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The inspiring Great South West Walk ensures visitors leave with a song in their hearts, writes Mark Ellis.
Apart from the road to Gundagai, Victoria's Great South West Walk may be the only other bush track to have a song written about it - and not just any old song, a choral symphony in four movements called Discovery. And after walking its 250 kilometres in early autumn, it's not hard to see why someone would score a complex piece of music in honour of these epic stretches of wild and woolly country.
Given the walk's relative remoteness, it has a low profile, unlike the better known Victorian walks at Wilsons Promontory or the glamorous Great Ocean Walk from Apollo Bay. But the dearth of visitors means you can get away without getting too far away.
The walk is a loop, beginning and ending in Portland, a 4½-hour drive west of Melbourne, that traverses four distinct landscapes (one symphonic movement per environment) - forest, river country, beaches and cliffs. Once on the track, Portland is never more than an hour's drive away.
I did the full loop in 14 days on an assisted walk with 17 others. Organised by the Friends of the Great South West Walk, we averaged 20 kilometres a day, with about five or six hours of walking daily. Walking every day meant covering each of the landscapes in roughly three to four days, but there are other options (see breakout) that are ideal for shorter or day walks. The track is relatively flat and the few hills moderate. Autumn is an ideal time to go as the days are often sunny without being scorching and the nights cool enough for a campfire but without a polar chill.
Starting from the visitor information centre on the Portland waterfront, the track briefly heads north along coastal cliff tops and past houses before veering north-west into the Cobboboonee State Forest, where, after the first day, there isn't another house for almost a week. It's classic towering eucalypt forest - manna gums mostly, punctuated with an occasional scrubby banksia and the odd footbridge across a fern-lined gully. The koala may be on the at-risk list but there are daily sightings. Wallabies occasionally bound out of the bush and emus run in the distance along the infrequent fire tracks and dirt roads. The last of the warm sun encourages many snakes to bask on the open track and we see half a dozen each day - copperheads, tigers, browns and red-bellied blacks - that slither away in quiet resignation at our footfall. After several days, the track eventually heads due west near Mount Deception, where most of the day is spent walking through an eerie, alien-like landscape of grass trees.
The trees become runtier and rattier as the track nears the Glenelg River. Here the river is tidal, and the water can be a little brackish, but its meandering ways make it a favourite with canoeists.
After the almost claustrophobic confines of the towering forest, the gorge is a spacious respite and the cool water a welcome chance to wash off the dust and salty sweat. The track follows the low-lying banks and then climbs to the edge of the gorge and its glorious limestone cliffs, which soar to seven storeys in height, or more. Platypuses are frequently seen around here and some campsites are overrun with amiable possums, who are expert at snaffling unguarded food. The river walk is mostly west before looping south to Nelson, a small fishing town at the river mouth on Discovery Bay, near the South Australian border.
The pounding of the Great Southern Ocean is ceaseless and deafening, making for loud, often inaudible, conversations. Fifty-five kilometres of empty white sand, gigantic surf and monster dunes follow the gentle south-easterly curve of Discovery Bay. The only other company is wading flocks of sandpipers scurrying after the receding backwash.
The track occasionally enters the dunes, passing through enormous middens of pipi shells sprinkled with flaked flint tools, a reminder of the Gunditjmara people, who would have twisted their feet in the shallows to do what the locals call the "pipi pipi shake". Some of us did and collected enough for a sweet seafood entree for dinner.
More panicked emus emerge from the dense dune scrub, while an echidna snuffles unperturbed in the sandy dirt.
At the southernmost part of the bay, the track climbs the headland of Mount Richmond.
The track hugs the cliff edge and passes fresh springs bubbling out of the rock. These springs inspired farmers to build a dry stone retaining wall so cattle could drink from the constant source of freshly filtered water. It's clear and sweet and a welcome change from the camp tank water. Past the blowholes is a petrified forest - a pipe organ of stone tree trunks in a large escarpment morphing into a jagged lunar landscape on the plane above.
The track loops around Cape Bridgewater, past a colony of seals lazing below (there are local boat trips for a closer look), and descends into Bridgewater Bay and along another beach walk westward before heading up onto the cliffs of Cape Nelson. These two capes have some of the highest coastal cliffs in Victoria - and some of the most constant winds from the Arctic.
It's prime wind-farm country and dozens of wind turbine blades slice the air. It is rugged coast and blustery, and the precipitous drop comes heart-stoppingly close at times as the wind buffets your gait into that of a weaving, drunken sailor.
After the lighthouse, the track loops around Nelson Bay and through the Enchanted Forest - a stand of moonah trees draped in vines - before passing around Grant Bay and turning north into Portland around Portland Bay.
Getting there
By road via Princes Highway (about 355 kilometres, 4.5 hours).
By road via Great Ocean Road (about 443 kilometres, 6.5 hours).
By train — Daily V/Line service to Warrnambool (3.5 hours), then connecting bus to Portland (one hour).
Staying there
Quest Apartments, 66 Julia Street, Portland. Central and spacious 4.5-star apartments with washing machine and dryer, perfect for smelly clothes after a long hike. From $135. questapartments.com.au.
Comfort Inn, 101 Bentinck Street, Portland. Waterfront 3.5-star motel. Clean and comfortable. $88 (standard) to $165 (water views). choicehotels.com.au.
Eating there
Canton Palace Chinese Restaurant, 7 Julia Street. Good Chinese fare, reasonably priced, big helpings and friendly service.
Edward's Waterfront Cafe Restaurant, 101 Bentinck Street. Sensational coffee, excellent breakfasts. Part of the Comfort Inn.
Mac's Hotel, 41 Bentinck Street. Local institution with grand interiors and good-quality pub meals.
On the walk
Nelson Hotel, Kellett Street, Nelson. Massive pub meals. Amazingly fresh fish, probably caught that day.
Cape Bridgewater Kiosk, Bridgewater Road, Cape Bridgewater. Licensed beachfront cafe, serving good-quality breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Isabella's Cafe, Cape Nelson Lighthouse, Cape Nelson. 10am-4pm daily except Tuesdays in winter.
Prepare for the long path
The walk
Established in 1981, the walk is administered, maintained and promoted by Friends of the Great South West Walk, a volunteer group that works closely with Parks Victoria. Fees or bookings are not needed. There are 15 campsites in total, located every 10-20 kilometres. Most have a fireplace with a grate and all have a table, pit toilet and a tank for fresh water. Signs warn of the variable quality of the water.
