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what'd it score?
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From: Carte360 | #002
what'd it score?
A 5.3/10...A score which I highly disagree with, but eh.
You're casual if you like anything. Real hardcore gamers hate everything.-CyhortI82
lol they said the music is generic.
sounds like it was recorded in a toilet
It's a fanservice game, I don't expect many 8s or 9s.
The only beautiful thing a person is capable of doing is dying and becoming part of the ground, making way for the things that are truly beautiful to grow.
5.3? Lol, this game deserves atleast a 6 if not more.
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From: joshl94 | #004
lol they said the music is generic.
Complaining about the music not being taken from the anime soundtrack directly can apply to every single anime-based title, so I found that one nitpicking, especially since I actually like the music used here over some of Shippuden's soundtracks.
They also complained about the Story Mode itself, finding it "boring" and that it just plods along and that it asks you to "watch" more often than playing + the QTEs are too typical.
You're casual if you like anything. Real hardcore gamers hate everything.-CyhortI82
I dont like Naruto and have not watched the series but I admit that was a bad effing review.
I dont know whats up with GT since the new year but their new reviewer/writer is pretty awful. All their reviews are suddenly less about what the game does right or has issues with, and now its a bunch of personal opinion being used as fact for the review.
They made a hard left turn into IGN territory sadly, and pretty sure they wont be lasting much longer.
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It's a fanservice game, I don't expect many 8s or 9s.
Very true, but even Storm 2 was getting decent marks by comparison.
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Improvised explosive devices (IED) are the number-one threat to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, accounting for almost 40 percent of the attacks on coalition forces in Iraq. Although insurgents' use of IEDs in Iraq has begun to decline, in Afghanistan the number of IED incidents has significantly increased. The Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) was created to lead, advocate, and coordinate all DOD efforts to defeat IEDs. Its primary role is to provide funding to the military services and DOD agencies to rapidly develop and field counter-IED solutions. Through fiscal year 2009, Congress has appropriated over $16 billion to JIEDDO. In addition, other DOD components, including the military services, have devoted at least $1.5 billion to the counter-IED effort--which does not include $22.7 billion for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. This testimony is based on a report that GAO is issuing today as well as preliminary observations from ongoing work that GAO plans to report in early 2010. In the report being issued today, GAO is recommending that JIEDDO (1) improve its visibility of counter-IED efforts across DOD, (2) develop a complete plan to guide the transition of initiatives, and (3) define criteria for its training initiatives to help guide its funding decisions. DOD generally concurred with GAO's recommendations and noted actions to be taken.
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Bulgaria's capital Sofia officially opened its second metro line on Friday, with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso present at the event.
The second line of Sofia's metro both enhances Sofia's transportation system and decreases environmental pollution, thus improving the living standard of thousands of citizens, Barroso pointed out during the opening ceremony.
"The planned extension towards Sofia's airport will ensure a faster connection with the rest of Europe and the world," he said, as cited by local media.
He stated that Sofia's second metro line is a perfect example of what can be achieved with the help of European Union funds.
The European Union has financed 50% of the project, paying a total of EUR 476 M.
According to a local media report, Bulgarian Prime Minister surprisingly altered Barosso's schedule in the very last minute, showing him the Lavov Most metro station instead of Serdika 2, as it was initially expected.
The second line will have 11 stations and will connect the districts of Obelya and Lozenets. The line has a capacity of 130 000 passengers a day. It will be served by 18 new energy saving metro trains.
The launch of the second metro diameter coincides with the opening of the beautiful Largo in the heart of the capital.
The pedestrian zone of the Largo boasts large glass panels where residents and visitors can observe the archaeological excavations. The new central Serdika 2 station is also an archaeological exhibit where the items on display will be changed periodically.
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Beth McVay's design business celebrates 25th year
July 13, 2014 STEUBENVILLE – Beth McVay opened her interior design business on Jan. 1, 1984, and in the 30 years since she has worked on thousands of projects in the Tri-State Area and beyond. more »»
Subscribers could win iPad Mini
July 13, 2014 STEUBENVILLE — Subscribers to the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times will have a chance to win an iPad Mini during a July promotional drive. more »»
Quick Takes
July 13, 2014 ACCREDITED: Weirton Medical Center's Breastcare Team has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology. more »»
Real estate transfers
July 13, 2014 The following real estate transactions were filed in Jefferson County: Auditor of Jefferson County to Harold and Veronica Leake, part lot 90 and lot 92, Manley & Garrett's Third (survivorship). more »»
Elite under new ownership
July 6, 2014 WINTERSVILLE — Elite Physical Therapy and Fitness Center, 115 Main St., is under new ownership, offering physical therapy for those with chronic or short-term health issues. more »»
Merger expands mental help service
July 6, 2014 BETHESDA — A new alliance in the fight to cope with behavioral and mental health problems promises increased opportunities for Ohio Valley residents in need. more »»
Quick Takes
July 6, 2014 NEW DUTIES: Mark Furda is the new director of graduate education at the Franciscan University of Steubenvill. more »»
Chamber awards scholarship
July 6, 2014 WELLSBURG — Anthony Barnhart of Wellsburg is the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from the Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce, the first to be presented by the group in recent years. more »»
Stonewall adds account manager
July 6, 2014 Stonewall Group, a full-service advertising, marketing and public relations agency, recently promoted Katie Wise, a Follansbee native, to the position of account manage. more »»
Real estate transfers
July 6, 2014 The following real estate transactions were filed in Jefferson County: Matthew Snodgrass to Tracie Blevins, 0.3947 acre, Steubenville Townshi. more »»
Anetakis honored by FACS law partners
July 6, 2014 WEIRTON — Some 47 years after co-founding Frankovitch and Anetakis Law in 1967 with the late Carl Frankovitch, Sr., partner, George J. Anetakis has earned a special honor from his partners. more »»
Kester School of Dance opened in 1964
June 29, 2014 WEIRTON — In the fall of 1964, Virginia and Clarence Kester opened the Kester School of Dance in Weirton, and 50 years later Peggy Zablackas continues to keep with the rhythm of her family's business. more »»
University names Florak to new position
June 29, 2014 STEUBENVILLE — Franciscan University of Steubenville has announced the promotion of Michael E. Florak to executive director of community relations. more »»
Quick Takes
June 29, 2014 NAMED PRINCIPAL: Jarred T. Zapolnik, a 1999 graduate of Steubenville High School, has been hired as principal at Massillon Intermediate School. more »»
Harrison hospital honors longtime workers
June 29, 2014 CADIZ — Twenty-six employees were honored for their years of service during the annual Recognition Luncheon held at Harrison Community Hospital on June 18. Clifford K. more »»


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Friday, July 25, 2014 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM (CDT)
Brothers Rene and Jacques Duffourc create musical landscapes with a variety of instruments. Their vocal harmonies expand the horizon. The brothers incorporate their talent for visual arts by creating cardboard sets for puppet shows that turn their music into a soundtrack for a theatrical experience. They are celebrating the release of their latest recording "A Pilferer's Patience" featuring music from their acclaimed puppet interpretation of Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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Before the wheel and fire was invented travel and cooking was treacherous and painful.
