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JUDY DEMPSEY and DIANE CARDWELL
The New York Times
April 11, 2010
Lech Kaczynski, who died Saturday in a plane crash in western Russia, rose from childhood fame as an actor to become president of Poland. He was 60.
Half of an unusual tandem of power, Mr. Kaczynski was elected president in 2005 from the nationalist-conservative Law and Justice Party, led by his identical twin, Jaroslaw, whom he later appointed prime minister.
Swept into office as voters repudiated the group of former Communist officials who had dominated the country's politics for much of the preceding decade, Mr. Kaczynski and his brother struggled at the top. They frequently put Poland on a collision course with its European Union partners and Russia, while polarizing voters at home with a shift to the right.
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MOSCOW -- Today's Russia rejects Western-style competition, the rule of law and independent institutions while allowing capitalism and certain changes to economic and social policy under strictly controlled limits. The result is an attempt to strengthen the Soviet experiment and take it to its logical conclusion. Thus, the Putin regime defines "better" not in absolute terms, but as improving upon the performance of former Soviet leaders.
We live in a time of international crisis and conflict: from the European financial crisis, which is robbing millions of young people of their future, to the conflict with Russia and finally to the bloody rise of ISIS. All this is dominating the news coverage worldwide. But the Huffington Post does not only want to report about dramatic developments. Our goal is a global network, with editors and thousands of bloggers who address topics which move people in their everyday lives. And this network continues to grow more and more.
The end of the Cold War, epitomized by the Berlin Wall destruction, quickly came to be seen by the West as its own triumphant victory and the USSR/Russia's unconditional surrender. Hence Russia was to be treated as a second-rank country, a regional power at best, that was expected to obediently follow whatever directions may have come from Washington and Brussels. The problem was the Russians did not share this view of themselves as a defeated nation obliged to accept the victors' terms.
Let's stop talking about the Cold War's revival as if Vladimir Putin is the one who raised the dead. We are the vampire hunters who failed to drive a stake through its heart. So we shouldn't be surprised, when we go out for a stroll one day to survey our domain, to hear the click of sharp teeth poised to tear into its latest victim.
Deng believed that the most urgent task was to improve people's livelihood. In his view, all other reforms, including political ones, had to serve this primary goal. He believed that copying the Western model and placing political reform on the top of the agenda, like the Soviets were doing at the time, was utterly foolish. In fact, that was exactly Deng's comment on Gorbachev after their meeting: "This man may look smart but in fact is stupid."


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He reckons the red-hot atmosphere is a huge positive for the Dragons but insists they must keep cool heads.
"It's funny. You try and keep a cool head and maintain calm and focus, but everyone you see on the street is saying 'Make sure you smash their heads in,'" quipped North.
"Wales is a massive rugby nation and whenever we play England there seems to be this long, long rivalry that everyone just wants a bloodbath really.
"They just want the best for the team and their way of helping is just making sure they give a tap on the back or saying good luck when you are walking round town
"Everyone has got that common thing that everyone doesn't really like the English in rugby terms.
"But they are a great team and have great qualities. It's not like a bad thing that people hate them because they are nasty people. It's that they are a good team to beat and a good scalp to have.
"A lot of the boys see it as a positive. They are only going to try and help you and make sure you can do the best you can for that game.
"Growing up in Wales as a Welshman, Wales-England is always a big game, isn't it?
"Growing up watching it and playing in it at schoolboy level and through the age grade and coming to this level now, it's a massive game and this week is no different.
"You can't beat around the fact that it is a big game. But you've got to try and take it as your job at the end of the day, so it's just trying to focus now ready for the weekend.
"If you cut all the emotions out of it, it's just another game. If you take all the fans away it's just 15 against 15.
"It's your job at the end of the day and you've just got to make sure your head is in the right place. You've got to pull yourself back from the occasion and try and relax."
And North has paid tribute to the way Wales have turned their fortunes around. They lost the first encounter of the Championship against Ireland, to stretch their losing-streak to eight matches, but are unbeaten since.
Wales can retain their title by beating the old enemy by seven or more points and the Scarlets wing admits he has put his father David in the upper echelons of the Millennium Stadium, following his pitch invasion after North's match-winning try against France.
"Obviously the autumn series didn't go particularly to plan," said North.
"When we lost those eight we were pretty down in the dumps about it but the boys stayed together as a squad.
"We cut everything out and just focused on our own game and on each other.
"The run we've had now leading into this last game is really showing where our good work has been.
"To have the heartbreak of losing the first championship game against Ireland, to not perform very well and then to have such a hard journey with three away games on the bounce and then come back home with a great chance to retain the title, it's a great place to be for the whole squad."
"I've got my old man a ticket for the back left-hand side, so he can't get onto the pitch!" he said.
"I've already told him if he comes on this time around I'm going to clatter him. I think he got a bit caught up in the emotions to be honest."


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Anne Leader
Diane Arthur Smallwood
Torn A Day in my Life
Mary Lang
Ice Water
The identity exhibit features work by artists with disabilities from across the Commonwealth. The artwork in identity includes all media, and the artists come from different communities, learned their art form in different ways and represent the diversity of the spectrum of people with disabilities. Each artist has self-identified as a "person with a disability," and has shared their perspectives about how having a disability does (or does not) affect and shape them personally and as an artist. The artist's statements and artwork in the exhibit are meant to open a discussion about the nature of disability in shaping a person's identity.
Jan. 17, 2014
5:30 - 9 p.m.
Weber Gallery
The Council on
Developmental Disabilities
1151 S. 4th St.
Louisville, Ky.
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Kentucky Crafted:
The Market
Lexington Convention Center
401 W. Main St.
Lexington, Ky.
Houchens Gallery
Capital Arts Center
416 E. Main Ave.
Bowling Green, Ky.
Artists and Selected Statements
Robbie Boreland
Adrien Brooks
Sheldon Campbell
Jack Cochran
"I am a late-deafened person; therefore, the language of art is my visual communication mode. I am the first deaf artist to receive a degree in art studio at the University of Kentucky, graduating magna cum laude in 2006. Clearly there is no barrier to appreciating a beautiful piece of art, whether in a tonal study, or of a painting of vibrant flowers, portraits or landscape paintings."
Sebastian Duverge
Chimel Ford
Ronald Gosses
Ronald Gosses
"My parents were artists and my involvement in art was natural and early. A childhood accident left me unable to see in three dimensions, and my art was expressionistic, reflecting the still-life world I lived in. Luckily, it did not affect my career as executive vice president for two major retailers in the U.S. and Canada."
Debra Huber
Eric Huggins
Daressie (Elaine) Laird
Anne Leader
"There is no bright line between the disabled and the non-disabled. We are all along a continuum of greater or lesser ability. And it is managing our place on that continuum that is the challenge. Do I consider myself disabled? Some days I do, when circumstances force me to acknowledge what I can no longer do, when living alone is not an option, when time in the studio evaporates as daily living and doctors appointments take up all my energy. Other days, with my hands in clay, or in the soil of the garden, or looking at amazing art, or the winter sky at dusk – for those moments it matters not."
