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I think I've mentioned before that I trained as an oil painter? I must have? I've been blogging a long time…
Ahem. Well, if I haven't, then there, it's out in the open. When I was young, I took lessons with my grade school art teacher, and early on associated the smell of turpentine and linseed oil with happiness. When I smell oil paint I can call up actual pictures of the studio she'd built herself in her backyard; I can remember trying to paint the horses I was looking at in a 'How to Draw Horses' book, the scent of the wood polish, the way the sunlight looked. For someone with a memory as faulty as mine, that's… a pretty big deal.
But oils, as I've mentioned before, are messy, expensive, and often dangerous, particularly around children. They need to be thinned and cleaned with solvents, and that's assuming the paint itself isn't toxic. The fumes are overwhelming unless you have a well-ventilated space (and in Florida, 'paint outside' isn't an option; not just for whining 'it's hot' reasons, but for actual pragmatic 'the humidity prevents paintings from ever drying' type reasons).
I had pretty much given up on any chance of painting with oils again despite a desperate desire to work with something more opaque than gouache.
When I heard there were water-miscible oils, I dismissed the idea. How could that even work? And the reviews I'd gotten on them were mixed. "They're not like real oils," was the most common complaint, which… seemed inevitable. They weren't real oils. They were some bastard compromise. But sometimes in life, you gotta take the compromise or nothing at all. So when I was in the art store yesterday, I looked at a set of them, waffled, then said, 'What the heck.'
I almost didn't do it. The art store has a big sign up on the door: 'No Cell Phone Use Allowed.' I ignored it to check reviews of a particular brand, and one reviewer said that she loved them–that she had quit using oils once she had kids, and this had given her back the paints she loved. That sealed it for me. I took them home, found an old canvas, and went at it.
What can I say about them? I am tempted to say 'I'm in love,' but I am going to try to remain wary. My initial impression was that they're magical. They are creamy, like the oils I remember, but I could dip my brush in water and clean it that way? Insane! And they stay wet… I put down the paint at 4 PM yesterday and this morning they were still workable.
The crazy thing is that after years of trying to treat gouache like oil paints, I now find I treat oils like gouache! The long dry time has me startled. I'd forgotten the tools that allow you to play: media that let you retard or accelerate the dry time, oils and thinners that let you add gloss or tint washes. All those things I learned as a young girl with a youth's instinctive quickness; now I find I return to them with an adult's understanding of how complex it all is, and I am daunted, and find myself amused at those fears. They won't stop me, but I like it when my supplies teach me humility and patience, along with all their other gifts.
So I'd like to say I'm tentatively pleased with the results, but the truth is I'm excited. Not the bouncy crazy agitated sort of excited, but the low, deep in the heart excitement that you feel thinking about sunrise after a vigil. I'm older, old enough to know that there will always be projects that don't lend themselves to this medium, that they won't be the all-consuming passion they were for me when I was a new artist. But the thought that I might have them back in my life again is overwhelming. Is it ridiculous that this link back to my childhood could be so nourishing? I don't know, but I will see how it goes.
My next experiment involves sealing sketches to canvas so I can paint on them without having to re-draw them. I'll report on that later. For now, though… I think I need a drying rack…!
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Kano — There are much more products in Islamic Finance that can be explored to improve the well-being of our people and fight poverty in our communities, a Professor of Accounting, Kabiru Isa Dandago has said.
He said this at the weekend during the annual lecture organised by the Bayero University, Kano (BUK) Class 2000 Alumni during the Re-union Activities.
Professor Dandago said beyond Islamic Banking there are other products that can touch many lives at the grassroots.
One of such products, he said is Takaful (Islamic Insurance) which literally referred to as "social solidarity", but not widely understood.
"While Takaful is an important part of the Islamic financial system, the concept itself and the nature of the operations of Takaful companies is a topic that has been relatively neglected compared to Islamic banking," he said.
The Don said Takaful is a plan "based on solidarity and brotherhood which provides mutual financial aid and assistance to its participants in case of need whereby the participants mutually agree to contribute for that purpose.
"It is a self economic empowerment strategy that should be adopted by each community, regardless of the community members' religious faith, tribal inclination or economic status, in view of its potentials for ensuring sustainable economic development to the participants and the whole community."

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The latest crop of large, efficient 24-degree heads like our 385cc castings are certainly encroaching on the airflow and power capabilities of some of the over-the-counter, spread-port heads from 5 to 10 years ago despite the fact that the spread-port design has a huge advantage with a raised intake runner and a much better port layout. How did it happen? Like it always does in this industry: By constantly pushing the envelope on the R&D side of things, and, of course, a lot of sheer determination to produce a better product. The 24-degree conventional head market is still a really hot market, and the time invested in producing a new higher flowing product is very much warranted. Truthfully, it's hard to believe some of the flow we are getting these days out of conventional, nonraised-runner port designs, and had you asked me just five years ago, I may have said it was impossible to get where we are today.
