Ready, steady, go.....................	{ "date": "2019-08-18T04:39:18Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313617.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20190818042813-20190818064813-00522.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9782971143722534, "token_count": 11497, "url": "https://g-tedproductions.blogspot.com/2008/03/" }
Will MacDonald, fiddle, and Lee MacDonald, cello Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., The Arizona Senior Academy Building Let your heart be tugged by “Ashokan Farewell” and find your toes tapping to “Morrison’s Jig” during a midday concert presented by Tucson’s unique fiddle-and-cello duo, “Young MacDonald.” Brothers Will and Lee MacDonald have been playing fiddle and cello as a duo since childhood, and these two young men have brought their lively music to numerous venues around Tucson and the southwest. They improvise and play their own arrangements of tunes from a variety of traditions and cultures, including bluegrass and jazz classics. “Young MacDonald” placed first in the Civic Orchestra of Tucson’s Young Artists’ Competition’s Ensemble Division in 2018, and released their first CD, “Poundcake,” in November of that year. Will, now seventeen years old, began studying classical violin at the age of 5, and a year later turned to fiddle music. His teachers have included Laura Barry and Wynne Rife, and he currently studies with Nick Coventry and Matt Rolland. He has studied music composition through Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s Young Composers Project, and was a finalist in the 2015 TSO Young Artists Competition. He was named the Arizona State Overall Fiddle Champion in 2017 and 2018, and won numerous awards at the National Old Time Fiddle Contest in Weiser, ID, in 2018. Fourteen-year-old Lee began his cello studies at age 7 with Professor Theodore Buchholz of the University of Arizona. Today his studies continue with Mary Beth Tyndall and Nick Coventry. He won second Place in the TSO’s Young Artists Competition in 2016 and first Place at the Tucson Cello Congress competition in 2018. Lee has played back-up cello in numerous fiddle contests in the Southwest and in the National Old Time Fiddle Contest in Weiser, ID. Written by Nancy Green, Academy Village Volunteer	{ "date": "2019-08-22T00:39:21Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027316555.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822000659-20190822022659-00442.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9721373319625854, "token_count": 448, "url": "http://www.asa-tucson.org/aug-27-young-macdonald/" }
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the individual’s ability to effectively retain his body position or restore the center of mass over time. is a vital skill for daily life it involves the complex combination of sensory information about body position relative to its surrounding and the ability to produce proper motor responses to control movements of body. Balance depends on contributions from vision, vestibular sense, proprioception, muscle strength and reaction time. With increased age balance deficits occurs, because of progressive loss of functioning of these systems. Balance disorder is a disturbance due to which individual feel unsteady and is accompanied by dizziness.1 Balance disorders affects both the health and quality of life of the old people .3–5 Balance impairment and are among the most common chronic issues experienced by the elderly population and reported to physicians.1,2 Balance disorder is associated with impaired vision, decreased hearing, vestibular dysfunction, poly-neuropathy, diabetic neuropathy and many chronic diseases and disorders i.e. cerebral and cerebellar disorders, cerebrovascular disease, spinal cord disorders, intervertebral disc disorders, psychological factors, dementia, heart disease, high blood pressure, arrhythmias , postural hypotension, diabetes mellitus, , proprioception, joint problems, arthritis and muscular weakness. conditions are linked with aging process and this is the reason old individuals are at increased risk of fall. Also the side effects of many medications commonly prescribed among elderly can also cause dizziness and balance disorder. A major risk factor for falling in a prospective study conducted by Neil B. Alexander, MD is a high number of balance and gait abnormalities and more than 36% of those aged 75 complain of postural disturbances, mostly unsteadiness.” While 13% of people aged 65 to 69 living in the community complain of balance difficulties while walking, 46% of those 85 years and over have the same complaint.’ Almost 30% of elderly population will experience a fall annually, and 20% to 30% of them will resulting in loss of mobility and independence. The rate of hospitalization for fall related trauma in persons aged 65 and above was 13.5 per 1000 persons which was five times that of non fall related trauma. 28-35% elderly population aged 65 years or older fall. With increasing age an increase in fall rate has been reported to 40% for population aged 75 years or older. Annually about 424,000 individuals die from falls globally and over 80% of them are in low and middle income countries. Greatest number of fatal falls occurs in adults above 65 age. In a study a total of 100 participants were included, male and female ratio was 2:3. 45% of participants had a history of fall while 55% had no history of fall. Currently, 6% of the population of Pakistan is over the age of 60 (7.3 million people) (Government of Pakistan In a cross sectional study done in Islamabad Pakistan balance problems were more common in females (66%) compared to males (42%). Amongst the patients who had problems with balance, 33% of the population experienced falls. Common age for balance problems was Almost 20% of older adults in the United problems with dizziness or balance. With respect to quality-of-life and functional impact, 27.4% ± 1.8% reported that balance problems specifically prevented them from participating in activities including exercise (61.2% ± 3.5%), social events (45.8% ± 4.0%), driving (47.1% ± 3.8%), and work/school (37.7% ± 7.8%). Furthermore, 25.7% ± 3.5%reported that their balance problem affected their activities of daily living (bathing, dressing, eating, and Approximately 75% of elders above 75 year age have limited activities due to functional impairment each year; 40% of elders experience restricted activity in two consecutive months. Almost 50% of people 85 years of age and older require assistance in one or more ADL Maarsingh and colleagues found that an adverse drug effect was the cause of 23% of elderly patients presenting to a primary care physician with dizziness symptoms. Psychoactive medications, includes hypnotic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, and antipsychotic agents. It is estimated that by the age of 65 years 1 in 3 elderly persons suffers from some form of loss of vision which results in decreased ability to perform daily life activities, a loss of independence, and an increased risk of depression. When there is sensory information conflict, specially due to vestibular dysfunction, the signs and symptoms of balance loss become common .Elderly with vertigo and dizziness due to vestibular dysfunction express their symptoms as postural instability, increase in postural sway, reduced stability, gait impairments, falls, and reduction in functional capacity. Vestibular dysfunction causes vertigo and dizziness in 5% to 10% of the world’s population, representing the most common symptoms after the age of 65 years-old, and affecting 80% of the older adults. With increasing age disability in walking occurs due to muscle weakness and decreased joint proprioception, walking disability in 65 to 69 year age is 6% and in 85 years or older the percentage reaches to 40. With diseases such as arthritis, 35% of older adults have walking difficulty of one-quarter mile. Aging process is an important topic regarding its associated problems but only few studies have been conducted and reported globally including Pakistan .In this study we quantified the prevalence of balance disorder in elderly population and determined the impact of this balance disorder on their daily life and activities .This data about the prevalence of balance disorder and its impact on elderly population is of particular importance with anticipated aging of Pakistan population in the next few years. The presence of balance disorder will not only affect quality of life of increasing older population but will also influence the health care resources consumption among the elderly.	{ "date": "2019-08-24T15:42:50Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027321160.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824152236-20190824174236-00202.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9325957894325256, "token_count": 1328, "url": "https://bluepearldesign.co.za/balance-28-35-elderly-population-aged-65-years/" }
Holy Days take away our Christian Liberty Proved Out of the Gospel Copyright © 1998 Naphtali Press The following are chapters and sections taken from George Gillespie, A Dispute Against the English Popish Ceremonies Obtruded on the Church of Scotland, ed. Christopher Coldwell (Dallas TX: Naphtali Press, 1993). All page references to EPC will be to that edition. One can find these sections in older editions by following the part, chapter, and section designations (e.g. 1.1.1). EPC 1.8, pp. 37-45. That Festival Days Take Away Our Christian Liberty, Proved Out Of The Gospel. My second argument whereby I prove that the imposing of the observation of holidays bereaves us of our liberty, I take out of two places of the Apostle; the one, Gal. 4:10, where he finds fault with the Galatians for observing of days, and gives them two reasons against them; the one (v. 3), They were a yoke of bondage which neither they nor their fathers were able to bear; another (v. 9), They were weak and beggarly rudiments, not beseeming the Christian church, which is liberated from the pedagogical instruction of the ceremonial law. The other place is Col. 2:16, where the Apostle will have the Colossians not to suffer themselves to be judged by any man in respect of an holiday, i. e. to be condemned for not observing a holiday, for to condemn here means to accuse a party of guilt;1 and the meaning is, suffer not yourselves to be condemned by those false apostles, or by any mortal man in the cause of meat, that is, for meat or drink taken, or for any holiday, or any part of an holiday neglected.2 Two other reasons the Apostle gives in this place against festival days; one (v. 17), What should we do with the shadow, when we have the body? Another (v. 20), Why should we be subject to human ordinances, since through Christ we are dead to them, and have nothing ado with them? Now, by the same reasons are all holidays to be condemned, as taking away Christian liberty; and so, that which the Apostle says does militate as well against them as against any other holidays. For whereas it might be thought that the Apostle does not condemn all holidays, because both he permits others to observe days (Rom. 14:5), and he himself also did observe one of the Jewish feasts (Acts 18:21), it is easily answered, that our holidays have no warrant from these places, except our opposites will say that they esteem their festival days holier than other days, and that they observe the Jewish festivities, neither of which they do acknowledge; and if they did, yet they must consider, that that which the Apostle either said or did here[about], is to be expounded and understood of bearing with the weak Jews, whom he permitted to esteem one day above another, and for whose cause he did, in his own practice, thus far apply himself to their infirmity at that time when they could not possibly be as yet fully and thoroughly instructed concerning Christian liberty, and the abrogation of the ceremonial law, because the gospel was as yet not fully propagated; and when the Mosaical rites were like a dead man not yet buried, as Augustine’s simile runs. So that all this can make nothing for holidays after the full promulgation of the gospel, and after that the Jewish ceremonies are not only dead, but also buried, and so deadly to be used by us. Hence it is, that the Apostle will not bear with the observation of days in Christian churches who have known God, as he speaks. The defenders of holidays answer to these places, which we allege against them, that the Apostle condemns the observation of Judaical days, not of ecclesiastical days, which the church institutes for order and policy; which evasion Bishop Lindsey follows so hard, that he sticks not to hold, that all the days whereof the Apostle condemns the observation were Judaical days prescribed in the ceremonial law, etc.3 And this he is not contented to maintain himself, but he will needs father it upon his antagonist by such logic, forsooth, as can infer quidlibet ex quolibet [everything from anything]. The Apostle comports [tolerates] with the observation of days in the weak Jews, who understood not the fulness of the Christian liberty, especially since those days, having had the honor to be once appointed by God himself, were to be honorably buried; but the same Apostle reproves the Galatians who had attained to this liberty, and had once left off the observation of days. What ground of consequence can warrant such an illation [deduction] from these premises as this which the Bishop forms? namely, that all the days whereof the Apostle condemned the observation were Judaical days, etc. Now, for confutation of this forged exposition of those places of the Apostle, we say: 1. If all the days whereof the Apostle condemned the observation were Judaical days prescribed in the ceremonial law, then do our divines falsely interpret the Apostle’s words against popish holidays; and the Papists do truly allege that their holidays are not condemned by the Apostle. The Rhemists affirm that the Apostle condemns only Jewish days,4 but not Christian days, and that we do falsely interpret his words against their holidays.5 Cartwright answers them, that if Paul condemned the observing of feasts which God himself instituted, then much more does he condemn the observation of feasts of man’s devising.6 So Bellarmine alleges, that the Apostle speaks there only of Jewish feast days.7 Hospinian, answering him, will have the Apostle’s words to condemn the Christian feasts more than the Judaical.8 Conradus Vorstius rejects this position, The Apostle teaches that except for the Jewish, no division of days was supported in the N. T., as a popish error.9 2. If the Apostle means only of Judaical days, either he condemns the observing of their days materialiter [materially], or formaliter [formally], i. e. either he condemns the observation of the same feasts which the Jews observed, or the observing of them with such a meaning, after such a manner, and for such an end as the Jews did. The former our opposites dare not hold, for then they should grant that he condemns their own Easter and Pentecost, because these two feasts were observed by the Jews. Nor yet can they hold them at the latter, for he condemns that observation of days which had crept into the church of Galatia, which was not Jewish, nor typical, seeing the Galatians, believing that Christ was already come, could not keep them as figures of his coming as the Jews did, but rather as memorials that he was already come, says Cartwright.10 1. If the Apostle’s reasons wherewith he impugns the observation of days holds good against our holidays so well as against the Jewish or popish days, then does he condemn those, no less these. But the Apostle’s reasons agree to our holidays. For (1.), According to that reason, Gal. 4:3, they bring us under a yoke of bondage. Augustine, complaining of some ceremonies wherewith the church in his time was burdened, thought it altogether best that they should be cut off, Even if they may not seem inimical to the faith, since they press slavish burdens on the religion Christ willed to be a free one.11 Yea, he thought this yoke of servitude greater bondage, and less tolerable than the servility of the Jews, because they were subject to the burdens of the law of God, and not to the presumptions of men. The yoke of bondage of Christians, in respect of feasts, is heavier than the yoke of the Jews, not only for the multitude of them, but because the feast days of Christians were established by men only, but those of the Jews by God, says Hospinian.12 Have not we then reason to exclaim against our holidays, as a yoke of bondage, heavier than that of the Jews, for that our holidays are men’s inventions, and so were not theirs? (2.) The other reason, Gal. 4:9, holds as good against our holidays. They are rudimentary and pedagogical elements, which beseem not the Christian church, for as touching that which Tilen objects, that many in the church of the New Testament are still babes to be fed with milk,13 it makes as much against the Apostle as against us. For by this reason he may as well throw back the Apostle’s ground of condemning holidays among the Galatians, and say, because many of the Galatians were babes, therefore they had the more need of those elements and rudiments. The Apostle (Gal. 4:3) compares the church of the Old Testament to an infant and insinuates that, in the days of the New Testament, the infancy of the church has taken an end. And whereas it might be objected that in the church of the New Testament there are many babes, and that the Apostle himself speaks of the Corinthians and Hebrews as babes, it is answered by Paræus, What is said here must be understood as concerning not a few persons, but the condition of the whole church.14 There were also some in the church of the Old Testament, adulti fide heræs [heroes matured by faith]; but in respect of the state of the whole church, he who is least in the kingdom of God, is greater than John Baptist (Luke 7:28). The Law, says Beza, is called an element, since just as God taught his church with these first principles, afterward from a full horn he poured out the Holy Spirit in the time of the gospel.15 (3.) That reason also taken from the opposition of the shadow and the body (Col. 2:17) militates against our holidays; for the Apostle there speaks in the present time [ esti skia – it is a shadow], whereas the Judaical rites were abolished, whereupon Zanchius notes, that the Apostle does not so much speak of things by-past, as of the very nature of all rites, Therefore defining those very rituals in themselves, he said they were nothing other than a shadow.16 If all rites, then our holidays, among the rest, serve only to adumbrate [prefigure] and shadow forth something, and by consequence are unprofitable and idle, when the substance itself is clearly set before us. (4.) That reason, Col. 2:20, does no less irresistibly infringe the ordinances about our holidays than about the Jewish; for if men’s ordinances, about things once appointed by God himself, ought not to be obeyed, how much less should the precepts of men be received about such things in religion as never had this honor to be God’s ordinances, when their mere authority limits or astricts [binds] us in things which God has made lawful or free to us. Thus we see how the Apostle’s reasons hold good against our holidays; let us see next what respects of difference the Bishop can imagine to evidence wherefore the Judaical days may be thought condemned by the Apostle, and not ours. He devises a double respect; and first he tells us, that the Jewish observation of days was to a typical use.17 And whereas it is objected by us, that the converted Jews did not observe them as shadows of things to come, because then they had denied Christ, he answers thus: Howbeit the converted Jews did not observe the Jewish days as shadows of things to come, yet they might have observed them as memorials of by-past temporal and typical benefits, and for present temporal blessings, as the benefit of their delivery out of Egypt, and of the fruits of the earth, which use was also typical. ANSWER. 1. This is his own conjecture only, therefore he himself propounds it doubtfully, for he dare not say, they did observe them as memorials, etc., but, they might have observed; to which guessing, if I reply, they might also not have observed them as memorials of those by-past or present benefits, we say as much against him, and as truly, as he has said against us. 2. His form of reasoning is very uncouth, for to prove that the observation of days by the converted Jews was to a typical use, he alleges, that they might have observed, etc. Thus proving a position by a supposition. O brave! 3. There is no sense in his conjecture, for he yields that they did not observe those days as shadows of things to come, and yet he says, they might have observed them as memorials of by-past typical benefits. Now they could not observe those days as memorials of types, except they observed them also as shadowing forth the antitypes. Pentecost, says Davenant, and that celebration of when the law was given, it foreshadowed the sending of the Holy Spirit, and the writing by that same Spirit of the law on the tablets of hearts. The feast of Tabernacles sketched out the wandering of a righteous man in this desert of a world toward the heavenly country, etc.18 So that the feast of Pentecost, if it had been observed as a memorial of the promulgation of the law, could not but shadow forth the sending of the Holy Spirit into our hearts, to write the law in them. And the feast of tabernacles, if it had been observed as a memorial of the benefits which God bestowed on his people in the wilderness, could not but shadow out God’s conducting of his children, through the course of their pilgrimage in this world, to the heavenly Canaan. 4. If feasts which were memorials of temporal benefits were for this reason mystical, then he must grant against himself that, much more, are our feasts mystical, which are memorials of spiritual benefits, and consecrated to be holy signs and symbols, for making us call to mind the mysteries of our redemption. 5. Before this dispute takes an end, we shall see out of the best learned among our opposites, that they observe the holidays as mystical,19 and more mystical than the Bishop here describes the Jewish days to have been, and so we shall see the falsehood of that pretense, that they are observed only for order and policy, and not for mystery. 6. If we would know the true reason which made the converted Jews to observe those days, it was not any mystical use but that which made them think themselves obliged to other Mosaical rites; even propter auctoritatem legis [even on account of the authority of the law], says Junius;20 for albeit they could not be ignorant that these rites were shadows of things to come, and that the body was of Christ, in whom and in the virtue of whose death they did stablish their faith, yet they did not at first understand how such things as were once appointed by God himself, and given to his people as ordinances to be kept by him throughout their generations, could be altogether abolished; and for this cause, though they did condescend to a change of the use and signification of those ceremonies, as being no more typical of the kingdom of Christ, which they believed to be already come, yet still they held themselves bound to the use of the things themselves as things commanded by God. This much may be collected from Acts 15:21, where James gives a reason wherefore it was expedient that the Gentiles should observe some of the Jewish rites for a time, as Calvin,21 Beza,22 and Junius,23 expound the place. His reason is because the Jews, being so long accustomed with the hearing of the law of Moses, and such as did preach the same, could not be made at first to understand how the ordinances which God gave to his people by the hand of Moses might be cast off and not regarded, which imports as much as I say, namely, that the reason wherefore the converted Jews were so apt to be scandalized by such as cared not for the ceremonial law, and held themselves obliged to observe the same, was because they saw not how they could be exempted from the ordinances and statutes of the law of Moses, with which they had been educated and accustomed. Rests the second respect of difference given by the Bishop: Further (he says), they did observe them with opinion of necessity, as things instituted by God for his worship and their salvation, which sort of observation was legal.24 ANSWER. 1. Be it so; he cannot hereupon infer, that the Apostle does only condemn the observation of Judaical days, for he sees nothing of observing days with opinion of necessity, but simply and absolutely he condemns the observing of days, and his reasons reflex on our holidays, as well as the Jewish. 2. Their opinion of necessity he either refers to the institution which these days once had from God, or else to the use which, at that time, they had for God’s worship and their salvation. That they observed them with opinion of necessity, as things which had been instituted by God, it is most likely; but that they observed them with opinion of necessity, as things necessary for God’s worship and their salvation, is more than can be made good. It is more probably that they observed them merely and simply for that they had the honor to be instituted by God in his law. For to say that they observed them to the same use and end for which God did institute them is false, because then they had observed them as types and shadows of the coming of Christ, and so had denied Christ. 3. If the Apostle condemns the observing of days instituted by God, with opinion of necessity, much more does he condemn the observing of days instituted by men with such an opinion. And such is the observation of days urged upon us. Though the Bishop pretends that the observing of our holidays is not imposed with opinion of necessity, shall we therefore think it is so? Nay, Papists do also pretend that the observation of their ceremonies is not necessary,25 nor the neglecting of them a mortal sin. I have proved heretofore, out of their opposites’ own words, that the ceremonies in question (and, by consequence holidays among the rest) are urged upon us with opinion of necessity, and as their words, so their works bewray [reveal] them, for they urge the ceremonies with so exorbitant vehemency, and punish refusers with so excessive severity, as if they were the weightiest matters of the law of God. Yet they would have us believe, that they have but sober and mean thoughts of these matters, as of circumstances determined for order and policy only. Just like a man who casts firebrands and arrows, and yet says, “Am not I in sport?” (Prov. 26:18, 19). They will tell us that they urge not the ceremonies as necessary in themselves, but only as necessary in respect of the church’s determination, and because of the necessity of obeying those who are set over us. But, I pray, is not this as much as the Rhemists say,26who place the necessity of their rites and observances, not in the nature of the things themselves, but in the church’s precept? - Calvin, Comm. in illum locum. Judicare hic significat culpæ reum facere. [↩] - Zanch., Comm. ibid. [↩] - Proc. in Perth Assembly, part 3, p. 43. [↩] - Annot. on Col. 2:16. [↩] - Annot. on Gal. 4:10. [↩] - Annot., ibid. [↩] - De Cultus Sanctorum, cap. 10. loqui ibi Apostolum de judæorum tantum festis. [↩] - De Orig. Fest. Christ., cap. 2. [↩] - De Templ. et Fest. in Enchyrid. contr. inter Evang. et Pontif. Apostolus non nisi judaicum discrimen dierum in N. T. sublatum esse docet. [↩] - Ubi supra. [↩] - Epist. 118, ad Januar.Etiamsi fidei non videantur adversari, quia religionem quam Christus liberam esse voluit, servilibus oneribus premunt. [↩] - De Orig. Fest. Christ., cap. 2. Christian-orum festa, ab hominibus tantum, judæorum vero a Deo fuerint instituta. [↩] - Paren. ad Scot. cap. 16, pp. 66. [↩] - Comm. in illum locum. Non de paucis personis, sed de statu totius ecclesiæ intelligendum est quod hic dicitur. [↩] - Annot. in Gal. 4:3. Lex, saith Beza, vocatur elementa, quia illis velut rudimentis, Deus ecclesiam suam erudivit, postea pleno cornu effudit Spiritum Sanctum tempore evangelii. [↩] - Comm. in illum locum. Definiens ergo ipsos ritus in sese, dixit eos nil aliud esse quam umbram. [↩] - Ubi supra, p. 40. [↩] - Comm. in Col. 2:17. et illa legis datæ celebratio. Spiritus Sancti mssionem, et legis in tabulis cordium per eundem Spiritum inscriptionem, adumbravit. Scenopegiæ festum peregrinationem hominis pii per hoc mundi desertum ad cælestem patriam delineabat, etc. [↩] - Infra., part 3, in the arg. of Superstition. [↩] - Anim. in Bell., cont. 3, lib. 4, cap. 16, n. 20. [↩] - Comm. in illum locum. [↩] - Annot., ib. [↩] - Anim. ad Bell., contr. 3, lib 4, cp. 16, n 32. [↩] - Ubi supra. [↩] - Bell., de Euch., lib. 6, cap. 13. [↩] - Annot. on Matt. 6:15, sect 5. 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The day I opened my mailbox to smell nothing but Maine Blueberries, I paused. I could stand there all day sniffing that. I pulled out the box and was delighted to learn that a key ingredient of Belle’s Biscuits was Wild Maine Blueberries. Already, I’m imagining the taste is delish… so much more than the standard teethers at the grocery store. When our hands are full, we leave our mail in a basket in the hallway. And when my kids came home from school, one whiff and they were dying to have a taste. Of course, they thought they were trying cookies, but we each tried a biscuit. They were, umm, surprised with these cookies. I mean, what cookies have you ever tried that are too hard to bite into? Baby A isn’t old enough to teeth on a cookie yet, but I can relax knowing how safe and healthy these teething biscuits are. They’re organic, dairy-, soy, and wheat-free and have nothing artificial. In October, Belle’s Biscuits introduced a Gluten-Free alternate. And if your child isn’t a fan of blueberry (mine was allergic when he was younger) there’s also a vanilla flavor.	{ "date": "2019-08-19T19:20:22Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027314904.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20190819180710-20190819202710-00442.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9688849449157715, "token_count": 266, "url": "http://www.mommieswithstyle.com/15-off-at-belles-biscuits/" }
When you go to ancient Maya sites, you are likely to see a serpent carved in stone. But what do these serpents represent? And why Feathered Serpent? What does this cult mean? Snake (and often dragon) worship is present in the ancient cultures of Rome, Africa, Egypt, Cambodia, India, China and Korea, where snakes were seen as entities of strength and renewal. Snakes shed their skin through sloughing; they are therefore historically symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, eternity and continual renewal of life. Every serpent you will encounter represents that rebirth and immortality symbol. But that is not all. It is much more complex. Most ancient stories or myths did not depict actual events or people. They used metaphors or symbols to make the greater meaning. These myths were handed down generation after generation as a memorised story. The story of the Feathered Serpent deity in Mesoamerica is no different. The Feathered Serpent was a prominent supernatural entity in many Mesoamerican religions. It was called Quetzalcóatl among the Aztecs, Kukulkán among the Yucatec Maya, and Q'uq'umatz (and Tohil) among the K'iche' Maya. The double symbolism is considered allegoric to the dual nature of the deity: being feathered represents its divine nature or ability to fly (to reach the skies) and being a serpent represents its ability to creep on the Earth. Feathers represent the freedom to go between worlds. Birds are the only animals that have the freedom to manoeuvre between all the elements, air, earth, and for some water as well. Maya mythology describes serpents as being the vehicles by which celestial bodies, such as the sun and stars, cross the heavens. And they are a vehicle for human resurrection. The earliest known recording of the feathered serpent is depicted on Stela 19 at the Olmec site of La Venta built in 900 BC. At this time the serpent was just that, a serpent. Trade routes spread the popularity of this deity across Mesoamerica. Each culture took the original myth, and transformed it to suit their culture. Stela 19 from La Venta, in the Olmec Museum Park Villahermosa seems to depict a person inside a cave or maybe some kind of 'machine' (and I won't get into any von Däniken theories about ancient astronauts, although it is tempting). Some believe that it is a jaguar knight wearing a jaguar headdress (that looks like an astronaut's helmet); others claim it to be a priest or a ruler. He carries an object, perhaps a bag, probably used to hold copal, an incense. In Mayan art the priests or kings also often carry a 'bundle', with the instruments for bloodletting (the rulers had to give their blood to the gods in exchange for rain and fertility for their people and the bundle would contain such instruments as sting ray for cutting into the penis or ears). Could this priest also be carrying such a bundle? The rattlesnake has a large flaming eyebrow. The theme of a man with a serpent appears also on stela 3 at La Venta. Neither of the two shows the feathers but the crest over its head is interpreted by some as feathers. It is believed that for the Olmecs the serpent was a minor entity (the centre of Olmec religion was the jaguar). Think of it as the forerunner of many later Mesoamerican deities. The Olmec snake is also referred to as the Olmec Dragon but Karl Taube renamed it as Avian Serpent, as he noted that it merges the meaning of the snake and bird. Sky serpents are integral parts of Pre-classic framing bands in Olmec and Maya cultures. Many framing bands on reliefs and ceramics include the heads of serpents and abstract symbols such as inverted U shapes and diagonal lines (which may also reference the snake). The framing bands had the function of wrapping scenes, objects and people in identifiable symbols and meanings. Sometimes it works as a kind of portal through which the person emerges, or a cosmological boundary. Santiago Andres Garcia believes that it was used to differentiate social classes, and enhance the status of elite Olmecs. An argument by Taube is that the motifs depict a supernatural serpent. In Altar 4 (photo on the left), now in the La Venta Olmec Park Museum in Villahermosa, two serpent heads face each other above the man who is emerging from a cave (the two heads look like a pair of large eyes). Between their fangs below is a cross-band motif, a symbol of serpent and sky. The man is emerging from a cave, the borders of which constitute the representation of aquatic nature. How to interpret this? Out of the aquatic mass is born the human figure, to which the double presence of the divine serpents allies itself. So the snake is the symbol of birth (or rebirth). The Avian Serpent also appeared on pottery. On the left there is a pattern from Tlatilco pottery in the Valley of Mexico as identified by Karl Taube. (a) hand-paw-wing; (b) flame eyebrow; (c) upside down U bracket; and (d) St Andrew’s cross. Some Avian Serpents appear with a crossed band as the symbol of the Feathered Serpent either on their bodies or eye sockets. Michael D. Coe pointed out that in Maya society the glyph for sky and for snake is an X, which he termed the 'St Andrew’s cross'. Avian Serpent imagery was a symbol with cosmological meanings of earth and sky, used by Early Formative people (i.e. Olmecs and early Maya)to substantiate their beliefs and legitimise their status and identity. Some researchers believe that the Olmec sculptures relate to myths of spiritual journeys or human origins. The Olmec symbol of the snake was then developed by other tribes across Mesoamerica. Juxtlahuaca cave in the state of Oaxaca is the site where the earliest feathered serpent appears painted on rock (painted apparently in Olmec style). The plumes of the serpent are no longer visible. Michael Coe has estimated that the paintings might probably date between 1200-900 BC. The actual cult of the feathered serpent was developed by the people of Teotihuacán (200 BC–700 AD). Several feathered serpent representations appear on the building of the Temple of the Quetzalcóatl (150–200 AD), including full-body profiles and feathered serpent heads (see below). The relief images on the temple alternate between a serpent’s head surrounded by feathers, and a crocodile’s head with a headdress. The former is easily identified as the creator god Quetzalcóatl; the latter is believed to be god Tláloc. The word Quetzalcóatl comes from the Aztec language of Nahuatl, meaning Bird (Quetzal) and Serpent (Cóatl). We do not know the name of the feathered serpent in the language of Teotihuacanán (instead, the name of the Aztec god is used). The Teotihuacános are thought to have derived the feathered-serpent from the image of an owl fetching a serpent from a cave and it is thought that the large, goggle-eyes of Tláloc are representative of the owl’s ability to traverse the darkness of the underworld. In this culture snakes were associated with water and in particular the water found underground or within caves. Tláloc, the Aztec god of rain (and water), ruled the underworld where he resided; he regenerated life. He was commonly depicted with large eyes ('goggles') and fangs and wore a headdress of heron feathers and carried a rattlesnake. Recent research has brought us a new twist. The rings, which were believed to have been around Tláloc’s eyes, were actually on the forehead. The eye rings are in fact directly above what looks like the upper jaw (from where the teeth and fangs are visible). Karl Taube and Saburo Sugiyama individually concluded that the relief represents serpentine headdresses on the bodies of the Feathered Serpent. So Tláloc here acts as Quetzalcóatl's avatar, the feathered serpent (Quetzalcóatl also had other avatars, such as Ehecatl, lord of the wind). As Sugiyama further states, the headdress is of the day sign Cipactli, which is the first day of the Aztec ritual calendar, the beginning of time. The temple was dedicated to the myth of the origin of time. Scholar Cecelia Klein has suggested that the ringed eyes of Tláloc refer to mirrors, which represents fire or water, which are other attributes associated with the Feathered