Donna Sherley
Diane Smallwood
Billy Smith
Carol Shutt
"As you can see from my images in this exhibit, I like to go to my subject rather than have my subject come to me. It's rarely easy these days, but it's still well worth the effort."


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Applied Radiographic Calculations
- Cynthia Dennis, RT(R), Program Director, Radiologic Technology Program, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA
- Ronald Eisenberg, MD, JD, FACR, Chairman of Radiology, Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA; Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; and University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA
A thorough review of general mathematics and its applications in radiography as well as a handy reference for basic formulas and calculations used by radiographers. This book starts with basic mathematic principles and moves on to present the reader with the calculations required to produce high quality radiographic images and practice problems which aid in the understanding of these calculations. Areas discussed include mAs conversions, inverse square law, radiographic density and contrast, screens and grid ratios, grid conversions, geometric and magnification unsharpness, and graphs and conversions between conventional and systems international (SI) units of radiation dosimetry. No other book provides such clear instruction for radiographic calculations. A handy Instructor's Manual is also available.View full description
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Track World Cup: Jason Kenny crashes in keirin final
Track World Cup, round two
- Venue: Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow
- Date: Fri 16 - Sun 18 November
Coverage: Live BBC2, Radio 5 live and BBC Sport website coverage from 13:45-17:30 GMT on Sunday.
A dramatic crash ended Jason Kenny's bid to win the gold medal in the keirin at the Track World Cup in Glasgow.
The triple Olympic gold medallist fell in the closing stages of the final after clipping the wheel of Germany's Stefan Boetticher.
French rider Quentin Lafargue collided with Kenny, with Boetticher going on to take the gold medal.
Kenny has withdrawn from Sunday's individual sprint, along with Welsh rider Lewis Oliva, who also crashed.
Great Britain team
- Men's sprint: Ed Clancy, Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny
- Women's sprint: Becky James, Jess Varnish
- Men's endurance: Jon Dibben, Owain Doull, Sam Harrison, Joe Kelly, Andy Tennant, Simon Yates
- Women's endurance: Dani King, Elinor Barker, Laura Trott
Sprint coach Iain Dyer said: "Jason is feeling very sore after his crash yesterday and didn't get much sleep last night. Having consulted with the team doctor, Jason has decided to withdraw from today's competition."
Oliva, who is riding for the Welsh trade team Team USN, will have an X-ray on his hand.
Kenny, 24, suffered bruising and remounted his bike after receiving treatment on the track.
Dyer told BBC Sport: "He was looking down and checking to see where Lafargue was as he knew he was close.
"The next thing he said he could smell the rubber burning with his front tyre and Boetticher's back tyre, and that's when he realised he was coming down. He didn't even see it coming."
The Bolton rider won the silver medal alongside Ed Clancy and Philip Hindes in the team sprint on Friday.


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Written Answers. - Offaly Housing Grant.
Tuesday, 19 April 1977
Dáil Eireann Debate
Mr. Lalor: asked the Minister for Local Government if he will indicate by how much the income of a person (name supplied) in County Offaly, who is an unskilled labourer, exceeded the amount allowed to enable him to qualify for a new house grant which was refused to him; if he is aware that this small excess was part of overtime done to raise money for his new house; and if, in the circumstances, he will now allocate a grant to the applicant.
Minister for Local Government (Mr. Tully): The applicant's income in 1975 exceeded by £115 the maximum allowable in the case of a single person with no dependants. As this included a substantial amount of overtime earnings, it was decided to assess his income on the basis of his average overtime earnings over the three years prior to application. Even on this basis his income was £66 above the limit for eligibility.
I regret that, in these circumstances, he cannot qualify for a new house grant. However, a certificate of exemption has issued to him enabling him to qualify for the ancillary benefits of exemption from stamp duty and the graduated rates remission.
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Philippines' Southern
Gateway Wants to Be Known as 'Asia's Latin City'
ZAMBOANGA CITY, 25 September 2006 — Call it corny but "Asia's Latin City" is what the leaders of Zamboanga City want this key southern Philippine port city to be called.
Mayor Celso Lobregat said the basis for the new name is the existence of local Chavacano dialect, a derivative of the Spanish language that in turn is an outgrowth of Latin, the old Roman tongue.
Chavacano is spoken by a majority of the people in the city, in nearby Basilan Island and other parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula.
"We are the only city in Asia that speaks the Chavacano dialect, which is derived from the Spanish language," he said.
The city government formally launched last month the branding of Zamboanga as "Asia's Latin City" during the opening of the 15th Mindanao Business Conference in the city.
Zamboanga has been known as the "City of Flowers," but Lobregat said other cities in the country could be more abundant with flowers nowadays.
The beautiful mountain resort city of Baguio in the northern Philippines, for one, celebrates the Panagbenga flower festival every February.
"Zamboanga City has been variably called the 'Convention Capital of the Country' or the 'Sardines Capital,' because canning factories here provides about 70 percent of all sardines sold and consumed in the country today," he said.
Yet, the city has what others may not have at all — Chavacano, where more than 70 percent of its vocabulary is Spanish in nature and origin.
The remaining percentage of Chavacano is picked from local dialects, according to the official Philippine News Agency. The growth of Chavacano in Zamboanga can be traced to a concentration of Spanish nationals in Zamboanga at the height of the Spanish colonization efforts in Mindanao that lasted for centuries until the late 19th century.
"The branding of Zamboanga as Asia's Latin City is the result of the City Development Strategies program spearheaded by the League of Cities, the World Bank and the involvement of the different local sectors," Lobregat said.
Local officials hope the new name would give the city a positive shift since it carries an international appeal and it is anchored on the rich Castilian influence.
They hope it will provide the city with a competitive global outlook instead of being compared with other cities in Mindanao. Call centers, such as G-Com, has started recruiting agents from Zamboanga because they could easily be trained to speak Spanish. Spanish is the world's second most spoken language after English and call centers need Spanish-speaking agents to serve their clients in Central and South America and Europe.
Lobregat also unveiled on Thursday a theme logo for next month's celebration of the Fiesta Pilar. With the theme, "Alegria! Alegria! Adelante Zamboanga," Lobregat said the weeklong feast, held every Oct. 12, is expected to draw thousands of tourists because of the city's rich cultural past.
Latin America
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Latin America (Portuguese and Spanish América Latina, French: Amérique Latine) is the region of the Americas where Romance languages, those derived from Latin (particularly Spanish and Portuguese), are primarily spoken. Latin America is contrasted with the lesser known term Anglo-America, that region of the Americas where English predominates.
