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Avici Software releases Whiteboard HD
Avici Software has released Whiteboard HD, a new multi-functional interactive whiteboard application for the iPad. Designed for use in boardroom, work group and classroom environments, Whiteboard HD allows users to visualize ideas by writing notes, sketching diagrams and recording brainstorming sessions. Users can make freeform drawings or manipulate pre-drawn shapes and lines using standard multi-touch gestures, dynamically place and orient labels and text boxes and select from grid or lined template backgrounds. Images and diagrams can be imported from the iPad photo library and the whiteboard content can be saved to the app's project manager or shared via e-mail. The application also supports video output through Apple's iPad VGA Adapter in multiple aspect ratios to external monitors or projectors. Whiteboard HD is available from the App Store for an introductory price of $6 until August 18th, after which the price will increase to $10.
Art in Games releases AirAttack HD
Art in Games has released an iPad version of Air Attack, its top-down air combat shooter. Air Attack HD (iLounge rating: A) provides the same features as its iPhone counterpart with higher-resolution graphics optimized for the iPhone display. AirAttack is an arcade-style top down air combat shooter where the player controls an aircraft flying over enemy territory and scores points by shooting down enemy aircraft, ships, ground vehicles and turrets. The game provides eight missions, 58 different enemy types, numerous upgrades and special weapons and three difficulty modes. Players can choose to control the game using direct touchscreen control, an on-screen joypad or accelerometer-based tilt controls. The game features detailed 3D graphics within lighting and special effects, an orchestral music score and realtime physics. Air Attack HD is available from the App Store for $1. The iPhone and iPod touch version is also available separately from the App Store for $1. A free Lite version is also available.
International iPad data plan pricing analyzed
Tableau Software has created an interactive graphic analyzing iPad data plan pricing across the world, while claiming that U.S. consumers are overpaying for cellular data access. The United States is the fifth most expensive country, and AT&T the sixth most expensive carrier, in terms of cost per gigabyte of cellular iPad data, with a cost of $12.50/1GB. Orange in France takes the crown as the most expensive iPad carrier, charging users the equivalent of $25.47 for a single gigabyte, while SingTel in Singapore charges only $0.51 per gigabyte.
Jet Set Games releases Highborn HD for iPad
Jet Set Games has released an iPad version of its popular turn-based strategy game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Highborn HD provides the same casual strategy game experience as its iPhone counterpart with re-designed maps and enhanced high-resolution, hand-drawn artwork optimized for the iPad display. In Highborn, players are treated to two strategy games to provide an intelligent tactical experience in a more relaxed turn-based model. Players deploy forces using an overhead map view to secure spells and combat support and then engage in 3D combat to use those advantages against enemy forces. The strategic elements of the game are set against a background storyline with wacky heroes and witty dialogue. Players can choose from many different styles of play, unlocking hero characters with different abilities throughout the course of the game. The game also provides more than 20 single- and multi-player achievements that can be unlocked and includes OpenFeint integration allowing users to compete against other players online. Highborn HD is available from the App Store for $3; the iPhone and iPod touch version is sold separately on the App Store for $1.
Apple moving to in-house location services
Apple is abandoning past partners Skyhook and Google for location data in favor of its own database, signaling a further move towards in-house mapping and location services. TechCrunch reports that in a letter responding to a Congressional request for information about its data collection, Apple indicated it is now using its own location database to provide iOS 3.2 and later devices with location information. "For devices running iPhone OS versions 1.1.3 to 3.1, Apple relied on (and still relies on) databases maintained by Google and Skyhook Wireless ("Skyhook") to provide location-based services," Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell said in the letter. "Beginning with the iPhone OS version 3.2 released in April 2010, Apple relies on its own databases to provide location-based services and for diagnostic purposes." Apple purchased online mapping firm Poly9 earlier this year and bought the mapping service PlaceBase in 2009; these acquisitions, along with confirmation that it is running its own location database, lend credence to the suggestion that Apple is planning to launch its own mapping service.
The Omni Group releases OmniFocus for iPad
The Omni Group has released the much-anticipated iPad version of its OmniFocus professional task management app. Although OmniFocus has been available on the iPhone and iPod touch for some time, OmniFocus for iPad has been completely redesigned for the iPad user interface. The iPad version provides in-depth desktop-style task management capabilities, allowing users to take advantage of features previously only available in OmniFocus for the Mac. OmniFocus for iPad includes flexible viewing options, location-aware task lists and on-the-fly task entry including voice notes and image attachments. Users can use the iPad version as a standalone task management app or synchronize with the Mac or iPhone versions of OmniFocus using any WebDAV server or The Omni Group's own free sync service. Advanced features include full search capabilities, location-based task assignment with an integrated map view, daily and weekly forecasts or due tasks and a built-in task review feature. OmniFocus for iPad is available from the App Store for $40. More information on the app, including demonstration videos can be found on the company's OmniFocus for iPad Product Page
SoftBank CEO: iPhone 4 sales 'far exceeded' expectations
Reporting his company's first fiscal quarter financial results, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son made several comments regarding the iPhone and iPad, products for which SoftBank is the exclusive carrier in Japan. Masayoshi Son said that sales of the iPhone 4 "far exceeded" his expectations, and apologized to customers for supply shortages. "We ship and we ship, and then we immediately get more new orders," he said. He also said the company added 696,600 subscribers in the quarter, many wooed away from competitors that don't offer Apple products. Regarding the iPad, Masayoshi Son said the tablet was selling well and drawing interest from large corporations. When discussing whether consumers should get the iPhone or iPad, he recommended they get both, noting that historical Japanese warriors often carried both a short and long sword. Despite the strong performance, SoftBank's net profit fell 29 percent due to a tax hit.
Apple blocking iPad magazine subscription deals?
Apple is to blame for the current lack of iPad magazine subscription options, according to a new report. AllThingsD reports that Time Inc. was planning to launch a subscription version of its Sports Illustrated iPad app with payments being handled by the publisher, until Apple rejected the application at the last minute, forcing Time to sell single copies as in-app purchases. Notably, a number of the app's negative reviews mention the lack of a subscription option. The report states that Time executives "have been going nuts" trying to find a way to get Apple to approve a subscription plan. In addition, Apple reportedly approved the company's subscription plans prior to the iPad's launch, during a time when Apple was communicating with Time executives. As the report notes, no other magazine publisher has gained approval to sell its own iOS app subscriptions, either.
Apple sued over iPad overheating issues
Apple has been sued in U.S. District Court in Northern California over claims that the iPad overheats and fails to operate properly in warm conditions. Bloomberg reports that the suit, filed in Oakland, CA, claims that the iPad "does not live up to the reasonable consumer's expectations created by Apple" due to the fact that it "overheats so quickly under common weather conditions." Notably, it claims that the iPad "turns off, sometimes after just a few minutes of use," when used in direct sunlight. The suit seeks unspecified damages as well as class action status.
Apple issues official response on jailbreak ruling
Apple has issued an official response to yesterday's Library of Congress Copyright Office ruling that jailbreaking a smartphone did not constitute a copyright violation, and instead fell under fair use. "Apple's goal has always been to insure that our customers have a great experience with their iPhone and we know that jailbreaking can severely degrade the experience," an Apple spokesperson told Cult of Mac. "As we've said before, the vast majority of customers do not jailbreak their iPhones as this can violate the warranty and can cause the iPhone to become unstable and not work reliably." Apple had in the past argued that jailbreaking was illegal—in that it constituted copyright infringement and a DMCA violation—and that it could enable "potentially catastrophic" network attacks.
