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From absurd antisemitic conspiracy theories on the wildfires in Greece to the many platforms giving voice to far-right fringe individuals, these July highlights are an overview of the most significant results of our monitoring of traditional and new media in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, and the United Kingdom.
GREECE – Rothschild family accused of causing the Greek wildfires
Date of publication: 28 July 2018
Media outlet: Eleftheri Ora, far-right daily newspaper
Link: https://goo.gl/1Qy8Jb
Headline: "Rothschilds set fires with laser weapons"
Description of the antisemitic content: On the front page of Eleftheri Ora, the Rothschild family are accused of being responsible for the wildfires that devastated Athens at the end of July. According to the paper, the Rothschilds started the fire with droned armed with laser weapons. Eleftheri Ora states that the Rothschilds and the New World Order are doing this to endanger the economic and social stability of the country and result in the breakdown of social cohesion and democratic institutions. A number of online far-right news websites shared and disseminated this article.
Myth Debunked: The Rothschild family is a European banking dynasty started in the early 1800s, by the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Born in 1774 in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt, Rothschild established banking branches in France, England, Italy, Germany and Austria. Now in its seventh generation, the family's descendants, and a few external shareholders, still own the core banking business. But they did not cause the fires near Athens. They do not control the weather, they did not assassinate John F. Kennedy, they did not start wars to profit from them, and they did not cause the Holocaust. By virtue of being financially successful and of Jewish descent, the Rothschild family are at the centre of countless antisemitic conspiracy theories. As the Get the Trolls Out's Linguistic Self-Defence Guide states, some people use the Rothschilds as a conduit for their anti-Jewish hatred and deny antisemitism at the same time. "Being affluent and influential individuals, the references to Soros and the Rothschilds can be misused" by strengthening "the clichés that all Jews are rich and powerful", the guide states.
More to read:
Conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds are a symptom. The problem is deeper.
Anti-semitism & bigotry: Jews and Finance
UK – Scientist Dawkins belittles Muslim call to prayer over Christian bells
Date of publication:16 July 2018
Source: Twitter
Author: Richard Dawkins, renowned evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist
Link: https://goo.gl/vZo4ci
Tweet: "Listening to the lovely bells of Winchester, one of our great mediaeval cathedrals. So much nicer than the aggressive-sounding "Allahu Akhbar." Or is that just my cultural upbringing?"
Description of the anti-Muslim content: Richard Dawkins makes a comparison between the Christian and the Muslim calls to prayer, the Church bells and the Adhan. He calls Adhan "aggressive sounding". After being accused of intolerance, Mr Dawkins told The Independent: "Church bells are beautiful. The muezzin's call to prayer can also be very beautiful if recited in a good voice. "But also, 'Allahu Akhbar' is the last thing you hear before the suicide bomb goes off."
Myth Debunked: Richard Dawkins, known for his outspoken support of atheism, secular humanism and opposition to religion, is counterposing the sounds of two religions against each other based on a prejudiced view of Islam. He defines 'Allahu Akhbar' as aggressive, in line with many Islamophobic tropes that see Islam as inherently violent. As he admits later, Dawkins associates 'Allahu Akhbar' with terrorism, ignoring the innumerable occasions when it is used in peaceful contexts. 'Allahu Akhbar' literally translates as "God is greatest" and it is used by Muslims in the call to prayer, as well as in daily situations as an expression of gratitude and faith.
More to read:
Why Richard Dawkins Thinks 'Allahu Akbar' Sounds 'Aggressive'. As explained by linguists
FRANCE – Newspaper gives credibility to far-right terrorist
Date of publication:31 July 2018
Media outlet: Le Parisien, daily newspaper published in Paris and suburbs
Link: https://goo.gl/bb61U7
Headline: "Ultra right: the secrets of the founder of the AFO group"
Description of the anti-Muslim content: In this question-&-answer interview, the daily Le Parisien gives voice and credibility to Guy Sibra, leader of a French far-right terrorist group called AFO (Operational Forces Action). At the end of June, Guy Sibra, a former police officer, was detained for a few days on "criminal terrorist association" charges. He was later released, but the investigation is ongoing and he is under police surveillance. According to the judges, the AFO group was found in possession of 36 weapons and was planning to attackFrench-Muslim citizens including women wearing hijab's, imams as well as Muslim singers. The questions asked by the paper allow Guy Sibra to promote his Islamophobic views whilst denying he has any ("They [the judges] told us we want to poison halal food. But now, again, what would be the purpose? It is so stupid compared to throwing pork in front of mosques") and defending himself ("We are not looking to fight but defend and help ourselves in a humanitarian way"). By giving him a voice without challenging any of his racist and violent statements, the newspaper is normalising xenophobic violence and criminal acts.
Myth Debunked: Perpetrators of previous Paris attacks have not been interviewed by French newspapers before, nor have terrorists who are under surveillance. When giving voice to a far-right terrorist, Le Parisien acts irresponsibly because it gives credibility and normalises racist and violent acts, as if they are worth listening to, and as if they are not harmful. The media have the power to influence public opinion, slowly making acceptable what was once not. A recent study published on the British Journal of Political Science has analysed the case of the populist far-right UKIP party in Britain, showing that media coverage drove party support but not vice versa. In other words, it has proved that media attention towards populist right-wing parties increases support for them. GTTO partner Licra questioned the choice of Le Parisien to publish this interview: "Between unconscious culpability and clickbait, how could Le Parisien give voice to this individual?"
More to read:
Disproportionate media focus risks elevating radical right insurgent parties to the status of serious contenders
Threat of far-right terrorism is being ignored by the media, analysts suggest
BELGIUM – Council candidate spouts anti-religious hate while imitating Hitler
Date of publication: 26 July 2018
Source: Twitter and various news media outlets
Author: Tony Hulsmans, member of New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), Flemish nationalist and conservative political party
Link: https://goo.gl/DKwfqU
