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It's been a lo…
It's been a long, long time since I've been running seriously. Last summer was good, even though I was running in NY where it's around 27C, I was putting in 35 miles a week regularly enough, along with the occasional strength training thrown in. It showed too, I shaved 7 minutes off my HM time, I was at my lowest body fat % and didn't really compromise on strength.
Then, tragedy struck in October with a horrible case of tendonitis, which took 4 months to heal properly. Following that up was the last quarter of work at UCSD, which left me with not much time (shitty excuse, I know), and I hadn't been running for close to 6 months. Now I have plenty of time and really want to get back to running seriously.
I have a lot from the past 6 months that needs to be undone! For one, I need to lose at least 6 kilos. And, need to rebuild the base I had back then. And, need to train smarter. I doubt I'm doing much aerobic work. I decided to follow Higdon's Novice 2 training plan, and do it seriously this time instead of ignoring him when he says "easy runs". Pretty much every run I've been doing I try , and also decided to track as much data as I can. Before weight, after weight, temperature, mile splits, heart rate etc.
My goal for the marathon, whenever my first will be, is 3:56 – 9min/mile pace, and I used my Queens HM time to get what my training paces should be like.
Easy runs: run at a 10:35 pace. Since I'm hoping to keep HR to a low low 70% max (155bpm) in these runs, I'm planning to go with 3 minute run (@9.5min/mile), 1 minute walk.
Long runs: 10:00 pace, 3 minute run(@8:30min/mile), 1 minute walk – keep HR to 170 or lower for these runs. Take the time, no rush.
Pace runs: 9:00 pace, 4 minute run (@8:30min/mile), 0:30 minute fast walk.
All of these are for decent running conditions, which are a bit lacking in Bombay – temperatures constantly above 30C and humidity easily 60% or more. All of these make all my paces a lot slower than I'd like, I'm already sweating buckets before I start my run.
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A long, long time ago, on April 28, 1987, something momentous happened. I was born. Scrawny little kid, I was. Tiny. Not interested in sports or physical thing. No pent-up angry-young-man style outbursts when I was growing up. Clearly, a very neutral sort of man I was growing up to be.
Or so I thought. Puberty hit, and with it, my Gulti genes came into full effect. Which Gulti superpower did I get, you ask? Look at the photos below:
What's really, really common in both the photos? You've probably guessed it, I gained the ability to grow a moustache. (I'd give you more photos as proof of Gulti moustache-growing skills, but I'm writing this from the lab and the last thing I want is someone seeing me Googling for photos of moustachioed men by the dozen).
And for a while, I did have a moustache, to the pride of my parents and the clear amusement of many of my friends. Eventually, I decided I did not want such a superpower. I did not know what I was intended to do with it. "Why Me?", I'd ask as I'd shave every other morning. On cold winter mornings in Delhi, when the choice was to shave with really cold water or to bear the moustache, I'd make the tough choice and shave with the really cold water. Oh, how I have questioned my powers.
But precisely 4 days ago, I found out why I was given this great gift. 4 days ago, when the clock was striking the end of the 31st of October, it was also striking in a new beginning.
The beginning of Movember.
All the info is on the "About" page, but in brief: what is Movember? It's essentially an annual fundraising movement that tries to raise money for cancer. It does this by having men all over the world to promise one thing: not to shave their moustaches in the month of November, and hopefully the people around them would feel like supporting them for the cause. All the financial details, programs supported, etc. are available on the website for those interested.
And this year, I'm enlisting my whiskers in the fight against cancer. The rules of Movember require me to have a moustache, not a full beard, a moustache – at this I can already imagine my friends going into fits of convulsive laughter. They know how funny the results can be. I'll wait here until they're done laughing.
So here's what I promise you: I will keep posting progress photographs over the month of November, of which there are 25 days left – so plenty of photos to see. You clearly see the future blackmail potential of those photos (Pushkar, Rohan – I'm looking at you.) In the beginning I'll be keeping a full beard, since I need some time before I can sport a proper moustache – but I promise you this, good sirs and madams, I shall deliver to you a moustache the likes of which have not been seen on the UC San Diego campus.
In return, please consider making a tiny donation. It's for a good cause, and every little bit counts. If you can't make a donation yourself, please spread the word! In fact, if nothing else, if all you can do is spread the word to people you think can or want to donate, that's plenty enough. Some of you undoubtedly have better networks than I do.
If you do want to make a donation, but cannot because you don't have a way of donating in dollars: let me know how much you feel like donating, and I'll donate the amount in your name – you can pay me back later or treat me to a dinner or two when you see me next. (My email ID is vivekr101 at gmail dot com, for those interested.)
So that's the deal people.
What you give: just a small one-time donation.
What you get: so many photos of me. With a moustache. Which you can blackmail me with. For the rest of my life.
I know that in the years to come, some of you will never miss a chance to bring out those photographs and have a good laugh. But I shall still do this.
Kyonki mooch nahi to kuch nahi.
Also, on a side note, I'm trying to do NaNoWriMo this time. I'm off to a slow start, and I'm not sure if I'll hit the 50,000 word limit, but I'm giving it a shot here. Drop by and take a look! I'm trying to write upwards of a 1000 to 1500 words a day, so there should always be something new whenever you drop by.
They say the devil laughs when men make plans. I'm sure he cracked a rib laughing today.
Let's take it from the start. I had it all planned – go to the supermarket at 5:30 and get the ingredients, get back by 6:15, follow the recipe and get the cooking done by 7, and finish eating by 7:30. It's 8:42 when I'm writing this and I've just done the dishes.
I got to the supermarket on time, and plans started to unravel straight away. I knew exactly what I wanted to get – frozen peas, ginger and garlic paste, paneer and frozen naan. Frozen peas – easy. Garlic paste – took a while, but I found it. Ginger paste – fucking impossible. This country does not use ginger paste, it would seem. I looked everywhere, went to sections of the store I never go to, and no luck. Finally, in the "international" section of the supermarket, on one unremarkable shelf, was this thing called "Ginger In A Tube". That is correct, ginger. in. a. tube. Exhibit A:
Notice the east asian-styled font. You should realize, this was in the same shelf that held teriyaki sauce and wasabi. I don't think they intended it to be used in matar paneer, but I'm resourceful like that.
So. With a reasonable compromise for ginger, off we go to find paneer. The smaller supermarket next door had a reputation for keeping more exotic foods, and I found the frozen naan easily enough. Happily confident, I set off to find the paneer, which, as you've probably guessed, was nowhere to be found. Google to the rescue! I found on the internet, reports of asuitable substitute for paneer. Now I'm not gullible, so I decided to check the guy's sources. He cited wikipedia twice, and that was good enough for me.
On we go to find Queso Blanco, or alternately Queso Fresco. The smaller supermarket had no Queso Blanco or Queso Fresco, so back we go to the larger store. And there, after much looking, I found Queso Blanco. But what's this? Small font said it was chipotle flavored. Oh how you tempt me, fates. Back on the shelf it went, and after looking for 5 more minutes, in a small corner on the top right, I found Queso Fresco, plain. Looked close enough to paneer, and we were done.
Just as I'm about to drive back, I realize I forgot tomato puree. Back to the smaller store we go, and there is no puree to be found. How this country does its cooking I do not know. I found two small cans of tomato paste. Not puree, but paste. But the ingredients said no salt, no flavouring, just tomatoes, and that was good enough for me. Finally having bought everything, back home I went.
And then began the cooking. Started out well, boiled the frozen peas and got that ready. Chopped the onions finely, and diced the queso fresco into small cubes. The recipe said that lightly frying the paneer cubes was helpful, and so I heated a little oil and dropped the queso fresco cubes in.
Don't ever fry queso fresco cubes.
