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Award will be presented at Santa Anita Park on October 25th during the JMMF's "Day at the Races/Monte Carlo Night" event
PASADENA, Calif., July 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 25th, Hall of Fame sports columnist Rick Reilly will officially have his name affixed to one of his idols when his name is inscribed upon the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation's "Great Ones" Trophy, a bronze bust of Pulitzer Prize winner, Jim Murray.
Reilly, who announced his retirement from sports writing this year, will be presented the Award for his meritorious career in covering the world of sports. Previous winners include "Great Ones" Arnold Palmer, Joe Namath, Luc Robitaille, Bobby Rahal, Chris McCarron, Duke Snider and Sugar Ray Leonard.
"The Great Ones Award is our Stanley Cup. Each year we add a new name to it for that individual's contribution to his sport. In the past we have honored the athletes Jim Murray wrote about, but this year, we felt it necessary to recognize Rick (Reilly) for his outstanding body of work and contribution to the field of sports writing. He embodies the style and dedication to the craft that Jim Murray did," said Bill McCoy, president of the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation (JMMF).
At his induction into the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame in June 2014, Reilly was presented with his award by legendary quarterback John Elway. He was voted National Sportswriter of the Year 11 times over a career that began in 1979. Reilly is second only to Jim Murray (14) in number of times winning that award.
USA Today called Reilly "the closest thing sports writing ever had to a rock star." The Sherman Report called Reilly "easily the most read sportswriter of his generation." The New York Daily News described him "as one of the funniest humans on the planet." Publishers Weekly called him, "an indescribable amalgam of Dave Barry, Jim Murray, and Lewis Grizzard, with the timing of Jay Leno and the wit of Johnny Carson."
On June 10, 2014, Reilly wrote his final column as a sportswriter for ESPN.com.
The Jim Murray Memorial Foundation (JMMF) was established by Linda Murray Hofmans in 1999 following the death of her husband, Jim Murray, longtime Los Angeles Times sportswriter, winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, and 1988 Cooperstown Hall of Fame inductee. The JMMF awards journalism scholarships to the nation's top college journalists through a national essay competition. To date, the JMMF has awarded 88 scholarships totaling over $450,000. Thirty-one (31) colleges and universities across the United States participate in the competition. Five 2014 Murray Scholars will be honored at the October 25th event at Santa Anita Racetrack.
For more information on Rick Reilly, visit http://www.rickreillyonline.com/.
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The other night we were preparing to visit friends of ours that adopted from Ethiopia (a sibling set of four children that includes twins!)
As I was reviewing the names of their children with my 5-year old LeighAnna, she said that she remembered playing with the oldest (bio) daughter. I reminded LeighAnna that now there were two older girls to play with and that they were sisters even though they looked different… just like we look different as mother and daughter.
My daughter's absolute understanding of this was made known in her following statement:
"Oh Mom, I know we can be family and not look the same. Lydia and I are sisters and we don't look anything alike… because she has short hair and I have long hair!"
We are four completely different individuals, but we are one family.
This is marriage.
This is adoption.

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OSHKOSH, Wis. (WSAU) -- One of the two pilots famous for a successful crash landing in the Hudson River five years ago will be speaking this week in Oshkosh.
Jeff Skiles was with Captain Chesley Sullenberger when the airplane struck a flock of geese after takeoff in New York City, and was forced to land on the river. There were no casualties, and over 150 people made it to safety.
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A fired-up Barack Obama has lampooned his Republican rivals, saying they had taken the country backwards and were better-suited to the black-and-white TV era, as he began touring battleground states in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention.
Meanwhile, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney looked to capitalise on a newly energised party fresh from its three-day convention in Tampa, Florida, where a parade of speakers blasted Mr Obama's handling of the economy, struggling in the weakest recession recovery of the post-war era.
Both candidates are criss-crossing the US, each day adding to the sense of urgency in a presidential contest that has remained tight since Mr Romney clinched the nomination in April.
The economy has been the top-rated issue in opinion polls all year, and the President is eager to turn the focus on to Mr Romney.
"Despite all the challenges that we face in this new century, what they (the Republicans) offered over those three days was, more often than not, an agenda that was better suited for the last century," Mr Obama said in Urbandale, Iowa. "It was a re-run. We'd seen it before. You might as well have watched it on a black-and-white TV."
Republicans "will take us backwards", Mr Obama said, to the age of "trickle-down, you're on your own" economics that begin with tax cuts for the rich but tax increases for the middle class.
Mr Romney campaigned in Ohio during the day - the opening of the college football season - and proclaimed it was time the country had a winning season after years of a sluggish economy and high unemployment. Referring to the number of jobless in the country, he told his own cheering crowd at Cincinnati's Union Terminal: "If you have a coach that's zero and 23 million, you say it's time to get a new coach."
He also pledged to cut the national deficit and "get us on track for a balanced budget".
But Mr Romney has yet to produce a budget for public inspection. Nor did he mention that, as chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, his running mate Paul Ryan wrote a plan projecting the deficit would decline each year from 2013 through 2017, but then begin an inexorable rise again. Additionally, the national debt is projected to rise each year, from a current level of nearly 16 trillion dollars (£10 trillion) to an estimated 25 trillion (£15.8 trillion) at the end of 2022.