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The emerging cloud-computing paradigm is rapidly gaining momentum as an alternative to traditional IT (information technology). However, contemporary cloud-computing offerings are primarily targeted for Web 2.0-style applications. Only recently have they begun to address the requirements of enterprise solutions, such as support for infrastructure service-level agreements. To address the challenges and deficiencies in the current state of the art, we propose a modular, extensible cloud architecture with intrinsic support for business service management and the federation of clouds. The goal is to facilitate an open, service-based online economy in which resources and services are transparently provisioned and managed across clouds on an ondemand basis at competitive costs with high-quality service. The Reservoir project is motivated by the vision of implementing an architecture that would enable providers of cloud infrastructure to dynamically partner with each other to create a seemingly infinite pool of IT resources while fully preserving their individual autonomy in making technological and business management decisions. To this end, Reservoir could leverage and extend the advantages of virtualization and embed autonomous management in the infrastructure. At the same time, the Reservoir approach aims to achieve a very ambitious goal: creating a foundation for next-generation enterprise-grade cloud computing. © 2009 IBM.
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By Dale Lezon, Erin Mulvaney | December 12, 2012 | Updated: December 12, 2012 6:31pm
An argument that erupted into a fatal stabbing in southeast Houston will be referred to a Harris County grand jury, officials said on Wednesday.
Blake Deandre Grigsby, 20, and Johnny Thomas, 55, stabbed each other during a knife fight in a home in the 6200 block of Beldart just after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, investigators said.
Thomas told investigators he was with two guests at his house when someone was banging on the door. When they answered, Thomas said, a man stabbed him.
As Grigsby and Thomas were fighting, police said, Thomas took the knife from Grisby and stabbed him.
Grisby was found dead at a residence across the street, police said.
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Curmudgeonly Bob Lefsetz likes next to nothing. But he likes Shannon Labrie's "I Remember A Boy." "This track affected me," he wrote in his widely read The Lefsetz Letter. "Made me believe like the great singer-songwriters of yore, maybe this woman has something to say." American Songwriter and M: Music & Musicians have featured Labrie, while Music Connection named her one of the Best Unsigned Artists of 2012 with "an appealing Grace Potter essence." Labrie cops to being influenced by Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill and James Taylor, which helped shape the stylish songs on her debut album, Just Be Honest. The soft, aching "I Remember A Boy," which Music Connection called "devastating," was the "first of many that came after the worst two years of my life," Labrie told American Songwriter. "In the midst of my hurt I longed for the days when everything was uncomplicated and sweet." Stream Just Be Honest's fine title track and watch the video for "I Remember A Boy" after the jump...
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Grand Gedeh County Superintendent Peter Solo, has accused a lawmaker of the county Representative Alex Chersia Grant of demanding US$10.000 as credit from the County Development Fund for Grand Gedeh during the annual agriculture break. Supt. Solo said because he objected to the lawmaker's request, it has brought serious bitter pills between him and Rep. Grant.
He claimed that the District #3 representative has taken his (Peter Solo) name to the media that he misappropriated the county development fund for the county. Solo claimed Grand accused him of forming a company that will receive all of the local contracts in the county.
"He sounds like a novice to accuse me of forming a company to get contracts from the county so I can acquire money from the county development funds; he is less busy to say that; why will he say I am responsible for the misappropriation of the county development fund that is not under my direct supervision," Superintendent Solo asked in apparent anger.
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Justin Bieber is a swaggy gentleman, y'all.
The 18-year-old pop superstar sat down with Oprah recently for an in-depth interview, set to air next month on Oprah's Next Chapter. Among the many topics of conversation? His relationship with Selena Gomez.
"Sometimes... sometimes we gotta to take the back exits and do different things, but I never make her separate from me cause I don't want her to feel like I'm ashamed of her," he reveals.
"I feel like a lot of guys do that — especially in the business," he continues. "They don't want to be seen with their girl so they'll make them ride in separate cars and do all that 'getaway' stuff. When we get away, we're getting away together."
Bieber's full episode of Oprah's Next Chapter will air on OWN on November 25.
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Some of you know that my guinea pig of almost 8 years has passed. It's been very sad not having her around. It's even worse now that my bedroom is so quite and feels so empty and lifeless. I don't want it to seem like I'm replacing her, or anything, because I miss her so much. But I am considering getting a new Piggy.
So, I was wondering if anyone knows of any rescue centers or animal shelters that have Guinea Pigs for adoption in NEW YORK, specifically in the long island area? I've been looking and the only one i've found is very far upstate, I can't reach it at the moment...plus they don't have much of a selection at this time.
As far as I've read, my local shelters only have dogs and cats...maybe I should call them individually to find out?
Anyone have any suggestions? It would be so easy to just go into a pet store, but I'd rather not after reading up about why adoption is recommended.
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Former Sopranos Star Lorraine Bracco: James Gandolfini's Death Was a Wake-Up Call
Originally posted 04/03/2015 09:45AM
Motivated by personal tragedy, former Sopranos star Lorraine Bracco turned her life around with diet and exercise.
In her new self-help book, To the Fullest: The Clean Up Your Act Plan to Lose Weight, Rejuvenate and Be the Best You Can Be, Bracco, 60, recalls how James Gandolfini's untimely death from a heart attack in 2013 was a wake-up call.
The death of her parents, too, weighed heavily on the actress; in 2011, they died within nine days of each other. (Bracco, who played Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos, writes in To the Fullest that Dominic Chianese, who played Uncle Junior in the HBO mob drama, sang at their funerals.)
