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The Freeholders remind residents to fill out the 2020 Census by going to 2020census.gov or call |||PHONE_NUMBER||| toThe Census count determines how New Jersey is represented in Congress and directly impacts federal fundingFriday, April 32.
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In the last decade, emerging computational methods have been conducive to accelerated materials discovery with the genomics approach being a valuable tool to predict phase formation and design new materials \cite{jain2016research}. The genomics approach to materials is heralded by increasingly accurate are conducted on thousands of compounds. The results of these calculations are readily available in open-access databases such as the Materials Project \cite{Jain2013} or the Open Quantum Materials Database \cite{saal2013materials}. An application that has yielded excellent results is phase stability studies for oxide systems via the construction of phase diagrams using DFT calculations. In particular, it has been used to predict reactions in cathode material for lithium batteries \cite{Ong2008} and for phase formation in steels under oxidation conditions \cite{chinnappan2014thermodynamic}. However, in all these approaches the materials under consideration were crystalline bulk or crystalline thin films for which DFT calculations yield accurate results. Amorphous systems have been largely excluded from the genomics approach because finding the right model to simulate their structures can be challenging and even more so if a mixture is under consideration, so there are no large databases of calculated structures available. But if DFT calculations proved to be useful to predict the crystallized phases of the amorphous systems, then these databases and the genomics approach could be used to gain insights into these technologically important materials. For instance, TiO$_2$-doped Ta$_2$O$_5$ amorphous films that exhibited low internal friction also coincidentally crystallized in a ternary compound after post-deposition annealing, indicating that the crystallized structure can be related to specific features of the amorphous phase \cite{fazio2020structure}. In order to assess crystalline phase stability for the amorphous materials, the effect of the annealing process needs to be incorporated. This can be done by using grand potential diagrams, which allows one to introduce thermodynamic processes into DFT \cite{Ong2008}. By studying the annealing process and evaluating the stability of phases in the crystalline systems, one might be able to predict the structure of crystallized mixed oxides which can provide information about the amorphous phase of the material. This could allow \textit{in silico} material design for a new range of applications involving amorphous materials such as those used in optical coatings, energy storage and electronic devices.
In this paper, we carried out an extensive study of Ta$_2$O$_5$ amorphous thin films doped with Al$_2$O$_3$, SiO$_2$, Sc$_2$O$_3$, TiO$_2$, ZnO, ZrO$_2$, Nb$_2$O$_5$ and HfO$_2$ grown by reactive sputtering. The influence of the dopant and post-deposition annealing on the film properties and structure was characterized by grazing-incidencUsing the Materials Project database, phase diagrams based on DFT calculations were constructed for all mixed oxide systems and the annealing process was evaluated via grand potential diagrams with varying oxygen chemical potential. Despite employing DFT calculations that correspond to crystalline materials,y obtained crystallized phases. Only in two cases the database leads to incorrect predictions: in TiO$_2$-doped Ta$_2$O$_5$ because it does not contain a ternary compound found experimentally, and in Sc$_2$O$_3$-doped Ta$_2$O$_5$ because DFT overestimates the formation enthalpy difference between Sc$_2$O$_3$ and Ta$_2$O$_5$ and thus does not reproduce observed oxygen competition effects. We find that predicted ternary compounds can be stabilized if their cation ratios are similar to or lower than the cation ratio of the film. When no ternary phases are present, the dopant acts as an amorphizer agent increasing the thermal stability of Ta$_2$O$_5$. The least efficient amorphizer agent is found to be Nb$_2$O$_5$, for which the cation has similar chemical properties to those of Ta in Ta$_2$O$_5$. The results of this study pave the way for applying DFT to the prediction of crystallized structures of annealed amorphous coatings, identifying suitable dopants to increase thermal stability and tailoring processing conditions for the production of ternary oxide films.
Film & Targets & Pulse width ($\mu$s) & Deposition rate (nm/s) & Dopant cation ratio\\
II & Al - Ta & 51 - 2 & 0.0271 $\pm$ 0.0001 & 0.17 $\pm$ 0.01\\
III & Si - Ta & 72 - 2 & 0.0246 $\pm$ 0.0001 & 0.26 $\pm$ 0.01\\
IV & Sc - Ta & 45 - 2 & 0.0287 $\pm$ 0.0001 & 0.105 $\pm$ 0.007\\
VII & Zr - Ta & 54 - 2 & 0.0294 $\pm$ 0.0001 & 0.23 $\pm$ 0.01\\
IX & Hf - Ta & 49 - 2 & 0.0295 $\pm$ 0.0001 & 0.23 $\pm$ 0.02\\
\mu_{O_2} (T,p_{O_2}) = E_{O_2} + kT - T S_{O_2}(T,p_{0}) + kT ln(p_{O_2}/p_0)
\multirow{2}{*}{Oxide} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Formation enthalpy (kJ/mol)}\\
Ta$_2$O$_5$ & -2264 & -2046.0 \\
Sc$_2$O$_3$ & -1919 & -1908.8 \\
Nb$_2$O$_5$ & -2057 & -1899.5 \\
HfO$_2$ & -1167 & -1144.7 \\
ZrO$_2$ & -1107 & -1100.6 \\
SiO$_2$ & -949 & -910.7 \\
\caption{Comparison of formation enthalpy for all evaluated oxides: calculated from MP database and from experiments \cite{rumble2019crc}.}
Table \ref{table:thermo-prop} shows a comparison between the formation enthalpies of the oxides under consideration extracted from MP and the experimental values measured at 298 K. The calculated formation enthalpy at 0 K provided by MP is equivalent to the formation energy of the compound, which is the key parameter to construct the phase diagrams. There is a remarkably good agreement between the calculated values at 0 K and the experimental values at 298 K, which is in part why the DFT phase diagrams are also able to predict fairly well phase stability at room temperature for crystalline oxide systems \cite{chinnappan2014thermodynamic}.
Figure \ref{fig:phase-diag} is composed of two panels indicating the distinct effects of the dopant addition. The top panel includes the systems for which no ternary compounds are predicted, with all phases located along the sides of the triangle. This is the case for three systems: Zr-Ta-O, Hf-Ta-O and Si-Ta-O. Based on the compositional lines of the mixtures, one or several Gibbs triangles are intercepted with multiple predicted phases. For all these systems Ta$_2$O$_5$ is a stable phase along with the oxide formed by the dopant (ZrO$_2$, HfO$_2$ and SiO$_2$). Tantalum and other metallic alloys are also predicted for these systems. For the rest of the systems in the bottom panel of figure \ref{fig:phase-diag}, the dopant addition is predicted to induce the formation of ternary oxide phases, which are located in the center of the diagrams. In the case of Ti-Ta-O and Nb-Ta-O, the ternary phases are predicted to be unstable. For Nb-Ta-O, based on the elemental composition of the film, the compositional line intersects all Gibbs triangles while for Ti-Ta-O system, the compositional line can be found within two Gibbs triangles with one including the unstable ternary compounds. Lastly, for Sc-Ta-O, Zn-Ta-O and Al-Ta-O the phase diagrams predict both stable and unstable ternary phases. For the Sc-Ta-O system, based on the atomic concentrations of the film, the predicted stable phases are Ta, Ta$_2$O$_5$ and ScTaO$_4$. In the case of the Zn-Ta-O system, five Gibbs triangles are intercepted with the compositional line which results in several predicted phases including ternary compounds with various cation ratios. For the predicted ternary phases only Ta$_2$Zn$_3$O$_8$ is marked as stable while two other ternary compounds, Ta$_2$ZnO$_6$ and Ta$_2$Zn$_4$O$_9$, are marked as unstable. For Al-Ta-O the phase diagram shows that the compositional line for the film lies within a single Gibbs triangle with the predicted phases being Ta, Ta$_2$O$_5$ and TaAlO$_4$.
\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{Phase_diagrams.png}
\caption{\label{fig:phase-diag} Phase diagrams at 0 K constructed with DFT calculations from the MP database for all the evaluated systems. The red line (compositional line) indicates the range of atomic concentrations obtained by XPS for each mixture as-deposited and after annealing up to the crystallization temperature.}
\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{Grand_diagrams.pdf}
\caption{\label{fig:grand-diag} Grand potential diagrams for all evaluated systems in the range of oxygen chemical potential corresponding to the annealing process. Green line indicates the cation ratio of the film presented in table \ref{table:dep-parameters}.}
The grand potentials in figure \ref{fig:grand-diag} are again presented in two panels corresponding to the phase diagrams at 0 K shown in figure \ref{fig:phase-diag}. The top panel presents the systems with no predicted ternary compounds. In all these systems, Zr-Ta-O, Hf-Ta-O and Si-Ta-O, the only phases predicted as possibly stable are Ta$_2$O$_5$ and the dopant oxide. All other phases have energies above hull higher than 5Sc$_2$O$_3$- and Al$_2$O$_3$-doped Ta$_2$O$_5$ both have ternary phases, ScTaO$_4$ and TaAlO$_4$ respectively, that are predicted to be the most stable while Ta$_2$O$_5$ and the dopant oxide are also expected to be possibly stable. However, the crystallized films do no feature any ternary compounds. In the case of Sc$_2$O$_3$-doped Ta$_2$O$_5$, the addition of Sc$_2$O$_3$ induces the crystallization of Ta$_2$O$_5$ and a tantalum suboxide (Ta$_{0.97}$O$_2$, reference pattern PDF 00-037-0117 \cite{gates2019powder}) due to oxygen competition, as discussed in \cite{fazio2020growth}. This competition is brought by the fact that these oxides have similar Gibbs free energy of formation and thus similar formation enthalpies. However, based on table \ref{table:thermo-prop}, the calculated formation enthalpy of Ta$_2$O$_5$ is 18\% lower than that of Sc$_2$O$_3$ when experimentally they only differ by less than 7\% at 298 K. The fact that the difference in formation enthalpy between Ta$_2$O$_5$ and Sc$_2$O$_3$ is higher for the calculations at 0 K than for the experimental values at 298 K could result in an absence of oxygen competition effects in the calculations, while experimentally those effects are even observed in the amorphous as-deposited film \cite{fazio2020structure}. For Al$_2$O$_3$-doped Ta$_2$O$_5$, the film crystallizes as $\beta$-Ta$_2$O$_5$ while the dopant oxide phase remains amorphous. These two phases are predicted to be possibly stable, but the most stable according to the calculations is TaAlO$_4$. The absence of this ternary compound in the crystallized coating could be attributed to the fact that this phase has a cation ratio much larger than the cation ratio of the film. Significant Al cation diffusion would be necessary to form the ternary compound, as the dopant seems to be distributed homogeneously in the film given that XPS measurements do not detect significant variations in atomic concentrations for different regions in the coating surface.
The grand potential diagram for ZnO-doped Ta$_2$O$_5$ in figure \ref{fig:grand-diag} indicates that there are two possibly stable ternary compounds: Ta$_2$Zn$_3$O$_8$ and Ta$_2$ZnO$_6$. Ta$_2$O$_5$ and ZnO are also predicted to be possibly stable phases. The film crystallizes as the ternary compound, Ta$_2$ZnO$_6$ (reference pattern PDF 00-049-0746 \cite{gates2019powder}), as shown in figure \ref{fig:xrd}, instead of the ternary Ta$_2$Zn$_3$O$_8$ or even the binary oxides which compose the convex hull. Once again, the ternary phase with a cation ratio being higher than the cation ratio of the film is not stabilized in the crystallized coating. In this case, Ta$_2$Zn$_3$O$_8$ has a cation ratio of 0.6 which is three times higher than the film cation ratio while Ta$_2$ZnO$_6$ has a cation ratio of 0.3, close to the ratio of the film.
\caption{\label{fig:xrd} Diffractograms for all the evaluated films after crystallization. The annealing temperature is indicated in the top left and the dopant cation in the top right of each diffractogram. Tabulated peak positions for $\beta$-Ta$_2$O$_5$ , Ta$_{0.97}$O$_2$ (, nd ZnTa$_2$ are included.}
\includegraphics[width=0.8\linewidth]{Crystallite-size_paper.png}
\caption{\label{fig:crystallite} Ta$_2$O$_5$ for an undoped film and for different mixtures. The corresponding crystallization temperature for each coating is indicated. Errors were estimated from the uncertainties in peak width and positionMoore Foundation Center for Coatings Research under NSF award No. 1708010 and NSF award No. 1710957. The authors would like to thank Kiran Prasai for his helpful input and comments.
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When you meet the owners you will know you are dealing with a five star company. I was blessed to have Alston, Mark and Chris to install my new system. I made a slight change to the order the day of install and they worked as a team to make it happen. I highly recommend this great group of people.
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Angle view of the monument "To the Lost Countrymen" in village Uspenskoe after restoration 2019-2020 on a sunny day in the early spring season. The Great Patriotic War Memorial devoted to alllong and bloody battle monument was established in 1982,district, Moscow Region. The memorial consists of a stele decorated with a pentagonal soviet star, the statue of a soldier holding machine gun above his head in front, marble plaques with lists of fallen soldiers behind the stele, and sign 1941-1945 made of red marble (not at this picture). The author of the monument is unknown.
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Kris drove down the beach strand, clad in dark Ray Bans, a ridiculous grin plastered on his face. By contrast, Tao was in a much darker mood, arms crossed and scowl pointed as he focused on the houses zipping by. He had no interest in talking to Kris, looking at Kris, or even breathing the same damn air as Kris. The last thing he needed was to start thinking about the kiss they’d shared. Quite frankly, he’d much rather jump off the island’s longest pier and drown himself in the ocean.
“Why are you in such a bad mood today?” asked Kris, still smiling. “Oh wait! I know!” he teased, “It’s because you’re always like this. Do you have a happy button hidden on you somewhere? Let me see...” Kris reached over, poking Tao’s arm, shoulder, neck, temple, chest.
“WOULD YOU STOP TOUCHING ME!” exploded Tao with the force of a thousand nuclear bombs.
Kris opened his mouth in shock before erupting into amused laughter. “Whoa-ho-ho! Damn, Taozi! Are you really that pissed at me?”
“Are you really asking me that?” Tao almost slipped and looked at Kris but caught himself before the damage could be done.
“Yes, I am. Now why are you so angry?” Kris’ tone had done a complete one-eighty within a matter of seconds. Very rarely was the surfer ever serious. It unnerved Tao on the deepest level. He didn’t think he could confront what had happened last night and prayed that Kris wouldn’t bring it up.
“I just... I didn’t sleep well is all,” replied Tao, hoping his answer was passable enough and that Kris wouldn’t read into it too much.
“Well if it makes you feel any better, I didn’t sleep well either,” admitted the surfer.
Tao startled at the other’s admission. Secretly, he wondered if Kris hadn’t slept well for the same reason that he hadn’t, but quickly dispelled the thought. The two of them fell silent until Kris pulled into Tao’s driveway, putting the Jeep into park to the left of Mr. Huang’s midnight-black Corvette.
Tao sighed heavily. “I really don’t feel like doing this right now.”
“What, your dad?” Kris looked at Tao with mild concern, hemp bracelets sliding down his wrists as he shut the driver-side door.
“Yeah.” Tao ruffled his beach-matted hair. He’d given up on keeping it perfectly styled, a feat that was nearly impossible to do when you were constantly either on the beach or in the water.
“Hey. It’s not going to be that bad, okay? It’s just dinner, right? Besides... I’m here. Which means this dinner is guaranteed to be argument free!” Kris walked around the Jeep and nudged Tao’s shoulder with his own.
Tao shoved the surfer away gently, still intent upon not making eye contact. “You're such an idiot. I hope you know that.”
“Yeah I know, seeing as how you call me that practically every day now.”
Suddenly, the wind shifted, bringing with it the scent of coconut sunblock, salt water, and an underlying hint of sugary sunshine. Tao found himself breathing it in deeply, eager to get a taste of it on the tip of his tongue. Kris smelled like summer. Out of reflex, Tao looked up right as Kris took off his sunglasses and hung them on the collar of his white t-shirt. Their eyes finally met. Time slowed as they surveyed each other, each of them searching for a sign, although neither of them knew for what just yet. Then the moment passed as quickly as it'd happened.
“We better hurry up." Tao nodded toward his house. “The sooner we can get this cookout over with the better.”
Tao’s father was all smiles and there to greet them when they walked through the front door. “Come on in! I already started up the grill. It shouldn’t be too much longer before the hotdogs and hamburgers are ready.”
“Sounds great, Mr. Huang,” replied Kris, “It’s nice to finally meet you.
“Likewise, young man!” Mr. Huang extended a hand with an approving smile. Kris shook the elder’s hand firmly. “I wish I could say that I’ve heard a lot about you, Kris, but Tao tends to keep a lot of things to himself.”
Tao clenched his jaw, a snappy retort sitting heavily on the tip of his tongue. He took a quick look at Kris and swallowed it. Having an argument with his dad in front of Kris would be beyond insensitive.
Kris laughed lightly at Mr. Huang’s assessment. “Tao’s locked up pretty tight. It takes a lot of poking and prodding to get anything out of him, but once you get to know him, he’s a pretty decent guy.”
Tao’s breath hitched. Did Kris just pay him a compliment? Because it sure as hell sounded like one. The way the tall surfer was smiling crookedly confirmed his suspicions.
Mr. Huang cleared his throat, appearing somewhat bashful. “W-Well I’ll just leave you two to it. I don’t want to intrude or anything. I’ll let you know when the food is done.” Then he walked out the back door and onto the deck. Through the glass, Tao and Kris could see him open the grill and cough as the plum of smoke bellowed out. Tao’s father was a terrible cook. Hopefully his grilling skills warranted a better outcome than his other failed cooking endeavors.
Tao was taken aback by his father’s polite, enthusiastic, and relaxed demeanor. He’d never seen the man in this sort of light before. To top it all off, he’d given him some space which usually didn’t happen. Tao wasn’t sure if it was due to the fact that they had company for the first time, or if his dad was making a legitimate effort to be considerate of his boundaries. He knew he should accept it for its worth and be grateful, but he wasn't used to bestowing trust in people.
“So um...” Tao wasn't sure where to start. He and Kris were in the house alone, which it made him nervous, because the last time they’d been alone it'd resulted in them kissing. Tao swallowed down the lump in his throat. This definitely wasn’t a good idea.
“Can I see your room?” blurted Kris, grinning like a curious child. He didn’t wait for a response before grabbing Tao’s hand and bounding up the stairs. He found the room easily enough, eyes widening when he pushed open the bedroom door. “This is it?”
“Yes?” replied Tao, feeling self conscious while biting his bottom lip.
Kris took in the old dresser, plain walls, boring sheets, and turned to Tao. “I’m just a little surprised is all. When you first got here, you dressed so... intricately. I thought for sure your room would be similar.”
