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Oct. 22 Adam Wainwright pregame interview
Q. Because of the injury that you had in 2011 and you were a fan and not a participant in the World Series, how, I guess, important is it to you, both personally and professionally, to not only be back at the World Series two years later but back making a contribution so soon?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: It's important. It's pretty special to me. I've talked this year about the rehab after the Tommy John surgery, sometimes you can struggle a little at first to get that feel back. And I never doubted that I would return, but you do have those thoughts that creep in where you for half a second wonder if you'll ever be any good anymore. And to be able to pitch like I did this year and return to form, my stuff came back, and my ability that I knew was there kind of returned. And to be able to have some big‑time playoff moments this year, it's been very special, something I'll never forget.
Q. Because of the injury that you had in 2011 and you were a fan and not a participant in the World Series, how, I guess, important is it to you, both personally and professionally, to not only be back at the World Series two years later but back making a contribution so soon?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: It's important. It's pretty special to me. I've talked this year about the rehab after the Tommy John surgery, sometimes you can struggle a little at first to get that feel back. And I never doubted that I would return, but you do have those thoughts that creep in where you for half a second wonder if you'll ever be any good anymore. And to be able to pitch like I did this year and return to form, my stuff came back, and my ability that I knew was there kind of returned. And to be able to have some big‑time playoff moments this year, it's been very special, something I'll never forget.
Q. You mused in the previous round that the way Wacha was pitching that he'd be the Game 1 starter. Are you surprised you are or is it a good one‑two punch for the team?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: I'm not surprised I'm pitching Game 1. I do think that for years and years to come, we're going to have ‑‑ those guys are going to push me, if I want to keep pitching Game 1s. They're incredibly talented, they're pitching great. And I couldn't ask for a better band of mates going forward.
Q. Can you talk about your strength as a pitcher and how do you plan to pitch against this tough Red Sox lineup?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: I can't tell you that, can I? It's the scouting report. I know I'll have my work cut out for me. One of my favorite things to do in the world is game plan for a game. I love it. I'll spend a good amount of time today and tomorrow coming up with a nice plan. Yadi and I will get together tomorrow and we'll figure out a way to do it.
Q. In speaking to some of the younger pitchers on your staff about you, they all told the same story about how they met you, and that was you went to them and stuck out your hand and introduced yourself. I'm curious, that is somewhat unusual I'm thinking. Why was that important to you? Why was that gesture important?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: Something I like to do when we get a young guy, so that they know they can be comfortable around me. They don't have to walk on eggshells. They don't have to wonder if I've seen them. I remember being in that situation where you don't quite know how to act around an older fellow, and all of a sudden I'm an older fellow. I respect that. I want those young guys to know they can come to me at any time with anything.
Q. Welcome back. I know your faith in Jesus Christ is important to you. Talk about what it means that the Lord has allowed you to come back on the biggest stage in baseball. What does that mean to you?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: To whom much is given, much is required. And I do not take that lightly. I know I've been given a tremendous platform here in St. Louis to be on stages like this talking, and when questions like that come about Jesus, it makes me smile. My source of strength, my reason for competing the way I do.
So it's something I don't mind talking about in a secular atmosphere, where people may believe or may not believe. It's something I hold dearly and I cling to.
Q. Talking about your rehab a moment ago, curious to compare how you feel right now to how you felt in the postseason last year. They talk about Tommy John, sometimes you need a couple of years to be yourself, was that something you didn't feel until this year at some level?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: If I'm being honest, after Game 4 of the NLCS, I may have had one more start in me. I was pretty well spent. I gave every single thing I had. I had terrible stuff last year. I was trying to find a way to make it work. There would be days where my stuff would be okay, and there would be days where I didn't have any stuff at all. No fastball. The fastball wasn't fast, the change‑up wasn't changing, the slider wasn't sliding. The only thing I had was my curveball. That saved me last year, and especially when I had no stuff to rely on except for that pitch.
And to flip that into this year, where I felt from the very first day of long toss in the offseason, strong. Where the very first throw the ball came out of my hand this offseason, and it was like seeing that old friend you hadn't seen in a long time. It was like, there it is. And not to say that I have the best stuff in the world, because we've got 15 guys on the team who throw harder with better breaking balls than I do, but to have my stuff return was pretty exciting.
And this year I felt strong from the get‑go. I felt strong throughout Spring Training. Usually I get a dead‑arm phase in Spring Training, I never once had a dead‑arm phase this entire year. I did have a lapse of pitch ability in two games where I got my butt handed to me. But other than that I felt pretty strong all year.
Q. A couple of guys have talked about how a bit of a rallying cry to get Carlos Beltran to the World Series, and it was important to them as a team. You personally have a connection with him going back a ways. How much has it been a rallying cry for you guys? How much do you joke or have a laugh with him now considering it's come full circle?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: We don't joke about it. I don't even bring that up. But one thing that was really cool after we won the other day in St. Louis, Carlos's wife came up to me and said, "Can I take a picture of you and Carlos?" And I said "Yes." And she said, "Back then it wasn't in the Lord's plan and now it is." I'm getting chill bumps sharing that with you. It was such special to share right there at the end of that game. He's playing 16, 17 years, he's trying to get to the World Series for the first time. He's been in three or four Game 7s he's been so close, and to not get there, it's really satisfying to get him there.
I actually had a dream, I told him this, I had a dream the day before that we lost, and we didn't get to the World Series, and we weren't the team to get him there. And he ended up signing with the Yankees next year (laughter). And the Yankees took him to the World Series. And I remember the gist of the dream was he was sitting on a podium like this saying, "I'm so happy to be a Yankee and in the World Series." And I was like oh, my gosh. It was a nightmare (laughter).
Not that that's not a great team, but I woke up and had sweats, and said we've got to be the team to get him here. No disrespect to the Yankees in the world. I know what the media can do (laughter). I think the New York Yankees are an amazing franchise.
Q. As baseball keeps adding teams to the postseason, how much harder is it to just get to the World Series, even for a team like you guys that has the best record in the league?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: It's very hard. And that one‑game playoff thing, I mean, you will never hear me say anything, even if we go to the postseason next year and lose that one‑game playoff, which I hope never happens. I think that's so good for baseball. I think it gives other cities chances to be excited about the playoff opportunity. You look at what the Pirates and the Reds got to do this last year. That was great for baseball. There were three teams in the division that had 90‑something wins. All three teams deserving of playoff chances.
We got that spot last year, and that one‑game playoff is a nightmare. To play in that thing, to know that you did have such a great season and it all came down to one game, it adds a lot of pressure to you. To win the division this year, to get in here the way we did, clinching home‑field advantage. For other teams it's a much harder route. It's hard to get to where we are right now.