They started to melt, and I quickly salvaged what pieces were not completely melted and left the melted ones in there. It's all going to the stomach anyway, right? The next step was to add the cumin seeds, and so I did. They started popping as they should, and the next step was to add the ginger paste. The recipe said 1 tablespoon of ginger and garlic paste. I didn't have one single ginger+garlic paste, so the logical thing to do is half a tablespoon of ginger, and half a tablespoon of garlic paste. Out comes the tube, and I drop in half a tablespoon of ginger paste. Hmm, that's a lot of ginger. But it's frying already, better add the garlic paste too. The cap on the bottle of garlic paste is screwed on so tight I think I popped a shoulder opening it. After a good 2 minutes I finally got it open, and dropped in half a tablespoon of garlic paste. Hmm, that's a lot of garlic paste too. Did I read that recipe right?
The recipe said one teaspoon of garlic and ginger paste. On the pan, 3 times the required ginger and garlic paste was frying away. No worries, into the sink it goes and we start again. Very well. After 5 minutes, I had the right amount of cumin seeds and ginger and garlic paste. It's fried for the few minutes asked for by the recipe – next step, tomato puree. Which just happens to be in a tin can. Quickly dig around for a can opener in the kitchen, find it and see that it's rusted around the edges. Wash the rust off, and open the can. All the while, mind you, the ginger and garlic paste is frying away on the pan.
And the puree? Gotcha! It's not puree, it's paste. Close-to-solid paste. Drop in two spoonfuls of the stuff, and it absolutely refuses to mix with the paste. Way too solid. Bring into play the engineer's mind. What's the problem? Paste too thick. What makes solid foods liquid? Water. Let's add water! How much? Who cares! Just get the damn tomatoes to mix with the ginger-garlic paste. And so water was added. Finally, the paste stated to mix into one uniform… thing. By now I'm in full-blown salvage mode. Screw the recipe, just add whatever spices you have. Chili. Garam Masala. Haldi. Salt. How much of each? I still have no clue.
I've forgotten something. The queso fresco cubes! In they go, and I try to keep them from decomposing. Anyway, it's done. The matar paneer is ready, as ready as it'll ever be. Exhibit B:
Now we heat the frozen naan. Should be easy, instructions are on the cover. Preheat oven to 400F for 10 minutes, put in the naan for 1.5 minutes. Easy enough. I preheat the oven for 10 minutes, and put in the naan. Within half a minute, the oven starts smoking. I open the oven door, and the naans are burnt to a crisp.
This is what they should look like:
This is what they did look like:
Fine. Get two more naans out of the bag, and this time use the microwave. And finally, finally, it's all ready:
The little dog is there to get some brownie points. Glass of water by my side, courage in my heart and the sink close by, I took the first bite.
I did not choke!
Was it slightly strong on the puree? Sure. Did it need more spice? Possibly. Would I make this for others? Not if I loved them.
But after all that effort, it tasted just fine to me.
Mildly fictionalized. For background, see here and here.
The ocean arches across our vision, dark water blending into dark sky at an unseen horizon. We've walked quite a bit from our parked car, eager to get away from the bright floodlights that light up the entrances to the beach. Nature's putting on her best light show, and it deserves to be seen far from the tepid yellow we humans have managed to shine.
I don't know nearly enough of sea life to make sense of what's happening, and frankly, I don't care. For reasons unasked and not given, the sea is teeming with plankton that glow blue in the night. I remember reading many things about this phenomenon – the causes, the rarity, the harmful effects – but with each wave, all these thoughts are hammered further back in my mind. They seem to react to impact, and each crashing wave ignites all the life in that wave – and we are treated to wave after wave after wave of shining blue foam.
The bursts of light are short-lived, so instead of seeing a constant blue hue, we are treated to a variety of effects. Sometimes the wave hits at one end before the other, and blue light darts across as if trying to outrun the inevitable crash. Sometimes the wave breaches in the middle first, and the blue light seems to dart outward and away. And sometimes, it just happens all at once and the entire sea is aglow.
We stand still, taking it all in, and nature does us one better. All the waves crashing on to the beach have deposited enough of that plankton in the sand. We see that each of our footsteps has just enough impact to light up whatever was beneath our feet at that time. A few shouts of amazement and we start walking every which way, eyes attending the spiderweb of light beneath our feet.
Uncounted minutes go by and with no warning one of us takes off, running as if the devil had his whips on him. There's maybe half a second before the rest of notice what's happened. He's by far the fastest of us, and even with just a half second, it'd take a maniac to catch him now. Wordlessly, the rest of us break into pursuit, dark shapes tearing across the sand. And then, the reason for this mad dash on the beach becomes clear. We're not taking it easy any more – clean heels and hard landings kick up so much sand in front of us that it looks like our feet are shooting blue sparks as we go.
We don't keep track of how far we run, or which shape's who. In the utter darkness the only sounds are our breath and the waves, the only sight the lightning at our feet. Behind us, the sea patiently scrubs the sand clear of our tracks and prepares for its next show.
It's been a long, long day – at the time of writing I've been in transit for 28 hours, awake for most of them. I still can't sleep, and even though I've already written something today, I have nothing better to do. I looked in my pockets for any blank paper to write on, and God help me I'm writing this on those sickness bags they shove in the airline seat pockets. Even the best of us squirm when we see a fellow passenger reach for the barf bag, and I'm sure I gave the folks next to me quite a fright when I reached for mine.
Anyway, I was flipping through a copy of Runner's World, and came across this photo of two runners on a dirt trail, faces as happy as they come – they looked like models. Photoshop, I hear you cry. Sure, sure, you may photoshop away the sweat and the dirt, but you can't photoshop in the way their heels land right below their knees, and you certainly can't photoshop in those smiles. It got me thinking about my happiest run, back in New York this past summer.
My routine was to go for a run after finishing my day at Google, and have dinner after. Summers in NY can reach the low to mid 30s (Celsius), which is fine if you're walking but too warm if you're running. I got into the habit of checking the weather reports to see if I should wait for sunset for it to cool down outside. That day, the forecast was for clouds all afternoon and a wind blowing from the north towards the evening. Perfect. Cloudy afternoon meant the sun wouldn't bake the road all day, and the way my running route was laid out, the wind would be helping me towards the end of my run – which is always welcome. I laced up and head out, and the first mile was just as expected. Then it started to rain. And boy, did it rain. Within minutes everyone had taken shelter under the nearby bridge, and the only ones still running were the crazy ones – besides me, of course.
Now, it is my general policy to smile and nod at another runner if we make eye contact. Usually, nothing happens. This is understandable – imagine a sweaty grimy guy, breathing somewhat like a pregnant walrus, and you wouldn't smile either. Either the rain changes this, or it's just the crazy ones, but that day, every single person smiled. I saw an old Latino lady with a fairly useless umbrella, walking in that torrent as if she'd planned it all, sporting a beatific smile throughout. Some middle aged runner saw me and yelled "Yeah!", at which I felt compelled to reply with a "Whoo!". I never say "Whoo!". I didn't know it then, but that was the fastest 7 miles I've ever run, each mile faster than the last. I haven't gone that fast since, even when I consciously tried. I'm always on the lookout for rainy runs since that day.
I finished my run and got back to the Google office for a hot shower, tracking mud all over their (previously) fine carpets. They've probably seen stranger things than a dripping, shivering intern abusing their shower facilities.
Anyway, my point is this – if you had happened to take a photo of me in that run, I'd look just as happy as those models.
And you wouldn't even need Photoshop.
PS: The lady next to me also wants to write something, it seems, and she's just pulled out a nice leather-bound diary to do so.