“Well sorry to disappoint you, surfer boy, but I like my space clutter free. Besides, it’s not like I’ll be living he--“ Tao stopped himself short. He wouldn’t be here long. Only for summer break as a matter of fact. He thought about the island, the surf shop, his unconventional friends... and Kris. His heart sank just a little bit. He’d grown attached to the island where life passed by at a leisurely pace. It gave him the chance to think and reflect.
Kris noticed a shift in Tao’s demeanor and considered asking about it but let it drop. Tao had been on edge as of late. Kris had a feeling it was entirely his doing. “Is this your mom?” He picked up a small, wooden picture frame from the top of Tao's dresser, to which the younger nodded. “She’s really pretty.” And Kris meant it too. She was a gorgeous lady--all long, silky black hair, lightly tanned skin, and beautiful eyes. “You have her eyes, you know. It’s actually kinda freaky that you guys look so much alike.”
“That’s what everyone says.” Tao hopped onto the bed and yanked a pillow into his lap, cheeks lightly flushed as he occupied himself with staring at the pillow.
Kris flopped backwards onto Tao’s bed, stretched out, and rested his arms behind his head. “It’s true," he stated matter-of-factly, "And you know, everyone used to tell me the same thing about my mom.”
“I never asked but...” Tao picked at a corner of the pillow case. "Where’s your mom?”
“My mom? She died when I was a toddler. Caught the Flu. Then pneumonia. And never got over it. So my dad took care of me.” Kris was surprised the words fell so easily from his mouth. It wasn’t something he dished out to people. Revealing such personal things to Tao seemed natural and easy, though.
“So who took care of you after, you know...” Tao pressed, looking to Kris curiously.
“My grandmother raised me. She wasn’t in the best of health but got to see me graduate high school at least.”
“It really blows that all of that happened to you. It doesn’t seem fair at all.”
Kris shrugged his shoulders. “I’m used to it, I guess. For a long time, I just had myself. But then I had surfing and friends and... now you.” Kris kept his gaze trained on the ceiling and extended a hand into the air, squinting as he drew imaginary circles into the tiles overhead with his index finger.
“Ohh ghhad.” Tao faked nausea. “Don’t get all mushy on me. You’ll make me throw up.”
Kris laughed and yanked the pillow from Tao’s lap, sticking out his tongue like a two-year-old. “Why don’t we just say we’re friends and call it even?” He sat up and tossed the pillow into Tao’s face.
“Hey!” Tao griped, “What makes you think I want to be friends with you anyway?” The younger swung the pillow, hitting Kris in the side of the head with a halfhearted smirk.
Kris leaned toward Tao, a mischievous glint evident in his eyes. “It’s just a feeling I have, Taozi. Let’s just leave it at that.” He reached out tentatively, hesitating when Tao’s brows furrowed, then ruffled the other’s bangs with a soft smile. His hand lingered there as Tao's warmth moved its way through his fingertips, up his arm, and into his chest where it settled itself resolutely. Kris realized that warmth had been hidden there all along, right from the moment he’d first met the city kid who'd fallen into a tidal pool on the beach that day.
Kris had a lot to think about. He’d come close to screwing things up when he’d kissed Tao out of the blue. It hadn’t been planned, or expected, or even thought about until that point. He’d been just as shocked as Tao. However, in the hours leading up to now, Kris had been fitting the puzzle pieces together. Only a few remained until he’d finally have his answer.
“Boys! The food is ready!” Tao’s father called from the bottom of the stairs.
Kris lept off the bed at the mention of food. “Yes! I’m starving! I didn’t have time to eat today!”
“What?” Tao asked, surprised. “Why didn’t you eat?”
“Because I to spend half the day playing drill sergeant. My house was a wreck.”
“How bad?” asked Tao, eager to hear all of the gory details as they made their way down the stairs.
“Let me put it this way,” continued Kris, “It was... pudding-wrestling-in-a-swimming-pool-trashed-living-room-shower-vomit-people-doing-the-nasty-in-my-bed... kind of bad.”
Tao burst out laughing, nearly tripping over the last step before doubling over and clenching his stomach.
“Well I’m glad you think it’s funny,” said Kris defensively.
“Where is my son and what have you done with him?” asked Mr. Huang as he placed a hand on Kris’ shoulder. Tao was nearly wheezing by that point.
“I don’t know,” replied Kris, “Vut I think I kinda like it. A lot, actually.”
Tao sat at the wooden picnic table on the back deck, chewing on a burger while eyeing his father and Kris with disdain. The two of them were laughing, having switched from soda to beer sometime over the course of dinner. Tao narrowed his eyes as he continued to chew slowly, the beach wind flicking his hair into his face.
“HAHAHA! REALLY?” exclaimed Kris, slapping Mr. Huang on the back in good-natured humor.
Tao bit the inside of his cheek.
“I kid you not! I came home from work that day, and Tao had doodled all over the hallway with the crayons I’d bought him for his birthday!” Mr. Huang snickered before downing the last of his beer.
Kris turned towards Tao and saw the god-awful look the other was giving him. Kris’ smile quickly faltered, and he flashed Tao an inquisitive look as if to say, what’s wrong? Tao only rolled his eyes and took a gigantic bite of his burger, chewing it ferociously. Kris wasn’t dense. He had a pretty good idea of why Tao was so ill at the moment. Mr. Huang was spouting childhood stories, but Kris knew it was only because the elder had no other stories to tell. Surely Tao realized that.
Mr. Huang caught onto the change in atmosphere, and without thinking, headed straight into a loaded minefield. “What’s that look for, Tao? Aren’t you having a good time?”
Tao threw his burger onto his plate. “A good time? Am I having a good time?” He looked as though he were about to explode, but Kris could see that Tao was trying desperately to snip off the fuse. “No, Dad. I’m not having a good time,” Tao proceeded more calmly. “You practically forced this cookout onto me. And now you’re telling stories about my childhood like you have the right to. Which you don’t.”
“I don’t understand,” began Mr. Huang, “I just thought--“
“Yeah, well, you thought wrong.”
It wasn't Kris' place to intervene, but seeing Tao get upset so quickly (and for good reason), blurred the boundaries. “Mr. Huang...” began Kris, “I can see what you’re trying to accomplish here, but don’t you think you should try to see things from Tao’s perspective?”
Tao felt as though he’d been struck by lightning. Was Kris actually standing up for him?
“What do you mean?” asked his father, brow furrowed.
Kris cleared his throat and straightened his spine. “Well, I can’t speak for Tao, but if I were in his position, quite frankly I’d be a little pissed off.” Mr. Huang fumbled for words but Kris didn’t give him the chance to speak. “Tao doesn’t know you that well. And you don’t know him that well either, yet you keep acting like you do. It’s like you’re trying to pick up where you left off, but I don’t think it works that way.” Kris had more to say but quickly stuffed it down. He’d already said too much. He didn’t have a right to weigh in with his opinion. After all, he didn’t have parents, but he couldn’t leave Tao hanging either.
“I...” Mr. Huang turned towards his son, “Is that how you feel, Tao?”
Tao looked to Kris, to his father, and then back and forth once more. Now was his chance to be honest. He’d never had the courage to do so before, but with Kris here, the honesty came out with ease. “Y-Yeah. It is.”
“Why didn’t you tell me this before?” asked his father.
“I tried. But you wouldn’t listen.” Tao picked idly at what was left of his hamburger bun.
The table became quite as the ocean hissed in the background, the occasional seagull squawking overhead.
“I’m sorry.” Mr. Huang’s apology nearly blended in with the wind but Tao still heard it.
For the first time, he heard sincerity in his father’s words. In that moment, it felt as though a gigantic weight had been lifted from his heart. It surprised him at first, but after the initial shock had passed, Tao’s vision became blurred by moisture.
“I’m sorry too,” he replied, trying his best to swallow down the emotions that threatened to spew over the surface.
“I’m gonna go get another drink,” Kris declared, nearly startling the other two. “You guys want one?”
After receiving a sheepish response from Tao and his father, Kris went inside and ventured into the kitchen. He took his time pulling out three more beers, twisting off the top of one of them before leaning against the counter and taking a swig. Kris stared out the window, content with hanging out inside for a while so a father and his son do some much needed talking.
Kris hoped his tiny push had been enough. It didn’t do good for a person to stay mad at someone for the rest of their life. Family was a very precious thing, and hopefully, Tao would be able to see that now.
Kris smiled to himself, grin pearly white and eyes crinkled at the corners, and took another sip of his beer.
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8/26/15 - SL&LND is now complete. Extra side stories will be added soon. [RuinedReverie]
Ireallyluvu #1 Sep 10, 2017 10:20:09
THE BEST TAORIS EVER. !!
I have read this so many times but can't get enough of it
versaillesmaiden #2 Aug 16, 2017 15:56:41
Chapter 22: BEST. TAORIS. FIC. EVER.
MY HEART CAN'T STOP CRYING AND LAUGHING OMG BLESS U AUTHORNIM
korealoverkyopta #3 Aug 1, 2017 20:25:18
IS THE NEW ALNUM LITERALLY THIS FANGIC OR AM I IMAGINING THINGS??!! AUTHORNIM, CAN YOU PREDICT THE FURURE!!! Also, this is one of my all rime favourite fanfics ♡.♡
MiszCJung #4 Jul 18, 2017 05:39:11
Chapter 25: Lol omgaeeed this is extremely exciting! And insane. Just crazeyyyy~~~
And im happy for TaoRis YoHooooooo ♡♡♡
DarknessAndLight_ #5 Jun 30, 2017 20:46:02
Chapter 22: I was so sad when Tao left...but when I saw "almost one year later" I was relieved and happy because of the happy ending..thank you for this amazing story!
Fangirl2016 #6 Apr 13, 2017 08:19:44
This is perfection..thank you so much authornim
Ireallyluvu #7 Mar 30, 2017 08:57:17
Chapter 24: The best taoris I've ever read so far..It's amazing!!
alixarra #8 Jan 12, 2017 12:19:52
Chapter 25: this was one of the best taoris fics ive ever read. the au was so refreshing and their relationship was ADORABLE!! the was they were friends first was so cute and JONGDAE i love him soooo much the way u wrote him was A+ quality humor right there
anyways back to the taoris!!! i was so glad to see them with personalities that would fit teenagers and although it was a little ooc, i liked it so much more than the usual cold kris and brat tao ya feel?? the island!au was SO COOL and i loved it especially because i live on the coast and it was so much like one of my summers. IM SO WEAK FOR TAO IN TANK TOPS AND CASUAL AAAAAHHHH YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!! thank you so much for writing this i really loveeed it ♡
Peripatetic 62 streak #9 Aug 30, 2016 09:55:03
Chapter 25: I loved this so much omg definitely in my top 5
ShinEllie #10 Aug 17, 2016 13:21:29
Chapter 22: I read this in one go because it was really interesting and I loved the way you described things. It was really nice and never got boring. I admit there were times when I cursed at Tao for being like that but yeah haha thanks a lot for writing and sharing this story. I teared up at the end, I'm weak like that ugh. It was really nice :)
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Four USC professors are working on a project that could potentially help build structures on the moon.
NASA chose to fund this project, along with 29 others, in August from a pool of nearly 800 proposals. Each proposal receives approximately $100,000 for one to develop feasible structures, according to a NASA press release.
The project takes Khoshnevis’ Contour Crafting device, a 3-D printer that uses cement to build structures layer by layer, and converts the structure for use on the moon.
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Khoshnevis said scientists are very familiar with the conditions of different soils on the moon as a result of NASA’s previous research, and the sand in Arizona is similar to the kind found on the moon.
The Lunar Contour Crafting device would be used to build basic infrastructure, such as landing pads, aprons to guard against debris from landings, hangars and shields to create shade. The self-assembling device would use solar energy.
Building structures on the moon would also provide a way for testing the possibilities of going to other planets.
Though Khoshnevis said building permanent structures on the moon might not happen in his lifetime, it could happen during the lifetimes of current students.
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Backpacks filled with essential school supplies do more than ease strained family budgets. They soothe anxieties and first-day jitters for so many children. An educator at a partner school shares the backpacks' reaction on an entire family.
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So…I have a confession to make, and I think that you might think it’s a little weird. Spaghetti, like a really delicious spaghetti, is one of my favorite things to eat as a leftover for lunch. Is that weird? Maybe not. I feel like it’s weird. This spaghetti here is probably the best spaghetti we’ve ever made and the leftovers were just as good the second and third time around as the original dish was the night we made it!
So, I guess what I’m saying is, that if you don’t like garlic, stay away from this recipe!
But if you do, hop aboard the garlic train because your senses of taste and smell are about to have a party!
Even Josh, who is not the biggest traditional spaghetti fan, loved this recipe. In fact, he said, “If more spaghetti recipes tasted like this, I would get more excited about it!” So…this recipe is a flavor winner and onean easy spaghetti night.
- 1 lb spaghetti, cooked al dente (I used Angel Hair)
- Prepare pasta, according to package direction.
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- Stormwater: Stormwater runoff from cities and suburbs pick up oil, pesticides, and other chemicals as it flows across lawns, roads, and parking lots into nearby streams and storm drains. This type of pollution is significant and difficult to control. Once in our waters these chemicals disrupt the whole food web in a process called bioaccumulation. Small, bottom-dwelling aquatic organisms take up contaminants while feeding. Larger fish accumulate toxins in their tissues when they eat the contaminated organisms. In turn, birds, humans, and other wildlife eat the contaminated fish.
- Coal-fired power plants: The burning of coal releases microscopic, soot-like p are spread by the wind over hundreds of miles. When inhaled, the particles are so tiny that they evade the body's normal filters and penetrate deep into the lungs, where they can trigger inflammation and respiratory problems. Their small size allows them to pass right, according to EPA, can contribute to ss. In fact, in 2010 the Clean Air Task Force released a report stating that in the U.S. an estimated 20,000 heart attacks and 13,2Read more about pollution's effect on human health here. </s> We've already seen stills from this location, shots of two gunmen, one apparently very young, but at ease with his weapons.
The gunman most visible in these frames is Ajmal Amir Qasab, the only surviving terrorist, aged 21. He was captured in a shoot-out at a police road block close to a
While the Indian government is demanding Pakistan crack down, hard, on its militant groups, investigate links between the attack and its intelligence agency, and handover twenty wanted militants, India is also having to answer more questions about warnings received and ignored, as public outrage grows.
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PERSP workshop on 'Space-time and the wave function : Bohmian and quantum insights on the nature of fundamental reality'
Barcelona, 19-20 April, 2013
Organized by Albert Solé (UAB)
Sponsored by PERSP S1, GRECC and MINECO.
Recently, there has been a renewed interest on the metaphysics of quantum theory and, specially, on what could it be a wave function-based ontology. As the wave function is a function of 3N spatial coordinates, some philosophers have claimed that the most elementary metaphysical lesson to be learned from quantum mechanics is that we are really living in the 3N-dimensional configuration space. From the Bohmian perspective, the range of possibilities seems to be wider, for one can either claim that only particles in 3-dimensional space are real or opt for a mixed ontology, crediting reality status to both the particles in 3-dimensional space and the wave function in configuration space. Finally, Bohmian mechanics also allows for a pure configuration space-based ontology, according to which both the universal particle and the wave function inhabit configuration space. If we are to hold some variety of configuration space realism, we are allowing a tremendous gap between the multidimensional scientific image and the 3-dimensional manifest image of our experience. So a question is in order: what does it take to cross such a gap? Is it so insurmountable that any attempt at reifying the wave function must be withdrawn? Does it make any difference in this regard whether one adopts a Bohmian standpoint or a purely quantum mechanical one? To sum up, the aim of the workshop to promote further inquiry into the nature of the wave function, assessing the consequences of wave function realism as regards the nature of space and thus attempting to provide an answer to the former and other related questions. A particular focus will be upon the metaphysical morals to be derived from Bohmian mechanics, comparing them with insights gained from other quantum theories.
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Whisky Review: Johnnie Walker The Gold Route
By Aaron Knapp / December 19, 2016
Reflecting on its journey to become one of the most well known producers of Scotch, Johnnie Walker’s Trade Route Series seeks to distill the experiences of the Walker family and their employees supposedly had while selling their whisky over nearly 200 years, from China to Persia to Peru.
Whether or not the Walkers or their agents actually trekked to all of those places to sell Scotch, even with the British empire to propel them, the series pays “homage to travellers of the past and present” with its three blends, all under the umbrella of Johnnie Walker’s Explorers’ Club Collection.
The Trade Routes Series’ three blended scotch whiskies are eld Route, and The Royal Route, the three of which I have in a box-set of 200-milliliter bottles. I’ll be reviewing The Gold Route here and reviewing the other two separately.
From the small map on the box, it seems that The Gold Route starts (from north to south) around modern-day Belize, follows the isthmus of Central America south, cuts across the Andes Mountains of Colombia, winds south between the western Amazon region to the east and the Andes to the west, and finally ends somewhere around southern Bolivia or northern Chile.
Having seen a few pieces of that route myself, I can attest to the product description’s assertion that this path passes “magnificent scenery and deep, rich cultures,” though it seems a journey that would often be extremely difficult and remote, even in modern times, and hardly profitable for a Johnnie Walker agent for most of the company’s history.
f any of The Trade Routes Series blends, but does specify The Gold Route is a blend of aged whiskies (no age statement), matured in old Americae.
The Gold Route.
Gold Route
Americace of $95, but probably higher in actual stores.
Appearance: Golden amber that is pretty middle of the road for Scotch.
Nose: A complex blend of scents from the start, with an earthy, salty smoke that is contrasted by sweet, tropical fruity flavors of banana, mango and papaya, with a touch of cloves in between. That evens out into a sweeter aroma defined by vanilla.
Palate: Hits the tongue like a sweet, but earthy vanilla syrup. That sweetness turns to spicy flavors of cloves and nutmeg and a sweet, oaky smoke. That spicy, smoky character remains the distinctive flavor after swallowing, tingling around the mouth while the sweetness of a mellow coffee cake subtly emerges on the back of the tongue.
Final Thoughts & Score/Buy A Bottle:
While I complained that The Spice Road’s flavors came in waves that didn’t intermingle, that criticism can’t be made of Johnnie Walker The Gold Route. The sweet first taste glides easily into a complex but sweet blend of spice and smoke that gradually gives back some ground to sweet at the end. While I wish the fruity flavor of the nose would have been more present on the palate, I appreciate the gradual, complex flavor shifts all the same.
