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Hi all,
I was wondering, for anyone who transitioned into veganism, did you ever take a step-by-step approach..like first eliminate cheese, then yogurt, until you were dairy free? or did you cut all dairy out at once, and all meat / poultry / egg?
I'm having a hard time with this, and I wonder if maybe I should try to do a more gradual transition. Or work on that for this month, so I can do the kick-start more fullyand hopefully be ready to do it complete by next month.
Would love to hear advice / feedback on this, thanks so much. I'm having a hard time with compulsive eating too, comfort eating, and dairy is definitely way up there for me! so i'm hoping to see a nutritionist...maybe in the next two weeks and that may also help...
This is my second time trying the Kickstart and I am finally making it this time. The first time, I really struggled with the dairy products. I have been vegetarian for 1 1/2 years, but had a more difficult time with the dairy. I think I am finally ready and am doing great with this Kickstart. I think taking it step-by-step can be a good way to do it.
Watching the movie Vegucated gave me the intellectual push to not want dairy.
I think most people have an emotional attachment to dairy. After all we are mammals.
Change takes place over time, but habits are formed by the choices we make in the moments of living.
We kinda did step by step with no intention, at first, of ever being vegan. We dropped beef and pork to reduce fat intake due to cholesterol issues. Then we switched to plant milk because it has fewer carbs than dairy (1 cup of cow's milk has approx 12-15 grams of carb, unsweetened almond milk has 2 grams of carbs) - helps me keep my blood sugar levels better controlled (I can actually have cereal for breakfast!) We still, at that point, ate yogurt, cheese, eggs (well, hubby and son ate eggs, and I'd use them in baking but I can't eat just eggs - like scrambled - because they mess with me digestively), poultry and fish. As we explored more meatless recipes, the poultry and fish became less and less. Then I happened upon a PBS special with Dr. Barnard. Hit the web to find out more (see whether it was 'reasonable' or one of those way out there things that sound okay in a targeted "infomercial" type format but are really restrictive or expensive in real life. It looked sound and it brought me to the Kickstart site. The first kickstart, I dropped everything but my one daily yogurt snack. After the kickstart, I didn't buy yogurt for a while because of budget constraints and realized I didn't miss it as much as I thought - but I did need to plan my snacks out a bit more, the yogurt was an easy grab-and-go item first thing in the morning when I was packing my day's food for work.
However, I know some of the folks here just went ummm "cold tofurkey" because gradual doesn't work for them.
There's no one 'right' way.
For our family, we're on the border between vegetarian and vegan most of the time. Good sharp cheddar and rich Greek style yogurt are the main non-vegan components that are in our fridge (if we're going to "digress" it's going to be with the good stuff). But, they're not an every day kind of thing the way they used to be, and not every one of us all the time.
I'm a cyclist who was a cheese and yogurt freak! Before 2010 I ate at least 6 oz or more of yogurt everyday because I thought it was healthy. Cheese? heck my fridge was stocked with all kinds. I nibbled on it constantly. 2010 decided to try the Kickstart, for me letting go of the dairy, I just had to go cold turkey. 2 weeks later I noticed a remarkable improvement in my health. I no longer needed ibuprofen when riding a long bicycle ride. My arthritic knees no longer ached.For me getting rid of the dairy was the best thing I ever did. good luck on your journey.
Cheese was the only thing that kept me from being a full vegan for over 22 years. I was vegan for a few years, then cheese would sneak back in. I finally (whew) kicked it, permanently!, over 2-1/2 years ago now. I spent the majority of those 22 years vegan but just kept struggling.
It was when I lost a much loved pet and as I sat weeping for days on end that I began to wonder how I could love this one animal so much I couldn't sleep or eat in her loss, yet I loved other animals enough to not eat their bodies, yet again, I was willing to ignore the injustice and harm caused by dairy consumption and allowed some of those same animals to suffer so I could consume dairy. In my time of grieving, it was enough for the final push. Psychologically, it broke the chain.
Oddly enough, as I have an autoimmune disease that causes a lot of pain, I knew dairy caused an marked increase in pain, yet that was NOT enough to make me stop. I have to say my health and pain levels have improved dramatically without animal products.
It is a journey. It is YOUR journey. There can't be only one way to do it. It has to work for you only when you find what is right for you can you make the change.
Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them.
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I was wondering, for anyone who transitioned into veganism, did you ever take a step-by-step approach..l.
I was slowly, very slowly, too slowly, almost deadly slow going into veganism. I took about 6 months, first I cut down on the meats, just a few meals a week then dairy (not hidden dairy in baked goods just milk and most ice-cream).
I then went vegan after a Main lobster meal that I did not enjoy.
Then the heart attack from eating badly all those many years before.....
I did as much research as possible while recovering and it was easy to make the complete switch to a fat free (check all ingredients) vegan lifestyle.
If I had not already started It would have been more traumatic with everything else. I do believe it helped tremendously during my recovery. The cardiologist was not used to his patients bouncing back so quickly.
Do it for the animals if you wish, but first, do it for yourself. Do it as quickly as possible, sometimes it can be too late.
Quickly can be good with support but slowly can worm its way in if there are other family members involved. One dinner a week that is totally vegan for all, with mix'n'match meals the rest of the time (meatballs on the side, for example, and using whole grain pasta and better quality sauce without all the added sugar and stuff). When we first started, I asked hubby to just 'go with it' for 21 days. This was especially important since I work fulltime and he's the at home cook. Without his help, it would have been extra hard for me. But, he was willing to 'experiment'. Key is having easy and tasty meals options that aren't "too weird" right off. Even if it isn't really "low fat", finding a way to make vegan mac'n'cheez was one of the key things, as was learning how to cook quinoa and other new foods (like rainbow chard). Trying to jump right in with others involved can be hard unless they're willing to be a little bit adventurous too.