Walking options
The Friends group organises an annual full-circuit assisted walk for $300 over 14 days. Walkers provide their own food and gear, which is transported each day from camp to camp. Bookings are open for the 2013 walk. Contact Gordon Page, (03) 5523 4248, email@example.com, or Gwen Bennett, (03) 5523 5262, firstname.lastname@example.com. The group also organises transport for walkers wanting to do part of the track. See greatsouthwestwalk.com.
Other supported options
Auswalk offers several options, such as a seven-day guided group trip, or self-guided trips, with eight- or 13-day itineraries, staying at B&Bs and hotels, with large luggage transported. See auswalk.com.au.
Mark Ellis stayed in Portland courtesy of Quest Apartments.


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In 1997, after a successful 23 year career in Mexico, Fernando Arau was hired by Univision, the most important Spanish language network in the United States, as host of "Despierta America", the highest rated morning Spanish language show in the country. "Despierta America" has been on the air for eight years attaining incredible success. It is a live, three-hour program that airs Monday through Friday from 7-10AM EST. Within a year of living in Miami, where Arau is famous for his talent and charisma, the Selection Committee of "Las Estrellas de la Calle Ocho" (Eighth Street Stars) and the Chamber of Commerce of Miami awarded Fernando with the famous "Estrella de la Calle Ocho" (Eighth Street Star). Two years later, due to his success, he engraved his hands in the famous "Paseo de las Luminarias" in Mexico. Producer, director and writer of his own shows; Fernando is so talented that he has dominated in every aspect of the entertainment industry: from being a mime and clown on the streets and parks to theater, motion picture, radio, and television as well.
Fernando was born to Alfonso Arau, producer and writer of movies such as "Como Agua Para Chocolate," and Magdalena Corona, a retired choreographer and dancer in Mexico's Folkloric Ballet. His brother, Sergio Arau, was the director, musician and producer for the movie "A Day without Mexicans", which is Fernando's latest movie appearance.
Fernando started his career at the young age of five; tap dancing with his parents and later on proved his many other talents. He was too young to remember his tap dancing years but today the talented and gifted Mexican is considered one of the best improvising mime comedians in his country and is immensely recognized in the United States. He worked for 22 years in Televisa, the biggest and most successful television production company in Latin America.
Fernando launched his career in Televisa by assisting audio technicians, editors, producers, writers, and scene directors. Later, he became a director, writer and actor for cable TV programs "Corazon Son" and "Ombligo Club" and a scene director for "La Rueda de la Fortuna" (The Wheel of Fortune). He was also the producer, writer, director and actor for the television series "Ni Hablar" and "Los Burandilla". He directed, wrote, and stared in the successful series "Cachun Cachun RaRa" which was produced by Mr. Luis de Llano. It aired on Televisa for seven consecutive years (1982-1989). He served as a writer and leading actor for the movie "Los Locos Locos Estudiantes."
He was nominated by the Mexican Cinematography Academy as best actor for his role in the movie "Chodoguan El Tacos de Oro," produced and directed by his father Alfonso Arau. He was also nominated by the same Academy as Best Actor for Gabriel Rates' movie "Bienvenido Welcome."
In 1985, Fernando became the founder and promoter for the "Nuevo Movimiento del Rock Mexicano en Español" (The New Mexican Rock Movement). This initiative built and inaugurated "Rockotitlan", the most important venue for this genre in Mexico "La Catedral del Rock" (1985-1990). This was a major launching platform for most current Mexican Rock Groups.
In 1987, Fernando also debuted as a stand up comedian with his musical-comedy show "Ni Hablar" and "Como Veo Doy." For these two shows, Arau won "El Premio La Sonrisa" (The Smile Award) awarded by the A.C. Humor Academy to the best comedian of the year. With smashing success, he received this award for nine consecutive years--becoming one of the most distinguished creative comedians and comedy writers in the Mexican entertainment industry.
In 1995, Fernando organized in Mexico the "Concurso para Humoristas Amateurs RIATATAN" (RIATATAN Contest for Amateur Humorists) which lasts one year in an effort to discover contemporary humor talent in Mexico. Several of those comedians are now quite prominent and are Fernando's most valuable legacy to the entertainment industry in Mexico.
Fernando is currently working on his first book called "Cocinando con Dios" (Cooking with God) and his new show called "Fernando Arau... Un Pasaje de Su-Bida".

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Robert Pattinson spotted hanging out with Kristen Stewart
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And now it seems the pair's reconciliation has been proven after they were seen in a car together, in a quiet area away from the public eye.
Twitter user @CookedKitfo wrote: "Just saw Robert Pattinson driving next to me in Sherman Oaks. Yea it was that Kristen girl. Lol no. Honest to God. They were driving by my work in a residential area."
She went on to claim that Rob, 26, was "smiling" while Kristen drove them both.
Rob split from 22-year-old Kristen back in July after she confessed to cheating on him with her married Snow White And The Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders, 41.
The unfaithful pair were snapped in a passionate clinch and so had no choice but to admit their wrongdoings.
Kristen immediately released an apology, but dad-of-two Rupert kept quiet.
Kristen said in a statement: "I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected.
"This momentary indiscretion has jeopardised the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I'm so sorry."
Rob quickly moved his things out of their LA home and Kristen disappeared from the public eye.
But weeks later, Rupert's wife Liberty Ross, 33, has reportedly moved on with a new man - while Rob has apparently taken Kristen back.
A source told The Sun On Sunday: "They pretty much decided they couldn't live without each other. "Kristen poured her heart out to Robert and told him it was a one-off and a mistake."
Kristen recently sparked rumours they'd reunited while promoting her latest film On The Road.
She said when asked about the state of their relationship: "We're going to be fine. We're totally fine."


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PowerWave Technologies' Loss Narrows on Sales Gain
PowerWave Technologies Inc. (PWAV), the maker of wireless communications products for Alcatel-Lucent SA, said its second-quarter loss narrowed on lower costs and a jump in sales.
The net loss shrank to $10.2 million, or 8 cents a share, from a loss of $44.5 million, or 34 cents, a year earlier, the Santa Ana, California-based company said today in a statement. Profit before some items of 4 cents a share beat the 3-cent average estimate of 14 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
PowerWave restructured to reduce manufacturing costs and said it expects operating expenses to decline in the second half of this year. Revenue is rising as demand for wireless products increases. This was the company's eighth consecutive net loss.
Sales increased 32 percent to $245.6 million, beating the $226.4 million average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Operating expenses decreased 14 percent to $53.6 million. The company had $6.1 million in costs in the quarter for closing and consolidating some manufacturing plants.
PowerWave gained 3 cents to $4.10 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market composite trading before the earnings were announced. The shares have risen 1.7 percent this year.
