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8 Ways to Workout at Home
Working out at home is more popular than going out to the gym. In our busy lives we don't really get time to go to the gym and do exercise. If you have 2 hours time in your hand going to gym will not be appropriate for you. Going and coming will consume most of your time. Instead you can utilize this time doing some extra workout at home that will give you more benefit. Doing exercise at home may not include all the instruments that you can use at gym but if you want you can do a lot at home. You just have to know the proper way to do the exercises at home. There are many ways to workout at home but here we discussed 8 most effective ways that will help you shape up.
Beachbody Workout Program:
This is a set of fitness programs developed by the fitness experts. It includes different types of exercises of different length such as 90 days, 60 days, 3 weeks, daily, etc. The programs are designed to help different types of body structure and fitness. You can learn the details about different programs from various beachbody workout reviews. The various beachbody programs are Youv2, Piyo, 21 Day Fix, Core De Force, 3 Week Yoga Retreat, Tai Cheng, Focus T25, etc. The best part of these programs is that they are complete that includes different types of exercises and is bound to be effective.
Use Rowing Machine:
This is a wonderful machine that is basically for using at home which is very effective cardio exercise. The machine allows you to sit on it and you just have to pull the string. You can burn around 200 calories by properly using rowing machine. It doesn't take much effort to do this workout and it works very fine for your body. You will get lots of rowing machine in the market but you have to choose the best machine that will be fit for you by reading rowing machine reviews.
CrossFit is a great fitness program that was created by Greg Glassman that incorporates high intensity movements to give you a full body workout. You will need some equipment to do crossfit, such as some weights, a pull up bar, and gloves are a must, as your hands tend to take a beating from these workouts. The best crossfit gloves for your fitness journey can be found at any local fitness retailer.
Lifting Dumbbells:
Lifting dumbbells is a good workout to build your biceps and triceps. Check out the Body Beast program for a great weight lifting routine. When doing this exercise you must do it in a proper way or you might hurt yourself. Sit down properly and hold something or stand keeping your legs straight while lifting dumbbells. You should lift the dumbbells equal times for both your hands. If you don't have a dumbbell you can do this exercise with anything as heavy as a dumbbell and that has a good grip.
By this exercise you can shape up the muscles of your back, arms, shoulders, gluts and hamstrings. To do this workout you have to bend your hands and place them on the ground. First put your entire bodyweight on your knees and feet. Make your body straight, your bodyweight will be on your hands and feet, and stay like that for 4 to 5 minutes. You can learn few different ways to do plank exercise on youtube.
Doing push-ups is a good exercise that builds muscles and reduces fat. It is a good cardio exercise if done properly. To do this workout properly you have put your palms on the floor and get into plank position, your wrists should be directly beneath your shoulders. Your feet should be hip-wide apart and your body should be straight putting your bodyweight on your hands and heels. Now bend your hands and lower your body and close to the ground and bring it back to its previous position. Do this exercise 10 times for a set and slowly increase.
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Switch Lung Squat:
This is similar to bodyweight squat which is good for your lung. To do this workout stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulders-wide apart. Bend both knees to sit back into a deep squat and from this position extend your legs as you jump straight up, swinging your left arm forward and right arm backward. You have to land on your right foot, a few feet ahead of your left foot. Do the same for the opposite side where you have to land on your left foot, a few feet ahead of your right foot.
Leg Raise:
This one is very good for your abs. To do this you have to lie down straight with your legs outstretched and feet together. Keep your arms behind your head or behind your hips, in order to support your lift. Pull your legs a little up and remain like that for 10 seconds and then keep it down. Another way is to raise your legs along with your hips as high as possible and stay for 5 seconds before pulling your body down. Do both of them for 20 times and increase the number after a few days.
Doing exercise is mandatory for your fitness and good health. If you'd like to learn more about this. Even if you maintain your diet properly you have to do workouts to shape your body up. In our busy lives it becomes difficult for us to find time for gym. So we have to depend on our home exercises. But the fun part is that you can actually do a lot at home.


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Hiking in South-Tirol for a week in May should bring some beautiful days with perfect light and tons of amazing sceneries … so far was the plan. What came out was a quite cold and rainy week in the Dolomites, which led to the decision using the OM-2sp not in the mountains, but during the city trips.
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Combine the flour, salt, paprika, black pepper, and cayenne in a large plastic or paper bag. Shake to mix. Heat about 2 inches of lard until it registers 360 degrees F on a deep-fry thermometer in a large, heavy pot. Put four chicken pieces in the bag and shake well. Add the chicken to the hot fat and deep-fry until golden brown and cooked through, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain the chicken on paper towels. Repeat the process with the remaining chicken. Serve hot or warm.
Copyright 2012 by Home Box Office, Inc. Food photographs copyright 2012 by Alex FarnumRecipes by Marcelle Bienvenu


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The Cabinetry program is designed for those who like working with wood.
This is the beginning of developing the safety, skills and confidence needed to be successful on the job. While in this course a student will learn transferable, effective work skills that will be of value in most occupations as well as in the cabinetry industry.
The Cabinetry program is designed to teach the fundamentals of the art of cabinet construction. Class members will build a cabinet of their own choice and will be instructed in the process to complete the project. The instructor reserves the right to approve projects. Class members will also be instructed in the safe use of power machines. Instruction will be "one-on-one" with students.
Students have the responsibility to pay for their projects.
This certificate is for high school students only. Offered in Roosevelt. Visit with your counselor and enroll in classes at UBATC and earn your Technical Certificate (tuition free) when you graduate high school.
Certificate Courses
- Construction Math
- Safety / Machine Use
- Design / Planning / Estimating
- Joinery / Fasteners / Adhesives
- Finishes / Abrasives
- Cabinetry Hardware / Installation
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Designed to complement our most popular annual Sagamore's Mountain Music weekend. This special Road Scholar-only workshop is limited to 24 participants, providing closer interaction with instructors with lessons, dancing, singing, song writing and more. Instructors include John Kirk and Trish Miller, Dan Berggren, Dick and Carmen Gilman, legendary Adirondack storyteller Bill Smith.
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It is a watery sign ruled by Jupiter, the significator of fortune and knowledge. Venus, the significator for materialistic pursuits and comforts, is exalted and Mercury, the significator of intellect, is debilitated in this sign. These factors render the Pisceans romantic, imaginative, compassionate and generous. If Pisces rises as the ascendant, the Ishta Devata (form of god for worshipping and meditation) would be Lord Shiva. This sign rules feet and toes, lymphatic system, bones of the feet and toe. If the Sun, as lord of the sixth house, is strong the Pisceans are healthy. Otherwise, they have a sickly constitution, suffer from gout pains, joint pains, and disorders related with blood circulation, lymphatic system, feet, toes, bones of the feet/toes, etc.
Pisces is a dual, negative, satvic, kapha, female, mute, fruitful and footless sign and signifies enjoyments, sensitiveness, etc. Depending on the influences on the ascendant, the sign Pisces usually renders their natives gentle, cheerful, empathetic, caring, devoted to duty, emotional, enthusiastic, idealistic, impressionable, intuitive, with moral values, mystical, philosophical, sentimental and tolerant or timid, vulnerable, indolent and ease loving. Depending upon the strength of Jupiter, the Sun and Mars, the Pisceans join the professions of commerce, development, financial advisor, legal advisor, training, etc. The person rises well in his profession and is generous. The influence of other planets on the tenth, first or second houses changes the professional pursuits.


