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trainofconsequence (3.5)A solid enough debut that showcases a lot of promise for what is to come but still has som...Alex Robertson STAFF (4.5)...nthomas504 (3)...RisingStargazer (1)Thank him now? Thank him later? I'm not doing either. Fuck Drake. This album is a pile of ...
Tyler Brown (3)With fairly impressive rapping ability and pleasant R&B choruses, Drake's debut album is...Bulldog (1.5)Thank Me Later, despite all the hype and acclaim Drake has received throughout his musical...
Album Rating: 2.5Drake can finally get a load off of his chest.
Drake can finally get a load off of his chest.
"classic drake style and delivery?"
lmao, i have fingernails longer than this guys been around.Digging: Transcending Bizarre? - The Serpent's Manifolds
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If you're an rnb fan then get this CD! It's different and it's good
He's in a wheelchair
Lol'd at AugustBurnsBread
Not bad first review; but as an immediate observation, don't have three paragraphs all start with "so". Fix dat shit son.
Album Rating: 3.5"classic drake style and delivery?"
whats that even mean. review is...
Sure, the review says some silly stuff and it has some grammar/stylistic issues, but the substance of it isn't bad - certainly not bad for a first.
Shah, if you'd like, I could pick through it and give you some constructive criticism.
My first was better
Did you take into account he can't walk?
whos drake?
the bad guy from 007 Nightfire?
Album Rating: 3.5okay, constructively cuz i can't do the jerk thing very well: i just think he shouldn't sound so... orderly. definitely for a first review, there's been worse and being on this site and continually reviewing will obviously make him better.
the second paragraph shows some promise. i do like it. it's sassy, for lack of a better term.
"whos drake?
the bad guy from 007 Nightfire?"
Album Rating: 2.0ahahahhaDigging: Banks - Goddess
Digging: Banks - Goddess
"Drake I'm going to thank you now (du-dum-tiss!)"
lolz. pos'd cause of this.
Album Rating: 3.0Nah, good review dude.
Album Rating: 1.5secret love fo nicki minaj?
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Album Rating: 1.5how can he have a classic style and delivery this is his first fucking album
As much as I fucking hate to defend Drake and this album. There are two problems here.
1) Illmatic and Ready To Die were first albums. 'nuff said.
2) Even though it's his first album, Drake has had other releases.
Now, Drake being put in the same category as Biggie and Nas is fucking lol, but the point stands, that it's possible to have a classic style and delivery on your first album.
Also, Drake has already achieved widespread fame, and it's not like he just started and this is his first ever piece of music.
That being said, "classic style and delivery" = bullshit, hip hop is mixed with r&b and pop all the time, and his delivery, if you are talking about his vocal delivery, is shit.
how can he have a classic style and delivery this is his first fucking album
Album Rating: 3.5i just hope that you'll miss me a little when i'm gone
i just hope that you'll miss me a little when i'm gone
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Andrew Parker has been a member of the investment team at Spark Capital since 2010. He focuses primarily on the applications layer of the technology stack in consumer services. He led Spark's investments in BloomNation, Close.io, Cover, Kik, Panjo, Priceonomics, Socratic, Timehop, Quantopian, and Upworthy.
Andrew's venture career started in 2006 with Union Square Ventures, during which time he supported the partners as they built their portfolio from 7 to 30 companies.
Prior to USV, Andrew was a Producer at Homestead Technologies where he designed web interfaces and conducted user-experience testing. Andrew also worked for Groupspace.org as a Web Developer on a service to allow groups to make decisions and edit documents together asynchronously.
Andrew graduated from Stanford in 2005, with a B.S. in Symbolic Systems, which is a hybrid of Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology.
You can find Andrew writing regularly on his blog, The Gong Show.

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Have you heard about our Community Challenge Grant? Click here to read a letter we received from an anonymous community member. Make a difference in your community by donating to the Hellertown Area Library!
Check out our Children's Services and Teen Zone pages for a full line-up of Fall storytimes and events.
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A proposed set of state-mandated rules could close down Alabama's four non-profit veterinary clinics for good.
The Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners drafted a series of amendments to the state's current veterinary administrative codes that regulate vet clinics in Alabama.
The board will hold a rulemaking hearing on October 10 in Montgomery to discuss proposals and amendments to the current code.
A rule stating non-veterinarians cannot provide equipment or hire vets at a facility is one of the most contentious among the series of proposals.
Dr. Joy Baird, who works at North Alabama Spay-Neuter Clinic in Huntsville, said this particular rule threatens non-profit vet clinics specifically.
Even though Baird is a certified veterinary doctor, her facility is considered a "non-veterinarian" one because it is non-profit based and not owned by a vet as in a traditional practice.
Baird said the proposed rules, if passed, would eliminate resources for non-profit clinics. She said the impacts could be far-reaching.
"It's been shown in numerous studies that targeted, low-cost spay neuter reduces intake at shelters, at humane societies; so we're reducing not only euthanasia, but also taxpayer dollars," Baird said.
Those opposing the new rules said the state board is suggesting non-profit clinics do not ensure the best quality of care.
"I have worked at many for-profit vet hospitals that have worse quality of care, that have worse facilities than this operation. I think they should look for quality of care at all clinics, and not singling out the non-profit organization," said Baird.
Opponents of the rules also said shutting down non-profits would ultimately cause an overpopulation in stray pets in Alabama.
Collectively, all four non-profit vet clinics in the state have performed about 100,000 spay and neuter surgeries, according to Baird.
The ASBVME declined to discuss the reasoning behind the proposed rules but executive director Tammy Wallace released a statement that said in part:
"The rules do not change existing law but addresses and clarifies the Alabama Veterinary Practice Act…The called Rulesmaking Hearing for October 10 is not a disciplinary hearing and will not address any such actions by the ASBVME."
The hearing is scheduled at 8 Commerce Street on the fifth floor in Montgomery at 9 a.m.
Meantime, the non-profits have a set up a petition urging that the set of rules do not pass. That petition can be found here.
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text: Social network equality helps Hyraxes live longer Science 15 August 11 by Brandon Keim Tweet Tambako the Jaguar / Flickr A study of social networks in rock hyraxes has tweaked a conventional wisdom of the Facebook age: that a large network leads to better health and longer life.Among hyraxes, a small herbivorous mammal that lives in colonies across Africa and the Middle East, one's network size matters less than its hierarchies."Hyraxes that live in more 'egalitarian' groups, in which the social ties are spread more evenly, survive longer," said Amiyaal Ilany, a Tel Aviv University zoologist.In a study published 27 July in Public Library of Science One, Ilany and colleagues analyse 11 years of painstakingly gathered behavioral data from the hyraxes of Israel's En Gedi Nature Reserve, turning huddles and cuddles and group sleeps into mathematics of relationship configuration and node centrality.The hyraxes, which are highly social and can live up to 12 years, proved to have communities of variable character. In some, each animal tended to have networks of similar size and relationships of similar strength. In others, just a few animals had far larger, stronger networks than their peers, some of whom were peripheral and relatively lonesome.Lifespans proved shortest in the latter colonies. In colonies with more equal networks, which Ilany tongue-in-cheek called "socialist," hyraxes on average lived several years longer.The researchers don't yet have an explanation, but the pattern doesn't appear to involve isolated hyraxes falling victim to predators or being excluded from shared colony resources. Even highly connected hyraxes tend to die sooner when living in less-egalitarian groups. As for sheer group size, it mattered little.According to Ilany, the prime suspect is stress. "We can only speculate," he said, but "it is known from many studies in other species that stress affects health and longevity." It's plausible that tension is highest when a few strong individuals control a group.Other research shows that stress in hierarchical societies affects both weak and strong individuals. "In a more egalitarian group things may be more calm, as there is less harassment," said Ilany.While it's far too soon to extrapolate to humans a possible relationship between network hierarchy and longevity in hyraxes, the findings do suggest new angles of investigation. So far, studies of social relationships and health -- in humans and in other mammals -- have focused almost exclusively on individual relationships."Contrary to previous studies, we suggest that it is not the number or strength of associations that an adult individual has that is important," conclude the researchers. Instead, what's important may be "the overall configuration of social relationships within the group." Wired.com Edited by Alice Vincent Comments Read more on Animals If it moos, squarks, quacks, barks, or snuffles, find it here Technology Summon the salmon! How? With a fish cannon! Culture Norwegian Reindeer watchpost keeps the hordes from the herds Science Tortoises use touchscreens. For science Technology Feed these machines plastic and they'll feed stray animals Science Sinister meerkat behaviour ensures breeding success Science Great white shark dies after choking on sea lion Read more on Twitter The micro-blogging and social networking service based around short public status updates Politics Number-crunched: the Scottish independence debate on Twitter Business Twitter to show tweets from people you don't follow Technology Twitter tweaks policies to 'better handle tragic situations' Technology Facebook removes messaging service from main app Politics Crime on social media covered by existing UK law, Lords conclude Culture Meet the novelist bringing his fiction to Twitter Latest on wired.co.uk


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We've had a rough year. If you listened to the episode of the Bloodcast that I did with Ryan you know that the horror offerings this year have been mostly subpar in my opinion, with only a few stand outs. This is something that I hate admitting but is totally true. I needed to see something that could make me believe, give me the opportunity to feel the fear once again and know that everything was still good out there.