When we bring food to social gatherings, we skip the 'low fat' aspect and just make a vegan dish that is as yummy as possible. Sometimes it is low fat (like quinoa chickpea spinach 'pilaf') and other times it isn't (mac'n'cheez'n'veggies). Our criteria is more "what will the non-vegan taste buds think is yummy?" Seasoning is crucial - on Food Network's Celebrity cooking series this season, there are two vegan/vegetarian celebs. One of the comments made about one of the dishes was that it wasn't as bland as most vegan food usually is. So keep that in mind and make sure to add the seasoning (onion, garlic, spices) because the missing fat and 'familiar' flavors might become an issue unless it's really flavorful and yummy.
We went cold turkey. I didn't have any thoughts of turning back. I craved milk for about 2 months, but I never even thought about drinking it. I truly view those foods as poisons that will harm my health.
I had always tried to eat meat free twice a week but at the end of November after looking into intermittent fasting, calorie restriction and longevity I cam across a research article that mentioned that reduced protein intake was also correlated to longevity. So I started to investigate that and decided to watch Forks Over Knives and Vegucated in December. Immediately, I cut back our families's meat consumption to 2-3 times a week. I didn't want to go cold turkey especially since I have a 3.5 year old and wanted to inform myself so that when I made the switch I could be reassured that I was meeting all of her nutritional requirements. Also, we had a few freezer meals with meat I wanted to use up. So I spent the month of December reading books and using internet resources. The only dairy I consumed was cheese after quickly using up all the milk and yogurt we had in the house. Then the day before starting I got rid of everything in the house that was overly processed, contained animal products and was unhealthy.
I'm only on day two of 30 day challenge but so far so good. I think the gradual approach is what helped because I got used to not eating as much meat and dairy in the month and a bit leading up to this. It also gave me a chance to have some of my favorite foods one last time. Funny though that while I was eating them they were not as good as I used to think and because I had reduced my dairy intake the last meal we had before starting this journey was a cheesy pasta dish that gave me cramps for a day after. Clearly, my body does not like cheese.
Anyways, I think the best approach is what you think will work for you. Some people need to do it cold turkey, others can ease into it.
I was a vegetarian for 11 years before trying vegan (and yes, it was that darn cheese that held me back!). Once I was ready to go all out, I tried gradual or what I call "practical vegan" where I would eat dairy or eggs if nothing else was available or as not to insult someone cooking for me. That approach didn't work well for me. I was still eating unhealthy things and they would trigger compulsive eating. I went cold turkey with this kickstart. For me, having that temptation in the house would end poorly.
- AmandaBe the change you wish to see in the world...
I went cold turkey (seems like an odd thing to say about going vegan) at the January Kickstart a year ago. Gave a friend who was renting a room from me all the canned tuna, eggbeaters, canned chicken etc, etc. as she had NO interest in eating vegan.
But I didn't tell her she could have the cheese. I wasn't eating it, but I wasn't ready to "give up" the cheese for months. Finally I realized I was never going to eat it, but it was definitely the last thing to go. : )
I went cold turkey and to make sure I stayed on it I gave about half of what I had in fridge and cupboards away and some I tossed out. It was an exspensive beging but I knew I would cheat if things were around. One advantage of being single is others arent around eating differntly or you dont need to make different thing for others.
So far I am finding it ok and am suprised at how far a little food goes and have cut back on shopping habits that led to waste. I enjoy reading labels (dont have a life) and hope to stay on this (only been on a week so far but the support here helps keep me going)
I did both - step by step and cold turkey.
The step by step worked for everything but cheese. I tried to cut back but if I went for a week or two without cheese then had a little for whatever reason (eating out, cheese platters at functions etc) I ended up eating it daily for another week or two. I would find a way to justify stopping at the supermarket and buyingt some. I am definately a cheeseaholic and the only way for me to be able to become and stay vegan was to go cold turkey and not have any.(Even after all the books, movies etc about how bad it is for you and the animals - that wasnt enough)
Good luck whatever you do. If I was doing it all over again I would go cold turkey on everything expecting it to be hard and give my body a couple of weeks to get rid of any cravings. Trying to do that now with sugar.
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food - Hippocrates.
The step by step worked for everything but cheese. I tried to cut back but if I went for a week or two without cheese then had a little for whatever reason (eating out, cheese platters at functions etc) I ended up eating it daily for another week or two. I would find a way to justify stopping at the supermarket and buying some. I am definately a cheeseaholic and the only way for me to be able to become and stay vegan was to go cold turkey and not have any.(Even after all the books, movies etc about how bad it is for you and the animals - that wasnt enough)
Good luck whatever you do. If I was doing it all over again I would go cold turkey on everything expecting it to be hard and give my body a couple of weeks to get rid of any cravings. Im trying to do that now with sugar.
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Jul 2010
Location: Canton, NC
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Trading my KLR for a Burgman 400....another talk me out of it thread
Looking for a little advice or devil's advocate or encouragement....whatever you want to throw out. I'd be buying new, probably trading after the first of the year for a 13' 400 Burgman.
Been riding for about 6 years, see in my sig I've been into sport bikes and dual sports. This summer I rode my KLR from NC to Yellowstone and kind of discovered I think my real passion is motorcycle travel. I want to do a couple more big trips next summer. I ride every weekend, mostly with a level headed guy in his 50's or my dad who is in his early 60's. I'm a get out and go to new places and see new things type rider, not a how fast I can get there type rider, not that a maxi scooter is slow. And for all the dual sports I've had, I don't ride off road, I've been on gravel once this year. The storage and look of the 400 are what draws me to it. The dash, the backrest, all the cubby holes! I think the 400 will be about as quick as my KLR maybe even a little faster and from what I've read will definatly handle interstate better. I need to find someone local that will let me ride a 400 but in the meantime lets chat about them. Are they as comfortable as they look and feel? Showroom floor is all the time I've had on one. Interstate, yes I know they'll do it all day long but I want to hear from some guys that use them for travel. I've read some stuff about some oil burn if you hold it at high interstate speeds for hours on end, anything to this? I'm certainly familiar with singles burning oil at constant high speeds but will it do 70-75 mph without burning? Guys that have dropped from a bike to a scooter.....do you miss a bike much or do all the positive of a scooter make up for it?