The Democratic convention opens on Tuesday at the Time Warner Cable arena in charlotte, North Carolina, with evening speeches by first lady Michelle Obama and San Antonio mayor Julian Castro, named the keynote speaker in a nod to Hispanic voters.


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November 20: A complaint was received about a fraudulent company that operates via the internet using a Blaine mailing address and bank. The matter is under investigation.
November 20: Officers investigated a violation of a protection order complaint that had occurred earlier in the day. The information will be forwarded to the prosecutor for review.
November 20: An officer provided transportation for an individual to the detox center in Bellingham.
November 20: Officer was dispatched to a report of a trespass on municipal airport property. Officer arrived and found the suspect had already left. Officers determined that the transgressor had allowed their dog to run off leash onto the runway. The person was contacted and advised of the problems inherent in that activity.
November 20: Officer received report from a resident that mail was being stolen from the victim's mailbox and replaced with trash. Officers are investigating and the U.S. Postal officials were notified.
November 19: Dispatch reported an anonymous caller reported two hunters parked their truck on the side of Semiahmoo Parkway and skulked off into the woods past no hunting signs. Officers attempted to locate the hunters, but apparently were out skulked.
November 19: A resident in the 1200 block of Runge Avenue notified police that a subject had tried to turn around at the end of a dead end street and drove off into the ditch. Police arrived and found a truck partly off the roadway in the mud. No damage was done to the vehicle and the owner of the property did not wish to press charges for trespassing. A tow truck was called for the driver and the vehicle was removed from the muck and was able to depart the scene.
November 19: Blaine police were notified of a theft at a business in the 300 block of 3rd Street. Two subjects entered a store, grabbed an 18-pack of Miller beer and ran. Officers located the area where the subjects fled to and are following up on the theft.
November 18: An officer spoke with a business owner of a trucking company in Phoenix, Arizona. Apparently, a truck driver was enroute to and due at a business in Blaine; however, the driver called his boss and said he was having mental problems. At the time police were called the truck driver had been missing for over two days and officers were advised to be aware of the semi truck and suspect's description. The incident was reported to Oregon and Washington state patrols. The call was for information purposes: Officers checked the areas frequented by commercial vehicles but did not locate the rig or the driver.
November 17: WCSO requested mutual aid by having Blaine officers check on an audible residential alarm at a Birch Point residence. Officers responded and checked the residence, which appeared to be secure. What-Comm dispatch was advised and a call out responded after officers cleared.
November 18: An anonymous passerby reported several young men dressed all in black walking near railroad tracks. An area check was conducted by officers and no one was located. Extra patrol in the area was provided.
November 18: U.S. Customs reported they were questioning a man who had marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his possession. Officers arrived and arrested the subject for the offenses. He was given a citation and released.
November 17: Officers were asked to check on the welfare of a woman after she called to report her husband would not leave the house. While on the phone with the dispatcher the woman related that her husband had left. Officers checked to ensure everything was A-okay.
November 17: A resident asked for help convincing neighbors to tone down the volume and frequency of their frolicking with noisy all terrain vehicles on their property. The outdoor enthusiasts were contacted and asked to limit the disturbance they were causing in the neighborhood.
November 17: A citizen called to complain about two dogs that have been chained to the front porch of a house for days, howling and barking almost non-stop. The home's yard is also strewn with garbage. The complaint was documented and the appropriate city departments notified for follow-up.
November 17: Blaine police were notified of a suspicious vehicle in the vicinity of the 1900 block of H Street. The car appeared to be driving back and forth in front of a residence. An officer responded but was not able to locate the vehicle, which was described as a black Honda with a large radio antenna.
November 16: A business located in the 9900 block of Canada View reported a suspicious incident where a subject opened the business' front door and then left. The owner did not get a description of the subject. A check of the premises found several doors unlocked, but no trespassers.
November 16: A business owner reported a $46.31 gas run off from his business. The business owner was able to get a vehicle license plate from the suspect vehicle. Officer contacted the owner of the vehicle, who thought he had paid for the gas. The suspect contacted the business owner to arrange for payment.
November 16: Blaine Municipal Court contacted an officer when the judge ordered a defendant to jail on a probation violation. Officer arrested the 40-year-old Whatcom County resident and transported gave him a free ride to the county jail.
November 16: Officers were dispatched to a report of a domestic assault in the 9800 bock of Harvey Road. Officers arrived and interviewed the victim, who reported having been assaulted by their spouse. The spouse had left the area before officers arrived but was contacted a short time later, interviewed, arrested and booked into jail.
November 16: This office received information about a missing person from Vancouver, B.C. A report is being taken for information as the person was believed to have last been seen somewhere in Blaine. It is possible the missing person is simply on vacation.
November 16: An officer was contacted by a father wanting to file a runaway report involving his son. The teenager went to California to stay with a relative and the father wanted him home. Officer took report and entered the information into the national system as a runaway.
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Fitness: Few Minutes a Day Increase Fitness Level (cont.)
Ken Turley, Ph.D., assistant professor of kinesiology and director of the Wellness Center at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., says that the value of short bursts of exercise depends on what you're aiming for
For instance, he says, if you want to improve your physical performance -- say, increase your speed in a 10K race or win a power-lifting contest -- working out for a few minutes a day probably won't do you much good.