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Irish Circle Takes A Gamble! CB 14 Approves OTB Restaurant
Irish Circle Takes A Gamble!
CB 14 Approves OTB Restaurant
By John C. McLoughlin
OTB is coming to Rockaway, but it's not the betting parlor we're all too familiar with. Community Board 14 overwhelmingly endorsed the plan to open an Off Track Betting restaurant to be located in the Irish Circle, 101-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard.
Jim Levy, a representative from OTB Corp., addressed CB 14 on Tuesday evening, saying "this is not an OTB parlor...it's still the Irish Circle."
The plan calls for a booth to be placed inside the Irish Circle restaurant with an OTB employee taking bets. According to Levy, there will be televisions showing races and only people eating or drinking in the restaurant will be able to bet.
There are presently four such OTB restaurants around the city, and four more are in the planning stages. According to an OTB pamphlet, the restaurant program is described as a "unique dining experience" and provides proprietors with "that competitive edge you have been looking for."
OTB expects to be in operation at the Irish Circle by summer, with betting hours from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.
Except for one 'no' vote and several abstentions, members of CB 14 endorsed this proposal. Jerome Rashkis, member of CB 14 and president of the 100th Precinct Community Council, voted 'no' because he's "opposed to gambling."
"I don't think it's a good idea," Rashkis said. "It feeds off the poor...those who can't afford to gamble use it."
The only concern raised by CB 14 was parking, in which the owners of the restaurant said they are looking to purchase additional property.
"We're trying to make this a lively, happening place," said Frankie Walker, who owns the Irish Circle with Jerry Perich. "There'll be no riffraff, no loitering...it's not that type of establishment. It'll be a fun atmosphere."


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The Department for Trade and Industry has announced a shortlist of the next generation of big and expensive science facilities it would like see begin construction over the coming four years.
The seven large facilities prioritised by the DTI were picked from a wish-list of 20 drawn up by the UK's research councils at the end of last year and will be financed through the DTI's Large Facilities Capital Fund, which has a budget of around £100m a year.
The facilities earmarked for funding by the DTI include a state-of-the-art research ship to carry out seagoing science for the Natural Environment Research Council. It is hoped that the new ship, which Nerc estimates will cost around £55m, will be ready to sail in 2011-12, to replace the Discovery - one of Nerc's two existing ships, which will be nearly 50 years old by then.
The DTI has also earmarked funding to build a new very powerful computing system led by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, which can be used for activities ranging from climate modelling to oil exploration. The new system would replace the £52m high end computing terascale resources service (Hector), which will go live in 2007. Rapidly advancing technology means high performance computing facilities quickly become obsolete. The DTI plans that construction of the next generation system should begin around 2009-10.
A facelift for the Household Panel Survey is also planned to create the world's largest single household dataset, consisting of up to 40,000 UK households. The enlarged dataset will capture information that will enable researchers to probe deeper into the UK's changing society, investigating poverty, crime and labour market dynamics. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), is leading the project and estimates it will cost about £40m over the next five years.
Funding for a new suite of instruments to add to Isis, the world's highest-powered pulsed neutron source used to study condensed matter, is also on the DTI's list. Isis is based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. The new instruments will broaden the Isis's activities into research fields including nano-technology and extreme environments.
Also on the shortlist is UK participation in the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (Xfel), which will generate short pulses of X-rays to enable the study of ultra-fast processes in molecules. The Xfel was given the go-ahead by the German government in 2003 and will be based near Hamburg.
The other shortlisted facilities are the redevelopment of the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research, the fourth Generation Light Source - which would enable research into activities ranging from following chemical reactions as they happen to examining the spin of electrons, and the International Linear Collider.
The selected projects must now develop detailed business plans before funding decisions are approved, probably at the 2007 comprehensive spending review.
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A mass brawl broke out at a Bolivian presidential campaign launch after rival football fans came to blows.
Dramatic footage shows plastic chairs being hurled across the Gilberto Menacho Stadium in Santa Cruz, as the political rally turned nasty.
The fighting broke out at Democratic Unity party event, according to Sky News, but was disrupted by supporters from rival clubs Oriente Petrolero and Bloomingeven.
Fans from both sides were said to have set off flares as onlookers tried to escape.
The violence was eventually brought to a halt by police.
Samuel Medina, the candidate for the Democratic Unity party, blamed the rival Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) for provoking the disturbance.
MAS is led by current President Evo Morales.
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"Gun control is a job-safety program for criminals."
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And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier.
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Welcome to Tennessee, the patron state of shootin' stuff.--SHOOTER
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There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
Who is John Galt?
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One should never confuse good fortune with good training.
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It probably takes a Marxist — or an evangelical Christian — to conceive of crowd scenes on the scale of Danny Boyle's opening ceremony. It is either a movement or a heavenly host. Even from my clear view within the stadium, the figures on stage were too tiny to be individually distinct. This was the meek inheriting the earth.
In fact Boyle's politics are not explicit, except by omission and assumption. You cannot pin him down in the same way that you cannot nail bias in the BBC. There is just a lingering suspicion and it can't be bought off by a scene from One Man and His Dog and a rendition of Jerusalem. Come to think of it, the show's only respectable alternative institution to the NHS might have been the BBC. It always wins hearts even if it divides minds.
No wonder the Conservatives are holding on to nurse so far as the opening ceremony is concerned. This is no time to start picking holes in the argument. On the whole, people in the arts tend to be of the Left just as sportsmen are more likely to be of the Right. Boris Johnson is correct simply to smother the arts in praise and love and to decline to engage at any other level.
It was the thoughtful David Willetts who set the "Bridget Jones" test for the Tories. The character's definition of the political parties still has the ring of popular opinion. "It is perfectly obvious that Labour stands for sharing, kindness, gays, single mothers and Nelson Mandela as opposed to braying, bossy men having affairs with everyone … then telling all the presenters off on the Today programme."
Bridget might have added: "And corporate fat cats who cannot be bothered to turn up to sporting events." It is not looking good at the moment for the capitalist classes.
If there is a message for David Cameron it is that he needs to stick to the soft centre because that is where the mass of votes reside. There is a cogent and persuasive argument that foreign aid is largely wasted and ineffective. Never mind that. British voters value kindness and have a Comic Relief view of the rest of the world. Danny Boyle also has an unshakeable grasp of mainstream social liberalism. If Cameron ever wavered over gay marriage in the face of Church opinion, the opening ceremony should have made up his mind once and for all.
There can be no going back. As a Conservative champion of gay marriage put it to me the other day: "Everyone needs to accept that it is normal." Boyle has defined what is normal in British life and Cameron strays from it at his peril.
