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Dr Bashir has a British accent, and in England we call that item of clothing "trousers". I don't know about the future history of the English language, but Starfleet appears to be an AMerican based organisation, and probably American English is "Earth Standard", as learned by aliens, or as translated by the Universal Translator when Garak uses the Cardassian word for trousers, hence "pants". Garak is a tailor, and understands what Bashir is talking about whichever word he uses.
Either this is a well observed character point by the writers or the actor relating to Bashir's background, or something that happened because no-one gave this much thought to what the Earth Standard word for "pants" would be in the 24th century - but it doesn't seem to me either very important, or particularly inconsistent - no more inconsistent, in fact, than that US and British English has different words for the same things right now. -AndroidFan 20:19, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Firstly, the program is only Sci-Fi, and so people would be very confused when watching if EVERY thing was different.
Second, Starfleet is in America, and so after deep exposure to American accents, his accent would have changed.
"Garak tells Dr. Bashir about the Talarian eating with a human at the table a few meters down from theirs. The Talarian was half-done with his meal when the Human already finished. However, the Talarian looks remarkably different from the Talarians in a TNG episode where Jeremiah Rossa was discovered as being originally a human who has lived with the Talarians most of his life."
I think that's a Kobheerian, not a Talarian, which means that the mistake is in the dialogue. I think that means that this point is a nitpick doesn't it? Having said that, it is an interesting nitpick, and could be rewritten to explain the goof. I'm not overly familiar with the policy on nitpicking though, so please forgive my uncertainty. – Bertaut 02:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
It is probably worth noting, but not is so many words, or ignorant detail, because it would be ideal to "set the record straight" for those who might be confused by this error. Something simple like: "In this episode, Garak misidentifies a Kobheerian for a Talarian." Probably could mention too, that "this was not the last time such an error would be made, as Sisko would later misidentify a Markalian as a Tarkalean in "Time's Orphan"." --Alan del Beccio 03:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Did anyone else notice that when the warbird decloaked above the runabout that the scene was vastly out of scale? Unless it's a smaller type of Romulan vessel since I assume it's a D'deridex class. Anyone have an opinion? Lordvoid 13:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, we even have a screencap of it. There have been several - scaling - anomalies over the years that can only really be shrugged off as being exactly what you see...scaling left to the imagination. --Alan 16:09, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Anyone notice that there was a romulan played by a black actor? Was it the first time? Tuvok confirmed there are black vulcans, but I always figured given such an overwhelming amount of lighter skinned romulans shown that those that left were from a specific geographic area on vulcan that was genetically lighter skinned. Without those genes, no darker skinned would be around in the romulan empire.
Not sure about the dating, but I believe the first time was "The Pegasus".--31dot 21:59, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
There is a minor error in the scene in which Garak and Odo shadow the Flaxian ship in the runaboout: Garak states that Odo is too good as an investigator to allow the only "witness" in the case to disappear. Garak surely meant "the only suspect": there were no doubt many witnesses to the explosion in his shop. It isn't clear whether this was an error in the script or in Andy Robinson's performance of it. | {
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The Gay Scene in Russia and Kazakhstan
February 19, 2006
– Everett Peachey, RPCV
Having served in Peace Corps in both western Russia and Kazakhstan, I feel that I can make a few general statements about the gay scene and community in these two countries and give advice for success as a gay Peace Corps Volunteer in this part of the world.
Our Pre-Service Training (PST) in Russia was held in a Moscow suburb, and my work site was located about 90 minutes from St. Petersburg, so I guess you could say that I had the epicenters of Russian gay culture at my disposal. I went to a few gay clubs in Moscow during PST, and I quickly realized how small, yet close-knit, the gay community there was. Everyone seemed to know one another or had dated one another at some point. The clubs and bars almost carried with them a ‘Cheers’ sort of attitude — a place where everyone knows your name. Over all the scene was underground, yet thriving. There were a handful of gay clubs, cafes, coffee shops, and even saunas available. It was quite incredible that in ten short years from the fall of the Soviet Union that such progress was made. Yet that progress still seemed quite limited considering that 10 to 11 million people lived in Moscow and its environs.
Despite the progress, there were many things that immediately caught my attention:
1) Many of the people who frequented the club were closeted in their day-to-day lives. Most of the drag queens at the club brought their own apparel with them and changed in the bathrooms when they got there.
2) Many of the gay clubs had at one time been raided by the police and/or shut down for violations of various city ordinances.
3) Most clubs and saunas have tyomni komnati, or dark rooms, which are basically the same back rooms that helped spread HIV in metropolitan areas in the United States twenty years ago.
4) There is a lack of regard for condom use by many young people in the gay community. They often trust one another’s word, and because of that, there is a rampant increase in STDs and HIV infections in the gay community in Russia. Because the epidemic is still in its relative infancy, many of the long-term effects have yet to be realized.
I saw many of the same things in St. Petersburg. In fact, in some St. Petersburg clubs, I actually ran into some of the people that I had met in the clubs in Moscow. Although St. Petersburg is more of an artistic and intellectual capital, the scene there is much smaller in comparison to Moscow. For many things in Russia, Moscow is the revered center of the universe, and everything revolves around it, and that includes the gay community. Anything from fashion trends to gay web sites comes out of Moscow and radiate from there to St. Petersburg and to the rest of the former Soviet Union.
I was relatively closeted at my work site, although I was out to my Russian counterpart and to a few select students. I found this extremely helpful in the beginning since I was the only volunteer at my site, and there was really no one with whom I could talk about gay issues. Despite my proximity to St. Petersburg, the mentality of the average Russian in my community was closed. There was one particular incident in the spring semester that shocked my perceptions of my surroundings.
A closeted German professor at my university was murdered, presumably because of his sexuality. I was not very close to him. I was aware of his sexuality because another gay teacher in my community with whom I was friendly told me about him. When I sought solace with a gay friend in St. Petersburg, he was saddened to hear the news, but told me that the same thing happened to an acquaintance of his a few years earlier. He said that it was just a part of Russian life.
In Kazakhstan, I found the gay scene to be much more underground and on a much smaller scale than in Russia. Part of this had to do with the relatively small population of Kazakhstan. There were many similarities though. Everyone seemed to know one another, and the same mentality was there; for example, that trust of a partner was more effective than condom use.
One area of concern present in Kazakhstan to a greater degree than in Russia is the use of intravenous drugs. The city of Temirtau is especially plagued by HIV (there are over 1,000 reported cases) due primarily to intravenous drug use. Injection drugs are readily available and cheap in Kazakhstan because it is close to Central Asian drug trafficking routes.
The local gay communities exist on a much smaller scale here, and this was evident even in large urban centers like Karaganda (pop. 600,000), where I was a volunteer. There were a handful of people who were out in Karaganda, and every new gay person I met knew everyone else I knew. One way that gay people communicated was through the Internet. When I first came to Karaganda, I met people who later became friends on gay message boards because it was the only way I could meet gays in Karaganda. This is something that I would never have done in the United States. In Kazakhstan the Internet is one of the few places where gay people can meet. I perceived that placing online ads was generally a much safer practice there than in the United States. Kazakhstanis are looking for sympathetic ears too, and I can say that it was also a great way to practice my Russian!
I found that many gay men in Kazakhstan and Russia understand their sexuality only in terms of sex. There are many men who still believe in getting married and having children because that is what you are supposed to do. Many of these married men seek sexual release from gay friends (many of whom are also married). I believe this is part of the reason why a guy I knew from my work site brushed me off after I told him that I wouldn’t sleep with him. He had asked me out of the blue. He didn’t see a gay relationship as a viable option in Kazakhstan, and thus looked no further than sex. By the way, to further illustrate the size and interconnectedness of the gay community in the former Soviet Union, this man claimed to have seen me the previous year in a gay club in St. Petersburg, and knew two of my gay friends from Moscow. Small world!
Despite all of the progress in Russia and Kazakhstan during the last ten years, there is still much progress to be made. I hope that my insights and experiences living in the former Soviet Union will help new volunteers get a better grasp of the situation there. I found the former Soviet Union an amazing place with stark contrasts in geography, culture, and history. It is definitely worth considering as a place for Peace Corps service. Volunteers no longer serve in Russia, but are involved in projects in many of the Central Asian Republics like Kazakhstan.
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China’s Relationships in South Asia: Increasing in Sophistication
South Asia impacts China’s security in several ways. Besides the boundary dispute with India and Bhutan, Nepal and India are destinations for Tibetan refugees while Afghanistan and Pakistan are sources of extremist influences in Xinjiang. Nepal is also politically unstable which creates opportunities for Beijing – which has traditionally played second fiddle to New Delhi – to parlay its influence. Pakistan – where China’s influence has been historically strong – however, is at the other end of the spectrum. Domestic instability has reduced the scope of what China might achieve in and through Pakistan and military-to-military cooperation remains the strongest leg on which the relationship stands, even as economic opportunities for Chinese companies have grown. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have swung between India and China but are increasingly now able to carefully balance their interests between the two.
The issue at hand is China’s increasing ability to develop ever more sophisticated approaches to its South Asian neighbours in response to the complex internal dynamics within and the differing states of each bilateral relationship. China’s knowledge of South Asian polities has traditionally been weak and limited to a few academic institutions and retired diplomats but today, its academics, diplomatic corps, and military officers can avail of greater opportunities to familiarize themselves to the region because of the sheer availability of financial resources and the high frequency of delegation visits.
While the coming US draw-down in Afghanistan increases Chinese dependence on Pakistan, Beijing is also seeking to put Islamabad on the mat as far as the terrorism problem in Xinjiang is concerned. Beijing has been increasingly open in recent years about pointing the finger at Pakistan for the problem. The visit of Pakistan’s Senate Chairman Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari in May 2014 was merely one among a long line of high-level Pakistani dignitaries visiting China. While it was Bukhari’s meeting with Xi Jinping that referred explicitly to the problem of terrorism, it was the meeting with Yu Zhengsheng, No. 4 in the PBSC that was perhaps the more significant. Yu is the head of CPC’s leading small groups on both Xinjiang and Tibet Affairs and it is no doubt his job to tell the Pakistanis in no uncertain terms that they have to do a better job of managing terrorism emanating out of their country. Note also Pakistan CNS Adm. Asif Sandila’s answer to a Global Times question about what the major challenges were that Pakistan faced at sea and how Pakistan and China could work together to address them. His answer – “The major challenge we are facing is terrorism. We don’t have very peaceful states close to our borders. We need to work with the international community to fight extremism” – seemed to be firmly focused on terrorism at land rather than any seaborne piracy. Not long after, in June 2014, visiting Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Gen. Raheel Sharif in a meeting with Meng Jianzhu, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Politburo and Guo Shengkun, State Councilor and Minister of Public Security was told that China was ‘willing to enhance cooperation with Pakistan in combating terrorism to protect the security of Chinese personnel and institutions in Pakistan and maintain national and regional security and stability’. The statement appeared to indicate at least obliquely that China was not quite happy with the measures that the Pakistanis were taking and were offering to take a more direct role in Pakistan where Chinese interests were at stake.
In the case of the May 2014 Bangladesh visit of the CMC Vice-Chairman Gen. Xu Qiliang, it is interesting to note that none of the prominent Chinese media reports highlighted – like the Bangladeshi newspapers did – the fact that four military agreements had been signed. Rather, the emphasis for the Chinese was on the politico-economic – the China-Myanmar-Bangladesh road and the BCIM Economic Corridor – a sign of their belief in the maturity of political and economic conditions in Bangladesh and in their ability to develop a bilateral relationship not necessarily always subject to the vagaries of relations between India and Bangladesh.
Chinese actions hitherto were probably tailored in a manner that considered only a coalition government in India with its attendant pulls and pressures and, as a consequence, continuing weakness in attention to the foreign domain. The new Indian government however, is for all practical purposes, a single-party government with a comfortable majority and the ability to retake the executive prerogative on foreign policy which had in recent years slipped towards Parliament. It must now understand the multifaceted approaches that China has begun to employ in South Asia and elsewhere, and which are only likely to increase in scope and strength, and accordingly craft its own creative responses.
A promising beginning has been made in the Narendra Modi government’s invitations to the SAARC heads of state to attend his swearing-in ceremony as well as the symbolic but important gesture of the Indian Prime Minister making his first visit abroad to a neighbour, Bhutan. Similarly, the attempt to infuse greater respect and equality in the relationship with Nepal as displayed during Modi’s visit to Nepal is also welcome. But greater challenges beckon among which are China’s new Silk Roads policy that forms part of a renewed activism in China’s own neighbourhood diplomacy. | {
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Thursday Night Joy-Joy Fun Time
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Herr Alberts, it is a pleasure to see you in such good spirits after Jorg's recent collection visit. I apologize for our rough measures, but you know how it is in our business. Maim first and ask questions later. Don't worry, those cuts should scar up nicely, and we don't think anyone will notice the new irregularities in your thumbs. Petra was much inclined to film your escapades and place them on our companion site, WeltreizvollesfrechesAbbildungHaus, but we just received an influx of hot Bavarian farm action, and we really should be giving our customers what they want.
Moving onto our remaining business, ihrzicklein has once again to allow to make with point-spread for this evening's football match. So, without further delay, Jorg will now unveil his calculations, which he spent many an evening compelling over. The true anguish of his sleepless nachts are unleashed on this delectable evil sport-line.
Louisville (-6) at Rutgers (747et on the ESPN)
Wonderfully mind-melting, is it not? Again, why is this spread so low? Rutgers is out-classed by the mighty Cardinals, and while the game is at their home, surely Louisville can win by a simple touch goal. Do you really think this game will be close? Could it come down to kicking points? New Jersey is a very hostile place to play your violent American game, and the mere thought of barbaric rage-sport under the stark industrial lights of Piscataway has Petra all a quiver with the depravity of it all. So, doubt yourself, mein wager-menches, and thoroughly rack your brains over Jorg's latest enigma. Feel the torture he felt as you contemplate the various matchups. Louisville is quite soft against the running-type offense, and Rutgers has been giving hotshot wunder-QBs bubonic shakes as of late. The outcome cannot be as certain as it looked even yesterday. Now that you have gazed upon our tantalizing line, you feel compelled to justify your intellect!
To further your confusion, here is a home-brau highlight reel of your favorite new underdog. Believe as they do, and maybe we can crush both of your dreams.
By the way, Herr Alberts, be sure to thank your editor for posting Der UberHasselhoff. The man is a genius.
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Wall Street Cools on Oracle
News out in the virtual world is that some analysts have trimmed their sails regarding Oracle’s financial picture. The company missed its revenue forecast last time and today the financial guys are concerned about competition in the database business and lack of strong market support for the company’s hardware.
Competition from companies like SAP with its in-memory database solution offers potential to disrupt part of Oracle’s database business. Oracle also has a memory based strategy and there are other factors to consider. For instance, how do SAP customers feel about buying their database services from their application provider vs. from their database company?
The same kind of question can be asked about hardware from Oracle, traditionally a software company. Oracle’s purchase of Sun a couple of years ago changed that equation and you can argue that Oracle is more of a hardware company than SAP is a database company but I think this all misses the point.
Whether we’re talking about in-memory databases, very large computers, data storage and analytic appliances, we are seeing fundamental disruption in multiple markets. What’s interesting about these disruptions is that the incumbent leaders in these markets are leading the creative destruction themselves.
In a more conventional market disruption we could expect a crop of small companies flying under the radar to create products and nip at the heels of the big guys for a few years until — Oh my gosh the sky is falling! — the moment when the little guys tripped up the big guys. That’s not happening here. The big guys, especially Oracle, are doing their own disrupting.
Perhaps it’s because hardware is no longer a place where Steve Wozniak can put a few chips together on a breadboard and invent the new, new thing. It takes big bucks and lots of R&D to build what Marc Benioff derisively calls a new mainframe or the data storage and analytics appliances the Oracle has brought to market in the last two years.
Oracle has done its job, it has brought out some impressive next generation technologies and it has seeded its biggest customers, the early adopters, with the gear. It has also received good reviews albeit with some first generation glitches.
Wall Street is doing its job too, though you might want to question the rationale. The Street has a ninety-day time horizon; we know this. But disruptions have their own internal clocks and they don’t kowtow to the analysts. So we have a situation in which Oracle is having some lackluster results regarding market uptake of its newest and priciest products. Not to worry, I say.
The alternative to really big iron is widely distributed iron and it will be interesting to see how this plays out. A widely distributed scenario can use smaller and older technologies, but you lose economies of scale, even in a cloud computing situation.
So although Oracle is experiencing slower demand for its new products, I think the situation is temporary. The new gear strikes me as the disruptive innovation that the market needs and we are going through a normal process of market uptake. The only difference between this and a more conventional disruption is that as a big public company, Oracle is going through this in full view of all the critics. | {
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The state of the Palace of Westminster, the home of the U.K. parliament, seems to be of chief concern. "You see beautiful buildings like [Notre-Dame] and think of the beautiful buildings we’ve got in this country," Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told the Guardian. "If any of those were destroyed in fire how would we feel about it? The state of the building is very poor in Westminster and a fire risk is obviously huge with a building that has so much wood within it."
Last year, MPs voted to move out of the building in the mid-2020s to make way for much-needed renovations, but some worry that even a few years could be too long to wait. Between 2008 and 2012, the palace caught fire 40 times—thankfully all of them were put out quickly. Fire safety personnel constantly patrol the structure to ensure that any blazes are caught as soon as possible.
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Earlier this week, Cabinet Office minister David Lidington wrote a column warning about the dire state of the palace. "Several times in the last year, chunks of masonry have fallen off buildings," it read. "We’ve been very lucky no one has been seriously injured,” he wrote, shortly after MPs had to evacuate the Commons chamber because of a water leak... Worse, the electrical, plumbing, heating and sewerage systems are well beyond their expected working lifespan and in a dilapidated state. With each year that passes, the risk of a catastrophic fire grows."
It's not just the palace that Britons are concerned about. On Tuesday, Westminster Abbey tweeted to explain its fire plan in-depth, hoping to assuage fears about its safety. "A lot of people have been asking us about how well we’re protected and prepared for a fire," the first tweet in the thread read.
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This is a discussion on Motivation within the INTJ Forum - The Scientists forums, part of the NT's Temperament Forum- The Intellects category; Some questions I've been wondering about, look at it as a small questionnaire if you will:
>How is it that ...
I'm not sure if this is MBT related. I know that in the enneagram section that there seems to be more similarities....as a 9: no fucking motivation. Lazy and don't really give a toss. Then a flurry of activity so I can get back to being lazy.
I'm not sure if this is MBT related. I know that in the enneagram section that there seems to be more similarities....as a 9: no fucking motivation. Lazy and don't really give a toss. Then a flurry of activity so I can get back to being lazy.
I was wondering whether INTJs on here match the description of them online which states that they get things done easily because of their need to apply their ideas and theories.
Perhaps the mechanics behind it is an Enneagram thing, but this is merely a questionnaire to see if some of us aren't like the others...
I was wondering whether INTJs on here match the description of them online which states that they get things done easily because of their need to apply their ideas and theories.
Perhaps the mechanics behind it is an Enneagram thing, but this is merely a questionnaire to see if some of us aren't like the others...
In that case I would agree that they match their ideas, the knowledge of the way things work and get to it. I know for myself being lazy as a chief motivator. I will think before I get out of bed what needs to be done in the quickest way with least effort. If I could I'd be moving my arm half an inch to do 3 things at once with that movement. You won't catch me exercising for fun....I need around 3 reasons first.....heh.
In that case I would agree that they match their ideas, the knowledge of the way things work and get to it. I know for myself being lazy as a chief motivator I will think before I get out of bed what needs to be done in the quickest way with least effort. If I could I'd be moving my arm half an inch to do 3 things at once with that movement. You won't catch me exercising for fun....I need around 3 reasons first.....heh.
I think I can agree with that too! I always look for the easiest and most efficient way to do something do I can have extra time to waste.
My motivation lasts for a very short while though; it deflates pretty soon and then I'm back to being lazy. I've not met many INTJs who do that...:P
I think I can agree with that too! I always look for the easiest and most efficient way to do something do I can have extra time to waste.
My motivation lasts for a very short while though; it deflates pretty soon and then I'm back to being lazy. I've not met many INTJs who do that...:P
I think that 9s disintegrate to 6 and 3. It could be they are the similarities? Not sure. I tend to go between kick arse, lazy as fuckity fuck to just plodding. I would think that 6s disintegrate to 3 also when stressed. In which case they would get more done in a short amount of time. I know that's what I do.
I think that 9s disintegrate to 6 and 3. It could be they are the similarities? Not sure. I tend to go between kick arse, lazy as fuckity fuck to just plodding. I would think that 6s disintegrate to 3 also when stressed. In which case they would get more done in a short amount of time. I know that's what I do.
Yeah, a 6's stress arrow points to 3...I'd quite agree with the competitive and arrogant nature. The Growth arrow to 9 too I can identify with.
A 9's stress and growth arrows are opposite to that of a 6.
Leaving Enneagram aside, which function do you think can be associated with motivation, finishing projects and getting work done? Is it Te?
Yeah, a 6's stress arrow points to 3...I'd quite agree with the competitive and arrogant nature. The Growth arrow to 9 too I can identify with.
A 9's stress and growth arrows are opposite to that of a 6.
Leaving Enneagram aside, which function do you think can be associated with motivation, finishing projects and getting work done? Is it Te?
I would think it be all of the functions. I'm loathe to separate them. ...but! Si/Te likes the job done in ISTJs so I would hazard a guess that Ni/Te likes the job done with INTJs. There are always going to be Fi and Se involved as well though....ie want the bastard job done to appreciate it aesthetically (Se) and want the shite done for emotional reasons, personal pride/values feeling guilty about not getting it done (Fi).
I focus so hard that I go into tunnel vision onto things. If I do it for too long I will burn out. I try to give myself a 5 minute break every 20 to 30 minutes.
That's all it is for me, I don't need a "motivation". I just say "I'm going to focus now." and do it.
I focus so hard that I go into tunnel vision onto things. If I do it for too long I will burn out. I try to give myself a 5 minute break every 20 to 30 minutes.
That's all it is for me, I don't need a "motivation". I just say "I'm going to focus now." and do it.
That's interesting. I find that many INTJs have the same behavior.
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I loved the actor Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott in the three-part series A Very English Scandal, an account of a true story of political power, repressed homosexuality, and emotional independence in 1960s Britain. Scott is a young man with feelings so strong he is both medicated and liberated; he is the new generation before it became truly visible, emerging from under the concrete hard denial of the upper echelons of influence with his beauty, charm, and male body. The tragedy of his abuse at the hands of an older man whom he claimed to love led him to find his voice in an era where he had nothing to lose, while gaining everything in the process. The story of Scott is portrayed both truthfully and fictionalized for entertainment; he is presented as an individual whose instability and desire flowed together to form a new kind of freedom. Discordances like these fill my own life and those around me, as it seems like we’re all so bruised by the fallibility of true expression, especially now. Whishaw’s sensitivity to this made his performance feel like public service. My contribution to BOMB Magazine’s 'Looking Back on 2018', December 2018.
"The film was definitely about birth, about having a child. Part of the reason that I always thought of Evangeline trying to get so close to Madeline was her wanting to know: “What is it like to have a daughter? One who is a different race than you?” Her connection with Madeline feels really strong because she does, in some ways, want to be her mom. There was a sweetness and a toxicity at the same time. Moms are complicated." The director Josephine Decker on her new film, Madeline's Madeline, for BOMB, August 2018
Chelsea Hodson and I met in 2014, when we both worked for the Marina Abramovic Institute. I was there as a contributing editor for the online journal, Immaterial, and Hodson had been invited on the strength of her breakthrough essay, Pity The Animal, released as a small chapbook. In it, she examined both the power and surrender of her physical self, and the private and public crosscurrents which form and move around her. She traces similar connections with the same vitality and agility in her new collection of essays, Tonight I’m Someone Else (Henry Holt and Co.). In these pieces, she considers entirely different lives in a millisecond––“He kissed me on the kitchen counter, threw my phone across the room when it rang. I didn’t yet know who I was, but I saw the opportunity to become a certain kind of woman. Harm swayed toward me. I responded with something else”––and confronts the variations of desire: “Money needs us, depends on us to mint it, distribute it, exchange it, make it mean something, make it last. Dreams, on the other hand, don’t need us at all. Some people have needed me, but the ones I wanted most didn’t need anything or anyone.” From my piece on Chelsea Hodson's new book of essays, Tonight I'm Someone Else, for BOMB, June 2018
His pursuit mostly resembles a dream state. Rather than confront a subject directly, he follows sensations that hover between logic and unreality, capturing flashes of intuition and collapsing dimensions of time, all with a healthy mistrust of traditional narratives. Writing entered into this process where communication could not, filtering fiction and personal experiences between these impressions. From my piece on Adam Golfer's short film Two Sunsets for BOMB, April 2018
It was 1961. Eisenhower had cut ties with Cuba, JFK was sworn in, the Berlin Wall went up, the Shirelles were in the top ten for “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” and America fizzed with the unchartered sexual dynamics created by the newly introduced pill. Meanwhile, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the homegrown poet-anarchist Tuli Kupferberg—already immortalized as the figure who survived after leaping off the Brooklyn Bridge in Allen Ginsberg’s 1955 poem “Howl”—put out the first issue of Yeah! The opening page presented the zine as “a satyric excursion published at will,” and it begins:
I want
to put
the revolution
at the service of poetry.
I want
Comrade Stalin
to say
Tuli, tell me how to revive
the bodies of my dead Ukrainian peasants
with your magic words
I'm both interested and defensive about seeing Ad Reinhardt's Blue Paintings at David Zwirner. Reinhardt was a bully for Purism, denouncing all work that found basis in self-expression, style, or purpose. He was heavily active in the 1940s and 50s as a painter, and also a controversial writer and cartoonist. Everything he said and did swirled around his vision of "Art-as-Art" and nothing else. He wanted to rid all evidence of the outside world from his work, saying in 1964, "I picked up the idea of imagelessness myself in Islamic art, Byzantine iconoclasm, and the Puritanism and––well, the ancient Hebraic and Islamic distrust of images." According to him, even the having of ideas is primitive. So I disagree with him quite strongly, but in another sense, I believe him. Perhaps he really was complicit with something much larger that endures still, and is present and alive on these canvasses. My contribution to BOMB Magazine’s 'Fall Arts Preview', August 2017.
A flash of beauty gives Alejandro his first sense of self, and he begins to write. Poetry shapes his vision, and then his action. He breaks from his family and finds another world just moments away from home. Darkness and light edge against each other continuously in the film and throughout Jodorowsky's life as an artist. Even as he sits opposite me now, in the Manhattan offices of ABKCO Films, he puts his head in his hand and closes his eyes as he remembers his youth. "You cannot believe how much I suffered," he says, gently. Interview with the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky about his new film, Endless Poetry, for BOMB, July 2017.
I remember—always with the same strong feeling of clarity—the first time I saw a collection of portraits by the German photographer August Sander. It was a couple of summers ago in New York. I had spent a few days shrink-wrapped by anxiety, my mind blurred and alienated. I walked past the gallery and felt a pull, an invisible open signal, and so I entered. About ten black-and-white works, taken in the early 20th century, hung eye-level on the wall, each presenting a stranger with a face that I instantly recognized. The alluring painter’s wife, knowing what she does about sexual desire, in her loose pants. The young secretary with her hunched shoulders and defensive glare. The high school student, in the wrong clothes and the wrong life. The arrogance and abject denial of the soldier, under his helmet and in front of his land. All of them very different, but each with a simple stare, their inner selves resonating through these one-dimensional representations of their long ago lives and into mine. In their image, I began to regain a sense of my world. My review of the photography of August Sander for Guernica, June 2017.
“Richard Burton used to say—of course, he was married to one of the most incredible actresses in the world—but, he used to say: ‘An actress is a little bit more than a woman, an actor is a little bit less than a man.’ Being an actress is an extension of femininity.” Actress Monica Bellucci in Mixte, (French text), May 2017.
“I see shame as part of a process of becoming free: to create or, yes, to love. These sometimes have to be fundamental acts of disobedience to one's upbringing or conditioned view of the world. In other words, one can feel ashamed of what one's doing while at the same time knowing it's the correct thing to do. I don't doubt that, for me, part of the satisfaction in the act of writing is that it violates numerous taboos of my childhood that still weigh heavily on me. In the moment of writing, I can be free of them.” Writer Rachel Cusk on her new novel Transit in BOMB, February 2017.
The red hot center of Danny Lyon's work is freedom. His contrarian instinct and unapologetically engaged eye leaves no room for denial of the other, in both personhood and politics. This year's Whitney retrospective, Message To The Future, celebrated this drive by giving space to his most captured subjects––civil rights, incarceration, outlaws, love––and showed how his images hold the past and present together: accountable, with no escape route. My contribution to BOMB Magazine's 'Looking Back on 2016: Art & Film', December 2016.
"One of the revelations in making this film is that we each have an eye. If you're practicing a craft––writing, drawing, painting, filming, photographing––you start to gather evidence of the way you see and what you care about. There's this illustration where the unconscious mind is a tiger, and the conscious mind is a little monkey sitting on the back of the tiger's butt with a steering wheel, but it's not connected to anything. When I'm filming, I'm the monkey with a steering wheel. I know what I'm doing. But there's a tiger inside of me, heading in some other direction. I'm doing and filming things that have to do with my interior reality, that reveal me, and inside that there is no constant me."
Cinematographer and filmmaker Kirsten Johnson on her memoir Cameraperson in BOMB, September 2016.
"This utopian thing has been the underlying theme of everything I’ve done, the fantasy of unlimited options, all-possible futures, that is the engine of American growth and export. Our brand around the world is a serious problem. It’s a complete disconnect from the facts of life. There’s something inherently sad about that, because those facts are the structure and architecture of life. Limitations make up our forms, and they’re beautiful. Instead, you can’t talk about them. Things are possible, but they aren’t necessarily plausible all the time. Entertainment sees this exhaustion with that very thing."
Filmmaker Rick Alverson on his film Entertainment in The Paris Review Daily, November 2015.
[Leon] Russell returned to Tulsa and Grand Lake as a huge presence with an entourage. Many of his friends—among them Willie Nelson, George Jones, and Charlie McCoy—appear in unguarded, intimate performances. Blank’s camera focuses on the locals with equal reverence, layering it all with lingering shots of the moon, ripples in the lake, or a wriggling catfish caught on a line. He films artist Jim Franklin scooping up scorpions from an empty swimming pool; he’s onstage with Russell, who samples from a plate of gumbo on his piano as he performs to a blissed-out crowd; he attends the demolition of a city building and a pie-eating contest. Towards the middle, he introduces a segment where Franklin feeds a baby chick to a snake while the artist sounds off about the corporatization of America, an unsettling and cynical metaphor that anchors some of the anxieties expressed throughout. Early on, a young Bill Mullins laments his generation’s lack of spiritual leadership. When Blank questions Russell about money, Russell responds that he can’t think about it too much or he’ll get blocked. “I won’t know what I’m doing,” he says. “If I feel I know what I’m doing, then I know what I am doing.” On Les Blank's 1972 documentary about Leon Russell, A Poem Is A Naked Person, for BOMB, July 2015.
Chitra Ganesh, an Indian, Brooklyn-born artist, is not religious, but her work brims with visual and narrative references to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Greek mythology, the literary and art historical canons, folk tales, and pop culture. She recognizes both the emotional clout and cultural heritage of these symbols, and her paintings, murals, photography, and drawings offer a space in which to find the untold or forgotten story, guided by familiar clues. Her most recognizable works are her digital collages, comic strips directly inspired by the children’s books of Amar Chitra Katha, an imprint founded in the 1960s to teach Indian history and lore. Her focus on female power is erotic, dramatic, and primal—characteristics often attributed to the ancient narratives from which she draws and that are so often sanitized for modern life—and her attention to marginal figures, unresolved endings, and mass imagery reveals a reverence for the individual and subjective experience. On artist Chitra Ganesh in Guernica magazine's "Religion in America" special issue, December 2014.
"Art really has a healing role in the world, and it makes people conscious of their commonalities. That’s what it does more importantly than anything else. We invent it to prevent people from killing one another, by creating a common affinity, a connecting tissue between people where none seems to exist. That doesn’t seem to be exactly the role of money, or commerce, or materialistic objects, which have their own independent life and force." Graphic designer Milton Glaser in Guernica magazine's "Class in America" special issue, June 2014. | {
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Satmar, Yemenites, & the UJC
On May 19th the Jerusalem Post printed an article entitled “UJC to pull 110 Jews out of Yemen, by Haviv Rettig Gur. The rescue attempt is laudable and necessary. But it may just put the Yemenites and their children in grave danger.
The article dealt with the Jews left in Yemen and how the United Jewish Communities, the umbrella organization for the United Jewish Federations, in the USA, was working with the US State Department, and other organizations, to help get out this group. According to the Post 280 Yemenite Jews are still left in that country.
The Post reports that the evacuation, which will take place over the next few weeks, will cost about $800,000. This sum will cover the evacuation, and absorption of these Jews in the United States.
The Jewish Agency for Israel strongly objected to the move of these Yemenites to the USA. The Post quoted a senior JA official as saying, “The place of the Jews is in their homeland…”.
The Agency, says the Post, is particularly upset because it was the Satmar Hassidic Sect, based in Monsey, & Brooklyn, New York, that requested that the UJC help extract the Yemenites. The Satmar Hassidim oppose political Zionism. Satmar is already actively funding Jewish education in Yemen.
