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2016 Capita Horrorscope Snowboard Review
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Freestyle boards are designed for doing tricks in the park
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Hi, Mike. I just got off the Capita Horrorscope. I give this board a 4 out of 5 stars. It's for a beginner to intermediate level park rider. It's a little bit wider so it's more stable on rails. It's kind of soft so it's real easy to ride so if you're really looking for a board that, you know, you can go out and learn new tricks on, this is definitely the one.
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Hi, my name's Riley. I just got off the Capita Horrorscope. I give this board 4 out of 5 stars. It's really good, soft park board for, you know, that beginner-intermediate rider who wants to kind of progressive into something a little bit better. It's really, really stable on boxes and rails. It holds an edge very well at slow speeds but it has a little bit of a speed limit at high speeds. Overall, I give this board 4 out of 5 stars.

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Last night, Haworth NY and Workwell celebrated the 1st Annual Haworth Collection Design Competition with a party honoring the participating designers and firms. Held at Haworth NY's Showroom, the event was the culmination of the efforts of five local New York City architecture and design firms to create a space using pieces from the Haworth Collection. The teams were tasked to select one of three design scenarios and utilize pieces from the versatile collection to craft an environment to fit the scenario. With over 75 high-design furniture pieces from Cappellini, Cassina, and Poltrona Frau to choose from, the design teams selected everything from furniture layouts and fabrics to architectural finishes and lighting fixtures. After the sketches were complete, Workwell's designer Kinya Kasai created full renderings of each of the environments to be judged for the competition.
The renderings were then displayed at the event using Haworth's Bluescape Media Wall, a perfect backdrop to a casual presentation by the guest judge of the competition, Todd Bracher. An industrial designer known for his work as a lead designer for Tom Dixon, Todd's Alodia stool for Cappellini is an important part of the Haworth Collection. Todd spoke to the eager audience about culture, design inspiration and his work. Referencing the Alodia, Todd revealed the stool's design intent as a compliment to the overall space's architecture, saying: "We try to make furniture that goes away and sort of disappears, so this bar stool is meant to be lined up as a row of twenty and disappear into your architecture." After this discussion, each of the teams had the opportunity to sit one-on-one to discuss and "pitch" their design process with the judge. After the presentations by each of the firms, Todd selected a winning design: the one created by VOA Associates.
The 1st Annual Haworth Collection Design Competition was an exciting celebration of the creativity of these designers that we have the opportunity to collaborate with, as well as the varietal and iconic Haworth Collection. Thank you to our five firms for your awesomely creative work: Environetics, Perkins + Will, Mancini Duffy, IA, and VOA. We look forward to expanding and shaking things up for next year's competition – check out more photos below!


text: Zimbabweans have reacted differently to the decision by the commonwealth not to suspend their country or impose sanctions against it. Britain sought the support of commonwealth member states to suspend Zimbabwe due to president Robert Mugabe?s alleged bad governance The decision has cheered some Zimbabweans who believe their country does not deserve any form of punishment. Sharing this view is Harare-based businessman Loveridge Maenzanise, " Zimbabwe is a mere victim in this matter. Before we claimed that which is ours, land, we were blue-eyed boys of the west. But now that we are demanding what belongs to us, we should be hated." Mr. Maenzanise says it was regrettable that some Zimbabweans could reflect and support the views of those critical of President Robert Mugabe's style of rule. But Charles Mangongera, a research fellow here in Harare, says the decision by the Commonwealth was a triumph for President Mugabe but a disservice to Zimbabwe. He says, " Mugabe has scored a diplomatic goal by lying to the world that the problem in Zimbabwe is that of land. No, the biggest problem in this country is one of suppression of the freedom of expression." On his part President Mugabe has welcomed the decision not to impose sanctions on his regime. In particular he has congratulated African leaders for their support and urged them to remain united. The Herald newspaper, which appears to write favorably of the Mugabe government says, "African, Caribbean and Asian countries boldly declined to support the British and Australian move which they understood as intended to help the British prime minister, Mr. Tony Blair, to enthrone his surrogate, MDC leader, Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai as president of Zimbabwe through the back door." The Commonwealth meeting of heads of state and government has decided to wait for a report from the electoral observer mission in the country before any action could be taken. Zimbabwe goes to the polls this weekend to elect a new president.


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Having home security equipment like the most common motion detectors, installed nowadays is made easy with all the various types available on the market. The quality and effectiveness of such devices are the main things to consider when you're thinking about a security upgrade as this can actually help you cut some cost on insurance premiums in one way or another.
Motion detector devices usually have an electronic chip that sends out infrared light signals. Its passive infrared (PIR) construction uses sensors that detect not just movement but most importantly body heat. They activate once there is a prompt alteration in the infrared energy within its field range. Other forms of detection use different mechanisms as well. For radar systems, it relies on microwaves from moving objects while ultrasonic systems emit sound waves and measure the echo that returns.
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Even though motion detector cameras are quite new to the residential home security industry, its diverse features surely gave it some leverage. Motion detection cameras can have different fields of view, can pan and or tilt to record a larger area and, most if not all have high camera resolution, night vision and WiFi capability. And since it gives you all of that technology, the product can get really costly, although there are also cheaper, smaller yet effective versions available nowadays.
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Gender equality study: Education not enough
How sexually transmitted diseases might have driven the evolution of monogamy
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Why Asian Americans don't vote Republican?
How Donald Trump broke the media
One Direction: The making of a billion-dollar boy band
Study: The case of virgin births in the United States
United Church of Bacon: A religion against religions
The oppression of Muslim Uighurs in China
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...if you're feeling really naughty. "'Twas the night before Christmas,"...and you're exhausted, but you got everything done because you're awesome. Sit back and relax. You deserve a family-free night! Welcome back. Thanks for reading my "Nice List" and "(Slightly) Naughty List" films. Here are some Santa's "(Really) Naughty List" films for when your little Cindy... Continue Reading →
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...if you're feeling kinda naughty. "'Twas the night before Christmas,"...and the stress of it all is getting to you. You're starting to feel like an angry South Pole elf. Take it easy. Make life easy. Thanks for reading my Santa's "Nice List" films for children five and under. If you have older children, play one... Continue Reading →
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...if you're feeling nice. "'Twas the night before Christmas,"...and you still have gifts to wrap, laundry to fold, and a house to clean. How do you make sure "...all through the house, / Not a creature [is] stirring, not even a mouse;" for an hour or even for a few precious minutes? Gift yourself with... Continue Reading →
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Hey boo-tiful, are you ready for Halloween night? Here are five Halloween costumes, for your kids, inspired by some of my favorite movies. As you may know, I have a preschooler boy and a toddler girl, so I scoured my brain and the Internet for sibling Halloween costume ideas that are easy, cheap (well, mostly!),... Continue Reading →
Just one more show in bed
I'm reblogging this post in honor of Arrested Development's new Season 5 on Netflix.
