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Yes, it's that time again... a holiday weekend. I'm trying to live up to my promise to myself from last November, and this was one of those designated dates.
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This morning I *passed* the Army Physical Fitness Test for females in my age range for the second time. Not as high a score as on July 2nd, but passed all three sections.
* I did 28 pushups, score = 100 (max).
* I did 29 situps, score = 62 (barely passing, but this has been my trouble area, so I'll take it!)
* I covered 2 miles in 20 minutes and 44 seconds, score = 91.
Combined score 253, which I'll take. Next target test date? Veteran's Day!
Midweek is not a good time for me to be looking up my "year ago" and taking my "now", so I'm as close as I can get with the updated progress photos. End of August last year, and today. Hair's changed, but for the most part, maintenance is maintenance, and it's WORKING!
If someone were to ask "what's different this time" two years ago, or even a year ago... I would have said, "nothing is dfferent this time". Today I can say that something is different about this maintenance, from prior attempts at maintaining a loss.
The first time I lost weight, I foolishly thought that maintenance would be like life before losing. Well, predictably (I can hear you experienced folks laughing)... it WAS! All the way back up those 30 pounds, and more.
The first time I got serious about losing (as in asked for and got some help with the process... learned about exchanges and nutrition and activity)... I found myself sliding up and down a LOT in maintenance. I used activity to control the regains, but eventually, since I wasn't making it a priority and continued to be an emotional eater, I tossed in the towel and regained a great deal in a single rocky year.
That regain discouraged me, big time. Who gains 50 pounds in a year? Seriously! Dangerous! To your health! But I did, and I knew how hard I had worked to lose it. While it was happening I was exhausted, putting career and finances, child, faltering marriage, crisis of faith... all in a basket of bludgeons with which to beat up on myself... and adding weight to the arguments of my unworthiness.
Still, I got as far as to see what fitness was like. I had been bit by the bug. While buried, the flame never completely died. It kept getting stirred up. Changes in responsibilities and routines challenged it. But eventually I got here again... to the land of fit... and I've been where I am for a year.
What's different this time?
1) I truly got all the way to where my body wants to be. That initial 80 pound loss, as great as it was, got stopped before I was really, really done.
2) The fluctuations even over the holidays were smaller this year. Yes, I had some "bad" behavior days, even some binge-y behavior... but it stopped and returned to sanity faster, as in with a single day or a few hours. I think I'm finally becoming a believer in "Nothing tastes as good as fit feels."
3) If I had to pick just ONE behavior that's physically different, I have to credit giving up soda. The bubbles fed my binge behavior. If I don't drink carbonated beverages, I stop sooner!
4) I know I really, really want it, and will do anything to keep it. I've had a health scare or two, and I value health more, don't take it for granted. I'm treating my body better, in general.
What's different this time? I'm more conscious of the effort of maintaining. I'm not taking MAINTENANCE for granted. Because, dear friends, maintenance doesn't happen like magic. It takes vigilance. It takes, for me "keeping it green".
And it takes a Spark-village to keep me sane. Love you all,
These little pep talks I give myself? They really do work. Yesterday I blogged about the recognition of my own needs, and how it was my job to make sure they were met so that I could then fulfil my other roles that include helping others.
When I wrote it, it was in recognition of getting close to the edge, with concerns about people I care about being high, and my usual work persona of allowing others to interrupt, making their priorities higher than mine for a bit (don't want someone else staying "stuck" on their project, as the whole team's work is important). But I had got to the point where I wasn't getting my own work things done! And by Tuesday afternoon late, I was just about ready to snap. There was NO WAY I was going to stay late. I wanted to go see for myself that my sister really was OK.
I found myself saying "no" at that point to an interrupt request for help, and then falling into the old pattern after the fact of feeling bad for having done so, stewing over the feelings the interrupter might have had.
Then Wednesday night I was in bed and the phone rang. Rather than going downstairs to look at the caller ID, I picked up. It *could* have been my sister or my son, both of whom are high on my priority list right now. But, it was NOT someone I know and care about... in fact, I have no clue who it was, probably some poor tele-surveyer or marketer or charity solicitor... but when they asked if I was available I snapped at them: I was asleep! If you don't know me personally, you should NOT be calling me. This number should be on a "do not call" list!
