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A pleasant day with a bit of warmth in it provided you did not stand in front of the pavilion out of the sun-a perfect day for shinty,but with Kingussie arriving for their first visit of the season,it was always going to be a testing day as well. Certainly the last time the sides played Glen came out on top 2-1– and while no one wants to denigrate a victory the bottom line was that Kings did not need to win that day. The League had already been won by Newtonmore–and the Glen was safe for another Premier season.
Saturday was different in every way. Kingussie had come off a comprehensive home win over Lovat while Glen had succumbed to Fort William in the opening day fixture without, so far as reports returning from An Aird indicated, looking as if they were ever going to do much. So whatever the media might have thought and despite the home advantage Kingussie went into the game as favourites.
Absent of course was Ronald Ross-a damaged ankle will keep him out till the Cup campaigns start-and also missing was Lee Bain : Glen were without Davie Girvan and Ruaraidh Cameron while, on the morning of the match the management had to send home Paul Mackintosh who was suddenly taken ill. Indeed such was the pre-match gloom in the ranks of the spectators that they welcomed the sight of Kevin Thain in the Kingussie ranks. "At least when he's here" went the comment, "he cannot be scoring a barrow load against Hendo's boys on the Dell" It was a curious crumb of comfort to clutch-yet clutched it was.
It was Jimmy Gow who first noticed what was different.
"Is that Drew MacNeill over there with Jim Barr and the Glen boys?"
You can't fool Jimmy, given that he'd been head to head with Drew numerous times in all sorts of senior finals and so it was as well to admit that it was indeed Drew and that he was helping out Glen in a coaching capacity.
"Good idea," said Jimmy.
A fair enough endorsement from a man who always had the vision to look beyond the local if it was in the best interests of the club. He had the foresight to accept Oban's Fraser Inglis into the Kingussie fold–and decisions like that can be tricky in a sport which prides itself on its community roots.
In point of fact, MacNeill's position in the club is as yet informal but in the absence this year of big Ron Fraser, for the last week or two he has helped out with training and acted as an assistant to first team manager Jim Barr. A double bonus in every way-the side benefits from his input and MacNeill himself gets the opportunity to keep his hand in at coaching as well as getting a look at all the Premier League's best players over the course of the season.
But is he a Glenner? Of course! As a Lochaber man he has a perfect right to be called a Glenner. After all his Lochaber ancestors spent 500 years raiding the Glen for cattle–and it is more than probable that in his veins flows the blood of the "Gille Dubh nam Mart" the Lochaber man who was fostered in the Glen in the reiving times. It wouldn't do to push the comparison too far-the Gille Dubh had his flaws- but for those who are interested in such old Highland tales, Mackay's "Urquhart & Glen Moriston" is worth a wee look.
The match itself merits some attention because of how it panned out. With only one sub to roll, Glen were never going to have much by way of tactical ploys to outwit Kingussie's own group of strategists - but by and large the defence stuck to its task and over the piece restricted Kingussie to just a few chances. There were two major scares late in the second half-Fraser Munro was left clear on the left hand side and his shot fired back off the post and finally of course there was the penalty.
Given away perhaps a little unnecessarily by Stuart Mackintosh when he brought down a Kingussie forward, it was well saved by the same fellow. Kevin Thain hit it hard-ish but perhaps a little high and too near to a keeper who has top class reflexes. A quick flick of the wrist and thankfully it went past the post.
At the other end, early misses from Neale Reid and Eddie Tembo kept Glen from imposing their will on Kingussie and a couple of excellent saves from Borthwick-one in particular down by his left hand post from youngster Fraser Heath – also kept Glen at bay. For the most part, however it was a tense competitive game and the Glen midfield-in the Wing Centre's humble opinion- shaded it. Arran Macdonald, Eddie Tembo and John Barr did the business though at times it looked tough. The defence were fine–and Stuart Reid managed to handle Thain reasonably well, the trick being to prevent him getting in a strike on goal. On the one or two occasions he did have a drive he certainly showed ferocious power in the shot-though by good fortune his aim was off. The one occasion in the first half when he might have done something, Thain imagined himself to have less time than he actually did and his rushed shot lifted up and over the bar.
The plus side for the Glen was that the side kept its shape and coherence: the minus side is that though Glen created chances they did not put them away. We were certainly playing against a good defence:goalie Andrew Borthwick and defenders Ally Macleod and James Hutchison are as good as you get- but there is a need for a cutting edge. A side like ours needs a 20 goal a season man-the modest nature of this ambition only becomes clear when you consider Ronald Ross's annual stats-but until that fabulous figure appears……????
Did Drew's partnership with Jim make a difference? In as much as there was a more coherent feel to the side than was apparent in the previous game, it certainly seemed to do the trick.
This week we face Kilmallie in the MacTavish at Canal Park: not an easy gig but then again the guys have to stick to the game plan through thick and thin because from the perspective of the club it's not this week that really matters. Whatever happens the focus has to be on the positive.
The week's pic is of Dave Smart coming off at the end of the 90mins. What with the snow on Drumbuie behind him ,if it were taken with a real camera it would have been an iconic shinty snap- but then again that sort of status requires at least a win over Kingussie.
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Any of you who have ever seen an Arnett Doll know just how wonderful they are!! They were created in 1982 by Maynard Arnett and are a doll collector's dream doll, with their sweet expressions and amazing outfits!! Each one is hand made, right here in the USA!!!
Recently a long time collector decided to sell their extensive collection and we have them on display at New England Saltbox! There are 88 dolls in all, many dating back to the early 80's, some with cloth hands and feet!! Maybe we have the one you have been looking for??
Here are just a few of them for you to view! I had so much fun creating this display! They look like they are on their way to a party or picnic!!! So many dolls to love!!
Look at those faces.....ADORABLE!!!
Lots of Boy dolls!!!
Lots of Girl dolls!!!
Big Dolls!!