Q. Shane Victorino has been hit by six pitches this postseason. How do you approach a guy like that? How do you think the rest of the staff is going to pitch him?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: I pitched against Shane many years. I know if he gets on base, he can wreak havoc. He's very fast. He's a very good baserunner. I don't think anyone in our locker room is intentionally ever going to throw one and hit him on purpose, because they know the damage he can do on the basepaths.
I saw a couple of those breaking balls and it's unintentional sometimes, but it will be interesting to see him right‑handed. I faced him left‑handed quite a bit. And I remember his first game attempting to switch‑hit when he was with the Dodgers in Double‑A. I played against him way back then, and all he could do is slash and run. The next time he came back and had more power from the left side, even more power lefty than righty. So it will be interesting to see him right‑handed.
Q. How do you define the Cardinal way?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: Gosh, we need to start selling books about this. If you want to find out, buy the book. Cliff Notes version is, this is a way of thinking that we have in St. Louis and in our clubhouse and throughout our organization, an expectation of winning, an expectation of professionalism that comes with that winning, and doing things the right way. And that's been taught and bred over the years from guys like Red Schoendienst, like Stan Musial, Bob Gibson, Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith. All of these great Hall of Famers that you've grown to love, they're still in our clubhouse hanging out, with the great Stan passing this offseason.
We are very blessed in St. Louis to have those guys in the red jackets around, and we still feel their presence there. We still feel their lessons.
Q. Did you ever get a chance to talk to Adrian Gonzalez and straighten things out during the LCS? And were you surprised how much that offhand comment about Mickey Mouse turned on the fans in St. Louis?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: Yeah, anybody who took anything negative out my comments after that game did not watch the interview. I challenge anybody in the media to go back watch my interview and find something negative I said about the Los Angeles Dodgers. I have the utmost respect for them throughout that series. After they beat me there in LA, I poured out great comments about Ryu, the great game he pitched and all those other fellows over there that had put big at‑bats on me and stuff.
The whole intent of that interview was to try to get me to say something bad about Puig. I knew that, and I understand where the media is going with that, but I didn't see anything. The only thing I saw, I said and I said it in jest, laughing, as you'll see if you watch the interview ‑‑ so it spun out of control. But that's playoff baseball. If you don't want something to happen, don't say knuckleheaded things like that.
What I do know is this we beat a very good team in Los Angeles. When we were on the field celebrating, we were very, very satisfied to beat a team that was so good as the Los Angeles Dodgers. We're very glad to be here, but we know we have a job to do.
Q. Have you talked to Adrian?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: No, I haven't talked to Adrian. I don't know him, per se, very well.
Q. I talk to a lot of young pitchers today and they talk about what Chris Carpenter has meant to them, what has he meant to you this season?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: Well, I would have to take it more than just this season, because he's been ‑‑ there's been two people in my life that have been the biggest influences on me in my baseball career: One is my brother and the other is Chris Carpenter. And my brother taught me how to throw the ball, taught me all my grips, my curveball, taught me where to stand, taught me the mindset of pitching, read books with me, cut out clippings.
And the other guy, Chris Carpenter, told me how to be a professional. Showed me what it took to get through that daily grind of pitching once every fifth day, and the team needs to rely on you and go out there and deliver a win. Telling me how to go about my workout between games, how to go about my running between games. He did a lot for me. To sum it up in just one sentence is really tough.
Q. The game is being broadcast live in Japan. Could you please tell us a little bit more about your curveball. The closer for the Red Sox with his splitter has been dominant. How much does it mean to you to have a pitch like your curveball where you could have absolute confidence?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: Yeah, like I said earlier, it's been a pitch throughout my career, when my back's against the wall, and nothing else is working, I can always believe in that pitch. That's probably why it does work because I have such great belief in it, as Koji has in his splitter and his fastball. It's impressive to watch him close these games out. It's 1, 2, 3 strikes you're out, like in cartoons. It's crazy to see. We're going to do our very best to not let him pitch at the end of games.
Q. I wanted to ask you, you talked about Chris talking to you about being the person they rely on every fifth day. How do you balance these competing forces right now of excitement of being in the World Series, maybe the, I don't know if the word "pressure" but the expectations, you being their starter, their ace. And also just trying to make it like a regular game, ordinary game?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: Well, I don't want to make it like an ordinary game. I want this to mean even more than regular games. What I found throughout my playoff career so far is that I respond really well when the adrenaline really kicks in. I love that. The crowd gets louder. I get more fired up. That's something that I just ‑‑ I can't tell you how cool it is to pitch in front of great crowds like we're going to have tomorrow here in Boston, and we're going to have in St. Louis with that crisp, cool air, that Octobery kind of air, where you know it's playoff baseball.
This is my favorite time of year, for many reasons. There's NFL football on TV, there's college football on TV, there's hunting season, there's playoff baseball. It does not get much better than that.
Q. You described the Cardinal way, the Cliff Notes of them. Part of that is adding to the culture. I wonder from your point of view, what Matheny has added to the notion of the Cardinal way and the expectations of winning you were talking about. What his personality and experience as a player brought to that?
ADAM WAINWRIGHT: I think, in my opinion, one of the most professional men I've ever met. So I think he's the perfect torchbearer for that Cardinal way going forward. Talking about a man who will show up to your fundraiser in the offseason with a three‑piece suit with his hair slicked back, looking nice all the time, just to represent the Cardinals in the right way he feels. The perfect torchbearer, a great leader, a great motivator of men, and a guy who's learned from the best, in my opinion in Tony LaRussa and Red Schoendienst over the years.
He's been around, he's been around other winning organizations in San Francisco and other places like that. So he's got a great résumé. But he also is a great man to go along with it. (Mike Matheny enters the room.) And I think he's the greatest person ever (laughter).


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Lake Toba located about 176 km from Medan city is the largest volcanic lake in the world. It is 100 kilometres long, 30 kilometres wide, and 505 metres at its deepest point. It covers an area of 1,707 sq km (Singapore is only about 704 sq km) with an island (Samosir Island) in the center. It was formed by a gigantic volcanic eruption some 70,000 years ago, believed to be the largest volcanic eruption in the last 25 million years. Lake Toba is home to the Batak people who have a unique, interesting culture and are mostly Christian.
Sipisopiso Waterfall is located 45 km from Berastagi at the northern end of Lake Toba. At 120 metres high, it is the highest waterfall in Indonesia. The waterfall is formed by a small underground river of the Karo Plateau and flows out into the Lake Toba caldera.
Mount Sibayak (Indonesian:Gunung Sibayak) is a small stratovolcano overlooking the town of Berastagi in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Although its last eruption was more than a century ago, geothermal activity in the form of steam vents and hot springs remains high on and around the volcano. The vents produce crystalline sulfur, which was mined on a small scale in the past. There is also a small and shallow crater lake which is relatively accessible to visitors.