The Yemen government has declined to grant visas to Yemenite Jews wanting to emigrate to Israel, which has had a Jewish Yemenite population since the end of the 18th Century. UJC president Howard Rieger reportedly sent an e-mail to UJA Federation of New York head John Ruskay explaining that the UJC will help any Yemenites immigrate to Israel once they’ve arrived safely in the USA.
This rescue is laudable. Life for Jews in Yemen has become tenuous with an upswing in anti-Semitism and violence. In December 2008 Rabbi Moshe Yaish Nahara’l was shot dead in Rayda by an Islamist who said he killed Nahara’l because the Rabbi refused to convert to Islam. Nahara’l was the leader of the Jewish community in Rayda.
So far so good. But the problem isn’t the need to rescue the Jews of Yemen. That is a given. The problem is a one-hour 2003 film “Bchazeket Satmar” a Yona Films Production, produced and directed by Nitzan Giladi, that won a prize at the Documentary Film Festival in March of that year. It aired on Israel Television’s Channel 8. The film was partially funded by the New Foundation for Film and Television, a government-funded institution. In other words, this is a serious film, done by people who are reliable and know what they’re talking about.
The film is disturbing. It tells the story of how the Satmar came to a town in Yemen and convinced a few families to come to the USA and join the Satmar community in Monsey, New York. Clearly, Monsey would be preferable to the hovels of Yemen. Or would it?
The story follows one family to Monsey, and then documents how that family is stripped of its children, forced to bang on the doors of one bureaucracy after another trying in vain to get their children back. Children that were taken away from their parents by the State authorities and placed in foster homes, in the care of Satmar families.
The accusation made by one of the Yemenite mother’s Satmar neighbors was that the mother had shaken her child, causing a trauma that needed treatment. Child Welfare Services, at the behest of the Satmar, removed the children from their parents. Given Satmar’s status in the community, the parent’s had no chance of a fair fight. That’s assuming they even spoke English, which they didn’t.
The film draws us to the conclusion that Satmar mistreats the Yemenite Jews they bring to the USA, takes away their children in order to insure that the children have a good “yiddishkeit” environment, allowing the children to grow up in a strong Satmar-oriented home, far away from the parents, who might influence the children in a non-Satmar direction.
The film was frightening, and defined tragedy. There was no Hollywood ending. The family was separated permanently. The parents forbidden to see their own children.And this was not an isolated case.
Is there collusion between the Satmar and the State authorities? Is there a hint of corruption? Is Satmar going out of their way, crossing legal boundaries in efforts to ‘save’ Jewish children from their natural parents? Or is it simply a way to get more children into the Satmar community, much as adoption agency supplies Brazilian infants to childless Israeli families.
Whatever the reason, if the allegations in the film are true than the 110 Jews bound for the USA under Satmar protection are in trouble. The UJC may well find itself, for the best of reasons, complicit in the abduction of children from their parents, albeit in a quasi-legal framework aided and abetted by State authorities.
One recalls the tales of Moroccan Jewish immigrants to Israel in the late 50’s and early 60’s when the Ashkenazi establishment considered these people second-class citizens. The Jewish Agency archives show pictures of these immigrants using toilet bowls to store vegetables, sleeping on the floors, or outside, rather than in beds, cooking on fires, rather than stoves. For both cultures were strangers one to another.
This is the same way the Satmar, and probably the New York State authorities look at the Yemenites. Primitive people who can’t take care of themselves, or their children. This paternalistic attitude changed in Israel, slowly. But the suspicion of some insidious Satmar plan to remove children from their parents cannot be ignored.
The UJC should make certain the Satmar Hassidim take good care of these Yemenites.Satmar neither supports Israel nor the UJC. Once the Yemenites are in this Satmar community, any chance of falling prey to the vices of Western Civilization will be lost, for good or bad. Satmar, it should be remembered, spawned the Natorei Karta, the very people who not only deny Israel but also meet with enemies like Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
It is questionable if the UJC is doing the Yemenites, or the Jewish people, a favor by placing them with the Satmar. But once done it is the UJC’s responsibility to make certain a fundamentalist sect doesn’t take advantage of these hapless immigrants: a sect intolerant of anyone who disagrees with them. And willing to do something about it. | {
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The other skin-thing I’ve been coming to appreciate lately is the importance of facials as you get older… and I’m not talking about the lovely, relaxing ones you get at a day spa where they slop a load of lovely smelling cream on your face and give it bit of a push around whilst you listen to the sounds of the rainforest.
I’m talking about serious, adult facials that have actual results.
I’ve spoken before about Derya and her extremely impressive wealth of knowledge and passion for skin care over at Victorian Dermal Group and she is still my number 1 go-to when it comes to my skin care or laser hair removal.
I’d seen a few posts on their Instagram about this “Clear + Brilliant” facial and I wanted in.
The Clear + Brilliant treatment uses safe, fractional laser technology to address the early signs of ageing skin PLUS it helps prevent them. It also helps brighten and even skin tone, smooths fine lines AND improves the texture and pore size of your skin.
It basically refreshes your skin from the inside out- the laser energy creates millions of microscopic treatment zones in the upper layers of the skin, which replaces damaged skin with healthy, younger looking tissue.
Sounds too good to be true right? Well hear me out…
After sitting pretty with some numbing cream all over my face for about 45 minutes, Derya started the treatment.
For those who have been following my blog for a while, you’d know I don’t hold back...
It doesn’t tickle. The numbing cream certainly helps but it’s still a little hot and stingy however nothing unbearable.
After Derya had finished the treatment, my face was a little red, almost sunburnt looking.
She informed me my skin would feel “like sandpaper” for about a week or so, however would look no different and nobody else would be able to tell.
She wasn’t kidding. The next morning I woke up (still slightly pink, but only slightly) and my face feel rough. So rough, that wiping it made a “scratchy” sound.
By the end of the day, the redness had completely gone and I was able to wear make up although it didn’t sit quite the way it’s supposed to, due to my sandpaper skin.
That being said, as promised, nobody else had any idea I’d had the treatment.
One thing I’ll suggest is to lather yourself up in moisturiser whenever you can. Your skin basically drinks the stuff for that week and then before you know it, you’re able to exfoliate your face and unearth the brand new, baby skin.
Something that I really noticed after the Clear + Brilliant treatment was the minimization of the pores on my nose- they were almost non-existent! Derya recommends 3 treatments for the best results so I’ll be going back for round 2 before the Spring Racing Carnival kicks off so that I’m looking more like a filly than a Phar Lap.
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Friday, May 26, 2017
Secularism Rules in Western Churches
Duck family in my front yard
I am reading The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation, by Rod Dreher.
Dreher says the culture wars are over, at least in the West. The sexual revolution and the technological revolution have won.
The American Church was not prepared for this. "The public square has been lost." (P. 9)
Most American churches have succumbed. C.S. Lewis referred to the secular world as "enemy-occupied territory." The enemy is now within the camp, ruling over hearts and minds. Most churches are not safe places for followers of Jesus. They are "mostly about improving one’s self-esteem and subjective happiness and getting along well with others." (P. 10)
Dreher writes:
"Not only have we lost the public square, but the supposed high ground of our churches is no safe place either... The changes that have overtaken the West in modern times have revolutionized everything, everything, even the church, which no longer forms souls but caters to selves. As conservative Anglican theologian Ephraim Radner has said, “There is no safe place in the world or in our churches within which to be a Christian. It is a new epoch.”" (P. 9)
"Don’t," warns Dreher, "be fooled by the large number of churches you see today... If the demographic trends continue, our churches will soon be empty."
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I am working on my book Leading the Presence-Driven Church. My concluding chapter is, "God's Presence Will Win the Day." I believe this. I'll argue for: 1) decolonization; and 2) return.
Dreher writes, "many of the churches that do stay open will have been hollowed out by a sneaky kind of secularism to the point where the “Christianity” taught there is devoid of power and life." (P. 10) | {
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Andre Miller suspended by Nuggets for two games for yelling at coach
The Nuggets have suspended point guard Andre Miller for two games for conduct detrimental to the team, general manager/executive VP of basketball operations Tim Connelly announced Thursday afternoon.
Miller will miss Denver's home game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday and will not travel with the team for Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center.
During the second half of Wednesday night's game against Philadelphia, Miller yelled at coach Brian Shaw for not putting him into the game. It was the first time Miller has not played as a Nugget when healthy.
After the game, Shaw said he was disappointed in Miller's outburst.
"There's a time and place for everything," Shaw said. "In the middle of the arena in front of everyone ... I just tried to calm him down."
The Nuggets have an eight-game losing streak.
Thursday afternoon, Shaw said he is frustrated with how things are going, as are the players.
"Not just Andre Miller, but us as a unit. We're experiencing a lot of frustration because of where we are in the season and the way things have been as of late," Shaw said. "And so, a decision was made for Andre to be suspended over the next two games, and basically that's all I really want to say on the matter.
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"It's something that's being handled internally. We just want to concentrate on Memphis and trying to do what we need to do to remedy this situation that we're in. But just basically it came to a boiling point, and we made the decision and we're moving forward."
Point guard Ty Lawson said, "Emotions are high. When you lose eight games in a row emotions are high. It's an unfortunate situation that the team is going through."
Shaw said he had not talked to Miller but will before Miller is restored to the active roster. Miller was not available for comment.
Miller has been getting fewer and fewer minutes of playing time over the past two weeks as Shaw shortens his bench rotation.
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WHEAT: U.S. wheat exports for 2017/18 are reduced 25 million bushels to 925 million while ending stocks are raised by the same amount. Exports are lowered on reduced price competitiveness in some international markets. Hard red winter wheat and hard red spring wheat exports are reduced 15 million bushels and 10 million bushels, respectively. The season-average farm price is raised $0.05 per bushel at the midpoint of the range to $4.65 on NASS prices reported to date and expectations of higher cash prices for the remainder of the marketing year, reflecting the ongoing drought in the Southern Plains. Global 2017/18 wheat supplies increased 0.5 million tons, primarily on a higher production forecast for Kazakhstan. World exports are raised fractionally with Russia increased 1.5 million tons, partially offset by a 1.0-million-ton reduction for the EU.
Russia exports are now projected at 37.5 million tons, up 35 percent from the previous years record and surpassing EU exports by 12.5 million. Global imports are also raised, led by a 1.0-million ton increase for Turkey, which is largely attributed to supplies from Russia. Total world consumption is reduced, primarily on a 2.0-million-ton reduction for India on reports of weakening demand from rising domestic prices. Despite the reduction, total India consumption is still up marginally from the previous years record. With global supplies rising and total demand falling, world ending stocks are raised 2.8 million tons to a record 268.9 million.
COARSE GRAINS: This months 2017/18 U.S. corn outlook is for larger exports and increased corn used to produce ethanol. Corn used to produce ethanol is raised 50 million bushels to 5.575 billion based on the most recent data from the Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production report and pace of weekly ethanol production during February, as indicated by Energy Information Administration data.
Exports are raised 175 million bushels to 2.225 billion, reflecting U.S. price competitiveness, record-high outstanding sales, and reduced exports for Argentina. With no other use changes, ending stocks are lowered 225 million bushels to 2.127 billion, and if realized would be down from the prior marketing year.
The projected range for the season-average corn price received by producers is narrowed 10 cents on the low end to $3.15 to $3.55 per bushel, with the midpoint up 5 cents to $3.35 per bushel. For sorghum, 2017/18 exports are lowered 15 million bushels to 245 million based on expectations of reduced shipments to China. Offsetting is an increase in projected feed and residual use to 80 million bushels. The midpoint price forecast is unchanged at $3.15 per bushel.
The global coarse grain production forecast for 2017/18 is virtually unchanged at 1,321.96 million metric tons. This months foreign coarse grain outlook is for nearlyunchanged production, increased use, lower trade, and greater stocks relative to last month. Brazil corn production is down based on expectations of a more modest increase in second-crop corn area. For Argentina, continued heat and dryness during February and into early March reduces yield prospects for late-planted corn.
Yield results for earlyplanted corn have also been lower than expected. South Africa corn production is higher as timely rains during reproduction support an increased yield forecast. Partially offsetting is lower expected area. Corn production is raised for India based on the latest information from the government. EU corn production is higher based on recent data for France and Germany. Sorghum production for Australia is down as a period of heat and dryness during the growing season has reduced yield prospects. Area is also reduced. Major global trade changes for 2017/18 this month include higher projected corn exports for the United States more than offsetting a reduction for Argentina.
Sorghum exports are lowered for Australia, reflecting reduced exportable supplies. Corn and barley imports are raised for China, partially offset by lower imports of sorghum. Barley imports are lowered for Saudi Arabia, based on tenders to date and expectations of robust demand from China. Brazil 2016/17 exports for the local marketing year ending February 2018 are lowered based on data to date. Foreign corn ending stocks for 2017/18 are higher from last month, mostly reflecting increases for Brazil, India, and the EU.
RICE: The 2017/18 U.S. rice supply and use estimates are unchanged relative to last month. The projected season-average farm price (SAFP) for all rice classes are unchanged at the midpoint.
The SAFP for all rice is $12.50 per cwt at the midpoint of the range of $12.10 to $12.90. Global 2017/18 rice production is raised to a new record of 486.3 million tons, fractionally surpassing last years record. Almost all of the production increase is for India, where production is raised to 110.0 million tons, based on the India government updated data for 2017/18. The increase in Indias production more than offsets a reduction in Sri Lanka, where production is now below average for the second consecutive year. Global 2017/18 trade is raised to a record 47.3 million tons, mainly on higher exports expected from India with greater exportable supplies. World ending stocks are projected increasing to 143.1 million tons for 2017/18, which would match the second highest on record. China now holds over 66 percent of total stocks.
OILSEEDS: U.S. soybean supply and use changes for 2017/18 include higher crush, lower exports, and increased ending stocks compared with last months report. Soybean crush is raised 10 million bushels to 1,960 million with increased soybean meal exports. Soybean exports are reduced 35 million bushels to 2,065 million with increased production and exports for Brazil. Soybean stocks are projected at 555 million bushels, up 25 million from last month. With increased crush, soybean oil production is raised.
An increase in food use is more than offset by lower biodiesel use, leaving domestic disappearance lower this month. Lower biodiesel use reflects lower-than-expected soyoil-based biodiesel production through the first quarter of the marketing year. With increased production and lower use, soybean oil stocks are forecast higher.
The season-average soybean price range forecast of $9.00 to $9.60 per bushel is unchanged at the midpoint. Soybean oil prices are forecast at 30 to 33 cents per pound, down 1 cent at the midpoint. Soybean meal prices are projected at $325 to $355 per short ton, up $20.00 at the midpoint. Higher soybean meal prices reflect the impact of sharply lower soybean production in Argentina. Global oilseed production for 2017/18 is projected at 574.5 million tons, down 4.1 million from last month. Argentina soybean production is forecast at 47.0 million tons, down 7.0 million from last month mainly due to lower projected yields resulting from dry conditions through much of the growing region in January and February.
Brazil soybean production is raised 1.0 million tons to 113.0 million, reflecting the most recent report from the Brazilian government. Global rapeseed production is projected at 73.9 million tons, up 0.9 million with larger crops for China and Australia partly offset with a smaller crop projected for India. Other changes include higher sunflowerseed production for China and Kazakhstan, lower sunflowerseed production for Russia, and higher cottonseed production for Sudan. Global oilseed trade for 2017/18 is reduced 1.2 million tons mainly on lower soybean exports. Lower soybean exports forecast for Argentina, the United States, and Uruguay are only partly offset with a higher projection for Brazil. Global soybean crush is raised with higher crush projected for Brazil and the United States partly offset by lower crush in Argentina. Global soybean ending stocks are projected at 94.4 million tons, down 3.7 million from last month. Reduced soybean stocks in Argentina and Brazil are only partly offset by an increase for the United States.
SUGAR: U.S. cane sugar production is increased 10,000 short tons, raw value (STRV) to 4.021 million based on a processor report from Texas. Re-export imports for 2017/18 are increased by 150,000 STRV to 400,000 based on pace to date. Exports for 2017/18 are increased by 50,000 STRV to 150,000. Ending stocks for 2017/18 are residually projected at 1.953 million STRV, implying a stocks-to-use ratio of 15.5 percent, up from last months 14.6 percent. Mexico sugar production for 2017/18 is decreased by 50,000 metric tons (MT) to 6.050 million due to lower sugarcane area. Imports are increased 35,000 MT to 170,000 based on increased pace to date reported by the Comit Nacional Para El Desarrollo Sustentable de la Caa de Azcar (CONADESUCA) through the end of January 2018. According to CONADESUCA, the increase reflects imports for consumption of sugar sourced from the United States.
The projection of Mexico sugar exports to the United States is raised by 984 MT, reflecting sugar that was exported under a 2016/17 export license but recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau as imported in 2017/18. The 2017/18 Export Limit previously established by the U.S. Department of Commerce exceeds the projected Target Quantity of U.S. Sugar Needs calculated from the March 2018 WASDE. Unchanged ending stocks are projected at 22.0 percent of consumption to meet needs before the start of production in 2018/19. Exports to non-U.S. destinations are residually projected at 260,997 MT, a decrease of 15,984 from last month.
LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND DAIRY: The 2018 forecast for total red meat and poultry production is fractionally lower than last month, as lower beef production more than offsets higher pork and turkey production. Broiler production is unchanged. The beef production forecast is reduced from the previous month on lower first-quarter slaughter and lower weights. However, the decline is offset somewhat by higher second-quarter fed beef production and higher non-fed beef production during the first half of the year. Pork production is lowered for the first half of the year on a slower pace of slaughter, but higher carcass weights are expected and second-half production is increased.
USDA will release the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report on March 29th, providing an indication of producer intentions for farrowings in the next two quarters. First-quarter egg production is reduced on recent hatchery data. Estimates of 2017 broiler, turkey meat, and egg supply and utilization are adjusted to reflect revised annual production and storage summary data. For 2018, beef imports are raised as early-year demand remains robust. No change is made to beef exports.
The pork import forecast is raised on expected demand strength. Export forecasts are also raised from last month. Broiler exports are unchanged, but turkey exports are reduced slightly on weaker expected demand in key markets. Cattle and hog prices for the first quarter of 2018 are raised from last month on current price movements. The second-quarter broiler price forecast is raised from last month on stronger expected demand. Turkey prices are reduced through the third quarter on the continued slow recovery in demand. Egg price forecasts are raised on robust demand. The milk production forecast for 2018 is raised from last month on more rapid growth in milk per cow in the first half of the year.
The 2018 imports on a fat and skim-solids basis are reduced on slower sales of a number of processed dairy products. Exports on fat basis are raised on increased cheese sales and exports on a skim-solids basis are raised on stronger sales of both cheese and whey products. The supply and use estimates are adjusted to reflect revisions to 2016 and 2017 milk production and 2017 storage data. Annual product price forecasts for cheese and butter are raised from the previous month as recent prices have increased. However, continued large supplies of nonfat dry milk (NDM) are expected to pressure NDM prices, and the forecast is reduced. No change is made to the annual whey price forecast. The Class III price is raised on the cheese price projection, while the Class IV price is down, as the lower NDM price more than offsets a higher butter price forecast. The all milk price is forecast at $15.75 to $16.35 per cwt, unchanged at the midpoint.
COTTON: This months 2017/18 U.S. cotton forecasts show lower production, higher exports, and lower ending stocks relative to last month. Production is reduced 233,000 bales to 21.0 million, based on the March 8 Cotton Ginnings report. The final estimates for this seasons U.S. area, yield, and production will be published in the May 2018 Crop Production report. Domestic mill use is unchanged from last month, but exports are raised 300,000 bales to 14.8 million, based on stronger world demand and expectations of above-average shipments during the second half of the marketing year. Ending stocks are lowered 500,000 bales to 5.5 million. The projected range for the marketing year average price received by producers of 68.0 to 70.0 cents per pound is narrowed by 1 cent at each end from last month.
The forecast for 2017/18 global production is raised nearly 600,000 bales this month due to revisions in Sudans estimates back to 2013/14 and higher area in Australia, partially offset by smaller crops in the United States and Uzbekistan. Sudans 2017/18 forecast is raised 730,000 bales based on reports of new technology and investment, and Australias production is raised 300,000 bales following reports area previously forecast for sorghum was planted to cotton. World consumption is raised slightly, while world trade is forecast 600,000 bales higher, as higher expected imports by Turkey, Bangladesh, China, and Vietnam more than offset a decline for Taiwan. World ending stocks are now projected at 88.8 million bales, nearly 300,000 bales above last month.
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Article 8
Article 8 | Right to private and family life
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides as follows:
(1) Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
(2) There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.
The corresponding provision in the EU Charter, Article 7, is essentially the same as Article 8 ECHR except that “correspondence” has been changed to “communications” to take account of changing technology in this area. Although it does not set out the clawback provisions in the way that Article 8 ECHR does, the explanatory note to the text of Article 7 of the Charter makes it clear that the rights it lays out are intended to be subject to the limitations set out in Article 8(2) ECHR.
Article 8 is one of the most open-ended of the Convention rights, covering a growing number of issues and extending to protect a range of interests that do not fit into other Convention categories. This is partly because neither the Commission, when it was still in existence, nor the Court in its present incarnation, have attempted any comprehensive definition of Article 8 interests, adapting them to meet changing times.
Article 8 contains both negative and positive obligations. The state is under a negative obligation not to interfere with privacy rights, but in addition Strasbourg case law has also extended Article 8 to impose a positive duty to take measures to prevent private parties from interfering with these rights: (1) X (2) Y v the Netherlands (1985) 8 EHRR 235.
There are four express protected interests under Article 8:
(1) private life;
(2) home;
(3) family;
(4) correspondence.
Most actions have been decided under the right to respect for private life, although they may involve incidental claims to respect for home, family or correspondence. The requirement to provide “respect” for all four interests has reinforced the positive obligations on states, rather than simply requiring them to refrain from interfering with these interests. Thus it is that in recent years increasing attempts have been made to spread Article 8’s remit to social and economic claims on the welfare, like access to medical treatment and drugs; it is fair to say that the courts have, in general, resisted such claims by repeatedly holding that Article 8 is simply not engaged (that is, cannot be invoked) in relation to the provision of medical resources.
Nor does the State had a “positive obligation” under Article 8 to enable a sufferer from severe mental bipolar disorder to obtain, without a prescription, a substance enabling him to end his life without pain and without risk of failure: Haas v Switzerland (2011), an application which was made following the success of the Diane Pretty case under Article 2 (see our repost on this case).
A far more effective series of claims have been made under Article 8 to overcome immigration controls when children are involved in removal or deportation decisions; see our posts on children in detention centres, in deportation decisions and the effect of this particular aspect of Article 8 in immigration matters generally. The European Court of Justice has weighed in with its own application of Article 8 ECHR to stress the obligation on national authorities to take into account the right to respect for family life in immigration matters:see C-127/08 Metock v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2008] ECHR I-6241.
Due to changing mores and advances in reproductive technology, the concept of “family” has changed dramatically since Article 8 was first drafted. Ties between family members need no longer be biological, and biological ties themselves can emerge from the laboratory . Same sex parents, surrogate versus birth mothers, carers rather than parents should all theoretically, lay claim to family bonds under Article 8. But the Strasbourg Court has shrunk from extending the scope of Article 8 to protecting the right of transsexuals to adopt (Frette v France (2004) 38 EHRR 21; although see EB v France, 22 January 2008, where the Grand Chamber ruled that Article 14 had been breached in conjunction with Article 8 when the government refused authorisation for adoption to the lesbian applicant ).
The privileging of marriage as part of the right to family life has been a source of great misery as human traffickers have sought to profit from the loophole in immigration controls by importing potential “wives” into the United Kingdom. Efforts by the government to eradicate the practice of forced marriage by refusing to grant visas to non-resident spouses under a certain age have been frustrated by the courts upholding Article 8 (see R (on the application of Quila and another) (FC) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 45 and our post on the matter ). In May 2016 the Grand Chamber the Grand Chamber found that the refusal to grant family reunion to a Ghanaian couple in Denmark violated Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8, overruling its previous position if there is any lack of obstacle to spouses living elsewhere, the state refusing entry is not in breach of Article 8: see Biao v Denmark [2016].
Like Articles 9, 10 and 11 Article 8 (2) contains specific exceptions to the right guaranteed in the first paragraph. These limitations may only be justified if they are “in accordance with the law” (Artciles 9,10 & 11 require measures to be “prescribed by law”) and, in all cases, “necessary in a democratic society”. The following analysis of these qualifications will apply equally to Articles 9 10 and 11 to follow.
In Accordance with the/Prescribed by law
This means three things:
(1) there must be a specific legal rule or regime which authorises the interference;
(2) the citizen must have adequate access to the law in question (The Sunday Times v United Kingdom (1979) 2 EHRR 245);
(3) the law must be formulated with sufficient precision to enable the citizen to foresee the circumstances in which the law would or might be applied (Malone v United Kingdom (1984)7 EHRR 14).
Necessary in a Democratic Society
Even if a measure has been taken in pursuit of one of the legitimate interests listed in the second paragraph of Articles 8, 9 10 or 11, the measure must be tested for “necessity.” The Court has held that the notion of necessity implies two things:
(1) that an interference corresponds to a pressing social need;
(2) that it is proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued.
The Doctrine of Proportionality
In order for a measure to be “necessary in a democratic society”, it must respond to a “pressing social need” (The Sunday Times v United Kingdom (1979) 2 EHRR 245). This involves the test of proportionality. If a measure has been adopted which infringes an individual’s Convention right in some way, it will not be considered disproportionate if it is restricted in its application and effect, and is duly attended by safeguards in national law so that the individual is not subject to arbitrary treatment (MS v Sweden (1997) 3 BHRC 248).
Margin of Appreciation
Depending on the aim pursued, the Court grants Signatory States a certain leeway in adopting the measures it considers most appropriate to pursue that aim. In the area of public morals, for example, State authorities have been considered to be in a better position than the Court itself to determine restrictions on the sale of pornography (Handyside v United Kingdom (1976) 1 EHRR 737) or the legal recognition of transsexuals (Rees v United Kingdom (1986) 9 EHRR 56).
It was been asserted by some commentators in the United Kingdom before incorporation of the Convention that the doctrine was simply an interpretative tool specific to the international supervision of human rights and had no place in domestic arrangements for the protection of human rights. Others argue that it is analogous to the doctrines of justiciability that limit domestic adjudication of policy matters or decisions relating to allocation of scarce public resources, and that the adoption of a margin of appreciation doctrine is merely a change in form rather than substance. Such an approach has received the support of the House of Lords, in the words of Lord Hope in R v Director of Public Prosecutions, ex parte (1) Sofiane Kebeline (2) Ferine Boukemiche (3) Sofiane Souidi [1999] 3 WLR 175 :
In this area difficult choices may have to be made by the executive or the legislature between the rights of the individual and the needs of society. In some circumstances it will be appropriate for the courts to recognise that there is an area of judgment within which the judiciary will defer, on democratic grounds, to the considered opinion of the elected body or person whose act or decision is said to be incompatible with the Convention.
See however the analysis of a similar principle – “deference” – in R(N) v Home Secretary (March 2003) and Lord Sumption’s eloquent attack on it in his 1914 lecture to the Administrative Bar Association.
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Although in comparison to breast, lung and colon cancer, the brain is a relatively uncommon site for the development of cancer, the brain is the tenth most common site for the development of cancer in men and about
the twelfth in women. This translates to about 6,000 individuals in the UK developing a primary malignant brain tumour every year. Cancer of the brain develops in two distinct age groups, although the types of tumour that
develop in these two age groups differ markedly. There is a peak of incidence in the first decade of life, and brain
tumours rank with leukaemia as a leading cause of cancer death in children. These tumours tend to be indolent low-grade astrocytomas or highly malignant primitive neuroectodermal tumours like medulloblastoma. However, the vast majority of brain tumours occur with increasing
frequency in the sixth, seventh and eight decade of life and they are the second fastest growing cause of cancer death among those over 65. These tumours tend to be
malignant astrocytomas particularly the most malignant variety, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Unlike lung cancer or malignant melanoma there is no strong evidence
of an environmental carcinogen associated with the development of these tumours and no change in behaviour reduces risk.
The author is extremely grateful for the financial support by the Brain Research Trust, Samantha Dickson Research Trust, Brain Tumour UK, the Colin Oliphant Trust and the University of Wolverhampton. Abstract is provided here courtesy of Palacky University, Olomouc.
The author is extremely grateful for the financial support by the Brain Research Trust, Samantha Dickson Research Trust, Brain Tumour UK, the Colin Oliphant Trust and the University of Wolverhampton. Abstract is provided here courtesy of Palacky University, Olomouc.
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Although in comparison to breast, lung and colon cancer, the brain is a relatively uncommon site for the development of cancer, the brain is the tenth most common site for the development of cancer in men and about
the twelfth in women. This translates to about 6,000 individuals in the UK developing a primary malignant brain tumour every year. Cancer of the brain develops in two distinct age groups, although the types of tumour that
develop in these two age groups differ markedly. There is a peak of incidence in the first decade of life, and brain
tumours rank with leukaemia as a leading cause of cancer death in children. These tumours tend to be indolent low-grade astrocytomas or highly malignant primitive neuroectodermal tumours like medulloblastoma. However, the vast majority of brain tumours occur with increasing
frequency in the sixth, seventh and eight decade of life and they are the second fastest growing cause of cancer death among those over 65. These tumours tend to be
malignant astrocytomas particularly the most malignant variety, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Unlike lung cancer or malignant melanoma there is no strong evidence
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Matcha Passion's Fast Shopping Cart Integration on an HTML Template
December 06, 2016
For this case study, we interview Pascal Lapointe, a self-taught developer & entrepreneur from Montréal, Canada.
Pascal has been creating personal and small business websites since he was 10. He’s also done quite a few e-commerce projects and has a knack for health and fitness projects. He picked Snipcart to power his latest online venture, Matcha Passion, and was kind enough to tell us a bit about his experience with it.
I hope his answers inspire other developers to play with Snipcart and explore its flexibility through unique e-commerce projects!
The business
A few months ago, Pascal and his girlfriend were strolling through downtown Montréal, looking for a quality tea that could replace coffee. After visiting a few of the popular spots (David’s Tea, Teavana), they quickly found out that matcha was the versatile, healthy holy grail they were after. However, they were shocked to find that a mere 30g of non-organic matcha would set them back around 20 bucks. Wishing to bypass the visibly costly middlemen, they started looking at importing it themselves. They realized they could offer better quality, 100% organic matcha for same or lower prices than the big players. So they rolled up their sleeves, and quickly put together their own—and pretty neat—online business.
Snipcart integration: Technical interview with Pascal
Do you have experience with e-commerce in general? If so, which tools have you been using the most? Why?
Yes, I’ve been building e-commerce websites for about 5 years now. I’ve been traditionally using WooCommerce for its flexibility and its huge user base. It also had thousands of plugins that could let you create pretty much anything you wanted. I’ve also used BigCommerce and Shopify, and although it’s a good solution for many people, it was not for me. It was too limited in its design and coding flexibility, and also, in most cases, I was stuck with a monthly bill that I had to pay regardless if I sold something or not.
How would you qualify the e-commerce needs Matcha Passion had for this project?
Matcha Passion needed an easy, highly flexible, high performance, and lightweight e-commerce solution. I started looking for lightweight solutions and found many of them, but some were just too basic. We needed something to handle a complex tax system for Canada, integrated shipping, management system and metrics to measure our performance to make it more cost effective. Luckily for us, after searching on Google and playing around with keywords, I was able to find Snipcart and I’ve been using it ever since.
There’s a plethora of solutions and tools to handle e-commerce. Why use Snipcart?
Snipcart is just “simple.” There are no huge databases to create and manage that could break at any time if you made some PHP changes to the system, causing some downtime and headaches for everybody. But also because Snipcart is a 30-second installation, and I can work with what I know best: HTML and CSS. No need to learn PHP, SQL and advanced JS (simple JS understanding will do). Since it doesn’t require a database, constant PHP calls, and a complex templating system, the performance is outstanding. And I’m a performance freak, I like when things load quickly, and Snipcart has delivered on that point.
I also went with Snipcart because of how simple and easy it is to have a multilingual website. All you need to do is change the language in the <html lang="en"> to whatever language you want. In my case, French.
Did you integrate our e-commerce solution on top of a specific CMS? If so, how did it go? And if not, what did you use?
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How was your experience customizing Snipcart’s look and feel for Matcha Passion?
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Did you get the chance to use some of our latest features on this project (inventory management, abandoned carts, email templates customization)? If so, how did it go?
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Introduction: Gas Cylinder to Fruit Press
It's that time of year again when the orchard is full of fruit. We have a few apple trees and a few pear trees. Usually the fruit gets half eaten by the birds or just drops off and goes to waste. This year I decided to use the fruit and try my hand at cider making. I've never done this before so decided to search for cider recipes. Most of them had one thing in common, a cider press. Having trawled the Internet and local hardware stores I decided it was more cost effective to make my own press. This would save me money and also be a lot of fun to make. So here is my instructable for my home made fruit press...
Step 1: Design and Planning
So with any good build you need some sort of design/plan. I tend to work with some loose plans and just see where it leads. As you can see a five year old sketched out my plan for me haha...
Step 2: Get Your S**t Together!!
Basically I used whatever I could find around the yard and at work.... The main ingredients are an empty gas cylinder, steel for the frame, a large screw and nut, and some good solid wood for the press plate. I'll go into more detail through the instructable as to what the specifics are. The tools used were the usual for steel fabricating. Mig welder, grinders, hacksaws, hammers...etc.
