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I have ran three marathons so far and looking back on it now I didn't train smart for any of them. Honestly I didn't know what I was doing. To run a race you just go outside and run right? Yes, but if you want to run your best race probably not.
I should have known this, I ran track in high school and was pretty good. I must have repressed the memories of my speed days on the track with 400's and 800's. Or maybe I figured those workouts wouldn't benefit me for a half or full marathon. In high school I ran the mile, 2 mile and sometimes the 4×400 relay. Those were so short compared to 13.1 miles or 26.2, right? Right in that they are short, but all training is best with variation speed, tempos, long runs, short runs, hill runs, etc.
When I signed up for my first marathon I just wanted to finish the race. I had just gotten back into road racing and wanted to complete a new distance. I printed a plan online and just got to it. That's where I went wrong. This plan was not geared to me. It didn't know who I was or what my history of running is. It doesn't know what's going on in my life now. It knows nothing and can be a great base but I shouldn't live and breathe this plan.
I ended up running the same pace every run. On days I did run I felt I had to go at least five miles. I kept building miles and that was all. No variation, no cutback weeks. I cutback the length of my long run but not really my overall miles. As you can guess I got injured. I was able to run my race but near the end of my training I took a rest day after every run.
My most recent marathon I got one step closer to training better. I incorporated a speed day. I trained with friends from work and we ran most our runs together it was great! The mistake I made this time was running all my runs too quickly, a pace that my body hadn't adapted to yet. I got to the race and I BQ'd but I overtrained. I felt sluggish going in and I took the whole summer off from any sort of formalized training and racing.
My marathon is now 2.5 weeks away and I am so confident in my current training cylce with Victoria from run4prs. I got a customized plan from her and it opened my eyes to everything I did wrong in the past. It also opened my eyes to my potential if I train right! I feel like I am in the best shape I have been in since high school!
My tools to success:
- Knowledge- I read as many running books as I can to gain as many perspectives as possible.
- Recovery is important – foam roll, bands, lacrosse ball, yoga, cutback weeks
- Variation- have your week contain long runs, short runs, speed workouts, tempo, recovery runs
- Hydration – I used to be so bad at hydrating now I love drinking nuun and also tea throughout the day!
- Focus on the goal- keep in mind what you are working towards and trust the process


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Ed. Note: The last time we saw Tristen we were shucking oysters and sipping champagne in a hotel grotto on the outskirts of Austin. The Arcade Fire was there however, sadly, Charles and Lemon were not. Those two, we're told, were off slowly but surely imploding in a desperate bid to get the Irishman his Grimes with little to no success. Poor kids. Anyway, Tristen was the soundtrack to our bliss so, of course, we love her always and would follow her to the ends of the earth if it weren't so convenient to catch her in Los Angeles which is just what Ben did just the other day. As always, he offers impeccable evidence. Dig, if you will, his pictures.
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Hi all,
I am writing from the award-winning Tra My Guesthouse before heading off to meet the team at the cafe…you all know the one:)
The Team is working extremely well together and are doing the church proud. Apart from Christine Hall discovering the Vietnam belly welcome on day 1, everyone is in good form. A few can't feel their hips first thing in the morning from the beds here at the Guesthouse but that's part of the charm really.
On arrival in Tra My, we met with the Tra My Dolisa and they were brimming with enthusiasm and said that they talk about Hope City right up the chain at a provincial level. Praise God for favour, remembering that this is the woman who was so icy 18 months ago. A very different story now with lots of hugs etc.
We travelled to Tra Giac to see the Primary School. New principal and vice principal…both very pro-active and "so happy" to see us all. Since last there they have out of their own volition built another 2 classrooms from bamboo and timber planks to house the increasing number of students. That is significant as numbers continue to grow for children accessing education. The government has just stepped in in the last week and said that they will pay for the well to be dug. We have paid for the piping from the well to the storage tank and new toilet and shower block! From the funds we have sent that was dedicated to the well-building, we have put towards major electrical upgrades to the school as they didn't have enough power to cook the rice for the children in the rice cookers!! Thanks to Adam, Glenn, Bruce and Nick, that is being completed today and all buildings will have power. Adam had a few words to say about the creative wiring solutions here in Vietnam. Very funny!!
Dan and Jordan have been fixing plumbing at the storage tank and joining pipes to the new toilet block in VERY hot and humid conditions.
