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Primordial Sound Meditation Q&A
March 7, 2014 by Lisa Guyman
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Meditation Questions and Answers by Lisa Guyman, Certified Chopra Meditation Instructor. Primordial Sound Meditation was developed by Deepak Chopra, M.D.
How do I sit when practicing Primordial Sound Meditation?
In one word – comfortably. In Primordial Sound Meditation the most important thing is being comfortable. You can sit in a chair with your feet on the floor. You can sit in a chair with your legs stretched out on an ottoman. And of course, you can choose to sit on a meditation cushion or cross legged or in lotus or whatever is most comfortable for you.
What is the difference between Primordial Sound Meditation and breathing awareness meditations?
I consider both of these practices to be classical practices of meditation. There are two main types of classical meditations, one is breath-based and the other is mantra-based. For breathing awareness meditation the breath is the point of focus and for mantra practices a sound utilized silently (usually) is the point of focus in the meditation. Both of these can be effective practices, but I personally find that the mantra serves as an anchor helping the new meditator more easily go within.
What is the difference between Primordial Sound Meditation and guided meditation?
Primordial Sound Meditation is a silent practice utilizing a mantra and is a classic form of meditation that enhances all aspects of well-being. Guided meditation is a form of meditation practice where you work on or enhance specific aspects of healing or manifestation and is an 'interactive' process where you are guided to a place of relaxation with voice and music.
Primordial Sound Meditation is about going to a place of 'being' whereas in guided meditation you are led to a place of 'being and doing' at the same time. I view classic meditation as a daily foundation practice and guided meditation as an amazing supplement to that practice and particularly helpful for anything you want to specifically work on. Listeners of my CD say they use it for chakra work, to help them fall asleep, de-stress, to use while flying, to gain insight and to support their manifestation process.
What differentiates meditation from relaxation?
In meditation, we slow down to a halt. The body settles down into a state of deep rest (deeper than sleep or in eyes-closed relaxation). This allows the body to begin erasing accumulated stress and explains the dramatic health improvements meditators experience. And yet while the body rests in meditation, the mind remains alert.
Do I need a teacher to learn to practice a classical meditation?
No, and yes. I have a breathing awareness meditation that you can start with and of course you can utilize guided meditation to get started. However, to learn a classical form of meditation it is very difficult to meditate successfully from an article, book or a two-hour course. Why? It is not because meditation is difficult, but because meditation is the easiest thing you could ever do! And because it is so simple . . .we complicate it, and find it impossible to do easily and effortlessly. We then think "I can't meditate." and we quit. So I believe a course is nearly essential so that the student can both successfully experience meditation and get all their practical questions answered.
How do I know if I'm doing it right?
If you are being effortless and easy with the process and not 'trying to meditate' then you are meditating correctly. You'll also know you're doing it right if you notice the effects of meditation in your daily life i.e. you're happier, more relaxed, less stressed, etc.
But my mind is really active and I can't turn off my thoughts or make it go blank?
Contrary to popular belief, thoughts are actually a part of the meditation process. Yes, there will be moments of quietude in meditation, but there will be times when thoughts seem endless. And this is OK. Thoughts in meditation actually indicate the
successful release of stress.
What are the benefits of meditation?
This is the most difficult question to answer because meditation permeates and positively affects every aspect of our life from our health, to our general happiness, to our success and productivity, to our spirituality, to our intelligence and creativity. In meditation, we get deep rest allowing our bodies to erase accumulated stress. We also become more centered and at peace. There is greater ease within and without. Over 600 studies have been published on Transcendental Meditation, alone.
Even though meditation should not be considered a cure by itself, research has shown that it contributes to reducing stress and we know that stress is a major factor in disease.
What is the best meditation technique?
The best meditation is the one you'll practice! I personally practice and teach a mantra-based meditation. I teach Primordial Sound Meditation, a very complete system of meditation, in Denver and in Detroit, and I am available to teach at other locales. And, Chopra instructors can be found throughout the world.
What exactly is Primordial Sound Meditation?
It is a silent, mantra-based meditation technique revived from ancient India by Dr. Deepak Chopra. In it, students receive a personal mantra i.e. primordial sound which is calculated according to Vedic mathematics which determines a specific sound or vibration of the Universe at the time and place of our birth. Primordial Sound Meditation can be practiced by anyone. It doesn't require any specific beliefs, postures, or discipline, other than taking the time to meditate.
What are mantras?
Mantras are sounds that are repeated internally. They act like an anchor and take us within. The word mantra can be broken down into 'man' for 'mind' and 'tra' for 'instrument.' So a mantra is an instrument or vehicle for the mind. When used correctly, these mantras guide the awareness from the level of activity to the realm of silence.
What are Primordial Sounds?
The mantras used in this meditation are made up of Primordial Sounds – the basic, most essential sounds of nature. These mantras are personal for each participant. When we silently repeat Primordial Sounds as part of the mantra, they help to take our awareness away from the frenzy of daily activity of the mind to the stillness of our spirit. The effect soothes our entire physiology-mind, body and soul.
What is the true purpose of meditation?
It is to lose the illusion of separateness and to recognize and experience oneness, peace and bliss. It is to become enlightened and almost better, lightened.
Shouldn't meditation be free?
I understand that the course fee may be a lot of money for some people, but I personally think it is worth every penny and then some. The course fee I charge for Primordial Sound Meditation is $325 (or private one-on-one instruction -$995) and that includes $70 of Chopra Center materials. (You can get started for free with my breathing awareness meditation). And if something is truly free it often isn't valued as much. There may be less of a commitment to practice it.. And I think meditation is truly priceless and I want my students to value it and practice it. As a 16 year old in 1982 I paid $150 to learn Transcendental Meditation. I consider it the best investment I've ever made. At the time I was making $4 an hour. In 2004 I learned Primordial Sound Meditation and that is what I practice today.
If you have a difficult time with the tuition, please call me and perhaps we can arrange a payment plan. My phone is (720) 683-0444.
Warning: Meditation can become so natural that it feels like you are doing nothing. And you are! Doing nothing and yet everything at the same time. And that is great! I'll conclude with this great advice: "Don't just do something, sit there." Osho.
Note: If any of you know someone that is in prison – there is a great book out – actually pertinent to all of us -"We're All Doing Time" with a forward by the Dali Lama, by Bo Lozoff. Check out the 'Human Kindness Foundation' for more information.