If you're interested in improving a specific aspect of your fitness, such as strength, endurance, or flexibility, eight minutes a day might help. But, he says, that's only if it comes on top of any exercise routine you're already following.
"If the eight minutes of exercise is in addition to what you're already doing, excess calories will be burned, and -- assuming your caloric intake doesn't change -- this deficit will result in better weight management," he tells WebMD.
For example, in a study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, researchers found that three brisk, 10-minute walks taken throughout the day can be at least as effective as one 30-minute walk at reducing cardiovascular risk and improving mood.
The study involved 21 sedentary men and women in their mid-40s. Five days a week for a six-week period, the volunteers either took 10-minute walks three times per day, or a brisk walk lasting 30 minutes once a day. Then, after a two-week rest period, the two groups swapped their walking routines and continued for another six weeks. Both groups saw a slight drop in total cholesterol levels and improved their levels of "good" cholesterol and their aerobic ability. Both the long and short walks brought decreases in tension and anxiety.
And James Hill, PhD, director of the Clinical Nutrition Research Unit at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, who recently analyzed two national surveys of U.S. eating habits, believes most people can avoid weight gain by simply cutting back 100 calories daily � or by burning 100 extra calories a day. In the Feb. 7 issue of Science, Hill and his colleagues write that "this can be achieved by small changes in behavior, such as 15 minutes per day of walking."
So what should you do if you want to improve your fitness and your health, but can't spare any more time or energy for a workout routine? Try sneaking in some exercise, suggest some experts. Research has shown that working activity into your daily life can be as effective as a structured exercise program in improving long-term cardio-respiratory fitness and blood pressure.
Alan Muney, MD, chief medical officer of the Trumbull, Conn,-based Oxford Health Plans Inc., offers these tips:
Keep in mind that adding exercise to your schedule, in any way, in any amount, can also improve other aspects of your life.
"Exercise lifts your mood, boosts your self-esteem and reduces your stress," says Calabrese. "If you can manage to make exercising a priority, you will be pleasantly surprised at how much better you will be at managing life's tasks.
"In the long run, the time you invest in exercise, even in small amounts, will come back to you."
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Compendium of Case Studies on Innovation-Based Entrepreneurship
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A compendium of case studies on innovation-based entrepreneurship. Taguig City : Department of Science and Technology Republic of The Philippines, 2010
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This compendium of case studies of innovation-based entrepreneurship prepared by the Science and Technology Policy Asia Network (STEPAN) illustrates how entrepreneurs rethink their operation, foster innovative culture in their organization, utilize innovation, and build networks and alliances for their shared gain and competitive advantage. It also shows that indeed, innovations in process, products, or services are very much needed.


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Preheat oven to 425-degrees. Place the first seven ingredients in a bowl; drizzle with 2 tablespoon olive oil and toss to coat. Divide between two baking pans coated with cooking spray. Roast 20-25 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Transfer to a serving bowl.
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Sweet Onion Marmalade
This idea came to me when Jessie from Sosnicki Organics posted that she was bringing sweet onions to market one Saturday recently. Yes! This is similar to a recipe I do for balsamic onion compote, where I use duck fat for richness. The sweet onions in this recipe add a different flavour, as does the bacon fat. Perfect on a grilled cheese with aged cheddar!
Sweet Onion Marmalade
3 tbs melted butter
3 tbs bacon fat
10 cups sweet onions (walla walla or similar variety), chopped
1.5 cups honey
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups white sugar
3 cups balsamic
1 cup port
3 tbs pepper
2 tbs salt
1 tbs smoked paprika
Splash of rice wine vinegar
- Cook 1 lb of bacon to render the fat, and set aside bacon, chop.
- Add butter and onions to a large non stick pan with the bacon fat and cook the onions until they brown, on medium-high heat.
- Add remainder of ingredients, except the vinegar, reduce to medium temperature and cook until viscous, string often so it does not burn.
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Husky Water Polo practices are Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 7:00-9:00PM at Hec Ed Pavilion Pool in the Fall. All students interested in playing water polo are encouraged to participate!
The Huskies easily won their first two games of the NW Championships beating Central Washington and Western Washington to advance to the conference championship game. In the final Washington was pitted against #2 seed Oregon. Oregon held a slight lead in the first half as the Huskies failed to take advantage of their man-advantages. In the third quarter Oregon made some great shots and capitalized on several Washington mistakes as the Huskies found themselves trailing 10-5 going into the last quarter. It would not get much closer as the Ducks won their fourth consecutive conference championship 13-10. The Huskies, as the #1 seed were extremely disappointed as they fielded one of their most talented teams since the 2009 team that qualified for Nationals. Up next is winter and spring ball as the Huskies will look to re-group for next year.
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Sorry, that I have not uploaded any mixes lately. I have been busy with school , and i'm also very sick as of now. But don't worry, I promise to get back on uploading videos daily very soon ! So for now, please enjoy this wonderful song by Manila Luzon ( 1st runner up on Rupaul's Drag Race season 3. )


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- Mark Martinez
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Help with ADHD?
I was diagnosed with ADHD late in life, while struggling through and trying to fight it just can''t afford to quit or lose another job. I am very open minded and wish to learn as much as I can about everything but this memory of mine and lack of focus won't allow it. Please at least. point me in the right direction.