Step 3: Cutting the Cylinder - Very Important
This is the most important step of the built. Obviously these cylinders have had explosive gas in them at some point and will most likely have some remaining. What I did was remove the valve very carefully then fill it with water. As it fills you should see the gas vapour leave the cylinder. The next step is entirely up to you. Most people say leave it to stand for a few days so all the gas is expelled, but I was happy enough to go right ahead. I used one of those thin laser cutting disks which worked a treat. I was round the cylinder in no time and the water in the cylinder helped reduce sparks. Full PPE is recommended when carrying out the cutting.
Step 4: What's That Smell?!
Now the lid is off you may notice something. This depends on the gas bottle but I found that the inside of my cylinder reeked of butane. I should've used a co2 or oxygen bottle to reduce the smell. Anyway how to get the smell out of the steel? The best way I could think of was to use cheap cola. This stuff not only tastes good but can also be used for all sorts of cleaning tasks. So off to a cheap supermarket for a dozen 2litre bottles of cola. In the cola went and 24 hours later the butane odour had disappeared. Awesome!! A quick steam clean and scrub with wire wool and the cylinder is as ready as can be.
Step 5: The Press Plate
So the press plate was the next thing to get on with. I struggled with finding the wood I wanted for the press plate so in stepped my brother bear Matt (matson23... Check out his instructables!). He hooked me up with two bits of 18mm ply neatly cut into circles. All I had to do was screw them together and sand the edges until they lined up and fit inside the cylinder! Oh I also mounted them to a steel base which connects to the screw. Press plate done...
Step 6: Drainage System
I massively over thunk this step. A base plate to press against. I was trying to figure out how to hollow and channel out a thick piece of wood for the fruit to be crushed in and trickle down to a tap. For days I stressed over how to do it with the tools I have. Then the penny dropped. Why not just press up against the base of the cylinder. It's domed so the juice would collect in the middle. So all I needed was five well placed 6mm holes. Easy.
Step 7: Cut, Prep, Weld and Clean
So now is the tricky part. Putting it all together. It's a pretty simple design so shouldn't take much working out. Just use what steel you have for the frame. As long as it all matches up. I had some 40mm x 40mm galvanised box section and some 50mm x 20mm. This was used for the main frame. I had to clean up all the steel before welding as galv is a nightmare. The good old trusty flapper wheel disk made light work of cleaning everything up. Once you have your pieces in order get it all tacked together. If you're happy with how it is then carry on with welding it up. I cut some flat steel to cap off the ends of the box section.
Step 8: The Hinge
So the frames now in place. Next is the hinge for the top. Hard to explain exactly how I did this but just study the pictures and adapt it to how you like. Oh you'll need to chamfer off one side to allow the hinge to pivot up and down.
Step 9: Screw That!!
Should really show you the main screw. This was salvaged from a scaffolding yard that I go to for work. So somewhere in the north of the UK there's a piece of scaffolding on a major tilt haha!
Step 10: The Finals Steps
So now you're pretty much there. Just assemble everything together and make sure it all fits. I went over everything with the flapper wheel again to flatten off any rough welds and make sure things ran smoothly. A lick of hammerite and ronseal later and the project is done! Just need to wait for the fruit to ripen and then I can get my press on!! Big thanks to matson23 for sorting me out with the wood and another set of eyes for when I was stuck. A bottle of cider will be on its way to you lol. Thanks for looking and happy instructables!!
Hey Rudy1964. Erm to be honest I wasn't sure what to do with the inside. I thought about a clear coat but then though the acid in the fruit might cause it to leach into the juice so I just left it to see how it went. I figured the fruit would be in a muslin sack anyway so the steel wouldn't affect the taste too much. Hope this helps.
Mate if it makes as good as it looks the ciders gonna be something special! Look forward to my free bottle! Lol, good work joe! Looks fantastic, still think when you've got time, r2d2 paint job! Haha :)
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Raising the bar
Back in my early 20s (yes, in my 30s I’m already telling “back in the day” stories), I spent an entire summer going to the gym six-times-a-week. In that pre-selfie era, I sadly have not one photo from that time to jog my muscle’s memory, but I certainly get nostalgic for days when I had that much time to dedicate to lifting weights and could get away with skipping cardio then eating a hamburger.
In the years between then and meeting my wife, I started working, developed a taste for certain drinks, pursued my passion for desserts and… well suffice to say I got into prime beer-league softball shape.
Three years later I can say that thanks to her, I’ve never eaten more healthily. I’m eating more greens (salad she packs for lunch everyday) and have replaced granola bar snacks with fruit containers (that I pack while she packs the lunch). We also try to go to spin classes at Quad Spin together once a week.
So I don’t think either of us suffers from that age old dilemma faced by married men and women everywhere: how to stay motivated to stay fit once you’ve got your partner committed. But undeniably I’ve been less consistent with my exercise until lately, despite accomplishing short-term goals like training and running in a 10K three years in a row (a little slower each year). But I don’t really enjoy running and certainly don’t like running in the heat or the winter. Cross Fit wasn’t really for me. And of course, secure that she’ll still love me if I gain a couple of pounds – “I’m happy as long as you’re healthy and happy with yourself,” she said recently – coupled with what often feels like a lack of quality “us time,” it’s easier to decide to stay home and spend a Saturday morning chatting over a coffee rather than performing military presses.
What actually jumpstarted things was starting a job at a company that helps offset some of the cost of my gym membership, a GoodLife Fitness I can walk to right after work and the impending summer heat. To get things rolling I bought three sessions with a personal trainer. The first session was something GoodLife calls the “Life Changer,” which measures things like Body Fat, Heart Rate and Blood Pressure. By its calculations, my “health age” is 10 years ahead of my actual age. That was a wakeup call, but wakeup calls will only take you so far, especially with the goals I started with.
“How do you think you’re going to feel?” my enthusiastic trainer asked me in that first session, as we went through short and long term goals.
“Pretty good, I guess. I just don’t want to be struggling to walk up stairs in a few years.”
Undettered by my limp response, he powered on: “You mentioned you’re married. How do you think your wife is going to feel if you meet these goals?”
I thought about that for a moment… how she says she’s happy if I’m happy…
“I’m actually not sure if she cares.”
My trainer and I soon parted ways but soon after I also found out that my wife does care, just not in the snarky-comments-about-my-inactivity sort of way. After about a month had passed of me regularly lifting weights as I tried to build back my strength, she looked at me one day and said, “I think your shoulders are getting broader.”
You better believe my heart grew (after all, it’s a muscle too). I’m not vain but it’s nice when someone pays a compliment for your efforts. And at this stage in my life, let’s be honest, not many people besides her are going to notice.
Now I’m in a groove, back in my comfort zone of lifting weights, but challenging myself with moves I never thought to do in my “younger years” – those squats and dead lifts I used to avoid. I’m going to the gym often, consuming protein shakes, reading the fitness sites, taking my supplements and tracking my calories with My Fitness Pal app. There’s no guarantee I’ll maintain this pace or commitment, but I think I’ve finally figured out where my motivation can come from – wanting to enjoy as many years as possible with her.
If you have tips on how you stay motivated to get in the gym, please share them in the comments below. If your partner motivates you to go, I’d love to hear that story too. | {
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Finally!! I finished piecing him back together after being blown up in the kiln... You can see the cracks in some of the pictures. For a while he was just his neck and wings, till I glued his bum, tail, legs and head back on Most of it just split off so it was fairly easy to put back... except for his bum... it's missing a few large chunks but from the top it's not to noticable. I know he doesn't really look like the Archdemon but I guess I added a little too much of my own dragon style into it. | {
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Alola, it’s Ka El! I was able to win 2018 Japan nationals and within this article, I would like to showcase the Cress-Queen team that allowed me to perform exceedingly well with a 6-1 record in swiss, and undefeated in top cut. The teams that I’ve built in the past include CressLax and Gengar-Incineroar but the team I am about to show you will be Salamence as the core.
Team building Flowchart
It took me approximately a month and a half for me to polish this team. As I kept changing the slots, the team appears to be different than what I built initially.
This is how it initially looked like. I wanted a team that was strong against Fini-Gross, which was the top-tier core during that time and my team building process began when I thought about trapping the opposing Metagross with Gothitelle’s Shadow Tag and endlessly decrasing Metagross’s attack by cycling Incineroar’s Intimidate. Although the team was strong against Metagross, the team was very fragile to the extent that it was weak against the surrounding mons of the team and the fact that I was guaranteed to lose without setting up TR. There were times when the slot became (Thought a hard TR team would’ve been stronger with two TR setters) (It was bad)
During the next phase
The team became something like this, an orthodox Mega-Manectric team. The team has two win conditions of setting up TR with Goth while allowing the prime attacker to hit hard or lowering down the opposing mon’s statuses with Manectric while setting up Belly Drum with Snorlax. The team appeared to be strong but the team was disbanded because I couldn’t use Manectric effectively. Considering the Mega-Manectric and Celesteela slot to be questionable, I tested out various mons and…
Third Step
It became something like this. Win conditions for the team included setting up DD with Mence while trapping with Goth or sweeping with Lax under TR. But as you can see, Koko was a huge threat to the team. Moreover as there are many Knock Off users, I felt that having Lax and Goth next to each other would be a bothersome. Thus, I searched for a mon that can function under TR, strong against Koko, not weak against Knock Off and as suitable as Snorlax.
Through this inspection, I found Rhyperior with a Z-crystal. This pokemon was perfect as not only it can prevent opposing Koko from escaping with Volt Switch through Lightning Rod but it can OHKO many mons with its Z-move boosted by Helping Hand and will not get affected by opposing Knock Off’s, However when I began testing it, the team became extremely weak against Fini. Thus I had to search for a slot that fulfils the requirements mentioned above and is also strong against Fini. And I thought that… would be suitable. However, Xurkitree cannot make safe-switch ins because it still gets more than half of its HP decreased from Koko’s Gigavolt Havoc and its other disadvatange was how it doesn’t resist Knock Off and can receive significant damage from it. Although it was svery satisfying to start attacking after setting up Tail Glow, I eventually had to search for another slot because I felt that Tail Glow was hard to set up and even if I did, Xurkitree died quite easily due to its moderate defences and speed.
Firstly, I needed something that can switch into Koko’s moves so a Ground-type was necessary. Next, I needed something is strong against Fini since the team struggled facing it. I immediately searched for a Ground-type and I found… . Its Life Orb boosted Sludge Bomb has a high chance of OHKOing Fini if it had max Sp.Atk with a beneficial nature, it’s also able to OHKO any Metagross with Earth power and most importantly it can resist both Koko’s main means of offence, thus it was the perfect mon for the final slot.
Afterwards the team was built like this: Now, as the team is composed of mons with mid-tier speed, it would be difficult for them to function under TR. If I lower Nidoking’s speed it would allow Fini to attack it when TR is not up and if I increase it speed, Nidoking would be questionable as a TR attacker. The only slow mon within the team is Incineroar but this mon function more efficiently as a supporter rather than an attacker. Moreover, the only mon that negates Ground moves for this team is Mence and I was concerned of how the team is weak to Earthquake spams. Due to this, I replaced Gothitelle to Cresselia because it can negate Ground moves and its capability of using Icy Wind, a move that intensifies the pressure from mid-speed mons.
Therefore
The above six were chosen. However, I started to become concerned about Nidoking’s defences when I tested the team. The concerning aspects in regards of Nidoking’s bulk were:
• 252 Atk Tough Claws Metagross-Mega Ice Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Nidoking: 150-178 (96.1 - 114.1%) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO
• 252 SpA Gengar-Mega Helping Hand Shadow Ball vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Nidoking: 157-186 (100.6 - 119.2%) -- guaranteed OHKO
Obivously it would be ideal if I was able to play around without receiving any damage, but that sort of playstyle is impossible and a mon like Nidoking which can get easily OHKO’d is unstable because you’re forced to play conservatively. (Most importantly, it would be meaningless if it dies without attacking).
Considering its bulk, I changed the slot to and thus the team was established. I sometimes feel the lack of firepower since I replaced it with Nidoqueen but I can cover for the decreased firepower through chip damage fired by other mons alongside with making better plays.
• Incineroar’s support through Intimidate and Snarl allows it to increase the amount of opponents that can be taken for advantage to set up
• As both its attack and speed increases and if I can just set up one DD, I can threaten more opposing mons (=it will be easier to play around)
Mence’s utility was very high, both as a DD sweeper and shutting down opposing mons with Roost. However, I often used it to deal chip damage with Return. The moveset is pretty much complete with the above.
In regards of its EV spreads, I aimed to significantly increase its special defence. The reason being that its physical bulk can be supported through Intimidate and if it’s specially bulky the number of opponents to set up against will increase too. In regards of its speed, I invested enough EVs to outspeed max speed neutral natured base 100’s but this was resulted from initially wanting to outspeed max speed Kommo-o (150) and outspeeding neutral-natured max speed Gardevoir and Mega-Blaziken (152) for extra coverage. The rest of its EVs were invested towards Attack and gave the remaining 4 towards its defence. Many could be concerned with the lack of firepower from minmum physicial attack investment but Return’s firepower was quite high with a power stat of 120 boosted by its ability, so I wasn’t concerned at all.
Kartana @ Grassium Z
Ability: Beast Boost
Level: 50
EVs: 44 HP / 252 SpD / 212 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Tailwind
- Leaf Blade
- Sacred Sword
- Protect
• Speed set to outspeed max speed Nihilego (170)
Kartana was able to activate Tailwind and forcefully eliminate opposing mons with Grassium Z. I gave it a Grassium Z despite overlapping with Fini’s Waterium Z because:
• Able to OHKO opposing Mimikyu and Fini
• I don’t often bring Fini when I choose Kartana (Even if I did I can probably win)
If I just wanted to pick up an OHKO against Fini or Mimikyu, giving it a Life Orb could’ve been an option since it can increase the power from Sacred Sword. However, I was concerned about how Life Orb decreases its HP every time it attacks and moreover Nidoqueen had the Life Orb thus I settled with Grassium Z.
In regards of its movesets, Detect was essential to use Kartana carefully, Leaf Blade as its main means offence, Sacred Sword to check Incineroar, Heatran and Bisharp and Tailwind for speed control. At times I make the play of setting up Tailwind at the same turn the opponent sets up theirs but within this metagame, the common Tailwind setters are Zapdos, Charizard and Salamence thus I don’t often make such plays. (I use Cresselia for speed control when facing such opponents)
For the EVs, I invested enough to outspeed max speed Nihilego and invested the rest towards special defence to enhance its bulk. Due to this, Kartana has a very high chance of surviving Pelipper’s Hurricane and able to aggressively switch into Nihilego or Fini’s attack.
The fact that it has no attack invested, prevents it from OHKO’ing Fini with Leaf Blade or Mega-Tyranitar with Sacred Sword but it wasn’t much of a problem because once the other mons deal chip damage to them, it would put them in a KO range.
Incineroar @ Figy Berry
Ability: Intimidate
Level: 50
EVs: 236 HP / 44 Atk / 228 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Fake Out
- U-turn
- Flare Blitz
- Snarl
• HP set to activate berry when hit by Guardian of Alola
• 44+ Atk Incineroar Helping Hand Flare Blitz vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Metagross-Mega: 186-222 (99.4 - 118.7%) -- 93.8% chance to OHKO
Incineorar is the key member of this team, and I try to put as much burden as possible to this mon.
In regards of its movesets, Fake Out was very useful when supporting Mence, stalling out Tailwind or TR turns and doubling up to mons without Protect. Due to its low speed, it will almost move last everytime it uses U-turn but because of how Incineroar often moves last, it can switch out into whatever is in the back and move after scouting the opponent’s movement, allowing me to be in an advantageous position. Snarl is used to assist Mence to set up DD, punishing opponents from switching into their special attackers or forcing them to switch out. It’s also useful to stall out TR turns since it decreases the opponent’s firepower. Flareblitz is used to hit hard against steel types such as Ferrothorn and Mega-Metagross but also to activate its berry,
Its typing synergy is astounding because it can frequently switch out and into things and spread Intimidates and Fake Out. It’s undeniably a flawless pokemon.
In terms of attack, it especially functioned well under the sun. If Incineroar was under harsh sunlight, it can OHKO paper defence mons such as Koko thus it can take advantage of the opposing Zard-Y’s Drought. The special defence investment allows it to survive Koko’s Gigavolt Havoc (175 BP) in Electric Terrain (and in range of activating Wiki Berry).
As a side note, if a mon with a nature that hinders special attack consumed Wiki Berry, it will get confused. I wanted opposing Scizors to munch on it but I never faced once.
Tapu Fini @ Waterium Z
Ability: Misty Surge
Level: 50
EVs: 244 HP / 4 Def / 204 SpA / 4 SpD / 52 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Muddy Water
- Moonblast
- Protect
- Haze
• Outspeeds Base Speed 100s with Max Speed after Icy Wind
I will choose this mon in team preview if the opponent had mons such as Kommo-o or Snorlax in their team. Considering its synergy with Cresselia, I invested this much speed but it worked well as I was able to move first during a Fini mirror match.
The moveset is pretty much an orthodox Haze Fini. Protect is to prevent it from being KO’d by threats, Moonblast to check Dragon types such as Kommo-o, Muddy Water to hit hard against Landorus and Incineroar and Haze to shut down Eeevee teams and Belly Drum from Snorlax and Azumarill. This team was very weak to Eevee teams and Snorlax’s thus Haze was extremely beneficial.
Waterium Z was given to OHKO opposing Incineroar or Lando-T and to reduce the chances of losing from Muddy Water misses but its utility was very high.
In regards of its spreads, its speed allows it to outspeed base speed 100’s after an Icy Wind, 252 EVs were invested towards HP and the rest were given towards its special attack (Instead of just investing 252 EVs towards HP, its overall bulk will slightly increase if it was 244HP 4 Defence and 4 Special Defence). Because I invested this much bulk Fini has a very high chance of surviving a Timid Mega-Gengar’s Sludge Bomb. Although I had to decrease it special attack, I wasn’t too concerned about it since Fini’s main play style is to slowly deal damage to the opponents.
• Outspeeds max speed Nihilego after an Icy Wind
Cresselia’s role is to support Nidoqueen enhance its fullest potential. I think that Nidoqueen was able to do action during that finals match because of Cresselia.
I chose Psychock to check Nihilego and Calm Mind Fini but it yielded a lot of prssure because I invested a lot of special attack. Helping Hand is there to cover Nidoqueen’s somewhat lacking firepower, to forcefully annihilate the opponent with Kartana’s Grassium Z or Fini’s Waterium Z and to boost Mega-Mence’s Return. In regards of Ally Switch, it’s relatively easy to read so I don’t often use it other than the beginning phase of the match. I will use if I think that I would lose if played normally. Icy Wind is there for speed control and its role is to allow my mid-speed teammates to attack before the opponents do and to check the opponent’s Tailwind.
Its EV spread is invested to check Nihilego, which is a huge threat to the team. Instead of giving it 196 EVs towards HP, having 188 for HP and 4 for special defence would increase its bulk but to counter the movement of “Super Fang or Nature’s Madness + whatever deals more than 50% to Cresselia”, I gave it 196 EVs so that it is enough to activate the berry.
• Outspeeds max speed Tapu Fini with neutral nature (137)
The pokemon that did exceptionally well in the finals. I will choose her when facing Tapu + Gross teams, Gengar-Incineroar and Salamence teams. Nidoqueen is very strong against teams that are popular within the current metagame, and I chose her 5 out of 7 times during swiss and brought her to every single game in top cut.
The moveset is hyper offensive. Protect, which is self-explanatory and at times I would first protect Nidoqueen while speed controlling with either Cresselia or Kartana, allowing Nidoqueen to attack before the opponents in the following turn. Sludge Bomb is to hit the Tapu’s. As specially defensive mons such as Fini or Mega-Garde can survive Sludge Bomb, I would defeat these mons by doubling up with whatever is next to Nidoqueen or boost the damage output from Cresselia’s Helping Hand. Ice Beam allows it to hit hard against Landorus, Mence and Zapdos. When using against opponents that aren’t x4 weak to Ice, I sometimes feel the lack of firepower from this move due to Ice Beam not being STAB. At last, Earth Power is there to damage Metagross and Heatran. It can also hit hard against the currently popular Incineroar, displaying its force within the current meta.
The EV’s are invested mostly towards special attack and speed. Believing that I won’t face max speed Bulu, I adjusted its speed to be able to outspeed max speed Modest Fini, but having a small amount of defensive investment doesn’t significantly affect some damage calcs thus an orthodox spread of 252 special attack and speed is fine too. (Nidoqueen can still survive Mega-Metagross’s Ice Punch without any EVs towards bulk).
I often get asked “Why not Nidoking?” and to answer that, I would like to first highlight its defences. Nidoking cannot survive Jolly Mega-Gross’s Ice Punch or Timid Mega-Gengar’s Helping Hand boosted Shadow Ball (I’d rather choose Nidoqueen than giving Nidoking enough EVs to survive those attacks)
Nidoking is superior in regards of firepower. It can almost OHKO opposing Fini or bulky Metagross but if fired by Nidoqueen, they will survive (bulky Metagross’s survival will depend on the damage roll). But I thought that I can cover this flaw in firepower through the help of its teammates and ultimately compromised with Nidoqueen.
Team Selection
The following list are just examples, and there could be better ones (if there is please let me know).
The advantageousness of teamatch-ups are ranked by:
v.s. Fini-Gross (Match-up rank:◎)
The goal is to fully support Nidoqueen through Incineroar’s Fake Out, Cresselia’s Icy Wind/Ally Switch and Kartana’s Tailwind. The battle will heavily depend on how many opposing mons Nidoqueen will be able to OHKO.
v.s. Lele-Gross (Match-up rank: 〇)
Just like with Fini-Gross, the battles outcomes will depend on how much you’re able to push through with Nidoqueen. Lele’s Psychic Surge prevents Incineroar’s Fake Out thus it will stay in the back. Fake Out is used against Zapdos and Landorus. One miss can lead to defeat so you must be careful with your choices.
v.s. Koko-Gross (Match-up rank: 〇)
The basic goal is to effectively move Nidoqueen and allowing Mence and Kartana to move more freely by eliminating Gross and Koko which checks Mence and Incineroar for Kartana. Porygon-2 does seem to be a threat but its damage output will be decreased from Snarl. I’m still unsure of whether Fini or Mence would be suitable in the back.
v.s. Big-K (Match-up rank:◎)
Again, the matchup will come down to how much you can push through with Nidoqueen. If the opponent leads with Inci + Gengar, switch Mence into Incineroar and protect Nidoqueen.
v.s. Gardevoir-Incineroar teams (Match-up rank:△)
The goal is to deal chip damages to Incineorar and Zapdos whilst trying to create a position where Kartana can cause havoc due to its typing consistency against these teams. I lead with Kartana but I immediately switch it out into Incineroar in the first turn.
v.s. Rain (Match-up rank: ×)
A team that I don’t want to face. I have to predict whether the opponent would lead with their standard rain lead or leading with something that checks our anti-rain leads. Just like above, I would choose Nidoqueen if I face rain teams with Koko and Mence.
v.s. CHALK (Match-up rank:◎)
Very advantageous matchup. The goal is to cause havoc with Incineroar and Fini, whilst creating a position where Mence and Kartana can sweep. Kartana should use the Z-move. If the opponents Cresselia slot was Zapdos, choose Nidoqueen instead of Fini.
v.s. Charizard teams (No Snorlax) (Match-up rank: 〇)
There are so many variants of Charizard teams without Snorlax, so there isn’t a particular matchup selection. However Charizard teams struggle against Incineroar and Salamence therefore choosing them both would be valuable. The matchup itself is usually favourable, but if the opponent had Tyrnaitar or Aegislash just like above, the matchup becomes even.
v.s. Charizard teams (with Snorlax) (Match-up rank:◎)
The goal is to prevent Snorlax from causing havoc with Incineroar’s Fake Out and Fini’s Haze. As long as you conserve Fini you can pretty much win.
v.s. Blaziken-Bisharp (Match-up rank:◎)
The opponents will most of the time lead with Koko and Bisharp, so during the first turn you need to switch Fin into Nidoqueen while Kartana sets up Tailwind. Afterwards you just keep attacking and win. Be mindful of potential Calm Mind Cresselias.
v.s. Goth-Mawile (Match-up rank: ×)
As much as I want to weaken Mawile by cycling Intimidates, Gothitelle doesn’t allow me to that. However, Mega-Mawile isn’t that bulky so it’s important to identify the right moment to eliminate it. Rain Goth-Mawile is a nightmare for this team.
v.s. Mence teams (Match-up rank:◎)
The key of this matchup is how much Nidoqueen can fire off its attacks. Support from Cress and Incineroar are necessary. If Nidoqueen gets eliminated, use Mence as the second main attacker.
Bad matchups
Calm Mind Moonlight Cresselia/Calm Mind Recover Mega-Latias
The team’s coverage against these two are very limited, lacking moves such as Toxic or Perish Song to counter bulky mons. Although it is possible to weaken these mons through Fini’s Haze or Incineroar’s Snarl, the team can get easily demolished if you don't watch out for whatever is next to them. I was contemplating on whether to put Toxic on Cresselia just for these two. Consequentially, I never faced any of these during nats so I guess Ally Switch was the correct option but… Toxic Cresselia could be essentiall depending on how the metagame changes
Defiant/Competitive users
It’s pretty obvious due to the team having double Intimidate. But as long as you’re being cautious of not boosting the opposing mons firepower with Intimidate or even if you did, eliminating them immediately it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. However, you must be careful of surprise factors such as scarf Braviary or Adrenaline Orb Milotic since it can ruin the gameplan.
I didn’t face any of these too during Japan nats.
I may have won the tournament because of the team and the plays I made, but perhaps because I managed to avoid facing bad matchups.
In conclusion
Despite the tournament being my first ever nationals, I was able to win more than I expected and I’m very glad that I was able to win the entire tournament. It was definitely worth spending numerous amount of time towards teambuilding and practice. I only had 3 moves with shaky accuracy (with 2 being 95%), I guess another factor which lead to my victory was how I decreased the risks of my moves missing. I faced very strong players from swiss, feeling extremely nervous during every match (honestly was about to throw up) but I was able to enhance my full strength without making any misplays.
I was really happy seeing how numerous people were rooting for me, including those from my pokemon club and my followers too. Thank you very much!
Also, shoutouts to those who helped me out with practice matches! It honestly boosted my confidence before nats!
I would expect worlds to be much more difficult, but I will do my best to win worlds too! | {
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Last year we did an audio review of every Gamecock football season since 1987. Due to popular demand, we will be re-running the series this summer leading up to kickoff against Texas A&M on August 28.
The Brad Scott era at USC continues its slow fade in 1997, dropping to a 5-6 record. At least with the 6-5 in 1996 we had victories over Georgia and Clemson, but not so in ’97. The season could’ve turned out better, but a devastating knee injury to quarterback Anthony Wright against Tennessee forced 165-lb. Vic Penn into action.
Penn fled the program to Central Florida after the Clemson game, largely because he couldn’t throw the out (1:36:37 here). In that Clemson game, despite a blazing start by Troy Hambrick (TD’s at 22:10 and 31:50 here), we lost primarily due to Brad Scott making one of the worst calls in coaching history (1:05:50 here).
(Note: also fun to see Wally Burnham of USC matching defensive wits with Reggie Herring of Clemson. Two of the most hated defensive coordinators in the state’s history.) | {
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I must be INSANE to go through Insanity! This workout is great and I want you to join me as I go through my most difficult challenge to date! Track my progress with me via my posts and progress pics and feel free to provide your input as well! Remember to always DIG DEEP!
Monday, June 20, 2011
So, I was talking to my brother the other day to get an idea of how he was progressing out in the desert, and I was quite shocked. He told me that he is already nearing his goal of 175 lbs and anticitpates that he will be exceeding his own expectations by the time his deployment is complete. This can't be possible; I'm talking about my little brother who is supposed to be skinny and puny! Last I saw him, he was at 160 lbs, which was the heaviest he's ever been. As of two days ago, he is at 168 lbs.I'm sitting here wondering why it is that I have not stepped my game up at this point. I've been taking it easy on myself lately, but I am more than happy to show people different exercises I've learned thorugh Insanity in an effort to get folks to join the workout fever. Seeing how quick my brother has progressed has reinvigorated my desire to push ahead. I was actually contemplating delaying another few weeks to get the necessary equipment for the P90X workout, but I think I am going to go ahead and start doing workouts in my job's fitness center 5 days per week. This way I just don't skip a beat.Another thing I am going to do is work toward doing at least 150 pushups per day. Once I get used to it, I will increase the count to 200 pushups and continue increasing in increments of 50 until I reach my peak. I guess my workout partner is proving to be more of a motivator than even I anticipated! It helps that he likes to brag about it: something I used to do quite a bit until I got out of the military and reallity set in, lol. I could use the excuse that I didn't have time to keep myself in shape, but that would just be a lie. I got lazy and let myself go. Anyway, that is in the past and is not important today.The point is that my brother is in this just as much as I am. While we are not in the same place, we are still trying to outdo each other. It is great when there is someone there to challenge you to exceed expectations. That mindset applies with anyone. You always want someone that is going to push you as much as you push them. It's almost like being in a relationship with a significant other. In order for it to work, you have to be able to see things eye to eye with one another. Additionally, it is important for you and your significant other to challenge one another to be better as time goes on.I am not a professional coach or trainer. I don't have a degree, certicication, or any other formal education to back up what I say on my blog. I do have my word. I do have my pictures to support my testimony. While I don't have the educational background, I have my lifetime experiences. I go with what I know. There are people who always like to see the proof behind what I tell them. Everyone is always looking for someone to support their argument. Well, I am the proof to my arguments. I intend to improve going forward. My brother is my motivator/challenger. In six months, the results will be the proof.The question everyone asks me: how did you change so much in such a short period? The answer I give them: a lot of hard work and discipline...with a little dose of Insanity. Until next time...KEEP DIGGING DEEPER!!!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
There is this constant that I hear from everyone: it would be great to have a workout buddy! For a long time, I fell into the category of needing a workout partner. As a matter of fact, I still do! I think it is great to have someone there, giving you the motivation to get that extra rep done during a given exercise. Not only do you find it in you to get that last rep in there, but you suddenly feel like you can go another 2 hours in the gym after accomplishing the feat.
There is just something about the feel of going to the gym by yourself that leaves you less motivated and unwilling to give it your all. There were so many times where I would go to the gym, and not even know what to do. In those situations I would get on a random machine, do some reps, and just walk around for a period until I felt like there was something else I could do. My motivation would be at an extreme low; after a while I would just leave the gym feeling like it was a waste of time and gas.
I feel like I am being somewhat hypocritical right now. The reason: I didn't have a workout partner present when I did my Insanity routine. Not one time did I have someone working out beside me: unless you consider my two year old daughter a workout partner! There were plenty of times throughout the routine when I would wonder how it is that I am getting through this without anyone there. That is when it dawned on me: I DID HAVE WORKOUT PARTNERS. The only thing is that they were not there with me.
Technology has made life easy; in some ways, it can be considered a gift and a curse. In this case, however, it was definitely a gift. About two weeks into Insanity, I found out that my best friend in Boston was working out as well. Being the competitive one, I knew I had to finish this routine: especially knowing that he was on a quest for weight loss as well. I also found out that one of my younger brothers - who happens to be stationed out in Alaska - is also on a fitness trip. He is in it for muscle building/weight gaining purposes. While our goals differ, they are fitness related nevertheless.
While the motivation was not in front of me, I still received it from people who were also in pursuit of a healthier lifestyle. They may have been thousands of miles away from me, but their progress has proven addictive as it only helped to increase my desire to improve as well. The conclusion: workout buddies do not have to be present in order to provide you with the additional push. I am in Texas, and I was able to go the extra mile through motivation from people in Massachusetts and Alaska.
To put this on full display, I have decided to have my brother participate in this blog with me. Folks, he is no longer in Alaska. He will be reporting from the other side of the world: in the Middle East. That being said, he has not lost track of his goals. He plans to gain between 10 and 15 lbs in the next 6 months while he is deployed and serving his country. Just to give people an idea of the challenges he is facing: my brother has a very active metabolism that will be working against him. Additionally, he is going to have to contend with the summer months; that means he will be experiencing temperatures between 125 and 150 degrees Fahrenheit. If you take those two factors into consideration, gaining 10 to 15 pounds is no small feat.
So, I am challenging him in a few ways. I want him to keep accountability on this blog just as I have. Our goals kind of work out evenly because I have about 15 pounds to LOSE to get to my goal weight while he has the same amount of weight to GAIN to reach his goal weight. Secondly, I am going to have him include pictures of his own to track each other's progress over the next 6 months. This should be pretty interesting.
His method of training will involve more heavy lifting, while mine will be a little more cardio based. There will be lifting involved through the P90X training, but not to build mass. As previously stated, I will probably substitute some P90X workouts with Insanity workouts. This will most likely happen if I notice more building taking place as opposed to breaking down. If anyone wants to join us in this challenge, by all means let me know and I will be sure to help you in tracking your progress as well.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
I've been told by plenty that the P90X routine pales in comparison to the Insanity routine as far as the intensity level is concerned. That being said I am still not going to take it lightly. I think I am so focused on maxing out from Insanity that I am going to find myself doing the same with P90X. I think I will still be able to feel some kind of effect simply because I haven't been doing my Insanity lately.