If you see one you just can't live without or know someone who collects and is looking for a "hard to find" one, please be sure to contact Marlene at New England Saltbox!
She will be happy to help you!!
These dolls are truly amazing and speaking of amazing, I wanted to show you another picture of Mt. Rainier from my bedroom window! My earlier post showed it in the morning and here is what it looked like by the end of the day......
I never cease to be inspired by this majestic view!!
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BORIS the Crusher Oatmeal Imperial StoutSeptember 1, 2007 Akron, OH
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"Boris" stands for "Bodacious Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout."
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Boris pours like 10W-40 motor oil but, like a good lubricant, glides down effortlessly. I am very impressed by the complexity of this beer. Notes of molasses, fig cake, chocolate-covered espresso beans, roasted almonds, black currant, wet-bottom shoo-fly pie—I could go on and on but I will run out of room and the editor will replace me with a less-babbling writer, so I'll stop here.
- John Hansell
Stout, with it's dark color and complex flavors is perhaps the ultimate beer to serve with flavor-filled, fresh, natural, textural food such as frog legs or oysters on the half shell. This high gravity stout, black as a night in a swamp, is big, bold and delicious with the softness of the oatmeal toning down the powerful taste of alcohol and hops. Luscious herbal and licorice overtones with hints of earthy pumpernickel bread make this stout as complex as any Semillon or Sangiovese.
- Charles Finkel
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John Hansell is an equal-opportunity drinker. He writes about beer, wine and spirits. He is the creator, publisher & editor of Malt Advocate, a magazine for the whisky enthusiast.
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Founder of Merchant du Vin and the Pike Brewing Co., Charles Finkel is a pioneer in the marketing of craft beers in America.
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Whether you're a web enthusiast or someone who simply jumps online to check social media, the chances are you've come across the term 'bitcoin' at least once in the past few years.
While most of us do our buying and selling in standard currency like dollars and cents, there is a growing number of web users who are turning to this so-called cryptocurrency for the same purpose. Originally released to the world in 2009, the concept revolves around users transferring the currency to each other's digital wallets.
For many, the benefits are that it can be moved anywhere in the world quickly and easily without the charges and fees commonly associated with traditional banks. However, it is also known to be fairly volatile, although values did recently hit a three-year high with a single bitcoin being worth $1,105.
The concept has captured the attention of many internet users and companies in recent years, with examples of its use including coders being paid in the currency for doing work related to a hedge fund. It has even entered gaming with sites like Vegas Mobile Casino offering people the chance to play casino games and bet on sports using bitcoin too. In order to play on the site you can either exchange standard currency for bitcoins or try your hand at bitcoin 'mining'. The latter is the process of adding transactions to the bitcoin public ledger which in turn also releases new bitcoins. This makes it an ideal way to get started in this world.
Considering its impact, it is unsurprising that filmmakers have tried to bring stories about bitcoin to the big screen. A number of documentaries have been made on the topic in recent years, with each showcasing their unique take on the subject matter.
A Currency Crash Course
No documentary title probably best captures the attention around the issue like Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It. This hour-long film was made through crowdfunding and is a good starting point on the issue, as it looks at the general history of money up to the introduction of bitcoin. It also tries to tackle the question that many continue to grapple with – whether the currency is truly going to change the world in a good or bad way.
Banking on Bitcoin, which was released last year, offers a similar take on the issue. However, it also examines how the new currency has affected major financial institutions and regulators, which have understandably been shaken somewhat by its emergence.
Personal Stories
But what if your interest is less in the broader, political implications of the currency and more related to the personal stories around its use?
Nicholas Mross's 2014 film The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin offers a slightly different take on the subject matter, as it follows a Pittburgh computer programmer as he discovers and explores the potential of the currency. This more personal look at bitcoin is then a jumping-off point into a wider look at the culture surrounding the concept.
Another different way of viewing bitcoin's impact is provided by Bitcoin In Uganda, a short film by Bitcoinfilm.org. While it has admittedly been created to promote the benefits of the currency, it provides a fascinating glimpse into how it helps a young boy in Uganda receive funds to pay for his studies from his sister in the USA. Among the specific benefits is that the currency can be transferred quickly and without charges to a country where traditional banking methods are not that common.
Just the Beginning
Considering the ongoing discussion and debate around bitcoin, there are unsurprisingly many other documentaries which have attempted to tackle the subject. However, those mentioned above should be a good introduction to this world, whether you're driven simply by curiosity or keen to get involved yourself.


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South Jersey Gets Ready for Heavy Rain and Strong Winds
We could get between 3 and 4 inches of rain on Friday due to the remains of Tropical Storm Andrea.
According to the National Weather Service heavy rain will start to move into our area later tonight. The rain and the win will intensify as Andrea's remains move closer to us.
We could get at least 2 an a half inches of rain s with higher amounts in isolated areas. The remnants of the Storm should pass over us late Friday or early Saturday. Wind gusts could be as high as 45 mph along the shore, according to the National Weather Service.
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The core of Midco's marine service centers on diving for construction, or construction support services that take place beneath the surface of water. Diving for construction calls for a certified supporting laborer equipped with a two-tiered compilation of education and experience. Employing a commercial diver to support the build of your underwater structure means that you're employing two professionals in one: a certified diver and a building subcontractor.
Diving for construction is no easy task. To assist in the build of a submerged structure, the commercial diver must complete the same job as your average above sea-level subcontracted laborer—except in conditions that compromise vision and stability, amongst many other factors. In other words, when it comes to underwater contracting, your best bet for a safe and satisfactory hire is a long-standing company with a track record of success in similar projects—the more experience, the better.
At Midco Diving & Marine Services, Inc., we have collected years of significant experience in diving for construction support. Our expertise allows us to assist and provide the man-labor in building a wide variety of new structures in submerged environments, laying pipes across underwater networks, installing new components to existing structures, and diving for welding operations.