Current: 13 Ninja 300 Past: 12 KLR650, 09 Ninja 250, 98 VFR, 88 KLR650, 88 XT350, 07 ZX6R
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I am interested in hearing what answers you get.
As far as I am concerned as long as your ego can handle it, you will be happier with the Burgman.
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to get this one rolling.
I have a KLR and last December got a scooter, not a Maxi just a 100 cc so I can't comment on the 400 you mention, how ever the ridding and experiences is night and day, how ever no wrong or better just different.
The thing I can say is that the KLR is a very high bike, a scooter will feel short, the feeling of been capable of going over any hole, rock and side walks,will go away as soon as you hit it! I no longer jump curbs, on the other hand wind protection is much better and with 400 windshield it will be even better, I no longer get cold legs.
The easy stores of the burgman is impressive, my little honda can't fit a full size M HJC helmet but it does hold a lot more than the KLR (obviously). Range? you will miss that on the KLR, on my little scooter I only get 100-120 miles per tank, but I do get 80-90 mpg so it is not bad.
I hope you get to ride one, since it is the only way that you can truly get to know a bike/scooter.
KLR 650 my one and only!!
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I've got a KLR and two smaller scooters. My opinion is that scooters are more practical as far as storage and they tend to have much better seats that the KLR but the KLR has a better riding position. Riding a scooter with it's more feet forward position and in the case of the Maxi Scooters, more pulled back handle bars may bother your back. If possible take a Burgman for a long ride and see how your back feels.
My recommendation, keep the KLR AND get a scooter. One bike is just not enough
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Honestly don't even know what a KLR is, but think the Burgman 400 kicks butt from everything I have read...
Will a 400 be big enough for your highway riding? I only have a 125 Agility, but love the thought of more!
Committed to new? Watch craigslist. There are always Burmans (650s and 400s) for sale, but perhaps money is no object...
Either way, my guess is you will love the scooter, but I like Klaviator's answer that one is not enough. Perhaps if you buy used, you won't need to trade the KLR (whatever it is! :)). I can't wait to see the picture of your new bike!
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I have owned 2 KLR650s, and sold them both. I love them, but finally had to come to terms with the fact that they are simply not comfortable enough for me on long trips. I still like trail riding, and I bought an XT225 for that, and heavily modified it with just about every bolt on goodie you can get for them except hard panniers. I bought a Goldwing for comfort, but for a solo rider it is overkill, and it gets less mileage than my car. I still have it, but don't ride it that much anymore. My plans are to sell it and buy a Harley. The reason is the Kawasaki Vulcan 750 I bought new back in 2002. It is by far the most comfortable bike I have ever owned, except for the Goldwing, and it's light weight and maneuverability more than make up for that. It is definitely an all day bike. I have put over 74,000 miles on it in 10 years. I have done 2 SS1000s on it, with ease. I will keep it till I wear it out. I test rode all the Japanese maxi scooters recently, with plans to buy one. But I found them very awkward, and harder to handle than the Goldwing. The Silverwing was the best fit, because it has cutouts in the floorboards so you can put you legs straight down beside it without having to hang your feet over the w-i-d-e floorboards of the others. They were so wide that even with a 34" inseam, I had trouble getting my feet on the ground. Even the tall KLR was easier to ride around town. I couldn't flat foot it, but I could tip toe it fairly easily. The edges of the floorboards hurt my legs when I tried to put my feet on the ground on the maxis.
I like scooters, I have 3, a Yamaha Vino 125 and Zuma 125, and a Genuine Stella 2 stroke. They are a lot of fun, but they may as well not have any suspension. I have a bad back, and everytime I hit a bump, which is quite often around here, they pound my back like a jackhammer. Because your feet are out in front of you, it is difficult to raise yourself off the seat when you see a bump coming.
Last thing, I would check into the maintenance requirements. Some maxi scooters have ridiculously high maintenance costs. Especially check the valve adjustment intervals and procedure. I chose the Zuma 125 over the Honda PCX150 because it takes 15 minutes to do the valves on the Zuma, and 3 hours on the PCX. Apparently you have to remove the whole body and pull the motor to get to the valves on a Majesty. Dealer book says 6 hours labor. Not sure about the Burgman. But definitely something to consider.
If comfort is your main concern, you might want to look at a cruiser, although modern cruisers are not as comfortable as the older ones. The Vulcan 750 is a 1985 design. Newer ones are designed more for looks.
I noticed that the new Burgman 400 is only available with ABS, definitely a turn off for me. Most like it, I hate it.
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The only thing I'd like to talk you out of is buying new...I don't see that many B400's for sale around here, but Majesty 400's are fairly plentiful for well under $3K for a newish one. If you can possibly swing it, keep the KLR and pick up a used maxi.
When I got my Majesty, I also had an FZ1 and 2 smaller scooters. Ended up riding the 400 90% of the time- whether commuting or doing 500 mile days of twisties. The FZ1 was just stupid overkill in most cases. Now I have a DL650, the 400, and a CBR250. The DL and Maj get about equal time and the CBR comes out maybe 10% of the time (and waits patiently to be raced). The 400 has great weather protection, gets slightly better MPG and is invisible to cops but the suspension is harsh and handling is...weird. The DL rides like a Caddy and is more fun in the curves. I'm very glad to have options...
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Nor could I say that it would be a step up . MPG same. MPH near. Build one of crag vetters alska fairing on a KLR ( look up crag vetter web site ) and it almost better then a burgman 400 for protection. KLR with upgrades such as snake bar , seat etc is almost more comfortable in more types of riding.
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Joined: May 2008
Location: Huntsville, AL
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I like scooters, I have 3, a Yamaha Vino 125 and Zuma 125, and a Genuine Stella 2 stroke. They are a lot of fun, but they may as well not have any suspension. I have a bad back, and everytime I hit a bump, which is quite often around here, they pound my back like a jackhammer. Because your feet are out in front of you, it is difficult to raise yourself off the seat when you see a bump coming.