There are several definitions of Latin America, none of them perfect or necessarily logically consistent:
Originally a political term, Amérique latine was coined by French emperor Napoleon III, who cited Amérique latine and Indochine as goals for expansion during his reign. While the term helped him stake a claim to those territories, it eventually came to embody those parts of the Americas that speak Romance languages initially brought by settlers from Spain, Portugal and, to a minor extent, France in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. An alternate etymology points to Michel Chevalier, who mentioned the term in 1836.[1]
In the United States, the term was not used until the 1890s, and did not become a common descriptor of the region until early in the twentieth century. Before then, Spanish America was more commonly used.[2]
Latin America has come to represent an expression equivalent to Latin Europe and implies a sense of supranationality greater than those implied by notions of statehood or nationhood. This supranational identity is expressed through common initiatives and organizations, like the Union of South American Nations. It is important to observe that the terms Latin American, Latin, Latino, and Hispanic differ from each other.
Many people in Latin America do not speak Latin-derived languages, but native ones or languages brought over by immigration. There is also the blend of Latin-derived cultures with indigenous and African ones resulting in a differentiation in relation to the Latin-derived cultures of Europe.
Quebec, other French-speaking areas in Canada and the United States like Acadia, Louisiana, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and other places north of Mexico are traditionally excluded from the sociopolitical definition of Latin America, despite having significant or predominant populations that speak a Latin-derived language, due in part to these territories' not existing as sovereign states or being geographically separated from the rest of Latin America. French Guiana, however, is sometimes included, despite being a dependency of France and not an independent country. Some countries in the region do not speak a "Latin" language but are called "Latin American" countries, its the case of Surinam, who speaks Dutch, and the countries of Belize and Guyana, whose official language is English.
As alluded to above, the term Ibero-America is sometimes used to refer to the nations that were formerly colonies of Spain and Portugal, as these two countries are located on the Iberian peninsula. The Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) takes this definition a step further, by including Spain and Portugal (often termed the Mother Countries of Latin America) among its member states, in addition to their Spanish and Portuguese-speaking, former colonies in America.
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knee pain.. do I need pedal extenders
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After getting my new road bike at Christmas I got road shoes and pedals (spd sl) both are Shimano. Previously only had a mountain bike with platform pedals. Went on a 29 mile ride with them for the first time. I have bit of knee pain on the outside of both knees. I think I am a bit duck footed and need to angle the cleat so that my feet point out a bit. The problem is that if I do that my heels will hit the crank arms and I already have the cleats as far over towards the bike as possible to try and give me extra room.
I am now thinking that I need pedal extenders to bring my pedals out a bit. I have seen some 18 and 20mm one on the net. Does anyone have experience with extenders. Will this have any adverse effect on my bike (Giant TCR Advanced with Ultera compact chaining)
Hi there.
It's unlikely that you need to extend the pedals, but you more than likely do need to have your cleat position adjusted. Switching to clipless pedals can sometimes take 3 or 4 rides to sort your cleat position out.
Ideally, taking your bike in to a shop to have them align your cleats as part of a fitting is the best thing to do.
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posted by TrekBikesUK [128 posts]
1st February 2013 - 14:38
I've never heard of pedal extenders and personally would think long and hard before adding anything to my bike. Having some knee pain is not unusual though it's more likely due to cleat position though there are other things you can do like have insoles - eSoles do some very good ones that come with 4 different sizes of arch support. As you're duck footed as you say the height of your arch could play a part too.
I can see why, logically you would lead to the conclusion of pedal extenders though there are other more adjustable and cheaper things. Getting your cleat position right for one isn't the easiest thing in the world.
Anyway, I am a big fan of a bike fitter in Australia called Steve Hogg. The articles on his blog are very informative and he likes sharing what he knows and he knows a lot about our bodies and for me this helped make him credible when I first came across him. I went to a bike fitter called the Bike Whisperer, in Ealing who flew themselves out to Steve for training and got my knee problems solved. I've listed some relevant links for you below and the comments are worth reading as he often exchanges answers with people about their own difficulties there.
Try this article for cleat position:
This one on knee pain:
Bike position including cleat and arch support and more:
posted by NormanStanley [8 posts]
1st February 2013 - 14:53
I had knee pain on every single ride for a couple of months then had some advice from a club mate:
Stretch your quads. Pull heel to bum by grabbing your foot, keep knees together, pelvis forward and back straight. Hold the stretch for at least 45 seconds to 1 min. Do this hourly to start with and keep it up for a week. After that, a stretch every day should suffice.
It really worked for me - what have you got to lose - give it a try
posted by Bobbys boys [81 posts]
1st February 2013 - 15:04
Consider Speedplay pedals - probably not what you want to hear when you've just got new pedals but they give more movement than most.
posted by TheHatter [811 posts]
1st February 2013 - 15:15
There's a million and one reasons for knee pain, and it's a - ha - pain to sort it out.
I've got recurring knee pain which is probably due to tight muscles and tendons pulling on my kneecap. I use a foam roller to stretch as much as I can.
Beyond that, it's most likely cleat and saddle position/height that will cause it. That and pushing too big a gear.
posted by bashthebox [764 posts]
1st February 2013 - 15:19
Sounds like a bike fit at a dealer or with a local coach would be worth a try, they will be able to advise on seat position (height and fore-aft), bar height, pedalling style, cleat position etc etc and get you properly sorted out. It's a relatively small investment for many years of comfort....
As pointed out above there are many reasons for sore knees and these guys have years of experience in knowing what to look for.
posted by jimmo62 [59 posts]
1st February 2013 - 15:40
Good advice gents.
I do think my seat may need raising. The chap I was riding with said it looked too low.
Also, I have got flat feet and wear orthotics for work and home shoes, but never thought about it for cycle shoes as I wasn't walking. Maybe I need some additional arch support.
posted by Sensible [82 posts]
1st February 2013 - 15:53
As above -- think about your ride position (bike fit?) and whether you are pushing too big gears (spinning at a high enough cadence?). Give it a couple more rides too, although obviously if you are in excruciating pain disregard all the advice except maybe the bike fit and seeing a doctor!
posted by BerlinG [6 posts]
1st February 2013 - 16:10
I was suffering from knee pain on my new bike as well. I too got new pedals and shoes so just put it down to getting used to the equipment. My mate suggested raising my saddle and moving it forward slightly. Since doing that I haven't had any pain.
posted by alijfowler [5 posts]
1st February 2013 - 16:38
I'll second what one guy said about stretching your quads too. Though it may well be down to cleat position or flat arches or similar a colleague who qualified as a soft tissue specialist said "it's rarely the knees fault". Good stretching is complementary and can only help.
Plus the quads I would recommend stretching your hams (can make a huge difference) and consider stretching your calves, hip flexors and ITB as well.
If you have a desk job your hamstrings and hip flexors are shortened - I am 6'4" so the effect is exaggerated.
posted by NormanStanley [8 posts]
1st February 2013 - 17:12
Pedal extenders are an option, but they increase the 'q' factor (distance between feet) - this can cause other issues because unless you have exceptionally wide hips, your legs will no longer be parallel.
I have fallen arches, so I have custom orthotics for everyday shoes etc. However, walking around/running/whatever are heel-posted activites, whereas cycling is forefoot-posted, so use of heel-based orthotics is of debatable benefit.
I also have a neutral foot stance where my soles are tilted inwards by about 4.5 degrees (outstep lower than instep, in other words). This meant that when I was pedalling easy it was ok, but once I pushed on, each foot would collapse inwards on the downstroke. This in turn caused my knee to knock inwards by a couple of cm with each pedal revolution.
