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It was exactly four months from the day my plane touched down in Buffalo on October 8, 2010 that I departed once again for Oz. Somehow in that short period of time I had made up my mind to quit my job, rent my house & leave my family & friends back home for a year of adventure abroad.
Once the the big decision was made, the most difficult part of my preparation was figuring out what to pack?!
Just think for a moment about all of the things you use each day; now imagine trying to squeeze them into one suitcase & backpack, both of which by the way, you have to lug around with you everywhere you go. Remember, too, that my first few months in Oz were spent on the road & my last month or so probably will be as well. That means that as much as I may want to at times, I have to try not to collect *too* much stuff while I'm here – my suitcase was already busting a gut before I even left home! 😦
So what *did* make it into my suitcase? Well, in the end I packed pretty much the way I would for a two-week vacation – except that I had to account for four different seasons (thank goodness I didn't have to worry about boots!) I also tried to think about work clothes – although I wasn't 100% sure what type of job I would end up in & what the dress code would be. I wanted to bring some jewelry, but I had to select items that would be somewhat versatile so I would get enough use out of them. And of course shoes, bulky as they are, had to be chosen carefully.
So much to think about!
One of my first concerns before I left home was finding appropriate jackets that would keep me warm & dry, but that were also lightweight & compact. Thank goodness for The North Face! The winter jacket above may appear bulky in the picture, but it is super light & it kept me nice & warm through the winter months. The one below is just a "shell," but I've used it often as a raincoat/windbreaker.
Amazingly, both jackets fold up into neat little bundles, as you can see in my next photo. Very convenient when you have limited space!
As for other clothing, I tried to pack a range of items that would be easy to care for, & on the whole, not too bulky. I also tried to bring tops that would match more than one pair of pants & this line of thinking also helped me to select shoes.
I'll start with the outfit I wore on the plane, which has become a standard for me on long flights: a grey sweatsuit & sneakers. The sneakers are the bulkiest shoes I have with me, so it was easier to wear them rather than try to stuff them into my suitcase. The sweatsuit is nice & comfy which makes it easier to sleep on overnight flights. The top is basically a zip-up hoodie, so I always wear a t-shirt underneath so I can take the sweatshirt off if I get too warm. The perfect flying outfit! As an added bonus, I figured the hoodie would come in handy in cooler weather & the sweatpants could be used as pajama bottoms. 🙂
The only other shoes I brought with me were a pair of black Sketchers (which have turned out to be the perfect shoes for my job at Ghermez Cupcakes) & a pair of flip-flops (a.k.a. thongs in Australia), which are great for use in hostel showers & of course on the beach! Oh! And I also brought slippers . . . no, not Dorothy's ruby slippers, just regular old wear-around-the-house-in-winter-so-your-feet-don't-get-cold-slippers. 😉
Pants were relatively easy to figure out – I brought one pair each of jeans, khakis & black pants. I also brought two pairs of capris – jeans & khakis – & a pair of jean shorts.
Tops were a bit more difficult – how many to bring & of what type? I arrived in Australia in late summer & I knew the weather here would be much warmer year-round than it is in my hometown of Buffalo, but I also realized it could get cold in the winter, as well as in the Outback at night, so I wanted to be prepared. To that end, I decided to bring the following:
- 2 sweaters (in addition to the hoodie mentioned above) & 1 3/4-length sweater
- 1 long-sleeve shirt & 2 3/4-length shirts
- 9 t-shirts . . . yes, 9!
Nine may seem like a lot of t-shirts to some people & perhaps not enough to others! Considering I would be away for a year, I figured it was a good compromise. Although I have had a few things mailed to me from home since I moved to Sydney & I have also bought a few things (yeah, I know, there's *no* way I'm getting everything back into that one suitcase!), I wanted to have some variety at the beginning of my trip while I was still on the road. Even more than that, I wanted to make sure I had enough clean clothes to wear without having to do laundry every other day!!
As my mom started calling me, I was now officially a "bag lady:" all of my clothes were neatly tucked away into the "Space Bags" you see above. I'm not sure if they really saved much space when all was said & done, but the organization certainly helped in those months I was literally living out of my suitcase. I also used them to separate clean clothes from the dirty ones.
In addition to the sweatpants mentioned above, I also brought another pair of pajama pants & 2 more shirts (1 short-sleeve & 1 long-sleeve) to use as pajama tops.
- About 2 weeks worth of socks & underwear, plus a few bras
- Bathing suit & Beach towel (I still can't believe I actually stuffed a beach towel into my suitcase – yikes!) I guess I figured I wouldn't want to get my bath towel [the Rick Steeves travel towel mentioned below] sandy & possibly not have the chance to wash & dry it before showering!)
- Rick Steves quick-wick travel towel
- Small travel hair towel
Of course I brought the usual toiletries: Shampoo, Conditioner, Body Wash, Shaving Cream, Razors, Lotion, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Floss, Mouthwash, Face wash, Moisturizer, Contacts, Contact solution, Brush, Hair gel, Deodorant, Sunscreen & a few other odds & ends.
I even brought along a "laundry bag," which was just the cloth drawstring bag that held an old air mattress I had at home – hahaha! Dryer sheets came in handy to keep my suitcase smelling fresh as I was traveling, but haven't been needed so much now as I don't have a dryer in my flat. 😦
A mini flashlight was my mom's idea (good one mom! :)) & it definitely came in use while camping, as well as in the hostel – if I was coming or going while roommates were sleeping, I didn't need to disturb them by turning on the overhead lights.
A mini umbrella . . . which has since broken. I am now on my *third* umbrella in Oz, but this one (*knock on wood*) seems to be holding up.
A travel alarm clock – which has also since broken. I now use my Aussie mobile as my alarm.