Description of the anti-Muslim content: In a video, an N-VA party member, Tony Hulsmans, shouts antisemitic and Islamophobic insults while imitating Hitler and doing the Nazi salute. This video was shot about three years ago but re-emerged at the end of July, when it was reposted by a person on Facebook while commenting on an anti-refugee post by Hulsmans. Hulsmans, who stood as a councillor candidate in the town of Zonhoven, was soon dismissed from the N-VA list of candidates. However, he is still a party member.
Myth Debunked: Similar to the Le Parisien case, what is relevant here is not only the antisemitic and Islamophobic nature of the video, but the attention that the national media gave him. Surely local media are right to publish the story so as to inform residents who might vote for him, and the N-VA party, without having a full picture of what a council candidate believes in. But nation-wide media coverage –that includes titles such as La Libre, Le Soir, and HLN – ensured, instead, the notoriety of a racist fanatic who was unknown until the day before. Disproportionate media attention risks reinforcing harmful ideas and presents racist candidates as serious contenders.
More to read:
The far right is at its strongest since the 1930s, and the media is helping
Belgian right-wing party fends off racism accusations
BELGIUM – Newspaper insists on terrorism in non-terrorism-related story
Date of publication: 31 July 2018
Media outlet: Le Vif is a French weekly news magazine published in Brussels
Link: https://goo.gl/iwdEL9
Headline: "A person blows themself up in Stembert: it is not terrorism"
Description of the anti-Muslim content: This article reports on the suicide of a person in Verviers, Belgium. As the person blew themself up, the newspaper felt the need to clarify that it was not a terrorist attack. The author makes a point of saying this in the headline, in the intro, and in the article. Despite this incident having nothing to do with terrorism, almost half of the article is devoted to recounting how in 2015, a week after the Charlie Hebdo attack, a terrorist cell was dismantled in Verviers.
Myth Debunked: This article links two events that have nothing in common except geography: the suicide of a person in Verviers in 2018 and the dismantlement of a terrorist cell in Verviers in 2015. Le Vif makes this connection because the suicide was committed by an explosion – generally associated, in the European public perception, with Islamic terrorism – and even though the police stated the case was not being treated as terrorism. Spending, then, almost half of the article explaining, in detail, the dismantlement of an Islamic terrorist group three years ago is simply unprofessional. It contributes to creating confusion and misinformation, for which Muslim residents eventually pay the price.
More to read:
Why the British media is responsible for the rise in Islamophobia in Britain
HUNGARY – Origo uses persecution against Copts to fuel hatred against Muslims
Date of publication: 22 July 2018
Media outlet: Origo, a pro-government news portal. It changed its editorial stance in 2015, moving from being critical of the Fidesz-led government to becoming more government-friendly in its political reporting
Link: https://goo.gl/J3wRqh
Headline: "Journalist: According to Egyptian Muslims, Christian women can be raped"
Description of the anti-Muslim content: This article reports on the persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt, but it does so in order to instil fear of Islam and Muslims among its readers. It says "Egypt is the best example of what happens to Christian communities if Muslim migrants takeover". The main point of the article is to claim that Muslims and Christians cannot live together because "Muslims believe that women who do not wear the veil deserve to be raped". The article also mentions that Christian people were already living in Egypt when Arab Muslims came to invade the region, convert residents, and destroy their language and culture.
Myth Debunked: Coptic Christians make up about 10-15 percent of Egypt's population and are the largest Christian community in the Middle East. While it is true that Coptic Christians in Egypt are facing unprecedented levels of persecution due to the rise of radical Islamist groups, this piece by Origo aims to fuel hatred towards Muslims through misinformation and sensationalism. This article equates migrants in Europe with Islamist extremists and accuses all Muslims of persecuting Christians, instead of clearly differenciating between terrorists and ordinary citizens. The persecution of Copts in Egypt is due to the overspill of Islamic terrorists that have driven out of Iraq and Syria, but the article does not explain this, and rather talks about Muslims in general. There are many countries where Muslims and Christians live peacefully together, but Origo does not mention this either. The goal of instilling fear and anger among readers in Hungary is obsequiously in line with the anti-immigrant government agenda.
More to read:
Coptic Christians: Islamic State's 'Favorite Prey'
Who says Christians and Muslims can't live together?
GERMANY – Vile blog post accuses all Muslims of antisemitism
Date of publication: 20 July 2018
Media outlet: Die Achse des Guten (The Axis of the Good) is a political blog
Author: Rafael Korenzecher, editor of Jüdischen Rundschau
Link: https://goo.gl/QgFNJs
Headline:"We are not against Jews. We are just blind"
Description of the anti-Muslim content: Guest blogger Rafael Korenzecher claims that Islam has always aspired to be a religion, but it is not. He degrades Islam saying that it is a "backwards, hegemonical, inhumane, intolerant and democracy-hating violent world-dominance ideology" that directly leads to "Islam-generated violence against Jews". The article claims that antisemitic incidents in Germany, "as a rule, they are hardly ever committed by the right [...], but mainly by Muslims." According to the author, Islam is incompatible with democracy and Western society.
Myth Debunked: Although there are small sections of the Muslim community who have promoted antisemitic views, the author of this blog post completely fails to understand the problem of antisemitism in Europe today. On the contrary, he makes widespread Islamophobic generalisations that are vile and violent. Fighting one form of racism (antisemitism) resurging to another form of racism (anti-Muslim hate) will not decrease bigotry and discrimination. People with hatred against an ethnic or religious group, usually hate other groups too and vice versa. Only when we start to address antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate, through education and community work, we can stamp both out. There are many good examples of interfaith work all across Europe that sees plenty of support for Muslims who stand in solidarity with Jewish communities against both antisemitism and Islamophobia.
More to read:
Export-Import Theory and the Racialization of Anti-Semitism: Turkish- and Arab-Only Prevention Programs in Germany
Eleftheri Ora spreads vile conspiracy theories about wildfires in Greece. This is our Greece's media monitoring highlights for July.
June media monitoring highlight for Greece. Tzimeros uses words such as "cleaning" and "cancer of humanity". In doing so, he is dehumanising people by reducing them to a disease.
May media monitoring highlight for the Greece. A newspaper claims that four people have died as a result of tensions at the Moria refugee camp in the Greek island of Lesbos.