And again, rolling back over in bed... I had those bad feelings about having snapped at this poor person whose job it is to make those calls. What if it was some organization that I *do* regularly support? Or a survey I volunteered to take and gave my phone number to?
When I get to the edge like this, it's a sign that something is out of balance. I'm *not* prioritizing correctly or keeping things in perspective. Yes, it is also a bit of a sign of the stress I'm not handling as well as I'd like, too.
So, deep breath, write the blog. Remind myself that a) it's OK to put me first sometimes, and b) taking small moments and putting some interruptions off for a while is not only OK, it's my job to prioritize... this reminder helped me get through the day and back to a better balance point.
Today, I will have time for work, time for me, AND time for the people I care about. Oh, and I *will* remember to BREATHE.
Life's good. Spark on!
What does all of that have to do with weight and fitness (and for that matter an orderly home life)? Again, forgive a mature gal for taking you down memory lane, while I give myself this morning's pep talk.
When I was seven years old we moved to a new town, and acquired new neighbors. One of the neighbor children was a girl my age, so naturally, you'd think we'd become friends and play together. Which, yes, to a degree, happened.
However, I was (and remain) a bit of a dreamer. I loved just sitting with my thoughts and imagining things, making up stories. Example: after seeing the movie Toby Tyler, bouncing on bedsprings and pretending I was riding barebacked horses... fantasizing that Roy Rodgers would bring his horse Trigger to town and I'd get to ride him... as you can see, yes, I had the young girl - horse thing going, as well as being the self-centered star of the fantasy.
Anyway, my friend next door was shall we say more grounded in reality than I was? There were times when I just plain did not want to play, prefering my solitary fantasy to the work of socializing! But I was a "good little girl", and didn't like to say no to people, either. One can see the conflict, in retrospect. There were times when "Chrissy" would come to the front door, and I would sneak out the back to hide so I wouldn't have to either say to her face I didn't want to play or actually play. Avoidance behavior is deep in the reperatoire of a people-pleasing introvert!
Here's where it gets really warped: my mom would give me a hard time about avoiding my friend! I know she probably had a different life lesson in mind, but what I learned was to do things I didn't want to do or if I did what I really wanted to do, I should feel guilty. I learned that "other people's needs (Chrissy's need for a friend to be there) are more important than mine (time alone to think)."
Over the years and decades since then, of course I've grown up, learned a few of these things about myself, and developed other ways of coping. The underlying conflict of needs remains. I am an introvert who needs a certain amount of time to process real life events into my mental universe... and that time has to be alone time.
Other introverts "get" this, and in our family, we are pretty good about saying when one or another of us is "over-peopled" as we laughingly call it. But there were years and decades of eating the guilt of having said "no" to an invitation or request for help, or eating the resentment of having said "yes" when I really wanted to say "no". Others might recognize themselves in there somewhere.
Having done this little reverie, I need to remember today to ask for what I need, and feel OK about having done so. I need to remember to prioritize and that it's my job to do so. I need to nurture my body with appropriate food and activity, putting that first, so that all the rest works. Because letting one's own needs go unmet for too long is not good for ANYBODY... even those we seek to please.
All that said, Life's good! Spark on!
First thanks to all who have prayed along with me over my sister's surgery. The initial went really well, and they sent her home to recuperate while waiting on post-surgery results. They should know by Thursday, according to my niece, whether follow up surgery, radiation, or chemo is the next step in her journey to wholeness. For those of you who missed it, we're talking breast cancer, here, caught early, slow-growing, with all the signs as good as they can be under the circumstances.
The "one thing" effort has been flagging a bit the past few days, but I'm going to have to step it up as I've offered my house for the Labor Day gather if we have one at all.
Dealing with the "finish line" of the Mud Run? Deanna (HOT4FITNESS) has once again spurred me to sign up for another local outing... the 5 mile Buffalo Run. It is only a couple of weeks away, and I'm not in shape to run that far, but if Deanna can speed walk those hills... I can certainly give it my best shot! Besides... gotta keep the fitness up in case of half marathon dreams for next year, or at the very least that triathlon I keep promising myself is on the bucket list.
And while I was at it, I also signed up for a 5K in mid-October. So... no slacking allowed! Mr. "you can relax now" has been kicked to the curb. I have ZERO expectations of medals or placement in either of these outings, because they are ones where the real runners show up. I've had my moments in the sun. Now's the time to just show up.
