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Poole GRP Laminator DAY & NIGHT SHIFTS
- Recruiter
- Adecco
- Location
- Poole, Poole
- Salary
- £10.1
- Posted
- 20 Apr 2017
- Closes
- 23 Apr 2017
- Sector
- Manufacturing
Job Title: GRP Laminator(Permanent) Salary: Up to £12.13 p/h DOE - higher rate for night shift Hours: 40hrs standard + 8hrs overtime - 6hrs x1.3, 2hrs x1.5 Location: Poole, Dorset DAYS AND NIGHT SHIFTS AVAILABLE (Nightshift 4 nights per week on a higher rate). Our client is looking for talented individuals who share their passion and desire to produce the finest quality motor yachts in the world. Therefore successful applicants must have the following attributes and skills: * Experience of working to a high standard of finish; * A desire to work in pressurised, fast paced, construction environment; * High attention to detail; * Flexibility, the ability to adapt to varied tasks; * Conscientious attitude to work; * Punctual and reliable. GRP Laminators work in close-knit teams to produce hulls, decks and super structures for boats sizes of 48 to 155 feet. Typical tasks include: Reading technical specifications for mat, resin and gel types. Preparing moulds (cleaning, repairing and usage of release agents), assessing environmental conditions, selecting, measuring, mixing and applying gel coat by hand. Applying skin coats, core and secondary bonding by hand, and also, the occasional use of resin spray guns. Trimming GRP and the inspection of own GRP components for quality forms part of the role, as does housekeeping and maintenance of working areas. This is a team based labour intensive position. Minimum Requirements: * Able to work in restricted spaces and on the water if required; * Experience within the composites industry, specifically glass fibre wet layup with polyester gel and resins; * Able to attend and pass a two hour laminating trade test and interview in Poole, Dorset; * Able to read technical information relating to laminating; * Able to work with polyester resins; * Keen to work in a fast paced construction environment. This company offers a permanent position, which includes the following benefits: * 4% Non-contributory pension contributions * 22 days annual leave increasing to 25 days after 4 years service * Overtime when available * Private health care insurance (after 4 years service) * Private dental scheme (after 4 years service) * Sick pay scheme * Life cover * Legal advice helpline * On-site canteen facilities * Safe working environment (ISO 18001 accredited) * Central working location to public transport * Sports and social club * Training and career progression with this global business Adecco are an equal opportunities employer. Due to volume, it is impossible to get back to each application individually. If you have not heard back from a consultant within 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful at this time. Adecco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.


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September 5, 2010 by staff
Smu, The volleyball team of the State of Texas did everything possible to return from a two-set deficit and none, but the rally team came up just before the Bobcats fell to Texas Tech 3-2 (25-22, 25 – 23, 17 -25, 19-25, 15-13) on Saturday afternoon in the final game of the SMU Invitational at Moody Coliseum.
With the loss, the Bobcats fell to 2-4 after going 0-3 in the tournament.
Texas Tech, which finished 1-2 in the tournament, improved to 2-4 overall.
Texas State freshman right side hitter Amari Deardorff won honors in the tournament-team as she led the team with a .309 hitting percentage and was second with 41 deaths in the three-game tournament. Deardorff also recorded eight digs and five blocks.
"It means a lot because it is only my second tournament," said Deardorff. "I'm getting faster and getting in the swing of things so I'll be ready to play for my team later in the season."
Deardorff was a consistent performer throughout the weekend for the Bobcats. In the first match, which had a team high 20 kills and .421 hitting percentage. Then, she posted nine kills and two blocks before finishing against SMU with 12 kills and a .364 hitting percentage in Saturday's contest against Texas Tech
Statistically, the Bobcats performed better than the Red Raiders in many areas.
Texas State hit .312 as a team for the match compared to just .222 hitting percentage also Bobcats Texas Tech 73 kills and 73 digs compared to only 59 dams and 70 digs for TTU.
Blocking numbers were also slightly in favor of the State of Texas as the team held an 11.5-11.0 lead.
Working against the Bobcats of the 13 service errors, while the Red Raiders committed five errors in the service line.
AJ Watlington Bobcats led three double-digit kills as she posted a career-high 20. The father had only six errors in 49 attempts for a .286 hitting percentage for the match. In addition, a few hi-Watlington-16 digs for her third consecutive double double.
Also posting double-digit kills the State of Texas is Preslia Alexander (15) and Deardorff (12). Alexander, who also had 14 digs in the contest, she recorded her first career double double along with a pair of aces and a .268 hitting percentage.
Shelbie Bobcat Irvin was third with a double double as she recorded a maximum of 41 teams with 10 assists excavations.
Ashlee Hilbun led the Bobcat block with 10 instruments to the game, the highest total for any one party Bobcat so far this season. Hilbun also led the team with a .500 after hitting nine kills on 18 stifle attempts without an error.
After falling short in the first two sets, the State of Texas rallied to take the third and fourth sets convincingly. The decisive fifth set also seemed to be in control of the Bobcats jumped out to an 8-5 lead, but Texas Tech made a late race victory.
With the score tied 10-10; a kill TTU gave the Red Raiders the lead before Alexander tied the effort to tie the set. Hilbun found the back corner of the court TTU opened the following point of killing the game of Texas a 12-11 lead, but responded with technology back-to-back kills in the lead of 13-12.
After a timeout of the State of Texas, Texas Tech committed a service error tied the set again, but the Red Raiders regrouped and scored the next two points on a kill and a block to capture his second victory of the season.
The Bobcats are back in court on Tuesday when the team hosts Prairie View A & M for a 6:30 pm matches.
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I had a typical work day today which isn't such a bad thing. I do actually enjoy my job for the most part. Maybe not "enjoy" but I really don't have any complaints. I work in the kitchen of a retirement community doing "salads" and "desserts." Non of it is vegan, of course but other than that it's a nice job. I get paid well, I like my co-workers and my managers are very accommodating to me. I really am excited to go back to school, however, I honestly miss it. At this point, I've decided to go to school for environmental studies. I cannot wait to move forward with my life. Just one step closer to my dream of owning a farm full of animals I've adopted!! No, but seriously.
On days I work my eating schedule tends to be really off. For example, I had breakfast at 5:50 am this morning (cereal), a green juice at around 10:20 (I go to my house on break because it's close) and my lunch break was at 1 but all I had was a banana because I refuse to eat the gross food they serve where I work. It's all processed with huge lists of ingredients for the most part and even the vegetables (which are of poor quality quite often) are covered in oil and cooked at high temps a couple hours before even being served. It's just not my cup of tea.Anyway, enough rambling. Basically, I got home from work and had a nice work out and and was then in the mood for pancakes.
You really don't need eggs or dairy to make good pancakes!