The remainder of the team have been assembling second-hand desks that are pretty ordinary shape, ready for the additional classrooms as school starts next week. We did call them the IKEA team and they had a frustrating job trying to piece things together but did it with great attitude.
I am unable to do most things due to my wrist but can take pics etc. Frustrating.
Today we finish up at the primary school and some of the kids are coming to visit us which will be fun. We are also stopping in at the kindergarten and meeting the littlies and sussing out the playground situation for the TCC team. We are playing sport at the secondary school at lunch time and before heading back to Tra My today, will be re-visiting the medical centre and handing out more medical equipment, also purchased from re-allocated funds. A baby warmer, surgical supplies, blood pressure monitoring equipment etc are being donated.
Everyone is so enthusiastic about us being here…the locals in Tra My and Tra Giac smiling and coming up to us wanting to say hello. Beautiful.
The day trip to Tra Bui went extremely well. It takes between 2-3 hrs to get there, depending on washouts, oncoming trucks and livestock on the road.
The child protection training has occurred and in the workshops the attendees identified child rape and trafficking as known risks, among other things. It is reassuring to know we are working in a good location for prevention.
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CH UCH VLX Basira Von Alpensee CGCA TDIA LTA THD TKP FDC RM RL1 RO1 BN CD ACT2 TD TDU
Basira Von Alpensee, Sira, is a beautiful well structured female with a wonderful temperament.
Sira keeps us all hopping from early morning until she collapses late at night - one way to stay young. She has been very successful in all her venues:
CH UCH VLX Basira Von Alpensee CGCA TDIA LTA THD TKP RM RL1 RO1 BN CD ACT2 TD TDU FDC
Sira in the Show Ring
Sira did very well as a puppy and often took her class.
As she worked through her "teens", she was awarded Winners Bitch (WB) at several shows.
Northeast Regional LCA formatted show - March 2013 (picture)
Best of Winners (BOW) at AKC show May 2013 (2 points)
Best in Match - Saco, Maine (picture)
under Beth Phillips-Collins
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Best of Breed - Union, Maine
under Judy Harrington
Reserve Winners Bitch - Matamoras, PA - NRLC Regional
under Marjorie Motorella
Milford, NH - Cluster (3 shows)
BOS under Mr. Warner Cespedes; WB under Elliot More (both majors)
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Wlimington, MA - Cluster (2 shows)
Reserve Winners Bitch under under Annella Cooper; BOS under Andrew Ritter
Green Mountain Leos - National Specialty 2014
Open Class 1st, 2nd 3rd;Excellent rating from Daniela Pavlovska
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Saco, ME - Cluster
Reserve Winners Bitch under under Paula Hartinger; BOW, BOS under Keke Kahn
Springfield, MA - Cluster NEW CHAMPION
Winners Bitch / Best of Opposite under under James E Tayler; WB, BOW under Mrs. Sulie Greendale-Paveza
Boxborough, MA - NRLC Regional LCA format specialty
Best of Opposite under Mary Decher (LCA founder)
Scarborough, ME - Casco Bay at Wassamki Springs
Best of Opposite under Virginia Jordan
In the UKC ring
Augusta, ME - Acadian Shepherd Shows - July 2014 and 2015 shows
Best of Breed across the board
Best of Breed - Group 1 - September 2016 United Dog Sports of Northern NE
Sira in the Rally Ring
Sira qualified in her very first rally trial
Saco, ME Cluster
Union, ME - Cluster
Springfield, MA - Cluster
Portland, ME - Collie Club of Maine
Topsham, ME - Casco Bay Kennel Club
Cumberland, ME - Chickadee Classic
Union, ME - Mid-Coast Kennel Club
South Portland, ME - Collie Club of ME
Topsham, ME - Mid Coast Kennel Club of ME
Cumberland, ME - Lewiston-Auburn and Penobscot Valley
Topsham, ME - Mid Coast Kennel Club of ME
Portland, ME - Collie Club of Maine
Lynchburg, VA - Dog Training Club of Lynchburg
Wassamki Springs UDSNNE
Marshland Obedience Club
World Cynosport
Lincolnville, ME Wag It trials
EARNED RL1 Title - Rally Level 1
Saco, ME - Finish Forward Trial
Sira in the Obedience Ring
Started Obedience
1st leg and 1st place Beginner Novice under Gregory Feathers - Cumberland, ME Chickadee Classic - 6/20/2015
2nd leg under Sandra Walker - Union, ME Central Maine Kennel Club - 9/3/2015
3rd leg - 1st place - BN title (Beginner Novice) - Union, ME Mid Coast Kennel Club - 9/3/2015
