text:
Monday, 29 October 2012
My Birth Story! No One Ever Tells You Everything
So, here's some background information.I don't like pain. I take Excedrin when I have a headache; I have prescription drugs for my migraines. I got 5 stitches in my index finger once, and I took Tylenol with Codeine. I've had surgery and accepted narcotic painkillers with open arms. Yet somehow, I didn't think twice when I had to make the decision: drugs or no drugs during labor? My mom had three kids without an epidural. Also, I have a fear of needles. And, the more I learned about epidurals and the various other drugs offered during labor, the less appealing they sounded. There are a lot of risks, drawbacks, and uncertainties; there is no drug that makes labor easy. It's difficult and painful either way. So my plan was no drugs.
My birth plan was: No drugs, no IV, no inducing if possible. I didn't want to be hooked up to a bunch of machines, I wanted to wear my own clothes, and I wanted my mom and husband with me at all times. C-sections and episiotomies were to be avoided. I wanted to be able to move around and switch positions. I also had music and all kinds of things prepared to pass the time and help me relax. None of that was needed…But more on that later.
Part 1: Early Labor
In our childbirth class, they described the phases of labor, and the first phase was "early labor." It was the longest part of labor, they said. You'll know when it's happening, they said. You'll have hours and hours of sitting around at home before you go to the hospital, with mild contractions in the neighborhood of 30 minutes apart, they said. This is the time you're supposed to relax, eat a little, nap a little, etc. I did not get this chance. I didn't have time to get used to being in labor, let alone relax and read a book. It could be that early labor for me lasted days, but it was so mild I wouldn't have noticed. I just felt some cramps and Braxton Hicks contractions.
Part 2: My actual beginning—Active labor at home
In childbirth class, they said that only 10% of women begin labor with their water breaking. It doesn't usually happen like the movies. 90% of women get contractions first. But, in the event that we are part of that 10%, we went over the following scenario: It's 2 AM and your water breaks, what do you do? The answer was: check to make sure there's no color or smell, and go back to bed. I asked the midwife how long I should wait until I go to the hospital, if my water breaks first and contractions don't start. She said up to 8 hours. So, I was under the impression that labor would start slow and steady. That's how it usually happens in the real world. First time mothers often labor for 20-35 hours.
I was part of that 10%. My water actually did break at 2 AM. And we went back to bed…Ten minutes later, I was hurting really bad. I got up and went to the bathroom, and I kept trying to time my contractions, but I couldn't get a grip on them. Before I knew it I had been in active labor by myself for two hours in the bathroom. Toilet, shower, pacing back and forth, leaning on the counter. At 4 AM, I started freaking out. The contractions were coming on stronger and closer together and I was realizing that I was either in active labor, or something was wrong. Justin got out of bed and started timing contractions. I couldn't get my mom on the phone. I was out of my mind. Eventually I did reach her by my step dad's phone, and Justin started timing my contractions. Took another shower. At some point I was on the couch, being coached over the phone by my mom, while she was on her way to our house and Justin got together our stuff. For the record, I was pretty mean. I yelled the F word at the beginning of every contraction. I yelled at Justin in answer to all of his questions. I yelled at my mom at basically everything she said.
My mom got to the house sometime around 6, and there was some more labor on the couch, coached in person by my mom. I needed water, but it was impossible to lift a cup and drink from it, so HELLO CAMELBAK®! I somehow came up with this gem in the middle of a contraction. That was a very easy way to stay hydrated. I recommend it. Anyway, at some point we had to race to the car between contractions.
30 minutes of contractions on the bumpy, bumpy road to Norfolk. Yelling at my mom every time we hit a bump. Labor on the road is not fun.
I remember standing on the curb, leaning on Justin, for one contraction. Then quickly waddling to a wheelchair, and a really frustrating wheelchair ride to the delivery room.
Part 3: Active labor in the hospital
Every time I told a childbirth veteran that I planned on a natural childbirth, I got eye-rolls and meaningful looks, and basically no one believed me. In explanation, I realized that basically 3 out of 4 of the women who PLANNED on natural childbirth tapped out and got an epidural. That's when I started to worry. One thing I can tell you for sure: You will never be in labor and think to yourself: "Oh this isn't so bad, I don't need an epidural." Childbirth hurts. It's not like any pain you've ever felt. Drugs sound SO good when you're in the moment. You're going to want one. I wanted one. But I had already resolved not to get one. So I didn't. And that's what it takes: you have to decide that you're going natural, and just go natural. Giving up can't be an option.
Anyway, back to the story…I was having serious contractions, and there was a nurse putting an irritating fetal monitor around my belly against my will. And making me sign papers. She was telling me what each paper said, but I was 6 cm dilated, I was not paying attention. I think by the time my midwife finally joined us, I had reached the transition phase.
Part 4: Transition
Transition happens when you're about 8 cm dilated. This phase is known to make women angry. This is when they start yelling and saying things they don't mean…I already did this. For some reason, I got nice during transition. I stopped cursing, stopped yelling, started focusing. I even said "fudge" one time instead of the expletive. I was wondering to myself why I said that…I spent a lot of time on all fours, more quietly getting through contractions. Falling asleep for two seconds at a time—I hadn't had a decent sleep in two days. At some point a crazy woman came in and announced she needed to draw my blood. And I started crying. I don't like my blood drawn on a GOOD day, let alone the second most intense portion of labor. The needle wasn't a big deal compared to labor pains, but I was too busy to mention to her that I can't have needles in my hand lest I get a giant bruise. So I got a giant bruise. It didn't go away for over a week. It had to have been around 8:00 am when I started feeling the urge to push. I knew vaguely that I shouldn't push unless given the go-ahead by the midwife, so I held back. It wasn't easy, but it was instinctual. Apparently most people have a hard time doing this. I don't remember anything about it except that I did it… I felt like I had to push, and my body naturally pushed, but I stopped it. They checked me and I was not yet 10 cm. They asked if I wanted to get in the shower and I SO wanted to, but they decided I should keep the fetal monitor on (ugh) so the midwife went to get the birthing ball (exercise ball). That felt like it took forever, but I eventually got to get up and sit on it, and it was pretty good. Under the circumstances. I was getting impatient, though. I asked if I could push yet; it was getting more and more difficult to hold it. I don't remember who - the nurse or the midwife - but the last time I asked, she finally said NO but I was very close. So she managed to push the baby's head the rest of the way through the cervix (ouch. But everything hurt at this point so I was just all business) and I was okay to push. The next thing I remember I was somehow back on the hospital bed on hands and knees.
Part 5: Pushing
Ouch ouch ouch ouch. I got the impression that transition was the most difficult part and pushing was a "relief"…What the heck ever. Transition was pretty tough. Pushing felt like I imagined it would feel like to be murdered. I felt like my vagina was on FIRE. It hurts. I'm sorry, if you're planning on having a baby, I don't want to scare you. But, be prepared: it hurts. You're not going to like it, but it will make you love your baby even more. This phase can last 30 minutes or two hours. I was NOT going to do this for two hours. I had no drugs, I'd had no sleep, I felt every ounce of Westley Reese Amadeus, and I was getting him the hell out of me now. I pushed until I couldn't anymore. I pushed more than I wanted to, and I might have pushed more than I should have to prevent tearing (truthfully I do not know to the full extent how this works).
Just so we're clear, it does feel similar to the urge to poop, but it is different, and your body does know the difference. No, I can't guarantee that you won't actually poop. Obviously, it happens. But, the two top fears we women usually have are of tearing and pooping. Here's the truth about them both. Unless you get an episiotomy, you'll probably tear. It's not as scary as it sounds. At the time, there's so MUCH going on, you don't KNOW what is going on. I didn't realize I had torn until my midwife was sewing me up. And I didn't even care about those needles after the trauma of pushing. When it makes a difference is during recovery. More on that later. As for the pooping part. I PROMISE, you won't give a flying frick if poop, blood, flowers, or dancing leprechauns come out of there, because the reality is this: you are pushing a 5-10 pound person out of you. It's hard and it hurts and absolutely nothing matters to you but getting him or her out of there. I am a modest person who enjoys my privacy, but I didn't care one bit what was going on down there as long as my baby got out safely and quickly. Also, I had cleared most of it out several hours earlier anyway. You probably will, too.
Back to pushing…You won't think you can get through this. You will want to give up. The good news is, you can't give up. And you'll get through it. You'll be proud of yourself afterward, unbelievably proud. Here's how it goes down: the contraction starts, and you push. You immediately regret this, but you can't stop. You push as long and hard as you can—everyone will be spouting out instructions, so just do what they say. I screamed, bloody freaking murder. I didn't expect what I felt. They got onto me and told me to make lower sounds, so I did. Then I pushed again, and screamed bloody freaking murder. Repeat. Contraction stopped, and I waited for the next one. This continued until I felt the baby start to emerge. That felt good for a second! Until the contraction stopped. What happened? I thought I felt him coming out, unless I was imagining things. I wasn't. His belly got stuck. His BELLY. Despite my shouting pleas to "GET HIM OUT OF ME," the midwife could not pull him the rest of the way out. "Push," she says. I couldn't. The contraction had stopped. I probably shouldn't elaborate on how not fun this was. Eventually a contraction came, though, and I pushed like there was no tomorrow.
Part 6: FINALLY
And he slid the rest of the way out. Now, THAT felt MARVELOUS. I think I collapsed in relief and, I only know from a video I forced myself to watch, they plopped him on the bed in front of me while I was still on hands and knees. It was so, so worth it. I didn't care about anything else. And he looked like me. Suddenly he was the only thing that mattered. Somehow I ended up on my back, my baby on my chest, and my midwife sticking needles in my lady parts. I am irrationally afraid of needles. If you are, too, take heart: I didn't care about anything but the little person in my arms. Don't worry about the placenta. You feel a contraction (no big deal), you push, it's finally over and you feel all the better for it. I think we held and stared at the baby for maybe an hour before the nurse finally weighed him. NINE POUNDS AND SIX OUNCES, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Wow. And that, my friends, is why I tore through skin AND muscle, resulting in two layers of stitches. They call this a second degree tear. Believe it or not, it could have been worse.
Part 7: Why mothers pee with the door open
I had just had an average of 5 people in the room while I was on all fours with my nightgown hiked up and who-knows-what-madness was going on in my nether regions. When that was over, my nightgown was removed and I ended up walking right across the room naked to the bathroom. With a nurse supporting me. Once there, I couldn't sit on the toilet, urinate, or get off of the toilet without assistance. I actually almost passed out. Did I care how many people had just seen me naked? No. You might. I did not. I was more concerned with how in the world I was going to pee. The first attempt wasn't successful. I was pretty much afraid of everything down there. I read that some people like to bring their own underwear because the hospital gives you this baggy mesh kind that doesn't fit well. You should still bring your own underwear for day 2 or 3, but on day 1, I didn't want to mess with anything down there. The baggy underwear was just there to hold the pad and the icepack; to soak up the bleeding and stop the swelling and pain. I wasn't walking much, so it was fine, really.
Part 8: Recovery
Recovery was tough. Your body really goes through it. It's been one month and I'm still hurting. Not NEARLY as much as the first week, thank goodness. Now, future first-time-moms, you will be terrified at the prospect of pooping. Especially if you have stitches AND hemorrhoids. They don't fully warn you about these. They suck. And they never fully go away. Anyhow, just take a stool softener (probably every day for the next two weeks) and let it be. It's not that bad, as long as you just let it happen when it happen. Also, take all the ice packs you can get. We couldn't find any of these later. Not the same kind, anyway. And ice is your friend when everything down there feels like it's been through WWII. Sitz baths are uncomfortable, but afterward everything feels much better. Take a towel, roll it up a bit, and use it on the back of the Sitz bath to make it more comfortable. That's the best you can do. I brought an i-home for the labor part, but it actually came in handy in the recovery room. Day and night we had music going to make us feel more at home, and it relaxed me during the night when Justin was sleeping and I was up feeding, and not having a clue what to do. The book was a nice thought, but I could barely get through a paragraph before something demanded my attention.
I didn't want to sleep all day the first day. I was full of adrenalin and I just wanted to look at my baby. So I did, and when I needed it, I knocked out. Take advantage of the hospital. They allow you to get rest. Because…
Part 9: Day one at home
Is the second hardest day ever. You suddenly have no help but your husband and whatever family may or may not be there. There is no refrigerator right by the bathroom to hold your Tucks pads. There's laundry to do, and dishes and baby preparation, and you can't do ANY of it. At least, I couldn't. Honestly, I could barely take care of my baby after all I'd been through, so that was my only job. Taking care of a newborn baby when it's all you can do to walk to the bathroom, this is a difficult task. Also, it takes you twenty minutes to go to the bathroom, so make sure you have someone around to hold the baby for this. Also for Sitz baths and showers. Also for naps. Oh yeah, that's the only time you're going to get sleep from now on. I have a hard time forcing myself to nap. I should be napping right now; everyone else is. Naps are good. Go with it. Justin and I stayed up all night on the first night, and it was horrible. But eventually we got used to the fact that Westley makes a lot of noise when he sleeps, and you have to discern when it's a "MOMMY, I NEED YOU" noise or a "I'm a noisy newborn" noise. Also, we started taking shifts. I got up to feed, Justin got up to burp, change, and lull to sleep. When Justin went back to work, my mom stayed over for a week. This was the best idea ever. I got some sleep, he got a full night's sleep, and I finally started to learn the ins and outs of getting as much sleep at night as possible. But during the day, if the baby is sleeping, you should be sleeping. For at least the first month, this is a good rule.
Part 10: Conclusion
In the end, I got all the major things I wanted from my birth plan. I didn't induce, I didn't use an epidural or any other drugs, I didn't get a C-section. I didn't even get any real stretch marks (I used Bio Oil since the second trimester, so take with that information what you will). The little bumps in the road, so to speak, were pretty decent compromises. I am happy with my experience, all things considered.My last bit is this: People offering to make you food? Take them up on it. This was helpful. I appreciate everyone who brought us food. They were the bomb. Bonus: you can make them hold your baby while you eat. They don't mind. Babies are cute, and they really came to see him anyway. Also, keep something in the kitchen to eat that is ready to just grab and eat. A one-handed meal is helpful, too. I keep finding myself feeding the baby in the middle of the night while I myself am starving. Making a peanut butter sandwich is not possible to do one-handed, but you could always make one ahead of time…If you aren't breastfeeding, disregard this advice. Well, you might still need a snack, but obviously if you want to lose your baby weight, you have to keep that in consideration.
I don't have a graceful ending for this. The end of the story is this: There is nothing that could completely prepare you for labor and parenthood. The experience alone gives you the perspective. It really does change everything you are, and everything you think, and everything you do. I think I could write several more blogs about this. So I'll end this one for now, it has gotten long enough.
image source
Post a Comment
- Back to momaroo's Momaroo Site!
- Note: your comment will appear in momaroo's local time zone: GMT -05:00 (Eastern Standard - US, Canada)