Last thing, I would check into the maintenance requirements. Some maxi scooters have ridiculously high maintenance costs. Especially check the valve adjustment intervals and procedure. I chose the Zuma 125 over the Honda PCX150 because it takes 15 minutes to do the valves on the Zuma, and 3 hours on the PCX. Apparently you have to remove the whole body and pull the motor to get to the valves on a Majesty. Dealer book says 6 hours labor. Not sure about the Burgman. But definitely something to consider.
If comfort is your main concern, you might want to look at a cruiser, although modern cruisers are not as comfortable as the older ones. The Vulcan 750 is a 1985 design. Newer ones are designed more for looks.
Jerry brings up some good points.
First, I doubt that any scooter will ride as well on rough roads as the KLR. It's hard to compete with 9 inches of suspension travel. Also, it's more difficult to get your weight off your butt when you see a large bump coming.
Maintenance. Likely to be higher on the scooter. My KLR gets 50MPG, my scooters 75. The KLR is probably still cheaper to operate due to the much lower cost of tires. It also requires less overall maintenance.
Comfort is subjective but overall you will probably be more comfortable on a scooter except on rough roads. Keep in mind that that maxi scooters don't all have the same riding position. I have sat on all of them and the SW and Majesty don't work for me while the Burgman is OK. You may find the opposite.
You really won't know if a scooter will work for you until you try one. I'd recommend getting a used scooter and keeping the KLR. Later, you can make a decision on which to keep, or maybe sell both and get the new BMW Scooter
Or better yet, keep the KLR and get a small scooter and a maxi scooter
Manly scooterist!
Joined: Aug 2011
Location: Wickenburg, AZ
Oddometer: 153
In May I traded in my 2009 KLR 650 for a 2012 Silver Wing. Boy do I know what you are feeling! Anyway, the KLR was a great bike just not for my use. It was too high and too heavy for any serious off-road use, for me. I have Trail 90's if I want to thrash them off-road and then pick them up w/o help The KLR did OK on road but was not meant for touring and therefore not all that comfortable. I got my KLR in August 2011 and put less than 2500 miles on it. Since buying the Silver Wing in May I have nearly 4000 miles on it! I took a week long trip from Arizona to Yosemite and back nearly 1700 miles and it was GREAT! The Wing is smooth and powerful and with the fuel injection can sail over the highest mountains flawless; went over 10K on the Yosemite trip. Why would anyone NOT want ABS? The storage is great too.
I have not ridden the 400 Burgman but have a friend that got his Iron Butt certification on one!!! So it must do OK!!!
Anyway to summarize, at 60 years old (me) the Wing is perfect for me! I have ridden many bikes since 1969; and am very happy with the big Honda! I think you will like the maxi-scooter idea. Check out the Burgman's, Honda and even the new BMW and make sure it "fits" YOU. Good luck. Oh and my Yosemite trip write up is in the DayTripper section and was late August or early Sept.
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Location: Minn.
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Ok, this post for the scooter dude that did not know what a KLR is.
Ps:, the KLR just had it's 25th year aniversary in June 2012.
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I've owned 95 two wheelers. Probably 6 were scooters. I have a 94 Helix with over 65000 miles. I had a 400 Burgman. I think I have my Guzzi sold and I'll never buy another m/c. The Burgman will do it all. Don't worry about oil consumption. You're not going to ride wide open throttle all day. It will go 100 mph if you want. Great wind protection and comfort. I didn't even need a taller windshiel. The best 2 wheeler I've ever owned.
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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – All members of the community are invited to attend a free showing of "Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue for Hope" — a documentary film inspired by the events of Sept. 11, 2001 — and explore answers to the question of why we hate with the film's director afterward. The event will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in the Brooks Science Complex auditorium.
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I wouldn't say the punishment fits the crime but I do say the crime deserves a punishment. People steal because they get away with it.
Delusioned people thinking that a 15 year sentence is a decent amount for burning and selling a few movies.....
I hope if a cop see's any of you spit on the ground, you get jailed for 1 year... because that is basically how stupid this is.
Drug dealers, murderers, rapist, and worst have received lighter sentences than this.
But, you can tell how bad this country is getting, when people will agree with this kind of ruling. Total lack of compassion for humanity and life.
And the whole " he did it before " speil isn't worth takign 15 years away from someone's life. He didn't harm anyone in his recent actions, other than some wealthy C.E.O's... of course, in America, that is the worst type of crime... Crime against a rich white man by a poor man.
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Donna Reign, owner of Reign Realty at 201 Central Ave. S., said she began the business in March of 2012, but this is the first time she has had a store-front to operate from.
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Monsignor Dennis Skonseng, pastor of Valley City's St. Catherine Catholic Church, said Tuesday, "I am thankful and joyful to have a new bishop."
Bishop John Folda, the newly ordained bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fargo, will speak at "Faith through the Ages" events July 30 at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Valley City and Aug. 14 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Grand Forks.
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Alliance Pipeline Community Investment program has donated to the Wimbledon Quick Response Unit to support education and training. Evan Reimers, pipeline technician in the Wimbledon location, presented Bob Everson, squad leader, a check for $5,000 in Wimbledon on July 16. Funds received will be used to train new volunteer emergency medical responders who completed and passed the course. The newest members of the response unit are Mary Plumb, Wimbledon and Dale Undem Leal, N.D.
Everson said, "I think (the donation) is great — it's very generous of them."
While in Accra, Ghana for exercise Western Accord 2013, 1st Lt. Matt Nielson and "JJ" Fankhanel, 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, North Dakota National Guard, befriended Noble Kofi Nazzah, a local teacher who was a senior prom chaperone at the hotel where the Soldiers were staying. Fankhanel works with special needs students at Pelican Rapids High School in Pelican Rapids, Minn., and Nielson teaches chemistry at Valley City High School in Valley City.
A misunderstanding between Aspen Exteriors, a Minnesota-based construction doing storm damage repair in Valley City, and Valley City Commissioner Madeline Luke, may be just that – a misunderstanding.
During a recent meeting of the Valley City Commission, Luke told other commissioners and the gallery that she heard the company was using her name for endorsement purposes, and she did not give them permission to do so.