We flew in to Polonia Airport, Medan in Sumatra from Singapore. Our itinerary was a fast track one: 1st night in Medan (Grand Swiss-Belhotel*), 2nd night in Lake Toba (Samosirvilla Resort*), 3rd night in Berastagi (Horison Hotel*) and last night in Medan (Grand Swiss-Belhotel). In Sumatra, the road condition is generally quite bad and public transport unreliable. Hence we hired a driver** to bring us around in a min-van from Medan to Lake Toba, Berastagi and back to Medan. The hire fee worked out to be 600K rupiah per day.
*Grand Swiss-Belhotel is a new 5-star hotel located in Jalan S. Parman 217 Medan 20752. It is located in Medan central business district and is just besides a few shopping malls. We paid USD95 for a twin room which included a good international buffet breakfast. One of the best deals we got for this trip. As for the other two hotels, there is nothing much to complain or compliment about.
Even though the road distance from Medan to Lake Toba is a mere 180 km, it took us more than 5 hours** via winding and bumpy road to reach the small town Parapat on the edge of Lake Toba. Parapat is connected to the main towns of Tomok and Tuk Tuk on the Samosir Island (the island in the center of Lake Toba) by ferries that run every 1-2 hr or whenever the ferry has sufficient passengers. The ferry ride is about an hour and cost 7,000 rupiah one way.
**Some online sources quoted 4 hrs by private transport from Medan to Parapat. But 5 1/2 hrs should be a more conservative estimate.
Along the road from Medan to Lake Toba, we bypassed many Batak villages. Batak is an ethnic group found predominantly in North Sumatra especially in the region around Karo Highlands and Lake Toba. Majority of the Batak people are christians. Traditional Batak houses are noted for their ship hull-liked distinctive roofs which curve upwards at each ends. Their graves are also designed with a miniature Batak house on top (http://www.itravelnet.com/photography/asia/indonesia/tuk-tuk/batak-family-tomb.html)
Many resorts and hotels are located by the lakeside. Just tell the ferry captain the name of the resort you are going and he will drop you directly at the "private jetty" of the resort.
The places of interests on Samsoir Island are: Tuk Tuk, Tomok, Ambarita, Museum Huta Solon Simanindo, hot spring (http://www.sumatra-indonesia.com/Laketoba.htm). After one night in Samsoir Island, we departed for Berastagi. Along the way, we dropped by the Batak's King Palace and Sipisopiso Waterfall.
Batak's King Palace is actually the old tribal residence of Batak Kings of thePurba dynasty. It is located in Pematang Purba village, 32 km from Parapat.
The above longhouse was the official residence of the Batak Kings.It was built of teak wood and supported by a number of wooden pillars. There is only one entrance to the longhouse. The longhouse consists of 2 compartments – the living quarter and the sleeping quarter. The first room to be entered is the living quarter with a number of musical instruments. Behind the living quarter is the sleeping quarter of the king and his 12 wives.
In the center of the living room is a pole with buffalo horns which signified the supremacy of the Batak kings.
The above photo shows the sleeping quarter which is divided into identical sections, one for each of the king's wives. The king's sleeping area (not shown in the photo) is above the wives sleeping area and is reachable via a short ladder.
The Purba dynasty began in 1624 with the first Batak king, Tuan Pangultop Ultop, and last until 1947 with the 14th and last king, Tuan Mogang, after which the Batak kingdom was integrated into the newly independent Indonesia.
After Batak's King Palace, we drove towards the town Kabanjahe which is 110 km from Parapat to see the Sipisopiso Waterfall. The waterfall is located on the North side of Lake Toba, 24 kms from Kabanjahe.
Interestingly, the waterfall emerges from a hole in the cliff. The source of the waterfall is actually an underground river of the Karo Plateau. After the fall, the river flows through a small village Tongging before it empties into Lake Toba.
To reach the plunge pool below the waterfall, one has to walk 30 min down a small trail from the gazebo for tourists. We went down to the edge of the plunge pool but didn't manage to take any photo (to protect our camera from "the rain that falls from the pool"). The force of the plunging water is so strong that water is splashing everywhere near the pool. We were completely drenched even though we didn't step into the pool.
The above photo shows view of Lake Toba from the gazebo. After Sipisopiso Waterfall, we drove to Berastagi to spend the night there. Berastagi with an elevation of 1220 m (35 km from Sipisopiso Waterfall and 80 Km from Medan), is famous for its two active volcanoes – Mount Sibayak (2120 m) and Mount Sinabong (2460 m).
The next day, we met our mountain guide Mr. Edwin D. Shinaga in the hotel lobby to bring us up Mount Sibayak. Our van dropped us at the trail head ,which is an hour hike away to the mountain top. We traversed through relatively dense forestation for the first half of the trail. The trail eventually led us out to the open where we were rewarded with breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains.
While there is no lava, there are fumaroles and creeks with simmering greenish water and a 300 m wide turquoise-colored crater lake near the summit. The lake looks shallow but we didn't dare to venture further into its center.
The above photo was taken from the crater rim. See the love declarations formed by pieces of rocks.
The above photo shows one of the highest point in the area. Not sure whether this is the summit as another peak on the opposite side of the crater rim also looks equally tall.
The yellow substance in the above photo is sulphur. Near the summits, there are many such sulphur producing vents, which was mined on a small scale in the past.


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Sailing away over a year and a day... Not me, not this time, but happily I've finished the Max suit for Hayley's birthday, and I think she likes it... Let the wild rumpus begin!
Practising - On my little ukulele. I'm not... a natural. Let's gently put it that way. But I find a strange calm in just making sweet little noises, putting chords together, and finally - ahem - 'perfecting' 'Happy Birthday' to play for my little monkeys' birthdays this year.
And I never realised how passionate folk can be about the little old uke! I was a little reticient to mention it at work, since music is the sword alot of my mates live and die by. But I shouldn't have worried - there's just encouragement all the way.
One friend even said that his parents were members of a weekly ukulele group. Awesome.
Drinking - Whiskey Gingers, or Gingey Whiskers, as I keep calling them! I saw a recipe for these warming drinks on A Beautiful Mess a little while ago, and yesterday, when I saw a great big hunk of sexy fresh ginger at a roadside stall, I snapped it up.
Yes, there was a grater injury. Not mine. But I do feel somehow responsible.
I've added about 10mL of Cointreau to the original Whiskey Ginger recipe, just for funsies. Anyway, I'd recommend this ginger syrup recipe, because it's versatile, and fiery, and delicious. The syrup is delicious as a cordial with soda water and shredded mint leaves and a smidgeon of lime. I suspect macadamia icecream with ginger syrup would be incredible, and wonder if I could incorporate it into meals as well.
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Well, where do I start? I've had one of those gaps again where the amount of stuff I could now talk about makes blogging seems a bit daunting.