WebPad shares iPad drawings on the Internet in real-time
Ignition Soft has released WebPad, a new iPad drawing app that allows users to share iPad drawings in-progress with other users in real-time. Users are provided with a personal WebPad URL which friends and colleagues can access to view the drawing in real-time using any modern desktop web browser. Users can draw in both landscape and portrait orientation and the online WebPad drawing will update to reflect the iPad's current orientation. Drawings are saved by the WebPad online service automatically and other users can comment, share and review drawings on the WebPad site. WebPad is available from the App Store for $5. Free registration with the WebPad service and an active Internet connection is required to use the app.
LG struggling to meet iPad display demand
LG Display is struggling to keep up with demand for the iPad's 9.7-inch, LED-backlit IPS LCD screen, according to comments made by the company's CEO. "Demand (from Apple) keeps growing and we can't meet it all. Apple may have to delay launches of the iPad for some countries due to tight component supplies and strong demand," said LG Display CEO Kwon Young-soo. "We are considering increasing production lines for iPad products but overall supply is likely to remain tight until early next year." Reuters reports that analysts expect iPad demand to accelerate in the coming months; Apple launched the iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore today, adding to current distribution in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US.
ABC Digital releases ABC News for iPad
ABC Digital has released an official ABC News app for the iPad. ABC News provides an optimized version of the content from the broadcaster's website with interactive features allowing users to explore the news in a touchscreen-friendly format. Users can choose from a traditional news content view or browse through stories with a unique globe interface by either swiping or shaking the iPad to spin the globe and touching the screen to read or watch content that appears. Users can also filter the content that appears on the globe by selecting a favorite topic or show, save stories to a Favorites section for reading offline and share links to stories via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter. ABC News is available from the App Store as a free download. A promo video demonstrating the app can be found on the ABC News website.
eReader update adds native iPad support
Fictionwise has released a universal update to its venerable eReader app providing native iPad and iOS 4 support. Although primarily designed for reading e-books purchased from the Fictionwise.com and eReader.com stores, eReader also allows users to transfer their own content or download unprotected eReader-format books from many other web sites in addition to their own library of purchased titles. eReader for the iPad provides the same features as the iPhone and iPod touch version including cover flow view, dictionary support, notes, highlights and bookmarks, eight different reading fonts and customizable day/night reading themes. eReader supports the well-established eReader format but is not compatible with Kindle or iBooks e-books and does not currently provide support for transferring books via USB through iTunes. eReader is available from the App Store as a free download.
China Telecom hoping to land iPhone, iPad deals
China Telecom has indicated that it would like to offer both the iPhone and iPad at some point. Citing an unnamed company official, the Wall Street Journal reports that China Telecom would like to offer the iPhone in order to attract users to its 3G services, but that it faces a hurdle in doing so due to its use of CDMA technology. "If we can have an iPhone, that would be good, but we'll just wait and see" whether Apple comes out with a CDMA version of the phone, said the official. The report notes that people familiar with the situation have said Apple is working on a CDMA iPhone, but it has yet to announce any plans to introduce such a device.
Apple sells 9.4m iPods, 8.4m iPhones, 3.27m iPads in Q3 2010
Reporting its third quarter 2010 financial results today, Apple said it sold 9.41 million iPods during the quarter—an eight percent unit decrease compared to the 10.2 million iPods sold in Q3 2009, albeit with a four percent increase in revenue. It also sold 8.4 million iPhones in the quarter, up 61% from the year-ago quarter, and 3.27 million iPads, the latter alone contributing $2.166 billion in revenue during its first quarter of supply-constrained availability. The company posted overall revenue of $15.7 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.25 billion, or $3.51 per diluted share, compared with revenue of $9.73 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.83 billion, or $2.01 per diluted share in Q3 2009.
"It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple's history with iPhone 4," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still to come this year."
"We're really pleased to have generated over $4 billion of cash during the quarter," said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's CFO. "Looking ahead to the fourth fiscal quarter of 2010, we expect revenue of about $18 billion and we expect diluted earnings per share of about $3.44"
iPad to launch in nine more countries July 23
Apple has announced that the iPad will launch in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23. Both iPad with Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G models will be available at yet to be determined prices. The iPad is currently available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, and Apple claims it will roll out the device to "many more countries" later this year.
Apple posts iOS SDK 4.0.1
Apple has posted its iOS Software Development Kit (SDK) 4.0.1, bringing with it compatibility with the latest iOS software releases. Notably, Apple is warning developers that if they have updated their iPhones to iOS 4.0.1 or their iPads to iOS 3.2.1 they will need to download and install the new SDK to continue development. Unlike the iOS 4.1 beta and accompanying SDK released yesterday, iOS SDK 4.0.1 is available to all registered developers, and not just those who have paid Apple's $99 annual fee to enroll in the iPhone Developer Program. Apple's iOS SDK 4.0.1 is available now as a free download from the iPhone Dev Center.
Apple releases iOS 3.2.1 Software Update for iPad
Alongside iOS 4.0.1 for the iPhone, Apple today also released the iOS 3.2.1 Software Update for the iPad. According to Apple's release notes, the update brings improved Wi-Fi connectivity, fixes for issues that could prevent copy and paste of single-page PDF documents in Mail and cause video playback to freeze, improved reliability of video-out when using the iPad Dock Connector to VGA Adapter, and adds Bing as an option for Safari's search field. The iOS 3.2.1 Software Update for the iPad is available now for both iPad with Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G models via the Update feature in iTunes.
Apple patent points to new Dock connector
A newly published Apple patent application suggests the company is working on a new format Dock Connector that would allow device docking in multiple orientations. Entitled "Methods and Apparatuses For Docking a Portable Electronic Device That Has a Planar Like Configuration and That Operates in Multiple Orientations," the patent describes a docking system that, like current Apple Docks, offers both power and data to the connected device, either via flush contacts that physically touch similar contacts on the dock itself, or via inductive coils that could be concealed within the device's body. As AppleInsider notes, the patent also covers less progressive docking ideas including traditional electrical contact docks that can be rotated or adjusted; it notably also shows an iPad-like device being docked to an articulated arm not unlike the one found on earlier iMac models. As with all Apple patents, this filing does not necessarily represent any future product release from Apple, but offers evidence of the company's research in this area.


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Spectral integration of speech bands in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners124(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2940582View Description Hide Description
This investigation examined whether listeners with mild–moderate sensorineural hearing impairment have a deficit in the ability to integrate synchronous spectral information in the perception of speech. In stage 1, the bandwidth of filtered speech centered either on 500 or was varied adaptively to determine the width required for approximately 15%–25% correct recognition. In stage 2, these criterion bandwidths were presented simultaneously and percent correct performance was determined in fixed block trials. Experiment 1 tested normal-hearing listeners in quiet and in masking noise. The main findings were (1) there was no correlation between the criterion bandwidths at 500 and ; (2) listeners achieved a high percent correct in stage 2 (approximately 80%); and (3) performance in quiet and noise was similar. Experiment 2 tested listeners with mild–moderate sensorineural hearing impairment. The main findings were (1) the impaired listeners showed high variability in stage 1, with some listeners requiring narrower and others requiring wider bandwidths than normal, and (2) hearing-impaired listeners achieved percent correct performance in stage 2 that was comparable to normal. The results indicate that listeners with mild–moderate sensorineural hearing loss do not have an essential deficit in the ability to integrate across-frequency speechinformation.