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Dec 29 2012: I will not settle for something that I have to like so that I can be focused. I want to focus at any moment I want to learn everything and have no limits. And not have to listen to strange Binaural frequencies or read about NLP to do so. I want to read any book and remember its contents even if I hate the book I want to be able to tell what I hate about it and articulate. The sky is the limit for me and I refuse to be stuck jumping up and down 2ft and letting gravity get the best of me. I know there are scientific ways of changing the way my brain fires as a sort of mental tune up. I want to know how to physically fix it not just change it by way of free gimmick.
Well free is always good sorry I lied on that last sentence, but you get what I'm trying to say. I guess I want to turn my brain in to a super computer at any cost. If science has proven to know how the brain fires all its neurons and receptors, modalities and so forth. Well I'm a guinipig and wish to be used as a computer, anything is better than what I am presently going through. Please don't get me wrong binaural works, it will take time but it works. NLP well I love NLP but the fact that I can't retain what I read or listen to sometimes do help that. Meds who doesn't like Meds if I can remember to take them LOL
I really appreciate the way you all have pointed me in directions thank you and I am very grateful that in the past few hours I got more help on TED then in 10 years. Spending so much money and waiting to see psychologists, telling them what Meds I should take. If I had TED 10 years ago I would have been fixed within months or upgraded at the least. Am I rambling sorry I get that way sometimes hey I stayed focused enough to write three paragraphs. I guess I'll stick to the Binaural, NLP, and Meds and keep on this journey…… Thanks
Dec 29 2012: One thing I forgot to tell you about. Most ppl with ADHD have an ability to "hyperfocus." It's the only way I got through school. You might want to learn how to leverage this ability with your job selection. You will be much happier.
For example, if you can play video games for hours without stopping, maybe that should lead you to a career
Stop fighting it or medicating it or trying to get your brain to fire differently. It's a gift and very valuable if you learn how to use it correctly. I tell people my brain does not work like other peoples. It does a lot of things at once. And at my age, I have yet to even finish a book I hated let alone remember it. Good luck on your journey.
Dec 29 2012: With all due respect Mark I would be doing you a disservice not to indicate you have bought into the "diagnosis" and are acquiescing to it which will be a self inflicted disability. In some sense I get it is easier and you do not have to try and maybe the government will give you money to be disabled and to the nice drug companies that are going to "help".
Sorry I'm not buying. Try to explain your predicament to a starving child in a third world country or someone with terminal cancer or a soldier with half of his limbs blown off to protect the freedom that you casually discard. Get over it and deal with it.
Dec 29 2012: Pat I have had a very rough life, I work very hard and a lot of my best friends served, I know people who are terminally ill. I never asked for this problem ok nothing has been self inflicted. Maybe my personal childhood issues caused it but regardless I'm asking for direction not contribution, My father left me with a mother that had mental issues and the list can go on....I have knowone to blame but myself I should have left home when i was a year old as soon as I knew my mother was ill right.....No I'm fighting I would have in-listed but I didn't graduate.
with all due respect diagnosis=funds your right but I still fight every day and work hard but I want to fix my way of learning to learn why what I learned won't stick and relearn seems to be the thing to do....
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The answers the Herald received from queries to state lawmakers about Syria were not surprising at all. They were all ambiguous and cowardly and left enough wiggle room so that they could all complain about President Obama's decision no matter what he decides to do in Syria. We have a great track record in the Middle East, Iraq, Libya and Egypt. The United States has 100,000 people die from hospital infections every year, over 30,000 firearms deaths, 20,000 from drunk driving, old and young going hungry and millions with no health insurance. All this in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Can't we stay out of Syria and do better for our own citizens?
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When the fire gutted her family's three-bedroom home in Birch Bay last month, Tatiana Kondratyuk watched from the yard in disbelief.
Earlier that morning it was business as usual. Her husband Paul leaving for work, spending some time working on the family scrap book and taking her youngest daughter to the doctor. On the way back, she had stopped at her sister's house to pick up her oldest daughter.
Then at 12:15, she got a phone call from her sister-in-law, Lana Pluschakov, who lives across the street.
"I turned around and looked at my sister and said, 'my house is burning,'" she said. " I don't know how to describe it. I thought that was it, we're done. When a person dies, you go to a funeral, you are told what to do. But when your home burns down, you don't know what to do."
Pluschakov had recently purchased her first car, a 1999 Toyota Solara at an auction and parked it in Kondratyuk's driveway. It exploded in the fire.
The only item that survived the fire was the family scrapbook, which Kondratyuk had taken with her to show her sister.
The two were under a buyer-owner contract for the past three years for their 1,080-square foot home on Surf Place but when Paul returned to school last February the couple decided to cut back on their finances – including their homeowner's insurance, which would have helped compensate their losses in the event of a fire.
"In our contract it was written we were supposed to have insurance, we always had it but then we cut back on all our finances to go to school and that was one of the things that went," she said. "It wasn't really smart."
Kondratyuk, her husband Paul and their two children, Nellie, 2, and Emily, 1, are now scrambling to put their lives back in order.
Both are students at Whatcom Community College. Paul studies automotive technology and Tatiana is working to earn her medical billing specialist degree.
In the meantime, the couple and their two children are sharing a single room with her brother who also lives in Birch Bay.
They can't afford to pay rent at another place because they are still paying on a 10-year contract with the home's original owner.