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Friday, September 17, 2010
Nancy made me do it....
See this sweet baby? She loooooves it when my husband sings Barry White songs to her, and seriously who wouldn't, but that isn't what were talking about here today. If you have a weak stomach you might want to head over to Butterflies and Unicorns.com because well this is a doozy!
So I was watching "Sweet Baby" above for an hour or so while her daddy ran an errand. Let's preface this story by saying he didn't bring the diaper bag, or a single diaper, or a single wipe. Ok.....moving on. So I'm blissfully holding said baby and I hear a little rumbly in her tummy. Ok, I think to myself I'll just wait and see what happens. So then a little chooo chooo train toot emerges.....still safe and then it happens.....it started slow and manageable....and then the wee one sneezed...hard.....hay fever - honking - saved it up for days - sneeze. From there it was a blur of Exorcist like protrusions of epic proportions. Biblical Disaster amounts of flowing.......I don't even know the proper noun here.....let's just say there was baby p@@p flowing down my bare legs into my shoes into a large puddle on the floor with some wall damage as well. I was frozen into place only long enough to yell "Take my picture!!" But "Keys" who was working on the entry way could only stop gagging long enough to yell back, "Run! I'll get the door!" So I squishingly John Wayne walked her next door to her own home to give her a bath.
When a baby has a blow out of epic proportions how does one get the onsie off without fowling the rest of said baby's tummy, head, neck, face, and hair? I guess we'll never know. Cutting it off paramedic style? If I had purchased that onsie at the G-Dub I would have used the scissors. But I didn't so the fowling began. I bathed baby in the tub, left the mess for her daddy to clean up, put a new onsie on and trekked back to my house only to wait for her daddy to get her so I could scrub myself from head to toe. Twice.
If you are still reading and haven't gagged yourself thank my neighbor Nancy for telling me to blog about this little adventure! Thanks Nancy!
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you poor thing!ReplyDelete
Eww. I feel bad for you, pooh messes are no fun. I thank my lucky stars we have not had any explosive diapers from my 11 month old. Maybe using cloth diapers helps, I don't know. I hope your wall and floor came out of the adventure unscathed? Ick.ReplyDelete
I so remember those days! Great blog... keep on keepin' it real!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 18, 2010 at 8:32 PM
You you readers think this is funny - try hearing the story in person. Dee is hysterical! Gotta love her!ReplyDelete
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Arguably the world's greatest art forger of all time, Wolfgang Beltracchi managed to fool collectors and leading art experts for decades. From the 1990s until they were caught in 2011, Beltracchi and his wife were essentially the Bonnie and Clyde of the art world, creating fake art and concocting elaborate stories to rake in nearly $46 million dollars. At one point, one of Beltracchi's forgeries even hung in the Met
What makes Beltacchi even more of a bad ass is the fact that he didn't simply create replicas of existing artwork. Instead, the German-born artist turned evil genius learned the techniques of artists like Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, and Kees van Dongen to create entirely original artwork, which he imagines the artists may have painted or got lost throughout the years. Check out CBS' "60 Minutes" piece on Beltracchi to find out what lead to the man's downfall.
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I thought about pasteurizing the eggs myself.
In my country we have guidelines that suggest we should cook our eggs and avoid eating them raw.
Anyway, will putting a few eggs in a bowl, and in the oven for about 70-80 C, (pasteurizing temperature in Celsius). Will it do the trick?


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A little "Fresh Cottons" to share with you today.
(Fig Tree Quilts for Moda)
This one's actually pretty big - 60" x 72".
I love stacked coin quilts because they remind me of the DNA gel images in the lab.
I went with the largest scale print in the line for the backing and the green binding.
I also opted for borders on this one.
My little who was SERIOUSLY envious of that red dot fabric.
She wanted me to make a dress out of it.
If I were a nice mom, I would have made her a dress with it.
Obviously, I'm not that nice. ;)
I'll grab more for her when I go back to the store if she reminds me, but my bet is that she'll forget all about it.
This one is in the shop.


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Songs and Stillness is a lovely music box for the season.
My first interview with American artist Jenne Lennon happened in 2009. How time flies. And yet we continue to keep in touch. There are ties that are intense but fragile. But there are friendships that are meant to last longer. I am not just talking about our relationships with people. I am also referring to our ongoing fascination with certain types of music. Yes it is still a relationship. When an artist creates a certain style that you like, then excitement follows every release.
Her voice is a regular many Celtic music compilations. She belongs to the gene pool of talented people. Her sibling Dani is an actress and creative producer in L.A.
Songs and Stillness is the new recording and you can get it via iTunes. The artwork features the singer-songwriter lying on a comfy grass bed, with a joyful expression. There are thirteen songs in the album (plus one bonus track). All recordings are purely acoustic-no electronics or autotune added. Her voice is strong and clear, almost dramatic soprano though she claims it's lyric mezzo-soprano.
Open My Eyes introduces us to the general mood of the album. The cinematic feel is the result of strings, piano and various acoustic instruments plus percussion. I think it is a song that is meant for the times. We are humbled by tragedies great and small, and we start to see what matter's the most. Flanders Field is pure atmosphere with a marching beat. Suil A Ruin is a traditional Gaelic tune which she has breath a new life into. This song has an interesting arrangement as it is sung entirely in a cappella harmony (she overdubbed three to four voices) with only the soft beat of the bodhrán in the background.
Gartan Mother's Lullaby is a sweet surprise as this is a rare track. Here's an interesting background: is an old Irish song and poem written by Herbert Hughes and Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, first published in Songs of Uladh [Ulster]in 1904. Hughes collected the traditional melody in Donegal the previous year and Campbell wrote the lyrics. The song is a lullaby by a mother, from the parish of Gartan in County Donegal. The song refers to a number of figures in Irish mythology, places in Ireland and words in the Irish language.-Wikipedia. The sweet humming and instrument should lull you to sleep, but not in this case. This is too beautiful to miss!
Bonny Portmore follows with folk arrangement (guitar, wooden flute and strings). Solennite is a hymn. She sings gently almost to a whispher. This is perhaps one of the intensely atmospheric tracks in the album. Then there's Blackbirds and Thrushes and then the stunning version of Simon and Garfunkel classic Scarborough Fair.
I love the piano in Snow Falling Down. The Water is Wide makes me want to bring out my votive candles. Joni's Theme is taken from the movie Blood Below the Skin. Lennon is heavily involved in this project as the film's musical director. This track is purely instrumental, rendered in piano and cello. It starts gradually then builds up into a beautiful drama of notes.The poignant melody reflects the story of the three characters in the film. Joni's Theme showcases her talent as a film composer and hopefully we get to hear more of this kind of project from her.
Sweet Prospect features a hurdy-gurdy and bagpipes below the French-Celtic inspired vocals. Her hills-to-heaven version of She Moved Through The Fair closes Songs and Stillness.
Anam (Spirit) is a bonus track which is a class of its own. It is a rock ballad that explodes midway with guitar and drums. It showcases her vocal range and expressive power.
Overall, Songs and Stillness is an album for the holidays. It is a music box of emotions and souvenirs from far off places. A must-have in these troubled times.
You can download Songs and Stillness via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songs-and-stillness/id1042787616
Vist her official website: http://www.jennelennon.com


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YEAR OF MERCY SPECIAL till 11/20/16
I had wanted to do this since the Doors of Mercy opened last December, but between the household medical emergencies and the routine daily emergencies - especially in the last 6 months, just never got to it. As I type this, I'm still wearing a wrist brace for carpel tunnel. At night I must wear the ones with the splints. Anyway. I want to offer this Divine Mercy Chaplet for just $12 during this Jubilee year of Mercy. Please, no more than 3 per order!
(And if you order 3, they're just $10 each!)
(And if you order 3, they're just $10 each!)