This stay-in-bed mom (SIBM) wouldn't get through the day without at least twenty (-ish) minutes to watch or rewatch a favorite TV show in bed. I crave catharsis, a good laugh or a good cry. Something that's just for me. I imagine you need comic or tragic relief in your busy mom life too.
Moms, like us, have limited downtime, so it's important we use our free time well. But choose a TV series wisely. After becoming a mom, I had an epiphany: I have very little time. So why waste it watching bad TV?
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My preferred way to relax is to stay in bed and watch TV. For a mom with limited free time, I give my highest recommendation to Arrested Development (Seasons 1-3, 2003-2006, aired on Fox; Season 4, 2013, released on Netflix). This TV series is my standby. It's no…
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This stay-in-bed mom (SIBM) wouldn't get through the day without at least twenty (-ish) minutes to watch or rewatch a favorite TV show in bed. I crave catharsis, a good laugh or a good cry. Something that's just for me. I imagine you need comic or tragic relief in your busy mom life too. Moms,... Continue Reading →


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dkjorgi wrote:So having a graph that will show the line of where he should be at any stage and another line of his actual progress would show you this.
Or on your screenshot it shows each one as %-complete. That is good but 50% doesnt say much. Would it be possible to show two progress bars?
I've thought about this before, in regards to the horizontal "bars" -- however I think the same information can be derived from the "graphs" that are already present. In one of the screenshots above you see a graph showing their "term" in the quorum on the X axis, and a blue line indicating their progress towards 100% over time.
Applying your suggestion to the above, I could add another line depicting what the progress "should" be over time (in red):
But I almost wonder if it gets too cluttered -- it should be fairly clear how far on or off track you are without the red line.
dkjorgi wrote:Also a text on each individuals record saying "John has completed 10 goals out of 46. This is 4 goals more than expected at this stage. In order to complete on time John will need to complete one goal every 16 days."
I like that idea, I'll add it to the growing backlog of features to add
Having worked in Young Men's as the secretary in charge of tracking Scouting Advancement, having used the complex tracking capabilities of TroopMaster, I'll reiterate that I'm very hesitant to go down that road with YouthMaster... suggestions on adding merit badge tracking ..
It's like a snow ball at the very top of the mountain, once we start rolling towards advanced scout tracking, the scope grows far beyond what the system was built for. If you haven't seen what TroopMaster has to offer you probably don't understand, but the point I'm making is that the complexity of detailed Scout Advancement tracking is a can of worms that I'm not ready to open. There are a lot of features on the backlog for future versions that are of a higher priority:
* Faith in God Tracking (Primary's DTG/PP)
* Increased Granularity of DTG/PP (i.e. if a requirement is to do 4 FHE's, have a checkbox for each of the 4, instead of 1 for the entire requirement)
* Stake Reports
* Private/Public Blogging
* Internationalization (includes the technical work to support international characters, tokenizing the site's language, and getting volunteers to help translate)
The above functionality is probably another 8-12 months away ...and then.... maybe I could look into more detailed Scout tracking/advancement (merit badges, etc).
Until then, you already have basic capability to track merit badges by listing them out in the [Comments] section of the checkoff form:
As someone already mentioned, the major no-no is importing data which has been exported from MLS -- nothing in YouthMaster is built to interface with any MLS exports... Church's stance on sites like these ..
jdlessley wrote:The concern within the community is the security of the site, or the lack thereof, and therefore any of the data users provide. Without adequate security the privacy of the data on the site is in jeopardy of being compromised.
I'm assuming you're referring to the lack of SSL, which is in my eyes a major gap I've been wanting to address. The problem right now is the cost of certificates. The way the hosting provider works is that each subdomain, i.e.
would require me to purchase a separate certificate for each of them. I obviously can't afford to pay for that, so I'm looking into cheaper options such as refactoring the site to work as:
In either case it's going to require more time and money. Perhaps I should post a warning on the login page that people should not login to YouthMaster from a public network (work/school/cafe's) due to the fact that traffic is sent in clear text.
Unfortunately, SSL won't help against keyloggers, which I believe are an even greater risk due to the presence of keyloggers in modern malware/adware. I've seen a number of cases of friend's / relative's PC's who were infected with something that was FTP'ing a complete key-for-key log on a weekly basis to a predefined server -- scary stuff.
jdlessley wrote:Since the site discussed in this thread deals with youth, and data related to youth, greater care should be taken when releasing data to this site.
Completely agree. I've been advising wards who express security concerns to limit their user profiles to nearly-anonymous data:
First name: Jacob
Last name: F.
Birthday: 11/14/1997
Phone: <blank>
Address: <blank>
Email: <blank>
All you need is first name, last initial, and birthday to take advantage of the tracking capabilities. If the data is comprised, all that is lost is an almost useless list of first names and birthdays.
I really appreciate everyone's feedback and comments. It's discussions like these that have shaped YouthMaster from v1 -> v2 -> v3 and will do so for future iterations. I won't give up on merit badge tracking, it just may be a year or two away...everyone...


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Declines, the secular equivalent of religion, and the crisis of modern civilization January 30th, 2017 •
The degeneration of the American system is often compared to the decline of the Roman Empire. The analog is apt, but incorrect: the obvious comparison is to the brevity of Athenian democracy in the uncanny dissipation in less than two centuries.
The parallel comparison to the decline of the Roman Republic is also relevant, but that process took five/six centuries. Both analogs are useful and revolve the unstated epochal logic clarified by our eonic model which shows the clear correlation of the onset of the American system at the end of the modern transition. That gave the American system a wallop but the result was limited from the start and required the major correction of the horrendous Civil War.
The swift degeneration of the American system is an ominous warning of what the system left to itself will become: worse and worse until the metaphor of the declinists turns correct.
The clear need for a new course correction emerges powerfully in the crisis of capitalism, the failures of globalization, and the calamity of climate change.
It is no accident that religion and empire correlated in the case of ancient Rome. In our case we can use the many potential resources of modernity beyond scientism/materialism (e.g. the course of the Reformation, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Feuerbach) to create the secular equivalent of religion and what we have called the 'floating fourth turning point': a social transformation to bring restored coherence to a decaying modernity. The legacy religions are too archaic while the fundamentalist marxism was too reductionist to do the job. This is a relatively simple thing to do if we can evade religious obsessions (which doesn't mean being antireligion as such) and the Iron Cage mentality of scientism.
The fate of the American system is sealed at this point. It needs a thorough recompute, even as a lot of radical challenge went nowhere as the system got worse with Trump…


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Lost in the Philadelphia 76ers' 18-64 season is the fact that the team competed hard under coach Brett Brown. For a team that featured 25 different players this season, Brown's persistent enthusiasm created an environment where the positives were encouraged and negatives were used to teach.