Enter The Conjuring. The latest horror film from director James Wan that many might mistake for having some relation to Insidious due to similar content and cast member – but it isn't related. Wan has taken material that many will scoff at for being tired and has expertly crafted it into its very own stand-alone scarefest that will manage to get under your skin even if you don't believe in the supernatural.
Telling the story of Ed and Lorraine Warrens' investigation of a particularly nasty spirit, The Conjuring manages to take what you expect from a film of this style and offer surprise on top of surprise. Instead of going for cheap gags and fake jump scares, the film sets-up and pays off every time with little room for you to prepare yourself for what comes next. Lest you think that The Conjuring will settle for typical "Here's a scary lady face" or "Listen, a weird noise!" you'll be in for a rude awakening when its relentless visuals cause you to lose sleep.
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson play the Warrens perfectly. Taking on the role of well known people can't be an easy task, and they make you believe that they're an in love couple that have dealt with demons, ghosts, and hauntings for years. While I don't think these two have put a stamp on the "Occult investigator" archetype that will last for decades, they've certainly created a pair of characters that are more memorable than most of the movies I've seen this year.
The really remarkable acting work comes from the supporting characters though. Lili Taylor presents one of the best performances of someone that is relentlessly tortured by an entity and does it without a hint of irony or camp. By treating this material with the right amount of respect and reverence Taylor's performance might be one of the best this year. Ron Livingston leads the rest of the cast, consisting of five spectacular young women, who all react so convincingly that you will believe the torment they're going through.
After movies like Poltergeist, The Shining, and The Amytiville Horror, which The Conjuring clearly owes a lot to, many will assume that you can't make a film of this style without repeating the ideas that originated in these classics. The Conjuring goes in a different direction from these films, not only in the execution of its scares, but in its narrative as a whole. By choosing to focus on the effect the conjuring itself has and the attempts to quell it, instead of simply letting it run rampant and see its capabilities as an unstoppable force of evil, the movie creates a story that maintains a unique feel for its duration. Furthermore watching as the consequences of what the Warrens do effect them, their family, and friends makes this into a very personal horror film. Once again, this causes it stand out from many of the directionless attempts that we've seen this year.
It's very difficult to find a modern horror film that doesn't make viewers laugh at it for even a few minutes, it is the curse of the "we've seen it all" audience, but The Conjuring knows you've seen it all and still manages to deliver some of the best scares I've seen in years. James Wan has once again created one of the most visually arresting and all around entertaining horror films that we've seen in some time. It's easily one of the scariest movies of the year and something I'm very eager to revisit, plus it could signal the start of a new, and welcome, horror franchise that I want to see more from.
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ING U.S. Inaugural "IUL Academy" Educates Life Insurance Agents
The ING U.S. Insurance business will be hosting its first-ever ING IUL Academy for insurance agents on June 25-27, 2012 in Minneapolis. The purpose of the Academy is to support the indexed universal life (IUL) insurance market, which is one of the fastest growing product segments of the insurance industry. According to LIMRA industry data released in May, 2012, IUL sales jumped 22% and policy count grew 41% in the first quarter of 2012 from the previous quarter.
In today's low interest rate environment, indexed insurance products are attractive to clients. The guaranteed minimum interest rate feature provides downside protection from adverse market performance, while the indexed strategy offers an upside crediting potential if markets perform well. The ING IUL Academy provides an opportunity for agents to gain knowledge, practical skills and sales techniques to grow their success in this popular product segment.
"As a leader in the insurance industry, ING U.S. is committed to providing top notch sales support to our wide network of distribution partners," said Kurt Fasen, senior vice president of ING U.S. Insurance Sales Support. "The three-day ING IUL Academy offers a forum for agents to grow their understanding of how IUL can fit in their clients' portfolios and best practices in the sale and ongoing service of life insurance products. The ING IUL Academy is tailored to suit a range of skill levels, from agents just starting out in the indexed market to those who are more experienced."
The ING IUL Academy will feature a wide range of workshops on topics such as analyzing IUL contracts, product evaluation, marketing and business building strategies, premium financing using IUL contracts, and executive benefits sales concepts.
Executive benefits solutions that utilize life insurance are gaining popularity. There is growing evidence that spending levels for individuals, especially executives, will not be much lower in retirement than it is in their working years. Given this data, the potential for supplemental retirement income can be a highly valued benefit for key executives.
Earlier this year, ING U.S. Insurance launched the ING Global Life Concierge Program — a high-touch service to help agents, employers and policy-holders navigate the details of ING's Indexed Universal Life-Global Plus and Self-Owned Life and Retirement (S.O.L.A.R.) insurance arrangements. S.O.L.A.R. insurance arrangements provide employees with supplemental retirement income through a cash-value life insurance policy, in addition to providing death benefit coverage. Employers are increasingly adding them to compensation packages as a way to reward and retain valued talent.
"The ING Global Life Concierge Program and ING IUL Academy are two examples of how ING U.S. provides a 'white glove' experience to our distribution partners," added Fasen. "Indexed insurance products can be very intricate. Part of our job is to minimize the complexity and support our clients and agents with the training and education they need – either in-person, online or over the phone."
The ING Global Life Concierge Program is available to customers of ING's Indexed Universal Life-Global Plus (ING IUL-Global Plus) issued by Security Life of Denver Insurance Company.
For more information on the ING IUL Academy or the ING Global Life Concierge Program, please call (866) 464-7355 and select option 4.
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ING U.S. constitutes the U.S.-based retirement, insurance and investment management operations of Dutch-based ING Groep N.V. (NYSE: ING). In the U.S., the ING family of companies offers a comprehensive array of financial services to retail and institutional clients, including life insurance, retirement plans, mutual funds, managed accounts, alternative investments, institutional investment management, annuities, employee benefits and financial planning. ING holds top-tier rankings in key U.S. markets and serves approximately 13 million customers across the nation. For more information, visit http://ing.us.


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Frozen fire shaped by cataclysmic forces and the footsteps of the ancient ones.
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El Malpais National Monument National Park Service Box 939 Grants, NM 87020 505/285-4641 For information on the El Malpais Conservation Area, contact: Bureau of Land Management Box 846 Grants, NM 87020 505/285-5406.
El Malpais Information Center: 505/287-3407
Location: El Malpais is located in New Mexico, 70 miles west of Albuquerque and 10 miles south of Grants (800/748-2142).
Getting There: From Albuquerque, head west on I-40 to Grants. Drive 16 miles south on NM 53, then turn left and drive one and a half miles into the monument to the Zuni-Acoma trailhead. Signs mark the trailhead. Or turn off I-40 before Grants, onto NM 117, to find the visitor center, which is open all year.
Seasonal Information: The summer heat, although tempered by an average altitude of 7,000 feet, can be intense as it rises from the black lava in suffocating waves. In summer, temperatures get up to 90 degrees F. Mid-July through August brings monsoon rains.
Winter means freezing temperatures and snowfall, making spring and fall prime times to visit. In winter, temperatures are generally in the 30s. Snow, which falls from November through February, makes County Road 42 muddy and therefore impassable.
Wildlife: Most common are elk, deer, turkey, golden eagles, coyotes, badgers, black bears, mountain lions, chipmunks, squirrels, swallows, thrushes, snakes, and bats.