The 5th annual Debbie Gabel Memorial Motorcycle ride, along with a raffle and street dance, will be held Saturday, July 27, in Valley City.
Rocky Gabel, Valley City, organized the event in honor of his wife, Debbie Gabel, who lost her battle with ovarian cancer in 2009. Last year, approximately 200 people participated in the motorcycle ride. Net proceeds of the events benefit Hospice of the Red River Valley.
The Barnes County North School Board voted Monday during a special meeting to start school on time this year despite construction on the new centralized campus being behind.
The board met with officials from MBA Construction, parents and patrons Monday at the Spiritwood school to discuss options. Following a recommendation from school administration, the board unanimously voted to begin school on its regularly-scheduled start date of Aug. 27; although, students will be divided into both the east campus near Rogers and west campus in Wimbeldon.
Kathryn resident Emily Trzpuc competed in a preliminary for the Miss North Dakota title recently in the Montpelier High School gymnasium.
Thirteen young women from across the state competed for the titles of Miss Fort Abercrombie, Miss Peace Garden, and Miss James River Valley. Trzpuc and other contestants were each awarded a $100 scholarship. The winner of the Fort Abercrombie title received a $2,000 scholarship and the winners of the Peace Garden and James River Valley titles each received a $500 scholarship.


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mounting works, i did it for my laptop, it copies the files to the HDD, gets to 20 something % then reboots.
Mounting the ISO won't work, as soon as Windows 8 setup needs to restart the machine, the ISO is no longer mounted and setup can't find the 8 ISO/Disk
Make another 4GB primary partition along with your 250GB one, extract the ISO to that, or mount the ISO and copy the setup files from the mounted ISO to that 4GB partition
Now when you run setup from the 4GB partition, and setup needs to reboot the machine, the setup files are still there for the install to continue
From what I remember, running 4GB\setup.exe from the main 4GB partition will give the upgrade option, running setup from 4GB\sources\setup.exe will give you the full wipe option (Although Win 8 should ask if you want to wipe the drive during setup anyway)
Posted 11 December 2012 - 00:15
mounting works, i did it for my laptop, it copies the files to the HDD, gets to 20 something % then reboots.
However, the files I want to keep are like 240GB worth and its taking too long.
Is the upgrade bad? is it lesser than a clean install? will my computer be slow?
Ill probably end up with almost everything installed again anyway.
Ive cancelled the copy and will just go for a upgrade I think.
I can burn a disc and do a clean install at a later date when I get another HDD to copy my stuff on to.
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Posted 11 December 2012 - 00:57
I think something has went very wrong.
I canceled my copy and tried to merge the partition back to C with easeus partition manager.
It worked fine, pc rebooted and now it wont boot.
Its stuck at the very first screen, detecting CD, fine, detecting SATAII bla bla, hitatchi detetcted and its just stuck there.
Doesnt tell me to insert correct boot media or anything, just stays at that first screen
Posted 11 December 2012 - 01:09
yeah its my 1TB HDD.
What is Hitachi ?
If it is USB or removable try removing it and booting again
If it is your HDD.... it sounds like partitioning went wrong, I only use Windows own disk management for partitioning, not 3rd parties for primary drives
Best thing to do then would be remove the HDD and install it in another machine / USB caddy and copy your data then reinstall once you get a USB drive
Posted 11 December 2012 - 01:23
yeah its my 1TB HDD.
Tried unpluggin/replugging it, reset BIOS just incase but nothing.
I have no access to another machine, I think my only option is to get my dads laptop tomorrow, download win8, burn to DVD then just format the HDD.
The stuff I wanted to keep was mainly software and video files. Theres nothing majorly important.
Will do that tomorrow and just format it.
I can install from a USB right?
Also, will the upgrade still work now that my partitions are fooked


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For those few but vocal critics who care everything for how I look, here's my new hair.
In case you missed it, several readers have written or called me in recent weeks to not-so-gently suggest that I need a new hairdo and picture. My most recent "fan" told me she hated how my hair was all "globbed" around my face before she thanked me and hung up.
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Finally I can get back to writing about what really matters.
It didn't cost me a penny. I didn't have to carve out time to go to a salon and get a cut, color and extensions. I can get out of bed in the morning and be ready for work in no time. I'm really pleased.
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But Farrah's do worked a lot better for me than Christie Brinkley's. Her hair made me look like a corpse.
Katy Perry's was too drastic and too black.
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But stepping out of the bad hair closet has been liberating and rewarding, in many ways. I feel richer, and blonder, for the experience.
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) Iowa coach Fran McCaffery, who's known for his fiery demeanor on the sidelines, finally lost it on the officials and got himself ejected.
Northern Iowa stayed calm, like it usually does, and turned a tight game against the Hawkeyes into an uncharacteristic rout.
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Chip Rank gave Northern Iowa its first lead, 24-23, on a 3-pointer with just over four minutes left in the first half. The Hawkeyes then left Rank wide open in the corner, and he converted a rare four-point play that helped put the Panthers ahead 32-27 at halftime.
Northern Iowa was 29 of 33 from the free-throw line with some of those attempts coming thanks to the Hawkeyes and shot 45.5 percent from the field.
Northern Iowa has three winnable home games left before the start of Missouri Valley play at Illinois State on Dec. 29.
"We've made a lot of improvements at the offensive end," Jacobson said. "They've really worked hard to get better game to game."
Iowa shot 59 percent from the floor and held James, Northern Iowa's leading scorer, to just two points in the first 20 minutes. Yet the Hawkeyes still trailed by five and their night only got worse from there.
"Coach (McCaffery) is real competitive, and he's going to fight for us," Iowa's Matt Gatens said. "He's sticking up for us, but it's unfortunate it went down like that."
Basabe 4-8 0-0 8, Marble 7-12 0-3 14, Gatens 3-9 0-0 6, McCabe 1-3 0-0 2, May 5-11 0-1 10, Olaseni 0-0 0-0 0, Oglesby 3-6 0-1 7, Brommer 2-2 0-0 4, White 2-3 3-4 7, Archie 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 28-55 3-9 60.