Underwater StructuresWhat type of building do we support? Our team of commercial divers can subcontract work that results in an array of completed underwater structures. Some of our past projects include:
BridgesTo build a bridge that spans a body of water, a partially submerged support system of piers must first be put in place. There are many methods for achieving this goal, most of which require a commercial diver who can support the structural engineering details and work with the composition of the submerged foundation.
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Terrible Twos, Terrible Teens/Dr. Bill Gallagher, DC
Terrible Twos, Terrible Teens by Dr. Bill Gallagher, DC Someone once told me that being a teenager is a second chance to learn what you missed when you were two. At first it sounded like a stretch but, after taking a closer look, it was right on target. Growing up is a challenging process that does not end after passing those teen years. Hopefully, it will continue right on through adulthood and, for that matter, for as long as you live. For now let's take a closer look at that most difficult time of growth, both physically and emotionally. This is a time when your body goes through a tremendous growth spurt. In a relatively short span of your life your body grows to almost twice the size of what it use to be. Arms and legs seem to have a mind of their own as you try to coordinate their movement. Muscle mass increases to help you run faster and jump higher. Everything changes so fast that when you pass a mirror you may not be sure who that is looking back at you. It is a time of considerable learning. Information pours in at such a pace and on a daily basis that it is amazing anyone could process it all. Even so, you manage to catalog most of it somewhere in your brain for future use. Then, each time one of those stored bits of information shows up again, everyone else in the room can see your lights turning on. All that information will also be used to help you make decisions as to what is right and what is wrong. You learn more and more to avoid the things that hurt and go toward those that bring you pleasure. Hopefully, you also learn which are good choices. It is a time when communication is probably the biggest issue. Yes, you have a vocabulary that allows you to get what you need but, in order to function, you need to learn more words and how to use them more eloquently. Not being able to do so can lead to insurmountable frustration, where you don't know whether to be upset with yourself or your parents, who simply don't understand you. It is a time when, for some unknown reason, you have a need to test the limits. When you are trying to convince your parents that you are old enough to do what you want to do and responsible enough to make your own decisions. When you are not always understood. When the words fail and you know you are not being heard, and the frustration leads you to simply have a fit. Such is the plight of a two-year old, or was that a teenager? The only real differences are braces and acne. Both have to learn how to maneuver in a body that is growing faster than they are. Both have so much to learn. At two, it is counting to ten; as a teen, it is algebra and calculus. For each, it is just as much of a challenge. Both need to explore their ever expanding world. At two, that is rarely out of a parent's sight; for a teen, the limits drop as the whole world is opened up. Decisions and responsibilities expand too, from learning hot and cold, to more complex issues of life and interpersonal relationships. Then there is communication. At two, the vocabulary may be limited but it is quite sufficient to convey one's basic needs. With practice, single word commands expand into three word sentences that make it easier to deal with parents and others. Teens are no different. They have more words, but need to develop a greater command of the language in order to get their more complex ideas across to others. Both go through the frustration of all these issues and of not being understood and, when that boils over, there is little difference between a tantrum on the living room floor and stomping off to your bedroom and slamming the door. The lessons are basically the same, only the scale changes. Oddly enough, the lesson here is probably best given to the parents or those teens who will be parents: The "Terrible Twos" are not really that terrible, especially once you get past them and, for that matter, neither are those teenage years. Just remember that both are growing and need to be understood. You, no doubt, recall being a teenager yourself more than you do having been two. As a parent, you have the advantage of seeing both stages in your child. The moral of this story is they are no different than a one-year old who learned how to walk. No matter how many times they fell they got back up and tried again because you were there to support them. Dr Bill Gallagher is the director of Run Drugs Out of Town Run, Inc. http://rundrugsoutoftownrun.org MORE INFO HERE: http://joanbramsch.com/counseling eens.shtml


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The elevator stopped on the lowest level of the parking garage of the Civic Center: a downtown shopping mall and the site of the Hartford Coliseum. A quick glance to the left, then the right, revealed that no one was around. That was good. It would be better to be as inconspicuous as possible.
''When you get off the elevator, walk toward the front of the garage until you see, 'Pickups and Deliveries,' '' the security guard on the upper level had said. ''Go in through that door.'' Sure enough, a handwritten sign taped to a door was clearly visible, saying this was where the players and members of the news media should enter. No secret password was necessary but there were a couple of questions visitors had to answer before being allowed in.
''Do you have identification?'' a security guard wanted to know. ''And do you have proof of age?'' One More Bizarre Twist
As if the various collegiate post-season conference basketball tournaments do not already provide enough bizarre twists, the E.C.A.C. North Atlantic Conference played its first round in virtual privacy today. An outbreak of measles at Siena College in early February and a subsequent case at the University of Hartford made these tournament games off limits to spectators. One player from Siena and one from Hartford caught the disease.
Although the players on all eight teams in the conference have been vaccinated, medical authorities are concerned that, because measles is so contagious, students who are carrying the disease might spread it if they were allowed to attend these games.Continue reading the main story
So the quarantine signs were posted and fans, pep bands and cheerleaders remained home. The crowd, today consisted of reporters, photographers and a jury of the players' peers from the other teams.
Contrary to what some people might have imagined, the players did not wear surgical masks and gloves, nor were they forced to wash their hands every time they handled the ball.
Journalists, school officials and players were allowed, provided they brought medical records showing they had been vaccinated or, in the case of journalists and school officials, identification showing they were over the age of 35. People over 35 are considered to be immune because virtually all of them were either exposed to the disease or had it.
''We've been told that between 1954 and 1980, the measles vaccine wasn't strong enough,'' said Joe Baker, the Colgate coach. ''I think I had measles when I was a kid but I'm old enough, anyway. I've become something of a pseudo-measles expert during the past month.'' 435 Confirmed Cases According to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, a total of 435 cases of measles were confirmed across the country between Jan. 1 and Feb. 27, compared with 265 cases for the same period last year.