Pancake Recipe:
1 banana
1/3 cup coconut milk (or any other non dairy milk of your choice)
1 tbsp maple syrup or agave
1 tbsp liquid coconut oil
1/3 whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/8 cup cacao nibs or vegan chocolate chips
Mash the banana with a fork and combine with the milk and maple syrup and coconut oil. To get coconut oil to be liquid, it's easy to just heat up a little bit of water and put the container in the water until the coconut oil softens and turns to liquid form. The whole thing doesn't need to be liquid, just enough for the recipe. Mix together the baking powder and flour and then mix with the wet ingredients until everything comes together and then add nibs or chocolate chips.
It helps to preheat the pan to medium heat before hand because these pancakes are a little thicker with wet ingredients and take a little longer to cook. Cook on one side until ready to flip and golden brown and then cook on the other side until golden brown. The insides may still be a little wet because of all the wet ingredients, so if you like you can cook longer. This recipe makes about two nice sized pancakes, four little ones, or one huge one. Double if you want to feed more people, or if you're really hungry!
Sauce recipe:
1/3 cup raw cashews
1/3 cup coconut milk (or other non dairy milk)
1 tbsp carob powder (or cacao or coco powder)
1 tsp maple syrup or agave
Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Add more milk if you want the sauce to be thinner and add more maple or agave if you want this to be sweeter.
I had these pancakes with another banana but I was really craving strawberries, those would go so well with this recipe. Blueberries or raspberries would also be good.


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We gather this morning to celebrate the life and mourn the death of Evelyn Mae Carter. We also seek to affirm the teaching, promises and comfort that come from the Lord in the Bible.
In the Bible we read these helpful words from the Apostle Paul,
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. [Romans 8:18-19,22-25,28]
The Bible tells us that the course of life is one of waiting for that which is ahead. In that time of waiting our job is to "Trust in the Lord with all our heart, lean not on our own understanding, in all our ways acknowledge Him and then He will direct our paths.
Today we look forward in hope trusting in the Lord to bring comfort, and direction.
Let's pray together.
Gracious Father, we turn to you in this time of sadness. We know you alone are God. You are the one who gives us life and who also gives life beyond the grave. We acknowledge our sin and our weakness even as we embrace and cling to your love, mercy and grace that we find in Jesus Christ alone.
Help us as celebrate and give thanks for the life of Evelyn Carter. She has left a positive imprint upon our lives and for this we are grateful Help us to grieve but to also temper that grief with hope. We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.
Evelyn Mae Carter, was born June 9, 1923, in Durham, IL, the daughter of Charles Conrad and Ora W. Lowe Rodeffer. She was a 1941 graduate of Dallas City High School, and went on to attend Southeastern Community College where she completed classes in accounting.
She married Norman Kingsley on May 12, 1945. Norman was in the military so they moved around some and eventually settled in Oklahoma. They later divorced. She married James Milton Carter in 1972. It was a good match. They seemed to really have a connection with each other but he died much too quickly in 1974.
Evelyn loved her daughter Judith dearly. She worked hard to provide for her. At times she worked as many as three different jobs. She never complained. She did what she needed to do to provide for her family. When Judy was sick Evelyn would work all week and then run to be with her on the weekends. She drove her to treatments whenever possible. She hated to see her daughter suffer. She couldn't do anything about her pain but she could make sure she was not alone in that pain.
Evelyn worked hard all her life. She worked as a bookkeeper for Norm's Koestner Electric for many years.
She enjoyed reading, cooking, playing cards, sewing and making crafts. She made all of her own clothes, and traveled around the country to attend craft shows. She was a former member of the ABWA and volunteered for the SHARE program.
Evelyn died on Friday, October 28th. She was 88 years old.
She is survived by her two granddaughters,
Brenda (Pat) Tincher of Antigo, WI, and
Angela (Scott) Snyder of Ames, IA;
eight great grandchildren; Kirsten, Katelyn, Ben and Alyssa Tincher and Noah, Miles, Kiah, and Liesl Snyder;
three sisters, Wilma Jean (Herb) Voigts of Dwight, IL,
Virginia Rich of LaHarpe, IL,
and Betty Olson of Carthage, IL;
and several nieces and nephews.
Besides her husbands she was preceded in death by her parents; her daughter Judith Lynne Brinkman; three brothers, Wayne, Kenneth, and Richard Rodeffer and one infant brother.
I must be honest and say that I really didn't know Evelyn very well. I knew her mainly from her time at the Nursing home. Most of our interaction came from the Thursday afternoon Bible Studies when I was leading the study. I always brought a few pages of jokes with me to start the study. Evelyn often sat right across the table from me. She participated in the study and seemed to have some knowledge of the Bible. However, what I remember most, was her laugh. She loved the jokes and would giggle freely. She seemed like a woman who had a big heart.
I have learned a few more things about her this week. According to Evelyn she was a "corn fed baby". I don't know exactly what that means but it meant something to her. She used to tell the story about how when she was a child she would be pulled in a wagon by a goat that she was real fond of. She told the story that when she was a child they would warm rocks in the fire and put them in bed to keep the bed warm. Evelyn would tell you that she always needed two rocks because she was always cold.
Evelyn grew up in a home with seven children and was actually gone by the time some of the younger ones came along. She always worked hard. She was a proud woman. She wasn't one to complain or to ask for help. During the time of Judy's treatments she slept in her car at least once because she couldn't afford to stay in a hotel.
She was a wonderfully generous woman. She always had some kind of a garden, even if it was just a little row along the side of the house. She was known for her applesauce which she made from the apples off her apple tree. She took a class on how to make Lingere and her Grand-daughters were always given handmade underwear from Grandma. She made lots of clothes. She made sure each of her Grand-daughters had a sewing machine. She thought of it as an essential tool for homemaking. Since she usually couldn't afford to give big gifts, she looked for ways to give creative and thoughtful gifts that she could make rather than buy.
Evelyn was an active woman. She was always doing something. Sometimes it was something as simple as taking a ride with Bud and Lucille. Sometimes they simply drove to the mall to sit and watch people. She loved to fish. She liked to go to the Riverboat. She would talk about her winnings but never what she lost. Even when she was in the Nursing home she always came out for activities. She liked to be doing something.
Evelyn loved to cook (even though she was not particularly good at it). She enjoyed watching the Paula Dean show (but I gather it didn't do her much good). When she went to resident meetings at the Care Center she always made the same request, "When can we have some Cherry Pie?"
Evelyn was "Green" before it was popular. She was a person who was always looking for ways to reuse items to save money.
Her home (though small) was always open for visitors. She loved showing hospitality. She would a good hostess and always offered you something to eat and do her best to make you feel like a very special guest . . . because that's exactly what you were to her.