Whew! I think that's about it for what was in my suitcase & I probably couldn't have fit another thing in there if I'd tried!! Now onto the items I originally packed either in my backpack or purse:
- Important papers, such as my flight info, visa info, initial hostel reservation details, travel medical insurance information & Aussie bank account info
- Passport, License
- Credit card, Debit cards, Aussie cash
- Travel pillow (makes long/overnight flights so much comfier!)
- Laptop & Flash drive
- Camera
- ipod
- Adapter
- Jewelry: A watch, 3 necklaces, 3 pairs of earrings, 2 rings (I now have 3 rings since I bought an opal ring at Coober Pedy :)), Anklet
- A journal & 2 books: an Australia guidebook & Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love (I' loved it so much I figured I wouldn't mind reading it a few more times if reading material was scarce during my travels. Fortunately I was able to borrow books at various hostels & I now have a card from my local library – just like a real Aussie resident! ;))
- A Planner – which has come in handy to help me remember birthdays & such, plus I now use it to keep track of my work schedule, bills I have to pay, etc. (yeah, I still have to pay bills on "holiday" :()
- Glasses & Sunglasses
- Medications
- "Earplanes" – I always use these on long flights now as I get terrible sinus pain from the change in altitude. 😦
- 2 small locks (for my suitcase & backpack &/or to be used on a hostel locker)


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This Saturday, I went to my first Pride! It was awesome!
The feeling of being so open to the world with others who have the same feelings and views as me was incredible! Also being surrounded by some of my closest friends made the day so much better. It was hot, sunny, we got very hot and sweaty, slightly burnt, but had such a blast!
That day will be one of the best days of my life.
Onto next year!!!!
B x x x

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This Father's Day, when I was thinking about my Dad, I thought of these flowers–Gladiolus.
We had the most ENORMOUS garden growing up. Lots of fruits and vegetables. Lots of work. But he made sure that we also planted plenty of the purely decortative.
I do not know how he managed all of this: working a corporate job and coming home to a family. Chopping wood for our fireplace and stove. Being a leader in Boy Scouts. Leading a healthy lifestyle in exercising. Even having plenty of creative hobbies.
He worked hard and played hard. And somehow even managed to relax hard, too!
But back to the flowers–plenty of flowers. Mainly annuals. Which provided a particular joy. Because they grow and live for a finite period of time, they are meant to be used and appreciated. These were crops for cutting and bringing inside, just as much as for leaving in the ground to pretty up the yard.
My Dad's crowning achievement was his row of Gladioli that ran the span of our backyard. Tall, jaunty and hearty. The wondrous irony (in retrospect) is that on the other side of that flower-row, was a local farmer's field. Of beautiful (though monotonous) aisles of corn and/or soybean crops. Practical. But lacking in such random, ephemeral glee.
Dad loved his Glads. Gaudy, impractical flowers that defied any vase-of-conventional-size.
And I loved them too. But not one speck as much as I love the man who took such care and oh-so-much time to make them grow.
I love you, Dad. Happy Father's Day.


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LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge has ordered that Private Media Group hold its annual meeting on Aug. 16, when shareholders will vote for directors of the company.
Clark County Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ordered a new shareholders vote after an earlier one had been invalidated by the court.
She earlier ruled that 3.95 million shares were "concealed" by CEO Berth Milton, who had been required to provide them to Consipio Holding BV after Private defaulted on its debt to Consipio.
Gonzalez, in her order, said that the annual meeting will be held at Private's Barcelona headquarters with a live video-conference connection to the Las Vegas offices of plaintiffs' counsel — Lionel Sawyer and Collins.
The order is a result of litigation between former CEO Ilan Bunimovitz and Private.
In the suit, Bunimovitz claims he was terminated as CEO for demanding a probe of Milton's alleged "self-dealing" transactions. Bunimovitz's lawsuit, which included Private creditor and co-plaintiff Consipio, alleges mismanagement of the company's business by Private's three independent directors and current CEO Milton.
Gonzalez in her earlier ruling said that Consipio claims to be owed $5.5 million by Private and that this debt is secured by 5.6 million shares of Private stock, about 27 percent of the shares of Private's outstanding shares.
But Consipio was only allowed to vote 1.65 million of those shares, and its directors' slate lost by less than 600,000 shares, Gonzalez wrote in that ruling.
In related news, Private on Monday said that on July 1 the current board of directors voted to appoint Lars Ryd to fill a vacancy on the board for Bernt Akander, who resigned. Ryd will serve until the company's annual meeting next month.
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Routine win for the boys today, 4-1 did not flatter us, indeed it should have been more.
Well done Jordan for your hat trick, but the main worry of the day was Joel, he has been playing well in the last few weeks, but tody he had an absolute stinker, everytime he touched the ball we were worried what would happen. Also two early goals conceeded in games is concerning, especially after the post match interview last week when Tony, talked about setting off slowly in games. One we need to work on.
JJ was a different class today and the Ramsbottom team took turns in kicking him up in the air, but the referee didn't seem to spot that. I also thought that Hampson supported him well on the left particularly when we were breaking forward.
With Shaw Lane drawing, Jake back next week, another decent crowd and a return to winning at home, a good weekend. We just need to tighten up at the back before we play anyone decent.
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A good performance today a a pretty routine win after another early goal conceded.
Joel has been excellent at full back this season, he had a shaky start but settled well playing out of position.
A bit concerned about continued negative comments about him today which continued to the end of the game , we don't want to start making scapegoats of players just because they make a few errors.
On the positive side PP has shown that he knows a player the 3 that he released who played for Ramsbottom today would not be starting in our first team.
That said Sam took his goal well.
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What was todays game worth in £?