For New York State, outside New York City, there have been no officially confirmed cases this year, but 36 cases have been unofficially reported at Siena College in Loudonville, just outside Albany, and 22 more in Nassau County, primarily at C. W. Post College. There have been 15 cases officially confirmed in New York City, compared with 4 in 1988.
Schools in the North Atlantic Conference are from six states, each with different laws specifying the incubation period of a contagious disease. In Connecticut, it is 21 days.
''Every time the telephone would ring for the past month, I'd wonder if it was news that one of our players had measles or that we weren't allowed in a certain state,'' Baker said.
As of today, however, only Siena and Hartford have had cases of measles on campus. Hartford reported today that a second student had the disease. School officials ordered a new round of vaccinations for resident students, and Walter M. Bortz 3d, the university vice president, extended restrictions on public events through March.
Because the main Coliseum entrance is on the first level of the mall, officials decided to use the service entrance. In the arena, Colgate was playing Siena, the regular-season champion, in the first game this morning. Siena won, 61-51, improving its record to 22-4. The teams had met only last Sunday in another quarantine game. Siena, in fact, has played seven times to the sounds of silence since a student vacationing in Puerto Rico came down with measles on Feb. 10.
''At first it was different, new,'' said Marc Brown, a sophomore guard averaging 19 points. ''But now, it's starting to wear on me. I'm a little flashy; I like to make a nice pass and hear the crowd cheer. But no one cheers.''
Steve McCoy, the Siena center, tried to see the positive side. ''We've played so much without a crowd that now it works in our favor,'' he said. ''Still, I miss the fans. With them, it makes it much more fun.''
Imagine the cacophony at Madison Square Garden during the Big East tournament this week when even the booming voice of John Thompson of Geogetown is occasionally difficult to hear above the din. And how about the battle of the bands as they try to drown one another out?
But in the Coliseum, players and coaches have to be careful even when they whisper. ''I'm vocal and I've tried to tone it down since this thing happened,'' said Mike Deane, the Siena coach, who must be an earful when spectators are allowed.
The sense of drama and tension were lessened in an atmosphere comparable to that of a dress rehearsal. For instance, as Colgate - which lost by 55 and 42 points to Siena during the regular season - stayed close until the final minute, a handful of maintenance workers mopped and swept the empty Coliseum stands, oblivious to the near-upset.
''At Colgate, we only get a couple of hundred fans a game,'' Baker said. ''Sometimes, we'll have only a hundred. So this was like a home game for us.'' The winner of the tournament earns an automatic bid to the National Collegiate Athletic Association playoffs. Siena, the favorite, has been cleared to play before spectators on Saturday, although Hartford is still under quarantine. Boston University has a good chance to win this tournament, too.
Marty Marbach, the Canisius coach, whose team lost to Hartford this evening, was an interested spectator at the Colgate-Siena game. He had never coached under these conditions.
''I try never to use vulgarity but I'll have to use some extra self-discipline,'' Marbach said. ''I've never experienced anything like this. Even my wife and baby daughter couldn't come. They'll be at the Big East.''Continue reading the main story


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For some reason, before starting this show, I didn't look up any previous reviews or impressions. This wasn't on purpose, but now I am glad I did as it would have hampered my original viewing.
There is a lot of hate out there for this show, and really I'm not surprised. While there is divergence of course, it seems people fall into three camps.
1) They loved the OVA because it left EVERYTHING up to interpretation, and thus hate how the anime explains anything.
2) They hated the OVA, and by default hate the anime because they wanted a Black Rock Shooter TV series that is more like the PSP game, with less moe slice of life high school girl stuff.
3) They like the TV show
I guess I fall into camp three, though with an added, I also hated the OVA. And at one point a part of me would have liked a more sci-fi BRS, like the PSP game. However, the more I get into the anime the more I realize that is a shallow, and overused concept compared to what is going on in this TV show.
Now I'm not going to say the anime is revolutionary or one of the best series ever, but it is really good, after more than a few seasons of really lousy anime. I think it is a step in the right direction.
Sure it has the overused "highschool girls/slightly yuri" vibe, but it doesn't really fall into a lot of traps of other anime before it. There is a cast of female students, but you won't find any K-On moments here. It feels a lot closer to high school for me than most shows, as everyone is worried about their own personal hangups and relationships and what everyone thinks about them.
And through all the awkwardness of adolescents, our main heroine Kuroi, stands the voice of reason in the series. Every time I see her I like her more and more. She is such a good easy to relate to protagonist. Most of the time when everyone else is doing something completely stupid, she won't beat around the bush to tell them they are being a moron.
One scene in particular (which I should have mentioned in the Alpha impressions), was when she confronted Yomi's mother about letting her daughter waste her childhood taking care of a girl who didn't need taking care of. She called Yomi's mother "weird" about 30 times in 10 seconds, and I couldn't have agreed with her more.
Of course that is Kuroi's role in the series, to fix everyone's personal hangups, while Black Rock Shooter cuts off their heads in the other world.
It's nice to see now, the direct effects from BRS's actions and how they affect the human world. At first it seems when she lops off someones head she severs Black Gold Saws control of that person, but at the same time, that person looses some of their memories or feelings during that point in their life. But by the sixth episode we know the full extent of what is going on in a pretty shocking plot twist.
Black Rock Shooter is more of a villain than a hero. Black Gold Saw is trying to keep people in the other world alive and safe and Black Rock Shooter is going around decapitating anyone she meets.
In her own way BRS thinks she is doing the right thing, in that when someone dies in the other world, in the human world, all their emotional baggage vanishes, including any positive and negative feelings they were feeling at the time.
The twist caught me off guard, as I was just rooting for BRS for no good reason other than she seemed like the good guy. And she still kind of is, but now every character exists in a shade of gray and not just good and bad. In the other world, the humans "other selves" feed off the emotions of the human world counterparts. Saya, as Black Gold Saw is keeping everyone alive in the other world, but in the human world as a school counselor she has to make all the girls as emotionally damaged as possible to make them stronger in the other world.