Mitchell 2-7 0-1 5, Tuttle 4-6 4-5 12, Moran 1-5 2-2 4, Koch 3-6 4-4 13, James 4-10 8-8 18, Rank 3-3 1-1 10, Morrison 1-1 0-0 3, Sonnen 1-3 8-8 11, Martino 0-0 0-0 0, Pehl 1-3 2-4 4, Lange 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-44 29-33 80.
Halftime_N. Iowa 32-27. 3-Point Goals_Iowa 1-12 (Oglesby 1-3, White 0-1, May 0-2, Marble 0-2, Gatens 0-4), N. Iowa 11-21 (Rank 3-3, Koch 3-4, James 2-4, Morrison 1-1, Sonnen 1-3, Mitchell 1-3, Moran 0-3). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Iowa 33 (Basabe 6), N. Iowa 27 (Tuttle 7). Assists_Iowa 10 (Marble 4), N. Iowa 9 (Koch 6). Total Fouls_Iowa 24, N. Iowa 15. Technicals_McCabe, N. Iowa Bench 2. A_6,834.
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As I stated in my previous post - memory consumption is inevitable if you wanna do facet calculation against a larger dataset AND still meet somewhat acceptable performance requirements.
After experiencing that myself, seeing memory usage really spike on one of my bigger sites using the MultifacetLucene library I spent some days thinking and experimenting in how it could be optimized without sacrificing too much on the performance side.
Let me start by saying a little about my reference index. I have 240000 documents, two columns are meant to be faceted. One containing around 20000 unique values, the other one only a couple of hundred. On my desktop machine (where I don't have enough room to place the index on the SSD disk, but therefore use my regular mechanical disk to store the index) I have a test suite running 100 consequtive queries (with facets) and I do get somewhere around 42ms in response time in average. In fact on this particular box I think 50 ms is acceptable.
Now, when it comes to memory - the actual structure to store the facet information and bitsets weighs in at around 111 MB ...That is NOT good...
So - I've been playing with a LRU Cache for starters. Thinking I should only store just X percent of the bitsets in memory. And calculate the rest when asked for. But I found that in such a performance critical library actually handling the cache could very well turn into a bottleneck/become a resource hog itself.
My second shot was to kind of simplify the actual caching logic. I turned it into a "most likely to be used" cache. Cause, remember, I already do some optimization when calculating the facet values - shortcutting the loop as early as possible. Meaning I do have some clues which facet values will probably calculated the most - the most frequent ones that is! They will be used in most webpages, based on pure logic.
So a really simple implementation, where I just store 50 percent of the bitsets in memory gave 50 percent less memory utilization - and still performance was only hit by 4-5 ms. I think this might be the way to go.
I still have some code refactoring to do before I will release it, but I hope to be able to try it on my own sites anyday now. My idea is to make the optimization extendable - like being able to feed the FacetSearcher a IMemoryOptimizer instance. So it would be easy enough to override/provide your own strategy.
bool ShouldLazyLoad(string fieldAttributeName, FacetSearcher.FacetValues.FacetValueBitSet bitSet, int index, IEnumerable<FacetSearcher.FacetValues.FacetValueBitSet> allFacetValueBitSets, int totalCount);
I mean, some attributes you might really want to keep in memory. Or you might wanna do a strategy where only attributes where total number of attributes is more than 15000 values or something like that.
Just a headsup - a new release is available.
- Nuget now supporting Framework 4.5 as well
- nasty memory leak fixed, cussing used memory to half
There are two notable things to comment on when it comes to the memory leak.
a) facet calculation IS memory intense. It has to be for performance to be acceptable. Basically we need our full dataset bitsets saved in memory for each possible facet value.
b) I did notice the leak cause I am using my library for real. I'm using it on sites with million of documents, And it's really cool to see acceptable search and facetting performance, despite the large datasets.
I will however think a bit about optimizing it even further. I have some ideas about a more LRU like approach where not all bitsets are stored in memory. However I still need the term and count, even though the actual bitsets for less used facet values might be flushed out from cache and read again at demand. My second idea is simply writing the whole structure to disk. And using a memory mapped file to access it. In a sense I would then leave it to the operating system to do the optimization of memory usage. Since I already sort the list by most popular values it would give me a sort of clustered access - thereby minimizing paging.
I'll get back on this one.
Ok, so I did put my MultiFacetLucene library to the test. Downloaded a pretty large database containing 140000 posts. Two columns of which I wanted to do facetting on. One of them containing around 20000 distinct values. The other just about 100.
So this means - we are gonna do 20000 facet bitset queries and calculations. I.e with the current codebase.
I did try it out and well, no- 600 ms (against a physical disk directory - not RAM) is nothing too be too proud of. Searching without facets is 0 ms...
So what to do to speed things up? First of all - let me tell you I did speed it up. 600 ms down to 35ms. Now, since I (also) changes the API a bit I will in a few days time release a version 2. Containing the optimizations.
Basically it's all about not calculating everything. For starters it doesn't makes sense to calculate 20000 facet values and counts for a specific search. In reality - how are you gonna show that in a webpage to a user? 20000 checkboxes?
What you typically want to do is offer checkboxes on the most popular facets. So I modified the api to let you (for each facet) specify a MaxToFetchExcludingSelections parameter. Cause note that facets the user has selected will always be calculated.
Anyway; now with that parameter in palce, how can we use that to end our loop as soon as possible premature? Well, remember we have two bitsets for each facetvalue. One saying, GREEN exists 14 times in ALL documents while BLUE exists 22.
Then generate a new bitset based on current user search and facets ecluding the current one. This might say GREEN exists in 12 documents and BLUE in 5. And those are ANDED to get the final result.
So the optimization is: sort the first (ALL document) bitsets based on count - descending. This will mean we will start calculating facetcount for the most overall values. We add all calculated facet counts to a list. When the list is full (we asked for say 8 facet values) - we from now on compare the "ALL document bitset count" with the least value in our 8 objects list.