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Tophat Blueberry
Just right for the front of the border, containers, and even bedding!
Great heat tolerance!
Just 2 feet tall and 1 1/2 feet wide at full maturity, this exciting cultivar bears masses of pea-shaped berries in early and midsummer. Unlike many Blueberries, the white blooms that precede the fruit are quite ornamental -- and, at 1/2-inch across, comparatively huge on the tiny plant! The berries are sky-blue and delectable, and the light green foliage remains fresh over a very long season. The perfect container plant for the sunny patio, it is also a distinctive choice for the front of the border or even as bonsai!
Supremely heat-tolerant, 'Tophat' is a cross of a Highbush (Vaccinium corymbosum) and a Lowbush (V. angustifolium). This is the Blueberry to plant where others have melted out in the heat -- yet it is hardy all the way through zone 3. Delightful in big pots on the patio, 'Top Hat' is a miniature garden joy!
Plant in full sun to light shade in acidic, well-drained soil. 'Tophat' is self-fertile, but bigger crops arise if more than one is planted in the same area. Cannot ship to CA, OR, WA, MI.
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How many years before fruiting plants bear their first crop?For fruiting plants such as blueberry, raspberry, blackberry, fig, honeyberry, cranberry, and grape, it takes 2 years to bear the first crop. That does not mean you may not get some fruit before then. Depending on the size and maturity of the plant shipped, you may get at least a few pieces of fruit or a small quantity produced the first year. But, by the second year, you should have your first real crop of fruit to enjoy and fruit production will increase every year thereafter.
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Heroes Over Europe environmental trailer
You'll hope to not be getting too close up a view of the ground when piloting an aircraft, but it's nice to know it's there.
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Bloodborne guide: bosses, areas and secrets Our essential guide to Miyazaki's latest dark adventure.
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Small Glimpses of Humanity In a Year of Large and Daunting Crises
The number of major crises taking place around the globe this past year has been unparalleled in recent history. In fact, 2014 often seemed filled with intractable emergencies that were simply too big, too complex and too daunting to fathom, let alone solve. This felt particularly true when it came to humanitarian action.


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The Observation Deck
A blog of opinions on local, state and national issues
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Obama protects one percent
A true meritocracy makes opportunity available to all while also providing "chutes of accountability for those at the top," says Thomas Frank in Salon. President Barack Obama's failure to hold the powerful accountable for fraud and incompetence leaves us with a broken system that favors the 1 percent, he says. [Read More]
Minimum wage of $10.10
Our opinion: Minimum wage needs to be raised nationally, an issue that both the right and the left should be able to agree on. President Obama's order requiring federal contractors to pay their employees a minimum of $10.10 per hour has added new fuel to the already heated national debate over whether to raise wages […] [Read More]
Scapegoating the rich won't help the poor
Blaming economic inequality for many of society's problems scapegoats the rich and creates the falsehood that punishing the wealthy "will miraculously uplift the poor" when "economic inequality is usually a consequence of our problems and not a cause," says Robert Samuelson in The Washington Post. [Read More]
Super-rich, super-sensitive, super-angry
It may seem "historically illiterate and grossly short on perspective" for the super-rich to compare Obama to Hitler and to equate persecution of the 1 percent with the Nazis' attacks on Jews, says Matt O'Brien in The Atlantic. But such hyperbole reflects the 1 percent's anger over higher taxes, more regulation of the marketplace, increased […] [Read More]
No jobs gusher from fracking
A new study shows that fracking in upstate New York won't create a wealth of jobs because the shale output of the region is more "likely to produce something closer to the drip, drip, drip of a leaky faucet rather than a gusher," says Alison Rose Levy in AlterNet. [Read More]
Yellen: Rules for marketplace
As the new chairman comes to lead the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen will bring her belief in government intervention to reduce joblessness, income inequality and the excesses of Wall Street, says Michael Hirsh in the National Journal. [Read More]
Still waiting on Main St.
Our opinion: Wall Street is roaring. But Main Street? Not so much. We need a Congress that pays attention to the economy America actually lives in. If you live on Wall Street, or make your living off it, 2013 was a great year: Blue chip stocks posted their biggest gains in 18 years. You might […] [Read More]
Not all Americans able to pursue happiness
A certain percentage of our happiness is genetically determined; yet we can still influence our level of happiness by "choosing to pursue four basic values of faith, family, community and work," says Arthur Brooks in The New York Times. But as evidence shows "that people at the bottom are increasingly stuck without skills or pathways […] [Read More]
Top 1 percent has enough of the pie
America has never been wealthier, but "virtually every dime of that increase in our per capital national income" has gone "to the top 1 percent," says Robert Creamer in the Huffington Post. Cutting public sector spending and giving corporations more control over the country's wealth will derail economic growth because the greatest threat to the […] [Read More]
Don't blame it on the robots
Technology is only the latest reason for growing wage inequality. A new report by the Economic Policy Institute contends the widening gap between higher skill work and low skill and service jobs existed long before the automation that was made possible by use of robotics. The need has simply outpaced the educational levels of the […] [Read More]
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!! OMG, gobble gobble this turkey: turkey cake !!