text:
Parashat Beha'alotcha
sermon archives
Make a Gift Online
10400 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90024 Phone (310) 474-1518 Fax (310) 474-6801
Sign up below to be notified of Rabbi Wolpe's latest writings.
Name: Email Address:
Off The Pulpit: Current Newsletter "A Time For Silence" by Rabbi David Wolpe
The world will not keep quiet.
Stores play music, billboards blare, our cars, iPods, and cellphones bombard us with words, images, and music. Still, silence and absence are among our most important teachers. As a great pianist once remarked, his playing uniquely was distinguished less by the notes than the space between the notes. Mystics studied not only the black letters of the Torah, but the white spaces between them. Stillness, absence, silence — the first letter of the Ten Commandments was an aleph, which has no sound.
Ecclesiastes was certainly correct that "there is a time to speak and a time to keep silent." Silence corresponds sometimes to a deep need inside of us for peace, for a brief cessation of the tumult that disguises our hunger and distracts our sadness. Even our tradition of words knows that words are not always welcome. The Midrash on Koheleth tells a story: The wife of Rabbi Mana died. Rabbi Abin came to pay a condolence call. Rabbi Mana asked, "Are there any words of Torah you would like to offer us in time of grief?" Rabbi Abin answered, "At times like this the Torah takes refuge in silence."
download here
Download Past Off The Pulpit newsletters below.
Returning to the World

subset: commoncrawl


text:
"I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!
Read more...
- Who Do You Trust? -
Modern Progressives call themselves journalists when, in fact, they are actually opinion givers, entertainers, fabricators, promoters, storytellers and flat out liars and many of them do not know the difference.
- A Legal Or Social Issue -
Have you read the United States Declaration Of Independence? If not, why not? It is about 1,300 words long, only takes a few minutes to read, and gives us the reasons we have our great country. Reading the Declaration of Independence gives us an understanding of what the Founding Fathers were for and against as they wrote our United States Constitution, the foundation of all of our laws.
- Insanity Defined -
Earlier I was working on this week's column and after I heard the State of the Union address and then I read an article regarding a vote that will probably take place in the US Senate this week, my heart and mind forced me to stop the article I was working on and revisit an issue I have written about before. This week the Senate will probably vote to raise the debt ceiling.
- 24-Hour Entertainment -
What influence is 24-hour media coverage having on our country? More importantly, what influence does 24-hour media coverage have on you? I'm glad you asked.
Page 1 of 4


text:
Lovely B&B beside the River Ness. At night I fell asleep to the sound of the water floating by - so calming and relaxing after a long day hiking in the Highlands! The hostess was incredibly friendly, welcoming and she instantly cooked whichever traditional Scottish breakfast I requested in the morning. She even fed me sweets every day... what a... More
- Also Known As:
- Ghillies Lodge Inverness, Scotland
- Reservation Options:
- TripAdvisor is proud to partner with Expedia, Hotels.com, Tingo and Venere so you can book your Ghillies Lodge reservations with confidence. We help millions of travellers each month to find the perfect hotel for both holiday and business trips, always with the best discounts and special offers.