1st leg and 3rd place Novice (CD) under Russell Hornfisher - Topsham, ME Casco Bay KC - 4/16/2016
2nd leg and 1st place Novice (CD) under Marilou McCloskey - Cumberland, ME Lewiston-Auburn KC - 6/24/2016
3rd leg - 1st place Novice CD title (Companion Dog) under Teresa Walker - Topsham, ME MidCoast Kennel Club - 4/15/2017 - watch a run here
1st leg and 2nd place Preferred Open (CDX) under Teresa Walker - Topsham, Me MidCoast Kennel Club - 4/16/2017
2nd leg and 1st place Preferred Open (CDX) under Nanci Hayes
Topsham, ME Mid Coast Kennel Club - 11/10.2018
AKC Trick titles - Novice(TKN), Intermediate (TKI) and Advanced(TKA) under Annette McaNair Union, ME - Sept 2017
Performer Trick Dog (TKP) Topsham, ME April 14, 2081
1st leg UCD under Donna Blews-Pappas - Saco, ME 11/7/2015
Sira made a step into Agility earning the Agility Course Test 1 under Carolyn Fuhrer - March 18, 2017
November 1, 2017, moved to ACT2.
Sira in Other Events
Weight Pulling Clinic Barn Hunt Clinic
AKC Canine Good Citizen - Sira passed her Canine Good Citizen evaluation in 2013 and in March 2015, she added the Advanced CGCA.Sira is also a Therapy Dog - she is certified by Therapy Dogs International (TDI) and has earned her TDIA level award as well as the Leonberger Therapy Award (LTA) and the AKC Therapy Dog (THD) title. On September 2, 2017, Sira performed well and earned three levels of the AKC Trick Program (TKN,TKI, and TKA). She is now Trick Dog Advanced.
November 9, 2019 Sira qualified for her Farm Dog Certification and added FDC to her long list of titles.
In the Spring of 2015, Sira finished her Versatile Leonberger qualifications - this is very exciting as it comes from her National Breed Club. We have added the VL to the front of her name. Fall 2015, she increased her qualifications to Versatile Leonberger Advanced and now carries a VLA. Completing the sequence, Sira now has her Versatile Leonberger Excellent title, VLX
Sira qualified in her Tracking Certification under Judge Salle Richards October 2016
April 9, 2017 - Under Judge Jane Kline - passed TD, Tracking Dog, in a 7 minute tracking run.
July 29, 2018 - Under Judges Ed Presnall and Debbie Maheu - passed TDU, Tracking Dog Urban in a 15 minuter run.
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National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Foot Health is the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
It's important to put "your best foot forward." Be kind to your feet! To keep your feet healthy
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NIH: National Institute on Aging
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)


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Midland teacher publishes thoughts on working inside the eighth-grade classroom
Midlander Todd B. Freese's yearlong blog chronicling the good and bad of teaching at San Jacinto Junior High has been compiled into an electronic book titled "Teaching Isn't For Wimps," which provides a candid look into the life of teachers.
"It's been fun for me to look back over the year and see how positive and negative I was at certain points," said Freese, who just completed his sixth year teaching. "I wanted to have a record for myself and looking back on it, I think it was a pretty good barometer for where I was and kind of how teachers feel."
The history teacher and social studies department chairman initially started the blog as a way to chronicle his year and share thoughts with others. He said he received feedback from many along the way.
When looking for ways to download the 70-plus blog entries for safe-keeping, Freese said he realized how easy it was to publish an e-book and did some minimal editing before it was released on Amazon June 5.
"I didn't mean it for public consumption from the beginning but I thought it was cool and thought 'What the heck? Why not publish it?'" Freese said, noting more than 200 people have downloaded the book, which is free for Amazon Prime members and 99 cents for other Amazon users.
Much of Freese's book focuses on the problems and inefficiencies he sees in education. He identifies issues -- like how the way students are educated hasn't changed much since the 1950s despite student expectations being much greater -- and provides perspective on what might possibly fix those problems.
"As the careers students pursue have evolved and changed, the way we deliver education has not caught up with the 21st century," he said.
