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Woody Harrelson
»Happiness makes you a success«
Woody Harrelson
Hollywood workaholic Woody Harrelson talks about his work, his political hopes and how he feels his daughters ground him
Mr. Harrelson, You seem to be in one film after the next at the moment. First Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, then Solo: A Star Wars Story. The Marvel film Venom is obviously lined up for the fall. A bit much, wouldn't you say?
Tell me about it. I have been overworking. There should be a limit on how many movies an actor can do. Because at some point you are going to burn out and people are going to burn out on you.
That doesn't seem to slow some actors down …
I've noticed, but I couldn't do that. First, your kids deserve to have you around and you are going to be around less if you're working all the time. And second, I am lazy by nature. I could lie in bed until 1 p.m. and then mosy down to the yard, maybe pick a mango before going next door to see my buddy, the country star Willie Nelson.
Do you really sometimes spend all morning in bed?
No, I get up at dawn when I haven't just spent the whole night playing poker with Willie. I really don't want to be doing so many films, but then I'm getting offers I'd be a fool to turn down. This year, I'm finally going to take a real break.
What form will that take?
I'll do a friendship tour, in other words, visit lots of my good friends. Then I'd like to travel Europe with my family and most of all, spend some more time in Italy. I'd like to learn to speak Italian! I also want to start playing a couple of instruments, get a good piano teacher, a good guitar teacher. Plus, I feel I need to be active and doing something to counter the bullshit that is going on. I am totally against fracking – I want to see how I can help with that.
You used to be a real activist, refused to pay your taxes for a while and even climbed onto the Golden Gate Bridge as an act of protest …
I would like to do more but with shooting nonstop recently, I haven't been able to. Also, everything I have done, it just cost me a lot and achieved nothing. It's a really corrupt system. That's why I have become a bit cynical.
Do you feel threatened?
I resist the feeling. No one who's as lucky as I am has a right to be cynical. Luckily, I have my family, which makes me hopeful. What they do comes more from the heart than the head. And there's a young generation growing up and they are coming from a very pure perspective. It's not connected to economics. These kids give me hope that finally, a change will happen.
What else helps you to overcome your cynicism?
I like doing things that scare me a little every once in a while, it's good for you.
What, for instance?
One time I was bus surfing with a friend. There's an opening in the top of the bus to get back down, and he jumped down, and then I started jumping down, but then I kind of sat for a moment and I was looking down at him and he said, "Come on man, let's go," and as I jumped, I felt the woosh right next to my head of a bridge that would have clipped me. Another time, I was going around a race track and went off it – going 105 miles an hour. Everybody who saw it thought it was a fatality. Somehow it's never my time.
You certainly don't seem like the typical, smooth Hollywood star.
That depends on which ones you mean. There are a lot who would strangle their grandmother to be a big success, but I've also met a lot of phenomenally cool people in Hollywood. I never felt like I was part of the Hollywood set, though. I don't have the desire to be the biggest star in the world, either. I've really always felt like an outsider. Even if I always had friends, I never belonged to a particular set – and anyway, now I live a few thousand miles away from Hollywood, on Hawaii.
What made you want to become an actor?
It had to do with Elvis Presley dying. I bought myself Elvis' Golden Oldies and learned them all by heart. One day, I was in the high school library and some of my buddies from the football team were telling me to do my Elvis, and the next thing I know I'm singing it in front of a whole crowd. And they started clapping and singing, and when I jumped up on the table they went crazy. And then this girl walked up after the song, Robin Rogers, and said, "I want you to come down and look at the theater. Think about doing a play. I was like: Oh absolutely, I will do that. Because I thought Robin Rogers was quite a catch. That's when I realized I couldn't imagine a much better job except maybe rock 'n' roll star.
I couldn't imagine a much better job except maybe rock 'n' roll star
You left the spotlight for a while in the late 1990s. Were you suffering from burnout?
Something like that. It felt to me like there was no end to the films. When you work 12 to 14-hour days, five, six days a week for month after month, year after year, at some point you stop enjoying it. I was also really disillusioned by all the hype around Larry Flynt.
But you were up for an Oscar for the role of porn king.
Yes, but weird things happened; there was a definite smear campaign that really harmed the movie. It was good to take time off after that, if longer than expected, five or six years. Then I came back and it was like starting at ground zero. Luckily my agent got me a couple of projects.
Did you worry about money during your time out?
That's not something I worry about. I have only one movie that I did mostly for the paycheck. I don't see success as something that makes you happy. Happiness makes you a success.
And what makes you happy?
I still have the zest of life, feel spontaneous and in the moment – like a boy even if I have matured some. When I feel weird, it's good to get out and play some kind of sport. I also try to meditate, but don't always succeed. There are too many distractions in my life, although they can also give me positive feelings – especially when my three daughters are the distraction.
Are you a role model for them?
Luckily not. I am a great example for my daughters for what not to do. But they are strong and tough, they see through falseness. At the same time, they are optimistic and open.


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The software programming team behind Boost has confirmed that the project will now move to the Git open source code management repository from its previous Subversion home.
The Boost Steering Committee has given its blessing for this move, which has been codesigned to facilitate the modularization of Boost library repositories.
The Boost libraries for C++ support tasks such as pseudorandom number generation, multi-threading, and image processing. Boost also works across unit testing functions and supports linear algebra.
Boost works on "almost any" modern operating system, including UNIX and Windows variants, and essentially exists to provide free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.
Described by its own programming team as "historically monolithic", the intention and aim now is to create a more light-footed development model and a more active library ecosystem.
In practical usage terms, a more active library ecosystem here means that a broader level of modularization will exist; and this in turn will mean that developers should be able to create their own forks, hacks, and submit pull requests in the manner that one would expect from a fully fledged distributed version-control system.
The Boost Steering Committee has given the final approval for the conversion from Subversion to Git, including the modularization of Boost library repositories.
Popular Linux and UNIX distributions such as Fedora, Debian, and NetBSD include pre-built Boost packages.
The Subversion repository was closed for all changes to all branches, including the sandbox at the end of November. The team has set aside a week for final validity checks, testing, and (for the more technically minded) there will also be "general scurrying around" to be done.
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By Michael Vitron, '12, '13 ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Answer: An event hosted by St. Bonaventure University's Center for Law and Society that tests students' knowledge of the American Constitution, with the winner receiving free textbooks for a semester. Question: What is Constitution Jeopardy? To coincide with National Constitution Day, SBU's Center for Law & Society is looking for nine undergraduate students to participate in the inaugural Constitution Jeopardy competition. The SBU student who is ultimately crowned Constitution Jeopardy champion will receive a semester's worth of textbooks (up to $350), with second place winning $100 Bona Bucks and third place winning $50 Bona Bucks.
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Two jockeys have been paralyzed at Arlington Park race track this year, and some wonder whether the new synthetic track is to blame.
The jockeys are concerned that the surface wasn't tested on humans, said Jerry Lassa, the local rep and national treasurer of the Jockeys' Guild, to the Tribune.
"They're not scared to ride. They're scared if they fall. They're wondering if they're going to be the next Rene Douglas or Michael Straight. ... Two guys in four months [on the synthetic Polytrack surface], that's a scary feeling."