Predicting the path of a changing sound: Velocity tracking and auditory continuity124(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2945117View Description Hide Description
Three studies demonstrate listeners' ability to use the rate of a sound's frequency change (velocity) to predict how the spectral path of the sound is likely to evolve, even in the event of an occlusion. Experiments 1 and 2 use a modified probe-signal method to measure attentional filters and demonstrate increased detection to sounds falling along implied paths of constant-linear velocity. Experiment 3 shows listeners perceive a suprathreshold tone as falling along a trajectory of constant velocity when the frequency is near to the region of greatest detection as measured in Experiments 1 and 2. Further, results show greater accuracy and decreased bias in the use of velocity information with increased exposure to a constant-velocity sound. As the duration of occlusion lengthens, results also show a downward shift (relative to a trajectory of constant velocity) in the frequency at which listeners' detection and experience of a continuous trajectory are greatest. A preliminary model of velocity processing is proposed to account for this downward shift. Results show listeners' use of velocity in extrapolating sounds with dynamically changing spectral and temporal properties and provide evidence for its role in perceptual auditory continuity within a noisy acoustic environment.
Sound segregation based on temporal envelope structure and binaural cues124(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2945159View Description Hide Description
The ability to segregate two spectrally and temporally overlapping signals based on differences in temporal envelope structure and binaural cues was investigated. Signals were a harmonic tone complex (HTC) with fundamental frequency and a bandpass noise (BPN). Both signals had interaural differences of the same absolute value, but with opposite signs to establish lateralization to different sides of the medial plane, such that their combination yielded two different spatial configurations. As an indication for segregation ability, threshold interaural time and level differences were measured for discrimination between these spatial configurations. Discrimination based on interaural level differences was good, although absolute thresholds depended on signal bandwidth and center frequency. Discrimination based on interaural time differences required the signals' temporal envelope structures to be sufficiently different. Long-term interaural cross-correlation patterns or long-term averaged patterns after equalization-cancellation of the combined signals did not provide information for the discrimination. The binaural system must, therefore, have been capable of processing changes in interaural time differences within the period of the harmonic tone complex, suggesting that monaural information from the temporal envelopes influences the use of binauralinformation in the perceptual organization of signal components.
Tuning in the spatial dimension: Evidence from a masked speech identification task124(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2945710View Description Hide Description
Spatial release from masking was studied in a three-talker soundfield listening experiment. The target talker was presented at 0° azimuth and the maskers were either colocated or symmetrically positioned around the target, with a different masker talker on each side. The symmetric placement greatly reduced any "better ear" listening advantage. When the maskers were separated from the target by , the average spatial release from masking was . Wider separations increased the release to more than . This large effect was eliminated when binaural cues and perceived spatial separation were degraded by covering one ear with an earplug and earmuff. Increasing reverberation in the room increased the target-to-masker ratio for the separated, but not colocated, conditions reducing the release from masking, although a significant advantage of spatial separation remained. Time reversing the masker speech improved performance in both the colocated and spatially separated cases but lowered the most for the colocated condition, also resulting in a reduction in the spatial release from masking. Overall, the spatial tuning observed appears to depend on the presence of interaural differences that improve the perceptual segregation of sources and facilitate the focus of attention at a point in space.
Spectrogram denoising and automated extraction of the fundamental frequency variation of dolphin whistles124(2008); http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.2945711View Description Hide Description
Marine mammal vocalizations are often analyzed using time-frequency representations (TFRs) which highlight their nonstationarities. One commonly used TFR is the spectrogram. The characteristic spectrogram time-frequency (TF) contours of marine mammal vocalizations play a significant role in whistle classification and individual or group identification. A major hurdle in the robust automated extraction of TF contours from spectrograms is underwater noise. An image-based algorithm has been developed for denoising and extraction of TF contours from noisy underwater recordings. An objective procedure for measuring the accuracy of extracted spectrogram contours is also proposed. This method is shown to perform well when dealing with the challenging problem of denoising broadband transients commonly encountered in warm shallow waters inhabited by snapping shrimp. Furthermore, it would also be useful with other types of broadband transient noise.


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Ive lived in 5 states and 4 foreign countries and traveled to many more. I have to agree South Carolina wins hands down with the notable exception of Vietnam. So, were cleaner than a third world country and dirtier than the remaining 49 states. We should be ashamed and embarrassed.
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I agree with Ronald Coopers remarks from May 12 Report: South Carolina ranked dirtiest state in nation that fines need to be stiff and need to be strictly enforced.
I dont agree with Coopers comment that getting the message of littering to young people is key to preventing it.
Obviously, educational efforts are not working evidenced by simply looking out the window of your automobile. Look in any direction on any road and you see the same thing trash. I recall reading an article in the Aiken Standard saying Aiken County had two litter enforcement officers. Apparently, that staffing level doesnt match the enormity of the problem. About half of the article focused on the Adopt-a-Highway program. While I think its a worthwhile program, I get the feeling that the primary emphasis of solving the problem focuses on residents volunteering to pick up others trash rather than instituting and enforcing laws that provide mandatory high penalties and mandatory community service.
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Ayla und das Tal der Großen Mutter (original 1990; edition 2002)
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A reread of this book. I always enjoy this series, and this book is probably my favorite. Ayla and Jondalar have made the decision to leave the Mamutoi and make the trip back to Jondalar's home. Along the way they meet up with several other groups of people, some good and some not.
Ayla is nervous about leaving the Mamutoi, who have adopted her and given her a family of her own. But she loves Jondalar and will go with him despite her qualms. Because she was raised by "flatheads" after her own family died in an earthquake, she frequently faces prejudice from those who don't understand. However, she is always able to win over her detractors by way of her healing skills or personality.
Jondalar started out his Journey with his brother, but ended up with Ayla after a cave lion killed his brother and injured him. While happy to be with Ayla, he is homesick for his own people and convinces Ayla to come with him. After spending several months with the Mamutoi, it is time to move on. Having made the Journey this far, Jondalar knows the way back home and is anxious to get there.
I liked the descriptions of the land and animals that they saw along the way, but my favorite parts were when they encountered other people. The first of these are the Sharamudoi, with whom Jondalar and his brother had stayed before. They arrive to find that the wife of the leader has been hurt and Ayla immediately steps into healer mode to help her. She is successful, of course, which puts her in good graces with the rest of the people. I also enjoyed the reactions to Ayla's wolf and horses. They stay for awhile with the group, who want them to stay, but Jondalar insists that they keep moving.
The next group they encounter are the S'Armunai, with a welcome that is not so pleasant. The leader of the group is a woman who stole the leadership and is mentally unbalanced. Jondalar is captured and is confined with the other men. He does what he can to help the other men while he tries to figure out how to escape and find Ayla. Meanwhile, she has been looking for him, and watches the camp for several days while trying to find the best way to rescue him. How she does so is very dramatic and intense. Of course, she also insists on staying long enough to treat those who have been injured and neglected, before they leave to continue their Journey.
Next up are the Losadunai, who live at the edge of the glacier Jondalar and Ayla must cross to get to his home. Again, they are warmly welcomed and treated well. I enjoyed seeing Ayla getting to know everyone. There is also some drama involving a young girl who was assaulted by some young men. Ayla's empathy helps the girl move past it and embrace her future. As Ayla and Jondalar continue their journey they run into those same young men who have attacked a Clan (flathead) man and woman. After reading them the riot act and sending them on their way, Ayla treats the injured man as they share their fire and a meal. I liked how seeing Ayla with a man of the Clan helped Jondalar understand her a little better.
There is danger as they cross the glacier at the end of the winter. The arrival of spring temperatures can cause dangerous melting, putting them at greater risk of injury or death. After several close calls, they make it off the glacier, to the home cave of some of Jondalar's family. A bit of a romantic tangle is present with a young woman there that adds a bit of angst. Ayla also encounters a man of "mixed spirits" half clan and half Other, who reminds her of her son Durc, left behind in the first book of the series. I really enjoyed their connection and seeing Ayla ease his anger about the way his mother was treated. After a brief period with them, they at last reach Jondalar's home, with a cliffhanger ending as we wait to see how they are welcomed.