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It was Friday, and I went on a scheduled camping trip with my Boy Scout troop that weekend. We went to someone’s cabin on a horse farm. My sleeping bag was old and worn and I absolutely froze my ass off that first night as I tried to sleep on the hard floor of the cabin. I slept the next night in a horse stall. There was hay to make it a bit softer and a horse blanket to make it a bit warmer, but not much. We rode horses. Although I had been on horses before, I didn’t really technically know how to ride. I just kind of made it up as I went fear as my horse sprinted balls to the walls at a full gallop as it ran for the barn. I don’t know how I managed to hang on, but I did. That afternoon we played in a muddy ravine and had an epic mud fight. The weather was cold, raw, damp and gloomy and I remember the adults speaking together in hushed tones and the overall pall cast by the news of the assassination. It left the nation reeling in shock and it felt like time stood still for days on end.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy was like a gate swinging open for everything else that was soon to follow: the Civil Rights Movement, race riots, the horrific carnage of Anti-War Movement, the Weather Underground, Abbie Hoffman, Timothy Leary, Rock and Roll, LSD, cultural upheaval, Haight Ashbury and the Hippies, High School, College, Protests, Woodstock, Easy Rider, men on the moon, Richard Nixon, “dis-illusionment” in the true Buddhist sense of the word, and my own awakening and shift in consciousness as I left the Catholic Church, embraced a new awareness, left home, tuned in, turned on and dropped out and eventually left the country altogether at the end of the decade. As a Nation, we were never the same as we had been. As a person, I was never the same either. Everything and everybody was, once and for all, irrevocably different. We weren’t in Kansas anymore.
Author archive Author website November 22, 2011 Rants & Raves
Previous post Next post 11 thoughts on “Remembering the Kennedy Assassination and Reflections on the 60’s, the End of Innocence and the Dawn of a New Age” Add yours
Linda Mahoney November 22, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Reply Amen, brother, amen.
Reply Michael Gillan Maxwell November 22, 2011 at 4:18 pm
Reply Hey Linda’s one of those dates I seem to remember each year, and this year it opened the flood gates of reflection!
Reply Ileen Kaplan November 22, 2011 at 7:14 pm
Reply A pithy and provocative comment as promised!
Reply Jane Beckmann November 23, 2011 at 9:50 am
Reply love how you wove the personal details (I can picture you on a runaway horse) with the historical.
Reply Thanks for the “kinf” words! Unlike Ileen’s comment, your comment is pithy and provocative as promised!
Reply Lawrence November 23, 2011 at 10:06 am
Oh, by the way, I believe we were in 7th grade, not 8th. It was 1963, and using a trick I learned somewhere, if you subtract 6 from your age–we were 13–you get your grade–7. Happy Thanksgiving, my friend!
P.S. Strangely enough, 9/11 happened when my son was 13–the very day he turned 13, as a matter of fact–and I think that’s the only other event that fully compares in scope to the effect of the Kennedy assasination on the entire nation and the world.
Reply What’s a reputable fellow like yourself doing in a place like this? 😉g the experience with me. It was life changing, consciousness shifting and unforgettable. However, I beg to differ regarding the grade we were in! When I try to employ that trick of yours I get my weight, not my grade!:-)
Reply Lawrence November 24, 2011 at 9:59 am
Reply Damn! You’re right! Since we started high school in “64, it must have been 8th grade! I get confused because—lucky me—I had Mr. Gunderson (aka Jimmy Jaw) for BOTH 7th and 8th grade. Maybe in that equation I sent you one is supposed to subtract five years, not six. I haven’t used it for a long time. Thanks for setting me straight.
Reply ruthhmaxwell November 27, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Reply Thanks for your good wishes. It’s an exciting time to be alive. I feel the movement toward higher consciousness–more love and compassion–strongly all the while it looks like the world is unraveling. Don’t be fooled by the looks!!! (and I see you aren’t)
Reply Thanks so much Ruth! I do have faith that things are going to be OK. We have to choose love not fear!
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How vital is a healthy way of living to people worldwide today? Healthy and balanced living is probably the most important aspect that one should stress on however regrettably we do not see that type of seriousness anywhere. Unhealthy food as well as unhealthy regimens are predominantly seen.
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These samples were made using the new Christmas embossing folders, I got to play with the holly folder collection which is just gorgeous and I definitely need all of them! The 3 wise men dies are part of the festive collection 2014.
Anna xIn May 2004, Ugly Duckling Ltd won a tender to make models for a major film. It set up a special models unit to film some of the special effects for the movie. Ugly Duckling Ltd approached the Studio requesting contractors to work on a temporary basis in the special models unit. The Studio suggested that Mr Witanga work on the project and after some discussion, Mr Witanga agreed to provide his services to Ugly Duckling Ltd on a full time basis. He was taken on as a Special Effects Technician. By the end of May 2004 approximately 42 crew including carpenters, engineers, camera operators, lighting and model technicians, assistance directors, continuity staff, camera technicians and grips were engaged by Ugly Duckling Ltd to work in the Unit.
He was paid an hour rate of £45 which was paid in one lump sum without deductions into his bank account on a monthly basis. He had specifically asked for this means of payment so that he could make the most of lower tax rates for the self employed. Although he provided personal services to Ugly Duckling Ltd, it was agreed he would continue to receive payment from the studio. The Studio in turn invoiced Ugly Duckling Ltd for Mr Witanga's services. In July 2004 he asked Mr Lucasfor, and received a pay increase from £45 to £52 an hour.
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First up, a brief announcement: the kickstarter for Knock! issue three has now gone live, packed with material from the old-school blogosphere's finest. It will also have a couple of my articles in it, so if you've ever wanted to own a physical copy of my d100 problem-solving items table but couldn't be bothered to print it out yourself then this is your chance.
Now, I myself believe in democracy, and I am very glad that I don't have to spend my life bowing and scraping to the guy in the castle down the road. But I also think that social forms develop for a reason, and that if most of Europe and Asia kept circling back to social systems built around powerful land-owning aristocrats for thousands of years, then that probably wasn't just due to some kind of historical accident. When people think of aristocracies, I think they often tend to think of nineteenth-century aristocracies, lounging in their stately homes, expensive and decorative and mostly useless. But pre-modern aristocracies have a function, one that is not easily circumvented before the rise of the modern state, and understanding this function can help in making settings where all the obligatory dukes and barons and whatnot actually have some reason to exist.
Pre-modern life is local. There are no accurate maps, no accurate census data, no accurate statistics: the only way you can properly learn about a region is by living there, not just briefly but for years on end. Learning who lives where, what they produce, what they trade, understanding the social fabric that connects each family or community to those around it... all this requires specific local knowledge, and there are no shortcuts to acquiring it. Under these circumstances, establishing an effective system of resource extraction (taxation, conscription, etc) is often going to be the work of years, if not of generations. Any thug with an army can ride into a major population centre, steal everything not nailed down, and ride off. But if he wants his power to extend into the woods and the hills, the hamlets and villages, then that thug and his family need to be prepared to settle in for the seriously long haul.
This is the service that the local lord provides. If they've been there for long enough, he and his relatives will have wound their tendrils deep into all the prominent local families, bought off or intimidated all the local village 'big men', and learned through a grim process of trial and error roughly what kind of tax burden can be extracted from the region without actually triggering famine and/or revolt. He's probably been hunting and hawking in the area his whole life: he knows where to find all the hidden villages nestled deep in the forests, the ones that will never appear on any official map. His family's grip on the area will often have been decades if not centuries in the making. If you just banish them and install someone else then it might take a long, long time before his successors are able to exploit the region with anything like the same success.
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People tend to think that 'medieval monarchies' were very absolute, 'the word of the king is law' and all that mess. The reality is, as you say, far more complicated and strange! Guilds are another thing that people tend to understand as some kind of company, but they have more in common with the Mafia than with a business company. In a sorta good way, I guess? Here in Valencia, in the 15th and 16th centuries, the guilds had the right to arm their members because of the perils of the barbary pirates... and, what a surprise, we had two very violent armed uprisings when the kingdom was changing. After the second rebellion, that right was revoked.
Pre-modernity social hierarchies and relations were a big mess! And I love to put them in my games (as an historian I simply can't resist) but I've experienced something similar to what you explain here.
Hadn't heard that about Valencia. Interesting.
'the word of the king is law' - yes, *of course*, Edward IV could converted the entire population of England to Zoroastrianism with one proclamation. Good grief, I doubt even Louis XIV could have managed that.
Solomon - the Louis XIV reference is significant, I think. I suspect that when people think of kings they often imagine early modern figures like Louis XIV or Henry VIII, absolutists presiding over cowed aristocracies, overlooking that (a) such setups are much harder in earlier periods, and (b) even once the relevant administrative technologies are in place, you still have to go through a long and brutal process of noble-cowing (fronde, etc) first!
'Cowed aristocracies' is probably the key here. A Breton peasant behaves in a very different fashion to a Versailles courtier, even if both are equally obedient.
It's hard for one unmotivated and incompetent person to mess things up for the next rung of the ladder. They can make things difficult and tedious, but rarely in a catastrophic way. They add a predictable amount of friction.
Just thinking about this. I have experienced similar situations before as well. I think it is very hard to communicate all the social intricacies to players in a short period of time. Comparing to dungeons, we have very precise and easily understood ways of describing parts of a dungeon, and we have a way of mapping them. The players don't have a clear way to picture that. It might be useful to very explicityly say to the players "this is how I am mapping the kingdom's relationships and these are the terms I use to describe people."
Having the map would give the players something concrete to research and utilise and help them know they are on the same page as you.
You could use a relationship map or a heirarchy diagram for this. Maybe both? They both show different things.
The great thing about a heirarchy diagram is that you could roughly link the levels to character levels, the same is done with dungeons. This way, when a group of first level characters are talking to the king they would have a really clear idea about just how out of their depths they are and how quickly it could all go wrong for them.
In describing the situations, as a dungeon room you might say "You see a 10 foot by 10 foot room. There is a fountain in the middle. There is a door to the north."
e.g. "You are talking to the Duke of the Old Forest, who rules the entire Old Forest including the towns Riverrun and Autumn Gold, he is worth about 8,000 gold. He has a household of about 15 retainers including Vizier Jafar the Demon Tamer and Mongo, Slayer of the Elves. He commands the Forest Watch of 100 foresters."
You could also not just give this information to the players. As long as they know the format they will know what the missing pieces are that they need to research. So they could ask around town first to understand the lay of the land. Or role-play it with other NPCs to find it out. "We need to know how much he is worth. Let's break into his estate to find out!" or "How strong is Mongo exactly? Let's challenge him to a duel."
I think there's something to be said for this semi-visual approach, and it's helpful to give players pictorial cues that aren't just conventional territory maps (which are bad at conveying hierarchical depth, and - particularly if they have polities delineated with neat borders and blocked-out shading - encourage people to see unitary states rather than dynastic networks as the key building blocks of society). If you want your relationship diagrams to make in-universe sense, you could always let players get hold of a family tree for the noble in question, which is a great starting guide to their personal affinity. I'd also encourage using ceremonial events, which you can map out like a dungeon encounter, as a great bit of visual shorthand for feudal relationships. Indeed, this is what pre-moderm aristocracies themselves did all the time; in the absence of bureaucratic documentation regulating everyone's relationships to one another, political systems had to constantly established and re-established by in-person ritual events like enfeoffments, entry processions, feasts, and religious festivals, in which the visual symbolism of each participant's actions spelt out their position in the system. Describing these ceremonies is a more memorable and interactive way of introducing setting details to players than infodumping reams of historical backstory on them. E.g. "the burgomaster of Brockentown is marching behind the duke's chariot with bared head and a noose round his neck, and behind him a float depicts a mounted horseman trampling a tower labelled 'rebellion'. Some of the watching crowd are dressed in ducal colours and cheering loudly, but others near the back are chanting 'restore our civic privileges!' Do you want to join in with either side?"
That seems like a useful in game system. Yes it let's the players know who they are dealing with & how careful they may need to be. And I love how it gives gameable hooks by either presence or absence of info.
I like the idea about events. The image of a person kneeling before a king to be knighted is such a powerful image of the medieval times, it would be great to capture something of that.
Jbeltman, Montefeltro, Reason: Good points, all. I guess I'm always wary of submerging players in too much information and causing them to tune out: this goes double now that my gaming is all online. I tend to radically simplify family trees, for example, making every noble house improbably tiny, so as to avoid boring everyone to tears with lists of cousins and cadet branches.
"Frequently these seem to be rooted in modern liberal-democratic assumptions..."
In their own way, I think RPGs can be a great way of teaching answers to those questions. After struggling through several months of ruling over a pre-modern fantasy city-state in-game, one of my players confessed to being slightly disturbed by how much sympathy he now has for historical despots...
Makes me think, D&D was created as a dungeoncrawl simulator, not a societal simulator, and we're stuck with it ever since. For the intended purpose sprinkle some keywords ("king", "knight", "peasant", etc.) on top for superficial Generic Medieval Fantasy theming, and you're good to go. Note that of the sources, the one work that was possibly the most grounded in actual history (even if only literary) - "Three Hearts and Three Lions" - gave rise to the most problematic character class. Not even cleric has to deal with baby-or-nun dilemmas, it's always the paladin, because only the paladin is ripped off a story where societal expectations matter.
On players who unconsciously project their liberal democratic mindset onto in-game society: similar thing goes on with metaphysics. This is why the idea that gods need worship is so popular in fantasy - you just need to imagine a bunch of heavenly politicians squabbling for voter support.
I agree that the medievalism of most D&D settings is often paper thin, and that under the renfaire fancy dress they're mostly a weird mixture of liberal modernity and the Wild West. Whether this is worth the work of changing depends very much what kind of experience you want your games to provide. If you want Pendragon, it's kind of a big deal. If you want traditional dungeon fantasy, rather less so!
I am *so* tired of the 'gods need prayer badly' model of fantasy religion, which I find much less interesting than the conception of divinity in basically any real-world religion or spiritual practise. I love 'Small Gods' as much as anyone, but it's *thirty years old*, now. Let's all move on!
It goes down to the village level as well. You can probably get your goons together and hang the village reeve but then you have to get a new guy who actually spends time with the peasants. In parts of Europe a local village demoracy develops.
LS: They were a vital part of the *state*, insofar as I don't think you could run anything resembling a medieval kingdom with a medieval level of social organisation without having something resembling a medieval aristocracy. Whether that made them a vital part of *society* as opposed to just agents of exploitation is a rather larger question!
I like this. I'd come to some similar conclusions trying to put semi-sensible feudalism in the background of one of my games. Players ended up thinking that sober, responsible local lords I'd intended to portray as basically reasonable rulers were "bad"... because they had reservations about letting a band of armed strangers do whatever they liked without a care for the effects on whether the iron traders came back next year or the harvest was interrupted... whereas an objectively worse lord was considered fine because he was too inattentive to care about travelling murderers deciding to "solve" local problems with murder so long as it didn't have an immediate effect on hunting, drinking or tax extraction.
It did occur to me that an interesting but quite dark game could grow out of really emphasising this mismatch of interests, but it was a fairly light-toned game and the party wanted more wilderness so we left most of that stuff behind. I did manage to loop it back in eventually as a useful challenge - not only did they have to solve the knot of mundane and supernatural problems that all converged in one place, they also had to do it under the eye of a noble whose first reaction was oh no not you again.
In something more like a feudal pyramid I'm not sure I agree so much about the difficulty of substituting someone in the upper levels - but I think it's only practical with someone in a very close social circle. A wise king may never want to open the can of worms that is "which of the only three possible candidates could replace the wretched Duke of Backwater" unless the Duke openly rebels and loses.
I tried to email you, seems the address I have is out of date.
Now I'm worried I might have already told you that anecdote and then forgot. Apologies if I'm boring on. Too much work, not enough rpg.
No, I've not heard the anecdote. The 'mismatch of incentives' point is a good one - the good lords *were* bad *from the perspective of the PCs*. Players *hate* authority figures trying to push them around - which is why they tend to gravitate towards lawless frontiers, just like their real-world equivalents did, and for the same reasons...
Searching for that plus my university should give you my work email address!
Historically, mind you, vassal lords were often moved around from manor to manor. And from time to time (eg the Norman invasion) wholesale replacement of the barons happened too.
I'd have said the Norman invasion was one or two steps up from wholesale replacement of the barons... it's not far off proving Joe's point that swapping power structures in that sort of era/socioeconomic structure is hard, destructive and takes a generation or two to settle in. Perhaps it's a cost you might take as an invader who places a high value on the status of his sons, but a bad bet if you're an established ruler.
In the ordinary, less-destructive level of change lords moved around a few at a time, and there was some of that going on all the time. But then again even with "and all that" going on, the post-Norman-Conquest era was built on top of some long-established societies and a fair bit of documentation. (isn't the Domesday Book an attempt to draw a line once and for all under the question "are there villages here we didn't know about"?). An earlier, sketchier stage of development seems to suit the oldschool RPG scenario even better.
OMG! It's DAVE MORRIS!
Dave - permit me to gush a little. Blood Sword and Dragon Warriors *blew my mind* back in the early 90s, and I'm really not sure I've ever moved out of their shadow, imaginatively. Those books are seared on my brain at a level otherwise reserved for foundational childhood memories and unresolved personal traumas. Thanks *so much* for writing them.
You're quite right I've overstated the case, here, mostly as a reaction to seeing it so persistently understated elsewhere. History being what it was, the idea of a centuries-long bond between a noble family and their fief was often much more ideal than reality. But I think I'd agree with Unknown that reshuffling your lords still wasn't something you'd want to do lightly, especially in the earlier eras that D&D is (notionally) based on!
Aristocracy is a family business. You're not just kicking a baron off his plot, you are possibly kicking the people who will inherit it off as well, his cousin in the parish church and his brothers who administrate the dam system and the militia. The family business has internal feuds but they all want to keep it in the family.
For the locals you are the weird outsider. For all they know, you could be the warlord with a band of thugs and no local sensibility. And that's how a lot of aristocratic lines start. In Britain there is a lot of local self-management where intermediaries like the village reeve and bailiffs smooth things out (and possibly take the ire of peasants, beating a bailiff is less serious than slapping the baron).
Aristocracy in the 19th century still keeps their traditions and beliefs that some things can only be learned during a lifetime. Aristocrats can find their way into careers in the national army or administration instead. You have a lot of disposable time to get good at things factory workers can't dedicate time to.
That said, in my personal opinion at least, "you are all clients of the same Roman patrician" is as good a campaign starter as "you all meet in an inn".
This sounds very similar to ideas from the book Seeing Like a State. The gist is that many societal structures we consider "natural" exist mostly for the purpose of making that highly local knowledge and those networks of influence legible to the central authority (i.e. the king) for the purpose of taxation and conscription. That includes things like the universal imposition of family names and the formalization of property rights.
Many DMs could learn a lot of this by playing a couple of hours of Crusader Kings II or III!
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Throw himself on a gauntlet, Cheryl? I LOVE it!
“perhaps he’d have survived Paul Mitchell or Sebastian products, but i couldn’t afford them”
I love the poetry format, it’s so freeing.