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UPDATE: Tim Cook's announcement at the iPad mini event that Apple sold 100 million iPads as of two weeks ago -- only 16 million more than Q3's total -- has thrown most analysts for a loop. They've been scrambling ever since to adjust their models.
FORTUNE -- Talk about an expectations gap! You could drive a truckload of Android tablets through the high and low estimates of iPad sales for the quarter that ended Sept. 29.
In our survey of 61 Apple (aapl) analysts -- 31 Wall Street types and 30 independents -- there was no greater disparity than in their average iPad unit sales numbers.
The Street's consensus put iPad sales at just under 17.6 million, while the consensus among the indies was for sales of 19.23 million, more than 9% higher.
Not that there was universal agreement within the two groups. The low estimate of 14.8 million was submitted by both Gabelli & Co.'s Hendi Susanto and by Navin Arthanareeswaran of the independent Braeburn Group.
Two indies submitted the same high estimate of 23 million: Braeburn's Michael Cranston and the unaffiliated Navin Nagrani.
The average estimate among all 61 analysts was 18.38 million. The median was 18.13 million.
We'll find out whose iPad numbers were closest to the mark when Apple reports its earnings after the markets close on Thursday, Oct. 25.
Below: The analysts' individual estimates, with the pros in blue and the amateurs in green.


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Restaurants everywhere have evolved as food trends change, and the shore scene is no different.
Just ask celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, who owns more than 20 high-end restaurants — and tinkers with them as consumers change their expectations and tastes.
"Fancy restaurants 20 or 30 years ago were different," Puck told us at Wolfgang Puck American Grille at the Borgata in Atlantic City. "People who had money wanted to sit at the table and get formal service from waiters in tuxedos. ... Today a lot of people want to be relaxed, including myself.
"I want to have a good time and have good food. We are living less formal now. What should be formal is what is on the plate."
So diners today don't want the white table clothes or fawning waiters. Instead, they want casual and easy-going.
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But there's a catch: They also expect their food to be elevated — prepared inventively with attention paid to source, nutrition and, of course, taste.
"There's an evolution going on in cuisine," Puck said. "If you look at the way we cooked 50 years ago it is totally different than today. Each generation has their new way of doing things and people today are much more experimental than people who used to hesitate to eat things they've never eaten before. Restaurants have become an experiment for many people."
The trend has been long apparent in Philly, with restaurants like French landmark Le Bec Fin closing its doors and hipper, edgier spots fighting to make a splash.
"If I would not have changed," Puck said, "we would have ridden just like the rest of the old restaurants into the sunset slowly."
Pro tip:Skimp on the oil
Average eaters becoming more educated about food and paying more attention to what they're putting into their bodies plays a big role in the cuisine evolution, and Puck certainly hasn't missed that: his latest cookbook is "Wolfgang Puck Makes It Healthy: Light, Delicious Recipes and Easy Exercises for a Better Life."
One pro tip from the celeb chef? In some recipes in the book, he substitutes yogurt for oil or butter.


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Supporters of the war in Afghanistan are putting pressure on President Obama to make the conflict a higher priority in order to retain public support for it.
Healthcare reform and the economy have justifiably required much of Mr. Obama's focus. But with the top US commander in Afghanistan poised to ask for more American troops, experts say Obama will have to make the case for Afghanistan more forcefully in coming weeks.
Those calls come as public support for the Afghanistan mission is waning – an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Aug. 19 shows that 51 percent of Americans believe the mission is not worth fighting for.
Within weeks, Gen. Stanley McChrystal will provide Mr. Obama with an assessment of Afghanistan. By next month, he will likely make recommendations for as few as 15,000 troops or as many as 45,000, according to reports.
Congress will look upon a request for more troops more favorably if Obama articulates a clear vision for why the mission is crucial to American security, Rep. Joe Sestak (D) of Pennsylvania, a former three-star admiral now running for a seat in the US Senate. He says he feels the administration has not adequately articulated its position yet.
"They shouldn't have taken this long," he says.
For the first time since 2003, the Pentagon is requesting more war funding for Afghanistan than it is for Iraq – $65 billion versus $61 billion, respectively. By the end of fall, there will be 68,000 American troops in Afghanistan, even before any additional requests form McChrystal. Yet strong public statements from the Obama administration have been few and far between until recently, critics say.
Last week he told a conference veterans in Phoenix that Afghanistan was a war of necessity, not choice, and reminded Americans that Al Qaeda is plotting to kill more Americans.
"Let us never forget," he said, referring to 9/11.
He needs to keep talking, because the public has lost interest, says Ross Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers University in Camden, N.J.
"People have simply forgotten about Sept. 11," he says. "They no longer make the connection between it and Afghanistan."
Professor Baker notes how effective the Bush administration was at "reawakening the concerns" people had over terrorism over and over – linking its war on terrorism with its foreign policy.
The Obama administration must make that link, too – and can, he says.
"There is a certain amount of denial" about what, if anything, the US should do about terrorism eight years after 9/11, he says. "What Obama has to do is turn it around."