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MadAgain brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 86 Designs von 29 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
The Performance Marketing Alliance is a not-for-profit trade association founded by industry leaders to connect, inform and advocate on behalf of the growing performance marketing field. The PMA allows more than 200,000 performance marketers across the country to share ideas, explore opportunities and speak in unison.
• We help raise the profile of performance marketing by cultivating a positive image and encouraging participation in this marketing channel.
• We provide thought leadership.
• We share the collective knowledge of the performance marketing community to help individual members become more successful.
• We investigate issues facing the industry, educate our stakeholders and coordinate advocacy efforts, speaking for the industry with a unified voice.
Advertisers and publishers of performance ads, ad networks, solution providers, legislators, and the media.
Our organization provides best practices, thought leadership, industry analysis, and advocacy for our members and the industry at large.
Our members range from very large companies, like Amazon, eBay and Google, to very small independent businesses, and these companies all form partnerships together. It is unique when small companies and giants get to partner together, and it is an important characteristic of our industry.
The PMA was formed, in part, because we have such a disparate target market; their needs and perspectives are all different. We're trying to foster understanding between these groups and be the unified voice of the industry.
We represent the advertising industry and we're new, so we want an logo that is contemporary. I don't want something too 'corporatey' or stiff; some whimsy is good. We want to become the center of our industry, so we DO NOT want something subtle.
If there was one phrase that we want to capture, it would be "Unified Voice for our industry".
We want a logo that will be used online, in print materials (especially business cards), in presentations, on exhibit signage.
We use the acronym: PMA
Organization: Performance Marketing Alliance, Inc.
I like this logo from another association:
http://www.iab.net/ (simple, clean, a little whimsy)
One I don't like: http://www.the-dma.org/index.php (boring!)
Our existing logo (http://www.performancemarketingalliance.com) is not working for me. It really isn't usable in other mediums besides the website. The logo color scheme is impossible to repurpose.
I have no preference on color scheme, our corporate colors can be dictated by the logo. Various gradations and shading make it costly to reproduce, that is my only input to color.
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2/20 Bitcoin, Blockchain Technology and Crypto Currencies
Talk Title: " Bitcoin, Blockchain Technology and Crypto Currencies"
Date: February 20, 2018 (Tuesday) 7:00 - 9:00 pm (Registration starts at 6:30pm)
Venue: ITRI Int'l, 2870 Zanker Rd., Suite #140, San Jose, CA
Registration: https://
Talk Title: "Bitcoin, Blockchain Technology and Crypto Currencies" by Dr. William Kao
Talk Abstract: Few commodities are hotter right now than bitcoin, the world's most popular digital currency, which has rocketed up to around $19,000 last week (Dec 18, 2017) from less than $1,000 since Jan. 1, 2017.
Bitcoin is a crypto currency and worldwide payment system. It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions take place between users directly through the use of cryptography, without an intermediary. These transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain.
Currently, over 100,000 merchants and vendors accepted bitcoin as payment. Starting Dec 2017 , Coinucopia, a Sacramento-based startup, offers instant access to bitcoin at automated teller machines in northern California, in locations as varied as the South Bay's Westfield Valley Fair mall, a Berkeley gas station and an Oakland liquor store.
September 2017 was rocky for bitcoin in which the digital currency briefly plunged more than $2,000 as China cracked down on crypto currencies and J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon called bitcoin a "fraud" that "won't end well."
Crypto currency is a medium of exchange like normal currencies such as USD, but designed for the purpose of exchanging digital information through a process made possible by certain principles of cryptography. Cryptography is used to secure the transactions and to control the creation of new coins. The first crypto currency to be created was Bitcoin back in 2009. Today there are hundreds of other crypto currencies, often referred to as Altcoins.
In this two hour presentation, the speaker will present the history, the technology, and the market of Bitcoin, Blockchain and crypto currencies in general.
Speaker Bio: Dr. William Kao received his BSEE, MSEE and PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He worked in the Semiconductor and Electronic Design Automation industries for more than 30 years holding several senior and executive engineering management positions at Texas Instruments, Xerox Corporation, Cadence Design Systems.
Dr. Kao has authored more than 40 technical papers at IEEE Journals and Conferences, and holds eight software and IC design patents. He was an Adjunct Professor at UCLA Electrical Engineering Department where he taught courses in computer aided IC design.
Dr. Kao is a Senior Member of IEEE, and was one of the founding members of IEEE-Circuits and Systems - Silicon Valley Chapter, where he was Chapter Chair in 2005 and 2006.
Dr. Kao currently teaches Renewable Energy, Clean Technology and Business Sustainability courses at the University of California Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley Extension.
Dr. Kao current interests include the subjects of Energy, Environment and Education.
He teaches and is a frequent lecturer on various Emerging Technologies including Clean Technology, Renewable Energy, Business Sustainability, Big Data, IoT, Smart Cities, Sensor Networks, Innovation, Augmented Reality, Robotics, AI and 3D Printing.
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text: Maya and Spirit, two of our Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, are both due this spring! The two dolphins are half-sisters and were both born here at the Aquarium nine years ago. This is the first pregnancy for both Maya and Spirit, so our animal health staff have been monitoring them very closely to ensure they receive the best care possible during pregnancy. In addition to frequent medical exams, a group of more than 50 volunteers and staff members are currently conducting daily eight-hour observations on Maya and Spirit. Observers use hand-held palm pilots in order to record target behaviors as they see them. They look for a variety of things when observing: They record which of the other animals they spend time with, signs of belly movement and, most importantly, arches and crunches. Arches and crunches are pronounced, deliberate stretches that increase in frequency the closer we get to the births. The calves are expected to arrive in late April or early May, so 24/7 observations on the dolphins will begin in just a few weeks. This short video will give you a closer look into these dolphin pregnancies: Check back here for more updates as we get closer to the births! Categories: Animals, News Previous Post Next Post