I've seen a few turkey-cakes over the years but this one takes the gravey-sopping-biscuit [scone for you Brits].
If like me you like extra turkey skin with your meat and also happen to be that greedy bitch who loves to lick the icing bowl, this is your kind of CAKE CAKE CAKE!
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OMG, sweet sit: Cake sofa
OMG, someone call Julie Cooper's drunk ass: The O.C. gets a Turkish remake!
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
OMG, Versitile Crocodile: Penis Pans dot com
OMG, Juicey Cake-Tour: Cakes Da Killa's 'Goodie Goodies'
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Hyundai debuts 3-door compact crossover in Seoul
Gilles promoted to FCA's global head of design
Mercedes concept hints at GLC crossover coupe
Musk's April 1 tweet touts a 'Model W'
Toyota wants a Scion purchase to feel more like buying an IPad
Mazda plans online orders to smooth Miata launch
Feds put add-on products in their cross hairs
March's thin win: No dip, less zip
Why last fall's Camry revamp is paying off for Toyota
Cadillac's challenge is to be incomparable. Escalade is.
AutoNews Now: A breakthrough Malibu?
First Shift: High-stakes car for Cadillac
Lincoln Continental Concept
April 7 at 2pm ET: Tap Into Text With Auto Shoppers and Make More Connections
April 14 at 2pm ET: The Road to Your Growth: Why U.S. Hispanic Auto Consumers are a Must-Win Target
April 22 at 2pm ET: Is Your F&I Experience Being Left Behind?
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BorgWarner Emissions SystemsWhat: Advanced compact brushless actuatorInnovation: BorgWarner's electronic device reduces emissions of oxides of nitrogen in diesel engines by precisely controlling valves on gas recirculators, waste gates, turbochargers and exhaust throttles. It replaces metal gears with plastic ones, reducing weight and vibration for better efficiency and durability.First customer: John Deere, 2010Web site: emissions.borgwarner.com


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This amused me. By artist Christo Allegra.
Tim Cook Chernoff Face
Fake correlation
Gabriel Rossman, a sociology professor at UCLA, describes colliders — or when correlation does not equal causation and the former might not even exist either. Referring to the simulated plot above, Rossman uses Hollywood actor selection as an example:
For instance, suppose that in a population of aspiring Hollywood actors there is no correlation between acting ability and physical attractiveness. However assume that we generally pay a lot more attention to celebrities than to some kid who is waiting tables while going on auditions. That is, we can not readily observe people who aspire to be actors, but only those who actually are actors. This implies that we need to understand the selection process by which people get cast into films. In the computer simulation displayed below I generated a population of aspiring actors characterized by "body" and "mind," each of which follows a normal distribution and with these two traits being completely orthogonal to one another. Then imagine that casting directors jointly maximize talent and looks so only the aspiring actors with the highest sum for these two traits actually get work in Hollywood. I have drawn the working actors as triangles and the failed aspirants as hollow circles. Among those actors we can readily observe there then will be a negative correlation between looks and talent, even though there is no such correlation in the grand population. If we see only the working actors without understanding the censorship process we might think that there is some stupefaction of being ridiculously good-looking.
The first photo of the United States by NASA satellite
In 1974, NASA published their first satellite photo of the contiguous United States by stitching together a bunch of individual images.
A giant photo map of the contiguous 48 states of the United States, the first ever assembled from satellite images, completed for NASA by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service Cartographic Division. The map is 10 by 16 feet, is composed of 595 cloud-free black-and-white images returned from NASA's first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1). The images were all taken at the same altitude (912 kilometers: 560 miles) and the same lighting angle. The images were produced by the spacecraft's Multi-spectral Scanner System (MSS) in Band 5, or the red portion of the visible spectrum, during the period July 25 to October 31, 1972.
Turning 30, explained with charts
You get older as time passes. (That's how age works last time I checked.) You change, the people around you change, and you care more about different things and less about others. Cecilia Rabess describes the difference a decade makes in a series of humorous charts.
It's funny because it's true.
Excuse me while I get an IcyHot pack for my lower back and schedule an eye appointment. And why do they have to play that music so darned loud? [via @albertocairo]
Arduino Workshop, a good book for getting started
I started working through Arduino Workshop by John Boxall over the holidays, and it's a lot of fun so far. I highly recommend it if you're thinking about getting into Arduino projects and you're brand new to this stuff.
From the book description:
You'll start off with an overview of the Arduino system but quickly move on to coverage of various electronic components and concepts. Hands-on projects throughout the book reinforce what you've learned and show you how to apply that knowledge. As your understanding grows, the projects increase in complexity and sophistication.
I'm a little under halfway through, but that sounds right so far. I've been able to do all the projects with the hardware that came with the official Arduino Starter Kit, with a small adjustment for one project.
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Japan fertility rate forecasts versus reality
It's hard to predict the future, especially when humans are involved. Oftentimes, there are just too many variables to control for to estimate accurately. In the chart above from the Washington Post Wonkblog, Japan's fertility rate is plotted against various forecasts over the years, and you see forecasts headed upwards, but in reality it decreased consistently since the 1970s. This is based on work from Katagiri, et al (pdf).
See also a similar porcupine chart from Amanda Cox in 2010 that compared US deficit against forecasts.
Every episode of Friends season 1, played simultaneously
All ten seasons of Friends are currently available on Netflix, but watching shows episode-by-episode is for chumps and people stuck in second gear. We Used to Be Friends is a straightforward mashup that plays all episodes from the first season at once, overlaid on each other. Enjoy below.
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$5.2 million in extra cab tips, found in public data
A few months ago BusinessWeek ran an article on how much people tip New York cab drivers. There are bumps in 20%, 25%, and 30%, which is expected because those are preset values in the payment interface. However, a much lower percentage of people tipped 19% than they did 21%. Peculiar.