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I think prize money was £3,750
Thought after first 10-15 minutes we settled and they had to back off, they couldn't press like they started. Pity we gifted them a goal, but we responded.
Hopefully get Jones or Hannigan back soon.
Lad from Stockpot impressed as did Dens
Onwards to the next round
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Quote from: Alty Dave on November 11, 2017, 06:58:25 PM
Lad from Stockpot impressed as did Dens
Had not Hulme deserved MOM for his goal contribution, then my vote would have gone to Harrop, who this week really did control the midfield for large parts of the game.
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Terrible start (again) but after the goal and Heatcotes free kick they never really tested us.
Today, PPs decision to not hang his hat on Brownhill, Heathcote and Wright was proven right.
Bembo-Leta scares the sh*t out of me at cb.
The fact County let Hampson play today gives me hope he may stay for longer than the initial month.
Massive changed team for Tuesday please.
With Shaw Lane only drawing today an away win on Saturday would be most welcome.
We're Alty FC, we're on our way back
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November 11, 2017, 08:11:47 PM »
We need to stop these slow clumsy starts to games. A decent team will punish us greatly otherwise.
TT needs to cease fkn about and get rid of the ball quicker, JJ was free on numerous occasions in the first half and TT never saw him.
Bembo seems unable to cope in the middle with players coming at him from both sides and is much better utilised at rb,
Hulme was superb today and took his goals well .. he holds the ball up very well
Poole JJ and Harrison also had great games..
When Jake AND Simon play then we become a very good team and should fear no team in this league.
Good to see Sam Sheridan available again...
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Looking forward to a decent game tomorrow if we (The Rams) perform to our capabilities- our away form to date (drawn three lost the rest) does not bode well. We will only bring 50/75 at max with an average age of 40 plus. There will be no need for any segregation as we are a very friendly jovial set of fans. May the best team win, looking forward to sharing a drink with you Tomorrow- if you see the drum please confiscate it.
Its nothing personal, Scout. I'm sure Rammy fans are a friendly bunch, as are we, but too many times in recent years we've surrendered our home advantage by allowing vocal fans access to the Golf Road End. Before and after the game you won't find a more accommodating club than us, but as far as the ninety minutes go, we need to be a bit more serious. There are similarities to Altrincham v Witton, FA Cup 2QR in 2011, here.
Glad you agree about the drum!
At risk of being shouted down from all quarters - once I've paid my money to come into the ground, as things currently are, I expect to be allowed to stand or sit wherever I wish and to move about freely if I so desire. Further, those who advocate segregation have to accept that there's a quid pro quo about this - i.e. they must expect their access to away grounds to be similarly limited. I for one am not prepared to be thus restricted. I look forward to a good game & to perhaps meeting some new people; let those who wish to have a drink before or after the game (of whom I'm not one) do so in peace, and let everyone support their own team - though I do agree that drums should be sent back wherever they came from!
If you want to meet more people, download tinder.
What's wrong with just talking to people that you meet at a football match? Not everything has to be done online!
If youre coming to Alty games to "meet people", there's plenty of online and offline places to do it. "To let people meet away fans should never be a reason not to segregrate a game
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I have missed today, first game for a while,but when I saw Bembo-Leta at centre back I was worried and actually made the comment that I wondered if the first goal was his mistake.Unfortunately that is the fear I've always had with him. However he has done OK recently but I just know we would be more stable and stronger with Dens at right back and Short left.
Again we have a lot of injuries or not match fit players at the club. I am enjoying the season a lot and I am only critical because we most certainly have a good enough squad to win this league and we have players who can play football with a footballing brain, which has has been missing for a couple of seasons.
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Agree with the above comments about the three released players playing for Ramsbottom today, seems Parky knew what he was doing after all! Sam took his goal well, but technically his ability wasn't in question when he was with us. Stand out performances from Hulme, Poole (after a quiet first half) and Max Harrop whose passing was superb. How nice is it having a team and manager that we can finally believe in and trust.
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Thought Rammy tried hard enough but lacked any real quality, especially upfront. Sam took his goal well though.
I thought the big positives today were the performances of Max Harrop and Connor Hampson, although they all played well.
Dens had an excellent game (Jerome didnt get a sniff all afternoon) and the offensive players are proving to be so consistent and penetrating if they get decent service its frightening.
TT was too cautious/slow to start off with distributing the ball and their goal was his mistake, JBL was just trying to get out of the way of his miskick.
Parky had a word with TT after about 15mins and he was much quicker after that and didnt give Rammy time and that was why we improved a lot after that.
Keep it up lads, Jake is back too for the next game.
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A disgruntled Ian Allinson bemoaned the dismissal of Ben Herd, which he felt cost his side in their 3-2 defeat against Gloucester City.
The Saints were reduced to 10 men in the 53rd minute after Ben Herd handled in the area to concede a penalty, which allowed the visitors to claim a 2-1 lead early in the second half.
While Allinson had no qualms about the award of a spot kick, he felt the decision to send Herd off was unjust.
"I have just watched the incident back and Ben is trying to block the ball. Yes it has hit his hand, and ok it is a penalty, but it is never a red card for me," Allinson said.
"That is not a deliberate handball, it is a handball where he has tried to block it and it has hit his hand.
"Deliberate handball is stopping a goal, tipping the ball over the bar. That was no way deliberately stopping a goal.
"It is sad really because the players were outstanding today. For me, it was the best performance of the season and we have come away with nothing."
The defeat, which is City's second in succession after starting the National League South campaign with six straight wins, saw the hosts start slowly at Clarence Park.
They were behind with just three minutes played after poor marking at a corner gave San Avery a free header which he dispatched with aplomb.