Douglas went down May 23rd in the Arlington Matron Handicap when his mount, Born To Be, clipped heels with another horse and stumbled. Douglas landed on the synthetic surface, and Born To Be landed on top of him. Douglas went through seven hours of spinal surgery, but today remains paralyzed.
Straight fell in a similar incident on Aug. 26th. A steel rod was inserted in his spine, but he remains paralyzed as well.
Arlington Park President Roy Arnold pointed out that there has been a decline in injuries, and said that the best way to keep jockeys safe is to keep the horses safe.
The synthetic track was installed after the 2006 season.
According to the Tribune, in 2006, 22 horses were euthanized after falling on the natural track. In 2007, there were 14 "fatal breakdowns" on the synthetic track, and two on the natural track.
In 2008 the number of synthetic track fatal breakdowns went down again, to 12. But during this past year, the number has gone back up to 14. The season ends Sept 27.
Data released in 2008 at a racing safety summit shows there's little to no difference in fatality rates on synthetic and natural surfaces.


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Salvatore Solito-Small Dogs Toy
At Design Interviews
Interview with Salvatore Solito : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Salvatore Solito : My design it's emotional and instinctive. The inspiration for my works became from a desire, an emotion or a memory. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Salvatore Solito : Create an object that looks real and alive. Dog it's a toy which become a piece of furniture, you can find everywhere, when the hosts arrive.. it doesn't hidden itself in the toy box, because otherwise it's a mess, it is not ashamed to be a toy, it is dignified in manners, in colors and materials, it can stay in the living-room, in the kitchen, in the bedroom. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Salvatore Solito : I would like small dogs were produced in series, and distributed. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Salvatore Solito : from the first idea to the prototypes I spent 6 months. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Salvatore Solito : The project was commissioned by my daughter Giorgia; The desire and emotion of Giò were to have a small dog, like all children, I suppose .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Salvatore Solito : I think these products have to be accessible so they have to be produced in series, this will bring me to plan to sell or lease the production rights. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Salvatore Solito : Satisfy a child desire. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Salvatore Solito : for this project, I think at young families, children and gathering places, like children garden, playground. people who wants to give a cheerful touch to their home. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Salvatore Solito : Unique is the sentiment which inspired the object and urged my instinctive creativity, my daughter's desire for a dog. Normally, I put attention to the little things, little daily needs, little emotions, in this way I create healthy, pure and simple objects, aimed at the satisfaction of children and pleasantly useful for adults. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Salvatore Solito : To draw the small dogs I was inspired by real dogs, Hector and Dudu Tobia Small dogs are the most simple and direct way to group them into one project .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Salvatore Solito : Starting from hand sketches, I refined them using CAD software. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Salvatore Solito : the forms, which, although minimal, give the feeling of a dynamic, real objects. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Salvatore Solito : on production phase, I had a support of numeric control machine technician, who help me to finalize the shapes, working on prototipes. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Salvatore Solito : technology will be absolutely important to made this project a success, finding ways to produce them in series with quality and accessible price. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Salvatore Solito : My design is istinctive, so not influenced by cold statistical needs. I tried to reach the most easy and recognizable shape, then, I played with layers to give three-dimensional aspect. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Salvatore Solito : Of course, the main problem it's still the budget, specially for the proto phase, the economical moment don't help young designers to express themselves with all the potentiality they had. So I spent a lot of efforts and time to finish the project with a low cost budget. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Salvatore Solito : Pushed by all the people who appreciate my work and the desire to have one of my dogs at their home, I'm trying to made this project visible to a company which will bet on the possibility to produce and distribute them. I hope this award will give me this possibility. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Salvatore Solito : Following the different phases I discover that a real designer have to think at 360 degrees, looking at the aspect but in a realizable way. .
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A spate of high profile crude-by-rail accidents is making oil analysts consider how tighter rail safety standards could impact U.S. oil markets, by potentially crimping a mode of transport that has grown exponentially amid the shale drilling boom.
Any regulation or industry-driven move to hastily sideline a fleet of some 75,000 older tank cars commonly used for shipping crude could roil U.S. oil logistics, boost costs for refiners, and even hit output from North Dakota's giant Bakken field, oil analysts said.
The scenario that many view as more likely — where older railcars could be gradually retrofitted or retired — would be less disruptive but still raise transportation costs.
Tank cars known as DOT-111s are used to transport most of the 10 percent of U.S. oil production, or around 800,000 barrels per day, that is shipped by railroad. The cargoes have surged over the past half-decade, offering drillers in fast-growing shale plays like the Bakken a quick and flexible way to send barrels to consumer markets without relying on limited regional pipelines.
DOT-111 railcars built before 2011, which have been involved in several accidents, are under scrutiny for safety issues that make them more likely to puncture in a derailment.
Newer cars feature thicker steel and protective plates and fixtures, but the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has so far allowed older cars to stay in circulation, even as the Association of American Railroads has called for their "aggressive" retrofitting.
Although the vast majority of crude-by-rail shipments arrive safely, pressure has been mounting to boost safety after a runaway train exploded in Quebec last summer, killing 47, and a collision in North Dakota last month produced a massive fireball, caught on video.
Over the weekend, a train carrying North Dakota crude derailed in Philadelphia, although there was no fire or injuries.
"I view this as a potentially hugely significant tail risk," said Credit Suisse's Jan Stuart, referring to how new crude-by-rail safety measures could impact Bakken region oil logistics or production.
So far, the Department of Transportation has set a schedule for next year to draft new regulations, including updated tank car specifications, but it is facing pressure to move faster.
North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple on Tuesday became the latest politician to call for new tank car safety rules to be implemented immediately.
"Regulators have endorsed the new safety standards for newly built cars, but so far have not required any retrofitting," said Sandy Fielden of the RBN Energy consultancy in Austin. "If the existing fleet of older cars were to need retrofitting, it would be very disruptive."
In the fast-growing Bakken, where pipeline capacity has not kept up with oil production, more than 70 percent of output that is approaching 1 million bpd now moves by rail, according to the North Dakota Pipeline Authority.
Over half of the U.S. crude moved by rail hails from the Bakken, where the trend has allowed drillers to quickly send their barrels to refineries in the biggest fuel markets along U.S. coasts where they fetch higher prices, boosting profits.
"The most likely scenario is for regulators to gradually phase in safety improvements," said energy analyst Michael Wittner of Societe Generale. "That could increase transportation costs, but if there were a decision to replace older tank cars on short deadline, crude would be piling up in North Dakota."
Retrofitting the entire fleet of older DOT-111s would be costly and take up to ten years, the Rail Supply Institute, which represents tank car owners, said last year, in part because manufacturers are already struggling with a backlog of tank car orders. Newer DOT-111s feature safety improvements, but comprise only around 14,000 cars so far, according to the AAR.
Sidelining older DOT-111s could depress Bakken oil prices at the wellhead as producers compete for insufficient pipeline capacity, eventually hurting production, Fielden said. Any fall in deliveries by rail could force some coastal U.S. refineries to go back to buying more expensive crude imports.