If the opening ceremony is indeed Boyle's brilliant destruction of muscular Right-wing ideology, how should David Cameron outwit him? He must give him a knighthood immediately. That is how the Establishment deals with impudent outsiders, by embracing them. And how could Boyle turn down the Queen after she has done him the favour of his career?
Hugs, kisses and sweet tweets win the day
The editor of British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, reportedly described the opening ceremony as a "love in". The giant hug seems to have enveloped the Games. Mark Cavendish hugs Bradley Wiggins as a gesture of wordless disappointment. Lizzie Armitstead hugs team members and competitors. At the end of the women's 400m freestyle, the TV camera lingered in slow motion on the hugging and kissing between French winner Camille Muffat and team mate Coralie Balmy, as if it were an art-house movie.
Meanwhile, the pumped-up pre-match rhetoric we are used to, for instance before boxing matches, has given way to sweet-natured, modest tweets. Rebecca Adlington wrote before the race: "Not expecting anything tonight, all I can do is my best." Finally, the women's football team have perfected an adorable skippy group hug celebration ritual. Can it get any better? (This is a rhetorical question: the answer is not beach volleyball.)
For British TV viewers, this is the greatest show on Earth
Yet another revelation about the Olympics is the size of the UK television audience. The opening ceremony was watched by almost half the population of Britain, even at midnight. This exceeded the 20 million or so for the royal wedding and trumped viewing of Euro 2012, despite this country's football obsession.
Even Rebecca Adlington's freestyle swim drew an audience of 10 million, which puts it into the peak Saturday-night viewing band. Remember all the snootiness about Olympic sports being the ones nobody cared about? Or the suggestion that women's sports were not really worth watching? Pah! For those who continue to protest that the Olympics enthusiasm is hype, the truth is much, much worse. People genuinely love the Games.
* We have been congratulating ourselves on our quirkiness and free-spirited character, as expressed by Danny Boyle. Look how we cock a snook at the might and choreography of Beijing. However, sometimes obsessive work, extreme discipline and national synchronicity is an advantage. In diving, for instance. We may have a sense of humour and Tom Daley is admirably philosophical about the nature of sport, but China, while it is ruling the world, has the last laugh.
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BrianMadden.com Podcast #127: Jon Rolls joins to talk about Ivanti and all things Windows
AppSense recently became Ivanti, so it was time to catch up, plus there just always seems to be a lot of Windows ideas to talk about.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #126: Dane Young joins us to talk about Citrix Summit
Citrix Summit was last week, and between the acquisition of Unidesk, the future of Windows management, and Citrix's relationship with Microsoft, there was a lot to talk about.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #125: We interview Sumit Dhawan, now the GM of EUC at VMware
Sumit Dhawan talked with Gabe and Jack about the state of EUC at VMware, as well as Workspace One, identity, Windows 10, workflow apps, and data.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #124: Gabe and Jack talk VMware, Citrix, Identity, and Macs
Also: Windows 10 Mobile, BlackBerry, what's going on around the site, and our upcoming events.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #123: Microsoft Ignite 2016
Gabe Knuth, Jack Madden, Tim Mangan, and Benny Tritsch discuss desktop virtualization, EUC, and EMM news from the Microsoft Ignite Conference.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #122: VMworld 2016
Gabe and Jack talk about all the end user computing news from VMworld 2016.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #118 (Special Edition): Workspot talks about the future of the workspace
Workspot calls their approach "VDI 2.0", and on today's episode we had a conversation with Rana Kanaan and Puneet Chawla about their vision of the future of the enterprise desktop and how it relates to the traditional desktop virtualization practices of the last 20 years.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #117: Farewell Justin Meisinger! (Recapping 5 years of great videos!)
After more than five years of working with us, Justin Meisinger is leaving our team to go work at Tesla. Justin has been our video editor, camera operator, podcast producer, and/or in charge of anything else we do that involves videos, graphics, or sound.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #116: Claudio Rodigues joined to discuss Citrix, Microsoft
On this week's podcast weee joined by Claudio Rodrigues (@crod) to talk about the latest industry news. We talked about how Claudio got into the industry, and we discussed his recent blog post about how Citrix has lost their way.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #115: Michel Roth joined us to talk about the mega trends in desktop virt
Longtime friend Michel Roth joined us on the podcast to catch up on what he's been up to over the years and to talk about what he thinks the mega trends are in the desktop virtualization space these days.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #114: Brian tells his life story
Brian Madden's life and career
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We had a lot to talk about on this week's BrianMadden.com Podcast-we talked about Dell and EMC (and what that means to vWorkspace, Dell EMM, and AirWatch, Microsoft inching closer to a legitimate DaaS product based on Windows 10, Blackberry's recent Android phone (called the "Priv") and more.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #112: AirWatch Connect wrap-up with guest Brian Katz
AirWatch Connect was this week in Atlanta, so VMware's Brian Katz joined Jack and Gabe to talk about the event.
BrianMadden.com Podcast #111: Vishal Ganeriwala & Joe Vaccaro talk about Citrix Workspace Cloud.
Joe Vaccaro and Vishal Ganeriwala from Citrix joined us from the VMworld floor to talk about what they've got going with Citrix Workspace Cloud. While we've all heard about what it is and what it does, the focus of this podcast was to discuss the most common use cases and how to decide where your workloads should run.
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Re: st: cluster and F test
"Austin Nichols" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: cluster and F test
Sat, 5 Jul 2008 13:01:50 -0400
sara borelli <email@example.com>:
The cluster-robust standard error (CRSE) estimator has at most M-1 df
with M clusters, so with 14 clusters you can test the joint sig. of at
most 13 coefs. But the performance of the estimator gets worse as you
increase the the number of constraints. The CRSE's performance
improves as M-k increases toward infinity, where M is the number of
clusters and k the number of constraints you are testing, and for M-k
at least 20 and clusters balanced you should expect good performance.
Since you have M-k equal to one (the minimum possible value), you
should expect that the estimated variance is too low and the F stat is
too high, on average. Note that clusters are like super-observations,
for the purposes of the SE of estimated coefs, so a regression on 37
variables with 14 clusters is a bit like a regression on 37 vars with
14 obs--you really don't want to test more than one coef there, and
maybe not even that many. How are your clusters defined? Is there
any possibility of adding more clusters, or redefining them sensibly
so you have more clusters?
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 5:16 AM, sara borelli <email@example.com> wrote:
> Dear Stata List members,
> I have found some related questions on FAQs, but I cannot fins exactly what I need.
> I am running a regression with the cluster option. I have 37 independent variables (including the constant), 1647 observations, and 14 clusters.