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Selling, however, is not an option, she said.
"I love our community, it's such a wonderful place," she said. "All of our neighbors are so friendly. When you come out, everyone waves to you."
Kondratyuk said they've already received generous donations of clothing items and bedding from local churches such as the Bay Community Church and also the Red Cross. The members of their own church, The Russian Slavic Gospel Church, also helped pitch in to remove the charred remains of their home from the property so they might be able to start fresh.
What they are looking for now is an affordable or donated manufactured home they can put on their property. Other items needed are a bedroom set, a vacuum, a high chair, bowls and a dryer.
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'Write what you know'.
This piece of advice is given, obliquely, to every aspirational author who approaches another. 'Write what you know', write your dreams, your hopes, what happened to you this morning that changed your life, what you ate for breakfast. I know it's good, sound advice. I know it's there to make life easier for people like me, people who have this instinctive urge inside them to push their thoughts out onto paper, a Muggle Pensieve you might say. However, how do you 'write what you know', when you feel you don't know that much at all, at least, nothing of importance to anybody?
My life right now is humdrum by anyone's stretch of the imagination. It consists mainly of pretending to revise for my French exam, watching old romantic comedies on Film4 and wishing I was some quintessential English rose who makes Hugh Grant blush, going over to my boyfriend's house and arguing for half an hour over what kind of takeaway to get, and of course, that productive teenage pastime, sitting on Facebook and wondering if every bitchy status and wallpost is possibly meant for me.
Was life always this airily simple, this day-to-day routine of everything being seemingly easy? I think not. There were two periods, two and three years ago respectively where the most emo-ic poems were tripping off my fingertips because 'oh god why does it have to be like this?' and 'everything is a fucking mess but writing about it will clear it up'. I look back at these poems now. Some of them are horrendously bad, the kind of fodder I'm sure plenty of sixteen year olds dash out in a haze of weepy eyeliner and the screeching sounds of Paramore blaring in the background- but some of them are surprisingly good. They hold the beauty of innocence in their clumsy metaphors, they comfort me in a way- 'this was you when you were a little girl, now you are all grown up and you don't need to write like this anymore'.
The truth of the matter is less rosy and romantic than innocence lost and yet another not quite 20-something who thinks she has grown up. The truth is, I write better when I'm fucking miserable. My best poems have come out of what a sixteen year old, a seventeen year old once described as 'heartbreak' whereas my nineteen year old self wouldn't dare be as presumptuos as to feel she had a claim on that word. There are some poems about my mum, and how she didn't understand me, and there are some poems about myself and how complicated I thought the world to be.
Right now, I can't write these kinds of poems. I've tried and tried to wake up the mini Plath that lives somewhere in the left side of my brain, but she's snoozing contentedly, occasionally murmering 'I'll get up when I'm ready, Vic'. I'm sure she will, I'm sure after some break up, or fight, or the day when I finally realize that adolescence has had its wicked way with me and rather than resurfacing with the body of Pippa Middleton, I've come out with the standard issue Finan tits, tummy and arse- I'm sure I'll sit down with a pen and paper and write something beautiful again. I shouldn't wish for that day. Not being able to write must mean I'm happy enough in life not to need the solace of my Muggle Pensieve.
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i also burst on and link to other stuff here.
Light mistakes. Rather than worry about making mistakes, I think we need to decide what type of risk we are taking. If it is not a big risk, then we should go ahead and do it. Even if we don't hit a home run right away, we can test out our theory, make changes for the long term and ultimately find a solution. In doing this, we will try and fail and rack up a series of "mistakes" along the way. I call these light mistakes. I've made them from the very first days of my company when it took us six month of trial and error to create an interactive web store tool. We made many mistakes along the way, but eventually we got there. If we had avoided the effort out of fear of these mistakes, we would never have been successful.
Light mistakes. Rather than worry about making mistakes, I think we need to decide what type of risk we are taking. If it is not a big risk, then we should go ahead and do it. Even if we don't hit a home run right away, we can test out our theory, make changes for the long term and ultimately find a solution. In doing this, we will try and fail and rack up a series of "mistakes" along the way. I call these light mistakes. I've made them from the very first days of my company when it took us six month of trial and error to create an interactive web store tool. We made many mistakes along the way, but eventually we got there. If we had avoided the effort out of fear of these mistakes, we would never have been successful.
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Or as Merlin Mann has put it in an Episode of Back to Work (sorry I forgot which, but I guess around No. 50):
Failure is always an option
I will not try to quote Merlin, but what I took from that episode is this:
There is always a chance you will fail, no matter what you do!
If you do nothing and just sit still, you fail, because you do not change, while the world around you changes. You will become obsolete at some point and at that point your company and even your partner, kids and friends will say: "Bye, Bye". That is probably the most common type of failure and what so many people moan about as the world being unfair.
Well, suck up your tears little man (I personally have seen this behavior mostly in men, not women) and start looking around you. Stop procrastinating and take some risk, and if its just changing the type of toothpaste you use. That's a start.
Anybody else, those who are changing, developing, take risks, knowingly or not.
And while I believe it to be good to calculate the risk, I do not advocate over thinking things, since that makes me hesitant.
I tend to do first and ask during the process of doing. I hardly over think something (which leads to trouble, but I am will to take the risk). The reason why I succeed more often then I fail is that I don't take stupid risks.