text:
HARTFORD — Jim Calhoun was breathing fire down his players' necks in practice the day before, but it didn't translate into a whole lot of effort for the first 30 minutes or so against West Virginia Monday night.
UConn trailed by as many as 10 points midway through the second half as it continued to turn the ball over too much and failed to grab a single offensive rebound.
Then, out of nowhere — and perhaps partly inspired by a technical called on Calhoun — the Huskies came to life. Andre Drummond and Jeremy Lamb, specifically, took charge, the Huskies started attacking the boards with vigor and wound up with a much-needed, 64-57 win at the XL Center.
The 17th-ranked Huskies snapped a brief but ugly two-game losing streak to improve to 13-3 overall and 3-2 in the Big East.
"We knew we had to get a win," said Lamb, who scored 13 of his game-high 25 points over the final 11 minutes. "We had to prove to ourselves that we have fight. We had to prove that we do care about this team. That's what we did the last stretch, we just really played hard. We did what we had to do to win the game, and that was a huge win for us."
West Virginia fell to 12-5, 3-2.
Drummond followed Lamb in the scoring column with 20 points while also hauling in a game-high 11 rebounds and three blocks — including a Darryl Bryant 3-point attempt in the waning seconds that sealed the deal.
"Andre Drummond was special tonight," said Calhoun. "He hasn't been special all season — he's been good — as you would expect from a freshman. But tonight, he was special."
Drummond's biggest play of the night came with 1:27 left and the Huskies clinging to a one-point (58-57) lead. Lamb misfired on a 3-pointer, but Drummond grabbed the rebound and hit a short baseline jumper — one of several such shots he made throughout the night in between rafter-shaking dunks.
West Virginia wouldn't score again. Kevin Jones missed a 3-pointer with 15.7 seconds left, Alex Oriakhi grabbed the rebound and had it knocked out of bounds by a Mountaineer player. Lamb swished a pair of free throws, and Drummond's block of Bryant led to a Lamb layup at the buzzer. Continued...
"Late in the game, we needed scoring," said Lamb. "They ran some great plays for me to get open and be able to knock down shots. Drummond, also, he played great tonight."
UConn trailed 33-28 at halftime as it had no answer for Jones, the Big East scoring and rebounding leader, and fell behind by 10 after Deniz Kilicli's lefty hook shot with 11:25 left. But the Huskies followed with a head-spinning, 15-2 run over the next six minutes, started by a Lamb alley-oop dunk and book-ended by a Lamb 3-pointer.
West Virginia would tie it at 55, but Lamb knocked down a wing jumper with 2:34 to play and the Huskies never again trailed.
Shortly before UConn started its run, Calhoun was hit with a technical foul by referee Pat Driscoll after arguing an over-the-back call on Drummond during a timeout. It seemed to light a fire under the Huskies, even if some of them didn't even know at the time that Calhoun had been T'd up.
"I told them, 'If we're not going to fight, they might throw me out of here, but I'm going to fight,'" Calhoun said. "It wasn't planned, but we just couldn't keep them going the way we were going."
Said freshman Ryan Boatright: "Coach has got our back, he's on the refs. If he sees something going on, he tells us not to say anything to the refs and he'll take care of it."
Oriakhi finished with eight points and three blocks in one of his better games in a while, Boatright scored seven off the bench, and though point guard Shabazz Napier went scoreless, he did dole out eight assists (to go with four turnovers).
Jones led WVU with 22 points. He buried three of WVU's six first-half 3-pointers and had 13 points at the break, helping the Mountaineers to a 33-28 lead. UConn was burdened by familiar problems in the opening half: nine turnovers, zero offensive rebounds, poor 3-point defense.
However, the Mountaineers missed all 10 of their 3-point attempts in the latter half.
RIM RATTLINGS Continued...
‰Boatright had a big steal and dunk to tie the game at 48 with 7:08 remaining. He had raised Calhoun's ire earlier in the half, however, after a bad turnover, followed by some backtalk to the coach.
Calhoun raced out to midcourt during a timeout to confront Boatright face-to-face.
"I don't even really remember what he said," Boatright recalled. "It was just the heat of the moment. Coach is going to be Coach. That's what he does all the time. He does it to everybody. I made a mistake, and you've just got to be culpable and be able to play through it."
Follow Dave on Twitter @DaveBorges. To receive breaking news first, simply text the word torsports to 22700. *Msg & Data Rates May Apply. Text HELP for help. Text STOP to cancel.
See inaccurate information in a story? Other feedback and/or ideas for us to consider? Tell us here.
Connecticut Region Sports By Bleacher Report
Local Guide
Business Name
Location, ST | website.com
Social Wire
Athletes of the Week
- Girls Athlete of the Week: Olivia Morrison, Varsity Torrington II Basketball (with video)
- Boys Athlete of the Week: Zac Mancini, U-14 Torrington Mix Basketball (with video)
- Girls Athlete of the Week: Julia Ashworth, Northwestern basketball
- Girls Athlete of the Week: Elizabeth Wexler, Winsted U-12 Basketball (Video)
National Sports Videos
Top Sports Stories
- A simple guide to the BCS Championship Game
- STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL: E.O. Smith No. 1
- Wolcott Tech boys run into top team in CSC, lose to Goodwin Tech at home
- UConn Men: Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond lead Huskies to second-half comeback win over West Virginia
- UConn's Don Brown removes name from Yale football coaching position
- Torrington football honors successful 2011 team, looks ahead to 2012
- Brenden Lytton hasn't committed to a school yet, but says Southern Connecticut State showing plenty of interest (with video)
Recent Activity on Facebook
Blog Center
On Deck Circle
Register Citizen sports editor Pete Paguaga tells you what's happening in high school sports in Northwest Connecticut.
Torrington Titans Stats Blog
Register Citizen sports editor Pete Paguaga keeps you up to date on the stats for the Torrington Titans throughout the summer.
Ramblings From The Runway
In his free time Chip Malafronte is considering a statewide petition to proclaim "The Runway" as the universal nickname for Rentschler Field. When he's not doing that he's covering UConn football.
Guide to Religious Services
Note: All listings are paid advertisements.
Note: All listings are paid advertisements.


text:
Sometimes it's just you and your kids
Have any questions? Feel free to leave them here.
Powered by Fast and Secure Contact Form
My name is Mallory. I'm a socially awkward person and really stink at making small talk. It's something I'm working on, but if we ever meet in person, I apologize in advance for all the uncomfortable silences. I love dirty jokes – the dirtier the better. So, when we meet and I'm being awkward, tell me a dirty joke and I'll get more comfortable.
I'm married to Ricky. He's a firefighter/paramedic. We've known each other since I was 12 and have been a couple since I was 16. He's really silly and I love that about him. He makes me happy. I really like him.
We had a baby in 2009. His name is Desmond and we love him. He's amazing and we basically think he's one of the greatest kids in the world.
In 2011, we had identical twin girls, Scarlett and Isla. We also think they are amazing and they are the two other greatest kids in the world.
This blog is meant to be a chronicle of our life together.


text:
Loading streams...
Connect with Us
Podcasts & RSS Feeds
All Content |
View all podcasts & RSS feeds |
Meet Our Hosts
Music Director, Host
Senior Producer, Host
Music Host
Technical Director, Music Host
Music Host
Music Host
8:49 am
Thu February 9, 2012
Morning Edition: Sustainable Viticulture Conference 2012
By Pam Bunch
The Second Annual Sustainable Viticulture Conference is open to anyone who is interested and will feature Phillip Hart, owner/winemaker of AmByth Estates in Templeton, California, who will discuss growing grapes bio-dynamically. There will also be a variety of local and regional presenters. The Conference takes place on February 22, 2012 and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Get more information here:


text:
Are you air-integrated? Do you want to be? For a limited time (from May 15 to July 31, 2013) Oceanic is making it easy to upgrade to a hose-less air integrated dive computer by giving away the wireless transmitter - absolutely FREE!
Inspired by historical heroes of the Diving Industry, Oceanic is proud to introduce the brand new Pioneer Mask line. With over two years in the making, this tough yet timeless mask incorporates design elements of the past with new design technology. The Pioneer features a full metal frame, exclusive easy‐to‐use strap release buckle system, and super‐view peripheral lenses with Saint Gobain Diamant ultra‐clear tempered glass. Read the Pioneer Mask test report by Dive-hive.com. |
Type | 2 Windows |
Material | Plastic, Carbon, Aluminium, Silicone |
Colour | Black |
Blow-off valve | No |
Optical lenses | No |
Dioptre | No |
Frame colour | Black/Red, Black/Blue, Black/Yellow, Black-titan |


text:
Aging Well in Tupelo
Thursday, September 1st, 2011Tupelo, Mississippi, is famous for two things: (Well, one thing, really, Elvis): It is the birthplace of Elvis, and the site of his historic Homecoming Concert of 1956, when a generation of delirious youthful fans celebrated his return from military service in Germany.
It's a bit ironic, given Tupelo's place in the pantheon of hip-swiveling youth culture, that the community is now being recognized for pioneering in a new direction, as a leader in the quest to find better assisted living arrangements for the elderly.
Too many older Americans get socked away in impersonal, institutional settings where the care is indifferent or worse (not to mention the food), and life becomes a tedious routine. But in 2003, after searching for five years to find the best ideas for assisted living, Tupelo's Methodist Senior Services program embraced Green House® homes model, which calls for the small, staffed homes of about 10 persons with private rooms and baths, a "great room," where people gather and open kitchen where meals are prepared form scratch.
The small house concept eschews the rigid schedules and routines of traditional nursing homes. The residents wake-up when they want to and eat when they want to. The staff works closely with the residents to develop closeness and sense of community.
The concept, developed by Dr. William H. Thomas, employs a radically different approach to staffing—self-directed teams of workers known as "Shahbazim" who prepare the meals, lead activities and do housekeeping in small homes designed to give the elders who live there a sense of community and participation.
An article published in the Journal of American Geriatrics by a University of Minnesota researcher found that that in almost every aspect of care, the Green House® homes did better than traditional nursing homes.
The board of directors of Methodist Senior Services was in the process of raising $3 million to build the new nursing care facility when they heard about the Green House ® idea. To their credit, they had the flexibility to stop the project in its design stage and work with Thomas and a group of architects to build the first of these homes in the U.S.
A recent article in Long-Term Living magazine named Green House® homes one of 10 important senior living design innovations of the last decade. "It's still a young model, and needs more years of experience to demonstrate continued success, writes the author, Margaret P. Calkins. "A testimony to its radicalism is that a lot of professional caregivers and nursing home administrators still don't believe it can be done. And yet it is. Ask those who live or are employed in a Green House and they will tell you, in no uncertain terms, that it works."
Being the first community to embrace the new concept, Tupelo has been visited by observers from across the U.S. and from several foreign countries. There are now about 18 organizations in 13 different states where senior are living in Green House® homes. Tupelo's role in pioneering this apparently successful model was one of three community projects that helped them win a 2011 All-America City Award. See a video of their community presentation by linking here.
The other thing Tupelo is famous for besides Elvis, at least among civic wonks, is the city's successful track record in the field of community and economic development. Vaughn Grisham tells the story of Tupelo's progressive efforts to build the community and crate jobs in his book: Tupelo, the Evolution of a Community. Robert Putnam also makes note of Tupelo in his book on social capital, Bowling Alone. So, it's not surprising that the city is doing something innovative with senior care.
And maybe it's even fitting. After all, if Elvis were alive today, he'd be (what?) about 76 years old.
Mike McGrath is senior editor and chief information officer for the National Civic League. A former newspaper reporter and magazine writer, he is editor of the quarterly National Civic Review, which will be beginning its centennial year of publishing this spring.
Mike's posts will appear every Thursday on the State of the Re:Union website.


text:
Unser Team
Project Manager My role at Acquia as a Project Manager brings with it many years of experience successfully managing partnerships and digital strategy... more
Managing Director, Consulting Services Bringing over 17 years of experience in client service and delivery management, Adriana has led organizations in healthcare, consumer... more
Migration Consultant |
Technical Consultant Balazs is a Technical Consultant on the European Professional Services team. His responsibility is to deliver various workshops to clients... more
Engagement Manager Ben Allgood comes from an enterprising background of developing and managing some of the most innovative and popular entertainment channels... more
Senior Technical Consultant, Government Practice |
Associate Consultant Active in Drupal since 2006, Cash has interests in security and performance.
VP, Customer Solutions Chris comes to us with an extensive background in leadership roles at service-oriented software and consulting organizations. Chris was the... more
Drupalist Chris porter is the 'old man' of the team. As one of the first three PS team members, and now the longest standing member of the team he... more
Senior Director, Solutions Architecture I've been developing applications and sites with Drupal since version 4.6 in 2005, and have more than 12 years of experience architecting,... more
Technical Consultant |
Technical Team Lead Erik is a Technical Team Lead in Acquia's Professional Services organization, where he has worked since early 2010. First introduced to... more
Manager of Learning Services Experienced and passionate educator, having worked at primary to third level education to professional training. Passionate about... more
Technical Consultant At Acquia, I provide technical consultation and advisement for clients in the areas of Drupal architecture, development processes, security... more
Director, Professional Services, EMEA Jakub leads the Professional Services team in Europe, making sure all engagements are finished with success. Jakub joined Acquia from his... more
Sr. Technical Consultant I've been a Drupal developer, administrator, contributor and trainer since 2005. At Acquia, I provide technical consultation and advisement... more
Sr. Project Manager, CSM Jenn focuses her work on managing large projects for organizations and companies that are new to Drupal. She specializes in managing... more
Sr. Director, Government Professional Services With a solid understanding of federal procurement, regulations, and the unique needs and requirements in the federal space, Jessica leads... more
Engagement Manager Joe is a Senior Technology Leader who leads client delivery for Enterprise Drupal implementations. His responsibilities cover Client... more
Services Operations Manager At Acquia, I manage large projects for clients, as well as the day-to-day of the Professional Services Team.
Practice Director, Consulting Services |
Project Manager Mark joined Acquia in October of 2012. Before starting at Acquia he was at Percussion Software, where he filled the roles of a Project... more
Technical Consultant Mark has worked professionally as a developer, engineer and consultant in information technology since 1997. Since 2007, he has focused on... more
Technical Consultant |
Program Director, Government Professional Services |
Senior Technical Consultant Mike has been a Drupalist since the 4.x days, when he created the Pathauto module. His current Drupal passion is data migration - getting... more
Technical Consultant |
Practice Manager, Professional Services Before Acquia Summer served as COO building enterprise Drupal platforms for clients such as Major League Soccer and American Media, Inc. At... more
Technical Consultant |
Technical Consultant Tim came to Acquia from Warner Music Group, where he managed and oversaw Warner Music's Direct to Consumer web platforms, including our... more
Technical Consultant |