Insects: Contact park office for information.
Plant Life: Pinon, aspen, blue spruce, Douglas fir, and juniper join hardy grasses.
Facilities: Camping is primitive, but El Malpais officials will suggest some good sites.
Parking: Contact park office for information.
Permits: Free backcountry permits are required. They are available at the information center, from BLM, and by mail from either source.
Policies: El Malpais demands that you tread lightly, for it ranks among the youngest and most fragile of America's landforms. That means no campfires or handling of artifacts.
Hunting and trapping are permitted in the conservation area.
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President Obama surprised his supporters and critics alike on Saturday when he called for congressional authorization of military action again Syria.
"All of us should be accountable as we move forward," Obama said, "and that can only be accomplished with a vote."
He said all four leaders of Congress had agreed to hold a debate and a vote on the question as soon as the senators and representatives return from their summer recess. The president said his administration would give every member all the information he or she needs to make the decision.
Obama made clear that he thinks he already has the authority to take action against Syria, even without the approval of Congress. But he noted that members of Congress had been asserting a right to be heard on the question.
"I absolutely agree," Obama said.
We get several different perspectives on the president's decision to seek congressional approval.
• "The country will be stronger if we take this course"
President Seeks to Rally Support for Syria Strike
But Syria's government on Sunday defiantly mocked Mr. Obama's decision to turn to Congress, saying it was a sign of weakness. A state-run newspaper, Al Thawra, called the action "the start of the historic American retreat" and said Mr. Obama had put off an attack because of a "sense of implicit defeat and the disappearance of his allies." (New York Times)
History Aside, Obama Bets on Congress
Mr. Obama has at least one legislative advantage in the Syria debate: Congressional leaders, including the House speaker, John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, have already pledged to schedule an up-or-down vote in both chambers. That is more than the president often gets in the House, where Mr. Boehner frequently blocks a floor vote on the president's agenda. ... Obama is not a president with a keen sense of how to easily move his ideas through a reluctant Congress. With the Syria vote, he must find a way to ensure victory without setting a precedent that requires him — and future presidents — to do the same before every strike. (New York Times)
• Obama Says He Doesn't Need Congress' Permission to Strike Syria, So Why is He Asking for It?
So why is Obama asking for authority he already believes he has? It's hardly a decision without downsides. ... But by asking permission, Obama is throwing a bone to a constitutional camp he once championed but with whom he has since fallen far out of favor. And — whether he intended to or not — the president just extracted himself from a politically perilous position and pushed his political adverseries into a no-win situation. (National Journal)
• Obama's call for Congress vote on Syria puts GOP's 2016 presidential hopefuls to the test
Obama's stuttering week, in which he surprised his own advisers and the rest of the world by putting seemingly imminent military action on hold and calling for congressional approval, has focused renewed attention on his leadership -- which is why he has so much to lose if he is rebuffed. (Dan Balz, in the Washington Post)


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VMware monitoring with OpenNMS
Dynamic resource allocation and migration of virtual machines between hosts mean that VMware environments pose new monitoring challenges. A new version of the free OpenNMS network management tool now includes an option for monitoring VMware-based infrastructures.
OpenNMS is an enterprisegrade, open source network management system. According to the project website, OpenNMS provides:
- automated and directed discovery and provisioning,
- event and notification management,
- service assurance, and
- performance measurement.
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Definition: 'Immunodeficiency With Elevated IgM'
immunodeficiency with elevated IgMType: Term
1. a type of immunodeficiency with reduced IgG- and IgA-bearing cells marked by recurrent pyogenic infection. X-linked in some families.
The information shown above for immunodeficiency with elevated IgM is provided by Stedman's.
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"Sammie wears hearing aids, but in some kids, their hearing is completely fine," she continued. "Somewhere in his missing genetic information is obviously some part of his hearing."
Because so much is still unknown about 1p36, Shannon and Steve are behind efforts to fund research and provide educational materials for families with loved ones who have the condition. The two have gotten on board with a movement to get a $50,000 grant for 1p36 Deletion Support and Awareness through the Pepsi Refresh Project. The process involves members of the public voting on-line and through text messaging for their project. If the project is among the top 10 voted for at the end of the month, the project will be funded.
"The whole 1p36 community would just be ecstatic," Shannon said of the project being funded. "Being able to create something that could maybe give a family a little bit of hope at what could be possibly the worst time in their life I think would be fantastic."
The money, said Shannon, would be also be used to design and build informational exhibit for national conferences on 1p36, which are critical to keeping up-to-speed on research of the condition.
"I think it would just do a lot to ease the minds of a lot of people just to know what they're dealing with," Steve said of how the funding would be used.
If the project isn't funded, all hope is not lost, said Shannon.
"We'll just continue to do small fundraisers until we get there," said Shannon. "If we don't make it, at least we're raising awareness. We're getting the word out there."
(Editor's Note: To vote for the 1p36 Deletion Support and Awareness project on-line, visit www.refresheverything.com/1p36. More information about the condition can be found on-line at www.1p36dsa.org.)
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'Official' Christmas Eve Traditions
I'm always fascinated by what people remember of the Christmas traditions of their youth. There are as many traditions as there are families. Some observances may be similar across families, but the beauty of each account is in the individual details, sometimes remembered with different emphasis by members of the same family.
On the morning of Christmas Eve there would usually be some kind of baking or candy-making going on. The main event of our 'official' observances was going to my Grandparents home. I don't really remember the hour-drive to Upland, I think I may have been under the hypnotic spell of Christmas anticipation.
My grandmother (on my mother's side) would prepare a gift bag for every member of the family (a tradition my mother tried to keep going until our family grew far too large). The bags would have some special thing in them (one year it was my first wind-and-shoot 35mm camera) and a number of things that today you might find at a party or dollar store. The little trinkets were not so easy to come by in the 70s and early-80s and my grandma spent the entire year gathering things for these treat bags. Truly, it was one of the great highlights of the day and gave us wild kids something to focus on until everyone had arrived.
Of course there would be food, but the main event, for me at least, was our family talent show. Each year I'd showcase something I'd been working on. Sometimes it would be great and other times I'd completely embarrass myself. I played the bassoon, the tuba, duets on pennywhistle with my father. Some of my cousins would sing things like "Jingle Bell Rock" or "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer." I'd never even heard these songs at the time, my father was strictly a 'classical and jazz' kind of guy. Some of these Christmas pop songs have grown on me since then and some still make me cringe.
After everyone had gotten 'showing off' out of our blood, we would sing carols. This was my father's favorite part. It was his one chance each year to use the classical guitar skills that he slowly improved each evening as we sat in front of the TV watching Buck Rogers, re-runs of Star Trek, Family Ties and The Cosby Show. This nightly practice was a constant irritation to my mother, but as a little kid it was just background noise. Perhaps my easy ability to tune out the guitar accounts for why I now have such difficulty paying attention to anything that is being said to me when the TV is on. Anyway, that was my father's essence . . . it wasn't enough to sit and watch TV, and now I appreciate his attitude much more. Still, when it came to the carol singing, he could go a little far and after about the fifteenth carol I would start to itch for presents. Now that is the part I remember the least, just a faint image of paper flying everywhere and mass confusion.
As if that wasn't enough for a Christmas Eve, on our way home we would stop to see the life-sized Nativity and scenes from the Savior's life that Upland displayed on its main street. I loved this. I adored driving around this display each year.
Finally, we would head home. We would play our favorite freeway game, where we each tried to get from A to Z first by calling out signs you could see from the freeway (once someone called a letter from a word, no one else could use it). Some of us very nearly had all the signs memorized.
Christmas Eve was 'officially' over. When I was young, my parents would place my sleeping body in my bed. When I got older, the unofficial Christmas Eve traditions began . . .
Scrooge on Christmas Morning : a Christmas Poem
Scrooge on Christmas Morning
a Christmas Poem by M Ryan Taylor
To be Scrooge on Christmas morning;
a heart perpetually broken with joy,
bubbling up, brewing a merry wassail,
flowing freely, a milk of human kindness
spilling out to all the world.
To be Scrooge on Christmas morning;
wrists braced in garlands of ivy green,
hands reborn to cultivate new life,
to garden up, furrow down and spread
the holly berry red.
