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What: "The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes," Fort Morgan High School spring play
When: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4; 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 6.
Where: Glenn Miller Auditorium, Fort Morgan High School, 709 E. Riverview Ave, Fort Morgan
Cost: $8 for adults, $5 for students; tickets available at the door.
Sherlock Holmes will be at the center of Fort Morgan High School's spring play on Thursday night and Saturday afternoon and evening, but the famous literary detective's first appearance on the stage in the Glenn Miller Auditorium for each show will be that of a less brilliant or famous man than the one portrayed in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels.
In "The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes," initially set in 1886, the young, beginner detective is just getting started with partner Dr. John Watson. The pair were hired by a young H.G. Wells to find a manuscript written by Arthur Conan Doyle and hope to use the money from finding it to pay their overdue rent.
While hiding from their landlord, they duck into a closet that holds Wells' time machine and wind up in the 21st century. They end up at the Freudley Institute, a sort of mental health facility, and meet iconic historic characters, including Marilyn Monroe, George Washington, Tarzan, Emily Dickinson, Count Dracula, Lizzie Borden and Queen Victoria.
But the play soon reveals that these people are patients at the institution with grandiose delusions that they are these famous characters. Holmes, believed to be just another one of them, gets treated like any other patient. Watson, though, is believed to be a doctor treating the fake Sherlock.
The play soon evolves into a murder mystery, though, as a body is discovered at the Freudley Institute.
Holmes then sets out to uncover clues about the case, all the while trying to prove he is the real Sherlock Holmes.
"With many levels of depth and humor, this clever mystery has a lot of fun with a Sherlock quite reminiscent of the character in the recent popular movies," Director Elizabeth McMullin said.
The character's recent surge in popularity in movies and TV shows played a part in why the FMHS teacher chose this for the school's spring play.
"It was a comedy, and a lot of things about British culture were taking off in pop culture," she said. "I thought we had the talent to pull it off."
One piece of that talent wound up coming from outside FMHS, though.
Weldon Valley student Kordell Tibbetts heard about auditions and that they were open to other area schools, and he tried out and was ultimately cast as Sherlock Holmes.
"We encourage anyone who wants to audition to do so," McMullin said. "It doesn't guarantee a spot in the play."
But Tibbetts' strong audition secured him the titular role in "The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes."
The rest of the cast and crew comes from Fort Morgan High School and includes quite a few seniors and students from the other grades, McMullin said.
Spending a great deal of time on stage in this play with Tibbetts is Fort Morgan senior Tristan Reyez, who portrays Dr. Watson.
Reyez pointed out that he did not know Tibbetts before they were cast as leads in this play, but the pair of student actors now have formed a bond and portray a very Holmes-and-Watson-esque dynamic on stage.
"It's been really cool to do that," Reyez said.
"Really getting into the characters was sort of the initial challenge," Tibbetts said. "But I really enjoyed it."
"It's a really wacky tale and a new spin on Sherlock Holmes people may not have seen before," Tibbetts said.
"Most people hear Sherlock Holmes and think it'll be old-time-y," Reyez said, but that's not the case with this play, much of which winds up shifting to modern times.
And with all the delusional people running about in the Freudley Institute, there are lots of famous characters for the audience to enjoy seeing.
"Almost every character in this show is iconic," Reyez said, although maybe not in the expected ways.
"We have learned to expect the unexpected," Tibbetts said.
Consequently, while the Holmes and Watson characters end up on more predictable paths in the play and have more obvious ways they should be portrayed, many of the other characters were less certain for the students actors since they were people who thought they were other people.
Fort Morgan sophomore Makayla Dickerson had one of those roles. Her character, Nancy Darling, thought she was axe-murderer Lizzie Borden.
"We all have these grandiose delusions," Dickerson said, which meant she did not have to try to really be Lizzie Borden and could have fun with it and the idea of carrying around an axe. "I was actually really excited when I heard I got her."
One role that was a complete blank slate, though, was handyman Eddie Nash, which is being portrayed by Fort Morgan senior Preston Gibbs.
"He's one of the few fully modern characters in the show that isn't one of the doctors," Gibbs explained. "It definitely opened up possibilities as to how I react to stuff. Everyone expects these characters to react in certain ways, but nowadays people react very differently."
Gibbs said he was having fun playing this character.
He encouraged people to come see "The Secret Case of Sherlock Holmes" because of its "new take on a classic set of characters that everyone will know" and "a new twist on old tales that everyone will know."
It will be on stage at 7 p.m. Thursday and both 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday in the Glenn Miller Auditorium. There is not a Friday show due to scheduling conflicts with the venue, according to McMullin. Tickets, which will be available at the door before each performance, cost $8 for adults and $5 for students. The play, both a comedy and a murder mystery, is appropriate for all ages, according to McMullin.
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May 24, 2013
Book Blogger Hop
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I wish there was a BEA convention closer to where I live.ReplyDelete
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I have an hour's plane ride away or a 6.5 car ride to NY. You would have a long trip. Luckily I will be staying with my son. That saves a lot on accommodation costs.
Yes I am going again this year. :)
It is so good to be able to cut costs down if you can stay with a relative makes a big difference cost and comfort wise. And you get to visit with your son!Delete
Thanks for distance visual, that means I translate that to my country and go okay that's the same as.....! I would only go I think if I had a relative near by!
Hi Kathryn! I found you through the hop and am now following you through Bloglovin' :) You live in New Zealand? How cool! I've heard it's gorgeous there. I can't go either and am thinking about joining Armchair BEA. Maybe that's something you would want to try, too!ReplyDelete
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WOW. You sure would have a LOOOOONG trip, if you went to BEA!! Or to the Miami Book Fair, for that matter! Lol.
Who knows,...you might just get lucky and be able to attend one or the other or perhaps both -- at some time in the future. Meanwhile, I hope you get to go to one in New Zealand!
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New Zealand!!! I want to visit someday! Yes, it's a long distance to BEA but hopefully you'll get the chance to go in the future.ReplyDelete
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|The Champion By NHMS Numbers
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|Kansas: Three To Watch
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Five Drivers That Could Beat Five-Time
Another week, another dominating performance by Jimmie Johnson.
Mother Nature might have placed him on the pole at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, after rain washed out qualifying, but by leading 128 of 160 laps, he proved that his position was deserved. After all, Johnson earned that position because of his season long dominance that sees him with a 51-point lead on second-place Carl Edwards after the Party in the Poconos 400.
To put it simply, Johnson could go stir a piña colada on the beach next Sunday, while the rest of the drivers go at it in Michigan, and return with his points lead still intact. Honestly, that's not a bad proposition for the rest of the field, which has seen Johnson win three of the first 14 races and take control of another (Dover a week ago) before a late black flag for an illegal restart took him out of contention.
Johnson won five consecutive titles from 2006-10 and was just edged by Brad Keselowski in his bid for a six-pack last fall. He doesn't always come into form this early in a season and it's a daunting proposition to try to beat him down the stretch in the Chase format that he's owned for much of its existence.