text:
Protesters clashed with security outside a meeting room in Saskatoon where Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan had come to hear from educators, parents and chiefs about the proposed First Nations education act.
Duncan has said the legislation will provide better educational standards for aboriginal children in schools on reserves throughout Canada. First Nations say the proposal affects treaty rights and the consultation process is inadequate.
Saskatchewan First Nations take exception to the Crown's involvement in on-reserve education, which they say has been a major focus of self-government for 35 years.
"We are definitely not satisfied. They're trying to take the control," said Ron Michel, chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council, who came with several northern Saskatchewan chiefs to tell the minister they will boycott the consultations.
"We follow the provincial curriculum (but) we don't have the same capacity in our schools as city schools," he said, citing a lack of science labs as an example. "Kids in provincial schools get $16,000. At the reserve we get $6,500. That's not right," he said.
Chief Darrell McCallum of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation said Saskatchewan First Nations have worked hard to develop curriculum and materials for their schools.
"Indian control of Indian education has always been the forefront in successfully providing our education systems," he said after the morning address to the invitation-only session with educators and parents.
In the afternoon, about 100 demonstrators — some of them carrying signs with Idle No More slogans — arrived while a session for selected chiefs was going on inside.
A scuffle occurred between two protesters and security as the group tried to enter the second floor foyer at TCU Place.
A security guard repeatedly told the group the meeting was private and then tried to close the door they were holding open, resulting in the brief skirmish.
Members of the crowd responded with drumming and singing.
Soon after, plainclothes RCMP and uniformed city police arrived. But it wasn't until one of the chiefs spoke to crowd that the drums quieted and emotions calmed.
"I'm here to oppose the education bill that they are trying to force upon us, force upon our schools and force upon our communities," Barry Kennedy, chief of Carry the Kettle First Nation, told the protesters.
At Kennedy's and another chief's request, police and security allowed the group into the second-floor foyer and a handful of the protesters were allowed into the meeting room where the minister was speaking.
"They don't have my consent. They don't have any of our consent. That's why we are here," said Serena Gamble, a second-year University of Saskatchewan student who was on hand for the protest.
The noise from a round dance that ensued in the foyer did not seem to stall the meeting, but Duncan left the building afterward without speaking to the crowd or the media.
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde, who had attended the session, told reporters it's important First Nations remain engaged.
"I think we are all trying to do and say the same thing about improving educational outcomes. It's important to keep that at the forefront."
Bellegarde's participation didn't amount to an endorsement of the process, he said.
"Their consultation process is flawed, (it) doesn't respect First Nations jurisdiction," he said.
McCallum said the proposed legislation fails to make any reference to education as a treaty right.
The consultation process falls far short of the federal government's duty to enter meaningful dialogue with all of Saskatchewan's 72 First Nations before implementing laws that affect their treaty rights, he said.
"The duty to consult and accommodate (requires) high-level discussions. Having selected chiefs and technicians attend a one-day session in Saskatchewan is just not acceptable," he said.
Todd Lewis has been working to get all of his fields...
Bridge collapse survivor Dan Sligh described his entire...