To be Scrooge on Christmas morning;
feet itching to cross the paths of men,
eyes wide to joy and sorrow, ears open to need,
voice thirsting to greet and sing
a carol constant, consorting bliss.
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Don't you just love Carol Klein?
27 comments:
- Esther Montgomery said...
You've given it such a good write up, maybe I'll have to seek it out and have a watch.
I don't have a good track record when it comes to liking garden programmes.
- January 22, 2011 at 4:02 AM
- Anna said...
Could not agree with you more Victoria. Carol's joy, knowledge and enthusiasm are a delight and the perfect tonic for this time of year. I am sure that she could coax the most reluctant person to have a go at growing plants. The programme is well made too - pure television magic.
- January 22, 2011 at 7:14 AM
- Karen - An Artist's Garden said...
I agree with you Victoria - it is an absolute (TV) Box of delights.
- January 22, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Joanne said...
I agree Caorl is a delight to listen too and I can't get enough of her lovely garden infact I think the photography of it could be a little better at the detail, the photographer doesn't strike me as a gardener or he would pause now and then lingering on the planting like he does on the beautiful landscape backdrop to the garden.
Carol is a woman after my own heart a modern but much better version of Margery Fish in my opinion.
I would love to see so much more of this sort of program, making a garden from scratch is always the easy bit especially if you have lots of money to throw at it, the real test of a garden is time, how to tackle those problems living with a garden as it develops with all it's problems as well as joys.
- January 22, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- Plantaliscious said...
I'm loving the series too, for the same reasons. Her knowledge and enthusiasm are inspiring, and I always learn things. I'll give the new-look GW a go, if only to have a nose around Monty's garden, but this will be a very hard act to follow.
- January 22, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Darla said...
This is one of the reasons that gardens are so much better across the pond than they are here. Our gardening shows are bad if there are any at all. I'm very jealous!
- January 22, 2011 at 1:57 PM
- Julia said...
I adore her - always have. And the enthusiasm she has for plants is so infectious.
However, with it being so dismal weather-wise today, all the lushness of Carol's summer garden last night has left me with a good old dose of the winter blues. Fed up of cold weather now - I want to see signs of life!
- January 22, 2011 at 2:05 PM
- The Constant Gardener said...
Totally agree Victoria - she's got me all inspired again. No mean feat in the dull dark days of January! I love it.
- January 22, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- Jan@Thanks for today. said...
Hi Victoria,
It sounds like a wonderfully laid-back garden show that you can related to. Who doesn't enjoy that? I would love to see more shows like that here, too. Our HG TV used to be rich with them...now there is so much less focus on that kind of thing. I am certain it's all about $$ as I'm sure the demand is still there.
- January 22, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Why I garden... said...
I love Carol and her garden; she is so likeable and interesting (loved seeing the bees on the show). However, I think her writers (I imagine she has a team of writers?) need to work a wee bit harder as I think they could do more. I find myself getting a little bored at times & that shouldn't happen. Don't get me wrong, I love watching and am so glad its on TV. There should be more garden programmes!
- January 22, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- patientgardener said...
It is fab, I love her enthusiasm and how she destroys any myths that things are difficult to do. Its what we need instead of GW
- January 22, 2011 at 10:33 PM
- Gardeningbren said...
Oh I do love Carol Klein...and you might think that in Eastern Canada, we don't know of her, but we do ....she is so down to earth.. a genuine kind presenter...enthusiastic, sooo knowledgeable..just the sort of garden friend you would want living next door...well (smile) she is only four thousand miles away...)))))...
How lucky you all are to have such wonderful garden inspiring television shows (not available in Canada ahem..ahem...). Think there is a huge market from there to here...just waiting to be established abroad.
Yes..just love Carol Klein.
- January 23, 2011 at 1:18 AM
- Jo said...
I'm so enjoying this too. Carol has remained first and foremost a true gardener and enthusiast, TV hasn't turned her head. I love that the programme isn't slick- it has soul which is rare.
- January 23, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Edith Hope said...
Dear Victoria, Although I do not have a television [ and, indeed have not had one for 30 years] I know that I should love to watch and hear Carol Klein. She is a consummate plantswoman with a great love and knowledge of her subject. I visited her nursery many years ago and it was a glorious mixture of the rare and the commonplace grown in a wonderfully relaxed way. Yes, she would have my vote as a gardening presenter any day!!
- January 23, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Terra said...
Oh this gardener in California thinks the garden programme sounds fabulous.
- January 23, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- HappyMouffetard said...
Absolutely agree, Victoria. The 30 minutes fly past.
- January 23, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- fairegarden said...
I love reading her articles in the British gardening magazines to which we subscribe and can tell she is a TRUE gardener. We would love to be able to watch a show such as hers, too. If you love, I know we would!
- January 24, 2011 at 12:41 PM
- Clive said...
Carol for president!
It seems crazy that she was turned down to head up Gardeners World
- January 24, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- Chris said...
Have just been catching up on episode 3 on the i-player, tucked up all alone enveloped in the feel-good factor that Carol's programme has created.
30 minutes absolutely flies by. It's the little close ups I love especially Ms Klein's hands! How could anyone mistake those as anything other than a gardeners? Even the chipped flame nail polish and scarf complemented the poppies.
- January 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- Linda said...
I'm having the best of both worlds watching Carol( in America... via the net!) and reading Margery fish.
- January 27, 2011 at 1:31 AM
- GirlAboutGarden said...
Totally agree. Didn't used to like Carol when I first came across her but she's grown on me over time. Her programme feels calm, accessible and enthuses. It makes you want to get out there, garden and create – which is what a good gardening programme should do right? Agree about the simple camera work too - such a nice change from all the jerky, cutting, doco-style stuff that's so popular these days.
- January 27, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Will Giles said...
Hi Victoria – I have to admit that I rarely watch gardening programs as they are so formulaic and just don't feel real to me. I watched Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein on Iplayer on your recommendation and loved it – now I must see all the others as well! I do so wish that she had been chosen for the lead role on Gardeners World – do they have something against women? This program has reinvigorated my interest in TV gardening, she is simply the best and for me the most down to earth – wonderful...
- January 31, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- Gail said...
We gardeners across the pond are all envious of your garden shows~Ours are ~well, practically nonexistent! Sigh. gail
- February 1, 2011 at 2:05 AM
- Mey Lau said...
Dear Victoria,
Is there a way to contact you by email?
- February 2, 2011 at 2:20 AM
- About Last Weekend said...
Hi there, nice to see (and read) you again. I don't think we can get that programme here in Bay Area, California but I love just hearing about it...very taking it's time-ness. Which you def do not get in California. Weather here vascilates (sp?) between arctic and tropical so plants feeling very confused... but amazingly my succulents still survive!
- February 3, 2011 at 6:49 AM
- Denise said...
So glad you mentioned Carol's new show, and for those with Internet access I did find a site that streams at least one of the programs, obnoxious ads and all -- haven't thoroughly checked the quality out yet. http://streaming-episode.com/life-in-a-cottage-garden-with-carol-klein-season-1-episode-1-winter.html
- February 4, 2011 at 10:05 PM
- Jason said...
Carol's programme is a breath of fresh air as far as gardening programmes go; it isn't puerile or pretentious, just good and honest and presented by someone who is hugely passionate about plants and her garden. The accompanying book is also a great read and full of bits of advice. More please!
As for Gardener's World, I am looking forward to seeing Monty back on screen and presenting from his own garden. Let's hope the producers don't stick their noses in too much and just let Monty and Co. get on with things.
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Oops, I just noticed you're over in Pakistan. Well, I doubt you have any Wal-Marts over there. Can you try to get someone over there on a mission from a U.S. church to get you a CD and book? Tell them you want it so that YOU can go on a mission to China in the future. That's not a lie; you may really want to go on a mission someday. Let's see, don't approach anyone from the Church of Christ. Try Assembly of God. Try First Church of the Nazarene. Baptists are a long shot, but try them if they look friendly. If you can find any sincere Jesus-Freaks over there, like from Church In the Wind, try them. I'll do a Google search and report any good links later.


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Investigators are looking for a man who is probably wishing he didn't break into a Henderson County home Tuesday morning.
"I came in from work. You know, a usual, typical morning after third-shift work," homeowner Bryant Kincade said.