It is 37 hours ago. The warm sun streaming through the plate glass windows feels good as it fights the chilly cafe air. The coffee fails to keep me awake and the couch is too comfortable. I set the cup on back on the table, close my book and sink lower into the cushions. Voices fade to murmurs as I stop trying to listen to the conversations around me. As I close my eyes I see there are no clocks on the walls, and I have no watch with me. Behind shut eyes there are no sights to offend, and there is nothing to suggest the passing of time. The only link to the world is the sound of the crowd conversing with itself, which is so universal I could imagine myself anywhere – but I'm fine where I am.
It is 6 hours ago. The pillow has sunk too far behind my back and economy seats were never comfortable. The coffee doesn't let me sleep, and bright screens behind every seat scream out the slowly passing time. There's not much walking room and I'm going slightly stir-crazy. I try to will the clocks to move faster, but my mastery of time is still incomplete. I let out a sigh, and despite myself, I smile. It's a good future to look forward to, and the future has a way of turning into the present.
It is now. Coffee, my constant companion, sits steaming in a cup next to me. I have a few hours to kill before the next flight, and there's a sense of deja-vu coming on. Hadn't I taken a flight from this same gate 2 years ago? Who knows. Maybe in 2 more years I'll be back here, wondering the same thing. All I can do now is wait.
Re-reading some of the angst-y introspect-y stuff from yesteryears, found something I'm not fully ashamed of and something about which my thoughts haven't changed a lot. Dates back to June 2009.
I was re-reading "Seize The Night" by Dean Koontz the other day (it's a sci-fi) and I think the only remarkable feature of this book is an idea he describes, which while not central to the book, is a very interesting one. (Frankly, if it weren't for this idea, I'd never finish the book or read it again. It isn't that great). Anyway, in the book, for some convoluted reason, animal species gradually become more and more intelligent, finally attaining human intelligence while preserving their link to nature. Now contrary to what you think happens (super-smart, super-strong lions and gorillas taking over the world), every species eventually reaches it's own "awareness threshold" – the threshold of how much it can bear to know – beyond this, any knowledge becomes unbearable, making life miserable to the point of driving the species to mass suicide. That is what actually happens in the book – animals, driven by the knowledge they now have and the knowledge that they can never know more, push themselves to extinction.
I thought it was an amazing idea, the idea that if one is aware of a greater purpose and design to life, but is also aware that the knowledge or comprehension of that design is now and forever beyond him, then life must truly be miserable for such a person. What a cross to carry that would be, to forever know there is a grand scheme of things, and forever know that he will never find out what it actually is! In the face of such depressing enlightenment, other than suicide, the only course of action would be to put one's faith in that inscrutable grand scheme, and do what one can with what he has. Perhaps this faith is what Voltaire had in mind when he said we'd have to invent God if he didn't exist – the alternative is acknowledging our awareness threshold and following through with the other logical next step – suicide.
Personally, I don't think there is a grand scheme of things. There isn't a blueprint of our lives inter-meshing with each other, powered by causality, pushing us unrelentingly towards inevitable outcomes. I think we try to give meaning to our lives because we need to believe it all happens for a reason – we need to believe that the cavalry will come in the end, bad guys will suffer for their sins, the righteous will be rewarded for their virtues and suffering is to lead us to salvation. We need to believe that because the alternative, that there is no first prize at the end for being a good little boy, will mean one can truly do as he wills without fear of retribution. Why I dispute the notion of The Grand Plan is a different post in itself, but that is my opinion on the matter. I disbelieve there is a reason for us to be here, but I believe there is something primal we do not know – again, food for another post.
I get the feeling that each successive generation is a step closer to the awareness threshold for mankind. On a philosophical note, Wittgenstein once said "What we cannot speak of must be passed over in silence", and Godel has long proven the existence of indeterminable truths in any system – and both are men far more wise than I can hope to be – it seems clear there are questions humanity is incapable of answering, now and forever. Closer to real life, the mid-life crisis of yesteryears is now being replaced by the quarter-life crisis of our generation – more and more people confounded by what it is they should do, or worse, what it is theywant to do; more and more youth not quite fearing, but certainly puzzled with the freedom suddenly at their disposal after say, graduating. There seem to be more and more people being disillusioned at earlier points in life about so many things in life that our parents and elders seemed to be sure of (sure of for whatever reasons) at similar points in their lives. I realize at this point you're all deflecting everything I'm saying on to me, and it is all true – these things are on my mind a lot. But I'll sell my soul if they haven't been on yours. I have many moments these days, when a brief look at myself and those around me suggests at such massive untapped potential, it is heartening just to imagine the world that could have been had that potential been realized – and it gives me some hope that a day will come when what could have been will become what is.
I wonder if before our lifetime we shall see one last generation railing against the questions we face today, eventually reaching the flashpoint where the collective consciousness of that unfortunate generation will cut through to what life is truly about. At the very least, on that Day of Revelations I hope they will cut through what life cannot be all about, and maybe they'll be a step closer in finding out what that primal something is.
Our generation, I'm sure, will see many miracles – curing cancer, human cloning, colonizing space, eradicating hunger, etc. – I hope that the Revelations come while we are still around to appreciate them.


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Nokia cuts 800 more jobs amidst struggles
Fortunately, an agreement was reached between Nokia and the employees they are cutting ties with. The agreement will see that the laid off employees will get severance pay for anywhere from 5-15 months. Some of the laid off employees may even get other positions with the company, though details of that situation will most likely remain within the walls of Nokia.
Nokia is certainly not the only company having to cut back on their workforce, and it should come as no surprise given how their competition has thickened and the current state of various worldwide economies. Tell us what you think in the comments below.
source: Engadget Mobile
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1. deago78 (Posts: 160; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Nokia phones are fine in specs, but their dated OS will lead to further layoffs without major alterations.
2. shy2papa (Posts: 336; Member since: 23 Jan 2010)
Its so sad, a company with so much potential is not doing so good has its competitors, just a few years back no company could compete with nokia, now its losing grown to its competitors just because the exec @ nokia were making so much money and forgot the company needs to be innovative and stay ahead of the competition.
Nokia is the largest phone make and can afford to adopt other operating system like Google's Android or Windows 7 or 6.5, this decision will give the consumers the choice of a great hardware and the software of there choice.
My advice to Nokia exec dump symbian its to little to late to revive it, work on Meego and adopt other OS platform to stay in business, 80% to 90% of former user and current nokia user want other OS on nokia's platform.
A company that doesn't listen to its fans and consumers will fail.

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S&W .357 and .38 special Help?
I am in the process of getting rid of my snowmobile and i was offered a 1972 S&W .357 and a 1970's .38 special that were from a relative that was a officer for Hudson county... My sled is valued at $900, is this a worthy trade? thank you
Do you know the model #'s? Have you had the chance to inspect the handguns offered?
Hey Skully, you can find a good condition Model 19 for $200 in your neck of the woods? Maybe I need to move to OH.
I would be slow to make that trade. You would need to know what model and what condition before deciding. It could go either way, could be a fair/good deal or you could get hosed. You need to get more information from the guy to know which.
Not every day. Do you have local Bulletin Boards? A buy, sell and trade weekly rag? There was a guy here that had 2 Model 19's he was selling for $225 each. By the time I called they were both gone. The point I was making was that 2 used S&W revolvers of that age don't normally equal $900. If they do in your area then make the trade.
Need model numbers and condition.
Even if one of them is a very desirable model, it's condition could kill the value.
I picked up my mod. 65 4" for $250, in excellent condition. Just gotta be patient.