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Press Release: "Saints & Prophets" Return to Berkeley Council Supporting Homeless Youth Services Leveraging Proposal on Tuesday Agenda
Ten saints & prophets (giant puppets) representing diverse faith traditions including St. Martin des Porres, Our Lady of Guadelupe, Rabbi Hillel, Gandhi and others will be escorting formerly homeless youth leaders from Berkeley's Youth Spirit Artworks as they hold an interfaith prayer circle supporting their proposal to leverage existing homeless youth services to create a day time space for homeless youth. The Tuesday night event will take place at 6pm at Maudelle Shirek Old City Hall, 2134 MLK Jr. Way, Berkeley.
The fiscally prudent $50,000 proposal would move and expand a successful S. Berkeley homeless youth jobs program so that it can be available to serve youth in need from Telegraph & Shattuck Avenue. It would be linked to existing case management and shelter services, and is being championed by Council Member Max Anderson. The proposal will be considered at the City Council meeting Tuesday night beginning at 7pm.
This initiative seeks to to provide a positive first step addressing the challenge of homeless youth on Berkeley sidewalks, since the more punitive Measure S, "no sitting" law lost in Tuesdays elections. Berkeley currently has almost no services for homeless youth and lacks an indoor space where youth can go during the day.


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You would need to have a map that has the elevation data incorporated into the program you happen to use with editing tools. GIS is the only thing I can think of. Typical Topo maps are just image (JPEG) files with no way of relating the contours with the editing tools.
Believe me there are times where I just wished I could take a photo if a document with lots of words on it, upload it to an image editor, copy the text and paste but alas...I had to manually type it all


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STRANGE BUT TRUE- Car jacking: Mom lifts car to save son
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. What just might be the two greatest weight-lifting lifts ever, one by a trained male, the other impromptu by a super-motivated Mom? –A. Schwarzenegger
A. The official record was set in 1957 by Paul Anderson, a "back lift" in which he stooped beneath a reinforced wood platform supported by sturdy trestles, says Jearl Walker in The Flying Circus of Physics. Before him was a short stool against which he could steady himself and push downward, above him were auto parts and a safe filled with lead. "With an astonishing effort of both arms and legs, he lifted the platform– the composite weight being 6,270 pounds!" Equally impressive was a reported lift by Mrs. Maxwell Rogers of Tampa, Florida in 1960, whose son was working underneath a car that fell off a bumper jack and onto him. She lifted one end of the car so her son could be rescued by a neighbor. The car weighed 3,600 pounds, of which she lifted at least 25 percent, or nearly 1000 pounds, cracking several of her vertebrae.
Q. What's most amazing about "the Wave," where groups of cheering fans stand in unison and raise their arms, then sit down as the Wave circles round the stadium? The second most amazing thing? –D. Aller
A. First is the lively debate over who started it. Was it at the World Cup Soccer competition in 1986, making it the Mexican wave ("La Ola")? Or at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City, or a major league baseball game? Probably Mexico City is correct, says Timothy Gay in Football Physics. Second most amazing is that three Hungarian researchers actually studied Waves at 14 soccer stadiums holding 50,000+ people. They found the Waves generally travel clockwise at 12 meters (20 seats) per second and are 6-12 meters (15 seats) wide. It takes no more than a few dozen participants to get a Wave going. (Science News)
Why a Wave anyway? Boredom with the event is part of it. The clockwise direction may be because fans respond sooner to standers to the right, possibly perceptual or simply tradition, says Gay. One fascinating variable, akin to physical sound waves, is that warmer temperatures speed things up.
"If the fans are really cold and bundled up in big heavy overcoats, they're going to find it harder to jump up when the Wave comes at them." Yet while "absolute zero" (-491 degrees F) will stop a sound wave, it's more like -40 F for the human Wave. "Would you want to do the Wave at 40 below?"
Q. Have you ever experienced a "pogonip," a.k.a. "frost smoke" and "white death"? –R. Peary
A. It's tiny ice crystals suspended near the ground as a mist or fog, says Randy Cerveny in Freaks of the Storm. When warm air from a valley rises up into a cold wind blowing lengthwise, a freezing fog can descend and cover everything with minute frost crystals. A five-day pogonip– the term coined by Native Americans of Nevada– in January 1892 deposited a coating of ice 2 inches thick on trees, buildings, cattle, people!
"I personally saw one in Antarctica in 1987," Cerveny says. "It appeared as a bright line of frosty white on the horizon and trekked across the flat ice sheet for several hours before reaching our camp. We were encased in a white featureless tomb."
Observers in Greenland dubbed it "frost smoke," noting it could cause blisters on the face or hands. Some Native Americans believed the "white death" could rupture the lungs. Indeed in the late 1800s, a group in Colorado reportedly took sick with violent coughs and fever after passing through a pogonip, causing one death.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 1185 diseños de 219 diseñadores freelance.
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Definition for "Acumen" : Quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight.
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We are just stating some of the colors we like but feel free to use your creative license if you think you can portray our desired image.
Some of the colors we find appealing are: Silver, Gold, Blue, Dark Green
Please do not incorporate every color. Don't combine more than two of the above colors into the logo. Please keep the black to a reasonable level.
Business cards should be the standard size, however can include die cutting or other such creative designs.
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Beautiful Wood!
This is sweet!
I think the furniture is now worth more than the rifle.
Beautiful work. It would look great with a pistol done with matching grips.
"To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em."
Ted Nugent - speaking at the NRA convention April 17, 2005
Tree huggin' dirt worshipper!
Very nice!!!!! I like the look of that. Not to mention the steel mag looks so much better in there than the polymer.
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
That's the most incredible curly maple I've ever seen.
You did a marvelous finish job on that Saiga.
The Galil mag sets it off further.
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Beatuful workmanship and a job to be proud of!!! I can apprechate the effort that went into that, curley isn't that easy to work with. I re-did and old Kentucky rifle many years ago and it took for ever to do. This is one thing I like do with curley, when it gets to the final finish point i like to take a few coats of red mahogany stain and hand rub it real good then let it set for quite a while before I go to my final stain color and it really makes the grain POP. It's really hard to get to get the curley to take stain. And thanks for the resource for getting access to some good wood, I've got an old Ballard target gun I'd like to do up soon and everyone looks at you like you got a 3rd eye when you ask for something like that or for a tigertail stock blank.


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Ugh. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favs as well. In fact, I'm just rewatching part 2 of the 90s version. But I like the new version as well. I could watch them over and over actually. Maybe you'd like to check out the Work it, Mom! group on tv and movies:
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it is common to hear that "do it yourself.."
does it mean that you should do something on your own?
how about "by yourself"?
but i must have heard about something like "by yourself..." "by myself.. " ...
what is the difference by adding "by" ?
In fact, Precise English is very important for my job............ I need true grammar about this. THanks
Yourself is the reflexive form of you. It has many uses that you can find in the dictionary. But in your example either is correct because in 'Do it yourself' the ' by' is understood. They both mean to do it unassisted.
At least that is my take on it.