Exclusive Look: Tom Hardy Is Smitten with His Furry Costar from The Drop
Originally posted 09/04/2014 10:45AM
Tom Hardy is in love – puppy love, that is.
The Dark Knight Rises actor is starring in the upcoming crime drama The Drop with an extra special costar: Rocco the dog. PEOPLE has an exclusive look at Hardy, 36, and the rest of the cast working with the furry scene stealer.
The Sopranos: Did Tony Soprano Survive or Not?
Originally posted 08/28/2014 07:15AM
It shouldn't matter whether Tony Soprano lived or died after the controversial 2007 finale of The Sopranos.
That's the latest from David Chase, the creator of the classic HBO drama, who was compelled to issue a statement after Vox quoted him as saying the New Jersey mobster lived after the screen went black in the series ender.
On Wednesday, Vox wrote a long tone poem about the infamous finale and finished it off with an eye-opening quote from Chase about whether Tony, played by the late James Gandolfini, was actually dead.
Screen Actors Guild Awards by the Numbers: Check Out the Infographic (Exclusive)
Originally posted 01/16/2014 12:00PM
On the heels of Thursday's Oscar nominations comes another highly anticipated awards season event, Saturday's Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The Sopranos Premiered 15 Years Ago This Weekend
Originally posted 01/12/2014 04:00PM
Top 10 Movies of 2013: From Enough Said to 12 Years a Slave
Originally posted 12/31/2013 05:20PM
Before the clock runs out on 2013, PEOPLE's movie critic counts down her 10 favorite films of the year. Are your picks on the list?
PEOPLE Tribute: The Stars We've Lost in 2013
Originally posted 12/30/2013 01:00PM
We reflect and remember those who have left us this past year
Justin Timberlake Doesn't Think He's Cool
Originally posted 11/12/2013 08:00AM
While he seems like the very embodiment of "cool," Justin Timberlake doesn't use that word to describe himself.
"Listen, I'm not cool," the singer, dancer and actor says in the "Men of The Year" issue of GQ. "Being cool is about keeping your blood pressure steady. So no. Don't be cool. Be passionate. Be dedicated. Be tenacious. Be uncompromising. Be pissed. Be happy. Be sad."
Timberlake, 32, goes on to explain that not being "cool," often means doing the opposite of what's expected of him, like playing a high-stakes gambler in Runner Runner alongside Ben Affleck or appearing in sketches on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon every night for Timberweek.
The 2013 Emmy Awards, Water Cooler Edition
Originally posted 09/23/2013 07:30AM
If you weren't watching the Emmy Awards Sunday night, we don't know what you were doing. (Actually, we do because we almost flipped the channel to Breaking Bad, too.)
Sure, we were disappointed when host Neil Patrick Harris chose tap over twerk, but there was plenty of action (and lots of dance) packed into the three-hour show.
We're breaking down the five things you missed:
Cory Monteith, James Gandolfini & More Late Stars Honored at the Emmys
Originally posted 09/22/2013 11:45PM
There was an outcry when the Emmy producers announced that they were paying special tribute during Sunday's telecast to five people the industry had lost over the past year.
The rumblings were so loud about what some saw as favoritism that even Emmys host Neil Patrick Harris stepped into the fray to explain the reasoning.
"I always find the In Memoriam is just really interesting because sometimes it seems weird that they keep the audio on in the house, so some people get applause and some people don't, and it turns it into this weird moment," he told Access Hollywood. "And you want that moment to be honoring those people, and not a competition."
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Dayton-Ranchester softball game Sunday
Date posted: September 11, 2013
DAYTON — The annual Dayton/Ranchester softball game will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Scott Park in Dayton.
The co-ed softball game is part of a "Family Fall Festival" sponsored by the Tongue River Valley Community Center.
The game is for players 16 and older.
After softball, there will be family game time including a pie eating contest and three-legged race.
Music will be provided by local band "Kid Chaos and the Afterthoughts."
The Rotary will have food available for purchase and the Dayton Benefit Club will hold a bake sale.
Call Chad at TRVCC, 655-9419, to sign up to play in the softball game.
For more information about the Family Fall Festival call Gina at 655-2443.
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GREENFIELD — Greenfield firefighters didn't have to travel far to do their jobs late Monday when a fire broke out inside the fire station.
Smoke alarms sounded around 10:30 p.m. when an ambulance caught fire inside the truck bay at the Greenfield Fire Department, 17 W. South St.
Firefighters pushed the burning ambulance from the building to avoid further damage until the blaze could be extinguished. The 2001 ambulance, which is believed to have suffered an electrical problem, was declared a total loss after fire ravaged its front end, Fire Chief James Roberts told the Greenfield Board of Works Tuesday.
The ambulance was a backup vehicle that had already been scheduled to be replaced. The new ambulance is expected to arrive in late May.


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Bodom: Ahhh here comes another of my favorite guys to enter EWNCW as of late! Van has shown us all here that he means business.
Pentalion: He's also shown a lot of disrespect, especially towards a fellow EWNCW newcomer; Kyojin.
Bodom: And rightfully so! Van's just a better than him, and he can't accept that mere fact!