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Katie Holmes at Soul Cycle in NYC Pictures
Katie Holmes Stays Fit and Healthy in NYC
Katie Holmes looked refreshed after a stop by SoulCycle for a workout in NYC on Friday. Suri was in class ahead of another fun mother-daughter weekend. The duo have settled into their Big Apple routine this Fall, as Suri has her first experience at school, while Katie prepares for her return to Broadway in Dead Accounts, which debuts in early November. There have been tons of rumors about who Katie has been in touch with since her split with Tom Cruise at the beginning of the Summer, and in recent weeks, some light has been shed on whom she actually spoke to. Another of Tom's ex-wives, Nicole Kidman, denied calling Katie, while her Dawson's Creek costar Joshua Jackson said that Nicole did, in fact, call her for a friendly check-in after her divorce.


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Art-inspired eyes and cheeks at ADAM's fall 2009 show
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To complement the bright, upbeat pops of color in ADAM's fall 2009 collection, makeup artist Romy Soleimani chose a similarly vibrant look for the face. "It's not `eye shadow' and `blush,'" she says of the aqua blue and pink framing models' eyes. "It's more about a feeling. The pigments start layering on top of each other like when paint mixes with water and all the colors flow together."
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Jim Brown was larger than life on the gridiron and he became a heartthrob on the big screen, but one place he never got to show off was on the G.O.A.T.'s turf…the boxing ring. He would be the only one showing off there.
A funny story was told by one of boxing's leading promoters, Bob Arum. In his 46-year affiliation with the sport, he had one story that topped them all…the day Muhammad Ali found out that Jim Brown wanted to step in the ring with him.
As the story goes, Jim Brown had been a force to be reckoned with for the Cleveland Browns, he had become arguably the best Lacrosse player to ever grace the field, and he was a sex symbol as an actor. And with his tough guy persona, it just made sense that he should give Muhammad Ali a run for his money in the boxing ring. What? Brown was really (as my grandmother would say) smellin' himself at this point.
Now Arum had been introduced to Ali by Jim Brown, so he figured there was maybe some credence to the venture and he should take it seriously and run it by Ali. Of course, in Ali-fashion, he said "Bring him here!" You know what happened after that, right? Here it goes:
"So I went to talk to Ali," Arum recalls. "He says, 'Jim wants to do what? Bring him here.' So I took him to Hyde Park in London, where Ali used to run. Ali said, 'Jimmy, here's what we're going to do: You hit me as hard as you can.' So Brown starts swinging and swinging, and he can't hit him. He's swinging wildly and not even coming close. This goes on for, like, 30 seconds. Then Ali hits him with this quick one-two to his face. Jimmy just stops and says, 'OK, I get the point.'"
And that was the end of Jim Brown's boxing career. True story!
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Kalash is an important part of many Hindu festivals especially during Navratri. Kalash Pot is also permanently kept in shops and other establishment by many people. There is always doubt regarding what are the things that can be put inside kalash pot. There is no one answer to this question as the items used vary from region to region and from people to people. Some people only use water. The only common item that is put inside Kalash in all regions is water.
The important things that are put inside kalash are:
Supari or betel nut
Raw Rice
Scent or Ghandh – a drop of perfume.


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Fire destroys camper in Cabela's parking lot
Mitchell firefighters responded to a camper fire Tuesday afternoon in the Cabela's parking lot.
Firefighters appeared to have extinguished the blaze shortly after 4:30 p.m., but the camper was severely damaged.
It did not appear as if anyone was hurt in the incident.
Further details were not immediately available.


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Half a FlyMo lawnmower, a traffic cone and a pair of trousers were among the 31-bag haul of rubbish retrieved from the towpath of the Kennet and Avon Canal in Devizes this week by volunteers from Marks & Spencer.
Twenty-one members of staff from the local branch turned up at the Caen Hill flight of locks on Monday to tidy up the popular tourist attraction. They picked up dozens of bottles, cardboard boxes and cigarette packets.
Steve Manzi, the Canal & River Trust's volunteer co-ordinator, said: "It was a great day, and huge thanks go to the M&S volunteers for their work. Caen Hill is one of the most beautiful and popular sections of the canal anywhere in the country.
"The local community do a huge amount to support it and events like this are a great help to keep it in the condition it deserves."


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A complete and vigorous denial of the charges of anti-Semitism leveled at the Hotel Montclair management by Harold Stern, orchestra leader, was issued yesterday by J. H. Clowes, manager of the hotel, in an interview with the Jewish Daily Bulletin.
Last week Stern announced that he had terminated his engagement with the hotel because three of his star singers were allegedly discharged for being Jewish.
Clowes explained that the reason he refused to reply to the charges when they were made was that he was busy interviewing orchestras.
"My choice has narrowed down to two," he said yesterday. "Both of them have a substantial number of Jewish players. This should refute the charges of anti-Semitism in regard to our orchestra."
Fifty per cent. of the guests, Clowes said, are Jewish, and that even if he had any anti-Jewish feeling, which he vehemently disclaimed, it would be bad business to practice it.
The charge by Stern that two banks which own the hotel are responsible for the alleged anti-Semitism evoked another vigorous denial from Clowes.
"In my dealings with the banks," he declared, "none of their representatives ever mentioned considering race or creed in engaging orchestras or employees."
In regard to Stern, Clowes pointed out that twenty-two artists were given notice, of whom only six are Jewish.
"Mr. Stern's engagement at the Hotel Montclair," he stated, "was the second time that I had availed myself of his services as orchestra leader in a New York hotel, another indication of a total lack of prejudice on my part.
"Due to the marked falling off of the patronage at the restaurant it was felt by the management that a change in the orchestra and entertainment was desirable, and for that and no other reason the change was put into effect.
"The management engages its orchestras and other artists purely on the merit basis and without regard to race or creed."
Asked about Clowes' denial of Stern's charges, Abner J. Greachler, Stern's representative, said: "We stick to the original story."


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|1,291 sq. ft.
|Property type
|Minimum Stay
|4 nights
The Villa Capannizza is a single unit villa with a big private 700 square meter enclosed garden with car parking space and pool. The villa has 3 double bedrooms (max 6 people), 2 bathrooms with showers,a kitchen with dining area and a living room. The outside covered patio offers the possibility to relax while overlooking the pool front view while comfortably seated on the outdoor sofa. Also, the patio has an outside table and chair set in order to enjoy a good meal with the warm weather. The living room has a home theater system with a 42' television and satellite set. The home theater also functions as a stereo connected to the outdoor Bose system. The house also provides a dishwasher, washing machine, safe, barbecue, outside shower and AC/heater system in each room.
The Pool will be open from beginning of May until the end of october
Pets are not allowed.
The Capannizza residence complex is directly located in front of the main access road to the famous 3 km long white sandy beach of Budoni. On the other hand it's less than 1 km from the center of the town of Budoni where all the necessary services are found such as the bank, caffes, supermarkets, restaurants, pharmacy and more.
The residence offers one private individual villa with its own garden (700 square meter) with private car parking and pool. apartments with residencial parking space, each with private garden and a shared pool.
Pets are not allowed.
Bed linens,bath towels,pool towel 20 € per person
We open the pool at the end of april and close it at the begin of november
Check in: After 3 pm
Check-out by 10am
Pets Not Allowed - Non si accettano animali
cooking stoves must be cleaned by the tenant
We had a wonderful time in Sardina. The Capanizza villa was very comfortable, the pool was lovely and refreshing in the heat, and Pasquale was most helpful with information we required about surrounding area, restaurants etc.We thoroughly recommend this villa and this area of Sardinia. We will be returning in the not too distant future.😁
Just returned from a very relaxing stay in this villa . Nothing was too much trouble for Pasquale who met us on arrival and gave us great recommendations of beaches to visit and restaurants to go to. We hired a car to pick up at the airport through Thrifty. They were very efficient and we got a very nice almost new family car. The villa was very clean and tidy upon arrival. The garden of the villa is well maintained. There is a large patio with furniture and a pool with plenty of sun loungers. There is also a BBQ and plenty of outdoor space with both sun and shaded areas. The view from the patio looks down over fields and hills. The villa was also fully air conditioned. The car was essential. Although it is only a 5 minutes walk to the beach and 15 minute walk into Budoni. There are plenty of beautiful beaches within a 5 minute drive. Most beaches have a bar/restaurant. We were lucky enough to spend a day on a yacht which Pasquale helped to arrange for us. Sailing along the coast and stopping to swim. Sardinia is such a beautiful island a wonderful place to relax and unwind.