Evelyn used to say "If anything happens, it will happen to me". She was mugged once coming home from the Riverboat. They hit her on the head and stole her purse (but her money was in her "fanny pack"). On another occasion she launched a pie when she opened the trunk of her car (she forgot she had placed the pie on the trunk). One night she came home late, walked into the house and tripped over her neighbor who was asleep on her floor. (He had been drinking and came home to the wrong house). I assume he survived! When Evelyn was in the care center somehow she ran herself over (and broke her leg) with her electronic scooter! Evelyn was forever taking her teeth out and putting them somewhere and then could never find them! I sense that if Evelyn was here she would tell the same stories. I'm sure they would have been much more entertaining.
Let's simply say that Evelyn was not the best driver. She was always running into something with her car. She took out mailboxes, dented garages, and even once tried to outrun a deer (and lost!). Let's just say people were not eager to drive with Evelyn.
Evelyn was always looking for a man. She was not too proud to ask people if they knew of a good eligible man. Even when she came into the Nursing home she was sizing up the various men who came in and out of the home.
Evelyn had her opinions, and it was useless to argue with her because in her mind, she was always right. The people at the Nursing home all said the same thing: "You never knew what she was going to say . . . or do!" One day one of the residents kept playing with the blinds. Evelyn told him to stop. He either didn't hear her or he was ignoring her. She maneuvered up behind him and give him a swift kick in the behind. He left the blinds alone. When she didn't like what the nurses were doing to her she would say, "Stop! You're Killing Me!" The staff discovered one day that Evelyn knew the code to get out of the main section of the Nursing home into the office area! You just never new what she was going to do. That fact alone made her endearing.
Evelyn was a loving woman. Her grand-daughters and her Great-Grandchildren enjoyed Evelyn because they knew she loved them. It was not always convenient but she worked hard to be at every significant event her Grandchildren were in. When they came to see her they knew they would be met with lots of hugging and kissing.
When the kids came to Evelyn's home they knew there would be lots of card playing and usually some coffee (which sometimes was half cream). They played "Spite and Malice", "Kings in a Corner" "Rummy Cube" "Black Jack", and Uno. Even when she was alone she played lots of solitaire to keep her fingers nimble. You always knew there would be cookies in the green Tupperware container in the freezer, candy in the candy jar, and Doublemint Gum. She wanted to know what was going on in your life.
Evelyn was deeply invested in family. She loved her siblings, her daughter, her Grand-daughters and her Great-Grandchildren. She was never happier than when they were around.
She was a resilient woman. She went through a divorce. She buried a husband and a daughter. She never had much materially. However she was a woman who refused to dwell on the negative. She was always looking forward. She focused on what she could do instead of what she could not. She didn't compare herself to others she simply strove to be the best person, mom, Grandma, sister, she could be. I have the feeling that in spite of all the heartache and trouble, she counted herself to be a very blessed woman. She had a wonderful family, she gave herself fully to whatever she was doing, and she enjoyed the journey. When you think about it, what more could anyone ask from life?
I don't know if this was truly a motto for her life, but it could have been. It is the great prayer written by St. Francis of Assisi.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen. [St Francis of Assisi]
Evelyn Carter was a memorable agent of love, joy, and generosity. We will miss her.
We have spent our time so far focusing on the past. It I important to look back at the life of Evelyn Carter because it reminds us of how blessed we have been and how grateful we should be. However, we also need to ask the BIG question: What now?
There are some people who believe this life is all there is. They don't believe in God and they don't believe in Heaven. They say that those who believe in an afterlife are empty headed and use their belief as a crutch.
If they are right, we have every right to be miserable. Not only is death the end . . . life itself is meaningless. We live, we work, we sacrifice . . . for what? Life is futile. King Solomon looked at life apart from God and concluded, "Meaningless, meaningless, it is all meaningless." Solomon looked at education, pleasure, status, material gain and concluded the same thing: life is meaningless, apart from a belief in God.
Some people say we are reincarnated. After this life we are brought back to live another. But It seems to me that is futility to the tenth power. Like the movie Groundhog Day we are forced to keep enduring the futility over and over again.
Deep down inside each of us believe that there must be more to this life than what we see. There must be a reason we have values and try to live well; there must be a reason we feel love; and a reason we cling to the hope of life beyond the grave. Is it delusion or is it a truth that God has built into us. I believe it is the truth.
The Bible, rather than being a crutch for the intellectually weak, is instead something that makes sense of life. We were created to know and enjoy the Creator. We rebelled and as a result became lost in our walk with God. Jesus came to earth to show us the way back home. He gave His life to build a bridge back so we could come to God. Jesus taught us that there was life beyond the grave. For those who found it hard to believe, He verified it by rising from the grave Himself. There is a God who loves us.
This belief changes everything! The apostle Paul wrote,
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:8-10;16-18)
The Biblical perspective is simple: we are living now to live again. Whatever price we must pay in this life, whatever obstacles there are to overcome, there is a purpose. Doesn't that sound like the perspective that Evelyn had?
The trials of life are meant to get us ready for that which is yet to come. This life is but the title page of the real book called Life. What is seen is temporary, what is unseen is eternal.
The Bible tells us plainly that those who are willing to admit their helplessness and turn to Jesus Christ for forgiveness and new life will live even though they die. The people who truly believe are those who dare to trust Him even when life is hard and when things don't go smoothly.
Now I don't know for sure what Evelyn believed because I never talked to her about these things. What I do know is this: She came out to Bible study, she seemed to be interested in spiritual things and those at the Nursing home said she seemed to have a good knowledge of Scripture. I draw hope from these facts. To many people (especially older folks) faith is private. They don't make a big show or a bold profession . . . they simply follow the Lord and trust Him in the trials of life. I am hoping that this was the case for Evelyn.
If it is, then even though this is a day of loss for us, it is a day of reward and victory for her. Instead of being the end of her life it is really the beginning. Evelyn is with Jesus. What was hidden is now clear. Her joy is pure. The peace is sweet. And for the first time Evelyn knows she can truly relax. For the first time she will feel truly secure and taken care of. And I hope this truth helps you to look forward with hope and with faith of your own.
I encourage you to do two things. First, remember well. Think about her
- When you see a deck of cards
- When you see Doublemint gum on the shelf at the store
- When you eat Cherry Pie
- When you pass the Lingerie section in a store
- When you see someone in a motorized cart
- When you have an unexpected visitor and are tempted to complain rather than rejoice
- When you hear a good joke
- When you consider whether or not whether to make the effort for a family gathering
- And when you face difficult times.
Remember, smile and draw courage for the journey.
Second, I encourage you to consider the important question of what happens when we die. Instead of pushing this question off to another time, face it squarely. Listen to what Jesus said. Consider the evidence of His Resurrection and then surrender your life to Him so you might find the forgiveness, new life, peace that passes comprehension and the strength for the times of trial that sustain us even after we die.