City responded to the set back well and were level 10 minutes before the break as Shaun Lucien rounded off a jinking run with a fine finish via the underside of the crossbar.
Heard's handball gave Edward Williams the a chance from 12 yards which he duly dispatched, sending Dean Snedker the wrong way.
Despite their numerical disadvantage, City battled on and were level with 13 minutes to play when a low cross picked out Tom Gardiner who converted from close range.
City's hearts were broken in the 84th minute, however, when their problems from set pieces cost them once more.
On this occasion Robbie Cundy was granted a free run at the near post and glanced a header home to deny City a share of the spoils.
Saturday's result is, of course, a disappointment, but City can still take solace from a productive start to the campaign.
They remain third in the table, a point adrift of league leaders Chelmsford City, and Allinson is pleased with what he has seen from his side so far this term.
He said: "If somebody had offered me 18 points after eight games I would have snapped their hands off, so we need to pick ourselves up.
"The work rate was there today and the quality of the football was outstanding at times, we just need to get more gaols and defend better at set pieces."
Allinson will hope to see his side return to winning ways against Eastbourne Borough on Saturday as the league's ninth placed side visit Clarence Park.
Borough will be no pushovers and are in strong form, having taken 11 points from an unbeaten run in their last five games.
They come into the game on the back of a 4-2 win over Chippenham, which was Jamie Howell's first home win in charge.


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Audrey wrote:
My son has lost the football field he spent a long time making in creative. Is there a way for him to find it again?
Hi Audrey
That's awful when that happens! Unfortunately there's no easy way to find it again, but here's a few things that he can try:
- Respawn into the game (this helps if he built it near the spawn point). To do this hit / to bring up the command line, then type /kill to exit the game and start again
- Fly around to see it from the air
- Make maps of the area he's in as he moves around - if the football field is large enough it will show up on a map, and he might recognize some other landmarks that were nearby
Good luck!


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I took last week off, a much-needed break at the end of a busy summer. We spent some time on Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, and I got an insider's look at the food scene and history of the island; you'll read more about it next week.
We returned to New Orleans on Monday; I unpacked and repacked to head over to the SWLA Sportsman duck camp in Lake Arthur to meet my friend Marion Fox and her Duck Divas for their annual hunting trip. Dustie Latiolais, executive chef and general manager at Crawfish Town USA, cooked up what the Divas killed, and you'll read more about all of that in a future issue of the magazine. We had a lot of fun, and of course there were baby alligators for snuggling. I spent the night at the beautiful L'Banca Albergo, and look forward to going back when I have a little more time to spend.
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Denver Broncos T.J. Ward celebrates a sack of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton during the first quarter at Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 7, 2016. File photo by Brian Kersey/UPI
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — T.J. Ward hasn't played a preseason game snap since suffering a hamstring injury in practice Aug. 4 and now finds himself the subject of trade rumors that began breaking during Tuesday's practice.
"I haven't heard that about T.J.," Denver Broncos head coach Vance Joseph said after practice. "I've been on the practice field. He's one of our better players, so I would be surprised if he was, but I have not heard that."
Ward is in the final year of his contract, and the Broncos' defense has played well without him — both in the preseason and the final two games of last year's regular season, which he missed because of a concussion.
Justin Simmons filled in for Ward late last season and again this season and has emerged as a potential long-term option in the secondary, with fellow safety Darian Stewart having emerged as a Pro Bowler last year, leading to a long-term extension that he signed last November.
The development of Will Parks, who was a sixth-round pick last year, and the emergence of undrafted rookie Jamal Carter also gives the Broncos depth options if they part ways with Ward.
With Paxton Lynch out for at least two weeks of the regular season because of a sprained right shoulder, the Broncos need to figure out an option at backup quarterback behind Trevor Siemian.
First, they want to figure out if rookie Kyle Sloter could be an option.
Sloter stepped in for Lynch in the second half last Saturday and completed 4 of 7 passes for 49 yards and a touchdown, continuing an outstanding preseason in which he has amassed a 140.2 rating on 16-of-20 passing for 193 yards and two scores.
"Everything I've seen from the guy in preseason, everything we've seen, he's a baller," wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders said. "I'm not going to go anything short of that. We'll see when he gets his first start on Thursday."
If Sloter is not a viable answer, the Broncos could sign a young backup for Week 1 who is not a vested veteran.
"If this week we want to add a guy, after the cuts, we could add a guy," Broncos head coach Vance Joseph said. "We're not sure. Every option is going to be explored."
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Um, hi. I feel like I start out every blog embarrassed that I haven't blogged. I'm going to try something new…I'll tell you now to not expect to hear from me, how's that? Then you won't be surprised when I haven't posted in a week!
Here is how I've done the past week:
Burned an average of 2350 calories per day
Consumed an average of 1592 calories per day
Average of 758 calories per day
Do you remember when any deficit below a thousand was pretty much a failure? I do too. But barely. I have to have to have to start working out again. I know I can do it, I know I can go on a walk today at lunch even if it's cold or rainy. Even if nobody else is, even if I want to eat something delicious for lunch instead of my salad (not that I don't love salad, just that I'm using the last of a salad kit that just wasn't so great).
So as long as we're talking, let me tell you about my weigh in this morning.
Last time I weighed in: Who remembers, but I think it was around 187 and a couple of weeks ago.
This morning: 184.4 pounds
That number struck me as surprising. Yesterday's meals involved diner breakfast (the coffee cake had butter melted on to it) to Chinese dinner (which ended in birthday cake that has crushed hard candy pressed into the frosting). Between the salt, butter and oil I was pretty convinced I'd gained about 20 pounds. But this amazing and unexpectedly awesome weigh in is a SIGN. A sign that all is not lost, that maybe it's not realistic to expect me to reach my 179 goal by November 1 but I can still do my best to get as close as possible! My measurements are looking good too, although I've spent the past few days feeling extremely uncomfortable about my shape. I don't like the shape of less-obese me. I'm hoping that soon enough I will get to find out what non-obese me looks like, and maybe SHE will be able to buy pants at a non-plus size store. Seriously people, I am like a size 22 on bottom and 12 on top. How is that even possible??