And maybe the hair spray had a hallucinogenic or narcotic effect on him and he was as blissed out as JFK on his best day.
Bachelor could be in Fish Heaven looking down and actually missing his earthbound days with you.
Of course, he also might be soul-less and nothing more than an extra half ounce of fish emulsion being sold in a Home Depot in Sheboygan Wisconsin. Life has a lot of extremes like that.
The things we do for love. I think it was a fair tradeoff – big hair for a dead fish.
Maybe I’ll write about the accident in the next “message.”
And for me it was Aqua Net and the 60s. 😉
Jayne, yes! Aqua Net. That was some serious shit. We should be glad it didn’t poison us, too.
Ben, who knew? It’s a wonder you’re still alive. That stuff is out of control!
Do you, Meleah? I doubt I’ll ever miss Aqua Net — although it sure did keep my hair in place!
The things we did, in the name of fashion.
Babs, oh no! Like milk? That’s just not right.
In the name of fashion. . .word.
In fourth grade, my class had an aquarium. The week that I was in charge of cleaning the tank and adding water to it, I dumped in a gallon of water that had been reserved for our classroom plants, one that — unbeknownst to me — had Miracle Gro mixed in it.
Big hair, bad outfits, and glam metal are what killed that fish! Or, just maybe he died of AquaNet poisoning! </s> USA: ConAgra to sell low-profit meatpacking business
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Leader, CCCMan, Company 1264 & Company 1243, Camp NP(D)-2-NY, Pine Camp, Fort Drum, Carthage, New York
The Army half track was present due to the fact that our camp, which was named Pine Camp, later was, and is today, Camp Drum, an Army facility. I still recall personnel of the 4th Armored Division, on skis and dressed in white, being pulled by troop carriers. They were "Ski Troops".
We did Reforestation work, all types of outdoor work was done, including road repairs.
For recreation we went into Carthage. Carthage was the last town I can remember where you could buy a tap drawn 5 cent beer. The temperature went down to 36 degrees below, everything was frozen for three days. Don't know how those farmers survived the cold, with their black tar paper covered houses. Everything in the area was so rural. It was 3 miles to town, and about 30 miles to Watertown, N.Y..
Can't seem to recall what sports we participated in or what recreation was available besides going into town.
We lived in barracks. We had Bugle calls for Reveille, taps, mess and were also used to assemble. The one meal I recall was Sunday's supper. The Cook's afternoon off, we always had cold cuts. Daily musters were held, discipline always present. Calisthenics daily. We had mail call daily. We had a library that contained papers, books and magazines.
I satisfactorily completed Company Clerk Training while we were still Company 1264. I received Certificate #U.C. 2534-22, dated December 30, 1941, Carthage, N.Y., signed by Conrad Shumway, Company Commander, Robert I. Katz, Camp Educational Advisor, John J Degur, Project Superintendent, Leonard I. Janelli, Instructor.
We had a canteen, or P.X. as we called it. I bunked there, and was paid $15 monthly to run it. Will never forget, was lying in my bunk when over this big rounded Philco Radio came the announcement, "Pearl Harbor was bombed".
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Goose tattoo is generally implied as loyalty and eternal love, while swan is also a symbol of kindness, peace, courage and ambition. Geese maintain a rare “lifelong companion system” in the animal world, and are the most favorite creatures in the world. They not only help each other in the breeding season, but also in pairs at ordinary times. If one of them dies, the other will be “chaste” and live alone all his life. Therefore, geese tattoo implies faithful love.
Goose is a kind of herbivorous poultry, and its feed is mainly plant feed. It has strong foraging activity and can forage a lot of natural plant feed. Geese have strong cold resistance. In cold winter, they can swim in the water and spend the night in the open air. This is related to the thick down of geese, which has good heat insulation function.
When the goose beak combs the feathers, it will compress the tail gland, and the secretion will be coated on the surface of the feathers, which can make the feathers waterproof and cold resistant. Moreover, the subcutaneous fat of geese is thick, which enhances the cold resistance of geese.
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Send Flowers for Fr. Rudy
Fr. Rudy F. Oborny
February 5, 1945 ~ May 14, 2021 (age 76)
Father Rudy's Obituary
Fr. Rudy F. Oborny was born on Feb. 5, 1945 in Columbus, Ne. to Rudolf P. and Agnes R.(Divis) Oborny. He attended Rural Butler County Country School through the 3rd grade and then attended and graduated from St. Mary’s Grade School David City, Ne. He graduated from Aquinas High School David City, Ne in 1963. Hei 1963 to 1967. In 1967, was ordained to the deaconate on April 18, 1970. He was ordained a priest on May 29, 1971 at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ, in Lincoln, Ne. His first assignment was the Assistant Pastor at St. Wenceslaus in Wahoo, Ne from 1971 to 1973. Then in 1973 to 1976 he was assistant Pastor at St. John’s in Lincoln, Ne. In 1976 to 1979 was assistant Pastor at St. Mary’s David City, Ne. In 1979 to 1985 he served the missions in Venezuela. After returning home from South America, he was pastor at St. Mary’s Davey, Ne. from 1985 to 1988. He was transferred as pastor to St. Patrick’s, Lincoln, Ne. from 1988 to 1990. Then in 1990 to 1999 was pastor St. John’s Lincoln, Ne. From 1999 to 2004 he was pastor in St. Wenceslaus in Wahoo, Ne. In 2004 to 2020 Fr. Rudy was pastor at Sacred Heart in Hebron, Ne. He retired to the Bonacum House in Lincoln, NE June 15, 2020 to present.
Fr. Rudy is survived by his siblings Charles (Dorothy), Fran (John) Pachta, Louie (RoseAnn), all of Bellwood, Jerry (Becky) of David City, sister-in-law, Marvine Oborny, nineteen nephews and nieces, seventy-three great nephews and nieces, six gred Agnes Oborny, brothers Joe Oborny and Lumir Oborny, two great nephews and one great niece.
Visitation will be Sunday, May 16, 2021 12pm -8pm at Butherus Maser & Love Funeral Home. Rosary will be Monday, May 17, 2021 at 7:30pm at Saint John Catholic Church, 76th and Vine Street. Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 10:30am at Saint John’s Catholic Church. A luncheon will be served at St. John’s before burial in Bellwood, NE (Cemetery is 5 miles East of Bellwood on Hwy 64). As a courtesy to the family, we will be attempting to live stream the Rosary & Mass starting at 5 minutes before each service at7:00 PM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
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At the AGM of Queen City Marathon Inc. and Run Regina, Executive Director Shawn Weimer delivered his report on the past year.
As we wrapped up 2019 and headed into 2020, Run Regina had big plans for the coming year. We were set to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the GMS Queen City Marathon and, in addition to the First Responder Run, Canada Day Run and GMS Queen City Marathon, we were excited to be bringing back the I Love Regina Run. With four events on our calendar this was to be our biggest year ever.
And then things changed. On March 12, Saskatchewan had its first presumptive case of Covid-19 and, by March 18, had declared a provincial state of emergency. Events, like the GMS Queen City Marathon, were put on hold as the world scrambled to address the pandemic.
For Run Regina, this was a time to scramble as well. What was the year going to bring? How were we going to do what we do best? Bringing people together with events to celebrate running and walking was what we do. Would events be able to happen in 2020? Reflecting on our mission statement of, “being dedicated to engaging our community in running and walking experiences that promote the wellbeing of the individual and pride in our community,” it was clear we would need to reinvent how we met our mission in 2020.
One of the key lessons from the past year has been the need to communicate, collaborate, and work collectively together, both locally as well as globally. Likfind new ways to move forward and find new ideas to succeed. In Saskatchewan, we took the lead in bringing races together. On Canada Day, along with the Provincial Capital Commission and a dozen other races, we got Saskatchewan moving. The first Canada Day Virtual Run/Walk/Roll saw more than 650 participants, including 280 from Regina, move locally in their own communities. On Global Running Day in June, Run Regina partnered with races across the country to get more than 2,350 Canadians moving. Regina was the fourth largest city represented behind only Toronto, Calgary and Ottawa. Globally, races are talking more, sharing expertise, and working collectively to bring the industry back stronger than ever.
This past year, races looked very different from what we have been used to. Sadly, we had to cancel our three spring and early summer races. This was an incredibly hard decision and one we did not take lightly. The decision to cancel had impacts not only on Run Regina organizationally but also impacted participants, sponsors, charity partners, and the entire Regina community. Our races, as well as being economic drivers for our city.
Introduction of the Scribbly BEAST event and having 42 participants complete two 5K’s, the 10K, the half marathon, and the full marathon, with many of these participants completing their first full marathon ever!
Thank you to the Board of Directors for entrusting their organization and events to our volunteers and myself.
And thank you to our participants who continue to run, walk and roll in our events in record numbers each and every year.
A special thank you to my parents, Terry and Darwin, who due to the pandemic had to give up their entire running travel plans for 2020/2021, a year they should have completed their 100th half marathon and 300th full marathon respectively, and instead dedicate their time to supporting Run Regina events.
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I started in Riomaggiore early in the morning. There is a quick walk around its tiny harbour for the best view of the village, the colourful boats bobbing and the pastel coloured houses that seem to cling to the cliff. This would easily be missed unless you knew you were looking for the view. Luckily our leader knew her way.
The path from Riomaggiore to the next village, Manarola is the easiest section. It is only 25 minutes on a well paved track. It is also the busiest section. Manarola was my breakfast stop. There are many small delis and cafes to choose from. I tried an Italian style breakfast of a strong coffee and pastry while standing up at the bar – it was only a few Euros and I felt like one of the local residents. Each town only really needs less than an hour to explore, but can take much longer because of photo stops.
The next village is Vernazza. Another picturesque jewel perched on the edge of the sea with a castle as a crowning glory. This was our lunch stop. We decided to choose a small café, take a seat and relax. The choice was to have wine with lunch and perhaps give up on the walk ahead if it was a particularly nice drop. Knowing me and knowing Italian wines, I knew this was not a great decision.
I took some time out to take a swim and then sip a delicious wine at a waterside café. It was a perfect day. I recommend anyone give it a try, and if you can not make it – just catch the train. There is no reason to miss this great experience!”
Tour ItalyBest of Italy – Jamie Hughes
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American Idol Recap: Stephanie Hits the Bricks, A Nation Scratches Its Head
Here's my most confident American Idol prediction: I need to stop predicting who will be ejected from American Idol.
Not just because I haven't gotten it right yet. But because these predictions keep bumping against one of my biggest peeves about the show: the lack of information on voting totals.
Last week, we were led to believe smiley-faced, non-singing urchin Sanjaya Malakar, cueball Phil Stacey and ejectee Brandon Rogers got the least amount of votes. This week, the worm turned with a new set of Idols at the bottom: ejectee Stephanie Edwards and Chris Richardson -- the JT clone who actually turned in one of the best performances Tuesday night.
Unfortunately, because viewers -- and journalists -- don't get any information on vote tallies, we have no idea how close the results actually were. Even Dial Idol, the site which predicts ejectees based on surveying users who employ their program to vote, named six possible ejectees this week (last week, they didn't even name the ejectee, Brandon Rogers, as a possible loser).
Dial Idol's bottom ranker was babe-licious Haley Scarnato, who remains one of the contest's weakest singers. If this were actually a singing contest -- or even a PERFORMING contest -- she would be at the bottom, right next to Sanjaya, Stacey and Gina Glocksen.
But middling singers like Edwards have discovered another brutal truth about Idol: mediocre vocal skills and a powerful image often trumps better singers with bland personalities.
It may make for great television -- NBC's Today show even had an interview this morning with the blonde, crying 13-year-old fan who probably helped Sanjaya avoid the chopping block -- but it makes for a lopsided singing contest.
Once of the worst results of David Letterman's move from NBC to CBS was the loss of Larry "Bud" Melman.
Sure, actor Calvert DeForest continued to appear on Letterman's CBS show using his real name, playing up his role as oddball upstart, reciting his lines with an awful lack of poise that was perfect for Letterman's satirical jibes.
But NBC legal suits ensured the Melman name -- which carried a perfect air of small-market TV mediocrity -- would stay at the network stupid enough to deny Letterman the honor of succeeding Johnny Carson for glad-handing workaholic Jay Leno. (See his first appearance, as the first face to appear on Letterman's late night NBC show, below)
DeForest stopped appearing on the show back in 2002. But it still hurt to hear that he had died Monday at age 85 (You don't want to know how many beer bongs I had to drink in college timed to his manical laughs).
Letterman, who had already missed a show taping due to a stomach flu, issued this statement about Larry "Bud": "- a genuine, modest and nice man.
Thanks for all the laughs Larry.
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Auditions for 'Little Shop'
BRIDGTON – Lake Regl, "Little Shop of Horrors," from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, and Thursday, May 26. They will be held at the Bridgton Memorial School on Depot Street behind Stevens Brook Elementary School. Scripts will be available between 6 and 7 p.m., with auditions to begin at 7pm.
The popular musical was first produced Off-Broadway in 1982, and was revived on Broadway in 2003.
Eugene Long will direct the production, with Nancy Farris as music director. Shows: July 21, 22, 23 and 24 to be held at Lake Region High School. FMI: [email protected]
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A HARLOW driver who failed to respond to a speeding notice has been fined £1500.
She appeared at Southend Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 and was ordered to pay a £1500 fine, £300 costs and £120 victim surcharge.
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The Coeur d'Alene School District #271 (also known as Coeur d'Alene Public Schools) is a school district in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. District #271 serves a student population nearing 11,000 in Coeur d'Alene, Dalton Gardens, Hayden, Hayden Lake, and a portion of rural Kootenai County. The district include. The school district also offer (KTEC) shared by neighboring Lakeland and Post Falls school districts. District #271 is one of the largest employers in the five northernmost counties of Idaho, and ranks sixth in enrollment size among Idaho's 114 public school districts.
Canfield Middle School
Winton Elementary School
Kootenai Technical Education Campus – KTEC
Ramsey Magnet School of Science
Education in Kootenai County, Idaho
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Anyone here thought of doing a propane conversion on a motorcycle? I've been thinking about it but haven't dug up much info on the net. I've seen a couple sites that mention a group from Virginia Tech doing a conversion but nothing really that gives any detail on procedure or manufactures that make the nessesary parts.
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This J-Hook cable needle is designed for use with the Knitter's Pride Magnetic Knitter's Necklace. Because of the needle's construction, it is attracted to the magnetic pendant on the necklace.
It has a non-slippery surface and its black color shows up well against all yarn colors.
The Necklace Kit includes one each of the three needle styles including this style.
This needle is sold to serve as an extra needle.
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I was in Chicago and St. Louis for a week, and I had a lovely time.xperienced tornado season in the Midwest. I then came back home and wrote a big, long post about my travels (complete with lots of pictures!
And then the sun came out and wrecked all of my plans (in the best possible way)!
I did manage to stop by the farmer’s market on Saturday morning. I had planned on only picking up a couple of things, but instead left with two giant bags of produce: radishes, asparagus, ramps, rhubarb, tomato plants, and more. I can’t get over how much I love spring in Oregon!
I feel almost silly posting the recipe, as it’s ridiculously simple. But I’m a new convert to cooked radishes and thought I might make a few converts out of y’all!
Stunning photo…stunning fare!I love radishes..and with the addition of chives this makes for a beautiful Paleo/Primal side dish …gluten-free and simply amazing paired with grilled fish or foul I imagine!..Thank you for sharing and am eagerly awaiting your radish/ramp offering!I love Oregon too and am a “displaced” native of Oregon living in France!
I’m definitely making these!I don’t eat radishes enough in general, and this makes such a pretty plate!I went to the store for some paint (Spring always makes me ready for a little redecorating in my tiny space) and SOMEHOW two types of basil, rosemary, two thymes and a lavender plant made their way into my car too. Planting time in my window boxes!Gotta get some rural happening up in my urban!Can’t wait to hear about your growing things!
This is so cool. I love radishes and even grow them in my garden but never ever thought to cook them. Funny. I bet they are really tasty this way. Definitely going to try this. Thanks!
Lana, I’m eager to hear how they turned out (and if you liked them). I’m definitely new to cooked radishes, but I really really like them!
this dish sound interesting and have to say I never tried it!Great idea, and photos are amazing too!
Congrats on having this interesting recipe featured on Foodbuzz!It has never occured to me to saute radishes!This sounds an looks delicious and wonderfully Spring. I will be eagerly watching for your ramp pesto tartines recipe as well. So glad I found your blog!
Wow, Lindsay- I never thought of sauteeing radishes!They’re so good, but hardly anyone eats ’em up when I make the traditional “radish roses”…THIS, however, might work!
Oh, and I just love your “rosemarried” site here- what a cute name. And great pics, etc. AND, you made Foodbuzz’s Top 9- way to go!
That looks so good. I love radishes!I just did a post myself on them. They are so good when they are not very spicy!I have got to try them this way!
I've just returned from a little trip out to the lovely village of Saltaire, so I thought right now might be a good time to do a spot of blogging. I visited the UNESCO world heritage village, which is situated near Bradford to drop of a selection of my prints and pinned work for the Saltaire Arts Trail this weekend. It's my first year taking part in the event, but I had heard lots about it long before I decided to apply. The arts trail takes place over the whole of the bank holiday weekend, and gives visitors the opportunity to see contemporary art and craft in the perfect setting - inside the homes of many Saltaire residents!
I shall be back in Saltaire myself on Sunday, hanging out at my trail spot as well as taking a look at some of the other open houses, so do pop in and say hello!My goods friend Charlotte Morrison and Janis Goodman are also taking part in the open houses, and checking out the website I can see many more intriguing artists on the list....
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rypto or fiat forex of their alternative whereas permitting prospects to spend their most popular cryptocurrency. Instant payments on the platform are made potential by way of the community’s native token AMP, which works as decentralized collateral to scale back fee threat whereas rewarding those that provide collateral with additional AMP for every profitable transaction.
Maybe a contact sarcastically, online game retailer GameStop is among the many corporations that are actually accepting Shiba Inu coin by way of Flex. GameStop was on the middle of the WallStreetBets saga earlier within the yr when Reddit customers rallied behind the corporate’s inventory — which had been closely shorted by hedge fund managers. This helped launch the concept of “memestock,” which fueled the rise of “memecoins” like Dogecoin, which then in flip spawned DOGE copycat Shiba Inu coin.
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The latest warnings from government on Covid-19 hit just as Make UK and BDO’s Q3 Manufacturing Outlook report suggested that the sector is returning – slowly, but surely – to normal.
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And Airbus has announced 3 new zero-emission concept aircraft – all to run on hydrogen, an all to take to the air in 2035. </s> Maine Lumberjacks
Jon has always had a passion for not only coaching, but giving kids opportunities to stay active and make connections which fueled his desire to start the Maine Lumberjacks.