If the 8th facetc ount says "BLUE" 34 . And we know that YELLOW exists in only 33 documents overall, we can bail out. Since we calculate facets based on the count in the overall bitsets.
I will post some code, describing it better, when I have published the new version of the library.
Ok, so lets talk a a little about the actual facetting theory. Or to be more exact: lets talk about how it's implemented in Lucene.NET. Cause thanks to Lucene, facet calculation boils down to pretty simple bitmapping arithmetics.
What we do is, when facet calculation for a specific field for the first time is being requested, we read (and cache) bitmaps from the Lucene index. Each possible value is given a bitmap of its own. So for value "BLUE" a bitmap could be 01001. That would mean that for the specific facet field, document number 2 and 5 indeed contains the value "BLUE". As a side note, fetching all term values is supported from core Lucene.net and it even offers an bitmap abstraction, through the OpenBitSetDISI class
private FacetValues ReadBitSetsForValues(string facetAttributeFieldName)
var facetValues = new FacetValues();
facetValues.Term = facetAttributeFieldName;
GetFacetValueTerms(facetAttributeFieldName).Select(fvt => new FacetValues.FacetValueBitSet
Value = fvt.Term,
Filter = fvt.Filter,
OpenBitSetDISI =
new OpenBitSetDISI(fvt.Filter.GetDocIdSet(IndexReader).Iterator(), IndexReader.MaxDoc)
return facetValues;
private IEnumerable<FacetValueTermFilter> GetFacetValueTerms(string facetAttributeFieldName)
var termReader = IndexReader.Terms(new Term(facetAttributeFieldName, String.Empty));
if (termReader.Term.Field != facetAttributeFieldName)
yield break;
var facetQuery = new TermQuery(termReader.Term.CreateTerm(termReader.Term.Text));
var facetQueryFilter = new CachingWrapperFilter(new QueryWrapperFilter(facetQuery));
yield return new FacetValueTermFilter {Term = termReader.Term.Text, Filter = facetQueryFilter};
} while (termReader.Next());
Not too many rows of code to do that, right?
So the FacetSearcher class in our library offers a SearchWithFacets function. Apart from running the regular query to fetch the actual documents (that query could be "searchword:'hello' - we shold also fetch all facet values matching that original query. Now the bitmap aritmetics comes into play.
If we generate a new bitmap for the 'searchword:hello' filter we might get a 11000 result. Only document 1 and 2 matches that search filter.
Now, Simply ANDing the 01001 with 11000 will tell us that only document 2 matches BLUE and searchword:hello
That's the basics of Lucene facetting! However, the beauty of my library is how it takes into consideration other facet selection. The "If we generate a new bitmap for the 'searchword:hello' filter" is not entirely true, that's my point.
Lets say we have selected COLOR:BLUE and SIZE:MEDIUM. Other lucene.net facet implementations I've seen uses both those filters when calculating facets. Which will completely rule out the possibility to do multi value selection. I.e COLOR:RED OR COLOR:BLUE. Anyway, I've talked about that way too much already in my earlier posts, so what I wanna show you is a demo site I whipped together using the MultiFacetLucene library.
Lets go to the search page of Aviation questions - searching for the word aviation gave us 69 results.
To the right you see facet values. Click one of them and search result is filtered. Facet results are also updated, but one facet value dopes not rule out the other options in that facet field.
So how does the code from the previous article on Lucene.net and the MultiFacetLuceneNet library I have published work?
Well the secret lies in how to run the facet queries. Basically when calculating facets from field "X" we need to dynamically create a query - the original MINUS the X term selection. And same thing when calculating facets for field "Y" we need to remove the Y selection from the original query.
Have a look at the CreateFacetedQuery function.
protected Query CreateFacetedQuery(Query baseQueryWithoutFacetDrilldown, IEnumerable<SelectedFacet> selectedFacets, string facetAttributeFieldName)
var facetsToAdd = selectedFacets.Where(x => x.FieldName != facetAttributeFieldName).ToList();
if (!facetsToAdd.Any()) return baseQueryWithoutFacetDrilldown;
var booleanQuery = new BooleanQuery {{baseQueryWithoutFacetDrilldown, Occur.MUST}};
foreach (var selectedFacet in facetsToAdd)
if (selectedFacet.SelectedValues.Count == 1)
booleanQuery.Add(new TermQuery(new Term(selectedFacet.FieldName, selectedFacet.SelectedValues[0])), Occur.MUST);
var valuesQuery = new BooleanQuery();
foreach (var value in selectedFacet.SelectedValues)
valuesQuery.Add(new TermQuery(new Term(selectedFacet.FieldName, value)), Occur.SHOULD);
booleanQuery.Add(valuesQuery, Occur.MUST);
return booleanQuery;
As you can see we feed it with the selected facets (could be "COLOR:blue+green", "SIZE:Medium" ) but exclude the facet matching the current one we are calculating (facetAttributeFieldName)
Which means when we calculate the COLOR facets we well generate a query saying {original query} AND SIZE:'Medium'
Likewise when we calculate the CATEGORY facets the query will be {original query} AND (COLOR:'blue' or COLOR:'green')
Next post will describe the actual facet calculation algoritm, along with the stupid mistake I did which (when found out) gave me 100x times better performance...(the "100x times faster" checkin at https://github.com/aspcodenet/MultiFacetLuceneNet )
Also: dont miss the NUGET package for MultiFacet Lucene.NET
Consider a site with a set of "checkbox navigation" groups on a search result page. To let the user drilldown the search result.
Say we were searching for the phrase Programming.
Checkbox navigation would the be, for example
Blog (12) []
Messaging (3) []
April 2014(2) []
May 2014(9) []
Jun 2014 (14) []
The whole idea is, as I said, to be able to drill down the search result to say articles matching "Programming", tagged in category MVC - AND written in April 2014 or May 2014.
The checkboxes inside each group are OR:ed together and AND:ed with other groups. Combined with original search phrase it limits the actual documents returned.