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Often, we stroke survivors rarely think of the word "stroke" without relating it to its medical meaning (noun) instead of a verb. Like a lover's touch against the side of your face, a gentle encounter. A physical or emotional touch that leaves you with a warm, glowing feeling from an accomplishment praised or from an outsider's understanding exactly your point of view. It's been so long since I received one from someone not in my family, I didn't know how to react except having tears running down my face. No not from my PBA this time, but gratitude.
My housekeeping skills deteriorated with my strokes. I clean, but miss the corners and there are just some things that get left undone because I have difficulties doing it, or can't and it has to left for others to do. My house is not a total mess, but it isn't exactly tidy either.
The dishes are washed but I rarely put them away because it will take too much energy to do so or it would be difficult to put them in their proper place and get them out again. It's my energy saving way. It is just us after all and only I am doing everything. It's a sacrifice. I personally hate it but accept it.
When I sweep or mop, it's mostly spot jobs. I don't have the time or energy for a full clean. At least not before being interrupted by someone like my hubby with a long involved request like can you come talk to me. I often lose track of what I was doing. Just vacuuming the living room is a full day job, if my husband can tolerate the noise. There isn't a single cleaner on the market without a smell. My husband barely tolerates cooking smells without gasping for breath and that smells delicious.
This had me scurrying around carrying hospital basins full of water to bathe my hubby. I was trying to shave him and finally gave up. He would just have to wear a beard again. Not to mention hauling trash bags out of the house involving multiple trips and putting it out on the street for pick up...all time consuming tasks one handed and legged. Now, I know some of y'all survivors do this regularly and say, so what? But for me, it rare since hospice came on board. Just too much juggling. I also had no reprieve from my hubby's care...isn't that why I called hospice in the first place!
In between time, I was calling hospice trying to straighten out the mess. I was shuffling between the social workers, director of nursing, the administrator, and even corporate. They kept saying my house had fleas and had to be fumigated. I'd have to make arrangements for my hubby to be put in the nursing home for a few days, me and my animals had to move into a motel for a couple of days while they basically tented the house. Afterwards, I'd have to strip everything down and clean it before I could bring my hubby home and repeat the whole process two weeks later. The cost was $125 each visit by the exterminator.
The kickers were I don't have fleas in my house and we hadn't been bitten by anything. Neither had the social workers, clergy, recert nurse, nurse or anyone other than the aides! I balked after two weeks and threatened to call for a State inspection/review. Yes, my previous employment at a nursing home had some advantages. I was fighting mad. I even strongly considered changing hospice providers. The only reason I didn't was the stress and anxiety it would cause my hubby. He loves his nurse and the rest of the staff.
We finally got it all straightened out and CNA services have been restored because of an aide from another county who'd taken care of him on occasion volunteering to care for him. Yes, she would be paid for her services by the company. She had her first of regular visits with my hubby on Friday.
I greeted her at the door with a giant hug.We both thanked her profusely. Eventually, she'd heard through the grapevine what the company was doing to us courtesy of my #2 daughter being very vocal about it at work. This aide was outraged and volunteered. Talk about a godsend and answered prayer.
She came in and hugged us both. She'd driven an hour to get to us from her county to be with us and care for my hubby. She explained how she talked to the administrator and director of nursing. How I didn't have fleas or anything else. How we were the best type of clients to have. How, yes, the house was messy but she'd been in far worse and at least I was attempting to keep the house clean. We were just two elderly folk who needed help to do these things and had none or limited access to.
As she spoke the tears rolled down my cheek. At last, somebody who didn't judge or feel sorry for us. She saw things as they were and didn't mind voicing her opinion about it...just like me. Somebody, an outsider, who truly understood that I was doing the best I could do with what I had left. No everything wasn't perfect and probably wouldn't be ever again, but that's okay. She even offered to come over on her day off and hit the areas which had fallen through the cracks. God will surely bless this woman because she offers her service from her heart and because it is right to do so.
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Welcome! Need support, you got it. Or share you ideas and experiences.
I'd appreciate advice on a tricky situation -- I'd like to get a small motor boat for day use on the Chesapeake Bay. The problem is that the boat will be kept on a small beach, and the boat and motor need to be pulled up about 10 yards on the beach and then manually lifted onto a rack for storing -- so weight is a huge problem. I've been thinking along the lines of a 14 foot aluminum V-hull (4 person capacity would be ideal), but then the weight of an appropriate motor might be too much to handle. I currently have a 5 hp that is OK in terms of weight and carrying, but I don't think it will do too well pushing a 14 foot boat. I may be wishing for the impossible. Any advice on this one?
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The storms can whip up the waves pretty quick on the bay and when you start getting white caps, I wouldn't want to be too far out in a 14' boat. The newer boats have higher sides and are more sea worthy but there lies the problem of weight. A hand winch can be mounted on one end of the rack to help pull the bow up and then the stern can be lifted and pushed onto the rack the rest of the way. I have a 9.9 Johnson on my 14' Lowe but she has a 15 hp carb and she runs like greased lightning through the water. Depending on where you live, there should be plenty of dealers that should help you decide but error on the side of caution when it comes to the Chesapeake. I have been scared senseless on an 18' during a storm.
You're absolutely right about storms on the Bay -- this boat is for close-shore running about only. What is the weight of your 15 HP? Would a stock 15 HP be big enough to plane a 14 foot v-hull?
Thanks very much for the postings -- I think I'm leaning toward more horsepower and trying to work something out with a winch. All the comments were extremely helpful, and I appreciate the help.
Yes, a 15 hp will get a 14' boat on plane easily, and even if it's loaded with gear. I have all my tackle, 6 gallons of fuel and both my daughters ages 12 and 6 and we still get up to 25 mph according to my GPS. That boat runs like a scalded dog with a 15 hp but it's a semi-vee and weighs around 175 lb. I wouldn't be afraid to take it on the rivers or the upper bay but like you said, staying close to shore.
I have a 9.9 which weighs about the same as a 15. A bathroom scale put it at 80 lbs. when I figured out the person capacity for my boat. That Dory is way overpriced in my opinion. Sandy Point State Park used to have those boats by the dozzen for rent back in the 70's. They were made by a company called Beal Boat Company. Imperial Marine on the west shore along RT. 40 has Lowe deep vee's and semi vee's for about $1,700 and $1,500. The motor is going to cost you close to double that. I would sooner swim then go into the bay with a flat bottom boat. Most people who have sailed the Chesapeake should already know how hard it would be to navigate in the bay with a jon boat. They are back-water and lake boats at best.
Hi tk,
My opine is to go to a flat bottomed 14' skiff in the tradition of the Chesapeake... The flat bottom would get you on a plane sooner with a load, and 15 hp. outboard (mid '80's Evinrude or Johnson 85lbs. Or how about that 20 hp Honda at a 100 lbs.?). The boat would be easier to drag up the beach with a winch or a 2 or 3 purchase 'handy billy' (blocks and tackle). Look at Polyform Fenders HTM2s (hole in the middle), they are 8" X 20", and with 2 or 4 of these placed under the flat bottomed boat -- up the beach she goes.
If the boat is a 14' Amsbury skiff, it would have most of the carrying capacity you are looking for, with its 5' 5" beam and high 22" dory sides. Note how the sides of this boat curve a bit to the rather narrow bottom, important for not too rough a ride in a chop at speed. When the water gets too lumpy it will not matter as to the bottom shape, for safety sake you will have to cut back on the throttle and go 'with' the weather.
V bottom in a small boat does not soften the ride. The V is too shallow to be of much good (let alone trying to drag the boat on its 'pointy' V keel up the beach). The shallow V does, however, take more power to get on a plane with or without a load and 25hp is needed with 3 people aboard. You can do the rough math: Each 25lbs of weight (not displacement) needs about 1 hp. to get the boat on a plane – actually this refers to the weight on the water plane area, so a flat bottom boat buys a bit of insurance for this formula.
Hope this helps.
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Today on the show we were joined by author Jonathan Pinnock. Jonathan started by writing children's stories in the early 90s and then went on to write a series of technical software manuals. He returned to writing fiction and has written many short stories.
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Jonathan also talked about his "Mrs Darcy vs The Aliens" (a slightly demented sequel to Pride and Prejudice) which is being serialised online at: http://www.mrsdarcyvsthealiens.com/ "Mrs Darcy vs The Aliens" has fans on Facebook and followers on Twitter!
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Last week I attended a creative thinking course. It was absolutely wonderful. It was amazing to realize how our brain reacts to certain things and how by just consciously controlling our animal and human instincts we can be constructive rather than destructive.
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It may all seem straight forward and easy, and it is.... but as human beings we find it hard to apply. So now consciously I am trying to all these things. Hope I succeed and more importantly, hope I can transmit my learning to my colleagues and friends