Ben Wellington, a visiting statistics professor at Pratt Institute, did some digging. It turns out it's not some glitch in human generosity but a difference between two payment softwares used by New York cabs. One calculates tip value taking a percentage of fare plus taxes and tolls. The other only calculates based on the fare.
That's an extra $5.2 million in tips from the former in 2013. Yowza.
Rapper travels and a robot arm
Maximum Distance. Minimum Displacement. by Tahir Hemphill explores rappers' geographic mentions in their lyrics.
Geographic mentions from the complete bodies of work of 12 rappers were extracted using the language analysis database invented by Hemphill — the Rap Almanac. These locations were translated into geographic coordinates, which were then made into points used to plot the movements of an industrial robot arm.
For several minutes at a time, the robot arm drew the paths while holding a light pen producing sculptural forms made with light. Each unique shape represents the global distance travelled by the lyrics in each artist's career.
The above is the result for Kanye West.
Rising R usage in the sciences
R continues its growth, and usage in the sciences is no exception. Nature describes some of the applications along with links to getting started with the statistical computing language.
Besides being free, R is popular partly because it presents different faces to different users. It is, first and foremost, a programming language — requiring input through a command line, which may seem forbidding to non-coders. But beginners can surf over the complexities and call up preset software packages, which come ready-made with commands for statistical analysis and data visualization. These packages create a welcoming middle ground between the comfort of commercial 'black-box' solutions and the expert world of code. "R made it very easy," says Rojo. "It did everything for me."
For me, R used to be a traditional analysis tool that I made graphs with occasionally. But at some point it became more about the data graphics, and these days that's about all I do. That's the great thing about R. You don't have to learn everything about the language to get a lot out of it. Just take in bits at a time to suit your needs, and before you know it:
learning <- function(time) { return("easy"); }
Here are a handful more resources to get you started:
- R for cats and cat lovers
- Learn R interactively with Swirl package
- Introduction to R, a video series by Google
Statisticians in World War II
The Economist recounts the stories of statisticians who solved problems during wartime. Although they weren't called that until after.
"Peace finally returned, and the statistical scene in the United Kingdom had been completely transformed," wrote Barnard and Plackett. "No other method would have produced these changes in only six years." Dozens of clever young people had been taught a fast-changing new subject—and in many cases done original research. Even routine work was elevated by the urgency and camaraderie of the war effort—and even the fact that they were new to the field. "A lot of the work was statistically boring," Sir David says now. "But the point is that I didn't really know anything."
"After the war the section exploded like a London bomb into missionary statistical occupations all over the country," wrote Geoffrey Jowett, one of the SR 17 alumni, in 1990. "In convincing others that we had a good product to sell we convinced ourselves."
See also George E.P. Box's recollection of accidentally becoming a statistician.
Auto recalls for the year set record
There were a lot of auto recalls — 62 million of them — in the US this year, based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A large portion of them were related to faulty airbags or ignition switches. To compare, there were 20 million in 2013. Still though, we're not good at picturing big numbers, so Wilson Andrews and Gregor Aisch for the New York Times try to provide a sense of frequency and scale.
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Annual Performance Review
I love my work. However, I miss out on great things as a self-employed individual, one of those things being the annual performance review. So, since this was the first full year dissertation-free, I reviewed myself. My boss is a jerk sometimes but a good guy for the most part.
Have a seat, Nathan. Let's look at what you did for FlowingData this year and talk a bit about where we're headed.
You posted 393 things in 2014. As usual, you highlighted the work of others and wrote monthly tutorials for our amazing members. But this was the first full year you didn't have to work on your dissertation, and it looks like you used some of that time to work on more projects for FlowingData.
So... good news for you. It turns out that the most popular posts this year were all things that you did. Here are the top ten.
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Inadvertent algorithmic cruelty
If you logged into Facebook the past couple of weeks, you saw your friends' automatically generated year-end reviews. Estimated events and popular pictures appear in chronological order. Facebook eventually pinned your own year in review at the top of your feed for perusal. Seems harmless — until you realize there are people who don't want to look back, like Eric Meyer, whose daughter died this year.
And I know, of course, that this is not a deliberate assault. This inadvertent algorithmic cruelty is the result of code that works in the overwhelming majority of cases, reminding people of the awesomeness of their years, showing them selfies at a party or whale spouts from sailing boats or the marina outside their vacation house.
But for those of us who lived through the death of loved ones, or spent extended time in the hospital, or were hit by divorce or losing a job or any one of a hundred crises, we might not want another look at this past year.
See also Meyer's follow-up. While many took the original post as a way to hate on Facebook, Meyer didn't mean it like that.
Eric Rodenbeck on visualization and running a studio
Eric Rodenbeck is the founder and creative director for Stamen. No doubt you've seen their stuff over the years, ranging from client work, art pieces, to open source projects. At Eyeo 2014, Rodenbeck talked about some of that work, but more significantly, what it's like running such a studio in an environment where visualization needs and wants change often and quickly.
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Cookie ingredient variants
For the holiday cookie makers, this one from Tessa Arias is for you. Merry Christmas.
I'm tempted to try this by varying single ingredients at a time.
Holiday lights from space
You've likely seen the classic globe image that shows Earth at night. It's a composite image using data collected over a nine-day period, so you kind of see what the planet looks like if it were night at the same time everywhere. While interesting in its own right, it lacks a time component. The researchers are on it and noticed an increase in light during the holiday months.
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Most decade-specific words in Billboard song titles
David Taylor looked for words in Billboard song titles that appeared during a given decade more than other decades. Then he charted usage for the top five of each decade, going back to 1890.
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News that China blocks
China blocks sites from its citizens. We know this. But, what do they block and to what extent? Sisi Wei for ProPublica tracked major news homepages with the help of transparency site GreatFire.org and archived the pages for the sampled days.
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The Best Data Visualization Projects of 2014
It's always tough to pick my favorite visualization projects. I mean, it's a challenge to pick and rank your favorite anything really. So much depends on what you feel like at the time, and there's a lot of good work out there. Nevertheless, I gave it a go.
These are my favorites for the year, roughly in order of favorite on down and based on use of data, design, and being useful. Mostly though, my picks are based on gut.