Kincade tells 14 News he heard noises and noticed an open door that's usually closed. That's when his morning became anything, but typical. Kincade says he saw an intruder in his home.
"I went to the bedroom and grabbed my shotgun. As I turned around, he was coming out of my daughter's bedroom and I shot at him. I missed him," Kincade said.
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office tells 14 News the suspect then drove away in a silver truck.
As deputies searched for the suspect, Cairo Elementary school kept all exterior doors locked until classes finished for the day.
"I don't know if he was armed or not. Had he been armed and I wasn't armed, I think it would have turned out a lot different," Kincade said.
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Kincade says he's just glad his daughter and the rest of his family weren't home.
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Is Todoist compatible with IFTTT?
I've been a very big fan of todoist for a while now. I just came across recently IFTTT.com and am very interested in integrating your already amazing todo list system into this amazing product.
I was considering going to Toodledo that's how awesome IFTTT is but I don't really want to abandon Todoist or have to relearn a new system. Help me out here and let me know that there is a simple upgrade for you guys to make this happen.
I think it would be worth your while considering how popular IFTTT is getting.
:) Thanks!
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Further is there any way that I can sync Todoist to my google calendar. A separate plugin or feature would be nice but IFTTT is pretty cool!
You can sync your Todoist with you gcal by using the iCalendar feed at the bottom of your Premium Settings dialog box. Copy that url and put into a new calendar through gcal and it should auto sync from then on.
Hi - I use IFTTT and Todoist. Essentially you need to use the project emails in Todoist.
In IFTTT use the Gmail channel as the trigger ("Then That"), with the Todoist email in the trigger.
I use it to push Reminders from Siri into my Todoist inbox. It doesn't erase the Reminders from Apple's app, but it at least gives me a way to speak my to do's into Todoist while I'm driving.
Any update on trying to get an official Todoist IFTTT channel?
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:-) I just want to second this idea. Todoist integration with IFTTT would be absolutely fantastic.
I third this idea! ;-)
This is would be awesome
Please make this happen! :)
Please make this happen! :)
Like the other people said
<grovel> pweeeety pweeese </grovel>.
Using IFTTT sort of works - but does anyone have a way to tag the emails in IFTTT? It seems to choke on the <tags> (for example <date today>) in the recipe...
Yep. Me too!
+1 :-)
Please provide complete integration with IFTTT.
You can beat the <date today> tag problem using double characters, like <<date today>>. It leaves a <> in the task name created, but at least it sets the date correctly. I couldn't find any other escape characters that would allow me to put a single < in the IFTTT field.
Hi Matthew, I cannot make the IFTTT recipe to send ios reminders to the inbox via the project email (Inbox). Can you be more specific how you configure that? Besides the email address, do you have to change any of the subject and body of the recipe? See snap atached/
Huge +1 on this as well (+1) Everyone can go and request it via IFTTT at this link:
yes please.
+1 in a big way!
Would be great! :-)
Thanks Matthew Bray and Mark Johnson for the meantime tips. And thanks Todoist for being so damn near perfect.
Complete integration with IFTTT is the biggest thing that's holding me back from jumping on Todoist Premium as my task manager.
It's would be amazing to have it.
yes please get todoist on ifttt
+1 !!
Yes please +1
Please do it. +1
I'd also love this.
ugh no the double tags dont work for me... so sad -_-;
Wow, Ifttt and Todoist on a date?! Who knows what could happen!!??
Yes, please!


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Finally got the control knobs in the mail and finished it off. The tone acoustically is great! I borrowed a cheap amp from a friend (sold mine last spring) and everything works as planned and sounds yummy. The pick up switching is a 5 way strat switch and a push/pull switch on the tone knob that engages the bridge pick up regardless of the 5 way position. This way it gives me the option of having the bridge/neck combo or all 3 on combo. The neck is the biggest I could find and will take a bit of getting used to. Strung up with .011 – .050 strings.
-- I still have all my fingers
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#1 posted 1446 days ago
Very nice. What kind of wood did you use? And tell us more about those control knobs – did you make them?
-- Al, Culpeper VA
#2 posted 1446 days ago
Very nice! tell us more Please!
-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio..... http://www.etsy.com/shop/WoodenfrogWoodenProd
#3 posted 1446 days ago
the guitar is a semi hollow body with a maple core and bookmatched ash for the front and back. I ordered the knobs from Q parts and they just came in yesterday.
-- I still have all my fingers
#4 posted 1446 days ago
my first guitar involving my first bookmatch, first use of wood dye, first french polish. I have blogged the build here on LJ's
-- I still have all my fingers
#5 posted 1446 days ago
Great looking guitar
-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong
#6 posted 1445 days ago
Awesome guitar! Did you make the neck too? If so, how did you make it?
-- Hello, my name is Jarrod and I am a woodaholic.
#7 posted 1445 days ago
I commented on The Wood Whisperer too, but wanted to repeat…excellent job.
-- Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....
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That's nice, really nice …..excellent work!!
-- Wayne
#9 posted 717 days ago
I did not make the neck, I bought it. It is an Allparts SMO-FAT, but I did dye it and make my own logo
-- I still have all my fingers
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Pension work nears finish lineFriday, April 29th, 2011 by John Kennedy
Plans to dramatically revamp Florida pensions at the state and city levels appeared headed Friday toward the finish line — far short of where Gov. Rick Scott and lawmakers had initially proposed.
House and Senate negotiators have settled on extracting 3 percent paycheck contributions from 655,000 teachers, police, firefighters and other government employees enrolled in the Florida Retirement System, part of an effort to pull $1.1 billion into the state's recession-strapped budget.
But a plan to scrap the state's Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) has been abandoned, House and Senate negotiators agreed. The House had wanted to bar the lucrative early retirement program to new enrollees in July; the Senate in 2016.
But what emerged Friday night from House lead negotiator Ritch Workman, R-Melbourne, was a proposal to reduce the 6.5 percent interest rate paid on DROP benefits to 1.3 percent. The move will save $81 million, if agreed to by Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Wellington, the Senate's lead negotiator on the Florida Retirement System.
Among other changes nearing agreement are a plan to increase the retirement age for new enrollees in the FRS from age 62 to 65. An existing 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment would be eliminated for service earned after July 1, with Workman saying the goal being that it would be reinstated in 2016.
That change save $404.8 million, analysts said.
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - A Schenectady woman was arraigned in County Court Monday morning after police say she stabbed her boyfriend in the chest, killing him.
Police say a 911 call came in from the couple's residence at 1512 VanVranken Avenue, Apartment #1, around 11 p.m. Sunday night, reporting that 51-year-old Adrian King had been stabbed.
Upon arrival, King was found bleeding from an apparent stab wound to the chest. He was treated at the scene by members of the Schenectady Fire Department and was transported to Ellis Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
King's girlfriend, 49-year-old Jacqueline Smalls, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter in connection to his death.
Police tell NEWS10 they believe it was a domestic violence incident that spun out of control. Officers say they had responded to the couple's residence in the past for reports of domestic incidents.
Neighbors say they cannot believe Smalls is capable of this crime, and that the couple always seemed to get along.
One neighbor tells NEWS10 Smalls claimed someone else had stabbed her boyfriend.
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As an example of how this sort of integration could help users, Rizvi highlighted how Oracle's Fusion-based business intelligence products could be used to analyze BPM operations. Administrators can analyze how long each process is taking, or check to see if any one step in the process is taking an undue amount of time to complete, using the Oracle Business Activity Monitoring software.
Also, this is the first version of Oracle's BPM software to incorporate the features from the BEA AquaLogic BPM (Oracle acquired BEA Systems in 2008).
"This release includes the best of both and Oracle's BPM technology," said Shaffer. For instance, the software uses the AquaLogic BPM Studio for editing processes. The Oracle BPM suite also borrows AquaLogic BPM Studio's what-you-see-is-what-you-get interface.
Also, for the first time, the software offers a single interface to design workflows using one of two process modeling languages, the Business Process Execution Language or the Business Process Modeling Notation.
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Downloaded movie from axxo but can't watch it as I need play3w.com, but where can i find it where it is free to download, every site I go into you have to pay for it. Please help, a woman who knows nothing about computers!!!!
yes, its a trojan, i tried it in a VM of windows XP just for giggles, and the movies i tried playing were all porn (bad porn too lol), and the Player looked horrible and barely worked. The VM didnt have a Virus scanner, so i could not do a thorough check.