Unfortunately my youngest daughter sustained an injury. As a result, she has been super demanding of attention. She's calmed down quite a bit as of late so I am going to do a combination of the core cardio and balance and the cardio abs. I'll do cardio abs every other day so that I can avoid potential soreness that may result. Ok, enough about Insanity and my petty reasons for not staying religious with my workouts: I want to talk a bit more about the P90X routine.
It is definitely a routine which piqued my interest well before I became interested in Insanity. As a matter of fact, I was contemplating taking the step forward and buying the equipment in preparation for acquiring the routine. I decided not to simply because I was living in an apartment at the time and did not want to deal with the possibility of disturbing neighbors while I jumped around with my workouts on at full blast. I like to make the experience as real as possible. Once I got into a house, I realized I didn't have to worry about disturbing people above or below me, so life became significantly more convenient.
Many people have told me I got the hard part out of the way by doing Insanity, but I think it really depends on how one approaches it. I think P90X can be a beast in its own right if you do it right. I am going to look into picking up some weights, but I am going to make sure that I have enough weight so that I can increase my intensity as I go through the workouts. I am going to try every workout at least once just to see where I stand. If I see that my endurance is higher than expected, I will either increase the weight I lift with, or I will simply substitute that workout for one of my Max Interval workouts from Insanity. While I may increase in my muscle tone and mass through P90X, I can still work to get the quality burn from Insanity.
Now, I have been asked on a few occasions why I am electing not to go with the Insanity: The Asylum workout and the reason is simple. I want to wait a while to see what people have to say about it. I am sure that there is plenty of intensity involved, but I want to see what other say as well as their results upon completing the program. I am also making sure that it turns out to be a positive investment in the long term as well. I have already seen and heard plenty about what P90X has to offer, so I think that this is a more conservative move on my part.
The way I see it, by the time I have completed the P90X routine, there should be a healthy dose of reviews and results to based my judgement on the Asylum workout. If I decide I am going to do the Asylum workout, I will first do a recovery week and another full month of the Max Interval Training with Insanity. I think that will be more than enough to prepare myself for the Asylum workouts. It's always good to look ahead, but I am going to worry about one thing at a time.
For now, it's just all about P90X and what results I can achieve from that routine. I know I haven't posted lately, but it's mainly because I am not doing much that would be relevant to the routines involved on this blog. Right now I am limited to regular weight training in the fitness center at my job. At the very least, it is helping me greatly with maintaining my weight. As a matter of fact, I am down to 194 lbs., so despite doing weights I have still managed to lose another pound.
More to come in the near future. I'll be going to home to Boston for a week, so I'll be pushing to start P90X upon returning from my vacation. Until then, KEEP DIGGING DEEP EVERYONE!!!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Insanity is done. I am surprised that I was able to get through this program. I had my reservations at the beginning considering that it has always been difficult for me to actually apply myself to anything. For a number of reasons, I was able to just maintain the motivation I had from the get go. The feeling I have is one of gratification, accomplishment and pride balled up into one. I wake up, and the first thing I do is look in the mirror. I can't help but crack a slight smile because the stomach I had is no longer there. The fat on my arms has turned into definition. My face is no longer round and the cheek bones I thought disappeared at one point in time have finally returned. All of that is good, but the best thing I got out of this workout was the fact that I am not tired all day. I am not out of breath. I can keep up with my kids.
Yeah, life is definitely better today than it was two months ago. Now it is time to get ready to implement the next step of my quest for ultimate fitness. The first round of Insanity is over, and I was thinking about how to ease my way into the next big routine: P90X. From what I have seen out of P90X, it looks more like a strength based workout as opposed to cardio. I still want to keep my cardio going for the moment, so I am going to continue my second month Insanity workouts and incorporate some moderate weight lifting so that I can work more toward toning my upper body. I am looking to starting the P90X routine around the second week of June. I would start a little sooner, but I have to make a trip back home to see family and friends.
I've also decided that I will not be working out in my house when it comes to the P90X routine. The way my living room is set up just makes it way too inconvenient. I want to be in a position where I can see the movements as they are done so I can get the proper form down. This is where having a garage does wonders. What makes it even better is that the summer is coming around, which means that I will have plenty of Texas heat hitting me; that will only amplify how much of a sweat I break during my workouts! I am hoping to achieve maximum results by doing my workouts in the garage. I guess you can say I am using the heat as a sort of sauna suit.
If you look off to the side of my blog page, you'll see my final results. I have been including strength training with my regular workouts to create a little bit of bulk. The funny thing is that I haven't gained any weight as a result. I think there is a little bit of difference in my upper body mass from the last progress pics I took, but it could all just be in my head. Anyway, this ends my journey with Insanity...at least the first round. I'm still going to keep using the workouts on a steady basis. They have given me awesome results. I didn't lose any muscle, but I didn't necessarily gain any either. My main purpose with this workout was to shed fat. Now that I have done it and tested my endurance along with it, it's time for me to take it up a notch.
Keep following my blog, folks. There will definitely be more to come in the near future. Until then, keep digging deep!!!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
I've had my heart rate monitor through my entire time of doing Insanity. I have seen plenty of people counting their calories burned on here and all I could do is sit here and watch everyone else brag about how they burned 500 or 600 calories in a given workout. Still I sat there wondering, how are these people counting their calories burned?
I was messing around with my heart rate monitor the other day and guess what I realized? My heart rate monitor DOES keep a count of calories burned! At this point my face flushed beat red with stupidity as I quieted laughed to myself. HOW COULD I HAVE MISSED THAT THIS WHOLE TIME?!?!
Anyway, so I decided to put it to the test. How many calories can I burn on my Insanity workouts? So, I did my Max Interval Circuit workout today. I wasn't expecting anything crazy. I figured that I still have a long way to go before I can say I burned 1,000 calories on a workout. Well, assuming made an ass out of no one else but me!
I was just 26 minutes into my routine and had already burned 475 calories! By the time I was done with my Max Interval Circuit, I had burned a whopping 1,057 calories! SERIOUSLY?!?!?! Let me go ahead and say it again. In just under 60 minutes of Max Interval Circuit training, I burned 1,057 calories. WWWWWOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!
In conclusion, folks...believe what they advertise when it comes to Insanity. I have given people the burden of proof they need as far as whether or not you can truly burn 1,000 calories in one hour. Yeah, I'm loving every bit of it!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
If you go ahead and scroll down, you will see my current progress pictures after completing 7 weeks of Insanity. The first thing that comes to mind is shock...I am shocked that I have been able to generate such insane results in such a short time. I am shocked that I managed to maintain most of my build up top and added definition to boot! At the same time, I am slightly dismayed. I would have really wanted to hit my goal of 185 on the first go. That said, I will go ahead and refer back to what I said on my first post: while I would love to be down to 185, the 190's-range is also acceptable so long as there is a significant difference in my overall appearance. I'll just let the pics speak for themselves.
Another thing I am slightly down about is that time flew by on me. I still feel like I just barely started the routine and I am already 10 days away from being an Insanity graduate. You better believe that I'll be getting my Insanity shirt ASAP! Don't worry, I'm still going to continue my routine, but I am also working toward purchasing the P90X routine, Insanity: Asylum, a few more Insanity DVD sets that are separate from the regular collection as well as a boxing workout called Savage and Serene. I figure, the more workouts I get: the more I can shock my body in every possible way. OH YEAH, and I'm thinking about taking up hot yoga: a form of yoga which takes place in a room where temps are set at between 95 and 105 degrees. I think it's supposed to allow you to get a really good stretch. That will be key when I see that REALLY good recovery from everything.
For now, I still have plenty of Insanity left on my plate, so I won't be stopping any time in the foreseeable future.I have already developed a plan that I call my 6 steps of Pure Madness. If I see that it is working for me in the long run, I'll be putting it out there for everyone to follow. No worries, I'll keep the progress pics coming. However, I think that I will spread it to a monthly basis after I complete the Insanity workouts. I will get back to posting bi-weekly progress pics whenever I decide to get into the P90X mode. Take it easy folks, and remember to always DIG DEEP!!!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Ok, I'll admit, it's been a tough week. It's been gloomy out, which has led me to be a bit sluggish at the start of my days, but that has not deterred me from doing my Insanity workouts. As of now, I am down to 196 lbs! That adds up to a total of 13 lbs lost so far. I haven't taken any measurements as of late, but I think I am going to wait until I am completely done with my routine.
The second month of Insanity has not disappointed one bit! Every workout is absolutely nuts, and I love it because I am now incorporating my upper body a lot more; that was a minor concern during the first month. My legs feel like cinder blocks: not because they weigh me down, but because of how solid they are! I have noticed an increase in my definition all over, and I think there are signs of my abs starting to show! I was expecting results, but I thought myself to be overzealous with my initial expectations. I honestly didn't think I would get under 190. If I give it my all for the last 2 weeks, I think I'll be around 189. We'll just have to see what happens!
Another thing that I have been incorporating into my Insanity routine is some moderate lifting, but only for the upper body. As previously mentioned, my legs are pretty good. I want to keep it to where my upper body is more or less proportioned with my lower body, so I figured some weight training would do me good. One thing I got a real kick out of was that I can definitely notice the difference in the upper body! I got to lifting weights the week before last and was in shock by what I saw: my muscles in my chest and shoulders were rippling with each rep on dumbell curls! I'm sorry, but I have never had that happen; if it seems like I am giddy from this entry, it's because I am!
I think I have reached the point where it is time for me to consider becoming a Beachbody coach. I have been approached about this, but I put it on the backburner simply because I don't want to coach people through something I have not yet completed myself. There is no question that I am going to finish this routine with only two weeks remaining after this! I have had a great deal of fun with this routine. For those of you who have stopped by and checked out my blog, I hope that my progress has given you the added motivation to pursue your healthier lifestyle.
So, what happens after Insanity? I think I am going to do another round of Insanity, which will bring me into the May timeframe. Once I am done with the second round of Insanity, I am going to look into acquiring the P90X routine. I'll go through P90X and be done by the end of Summer. From there, I think I am going to do a hybrid style routine which will consist of a P90X workout one day and then an Insanity workout the next day. That should take me through to the end of the year and maybe a little into next year. From there, the sky's the limit. I know some folks out there must think I am a little too ambitious with my approach, but I have found something outside of my relationship and my children that I can truly be dedicated toward.
So, week 8 is right around the corner. That means I will be taking my fourth fit test and I will also be taking progress pictures as well. Being that it's been 3 weeks since my last progress pics, I anticipate a noticeable change in the new ones. We shall see soon enough. Until then, I will just keep digging deep; I hope you do too!
Monday, March 21, 2011
I decided that there was no better time to take measurements than my half-way point on Insanity. There was a slight bit of anxiety coupled with excitement because I knew I had improved, but I didn't know how much. Here are my measurements prior to Starting Insanity:
I knew there were going to be some differences in my measurements just by looking at my photos over the past four weeks, but I was not expecting the differences I saw! The following are my current measurements as of last Friday:
Now, I was excited enough as it was to see that - after only 5 weeks of Insanity - I have already shed 11 total inches from my body. What was absolutely astounding to me was that I also managed to reduce my body fat by almost 12 percentage points! That was nothing short of amazing to me. What gets me even more than that is the fact it all happened through the first month and my recovery week! I can't even imagine what kind of results I can achieve with the second month, which brings me to the next part of this post...
Today was day one of my second month of Insanity. I would just like to state that the second month is the reason why the first month was put in place. The first month and the recovery week were all just a brief glimps...better yet, preparation for the montster that is called Month 2. Folks, the second month of Insanity is why this workout is so appropriately named. But before I go into that, today was also the day of my third fit test.
I didn't think I was going to do very well on my fit test today simply because I decided to party with my little brother who came down to visit from Alaska (he's in the military). I had a few drinks, ate a bit more than I normally do, but I was not going to pass up my fit test just because of a little excessive partying. As I was doing my fit test, I was growing more and more astonished at the improvements I was making across the board. So I shall let the results speak for themselves; they are in order from the first results to my current results:
I am loving the results that I have seen so far from this workout, and I only anticipate them getting better with each passing week. My first day on the second month was absolutely brutal! I felt like it couldn't get much worse than what I went through on the first month, but it's not often that I am blessed with being correct on such an assumption. Believe me, this was no exception. I was absolutely drenched in every way, AND I LOVED IT!!! In two weeks, I hope to wow everyone with my updated photos: including myself. I am beginning to grow much more optimistic that my goals are completely achievable. Until I get to the end, I am just going to continue digging deep. More updates to come...
Monday, March 14, 2011
Four weeks down: five more to go. I have completed my first month of the Insanity routine, and I am quite pleased with my results thus far. While I have not lost too much in weight, I have trimmed down in the correct areas and toned up in others. It has been nothing short of challenging and it feels great to enter my Recovery week.
The recovery week is still challenging in the sense that you are continuously breaking a sweat. That being said, it is not quite as strenuous as the other workouts have been. One thing I did notice on the Insanity calendar the other day was the Recovery workout (Core Cardio and Balance) is going to be replacing the Cardio Recovery in the second month of the routine. This has me beginning to wonder about how much more rigorous the routines are going to be in the second month. I guess I will find out in a week.
There are some exercises on this recovery DVD that look awkward when you initially watch them being performed, but believe me when I say they work! I was surprised by how much I was able to feel my core being engaged with almost every movement. I had to stop every now and then just to stretch out my abdominal area, but I kept going anyways.
As I stated at the beginning of this post: I am very pleased with my results to this point, and I am definitely looking forward to the workouts coming up in the second month. I'm going to watch the workouts for the second month and I'll probably post something up letting everyone know what I think about them. I'm actually pretty excited now to see what's to come. I'm extremely psyched out that I have made it this far. I'm looking forward to completing this routine and possibly doing another round before I decide to get into anything else.
Monday, March 7, 2011
This is my final week of month 1 of Insanity. As expected, I hit a plateau with my weight loss, but I am not disappointed at all. When averaged out, I have lost 2 lbs per week since the start of my routine. My energy is still sky high, but I continue to push myself to my limits with every workout. It doesn't matter how much tolerance you build up over the course of the routine; you are supposed to burn yourself out every time. I think that is what I love most about Insanity: no matter how good you get at this routine and no matter how much shape you are in, you will still get worn the hell out!
Here I am approaching the halfway mark, and I am surprised at how quickly time has passed since I started. I am noticing the difference, however gradual it may be. I have already lost about an inch and a half off my waist. I am not sure how much I have lost everywhere else, but that is enough of a difference to get me that much more encouraged! My mother - who I previously mentioned was one of my best critics - is beginning to chime in as well! Her remark: "I'm finally getting my son back!", referring to when I weighed much less. It was nice to see her acknowledge that I was losing weight before, but this most recent comment from her just reinforces the fact that what I am doing...is actually working. It's not so much that I need the vote of confidence from people, but it is good to know that I am not the only one noticing any results.
It's been a great journey so far, and I only see it getting better as I prepare for the next month of Insanity. It looks to be quite intense. I'll be posting up my progress pictures after I am done with my 4th week, so we'll see how things are at that point. I am looking forward to seeing the difference! Until then, I'll just keep digging deep!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
I just realized that I never really established what my motivations were to pursuing a healthier lifestyle. Of course, wanting to be fit is enough reason in itself, but there is more to it than just being fit. So here is a little bit on my motivation.For a long time I was in denial that I needed to lose weight. This is not the first time it happened. I had a reality check when I was 19 years old and trying to enlist with the Air Force. I wanted to get in, but I was overweight at the time. I weighed in a 220 lbs. and I needed to get down to at least 189 lbs. in order to qualify. Fortunately, I had a fast acting metabolism and was able to shed off the weight with minimal difficulty in 2 months time. That, and ephedra was still legal in weight loss supplements. It's almost 9 years later, and there is a completely different dynamic involved. One can look at it as a fight to be able to finally LIVE.When I reflect on myself two years ago, I can recall looking at myself and being completely disgusted. I was over 220 lbs. again and I had been out of the Air Force for about 2 years. I had a daughter on the way, which I was happy about; I was not happy with myself though. I remember being able to at least hide the pudge in my stomach whenever I would go out on a night with the guys prior to meeting my current girlfriend, but I was also in decent shape because of the military fitness regimen we went by. No, this was definitely different. I was unhealthy, irresponsible, and I lacked any kind of motivation to really do anything about it. This was in 2009. When my girlfriend was pregnant with our daughter, I used the excuse that my weight gain was the result of sympathy symptoms. No, it wasn't that at all; I just liked to eat. The fact that she had more of an appetite gave me more excuses to take her out to eat wherever she wanted.Now it's 2010. I step on the scale at the very beginning of the year and am shocked at what I see. I have now reached a weight I never thought I would. I hit 230 lbs. I promise there wasn't any muscle gain in that time. We decide to get a gym membership and I started losing weight immediately. I am feeling marginally better, but I am still not feeling good about myself. While I am incorporating a better workout routine, I am still eating the same old trash. As a matter of fact, I start eating more of it because my appetite increased with my workouts. So I plateau at around 215. I try to give myself some kind of pat on the back, but what is there to be proud of? I lost weight, but I feel the same; in that case, I did not achieve success. Bills start to come around, other miscellaneous expenses and a stupid attempt at trying to do an online business bring on a whirlwind of stress because of all the money being thrown away. I give up my gym membership, and start eating more. I close out 2010 thinking to myself, "the last two years have been pretty rough and I am nervous about entering this next year."So here we are in 2011. I go through a string of nights where I dream of nothing but working out and how much I know I can get in better shape. I can't get this thought out of my head. I've been waking up sweating. I know I have to do something about how I feel, but I need to find my drive. One day I wake up and see my youngest daughter, Amaya. She lets out the most beautiful smile almost as if to say, "Yup, daddy. I think you finally figured it out." I get out of bed, I am sluggish but I muster up just enough energy to lift her up and give her a morning hug and a kiss on the cheek. One can argue that my girls are all the motivation I need, but I need more than that. I decide to think about where I am, and where I want to be.I want to be able to wake up in the morning, look at myself in the mirror and be proud of what I see in that reflection. I am not necessarily pursuing to be nothing but muscle, but I do want to see results. I want to be able to run around with my girls and not have to stop because I am out of breath after only 5 or 10 minutes. I want to have the endurance I once had when I was younger. Do looks have anything to do with what I am trying to do here? Not as much as one would think. See, I was comfortable with my weight. I was not worried about anyone's perception of me. However, I began having a lot of pain in my knees and ankles; this leads me to my next motivation. I want to run around and jump around without the fear of waking up the next day with sore joints.Again, I flash back to the Insanity workout infomercials and immediately recall having the link saved on my desktop. I go ahead and take another look at it and read testimonials. I look everywhere for any kind of reviews on Insanity because I want to make sure this is the route I want to go. I get slightly nervous when I see that people recommend to workout for a period of time prior to doing Insanity. Many people say, if you are not physically fit, you should not get into this. I begin to feel a slight hint of reluctance. The fact that there is a diet I should follow is even more intimidating because I have never attempted to change anything about what I eat. I realize I need to give up on soda, the drink I consume more than water. For a minute there, I thought I was going to give up on the IDEA of purchasing Insanity. I reflect on my motivation and then speak with some family to get their input. The decision is made.Here I am now, in the midst of my 3rd week on Insanity. I haven't looked back. I see who I was as a reminder of where I don't want to be again in the future. I see my girls and realize that I need to be healthy for them. I see my health, and how irresponsible I was with my eating habits. I know I am traveling down the right path. I will be healthy; I will be happy. This is my motivation.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Let me begin by saying I thought I was going to die doing this fit test before I started simply because all I had to reflect on was the first fit test. I knew I would probably be able to tolerate more just because of going through the routine, but I was still intimidated nevertheless! Well, the key to it all is to max out on each exercise, so I guess I am still exhausted in that sense. That being said, I am THRILLED with my results!
Some were modest, but there were other exercises that I went up significantly in my reps. Yes, I was completely worn out, but I was able to recover quicker with the breaks in between. Well, needless to say I am completely sold on Insanity, and I will be pushing through the whole routine. At first, I was skeptical, but now I am a complete and total believer in this program. The following are my results for week 1 and weeks 2 respectively:
As you can see, the results don't lie. Now, seeing as I am now 2 weeks into this routine, I am going to post up my progress pics to this point. While I do not see a significant physical improvement, my endurance is way up. I know I am not far from seeing some results on my midsection. We'll see how I am doing in 2 more weeks. I am sort of dreading the second month of the Insanity workout, but I'm excited too!
Monday, February 21, 2011
Hey everyone, so today is the start of my second week of insanity. I have to say that I am even more amped up right now than I was when I finally got over my soreness (day 4). I just did my first weigh-in after starting Insanity, and I have to say that I am quite impressed! I originally weighed in at 209 lbs.; I am now down to 204 lbs! I know that is probably more water weight than anything, but it is great to say that I have already attained some kind of results.
I didn't think it was possible to be more energetic than I was just 3 days into the workout, but I can say that I am even more energetic than when I started! I know, I am only on my seventh day of Insanity, but I am already craving tomorrow's workout! Now that I see how much of an improvement has been made in such a short period, I just want more; it's like another addiction.
As the workouts have passed, I have noticed gradual increases in my stamina, as well as my endurance. I find myself more capable of completing more repetitions of each exercise as opposed to when I started. I am still taking plenty of breaks, but I am definitely not as exhausted as I was last week. I am still workiing on getting my form up to par. I will say this: despite not keeping up with the pace, I am still getting a great workout by simply focusing on my form.
Needless to say, this has been a very challenging workout so far, and I am enjoying every bit of it. If you have been like me for the past two years (just staring at the TV envying the great bodies on the infomercials but not motivated to do it yourself) then you definitely need to get this collection of DVDs! Either that, or you can look at my results as I go through the routine and let that serve as the proof that it works!
More updates to come! Two week photo update coming up next Monday (2/28/2011)!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
I got done with day 3 of Insanity earlier today. While I am still quite sore from the workouts, I am beginning to build some tolerance. I am managing to do at least some repetitions of each exercise, but I am still taking multiple breaks. This routine really wears you out! Just when I think I have exhausted all of my energy, Shaun T makes some kind of statement that gets you to put out just a little bit more. It's almost as though he is in the room with you. I didn't believe the reviews I read because I felt that other workout videos came off relatively generic and rehearsed.
There are plenty of reviews out there highlighting the fact that you will be the most sore in the first week of Insanity and then the soreness should subside. I am slowing becoming convinced by those reviews as I go through these workouts. The way the schedule is set up is making much more sense. People complained about how the workouts become played out because of doing them over and over again, but there is a method to the madness.
The hope is that I can come back on here in two weeks and realize that I have improved significantly despite feeling absolutely burned out. I have to say it again: Insanity is the real effing deal! I was dripping sweat today. I haven't had that in the previous two workouts. That lets me know I am already working harder. What's great is that, through all the soreness, I am actually gaining a degree of enjoyment with Insanity.
I am already experiencing an improvement in my stamina over the course of the day. I am not as sluggish, and I have not needed any dose of caffeine - something which was a ritual prior to starting Insanity. I normally drank at least 5 cokes and had upwards of 4 cups of coffee, hot chocolate, or both. Let me not forget to mention that I added plenty of sugar to those cups of coffee. I eliminated so much just by cutting out the coffee, soda and hot chocolate. Couple that with the fact that I have already improved on my diet, and there is nothing to stop me from reaching my goals: except myself.
Well, there is no question that I am going to keep up with Insanity, just as there is no question that I am going to continue providing updates for everyone to see. I have 11 days left until I post up my progress through 2 weeks. We'll see how that goes. Until then, keep digging deep!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Today was day 1 of my quest for Insanity. The first challenge was the Fit Test, which consisted of 8 workouts; you do as many reps as you can within an allotted amount of time. This test definitely gives you an idea of what is in store over the course of the next nine weeks, and it absolutely obliterated me!
I can definitely share in the sentiment of so many reviewers whenever they mention their thoughts in the first day or two of the Insanity Routine: WHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING?!?! What makes it all the more intimidating is the fact that there is more time between the exercises than in the actual workouts. I had a minute - in some cases, more - to get a drink and prepare for the next exercise while Shaun T. explained how to perform each movement. I will only be given 30 seconds of rest between circuits in the actual workouts.
Let me take a moment and provide a suggestion that I have not seen too many people make. Get a heart rate monitor! You definitely want to keep track of your heart rate throughout the workouts in an effort not to overwork yourself. I bought a monitor by new balance for 50 dollars since I am only using it for workout purposes. There are more expensive heart rate monitors which offer more operations should you desire one that offers more versatility. In any event, get one!
Another note I would like to make is that I did my best not to pay attention to the people doing the exercises on the DVD only because it is not accurate to measure up to them if you are barely getting into this routine. The folks on the DVD have already completed the workout, so don't be discouraged with your numbers. I think my numbers were fairly solid considering that I haven't worked out in quite some time, so I anticipate a steady improvement going forward.
For those of you who plan on trying to maintain some degree of muscle mass, I would recommend doing some minimal weight training throughout the routine. That being said, I think this workout will allow for better results when it comes to muscle building. I will probably incorporate 3 days out of the week to do some light to moderate lifting, but that's about it.
My next update will probably come on wednesday, and every third day after that. I will also put up posts every time I do a fit test. Future fit test posts will contain only the results and no additional commentary. That will be on my 3 day updates. Until next time, keep diggin deep!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Let me start off by saying that I am not trying to sell anything. If anything, you can consider me doing this pro bono since my understanding is that this product sells itself. If you see my results and are motivated to get in shape you are more than welcome to visit beachbody.com and purchase it from them. My only payoff from whoever reads this is their new found motivation to want to get in shape. So, enough about that.
I am aware that I am what most would consider a late bloomer in terms of acquiring this work out as it has probably been out for close to 2 years. I first caught the advertisement around the end of Winter in 2009 and was immediately drawn to the infomercials. I was very hesitant to get into such a committment for a number of reasons; unfortunately, I used the lamest excuses to not take the plunge.
Any time I see an infomercial advertising anything - and it mentions that all you have to do is make so many easy payments of $xx.95 - I automatically write it off as an attempt at scamming people. That was my first lame excuse. The second lame excuse I came up with was that I already had a gym membership and I was doing better on my own. I thought I was in pretty good condition. Not only is that lame, but I couldn't be further from the truth.
If there is one thing that stings more than an ass whoopin, it's cold hard facts. When you suddenly find yourself surrounded by people telling you that you need to get in shape, it can hurt your ego pretty bad. I'm talking about friends, family, co-workers, etc. Now, I am not saying I became grossly overweight, but there was a marked decrease in my stamina; additionally, I had a noticeably larger appetite and people even pointed out that my personality changed: not for the better. My smoking habit has grown beyond control, and while I may not drink as much, I am still paying for it with all the other negatives.
Being overweight is not the only way to be unhealthy. I have not been happy with myself for quite some time. I am not proud of my appearance, my mentality, my outlook for the future, and my overall health.
To tell you the truth, I really don't know what exactly led me to allow things to get so out of hand, but I do know that now is the time to do something about it. If I don't stop my downward spiral, I may get to a point where there is no chance to recover.
About two weeks ago, I received a positive remark from my mother, who just so happens to be one of my best critics. She noticed that I have slimmed down. One of the areas I promised my girlfriend I would improve on from New Years was my diet. I have definitely minimized how much food I consume. I should have felt great hearing my mother's remarks, but I didn't. I told her that I was nowhere near as healthy as I need to be. She nodded her head in acknowlegdement and then we changed subjects.
I must have arrived home that day with perfect timing because as I stepped in I heard the commercial for the Insanity workout and something just triggered in my mind. It was at that moment I realized it was time for me to do what I should have done two years ago. I went to the beach body website the next day and made the purchase, but not until I made a promise to myself: no matter how difficult this routine may be, I need to complete it. I cannot sell myself short, or my efforts will all be in vain.
Look, I am not claiming to be some special exception: there are plenty of folks out there with the same story, some of you may be reading this right now. I am just an average Joe trying to show everyone that it is indeed possible to improve your lifestyle in more ways than one - and in a short period.
I just received the Insanity workout in the mail yesterday, and I am intimidated even with the way it was packaged! This workout means business. I decided to just get an idea of what I have to look forward to in the first month. It gets pretty damn intense; that's great, considering it's supposed to be that much more challenging in the second half. Well, I have already made the investment and I have made a committment to myself to follow through with what looks to be the greatest physical challenge I have ever experienced to date!
I will say this: I am excited and I am nervous for the same exact reason...this looks hard as HELL! So, in an effort to allow folks to keep up to date with my progress, I will go ahead and post my official before pictures. Again, while I may not look completely unhealthy, I feel it in so many ways. As of today, I weigh 209 lbs.
I have two goals:
1. I drop down to 175-180 lbs as a result of minor muscle loss, in which case I build it back up the right way. This actually might be ideal for me...
2. I drop to 185-190 and maintain most of the muscle up top.
Either way, I am trying to drop at least 20 lbs and I'll be happier if I lose closer to 30. Regardless of the outcome, it will still be an accomplishment. Check out my blog for weekly updates. My progress pics will be posted up every two weeks. Wish me luck folks.
About Me
I am a 20-something man approaching 30 and wondering why America is in such a state of disarray. It is easy to point fingers, but it all starts with you, me and 300 million other Americans. While my words may be strictly opinionated, I think they resonate with many people in society today.
Additionally, I am a huge advocate for fitness. I completed the Insanity routine and now am preparing to take on the P90X routine. My brother is also partaking in the workout madness as he is trying to put on some weight in muscle. Go ahead and keep up with my blogs to find out more! | {
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Ice Castles ~ Fun for the Whole Family!
If you are looking for something different to do, this is an arctic blast! Bahhaahhhaaa
Last weekend we went to the Ice Castles in Lincoln, NH! Yes we decided to wait till we had -6 degree weather, with a windchill of -32, to head out these magnificent Ice Castles. Just in case you do not believe me! Yes we are crazy!
We decided to go at 5:30 so that we could take advantage of seeing the castles with the light of day and also after the sun had gone down to experience the Ice Castles being lit up!
At the Lincoln, NH Ice Castles location they have two slides inside. One was more for the smaller kids, but I did see adults go down. If I had my snow pants on, I would have been all over that! Here is the bottom of the slide! This shot was hard to get since it was non stop kids coming out of it!
The castle even had a second level to it so you could over look the castle floor. It was really beautiful. Now my only regret was not the day with the horrible weather, it was not wearing my snow pants and a really thick pair of gloves!
So to get the most out of your trip here are a few tips for your visit!
Wear warm clothes! You might even want to wear your snow gear to stay warm. I wish I had.
Wear a scarf, especially if it is really cold. It is nice to have something covering your face if you need it.
Be prepared for lines! Yes you stand outside to get inside to the Ice Castles!
Bring hand warmers or buy some there. Due to the extreme cold weather my hands had instant frost bite.
Bring a camera! There are lots of great photo opportunities within the Ice Castles!
Wear your snow boots, the floor is made of crushed ice. I loved the look of the floor!
Make sure to buy your tickets ahead of time!! They sell out quick!!!
If given the opportunity, I would totally go again! I would pick a warmer day so I could spend more time enjoying the Ice Castles! My visit was cut short due to the weather! Even the kids loved the slides and sights.
One of my favorite things was the water fountain! I wanted to post the picture of us in front of it, but I could still see other people in the back ground of the picture, so to respect others privacy you will just have to imagine it! Sorry! I just loved this sign so I thought I would add it!
If you are looking for something to do over school vacation week this upcoming week, grab 15% OFF your tickets HERE and do something different! | {
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It’s “Super Snoozeday” In Fort Greene For GOP Primary
It’s the GOP’s Republican Primary in New York today and there’s a dead silence inside P.S. 46 elementary’s gymnasium in Fort Greene. The nomination has already been decided for Mitt Romney, so New York City’s few Republican supporters didn’t to show up cast ballots in large amounts today. | {
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This year Cumwhitton Parish will be celebrating its very first Viking Festival.
Early in January the young of Cumwhitton came together to make their Viking Shields in preparation for the festival.Their art work and creativity was beyond all expectations. Do come along to the festival to see their results! | {
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Home / National News / Two Escaped Inmates Captured, One Still on the Run in South Carolina
Two Escaped Inmates Captured, One Still on the Run in South Carolina
June 27, 2016
(BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.) — Two brothers who escaped from a South Carolina jail were captured Sunday night while a third inmate remains on the loose, Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputies said.
Berkeley County Chief Deputy Mike Cochran said Michael Bryan Chaplin and Matthew Daniel Chaplin surrendered about 9:15 p.m. after SWAT team members surrounded them in a home in Goose Creek, South Carolina.
Deputies are still searching for 34-year-old Donald Ray Little. According to police, Little is about 6 feet tall and 165 pounds.
The escape happened early Friday inside the Dorchester County jail, roughly 50 northwest of Charleston, when the three inmates broke out of a window, using bed sheets to escape the facility.
Police said they stole a truck from a nearby home that was later recovered in Berkeley County Friday.
Officials say the suspects stole another vehicle Friday from Charleston County. A deputy spotted the suspects in the vehicle Saturday and attempted to pull them over, ABC Charleston affiliate WCIV-TV reported.
Instead, the truck drove away, setting off an eight-hour manhunt that was called off that evening.
Cochran said deputies learned the Chaplin brothers were at the house in Goose Creek about 1 p.m. Sunday. He said SWAT surrounded the house while deputies went to get a search warrant. Once they had it in hand, negotiators contacted the men and they surrendered.
The suspects were returned to the Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office. A bond hearing has not been set.
Little, 34, was in jail for a probation violation. He was convicted in 2014 of making meth and sentenced to prison and probation, according to court records.