One unintentional theme: All of my picks are interactive or animated or both. Telling for where we're headed, I guess.
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Check out a high speed chase in this new clip from the Star Trek Into Darkness film.
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The 30-Minute Vegan: Soup's On!
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The 30-Minute Vegan's Taste of Europe
150 Plant-Based Makeovers of Classics from France, Italy, Spain . . . and BeyondNamed One of the top five cookbooks of 2012" by Vegetarian Times magazine and One of the top 10 Vegan Cookbooks of the Year by VegNews magazineA Culinary Tour de Force of Europe's Most Treasured Dishes Are you looking for delicious and healthy cuisine that can fit into your busy lifestyle? Do you long for the robust flavors of Italy, France, Spain, or Greece but haven't found tasty animal-free
The 30-Minute Vegan's Taste of the East
150 Asian-Inspired Recipes--from Soba Noodles to Summer RollsNoted vegans and vegetarians love Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray's food. Food Network host and author Ellie Krieger lauds their recipes as delicious, exciting, healthful, [and] accessible for everyone," while Deborah Madison notes their appealing recipes, good information about food and cooking in general [and] surprisingly realistic approaches to thirty-minute cooking." Now, Reinfeld and
Over 175 Quick, Delicious, and Healthy Recipes for Everyday CookingBusy vegans, rejoice! award-winning husband and wife chefs/authors Reinfeld and Murray present 150 delicious, easy-to prepare recipes for everyday vegan cooking-all dishes that can be prepared in a half-hour.Sections include The Lighter Side of Life: Smoothies & Satiating Beverages; Snacks, Pick Me Ups & Kids' Favorites; Lunches: Wraps, Rolls, Bowls, and More; Extraordinary Salads; Sumptuous Soups
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Gluten, Wheat & Dairy Free (Love Food)Gluten, wheat and dairy free - can it be done? For those with food allergies, it can be challenging to find easy and healthful recipe ideas the whole family will enjoy. This book will help you create delicious gluten, wheat, and dairy free meals for you and your loved ones. Featuring easy step-by-step instructions, familiar ingredients, and a photo to accompany each recipe, this fantastic book is
Create Nutritious Meals for Your Baby with Wholesome Purees Your Little One Will Adore-Includes Bonu2-in-1 Baby and Family Meals takes the chaos out of mealtime by providing you with pure and wholesome recipes you can make for baby, and then turn into delicious dishes for your entire family. Prepare a tasty Apple, Squash and Raisin Purée for your seventh-month old, for example, and then use the extra to make hearty Spiced Mini Muffins for the rest of the clan. Or treat your baby to Kale and
Farm Fresh Flavors: 501 Delicious Meals using Local IngredientsPreparing and enjoying meals made with fresh seasonal produce from your local grower adds a little magic to your meal times. It's time to treat two of the more important activities of your life, cooking and eating, more seriously. This cookbook is all about using fresh ingredients with a pinch of flair. Most of the recipes can be prepared with tools that most of us have in our kitchens and with
The Best-Ever Wheat-and Gluten-Free Baking Book: Over 200 Recipes for Muffins, Cookies, Breads, and MoreThere was a time when being diagnosed with celiac disease or learning you had a sensitivity to wheat or gluten meant a lifetime of dry, tasteless baked goods that crumbled in your hands and often weren't worth the effort you put in to make them. Not any more!Today, easy-to-use alternative flours, grains, and flavorings are on supermarket shelves everywhere, which means you don't have to learn any
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The singer cradles daughter Willow in Malibu, Calif. Plus: Joe Manganiello, Liam & Miley, Sofia Vergara, Pippa Middleton and more
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From the Collections of Harvard College Library, Events and Exhibitions 2014
February 18 – December 31, 2015
Occupied Cuba, 1898-1902:
Photographs from the Theodore Roosevelt Collection
The years between the end of the Cuban War of Independence in 1898, facilitated by United States involvement as part of the Spanish-American War, and the proclamation of the Cuban Republic in 1902, were a time of much change and transition in Cuba. After the last of the Spanish troops left Cuba in 1898, the United States took over the governance of Cuba. Occupied Cuba brings together some documentary photographs of this time gathered from Harvard's Theodore Roosevelt Collection.
Theodore Roosevelt Gallery, Pusey Library
The exhibition is free and open to the public. Please contact the curator with any questions.
February 25 – June 10, 2015
Beacons of the Water World:
The Evolution of the Sea Chart
For much of human history the most efficient and least cumbersome way to cover long distances and transport goods was on water. Yet navigation—whether by canoe, galley, caravel, ketch, or schooner—was never without its hazards. Survival often depended upon detailed information gathered orally from seasoned mariners or from written instructions compiled from numerous logs of voyages into unfamiliar seas. By the late 16th century, the expansion of trade within Europe and the increasing pace of exploration abroad created an urgent need for reliable accounts and accurate surveys of new navigational routes. This exhibit investigates the evolution of sea charts—from pilot books with a focus on European waters to multi-volume atlases ranging the great seas of the world. It surveys the major chartmakers of northern Europe, with attention to the development of a common symbolic language for depicting navigational hazards and aids.
Map Gallery Hall, Pusey Library
For more information please call 617-495-2417.
February 23 – March 31, 2015
The Treasure Room
One hundred years ago visitors to the newly dedicated Memorial Rooms in Widener Library would have first passed by the Treasure Room in the marble entrance lobby. The Treasure Room housed Harvard's most valued collections, mounted frequent exhibitions, and supported the research of faculty and scholars. This exhibition provides a brief history of a long forgotten library space, the nucleus of what would later become Houghton Library. Photographs, documents, letters, and other objects, such as the only book believed to have survived from John Harvard's library, are on view, drawn from the collections of the Harvard University Archives and Houghton Library.
Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library
January 26 – May 8, 2015
Unmasking Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in American Popular Culture
Blackface minstrelsy was wildly popular in 19th-century America. In minstrel performances, entertainers darkened their skin with burnt cork to enact gross caricatures of people of African descent. American slavery, segregation, and racial violence have depended upon the notions of black inferiority that minstrelsy embodied. This exhibit, curated by students in a Harvard seminar, contemplates the history of minstrelsy. It explores a tradition that has receded from public memory, even though traces remain deeply entrenched in American culture. Minstrelsy brims with paradoxes, and it has thrived on the normalization of shocking racist images.