If we will do these things we will view this day not as much as an ending, as one more transition that must be faced in life. It is a time of changing our focus; of looking forward to what God has in store for all who trust Him.
Father, we thank you for Evelyn. Thank you for her spirit, her sense of humor, and her example of contentment, hard work, and exuberant love. Keep her memory sharp in our mind. Help us not to forget.
Lord we commit Evelyn to you now. Please welcome her into your Kingdom. We entrust her to your mercy and grace. Help this family as it grieves.
Help us to see Jesus clearly and to follow Him fully in our own lives. Grant Lord, that we might live faithfully in the good times, the hard times, in the years of vitality and in the years of weakness and decay. Take our hand and help us as we seek to honor you with our lives and even in our death. We ask all of this in Jesus' name. Amen.


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It comes as Ms Kearney flagged a large-scale ground campaign in a bid to oust the Abbott government from power as the labour movement ramps up warnings over threats to wages, work conditions and living standards.
Ahead of a contentious workplace relations review, the ACTU has unveiled nationwide plans expected to eclipse the anti-WorkChoices fight that helped defeat John Howard in 2007.
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Union members including teachers, nurses and paramedics will conduct a massive door-knocking drive to discuss political issues affecting their workplaces from penalty rates to higher education reform.
Ms Kearney said the campaign would be based on the results of a survey of almost 44,000 union members nationally that revealed a "deep dissatisfaction" with the federal government's policies and direction.
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Employment Minister Eric Abetz said the ACTU and union leaders were misleading their members about the government's workplace agenda.
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- 1⁄3 cup olive oil
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|Gattai! Valvrave
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|N/a →
Unite! Valvrave (Gattai! Valvrave 合体! ヴァルヴレイヴ) is the sixteenth chapter of Kakumeiki Valvrave Anthology Comic. It is written and illustrated by Mai Tanaka.
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- RM-011 Valvrave I Hito
- RM-031 Valvrave III Hikaminari
- RM-047 Valvrave IV Hinowa
- RM-056 Valvrave V Hiuchiba
A silly short about Haruto being forced to use a new option proposed by Pino which causes all the Valvraves to combine into one super robot (Pino proudly displays "This is sex!" on the monitor). They begin taking down enemies with Haruto slashing away, Thunder controlling the legs (there's 10 now), Saki providing cover fire with Carmilla's wheels and Kyuma having nothing to do because he's in the chest. Unfortunately the combined VVV hits 666 on the meter very fast and they perform the Harakiri Blade to end the battle, not before Haruto wondering if Kyuma will be fine since he's in the chest. They win and crash down to Module 77 where L-elf forbids them from ever combining again.


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Let me introduce myself. My name is Mark Sisson. I'm 63 years young. I live and work in Malibu, California. In a past life I was a professional marathoner and triathlete. Now my life goal is to help 100 million people get healthy. I started this blog in 2006 to empower people to take full responsibility for their own health and enjoyment of life by investigating, discussing, and critically rethinking everything we've assumed to be true about health and wellness...Tell Me More
Sometimes while working out at home I catch Buddha (my lab) just kind of watching me doing squats or pushups or pullups or burpees with this look on his face that says, "You feed me, walk me, scratch me, and water me and I love you for it, but what in Dog's name are you doing?" He probably thinks I'm insane. You can't really blame the guy. I mean, the stuff we do for exercise is pretty silly:
You're walking on a treadmill, literally going nowhere for miles at a time.
You're pedaling like a madman, but instead of seeing the landscape unfold in front of you, you're watching MSNBC with closed captioning on.
You're picking up a metal bar with weights on either end and putting it back down over and over again.
Hanging from an overhead bar, you pull yourself up toward it until your chest touches, then go back down and repeat it several dozen times.
Is it any wonder that many people find modern exercise to be meaningless?
Now, not everyone finds it meaningless. I'm a man who prefers a rousing game of Ultimate or a hike through the canyons of Malibu, but I can also appreciate a good strength training workout in the gym and an intense sprint session on the stationary bike. But a lot of people just aren't moved by conventional workouts. And I think a big reason is that physical movement has become separated from immediate utility. We no longer have to walk, lift things, run, climb, or carry heavy objects to make our living, procure food, or get from here to there. Instead, we work out for promised, basically intangible benefits far off in the distance. If you can't find immediate value in the exercises, you're unlikely to do them.
But we do need to exercise. I'd love it if we could all simply incorporate regular movement into our everyday life, and mobile workstations, walking breaks, taking the stairs instead of the elevator, walking meetings, and short workouts in the office are bridging the gap, but formal workouts are still important – and I'd argue necessary – for health, strength, and fitness.
So what's a person to do? How can we reinstill meaning and purpose into our daily activity and thus make it feel less like of a drag.
Ride your bike to work. Skateboard to work. Or how about rollerblading? Even hopping on one of those goofy recumbent bikes to bypass traffic is a good choice. Whatever the mode, research shows that active commuting is great for psychological and cardiovascular well-being. When compared to passive commuters (either train, bus, or car), active commuters are happier (PDF) and less likely to develop heart issues. They're also, unsurprisingly, fitter.
Some people just can't do it. If your commute is 60 miles each way, I don't expect you to hop on the road bike every morning. If you're 15 miles away, you're not going to walk. But there are ways around it. You can always park a mile away from the office and walk the last fifteen minutes. Even those long distance commuters might be able to squeeze the occasional long ride in once a week or two, just to shake things up.
Maybe you're looking for work but haven't found anything in awhile. Or maybe you're a student off for summer just kind of milling around in your hometown. If you need work, why not try physical labor? Do yard work, lay bricks, bust up concrete, be a farmhand or a fruit picker. You can even travel and become a WWOOFer (worldwide opportunities on organic farms – volunteer farm worker). All you need is a plane ticket somewhere and you can live, work, get really fit, and enjoy excellent organic produce in such locales as Hawaii, Costa Rica, Chile, Belize, Spain, Hungary, and over 100 other countries around the world.
If you usually hire people to do you yard work, start doing it yourself instead. It really doesn't take that long, and it's a fantastic workout. Physical labor makes you fit, just so long as you don't drown your sorrows in drink and junk food.
The strength of construction workers is almost unparalleled (both old man strength and farm strength are in the running). They may not always eat the best food or do "cardio" or think much about their health, but those dudes (and ladies, as the case may be) are some of the pound for pound strongest people around. Best of all, it's functional strength because it was strength developed by doing things in the real world. Construction work also tends to build grip strength better than any dedicated grip-strengthening exercise, so you'll be ready to lift heavy things when you get back into the gym.
An ancillary benefit is that you'll learn helpful new skills. Being able to build things with your hands is an important ability that will be extremely valuable when the rage virus epidemic hits and society crumbles around us.