One of this season's beneficiaries of the Sixers' continued rebuilding efforts was second-year forward Robert Covington.
After going undrafted in 2013 after four years at Tennessee State, the Bellwood, IL native signed with the Houston Rockets. Covington spent much of that season with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the D-League, where he won D-League Rookie of the Year.
After a Summer League stint with Houston, the Rockets waived Covington before the start of the season. He would be selected with the first overall pick in the D-League draft by the Grand Rapids Drive but would never see a minute for the team, as Philadelphia signed him the day after.
With the Sixers searching for promise from anyone who suited up for them, Covington led the team's active players in scoring (13.5 points)—Tony Wroten scored 16.9 ppg but only played in 30 games—and shot 37.4 percent from 3-point range. Covington's 167 made three-pointers this season ranked No. 10 in the NBA.
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SLAM: The Rockets waived you, then you were the No. 1 pick in the D-League draft, then the Sixers signed you—all before this season started. How hectic was all that?
Robert Covington: In the beginning, it was [hectic] because I was in Houston for two-and-a-half weeks before I ended up knowing what was going to happen. I got released on October 9th. They told me they were releasing me on the 9th and they didn't officially release me until the 27th. So that kind of set me back. My agent had teams that wanted to work on something with me but they couldn't do anything because officially I wasn't released from the Houston Rockets. I had to wait around, so I just worked out, stayed in shape because you never know what could happen. You always have to be ready. And then it came around to a day before the season begins and that's when it officially came out that they were releasing me. So my agent didn't have that much time to work on anything for me. That whole two and a half weeks, we had contemplated about what we wanted to do, how we would do things and which route would be the best for me. That's how we came to the conclusion of just going to the D-League and then going from there. That's how that all panned out.
SLAM: With being the D-League Rookie of the Year last season, how much does that actually prepare you for the NBA?
RC: It definitely does prepare you. It's just a matter how you go about preparing. Some people will BS around, but if you really take it serious and treat it like an NBA season, you're auditioning each and every night. You have to be at your tip-top, no matter what. That's where a lot of guys—they think that just because they're in the D-League that no one is going to notice. I tell guys all the time "You never know what can happen." Any day, you give your best. Opportunity is going to come from that, whether it's the NBA, overseas, or anything. Opportunities will come because there is always someone watching.
SLAM: You would think with the losses, a coach could get burned out quick, but coach Brett Brown always seems to stay positive. How does that help guys that are fighting not only for wins but their livelihoods?
RC: It helped out a lot because we had a rough season. Typically, that would be frustrating for a lot of people. But coach Brown did a great job in keeping our heads held high, keeping us going in each day and working hard no matter what. His enthusiasm was contagious. No matter what was going on, whether we were down—we were there as a unit. That comes from what coach instilled in us. All the positivity. All the hard work that we had done. All the player development. Everything. His enthusiasm just trickled down into everything that we did and it showed with everyone on our team. He's a great coach. He's been through a lot of things and he's had success. So he knows what it takes and he tries to bring that same enthusiasm, same persona to the Sixers.
SLAM: From the outside looking in, we can say that the season for you guys isn't about wins and losses but about development. But as a player and competitor, how do you curb the frustrations that comes with all the losses?
RC: Just by holding each other accountable and keeping each other level-headed. We were so tight as a group, no matter what we were going through. We were always together, always kept each other's [spirits] high. We never bashed anybody or let anyone get down on themselves. In certain cases, guys were dealing with something but we were always there for one another. We treated it like a real family because of we knew what we were going through. Guys were doing a great job with that and throughout the whole season that's what kept us on the up end when things were tough. We had an environment where there was so much enthusiasm. It was so much praise about strides we made and we paid attention to all the good things. We went over smaller things that we did wrong. But we also paid attention to a lot of good things that we had done and we built off of that. That helps give you confidence. It helps build your reputation. That's what was good about it. Even though it was rough, we still had composure and each and every night, we went out and fought because we knew that as long as we did our best, that's what matters the most.
SLAM: You got to play in the Rising Stars game during All-Star Weekend. What was that like?
RC: That was an amazing blessing. I actually didn't believe it at first. My mom had called me and I was actually asleep when I got the call. I was in Chicago with my family and I was at my hotel sleeping. My mom called my phone and my agent was calling my phone all morning. When I woke up, my mom was telling me, "You need to call your agent ASAP!" I'm like "What's going on?" She's like "I don't know. Call your agent." I called him and he praised me; "You know you've done a great job this season. You've been recognized for what you've done so far and your on your way to New York to play in the Rising Stars Challenge." It didn't hit me at first until I really woke up and I said, "Repeat that!" He said "Yeah. You're on your way to New York to play in the Rising Stars Challenge. You're replacing Michael [Carter-Williams]." It shocked me at first. I thought that I would make it before that, considering the type of season I was having. But, I knew I wasn't there the full season. So maybe that played a part in it. Going through what I've gone through, to be able to go in and play in that game with so many up-and-coming stars, it just shows that no matter what, all the hard work that you put in, it won't go unnoticed. That experience was just crazy. I went last year, in New Orleans, for the D-League All-Star Game, but it's nothing like experiencing it on the big stage.
SLAM: What about playing at the United Center this year in front of what seemed like an entire section of your friends and family as a pro?
RC: That was an amazing experience because not a lot of my family and friends have been able to see me play in person. Nobody has been able to really see me play besides my mom, my AAU coach and my little brother. Coming back home and playing in my hometown, and doing well, and almost winning the game, just meant a lot. I had a big section and they all were cheering for me. It was amazing. It really meant a lot to see that many people there to support me. It made [playing] that much easier. My teammates played well, but we just came up short at the end. That feeling to play in front of them, though, was amazing.
SLAM: You were one of the League's best outside shooters this season, as far as percentages. Even with being from Bellwood, there's still that Chicago-style game of attacking and getting to the basket. How did you refine your shooting?
RC: Actually, just [hooping] in the alley, playing in the backyard really helped. Whenever I'm in the gym, just staying after and shooting and playing around. It wasn't really no set thing that I worked on like that. It was just playing around. As I got older, teams started to noticed that I could really shoot. So I focused on that and kept developing that to my game. My shot just was naturally there. Everyone always thought that I had a shooting coach, but it really just came from playing in the backyard and playing around in the gym. It's just a matter of doing it, just having the confidence in it. That's one thing about it; I've always been confident in my shot.
SLAM: What do you expect from Joel Embiid next season?