That said, there are a lot of good drivers in NASCAR. Here are five with a good opportunity to keep Johnson counting his Sprint Cup trophies on one hand:
1. Matt Kenseth - The move to Joe Gibbs Racing has done nothing but help the 2003 Cup champion. He usually contended with Roush Fenway Racing and picked up regular wins, but he's never been quite this impressive. Like Johnson, he also has three wins and is leading a lot more laps than he had a reputation of doing in the past.
2. Kyle Busch - Inconsistency has been the knock on the younger Busch brother in the past and it continues to haunt him this season. He's not as reckless as he once was and seems to have a much better grasp on points racing, but that hasn't stopped bad luck (including two blown engines) from finding him. He has two wins and six top-fives this year, but also has four finishes of 34th or worse, which explains his seventh-place standing. If he gets consistent like he did in last year's Chase (for which he did not qualify), he could easily be the sport's best driver.
3. Kasey Kahne - Like Busch, luck hasn't been on Kahne's side this year. He has three finishes of 36th or worse, including this past weekend when he headed to pit road on the first lap because something wasn't right under the hood. However, when everything has been going, it's been going very well. He has a win and three second-place finishes, two of which he led over 100 laps before giving way. He was my pick for this year's championship, and I'm not giving up on him yet.
4. Clint Bowyer - Bad days are rare for the No. 15 team. After blowing an engine in Fontana, Bowyer has found consistency, finishing 18th or better in nine consecutive races, including two second-place finishes. His approach has put him third in points above the flashier drivers listed above. He won three times last season and if he can find victory lane with regularity in the second half of the season, he's a top contender.
5. Tony Stewart - Nobody seems to enjoy stuffing it to the nay-sayers more than Smoke. He won the 2011 championship after a lackluster and winless regular season. He dominated that Chase with five wins as he chuckled his way to the last laugh of the season, a win at Homestead-Miami Speedway. After early struggles this season, he turned a corner with a win at Dover and looks poised to race his way into the 2013 Chase, where he'll get his points reset like the rest of the field. He's the least consistent of the bunch, but he's shown the ability to catch lightning in a bottle before.
Of course, I haven't even touched on three drivers in the top-five right now: Carl Edwards, second; Dale Earnhardt Jr., fourth; and Kevin Harvick, fifth. I also didn't bring up the reigning champion Brad Keselowski, who sits ninth.
The take-away is this: yes, Johnson has been dominant, but there are a lot of very good drivers in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The No. 48 is unquestionably the frontrunner for a title, but once the points get reset in September, anyone can take home the trophy with a good 10-race segment.


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|Controlling the police : local autonomy in policy and practice
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This thesis assesses the influence of The Home Office, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulaiy, the Association of Chief Police Officers, the Audit Commission, the Local Police Authority, and the Chief Constable on local policy makers and impleinenters within the Devon & Cornwall Constabiilary. It is based on five policy areas: the structmre of the organisation. The Citizens' Charter, Annual Policing (now Performance) Plans, Domestic Violence Policy, and Equal Opportunities Policy. Unlike previous research, it brings together the issues of policy and practice at all levels of the organisation through interviews with senior managers in the Devon & Cornwall Constabulary and members of the Local Police Authority, and questionnaires to front line police officers; as well as analysis of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary reports and Police Authority Policing Plans, and recomniendations made in Home Office Circulars and Audit Commission reports. The research was carried out prior to the infroduction of Crime and Disorder Partnerships and Crime Audits, required by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Both policy makers and policy implementers believed that there was a sfrong influence from all the key players in the policy areas examined, with the exception of the Association.of Chief Police Officers arid the Local Police Authority: There is-no'^yidence; to suggest that there has been any change in the power relationship between the Chief Constable and the Police Authority. For police officers directly iiivolved in the implementation process. The Citizens' Charter and Annual Policing (now Performance) Plans had made little differerice to the way they carried out their day-to-day work. In these more generic policy areas they saw less influence from the key players but perceived greater influence coming from consumers, public opinion, colleagues and immediate supervisors. In the tighter policy area of domestic violence, where there is greater top down confrol, the mfluence of the key players was the sfrongest, and local autonomy, both in policy and practice was hard to find. The police organisatiori retains many of the attiibutes of a classical bureaucracy and an ideal form of organisational stincture has yet to be found.
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So I did a lot of reflecting from these past few weeks, as I've been teaching theme (yay!) to my 3rd graders on what I did to really help them understand it. I've come up with 5 tips that I think might help you too. :)
1. Vocabulary needs to be taught first. It won't matter how much of the plot or how well they know the characters, if they don't have the vocabulary of the theme 'words', then they won't have a chance to identify the theme. Some of the main themes we teach in our building are: perseverance, cooperation, honesty, responsibility, acceptance, kindness, friendship, greed, and contentment. There are many more to be added to that list. But look at those words! Those are some pretty hefty words even for third graders! The first thing I do when beginning a unit on theme is teach the students the individual vocabulary words we will be using throughout our unit. You'll be surprised at how much foundation and understand they actually have of the words, they just need a word added to their meanings. So get out the crayons. One of the best ways I introduce these words is by having them not only write and define them, but also sketch them out. Click on the photo below to download for FREE!
2. The next piece that is crucial in being able to identify the theme of a fictional text is a clear understanding of the plot. They have to know the ins and outs of the story, the beginning, the middle and dare I say it - the end! :P I love having the students use a variety of graphic organizers or flow charts to help with this process. We do a lot of sketches as well. For example: I'll be doing the first read of the text and then I'll stop where I think the beginning of the story has 'ended'. On their paper, the students will visualize and sketch what they truly think is the most important event so far in the story and then write 2-3 sentences about it underneath. Then the students will pair-share and discuss similarities and differences. We continue this throughout the entire story. Then when we get to the discussion about theme, the students have a solid understand and even some 'notes' they have taken to refer back to if needed.
3. It's all about the characters. They need to understands the characters completely. The who's, what's, when's, where's, and why's. More so too they need to look for the change in the character. A lot of times we'll use a character trait wall to do this. Basically I divide my front board into two sections and write beginning and ending above each section. As we read the students think of character traits to describe the main (or other) characters and add their words to the wall - same for the ending. Then we analyze what changes we see in the character(s) - which helps us identify the theme!
4. Another big tip with theme is making sure to connect it to texts and media that they already know. I use a lot of movie references in my theme unit. We watch a lot of clips of old fairytales and fables/folktales, etc. I have a really fun movie Tic-Tac-Toe game that the kids just LOVE playing!
This packet has the tic-tac-toe game plus three other amazing and hands on games that will just make your kids go crazy for theme! Make it fun, make it engaging, and make it about texts or media they already know - they'll soak it up!