Or if you've already got a job you like, pick up some carpentry skills on the side and work on some projects when you have free time. Build a tiny house. Demo that weird shed that's been sitting in your backyard since you bought the place. Build a treehouse, or a home gym. There are some good online carpentry resources, but depending on how you like to learn the best bet may be to take a class at the local community college.
There are charity fitness events every weekend, nearly everywhere. 10ks, walkathons, 5ks, what have you. You may not believe in every cause. You might find some superfluous. But everyone has at least one cause – a disease or a displaced people or an endangered species or a beleaguered nature preserve – they care about. And each one of those causes probably has a charity fitness event that you can participate in.
Whereas going for a run might sound like torture if it's just to obtain the purported fitness benefits, going for a run to raise money for research into a cure for Alzheimer's might feel more worthwhile. I find that Googling "[disease/condition/cause] charity run [your location]" usually produces some good leads. If you can't find a local event, you may be able to be a "remote runner." Just message the event organizers and see if you can't participate from afar.
Plus, you could always just organize your own event. It doesn't have to be a grandiose endeavor. You don't have to solve world peace or save the Siberian tiger. How about raising money to feed local homeless (even if it's just a few people) or help them start a farm? Start small.
Whether it's beach clean-up, forest clean-up, desert clean-up, roadside clean-up, or park clean-up, just go help clean up nature. Cleaning up natural areas is hard work. It involves a lot of kneeling, bending, squatting, and lifting, so be sure to practice excellent movement quality. Bend at and lift with the hips, not the lower back. Practice that Grok squat. You can even throw in some lunges, Grok crawls, and other bodyweight movements as you clean to increase the intensity.
But most importantly, cleaning up nature, well, cleans up nature. That's where we come from, and we need to respect it and care for it. It's still what feels like home. It is home. I don't care which side of the environmental spectrum you fall on. Plastic bags, food wrappers, dirty diapers, and other bits of assorted human waste and garbage do not belong in natural environments. We can all agree on that, I hope (you're not Don Draper, are you?).
As with charity events, you can find clean-up events easily by Googling "[beach/forest/park/desert/road/environment] clean-up [your location]."
Instead of making up an excuse next time a buddy asks you to help move apartments or houses, go help. Moving large, bulky, heavy furniture through doorways, around corners, and up and down stairs is a test of brains and brawn. It requires – and develops – great strength, but it also forces you to coordinate with your carrying partner and plan your approach. Between tenuous grips and oddly shaped "weights," these definitely aren't perfectly balanced barbells. Even something as straightforward as loading up several dozen boxes of books into a moving van is an incredibly taxing workout.
Being the friend who's always willing to help others move to a new apartment also gets you an important perk: they'll help you when you need to move.
I'll admit it. Making our workouts useful, utilitarian, and objectively meaningful isn't easy. It'll take effort and creativity. And it might take more time than we'd like, especially when we could just hire some guys for a few bucks to handle our yard work, donate to a charity instead of participating in a charity fitness event, and pay movers. But if you find conventional exercise to be meaningless, maybe a little inconvenience is just what you need.
Let's hear from you guys. What objectively meaningful, useful, and utilitarian workout methods can you think of?
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110 Comments on "Why Exercise Feels Like a Drag (and What to Do About It)"
Spit my coffee out. Heard in my head the crew from The Office saying it while jumping in a dumpster.
Hahaha me too!!
Buddha is telling you to just do a few downward dogs and then take him for a long walk already.
I like the advice, although you'll probably never see me mowing the lawn! Trying to keep up with playing with my kids is always a humbling experience though.
The first time my oldest beat me in a sprint was terribly humbling.
Can I mow your lawn? I'll just bring over my weight-laden mulcher and have a go. Mowing's my favorite exercise–instant progress on the grass!
This is why I'm going to get involved in Movnat. Fun times and my kids like to play with 'ole dad'.
How about play with your kids or grandkids. Coach their team or a neighborhood team, and actually do the running and other training that you require of them.
After spending the last 2 years working out 'formally' 5-6x a week I'm finally feeling the urge to get back to 'real' workouts. Like hiking, walking places and yardwork. I'm just not stimulated by running and lifting weights like I used to be!
Do you have some ideas for those of us in colder climates? Winter is approaching here in Chicago, and active commuting (along with many other outdoor activities) is kind of out of the question when there's 6 inches of snow and sub-sub-zero temperatures.
Toronto here. On days the sidewalk is clear I walk part of my commute. I do have the option of walking another route underground if weather is bad but I find that hot and crowded. Of course if weather is bad I will have some snow shoveling and ice chopping to do.
Shovel snow?
AND chop ice–that's my winter exercise. Instant progress on the driveway.
I work in downtown Chicago, and I made a commitment to active commuting last winter. Yeah, that one 🙁 There were some awful days, I will admit. But I'm glad I did it and overall think being outside helped me in a variety of ways. If you walk long enough and wear the right gear, you'll find yourself getting very warm. Even the snow wasn't always a barrier because I walked on sidewalks traveled by many people. Active commuting in a Chicago winter is not for the faint-hearted, but it's worth considering.
I used to live in Chicago and as long as it was at least 20 degrees outside (ignoring the wind chill), I would walk to work. I bought a warm parka and snow boots, etc and enjoyed not being on a crowded train or bus.
Yes it is hard, that is why it should be more challenging, and a far better workout. Dig deep and get your but out there.
Skiing or snowboarding:) or for active commuting how about some of those Nordic skis?
Winter Hikes! I lived in Wisconsin all my life. Bundle up, head to a park, and hike away. If you need a "goal" to the hike, try Geocaching. We did lots of winter geocaching in parks north of Chicago. Trails are always fairly cleared by other hikers. Lots of fun, and great exercise tromping thru the snow! Also, rode my mountain bike thru the city all winter to commute- snow or not!
It's crazy that we are essentially so out of touch with the planet that we have to simulate real living. It sounds like science fiction but so much less glamorous and interesting.
Like those Google-glass-wearers…"glasses so we can still have real-time interactions." WHY NOT JUST TAKE THE DAMN THINGS OFF?
Especially if you live in a warm climate- Buy a clothesline and hang out your laundry out to dry! Good for your body and the environment.
I'd rather get fat and eat bad carbs all day then watch MSNBC! But I love the rest of the blog 🙂
I run up 5 flights of stairs several times a day to go to the bathroom on the 5th floor instead of the 1st floor. It's a nice break from sitting at my desk all day.
You must not have to go THAT bad if you can still run.
Awesome idea! Thanks!
I believe one great reason to keep working out and staying healthy is to be ready in case of emergencies. You never know when you may need to pull yourself up and over an object, crawl 100 yards out of a crumbled building, sprint away from someone trying to harm you, being able to walk 8 miles out of the forest or canyon if lost and generally not feeling helpless when the ^#$^& hits the fan.