Pentalion: Well actually, Kyojin is trying to establish himself here in WNCW the right way; by gaining the respect of his peers, while...
Bodom: While Van is simply demanding it and beating it out of people. The way it should be done!
Van: Let's get the facts out on the table. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen I have once again proven to you all that, Mr. Roboto, who you all call Kyojin is a fraud of a wrestler.
The master of true wrestling should change his pathetic nickname to the master of tricking inane fans. You all make me sick! To think that you all believe that this man is still capable of beating me truly shows how deluded you all can really be. I dare say you might be the most delusional fans I've ever seen!
The idiot gets a fluke victory for my title in ICW and you believe all the other matches building up to it are nothing?! You think that week after week here in EWNCW I've fucked him up count for absolutely nothing?!
You're all pathetic!
Once again tonight I have proven that I am 1 of the biggest threats imaginable. I've been a thorn in his side since the very second we faced off in EWNCW and I will take great pleasure in finishing what I started. Nothing is ever going to change and when I finally get him in the ring I will take great pride in doing what I love. Destroying your favourite wrestlers like a dog with a chewtoy.
Cause let me tell you what will happen. I'm going to rip him a part, I'm going to embarrass him like he has never seen and then I'm coming for the big guns of this place until I am top of the mountain like I have been everywhere else.
???: Don't know when the hell to shut up!
*The fans explode with cheers as Van looks around, before finally realising that Kyojin is on the tron, standing backstage.*
Kyojin: Time and time again Van, you walk out there and keep on dropping my name. You can't let me go can you? You're like a little lost puppy pining for his owner that abandoned him. Is that how you feel Van? Abandoned?
I actually understand why you would feel abandoned- because for the first time in your life, you've come to a company where you're not the guy everybody is talking about. Everywhere you've gone, you've made waves of epic proportions. Whether that be in EWA, where you destroyed Broc Flucker on PPV- or whether that's in Alpha Revolution where you won the World Championship, just like in ICW, or HWA. Or even in IWA now, where you and your little buddy Carlos are the talk of the tag division.
You're always the guy that everybody labels as the man, until you finally made your way to EWNCW, where you've realised that there are people bigger than you.
*The fans cheer loudly and begin a Kyojin chant.*
Kyojin: And the fact is, you keep on name dropping because of that. These people can't stand the sight of you and when my music hits, they begin cheering immediately, they're actually pleased when I walk out of the curtain- whereas for you, all they do is boo your name so much that you feel unwanted. I'm actually surprised you've managed to stay in EWNCW this long without being the centre of attention.
Tonight, I beat The Prophecy- and it was a hell of a match with a top quality talent that has challenged for some of the best championships in the world. And you're out there now ready for HolyJose, another man who has challenged for some of the best championships in the world and happens to be one half of the EWNCW Blacklist Champions. And you're going to have your hands full with him.
But that's not half as much as what you're going to get when you and I step into that ring once again at Bred For Combat. You've written me off. You claim that I don't deserve to be in the position I'm in. And what position that is Van? The exact same position that you're in.
Except, I'm happy to be respectful and fight my way to the top- whereas you want to be handed a one way ticket to stardom. Well guess what, it doesn't work like that. You keep saying I'm not worthy of being in EWNCW- this Sunday, I'm going to prove that I am worthy.
*The fans explode with cheers once again.*
Kyojin: There you go again, talking about ICW. For once, you managed to make it through a promo without mentioning the fact that you beat me last month- congratulations. But I know why you haven't mentioned that you beat me at No Guts, No Glory- because that doesn't mean half as much as it did to you to lose your ICW World Championship to me.
You can't let the fact that I made you tap out like a little bitch go. This big man, Van Hooligan X screaming and slapping at the mat in pure desperation.
*The fans cheer loudly once more and start chanting Kyojin's name. Kyo waits a couple of seconds for it to die down before Kyojin continues to speak.*
Kyojin: We're going to go one-on-one at Bred For Combat and I'm going to beat you Van.
*Kyo goes to walk away but stops and smiles at the camera.*
Kyojin: Again.
*The fans explode with cheers as Kyo walks off screen and the tron goes dead.*
Bodom: What?! Who the hell does this guy think he is?!?! If he has something to say, why doesn't he come out here and say it to Van's face!! The coward!!
Pentalion: Well Van's out here for a match Bodom, Kyo's already got his work done for tonight!
Bedom: Then why do that?! He's just trying to put van off!!
Pentalion: Well who knows Bodom, but you can't say that Van wouldn't try the same if the shoe was on the other foot! But Van's match is up next!