5. My final tip for teaching theme is talk about it with EVERY text you read. The students can't just have these few lessons in a week or two and then not hear about it again. It's like skills like genre, setting, and problem/solution - you talk about it with every story you read, short or long. Have fun with it by keeping track of all of your stories and their themes. Here's a great example from Beth Newingham! (Click to see more)
Hopefully I've given you some tips that maybe you hadn't thought of before. If you have any questions, please let me know! I'd love to hear what you do when teaching theme! Make sure to comment so we can all learn from each other :)


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A man has died in hospital after suffering severe head injuries in Adelaide last month, but it remains unclear if his death was the result of foul play or an accident.
Police say Mark Langford, 42, suffered his injuries in just a 10-minute window from when he was last spotted on video to when he was found unconscious by a patrol.
Acting Superintendent Denise Gray says police don't know what happened and want people who may have information to come forward to bring the dead man's family some closure.
"Mr Langford's phone, wallet and jewellery were all found with him and there were no obvious signs of a struggle," Supt Gray said on Thursday.
"Detectives have spoken with a number of people in the area and have consulted with major crime investigators about the incident, but we have no indication that he has died as a result of a criminal act."
Mr Langford was found on Hackney Road at about 1.25am (CDT) on March 15 and was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a critical condition.
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According to a recent global survey by AXA Equitable, American workers are confident, but not well-informed, about their financial outlook in retirement. For example, 60 percent of workers believe their retirement income will be sufficient, but only one in five actually knows what that income will be. Workers' confidence may come from watching their parents live well in retirement: • On average, U. retirees receive $4,243 in net monthly income (including Social Security, company pensions, personal assets and savings, etc.); however, the median (middle point) net monthly income is just $463.
• 98 percent of U. retirees are confident with their living standard, claiming they already have everything they need. However, with Social Security and pensions falling out of favor (about 9 in 10 believe the Social Security program is in trouble or crisis), workers are receiving a wake-up call for retirement planning. In fact, an estimated 65 percent of workers realize they will need to rely on their own savings to get them through retirement.
Of all respondents worldwide, Americans are the least likely to rely on government-managed retirement savings programs or to hold the government responsible for providing retirement income. "Not only are Americans on their own for retirement financing, they're also living longer and realizing that they may need funds to last them for more than 30 years after they retire," said Ken Gelman, AXA's director of market research. "As a result, they're taking retirement savings very seriously by starting early and consulting trusted financial advisors." As a result of sound advice, Americans are able to build diversified retirement portfolios. When asked how retirement income is being secured, about two-thirds of respondents-working and retired-cited several types of assets, including IRAs, 401(k)s, investment funds and company pensions. However, Americans are being cautious with the funds that should last a lifetime. Seventy-eight percent of workers favor investments with a modest ROI and no financial risk. Even so, Americans lead the survey in financial risk-taking. The Retirement Scope survey was conducted by AXA, a leader in financial advice and wealth management. More than 6,900 working and retired people in 11 countries were surveyed.
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The sight of Vladimir Putin decked out in white overalls and playing the parent to a group of rare Siberian cranes in the skies above the Russian Arctic last week proved an opportunity too good to miss for the country's opposition movement.
Commentators were particularly delighted to point out that many of the endangered birds appeared reluctant to be associated with Putin during Thursday's stunt and avoided forming up alongside his motorised hang-glider on his first flight.
But Putin reached for his extended metaphor supply on Saturday to hit back at those who had been ridiculing him. "It's true that not all of the cranes took to the air at first," a grinning Putin said during the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum. "The ones that didn't fly were the weak ones."
The Russian president did not seem to be put off by the autocratic insinuations of many of his critics, and embraced the caricature of an "alpha-crane" that had been a popular joke in the previous days. "That not all the cranes flew straightaway is also the fault of the leader, the pilot, because he increased the speed and the height too quickly and they simply couldn't keep up," Putin said.
"Under conditions of bad weather and side winds, the pilot was forced to increase the speed and height because otherwise the system could have capsized ... there are little birds who never want to fly with the flock."


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Crews battle Colonie house fire, sentencing in Saratoga County ATV death, Albany County charter revisions pass, six tons of turkey
Colonie fire
Crews are battling a major house fire in Colonie this morning. One person was injured, a dog died and a large snake is missing from the home.[WNYT][TU]
Sentencing in ATV crash
A Saratoga County Court judge sentenced Edward Wager to five to 15 years in prison for the alcohol related ATV accident that killed a passenger in June of 2015. [Saratogian]
County judicial race heads to state Supreme Court
New York's State Supreme Court will rule on the outcome of a race for Schenectady County Family Court Judge. [Gazette]
Albany County Charter revisions
Voters on Tuesday approved revisions and updates to the Albany County Charter . [TU]
Chuck Schumer's role as minority leader, and how this weeks election results will change it. [TU]
Reaction to Trump victory
Local leaders reactions to the results of this week's presidential election. [TWCN]
In an election where many polls seemed way off base, Siena College polls last month predicted Trump's victory in Florida. [NYT][Gazette]
Saratoga County tax hike
No objections were raise by Saratoga County supervisors on Wednesday to a proposed 1.77 percent property tax hike for county residents.
Power line down after crash
An overnight crash took out a power line at Route 155 and Old Niskayuna Road. [TU]
Man injured in fall from Stewart's Shop
A worker was injured on Wednesday when he fell 10 to 12 feet to the ground from the roof of a new Stewart's shop on Broadway in Schenectady. [TU]
Professor killed in climbing accident
A 78-year-old UAlbany math professor died in a climbing accident last week[TU]
Warhorse founder honored
The Founder of Saratoga Warhorse, a non-profit that helps veterans with post-traumatic stress through work with therapy horses, will be honored as Veteran of the Year by the NYS Military Museum[
Six tons of turkey
Equinox will serve six tons of turkey at its annual community Thanksgiving dinner. [News 10]
Stuff going on today
Talking about changing the climate
The NYS Writers Institute visiting writer series has two authors lined up for an evening of talking about the environment at the University Art Museum at Albany:
+ Journalist Jeff Goodell, author How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate.
+ Novelist Jennifer Haigh, author of Heat and Light, which "explores the allure of fracking for residents of a ravaged coal mining town."
Thursday 7 pm, University Art Museum, UAlbany uptown campus -- free
The Unreliable Narrator
Artist Martine Syms will be at EMPAC for a talk about her residence at the venue -- she's working on a feature-length film shot with a 360-degree camera rig. "For this event, Syms will introduce a program of videos by herself and others, alongside a discussion of moving images that have been influential to her work." Thursday 7 pm -- $6
The Amanda Palmer show at The Egg is sold out.