text:
Other PressMasacre en Agua Blanca, Cali 17:04 May 22 0 comments Pronunciamiento ante los comunicados de las organizaciones indígenas del Norte del Cauca 19:41 May 21 0 comments Sulla controversa questione del diritto di anonimato sul web 22:30 May 16 0 comments Nueva carta a indígenas del Cauca: Precisiones y llamado al diálogo 17:16 May 16 0 comments Caliche, Falleció como vivió: combatiendo en la primera línea 23:24 May 13 0 comments more >> |
southern africa / repression / prisoners / feature Thursday May 09, 2013 22:48 byTAAC, iWAC, ZACF 1 image
Umthetho sisekelo walelizwe uthembisa amalungelo epolitiki nokulingana kwabantu. Kucacile ukuthi osozimali nosomapolitiki bazenzela umathanda. Banyathela ubuso babantu baseMzansi. Isibonelo esidumile esamaphoyisa ebulala abasebenzi bezimayini zaseLonmin Marikana. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / non-anarchist press Monday May 06, 2013 17:43 byCSAAWU 4 images
Over 60 CSAAWU worker leaders have been dismissed for taking part in the recent strike wave. Farmers are dismissing workers, increasing their rent, electricity and water. Farmers are preventing dismissed workers from finding alternate sources of income and threatening workers with evictions. Workers are being forced to take their children out of school and borrow money for food where they can. Workers are sitting with pain and suffering but do not regret standing up against years of abuse and exploitation. Viva the spirit of farm workers! read full story / add a comment
southern africa / repression / prisoners / press release Friday May 03, 2013 14:53 byTAAC, iWAC, ZACF 1 image
Molaotheo o tshepisitse ditokelo tsa dipolotiki le tekatekano. Go a bonagala gore boradipolotiki le bathapi ba dira ka mo ba ratang ka teng. Ba tshameka ka batho. Seo se bonagetse ka nako eo mapodisi a bolaileng badiri bao ba neng ba dirile ditshupetso kwa moepong wa Lonmin Marikana. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / the left / non-anarchist press Saturday April 13, 2013 17:57 byMalaika Mahlatsi
A critique from within the Black Consciousness tradition in South Africa of a collapse of a faction of that tradition into an authoritarian form of politics. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / community struggles / opinion / analysis Thursday March 28, 2013 16:05 byOliver Nathan 1 image
South Africa is an extremely unequal society. The post-apartheid dispensation has seen the situation of the majority poor black working class worsening. On the other side of the coin, a few elites have made it in capitalism and through the state, often through the elitist forms of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment and corruption. Inequality in South Africa is easily illustrated when one observes the massive disparities in development, service delivery and wealth between townships and rural areas on the one hand, and suburban areas on the other. Should massive disparities in service delivery between wealthy and poor neighbourhoods be put down to corruption, mismanagement, administrative incapacity and a lack of consultation? Or is there something in how the state is structured and the way in which it rules which means that it can never give the majority of people what they need? read full story / add a comment
southern africa / history / opinion / analysis Wednesday March 06, 2013 00:50 byTina Sizovuka and Lucien van der Walt 1 image
This article aims to explain, from an anarchist / syndicalist perspective, the rapid rise and fall of Julius Malema, the controversial and corrupt multi-millionaire leader of South Africas ruling party, the African National Congresss (ANCs) youth league (ANCYL). It is demonstrated that Malemas posturing as radical champion of the black poor was simply a means to an end: rising higher in the ranks of the ANC, in order to access bigger state tenders and higher paying political office.
The larger political implications of the Malema affair are also considered, especially the role of the ANC as a vehicle for the accumulation of wealth and power by the rising black elite, which is centred on the state. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / opinion / analysis Thursday February 28, 2013 19:13 byTina Sizovuka and Lucien van der Walt 1 comment (last - sunday march 03, 2013 02:14) 1 image
Privatisation the transfer of functions and industry to the private sector is widely and correctly rejected on the left and in the working class. Privatisation leads only to higher prices, less and worse jobs, and worse services. Given this, some view nationalisation the transfer of economic resources (e.g. mines, banks, and factories) to state ownership and control as a rallying cry for a socialist alternative.
This article argues that nationalisation has never removed capitalism, nor led to socialism, and it certainly does not have a demonstrable record of consistently improving wages, jobs, rights and safety. This article appeals to progressive working class forces to look instead to another way:collectivisation from below, where industry is placed under direct workers self-management, subject to worker-community participatory democratic planning and control to meet human needs and end oppression, in a universal human community.
read full story / add a comment
africa meridionale / genero / stampa non anarchica Thursday February 21, 2013 21:17 byAlex Duval Smith
Oscar Pistorius era il perfetto eroe sportivo sud-africano perchè la sua vittoria sulla disabilità lo aveva reso una figura universalmente ammirata in una società ancora divisa.La cultura profondamente maschilista in cui egli è cresciuto si estende ai gruppi razziali e ci dà qualche spiegazione per comprendere lo scioccante tasso di violenza nelle mura domestiche. [English] read full story / add a comment
southern africa / gender / non-anarchist press Tuesday February 19, 2013 18:44 byAlex Duval Smith
Oscar Pistorius was the perfect South African sporting hero because victory over his disability made him a universally admired figure in a still-divided society. The profoundly macho culture he grew up in spans racial groups and provides some explanation for the country's shocking rates of domestic violence. [Italiano] read full story / add a comment
southern africa / history of anarchism / opinion / analysis Tuesday February 19, 2013 06:30 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
The first installation in the Zabalaza's new series on Black Stars of Anarchism:
The son of a Wesleyan minister, Thibedi William Thibedi was one of the most important black African revolutionary syndicalists in South African history. Thibedi was a leading figure in the International Socialist League (ISL) and in the Industrial Workers of Africa syndicalist union. Later he played an important role in the early Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), particularly its union work. He was active in all of the key black unions from the 1910s to the 1940s. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / indigenous struggles / feature Thursday February 14, 2013 19:31 byLucien van der Walt 1 image
2012 is the centenary of the African National Congress (ANC). The party that started out as a small coterie of black businessmen, lawyers and chiefs is today the dominant political formation in South Africa. It was founded by the black elite who were marginalised by the united South Africa formed in 1910, and who appeared at its Bloemfontein inauguration formally dressed in suits, frock coats, top hats and carrying umbrellas.[1] Today it is allied via the Tripartite Alliance to the SA Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).
Can the ANC be a vehicle for fundamental, progressive, social change in the interests of the black, Coloured and Indian working classes (proletariat), still mired in the legacy of apartheid and racial domination? This is what Cosatu (and the SACP) suggest. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / anarchist movement / link to pdf Tuesday February 12, 2013 02:00 byZabalaza Anarchist Communist Front 1 image
Issue number 13 of the ZACF's organ, Zabalaza: A Journal of Southern African Revolutionary Anarchism now available online. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / opinion / analysis Saturday February 09, 2013 23:28 byShawn Hattingh 1 image
The series of strikes and protests that recently took place in and around farms in South Africas Western Cape Province was fuelled by the deep-seated anger and frustration that workers feel. On a daily basis, farm workers face not only appalling wages, bad living conditions and precarious work, but also widespread racism, intimidation and humiliation. The extent of the oppressive conditions run deep and it is not uncommon for workers to even be beaten by farm-owners and managers for perceived transgressions. Indeed, life for workers in the rural areas has always been harsh, but over the last two decades it has in many ways gotten even worse and poverty has in many cases grown. read full story / add a comment
Νότια Αφρική (Περιφέρεια) / Εργατικοί Αγώνες / Νέα Wednesday January 23, 2013 17:56 byDmitri (republishing) 2 images
Υστερα από μια μικρή ανάπαυλα, ενός μήνα, οι εποχιακοί εργάτες γης στη Νότια Αφρική ξεκίνησαν ξανά τον απεργιακό τους αγώνα, με βασικό αίτημα το διπλασιασμό του μεροκάματου από 8 δολάρια σε 17,5. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / non-anarchist press Saturday December 08, 2012 20:50 byBenjamin Fogel
Ben Fogel on the media response to the self-organised farm workers' strike in the Western Cape. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / non-anarchist press Wednesday November 21, 2012 15:09 byCommercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural & Allied Workers Union 1 image
For over 2 weeks now, farmworkers in different areas of the Western Cape have been striking. This is a spontaneous strike driven by workers on the ground in response to decades and decades of brutality at the hands of farmers and a government that has thus far refused to listen to workers and transform the rural landscape characterised by dependency master-slave relations, racism, sexism, starvation wages and violations of the limited freedoms won from decades of working class struggle. Farmworkers do backbreaking work sometimes for 12 hours a day to produce food and wine for everybody in this country and countries overseas yet they are forced to work under unsafe and unhealthy conditions, to drink dirty water, live without electricity, live without toilet facilities, on poverty wages, suffer threats of evictions, and violent physical and verbal abuse and intimidation at the hands of the bosses. read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / non-anarchist press Friday November 09, 2012 12:12 byCommercial, Stevedoring, Agricultural & Allied Workers Union 3 comments (last - sunday november 25, 2012 14:55) 1 image
The Leeuwenkuil farm in Agter-Paarl, Cape Town one of largest farms in the Western Cape, which produces wine and olives, is one instance of the ongoing intimidation and attacks against workers by bosses on the farms. Here, the farmer, Willie Dreyer, is denying workers rights to freedom of association and freedom of speech. The farmer has intimidated workers by dismissing shop stewards and laying false charges of attempted murder against two farm workers, Amos White and Patrick Philander, and charges of assault against CSAAWUs Assistant General Secretary, Karel Swart. The union has been denied access to the farm on weekends and after hours in the week on a number of occasions. We maintain that workers must be able to meet with any organization or person they choose to in their own time. It should not be the prerogative of the farmer to control workers own time and who they can and cannot meet.
Workers and their families are standing behind their dismissed leaders. They are sharing what they have with each other their pain and their strength.
read full story / add a comment
région sud de l'afrique / luttes en milieu de travail / entrevue Monday October 29, 2012 19:26 byMutiny Zine 1 image
Zine Mutiny a récemment interviewé Jonathan, le secrétaire international du Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) sur le massacre par la police de travailleurs en grève dans le société minière Lonmin à Marikana en Afrique du Sud ZACF Pour plus dinformations sur: http://zabalaza.net/ [English] read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / interview Sunday October 21, 2012 18:14 byMutiny Zine 1 image
Mutiny Zine recently interviewed Jonathan, international secretary of the Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF), about the police massacre of workers who were on strike at the Lonmin companys mines in Marikana in South Africa. For information about ZACF, see http://zabalaza.net/
[Français] read full story / add a comment
southern africa / workplace struggles / non-anarchist press Sunday October 21, 2012 10:16 byJared Sacks
The coverage of the Marikana massacre seems to start with the mass killings of 16 August. But thats not where, or how the violence started, and it wasnt rivalry between unions, either. Rewind a few days and prepare for goosebumps: youll find a web of conspiracy around two murders which were not reported in the media and ended in no arrests, but scared the living daylights out of the workers before the weeks of horror started. read full story / add a comment |
Front pageChile: El Frente de Estudiantes Libertarios (FEL) cumple 10 años Clasa muncitoare din România: țintă sigură în bătaia puştii capitalismului 10 years of the Balkan Anarchist Bookfair i-ANC Ikhumula Isifihla Buso Sayo! Kubulewe Abasebenzi! Mayday. Remembering the past, fighting for tomorrow Brazilian anarchism interview on the Crisis, World Cup, Especifismo La revolución bolivariana en la encrucijada Mobilizações contra o Aumento do Transporte em Porto Alegre, Brasil La conquête du pain, un enjeu d'actualité ! Habemus Papam: Aquel que esté libre de pecado que arroje la primera piedra 8 marzo: Dopo gli anni delle veline, gli anni della vittima Reflexiones libertarias sobre la muerte de Hugo Chávez [Chile] Definitivamente, no somos iguales ante la ley Avance de los libertarios en la construcción de una alternativa sindical en Uruguay. Estado español: cuando cruje el edificio XIe Congrès dAlternative Libertaire: La ville rose en rouge et noir بيان الحركة الاشتراكية التحررية عن المعت Mali : Areva vaut bien une guerre Anarchists and the French-Algerian War Il 2012: un anno di attacchi senza precedenti alle classi lavoratrici Las disputas en el bloque dominante argentino de cara al 2013 Conflicto en la Araucanía: entre el racismo y el terrorismo de Estado Latest NewsSat 25 May, 02:07 ANC e Latlhile Seaparwelwa Khemo Sa Sone! Ba Bolaile Babereki! 14:53 Fri 03 May 0 comments Ο αγώνας των εργατώ&... 17:56 Wed 23 Jan 0 comments Η νίκη των εργαζομέ&... 07:29 Thu 20 Sep 0 comments Afrique du Sud: Sommet doppression politique après le massacre des mineurs 00:16 Sun 16 Sep 0 comments Ανεξάρτητη απεργί ... 20:06 Wed 12 Sep 0 comments Cai a máscara do ANC! Trabalhadores assassinados! 15:40 Wed 05 Sep 0 comments L'ANC si toglie la maschera! Lavoratori uccisi! 16:59 Mon 03 Sep 0 comments WSA Statement on Marikana Massacre 16:24 Sat 25 Aug 0 comments LANC jette son masque! Travailleurs assassinés! 22:23 Mon 20 Aug 0 comments Το ANC ρίχνει τη μάσκα ... 21:00 Mon 20 Aug 0 comments more >>Opinion and AnalysisMunicipalities, Service Delivery and Protest Mar 28 0 comments Get Rich or Lie Trying: Why ANC Millionaire Julius Malema posed as a Radical Mar 06 0 comments Alternative Needed to Nationalisation and Privatisation Feb 28 1 comments Black Stars Of Anarchism: T.W. Thibedi: The Life Of A South African Revolutionary Syndicalist Feb 19 0 comments Reaping what you sow: reflections on the Western Cape farm workers strike Feb 09 0 comments more >>Press ReleasesANC e Latlhile Seaparwelwa Khemo Sa Sone! Ba Bolaile Babereki! May 03 0 comments Afrique du Sud: Sommet doppression politique après le massacre des mineurs Sep 16 AL 0 comments Cai a máscara do ANC! Trabalhadores assassinados! Sep 05 0 comments L'ANC si toglie la maschera! Lavoratori uccisi! Sep 03 0 comments WSA Statement on Marikana Massacre Aug 25 WSA 0 comments more >> |


text:
Contact Information
Company: FormBerry.com
Telphone: -- , -
Most of the search engines have announced latest algorithmic update in this month. Now webmasters and business owners will have to find some alternative to maintain their rankings on search engine.
The compound pendulum jaw crusher of Hongxing Machinery is mainly composed of frame body, movable jaw parts, toggle plates, locking devices with p
Impactor Breaker belongs to broken machinery used in sand and aggregate production system. The impact crusher can pro


text:
Give me an A…through Z! What better way to personalize a room than with a throw pillow adorned with your initial? Choose your signature letter, and we'll do the rest, hand-cutting the design from felt with regard for every detail.
18" w x 18" l
- color shown: navy with charcoal initial
- 80% rayon, 20% wool
- hand-cut felt piecing on front; solid navy back; zipper closure
- choose the color of your initial – charcoal, red, white, kelly green
- please contact a design center to ask about ordering procedure
- spot clean only


text:
31 top-notch sports websites
by Ryan Boudreaux | February 23, 2012, 1:04pm PST | Image 9 of 31
Gatorade - Image 9 of 31
Related Galleries
About Ryan Boudreaux
Ryan's experience includes a broad range of technology support roles and web development expertise.
No messages found
Log in to display your contacts' posts.
Once logged in, adding contacts is simple. Just mouse over any member's photo or click any member's name then click the "Follow" button. You can easily manage your contacts within your account contacts page.