The good news is I've finished my first draft. It was a commission from Half Moon Theatre, a series of monologues for young people called We Are Shadows. You can read more about it here, and if you run a venue you can even book it. I think it's turned out rather well, though I always think that about first drafts and have sometimes been wrong. It's hard to see the wood for the trees after a while.
I'm now flat out on my next one, which is the new play for Mulberry School where I'm writer-in-residence, and which we are taking to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. It's called Mehndi Night and I've created a page about it on my main website here. It's a serious challenge to write authentically about a community so far removed from my own, but I'm really excited about it, and the girls themselves have just been a joy to work with. It's one of those projects where they could never do it without me and I could never do it without them. The result is going to be something totally unique and brilliant, the kind of play which could only ever be born out of working in this way - and which I'd never get the chance to tackle working in isolation. It's been such a privilege to be trusted enough to have been taken into their world with such openness and honesty. The revelations about the reality of trying to juggle all the facets of a third generation British Bengali identity have been by turns poignant, hilarious, tragic and compelling - effortlessly the stuff of drama. I'm seriously excited about the show.
I've also updated my main website to include some more general information about my residency at Mulberry. On that same page there are also links to some scripts by my Year 10 (that's Fourth Year for everyone over 25) students, all of whom completed my playwrighting course with flying colours. We had a reading in school with professional actors hired for the occasion, which went brilliantly. I've just started a similar course for staff in the school, the first time I've ever done a course like that, and we'll probably have a public showcase of their work towards the end of the summer term.
What else?
Oh yes, I'm this close to getting my first radio commission. I'm being supported by a lovely producer at BBC Manchester, but even so the process is rather involved. I won't say any more cos I don't like to jinx these things, but I should hear in a week or so.
Also had my first meeting this week with Matt Peover, Mark Bell and Chris Moran of Liquid Theatre about our modern Jacobean project. It's a real luxury to have the time and cash for some considered creative thought on a play of this size - it speeds the whole process up no end to have four minds working on it. All those conversations you would normally have in your own head about abstract concepts and themes and thrashing out possible storylines are suddenly brought out into the open and held up for such a thorough four-way scrutiny that it's immediately obvious if you're barking up the wrong tree or not. When you're used to working on your own it almost feels like cheating. So I'm having quite a collaborative year what with that and Mehndi Night, and I have to say I'm really loving it.
No news yet on How To Disappear having a London outing, but you'll be the first to know.
I've also been getting some responses to my letter writing campaign about the Olympic arts cuts, but I'll save that for another post soon...


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|Last weekend we went to see GrandDad
|And Nanna! (and Genna wanted pictures with both of them with her baby seal)
|picture with Dadda too :)
|I love this pic :)
|Genna brought along a puzzle to do with GrandDad
|She enjoyed watching
|Helped a bit
|And played around a bit :)
|But they finally finished it together!
|The next day we went out for a lovely lunch in town
|While we were packing up the car to head back home Genna set this up - her bed and baby blanket apparently! It was a great visit :)
|Back at home she dressed her puppy with headbands, clips, etc (notice the feather headband...) and was VERY proud of herself
|The next morning before school she ran outside to see a huge rainbow with Dadda - exciting
|The roses Genna picked from our bushes
|Pretty girl, pretty flowers :)
|Week 26 - Genna wanted to be in the photos with me this week
|Everyone has been commenting that I have 'popped' - I guess so - I just feel huge!
We had a cute conversation in the car this week. She was talking about how it was getting dark outside (daylight savings has kicked in). I pointed out to her that the sun was going down, then the moon and stars come out. She said 'When the stars come out I want to come out and make a wish so my dreams will come true' ahhhh so sweet


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Stage geometry with open shroud cavities
Shroud leakage loss mechanism breakdown (CFD)
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Measured Cp0 distribution downstream of the stator 3, for the configurations with open (a) and closed (b) rotor shroud cavities, and predicted distribution for the case with the clean casing end wall (c)
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Turning vanes—geometry and details
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Pitchwise-averaged yaw angle downstream stator 3, for different number of turning vanes in shroud exit cavity
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October 20, 2011, Munich – Interest in German commercial real estate remains high among both German and international investors. "Total transaction volume up to the end of the third quarter came to just under 16.8 billion euros, more than 27 percent above the previous year's result," says Andreas Trumpp, Head of Research at Colliers International in Germany. "The quarterly results have been very balanced thus far, fluctuating between 5.4 and 5.7 billion euros," he adds. About 31% of the transaction volume registered between January and September (€ 5.2 billion) came from portfolio sales. International investors invested some €6.6 billion in Germany during this period, making them responsible for about 40% of the investment volume. Approximately €7.0 billion, or about 42% of the transaction volume, was registered in the country's six top locations: Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, and Stuttgart.
Demand for retail properties remains highest
Retail real estate, which had already drawn investors' focus in the first two quarters of the year, was still far ahead of all other uses at the end of the third quarter. Overall, investors invested about €7.9 billion, or nearly 47% of the transaction volume, in retail properties. Demand for office properties increased slightly in the third quarter, but still trailed at some distance in second place, accounting for approximately 28% of transaction volume (just under € 4.8 billion). The sale of the Deutsche Post real estate portfolio, which Dundee International REIT purchased in the third quarter from a Lone Star fund for over € 700 million, pushed the investment total for mixed-use properties to about € 1.5 billion, or almost 9% of the overall transaction volume. At the same time, this portfolio sale is among the biggest deals of this year. The year's top ten transactions also include the sale of an 80% share in the Skyline Plaza shopping center project, in Frankfurt, by CA Immo Deutschland and ECE to Allianz Real Estate. The volume of the overall project has been assessed at € 360 million.
Open-ended real estate funds and special real estate funds invest the most
Open-ended and special real estate funds accounted for some 19%, or nearly €3.3 billion, of the transaction volume by the end of the quarter. "At the same time, investors with riskier investment strategies were also very active on the investment market, spending a total of about €2.9 billion on purchases," Trumpp points out. Project developers and closed-ended real estate funds follow, with approximately €2.1 billion invested by each group. The sale of the Deutsche Post real estate portfolio to Dundee International REIT ensured that REITs accounted for an above-average share of over 7% of transaction volume.
Transaction volume doubles in Frankfurt
"Compared with last year's figures, transaction volume in the six top locations rose by some 9%, to about €7.0 billion," Trumpp says. "On the back of a number of larger sales, transaction volume in Frankfurt doubled year on year, rising to just under €2 billion," he adds. In Munich and Hamburg, each of which saw investment of about € 1.5 billion in commercial real estate, the rates of increase over the previous year's figures were quite noteworthy, at 45% and 50%, respectively. Figures in Düsseldorf ( 26%), Stuttgart
(-29%), and Berlin (-47%), by contrast, fell short of last year's levels. In Berlin's case, the major factor responsible for the sharp decline in volume was the lack of major transactions like those that took place in 2010.