Everybody has to know and decide for them self what kind of risks are not predictable, but what I try to say is: Failure is always possible
Those who are successful I life are not those, who never risk anything, those who say: "Failure is not an option."; but those who accept failure.
Try something and fail. Then learn from it and turn your failure into an success.
On paper that does sound easy and it surly is not, but it is the only way to progress and succeed!
Stop reading and get back to work already! ^-^
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Posted on June 19, 2013 with 1 note
Five-hundred words each day.
It's a high goal. I will set my goal and try to write at least 500 words a day, for 500 days. there shouldn't be limits in form or content. there should be no limits in ideas. what ever comes to mind. 500 words in the least.
Merlin often speaks about how difficult it is to write anything on any given day. I can fully understand this. writing about anything is just as hard as can be.
I might feel embarrassed of what I write and don't what I write. well, i don't have to publish it, it will just sit in my dropbox. I might get distracted, by my daughter, by the weather, by ars technica or what ever else.
here is my personal goal: I want to loose my hesitation to do things. if I have a most negative characteristic is probably that I often hesitate, with things that are easy enough to be done right away.
as an example: I am currently in the depressing situation to have to find a job. and I am not capable to write applications in the speed and quantity I should in order to get a position quickly.
right now I am conducting this writing experiment instead of writing a simple cover letter for an interesting position I know I would like to fill out!
well, that was a 15 minutes break to change my daughters nappy. ^-^
what is the root of the problem? can I describe what I think in 500 words? well:
now I can continue to stick my head in the sand, send job applications in modest numbers and trust my talent will be seen.
or I do what I hate and sell myself until someone buys me and continue to try to find the job that i will truly love.4 generally speaking: I love every job I do, because it keeps me alive and feeds my family.
so, written enough, with the footnotes close to 600. time to write a cover letter.5
(update: the following monday I wrote 4 applications altogether. I am getting better at this!)
I believe I can sale, I have a track record, nonetheless I hate it. lately I turned down a sales job, even a fair offer, just because I got depressed after one day of cold calling. I have a barrier there that gives me physical pain, if I don't stop what it tries me to stop… ↩
I guess for the same reason I am too modest asking for hourly rates, raising my rates for work I do, etc. I provide a high quality of work, I take pride in it, but I hate to ask for money. I was born and rased in a communist country; and even though my parents opposed the official governmental doctrine, I was still influenced to believe that our system of buying and selling is far from ok. ↩
I want to work, produce, teach or help. selling my work force feels like a waste of time, because in this time I could do something that will help someone and earn money with that. but of cause the system does not work like this. ↩
as a matter of fact: out of all the jobs I ever had, which were a lot, I only really didn't like too. both times because my managers where simply misanthropes or fascists… which ever! ↩
update: My application is number 74. ↩
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Posted on March 9, 2012 with 1 note
This is the end,
my indifferent friend.
This is the end,
my indifferent friend.
Standing in Shinuya I think back over 2 years at my School.
I am very happy and thankful I could work there and teach people, bringing some knowledge on language and country in was born in to the people, as well as simply keeping my head over water, feeding my family.
Of cause being laid off means to find a new job. And I hate the fucking job hunt. I never liked it, but this time i am impressively calm, because in know
my heart will go on
And now I beat a shovel in my face, I hate that song. Anyway, I feel confident. I know I will find a job that will pay more, I know, I might again break the hearts of students, whom might hope to come closer. But lovely is unbeatable.
And sadly I might even know the reason for being laid off and I will come back to it in a future piece.
Over the cause of the last weeks I said goodbye to 40 students I liked.
I received presents of unspeakable value. Price but especially emotional wise.
3 students presented me with handkerchiefs, how I love them.
Since 2005 I actually kinda collect them and never leave the house without. I sound ironic to myself, but I mean it.
I received wine from my home town, food and a lot of comfort and well wishes tonight.
Tonight was my farewell party, a 3 hour voice, with wine and bread and ham and cheese and snacks, given and presented by my brilliant students. We ate and drank in amounts higher then I earned in a month there. My common joke over the past 3 weeks has become:
I should be laid off more often!
I should be laid off more often!
My students. Tonight we have a family and as Tocotronic once sang:
So jung komm' wir nicht mehr zusammen. (this young we won't come together again.)
So jung komm' wir nicht mehr zusammen. (this young we won't come together again.)
The party was stormed by my co-workers and went into a babylonian speech confusion.
Even a student who just had her first lesson yesterday attended. So I tried to entertain her in English.
Two years as a shadow worker ended tonight. Now it's maybe time to get work in the broad daylight again.
I have arrived in Ofuna. I through every form over board. I dance to Nine Inch Nails "The Slip". [I actually always come back to them, when I look for a job.]
In this job I have lived through a small taste of what the big bang will be, when Tokyo's wooden house will burn down and will have to walk the fucking post apocalyptic ashes to get home. Not that night though.
That day in the 6th floor I had 2 students, one of whom called me back, stating
Komm zurück, wir haben noch Unterricht (come back, we are still in a lesson)!
Komm zurück, wir haben noch Unterricht (come back, we are still in a lesson)!
Yesterday she and her fellow student presented me with a beautiful dark blue Burberry handkerchief, which i will wear at my interviews in suits. The shouting student ended up staying over at a co-workers place, Rさん, together with another co-worker and me.