text:
- Organization: The Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region
- Causes: Environmental
- Date(s): Saturday August 25th and Sunday August 26th, 2012
- Contact person: Callie Walla
- Phone: 636-451-6090
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Website: openspacestl.org/programs/operation-clean-stream
Enjoy spending time outdoors? Hate seeing trash while on a float trip or hiking through some green space? Want to do something about it?
Well, get involved with Operation Clean Stream!
Organized by The Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region, a nonprofit land and water conservation organization, this event is one of the largest and longest ongoing river clean-ups in America. Last year, over 2,000 area volunteers offered their time and labor to rid over 500 miles of the Meramec River and its four tributaries of trash and debris. The 45th annual event is scheduled for Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26 2012. There are various sites all over the greater St. Louis region in which volunteers can get involved to help restore the Meramec River watershed. Also, all volunteers will be provided with gloves and trash bags, along with a free t-shirt! Canoes are not provided for this event, but various outfitters along the Meramec and its tributaries, will offer discounts to volunteers, for this particular event. And, there is no minimum age requirement to participate (as long as children are accompanied by adults).
For more information, feel free to visit our website: http://www.openspacestl.org/programs/operation-clean-stream. For those of you who are interested in getting involved, you can simply go to the link and follow instructions to volunteer or they can call us at the office at 636-451-6090.
We look forward to seeing you in August at the 45th Annual Operation Clean Stream!


text:
Connecting socially DOES NOT allow you to access your wish lists, gift lists, order history or account information. If you"d like to access those, use the Indigo account sign in area at the top of this box.
When you connect with us socially, your networks won"t see everything you"re doing on our site - just what you choose to share. We do not share information about you or your Indigo online account to your social networks.
by Rod Stewart
Crown Publishing Group | October 23, 2012 | Hardcover
The extraordinary life and career of music legend Rod Stewart, in his own words for the first time. With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting, and passionate live performances Rod Stewart has paved one of the most iconic and successful music careers of all time. He was the charismatic lead singer for the trailblazing rock and roll bands The Jeff Beck Group and The Faces, and as a solo artist, the author of such beloved songs as "Maggie May," "Tonight's the Night," "Hot Legs," "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?," "Young Turks," "Forever Young," and "You Wear It Well." Now after more than five decades in the spotlight, he is finally ready to take a candid and romping look back at his life both on and off the stage. From his humble British roots to his hell-raising years on tour with his bandmates, not forgetting his great loves (including three marriages and eight children) and decades touring the world, Rod delivers a riveting ride through one of rock''s most remarkable lives.
was $30.00
Member Price
or, Used from $7.75
See if this item is available in a store near you.
* Prices may vary in store
This product is not available in stores.
Only show stores with stock
Format: Hardcover
Dimensions: 400 Pages, 6.3 × 9.06 × 1.18 in
Published: October 23, 2012
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Language: English
ROD STEWART is a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and a Grammy Living Legend. In a career spanning five decades, he has sold more than 150 million records and continues to be one of the top-grossing and most beloved live performers in the world. In 2007, the Queen of England bestowed him the prestigious CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for his contributions to music. He lives with his wife, Penny Lancaster, and children in Beverly Hills, California and Epping, Essex.
Gift List Add | Edit
Wish List itemitems Sign In
Cart Checkout
We love the Kobo eReading service… and we know you will too. We've partnered with them to bring you the most flexible, enjoyable eReading experience in Canada.
You'll be asked to sign in or create a new account with Kobo. Once you do, you'll immediately get access to millions of titles and be ready to start eReading. Anytime. Anyplace.


text:
A Quantitative Assessment of Electronic Commerce:Working Paper source ref: ebook.html |
Bacchetta, Low, Mattoo, Schuknecht, Wager and Wehrens (1997), Electronic Commerce and the Role of the WTO, Special Studies 2.
IMF (1997), Balance of Payments Statistics.
IMF (1997), Government Finance Statistics Yearbook.
IMF (1997), International Financial Statistics.
Kono, Low, Luanga, Mattoo, Oshikawa, and Schuknecht (1997), Opening Markets in Financial Services and the Role of the GATS, Special Studies.
OECD (1997), Services Statistics on Value Added and Employment.
OECD (1997), Services Statistics on Value Added and Employment.
OECD (1999), "Wholesale trade in services", Working Paper TD/TC/WP(99)18; April, Paris.
U.S. Department of Commerce (1999), U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook 1999.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
UK Central Statistical Office (1990), Input Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1990.
UNCTAD (1998), International trade in health services: a development perspective, Ed. S. Zarrilli and C. Kinnon; Geneva.
United Nations (1986), Standard International Trade Classification, Rev. 3.
US Department of Commerce (1996), Survey of Current Business, November. Source: Eurostat (1997), European Union Direct Investment Yearbook.
WTO (1997), Annual Report.
COMTRADE database.
Market Access Applied Tariff Database
United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD)


text:
It's believed the 22-year-old Mississauga man accused of running down and killing a Clarkson gas station...
Metroland announces new partnership
MISSISSAUGA — Metroland Media Group and Arlene Dickinson Enterprises will announce a new partnership tomorrow designed to support and promote Canadian entrepreneurs.
Hurricane Hazel blasts Hamilton's transit plans
HAMILTON — Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion has some harsh words for Hamilton when it comes to transit.
George Strouboulpoulos' CNN debut set for June 9
LOS ANGELES — Long-time CBC-TV personality George Stroumboulopoulos will beam...


text:
Pro Tools
Filmfestivals.com + fest21.com merger Your twin community sites have now merged into one single url. Enjoy here the best of both worlds: Portal and Social network for the festival community. Our mission since 1995 connecting films to festivals and documenting the world of festivals worldwide. User loginActive MembersWho's online
There are currently 0 users and 166 guests online.
Goya Awards's blogThe Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered the Spanish equivalent to the American Academy Awards. The awards were established in 1987, a year after the founding of the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España, and the first awards ceremony took place on March 16, 1987 at the Teatro Lope de Vega, Madrid. The ceremony continues to take place annually around the end of January, and awards are given to films produced during the previous year. The award itself is a small bronze bust of Francisco de Goya created by the sculptor José Luis Fernández. View the Goya Red Carpet and Photo Gallery Twitter: @GoyaAwardsF21 Goya Awards
User videosMy festivalUser imagesAbout Goya Awards
Official blog and coverage of Goya Awards By Ines Barreda View my profile Send me a message Useful LinksThe Bulletin Board > The Bulletin Board Blog Follow us on the web: Useful links for the indies: > Affiliates and Partners Partners - commercial links: Led lightnings in theatre User contributions |


text:
Step Ahead
At Step Ahead, students will have the opportunity to register for classes, take a student ID picture, and receive information on financial aid, housing, and orientation!
Step Ahead Registration Options
Freshman Step Ahead
Students that graduate high school in 2013 or have already graduated but have completed less than 12 college units need to register for Freshman Step Ahead.
Transfer Step Ahead
Students that have graduated high school and have completed 12 or more college units need to register for Transfer Step Ahead.
Prior to attending Step Ahead,
please be sure to complete the following tasks:
Online Student Data Sheet is required from every student at CBU in order to select your meal plan and confirm that you intend to live on or off campus. CBU generally requires traditional, single students under twenty-one years of age, or any student that receives institutional aid in excess of $7,500 per academic year, to live on campus. Exceptions are made for those living with parents, legal guardians, or approved relatives, upon verification of residency. Please complete and submit the Online Student Data Sheet to verify important information in your student account. An official, signed copy will be required when you arrive at Step Ahead to confirm your decisions.
Student/Parent Contact Information is required from every student at CBU without exception. This information is for official CBU purposes only and will not be distributed. Complete and submit the Student/Parent Contact Information form so we can be better equipped to serve you during your time at CBU.
CBU Emergency Alert System is also required for all students. Once you sign up for the Emergency Alert System, you will receive text messages and email communications concerning any emergencies or other necessary notifications. You can sign in using your ID number and InsideCBU password. This information will only be used by CBU and will not be distributed.
Health Insurance is required for all students at CBU enrolled in 7 units or more. If you do not have your own insurance or are not covered under your parents, you will need to purchase health insurance through CBU. Students who have health insurance coverage and choose to opt out of the student insurance plan must access the online waiver located here. On the webpage, look under "Student Access" and click on "Student Waive." You will be required to create an account and then will be directed to the waiver form. Students that do not submit proof of insurance through this online waiver will automatically be billed for health insurance. To view benefits and detailed information on the student insurance provided through CBU, click here.
Parking Permits are required for all students bringing a vehicle with them to CBU. To get your permit, first sign in to InsideCBU using your student ID number and password, and then visit the Vehicles and Permits page. New permits are required every school year, but they never require any additional fees!


text:
Best Answer
The Children's Bible (Old Testament) In A Nutshell In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one,' but I... |
I'm often accused of eavesdropping. I just wish they'd have the guts to say it to my face I was telling a funny gag in the garden today, but the punch line was greeted with silence. Later on, my... |
Got 3 brood + 2 GF, Brother, SIL and baby, Hubby and myself, and a nice big sirloin of beef. Individual golden and crispy Yorkshire pudding, roasties and roast parnips, new boiled potatoes, carrots,... |
Apparently 1 in 5 people in the world is Chinese. There are 5 people in our family. Me, my mum Brenda, my dad John, big brother Colin and little brother Ho-Chi Hua. My money's on Colin........ |
has fallen on Big Brother's Brian Dowling. At last Channel 5 have realised he is totally $%"$*$*.... |
// The Coalition will this week begin recruiting thousands of workers for the organisation, which is to be headed by a dedicated "Lights Tsar". Employees will be tasked with going door-to-door to... |
See How Far This Goes......yet Again.
1 min ago
1 min ago
Quizzes & Puzzles
3 mins ago
4 mins ago
5 mins ago
6 mins ago
Body & Soul