Kuroi gets really emotionally attached to everyone she meets and wants to help people through their problems, thus making Black Rock Shooter really powerful. However, BRS is a murdering lunatic and keeps slaughtering anyone who gets close to Kuroi. Kuroi and BRS merge completely by the end of the sixth episode with it seeming like Kuroi is in full control of her other self. But we will see what the last two episodes have in store for us.
The character of Yuu/Strength has turned out to be an amazing character in the series. In the OVA she was annoying and forgettable. Here, she is the shining star. In fact, the biggest mystery so far, is who she is. She doesn't have a shadow, but in flashbacks with her and Saya in high school she does have a shadow. My theory is that Yuu and Strength switched places. Strength in the other world seems a lot like Yuu from Saya's flashbacks. Yuu in the present (who hasn't aged) is much friendlier and outgoing, and no one seems to remember her after she leaves their field of vision (except Kuroi). Also Saya keeps referring to Strength as "that girl" when she should be referring to Yuu. That's just my theory anyway.
Although I always liked Black Gold Saw's character design, up until the last two episodes I was fine with BRS killing her and getting back at Saya, but now I want to see her make it through the series. the last two episodes should prove interesting.
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Ella - Pet form of English Eleanor, meaning "foreign; the other." Compare with masculine Ella.
Meaning name Elliott
Elle - Danish form of Greek Helénē, possibly meaning "torch."
Ellen - Originally a variant spelling of English Helen, possibly meaning "torch." Now considered an independent name.
Ellenor - Variant spelling of English Eleanor, meaning "foreign; the other."
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How I think about topics and issues
In conversations with friends, I've had the chance to reflect about how I look through readings. This is an attempt to articulate what happens when I'm browsing for articles and books, both physically and digitally.
What usually happens is that I start off with a bit of grand theorizing – find the people who try to construct universal frameworks. These are only the beginnings and they are often discarded and/or refined as I encounter new facts and frameworks. After a while, I realise that I'm looking a lot at academics and specialised journalists who have spent a long time looking at a specific area. This is also that I try to avoid op-eds and authors of books who tend to only aggregate newspaper material.
Tapping into academics and specialised journalists helps me to construct detailed concepts about how a specific issue develops and its sub-issues. For example, if I was doing work on poverty, I would be looking at grand theories about how poverty happens – cultural framings, economic framings, cognitive framings and so on. Within each of these framings I would go into detail, all the time asking if the framings are appropriate. For example, with culture, I would ask, how do people talk about culture in useful ways? With economic, perhaps its an issue of skills and economic structure. With cognition, it could be the way people decide spending and investment decisions. And then go into greater detail into the linkages between say, economics and culture.
After exploring the silos, I've found it helpful to read works on how the different silos are related. I like the works by Vaclav Smil as he explores the interactions between energy, food production, consumption and natural processes. Sometimes they horizontal linkages become silos in themselves – such as system dynamics and complexity, both of which are vast disciplines in themselves. So with the poverty example, I would be interested in how cultural framings interfere with economics and/or with cognition, and how various countries have addressed poverty in various ways.
After a while, it's possible to develop a meta-sense when looking at articles into: (1) things directly relevant to interests; (2) things that add to current interests; and (3) things that I never knew about. (1) and (2) overlap, and its a function of what am I interested in at the current moment, and also about rebalancing areas that I am more familiar with and what I'm not as familiar with.
I try to look for fact-heavy books with subtle arguments. They tend to be historical and supplemented by primary research – which as a result, becomes the domain of academic researchers, or very senior journalists who have spent a lot of time in an area.
I guess what drives me is that I'm trying to understand the world and constructing frames to guide my understanding.
So far, what I've described is pretty generic – I'm thinking this is the general process of what most people go through in many things, ranging from workplace implicit knowledge to how fan-fiction is generated.
To further categorize the knowledge acquired, another labels can be helpful. I've found Aristotle's 4 causes to be useful labels: efficient, material, formal and final causes of things. In short, they describe the process, the materials/technology, the medium in which the happen and the purpose for why they occur, respectively.
I've found the Snowden's Cynefin useful – in describing the epistemology of events/processes – whether the process are simple, complicated, complex or chaotic – terms to describe the relationship between cause and effects and the degrees to which they are known. Kahane's notions of complexity are also useful – whether things are socially (involving diverse beliefs), generative (awkwardly, the expectedness of outcomes), and dynamic (again, relationship between cause and effects) – as I understand the terms. I hope to explore their notions and other notions of complexity in greater detail in a future blog post.
There are some limitations in my current understanding. I don't have clear notions about aesthetics, spaces, tactility and perceptions. My design/aesthetic senses are not as developed, and its something I ought to get more experiences at.
Thanks for reading, and hope you find this helpful. 🙂


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GUE's Project Baseline Initiative Supports Underwater Conservation Documentation Efforts in Fiji
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Suva, Fiji (May 13, 2017) –– Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) will be conducting a conservation initiative, called Project Baseline, to document coral reef ecosystems in Fiji in order to better understand the health of Fiji's deep and shallow reefs and how they may be changing due to climate change and population pressures.
The project will include a team of GUE technical divers from the United States and New Zealand who will be working with marine biologists from the University of the South Pacific (USP) and the Florida-based Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in a Triton 1,000-meter submersible named Moby. The team will be working from the motor yacht Ad-Vantage and will be supported by her crew along with submersible pilots and engineers. The primary objectives will be to collect photographic and video surveys of coral reef and deeper ecosystems in water depths between 5 and 1,000 meters at several sites near the islands of Kandavu, Beqa, and Viti Levu. The surveys will be used by scientists to establish coral and fish species distributions and densities. The project will start on May 13 and is expected to run through May 27.
"The submersibles will be focusing on mesophotic corals that live below 90 meters and other lifeforms living as deep as 500 meters while the divers will document shallower corals living between 40 meters and the shoreline," said Dr. Todd Kincaid, Director of GUE's Project Baseline initiative. "We believe this effort will result in future mission opportunities on a yearly basis enabling sustained collaborations between Project Baseline and the Fijian people."