Anyway, overall I'm very excited this morning. I'm drinking a lot of water, which I haven't done in weeks, I'm skipping out on the coffee – even though coffee isn't bad, my idea of coffee is practically equal parts coffee cream and sugar, which I don't need. I am enjoying a delicious grapefruit breakfast, and I'm feeling good.
I hope you are feeling good too my friends :) and having amazing days, all of you!!
Monday, October 25, 2010
Surprising Weigh In...
Um, hi. I feel like I start out every blog embarrassed that I haven't blogged. I'm going to try something new…I'll tell you now to not expect to hear from me, how's that? Then you won't be surprised when I haven't posted in a week!
Posted by KyokoCake at 9:42 AM
8 comments:
- Spaghetti Cat said...
You are doing great girl. I feel the same way, like oh man I need to blog! keep kicking but girl!
- October 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- Ice Queen said...
Congratulations on your weight loss. :D
Okay, about when you blog? We all have our own schedules and times that work best for us. Do what you need to do when you need to do it.
And for heaven's sake, no apologies.
I'll see ya when I see ya. :D
- October 25, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Crystal said...
This is a great post. Having ups and downs is not failing... refusing to keep trying, that is failing. I haven't set foot in the gym in two months... but two days ago... and I went and did 35 minutes on the elliptical, and today, I did a 55 minute cardio kick boxing class!!! OMG!! Don't give up! We can do it!
To be fair... I had all you can eat shrimp last night... there are those ups and downs.
But I am crazy proud of me!
- October 25, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- KellyNY said...
Yay - you're back! Congrats on the WI - what a great loss!
- October 25, 2010 at 5:53 PM
- KIKI said...
Hi KC,
Found you through KellyisLosingWeight. What a pretty blog you have! It's adorable and yummy, just like cake. I've guesstimated I have 69lbs to lose (I'm comfortable losing less in favor of gaining muscle) but right now the dream is to see the 170s before the year is out. Anyway. I enjoyed your post. Maybe reading my post will boost you up a little more as well though really there is nothing like seeing the scale move.
- October 25, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- MizFit said...
welcome home
errr back
errr WELCOME AND CONGRATS :)
- October 26, 2010 at 3:19 AM
- Brigitte said...
You are doing awesome! This past week or so has been rough one for eating all the crap foods. Shake it off! You totally got this!
- October 26, 2010 at 8:01 AM
- Anonymous said...
So good to see you back! Congrats on that loss! :)
- November 1, 2010 at 1:18 PM


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I will post here a lot more often. And i mean a LOT more often. That still may not say much, given that I currently write something here less than twice a year, so let me put it this way. I will post here at least once a week. Because I've found that small things like writing something every once in a while keep me happy, even if nobody ever reads these things. I will also do other cool things like tag my posts, make my blog look cooler, and such. This, dear Blog, is to show my commitment to you. I have also decided that this blog will not have a theme, it will be random as ever.
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Review my gameMarch 13, 2011
'Outside the game' isn't the 'outside the game' mechanic in Magic: The Gathering. I mean 'outside playing the game itself'.
Personally, I spend much more time outside the game than sitting down to play it. Reviewing is one of the things I do often.
The game does not start when you start a match with a dice roll, nor it ends when you leave your seat after a match. There are other elements that affect the result of a match.
My weiqi teacher said (many times),
"The fastest way to improve is to review your own game."
Most people learn fast from reviewing, but not everyone is self-critical enough. By definition, review is done after the match. And it is always hard to review after a match that you didn't win. Often, I just curse in my mind after I just lost a match that I feel I don't deserve to lose and I start to direct the reason to having bad draw etc. It is normal. However it hinders improvement.
Grubby (an e-sports athletic) recently replied to one fan's problem regarding rage and the capacity to improve (Source: his blog),
A natural reflex is to lay blame on extraneous factors. In doing so, we diminish our own responsibility in the defeats we have suffered. By reducing our own accountability, it eases off the pressure, anxiety and frustration we feel. This is an inherent defensive mechanism of all human beings and I believe everyone possesses a measure of the inclination to deny our own role in our losses. Some harbor this quality in small and relatively harmless amounts, while others have too much of it. Blaming other factors for our defeats has at least got the following effects:
- Anger – because we have no direct control over balance / lame / cheesing. Blaming these things will help you feel less responsible for losing…
- You reduce your capacity to improve. By not taking full responsibility for 100% of your performance, you throw away an equal amount of opportunity to learn from your mistakes. There is after all nothing to do about imbalanced opponents, except to go on in the same way and hope someone makes a change for you.
The way I work it out is to stop thinking about it immediately after a defeat. It is because I will be less objective. However, often people will talk to me about my mistakes right after the match, and I subconsciously deny every negative claim about me. As I get used to it, I just nod and listen to what they say, but I don't evaluate it on the spot. I just spend my time to recover mentally and prepare for the next round if I'm still in the tournament.
Usually, I will think about it when I am on my way home, but more of what happened and less why. The actual evaluation happens when I'm home. I generally follow the below mind map.
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Understanding whether the defeat is within my control is the first consideration, since it is stubborn to drill on an unavoidable defeat unnecessarily.
Like what Grubby mentioned, there are balance issues that aren't within players' control. In YuGiOh, this usually means wait for next restriction list (next patch). Therefore, before that happens, all I can do is develop new strategies or just change deck. Acceptance changes things.