Serpent (in Teotihuacán he was a symbol of water and the wet season while later in Aztec iconography he was a symbol of fire representing the dry season). It was commonly believed that mirrors were caves for the gods to enter into the human world, to communicate a message to the inhabitants: to please the gods through sacrifice as giving one's own life was believed to be the greatest gift one could offer the gods. It imitated the ways of their god Quetzalcóatl: in legend he burnt (sacrificed) himself and vanished into the skies and turned into Venus. Susan Gillespie argues that two completely different animals (bird and snake) conceptualised a meeting between the levels of the cosmos: earth and sky. This was the natural that transformed into the supernatural, and any composition of a Bird-Serpent acted as a 'mediator' between the earth, the underworld and the sky. The Lord of the Serpents, found at Pirámide Quetzalcóatl at Xochicalco was intended to connect the nobility with the Plumed Serpent creator-god. His left hand holds one serpent, while others twine about his body. The power of the nobility was based upon their connection to, and ability to communicate with Quetzalcóatl and the other gods. That balance of power guaranteed the regular arrival of the rains and good harvests. The elite used these beliefs to justify their wealth, authority, and privileges. It is believed that the elite of Teotihuacán found itself unable to deal with the lack of rain and drought in the 7th century, which led to a loss of faith in them and a great revolt by their people and the destruction of Teotihuacán. The surviving nobility fled south, where they founded Xochicalco and the cult of Quetzalcóatl. The great religious centre of Cholula, near modern Puebla, was also dedicated to Quetzalcóatl. Another key centre for plumed serpent worship at that time was the important trading city of Cacaxtla. Next, the Toltecs began their rise and they adopted Quetzalcóatl as one of their major gods. The city of Tula (Tollan in Nahuatl), the capital of the Toltecs (950–1150 AD) was ruled by Quetzalcóatl (his full name was Topiltzin Cē Ācatl Quetzalcōatl) who ruled as a priest or demi-god but was later sent into exile from Tollan and went on to found a new city elsewhere in Mesoamerica (some say he went to Chichén Itzá, to become its ruler Kukulkán in the 10th century). This is actually a historical figure of Quetzalcóatl (the name was used as a noble title). Claims of Toltec ancestry and a ruling dynasty founded by Quetzalcóatl have since been made by such diverse civilisations as the Aztec, the K'iche' and the Itzá Mayas. In Chichén Itzá you can see the Feathered Serpent on many monuments. The most famous is the Kukulkán sliding down the pyramid during the equinox. Thousands gather in Chichén Itzá every year during the spring equinox to watch the shadow of the serpent god Kukulkán slither down the pyramid El Castillo. Mayan symbolism here uses the serpent to describe the movement of celestial bodies relating to the ecliptic path (or the Milky Way). When I visit Chichén Itzá, I always imagine the serpent slithering down from the earth (the pyramid) on his way down to the underworld (the cenote under this pyramid), where he changes to a black jaguar (representing the night) and then flying out in the morning as the symbol of the new day (that is why the serpent needs the feathers). This way, the serpent represents the circle of day and night, earth and sky, life and death. It is certainly my favourite representation of the symbol and power of the Feathered Serpent. In the Popol Vuh Mayan book of creation Kukulkán is the creator of the cosmos. A snake or a forked serpentine tongue is also often seen in images of the Mayan Rain God, Chac. Although heavily Mexicanised, Kukulkán has his origins among the Maya of the Classic Period, when he was known as Waxaklahun Ubah Kan, the War Serpent, and he has been identified as the Postclassic version of the Vision Serpent of Classic Maya art. The Vision Serpent was very important during the bloodletting rituals, often at the time of the ruler's accession to the throne. Participants would take hallucinogenic mushrooms and experience visions in which they communicated with the ancestors or gods. The Vision Serpent (named so by Linda Schele) thus came to be the method by which ancestors or gods manifested themselves to the Maya; it was a direct link between the spirit realm of the gods and the physical world. Lintel 25 from Yaxchilán shows Lady Xoc and the Vision Serpent ritual in October 681 AD, the date of her husband Shield Jaguar II’s ascension to the throne. The ancestor (or god) who was being contacted was depicted as emerging from the serpent’s mouth. In the Mayan languages the word chan or kan means both sky and snake, and is a code for the vision-serpent-sky portal and alludes to the path the gods and ancestral dead travel in their journey in and out of the Underworld during bloodletting ceremonies, and at death and resurrection. Serpents are therefore associated with the Tree of Life and immortality. The World Tree (Ceiba tree) has its roots in the Underworld. A serpent named Kawak (also referred to as Earth Monster) guarded the entrance to this underworld. The trunk (where the humans dwell) supports the Heavens above the Earth. Winding through the branches of the tree is the double-headed Vision Serpent, bringing knowledge and power. In Nikolai Grube's view, serpent imagery is further related to themes of centrality and social partitions. Snake images on murals at Tulum connect individuals who are probably genealogically related. Serpent cords (known as the k'uxa'an suum) connect lineage groups and have represented a sort of umbilical binding that related individuals together. The snake cords in Tulum connected the celestial realm in the ceiling to the other scenes on the temple walls. In Mayan mythology, the deceased entered first the underworld (water in the cave or cenote) and then travelled through the tree of life up to the sky (heaven) on top, to be reborn. Recent research has further demonstrated that the Feathered Serpent was associated with human sacrifice and warfare, as depicted in Teotihuacán on the Temple of Quetzalcóatl. Karl Taube further noted that feathered serpent imagery painted on ceramic vessels at Teotihuacán is often depicted with a heart and droplet signs, which probably allude to heart sacrifice and blood. Feathered serpent imagery is also often depicted with the woven mat, a Mesoamerican symbol of rulership from the Early Classic through Postclassic times (the nobles carried a woven mat to the assembly, to sit on because the benches were made of hard rock). Furthermore, the serpent is an ethereal being of life, breath and wind. The best example of that is perhaps in Uxmal. Serpents on the Nunnery building at Uxmal are among the sculptures of a god, a king and a priest; symbolising a conduit for their passing through the underworld and the heavens. Q'uq'umatz (alternatively Qucumatz) was a deity of the Postclassic ' Maya, considered to be the equivalent of Ehecatl to the Huastecs of the Gulf of Mexico and Kukulkán of the Yucatec Maya tradition, borrowed and blended with other deities that the K'iche' worshipped. Q'uq'umatz (on the left) was also god of wind and rain and was closely associated with Tepeu, god of lightning and fire. Both of these deities were considered to be the mythical ancestors of the K'iche' nobility by direct male line. Q'uq'umatz carried the sun across the sky and down into the underworld and acted as a mediator between the various powers in the Maya cosmos. In Aztec society (1300-1521 AD), the plumed serpent is often represented in human form as having a headdress of flowers and feathers and holding in one hand a staff of life and in the other a spear with its point representing the morning star (Venus), where his heart resides. The feathers are from the beautiful bird quetzal (which were treasured more than gold). Quetzalcóatl was gradually transformed into a major deity. In the Sacred Precinct at Tenochtitlán, the Temple of Quetzalcóatl once stood directly facing the Templo Mayor. The two most important priests at the Templo Mayor both possessed noble titles of Quetzalcóatl. The Aztec Quetzalcóatl is known from several Aztec codices. He was a primordial god of creation, a giver of life, bringer of knowledge, the inventor of books, and he was associated with the planet Venus. After the last world (the so-called Fourth Sun) had been destroyed, Quetzalcóatl went to Mictlan, the land of death, and created our current world, the so-called Fifth Sun, by using his own blood to give new life to old human bones. With his opposite Tezcatlipoca he created the world. Quetzalcóatl is also called White Tezcatlipoca, to contrast him with the black Tezcatlipoca, the god of the night sky. The Mesoamerican duality is also expressed in the fact that Quetzalcóatl had a twin brother Xolotl who accompanied him to the underworld. As the Lord of the East, Quetzalcóatl is associated with Venus (as the morning star) and his twin brother Xolotl was Venus (as the evening star), the Lord of the West. In a sense, this recreation of life is recreated every night when Xolotl guides the sun through the underworld, to make a new day. To me it seems a similar circle of life to the one that Kukulkán undertakes in Chichén Itzá. To take the story one step further, according to Mayan legend, they were visited by a robed Caucasian man with blond hair, blue eyes and a beard, who taught the Maya about agriculture, medicine, mathematics and astronomy. This legend goes back to around 3000 BC, when the world was in turmoil, and there appears to have been flooding in the Caribbean. When the flood came, people fled to high hills. Others claim that they sheltered underground in caves. The legend about the visit of a great civilizer (who visited them and taught them agriculture and other skills) was born. My burning question is if he was an alien from the sky. They called him the prophet or healer. According to the prophecies in the Book of Chilam Balam, the Maya were warned about the white-ruling culture but were also promised with his return a new religion that would bring the world back into harmony. Some say, that despite the warning, the Aztecs mistakenly warmly welcomed the invading Hernán Cortés as Quetzalcóatl, the 'white god'. And how wrong they were, if this story is true! For Cortés cruelly defeated them. In conclusion, the worship of the Feathered Serpent, as I see it, came out from early man's fear of death and his hopes for resurrection. The shamans looked to the powerful forces such as the sun, the moon, Venus, wind and rain, as well as fearsome creatures in their environment such as the jaguar, eagle and serpent as a means of understanding the place and fate of human beings. These beliefs, over time, led to the creation of a great variety of gods. The Feathered Serpent deity throughout time represented the beginning of time, freedom to manoeuvre between worlds, knowledge, wind, water, fire, regeneration, vehicle for celestial bodies moving across the sky, Venus, fertility, human sacrifice, legitimisation of elite rulership and militarism. The variants of Quetzalcóatl, Kukulkán, Gucumatz and Ehecatl may have different names and be associated with different attributes in different culture areas, but they acted everywhere as a portal between two worlds and are linked to Venus and sky through divine rulership, lineage and descent. For me personally, the question still remains if Quetzalcóatl was an ancient astronaut. For those who like cinema, he was portrayed in modern popular culture in many films, usually as a monster. Perhaps you can now view him as a more complex entity, with his ancient powers, as presented in this post.	{ "date": "2019-08-22T08:46:40Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027317037.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822084513-20190822110513-00202.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9659997224807739, "token_count": 4664, "url": "https://www.hammocksandruins.com/mysteries-articles/feathered-serpent" }
First of all I want to say thank you to those, who commented on my last two blog entries. (I deleted the one about the flood. We are out of the woods, but many others are not.) It means a lot to me! It’s great to know that there are many people, who have the same thoughts about how veganism is sometimes represented. Every year in spring I find our kitchen stuffed with rhubarb stalks. Rhubarb. Sour. Cumbersome. Has to be cooked. Weird name. What to do with it? The person who buys it, loves to cook it into compote. Unkind compote. Looks like they wanted to get rid of those sour stalks very fast. I am pretty sure the rhubarb was bought on impulse. Because rhubarb stalks at the grocery store mean spring. Warm April days. Sitting outside. As kids we stole rhubarb stalks from our uncle’s garden and then armed ourselves with a small plate full of sugar. We’d sit on the grass, dresses on, naked legs. And then we’d eat the sour stalks and crease our faces. Those who lived in the countryside all have these memories of eating rhubarb in their gardens, enjoying the sun. We never had our own rhubarb stalks. We had no produce in our garden. Nobody in my family had a clue what to do with them. Our they probably just ignored them. But then we knew all those housewives, who had huge gardens and every produce you’d ever dream of. Of course they had rhubarb. And gooseberries. And every year we were invited by a family, a relative, a neighbour, who had made a rhubarb cake. And those cakes were sour. Just like the stalks. Just like the gooseberry cakes, which they would bake a couple of months later. I know I am probably doing them wrong. I know my memory is betraying me. I am quite sure those cakes were delicious. But the problem is, I am not able to correct my memory. I do not live there anymore. Many of those women have died by now. Sometimes I wish I could go back and collect their recipes. But then I think I should simply start a new tradition. New memories. Next spring, when F. is old enough, we’ll go to the park. Armed with some rhubarb stalks and a bag of sugar. Then when we are tired of sitting in the sun creasing our faces, we will go home and bake a sweet and moist rhubarb cake. Just like this one: Sweet and Moist Rhubarb Cake Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and flour a 25 cm (10 inch) spring form pan. For the rhubarb filling: 420 g (14 oz) sliced rhubarb 50 g (1/4 cup) sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch For the cake: 240 g (2 cups) flour 2 tablespoons chickpea flour* 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 100 g (1/2 cup) sugar 60 g (1/4 cup) soy yoghurt 4 tablespoons melted coconut oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 185 ml (3/4 cup + 1 tablespoon) soy milk For the crumb topping: 90 g (3/4 cup) flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar 2.5 tablespoons melted coconut oil 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 – 3/4 tablespoon soy milk (as needed) * Chickpea flour and soy yoghurt together serve the same function as eggs: They bind and make the cake moist and fluffy. I know you can make great vegan cakes without these two, but I can almost never resist. If you do not have chickpea flour, substitute soy flour. If you don’t have either, you can leave it out. Maybe use cornstarch instead. To prepare the filling: Place rhubarb in a bowl, sprinkle with sugar and cornstarch, mix well and set aside. To make the batter: In a bowl sift together flour and chickpea flour. Add baking powder, salt, and sugar and mix well. In a second bowl mix together yoghurt, oil, vanilla and soy milk. Add wet to dry ingredients. Pour the batter into your prepared pan. Carefully sprinkle the rhubarb mixture on top and distribute the pieces evenly. To prepare the crumb topping: In a bowl mix flour, baking powder, and sugar. Add coconut oil and vanilla. Use your hands to form into crumbs. Add soy milk if too dry. Crumble over cake. Bake for 35 – 40 minutes. Let cake sit in pan for 10 minutes, then remove from pan. Slice into 12 pieces.	{ "date": "2019-08-24T21:50:34Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2019-35", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027321786.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824214845-20190825000845-00522.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9476025700569153, "token_count": 1029, "url": "https://www.seitanismymotor.com/2013/06/simple-and-moist-rhubarb-cake/" }
Superman Homepage writer Michael J. Petty reviews episodes from the “Krypton” TV series, airing on SYFY. Check out his review of the 7th episode of Season 2 in which General Zod pushes for control of a dominating weapon; Seg and Nyssa fight to save Seg’s life. WRITTEN BY: Nadria Tucker DIRECTED BY: Erica Watson Cameron Cuffe as Seg-El Shaun Sipos as Adam Strange Georgina Campbell as Lyta-Zod Aaron Pierre as Dev-Em Wallis Day as Nyssa-Vex Ann Ogbomo as Jayna-Zod Blake Ritson as Brainiac Ian McElhinney as Val-El Colin Salmon as General Dru-Zod Rasmus Hardiker as Kem Hannah Waddingham as Jax-Ur Rating – 4 (out of 5): What another wild ride this week! Krypton never ceases to surprise and amaze me, between the dazzling special effects, the built-up suspense, the character arcs, and the compelling villains, this series continues to shock and awe. There is so much to talk about in regard to this week’s episode, but I will do my best to remain brief and allow for discussion in the comments. First and foremost, Doomsday has been handled extremely well on this series. Smallville‘s version of Doomsday was interesting because they tried to take a mindless, soulless monster and make the audience, or at least the characters, care about him by giving him a “human side” in Davis Bloome. Some, myself included, found this compelling, others found it ridiculous, but regardless which camp you fall into, Krypton proved this week that it can in fact be done. And done well. I heavily enjoyed the origin of Doomsday as told in flashbacks this week, especially learning that he was a man with a family, it made the end result all the more heartbreaking. It was also interesting to see the Elder El being the more sadistic and unforgiving of the two scientists working on the Doomsday Project, especially given that the Zods usually take that role. It was also a little odd that the Elder Zod was involved at all scientifically, although given House Zod’s status in the military guild I suppose it makes sense. Doomsday, after all, was mean to be a weapon. Doomsday aside, I loved Kem and Adam’s small arc this week. It’s always fun seeing these characters paired up and working together since they originally could not stand each other. Yet, now they seem almost inseparable. Plus, given their importance to the Black Zero resistance, they are only stronger together. Now, onto the main course… Cor-Vex is now officially Jor-El, something myself and a large portion of Krypton fans on the internet have already speculated. It just made the most sense and I’m glad to see this prediction come true. It’s truly a turning point for Nyssa-Vex as well as she’s understanding that her family, her name, brings deceit and destruction wherever it goes, and, not wanting that for her son, has given up her name, her pride and her old ways, to be like the one who inspired her to change in the first place. That’s admirable, and I’m excited to see what Nyssa will do next, especially since now she has to fight for her son once more. Though thankfully, this time she’s not alone… Brainiac taking control of the Fortress was not a surprise, as it seemed inevitable given last season’s finale. What was a surprise, however, was the abduction of Jor-El and the immediate evacuation of Brainiac’s ship from Krypton’s atmosphere. How they go about getting Jor-El back is going to be incredibly interesting… And what about the Val-El AI? Is he still around or has he been completely erased? I’m excited to learn these answers next week. Also, Seg-El taking on his family’s crest once more made me very happy. I’m glad to see him returning to his goal from Season 1 in restoring the House of El’s name and spreading hope wherever the shield goes. The only odd thing, to me, about this week’s episode was the title. “Zods and Monsters”. For whatever reason, it just didn’t fit for me. Maybe it’s because they were trying too hard with the “Zod” thing, had the title been “Gods and Monsters” it would have made more sense given Seg-El’s comparison to Brainiac pretending to be a “god,” but alas we were stuck with the force-fed title that honestly doesn’t do an incredible episode justice. But all this is beside the point… This week’s Krypton was spectacular, and with only three episodes left I’m overjoyed to see what new surprises the cast and crew reveal before the finale. Last years finale was both shocking and exciting, I can only imagine what this years will bring. Check out the “Krypton – Episode Reviews” Contents page.	{ "date": "2020-10-23T22:30:51Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107865665.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20201023204939-20201023234939-00282.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9683583974838257, "token_count": 1124, "url": "https://www.supermanhomepage.com/krypton-episode-review-s02e07-zods-and-monsters/" }
I should never, ever be allowed to speak. It would be difficult to convey to you how many times I have opened my big, dumb mouth and said something so retarded, so mortifying, that I lay awake the next several nights wishing for my own death. I'd blog about them so you could get your jollies laughing at my stupidity, but the internet isn't big enough to hold them all. However, one particularly unfortunate boo-boo was so traumatizing to me that it's never far from my mind, in spite of the years that have passed since it occurred. Every once in a while I notice it feels like there's something in my throat, and eventually I realize it's my foot, where it's still permanently lodged after this one particularly heinous faux pas. I live in Texas, but still have some family and friends in my hometown in Missouri, so I go back from time to time. On one particular visit, I was in the lone drugstore of that incredibly tiny town when a man who looked to be in his seventies spotted me and was very excited to see me. He was so sweet, so kind and so enthusiastic, it was as if seeing me had made his day. You'd have to understand my hometown; it is very, very small. I can hear some of you now--"I come from a small town, too!" No, you don't. Not like this. There were 38 kids in my senior class in high school. There is one street light in town, and it's on the main street, a flashing yellow. Everyone knows everyone. This is the kind of town where, when a car shows up in town with out-of-state plates, it's news. "Who is that? The car has Idaho plates." " I think it's Kitty's cousin." No, you're wrong--I think Bob has a sister from Idaho, though, it could be her." Etcetera. There's a little old lady in town who has a police scanner in her home, which she sits by all day long, enraptured, as if she's watching TV. The moment anyone gets stopped or arrested, she's on the phone to anyone and everyone she knows to report the news. She actually gossips about what she sees in other peoples' shopping carts at the grocery store, as in, "I guess Jackie's husband is making some good money now, I saw her buying steaks." Growing up, I used to hate the total lack of privacy that comes from small town life. I probably only went to the doctor once a year or less, but still, if I called the only clinic in town to make a doctor's appointment, the office worker who answered the phone would say, "Can I help you?" and I'd say, "I'd like to make an appointment," and she'd say, "Oh, hi, Karla." And this was before our town got caller ID. There were only a handful of businesses in town--one grocery store, two gas stations, one hardware store, one florist, etc. My mom happened to own one of the two restaurants in town, which made her high profile, as in, everyone knew her. And by extension, it seemed like everyone knew me, even though I didn't necessarily know all of them. I was probably introduced to them all at some point, but forgot lots of names, partly because I was a kid, and partly because I was (and still am) fairly self-absorbed. This is why it came as no surprise to me that this very kind elderly man knew me and knew all about me, while I could not, for the life of me, guess who in hell he might be. This happens to me a lot when I'm back for a visit, and usually I can play it off because the exchanges are fairly short. Someone will call out, "Hi Karla!" and I will answer as if I know them. We will exchange the briefest of pleasantries, and both be on our way, with the other person naturally assuming I knew exactly who they were. I hoped to be able to pull off the same scam with this man, because the alternative--letting him know I didn't remember him--was out of the question. He was just so glad to see me--how could I tell him that I didn't even remember him? So I played along, hoping his identity would come to me at some point. The thing that haunts me even now is that he gave me an out--he actually said to me at the start of the conversation, "You probably don't remember me, do you?" And God help me, he was just so sweet and cheerful that I didn't have the heart to say no, so I said, "Yeah, of course I do!" I'm actually a pretty skillful bullshitter, so I thought I could pull this off. Plus, I know that the key to getting away with any kind of lie is to keep the exchange brief, try to make your escape before being caught. With this man, however, it was not so easy to extricate myself from the situation. He wanted details about my life, and asked me very specific questions. "How's your mom? I know her health hasn't been so great lately." "I hear you moved to Texas--what part? Do you like it there?" "What brings you to town? How long are you here for?" This went on and on. This guy was clearly retired, and seemed to be someone who perhaps didn't have a lot to do in his day-to-day life--why else would he be so thrilled to see me, someone who he probably hadn't seen in 10 years? I wanted to turn the conversation back toward him before I blew my cover--plus, it would have been incredibly rude to answer all his questions about me and never ask one about him. So I took the first opportunity to ask, "So what have you been up to?" As he opened his mouth to answer, I was wracking my brain--who IS this guy? I was desperately hoping to mine his responses for clues. Here's the sad saga of how it went down: Me: So what have you been up to? Him: Oh, well, not too much...you heard about my wife. Me: (Nodding solemnly) Yeah, I did. Him: Yeah, so I'm living by myself now, which is hard. At this point I was thinking, Ah-ha! His wife left him! This gives me a clue. But he kind of had that hangdog attitude about it, like he'd been dumped by her, so in an effort to put a more positive spin on it, I brightened and said: Me: Hey, you're back on the market! Him: Well...I don't know if I'd put it that way...(trails off) Suddenly, total recall hit me like a bucket of cold water. I knew exactly who this guy was: It was Mr. J, the father of a kid I went to school with, and longtime patron of my mom's restaurant. His wife died about a year before; I remembered my mom mentioning it to me. Did I just tell a man whose wife died that he's back on the fucking market??! Can't...breathe....Foot jammed in mouth just past the knee.... I don't remember what happened after that. I have no idea how the conversation ended, or if I was in any way able to recover from that. (Is that possible!?) It's like I blacked out from the mortifying horror I felt. The next thing I remember is practically racing across the street to meet up with Brian, who had been in the grocery store picking up some food. I breathlessly recapped the scene, gushing miserably about what a goddamn idiot I was. Now, any responsible person would have agreed with me that I was, indeed, a goddamn idiot, or at the very least, that I had stuck my foot in my mouth. (If only I had stuck in in there sooner, before I got a chance to speak.) But my husband loves me a little too much for total honesty, and can't stand to see me in such a fervor. He actually tried to convince me that it wasn't that big a deal, that Mr. J. probably hadn't noticed, etc. In spite of my protests and retelling of the story to be SURE he understood exactly how thoughtless and stupid I had actually been, he stuck to his reassurances that I had behaved in a perfectly acceptable manner. You've got to love a man who will flat-out lie to try make you feel better. I have to tell you, this story still horrifies me to this day. I managed to surpass even my own expectations of exactly how stupid I'm capable of being. I learned a very important lesson that day: I should never, ever speak unless I'm reading from a script that someone else wrote.	{ "date": "2020-10-26T18:52:46Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107891624.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20201026175019-20201026205019-00682.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9913469552993774, "token_count": 1882, "url": "http://www.karlababble.com/2005/09/lessons-ive-learned-part-8.html?showComment=1126750560000" }
Bringing neighbours closer Welcome to the Interreg V-A Latvia–Lithuania Programme 2014–2020!About the programme Please update your browser You are using old browser version, which is not technically supported. That way some functions maybe are not available or aren't working right. Using information bellow please update or use another browser. Free browsers - all browsers provide the same base functions and are easy to use. Choose which browser do you want to download: Date: 20. June 2019 Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Kurzeme Business Incubator in cooperation with Green and Smart Technology Cluster invites to apply for the Financial Skills Cycle, together with Ilgvars Skrīvers. The financial skills cycle will consist of three phases, the first will take place on June 20, the second stage on June 26, and the third on July 3. We invite to take the opportunity to apply for all three phases of financial skills. There is a growing worldwide belief, that every citizen should be made aware of the financial world and the services it provides. As we know, financial skills is a set of knowledge and skills that enable citizens to understand and manage their financial management and make informed decisions about the choice and use of different financial services, ensuring their private financial stability and sustainability. We all want to be financially independent. If you want to improve your financial standing, understand how to do it more effectively, with whom to start and how to apply these skills, then be sure to apply. Here, you will gain the skills that will be useful to become a successful entrepreneur, to handle your finances properly. The financial skills cycle will be led by a financial advisor, a business coach, an entrepreneur and a professional in his field, Ilgvars Skrīvers. Everybody who associates their future with business or wants to change their financial situation is invited to participate in the event “Coffee with Expert”. The aim of the event is to encourage prospective and existing entrepreneurs or those who are thinking about the opportunity to earn extra money, are willing to change and take a step in the direction they are planning. “Coffee with Expert” will be held on June 20. and 26. and on July 3, at 17:00 to 19:00 in the Saldus Municipality Administrative building, in the new meeting room, Avotu street 12, Saldus. Participation in the seminar: free! Registration for participation in the event , until June 19 this year, by sending a request to the e-mail: [email protected] . Coffee, snacks, questions and answers are waiting for you! The number of participants is limited! “Coffee with Expert” is part of the LLI – 157 BEE Lab project (Boost regional Entrepreneurship by Enabling cross border cooperation). This project is funded by the European Union. Total project size is 565685,76 EUR. Out of them co-funding of European Regional Development Fund is 480832,88 EUR. The project is co-financed by Interreg V-A Latvia-Lithuania Programme 2014-2020. Aims is to contribute to the sustainable and cohesive socio-economic development of the Programme regions by helping to make them competitive and attractive for living, working and visiting. This Press Release has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union, The contents of this Press Release are the sole responsibility of Green and Smart Technology Cluster and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union. Last updated: 23.10.2020 12:23	{ "date": "2020-10-25T19:49:47Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107889651.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20201025183844-20201025213844-00442.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9332936406135559, "token_count": 751, "url": "https://latlit.eu/events/coffee-with-expert-financial-skills-cycle-with-ilgvars-skrivers/" }
Tenth anniversary of gay murder spurs new campaign Erasing hate from schools, workplaces, and communities is the goal of a new campaign launched in America this week by the Matthew Shepard Foundation. The foundation was created by Dennis and Judy Shepard in memory of their 21-year old son Matthew, who was murdered in an anti-gay hate crime in Wyoming in October 1998. Matthew’s murder was a watershed moment in the perceptions of LGBT people in America. Then-President Bill Clinton tried to extend federal hate crime legislation to include gay and lesbian people in the aftermath of his death, but ultimately was defeated by Congress. Judy Shepard, Executive Director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, launched the new ‘Campaign to Erase Hate’ by asking the crowd of more than 500 people to raise themselves to the power of ten and join with her in helping the Foundation fulfil its mission of erasing hate. The goal of the campaign is to equip individuals with the necessary tools to discuss and address hate in our society. These tools include personal webpages, resources on dealing with hateful speech and actions, monthly correspondence and most importantly, a way to invite ten others to join. “We are starting a movement of people dedicated to erasing hate from our schools, workplaces, and communities,” said Mrs Shepard. More from PinkNews “For the last ten years, individuals have been raising themselves to do amazing things with no resources. What we are trying to do is give this great work a structure and create a community of individuals who are using their voices and talents to address these issues.” The ‘Campaign to Erase Hate’ will utilise MatthewsPlace.com, a youth-designed website launched by the Foundation last year, to involve young people in the campaign. Plans include working with various social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace which are popular with young people. “The philosophy of the campaign is to start with individuals in the community who can put a face on the impact of hate,” explained Mrs Shepard. “Then, if those people engage ten of their friends who then engage ten of their friends, we will quickly reach our goal of changing the hearts and minds of one million people. Your voice is the most powerful tool in erasing hate.” Earlier this month the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s Excellence in Media Award was presented to Mrs Shepard. She is one of the most prominent campaigners for federal hate crimes legislation to be passed in the US. To join the campaign, visit click here.	{ "date": "2020-10-25T19:27:18Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107889651.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20201025183844-20201025213844-00442.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9656687378883362, "token_count": 531, "url": "https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2008/03/31/tenth-anniversary-of-gay-murder-spurs-new-campaign/" }
Children should be taught about investing. They need to be taught that much more than savings, investment also matters. For children to be able to understand investments, they should be taught in ways that correspond to their age and their interests. Investment can simply be defined as the purchase of goods that are not consumed today but are used in the future to create wealth. It can also mean a monetary asset purchased with the idea that the asset will provide income in the future or will later be sold at a higher price for profit. Saving is good but Investing is better We all need to understand the relationship between saving and investing. The act of saving should be the first lesson to teach your children before investment. Plenty of parents start their kids off with a piggy bank to teach them the importance of savings. However, very few teach their children how to invest. You need to teach your kids the essence of saving because the money they save will serve as the capital for the investment. For long-term success, investing has to be the next step. This will help them avoid debt, keep them responsible and boost their confidence. How then can you raise a child who is an investor You might be tempted to put off investing discussions until your child is grown up and has money to invest. Investments take many forms. Young kids might have a hard time understanding the concept of the future. It is best to teach them by relating it to something easy to understand and fun. You could start off by getting books that teach financial intelligence. Get a copy of The Little Red Hen and read it to your child. In this story, the hen invested the time and effort to turn wheat into bread—sowing the grain, harvesting it, and making the dough. The lazy animals who were her friends blew her off and did not help until it was time to eat. She refused to share her bread with the slackers, and everyone learned a lesson. This is an example of thinking long term. Help your child plant a garden or put some seeds in a flowerpot. Talk about the time the plant needs to grow and the water you need to “invest” in it so that you get a beautiful plant that blooms. Here is how investment works The interest we can get from bank accounts is very low so investing is a way to make your money go further. For example, a 10-year old who stashed N1,000 in a high-yield savings account earning 2% would have close to N3,000 by retirement age. Alternatively, if they earned 7% a year by investing that money over the same time period, that deposit would grow to more than N41,000 by age 65. Once kids understand interest, they can take on investing and the stock market. They’ll have the ability to earn even more if they can understand the following concepts. Stocks vs. bonds: When you invest in a stock, you are a partial owner of the company. Alternatively, when you buy a bond, you are lending money. Risk vs reward: If you take on more risk, the rewards tend to be greater over time. However, the likelihood of losing money increases as well. Time horizon: Saving for something six months down the road is different than saving for something five years from now when it comes to investing. While stocks may sink from time to time, over the long run they go up. Diversification: Investing in a few companies reduces the risk compared to investing in a single stock. Click here to read: [Are You On Track To Be Financially Independent At 59? ]	{ "date": "2020-10-27T04:14:04Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107893011.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20201027023251-20201027053251-00522.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9739837050437927, "token_count": 750, "url": "https://lagosmums.com/how-to-raise-a-child-who-can-be-an-investor/" }