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When a linebacker comes into the NFL, it's like a receiver who wants to wear 80 because of Jerry Rice, or a running back who wants to wear 22 because of Emmitt Smith. I always wanted to wear 52 because of Ray Lewis. Ask Patrick Willis why he wears 52. It's a tribute to the best we've ever seen. Just seeing his passion for the game, every game, was enough for me. Anytime I see a player wear number 52, I know that guy has something to him. You can't wear that number and not be a passionate football player. [...] It hasn't always been easy because we've been losing here in Cleveland. But Ray will say things to me, or maybe send me a text, about how this won't last forever. A couple of years ago, he said to me, 'Stay the course. Things are beginning to change. I had to go through the tough times too, to appreciate the great time. You're going to be part of the change.' Just what an older player should say to a younger player like me. To me, he's the best. The game's not going to be the same without him. – Cleveland Browns linebacker D'Qwell Jackson on the impending retirement of Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis. Housed within Peter King's latest "Monday Morning Quarterback," Jackson waxes nostalgic of his time in college and initial fear of Lewis' persona which turned into a desire to play in the AFC North so he could play against Lewis' Ravens. [Related: Art Modell's Hall of Fame Bid Shouldn't Pit Baltimore vs. Cleveland]
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Anna Karenina 2012 LIMITED 720p BluRay X264-TRiPS
Scene group TRiPS just released the LIMITED 720p bluray rip to the drama film "Anna Karenina" from acclaimed director Joe Wright. The movie stars Keira Knightley, Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson and I'm looking forward to watch this one. The filesize is 6.6GB and I have included the sample video for you to check the quality and compared it with the previous posted peer2peer release.
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Plot: Academy Awardr nominee Keira Knightley, Academy Awardr nominee Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson dazzle in this stunning new vision of Leo Tolstoy's epic love story. At the twilight of an empire, Anna Karenina (Knightley), the beautiful high-ranking wife of one of imperial Russia's most esteemed men (Law), has it all. But when she meets the dashing cavalry officer Vronsky (Taylor-Johnson), there is a mutual spark of instant attraction that cannot be ignored. She's immediately swept up in a passionate affair that will shock a nation and change the lives of everyone around her. From acclaimed director Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice) and Academy Awardr-winning writer Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love) comes this visually enchanting masterpiece hailed by critics as "ecstatic" (Time), "rapturous" (MSN Movies) and "a spectacle that has to be seen to be believed!" (The Huffington Post).
Genre: Drama
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 (14,335 votes)
Metascore: 63/100 (41 reviews)
Directed by: Joe Wright
Oscars: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 20 nominations.
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YOU might think any space telescope would naturally come equipped with a night-vision camera, but Hubble's only went online last month. And the first stunning pictures from it, released last week, already have astronomers scratching their heads.
In March, the Hubble Space Telescope was upgraded with a new optical camera, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), with vision 10 times better than its predecessor. But the servicing mission also revived an infrared camera called Nicmos by giving it a new cooling system. When infrared radiation hits a telescope's optics they warm up, and this can generate an infrared glow of its own that drowns out the signal. To prevent this, the camera has to be cooled to -200 °C, much colder than the -90 °C at which the rest of Hubble operates.
Trials with the original solid-nitrogen cooling system went awry in 1998 because the operating temperature was precariously close ...
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On Sunday I participated in something beautiful. So many moving things happen on Sundays, don't they? So many touching moments fill my Sunday memories. But this one was a little different.
This one wasn't at The Block where we gather to worship our faithful God. This one took place on a trail in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Peninsula, Ohio. I was there at 4:30 a.m., peering through the dense fog and blackest night. Not even the moon was shining. It was cold and I was still bleary-eyed. And, I wasn't standing next to my preacher-man (where you'll usually find me on Sunday mornings). I was with my dear friend, Shannon.
We were there to send-off my sister, her husband and his brother. I'm not sure what ever made them think that running for 52 miles would be a grand adventure, but that's what they were attempting on this cold October Sunday. We had to be there this early because it would likely take them more than 12 hours to complete their task. Yes, 12.
Can you even imagine? Maybe you're an avid runner but I am NOT. Running for an entire day is not even on my radar of possibilities. But, Crystal is a competitor and she loves to push herself so… here we were. Waiting to begin the run of a lifetime.
But, this post isn't really about the run itself. (Though, that is surely worth a post!)
This post is about the power of being there. Just showing up. For the people you love.
I did nothing for this race. I didn't pay her fee. I didn't train with her. I didn't fill out her registration or prepare her drop bags or pick-up her race packet. Nothing.
And, yet, when it was finished and we were all done crying, she thanked me. SHE thanked ME. Why? Because I showed up. That's it. I just showed up. I didn't even say anything amazing to encourage her. I mean, how lame is "good luck" when a person has trained for months? Really, there was nothing powerful about my words. The thing that had traction was my presence. That I would drag my sorry butt out of bed at three-o-clock in the morning and be there. When she needed a familiar face.
Our eyes locked in knowing before she left for the starting line, little tears spilling into the corners. And, that was it. She was off. To run 52 miles. But, in that moment, I could tell that it mattered. The showing up had mattered.
The crazy thing is that Shannon and I weren't the only one who showed up. Three other friends came to the start. And, even more people were there coming and going all day. One friend Jillian even bundled up her infant son and came to most of the check points. Friends, family, friends-of-friends. People just showing up to see them for a few minutes as they passed. We'd shout encouraging things or let them know we were praying for them or walk with them for a minute as they got water but they didn't really NEED anything from us. It was just that we were there… as they finished a grueling loop or topped a killer hill.
It was a beautiful thing to witness. It really was.
And, isn't that same thing true in life? Sometimes the power of just being there is the critical thing. The fact that you didn't leave when the going got tough in your marriage. Or that you came home for dinner when you could have worked another hour. Or that you sat down to listen to your daughter's favorite song even though you really don't like hip-hop music. Or that you sat there in the rain while he played his football game.