RC: I'm very excited. Joel brings a lot to the table. He's a big body that can do a lot of things. He hasn't even been playing the game long. So you can see that he has so much potential. Just seeing him work out and all the things that he is capable of doing—it's going to be great having him and the other bigs. His presence, added to what we have, is going to be tremendous for us because it's going to open up the floor for us. It's a great thing to add Joel to the pieces that we do have and seeing what else comes into play next season. It's going to be a good year for us because we're going to start early and build that chemistry to know where certain guys want the ball and where to make those reads. Once you build that chemistry, it just helps you throughout the season.
SLAM: For the first time since your days at Tennessee State, you know where you will be playing next fall. What does having that stability do for you?
RC: It's a great feeling because you don't have to really worry about too much like where you're going to be and a lot of what-ifs. It gives you a piece of mind to know where you're going to be. That takes so much stress off of some of the pressure of not knowing.
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"Why are we flying away?" asked Tarcuna calmly. "I only caught a word here and there."
"And that word was probably vulgar," I said, "That's all that Llredh said in Hoven languages."
"Your friend got freed, right? That's why he ripped his chest up?"
"Llredh got freed. I don't know that he's my friend, or Ythac," I said.
"He did the surgery on himself? That's a bit tough."
"Yes. I don't think anything could have stood between Llredh and his revenge. Certainly not Llredh's own scales and bones."
"But he's all right now?"
"Yes, I think so. Our healing spells work better on us than on you, and he wasn't nearly as badly hurt as you were," I answered. "I don't know for sure. My horrible ex-fiancé and my rival are taking care of him. I can't imagine that he could be in much trouble with that much help."
"Ythac," I said.
"Last I heard, he was your best friend and likely husband…?"
I turned my head back to glare at her briefly. It's a good thing I broke her ability to experience fear. "He loves another male dragon. I can't marry someone like that. I can't imagine how to even tolerate someone like that."
She shrugged. "You and my mother."
"I've mostly loved other girl hovens. Or doesn't it count when non-dragons do that?" said Tarcuna. "It sure counted for my mother; she disinherited me. Better dump my perverted ass off your back right now."
"I am not going to kill you, Tarcuna. It is such bad form to save someone's life and have them help out and then to kill them," I said.
"And it's good form to abandon a friend on one of the most important days of his life?"
"I can't think what might be good form under the circumstances," I said.
"What are they doing back there?" said Tarcuna.
"I don't want to think about that. They didn't even have the clawtip of a decency for one of them to turn into a girl," I snapped.
"I mean with the explosions… is that part of dragons making love?"
"Not generally," I said, and looked back. Hovens were assaulting the other dragons from the ground with artillery and purple rays, and from the air from many planes. A moderate amount of Port-of-Zom was ablaze.
«Are you all right?» I wrote frantically to Ythac.
«We're fine! We got interrupted by some soldiers though. Want to help us? I'd really appreciate some lightning now,» he answered.
«Yes. Don't think you're forgiven though,» I scribbled to him. "I'm going back to help. I'll put you down, it's safer."
"Oh, don't! I want to stay with you! This should be exciting to see from your back!" chirped Tarcuna.
"You are very mind-broken," I said.
"So true! But I might as well enjoy it," she said.
The Battle of Port-of-Zom
So I turned and flew back with my hoven on my back. The others were having trouble with the warplanes. Fire breath can go reasonably far, but it cannot go reasonably far very fast, and the planes were dodging around too much to be convenient targets for fire breath. They had some sort of technologically magical torpedoes, too, which curved and twisted in the air, and if they missed the first time, would try twice or thrice more. And of course my friends had to pay attention to any number of assaults from the ground too, artillery and twistor rays and such.
So I touched this plane and that with lightning. Sometimes they exploded. Sometimes they stopped dodging and zipping around, and their momentum carried them off away from the fight. Sometimes they simply sprouted big burny holes in the side, and fled under their own power. Lightning is happy to be both far and fast, though you can't melt mountains with it when you're upset.
The airplanes were mostly gone by the time I got back to Port-of-Zom. Llredh wriggled happily at me — I've never seen him so happy. "Thanks so much, Jyothky!" he cried out in Trestean.
"Well, sure… what are you doing?"
"The city of my humiliation, I am destroying her! The armies of defenders, my husband and my lovers are holding them back."
"The whole city?" shouted Tarcuna. "They'd hate the wormridden as much as you do!"
"Come not between the dragon and his vengeance!" cried Llredh.
"I'm not, but if you get vengeance on the wrong thing, it's pretty stupid vengeance!" shouted Tarcuna.
"The girl who rides you, she is very chatty!" remarked Llredh. "If she were off your back, I would slay her." A heavy shell exploded under his belly, and he grunted and put the Rose Rescaler into himself.
"The girl who rides me, she saved you nearly as much as Ythac, and without half the reward." (And without half the indecency, either, but I didn't say that.) "And she knows more about hovens and cyoziworms than you do."
Llredh flew down a bit, to where his breath was hot enough to melt the gun which had shot him. "My revenge, my vast and terrible revenge, what does your expert recommend I do for her?" he called up to us, as he dodged and blasted an assortment of other missiles.
"Let's go somewhere quiet and discuss it. It looks to me like all of your actual enemies here are dead, and lots of the hovens who should be your allies against them too," said Tarcuna. "And you're killing your allies by the tens and hundreds."
"Besides, we've got about five hemipenises more to go," said Ythac. "I am not letting you get out of that!"
"This battle, it looks like we have won her?" We looked around. Fourteen of the twenty planes were destroyed, the rest were fled, and two dozen tanks and cannons. Which was a third or five-twelfths of the big weapons that had come against us. We hadn't particularly been bothering with the less well-armed soldiers, who hadn't done much more than scramble around and try to look fierce and/or effective. A half-mile square and more was ablaze, in a big wobbly circle around the former wormhouse. "My revenge, my fury, Port-of-Zom will not soon forget him!" cried Llredh.
The rest of us agreed that honor and violence were satisfied for the moment. Arilash darted around and touched put the Melismatic Tempest into us. We flew away tremendously fast, leaving trails of spiky music behind us. Within the hour, the Vlechinse army congratulated themselves on the radio on their victory over four dragons.
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Digital payment startup ItzCash said it has entered into a strategic partnership with Visa, making it the only non-bank institution in the country to get a direct membership from the global payments technology company. This means that all ItzCash wallets and instruments will now be accepted wherever Visa is accepted, just like bank debit cards powered by Visa. "With this association, we are untapping the potential of mass India at large. Everyone who has physical money but wants to transact digitally, now has an empowered instrument in ItzCash that will be accepted everywhere, making the process as seamless as paying in cash," said Bhavik Vasa, chief growth officer at Itz ash. The partnership offers increased flexibility to design and customise payment solutions.