Life's good... Spark on!


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Rey Mysterio conducted a cameo appearance on the MLW Podcast with Konnan to celebrate their 150th episode. Rey is in the first 20 minutes of the podcast and discusses what he's doing at the moment, what about wrestling and more. For a quick transcript read below, to hear the full interview with Rey, click here!
- Rey says that he's been home in the 619 just being a father and has been able to attend any sports that his children are involved in. He's just been enjoying his time with his wife and his children most of all.
– Rey says that he's been out due to a hand issue and tearing tissues in his hand. He says that he's been feeling good physically and with 25 years of being in the business, it's weird having the time off that he has at the moment, but he does feel those years of wear and tear on him.
– About his knees, his knees are feeling good at the moment, but when that pain hits, it hits hard, especially with rain/humidity.
– In other news, Rey has been taking acting lessons! He says that he would like to take acting to a level after wrestling, as he has been a lucky guy thus far in the wrestling world. He would love to do soap operas or anything sport related or even cartoons and would love to keep the name Rey Mysterio live.
– There's talks about how there was an idea of a Rey Mysterio cartoon but WWE missed the idea with it and it never happened. Rey also talks about how he truly is grateful for everything that has happened and for Konnan helping him get his start in the beginning.
– Lastly, does Rey watch wrestling? He says that he just hasn't watched it since his last match in April because he's been so busy with his family. Rey even threw out the idea of a Rey Mysterio clothing line. Lastly, Rey says the he believes his name will be around for a longer time and he truly hope there is something else for him in wrestling.

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Recent Visits to Vegetarian Restaurant in SF
Hey there:
Does anyone have any recent experiences in good Vegetarian or Vegetarian friendly restaurants?
I'm taking a friend out to dinner on Thursday and he's Ovolactovegetarian.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Found a lot of old reviews... would like some recent ones.
Here's a link to my report on dinner at Cafe Gratitude in July with photos. It's delicious and can be very fun . . . if you're in the right mood.
Yes, the same places are good as always:
Cafe Gratitude, Minako (Japanese), and for a certain kind of well-heeled diner, Medicine Eatstation (Japanese temple food).
Greens is decent, but not cheap and I've always liked it better for brunch than dinner.
I've never liked Millenium, although others do.
re: Windy
Here's my post from last month on Minako though we only ordered one vegetable dish.
Nearly every restaurant in the City is veggie friendly. I eat out regularly with vegetarian friends and haven't had a problem finding something delicious to eat. We had a fabulous coconut-infused tofu entree at Ana Mandara, Helmand has some great vegetarian dishes, Sultan has lovely seasonal vegetable dishes for the asking (not on the menu).
re: Melanie Wong
That's true, but a lot of them aren't truly vegetarian.
I've been eating out with a friend who recently gave up the last vestiges of animal products, and she's complained not just about fish sauce at Thai and Vietnamese restaurants but also of meat flavor from the wok in her supposedly meatless stir fries.
Had a birthday dinner this weekend for another vegetarian friend up at Madrona Manor in Healdsburg. The chef pulled together a special menu for our group. The guest of honor was so thrilled that there were not just a few accommodations for him but actual vegetarian choices.
re: Windy
Yes, one needs to ask questions at Thai and Viet restaurants because of the fish sauce issue. Hadn't thought about meat-tinged "wok breath", but it reminded me of reading about families who keep kosher bringing their own wok to Chinese restaurants for the kitchen to use in preparing their dinner.
Hope you'll post about your dinner at Madrona Manor when you get a chance!
I would suggest Medicine, it's very unusual even by Japanese standards but pretty good if you order the right things.
Here's a review from my blog:
Try Golden Era on O'Farrell in the tenderloin... cheap, great service, all vegan Vietnamese!
Their lemongrass tofu, vegie "pork" bun, eggplant in garlic sauce, viet crepes, spring rolls, I could go on and on and on.... the atmosphere is a little odd when you walk in, but keep on going down stairs and you will not be sorry.