“My partner, Chris Lausier, and I saw a need for kids to be receiving more quality coaching when the school season ended rather than simply wait until summer camps rolled around. There were a few teams in the area, but not many at the time and we knew there should be more kids playing. Our program, along with many others, has created opportunities for kids to stay active and that is extremely important.”
This ideal comes to light in the Lumberjacks mission statement:
Running a program of this size. Jon tells us the biggest obstacle is allocating time. There are so many moving pieces on a daily basis, providing the best experience requires a great deal of time and detail oriented work.
“The time required in terms of questions as this is a new experience year after year for a lot of people. [We excel in] attention to detail. We make practice time a priority as well because we believe the spring is a great opportunity to come off your school season and work on some things that you might still be struggling with. [We also] hover around a comfortable number of teams so we can continue to provide ample gym time, really helping kids grow which is the number one goal for a spring season.”
“By providing a great experience for kids year after year, our results will speak for themselves in terms of everyone’s individual growth. We strive to push our players, not just try to win a bunch of trophies in the spring. Our coaches really focus in on individual player development all while incorporating and creating a positive team atmosphere that leads to multiple levels of success. [We] hire quality coaches who really care about the kids therefore in the end, parents and players leave happy when the season is over with, therefore we see a high rate of return the following season.”
It’s a pretty enlightening experience having a program over 7+ years, especially with being able to start with kids as they are young, developing athletes and watching them graduate high school having been by their side for so long.
We had a great time talking with Jon today and we are truly looking forward to watching the Maine Lumberjacks on the circuit this Spring along the #RoadToZGFinals! Where can we catch them first?!
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"You're not going to win running on Mark Foley," Republican strategist Brian Nienaber said of Democratic challengers criticizing Republicans in most races. "But you could win on Mark Foley being a piece of 'You've been in power for too long.' "
In New Mexico, Wilson's re-election race already was competitive. But since the scandal broke, her Democratic , has issued almost daily news releases accusing Wilson of complicity in a "cover-up."
14 thoughts on "Foley scandal could hold key to Democratic hopes"
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Are Safety Networks Ready?
Industrial networks have been replacing hard-wiring in manufacturing applications for decades now, but until recently, safety applications have either remained hard-wired or have been handled by special certified safety networks. All that changed a few years ago when safe versions of several common networks received safety certification. Now that Ethernet has penetrated the device level in many applications, safe versions of industrial Ethernet are now either available or in the works.
Communication technology using standard industrial networking protocols is not adequate to achieve the required levels of reliability to satisfy safety standarusing programmable electronic safety systems, as well as related standards IEC 62061 and ISO 13849. Messages communicated over standard networks can get lost, become corrupted or delivered out of sequence. To ensure data integrity to meet safety requirements, safety networks add additional data checks at the application layer that monitor watchdog timers, check telegram numbering, verify sequencing and signatures, and perform additional data consistency checks.
SafetyBus p, developed by Pilz (www.pilzusa.com), may be the “original” safety bus, but it is no longer the only solution available. Profibus, DeviceNet, Ethernet PowerLink and AS-i now offer safe versions of their networks that use enhanced protocols to meet safety risk s defined in IEC 61508. Safe versions of industrial networks marked the beginning of a new era in which a single bus can now handle both standard and safety-related messages.
With the increasing acceptance of industrial Ethernet at the device level, several networking organizations have ported, or are in the process of porting, network safety to their industrial Ethernet solutions.
Profibus International (www.profibus.com) introduced Profisafe, a TÜV-certified safety application profile for Profibus, in 1999, and recently obtained additional certification for use with Profinet—the Ethernet implementation of Profibus. Profisafe is designed to work with all possible Profibus and Profinet architectures, including seamless bridging from one network to the other. Volkswagen AG recently completed a successful pilot project using Siemens (www.siemens.com) safety programmable logic controllers communicating via Profisafe on Profinet, as well as with other safety devices on Profibus.
The Open DeviceNet Vendors Association (ODVA, www.odva.org), the industrial consortium behind DeviceNet, ControlNet and EtherNet/IP, developed DeviceNet Safety in 2002. Early in 2005, ODVA published the specification for “CIP Safety” that includes functional safety extensions to the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP). The beauty of the CIP solution is that all three ODVA networks use the same CIP layer, implying that applications developed in general for CIP can be deployed with a relatively small effort on any of the three networks.
“EPLsafety” is an alterative Ethernet-based safety solution that adds functional safety to Ethernet Powerlink (EPL). The specification for EPL was developed by Austrian supplier B&R Automation (www.br-automation.com) in 2001, then turned over to an independent consortium. EPLsafety preserves the integrity of the TCP/IP stack while delivering fine-tuned, real-time performance for high-end motion control.
For users with existing legacy network systems, AS-i Safety at Work may be a viable alternative for adding low-level safety components such as emergency-stops and position switches via a gateway to an existing network. Besides being a low-cost solution, the AS-i Safety at Work solution is finished.
Users should carefully observe the development and certification of safe industrial networks, as these can lower hardware costs, increase machine flexibility and boost overall productivity.
David W. Humphrey |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| is a Senior A.
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Maxine's is tiny and crazy inside but the food is awesome!
They handled our large group very well and the service was great!
I've been here once, and was amazed. The place does not look impressive right at home. And so tasty!
Chicken wings, yummy!
I admit that I have never heard of that combination before...
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This is very impressive for kindergarten!
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The exact date has not been released yet, but it will be sometime in July, probably the 2nd or 3rd week. I'll keep an eye out and post something as soon as it is official.
Official site says mid-July.
I am planning on attending the Vikes game at the Dome against the Seahawks in December. How difficult is it to get 2 good seats assuming I buy them first thing through Ticketmaster? Let me know, thanks!
why are some websites already selling ticketsIf they are selling them already they must have some season tickets. Or they are takeing a chance ! Even season ticket holders like myself don't get our tickets till mid July. I will be posting some of mine when I decide what games I'll be going to this year. Its a 5+ hour drive for me so I don't go to all of them. Good luck finding tickets!o have a blast. I know I do every time I go!
I haven't tried to buy single game tickets in several years, so I'm not sure how many "good" seats will actually be for sale. You might be able to contact the Vikings season ticket office pretending to be interested in buying season tickets to find out where some of the better seats that still remain are located.
At any rate, you DO have to jump on them the minute they go on sale. Only about 4000 tickets will be available for purchase to each game. Tickets to the Packers game will be gone in less than an hour. Most games will be sold out completely within two hours. I think the Seahawks game is one of the more attractive games on our home schedule this year.
Do you live in the Minneapolis area? If so, you may want/need to camp out to get tickets from the box office. If I remember last season correctly, tickets went on sale at the box office one hour before they went on sale at TicketMaster.
At any rate, we'll try to post here so everyone knows what's going on. Once they announce it, tickets will probably go on sale just a few days later.
Web searches are a wonderful thing.
In 2003 (last year), single-game tickets went on sale at the Metrodome Ticket Office at 9 AM (CDT) on Saturday, July 12th. Tickets via TicketMaster went on sale at 10 AM (CDT) at Midwest TicketMaster locations, TicketMaster by phone (area code 651), or on the web at TicketMaster.com. So if you are in California and drive to your local TicketMaster outlet or call your local TicketMaster, you could be out of luck. By the way, this information was posted on Vikings.com on Friday the 11th...exactly one day before tickets went on sale.
Also last year, fans purchasing tickets to the Packers game had to purchase a like number of tickets to the preseason game against the Jaguars. I would expect the Vikings will do something similar this season.
There was also a limit of 8 tickets per game per customer.
I don't think it is that hard to get tickets! If you can't find them on the internet, you can ALWAYS go up to the dome and buy them from someone off of the street. I have done this for about 4 Vikings games that I have been to, and the closer it is to kickoff, the cheaper the tickets get because the sellers (scalpers) don't want to eat the tickets and get nothing for them!
You probably don't want to wait this long but I found the best time to buy tickets through ticket master is usually the wednesday before the game. Just for example if they play the seahawks on Sunday November 14 then Wednesday November 10th is when you would want to try ticket master because usually the visiting team has so many tickets that they have blocked off but usually they don't use as many as they have blocked so they end up generally releasing hundreds of tickets before the game the number usually is like 400 tickets that they release and if you check ticket master continually starting wednesday afternoon you are likely to get some tickets and alot of times there are quite a few lower level tickets included. Everytime I have done this I end up sitting in the lower level endzone area. Just a thought and then you don't end up paying some ridiculous price either to a scalper before the game otherwise you can always get tickets through the ticket brokers like the ones that someone already mentioned in this post. The problem with the brokers is they charge at least double if not triple of what the ticket normally costs through the box office or ticket master but you can always find tickets through the ticket brokers if you are willing to pay the money.
Good tip about the release of tickets from the other team on Wednesdays.
If you want tickets via TicketMaster, and don't live in the Minneapolis area, you'll need to have a credit card (obviously), be online and looking for tickets as soon as they go on sale online. If the locals at the box office have an hour jump on you, don't expect to find any choice seats though. Although in my experience, even the nosebleed seats are pretty good. It's the atmosphere of being in the Dome with all the other Vikings fans that makes any seat in the house a good one. Beware, though, there are some "limited view" tickets that will put you behind a concrete pillar. You don't want to get stuck with one of those.
Can I just say I love the dome and have never had a bad seat while watching a football game!! GO VIKES!
You should be fine doing that. But remember as other people have already said the box office tickets go on sale an hour before ticketmaster starts selling the tickets so even going through minnesota ticketmaster you will still have an hour penalty so to speak. I don't know if you have to go to the extreme of calling the minnesota number if you have web access you can go to ticketmaster.com and do it that way as long as the tickets have already gone on sale to the public it doesn't matter what time zone you are in when using ticketmaster.com.
Another option, other than ticketmaster, that I have heard advertised (I have not actually used this site yet) is stubhub.com. They basically act as a place for season ticket holder to sell their unused tickets. I just did a quick search, and looked at the MIN vs GB game on Dec 24th. They have a variety of sections available, including lower level, 50 yard line seats. It looked like the prices ranged from $50 per to $450 per. Like I said, I haven't used this site yet, but they've been advertising on the local sports talk stations.
If you can get tickets for the Packers game for $50 each, that is a bargain (unless they are the limited view seats behind a concrete pillar - I think a season ticket for those seats goes for something like $99 per ticket, which is $10 per game).
Not sure what your question is, so I'll address two issues.
1. You'll still have to have a credit card.
2. You may get stuck getting a busy signal, or get answered but put on hold by a machine, where your call is taken in the order received. Depending on how many games/tickets the people on line ahead of you are purchasing, you could be on hold for awhile.
If you can't be at the stadium, buying the tickets over the Internet at TicketMaster.com is definitely the way to go. I'd further advise you to do it from a high speed internet connection as opposed to dial-up. I've done the dial-up thing before, and when ticket demand is high the system response is really slow. It can, in effect, release the tickets that you are offered for purchase before the system can confirm your purchase. Once the system offers some tickets to you, you have five minutes to complete the purchase or the tickets are released back into the system. I've seen the system so bogged down that the five minutes will actually expire while you are waiting for screens to load to complete your purchase. It is extremely frustrating. That is one reason I became a season ticket holder, so I never have to deal with that pain again (and will always have the chance to buy playoff tickets at face price).
I did go check out that stub hub and by far they have the lowest ticket prices of the ticket brokers that I have seen. The reason there is a couple $50.00 tickets for the Packers is because they are single tickets meaning they only have one in that location and most people do not go to games by themselves but if you don't mind sitting by yourself that is an awesome price otherwise they jump up in price to like 90.00 a ticket where there is more then one ticket available. But who cares if you are sitting by yourself there is always plenty of fun viking fans around you to talk to.
I just remembered another good way to get tickets. I didn't personally purchase these I won them at work in a united way week raffle but if you go to vikings.com and the ticket section you will notice a spot for VIP tickets. They usually have quite a few available for single game purchase they are more expensive but if you are going to shell out big bucks to a ticket broker this would be the better way to go. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed the VIP tickets. First of all not only do you get parking passes that let you park really close to the dome but before the game you get to go to the VIP tent and they have beautiful tables with this huge buffet serving everything from Prime Rib to made to order omelets the buffet is just huge also you have one waiter/waitress for your table bringing you all the free drinks you can handle. During this VIP tent experience you will have various viking alumni come in and you can get autographs etc and then also included in the price is a lower level ticket. It is something I would recommend to experience once if you are looking for a special way to enjoy the game. It was a great time and a cool way to meet other vikings fans. We met a couple from New York the guys wife was a vikings fan he bought her tickets to celebrate her birthday it was really cool. Just a thought if you are willing to spend a little money.
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Home sport Olympia 2021: Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd lead USA to bronze in...
The USA won the bronze medal in the Olympic Football Tournament against Australia 4:3 (3:1). Megan Rapinoe (8 min / 21) and Carli Lloyd (45 + 1 / 51) scored the two goals of the two semi-finalists against Canada. For the Australians, Sam Kerr (17), now Matildas’ record scorer with 48 international goals, met Caitlin Forward (54th) and Emily Jelnick (90th).
For Rapinoe, who achieved worldwide fame through her political engagements, the games until this one were similar to those of the entire American team: mixed. In the group stage, the United States clearly lost to Sweden and played 0-0 against Australia, winning only on losing to Canada despite the field advantage. Rapinoe only started twice, and the 36-year-old had to get used to the role of a substitute.
In the first half against Australia, Rapinoe opened the scoring with a consecutive corner kick. From the left, she ran the ball with a big cut in the six-yard area, stunned Australian goalkeeper Teejan Mika and didn’t look good. After a mistake from the US defense, Foord put the ball in Kerr’s direction and hit the Chelsea striker into the near corner.
Lloyd remains a woman for important goals
But it was only four minutes before Rapinoe fired for the second time. Alanna Kennedy attempted to clear the ward, but struck a candle in the process. Rapinoe hit the rebound and hit the ball in the left corner of the goal. Shortly before the break was striker Lloyd, who moved into the starting line-up for Alex Morgan, who used a pass from Lindsey Horan. Another error by Kennedy awarded Lloyd the second goal in the second half.
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The 39-year-old scored American football players with one goal in the 2008 Olympics final, two goals in the 2012 Olympics final and three goals in the 2015 World Cup final to three titles. It remains unclear whether Lloyd and Rapinoe will continue with the squad after the games. In the next event,the two attacking stars will be 41 and 38 years old.
After 2:4 by Foord, who headed in, Kerr had a good chance of hitting the post and then the match could have turned. Both teams were completely offensive and allowed a lot in their defensive ranks. However, only Australia managed to short it in the 90th minute, and it was too late. So the United States did not allow the bronze medal to be withdrawn. Canada will meet Sweden in the final on Friday night (4 a.m. CET).
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The FEC wants your opinion.
In light of recent allegations involving 2016 presidential campaign ads bought by Kremlin-backed forces, the FEC decided to take up the case again in an open agency meeting last month. After sharing that Russian government–backed groups appeared to have purchased political ads on Facebook,egin to require disclaimers on political ads voluntarily. In other words, Facebook said that it would regulate itself, thus nullifying any need for the FEC to update its fast-aging online election ad rules.
Buat the FEC shouldn’t let Facebook dictate the parameters of the federal rules that are supposed to regulate the company. “For years, Facebook has pressured the FEC not to extend existing disclaimer requirements to online political ads, which helns,” said Potter, who is now president in a statement issued after Zuckerberg shared Facebook’s plan for self-regulation.
The pubic has until Nov. 9 to submit comments to the FEC about whether internet companies should be required to include a disclaimer on election ads about who paid for them. If you want to speak up, visit the FEC’s website.
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Earn two bachelors degrees in four years.
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Our mission at Ceago Vinegarden is to produce small lots of wine-grapes, olives, lavender and vegetables using the best of sustainable farming practices while offering an agro-tourism experience to our guest through overnight accommodations and private events.
Ceago is derived from a Pomo Indian word (spoken "Shee-ye-ho") meaning, “grass-seed valley." Like the Native Americans who were here before us, we believe that people must interact with the land in an essential, nurturing fashion, assuring long-term quality and prosperity.
“Vinegarden,” because we look at our property more as a garden with vines…than just a vineyard.
We believe that the first and foremost step in making great wine is growing top-quality grapes without cutting corners. Ceago concentrates on sound farming practices using Sustainable, Biodynamic and organic methods which balance the needs of the grape with the capability of the land to produce distinctive high quality fruit. The character of the grapes must be experienced to be understood and appreciated. We feel that our world class grapes are a living testament to our strict but ultimately important farming standards.
The Ceago Estate offers overnight accommodations. We have three luxury lakeside casitas which can be booked by contacting our Director of Hospitality, Carleen Butler, at [email protected]. Or phone 707-272-2773.
Ceago currently is available for a full property buy out for your private event or wedding. For more information please visit our website page. Please email Carleen Butler at [email protected]. Or phone 707-274-1462 ext 124
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42 thoughts on “Christmas House Tour”
Tina on December 23, 2014 at 9:26 am said:
Thanks for sharing your beautiful home with us! I, too, love the pillow with the red birds set against the cream background. A Merry and Blessed Christmas to you and your family.
Carrie Turansky on December 23, 2014 at 11:37 am said:
Hi Tina, thank you for stopping by! Merry Christmas to you!
Linda Sabbagh on December 23, 2014 at 12:45 pm said:
Your home is so beautifully decorated for Christmas. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Linda, thank you for stopping by for a visit. Merry Christmas to you!
Robin E. Mason on December 23, 2014 at 2:10 pm said:
so very lovely, Carrie! thanks so much for sharing!! most blessed Christmas to you and your family!
Carrie Turansky on December 23, 2014 at 2:14 pm said:
Thank you, Robin! I’m glad you stopped by. I’ve enjoyed connecting with you on Facebook this year. Best wishes with your new book!
TAMMY on December 4, 2015 at 6:38 am said:
Beautiful home. I love the way you decorated it.
anna joy on December 5, 2015 at 1:36 pm said:
Thank you for sharing with us, so inviting and i can hear the music playing Oh holy night….Merry Christmas to all who enter there..
Melissa Henderson on December 6, 2015 at 2:49 pm said:
Thank you for sharing the photos of your home with us. Your decorations are gorgeous! I love the special memories associated with the decorations. Merry Christmas!
Morgan Mandel on December 17, 2015 at 3:47 pm said:
I have to say your newsletter is beautiful. And, now that I see our home, that’s even more beautiful! You do a great job of decorating. I wish I were as talented and organized!
Carrie Turansky on December 17, 2015 at 6:55 pm said:
Thanks, Morgan. I’ve always loved to decorate. I guess that comes from growing up in a family of artists. Blessings and Merry Christmas!