However - when the user clicks on say MVC - then of couse the DATE options - and numbers - update so it matches the correct number. I.e the number is to be though of as a expectation. If i click this checkbox as well I will be given X more documents (hrmm, not entirely true as one document could have multiple categories etc). But my main point is that calculation of facets in each respective group should not include itself in the filter .
This is (better) described at the SOLR site: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SimpleFacetParameters - scroll down to Tagging and excluding Filters
ANyway, since I have yet to fiond an extension library to Lucene.net offering this kind of facet behaviour I decided to implement it myself.
So here it goes: MultiFacetLueceneNet on github
Ok, the purpose of this article is to give you some insights on how to really make use of SignalR and the server side push functionality it offers. Now, to be honest, yes there ARE many code examples out there, however most of them kind of build on the "let's write a chat application!" approach, which is not that very useful in everyday programming.
Where I have found usage of SignalR is instead in lenghty processes rather than a way of having multiple webbrowser sessions communicate with each others. Very much the same concepts, yes - but I hope this example still eases the understanding of SignalR.
Pushing data from server to client is the key - and I certainly appriciate the elegance in how SignalR (or other similar techniques like pubnub.com) let us accomplish that. One of the patterns I love the most (both as a software and integration architect) is publish/subscribe. And the way SignalR is implemented - to us application developers - it's nothing more than just pubsub! The cool - and inventive - bits of course being able to have the webbrowser session being the subscriber to events.
So this very first example is this:SignalR Server website (hosted in IIS). Contains a single webpage - hockeyresults. The HockeyResultsController contains two actions, Index and ShowGame
Index: lets the user connect to a certain hockey game (a list of fake live games)
ShowGame: displays live game results and events. Coming from some sort of third party (or maybe manually by someone watching/commenting the game live)Now some lines of Javascript sets up the subscription (I want to subscribe to all events concerning the particular game ID - yes this is the SignalR GROUP) - and when there is new events for this game it is supposed to be added to the webpage.
Ok, server side: there is a small console application. PushResults.exe.Call it like this, two parameters - first a game number - then the news text to be published>PushResults.exe 12345 "Malkin scored his third goal against Rangers..."
The console app will simply call a WebAPI function (downloading http://localhost:17872/PushGameData/SendMessage?gameid={0}&message={1} ) from the SignalR Server website. Thereby handling it over to the website - since that's where the SignalR server is hosted - and where the subscription database is.Note: I implemented it as a regular controller - my point is just to show an EASY way of interacting with the SignalR server...
As you can see, no magic at all! Point being - input (publishing data) is coming from completely different sources than another webbrowser session.
What really makes this cool is when you, as I said, have for example lenghty third party integrations. Initiate from webbrowser client (which also means set up a subscription to get result whenever available) . Put request into queue/bus whatever. Persist. When data comes back we both store it into persistant storage and sends it back to client browser. In case the user has closed his browser - this way result can be made available to the user next time.
I will make more posts on this theme - as I would like to show you some real example on how to tie state (lengthy process results) to a persistant storage. And utilize queues to fork actual work to dedicated worker processes.
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Ok back again...New year, new expectations, new goals...And on a new server as well...
Looking for aspcode.net content? Sorry...I have removed everything and redirecting the domain to this site instead...Why?
About 13 years ago I created the site ASPCode.net and while I had a blast with it, I felt the domain name "aspcode" did put some contraints on me and the content (also the site structure turned into a mess...I mean mixing articles like "Read a textfile with classic ASP" and newer stuff like CQRS/architecture/continous integration etc ).
Back then a website typically was just that - a website. You had some ASP/ASP.NET pages, most often just showing some data from a database backend...Today the web platform (.NET) is SO much more than just the website. There are so many more type of endpoints than the basic html over http - MSMQ/JSON (Web API)/websockets (SignalR) etc, and I wanna start over completely with my blog being able to cover these areas without the old luggage.
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Suppose there is a 6 room house where I want a set of speakers in every room. At one central location I'd to be able to control what music goes to those 6 sets of speakers independently. Where would I start / what would I buy to accomplish this?
Also, is there any sort of even remotely cost effective way to have independent controllers for the music in every room?
EDIT: Also, these rooms are in the process of being built so I'm not limited on to just wireless options. Either digital or regular speaker wire can be installed. I'm just looking for the most cost effective solution.


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Mfg.: Elkay
Model: Elkay Foodservice SES30S36-STSX
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Item: Elkay 36" x 30" Equipment Stand 16/300 Stainless w/ Stainless Undershelf & Legs
Description: This equipment stand features a 16 gauge stainless steel top with a stainless steel undershelf & legs. Perfect for holding a commercial food service equipment within the restaurant kitchen.
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SILMO is the largest and most important show in eyewear, with 900 exhibitors and over 35,000 visitors from all over the world…and it all goes down in PARIS!
And The MOSCOT Team is off to SILMO next week (WHOOP!) to launch our Fall 2012 MOSCOT Originals Collection (WHOOP! WHOOP!)!!!
We are beyond excited to show our newest Collection off to our amazing distribution partners from all across the globe - and of course to friends and fans here in the US!
Our new Collection (and campaign and Style Guide) hits shops October 4th! Stay tuned!
If you're in Paris, visit us at SILMO October 4-7!


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TP facebook page wrote:Congratulations to the six short-listed entrants in the Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now First Novel Award. In surname order the lucky six are:
The Unspoken Death of the Amazing Flying Boy by Jean Burdett
Bloodline by Sophie Constable
The Hive by Alexander Maskill
The Way Through the Woods by Robin Pearson
A Kill in the Morning by Graeme Shimmin
The Shadows of Annwn by Catherine Whittle
These six books will be discussed by the judging panel which includes Sir Terry and a winner will be announced on the 31st May. Thank you to everyone who took part and sent in your novels, the standard was remarkably high and we had over 500 entries.
I'm sorry Jan... But that doesn't matter it still is a very good novel and as you said yourself, it's going to be published either way, so, I'm looking forward to that!
Q, I don't know your real name, so I don't know if you're in there or not, so...