The Lucy C. Bull House This Place Matters #10 By Susan Blake, Historic Preservation Board February’s landmark home is the Lucy C. Bull House at 81 North First Street. Built between 1900 and 1907, it is another fine example of the Colonial Revival Cottage style that was very popular at the beginning of the 20th Century. Houses seen up and down First Street share many of the same style characteristics and were built in the same era. The house is single story with a combination of narrow, horizontal, clapboard and shiplap wood siding. The hip roof and has a central gable window overhanging the porch. The unusually wide eaves are unbracketed. Square columns support the wide wooden front porch. The original front door features a twist to ring doorbell and new beveled glass panes above, with central mail slot and decorations below. Windows are double hung with a unique large corner window on the north edge. It has a full but unfinished basement. Mrs. Lucy (Cooper) Bull, sister to Samuel F. Cooper and Dr. Charles N. Cooper arrived in Campbell from Illinois in the late 1890’s. The 1910 Census shows that she was head of the house, single, lived alone and her occupation was listed as Housekeeper. Lucy’s brother, Samuel Cooper was known locally as Colonel Cooper, after serving in the Iowa Cavalry and rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was also a teacher and had a law practice. After arriving in Campbell at the invitation of his brother Charles, the Colonel was instrumental in the creation of the First Bank of Campbell, in 1895. The little red brick First Bank of Campbell building still stands on the north-east corner of Campbell and Central Avenues. In 1919, our former Mayor Barbara Conant’s grandparents Benjamin Austin and Susan Bickler Austin bought the house and raised three daughters: Margaret (Barbara Conant’s mom), Marion and Myrrl. Mayor Conant shared her fond memories of large family gatherings, sliding down the cellar door to the basement and how her grandmother making donuts in the kitchen on a wood stove every Saturday. She recalls her grandmother made noodles on a long, wooden kitchen table each year on Good Friday. She would make huge balls of dough, roll them out flat on the table and after they sat for a while she would hand cut them into long, thin strands. Many weddings and birthdays were celebrated in the back yard. Current owners bought the home in 1992, and sought Landmark status which was granted in 2003. They have done extensive restoration and renovation, enlarging the kitchen and adding a master bath and bedroom to the back of the house, while raising their three children. The large original dining room features a pass-through butler’s pantry (see photo) which is still accessible to the kitchen. During the renovation, the owners discovered a couple of treasures. One was an old, long wooden kitchen table, left in the basement. They restored it and made it part of their open kitchen. Another item they found was stuck between two studs, and apparently forgotten by a worker during construction in the 1920’s. It is a can of ‘Nokorode Soldering Paste’ (see photo) that still has its moveable applicator propped in the center of the lid. Additionally, when they built their detached garage in the back, they found the foundation of an old fish pond with rocks around the rim. Want to learn more about Campbell’s Historic Structures? There’s a free app for that. Search for: Historic Campbell, available for both Android and Apple.	{ "date": "2020-10-28T11:52:54Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107898499.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20201028103215-20201028133215-00602.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.966655969619751, "token_count": 759, "url": "https://www.campbellca.gov/1023/This-Months-Featured-Home" }
By nearly all accounts, the first weekend of Austin City Limits music festival was a success. Early on the managing group, C3 Presents, had to deal with the disheartening news that Childish Gambino was cancelling, but they sidestepped the problem with quite a bit of dexterity. The festival slated Lil Wayne to play in Donald Glover’s stead during Weekend 2, and filled in Weekend 1 by shuffling around a few names and promoting Justice to a feature spot. In the same vein, the entire affair appeared meticulously organized, as C3 and the City of Austin seem to have the distilled the magic of hosting music festivals down to a science. Every year the organizers seem to do a better job of keeping the grounds relatively litter-free, which fans and residents alike can appreciate. In terms of their technological wherewithal, the festival also navigated the influx of Bird and Lime scooters gracefully, the cell phone service seemed markedly improved, the ACL app was streamlined and the Uber and Lyft lines were neatly coordinated, for the most part. A fun aside: there even appeared to be fewer cigarette smokers, which is likely a sign of the times (and the rise of Juul!) but certainly makes clean-up simpler and the general fan experience a little cleaner. The weather was on the hotter side, with an unpleasant dampness that made the early afternoons uncomfortably sticky, but the lingering clouds meant the heat was slightly south of scorchingly unendurable — a rare occurrence during ACL! Musically, I of course couldn’t see every concert, and my own curmudgeonly music tastes mean that I forewent several performers who were obviously fan favorites (sorry, Travis Scott!). But, here is a brief breakdown of what I did see, enjoy, dislike and cry upon witnessing. Most Visually Stunning: Blood Orange Granted, I was incredibly excited to Dev Hynes in person, as the reclusive musician is incredibly picky with where and when he performs, but the visuals of his performance were striking. While he and small group of dancers spun, slid and shimmied in the foreground of the stage, a loop of film ran in the background. The clips appeared to be a mix of original home videos, likely from a number of different sources, interspersed with routines of elegant choreography that resembled his recently released “Better Than Me” music video. (Here’s a live stream of “E.V.P.” from the performance.) Hynes has a penchant for making unapologetically political music, much of which centers around issues of blackness, such as identity, sexuality, police brutality and community. His newest album, “Negro Swan,” came out about a month before Austin City Limits, making the festival a perfect opportunity to debut an entirely new set custom-made for the new tracks. By combining the intimacy of the vintage footage with his probing lyrics, Hynes created an atmosphere ripe for experiencing a deep emotional connection. The sensuality of the dancers, though, both onstage and on film, added an element of juxtaposition that cut through the somber imagery. Instead, the choreography suggested that the sadness that Hynes elicits in his music doesn’t have to be paralyzing; it can be put to work, as a soundtrack to action, and that conversion can be a thing of beauty. Biggest Surprise (Good Edition): David Byrne Byrne played what was, in my opinion, one of the best shows of the weekend, which was surprising for several reasons. First, I’d never seen a live David Byrne performance, so I had very low expectations. That one’s on me. Second, Byrne put out “American Utopia” earlier this year, but during the show he indulged fans in a number of the Talking Heads greatest hits. While he did perform several of his new tracks, as well as a cover of Janelle Monae’s “Hell You Talmbout,” Byrne played more old material than new, which was gracious of him and a decision enthusiastically praised by the crowd. Finally, all of the bands who performed during the midday Texas heat deserve a purple heart for their sacrifices to music, but Byrne and his posse of eight musician/dancers really went above and beyond. Their fearless leader himself is 66 years old, and he didn’t miss a beat. Everyone on stage was dressed in gray suits, pants and shirts from head to toe, carrying their instruments around as they danced and giving the performance an astounding effort. After half a dozen songs, though, the sweat began to seep through the performers’ outfits, and I began to legitimately worry for the safety of some of the paler-skinned performers (the crew’s Jesse Tyler Ferguson doppelgänger looked like he was about to pass out from heat stroke in the middle of “Once in a Lifetime”). After each song ended, I was torn between wanting Byrne to begin another and wanting some staff official to call a mercy rule and end the show. Plus, they performed at 3:30, not even a prime spot! The musician and his entourage put absolutely 110 percent into the show, and I was dumbfounded. Biggest Surprise (Bad Edition): Big Thief I had high hopes for Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, Max Oleartchik and James Krivchenia, but I found myself the least impressed by Big Thief. I should offer a relevant caveat: They performed early, like 12:30, on Friday, which is the first day, so the Brooklyn band might have had trouble channeling crowd energy. On the other hand, despite the surprising number of strong bands performing early on Friday, including Cuco, Noname and Alvvays, there was a good turnout at the Barton Springs set, so numbers were not much of an issue. The weather was horrendous, but that was hardly an issue exclusive to Big Thief. At the end of the day, the set felt sluggish. Perhaps it’s just her personality, but Lenker herself seemed like she was working against the odds to rally, which bodes poorly for a group largely predicated on her energy. Most Dance-Friendly: Nelly! Everyone knew it was coming, but “Hot in Herre” might have been the most danced-to song of the entire festival. Nelly made a point of his Houstonian roots, and he was rocking a University of Texas jersey in celebration of the Longhorns win that afternoon over the University of Oklahoma, so the whole performance had an aura of celebration. He performed “Air Force One,” “Country Grammar” and even covered Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow,” so he definitely checked all the boxes in terms of fan favorites. The mood on Saturday night was also turned all the way up, given the good weather, Longhorn win and impending night shows, so Nelly was the perfect musician to capitalize on the congenial vibe of the evening.	{ "date": "2020-10-29T19:17:08Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107905777.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20201029184716-20201029214716-00682.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9783630967140198, "token_count": 1474, "url": "https://studybreaks.com/culture/music/acl-week-1-wrap-up-a-nearly-perfect-fest/" }
General Election 2017. Danny Lawson/PA Images. All rights reserved.The previous two columns in this series have explored the idea that a Conservative Party landslide, with at least a 150-seat majority, might not after all be the outcome of the United Kingdom's general election on 8 June. The earlier one expressed "a niggling sense that something may be developing below the surface that could break through even in the short time left” (see "The Corbyn crowd, and its message", 18 May 2017). That notion was based partly on the way in which Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was repeatedly attracting large and enthusiastic crowds at open-air events arranged at short notice, apparently responding to a felt need for a less regimented and more engaged kind of politics. Within a week, this sense of a trend had begun to evolve into something rather more definite, and Labour activists were beginning to think the Conservatives might be denied an overall majority (see "Corbyn, and an election surprise", 26 May 2017). This latter column indicated a possibility of wishful thinking, but the trend of the last few days suggests that it is now distinctly possible. Part of this sudden and unprecedented shift reflects the Conservatives' campaign errors, especially over confusion on its policy over social care. But it is also clear that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn is connecting with people in a remarkable way – his popularity is growing day by day and, far from being an obstacle to Labour’s electoral ambitions, he is becoming their star player. Labour under Jeremy Corbyn is connecting with people in a remarkable way – his popularity is growing day by day and he is becoming their star player. In light of these two columns, Oxford Research Group has just published a briefing that extends the discussion to look specifically at Jeremy Corbyn’s views on international security. These views were expressed in his Chatham House speech on 12 May and further developed in a thoughtful response to the devastating Manchester Arena attack late on 22 May. In terms of conventional electioneering wisdom, defence and security are assumed to be Labour’s weakest policies, certain to be bitterly criticised as unpatriotic by the great majority of the national print media. Such criticism certainly followed the Chatham House speech and the subsequent Manchester intervention, but they had much less effect than intended. Indeed Corbyn’s view that the war on terror was failing and that there must be a fundamentally new approach to international security got much more support than expected, and certainly did nothing to dent the growing popularity of the party. Jeremy Corbyn addressing crowds in 2003 against going to war in Iraq. The ORG report concluded: “[After] more than fifteen years of the war on terror, failed or failing states in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Somalia, close to a million people killed and over eight million people displaced, the argument for some serious rethinking on Western approaches to security is hardly difficult to make. This is where Jeremy Corbyn’s Chatham House speech is so significant since it breaks away from a near-universal Western state consensus and may be much more in tune with what many millions of people may be thinking. Whatever the outcome of the general election next week, space has been opened up for much wider debate. Independent organisations such as Oxford Research Group that take a critical but constructive approach to security will have a particular responsibility to aid the quality of that debate.” The ORG report does, though, include one serious caveat. If in the coming weeks, ISIS loses both Raqqa and Mosul and then collapses, making it look like the war on terror is at last something of a success, then any chance of rethinking security, whichever party is in power, will be much diminished. At the time of writing the ORG report, such a collapse did not look too likely but what is relevant here is that further, wide-ranging evidence from just the last few days strongly confirms that view. Three days, four theatres of war That evidence comes from Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and the Philippines. In Iraq, the army’s extended operation to retake Mosul was expected to be completed in barely ten weeks, but is now likely to take at least three times that. Der Spiegel reports that during the fighting, ISIS has deployed over 850 truck-bombs hundreds of young men ready to kill themselves. Even now, there are still around 1,200 ISIS paramilitaries defending a small core of the old city and the Iraqi army is only able to deploy a similar number of its elite task-forces one and two of its "golden division" (i.e. special forces). So many of these troops have been killed or seriously wounded that the division is reported to be greatly depleted, with little capability of providing a professional core to the army when ISIS moves fully over to insurgency mode. Already that insurgency is evolving, the latest grim result being the bombing of a Baghdad ice-cream parlour in a Shi’a district of the city on 30 May, killing thirty-five people and injuring more than a hundred. In Afghanistan, the Trump administration is overseeing a rapid expansion of its air-war against the Taliban and ISIS offshoots, with 460 weapons released in April 2017 compared with 203 in March, the April total being the highest since the peak of Obama’s “surge” in August 2012. The paramilitary response is wide-ranging, including one of the largest truck-bombs ever detonated, killing over eighty people and injuring more than a hundred, just outside Kabul’s “green zone”. In Egypt, the recent bombing of Coptic Christian churches was followed by attacks by ISIS gunmen on a small convoy of Copts going on a pilgrimage to a monastery 150 miles south of Cairo. The assault in Minya province killed at least twenty-eight people, the latest in a series that has taken the lives of more than 100 Copts since December. In the Philippines, the army has been caught out by a sudden surge in paramilitary activity from a group linked to ISIS, in violence made worse by Philippine army casualties caused by “friendly-fire” incidents. The impact, and the sense of a government unable to cope, was enough to persuade President Duterte to cancel a visit to Japan. The continuing insurgency and counter-violence in the southern province of Mindanao, where martial law is now in force, is part of a growing climate of insecurity in which the state plays a major role. A time to rethink These and many other incidents – including, of course, Manchester – are reminders that ISIS and similar movements are simply not going away, and for Trump to promise more force will be the equivalent of piling yet more combustible material onto the blaze. ISIS and similar movements are simply not going away. The implications for Britain are that at some stage there has to be a fundamental rethinking of its defence posture and how it responds to al-Qaida, ISIS and the like. Even if Theresa May’s Conservative Party is re-elected, that process will eventually become impossible to avoid. But if Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party were to achieve the near-impossible and form a minority government in the coming weeks, its chances would be greatly boosted. Just one reason for anticipating a Labour success is that the much needed rethinking might happen sooner rather than later.	{ "date": "2020-10-22T20:57:49Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107880038.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20201022195658-20201022225658-00562.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9668307304382324, "token_count": 1500, "url": "https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/britain-and-isis-need-to-rethink/" }
Well, I’ve been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series. Charles William Mumy Jr. QuotesShowing all quotes \|Birth:\|\|1st February, 1954\| \|Profession:\|\|Actor, Musician, Writer\| Mumy was born in San Gabriel, the son of the former Muriel Gertrude Gould and Charles William Mumy, Sr., a cattle rancher. He began his professional career at age six, and has worked on more than four hundred television episodes, eighteen films, various commercials, and scores of voice-over work, as well as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and writer. Quote of the day Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.	{ "date": "2020-10-22T20:24:26Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107880038.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20201022195658-20201022225658-00562.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9714846611022949, "token_count": 196, "url": "https://www.quoteswave.com/authors/charles-william-mumy-jr" }
“So let me postulate a situation. You’ve got a young married couple, all dewy-eyed and lust-crazed, moving in to their first house. It’s not a bad house, because her father helped with the down. So they stand there in the their first real kitchen. Say marble countertops, built-in dishwasher, electric not gas stove, which is an abomination but never mind. There are boxes on the floor filled with kitchen stuff. It’s time to unpack.” I pause for a breath. Scott looks at me expectantly. We’re having lunch in the Sidebar, a fine Oakland establishment across the street from Lake Merritt. Scott knows a lot about design, probably. Scott knows about a lot of things, some of which may not be things. I picked him to listen about kitchens. Lucky him. “So here’s my question: How do they decide where things go? That pair of scissors, for instance. Where does it go? The flatware drawer? The tool drawer with the screwdrivers and the one hammer? Maybe it doesn’t even go in the kitchen. Maybe the scissors belong in the home office. Which brings us to the garlic press, the wastebasket, the kibble container, the fruit bowl, the baking powder, and so forth. Where do they go? How do you decide?” “How do you decide?” asks Scott, stressing a different word in the sentence. “Me? How do I decide? Mostly I’m not the decider in the kitchen. But I think some of it has to do with how our parents’ kitchens were organized. I’m sure that very few mothers actually explained why the colander goes where it goes, but, you know, kids. They internalize things, and pretty soon the colander is in the baking drawer because that’s where Mom had it. Which is too bad, because the colander belongs on the occasional pot shelf.” “The occasional pot shelf?” “Where the pots you use only occasionally go. The big one you only bring out for stew when company is coming, the little sauce pan that’s rarely used for sauce. As opposed to the every day frying pan or the useful pot for cooking pasta. Clearly, some of the decisions are based on some kind of frequency-of-use algorithm. But others…” My voice trails off. I’m at the limits of my pre-lunch speculation. I take a ruminative bite of polenta. I love lunch. When I was starting out as an editor, lunch was always the time for idea development. Plus, it was usually free. I don’t imagine you kids have heard about expense accounts, but they were one of the loveliest flowers of the old capitalism. Now everybody eats kale chips at their desks, finished off with their ninth cup of coffee of the day. I remember when a nice veal piccata and a glass of white wine was a routine treat. I —” “My arrangements are always logical,” Scott says. “For instance, all the things with pointy ends go in one drawer. Knives, scissors, that sort of thing.” “What about the meat thermometer? That has a pointy end. You could kill someone with a meat thermometer.” “That goes in the cooking drawer, with the pot holders and the measuring cups and the small pile of folded recipes. The treasured recipes, of course. Mom’s meat loaf, the chicken dish my wife learned in college, the infinitely elastic lasagne. Are 17 people suddenly coming to dinner? Let’s have lasagne!” I could see that Scott was getting into it. I could see that he enjoyed making lists of kitchen thingies. Buying kitchen implements — a wooden spoon, a whisk, a pepper grinder — doesn’t really even seem like consumerism, although if you add up the cost of all your utensils and containers and one-use appliances — popcorn popper, anyone? It’s basically a hair-dryer with a top — it would probably be more than a Meneghini refrigerator. (I just looked. A Meneghini La Cambusa will set you back a cool $41,000. But it’s a damn good refrigerator.) “Of course, my arrangements are darned logical too. I think everybody thinks their own arrangements are logical. Those scissors I mentioned? That was not a hypothetical example. Tracy thinks the scissors belong next to the sink. That is of course ridiculous. They belong over in the prep area, where boxes and bags require opening. But, you know, other people. They sure are protective of their opinions.” “So what happened?” “We bought another pair of scissors. We needed an anti-bickering strategy.” (Research indicates that we have five pairs of scissors in the kitchen. We also have a cherry pitter, an egg slicer, a lemon squeezer, a potato masher, a funnel that used to belong to Tracy’s mother, and a large ashtray in the shape of Dodger Stadium. We also found this: Which, who knows? Not us.) It was Scott’s turn to meditate. He chewed his Cuban roast pork sandwich. “Is there a point here?” he finally asked. “I had an idea that I’m pretty sure is not new, but it came to me in my own little head, so I like it. Everybody’s a designer. Everybody has dozens of design ideas that they don’t know they have. Like, some people favor symmetry. They’re always discovering an object that must go in the center of the table or wherever, and then arranging objects on either side. Bonus points if you’ve got two of something — porcelain rabbits, say — and put one on either side. Other people prefer a more subtle aesthetic approach, while still others like random scattering of stuff, because that makes life more interesting. It’s hard to say where these preferences come from. Family patterns, sure, but there are plenty of examples of people who grew up in a symmetrical household and became militantly chaotic as soon as they left home.” “And how does this relate to the scissors?” “Just this: I have no idea where my preference in scissor location comes from. I could make up a reason why it’s logical, but that would be post-hoc hand-waving. It comes from the same place as my fondness for cacti and my love of old cars. It feels hard-wired. And, I, well, think that’s interesting.” Scott smiled. I know he thought it was interesting too. “Want some coffee?” he asked. I was pretty sure he was hinting that he would enjoy a discussion of coffee worship and its attendant grinders, pressers, steamers and beans from the north slope of Mount Confundida in Costa Rica. But no, he just wanted coffee.	{ "date": "2020-10-28T18:14:45Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107900200.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20201028162226-20201028192226-00162.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9645767211914062, "token_count": 1545, "url": "https://joncarrollprose.com/2017/02/13/the-wonderland-of-things/?like_comment=2202&_wpnonce=9b5331fb2a" }
Originally, the domains were registered for a privately operated internet portal, which could be used free of charge by persons and institutions involved in day care for children. The aim of the project was to support parents in their regional search for persons and institutions that can take over the care of their children. The domains are partly 15 years old and the original project was online for more than 10 years. The portal was discontinued due to lack of time. In the end, more than 1,000 persons and institutions from Europe, mainly from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, were registered. Most of them were childminders/day care workers, but there were also educators. Even today some websites still refer to the former Tagesmutter project. If you are interested in taking over the project and would like to make a serious offer, please use the contact form. In addition to the national top-level domains of Austria (.at), Switzerland (.ch), Germany (.de) and the United States of America (.us), the European central domain (.eu) as well as the international or theme-related domains .biz, .com, .info, .name, .net and .org are also available as a package. Please note: The domains will only be delivered as a package.	{ "date": "2020-10-21T19:34:19Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107877420.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20201021180646-20201021210646-00042.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9833666682243347, "token_count": 258, "url": "https://coronahamster.de/en/main-domains-en/19-tagesmutter24-package-consisting-of-11-domains" }
A Mercedes-AMG twelve-cylinder G 65 costs at least 218,825 dollars. This is easy enough to attract attention at the busiest intersections of the most exciting city in the world, New York. Lifestyle test between Brooklyn and Manhattan. It is not always advisable to do exactly what the guides are urgently warning about: strolling around São Paulo with a loosely shouldered backpack, petting the Bucharest street dogs or ordering a chili in San Antonio. Driving in Manhattan is also on this list. There are no parking spots or they are more expensive than old apartments in Berlin, the average traffic density is only lighter than in Cairo at the rush hour, and left turns are almost always prohibited, except at night or in Brooklyn. Over there, on the other side of the East River, which is not a river against its name, but an inlet between the islands of Long Island and Manhattan, a Mercedes is ready for the tour. A driver brings the car to the Brooklyn Bridge Park in the shadow of the bridge, the meeting point could not have been more appropriate. The bridge, which connects the southern tip of Manhattan with Brooklyn for over 130 years, is the heart of New York. Before making a lasting connection across the East River, New York consisted of Manhattan, Brooklyn was a city on the other side of the water. It was only the bridge that connected the two largest cities in the world, with a population of 2.5 million at the left and right of the capricious East River. Ten years later, by the turn of the century, it was already a million more. Hipster and orthodox Today it is said to be 8.5 million people living in the five Boroughs of New York – except for Manhattan and Brooklyn – Queens, Bronx and Staten Island. Not a few have apparently gathered at the park, they whisper over the green areas, sit by the water, sipping coffee to go. A colorful mixture: hipster, and many followers of different religions, which require the wearing of blowing robes, but also normal passers-by are among them. The driver gives a brief introduction into the G 65, essentially advises not to operate the differential locks. No, we do not. And because he is obviously a joker, he tells a passer-by who wonders who is sitting in the conspicuous car, that’s Paul McCartney’s car. One-way streets in Brooklyn We are then photographed by at least ten smartphones before we look for the bridge ramp. This is not so easy to find. Part of Brooklyn Heights, the quarter to the left of the bridge ramp, consists of one-way streets, the other of dead-ends. After all, the Navi is standard and at the basic price of nearly 220,000 dollars is not too much to ask for. The satellite radio Sirius XM is also included in Comand Online for the US market. It offers music for every taste, but finding the soundtrack suitable for New York is still impossible. This city is too colorful, varied and chaotic. This is good, as it is not easy for the New York novice to find the right balance between hectic traffic and strolling. The openings for the carriageways in the southern pillars arch over us like the windows of a gothic cathedral. This should not be a coincidence, the bridge builder John August Roebling born in the Thuringian town of Mühlhausen allegedly portrayed the openings in the windows of the Gothic church in his hometown. There is so much to talk about the most important bridge in the city, so that several articles could be filled. Roebling died of a blood poisoning before construction began. His son Washington Roebling took over the construction management, but after a long stay in one of the pressure chambers fell on the seabed and afterwards remained paralyzed in a wheelchair. His wife Emily Warren Roebling oversaw the construction of the bridge for her ill husband until the successful completion in 1883. Meanwhile, we have jammed over the bridge. The six-liter twelve-cylinder of the G 65 whirls with its 621 HP somewhat bored, he has already idled. We turn right onto the FDR Parkway, the abbreviation for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the US president during the Second World War. Construction site at Times Square We follow the parkway north on the East River, Williamsburg, the most hip part of Brooklyn. The domino sugar factory, which has been extensively developed, and an ancient red Pepsi-Cola inscription glimmer over the water. Right off and under the Parkway, we immerse into Manhattan’s immense jungle, sweep away from a Ford Edge patrol car, and soon afterwards arrive at Times Square. The place between Broadway and 7th Avenue is half building site, half tourist magnet. People everywhere flock in front of theaters, museums and similar places of interest. Small Tourist tip on the edge: Never buy one of these New York passports, the preferred entry into sights is promised, but everyone else in the queues have the same passes. We are moving around Times Square, the Mercedes is catching the eye, and Paul McCartney does not know. Drive down Fifth Avenue to Lower Manhattan, past the Empire State Building and Madison Square Park. The sun sets behind New Jersey. The driver is waiting for the car at the hotel. Where he was going now, I ask. To Atlantic City, roulette heaven. No idea if he is serious, after all, that is the right soundtrack for me.	{ "date": "2020-10-23T03:11:52Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107880519.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20201023014545-20201023044545-00122.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9495623111724854, "token_count": 1137, "url": "https://mercedesblog.com/a-german-in-new-york-220000-euro-v12-mercedes-amg-g-65/" }
To have a good food is always a bonus and satisfying. The catch is, good food is always hidden some where and needed to be hunt. That is why we always we love to hunt for hidden food. Let me introduce you another great restaurant which is a hidden gem in Bukit Damansara that serve Aria Traditional Italian Dining. Interior of the restaurant is pretty straight foward that offer cozy ambiance that suits for your business, family and friends hang out spot. Seems like the owner is a big fan of Macallan that is also one of my favourite. :D, found out that he loves single malt alot~ If you are looking to host small functions or towards more private session with friends and family, they do have this room to offer with cozy sofa and a tv build in with sliding wooden door to close up. For this session, we were given the opportunity to sample some food and we were hosted right upstairs that usually they host for private business function. In Italian dining, Bruchetta will always be in the menu as its a very simple and delightful starter to start off with. Simple freshly cut tomato season along with their special dressing that just makes this perfect. This is a must order if you do visit this restaurant. Mushroom Bruchetta that cook till perfection and season correctly with their own special sauce and dressing that makes the mushroom taste stand out. – recommended as the night starting, we were pamper with Processo Vento is actually champange in Italian version. A champange that easy to go down as its Light and bubbly Lamb Kebab with Aria’s Special Mint Sauce @ RM28 It looks simple that filled with many skewers as Minced lamb in flavourful onion, bird eye chili, lemon grass, ginger, coriander seed, salt and pepper covered in Aria’s special spicy mint sauce. The sauce is a bomb! By dipping along with the sauce just makes the mince lamb perfect. I dip till to the last drop. I love my Italian pizza in thin crust that turns out this Hawaiian Pizzeta @ RM26. A simple pizza that serve along with turkey ham, pineapple, mozarella & oregano and I enjoy it just plainly like that without adding any sauce. I have been looking for nice Risotto since after I have been back from overseas. Not many places can actually cook this dish to my liking and I am suprise to find Seafood Risotto in here is just perfect. The risotto cook till its soft and a bit sticky, along with mix seafood that makes it a bit sweet in taste and sour tomato taste just blends in well RM36 Aglio-Olio Smoke Duck Pasta @ RM36 This is actually one of their signature in da house and there is no doubt that we were told must sample this, and after we tried it out, we only realize why its a must to try out. Spaghetti was cook till al dante and springy with hint of light olive oil and the taste of salty smoke duck just bring’s up the taste. – Recommended! Grilled Tenderloin @ RM70 For those who loves steak, Medium rare is always my preference as to get the tenderloin remains juicy on every bite. Even better with the first cut and you can see the blood ooze out, as his find piece serve along with sauteed vege, roasted potatoes and a choice of garlic rosemary, black pepper and brown sauce. Super smooth fish meat that nears to melting in your mouth when you put it in as this Merluzzo Canadese Atlantico (Canadian Cod Fish) topped with olive tapenade, vegetables and laden with Mediterranean sauce serve it light and yet very flavourful. RM65 As the owner is a big fan of single malt and he let us sample different types of single malt and those 2 are very new to me as I have never heard before for Bruichladdich and Auchentoshan 18 years old, anything that you hit on with 18 years old would be a bomb. Yamazaki definately need not to explain as its not a stranger to many single malt lover which is the first choice in my list. This 10 years old taste very good as the taste is impressive, not too spicy, yet very smooth easy to down with on the rock. Perfect to pair with seafood as it will bring out the freshness taste of the food as we pair it with the cod. Just perfect! Definitely would love to have one bottle of this to keep for my collection. As i have never seen this in the air port. The restaurant also do sell these bottles whiskey Macallan 12 & 18 years, Auchentoshan 12 & 18 years, Clynelish 14 year as well as Japanese whiskey both blended Hakushu 12-year and single malt Yamazaki 12-year. Price is very reasonable. Apple strudel with custard sauce @ RM23 Tiramisu @ RM20 Then to close the whole meal up, the floor manager serve us their special coffee. I would say, this restaurant is in my recommendation list as for the price and the quality of food hidden in the neighborhood, definitely this is worth to hunt for and a recommended restaurant for Valentine’s Day which is just tomorrow and you still have yet to find a restaurant…Try this out. Great food~ 44G, Plaza Damansara, Jalan Medan Setia 2, Bukit Damansara, 50490, Kuala Lumpur Operating Hours – 12pm to 12am on Monday – Friday 5pm till late on Saturdays. For reservation : 03-2095 0016 Website : www.aria.my	{ "date": "2020-10-24T20:13:14Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107884755.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20201024194049-20201024224049-00202.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9633026719093323, "token_count": 1192, "url": "https://www.taufulou.com/tag/apple-strudel/" }