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Docker with no doubt is an excellent open source tool. However, you cannot have complex application deployments just with docker engine and containers. Proper plumbing has to be done for container clustering for deploying complex application architectures. Your containerized applications should be able to scale up and down based on application resource requirements.
What we need is a good framework for managing containers in an efficient way. Containers are meant to be short-lived and when it comes to container orchestration, the main things to consider are
- Networking
- High availability
- Ease of deployment
- Good service discovery.
Container Clustering and Orchestration Tools
In this post, we will cover the list of best container clustering and orchestrations tools which are being used in production by many companies.
Docker Swarm
The Docker ecosystem consists tools from development to production deployment frameworks. In that list, docker swarm fits into cluster management. A mix of docker compose, swarm, overlay network and a good service discovery tool such as etcd or cosul can be used for managing a cluster of Docker containers. Docker swarm is still maturing in terms of functionalities when compared to other open source container cluster management tools. Considering the vast docker contributors, it won't be so long for docker swarm to have all the best functionalities other tools possess. Docker has documented a good production plan for using docker swarm in production.
Kubernetes is an open source, out of the box container cluster manager and orchestration. It is built with an excellent scheduler and resource manager for deploying containers in a more efficient and highly available way. The kubernetes project is maintained by google with contributors all over the world. It offers many functionalities that native docker tools don't offer. Moreover, it is easy to get started with kubernetes.
Mesos is another cluster management tool which can manage container orchestration very efficiently. It was created by Twitter for its infrastructure and then got open sources. It is been used by companies like eBay, Airbnb etc. Mesos is not a dedicated tool for containers,
Mesos is not a dedicated tool for containers, instead, you can use it for VM or Physical machine clustering for running workloads (Big data etc) other than containers. It has an efficient framework called Marathon for deploying and managing containers on a Mesos cluster.
You can actually run a Kubernetes cluster on a Mesos cluster. Check out this guide for the same
Fleet is a container cluster management solution which runs on top of CoreOS (A lightweight container OS). It uses etcd (service discovery) and Systemd (Linux system service) for managing a cluster of Coreos systems where you can deploy the containers. Fleet does not have many functionalities like mesos or kubernetes. However, you can use fleet for normal container workloads. Check out this fleet vs kubernetes comparison for more info.
Cloud Based Container Clusterin Services
There are few managed containers cluster and orchestration services that you can use to avoid complex cluster setups.
Google Container Engine
GCE is a managed container service on google cloud. At the backend, GCE used kubernetes. You can use all the kubernetes functionalities on GCE.
Amazon EC2 Container Service
ECS is a service offered by AWS for managing the cluster of containers. ECS is not cloud agnostic as it uses its proprietary cluster management and scheduling technologies at the backend. The only thing you have to worry about is the vendor lock-in.
Choosing a tool or a service totally depends on your needs and the complexity of your application. There is no doubt in that fact that the above-mentioned tools and services are being used by many organizations for their production workloads.


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Our trek around Manaslu, the Tsum Valley and Nar-Phu Vally
Thanks to all of you for making our trek around Manaslu, the Tsum Valley and Nar - Phu Valley so memorable. To Nava for your professionalism and help with giving us itinerary we wanted and making the arrangements- you made our lives easier. To all our porters for their hard work and willingness to walk the extra hour so we could carry where we wanted. To Ram, our Manaslu add Nar-Phu porter for carrying both our heavy packs over 2 high passes while we were panic and sweating with our tiny light weight bages. And especially to Ram, who looked after us so well for 29 days that we feel like we have made a really good friend Ram, you were the perfect guide for us- thanks for teaching us "call break", for your good humour, for always finding us a bed for the night (even when it seemed impossible) and for asking extra chilli with our Dal Bhat. You gave us lots of great idea for the next trek so we will be sure to look you up next time we will in Nepal.
Thanks again to everyone at Nepal Environmental Trekking for making this trip a really memorable one!
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Get this, people: I like football. I know, crazy, right? Well, you'll be surprised to know that many of my friends share this sentiment.
One of these friends, a not-so-happy soul we'll refer to in this space as Fan, had himself a merry little meltdown during last week's draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. So incensed was Fan that he unleashed a torrent of emails to me – and assorted brethren – denouncing Sepp Blatter & Co. in the most viciously entertaining fashion. Taste it, Sepp.
Enough with the backstory then. Without any further ado, I present to you the email chain in all of its unabashed splendor. The vitriol is strong with this one.


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PrintUI Expands Enterprise Web-to-Print Service Into Asia-Pacific
Thursday, October 02, 2014
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PrintUI Extends Technology Footprint With OEM Partnership and Integration, New Tokyo Office Location, Head of APAC Sales and Marketing
Santa Cruz, Calif. – PrintUI an award-winning web-to print SaaS-based service today announced its expansion into the Asia Pacific market. Industry veteran Joel Ingulsrud leads PrintUI's APAC efforts and is responsible for sales, marketing, support and product management in China, Japan and Korea. PrintUI also announced an OEM partnership and integration with Visual Processing Japan, Inc. (VPJ) and their hosted digital asset management service.
"We are proud to announce our entrance into the Asia Pacific market," said Mark Hilton, founder and CEO at PrintUI. "We have seen strong growth throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe with more than 200 websites and we are seeing increased demand for our enterprise web-to-print service. We are happy to welcome Joel Ingulsrud to the PrintUI team."
Based in Tokyo, and responsible for all APAC markets, Joel Ingulsrud brings more than 27 years of experience in the digital media software industry. Ingulsrud will oversee PrintUI's partnerships including those with Morisawa and VPJ, one of Japan's leading systems integrators in the print, publishing, video and advertising industries. VPJ recently launched their DigitalPrint hosted enterprise web-to-print service incorporating PrintUI's web-to-print client interface. The SaaS-based web-to-print solution is offered integrated with VPJ's hosted DAM service DigitalAsset, online proofing serviceDigitalProof and online editorial workflow service DigitalEdit.
"With Morisawa server fonts in place and a major Japanese integration launched, PrintUI is well positioned to address the demand for affordable Enterprise web-to-print services in Asia," said Joel Ingulsrud. "The roadmap looks great, and I'm excited to be joining such a strong team."
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Matthew McConaughey Wants a Cheeseburger After 'Dallas Buyers Club' Wraps!