Though the book focuses on his Midland-based experiences, Freese said his thoughts are likely applicable to teachers, students, parents and administrators all over the country.
Freese began his teaching career six years ago and said his past experiences as a minor league baseball umpire, stockbrocker, small business owner, youth pastor and juvenile probation officer have provided him with a unique outlook on the profession.
"When I first came into teaching I looked at a lot of things and asked 'Why do we do it this way? It doesn't make any sense,' but for so many of those in education who have never done anything else, it's hard for them to see outside the box," said Freese, who also said he feels radical changes must be made to see radical results.
Among issues Freese discusses in the book are his dislike for the state-mandated STAAR tests, the difficult task of serving as an assistant principal, the burden having to substitute for absent teachers during conference periods places on a teacher and that moment when a student and parent finally say thank you for everything you've done to help them succeed.
Though he can be candid in his blog and voice opinions so many of his peers may be afraid to for fear of retaliation or loss of their job, Freese said he did so with decorum.
"I teach social studies. I teach students about the Bill of Rights and that you're supposed to stand up and speak your mind," Freese said.
Freese plans to blog again about his teaching adventures this fall, most likely focusing on how to remain positive when it isn't always so easy.
"It's so easy to be negative in teaching or make excuses, but I want to do something about defaulting to the positive," Freese said. "I don't know what that looks like, but being positive is a good way to live life."
To read the blog and download the book, visit www.toddbfreese.com.


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Design Technology GCSE, (Product Design) Pearson/ Edexcel 1DT0
Mark breakdown:
50% Exam (Core + chosen area)
50% Controlled Assessment
All will share a common 'core' that will be the same for all. These core area will be tested in a written paper at the end of the course.
The core theory includes:
- The impact of new technologies,
- Enterprise,
- Production,
- Sustainability,
- Smart materials,
- Mechanical devices,
- Efficiency,
- Electronic systems,
- Woods,
- Metals and materials,
- Challenges that influence designs
- Famous designers
- Designs, isometric drawing, perspective etc
- Maths—calculating areas, forces and measurements
Alongside core you choose an area of specialism – There will be a written paper to test your specific knowledge of your chosen area.
Controlled Assessment:
All students will produce a design portfolio and a prototype.
The briefs are externally set, but offer a wide range of starting points for students to research and develop.
The project will follow a iterative design process of:
- Investigate
- Design
- Make
- Evaluate


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I'm back in Kampar again yesterday. This will be the last time I come back to Kampar for a new semester. Hopefully I can graduate by the end of this year, as it is supposed to be.
Class starts next Monday but surprisingly I'm a week earlier. What to do.. I must finish my Final Yeap Project (FYP). If not, no graduation. Besides, there are things to settle in Kampar.
My mum forced me to take pocket money from her before I left the house. I declined. I've been doing that for a year at least. My younger brother and my sister need the money more than me. My brother is already working and giving money to my parents but I take money from my parents? This is so wrong.
It's ok. I can still survive with PTPTN loan. But I must be very careful with what I spend. I left with only few thousands ringgit till the end of the year. New semester always comes with bigger expenses. Money have to be used on room rental, school fees, groceries, books and notes as well as to fix the broken things such as bike and bicycle.
My brother fetched me to the jetty. Then I took morning bus which I nearly missed and reached Kampar in the afternoon. The house was in a mess as if it was abandoned for months. A war taken place in the house I guess.
It's nice to be back. The whether was superb. It has been two days that the sky is so blue. The clouds are so thick and white. It's so windy and at night, it's chilling. It's sunny but not hot at all. The weather makes me so cheerful!
My roommate, Ah Liang is back too. So nice to see him.
Anyway, once I reached Kampar, I was invited for lunch at Aunty Betty's house. I rejected at first but after that she called. Out of respect, I went. She made very nice chicken rice. Seriously nice! Tze Huey, Cynthia and Edmund were there too.
Then it's the housekeeping time, as usual.
Let's see what I've done..
I had good food and nice bath.
Sweep and mop my room and the hall.
Unload stuffs from my luggage and begpack.
Fix my bike.
Put on bed sheet.
Clean the sinky.
Boil water.
Fold clothes.
Put on facial mask.
Arrange things in the drawer and cupboard.