Some people say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, we’ve all heard that old saying. However, once we’re finished with the eating, we need to water it all down, and we usually do it with a soda or some other unhealthy drink. Well, we really ought to change that, and we believe that the best replacement for an unhealthy drink is a healthy drink – a healthy smoothie. That is why we are going to tell you how to make a healthy breakfast smoothie; in order to be healthy, and eat healthier and tastier. First of all, in order to make a smoothie, you’ll need to know what ingredients to have. Well, for this particular smoothie, you don’t need much. You’ll need 1 banana, 2 tablespoons of muesli, 2 tablespoons of yogurt, and 3 apples. We can all agree that this is something that most of us can find without any fuss. The first thing we ought to do when it comes to preparing the drink is to slice and chop up the apples. Then, we need to make a juice of them and put that juice in a blender. Then, we also need to cut the banana into several smaller pieces, because, let’s face it, a whole banana won’t help us much. Then, after we’re done with the slicing of the banana, we should put those slices in the blender as well. Once we’re done with the slicing, we ought to mix up the muesli and yogurt. Now, some people like muesli more and some like it less, and it is up to us to decide how much of it we ought to add to the mix. But, it is advised to stick to the measurements mentioned here. Then, once we’ve mixed the muesli and yogurt together, we need to pour it into the blender, together with all the other ingredients that are already there. Then, we ought to turn on the blender, and blend the ingredients for about 20 seconds (or at least until you see that everything is blended together perfectly). And, that’s it; you’ve successfully made a healthy smoothie that you can drink with your breakfast. You can make be sure that you’re drinking something that is perfectly healthy, and that with this smoothie, the most important meal of the day will definitely keep you vibrant and energetic enough to get through the rest of the day.	{ "date": "2020-10-24T22:36:17Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107885059.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20201024223210-20201025013210-00482.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9538748264312744, "token_count": 518, "url": "https://www.mylocalhealthguide.com/category/organic-food/" }
Tonight was just a joy. No sarcasm intended, I’m completely serious. It was just another evening at home with my husband and my baby and that is exactly why it was such a joy. During dinner I tried to keep Joshua satisfied in his high chair long enough so I could eat my meal with two hands by giving him some pears. This lasted all of 5 minutes and then he was begging to be in my arms. So in my lap he sat and cuddled into my chest while I ate one-handed. And I loved it. In his high chair he fussed and whinned and acted miserable. Immediately when surrounded by my arms he was happily babbling and smiling and content. This made my heart swell to twice its size. After dinner Joshua and I took a bath together. He kicked and splashed and shouted with delight. He loves the water! As we were in the bath I had a flash back to 7 months ago when I was pregnant and in the same bathtub. I would watch my belly move in the water as I imagined what my baby boy was going to be like. Now here I am with a 6 month old in my lap kicking the water instead of the inside of my uterus. A little of a surreal and perfect moment. After the bath Joshua was just full of it. He was kicking and laughing and screaming with enthusiasm and talking and trying really hard to crawl. He was giving it all he had and boy is he getting close to crawling. See for yourself. And finally he just started to get really frustrated because he was trying so hard and couldn’t quite figure it out. After snapping this priceless face I scooped him up and he was happy again. 🙂 I love how much he loves his Mama!! Around 7:00, like clockwork, Joshy let out a cry that told me it was bedtime. I fixed him a bottle, rocked and fed him until he fell asleep and put him to bed. As much as I love playing and cuddling with my baby I also enjoy the time of night Nathan and I have to ourselves after Joshua goes down for the night. We watched an ocean 3D movie on our new TV and it was really neat. And that was our evening. Wonderful in it’s simplicity. I’m in love with my husband and I’m in love with my son and I am full of joy. ❤	{ "date": "2020-10-23T08:31:52Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2020-45", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107880878.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20201023073305-20201023103305-00682.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9932348728179932, "token_count": 501, "url": "https://littleboysaremadeof.com/2012/08/16/joyful-nights/" }
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Hello! My name is Natnael Getahun, but please call me Nat. I’m your third freshman blogger, class of ’15, and I thought I would take a second to introduce myself. And because I’m bad at narrating my life, we’ll go with a bolded list! Past Living Situation(s): I was born in Ethiopia and left for the States at the ripe young age of 1. From there I enjoyed the weather in lovely Los Angeles, California for around 5 years before The Wizards of Oz(aka my parent’s old friends) had a huge impact on their lives and we headed over to Kansas. I’ve since lived in Kansas for 11 years in the beautiful town of Olathe. Now before you say anything about Kansas, I’ve heard it all before. No I don’t live on a farm, no I’ve never been cow tipping, yes I’ve seen funnel clouds, no I haven’t seen a tornado, and no, the education is not as bad as “Inherit the Wind” would have you believe. Kansas is a wonderful place for those looking for a nice and quiet time(then again, my dorm selection indicates I am not one of those people). Shoot me any questions you have about the state, I’ve heard at least a dozen people say they’ve never met anyone from Kansas and I’d love to straighten out more semi-false stereotypes. Current Living Situation: Now on to fun stuff. I currently live in East Campus, more specifically 1st East, home of the Disco Dance Floor and other things of pure awesomeness. Each one of our 10 halls has an amazingly rich culture and history, and I highly recommend checking out a few of the past blog posts about it(each one of those words is a link) along with this amazing i3 video. Potential Major: 6-3/18 (Computer Science and Mathematics for those who have yet to memorize the course numbers) is most likely what I’ll be majoring in. I say most likely for the sole reason that it will/maybe/possibly change in the future. With as many exciting majors as MIT offers, I’m not sure how anyone settles down with just one for four years. For now I’m looking forward to potentially having a UROP(Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) in either the Media Lab or CSAIL(Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Lab) and working towards better integrating art and computers and how humans interact with their robotic counterparts. MIT & Me: For someone who’s only officially been a freshman for two days, I’ve already had a fair amount of interaction with the Institute. Actually, I’ve been on campus for almost 2.5 months now, and I’ve loved (nearly) every moment of it. June 26th was when I first stepped on campus for Interphase, a 7 week summer program that concentrates on giving ~70 freshman an introduction to MIT level classes. For those of us whose first time on a college campus was senior year, it was an eye opening experience and a great orientation to MIT. The week following Interphase I also participated in an FPOP, the best FPOP, DEECS(Discover Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), where we spent one week building robots, touring Boston, and learning about course 6. Right after that came REX(Residential Exploration), Orientation and Rush(Fraternity), aka “The Calm Before the Storm”. All events that are a blog post for another (hopefully soon) time. All in all, that’s me! Read my bio to the left for any holes, or shoot me an email at [email protected] if you have any questions. I look forward to blogging for you all soon!	{ "date": "2022-05-16T06:01:12Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662509990.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516041337-20220516071337-00002.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9457152485847473, "token_count": 810, "url": "https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/not-in-kansas-anymore/" }
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I guess I didn't want the first half of the Big Ten season to get lost in the upcoming scramble for BCS bowls and conference titles. So I compiled the most important plays from the Big Ten so far, plays that changed the course of seasons and made stars or goats out of 20 year old men. Here are #11 through #7... I realize some lesser known plays would technically and logically be more "important" (for instance, Pryor getting sacked against USC late in the 4th quarter, forcing a punt instead of Buckeye points, is pretty damn important)...But I picked some plays that were a bit more highlight reel friendly. Sorry, I'm a product of the Sportscenter generation. #11 - Eric Decker's Bloody TD Catch v. Cali Impressive against Syracuse, it seemed Weber to Decker would be a force to be reckoned with early this year. That notion was solidified when Decker skied to pull in a touchdown and was obliterated by a Cal safety. The image of blood dripping down his face as he sat stunned on the sideline was timeless. White receivers everywhere rejoiced, knowing they could still compete on a D1 level. Not only did Decker give these poor souls hope, he instantly created a highlight to submit to the Biletnikoff Award committee. Make sure to go back and submit your picks for Week 8 of the Obligatory Predictions Contest. Weekly winners get a chance to write 500 words on the site. NEW this year is our season long competition - win the whole damn thing and we send you something amazing. #10 - Ray Fischer and Jeremiha Hunter Preserve Big Ten Dignity With Clutch Defensive Plays Indiana almost began its season with a loss to FCS contestant Eastern Kentucky. In the fourth quarter, the EKU quarterback was stumbling towards the endzone to score a go-ahead touchdown. Out of nowhere, the speedy and hard nosed Fischer smacked the ball carrier, causing a fumble and ending the Colonials last threat. Phew. Iowa almost started its season the same way. As Northern Iowa lined up for ANOTHER game-winning field goal, thousands of Iowa City citizens held there breath. Never fear, said Mr. Hunter as he pawed away the field goal. And now the Hawkeyes sit at #6 in the country. That's what I call an impact play. #9 - Tate Forcier Beats ND, Hyperbole Machine Revs Up to Tebow-esque Heights A 30 yard touchdown run on 4th and short, complete with Playstation juke on linebacker? Yes sir. A cold as ice game winning drive in said players third collegiate game? Check. #8 - A Perfect Onside Kick Breaks the Natural Order of Things in Mid-Michigan I was sitting in the West bleachers watching the CMU kicker line up his onside kick. Down 27-26, the Chippewa's would need a miraculous recovery, which is exactly what they got. I've talked to many people who were there and 90% of them swear they've never seen a better onside kick. The ball skipped low on the turf, end over end, until it hopped perfectly over the Spartan hands team into the waiting arms of a Chip. MAC POTY candidate Dan LeFevour predictably led Central into field goal range and the game winner threw the Maroon clad section into hysteria. Michigan State, the media's choice for third best Big Ten team, had picked up an early season defeat and the MAC proved dangerous for a second straight year. #7 - Stefon Johnson Cements Another Big Game Loss For OSU The Ohio State defense had proved up to the task, holding the physical USC run game in check and smacking Matt Barkley around. The offense and Pryor - that was another story. Either way, USC had summoned the energy to drive late on the stingy Buckeye defense. On first and goal, Johnson sprinted untouched in to the right side of the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown. This was the back breaker - I don't think many people believed TP (in the midst of a dastardly 11-25, 175 yard, 1 INT performance) could lead the Bucks on a comeback drive.	{ "date": "2022-05-23T03:02:39Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662552994.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20220523011006-20220523041006-00202.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9651601314544678, "token_count": 867, "url": "https://www.offtackleempire.com/2009/10/23/1089895/the-11-most-important-plays-in-the" }
I. We Believe in God We believe in the one true, living God (Deut. 6:4; I Co. 8:4,6; I Thess. 1:9; Jer. 10:10) Who is infinite in His being and perfection (Job 11:7-9; 26:14). God is an incorporeal, invisible spirit (Jo. 4:24; I Ti. 1:17; Lu. 24:39). God is unchangeable, eternal, omnipotent, all-knowing, ubiquitous, and holy. God works all things after the counsel of His own will and for His ultimate glory (Ja. 1:17; I Kg. 8:27; Ps. 90:2; 145:3; Ge. 17:1; Rm. 16:27; Is. 6:3; Eph. 1:11; Rm. 11:36). Therefore, since God is holy, He is just in the absolute sense. He hates sin and will not allow any sin to go unpunished (Ne. 9:32-33; Ps. 5:5-6; Na. 1:2-3; Ex. 34:7). God is love and exercises mercy toward all men by being longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth. I believe that He forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin and that He is a rewarder of them that seek Him (I Jo. 4:8,16; Ex. 34:6,7; Hb. 11:6). In the unity of the Godhead there are three Persons that are of the same substance, power and eternity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit (I Jo. 5:7; Mt. 3:16,17; 28:19; II Co. 13:14). A. God The Father We believe in God the Father as having the primacy of the authority in the Godhead. From Him proceed all the divine attributes. God the Father is a spirit and has never been seen by anyone except the Son (John 1:18). The Father proceeds from no one and is not begotten; the Son was eternally begotten of the Father and the Holy Spirit proceeds eternally from the Father and the Son (Jo 1:14,18; 15:26; Ga. 4:6). B. God The Son We believe in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, the second Person of the Trinity, and only mediator between God and men, having taken, when the fullness of time was come, the human nature with all its properties but without sin. (Is. 42:1; I Pe. 1:19,20; Jo. 3:16; I Tim. 2:5; Jo. 1:1,14; I Jo. 5:20; Phil. 2:6; Gal. 4:4; Hb. 2:14,16,17; 4:15). Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in Mary’s womb before she knew a man (Lu. 1:27,31,35; Ga. 4:4). In Jesus were inseparably combined in the same Person, two complete, perfect and distinct natures, without conversion, composition or confusion, for He was complete God, and complete man being, nevertheless, one Christ (Lu. 1:35; Col. 2:9; Rom. 9:5; I Pe. 3:18; I Tim. 3:16; Rom. 1:3,4; I Tim. 2:5). I believe in Jesus Christ as Prophet, Priest, King, Head and Saviour of His church, Heir of all things and Judge of the world (Ac. 3:22; Hb. 5:5,6; Ps. 2:6; Lu. 1:33; Hb. 1:2; Ac. 17:31). The Lord Jesus, in His human nature, was full of the Holy Spirit and of all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Jo. 3:34; Col. 2:3). The Lord Jesus was crucified for the sins of mankind, died, was buried, and resurrected from the dead the third day, ascended unto Heaven where He sits at His Father’s right hand interceding for mankind, from where He shall return, triumphant, first to call to Himself His redeemed and, finally to establish on the earth His millennial kingdom (Phil. 2:8; Ac. 2:23,24,27; 13:37; Rom. 6:9; I Co. 15:3-5; Mk. 16:19; Rom. 8:34; I Thess. 4:16-17; Rev. 20:2-7). The Lord Jesus, with His perfect sacrifice, pleased the Father’s justice, and not only accomplished the reconciliation between the Most Holy God and men, but also an eternal inheritance in heaven for all who will trust in Him (Rom. 5:19; Hb. 9:15). C. God The Holy Spirit We believe in the Holy Spirit, the perfect God and the third Person of the Trinity. To the Holy Spirit are given in the Scriptures many attributes that are also given both to the Father and the Son: Jehovah, Lord of Hosts, Most High, God, Eternal, Omni-present, All-knowing, Omnipotent, Creator (Hb. 3:7-9; Is. 6:3, 8-10; Act. 28:25; Ps. 78:17,21; Act. 7:51; 5:3,4; Hb. 9:14; Ps. 139:7-13; I Co. 2:10; Rom. 15:19; Job 33:4). The Holy Spirit was sent to the world after the ascension of Christ and proceeded from the Father. As such, He gives joy to the saints, edifies the church, witnesses of Christ, gives God’s love and hope to the saints, teaches the saints and lives in them (Jo. 15:26; 16:7; I Thess. 1:6; Act. 9:31; Rom. 5:3-5; Ga. 5:5; Jo. 14:26; 14:17). It is only through His presence that the things of God are revealed to us (I Co. 2:10,13; Jo. 16:14). It is He that calls and enables, through the gifts, workers for the Christian work. That work, spiritual in nature, is spiritually directed by the Holy Spirit of God. (Act. 13:2; 16:6-7; Jo. 16:13; I Co. 12: 7-11). II. The Bible We believe the Bible is the Word of God, the only sufficient, sure and infallible rule of saving knowledge, faith and obedience (II Ti. 3:15-17; Is. 8:20; Lu. 16:29,31; Eph. 2:20). Being the Word of God, the Bible must be always read in its literal sense. If there is not a clear indication that a passage is to be interpreted in a symbolical way, the same should be interpreted literally. While men can obtain a limited knowledge of the nature and power of God through the works of His creation, I believe that salvation comes only through faith and that faith comes through the Word of God (Rm. 1:20; I Co. 1:21). All of the Bible’s books (Old and New Testament) were written by divine inspiration and preserved through time in the original languages (Hebrew and Greek) (Lu. 16:29,31; Eph. 2:20; Re. 22:18,19; II Ti. 3:16). The infallible interpretation of Scripture is to use Scripture to interpret Scripture. The hardest passages to understand are explained through the simpler passages. To understand God’s revealed truth in His Word, personal illumination by the Holy Spirit is required. (II Pe. 1:20,21; Ac. 15:15,16; II Co. 2:10-12). We use the King James Version for all teaching and preaching in English. III. Heaven and Hell We believe the Bible speaks the truth when it speaks of Heaven and Hell as literal places. Heaven is the place created by God, also called Paradise, where His glory resides and where He is forever glorified by the angels, all the other celestial hosts, and the saints of the Old and New Testaments that have placed their hope in God’s provision for their salvation. I believe that Hell exists, a place created by God so that His justice can condemn those, who being part of His creation that were aware of sin, have rejected God’s only plan for their salvation. That condemnation is eternal. I believe these places are part of the invisible creation of God (Col. 1:16). IV. The Spiritual World God is the Creator of both the material and physical world, and of the spiritual and invisible one. The angels, supernatural creatures made by God for the fulfilling of His will, are part of that creation. They are sent by God to protect and help His people; their powers are above human imagination. I believe that in some point in history there was a rebellion among God’s angels. That rebellion was headed by Lucifer, the most perfect angel. He took with him one third of the angels when he rebelled. For them there is no salvation (Is. 14:12-14; I Pe. 2:4; Ez. 28:12-17). Lucifer, Devil, and Satan are several of the names given to the same real and operative being that leads the attacks against God and His creation. Pride, rebellion and deceit are his main features. Satan works non-stop so that God’s glory will not shine. He also keeps men from God’s glory, leading them to hell which they deserve because of their sin. Satan’s end (and his demons’ end) is the never ending flames of hell (Mt. 25:41; Jo. 8:44; Ez. 28:17). VI. The Creation of the World We believe in God as the Creator and Sustainer of all existing things. We believe, therefore, in the biblical account of creation that we find in Genesis that the heavens, the earth, and all life forms were created in six twenty-four hour days. VII. The Human Condition We believe that God created the first man and the first woman in His likeness so that they could enjoy eternal, uninterrupted and perfect fellowship with Him. However, our first fathers, being seduced by Satan’s subtlety and temptation, sinned by eating of the forbidden fruit and fell from their original justice and fellowship with God (Gen. 3:13; II Co. 11:3; Gen. 3:6-8; Ec. 7:29; Rm. 3:23). Hence, man became dead in trespasses, and completely deformed in all his faculties of body and soul (Gen. 2:17; Eph. 2:1; Tit. 1:15; Gen. 6:5; Jer. 17:9; Rom. 3:10-18). Being the root of all humanity, this sin’s guilt was imparted and the same corrupted nature was transmitted to all their posterity (Ps. 51:5; Gen. 5:3; Job 14:4; 15:14). We believe that it is because of this original corruption that we are, in nature, opposed to all good and completely inclined to all that is bad, this nature being the source of all our transgressions (Rom. 8:7; 7:18; Ja. 1:14; Mt. 15:19). We believe that this corruption of nature remains even in the regenerate while they abide in their fleshly bodies (I Jo. 1:8,10; Rom. 7:14,17,18,23; Ja. 3:2; Prov. 20:9; Ec. 7:20). VIII. God’s Plan for Salvation We believe that salvation comes by grace through faith when we accept, receive, and rest only in Christ for justification, sanctification, and eternal life (Jo. 1:12; Ac. 16:31; Ga. 2:20; Ac 15:11; Eph. 2:8,9). We believe that from the time we receive salvation we are positionally justified before God obtaining the forgiveness of our sins, not having any righteousness in ourselves but because it is imparted to us through the obedience and sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Rom. 4:5-8; II Co. 5:19,21; Rom. 3:22,24,25,27,28; Tit. 3:5,7; Eph. 1:7; Jer. 23:6; I Co. 1:30,31; Rom. 5:17-19). We believe that God continues to forgive the sins of those that are justified, and even though they can never depart from their justified position, they can loose fellowship with God and stop receiving His blessings until they humble themselves, confess their sins, ask for forgiveness, and renew their faith and repentance (Hab. 2:4; Gen. 15:6; Ps. 130:3-4; Lu. 22:32; Jo. 10:28; Heb. 10:14; Ps. 89:31-33; 51:7-12; 32:5; Mt. 26:75; I Co. 11:30,32; Lu. 1:20). IX. The Church We believe in the local church, consisting in a company of professing, born-again believers in Jesus Christ, immersed on a credible confession of faith, and associated for worship, work and fellowship. I believe that the saints, united together in love, should congregate in churches that are local, militant, evangelizing, disciple makers, mission oriented and triumphant. The two offices determined by God for His churches are pastors, also called elders and bishops, and deacons. The pastors, whose job is to feed and pray for God’s people have to be well prepared and married. The deacons, whose job is to serve the church, also have to be men whose testimony is acknowledged by the church and married (Act. 20:28; I Tim. 3:1-13; Act. 6:1-7). X. The Ordinances We believe God instituted for His church two ordinances to represent Christ and His benefits and to confirm our interest in Him (I Co. 10:16; Ga. 3:27). These two ordinances are baptism and the Lord’s Supper. They were instituted by Jesus Christ and are only for the saved (Act. 8:12; I Co. 11:27). Baptism is a symbol of the work of regeneration performed by God in the believer’s life and the giving of one’s self to God to live in newness of life (Col. 2:12; Mk. 1:4; Rom. 6:3-4). Baptism should be celebrated in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Jo 1:33; Mat. 28:19,20). The exterior element of this ordinance is the water. Because baptism is to represent the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, only the complete immersion of the body in water can fulfil the God given requirements for this ordinance (Mat. 3:16; Act. 8:39). Our Lord, on the night He was betrayed, instituted the ordinance of His body and blood called the Lord’s Supper to be observed in His church until the end of time. It is a symbol of the sacrifice of Himself in His death (I Co. 11:23-26). The exterior elements used in this ordinance are the bread and the cup and, since they represent the sinless body and blood of Christ being given for all men, these should be free of leaven, the symbol for sin (Lk. 22:19,20; I Co. 5:6-8).	{ "date": "2022-05-24T08:49:37Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662570051.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20220524075341-20220524105341-00202.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9350747466087341, "token_count": 3400, "url": "https://reachportugal.com/doctrine/" }
So I finally get to the “Fire and Brimstone” bit! This is because I got into a conversation with a woman recently about what happened after death and that got me thinking. She was not a Christian but seemed to have some belief that there was a life after death, and her view was that if there is a Hell that’s where she wanted to be – as she put it “with all her mates”. That is a statement I have heard many times over the years, but I was probably a bit more surprised to hear it now than I would have been in the past. This is because Hell has had a fairly low profile in recent times, especially from the pulpit, and I think this is one of the factors contributing to the general lack of passion for evangelism in church congregations. It’s all about the nature of God really. A distorted view of the Love of God has resulted many church members being functional universalists i.e. because God is so loving that He lets everybody into heaven. This results from a dumbing down of God’s characteristics of Holiness and Justice. The Holiness of God means that He cannot coexist with sinners like me and His Justice demands that my frequent breaches of His laws requires a penalty. As against this, God’s Love is supremely demonstrated by the sending of Jesus to the Cross where he took sin on himself in an act of excruciating agony thus opening the way for sinners to enter into a relationship with God. In that demonstration of the Love of God Jesus satisfied the Justice of God. That’s where the concept of Hell is relevant. It’s a topic people even many Christians don’t want to talk about. As one commented on radio recently, she “Didn’t like the flavour of the word”. The problem is however that Jesus talked about it many times, either directly or metaphorically by use of expressions such as “The Lake of fire” (Revelation 20:15) and as a place where “men will weep and gnash their teeth”. So if Jesus talked about it, and God inspired writers to put it in the Bible how can we ignore it even though we would prefer to do so? The more so because Jesus made it clear that there is a serious danger involved for all of us if we choose to refuse to repent of our disobedience to God, i.e. our sins. And that takes us back to the Cross and God’s Love. The Bible tells us that if a person receives the benefits of the Cross, that is Jesus takes on himself the punishment they deserve for their sins, then the barrier to walking into God’s presence is removed and their name is written in the ‘Book of Life”. But if someone refuses to accept God’s offer of Love through Jesus then their name is not written in the Book of Life and the “Lake of Fire” is their destiny (Revelation 20:12-15). The lack of passion for evangelism of the majority of Christians is actually breach of the second great commandment (Matthew 19:19) and a lack of ‘love for our neighbour’. For if we truly loved our lost neighbour, work colleague, sport’s partner etc. we would be desperate to ensure that they might learn about God’s love and accept His gift and so avoid the horror of the Hell Jesus warned about. However, the softening of the Biblical teaching on this doctrine means, that Christians don’t take the horror of Hell seriously, for the concept has been so dumbed down. Just think about what is Hell for a moment. Of course we don’t properly know except to say that it is a form of eternal existence experienced by those who refuse God’s offer of Love through Jesus, a horrible self-inflicted existence where ‘God is not’ and ‘His Love is not’. So it’s important to think! Jesus took the plight of those on the “Broad” road that leads to destruction so seriously that he went to the Cross that we might be diverted onto the ‘Narrow Road’ that leads to Life! (Matthew 7:13,14) That’s how seriously! Tragically, large numbers of western Christians, with a Christianity-Lite faith, don’t share Jesus seriousness and correspondingly there is no urgency for evangelistic activity especially where it is costly (which it will increasingly be), for as Tom Frame says- “the culturally compliant strain of Christianity promoted in Australia does not. oblige (people) to embrace lifestyle choices that might involve discomfort.” The concept of Hell as something to be avoided at all costs should not be watered down such that it loses the horror Jesus ascribed to it by a concentration on God’s Love without giving equal weight to God’s Holiness and Justice. So Hell needs to make a comeback in Christian thinking, to be emphasised as the awful destiny of the millions of the lost. This so that more Christians start loving their lost neighbours and get out and make the proclamation of Christ and his saving love their priority, not just the work of the Minister and a few enthusiasts! This so people we are called to love are warned, as Jesus warned, about their peril and change their path to the ‘Narrow’ road that leads to eternal life, to the City of God, to the place of exquisite and eternal Joy where “There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain,for the old order of things has passed ‘Hell needs to make a comeback’ in Christian thinking so that we become more passionate about loving the Lost so that they move from the Kingdom of Darkness to the Kingdom of God. May it be so!	{ "date": "2022-05-16T12:38:48Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662510117.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20220516104933-20220516134933-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.967542290687561, "token_count": 1240, "url": "https://unboundedchurch.com/2018/04/18/hell-needs-to-make-a-come-back/" }
UNEXPLAINED! STRANGE SIGHTINGS, INCREDIBLE OCCURRENCES, AND PUZZLING PHYSICAL PHENOMENA (PAPERBACK) Written by Jerome clark Published by Visible Ink Press Format: Black /White – 600 pages We live in the age of curiosity. As evidenced by the numerous books dedicated to the subjects as standalones, we are a society who are fascinated by our legends but require proof and existence in this day and age where information is the gold mind to intellectual thought. “Unexplained written by Jerome Clark is a recent edition that tackles much and many of the subjects we tend to learn about thru reality shows and such that cater to this very audience. While a book on Sasquatch’s and the Lock Ness is hardly new, this edition takes the road less followed by taking on its research thru the many of the lesser oddities. These range from creatures, to legends, to strange lights in the sky….. each with their own bit of history locations and worthy amount of data attached. Black dogs, Hairy Dwarves…it almost sounds like the kind of materiel we’d expect to read about in a Harry Potter book, however this is just a sampling of the many weird and wonderful things that make our world go round. “Unexplained” totals over 600 words of solid material collected to lay the groundwork for each of these featured anomalies. A simple flip thru will take you into worlds of information about things we never knew existed. Whether it’s water hounds or a hairy man named “Yowie”, I’m sure there will be much here that pokes at your inquisitive nature. Perhaps it doesn’t have to be “uncovered living dinosaurs” and your simply wanting to know about bizarre kangaroo sightings which by standards is not the same as seeing a UFO… but may be strange enough to have seen it appearing in out of place locals such as Chicago? I’ve never seen a “Moma”, a lake monster, or a hairy biped, but just because we “haven’t” doesn’t mean that they are to out there. I compare this sensation to admiring the pyramids of Egypt from afar via pictures and ideas, but never actually visiting them myself. Martian mummies, a devil’s sea, or maybe some new perspectives on Noah’s ark….it’s all here providing hours of solid researched reading for fans of the metaphysical, extraterrestrial and strange items of interest. Curious about snakes that have lived in human stomachs? How about a life form that looks like bubbles? How about a bear-coyote-looking beast referred to as a “Wahhoo”? I’m sure you’ll learn a few new things about weird elements within our own history and culture that have been real enough to warrant their creation of reports on sightings, experiences and real world encounters. Whether you want to believe them or not, there is no ignoring the impact they have had via the world over. Perhaps that which is strange yesterday will someday become the norm. As we grow and technology enables us to capture more than ever, we enable ourselves to learn that much faster about things that have long been off the common radar. Jerome CVlack, is a fantastic writer and researcher who places these social elements of life right at our fingertips with tales or old and new. A great new read from the folks at Visible Ink chock full of data and stories that will give you a new perspective on our world. Book Review: Unexplained! Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomen – Author Jerome Clark	{ "date": "2022-05-20T14:00:36Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662532032.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220520124557-20220520154557-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9474895000457764, "token_count": 802, "url": "https://horrornews.net/60774/book-review-unexplained-strange-sightings-author-jerome-clark/" }