I always enjoy seeing Ayla win over new people, and this book was no exception. I also loved seeing reactions to the animals, especially Wolf. I especially loved his part in the rescue of Jondalar from the S'Armunai. It is also really sweet to see Wolf with the various children.
This was not my first reread of this book and it won't be the last.
Once again, Jean M. Auel manages to snatch her readers up into a mythical past of mammoths and humans and their forgotten cousins. Ayla and Jondalar have overcome their internal struggles and prejudices and bring their makeshift animal family across a distant Ice Age. I loved getting to meet the different peoples and their many different inventions. But I especially loved the chance to return to more about the Clan. You don't realize how much you miss them and their strange ways after the first book, until moments like these. Of course, there's plenty of action and passion and moments that made me laugh out loud. Because the beautiful thing about Auel's story is not simply her mastery of the English language, but for crafting one of the most endearing love stories I've found.
Jondalar was focused on reaching the glacier in time. If they did not reach it before spring, it would be too dangerous to cross the glacier, and they would be forced to take a detour through Clan territory.
During the first leg of the journey, the young lovers crossed the vast steppes on their way to the delta of the Great Mother River. This part of the trip was relatively uneventful. They met the Falcon Camp of Mamutoi, who were initially wary of the strangers who controlled animals. They eventually invited the couple to camp with them, but Jondalar declined. They left the camp the next morning, after sharing dinner and breakfast with the last Mamutoi group that they would meet.
As they neared the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, they saw a pleasant-looking valley and decided to make camp. This turned out to be a bad decision. That night, Ayla had a prophetic dream in which Creb warned her to get out of the valley. She bolted awake, only to discover that the rain had progressed to a heavy downpour. The pair managed to escape the flash flood in the nick of time, but some of their supplies were lost.
Luckily, they found a Mamutoi camp. The people were gone for the summer, but the couple's need to replenish their supplies and repair their damaged gear was great. During this time, Jondalar built a Mamutoi bowl boat, which they used to haul gear and keep things dry while crossing rivers. Jondalar also invented a detachable spear point, which reduced the need to replace broken spear shafts.
When they reached the delta, they saw smoke rising from a large island. They went toward the smoke, hoping to find friendly people. Instead, they found an abandoned camp that showed signs that it had been occupied moments before. Jondalar surmised that the people were hiding from what they thought were evil spirits.
Later, as they traveled through Sharamudoi territory, they saw a Ramudoi boat and several people on the opposite shore. However, the people fled from the strange-looking horse-people.
The season was beginning to change when Jondalar and Ayla neared the Sharamudoi settlement where Jondalar had lived for three years. They were picking blackberries when they saw Darvalo. He told them that his mother, Serenio, had left with a Mamutoi man named Gulec. He also told them that Roshario had fallen from a cliff and broken her arm a month earlier, but no one had set it. (Shamud had died during the previous winter.)
That afternoon, Ayla examined Roshario's arm and saw that it had begun to heal. She decided to re-break the arm and set it properly. The procedure went well, and Roshario was expected to regain use of the arm. Roshario was grateful that she was no longer condemned to be a helpless woman.
That night, a feast was held in honor of Jondalar's return and Roshario's recovery. When it became apparent that Ayla was raised by flatheads, Dolando flew into a mad rage. His hearth son, Doraldo, had been killed by flatheads, and he harbored an intense, irrational hatred of them. When it was accidentally revealed that Doraldo had been killed while attempting to force a Clan woman, Dolando's rage began to soften.
During her short stay with the Sharamudoi, Ayla became fast friends with Tholie. Markeno and Tholie lost their counterpart family when Jetamio and Thonolan died. Tholie proposed that Jondalar and Ayla become Shamudoi and be cross-mated to Markeno and Tholie. Ayla would have been happy to stay, but Jondalar was loath to give up his identity as a Zelandonii man. He declined their offer, citing his desire to inform his mother of Thonolan's death and to get Zelandoni's help in helping Thonolan's spirit find its way.
Jondalar and Ayla continued on their journey, but not before sharing the spear-thrower and two-piece spear, the firestone, and the thread-puller.
Jondalar and Ayla deviated from the course of the Great Mother River in order to cross the Sister River (a large and swift tributary) when it was smaller. The Ramudoi leader had warned Jondalar that they should attempt to cross the Sister before the autumn rains were added to its flow. Their progress toward the river was slow; the horses, travois, and bowl-boat hindered their movement in the densely wooded mountainous terrain.
As they came down from the mountains, the rains began to fall. They sought shelter in an abandoned summer camp and made preparations for their most dangerous river crossing. The animals and people survived the crossing, although Jondalar and Ayla were hypothermic, and Wolf had a bruised rib.
As they approached the Great Mother River, which they planned to follow west, they met a band of Hadumai hunters. Jondalar recognized Jeren from his previous encounter. Jondalar resisted the temptation to ask whether Noria had a child of his spirit. Despite the language barrier, the couple was invited to visit the Hadumai camp. Jondalar declined the offer, because they were traveling in different directions. Jeren tried to warn them not to go north into S'Armunai territory, but Jondalar didn't understand the nature of the warning.
While they were camping along the river near mountains (the Sudetes), Whinney was captured by a nearby herd. Jondalar tracked the herd into S'Armunai territory. When they caught up with the herd, they did not realize that S'Armunai hunters were trying to drive the herd over a cliff. Jondalar and Ayla were separated during the confusion, although Ayla managed to rescue Whinney.
The S'Armunai hunters believed that Jondalar was trying to steal their meat. They struck Jondalar on the head, rendering him unconscious, and carried him back to their camp. At the camp, he was stripped of his possessions and held as a prisoner.
The S'Armunai camp was ruled by a tyrannical woman named Attaroa, who learned to hate men after enduring an abusive childhood and an abusive mate. Attaroa taught the women to hunt and called the best of her hunters "Wolf Women." The Wolf Women were led by Epadoa, who was loyal to Attaroa.
However, they were not very competent hunters, and because Attaroa forbade them to gather, food was scarce even during the season of plenty.
Meanwhile, the men were imprisoned in a surround and deprived of shelter, clothing, food, and water. Attaroa kept the men in a weakened state so that they were easier to control. Women were not allowed to stay with the men or to bring them food, although some managed to sneak into the Men's Camp. As a result of the forced separation, few babies were born.
When Attaroa met Jondalar, she was determined to break him. She enjoyed the challenge of breaking a man and then making an example of him by killing him. However, Jondalar was not an easy man to break.
While he was imprisoned, Jondalar met a Losadunai man called Ardemun who spoke some Zelandonii. Ardemun was captured by the S'Armunai many years ago. Because of his knowledge of several languages and his dislocated leg, he was allowed more freedom of movement and was something of a spokesman between Attaroa and the men.
At the Men's Camp, Jondalar met two men who spoke Mamutoi. Jondalar learned that men who resisted were maimed. One old man had a putrefying spear wound and died a few days later. Attaroa had also ordered Epadoa to dislocate the legs of two boys. He also learned that Attaroa killed her own child for helping a young woman to run away with the man she loved. The man was also killed, but Cavoa (the woman) was temporarily spared when it was discovered that she was pregnant.
On the way back from the funeral of the old man, Jondalar asked Ardemun to pick up two pieces of flint, which he secreted in the Men's Camp. During the next few days, Jondalar secretly made a few tools, including some spear points and a spear-thrower. He also wanted the two lame boys to learn a skill.