I went to see a sports therapist who does bike fittings, and ended up with the following:
Specialised Body Geometry footbeds, in the +++ (green) flavour (this is their maximum arch support).
Varus wedges to support the tilted foot stance, essentially bringing the instep upwards to meet the foot. This consists of 1 x 1.5 degree varus wedge under each insole, use of Spesh Body Geometry shoes which include a built-in 1.5 degree tilt (since they reckon the majority of people need that), and a further 1.5 degree wedge slotted into the Speedplay cleats. Total 4.5 degrees.
Interestingly, while all the above was definitely necessary (they would have caused me problems at some point, and prevention is better than cure), my knee pains were actually solved rather more simply. Basically, the vertical track on which the kneecap runs relies on equal tension from the attached inner and outer quads. Contrary to what you might think when looking at your thighs, the outer quad is used more than the big strong teardrop shaped inner quad. This meant that the outer quad wanted to pull my knee off-track when I tensed the muscles. So, some foam roller work on the outers, and regular tensing of the inners (when just standing around or whatever) solved it. Your mileage may vary, obviously.
Oh, and check that the bike fitter will look at pedals/cleats, a lot don't touch them.
Good luck.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice...
posted by notfastenough [3723 posts]
1st February 2013 - 19:30
posted by Sensible [82 posts]
1st February 2013 - 20:11
The location of the knee pain is important. whereabouts is the pain exactly?
posted by paulfg42 [395 posts]
1st February 2013 - 21:09
Talk to a fitter.
I use 25mm pedal extenders on Speedplay pedals on my Giant Defy Advanced 2. Best thing I ever did. I am a big guy so your mileage may vary. But after 30+ years of riding I feel like I am pedaling correctly for the first time, as in my legs go straight up and down in line with my hips.
I have heard people talk about Q factor for a long time but I think its overrated and more applicable to smaller people who naturally have a low Q factor.
This is the guy who did my fit at a bike shop in Solana Beach, California.
Also read this
"Your stance width may be too narrow, so you'll want to widen your feet on the pedals by doing any of the following: 1) move the cleats laterally, toward the inside edge of the shoe; 2) add 2mm of pedal washers between the crank arm and pedal; 3) add pedal extenders (aka "knee savers) between the crank arm and pedal; 4) change to pedals with a longer spindle; or 5) change to a crankset with a wider Q-factor."
If you sign up for his newsletter he explains things like pedal extenders. If you use Speedplay they make pedal axles in different lengths, also switching to Speedplay eliminated a lot of knee pain issues I have had, especially with my left knee which has been operated on twice.
posted by snooks [30 posts]
1st February 2013 - 21:59
Probably between £100-200
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice...
posted by notfastenough [3723 posts]
1st February 2013 - 22:10
Also be wary about bike fitters who have a system and may have little experience. They may not be paying much attention at all to you and how your particular body works. £100 - £200 shouldn't be spent lightly in my book - though I take a lot of things seriously. If a system is in use like Retul they need to have plenty of experience too and even then personally I would think twice - over the last 5-10yrs every man and his dog has become a "bike fitter" - all too easily and all too quickly I think.
If as you say someone rode with you and thought your saddle looked too low in my experience they are often right - by how much is another matter and up to you and your body. This article includes a very good way to set your saddle height accurately yourself.
Even if you don't do it yourself it's worth a read. Also because even the best may not get it right first time (check at least one follow up is free as it was where I went if you get a bike fit) and if you look at this article and things at your bike yourself you are going to narrow down what is the actual cause. You are going to enhance the chances of being fixed first time. What's more you may solve the problem yourself and save yourself £100-£200 and learn a bunch of useful things and doing such for yourself is very rewarding. It is a bit of an art and not a black and white science so have a chance for sure of solving it yourself. If you can't sort it you've still learnt and most likely found it rewarding; what's to lose?
You've plenty of time to get yourself comfortable between now and the better weather arriving, when you want to be out there enjoying your bike. If you decide you need a fitting after lots of research and finding nothing but positive recommendations I went here:
(020) 8998 7271
The Bike Whisperer
185 Pitshanger Lane
I think it was £195 and what they offered versus a high street shop I thought made worth paying the extra, even compared to those who give a decent fitting service.
The man won't rush you. Typically the appointment is 4 hrs; I was there for 5 - just the way it went.
posted by NormanStanley [8 posts]
2nd February 2013 - 21:00
Good advice.
I will see how it goes and won't rush into anything.
I found a bike fit video on you tube which gives the basic advice about seat height, saddle position, handlebars, cheat position etc. I will work through that first. If problems persist then I may go with a bike fit but not going to rush into that.
posted by Sensible [82 posts]
3rd February 2013 - 14:05
posted by Bobbys boys [81 posts]
3rd February 2013 - 14:32
Was thinking of this article when I wrote the above too and just found the link - found it useful when first moved for full road cleats - simple and straight forward: http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/take-care-of-your-knees-part-2-...
posted by NormanStanley [8 posts]
6th February 2013 - 0:17
Definitely go for a bike fit. I went for a fully personalised one with a former MTB pro that only cost me £80 (well, £80 is a fair amount). A good fit will run through what you want from your riding then sort out the angles and positions that are right for you. Just from making a few minor tweaks to my bike it's now a lot more comfortable. He also suggested stretches that have eased my existing knee-problems. It's money well spent.
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eG Foodblog: Malawry - Expecting a future culinary student
Posted 20 February 2006 - 03:26 PM
I was given the cool little grinder and found it useful as it made a very fine puree, but coarser than commercial babyfood. I didnt want our kid to get too used to the very fine texture, so we made our own puree as soon as we figured out a favorite food, and started 'texture training'. My friend used hers as SnowAngel did - travel, meals out, family dinners etc. (The angelmonster eats much more nutritiously than I or Mr KA do, so grinding family dinners didnt seem like a good idea (pureed potato chips and dip, anyone?.) I was more likely to pack frozen pre-made puree and a hotpack for warming. But for extended road trips, that doesnt work and the grinder is a godsend for a critical few months.
note: the grinder really struggles with meat - its ok for a single serving, but not much more at a time.
I made most of our baby food at home - either foodprocessor-pureed or hand-chopped, then frozen in "plops" on a cookie sheet lined with plastic wrap. The frozen plops were transferred to long term storage in ziplock freezer bags. As baby aged, the plops got bigger and the texture coarser. Eventually we were freezing sticks or tiny cubes of food to allow for picking-up practice. (I found 'plops' easier in many ways than icecubes).
The funny thing to me was that babies start with puree, then go to finger food, then they want to use spoons "allbymyself" and its back to sticky pureed food that will grip the spoon! Then the fork comes into play and its back to those soft practice chunks.... sort of deja vu.
babyclothes... these get obsoleted every couple months by the stores, so if you want to make returns, do so ASAP or you'll only get credit for clearance price which would be a huge shame if the giver spent full price on them.