> I want to test the joint significance of 18 variables.
> If I do NOT use the cluster option the F is calculated correctly as F(18, 1637).
> But once I introduce the cluster option I get the following result:
> (1) x1= 0
> (2) x2 = 0
> (3) x3 = 0
> (4) x3 = 0
> ...
> (18) x18 = 0
> Constraint 1 dropped
> Constraint 2 dropped
> Constraint 3 dropped
> Constraint 4 dropped
> Constraint 14 dropped
> Prob > F = 0.0000
> I guess stata is doing something on the degree of freedoms, but I have not clear what is going on, why it is dropping the constraints. Is the final F test calculated correct?
> Thank you in advance for any help
> Sara Borelli
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She enjoys her clinical practice but is looking forward to working in a laboratory.
Three hundred patients were involved in the clinical study.
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: relating to or based on work done with real patients : of or relating to the medical treatment that is given to patients in hospitals, clinics, etc.
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Kevin Westgarth, the Kings' long-haired 26-year-old fourth-line right winger and first-line enforcer, says he majored in psychology at Princeton University "to find out more about what's wrong with me. And I'm only half-joking."
At 6-foot-5 and 247 pounds, Westgarth's girth seems to make him the most likely volunteer to focus less on his stick work and more to sticking up for teammates.
In a Q&A with the native of Amherstburg, Ontario, who lives in the South Bay with his fiancee Meagan Cowher - the daughter of former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher and a former all-Ivy League basketball player - Westgarth traded jabs in a discussion about how to stay employed in the NHL:
QUESTION: How do you explain best the culture of being an NHL enforcer, and how it fits your size and personality?
ANSWER: One of the greatest books that helped me transition, and I read it in my last season in college (2006), it was called "The Code: The Unwritten Rules of Fighting and Retaliation in Hockey" by Ross Bernstein. He talked to a lot of the old-guard of fighters - there was a lot on Marty McSorley, even Dave Carlson, from the Hansen Brothers (in the movie "Slap Shot"). It really laid out the reasons why we do these things. It was motivating. But then as you start to meet the guys in your role on the other side of the fence, it's funny how much of a brotherhood there is, sort of. Teams are almost defined by those guys. With Edmonton, it's (Steve) MacIntyre. With the Islanders, (Trevor) Gilles. With the Rangers, (Derek) Boogaard. It's a different way to look at the game, but we have almost as much in common with each other. We're the guys likely to get punched in the face. On your own team, you might be kind of the black sheep in the family, I suppose. But it's a role I take a huge amount of pride in doing.
Q: But coming from an Ivy League school, you'd think you'd be smart enough not to get into a fight.
A: Yeah. Well, uh, I guess the way I look at it now ... this is the only way they're going to let me play this game at this level. So heck, I'm going to do it. Now it's a smart move, right? To me, it's a testament to the few Ivy League guys in this league.
At Princeton, you're there for the education but also for the love of the game. There aren't scholarships. Maybe you get some financial help, but you're paying a huge chunk of that tuition. So you really have to be passionate about being there and doing whatever it takes to succeed.
Q: Do fans today still have a tough time differentiating between an "enforcer" and a "goon"?
A: I feel a lot of fans really created that "goon"-ish role, but there's straight-up no room for that anymore. You can't have a guy on a 23-man roster that is strictly one dimensional. Everyone in the league who's considered a heavyweight can play. You've got to be dependable in the defensive zones. The offensive part is a great bonus.
Q: How do you see the psychology of being an enforcer?
A: Maybe it relates more to sociology, or social psychology, where the team dynamics dictate how you can help the squad. If they're flat, or you feel the momentum of a game going the other way, you can shut the crowd up if you're on the road - or inject fire into your own crowd. It's our role to provide the energy and we take pride in that. If we get into a tilt, go into the corners, hopefully chip in a goal, that's what matters.
Q: What was the smartest advice you ever got about playing the enforcer role?
A: You have to take what is said -- or unsaid -- by your organization. We take pride in keeping everybody here safe, a real watch-your-back mentality. That's great for me to know, that I can err on the side of protecting my teammates. Over the years I've learned as much by watching the guys on the other team as I have from doing it myself. My first year in college, I hadn't done it much, and it was a different level of fighters. So it was quite an adjustment in the AHL. Last season I didn't have to fight as much which allowed me to work on some of my other skills and that's a big reason I was able to make the jump this year. I'll fight whomever and whenever I have to, but as long as I can keep improving on my skills.
Q: In the preseason, you got into a fight with Colorado's David Koci and he ended up with a broken jaw. Did that affect your psyche when it came to fighting again after that, make you hesitant at all?
A: Not really. Over the years you end up hurting some guys. Sometimes, it' tough, but it's one of those things. You end up talking to the guy later, and everyone knows the deal. If it happens, it happens. It's part of the job. There is that brotherhood, but by the same token that's our choice. It's how we choose to make a living. I did see (Koci) the last time we were in Colorado. He's doing well and he'll be back soon. He's a good guy. Everybody knows. I'm sure I'm going to get mine one day but I hope it's not for a long time. And about being hesitant, that really wasn't the case. I was asking every day to get in there and play. It wasn't for a lack of trying at any stretch.
Q: The game recently you had against the Islanders - two fights in the third period, 12 penalty minutes, after having just two penalty minutes to that point all season - was that an adrenaline rush?
A: Actually I was kind of surprised how giddy I was after the game. I was frustrated not having a fight this season. They say it's impossible to get into a slump in my role, but that's where I was. It really was a real relief.
Q: How about your future father-in-law, Bill Cowher. How intimidated were you to meet him the first time?
A: I didn't think it would be, until maybe five minutes before I was going to meet him the first time. We were at a game in Pittsburgh, and the Steelers beat the Browns 41-0, so I think that made everything a little easier. He's been a great guy to talk to over the years.
He was one of those guys early in his football career that was really on the cusp of getting into the league, so he knows how the battles work. And my fiancee is a great sounding board and has a great perspective on the game that helps set me straight.
Q: Did you have the nerve to ask Bill Cowher for his daughter's hand in marriage?
A: I did, and it went great. But he kind of messed with me a little. He finally gave in and said yes. I think it took cajoling him more than it did Meagan.
Q: Bill doesn't look like a guy you'd ever want to get into a fight with.
A: No. We don't even need to test that.
More Q-and-A with Kevin Westgarth on the blog: www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth


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Land Manta Ray
The title of this article is conjectural; an official name for the article's subject has not been found, so it has been given a fitting title by the editors. If an official name appears, it is requested that the article be moved to the correct name.