Jondalar met their S'Armuna, who spoke perfect Zelandonii. (She had lived with the Ninth Cave for several years.) Jondalar blamed her for the mistreatment of the men; One Who Served should not abuse her position. S'Armuna was secretly ashamed of what she had allowed to happen.
One day, Attaroa decided to play with Jondalar. First, she told him that the penalty for stealing was death and accused him of being a liar. Then she pretended to offer him freedom in exchange for Pleasuring her. Jondalar refused, which infuriated her. Attaroa ordered her women to tie Jondalar to the practice target.
Just as Attaroa was about to hurl a spear at Jondalar, Ayla rode in and freed him by throwing a spear at the ropes that bound his hands. Ayla had been surreptitiously observing the camp for several days, learning their habits and even some of their words. She ordered Attaroa to make her hunters stop, and then she lectured Attaroa about hospitality and the Mother's ways. She ordered Attaroa to return Jondalar's things to him.
Attaroa tried to trick Ayla into staying with her and sharing a feast, but Ayla found an excuse to leave by offering to bring something for the feast. Attaroa's women tried to track the couple but were too slow. However, Jondalar and Ayla stunned everyone by returning.
They stayed in S'Armuna's lodge, where they learned more about Attaroa and her past. They learned that S'Armuna had once been a close friend of Marthona. S'Armuna also showed them her discovery of firing clay to make ceramic.
At the feast, Attaroa tried to kill Ayla. She would have succeeded if Wolf had not intervened to protect Ayla by killing Attaroa. Afterwards, the men demanded retribution. They wanted Epadoa and the Wolf Women to suffer for their crimes. However, Amodun, a wise old man, thought it would be better if Epadoa made restitution by having to take care of Doban, whom she maimed.
Jondalar and Ayla stayed for a few days to help. Ayla taught the camp about foods that could be found during winter, and she reset the dislocated legs of Doban and Odevan. Jondalar made some tools, offering to show anyone who wanted to learn. They showed them how to use the spear-thrower and firestones. Ayla suggested that they use the wood from the Holding for a ceremonial firing.
Ayla helped Cavoa to deliver her twin babies just before continuing on the Journey.
After Jondalar and Ayla left the S'Armunai, they eventually reached Losadunai territory. Like most strangers, the Losadunai were wary of the horses and the Wolf, but they welcomed Jondalar and Ayla.
During their stay, they learned about a man named Charoli who led a band of young men. Charoli's gang had been making trouble with the Clan, baiting the men and forcing the women. However, the Losadunai were outraged when Charoli and his band raped Madenia, a young woman who had not even had First Rites.
As a result of the rapes, Madenia no longer wanted to have anything to do with men. However, after Losaduna performed a cleansing ceremony (with Ayla's help), Madenia's mood began to improve. After feeling attracted to Jondalar and secretly witnessing a session of Pleasures between Jondalar and Ayla, she decided to go through with First Rites.
During their stay, Ayla quickly learned the Losadunai language. She learned several legends from Losaduna and a way to make soap from rendered fat, wood ash, and water.
As they neared the glacier, Jondalar and Ayla came upon a Clan couple who was under attack by Charoli's band of six men. They had attacked the blond Clan woman, thinking that she was alone. The woman's mate leapt from a high rock to defend her, breaking his right leg. However, the couple still managed to put up a good fight, and with the help of Jondalar and Ayla, the band was routed and sent back to the Losadunai.
Ayla was able to communicate with them by using the Clan's ancient language and learned that they were named Guban and Yorga. She eventually persuaded Guban that she was a Clan medicine woman, and he allowed Ayla to reset his leg. Meanwhile, Jondalar made some crutches for Guban, which he insisted on using the next day.
Guban worried about owing a kinship debt to a woman of the Others. However, Jondalar asserted that Ayla belonged to him, so any debts owed to her were owed to him. He then cleverly suggested that they exchange debts. Jondalar said that he owed a debt to the entire Clan for saving Ayla, who later saved Jondalar's life. They exchanged tokens of kinship, revealed the locations of each other's camps, and introduced the possibility of trading in the future.
Jondalar and Ayla reached the glacier in the nick of time. The crossing was difficult. They had to make boots for the animals to protect their feet from the sharp ice, and they ran out of fuel and water. Once, Ayla fell into a crevasse and was nearly lost. On the final day, the foehn (southern wind) arrived, and the glacier became treacherous. They made it off just in time, sliding down the glacier in their bowl boat.
Ayla had stopped taking her contraceptive tea while she was on the glacier to conserve water. The day after the crossing, she and Jondalar shared Pleasures, and Jonayla was conceived.
Jondalar and Ayla visited the Lanzadonii (led by Dalanar) for a few days. No one had expected to see Jondalar again. While they were there, it became clear that Joplaya, Jondalar's half-sister, was in love with Jondalar and had been holding out, hoping that he might flout tradition to join with her. However, she gave up that hope when she saw that he was in love with Ayla.
Before Jondalar and Ayla left, Joplaya agreed to be mated to Echozar, a man of mixed spirits. Although Joplaya did not love him, she knew that Echozar loved her and would be a good mate.
They reached the Ninth Cave in late spring or early summer. Ayla recognized the overhanging rock from her dream and knew that she had finally come home.
Review: The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel. This is the fourth book to Jean Auel's Earth's Children Series. The reason I enjoy this series is because it was so long ago that I read it that I wanted to read the adventures of Ayla and Jondalar from a different viewpoint. I love adventure, the Stone Age era, the characters, their culture, and the creative way things where made back then. Jean Auel gives so much research information of that era that just fascinates me. The writing is very descriptive and that has always been a highlight in her books. Some of the environment descriptions are a bit too much at times but that's what kept me turning the pages. This book starts out with Jondalar and Ayla taking a long journey across many miles of treacherous terrain while heading back to Jondalar's home, the People of the Zelandonii's. They headed west to get back to the Great Mother River which they followed all the way to the west end. Along the way they met several different types of people, many were friendly, and they made new friends. They also came across some trouble with another group of people who were led by a female xenia-type warrior leader who hated men and kept them in a cage like structure with little food, less water and no warm clothing for the winter months. These men were so abused that they were dying off slowly day by day. Plus, Jondalar was one of her captives for a while until Ayla spoilt of the women's barbaric events when she rode into the S'Armunai camp on horseback to rescue Jondalar. There was more to that scene which was interesting and Ayla justified the events their leader was holding over her group of women warriors. In between some of the adventurous there were some graphic scenes of Ayla and Jondalar having what they called Pleasures….Within other scenes Ayla was considered a healer and helped many people along the way. It was amazing that back then they used datura, wormwood, and chamomile which I even heard my grandmother used during her lifetime. It's a good story with a feeling of being part of it covering human issues that would not go away, being forgotten, bigotry, hatred, weakness, honor, love and the whole host of human conditions and how they started….. The ending was a special surprise…..!
Wasn't sure I was going to like returning to the Stone Age, but got completely drawn in. I enjoyed Auel's periodic geologic and botanical commentary and was very impressed with Ayla and Jondalar's creativity and inventiveness.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553381652, Paperback)Jean M. Auel's enthralling Earth's Children® series has become a literary phenomenon, beloved by readers around the world. In a brilliant novel as vividly authentic and entertaining as those that came before, Jean M. Auel returns us to the earliest days of humankind and to the captivating adventures of the courageous woman called Ayla.