If all older tankers were retrofitted, it could add between 20 and 40 cents per barrel to crude-by-rail costs, assuming a cost of $30,000 to $60,000 per car, according to a report this month from Turner, Mason & Company consultants.
Should producers have to rely just on pipelines, Bakken deliveries would plummet to less than 600,000 bpd at the most, less than 60 percent of daily output, according to the state pipeline authority.
Another risk under investigation by regulators is whether Bakken crude is more flammable than previously understood, the Department of Transportation said on Jan. 2.
Because of its rapid output growth and isolated location from fuel markets, only a small portion of Bakken crude is processed in facilities known as fractionation plants, which strip out volatile gases like propane and butane, known as light ends. The plants can require large up-front investment, and years to build.
"Regulatory costs are going to go up, it's just a question of how high and how fast," said Robert McNally, president at U.S. energy consultant Rapidan Group. "I expect officials will try to find a sweet spot where timely and adequate regulations … do not cripple Bakken economics."
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McCain, Palin, Obama; I Can See Clearly Now
[Election 2008]
I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight.....
If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."
Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.
If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, and you're a maverick.
Graduate from Harvard law School and be President of the Law Review, and you are unstable.
Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.
If you spend three years as a community organizer, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
If your total resume is: local weather girl, three years on the city council and six years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive.
If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising two beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.
If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you're very responsible.
If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America's.
If your husband is nicknamed "First Dude," with at least one DUI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.
OK, much clearer now.
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There's blood in the water and the sharks are circling.
At least, that's what it looks like based on the craziness in the Christian side of the Twitter- and blogospheres:
- People are continuing to wrestle, with varying degrees of helpfulness (very little, for the most part) with the Nathan Morales trial and the question of who knew what when. People continue to (again with varying degrees of helpfulness) press for statements from TGC's leadership.
- Tullian Tchividjian officially left TGC, something he'd planned to do (but evidently several months earlier than he'd originally intended), leading some to get their rage on even more.
- On the other end of the spectrum, Rachel Held Evans, in a ham-fisted effort to illustrate God being beyond gender (since He's neither male nor female) wrote a post referring to God as "She," and was declared a heretic for her trouble. She's since been asking everyone on the Internet if they think she is one.
There's a lot right and wrong with everything that's happening at the moment. Those who are legitimately angry about a horrific crime not being reported to police are right to be angry. The crime itself should never happen, ever, nor should any concerned parent feel like silence is acceptable.
But is it right to start spiralling and getting all conspiracy theory-y? Honestly, I'm not sure.
Because I'm friendly with a lot of TGC folks, I'm inclined to think the best of them. That's what we all do with people we like, though (which is sometimes what gets some of these things happening). But, of course, thinking the best of someone doesn't mean they're exempt from criticism, as we all also know…
Tchividjian, likewise, is a guy who has taken a lot of heat—and been called a lot of nasty names—because of his views on sanctification. Again, he's a guy I'm on good terms with, and I tend to agree with a lot of where he's coming from (even if I'd nuance some of it differently). But does that mean he's the right horse to bet on in the sanctification debate? Probably no more than Mark Jones is (I'm one of the few who didn't find his book Antinomianism terribly compelling or helpful).
And then there's Evans. Is it fair to call her a heretic for her attempt to say God is beyond gender? I don't know; at a minimum, I'd think it's more accurate to say she's a sloppy lay theologian who lets her desire to win the Internets get the better of her and cries foul whenever her bluff is called. (Full disclosure: this opinion is based on her public persona as I have no personal relationship or connection with her.)
When a perfect storm of crazy comes together like it did this week, it's easy for people to get their rage on. But we should also remember something really important: We don't do anger well. Paul (and the Psalmist) encourage us to "be angry and do not sin" (Eph. 4:26; Psalm 4:4). James warns that our tongues are "a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell" (James 3:6).
We should take this seriously. If even our righteous anger yields unrighteous results, particularly because of our hasty, harsh, mean-spirited words, it means we've got a problem. We should all be very cautious about how we use our words—especially when we're angry! We say things we'll regret. We say things we mean in the wrong way. And worst, we don't take our words and redirect them to the Lord.
We don't pray. We don't ask for God's wisdom. We don't ask for God to reveal to us the state of our hearts.
That's the danger we're all in in this latest hullabaloo—and it's the thing we, individually, need to protect ourselves against the most.
And sometimes the best way to do that is to just chill out, have a cookie and ask God for wisdom. You might feel better if you do.
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Phillip and Jackie Mills, the creators of Les Mills, have written a new book titled "Fighting Globesity." The book advocates the term "globesity," which is the relationship between personal fitness, national health systems and global sustainability. The book outlines three parts to achieve a fit body: creating a successful fitness lifestyle, eating in a way that will transform a person's health and the planet, and becoming eco-friendly in aspects of our lives.
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The DashTrak combines the features of a pedometer, high-end sports watch and a heart-monitoring device. At 1½ by 2 inches, the DashTrak weighs less than an ounce. Users can use the information recorded each day and upload it onto the DashTrak Wellness Web site to keep track of their results.
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Weddings: Something Borrowed, Something New
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A blushing bride glows in her gold-trimmed red sari. Mardi Gras Indians dressed in vibrant feathers move to the beat of a drum. A happy couple, clad in jewel-toned robes, bow reverently before their elders. From jumping the broom to tying the knot, wedding celebrations in America are as diverse as the nation itself. Join chef Lidia Bastianich on a matrimonial odyssey in her new PBS special.
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Post-Tropical Cyclone ORLENE
ZCZC MIATCDEP1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE ORLENE DISCUSSION NUMBER 25 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP162016 800 PM PDT FRI SEP 16 2016 Deep organized convection has been absent in Orlene for over 18 hours at this point. Given the expectation of continued hostile conditions - cool SSTs and a stable, dry atmosphere - convection is unlikely to resume and Orlene is now considered a post-tropical remnant low. Peak winds are estimated to be about 30 kt, assuming a continued spin down of the circulation. The system should gradually weaken and open up into a trough in about three days. Orlene is moving toward the west at about 8 kt. The remnant low should advect along in the low-level trade wind flow at a somewhat faster forward speed until dissipation. FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 17/0300Z 20.1N 127.7W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 12H 17/1200Z 20.1N 129.3W 30 KT 35 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 24H 18/0000Z 20.0N 131.7W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 36H 18/1200Z 19.9N 134.2W 25 KT 30 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 48H 19/0000Z 19.9N 136.7W 20 KT 25 MPH...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW 72H 20/0000Z...DISSIPATED $$ Forecaster Landsea NNNN


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A student and instructor of Okinawa Kenpo Karate and Kobudo. Thoughts on Karate, Tai Chi, ACL Reconstruction and the Challenges of Parenting.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
I Don't Know
The following topic has come up at work in the last few weeks. Often I overhear employees respond to questions from the boss with a shrug of the shoulders and "I don't know". When I hear the words I cringe. It is not because of the "I don't know" part. It is because the words are not followed by a "but..."
but I will find out.
but I will look into it.
but I will let you know.
Other responses could be...
Let me get back to you.
I will get you the information you need.