Yields largely stable
Prime yields for first-class office properties are holding steady when compared with the previous quarter, with the exception of Stuttgart, where a decline of 20 base points was noted, from 5.40% to 5.20%. Munich (4.50%) and Hamburg (4.70%) are the most expensive locations, followed by Berlin (5.00%), Frankfurt (5.20%), and Düsseldorf (5.25%).
Forecast and outlook: transaction volume of €22 billion possible
"Based on a noteworthy number of larger transactions currently reaching the final stages of negotiations, we assume that the total transaction volume reached by the end of the year will be toward the upper end of the forecast we made at the start of the year, of 20 to 22 billion euros," Trumpp says in summary. Some factors do, however, tend to dim the outlook, particularly the concerns regarding the stability of the euro, high government debt, and the slackening global economy. If the financial and national debt crisis deepens, it is likely that larger real estate transactions in particular will become more difficult to finance, and that investors will increasingly focus on core properties.
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Eby, Clarence R., 81, of Syracuse, died Saturday; Mishler-Eastlund Funeral Home, Syracuse.
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*Be aware that the opening posts were written for stories that have long since ended...I kept them as is because I loved them so much. YOUR character can BE whatever you want within the confines of our world. Male/female/both/neither...*
I have written loads in the past few years and certain stories, certain...ideas...stick with me and beg to be played through, taken to new places, explored with new writers and new thoughts. What this means is that I love these particular stories, these particular creations and I want to write them in a new way, with new people who bring new things to the story line.
What you should know outside of my O/O's and the like?
Most of characters are written to allow my prospective partners to SEE them in the way that turns them on most. This is not to say that I don't use descriptive phrases. I do. But usually description is for setting a scene or granting a certain a tone or feeling. My characters are ciphers. I want my prospective co-writers to connect to them, emotionally.
Also I have no particular preferences concerning prospective co-writers genders or lack thereof. Be male writing female or vice versa, be both or neither. I care not just as long as you can bring something to the table.
So without further ado~
Story Snippets
Serial killer vs the police/kidnap victim
Seriously. That is the basis of my idea. I have some solo pieces in my Snippets thread, titled American Psycho and the idea for the story starts with them. I have no idea the gender/race/sexual orientation concerning this particular killer but what I do know is that I want to write them. Badly.
There are many ways this particular story can go, depending upon my co-writers wants and needs. However I am sure that this story, should it ever get written, belongs in extreme whatever as there will be gore, violence, rape, kidnapping, torture.
Death~Mortal for One Day.
Have you ever read the Sandman graphic novels by Neil Gaiman? Do you love them as much as I do? Then this MIGHT just be the idea for you. The basic premise would be Dream's big sister, Death becoming mortal for her one day every century. In that day, she meets and connects with your character who is slated to die the very NEXT day, something Death does not know, yet. How will they connect? What will they do? These are the things we need to discuss.
I am open to any pairing for this one.
Stalker sees girl. Stalker wants girl. Stalker finds girl and...well you get the gist. THIS is going to be dark, brutal and (if done RIGHT) unbelievably sensual and ultimately loving. Maybe our characters meet on line? Maybe they meet whilst travelling? Who knows? That's the fun of plotting these sorts of things out together.
I originally imagined this as F/F with myself as the stalker (I have the original story posts up in my Snippets thread and will gladly link you if you want to see what I mean) but the more I think on it, the more I think I could play either side of the equation. What that means is I do not have a particular gender configuration in mind. If you have an idea about it? Let me know!!
"Bats" in Her Belfry
She giggled.
It was a giggle.
You know, full on monstrous and low~like sandpaper over wounded skin, insidious in the way it crept into the listener's ears and stayed there. An ear worm turned up high. She couldn't help it. It wasn't as if she TRIED to hear the low beckoning of madness that flavored every meal with it own personal spice. She damned sure didn't want the after effects~the odd colors, the whispering voices as the blood flowed and flowed, a savor to be enjoyed by any reasonable cook.
'Cept she wasn't reasonable...and sometimes she wasn't even a she.
HE had said~"Did you hear about the newest addition to the Asylum?"
HE had said~ "You should probably investigate, see if you can help it along."
HE had said~ "It believes in US. Is it a masquerade breach, do you think?"
So she went, when she was a she, and she liked all that she saw and she decided that it's madness would be sanity when compared to hers or his or even theirs and no one would begrudge that ability to tease and read and bleed auras. NOT if one could be properly handled.
And anyway, she liked hugging those who hugged themselves.
The darkness beckoned, a living entity that begged one to slip into the shadows and become one with them. Della did so, her wide hazel eyes glinting in the gathered star light that rested upon her bald scalp like a curse or a kiss.
And if she argued in two different voices, no one was awake to hear.
And if she climbed the gate to Rose Hill Sanitarium, no one saw her.
And if she hid in the shadows, no one cared.
And she listened, listened~ as the inner voices of so many tired and wailing people pulled her in.
A beginning
Della slipped from the deeper shadows and allowed wide eyes to gaze up at the barred windows on the third floor. It was there that the one she was interested in~ slept. Of course, with the guards working in pairs and walking unevenly timed circuits around the perimeter, getting to the girl would be difficult.
"That's fine. Anything worth getting requires patience."
The woman, clad only in a white tissue thin gown nodded in response to that murmured statement and withdrew into the shadows. Another day, at most. And then, playtime, learning and descent...could begin.
**This story is tailored as a one on one~a Malkavian Vampire (from the Old World of Darkness story lines) finding and stalking a mortal female who has been imprisoned in an insane asylum. The reasons could be ANYTHING at all but I imagine that the story itself will end up on the more extreme side of things~blood letting, mind control, dark imagery, etc. I do prefer FxF for this one.**
Characters/Story Ideas
Dahmia~Death Angel
There is a war. There is always a war. The Host fights. That is their reason for existing. It hadn't always been so, not when the ONE first pulled them from the stuff of the dreaming. In the beginning? Their job had been to help order the universes made, to guide the creation, to implement what was wanted by the ALL.
But that had changed, over uncounted eons. The ONE had withdrawn, the worlds and universes had given birth to life, and a quarter of the Host had fallen and spread out, to win their way through the hearts of mortals. The best of the Host had taken his followers and fell, thrown from the ramparts of Heaven. The Host that remain, are mindless, for the most part. They fight. They win. And if a life is given to the cause, a grace removed? It has to be the will of the ALL. It couldn't actually be that the Fallen are winning. Please, the One, it couldn't actually be that the Fallen are right.