In addition to supporting USP's efforts to monitor and document the health of Fiji's coral reefs, the data collected will be added to GUE's growing Project Baseline database, aimed at establishing baselines for underwater ecosystems worldwide. All of the imagery and data collected will be accessible to the public on Project Baseline's online database.
"As a coral reef scientist, being a part of this expedition is a chance of a lifetime," said Dr. Brian Walker a professor at NSU. "Joining Project Baseline and the crew of the Ad-Vantage for diving operations in Fiji affords us the opportunity to visit and collect data on remote coral reefs that have little to no historical information on their biological communities; especially at depths up to 1000 meters. The baseline data collected on this mission could be extremely valuable in understanding the impacts of global changes to coral reef communities as the climate continues to warm."
Project Baseline is a global grassroots conservation effort started by the U.S. based non-profit organization Global Underwater Explorers to aid in the conservation of the world's aquatic environments. It encourages divers around the world to systematically and continually document underwater conditions at their local dive sites in a reproducible manner, share their observations via the Project Baseline online database, and cultivate collaborations in which their work will benefit ongoing scientific and conservation efforts. Project Baseline expeditions, such as this one in Fiji, foster collaborations between scientific, government, and private entities aimed at understanding and protecting the world's most special marine environments and endeavor to leave behind ongoing locally run teams who will carry on the Project Baseline mission.
The opportunity to conduct Project Baseline's expedition to Fiji has been made possible through the generous donations of time aboard the motor yacht Ad-Vantage and the use of its unique and valuable resources.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
My Own Walden Pond
I go there for two primary purposes: 1) To be with my family, or 2) To get away from my family.
When I go with my family, we waterski, kayak, boat, swim and do all manner of outdoor sports and family bonding type things. (No, those kids are not all mine. Whew. I only have 3)
When I go by myself, it's to write.
The river house is on an island in the Colorado River near Matagorda, Texas. The island only hosts 14 houses, so there is no cable of any kind. No TV, no internet. Heaven.
You have to get to it by cable car (tramway) or by boat. The cable car only holds a few folks at a time:
Below is the view from the cable car:
I call the river house my own Walden Pond.
Now, you remember of course, for a couple of years in the mid 1840's, Henry David Thoreau lived on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Being one of those deep thinking types, the writer/philosopher sequestered himself away to ...well brood and write. Transcendental thought doesn't come easy, you know. Well, neither does teen fiction. (It's a joke. Laugh. I'm certainly no Thoreau.)
For the sake of amusement, I will now pictorially compare Thoreau's Walden Pond to mine.
Thoreau's cabin:
My cabin (Psst! Mine has running water and bathrooms. I'll only take roughing it so far):
The old road to Concord:
The old road to my river house (Thoreau did not have Jedi light sabers. Score another point for me):
Placid Walden pond in the Spring:
Placid Colorado River in the Spring:
Honestly, I don't know what I'd do without a retreat that allows me to get away from it all. Not having internet is a huge asset to someone like me who is easily distracted. It's also a gorgeous, natural place to hike around and relax between hammering out chapters.
Starbucks, Panera, the bookstore... None of those places work for me.
Nature works for me.
What works for you? How/where do you go to get away from things so you can focus?
16 comments:
- Nisa said...
I love that you have your own Walden Pond and it's gorgeous! Don't those light sabers get more like 10 points each?
I honestly haven't found what works for me yet. That's the problem. lol! Maybe nature would because I do find it so inspiring, (man, I miss Utah!) but it's not a realistic for me at the moment.
- February 15, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- Abby Rogers said...
Wow, great post! I agree that it would be amazing to have your own Walden, especially without internet. I usually curl up in my extra-deep window seat to type away the hours (more like minutes, usually). Maybe I should try taking my laptop outside away from the WiFi sometime....
- February 24, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Lydia K said...
I agree about the roughing it part. I can't do without modern plumbing. Call me a princess, I guess!
Your river house is beautiful.
- February 24, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Mary Lindsey said...
Yes, Nisa! the light sabers should be worth 10. And yeah, Utah is gorgeous. I'd love to go back and visit again sometime. Beautiful.
Hi, Abby. The internet is my biggest enemy, sometimes. An extra large window seat sounds amazing!
Were there no modern plumbing, I doubt I'd spend much time there. No cable or internet is a good thing from time to time. No running water? Not so much. ;)
Thanks for the comments, guys!
- February 24, 2011 at 8:36 PM
- Kavya Hari said...
Hey, its one of the nice post, i never seen before because it has the superb pictures with the good article. Thanks a lot for natural pictures post.
- February 26, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- Amie B said...
my husband and i have been thinking about purchasing a vacation property on a large lake about an hour away. because, like you, i'm very inspired by nature. in fact, i often can't wait to go visit my parents....they live in the woods and stories seem to come alive while i'm there!
- February 26, 2011 at 9:40 AM
- Mary Lindsey said...
Isn't it amazing how a change to a natural location can inspire? An hour away is soooo close, Amie. What a cool thing if that works out.
- February 26, 2011 at 9:44 AM
- Christina Lee said...
Wow, I will take yours anyday!!!!!!
Gorgeous...please take me with you! I am primarily a city girl, but might be persuaded!
- March 10, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- Lola Sharp said...
Man, I'm green with envy that you have your own 'Waldon Pond' retreat. The internet is definitely a major distraction for me. Major. o_0
Enjoy your weekend,
- March 18, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- Dawn Kurtagich said...
Beautiful place—absolutely stunning! How wonderful to have both sides of it, with family and also for writing.
Thanks so much for sharing!
- April 13, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- Robbin L. said...
Thanks for sharing. My husband booked us a get-away weekend in the Wisconsin Dells. We have to listen to a two hour spiel about time-sharing with a three-year old, then the rest of the weekend is ours :) All kidding aside, I look forward to a getting away; a new adventure - new people - new stories. And, yes, quiet time is essential as a writer. I hope to find some.