Burma Superstar is tasty and I've never had a scrap of meat there. Darbar is also easy for vegetarians.
re: Robert Lauriston
Have you eaten at Greens recently? Last time I went I found it disappointing. The portions were small, served lukewarm and rather expensive.
re: Robert Lauriston
I also found Greens to be very disappointing. I totally agree that portions are small and expensive for what it is. A friend ordered a lasagna and it was ice-cold in the middle. It took them 15-20 min. to bring her a new serving. She had to watch us eat our food before it went cold. I don't know why they didn't at least just nuke it. Service was indifferent and not very knowledgable.
re: KathyM
Huh, sounds like they've gone downhill.
re: KathyM
I was at Greens in March and was perturbed by rubbery pasta and bland vegetables. The dessert slips my mind but I was dissapointed in that too. I know it was a silly place to eat pasta but still.
I would still bring super finiky vegetarians there, like mom, because what matters sometimes is that there is NO chance there is chicken stock and the like.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- San Francisco's defense smothered Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay offense for most of the game, then made one last stand to stop a late rally as the 49ers beat the Packers 30-22 on Sunday.
Randall Cobb got the Packers close with a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown, and a 2-point conversion cut the lead to 8. But Rodgers threw an interception to linebacker NaVorro Bowman and Frank Gore ran for a 23-yard touchdown.
Rodgers threw a touchdown to James Jones, again cutting the lead to 8, but the 49ers held the Packers in the final minute.
Things went so well for the 49ers that when David Akers tried a 63-yard field goal at the end of the first half, it bounced off the crossbar and then kept going through the uprights to tie an NFL record.
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Kevin Zeng Hu is a graduate student in the Macro Connections group at the MIT Media Lab building tools for visualization, contextualization, and mapping subjective experience.
He is currently working on DIVE, GIFGIF (v3), QUANTIFY, and FOLD. His past projects at the lab include Pantheon, GIFGIF, and MirrorMirror.
After dropping out of high school and earning an A.A. from Bard College at Simon's Rock in 2011, Kevin graduated from MIT with an S.B. in Physics in 2013.
As an undergraduate, he worked with Macro Connections on the Global Language Network. Previously, Kevin worked on mapping at Palantir, interfaces at Ayasdi, ultracold atoms at the University of Michigan, and music platforms at The Echo Nest.
Kevin's projects have been featured in Fast Company, Wired, The New York Times, Buzzfeed, The Atlantic, Explore, and Gizmodo.
Get in touch on Twitter, Linkedin, or via e-mail.August 13, 2014


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Yep, this is a wonderful product. I have this in shade #4. Shade #4 is the perfect match for a natural look. I was using Chanel's Eclat Lumiere before in #20 (Beige Clair) and I think I like both. It does not accentuate fine lines and I absolutely love wearing this instead of foundation as it is super smooth and gives you a flawless finish without cakeing in the least or being/looking heavy (based on the fact you don't have blemishes etc.) I do wear a hydrating eye cream however when applying under my eyes and I think it would have been 100% perfect if it were a teeny teeny bit lighter for my under eye area. Will re-purchase.
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This is the best for the night, by itself, or in the daytime, over a coverup such as Neutrogena's brightening eye perfector with SPF (see my review). The only drawback is that the Givenchy product has no SPF.
That said, it very effectively covers up dark circles- just make sure to also cover the area just above the corner of the eye- that makes a world of difference.
I picked up shades #3 and #5, because they were out of #4 at Sephora. Shade 3 is quite fair, on the yellow side, but is perfect for me in the winter. Shade 5 is fair-medium, on the yellow side also, and works for spring and fall. Haven't tried shade 6 yet..
This is a great highlighter, but only fair as a concealer unless your discoloration problems are fairly mild. For me, it is great after a good night's rest, but on bad days, it only improves my dark moons moderately.
A big plus is that it doesn't settle into creases and the highlighting effect is subtle but excellent. No sparkles, no washed-out whiteness, no oily-looking sheen: just a fresh, moisturized-looking finish.
Lasting power is mediocre on me, but I've got oily skin and eyes, so no surprise there.
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I love how light and watery this product is. It is really deceiving because you think it wont work because the formula is so thin, but it does and it does it well. My only worry is about how long I can use it for before the formula runs out. Yves Saint Laurent TE gives you double the amount that Givenchy's ML does.