With her companion, Jondalar, Ayla sets out on her most dangerous and daring journey--away from the welcoming hearths of the Mammoth Hunters and into the unknown. Their odyssey spans a beautiful but sparsely populated and treacherous continent, the windswept grasslands of Ice Age Europe, casting the pair among strangers. Some will be intrigued by Ayla and Jondalar, with their many innovative skills, including the taming of wild horses and a wolf; others will avoid them, threatened by what they cannot understand; and some will threaten them. But Ayla, with no memory of her own people, and Jondalar, with a hunger to return to his, are impelled by their own deep drives to continue their trek across the spectacular heart of an unmapped world to find that place they can both call home.
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Zanfer Promotions is putting together a big show on March 29th in Culiacan, Mexico. In the main event, a battle of junior middleweights with Omar "Businessman" Chavez (31-2-1, 22KOs) will face dangerous puncher Daniel Sandoval (34-2, 30KOs), who fought ten times in the last two years and has a unbeaten streak that stretches back to November 2010. In the co-feature, the return of former champion Hernan "Tyson" Marquez (36-4, 26KOs). Marquez comes back from last November's defeat to Giovanni Segura, a Fight of The Year candidate. Marquez hopes to secure a rematch with Segura in 2014.
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TV Review: Lifetime's 'The Protector'
Ally Walker balances fighting crime and motherhood in a bland new drama
As Ally Walker was in the midst of her run as Agent Stahl, Worst Woman In The History Of The World, on FX's "Sons of Anarachy," I had more than a few moments when I paused and looked forward to what the "Profiler" star would do next.
I wondered if TNT would shape a "Closer"/"Saving Grace"-style vehicle around her, or if Showtime might let her topline or co-star in one of its tragicomedies or even if CBS could build her something "Good Wife"-esque. My thought was that I respect Ally Walker and like her and as much as I relished (and she clearly relished) her wicked "SoA" turn, it might be nice to see her on a show that didn't force me to plot elaborate strategies for her death.
On Sunday (June 12), Lifetime premieres "The Protector," which superficially is the Ally Walker Vehicle I'd been hoping for. Unfortunately, although "The Protector" gives Walker the stage all to herself, it's too bland and generic a project to take any pleasure in.
So Ally Walker has her own show now. It just isn't one that I'm ever going to watch again.
Full review of "The Protector" after the break...
Although creator Jeffrey Bell's credits include "Angel," "Alias," "Day Break" and "Harper's Island," none of that experience on formula-stretching drama has transferred to "The Protector." Or maybe Bell looked at the life-span of his recent shows and decided there's something to be said for slavish devotion to every imaginable genre convention.
"The Protector" stars Walker as a woman balancing her responsibilities as a single mom and a detective in LAPD's homicide division. Actually, there's something admirable about the purity of that logline. You hear that sentence and you think, "Well OK. Now what's the twist? Is her partner a ghost? Does she have elaborate fantasy sequences conveyed in Japanese anime style? Does she have no sense of smell? Give me the hook!" But the executives at Lifetime didn't think like you. They heard "a woman balancing her responsibilities as a single mom and a detective in LAPD's homicide division" and didn't look for more and didn't ask for more. Most procedurals, after all, don't spend much time at home with their leads, while "The Protector" is every bit as much about the main character's challenges minding her domestic flock as it is about her job. I mean, the main character's last name is "Sheppard." It's not a coincidence. In fact, it's thuddingly obvious.
But most of "The Protector" works on that same level of over-articulated simplicity.
TV is full of rogue cops and rogue doctors and rogue lawyers and rogue chefs, so we know exactly what it looks like to have a main character who exists within The System, but doesn't play by The System's rules.
Walker's Gloria Sheppard is a little prickly, but she's fairly predictable as a detective and as a mother. And yet people keep calling Gloria "strange" and "crazy." The people around her keep saying things like "You just love pissing people off, don't you, Sheppard?" and "Why is it that everybody can be wrong except for you?" This is one of my least favorite crutches in pilot-writing and one that a disturbing number of shows fall victim to. Rather than having the character display the traits that suggest that she loves pissing people off or that she thinks everybody is wrong but her, the writers include dialogue underlining those traits. I watched "The Protector" and nothing about Gloria's character seemed especially confrontational or especially obstinate. People also referred several times to Gloria being intuitive or playing her hunches, but again, I didn't notice her seeming especially perceptive or driven by instinct. In a perfect pilot, other characters may gossip about the main character's weirdness with reverential awe, but you'll still have ample illustration of the behavior that generated the reputation. "The Closer" isn't a perfect pilot, but it's an example of a pilot that left no doubt that Brenda Johnson was worthy of myth-making.
On the Quirky-Crimefight-O-Meter, a sliding scale that includes characters like Vic Mackey and Patrick Jane and Charlie Crews and the entire cast of "The Unusuals" as 9s or 10s, Gloria Sheppard ranks as maybe a 2. And yet she bemuses her partner (Tisha Campbell-Martin), perplexes her fellow detectives and causes problems for her Stern Minority Authority Figure Boss (Miguel Ferrer). Their reactions all feel disproportionate to the situation, suggesting that "The Protector" is one of those TV shows that exists in a world without other TV shows.
Domestically, things are no more interesting. Gloria's got her two kids, so she has to deal with issues like making lunches and designing costumes for school plays. She has a brother (Chris Payne Gilbert) living with her and he's a recovering substance abuser and they have some past that seems to include a fire in their childhood, but that's all being held for drama in future episodes, as is her recently departed ex-husband. The premise has some bullets in the chamber for later excitement, but the odd decision was made not to waste any of those shots in the pilot.
Herein lies the difference between the Lifetime version of "The Protector" and the FX or Showtime or HBO version of "The Protector." Lifetime TV is aspirational TV. Vic Mackey was a cop and a father and at times you could argue that he was good at both jobs (or really horrible at both jobs), but you were always forced to feel incredulity that a guy who did the things he did on the job, could come home and be a father (again, increasingly less successfully as he went along). In the Lifetime model, Gloria may sacrifice a few hours sleep (and I'm betting she'll miss a parent-teacher conference or two), but the theme is a reassuring, "Yes, you can do both of these things, be both of these women, and the sacrifice you make will rarely be too great." I understand why that's what the Lifetime version of this show would want to affirm, but it also results in really diminished stakes.
The smoothing out of the roughest edges makes "The Protector" a less-than-desirable showcase for Walker, who's at her most interesting as an actress when her characters are less-than-perfect. She's not bad here. She's perfectly solid and watchable. But once you know you have an star willing (and sometimes able) to push, seeing her in a role that allows for this much coasting is a disappointment.
And Walker's all alone. None of the supporting characters register in the slightest. Miguel Ferrer is playing the Miguel Ferrer role and plays it in a Miguel Ferrer way, making the biggest impression (relatively speaking) because he's got an off-kilter backstory involving a Thai wife or girlfriend who we don't see. Campbell-Martin mostly keeps rolling her eyes at her long-time partner's not-so-wacky wackiness, as if the character had never worked a case with Gloria before (that's why a fair number of procedurals begin with the hero getting a new partner in the pilot). Gilbert's got relapses and downward spirals ahead of him, but in the pilot, he's clean and boring. The kids are moppet-cute.
The pilot for "The Protector" was directed by solid TV journeyman Peter O'Fallon and shifts back and forth between professional and domestic plotlines without sacrificing pace and makes pretty use of the Los Angeles skyline. It's never surprising or tense or emotional, but it doesn't try to be.
I think that if Walker weren't coming off of a role that produced such a visceral reaction, maybe I wouldn't be disappointed to see her transition to a drama that generates no reaction at all. But again, it doesn't try to. "The Protector" might be worse if it were attempting to do something ambitious and failing. Instead, it's set the bar near the ground, but I guess some viewers will be satisfied to see it succeed. I'll pass on subsequent episodes. I just don't feel like I'm going to miss much.