Or crawl 100 yards away from a BURNING building!
Perfect. +1
Shopping at warehouse stores is my OTHER favorite exercise–all that lifting, pushing heavy carts around, and then pushing it against foot traffic, so i have to dodge and weave that heavy cart…
Those 40-lb boxes of cat litter are my absolute favorites.
Hi Mark,
Great piece, and I really believe in doing physical work. I wash my car almost always by hand, & find it provides many benefits, including stretching, upper & lower body workout, Vit D from sun, (although the car should be in the shade, earthing, if you have a concrete, dirt or gravel driveway & do it barefoot, and a renewed appreciation for your car, and what it provides for me.
Yard work has many benefits too, as you mentioned, not the least, being ":communing" with nature.
BooYah…..just did the Terry Fox run at my daughter's school….lapped the kid 3 times. Post runner high right now and I feel GREAT!!
Something I started doing this year was biking my work commute and biking for small errands. It made me bike a lot more when I had a purpose for my biking. Doing a set mileage just for mileage, annoyed me, but when there was a task I did more and was happier and more satisfied and now I usually try to bike before I'll drive my car.
"Hanging from an overhead bar, you pull yourself up toward it until your chest touches, then go back down and repeat it several dozen times".
I believe you meant several times, not several DOZEN times. Come on!
I can barely do three, once. An exaggeration to make a point methinks. Some Sisson satire. Although I am sure many people out there could do a few more than me.
Yeah, I suppose you're right; Mark's tongue was deep in his cheek.
Several sets of a dozen reps equal that.
I live in Maine and shovel a 50′ driveway. If we get a big storm though I won't do it all at once. For example if we are getting a foot of snow, I'll go out and shovel after 6″ has fallen and then later shovel the remaining 6″. Good exercise but best of all it saves me from paying a plow operator or buying and maintaining a snowblower.
Hi Mark,
Surprised you did not include some discussion of games in your article. Like Diana, I too am 71, I found doing sprints uphill was challenging along with 2 x15 minute HIIT sessions with weights each week but GAMES are really fun!
The best exercises are those we actually do. What about you doing a rating of all the most popular games and fun activities such as dancing in terms of their fitness benefits? Are there some that combine well to give a good upper body and lower body workout?
I have quite a different issue, I work from home an active commute for me is walking upstairs. I love the quality of life I have from WFH but I find it really hard to get the basic level of movement into a day. I'm finding it tough to shed some lazy/convenient habits and get out more during the week.
I work from home now, too, along with my hubby (different jobs). In order to make sure we get out and move, we do all our grocery shopping on foot. The store is about a mile away so a full bag of food also makes a decent farmer's carry on the way home. Some days, we pass the store and go another mile or so up the road and then double back to do the shopping.
Perhaps take a morning walk, say around a nearby park every morning before starting work – or possibly at lunch time or end of the day. It could actually make your work day more productive.
My hubby and I work from home, too. We get out and play tennis almost every day. Cold climates have indoor courts but we have outdoor courts here in South Carolina. It is a very active and social sport. I can't recommend it highly enough. Lots of sprinting!
That sounds like fun! We go on vacation to the desert each year (camping at Joshua Tree). Sometimes I wonder how people survive the heat year round though.
It does cool off in the winter. Next week we're supposed to have lows in the 40's. And even in the summer the nights are cool.
Great points. What I tell people to keep motivated is, "Don't workout…train!" I'm an archer athlete and bowhunter. All of my training is focused around successful fair chase hunting, wanting to be the best I can be. But I don't workout because it's boring. I train!
That's me. What do others want to train for? Make a choice and commit!
Exercising for sport is a nice motivator. In order to excel in a sport, you can practice functional movements that translate to results in your sport of choice (yoga, parkour, baseball, hiking, kayaking, etc…). Compete with yourself and it's a healthy obsession 🙂
Mark – Some of us have the good sense not to watch MSNBC, ever. Just saying.
I've got "move frequently at a slow pace" down pretty well, but I'm still looking for inspiration to "lift heavy things" and "sprint occasionally". Actually, I'm using six flights of stairs at work to get some exercise but exercise isn't yet a big enough part of my primal life.
"The strength of construction workers is almost unparalleled…"
When I lived in Oz many years ago, we office girls used to look forward to running errands. It gave us a chance not only to walk about and get fresh air, but also to ogle the construction and road crews. Most of these fellas were in great shape from a combination of hard yakka (physical labour), surfing and rugby.
…..there's just something very sexy about a guy who does physical labour!
I admittedly like racing, so I do train a couple times a year for 1/2 marathons, but the rest of the time my fitness depends on home renovations, construction projects, yard work, 3 acres of lawn mowing. I shoe my horse too (equivalent of doing squats for hours!) Yes, I prefer to work hard doing useful things, most definintely. Next up, welding classes and learning how to work a forge.
We have acreage in sub-tropical Aus and I do most of the outdoor work as h works away. Have a range of heavy powered tools and often choose the manual versions as less intrusive and providing extended body benefits.
So bowsaw, Asian grass cutter, long pole saw/ lopper get frequent use. A headache from too much working with electronic devices will clear without drugs with outside work, even something quite strenuous like mattocking out tough feral shrubs.
I take my grocery bags into the store, and don't use a cart. I fill my bags, and carry them around. If I am feeling really rested, I'll collect the milk and other heavy things first. I carry my stuff around the store, through checkout and to the car (parked on purpose at the end end of the lot). This also implicitly forces me really think about what I buy…..:)
I also make hiking dates with friends to walk every day of the week instead of aimlessly stare at the TV off the treadmill.
"Maybe non-dancerly people would like martial arts?"
Actually, martial arts are just like dancing except that there's no music, and you hit, kick and throw your partner on the ground!
Basic advice if not all practical for many. But where is the "purpose" you spoke of?
It's all more "doing" here and nothing much in the "being." I don't see the purpose.
Purpose is the true north, the source of what we call motivation. And doing more things is not a path to it. More presence is.
Less doing, more being. Trade exercise for training and practice it as a moving meditation and find yourself unstoppable, effortlessly.
Seems like "going into construction work" isn't the most practical(or useful) piece of advice you've made Mark.


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Dodgers trade Chris Hatcher to Oakland; reinstate Rob Segedin
The Los Angeles Dodgers today traded right-handed pitcher Chris Hatcher to Oakland for international amateur signing bonus pool space and reinstated infielder/outfielder Rob Segedin from the 60-day disabled list.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers today reinstated right-handed pitcher Chris Hatcher from the 10-day disabled list and optioned catcher/infielder Kyle Farmer to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers today reinstated left-handed pitcher Luis Avilán from the paternity list and optioned right-handed pitcher Brock Stewart to Triple-A Oklahoma City.