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"The boy on the football turf is a feast for the eyes. I'd even go one step further: I'd rather see Raul on the pitch than Heidi Klum naked!"
Mario Basler
"Coming to Rome was the best decision I could have possibly made. Beforehand I had never seen a postman kneel on my doorstep and kiss my feet, but it's happened to me here! It is amazing how crazy Italians are for their football."
Miroslav Klose
"It's like flirting with a girl: perhaps she will resist you at first, but if you continue to ask her out, it will always end well!"
Zhu Jun, Shanghai Shenhua's owner, on the club's pursuit of Didier Drogba
"Style is very important. Football comes first, but my image comes second. It is vital to do magnificent things on the field, but it is also important to have a good image off it. I like looking good. I can open the wardrobe in the morning and look for an hour before I decide what to wear. As a professional sportsman, my physical shape and health are crucial for me, but I do not pay much attention to it. I am lucky because I have good genes. For example, during the close season I can relax for several days and I do not gain weight. Some players are not that lucky."
Cristiano Ronaldo
"His potential is massive and there is no doubt he will be United's best goalkeeper at some point. My job is to make sure it is not until I have retired, which is about ten years away!"
Anders Lindegaard on David de Gea
"When Messi has scored 1,283 goals and won three World Cups, then we will talk. People ask me all the time when there will be a new Pele. I tell them, 'Never'. My parents shut down the factory."
"The American player grows up in a country that is driven by the big three sports (baseball, basketball and American football). Soccer is not a social binder here like it is in other countries. If you have a bad game for your MLS club, no-one will come up to you in the supermarket the next day and [criticise] you about it. This happens in Europe, in Germany and Italy for sure. I know from experience. It is from this that you get a sense of responsibility. I want my players to experience this."
Jurgen Klinsmann to FIFA.com
"The only thing I can do better than Neymar is dance!"
Patricio Rodriguez, the Independiente revelation, on comparisons to the Brazilian superstar
"Ancelotti is one of the great coaches along with Ferguson, Guardiola and Mourinho. I'm not worse than him and I don't accept the idea of being sacked while being first in the league. But even if I had an oversized ego, even if I had the balls, I would have to say, 'Well, it was to Ancelotti'."
Antoine Kombouare on his sacking by Paris Saint-Germain
"Over here football is about strength, where as Spanish football is slower, more precise. At Barcelona they are more technical. But I like hard football. Maybe I'm more of an English player rather than what people consider a typical Barça player. That was one of the attractions coming here: that contact, the longer passes, the tackling. In Spain, they don't do that."
Oriol Romeu
"In the past, German players just ran and fought. Now they play technically wonderful football. They are currently even better than Brazil."
Renato Augusto
"Didier is like Filippo Inzaghi was at AC Milan. He simply devours any competition. It's not that he's evil - nor was Inzaghi - it's just the way they are."
Carlo Ancelotti
"There are only a handful of players on the planet who could do it. Iniesta, Xavi, Messi. They are the type of players who can come in at any time and look as though they could just play football at the drop of a hat at the top level. The game is so natural to them."
Rio Ferdinand on Paul Scholes' return to Manchester United
"Playing for him is like playing for a good friend. We don't want him to lose his job, and we're well aware that if we don't keep getting results, that's exactly what will happen"
Donovan Ricketts to FIFA.com on his Jamaica coach Theodore Whitmore
"Lavezzi. I'm crazy about El Pocho!"
Alberto Zaccheroni on which Serie A player he most wishes was Japanese
"He's the best defensive central midfielder in the world. Barcelona have a priceless player. If I was reincarnated as a player, I'd like to be like him."
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The space they were playing in was a converted garage that now operates as a specialty burger joint.
The band rocked as hard as groups half their age - and not surprisingly - with the touch that only comes from the countless miles traveled from 1990 until now.
Two years with The Wedding Present the cleverly named Pepe Le Moko adds style and female vocals to the mix.


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Hello friends,
I have been looking to solve this problem from last many days but couldnot find a way.
I am getting a very unusual error.
I have a page with an updatepanel contol which contains a dropdown user control. On partial postback in the updatepanel the
"Page Title" changes from "Website®" to "Website®"....It is not taking the special character symbol after post back.
I will try to explain the same thing in a different way.
There is a account history page where we have a drop down control (in update panel) to select months for checking user's account statement. Now when we are on the account history page, the title bar shows correct title"blahblah®" but just when we select some value from the drop down control on the same page, the title changes to blahblah®
Please see if somebody can help me in debugging this.
I will really appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance
It's easy to fix once you know what the problem is, but debugging is a major problem


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NEWARK (AP) - New Jersey Transit had a hurricane plan to move its trains to higher ground before Superstorm Sandy hit.
But it's not clear why the agency instead moved locomotives and rail cars to low-lying rail years in Kearny and Hoboken. A third of the agency's fleet - 70 locomotives and 273 rail cars - were damaged by flooding from the storm.
The Record newspaper obtained a copy of the 3 1/2-page plan that was prepared four months before Sandy after filing a public-records suit.
The plan calls for moving railcars and locomotives 'from flood-prone areas to higher ground' and lists more than a half-dozen locations.
Kearny Yard and Hoboken were not listed.
An NJ Transit spokesman declined to answer questions about why the equipment was moved to those locations.