We think we need to buy something or say something profound. But, usually we just need to show up.
There's something powerful about that. We Americans are pretty independent folks. But don't be fooled. We still need each other. More than we often know.
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Five people were shot and one killed in Baltimore on Tuesday evening in four separate incidents within a three-hour span, police said.
The rash of shootings comes on the heels of a violent weekend in which 20 people were shot — eight of them fatally — between Friday afternoon and Sunday night. Two other people were shot and wounded Monday. Top police officials have been appearing at some of the city's crime scenes to encourage residents to come forward with information.
A man and woman were both shot in the leg by unknown assailants about 6:30 p.m. in the 700 block of North Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the Upton neighborhood, near a Wendy's restaurant. The shooters fled, police said. Police believe the incident was partially captured on video.
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About 7:10 p.m., a male was shot in the leg near the intersection of Sinclair Lane and St. Lo Drive, next to the Clifton Park golf course in Northeast Baltimore, police said. His age was not given.
Shortly after 8 p.m., a man was shot, also in the leg, in the 2000 block of Northbourne Road, in the Perring Loch neighborhood of Northeast Baltimore, police said. Police said they believe the incident might be related to the earlier shooting near the intersection of Sinclair and St. Lo.
Before 9 p.m., another man was fatally shot near the intersection of Gwynns Falls Parkway and North Longwood Street, just south of Hanlon Park, police said. The man was shot multiple times, police said.
"These acts of violence are unacceptable, and those responsible will be held accountable for their actions," said Col. Garnell Green, the department's chief of patrol, who briefed the media late Tuesday. He said detectives are working "around the clock" to investigate.
"We have good leads in many of these cases and we expect arrests soon," Green said.
Police ask anyone with information on any shootings to call 1-866-7-LOCKUP.


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Oaxaca Day 2
Now, with the company of me luverly wife, another day off the bike just wandering around enjoying Oaxaca. Roaming the streets, stopping in here or there, and making a trip to the market. The main market has just about everything for sale, as well as butchers, fishmongers, and bustling restaurants. We passed many tempting displays of all manner of meats right next to a sizzling open flame grill. The air was filled with smoke and the smell of deliciousness. Some other stalls sell everything from mezcal to local honey to the paste bases for moles. And of course, we had to try some fried grasshoppers.
Even Lizzy had to admit, Oaxaca has nice knockers.
Mezcal break!
Found the sink doohickey I've been looking all over for back home for 25 cents. Oh, and a bag of fried grasshoppers.
Dinner platter in the midst of being completely destroyed.
Camoflaged Komanche.
Sunshine, good beer, artisinal mezcal, awesome food and fried bugs. Not a bad way to kill the day. And kill it we did, before we knew it night was upon us, and it was time to prepare for tomorrow, the 131 to Puerto Escondido on the Pacific coast.
For those who don't know, 131 is often subject to closures, especially during the rainy season, which we were traveling in. I was actually pretty concerned whether we would make it to Puerto Escondido at all. 131 had been closed just the week before. A massive rainstorm had moved through and caused mudslides and washouts that made it unpassable. I called the place in Puerto Escondido where we had a reservation for the following night and asked if the road was indeed open, and they said it was. Actually, I already knew the road was opened post storm by keeping up with the 'Is Mexico Safe' thread and getting info from adv'ers close by, but things can always change day to day.
I ran into the manager of our hotel and told her our plans. She said, "Oh, no, no. You will not go this road. This road is much too dangerous. You will take the road to Puerto Angel and then...." I stopped listening. Nothing against Puerto Angel or the road to it. Hell, with more time, I would have ridden the coast road from Puerto Escondido over to Puerto Angel to stay there as well, then take the 175 back. But the plan was to take 131, which was open.
The manager's input rekindled a bit of concern in my wife. You see, on my way south, I wasn't sure I'd be able to keep up with current info or even be sure I'd have wifi. So on the phone one night (I think in Ciudad Valles) I asked Lizzy if she could do a little research on the 131 from Oaxaca to Puerto Escondido. Well, that was a mistake. Accidents, deaths, and pictures. Pictures of mudslides, pictures of deaths, pictures of vehicles that had plunged down the side of a mountain. This, by the way, happened for everywhere I told her I was. She would search it, and what comes up but the police blotter. At one point she said she would be happy to stay put in Oaxaca.
I, of course, couldn't wait to take the 131. Just tell me how much I shouldn't do something and I want to do it that much more. Besides, Atlantic to Pacific, man! Going south! Not Atlantic to within 175 miles of Pacific.
But I understood her concern. I said "Darlin, the road's open. That means trucks and buses are going through. Big 8 foot plus wide vehicles are getting through and all we need is less than a foot wide of road to get through. It's only about 300k long. If at any point it gets too hairy and you're really not comfortable, we'll head back."
She looked at me for a second through narrowed eyes. "Okay."
I love her. "That's my little adventure rider!"
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Location: Fooklyn NYC
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As an ex-pat New Yorker, I too miss the old NYC of my youth: who knew that the same streets where I could buy a cold six pack of tall-boys, a switchblade, porn, and fireworks just before getting mugged at 12 years old would now be entertaining my 4 year old with Minnie Mouse and some whacked out hello kitty!!![/QUOTE]
Remember the Playland arcade in Times Square? The best.