The same is true for the karate instructor. When students ask a question, it is ok not to know the answer. The amount of knowledge to acquire while learning a martial art is endless. There is always something to practice, read, learn and explore. Similar to my work example, "I don't know" could be followed with:
but let's find out.
but we can research the topic.
but let's explore the question.
and so on...
In fact, "I don't know" opens the door to new learning opportunities.
Enjoy your training!
Thank you to the readers and followers of this blog. I appreciate your comments!
7 comments:
- Journeyman said...
Great point, Michele. I can't tell you number of times an interesting question has turned into a whole class of discovery and experimentation.
- October 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Michele said...
Hi Journeyman! Thanks for commenting. I know what you mean. It is one of the things I like best about studying karate. :)
- October 16, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- Charles James said...
Pride, ego and status tend to put Sensei into a mode of "I must know everything ... now."
You make some very good points that have plagued the dojo for decades, both here and in Asia.
No one is infallable, no one is all knowing and all of us at every level are subject to "not knowing the answers," but as you put so well we all, all of us at every level, have the tools to "find out the answers."
Well done, love the post!
- October 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- Michele said...
Charles James: Thank you!
- October 19, 2011 at 6:23 AM
- BBat50 said...
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- October 19, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- BBat50 said...
My approach to trying to balance work and dojo and family and blogging is that sometimes...it can't be done. All things in their season but there are some seasons when you can't keep up in all your spheres. I just relax, admit that I'm going to drop some balls in whatever area, and make plans for how long it'll last and how I'll make it up later.
No worries. And when you do get back to blogging, stop by my martial arts blog: a Black Belt at 50. BBat50.com.
- October 22, 2011 at 6:15 PM
- SenseiMattKlein said...
So true Michele. The ego gets in the way of admitting that we don't have all the answers, but it's absolutely refreshing when someone admits they do not know, but will find out.
Students sometimes ask me a question like, "will it work with the other arm or leg?" I tell them "I do not know but let's workshop the technique and find out for ourselves."
- November 25, 2011 at 8:36 AM


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As popular as Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones and iPads is, it functions largely the same as it did when it was first introduced more than six years ago.That normally wouldn't be a big deal, but as mobile OS usage eats into normal PC OS usage, it's becoming more apparent that Apple still has a lot of work to do when it comes to productivity, content creation, and multitasking.
Kontra of Counternotions, a really smart anonymous blogger who comments on Apple design a lot, has a new post on the multitasking issue in iOS.
Here's the key paragraph that demonstrates just how difficult it is to work between multiple apps:
In iOS, this involves double-clicking the Home button, swiping in the tray to find the other app, waiting for it to (re)load fully, locating the app view necessary to copy, double-clicking the Home button, finding the previous app in the tray and waiting for it to (re)load fully to paste the previously copied material. That's just one operation between two apps. Composing a patient review for a doctor or creating a presentation for a student can easily involve many such operations among multiple apps.
What a pain.
Kontra has a temporary solution that Apple could implement in its next version of iOS, which is expected to launch as early as this summer. Apple could add what Kontra calls a "multi-slot clipboard" that would let you copy multiple items at once before plugging them into another app. It seems like such a feature would be easy for Apple to add without confusing users. Plus it'll give Apple another full year to figure out a more robust way to multitask.
But even as Apple lags behind, some of its biggest competitors are already addressing multitasking on the touchscreen in their latest smartphones and tablets.
Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system, which was designed primarily for touchscreen devices, has a unique multitasking feature that lets you "snap" any app to the side of your display. It's also very easy to cycle between apps in Windows 8 by swiping your finger from the left to right side of your screen.
Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 and 8.0 Android tablets also let you run two apps at once in a split screen, although there are only about 20 apps that utilise that feature right now. Some of Samsung's Galaxy smartphones like the Galaxy S III let you run multiple apps at once in separate windows.
Finally, BlackBerry's new operating system, BlackBerry 10, has the best multitasking function we've ever seen on a smartphone. Swiping from the bottom to the top of the screen reveals the apps you have running in the background, making it incredibly easy to switch between them.
Yes, adding a more robust multitasking solution to iOS could alienate and confuse some people who have become familiar with the operating system over the years. Just look at all the confusion Microsoft caused with its radical new Windows 8 design.
But if tablets are going to eventually replace regular laptops and PCs for most users, multitasking and productivity are two very important things Apple will have to expand on.
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Rezinal Nv – SKF Xtra Power Transmission Belt reduced unplanned downtime in zinc extraction fan
Rezinal is Europe's largest secondary zinc producer, and one of the global leaders in its market. A recycler of galvanizers' ashes and old roofing zinc, the company separates the metal from oxides and impurities, resells the oxides, and remelts and casts the zinc for resale.
Challenge: fan reliabilityIn the Rezinal stocking warehouse, an extraction fan is used to remove zinc dust from the air. The fan operates in an extremely harsh environment and runs 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. These conditions led to reliability problems with the fan's power transmission belt drive. The standard belt life was approximately 3 months on average. Rezinal tested a high-performance belt in the application and improved belt life to roughly 8 months. Despite the improved performance, the company remained unsatisfied with the fan's frequent maintenance requirements, because maintaining a ceiling extraction fan is difficult and expensive.
Solution: SKF Xtra Power Transmission BeltsSKF recommended the installation of test belts from the new SKF Xtra Power Transmission Belt series. Designed to deliver up to 40% more power than standard wrapped belts, these power belts offer drive efficiency of up to 97%, providing smooth running behaviour, low vibration levels and resistance to shock loads. The belt's performance advantages result from an innovative design which includes homogeneous, coordinated integration of the transmission belt, flank and pulley groove, and an optimized cover fabric.
Tension members for SKF Xtra Power Belts are polyester coated, to accommodate heavy tension loads with minimal elongation. A fibre filled compound that encases the tension cords enables the belts to accommodate higher dynamic loads without compromising flexibility. The cover fabric provides excellent wear and abrasion resistance while providing excellent bending strength. The antistatic cover fabric is oil and heat resistant. In addition, the belt offers a one-shot tensioning design which requires no retensioning after the initial run-in period.


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text: At popular request, take a bow See-Double-You , we are going to try something that should be beneficial to all. For sale or wanted to buy threads should still be posted in the Flea Market forums, but understanding the geographical issues we would like to use this thread to allow you to advertise your items locally in the Alaska forum by posting a link to the ad in the flea market as a post in this thread. The rules are simple: Everybody gets one shot to promote their wares or wanted ad here with no chatter or 'bumps" in this thread. If you see it and you are interested, either respond by PM or post in the original thread in the Flea Market. Try to keep you post short, with maybe a one line summary and the actual link to the post in the Flea Market.


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Ok there are many variations to this recipe. I will post some of my favs, and you all can experiment and let me knwo what variations you make and like...
Fruit Pizza
I roll of sugar cookie dough
Strawberry Cream cheese (premade or make with blended cream cheese and fresh strawberries)
Roll room temp cookie dough to fit rectangle bakind sheet.
spread with Strawberry Cream Cheese
top with Favoorite berries, I use strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries...YUMMMY..