My shade is mister toast and this is my favorite concealer with using touch ecat as a highlighter and love the combination and i jsut love it
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2-1/2 cups diced cooked chicken breast
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problem with countering Diana is that her Q gives her such amazing harass. combined with her ult this gives her so much harssing power that you need to stay pretty far away from the minions if she is playing aggresively. trick to counter her is to shut her down early with someone who has really high early game damage. another way would be to get a gank on her early to shove her out of lane and give you some free farm.
in short try to shove her out of lane and do your best not to feed her.
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If you're mid with her: Call for ganks; before she hits 6 you need to get up on her.
If she's in the jungle: Exit the game.
Come one, there might be a way to counter her... she can't be untouchable.
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She's extremely susceptible to CC and quite squishy early, as most assassins are.
She also if set back minor amounts early takes quite a bit to catch back up, though she can still be effective she won't be the monster she normally can become.
But ultimately she's an assassin type champion with very little she can do once she's comitted to a fight just as Riot stated. Thus.. effective use of positioning and CC by your team = She Q's, R's in to kill a squishy and she instead dies instantly.
I earlier had a team against me with a Sona, Maokai, Udyr, Ezreal and Ahri.. lost pretty hard as the Maokai/Udyr could simply force my team away long enough for them to Sona ulti, Ahri charm and burst me down anytime I tried ANYTHING..
If she's jungling you almost always want to try and interrupt her start as she's incredibly blue reliant early and has difficult catching up from losing it.
Stay to her one side and keep moving. Her move goes in an arc, so you're going to need good timing. Depending on the champ, of course, it'll be easier then others.
I've found that move speed helps a lot, stand on the outside of your minions and if you have a couple MS quints and a semi-fast champ you can avoid that arch, but just like blitz, she will get luck at some point and then you just gotta hope you can get away before she sucks you in...
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What the above comment said, she is blue reliant early-midgame. You can shut her down with farming better in lane with her. If she jungles, counter jungle. It sounds corny but buffs are key to this game IMO all stages of the game. If you take a buff, xp, and gold every time you counter jungle. Just watch Moscow 5 streams and you learn how to utilize it. But remember Diana is still a new champ and there are a lot of bad Diana players so when they make stupid mistakes take advantage of it.
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Her biggest weakness is also her greatest strength, and a huge topic of debate. Her Q always arcs to the right, and finishes in front of her. This means to dodge it, run to -her- left somewhat. Since a lot of Diana players aim so that the final bit of the arc is where you are, or will be, run inwards (yes, that's right, towards Diana). The beam will arc around you harmlessly. By the time it's beside you and not hitting you, start running away.
Not getting hit by Q shuts a lot of doors on her. She can still Moonlight Rush (That's her dash ultimate) to you so be ready incase she jumps on you anyway, but because of the Q miss it'll be on cooldown and at that point, she has very little to chase you down with. Either escape from the pull-in, or eat it and start running. If she doesn't have red buff / some way to slow you down, home free.
Remember. To the left, to the left. Diana won't rush you if you dodge to the left.
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Ar...
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Technology is enabling a new approach to collecting and using data. This approach, commonly referred to as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), enables businesses to use real-time data from all sorts of things including machines, devices and sensors to make better decisions, improve customer service, and lower the risk in the creation of new revenue opportunities. In his General Session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Dave Wagstaff, Vice President and Chief Architect at BSQUARE Corporation, discuss the ...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, a...
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"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to th...
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As cloud gives an opportunity to businesses to buy services externally – how is cloud impacting your customers? In his General Session at 15th Cloud Expo, Fabio Gori, Director of Worldwide Cloud Marketing at Cisco, provided answers to big questions: Do you see hybrid cloud as where the world is going? What benefits does it bring? And how does Cisco connect all of these clouds? He also discussed Intercloud and Cisco's investment on it.
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Working with Big Data is challenging, especially when decision makers depend on market insights and intelligence from your data but don't have quick access to it or find it unusable. In their session at 6th Big Data Expo, Ian Khan, Global Strategic Positioning & Brand Manager at Solgenia; Zel Bianco, President, CEO and Co-Founder of Interactive Edge of Solgenia; and Ermanno Bonifazi, CEO & Founder at Solgenia, discussed how a revolutionary cloud-based BI along with mobile analytics is already c...