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South Till I Cain't Go No Mo
Last day of the great push south. Again could not ask for better weather to start. All that's standing between us and the Pacific is 300k of soaring, dropping, truck and bus menacing, mudslide and washout threatened, occasionally closed, winding blind-cornered mountain road. I couldn't be happier.
So we head out. Just south of the city past the airport to where the road splits. To the left, 175 to Puerto Angel, the recommended 'safe' route. To the right, 131 to Puerto Escondido, death and destruction. If I had taken my hands off the bars, the Komanche would've gone right on it's own.
My excitement and normal 'spirited' pace brought me close to the bumper of a lazy car in front of us. My wife informed me through our helmet communicator that she believed I was riding a bit aggressively, and to remember to ride responsibly so as not to incur her wrath. I immediately started to dismiss her just as a massive pothole emerged from beneath the car in front with no time for me to react. We bashed right across it so hard that I thought I may have bent the rim.
Right. She's got a point. Leave room for reaction time, especially on a potentially dangerous road you've never been on. Stand up and check the rim. It's fine.
Then I passed the fucker soon as I could and resumed the 'spirited' pace.
This road, this day, delivered the goods. We had a bit of everything. I wish I had taken more pictures or go-pro'd the entire thing, but I'm sure most of you guys know how it is: you are riding and in the moment, and taking it all in while keeping it all good. Sometimes stopping for a photo would be dangerous, sometimes I was just loving being in motion, hitting apex after apex and letting the scenery seep in like light on the film of my memory. The mountains take all of your attention. I came upon many (but not as many as I thought) cars, trucks and buses, and came upon very few straights. This made passing interesting. Gotta know the roll-on ability of your bike. I'd be slow rolling on an uphill behind a smoke belching truck, road easing right. Swerve left for a peek, back in quick for the oncoming bus. Swerve back out, about 500 ft to another bus headed downhill. HIT IT. Drop a gear, a nice throaty BRAAAP and the fully loaded Komanche shoots past the truck and tucks in to the right again. Sometimes the corner was blind but I could see the road rising and winding up the mountain ahead, with no oncoming cars. Pass four cars at a time that way.
Actually the majority of the time was just us and the road. It's just when you do get stuck behind a slower vehicle, it's really gonna hold you up if you don't get around it.
Soon we started to see the effects of the storm. It started with the dirty residue in corners where water was coming down the mountain, collected then crossed the road. Eventually we started to see washouts. They began small, then got big. If you don't know, it's when the water erodes dirt away from the downward slope side of (usually) a corner. The pavement, without support, then crumbles away down the mountain. It's a bit of a surprise to come full tilt around a corner to see your lane is gone. Often people will place large rocks as if they were cones around the apexes of these. The places where the mud gave way from higher elevations were getting much more prominent as well. They went from the dirt trails I mentioned before to a slide taking up the shoulder to a full lane blockage to places where obviously the entire road had been buried and a bulldozer cleared just enough for 1 lane of traffic.
Here the dirt had been cleared enough for one lane, the mountain dropped off quite steeply to the right.
Then the skies darkened. Here it comes. Had I put on my rain gear right away, the sun would have come back right away. But we both thought let's chance it, maybe it's just a passing shower. It wasn't. It got heavy. Now pull over and pull on the gear. And now I have all the little worries creep in that I don't tell my wife about. Like how all this rain is gonna carry all this freshly exposed dirt across the road at every corner but now it's not dirt, it's slippery brown snot. Or what if this is gonna be a LOT of rain and there are places where the dirt is just waiting to give way. That plus the normal visibility concerns, with these oncoming trucks and buses who don't give a FUCK about you and take that single lane around the slide whether you got there first or not because might makes right. I had already seen buses especially go for passes on two lane road making oncoming traffic get onto the shoulder to get out of the way. Except here, there was no shoulder.
Fuck it, push on. Probably rained for about a half hour more, then started to clear up. Passed a couple of spots where the dozers were out clearing the road. Glad to see them at first, but had to be careful because they created a good couple hundred feet of thick wet mud on the road.
Now the rain diminished to a drizzle, and the road surface took a turn for the worse. It was a potholed moonscape for what seemed like maybe 40k. That with the occasional collapsed section of road kept me constantly changing my line. Then we saw something in the road... "What is that? A crab? No, it's not a crab, its... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
A tarantula crossing the road. I can add that to the list of animals that have crossed the road in front of me. Should've stopped for a pic, kept going.
Finally the skies dried out and we were endlessly winding our way toward the coast once again in bright sunshine. After just about 5 hours of the infamous 131, Puerto Escondido, and the immense Pacific, came into sight.
I was happy to finally be there, but I was pretty fatigued from the ride and now it was HOT. I stopped to check the map. Just then a surreal moment happened. There I was, the farthest south I've ever been in Mexico, the culmination of the trip, and up rolls a car with a couple surfer-dudes in it. They were probably about 50 years old, but looked 30. Michigan plates. "Hey man, what kind of bike is that?" I guess I half expected some kind of encounter like this, I knew that Escondido is a huge surfer destination. Still, it was funny that that was my first contact. They were really cool, knew exactly where we were staying and helped me backtrack to where I needed to go. They looked like they've been coming there for a LONG time.