Vickie McDonough on December 17, 2015 at 6:23 pm said:
Carrie, Thanks for sharing with us some glimpses into your lovely home. Your Christmas decorations are beautiful. Have a wonderful Christmas!
Carrie Turansky on December 17, 2015 at 6:54 pm said:
Hi Vickie, thanks for stopping by! I hope some day you can come for a real visit! Wouldn’t that be fun. : )
Gwen on December 17, 2015 at 7:32 pm said:
Lovely home, full of expressions of faith and love for family! Thanks for sharing! Have a Merry, blessed Christmas!
Joanne Miller on December 17, 2015 at 8:40 pm said:
I love the virtual tour Carrie, what a wonderful idea. I know your home smells beautiful too! Love it!
Cathy Gohlke on December 18, 2015 at 5:53 am said:
Your home is always warm, welcoming and lovely, Carrie, and your Christmas decorating only makes it more so! I pray you and your family are blessed with peace and good health this Christmas and in the new year to come. God’s blessings for you!
Cathy Miller on December 19, 2015 at 4:58 pm said:
Hi Carrie! It was such fun to see the photos of your lovely home. It brought back so many special memories of the day’s our families would get together. In fact if my memory serves me well I was with you the day you first saw the house. It has served you well and has been a vehicle of blessing to so many. It doesn’t hurt that the “mistress of the mansion” is so talented with her decorating skills. Much love to the Turansky family this year. Come see us in Annapolis!
Carrie Turansky on December 19, 2015 at 6:51 pm said:
Hi Cathy, how fun to see your name and comment pop up! Yes, we are very grateful for our home and I enjoy decorating for Christmas. This has been a year of big changes for you and Fred. I’ve enjoyed seeing some of your photos on Facebook. I hope we can come down to see you in Annapolis. That would be great! Merry Christmas. More news in my Christmas email that’s going out soon. Hello to Fred and all the family!
Joyce on December 8, 2016 at 7:38 pm said:
I also loved your pictures and sharing your Christmas decorations with all of us. Hope you have a Merry Christmas and enjoy your time with your family.
Carrie Turansky on December 9, 2016 at 7:48 am said:
Hi Joyce, thanks for taking the tour! I appreciate you! Merry Christmas to you and yours, Carrie
Susan Barone on December 8, 2016 at 9:14 pm said:
Purposeful, meaningful, and prettily decorated. Thank you for sharing your lovely home. I love the bears! I have a few Boyd’s bears and miss the company that used to make those. I rotate my bears for different seasons. I’ve done the same with Hummels figurines and Effanbee dolls that belonged to my grandma. I figure I might as well let them out of their boxes for display. It reminds me of her, too. Merry Christmas and happiest new year to you and your family!
Hi Susan, thanks for stopping by! That’s fun to hear you also have a bear collection and bring them out in different seasons. Blessings and Merry Christmas! Carrie
Rebecca Tellez on December 9, 2016 at 10:16 am said:
Carrie, your home is so warm and inviting. Can I become an adopted ember of your household? Thank you for sharing with us. As a professional quilter, I especially enjoyed seeing all the handmade quilts around. May you and your family have a wonderful Christmas with lots of laughter and joy to fill your memories
Carrie Turansky on December 9, 2016 at 12:49 pm said:
Hi Rebecca, thanks for your comment. That’s fun to hear you enjoy quilting like my mom. I admire your patience! Blessings and Merry Christmas!
Anne Payne on December 9, 2016 at 11:16 am said:
I love how you have decorated with such warmth! It’s welcoming and makes me think that anyone coming to visit would feel comfortable and right at home.
Carrie Turansky on December 9, 2016 at 12:48 pm said:
Hi Anne, thanks you for your kind words. I’m glad you stopped by. Merry Christmas!
Lane Hill House on December 9, 2016 at 6:29 pm said:
Thank you for sharing your framed quilting print! So lovely. Merry Christmas and thank you for your blessed words! Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House
Ishbel Stevenson on December 21, 2017 at 11:13 am said:
Thank you for sharing your beautiful home with us – I can imagine it full of family and friends! I especially love the quilts and your amazing tree!
Thank you for the joy you bring to others through your books.
Praying you have a wonderful Christmas celebrating our Saviour’s birth and every blessing in 2018.
Carrie Turansky on December 21, 2017 at 12:04 pm said:
Hi Ishbel, thanks for stopping by for the Christmas house tour! Merry Christmas to you. I hope you enjoy a wonderful celebration of Jesus’s birth.
Shirley Turansky on December 11, 2018 at 9:12 am said:
a lovely tour Carrie. Thank you. Remembering my time there 2 yrs ago.
Suzanne Sellner on December 11, 2018 at 11:46 am said:
What a lovely, warm, and welcoming home! Thank you for sharing photos of it.
Carol Smith on December 12, 2018 at 12:57 pm said:
Beautiful decor. Love your Bear collection .
A Blessed & Merry Christmas to you , your family and
Joy Hannabass on December 12, 2018 at 1:04 pm said:
Very beautiful Carrie! Thanks for inviting us into your home for a Christmas tour!
Deana on December 12, 2018 at 2:56 pm said:
Wow! Your home and tree are beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas!
Lucy Tew on December 12, 2018 at 3:15 pm said:
Beautiful home! It has a few of my favorite thing included in it too. Your dining room chairs are the same style as mine which are in our kitchen. Also your living room furniture nearly matches our living room.
We too put it our Nativity sets first every year. Some Nativities change locations in the house each year and some just have to set in their most logical spots because of their size. Thanks for sharing your home with all of us. Merry Christmas and a Happy Blessed New Year to you and your family. Hugs, Lucy Tew here in really cold Central Pennsylvania.
theresa n on December 12, 2018 at 3:47 pm said:
Merry Christmas!! You have a beautiful home.
Lisa on December 12, 2018 at 4:28 pm said:
Thanks so much for the tour. I love how each picture tells a little story about you and your family. I love teddy bears and books too!! Very intentional and thoughtful decorating. God bless you and have a Merry Christmas.
Carrie Turansky on December 13, 2018 at 10:57 am said:
Hi Lisa, thanks for stopping by! So glad we’ve connected!
Lisa on December 13, 2018 at 11:02 am said:
I am too Carrie.
Trisha Robertson on December 12, 2018 at 9:44 pm said:
Thank you for sharing a tour of your home all decorated for Christmas! Such beautiful memories each special piece holds!
Thanks for stopping by, Trisha! Christmas is a time for special memories. Merry Christmas to you and your dear family!
Tina Rice on December 13, 2018 at 11:36 am said:
Carrie, your decorations are beautiful. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
May you and your family have a merry and blessed Christmas.
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Home/Income Tax/I want to begin this article with an analogy. Assume you hire the services of a doctor to find out the reasons for a 'cold'. He comes out with a detailed 30-page document (after 6 months) listing out the reasons such as going out in the rain, eating food from the refrigerator etc. What would your reaction be to such a report?
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(Note: Will the Government act on this recommendation?Mark my words, this Government or any future Governments will not touch this topic. Almost all the institutions are owned by either politicians or religious trusts. Will they pass an Act to stop their own source of money?Never!
According to SIT, if holding of cash is restricted and regulated, to a large extent, it would control the circulation of black money within the country and discourage stashing money abroad. (Are we not aware of it?What is new about it?
The pending cases in various courts are a big issue. The offenders are taking shelter under delayed judgment. They know for sure, no case will be decided during their lifetime. The average life cycle of a case in India is around 15 years!
SIT also said about it "For expediting the cases, if five additional Courts of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate are constituted which try the aforesaid pending cases under Income Tax Act, 1961, the decision in the said cases would have its own impact. After deciding income tax cases, cases under Customs & Exc is Act, 1996 can be dealt with by the said Courts…….."
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(Note: Oh, Great!Is this estimation similar to your estimation of black money stashed abroad, remember Rs.70,00,000 Crores!
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Here, on materialist physicist Larry Krauss.
“In modern parlance—following Leibniz’s lead—the problem of the mystery of existence is most often expressed by means of the formula: “Why is there something rather than nothing?” This phrase also forms the subtitle to Krauss’s book.
Nevertheless, Krauss doesn’t get it. He titles one of his chapters “Nothing is something.” What does he mean by this? More.
28 Replies to “From The The Best Schools: “What part of nothing don’t you understand, Dr. Krauss?””
The infamous Krauss striptease for Craig, where he revealed underneath it all he believes that 2+2=5 is as revealing to his lack of a coherent logical basis as the fact, you have pointed out here News, that he really believes “Nothing is something.”
How do debate someone for whom logic is merely moldable playdoh? that is forever plastic that can be adjusted to whatever whim of belief they want to hold beforehand. As Mr. Arrington pointed out recently in cleaning house, it is fruitless to constantly debate someone who refuses to accept basic foundational precepts of logic.
Anyone seen this discussion between Krauss and Dawkins?
The fun begins at 45:50
What I see is a man who is desperately seeking for answers, but ones that fall within only a limited, selective framework; and so almost pleads that we bend logic, just this once, just a little, to accomodate a reality that excludes the supernatural.
It really is sad when you see two clearly intellectual men, that are so utterly locked into a restricted set of boundaries that they will willingly appeal to faulty logic just to accommodate their position.
OT: BA77, what code do you use to embed a video in the post?
You’re always one step ahead of the rest of us..
I just post the link address. I don’t even know how to do the ‘fancy’ embed for videos that you guys do. LOL,,,
And Yes, you can tell that Krauss is definitely fighting his own ability to reason. Trying his best to convince himself that ‘Nothing is Something’ is even a logically coherent statement to begin with.
A comment or two on his assertion that photons can pop into being from ‘nothing’. Quantum mechanics, actually quantum teleportation, has shown us that photons can be reduced to ‘infinite information’;
It should be noted in the preceding paper that Duwell, though he never challenges the mathematical definition of a photon qubit as infinite information, tries to refute Bennett’s interpretation of infinite information transfer in teleportation because of what he believes are ‘time constraints’ which would prohibit teleporting ‘backwards in time’. Yet Duwell fails to realize that information is its own completely unique transcendent entity, which is completely independent, even dominate, of any energy-matter, space-time, constraints in the first place.
This following recent experiment blew a hole in Duwell’s objection to Bennett, of teleporting infinite information ‘backwards in time’, simply because he believed there was no such path, or mechanism, to do so:
Moreover this following experiment added to the proof that Quantum information is now shown to be ‘conserved’, thus blowing another major hole in Duwell’s objection:
Excerpt: In the classical world, information can be copied and deleted at will. In the quantum world, however, the conservation of quantum information means that information cannot be created nor destroyed. This concept stems from two fundamental theorems of quantum mechanics: the no-cloning theorem and the no-deleting theorem. A third and related theorem, called the no-hiding theorem, addresses information loss in the quantum world. According to the no-hiding theorem, if information is missing from one system (which may happen when the system interacts with the environment), then the information is simply residing somewhere else in the Universe; in other words, the missing information cannot be hidden in the correlations between a system and its environment.
Another objection to Krauss’s contention that photons can pop into being out of nothing for ‘no reason at all’ is the fact that there is now actually reason to believe there actually is a very important reason for why photons pop into and out of being:
i.e. it seems even the ‘exotic’ virtual photons, which fleetingly pop into and out of existence, are tied directly to the anthropic principle through the 1 in 10^120 cosmological constant for dark energy:
BA77 is there any way to break this down for us laymen? From my understanding of this is that protons don’t just pop out of nothingness but are in different phases of existence?
opps I meant virtual protons
Wallstreeter, I am a layman myself. ,,, But I just listed the experimental evidence, that is readily available on the internet for anyone to use, showing that ‘photons’, (not protons), do not pop into being from nothing, as was Krauss’s contention in the video, but that photons are actually reducible to infinite information. Photons being reducible to infinite information gives even a layman like me a solid clue as to where photons come from in the first place. And the clue is surely not ‘nothingness’ as Krauss would like to maintain! 🙂
Here are a couple more links related to the preceding:
“Photons being reducible to infinite information gives even a layman like me a solid clue as to where photons come from in the first place. And the clue is surely not ‘nothingness’ as Krauss would like to maintain!”
Krauss et al. evidently can’t handle facing the reality that the reference-frame of our world of space-time is subordinated to the absolute reference-frame of light.
They remind me of the quip of American comedienne, Lily Tomlin: ‘Reality is only a crutch for people who can’t cope with drugs.’ We should call them, ‘stuff junkies’ – ‘stuff’ being their undesigned universe, of course.
bornagain77, I believe that the term, ‘infinity’, has some strange connotations in physics, and you are wont to bandy it about like so much confetti; but would not your statement above validate my contention that physical light and spiritual light form a continuum?
First to the ‘confetti’ statement:
Actually when I reference the fact that a photon is reducible to infinite information I am not ‘bandying’ it about, but I have a fairly good, but ‘rough’, idea as to exactly what that would entail:
Godel’s and his incompleteness theorem can be picked up here in part 7 of the preceding video:
I love this following quote by Godel. Godel, who proved you cannot have a mathematical ‘Theory of Everything’, without allowing God to bring completeness to the ‘Theory of Everything’, also had this to say about God:
Footnote as to God, as a man, bringing completeness to the ‘theory of everything’:
As well to your leaning towards physical light and spiritual light forming a continuum, although there are many parallels between the overriding characteristics of ‘spiritual light’ and that of ‘physical light’,,,
,,,There is a very important distinction between ‘physical light’ and the ‘higher dimensional’ ‘spiritual light’ (besides the common distinction that people have equating ‘spiritual light’ to meaning ‘gaining deep understanding’). The following quote on the Shroud of Turin draws out one such distinction.
Kevin Moran – Optics Engineer
,,,If scientists want to find the source for the supernatural, ‘spiritual’, light which made the “3D – photographic negative” image on the Shroud I suggest they look to the thousands of documented Near-Death Experiences (NDE’s) in Judeo-Christian cultures. It is in their testimonies that you will find mention of an indescribably bright ‘Light’ or ‘Being of Light’ who is always described as being of a much brighter intensity of light than the people had ever seen before. All people who have been in the presence of ‘The Being of Light’ while having a deep NDE have no doubt whatsoever that the ‘The Being of Light’ they were in the presence of is none other than ‘The Lord God Almighty’ of heaven and earth.
Thanks for your response and the links, bornagain77, though I have in mind the Cosmic Christ as referred to in this video of an interview with Fr Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar.
We may still be at odds over it, but as I can’t imagine you getting this wrong, if we still differ, I’ll take it that we are talking past or over each other; not really sharing the same topic!!!
I see such a ‘spiritual light-physical light’ continuum, with its defining poles corresponding with a ‘faith-knowledge continuum’, in turn, corresponding with those of the time-space continuum.
As matter of fact, regarding faith-knowledge, I shouldn’t be at all surprised if everyone who has ever been acquainted with Christianity knows it to be true; but other factors make it unpalatable to some. Certainly many do know for sure, and I expect, like the extreme examples of the Apostles, are required to bear heavier crosses – while given extra strength to endure them with grace and equanimity.
Oddly, and I speak as a former rabid, adolescent agnostic, for some reason, in that mindset, we are wont to feel that by withholding our assent, we are ‘teaching God a lesson!’
With a clearer mind, we would know that it was not God but his Church, his adult representatives we have it in for. And abjuring the former, because of the latter is not strictly logical. At least, we discover that, when we have to deal with the adult world as adults, and, with a little uncomfortable help fron God, to our astonishment find we are not such virtuous hot-shots, ourselves.
As someone told a friend of mine, when anyone goes on about the churches being full of hypocrites, tell them that, if they ever come across a church that isn’t full of them, whatever he does, not to join it, as he would surely spoil it.
I meant to include the video link. Here it is:
Another important distinction to make between higher dimensional ‘spiritual light’, and physical light, is that when we sunbath, or such as that, though we receive a good feeling of warmth from the sun, we are not, nor have I ever anybody claim to being, in the presence of God. In fact there is also an interesting fact to point out that we do not receive our nourishment/energy directly from the sun, but we must receive our nourishment/energy indirectly, in a indirect route, by the photosynthesis of plants. And, interestingly, photosynthesis can rightly be thought of as a ‘miraculous’ process in its own right:
Non-Local Quantum Coherence/Entanglement In Photosynthesis – video with notes in description
Another interesting thing to point out, besides this disconnect between sunlight and our ability to get nourishment/energy directly from sunlight as plants do, is that there is a very different kind of light, than sunlight, operating, on a massive scale and in a different way than sunlight, within each of our bodies;
Of Note from Near Death Experiences, is the fact that eating food is not necessary to maintain the health of your spiritual body:
Excerpt: In addition, one is free from the restrictions of the physical body; eating, for example, is possible, but not necessary to maintain the physical body. In the spiritual world, one realizes that life on Earth has, like life in the womb, been preparation for a fuller, freer and richer eternal existence.
Excerpt: People in heaven get along very well with translucent spiritual bodies.,,, Since the spiritual world is a world of mind and imagination, food is not necessary.
If photons are eternal, Bornagain, does that not suggest that like Christ they are an interface with the godhead – of which he is, himself a part!
Surely, only God can be eternal, and is so, both in his own person and in his Mystical Body, his adoptive sons and daughters.
Re our resurrected bodies, the Catholic church teaches that, at minimum, our bodies will be like Christ’s resurrected body, as we can extrapolate from the Gospels, i.e. able to walk through locked doors, well, not subject to the physcical limitations of our current nature.
And yes, Christ ate food to prove to his disciples that he was not a mere ghost; but is that not we would expect? Would we imagine that in heaven our bodies would rely on food? Indian holy men and, I believe, some Christian saints have gone for very long periods without food, pesumably eve water, without which we are suppose to expire within, is it, four or five days?
Also, Christ, himself, true God and true man, fasted in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights – though I believe that number is said to be figurative, meaning a long time, as also the forty years the Hebrew people lived in the wilderness under Moses leadership.
In any case, though true man, I think Jesus must have had a very strong constitution, as although it was thought remarkable that he died after ‘only’ three hours on the cross, in view of the stresses he effectively put himself under throughout just the three years or so of his ministry, the wonder, to me, is that he didn’t die of a heart attack within a very short period of being crucified, if not before.
Like you I can’t see enough of those NDEs. One I found particularly fascinating was written by a youngish man, who in his youth, had accidentally overdosed on some hallucinogenic drug in a lavatory cubicle at a rave, and having passed out, had a ‘near death’ experience. But such testimonies you have to read, yourself, to sense the utter authenticity of them. Unfortunately, the person who ran the thread lost interest in it eventually, and I’ve not been able to find it, such as it was up to that point.
Have you had mystical experiences that might be compared to the kind of theophanies that some hallucinogenic drugs are said to engender? I don’t doubt that there is a connection? Except that the former will come at a heavy price. St Paul of the Cross eventually begged God not to visit him with mystical experiences for that reason.