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Once SHINee's Well-known popularity has been justified, they will end their local activities "To see you again in next half of the year!"
Walking in to their last performance for (Sherlock included in) their new album, Onew stood out as a representative to relate their thoughts.
SHINee performed "Sherlock" on KBS 2TV "Music Bank" on April 20. That performance was their last music (performance) broadcast locally.
On that day, SHINee stood in front of the official stage to meet, and conveyed their feelings to the reporters. As SHINee's representative, Leader Onew spoke "As our local activities has been really short, we will work hard to present (to everyone) more sides and styles of us. During our very long absence, though we only had a short promotion period, we were still really happy and grateful that there were many fans who continued to give us love and support, hence we are really thankful (for that)."
During "Music Bank" live stage, it is really evident to see the weariness on Onew's face. According to some insider's info, Onew had practiced till 5AM in the morning that day. He did not even have the chance to catch a wink before he rush to Yeouido island to complete his schedules – it goes the same for other SHINee members. "Actually (I) look really tired, but (I am) not tired at all.. in fact, I'm so tired that I feel like dying!" He spoke in a jokingly manner with a smile on his face.
Their skinny figures have aroused many concern from the public. "We have been working extremely hard to eat!" Onew expressed "Are you curious about what I have eaten yesterday? At 3.30AM, I "nom nom" finished a handburger set and 6 chicken McNuggets!" He said it with much satisfaction and he looked adorable.
On that day. Onew kept showing an embarrassed expression due to my repeated praises for him. When faced with reporter's praises regarding album sales, singing abilities, variety sense etc, Onew showcased his unique Gag Sense and exude a sense of humbleness.
Furthermore, we have talked about the highlight of the "Sherlock" dance. The main point of the Sherlock dance comes from the cooperation of the 5 members. Even if there were a hint of mistake, the entire performance would have "collapsed". If the 5 members teamwork had not been precised enough, such perfect dance could not have been achieved. A nickname for the dance is "Amputated statues dance" (S/N : Greek Statues).
Regarding this, Onew commented "(The) relationship (between our members) have always been really good, if we were faced with any problems, we were able to solve it well. Now everyone has been working really hard, that's good!" According to an insider's info, the reason why SHINee is able to showcase such good image, to get such good results is all because of a good leader who is able to control/manage the group and also also the trust between the members, being able to do well each individual roles in the group.
Everyone please anticipate, for their upcoming Japan activities around the corner and their full album (to be released) in the next half of the year. Onew has revealed his desires "After our Japan tour promotions have ended, we will immediately meet up with our Korean fans. I personally wish that I am able to do take up the challenge for another Musical at the last half of the year!" Also, feeling such a great pity that they were unable to showcase many of their personal activities, Onew commented "On another hand, we feel that it is a great relieve. I am able to do really well for Musical performances and related characters, so I really hope I am able to have such opportunities again and able to showcase a better image!"
In addition,SHINee's mini album "Sherlock" have clinched a triple crown award in music shows – a great result. Upon completing their local activities, they will start their performance on the 25th at Fukuoka and the surroundings for their arena tour. It is predicted that they will present a wholy different and unique appearance for their new album in the next half of the year. (Reporter : Won Won)
Read the article here : http://www.newsen.co…204201811451001
Source : NEWSEN, shineee.net // Kor-Chi : @Ring花椰菜 // Chi-Eng : soundtracklove@soompi
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A few weeks ago it was our friend Clare's birthday; it had been far too long since I'd busted out the donut pan – so birthday cake donuts it was!
Birthday Cake Donuts
adapted from Cookies and Cups
For the Donuts…
- One box Funfetti or Confetti Cake Mix
- 3/4 c buttermilk (I used 3/4 c almond milk & 1 T lemon juice)
- 2 eggs
- 2 T melted coconut spread (butter substitute made by Earth Balance)
For the glaze…
- 1/4 c almond milk
- 2 c powdered sugar
- 1 t pure vanilla extract
For the frosting…
- 1 c powdered sugar
- 1 T almond milk (plus more if needed – add by T)
- sprinkles (definitely not optional)
Pre-heat oven to 425. Add 1 T lemon juice to 3/4 c almond milk if you are subbing for buttermilk. Mix all ingredients together (use a mixer if you are rich) and put into ziploc bag or piping bag. Cut off corner. Pip into your donut pan. Don't over fill! A little over 1/2 full is perfect… otherwise you will end up with duffins (donut-muffins) like I did. Bake 7-9 minutes, just until browned. Place on cooling rack. Make 2nd batch… recipe should make 12 donuts or so.
For the glaze, combine ingredients in a medium sauce pan over low heat. Coat your donuts in glaze while the pan is still on low heat… place glazed donuts back on cooling rack. (Optional: perform taste test on semi-cooled glazed donuts)
For the frosting, mix together sugar and almond milk until smooth. Spread 1 t of frosting on cooled glazed-donuts, top with sprinkles. (Not optional: eat at least 2 more and complain of stomach pains for the rest of the night)
*For more technical instructions and tutorial, please see linked post. I know you don't expect such from me.
My batch yielded more than a dozen but I don't want to make you any promises. This was a win-win situation because I was still able to bring a dozen to the party, eat a few for quality control purposes, and have one the day after the party to perform freshness measures (I do it for you, blog friends).


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Many employees and managers whine and then cannot understand why they are not moving up in an organization. They obviously do not realize that complaining creates the impression that the complainer sees himself or herself as nothing more than a victim. No club operator wants to promote an employee who does not take the initiative to resolve a situation but instead chooses just to complain about it. In addition, a whining employee is a high-maintenance employee—and an employee that many people may view as being less productive, less dependable and more trouble than they are worth. Why promote or reward complainers who sap the energy out of those around them? Instead, why not promote employees who bring positive energy to the team and cause far less aggravation?
Chronic complainers are not the kind of employees your business needs. Allowing the complaining to continue can cause that negative attitude to migrate to other employees. Club operators should ensure that their chronic complainers know that a relentless cycle of whining is detrimental to their career. So whether it is about long hours, tough bosses, annoying co-workers or compensation, they either need to bite their tongue or take action to resolve the issue.
That does not mean that complaints and constructive criticism do not have their place in any business. Your employees just need to understand the difference and take steps to resolve situations where they can. It may require that they reframe their thinking. Here are some ways that they (and perhaps you) can reframe their thinking in some common areas of concern:
Compensation. People who are unhappy with their salary can ask for a raise, but they must make sure that they can show their boss how they are bringing more value to the company. That may mean that they first must channel more energy into becoming more valuable to the company and to their boss. If that is not something they want to do, then they must put their energy into finding another job that pays more.
Bad boss. For people who have a bad boss, they can meet with him or her privately and objectively state their concerns in a respectful manner. The objective would be to show the boss how handling situations a bit differently could help him or her be more effective with the existing team. If that idea does not sound appealing, then they can either just grin and bear the situation or they will have to quit.
Feeling unappreciated. People who feel unappreciated often feel that way because they need a lot of praise and are not getting it. They need to reframe their thinking to realize that their self-worth comes from the work that they do, not from the recognition of others. If that knowledge still is not enough, they should try becoming more of a cheerleader for others, including their boss. Sometimes, when one person starts handing out the praise, it catches on. If neither of those options work, they either just need to live with less praise or find another job where perhaps the boss will show more appreciation.
Annoying customers or co-workers. Remember that with no customers, you have no business. All employees—even the annoying ones—bring something to the table. People who have an annoying co-worker need to figure out what that co-worker brings to the business so they can appreciate that person better. If that still does not help, then it is best to talk with the co-worker in a non-threatening and respectful manner. The response of the annoying co-worker may change how they view that person or the conversation may lead the annoying co-worker to change his or her behavior.
After 35 years of managing clubs, I have come to the conclusion that whining does not accomplish anything. It affects not only the person making the complaints but those around them and reduces effectiveness and productivity in your business. Take some time to evaluate how you and your staff handle grievances at work and consider how any whiners might shift from being a whiner to being a problem-solver. By doing so, the environment at your facility will improve, and your whiner should become more valuable to your business.
Herb Lipsman is chief operating officer of Houston Oaks Country Club & Family Sports Retreat in Hockley, TX. He also has been a consultant in the industry, specializing in design, development and operation of upscale facilities.