Initially popularized in the 1830s with a character named Jim Crow, blackface minstrelsy was heralded as the young nation's first original contribution to the performing arts, and it initially appealed to audiences of working-class white men. The image of Jim Crow, disseminated through countless illustrations and performances, ultimately became one of the most damaging in U.S. history. By the middle of the 19th century, minstrelsy had expanded beyond racial themes. Performers mocked immigrants, impersonated women in so-called "wench shows," and parodied European operas. Audiences grew to include members of the middle class, as well as women and children. Publishers eager to capitalize on minstrelsy's extreme popularity sold sheet music for home performance. After Emancipation, minstrelsy provided a primary means for black performers to find work, adding a new layer of complexity to its racial meaning. In the 20th and 21st centuries, minstrelsy's influence lingers on in film, television, jazz, rock, and hip-hop.
This exhibit represents a collaboration with the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library and the Harvard Theatre Collection, which houses one of the world's most important archives of minstrel materials. It is supported by grants from the Elson Family Arts Initiative Fund and the Provostial Fund for the Arts and Humanities.
As a seminar, we have been deeply disturbed by studying the materials on display here, all of us sobered by the troubling history they reveal. Yet we believe that historical traumas should not be buried from view, especially when they continue to resonate in today's world.
Richard F. French Gallery, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library
For additional information, please contact Sarah Adams at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 617-495-2794.
January 12 – May 2, 2015
Starry Messengers:
Signs and Science from the Skies
Throughout the ages, we have looked to the night sky in a search for meaning. Comets, meteors, eclipses, and other celestial events have been used by scientists to better understand the physical universe, by sages to predict the future, and by writers seeking inspiration. Starry Messengers brings together books and manuscripts from Houghton's collections that demonstrate how these events were understood in the early modern world.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library
For additional information, please contact John Overholt at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 617-495-2439 or 617-495-2441
March 10, 2015 – May 7, 2016
Harvard College
Annual International Photo Contest
Photos taken by Harvard students who have studied, worked, interned, or done research abroad during the past year are on exhibit. For more information on the contest, see the photo contest page.
Level B, first and third floor display cases,
Lamont Library (Hours)
For details contact Lynn Sayers at 617-495-2455
May 27, 2014 – May 9, 2015
2014 Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art
The Philip Hofer prize is awarded each year to a student at Harvard whose collection of books or works of art best exemplifies the traditions of breadth, coherence, and imagination represented by Philip Hofer, A.B. '21, L.H.D. '67, founder and first Curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts in the Houghton Library and Secretary of the Fogg Art Museum. The prize, which is to encourage student interest in collecting, was established in 1987 by Melvin R. Seiden, A.B. '52, L.L.B. '55. Students competing for the prize submit an annotated list or bibliography and an essay describing the scope, contents, and goal of the collection. On exhibition are samples of this year's first prize winning collection, , A History of the 1933 Goudey Baseball Card Set: From Artwork to Copyright Registration, submitted by Benjamin Lee, Class of 2017.
Third floor display cases, Lamont Library,
For details, contact Lynn Sayers at 617-495-2455
May 27, 2014 – May 9, 2015
2014 Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize
Established in 1977, the Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting recognizes and encourages book collecting by undergraduates at Harvard. Students competing for the annual prize submit an annotated bibliography and an essay on their collecting efforts, the influence of mentors, the experience of searching for, organizing and caring for items, and the future direction of the collection. On display are samplings of the collections of this year's prize-winning entries, along with personal commentary.
Second and third floor display cases, Lamont Library
For details, contact Lynn Sayers at 617-495-2455
April 6 – June 27, 2015
Ragged Claws:
T.S. Eliot's Prufrock at 100
The publication in June 1915 of T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" was a pivotal event in modern poetry. While many critics dismissed it at the time as unskilled and obscure, Prufrock is now acknowledged as the first masterpiece of Modernism in English, as well as Eliot's first important publication. In both its themes and technique, Prufrock broke sharply with the conventions of Romantic and Georgian poetry.
The exhibition, curated by Carey Adina Karmel, PhD candidate at the University of London, explores the genesis of the poem by way of various manuscript and typescript reproductions, as well as "exploding" the poem by providing materials illustrating Eliot's evocative imagery, such as an authentic magic lantern. The exhibition includes multiple printings of Prufrock, from its debut in 1915 in Poetry magazine to its first independent appearance in book form in 1917, along with books from Eliot's library that provided source material.
The exhibition's title is a phrase from the poem: "I should have been a pair of ragged claws /
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas." It is also a metaphor for the composition of Prufrock, explains Karmel: "Eliot's meter is ragged in the period use of the term, in the way that jazz music was originally described. Line lengths throughout Prufrock are also ragged vers libre; 'come and go' rhymes with 'Michelangelo' in a bump of three single syllable words end-rhymed with a serpentine, proper noun of five syllables. Eliot's technique is such that the auditory pop is subterranean."
Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library
All events are free and open to the public:
April 8, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.: Exhibition curator Carey Karmel will lead a walking tour, "Let us go and make our visit," exploring Boston elements incorporated into "Prufrock" such as the Ether Monument in the Boston Public Garden.
Email Carey for rendezvous instructions and reserve.
April 8, 2015 at 5.30 p.m.: Sir Christopher Ricks, William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities, and Co-Director, Editorial Institute, Boston University. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: 'the Muse in a psychopathic ward.' " The 102nd George Parker Winship Lecture.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. Sponsored by Houghton Library, the English Department, and the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University
April 23, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.: Robert Crawford, poet, and Professor of English and Director of Research for Planning, Publications, and Grants, University of St. Andrews. "Was T.S. Eliot Ever Young?" The 103rd George Parker Winship Lecture.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. Sponsored by Houghton Library and the English Department, Harvard University.