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- To a large saute pan over high heat, add enough oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan. Add the diced onion and saute until just translucent, about 2 minutes. Add the shrimp and scallops and cook until the shrimp just begin to turn pink and curl. Be careful not to overcook the seafood at this point, the mixture will be fried later, so it should be slightly undercooked. Add 1/2 to 3/4 cup of the sauce and cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and place in a bowl. Add the crab and goat cheese and mix well. Fold in the chayote and cilantro
- Place 2 cups of the remaining sauce in a saucepan. Add the cream and bring to a simmer. Reduce slightly while you are preparing the chimichangas. Taste, and reseason, if necessary. Excess sauce can be refrigerated for 1 week of frozen for 2 months.
- One at a time, place the tortillas on a work surface. Spoon a line of the seafood mixture down the center. Fold in the top and bottom to form a package, then the sides. Roll to seal. Secure shut with toothpicks
- Heat several inches of vegetable oil in a deep pot to 360 degrees F. Using tongs, lower 1 burrito at a time into the hot oil, holding it together with the tongs until it is "sealed." Continue cooking until golden brown on all sides, 3 to 5 minutes, depending upon their size.
- Drain on paper towels. Garnish with the creamy sauce guacamole, tomatoes, sour cream, cilantro, and onions, and serve hot with Black Beans.
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- Dish Type: Entree
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THE GOOD: Scott Kazmir was at his best and kept his pitch count in check. After needing 18 pitches in the first, he only needed 67 over the next 5 innings and was able to work 7 full innings with 103 pitches… BJ Upton. Upton was 2-3 with 2 walks. More importantly, both hits were singles to the opposite field which should go a long ways towards helping him regain his confidence at the plate. And one thing that is not slumping is his legs and the Rays' first run was all Upton and his legs. After singling to right, Upton was picked off first, but never stopped on his way to second and slid in safely. He then moved to third on a fly ball to left-center. He would then score on a 2-out single by Evan Longoria…So much for any home run derby jinx. Evan Longoria homered for the 3rd straight game and is now only 4 off of the lead in the American League. If he could ever get his batting average above .300, the media will start jumping on the MVP bandwagon. And he is hitting .337 over the last month…Jonny Gomes. Yes he is a terrible fielder. And yes, he is not a very good hitter. But he is extremely aggressive and after singling in the 4th, he stole second with 2 outs to get into scoring position. He then scored on another 2-out basehit. This time by Akinori Iwamura…Grant Balfour is absolutely cooking right now. With 2 outs in the 8th and an 0-2 count on Kurt Suzuki, Balfour was so pumped up, he actually yelled at Dioner Navarro "FASTBALL!", rather than shake him off. That folks, is confidence.
THE BAD: The Mariners had a chance to tie the game in Seattle late last night against the Red Sox. Down 2-0 in the 7th inning, the M's got 2 runners on with only 1 out. Miguel Cairo struck out and Jose Vidro flew out. The Sox would then score 2 in the top of the 8th. Game Over.
THE TELLING: Andy Sonnanstine will start tonight for the first time in 12 days…Attendance for last night's game was only 12,428. The small crowd is not unexpected for a Monday night game against the west coast A's who don't have any name-players.
- Looks like Jason Bartlett will come off the DL on Thursday. He thinks he is about 80% right now. Marc Lancaster thinks that Ben Zobrist will be sent down to make room, but wonders if something different might happen if Bartlett is not ready to start at short everyday. [Rays Report]
- Matt Silverman and Andrew Friedman handed out programs and greeted fans before last night's game. [St. Pete Times]
- Jim Molony says the Rays have a tough second-half schedule but that they should be one of the teams to fight through and make the playoffs. [MLB]
- TBSB feels that Jonny Gomes' personality is not enough to keep him around on the roster. [Tampa Bay Sports Blog]
- Dayn Perry thinks the Rays might not have enough offense to win East…Perry is one of our least favorite baseball writers and we don't have the enrgy to go through and give this it's much deserved bashing. [Fox Sports]
- One Sporting News writer has the Rays #2 in his Power Poll, behind only the Angels. [Sporting News]


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Are You Getting Facebook Invite Spammed?
LinkedIn is the social networking platform that's generating buzz today, but Facebook would like to remind you that it still exists. Many, many times.
Facebook users have been reporting excessive invite mails over the past 3 days - between 3 and 5 mails are sent from Facebook for every event or group you're invited to. The problem would appear to be site-wide, although we've yet to confirm that claim. So, let's go ahead and ask: are you getting Facebook invite spammed?


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Wikiquote:Quote of the day/October 12, 2012
|The true Christian is not obliged to renounce the things of this world or to lessen his natural abilities. On the contrary, inasmuch as he incorporates them into his normal life in a disciplined manner, he develops and perfects them; he thereby ennobles the natural life itself, supplying efficacious values to it not only of the spiritual and eternal world but also of the material and earthly world.
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The Dunes Golf Club has 3 parcours with different levels and challenges. The blue course features large fairways among eucalyptus - The red course features beautiful lakes surrounded by Tamarisk - The yellow course is technical with a large lake on tee No 9.
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Hack Madness: The MIT Tournament of Hacks
Update: We have a winner! See who was named Hack Madness Champion.
Hacking. A proud MIT tradition. In honor of this legendary custom, the MIT Alumni Association presented Hack Madness: The MIT Tournament of Hacks, a two-week contest that invited the MIT community to vote for their favorite hack. More than 27,000 votes were cast on Slice of MIT and social media. The tournament won the Gold Medal for Social Media—Alumni and Advancement Programs at 2015 CASE District I Excellence Awards and was featured on boston.com.
Some MITers were partial to gags on the Great Dome or hacks at Harvard. And others just enjoyed the sheer old-school strength it takes to pull a car on a roof.
In the tournament's championship round, the Harvard-Yale game—three separate hacks that unfolded on national television—defeated the Caltech Cannon Heist, a 2006 prank that transported Caltech's three-ton Fleming House cannon more than 2,500 miles undetected to MIT campus, by a score of 63-37 percent.
The Harvard-Yale game and the Cannon Heist also received the most cumulative votes throughout the five-round tournament. Click on the interactive tournament bracket for full results and and the voting results graph for all vote totals.
Relive the Tournament
The five-round tournament took place over two weeks and began on Monday, March 3, 2014. The winner was announced on March 14—a.k.a Pi Day (03/14), an unofficial MIT holiday.
- The 32-hack bracket was unveiled on Friday, Feb. 28.
- Round 1: March 3-4, 2014.
- Round 2: March 5-6, 2014.
- Round 3: March 7-9, 2014.
- Round 4: March 10-11, 2014.
- Round 5: March 12-13, 2014.
- Championship Announcement: March 14, 2014 (Pi Day). See who was named Hack Madness Champion.
How could I vote?
- Leave a comment or vote on each round's Slice of MIT post.
- Leave a comment in the original posts on the Alumni Association's Facebook, Instagram, Google+ and LinkedIn pages. (Likes, +1s, shares, and comments on shared posts did not count as votes.)