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Lira racey lacey dress c/o LULU*S I Isabel Marant inspired wedge sneakers- Target I Statement necklace- Charlotte Russe I
Comme des fuckdown beanie- eBay I Sunglasses c/o Giant Vintage
Today's look is the last and final piece of the EWWITSNIKKI x LULUS collaboration. This racey lacey dress features a flirtatious high low hem with sheer lace panels on the mid section and two stripes on the bottom of the dress. What else can I say about this stunning and very versatile number? Aside from the fact that you can dress this piece however you want to, you can also show a little bit of skin without over doing it.
With today's look I decided to go for the sporty/ edgy look but also bringing a hint of sophistication along with it by adding the beaded statement necklace that I have on. I also decided to wear a black beanie while tossing all of my hair on one side once more to show off my side cut and finishing the entire look off by sportin' my new Isabel Marant inspired sneaker wedge that I got from Target a couple of days ago.


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when i read the contact page i had a good laugh. for those curious, my best friend is a 1993 plymoth sundance. she has four doors, three hubcaps, and a blown out speaker. and yes, she awnsers to maria. however, my e-mail is not as posted...it is email@example.com


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Laura Lodewyck, NBC Chicago Street Team
Collaboraction upturns Theatre-with-a-Capital-T in their 9th Annual Sketchbook Festival, closing this weekend at The Building Stage. Formerly held at the Steppenwolf Garage, Sketchbook feels at home here with the casual party vibe provided by the space at The Building Stage — with tiers of open seating, live bands or DJs to accompany seat-shifting and meandering between pieces, and a byob policy (highly recommended) — Sketchbook careens through a weirdly haunting, high energy program of short, strange performance pieces. The visual elements, supported by performance-inspired artwork decorating the space, add striking images to the pieces: a forgotten Nazi hangs suspended from his "zeppelin" in the ceiling; a giant parachute descends to consume the stage; an enormous paper-mache head is worn by an actor in skin-tight, skin-colored leggings (with a lumpy-stuffed crotch). Sketchbook is indeed a show you have to see to believe. Even better is that the mixed program provides for entertainment that satiates the short attention span — each piece runs less than 10 minutes. Check it out this final weekend, tonight through Sunday.
Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com with any wacky, under-discovered events in Chicago, and check out my reports with Nude Hippo.


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Sharry Bautista
Dec. 25, 1942-Nov. 10, 2012
Pleasanton, California
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Sharry Bautista passed away on Nov. 10, 2012. She was born on Dec. 25, 1942 in Valentine, Nebraska to Joy and Orville Greene. Her sister Donna was born 3 years later. Sharry married her former husband in 1961 and had 2 daughters, Kelly and Stacy. She was very active in her community for many years: serving 14 years on the Castro Valley Board of Fire Commissioners, volunteering at Laurel Grove Hospital, serving as Auxiliary president for 2 years and serving 1 year on the Alameda County Grand Jury. In 1987 she met and married the love of her life, Joe Bautista. They moved to Pleasanton in 2000 into a home that Joe built. They loved to travel, especially cruising. They had been on 25 cruises, visited more than 80 countries, 6 continents, and had planned to go Antarctica in February. They belonged to Castlewood Country Club where she played golf. She also had a great passion for gardening and spent many hours nurturing the plants in her yard. One of her favorite times of the year was football season where she would attend Raiders home games and watch the Nebraska Cornhuskers play college football. Sharry loved her family and her step family. She is survived by her loving husband, Joe; 2 daughters, Stacy (Darryl) Chambers and Kelly (Perry) Johnson. She also leaves her 5 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, 2 nieces; as well as her step children; Jim (Lori) Bautista, Steve Bautista, and Joy (Tony) Littman, 5 step-grandchildren and 5 step great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death are her mother, father and sister.


text: I have been asked several times why I am not blogging anymore or if I'll be back and when. Like I said, I'm not, but thought I'd share some news. Good news is…I'm not coming back. Bad news are (and if interested) you can still find me on flickr, because I am still addicted to styling and mostly because flickr is faster, easier and less time consuming. Click on the right side of the blog to check it or..HERE! ❤ I still love you!