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There is no doubt that Big Data is here and getting bigger every day. Building a Big Data infrastructure today is no easy task. There are an enormous number of choices for database engines and technologies. To make things even more challenging, requirements are getting more sophisticated, and the standard paradigm of supporting historical analytics queries is often just one facet of what is needed. As Big Data growth continues, organizations are demanding real-time access to data, allowing immed...
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Vichara Technologies in Hoboken, New Jersey is expanding its capabilities in big data from origins on Wall Street into other areas, and thereby demonstrating the growing marketplace for advanced big-data analytics services. The next BriefingsDirect deep-dive big data benefits case study interview explores how Vichara Technologies in Hoboken, New Jersey is expanding its capabilities in big data from origins on Wall Street into other areas, and thereby demonstrating the growing marketplace for ad...
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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I'm not a huge fan of the bubbly stuff, which is yet another thing that makes some of my wine collector friends roll their eyes and mutter words like "philistine" under their breath. But I will admit to having had a couple of really excellent ones that more often than not have come from producers I have never heard of, which is just the way I like it.
Around this time of year it would have been great for me to do a little story on some boutique producers of bubbly, but unfortunately, I don't know any. Good thing for you that Michael Franz over at the washington post is on the job. He's got a short little article highlighting several small producers from France that seem like they might be just up my alley, if only I could broaden my horizons a little to include bubbles.
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Has anyone ever used Montrachet or other champagne yeast to ferment a ale or lager ect. Please let me know hwat the results were. Did it increase gravity or just taste like $hit?
I haven't done it, but it certainly wouldn't increase the gravity..
Wine yeast are more alcohol tolerant and would eat up as many sugars as it could until it died off.
What you would have is a very crisp and dry beer, nothing like the disired "bready" taste that ale yeast gives beer.
Probably would taste like a watered down barley wine, but I can only speculate.


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Bike crash victim has ripped-off fingers replaced with toes
A DAD whose fingers were ripped off in a horror motorbike crash is taking to the racetrack again, after having his own TOES sewn onto his hand.
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He can now grip the handles of his superbike following a gruelling 12-hour operation.
Two of his toes were removed before being grafted onto his right hand by pioneering surgeon Prof Simon Kay, who carried out the UK's first hand transplant in December.
Father-of-three Jonas, from Leeds, West Yorks, said: "They aren't the prettiest of things but I don't really care.
"All that matters is that I have some function back.
He added: "I was willing to do anything to get back on the bike.
"But it has also meant I can do all kinds of day-to-day things like hold a laptop or grab a pint."
The auto-electrics expert, who will soon undergo another operation to remove scar tissue, was injured during a race in Lincolnshire in July 2011.
Jonas added: "Since I've had the toes sewn onto my hand she thinks that's exactly what happened – and we aren't about to tell her any different."
At Spire Leeds Hospital, Prof Kay surgically removed the toe next to the big toe from each of Jonas' feet, providing him with large enough substitutes for his missing digits that didn't adversely affect foot function.
The surgeon has carried out the procedure on babies and very young children but says adult patients for the op are very rare.
"He just wants to sort himself out and get on with his life."
Prof Kay added: "The operation gives you some feeling, some movement, some power.
"We aren't trying to create something beautiful, we're trying to create something functional."
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And as to the court lords, what should I mention them? than most of whom though there be nothing more indebted, more servile, more witless, more contemptible, yet they would seem as they were the most excellent of all others. And yet in this only thing no men more modest, in that they are contented to wear about them gold, jewels, purple, and those other marks of virtue and wisdom; but for the study of the things themselves, they remit it to others, thinking it happiness enough for them that they can call the king master, have learned the cringe à la mode, know when and where to use those titles of Your Grace, My Lord, Your Magnificence; in a word that they are past all shame and can flatter pleasantly. ...Nor are princes by themselves in their manner of life, since popes, cardinals, and bishops have so diligently followed their steps that they've almost got the start of them.—Public Domain
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Marko Huntooooo!!! The last man from Pride FC that UFC President Dana White ever thought would succeed in the UFC is getting a title shot. With the injury of UFC Heavy Weight Champ Cain Valesquez, Mark Hunt is stepping in to fight for the Interim Heavy Weight title against number one contender Fabricio Werdum.