Myself and 5 other friends stayed here for a week at the end of June 2016. The villa was clean, very close to Bodoni beach and has a lovely outside area with speakers outside!
The villa is quite close to the main road, but you honestly can't hear it at all.
The drive from Olbia airport is 25-30 minutes and Bodoni town is a 10-15 minute walk away with lots of other nice small towns within close range. It's also relatively close to a lot of the main tourist areas and beaches on the east and north east coast of the island, so it's perfectly situated for day trips.
Pasquale was very friendly and he recommended some nice local beaches and restaurants in the area, as well as local butchers, bakers, etc. He was always floating around the complex in case you needed him.
If there was anything I would say could be improved it would be the BBQ. It was quite small and unstable and there were no BBQ utensils that we saw, which would've been helpful for a €40 salmon that nearly ended up on the floor!
Also some sort of internet access would've been nice, but it was also quite refreshing not having it.
Overall, the villa was a gem and we have already recommended it to family members and friends, and will definitely be returning at some point in the future!
We've just returned from a wonderful holiday at Villa Capannizza. The villa itself is comfortable and well-equipped, and the garden is fantastic with lots of space and a good-sized pool. The location is really convenient, takes less than 10 minutes to walk to the beach, or there's a large inexpensive car-park right next to it if you prefer to drive. There are lots of shops and restaurants in Budoni, and Pasquale was really helpful in recommending good places to go.
Looking forward to rebooking soon!
Lindsay & Andy
A beautiful villa with everything you need. The pool is nice and so is the shaded outdoor seating area. The rooms are clean and decorated to a high standard.
The times quoted for walks to the beach and the town are accurate.
Pasquale is a great host and recommended some lovely restaurants and beaches.
Porto ottiolu is a lovely (10min drive) little port with lots of nice restaurants and the beaches at Lu Impostu (20min drive) are really gorgeous.
Great place, would thoroughly recommend.
Wonderful house with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a kitchen/living room. The house is very good equiped (huge TV, good Hifi station with outside boxes). The pool is perfect!
It is a 5-10 minutes walk to the next beach and a 20 minutes walk to the centre of the small town with some restaurants and bars.
Negative: no oven, no WLAN.
All in all it was a perfect trip to a wonderful island and and a wonderful villa.
Thank you very much!
Budoni is a seaside town on the north-eastern part of the island, situated between the town of San Teodoro to the north and Posada to the south. It's located on Sardinia's main road n.125 (Via Nazionale street) that follows the eastern coastline from Olbia to Cagliari. It includes 18 km of coastline that rise from the Tyrrenian Sea, offering Budoni's marvellous landscapes, sandy beaches and sorrounding rocky walls. The nearest beach is only 300 meters from the town. However, Budoni isn't only about the sea; the village is situated on a flat area, but the rest of the territory is prevalently hills and only slightly inhabited. There are plenty of folkloristic events linked to the life and the traditions of these small settlements surrounding Budoni.
Golf: The closest Golf course is located in Puntaldia which is 15 km from Budoni.


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Persona 3 Portable Debut Trailer & Screens
Though always uncomfortable to look at, those scenes of students firing gun shots at their head in Persona 3 are one of the most memorable moment in gaming for me. And as the stunning opening movie (theme song by Shūhei Kita, who also performed the opening song of Persona: Trinity Soul) above shows, we
can now experience the game on the go. Persona 3 Portable will be out in Japan this November 1st, together with the launch of PSP Go in the country. has also published part of their mag article online with a few screens. Check them out after the jump.
Select Between Male & Female Main Characters
Perhaps one of the biggest change is the ability to start the game with either the male or female character, and both will give you different view of the story. Selecting a female character will also give you a slightly different menu and background. Famitsu also mentions there will be graphics update in certain parts of the game and new BGM.
New Difficulty Settings
"Beginner" and "Maniacs" are the two new difficulty settings being added.
Improved Movements
Moving around the game world is made easier as you can now bring up a menu and click on the locations you wish to go easily. This should improve the tempo of game significantly.
Issue Command Directly
There's a new option to put some of your party members for "Direct Command".
Mysterious New Character In Velvet Room
A new male character is being teased for the new scenarios of the female character. He appears to spot the same outfit as Elizabeth in the male character scenarios.
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"Deepest Desire: Seeking God in the Ignatian Tradition"
October 18, 2012, Conaton Board Room, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Before Ignatius was a saint, he was a man of great desire. This opening lecture explores the role of desire in the spiritual life grounded in the Ignatian tradition.
Matthew Dunch, S.J.
Visiting Professor, Philosophy
Matther Dunch, S.J. received his M.A. degree from Loyola University Chicago. He began his career at Xavier in 2011 as a Visiting Professor for Philosophy. Before he came to Xavier, Dunch taught in multiple levels of grade school, was a chaplain for both a prison and hospital, and a live-in caretaker for the mentally disabled. Dunch became a Jesuit in 2006.
Dr. Waleed El-Ansary
Chair of Islamic Studies, Theology
Dr. Tom Merrill
Chair/Associate Professor, Music
Tom Merrill is Chair of the Department of Music and Theater and Assistant to the Dean for the Arts at Xavier University. He conducts the Xavier University Edgecliff Vocal Ensemble. He is the Director of Music at Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati and serves as the President of the American Choral Directors Association Central Division.


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The future of flying.
Airbus Flying Green Experience Showcase 2013
We live in a single global economy, in which air travel creates the true "World Wide Web." At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of our environment. MUTABOR was commissioned to develop an interactive visual concept for the mobile showcase entitled "The Future by Airbus: Flying Green Experience." The showcase discusses these topics picking users up and carrying them to the future in the year 2050.
Idea and Process
The Flying Green Experience showcase is aimed at Airbus employees, airlines and the broader aviation sector in general. The exhibition is designed to raise awareness for the sustainability and future of aviation. It also showcases Airbus' vision for air travel in 2050 within the context of technological developments, R&D, products and investments, as well as current industry commitments.
During the process, both creative and content-related challenges were addressed and met. In terms of design, the team dealt with the jump from constructed "square" forms to bionic "soft" forms. Whereas the biggest content-related challenge was to depict the time span from "now" up to the year 2050 while integrating the topic of sustainability.
A compact mobile showcase
The Airbus Flying Green Experience occupies an area of 10 meters x 10 meters.
The compact showcase is designed for mobile use. The surface is made entirely of 3-D-thermoformed Corian and is brought to life by means of a giant media display.
Helical layout
Visitors enter the helical structure of the showcase and are guided past 15 displays, some of them interactive, until they arrive at the centerpiece in the middle – the Airbus concept plane.
The centerpiece
The interactive Concept Plane and Concept Cabin presentations constitute the highlight and centerpiece of the Airbus Flying Green Experience. The layout is designed to give a sense of what it would be like to fly in the Concept Plane in 2050.
A rotating 3-D-printed bionic model of the Airbus Concept Plane is synchronized with three interactive stations that enable visitors to take themed camera tours around and through the virtual real-time 3-D model.
Progressive design language
The graphic concept draws its inspiration from the futuristic design of the Airbus Concept Plane. Like the shape of the current supporting structures, the graphic elements change shape in the course of the exhibition, moving ever closer towards becoming a bionic network. The colors also brighten as one moves towards the center.