Matthew McConaughey leans on a rail while filming scenes for his upcoming flick The Dallas Buyers Club at LSU's Block and Bridle Club Rodeo on Friday (November 16) in Baton Rouge, La.
Earlier in the week, the 43-year-old actor was spotted on set with his cross-dressing co-star Jared Leto.
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Matthew recently talked about what he will eat after he finishes filming the flick.
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When someone is the CEO or founder of a company, there is a certain image they should present to the public and a certain way they should do things. If anyone understands the right tools to have and the right personality, it is Bob Reina from Talk Fusion, the CEO and founder. He knows how to present himself in a way that is going to get people's attention and also prove he is for real. He likes to prove himself to people and show what he is made of as an individual. It is a point of pride for him. He never shies away from it or backs down.
One of the most important traits one can have is the ability to really be personable and connect with people. There are some people out there are just not good with people. They don't have patience and they don't know how to have an authentic and real conversation, which really gets to the heart of the matter. Bob Reina looks for what really matters to people and he is going to go out of his way to find it. He does not put pressure on anyone or make him or her uncomfortable. He knows how to put them at ease and make them feel like they can talk to him about anything.
Because of this approach, Talk Fusion has been around for eleven years, which is a big number and something that Bob Reina is also very proud of because of the fact they have kept people happy. There are a lot of companies that start up, but they don't last very long. They might last for a year or two and then they fade away. Bob Reina is here and he is here to stay. That is the way he does things, and it is why he has all of the right tools to get ahead, stay ahead, and do it in a way where he is not sacrificing the person he is as a human being. He will always stay true to that, no matter what. He can't be bought or sold. Learn more: http://www.pr.com/company-profile/employees-biography/82120-1877


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Friday, Aug. 26, was not a proud day for Maine. And, sadly, it deepened the fracture between political parties as the state's legislative campaign season is set to begin in earnest.
Gov. Paul LePage – a second-term Republican – and Rep. Drew Gattine – a second-term Democrat – hold deeply opposing views on whether the drug crisis is better resolved through enforcement or treatment.
When Gattine criticized the governor's oversimplification of traffickers, LePage became apoplectic and left an ugly voicemail rather than offer a rational discussion of their differences. And, within hours, the ugly fray became national news.
LePage is volatile. He has proven that time and again.
In 2013, during a simulated demonstration of an F-35 Lightning II in North Berwick, LePage joked that if he was able to actually fly such a fighter, he would target the Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News for obliteration. At the time, a number of pundits said LePage's increasingly demonstrative expressions might cost him his re-election campaign, but they were wrong. LePage won the 2014 election by a comfortable margin, garnering more votes than any governor in Maine history.
While there are many, many people who find his behavior boorish and his repeated threats of physical violence deeply disturbing, plenty applaud his rough edges and straight talk.
LePage may even see that support as permission to misbehave, and when called on that behavior, he almost always apologizes or dismisses his comments as "a joke" or "transgression."
That was the cycle last year when the governor said he would like to shoot BDN cartoonist George Danby.
And in 2011, when he dismissed the dangers of bisphenol-A as the Legislature was considering a ban on the chemical.
It happened in 2012, when he called the IRS "the new Gestapo" after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act.
And, it happened twice earlier this year when he first suggested many drug dealers who come to Maine stay long enough to "impregnate a young white girl before they leave," and then when he suggested Maine might consider using a guillotine to execute drug traffickers.
Just kidding. Didn't really mean it. Just making a point here.
Recognize the pattern?
LePage was raised in a home where love was demonstrated by violence, and fear was used to keep people in line. Where pain was how the executive of the household made his point with his wife and children.
When society sees how a child suffers in this environment, we pity the child. But, when that child grows up, our pity dries up pretty fast. Our tolerance, even faster.
It would not be easy for most Mainers to understand the childhood that shaped LePage. It was a hard-luck life in which he witnessed his father regularly beat his mother and where he felt the brunt of beatings himself. It would be a shock if such a child didn't emerge into adulthood more aggressive than most — but what LePage seems unable to grasp is that he is now living in the Blaine House because we elected him to represent us. He is supposed to be fighting our battles, not his personal demons.
He has proven to be a vocal advocate to end domestic violence and been a tireless advocate for responsible spending and fighting fraud on the public's behalf, but there is no excuse for the governor's personal behavior this week. He was wrong –and his opponents are making the most of the situation on a very public and political stage.
This scratching and clawing, and the posturing and pointing have become normal in Augusta, and not entirely because of LePage. There's been bad behavior on both sides of the aisle, none of which does anything to advance the way life should be in Maine.
We all soon have a say in fixing that.
Maine will elect an entirely new Legislature on Nov. 8 and the campaign will be heated. If a candidate knocks on your door seeking your vote, ask him or her what they will do to repair the working atmosphere in Augusta. If they don't have a solid plan to do that, consider voting for someone who does.
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Guided Reading instruction is a powerful way to improve students' reading level and comprehension at the primary level. Establishing and maintaining groups can be a struggle and while research supports this as an effective practice often teachers are left without any guidance on how to set this up in the classroom. I am one of those teachers! Here are a few tips that I have learned along the way that may help you with the process!
#1 Assessment
At the beginning of the year we assess students to find their individual instructional level. You may have a system already in place (my district uses DIBELS) or you could be on your own. I use my DIBELS reports to help me make these decisions early on but we only test 3 times a year and we move forward at a much faster pace in Kindergarten. This leaves me with a lot of time to do assessments on my own. Here is how I break it down.
- Letter Naming- Letter naming is not a required skill to read however it is an early literacy skill. Students may start reading without being able to quickly identify all the letters in the alphabet however it is a good skill to have when it comes to reading and writing down the road. My lowest reading group includes all of the students that have not yet mastered this skill. Our goal is to read 45-55 letter names in one minute. Once they are doing this I am comfortable moving them on.
|View more about Letter Naming Intervention HERE
- Phoneme Segmentation- This is a skill that many students will FLY through. Phoneme segmentation is the ability to break words down into their individual sounds. If I say "cat" you say /c/a/t/. For students that struggle with this it can truly be a roadblock to reading. In my experience it is essential that students master this skill before they move on to any other skills in reading. These students are also grouped into my lowest reading group for individual practice on this skill.