The T.I. / Gucci Mane show at the TU Center has been canceled
Tower of Power at Cohoes Music Hall
"For close to 50 years, Tower of Power has been creating their own kind of soul music." 8 pm -- $59 and up
The Orbiting Human Circus feat. Julian Koster and The Music Tapes at The Hangar
"[W]alk into the world of The Orbiting Human Circus [podcast]. Featuring Julian Koster (Neutral Milk Hotel) and The Music Tapes." 8 pm -- $15
The Heavy Pets at The Hollow
Jam. With: Gang of Thieves. 9:30 pm -- $15
AJ Croce at Troy Music Hall
Singer/songwriter. 7:30 pm -- $27
Omar Sosa at Helsinki Hudson
Latin jazz. 8 pm -- $25 ahead / $30 day of
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THE OLD RUGGED CROSS-niyi olaleye
The cross of Jesus faces rejection as the tide of worldliness opposes it -worldliness crept into the church unaware as if she is not washed in the blood of the lamb. The cross worth nothing in the current world events, there is no manifestation of God's glory because the cross is neglected. Old path seems to some to be odd and they are no longer able to endure the truth, those that follow the old path are nicknamed.
Some could no longer bear the reproach of the cross so they fall into the deception of the devil. There is shallow knowledge of God's terror but we are full of absurd understanding of the love of God. Devil held many in captivity by his subtlety and sneaky. The real faith lost its stand in the heart of men and the life of faith our fathers received is now been presented to us as life of bondage, liberty in Christ has been misunderstood to be freedom to sin but our liberty is freedom from the grip of sin and all entanglements.
The eyes of understanding of many have been darkened, the truth is rejected and deception increases at alarming rate. The teaching of Christ on our adoption which should separate us from the world no longer appeals to man. No man will stand for anyone on the judgment day, all {including pastors} will stand before the judgment seat, if you follow the traditions and philosophy of men, it will only land you in hell.
The hearts of the Cloud of witnesses are wounded seeing worldliness taking the place of holiness in the church. Martyrs and sages bleed over the state of the church; there is multitude in the Church and no longer a place for disciples. Some institutes rules for living and so they bring their idea into the interpretations of the scripture, some other think Christianity is not hard, nudity and waywardness become normal, there is a standard for prosperity and so they cause people that cannot meet it to be depressed, they think religion does make your life rich, yes but by making you content with what you have, they have wicked minds and have missed out on the truth (1Tim. 6:6).
Lies prevail and liars prosper, the rate of compromise increases day by day, Christians are now becoming modern Christians. We must keep a prophetic eyes on the current events as the sign of the end time, the devil rages and plots against the church, his deceit is on every pulpit and applauds is wave back from the pew. Everyone is becoming a business Apostle instead of an Apostle of Christ. The pattern for living handed down by the Apostles are now been looked down upon (phi 3:127-21).
There is hope for the church, the resurrection and the life is coming to visit His bride and to take her away. Let's wait for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of our Lord Jesus. We must return to the cross-the source of our victory, only those that are partakers of the death of the cross will partake in the glory to come. Let's journey back to the old rugged cross (Galatians 2:16-21,2Cor. 2:14-17, Philipians 2:12-13).


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I Brake For Stamps has turned me into an embellishing maniac with these images. I am having so much fun with these girls. You can find these on the IBFS website under one of their many companies, "The Merry Stamper". There is no end to the possibilites when it comes to embellishing these ladies! I thought this young lady was in desperate need of an olive or two for her martini so I did my part and made a couple for her. This image was colored with Marvy Inks and I added some sparkle to her drink with a 2-way glue pen and some glitter. The olives were made from circle punches and glued onto a round tooth pick. Cheers!! (Be sure to click on the photo for a larger version and you can really enjoy the bling on her drink!)


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Fantasy Contest (MUST. BE. ORIGINAL) March 14, 2011 - April 14, 2011
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I want to see original fantasy. There's more to life than vampires, people. (Though if you can do vampires in an orginal way... be my guest.)
So give me a story that thrills me, surprises me, makes me think, and keeps me turning those e-pages. The great thing about fantasy, after all, is the fact that there are no limits. In a fantasy, you aren't held in by reality... why should you be held in by cliches?
Give me at least three, no more than five chapters of a fantasy novel.
NO. FAN. FIC. At all. In any shape or form.
But on the plus side, I will count steampunk as fantasy. ^_^
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Let's talk money, shall we?
First, the Fifth Annual FIU Athletic Department Golf Tournament is June 27. $375 per person, $1,500 per foursome, which is no savings for a foursome so really just $375 per person. This fundraiser for the entire athletic department includes an auction boosted by over 100 items that were supposed to be sold at the Diamond Dinner, the big fund raiser for the baseball and softball programs.
The baseball program saw its operating budget cut by around $5,000 this year, one of several programs whose budget remained stagnant or got cut as FIU moved up in overall quality with the jump to Conference USA. They didn't fly to the Conference USA tournament in Hattiesburg, but bused what's 11 hours, 38 minutes if you go 70 mph with no stops. Clearly, this is a program that can use all the financial help it can get.
Instead, baseball and softball must throw a large amount of the goods and services donated for their event into an event that raises money for the entire athletic department. That's other programs, administration, facilities, etc. I'm all for sharing, but that doesn't seem quite fair.
Oh, in an answer to a question posed a while back in the Comments about the athletic director's salary and bonus: it comes out of the athletic department pocket.


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"HungaryFox" (Chris L.) is a Hungarian anthro artist, who was born in 1991 in Pécs, Hungary and currently lives in a small town west from Pécs.
HungaryFox's art gained activity in 2005, the same time he founded the club "DaFoxLove" on deviantART which became the most visited fox fanclub on the aforementioned site. His connection to the "Hungarian furry community however began somewhat later in 2006. The first Hungarian furmeet he attended was the one in 2007, but only since 2008 does he count himself a real active and productive member of the local fandom.
In the Summer of 2008, with the aid of his friend Lycangel, HungaryFox managed to mix his previous artistic style with a newly learned drawing technique, thereby taking his skill to a higher level. His artwork mostly consists of clear-lined anthropomorphic manga chibi characters.
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12 April 2018
SEPANG – KLIA Aeropolis Air Cargo & Logistics development cluster is expected to generate RM1.6 billion in GDP and create 6,000 jobs within the next three to four years. This was mentioned by Malaysia Airports managing director Datuk Badlisham Ghazali during a press conference at Malaysia Airports Corporate Office held in conjunction with a site visit by the Minister of International Trade and Industry YB Dato' Sri Mustapa Mohamed to KLIA Air Cargo Terminal 1 (KACT1) earlier today. KACT1 is located within KLIA Aeropolis' Air Cargo & Logistics cluster development and currently houses the e-commerce regional distribution centre for Pos Malaysia and Lazada.
During the site visit, Dato' Sri Mustapa was also briefed on the development plans for KLIA Aeropolis. The KLIA Aeropolis Masterplan focuses on three key clusters, one of which is Air Cargo & Logistics. According to Badlisham, for the past several years, Malaysia Airports has been developing initiatives and actively engaging with key players to position KLIA Aeropolis as an e-commerce hub. With nearly 20 of the world's top 25 freight forwarders already operating in KL International Airport (KLIA) and more than 60% of the current cargo volume carried by home-based carriers, it is poised to capture the huge potential growth in the e-commerce segment. It is expected that e-commerce in South East Asia will grow by 16 times its current volume by 2025, reaching an estimated USD88 billion.