Making the same mistake is unacceptable (maybe I'm being too harsh).
Generally, there is always a specific move that leads to a defeat. This can be due to misjudgment whereby I assume certain things inaccurately. It also can be due to the lack of knowledge whereby I play against a deck that I'm unfamiliar with. It is difficult to make the best decision when there are too many uncertainties. This can be solved by doing more research. Most of the time, it is simply careless mistake or mistake under pressure, and it is obvious there are better moves when I look at it again.
When I can't find a specific move that leads to my defeat (unlikely), I could have overlooked something. Having a second opinion is a logical option.
It isn't rare for me to spot my mistake during the duel itself. Recover from it mentally asap is crucial. It is hard to perfect every match, and usually the player who makes least mistakes wins.
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European Commission wants a greater involvement of businesses in delivering overseas aid, to ensure that private sector operations in developing countries have a positive impact on society. The commission has already released a policy paper, entitled "A Stronger Role of the Private Sector in Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Countries", that aims to lay out a framework setting out the role of businesses at the forefront of international development and aid programmes in its partner countries. NGOs and other development actors were not so pleased with the new policy paper. The announcement has prompted Oxfam and the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) to release a statement saying the European Commission's new plan "could put efforts to reduce poverty second to the interests of European companies."
Six criteria for a public-private partnership for development
European Commission's paper proposes 12 concrete actions to "improve regulatory business environments in partner countries, support business development and increase access to finance with a focus on micro, small and medium-sized businesses in the formal and informal sector, which play a particularly vital role in job creation." It also outlines six criteria for access to public funds to leverage private sector engagement:
- The support offered has a measurable development impact
- It is additional to other initiatives. The supported action should not crowd out the private sector or replace other private financing.
- It is neutral as it should not distort the market, should be temporary, and should be awarded through an open, transparent and fair system.
- It is cost-effective and the accountability for the results are shared between public and private sectors
- It has a clear demonstrable effect that catalyzes market development by crowding in other private sector actors,
- It adheres to social, environmental and fiscal standards. Businesses receiving support will have to fist show their compliance with "environmental, social and fiscal standards, including respect for human and indigenous rights, decent work, good corporate governance and sector-specific norms."
No convincing arguments
However, Oxfam and Eurodad are not convinced the criteria promote enough transparency and are concerned about some aspects related to the initiative. The leading NGOs are worried that the policy paper promotes the use of public resources that include already scarce overseas aid money, to invest in the development of private businesses without adequate structures set in place to explain how their intervention improves the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable. They claim it fails to address other areas of EU policy, such as agriculture, trade, investment and tax. The policies in these areas have the biggest negative effect on developing countries. The NGOs support also the idea that the new paper can create the perfect environment for an expansion of the public sector provision in social sectors, while "health and education and other basic services to vulnerable people cannot be left to the private sector to run as profit-or-loss businesses." Further discontentment was sparked by the emphasis on the use of Europe's "political weight" to influence the policies of partner countries increases the risk to undermine the sovereignty and democratic systems in developing countries to pursue European commercial agenda. "There is currently a dangerous emphasis on using EU power to push change in developing countries without recognising that narrow investment interests could be promoted ahead of development goals. Using public resources to 'leverage' private finance is of great concern due to the high risk of profit-making motives outweighing poverty reduction objectives," María José Romero, Policy and Advocacy Manager at Eurodad, said.
On the other hand, the European Commission's paper claims the private sector is an essential partner in the efforts to tackle poverty as businesses provide 90 per cent of the jobs in developing countries and to put an end to world's famines by getting involved in sustainable agricultural production to meet the challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050.
Additionally, it highlights the European Commission is already working closely with governments in developing countries to help them support the private sector's development. Over the last decade, the Commission's support for private sector development has averaged EUR 350 million per year, without including the development assistance and private investment from Member States.
Massive investments are needed to cover financial gaps
Despite the recent controversies, the role that private businesses should play in eradicating poverty has been long time debated. The topic on how business can best support development priorities is also high ranked in the UN's post-2015 agenda as the Millennium Development Goals are set to expire next year.
It was also the key discussion point during the tenth annual Brookings Blum Roundtable on Global Poverty that took place in Aspen, Colorado, last year. It brought together global leaders, entrepreneurs, practitioners and public intellectuals to discuss how the contribution of the private sector be increased and improved in the push to end poverty over the next generation, as well as how governments can work more effectively with the private sector to leverage its investments in developing countries. The policy briefs "ENTERPRISING SOLUTIONS: The Role of the Private Sector in Eradicating Global Poverty" commissioned for the event underline the desire of the private sector to take on a more significant role in sustainable development and on the importance of public-private partnerships to deliver mechanism with precise targets, regular milestones and clear accountability. A greater private sector involvement in development projects is necessary as massive investments are needed to cover the financial gaps associated with global development. An annual shortfall of $1 trillion to $2.5 trillion is currently estimated in financing for tackling climate change solely.
Limitations worth considering
Oxfam, Eurodad and other critics support the idea that the private sector has his limitations and these should not be underplayed even if businesses play an important role in development as job creators and key components of achieving economic growth.
The World Bank was subject to critics just at the end of last year when its President Jim Yong Kim announced he has set some very ambitious, specific goals for his institution, including expanding the role of the bank's private-sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Jim Yong Kim claimed the responsible engagement with the private sector to leverage their investment can lead to the creation of more good jobs for the poor. Its critics however argued not all the IFC's funded projects are meant to fight poverty. They also added that the financial institution has a poor track record on how it applies environmental and social standards, and that has been adverse in showing accountability.
The debate on the benefits and downsides of private sector involvement in the development processes and on the extent of this involvement will continue as a new global development agenda is under way.