Michael Bryan Chaplin, 31, was in jail on two counts of grand larceny and four counts of burglary.
Matthew Daniel Chaplin, 28, was jailed on three counts of larceny, possession of meth, card theft and possession of a stolen vehicle. | {
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3.01.2010
GOLD MEDAL for Winterlude!!!!
Folks, its done.... a gold medal has been won, I am thrilled! Phew, that was an Olympic experience for sure!!!! I am so glad I joined in on the games; now I know what I am committing too next time around.... I really wasn't so sure glory was going to be mine!
The pattern for Winterlude will be available soon, it's off to a tech editor and then needs a knitter or two to test knit it... anybody interested?
I would send you the pattern and you would knit it and let me know if you find any discrepancies. I don't think you'll have to complete the whole piece as once you get through 2 repeats it is the same the rest of the way... are you game? You would get a final pattern as a present!!! E-mail me if you are interested! | {
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
My Top Ten Board Games
My top 10 board games will not be your top 10 board games, and that's how it should be.
In my limited experience, no person has the exact same likes and dislikes as any other person. Likely this is due to a complicated inter-tangling of nature and nurture.
If you are interested in learning about good games, and you have no game history or only experience with "the classics", check out my Gift Guide for some good introductory games.
If you are looking for the best party games, best war games, best video games, best group activities, or any other such list, this isn't it. Try the Geeklists on Board Game Geek (for all but the video games).
Lastly, I excluded card games from this list; likely I will follow up with a post for those soon enough.
10 - Santiago (2003)
There are complex games with complex rules, and simple games with simple rules. Rarely do you find a complex game with simple rules.
Sometimes the rules of a game seem so beautiful they appear to have been discovered, rather than created. Such is the case with Claudia Hely and Roman Pelek's Santiago.
Tiles are flipped. You bid on them and place them. You bid on where the water goes. The unwatered ones dry up. At the end of the game, you score based on the number of workers you have on each area times the size of the area. A few other details, and that's it.
It just an elegant game. Every times I play it, I find myself saying that during the second or third round again. I've never had a bad experience with it.
Its only drawback is that some people feel the need to calculate and re-calculate each move, which can slow the game down.
09 - Princes of Florence (2000)
This game is much better than it has any right to be.
Designed by Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, this is one of the quietest game experiences. Only seven rounds long, each player has only fourteen actions to choose for the entire game. Your success depends on using each action to its utmost efficiency.
In this game you play princes attempting to develop useful and pastoral areas in your municipality in order to attract scientists and artists to produce works. The better your success, the better the works are produced, earning you prestige. Some of this prestige you will need to trade for much needed cash, while the rest will apply to your final score.
Often as not, you will be hitting yourself on the head in round 5 for something you did in round 2 The only consolation you will have is that others may have done the same thing.
I honestly can't explain why it works so well, but it does.
The game works magnificently with 4 or 5 players, but with 5 players you need to remove the last Profession card and make it available only for recruiting, in order to ensure balance. With three players, you need to change the auctions slightly to maintain the tension experienced in the 4 and 5 player game.
08 - Anagrams (1800s)
Scrabble is a great game; it almost made this list.
However, Scrabble has a few serious drawbacks. Firstly, its rather rigid game play can be dull. Second, like Chess, the game has been taken over from a thinking man's game to a memorizing man's game. It's no fun to lose to someone who knows more two-letter words than you do.
(Third, it is long overdue for a reworking. Once upon a time when it was difficult to place the Q and Z, 10 points for them made sense. Nowadays, when they can be used to form two-letter words (QI and ZA), their high values no longer make sense.)
A game that I love much more is Anagrams. Anagrams also require a large vocabulary, but it more rewards fast and creative thinking and patter recognition.
In Anagrams, tiles are flipped over one by one. As soon as you see a three-letter word or more, you call it out and gain the tiles. Also, if you can combine any words or letter with words by rearranging the letters, you can call out the new word and steal other player's words.
The game is quick and challenging. You can play it with a box of Scrabble pieces. And it makes you a better Scrabble player, too.
07 - El Grande (1995)
Another entry by the great Wolfgang Kramer and Richard Ulrich, this is the definitive thematic area-control game.
Set in medieval Spain, you are grandes trying to use your cabilleros to curry favor with the king. You place your caballeros in the various areas around Spain or in the castillo. Points are awarded for the top three positions in each area after every three rounds.
El Grande is packed with brilliant mechanisms: the trackable but hidden scoring of the castillo, the movement of the king determining when you can place your caballeros, the trade-off between higher and lower power cards and higher and lower action cards, and the way fortunes all around can swing by simply moving a single caballero from one location to another.
The chaos of the last mechanism makes the game more of a tactical game than a long-term planning game, but the game is not wholly devoid of strategy, the main one being whether to concentrate on a few high valued areas or go for second place in a greater number of areas.
The rules are easy, and the game is a lot of fun.
The game works best with four or five players. With three it has less tension. The game can take a bit too long with some players. You may want to cut out a round or two in this case. And lastly, while players can plan around most of the randomness, just occasionally bad luck with a flipped action card can ruin your well made plans.
06 - Tigris and Euphrates (1997)
Reiner Knizia, possibly unheard of outside the gaming community, is the game community's mega-star.
Many of his games are light card games with dirt simple mechanics and very quick game play. Occasionally, however, he makes a medium weight board game.
Tigris and Euphrates (T&E) is Reiner's masterpiece medium weight board game. While some complain that it's light on theme, the theme actually fits nicely with the grand scale abstract nature of the mechanics.
In T&E, players play civilizations as they rise and fall in ancient Mesopotamia, vying for a stake in four spheres of control in ever-expanding, merging, and revolting kingdoms. Conflicts are political in nature. Rewards are given for each turns activity; your kingdom's size and position determines your stability, not your score. And you must score in all four regions equally to gain points, as your ultimate score is determined by whatever you have gained least.
The rules are not that complicated, but the implications of each play are often mind-reeling. A bit of luck adds spice to each round's activity.
The game has essentially two drawbacks. First, while you can work around bad luck draws, sometimes they really do a bit of damage. And second, a few poorly chosen conflicts initiated by one player can hand the game to another player despite all of your hard work.
05 - Pente (1978)
Pente is a simple abstract game very much derived from a whole genre of games played for thousands of years in the East. It was invented by Gary Gabrel.
In Pente, you simply have to get 5 stones in a row. However, you can also capture a pair of two stones in a row by placing your stones on either ends of these two stones. You also win if you make 5 such captures.
This is an intense and generally very quick game. While the first player appears to have somewhat of an advantage, I haven't seen this translated into any easy victories excepting when the second player makes some basic mistakes.
More often, it is a cat and mouse game of "sente", trying to gain control and force a winning position.
A more difficult version of the game, which I haven't yet played, is called "Keryo Pente", which allows capturing either two or three stones in a row, and requires you to either get five in a row or capture a total of fifteen stones.
What I love about it most is that I can challenge master Go players and beat them on the very same board they can destroy me in Go.
04 - Age of Steam (2002)
Train games are their own genre of games, and have a long history.
There's something pleasing about seeing a once naked board slowly and surely covered by a connecting series of rails and trains. And, whether the payoff is based on cities connected, efficient routes, or transport of goods, you know when you're done that you've accomplished something grand.
There are many trains games too light for me, and many too dull or too long for me. Created by Martin Wallace, Age of Steam is vicious and engrossing, combining not only track efficiency and good transportation, but clever role selection and money management. It all combines to make an intense enjoyable game, which feels shorter than its three hour length.
To be honest, Age of Steam isn't the perfect game. It has a strange leader balancing method which doesn't balance very much. And the randomness of where goods get produced can be a bit of a pain.
I've never played Union Pacific or any of the 18xx series. I enjoyed my own train game that I created to play on the Settlers of Catan board as much as Age of Steam. I suspect that I'm still waiting for the perfect train game.
03 - Cosmic Encounter (1977)
Designed by Peter Olotka, Jack Kittredge, and Bill Eberle, many people consider this the grand-daddy of the modern board game movement and for good reason.
Possibly fifteen years before its time, Cosmic is a wild and fun game of diplomacy that is never the same twice. Not simply because alliances and battles rise and fall. But because each player plays with a random alien power that can break the rules of the game.
Not content with the chaos that causes, Cosmic provides dozens of types of special cards, cards that balance or complement the powers, the ability to play with multiple powers, an optional monetary system, and so on and so on.
The best you can hope for on any turn is for all the hidden cards and effects to somehow balance each other, so that when the dust settles, you may end up winning. But for all that, unlike games where looniness is the sole ingredient, the combination of strategy, diplomacy, and tactics will usually win the day.
Cosmic is one of the few games where joint wins are common; in fact, sometimes everyone wins!
Richard Garfield cites Cosmic as on of his sources of design inspiration for the card game Magic: the Gathering. My mantra is that all games are better the closer they are to Cosmic Encounter.
Cosmic has been produced by several publishers; the best versions of the game have 75 or more powers, support up to six players, and include the "Flare" cards - the EON and Mayfair versions. Unfortunately, you have to pay a pretty penny for these out of print versions on eBay.
02 - Puerto Rico (2002)
Puerto Rico is the number one game on Board Game Geek, the Internet Board Game list, and dozens of other sites, and has been since its release in 2002. Why? It's brilliant role mechanism system combined with limited buildings.
Unlike traditional games, where each player takes a turn and play then passes to the next player, or war games, where each element of the turn is executed in rigid order in turn by each player, Puerto Rico combines these in an unusual way.
One player picks any action he or she wants, and all players do this action. The next player picks any of the remaining actions and all payers do that action. And so on until all players have picked an action. Then the actions are returned and the first choice of actions passes to the left.
The result is a game where the steps of each turn are executed out of order each turn. Each step is beneficial, but the timing determines if the step is slightly more beneficial to one player than another.
Combining with the above mechanic are the limited buildings. Each building provides a limited bonus during a certain step. As the game goes on, each player is getting better or worse bonuses for the chosen steps.
The whole thing combines to make an extremely intricate and wide tactical space using very few actual mechanics. There's just a hint of randomness as the game goes on (the available plantations to develop), which just proves that a little randomness can have far-reaching long-term effects.
I've played it more than a thousand times, and every game is still a joy.
Puerto Rico was designed by Andreas Seyfarth.
01 - Go (-2000)
It's difficult to even know how to describe Go, which is so much more than a simple game.
At its most basic, you place pieces on the board trying to surround your opponent, or more territory than your opponent. That's it.
But on a sufficiently sized board, the game's one type of action, but hundreds of options, make for the deepest game known to man. Every level of experience you gain in the game reveals an entirely new game. First it's patterns, then it's strategies, then it's potentials, then it's I don't know what, because I'm nowhere near a high level, yet.
Go is one of the most ancient games, and is considered one of the four arts of the Chinese gentleman, along with calligraphy, painting, and playing the guqin. It hasn't lasted for 4000 years for nothing.
Entire TV channels are devoted to the game. Professional Go players are like American professional sports players. Many people actually consider the game itself, or its origin, to be divine.
As a game, it requires few components (though many people like to play on expensive and beautiful board) and has a built-in handicap system which make a game enjoyable between any two players, regardless of their experience level. And games can be fairly quick or deep and long, as you like.
Go's only drawback is that it is only a two player game.
Other Great Games
Chess and Scrabble would have made the list, except for the reasons I mentioned above. They tend now to be games of memory rather than creativity. XiangQi, or Chinese Chess, might indeed make the list, except that I haven't yet played it. Another classic which almost made the list is Boggle.
The two games Settlers of Catan and Carcassonne are both excellent games. If you haven't yet played them, go play them now!
But having played Settlers of Catan more than a thousand times, I find that I can now play it on automatic; it's still fun because of the trading. Carcassonne, while I haven't played it as much, and Settlers, too, are just a bit too much luck-dependent for me. I may change my mind about Carcassonne after playing some of the newer variants.
Two other great games that I considered were Dvonn, the best game of the Gipf series of modern abstract games, and Tikal, an action point exploration game by Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling. Tikal is a beautiful and fun game, but doesn't quite captivate me the way the ones I listed do.
Other Games, Not So Great
You might be wondering what happened to some of your favorite games, such as Stratego, Clue, Monopoly, Othello, or Trivial Pursuit.
While these were good, or even great, games for their times, they simply don't hold up to the games I've listed, at least not for me. I'm sure there are people who love these games even after playing the newer games, but I kind of grew out of them.
By the time I was 8, I was already playing Stratego with a random setup because it was no longer interesting doing the setup myself. The game just didn't have enough depth.
Clue was the same. We played without using the crib sheets, and both my brother and I still always solved the game at the same time. As a result, the winner was whoever could roll his way to the room fast enough.
I never really liked Monopoly. Too much of the game is just doing what the board or the dice tell you to do.
Othello is a nice game, and I think it would probably be a great game on a much bigger board. I haven't had the opportunity to try this, yet.
And Trivial Pursuit kind of ends once the cards do. It's fun for a party game.
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Manoi Go robot break-dances its way to the top of Christmas lists worldwide
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Expanding the Sphere of the Heart
Many people live within the boundaries of a small sphere of perception and interest. Within this sphere, everything is very real, very meaningful and emotionally penetrating.. What happens within this sphere affects the heart, the mind, and even the body.
Included here, are often one's immediate family, certain job or workplace issues, health-related concerns, close friendships, significant hopes or dreams, activities that feel central to one's life.
Outside the sphere are other people at a greater emotional distance, less significant work-related issues, more distant friends and relations, and, often, the rest of the world.
The sphere of personal interest in which all is very 'real' is changing today, and must change, so that the world can become more whole and so that the human family can recognize itself as such.
The immediate sphere of reality that concerns the heart is defined by several things, among them:
The presence or absence of a crisis or other serious challenge that must be faced. Such a challenge or crisis generally overshadows all else.
The influence of fatigue or a sense of overwhelm which creates a desire to withdraw from more remote concerns in order to focus on what is nearer,
A sense of limitation within the heart which feels that there is not enough supply of love to meet any more needs or expectations. Here, the heart's own nourishment or lack thereof is key.
An absence of insight into the inner states of others so that these others lack three-dimensionality and are seen primarily in terms of their outer role or presentation. And finally,
Lack of awareness of one's intimate relationship with the larger context of planetary life.
All of these factors are influenced by our spiritual development. All transform in the presence of greater consciousness which allows the self to feel larger, clearer, more capable, and more present to what is around the self.
In particular, the sphere of the heart expands to the extent that we experience an identification with others - to the extent that we feel a kinship and inner knowing of who they are and what their life is about. This identification permits an emotional closeness to exist that would not be present if it were not for the sense of empathy or resonance.
What is 'empathy' or 'resonance', and how do we find it?
On one level, empathy is an emotional quality relating to sympathy, understanding, compassion, and identification. On another level, empathy is the state of understanding of the oneness of all human beings in their core or center. On still another level, empathy may be considered a presentness to all of life.
Today, the sphere of the heart is expanding. It is expanding because new life is being infused into it through the greater spiritual light that is currently available on the planet. This light is causing changes for many in emotion, thought, and awareness. Nevertheless, the awakening of the heart to the larger sphere of which it is a part has only just begun. It has much further to go before we see and feel the manifestation of its effects on a collective level. Despite this, there is, at this time, the possibility for each one who chooses to, to assist the process of personal and global awakening through a desire to do so, and through conscious attention to certain simple things that form part of daily experience:
First, observe the times during the day when you are 'tuned out', not really listening to what is being said to you or caring about who is saying it.
Second, notice the degree to which you feel either emotionally touched or grateful for small things that happen during the day. These small 'gifts' can come from people, but they can also relate to the events of the day and to the very air we breathe. Gratitude for one's experience is a testimony to the fact that one has been 'present' during the day.
Third, ask yourself how much you have expressed love this day - not just to your spouse, partner, or children, but also to others, and even to those whom you may not know.
Noticing and changing these three things can expand the sphere of the heart. They can expand the heart's capacity and bring greater consciousness to everyday life. In this way, one's personal awakening can benefit the planet.
This spiritual awakening is taking place on the Earth, today, as the currents of light influencing the Earth become stronger. Eventually, it will touch the hearts of all. In the meantime, the Earth itself waits for all of humanity to awaken. For the love that one bestows upon one's neighbors is the love one bestows on the Earth itself. Such love helps to heal both the collective human consciousness and the planetary body as well.
The sphere of the heart is an ever-expanding sphere, with no limits except for those that human consciousness places upon it. It is limitless because the individual heart is part of the heart of God, and it is capable of infinite love because it can draw from a source of nourishment that is Love, a source that is ever present and part of the heart itself.
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Thank you both for the reassurance it took only a good old fashioned reboot to fix this one, merely coming out of Word was not enough. I had tried that anyway.
"Stressed editor" ignored the obvious. I find Word pretty stable normally, but I was punch drunk after using Corel 12 a lot yesterday and that can be very flaky.
I was after all doing a lot of cut and paste, had noticed the ~Wxxx.tmp coming and going but this one stayed.
A friend from long ago earns her crust as computer support in industrial systems and she claimed then that a reboot every now and then was a good idea if some complex, step by step procedure was being applied
Less panic and more thought should have been observed.
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The Cutty Sark's masts have been raised for the first time since the ship was ravaged by a fire four years ago.
A crane was used to lower the ship's foremast into place, in her permanent berth in Greenwich, south London.
The main mast will be hoisted on board later, and the final mast is expected to go up on Sunday.
It was a landmark day for the 19th-century tea clipper, which was gutted by a fire when it was in the early stages of being restored in May 2007.
Richard Doughty, director of the Cutty Sark, said: "It's extraordinary that we have got here five years on from when we took the first plank off and today we are stepping the masts.
"It's the moment when you erect the masts and today we are going to be putting in the foremast and the main mast. It's thrilling."
Later, Mr Doughty's five-year-old daughter Katrina will place a coin in the hole where the main mast will be secured to bring the ship good luck.
Mr Doughty said: "The Cutty Sark has ridden its luck, it's quite an extraordinary survivor. Now it's got a whole new journey in front of it.
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“Ben was very introverted to start,” Bartlett said last week. “He’s a big film guy. He loves watching indie films. He’s a film major. When we were in the (dorm) room he would just put his Beats (headphones) on and watch movies all the time. I was, like, trying to say what’s up (and get to know him).
“But since then he’s definitely come out of his shell a lot more and become more vocal. I’ve gotten to know him, and he’s a great guy. We’ve had a lot of fun together. But it was just interesting, when you have your big room at home and then all of a sudden you’re sharing a cubicle with another guy.”
Three years later, Bartlett and Burr-Kirven’s communication has improved — and for good reason. On Saturday, the seniors will serve as two of the Huskies’ starting linebackers for No. 6 Washington’s season opener against No. 9 Auburn in Atlanta.
Of course, Burr-Kirven — a 6-foot, 221-pound middle linebacker — is a constant in the middle of the Husky defense, a sideline-to-sideline player who led the team with 84 tackles and added four tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, an interception and a sack last fall.
When Bartlett — who finished with 48 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, four sacks, two interceptions and a fumble recovery as a SAM linebacker in 2017 — shifted inside to the WILL spot this spring, he consulted with his former roommate (as well as just about everybody else in the linebackers room). There was a lot to learn.
There still is.
“It’s still a lot of the same techniques. It’s just putting different techniques to different calls,” Bartlett said. “On one play where I’m setting the edge or rushing, now I’m doing a skinny-hook drop or whatever the case may be. It’s getting that down first, and then just reading run is a lot different on the inside, because you’ve got pullers and linemen and I can’t see the ball sometimes.
“It’s been a change in the angles of what you’re seeing, but all those guys have done a great job of helping me adjust to that.”
Added Burr-Kirven: “It’s definitely a different position (than SAM), but he’s one of those guys who puts in the time in the film room, puts in the time off the field, so I think he’s done a really good job of picking up the nuances and putting himself in position to have a really good year there.”
Adding to the intrigue is the fact that, after practicing exclusively as the starting WILL (weakside inside) linebacker in fall camp, Bartlett was surprisingly listed back at the starting SAM (strongside outside) spot on Tuesday’s game-week depth chart.
Regardless, Bartlett is no stranger to offseason position changes. The 6-foot-3, 233-pounder played quarterback and safety (and was a national-champion wrestler) at Cheyenne East High School from 2011 to 2014. Then, in 2015 he played all 13 games at Washington as a true-freshman linebacker.
Suffice to say, a cramped dorm room and an introverted roommate were the least of his concerns.
“It was a big transition for me. I was definitely very raw,” Bartlett said of his freshman season. “I went from playing quarterback and safety and then all of a sudden I was expected to set the edge and rush the passer, which I had never done at any point in my career.
“So that first year was definitely a lot of learning, getting thrown into the deep end and figuring it out. That was definitely a great learning experience for me.”
Whether at WILL or SAM, Bartlett (and the rest of the linebackers) will be tested Saturday. Instead of challenging one of the premier secondaries in college football, expect Auburn — which has produced a 1,000-yard rusher in nine consecutive seasons — to attempt to establish the run with backs Kam Martin and JaTarvious Whitlow.
Washington’s front seven will be forced to answer the challenge.
And its senior linebackers will have to take a more vocal role.
“Ben and I are definitely more lead-by-example kind of guys,” Bartlett said. “Ben can be vocal. Especially when he gets going and makes a couple plays, he’s fun to be around. He gets after people. But that’s kind of who we are by nature.
“It’s on us to take that next step of holding people accountable, holding ourselves accountable. Our standard is (to do) the best we’ve ever done, so we have to make sure everyone is playing up to that or at least around that (level) every time we practice and every time we play.”
Bartlett and Burr-Kirven’s best will be required both Saturday and beyond, especially if the Huskies hope to fulfill lofty College Football Playoff expectations.
On the field, like in the dorm room, they may be sharing tight quarters once again.
“We’ve been here for four years and we both played as true freshmen,” Burr-Kirven said. “It’s crazy to go through the process together and on sort of the same trajectory. It’s cool he’s (potentially) coming inside for the end of it and we get to hopefully have a chance to go out on the right note together.” | {
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MSSEF veterans Nigell Dennis and Adrian Niles continue to add to their success this year by each winning a first place gold medal at the 2014 NAACP ACT-SO National Competition, which took place recently in Las Vegas. Nigell won gold in computer science while Adrian won gold in engineering. There were over 600 competitors in this year's event, with entries covering sciences, humanities, business, performing arts, and visual arts.
They are pictured here at the ACT-SO event with Michael Curry, President of the Boston branch of the NAACP (on the left), and incoming National NAACP chair, Cornell William Brooks. Photo courtesy of Pat Monteith. Congratulations, Nigell and Adrian! | {
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US Consular Services in Germany – It’s not so lonely in here
Most often than not, a trip to the US Consulate can be a pain in the butt especially if you have to drive several miles kilometers to get there. There’s the making an appointment in advance, taking time off work and then going through tight security once you arrive.
We’ve been to the US Consulate in Frankfurt twice now. What is supposed to be a 2-hour drive for us became several hours of traffic through a snow storm with a newborn on our first trip. In fact, everything was so much at a complete standstill on the road that I had time to jump in the back seat and give Fynn his next feeding before traffic even started again.
Thankfully, the US Consulate in Frankfurt was somewhat quick for children, which made our time within the building a lot shorter than the amount of time spent on the road. And they didn’t get upset that we were late.
Back in 2010, we went to apply for Fynn’s US passport, Social Security number, and Report of Birth Abroad (no, he will never be a US President unless you believe the conspiracy theories that Obama wasn’t born on US soil, in which case, yes, there is still a chance).
Kay was excited just to get into the US Consulate because it isn’t something common for a German national. (He says he wasn’t “excited” so we’ll just say “curious.”)
Our First Cross-Cultural Couple Sighting
While there, we spotted another cross-cultural couple with bilingual children, which we’d never seen live before (you’d think we were at a zoo the way we stared at the family in awe).
Kay used to always wonder what our son would sound like or how it would be to teach a toddler two languages. And here were two live specimen examples; a young boy about 7-years-old and a little girl around 4-years-old.
The mother was clearly American and the father, German.
Kay: That was amazing. Did you hear that little boy?
Me: Yeah…
Kay: He was speaking English and didn’t have an accent at all.
Me: Kay, he totally had a German accent. (And I threw him the, “Are you serious?” look.)
It then occurred to me that my child would kind of be… different. Both American and German and yet, neither fully American nor German. Weird. This could seriously open up some doors for him. American women will totally dig his cute accent and companies like Lufthansa will just want to swoop him up. Sweet!
Duesseldorf Consular Outreach Day – 2011
The next time we needed Consulate services it was in a rush. I needed a notary… an American notary, for whatever odd reason. (Although I have been to a German notary for an American purpose, but that’s another story for another time.)
We happened to get lucky that Kay found online the date of the next Duesseldorf Consular Outreach Day, and that it landed in the exact timeframe needed for me to send paperwork back to the US. Duesseldorf actually only offers the Consular Outreach Day a few times a year.
Yes! Our 2-hour drive would be cut down to 20 minutes.
An appointment is required and then the day of, employees from the Frankfurt Consulate come and setup a temporary location next to the official government building in Duesseldorf.
Duesseldorf Consular Outreach Day – 2013
This is the second time I’ve partaken in the Duesseldorf Consular Outreach Day. But apparently I’m becoming a regular because I recognized some of the employees this time around.
One would think I’d be completely annoyed to yet again (for the fourth time) have to use Consulate services, but nope. I was excited. I’m a weirdo like that.
The difference between going to the Frankfurt location versus Duesseldorf is that the setting on the Outreach Day is a bit more intimate and not so formal. (Or maybe I was just feeling like a chitty-chatty expat that day and excited to speak English to anybody and everybody.)
Fortunately the employees (well, unfortunately for them) had gotten in a traffic jam and were late arriving, which meant I had more time to see and meet with fellow expats.
Plus this gave Kay and me more time to play, “Guess which parent is German and which is American.” (This becomes amusing because Kay still can’t hear a German accent when someone is speaking English. This lead to one disagreement, but I couldn’t very well ask the husband to speak just so I could say, “See. That’s what a German accent sounds like.” By the way, Kay sounds slightly British when he speaks.)
Here’s a hint to the game though: It seems that most expats in the room were women and their male partners German.
We did meet one couple in which the mother was German and the father American. The father teaches English as a Second Language in Duesseldorf and has two boys of his own. This gave me time to ask some bilingual children questions.
The father told a cute story about his oldest son conjugating past-tense verbs incorrectly when he was learning to speak. So he might say, “gewalked” or “geplayed.” (But really I was thinking, That is an awesome method to use when I don’t know a past-tense verb in German. Ingenious, kid.)
The person who really threw me for a loop was the man behind the Social Security desk. Bizarre to hear an Australian accent (possibly even a Kiwi) explain how important it was to have the proper name attached to your Social Security number. I’m sure he must have his US citizenship to be working for the US Consulate, but I couldn’t help but giggle after we left. That would be like me telling him how important it is to herd his sheep each night.
As a bonus, the highlight of the day was meeting a fellow “Expat-Mom” Blog reader! I was happy to finally meet after corresponding back and forth online and both of us having sons the same age. We live a ways apart (about 100 km) so it was awesome to have a common reason to meet up.
Overall, the thing about being an expat is that you don’t completely fit in with German culture and you no longer see America like you used to; it’s as if you are walking through a German life with an American filter on. And with each passing year, that filter starts to dissipate.
So when you end up in the same room with a bunch of people experiencing the same culture-shock emotions while encountering different experiences, it is a calming and endearing feeling. It doesn’t feel so lonely in here. These are people who get “it” and maybe I’m not so crazy.
Ok, let’s be real. I’m still crazy, but in a good kind of way. I hope.
Ah, thank you for the reassurance:) I’m not worried. A long as they can communicate with family in both languages, mission accomplished in my book. How long have you lived overseas and how old are your children, if you don’t mind me asking?
Fear Sarah, having been an expat for over 30 (!) Years, I recognized ALL of those situations at and about the consulate. I kept nodding my head in agreement while reading.
each family will have their own different experiences with bi-lingual children. my sons both speak with a british accent and usually only speak English when asking me for something the’re not likely to get UNLESS they ask in English because it males mom just melt when they do….
so everyone, do the best you can and, for you children’s sake accept their way of speaking 2 languages!
Recognize a lot of my family in this! We live in Germany, I’m American & my husband German. Our daughter speaks english really well for a 5 yr old, but with a German accent. My son (3) uses German grammar with english words mixed in. The best to date (after swallowing a 10 Euro cent piece) was “Mein money ist in mein tummy”! | {
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Why Wendy Davis Won't Sweat SCOTUS' HB2 Abortion Ruling
On Wednesday, the highest court in the land heard arguments in its first abortion case since 2007, which is arguably the most significant one in decades. The case challenges Texas House Bill 2 (HB2) — an earlier version of which was famously filibustered by then-State-Senator Wendy Davis in 2013. That law has pro-choice activists worried about the fate of abortion access even outside of the Lone Star State. But while she understands the ramifications of the crippling reproductive limits at stake, Wendy Davis believes that the Supreme Court will protect women's access to abortion.
Speaking to Bustle days before Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt — the case challenging the legislation, which has been nicknamed by pro-choice advocates as "the Texas clinic shutdown law" — hit the Supreme Court, Davis is hopeful about its odds. "I feel very optimistic about the Supreme Court in terms of its examination of Whole Woman’s Health because I think that the plaintiff has demonstrated in a very real and very profound way what the substantial burdens have been in real women’s lives in this state," she says.
From the perspective of pro-choice advocates, the term "substantial burdens" is an understatement. While the language of the law does not explicitly shut down abortion clinics, it does mandate that clinicians who provide abortions have admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles of their facilities — a severe encumbrance that pro-choice advocates argue effectively translates into shuttering the many clinics which cannot meet these new restrictions.
According to the Center for Reproductive Rights (whose lawyers are representing Whole Woman's Health clinic), HB2's restrictions on Texas abortion providers "[have] already forced the closure of more than half of the 42 clinics previously operating in the state." That's in just over two years since the law went into effect in November 2013. This massive reduction has occurred even before another provision in the legislation — one which requires abortion clinics to have "costly hospital-grade facilities," as Reuters reported — has gone into effect.
"I just can’t imagine that a justice who cares about not wanting to go too far over that line won’t see that the line has been crossed here," Davis says.
However, based on the statements made by Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller, the state intends to claim that the law did not force those clinics to shut down. Keller told Reuters that "the facts don’t bear out" the plaintiff's argument that the mandates in the legislation forced so many clinics in the state to close. Texas politicians have claimed that the law is not meant to provide an unnecessary obstacle to abortion access, but rather is a way to protect women. “We in Texas are always looking for ways to be vigilant about protecting women’s health and protecting innocent life,” Republican Rep. Jeff Leach, who co-sponsored HB2, told the Wall Street Journal.
Whole Woman's Health owner Amy Hagstrom Miller countered in the same Wall Street Journal article that “The standards are just based on politics. They have nothing to do with health and safety.” She explained that the mandates of the legislation provide an unnecessary obstacle for abortion clinics to operate, because an abortion "takes anywhere from five to 10 minutes, there’s no incision, there’s no anesthesia.” In response to Texas legislators' claim that the restrictions are meant to protect women, pro-choice advocates have launched the #StopTheSham hashtag.
The future of Whole Woman's Health and other abortion clinics in Texas largely depends on whether the Supreme Court decides that the current law places unnecessarily burdensome provisions on them. In 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court's ruling permitted states to impose abortion regulations, but that said regulations could not create an "undue burden" on women seeking abortions.
Davis tells Bustle that after "looking at the way that justices have written on this in the past," she believes the current Texas law fits "some of the statements that have been made about what might constitute that 'undue burden.'" Still, there's good reason for those who value women's access to abortion and reproductive care to be concerned. Since Antonin Scalia passed away last month, there are only eight justices sitting on the Supreme Court, and a 4-4 split would uphold the current Texas law.
Davis makes it clear, though, that Scalia's absence is not the concern. "I don’t think Scalia’s death will have any impact at all on the case. Obviously, a lot of eyes are on Justice Kennedy and what he will do in this case." Anthony Kennedy is seen as the swing vote who could possibly seal the five-justice majority that would strike down the law.
However, even if the ruling is split, Davis says that she's not concerned — at least, not about the larger fate of abortion access throughout the country. "There’s been a lot of fear that if Whole Women’s Health is not successful in turning back the Texas abortion law, then so many other states are going to follow suit on that," she says. "At the very worst, we’ll wind up with a 4-4 split. The good news about that, of course, is that it doesn’t set precedence for the rest of the country."
However, as Davis well knows, that response would be cold comfort for the more than five million Texas women of reproductive age who, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights, may be left with as few as 10 abortion providers in the whole state. | {
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Jackson, MS has a rich and storied history, as any resident will tell you. Drive through districts such as Fondren, Belhaven, Washington Addition, and Farish street will quickly illustrate this point: many restaurants, bars, and shops from the 1950’s and earlier are still in business today, often with the same signage and decoration. They are relics of a bygone era, scattered throughout the city.
Deep South Pops is not one of these relics. They opened their doors on State Street in 2015, only two years ago. Despite that, though, they manage to capture that time-capsule feel of the city.