Land Manta Ray are enemies that appear in Wario World. They are manta rays but "swim" in tall grass in Beanstalk Way. They attempt to attack Wario by dashing towards him. They "swim" very close to the ground so they can only be hit by a Ground Pound or Wild Swing-Ding. After three Ground Pounds, they are stunned, allowing Wario to use a Mad Move of his choice. However, Ground Pounding is dangerous in areas that they appear, as missing will result in Wario getting stuck in the grass for a few seconds. Big Scorpers behave similarly to Land Manta Rays.
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Disorderly students have given Dunedin police another hectic night.
About 30 people are locked up in the city's cells this morning, waiting to be processed.
It follows 20 arrests in rioting at the end of the Undie 500 rally from Christchurch on Friday night.
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Emergency Sirens hit by lightning
Jefferson City officials said Thursday it will be next week before they know if two outdoor emergency sirens will be replaced.
The sirens on Militia Drive and Highway 179 were hit by lightning and destroyed in September.
It isn't clear if insurance will cover the cost to replace the sirens.
If insurance doesn't cover the cost, the city could be forced to pay about $20,000 per siren.
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Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway
by Mike Carey
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Entertainingly dark... keeps the Sandman flame alive in fine form.
One of the most underrated comic book series ever! Carey too one of my favorite characters from the Sandman series and gave him a series worthy of him. If you like anti-heroes, bastards and broken things this is the comic book for you.
At some point in the future I'll dust off my single issues (cause yes I have them all bagged and boarded), sit down for a reread and write a full on review of the whole damn series.
I recently reread Sandman, and while I do love it for its own sake, I must confess that my real reason for trekking through Gaiman's epic was to get to Carey's equally majestic, albeit much-less praised, story. Frankly, I'm not sure why that is, as in many ways, I think Lucifer surpasses its origin story. Both boast rich, and mostly independent cosmologies, but whereas for a significant part of its run, Sandman exists as a framework for Gaiman to write any kind of story he wants, Lucifer is surprisingly single-minded in telling the tale of the title character's most recent war against his creator. And frankly, I'd rather read about cunning, crafy, cold, cruel Lucifer than mopey Morpheus.
Volume one does little more than establish the setup for the rest of the series. Lucifer gets his Macguffin, and we meet the Basanos and Elaine. Sadly, Mazikeen gets short-shrift, but it's hard to do much with a character who can only barely be understood. But mostly, this book exists so that we can see what a brilliant bastard Lucifer can be.
Mike Carey's Lucifer is a spin-off of Neil Gaiman's Sandman books, taking place after the Devil has retired from ruling Hell (that story was told in Gaiman's Sandman: Seasons of Mists). This first volume is comprised of two story arcs: The Morningstar Option and A Six-Card Spread and ends with the short story Born with the Dead, dropping plenty of hints and characters which I'm sure will be developed in future volumes. The Endless don't make an appearance in Carey's story, but their presence is hinted at, lurking behind the scenes. Carey writes Lucifer with wit and intelligence. Neil Gaiman praises him in the introduction.
The Morningstar Option sees Heaven in need of a favour from the Devil. A voiceless god out of prehistory has come into power and is feeding off of and granting human wishes.
"The poor, naked half-men,scared of their own shadows...They made the best gods they could, but they had no language to give shape to their imaginings. So the first gods were thin gray shadows, without form and without speech, dredged into being by the dumb longings of their worshippers." (p.33)
Lucifer needs a young Navajo girl, who unintentionally wished for her brother's death, to guide him to the First World, where the voiceless god lives. Scott Hampton's art for this story arc is painterly and impressive.
I found the second story, A Six-Card Spread less enjoyable. Neo-Nazis in Hamburg, an old man who runs a bookshop but is secretly an angel keeping a record of all human thought, a super-powered Tarot deck, and a wannabe cabaret-star/magician's assistant collide in this story. Chris Weston's art is very detailed, but very different from Hampton's art in the first story. It looks and feels much more "comic book-ish."
The collection ends on Born with the Dead, which I thought was a very powerful short story about a twelve year old girl, Elaine, who sees ghosts and sets out to avenge the murder of her best friend. The premise could easily have gotten hokey, but Carey writes in a way that infuses real empathy and suspense. I hope we see more of Elaine in future stories.
Since we last saw Lucifer in Murder Mysteries, mulling over the injustice of the Lord, some 13 billion years have passed. More than that if Murder Mysteries takes place before the creation of the universe, which it probably does. Since then, Lucifer has rebelled against the Lord, been consigned to Hell, given up Hell (its dominion passing into the hands of a pair of angels), and set up in a piano bar in L.A. because, you know, what else would you do? His former consort, Mazikeen, works there with him.
And he'd probably be there, enjoying himself just fine, if Amendiel, an angel himself, didn't pop into Lucifer's bar, Lux, from the Silver City to ask Lucifer to undertake a mission that the Lord can't be seen to directly intervene in. In "The Morningstar Option," someone's granting wishes, or something. It's all very vague and cosmological. Lucifer recruits a human girl who tied into the phenomenon and strikes out to put a stop to it. The story actually reminded me a lot of "The Thessaliad" in The Sandman Presents: Taller Tales in that Lucifer, like Thessaly, knows the ways these kinds of stories work, and therefore undertakes the story in line with the way it should go.
In the second story here, "A Six-Card Spread," Lucifer heads off the Germany to get another former angel to read some cards for him. Of course, there's trouble afoot, what with a bunch of racist thugs running around and the cards themselves gaining intelligence. And Lucifer's not the only person after them... (Who would have guessed that?)
In both good and bad ways, these remind me of the early Sandman stories. There are big, neat ideas being played with. But there's also a protagonist for whom no problem ever seems to exist. As in the Sandman stories, I found myself focusing on the minor mortal characters, because they had lives and problems and such. Lucifer only has smugness, and that works much of the time... but not all of it. I found "The Morningstar Option" more interesting, but "A Six-Card Spread" got bogged down in all the mythology of the cards, which I didn't find very interesting. Part of the problem (again, like early Sandman) is that the story often doesn't seem to operate by rules the reader is aware of. Lucifer and all the myriad demons do things when they need to, and that is that.
The villains of "The Morningstar Option" bothered me, in that they were gods from before our universe or something... but that didn't really matter. They could have been wish-granting Star Trek space aliens for all the difference it made to the story being told. Just saying "gods" didn't do a whole lot to make the story different.
The book ends with a short story, "Born with the Dead," about a girl whose dead grandmothers give her advice, which comes in handy when her best friend is murdered. I liked it a lot, probably for the same reason I liked a lot of the Sandman fill-in stories-- it had a protagonist I could identify with. Lucifer's here, but it's a small bit at the end.