For additional information, contact Leslie Morris at Houghton Library, 617-495-2449.
May 18 – September 5, 2015
Such a curious dream!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at 150
This exhibition will feature unique, colorful and curious Carrolliana from the early 1860s to the present. Drawn largely from the fabulous collection compiled by Harvard alumnus Harcourt Amory, the exhibition will include original drawings by illustrator John Tenniel, foreign editions of the book, parodies, theatrical works and ephemera. Not to be missed: Alice Liddell's own copy of the suppressed first edition.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library
April 8, 2015
Please join us for the 102nd George Parker Winship Lecture:
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock:
"the Muse in a psychopathic ward"
By Sir Christopher Ricks
Wednesday, April 8, 5:30 p.m.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library
Sir Christopher Ricks is William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities, and Co-Director, Editorial Institute, Boston University
Sponsored by Houghton Library, the Harvard English Department and the Woodberry Poetry Room
April 15, 2015
Mirzâ 'Ali-Qoli Kho'i:
The Master Illustrator of Lithographed Books in the Qajar Period
By Ulrich Marzolph Enzyklopädie des Märchens Academy of Sciences at Göttingen, Germany
Wednesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library
Research on the art of illustration in Persian lithographed books is a fairly recent field of studies in the context of Persianate culture. The past decade has witnessed a growing awareness for the history of the Persian printed book in general, documented by a fair amount of recently published catalogues of libraries and special collections in Iran, and a growing number of detailed studies on specific works, such as the Me'râj-nâme and the contemporary martyrological work Tûfân al-bokâ'. Even so, numerous important questions remain to be explored. A point of particular interest relates to the production and impact of specifc artists in the field, the most prominent of whom is Mirzâ 'Ali-Qoli Kho'i. Even though this artist was active for just about a decade (1846-1855), his tremendous output is not only highly original but also extremely influential for the later development of the field. Mirzâ 'Ali-Qoli Kho'i produced a total of about 1,500 images in works bearing his signature, and at least an additional 750 images in his unsigned work. While the images in some of the books he illustrated, such as Ferdousi's Shâhnâme or Nezâmi''s Khamse, closely relate to earlier manuscript illustration, much of his artistic production draws on the artist's own creativity, as the scenes he chose to illustrate had never been illustrated before. This presentation is to introduce the Göttingen research project that is currently documenting the work of Mirzâ 'Ali-Qoli Kho'i in view of a detailed art-historical study. Special attention will be paid to the aspects of tradition and innovation in the work of this creative artist of the Qajar period.
No R.S.V.P. necessary and please contact Monique Duhaime if you have any questions.
April 23, 2015
Please join us for the 103rd George Parker Winship Lecture:
Was T.S. Eliot Ever Young?
By Professor Robert Crawford
Thursday, April 23, 5:30 p.m.
Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library
No R.S.V.P. necessary
Robert Crawford is a poet, Professor of English, and Director of Research for Planning, Publications, and Grants at University of St. Andrews
Co-sponsored by Houghton Library and the Harvard English Department
April 28, 2015
Please join us for a Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture:
Beauty, Truth, and the Book
By Claudia Funke
Tuesday, April 28, 5:30 p.m.
Lamont Library Forum Room, Lamont Library
No R.S.V.P. necessary
Beautiful and "important" books were the traditional foundations of aspiring rare book libraries, influenced as those repositories often were by the taste of beneficent collectors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. With recourse to particular examples, this lecture will survey the concepts of beauty and truth as they have intersected with rare books and their cultural realm in the modern era. The evening's speaker will conclude with a discussion of the value of beauty and truth in private and institutional collecting today.
Claudia Funke is Curator of Rare Books at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the recent past president of the Bibliographical Society of America. She has worked in rare book collections for over twenty-five years.
Permanent exhibition
Mercator Globes
Exhibition includes Gerard Mercator's terrestrial (1541) and celestial (1551) globes that reflect new discoveries in world geography and cosmography as well as new techniques in charting, printing, and globe making. Only 22 matched pairs survive, Harvard's being the only matched pair in America.
Mercator Case, Map Gallery Hall
For details call the Map Collection at 617-495-2417
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- A History of Medieval Christian Preaching as Seen in the Manuscripts of Houghton Library
- Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: Twenty Years That Changed the World of Art
- "I Shall Ever Be Your Dearest Love": John Keats and Fanny Brawne
- "Let Satire Be My Song": Byron's English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers
- The Adventures of Thackeray In His Way Through the World: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Family
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- Life is in the Transitions: William James, 1842-1910
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- History of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Collection
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Last minute layout advice
Hello everyone. I am cutting this close because we are almost ready for plumbing roughin but I'm having last minute jitters about my layout. I wondered if you could give me some input.
We are a family of four. I am the primary cook. Width between the fridge and french door refrigerator is 3'6". DH is wanting to move that to 4' which would make the width between my island the cabinet run with the fridge 4'6". I'm thinking that might be a little wide but thought I would ask opinions.
Any other suggestions are welcome but no walls can be moved. Thanks!
Is that a main traffic path past your stove? That possibility worries me a lot.
I don't see a crucial relationship between the sink area and the back wall, so think a wider aisle won't hurt anything.
I can't see the layout of the house and what rooms are in different directions, so that gives me a limited view of the situation... And you are only asking about the aisle width in front of the fridge, but also said you were open to other comments.... So here are some you are free to ignore.
Have you considered the cleanup area where you have the stove? Then a prep sink on the island and the stove on the back wall? That would make the island a fantastic prep space for stove and oven, which it isn't now. It would also protect the stove from traffic. This would make more efficient work paths when fixing a meal, and put clean up and dish storage closer to the eating area.
Sorry, I don't understand your question.. it's all about moving the island to the right or not? I think 4' between the left cabinet run and island is enough, even though the fridge will stick out farther. I have 4' and wouldn't want more. Remember also that a french door fridge has two smaller doors, so even when open, less of the aisle is blocked.