- On Twitter, use the hashtags #HackMadness or #MITHackMadness.
Could I vote in multiple locations?
- Yes! Vote was available on all Slice of MIT and all Alumni Association social media outlets. Double votes in the same location counted as one vote.
- Votes on sites outside of Slice of MIT and the Alumni Association's social media channels (i.e., shared Facebook posts) were not counted.
- The tournament was compiled based on input from members of the secretive Institute of Hacking Theatrics and Fugacious Pranks (IHTFP) with invaluable input from Nightwork, the MIT Museum's Institute for Hacks, Tomfoolery, and Pranks, and the online MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery. The tournament would not be possible without those resources.
- Who doesn't have a favorite hack? Share your opinions with the MIT community, reconnect with old classmates, and help your favorite hack advance in the tournament.
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- March 2, 2014 at 9:09 am
This is fantastic! Very much looking forward to watching the tournament unfold.
Anyone looking for an additional primer on the Harvard-Yale Balloon Hack can check this out: http://www.astadke.org/alpha-phi-hack-of-1982.html. Post-hack press conference video included!
- March 3, 2014 at 6:51 pm
For Match 16 – I vote for the Cow on the Dorm.
My Dad was the MIT student who was milking the cow. He told the other guys that they had to twist the cow's tail to get her to walk up all the stairs. They had a sign near the cow that read something like "Educated milk – 5 cents a quart". Since the cow would not go back down the stairs, the guys had to hire a crane to lift the cow off the dorm roof. A picture of all the guys on the roof with the cow appeared on the front page of either the NY Times or the NY Herald newspaper. The newspaper accidentally flipped the negative before printing their picture. When a neighbor farmer saw the picture, he later asked Dad why he was milking the cow from the wrong side.
- March 3, 2014 at 8:48 pm
Cow on Dorm wins!!!
- March 5, 2014 at 3:46 pm
For Round 2 – Match 8 – I vote for Cow on Dorm.
- March 6, 2014 at 8:37 am
Round 2 – Match 8 – Cow on Dorm
- March 7, 2014 at 2:54 pm
Go cow on dorm!
- March 8, 2014 at 8:03 pm
It's great to see that the story which has been told for years about my uncle, William Pitbladdo, and his (future) brother-in-law is in the running for the top prize. My uncle got questioned as to why he was milking from the wrong side of the cow. (Explanation-see Judy Barnum's comment>)
- March 9, 2014 at 10:02 pm
I vote for the Harvard Yale Stadium blast.
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Classic Yacht Symposium 2020 Classic Sailing
The Classic Yacht Symposium February 29th 2020 12.00-18.00 Helsinki Music Centre, Mannerheimintie 13, Helsinki The Classic Yacht Symposium Dinner February 29th 2020 19.30-23.00 Scandic Hotel Park Restaurant, Mannerheimintie 46, Helsinki.
Yachting enthusiasts from around the world are getting together in Helsinki on February the 29th. Our mission is to strengthen bonds between classic yacht sailors and to create a deeper understanding of the history, the present and the future opportunities of classic yachting. The symposium also is also a tribute to the contributions of the designers, builders, owners and sailors involved with classic yachts. The symposium has featured several prominent yachtsmen from all over the world, among others Halsey Herreshoff, David Pedrick, Alex Thomson, Juan Kouyoumdjian, Heinz Ramm-Schmidt, Antti Herlin, Jussi Gullichsen, Henrik Andersin and John Lammerts van Bueren. The 9th Symposium is honouring the memory of the Symposium founder, Esko Kilpi, who's chosen theme for 2020 is Joy and Beauty.


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Restaurateur Kirk Basnight is well-known on the East End for bringing a huge helping of Southern hospitality to the Hamptons dining scene. Hailing from Virginia, Basnight treats his patrons like long-lost friends, which many in fact do become (or rather, new friends). Basnight helms Southampton favorites little|red and redbar, a classic French-style brasserie. Both recently went through revamps. This summer, Basnight added Executive Chef Todd Jacobs, an East End star who won raves at Fresh for his locally sourced cuisine, to the team.
How long have you been in the Hamptons? 25 years
Favorite Hampton or special place in the Hamptons: My favorite place is on a boat on Peconic Bay. I grew up on the water—it's the most peaceful place I know. I love to spend the day water skiing and then head to Shelter Island for lunch.
How have the Hamptons changed in the last five years? Southampton Village has really come to life again. People have returned post-recession, new restaurants and shops have opened up. It's been great to watch the scene grow.
Best time of day in the Hamptons: 4 p.m. It's my time between the hustle of lunch and the bustle of dinner when I can relax in my rose garden with friends and family and recharge before going back to both restaurants.
Favorite beach: Towd Point Beach. I stop there every morning.
Best Farmers Markets: Tate's. Everyone knows Kathleen's Cookies, but her Dad also has a farmers market and it's my favorite. I also like to hit up Southampton's Farmers Market on the weekends. And of course, my own vegetable garden too!
Secret for beating summer traffic: Stay home.
Favorite sources for bread in the Hamptons: Blue Duck Bakery on the North Fork.
Favorite sources for cheeses in the Hamptons: Cavaniola's Sag Harbor Cheese Shop.
Favorite sources for fish in the Hamptons: Here, I must admit I cheat a little bit. Todd Jacobs and Bobby Abrams go to a lot of trouble to source the best from local fishermen and I raid the walk-in. There are some perks to owning a couple of restaurants! For everyone else, I'd recommend hitting up Citarella. Nobody knows seafood like Joe Guerra.
Beside your own restaurants, what is your favorite spot for….
Brunch: Salt Waterfront Bar and Grill on Shelter Island. Love the husband and wife (Alison Bevilacqua and Keith Bavaro). They make a great team. And the chef Darren Boyle is a total foodie.
Dinner (French or Italian): Sant Ambroeus.
Bar: Sunset Beach on Shelter Island. Best view, hands down.
Best places to party: This southern gentleman stays in on his nights off.
For out-of-town guests, which hotel do you recommend? Barron's Cove.
Best gym/athletic spot in the area: Southampton Gym.
Where do you like to shop for clothes? Tenet.
Favorite charity: Southampton Day Care Center; they do so much for this wonderful town that I call home! (Shameless plug—I'm on the board.)
Favorite galleries: Parrish Art Museum.
Describe the Hamptons in three words: Home, Peconic, Blue.
What is the secret to your success? My motto is that no matter what happens in life , if you're good then you win.