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Munich - Sebastian Vettel may have to appear before the International Tribunal of the ruling body FIA for driving his Ferrari into Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes at the Azerbaijan Formula One race, according to Germany's Auto, Motor und Sport magazine.
The magazine said on its website on Wednesday that FIA president Jean Todt was considering such a move, with possible sanctions for Vettel, because the German's action was deliberate, and that the FIA will decide within the next days.
An official statement from the FIA was not available immediately.
On Sunday in Baku, then race-leader Hamilton seemed to slow suddenly and the following Vettel could not avoid making contact from behind. Vettel reacted to what he deemed to be brake-checking by immediately drawing level with Hamilton and turning his car into his rival in a deliberate act of revenge.
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The former Baywatch beauty was awarded the title after a year in which she drew attention to animal rights issues by speaking to students at Oxford University, posing for pictures with her body painted in butcher markings, and filming a TV commercial in which she strip-searches plane passengers for hidden furs and pelts.
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A Research(er's) Proposal For Fitness: Frisbee and Kickball
Maria Mancini is an alterna-exerciser. The 31-year-old Harvard Medical School fellow isn't interested in quieting her mind in a yoga studio or stepping on a StairMaster. She keeps fit with weekly kickball games and intense Ultimate Frisbee matches.
After earning her Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular genetics at the University of Maine, Dr. Mancini moved to Boston in March 2007 to begin a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. She studies the genetic basis of breast-cancer progression and metastasis.
Looking to meet new people in Boston, Dr. Mancini decided to join an Ultimate Frisbee team—she had played before in a competitive adult league in Maine and found it to be a good social and physical outlet. "Frisbee is a way to trick yourself into getting a lot of exercising without focusing on the fact that I'm exercising," Dr. Mancini says.
Dr. Mancini ran track in high school and was a sprinter. She started running longer distances after college, both to keep in shape and improve her endurance on the Ultimate field. She recently started running road races and last October finished her first half-marathon. She also, upon a friend's suggestion, joined an adult recreational kickball league in Boston that plays once a week. Her team was invited to the kickball world championships the past two seasons.
The Workout
Dr. Mancini describes Ultimate Frisbee as a combination of basketball and American football. The game is played on a regulation-size football field, with two end zones. Each team can have seven players. Players can't run with the disc in hand; they can only pivot or pass as they work the Frisbee down the field to the opposing team's end zone . A play doesn't stop until the Frisbee is intercepted or hits the ground, or until a point is scored. The game plays until one team reaches 15 points.
Dr. Mancini played in both a women's recreational league and a competitive league in Maine but decided to play on a co-ed team with the Boston Ultimate Disc Alliance. "The pace of the game is faster in co-ed," she says.
She plays the spring, summer and fall seasons—two games a week, or one game and one practice. One component of practice includes various drills, and the second part of practice is scrimmaging. On an off day, members of the team are encouraged to do a 30-minute track workout. The team might run a series of 100-, 200- and 400-meter sprints with recovery walk/jogs in between.
Tournaments happen throughout the spring and summer in preparation for the competitive fall series of tournaments, which begin in September and run through November. They usually last two days, and teams play an average of six games total. "It's a lot of running," says Dr. Mancini. "Games can last 90 minutes each, so you're hobbling by the end of a tournament." A teammate once used his GPS iPhone application to estimate the number of miles he had run during one particularly competitive day of a tournament and all of the sprinting up and down the field. It totaled a 15-mile workout.
Dr. Mancini's recent interest in road racing has helped improve her Ultimate game. She now runs about two races a month, usually 4.2 or 5.2 miles. "It's such a healthy outlet and a community of fun people," she says. Over the past 2½ years, she has cut nearly a minute off of her splits.
During the week, she usually gets in two runs on her own. She used mapmyrun.com to calculate a five-mile and an eight-mile loop from her lab and from her home. After her runs, she goes through a short strength circuit—a handful of crunches and dumbbell exercises—while she cools down. She also rides her bike to work at least two days a week, particularly when she has Ultimate practice or a road race to get to after work. The ride is about six miles one-way and takes about 25 minutes. "I always have my backpack with my cleats and computer and a change of clothes," she says. Dr. Mancini plays in a kickball league on a team called the East Coast Animals on the weekends. There are only five innings, so games are about 30 minutes, and there are no team practices. "It's really just a fun, social thing," she says.
The Routine
Monday: Easy run 3-4 miles or rest day
Tuesday: Bike to work; Ultimate game/practice
Wednesday: Run five to eight miles
Thursday: Bike to work; Ultimate game/practice or road race
Friday: Rest day
Saturday: Run 5-7 miles
Sunday: Kickball game
The Diet
Dr. Mancini tries to avoid refined sugars and empty calories, and eats a lot of complex carbohydrates and fiber-rich foods. For breakfast she might have granola, Special K cereal or yogurt, with a cup or two of coffee. She usually has lunch in the Harvard cafeteria, where she will choose Middle Eastern-style dishes like chickpea salad s mixed with herbs or a salad topped with grilled chicken. If Dr. Mancini is dining out for dinner, she orders fish, chicken or sometimes steak, with a vegetable on the side. When she is at home she's a "one trick pony" in the kitchen: "I don't like to cook, but I will and I can make baked chicken." Some nights she'll simply have some slices of avocado, cucumber and cheese, and a piece of hearty whole-wheat bread.
Dr. Mancini makes sure she keeps snacks like Special K meal bars and trail mix in her desk and backpack. When she is out with teammates at a bar, she sticks to less-filling beers like Pabst Blue Ribbon (about 150 calories per 12 oz. can).