- April 26, 2011 at 11:39 AM
- Naomi Ruth said...
Unfortunately I don't have a lovely nature spot. I tend to hide in my room. It is now called "The Cave" by my family members. (Insert eye roll here).
- April 26, 2011 at 11:08 PM
- Anne N Kenny said...
It looks like heaven. I would love to have a writer's retreat.
- May 9, 2011 at 4:46 PM
- TheBookAddictedGirl said...
Wow! I can see my inspiration flowing in a beautiful place like that.
I love to be surrounded by nature, with the sound of birds and smell of flowers. But I work best after being surrounded by my family. Mu family makes me smile: they're all insane. They make for good inspiration! I don't like to get away to focus. I like to be surrounded by laughter, chattering and love. That's where my creativity is at it's best!
Mary: thank you so, so much for visiting my blog! I'm honestly counting down the days until your book comes out! :) Thank you for this brilliant post!
Megan @ The Book Addicted Girl
- July 7, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Nice place. Oh, you only have three kids? Let's see...1 man and one woman...basically, 1 + 1...umm, that does not equal three! No wonder there are now over seven billion people on the planet. Hey, what's three more, right? Then three more, then...
- April 1, 2012 at 4:16 PM
- Mary Lindsey / Marissa Clarke said...
Hey, Mr. Wheeler. My second baby turned out to be twins. What's a girl to do?
- June 28, 2015 at 6:08 PM


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I think Rachel has friends in high places, two shoots with her and both had sunshine ! The air was cool, the ground damp and colder. But having seen some images from the last shoot with Camilla and a few from the shoot with Helen, Rachel was determined to give it a go.
We did just one hour as I could see the cold starting to get to Rachel, but what an hour !
Matt, Rachel's partner had been able to come for this shoot, with Matt acting as lookout Rachel and I could concentrate more on the photo's, just as well as where we worked is a popular spot with walkers and climbers. We didn't see any climbers but there were numerous walkers. As the location is quite big and varied we were able to move around to avoid onlookers.
The shots on the rocks with a big sky behind are something I have wanted to do for years but thought it impossible because of the popularity of the location. Rachel visiting the location for the first time was as inspired as I and as determined to use the rocks. We had a brief window of time when we had the rocks to ourselves and so worked fast and furious.
Both Rachel and I are very pleased with many of the images we created together. It is definitely getting too cold now for further shoots this year, so we are both very much looking forward to next year and already making plans.


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April reading: Josipovici, Cole, Vila-Matas, Enright, Hardwick
The job of retracing my reading over a month is a strange one, involving pulling out the books from the shelves where – hopefully – they've found their way, so as to make room for the current mess. Some of April's reading I've already written about – Enrique Vila-Matas's wonderful Dublinesque (the best book of his I've read so far, and certainly the one you would hope will broaden his English language readership) and Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carrière's brassily erudite conversation piece This is not the End of the Book in a blog post here, to which I added a footnote concerning Teju Cole's quietly, devastatingly manipulative Open City; and Chris Bachelder's Abbott Awaits, the book all liberal-minded dads should carry slotted down the back of their Baby Bjorns, celebrated here.
Looking back at books over the chasm of a few weeks, rather than writing about them hot off the last page, means interrogating your reading self to see what remains of the experience: Gabriel Josipovici's Only Joking, for instance, seems now an unforgivable diversion, a modernist skit on the caper movie that evaporates from the page, leaving no real sediment to speak of. It is a comedy, told largely in dialogue, about a series of variously wealthy, artistic, ingenious and criminal types all trying to do each other over for the sake of a Braque painting, or love, or neither. It entertains, but less than Charade, or Len Deighton in Only When I Larf mode.
The other thing that occurred to me over and over again as I read April's books, is how wonderful it is to read books in tandem, or close enough to each other that it feels like it. The Vila-Matas and the Eco/Carrière, as I blogged, seemed in direct conversation with each other about the vitality of the physical book, but then there's Teju Cole and WG Sebald, whose Rings of Saturn I am still re-reading, slow-slow-slowly. Continue reading
Just in case the book dies before I get back from New York
A rushed post, while the kids watch the Simpsons, and before I go upstairs to pack to fly to New York tomorrow. These last couple of days I've been trying to finish these two books, which arrived over the weekend, and which I've been reading in alternation, Dublinesque, the new novel by Enrique Vila-Matas, author of the wonderful Montano (here's my Indy review, here's Lars Iyer's manifesto, which treats it at more length), and This is Not the End of the Book, a transcription of some characteristically wide-ranging and ebullient conversations between Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carrière.
Quite apart from the resonance of the Vila-Matas to my first trip to New York, of which more below, the two books play off each other through their shared theme of the death, or otherwise, of the book, or literature. In fact, they are almost as much in dialogue with each other as are UE and J-CC in TINTEOTB (an abbreviation which brings to mind both Tintin and Kinbote, the mad editor of Pale Fire).
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India would be eyeing a medal on the opening day of competitions itself when the redoubtable Jitu Rai takes aim at the shooting range even as the much-hyped men's hockey team begins its quest to rediscover a golden past in the 31st Olympic Games here tomorrow.
The 29-year-old Jitu would be the cynosure of all eyes when he would walk in with his pistol at the Olympic Shooting Centre to compete in his pet 10m air pistol event.
The pint-sized dynamo has managed to keep a low profile heading into the Games despite being in imperious form for the last two years during which he won gold medals at the
Commonwealth and Asian Games.
His most recent medal — a silver — came at the World Cup in Azerbaijan in June, making him a hot property for opening India's medal haul in the Games.
Also beginning its quest for ending the medal drought of the last 36 years tomorrow would be the men's hockey team, which has, after a long time, managed to generate some buzz about its fortunes by producing some encouraging results in the run-up to the Games.
The team has decided to skip the opening ceremony to focus on the Group B lung-opener against Ireland.