Todays blue and brown handkerchiefs I will wear at non suit interviews and on my first work day at the new job.
These 100 people that met me on a regular pace over the last years have been burned into my heart, have shaped my personality and paid my rent.
They will not forget me. They will over time forget my face, my voice. But not my knowledge, my humor and my iconic yearning.
One last word on the company: we where not allowed to drink before the last lesson for silly reasons. But we had hella lot good wine (even Saale-Unstrut, from my home). I told then that and gave them the bottle opener. I was still bound by company rules, so had to show them the way, but they had to go through them self. They did.
My dearest friends. This movie has ended. The curtain has closed and we all went home. We have never been light and easy on one another. But we have discussed the things important to us, studied and learned so much.
The next movie festival will begin in five weeks. Take seat and enjoy the show.
PS: And everything I didn't say has not been forgotten or apprichitaed!
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Should you buy or lease your next car?
In the never-ending debate over buying vs. leasing cars, leasing still loses. Here's why buying is usually better, some exceptions, and my ideal solution.
Car leasing remains a popular option for Americans, but for most people, it doesn't make much financial sense.
Consider a hypothetical car with a sticker price of $27,000. If you buy with $1,000 down, and finance it over three years at today's average rate (per Bankrate.com) of 5.7%, your payments will be about $780 per month. After three years, you'll have paid a total of about $29,350 and own a car that should be -- if it's depreciated by 50% -- still worth about $14,000. Net cost if you choose to sell: $15,350.
Compare that to the cost of a typical lease: Let's say you put the same $1,000 down, then lease it for the same three years. According to this calculator at Edmunds.com, if your car has the same $14,000 residual value and the same interest rate (known as the "money factor" in lease lingo) you'll pay $567 per month. Three years later, your final cost will be $20,412 -- about $5,000 more -- and you'll be car shopping again.
Check out the following news story that addresses the lease vs. own question, then meet me on the other side for more.
But what about the "advantages" of leasing?
"OK," someone might say, "but what about the perks of leasing?" Answer: What perks? Let's look at what buyers get.
- The privilege of being sleek or being a slob. If the car is yours, you can do what you want with it. That means you can customize it to your heart's (and wallet's) content -- custom paint, rims, tinting, a trendy spoiler, an amped-up sound system, whatever. It also means it's OK to eat fast food inside and it won't matter if you spill a little ketchup or soda. You can smoke inside if you want. You can leave it messy and not wash it for months. Of course, all this might affect resale value, so I'm not saying you should -- just that you can. Remember, a leased car is essentially a rental car.
- You can go anywhere. According to Edmunds.com, leasers usually face annual limits of between 12,000 and 15,000 miles per year, with expensive per-mile penalties for going over. Owners can go on long, impromptu road trips without worry. They can also drive to Mexico or Canada without having to get anyone else's permission, something you often can't do with a leased car.
- You own something of value. The biggest and most obvious benefit of ownership is: It's yours. Once you pay it off, your only costs are fuel and maintenance. You can drive it until it has to be towed to the junkyard, or you can sell it to somebody else while it still has a high resale value.
- You can get out if you have to. You're suddenly offered a great job in Tokyo. What will you do with your car? If you own it, you can sell it. Granted, you may take a bath, especially if you just bought it. But at least there's an exit. With a lease, your only out -- other than simply making all of your payments in full -- is finding someone to take it over. (See "How to get out of a car lease.")
In short, when you lease, you're swapping lower monthly payments for restrictions and additional potential problems.
So, why does anyone lease a car? You probably figured that one out when you read the example above: It's not easy to cough up $800 every month for car payments.
To put it bluntly, most people who lease are paying lower monthly payments so they can drive a car they otherwise could not afford. And if they aren't setting money aside, and also insist on a new car every three years, they're going to get stuck in a leasing cycle because their budget and lifestyle won't allow them to afford to buy one.
Is there anyone for whom leasing really makes sense? Sure. There are situations where it might:
- You can't afford a newer car, but need one because your job entails driving clients around. Think real estate agent. (Although they may run into mileage-limit issues.)
- You really don't feel safe in anything less than a late-model car, you don't have the cash, and you can't afford the payments to buy one.
- The lease is subsidized by the manufacturer or dealer to the extent that it's actually cheaper than buying with borrowed money. You can use a lease vs. purchase calculator to find out, or better yet, do the math I did above. Simply add the total lease vs. loan payments and see what you come up with. If you need a calculator to see what the payments are to buy, here's one from MSN.
- You take over a discounted lease from someone who can no longer afford it on a site like LeaseTrader.com.
The best solution
I'm 55 years old and I've never bought, or leased, a new car in my life. The car I drive today is a 2000 Mercedes S430. It costs about $80,000 new. I bought it several years ago with 75,000 miles on it for about $20,000 cash. I've put about 50,000 miles on it since then, and somebody recently offered me $12,000 for it.
I take care of my car and, thus far, it's taken care of me. It's a much nicer, safer and more luxurious car than those of most of my friends, which is odd because nearly all of them paid more for their cars -- a lot more -- than I did. That's because they bought or leased them new.
The person who bought my car new essentially paid $60,000 to drive 75,000 miles -- a lot more if they leased or financed it. I've paid about $8,000 to drive 50,000 miles.
What more do I need to say?