Searching for things to do in Upstate NY with Kids? Look no further, check out our comprehensive guide to New York vacation spots for families! New York is so much more than New York City. During our time in New York, this was something that we heard people voice numerous times. When most of the outside world hears “New York,” big city, bright lights, lots of traffic, the statue of Liberty are all things that come to mind, but as one of the oldest states in the union, there are so many places to visit outside New York City. From breathtaking natural beauty, high adventure, historical importance, family fun, and cultural diversity, New York State is the perfect destination for families. After spending several weeks exploring New York State, we’ve listed our favorite family attractions in upstate NY by region. So pack your bags and read on for ideas of things to see and do during your family vacation in upstate New York. - 1 1.Upstate New York attractions in the Chautauqua-Allegheny Area - 2 2. Niagara Falls - 3 3. Visit Rochester with Kids - 4 5. Finger Lakes - 5 6. Thousand Islands - 7 7. Enjoy the Adirondacks 1.Upstate New York attractions in the Chautauqua-Allegheny Area Start your upstate NY road trip from here. This is a beautiful are with plenty to do and see. Check out the favorite activities you can do with your family around Chautauqua and Allegheny area. Although Ellicottville may be well known as a ski area and winter wonderland there is so much to do here all year round. As well as plenty of beautiful hikes and bike tracks thrill-seeking kids will love the Sky High Adventure Park. Here you will find Aerial Park, Mountain Coaster Ride and brand new in 2018 is the fun Gem Mining where you can pan for gems, fossils, and even shark teeth!. The Holiday Valley Sky High Ariel Park has 13 different courses from beginners to advanced and is a great family activity for those with children over 7-years-old. Think of it as an in the air obstacle course which is the largest of it’s kind in New York State. Our favorite though was the Mountain Coaster Ride. Children as young as 3 can ride with an adult on this fun coaster. With you controlling the speed it is perfect for any level of bravery as you spiral, zig and turn down the mountain side through the trees. To find out more head to the Holiday Valley website here. Griffis Sculpture Park It’s not often both parents and kids get to enjoy art together but at Griffis Sculptural Park near Ellicottville the whole family can have an amazing day out. Forget the traditional, ‘look but don’t touch’ mantra as you explore 450 acres of parkland filled with over 250 huge sculptures. You will find beautiful steel sculptures by Larry Griffis, Jr. as well as other local and international artists. Kids can run amongst surreal giant insects, touch a friendly giraffe and much more here. You will find creations of all sorts in wide open fields, hiding in the woods and even in the park’s ponds. Pick a hike, wander at will or plan a picnic. With admission prices at only $5 per adult and children under 12 years free, it’s also a great budget-friendly activity to do in New York. Find out more at Griffis Sculptural Park. Get back to nature in Panama Rocks Scenic Park. Experience 300 million-year-old rock formations, 60 feet tall crevices and 500+-year-old hemlock trees in this beautiful woodlands. Search for wildlife, do one of the marked hikes or wander through at your own pace. The kids will love the fun treasure hunt based on real-life bank robbers who used to use the area to hide stolen gold in the 1800’s. The gold was never found but maybe you will be lucky enough to discover a hidden fortune amongst the rocks? For adults and children over 8-years, you could also try your hand at axe throwing! Be sure to book ahead though. For more information click here. Seneca-Iroquois National Museum The brand new Seneca Nation Cultural Centre in Salamanca, NY is a fantastic place to learn about the traditions of the Onöndowa’ga:’ and Hodinöhsö:ni’. Choose to do a formal tour or wander through the many exhibits at your own pace. With over 85,000 artifacts there is plenty of information to soak up and the whole family will love learning about everything from Lacrosse to experiencing a traditional longhouse. One of our favorites was learning about the Onöndowa’ga:’ clans which are represented different animals and birds such as the deer, wolf and heron. Children will love learning about the creation story from the tour guides. Find out more about the museum here. Tips: Where to eat and stay around Chautauqua-Allegheny area Located on the shores of the stunning Lake Erie in Irving, Cabana Sams is a fantastic place for casual dining, ice-cream, and food with a view. From burgers, seafood and some fun cocktails for mum and dad you can’t get much better. The atmosphere is relaxed and the decor is fun and colorful with a nostalgic feel the whole family will love. Find out more about their menu and location here. Chautauqua Harbour Hotel This brand new hotel sits on the old site of the famous Celoron Amusement Park on the shores of beautiful Chautauqua Lake. With both an indoor and outdoor pool, views you won’t want to leave and in-house restaurant, it has everything you need if you want a little bit of luxury for your family stay. The beds and linen will give you an amazing nights sleep and honestly, their robes are some of the best I’ve ever lounged around in! To find out more head here. 2. Niagara Falls Maybe one of the most iconic Waterfalls in the World, Niagara Falls should definitely be on your must-see list on your New York vacation. This is one of the most popular New York state tourist attractions. There is plenty to do with kids here too. Take the cute scenic trolley to Goat Island, have an adventure close up to the falls with the Cave of The Winds or just wander around Niagara Falls State Park soaking up the views. One of our all time favorite activity and New York state attractions for families was jumping aboard the Maid of The Mist. What an experience. Be prepared to get soaking wet though as you get up close and personal to these impressive falls. If you are in the area be sure to check out all the amazing activities available in nearby Buffalo. Related: Things to do early morning in NYC. 3. Visit Rochester with Kids Rochester, NY is the third-largest city in New York State. It is such a vibrant city filled with amazing family-friendly attractions. From beautiful parks to amazing museums, the hardest part is deciding what to do first! There are plenty of things to do in Rochester with the kids. If you are planning a day trip with kids or city breaks in upstate New York, then read below to find out the most popular kid-friendly attractions in Rochester. Read below for the best things to do in Rochester for families below. If you need even more inspiration, check this post with more family attractions. The Strong Museum of Play No better place to bring the kids than The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester. It is unlikely you will ever come across an attraction that is quite like this museum. It is one of the best-reviewed and rated museums in the U.S. and ti is easy to understand why. The Strong is a museum dedicated to celebrate the history and exploration of play. The multi-story space offers many hands on exhibition and play opportunities such as the National Toy Hall of Fame, the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, a kid-sized Wegmans Supermarket, the Dancing Wings Butterfly Garden and so many more interactive exhibits. Along with the exhibits the museum also houses more than 400,000 items related to play, including toys, dolls, games and electronic games. This is a must visit in Rochester, NY with kids! For more information about The Strong Museum of Play, visit their website here. Explore the Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a 363 miles of man-built waterways stretching across the full expanse of upstate New York. Throughout the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor you will find heritage and historic canal sites, engineering marvels, and over 200 lively communities to visit. The Erie Canal provides great recreational opportunities along the canalway trail for cyclists and runners, hundreds of festivals and events over the year and of course more than 500 miles of navigable waterway to explore. It a safe opportunities for families and children to exercise or relax, learn and discover some of New York’s best treasures. Genesee Country Village & Museum The Genesee Country Village & Museum is located in Mumford, 30 minutes drive from Rochester city center. It is the largest history museum in New York State and it is dedicated to celebrate and preserve the historical, cultural and architectural heritage in New York State. The Village features restored houses, businesses, and places of worship from the 19th century. A stroll through the village is a step back in time and the opportunity to learn and interact with knowledgeable historic interpreters in period-appropriate dress. During these encounters you will learn about stories, objects and techniques used at the time too. Visitors at the Genesee Country Village & Museum are able to watch craftsmen and villagers perform the everyday tasks of life in the 1800s. Where to stay and eat in Rochester, NY Wegmans Burger Bar This is one of the largest Wegmans store with so many freshly made food options that even the fuzziest eaters will be pleased. From the best burgers in town to salads, sandwiches, and amazing milkshakes, our Burger Bar menu has items you won’t find anywhere else. Rochester’s Public Market The Public Market in Rochester has served the community since 1905 and is open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 52 weeks a year. Apart from the delicious fresh produce, delicacies a specialty items, the market is also a local favorite place to have breakfast and delicious quick snacks. There are many shops and cafes that offer coffee, pastries, empanadas, sandwiches and more. Hyatt Regency Rochester Newly refurbished Hyatt Regency Rochester is the tallest centrally located hotel in Rochester. Conveniently Connected with the Rochester Riverside Convention Center, you can enjoy breathtaking views, savory restaurants, and exciting entertainment and shopping at your doorstep. This is the perfect accommodation to stay to enjoy Rochester and its nearby attractions, such as museums, regional wineries and outdoor areas. This is going to be your home away from home in Rochester but also if you take fun day trips in upstate NY. More about this about Hyatt Regency Rochester here. 5. Finger Lakes A wine region may not seem like the first choice of destination when traveling with kids but you may be surprised at what this beautiful area has to offer. In fact, the Finger Lakes region is one of the best places to visit in New York State. Fingers Lake is the best spot to get out and enjoy nature. Think horse trail riding through beautiful countryside with Erika from Painted Bar Stables. This lady knows her horses and will take great care of your family during your ride. Or maybe Kayaking on the stunning Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen with Summit To Stream Adventures? The Corning Museum of Glass is also a must visit. As well as learning about the history of glass and seeing beautiful glass art in their stunning gallery, there are fun glass making and etching classes held daily. There is also an interactive learning center where children can learn all about glass and see some great optical illusions. 6. Thousand Islands The Thousand Islands region of New York State is actually made up of 1,864 small and large islands. What is the definition of an island you might ask? To be considered an island, the piece of land must stay above water for 365 days of the year and support the life of at least one tree. Thousand Islands actually spans both the United States and Canada across the St. Lawrence River. Most of the islands are privately owned, but there are still many that you can, and should, visit. Take a Boat Tour When first arriving to the Thousand Islands, taking a boat tour to view the most popular spots in the area and get a feel for the islands is always a great idea. You can purchase tickets aboard Uncle Sam’s Boat Tour and learn the history of the region as well as see many of the beautiful houses dotting the river on private islands. Visit the Antique Boat Museum Located in Sacketts Harbor, the Antique Boat Museum is home to the largest collection of antique recreational boats in the world. Your entrance fee into the museum also grants you a free row in one of the vintage skiffs owned by the museum. Rowing a skiff is harder than you might think and takes some real coordination, but it sure is fun. Tour Boldt Castle This modern-day fairy-tale castle, like all castles, is not without its heartbreaking story. George C. Boldt, millionaire, and proprietor of the famous Waldorf Astori,a had this six-story 120 room castle built for his family’s summer home located on Hart Island. No expense was spared when creating this Rhineland inspired mansion complete with tunnels, a powerhouse and a separate tower for his children’s playhouse. However, tragedy struck in 1904 when his beloved wife Louise suddenly passed away. Boldt could not bear to finish the project without her and the castle was left unfinished until recently acquired and restored. Today you can visit Boldt Castle by boat and explore its cavernous rooms and vast gardens. Don’t miss the bowling alley in the tower! Take a Sunset Sail The Thousand Islands region is known for having some of the most glorious sunsets in the world. Charter a sunset sail to enjoy an unobstructed view of the horizon. 7. Enjoy the Adirondacks Home to the largest protected land in the lower 48 states, the Adirondacks span over six million acres of lush forested land and rolling mountains that offer natural beauty and family-friendly recreation throughout. The area is perfect for outdoors New York getaways. The Adirondacks are divided into 12 different regions, each offering a unique perspective of the area. Activities in the Adirondacks vary from relaxing to adrenaline-inducing and include ATV and snowmobile tours, kayaking, rafting, paddle boarding, horseback riding, camping, fishing, hunting, biking, birding, rock climbing, skiing, snowshoeing, golfing, boating, and more. Get on the River There are many rivers in the Adirondacks and they are all worth jumping into! Whether you prefer rafting, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, or just a good old-fashioned swim, there will be something for you in one of the many the Adirondack rivers. The Wild Center The Wild Center is a family-friendly favorite in the Adirondacks. This hands-on museum gives visitors the chance to learn about the diverse ecosystems of the Adirondacks’ forests, lakes, and rivers. Kids will love the live animals, including river otters, hawks and vultures. The Wild Center offers canoe rides and hiking trails on its 31 acre campus. Safe Haven Museum Not only are there a wide variety of outdoor activities in the Adirondacks, but also many cultural experiences and festivals. Families can choose from many museums and historical sites. The Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Museum in Oswego, New York on the border of Lake Ontario is a museum dedicated to telling the story of the 982 European refugees who were offered asylum by the United States during World War II. These refugees were transported by boat to the United States and taken by train to Oswego where they were housed at Fort Ontario for nearly two years. When the war was over, the refugees were given citizenship and allowed to stay in the U.S. Many of the refugees went on to accomplish great things, such as the invention of the CAT Scan. At the museum you can see photos and artifacts from this time period as well as hear stories of individual refugees. Nothing beats a peaceful and rewarding day on the lake. Charter one of the many fishing boats on Lake Oswego and enjoy a day of fishing with the help of professional guides. You can even save your catch and take it to one of the many restaurants that will clean and cook your fish for you. A perfect fun day and family getaway in NY. I hope you have enjoyed our guide to family fun in Upstate NY. 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The Blessing of Jacob 1 Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather together so I can tell you#tn After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result. what will happen to you in the future.#tn The expression “in the future” (אַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים, ’akharit hayyamim, “in the end of days”) is found most frequently in prophetic passages; it may refer to the end of the age, the eschaton, or to the distant future. The contents of some of the sayings in this chapter stretch from the immediate circumstances to the time of the settlement in the land to the coming of Messiah. There is a great deal of literature on this chapter, including among others C. Armerding, “The Last Words of Jacob: Genesis 49,” BSac 112 (1955): 320-28; H. Pehlke, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Genesis 49:1-28” (Th.D. dissertation, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1985); and B. Vawter, “The Canaanite Background of Genesis 49,” CBQ 17 (1955): 1-18. 2 “Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father. 3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power. 4 You are destructive#tn The Hebrew noun פַּחַז (pakhaz) only occurs here in the OT. A related verb occurs twice in the prophets (Jer 23:32; Zeph 3:4) for false prophets inventing their messages, and once in Judges for unscrupulous men bribed to murder (Judg 9:4). It would describe Reuben as being “frothy, boiling, turbulent” as water. The LXX has “run riot,” the Vulgate has “poured out,” and Tg. Onq. has “you followed your own direction.” It is a reference to Reuben’s misconduct in Gen 35, but the simile and the rare word invite some speculation. H. Pehlke suggests “destructive like water,” for Reuben acted with pride and presumption; see his “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Genesis 49:1-28” (Th.D. dissertation, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1985). like water and will not excel,#tn Heb “Do not excel!” The Hiphil of the verb יָתַר (yatar) has this meaning only here. The negated jussive is rhetorical here. Rather than being a command, it anticipates what will transpire. The prophecy says that because of the character of the ancestor, the tribe of Reuben would not have the character to lead (see 1 Chr 5:1). for you got on your father’s bed,#sn This is a euphemism for having sexual intercourse with Jacob’s wives (see Gen 35:22). then you defiled it – he got on my couch!#tn The last verb is third masculine singular, as if for the first time Jacob told the brothers, or let them know that he knew. For a discussion of this passage see S. Gevirtz, “The Reprimand of Reuben,” JNES 30 (1971): 87-98. 5 Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives!#tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מְכֵרָה (mÿkherah) is uncertain. It has been rendered (1) “habitations”; (2) “merchandise”; (3) “counsels”; (4) “swords”; (5) “wedding feasts.” If it is from the verb כָּרַת (karat) and formed after noun patterns for instruments and tools (maqtil, miqtil form), then it would refer to “knives.” Since the verb is used in Exod 4:25 for circumcision, the idea would be “their circumcision knives,” an allusion to the events of Gen 34 (see M. J. Dahood, “‘MKRTYHM’ in Genesis 49,5,” CBQ 23 : 54-56). Another explanation also connects the word to the events of Gen 34 as a reference to the intended “wedding feast” for Dinah which could take place only after the men of Shechem were circumcised (see D. W. Young, “A Ghost Word in the Testament of Jacob (Gen 49:5)?” JBL 100 : 335-422). 6 O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart,#tn The Hebrew text reads “my glory,” but it is preferable to repoint the form and read “my liver.” The liver was sometimes viewed as the seat of the emotions and will (see HALOT 456 s.v. II כָּבֵד) for which the heart is the modern equivalent. for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!#sn Divide…scatter. What is predicted here is a division of their tribes. Most commentators see here an anticipation of Levi being in every area but not their own. That may be part of it, but not entirely what the curse intended. These tribes for their ruthless cruelty would be eliminated from the power and prestige of leadership. 8 Judah,#sn There is a wordplay here; the name Judah (יְהוּדָה, yÿhudah) sounds in Hebrew like the verb translated praise (יוֹדוּךָ, yodukha). The wordplay serves to draw attention to the statement as having special significance. your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father’s sons will bow down before you. 9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness – who will rouse him? 10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,#tn Or perhaps “from his descendants,” taking the expression “from between his feet” as a euphemism referring to the genitals. In this case the phrase refers by metonymy to those who come forth from his genitals, i.e., his descendants. until he comes to whom it belongs;#tn The Hebrew form שִׁילֹה (shiloh) is a major interpretive problem. There are at least four major options (with many variations and less likely alternatives): (1) Some prefer to leave the text as it is, reading “Shiloh” and understanding it as the place where the ark rested for a while in the time of the Judges. (2) By repointing the text others arrive at the translation “until the [or “his”] ruler comes,” a reference to a Davidic ruler or the Messiah. (3) Another possibility that does not require emendation of the consonantal text, but only repointing, is “until tribute is brought to him” (so NEB, JPS, NRSV), which has the advantage of providing good parallelism with the following line, “the nations will obey him.” (4) The interpretation followed in the present translation, “to whom it [belongs]” (so RSV, NIV, REB), is based on the ancient versions. Again, this would refer to the Davidic dynasty or, ultimately, to the Messiah. the nations will obey him.#tn “and to him [will be] the obedience of the nations.” For discussion of this verse see J. Blenkinsopp, “The Oracle of Judah and the Messianic Entry,” JBL 80 (1961): 55-64; and E. M. Good, “The ‘Blessing’ on Judah,” JBL 82 (1963): 427-32. 11 Binding his foal to the vine, and his colt to the choicest vine, he will wash#tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically, describing coming events as though they have already taken place. his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. 12 His eyes will be dark from wine, and his teeth white from milk.#tn Some translate these as comparatives, “darker than wine…whiter than milk,” and so a reference to his appearance (so NEB, NIV, NRSV). But if it is in the age of abundance, symbolized by wine and milk, then the dark (i.e., red or perhaps dull) eyes would be from drinking wine, and the white teeth from drinking milk. 13 Zebulun will live#tn The verb שָׁכַן (shakhan) means “to settle,” but not necessarily as a permanent dwelling place. The tribal settlements by the sea would have been temporary and not the tribe’s territory. by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon.#map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3. 14 Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags. 15 When he sees#tn The verb forms in this verse (“sees,” “will bend,” and “[will] become”) are preterite; they is used in a rhetorical manner, describing the future as if it had already transpired. a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.#sn The oracle shows that the tribe of Issachar will be willing to trade liberty for the material things of life. Issachar would work (become a slave laborer) for the Canaanites, a reversal of the oracle on Canaan. See C. M. Carmichael, “Some Sayings in Genesis 49,” JBL 88 (1969): 435-44; and S. Gevirtz, “The Issachar Oracle in the Testament of Jacob,” ErIsr 12 (1975): 104-12. 16 Dan#sn The name Dan (דָּן, dan) means “judge” and forms a wordplay with the following verb. will judge#tn Or “govern.” his people as one of the tribes of Israel. 17 May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.#sn The comparison of the tribe of Dan to a venomous serpent is meant to say that Dan, though small, would be potent, gaining victory through its skill and shrewdness. Jewish commentators have linked the image in part with Samson. That link at least illustrates the point: Though a minority tribe, Dan would gain the upper hand over others. 18 I wait for your deliverance, O Lord.#sn I wait for your deliverance, O Lord. As Jacob sees the conflicts that lie ahead for Dan and Gad (see v. 19), he offers a brief prayer for their security. 19 Gad will be raided by marauding bands, but he will attack them at their heels.#tc Heb “heel.” The MT has suffered from misdivision at this point. The initial mem on the first word in the next verse should probably be taken as a plural ending on the word “heel.”sn In Hebrew the name Gad (גָּד, gad ) sounds like the words translated “raided” (יְגוּדֶנּוּ, yÿgudennu) and “marauding bands” (גְּדוּד, gÿdud). 20 Asher’s#tc Heb “from Asher,” but the initial mem (מ) of the MT should probably be moved to the end of the preceding verse and taken as a plural ending on “heel.” food will be rich,#tn The Hebrew word translated “rich,” when applied to products of the ground, means abundant in quantity and quality. and he will provide delicacies#tn The word translated “delicacies” refers to foods that were delightful, the kind fit for a king. to royalty. 21 Naphtali is a free running doe,#tn Heb “a doe set free.” he speaks delightful words.#tn Heb “the one who gives words of beauty.” The deer imagery probably does not continue into this line; Naphtali is the likely antecedent of the substantival participle, which is masculine, not feminine, in form. If the animal imagery is retained from the preceding line, the image of a talking deer is preposterous. For this reason some read the second line “the one who bears beautiful fawns,” interpreting אִמְרֵי (’imre) as a reference to young animals, not words (see HALOT 67 s.v. *אִמֵּר).sn Almost every word in the verse is difficult. Some take the imagery to mean that Naphtali will be swift and agile (like a doe), and be used to take good messages (reading “words of beauty”). Others argue that the tribe was free-spirited (free running), but then settled down with young children. 22 Joseph is a fruitful bough,#tn The Hebrew text appears to mean “[is] a son of fruitfulness.” The second word is an active participle, feminine singular, from the verb פָּרָה (parah, “to be fruitful”). The translation “bough” is employed for בֵּן (ben, elsewhere typically “son”) because Joseph is pictured as a healthy and fruitful vine growing by the wall. But there are difficulties with this interpretation. The word “son” nowhere else refers to a plant and the noun translated “branches” (Heb “daughters”) in the third line is a plural form whereas its verb is singular. In the other oracles of Gen 49 an animal is used for comparison and not a plant, leading some to translate the opening phrase בֵּן פָּרָה (ben parah, “fruitful bough”) as “wild donkey” (JPS, NAB). Various other interpretations involving more radical emendation of the text have also been offered. a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches#tn Heb “daughters.” climb over the wall. 23 The archers will attack him,#tn The verb forms in vv. 23-24 are used in a rhetorical manner, describing future events as if they had already taken place. they will shoot at him and oppose him. 24 But his bow will remain steady, and his hands#tn Heb “the arms of his hands.” will be skillful; because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of#tn Heb “from there,” but the phrase should be revocalized and read “from [i.e., because of] the name of.” the Shepherd, the Rock#tn Or “Stone.” of Israel, 25 because of the God of your father, who will help you,#tn Heb “and he will help you.” because of the sovereign God,#tn Heb “Shaddai.” See the note on the title “sovereign God” in Gen 17:1. The preposition אֵת (’et) in the Hebrew text should probably be emended to אֵל (’el, “God”). who will bless you#tn Heb “and he will bless you.” with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb.#sn Jacob envisions God imparting both agricultural (blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below) and human fertility (blessings of the breasts and womb) to Joseph and his family. 26 The blessings of your father are greater than#tn Heb “have prevailed over.” the blessings of the eternal mountains#tn One could interpret the phrase הוֹרַי (horay) to mean “my progenitors” (literally, “the ones who conceived me”), but the masculine form argues against this. It is better to emend the text to הַרֲרֵי (harare, “mountains of”) because it forms a better parallel with the next clause. In this case the final yod (י) on the form is a construct plural marker, not a pronominal suffix. or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers.#tn For further discussion of this passage, see I. Sonne, “Genesis 49:24-26,” JBL 65 (1946): 303-6. 27 Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder.” 28 These#tn Heb “All these.” are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing.#tn Heb “and he blessed them, each of whom according to his blessing, he blessed them.” 29 Then he instructed them,#tn The Hebrew text adds “and he said to them,” which is not included in the translation because it is redundant in English. “I am about to go#tn Heb “I am about to be gathered” The participle is used here to describe what is imminent. to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. 30 It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite. 31 There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah. 32 The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.”#tn Some translate the Hebrew term “Heth” as “Hittites” here (see also Gen 23:3), but this gives the impression that these people were the classical Hittites of Anatolia. However, there is no known connection between these sons of Heth, apparently a Canaanite group (see Gen 10:15), and the Hittites of Asia Minor. See H. A. Hoffner, Jr., “Hittites,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 152-53. 33 When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went#tn Heb “was gathered.” to his people.	{ "date": "2022-05-28T11:07:34Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652663016373.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20220528093113-20220528123113-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9497246742248535, "token_count": 4420, "url": "https://chop.bible.com/bible/107/GEN.49.easy?parallel=2079" }
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There is also a frequently asked questions (FAQs) section on the website, which contains a lot of helpful information. #3. Hollyweed: Full Spectrum D8 Gummies & Weed Edibles Hollyweed is another new brand that is founded by a group of individuals who are very health-conscious and simultaneously passionate about the nature of cannabis and the truth behind its benefits. Spreading information about the health benefits of hemp-extracted products is their primary goal. Hollyweed has provided millions of customers with high-quality gummies and is a brand that has been doing everything right from the very beginning. This company has gained popularity with unique blends and formulas and can be described as reputable, trustworthy, and adored by customers. Hollyweed is known for having the best organic gummies that are free from GMOs, additives, pesticides, and harsh chemicals. 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They may help with pain, anxiety, stress, and insomnia. Many studies have been done on mixing CBD with THC, and every one of them indicates that they work great as a team and can be very helpful to people who are dealing with mental distress. - Reputable and transparent brand - Great flavors - Third-party tested - CO2 extraction method - Premium quality - Voted for No. 1 Delta-8 carts by several publishers - Variety of products to choose from - Long-lasting effects - May be helpful against stress and anxiety - A 30-day refund policy - Overwhelming option number for Delta-8 products - No immediate effect - The shipping is free only on purchases above $100 A large portion of the great feedback that this company is getting is due to the tasty gummies. Diamond CBD is a popular name in the cannabis world, and the gummies have slowly become customers’ favorite products. The effects are not immediate, but they are easy to feel, the flavors are unique, and they can successfully satisfy your sweet tooth. The gummies can be used for recreational purposes and health benefits. Customers have reported being highly effective with chronic pain due to their CBD content. They are also great stress and anxiety relievers. #5. 3CHI: Premium Brand For Marijuana Edibles, Buy Online Saving the best for last, 3CHI is a company founded in 2019, and they use a particular method for authentic extraction of Delta-8 THC from the hemp plants. This brand offers the purest and finest hemp products for the enjoyment of every customer. This company was created by a scientist who saw the potential health benefits of combining CBD and THC and decided to create edibles to help more people. This was a revolutionary move for the industry that shined a light on all the cannabinoids. Since then, 3CHI has been creating and selling legitimate THC-based products across the whole country. 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The company uses pectin to manufacture gummies instead of gelatin, making these sweets perfect for vegans. They are also dairy-free and gluten-free. Each bite of this THC-infused candy is fantastic and delivers a great burst of flavor. - Highly reputable brand - Great prices - Natural ingredients - Two flavors are available, watermelon and raspberry - Proven distillation process - Measured potency - Sleep-promoting qualities - Secure and enjoyable high - The products are available in stores - The effects are not as long-lasting as some other gummies on the market - No international shipping Every customer that tried 3CHI’s Delta-8 gummies was blown away by the quality and value. The fruity taste was just a huge plus. The gummies are highly potent, and some users have experienced benefits from just half a gummy. Every review section about this company shows that the users are happy, relaxed, and sleep with more ease. The effects may not be as long-lasting as some other gummies on the market, but the brand compromises by making the gummies fast-acting. The gummies may not have long effects, but they kick in 20 minutes after consumption. How Did We Choose The Best Delta-8 Brands? Since today’s market overflows with CBD and THC products, it is crucial to set basic fundamental values. While writing our best THC gummies review, we scoured the internet and did thorough research on the reputation of the brands, the safety of their products, customers’ experience, and so on. We set a high standard, and we only selected companies that shine in the following features: - Brand’s reputation The manufacturer’s brand is the most important thing to keep in mind while looking for THC-infused gummies. A good word from the mouth indicates quality on all fronts. Going with a brand from our article can never be a wrong move. For example, if you choose a brand like Exhale Wellness, you are confident you can trust them, and they would never sell substandard gummies that could defame them and ruin their whole respect from customers that didn’t come overnight. Delta-8 THC is safe for daily use even if you slightly increase the quantities. It doesn’t contain THC or CBD in higher doses than Delta-9. If you step out of line and drastically increase the recommended dosage, Delta-8 can have potential risks, but they are far from severe. The companies we selected use premium quality extraction methods, and the gummies are pure and safe for daily usage. In the whole article, we tried to emphasize natural and organic. The ingredients found in the gummies have to be of that nature, and the mixture must be free from GMOs, artificial colors, harsh chemicals, and additives. A healthy D-8 gummy doesn’t involve preservatives, allergens, additives, or synthetics. 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The brands that offer high-quality products often use their final result to do all the talking, which can be customers expressing how grateful they are and how they gained control over their lives. Before all that, the company must provide third-party lab testing on their gummies, which will show their full content in a document called a certificate of analysis. It can be found on every top brand’s website for any new or old customer to see. The gummies are not considered cheap. Maybe the gummies are one of the most popular edibles on the market, but people often think they are only used for recreational purposes and are still skeptical about the health benefits that come from these sweets. These edibles are a product that requires time and money to produce. They also might help people with chronic pain, anxiety, stress, and sleep deprivation and are more and more used as an alternative to conventional medicine. The price is relatively reasonable, and you should never compromise on a lower price for a lower quality product. Frequently Asked Questions On Delta 8 THC Q1. Can Delta-8 gummies make you “high”? The gummies’ effects can be mildly high, but the answer is still yes. They can get you high, but the effects are not as strong. After continuous usage of these edibles, you may develop a higher tolerance for Delta-8, and the “high” effect may fade within a shorter period. Q2. How long do Delta-8 gummies take to kick in? The answer to this question depends on every person and the gummies themselves. The gummies kick in around 30 minutes to an hour after consumption. Delta-8 THC gummies are edibles, and when ingested, the body may take a bit longer to metabolize them. Q3. What are the effects of Delta-8 gummies? The effect of these sweets may be described as a mellow and chill experience. 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The Night Itself (The Name of the Blade #1) by Zoë Marriott A breathtaking new urban fantasy trilogy from the critically acclaimed, award winning author of The Swan Kingdom and Shadows on the Moon. When fifteen year old Mio Yamato furtively sneaks the katana – an ancestral Japanese sword – out of its hiding place in her parent’s attic to help liven up her Christmas party costume, she has no idea of the darkness she is about to unleash on modern day London, or the family secrets that she is going to uncover. The paralysing paranoia that descends on her before she gets to her friend’s party is her first clue. The vivid and terrifying visions that nearly get her killed are a pretty good warning too. The giant nine-tailed cat demon that comes after the sword and tries to rip her throat out? Overkill. Seconds away from becoming kitty-food, Mio is saved by Shinobu, a mysterious warrior boy. But it’s already too late. Mio has ruptured the veil between the mortal realm and the Underworld, and now the gods and monsters of ancient Japan stalk the streets of London, searching for her and the sword. With the help of her best friend Jack, a fox spirit named Hikaru – and the devoted protection of the betwitchingly familiar Shinobu – Mio attempts to discover the true nature of the sword and its connection to the Yamato family. Because if she doesn’t learn how to control the katana’s incredible powers, she’s in danger of being overwhelmed by them. And if she can’t keep the sword safe from the terrible creatures who want it for their own, she’ll lose not only her own life… but the love of a lifetime.	{ "date": "2022-05-17T05:35:48Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662515501.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517031843-20220517061843-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9425678849220276, "token_count": 382, "url": "https://cuddlebuggery.com/blog/2014/02/09/hot-new-titles-february-9th-2014/the-night-itself-2/" }