There are divisions in the Host. Not necessarily by lightness nor coloration, but type. A Death Angel is as different from the Seraphim as a composer is from the orchestra. Death Angels do not have the morality that eats at the majority of the Host. They don't care for right or wrong, only for what gets the job done. They are the assassins of the Host. They kill without qualm. It is how they are formed. It is what their job demands. Because they deal with the darker aspects of mortal life, their coloration is not the pure marble of the others. Some of the Fallen's own darkness is evident in their eyes, in their skin, upon their wings. Their wings are always black.
There is a war on. There is always a war on. And the Host are winning, but for how long?
Dahmia~leader of the Earth contingent. Shaped and formed to resemble the Aborigine peoples of the world~dark skinned, dark eyed, dark haired. The Death Angel could look like any one of thousands of tribes~ could fit any where. But the rules had changed. Now she/he/it could no longer take the battle to the Fallen. A mortal host must be taken. She/he/it must pour Angelic consciousness into a host body. A mortal body, from the lower planes.
Dahmia prefers the peoples that most resemble what she/he/it IS. So The host mortal is black, brown, tan. The hair is always dark~usually straight, sometimes curly. The host mortal is pious, willing, a soldier body for the ONE, a female. Countless females, over the ages. Dahmia begins to be female as well. And with the beginning of that knowledge, Dahmia realizes two things. Femaleness does not equal weak. And for the most part, Fallen are almost always, Male. Unity in halves.
Dahmia is a Death Angel, one who works and walks and protects the mortals on the plane of Earth. And there is a war on. There is always a war on...and she is far from home.
PRESENT DAY/Celestial Plane
The celestial sphere can be a bit overwhelming. Especially if one is not prepared to be yanked from a host body and pulled to stand before a pair of irate Arch Angels~ Gabriel, Michael. And there is NO way one can ever truly prepare themselves for that eventuality. Think on it. To go from blue skies and woods and dirt and highways to Heaven's ramparts that jut like brilliant diamonds against the back drop of the starry sphere. How can that be prepared for? The golden gleam, the unearthly music, the hosannas, the training of squadrons? It all makes for an almighty din that the ONE somehow manages to ignore. Obviously, it has to be ignored.
Somehow though, the Arch Angels make themselves understood. They are bright, much brighter than the troops that march in perfect formation, much brighter even than the Seraphim who do not battle, who only give glory to the ONE as is their duty. Before them, the Death Angel, Dahmia looks down right dowdy. She does not care. Looks will not win this war. This is not a war of attrition. This is the beginning of Armageddon. Her small contigent of loyal followers, both Earth born and Heaven shaped, do not care how they look. Who has time to worry about such a small thing?
"Have you found the female?"
The voice is so breathtakingly beautiful that it makes Dahmia's head ache. Michael. The new Lord of the left as the Lightbringer had once been, the one the Earth born call Satan, Lord of the Fallen. Of course, he would ask about that. Of course, he would yank her away from finding the one thing that was almost guaranteed to bring some sort of equality to the battle field. She had been closing in on it~the cross beam of the ark. Noah's ark. Yet, Heaven's mandate meant that any active field angel could be yanked willy nilly from the field, to answer a question.
"Well, have you?"
Dahmia glanced at Gabriel, Lord of the Message. His voice was a vast rolling boom, like the crash of the sea. She wanted to scream at the pair of them. But she couldn't. Heaven's mandate said they spoke for the ONE. Disrespecting them would be the same as spitting in the ONE's face...if you could see it.
"No, I have not found the female. I have mortals searching the computer data bases, but as yet, she has not been spotted."
'Conversation over.' That is all she has time to think before she returns, coughing and shaking, to the mortal host who has agreed to carry her through the world, the Lower plane, Earth. And once there, it all goes to hell in a big way.
PRESENT DAY/Earth
"We found her, but it appears we are too late. The thing she houses. The things she could have done? Gone. She has traded with a demon. I believe you may know of him, Dahmia. His name? Ruumel."
Dahmia groaned, low. "Fuck."
*The idea for this story is simple. Angel versus Demon in a battle to the death for the soul of one human. YES, this will include all sorts of bloody mindedness. Yes, there will be various scenes of torment, torture, possibly rape. If you have any knowledge of the way Demons/Angels are written/played via Supernatural? THAT is what I am aiming for.*
It's always the same shit. A never ending round of puffed out chests and pheromones. Always some lone wolf, attempting to think. Always some bounty hopped up on Chill not realizing just what it was that faced them. It's always the same.
Stupid puppies.
Not that I can blame them. Hell, a little mutt, drifting and dodging through hover traffic on a black slicboard? Obviously, I must have a death wish. Heh, one would think that no one had ever warned people about wolves in punk clothing. I was the reason they told stories around the camp fires at night. The Lone Wolf. Should have been next in line for pack leader. Born to it.
I didn't want it.
I ran from it.
Stupid shit.
So, here I am again. A bloody mess. Being a loner isn't all fun. Being a bounty hunter isn't very much fun, either. It just...pays the bills, feeds the beast, soothes the blood lust. It just...gives me a place to fit in a world where I can not, will not, ever be acknowledged. By pack, by pard, by those others who wear fur when they are not in skin. It just...blunts the loneliness
Other things do that, too.
So after the shower~ four minutes, no more no less. After getting dressed: fitted leather pants, tight microfiber smart tee, black clunky combat boots, black leather duster. After outfitting myself with a decent semi automatic from the old firm, shoving it in a shoulder holster. After all of this? I decided to head up town, to the clubs. To blunt my loneliness another way.
Nova Orleans. Home of the po' boy. Good beer. Jambalaya. Perfect oysters. In the old sections, back when the world was less magical, the clubs had trickled off of Decatur. Now they sprung up over night, shifted when the wind blew. All except for Howl at the Moon.
To the entrance, then through it, my eyes filtering out the ambient lighting. Nose. Super sensitive. Like always. A new scent. One I hadn't ever run across in my travels. A new psion in my territory? Eyes flared, traveled. Halted. HER. Very pretty. Nostrils sniffed. Sex witch. Oh goddess, one of those.
Without conscious thought, I found my legs carrying me to her table. Her scent beckoned. Cajoled. Pleaded. I could feel the inner shift, the one that meant my wolf was rising. Didn't matter. I stopped when I reached her side.
"Hello, little witch. I am Mina. Lone wolf. You smell good enough to eat. So what do you say to letting me do just that?"
I wasn't sure if she would say yes. I wasn't sure what made me even approach her. What I WAS sure of was that I wanted her to keep me company. Just one night. To keep the loneliness at bay. I was also sure of the fact that she would most definitely taste as good as she looked. And I was hungry.