Car seat - if you know which make and model you want,there would probably be time for your husband to run out and buy it after you start labor & before you are admittable at the hospital. O'course, you may not want him running out at that time..... and you almost certainly wont want to be selecting one at that time. :eek:
Posted 20 February 2006 - 04:17 PM
Are you allowed to post your mashed potato article or handouts on here? I would love to see them.
The newspaper owns rights to my columns, so I wouldn't be comfortable reprinting them here without permission--and my editor is certainly long-gone for the day by this hour. (And this blog is slated to end tonight!) However, my columns usually appear online and stick around for a week or so when they are published. This Wednesday, go to the Journal-News site and click on "living" on the left sidebar. Hopefully, you can read my article then.
As for my handouts...somebody asked about that earlier and I never got back to them, sorry. I use a combination of my own recipes and copyrighted recipes from books in my handouts, and I credit the books I use on the handout itself. So I can't paste my whole handout right here, but I can paste some of it.
Tomato Bread with Anchovies
Breadsticks with Serrano Ham
Asparagus with Romesco Sauce
Spinach with Pine Nuts and Currants
Tortilla Espanola (Potato Omelet)
Gambas al Ajillo (Garlic Shrimp)
Manchego Cheese and Quince Paste
Tomato Bread with Anchovies
6 tomatoes, Roma
3 cloves garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
12 generous slices Crusty country-style bread
Anchovies, preferably Italian or Spanish ones packed in olive oil
Slice tomatoes in half. Cut out any white or green core areas and press out most of the seeds with your thumbs or a small spoon. Arrange the tomatoes, cut side up, in a shallow baking dish. Mince the garlic and distribute evenly among the tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and drizzle with oil. Bake at 400 degrees until lightly browned around the edges, about 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool till just warm.
Toast the bread slices lightly. Rub each slice with one roasted tomato half, pressing the pulp into the bread without tearing the bread. Discard the tomato skins. Drizzle with more oil and top each slice with one anchovy. Serve.
Romesco sauce
[from Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison]
Spinach with Currants and Pine Nuts
1 lb baby spinach (the pre-washed sort is easier to work with)
2 tbsp Spanish olive oil
¼ cup dried currants
¼ cup pine nuts
Salt and pepper
Boil 1 cup of water and pour over the currants. Let rest until room temperature. Drain. Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add spinach in batches, cooking until each batch wilts. Season with salt and pepper. Add currants and pine nuts, stir well, and sauté until spinach is deeply green and fully wilted. Serve.
Tortilla Espanola (Potato Omelet)
3 medium Idaho-type potatoes, peeled and sliced very thinly
1 large onion, chopped
6 eggs
1 cup Spanish olive oil
4-5 saffron threads (optional)
Peel and slice the potatoes very thinly. Chop the onion and place together with the potatoes in a frying pan. Cover completely with olive oil and fry slowly over medium heat until soft (20-25 minutes), turning them occasionally and gently breaking the potatoes with a fork. Drain the potatoes in a sieve, reserving one tablespoon of the Spanish olive oil in which they cooked. The rest of the olive oil can be stored and reused next time you make a potato omelette.
In a large bowl, beat the eggs (Option: infuse a pinch of saffron threads in a cup with 2 teaspoons of boiling water for 10 minutes, then add to beaten eggs). Add the fried potatoes, mix well and season with salt. Leave the entire mixture to rest for a few minutes. Heat the reserved tablespoon of olive oil in the same pan over medium-high heat until it is very hot. Add the egg mixture, lower the heat, and cook for 5 minutes. Use a plate to carefully turn the omelette, and continue to cook for 5 minutes or until golden brown. Spanish tortilla can be served hot or at room temperature.
Gambas al Ajillo (Garlic Shrimp)
[From Tapas by Jose Andres]
I did not include a recipe for the serrano ham and breadsticks (just wrap pieces of ham around breadsticks, drizzle with olive oil and scrape some pepper over it and you're done) or for the manchego with quince paste (which is about as complicated).
Here is the brownie recipe from last week's chocolate class:
18oz dark chocolate (64% is perfect, or "bittersweet")
1 pound butter
21oz sugar (weighed on a scale)
8 eggs
10.5oz all-purpose flour (weighed on a scale)
Prepare a "half-sheet" pan (13"x18"x1") by greasing it thoroughly, adding a piece of parchment paper cut to fit the bottom, and greasing the parchment paper. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees.
Chop chocolate into small pieces. Cut butter into small chunks. Combine chocolate and butter in a metal bowl. Set the bowl over a pan of gently simmering water (the bottom of the bowl should not touch the surface of the water). Stir periodically until the chocolate has melted; remove the bowl from the pan and carefully wipe any condensed water off the bottom of the bowl.
Combine the eggs and sugar in a mixer bowl fitted with the whisk attachment. Whisk on high speed until the eggs are very light in color and fluffy. Add the melted chocolate-butter mixture and mix on medium speed until well-blended. Add the flour and mix just until smooth.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a knife inserted into the brownies comes out covered with moist crumbs, about 30 minutes. Let cool about 20 minutes, then invert onto a cutting board, cut and serve.
I went over ganache verbally, but did not give a written recipe since proportions tend to change depending on how you will be using the ganache.
Here is the text of the handout from last Thursday's "Basics of Cooking" class. I make my students learn to write their own proportions on their handouts rather than giving measurements for ingredients.
Homemade stocks transform the simplest dishes into gourmet fare. Learn how as we prepare fresh chicken stock and use it for creamy tomato soup. We'll finish with a lemon tart.
Chicken Stock
Bay leaves
Black peppercorns
Chicken: either bones, parts (dark meat is best) or whole chickens
Fresh cold water
Combine all ingredients in a large stockpot and add enough fresh cold water to cover. Bring to the boil over high heat, skimming off any scum that rises to the top of the pot. Once the stock is at a full boil, cut the heat back to low and simmer for 3-4 hours, skimming the surface clear of any impurities periodically. (If you are using parts or whole chickens, you can remove them when they are cooked, let them cool, pick off the meat, and then return the bones to the pot to simmer the rest of the time.) Strain out and discard all the solids. If desired, reduce by boiling the strained stock until it's at the desired concentration. Keeps refrigerated for about 5 days or frozen indefinitely.
Creamy Tomato Soup
Canned diced, peeled tomatoes
Chicken stock
Salt and pepper
Sugar, if needed
Heavy whipping cream
Sweat onions, carrots and celery over medium-low heat in butter until translucent and softened, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, stock and seasonings. Bring to a boil over high heat, then cut back to a simmer over medium-low heat. Simmer for about 20 minutes until vegetables are completely soft. Puree in a blender and return the soup to the pot. Taste and add a small amount of sugar if needed. When ready to serve, warm the soup and finish with heavy whipping cream. Serve with croutons or a chopped fresh herb if desired.