Delete all movies that request this player, and do not seed them please.
Downloaded and scanned the play3w player with avast. Nothing detected. Installed it, nothing detected.
Player looks like trash, and my Shooter movie ended up being a cam of Shrek III.
Stupid stuff.
Virus - Não façam downbload desta porra
My pc got infected with the trojan from play3w , now my virusscan is totaly messed up, anybody suggestions how te remove the trojan, amd does anybody have experience with what it will do??
I really think apple will sell over the 10 million mobile devices within the year that they expect this
mobile phone has everything.
Riley was right, all the movies that have this announcement are very bad xxx movies and this fu.... program is just a trojan (Trojan.Win32.Obfuscated.en). if your PC is infected you acn do nothing except reinstalling your windows again.
does the movies have trojans too, or just the player? i downloaded some movies that did'nt need that player, seemed to work fine.
not a legit axxo movie... someone else has just used his name. the real axxo has some of the best movies out there apparently
Having been doing this a long long time, Axxo is doing a great job - his are definitely some of the better quality films out there. It's a sad case of someone taking this guys name in vain, namely play3w or whoever they are. These guys need to be rooted out and annihilated. Failing that always use torrent sites that have a section dedicated to comments about each individual torrent, this will tell you if the film is genuine or not and also tell you if the quality is good, bad or indifferent. Good hunting :o)
Tommytee. King of Diamonds, breaker of hearts.
there is somebody impersonating axxo putting out bad stuff, anything from the real axxo has been excellent quality and has required no player other than windows media player.
anything i've had with aXXo's name on has been excellent. anyone know how we can punish this play3w mob for their foul play?


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Got involved in a prolonged Twitter skirmish with Lyle Spencer the other day, covering such matters as why he sucks up to ballplayers and managers. It ended with Lyle casting his support behind the non-tendering of Jeff Mathis. Hurrah! !
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How Integrative Medicine May Affect Yoga Teaching and BusinessOn January 12, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) at the National Academy of Sciences released its Report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. This report, by a highly respected organization within mainstream health care, offered a series of recommendations to influence legislation and public policy regarding complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies. The broad definition of CAM therapies in the report would include, in addition to modalities such as chiropractic, massage therapy, and acupuncture, practices such as yoga and meditation. In this issue, we examine how emerging models of conceptualizing and regulating CAM therapies in the IOM report may affect the future of yoga teaching and the business of yoga.
While in ancient times, yoga teachings were transmitted from master to disciple in private settings, often as part of a rigorous spiritual initiation, today yoga classes are offered in a variety of contexts: from private settings to ashrams, yoga studios, gyms, and spas. And, like many other ancient healing arts, yoga is even offered in some hospitals as a clinically-recommended practice. For example, some cardiologists may recommend the Ornish program, which includes yoga and meditation practices, to help reverse heart disease.
This means that, within the broad context of healing arts in the United States, many clinicians and researchers would consider yoga to be a "complementary and alternative medical" (CAM) therapy�a healing modality outside conventional medical care. Understanding how yoga fits within the social and legal paradigm of CAM therapies is increasingly important for yoga teachers and studios who interact with licensed health care providers, consider whether to make claims about specific yoga practices, or receive requests from students for health advice (see Legal Implications of Health Advice for Yoga Teachers, Parts 1 and 2), or consider ethical and legal issues surrounding touch (see The Ethics and Liabilities of Touch).
The IOM report marks an effort by a distinguished panel of clinicians and researchers to make recommendations concerning U.S. policy about "integrative medicine"�the effort to integrate CAM therapies within conventional medicine. According to the report, "hospitals are offering CAM therapies, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are covering such therapies, a growing number of physicians use CAM therapies in their practices, insurance coverage for CAM therapies is increasing, and integrative medicine centers and clinics are being established, many with close ties to medical schools and teaching hospitals."
In light of these trends, the report's essential recommendation is this: "In determining what care to provide, the goal should be comprehensive care that uses the best scientific evidence available regarding benefits and harm, encourages a focus on healing, recognizes the importance of compassion and caring, emphasizes the centrality of relationship-based care, encourages patients to share in decision making about therapeutic options, and promotes choices in care that can include complementary therapies where appropriate."
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Man warned over wasting police time
A man's been warned by police after calling 999 to complain that a prostitute had lied about her looks.
West Midlands Police said they were contacted by a man wishing to report a woman for breaching the Sale of Goods Act.
– West Midlands Police
An officer in the Solihull contact centre advised the caller that no offences had been committed by the woman and that soliciting for sex was in fact illegal."
Police say they have been able to identify the man and have sent hin a letter warning him about his actions.
– West Midlands Police
"Wasting police time is a serious offence and carries a maximum sentence of six months imprisonment."


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In the interest of chasing performance and not fatigue, and subsequently hypertrophy, a few changes:
- Continuing high carbing and now that I know finibars can be put in my blender this may take on a whole new meaning soon.
- Explosive jumps are now part of each workout.
- Increasing average daily prowler work weight by 45lbs, vs. increasing distance. Going to increase again in a week, and so on, we shall see what changes this sparks.
- I have been using MAG-10 prior to each meal for the past few days, gong to continue to do this as much as possible.
- Brain Candy....works.
- If i hit a PR (rep or weight) on any exercise I'm pretty mush done with it for that session, more exercises, but done with that movement. I learned my lesson chasing the deadlift PR and short circuiting my CNS.
From this last weeks workouts:
Bench Press rep PR 365 x 3 x 3
* After my 405 PR the prior week - this was my first attempt at 405 ever so the first time I have held that much weight in that position, much like a walk out performed on squats, I think this 1 rep with 405 amped up my CNS, which in turn just made everything just feel a tad lighter this week on chest thus new rep PR)
* Dead lifting back on track after recovering from CNS blow out:
465 x 8...and done! Solid set felt good walked away from it. Did a set of Romanians 315 x 15. Volume low, performance high.
I ended the last dead lift rotation with a rep PR of 505 x 4 x 2, then hitting a single PR with 545 at Synergy's gym. I'm not setting any records with weight but the dead lift has really transformed my back since starting the indigo project workouts. It makes me wish I hadn't just started focusing on them in the last year, however I see 600lbs for me this year if I can keep my recovery in check.
* Biceps this week, normally nothing notable on biceps to speak of ever really, but this week I managed to knock out a a straight bar curl set of 155lb x 12 solid as hell reps. That felt great.
Last weigh in was 287 a few days after last pic.
Vacation planned, sans children and on my birthday....contemplating on not lifting a single weight. I always say I'm not going to lift on vacation, and then the place will have a killer gym, or a reverse hyper or T-Nation trap bar or something I just have to do. Hopefully I can find more entertaining things. :-)
can't leave without a black box photo!
Nice write up Hip. Obviously chasing performance is working. Keep it up brother and have a fantastic vacation!
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Damn man, you just keep getting bigger and leaner. This is insane.
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Hip, those are some phenomenal #'s, you curl a sh*t ton! chasing performance looks good on you, perhaps I will figure it out one day.
Keep kicking ass!
Some workout photos...tricep band holds, as you can tell by my face they were excruciatingly enjoyable. :-)
another in the sequence...
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Your delts are awesome! How long do you do the holds for?
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Nice shoes. Does this make us friends?
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The Grenades are awesome Hip. I have the 3" one and it really lets you get some great training done. Its about the size of a Tennis Ball if that gives you a good reference. The 4" would be a bit big for me, but you are literally 100 pounds larger... so those might be viable for you, especially if you use both hands at the same time.
The way I use them here is the Tricep press down, but with the elbows point away from each other, instead of tucked into the body. It lets you hit the inside portion of the tricep much better than a V-Handle or even a regular Rope attachment
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Your deltoids have biceps.
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And the new formulas enter the system...
New waist measurement: 37 1/10
Pic 2 of 4/19/12
Chiseled...out...of...stone! Traps and quads are looking huge. Very impressive Hip.
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You know what is really crazy? Despite his size, Hip moves like a cat. He is surprisingly quick on his feet and his CNS jumps are more graceful than mine!