Tropical Pizza
sugar cookie dough as above
spread with pineapple or cherry cream cheese (blend ream cheese with crushed pineappple or marschino cherries)
Top with chunked pineapple, coconut, mandarin oranges, kiwi and cherries
Choco Peanut butter Pizza
Roll of Peanut Butter cookie dough
Spread with PB coolwhip ( 1/2 c PB blended with 1 container of coolwhip)
Topped with chopped PB cups, choopped peanuts, mini choc chips, and then drizzle with chocolate and peanutbutter sauce. (found itn the ice cream sundea topping area)
YUMMMY-- choc PB and berry are my fav!!!


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Accusoft Pegasus has released ImageGear Version 17 for .NET and Silverlight. The new ImageGear SDKs deliver tools that accelerate development of custom imaging applications using ASP.NET, WPF, and Silverlight.
Within ImageGear for .NET, a new ASP.NET client-server solution provides a "zero footprint" web-based viewer that requires no client installation. It harnesses the client CPU to deliver a faster, crisper viewing experience than competing AJAX offerings. The result is image viewing support for 100 file formats including TIFF and PDF, and improved operator efficiency.
This release also adds image annotation support for WPF and Silverlight. ImageGear for .NET and Silverlight allow rich viewing experiences with advanced user interface features while promoting document collaboration between users through powerful annotation capabilities. Documents can be marked up and shared by viewers, enabling new workflow solutions within and between enterprises. For WPF and Silverlight development environments, software engineers are provided high-level controls, a fast display engine, and sophisticated layout options.
ImageGear controls the image capture process and strictly adheres to image compression standards. Software engineers use ImageGear to build applications for end users that display, convert, and manipulate over 100 image file types through a common interface, including raster files such as TIFF and JPEG, and vector files including PDF and CAD. The annotation support facilitates enterprise collaboration, and the image processing features improve image display quality and reduce file sizes.


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LONDON (AP) -- As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to honor the 28 victims, especially the children, by pushing for stronger gun control laws.
Twitter users and media personalities in the U.K. immediately invoked Dunblane _ a 1996 shooting in that small Scottish town which killed 16 children. That tragedy prompted a campaign that ultimately led to tighter gun controls effectively making it illegal to buy or possess a handgun in the U.K.
"This is America's Dunblane," British CNN host Piers Morgan wrote on Twitter. "We banned handguns in Britain after that appalling tragedy. What will the U.S. do? Inaction not an option."
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard called Friday's attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a "senseless and incomprehensible act of evil."
"Like President Obama and his fellow Americans, our hearts too are broken," Gillard said in a statement, referring to the U.S. leader's emotional expression of condolence.
Australia confronted a similar tragedy in 1996, when a man went on a shooting spree in the southern state of Tasmania, killing 35 people. The mass killing sparked outrage across the country and led the government to impose strict new gun laws, including a ban on semi-automatic rifles.
Rupert Murdoch recalled that incident in a Twitter message calling the shootings "terrible news" and asking "when will politicians find courage to ban automatic weapons? As in Oz after similar tragedy."
The mass shooting in Connecticut left 28 people dead, including 20 children. The gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, killed his mother at their home Friday before beginning his deadly rampage inside the school in Newtown, then committed suicide, police said.
Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Union's executive Commission, said: "Young lives full of hope have been destroyed. On behalf of the European Commission and on my own behalf, I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this terrible tragedy."
British Prime Minister David Cameron, said he was "deeply saddened" to learn of the "horrific shooting."
"My thoughts are with the injured and those who have lost loved ones," he said. "It is heartbreaking to think of those who have had their children robbed from them at such a young age, when they had so much life ahead of them."
Queen Elizabeth II sent a message to President Barack Obama, saying she was shocked to learn of the "dreadful loss of life" and that the thoughts and prayers of all in the U.K. are with those affected by the events.
The Vatican said Pope Benedict XVI conveyed "his heartfelt grief and the assurance of his closeness in prayer to the victims and their families, and to all those affected by the shocking event" in a condolence message to the monsignor of the diocese in Connecticut that includes Newtown.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her "deepest sympathy" is reserved for relatives of the victims.
"Once again we stand aghast at a deed that cannot be comprehended," she said in a statement. "The thought of the murdered pupils and teachers makes my heart heavy."
But amid the messages of condolences, much of the discussion after the Connecticut rampage centered on gun control _ a baffling subject for many in Asia and Europe, where mass shootings also have occurred but where access to guns is much more heavily restricted.
In messages to Obama, French President Francois Hollande said he was "horrified" by the shooting while Prince Albert II in the tiny principality of Monaco expressed sadness over the "unspeakable tragedy."
Russian leader Vladimir Putin called the events "particularly tragic" given that the majority of the victims were children. "Vladimir Putin asked Barack Obama to convey words of support and sympathy to the families and friends of the victims and expressed his empathy with the American people," the Kremlin said in a statement.
Father Giuseppe Piemontese _ an Assisi-based official of the Franciscan order, founded to further the cause of peace _ lamented that there are `'so many, too many" tragic shootings that "raise the question about the ease with which you can legally procure arms in the United States, to then use them in a murderous way."
The attack quickly dominated public discussion in China, rocketing to the top of topic lists on social media and becoming the top story on state television's main noon newscast.
China has seen several rampage attacks at schools in recent years, though the attackers there usually use knives and not guns. The most recent attack happened Friday, when a knife-wielding man injured 22 children and one adult outside a primary school in central China.
With more than 100,000 Chinese studying in U.S. schools, a sense of shared grief came through.
"Parents with children studying in the U.S. must be tense. School shootings happen often in the U.S. Can't politicians put away politics and prohibit gun sales?" Zhang Xin, a wealthy property developer, wrote on her feed on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service, where she has 4.9 million followers.
Some in South Korea, whose government does not allow people to possess guns privately, also blamed a lack of gun control in the United States for the high number of deaths in Connecticut.
Chosun Ilbo, South Korea's top daily, speculated in an online report that it appears "inevitable" that the shooting will prompt the U.S. government to consider tighter gun control.
In Thailand, which has one of Asia's highest rates of murder by firearms and has seen schools attacked by Islamist insurgents in its southern provinces, a columnist for the English-language daily newspaper The Nation blamed American culture for fostering a climate of violence.
"Repeated incidents of gunmen killing innocent people have shocked the Americans or us, but also made most people ignore it quickly," Thanong Khanthong wrote on Twitter. "Intentionally or not, Hollywood and video games have prepared people's mind to see killings and violence as normal and acceptable," he wrote.
Condolences poured in also from Baghdad.
"We feel sorry for the victims and their families," said Hassan Sabah, 30, owner of stationary shop in eastern Baghdad. "This tragic incident shows there is no violence-free society in the world, even in Western and non-Muslim countries."
Samir Abdul-Karim, a 40-year-old government employee from eastern Baghdad said the attack "shows clearly that U.S. society is not perfect and the Americans do have people with criminal minds and who are ready to kill for the silliest reasons."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his condolences to the American nation at the start of his remarks in Kabul on Saturday about Afghanistan's foreign policy.
"Such incidents should not happen anywhere in the world," Karzai said, adding that Afghanistan frequently witnesses such tragedies and can sympathize with those affected.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed those sentiments in a letter to Obama expressing his horror at the "savage massacre," saying that his country knows the "shock and agony" such cruel acts can bring.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda sent a condolence message to Obama for the families of the victims.