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- CVC Words- Our next step is to move on to reading the sounds in words. If students are ready to start saying letter sounds for every letter they make up the majority of my class groups in the "middle" range. Through the year this middle range group works on reading each letter in the word to blending the words.
|View more about CVC Word Intervention HERE.
#2 Establishing a Routine
Once you have establish your groups then you can decide when to meet. For me it works best to meet first thing in the morning when my students are fresh and everyone is engaged in independent word work centers. I have 45 minutes of small group instruction time which gives me time to meet with 3 groups a day. Students in your low and low medium groups need to meet more often (every day) while the higher groups can meet just two or three times each week. Here is one way to schedule groups.
|Low Groups 5 times a week, Low to Med 4 times a week and High Groups 2 times a week.
|This schedule stays in the front of my notebook with a plan for each day and each group.
I use this form to plan out my week and list all of the materials I will need to teach each group. It really helps your routine if you know what you need when those little faces show up at your small group table!
You can get your free editable copy HERE.
#3 Be Flexible!
Groups will change from day to day sometimes. As soon as a student has made that jump to the next level it is ok to move them on. If a student is struggling and the rest of the group is making good progress it is also a good time to move them back to a different group. Of course my students never know what group I'm working with so there is no stigma attached to being "moved back". It is important to have students working within their own level to be truly effective.
#4 Take your time!
So small groups start next week for me. I tried to start last week but we weren't quite ready. I always wait 6 weeks to get our routines in place but this year I thought I could jump in on week 5 but I was WRONG! It was a little bit of a mess, so I took a step back and really made sure we had our routines down this week. For you to have effective small group this is a must. So I'll give it another try next week and this time I am confident we can make it happen!
Those are a few of the things I have learned along the way. Do you have any tips for me? I'd love to hear your ideas in the comments. Thanks for stopping by today. Save this post for later here:
Those are a few of the things I have learned along the way. Do you have any tips for me? I'd love to hear your ideas in the comments. Thanks for stopping by today. Save this post for later here:


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The Hungry Goddess was absolutely tickled to be asked to participate in a summer grilling feature by California Olive Ranch – Grilling Across America. I received a bottle of California Olive Ranch to test and create this recipe. See below for more delicious links from around the country – and get your palate ready for Grilling in South Florida!
Food in South Florida is a potpourri of food influences from across the Caribbean and South America. Throw in the amazing seafood on offer and it is a feast for the senses and the palate! Since moving to South Florida from the Northeast almost 20 years ago, I have embraced the diversity of ingredients and food that makes up this multi-cultural pocket of the USA.
Grilling occurs year round in South Florida where our seasons range from hot to really, really hot. I did not hesitate in this fun project with California Olive Ranch – I knew that fish and the grill would be one of the best representations of South Florida. Stellar fishmongers are everywhere here – the bounty of the sea is brought in by fishing fleets up and down the southeastern Florida Coast every single day. You can even buy straight off the back of the boats on most days if you know the schedule. Our normal Florida sunshine has been hit or miss with heavy rain in the past two weeks, so I headed to Old Dixie Seafood – a tiny place in Boca Raton, Florida that always has fresh Florida seafood available at decent prices. And they carry alligator – another South Florida treat that is best when fried!
Mango trees in South Florida are heavy with sweet, succulent mangoes – a tasty complement to any kind of grilled fish. Scotch Bonnet Peppers add a delectable bite to match the mango sweetness and are an ingredient in many Jamaican dishes.
I love grains with my fish and while I normally prepare quinoa, I went with a dish that is found frequently in South Florida (especially with Curry Goat!). Jamaican Rice and Peas brings in the Caribbean flavors that meld beautifully with the fish and mango. Scotch Bonnet Peppers are also an ingredient in the Rice and Peas along with creamy coconut milk. Plantains are easy to make if you can find them in your markets and are yet another frequent South Florida side dish.
California Olive Ranch provided a bottle of their Bold & Peppery Miller's Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil – I could not have dreamed a better EVOO to make this dish! Miller's Blend is a gorgeous combo of fruity note with a pepper finish. And smooooooth. I have found a new EVOO to love! I also acquired a bottle of California Olive Ranch's Everyday EVOO from Sur La Table and it works exactly that way – a tasty and delightful drizzle for salads, roasting vegetables and all kinds of every day uses.
Are you ready to eat??? ME TOO! Enjoy the recipes, check out California Olive Ranch and the AWESOME giveaway below, plus the other Grilling Across America entries! HAPPY GRILLING!
Mango Salsa
- 2 large ripe Mangoes cut into small chunks
- 10 oz San Marzano Tomatoes sliced (or you can use 2-3 diced tomatoes)
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper seeded and chopped finely (be VERY careful handling this pepper – I recommend using plastic gloves) – you can use less according to how much heat that you want to add
- 2 gloves of garlic chopped
- handful of Cilantro chopped
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- generous drizzle of California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oil (about 1/4 cup)
Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Drizzle the EVOO and mix in. Allow to meld for approx 2 hours in the refrigerator. Can be made a day in advance but check the flavors and adjust salt and pepper.
Grilling fish is fairly simple but does require a lot of attention. For more tips, check out my Grilling Fish 101 post. Mahi Mahi has a meaty texture which is perfect for the grill. It does not crumble easily and has an almost sweet flavor and is fairly mild. I was serving four people and I had just over two pounds of Mahi Mahi. Everyone ate their fill and we had some leftovers!
Grilled Mahi Mahi
approx 6-8 oz Mahi Mahi per person
California Olive Ranch Miller's Blend EVOO
Salt and Pepper
Brush each Mahi Mahi steak with EVOO. Add salt and pepper to taste. Grill on a medium hot grill (or medium hot grill pan) for approx 6 minutes each side or until done through the middle. Allow to rest for a few minutes before serving.
I like to bring my Mango Salsa close to room temperature and then add it to the grilled Mahi once the fish has rested for a few minutes. Serve on a bed of rice, quinoa, or even with potatoes. Try the grilled Mahi as a sandwich with coleslaw too – YUM!
Jamaican Rice and Peas
- 3 cups of rice
- 1 can of Green Pigeon Peas (or you can use red kidney beans)
- 5 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
- 3 scallions or green onions (white or yellow onions work as substitute and use half of 1 small)
- 1 uncut scotch bonnet pepper (Serrano peppers or other peppers may be substituted)
- 1 can of coconut milk
- 5 sprigs of fresh thyme or 3 teaspoons of dried thyme
Rinse the peas out of the can. Use the coconut milk plus additional water as needed as the liquid to prepare the rice. Add chopped garlic, uncut pepper and thyme sprigs to rice as you are beginning to prepare. If you are using white or yellow onions, add them now as well. Salt and pepper to taste.