This is an experience that makes the future become reality. The showcase focuses on the current challenges facing the aviation industry, while showing possible paths to a greener future.
Collaborating Partners
- VRPE Team GmbH, wirmachenbunt Engler Fuchs GbR, Lindner Fotografie


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Grosse Pointes
Liggett wins D-4 state title in extra innings
By Mike Moore
Posted June 15, 2013
BATTLE CREEK — In game loaded with drama, lead changes and extra innings, it was ultimately an errant pick-off throw that decided the Division 4 baseball state championship Saturday night in Battle Creek.
And the Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett squad was more than happy to reclaim the top spot.
"The will to win, the will not to lose with these guys is unbelievable," coach Dan Cimini said after the Knights beat Beal City High 3-2 in eight innings. "This game was unbelievable. I'm not going to sleep for two nights."
After leading off the eighth inning with a single, Cole Zingas eventually reached third base and scored what turned out to be the game-winning run when Beal City's pitcher tried to pick off Mark Evan Auk, who had reached base on an infield single, at first.
"Perseverance," Cimini said to sum up the night. "The fight never stopped. These guys wouldn't let this game go."
The first five innings of the game produced plenty of chances, but no runs.
Beal City finally broke the tie in the bottom of the fifth, but Liggett bounced right back in the sixth.
Liggett's Patrick Broder reached base on an error to start the inning, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Zingas, and then scored to tie the game on a throwing error moments later.
Beal City escaped the inning without further damage, and came right back in the bottom half to make some noise.
Beal City's Nicholas Ward was hit by Liggett pitcher Connor Fannon with one out. Nick Hoogerhyde doubled, but Ward was held at third base.
After an intentional walk to load the bases, Liggett got a force out at home on a ground ball to short, and then Fannon got Ryan Marshall to pop out at second to end the threat, keeping the game tied at 1-1 through six.
Liggett didn't keep it that way very long.
Fannon walked to begin the seventh, giving way to Ian Clark as a courtesy runner.
Another walk and a soft single loaded the bases, and Clark came home on a sacrifice fly shortly after.
But walks came back to haunt Fannon in the bottom half of the seventh.
Two walks, along with a single and a sacrifice bunt, loaded the bases, and then a walk of Hoogerhyde brought home the tying run.
Fannon struck out Ty Rollin to force extra innings.
Pitching with a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth, Fannon struck out the first batter, Evan Auk made a diving catch in center for the second, and then catcher Nate Gaggin's acrobatic catch in foul territory ended the game.
"I just said please, please, please catch it," Cimini said of the foul ball that ended the game.
"I knew he had it," said Fannon, who earned the win in the final and the semifinal the day before in a 1-0 contest against New Lothrop. "Well, I was hoping he had it. But this is amazing. To get that second championship is so awesome."
Liggett (31-4), avenges last year's loss in the state final, and how now won two titles (2011) in the past three years.
Beal City ends the season (34-4).
"It's a shame somebody had to lose that game," Cimini added. "It was unreal."
About the author
Sports Writer Mike Moore covers a variety of sports in Oakland County and the Detroit Catholic League. Mike joined C & G Newspapers in 2006 shortly after graduating from Albion College where he played football. He attended Dearborn Divine Child where he met his wife Jennifer. They have four sons together and reside in Dearborn.
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Just another boring Wimbledon final
Andy Roddick and Roger Federer: unplayable serve after unplayable serve.
Photo: Reuters
THE Wimbledon final on Sunday night-Monday morning was certainly full of surprises particularly for those of us who thought it would be over in an hour or so and we would be snug in bed by midnight, contemplating the mental fragility of Andy Roddick and the genius of Roger Federer.
How wrong we were. Instead, we were up until 3.30am contemplating opening another bottle of red as we viewed what was arguably, the most boring, five-set epic encounter of all time as the two men pounded down unplayable serve after unplayable serve.
As we patiently waited for the finale, it was easy to forget the opening, when Roddick and Federer wandered onto court and the two men revealed their contrasting fashion statements.
Federer was, as he had done throughout the tournament, wearing his white and somewhat ostentatious Sergeant Peppers-style jacket and white pants prompting Nine commentator Ken Sutcliffe to gush: "Doesn't he look absolutely dazzling," before dubbing him "the White Knight".
Whatever rocks your boat, Kenny.
Of course, Roddick went for the shorts, T-shirt and cap look I'm not sure what Roddick was thinking but he looked as if he was about to play a game of bloody tennis Kenny wasn't impressed.
A couple of cups
NATURALLY enough there were plenty of famous people looking on, including Hollywood director Woody Allen, actor Russell Crowe and football manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
There was also some real royalty and a stack of tennis royalty, including "Pistol" Pete Sampras, "Rocket" Rod Laver, Illie "Nasty" Nastase, and Bjorn "the Ice Man" Borg, who were all sitting in the same box together, undoubtedly arguing about who was the greatest of all time and who had the coolest nickname.
Incredibly, those four men are the winners of 38 grand slam singles titles.
Not only that, with John McEnroe, John Newcombe and Fred Stolle commentating, there was another 16 grand slam singles titles up for count. With all those champions in the house, it was no wonder Stolle became confused after the game and told us Pete Sampras was about to collect the trophy.
For Roger, he had little doubt he was the winner, which was why he already had the number 15 subtly emblazoned on that "dashing" jacket.
Not sticking around
ALTHOUGH the match was all about Federer, it had a bit to do with Sampras as well and we were reminded of this every interval when the camera kept showing us Pistol sitting smugly in the box wearing his silly sunglasses.
Pistol Pete got to the game late and was undoubtedly some distraction for Federer when he took his seat to the cheers and murmurs of the crowd.
Following the game, Sampras was interviewed and said he had arrived in London that day and revealed, strangely, that he was flying out that night.
Hotels are pretty expensive in London, so I presume Pete thought he wouldn't stay on and take in the sights.
The highlight of Federer's speech was when he said to Pete: "Thanks for coming."
Live footy rates (who would have thought?)
FOR sports fans it was a glorious weekend and the undoubted highlight was the thrilling St Kilda-Geelong game, which was a ratings bonanza for Channel Seven.
The network reported it had an average audience of 626,000 Melbourne viewers, making it the highest-rating Sunday AFL match in Melbourne with the highest peak audience (for a Sunday game) of 983,000.
Channel Seven obviously declared the broadcast a huge success (could be something to this live football business, hey?) and its Melbourne general manager Lewis Martin said: "Not since Tony Lockett was going for his 1300th goal have we seen a Sunday game of such epic proportions."
Five out of 10, Seven
THE game could not have been scripted any better, although not everyone was happy with the broadcast, particularly the use of close-ups.
There were several examples of the camera lingering on a player, while action continued up the ground, such as when Joel Corey was pushed in the back with 2½ minutes to go.
Other criticisms were the overuse of shots from the roof, constant vision of the coaches in the box and the vision of Nick Riewoldt after the siren, rather than the general euphoria of the crowd or the coaches.
Bloggers on internet football forum Big Footy went to task:
Smoovy: Honestly, who have they got in to direct this match? the work experience kid? ridiculous camera angles, needless close-ups while the ball is moving and just plain ordinary camera work. I would not be surprised if some viewers are suffering from motion sickness. Their overuse of close-ups is particularly grating. It gives you no perspective of the game.
Gak Attack: Biggest game of the year, some of the worst coverage I have ever seen. Ignoring the play vision while it goes and give us a shot of the coaches for one minute who the hell wants to see them? Plus their lame plugs for Dancing With the Stars, oh please Channel Nine come and get the rights.
Warsaw: I hated it when they cut to a player who hasn't got the ball, e.g. Roo (Riewoldt), when the final siren goes. I don't know if others like it but personally I'd much rather see the guy holding the ball when the siren sounds.