"The sympathy of the Japanese people is with the American people," he said. In Japan, guns are severely restricted and there are extremely few gun-related crimes.
In the Philippines, a society often afflicted by gun violence, President Benigno Aquino III said he and the Filipino people stand beside the United States "with bowed heads, yet in deep admiration over the manner in which the American people have reached out to comfort the afflicted, and to search for answers that will give meaning and hope to this grim event."
Close to 50 people gathered Saturday on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach to mourn the victims as part of a demonstration organized by an anti-violence group called Rio de Paz, or Rio of Peace.
Twenty-six black crosses were planted on the white sands of the beach _ one for each victim at the school. Messages of solidarity written in English hung from some the crosses.
One of them read: "In Brazil we understand the pain of senseless violence. We grieve the pain at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut."
Associated Press writers Grant Peck and Thanyarat Doksone in Bangkok, Tais Vilela in Rio de Janeiro, Kristen Gelineau in Sydney, Malcolm Foster and Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo, Charles Hutzler in Beijing, Sam Kim in Seoul, South Korea, Oliver Teves in Manila, Philippines, Sameer N. Yacoub in Baghdad, Don Melvin in Brussels, Jim Heintz in Moscow, Frances D'Emilio in Rome, Deb Riechmann in Kabul and Tia Goldenberg in Jerusalem contributed to this report.
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text: Atlantic puffins live most of their lives at sea. In the spring and summer months, these sea birds leave their aquatic posts to gather in large numbers on coastal cliffs and offshore islands to reproduce. While it's well-understood that puffins gather in large numbers within their breeding colonies, surprisingly little is known of their life at sea or of their foraging habits when raising chicks. In an attempt to better understand puffin foraging behavior, seabird biologist Dr. Marie Martin of NOAA's Woods Hole Laboratory visited the National Aquarium recently to test several GPS units on our puffins. GPS tagging is often used to study and track various species in their natural habitats without being intrusive. Recent advances in GPS technology have provided tags small enough to be used on these birds. Working with aquarium aviculturists, optimal tag placement sites and attachment methods were investigated. Using these techniques, Dr. Martin will travel to Maine this summer to tag puffins with identical GPS units for deployment into the Gulf of Maine. Information gathered from this project will allow scientists to better understand puffin diets and the relationship between climate change, recent shifts in food fish populations, and declining productivity at several colonies. Dr. Martin's work is in collaboration with the National Audubon Society's Project Puffin, which works to understand the species and help reestablish historic breeding colonies on several offshore islands in Maine. For more information on Project Puffin and how you can help support Atlantic puffin conservation, click here. Tags: puffins, project-puffin, national-aquarium-experts, ken-howell, atlantic-puffins Categories: Animals Previous Post Next Post


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Mailbox break-ins leave West Sac residents concerned about ID theft
At least 10 locked mailboxes were opened
When residents who live along Kauai Road in West Sacramento came to their community mailbox Monday morning, they found at least 10 of the boxes pried open, and their lock busted.
They told KCRA 3 their mail was stolen.
Some of the residents said they spent the rest of their day trying to protect their money and identity.
"You call the post office, you call the postmaster general. You call the police department," said Chad Sherlock, a resident on the street. "You got to call all your credit cards. You got to call all your banks. You got to call your mortgage. And you got to run around getting new cards and stuff."
The United States Post Office is investigating how many mailbox thefts took place in the neighborhood.
The spokesperson for the post office said investigators have good leads in the case.
Meanwhile, the residents on Kauai Road have to make trips to the post office to get their mail until the boxes are fixed.
"It's kind of frustrating, because I have orders I am getting -- and now, I have to wait to get them even longer," said Wil Chavez, another resident on the street.


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We've all heard it hundreds of times — we have to get enough vegetables in our diets to keep us healthy. I don't know about you, but I even count french fries as vegetables when I'm feeling really guilty. So if we know that veggies are healthy and good for us, why don't we eat them all the time? That question I can't answer (I'll leave it up to the psychologists and dieticians of the world). But what I can answer is what vegetables can do for us, and the answer is something amazing.
Dr. Terry Wahls, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Iowa, found out some pretty incredible things about the food we eat on her journey to cure herself of her own chronic disease, multiple sclerosis. In her book, "Minding My Mitochondria: How I overcame secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and got out of my wheelchair," she details her journey from a wheelchair-dependent patient who could walk only short distances with two canes, to being fully physically functional, to the point where she actually biked 18 miles the following year.
The secret to her successful recovery? Her study of brain cell biology and the vitamins and minerals that her cells needed to function. As a medical doctor, she already knew that each cell had tiny mitochondria inside that helped it to function properly, and that myelin was necessary to insulate our brain cells and all of our nervous system's connective wiring. She learned that taking B vitamins, sulfur and antioxidants would help the cells do their job. Originally she took supplements to get what she needed, but then realized that if she got the necessary nutrients from food, she would also take in thousands more nutrients whose benefits she did not even know.
So she designed a diet that would provide optimum brain function. And guess what the main component of her diet was? That's right — vegetables, and not just your garden variety either (pun intended).
She recommends eating greens like kale and parsley, which are chock full of nutrients. She also recommends eating what she calls "color" vegetables — peppers, carrots and beets, and also eating lots of berries — like strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. Finally, she rounds out her diet with wild fish and grass-fed meat, to make up what she calls a "hunter-gatherer" diet — in essence, the same things that the human race has been eating for 2.5 million years.
And she doesn't recommend eating small amounts of these fruits and veggies either — three cups of each category every day — that's nothing to sniff at.
To find out more about her diet, click here.
The bottom line is this: Veggies are not only good for us, they are also the building blocks that our body uses to function and should be treated as necessary items to eat each day. And though we might spend more on all these exotic veggies now (yes, a head of kale does cost more than a can of Spam), Wahl says that we'll save in the long run, not having to pay for expensive drugs, doctor visits, and even nursing home care, all the while protecting our health.
Now that sounds like it's worth every penny to me.
— Chanie
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I don't know why, but I've always been totally intimidated by quilters. I mean, I'm a mad sewer and seamstress extraordinaire if I do say so myself, but there is something about the little intricacies of bits and pieces of quilting fabric. This goes here, this goes there, wait, what do I do with this piece? And how do I make it match up with that one?! I signed up for a quilting class recently and I am super excited to take it. But in the meantime...
One of my best friends is having a baby. I really wanted to make her new little addition a special baby blanket. One that was almost Charlie Brown-ish. (think Linus' security blanket that he takes everywhere) I wanted it to be that special. I knew I didn't want to crochet it, and I knew that I wanted it to be warm and cushiony so that she could lay him on it on the floor if she wanted to. I had some great leftover linen from making her a baby sling, so I looked around for other complementary fabric that I could match with it; and as not to overwhelm myself, I figured, how hard could a bunch of squares be? Also, with it only being a baby blanket, the size wouldn't be overwhelming either. Here's what went down:
How to Sew a Lap Quilt
I used a CD case as a template for my squares, which are actually more rectangular, because of the CD case shape, but it worked perfect. I cut out 36 total, from 4 different fabrics. My quilt would be 6x6 blocks. I then laid them on the living room floor so I could arrange them the way I wanted to. Keeping aware of the seam lines, I knew I would lose quite a bit of fabric, so make sure when you estimate a good size for yourself, you remember that you will lose inches when sewing. Arrange your blocks in whatever pattern appeals to you.