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Phoenix Coyotes prospect Brett MacLean was hospitalized Monday after suffering a "cardiac emergency" during a hockey game, the team announced Tuesday night. The 23-year-old forward received CPR and was eventually airlifted to a nearby cardiac intensive care unit.
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A while back some graffiti showed up in Unaweep in the Rock Garden. The Western Colorado Climbers' Coalition and the Grand Junction Climbing Center have been working with the Bureau of Land Management to get this graffiti removed. As with any government agency there was a lot of red tape to cut through but we are pleased to tell everyone that the job is done. A BLM crew went up the other day and removed much of the graffiti leaving only shadows of the paint. These shadows will be removed shortly but that is the hardest part of graffiti removal. The WCCC and GJCC would like to thank the BLM for all their hard work. The area where this graffiti was removed is still in much need of a good trash pickup. That's why the WCCC is teaming up with The Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Grand Junction chapter and the BLM on National Public Lands Day to help clean this area up and make it more enjoyable for everyone. So if you can make it out Saturday September 29th from 8:30-noonish we can show the BLM how much we care about our public lands and how much we appreciate their hard work. Bring your climbing shoes and crash pads for some bouldering and BBQ after.
Good work...wish I could make it but can't be there next weekend. Too bad there are so many little pricks down there in the first place....wish they would just stick to cruising their Matchbox Cars up & down North Ave.
Nice work! We have some similar issues at local crags. Does this remove a lot of the rock texture making the smearing more difficult? The crag by us is mostly granite slab is why I ask.
Nice! it is biodegradable and all!
Very nice. Our own Mia is heading there as we speak. No doubt she will crush.
Nice Work! That's awesome! Now if we could only fix people's name carvings into the red rock.
It is a shame how people treat that canyon. Teenagers or whoever have nothing better to do than spraypaint boulders? What a shame. The Paintballers are also a big problem there. That is a truly special place. Thank you for cleaning and helping out. Unaweep was my home away from home for years, love that place.
I'm not familiar with the area... but I have a few quick q's about the power sprayer... did the BLM bring in a water truck or something? How did you guys get pressurized water and enough of it at your crag? We have been trying to do this around our local crags but the biggest issue is the lack of a power sprayer and/or enough water at a crag. We were thinking about the 4 gallon back pack, hand pump, sprayers but the psi is like 90. Thanks for any info! -Morgan
Great Job! Unaweep is truly a special place and has some of the most amazing bouldering and incredible potential that I have ever seen! We had the opportunity to barely scratch the surface on a visit there this past April. Must be incredible in the winter!
Nice work!
What are all those white spots. Can we stop people from making them?
We did the trash pick up today and the BLM brought out the trailer they used for the graffiti removal. They said they use it mostly for cleaning out the out houses.


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Article By: Fred Bouchard
That's right, readers: thirsty devouts planted the first vineyards in New Mexico - possibly in the new world - in Socorro, New Mexico in 162O! These friars came from New Spain (now Mexico) with the first Spanish colonists in 1598 led by Don Juan de Onate. The friars ministered to the spiritual needs of the colonists and spread the Holy Faith (Santa Fe) among the Indians. Each monk's daily celebration of the Eucharist at Mass required at least an ounce or two of sacramental wine, diluted by just three drops of water to symbolize the Trinity. Wine procured from Spain entailed staggering cost and labor: it was shipped from Malaga to Veracruz, then overland a good 15OO miles by ox-cart. Shipments by wagon train came but once in three years, with about 45 gallons on each trip. The fortified wine, called Angelica, was about 18% alcohol, 1O% sugar, light pink, and tasted like sherry.
This need for a reliable, cost-efficient source of sacramental wine was the driving force for the initial development of New Mexico's wine industry. The first vines were planted at a Piro Indian pueblo south of Socorro by Fray Gracia de Zuniga, a Franciscan, and Antonio de Arteaga, a Capuchin. The cuttings were a variety of vitis vinifera called "mission grape", probably related to the European varietal from Spain called "Monica" and still grown today in New Mexico.
Winemaking, both sacramental and commercial, had its ups and downs over the next two centuries. Between 187O and 188O, the surge in production grew exponentially, from 16k to 9O8k gallons. The 188O census tallied 315O acres of grapevines, nearly double that of New York state. Expansion was facilitated by the advent of the railroad. Mission, Muscat of Alexandria and Muscat were the main vines planted. Jesuits were major advocates of planting vineyards and opening their own wineries.
La Salle Christian Brothers, who had founded a boys' school in Bernalillo and La France Winery, traveled to California to return with hardier vine cuttings of grapes such as Malbec, Black Malvoisie, Zinfandel, Mataro, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Pino, and Chasselas Fontainebleu. Like other wineries, they hired a professional winemaker, a Frenchman named Louis Gros, who made over 1O,OOO gallons a year until 192O. The winery was the state's sole producer during Prohibition, under the patronage of Albert Daguer, Archbishop of Santa Fe. George Rinaldi, a Tuscan winemaker, made the altar wine through the end of Prohibition in 1933. The dozen New Mexico wineries that reopened at the repeal of Prohibition could not compete with California bulk wines, and gradually folded. The worst Rio Grande flood of the century, in 1943, sealed their fate by destroying vineyards.
Following California's wine boom in the late '7Os, New Mexico's wine industry was reborn. By 198O several small wineries were up and running, like Anderson Valley Vineyards, Ponderosa Valley and La Vina Madre Winery. Some wineries were founded and manned by ex-Los Alamos and Sandia Lab engineers. Spurred by European investments, gallonage rose from 2Ok to 7OOk by 199O, but lacked the developed market and competitive edge of California and Europe. Swiss and French consortiums began a stampede in planting hundreds of vineyard acres of vinifera around the towns of Engle and Deming and French hybrids were planted around Belen. But the unbridled enthusiasm was soon damped by the cold realities of New Mexico's hard winters and spring frosts; huge plantings in old cotton fields succumbed to root-rot. The boom-town vineyards were soon scaled back to size.
Economic success for the modest wineries came with the emergence of state-wide wine festivals, inaugurated in three successive years (1988 to 199O) and still running on holiday weekends (Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day). These were made possible when state legislators adapted existing liquor laws to include a celebration permit that accommodates the wineries' pouring free samples and selling by the glass and bottle.
Today New Mexico's 26 commercial wineries are evenly spread between north, central and southern regions. As of 2OO5, they had a total of about 1OOO acres planted and produced over 15OK cases. The only New Mexican wines currently found in Massachusetts are those of Gruet, distributed by both Arborway Imports and Boston Wine Company, a producer of quality sparkling (and lately still) wines since before 199O. (Read a tour of Gruet's winery in Albuquerque in beverage's upcoming December Champagne issue.) Some New Mexico wineries are frankly hobbyist operations, making very small production wines with limited skills and little appeal beyond regional curiosity. Others - a few of them visited on a recent journey to the "Land of Opportunity" - show a little something extra, and may pique the interest of discerning tourists and collectors, if not potential distributors.
Among the northerly wineries is a limited use of American varietals and French hybrids, brought cross-country from New York State, where they performed admirably as cold-weather varietals. Winemakers use them largely in blends: reds like deChaunac, Baco Noir and Chancellor, and whites like Seyval Blanc and Vidal. Like most US regional wines, they face a hard sell, often a hand sell, because their tastes and aromas are unfamiliar, as well as the usual socio-economic reasons of Euro-snobbery and California's market predominance.
Prowling the sunny streets of low-rise adobe Santa Fe, your reporter practically stumbled on the tasting room of Santa Fe Vineyards, Espanola. This long-established winery's little outpost is in downtown along the shady river park of West Alameda. It's in an art gallery owned by painter Armando Pena - who married into the family and designed the winery's Artist Label Series since 1985 - and it's ably manned by grizzled wine guy Jack Caffrey, whose candor is disarming. Jack tells me: "The winery was founded by Len Rosingana and his brother back around 198O; Len was founder/owner of Stony Ridge (Pleasanton, California) until he let Benzinger buy him out. We used to grow our own grapes in Cerrillos, but we stopped when the cows kept breaking into the vineyards. Len was one of the prime movers in revitalizing New Mexico's wine industry, but he died of a brain tumor at 51 in 1997. In the '8Os, he shipped out from New York State plantings of vitis labrusca varietals - Baco Noir, Chancellor, de Chaunac, Vidal, and Rougeon Rose."