“That’s the thing about popsicles,” owner Jake Franklin says. “It is definitely a nostalgic experience for people of all ages. We have customers age 0 to 100.” | {
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Watson rejects statutory code
Neill Committee: Michael Watson, former director of PS
Communications Consultants and now a member of the Scottish parliament,
rejected the idea of a statutory code for lobbyists this week, saying it
would ’give them greater status than warranted’. | {
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الاثنين، 20 سبتمبر 2010
Even if you have the most easy-care dog in the world, she'll still require some attention to be paid to her appearance once in a while so it's worth spending a little bit of time learning the best strategies for straightforward, unstressed grooming. Dogs were seen as something that lived in the yard (usually in a dusty, hard-floored dog house), ate whatever was put in their bowls, and existed as a sometime-playmate for the household's kids. Today, we have a tendency to care for our dogs more, and view them more as members of the household than the Thing in the Yard.
Ever since this rise in the estimation of our beloved pooches became widespread, grooming has been increasingly recognized as a crucial aspect of your dog's regular health-care.
Our dogs can't let us know where it stings, but taking just a little amount of time every now and then to wash them over ourselves can save lots of grief over time. The trick is getting your dog to put up with (and even enjoy. Something that many owners lack experience in is the best way to wash their dogs. Dry-grooming (brushing and 'buffing ' the coat) appears to present a small problem for the general public; the rot has a tendency to set in when water is introduced to the mix. First off, the most crucial thing you can do is make your dog happy with the grooming process. As your young dog or dog becomes acclimatized to the feeling of being rubbed and handled, she'll slowly come to like it.
Dogs are social creatures by instinct, and physical sentiment and contact is an important part of their lives it should not take long before she starts to trust you, and permits herself to get some pleasure out of your touch. All you've got to do is start rubbing her slowly all over. Handle her ears, touch her cheeks and neck, rub her back and belly, pick up her paws and if she'll let you give them a delicate squeeze ( treating and praising her whenever she allows you to do this, since paw touching is normally a kind of big deal for most dogs ). If she has a tail, rub it between your fingers; make her roll over on her back so that you can rub and stroke her belly and hocks. This may not look like such a big deal, but it is essentially a very vital part of the grooming process: the more your dog enjoys it, the more relaxed the full event will be for you both and the more frequently you are able to groom her which increases the health advantages for her. Bathing always comes before dry-grooming, since it makes brushing and trimming far simpler as well as a lot more effective (there's not too much point in brushing a tangled, grimy coat. You'll need some basic tools: a tub, a non-slip mat, a plastic jug, some warm water, a little sponge, and some dog shampoo (not human shampoo: the pH is very bad for dogs, and will give her dry and flaky skin.). If she is a large or uncontrolled dog, you might want to clean her outside to reduce mess either that, or you can restrain her by tying one end of a light nylon leash to her collar, and the other end to the tap. Mix a little shampoo with another jug of warm water, and rub it comprehensively into your dog's fur.
Be particularly careful here dogs ' eyes are delicate too, and if you get any water in her ears, she'll likely get an ear infection. (You can plug her ears with a tiny twist of cotton wool to help prevent this from occurring, if you like.). Don't forget to clean under her tail before you wash her off dip the sponge into the shampoo blend to try this correctly. Now it is time to wash: using the jug and some clean, warm, shampoo-free water, scrupulously tip it all over her and use your fingers to help dissipate the lather from her coat.
Now you will need to dry her off: if she has got short fur, you may use a towel (an old one will do very nicely, though enormous dogs sometimes need 2); for dogs with longer fur, give her a mild towelling-off first, and then utilise a hairdryer to lose the last moistness. Be sure that it's set on low heat, and hold it a long way away from your dog's fur to stop burning either the skin or the fur. Remember that most dogs have an inherent detest of being washed, which may cause nervousness and even outright panic.
Your dog takes a large amount of her emotional cues from you, so be sure you act like a good role model for the occasion. Assure your dog often, keeping your voice well-modulated, low, and even; keep your movements slow and deliberate; praise her lavishly for good behaviour, and give her 2 treats across the process to make it more delightful for her.
For a total, encyclopaedic survival guide to every aspect of dog health, from preventive care to choosing a vet to doggie first aid (even the canine Heimlich manoeuvre. A survival guide for well informed, effective, and life-saving dog care, this manual keeps your dog's health and wellbeing decisively in your control which is precisely where you would like it to be. To be the best and most responsible owner you may be, have a quick look at The Final Guide to Dog Health. http://learningdogtrainingsecrets.blogspot.com/p/secrets-to-dog-training.html | {
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From the Marriage Equality Referendum a leaflet featuring Tipperary Hurler Kieran Bergin with the message “I’m voting No! Marriage can only be the union of a man and a woman”.
Many thanks to the sender. | {
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County of Mendocino drafts letter regarding Potter Valley diversion
The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will discuss the recent unsuccessful request by local water agencies to have more water funneled through the Potter Valley Project to assist the Redwood Valley County Water District.
"We were very disappointed to find that, and at a loss to understand why, a representative from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) office in Santa Rosa ... reversed his public approval of a transfer of water that could have helped the community of Redwood Valley which is facing serious economic loss from a severe drought," wrote 3rd District Supervisor John Pinches, chairman of the board, in a letter addressed to Irma Lagomarsino, the Assistant Regional Administrator of NOAA's regional office in Arcata.
Pinches explains that the RVCWD requested 800 acre feet of water, which could have been diverted through the Potter Valley tunnel at a rate of 250 cubic feet per second and stored in Lake Mendocino.
With the amount of water flowing from Scott Dam into the East Fork of the Eel River at the time the request was made, "It would have taken approximately 38 hours to fulfill the request ... and all of the minimum required flows for the Eel River would have been exceeded by many hundreds of cfs."
Though written agreements supporting the temporary diversion were acquired from the Friends of the Eel River, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CalTrout and the Potter Valley Irrigation District, Pinches writes that Dick Butler from the Santa Rosa NOAA office denied the request "due to the fact that he believed the current situation does not qualify as an emergency," which would have to cause "damage to life, health, property or essential public services."
"We are very concerned that a federal employee could make a determination that, first, drought is a predictable local event, and, second, that the loss of a farmer's crop is not considered damage to property," Pinches writes. "We would like you to review the circumstance surrounding the proposed minor water diversion from the Potter Valley Project and provide us with an explanation of how the final decision to deny water to Redwood Valley was made."
Customers of the RVCWD are currently limited to 50 gallons a day per person, and water for agricultural uses, such as livestock and frost protection for grapevines, is no longer available.
The board will discuss the matter and consider approving the letter during its next meeting Tuesday, May 6, which will be held in the board's chambers at 501 Low Gap Road. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. | {
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Sounders’ Struggles Continue: Fall 2-1 to Cascadia Rival Timbers
That makes it seven MLS matches in a row without a win for the Sounders. It’s the longest drought in franchise history. After having the best start to the season, the Sounders have hit a bit of a rough patch.
And of course, losing to their Cascadia Cup arch-rivals from the south, the Portland Timbers, made the loss all the more painful. It was the first time since the Sounders entered MLS that the Timbers have managed a win. They will meet two more times during the regular season — in Portland again in September, and Seattle the following month.
It was quite a treat to be able to shoot this match. This was actually my second visit to JELD-WEN Field (the first was the Timbers vs. Sporting KC match in April), but my first time shooting a derby match. And it definitely lived up to the hype. The energy was spectacular from both sets of supporter groups. I can’t wait until the October match in Seattle, in front of more than 64,000! | {
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3. CHNOSZ- A package for thermodynamic modeling in geochemistry and biochemistry,
with functions for equilibrium activity diagrams and chemical affinities of reactions,
supported by an extensive thermodynamic database and group additivity for proteins.
4. march- march is a package dedicated to the computation of different Markovian models for categorical data (Homogeneous Markov chains, MTD model, HMM, DCMM). Weights are allowed, so march is able to work with survey data.
5. BioMod- BIOMOD is a computer platform for ensemble forecasting of species distributions, enabling the treatment of a range of methodological uncertainties in models and the examination of species-environment relationships.
10. partykit: Recursive Partytioning Toolkit- Infrastructure for representing, summarizing, and visualizing tree-structured models. It can be used for constructing or reading tree models from different sources (rpart, RWeka, PMML), sharing
functionality for print/plot/predict methods.
12. tabulaR- tabulaR is a comprehensive package for presenting quality tabular output within the R Environment. Differing from xtable and Hmisc, it manipulates, formats and presents tabular data to any R device stream, which can then be used by any structured format.
14. CatDyn Package for Catch Dynamics Models- Statistical models to assess fish stocks are becoming too demanding in terms of biological information. As an alternative to this trend we are developing the CatDyn project, an R package to assess fish stocks by modeling the operation of fishermen at sea.
16. Boost C++ Template Library Project- Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries implemented mostly as templates. We place a subset of them in this package as a more efficient distribution system for CRAN.
17. tableplot: semi-graphic tabular displays- A tableplot is a semi-graphic display in the form of a table with numeric values, supplemented
by symbols with size proportional to cell value(s), and with visual attributes that can be used to encode other information.
19. twKinresp- Fitting kinetic models to microbial respiration data.
April 2018: Note that companion package twNlme has been moved to github. The package version here kept for history, but is outdated. | {
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
Educating Your Audience: Challenges for a Startup
Sunday, April 06, 2014
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Educating Your Audience: Challenges for a Startup
JibaoUseful Startup Tips
There are a couple of ways to approach the market. Do your research, do some surveys and determine if your market will accept your new product. This often makes sense. After all, the premise is that you should see if there's a market need before you build your product/solution.
A common implementation of this method is when retail food companies do surveys and find out that consumers want to eat healthier. The challenge comes when consumers don't buy the new healthy choices on the menu. Or worst, because the healthy choice often costs more to produce, consumers won't pay the extra fees associated with the healthy choice. Just cause they say on a survey they want something, doesn't actually mean they want it.
Another common method is to build a product, widget, or cool feature, hoping that it'll be something people want. Too often this is the engineer's method. Build something cool and "they will come."
There's no absolute right or wrong way to go about this. The only question is what happens when your audience doesn't know that it needs your product? \
For example, if I was to ask you four or five years ago I could give you a viewing screen size of 3" x 2" and tell you, you could watch all of your favorite television shows on this small screen, you'd tell me that you don't need it. If I was to add that this tiny screen was to cost about 700 USD, you'd tell me I was nuts. 4 or 5 years ago, you'd probably spend such a sum on a giant LCD screen to better view your television shows. That said, many people currently sport smartphones with small screens and watch entire television shows while they commute each and every day. Sometimes, even taken to lying in bed to watch the show, hoping to not let the smartphone hit them in the face when it slips from their hand. And they easily spend 700 USD for a new fancy hand held device.
So what to do? You may opt to try educating your audience one at a time, one blog at a time. Such is the method that Jibao Map System has adopted. Besides meeting teachers one-on-one, they also having been curating articles for their target audience. In this process, they're trying to add value for the Taiwanese high school teacher without just "hocking" a product. See Jibao Viewer Blog Give it a try. Who knows, you may not even know that you need Jibao until you've tried it. | {
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Boney Island
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Boney Island is an island located across Lake Wawanakwa from Camp Wawanakwa. A notable feature on the island is a massive cliff in the shape of a human skull. It is the home to the woolly beavers and Stymphalian Canadian geese. This island is known to hold species that are extinct in other parts of the world, due to its remote location. The fact that it is considered creepy and supposedly haunted also ensures that nobody goes there to disturb these creatures. It is first introduced as a major part of the canoechallenge in Up the Creek.
According to Chris, if you take anything from the island, "you would be cursed forever." However, Beth does not hear this warning because she is using the bathroom at the time he says this and takes a tiki idol from the island that she found in a bush. This causes a supposed curse on the Screaming Gophers with a losing streak that spans over the course of threeepisodes. Ultimately, her choice to take something off the island influences her team's decision to make Beth the next target of her team. When she is finally eliminated, the curse seems to disappear and the team's winning streak continues. After finding out about the curse and before being eliminated, Beth promises to return the tiki idol to Boney Island.
The Cave of Treacherous Terror, located on Boney Island.
In Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon, it is revealed that Beth did not return the idol as she previously said she would, but instead broke it into three pieces and flushed it down the septic tank, which the campers are disgusted by. The finalsixcampers are tasked to collect the idol and toss the pieces into the Cave of Treacherous Terror. When the campers reach the cave on the island, some of the campers face problems relating to the creatures that reside on the island. In the cave, Owen is scared away by a spider and drags Heather along with him. Leshawna and Duncan are chased off by a pack of woolly beavers that show up in the cave. Geoff and Gwen end up tossing the doll into the cave, resulting in their win for that part of the challenge.
Boney Island makes its first appearance since Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon in Runaway Model, where the ten new campers (one of them as an intern) have to save Lindsay from Sasquatchanakwa. During this episode, it is also revealed that Chris is turning the island into his own private resort, which explains the scaffolding that Sasquatchanakwa and Lindsay are on top of. However, most of the construction workers of the project are dead, presumably due to the wildlife of the island.
Boney Island plays a more significant role in the fifth season, as one member from the winning team is exiled to the island for a night. Despite having to fend for themselves against wild animals, as well as the campers struggling to find food, the exile does have one upside: a McLean-Brand Chris Head hidden somewhere on the island. Once the campers reach the merge, exile duty is appointed twicemore before being removed entirely as of Sundae Muddy Sundae. Lightning holds the distinction of being the first competitor to go on exile, while Gwen is the first female as well as the last overall.
Fun Zone
The Fun Zone is a closed off area of Boney Island which serves to isolate the mutated flora and fauna from the previous season. Surrounding it is large trees with a stone entrance and metal sliding door. Nothing can travel in or out of the Fun Zone without someone authorized opening it. The Fun Zone is the location of the challenge in No One Eggspects The Spanish Opposition. It is revealed later in the episode to be the hiding place for the aforementioned McLean-Brand Chris Head. As seen in the exclusive clip of Zeek And Ye Shall Find, this is now the home of Ezekiel, who lives in harmony with his fellow mutants. | {
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Spring Break is official over for me as of today so Monday is back to work so I'm up to May on my cards. That leaves me summer break to finish up for the year. I got this idea from the Stampin Up gallery. I left credit on the picture for who I scrap lifted from. | {
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FDA finds listeria at Burch Farms packing facility
Listeria contamination is confirmed at the Burch Farms melon packing facility in Faison, N.C., according to the Food and Drug Administration.
In an update posted on its website late Aug. 13, FDA officials said the listeria finding spurred Burch to expand its recall to include all cantaloupe and honeydew melons shipped this season. No illnesses have been reported in relation to the recalled melons.
“This recall expansion is based on the FDA’s finding of Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono) on a honeydew melon grown and packed by Burch Farms. The recall expansion is also a result of the agency’s finding of L. mono in the environment of the firm’s packing facility,” according to the notice.
Burch Equipment LLC, doing business as Burch Farms, originally recalled about 5,200 cantaloupes July 28 after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Microbiological Data Program found listeria on one melon at retail during a random sampling.
The grower expanded the recall to include 188,900 cantaloupes Aug. 3 and corrected the variety from athena to caribbean golds. That expansion came after the FDA revealed it had found “unsanitary conditions” at the Burch packing shed.
Owner Jimmy Burch Sr. did not respond immediately to calls for comment on Aug. 14.
On Aug. 13, Burch told The Packer that FDA inspectors had apparently completed their work at his farm and packing facility, but had not provided him with results of samples taken there. He had previously said he uses the sanitizer SaniDate in his packing facility’s water.
Burch said he planted only about 10 acres of honeydews for this season. The entire crop went to wholesalers. He said his farm has not had food safety issues in the past.
“We shipped 3,000 loads of produce last year with no problems,” Burch said.
According to Burch and the FDA, the recalled honeydews do not have any identifying stickers. They were packed in cartons labeled “melons.”
In its latest recall notice the company reminded consumers that the listeria incubation period “can be one to three weeks, but may be in the range of three to 70 days.”
Complete distribution details on the melons are not available, according to the FDA.
The Burch cantaloupes and honeydew melons were sold to distributors between June 23 and July 27, in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia, Vermont and West Virginia, the Aug. 10 recall states.
“The melons may have further been distributed to retail stores, restaurants and food service facilities in other states,” according to the recall.
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No Close Button
When I am editing it within wordpress its visiable, when I actually use it on the site, there is no close button, so you can either stay there forever or enter your e-mail, there is no way around it.
when I go to the section to modify the close button, I get the following message.
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home2/cheeryco/public_html/georgeespinal/wp-content/plugins/optin-revolution/optinrev.php on line 711
I’m also getting on the top of the plugin page the following message.
Notice: unserialize() [function.unserialize]: Error at offset 135 of 1176 bytes in /home2/cheeryco/public_html/georgeespinal/wp-content/plugins/optin-revolution/optinrev.php on line 538
The strange thing is, I tested this locally on my computer before putting it live and I had no such problem, its when I put it live I got the problem, please help.
It’s very strange, I don’t get the problem on my local server, I uploaded the whole site from scratch and it still has the same problem.
I switched themes to twenty twelve and twenty eleven, I still get the same problem, no close button.
your plug-in is still great, I’m sure pro will be even better when you release it, I will look out for it, in the mean time I don’t have the time to trouble-shoot. I will rate this plug-in five stars regardless because it is good, I’m sure something is wrong internally on how I set it up since I’m the only one having this specific problem.
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befuddled and bewildered, but home
I've spent much too much of the last three days driving first to Detroit, then to Cleveland, and then back, with an astonishingly patient small girl in the passenger seat of the Mini. And I got a total of 14 hours sleep spread over three nights (most of it on the middle night, when I wasn't driving) so am more than a little befuddled, but happy to be home.
Miss Madeleine, who was the passenger in question, is of the opinion that having the Ditty Bops (http://www.thedittybops.com/) dedicate "Sister Kate" to you from the stage, when that happens to be your favourite Ditty Bops song, is the kind of astonishingly cool birthday thing that's right up there with, er having the Ditty Bops sing "Happy Birthday" to you backstage, not to mention being surprised by Tash and Tori and a secret birthday cake she wasn't expecting. Plus, Maddy got to have a crisis of conscience in a restaurant the following day when she had to decide whether or not she, as a newly-minted eleven-year-old, should order off the ten-and-under kids' menu. (She did.)
It was a grand birthday expedition, and we had some wonderful conversations while she was awake, as the sun came up, when I told her everything I could think of about her great-grandfather, and everything I knew about her great-great-grandfather. Fun.
I was vaguely surprised to discover that thePhil Silvers Show/Sergeant Bilko DVDs I bought from Amazon.com recently, which I played to keep me awake on the drive back (as they work almost as well if you can't see the screen) were bootlegs. At least, I assume that a legitimate DVD wouldn't have a BBC 2 continuity announcer talking over the end credits and telling you that The Weakest Link is coming up next on BBC 2.
Anyway, I'm home, and have just finished signing all the Anansi Boys endpapers for Headline in the UK.
And I just noticed that, now Wolves in the Walls is out in paperback, there are bargain copies of the hardback around (Amazon, for example) while you can get the Dawn French audio cassettes of her reading Coraline at bookcloseouts.com at an extreme discount... | {
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how to buy house in whiterun
My first house was Breezehome but my favorite house is Windstad Manor.
My first house was Breezehome.
I really like breezehome, apart from that fricken top step! I bought some other houses but I’m a creature of habit and still use Whiterun.
I first bought Breezehome in Whiterun.
But really what is the ratio for people buying that house first.
When I first read this I was ready to answer as if you were asking in real life, but this is a gaming website of course it wouldn’t be real life.
My first home was located in Whiterun then the second (dispite the fact you didn’t ask) Was in Rifton.
Policies and guidelines · Style and formatting guide · Neutral point of view … As Thane of Whiterun, the Dragonborn will be granted a Housecarl.
… PS3 PC There is a bug where, after purchasing Breezehome, the player is not given the option to buy decoration for the house from Proventus Avenicci.
i bought a house from whiterun but i think im facing a glitch here.
Only what’s this? Lydia doesn’t want to go out adventuring any more? She wants to open a shop? For a hundred gold every day, I’ll make do, and find another follower.
A long while back, we’d encountered a woman named Eola, whom I’d ultimately helped fulfill her weird cannibalistic ritual, by clearing out a dungeon and then bringing her some gullible dude.
In another minute we were on an open slope, and the next thing I knew, the dragon we’d been looking for found us first.
A few days ago, when I was in the middle of doing a bit of B&E to steal the finer possessions of the law-abiding citizens of Solitude, I paused to tell Lydia, my partner in crime to wait in the basement kitchen.
In Skyrim everyone’s got problems, and so talking to people involves doing stuff like delivering messages from one town to the next, killing bandits who are shaking down travelers, and listening to every bartender’s demo tape.
Next thing you know, I’m in Whiterun, hanging out at home, and playing tag with my adoptive kid, and frantically wondering where I might find a doll, or a wooden sword to give them to play with.
Laila and Hadvar had escaped Helgen together when a dragon attacked, although at the time Laila was prisoner there, having crossed the border into Skyrim illegally.
A mixture of Imperial soldiers and Whiterun guards stood, weapons ready, on the outskirts of the city.
She whipped around expectantly, and saw a fellow Imperial soldier smiling at her, a full quiver of arrows in his outstretched hand.
An Imperial mage, wearing robes with his standard boots, gauntlets and helmet, rushed to put it out: he used some form of ice spell to control the flames, which quickly subsided.
She’d built herself up from nothing to a respectable soldier, although she was fighting two wars: one as a Legionnaire, fighting to keep Skyrim from the control of a bigoted dictator, and one as the Dragonborn, fighting the war against the dragons.
She was just a rookie soldier in the Imperials ranks too: although a competent fighter, Laila hadn’t had much chance to prove herself.
Legate Rikke was making a speech about the "glory of the empire" and "everlasting victory." Only half listening, she checked her supplies: she only had 2 healing potions and 20 arrows to last this fight.
For a relatively small Imperial woman, she was strong, and she was fast: a consequence of being brought up by her uncle, who happened to run Leyawiin’s fighters guild, in Cyrodill.
She pulled open the heavy gate and just made it over the drawbridge before some guards, who had been following her out of the city, pulled it up.
She raced down the wooden pathways with some difficulty, as most of them had been blasted apart by the flaming catapult rocks which continued to rain down upon Whiterun.
A young Imperial woman finds herself in Skyrim: an Imperial soldier, and a dragonborn.
Here and there, spitting flames licked up the side of half-collapsed buildings, their harsh brightness illuminating the ravaged city as smoke billowed into the blood-orange dusk.
Later on when I return to Whiterun I make my rounds, going from store to store to sell a lot of the junk I’ve collected from my many adventures in Skyrim… Then I went into Belethor’s General Goods store, and instead of Belethor behind the counter saying, “Come on in! I’ve got something for just about anybody in here.” I hear a feminine voice saying, “It’s a fine day with you around.” I blink in surprise and I realize that Ysolda is behind the counter.
And here I’m thinking to myself, Wait, first you say you don’t want any snow, and now you’re commenting on it’s beauty as if you like it? I try to press him for more information, but then he says, he’s done talking.
Next time a guard says something like, “Watch the skies, traveller.” or “…damn dragons can swoop down at any time.” Then you know where I’ll be looking.
So now I got tell the Jarl of Whiterun about the dragon attack on Helgen, and then we visit with the court wizard named Farengar, whom I tell, “Look out! You’re about to step on your own Shock Rune!” He says, “What, I never even cast a… ah I see.
A certain series of mods that applies fixes to the games is available, the one in particular is called “Unofficial Skyrim Patch,” written by a team of programmers I assume who devote themselves to discovering bugs and repairing them as well as editing graphic problems, fixing broken quests, audio and subtitles, you name it! I can’t begin to explain all their fixes, but suffice it to say that they’re constantly doing what Bethesda is not (or so it seems to me), and that is making sure the game continues to run as best as possible.
GLaDOS gave wheatley a punishment, he could NEVER leave chell, and chell couldn’t leave him either.
Actually why do we have to leave right now?Chell walked through the catwalks, at least a bit easier with wheatley’s flashlight.
Both wheatley and chell stayed inside the facility.
As soon as you agree to buy the house, immediately open the dresser next to the bed, and put your gold into it, and return to the conversation.
You normally would need 5,000 gold to buy the house in Whiterun, but this trick allows you to get it for free.
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Brisbane is a popular destination for its culture, scenery and outdoor activities. It can be easy to just go with the usual itinerary of packaged experiences and plastic hotel rooms. Why not try something different this time? Why not try a bed and breakfast?
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If this is new to you, you're in for a treat. The B&B lifestyle is different to what you find in hotels. The pace is slower, a bit more contemplative. At the same time, there is always something interesting to do, whether it's exploring the grounds, learning about the history of the property or planning the day's explorations with the help of your host.
Here are five reasons why you need to stay at a bed and breakfast next time you visit Brisbane.
1. The ambience.
Big hotels are designed to be predictable. Business travellers want to know what to expect, and don't like surprises. With large staffs and standardised rooms, a big hotel feels like it's just a place to sleep. A bed and breakfast is uniquely shaped by both the property it occupies and the owners who run it. You may find yourself at a cottage nestled in a hidden garden. Your room might be at the top of a grand mansion. Each establishment is different, and each experience is different.
2. The company.
One of the best things about travel is having the chance to meet new friends. That's just what innkeepers enjoy most about running a bed and breakfast. In addition to your room, you will have access to the common areas of the house. Whether it's a parlour, a lounge or a veranda, you'll find a welcoming place to relax and plan your day's events. Instead of the bustle of an impersonal hotel lobby, a B&B offers a welcoming space where you will meet friendly and interesting people.
3. The breakfast.
Some hotels offer breakfast, but it's usually a steam-table affair where the food on offer is - let's just say that some foods aren't meant for steam tables. Breakfast is when the owner of a bed and breakfast gets to show off. Your meal will feature local specialties and local ingredients. You get a chance to talk to the cook. When was the last time you wanted the recipe for something you ate at a hotel breakfast?
4. Local knowledge.
Your innkeepers know the area because they live there. They can tell you which restaurants are good and which ones you should avoid like the devil. They know what the locals do for fun, how to get there and what you'll need to enjoy it properly. Whether you fancy whale watching at Point Lookout, sightseeing from atop the Story Bridge or a day of shopping in Fortitude Valley, you'll be able to get the local perspective on the best places to go and the most interesting things to do.
5. Privacy.
Since a bed and breakfast is smaller than a hotel, there are fewer people around. The grounds and common areas give plenty of room to wander without being disturbed. You may have the place to yourself while the other guests are off on their adventures. It's like staying with friends who know when to disappear.
A bed and breakfast isn't just a room for the night. It's someone's home. The people who run the establishment are fully focused on their guests. They take pride in their work and a personal interest in your comfort. Running a B&B is more than a livelihood for your hosts. It's a way of life.
Brisbane is 922km (10h 39m) from Sydney and even further (1,788km 19h 46m) from Melbourne. Don't even think of driving from Perth - we recommend flying. This page has plenty of flights to Brisbane. However, Virgin Australia often run deals that are only available on their site and don't forget that Flight Centre will match any advertised fare.
You probably already have an idea about what you want to do when you stay in Brisbane. One thing you definitely, absolutely must add to your list is a visit to the Gallery of Modern Art. GOMA, as it is affectionately called, is possibly the best modern art musuem in Australia. The displays change frequently and there is also a dedicated kids section, so you can bring them along. Top it off with a great location in the centre of Brisbane.
Brisbane is 922km (10h 39m) from Sydney and even further (1,788km 19h 46m) from Melbourne. Don't even think of driving from Perth. For that reason, we recommend flying. For cheap flights, try IWantThatFlight.com.au as they specialise in finding cheap domestic flights.
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GUYS I WILL BE WRITING 13 EPISODES FOR MY SERIAL FACIALIZER STORY. AS IT IS NOT GOING TO BE FILMED IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE I HAVE OPTED TO WRITE THEM AND SHARE IT ONLINE. HOWEVER I PLAN ON YOU HELPING ME. YOU CAN BE PART OF THIS.
HOW? BELOW YOU WILL FIND THE SYNOPSIS, BUT AS IT IS NOT WRITTEN I PLAN ON YOU HELPING ME. YOU CAN WIN THE CHANCE TO CREATE A CHARACTER (YOU, YOUR EX GF, A BITCH YOU WANT TO FUCK, YOUR FAVORITE PORNSTAR) AND I WILL INTRODUCE IT AT LEAST FOR AN EPISODE. HOW TO DO IT? GO TO GOGOFANTASY.COM AND TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. HERE IS THE LINK
Some porn companies have changed the porn landscape when they started to shoot XXX parodies of famous series/movies. They not only based their videos on the porn scenes themselves, but showed the viewers what they can do with world known shows as X-files, Seinfield, friends, 30 rock and many more. In this case I present to you a new original porn series that may get to the masses and will make the next step in the porn business.
The funding being sought is an estimate of the minimum buys the series needs in order to write out the rest of the script.
Synopsis
Dean is a guy with no emotions, not attached to anything. Girls do not like him because he is too serious and awkward in his behavior. After he loses his job, he returns to doing what his grandma taught him a long ago, to make teddy bears. He feels stupid doing this. All of the girls mock him for his new job, but still they go to his store. One day he discovers that any girl who buys a teddy bear from him or that he gives away to, suddenly falls in love with him and for several hours he can fuck her any way he wants until the magic has ended. The girls then wake up from their trance and can´t remember who fucked them or how, but remember that they were having great sex and enjoyed it.
His personality -dexter morgan type- with no feelings and kind of serial fucker (instead of serial killer) makes him follow his own code with 3 simple rules to feel satisfied when he fucks the girls1. Fuck her tits if the girl is busty2. Fuck her anally3 Cum all over her face (he takes a picture of the girl cummed on as his trophy and keeps it in her computer)
Everything goes fine until he meets the girl of his dreams (which should be a girl who has never done hardcore, I will try to contact and save money for one of the following....Ewa Sonnet,Ines Cudna,Anna SongAKA Tanya Song,Angela White, or other with similar body) however she hates teddy bears and the "magic" does not work with her. He constantly tries to get her, but needs to get to know what would work and become friends. However, she has a bf (she has never even let him touch her breast yet) who suspects Dean may have something in the teddy bears and gets to a female police to try to catch him before Dean seduces the main girl, as facials are the most humiliating thing in the "series universe"
As a written story we can imagine the girls characters can be your favorite pornstar/model. (see details in characters)
Even though it is a porn series, the viewers should not be interested only in the sex scenes, but also in the characters and where the storyline goes.
Main Characters
Dean Kensignton:
A guy in his late 20s, white guy, who speaks usually in a formal way. Tends to analize people reactions. He has always felt miserable because he has not been able to score with a girl in a normal situation. His past girlfriends were girls that liked him, but he was the hunted one, not the hunter. All this situation changes suddenly when he discovers the power that the stuffed animals give him. His behavior becomes colder and turns obsessesive with fucking all the busty girls he considers as been bitches to other guys. Sometimes he has to fight himself for not fucking hot nice girls, but the he discovers “in a way all girls are sluts” and becomes a fucking machine.
Appearance reference: A 5’8 guy, dark hair, blue eyes. Normal body.
Angela: She is a brunette, in her early 20s, white busty girl with an angelical face. She is sweet and caring. His boyfriend would describe her as the perfect girl. She is shy, but sometimes uses hot cleavages and thigh pants. She is loyal to her boyfriend, James, but she has never let him even touch her boobs.
Appearance reference: Ewa Sonnet
James: He is an afro American tall guy in his 30s. Always jealous, he never wants anyone staring at his girl. He is eager to have sex with her, but always respects her choice of not doing it till marriage. He hates Dean and always suspects that there is something wrong with him.
Appearance reference: Lexx Steele
Lt. Cummings: She is a blonde hot police (24) who discovers there is a serial facializer unleashed. She discover it when her hot neighbor arrives home with some cum drenching from her hair. The girl does not want to say that she liked the fuck, but does not remember who the guy was. Then she discovers that some other girls are writing similar experiences on the internet. The connection she finds is that all girls have always been bitches to anyone and discover the serial facializer is a kind of vigilante.
Appearance reference: Haley Cummings
Emma: She is a chubby(28) with big tits that lives in the same building as Dean. She has always been in loved with him, but he has ignored it. She is at the beginning the nice neighbor; however, she becomes Dean´s stalker and discovers the truth, blackmailing him.
Appearance reference: Leanne Crow but dressed unhottie
Ramon: He is another neighbor of Dean (32). He is gay and by mistake he gets a teddy bear from him. So, for weird reason the teddy bear power works for Ramon, but, this time he falls in love for … like forever. He becomes his stalker and makes Dean feel uncomfortable. In the worst scenario now Dean has to avoid him to save himself from getting busted.
Appearance reference: Ron Jeremy
Bonnie: She is a young hot girl friend of Angela. She is a bitch to everybody and thinks nobody is at her level. She believes someday she will be discovered by a Hollywood producer and become famous. Sometimes she fools Angela and tries to make her become a slut. She is jealous because Angela is the one getting everybody’s attention
Appearance reference: Jana Defi
Jessicka: Another bosomy friend of Angela. She is a geek, plays videogames and watches animes. She goes to church every Sunday and sometimes during week days. When she sees something naughty she rises her eyes to the sky and prays. What is unbeknown to friends and family is that besides watching anime manga she masturbates to hentai videos secretly kept in her computer.
Appearance reference: Angela White
Allison: A lesbian girl who has always worked with Dean. They are not friends, actually they hate each other. Allison seems to know Dean is a perv and dislikes him for that and for his shyness. Allison has a girlfriend named Kayla. However, there seems to be a love-hate relation with Dean.
Appearance reference: Ines Cudna
Kayla: The secretary of Dean’s former boss. Bipolar girl She never talks to Dean for an unknown reason.