I had a wonderful dinner last night with Tze Huey. My mum woke up at 6am in the morning yesterday to cook for me. She made me fish curry, omelette with onion and ikan bilis, sausages, and nuggets. I tapao back to Kampar and supposed to eat it for lunch but I was too fulled after lunch at Aunty Betty's house. My mum made cokodok too. Many people don't know what's that. It's a banana ball la.
You know.. I haven't finished arranging my stuffs yet. Too many things and rubbish la. Today will be the last day to settle everything.
I can't wait to fully concentrate on my FYP..
October is a FYP month.


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Art, my art, emerges from some unknown place and for unknown reasons.
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I draw questions, and we each come to our conclusions, so who is right? If I see what I see and you see what you see, how can we say one of us is right and the other is wrong? What happens if we share what we see with someone who holds a dissimilar view? In art we are intrigued by those different views, so why in life do we make alliances and enemies of those with dissimilar views? What happens if we don't see the other's view, in art we agree to disagree, so perhaps we can do this in life as well. In the art of life, we can share our dissimilar views and still be friends, stay open and creative, we can seek to understand each other better by understanding what we might not see or agree with. This may sound abstract, but life is abstract, and art mimics life. I am an abstract artist, it has somehow become the natural progression of my artistic journey, it's part of who I am and what I do.
At this stage of my life, art making has become my everyday practice, my way into centering, grounding and finding meaning in my life. Making art excites me and enlivens me. I lose sleep over art, I chose art over almost everything else. I have a deep sense of gratitude for not only the ability and the means, but also for the inspiration to want to work, every day, day after day, and never running out of things to say. It's a miracle, and I am indebted to the Gods and to the Muses who shine their all-embracing light of inspiration upon me. I know my life, and these artworks are temporary, but they are my temporary record, and my temporary gifts left to those who may enter into the journey of the artist. I'm consistently looking to the great masters who've come before, and to those living and working now. I love to look at their work, and learn something about their methods, insights and inspirations. I love that art spans times, and cultures, and languages, and art also connects the vast diversity of humans across time, cultures and languages. Art is a way for living cultures to learn something from the people of lost and forgotten cultures. The visual languages are the oldest form of written communication, written language evolved from the drawings scratched into sand or on to cave walls.
I look at the great masters, but also love the effortless way children express themselves, before they learn to draw, when they are preverbal in their ability to communicate. If there is such a thing as preverbal language or communication, then I guess you could say I'm a post verbal artist.
Art, my art, emerges from some unknown place and for unknown reasons. Life is also this way, emerging, existing, and eventually dematerializing back to its mysterious source. My art ranges from simple, small black ink paintings on paper, to large scale full color acrylic paintings on canvases and boards. My curiosity has driven me to try many other ways of making art, ceramics, glass, wood, metal, digital, earth art, writing, sound mixing, video, but I always return to the pen, or the brush. I go out into my world to discover and learn something new, then return to my studio to synthesize it, then I write about what I've learned, but I write with brush strokes rather than keystrokes.
Like most artists, my images are influenced and informed by a great variety of sources. By virtue of living in a digitally connected world, with access to an almost infinite archive of images and information, new information and art from around the world becomes instantly available to me. The images and inspirations I mine from this global conversation are infinite and awe inspiring to me. Nature is an endless source of inspiration, Nature is the greatest teacher and the only Master Artist.
Sometimes an image, feeling or impression from my imagination might be the inspiration to begin a work. I often feel like my mind takes in all this imagery, and remixes it into a visual language that's all my own, but it's a language that others seem to understand. Others will understand in their own way, and that's fine with me because it's my job to do the work and it's the job of the viewer-participant to find their own emotions or understandings written into the artworks.
My art making process is technically simple, a few basic supplies, some brushes, any kind will do, some acrylic or enamel paints, the primary colors are all I ever buy now, red, yellow, blue, black, and white. The materials and imagery may change, but the language feels consistent to me.
My artist's journey began 40+ years ago when I began learning to draw things in a representational style, I call it 'drawing things that look like things'. I got to be very good at drawing this way but after 20-ish years of working that way I began to move towards a more abstract way of expressing myself. Why or how it changed is unknown, but I remember seeing a Motherwell painting, a Pollock, a Basquiat, and realizing that they were doing something that required further understanding on my part.