*If you have any knowledge of the world of Dante' Valentine as written by Lilith St. Crow then you have a basic idea of what I am wanting. A sort of hyper cyber magic techno fusion set a hundred years in the future. This tale can go many, many ways. Hit me up. we can hash them out.*
Basic Wants
vampire/human hunter
private eye in a cyber punk setting
*This story would be very dark/brooding/bloody/violent. It would have to be. I have a character already prepared with a very large back story. If you would be interested in learning more about her or the type of story I would want outside of basics, please hit my PM box. Let's talk.*
Inspirational things
The World's of Lilith St. Crow
Simon Green's Nightside
The early cyber punk novels of William Gibson
The Sword of Truth World
the urban fantasy mythology of Charles de Lint
The Sandman graphic novels
Sin City
Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash or The Diamond Age
The glorious sagas of Kathleen Ann Goonan's Nanotech Quartet
(As you can see I love sci-fi)
Movies/TV shows
Resident Evil
The Dark Knight
This is far from finished. I will come back (probably as many times as I visit my O/O's) to finish it as time allows. Thanks for giving this a look see.
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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Aerobics
Many schools have reduced physical education classes to devote more time to the 3 Rs in education—reading, writing, and arithmetic. However, there is new evidence that leaving out an important fourth R—aerobics—could actually be counterproductive for increasing test scores.
A new study by Dr. Robert R. Rauner and colleagues from Lincoln Public Schools and Creighton University examined the associations between aerobic fitness, body mass index (BMI), and passing scores on standardized math and reading tests.
Students who don't get enough exercise are more likely to fail
They found that aerobically-fit children had a 2.4 times greater chance of passing math tests and a 2.2 times greater chance of passing reading tests compared with aerobically-unfit children.
Physical Fitness more important than BMI
The researchers also found that body-mass index (BMI, a measurement of body fat based on height and weight) was an important indicator for overall general health, but did not have a significant effect on test scores.
The authors found that both aerobic fitness and socioeconomic status have a similar impact on academic performance. Because aerobic fitness can be easier to improve than socioeconomic status, and it is easy to implement in a school setting, schools should think twice before taking minutes from physical education classes and recess.
According to Dr. Rauner, "Schools sacrificing physical education and physical activity time in search of more seat time for math and reading instruction could potentially be pursuing a counterproductive approach."
The above is based on the Journal of Pediatrics, news release, February. 28, 2013
The research has been published online:
Rauner RR, Walters RW, Avery M, Wanser TJ. Evidence that Aerobic Fitness Is More Salient than Weight Status in Predicting Standardized Math and Reading Outcomes in Fourth- through Eighth-Grade Students. J Pediatr. 2013. DOI 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.006
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People of all ages, shapes, and sizes can boost brain power and self-esteem by improving aerobic fitness.
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text: Get information Pendulum: Our blog Self-stigma and Me Carolyn, one of Bipolar UK's Media Ambassador, talks about trying to be more open about bipolar and challenging self-stigma. "One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls." - Carrie Fisher Until very recently I didn't tell anyone that I had bipolar - even friends I'd known for 25 years. I used to make a calculated assessment to gauge how someone might react. It's taken me eight years to realise that by not telling people, I do myself more damage. Carrie Fisher talked about the "lingering stigma" of bipolar. Sadly, the stigma I felt was self-imposed. I received my diagnosis via an impersonal discharge letter from the hospital. So how did I feel then? Anger, shame, fear all coursed through me and the certainty that life would never be the same again. Also, it affected my sense of self - I felt that I didn't know who I was anymore. So I've coined the term self-stigma. I was the one who built walls by denying my condition; reinforcing society's stereotypes. In fact, by being open about my illness I've experienced support and kindness from the most unexpected people. Work colleagues I only said "hello" to confided in me after I was honest with them. This is a hard lesson to learn and not everyone you tell will be receptive or understanding, but I feel I have a responsibility to educate people about bipolar; to give a voice to other people suffering in silence, self-imposed or otherwise. It's tragically ironic that I applied stereotypes of people with mental illness to myself. With bipolar, everyone experiences it differently. It's not like a broken leg. I sincerely hope that this piece will resonate for people with bipolar, their family and friends. In conclusion, echoing Carrie's sentiment that it "takes balls", you're stronger than you think. Having bipolar may change your life but it may also lead you to new and different or happier times.


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After a 35 year run, the Mandeville Seafood Festival's organizer said that the event would no longer be held. Many people were surprised and upset. I mean seafood is what Louisiana is all about and now after 35 YEARS our seafood fest is cancelled? Not anymore!! The seafood festival was rescued by Nicholas J. Chetta Jr. and his Chetta Productions LLC. Chetta has chosen to continue the tradition of a July 4 festival. The festival is a three day event- July 4,5,6- consisting of music, Louisiana seafood,fireworks and so much more!
In the music lineup there are some very familar names such as: Four Unplugged, Bag Of Donuts, Chee-Weez, Supercharger and many more!!
The festival is going to be different, but it sounds like it will be a great time for family, friends and the community to get together and enjoy everything this event has to offer!
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Today 680 women, the largest class yet in Rwanda, was graduating. We arrive at the "playground"–it looks more like a big field, there are so many people I can't imagine the number. Later I'm told more than 2,000. I can hear music in the background beyond the sea of bodies and umbrellas. Today the sun is bright and it is African hot, at least to me. We get out with hundreds watching my every move. Without any words spoken, they part and let me pass. They stare, some smile and a few reach out and touch me. I don't really understand why at the moment. Later I will discover they have already been told a special guest from America is coming. And I just thought I was going to observe–silly me.
I am escorted to a tent-covered V.I.P. area. Even the simple plastic chairs are covered in white fabric. Our country director, Berra, was speaking, or trying to. My arrival is causing a bit of a stir as people stretch to get a glimpse of this special guest. I'm still clueless. Finally Berra gives in and introduces me as a sponsor who has come a long way on behalf of other sponsors in America. She asks me to stand and wave. I'm overcome when the crowd erupts into applause, waves and huge smiles. They are so happy I'm here. Okay, now I get it.
The program continues with various talking heads, dancing and songs. Even a skit that demonstrates what the women have learned is presented. One of the talking heads is the vice mayor. She has much to say. The crowd loves her and is very responsive to her speech. Fortunately, sitting next to me a Women for Women International staff member is explaining what she is saying. At one point she starts to really urge the women to save some money, stay clean and make sure their children go to school. Then, much to my amazement, she talks about family planning and how important it is. She even asks them by a show of hands who is practicing family planning. Most every hand goes up. "Good," she says, "do not have more childrens than you have money for; this is very important." I keep trying to imagine my mayor standing up at some big event and encouraging everyone to bathe and practice family planning. I love their raw honesty.