I hope you don't mind my saying that I don't like the rest of the layout.. your island is a barrier between the range and sink. There's not a good amount of counter space with a water source convenient to the range. It just seems awkward. You take food out of the fridge, prep it next to the sink, then weave around the island to move it across that top aisle to the range? Then you go back across the aisle and around the corner of the island with your hot pot full of boiling water you need to empty in the sink? I also don't know your house's layout, but that top aisle seems like it could be a major traffic thoroughfare in your home, which just makes this setup more dangerous.
I'm not trying to be harsh, just want you to know where I am coming from. It's cheap to move things around on paper, anyway :)
SO, I would put the range on the wall with the fridge, put the cleanup sink & DW where the range wall, and put a prep sink on the island. MW goes between fridge and range, either in a shelf as part of an upper cabinet or a drawer MW below the counter.
For a bit of style, I would put a dish hutch down to the counter or a tall pantry cabinet on the right side of the top wall to balance the tall oven stack, and center the sink between them.
edit: beaten by rhome. :) Must remember to always refresh before posting.
This post was edited by tracie.erin on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 17:04
I agree with you guys, but DH thinks the range needs to go on the current wall because of the view from the family room (how the hood cover looks, etc). I am more interested in how it functions.
I do agree that the cooktop feels funny but had thought about putting a prep sink by the stove. Right now I don't do my prep by my stove so that isn't really as much of a big deal as having water convenient to the stove.
I will get busy looking at the different options. you guys are so helpful!! Thank you!
That doorway goes to the mudroom/entrance from garage and laundry. The master, stairs to other bedrooms, office and piano room are off the family room (where I have marked as floor outlet.)
Does that change your opinion? Here is the whole first floor plan.
So why did you pivot the island? It looks like people shouldn't stream past the stove, but probably come in and turn right. I'd want to leave the island parallel to the stove (with prep sink) and facing the family room... and put clean up on the bottom wall, although that puts it further from the dining area...but a straight shot.
We did a mockup of that and DH didn't like it because he felt the sink looked like a separate space that was more in the family room than the kichen. I did tend to agree with him. It looked a little strange (I mocked it up in Google Sketchup)
It also reduced my island size. I could only fit an 8 ft island that way and turning it gave me a 10 ft island (which is what I have now).


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Cactus Rose Relay, Phlegm, Kids' Race, and Cabbage
I ran 25 miles of the Cactus Rose 100 Relay on Saturday. It was a bit of a step-up in my post-partum training. A 21-mile step-up. But I did not power-walk a single step — as per my discharge instructions. I've got another four weeks before that's a safe thing to do. I did power-HIKE up some of the steeper hills, but I don't think that carries the same risk of your uterus falling out as power-walking does. I loped along happily until about mile 20 — hollering encouragement at other runners and giving hugs to friends I hadn't seen in a long while. Then it became clear that I was going to be pretty sore the next day. First-time-marathon level sore. I loped a little more slowly after that.
Eliot and Ruby met me at all the aid stations. We're practicing our transitions for Rocky Raccoon.
Nursing Stop Transitions:
Mile 5: 8 minutes (Crouched behind a parked Jeep.)
Mile 10: 10 minutes (Seated behind a juniper tree. Nursing and pump stop.)
Mile 15: 5 minutes (Couldn't wake baby up. Pump only.)
Mile 20: 0 minutes (Baby still asleep. Decided to risk waiting until the finish line. Boob explosion jokes exchanged all around.)
As you can see, we're going to have to work on these transition times before February. I feel like such a triathlete.
Our relay team, if you remember, was costumed as the Four Humors. Here's Black and Yellow Bile at the race start.
I was Phlegm. I was supposed to have a nice white cape with "PHLEGM" written across the back, which would have served well as a nursing cover at the aid stations, but the UltrAspire pack I attached the cape to didn't quite fit my new circumference. So I had to write PHLEGM down both arms in permanent marker. I wore some thin feather boas in my hair as phlegmy tendrils. They looked really nice after the first five miles of sweating in the late October heat and humidity. The humidity wreaked havoc on a lot of people's races. Many of the front runners suffered through severe leg cramps. Happily loping along in a phlegm costume prevents cramps.
The best part of the whole weekend was the kids' race on Friday. Asa almost dropped me in the first quarter mile. The maternity jean shorts and the nursing bra were definitely not up to sprinting code. Thankfully, the next half mile was pretty rock strewn, which, along with his constant turning around to see how close the competition was, slowed him down to 11-days post-partum pace. Asa talked to himself throughout the race. "I can do this!" It was unspeakably cute. Towards the end, he turned to me and said, "Mom, aren't you going to tell me to 'Dig Deep!'?" Made me proud.
Huge congratulations to the folks who ran the Cactus Rose 100 and 50. And special congrats to Julie on her first 100 and Don on his first 50!
OK, I've got to hop in the shower now so the pediatrician doesn't worry about Ruby's home environment at her appointment this morning.
I'm only going to run two miles today (since I'm so freakin' sore) and then hike uphill on the treadmill for 30-minutes at a 15% grade. All the uphill treadmill hiking towards the end of the pregnancy paid off on the Bandera hills Saturday. It was the flats and the actual running that hurt. I'm also adding core work back in this week. Sigh. Time to drag out the McMillan video with that hatefully cheery blond with her super strong core.
Oh, and here is a great piece written by triathlete Heather Wurtele on her race at the Ironman World Championships and her DNF. It's worth the read if you've ever dropped from a race — and for everybody else as well.
Ruby Jane Picture O' The Day.
PS. If I ever want Ruby to stay up all night crying, all I have to do is eat a big cabbage salad.
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Holy shit, lady! Also yay! Dig deep, forsooth.
Thanks Sarah! That's what I was saying the last 5 miles.
I just happened to click on your blog from Endurance Buzz whilst on-duty at a fire station. After reading this, my engine company decided you're tougher than any of us and we've faced some pretty bad stuff (except our 19 year-old rookie, he proudly sacked groceries at Kroger before getting this job…geesh.) I've run Bandera several times feeling pretty good and it's "killed" me nearly every time. Eleven days post-partum? You are a trail running goddess.
That she is!
Todd, This totally made my day. Thank you soooo much.
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