I found that I could not think my way to this new understanding, so I committed to working my way towards understanding, and discovered that feeling was the missing part of my understanding. I needed to learn to feel in new ways. It was a conscious decision from me to work harder than I've ever worked before, at something I was passionate about. In May of 2015, I left my job and came home to my little studio, and began to work every day, all day. The drawings began to pile up, soon it was 500, then a thousand, then two, then three. Two years later, I came out of my little studio with about 8000 small paintings, and with new a understanding, a new language, a new way of expressing not just thoughts, but also visions and feelings. When I wasn't painting, I was out looking at nature, looking at light and shadow, taking thousands of digital photos and allowing those images and patterns to inform my mark making. I consciously sought to expand my vocabulary of mark making, I studied with a chinese ink brush master, he showed me his custom made brushes and some of his secrets, I showed him some of mine, we each tried the other's way.
I've included portraits as part of what I do as an artist, because i see faces everywhere, I always have. For a time I thought it a curse, but now I see it as a gift. In a quantum universe, when I see a faces in the patterns of everyday life, I think of those faces as little beings I bring to life through the power of my imagination. The same thing happens in my paintings, the brush brings beings into a temporary existence. The images may take on a new meaning or a new life, or no life at all for the next viewer-participant who experiences the images. Seeing faces in the patterns of our living world, or in the brush strokes of my paintings, is a reminder to me that the whole world is alive and looking back at me.
I'd be happy to hear what you see and feel from your experience with my artworks.
God Bless and Good Fortune you,Jeff
Jeffrey C. Jacques
Lewiston, Maine USA 2017
On Teachers & Teaching
This is a short essay written in three voices…
"Jeff" "jj" & "the management" all three voices are my own. It's meant as a guide for the spiritual seeker or aspirant, in whatever form that takes.
~Jeff Jacques
" i have no categorical assertions about what's right for someone else in regards to having or not having a teacher, or about whether or not someone should or shouldn't teach.
agreed, often it takes a teacher to teach that a teacher is not needed, this is probably the most difficult thing to teach, being nearly impossible to express how it was learned.
nobody should try to teach unless they've made an honest effort to learn, and if you've tried to learn (and failed) only then can you see that to try to teach will only be another failure for you to learn from.
~the management
what does it mean to teach? A human being can teach other human beings, yet there is an unspeakable teaching that doesn't rely on the efforts of human beings. How it "comes through" is indescribable, and there is no barrier to It- it's not happening here as opposed to there, it's not accessed by a being who is separate from it.
The questions about which teaching is best or how a "teacher" might see signs of understanding, or whom to attribute this "seeing" to. A "student" may see signs of understanding but then must ask, is the seeing of this understanding separate from the kowledge of understanding.
~ jj
there will always be teachers, that's (part of) what It is all about.
~ the management
a lot of my comments are just to point to that; not against the idea of teaching, not against studying or learning with a teacher.
"not against" is a good position, neither promoting nor denying the value of the (teacher / student dynamic) this position allows the student to "choose", yet as long as the teacher "chooses" to teach, there will be students seeking to learn, who creates the cycle? What breaks it?
(who / what started the cycle? ) is the same question recycled, as who / what started all of this? These (types) of questions have no answers, anyone asking them will forever remain a student, anyone answering them is forever lost in the addiction(s) of the guru.
~ the management
texts and teachers may well be facilitative. I have read from, and studied with teachers, and I have taught. I also regard us as able to access teaching outside of the consensus concept of physical reality.
the Source of knowledge or understanding is not known, perhaps desire alone activates it's unfolding. I think a good plan of action is to do as you have done, visit both sides of the dynamic, be both student an teacher, first one then the other, either order, but be both.
if you have a plan, you'll fail, if you teach a plan you're a failure teaching failure, if you've learned a plan, make a plan to unlearn it.
~ the management
how this will unfold is unknowable and I wouldn't try to predict how it will work for anyone. The "unknowability" itself is where the learning is (hidden).
agreed, there is evidence of a history that points to "the beginner's mind" as the proper way to to approach this subject, or topic, yet others may say that "the beginner's mind" is the sought-after end product of pursuit, or discovery of the subject.
the mind is the problem and the mind is the solution; the problem lies in employing the mind to see the problem while not seeing the mind as the problem-solver.