At the age of 40, with three weeks to cut from 302 pounds to 265 pounds, (37 pound weight cut in 3 weeks) ANNNND coming off his one and only win in his past three, fans have to wonder if the Samoan from "down under" has much left in the tank. One thing is for sure, this will not be an easy fight for Fabricio, as Hunt has become very difficult to take down during his last three years, and his knockout power, hasn't lost an ounce of momentum. As an admitted PRIDE FC fanboy and Hunt fan, I am biased and rooting for him, but as a realist, Mark hasn't had a fight against a top 5 opponent, since Junior Dos Santos in 2013 where Hunt was knocked out for the first time since 2008.
He's BIGGER than Brock Lensar or Georges St. Pierre, proclaims the UFC brass. He "backs up what he says" by going in and knocking people out. He's undefeated in the UFC. He's white, Irish, speaks EEEEENNNNGGGGGLLLLISH and talks trash! He's Connor McGregor, the new golden boy of the UFC whom they are hitching their pay-per-view wagons to in hopes of a revival to Chael-esq like financial numbers.
Since the departure of names like Lensar, Liddell, Couture, and most notably and recently, Anderson Silva, Chael Sonnen, and GSP, the UFC has had the worst pay-per-view buy-rates in many many years.
Never mind the hype that the UFC surrounded Jon Jones and Rhonda Rousey with, (neither can get it up over 500,000 buys without Anderson Silva or Rashad Evans on the card). So, we are left with the hope that the HYPE surrounding McGregor and his big talk can stir enough of a rivalry with Aldo, that it intrigues the casual fan base to BUY into the hype. There is just one problem. His name is CHAD MONEY MENDES.
Chad has lost to Aldo, fine, but before he got knocked out in Brazil many moons ago, he was holding his own if not winning a decision against Jose. Then you have to look at what led to Aldo's win. He was grabbing the cage to avoid the take-down. That only works so many times before you have both Dana White and Chad Mendes in the ear of the ref warning him or her before the fight to watch for that and reprimand as necessary.
This will be a different fight for Jose and Chad, and for all the good intentions of allowing McGregor to become Aldo's "Chael" and get buy-rates by popularizing the nearly undefeated champion, it wont be as easy to walk-through Mendes this time around.
Leading up the first contest in 2012, Chad Mendes was on a roll, of decisions. Leading up to the rematch, is a much more refined Mendes, with great grappling accompanied by a new and improved arsenal of striking. Since the loss to Aldo, Chad has fought FIVE times, and Chad has won FIVE times. Of those five wins, FOUR of his last FIVE wins have come via KO or TKO. That's right, he's shedding that "decisionator" reputation that previously beset him.
That said of Mendes, Aldo himself has only fought THREE times since his first fight with Mendes, as Aldo has had a lot of injuries sidelining him and setting him back on a regular basis. Of the three title defenses Aldo has had since 2012, only one has been by KO or TKO, the other two, by decision and he almost dropped the title to Frankie Edgar in the final stanza after gassing.
My point. Mendes is a cardio machine with the wrestling chops of a champion and the KO power of a welterweight. Aldo simply cannot look past him to McGregor, no matter how much the UFC hype train and MMA media push for him to.
Remember this guy^?His name is Brock Lesnar, and he's never been bigger, stronger, or more powerful according to famed Wrestling and now MMA commentator Jim Ross. I am publishing an article on him because he's the most popular heavyweight champion in UFC history.
I am partially responding to an article published this week by Ross on Fox Sports, where he indicates that Lesnar's contract with WWE is up in March and he has a BIG decision to make at that point. Ross says that one of three decisions will be made by Lesnar,
"stay with pro wrestling, return to the UFC or head home for good to spend time with his family."
Well, I am here to tell you RIGHT NOW that Lesnar will not be back in the UFC. If he returns to Wrestling, no surprise, if he retires from the limelight, no surprise there either. I have a short-list of reasons why Lesnar will not return to active combat sports, or any sport that is real and relevent in the world today. Here goes:
1. In 2001 Lesnar was busted for possession of a controlled substance, i.e. steroids. The charges were dropped because it turns out the "steroids" were actually "growth hormones". Back in 2001 HGH was relatively new, so the "law" didn't recognize that these substances were steroids by another name and they let Lesnar off, with nothing more than a mugshot and a few hours in jail.