However, there was some support for Seven, including these comments: Bomber32: Seven's coverage today was excellent, I thought.
BomberSG8: I thought they did an OK job, at least they showed the song.
Cross#4: It was OK, besides the plug at the end. It was something like "this will be a hard game to beat but we might just do it tonight with Dancing With the Stars."
But Martin said Seven was proud of the coverage and the commentary team.
"It was a brilliant game, brilliant coverage and delivered the best ratings of a Sunday AFL match in a decade."
Quarters converted (sort of)
NO ONE was disgraced by tipping Geelong for the game and why wouldn't you given its record over the past couple years?
But Sporting Life couldn't help but raise an eyebrow to Stephen Quartermain's prediction for the top-of-the-table clash when he gave his tips on Channel Ten's Friday night news.
Quarters, a man who doesn't do things by halves, said Geelong would "smash" St Kilda, which seemed a tough call, considering he was talking about a team that had not lost a game after 13 rounds.
"I did go a bit hard," Quartermain told Sporting Life.
"I just thought Geelong's midfield would be way too good for St Kilda and they did get the ball into their forward line but there was no one up there to get it.
"I guess if I had known Steve Johnson wasn't going to play I would have said Geelong by a goal. But I did go a bit hard. St Kilda's better than what I thought. I won't tip a six-goal margin next time but I reckon the Cats will get them."
Please explain
IT IS a bleak and embarrassing day for Australian cricket with the release of the World Twenty20 rankings that has the not-so-all-conquering Aussies below Bangladesh.
For whatever bizarre reason, the seeding is based on the results of last month's second round of the World Twenty20 tournament in England where Australia lost group matches to the West Indies and Sri Lanka hardly a disgrace.
Bangladesh also failed to make it through to the second round and was defeated by Ireland (that's right, IRELAND) and India.
As reigning Wimbledon champion Serena Williams' T-shirt asked (in reference to her absurd No. 2 ranking behind the grand slam-less Dinara Safina): "Are you looking at my titles?"


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Nonorder Lab Roma, Italy
Ambient, IDM, Experimental music from the outskirt of Rome
Nonorder Lab (Alessandro Altarocca) was born in Rome, Italy in 1981. In 2004 he started to play electronic music with computer, controllers, synthesizers and field recordings. His musical creation arouses from melancholy feels to altered states of consciousness sometimes interlaced with unusual abstract beats. ... more
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Network Programming with Swift 2
191-minute iOS CourseStart Course Watch trailer
- iOS
- Intermediate
About this Course
In this project, we're going to build a weather app together and broaden our understanding of Swift and Cocoa Touch frameworks. We will start by learning foundational concepts like networking and concurrency while building on our existing knowledge of data modeling, Auto Layout and more. We'll even take a look at how we can structure our code better and construct decoupled classes and structs that lead to greater code reuse. By the end of this project you will have built your second iOS app and be well on your way to becoming an iOS developer.
What you'll learn
- Networking
- Concurrency
- NSURLSession
Pasan Premaratne
Pasan spends most of his time learning and the rest trying to figure out how to pass that knowledge on to others. It's a hard job but he loves it all the same. You can find him everywhere as @pasanpr
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Kylie Travers went from homeless single mother on Centrelink to multiple international award-winning CEO in the space of 2 years, scroll down the page to read more about her. With years of marketing, blogging and social media experience, combined with founding, buying and selling multiple businesses she has extensive experience which she offers through a variety of services.
Speaker – Kylie is available to speak at any event on business, marketing, social media, blogging, homelessness, domestic violence, turning obstacles into opportunities and her personal experience of going from homeless single mother to multiple international award winning CEO. You can find out more about booking her to speak here or email email@example.com.
Mentor – Kylie offers a limited number of clients one on one mentoring either in single sessions or in packages on business, social media, marketing, finances (such as helping you budget, find ways to make and save money, improve your finances etc.) or assistance in goal setting, turning your obstacles into opportunities and building a life you love. Find out more about her mentoring services here.
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Kylie has personally overcome:
– Domestic violence resulting in homelessness
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Despite facing great adversity, Kylie is grateful for her experiences and has used them to turn her life around, help others and live a life better than she ever imagined was possible. She founded a company and become a CEO, published 2 books with another on the way, won 3 Plutus Awards, was a finalist for Young Australian of the Year and many more awards. If you are looking for a speaker, mentor or freelance writer on any of these topics, get in touch or read on for more information.
If you are looking for an inspiring speaker who provides practical advice in her presentations to help people turn obstacles into opportunities, mixed with her own experience of going from homeless to CEO, Kylie covers it all – domestic violence, homelessness, business advice, goal setting, travel, ways to make and save money, thriving as a single mother, social media, blogging and her personal experiences with all of these topics.
As a speaker, Kylie has spoken at numerous events from small networking groups through to events at Parliament House and Darling Harbour. Having gone from being single mother on Centrelink to a multiple international award winning CEO, her story is compelling and offers practical advice to others. She has personal experience in domestic violence, homelessness, business, marketing, travel and finance. She is open about her life and speaks on a variety of topics.
Topics include:
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More than 100 members of staff from 19 organisations and agencies, including West Mercia Police, Bromsgrove District Council, Redditch Borough Council and Age UK, took part in 'Stop Loan Sharks' awareness training at Bromsgrove District Council House, Redditch Town Hall and Redditch Police Station between January and May.
The training, run by the England Illegal Money Lending Team, showed frontline staff what signs to look out for and how to recognise the symptoms and effects of illegal money lending when dealing with customers; equipping them to deal with these situations appropriately and sensitively.
Alasdair Baker, community safety project officer for Redditch and Bromsgrove councils, said: "Very often victims of loan sharks are unwilling to come forward about their circumstances and therefore it makes it very hard to help them.
"The training session was a real eye-opener and I now feel more confident that I would be able to identify illegal money lending issues amongst the individuals and families I work with."
Tony Quigley, head of the Illegal Money Lending Team, said: "We are really pleased to be working in partnership with the Community Safety Team at Bromsgrove District Council and Redditch Borough Council to highlight the dangers and support residents who can be vulnerable to loan sharks."
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Barley Project
Welcome to the PGSB barley genome database
Barley is an annual cereal grain from the Family of Poaceae and it has been cultivated for more than 7000 years. In former times barley grains were even used as currency by the Sumerian and Babylonian cultures. Nowadays barley is a major animal feed crop. It serves as an essential base for malting and brewing and to a lesser extend as component in bread and health food. Barley is widely adaptable to various climatic and soil conditions, because of its tolerance towards cold, drought, alkali, salinity. Regarding produced quantity and cultivated area barley ranks worldwide as number four after maize, rice and wheat.
The barley genome is diploid, contains 7 chromosomes and has a size of 5.1 Gb. The growing sequence data and subsequent analyses are a valuable resource for comparative cereal genomics and help plant breeders to develop new improved crop varieties.
A user training video about the use of genome resources for barley has been produced in the frame of the transPLANT project. You can watch it here: barley user training video.
This video shows the cooperation of Gatersleben (IPK) and Munich (PGSB) in barley research to cope with climate change.
The barley genome has been published online in nature (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature11543) on Oct. 17, 2012, culminating years of work by the International Barley Sequencing Consortium (IBSC), a multi-national team of scientists from many countries. Read more from the international press release or from the HMGU press release in German language.
Access the genome sequence and annotation data as well as physical/genetic map+integration on the PGSB Barley FTP download page and through the search and browse interfaces of this PGSB PlantsDB barley instance (use navigation bar on the left).