Lemon Tart
Pate sucree
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
8oz sugar
3oz butter, melted
3 lemons, zest and juice
Bake pate sucree shell (see recipe below) at 350 degrees until lightly browned, about 25 minutes. Beat eggs and yolks in a mixer using whisk attachment on high speed. Slowly add sugar while the mixer is running, and mix with eggs until they become ribbony. Add zest and juice and whisk by hand. Pour butter over the back of a rubber spatula and use the spatula to fold the butter into the mixture. Pour into prebaked crust and bake until set in the center, 15 minutes at 300 degrees. Chill and serve with whipping cream.
Pate Sucree:
½ pound butter, room temperature
4oz sugar
1 egg, room temperature
1 tsp lemon zest
12oz flour
Combine butter and sugar in mixer; beat on medium speed using paddle attachment until light but not fluffy. Add egg and mix. Beat in vanilla and lemon zest. Slowly add flour while mixer runs on low speed. Sprinkle additional flour on table and turn out dough. Knead gently. Form dough into a flat disk, wrap in plastic, and chill for 30 minutes. Roll out and bake in tartlet pans as needed.
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 04:22 PM
I just finished re-reading your blog on cooking school... it's really amazing to see how much you've grown. I had to chuckle at all your references to maintaing a vegetarian kitchen at home, given that Erin is now doing low carb!
Best of luck on Colin's arrival, you know we want to see pics of mom and baby as soon as you can manage! (If you're comfortable with that, of course!)
My spouse still doesn't eat much beef, and he won't touch a hunk of beef in the form of something like a steak...he WILL eat corned beef, and anything made with ground beef is ok. He snarfed the leftovers from the braised short ribs I wrote about for the Journal-News last month. I have a hard time figuring out what he will eat sometimes so I just have to ask him about it. He's been the driving force behind a lot of culinary housekeeping for the last few years...when I started eating meat again, I respected his preference for maintaining a vegetarian kitchen.
As for updates on me and Baby Colin...there probably won't be much posted about it here on eGullet, as it's not really germane to food. However, if you want to keep up with me and my family on a level beyond our culinary life, I maintain a personal blog at LiveJournal. Feel free to check in there. There are some other eGullet folks over on LJ too.
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 04:44 PM
I can tell them apart, but you might have trouble. Maggie and Snuggles are sisters from the same litter, while Diana is about 3 years younger than the other two. The sisters were my husband's cats, while Diana is my Jewish American Princess kitty...they get along okay or at least live under an uneasy truce most of the time.
Magnificat (aka "Maggie")
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 04:50 PM
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 04:58 PM
I have still eaten very little today, though I am considering going upstairs and noshing on the last of the comice pears Abi brought to the house this weekend. I should probably eat something with protein, but I suspect a PB&J sammich on whole wheat is about all the culinary energy I can muster at the moment. I'm in a sort of stasis, conserving my foodie reserves for tomorrow night's class.
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 05:39 PM
As for updates on me and Baby Colin...there probably won't be much posted about it here on eGullet, as it's not really germane to food
You could keep track of how Colin responds to what you eat. Does he like it when you eat spicy foods, etc.
Thank you for blogging. I've enjoyed reading your writing. I am stunned at your energy level.
Posted 20 February 2006 - 06:59 PM
I've been pet-less due to living circumstances for two years, and while my two "boys" are in good and loving households, I miss them to distraction some days. Again, thanks for the kind indulgence!
Best of luck!
Francois Minot
Posted 20 February 2006 - 08:18 PM
I ended up eating PB&J and a comice pear for a late dinner, as predicted. I'm starting to crave another hot dog and might have one for dinner again tomorrow before my class. You're not missing much by my blog ending, because this week is pretty much a repeat of last week with a midwifery appointment thrown in.
I'm off to write my MEP, shopping and pack lists for the tapas class to round out my somewhat lazy day. Thanks for being so responsive to my posts, ya'll! Time for the next blogger to take over...
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Posted 20 February 2006 - 08:34 PM
Many thanks for such a terrific blog, and Mazel Tov in advance on Colin.
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Posted 22 February 2006 - 08:15 AM
All the best for the next couple of months, and I hope you'll be able to thoroughly enjoy the first time with your baby. Relax, and let others take care of you for a while!
Great column about the mashed potatoes, and I'm quite pleased you mention the Dutch and their creative ways with mash!
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Posted 22 February 2006 - 08:40 AM
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UPDATE John C. Reilly May Actually Be Playing Ronan The Accuser In Guardians Of The Galaxy…But He's Not
UPDATE: Guess what? Deadline completely rewrote their story. They're now saying they had it backwards and John C. Reilly WILL be playing Rhomann Dey of the Nova Corps. So they got all the sites worked up and writing about Ronan only to go back, rewrite, and confirm what we pretty much knew to begin with. False alarm everyone! Go back to what you were doing. Reilly will still be the Nova Corps leader who may be the cosmic equivalent of Agent Coulson. Original story follows.
Update #2: The Wrap is reporting that Reilly IS playing Ronan. Who the heck knows any more? The Wrap usually gets in little wars with Deadline over stories and things can get nasty. Who knows if it's true or both sites are just throwing punches at the other. I don't know. I just don't know.
Update #3: As soon as I wrote this The Wrap rewrote their story to say it was Rhomann Dey. I have no idea what is going on and I find the whole thing exhausting. Reilly is in Guardians for sure and he will probably play Rhomann Dey but nobody really knows for sure who the heck he is.
Here's something that will take the award for most shocking story of the week. John C. Reilly is reportedly playing Ronan the Accuser in James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy. Deadline is saying that can confirm it as a fact.
Deadline says they know that Reilly tested for and will play Ronan in the film…and that's about all they have to say about that. They have a fairly solid track record, so take this however you want. Reilly was originally reported to play Rhomann Dey, a leader of the Nova Corps. That part was said to be a galactic Agent Phil Coulson type of role and would mean Reilly would pop up in multiple films. If he's Ronan, he will still probably appear in multiple films. Whether or not this means Rhomann Dey isn't in the movie or the role was taken by someone else is yet to be seen. As you know from the comics, Ronan the Accuser isn't exactly a hero. He first appeared in the comics as a Fantastic Four bad guy who wields the Universal Weapon (a pretty nifty giant hammer) for the Kree empire. In some comics, as Deadline points out, Ronan is sometimes the son of Thanos. The Ronan that is the son of Thanos is the Ultimates version, the universe it seems the Marvel movies borrow most from. That would definitely give Guardians another stronger tie to the Marvel Universe heroes on Earth and would help tie things into The Avengers quite nicely.
Now I'm not entirely sold on this one, but I've been wrong a few times before. Ronan first appeared in Fantastic Four and is usually a villain associated with them. I'm not sure who holds the rights for Ronan. This may be a character that can be used by both Fox and Marvel Studios, but I've never heard anyone talk about him before today. Deadline also calls him "Ronan 'The Accuser' Dey" I'm not sure if that was a typo, an attempt at witty wordplay because he was originally said to be Rhomann Dey and that kind of sounds like Ronan, or they just got it wrong. Filming for the film starts next month, so we'll find out before long. What do you think about John C. Reilly possibly being Ronan the Accuser?