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Those of us here in the southern hemisphere are slipping into winter. The wind blows starkly off distant snow-covered mountains, the chill startling for we soft coastal-dwellers. It snowed not far from here during the week. The other day while my son trained for soccer, my daughter rode her birthday bike along the riverside footpath heading straight into the antarctic breeze. The clouds, stripped of all softness, rode high and dark across the sky, sending our gaze skyward to check for rain. None came though – the air was too cold to rain. After watching my son and his mates run after a round ball for an hour, short sleeved in the frigid air, I bought them hot chips for the car trip home, hands and bellies warmed – and hearts too. A warm shower, a hot cocoa, a lit up fireplace – these are the little luxuries of winter. I like it 🙂
There are other processes at work at this time of the year – we begin the inner journey as the year winds down towards the winter solstice, and this is amplified in the dark moon period before a new moon – which this month will be in Taurus, always a eventful time in our family. Our gaze turns inwards at these times and we come face to face with ourselves. This can be confronting and disturbing, to say the least, even if you, like me, pay regular attention to the journey of the spirit. I came face to face with myself (again) this week, and I didn't really like what I saw. I didn't like the way that I keep putting myself and my own needs last, how I blame other people for treating me how I treat myself and how little I think I deserve.
I used to think my self esteem was strong, and it is, as long as I think I am being useful to other people. The ground starts to get shaky when I want to focus on things that are just for me – like yoga say, or writing, or even a long desired University degree. Over the past few years I have worked through the feelings of guilt I have about putting time aside for these activities. Mostly, to avoid feeling guilty, I do these things early in the morning, before anyone gets up and wants me. As I have gotten better at prioritising my time, I will even write in the middle of the day when the children are at school and I am not working, like today for instance. I worked in the morning and now the house needs cleaning, there is dirty washing in the washing basket and there is my son's birthday dinner to be planned and prepared. But I have carved out this time on a Friday afternoon to write the first half of this blog, and I give that to myself, willingly.
However, last weekend I discovered that I have not conquered this feeling of undeserving within me, I just work around it, avoiding it if I can. Sometimes though, I have to face it head on, and I have to battle through the guilt and fear. If I choose to not do that, to go the path of least resistance, then I will have to battle through grief and anger and shame, which believe me, is worse. Last weekend, as you may know, was smack in the middle of the Festival of the Cow. My daughter had her birthday party after school on Friday, my son had his first soccer game of the season on Saturday, plus we needed to buy my daughter's birthday present – her new bike. Sunday was Mother's Day. In a separate but interlocking world, I also had a local writer's gathering to attend. I had paid the small attendance fee, reserved my place in the workshops that I wanted to attend – but logistically, I didn't know how I was going to be able to accomplish my family duties as well as go to this writer's event. I also didn't know how to ask for any of it, so I didn't. I just sort of hoped that it would all work out.
By Saturday morning, it became clear that it wasn't going to just work out – and in fact, I wouldn't be going at all. At first, I was angry at the Bear. I wanted it to be his fault – he should have been more helpful, easier to approach, more supportive. And then, although I wanted to pass the blame I knew in my heart that it was actually my fault for not prioritising my own needs, for not believing that I deserved to go to this event that had collided with the needs of my family. Not only had I let myself down, but I had let down the members of my writers group. Intense shame and grief wrapped itself around me, curling its tendrils around my heart and stomach. I felt like I weighed a ton, but at the same time I felt so insubstantial that a child's breath could have dissolved me.
I wondered, as I slogged through the emotional quicksand of this week, if I was perhaps not just carrying my own grief but that of the women who came before me who did not have the opportunities I have – but all of the thwarted desire. In some way, I have the opportunity to lift all of us up by honouring and prioritising the needs of my spirit alongside that of my wife/mother/daughter/community/work selves. I need to take not just one risk on myself, but many, and not just in the early morning before the kids wake up, or in stolen hours while they are at school. I need to show myself that I am worthy of the highest possible investment of time, energy and money. I need to not back down from what I need to do. I need to take full responsibility for my life and the way that I want it to unfold. I need to be clear on what matters and what doesn't, and make my decisions accordingly. Because if I don't, who will?
Have you taken full responsibility for your life yet? Or like me, do you often put your own needs aside for the sake of others? Let us not do this any more, my friends. Let us find the life we need to live, and then go and live that beautiful life with all of our heart and soul.
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Life's GPS: The Connection Between Creativity, Purpose, & Soul by Julie Daley for Unabashedly Female
Creativity is alive. Purpose is alive. That which keeps us from being creative and purposeful is stuck and stagnant.
In this image, I can see so clearly how important trust is – the trust of both what lies within me and my ability to hear it and act from it, as well as the knowing that every other human being also is creative and also has a deep well of creativity within them.
I see how often my attempts to understand my purpose, my reason for being alive, have insidiously come from looking to others, or my own Voice of Judgment, for information, validation, or ideas on what this purpose might be. Looking out there isn't the same as true mirroring from those who know you and really listen to you. Effective mirroring can be a source. But, ultimately, even mirroring must be checked against the knowing that comes from an alive and trusting relationship with one's soul.
And, I see it is a choice. It is always a choice. Sometimes, I go unconscious in the choosing process, and choose out of fear of humiliation, abandonment, rejection…. like everyone else. We are meant to be in relationship and community. Our minds can get squirrelly when we think we won't be.
This image began appearing after beginning to engage in direct dialogue with my soul, which isn't the easiest of tasks. But, I did hear her clearly, after asking the question, "How do I begin to follow your lead in my life?" Her response? "Don't make anything more important than me!" (exclamation point mine!!!)
To read more, click here.
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What people without children do not understand…this had me cackling and grinning – a wonderful comedic ode to parenthood 🙂
Best Words
An aging master grew tired of his apprentice's complaints. One morning, he sent him to get some salt. When the apprentice returned, the master told him to mix a handful of salt in a glass of water and then drink it.
"How does it taste?" the master asked.
"Bitter," said the apprentice.
The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."
As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the master asked, "How does it taste?"
"Fresh," remarked the apprentice.
"Do you taste the salt?" asked the master.
"No," said the young man. At this the master sat beside this serious young man, and explained softly,
"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake."
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BB King passed away this week at 89. I'm not sad – he had a good long life and I'm sure he was ready to leave. I'm very grateful though, that he left us the legacy of his music. What a gift to the world.
So here we are at the end of the Festival of the Cow. I had my birthday this week, and I managed to lift myself out of my emotional quagmire and have an enjoyable day, helped up by my lovely family and friends. The kids gifted me a massage (which I was lucky enough to be able to have on my actual birthday), plus the Bear gave me tickets for the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival which is coming up soon. I had breakfast with a friend before she started work, a cuppa and a chat with another friend, that delicious massage and then home to a meal cooked by the Bear. Lucky huh?