2. Lesnar is enormous, but we all know that his body broke down while in the UFC. Yes he was huge, but compared to the guy who was in WWE, he was a pasty, smaller, and fluffier version of himself.
3. Well, look at the picture folks. He is most likely able to openly use TRT, or HGH, or whatever the heck roids he wants to in his theatrical role there in WWE whilst earning a six figure income on what amounts to a part-time job. THE UFC'S new drug tests are popping EVERY drug in existence, from HGH, (not detectible during the Lesnar Era) to EPO, to Roids, to asthma meds that can be used for weight cuts. The fact is, you have to be clean to fight in the UFC these days, and if you aren't YOU WILL BE CAUGHT.
If you haven't connected the dots thus far, then you're either dumber than a box of hammers, or you aren't an avid MMA fan. The body Lesnar had in the UFC couldn't handle the sport, and the body that Brock currently has in WWE, can't be had while competing in the UFC. At 37 years of age, Lesnar's time has come and gone, and like all stars, his is fading.


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-- Brodus Clay was interviewed by CBS Radio DC. Here are some of the highlights.
On what it was like waiting for WWE to finally give him that push and why they went the Funkasaurus direction: "I had no fingernails for like two months because I was just biting them off every Monday. Literally, I didn't know (when I would debut). There were signs of the Funkasaurus, but it was always me messing around.
"People always want that angry guy, but it just wasn't me. It's hard being mad when you have a job. [Laughs.] It's hard to be mad, it's a lot of energy. I just wasn't feeling it. The GM was pushing me to be this psychopath that he wanted. But, anybody can go out there and be mad — ain't much creativity to it.
We did those promos and I ended up laughing. It was like, 'What am I mad about again?' It was like, until I get you the way I want you, we're going to keep putting things off. But, eventually, he slipped and let me do it myself.
On who's idea it was for Brodus to be the Funkasaurus and how big of a risk it is to use the gimmick: "I was terrified because, for one, I'm not a good dancer. As a wall-crawler for my entire club career, I'd find a wall and lean against it to bob my head. That was always my move. I've always been witty, I'll crack jokes and stuff [but] I didn't see the connect between that and dancing.
"Ultimately, when Triple H said they wanted to see that side of me, I literally looked at him like, 'Who did I offend and where do I go to apologize?' Because people who know me and have been around me a long time, they'd go, 'Oh, yeah. That's Brodus.' People who don't know me, they don't necessarily want to see that.
"So, I was like, I don't want to embarrass myself. I'm ripping clothes off and stuff. I could easily look like an out-of-work stripper. So, I was really concerned with a lot of things as it got put together. The bottom like was: if you commit to something, you believe it and you have fun with it, people are going to respect that. Even though I didn't expect it to take off like this.
"Every time I go out and hit the curtain, I have my back towards [the fans] because I'm getting ready to turn around and have them realize that this dude can't dance. Every time I turn around, I'm always surprised that they have signs and people are cheering. Everyone wants to call they mama. Which is good because, apparently, people are calling their mamas more. Which is always a good thing. So, I thought it was a big risk."
On his big performance at this year's WrestleMania and how John Cena played a part in it: "The powers that be — we'll call them — they love to just throw things at me and see how I react. Now, when I saw the WrestleMania guide, I saw a big picture of myself and the Funkadactles and I was like, 'Huh. OK. Well, maybe I'll get a match. Hopefully, I'll get a match, maybe the dark or the battle royal.' That's kind of where my mind was at. No way in my mind was I even considering that we were going to be dancing before the main event.
"Then, I heard I had a rehearsal. WrestleMania's the accumulation of a lot of things. All the shareholders come in for all the meetings with the suits and everything. We had to do a dance for them which is a tough crowd of sponsors and stuff like that who are in power point meetings all day. We're going to break out and dance for them. I was like, 'Yo, that's going to be awesome.'
"That was probably the most nerve-racking thing. Then, we had another rehearsal scheduled and everyone was kind of hush-hush. I saw the bosses were there and I said, 'OK. So, maybe we got something else.' Then, I saw a lady that I had met when I used to bodyguard for Snoop. She was his dance coordinator and he used to go to her for dancers for his act. So, I started putting one and one together and [realized] they're going to try and have this lady teach me to dance.
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