~the management
anything is facilitative that releases self-contradictory barriers to "knowing" this unmediated awareness (not the words or concepts "unmediated" or "awareness").
there are many stories of arriving at understanding by virtue of a wide variety of paths or life journeys, but you might say that one component they share is the idea of arriving, some teach that "to arrive" is not what is to be either sought or to be found, in which case neither seeking nor arriving is evidence of any progress. In this view, seeking for signs of "arrival" is still seeking, whereas the end of seeking might be only the beginning of a greater unknown, one with no end. A greater unknown with no end destroys any beginning(s); no one has gone anywhere, no one has done anything or found anything.
anything and everything is self-contradictory, anything and everything is a barrier. There is no end to it, and therefore no point in seeking the beginning of it; no end-no beginning-no barrier.
~ the management
if "perception" is to be used as a word for the non-separation of this living moment from the Eternal Reality, then the perceiver isn't apart from the perceived, nor is there any object apart from it's perception. The teacher and the student aren't apart from the perception of the other, nor is there a separation between any other perception and any other thing. Nothing, no•thing, is out of place.
find a teacher and you have found or activated the teacher in yourself, and the teacher in yourself has found it's perfect student, You.
there's a whole world out there, the teacher and the student are out there too. A good way to stop believing in "your self" as apart from "the world out there" is to stop looking for your self everywhere out there, especially when there's so much more to see and do right here.
~ the management
the end…?
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60 seconds with Leonardo Steffano, Business Development Manager – Sub Saharan Africa
Valsir will be exhibiting its latest products at The Big 5 Construct East Africa in Kenya next November. We spoke to the Business Development Manager, Leonardo Steffano; here's what he told us as he prepares to participate to the the official exhibition of Kenya's National Construction Week - The Big 5 Construct East Africa.
How do you find the construction market in Kenya right now?
The Kenyan economy continues to show solid economic growth combined with rising land prices in Nairobi, both combined create the incentive to keep building up.
Nairobi is rapidly becoming Africa's top city for high-rise construction. Current skyscraper construction accounts for nearly 25% of all high-rises being built in Africa at the moment.
Why do you want to be a part of it?
Valsir Export department has targeted Africa as a continent with a big potential for growth for our range of products.
Our target for 2018 is to expand the business in to East and West Africa, after successful business developments in Southern and Northern Africa over the past 5 years.
What are the top 3 trends in the industry according to you?
Construction in general, but specifically the High rise buildings market segment demands high quality products as per the latest technology available for Plumbing.
Valsir identify 3 areas in the plumbing industry to be supported with the latest in piping technology and software calculations, these areas are Waste Drainage, Hot & Cold water supply and Rainwater collection.
What do these trends mean for your company?
These 3 areas are the core business for Valsir, as well following the Italian tradition to supply technology, technical support and passion for our market segment and products.
Valsir, Quality for Plumbing - is not just a slogan, for us it is a company philosofy that we promote and support every day on every project worldwide
What products will you present at The Big 5 Construct East Africa?
Valsir will showcase a variety of products, but the focus will be on the launch of the Valsir TRIPLUS Acoustic Performance Drainage Piping Systems specialy designed for High Rise Buildings applications.
How will the exhibition help you to grow business in Kenya?
To be part of The Big 5 Construct East Africa will reinforce Valsir's commitment to enter in to the East African Building market showing to exisiting and new potential customers the benefit of Valsir products.
The exhibition will create the perfect platform to intreact with regional players in the plumbing industry and consolidate the Valsir brand as part of this market.
About Valsir SPA. -
For over 30 years Valsir has been supplying the market with advanced systems for waste and drainage, water supply, floor heating and cooling systems and flush cisterns and a range of building products with sewer systems and water treatment. Valsir products are 100% made in Italy, manufactured on the own industrial premises using sustainable processes. Technological development, the pursuit of quality, continuous research and respect for the environment have guided and still guide Valsir policies today. An on-going commitment that has resulted in over 200 product approvals and a certified quality system.
Meet with Valsir SPA. at The Big 5 Construct East Africa - Location: Hall 1 – 1C60


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Now here's how I think: This is a great opportunity to assemble the Felsenfeld Collection, a small, but intriguing collection of novels featuring characters all based on the same individual. It would be an especially nice collection if all the books were signed by Felsenfeld.
Were you to assemble the Felsenfeld collection, you might be the only one--though apparently this is not a done deal: there may be more.
But if you get it together, I will happily sign it!
Thanks for your post; got a big kick.