Four and a half stars Director Lee Chang-dong Starring Yoo Ah-in, Jun Jong-seo, Steven Yeun Running time 148 minutes Verdict A thriller so sharply-observed, it could scar THIS slow-burning psychological drama is reminiscent of the old boiling frog fable — by the time you fully understand what’s going on, you’ve already been scalded. That makes director Lee Chang-dong’s near-flawless adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story Barn Burning very difficult to write about. If ever a film should be tackled “cold”, Burning is it. But here’s a spoiler-free synopsis. Chang-dong’s haunting, Gatsby-ish love triangle is set in and around the South Korean city of Paju, which is close to the border with North Korea (at several points in the story, the hermit kingdom’s propaganda broadcasts ring out across the paddocks). It’s told from the point of view of odd-job man and would-be author Lee Jong-su (Yoo Ah-in), who bumps into a childhood friend, Shin Hae-mi (Jeon Jong-seo), outside a department store where she is employed as a dancer-spruiker. Jong-su doesn’t immediately recognise Hae-mi, because she has had plastic surgery. But it doesn’t take him long to fall for the charming yet somehow untethered free spirit. When Hae-mi travels to Africa, for a long-planned holiday, Jong-Su agrees to look after her elusive cat. Stuck at Nairobi airport for three days due to a terrorist scare, Hae-mi finally returns — with the rich, smug, enigmatic Ben (Steven Yeun) in tow. A displaced Jong-su watches from the sidelines, occasionally making pithy observations about the origin and nature of Ben’s privilege, as an awkward three-way friendship develops. Slowly, inexorably the tension mounts. There’s a subtle but significant shift in allegiances when Ben and Hae-mi visit Jong-su at his family home, where he is tending the animals while his volatile father is in prison over a When Hae-mi dances, topless, in the moonlight, it’s hard to decide which of the young men’s responses is more disturbing: Ben’s insouciance or Jong-su’s angry disapproval. From this point, Hae-mi stops returning Jong-Su’s calls. And his quest to find her becomes increasingly obsessive. All three lead performances are compelling. A rich and nuanced study of class, privilege, self-reinvention, justice and revenge told with extraordinary skill and discipline, Burning is fuelled by Mowg’s brooding score By toying with genre expectations, Chang-dong gets right inside movie goers’ heads. Uneasy, ambiguous, riveting. Opens Thursday; sneak previews today Join To Our Newsletter You are welcome	{ "date": "2022-05-17T04:27:13Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662515501.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517031843-20220517061843-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9069852232933044, "token_count": 684, "url": "https://www.goodtoseo.com/burning-review-vicky-roach/" }
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Published by Viking Publication date – 20 February 2020 Source – review copy Los Angeles. There are 192 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a pregnancy test in the airplane toilet; a Wall Street millionaire flirting with the air hostess; an injured soldier returning from Afghanistan; and two beleaguered parents moving across the country with their adolescent sons, bickering over who gets the window seat. When the plane suddenly crashes in a field in Colorado, the younger of these boys, 12-year-old Edward Adler, is the sole survivor. Dear Edward depicts Edward’s life in the crash’s aftermath as he struggles to make sense of the meaning of his survival, the strangeness of his sudden fame, and find his place in the world without his family. In his new home with his aunt and uncle, the only solace comes from his friendship with the girl next door, Shay. Together Edward and Shay make a startling discovery: hidden in his uncle’s garage are sacks of letters from the relatives of the other passengers, addressed to Edward. As Edward comes of age against the backdrop of sudden tragedy, he must confront some of life’s most profound questions: how do we make the most of the time we are given? And what does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? A flight from New York to Los Angeles. 192 passengers and crew on board. Each one with a different reason for the journey. Each one resigned to spending 6 hours in an enclosed space and each one either eager, or reluctant to reach their destination. What they don’t know is that none of them will reach L.A. and that only one of them will get to decide where he wants to go in the future. When a tragedy occurs, the sympathy quite rightly goes to those who died. Those left behind get fleeting sympathy. In Dear Edward we see that when a loved one dies, so does part of the life of the victims families. An ex-husband is no longer a sparring partner or an estranged father. He is now someone who was once loved and a missed opportunity at reconciliation. When a girlfriend dies she is no longer a future wife and mother. And when you are a 12 year old boy who is the sole survivour you have to discover who you now are, rather than who you could have been. Edward is no longer Eddie. Eddie was left behind at the crash site. Eddie was a brother to Jordan, was home schooled by his dad Bruce and kept his mother Jane awake at night as a baby. Edward is an orphan, the sole child now being raised by his aunt and uncle. As Edward recovers from his external injuries he also has to learn how to cope with the unseen ones. He is detached from his surroundings, become aware only slowly that he has lived his life since the crash in a fugue state, hardly aware of the passage of time. 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Just over a week ago, Chez Clumsy took delivery of a beautiful shiny new Nintendo Wii. It's a combined birthday present for both my partner and I, as the anniversaries fall within 20 days of each other. Because of my writing challenge, I haven't spent as much time as I'd like mucking about with this brilliant piece of technology. And it is brilliant, because with its simple yet addictive games and motion-sensitive remote, it's the first console that's held my attention since the Nintendo Entertainment System. Ah, those good old days of left-to-right view only video games. I tell you, the world of gaming peaked for me at Super Mario Brothers, and it has never quite reached those dizzy heights again. The main reason is because video games - with all their jumping and spinning and shooting and confusion - give me motion sickness. I can't stand to look at them for more than a few seconds. There's just too many options. Super Mario Bros was great - there were only so many actions you could perform. You get the mushroom, you grow bigger. You get the flower, you get fireball power. You jump up and down to hit and break blocks and collect coins. Every few levels you beat a big baddy. Then you do the whole thing all over again, with slightly different coloured blocks. Sheer genius. I played so much Mario as a kid, I can still play the tinny theme music perfectly in my head. And when, joy upon joys, Greg downloaded old-school Super Mario Bros into our Wii system (courtesy of the wireless internet hook-up - ain't this newfangled technology grand?), I found myself immediately hitting the same blocks for secret coins, moving Mario in exactly the right way to catch the mushroom and kill the turtle, venturing down exactly the right pipe to find a secret coin depository, and making the accompanying "boing" noises in my head. It's amazing how things stick with you. But the Wii is not just about re-living past glory days of gaming, it's about embracing a new style of play. It's been an absolute hit in Chez Clumsy - easily winning over Greg and our housemate Mark, both dedicated PC gamers (they're playing a game involving plunger-shooting bunnies even as I write), and entrancing visitors. But I put it to the ultimate test today by bringing in some actual children: my cousins Tiffany and Amber. At 11 and 8, they're around the same age my brother and I were when we began playing Nintendo, and they've never owned a console. The most video gaming they've done is a few trips to an Intensity game parlour, courtesy of my Dad. I wanted to see how a couple of young girls would react and interact with this Brave New Console. I'm pleased to say that upon arriving to pick up the girls this evening, my aunt was immediately beseiged with cries of "Can we get a Wii, puh-lease, Mum?" Negotiations to earn half the purchase price themselves soon followed. Schemes were being dreamt of, even as the tennis, bowling and baseball matches continued. Even my aunt got in on the act, taking on Tiffany in a boxing match. All three of them loved the process of creating "Mii"s - the little bubble-bodied avatars players create to represent themselves in the games. They even created one for our collective grandmother, and we were all howling with laughter as they tried on different hairstyles, trying to achieve just the right level of boofiness, and adjusted the size of the glasses and wrinkles. Interestingly, Tiffany chose to make her Mii dark-skinned, even though she's no more than olive. Mind you, Amber chose to give hers a moustache and a beard, which perhaps indicates they still have their imagination intact, as opposed to all us adults, who try as vainly as possible to make our Miis look like a true-but-cuter representation of ourselves. The novelty of the remote design was not lost on my aunt, who always though video gaming was a passive, sit-in-front-of-the-screen-thumbing-controls activity. Here the girls were getting physically into their games: Amber running around the living room as if it was a real tennis court, trying to make her return volleys; Tiffany lining up on home base, getting ready to pound the baseball as if she were Barry Bonds. Their physical commitment demanded mental focus - while continually trying new games, the girls stuck with the activity for hours without a break. I am determined now to spend a bit more time on the Wii, if only because it's good for some physical exercise. I'm already far behind Greg and Mark, who are on university holidays and able to devote several hours a day to improving their "Wii fitness" and remote technique. But I don't need to rush it, the Wii will be around for some time (barring an errant remote flying out of hand and smashing the control box), and I want to incorporate at least a few hours a week to childlike play. Perhaps one day, I might even finish Super Mario Brothers. Yours truly, flanked by Tiffany with Amber posing in front. Aren't we a fine bunch of cousins?	{ "date": "2022-05-26T12:05:28Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662604794.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220526100301-20220526130301-00402.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9717978835105896, "token_count": 1102, "url": "http://www.girlclumsy.com/2007/09/joy-of-wii.html" }
Dec 13th, 2021 Punit Dhillon is the chairman and CEO of Sky Bioscience. He's an entrepreneur, keen athlete, an author of the book, Catapult: How to Think Like a Corporate Athlete to Strengthen Your Resilience. Learn about how Punit’s athletic approach to live has helped catapult his business including: - Growing up as an athlete he noticed the parallels in corporate life, - The components of a corporate athlete. - What mindset has to do with growth as a leader? - How to live by true accountability and be purpose driven. Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services Find out more about Punit below: Punit on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/punit-dhillon/ Punit on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/PunitDhillon Punit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/punitdhillon/ Sky Bioscience: https://skyebioscience.com Catapult (Book) https://punitdhillon.com/book/ Full Transcript Below Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker. Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you Our special guest on today's show is Punit Dhillon. He's chairman and CEO of Sky Bioscience, and also author of Catapult. But before we get a chance to speak with Punit, it's The Leadership Hacker News. The Leadership Hacker News Steve Rush: It's easy to get caught up in the great resignation craze of quitting. Its human nature that makes us see where millions of people are doing something we follow along with that herd mentality that is millions of years old, and it's quite understandable after almost two years of enduring a pandemic and seeing loved ones, get sick and pass away. It changes our outlook on life. And that realization that life is actually quite short. We're all going to go through a collective thinking what we should do with the rest of our lives, finding a new job with purpose. Meaning more money is alluring, especially when you're stuck in a going nowhere role with a boss who micromanages your every move. Here's the leadership hack. Before you follow the crowd and make the big leap of going after a new shiny job, take the time to think deeply about why you're doing this in the first place. There's an overwhelming narrative when it comes to searching for a new job and its deep within you, the default is it's usually your boss and often is by the way. And you often will be giving yourself some internal dialogue that it sounds like it's their fault. You've got to move on. You've got to get away. Sometimes this is the case, but actually it could be you. It's really convenient to blame everyone else, but there may be other issues involved as well. So consider this. If you're just running away from a problem, when you secure a new role, will a problem repeat itself? Will you be happy? Will you still feel dissatisfied? Most of us are too self-critical. We dwell with that short come are, our inner coach gives us negative thoughts that play around in our heads. And while we're all grown up adults, we still carry around the burden of past trauma, failures, insecurities. And if we're fortunate enough for learnings, there is the desperate hope that by quitting we'll magically become a new and different person. And with a new job, everything will fall neatly into place. The new environment will be our cure and make us happy. So while it may be an answer, it may not be. Switching jobs may not make the difference at all. You might end up just as miserable and thinking and behaving the same way. It's similar to when you travel or you move. That initial feeling of euphoria being in a new world or a new house can be really alluring and great, as time goes by it becomes normal. And why? We are the same person. As time goes by you realize the same person with the same challenges is now just in a different location. So my hat to you is think before you make that great resignation greater, because your opportunity could be just under your nose if you looked hard enough for it. We love sharing stories that you bring to our attention, so please keep doing so. That's been The Leadership Hacker News, let's get into the show. Start of Podcast Steve Rush: Joining me today is Punit Dhillon. He's the chairman and CEO of Sky Bioscience. He's an entrepreneur, keen athlete, an author of the book, Catapult: How to Think Like a Corporate Athlete to Strengthen Your Resilience. Punit, welcome to The Leadership Hacker Podcast. Punit Dhillon: Thank you so much for having me, Steve, it's a pleasure Steve Rush: Looking forward to getting into your story and was particularly inspired about the stories that you shared when we first met. So perhaps for those that have not been familiar with your work or your company, just give us a little bit of your back story? Punit Dhillon: Yeah, basically been an athlete growing up, but then as of the last 20 years been focused on the life science space. So happy and very lucky to be regarded as an entrepreneur in that area in terms of what the different work that we've done. I've been developing a couple different technologies in my last 20 years. My most recent company that I was involved with was working on a cancer immunotherapy drug and presently we're working on a novel class of molecules for an ophthalmology application or various ophthalmology applications. So I think by working in the life science industry, it's been very rewarding and I've had a wonderful set of teams that have been a part of and lucky to be continuing to work with some of them over the last two decades. So it's been quite a pleasure. Steve Rush: Yeah, so if we peel that back a little bit. There are a couple of things in your early life that set you on your journey, if you like into becoming an athlete and indeed how that then transferred into your ways of working at business. Tell us a little bit about that? Punit Dhillon: Yeah, so the discipline of growing up as an athlete really has stuck with me and it care into my professional career. And that's what I kind of have written about, but I started as a competitive swimmer and then moved into rowing at university. And then after that, I had basically an opportunity to move to the U.S. where I started in life science industry. Actually didn't do anything competitive at that point. I was still working out regularly, but then I became pretty comfortable as a runner and sort of participating in different like half marathons and marathons. And in my early thirties, or like, as I was turning 30, I kind of had a bucket list thing that I wanted to accomplish. And there was doing an Ironman. And I basically got hooked on triathlon. So I've been competing in triathlons over the last 10 years on and off. And I still enjoy endurance sports. So essentially that has been a very interesting parallel for me. That relates really well to the professional work. We were talking about this earlier, leaning into what it takes to complete an ironman or any triathlon for that matter, or even just endurance training itself. There has a real connection in terms of the component of drive. There is mental aptitude involved. I think it's really helped me in terms of being able to process a lot and it's really shaped my approach to life and the approach I take into work and in a border sense. Steve Rush: And we're going to dive into this and we're going to have a look at some of those parallels in a little while, but for again, those who have not bumped into Sky Bioscience. Tell us a little bit about the current areas of work and how that's evolving for you? Punit Dhillon: Yeah, it's very exciting. I had the opportunity of seeing what evolved in the cancer immunotherapy space. I started my last company in 2010. Well actually it was formed in 2011, but kind the business plan was being written in 2010. And when I began that company there was only one kind of new drug launched in the current era of cancer immunotherapy. So over the last decade really saw what has transpired in terms of anyone that is diagnosed with cancer. They have a lot more options. There is a lot of success in terms of these immunotherapies being highly personalized to have that response that patients are looking for. In the current company I’m working in. It earlier stage, but it's similarly tackling a very interesting opportunity where the endocannabinoid system, which is a network of receptors is linked to a whole range of different diseases from kind of neurological disorders to central nervous system disorders. And then there's also, you know, this link to the ophthalmology applications. So we've tried to kind of narrow in the field here, see if we can change the biology in the eye by utilizing this unique mechanism that's at play with these different receptors. And we're developing our initial drug for glaucoma. And what we've been able to demonstrate to date is that it's showing a really good activity biologically. And were about to start our first clinical trial. So this now is about recapitulating the data that we've seen to date in animals, in humans. And we were quite excited about that. That I think for the entire industry in terms of the area that we're in, really lays the bedrock for a lot more opportunity in terms of utilizing this side of human biology. Steve Rush: It's such a fascinating subject, as you're talking it through, I can see that actually what you're doing is really groundbreaking. It's fundamentally shifting the outcomes that people can expect to receive, right? Punit Dhillon: Absolutely, and that's the fascinating thing about life sciences. I mean, there's one frustrating side of it that it takes a long time to develop drugs, and there's quite a process. It's not like you, you know, you come up with an application and all of a sudden you utilize. Technology companies are notorious for being able to demonstrate kind of proof of concept to something you're holding in your hand relatively quickly. In life sciences there's definitely a longer lead time. However, there's certain science, you know, that's underway today that is truly groundbreaking and necessary. You know, unfortunately what's happening in ophthalmology applications, patients develop tolerance to some of the existing drugs, they become ineffective. So there is a need for having disease management or you know, change to be available for these patients or options to be available for these patients. So this is what I think we accomplish with the technology that we're developing right now. And then on the business side of the equation, it's also exciting because Big Pharma who will ultimately be where, you know, we will try to exit the last company I was involved with. We had an opportunity to partner with Merck, similarly Big Pharma has the need to have new intellectual property and new drugs. Steve Rush: As a serial entrepreneur in such a really niche area of business, how do you just keep innovating? Where did these ideas come from? Punit Dhillon: So there's a huge amount of patience from the teams that we're working with. I think the ideas are always there. There's so much inspiration around us, right. In my particular case, I feel like I have this very good creative bug about me, but then it's also balancing that with the reality check, you know, you have the important people around you that can make it pragmatic in terms of the way that things can be developed. So in life sciences, there's no sort shortage. I think of similar types of creativity and opportunity that we can explore. It's just trying to be pragmatic about the resources in order to deploy it. I've been in the industry now for 20 years, I actually started on the healthcare fund side. I worked on a venture capital fund and then moved into the operational side and been in operational roles for the last 20 years. But the great thing we're seeing today, I mean, compared to 10 years ago, is the intersection of these different industries now. And I even touch on this in Catapult. My last chapter is called like Mavericks and, and it's really a call to action, there's very important themes that are still underway today, macro level. You can take that and apply that in any industry. I see intersections between AI and life science happening right in front of us in terms of opportunities we're looking at. We see opportunities of deep learning, you know, being applied on being able to rapidly scale up drugs. You look at what happened with the COVID 19 vaccines, you know, they were able to see sequence the virus and then come up with several solutions and rapidly move them through development. And you saw entire industries kind of come together in order to make it happen from the manufacturing that's necessary to the science, to the scale up, to the distribution. You know, everyone was talking about, you know, taking five years before you can get a vaccine and we saw it unfold in front of us within a year. That's quite impressive. Steve Rush: I would imagine that also gives you the permission as an organization to think that you can scale quicker than you may have done in the past. So having had that experience around you, it unlocks different thinking as well, doesn't it? Punit Dhillon: Absolutely, yeah. I benefited from coming from the corporate finance side and it's a very regulated industry, life sciences, but understanding operations, understanding kind of the governance side, and then these international components, business building, licensing, there's so many moving parts. So I've really enjoyed as much as there's a component of life sciences that sometimes sounds like it's like, oh, it moves like molasses, you're actually running super-fast. It may not always seem fast on the outside looking in but inside it's been amazing to see that growth. And there's always an inflection in required in early stage companies, early stage industries. And we're in that right now. I mean, I'm working in an area that is truly kind of a novel area. There's not many companies in this space. There's a limited amount of data, but there's an impressive set of data as well. And there's been a few companies that have already proven, you know, how this is an effective development space. So, I expect there to be like any industry, like there's going to be literally a hockey stick style growth that happens eventually once you prove that efficacy. Steve Rush: Yeah, fascinating stuff I will watch with absolute closeness. Punit Dhillon: Thank you. Steve Rush: You wrote the book Catapult, which really you talk around is that parallels earlier from your training in resilience as an athlete and the application at work, what was the moment that you thought, right. I've got something here that I could share with others. I'm going to write it down? Punit Dhillon: Well, didn't happen until after I wrote, like what a hundred thousand words Steve Rush: For the case, right? Punit Dhillon: I didn't originally plan to share this outside. This was a function of what happened. What we all went through in 2020, right? The pandemic, you know, forced us to be in indoors and slow down and take stock of kind of our lives, right? So there was a definitely a component of me having that opportunity. And then the other side of it, I was also hitting a personal milestone. I've always wanted to kind of sit down and write down what I believe in, in terms of my own principles of what have I learned over the last 20 years and what would I have told myself if I had the opportunity, tell myself 20 years earlier, what, you know, what would be the way to do it? I talk about this sometimes with my wife and in the last 10 years, I've been living in San Diego. I've only appreciated the lifestyle in San Diego brings, really in the last 5 to 10 years. And maybe it's partially because as the kids are older and so forth, but the other aspect of it, reality has been that, you know, I didn't take advantage of that beautiful lifestyle that Southern California brings in the early part of my career. I was very focused on working hard, you know, working those long hours and putting in that time. And as you get to a certain, you know, stage in your life, you're able to kind of look past a lot of those type of things and be a bit more reflective of how to be not only efficient, but at the same time more purpose driven in terms of how these other aspects impact our lives. So Catapult was an opportunity to do that. In one respect, I feel very blessed with the opportunities of working with several different people. Having the chance of building these different companies and the technologies, and truly it's been rewarding because you're seeing, you know, you're seeing that these drugs actually save people's lives. I have to pinch myself in terms of the opportunities that we had. So that was an opportunity in a period where I was just really focused on saying, well, I don't know if I'm going to be able to have that same definition of success in the next phase of my life. You know, there's a certain trajectory that comes with going into your forties. Steve Rush: Right. Punit Dhillon: A different trajectory afterwards and it's nothing to do with age. There's an author, David Brooks, he kind of talks about it in two mountains. In terms of the first mountain of your life. It's basically a checklist, right? You have to finish your school and you maybe do higher degree. And then you established your career and then you want to start a family and stabilize your life with the things that are necessary, the food, shelter type of equation. Like the basic needs, Maslow's hierarchy. Steve Rush: Right. Punit Dhillon: And then once those things are in place, then you're really moving on to your second mountain and your second mountain ends up being a lot more about self-fulfillment. And that's the thing I think that I was wrestling with as an individual. I believe I've had a wonderful opportunity in this first segment of my life, but how do I define that same success going forward for myself and you know, whatever quote unquote, what does that trajectory look like? It may not mean that it's like, you know, it's not the same definitions that were very prescriptive, I guess, in the first 20 years. Steve Rush: Yeah, I like it. And also, I guess, whilst it's not about age. Punit Dhillon: Yeah. Steve Rush: It is definitely about experience though, isn't it? So, you know, some people get over that first mountain really quick. Punit Dhillon: Yeah. Steve Rush: Some take much longer to get over it, but I think all of us can recognize that at some point we go, okay, where is this all heading? And in order for us to really tap into that, that's where that corporate athlete can really help us. So you talk about this corporate athlete with having some core foundations, some themes behaviors that are associated with them. I wonder if you to share those with us? Punit Dhillon: So as a corporate athlete, it's really this aspect that strengthening resilience can help you attain the success that you want to achieve. So I believe there's so many similarities in behavior and training in approach that both the athlete and call it a corporate athlete face to really realize their dream and then lead to whatever breakthrough or, you know, sometimes it's an innovative breakthrough, sometimes it's just a personal breakthrough and that's really the underlying premise of the book. And I feel I use this word blessed a lot, but I have to kind of state it because I wouldn't take kind of re redefine anything or redesign any component of what my experience has been. I was raised in India. I grew up in, in East Vancouver in Canada, and then had an opportunity to move to the U.S., to work in a career and had the opportunity to also work with companies that not only were incredibly successful, but they also had their own challenges along the way. Probably been at the brink of like insolvency. Working in startups half a dozen times in my career, which is interesting in itself. So all of those aspects I think have a definition of resilience. I believe that I'm kind of wired to go through the hard stuff in order to experience the positives and the benefit out of it. I don't know how often your wife's making you train for the iron man, but, you know, when you go about training, you know, like a bike a bike session. You usually want to work that hill and do what's required to get up a steep mountain climb or whatever. And then the reward is usually coming down fast or it's the fun part of the session. So I enjoy that climb because I like enjoying the satisfaction of the feeling on the other side of it. Steve Rush: That's interesting. Punit Dhillon: And a lot of people just don't take enough stock or notice of that important part of that climb. Steve Rush: Yeah. Punit Dhillon: In anything. Steve Rush: She absolutely loves climbing hills but I absolutely hate it and we have different perspectives of it. So, you know, she gets this real rush. Punit Dhillon: Yeah, and we all hate it. Steve Rush: Yeah, she gets this rush of energy. It gets her up there. I do the opposite. I have the rush of energy of, I got to hold it in and get to the top of the climb. And then boy, I can fly down the hill, the other side. Punit Dhillon: Yeah. Steve Rush: And therefore mindset has got a massive part to play in this too, isn't it? Punit Dhillon: A hundred percent. Steve Rush: Because people will come from it from different perspectives. Punit Dylan: That's the thing. Whenever anybody gives me a challenge, I'm in the happy place. Like that is something that I've lucked out in terms of being able to really take advantage of seeing these difficult situations and having a half glass, half empty type of attitude about anything. So it's not always pretty, but I do really well in that situation. And partially what I do well in is visualizing what that outcome looks like on the other end. Steve Rush: Right. Punit Dhillon: I already am picturing what the success looks like at the other end of that. And I try to kind of recapitulate that to the best of my ability on the completion. So yeah, this book was about encapsulating, a lot of that. And I believe as an athletes, they go through a lot of that. They go through visualization techniques, they go through a lot of rigorous training. They go through a lot of pain in order to reap the rewards and have the discipline then to compete at the world stage. So I haven't had the same, you know, same level of success being able to compete at the world stage, but I've also benefited from training at a pretty elite level throughout my career. So I've tried to apply those things into day to day in terms of even working with my team. Steve Rush: So if you think of the component parts of being a corporate athlete, you've got things like mental aptitude, holding yourself accountable to the things you commit to, making sure that you've got a real strong regime of training that is not just regular training, but its endurance, which means it gets stronger and deeper. And then of course you have this focus drive element that you call out in your book. Of those kind of four things, is there one that's more important than the other, or do you think they're all interrelated? Punit Dhillon: I believe they're all interrelated and each one of them stands, you know, capable of being on its own. You just have to recognize that there are a big part of it. I mean, I've looked at this trapezium situation many ways, and I purposely designed it in a way that it has an openness to it. So there's no closure to it. So a big part of it is the fact that, by defining your purpose or defining you’re, like kind of understanding of what's that engine in that's in inside of you, and what's leading you that is a big part of the source of motivation and the source of determination. So if we were to prioritize, that is a very important part of it. The other components like accountability, the physical capacity, the emotional intelligence and the mental capacity, those are all helping really support that and really achieve that impact that you're looking for. Now that this book has had a bit of time to breathe, even kind of reflecting on it further is like, is my message coming across too harsh in terms of, does everyone have to make some sort of significant impact or dent on the planet? I don't think that has to be the case. It has to be kind of your own personal definition of what that dent is. So sometimes people get lost and trying to make a connection with whatever their purpose has to be something that's, you know, too lofty or not communicating enough to themselves in terms of what is maybe right in front of them. I really am challenging people to go and spend the time to understand your purpose and define what that means for yourself. And don't try to compare yourself to, you know, Oprah Winfrey's purpose or whoever else, you know, everyone has a different definition of that. And in order to help you achieve second mountain, it's the underlying, you know, these underlying components. Punit Dhillon: I wonder how many people who don't end up feeling like they've had this impact on life, get stuck because they perceive the journey to be too big. The second mountain is too big. Rather than actually looking at themselves internally versus looking at external events happening around them. Steve Rush: Yeah, absolutely. That's why I think it's a really important question you asked about what are these things or most important because everyone has to take a very holistic approach and that why this joy component that's emphasized in this book is another important lens to that equation. This proverbial balance in life doesn't exist for anyone. Most often we're working towards our professional goals and we're working towards our personal goals and we're working towards our individual goals. So finding joy in work, in yourself and in life is part of the necessary thing that helps you continue to have that nuclear engine inside of you as well, that keeps spinning so that you have that source of motivation. Joy is a hundred percent linked, I believe, to giving somebody that intrinsic motivation to actually do what they ultimately want to do. Steve Rush: I like that. There's so many people you bump into who hate getting up in the morning, going to work. Punit Dhillon: Yeah. Steve Rush: They go around in these routines, they get stuck almost. And it's because they can't find joy, because joy is emotionally and locks, everything else, right? Punit Dhillon: Yeah, and I hate like when people get stuck, trying to define what other people's routines and other people's definitions for themselves. I guess the health industry does this really well. Everyone's always hawking the next plan and whatever the next diet regime or, you know, or workout regime or whatever. So people try to implement their model onto someone else. And I tried to avoid this in this book because I was trying to be very clear that these are my principles that I believe that help. And what it is? It's giving you a framework, but please spend the time to identify your own set of principles that work for you. And that this takes time and effort, you know, how often are people sitting down and writing down what their principles are. But the point that you raise is really important. We don't have to follow, you know, anyone else's routine, if it brings you joy to wake up at nine o'clock and start your day with, you know, a quant rather than starting your day with a, you know, 30 minute run, then I don't see anything wrong with that. You got to really navigate for yourself what it may means to get to wherever you're going in terms of your motivation, of course, underlying that there are still things like you have to take good care of your health, and you have to take good care of your mental health and being continuing to be accountable to