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...and Mr. Johnson has limited knowledge regarding leasing! Several years ago the Minneapolis Star Tribune printed in great detail how leasing was $3,000 more favorable than buying. The Tribune writer may have attended car financing school with Mr. Johnson.
Bottom line....run the REAL numbers, not the stock numbers in your computer.
Finally! The best solution is my solution too. Pay cash. Buy used.
I bought a 1993 Toyoya Camry for $5200. Drove it for 3 years. The main computer went out. I junked it in exchange for the "repair" bill. Oh well. It could have lasted much longer, but it didn't. Cost to drive for 3 years - 144/mth, but think about it. That's not a payment really.
I bought a 2000 Volvo S80 for $10,800. (new sticker $42,000) Drove that for two years. I didn't like the expensive maintenance. Too many bells and whistles to go wrong. You live and learn. Sold it fast for $6300. Cost $4500 - $187/mth.
I bought a 2005 Toyota Matrix RX for $12,500. It's been at least 18 months now. Nice, reliable car. I hope to drive it for several years. I put a lot of miles on the Camry & Volvo, but not this one.
I still build up saving in case I need to buy another car. Each time I'm able to buy something nicer if I choose. Some day when I'm ultra rich, I'll buy a new car. But paying for depreciation is like throwing money into the fire.
I lease for the convenience and the security of knowing that my car is always under warranty. I've bought and kept other cars for far too long, and paid huge repair bills on a 7 or more year old car. With the car I currently have, I know that as long as I meet the basic maintenance requirements, I won't be stuck with a nasty surprise again. Leasing may not be the most financially sound decision, but it's a rational one in the larger context, at least for me.
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Wildfire Games has released their eighth alpha release of their 0 A.D. ancient warfare game.
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The Kings continued on a roll and defeated the Blackhawks in Game 3 by a 4-3 margin. Don't let the final score mislead you as the outcome wasn't that close. The Hawks have had trouble playing a full 60 minutes and Los Angeles is firing on all cylinders.
The Hawks led by Jonathan Toews took an early lead and played well for the opening twenty minutes. Toews led the way by scoring twice and his first marker was while shorthanded. The Kings trailed by one going into the middle period and then the game turned.
In this post season the Hawks have had trouble in the second of period of games. In the middle frame of Game 3, although Los Angeles recorded only four shots on goal they made the most of their chances. The Kings scored twice to take the lead and then early in the third period to take control. Patrick Sharp scored with only five seconds remaining to make the score look close, but this night belonged to Los Angeles.
A determined effort and a high battle level is there at times for the Blackhawks but it fades. It is beginning to look like the gas tank is low for Chicago and that wouldn't be a shock. The Hawks have played a lot of hockey in the last two years. Although LA has played two-seven games series, they appear the fresher club in the late going.
This campaign wasn't a cakewalk to a Central Division title. Joel Quenneville's hand was forced as the Hawks couldn't string together wins in the last half of the season. They seldom seem to have an easy game and rarely was the workload for core players lessened as every point mattered.
The Blackhawks are a team of proven winners but it is very difficult to succeed at this time of year with only one line playing well. Toews and Marian Hossa were flying early as the first line held their own. The performances by the other three lines was spotty or almost invisible at times.
The lack of a true second line center has been a sore point for Blackhawk fans for years. It shouldn't be forgotten the Hawks didn't have a true second line center in 2010 or in 2013 either.
Compared to today, there were important difference in both Cup years as every line consistently contributed. Also, the bottom six forwards for Chicago were the best in the league. Since 2014 began the third line has been MIA in the majority of games.
Last night Andrew Shaw returned but it is difficult to remember one strong shift for the third line. Shaw did have six hits but he didn't record a shot on goal and was 0 for 7 in the faceoff circle.
Going into the series the Hawks had the reputation as the deeper squad but the exact opposite has been true. LA has had better balance and more lines playing well. Their defensemen have been good and have chipped in with some goals. The Kings have also had the better goaltender as Jonathan Quick has outplayed Corey Crawford since Game 1.
To win at this time of the year a team needs all lines contributing and a hot goalie, the Blackhawks have had neither. The Chicago special teams haven't added much of late. Last night the power play failed on four attempts as Quick was a big factor.
The Blackhawks penalty killing unit allowed one goal on three attempts but it could have been worse if not for Crawford. The penalty kill has started to resemble the sub-par group of the first half of the season. During the Blues series the penalty kill was aggressive and took away shots from the St. Louis point men. Now the LA point men have too much time and space. The Kings were firing from close range, near the top of the faceoff circles, and that increases the likelihood of success.
Another difference is the play of two older players who had a great run in the 2013 post season. Michal Handzus and Michal Rozsival haven't been nearly as effective as last year. Duncan Keith could be hurt but he has struggled as well.
Last season the Hawks won the opening match versus Detroit and then dropped three straight. With a ton of determination and some luck the Blackhawks won three consecutive games and advanced. The way things look now a loss on Monday could put the Hawks into a 3-1 hole they won't be able to climb out of.
The champs are the champs until beaten and with a Game 4 win the Hawks grab home ice advantage back. That may be enough of an edge so the Blackhawks could get another crack at the Stanley Cup.
The Kings have been the better club in this series and they are a seasoned playoff team. If they capture Game 4 the Hawks chances to advance would be slim.
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