"Our decision to convert the former low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT) to KACT1 has provided the capacity for the expected increase in cargo traffic. In fact, this has served as an impetus for Cainiao Network – the logistics arm of the Alibaba group – to form a joint venture with us in developing KLIA Aeropolis DFTZ Park, the world's first e-world trade platform (eWTP) outside of China. Work progress is on track for site handover in August 2018 to the joint venture company for facilities development. The facility will be fully operational in 2020," he added.
The facility will encompass 1.2 million sq ft gross floor area (GFA) for a cargo terminal, sorting centre, warehouse and operations office. An expected RM800 million will be invested into its infrastructure, facilities, systems and equipment. DFTZ is expected to more than double KLIA's cargo volume to 1.5 million tonnes in the next ten years.
Further to the 60-acre KLIA Aeropolis DFTZ Park, Malaysia Airports is also looking to develop another 1 million sq ft of GFA for cargo facilities within the next three years. The company is looking to team up with potential strategic delivery partners to develop high-grade warehousing and distribution centres on a build and lease model that are able to cater to specialised needs such as halal logistics, high-value goods and pharmaceuticals. They will be working in collaboration with the DFTZ Investment Promotion Task Force to attract investments from global giant e-commerce players, forwarders and integrators, as well as specialised logistics players.
Other infrastructure developments will also include a free commercial zone corridor to cater to business expansion growth, an airport cargo freight station to support intermodal connectivity to seaports and the utilisation of big data analytics to improve operational efficiency.
Malaysia Airports has also embarked on a strategic collaboration with MARA Corporation to provide human capital solutions and address potential challenges by the future tenants of KLIA Aeropolis. This is a value added business facilitation service that will help ensure that manpower requirements are matched to operational activities.
Badlisham added further, "In formulating our five-year business plan two years ago, we ensured that we made full use of our ready advantages – the government's foresight in providing us with a 100-sq km land bank surrounding KLIA has enabled us to put in place a comprehensive development plan for the airport city. We will continue banking on KLIA's strong position as a regional gateway for ASEAN and Oceania, as well as growing our connectivity further. We are also grateful for the continuous government support and collaboration that have enabled us to progress as an economic enabler for the country."


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zeph's pop culture quiz #61 A warplane in camouflage flies over snowy mountains. But who is inside? What I am asking for are the names of the two leading actors … identifying from which movie the screencap stems helps, naturally ;) Simply leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the 'Leave a reply' at the end of the post and fill in the form. If it's the first time you post a comment, it will be held for moderation. But I am constantly checking, and … Continue reading
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zeph's pop culture quiz #60 A man is sitting in the cinema. Which movie is he watching? Mind, I am not asking from which film the screenshot is taken, who the man is, what he has done, or not done … although you may have to find out all that before you can answer the question. Simply leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the 'Leave a reply' at the end of the post and fill in the form. If it's the first time you … Continue reading
A crouchsliding tutorial with keypresses visible, slow motion, freeze frames, and explanation in voiceover. The tutorial aims at conveying an understanding of the basic principles, and suggests ways to start. Step-by-step instructions are given, and quite some opportunities of where to practice the techniques are shown. … Continue reading
From Megahealth to Heavy Armor in a second or so, and more exploits of the strange qualities of the pots combined with Ranger's Dire Orb. Going out of map and back, into closed areas, and instant teleports across whole maps. … Continue reading
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Description by RT Documentaries: ""La Sape" is a unique movement based in Congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they don't really have on designer clothes. Dressing in stark contrast with their surroundings, these elegant ambiance-makers become true local celebrities… but this fame comes at a price. The Republic of the Congo in Central Africa can't boast of high standards of living. Yet, there are men here who are prepared to spend a fortune on designer suits. They call themselves "sapeurs" – members of the "La Sape" movement. "La Sape" comes from French and stands … Continue reading
The Bridge to Rail jump done backward and forward with all champions, without using their respective special abilities. Plus a tutorial on how to do it – with keypresses and speed visible, slow motion, and an explanation of the circlejump and strafejumping. In between a little reminiscence of Bridge to Rail in Quake Live and Quake 3 Arena. … Continue reading
The newly introduced Tri-Bolt and the Nailgun offer climbing techniques in Quake Champions – apart from Rocketjumping. So, in principle all kinds of trickjumping and DeFRaGgery pleasant are possible in Quake Champions. As of now Anarki, with his CPMA-like physics, seems best suited for tricking. Mind that Quake Champions is still in beta. Hence everything shown and said in this video might become subject to change until release. … Continue reading
The most ferocious weapon in "Playerunknown's Battlegrounds!" This is actual online gameplay (nothing staged, never met the other player before), enhanced with music and sound effects – purely for entertainment purposes. In "Battle Royale," both the novel (Takami 1999) and the movie (Fukasaku 2000), early on it is made clear that the contestants will "end up with a randomly selected weapon." In the movie the Training Video Girl adds, "Not everyone will get a gun or knife! You might get lucky, and you might not." Shuya Nanahara, #15, draws the big lot: "What's this? I can't fight with a … Continue reading
Ten minutes of classic "Quake Live" Free for All deathmatch madness on the map "Hell's Gate" (formerly Q3TOURNEY3). Featuring a nice comeback with some quite funny and/or epic moments in-between – my opinion. Before that not having played any Quake for ages quite shows. Disorientation, poor movement, no positioning, miserable aim, and general overstrain. But then I somehow get a tiny bit into it again … Shoutouts and thanks go to muckyman and the whole posse of "Ye Olde Sweaty Sock" – more of a pub than a server – who still are willing to play with me. Am … Continue reading


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Pentax announced Monday a new five megapixel, ultra-compact model for its Optio S series.
Imaging Resource described the camera as: "The Pentax Optio S5n, (see photo below) at 4.2 ounces, couples its 5.25 megapixels CCD imager with an smc Pentax 3x optical zoom lens equivalent to 35.6 - 107mm on a 35mm camera. As with other recent S-series models, the lens features Pentaxis unusual isliding lens systemi, which removes elements from the optical path as the lens retracts, reducing its overall size to 0.8 inches.
Other features include a 2.0-inch LCD display with 110,000 pixels, four-mode internal flash, eleven scene modes, USB 2.0 and video connectivity, SD/MMC and 9.6 megabytes of built in memory for storage, and power from a rechargeable D-LI8 Lithium Ion battery. The Optio S5n comes with a stand which charges spare batteries and those in the camera."
The S5n records movies with 640x480 recording pixels at the rate of 30 frames per second. The OptioS5n is also a first in the OptioS series in that it offers the new advantage of MPEG-4 image compression.
The OptioS5n will be available in March, the company said. US pricing and availability have not yet been announced. The camera will retail for £250 in the United Kingdom, or about US$470, based on the current exchange rate.
For more information on the Pentax Optio S5n, visit Imaging Resource.