yourself to be a high performer. But the definition of high performance is different for everyone. And it doesn't need to be like what first images that come to mind when we say the words high performing. I think that's what's unfortunately, you know, gets very frustrating for people and then people lose that joy and that energy that is pretty intrinsic in everyone. Steve Rush: Yeah, it's a hundred percent. And for anybody listening to this now who are thinking, I can never run an ironman, or I never perform in an ironman or run a marathon or take up a new sport. That is absolutely just a mindset. Now, respectfully, there are also some physical things that might be going on around them, but it doesn't have to equally be an ironman. It could just be a personal best in something. It could be starting something new, it could be leading a different team, getting different results. So it's absolutely about personalizing some of those principles and behaviors. Isn't it? Punit Dylan: Absolutely, 100%. I think that philosophy of that mindset is where we all need to continue to focus on. I'm very happy that, you know, like my nine year old, you talk to her any day and she'll always quote somewhere along the line about having a growth mindset. And I don't know where she picked it up, obviously she's got some strong influences around her, but it reminds me to always also have that growth mindset. Steve Rush: It does, yeah. Punit Dhillon: We sometimes get caught up with all of the other noise in our lives and we forget the simple things like that. And sometimes just starting something different, maybe try your routine different or work with your team differently. Steve Rush: So our folks listen to this will be familiar that this is where we start to hack into your leadership brain, start to get all of those experiences and shortlist them into your top three leadership hacks. What would they be? Punit Dhillon: My top three leadership hacks? Okay. Well, I definitely use the lists. I talk about that. So that is a big part of my daily routine is checklist. So I'm a big list person. I use a top three, I use a longer list of 10 things, but every day there's three things that have to get done and it's regarded as a top three, otherwise, you know, I do use lists often. Number two has been really being myself. I find that that's a constant reminder in terms of everyone that you're around is just to be yourself. And that's big part of the first part of this book is called true accountability and kind of try to define a formula around that. And the third has been try to enjoy Friday nights. As long as I can think, you know, I try to have a lime margarita or something like that, or, you know, just remind myself that there's you know, a lot to be thankful for, you have to find joy and sometimes really make room for it. In the book, I talk about different routines so people can, kind of dive into that, but sometimes it's a Sunday on Sunday nights and other times margarita on Friday nights. Steve Rush: Yeah, and some reward too. Punit Dhillon: Oh, yeah, right. Steve Rush: For all of the disciplines and that you apply in your life and work, we all still need that reward don't we? Punit Dhillon: Yeah, and by the way, there's the obvious ones that I have to wake up in the morning and start my day with working out. So I guess one of the biggest leadership hacks that I can emphasize is that I really take pride in owning the morning. So if you get the morning, right, it really helps you set yourself up for success the rest of the day. So by really taking the time to own that morning and on a organize yourself, and that means, you know, starting the time that allows you to do that, it really helps you be successful throughout the day without being feeling flustered the rest of the time. Steve Rush: Great advice. Next part of the show, we call it Hack to Attack. So this is typically where something hasn't worked out well, but as a result, we've learned from it, and it's now a force of good in what we do. So what would be your Hack to Attack? Punit Dhillon: Lack of planning. There's definitely been a couple situations in my career where not having a plan has basically been, like a plan to fail. When we're developing different drugs. And there's quite an extent a process involved and most often clinical trials is kind of your measurement point along the way. So there's different stage gate decisions that lead to a clinical trial, but once a clinical trial is underway. I think many people get kind of caught up, for different companies have get caught up with just getting to the on inflection point and not properly planning for the success of ensuring that the trial can go smoothly. Sometimes that's linked to enrollment and sometimes it's linked to the appropriate resources. And I've been through a situation where both of those were not properly sought after, in terms of the resources and the bandwidth that was required in order for us to really succeed in the time that was given. So what it ended up leading to was over budget, not being able to complete the trial and the amount of time that we've had had allocated. And we didn't get to our end goal in time, a very basic example, but it's a, very important one in our industry. Steve Rush: Yeah. Punit Dhillon: Because I think sometimes entrepreneurs or just teams can get caught up with just feeling like, okay, we just got to get there. And once we start that it'll happen, but it's not anything like that. You're always having to think way past that. Talk about this, about thinking past the finish line. This is a very important takeaway for this, is that in, in anything that you're doing, sometimes your mind is only set on achieving that goal that you had set and it could be lofty or important or whatever it is, but it's most often getting to that is usually not the problem it's actually following through and finishing whatever, you know, is required after that. And so thinking past the finish line is a critical one. And in my case in that clinical trial, we ended up getting to the end result, but it wasn't pretty in terms of getting there. We almost ran out money as a company. It took too long. The number of patients that we had to enroll in the study had to get larger. And then we had to go to more sites around the world. And a lot of those things could have been avoided earlier on. Steve Rush: It's an old cliché, but the whole failed to plan, plan to fail philosophy, isn’t it? Exactly right. Punit Dhillon: Yeah. Steve Rush: So last part of the show we get to give you a chance to do try and travel, bump back into yourself at 21 and give yourself some advice. What would it be? Punit Dhillon: I think my advice to myself, would've been to take more time soaking it in. In terms of the different experiences. Oftentimes we work with some really wonderful people and we fail to kind of recognize that in the moment. And I think each one of the interactions that we have in our careers is super critical in terms of building those experiences. So just enjoying those moments and treating every single interaction. Sometimes it's with your boss, sometimes it's with your team as great opportunities for learning. That would be my big takeaway and part of that, I wish I spent a bit more time writing about those experiences sometimes like you're so in the midst of doing these transactions, like I pulled All-nighters and I've done these complex deals, raising capital for companies and licensing deals and we're talking like mega million deals. And I wish that I had taken the time to kind of journal around some of those experiences because. Steve Rush: Yeah, it would be another couple of books written. Punit Dhillon: It's not even about that, but just in terms of appreciating, like what you get out of those things. Steve Rush: Exactly. Punit Dhillon: You're dealing with all of these complex, you know, legal terms and all of these things that are great learning experiences, but it's all in our head now. Like, you know, I can recall it vividly in terms of the pain points that we've experienced in those things. But I just wish that I had taken more time to really appreciate those moments because they went very rapidly. Steve Rush: And that is thinking past the finish line, right? Punit Dhillon: Yeah. What I've learned from my boss is a responsibility that I expect, like my team to be able to share with their teams and so forth. So I think it's like a cycle that continues to evolve, but it's an important one because that's how innovation happens. Steve Rush: It certainly does. It certainly does. So for folks, listen to this, who'd like to get a copy of Catapult. Would love to learn more about you, the work that Sky Bioscience are doing, where's the best place for us to send them? Punit Dhillon: Yeah, you can send them to my website and its punitdhillon.com and there are several tabs on the website that can lead you to the book as well as contacting me if you have any questions. I would be happy to respond. Steve Rush: Brilliant. And we'll make sure they're in the show notes as well. Punit Dhillon: Thank you so much, Steve. Steve Rush: So thanks for ever so much for being on the show, Punit, and thank you for sharing some stories and we very much look forward to having you a part of our network. Punit Dhillon: Thank you so much, Steve. Steve Rush: I genuinely want to say heartfelt thanks for taking time out of your day to listen in too. We do this in the service of helping others, and spreading the word of leadership. Without you listening in, there would be no show. So please subscribe now if you have not done so already. Share this podcast with your communities, network, and help us develop a community and a tribe of leadership hackers. 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Syracuse’s Hillsman schedules with an eye toward NCAAs NEW YORK (AP) — Quentin Hillsman is already thinking ahead to March and the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse’s coach scheduled up in the early part of the season with games against No. 3 Oregon and No. 20 Texas A&M with the hopes of playing well and potentially getting a home game in the opening weekend of the NCAAs. “I think hosting the NCAA Tournament worked out good for us,” Hillsman said after the team beat Texas A&M on Wednesday. “Try to get those games back in the Dome again. We’re very much conscious of how we schedule and who we schedule. I remember awhile back sitting in the room for selection the year we were left out. ... I can’t blame it on our schedule anymore. I told the (kids) I schedule this way on purpose because I thought we were good enough. The teams that we scheduled and tournaments we’re going to, they are very good teams. We’re not playing any bad teams in those neutral site games. It’s about trying to host these games and be at home (for the NCAAs).” Syracuse hosted the opening two rounds of the NCAAs in 2016 and advanced to the title game that year. Here are other things that happened in women’s college basketball this past week: REACHING A MILESTONE: C. Vivian Stringer became the fifth Division I coach and sixth overall to reach the 1,000-win mark on Tuesday night when Rutgers beat Central Connecticut State. Stringer joined Pat Summitt, Geno Auriemma, Tara VanDerveer and Sylvia Hatchell in the club. Division II coach Barbara Stevens, of Bentley College, also has reached 1,000 victories, as well as Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski. BIG 12 DOMINANCE: The Big 12 was the last conference to lose a game this season after starting the year 26-0. The Big 12 is 30-2 through the first 13 days of the season and the league has two wins over Top 25 teams, with Baylor beating then-No. 23 Arizona State and Iowa State’s victory over No. 24 Miami. The Cyclones claimed the Preseason WNIT with that victory — the fifth time a Big 12 program won the WNIT since 2002 and the first since Baylor did it in 2015. FIRST OF MANY: Tina Thompson won the first game as head coach when Virginia beat Old Dominion 72-67 on Sunday. The Cavaliers dropped their opening two games, losing to No. 6 Mississippi State and Kentucky. TRIPLE DOUBLE: Rider guard Stella Johnson recorded the first triple-double in women’s basketball history at the school when the team beat Mount St. Mary’s 85-67 on Saturday. Johnson had a career-high 35 points on an efficient 14-of-19 shooting from the field to go along with 12 rebounds, 10 assists and six steals. Johnson is now 11 behind NCAA career leader Sabrina Ionescu, who got her 12th one on Sunday. She did it while only hitting one field goal for No. 3 Oregon in a win over Buffalo. The junior guard had 10 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds, getting it with a rebound with 1:24 left. SAD NEWS: South Florida senior guard Kitija Laksa suffered a torn ACL and meniscus in her right knee on Thursday night when the No. 21 Bulls beat Bethune-Cookman 88-39. The 6-foot Laksa, who played for her home country Latvia in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup earlier this year, led South Florida in scoring the past two seasons. She averaged 19.2 points as a sophomore and 21.1 points last year. Laksa, who was averaging 16.3 points this season, set an NCAA record with 11 consecutive 3s in a game last year. FIRE WOES: Ohio State’s trip to play Stanford and Sacramento State was cancelled because of the poor air quality in Northern California. The Buckeyes were going to play Sacramento State on Friday and Stanford on Sunday. The teams will work on rescheduling the games for next year. Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg More AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25	{ "date": "2022-05-21T10:16:57Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2022-21", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662539049.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20220521080921-20220521110921-00602.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9631119966506958, "token_count": 956, "url": "https://apnews.com/7ef91d6c78fe42c7b0d63ab39a14b566" }
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ATI Radeon X700 XT: More PCIe Midrangeby Derek Wilson on September 21, 2004 5:58 AM EST - Posted in IntroductionThe introduction of the X700 line (codenamed RV410), ATI is breaking their tradition of using revamped and tweaked previous generation parts in their current generation midrange product. RV410 is officially an R423 derivative. We see this as a very big step for ATI, and we hope they maintain this direction with future generations. The immediate impact on the consumer space will be better performance in the midrange and compatibility on par with high end products. This last point is important to realize. Last year, many games or features that ran fine on 9700 and 9800 cards would have strange problems or incompatibilities with 9600 cards. Also, previous generation RV series cards lacked ATI's F-Buffer which enables GPUs to run shader programs that exceed a certain length. These issues were usually cleared up in driver updates or game patches, but attention to the midrange tended to follow attention to the high end segment. Now that the high end ATI GPU is the same core design as the midrange, any performance improvements or fixes that apply to the X800 will also apply to the X700 line. Unlike last year (and the year before), ATI's product launches have lagged NVIDIA's. Our 6600 numbers are exactly 2 weeks old today. While some may speculate that this gives ATI an advantage because they have seen the performance of the competition, ATI needs to carefully balance yield, performance, and price for itself before it can worry about the competition. Bringing a product to market second in such a competitive space would only give ATI an advantage if they were able to maintain profitable yields at higher performance than necessary (and so could lower clocks and increase yield while still leading performance). Of course, all this goes out the window when you have NVIDIA and ATI both throwing insanely low yield high performance limited availability parts at each other trying to claim the performance crown. Hopefully we can be confident that the 6600 GT and the X700 XT will end up being less vaporous than the 6800 Ultra Extreme and the X800 XT Platinum Edition. But all speculation aside, this is when the battle really heats up. Both NVIDIA and ATI now have affordable midrange products in the market that perform very well with respect to previous generation parts. We've got all the details inside; read on to find out who comes out on top in the most important competition for this GPU generation.	{ "date": "2013-05-21T09:59:53Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2013-20", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9398801326751709, "token_count": 500, "url": "http://www.anandtech.com/show/1482" }
Posts Tagged Non-profit An Interview with the Society for Commercial Archeology A few days ago we posted my interview with Danielle Kelly from The Neon Museum in Las Vegas. During the interview she mentioned that I must reach out to the Society for Commercial Archeology. She said if you love the older, lesser know signs and buildings of America’s roadsides and are interested in helping preserve them, those are the guys to talk to. So I did just that and they didn’t disappoint. When I spoke to Ralph Wilcox, the Society for Commercial Archeology’s secretary, I envisioned this Indiana Jones-esque group of individuals combing through dilapidated commercial buildings in search of relics from the past. OK, so I over romanticized a little bit, but in truth the SCA is the largest national organization devoted to the buildings, artifacts, structures, signs, and symbols of the 20th-century commercial landscape. continue reading… Updated: Interview With Bryan McCormick of Vegas Vernacular Update: 4/22/2013: While I was attending the 2013 International Sign Association’s Sign Expo in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago, I had the privilege of sitting down with Bryan over lunch to discuss the latest happenings with the Vegas Vernacular. It had been about 6 months since our first interview and I wanted to get an update on the organization, what they are currently working on and what’s next……oh and to get my print of the Desert Moon Motel I ordered! Although I loved meeting Bryan at the art exhibit back in September of 2012, this time around was even better. We went to an incredible little place to eat, called EAT, in old downtown and just talked signage. It was the first time I had ever just walked around that area and it really gave me an appreciation for what Bryan and his team are trying to document. Once you get away from the Strip, you realize that a whole other world exists. Just walking and driving down Freemont Street – away from the tourist traps – you quickly realize what Vegas was truly about. It’s not about the massive Casinos. It’s about the hundreds of family owned motels and businesses that lined the streets. Each one with a unique story. Each one on the verge of disappearing. Although they have accumulated around 50,000 images, there is still more to be done. Much of their current projects are based on immediate necessity. Not only are the smaller motels and building being closed down, they are being torn down. Bryan said that just knowing what properties are next is difficult. Then trying to get in to photograph them can be an even bigger challenge. But, aside from the constant need to document the signs, Bryan and his team are right in the middle of creating a platform to catalog and display the images. The best part of the platform, they want to make it available to other organizations, in other cities, to allow them to accomplish the same goal as the Vegas Vernacular. A national platform for all to use as inspiration and education. They have also spent some time trying to track down the artists, like “King” Richard Harris, who actually created the hand painted signage. Their personal stories are as much a part of the dialogue as the signs they created! For the most part, things continue at breakneck speed for the Vegas Vernacular and the ever changing landscape of Las Vegas sure keeps Bryan on his toes. Let’s just hope he is quick enough to document it before it’s gone! continue reading… The Spotlight Shines on Vegas’ Neon Museum Born From Necessity As I sat across from Danielle Kelly, the executive director of The Neon Museum, I almost forgot that we were discussing old, beat up, and sometimes forgotten signs. In fact, I felt that we could have been talking about a recently discovered Picasso or Van Gogh original. That’s how passionate Danielle is about her beloved museum and the works of art that she and her team painstakingly curates. Founded in 1996, The Neon Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and restoring iconic Las Vegas signage to display and educate future generations on the area’s unique art form. But, according to Danielle, the path to what visitors see today when they come to the Neon Museum is a far cry from where they started. continue reading… A Little Thank You Can Go A Long Way Your mother always taught you to say “Thank you” when someone did something nice, and she made you write countless notes for every birthday, Christmas and graduation gift. Even though you grumbled about spending your Saturday morning writing out card after card until your hand cramped, you knew Mom was right. When someone gives you something, it’s polite (and socially expected) to acknowledge their kindness with a thank you. 3 Considerations to Harness the Power of Design According to Wikipedia: - Power is defined as the ability to influence the behavior of others with or without resistance. - Design is a road map, complete with specifications, plans, costs and activities, or a strategic approach for someone to achieve a unique expectation. Harper Grey: Donation Dilemmas I know that charitable organizations rely on donations from people like me to support the people they help. And I like to think I do my share: my husband and I donate annually to the children’s hospital and our local NPR station. Last year we gave everyone goats for Christmas (no, not REAL goats. Virtual goats from Oxfam. Our relatives just got cards saying they got a goat, but that it was currently residing in a third world country. Everyone was thrilled). 5 Tips For Putting On A Race For most of the country, summer is in full swing and that means getting out and enjoying the park, the pool, or the beach (yes, I know it is sweltering right now in some parts, but hey, it won’t last forever). No matter the temperature, summer is when people want to be out of their houses and for a non-profit, it is a great time to take advantage. Success Stories: Operation61 As a continuation of our Success Stories series, I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Brad and Monnica Manuel, co-founders of Operation61, a non-profit organization dedicated to the eradication of human trafficking to talk about their organization and their thoughts on building a successful non-profit. When did you first become aware of human trafficking? Monnica: We had heard little pieces here and there. One trigger was the movie, “Taken,” which made us start asking more questions, doing more research. We originally had the mindset that it was a third world country issue. There are 27 million slaves worldwide (that includes sex slaves and labor slaves). Then we began to break it down to what’s happening here domestically. Somewhere between 100,000 and 300,000 children are sexually exploited in the United States every year. We wondered if it was happening in Utah. 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I completed my first Classic: RABBIT, RUN (Updike). I rated it a 1.5/5. :( I finished my first: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.http://superfastreader.wordpress.com/2007/01/07/the-moonstone-by-wilkie-collins/ I actually read one of my challenge books in December, so I added a new one to my list!I read Edith Wharton's, The Age of Innocence in December; and finished Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen in January. Very brief reviews are posted on my blog (caribousmom). What's happened to the dates?! This appears to have been blogged in March 2007 - the Winter Challenge is now officially over :-) I finished my first as well. Isn't it funny that, just like The Superfast Reader, it was Wilkie Collins' Moonstone? See the entry for January 6th.http://individualtake.blogspot.com/ Joy, I'll be over to read your review. Looks like you didn't like it much with only a 1.5 rating. Hope the next one is better.Superfast, I'm still jealous of the spead with which you read. Anxious to read your thoughts about Moonstone.Wendy, I have no problem with you reading one of your classics in Dec and counting it, if you want to. Rajm, the date trick is one I learned from Colleen Gleason. By predating a blog, it will stay at the top of my blog throughout the whole classics challenge, so readers don't have to waste time finding the post. I did the same thing with the one just below it. Jill, I wonder if you and superfast reader will feel similar about that the book. That's a chunkster - you must be a fast reader, too. I've just finished my first classic The Wind in the Willows and I really enjoyed it. I'm back to the Fellowship of the Ring (my second one). I should finish it any time now. Hopefully. :) That's quite a list. No wonder you were always on the computer :) I just finished my first yesterday, Lady Audley's Secret. It was pretty good! I finished A Wrinkle in Time, now I"m passing it on to one of my children to read :)http://womenathome.typepad.com/my_reads/2007/01/a_wrinkle_in_ti.html http://womenathome.typepad.com/my_reads/2007/01/a_wrinkle_in_ti.htmlI don't know what happened to the link... sorry. I finished my first, Casino Royale, awhile back. Here's a link to the review:http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/?p=568 I finished my first book: Madame Bovary Woo hoo, one down, four to go! I just finished "Umrao Jaan Ada", an Urdu classic, written in 1905 about a courtesan in the Royal Courts of Lucknow, India. I finished my first as well: Metamorphosis. Next one coming up soon promise. I finished the Odyssey. I'm not sure I feel any smarter. :) I am struggling to read Catch-22. I am really hating this book (I know many, many people love it...but, it is just torture for me). I want to give up on it (I'm 70 pages into the book). Is it permissible to give up on one of my listed books and substitute another classic in its place? (...please, please say yes!!)Wendy Wow! you guys are doing awesome! I'm going to be starting my first classic today - Woman in White. I feel so far behind, but I had to read a couple books for book groups. Might be quite embarassing if I don't finish my own challenge!Wendy, don't hesitate to change one book on your list for a different one. Thank you, thank you, thank you!I've bagged Catch-22 (I'll be interested to see what other readers think of this book!).I've substituted: Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton. My blog is updated with this new information. Hi! I finished Frankenstein and posted this on it:http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/007375.htmlI also finished Tale of 2 Cities:http://www.sheilaomalley.com/archives/007516.htmlI'm reading Gulliver's Travels now - I'll let you know when I finish it! I completed my second Classic: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Capote). I rated it a 3.25/5. OK my first one is up. Jo's Boys by L M Alcott(randomjottings.typepad.com) I finished Silas Marner by George Eliot. My review is here:http://educatingpetunia.blogspot.com/ I've just finished The Fellowship of the Ring and I'm currently reading The Two Towers (my third in the list!) I made a new blog, just for books, and am updating this challenge there. I've finished Robinson Crusoe (in December) and then The Great Gatsby and Treasure Island over the holidays, into January. I'm slogging through On the Road right now; slow going though, because it is not grabbing me. Oh yeah, I'm reading Moby Dick with an online group, a few pages a day. It might take more than until the end of Feb, so it won't count for this challenge but it's pretty awesome. Hi booklogged!Apparently PBS is going to be airing "Jane Eyre" (Masterpiece Theatre) on Jan 21 and 28. Check local listings. I thought fans of the book might like to watch it, I know I will be. Here's the link:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/janeeyre/ I've read two of them so far. Brave New World - Which I felt was ok, but I didn't fall in love with.And The Quiet American, which has turned me into a Greene fan. I've read my first book of the challenge, Miss Marjoribanks by Mrs. Oliphant. A small review is on my blog. Now I'm eager to move on to The Moonstone, thanks to other readers' reviews. I finished book number 2 from my list! Yeah!A Farewell to Arms ... nad I have to say, I did indeed fall in love with the book. Keep up the good work. Everyone is doing fabulous. I'm enjoying reading your reviews and have so many good classics added to my list.Lotus, thanks for the heads up on the Jane Eyre movie. I've never seen the movie and it's been a long, long time since I read the book, so I'm going to be in front of my tv on those two nights. Just finished my first: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. A quick review is on my "Pieces of Me" blog. I'm all done with Anna Karenina, my first for the Winter Classics Challenge. I posted my thoughts on my blog. :-) My first classic was "Atlas Shrugged." It was my third time, but it's still a great book. Here's the site of my reivew: http://framedandbooked.blogspot.com/2007/01/1st-chunkster-and-classics-book.htmlNow I've got to read some of these other reviews. I finished The Color Purple...splendid book!! My review and thoughts are posted to my blog. I started The Grapes of Wrath yesterday and so far am really enjoying it!Wendy I finished my first, also The Moonstone. I gave it 3/5. :) More thoughts on my blog. I surprised myself by jumping into Fahrenheit 451 so quickly and now it's another book I can check off my Classics Challenge list. I really enjoyed it. Now I'm off to read a book for another challenge. :-) I completed by third Classic: ANIMAL FARM (Orwell). I rated it a 3.25/5. Next up is LORD OF THE FLIES (Golding). I've finished reading Mary Poppins, my first book for the Classics Challenge. On to The Railway Children.md I finished classic #1, Lady Chatterley's Lover. My scribbles about this book can be found at My Reading Adventures I have finished Emma and Pride and Prejudice. I'm currently working on Anna Karenina. Good luck with the spread sheet! I finished my first classic: The Awakening by Kate Chopin. I wrote a brief review on my blog. http://www.joyfuljottings-janet.blogspot.com I've finished Kim: http://pussreboots.livejournal.com/186146.html Ok, I can report on two more:Finished :The Good Earth by Pearl Buck (a post on it should be up later today)Finished: Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki (post later in the week)3 down, 2 to go! :) One down, four to go -Evelina is finished. Can't hold a candle to Jane Austen but fascinating as historical research. Okay I finished my quite a while ago but I read Madame Bovary and hope to fit in another one really soon. lol I managed to finished my third read! The Canterbury Tales! I really did enjoy it ... I read several parts out loud - it is much better spoken than read I thought (or maybe it's easier for me to hear the flow of the poetry when it's spoken than just read!) Two down - three to go - I've completed Three Men in a Boat and The Turn of the Screw - now with the Henry James I start to leave the English Novel in my selections.. Well, I gave up on On the Road by Jack Kerouac.For my penance, I resolve to complete one extra book to make up for the boring, druggie, slacker-hippie fest that was On the RoadThe extra book was Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Much better, albeit, shorter. Next up for the challenge is to read Emma, and for extra credit, there are some childern's classics that I plan to read, just because I never read them. (I think I plan to read a bunch of classics this winter, especially all the short ones I can find. There are some gaping holes in my reading history) I just finished The Brothers Karamazov. I'm heading over to write my review right now. BTW, I'm enjoying going to other blogs to read their reviews on the Classics they have read. What an interesting group of readers. I've written a review for my second book, McTeague. It was a hard one to finish. http://caribousmom.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/1/19/2665019.htmlFinished The Grapes of Wrath! And now I'm going to take a break from classics until February. You can read my review on The Grapes of Wrath on my blog (link above).Wendy My Classics Challenge is a trip around the world, with the first book being Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, known for his contribution to Japanese short fiction.http://historicalpresent.typepad.com/historical_present/2007/01/classics_challe.html Just finished "Persuasion" by Jane Austen. Loved it! I completed my fourth Classic: LORD OF THE FLIES (Golding). I rated it a 3/5. Last in line is MRS. DALLOWAY (Woolf). Finished my first one - Les Miserables.Took me 2 weeks to read the first half and one week to read the second half :-) I don't even want to think about everything that has been left undone while I read, but the book was worth it!!One down - 4 to go. On to Dracula :-) I finished my first one:Letters from Hawaii, by Mark Twain.My review is up at:http://sharala.blogspot.com/2007/01/finally-tbrclassics-book-one.html Winter Classic Challenge book #2 completed! :) My thoughts about Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl will be posted on my site, My Reading Adventures, soon. Finished challenge book #1 on 1-19.Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRated 4/5. I am starting #2, Silas Marner, tomorrow Finished Middlemarch (number two)! It was longer than I thought: 578 pages in the Norton critical edition (translation: tiny, tiny print that normal humans can barely read).I love it though-hopefully I'll have a review up at my site tomorrow. No promises until Thursday, though! I just finished Silas Marner. My review is up at my blog.Just a quick correction to your list of authors, titles, readers; it doesn't show me as one of the folks reading this particular title. I've finished my second Classic read, My Antonia. I'm still going along with The Moonstone but life is annoyingly getting in the way of a nice long read! Review of Willa Cather's novel at http://indextrious.blogspot.com/2007/01/reading-my-antonia.html#links Finished my second book, Agnes Grey. I have a review up at my blog already.http://educatingpetunia.blogspot.com/2007/01/review-agnes-grey.html I've completed my first and second classics. I already have a review for Silas Marner posted, but I just finished Scarlet Pimpernel today, so it may be a few days before I write my review on it. I finished A Tale of Two Cities last week. It's the first time I've read it, to my embarrassment, and I encourage anyone holding off to grab it. What a great story of friendship and character during the French Revolution. Now I'm picking up Stendhal's The Red and The Black which I saw on a blog a few weeks ago. I love Classics, booklogged, and find this Challenge especially thrilling when I can be a "voyeur" on other's classic coices. I have started reading three at once (bad habit I know) and am half way through with those three... I've finished number 2: Eight Cousins. I actually enjoyed it though it was a bit preachy. My full review will eventually be up on my blog. Hopefully sometime today. I've finished book #3, Uncle Tom's Cabin. I read The Moonstone and reviewed it here. Loved it as much as The Woman in White! I've just finished Fathers and Sons. I quite enjoyed it and am now looking forward to reading the next Turgenev on the list. OK, Mrs. Dalloway is finally done; I can't seem to stop using semicolons now; it progressed so slowly and was terrible. Perhaps I'm too post-modern (or old fashioned?) for Virginia Woolfe, but I prefer my novels to have what we in the provinces call a plot I can read stream-of-consciousness drivel anywhere these days--I was expecting more. I give it a few sentences on today's blog post, but it's not much more than what I just posted here LOL Glad to be done with it is my overall review.Vanity Fair OTOH is wrapping up today, and I'm enjoying it much more. Much easier to read, understand, and relate to, even set in Victorian England with 100 pages of footnotes. I've finished book #4: Fighting Angel. I've finished The Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene and The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. I love those snowflakes! I just reviewed my third, "The Hound of the Baskervilles." It was a fun read. Here's the link:http://framedandbooked.blogspot.com/2007/01/3rd-classic-challenge.html I just finished Peter Pan and my review is here I completed my last Classic: MRS. DALLOWAY (Woolf). I rated it a 1/5. :( I've finished my first classic and posted about it here:http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/01/carbon-betteredge-mere-carbon-my-good.html Thanks for organising this challenge! Congratulations to Joy. She is the first to complete all five of her classics - and in less than a month. Way to go, Joy!Actually, I'm impressed at how well everyone is doing. Only one more month. We can do it, right?! Right! Finished my second classic: Dracula by Bram Stoker.VERY glad I finally got around to reading the original. Finished 2nd: I, Robot by Asimov.Am 20 pages short of my third read which is the poem The Art of Love by Ovid. It should be up in a day or two. Woo-hoo! I have already finished The Woman in White, and am well on the way to finishing Martin Chuzzlewit. I'm going great guns at the moment. Review to follow soon... My second classic was The Railway Children by E Nesbit. It was outstanding, especially since I read the Folio edition, which is beautifully illustrated.md Now finished re-reading Where Angels Fear to Tread, bit of a break to read my Book Group book of the month before I return to the classics! Hi, booklogged!I have finished 3 out 5 books for the classics challenge and I would like to make a change if I may, Instead of "Palace Walk" which I am struggling with at the moment, can I read "Alice in Wonderland"? I see you are reading it, too, so it will be fun to compare notes. Also, if I read "Through the Looking Glass and what Alice Found There" would that be considered a separate read altogether or part of the same one? THanks! Done with number three, Out of Africa. I enjoyed it, and will write up my thoughts tomorrow.http://astripedarmchair.blogspot.com I finished reading Catch-22 last night and will be moving onto Emma the beginning of next month. Lotus, I think we should count Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass as two separate classics. Does that sound okay to you. I'm just about finished with Alice and don't think I care to read the sequel.Everyone is doing marvelous! I hope I do better in Feb than I've done in Feb. Do you realize there are 101 people signed up to read classics?! Is that incredible, or what?! Booklogged, thank you! Sounds great! I finished "Alice in Wonderland" last night and I shouldn't take too long with the "The Looking Glass...". Yes, the nonsense writing, is getting to me, too, lol, but I am curious to find out what happens in the sequel. If I have time I may go back and tackle "Palace Walk".It's great that so many people have signed up for the classics read! Wonderful! I have finished three of my classics: The Awakening, Ethan Frome, and Catch 22. I did not like Catch 22 at all. I would probably have tossed it aside if my student teacher didn't want to teach it so badly. I loved The Awakening and Ethan Frome. Two very different views of women and love. I just finished Beowulf. A pretty good read and the language, to die for.Here's the link to my post about it.http://greatewhitenorth.blogspot.com/ I've finished Liza, and now I've got only about 1 3/4 to go . . . I'm doing somethingahead of schedule for once! Finished my fourth: Lady Audley's Secret I finished Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen last night! Woo hoo! I've got one more to go to complete the challenge. I rated Northanger Abbey a 3.5/5. Not my favorite Austen novel, but worth reading. I finished my fourth, "Candide." I'm thoroughly enjoying reading "The Scarlet Pimpernel," which will be my fifth. Way to go, Joy, for getting all five done so quickly. Book #3 is completed. Hopefully, I'll have time to scribble my thoughts on this book and book #2 on my site, My Reading Adventures, soon. It's going to be a cold,cold weekend, so I plan on reading a lot! Finished my third title, Mary Barton and posted the review to my blog today (Feb 4) I finished my first Pride & Prejudice on 1-19 and forgot to post and should be finishing my second(Silas Marner) today or tomorrow. I have reviewed the first and will be posting the 2nd and my site within the next couple of days. I have now finished four of my classics: 1. Catch 222. The Awakening3. Ethan Frome4. O Pioneers (the most recent)I have one more to read and that is Little Women but I picked up a mystery - Ricochet by Sandra Brown and I can't put this one down. Just finished #3 Little Women this evening. Looking forward to #4 - The Three Musketeers :-)Thanks again for sponsoring this challenge. I'm having a great time reading these. I just finished my second The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. :) I have finished my fifth and final book: A Room With a ViewThank you for sponsoring this challenge! It was a lot of fun =) I've finished two of my classics...I noticed that on your list, I'm just J, no link, so I must have neglected to give you all of my info before. Sorry!Jhttp://jellyjules.comFirst review: East of Eden - http://jellyjules.com/?p=509Second review: Henry and June - http://jellyjules.com/?p=524Thanks! This is fun. Have finished numbers 2 and 3 of the Classics Challenge - Martin Chuzzlewit and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.Reviews on my blog: http://adventuresinbookland.blogspot.com I've finished The Moonstone, finally. I really enjoyed it. Now forward to the last 2 classics... I have completed the challenge! Booklogged thank you so much for initiating it - I have enjoyed this so much. I have now vowed to read a classic atleast once every six months - this challenge was just the motivation I needed to get back into the classics, thanks! I just finished my 5th Classic, "The Scarlet Pimpernel." What a fun book. I had "Wuthering Heights" listed for Classics and Chunksters but I'm passing on it for now. I've read some interesting reviews. Are you doing this Challenge again next year? Just posted my 3rd review ~ Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery on my Pieces of Me site. Delightful read... I've only read one of my classics, Emma, I'm doing so bad. Oh well, there's still a couple of weeks left :) I'm all done! I've posted my last review for The Sea-Wolf on my blog. I've posted about my second read here:http://verniciousknids.blogspot.com/2007/02/peter-quint-you-devil.htmlI was disappointed in The Turn of the Screw but am already halfway through my third choice! I seem to be super far behind in this! I finished my 1st last week, but I'm almost done with 2 more! The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. Very Good Book! Here's my review: http://stephaniesbooks.blogspot.com/2007/02/classic-tale-by-lesser-known-bronte.html Finished my 2nd Classics book -- Silas Marner. Loved it! My review along with my favorite passages can be found at http://3mreviews.blogspot.com.I'm making steady progress on The Woman in White, and luckily my two other ones are very short: Heart of Darkness and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Finished my first (blushes in shame at being so slow). Posted here on Cheri by Colette: http://booktraveller.blogspot.com/2007/02/classics-challenge-one-down.html Finished my last! Daisy Miller by Henry James; I'm not really sure how I feel about it yet.http://astripedarmchair.blogspot.com Here is my review of my second classic, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.http://sharala.blogspot.com/2007/02/classics-challenge-mrs-dalloway.htmlMy third has been finished but I'm waiting to post my review. I finished the first four of my classics and have comments up at my blog. (Didn't realize I should stop by and post until now. I'm glad I did because it's fun to read everyone else's comments and see their selections.)#1 was the Odyssey and I think I'm happier about having read it than I was about reading it . . . #2, 3, and 4 were Mary Barton (thanks to Jill), The Scarlet Pimpernel (fast and entertaining read, though not what I expected from vague memories of the movie), and Bell for Adano (substitution for Oliver Twist). I completed Jane Austen's Emma in wee hours of the morning. Finished! Wrapped up the challenge by reading Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton. Wow...what a great book. I gave it a 5/5 and posted a review on my blog.THANK YOU, Booklogged, for sponsoring this wonderful challenge. It has refreshed my love of the classics and made me vow to keep reading more of them. Well, I'm not keeping up too well, but I've finished Rebecca and A Wrinkle in Time. Next up - Emma. I've just finished Chesterton's The Man who was Thursday and have posted some thoughts on it. A quick read, if you don't stop to try to figure out the meaning of each page as you go along... Finished my 3rd book--Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Review and favorite passages can be found at http://3mreviews.blogspot.com.Happy Reading! I've finished reading my five. I've finally finished my fifth classic, Mary Barton. I've enjoyed this challenge very much, and been inspired to read some more of my must-reads! Number four down. I really enjoyed Mrs. Mike. A review is up at my blog. Now to get ahold of a Fennimore Cooper book before the end of the month! Finished #4 - The Three Musketeers. What a fun romp.On to #5 - Frankenstein.Thanks again Booklogged - this has been a fun challenge. I have finished all five of my classics. I just completed Little Women. The complete list is on the margin of my blog. Ok what is next? I've just finished my #3, The Two Towers. I've also finished Candide which was in my EXTRA list (hope it counts as a #4) Just posted my 4th Classics review~ Wuthering Heights ~ on my "Pieces of Me" site ~ Have almost finished my 5th classic. Yipee!! My third book is done and reviewed here:http://sharala.blogspot.com/2007/02/walker-in-city-by-alfred-kazin.htmlStruggling through the last two but think I'll make it. Of course plans seemed to change a bit. I've finished at least five classics. Most recent books were: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Emma is not calling me, but I might finish Northanger Abby by the end of February. One Austen is as good as another?Thanks for the challenge.I've quite enjoyed it and I'm sure I will be peppering my reading with classics much more often now.my reviews are at http://www.freewebs.com/raidergirl3/ My thoughts on classic #4 can be found at My Reading Adventures What great fun this was! I finished by 5th classic tonight. I really enjoyed doing this. Thank you for inspiring me to open up and read some of the classics that had been lingering on my shelves for awhile. I have finished my last classic ~ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. A delightful read, timeless in it's telling.Thank you, Booklogged, for this fun challenge. I would not have gotten to those classics right away if it hadn't been for this challenge. So glad I did! I think the date is off on your posts. Book 2 down...find my review here http://booktraveller.blogspot.com/2007/02/if-this-is-man.html I've finished Little Women, but I can't get away from Louisa May. I'm on Jo's Boys now and soon it will be Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom.md I've finished #3, Moll Flanders. I'll be reading like crazy trying to finish the other two in time.http://educatingpetunia.blogspot.com/2007/02/review-moll-flanders.html I finished my 5th one - Frankenstein - very good. Comments are on my blog.I'll be posting a Winter Classics Wrap Up post tomorrow.Thank You SO much for doing this!! Hope to do this again so I can read some of those I had on my possibilities list. I've read two of mine. Lord of the Flies by Golding and At the Mountains of Madness by Lovecraft.www.stephenlang.co.uk Finished: Athol Fugard's play _Master Harold and the Boys_.Historical / Present Finished fourth book a while ago and will hopefully finish the fifth one in time... I've finished Little Women and Sense and Sensibility. I also changed my fifth classic to Northanger Abbey. It was available at my library in CD form and it's short enough to finish before the end of February. I might still be able to finish all five!! Finished my 4th--The Woman in White. I was really nervous that I wouldn't be able to finish, but my next book is the fairly (fairlie--ha ha from the Woman in White) short Heart of Darkness. I think I'll make it! I think I can....I think I can.....http://3mreviews.blogspot.com/2007/02/woman-in-white-by-wilkie-collins.html Number four is done at last! Now that I've read it I can't think why I let Tess of the D'Urbervilles languish in my TBR box so long. My review of the final classic should be up in the nick of time tomorrow - as long as my browser doesn't throw a tantrum! Hmm. It looks like my comment did not go through, so here's a second try.Completed: Australian Miles Franklin's All That Swaggers. Also here's the permalink to one already reported, but incorrectly linked: Fugard's 'Master Harold' ... And the Boys. I completed the challenge! :) I finished classic #5, Persuasion, on Feb. 18th. Hopefully, I can get my review done and posted by the end of today. Thanks for hosting this challenge. I had my doubts if I would accomplish it but I did. :D I'm FINISHED! The Canterbury Tales have been read and reviewed, and just in time too - in my time zone it's 11.58pm! Thank you for hosting this challenge! I finished my 5th classic, Heart of Darkness. All five of my reviews can be found at this link:http://3mchallenges.blogspot.com/2007/02/winter-classics-challenge.html Completed the challenge around 11pm last night - Crime and Punishment many thanks for providing the impetus to get me to re-read this! Post a Comment	{ "date": "2013-05-18T17:56:56Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2013-20", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9540359973907471, "token_count": 6990, "url": "http://readfromatoz.blogspot.com/2007/03/completed-classics.html" }
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The Republican Party has won a majority of the popular vote just once in the last six elections. That dismal track record followed a party revival in the 1980s, when Ronald Reagan led the GOP to three straight popular vote majorities. To understand what went wrong, it’s important to remember Reagan was an insurgent candidate who defeated the Republican establishment of his era. When Reagan left office, however, the old establishment reasserted control. They consistently nominated candidates for president who opposed Reagan in 1980 and consistently lost elections. The difference is that Ronald Reagan believed in the American people and was skeptical of government. Today’s Republican establishment believes in government and is skeptical of the American people. That’s why most Republican voters today believe the party is out of touch with the base. Consider Mitt Romney’s infamous comments about the 47 percent who are allegedly dependent upon government. After the election, Romney even said that President Obama won by giving “gifts” to these dependent Americans. The Republican establishment grumbles about makers versus takers. Reagan had a different view. He asked, “How can we love our country and not love our countrymen?” When he passed a major tax reform bill, he was proud that it removed millions of low-income Americans from the income-tax rolls. Reagan looked at low-income Americans and saw people who wanted an opportunity to work hard and get ahead. He saw a nation that was happy to extend a helping hand to all who were willing to work. Today’s Republican establishment looks at the same group and declares them to be deadbeats waiting for a gift from the rest of us. Today, voters still agree with Reagan on this point. Some 59 percent think the first $20,000 anyone earns should be tax free. Just 24 percent are opposed. For Republicans to win again, they will have to respect the people they want to represent. This cannot be faked and will likely require substantive changes in party leadership. A good starting point would be to recognize that tens of millions of Americans see an economy that is rigged in favor of those who are already well off. Rather than complaining about it, Republicans could address the issue by cutting government programs that benefit the wealthy. One example, recently brought to light by Hurricane Sandy, is the government practice of subsidizing flood insurance for those fortunate enough to own beachfront property. That’s a program that benefits the well-off more than anybody else, and only 31 percent of voters think it should continue. There are plenty of other perks like this that could be eliminated. On a grander scale, lower- and middle-income Americans would like to see all personal tax deductions eliminated for those who make more than $250,000 a year. And the GOP could turn its budget-cutting attention to the corporate welfare programs that are costing the nation tens of billions of dollars every year with little public support. But more than any specifics, Republicans need to believe and convey an attitude that is based upon basic American principles of fair play and ensuring that every American has a chance to pursue their dreams. Scott Rasmussen is the founder and CEO of Rasmussen Reports.	{ "date": "2013-05-24T08:52:27Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2013-20", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9722476005554199, "token_count": 649, "url": "http://bostonherald.com/print/1061176911" }
Wine Blogs Are the Attention-Barking of Lonely Poodles Monday, March 15, 2010 My Dog Eats His Own Blog I ask myself every time I sit down to write a post, "Why do I blog?" First of all, "blog" is a stupid word. It sounds a lot like regurgitation. Technicolor blog, which is what we do after we drink too much wine. All you have to do is think of all the phrases you use that have the word "puke" in them and then substitute "blog" and it makes sense. "Man, riding those Teacups at Disneyland makes me want to BLOG!" "I ate some nasty seafood at Red Lobster and I BLOGGED all night." "If I spend too much time in a car I just want to pull over and BLOG all over the road." "It's so gross when my dog eats his own BLOG." See? It makes perfect sense. It even gives new meaning to Wine BLOG Awards, a more exact meaning. I may have been wrong in my now famous quote. Perhaps it's that "blogging is the attention barfing of lonely poodles." But I think all of us stupid and vain enough (how much vain would a vaynerchuk chuck if a vaynerchuck could chuck vain?) to blog wonder why we do it, and why we do it so often. The same questions a pederast asks himself, basically. So I decided to take an anonymous survey, ask as many bloggers as I could find the reasons why they do this thankless, futile, pathetic work we call a wine blog. I think the results are very interesting, and a great subject for a post. It's such a great subject I'm anticipating many, many comments, most of which begin, "Great post, Joe," even though my name isn't Joe, though I guess one could think that "Hose" is Spanish for Joe. Anyhow, in my brief but very scientific survey, many of the bloggers I asked mentioned the word "community." 40% of them spelled it wrong. But many of them said that the reason they wrote a wine blog was to be part of the larger wine community. Most importantly, the part of the wine community that knows less than they do about wine. So a very small group that would be really hard to find without the power of the Internet. In every day life, many of them said, they only know a handful of people to whom they could speak about wine, maybe four or five. But with the success of their blogs, they now had an average of six or seven visitors every day! Imagine gaining more than two new "friends" just for the ten minutes it takes to write a post. Add to that all the "friends" one can have on Facebook, all the "friends" one can have on Twitter, and, wow, suddenly you have more "Friends" than a nymphomaniac Quaker. (Me, I've never had sex with a Quaker, though I've known a few who spoke in tongues.) Wine blogging, then, is a way to make friends, and, truly, isn't it much easier to make friends when they can't actually see how unattractive you are, and you can delete any of their stupid comments? So "community" makes perfect sense as a reason to blog. A large number of bloggers I spoke to (And, believe me, one of the greatest days of my life was the day I spent speaking with wine bloggers, why, it was like I was living a dream episode of "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" and I was Jeff Foxworthy. OK, so, you know you're a redneck when you drink wine in the can--rather than reading the newspaper.) simply said that they typed a wine blog because they felt the need to express their opinions about wine, opinions that they hadn't seen expressed elsewhere. Someone has to have the courage to take on the 100 Point Scale! It's stupid! There, I've said it. And what about BioDynamics? That's really stupid. No, wait, that's really green and good for the Earth. I can't say that. All that spiritual crap is all over the place, wineries are falling for it right and left, I'd better move on to another subject. Wait, can I even publish today? Is there a full moon? And what about too much oak! I have a lot to say about too much oak! Why do wineries use too much oak? There, I've said it. Someone had to. And don't forget to come back and read my future posts where I take on issues no one else dares write about--snooty sommeliers, too much oak on Sauvignon Blanc, and why don't wineries realize that wine bloggers are the most important resource they have for selling wine? So my survey seems to indicate that many wine bloggers are motivated by the need to correct the wine industry, to simply say what needs to be said. I stand humbled by their courage. When I'm drinking wine in the can. Many of the bloggers I spoke with expressed how fed up they were with the traditional wine print publications, those tired old windbags who tell us what wines we should be drinking based solely on their expertise and experience. Expertise and experience, what the hell good are those qualities? Those qualities are vastly overrated. Why I can open a bottle, taste it, and tell you what I think of it. That's way more valuable! I'm just an ordinary schmuck like you are, doesn't my opinion seem more valuable? I'm a published wine blogger. I know about wine, and you can trust me. You know you can't trust Wine Spectator or Wine Enthusiast or Wine and Spirits--they take advertising. OK, sure, I have a couple of ads on my blog, and I'm really trying to monetize it, but that's different. I have standards. I only review wines I've been sent for free. I don't bring anger to my evaluation, anger at having paid fifty bucks for an overoaked bottle of Cabernet. Instead, I can give it a positive review and get even more wine sent to me. This is integrity you can count on. These seemed to be the major reasons that people blog. I think my little, but very accurate and scientific, survey has answered a lot of questions about why we maintain wine blogs. What I haven't figured out is why anyone reads them. After 19 years as a Sommelier in Los Angeles, twice named Sommelier of the Year by the Southern California Restaurant Writers' Association, I moved to Sonoma County to explore the other aspects of the wine business. I've spent, OK wasted, 35 years learning about and teaching about and swallowing wine. I am also a judge at the Sonoma Harvest Fair, San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition and the San Francisco International Wine Competition--so I can spit like a rabid llama. I know more about wine than David Sedaris and I'm funnier than James Laube. Stay tuned for an informed but jaded view of everything wine and everything else. I'm living proof that alcohol kills brain cells. What the Critics Are Saying About HoseMaster of Wine "If you want a great hoot and howl moment or two...go read the HoseMaster's year-end reflections...that guy is without a doubt the funniest SOB in the blog-world...and thank him for having the brains and balls to target his laser of laughter on anybody...HoseMaster for President...HoseMaster for Blogger of the Year...although he would be the first to say the bar is so damn low for that award, he should win it every year..." --Robert Parker "No one is immune from California sommelier and wine judge Ron Washam's skewering. He polishes that skewer with boundless enthusiasm and acuity." "Washam uses his own blog, HoseMaster of Wine, to skewer the industry in general and wine blogs in particular. If your mouse scoots to your browser's close box while reading a wine blog, Washam may be the blogger for you." --San Francisco Chronicle "...that guy Hosemaster has real talent...if you ask me sign him up for Comedy Central...he's the funniest guy since Adam Carolla's hilarious book...IN 50 YEARS WE WILL ALL BE CHICKS..." "Ron Washam, former sommelier, is easily the most bitingly funny blogger/wine writer that we have ever come across. He is an equal opportunity crusader who pillories big wineries and amateur bloggers alike, as well as everything and everyone in between...One needs a sense of humor and a tolerance for earthiness to enjoy reading The Hosemaster. We must have both because this guy deserves a wider audience, in our humble opinion." --Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine "In my opinion, and that of many others, his blog is one of the best. And in terms of satirical or parodic wine blogs, it has no peer. Ron’s alert eye catches every pretense and skewers it with laugh out loud mercilessness." "This site should carry a warning label. It's sort of a Dave Barry/George Carlin approach to wine. The Hosemaster (real name Ron Washam) skewers fellow bloggers and industry savants with glee, while offering hilarious wine guides such as his Honest Guide to Grapes..." --Paul Gregutt, Seattle Times "Washam is a skilled wine judge (I have judged with him) who is willing to judge wine double blind, in public. To my knowledge, Parker does not do this and never has. So Ron's credentials are in place, and so is his sense of the absurd." --Dan Berger, VintageExperiences "...I consider Ron a very talented writer and I’ve long been an admirer of his scathing wit..." "And if any free sites think they can conquer the world, there’s always the Hosemaster to take ‘em down a notch." --Tyler Colman "Dr. Vino" "Those of you who know Ron either love or hate him, because he throws jabs like a punch drunk boxer, and we’re all in the firing line. He’ll throw them if he hates you, and he’ll throw them if he loves you. He’s a satirist of exceptional quality." --Jo Diaz "Juicy Tales by Jo Diaz" "I must say you are an idiot. I've never liked you. I have no idea why people find you funny."	{ "date": "2013-05-24T08:44:35Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2013-20", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9727894067764282, "token_count": 2245, "url": "http://hosemasterofwine.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-dog-eats-his-own-blog.html?showComment=1268677833672" }
The former king of first-person shooters, before that pesky Modern Warfare business came along, hasn't exactly been absent from our Xbox 360s for the last few years, but its blandly iconic hero the Master Chief certainly has. After a two-game rest, the helmeted face that sold a million Xboxes is back and heading up this first in a new sci-fi shooter trilogy. Always a commercial smash-hit, the Halo series hasn't always fared so well critically. It's surely with that in mind that Halo 4 (in fact the sixth in the series) consciously tries to revisit and create the large battle arenas, imposing backdrops and comparative freedom of movement of the very first game, not the oppressively restrictive second and third. Superficially, this is achieved in terms of the often spectacular graphics and environments, which successfully convey vast alien vistas and pitched battles. Its sharp edges, huge draw distances and the lifelike faces in the super-detailed cutscenes make for a huge improvement on the earlier Halos in the technology stakes, and a strong reason to question the need for next-gen consoles any time soon. More meaningfully, it feels good as well as looks good. This a nebulous concept to describe, but it's evident that at least as much work has been done on action satisfaction as it has on pixel shaders and animations. The speed and flow of movement and combat, the way each weapon has a defined purpose and a satisfyingly RSI-inciting feel in the hand, each enemy needs a specific strategy to be defeated and there's always a choice of angles of attack even if you do need to keep heading in the same ultimate direction. After the cramped trudging of 2 and 3, this very much feels as though the roof has been taken off a dark'n'dingy building. And despite a few tweaks to align it more with Call of Duty (such as iron sights), it's a world away from that sort of witch-based shooting gallery. With the odds stacked against the player even on lower difficulty settings, emerging victorious in every skirmish against an assortment of differently-behaving alien foes old and new requires coming up with a quick-thinking plan of action in addition to being hot stuff at controlling a targeting reticule. If all this sounds very familiar, well yeah. Halo 4 is in the hands of a new developer, 343 Industries, after series creator Bungie elected to move on, but this new lot do seem highly risk-averse even if they are impressively tech-proficient. No doubt there's some element of not wanting to rock a multi-million dollar boat, but if ever there was an opportunity to make ambitious changes to a decade-old formula it was this. Even the addition of a new group of enemies, robotic warriors the Prometheans, doesn't alter the balance of play outside of their requiring some new strategies and further expanding Halo's already towering arsenal. Getting things back on track, restoring the sense of awe and excitement lost to the later Halos' cramped, hyper-linear environments and almost comically self-regarding storylines, was perhaps at least as important as moving them on, mind. Again, Halo 4 feels great: a fight feels like a fight, an exhausting Alamo stand against deadly enemies, not the perfunctory take-down of waves of dumb soldiers. Even the vehicle segments, that Halo mainstay, are smartly dropped in in a way that ups the sense of boy's own adventure rather than being abrupt, artificial-feeling switches. Unfortunately, the game's pompously epic narrative doesn't manage to hit the reset button in the same way. The Halo series has long been tied up in its own elaborate mythology - far more of it than humans vs aliens ever needed - and amazingly Halo 4 disappear even further into its own ultra-nerdy lore despite in theory being a fresh start. No sooner is the Master Chief back in action than he's facing foes and picking up plot threads hitherto only documented in the many Halo spin-off novels. Playing the previous three 'main' Halo games went help you much - if anything, 4's plot essentially ignores those in favour of returning to an earlier status quo but with a whole load of confusing new stuff added. It does attempt a human story too, as the Master Chief's AI chum/love interest Cortana threatened by a danger they mightn't be able to prevent, but sadly the emotional resonance is lost among the constant stream of bone-dry exposition and a chain of orders to go and press buttons or get on lifts. The refinement not reinvention approach extends to Halo 4's multiplayer, which borrows the ranking/unlock model popularised by latter-day Call of Duties but retains the ever-thrilling guns'n'vehicles high-speed action of earlier Halos. As a result, there's perhaps more reason to care about kills and victories, but the purity of the frantic sci-fi war is a little diluted due to players' eyes forever being on the next prize rather than the satisfaction of a fight well-fought. The improvements to the graphical tech and the introduction of new weapons should ensure it becomes an Xbox Live mainstay for a couple of years, which is surely the real point - if it ain't broke don't fix it holds sway, but it's certainly keeping up with the Joneses too. Same extends to the Spartan Ops co-op additional campaign, which offers multiplayer for those afraid of competitive play and a path to ongoing DLC. It rounds out a solid and high-spectacle package that very much makes Halo a current player rather than a dinosaur, even if it's shorter on ambition than we might have hoped. While the multiplayer will earn a huge community who'll manage to do amazing things with the new toys on offer, that Halo 4 is such a solid and exciting singleplayer game is the real victory here - that side of things is increasingly given short, claustrophobic shrift by the big shooter franchises, but this is very much the real blockbuster deal despite its caution.	{ "date": "2013-05-24T09:04:04Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2013-20", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9639338850975037, "token_count": 1247, "url": "http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/game/3410321/halo-4-review/?zk=gamepro" }
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The Big Bang Theory Review: Homeostasis For Now None of the stories worked for me: not the relationship woes, not Howard in space and especially not Stuart joining the group. While there were a few funny lines scattered throughout the 30 minutes, overall, it was lacking in the laughs department. Why can't Penny and Leonard be happy for once? As soon as they get together, the writers pull them apart. It's one thing for them to have issues in their relationship, but having Penny doubt their entire future is annoying. I want to see them together in a real, committed, loving relationship for once. That can be funny! Amy and Sheldon's relationship is given more respect and that's saying a lot. The writers seem to running out of ideas, because they keep going back to old stories. Sheldon having to keep a secret again? Boring. I was excited by the idea that we would get to see Howard in space. The potential fodder of space is being ignored for more of the same. Howard's relationship issues with Bernadette and his mother aren't new. The best they have is the other astronauts bullying him - why stay in space for that? He's been picked on plenty on Earth. I'd love to see humor driven by the space station, the lack of gravity or interacting with the other astronauts in a confined space. The unique environment is being underutilized.Though Howards F-Loops face was worth a few chuckles. As was Sheldon's insistence at making walkie-talkie sounds during their video chat. Stuart looks to be sticking around, since actor Kevin Sussman has been upgraded to a series regular on the show. It's nice for Raj to have someone to hang out with, but I hope he becomes more integrated into the group. He stuck out like a third wheel throughout the episode. While that was probably supposed to be funny, I just felt bad for him. The Wolowitz-replacement jokes fell flat and the coffee and creamer one wasn't much better. As his character gets more rounded out, he should bring more laughs. With all my complaining, there were some funny and touching moments. I've mentioned some above and a few more were the transformers conversation between Leonard and Sheldon, Leonard's puppy dog eyes, and Sheldon's visit to Penny's bedroom. Sheldon's comment that he didn't want to see his friend hurt was one of the most sensitive things he has ever said. A little salty water may have accumulated in my eyes at that moment. He does have a heart. Was I too tough on the episode? Or do you agree that The Big Bang Theory is missing its comedic mojo? I have my fingers crossed that the Penny and Leonard situation will correct itself with comedic gold! There were a few humorous lines. Make sure to check out our The Big Bang Theory quotes for some laughs.	{ "date": "2013-05-22T14:54:48Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2013-20", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9866651892662048, "token_count": 593, "url": "http://www.tvfanatic.com/2012/10/the-big-bang-theory-review-the-decoupling-fluctuation/" }
Keeping your Pedicure Let’s face it; a relaxing spa pedicure is a welcome treat year round. But getting that pedicure and keeping your polish pristine during the fall and winter months presents a formidable challenge. But never fear, spa-lovin’ ladies, we’ve got a few top tips to keep toes polished to perfection no matter how cold it is. Follow these recommendations and keep toes free from frigid temps and perfectly painted from spa to home. Those who frequent inexpensive nail salons should be forewarned, the old plastic bag around the toes trick is sure to backfire, leaving your recently purchased pedicure totally wrecked. Be sure to refuse this treatment if offered or, better yet, head to reputable salon or spa rather than a cheap spot-we've never seen this trick tried at a reputable spot. Before you even think of entering the spa, dress appropriately. The options, really, are endless. From fashionable footless tights to leg warmers, recent fashion trends are practically solving the pedicure problem for us. Under jeans or paired with leggings and a long tunic, leg warmers (and a pair of perfect flip flops) will be your saving grace when protecting toes from smudges and chips post-pedicure. the pedicure, simply push your legwarmers up towards the knee, to avoid fussing with them on while your nails are wet. After being polished pretty, pull the bottom of your leg warmers all the way to the middle of the foot (or just beneath the toes) to keep feet warm and freshly painted toes safe. Try these cute and cozy leggings from AmericanApparel.net for only $14. We all know it’s easy to get impatient once the pampering is complete, but take some time at the spa to allow fresh polish to dry. However, if you just can't spare a few extra minutes, ensure that nails can stand up to sock and shoe by using a quick drying spray. And, not just any spray will do; we love OPI’s rapidry ($18 at beautysak.com). Give this power-packed spray a spritz and a minute or two to help strengthen the lacquer. but certainly not least, make the best of a sticky polish situation, by keeping close-toed shoes far from perfectly pedicured piggies. Though it seems an odd choice for the season, the flip-flops is the way to go. But since any old flop would likely leave any gal shivering in her non-boots, invest in a warmly lined flop like our favorite “faux fur-flops,” the Privo® by Clarks Skotch Sandal ($50 at eddiebauer.com). Not only will these flops keep feet far from freezing, a portion of their purchase ($2 to be exact) goes to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The unique ribbon design comes in four different colors, and the flops are cute, comfy and warm enough to walk from the spa to the house and beyond. The flip-flop/leg warmer combo may not be your everyday fashion statement, but it will be a comfy, reliable way to ensure a smudge-free pedicure and shiver-free But, if pampering pedicures are your weekly or bi-weekly vice, invest in a boot certain to keep you warm and keep your polish in tact, Bootie Pies ($128 at bootiepies.com). Designed with the spa maven in mind, this boot touts an open toe and a zippered back to easily slip pedicured feet in without incident. Once your toe polish is hard and dry, cap up your Bootie Pies with the patent-leather toe covers, turning your perfect pedicure footwear into your favorite fall boots.	{ "date": "2013-06-19T12:46:25Z", "dump": "CC-MAIN-2013-20", "file_path": "s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz", "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8874363303184509, "token_count": 883, "url": "http://www.prettycity.com/pedicure_pretty.cfm" }

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