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The Long Marston Show, 6th August 2011Posted by lmphs - 28/05/11 at 06:05:58 pm
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This year's Long Marston show is as usual being staged on the first Saturday in August (6th) and will include a full produce show in the village hall as well as all your favourite stalls and a fully-stocked bar on the rec. Continue reading The Long Marston Show, 6th August…
Millennium map re-issuedPosted by lmphs - 26/05/11 at 08:05:46 am
This month the Horti are re-launching a piece of local history. On one of my walks recently, I visited my friend Oliver Matthews and bought one of his wonderful village plans he compiled just before the millennium. This is an A2 sized print of the Ordinance Survey maps from 1796 and 1996 showing how Long Marston and the surrounding hamlets looked at the time, superbly drawn by Ken Peak, accompanied by some beautifully painted pictures of local landmarks by Phyl Thorpe. With the ever changing village population, the Horti feel we should reissue these at £10 a copy. Anyone interested should contact Oliver directly on 01296 662181.
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Memories.Posted by lmphs - 13/05/11 at 04:05:19 pm
Everybody knows what the strange people in the Long Marston and Puttenham Horticultural Society do – they potter about in old clothes doing puzzling things to plants; a bit like a cross between Alan Titchmarsh and Miss Marple. Well, there are some a bit like that, it's true, but there are many other quite normal types who don't have noticeably green fingers, and who spend a lot of their time helping to arrange, organise and run events in the village, like the May Ball and the Annual Village Show.
Others help to maintain the web site (www.longmarston.org) which is a fascinating store of local information and well worth a visit. Part of this web site covers all aspects of the history of our local area, and much of the information has been provided by local residents sharing their memories and stories.
We are always interested to hear from our fellow Long Marstonites and Puttenhamites, so if you have any recollections or family stories concerning any aspect of the villages we would love to share them.
Any subject is of interest – The Airfield, Village Pubs, Shops and Businesses, The Wars, Local Characters – anything. Please contact us with your stories and memories either by post to: Martin Winship,13 Marston Court, Long Marston, HP23 4QS or by email: email@example.com.
Our aim is to produce a Long Marston and Puttenham booklet, in which all contributions will be acknowledged.
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B-24 Liberator "Beast of Bourbon"Posted by lmphs - 07/05/11 at 08:05:27 am
Memorial Dedication to the crew of B-24 Liberator on V.E. day.
Organised by Chas Jellis.
There will be a memorial dedication to the crew of the B-24 Liberator "Beast of Bourbon" on Saturday 7th May 2011 at 12 noon. The memorial stone will be placed on the green in Long Marston next to the existing war memorial.
Airmen of Lt. Louis McCarthy's crew in Liberator #42-50385, R4-H nicknamed Beast of Bourbon who died in a take-off crash at Long Marston, England on February 19, 1945 were arial gunners: S/Sgt. Carl E. Lindquist (21), Pvt. Fred K. Becker (20), Pvt. Howard F. Haley (20).
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Thread of the Day: What Do You Think of the Lincoln MKC Concept's Design?
For some reason it reminds me of a Raichu
At least front-end has no trims from Joke... uups, bad spelling... Juke.
who gives a damn about CUV's?! bring us the S16 silvia / 240SX! can't believe they halted THAT for THIS!
So, the old rounded non-functional Murano SUV is being replaced by a new folded non-functional Murano. There seems to be a good market for SUVs for people that don't need a SUV - I guess that's called freedom of choice:)
Looks like Nissan is finally coming out on the wild side....awesome!


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My book Business Storytelling For Dummies is now in Dutch!Read More
My book Business Storytelling For Dummies is now in Dutch!Read More
My business storytelling colleague Paul Andrew Costello shares great wisdom with us as he challenges the popular notion of "start with WHY", so rampant today in business/business storytelling circles.
Paul, I couldn't agree more. WHY has it's place, but WHERE is much more powerful. I like your approach much better.
Folks -- check out Paul's post and let's get unstuck from WHY
Paul Andrew Costello The new book, all the rage is, "Start With WHY" (Simon Sinek), but Why? dare I ask?
I want to write a book in reply, titled, Don't start with WHY, start with WHERE. Because Why assumes there is a reason, whereas more times than not, WHY is a SITUATION, not a reason. Why are police in controversy? Why are young men from minorities being targeted? Why is America still so scared of terrorism? Don't formulate some grand theory about racism or class, just go into those streets and meet those people and you understand that a thousand reasons wont do justice to the situation.
A why question implies that people have the luxury of an answer, as if the world must always conform to cause and effect logic, or that people always have the freedom to have reasons, rather than acting out of necessity. Most human complexities are compounded by answer-denying situations and once you give an answer, its immediately wrong because there is no one answer.
The answer is wrong because the question is wrong. Don't ask WHY, ask WHERE and understand that WHY is a symptom of our infatuation with "Tidying up intolerably messy Truths." WHY is not a doorway into the situation that will soon reveal the real geography of meaning, that "why you are" has everything to do with "where you are" and most of us are born there, which is a situation, not a reason.
Follow up thoughts, when you ask WHY about something in the past, you get an explanation or an excuse or an alibi, Why did you do this, Why did you walk away? etc, looking for an excuse, but when you ask WHY about the future, the idea of goals and ends come into play, which in a way is a different WHY altogether, you are not soliciting an alibi so much as a dream, a vision, an empowering purpose, and so perhaps that WHY needs to be called something different, the WHERE TO, Start with the WHERE TO, where do you want to take us, And WHERE FROM, where did this dream come from, which are locative questions, allowing people to put themselves in place.
Bruce Waltuck I often ask "what are you noticing and what does it mean to you?" First. Then I will ask "who else could you talk to, whose knowledge, understanding, and abikity, could help you?"
Peter Fruhmann I always liked the (your) landscape metaphor. Where do I come from? Where am I? (What am I doing here?) Where could I go from here? How and what (and with whom) seem more practical additons.
Peter Fruhmann Looking at it... the WHEN might be important as well. Time (in the sense of tense: past & present / future dichotomy) is an inseparable part of each story. 'Telling times' may organize processes of recollection and oblivion. In which time/tense do you feel comfortable when you tell your story?
Paul Andrew Costello yes when and where instead of why
Paul Andrew Costello i think of the question When as simply asking, where in time, what place in time
Madelyn Blair i just finished watching Ken Burn's series on the National Parks of the US. Those who talked about the parks and their creation were keenly aware that place is formative. One quotation from it was, "The parks have answers to questions we have not even begun to think." Sorry, I can't remember who said it, but the statement hasn't been able to leave my consciousness.
Peter Fruhmann Madelyn Blair Maybe 'out of bounds' in this conversation... But 'Sense of place' comes to mind: sense of place as in 'a sense of the beauty and the wealth of phenomena that comprise a particular place. Sense of place as a factor that makes an environment psychologically comfortable.' It is the perspective one can choose towards these definitions but then, just scratching the surface here.