Daniel Felsenfeld (a.k.a. "Inspector")
I can now report that I have assembled first editions of three of the four books now in print featuring Mr. Felsenfeld: Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Lisa Carey's Every Visible Thing and Katherine Min's The Secondhand World.
Felsenfeld is also a character in At the Feet of the Divine by Benjamin Anastas. That book has not been published in English, and I have not yet determined exactly how I will let a German bookdealer know that I need an "Erste Auflage" of Anastas' book.
BTW, here are the references to Felsenfeld in each of the three books I own:
In Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union where he appears as Inspector Felsenfeld. The first reference comes on page 22:
"Speaking of rumors," he says, "what do you hear from Felsenfeld?"
Felsenfeld is Inspector Felsenfeld, the squad commander. "What do you mean, what do I hear from him? I just saw him this afternoon," Landsman says. "I didn't hear anything from him, the man hasn't uttered three words together in ten years. What kind of question is that? What rumors?"
In Katherine Min's The Secondhand World by Katherine Min he is a high school teacher, who appears to be OK with students' displays of public affection. Here's the reference form page 115:
" . . . and at least once a day a teacher tapped us on the shoulder and said, "PDA" – sometimes with a smile, like Mr. Felsenfeld, who wanted to show that he personally was cool with it but must reluctantly enforce school policy . . ."
He makes a very brief appearance in Every Visible Thing by Lisa Carey. On page 110, she writes:
"Suspecting that Dr. Felsenfeld had already had a conversation with Danny's mother, Owen has no choice but to follow the tide of children toward the lunchroom."
There's no other reference I could find, although The New Yorker describes Felsenfeld's character as a pipe-smoking, high school principal.


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Spring signals a rebirth of the glory of nature, and that yearly awakening is especially breathtaking in McCurtain County. Hike the forest trails. Rev up the ATV. Drop a fishing line in the river. There's no better time to be outside, and few destinations offer such a variety of outdoor adventure and recreation. Don't take our word for it. Come and see.
The Ouachita National Forest wraps the Beavers Bend area in a thick blanket of color. Trails for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding and even ATVing roam through the tall pines and hardy oaks of this oldest southern American forest. Who knows what you might find lurking just around the Beavers Bend in McCurtain County, Oklahoma? It might even be Bigfoot.


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Secrets have been formed in the dark corners of the kingdom. Change is in the air and whispers of new ideas and technologies have swept the land. Unfortunately, the King is old and simple and his daughter is concerned only with worldly possessions. A man by the name of Buul, a man long forgotten, has returned to pay a visit to the King on the King's birthday. He has not come empty handed and will be the King's undoing.
The King, in moments of panic and war, can trust no one with the protection of his daughter. He quickly decides to entrust her life with a creature most vile and uncommon and chains her to a Vork. He does not leave her empty handed though. His last gift to the Princess is an amulet with powers even he does not comprehend. The land's only chance, the only one loyal to the King's memory, is the daughter that cares nothing of the Kingdom of Vosh.
As a rule, I don't like princesses. I find them irritating, spoiled and annoying. And in the beginning of Kingdom of Vosh Jasper completely met my expectations. I didn't like her at all. But (and it's a pretty big butt!) I soon found her getting under my skin. Being thrust into a situation so utterly alien to her, and with a creature as vile as the Vork, forces Jasper to find herself.
Beyond the endearing protagonist, The Kingdom of Vosh explores interesting political, economic and social ramifications of an isolated kingdom thrown into turmoil. This is not just a coming of age story, it has depth and intelligence that make it engaging.
The combination of first person and third person point of view was a little disorienting at first, but as soon as I got into the habit of switching for different characters I enjoyed the intimacy of first person, and stepping back into third gave me some breathing room.
Overall, I found The Kingdom of Vosh to be a fun, satisfying read and was left with a lot to think about.
About the Author:
In 1999, Jason Conley drew a picture of a young woman's face. It eventually became the cover of the book you now hold. When not consumed by writing or art, Jason canoes, fishes, and hikes the rolling hills of Tennessee with his family.
Catch up with Jason here:
Website: www.thekingdomofvosh.com
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheKingdomOfVosh
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jconley78/kingdom-of-vosh/
This review forms part of a blog tour put together by Tomorrow Comes Media, for a list of reviews, interviews and guest posts relating to The Kingdom of Vosh, please visit TCM's Virtual Tour Page.