Best Tastes 2OO4 Arroyo Seco Chardonnay. Downstate grapes from Deming get the cold fermentation and stainless treatment, to good effect. The wine is pale gold, with a clean, bright citric edge, like a weighty Sauvignon Blanc.
On the road, we follow the narrow Rio Grande Valley from Taos to Espanola along a winding gorge, from 1O to 2O yards wide and easy-sloping up to russet buttes, green with cottonwood, poplar and aspen, amenable to vineyards and hospitable to nature in general. Little wineries are tucked in here and there along Route 68 in Dixon and Embudo. These are mom 'n' pop wineries, love affairs with the grape, where father and son may make 5OO to 5OOO cases a year. No sign of rain, despite the forecast, but the air's a bit cooler (mid-7Os) with a light breeze along the river.
Art objects
litter the valley, such as coyote fences made from
tailpipes, and a dusty path up a canyon called Gasoline
Alley, fenced with aluminum gas station signs. Some
winemakers are married to artists, as you'll read later.
LA CHIRIPADA, Dixon. Paula Seton poured wines for us in the shady little tasting room at La Chiripada. Brothers Mike and Pat Johnson planted their vineyards in 1977 and had their first bottlings in 198O. Pat's son Joshua is helping now. They grow half their grapes on the estate and the other half 'down south' (Deming). Minna Santos reports that some of the wines are on the lists at Santa Fe Cooking School, and at at least two Taos restaurants, Doc Martin's and Ogilvy's.
Tastes-WHITES Vidal
Blanc, blended with Riesling. Fresh, clean, snappy acidity,
pleasing green pea notes. REDS
2OO4 Rio Embudo Red reserve. Given 15 months in Hungarian
oak, this vinifera/lambrusca blend has light tannins and
sturdy black cherry and blackberry fruit. It's mainly
Millot, though Marechal Foch is big in the mix, and 5% Ruby
Cabernet. DESSERT
Interesting Late Harvest Riesling (8% residual sugar) sports
aromas of honeysuckle and acacia honey.
PONDEROSA WINERY, Jemez Springs. The long-in-the-tooth winery of Henry and Mary Street, just off Route 4, produces 35OO cases of 15 varietals in 2O-plus bottlings. Street is part scientist, experimenter, dabbler, historian, and godfather of New Mexico's re-emerging winemaking scene. Unusual varietals include Ruby Cabernet, Golden Muscat and Muscat Canelli. He makes room in his broad palette for labrusca varietals (Seyval, Vidal, Baco Noir). Recently released reds include Tre Rossi, an unusual blend of Italianate grapes (Dolcetto, Sangiovese, Nebbiolo), a hefty Dolcetto and a lean, fruity Viognier.
Tastes 2OO2 Pinot
Noir, pale purple with a violet brown rim, slightly sweet
fruitiness with an autumn leaf tang, in a mature Burgundian
BLACK MESA, Velarde. Judy, pouring, tells us the winery is owned by the Burds, winemaker Jerry and artist Lynda. Lynda designs fanciful labels that draw on Indian tradition (kokopelli playing flute, butterfly lady, stylized animals) and painted bright iconic murals on the adobe wall around the farm. Four estate acres on riverside vineyards across the road supply estate grapes for the Velarde Merlot and Velarde Syrah. The rest of the grapes are grown downstate.
Tastes 2OO4 Dry
Muscat with clean aromatic nose, firm fruit, bracing finish.
Antelope (Cabernet/Merlot blend) in a lighter style, fine
saturated purple, hints of black pepper, coconut. Black
Beauty, a dessert wine made from Cabernet Franc cut with a
bittersweet chocolate infusion and served chilled. Also of
interest were two ports, a rich red (not over the top with
sweetness) and a muscat-based white that saw two years in
oak and showed honey, apple and spice notes.
VIVAC WINERY, Dixon. Lisa Gross pours their five reds - all impressively full-bodied and well-crafted. Brothers Jesse and Chris Padberg opened Vivac three short years ago, but the quality of their reds has made restaurateurs and wine enthusiasts statewide (and beyond) sit up and take notice. Jordan Smith - waitperson and wine enthusiast at El Farol, Santa Fe's superb tapas restaurant, who'd just migrated east from Mustard's in Napa - had strongly recommended their wines. The small tasting room along Route 4 has high ceilings to accommodate the brothers' wines, as well as their wives' artwork - Michele's paintings and jewelry, Lilian's photography and hand-made chocolates. The brothers will release their first white - Sauvignon Blanc - in the fall. Vivac is not far from Sugar's, a riverside barbecue joint that earned kudos from gourmet for their ribs.
Tastes Vivac had
five of their six reds on sale; their Barbera was sold out.
The 'O4 Dolcetto was pale purple, full-bodied and textured,
bold with flavors of fennel, mint, cocoa, and no typical
bitter edge. The 'O3 Tempranillo was made assertive with the
blending in of 9% each of Cabernets (Sauvignon and Franc).
Bright violet, smooth-textured, hints of plum, mocha,
licorice, and smoke; firm tannins should give long bottle
life. The NV Fire Vineyard field blend of Baco Noir,
Chancellor and Mourvedre showed fascinating complexity, with
a long chewy mouth of prune, dry fig and dark chocolate.
TORRENT in TAOS. There's a D.H. Lawrence painting exhibition at La Fonda Hotel, where we duck in from the deluge. We talk to Ben, the wine buyer, about his New Mexico wine preferences. "I'm a native of Taos (but) I like Southern wines the best. Gruet's sparkling wines are excellent, by far New Mexico's best. You have to search for other good ones. No, we don't find wineries coming around to taste us on their products; that's not their style. Vivac is making good wines. I've asked (the Padberg brothers) to come in and taste us, but they haven't yet because they're too busy, and they sell out what they have. Their Dolcetto is a very interesting wine. So's the Tempranillo. Give them another few years and they'll be on their way. Milagro looks promising. I have their Merlot and Chardonnay ($33/45). They're working from a different place than Napa. The industry has a history here, but nothing like California."
I nip into Doc
Martin's, another Taos landmark restaurant, admire the tree
growing through the lobby roof, and sneak a peek at their
local wines: 'O4 Gruet Chardonnay ($5 glass/$2O bottle), La
Chiripada Rio Embudo Red ($5/$2O), Milagro Zinfandel 'O3
($6/$24). Gruet Brut in 375s and 75Os ($12/$23), Rose ($3O),
1997 Grand Reserve ($65). Black Mesa Malvasia Blanca 'O4
($24, 'Coyote' (Cabernet Sauvignon/Syrah) 'O3 ($42), and
Vivac Dolcetto 'O3 ($28).
END NOTES Wines I heard about but never caught up with include Casa Rondena's Cabernet Franc and John Balagna Winery's big red "La Bomba Grande", which commemorates the 5Oth anniversary of the inaugural nuclear bomb test. Nor did I get to ask Byron Rudolph, buyer for La Casa Sena restaurant in Santa Fe, what he liked about New Mexico wines.


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He could move an entanglement experiment next to the Michealson-Morley experiment and then put an atomic clock on the end of it. Then have a switch linked to both experiments so that it is the same distance to each. When the switch turns on it measures the entangled particle and turns on the Michealson-Morley experiment. The atomic clock would then have a detector to see when the photon reaches it, it then turns on when the other entangled particle changes it's spin from being measured on the other side. The atomic clock stops and read time when the photon reaches the detector. That would be a bunch of trouble just to find that a particle follows d=vt. I thought it should be a given. Or he could just shoot a photon at a piece of material that alters when hit and then time how long it takes it to do it, other way could be a lot of trouble. I thought they already have done this and should be a given. Like when they found the wave properties of light. Why does it take over a hundred years for everyone to know that it was measured to always travel at the same speed? Why would particles travel with anything other than their velocity? Is there some kind of particle velocity I have not heard about? Maybe you could try using my equation to find the velocity in respect to time and get the same answer as the velocity you originally put into it and find that the other equation doesn't. If v=v', then gamma will always cancel so then it doesn't matter if you used the equation for dialated time or not they will reduce to the same equations. Sounds like that should be something you should see wrong with accepted equation.


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