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I am delighted to share with you that I will be participating as a guest artist on the Durham West Studio Tour held this weekend on April 25th and 26th from 10:00am to 5:00pm. I will be one of three guest artists at The Cultural Expressions Art Gallery at 62 Old Kingston Road, Pickering. This free, self-guided tour of 30 Artists at 14 locations is where you the visitor, will get a unique opportunity to engage with working artists and invited guests in their studio spaces to discuss techniques and processes. Many of the artists will have their presented works available for purchase, all adding to the idea of the event as a virtual treasure hunt where you will certainly expect the unexpected.
Here is a peak at some of the preparations. On the left is the glass bead making station where it all starts. Effetre soft glass rods are heated and wrapped around a stainless steel rod that has been previously dipped in a ceramic medium. This ceramic medium is very similar to what potters use on their kiln shelves. They use it to be able to remove ceramics off of their shelves after it has been kiln fired. Similarly, I use it for removing the bead off of the stainless steel rod (mandrel). While the bead is still hot, the mandrel with the bead on it go directly into a kiln. An annealing process removes any stress in the glass. Beads that you get at dollar stores are not annealed and will break when they hit the floor. Mine are hard like the marbles you played with outside as a kid. Annealing basically means the glass soaks at a high temperature for a period of time, then gradually cools at a controlled rate. Beads won't be ready, even to look at, until they are removed from the kiln when everything has cooled down completely. The bead still on the mandrel at this point is soaked and the bead is removed. Then the holes of the beads are cleaned to remove the inevitable residual ceramic medium.
My cleaning station is basically my laundry room and I didn't take any pictures, but on the right is one of the messy tables in my assembly area. The cases in the top right show my crystals which I use as embellishments, like the clear Swarovski 4mm bi-cones. It can get pretty hectic, usually working long and crazy late shifts (my record being about 5:00am last year before Maker's Hand). Yup, perfection is a disease, and I am all to aware.
I do think it is allot easier to make a "single" or a "one-of" bead like this photo of my heart pendant on the left, then it is to make a group of same size, shape, and coloured beads. When you have many of the same beads in one piece of jewellery, and its not made by a machine, by the millions, it is allot more work. So, the assembly of ready-made or purchased components is much easier then first having to make components from scratch. I'm just explaining why it seems to take so long, or why it is so much more work. Actually, a dear friend made the suggestion that I should just make beads like many others are doing now, but I love the design. Its my raison d'etre, and if I ever stop designing jewellery, I will always involve design. A good part of my life has been doing design including the design of our century home for the past 10 years. I also love doing shows (for the sheer exercise and having a goal) and meeting people (I'm not very social, so I understand that I really do need this). I don't want to just sit and make beads, besides its not healthy! So, I do a bit of everything and unfortunately the progress is much slower than for say someone who only does glass, or who only does assembly of jewellery. My glass beads are fairly simple, but they are also simply elegant. Hopefully they will stand the test of time as well.
I've always had a bit of guilt about making and selling jewellery because it is simply not a necessity in life, and for our planet, to adorn oneself with jewellery. We all have to do our part for our planet, and to also lesson our footprint. Perhaps to a certain extent, that is why I don't do very many shows. I have thought about making my own headpins and jump rings, but for now, I do buy these ready-made. In essence, the assembly and design stage becomes just as important and probably more important than the glass bead making.
Many glass artists only sell glass beads by themselves. Sometimes too much effort is required in designing finished pieces. My pieces are worn everyday and clients are surprised by how many compliments they get and also by how well they are made. Not having formal training in either jewellery design or glass, I do have to depend on the work selling itself. Many people don't even realize my pieces are made by hand and are most likely to think they are simply assembled. We all like to stick to what is known or previously approved of and we are a shy bunch in Canada. All I can say is that I guarantee my work on all fronts, and the big plus is that you probably will never see your jewellery on anyone else. I am far from doing production work.
My professional background is graphic design (by the way I'm always looking for new clients and new projects) and I was very lucky right from the beginning of my career to have designed my own work and not from under the guise of an Art Director. All my printed pieces are 100% original. I never ever copied or even extrapolated my graphic designs and I still try to continue in the same vein with my jewellery pieces. I have seen copies of my work, especially this head from a catalogue cover I did many moons ago.
The beads are all handmade and lend themselves to being one of a kind. In any case, I really find putting the pieces together challenging because I try to keep it fun, fresh, interesting, and always with a sense of timelessness in the back of my mind. I like seeing how each bead will be used in the final piece. I do sell some loose beads but never from my latest designs.
Its a harmonious assemblage and I've pulled apart many pieces because something wasn't quite right. Sometimes, it is not at all what I originally envisioned. Either it is not comfortable, or practical and most of my pieces are worn everyday. It is not as formulaic as one would think. A slightly different size or shape, or even the colour is off because I used rods from two different glass orders and the dye lot isn't spotted right away. Usually, it is detected only at the last stage and after photographing the finished pieces with daylight fluorescents. Perhaps someday, my line will be only a few different pieces. For now, I don't have that big of a market to be able to make only a few kinds. Until then, you can enjoy that my pieces are so different from each other and that I've sold pieces years ago that are still adorned today. So thank you for your support and I also look forward to meeting new people on the tour, and also seeing some familiar faces.


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We thought we knew fast when Usain Bolt won gold in 2008 in preposterous fashion (with his shoe untied!). But somehow he got faster, smashing his Olympic records in 2012. This year, at the ancient age of 29, the fastest man in history grabbed three more gold medals, making the case that he was right when he declared himself "The Greatest Athlete to Live."
Usain Bolt favors the supine. Given the chance, the feet will go up on something or the ass will scoot down on something. He looks very natural on a couch in the "fourth hour of watching sports on television" position. The first afternoon we meet—in the living room of his home in the verdant hills on the outskirts of Kingston—Usain is splayed on a chaise, powering through his Instagram. He is wearing skinny black jeans, white fashion high-tops, a white T-shirt. He's six feet five inches but extraordinarily well proportioned. Powerful forearms, broad shoulders. His house, comfortable but modest considering he's one of the wealthiest people in Jamaica, is decorated in the contemporary-nationless style, like a luxury condo in Dubai. Lots of black and white, lots of cold tiles. He's in the midst of having three months off—it's October now, but he won't get back on the track again until November. He says it's a schedule that suits him.
"I'm pretty lazy," he tells me. "I'm a lazy person."
This is the most time he's ever had off since he started competing seriously at age 16. It's a reward he's given to himself for winning three gold medals at the Rio Olympics this year (for the 100 meters, the 200 meters, and as part of the 4 x 100-meter relay team). For not only holding the world record in the 100 and 200 (which no one seems to be able to come close to) but also being the only runner in the history of the world to win three gold medals in three sprinting events in three separate Games. It's hard to even come up with a name for it—the triple three-peat? The nine-peat?
I ask: Is it difficult to be physically inactive for that long?
"I like to chill out," he says. "Watching TV. That's me."
So we talk about what he likes to watch on TV. Action movies, he says. He likes them violent. He wants jaws broken and heads exploding. He liked the last Captain America movie, but the end was bullshit. He thinks the Bourne movies are good, but they're all the same. The last really good movie he saw? The Ninja Turtles movie: "It was about Krang, the villain, who came from another world and tried to take over the world with Shredder; then he betrayed Shredder and the Ninja Turtles have to save the world from this war-machine crap. It was good!"
Oh, and Veep. He digs Veep, too.
I don't believe you're lazy, I tell him. You can't be lazy and win nine Olympic gold medals.
"It's true," he says. "I'm lazy. I'll call someone upstairs and say, 'Pass me the remote.' "
He says it's good that he's acclimating so well to the Ninja Turtles-movie-reviewer lifestyle, because in less than a year Usain Bolt plans to be retired from track and field. This was, he confirms, his last Olympics. He will train for one more world track championships, in London next summer. And then... Well, that's pretty much it.
You're not going to miss it, I ask. (He shakes his head: No.) But you like running, right?
"Yeah. I like to compete."
If you watch all of Usain Bolt's Olympics in order—Beijing in 2008, then London in 2012, Rio this year—you'll notice something. At first, in Beijing, he seemed to be made out of some other kind of material entirely. He was so far ahead after 80 meters that he actually let up, looked back, and raised his arms. This look on his face we'd never quite seen before on a world-class athlete. It was as if he were so good he couldn't resist watching himself win the race. It was a tease—just how good could he be? He can't be bothered to let us know. But over the course of the following years, the field began to catch up. Inches, feet at a time. In Rio, Usain won convincingly, but he'd become almost human. The weight of the flesh seemed to have just about caught up with him.
I ask: Could you come in third or fourth place and still love it, because you're really competing against yourself? He shakes his head again: No.
"I'm too competitive," he says. "That's why it's time for me to go. The drive—I know it's going to start going down."
Truth be told, he says, he had a hard time staying motivated this year. There's no way he could do it again.
A Brief Romantic Interlude
I came in, I will admit, wanting in part to discuss the romantic exploits of Usain Bolt. After he won his medals in Rio, he seemed to go on a world tour of barely dressed women with the same overt sense of joy with which he greets his medal victories. The Internet is littered with lo-fi Vine-length clips of Usain Bolt in the company of young females. A photo surfaced of Usain cuddling in bed with a woman identified as the widow of a deceased Brazilian drug lord named Dina Terror. I read alarmingly detailed reports in the British press of the various nightclubs he frequented in various districts of London after the Olympics—the Libertine nightclub in Fitzrovia, Drama and Tape in Mayfair—and with whom and by which door he entered and exited.
"The British press is always trying to make me out to be this bad guy who loves women and how all I do is women and stuff."
Why are you a bad guy if you love women?
"I was telling this English press guy," he says by way of response. "You can't judge a different culture by your own culture. In England when you get famous the first thing you do is get married and have kids. In Jamaica it's different—like my parents had me and they got married 11 years later."
And his behavior at nightclubs, he says, it isn't exactly what it appears to be. "In Jamaica, we wine on each other. It's our culture. People see it the first time, they're like, What is going on? It's like they're having sex in the club! No, that's just the culture. It's how we are."
But Wait—Are You Really Going to Retire?
I thought about it for a while. I let it sit. Later in the afternoon, I asked him in just those words: But wait—are you really going to retire? Because there won't be anyone telling you that you're the fastest man in the world anymore. Paparazzi are very annoying when you're trying to wine on ladies but might become something you miss when you wine on ladies and no one cares, and then when no one cares there are suddenly no more ladies to wine on.
But he insists. "I like the simple life," he says. "I'm from the country. And after I retire, I'm going to live in the country. I like dirt bikes and football and stuff. Just nature, and just chilling."
Yeah, I say. But you enjoy the nightclub, too.
"Yeah, but after a while that's gonna get boring."
Usain Bolt Doesn't Play Defense
Out of the darkening streets, Usain Bolt arrives at the Football Factory on a speedy Japanese-made motorcycle that, against his six-foot-plus frame, looks almost like a child's toy. It is dusk, off a street thronged with traffic snaking upward from the congested flats of the city into the hills, lighting up the faces of Jamaican schoolgirls in their British colonial uniforms as they wait at bus stops. The Factory is an outdoor public soccer facility wedged between a school and the street, available for rent by the hour. Bolt rode over here alone, in his Puma slides, with no security detail—Kingston is a notoriously dangerous city, but, Usain says, "I have no issues in Kingston. There's always a lot of love."
They play on these miniature fields with walls, he and his friends. How it works is the game lasts for ten minutes or until someone scores. Usain has been coming here twice a week for three years. One of his good friends, a guy named Gussy who works as an air-traffic controller, is here. There's a little man with a caved-in chest and tiny wrists about whom I think: No way does this guy play soccer. (But he does. Man, does he play soccer.) They're not all impressive physical specimens like Usain Bolt. Some of their bodies might be lumpen, or atrophied, or molded by desk work into stiff curves. But everyone's really, really good at soccer in a way Americans just aren't yet. They trudge onto this little Astroturf field, and for a few hours several times a week they are no longer air-traffic controllers or etc.
If you want to know whether he's good at soccer, the answer is yes. Usain Bolt is very good at soccer. His game isn't natural to this miniaturized field—he looks bottled up. But he scores a lot. He also likes to lie on the ground and laugh when he takes a tumble, as the game moves on around him.
Also: Not one person ogles or approaches Usain Bolt in his capacity as Jamaica's sole international megastar. There are other fields filled with strangers, and from those fields I detect not even a furtive glance in his direction. Either they have some really professional poker faces, or they sincerely see Usain Bolt as just a guy they kind of know.
After an hour or so, his girlfriend, Kasi, arrives. The girlfriend who, while Usain was on his international wining tour, let the Twitter world know that he was risking his future back home with his "goddess." Usain kisses her, and they sit next to each other looking at their phones until it's his turn to play again. Then he's back on the field and she sits by herself waiting for her boyfriend to be done playing soccer.
At 10 P.M., their time is up. The group that's rented the field next is waiting. Usain buys a round of beers for everyone, and they all go sit at some picnic tables. Usain leans against a chain-link fence and drinks a beer. Kasi stands next to him, trying to look natural, now waiting for her boyfriend to decide that he wants to go home. He's already beginning to live the future he's been talking about—a guy who's aging into normalcy, with a fallible body, whom people will point at and say: Hey, man, that's Usain Bolt, he was the fastest man alive. A guy who gets together with his friends a couple of times a week to play soccer and inhabit his body the way he used to and then hang out afterward listening to music, while off in the distance the lights of the rest of the world twinkle on.
Before I leave, Usain wants to make a final point. "Just write down," he says, "that I scored three goals. The most goals."
His friends laugh. He smiles, too. It's funny that he's being competitive about this game, right?
"Yeah, but you were kind of hanging out near the goal," I said.
"What do you want? I'm a striker," he says, mostly serious. "Strikers don't get back on defense."
It's funny that he's being competitive. But he still wants me to know: He won.
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This story originally ran in the December 2016 issue of GQ with the title "Fast, Faster, Fastest."