The Pentax Optio S5n
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Education, Income Moderate Genetic Influence on Alcohol Use
All people in modern societies have a socioeconomic status determined by factors that include their income level, their education level and the type of job they hold. Broadly speaking, this status has a substantial impact on any given person's lifestyle and life experiences. In a study published in March 2015 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, researchers from two American universities looked at the influence that socioeconomic status has on the genetic factors that help predict the amount of alcohol an individual typically consumes during his or her drinking sessions.
Education, Income Moderate Genetic Influence on Alcohol Use
Your inherited genetic makeup has a considerable influence on your typical pattern of alcohol use and your chances of consuming alcohol in risky or problematic ways. However, in contrast to the oversimplified picture sometimes portrayed by news media, there is no such thing as a single "alcoholism gene." Instead, dozens of genes in the human body have some sort of impact on alcohol-related risk. Some of these genes have an independent impact on overall risk, while others interact in highly complicated ways. In addition, certain versions of alcohol-related genes typically increase your chances for problems, while other versions of those genes typically decrease your chances.
Genetics can also influence the course of treatment for alcohol use disorder (alcoholism and/or non-addicted alcohol abuse). For example, some people have a genetic profile that reduces the effectiveness of an alcoholism medication called naltrexone, while others have a genetic profile that supports this medication's usefulness in treatment. In addition, it's important to note that current scientific evidence points to a strong environmental influence on the human body's alcohol-related genes. In some cases, the impact of your life experiences may "trigger" any genetic predisposition for alcohol problems and increase your susceptibility to harm. In other cases, your life experiences may offset any genetic predisposition for alcohol problems and decrease your susceptibility to harm.
Socioeconomic Factors
The term socioeconomic status denotes the overlapping influences of social standing and financial or economic standing. On one level, socioeconomic status can be used to identify large-scale differences in social class (e.g., the rich, the middle class and the poor). However, on a more detailed level, any given person's socioeconomic status has a substantial impact on a wide range of critical day-to-day factors, including such things as living environment, access to food resources, access to educational resources, access to medical resources, access to cultural resources and access to employment opportunities. Problems associated with relatively low socioeconomic status include poverty, low educational achievement and diminished mental and physical health.
Interaction With Genetic Alcohol Factors
In the study published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, researchers from the University of Minnesota and Purdue University used a long-term project involving 672 sets of twins to explore the ways in which socioeconomic status can influence genetic risks for alcohol problems. The twins enrolled in the project ranged in age from 25 to 74 and were drawn from another study called the MacArthur Foundation Survey of Midlife Development in the United States. For each participant, the researchers used two factors—educational achievement and family income—to determine socioeconomic status. For each individual, they also looked at three aspects of alcohol consumption: how often alcohol is consumed, how much alcohol is consumed and whether alcohol-related problems occur. In addition, the researchers created genetic and environmental alcohol-related risk profiles for all participants.
After analyzing their data, the researchers concluded that genetic factors affecting the amount of alcohol a person consumes have a stronger impact in individuals with relatively low socioeconomic status than in individuals with relatively high socioeconomic status. Both educational achievement level and family income level contribute to this status-based difference. Interestingly, the researchers found that socioeconomic status has only a negligible influence on genetic factors affecting how often a person drinks or how much exposure a person has to problematic alcohol use.
The study's authors note that socioeconomic status also influences the strength of environmental factors that help determine how much alcohol a person consumes. Overall, they concluded that something other than socioeconomic status must influence the genetic and environmental factors for drinking frequency and level of exposure to alcohol problems.


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I'm alive! I know I haven't written in a month but I just plain didn't feel like it. My life has been kind of all over the place and I just haven't had the urge to write. I'm not even sure where to start with all of it.
Early in December Anthony had ear surgery. Two years prior to that (almost exactly two years to the day) he had ear surgery to put in tubes because he got frequent ear infections. The tube in his right ear never fell out, and actually turned sideways blocking the drainage. We gave it a few months to try to allow it to fall out on its own but it didn't happen. So the dr went in and took it out. Easy peasy. He seems to be doing better and has a follow up appointment with his ENT specialist tomorrow.
Christmas was hectic and wonderful as usual. The kids were spoiled rotten, my husband spoiled me rotten and I got him a few small things then two worthless pieces of paper that I paid $200 for. I got him hockey tickets but thanks to the lockout, the game I got the tickets to got officially cancelled just a few days before Christmas. So basically I owe him a Christmas present still.
Our new years was pretty uneventful. My mom took my kids and we went to a friends house where I drank a little too much and had a headache the next day. Happy New Year!
The least fun thing I have to update on is my own surgery. The day before Halloween I went into my OB/GYN for my annual pap. I was shocked when two weeks later he called me to tell me it came back abnormal. They reassured me on the phone that it was "barely abnormal" and "just above average" and they were sure it was nothing, but they scheduled me to come in three weeks later for a biopsy anyway, "just to be safe." I was confused and scared because just one year prior was when I had Noah and had my post baby exam that showed nothing, so how could something happen so quickly? And honestly, that question still lingers, we still have no idea how it all moved so fast. I went in for my biopsy as scheduled and exactly one week later I got a call from my doctor saying that the biopsy "came back more abnormal than the pap did" and that I had high-grade moderate dysplasia. That means I had pre-cancerous cells growing on my cervix that needed to be surgically removed. If you have low grade, mild dysplasia normally the plan of action is to just watch and let the body correct the issue itself, but mine was high grade, moderate which meant that the cells needed to be removed before they turned into cancer. So we scheduled it then and I had my surgery on Jan 10th. During the surgery they took more cells from deeper inside the cervix to ensure that there weren't more cell and that they weren't further progressed than the biopsy showed. I go in to read the pathology report and get my post-op exam this Thursday.
So 2012 ended and 2013 began with a little bit of health issues but I have full confidence in both my doctor and in Anthony's doctor that everything was taken care of and settled in both our surgeries. I'm ready to put it all behind us and move forward.
Moving forward for me means more school, and working on my photography. God willing and hard work put in I should be done with school in about a year and a half at the most. I realize I'm behind about 90% of my high school graduating class in getting my degree, but I figure better late than never, right? Then I got a gracious offer from a talented friend to build a website for me and my photography and I may take her up on it. (IF the offer still stands, that is. ;) We'll swap, pictures for a website!) I've been taking some pictures for friends and family, trying to build up a portfolio basically. I really need to decide how serious about it I want to be basically. I would love to go full speed ahead and try to launch a whole business but I don't know how realistic that is. First of all, the market for photographers in San Diego is pretty saturated, and I feel like no matter how much effort I put out I'll still be just part of the crowd. Second of all its not like time is on my side, in a sense that.. I don't have any. I would only be able to shoot on weekends and even then I would be sacrificing time with my family (Which is something I don't get a ton of) to do these shoots. So I think the plan right now is just to get the website built, get my portfolio built by offering cheap shoots at work and photographing friends and family and just basically do it on the side. If I seem to catch attention and business comes in, then I'll think about getting more serious about it. If not, then I'll just keep taking pictures of my family and whoever happens to ask.