Start with the first row and sew all the pieces together, the way they're set up on the floor. I laid each one back down on the ground after sewing so that I wouldn't get backwards with my pattern. It's easy to do, trust me. Better being overly cautious than having to grab your seam ripper. Once you finish that row, lay it back on the ground in the right pattern and move on to the next row. Finish each row the same. Now moving back to the first line, iron the seams down in one direction. This will make it easier to sew together. Make sure that each rows' seams all lie in the same direction. Now it's time to join the rows together. Start with rows 1 and 2. Sew together in the direction that your ironed seams will lay flat. Continue with the rest of your rows. At this point, I like to iron down the new longer seams and stitch them flat. It will make it easier to stitch in the ditch later on. It does for me anyway. But remember, this is my first quilt, and I'm only relaying what works best for me.
Have a piece of fleece or cotton batting handy that is slightly larger than your sewn quilt blocks. Lay your quilt on the fleece right side up and pin each square in the center to the material. This helps hold your cloth in place so that it doesn't shift or stretch too much, though it still might do so. That's why you want your fleece to be bigger than your quilt blocks. It doesn't matter what you use for batting, as long as it's breathable, washable, and thick enough to give you the cushion you want. You won't be able to see it in your finished quilt. Take the whole thing back to your machine, or if you're hand sewing, work where you're comfortable, and start sewing in the ditch. Just follow each seam line with your needle, creating the raised quilt affect. I'm sure this has a technical name, but I don't know what it is. I make up my own words anyway. :) Stitch around the whole outside of the quilt as well, with about 1/4 inch of allowance, attaching the edges to the fleece.
Take the time now to clip any loose strings so that you are not overwhelmed in the end. Lay your quilt down (right side up) on a larger solid piece of fabric, preferably similar to that of your top for washing convenience. The edges of your bottom piece should extend 2 inches from your quilt blocks. I used a solid dark brown to match my quilt. I'll just use the word brown to talk about that piece of fabric. Using your pins, fold the edge of the brown fabric inward to match the edge of the quilt. Do this all the way around. Coming back to the beginning, remove your pins one at a time, and fold the brown fabric inward again, this time overlapping your quilt. Pin it down again. Repeat this step all the way around, turning in the corners if you like before folding in. Sew down your edging in whatever way you like. You can use any fancy stitch that appeals to you, or just straight stitch it all the way around. I used a double straight stitch close to the inner edges.
If you like, you can stitch in the ditch again, or you can do what I did, which is just to thread a needle with embroidery thread and stitch down from the top and up through the bottom in a few corner blocks and then tie the edges of the thread together in a double knot. This helps to hold the quilt together to keep it from bunching. If you're really crafty, you can embroider something bigger in the quilt as a whole, or use your machine to freehand stitch it in curves and angles or other fun shapes.
All done! This makes a great new baby gift. It could also be a great seasonal gift if you used fabrics to match holidays and such. Or even a family heirloom using special garments that mean something to those you love! Be creative and use your heart and imagination! Happy sewing!
Update: I took that quilting class and I am definitely hooked! As far as technique goes, my "just winging it" version was very similar to what was instructed in the class. However, the binding instructions were totally different. While it was great to learn a new skill, I think I'll stick with my way for now! I can't wait to make more!
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Tyler Scaife had 21 points and Kahleah Copper had 17 points and 12 rebounds on Wednesday night to lead No. 24 Rutgers past Temple 67-58.
Copper scored back-to-back baskets and Betnijah Laney added two free throws to cap a 6-0 run that gave Rutgers (21-6, 12-4 American Athletic Conference) a 63-55 lead with 3:37 to go. Laney had 11 points and six rebounds for Rutgers.
The Scarlet Knights scored only four more points the rest of the game, but the Owls (12-15, 6-10) presented no challenge as they missed their last six field goals.
The Owls fell behind 8-0 to start the game and trailed the entire way. They closed to within 31-28 at halftime, and Natasha Thames cut the gap to 57-55 on a three-point play with 5:30 left in the game.
Feyonda Fitzgerald had 17 points and Tyonna Williams had 15 to lead Temple.


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Protests and demonstrations continued nationwide Saturday following the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, 37, by police in Baton Rouge on Tuesday and the death of Philando Castile, 32, on Wednesday night in a St. Paul, Minnesota suburb, cities which both saw heated protests on Saturday.
Scores of protesters were arrested after shutting down main arteries in a number of U.S. cities, with some demonstrations morphing into violent confrontations with police.
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"I'd like all sides to listen to each other," Obama said as he answered a reporter's question after meeting with Spain's acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, during his shortened first visit to Spain as president.
It was the fourth straight day that Obama has commented on a series of distressing events back home.
State police spokesman Doug Cain says about a dozen people were arrested Sunday night in Baton Rouge, which has seen a long weekend of protests against the police killing of a black man last week.
Charges were not immediately clear.
A crowd of about 200 protesters shouted "No justice, no peace!" as officers in helmets and other tactical gear watched from the other side of a street near Interstate 110.
About a block away, dozens of law enforcement officers and nearly 30 police vehicles assembled near an underpass, shutting down Government Street.
On Saturday, prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson and three reporters were among 99 people arrested during demonstrations in Baton Rouge.
Mckesson, who live-streamed his arrest on Periscope, was walking alongside Airline Highway when he was detained.
A police officer appears to tell Mckesson, who was walking on the shoulder of the road, that he'd been "flagged" for walking on the highway, NBC News reported.
"You with them loud shoes, I see you on the road. If I get close to you you're going to jail. You better keep walking."
Protesters were demonstrating against the shooting death Tuesday of 37-year-old Alton Sterling.
Mckesson was released early Sunday morning. He and fellow protesters were charged with "simple obstruction of highway commerce," according to court records from East Baton Rouge Parish Jail.
Police used smoke bombs to clear demonstrators blocking Interstate 94 in St. Paul during a protest sparked by the recent police killings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana.
The smoke was used just after midnight Saturday when about 200 protesters were in the roadway as police in riot gear slowly moved in.
Authorities say 21 St. Paul officers and six state troopers sustained non-serious injuries when hit by rocks, firecrackers and bottles thrown by protesters. More than 100 people were arrested in Saint Paul, police said.
A leader on a loudspeaker urged the group to march to the governor's mansion, where protesters have gathered since the fatal police shooting Wednesday night of Philando Castile. The 32-year-old black man was shot during a traffic stop in suburban St. Paul.
Hundreds of people have marched in New York City for the third consecutive day to protest police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota.
The protesters chanted "Black lives matter" and "No justice, no peace" as they marched through Manhattan on Saturday. As many as 1,000 people joined the protest, but many left when it started raining.
Police officers marched alongside the protesters and tried to keep them on the sidewalk. A police spokesman said there were at least 20 arrests.
Protester Cynthia Howell said she is not against the police but she wants to see accountability.