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Singh was chosen for the honour in recognition of his "stellar role" in modernising the Indian Army and initiating robust exchanges between the Indian and French armies leading to "unprecedented" levels of cooperation and inter- operability and creation of enduring ties and promotion of mutual understanding between the two countries, the French Embassy said here.
'Officier de l'Ordre national de la Legion d'Honneur' is the highest civilian award given by the French Republic for outstanding service to France, regardless of the nationality of the recipients.
Singh was conferred the honour by French Ambassador to India, Francois Richier.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy and holder of a master's degree in Defence Science, Singh was commissioned into the 9th Maratha Light Infantry on August 2, 1964.
In January, 2003, he was appointed as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) and took over as Army Commander - Western Command in January, 2004.
On January 31, 2005, Singh assumed the office of Chief of Army Staff.
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In 2009, he was invited as the Guest of Honour for the French National Day military parade in Paris in which an Indian Army contingent took part for the first time.
After his retirement in September 2007, Singh served as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh from 2008 to 2013.


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Man, it's been a bad year for BD fires...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
By Nick Christensen
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Four Forest Grove residents barely escaped an explosive blaze, fueled by a home-brew of biodiesel, that caused more than $250,000 in damages Thursday night.
Forest Grove firefighters were called to a house on the 3300 block of Valley Crest Way just before 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Nemeyer said he doesn't think there's anything in the Forest Grove fire code preventing homeowners from making their own biodiesel at home.
But, he said, people should consider what their insurance policies cover before starting a project like a home biodiesel refinery.
40 Firefighters from 7 stations 2 hours to put out 1 Double story house fire????
What were they fighting the fire with?
Wet Blankets?? Were they passing buckets in a line from the next block???
After 2 hours I think the house would have gone out itself from having burnt all the available fuel.
Even if there was a full tote of oil ( which there wasn't) I can't possibly see how it would take that long to put the fire out. They could have pumped that much water on the place in that time it would have been washed away.
I have seen a couple of house fires up close and I just can't imagine how it would take that kind of resources that long to put out one single house, oil or not.
DCS, do you know anything about fighting fire? I've definitely heard of small fires requiring large units before.
Also, 7 "empty" drums of methanol = far bigger danger, in some ways, than 1 full drum.
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I was a firefighter for 15 years and there are many factors witch we don't have. Type of building construction, square footage of the house, location of water source, time of day, staffing of equipment and location of nearby fire stations, weather conditions and there are more factors that I could list just listed the top 7. Without all the facts we don't know so lets note assume.
Thank God for Insurance....
Someone saves a few thousand in fuel purchases....
And, burns down a $280,000 house which someone else will pay for. Well, we all pay for it through our insurance rates. Will the insurance companies get wise and start adding Biodiesel clauses into the policies?
So, now I have to decide where to locate my future BD brewery....
Is the Pope Catholic?
Insurance is a widly profitable business, otherwise they wouldn't be in it. And the rates are absurd given the number of claims paid out.
Care to post some data to back up this claim? (no pun intended )
I saw an article the other day that said that health insurance profit margins are less than tupperware
Pure logic will have to suffice - I run my business because it's profitable, it suits my need for income at a level I'm comfortable with. Do you think the insurance companies are running their businesses out of altruism? Pfft.
Yes their margin is about 3.5% but their throughput on said margin is astronomical when insurance is mandated by our governments and industry, by force. It's that whole "economies of scale" thingie.
Luckily here in Canada we dont have to worry about health insurance... Home and auto is bad enough, its legalized extortion...
They keep claiming that they are losing money and need to increase premiums... Ya right!
Sounds like hard times to me eh!
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Yeah, they will always spin the numbers to justify themselves and make it seem like people should be throwing more of their money at them. I bet they didn't actually specify what that their poor, hard done by meager profit margin added up to in real Dollars though did they?
The sympathy factor probably wouldn't be a lot when people heard profits in the millions.
Tupperware was a clever comparison as well. Sounds unimpressive but I'll bet their profits are right up there given their business model and relatively few companies would have higher margins on over all sales values.
Check out what Major retailers profit margins are. Here they are usually less than 1% and I imagine the same is true in most parts of the world.
The thing is though, if your turning several hundred Million a year in sales, then your bottom line is still pretty substantial. last
If you want to see just how much money they do make, look up the figures in their last annual report. That's where they have to spill the beans and the people they are reporting to want to hear something positive instead of being told how hard the company is doing it.
The story the shareholders get and the story the media and public get are 2 very different ones.
If insurance companies start to find they are loosing money, they will be lobbying governmint and councils etc to put provisions or ban Bio production. The minute someone gets hurt or killed and it makes the news ( especially if a kid is involved) you can bet the whole thing will be put under a microscope and all these fire reports are going to be used to make things much harder than they are now.
Already statistics would be being compiled that anyalise the cause and number of fires and I bet the numbers in the US for Bio related would be significant already.
Once something pops up on the radar that they don't have any ruling on or haven't seen before, you can bet it will come in for special attention just so the relevant authorities can protect their own backsides in being able to be seen to have tried to do something when the inevitable disaster happens that makes the national 6 pm news.
1 person Killed in a fire caused by home brew Bio is going to change the state of play permanently.
Good point on the Tupperware! That stuff costs a fortune and they have very little overhead...
Yep, and you bet insurance conpany's wont worry themselves with any details they will just arbitrarily ban it. Like they have done here to residential aluminum wiring, knob and tube wiring, HHO tanks older then 10 years old, etc...
I saw a 90+ year old widow who still had the wherewithal to live on her own forced into a home because her insurance company found out that her home was wired with knob and tube and claimed it must be removed. This would mean rewiring the entire ancient house, a huge undertaking that she could not afford... I assessed the wiring and wrote a letter to her insurance company assuring them that everything was intact and there was NO risk of fire and they didnt even care to read it. She had the same result with the rest of the company's around and could not get it insured...
It made me sick to my stomach!
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Why not just drop the insurance company? If you own your house then you can shop around for insurance that meets your needs at an affordable price. Either do without insurance or go see an independent broker.