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Theodore Roethke: The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree; but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
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I am a miner. The light burns blue.
Waxy stalactites
Drip and thicken, tears
The earthen womb
Exudes from its dead boredom.
Black bat airs
Wrap me, raggy shawls,
Cold homicides.
They weld to me like plums.
Old cave of calcium
Icicles, old echoer.
Even the newts are white,
Those holy Joes.
And the fish, the fish—
Christ! They are panes of ice,
A vice of knives,
A piranha
Religion, drinking
Its first communion out of my live toes.
The candle
Gulps and recovers its small altitude,
Its yellows hearten.
O love, how did you get here?
O embryo
Remembering, even in sleep,
Your crossed position.
The blood blooms clean
In you, ruby.
The pain
You wake to is not yours.
Love, love,
I have hung our cave with roses,
With soft rugs—
The last of Victoriana.
Let the stars
Plummet to their dark address,
Let the mercuric
Atoms that cripple drip
Into the terrible well,
You are the one
Solid the spaces lean on, envious.
You are the baby in the barn.
Langston Hughes: Minstrel Man
Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter
And my throat
Is deep with song,
You do not think
I suffer after
I have held my pain
So long?
Because my mouth
Is wide with laughter,
You do not hear
My inner cry?
Because my feet
Are gay with dancing,
You do not know
I die?
If You're Ever Going to Love Me
If you're ever going to love me love me now, while I can know
All the sweet and tender feelings which from real affection flow.
Love me now, while I am living; do not wait till I am gone
And then chisel it in marble — warm love words on ice-cold stone.
If you've dear, sweet thoughts about me, why not whisper them to me?
Don't you know 'twould make me happy and as glad as glad could be?
If you wait till I am sleeping, ne'er to waken here again,
There'll be walls of earth between us and I couldn't hear you then.
If you knew someone was thirsting for a drop of water sweet
Would you be so slow to bring it? Would you step with laggard feet?
There are tender hearts all round us who are thirsting for our love;
Why withhold from them what nature makes them crave all else above?
I won't need your kind caresses when the grass grows o'er my face;
I won't crave your love or kisses in my last low resting place.
So, then, if you love me any, if it's but a little bit,
Let me know it now while living; I can own and treasure it.
Henry Van Dyke: My April Lady
When down the stair at morning
The sunbeams round her float,
Sweet rivulets of laughter
Are bubbling in her throat;
The gladness of her greeting
Is gold without alloy;
And in the morning sunlight
I think her name is Joy.
When in the evening twilight
The quiet book-room lies,
We read the sad old ballads,
While from her hidden eyes
The tears are falling, falling,
That give her heart relief;
And in the evening twilight,
I think her name is Grief.
My little April lady,
Of sunshine and of showers,
She weaves the old spring magic,
And breaks my heart in flowers!
But when her moods are ended,
She nestles like a dove;
Then, by the pain and rapture,
I know her name is Love.
Ogden Nash: Always Marry An April Girl
Praise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true —
I love April, I love you.
A. R. Ammons: Easter Morning
I have a life that did not become,
that turned aside and stopped,
I hold it in me like a pregnancy or
as on my lap a child
not to grow old but dwell on
it is to his grave I most
frequently return and return
to ask what is wrong, what was
wrong, to see it all by
the light of a different necessity
but the grave will not heal
and the child,
stirring, must share my grave
with me, an old man having
gotten by on what was left
when I go back to my home country in these
fresh far-away days, it's convenient to visit
everybody, aunts and uncles, those who used to say,
look how he's shooting up, and the
trinket aunts who always had a little
something in their pocketbooks, cinnamon bark
or a penny or nickel, and uncles who
were the rumored fathers of cousins
who whispered of them as of great, if
troubled, presences, and school
teachers, just about everybody older
(and some younger) collected in one place
waiting, particularly, but not for
me, mother and father there, too, and others
close, close as burrowing
under skin, all in the graveyard
assembled, done for, the world they
used to wield, have trouble and joy
in, gone
the child in me that could not become
was not ready for others to go,
to go on into change, blessings and
horrors, but stands there by the road
where the mishap occurred, crying out for
help, come and fix this or we
can't get by, but the great ones who
were to return, they could not or did
not hear and went on in a flurry and
now, I say in the graveyard, here
lies the flurry, now it can't come
back with help or helpful asides, now
we all buy the bitter
incompletions, pick up the knots of
horror, silently raving, and go on
crashing into empty ends not
completions, not rondures the fullness
has come into and spent itself from
I stand on the stump
of a child, whether myself
or my little brother who died, and
yell as far as I can, I cannot leave this place, for
for me it is the dearest and the worst,
it is life nearest to life which is
life lost: it is my place where
I must stand and fail,
calling attention with tears
to the branches not lofting
boughs into space, to the barren
air that holds the world that was my world
though the incompletions
(& completions) burn out
standing in the flash high-burn
momentary structure of ash, still it
is a picture-book, letter-perfect
Easter morning: I have been for a
walk: the wind is tranquil: the brook
works without flashing in an abundant
tranquility: the birds are lively with
voice: I saw something I had
never seen before: two great birds,
maybe eagles, blackwinged, whitenecked
and –headed, came from the south oaring
the great wings steadily; they went
directly over me, high up, and kept on
due north: but then one bird,
the one behind, veered a little to the
left and the other bird kept on seeming
not to notice for a minute: the first
began to circle as if looking for
something, coasting, resting its wings
on the down side of some of the circles:
the other bird came back and they both
circled, looking perhaps for a draft;
they turned a few more times, possibly
rising—at least, clearly resting—
then flew on falling into distance till
they broke across the local bush and
trees: it was a sight of bountiful
majesty and integrity: the having
patterns and routes, breaking
from them to explore other patterns or
better ways to routes, and then the
return: a dance sacred as the sap in
the trees, permanent in its descriptions
as the ripples round the brook's
ripplestone: fresh as this particular
flood of burn breaking across us now
from the sun.
William Barnes: Easter Zunday
Last Easter Jim put on his blue
Frock cwoat, the vu'st time-vier new;
Wi' yollow buttons all o' brass,
That glitter'd in the zun lik' glass;
An' pok'd 'ithin the button-hole
A tutty he'd a-begg'd or stole.
A span-new wes-co't, too, he wore,
Wi' yellow stripes all down avore;
An' tied his breeches' lags below
The knee, wi' ribbon in a bow;
An' drow'd his kitty-boots azide,
An' put his laggens on, an' tied
His shoes wi' strings two vingers wide,
Because 'twer Easter Zunday.
An' after mornen church wer out
He come back hwome, an' stroll'd about
All down the vields, an' drough the leane,
Wi' sister Kit an' cousin Jeane,
A-turnen proudly to their view
His yollow breast an' back o' blue.
The lambs did play, the grounds wer green,
The trees did bud, the zun did sheen;
The lark did zing below the sky,
An' roads wer all a-blown so dry,
As if the zummer wer begun;
An' he had sich a bit o' fun!
He meade the maidens squeal an' run,
Because 'twer Easter Zunday.
Alec Derwent Hope: Easter Hymn
Make no mistake; there will be no forgiveness;
No voice can harm you and no hand will save;
Fenced by the magic of deliberate darkness
You walk on the sharp edges of the wave;
Trouble with soul again the putrefaction
Where Lazarus three days rotten lies content.
Your human tears will be the seed of faction
Murder the sequel to your sacrament.
The City of God is built like other cities:
Judas negotiates the loans you float;
You will meet Caiaphas upon committees;
You will be glad of Pilate's casting vote.
Your truest lovers still the foolish virgins,
Your heart will sicken at the marriage feasts
Knowing they watch you from the darkened gardens
Being polite to your official guests.