My son turned 11 yesterday (what?). More than anything else, he wanted a new guitar…
Have a beautiful week everyone ❤
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Solomon Hills Vineyard is located about seven miles from the ocean just outside the city of Orcutt in Santa Barbara County. The maritime influence combined with ocean floor sandy loam soil results in wines with bright fruit, good balance, crisp acidity and what is known as "Santa Maria spice". The lively nose jumps out of the glass, revealing a tightly-knit profile of fresh cherries, strawberries, hazelnuts, spice cake, violet and rose petal. The smooth, silky, light-bodied mouthfeel delivers notes of firm red strawberry, raspberry and cherry mixed with dashes of currant, caramelized orange peel, saddle leather, vanilla and gingerbread cookies. Delicate tannins transition to a sparkle of acidity on the finish. Beware...this wine goes down a little too easy.
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2012 Coruce Viognier: This Central Coast wine is 100% Viognier from a world famous vineyard near Santa Maria California. This wine was destemmed and cold soaked for 24 hours then pressed off the skins and settled for 3 days and racked off its solids. It was then cold fermented for 21 days in stainless steel and aged for 10 months in neutral French Oak barrels.
This wine has aromas and flavors of Honeysuckle, citrus blossoms, white melon, apricot, peach and banana. Lush and viscous with a vibrant finish. Serve chilled.


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Winter doesn't need to be dark and cold, and in Scotland it's not! Think of a glittering array of twinkling lights in the trees, outdoor ice rinks with beautifully illuminated buildings as the backdrop, packed Christmas markets and the aroma of mulled wine – it's easy to fall under Scotland's captivating winter spell.
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Just Kidding, But They Are Dropping A Collaboration Album
Fresh off of retirement and putting issues with Soulja Boy in the past, Bow Wow and the "Marco Polo" collaborator are releasing an album together. Today Soulja Boy and Bow Wow announced Ignorant Shit on social media. The album is coming on November 5th.
Take a peek at Soulja Boy and Bow Wow's Ignorant Shit album cover above and peep some snippets below. I'm crying at the Yung Berg diss.
#ignroantshit TUESDAY @AppleMusic pic.twitter.com/GhhCK5ha1V
— Shad Moss(Bow Wow) (@smoss) October 23, 2016
The shit is so ignorant, Bow Wow can't spell it right. Hashtag that.


text: Smart & Connected Life Smart Home How to Set Up and Use Your Apple HomePod by Sam Costello Writer Sam Costello has been writing about tech since 2000. His writing has appeared in publications such as CNN.com, PC World, InfoWord, and many others. our editorial process Facebook Twitter Sam Costello Updated on July 15, 2019 Apple Inc. Smart Home Your Best Year Ever: College Tech Tips Amazon Appliances & Lighting Google Tweet Share Email The Apple HomePod brings great-sounding wireless music to any room and lets you control the audio and get useful information about news, weather, text messages, and more using Siri. Some wireless speakers and smart speakers have complex, multi-step set-up processes. Not the HomePod. Apple makes set-up easy, as this step-by-step tutorial shows. What You Need iPhone 5S or newer, oriPad Pro/Air/mini 2 or newer, or6th Generation iPod touchiOS 11.2.5 or higher running on one of those devices 01 of 05 Start HomePod Set Up Screenshot This is how simple it is to set up the HomePod: You don't need to install any software on your iOS device. Just follow these steps: Start by plugging the HomePod into power and then unlock your iOS device (you'll need Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled). After a few moments, a window pops up from the bottom of the screen to start the set-up process. Tap Set Up.Next, select the room that the HomePod will be used in. This doesn't really change how the HomePod works, but it will influence where you find its settings in the Home app. After selecting a room, tap Continue.After that, determine how you want HomePod to be used on the Personal Requests screen. This controls who can make voice commands — sending texts, creating reminders and notes, make calls, and more — using the HomePod and the iPhone you're using to set it up. Tap Enable Personal Requests to allow anyone to do that or Not Now to restrict those commands just to you.Confirm that selection by tapping Use This iPhone in the next window. 02 of 05 Transfer Settings From iOS Device to HomePod Screenshot Agree to the Terms and Conditions of using the HomePod by tapping Agree. You must do this to continue set up.One of the things that make setting up the HomePod so easy is that you don't have to enter a lot of information for your Wi-Fi network and other settings. Instead, the HomePod just copies all of that information, including your iCloud account, from the iOS device you're using for setup. Tap Transfer Settings to begin this process.With that done, the HomePod set-up process concludes. This takes about 15-30 seconds. 03 of 05 Start Using HomePod and Siri Screenshot With the set-up process complete, the HomePod gives you a quick tutorial on how to use it. Follow the on-screen commands to try it out. A few notes about these commands: Things like turning on/off lights require that you have HomeKit-compatible smart-home devices installed in your home.Playing music using Siri requires that you have a valid Apple Music subscription or music in your iCloud Music Library (purchases from iTunes or music added via iTunes Match). Other music can be played over AirPlay, but not using Siri voice commands. 04 of 05 How to Manage HomePod Settings Screenshot After you've set up the HomePod, you may need to change its settings. This can be a little tricky at first because there's no HomePod app and no entry for it in the Settings app. The HomePod is managed in the Home app that comes pre-installed with iOS devices. To change HomePod settings, follow these steps: Tap the Home app to launch it.Tap Edit.Tap HomePod to open the settings.On this screen, you can manage the following:HomePod name — Tap the name and type a new one.Room — Change the room in the Home app that the device is located in.Include in Favorites — Leave this slider at on/green to put the HomePod in the favorites section of the Home app and Control Center.Music & Podcasts — Control the Apple Music account used with the HomePod, allow or block explicit content in Apple Music, enable Sound Check to equalize volume, and choose to Use Listening History for recommendations.Siri — Move these sliders to on/green or off/white to control: whether Siri listens for your commands; whether Siri launches when the HomePod control panel is touched; whether light and sound indicate Siri is in use; the language and voice used for Siri.Location Services — Move this to off/white to block location-specific features like local weather and news.Accessibility and Analytics — Tap these options to control these features.Remove Accessory — Tap this menu to remove HomePod and allow the device to be set up from scratch. 05 of 05 How to Use HomePod Apple, inc. If you've used Siri on any of your iOS devices, using the HomePod will be pretty familiar. All of the ways you interact with Siri — having Siri set a timer, send a text message, give you the weather forecast, etc. — are the same with the HomePod as they are with an iPhone or iPad. Just say "Hey, Siri" and your command and you'll get a response. In addition to the standard music commands (play, pause, play music by artist x, etc.), Siri can also give you information about a song, such as what year it came out and more background about an artist. If you've got any HomeKit-compatible devices in your home, Siri can control them, too. Try commands like "Hey, Siri, turn off the lights in the living room" or if you've created a Home scene that triggers multiple devices at once, say something like "Hey, Siri, I'm home" to activate the "I'm home" scene. And of course, you can always connect your television to your HomePod and control that with Siri, too.