"The Protector" premieres on Sunday, June 12 at 10 p.m. on Lifetime.


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All over the world, Anne enthralls audiences with a unique storytelling style and unforgettable string figures. In her 30th year of performing, Anne is the recipient of a national storytelling award. Fresh from 58 shows in South America, she's gearing up for a summer season that will take her from northern BC to Nova Scotia.
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With one simple prop – a loop of string – Anne holds her audience breathless as she deftly brings them into her stories, creating characters out of thin air. She intertwines multicultural tales with string figures from indigenous cultures around the globe. Anne highlights diversity, cooperation, and the life lessons embedded in both the stories and the strings. Her mischievous wit makes this show richly engaging for all ages.
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Anne Glover's engrossing and hilarious stories feature mind-bending string figures that she weaves out of a loop of string. A turtle, a snake, a bird, a rocket… is there anything she can't make?? You've never heard a story told like this, and a simple shoelace will never look the same! This international performer wows audiences wherever she goes. Don't miss her!!
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Shovel Knight, the Kickstarter game from Yacht Club Games that I can't help waiting for, has slipped until 2014.
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LHT made me eat like a monster, gained me bodyfat (as well as some muscle and strength) and gave me insomnia. I tried various modifications (more carbs, different time of day etc) but nothing really made me sleep consistently. So I quit LHT and just surfed all summer but still had inconsistent sleep.Then I started HIIT and within a week or two I was sleeping deeply every night - only people who have had unfathomable insomnia will be able to appreciate how happy this has made me.
So with no LHT (at least for a while - I may add it back in at some point, starting with very low volume) I am just doing HIIT 3 -4 days a week. Basically I am picking an exercise or circuit and doing as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes, and I try to include a 'pull' movement (often pullups) in every circuit. Examples include:
Jumping burpees with 3 pullups after every 10
hill sprints
stairway sprints (this made me vomit one time when i overdid it)
punchbag circuits (jab, bodyblows, some kicks)
bodyweight circuits e.g crawl 10yards, 10 pushups, 5 pullups, run 50yards
That kind of thing.I'm trying to do various different workouts, whilst repeating them occasionally to see progress. I might get a sandbag or some kettlebells (or even go to the gym to do barbell complexes) eventually to add variety, but for now I am mostly doing bodyweight exercises.
My guiding principle is to go all out with minimal rest for the 15 mins, trying to do as many rounds as possible. It seems to be going well, at peak intensity my lungs are jumping out my chest and I want to die, but I'm noticing my rest periods are getting shorter and my post-workout recovery is getting much better. I'm even finding I'm enjoying it....(sort of)
Mostly I am doing one-day-on one-day-rest (occasionally 2-days-on if I feel good) and on rest days I do a little yoga, walking, gentle cycling or movnat-type stuff with my kids in the park. And sometimes workouts get ditched for surfing.
My goal is to reduce down to about 10% bodyfat (currently around 17% or so) whilst maintaining muscle.
Does this seem rational? Does anyone have anything to add? In particular, is 15 mins enough or should I do some longer workouts? Presumably longer will mean lower intensity, although I am starting to think soon I will be able to do 20mins at this intensity.
Thanks for reading!
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Me: 41, 5'11", primal since Dec 2011, 73kg, 15%BF but looking to drop to 10%ish
Exercise: barbells, bodyweight, sprints, surfing
Food: primal but a little higher carb - white rice, bananas
Sleep: has been problematic for years but recently good - Sleep Restriction Therapy is really working for me


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Casa Medina Hotel
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Orripilante este sitio
Muy bonito el hotel pero el precio comparado con la atencion fue una experiencia que nunca jamas la repitiria aunque me pagaran soy colombiano y no vivo en colobia desde hace cuatro a�os tenia que venir con unos inversionistas de europa para uno de los negocios que estoy realizando en mi pais, pero la impresion que se llevaron del servicio fue totalmente mala pior parte de mis invitados page alrededor de 3.000 euros por la estadia mia y de mis socios por una semana pero realemnte no volvere a este sitio donde tratan al cliente colombiano como alguien que no tiene categoria segun la administracion del hotal, espero nunca mas volver
Un hotel y un servicio excelentes
Acabamos de pasar los dos primeros d�as de nuestra luna de miel en este hotel que elegimos bas�ndonos en las buenas cr�ticas que ha obtenido en esta p�gina web y podemos confirmar que se trata de un hotel precioso. Nos alojamos en una de sus suites, no es barato pero est� decorado con mucho gusto y el mobiliario es precioso. Lo recomiendo encarecidamente.
Todo muy bien pero un precio excesivo
En base a su categor�a, me aloj� en este hotel un d�a por razones de negocios. El hotel es agradable, situado junto a diversos restaurantes. Mi habitaci�n era grande y contaba con una cama c�moda, sin embargo me pareci� que el precio era excesivo ya que por casi 175 $ por noche (la m�s barata) bien pod�a incluir el desayuno y acceso gratuito a Internet , algo que no ofrec�an. La pr�xima vez probar� otro hotel en Bogota, donde quiz�s ofrezcan servicios similares por mucho menos precio.
All right but overpriced
Following the ranking, I stayed there for business reasons for one day. The hotel is nice, located adjacent to restaurants, my room was big, nice bed. However, I found it to be too overpriced. For almost 175US$ a nite (the cheapest), it should include breakfast and internet access free of charge, which they do not.
I would try another hotel next time in Bogot�. Probably, they can offer similar service for much less.
Hotel und Service ausgezeichnet
Wir haben nur die ersten beiden Tage unserer Flitterwochen in diesem Hotel verbracht, und zwar auf der Basis der guten Bewertungen auf dieser Website, und wir k�nnen best�tigen, dass das Hotel sehr sch�n ist. Wir hatten eine der Suites, nicht gerade bilig, aber mit wundersch�nem Dekor und M�beln. Sehr empfehlenswert.
Bestes Hotel, das man in Bogota bekommen kann
Perfekte Lage, einen Service wie diesen gibt es sonst nirgendwo. Zimmer sind einfach einzigartig. Wundervolle Erfahrung. J.
Excellent hotel and service
We just spent the first two days of our honeymoon at this hotel, chosen on the strength of the good reviews at this website, and we can confirm that this is a delightful hotel. We were in one of the suites, not cheap but beautifully designed and furnished. Highly recommended.
The best you can get in Bogota.
Perfect Location, you can not get service like this anywhere else. Rooms are just unique. Wonderful experience.
A nearly flawless gem
I have visited this hotel twice in 2005. Located in a commercial center of Bogota, this small hotel is one of the best I have encountered in Latin America. It is also a good choice for business travelers. It has a sister property the Hotel Charleston approximately 10 minutes distant in an upscale urban residential area of the city.
Strong points:
1. Exceptional service from everyone. The staff make extra efforts to anticipate and respond to guest needs. When checking out, we had left a small item in our room. A maid ran into Reception to return it to us before we left the building.
2. Large, well-furnished rooms. The executive suites have working fireplaces with firewood. They also include a fax, flatscreen TV with a wide range of cable TV channels, a CD stereo system and several discs. Wireless internet access is available at a reasonable charge, although the signal strength is low in some of the guest rooms.
My room also had plenty of horizontal space, including a large coffee table, two small desks, and a sideboard, for my business papers and for comfortable working space. It was also large and well-furnished enough for three of us to hold a business meeting with enough room for documents and without someone having to sit on the bed.