We can be sure that hungry/greedy insurance companies will simply place an additional rider on all policies making the fire insurance null and void if you are making biodiesel unless you have the biodiesel part specifically insured with another policy.
Ya she shopped around. I am sure she could have stuck it out if she really had wanted to but thats not the point. There aren't any insurance company's in this area that don't do a home inspection as far as I know. Hell my wife is a broker and we had some trouble when we bought this house a few years back due to an old unused and empty bulk tank for an old disconnected oil furnace in the shop. They wouldn't give me insurance unless I removed the tank, even signing a letter removing them from liability wouldn't suffice... What a bunch of BS. I had no choice to go uninsured due to the conditions of my mortgage of course.
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I am going to have to ask my health insurance agent if my policy covers my house in case of a fire.
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Before you call your insurance company for anything, you should read up on the C.L.U.E. database the insurance companies keep. Every call you make is logged into it and effects your insure-ability.
Also you gotta know that insurance companies were hit really hard with this recession. They collect premiums to fund a slush fund that is used to pay out claims. When the stock market tanked, so did their ability to pay out claims. A few percent wouldn't be an issue, but we had something like a 30-40% reduction.
Yep, even when your shopping around they know who else you have been talking too, including if you have been turned down by another company. I call it collusion they call it security or something like that...
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Sounds like big brother is very active in the land of the Free!
How do they know who is calling? Do they make you give personally identifiable details?
I think here that would be against our privacy laws. They could ask but you would be under no obligation to give any details and if they insisted or wouldn't give you the info, that would be a breach of the law and would be something that could be used very strongly against them if they did knock back a claim.
Here you can ring and ask anything without having to identify yourself and we're labeled as the convicts!
If you fill out an application for finance, that is recorded and all things to do with that but making a simple inquiry as to what is and isn't covered in an insurance policy...... Wow!
Most times they insist that you read all the fine print of the inclusions and exclusions and they post these things on their websites.
Seems pretty draconian to have an inquiry held against you which would be the only reason they go to the trouble of logging it all in the first place.
As my retired Uncle says who was an assessor for 30 years, the first thing an insurance company does when you make a claim is look for a way of getting out of paying it.
I just spoke to my wife and I was mistaken. Its only on auto insurance when they pull you drivers licence file that they can see who else pulled the report and how many times. There is no record for the home insurance.
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Well, I'm not convinced that the new Obama program won't be additional MANDATED Extortion.
As far as homeowner's insurance. I'd encourage just reading the fine print and not asking any questions.
The reality is that all insurance is risk based. If the insurance companies could figure out a new risk category for homebrew BD... you can bet they would start putting it in.
There was something about chemicals in the house in my home purchase agreement... but, then, what about the stuff under the sink.
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I need a dresser for our room and now, the baby's room.
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Kind of loving this dresser! It feels kind of funky! And at $130, it's a steal. However, I'd probably redo it... I know, right?!? But I'm really in love with the two-tone feel right now and I'm thinking this would look awesome with white drawers and a brown outer shell. What do you think?
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Man-made UFOs may be tomorrow's urban war zone surveillance aircraftNovember 14th, 2007 - 2:12 am ICT by admin
"You can take it down to a foot in diameter and we are told it is fully scaleable up to a large-sized craft," said David Steel, director of GFS Projects in Peterborough, England.
"GFS" stands for Geoff's Flying Saucer, after Geoff Hatton, the engineer and inventor who originally conceived of the idea.
Air flaps around the edge of the saucer prevent it from spinning like a top and allow the controller to steer it.
According to Steel, the saucer is more stable and easier to fly than a helicopter and because it has fewer moving parts than a helicopter, it's easier to build and maintain.
Fuel efficiency, however, could be an issue, and the reason is that the fan is relatively small and in a confined space and needs to produce high volumes of air.
The batteries don't last long because the amount of power you convert into thrust is not so great because the efficiency is low.
The U.S. Department of Defence has its eye on the saucer and earlier this year awarded GFS with a contract to demonstrate that the craft could hover and manoeuvre. In fact, the flying saucer did both, flying in winds of more than 10 mph.
This past September, the U.K. Ministry of Defence selected GFS as one of six teams to compete in the Grand Challenge Program, a competition next July for autonomous vehicles.
The saucer will be equipped with cameras and infrared technology to find hidden threats along a designated course. (ANI)
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An interesting featherweight contest has been added to Bellator 151, as Goiti Yamauchi takes on Bubba Jenkins.
Set for March 4 from the Winstar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma, the Yamauchi-Jenkins bout will be part of the Spike TV main card.
Yamauchi (19-2) has picked up wins over Mike Richman, Martin Stapleton and Isao Kobayashi, as the 23-year-old holds 15 career submission victories overall.
Jenkins (10-2) is a former NCAA national wrestling champion who picked up two wins last year, including a victory over Jordan Parsons.
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If you miss spending your summer days with nothing but time to kill and a packet of Pop Rocks, then you'll be happy to find these Effervescent Breath Crystals, which attack halitosis with the ferocity of that sweet, crackling candy. The science rests on a mix of bacteria-fighting ingredients that, when in contact with germ-filled teeth and gums, erases the effects of embarrassing odors caused by things like coffee, onions, and garlic with a series of mini-mouth explosions.
The effect of these did not last long and did not lead to the long term-fresh feeling I was expecting. I was excited that they would do more than gum and mints and go an extra step to kill bacteria, but if it did in fact do that, I couldn't tell. I guess there's no substitute for brushing teeth and usng Listerine!1
"Candy, really?"...was my first thought when I got my sample and read what to do. I was so amazed and how great this worked. I had fresh breath, my teeth felt amazing, and it lasted for hours. I was so impressed by these crystal popping breath fresheners, I am making it part of my first ever order from Birchbox.4
I got these in my monthly birchbox and was excited to try them. I put just a bit of the peppermint on my tongue and it immediately reminded me of poprocks! It definitely freshened my mouth - and not in an overpowering way that the listerine strips do - but it left my mouth extremely dry. Not sure if it was just me. I may give the honey mint one a try and just see if it was the peppermint one that left my mouth dry.3
I love these the first week I used them. I felt they worked great with out leaving a blast of peppermint. However, after the first week when they were exposed to different climates/temps (I left them in the car), I found them to begin to clump together and "crackle" was greatly reduced. If you buy these, keep them at room temp at all times.3


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Got my application in yesterday!