Howell is a niece of Alberta Spruill, who died of a heart attack in 2003 after police threw a concussion grenade into her Harlem apartment.
Howell said officers who do "reckless, dangerous things" must be held accountable.
And further upstate in Rochester, 74 people were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct during a protest on July 9 and 10.
Angry protesters in Philadelphia marched to two police precincts in the northern part of the city, facing off with police officers who kept calm as demonstrators shouted slogans and sometimes taunted them.
Hundreds of people took part in Saturday's six-hour march, which attracted a multiracial, multi-ethnic crowd upset over the fatal shooting of black men. They sought to shut down police activity and traffic in the precincts as part of what they proclaimed a "weekend of rage."
Protesters yelled expletives at police standing outside the district building, NBC affiliate WCAU reported. Police said no arrests were made in connection to Saturday's protests.
"The police kill people, they're killing us and I think yelling at the police is a way to get out some of our aggression," said Ariel Taylor, one of the protesters.
In Pittsburgh Saturday, several hundred people broke off from the city's 200th anniversary parade to protest recent police shootings across the country. Some were affiliated with Black Lives Matter.
They marched from Point State Park on Saturday afternoon to the county courthouse.
Several hundred protesters took to the streets of San Francisco, blocking several roads and ramps to get on and off the Bay Bridge.
The California Highway Patrol closed access to the bridge at least two times Saturday afternoon when protesters took over freeway ramps, causing traffic to back up.
The group began marching from the city's Hall of Justice to the downtown shopping area, causing a temporary shutdown of a popular mall as the crowd gathered there to chant slogans and make speeches.
In central California, several hundred protesters blocked several intersections as they marched against police brutality in central Fresno. Officers in riot gear blocked an on-ramp to keep the protesters from entering State Route 41.
In Chicago, hundreds of protesters attempted to shut down the Taste of Chicago food festival in an event dubbed "No Justice, No Revenue," according to the event's Facebook description.
"The Taste of Chicago Shutdown" took place around 5 p.m. ET, with many of the demonstrators staging a die-in.
Protesters continued to march through downtown Chicago, staging sit-ins and blocking traffic at multiple locations near Grant Park and Millennium Park. Police said 14 people were arrested.
Hundreds of people marched in West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale as part of the Black Lives Matter movement in demonstrations that ended peacefully.
Protesters in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday chanted "No justice, no peace" and "Hands up, don't shoot." At one point the protest stopped outside a Broward County jail and prisoners banged on windows in support.
The demonstrations came after police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, and the deadly sniper attack on police officers in Dallas.
A Palm Beach Post reporter tweeted a photo of a protester shaking a police officer's hand as the West Palm Beach protest disbursed.
A third protest was planned in Miami on Saturday evening.
More than 150 people gathered in downtown Newport in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after a week of violence across the nation.
The Providence Journal reports the group marched on Saturday afternoon to call for changes after the police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota this week.
Speakers urged the crowd to get involved in grassroots efforts to improve law enforcement across the country.
Seneca Pender of Middletown organized the rally. He told the crowd that the senseless killings of black people "have to stop."
Pender also thanked law enforcement officers who provided security at the rally in Newport and denounced the deadly attack Thursday on police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas that left five officers dead.
Black Lives Matter supporters said they plan to continue a sit-in in Denver in response to the police shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana through Tuesday for a total of 135 hours. That's an hour for each of the black people they say have been killed by police across the country this year.
The gathering, across from the City and County Building, began Thursday afternoon, several hours before police officers were killed in Dallas.
People have been dropping off food and water for those camped out on chairs and blankets in Civic Center Park.
Protesters who support the Black Lives Matter movement rallied in Salt Lake City, with some saying they grieved both the losses of the black men in Louisiana and Minnesota and fallen Dallas police officers.
"The answer to guns is not more guns," said Deyvid Morales, who directed the protest Saturday, told the Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/29vvYAl.) "The answer to stop this violence is to peacefully talk things out, to come together as a community. ... We just want peace."
Two black women and one Latina spoke at the rally, expressing fear for loved ones and themselves in dealings with police.
"It's terrifying to be the mother of a black child," Jessica Lee said. "Speaking from personal experience, it is terrifying to know that next year my son is going to be out driving, so I constantly have to grill him on things — what to say, what not to say."
The protesters included Carl Moore of Orem. He did a dance in traditional Native American clothing. The dance was a tribute to the human race, he said.
"When I see this 'All Lives Matter,' what it does is it dilutes the situation," Moore said. "What we're doing right now is Black Lives Matter."


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Volcanoes are one of the most spectacular and powerful forces on our planet. They create new land, change landscapes and destroy civilisations, but more than two billion years ago they also breathed life into our world.
From the ocean abyss to snow-covered summits, this ambitious series paints a detailed picture of the struggles and amazing intimacy required to survive around volcanoes.
Spectacular scenery provides the backdrop for the extraordinary animals and plants that have learned to juggle with fire. Fragile and engaging, these creatures teach us lessons in survival in a world as fascinating as it is dangerous. .
Natural history
Ash Runners
On a remote island of New Britain, animals and plants have learned to live with the sporadic anger of the Earth. In this apocalyptic realm, when the ash created by volcanic eruptions invades their habitat, the choice is simple: leave or stay and face the unknown.
Pioneers of the Deep
In the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean, tectonic movements construct or destroy islands. In the Tongan archipelago, two little-known animals have learnt to cope with these ephemeral lands: the sooty tern, a seabird that never dares wet its wings for fear of drowning and the Alvin shrimp, a blind crustacean that nonetheless manages to find its way around the abyss. When an underwater volcano becomes an island, the fates of these two living paradoxes are linked.
The Surprise Salmon
In Alaska, the fresh water that feeds the rivers is snowmelt from North Americas highest mountains and most active volcanoes. Time and again, they erupt and poison the rivers. Scientists have only just begun to piece together what might have happened nearly 2,000 years ago, when one race of salmon faced the death of their natal river and were forced back to the open ocean - on an extraordinary adventure...
Phoenix Temple
Nicaragua, in the middle of Central America, is home to Masaya; a huge volcano that has been active for over 30,000 years. During its long life it has caused some of the largest eruptions in history. The surrounding landscape has been created from lava, ash and gas while at the centre lies a desolate, empty land. Each time the Masaya volcano destroys everything around it, life returns, re-emerging from the ash at its feet.
Volcano Doctors
Whether the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Colombia, Chile, Italy or Iceland, each of these countries is home to active volcanoes that are a threat to the populations settled at their feet. To avoid disasters, volcanologists are asked to anticipate and warn, they are asked to be prophets and to know how to analyze the volcanoes slightest tremors. Around the world, these volcano doctors use their tools and knowledge to try and protect those who live in the path of the Earths fire.
Icelandic Volcanoes: Whos next?
In 2010, the eruption of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland provoked a vast economic chaos by paralysing one of the worlds major air traffic networks for several days.Through spectacular aerial footage, the film tries to understand which volcano could wake up next and what the consequences of a major eruption are likely to be. The world has come to realize that a colossal power sleeps beneath Iceland but Icelanders have learned to live amongst their volcanoes for centuries.