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New York Mosque Gets Green Light
The Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously not to grant preservation status to a building near the Ground Zero site in New York, allowing a mosque to take its place. Video courtesy of NY Post.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Hello, my name is Helen and I was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation Type 1 with Syringomyelia a week after my thirty-sixth birthday. Deep down I'd known for a long time that something was wrong, but there are only so many times you can describe a myriad of symptoms to a doctor without suddenly suspecting that all those hours watching medical TV drama has actually left you with a propensity for hypochondria! And as I didn't really fancy being associated with the term hypochondria whenever my weird symptoms struck I emphasized to myself that it was all in my head. I stopped going to the doctor. My battle was with myself and I was determined to feel well, more than I felt ill.
On the 30th September 2007, I was out shopping when I saw the sign for eye tests - no appointment needed. I'd been meaning to have one. I used my eyes for detailed painting in my business, squinting over manuscripts late at night and in my part-time job. It was hardly surprising that sometimes my vision blurred, or that I couldn't always focus in my right eye. I probably needed glasses.
I swaggered in..and stumbled out of that eye test. When an optician looks at the back of your eye, and then rears back, and goes and gets another optician, who in turn finds a senior-optician, and all of them keep asking if you get headaches - well, a stumble is allowed. For some bizarre reason I lied and assured all of them that I never got headaches. But as I lied my one clear thought was that I'd run out of time pretending that it was all in my head and that I was a hypochondriac.
I was sent to do some "shopping" while the senior optician wrote an urgent hospital referral. I sat in a cubicle of the shopping centre's public toilets (it was the only place I could think of for a private meltdown) trying to keep calm - cautioning myself about being overly dramatic. Convincing myself there was no need to ring my husband who was working the last day of his job and then having a leaving party. Once home I immediately Googled the medical terminology in my referral letter. Basically I had a brain tumor, or MS. Not good; in fact, very bad! Surely a brain tumor involved some sort of surgery, and the thought of having to tell my mother, who has suffered with MS for nearly twenty years, that I had it too?
I popped over to my friend's and managed several hours before I got around to "A funny thing happened at the opticians". She did what all best friends do. She held my hand, let me talk and let me cry. Telling my husband, that was hard. Possibly, I should have waited until the post leaving-do hangover had cleared but in the event, my husband, who is really very wise indeed, cautioned against borrowing trouble and together we waited for the opthalmology appointment at the hospital.
The hospital eye consultants were wonderful, if a little bemused by my symptoms and the size of the papilloedema completely obscuring the optic disc in my right eye. More tests followed. Did I mention my small hospital phobia? Life became about sucking it up and getting through the tests. CT scan? Okay. MRI scan? Okay. Lumbar puncture? Okay. Well, not okay actually, but we got through them. Over the next few months there were various discussions about me losing my sight and I remember one appointment where the eye consultant was visibly nervous about what was within their remit to discuss and what was the neurology department's job. I remember trying to alleviate the consultant's nerves and not break the "rules" by asking for a diagnosis despite the fact I hadn't been given a neurology appointment! Then I was told that there was sometimes a way the brain could "slip" a little and this was being looked into. Slip a little? Were they serious? I mean, I had enjoyed hours of TV medical drama but I don't remember that nice Mr. Clooney or that nice Mr. McDreamy ever talking about your brain "slipping".
I shut down my business - it didn't seem fair to ask clients to sign a contract for me to provide bespoke wedding stationery if I could possibly lose my sight. I tried to keep writing, but my creative gene disappeared completely. I'd always been a practical person who had the luxury of being creative as well but for a very long time it was like I'd lost a part of me.
In April 2008, my husband and I traipsed up to St George's hospital in London to see a neurosurgeon about a diagnosis. Ever the practical, I had prepared a list of questions, even though, of course I wasn't going to have surgery, whatever it was that was wrong with me. The neurosurgeon showed us my scan, explaining that I had Chiari Malformation Type 1 ith Syringomyelia and then patiently answered every single question on my list, and a few that weren't! As he went through the symptoms he asked me detailed questions and everything slipped quietly, solidly into place. Yes, I did get a lot of back pain, clavicle pain, arm pain, chest pain, and indigestion. Yes, I did get pressure headaches, sinus headaches and this terrifying headache at the back of my head when I laughed and coughed. Hey, my husband called me the human barometer because I would always get a headache when the air pressure changed. Yes, I was clumsy - did occasionally drop things and walk into doors. Yes, I did feel nauseous, anxious - have trouble with balance sometimes. But mostly, yes, I did get my words wrong. Oh dear, all the things that people found endearingly quirky about me.turns out there was a medical reason for. Turns out it wasn't all in my head, so much as it was my head that was the problem.
Presented with irrefutable proof that something was wrong I shed a few quiet tears and assured the surgeon I was fine. Downstairs in the lobby I sobbed in my husband's arms, because I knew I definitely wasn't a strong enough person to face surgery. Everything had shifted on its axis - something was really wrong with me. All my instincts about myself; all my reactions to things would have to be re-written. I didn't think I had the energy.
We released the information to family and friends with the precision of a well thought out PR campaign. Trying to protect people, prepare people and educate people. Time brought perspective and a reprieve - if I could live with the symptoms I wouldn't have to endure surgery. But it's tiring to constantly self-check and now there were times when my vision went completely due to the pressure on my optic nerve. The pain was getting worse and most days I was so tired I had to sleep in the afternoon. The sound of fluid whooshing in my head (Tinnitus) was so loud I needed music or the TV on constantly. In 2009, I chose surgery for a chance at improving my quality of life. It was the least my husband and I deserved.
In the months leading up to the surgery there were times when I felt completely, utterly frozen with fear. It didn't matter if I was at work, with friends, doing the housework or trying to sleep - the fear never lessened but I would remind myself that if I wanted a better life I had to jump off the cliff and trust that someone would catch me.
In the event it was a whole bunch of people who caught me - surgeons, specialist nurses, my husband, family and friends.
My decompression surgery was carried out at the Atkinson Morley Wing, Department of Neurosurgery, St George's Hospital, London, and I have to say that every single member of staff I encountered was professional, efficient, helpful and compassionate. The premises were spotless and the staff take great pride in working there.
The surgery went really well and I was home after a week complete with nineteen surgical staples artfully interrupting my chestnut locks. Unfortunately, I had to go back into hospital a week later after nearly fitting from a Chiari Headache like I'd never had before. I was given stronger pain meds and told it was probably a result of trying to run before I could walk. Recovery was hampered while the CSF found new paths (for a while I had no balance and was sick every time I moved. Then I only felt sick every time I moved). There were a few worrying weeks where the papilloedema on my optic nerve remained the same size, meaning my eyesight got worse before it got better.
And then it was time to go back to work. Those first few months were a little overwhelming. It was hard to go from living in my little bubble of simplicity, where all I had to do was concentrate on recovery, to working, housework, paying bills, going out and making all the endless everyday decisions we all make without thinking. When you work with the public and are exposed everyday to colds and bugs your body tends to build up a natural resistance. It took a while to reset mine! My immune system, suppressed for so long, had me picking up every bug going. The winter (usually my favourite season) seemed very long.
Now - eighteen months on from surgery the "Chiari" headaches have gone, the papilloedema has shrunk and my vision is much better. I still get some nerve pain in my neck and arms when I overdo it and my words still get mixed up when I'm very tired. I have been monitored to make sure there was no intracranial pressure build-up and my eyesight will be checked annually. I feel like I have my life back. Actually, a better life - I appreciate everything a lot more.
Recovering from decompression surgery takes time! The amount varies from person to person, but that time is important. My husband (he of the wise words) thinks it's a lot like the eighty-twenty rule: Eighty per cent of recovery is done in twenty percent of the time and the last twenty per cent of recovery takes eighty per cent of your time. He's actually right - but don't tell him I said that! Me, I think once you've worked at healing physically and emotionally, allowing yourself to enjoy life once again is the best reward you can give yourself and your loved ones.