Thanks to this site for providing links to the necessary info!
I spent much more time preparing; getting app filled out, notarized and driving to the HWP office. Total time in the building...Maybe 15 minutes.
I guess I was expecting this long, drawn out process that was going to take hours!
Now the wait...
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At a time when the stability of Maryland's men's basketball program has been in question, Robert Carter may have provided the best form of support for embattled coach Mark Turgeon.
The 6-foot-8, 247-pound power forward— considered one of the Atlantic Coast Conference's most promising big men before announcing plans to transfer — signed with the Terps on Friday. He then praised Turgeon for his vision and said he wasn't concerned about the fact that five scholarship players transferred from Maryland after the season
"I feel like he's doing and they're doing what's best for the program," Carter said of Turgeon, who just completed his third season at Maryland. "He's a great guy. He can't control who wants to leave the program. He has a plan set for the guys who are there, and that's all I'm worried about."
Carter averaged 11.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game for the Yellow Jackets last season despite missing 10 games with a torn meniscus. He must sit out the 2014-15 season in accordance with NCAA transfer rules, but he will have two seasons of eligibility remaining after that.
Carter committed to the Terps after visiting College Park for a couple of days this week and returning home to Thomasville, Ga., to discuss the decision with his parents. Carter had also visited St. John's and South Carolina and was reportedly considering Kansas.
When he called Turgeon to inform him of his decision, Carter said that his new coach was "ecstatic."
"They're all big, but Robert's a special player, great potential," Turgeon said. "With everything that is going on [at Maryland}, he believes in me, he believes in Maryland. That's big."
Turgeon said he tried to recruit Carter out of high school shortly after taking the job at Maryland.
"We were behind. We didn't have much of a chance," Turgeon said.
Turgeon is not done filling the roster spots left by the five scholarship players who left College Park since the end of the season.
Having already added former North Carolina A&T; shooting guard Richaud Pack for next season, Turgeon will try to convince West Virginia transfer Terry Henderson to join Carter for the start of the 2015-16.
Henderson, who also has two years of eligibility remaining, is scheduled to make a visit to Maryland this weekend, a source said Thursday.
The Terps, who this week welcomed a five-player incoming freshman class ranked No. 9 in the nation by ESPN, have one scholarship spot remaining.
After Seth Allen became the fourth player to announce his departure this offseason, Turgeon said he was going to do things "differently" in the future in terms of recruiting.
Two weeks later, Charles Mitchell became the fifth to announce he was leaving, joining Allen and Shaquille Cleare from the 2012 recruiting class as well as rising senior Nick Faust (City) and rising sophomore Roddy Peters.
"I don't think you can bring in five or six freshmen every year and keep everybody happy," Turgeon said. "Obviously Robert's going to redshirt next year, so that's one guy on your roster that's not worried about playing time. People are going to leave, no matter how hard you try to do things the right way. You want to make sure the kids are committed and you want to study them a little more."
Carter, who describes himself as a "chill person" who doesn't seek the spotlight, was hosted in College Park by Jake Layman, the lone remaining member of the 2012 recruiting class. Carter said he was impressed by how hard the Terps worked with Kyle Tarp, the director of basketball performance.
"Just being around those guys, watching them work out and seeing them put in the work really made me excited about wanting to come here," Carter said.
Carter said he didn't even bring up the 19-point, 10-rebound performance he had against the Terps as a freshman in a 10-point victory for the Yellow Jackets. For his career, he's averaged 10.6 points and 7.4 rebounds.
"I really don't talk too much," Carter said. "I let my game speak for itself."


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My interests are diverse (to put it kindly). Most of my original archaeological fieldwork has been in the later prehistory (Neolithic and Bronze Age) of the Central Mediterranean, where I have a long-standing field project in Calabria, Southern Italy. I'm also interested in prehistoric art throughout Europe, human skeletal studies (with particular focus upon how social relations shape the body, and upon ritual taphonomy), and on the history of how people have understood the human body. Recently I've been developing teaching and research on material culture.


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... I was using BlogPress to post and I didn't notice that it had Tapestry Share selected as the blog for which to post!
I'm leaving the post in place here since I've had one comment from Cathie about it. The thoughts are sharing about some of the ways I use to generate ideas for tapestry. The drawing or painting that I do is a way to discover what I want to do. Sometimes it works better than other times! Oh, by the way... if you want to see more about my time at Hambidge my blog is http://tapestry13.blogspot.com
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The North Face Of Roofing is a cool name we have given our blog site here on the subjects surrounding roofing.
Roofing is a para trooper type job where you honestly risk your life to make others homes look fantastic and protect the structure from the elements.
We home you will bookmark our North Face of Roofing where we plan to be entertaining and educational on the subject of Central Florida Roofing.
Central Florida Roofing is complex due to the hurricane danger and the homeowners desire to fit in with the other roofs in the upscale neighborhoods. This can make for some steep grade roofing which is not fun to do but always fun to watch.


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Make that three straight titles for Florida in the sports that "count". What Florida has done (and Ohio State as well) has never been done and probably won't be done again for a long time.
The University of Florida is a football school and a very good one at that. They have every advantage you can think when it comes to football - great, in state talent, big stadium, big conference, good coaches, and lots of money pouring in from boosters.
But with back to back national titles in basketball, the Gator Nation has more to look forward after January than just Spring Practice. So how do the Gators do it? Well, to succeed in college sports today you have to have football as your main source of revenue. The money generated from football allows schools like Florida to recruit nationwide in basketball, improve their facilities, and go after and keep top coaches. If you are a dominant basketball program (i.e. Kentucky, Duke) you cannot generate enough revenue to build a dominant football program.
There are short list of schools that could repeat what Florida has accomplished. Here they are:
1. Ohio State (duh, they almost did)
2. Texas
3. Michigan (sleeping giant in basketball if they could keep the Detroit kids at home - see Fab 5)
2005 Schools Athletic Revenue/Expenses
Top 5 Revenue Schools (2005)
1. Ohio State - Football School - Made National Title in Basketball
2. Texas - Football School - Made 2nd Round, best player in the country
3. Michigan - Football School - sleeping giant in basketball
4. Florida - Football School - back to back basketball national titles
5. Wisconsin - Football School - 2 seed, fell in second round
Lets take a look at the top basketball schools in the country and compare their revenue rankings.