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The Dodgers, who have the best record in baseball and recently completed the best 50-game stretch in Major League Baseball in over a century, return home tomorrow and will take on the San Diego Padres (August 11-13) and the Chicago White Sox (August 15-16) during their five-game homestand. This homestand represents five of only eight games this month at Dodger Stadium, where the Dodgers have gone a Major League-best 47-13 (.783) this year.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers today recalled right-handed pitcher Brock Stewart from Triple-A Oklahoma City and placed left-handed pitcher Luis Avilán on the paternity list.
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He spent the majority of the season with Chicago's Triple-A Iowa, going 3-2 with one save and posted a 3.88 ERA.
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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill has been voted the National League Pitcher of the Month for July announced earlier today on MLB Network.
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Summer Wise: Cooking Prep
May 30th, 2009 admin
I've always had a hard time keeping myself entertained during summer break, so I thought it might be kind of fun to do a series of posts about how you can use the break to prepare for next year. So watch for these "Summer Wise" posts over the coming weeks, and let me know if you have any ideas!
Top Ramen, Be Gone.
So, clearly, today I wanted to give you a few suggestions about cooking. If you're going to be lucky enough to have an apartment for school, you'll have a real kitchen to work in, but even if you won't I'd recommend getting a jump on your cooking skills. (After all, you'll have an oven and stove someday so you may as well prepare now.)
Learn the Basics
While you're home, take the opportunity to practice in the kitchen. If your mom or dad cooks, ask if you can help (you'll learn more by doing than by watching!). Even just sitting and chatting with the family cook during meal prep can help–I learned a lot of my cooking skills by quietly observing my mom as she prepared dinner. (Sorry, Mom, should have stepped up to help with that…)
If nobody cooks at your place, this is your chance to fill that mold. There are tons of websites that offer how-tos. I am a huge fan of Cooking Light Magazine (nobody paid me to say that, promise!), and they have an AWESOME collection of Cooking 101 videos and articles, teaching you everything from grilling techniques to how to make a marinade.
Try it Out
Once you've learned some basics, grab a recipe and try it out.
Cooking Light is also my go-to source for recipes. While you can buy their magazines and cookbooks, they have a huge online recipe collection you can browse for free. Their food is healthy, fresh, and mostly pretty easy to make. They even have a section devoted to meals you can make in 20 minutes–they range from basic chicken dinners to Mediterranean dishes. (On a side note, the only cookbook I use is one of theirs–I like it because it has more than just casseroles in it!)
Feed the Fam
Practiced? Good. Now give yourself a real test–and butter your parents up for that new laptop, maybe?–by making dinner for your family. If you want to really force yourself to learn how to cook, make it a weekly commitment.
Here's to a little less Easy Mac in your everyday life!
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1. VTAMethodman | June 2nd, 2009 at 8:06 pm
This is a great idea for students. I started my love for cooking while working in a kitchen and I've only become good due to that training. I'd suggest that students actually work in a kitchen over the summer if they are serious about learning to cook.
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reports earlier this summer detailing how the National Security Agency monitors
all data passing through the nation's internet service providers and tech
companies was a little too much to digest or accept, that's understandable.
After all, this is America, right? And the NSA isn't supposed to be spying on Americans.
Only, it does, as a new report proves beyond any
According to The Washington Post, the NSA has managed to secretly hack
into the main communication links that connect Yahoo! and Google data centers
to the rest of the world, as per documents obtained from former NSA
contractor-turned-fugitive Edward Snowden, as well as interviews with insider
The paper said:
By tapping those links, the agency has positioned itself to collect at will
from among hundreds of millions of user accounts, many of them belonging to
Americans. The NSA does not keep everything it collects, but it keeps a lot.
MUSCULAR, PRISM data collection programs
A top-secret accounting dated Jan. 9, 2013, provided details about how the
NSA's acquisitions directorate sends millions of records daily from Yahoo and
Google internal networks to databases located at the agency's headquarters at
Fort Meade, Md.
In the 30 days prior, the report noted, field collectors processed and returned
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The NSA's principal tool to exploit the data links is a project called
MUSCULAR, operated jointly with the agency's British counterpart, GCHQ. From
undisclosed interception points, the NSA and GCHQ are copying entire
data flows across fiber-optic cables that carry information between the data
centers of the Silicon Valley giants.
The infiltration is especially striking because the NSA, under a separate
program known as PRISM, has front-door access to Google and Yahoo user
accounts through a court-approved process.
But apparently, even that access – authorized by the USA Patriot Act – isn't
good enough. Obviously, the NSA wants no oversight of its activities at all.
The Post said the MUSCULAR project looked to be "an unusually aggressive
use" of NSA capabilities against American tech companies. To be sure, the
NSA is built to conduct high-tech spying, and has a wide range of digital tools
at its disposal, but has no previous reputation of using them at will against
U.S. firms.
Despite the revelations, no one in government wanted to talk about them on the
record. "White House officials and the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, which oversees the NSA, declined to confirm, deny or explain why
the agency infiltrates Google and Yahoo networks overseas,"
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Privacy? What privacy?
Google released a statement saying the company was certainly "troubled by
allegations of the government intercepting traffic between our data centers,
and we are not aware of this activity."
"We have long been concerned about the possibility of this kind of
snooping, which is why we continue to extend encryption across more and more
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data centers to the NSA or to any other government agency."
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communications records through legal means; tech companies, via warrants issued
by the secret FISA court, are compelled to turn over data matching the court's
approved search terms.
That program is authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act.
"Intercepting communications overseas has clear advantages for the NSA,
with looser restrictions and less oversight. NSA documents about the effort
refer directly to 'full take,' 'bulk access' and 'high volume' operations on
Yahoo and Google networks," the Post reported. "Such large-scale
collection of Internet content would be illegal in the United States, but the
operations take place overseas, where the NSA is allowed to presume that anyone
using a foreign data link is a foreigner."
In today's online, interconnected world, America, you have no more privacy.
That should be crystal clear by now.
Oh, and the NSA's spying and data storage capability is only going to increase.
The agency is building a massive new facility in Utah for just those purposes,
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Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is guided by a volunteer board of local landowners - three elected and two appointed supervisors - who each serve overlapping three year terms. The District also is advised by non-voting associate supervisors appointed by the Board to expand the pool of knowledge, interest, and volunteer assistance for District programs and projects.
Board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm at the District Office and are open to the public.