text:
Nell was one of the very first English actresses, and her gamine sex appeal and saucy personality made her an instant hit with London audiences. After the long closure of the theatres under Cromwell, a new generation of playwrights was at work, and Nell and Hart quickly became the William Powell and Myrna Loy of the 1660s, playing opposite each other as sparring and witty lovers in a series of star vehicles written just for them.
The newly-opened theatres were popular with the nobility – and the king - and Nell soon caught the eye of Charles Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, later the Earl of Dorset, and became his mistress. It wasn't long, however, before she rose even higher – to the bed of the king himself.
Charles II had many mistresses, but Nell was unique for several reasons. She wasn't a noble lady, and she never put on airs or pretended to be other than she was, and this won her the love of the people.
Another reason Nell was better liked was that she was English, unlike another of Charles's long-term mistresses, the baby-faced Louise de Keroualle, who promoted French interests, cost the royal purse quite a lot of money, and was spoiled and weepy into the bargain. Nell called her the Weeping Willow and Squintabella.
Nell didn't care about politics. She cared about Charles for himself, and was faithful to him until his death, and that too set her apart from Charles's other women, notably Barbara Palmer, later the Duchess of Cleveland, and Hortense Mancini, the Duchess of Mazarin.
So I set out to put Nell's life on stage. I did write the script, but never completed it to my satisfaction. And no wonder – I found it was impossible to cover the richness of Nell's story – which encompassed not only the dazzling worlds of the theatre and court, but also the devastating plague of 1665 that killed a third of the population of London, and the Great Fire of 1666 that destroyed most of the old City – in such a brief format.
So I put my script aside and embarked on an acting career that encompassed a lot of stage work and some film and TV. Eventually I began directing, and then founded The Pasadena Shakespeare Company, producing 37 shows over nine seasons. There was no time for writing during those years, but Nell stayed in my mind and heart and sometimes at the back of my mind I could hear her whispering "Someday…."
But in 2005 my mother, who was living alone in London, became terminally ill. I put my life on hold and went over to spend time with her and take care of her. It was an enormously difficult time in many ways, but there were also good things about it. I made some very good friends. I got a chance to really get to know London, which I had visited a few times, and had always been in love with from reading so many books and seeing so many movies set there! And for the first time in my adult life, I didn't have a creative focus or a career taking up all my time. I decided that what Nell needed was a novel of her life, and the time had come to start it!
I read biographies of Nell that had been published since I had first learned about her, reread the famous diaries of Samuel Pepys, which not only gave a vivid picture of daily life in London in the 1660s, but also preserved for posterity Sam's reviews of Nell performing some of her most famous roles as well as their occasional friendly encounters. I scouted out the sites of the old theatres where Nell had performed, and walked the streets that she had known.
London is an amazing place. In central London, the layout of the street is pretty much the same as it has been for centuries; even millennia. After the Great Fire in 1666, there were grand plans to create a street design that was more organized and formal, but it didn't happen, because people couldn't wait long enough for that to happen – they had to get on with their lives. So they built houses and shops and everything else in exactly the same places they had been, and there they stand now!
So in most of the areas that Nell knew well, where she lived and worked and performed, the footprint is basically unchanged from her time, though of course many of the buildings are gone. This is particularly true in the locations where many of the theatres were. Years ago I was walking near Lincoln's Inn Fields and felt impelled to turn down a certain street, and felt somehow that the place was very significant. When I looked at my books, I discovered that I'd found my way to the place where the Vere Street Theatre had stood, the place where the King's Company converted a tennis court into their first home when they began playing in 1660.
Very close to there, at the northeast corner of Lincoln's Inn Fields, is Newman's Row, where Nell's first house was. Her own house, I mean, that Charles rented for her when she was going to have their first child. Newman's Row is now little more than a passageway to High Holburn, but the layout of the streets is pretty much unchanged. I stood there and could feel very clearly how it must have been for her to look out over the square, where duels and executions occasionally happened, although it was a very posh area with many noble residents, and that Whetstone Park, a little street running along the top of the square, which was pretty unsavory, must have been noisy and squalid.
And of course the current Theatre Royal in Drury Lane is on the same spot as the original theatre, the one that Nell performed in. The original theatre was smaller, and burned down and was replaced, and the current building is the third on the site, I think. But standing there I can feel Nell with me.
About the Author
Gillian Bagwell is the author of The Darling Strumpet, a novel based on the life of Nell Gwynn, who rose from the streets to become one of London's most beloved actresses and the life-long mistress of King Charles II, which was released on January 4, 2011.
For further information about Gillian's books, other articles, and blogs of her research adventures, please visit her website, gillianbagwell.com.
Contest time: We have one copy to giveaway to one lucky winner. This is for the US and Canada only please!
Ask Gillian a question about one of her characters or the time period and don't forget to leave your email addy to be entered.


text:
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce with the trophy - Blackpool vs West Ham United , npower Championship Play-off Final at Wembley Stadium, London - 19/05/12 - MANDATORY CREDIT: Rob Newell/TGSPHOTO - Self billing applies where appropriate - 0845 094 6026 - firstname.lastname@example.com - NO UNPAID USE..
Dave Evans, West Ham Correspondent
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Hammers manager Sam Allardyce insists that aiming to finish fourth from bottom next season is simply not enough
West Ham boss Sam Allardyce insists that mere survival next season is not enough for either him or the ambitious Hammers.
Having bounced back into the Premier League at the first time of asking, you would think that a campaign of consolidation would be in the offing, but Allardyce is having none of it.
"My job will be to try and aim as high as we possibly can in the Premier League," insisted the boss.
"Let's look beyond fourth from bottom, let's see how far we get. Let's see if we can build it and sustain it from there."
History does not bode well. Since the Hammers were last promoted back in 2005, of the six teams promoted through the play-offs, four of them have gone straight back down with one of the others finishing fourth from bottom.
Allardyce knows that it is going to be a tough campaign.
"As always in the Premier League it is difficult to get results," he said.
"There will be times when we get turned over and lose 3-0 or 4-0, in year one that can happen.
"But you have to accept it and not let it affect you because at the end of the day whether it is 1-0 or 6-0 you have still only lost three points."
There have been times this season when the fans have not always appreciated Allardyce and his team, but he hopes that they can get behind them in the top flight.
"I think as long as the West Ham fans know you are trying your best, and the West Ham fans know when the players are trying their best, then they will back us," he insisted.
"They know we're not going to win as many games next year as we've won this season.
"But if we get the right team together and we get the right team spirit then we'll give it a right good go."
Allardyce has seen it all before and he knows that a good start is imperative.
"The real question for me is how to prepare the team for the best possible start in the first 10 games," he said.
"That's what really takes the pressure off because you're in a mid-table position and there is no talk about relegation every week which is a constant gnaw at the players' confidence."
No talk of relegation? Now that would be a novelty!
0 comments


text:
The Last Thing Amanda Said
Posted: 16 April 2011 08:11 AM
Hey everyone I was just wondering what the last thing Amanda said to you was… it might help us find her somehow.
The last time I saw her I was really upset because I had lost something that was very important, we'd just finished watching the human version of Peter Pan because she knew how much I loved it and thought it might make me happy. After I said how I was never going to find it. She simply said, "I have to go now Selena, but remember you will find it sometime, as Wendy says, "Never is such a long time." See you soon."
I just laughed when she said that and wiped some tears from my eyes, but maybe she meant we definately will see her again because after all, never is such a long time. -
Response number 1
Posted: 16 April 2011 09:44 AM
Um. It's personal but.. oh well.
My granfather died in december two years ago. And last year was the remembery. Amanda came to it. It was so unexpected and crazy. She wasn't even that truly close to me. Yet she was everything, you know? Ill explain some more later. She came by me and took my hand and held it to her heart.
"Do you hear that?" she asked. "Thats my heart and its beating." she brought mine and hers hand to my own chest. "Do you hear that? Thats your heart beating." Then she brought it to the ocean. Two years ago we put my granfather in many different oceans so he would see all the wonders of the world. she said. "Do you hear that? Thats your grandfather." She let go of my hand then and I almost cried becasue she was gone. But she wasn't done. She dipped two fingers in the water to where they were drippling wet and drew tiny circles across my cheeks.
I felt the water dry quickly through my pores.
"See?" She whispered. "Now he will always be with you."
I cried then. Bawled my head off. My Grandpa was one of the most cherished people in my life. I was his sunshine and I miss him. she brought my head to her shoulder and she hugged me. Just huggd me. We sat there for hours? minutes? I don't know how long. But at one ppoint I stopped crying.
She cupped my face. "I don't want you to forget your grandfather." She turned my chin to where I was looking right in her eyes. Her eyes are deeply beautiful if you ever got the chance to see them.
she said: "I don't want you to ever forget me either." She brought her hand to my hand and I felt soething scratchy and worn. She placed a square shapped card in my hand. She closed my eyes and said: "I want you to count to ten and open it."
I did as she said, knowing something but not sure of myself.
When I opened my eyes she was gone. Tears streamed down my face and as I opened the card.
It said one thing: "Soon"But truly Amanda has never said her good byes. She is still with us. Look at all the clues around us. But that was the last thing she said to me, even if it was in a card. "Soon."
Response number 2
Posted: 16 April 2011 02:10 PM
Your right ebb, has Amanda actually said bye to anyone???
Response number 3
Posted: 16 April 2011 06:05 PM
Well this is kinda boring compared to yours, but Oh well
Me and Amanda liked going out together, on walks and stuff. But since there isnt anywhere to walk properly in my town, me and amanda used to find little crooks and things to hide in whenever we visited a field. We used to make a little den in each one and stock them with books and things to do if we ever felt like visiting. Whenever it rained, (which was a lot) it didn't matter because our dens were like tents. And we had blankets for the cold. But one day I went to every single one looking for her. And eventually I found an umbrella that I had never seen before, with a little notecard next to it that said "I'll be back" -
Response number 4
Posted: 16 April 2011 10:25 PM
nice. Yeah amanda is unexpecting
Response number 5
Posted: 17 April 2011 03:37 AM
I'll be back… sorta like the terminator…..
Maybe one day you'll find her in one of them :) -
Response number 6
Posted: 21 August 2011 08:40 PM
I was getting beat up by some bullies (they were boys,and HELLO?Don't those boys know they can't hit a girl????) and Amanda fought them off.Heck,I was her (supposed) best friend and i sure as bloof didn't know she knows kung fu!Weird,right?
Anyway,I was like "OH MY GOD!THANK U AMANDA!"A:No problem.What exactly happened?
Me:I was walking to the library,and they pulled me in here and well..yeah.
A:U sure you r alright?
Me:Yeah,...Im SUPER sore though.Whattabout you?
A:I'm fine,not a scratch on my face!(insert mysterious smile here)
A:Want me to walk with you?I know you can't walk on a broken leg…
"Thanks Amanda,you're the most spectacular bloofing friend ever"
A:(insert mysterious smile here)
Me:See u 2morrow at school?
Me:Okay.It's alright if u stay home tomorrow.I'll b fine for 1 day!(laughs)
Me:U ok?
A:Yeah I'm fine.Just a little tired.
A:Bye -
Response number 7
Posted: 30 August 2011 10:57 AM
The last thing Amanda said to me…
I think it was
"Zy, be careful and good luck. I'm off. See you again later. Call if you need anything, k? Remember what I told you."And I do remember. Of course that is completely confidential. I've called, she's answered and we've seen eachother lots of times until last month. She's hung onto me and a few other people the longest and now she's let go.
Urgh. Come back. -
Response number 8
Posted: 30 August 2011 07:22 PM
the last thing she said to me was "Mckenzie, be careful." we were swimming at my house. funny thing. we were best friends. i dont know where she even lived. she was here every weekend claiming that she lived in long island and that her aunt lived in my town. she didnt invite me over and she didnt say her aunts name. i dont really know what she meant about my being careful.its been 4 months since i saw her last. she said that she was gonna move in with her aunt cause her famliy life was horrible. she told me to be careful and never came back. no calls,no texts, no goodbye.
Response number 9
Posted: 11 October 2011 07:00 AM
I am an avid dancer, it's one thing I can't live without. Amanda claimed to have that same passion, but somehow I didn't believe her. I was walking to my dance studio after school when Amanda ran up to me and said that she was leaving. I asked her why and all she said was, "Look, Dots, some things are best kept a secret." I felt like a naive 5 year old, but still I asked her when she was returning. She looked down at her feet and sighed, before raising her chin and saying, "When you know, not in your head, but in your heart, that you need me."
And she walked away, without even saying goodbye.
Response number 10
Posted: 25 November 2011 07:59 PM
The last thing Amanda said to me was "Don't forget to write… And do it with passion."
I know thast weird, but I was going through a tough time, and almost gave up my favorite hobby (writing), which is my whole life, more or less.
Amanda talked me out of quoting, and she read all of my poem journals, and she read all of my stories.
She explained to me how writing was a beautiful thing, and I should never give in.
And so, I continue to write, thanks to Amanda,
1 of 3 |
1 |