Last time I read a Mike Carey take on a Sandman spin-off, I got the excellent The Furies. So far, this isn't bad, but it's no rival either.
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As elegant as she was curious, as vibrant as she was discreet, as prolific as she was experimental, P.K. Page, the poet, painter and prose writer - of every form imaginable - was a supremely creative person. "Dam it there," she said, jabbing one arm with a finger from the opposite hand, during an interview in her Victoria home in 2008, and "it comes out there. I can't not be doing something. I'm not a johnny-one-note."
At the time she was 91, although she could easily have passed for 75, with her casually waved hair and bright skin. She was wearing a chunky silver necklace, an azure silk blouse and loose fitting black trousers, as she sipped a drink and exchanged views on poetics, politics and personalities - the very model of vigorously engaged old age.
A sharp-eyed observer of the world and of her own species, she wrote more than 35 books, including two as recently as last November - a long poem called Cullen and a trilogy of fables for children called The Sky Tree . She won the Governor-General's Award for The Metal and the Flower , back in 1954 and was short-listed for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2003 for Planet Earth: Poems Selected and New . The title poem had been selected two years previously to mark the United Nations International Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations and had been read aloud simultaneously in New York, the Antarctic and the South Pacific.
Under her married name, P.K. Irwin, she created a large oeuvre of paintings, from whimsical to metaphysical, minimalist to lush, which are now held by the National Gallery, the Art Gallery of Ontario and private collectors across the country.
After growing up as a British immigrant on the prairie, she led a bohemian life in Montreal during the Second World War, writing short stories, working on a literary magazine with poet and constitutional lawyer Frank Scott, and honing her modernist voice. In 1950, she married magazine and newspaper publisher Arthur Irwin -her "rock" - and embarked on a completely different kind of life as a diplomat's wife in Australia, Brazil, Mexico and Guatemala. In the decades when cultural nationalism was gestating in Canada, she was out of the loop living mainly abroad in exotic postings, but on her return, she settled in Victoria, once thought of as an outpost of Empire, and, after an awkward transition, found a secure and significant place in Canadian letters.
"She's a very important touchstone for writers," Michael Ondaatje said in 1991. "She's raucous and funny in person, but her head is another reality. She has a very odd-angled vision of the world, tragic and comic, the imagined world lying side by side with the real."
In an online blog, the writer and critic Rosemary Sullivan commented: "No poet had a more impeccable sense of timing. Somehow, when P.K. Page broke the syntax of a line - and you heard it best when she read her poems - something cracked in you and opened out to the light… She understood that the rhythm of poetry was profoundly tied to the rhythms of the human brain, touching something archaic, something primordial in us…"
The late literary critic Constance Rooke identified her, decades ago, as quite simply: "Canada's finest poet." Ms. Page had a plainer estimation of her own talents. "I don't think I am after fame although I would love to write one poem that is really, really good, but I don't think I will," she confided two years ago. Obviously not suffering from megalomania, or what she called "the Irving Layton syndrome," she did allow that she had written "a couple of fairly good poems, but I would like to write a really good poem, but I can't force it."
Atlantic crossings
Patricia Kathleen Page was born in the middle of the First World War, the elder child of Lionel Frank Page, a soldier, and Rose Laura (née Whitehouse), a homemaker. Her father, who was born in England, had immigrated to Canada when he was about 19, after failing to get into the Royal Military Academy. He settled in Red Deer, Alta., where he acquired a piece of land and met Ms. Whitehouse, who had arrived from England to visit her brother, the local bank manager. The protective brother refused to let his sister marry Mr. Page because he had an overdraft, and she returned to England, secretly engaged. The First World War reunited the couple when he enlisted in the First Canadian Expeditionary Force and was shipped overseas. They married on, his first leave, just before he was sent to the front lines, where he won three DSOs and was Mentioned in Despatches several times.Report Typo/Error
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The Dwarf Cajuns [tank photo]
My 2 pairs of Dwarf Cajun Crayfish (Cambarellus Shufeldtii) are here!
They will be moving into my 5.5 gallon former Rili shrimp tank which current have these parameters:
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 0
Nitrides 0
There are a few 1/2" PVC tubes cut in 3" sections in the tank already along with cholla which they likely wont fit into.
The tank is lined with Fluval Shrimp Stratum, round pellia and some random mosses.
Aquaclear 50, sponge filter and a nano internal filter keep the water flowing and clean but it may be overkill so the sponge filter will likely be transplanted to another tank tonight.
I'm hoping to keep 2 CPO together with these guys. Any tips for these little guys?
That's some filtration..
IME, they're aren't much different then keeping shrimp. The only difference is that they don't play nice with one another. They don't really hurt each other, just some bitch slapping. Things that can be used for caves or "territories" will be good, and they'd feed individually - that is, you can't drop a large algae wafer and expect them to share the way shrimp would.
Pics or it didnt happen! :)
Ive always thought these guys were very cool. Where did you get them from?
Wow, that was fast. (On my scale of time at least. I think I spent six months agonizing over whether I might be able to keep shrimp alive.) Congrats :) Pics?
Sorry for the poor quality cell phone pics. It was a busy water change night and these guys were acclimated for 3 hours before entering the tank.
In the container
For scale, this is a quart container. They are sized between a nickel (with tiny claws extended) and dime (the body only)
For scale again, he is smaller than the adult MTS
So far the extend of their aggression has been slap fighting with both parties running away after the third swing. LOL these guys are funny to watch.
Where did you get these guys?
ROFL! The title sounds like a family reunion around here. ;-) Congrats! They're adorable!
Thanks all. Jackskeletonzero on aqua bid. He's real nice to deal with. They aren't gorgeous like cpos but these guys are a riot to watch.
One second they are all sitting next to each other like on a school bus... The next minute everyone is raising their claws in the air then it turns into a battle royal....
And When I say battle royal, I mean a blind folded pillow fight were no one actually hits anyone nor knows what to do, then everyone sort of settles down and sits back together on the bus once more. This is way more interesting than watching shrimp eat and graze.
Where did you put the rilis?
They now live with my pfr and prl. They weren't happy with the move largely because they recently gave birth in the tank. Catching them was rili tricky :p
Their claws are cute, I think I have some Amanos bigger than that!
I actually have CRS larger than these guys. lol
Those are hilariously tiny.
I got to watch a shrimp slap fight over a bit of food on day two, but I think the tank's biofilm is now up to their expectations. Haven't seen any squabbling since; they just lounge around eating.
what do you feed yours? they havent seem to take to the hikari algae waffer today.