The feuding tennis stars would also present their challenge for a medal from tomorrow with Leander Paes, who arrived late, teaming up with Rohan Bopanna for the opening men's doubles match. The Indian duo are pitted against the Polish pair of Marcin Matkowski and Lukas Kubot in the opening round tomorrow.
In the women's draw, Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare are starting their women's doubles campaign against the Chinese pair of Peng Shuai and Shuai Zhang in the first round.
Success in shooting will be key to India's hopes of surpassing London Olympics' six-medal haul, and the performance of Jitu and Abhinav Bindra would be crucial to that aim, while the likes of Gagan Narang, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Heena Sidhu and Apurvi Chandela can also climb the podium.
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Shooters don't like to make noise outside the range and they go about in a low key manner which has been their trademark, and Bindra's innocuous tweet 15 days ago that he would be incommunicado with the outside world till his fifth and last Olympics campaign begins sums up the mood in the shooting camp.
Tipped to give India their second individual gold medal after Bindra, armyman Jitu is the reigning world champion in 50m pistol as he will compete in both the events with an aim to make an unprecedented double in the Olympics.
Having won medals at the Asian Games (gold and bronze in Incheon 2014), Commonwealth Games (gold in Glasgow 2014), World Cup (two gold, three silver and one bronze) and World Championships (silver in Granada 2014), Jitu has made rapid strides since the last Olympics.
"I did not know what was an Olympics. I come from a village and like to stay that away," Jitu, the latest product from the Army Marksmanship Unit, has said.
If Jitu is making his Olympics debut, Bindra will perhaps be in his last and fifth Summer Games and he would like to bow out on a high.
Four years after setting up the gold standard in Beijing, Bindra crashed to a 16th place finish in 2012 London, but this time the shooter from Zirakpur, who is known to pay minute attention to details, has created Rio-like settings at his home.
Day one of shooting will also see 10m air rifle women duo of Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul, who had won gold and silver respectively at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, opening their campaigns.
Apurvi took up to shooting after seeing Bindra's gold medal feat in 2008 and now competing alongside her role model, the Delhi girl hopes to make a mark along with Mumbai's Ayonika.
The 25m rapid-fire pistol event had earned India a silver in London courtesy Vijay Kumar who has failed to qualify this time. But in his absence, Gurpreet Singh promises to make a mark. Both the Armymen have the same coach Pavel Smirnov.
The Punjab lad will be shooting in 10m and 25m rapid-fire events and his promising performance at Munich world Cup last year where he finished fourth in both the events makes him one to watch out for.
On the tennis court, Paes, who will be playing in his seventh straight Olympics, a first in tennis, checked in at the Games Village on the eve of the opening ceremony. He arrived late and was left high and dry with no room allotted to him before finally being given a room last evening.
India's Chef-de-Mission Rakesh Gupta clarified that Paes was always going to stay alone.
"He (Paes) was given a room and there's no controversy at all. For a legend like him, Paes deserved a separate room for himself," Gupta said, explaining that the Indian ace was playing a tournament in New York and hence the delay.
With Paes arriving late, Bopanna had to make arrangement for practice with Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic. He also teamed up with Sania Mirza while coach Zeeshan Ali paired up with the other women's doubles player Prarthana Thombare, who is in her maiden Olympics, during practice.
Indian tennis has had little success in Olympics till Paes took a bronze medal in Atlanta 1996 and since then they have been struggling at the biggest sporting stage.
Clearly, Paes and Bopanna lacked match practice together. They last played in India's Davis Cup match against Korea in Chandigarh last month, and it will have to be seen how much impact they make in the men's doubles. Moreover, they have different playing styles.
On the hockey field, buoyed by some strong performances in the run-up to the Olympics, Indian men's team will look to break their medal jinx.
Eight-time champions, India won their last Olympic gold at the 1980 Moscow Games. What followed was years of missed opportunities and then came the ignominy of failing to qualify for Beijing Games.
Four years ago, they qualified but finished last and the PR Sreejesh-captained side, which won a historic silver in the Champions Trophy, will eye redemption for the London debacle when they begin their campaign against Ireland in a potentially tricky encounter at the Olympic Hockey Stadium in Deodoro.
The women's team would also hope to continue its fairytale run which helped them to earn a berth at the Rio Olympics after a gap of 36 years.
Making their first Olympic appearance since Moscow 1980, the women's team will be on a high to open their campaign against Japan, a team whom they had beaten in the World Hockey League to qualify after 36 years.
Clubbed in a group comprising defending champions Germany, runners-up Netherlands and Pan-Am top two Argentina and Canada, the men's team will have to get into the rhythm as quickly as possible as any slip-up will threaten to derail their quarterfinal hopes.


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When you're a celebrity, you've got to get quite used to old friends and enemies coming out of nowhere to tell the whole world about your life pre-fame. And now, it's Taylor Swift's old school pal Chelsea who's shedding (questionable) light on our girl.
According to Chelsea, Taylor used to date a guy in high school named Jordan Alford. They split up, and Taylor's friend Chelsea then went onto date him (and is now married to him with a daughter). Anyway, Chelsea has now told The Daily Mail all about what went on, claiming that Taylor's hit "Picture To Burn" is all about her and now husband, Jordan.
"We were kind of good friends at school, later not so much. She dated [Jordan], that's why. They dated in freshman year, but then after that, girl code, once you date an ex-boyfriend you're not friends anymore. Picture To Burn is about him. Because he's always had big old trucks and stuff," Chelsea said.
"We know other people she wrote songs about. That first record was a game, like, 'OK, which one is this about? OK, did they even date? No? that's weird.' There were other songs on there about people that we talked about more probably, like 'Tears On My Guitar,' about the guy she never dated. We were like, 'That's a little odd.'"
Errrm babes, you're not painting the best picture of yourself here. First you admit to breaking girl code and then you're going on to call Taylor weird? YOU'RE ON THIN ICE, MISSY.
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