text:
I wanted to prepare my disk on the pogo itself so I needed to attach the drive after boot. It took a bit of searching to find the command to rescan the SATA port:
- Code: Select all
echo "0 0 0" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan
Perhaps you could add a script with this command called something like scansata to the oxnas_sata_boot.tgz download file. That would be really useful.
After preparation, I booted off a backup flash drive and used cp -a to copy my primary flash drive to the sata drive and it worked perfectly.
Also, I used the stage1.wrapped800 but I get BogoMIPS of 299.8 when I expected something like 320 at the 800 setting and in dmesg I see "Calibrating local timer... 375.50MHz." which also suggests a setting of 750. And I noticed on page 10 of this thread on Jan 17, 2012 3:08 pm the following message which identified the same observation:
Guest wrote:Please guide me!!
How can I see the real processor speed?
I set stage1.wrapped -> stage1/stage1.wrapped800 and run disk_create
but seems cpu only 750 Mhz:
From serial console:
- Code: Select all
Attempting to set PLLA to 750MHz ...
What is the problem?
and you replied in the next message
WarheadsSE wrote:erwhoops.
Hmm.. seem's I'll have to update that
Did that by any chance fall through the cracks?
Again, thanks again for your excellent work.


text:
. Please
Did you miss your
activation email
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Login with username, password and session length
American Records
American Records from 1896 - 1972
American Records from 1972 - 1992
American Records from 1993 - 1997
Hall of Fame
Ranking Lists
All Time Best Junior + Senior American Records
Golden Standard Rankings of Junior + Senior Mens American Records
Design for a Quiet, Low Vibration Olympic Weightlifting Training Platform
Golden Standard Calculator
Soviet Height/Weight Chart
Ivan Abajiev Training Lecture
School of Champions
Weightlifting Exchange
Olympic Weightlifting
lance frye
« previous
next »
Pages: [
Go Down
Topic: lance frye (Read 2372 times)
WE Hero
Posts: 47
lance frye
May 16, 2005, 10:56 PM »
i saw someone comment on his near bombout at nationals... just wanted to relate something i saw at juniors.
lance was at juniors doing some training in the training room... he cleaned 185 pretty easily, and missed the jerk behind him, had it locked but it just rolled off. he seemed a bit hacked off about missing it, so about 20-30 seconds later he walked back to the weight, POWERCLEANED it and jerked the hell out of it. really solid jerk.
i remember several years ago when he was struggling to hold 150 jerks over his head... it was obvious then that he could basically clean anything loaded on a bar, but the challenge would be to jerk it. now he is still struggling with jerks, but with a lot more weight on the bar.
overall id say thats solid improvement for someone who just plain has a hard time on the jerk. im inclined to believe he might still be cleaning the hell out of weights and struggling to hold jerks in a couple of years when the weight on the bar is 200+ kilos. we should all be so lucky. after watching him train two times, watching him warm up at several meets, and watching him do the big weights on the platform, i dont think its so much that his jerk is bad, its just that his clean is so incredibly strong that it will always make the jerks look harder in comparison.
ill make one tiny prediction. i think we will see lance powerjerking sometime in the future. hes built for it in every way possible.
Don Weideman
Site Supporter
WE Hero
Posts: 197
get a job!
lance frye
Reply #1 on:
May 16, 2005, 11:20 PM »
Reminds me of Zlatan Vanev.
To be is to do
Buck Ramsay
Posts: 7
lance frye
Reply #2 on:
May 19, 2005, 09:24 PM »
185 power clean??? Thats amazing. Depending on your body type, some people snatch what they power clean. Sounds like he's ready to make the jump to the international stage. I don't suppose you have a video to post of this? Best of luck to him.
Pierre Suter
Posts: 10
lance frye
Reply #3 on:
May 20, 2005, 06:53 AM »
I had heard he cleaned 195 (note: AR C&J is 187.5), but 185 PC is even more amazing! As he ages and matures, I'm sure his overhead strength will improve. I think he's on track to be our greatest C&Jer ever. His snatch is coming along nicely, too -- nearly double bodyweight. Great lifter. Good luck Lance, keep up the good work!
WE Hero
Posts: 23
lance frye
Reply #4 on:
May 24, 2005, 08:26 PM »
Nice of you all to say kind things about Lance, but Glenn's account of Lance's workout at Juniors needs a little clarification. It was hard to tell exactly what he was doing because the plates he was using were the black rubbery bumpers that all look the same, but the power C&J Glenn referred to was actually 165, not 185.
I've watched Lance train for over two years now, and have never seen him power clean 185, though he has gotten close to that. I have seen him clean 195, jerk 190 off the racks, and push jerk 190, but am still waiting for the 185 power clean.
Bottom line is that Lance is a very nice kid, who has matured over the course of the last year, and is training diligently. He takes time out of his day to work with, and encourage the other lifters in the gym, especially the little guys....and does it because he enjoys it, not because he feels obligated to.
Chris Ⓐ LeRoux
MS, CSCS, Exempt from USAW bureaucrats
WE Hero
Posts: 5241
Tread On Me At Dire Risk
lance frye
Reply #5 on:
May 24, 2005, 09:14 PM »
Welcome to the forum and thanks for the clarification. I just wanted to post my continued positive impressions of Lance. I have been impressed by him every time I have seen him lift and talked to him.
But, when I spoke with him at this years nationals, I was more impressed than ever. He spoke sincerely about the hard work he has been doing on his jerk. It was totally obvious that he has been working very hard and putting his entire heart into jerking more weight.
When I saw him lift, I saw the same thing. Sure, he struggled to jerk a weight that he obviously expected to blow away. But, sometimes things don't go according to plan. And, Lance fought back, and fought back hard. The effort and lack of quit evident on the last cj make was enough to make the hair on my arms stand up.
This guy is going to jerk more weight. He is a hell of a lifter.
"Show me the government that does not infringe upon anyone's rights, and I will no longer call myself an anarchist." ~Jacob Halbrooks
WE Hero
Posts: 47
Reply #6 on:
May 25, 2005, 10:34 AM »
joe, i guess i was mistaken. i hate to be the one to start an untrue rumor like this... myself and the couple of prople i was sitting with all added up the weight and came up with 185, but you are right, those RB bumpers make it easy to make a mistake if your not the one that loaded them.
Terry Thompson
Site Supporter
WE Hero
Posts: 31
lance frye
Reply #7 on:
Jun 01, 2005, 08:47 AM »
~ Thank you, Joe Delago for clearing things up!
~~ Still, a 165 power clean is HUGE for a Middleweight! I was SO IMPRESSED with his 150/180/330 at the Seniors, even though he nearly bombed in the C+J! I hope he LEARNED from that! His 330 total was 4.3 X weigh-in bodyweight - highest of the entire Competition! Matt Bruce was close behind with 322.5 and 4.2 X bdwt. If Lance Frye doesn't have the IDEAL physique for a WL, he is close!
~~ Speaking of great C+Js, what about 85-kg. Innocent Ukpong making 190 and taking the C+J gold at the Seniors? Now, If you have the A.O. DVD or Video, watch his form at the top of the clean! He stands up quickly and BOUNCES the bar off his chest - during which time he will move both hands out to a WIDER GRIP! I'm guessing 3 to 4 inches wider with BOTH hands. That's the grip he jerks with, and it almost looks like a SNATCH-width when locked out. The kid's got a beautiful arm-lock! He has jerked 200 (2000 Seniors?), as an 85!
Pages: [
Go Up
« previous
next »
Weightlifting Exchange
Olympic Weightlifting
lance frye


text:
This week's shopable street style comes from London. You can always count on this city to give you the very best all-black looks — and that's exactly what we have this week. Read more »
- -May 20, 2013, 1:10PM
Love that maxi! http://happinessiscreating.com/
- -May 20, 2013, 10:07AM
cant wait to go to London to see all this amazing fashion! www.thyfere.blogspot.com


text:
Healthy Eating Habits for Teens
filed in Eating Habits by Ages on Jul.22, 2010
In teenage children groom and develop their overall health. So eating habits of are same things as eating habits of children. Teenagers have to maintain their energy for school, sports and being active so they need to eat well and healthy. Some tips for healthy eating habits for teens include: Never Skip Meal It is [...]
Comments Off


text:
FIT Links
Tag Archives: Mt Rainier
Exclusive FIT Radio DJ Interview: DJ Scene
Have you ever wanted to get to know your favorite DJ on a deeper level? Well we did an interview with one of FIT Radio's hottest DJs, DJ Scene! He'll be coming to Atlanta and spinning live at Opera … Continue reading →
Posted in Site News | Tagged abelton, access virus, apple, Casino, clubsoda, clueless, Coffee, crazy, driven, drums, egg whites, experiences, fertilizing, guitar, Haters Gonna Hate, IceCream, Idol, las vegas, live, Making Music, moog little phaty, Mt Rainier, music, Nevada, Oatmeal, piano, pioneer, protein bar, pruning, respectful, rock rands, scene sundays, School band, SEattle, Seattle Washington, Serato, Sin City, skydiving, Strawberry, Strawberry Ice Cream, technics, Tonite Only, underground punk rock, vegas, vodka, weeding, yard work | Leave a comment