To blast the latest barley annotation+genome sequence please also visit IPK at http://webblast.ipk-gatersleben.de/barley/viroblast.php. For additional barley genome data please also visit http://barleygenome.org.
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• Yarn: Terra in fustic, 2 skeins.
• Gauge: 18 sts and 32 rounds = 4" in garter stitch.
• Needles: 1 – 16" US 6 (4 mm) circs and 1 – 16" US 7 (4.5 mm) circs and set dpns.
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Vibration feedback lets you feel every hit, crash and explosion in your PC games-with no cords to get in your way.
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1) What machine do you own? Include the maker and model number please!
Singer 2932
2) When did you purchase it/how old is it?
It was a Christmas present and it's almost 4 years old
3) How much sewing experience do you have? (how long sewing, how advanced your projects are)
I took a class in school and a few a Joann's. Most of what I know I taught myself or looked at tutorials online. I can sew from patterns and make them look nice, but I'd still like to learn how to draft my own patterns. In total I've been sewing for around 5 years.
4) What do you like most about the machine?
Uhh... it's portable? I brought it with me on a long road trip so I could sew while visiting family and it was fine. And for a basic machine it does have a nice variety of stitches. It's also easy to thread.
5) What do you not like?
I actually had to return the first one I got. When I set it up and began sewing... it was stuck in reverse. The reverse lever was loose and no matter what it would not sew forward. We took it back to Joann and they exchanged it for a new one. For the most part it worked fine, but three years later... now it's stuck in reverse and won't sew forward. When I took it to a sewing machine repair store they said it was jammed and would cost $100 to fix. In my opinion it's not worth fixing so I'm just going to buy a new one.
The thread gets jammed A LOT. And when it does it's pretty bad. The main problem is the bobbin thread gets ripped up and leaves all these strings hanging. (I don't know how to explain it but trust me when I say it has given me so many headaches from fixing it.)
It doesn't sew through thick fabric or many layers of fabric very well. I had a new pack of needles and managed to break three of them in one sitting because it couldn't sew through the fabric. I did everything I was supposed to and they STILL broke!
The buttonhole maker is such a pain to use. I had to sew 12 buttonholes onto a jacket... but if you include the ones I had to rip out it was more like 20. Not kidding. And they're hard to rip out too. It was after I finished the buttonholes that my machine jammed like I explained above. Plus even though the variety of stitches are nice, I just now figured out how to do (some) of them. The instructions are kind of vague.
6) Would you recommend your machine to a fellow cosplayer?
If you're a beginner sewer like I was, this machine would be okay. Just don't count on it lasting for many years. In general though, I would not recommend this machine. I've just had too many problems with it and I was so frustrated with it. I'd like to get a Babylock machine someday, but my next machine will probably be a Brother.
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Francesca Eastwood also thanks one of her followers who tweets, 'Dont worry abt all the haters who r crazy 4 materialism.'
Francesca Eastwood shrugged off controversy surrounding Tyler Shields' pictures that feature her destroying a $100,000 Birkin bag. She laughed it off when one of her fans tweeted to her, "Some people are mad at @francesca_e for destroying a Birkin. Why aren't they pissed at Hermes for pricing a bag at $100k?"
Another Twitter user comforted the daughter of Clint Eastwood in a tweet that read, "Dont worry abt all the haters who r crazy 4 materialism. U r beautiful. Block them out. 100K or 0, it's still just a purse!" In response to such posting, the "Mrs. Eastwood & Company" star wrote back, "yes! Thank u."
Francesca and Tyler angered some people through a photo shoot that sees the former biting, sawing and burning the expensive bag. "This is the red Crocodile Birkin VS the red $200 chainsaw and 4 dollars of gasoline!" so Tyler explained. "IT IS INSANE!" He added, "Destruction is a beautiful version of freedom..."
Some called the stunt "a gross and pathetic attempt at shock value," especially during hard economic times. Others considered it "incredibly insensitive," "disgusting," "offensive," and "shameful." They also attacked Francesca using derogatory words like "w***e," "b***h" and "c**t." There was at least one who sent her a death threat as well.
On the other hand, one of the few who came to Francesca and Tyler's defense wrote an argument on his official website, "It's Called ART for a reason. It has served it's purpose in that art it made to inspire an emotional reaction. He has the $$ to burn the bag. You don't, I don't either. Oh freaking well. Cheers Mr Shields! Great work."


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Wellens denies spit claims
Richie Wellens has denied spitting at Leon Britton during Doncaster Rovers' defeat at Swansea.
Last Updated: 23/02/09 5:30pm
Richie Wellens has denied spitting at Leon Britton during Doncaster Rovers' defeat at Swansea City on Saturday.
Swans midfielder Britton claimed Wellens spat in his face as Rovers midfielder James Coppinger received treatment on a head injury.
Wellens, who was later sent off for two bookable offences, has rejected Britton's accusations and is also unhappy that he has been branded a coward.
"I am disappointed that Leon Britton has come out in the newspapers and on the web with the accusation that I spat in his face, which he quite clearly later says was not a face to face spit," Wellens told the club's official website.
"He also called me a coward, which I found distasteful; as in 10 years and over 400 games I have never been called that.
"I did not spit in his face, but as usual I was clearing my throat and did not aim anything his way. No one, including their manager, can say they saw me spit in his face and all there had been was the usual pushing and shoving, which usually stays on the field.
"The only thing I regret was arguing with their manager Roberto Martinez as I came off when I got the red card. I should have ignored everything and walked straight off and for that I apologise."
Meanwhile, Doncaster have confirmed Coppinger is 'fine' following the incident which saw him taken to hospital after taking a blow to the back of the head.
Scans have shown up no problems for Coppinger and he travelled back to Doncaster with the rest of the squad after being released from hospital.


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Painted gigolo lizards of Augrabies
I remember reading somewhere that you get masculine and feminine waterfalls. The Augrabies Falls are emphatically male. Here the Orange River thunders through and over a rocky gorge in 1 of the driest parts of the country.
Augrabies Falls National Park was created to protect the delicate and biodiverse zone around the falls, and the area looks like a hot moonscape in the heat of summer.
It's a land of quiver trees, klipspringers, Verreaux's eagles and Hartmann's zebra, all of them well adapted to desert life.
But almost as fascinating are the fabulous lizards, as gloriously coloured as Mexican blankets, doing acrobatic backflips on the rocks perilously close to the sheer drops down into the gorge.
You can't miss them. Not only are they brightly coloured, but they tend to live together in something approaching colonies – quite unusual for reptiles.
Backflips by the males are to impress the duller females and also to catch those pesky black flies – their main diet, apart from fallen figs in season.
Such remarkable lizards, you'd think, should have a more exciting name than Augrabies flat lizard. Their alternative name is no better – Broadley's flat lizard.
Like the waterfall, this is a macho world. The males' pick-up line with female lizards is to do a series of push-ups. Apparently the girls find it irresistible, especially if done by a manly lizard with a very blue throat.
The more brightly coloured the male, the more likely he is to be a dominant territorial specimen. But the bright colours are sometimes not enough to convince other males. Instead, they flash a yellow 'badge' under their bellies. If this doesn't work then it may end in a battle, sometimes to the death.
Their pick-up line with female lizards is to do a series of push-ups. Apparently the girls find it irresistible, especially if done by a manly lizard with a very blue throat.
The dominant territorial males are quite formal about their approaches to females. Unfortunately, it's not all gallant courtship. Sometimes 'sneaker' males without territories try to mate with females – apparently without their consent.
And then there are young males that haven't yet developed their bright male colours. These 'she-males' also try to sneakily mate with females while they still look rather feminine themselves.
All of this frenzied chatting up takes place on the rocks by the roaring waters – under the unsuspecting eyes of visitors who only see the gaudy slivers of lizards tanning in the Kalahari sun.
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