Paul Andrew Costello The original work we did was on Aboriginal stories and their sense of place mapped through narrative, and how that seems to resonate with our larger issue of our place in the world, and ideas of home and belonging and identity. The WHY question can take one totally out of context- forcing us to extract a reason from the contingency making it sound so determined rather than free. Why did he do it? because he was a killer ( identity) or because he was angry ( emotions as reasons) or because he thought the gun was a toy, ( an accident is a reason which sounds like no reason) or It is a conspiracy, ( the reason is hosted in mystery)
Just like solution is meant to end the problem, reason is heard as meaning the end of the question it is a curiosity killer unless we keep questioning the why- like a little 4 year old, go to bed Johny, but Why, cos its too late, but WHY, cos you have kindergarden, but why? Little kids aren't fooled, they know there is a reason behind the WHY as much as there is a reason in front of it.
Madelyn Blair I checked on the quotation I mentioned, and it correctly reads, "The National parks hold the answers to the questions we do not even know to ask." Still can't find the speaker. But regardless of how it is said, it suggests that place contains so much more than we realize. yes, it is comfort and inspiration and more, but there is something in the human that resonates with surroundings. As you say, Peter Fruhmann Just scratching the surface.
Michael Margolis Where am I? That's the first question in the mind of your audience when you're telling a story. WHERE definitely triumphs WHY wink emoticon
Karen Dietz Thank you Paul Andrew Costello -- you've given us words of wisdom. Love the comments. Yes, WHY is significantly overrated. Time to move on.
Peter Fruhmann Michael Margolis Like that, the 'altered state of consciousness' (time and setting...) The invitation to look around and explore and discover
Madelyn Blair Nice variant on why. I like it.
David Hutchens I've been thinking about this since yesterday Paul! (That's a compliment. I love dedicating mindspace to you.)
I like "why" as a purpose-defining question, but not as a diagnostic question.
"Why" should face the future, not the past.
"Why" cannot not be prescribed. It must be discovered, created, and stepped into together.
Does that match where your thinking is going?
Madelyn Blair Dedicating mindspace - what a beautiful phrase. My sense is that you and Paul are on the same page.
Paul Andrew Costello "Why" cannot not be prescribed. It must be discovered, created, and stepped into together.
I love that, David,
the irony is that we sometimes discover the answer before we even know what the question is, or was, or that the answer totally makes the question irrelevant, such as the rich young man asking Jesus who is my neighbor, and his answer makes the question sound foolish, Rilke talked about living the questions into answers but life often does the reverse, the answer doesn't come and we have to wake up to the fact it was the wrong question,, so that-ask WHY for the future- can work though looking at my life, the sense of purpose slowly emerges more often than being vibrantly clear at the start, I guess the future is an experiment into the territory of why. hence, if why is a place, one we traverse, then yes, why is a great question. If it means we travel, it works.
Thaler Pekar Please do write the book, Paul; your musings the shortcomings of "Why" have long appealed to me and gotten me thinking. And just now, I found this old blog post of mine, on story as a grounding tool: "I ask myself, How did this story start? Where would you like it to end? Where are you now? I am, invariably, in the middle. In the ordinary. In the place of change. In the moment of possibility."
Madelyn Blair I'm with Thaler Pekar. Do turn this into a book. It's time for another book, Paul Andrew Costello. How can we help?
Yes Paul Andrew Costello, we need that book! And thanks for the article Thaler. I'll check it out. In the meantime everyone, tomorrow I'd like to do a mash-up of Paul's posts about this, everyone's comments, and the link to Thaler's article so I can curate it. That way all will be in one place. Thoughts?
Thaler Pekar Great, Karen. Here's my summary of this thread (I've been mulling it over and playing with it since Paul first shared his thoughts): "Where" is both aspirational and reflective. "Why" is static. "Where" encourages honesty in a way that "Why" cannot.
Paul Andrew Costello Wow, thanks for the comments. I appreciate the encouragement- and to share that this idea of place, and position all comes out of the mapping/geography of meaning work I am doing to keep some handle or to be honest, some sanity in NSL and our Middle East Work-its like my ongoing Case Study....
So when I ask -why wont Israel and Palestine make peace- that can be a dead end question, inviting attribution of motive, They dont want peace, or blame, we have no partner, or excuse, we keep trying, its not our fault.
Why suggests a reason, Where suggests a situation.
When you ask WHERE are Israel and Palestine in their quest for peace, you get to track the arc of the story, how themes events characters repeat themselves, that this is almost a repetition compulsion, and how when we understand that energy is a condition of position, one gets to understand the feeling of most of us- we are stuck in the middle, the end way off and the beginning almost forgotten, so that means, lets honor that place, and refuse the invitation to cynicism or burnout, but lets not try a brand new peace initiative, and repeat or feed the futile cycle-
what is needed is a new story, a new place to begin, not perhaps in politics or diplomacy at all, but with creative resistance, poetry, song, dance, theater, business, environment, faith, this way invites us to map the territory, to unpack the power of this story system that seems incorrigibly committed to a status quo- its what one of my Palestinian alums said in March, the best way to solve the Middle East conflict is first of all, to stop trying to solve the Middle East conflict. it sounds like zen, but it respects the story and where it contradicts itself. If a story is not working, don't try and fix it, get out of it. Find a story that makes the old story irrelevant. Find the Story that changes the Story.
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Karen Dietz's insight:
Here's a 4 step process for taking complex data and shaping it into a story so it is easy to understand. Really, these 4 steps are all about how to think better about the data so you can better find and share its story.
In reality, there is a lot more to visualizing data and combining that with good storytelling skills. But these 4 steps lay a strong foundation for getting started. There's a video for sale on the site that suggests a more thorough treatment. I have no affiliation with it, and you'll need to check it out if you are interested.
I'm pleased however, that we are starting to get much better a data storytelling and getting good advice now about how to do it.
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I like how this post goes through the necessity of building storytelling skills today in order to survive and thrive in the marketplace of tomorrow.
The author, Shane Snow, links storytelling into the ability of a company to create effective content to capture customers. He talks about the huge shift in advertising and marketing that has been happening, and how storytelling is the critical factor. In fact storytelling is now a core competence that every business needs to pay attention to.
This is a quick read, with an important business slant that you are going to want to capture and use.
Story on!
Colleague Annette Simmons, author of several ground breaking books on business storytelling, has written this terrific post helping anyone get unstuck about their stories.
This article goes hand-in-hand with another post I curated last week from colleague Shawn Callahan on spotting stories.
What I love about this post is how Simmons starts off -- with the hidden fear we all have about storytelling. She then gives clear directions for finding your stories that will get you over that hump.
Hey, even I freeze up when someone out of the blue asks, "So tell me one of your stories". I like all of Simmon's 4 buckets and use them to break up that frozen place I sometimes find myself in.
Enjoy this article and get story-ing!
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Classic cathode styling + multiple balls + a single paddle = Juggle XHD. The object is simple: keep as many balls as you can in the air for as long as you can. Juggle XHD might be a simple concept, but it can be wildly addicting. Good for a few minutes to kill or blowing away an entire night, this game is just one of those entertainment releases that's "so simple it's perfect." What makes it more perfect? When 100 of you can get this $1.99 game for free!
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