It's like you have your very own WWE!
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Want to Be Stylish? Start By Being Confident
Have you ever heard of a fashion trend and then suddenly it was everywhere? Your friends are sporting it, the actresses on TV are rocking it -- shocker, even your mother is owning it?
The problem is, when you gave it a try, the experience was, well, underwhelming.
In the fashion world, something is always considered in style. Whether it's a popular clothing item (coloured skinny jeans), a theme (nautical), or a new way of wearing things (there's always a new way to tie a scarf) -- the media and fashion industry are always on top of what's hot and what's not.
But what does in style even mean? As any of us from the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s know, even after things go out of style, much like the earth continues to spin, these fashion trends will once again find their way back onto the in list. It's really only a matter of time before what's hot becomes what's not. And then repeat.
But if something is in style does that mean you have to wear it? More importantly, if a current trend is hot but when you wear it you feel anything but, should you still try to rock it?
The answer is no.
And not because it isn't the best choice for you but merely because after everything is said and done you just don't feel good in it.
"Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever." - Ralph Lauren
Fashion comes and goes. One day it's in and the next it's out. Style and most importantly, your personal style will last forever. It will change over time and it will grow as you do the same. It will adapt to changes in your life, good and bad. It will reflect milestones. One day you may rock a wedding dress. Another you may rock maternity wear. And inevitably, one day you'll trade in your heels for something with a little more grip to push that sexy new walker you're sporting.
But no matter how your life changes, your style will always be yours.
So why would you ever wear something that didn't make you feel good?
While some staple fashion items will never go out of style (the little black dress for example) most things eventually will. And they will do so quickly. Which is the first reason why you should never sweat it if the in look isn't doing it for you. Sure you could try to make it work but for what reasons? Is it because you really want it to work or because you feel you have to?
Style is what you make it. It's personal and it should reflect who you are. So if you're not feeling that pair of Uggs or just don't feel comfortable in skinny jeans -- don't wear them. The fashion police won't come after you for not following the trends. Nor will they show up to apprehend you if you want to wear white after Labour Day. If you've ever put on an outfit and experienced any negative thoughts about the choice or yourself, toss it. It's not worth it. And it's definitely not helping you feel great. No matter what anyone's saying about it all over Pinterest.
Wear what makes you feel good. Your personal style. And when you do, know in your heart: You look fabulous.
Need some inspiration? Here are five of our favourite fashion trendsetters who know a thing or two about personal style.
1) Tavi Gevinson
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"[...] personal style is an opportunity to kind of create your own fantasy. And that can be -- and this word is so overused -- but empowering in a way, especially when you feel like you have to have a certain force field around you to the outside world."
2) Rachel Zoe
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"Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak."
3) Coco Chanel
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"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different."
4) Anna Wintour
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"Create your own style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others."
5) Audrey Hepburn
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"Nothing is impossible -- the word itself says I'm possible!"
Who are your fashion inspirations? Your style icons? Do you think being in-style is overrated? We'd love to see your personal style and fashion trends that you're rocking in the BeauCoo community! Share it on BeauCoo today!
"I started this blog in 2009 as I see no reason why we should not continue to enjoy fashion whatever age we are," writes Josephine of Chic at Any Age. She hopes her blog will be "a useful resource on what works from underwear to special occasion dressing for more mature women."
Mis Papelicos is all about Sacramento, an English professor and a nutrition and diet expert in Andalucía, Spain (hence the bilingual captions). Her bi-weekly posts feature the funky and elegant ensembles she puts together, as well as other images that inspire her style.
Grey Fox adds a male perspective to the post 50 fashion and style blog community. The site is dedicated to "a man's search for style in middle age." Recent posts include tips on "[keeping] the costs of style in control" and a roundup of stylish bald "grey foxes" in popular culture.
Don't be deterred by the name -- Style Crone is a blog "dedicated to the older woman, in her most creative, outrageous, authentic, powerful, adventurous, funny, and proud era." Far from a crone, Judith writes, "choosing my outfits, which always included a hat, was a way to express myself creatively and as a form of meditation as I approached my day." Along with snapping pics of her outfits for her blog, she also owns a hat shop, sells vintage clothing and designs hats for chemotherapy patients.
Une Femme D'Un Certain Age is a blog focused on "living a stylish, adventurous, balanced [and] delicious life after 50" -- with a francophile twist. Recent posts include a review of flattering skinny jeans for post 50s by Not Your Daughter's Jeans, and a reflection on being "the boss of what our age means" style-wise (spoiler: Une Femme believes it's important not to confuse trying to pretend you're 25 with looking "current").
Blogger Susan documents her quest to find fashion post 50 in Flattering 50. "I'm doing my thinking publicly in my blog ... in the hopes that others might join in the conversation," she writes. With posts such as "Top 10 Dress Styles for Women Over 50" and "Swimsuits over 50: Where to Shop," it's hard not to chime in.
"Hip past 50 doesn't have to refer to surgery," blogger Joni quips on her blog, Walking Colors. Sharing photos of her outfits with an online community allows her to "unleash the side of me I've been hiding for way too many years [and] receive support and encouragement...there is definitely a camaraderie here in these blogs that we all share," she writes.
Okay, so the "girls" Kim France is writing for haven't quite hit 50 -- but Kim herself was 48 when she left her post as editor in chief of Lucky magazine and turned her energies to Girls of a Certain Age, a blog for "grown-ups who can't quite part with the notion that motorcycle boots, if styled properly, can make for a perfectly acceptable evening look." Its focus is primarily on shopping, though it also occasionally delves into pop culture.
"I am a fifty-something woman, wife, professional, auntie and crazy cat lady. Though pressured by society to recede gracefully, I prefer to burst out with a love of fashion and style. We are not dead yet, so let's enjoy every sandwich and gild the lilies." That pretty much sums up the aim of Patti's Not Dead Yet Style. Her blog also features a weekly "Visible Monday," where readers are invited to share an image of themselves sporting an "outfit, accessory, piece of jewelry, cosmetic or other adornment" that makes them feel alive and confident.
Fashion After 50 features fashion advice by category (bohemian, travel clothes, fabrics you love), a "fashion archetype quiz," dos and don'ts for fashion after 50 and opportunities to buy some of the blog's featured items.
"'Growing old gracefully' is an outdated concept. We prefer 'growing old with verve.' This blog documents our efforts to live up to that motto, in photos and essays," the Idiosyncratic Fashionistas write. Sample post: an ode to fashion journalist and muse Anna Piaggi, who recently passed away at the age of 81, featuring photos of some of her memorable ensembles.
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