Appearance reference:Winter Pierzina
Taj: An Hindi guy who becomes Dean admirer. As the rumor of a serial facializer spreads he becomes his number 1 fan. As a result of his worship he wants to discover the guy to learn from him, to get the secret.
Appearance reference: actor Kal Penn
Rev. Francis: A gossipy priest who sometimes acts as the conscience of Dean. He really keeps the big secrets, but for a reason thinks Dean is doing a very charitable job, making slut girls feel like what they are. For him, Dean is a punishing angel. However, the padre has his needs. He listens to hot girls naughty sins and maybe, just maybe he can stab someone in the back.
Appearance reference: Randy Spears
Public
The series is oriented to adult men and would make guys relate to Dean. Everybody would have wanted to have a magic object that makes all hot girls have sex with them, most of the times, just sex, with nothing else attached. Fulfill fantasies and have memories of the encounters.
SUPPORT THE PROJECTFOR 15 DOLLARS YOU WILL GET THE SCRIPTS OF THE 13 EPISODESFOR 25 DOLLARS, BESIDES GETTING THE SCRIPTS, YOU CAN CREATE A CHARACTER AND I WILL WRITE HIM IN THE STORY AT LEAST FOR AN EPISODE. IF IT IS INTERESTING ENOUGH MAYBE THE CHARACTER CAN HAVE A RECURRENT ROLE. YOU WILL BE CREDITED FOR THE CHARACTER SO EVERYBODY WILL KNOW YOU CREATE IT.
THE IDEA TO HAVE THE PROJECT IN GOGOFANTASY IS TO REALLY TEST THE WATERS HOW MUCH PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THE STORY AND IS A PAYMENT FOR THE STORY. IT IS LIKE A BIT MORE THAN A DOLLAR FOR EACH EPISODE
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE AT LEAST 40 PEOPLE FUNDING, THAT IS WHY THE GOAL IS US$670 (INCLUDES COMISSION FROM GOGOFANTASY.COM). IT IS THE REASONABLE MONEY TO TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE THEM .IF THE GOAL IS NOT MET THE SCRIPTS IN PDF WILL NOT BE SOLD AND YOUR MONEY GETS REFUND, BUT YOU CAN CONTACT ME BY MAIL.
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Mixed Messages: The Intersection of Prenatal Genetic Testing and Abortion
This article, prepared for the 2011 Wiley A. Branton Symposium at Howard Law School, provides a snapshot of how current law and practice generate mixed messages about prenatal genetic testing and abortion. The ability to screen and to test for genetic conditions prenatally is expanding, not only because of technological innovations but also because of increased legal and financial incentives. At the same time that prenatal genetic testing is expanding, abortion – one option pregnant women have after testing – is contracting. Federal and state legislation restricts abortion services, for example, by reducing or prohibiting funding; banning the types or limiting the timing of procedures; regulating facilities and physician conduct; and requiring patients to submit to counseling or other informed consent requirements.
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way of trying to save someone's life after their heart has stopped
( Example )
I think everyone who takes care of children should get certified in CRP, just in case there's ever a problem.
解説
5
deviled eggsthem.
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
hard-boiled eggs cut in half with a yolk removed and replaced with a paste of yolk, mayonnaise and seasonings
( Example )The recipe for deviled eggs was my mother's and she taught me how to make them.
解説
6
multisport
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
composed of a variety of sports
( Example )
The Olympic Games is probably the most famous multisport event in the world.
解説
7
open a savings account
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
start using a bank account where one keeps money that they want to save over a long period of time
( Example )
My father open a savings account for me when I was young to encourage me to save money.
解説
8
reward
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
give something in return to someone for completing a task or working hard
( Example )
We should reward our son for getting good grades by taking him out to his favorite restaurant.
解説
9
spooky
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
scary or strange, making one think of ghosts
( Example )
That old house over there is really spooky. I don't think anyone lives there anymore.
解説
10
totally
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
absolutely, completely
( Example )
Hmm. Do I want to go snowboarding this weekend in order to escape the heat?
解説
11
a dermatologist
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a doctor who treats skin diseases
( Example )
The dermatologist said the rash on my arm was nothing to worry about.
解説
12
a humidifier
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a machine that increases the level of moisture in air
( Example )
In the winter , I use a humidifier to keep moisture in the house.
解説
13
a shelter
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a place where people or animals without a home can live and receive help
( Example )
There's a shelter in this area that provides free food to homeless people.
解説
14
a studio apartment
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a small apartment with one main room
( Example )
I'm planning to move out of my studio apartment as soon as I get married.
解説
15
a wetland
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
an area of land that is usually covered with shallow water
( Example )
Wetland are home to many rare animal species, so we should protect them.
解説
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pre-construction
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
before being built
( Example )
Hiring someone to help with pre-construction planning can save you a lot of time and money while your home is being built.
解説
17
relatively
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
when compared to other things that are similar
( Example )
The hotel we booked in Hawaii was relatively cheap , considering it's such a popular tourist destination.
解説
18
resale
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
the selling of something that one bought previously
( Example )
That company buys used electronic appliances for recycling and resale.
解説
19
unfroeseen
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
not expected before something happens
( Example )
Due to some unfroeseen delays, we arrived in China a day later than we had planned to.
解説
20
vary
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
change something so that it's not always the same
( Example )
You might want to vary your yoga routine so that you don't get bored.
解説
21
a genius
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a person with superior intelligence or abilities
( Example )
Albert Einstein is famous for being a scientific genius.
解説
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a botanist
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a scientist who studies plants
( Example )
The farmer hired a botanist to help him after his plants started to die.
解説
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an anatomist
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a scientist who studies the bodies of living things
( Example )
Anatomists have found similarities between the structures of dinosaurs and birds.
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dabble
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
do only a little of an activity , but not seriously
( Example )
The actress was known for her movie roles, but she occasionally dabbled in music as well.
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apprehensive
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(adj) 気づかう、( about , for , that 節 )
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implement
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( n ) 道具、手段
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devote oneself to
補足（例文と訳など）
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spend most of one's time and energy do'ing something
( Example )
The woman decided to become a nun because she wanted to devote herself to God.
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refugee
補足（例文と訳など）
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避難者、難民、亡命者
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doldrums
補足（例文と訳など）
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無風状態、憂うつ
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go on and on
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
continue for a long time
( Example )
His speech just went on and on.
I thought it would never end.
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legendary
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
well known and liked by many people over a long period of time
( Example )
Jimi Hendrix is one of the most legendary rock stars of the 20th century.
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pursuit
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
the act of continuously trying to get, find, or be able to do something
( Example )
He sacrificed a lot of time and energy in the pursuit of fame.
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set ・・・free
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
allow someone or something to get freedom
( Example )
The police set the man free after a DNA test showed that he was innocent.
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versatile
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
able to use many different skills
( Example )
Since she's worked in so many different departments at our company, she's really versatile.
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35
a knot
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
the shape that is made when a piece of rope, cloth, etc. , is tied
( Example )
If you want to work on a ship, you have to know many different ways to tie strong knots with rope.
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36
a Muslim
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a person who practices Islam as their religion
( Example )
In countries where there are a lot of Muslims, there are rooms in public places where people can go to pray throught the day.
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a pioneer
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
a person who creates important new ideas and methods
( Example )
He was a pioneer of the auto industry.
Many companies have used his ideas to develop their own cars since he became succesful.
解説
38
assume
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
believe that something is true without having proof or knowing for sure.
( Example )
I assume that she'll be going to the festival, since she usually goes every year.However, I haven't talked to her about it yet.
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charismatic
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
having a powerful personality that attracts other people
( Example )
The man who was elected mayor didn't have much political experience, but voters liked him because he was charismatic.
解説
40
holy
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
religious, relating to a god or religion
( Example )
Rome has always been thought of as a holy place, and people come from around the world to visit Vatican City.
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indigenous
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
native or original to a country or an area
( Example )
My mom bought a bunch of traditional art made by indigeous Australians when she went to Tasmania last year.
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pull someone's leg
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
lie to someone in a friendly way as a joke
( Example )
You say you caught a fish that weighed 25 Kilograms yesterday?
Are you pulling my leg?
解説
43
retro
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
based on a style from the past
( Example )
I really like that retro clothing shop.
It reminds me of when I was younger.
解説
44
show up
補足（例文と訳など）
答え
arrive at a place
( Example )
The party starts at six, but my wife and I will probably show up late. | {
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14 Words by Email
Saturday, 15 December 2012
The federal prosecutor said in a statement that there was enough
evidence to suggest Monday's incident was "an attempted explosives
attack by a terrorist organisation with a radical Islamist bent."
It added that there was serious evidence "that the suspicious person has
connections in radical Islamist circles," but gave no details. The
prosecutor's office, which is responsible for probing matters of
terrorism, has taken over the investigation.
The blue sports bag was discovered on Monday on a train platform at the
station in western Germany containing an improvised explosive device.
Its contents included four pressure gas canisters, a 40-centimetre long metal pipe, batteries, a clock and ammonium nitrate.
The bomb's detonation device was triggered but for some reason failed to go off, according to reports by broadcaster Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR) and Der Spiegel magazine on Friday – probably because it was put together in the wrong way.
Investigators told Der Spiegel they believed traces of gun powder
found in the bag along with batteries that had used up their charge
suggested the bomb had been triggered, a theory which police said they
were unable to confirm or deny.
"Why the explosive device did not detonate, requires further investigation," the prosecutor's statement said.
One theory goes that the bomb failed to go off because the would-be
bombers used the filament from a light bulb found at the scene of the
crime instead of a “booster” to amplify the explosion, wrote the
magazine.
According to WDR, the unknown perpetrator dumped the blue bag on the
platform then quickly disappeared in order to detonate the bomb from a
safe distance. Its discovery sparked the complete evacuation of Bonn
station.
Authorities said on Wednesday that if the explosive had gone off, it
could have had a similar effect to the 2004 al-Qaida bombing in Madrid,
which killed 191 people.
"It was an extremely dangerous explosive device," said state prosecutor Rainer Griesbaum.
Norbert Wagner, who headed the investigation for Cologne police, told
reporters on Wednesday that had the gas exploded and caused the ammonium
nitrate to ignite, "there would have been a significant explosion ...
that of course would have caused considerable harm to people."
On Tuesday, police arrested two men, one with links to an extremist
Salafist group, but released them, and a day later announced they were
looking for two men in connection with the incident.
Since Thursday police have been searching for an important witness, the
man who alerted train station employees to the unattended bag on
platform one on Monday.
Cologne police say the witness is around 40 years-old, with a European
appearance, short blonde hair and a slight speech impediment.
In July 2006 Islamist militants placed suitcases with homemade bombs on
two regional trains at nearby Cologne's main station. They failed to
detonate, averting an almost certain bloodbath. | {
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Tigerpython The python could be my greatest fear
The python could be my greatest fear
von Marcela Messias Moreira
Facing us with a neutral look behind that glass cabinet, the eyes of that Python meet my gaze of amazement. With her mounted body she seems to be the least harmful of all creatures, as if striking a pose for my camera lens with her tangled photogenic figure. In the Indonesian forest, she is not the most visible of animals, even if she is everywhere: under fallen branches of trees or covered by vivid green leaves, but not where you expect her to be. You might think that she is just another dry branch lying on the floor, like any other creature resting under the foliage. Her body is long and her dermis is so well covered that I almost forget about it when I fix my eyes on that safari-styled body. It is daring the way she comes, with her incalculable speed, sinuously swinging her left and her right. I can barely feel the moment when she approaches her legless body…and when she is near, she just is! I know she would be driven to do that thing…that silently kills! If she might be hiding, I cannot find out how, but I know it is very well planned.
The Python of the Javanese Jungle, with her unimaginable strength, could be my greatest fear…and still remain my biggest fascination. One may wonder how it might be inside of her, how her snake skeleton is assembled, what combination of powerful bones she has. Yet the only thing I can see is her body in its camouflage – she is not made to hide but to turn invisible in her humble way of simply dominating the place. She has not the power to harm me with poison; however, her presence is of paralyzing effect. She could curl around my body and take me to the center of her gyre, squeezing me, making any living being understand what it is to be smaller, weaker. Her power is one that would swallow you, me or a big wild pig, but not all at once. The Python is not of treacherous ways; she is just of unmistakable class behind that lengthy exotic skin waiting for another prey to dominate.
This text is one of a number of texts written for the Wissensdinge project by students of the University of Potsdam as part of the course Critical Animal Studies in winter 2013. The class was taught by Anja Schwarz for students of English and American Studies. | {
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Ms. Starr earned a bachelor's degree in business administration, magna cum laude, with a concentration in accounting, from Lincoln Memorial University in Tennessee. She is a Certified Member of the Institute (CMI) and a member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation (IPT).
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Lots of pride, a little prejudice
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Liz Philosophos Cooper as Georgiana, a Jane Austen novel character, during the Jane Austen Society's annual convention in New York.
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Traditional English country dancing during the Jane Austen Society's annual convention in New York.
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The Jane Austen gathering included hours of country dancing.
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Jason Bohon, from New York, illustrates a culture clash in the washroom..
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A modern convenience takes attendees from the convention into the streets.
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Regency dresses, demure bonnets and straw baskets were the official costumes of the Jane Austen Society's annual convention that lasted three days and was attended by more than 700 of the author's fans.
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NEW YORK About 100 people gathered at the Gramercy Park Hotel in 1979 for the inaugural gathering of the Jane Austen Society of North America, dressed in a style The New Yorker summed up as “dinner dresses, subdued-looking jewellery, comfortable-looking jackets.”
When the society took its annual meeting to the Marriott in downtown Brooklyn last weekend for a kind of homecoming, things were rather different. Attendance was more than 700, the event lasted three days, and the daytime dress code for many ran to pale Regency dresses, demure bonnets and straw baskets to hold anything that wouldn’t fit into a period-correct reticule.
“This is a place where people can let their Jane Austen freak flag fly,” said Julia Matson of Minneapolis, the creator of an Austen-themed tea line (Mr. Darcy: “a bold beginning, yet a smooth finish”), who was at her third meeting.
It was also a place to go back to the texts, and this year JASNA, as the society is known, lined up some unusually heavy hitters to deliver the plenary lectures on the meeting’s theme of power, money and sex.
Cornel West, a self-described Jane Austen fanatic, brought down the house with a thunderous Saturday morning sermon on Austen’s understanding of human suffering that name-checked Sophocles, Shakespeare, Chekhov and Leo Strauss. Sandy Lerner, a co-founder of Cisco Systems and the founder of Chawton House Library (near the Hampshire cottage where Austen wrote some of her novels), lectured on Austen’s faulty understanding of cash.
But novelist Anna Quindlen set the tone for the weekend with a rousing keynote address lamenting two centuries of male condescension to Austen’s seemingly small domestic dramas.
“It burns me that there were only men at the funeral,” Quindlen said, noting that Austen’s gravestone at Winchester Cathedral made no mention of her books.
She also recalled another man who wanted to bury Austen, a professor at Barnard in the 1960s who dismissed Austen as “a second-tier novelist” — something he wouldn’t say now, Quindlen said, even if he were probably still thinking it.
It was an insult that the overwhelmingly female audience, some of whom hissed at Quindlen’s mentions of Jonathan Franzen and “the dismissive label chick-lit,” seemed to take personally.
Austen, in fact, had many early male champions, and the term “Janeite” — coined by the critic George Saintsbury in 1894 — was embraced by male fans such as Rudyard Kipling, who wore it with pride. But in the 20th century it came to be applied to the “wrong” kind of reader: overly effusive, academically untrained and often female.
In her new book, Jane Austen’s Cults and Cultures, the Princeton University scholar Claudia L. Johnson traces the gap between academics and everyday Austen fans to D.W. Harding’s seminal 1940 essay, Regulated Hatred, which suggested that Austen herself would have despised the besotted readers who failed to recognize that her novels were about the “eruption of fear and hatred into the relationships of everyday social life.”
There was certainly no hatred in Brooklyn, where the emphasis was squarely on sisterly celebration of the woman whom Henry James backhandedly called “everybody’s dear, Jane.”
At a well-attended workshop called Dressing the Miss Bennets, Lisa Brown, a proofreader and Royal Navy expert from Rochester, walked attendees through the basics of Regency attire.
“It’s all about the lift,” she said, pointing to a modern push-up bra on an inflatable dummy named Lydia, after the airhead of the Bennet family. “The most important thing to achieving this look is your undergarment.” Brown added that a proper Regency lady would have worn crotchless panties, if she wore them at all. (Pulling them down to use the toilet was too complicated.)
In 1991 the scholar Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick drew headlines for her paper Jane Austen and the Masturbating Girl, which was widely derided as epitomizing the excesses of postmodern theory. If such provocative presentations were hardly on the schedule last weekend, audiences were not entirely unreceptive to readings that probed underneath the seemingly decorous surfaces of Austen’s novels.
Mary Ann O’Farrell, a professor of English at Texas A&M University, giving her first lecture to the society (on manners in Austen), said she was surprised that a reference to her recent paper Bin Laden a Huge Jane Austen Fan: Jane Austen in Contemporary Political Discourse drew a big laugh.
“People here are much more sophisticated readers of Austen than the world gives them credit for,” she said. “They are willing to think critically, in both senses of the word.”
Some scholars at the meeting said senior colleagues had discouraged them from getting too involved with the group, lest they get caught up in “effusions of fancy,” as one put it — or worse, photographed in costume. And certainly the event can produce some culture shock.
“When I first came, as a graduate student, I was kind of freaked out by the level of ardour,” said Juliette Wells, an associate professor at Goucher College and the author of Everybody’s Jane, a study of Austen and pop culture. “I wasn’t sure if I would come back.”
But the society, Wells said, “has been very good to me,” a point echoed by other scholars who cited its research grants and peer-reviewed journal, Persuasions. Even more important, they say, is the chance to speak to an audience that has done all the reading — sometimes 20 or 30 times.
Attendees’ knowledge often goes far beyond Austen’s six novels. During a talk on mercenary motives in Austen’s fiction (which included a handout listing all the known financial information given about 40 characters), Marilyn Francus, an associate professor at West Virginia University, wondered aloud how everyone would know at the beginning of Pride and Prejudice that Mr. Darcy had 10,000 pounds a year.
One audience member shouted out that detailed information about inheritances was published in newspapers, as part of the probate process. Another noted that gentlemen sometimes had to list their income publicly, as proof of credit.
“I learn so much from these people,” Francus said. “I would never dare condescend to a JASNA audience.”
In her bin Laden paper (which appears in the new scholarly collection Uses of Austen), O’Farrell of Texas A&M examines the way “ugly couplings” like the best-selling mash-up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies draw easy laughs at the expense of the typical Austen devotee, who is presumed to be a dotty bluestocking seeking escape from modern life.
The modern world certainly seemed far away at the Regency Ball, which began with a hearty toast to “our goddess, the divine Jane Austen” and included several hours of English country dances, like the Seven Shillings and Money in Both Pockets, with music provided by a four-piece band called Persuasion.
The elaborately dressed crowd included several admirals, a blue-gowned woman clutching a stuffed pug (in homage to Lady Bertram of Mansfield Park) and a spectacularly bewigged Georgiana, the real-life duchess of Devonshire.
There wasn’t a zombie in sight. There were also precious few male partners, despite the efforts of intrepid cross-dressers like Baronda Bradley, a supply-chain logistics consultant from Fort Worth, Texas, and well-known Austen society fashion plate, who was wearing a tweed jacket and paisley waistcoat over a 1940s corset turned backward, to achieve a sufficiently stiff male carriage.
“Every year people wait to see what I’m wearing,” said Bradley, who had brought eight different outfits for the meeting, including the bonnet and day dress she wore on the plane. | {
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Courtois, 21, won the Europa League and Copa del Rey trophies during his first two years in Spain, and is now assisting Los Colchoneros in their challenge for both the domestic title and the Champions League in the current campaign.
The Belgium international's future has been the subject of much speculation in recent weeks, with Real Madrid and Barcelona reported to be interested in a deal, although Courtois recently told Castilla La Mancha TV: “The one thing I have always said is that it's Atletico or Chelsea.”
After another excellent performance in Tuesday's 1-1 draw in the Champions League quarterfinal first leg at Barca's Camp Nou, he told El Larguero that he would soon reveal his plans.
“Next week I will announce my decision,” Courtois said. “I am not going to say if I will stay or not. What I will say is that next week I will announce my decision.”
Despite having made a string of superb saves against Barca, thwarting Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Lionel Messi, Courtois underlined his disappointment at not being able to keep out Neymar's late equaliser.
“We are leaving satisfied,” he said. “We have played a good game, and we could have scored some more goals. We defended well. It is a pity that I could get a touch to Neymar’s goal but not get enough on it.”
Courtois said that having an away goal through Diego’s spectacular long-range strike does give Atletico a lot of encouragement ahead of next Wednesday's second leg at their Estadio Vicente Calderon.
“We have scored an away goal, so it is a good result,” he said. “We hope to play a good game at home. We will try to play the same way, to defend well and score on the counter.”
Before then, La Liga leaders Atletico will have to concentrate on Saturday's upcoming home game with Villarreal.
“We have put in a lot of effort to run [tonight],” he said. “Now we need to recover until Saturday. I hope we can win at home.” | {
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The next episode of my podcast is up, and it’s short. It’s a quick follow-up to episode 15 on what the sky looks like specifically on the December 2012 solstice. This episode is similar to my blog post by the same name.
And now episode 15 is up. It’s the first part in a short two-part sub-series on galactic alignments in my Intro to 2012 month. Part 2 will come out on December 21 and will be “What the Sky Looks Like on December 21, 2012, Part 2” (yes, you don’t need to have the same title to be Part 1 / Part 2 … plenty of TV shows do it, too).
What The Sky Looks Like
The Sky on December 21, 2012 (Click to Enlarge)
The above picture (click to enlarge it) shows what the sky looks like on the winter solstice on December 21, 2012 at 11:12 AM GMT (note that the time often quoted is 11:11, but that is not the case). In this section, I’m going to explain what is shown, while in the next section I’ll explain what it means.
The bright white object on the left side that intersects the green line is the sun.
The green line is the line of the ecliptic, which is the line traced out by the sun in the sky. Alternatively, it is the plane of Earth’s orbit through the solar system.
The red grid is the celestial coordinate system, which I briefly alluded to in the previous post. It is really an extension of Earth’s latitude and longitude system projected into space. Declination is the equivalent of latitude, while Right Ascension is longitude. Unlike longitude, which is measured in degrees (360°), right ascension is measured in hours (24 h in the sky). This is because it takes one hour for an object to move one hour of right ascension.
The purple grid is the galactic coordinate system. The horizontal lines are lines of galactic latitude, where the galactic equator (running through the middle) is really the, well, galactic equator – the plane of the galaxy. The vertical lines are the lines of galactic longitude, with the galactic meridian going through the center. Where the galactic meridian and the galactic equator intersect is defined as the center of the galaxy.
The definition of the winter solstice is when the sun is on the 18th hour line of right ascension. That occurs – in 2012 – at 11:12 AM GMT. (Summer solstice is when it is on the 6th hour of right ascension. Spring equinox is when it’s on the 0th hour line while autumnal is when it’s on the 12th hour line. By definition, it is always on the ecliptic.)
What Do We See from This Diagram?
No galactic alignment.
First off, the sun isn’t anywhere near the galactic center. So strike that one right off the list.
Second, the sun isn’t even on the galactic equator. It is 10.86 arcmin (0.181°) away from it. Though in the interest of full disclosure, the sun’s limb will be on it since the sun does have a finite size in the sky.
But, the closest approach to when the 18th hour of right ascension intersected with the galactic equator intersected with the ecliptic was the winter solstice of 1:50 AM December 22, 1998. The sun was only 0.30 arcmin (0.005°) off of the galactic equator. Funny … I don’t remember any doomsday happening then. Granted, I was in high school and not paying much attention to the news at the time, but I think I would have noticed if the world had ended.
Final Thoughts
As you can clearly see, there is no galactic alignment on this date. It already happened. And nothing happened. And in reality, the winter solstice has absolutely no relative importance in astronomy, just like alignments have no importance in astronomy (in the context of affecting Earth in a doomsday-like scenario). So, even if there were going to be an alignment – which there isn’t – it would have no importance anyway. It would happen every year. In fact, the sun crosses the plane of the galaxy twice every year … and yet nothing happens.
I know I’ve berated this claim many times now, but it’s important. I still see people making the claim. Please take note: It is baseless! And even if it weren’t, it wouldn’t matter anyway.
Introduction
Continuing my series on Planet X and 2012, one of the main claims of what will actually happen is termed a “Pole Shift.” Sounds scary, huh? The Earth’s pole(s) … shifting!?
But what does it actually mean? Well, Earth actually has two sets of North and South Poles – the geographic and the magnetic. Most of the doomsdayers that I’ve heard seem to imply that they are talking about a geographic pole shift, but some also talk about a magnetic pole shift. Since both are completely different, and since they are significant enough topics by themselves, I am doing separate posts on them. This one addresses the geographic pole, also known as the rotation axis.
There are actually a few different specific versions of this scenario that various doomsday folks have created. The one that I know the most about and will address in this post is that of Brent Miller, founding member of the “Horizon Project,” and the statements that he has made on the November 10, 2008 and January 11, 2009 episodes of the Coast-to-Coast AM radio show. I am not going to use many quotes because there is no transcript for these shows and it’s an awful lot of typing and pausing and typing and pausing for me to supply a direct quote for each claim.
Main Premises
Basic Premise of a (Geographic) Pole Shift: The basic premise that Brent Miller argues for is that Earth’s spin axis will change. At present, Earth revolves such that the north geographic and south geographic pole stay stationary with respect to the stars, always pointing at the same location in space. The rest of the planet rotates around this axis. In a “pole shift” event, the geographic location of this axis would change such that two different locations would stay fixed with respect to the stars while the rest of the planet rotates around that axis.
Milky Way’s Black Hole Creates a “Dark Rift:” I addressed this more in-depth in my post about the pseudoastronomy of galactic alignments, but in brief, Miller thinks that the Milky Way’s black hole spins out gravity waves that create a “dark rift” along the center plane of the galaxy.
Properties of the “Dark Rift:” Miller claims the main property of this is an intense gravitational force that (a) will cause Earth’s poles to shift, and (b) contains a lot of “junk” material (my words, not his) such as asteroids that could impact Earth.
Earth’s Continents Are Kept “Afloat” By Earth Spinning on Its Axis: Miller points out that because Earth spins on its axis, the equatorial diameter is 42 km greater than the polar diameter, and that this is proof that the continents are above sea level because they are “pushed out” by Earth spinning. If Earth stopped spinning or if it started to spin around a different central axis, then the continents as we know them would sink because there is no longer the centrifugal force keeping them “out.”
This Has Happened Before and there’s Proof Its Happening Now: He goes through many apparent points of evidence to show that this has happened before (around 11,000 B.C. and something like it in 705 B.C.) and shows apparent evidence that it is starting to now.
Dissecting the “Evidence”
Milky Way, Black Holes, and “Dark Rift:” This is not correct, mostly for the reasons I pointed out in this post. There is no “dark rift.” If the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole is throwing off gravitational waves, at the location we are, they will bend and flex us by less than the width of an atom.
Miller also claims that his “astrophysicists” have now verified we’re moving into the galactic plane (which we’re not) and his “quantum mechanics guys” have shown what the effects of the gravity waves would be. Because I want to really harp on this, here is the quote (from hour 4 of the Jan. 11 program at about 31 min 15 sec into the program): “Pretend the calendars never existed. Independent of the calendars, the quantum physicists have already confirmed that the center of our galaxy really is a super-massive black hole, they’ve confirmed the location of the galactic plane, uh, the astrophysicists have already mapped out the time in which we are going to be crossing the galactic plane, and they estimate it to within 2 or 3 days of [when the Mayans said it would happen] at the end of 2012.”
This really shows that the people who work with him (a) don’t know what they’re doing, (b) don’t read the scientific literature, (c) don’t contribute to the scientific literature, and (d) that he doesn’t know what someone in the fields he’s quoting should be doing. None of this has to do with quantum mechanics. Mapping out the galaxy is for astronomy. Finding “when” we’ll cross the actual galactic plane is for an astrophysicist. Finding the supermassive black hole in the galaxy’s center is for astronomy. Gravity waves are for general relativity (the opposite, pretty much, of quantum mechanics). And gravitational effects are Newtonian mechanics (classical mechanics). So really, this is an example of throwing out very important-sounding terminology and having no idea of what they actually mean, besides the actual information being wrong.
In sum, this will not be, “just like going into the black hole,” as Miller claims. And, as a consequence, his “theory” has now been shown to have absolutely no physical mechanism.
Earth’s Continents Staying Afloat: It’s difficult here to not resort to ad hominem attacks because this simply has no basis in reality. Pretty much the only thing correct in this entire argument is Earth’s equatorial diameter is 42.6 km greater than its polar diameter (from NASA’s factsheets). And it is thought that this is due to Earth’s rotation, that there will be a bulge around the middle that’s the effect of billions of years of rotation.
But other than that, nothing he says about this is correct. The continents don’t “float” such that if Earth’s spin were altered or stopped they’d suddenly sink (he quotes timescales of several hours or days for an entire landmass to sink). Centrifugal force does not keep them above water. Rather, they are less dense than the rock underneath. The average density of continental crust is 2.7 g/cm3. The average density of ocean crust is 3.0 g/cm3 That’s why at zones where oceanic meets continental crust, the oceanic crust goes underneath the continental crust. In addition, the continents have a “root” that goes between 20-70 km down, making an indentation into the underlying lithosphere.
What that all boils down to is that the continents are not tenuously kept above water just because Earth rotates. Claims that they are are incorrect and have no basis in what is the accepted structure of Earth as shown through models and evidence (such as gravity mapping and mapping of the interior structure via earthquakes).
So at this point I’ve now shown that his basic mechanism for a pole shift is wrong, and that his claim of what would happen as a consequence wouldn’t actually happen. But there’s more.
Examining His Historic Evidence: There are many, many points of apparent historic evidence for this that Miller points to To try to organize them a bit, I will address them as bullet paragraphs:
Continental Drift – Miller claims that we’ve all been taught that continental drift (the continents moving around on the lithosphere) takes millions of years. He says this is wrong, that it happens very quickly. The evidence he points to is that the crust in the Atlantic Ocean is about the same age – has the same amount of dead animals and mud and silt – as the crust in the Pacific Ocean. Therefore, they must be about the same age, indicating that the Americas separated from Eurasia and Africa very quickly. However, this is based on a misunderstanding of plate tectonics – specifically subduction. While the Atlantic Ocean is growing and the mid-Atlantic Rift is creating new crust, the Pacific Ocean is also creating new crust, but it is sinking once it spreads to the continental plates. The image below shows this reasonably well, and it is color-coded with the age of the seafloor. The dark, solid lines indicate either spreading or subduction zones. So, even if you don’t necessarily trust these ages, you should at least start to doubt the evidence and Miller’s interpretation of the evidence (an interpretation which is not supported by the scientific community).
Mayan Prophecy and Legend of Atlantis – Miller claims the Mayans foresaw this event. I have already addressed that in a few posts (here and here, mainly) and so will not do so again here. But Atlantis is a new one. But it is a tired one – Atlantis was introduced by Plato in the same sense that the Empire was introduced by George Lucas in Star Wars: “A long time ago on an island far, far away.” Miller uses the argument ad populum logical fallacy to say that because everyone around the world has this legend of an advanced civilization that had flying machines that all died out, they must have existed. And his twist is that they must have died out because of the pole shift causing their own island continent to sink into the ocean because Earth’s spin no longer kept it afloat. I don’t want to get too much more into Atlantis here since it’s not the focus, and so I will refer you to this 8-minute podcast of the SGU 5×5 for more information.
While talking about prophecy, I should mention that he also uses Nostradomus and Casey prophecies, which I won’t address because, as with most “prophecies,” they are so non-specific that they can be retrofitted to fit any event.
The Mississippi River Delta – Miller claims that the age of the Mississippi River can be estimated based upon the amount of sediments in the river delta in the Gulf of Mexico. I did a cursory internet search on this and couldn’t actually find much other than various young-Earth creationism claims, so for argument’s sake, let’s say it’s correct. He claims the estimates are to around 11,000 B.C. He says that the river must have formed when the pole shift happened and it shifted the way water flows. Well, how about a different explanation: The last ice age ended 10,0000-15,000 years ago, and retreating glaciers carved out the landscape to form the river. That’s the scientific consensus, in general, that the current Mississippi River owes its course to the last ice age, and it has nothing to do with a pole shift.
705 B.C. Event – Miller claims that in 705 B.C., something happened to cause the Earth to stop spinning, rotate backwards for 10 hrs, then spin back the right way again but slightly slower such that the year had 365 days instead of 360 days. He claims as evidence for this that all 15 “major” calendar systems at the time were all revised “within just 2-5 years” of the event and that a few civilizations recorded it, such as the Chinese astronomers recording that the “sun set twice in one day” on that day. However, other than quotes from Miller, I could find absolutely no evidence to support this claim. And while I’m not saying that is proof against it, one should always be cautious when you cannot independently verify a claim. I would think something that significant would be out there, and so this also gets back to the point I made above that his people don’t publish any of their “findings” … they just sell them in DVDs for $24.95. I should also mention that the mechanism he thinks made this happen is a Planet X. But for reasons that I discuss below in the next section on “What Would it Take to Shift the Poles?” a “Planet X” passing could not do this. In addition, the claim is inconsistent. He states that so many people recorded that this event happened, and that many of them were excellent astronomers. But, they must have been incompetent astronomers if they didn’t notice a giant planet passing very close to Earth (since all ancient civilizations knew about Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn which are much farther away). So this would be the simple logical fallacy of inconsistency.