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Well, first of all, Happy New Year to all my readers! It was a very short break (or at least it felt short to me) and now I am finally back to normality.
The word that I want to talk about today as part of the "Build your vocabulary" series is not actually a word, but an acronym. It's EMEAS. It's a slight variation on the better known EMEA. But since most of you won't know what it means, I'll explain.
I already told you all that there were going to be some new changes in the new year regarding work. It is now official, and I can now say that my little, family-owned, company has been bought up by a big multinational French company. They have plans for us, and part of this big plan is that we look after the EMEAS.
During the presentation that I attended, it took me a little while to realise what EMEAS meant, and I finally deduced it out of context. EMEAS little brother, EMEA, is better known around the business world and it means: Europe, Middle East and Africa. The one that we will be looking after has got an S at the end, standing for South America.
I have spoken to my boss and have asked him how my role is supposed to change with the new set up within the new company, and apparently I am going to be more customer-focused, visiting more people and doing more presentations. Well, my heart is undecided about this piece of news. I HATE talking in public. When I talk, my heart pounds in my chest so loudly that sometimes I think people are going to notice. I get all fidgety. I sweat.
On the other hand, I fancy some travelling around the world. I haven't been to many places and I always fancy seeing new countries and meeting new people. I am aware, however, that travelling for work purposes is not the same than travelling for pleasure. But I can make some concessions, that's okay.
But I can only wait and see what future has in store for me…


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...how is the schoolmaster, the nation, to know which boy needs the whipping? ... Power and strict accountability for its use are the essential constituents of good government. ... It is, therefore, manifestly a radical defect in our federal system that it parcels out power and confuses responsibility as it does. The main purpose of the Convention of 1787 seems to have been to accomplish this grievous mistake. The 'literary theory' of checks and balances is simply a consistent account of what our constitution makers tried to do; and those checks and balances have proved mischievous just to the extent which they have succeeded in establishing themselves ... [the Framers] would be the first to admit that the only fruit of dividing power had been to make it irresponsible.


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A tracker mortgage has a variable interest rate which will change when the base rate changes. The base rate is the interest rate which is controlled by the Bank of England and if they change the rate, which they make a decision on monthly, then the rate that you pay will change as well. You will find that your lender will change your rate within a day of the change of rate being announced. Your lender will add on a fixed rate to the variable tracker rate, which will be their profit. It is worth comparing tracker mortgages to choose the one which looks like it offers the best value for money. This fixed rate could be one factor to consider but you also need to think about the customer service the lender has, whether you like the idea of borrowing from them, what other costs they have, how flexible they are and anything else you feel is important.
A tracker mortgage is a very good idea when interest rates are dropping. Often when a rate drops, lenders will not be in a hurry to drop their variable rates. They will want to take advantage of being able to borrow at a lower rate and still charge a higher one and therefore make more profit. As lenders do start to drop their rates, in order to become more competitive, they may do the same thing, but it is unpredictable. You could lose out compared to having a tracker because the rate for that will drop right away.
When rates are rising you may not be so lucky though. A tracker rate will go up immediately, but other variable rates may not rise so quickly. However, lenders will want to keep their profits as high as possible so it is unlikely that they will delay too long before increasing their rates as well. It may be that someone with a tracker will not lose very much in this situation and probably will gain a lot more when rates drop.
A tracker does have that fixed rate with it though which will always have to be paid regardless of the base rate. This could be a disadvantage if it is very high but great if it is low. All lenders will add on a charge like this – you will see it in their variable rates, as they will be higher than the base rate. However, on a variable rate, they may change how much they charge but with a tracker they usually do not. It can depend on what is in your agreement though.
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So there are quite a few things to consider when you are deciding whether to have a tracker mortgage. You need to think about whether you are happy to have a variable rate, which could go up as well as down. You need to check the price against other lenders and see whether you can get good value for money. You need to also see who is offering tracker mortgages and decide whether you think that you will be happy having a mortgage from that company. There are a lot of things to think about. If you time your tracker well and get one as rates are falling then you could really see some advantages. It is not easy to predict what interest rates will do though, but the lower they are, the more likely they are to rise and vice versa. You can also find out what the head of the Bank of England has to say about rates and what they plan to do with them in the future based on the current state of the economy.


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> In any case, the white iPhone 4 is as safe of a purchase today as the black version is—if you're still considering the purchase of an iPhone 4, there's no strong reason other than aesthetic taste to choose one color over the other. Late though it was, Apple appears to have fixed or significantly mitigated the engineering issues that plagued the white iPhone 4, leaving only the black pill-shaped proximity sensor as an awkward little scar on an otherwise beautiful design.
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If you know me in real life, you would know I am one of the most stubborn people in the world. Maybe THE most stubborn person in the world. I'm definitely up there. It's not my favourite quality about myself, but it is what it is. I've been that way since birth, so it probably won't change anytime soon.
Over the years, Ken has figured out how to work his way around this lovely personality trait of mine and some how makes it work. One way he does this is by not forcing me to do anything. He knows it he asks me to do something over and over, the less and less likely I am to do it. I'm super annoying, I know. My friends and family always say "Don't ask her to do it, then maybe she will."
Skiing last weekend was one of those things. I woke up in the morning and just wasn't feeling like driving up the mountain (that made me car sick last time) and skiing all day. I'm a terrible skier (I'm still at the frustrating part of learning), but I do go every so often because Ken loves snowboarding so much. Anyways, I just wasn't feeling it, and he knew it. So he kept his mount shut, let me hum and haw over breakfast, and come to my own decision about going or not - without feeling like someone was forcing me to go.
In the end, I knew once I got up there, and got over the motion sickness, I would really enjoy myself. And oh boy did I! Yes, I did have a few good bails - both off the chair lift which is always extra scary. But I brushed myself off and snapped my skies back on for a few more runs.
Ken and I both always look forward to a good Apres ski. Especially on such a perfectly beautiful day with hardly a cloud in the sky! We were surrounded with cute dogs, an open fire and nachos - all with the most breathtaking views around us! We were in heaven! It really makes you take a big deep breath in and not take a minute on this earth for granted. Thank god I didn't stay at the cabin that day!
This one was taken moments before I was taken out by a kid on skies, haha! Boy little guy.
We are also on the 6 month count down to the wedding this month! How lucky am I! Marrying this handsome ginger and high school sweetheart of mine in just a few short months!
We also vlogged the whole day - from arriving on the mountain to driving back home to Vancouver!
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NASA scientists discover heftiest known Black HoleNovember 14th, 2007 - 8:06 am ICT by admin
The newly discovered object belongs to the category of "stellar-mass" black holes. Formed in the death throes of massive stars, they are smaller than the monster black holes found in galactic cores. The previous record holder for largest stellar-mass black hole is a 16-solar-mass black hole in the galaxy M33, announced on October 17.
"We weren't expecting to find a stellar-mass black hole this massive," says Andrea Prestwich of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., lead author of the discovery paper in the November 1 Astrophysical Journal Letters.