Axel, as I have maintained in my posts thus far, I find the greatest strength to establishing, scientifically, the relationship of God/Christ to light, both spiritual and physical, and our relationship to that light, both physical and spiritual, to be best shown by heavy emphasis on empirical evidence first, backed up by religious/spiritual experience second. As far as hallucinogenic drugs, I do not doubt that people have had profound spiritual experiences while on them, and I have heard a few such experiences first hand, but I’ve also heard some extremely strange experiences from people using hallucinogenic drugs that can only be described as nothing more than deep fantasy of the person. Thus that renders those experiences void of any practical apologetic purpose save for the person who had the experience. My own personal ‘spiritual/mystical’ experiences are by comparison to some of the ‘wild’ stories I’ve heard from hallucinogenic experiences, is far more modest in that Christ, in His love, was there for me in a tangible, very real, way at a very low point in my life. I did not see visions, nor did I hear choirs of angels singing. I was merely a sinner touched by a small measure of grace.
“backed up by religious/spiritual experience second.”
Why the need for that at all? It preceded your scientific studies on a subliminal level, anyway.
Anyway, nobody has an advanatage over anyone else in that regard, mystics only have intimations we shall all have on the full scale when we die.
I understand the worth of your concentrating on empirical science, the absolute need for it, particularly since it is so lacking in our adversaries. I tend to ramble more, so remaining a bit more focused on here wouldn’t harm me, I expect.
Did you get my point, thouhg, about photons being eternal and the seeming significance of it with regard to the Cosmic Christ? Or would a dignified silence be kinder to me?
Axel, of course I see the connection of ‘eternal’ photons to God;
I merely pointed out a few important distinctions, in the corresponding characteristics of light and God, that are missed if one stops at merely the ‘eternal’ point of drawing a connection between ‘physical’ light and God:
Pam Reynold’s who has had perhaps the most monitored Near Death Experience to date of anyone, makes a very interesting ,and somewhat controversial, statement in regards to the connection between God and light in this following video:
Axel, Here is a ‘serendipitous’ scripture I just ‘stumbled across’ that goes very well with post 13:
Bear in mind, bornagain77, I was speaking about a spiritual(divine) light – physical light continuum, i.e. light as an interface with both the spiritual reality and the physical reality, as per the Incarnation: “the true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world”
In another connection, as regards evolution, this site has been a revelation to me, as I’d never thought the question of any significance, my fall-back position being the orthodox Catholic one, i.e. whatever the case, a human soul would have been inserted at some point for the creation of man. Now, it’s clear to me that the evolutionists are all unconscionable fantasists.
However, until the primacy of the mind is universally acknowledged as pivotal in empirical science, even the total dubiety of evolution strikes me as of relatively little consequence. Although, as long as materialists try to push it at the expense of ID and Creation, it will need to be roundly pilloried for its riotously imaginative and specious origins.
However, when the fundamental role of the mind IS eventually acknowledged, the point raised by Max Planck, to the effect that the laws of nature are not bound to continue to act in the same way from one moment to the next, never mind one aeon to the next, must surely throw our knowledge of pre-history from an empirical standpoint into a great deal of uncertainty. So much for the fabled ‘promissory note’.
We should probably, in any case, I imagine, find that respect for the version of prehistory as set forth in the Old Testament, some of it, presumably, metaphorical, as the surest source of knowledge on the subject available to us, whatever our shortcomings in interpreting it.
Planck was raised a Lutheran and seemed to lapse into deism, but some of his reported comments towards the end of his life – as was the case with Einstein – show a quite bitter antagonism towards atheism and its all too lamentable prevalence; and a converse esteem for Judaeo-Christianity as the bedrock of moral order for mankind.
Re your quote from Psalm 61, my version reads:
“Indeed you love truth in the heart;
then in the secret of my heart teach me wisdom.”
You can see that Solomon was to be a ‘chip off the old block’, asking for wisdom, can’t you?
Axel you may appreciate this cool quote I just ‘stumbled’ across:
Quote taken from 3:50 minute mark of this following video
Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness: A New Measurement 2/4
to reiterate: the argument for God from consciousness can be framed like this:
Axel you may appreciate this. This fairly old site points out this mysterious fact;
Whereas this recently updated site,,,
The Scale of The Universe – Part 2 – interactive graph
points out that the smallest thing visible to the human eye is at 10^-4 meters, which is the directly in the center of all possible sizes of reality (Not ‘nearly’ in the center!). i.e. 10^-4 is right in the middle of 10^-35 meters and 10^27 meters respectively. Now this is a very interesting coincidence considering that conscious observation is now found to be central to reality itself by breakthroughs in Quantum Mechanics. As pointed out yesterday
And all the preceding combined (Quantum Mechanics and the interactive scale) goes very well with the following;
Pretty neat huh Axel?
A few related notes Axel:
Astrophysicist Hugh Ross points out that if we lived much later in the universe’s history we would not be able to see the Cosmic Backround Radiation left over from the creation event of the Big Bang:
But why did God create such a massively expansive universe? It turns out there is a very good reason and purpose for why the universe is so massive
Here is a very fitting song that ‘serendipitously’ just came up that goes very well with the preceding comment;
When The Stars Burn Down – Phillips, Craig & Dean – Worship Video with lyrics
Thanks for all of that fascinating material, bornagain.
I think that, in our meditations on controversial issues, we are wont to factor into the picture the context of the other party to the discussion, as a result of something the person says that strikes us as particularly notable. What it tells us about their level of understanding of the issue – not necessarily quantifiable in terms of academic intelligence.
I remember being struck very forcibly by the comment of someone precisely to the effect you relate above:
“Isn’t the immense size of the universe evidence that humans are really insignificant, contradicting the idea that a God concerned with humanity created the universe?”
My immediate thought was, no. You don’t know him. That is just the kind of thing he WOULD be likely to do. As well as illustrating in another way the infinity of his love for us that he demonstrated on Calvary, imo, he has a quirky sense of humour. Well, ‘nerdy’ is the word I sometimes use when I bring the matter up with him in jest! Usually, when he causes crazy coincidences for my wife and I to chuckle over. He’s really reassuring us of his support, together with a bit of humour, but I still pull his leg.
Physical size means zilch to him. He created the whole universe just by thinking about it, and he could annihilate it simply by losing interest in it. Or shrink it to the size of an atom, if he felt so disposed. Though presumably he’d have to change the laws of physics, in view of the import of your explanations and the links you provided above!
bornagain, I don’t know if you’ve heard it, but there is a Kabbalist saying to the effect that when a man dies, a whole world disappears with him.
It seems the Multiversers and M-Stringers don’t understand that, because the wise discoverers and developes of quantum physics revolutionised physics by routinely accepting and incorporating counter-rational concepts into their view of the world, that does not mean that scientists now have “carte blanche” to indulge in counter-rational flights of fancy, at will – at all; unlike Einstein, they denature science and its methodology, instead of pursuing it, and creating oxymorons, instead of discovering paradoxes.
You wonder if there has been a group, nervous breakdown by the scientific estabishment; a mental breakdown of some kind, in the face of the growing wall of mystery it faces.
No wonder they are in no state to understand that the logically-binding evidence for theism (which you have so copiously articulated) is now established, and that the findings of the Italian team of physisicts concerning the Shroud of Turin point unambiguously to Christianity as the keystone of the theistic arch. QED.
The routine use of the term, ‘counter-intuitive’, by all scientists, it seems, in place of the term, ‘counter-rational’, provides their cover for all that folly.
‘Counter-intuitive’ has the distinct meaning that you have the feeling that something isn’t right; ‘counter-rational’ that it clearly defies logic. But then, they would have to acknowledge the sorry limit to the scope of their analytical intelligence, since the genuine paradoxes of physics have been proven to be true.
Did I spot Goldman Sachs signatures on that promissory note? Or were they Worldcom? Or Enron?
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Well they've Osborned Symbian and Meego smartphone app development, but I'm not all that sure there was room for a fourth (and fifth?) app ecosystem anyways. The OSS fanboys and ABMers certainly have their panties in a bunch but it's hard to tell what serious developers for those platforms are thinking. At least if you don't trust Nokia anymore, developing for WP7 won't tie you to their hardware.
Still, I worry what this means for Qt's future. It's a nice platform but Nokia really has no reason to pour resources into it anymore. Maybe the KDE project will take on its stewardship.
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married, January 20, 1895, South Waterford, Eugene K. Kilgore of Waterford, where they reside. 2. Lizzie Maud 9 , born May 6, 1877, in Waterford ; mar- ried, March 7, 1894, Daniel Wood; resides in North Bridgton, Maine. 3. Ethel Carrie 9 , born August 9, 1878, at Waterford. 4. Bessie Mabel 9 , born November 9, 1879. 5. Fred Harold 9 , born July 9, 1881. 6. Walter H. 9 , born November 13, 1882. 7. Stella 9 , born November 18, 1883. 8. Ellroy 9 , born September 9, 1884. 9. Marjory Ellen?, born July 27, 1891. 10. Frank Clifford 9 , born September 13, 1892. 11. Mildred H. 9 , born September 24, 1893. III. Charles Henry 8 , born February 2, 1860, at South Water- ford; married, July 2, 1881, Jennie Mary Cox, born December 4, 1861, at St. Johns, New Brunswick; resides in South Waterford. CHILDREN. I. Hallie Louise', born February 28, 1884; died August 20, 1884. II. Walter William', born March 20, 1886, at Deering, Maine. III. Freda Frances 9 , born June i, 1892, at Waterford. SEVENTH GENERATION. 149 IV. Ella Maria 8 , born April i, 1862, at Waterford; married, June 6, 1880, at Lynn, Massachusetts, Leamon, son of Alanson Dawes ; resides in Harrison, Maine. CHILD. 1. Josephine 9 Dawes, born March 27, 1882. V. Llewellyn Nelson 8 , born February 14, 1864, at South Water- ford ; resides in Portland ; insurance agent, unmarried. 54. CYRIL WILLIAM T (Cornelius' 1 ', Jonathan*, Ephraim*, Heze- kiah z , Nathaniel*, Shadrach 1 }, born March 9, 1825 ; married, May 9, 1849, Adaline, daughter of Elijah and Sarah Leigh, born April 13, 1829, at Malone, where he resided, and died February 29, 1882; an extensive and prosperous farmer, of ability and standing. CHILDREN. I. Eliza Jane 8 , born June 2, 1850; died at Constable, New York, October 10, 1867. II. Cornelius 8 , born September 18, 1852; married, January i, 1873, at Malone, Jennie, daughter of Wesley and Sarah Brown of Georgia, Vermont ; resided at West Bangor, New York, where she died January I, 1895. He is a large farmer and leading citizen. CHILDREN. I. Adelbert 9 , 10 , born August 6, 1894, at Brandon. II. Nina Lee 9 , born October 26, 1889, at Brandon, New York. III. George 8 , born October 5, 1855; resides in Springfield, Massachusetts; an employee in freight department, Boston & Albany Railroad. 150 HAPGOOD FAMILY. IV. Ada 8 , born March 15, 1858; married, September n, 1873, at Malone, Charles Montgomery, born March 23, 1851, at Detroit, Michigan ; resides in Kansas City, Missouri. V. William 8 , born August 15, 1860; married, September 14, 1887, at Holyoke, Massachusetts, Kate McTigue of Ireland, born April 24, 1862; resides in Bangor, New York ; a farmer. CHILDREN. I. Sarah Ann', born May 14, 1887, at Holyoke. II. William Dana', born October 8, 1889, at Chicopee, Massachusetts. III. Anna May 9 , born March n, 1891, at Chicopee. VI. Emma 8 , born September 26, 1862; died January 27, 1864. VII. Minnie Amie 8 , born September 22, 1865; married, Septem- ber 30, 1884, Eugene Frederick Cardell, born at Read- ing, Massachusetts, September 4, 1863; resides in Lowell ; in employ of Association of Fire Under- writers ; no children. VIII. Dana Boardman 8 , born April 27, 1870, at Constable, New York ; resides in Fay, New York, a farmer ; unmarried. 55. WESLEY 7 (Cornelius*, Jonathan*, Ephraim*, Hezekiah*, Nathaniel*, Shadrach 1 }, born July 3, 1835; married, at Malone, July 3, 1859, Delia, daughter of William and Orpha Earl, born May 2, 1836. On the death of his grandfather, Jonathan, the original farm of 300 acres was divided among his five children; Abigail having died previously, Amos took for his share, the framed house and 75 acres of land ; Cornelius took the log house, where all his sisters were born, and lived there till 1840, rearing a family of ten children. In that year he erected a framed house about 100 rods west of the log house, which he vacated and finally demolished. He subsequently bought two of the girls' shares, making his Xcmuel ^Sicftnell t>apcioo>. SEVENTH GENERATION. 151 farm 150 acres. Here he resided till 1866, when he sold the place to his son Wesley for six thousand dollars. On the death of Cornelius, the son received his full share of the estate in cash. After the death of his uncle Amos, Wesley bought his 75 acres, which enlarged his farm to the unwieldy size of 225 acres. In 1889 Wesley died, leaving the farm in possession of his widow, to be divided at her decease, between Ida, who lived on the homestead with her mother, and John Guy, who occupied the farm of 75 acres, formerly owned by his uncle Amos. Wesley died April 29, 1889; his widow still survives. CHILDREN. I. Eunice 8 , born January 29, 1860, in Belmont, New York; married in Malone, March 16, 1880, Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Sarah Lester, born April 16, 1856, at Duane, New York ; resides in Constable ; a farmer. CHILDREN. 1. Wesley 9 Lester, born December n, 1880. 2. Bessie 9 , born March 27, 1882. 3. Myrtle 9 , born September 23, 1887. 4. Burnie 9 , born November 10, 1889. 5. Lawrence 9 , born August 24, 1891. 6. Ray R. 9 , born May 27, 1893. 7. Asa Morton 9 , born March 30, 1895. 62 II. John Guy 8 , born October 5, 1862, at Constable, New York; married, December 27, 1883, at Malone, Laura Wells. III. Ida 8 , born August 13, 1865, at Constable; married, Decem- ber 24, 1889, at Malone, Lawrence Westcott
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This is a reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, December 3rd, the Brewster Central School District will begin one-tier bussing throughout our District. In some cases this change impacts pick-up/drop-off times and bus stop locations for students who take the school bus, as well as school hours for some of the buildings.
If your son/daughter takes the school bus, please check the Transportation tab on the Parent Portal for possible changes in drop-off and pick-up times and different bus stops.
Here is a link to the presentation and letter released last week explaining the rationale behind the change and any resulting implications.
For your reference, please see the accompanying chart (photo) detailing specifics for each school building effective December 3, 2020.
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It's a never easier job than choosing a hotel in Cambodia once you know exactly where you should stay. Learn about the best areas to stay in different destinations and best options based on our first-hand experiences.
Phnom Penh: Downtown area is basically referred to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda by the riverbank, look for hotels near Street 180 to Street 240.
If you are not a big fan of nightlife in Siem Reap, small-scale boutique hotels around Sok San Road could fill the bill better.
In Battambang, one doesn't have much choice for luxury. Mid-range hotels and some nice boutique hotels can be found around the Central Market.
Located directly in the back alley of the Royal Palace, this small and lovely resort has bigger rooms than other hotels in Phnom Penh and a very nice spa center, along with 2 outdoor swimming pools and 2 on-site restaurants serving Cambodia and French cuisines.
The former Embassy of America in Phnom Penh and today's world-class luxury boutique hotel, White Mansion occupies a quiet corner nearby the landmark site of Independence Monument. Featuring with swimming pool, bright room, nice breakfast and personal services, it's one of our favorites in the capital.
Open in 2017, this middle-scale boutique hotel has possibly the best location if you are looking for a quiet stay with easy access to everything: 10 minutes of Tuktuk ride to the Pub Street, 20 minutes of driving to Angkor Wat and the hotel itself provides every good reason to stay in for a hot day: cool drinks, beautiful outdoor pool, stylish rooms with relaxing garden view and a real nice spa center.
As TripAdvisor's winner of Travelers' Choice, you can see how this newbie in town deserves its reputation: close to the night market but the garden setting grants you quite nights for sleeping, enjoy leisure time by the pool with a drink or devour their delicacies. They also offer free shuttle transfer between the hotel and the airport.
Started as Siem Reap's best French restaurant, the Viroth brand works their way un to one of the finest boutique hotels in town. Just a few steps away from the Old Town, this quiet hotel hides itself in dense trees, featuring romantically designed rooms, swimming pool and nice bar and restaurant.
The renovated Shanti Mani group is dedicated to creating modest luxury vacationing experiences for the most discerning travelers. Boasting for a small number of graceful Bensley-designed accommodations, Shanti Mani Shack it. Their spa services are great for romantic couples.
Situated in the rural area of Battambang, The Sanctuary Villa might strike you as a Buddhism temple yet this quiet hideout is just perfect for a few days without any worries and woes. Free transfer between the bus station and boat pier makes it a winner for value.
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lumens with a 45-meter range, all in a tiny 2.99 inch package that fits in your pocket or on your keychain. Designed to provide instant lighting wherever and whenever you need it. The LD02 provides output and extended runtime.
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She told Business Insider: "We're all kind of diagnosing each other.
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The New York Times Small Business Summit kicked off Monday with advice from The New York Times “You’re the Boss” blog’s Jay Goltz, who dished out a wealth of wisdom on how to hire the right people.
Goltz started out with a two-part question that entrepreneurs commonly ask: How do you hire a salesperson, and what sort of compensation do you offer?
Often, entrepreneurs think they can’t afford to hire an experienced salesperson, but Goltz countered by asking, “Can you afford a cheap salesperson?” The answer is “No,” because the cheap salesperson is going to end up costing you more than the expensive one.
“Sometimes cheap is worse,” said Goltz, and that is true with outside sales. It’s worth it to spend more to get a great salesperson, and that means paying a solid base as well as a commission. You can’t get the kind of talent that is going to help bring in business when you’re only offering a commission as compensation.
Whether it’s sales or any other position you’re hiring for, it costs money to get experienced, good people on board, said Goltz. And you need to know how to hire those people.
“If you’re going to grow your business, I can’t think of anything more important than learning how to hire,” said Goltz. Unfortunately, business owners are often the worst at hiring, and Goltz admitted he fits that description. He had a lot of turnover until he hired someone who was good at hiring to handle it — and he learned a lot from her in the 10 years she worked for him.
The first step to making a good hire is to interview a lot of people before you make a decision, said Goltz. Out of every 10 people you interview for a job, only one is going to be a great hire — someone who is a legitimately good worker and a good fit for your company.
When you find the person who you think you want to hire, the next step is to check references. Probably the No. 1 reason people end up with bad hires is that they don’t do reference checks, said Goltz. The checks really are valuable, as is reading between the lines along every step of the process.