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Virtual Tours and Live Streams a Hit on REALTOR.ca
While staying home to help stop the spread of COVID-19, Canadians are spending more time looking at properties on REALTOR.ca, Canadas No. 1 real estate platform*. During the week of March 9, visits to REALTOR.ca dropped by 30%; however, since April 12 traffic has crept back up by 14% and consumer inquiries to REALTORS through the site rose by 25%similar to levels during the same period last year. Despite the pandemic, REALTOR.ca has seen a 14% increase of visitors during the first quarter of 2020. As COVID-19 is limiting how buyers can visit homes that interest them, REALTOR.ca makes it possible for Canadian REALTORS to virtually showcase listings by integrating video and 3D tours from 10 of the most popular services. Since April 7, REALTORS can also schedule and promote live stream open houses using popular platforms such as Facebook Live, Instagram Live, Zoom and YouTube. If theres one thing 30-plus years in this business has taught me, its that as an industry we are early adopters of technology, said Costa Poulopoulos, Chair of the Canadian Real Estate Association. With restrictions on how we can continue to serve our clients, Im proud that weve been able to add features for REALTORS that allow them to continue to show homes to interested buyers.
Canada's Manufacturing heavily impacted in March
Manufacturing shipments fell 9.2% in March after climbing 0.4% the prior month. This result was more than double the drop expected by consensus (-4.5%). Lower sales were registered in 17 of the 21 industries surveyed, including transportation (-26.5%), petroleum and coal products (-32.2%), and plastics/rubber products (-10.9%). Alternatively, shipments increased for food manufacturing (+8.2%) and paper manufacturing (+8.4%). With the price effect removed, total factory sales decreased 8.3% m/m, while inventories grew 0.8%. As a result, the real inventory-to-sales ratio rose from 1.56 to 1.72, a bad sign for future production. Manufacturing sales came in much worse than expected in March, matching their largest one-month decline on record (December 2008). Sales retraced all the way back to their level in June 2016. It should come as no surprise that disruptions from COVID-19 were the chief cause of the decline. Indeed, 78.3% of manufacturing businesses reported being impacted by the pandemic. Transportation saw a significant decline owing to plant closures, while refineries lowered production as demand and prices waned. Not everyone experienced an adverse shock, as evidenced by marked increases for food (groceries) and paper manufacturing (toilet paper) in the month. This will likely be transitory, however, as households rushed to stock up in March. Eight of the ten provinces reported lower sales, with Ontario and Quebec posting the largest declines. All told, given that confinement measures had been in place for only two weeks in March, the April manufacturing picture can be expected to be even worse. Home sales fell 56.8% from March to April, to the lowest level recorded since the inception of seasonally adjusted data in 1988. The fall was generalized to all the 26 major markets tracked by CREA except Newfoundland and Labrador, where sales rose 13.6%. New listings also fell sharply (-55.7%) but active listings only 8.7%. Therefore, the active-listings-to-sales ratio (our preferred gauge of market conditions) skyrocketed from 4.3 months of inventory in March to 9.2 in April, the largest since the 2008-09 recession. Source: National Bank of Canada


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As cool as it seems, I see issues with your optics. Who cares about a quick change assembly when it isn't sighted in when you assemble it? I think you could benefit greatly from having two designated upper assemblies. The ability to utilize multiple upper assemblies on a single lower is the true beauty of the AR platform. Your optics will be dialed for their upper, and they will not change zero upon removal. The real fun part here is the fact that this can be done in the field, with NO tools at all.
You can do what you like, but an entire upper is the route I would take.


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Pavement, flat, cool, protected from the wind. This course had all of the elements to make this PR thing happen for both of us. What if I could get under that elusive 19 minute mark? What if Natti could break 30?
As I was warming up by running the course, who do I SEE running with her almost 12 year old daughter, but Dorte Dahl. Oh my gosh, we are absolutely destined to run together. She was running the 10k, though.
Ok- so let's just cut to the chase, right? I line up with Dorte at the start and she points out the woman who is going to beat me. Thank you, Dorte. And then my Garmin goes dead. Oh, well. Who needs it anyways? They time these things, right? (are you good at detecting foreshadowing?)
And do not ask me to remember what time we started at (minutes or seconds) because I have number dyslexia and if I don't write a number down- even if I do, I write it backwards, but it is all hopeless and getting worse with age (which honestly is no joke, since I work with statistics on a daily basis and need to quadruple check everything I do). Anyway. Why did I not start my stop watch?
Off we go and I run with Dorte and this gal Karina (turns out she is an ex professional cyclist turned runner at 30) for the first 2.5km. Ok, I'm thinking we are going super fast, but have no clue what kind of pace it is. Then it feels like Karina and Dorte suddenly start running even faster, but of course I am the one slowing.
I felt OK until the last 1km where the right sided stomach cramps return (pavement, I love you!) and cross the finish line at unknown time.
I ask- do you know my time? Blank stares. Woman looks at timer in her hand - says 19:19, but won't say if that was my time or the time at the moment. Sometimes chip timers suck and sometimes they are really nice. Am I obsessive?
I talked to Karina who came in not too far ahead of me. "What was your time?" She looks at her Garmin - 18:40. And it seemed like I was right behind her. So what was my time? Somewhere between 18:40 and 19:19. So there is a range. And of course 19:19 needs to be considered the PR because Í have no proof it was faster; I have just been running intervals that would predict around a 19 minute 5k.
I run to the car - honestly with tears in my eyes because I am so freaking stupid - grab a drink and then run back out on the route to finish with Natti. And in seriously no time, there she is, about to win for the girls and finish in (what they say was) 27:48. Anyway- a nearly 3 minute PR for her - and after a very little sleep slumber party. I am so happy for her and proud of her. All of her running and her dad's genes are working to her advantage. Soon she will beat me.
|Here is Dorte with her loot from the 10k win
IAU World Championships
I have not been able to find the words or the time to write about this yet. When something so out of proportion to your talent and ability happens, - and it is so wonderful - well...
So, I mentioned earlier the IAU Championships in Ultra Trail running because there had been discussion about sending a Danish team and maybe Denmark would send Dorte, Pia, me, among other women. Then it was pointed out I was American. Well, I have really wanted to be on a national ultra running team and I guess, who wouldn't right? I never in my WILDEST dreams thought I would make it onto the American team, but a highly unusual alignment of the stars happened when Michele Yates (this woman is an amazingly talented runner, folks, and has a shot at winning the individual womens' category) was looking for a couple women to fill in for two women who had dropped off of the team. I had some recommendation help from Olga and sent in a racing resume (I had luckily made an "athlete bio" just one week prior) and poof! I was on the team.
So I am going from my Western States research in California- to a brief stop home in Næstved to Wales for the July 6th race. 75 km of trails in Gwydyr Forest, Snowdonia Wales.
|Is there anything not to like about this?
Here is an article about the championships and the team from by Nancy Hobbs in The Examiner http://www.examiner.com/article/team-usa-to-compete-the-iau-world-trail-championships. (take a look at who the elder stateswoman is on the team! Yikes!)
Song of the day (only because I am dying to know if it is as popular in the US as it is in Denmark) Get Lucky by Daft Punk (seriously, are they German? They actually write GOOD music! hehehehe)


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Sash! - Ecuador (Official Video)
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Download or Stream: https://AltraModaMusic.lnk.to/Q7jcv Download or Stream The Best Of: https://AltraModaMusic.lnk.to/WT-mF SASH! is a German DJ/production team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen, Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas \"Alisson\" Lüdke. In the 90s they had great succes with the hits Encore Une Fois and Ecuador. They have sold over 22 million albums worldwide and earned more than 65 Gold and Platinum awards. #Sash! #Ecuador...