The Gear
You won't see Dr. Mancini in flashy running outfits. "I don't feel that gear helps me that much," she says. "It's not about pageantry, it's about performance." She wears a lot of Under Armour clothing and some workout clothing from a brand called GAIA, which makes shorts and shirtsis made out of wicking material. She replaces her sneakers every three to four months, unless she is training for a race. "If I'm running more miles because I'm getting ready for a 10K or half marathon, I burn through sneakers," she says. "I could replace them every month."
She doesn't wear a high-tech watch or monitor to track her heart rate or pace. "I try to listen to my body and let it push me," she says. "I don't want the pressure of numbers telling me I'm not going fast enough."
Dr. Mancini wears cleats for both kickball and Ultimate Frisbee, and buys a boy's size, which cost about $20. Dr. Mancini pays $65 for the one season she plays kickball. She pays $40 in annual dues to the Ultimate Players Association. Per-person weekend tournament fees usually don't exceed $20.
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For getting rock-hard abs, Dr Mancini says, "I do crunches but I really think the most-effective ab workout is laughing. Nothing makes my abs burn more than a really good laugh."
Quick Fix
If she only has 10 minutes, Dr. Mancini will use five-pound dumbbells she keeps at home and will do a fast circuit of exercises that gets her heart rate up. She'll do 12 repetitions of bicep curls, tricep extensions and lateral raises, and then will repeat for a total of three sets. She does 50 crunches between each set.
The Playlist
Dr. Mancini's iPod is loaded with songs from the rap artist Common, as well as '80s soundtracks like "Footloose." Her favorite artist to workout to: Girl Talk, which incorporates a fusion of genres. "Their music is perfect for running. It keeps your mind busy."
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Considered as the two of the "hard to solve" socio-economic problems that can cause undesirable effects on the individual's economic and social status.
Unemployment - refers to as a jobless condition while Underemployment refers to as a condition wherein an employed individual's work is insufficient to fulfill his needs.
There are social and political implications of underemployment such as Poverty – it may cause the increase in crime rate, squatting, malnutrition; Unemployed people may also blame the government because of the latter's incapability to provide or generate jobs for the masses; It would also gradually degenerate moral community norms and values; Unemployed individuals may eventually address their distrust to the church.
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So much for freedom of speech. A&E has indefinitely suspended Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson for disagreeing with homosexuality. The reality star said that homosexuality is a sin in a new interview with GQ magazine, prompting calls for actions by the NAACP and Human Rights Campaign. In the interview, Robertson compared being gay to bestiality and said that God "will sort 'em out."
Robertson declared that he simply didn't understand why anyone would be gay. "It seems like, to me, a vagina — as a man — would be more desirable than a man's anus. That's just me," he said. "I'm just thinking: 'There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes!' You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical."
A&E released a statement about the suspension and said that Robertson would not return to the show for the foreseeable future. "We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty," the network said in a statement yesterday. "His personal views in no way reflect those of A+E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community."
Their announcement came after the NAACP and Human Rights Campaign wrote a joint letter to the network's President, expressing concern and outrage over what they felt was bigotry. "His offensive claims about gay people fly in the face of science. In fact, it's important to note that every single leading medical organization in the country has said that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being LGBT," read the statement. "it's not a choice, and to suggest otherwise is dangerous."
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Remember this little bee that I made a couple posts back? He is from the Cricut "Art Nouveau" cartridge. I think he is adorable but I didn't know what I was going to do with him.
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Next, I used some stencils and distress inks to the background. The stenciling was very subtle and you have to look close to see it. I found the poem on Pinterest and typed it up. I tore it out and used the same colors of distress inks on it. I went around the edge with Walnut stain.
I used Sizzix Honeycomb die to cut a couple from cardboard. Then I cut sections off of one of the die cuts and glued the two pieces together to give it this shape. I added a couple of the punchout pieces of the die to the top. I randomly coated the Honey come with Perfect Medium embossing ink. Then I used a mixture of Antique Linen" and "Vintage Photo" distress embossing powder. One I heated the embossing powder, I thought it looked like a pale yellow, which wasn't the look that I was going for. So I went over it with Spiced Marmalade. I glued the honeycomb to the page and added the bee using foam tape to make him pop on the page. I added the flowers that I made using the Tattered Flower Garland Die. I cute them from scrapbook paper and distressed them with a little Vintage Photo. They are held together with a brad that I added a little bling to. The leaves are from my Martha Stewart edge punch below. I use this a lot too.
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If you are an elite Software Engineering Manager with Python expertise eager to gain unprecedented visibility to the top technology companies throughout the globe, employ your technical and managerial skills to oversee cutting-edge software in a high-intensity environment, and earn $100,000 USD per year while working from virtually anywhere on the planet, this job is for you.
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Crossover is looking for Software Engineering Managers with Python experience who demonstrate outstanding managerial skills as well as the technical background to deeply understand the code their teams are developing. You will be expected to demonstrate both a mastery of the technical skills associated with the projects at hand, as well as the managerial ability to motivate, build, and monitor your team. Specifically, you will be responsible for overseeing a team of 3 to 4 individuals. You will own the process of breaking specifications created by the product management team into clear tasks and timelines, as well as assembling the results into high value, reusable components. Under your leadership, we expect to see consistent improvement in quality and weekly production.
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-Your Python expertise rotates around Python development and familiarity with PEP standards, especially PEP-8.
-Required skills and knowledge include: Linux, Horizon, Django 1.9, REST, rabbitMQ, Jenkins, sphynx
-Outstanding English communication skills
Total compensation: $50/hr for 40 productive hours per week
Location: Global (remote)
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Apply at this link: https://app.crossover.com/x/redirect/job/2365?utm_medium=JB&utm_campaign=Isa&utm_source=NaukriGulf
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