3. Good restaurants. The menu selection is somewhat limited, but delivers excellent quality at reasonable prices. There is a charming internal garden area with space heaters for comfort in the evening. Room service is prompt and accurate. There are also several very good restaurants within a five minute walk.
4. Interesting decor. The overall style of the hotel is Spanish colonial, but the contemporary accents in the furniture work very well.
5. Excellent meeting and small conference facilities. On one of my visits, we held business meetings at the hotel. The hotel has several very well-equipped, attractive, and comfortable meeting rooms, supported by attentive and highly responsive service.
6. Excellent but unobtrusive security.
There are two feature of the hotel that might cause problems for some guests.
1. Be prepared for a little hike to your room. The hotel is only four stories high, and many of the guest rooms require a one to two-minute walk, including short flights of stairs, from Reception to the elevator. This inconvenience actually gives the hotel another opportunity to please guests with bellmen who appear to be always available and very happy to handle baggage and packages as soon as you arrive at the hotel's front door.
2. With Bogota's mild year-round climate, the guest rooms do not need to be air conditioned. With the windows closed, they can become uncomfortably warm (24-25 degrees C). Opening the windows produces good air flow and a very comfortable temperature. The early-morning traffic noise (morning traffic begins around 6:00 a.m.) might disturb late sleepers, however.
Great Hotel, Excellents Restaurant nearby. Great Location. Ask for Distrito Restaurant is 1 block from hotel, excellent.
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... They do have Queso Holandese but as this is no Dutch cheese as it should be (it says queso tipo holandese on the package) I buy some yoghurt and a piece of Emmental. Presumably no Emmenthal either, but a firm piece of cheese. Back in the house I meet Indira again. Indira is nice and she has beautiful, gentle eyes. Her TV program has scored extremely high in the viewers polls, which makes her a happy woman. She wants to make the impossible picture of me ...
It Was Not a Day Made in Heaven
... loaded up in the hotel van, and arrived at the hotel--Aloft Hotel—at 12:15 AM. It was a new age hotel and of a modern design, and they had a 24 hour restaurant. We wanted to sit someplace quiet, but the only area open was a bar area which was fairly loud with groups of people laughing and talking. We ordered our dinner and asked it to be sent to our room. We were blitzed, but hungry. We ordered baked chicken, roasted baby potatoes and a salad and ...
First Impressions: Bogota
... protest and vandalism.
We felt relatively safe for the most part, however, you do have to be alert. Heading back to our apartment with William (a colleague's cousin who lives here) one night after dinner, 3 punks were ahead of us, and William warned us not to get in between them. The experience did raise our antennas because we were unaware, but after he warned us we could see how our obliviousness could get us into trouble. ...
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MSRP Information Sessions Important Dates
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Am I Studying the Right Thing? Counselling Centre Midterm Resource Fair
Are you an undeclared student beyond first year that is unsure of what degree program to study? Have you applied to a degree program but were not accepted? Do you know what program you want to study but are not sure if you are on track for admission? If you answered yes to any of these questions there is help for you!
The Maintaining Student Relationships Program (MSRP) is coordinated through the Academic Advising Centre. Its main focus is to help support undeclared students who are beyond their first year of study with developing an academic path. Therefore, if you are undeclared and beyond first year and have any questions about your academic path, you can set up an appointment with Linda Walsh by following these steps:
1. Go to my.mun.ca and login
2.Click the "Student Services" or "Alumni Services" link near the top of the page
3. Click the 'Launch My MUNLife" button
4. Click "Academic Advising Centre"
In addition to the academic advice that is available to you via email, telephone and in person, there are also some very important links on the MSRP's website.
The Academic Advising Centre will be conducting information sessions to review admission requirements for the following faculties and schools. All sessions are scheduled in the Science Building from 1-2pm:
Monday, Sept. 16: Engineering SN 4073
Wednesday, Oct. 2: Education SN 4068
Wednesday, Oct. 9: Business SN 4068
Wednesday, Oct. 23: Nursing SN 4068
Wednesday, Oct. 30: Social Work SN 4068
Wednesday, Nov. 13: Arts SN 4068
Wednesday, Nov. 20: Human Kinetics and Recreation SN 4068
Wednesday, Nov. 27: Pharmacy SN 4068
Here are some important Fall semester dates to keep in mind:
Are you usure of an academic path? Unsure of a career path?
If so, please join us for an information session for undeclared students beyond first year on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 from 1-2 p.m. in room SN 4063 and learn how the Maintaining Student Relationships Program (MSRP) and Career Development and Experiential Learning can assist you.
To ensure you are registered for the right courses you should review the Memorial University Calendar and look up the specific program you are interested in studying. You can find the Calendar on the Memorial University homepage and type Calendar in the search bar. If you are still not sure if you are registered for the appropriate courses, you should set up an appointment with Linda Walsh.
Many students have no idea what they want to pursue once they come to Memorial. This can be a very difficult experience especially if it seems like many students around you know exactly what they want to study and are on the path from the first day of classes of their first year. The key thing to keep in mind is to not put too much pressure on yourself to figure out right away what you want to complete. This argument can also relate to ideas you had when you first started- don't feel that you have to stick with the degree program you originally had in mind when you started at Memorial. The only way you will truly know what you like and dislike is by trying different courses and subjects. Having honest informed dislikes is not a limitation, but a benefit. The best way to figure out what you want to study and what you enjoy is to cross dislikes off your list; it means you are getting closer to what you truly like.
One important thing to keep in mind is that it is hard to find the motivation to do well when you are not enjoying what you are studying. Once you figure out what you want to pursue you will not have to simply go through the motions of getting the work done; you will actually enjoy it. Once you find the level of interest, you will want to put the work in and thus you will do well.
Bottom line: take time to figure out what it is you really enjoy and what you really want to study. Once you figure that out, no matter how long it takes, you will be much better off in the end and much more contented.
The Counselling Centre now offers Study Skills Clinics. Study Clinics are available to help you make your academic work at Memorial more effective and rewarding. These drop-in sessions provide an opportunity for you to discuss your concerns with a psychologist and develop helpful strategies to meet your academic needs. In the past, students have worked on reading and study skills, time management, oral presentations, organizing knowledge for writing term papers and essays, and test anxiety. Following the intake meeting, students will be registered in an online "Academic Skills Portfolio" page in D2L for further work and follow-up. These sessions are free of charge to registered Memorial students.
The University Counselling Centre is located on the 5th floor of the University Centre, room UC 5000 or call 709 864 8874.
The Counselling Centre also has a variety of Study Skills Links that are quite helpful.
Coordinated by the Academic Advising Centre, the Wellness Program, Student Engagement and Career Development and Experiential Learning this new and collaborative Midterm Resource Fair brings together many of Memorial's departments, faculties and schools aiming to provide undergraduate students convenient and timely access to campus resources that support undergraduate students.
At this event, students are encouraged to speak with friendly staff and faculty to receive academic advice and academic information about Faculties and Schools; learn about volunteer, leadership, and career development opportunities; take an academic skills screening to learn ways to improve study habits; and get a snack of fresh popcorn!
Many students are surprised at the demands of university life. For many students, however, even though University can be challenging it can bring about personal growth and a change in attitude concerning their education and future.
Here are some tips:
The campus card is the student card you will need for many things around campus.
What the card is used for:
You can request your campus card online and pick it up at Answers. Answers is located on the third floor of the University Centre, room UC 3005. It is opened Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. To request your card online.


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"I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any fuckin' whore or any friend, or any business, because in the end you're alone at night."
"If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong, either with you or with your business."
"I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming with a goal in front and not behind"
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