"It seems likely that black holes that form from dying stars can be much larger than we had realized," he adds.
The black hole is located in the nearby dwarf galaxy IC 10, 1.8 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Prestwich's team could measure the black hole's mass because it has an orbiting companion, a hot, highly evolved star. The star is ejecting gas in the form of a wind.
Some of this material spirals toward the black hole, heats up, and gives off powerful X-rays before crossing the point of no return.
In November 2006, Prestwich and her colleagues observed the dwarf galaxy with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The group discovered that the galaxy's brightest X-ray source, IC 10 X-1, exhibits sharp changes in X-ray brightness.
Such behaviour suggests a star periodically passing in front of a companion black hole and blocking the X-rays, creating an eclipse. In late November, NASA's Swift satellite confirmed the eclipses and revealed details about the star's orbit.
The star in IC 10 X-1 appears to orbit in a plane that lies nearly edge-on to Earth's line of sight, The Swift observations, as well as observations from the Gemini Telescope in Hawaii, told Prestwich and her group how fast the two stars go around each other.
Calculations showed that the companion black hole has a mass of at least 24 Suns.
There are still some uncertainties in the black hole's mass estimate, but as Prestwich notes, "Future optical observations will provide a final check. Any refinements in the IC 10 X-1 measurement are likely to increase the black hole's mass rather than reduce it."
The black hole's large mass is surprising because massive stars generate powerful winds that blow off a large fraction of the star's mass before it explodes. Calculations suggest massive stars in our galaxy leave behind black holes no heavier than about 15 to 20 Suns.
The IC 10 X-1 black hole has gained mass since its birth by gobbling up gas from its companion star, but the rate is so slow that the black hole would have gained no more than 1 or 2 solar masses. "This black hole was born fat; it didn't grow fat," says astrophysicist Richard Mushotzky of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., who is not a member of the discovery team.
The progenitor star probably started its life with 60 or more solar masses. Like its host galaxy, it was probably deficient in elements heavier than hydrogen and helium. In massive, luminous stars with a high fraction of heavy elements, the extra electrons of elements such as carbon and oxygen "feel" the outward pressure of light and are thus more susceptible to being wept away in stellar winds. But with its low fraction of heavy elements, the IC 10 X-1 progenitor shed comparatively little mass before it exploded, so it could leave behind a heavier black hole.
"Massive stars in our galaxy today are probably not producing very heavy stellar-mass black holes like this one," says co-author Roy Kilgard of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
"But there could be millions of heavy stellar-mass black holes lurking out there that were produced early in the Milky Way's history, before it had a chance to build up heavy elements," he added. (ANI)
- NASA identifies best case for middleweight black hole - Nov 11, 2009
- NASA finds giant ring of black holes - Feb 10, 2011
- Fresh evidence for 'survivor' black holes from NASA - Apr 30, 2010
- Astronomers detect black hole farther away than any other previously known - Jan 27, 2010
- NASA scientists' breakthrough in determining hyperactivity of black holes - Dec 21, 2010
- Scientists solve mystery of massive, not-so-bright large star - Oct 22, 2010
- Astronomers find supermassive black holes - Sep 01, 2011
- Radio waves from black hole detected - Jul 11, 2012
- Astromers capture rare flaring black hole - Sep 21, 2011
- Chandra X-ray observing telescope celebrates 10th anniversary - Mar 13, 2010
- Boffins uncover most powerful pair of jets ever seen from a black hole - Jul 08, 2010
- Gigantic black hole involved in stellar destruction - Jan 05, 2010
- Star attacks planet with radiation - Sep 14, 2011
- Chandra images show result of star formation on overdrive - Jan 14, 2011
- New evidence on what triggered ancient Supernovas - Apr 27, 2011
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Lynde Shores & 2nd Marsh -- January 26th, 2013
We had a fresh snowfall last night. This morning the snow was still clinging to tree branches... a winter wonderland. So, with camera in hand, I went over to Lynde Shores Conservation Area.
Unlike Second Marsh, where I seldom meet more than a few people, Lynde Shores is a family gathering place where kids feed the Chickadees out of their hand, or they spread seeds for the Cardinals, squirrels, etc. Or some just enjoy a winter stroll with their parents. There were a couple dozen there today.
I also ran into a photographer buddy in the parking lot so we caught up on the news, as we went looking for a Barred Owl & Wild Turkeys we were told were there.
This has been a year for Barred Owls. This one was easy to find, beside the trail, half-dozing in a Black Locust tree. He couldn't have cared less about the stream of photographers and onlookers that came to see him. He'd open his eyes once in a while, look around, almost always in the opposite direction to where I was, then he'd go back to dozing.
You can see some of the thorns on the Black Locust in these shots. They're hard and deadly if you catch yourself on one.
They're beautiful birds.
Lynde Shores is a pretty large area but families tend to stick to the fairly short Chickadee Trail loop where there are lots of feeders and pretty much guaranteed Chickadees for the kids to feed.
There were half a dozen Cardinals on the trail where someone had left lots of seed. The snow in this shot is completely blown out but I like the end result.
It's interesting how friendly the squirrels have become at Lynde Shores. One came between my feet as I stood on the trail getting some shots of one of his buddies. At Second Marsh, they're gone if you're within 50 ft.
A very chubby Red Squirrel in a rather interesting pose.
We left the Chickadee loop, cutting through the bush to see if we could find the flock of Wild Turkeys someone had told us was in a field over yonder. I fully expected to find that they'd wandered back into the bush and we wouldn't see hide nor hair of them, but lo and behold, they were still there, wandering, albeit slowly, back in the direction of the bush.
And as luck would have it, just after we spotted the turkeys we saw a family of White Tails over to the right, closer to the bush.
It then became a matter of a couple shots of the turkeys, then a couple of the deer, then a couple more of the turkeys. A treat to be sure. A first for me in the wild, of having a choice of shots of two interesting species at the same time.
I don't think the deer took their eyes off us for more than a second or two at a time. Most of the 5 minutes or so that they were there, this was the view we had.
Whereas we want a clear view of things we look at, deer prefer a few blades of grass or a twig or two to 'hide' behind.
The marsh area at Lynde Shores.
2nd Marsh
Before I went home I went down to the marsh for a quick look at Farewell Creek from the foot bridge, a scene I photograph throughout the seasons and over the years. There wasn't enough snow or open water to compete with the shot I got in 2008.
Here's my 2008 shot. My chances of catching the same kind of day... blue sky, deep snow, etc. are pretty slim. But I'll check again after any major snowfalls we get, to get another shot or two... but just as important, to take in and enjoy the beautiful scene.
January colors.
Farewell Creek north of Colonel Sam Drive.
It warmed up a bit as the day went on. Several people at Lynde Shores remarked on what a gorgeous day it was.
Add to that the turkeys, deer, Cardinals, Chickadees and squirrels... and sharing it with a friend. Kinda hard to beat.


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