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Mercedes confirms 2014 DTM team line-up
Mercedes has revealed their team line-up for the 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters during a ceremony at the Mercedes plant in Untertürkheim, Germany.
"Once again, we have put together a strong squad, with an excellent mix of experience and youth," said Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes Motorsport.
DTM returnee Paul Di Resta is going to drive together with Christian Vietoris at Original-Teile/AMG Mercedes (HWA) while Gary Paffett will drive together with Robert Wickens at EURONICS/GRIP Mercedes AMG (HWA).
DTM newcomers Daniel Juncadella and Vitaly Petrov will drive for Petronas /AMG Mercedes (Mücke) while Pascal Wehrlein will drive alone under the Gooix Mercedes AMG (HWA) banner.
"In Gary Paffett and Paul di Resta, we have two former DTM champions. Also taking the wheel of our DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupés will be drivers who have already made a name for themselves in DTM and Formula 1, plus our Mercedes Juniors. I am convinced that our drivers will be giving colleagues and fans alike plenty to shout about this year," Wolff.
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Wild blank Bruins 1-0by John Kreiser
The Wild went 4-9-1 in December, but ended it with a 3-2 overtime win over League-leading San Jose on New Year's Eve and haven't lost in regulation since. Minnesota completed a two-game sweep of the Bruins this season as Niklas Backstrom stopped all 28 shots he faced in his second consecutive shutout, a 1-0 victory at TD Banknorth Garden on Tuesday night.
"It was a really big challenge for us. It's probably one of the best teams out there, especially playing in their rink," said Backstrom, who is tied for the League lead with five shutouts. "I think our whole team rose to the challenge."
Marek Zidlicky's power-play goal was the only scoring as the Wild improved to 5-0 lifetime in Boston, 8-1-0 overall against the Bruins and 10-1-1 against Eastern Conference teams this season. They came into the game off a 2-0 shutout win at Colorado on Sunday.
Wild coach Jacques Lemaire was delighted with the way his team shut down the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins.
"We had only a few minutes that guys were not good on defense," Lemaire said. "You have to when you have a team that moves the puck like they do. You gotta have a good stick and your defenseman's gotta be good."
Meanwhile, the Bruins lost for the second time in a row — both at home — after winning 10 straight and losing only one home game in regulation through Jan. 1. Former Minnesota goaltender Manny Fernandez stopped 23 of 24 shots, but couldn't stop Zidlicky's power-play blast from the point at 7:29 of the second period and ended up losing at home for the first time in 10 decisions this season.
"I don't want to say a slump. We've lost two games," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "We've kind of lost that confidence."
The NHL's best defensive team completely shut down the East's top goal-scoring club.
"They try to clog you up and try to force you into mistakes," Boston defenseman Matt Lashoff said. "Then you think you have plays and you don't."
Boston had the best chance in a tight-checking first period when Backstrom made a blocker stop on Michael Ryder's shot from the right circle. The Bruins had six shots in the first 20 minutes and Minnesota five.
The Wild got three power plays in the first 6:20 of the second period and made the last one pay off when Zidlicky teed up a point shot and beat Fernandez inside the right post.
The Bruins had several scoring chances later in the second. The best came when Ryder hit a skate in front with Backstrom out of position. He also caromed a shot off the outside of the left post with 14 seconds left.
"Tonight they played really well and it seemed like we couldn't get anything going," Ryder said. "We had a few chances and couldn't get one past him."
Boston carried the play for most of the third period, outshooting the Wild 13-4, but were unable to avoid being shut out for the first time this season.
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