Examining His Present-Day Evidence: Just as there are many apparent lines of “evidence” of previous pole shifts that I’ve now at least cast serious doubt on if not outright debunked, there’s the question of his present-day “evidence.” However, what this “evidence” amounts to is an attempt to anomaly hunt and claim whatever anomalies one finds (or makes up) are proof of their hypothesis:
Chandler Wobble Stopped and Became Erratic – The Chandler Wobble is actually a kinda neat phenomenon and is a genuine pole shift. The wobble is where the rotation axis changes by up to about 0.7 arcseconds (where 1° = 60 arcmin and 1 arcmin = 60 arcsec) which translates to a physical movement of about 15 meters. The wobble has a period of about 433 days and is caused by Earth not being a perfect sphere, but rather more pear-shaped (Since, besides the equatorial bulge discussed above, the north and south hemispheres are slightly asymmetric). Miller claims that the Chandler Wobble was very steady until we entered his dark rift, and then it stopped, and now it’s erratic due to the gravity in the rift. However, he is wrong. There’s simply no other way to put it – he’s wrong. The wobble has varied since it was discovered in the late 1800s, and it has been measured since then and you can download the data for yourself. I graphed the x vs. y position of it since 1980 (shown below) and while it has varried in size, at no point during the last 30 years has it stopped, nor is it now behaving erratically. The only explanation I have for his claim is that either (a) he is completely ignorant of the actual data (perhaps one of his “quantum mechanics” told him wrong, or (b) he’s outright lying.
Chandler Wobble, 1980-2009
More and More Earthquakes – This has been a claim of doomsdayers for many years, that the frequency of earthquakes is increasing. This is not true. It’s our ability to measure and locate them that is increasing and hence they can be recorded. The large earthquakes – magnitude 5-6 and above – have remained steady for well over a century. This is according to the USGS (here and here), which is the data that Miller claims to be using. So again a case of inconsistency and just being ignorant of what’s really going on.
Weird Weather – This is another catch-all claim by doomsdayers, drawing attention the weird weather around the world (first snow in Baghdad in a century, record flooding and hurricanes, etc.). However, the scientific consensus is that this is due to global warming, where the few-degree temperature increase can easily cause global weather patterns to change, and it has nothing at all to do with the effects of a “dark rift.”
What Would it Take to Shift the Poles?
First off, let’s assume Miller’s basic mechanism of a gravitational event happening “to Earth” is real (assuming this for argument’s sake, and because it’s believed by many others, though they have different causes such as Planet X). If Earth entered a gravitational field of some sort, there is simply no mechanism to shift it (as in a pole shift). While, yes, Earth does rotate on its axis, this axis is an imaginary construct, there is nothing physical to pull on. This is where the analogy of a top spinning fails. And yes, while Earth does bulge at its equator, there is again nothing to really pull on it.
This is especially true when you consider that the field that Miller is proposing would take Earth 20 years to move through. You would need something incredibly focused (think tractor beam on Star Trek) in order to exert a torque (rotating force) on an object in order to spin it. A gravitational field could theoretically move Earth, but the type of field that Miller proposes could in no way exert a specific torque on Earth’s axis to shift the poles a certain amount and then stop.
What about a “Planet X?” Again, even a planet-sized body would exert a tug on Earth as a whole as opposed to through a specific axis and so could not effect a pole shift. I will address this further on a post specifically about what a Planet X could do.
So what would it really take to shift Earth’s poles? Well, in order to rotate something in any direction, you need to apply a force. That force has to be specifically in that direction on the part of the object to make it rotate in that way. For example, if you have a billiard ball and you want to spin it, you normally push it from a side (such as the top). You have provided the force to make it move. Now, if you were to apply that same force to the opposite side of the ball (so push away from you on both the top and the bottom), then it would just move away from you and not spin.
So in order to get Earth to rotate in a new direction, or to “shift” its poles, one would need to apply a lot of force in one direction on only one side. The easiest way I can think of doing this would be a planet-sized asteroid impact. As I have shown now on at least two other threads, even an impactor that is 100 km in diameter would be like a grain of sand plowing into a car. Sure, you’ll get a little dent (and wipe out some life), but the planet as a whole will not care. You need something that is much more comparable to Earth’s mass in order to really shift the poles. Something the size of the dwarf planet Ceres would do the trick – and that object is about 1000 km in diameter (Earth is about 12,900 km in diameter). And I should note that we know where all Ceres-sized objects are that are close enough to cause that to happen within the next few centuries. (Again, I will address that more on a post specifically about Planet X.)
Final Thoughts
This is by far my longest post over the last 4 months, over 50% longer than the previous record. And yet, again, I feel as though I’ve only just scratched the surface of just this version of the pole shift idea. Perhaps it’s because I’ve now listened to 4 hours of Coast-to-Coast AM (the two episodes for the 3 “hours” each that Brent Miller talks) three times each to really get down the bulk of his claims and ideas. And there is still more to get into from him, but for now I want to leave him and let this post stand on its own since it really covers the bulk of his claims. As I’ve stated on other conspiracy-related posts, it’s impossible to get into every single claim because more crop up as soon as you debunk one (much like conspiracy theories).
Hence I have tried to give you the basic information to be able to figure out why the idea of 2012 somehow coinciding with an event that will cause a geographic pole shift has no basis in reality by both debunking or calling into question all of his claims, as well as talking about what it would really take to shift Earth’s rotation axis. If you come across (or have) a claim that I haven’t addressed within this topic, please leave a comment!
Introduction
One of the many “theories” behind the 2012 doomsday scenario – but one of the few that does not involve the “Planet X” (at least in sum and substance) is the idea that on December 21, 2012 (sound familiar?), the sun and/or solar system will come into alignment with the galactic plane or center of our galaxy and cause bad stuff to happen. There are several different proponents of this, including John Major Jenkins and Brent Miller, the latter also linking it with a Planet X (discussed in future posts).
A Crash Course in the Sun’s Orbit
We are on Earth. Earth orbits the sun (a star). The sun orbits the Milky Way, our galaxy. Just as Earth orbits within the solar system but still orbits the solar system’s center of mass, the sun orbits the Milky Way’s center of mass but is still inside the Milky Way (that’s a complicated way of saying that we are neither at the center of our galaxy nor at the edge).
As Monty Python’s song states, “The sun and you and me, plus all the stars that we can see, are moving at a million miles a day, … the galaxy we call the Milky Way. Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars, … we go ’round every 200 million years.” The numbers are reasonably accurate, though our orbital period is more recently calculated to be approximately 250 million years to make one complete ellipse around the center. Notice that I said “ellipse” for the orbit. This is correct, but to very good approximation, the stars out by us are mostly on nearly circular orbits.
Besides just orbiting in a single plane (as in like a flat piece of paper), stars also oscillate through the general gravitational plane of the galaxy. They generally stay within the “thin disk” that contains 95% of the stars, but this thin disk is on the order of about 1000 light-years thick (though, compared with the diameter of the galaxy being 100,000 light-years, this is still pretty thin). Our sun is one of those stars that does oscillate through the gravitational central plane of our galaxy.
The Sun’s Current Position and Velocity
Today, yesterday, and tomorrow, the sun does not lie in the galactic midplane, but it is about 35-70 light-years “above” it (since there’s no “up” in space, you could also say it lies below it). It is also currently still traveling “upwards” in the direction of the North Galactic Pole at a rate of 7-8 km/sec.
It is also not on a perfectly circular orbit relative to the plane of the galaxy, moving presently inward at a rate of 10-11 km/sec. Its rotational velocity around the center of the galaxy is about 200 km/sec.
I should also note that the center of our galaxy, the supergiant black hole known as Sag A* (pronounced “Sag A-star” or “Sagittarius A-star”), is the celestial coordinates 17 h 45m 40s RA, -29° 00′ 28.00″ DEC. What those actually mean is unimportant at the moment, just keep it in mind.
First of Two Ideas of the Galactic Center/Plane and its Relation to 2012
There are really two main premises of what will happen in or around 2012 in regards to the plane of the Milky Way. The first was popularized by John Major Jenkins back in 1998, and it deals with an apparent alignment, as viewed from Earth. To quote him:
Amazingly, the center of this cosmic cross, that is, right where the ecliptic crosses over the Milky Way, is exactly where the December solstice sun will be in A.D 2012. This alignment occurs only once every 25,800 years. [page XXXIX, italics are his]
The bottom line of my theory is that the ancient Maya chose the 2012 end-date because this is the date on which occurs a rare alignment of the solstice sun with the Galactic Center. [page XLI, italics are his]
The Long Count calendar is a galactic calendar because it pinpoints a rare alignment with our Milky Way Galaxy, due to occur in A.D. 2012 – a date written as 13.0.0.0.0 in the Long Count. [page 105]
However, he gets the dates wrong, and corrects it in a later book published in 2002:
Early on in my research, I recognised that the solstice-galaxy alignment would occur around 1998 or 1999. This was based on precise astronomical concepts (e.g. galactic equator and solstice colure) and a rough estimate I made with EZCosmos astronomy software, confirmed by the calculations of European astronomer Jean Meeus and the US Naval Observatory. I’ll have more to say about this precise timing in chapter 21, but suffice it to say two things here. First, the fourteen-year error between 1998 and 2012 amounts to less than one-fifth of a degree – a tiny sliver of the width of the full moon and thus negligible, considering it is a forward calculation in precession of at least 2,000 years. Second, the sun itself is one-half a degree wide, so an alignment zone between 1980 and 2016 must be allowed, thus embracing the 2012 end-date. [page 12]
His math is a little wrong – 0.2° is actually 40% of the width of the full moon, not a tiny sliver, but I’ll forgive that for the sake of just presenting his argument.
Journalist Lawrence Joseph expanded upon this in his own book, Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization’s End. In a statement to USA Today, he said:
Part of the 2012 mystique stems from the stars. On the winter solstice in 2012, the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years. This means that “whatever energy typically streams to Earth from the center of the Milky Way will indeed be disrupted on 12/21/12 at 11:11 p.m. Universal Time,” Joseph writes.
Why This Is Wrong
Jenkins’ premise is actually somewhat correct in the sense that, yes, the sun will be somewhat near the plane of the galaxy as seen from Earth around the winter solstice in 2012. But not anywhere near Sag A*. And there’s nothing mystical about the plane of the galaxy … in fact, the sun passes “through” it as seen from Earth once a year. It just so happens that for the last ~300 years through the next ~300 years, this will happen to coincide with mid-December – winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere and summer in the Southern. There is really NOTHING special about this other than New-Age woo and mysticism.
The Second of Two Ideas of the Galactic Center/Plane and its Relation to 2012
The second idea is that our solar system will actually pass through the plane of the galaxy on December 21, 2012 — instead of an apparent alignment, this version of the claim is that it is a physical alignment. I’m sure others believe it, but the person I have heard this from is Brent Miller of the Horizon Project. Now, just from a practical standpoint, I want to make this point: Brent and the folks at the Horizon Project claim to have incontrovertible proof that Earth will suffer considerably in 2012 due to various things. However, they don’t provide that information on their website (thehorizonproject.com). Rather, they want you to order their DVD for “only $24.95 each!” Now, capitalism is great and all that, but you would think that if they really want to help people survive this thing when they literally claim that up to half the world’s population will die within a day, then they’d be putting out as much free information as possible.
Note that the material and quotes in this section of the post come from Miller’s interview by George Noory on Coast-to-Coast AM from November 10, 2008.
Anyway … their idea is based on a few major false premises. Their scenario is that our galaxy has a central, massive black hole (this is true). Stars oscillate up and down through the plane of the galaxy (this is also true, as I explained in the beginning of this post). This black hole sends out gravity waves (this is predicted by Einstein, but has never been proven). These gravity waves radiate along the plane of the galaxy, creating a “dark rift” zone that is filled with asteroid-sized dust material (this is where it starts to get … incorrect would be the most polite term, or perhaps unproven and unlikely). In addition to being populated by this potentially dangerous material, it has “a very very large intense gravitational field to it, and it takes about 20 years for our planet and the solar system to pass through it.”
Miller makes many claims as to the effects that crossing through this “dark rift” would have on Earth, the bulk of which is called a “pole shift” that I will address in a future blog posting in this series on Planet X and 2012. For the purpose of this post, I am solely going to address his mechanism for doomsday, which is us passing through this “dark rift.”
Why This Is Wrong
First off, keep in mind that this is the entire mechanism for all of Miller’s doomsday predictions (that will be addressed in a future post, as the “pole shift” topic is quite extensive and has its own branch of pseudoscience surrounding it). Consequently, if I can show that his entire mechanism is flawed, then it should cast serious doubt upon his predictions.
And, I can do that fairly easily by referring to the data in the second section of this post: The sun right now is above the midplane of the galaxy by 35-70 light-years, and it’s still moving away from it. It is NOT, as Miller claims, currently in the middle of a 20-year process of moving through this midplane. It is far from it. And, if he has actual data (as in real science) to back up his claim of the sun’s position in the galaxy, then why doesn’t he publish it in the scientific literature? If nothing else, this should make someone seriously question his mechanism, and hence his claims. And ask for actual evidence that can be independently tested.
There’s another reason why this is wrong. The galactic midplane is not this abrupt region of increased gravity. This is a common misconception in astronomy, that galaxies are “solid” objects. All the midplane is is a non-pysical, mathematical 2-D plane where if you add all the gravity from the material below it and above it, then you get the largest possible value. Go a little above it, and there is more mass below you that will pull you back down (eventually). Go a little below it, and the reverse happens.
It is true that, simply by a “settling” of material over time, there is a greater density of stars and gas and dust the closer to this plane that you get. And there’s less as you get farther away.
A reasonable way to think of this is like a valley, or a gently sloped, shallow bowl. If you’re near the top of the valley or the rim of the bowl, then you are going to get pulled down towards the center. And then your momentum will carry you past the center, and you’ll climb back up the other side. And when your momentum runs out, you’ll fall back down towards the center, and this cycle will repeat.
What Miller wants to throw in there is effectively a brick wall … or perhaps a wall of molasses. In his scenario, when you get to the center, you hit that wall and will be affected by something that only exists in the center of the bowl (or valley). What I am saying is that the galaxy is not built that way, there’s no wall, no “dark rift” no “very very large intense gravitational field” to the central few hundred billion kilometers that’s filled with Planet Xs and asteroids and other dangers that will cause doomsday to happen in the neighborhood of 2012.
Final Thoughts
After reading over this post, I realize that some of the ideas are not laid out quite as extensively as I usually do. This is because I’ve only just touched the tip of the iceberg on these galactic crossing scenarios, doing case studies on two specific peoples’ claims, and explaining superficially why they are wrong while trying not to get into other aspects that I will cover on other posts (like the “pole shift”). In addition, these claims are just so incorrect – according to everything that we can observe – that it is somewhat difficult to figure out where exactly to start with the debunking.
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Installation
Before beginning, place the CTD cage in a horizontal position, so the conductivity and temperature sensors are on top. For clarity, the sensors and mounting bracket are shown removed from the CTD cage in the photos below — however, you do not need to remove the sensors and mounting bracket from the CTD cage to install the TC Duct.
T Duct Installation
Remove the temperature sensor from the sensor mounting bracket:
Unscrew the locking sleeve from the temperature sensor’s cable connector by hand. If you must use a wrench or pliers, be careful not to loosen the bulkhead connector instead of the locking sleeve.
Remove the cable connector from the temperature sensor by pulling the connector firmly away from the temperature sensor. Do not pull on the cable.
Loosen the mounting strap that secures the temperature and conductivity sensors in the sensor mounting bracket.
Slide the temperature sensor out of the mounting bracket.
Unscrew the existing temperature sensor guard, being careful not to damage the temperature sensor needle.
Install the new temperature sensor guard assembly on the temperature sensor:
Looking through the T Duct’s sight hole to center the temperature sensor needle, slowly and carefully insert the temperature sensor needle into the base of the T Duct. Do not bend or torque the needle. You will feel a little resistance as the needle goes through the black Morrison seal in the T Duct.
Screw the guard on tightly (hand-tighten only).
Reinstall the temperature sensor in the mounting bracket:
Slide the temperature sensor into the sensor mounting bracket until the end of the temperature sensor guard extends beyond the conductivity sensor guard approximately 29 mm (1 1/8 in.).
Retighten the mounting strap enough to hold the sensors in position, but loose enough to allow the temperature sensor to slide and rotate in the mounting bracket.
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Remove the 13 mm (0.5 in.) piece of Tygon tubing ‘a’ from the large end of the C Duct.
Insert the small end of the C Duct straight into the glass conductivity cell’s intake until the Duct’s shoulder butts against the end of the cell.
Carefully rotate the C Duct’s arm toward the temperature sensor.
Slide and rotate the temperature sensor until the T and C Duct arms are perfectly aligned, leaving a gap of 1.25 to 2.5 mm (0.05 to 0.10 in.) between the ends of the Ducts.
If the Duct arms overlap (possible on some older systems), the C Duct must be trimmed. Proceed to C Duct Trimming.
Gradually tighten the sensor mounting bracket strap’s screw. Check for changes in alignment and changes in the gap between the Duct ends. As the sensors are secured into the bracket, the T and C Ducts usually move closer together, reducing or eliminating the gap between the arms. Do not continue to tighten the strap after the gap has been eliminated, as doing so will break the conductivity cell.
If the Duct arms are touching and either of the sensors is not secure in the mounting bracket, the C Duct must be trimmed. Proceed to C Duct Trimming.
When the sensors are securely tightened and there is still a small gap of 0.5 to 1.25 mm (0.02 to 0.05 in.) between the ducts, proper fit is verified. Proceed to Final Assembly.
Final Assembly
Rotate the temperature sensor guard counter-clockwise approximately 90 degrees, so the T Duct is out of the way.
Remove the C Duct and reinstall Tygon tubing ‘a’:
Carefully rotate the C Duct clockwise slightly, and gently pull the C Duct straight out from the conductivity cell.
Reinstall Tygon tubing ‘a’ over the end of the C Duct. Leave approximately half of the tubing hanging past the end of the C Duct.
Reinstall the C Duct on the conductivity cell, leaving it in the rotated position described in Step A.
Slowly rotate the temperature sensor guard back into position. As you rotate, insert the end of the T Duct into Tygon tubing ‘a’. Continue to rotate both the sensor guard and C Duct until the T and C Ducts are aligned. Do not apply force perpendicular to the end of the cell, as doing so will break the cell.
Center Tygon tubing ‘a’ on the joint between the C Duct and T Duct.
Reinstall the cable connector and locking sleeve on each sensor:
Lightly lubricate the inside of the cable connector with silicone grease (DC-4 or equivalent). Do not use WD-40 or other petroleum-based lubricants, as they will damage the connectors.
Install the cable connector, aligning the raised bump on the side of the connector with the large pin (pin 1 — ground) on the bulkhead connector. Remove any trapped air by burping or gently squeezing the connector near the top and moving your fingers toward the end cap.
Place the locking sleeve over the cable connector. Tighten the locking sleeve finger tight only. Do not overtighten the locking sleeve and do not use a wrench or pliers.
C Duct Trimming (if necessary, as described in Steps 4 and 5 of C Duct Installation and Fit Check)
Some older systems have a different sensor mounting bracket, causing the duct arms to overlap. For these systems, the C Duct arm must be trimmed.
Determine the correct length of the C Duct arm:
Rotate and/or slide the temperature sensor until the center lines of the duct arms are parallel.
Mark the end of the C Duct for trimming, allowing for a gap of 1.25 to 2.5 mm (0.05 to 0.10 in.) between the T and C Ducts.
Trim the C Duct arm and check for fit:
Carefully rotate the C Duct clockwise slightly, and gently pull the C Duct straight out from the conductivity cell.
Trim off the end of the C Duct arm with a fine-toothed backsaw, being careful not to crush the thin-walled Duct while cutting.
Clean the C Duct with water to remove dust and grit.
Reinsert the C Duct in the conductivity cell.
Rotate and/or slide the temperature sensor until the center lines of the horizontal duct arms are parallel, and verify that the gap between the arms is 1.25 to 2.5 mm (0.05 to 0.10 in.). If not, mark the end of the C Duct arm for trimming and repeat Step 2.
Prepare the edges of the C Duct for final installation:
Carefully rotate the C Duct clockwise slightly, and gently pull the C Duct straight out from the conductivity cell.
Sand or file the cut square and flat. Remove any burrs.
Chamfer the inside edge of the trimmed end at a 10 degree angle, leaving approximately half the wall thickness between the end of the taper and the outside of the duct wall. A sharpened pencil, wrapped with 400 grit sandpaper, makes a good chamfering tool.
For sensor shipment and calibration, the C Duct must be disconnected from the T Duct and removed from the conductivity cell. Note that the temperature sensor should be shipped with the temperature sensor guard, which includes the installed T Duct.
Remove the conductivity and temperature sensors and mounting bracket assembly from the CTD:
Unscrew the locking sleeves from the temperature and conductivity sensor cable connectors by hand. If you must use a wrench or pliers, be careful not to loosen the bulkhead connector instead of the locking sleeve.
Remove the cable connector from each sensor by pulling the connector firmly away from the sensor.
Remove the quick-release plug from the conductivity cell.
Remove the two 9/16 inch hex head aluminum bolts that secure the mounting bracket to the CTD’s end cap. Remove the mounting bracket from the CTD.
Disconnect the T Duct from the C Duct:
Slowly rotate the temperature sensor guard by turning it counter-clockwise approximately 90 degrees. At the same time, rotate the C Duct clockwise slightly. The Tygon tube that joins the ducts flexes and slips off the T Duct as the T Duct twists out of its position.
Do not force the C Duct, as this could break the conductivity cell. If rotating the C Duct is difficult, pour water over the duct area to dissolve buildup around the duct.
Remove the C Duct from the conductivity cell:
Carefully rotate the C Duct clockwise more. Do not force the C Duct, as this could break the conductivity cell. If rotating the C Duct is difficult, pour water over the duct area to dissolve buildup around the duct.
Once loosened, gently pull the C Duct straight out from the conductivity cell.
Store the C Duct for reinstallation when the sensors have returned from calibration.
Retighten the temperature sensor guard by hand.
Loosen the mounting bracket strap screw, and slide the sensor(s) from the bracket. If both sensors are being shipped, SBE 9plus sensors can be shipped in their mounting bracket.
The conductivity cell is stored and shipped dry, to prevent damage caused by freezing:
Rinse the conductivity cell with clean, de-ionized water.
Drain and gently blow-dry the conductivity cell. Do not use compressed air, which typically contains oil vapor.
Ship the sensor(s) in a package with cushioning material to protect them from damage during shipment.
Plumbing Installation
Application
The remainder of this application note describes plumbing installation for a CTD with a pump and (optional) SBE 13 or SBE 23 Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Sensor. Sea-Bird stopped selling the SBE 13 and 23 in 2001, and began selling the SBE 43 DO Sensor. The orientation / location of the SBE 43 differs from what is shown in this application note, although the same parts are used for the plumbing; see Application Note 64-1 for plumbing installation for a system including the SBE 43.
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7 Blog Ideas To Engage Your Readers
7 Blog Ideas To Engage Your Readers
When you have a business blog you have the opportunity to engage with your audience and create a two-way-communication and dialogue. It’s a source of communication between you and your readers. A good blog engages its readers and encourages them to get actively involved. When your audience is engaged you’ve succeeded in creating a bond and that equals loyalty.
Not only do you need to create engaging content that’s fresh and unique, you also need to present your content in alternative styles. As we all know, people learn differently. Some learn by reading and comprehension, some learn through visuals and others learn through audio. So it’s really important that you offer alternative ways for people to “read” your blog.
Here are some ideas to help keep your content fresh and engaging:
1. Contests And Giveaways
Contests can help you attract new readers and reward people who interactively engage with your blog. Contests create hype, they attract attention and give your audience an incentive to engage with your blog. It also helps reactivate stagnant people on your list. If your contest is created correctly it will help drive people to sign up to your list which in turn will increase product and service sales.
Some additional benefits of creating a contest include:
Generating new leads
Driving traffic to your blog
Increase in engagement, comments, and following
Gain insights into what people are looking for
Provide value to your audience
If you create a contest you need choose the right type. Some ideas include:
Photo contests
Video contests
Writing contests
Voting contests
Skills contests
Challenges
It’s important to outline:
The rules for the contest
What they need to do to win
The date the contest ends
What they’ll win
How they’ll receive the prize
Once you’ve created the contest be sure to post it on all your social media channels. The goal of the contest is to drive traffic to your blog, increase engagement, followers and ultimately drive your sales.
2. Case Studies
Case studies help people understand the niche you work with and the problems you help solve. More specifically they explain the process you take someone through to achieve specific results in their business.
Case studies are great because they can:
Attract readers
Increase trust and credibility
Showcase clients success
Educate customers
Demonstrate the benefits of using your business
Establishes your value
When creating a case study you want to make sure to include:
1. Your client’s background, the industry they’re in, the problems they were struggling with and the impact it was having on their business.
2. What had they already tried before hiring you and what results did that achieve?
3. Break down exactly, step-by-step what you did to help them, how long did it take?
4. Include as much data and statistics to back up the whole story
5. Illustrate the success your client experienced and the impact it has had on their business
6. Use images, infographics and bullet lists to display the case study
The purpose of the case study is to be clear about who you work with, the problems you can solve and how you can help them achieve the results they desire. Make sure you share it on your social media channels too.
3. Customer Success Stories
The beauty of customer success stories is they showcase a real-life “before and after shot” of working with you. They provide evidence of the outcomes you can help your audience achieve. Most importantly they provide social proof to prospective clients of solutions you’ve provided to other people “just like them.” This is a great way to directly demonstrate what your business can do for people. Similar to case studies, customer success stories work as testimonials for your business.
There are different types of customer success stories you can use including:
A written story
Video story
An Interview
All of the above mentioned are forms of storytelling. So in order for this to be effective, you need to make sure there is a clear structure and the story positions the client as the hero – not you. However, through your services, you helped them achieve the success they desired.
When a customer thanks you or tells you how your business helped them, ask them if they’d mind being featured on your blog. If they prefer, keep them anonymous. Don’t be afraid to ask past clients for their success stories.
4. Creating Lists
Lists and checklists are great for engaging your readers because they’re easy to read and digest. You can make it simple by using bullet points or you can build out the content by creating paragraph lists.
Your audience will love them because checklists are useful and they can engage by adding in anything you’ve missed. So if you’re creating a checklist don’t make it exhaustive. Make it easy for people to reach out and comment by mentioning things you haven’t put on the list. It also makes people feel useful and valuable if they can contribute.
Popular checklist topics include:
Top 10 Hacks
Top 10 Benefits
Top 10 Mistakes
Top 10 Must Haves
Top 10 Latest Trends
Top 10 Myths
If you use a list or checklist make sure the call-to-action at the end asks “Have I missed anything from the list?” or “Do you have any other ideas we can add to the list?”
5. Creative Ideas For Your Products
One great strategy is to write blog posts that show people how to use your products in creative ways. This not only informs them with new ideas but also demonstrates the benefits and versatility of what you offer.
If you have an information product you can chop it into bite-size pieces and offer it as a 15 or 30-day challenge. When you create a challenge you can add a FB group and invite people to the challenge and use the FB group for accountability.
You can use the challenge bite-sized content and create videos for each piece or use the challenge content to create a slide deck. Use the slide deck to talk through the content and voila – you’ve created a video mini-series.
Look at the products you’ve created and consider how many ways you can slice and dice your content to come up with something new and valuable for your reader.
6. Videos
If writing isn’t your thing you’re in luck! You don’t have to write to share your message. You can create videos instead. Videos are great because they’re visual and appeal to a different style of learning and absorbing information.
You can create video intros and outro’s in line with your brand. You can buy these types of videos through Fiverr.com and add them at the start or end of any video you create to provide brand continuity. You can create welcome videos, record your blogs, talk about topics of interest to your readers or you can even have a rant. Videos are a great way to connect with your audience. They get to see how you look and express yourself.
One of the bonuses of doing videos is you can have a “do-over!” In other words, you can practice until you feel comfortable before releasing your videos. If you can get past being camera shy, videos have a much higher perceived value when it comes to purchasing content too.
7. Infographics
Infographics are a mix of design, text, and data put together to create a visual representation of information. You can make your own infographic using free online programs, like Canva. Canva has infographic templates so it’s very easy to create one.
Here’s an example of a Canva template you can simply type over, change colors and swap out the image:
Infographics are best used for mapping out steps in a process without having to write an essay to explain it. As the saying goes ” a picture is worth a thousand words.”
The added benefits of using infographics include:
Demonstrates your credibility on a subject
Adds brand consistency by adding your logo and branding
Appeals to visual learners
They’re easy to share on social media
Boosts SEO which increases traffic to your website
Conclusion
Good blogs keep content fresh by adding in a mix of the above suggestions. Try it out for yourself. Vary your blog posts and keep your eye on traffic analytics. Your stats will tell you what works and what doesn’t. Keep trying out new ideas to see what engages your reader so you can create more of what they enjoy. | {
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Definition of CAPOEIRA
Origin of CAPOEIRA
Brazilian Portuguese, kind of martial art, ruffian skilled in this art, fugitive slave living in the forest, from capão island of forest in a clear-cut area, from Tupi kaʔapáũ, from kaʔá forest + paũ round | {
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I tend to prefer passive, I love the challenge of working my characters into the story that's already going on. But I've always got my own little ideas going on as well so a little bit of both is probably the best for me. I love character development, so my ideal partner is one who has strength in plot development.
Favorite Genres:
I'm open to a lot. I tend to enjoy a mix of romance, a bit of scifi/fantasy, humor and drama. I like a well rounded roleplay that has all of these things.
Genre You DON'T Like:
While I'm not opposed to magical themes, I'm not great at roleplaying with magic or fighting. I don't even really know anything about furry. Oh. Mecha.
Like, hey I'm tagging you, your turn?
Also random dancing banana. Because it's a dancing banana! How can you go wrong?
I tend to prefer passive, I love the challenge of working my characters into the story that's already going on. But I've always got my own little ideas going on as well so a little bit of both is probably the best for me. I love character development, so my ideal partner is one who has strength in plot development.
Favorite Genres:
I'm open to a lot. I tend to enjoy a mix of romance, a bit of scifi/fantasy, humor and drama. I like a well rounded roleplay that has all of these things.
Genre You DON'T Like:
While I'm not opposed to magical themes, I'm not great at roleplaying with magic or fighting. I don't even really know anything about furry. Oh. Mecha.
BENEFACTOR
Local Time:
9:44 AM
Roleplay Invitations:
Not Taking RP Invites at this Time
My Usual Online Time:
5PM - 5AM Daily
Tagging people in a "hey your turn" way, not really. You COULD kinda cheat and use the "Mention" bbcode and put the member's name in your post every time. o__o but that'd be kinda a pain in the ass when roleplay posting.
Force partners to Subscribe to threads. 8D Then they will get notifications when there is a new post in the roleplay thread!
And spiders are search robots that crawl websites to index them for search engines!
I tend to prefer passive, I love the challenge of working my characters into the story that's already going on. But I've always got my own little ideas going on as well so a little bit of both is probably the best for me. I love character development, so my ideal partner is one who has strength in plot development.
Favorite Genres:
I'm open to a lot. I tend to enjoy a mix of romance, a bit of scifi/fantasy, humor and drama. I like a well rounded roleplay that has all of these things.
Genre You DON'T Like:
While I'm not opposed to magical themes, I'm not great at roleplaying with magic or fighting. I don't even really know anything about furry. Oh. Mecha.
Okay. I thought I understood but I'm wrong because I'm 27 and apparently that makes me kind of an idiot with computers because I'm old. As much as I don't want to admit and like to think I know a thing or two about them. So how does this mention thing work?
I tend to prefer passive, I love the challenge of working my characters into the story that's already going on. But I've always got my own little ideas going on as well so a little bit of both is probably the best for me. I love character development, so my ideal partner is one who has strength in plot development.
Favorite Genres:
I'm open to a lot. I tend to enjoy a mix of romance, a bit of scifi/fantasy, humor and drama. I like a well rounded roleplay that has all of these things.
Genre You DON'T Like:
While I'm not opposed to magical themes, I'm not great at roleplaying with magic or fighting. I don't even really know anything about furry. Oh. Mecha.
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What Causes the CCL to Rupture?
In dogs, the cruciate ligament tends to undergo degenerative changes that weaken it prior to rupturing. This very different from ACL injuries in people, where rupture is often associated with a traumatic injury as a result of an accident or incident while taking part in activities like skiing or playing football. While the human ACL and canine CCL are analogous with regard to function, this fundamental difference in onset of injury helps to explain why treatment options in dogs are quite different to those in people.
The mechanism for cruciate ligament degeneration prior to rupturing is not clearly understood, but it is clear that certain factors predispose certain dogs to sustaining a cranial cruciate ligament injury. Certain breeds, such as Labradors and Rottweilers (and other large breed dogs), are much more commonly affected than others, as well as dogs that are overweight. This suggests there is an inherited component to the condition, possibly related to conformation or gait and/or the displacement of weight within the stifle (knee) joint. While there is nothing that can be done to prevent CCL injury, by recognizing the symptoms of CCL damage soon after onset you can give your dog a head start with recovery. | {
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