Following their instructions I made my way toward our hotel, in Carrizalillo, a quiet bay just west of the bahia principal. A left off the main drag, then a right, then I see the sign for our hotel, pointing us down a little road that will take me the last couple hundred yards. Of sand.
Shit. I hate sand. Here we go. Not so bad, not very deep, stick to the hardpack, we're doin fine, a little wavy here, a little wavy there, oh, getting a little deep, I'll just gas a little to lift the front... and now the out of control snowplow and we slam down to the right. Shit. I have to laugh about it. I help Lizzy up. She says she's OK. We pick the bike up. I've knocked off the right pannier. No big deal. Catch our breath.
I'm not good on sand to begin with, let alone two up with gear. Probably about 900 pounds all up. Add 6-8 inches of sand and we're on our asses.
I'm ready to go the last hundred yards or so to our destination, but I see Lizzy has lit a cigarette. She says "I'm good, I'm gonna walk the rest of the way." OK, I say. I start to go slowly. I realize this is new for her. I've slammed the Komanche around trails from North Carolina to Ontario and been off way more times than I'd like to admit, but this was her first time, and she was a little shaken up. I stopped, waiting for her to catch up.
I said that she should get back on. It's important to psychologically move on from a fall, and put trust in yourself (or in this case me) and the bike again. Besides, I didn't want it to be said that I came 3000 miles only to not deliver my wife's golden ass directly to the doorstep of our hotel.
She trusted me and got back on, and I slowly paddled our way through the thick stuff then onto the hardpack then then to the front door of Villas Carrizalillo, our home for the next couple of days.
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Brooklyn to Puerto Escondido, MX:
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Ahhh Playland. Lots of money spent, lost, stolen there. THE BEST!
Just the place you'd send your kid to play today!
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Keep this up and I'll have to reward you with a steak at Peter Luger's back in Brooklyn.
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Location: NYC
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Great report! enjoying it from back here in NYC. My father and I rode a similar route last year and hit the Pacific in Puerto Encondido. If you have any flexibility in your schedule I recommend a night at Zipolite beach about 50 miles south of PE by Puerto Angel. You can hit it and then return to Oaxaca up 175. It was one of our favorite spots we stayed on a trip that covered most of C America.
Side note- saw the Roaming Rally sticker on your bike- Looks like we live in the same city and we've ridden together. Hope to connect one of the days.
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Carrizalillo/Puerto Escondido
As soon as we got settled in to our room, I went back to the front dest to ask if we could stay a third night. Beautiful room, beautiful views, the perfect place to kick back for a couple of days and do nothing. And worth every perilous mile on 131.
Perfect spot for an 8am swim.
The neighbor would often drop in.
We had an excellent restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner just steps from our room, but we made the effort to check out the rest of town, with it's little beachside cafes and famous fish market.
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Careful putting salt in your beer!
We sat on our balcony with morning coffee and enjoyed the hummingbirds and bees buzzing around the flowers, sat under shady umbrellas on the beach enjoying a couple of beers, watching locals and tourists learn to surf, and kept our eyes open for the sea turtle that you could see from the cliffside restaurant, surfacing and diving, foraging for something to eat.
The beauty of our surroundings was offset by the bittersweet realization that after 3000 miles of an amazing trip, it was time to turn around and begin heading back. We would return to Oaxaca for one more night, then I would drop my wife off at the airport and start my push back north. But for the moment, we would enjoy what was before us.
And before we knew it, it was time to go. On a hot morning we packed up our things and loaded up the Komanche. I realized I broke the latch on the right pannier that latches the bag to the frame when we went down on the way in. Time to bust out the Rok straps! Always good to have...
Having done the 131 already and knowing what to expect, we ventured toward the mountains with the steely confidence of grizzled adventure riders. And for the most part, had an uneventful day, if uneventful includes all the altitudes and constant serpentine movement of a great mountain road. Had to remember to be careful of the same washouts and slides, and at one point the bulldozers had fresh wet foot-high soft dirt spread over about 50 yards. A bit tricky, but doable.
Soon enough we were back in Oaxaca for our last night. We went back to nice-and-comfy hotel Maela. We wandered around, had a great dinner, and went back to our favorite place on the Zocalo to end the evening, an evening of saying goodbye to Oaxaca.
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Great report and even better you got to enjoy it with the wife! Im going to see if i can talk my wife into something like this.
My screen name is kind of long. I am the "ME" part, my name is Cory.
Jimmy Lewis quote: "Those KLRs are full of potential. Just takes a rider..."
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'73 Moto Guzzi Eldorado
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Location: San Antonio
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In addition to steak we'll also get Luger's famous bacon strips appetizer
Let me guess where you got the idea for Oaxaca's Hotel Maela
Set Adrift
Joined: May 2006
Location: Back in the Saddle
Oddometer: 4,147
Awesome thanks for the memories. Stayed at the same Hotel in Oaxaca and rode that shock busting 131 too!
I loved the narrative. I have tried to talk my wife into going for 6 months to no avail. Even my daughter is on my side; I'm envious.
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