Meet Our Supervisors
Mark F. Hedrich (Chair) has been an elected Supervisor since 1986. Mark and his wife, Linda Rose, own Agricola Farms, a diversified 117 acre farm in Union, where they raise forage crops, flowers, bedding plants, and vegetables, in addition to operating Agricola Farms County Store and a Gallagher Power Fence dealership. Mark graduated from the UMaine at Orono with a B.S. in Animal and Veterinary Sciences and received an M.S. from Cornell University, specializing in ruminant nutrition. Formerly, he was a planner and administrator at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York, a dairy farmer, and has served on numerous regional and local committees. He was a member of the Executive Board of the Maine Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) for 8 years, serving as President for two years. Subsequently, he was a member of the MACD Advisory Council and served as Councilman to the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), traveling extensively throughout the U.S. representing Maine. Mark also was active with the Farm Service Agency County Committee for 21 years, serving as Chairman for 10 years. Currently, Mark is the State Nutrient Management Program Coordinator for the Maine Department of Agriculture.
Tim Hathorne (Vice-Chair) joined the District in May, 2008 and is a strong advocate of the District's many environmental, agricultural/forestry, and educational programs. Tim's background includes both formal study and experience in agriculture, technology, animal and veterinary science, and over 40 years in education as a teacher, principal, and director/superintendent. He enjoys working with people to develop and implement soil and water conservation projects that are environmentally, socially, and economically friendly and has a special interest in alternative energy initiatives. Tim has been actively involved with "Agriculture in the Classroom" projects and volunteers regularly at the Plant Sale and Conservation Fair.
Rick Parent, Jr. (Secretary/Treasurer) became a District Supervisor in the fall of 2007. He lives in Warren with his wife, Ann, and daughter Molly, where he has a small custom sawmill. Rick graduated from Rockland District High School and the University of Maine. He worked for the ME Dept. of Agriculture in various capacities for about 12 years before transferring to the ME Dept. of Transportation where, for 26 years, he was a real estate manager with the highway program. Rick retired in April 2008 and is busier than ever, serving as a Knox County Commissioner and on several boards and committees, including Time & Tide RC&D Council.
Sharon G. Chadwick (Supervisor) lives with her husband, Gerald, and daughter Shelby at BenEva Farm in Warren, which was started more than 65 years ago by her grandparents, Ben and Eva Barbour. Sharon and Jerry "came home" to run the farm with Sharon's grandparents in 1988 and still operate as a conservation farm, raising commercial Black Angus beef for the freezer and feedlots, and selling hay. They expanded nutrient and pasture management practices with a manure storage facility, a heavy use pad area, and, recently, a livestock barn. In addition, Sharon works in laboratory research at Lonza BioScience in Rockland and Jerry works for the Nobleboro Sanitation Department. Sharon looks forward each year to judging the Annual Poster Contest and helping out at the Conservation Fair and Plant Sale.
Gary A. Balducci, Sr. (Supervisor) lives with his wife, Donna, at Wishing Well Acres, a 40-acre diversified family farm in Edgecomb. He has been farming for 28 years and provides customers with fresh, local products, including chickens, meat goats, lamb, holiday turkeys, llamas, and emus. Gary is President of the Knox-Lincoln County Farm Bureau, of which he has been a member for 17 years. In 2001, he received the Friend of the Farm Bureau Award as well as recognition for outstanding leadership. Gary is President of the Maine Poultry Growers Association, a Chairman of the Sheep and Goat Committee, and has been an instructor of the Knox-Lincoln County Tractor Safety Course for 10 years.
Honorary Lifetime Member of the Board
Robert W. Spear received Knox-Lincoln's Honorary Lifetime Membership Award in 2005. Bob served as an Associate Supervisor of Knox-Lincoln SWCD for 8 years and a Supervisor for 20 years, and was Maine's Commissioner of Agriculture from 1999-2005. His expertise and dedication are greatly appreciated by all who share his values of agriculture and conservation. Bob is generous with his time and talents, representing Maine across the US to ensure continuing accomplishments in resource conservation. Bob and his wife, Janet, reside in Nobleboro where they operate Spear's Vegetable Farm with their sons and grandchildren.
Associate Supervisors
Barrie Brusila - Mid-Maine Forestry, Warren
David Hayden - Angus Acres, Whitefield
Barry J. Tibbetts - Sheepscot Valley Farm, Whitefield
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Here are the animals we have in the barn now:
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Nevertheless, the India based vendor has made it clear that it is not only bound to launch budget oriented entry-level smartphones, but also high-end devices. Last week, Karbonn launched a quad core Jelly Bean phablet online - Titanium S5, which was spotted on Snapdeal at a price of Rs 11,990. Now, the company has launched the phablet officially at the same price of Rs 11,990 in India.
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I finished
's 1975 memoir
The Way the Future Was
, which I got from Baen's
10-books-for-$40-USD Pohl bundle
, and it was excellent.
In between the usual anecdotes about growing up in New York during the Depression and being one of the early SF founding fans etc., Pohl's had the rare experience of being both an aspiring amateur and a paid professional writer, as well as a magazine editor and a literary agent, which is kind of like a hat trick of publishing industry involvement.
He's got some great insight (still relevant to today's amateur aspiring professional writers, I should think), on how the needs and expectations of all those three jobs vary, and how he tried to make them intersect maybe a little more than they would have otherwise.
Also, he's got some great publishing industry stories, from the apparently awesome rejection slips from the now-defunct sf magazine
*, to John W. Campbell's tips on how to get Robert A. Heinlein to write a story for his magazine.
Plus he wrote advertising copy to promote books and such for many years (which explains the thoroughly satirical bent of some of the stories in the
Best of Frederik Pohl
collection I've also been reading) and he has some really funny anecdotes about coming up with winning sales-copy.
Highly recommended for sheer entertainment value regardless, but especially so if you have any interest in science fiction fandom/publishing history and/or the mechanics of how writers/editors/literary agents and the publishing industry interact. Plus it's got examples of Pohl's own early Vogon-esque poetry.
I don't know if this is the only volume of autobiography that Pohl wrote, but I'd gladly pay for another. And I think he won the fan writer Hugo last year for his blog, which I'll have to check out now.
Baen's e-book edition has this minor weird thing where the footnotes are placed after the paragraph in which they're footnoted, which is perfectly readable, but within tables for some inexplicable reason, which is slightly less readable, especially when the footnoted matter (e.g., the Vogon-esque poetry doesn't fit into one "page" on the Kindle's display).
* Came with a checklist of about 30 things that had gone wrong with your story in the editor's eyes, with the appropriate stuff checked off, e.g.
( ) Plot stale
( ) Errors in science
( ) Material offensive to moral standards
and lots more. And, to take the sting out of it, there was a jolly little "translation" of a "Chinese rejection slip." ("Your honorable contribution is so breathtakingly excellent that we do not dare publish it, since it would set a standard no other writer would be able to reach."
"The trouble with Bob Heinlein is that he doesn't need to write. When I want a story from him, the first thing I have to do is think up something he would like to have, like a swimming pool. The second thing is to sell him on the idea of having it. The third thing is to convince him he should write a story to get the money to pay for it, instead of building it himself."
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