Berra is once again addressing the crowd. Then I realize she is talking about me. She asks if I will come forward and talk to the women on behalf of all sponsors. No pressure here. "Muraho, amakuru ki?" They love this–white woman speaks Rwandan. That's all I know so know Berra helps me from here. I tell them, it is an honor to be here. Everyone of your sponsors are so very proud of you and each of them wishes they were here today. They are all proud of what you've overcome and what you are accomplishing now. They know it has not been easy for you, that it is still not easy for you but because of your hard work, it is getting better. I mention the Women for Women International slogan, Strong Women Build Strong Nations and say, "and because of your strength, you are building a strong Rwanda. Murakoze cyane." Thank you very much.
At the end of the ceremony, some two hours later, a final celebration dance erupts. Others sitting in the V.I.P. area are invited to join in the dance including yours truly, the muzungu. When I do so another eruption of clapping and cheers. Try to picture it, under a hot African sun, in the middle of a field, hundreds of Rwandan women dressed in traditional outfits dancing around a crazy white woman who is trying desperately to dance with them. It must have been a sight. At least the film crew thought so because the next morning I'm told by hotel staff, "Hey I saw you on TV last night." I can only hope this doesn't make its way to You Tube.


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Here's a powerful story of giving I wanted to share with you. It comes from Anne Lamott's book Bird by Bird and illustrates the power of being selfless.
An eight-year-old boy had a younger sister who was dying of leukemia, and he was told that without a blood transfusion she would die. His parents explained to him that his blood was probably compatible with hers, and if so, he could be the blood donor. They asked him if they could test his blood. He said sure. So they did and it was a good match. Then they asked if he would give his sister a pint of blood, that it could be her only chance of living. He said he would have to think about it overnight.
The next day he went to his parents and said he was willing to donate the blood. So they took him to the hospital where he was put on a gurney beside his six-year-old sister. Both of them were hooked up to IVs. A nurse withdrew a pint of blood from the boy, which was then put in the girl's IV. The boy lay on his gurney in silence while the blood dripped into his sister, until the doctor came over to see how he was doing. Then the boy opened his eyes and asked, "How soon until I start to die?"1
Think about this boy for a second. From his perspective, a simple procedure to us was a life-sacrificing decision for him. And he willingly chose to give his life for his sister so she could live. "How soon until I start to die?"
What if you and I were to live with this selfless mindset? An approach to life and relating to others which puts them first and us last. Jesus said in Matthew 19:30 that "many who are first will be last, and the last first." It's completely counter cultural, isn't it? Just take a quick look around social media and you'll find plenty of self-centered posts. The latest craze in social media is Periscope, a service which allows live broadcasts from your phone. It's a really cool tool, one I'm fired up about, but so many broadcasts are to stroke egos rather than help others.
As Christ-followers, we are taught to deny ourselves and take up our cross daily. We are also encouraged to love others as ourselves. It's in these daily practice that we will find fullness in life like never before. The eight-year-old boy denied his personal interests so his sister could live. What if we were to live in this way too?
So here's a challenge. Ask yourself every day, "How soon until I start to die?" Post it on your mirror or the refrigerator or in your car. Make it the background image on your phone. Consider how short life is and how you aren't guaranteed tomorrow. And see how the way you approach each day and the people you encounter transforms.
1Lamott, A. (1994). Bird by Bird. New York: Anchor books.


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12 people to be inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame this weekend
... Dick Capp of Portland was a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers and recovered a fumble in Super Bowl I in 1967, which the Packers won over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Capp captained the 1959 state championship team at Deering, and later went to Worcester Academy and Boston College.
Capp played football and basketball at BC and was coached by Bob Cousy in basketball. He was originally drafted by the Boston Patriots.
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(Kerhonkson, NY; March 14, 2014) Wicked Cool Productions will host another epic Rock n Roll Resort v4: "The Dream Machine" featuring Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, The Motet, Everyone Orchestra w / Steve Kimock, John Kimock, Reed Mathis, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman & many other guests. April 4-6, 2014, at the newly renovated Hudson Valley Resort & Spa in Kerhonkson, New York, nestled within the heart of the Catskills.
Rock n Roll Resort is a relatively new, yet familiar experience for festival-goers of any and all ages. Hudson Valley Resort & Spa is an ideal setting – expansive, inviting and intriguing, you will feel right at home inside the grand resort. Funk bands, electronic acts, jam bands, bluegrass, and a little bit of every music genre can be found throughout the event, with music running from early afternoon until well past sunrise the next day. Dance yourself into a frenzy, then walk back to your hotel room to reenergize. You can shop for affordable merchandise from a wide-variety of unique, handmade crafts from the vendors within the event. No matter which direction the end up, you won't find a dull moment at Rock n Roll Resort.
"The Dream Machine is a future music festival and boasts that your next festival experiences will never be the same again after this weekend of nearly endless pleasures. Our setting will be amidst non-stop music, within a professional party environment," says Shannon Plaquet, producer of Rock n Roll Resort.
The Rock n Roll Resort v4: "The Dream Machine" confirmed lineup includes:
Dumpstaphunk • The Motet x2 • Everyone Orchestra w/ Steve Kimock, John Kimock, Reed Mathis, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman & many other guests • Turkuaz x2 • Cabinet • Conehead Buddha • Peter Prince & The Trama Unit • Nephrok! Allstars • TAUK • The Alchemystics • The Z3 (A tribute to Frank Zappa) • Leroy Justice • Goosepimp Orchestra • Roots of Creation • Cosmic Dust Bunnies • Mark Mercier Band • BRYAC Funk Allstars • Dr. Westchesterson • Danny Pease and The Regulators • The Kings of Belmont • Mister F • Big Takeover • Sarah Michelle Band • 7 Below (A tribute to Phish) • Akashic Record • The Kind Buds • Business Casual Disco • The Juicy Grapes • The Broadcast • Solaris • Arclite • Darian Cunning Band • The Hornitz • The Big Sway • Positive Mental Trip • Frank Viele • Cheatcode • DJ Adam Amrod • Digital $torm • Political Animals • Space Carnival • Honeycomb • APEL • DJ Icculus • F.A.M. • DJ Nomadic • Craig Greenberg Band • Jordan Simms
Artists at Large: Michelle Sarah • Rebecca Jean Smith • Bobby Paltauf
Many artists will take the stage multiple times throughout the weekend, and more artists to confirm soon!
This April's Rock n Roll Resort v4: "The Dream Machine" will showcase an eclectic mix of up and coming super talent with over 50 hours of musical entertainment, collaborative live art, activities including a disc-golf tournament and mini-golf tournament, workshops and theme nights, cyberistic euphoria, eclectic catering and even a festival vendor row; all at an affordable price and within the conveniences of the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa.
Just 90 miles from New York City, the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa is ideally situated in the Shawangunk Mountains. Set within 400 wooded acres adjacent to Minnewaska State Park, and surrounded by gorgeous Catskill views, the ambiance of Hudson Valley Resort & Spa provides an unparallel layer of of tranquility and luxury--a quintessential location for such an incredible musical occasion.