1. Duke - 37th
2. Kentucky - 19th
3. UCLA - 32nd
4. Kansas - 22nd
5. North Carolina - 23rd
Compare that to the top football schools
1. Florida - 3rd
2. USC - 15th
3. Texas - 2nd
4. Ohio State - 1st
5. LSU - 13th
6. Michigan - 3rd
7. Notre Dame - 17th
8. Tennessee - 6th
But wait... what about profit? Isn't it all about profit?
Top 5 Profit Schools are all football schools
1. Georgia - $23.8M
2. Michigan - $17.0M
3. Wisconsin - $15.7M
4. Texas - $15.2M
5. Alabama - $12.5M
The following schools could do it, but it would it would take a star alignment type thing:
1. UCLA - primarily basketball, but So Cal puts out a lot of football players
2. LSU - last time I check they were the only school in Louisiana worth anything in sports
3. Wisconsin - I have no clue how the Badgers are so good, but they are every year
4. Georgia - the state of Georgia gets overrun by other schools recruiters in every sport
5. Florida State - Sam Cassell isn't walking through the door, but Jenn Sterger's do every fall.
6. Tennessee - women's basketball is big
7. North Carolina - Tar Heel state produces its fair share of football talent as well


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Throughout his youth, John F. Kennedy suffered numerous ailments. When he endured two near-fatal spine operations in 1954, he decided to put his recovery period to good use. He and his aides (he was a U.S. Senator at the time) began a book profiling American politicians he admired for their courage and individualism in the face of party and constituent pressures. Kennedy was particularly struck by how these nine men were willing to risk their political careers to maintain the integrity of their personal value systems and their love of country. This book, of course, became Profiles in Courage, which was published in 1956.
The book won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for biography, in addition to the American Library Association Notable Book Award and the Christopher Book Award, both in 1956. In 1989, Kennedy's brother, Senator Edward Kennedy, established an annual Profile in Courage award based on the principles set forth in the book. It is given every year on John F. Kennedy's birthday to an elected official (past or present) whose career represents courage and integrity in the face of political pressure. The prize includes $25,000 and a silver lantern. The prize is intended to keep the spirit of Profiles in Courage alive.
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Some of them came alone, some in pairs and a few in a mini-crowd.
The on-their-owns were quiet, shy, sitting looking at their hands, the table, the walls. Anywhere but at the other women.
The pairs had low, confidential conversations; supporting each other, excluding the rest.
The group were loud, brash and confident as they crashed their way en-masse to the head of the table and started to gleefully pull piles of this and that towards them.
Millie, always worried about being late, had got there first and was now sitting furthest away from the crowd. She was pleased. It meant she could observe without fear of instant inclusion. Why had she come? She wondered. These weren't her type of people. What was her type of people, come to that? Like herself? No, probably not.
Millie was shy, didn't normally mix with other people – just cleaned her little house and fed her husband with the food he liked, not the food that she would have liked to eat. He wouldn't eat that.
"Hello, everyone. Great to see so many new faces." Amanda's rich, deep, confident voice echoed around the room and made Millie jump and gulp. Her mouth was dry. There was a large jug of water, surrounded by lots of glasses, in the centre of the table and Millie wished she'd helped herself to a glass when she was on her own. It felt rude to just take though, without being asked.
Now she just looked longingly at the throat-hydrating water knowing she couldn't just stand up in front of everyone and get a glassful. They would notice her then and being noticed was the last thing she wanted.
"Probably best if we all introduce ourselves and say a bit about what we do." Oh God, thought Millie, feeling distressed. No. I don't do anything and my voice won't work.
"I'm Amanda Fitzgerald and I keep all you motley crew in check", she laughed. "There are no leaders here this is an equal group but someone has to be able to make decisions, or we'd never get anything done or decided, and that seems to have fallen on my shoulders. Anything you need to know, want to do, or whatever, just ask away. I own the Stables, at the end of the village."
Amanda sat down and the slow but sure Mexican Wave of females wended its way agonisingly slowly towards Millie. She didn't really take in who the others were or what they did. She was still in awe, scared actually, of Amanda and her stables. She must have loads of money then. Millie didn't. All she had each week was a small allowance for food and basics.
Going to the butchers to get the meat for her husband, God she hated going in that place, with its smell of old blood and skinned animals strung around like gruesome-bunting, she had to pass the 'Cafe-Cake', with its jolly displays of all types of cakes piled on tiered plates beautifully arranged on polka-dotted clothed tables.
She always glanced enviously at the people happy and relaxed with their pots of tea, sandwiches and cakes. She had never been in. Couldn't afford to and didn't have anyone to go in with. You needed someone to share a jolly, red, big pot of tea with and smile at and talk to.
The other day, when Millie passed the Cafe-Cake a big group of people had pushed some tables together and the sound of their happy voices had spilled out on to the street. Looking through the window at them, she had seen the advert. The advert asking for people to come and help make things for the village fete to raise money for the Rescue Greyhounds. They always needed food and the vets' bills were horrific.
Millie had seen the dogs, big and gentle with eyes you could drown in, stretched out, fast asleep in pools of sun, while the rescue people shook their tins and asked for help from passers-by. Occasionally she found a 50p to plop in the tin and could stroke and fuss the dogs. Her heart broke every time she had to leave them behind. She would love to have one to take for walks and cuddle and love. Her husband wouldn't let her have a dog though and the poor thing would get told off if it went on the sofa or did the other things that dogs do that they can't help doing because they are dogs. No. It wouldn't be fair.
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Millie could sew though. Nothing fancy but she could do something to help and that's how she found herself on her feet, feeling like she would melt under the hot, expectant, stares of fifteen women.
"Erm", the frog in her throat croaked. She coughed trying to get rid of it and went red with embarrassment. She knew she'd gone red which made her hotter and redder. Not good. "I'm Millie and I live in the little cottage on Pike's Turn and I love greyhounds." The words came out in a rush. They were few but enough to generate a noise-swell of agreement and a clap from 3 or 4 of the crowd-women.
Flustered she swiftly connected bottom with chair and as she did the woman next to her smiled at Millie. Millie smiled back.
That was the moment that two lonely greyhound lovers each found a friend and before too long they would share a big red jolly pot of tea.