If an applicant can’t find someone to give them a positive reference, there’s definitely something wrong, said Goltz. If you get a reference on the phone and they fumble, there’s also likely something amiss. Even if a reference doesn’t want to go into detail, you can learn a lot from their tone of voice when they speakĀ about their former employee.
If you’re rationalizing not calling references, you’re kidding yourself, said Goltz. “Not hiring one bad employee is worth a million dollars — if not that, then at least $50,000.”
Live from #OPENNYT: The daily-deal debate rages on
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I was so excited and nervous at the same time to get my first order in! To be honest I thought it was never going to come. I have been trying to keep up with my blog, work, school, and the store. I began too second guess myself and wonder was this the right thing for me to do. When my first sale happened I screamed and realized that this is definitely what I want to do! I have a slight obsession with all things natural and care about what goes on and in the body. I know all my savvy naturalistas do as well. Thank you so much all you savvy naturals for your love and support! I know it could not be possible without you!
Besides being on cloud nine about my first sale! I was a bit of a butterfingers all week. I dropped milk, broke glass, and all those chia seeds that cost me a fortune ended up in the garbage! When I opened the freezer they went all over the floor! Things could have gotten much worse if I didn’t catch the oat bran before it came crashing out the fridge!
This story is not related to me but I want to tell it because my sister is in it. (I know you will read this soon, so don’t get mad! Love you.) Side Note: Many of you know I think I’m half Italian, have a slight obsession with Korean dramas, and if left with nothing to do I can watch court and anime shows for hours. Well my sister has been in Europe for a while; her first stop was Portugal and now she is in Italy. Before she got to Italy, she got lost on a bus in Romania because of one of her naps that she loves to take! It’s really a bad habit because she can fall asleep anywhere, and as the oldest I worry about her! Since she has been in Europe we Skype almost every day, so now that she is in Italy I want her to tell me everything about her experience! Of course I want to talk about the food, she told me about an Italian cookie that was similar to the French macaron. Well I was dying to get a recipe! So she had a nice lady try to explain to me the recipe, but the only problem I don’t speak Italian! Well after what I could get from the lady, and a lot of googling. I finally found a recipe! I made the recipe with a sugar substitute but I used too much almond flour! They were so good! I will have a healthy version (with less almond flour) of the recipe for you guys soon!!
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18 April, 2014 at 3:15 pm
Ohh I’m sorry about dropping things! I know the feeling! I have reusable cups and water bottles and drop/ break them way too much!! Haha! And your sister is so lucky to be in Italy!! I can’t believe that she can fall asleep anywhere! That’s so funny… but scary too! Also, I bet your cookies are delicious! Also, congrats on your sale!! So exciting!
20 April, 2014 at 12:18 am
Thanks so much Caille, lol she will be leaving for Turkey soon, she is all over !
19 April, 2014 at 8:48 am
That’s so exciting! Your cookies look delicious You have such a great blog considering how busy you are!
20 April, 2014 at 12:16 am
Thanks so much Lillian! I try to make time
19 April, 2014 at 1:45 pm
Congratulations on your first order!!! So happy for you Those cookies look fab – looking forward to the recipe! Have a great weekend!!
20 April, 2014 at 12:13 am
Thanks so much Ceara! Happy Easter
21 April, 2014 at 10:17 am
Yay, congratulations on your first order – that’s so exciting! Sorry to hear about all the kitchen mishaps though – I have such butterfingers too and am constantly picking up things I’ve dropped or knocked over by accident too. Those cookies sound divine, can’t wait to hear more about them Hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend
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Good morning. Another day in EUMAS, after a stressing dinner. I’ll talk about that, because now its time to work. The topics for today are not specially interesting for me.
Semantic Alignment of Agent Interactions trough the Communication Protocol explores how to use semantical alignment using communication as a complement to other techniques. They assume that (i) all agents participate in the same kind of interaction, (ii) they’re in the same state on the transaction. Interesting, but a bit immature.
And the last author has disappeared. This is becoming a disgusting costume in the EUMAS. I haven’t seen the semantic web nor the e-commerce anywhere. A little deception.
Now its time for a coffee, see you later.
A hard (a very hard) session for me. This is the kind of papers that I’d like to write when I get old. I haven’t anything to write. Just to see, to listen and to try to understand something. One more thing: I need a LaTeX plugin for wordpress. I’ll add that to the todo list.
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– The variable shift1 is set equal to Max( 2, 14 − bitDepth ) and the variable shift2 is set equal to Max( 3, 15 − bitDepth ).
– The variable offset1 is derived as follows:
– If shift1 is greater than 0, offset1 is set equal to 1 << ( shift1 − 1 ).
– Otherwise (shift1 is equal to 0), offset1 is set equal to 0.
The condition on shift1 seems redundant, as shift1 can never be lower than 2.
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at the exhibition Los espejos del alma sumption sectors. Their recent appea- (The mirrors of the soul) at the Mu- 48% rance in the cultural sector will cause a seum of Romanticism in Madrid. real revolution as to the way in which The exhibition includes QR codes that cultural contents are discovered as allow visitors to access a playlist on 48% of the participants indicated well as having a huge impact on them Spotify of German pieces of music that they use QR codes to enhance visitor experience since it will enrich the visitor expe- from the relevant period as a tool to rience at museums, cultural institu- enhance the visitor experience beyond tions or art galleries. the artworks on display.
13 MUSEUMS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
EXPERIENCE IRI - Iidou (The Pompidou Centre’s Institute for Research and Innovation), indexes audiovisual contents being streamed live, registers their scope on Twitter and transforms them into a series of images appearing on the video timeline.
The app used by the New York Likewise, Art Authority offers
GEOLOCATION TECHNOLOGY Although 29.4% of the insti- the use of smartphones equipped with 2.2.6 tutions participating in the GPS technology that offer the possibi- study alleged that they used lity of exploring open spaces withgeolocation technologies, we have sound, using stories specifically createdexperienced difficulties in finding rele- by and in the Igartubeiti Estate Mu-vant examples to share in this study. seum.
Areago, un paseo sonoro por We believe that the reason for theIgartubeiti24, (Areago, an audio stroll limited use of technologies of this kindthrough Igartubeiti), is an innovative is that cultural institutions are unaware 29%heritage project which integrates the of their advantages. In order to un-use of new technologies related to derstand their potential, these institu-geolocation and heritage resources tions needs to reflect on how techno- 29% of the institutions allegedfrom the Caserío Museo Igartubei- logy can help to provide a better servi- that they used geolocationti (Igartubeiti Estate Museum). This ce to clients and enhance users’ expe- technologyproject proposes an audio guide via riences.
GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLES AFTER THE VISIT
As we mentioned in our of good practice, in most cases we will • A high percentage of visitors to 2.3 introduction to this study, simply mention the idea itself so that it cultural institutions and museums we detected little to no use may serve as a topic for reflection by are foreign and it would thereforeby cultural institutions of technologies cultural institutions: be highly recommendable that thethat may encourage users to exchange galleries use different languages totheir visitor experience once it has • Offering free Wi-Fi throughout communicate on social networksconcluded. Users undoubtedly publish their entire installations so that apart from the official language ofall kinds of comments, photos and visitors may share their experien- the country of residence.videos on social networks such as ces, sensations, opinions etc. ThisFacebook and Twitter as a way of may be considered another crucial • Some museums publish informationsharing their experiences after a service at the “during” stage since it on the same profile of a socialvisit to an exhibition but do so without is required for most of the apps network in various languages.any kind of encouragement by the mentioned in this study: geoloca- This is not recommendable as itgalleries. There is no proactive policy tion, QR codes, etc.). confuses followers. It is best totowards encouraging visitors to share open separate profiles, each in atheir experiences or rewarding them • We have not detected any signs different language. This is commonfor doing so. in gallery spaces at most of the mu- practice in other sectors such as seums mentioned in this study invi- sports, entertainment, etc. A reportThis indicates a lack of feedback be- ting visitors to leave their rooms to drawn up by Dosdoce.com on thetween digital strategies and the more share their experience on social presence of 2.0 technology in the“traditional” communication activities networks. football27 sector revealed that manyin the good sense of the word. Most of the big clubs and the most popu-cultural institutions are already well • In this regard, we would like to en- lar players (Ronaldo, Messi, Forlán,represented on social networks. courage all cultural institutions to Iniesta) managed various profiles onHowever, day-to-day and virtual incorporate their logos and social networks, each in a differentmuseum activities are not fully URLs relating to their presence language (Spanish, Catalan, English,interconnected. on social networks such as Face- Arabic, etc). book, Pinterest or Twitter on allWe will now
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Lead guitarist looking at buying first bass...
When it comes to things like strings...are all the same go to names in electric guitars, still applicable for bass?
Thunderbirds are an absolute pig...
I think you first need to clarify a few things: what do you want to do with the bass?What style of music/style of bass playing?
What do you want to be "different"?Do you mean playing bass will be different from playing guitar?Or an unconventional style of bass?
This vid may also help but you've mentioned looking at a bass for £150 - is that your budget as these are sub-£250?
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Dr Anadeep Chandi, a consultant at Milann Hospital, Chandigarh, is an infertility consultant and a trained laparoscopicprestigious Pt. BDS. PGIMS, Rohtak. She was famous among her colleagues and juniors for her dedicated work, her knowledge and surgical skills. After that, she worked in for three years as a senior resident, where she acted as a mentor for many students. She has also worked in GMSH- 16, Chandigarh, Alchemist hospital and Jindal IVF and Sant memorial hospital, Chandigarh for a while. Sheor one year from Craft hospital and research centre, Kerala, which is one of the reputed and busiest fertility centres of India. During her training period, she dealt with difficult infertility cases like poor ovarian reserve, recurrent implantation failure, endometriosis and preventing and managing OHSS in PCOS cases and was trained with various stimulation protocols to overcome challenging situations. During her training period, she received first prize at state level quiz conducted by ISAR.
She has also done hand on six-month training under ICOG in Gynaecology Endoscopy, in which, she was trained to perform y for infertility cases, PCOS, uterine fibroids, recurrent pregnancy losses, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, pelvic and uterine adhesions and genital tuberculosis.
She is an active member of FOGSI and lifetime member of Indian fertility society and regularly attends various conferences and CMEs dedicated towards infertility management. She always has been an active participant in academics and has contributed to journal publications and book chapters. Her area of interest is managing cases of poor ovarian reserve and recurrent implantation failure. She believes in hard work and practices evidence-based medicine, thusst.
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To help track and contain the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), Australia deployed COVIDSafe, an app designed to help speed up contact tracing. However, the adoption of the app has been hampered by bugs, as well as concerns on whether it infringes on users’ privacy rights.
Launched on April 26, the COVIDSafe app was developed based on source code from Singapore’s TraceTogether app. The latter was one of the first contact-tracing apps produced in the current pandemic. Government officials have appealed to the public to download the app in an effort to minimize the impact of budget deficits and the country’s first economic recession in a generation. (Related: Coronavirus to cause Australia’s unemployment to soar to 10 percent by June.)
In trying to persuade Australians to embrace COVIDSafe, authorities have invoked images of some of their favorite pastimes, such as soccer and beer. Earlier this month, Health Minister Greg Hunt tweeted that anyone wanting to play or watch soccer should download the app.
Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison invoked the memory of going to the pub and having a drink with friends. “Now, if that isn’t an incentive for Australians to download COVIDSafe on a Friday, I don’t know what is,” said Morrison.
Efforts to promote COVIDSafe have been met with some resistance
The government’s efforts to persuade Australians to download and install COVIDSafe have not been smooth. Complaints have emerged from the country’s tech community, saying that the government was slow to fix any bugs that have popped up.
These bugs include an exploit that leaves the app vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack that can let attackers crash the application if they’re within Bluetooth range.
Concerns have also been raised about whether the app infringes on privacy rights, especially considering that users are required to provide essential information to use it.
When using COVIDSafe for the first time, users are required to enter their name, age range, postcode and phone number. This data is supposedly stored encrypted on a government server, before being passed on to state and territory health authorities in the event that someone the user has been in contact with tests positive for the coronavirus.
To do this, the app uses Bluetooth to record anyone who gets close to a user if they also have the app, with both instances of the app exchanging anonymized IDs. These IDs are supposedly cycled every two hours, stored encrypted only on the phones and deleted after 21 days. Those who test positive for the coronavirus also get a unique code from a health official that, when used in the app, gives consent to upload the list of anonymized IDs it has stored for the past 21 days for contact tracing.
Government has tried to assure the security of users data
In light of the feedback, the Australian government rejected criticism of the app’s rollout. The agency responsible for the app, the Digital Transformation Agency, said in an email to Bloomberg that it had received “widespread support and endorsement” from the country’s information technology community. In the email, an agency spokesman stated that the government has “remained transparent throughout the rollout of the COVIDSafe app, and suggestions to the contrary are categorically false.”
Meanwhile, Morrison has said that while the federal government will hold on to the data collected by the app, access to it will be limited only to state health officials in charge of contact-tracing.
This is echoed by a direction from the health minister that states that only health authorities or those maintaining the app can get access to the information. Parliament also passed legislation this month that backs this up, making it a crime to share any COVIDSafe data.
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Apple’s latest iOS 13.5 update contains contact tracing malware to enslave you
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WHEN prices are going up there are numerous transactions, market signals that show to vendors/buyers where prices are. Thus, once a transaction concludes all other vendors raise their asking prices almost immediately to match, if not exceed, that achieved price.
Secondly, it would give a clear market signal as to where property prices are which would result in a downward revaluation of the market value of other properties which would in turn result in a lowering of collateral values.
However, if salaries fall more than property values, then relatively they are more expensive and thus still unaffordable. Also, lower property prices without the availability of credit to finance an acquisition isn’t really of any help unless you have significant savings.
If one were to consider that most companies in Cyprus raise debt by mortgaging their property assets and that most property assets are already collateralised by banks, then the impact of lower property prices, although good in theory, would have, and is having, a significant negative impact in practice as the collateral is “shrinking” and the loan to value ratio is rising often above 100%.
Property prices will continue their apparent slow fall to the bottom. However, it’s a buyer’s market. You the buyer calls the shots and there is no-one out there who is not in need of hard cash.
Fifty years ago, most people wanted a house to live in and that was the reason for the purchase. In the meantime, houses have become for many a commodity, like minerals or soya beans, to be bought and sold as investments.
Recently, I overheard a couple bragging about how they doubled their money in two years. However, like other investments, the housing market moves in cycles that have become more and more extreme and amateurs in particular can get hurt.
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As a league of 52 women, JSL members have voted to cancel Wild Wild West for the 2021 year. In an effort to continue to stop the spread of COVID-19, our membership is not comfortable gathering over 600 guests in an indoor space. We hope and look forward to bringing back DeLand's biggest party in 2022.
In our new fiscal year, JSL members plan to continue to innovate and come up with new outdoor fundraising events. Our members propose and vote on all service projects and fundraisers in the month of May. Please be on the lookout for new JSL events and, as always, we cannot wait to see you at the next Mr. JSL and Birdies and Bogies golf tournament.
Until then, if you would like to continue to support our work within the community, below you will find a donation button as well as a list of our projects. If you feel inclined to give, you can be assured that each dollar stays in your.
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Home/Remote Working, Uncategorized/Remote Working – No Longer a “Nice to Have”, but a “Business Critical” Enabler
Scept it, especially organisations that were reluctant to make this change. When this current crisis end, its inevitable that those who have been working at home during this crisis will at least demand the option to work remotely
One thing that remains though, is the fact that, to your customer, it does not matter if you work remotely or from the office. They still. That service might have moved online, but it does not change the core fact that it still needs to be there, and the company still neede online is even more relevant now when face-to-face contact has been eliminated.
So, what is the basis for excellent customer experience? It could easily be boiled down to one thing: easy and efficient access to data. All knowledge workers — be it the online chat host, the account manager, the accounts payable person, the customer project manager, or the technical support expert or anyone else contributing to the customer experience directly or indirectly — need that access.
Provide Secure Access and Maintain Control
Sometimes, in the middle of chaos, and with a lot of priorities to tackle, it seems easy to choose something that at first glance seems to be the quick and easy solution to working remotely. The problem with that is, you might just delay problems. The quick and easy solutions will most likely lead to a situation where you just take your current problems and implement them in a new solution. This will not build your strength to emerge a winner.
To amplify the case, Gartner states that almost half of employees have shared sensitive documents via personal file sharing accounts.
To hear more about how Convergentat [email protected] to learn more.
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Nik Healy speaking at Digital Workplace UK Conference 2019
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Warner Bros uses DC Comics characters and that makes fans angry
Social media is blazing against Warner Bros for a decision it has made regarding DC Comics characters.
The movies of Dc comics has many fans who do not hesitate to use social networks when they feel that their characters are mistreated. Now an advertising action of Warner Bros has caused those who worship the Snyderverse get angry.
It seems that in Warner Bros are using any moment to directly attack the Superman from Henry cavill, that undoubtedly there are still many fans who hope to be able to see in the cinema and that Zack snyder make Justice league 2.
Thus the controversy has arisen:
The building of Warner Bros Studio Tour in Burbank (California) has been decorated with huge images of the characters of Dc comics. You can see Harley quinn by Margot Robbie, Superman by Christopher Reeve, Batman by Michael Keaton, Wonder woman by Gal Gadot and Aquaman by Jason Momoa. This has led to it being interpreted as a direct attack on the Superman from Henry cavill and to Batman from Ben affleck.
Here are some reactions that can be read on Twitter:
One obvious thing at this point is that Warner Bros is trying to replace Ben Affleck's Batman with Michael Keaton's.
… Why? This is very extrange.
They are disrespecting Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck.
T staggering. They clearly don't want to recognize DC ComicWarner Bros really hate They are in 3 DC Comics movies and in the same universe as Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, and Jason Momoa's Aquaman. Discovery help us and fix this.
Fu A dead man and an old man? Your hypocrisy has no limits. Zack Snyder's Justice League is a hit whether you like it or not. (Yes, it is just a billboard, but it is a symptom of a bigger problem.)
What do you think? Do yk? Leave us your comments below.
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The Premier League's overseas broadcasting rights will top domestic for the first time ever over the next three seasons.
International rights will hit £5.05 billion, while UK broadcast rights will be worth £5 billion between 2022 and 2025. The overseas rights have risen by 30 per cent over the last package, which brought in £3.89 billion between 2019 and 2022.
Commercial rights have also grown by £88 million to £430 million.
The total package will be worth around £10.5 billion to Premier League clubs, an overall rise of 16 per cent.
Clubs throughout the league will now earn higher merit payments from next season, with the champions seeing their income rise from £153 million to £176 million. The bottom-placed side will also have a higher payout — £106 million compared to £97 million.
There will also be a bigger solidarity payment to the EFL Clubs in the lower tiers will split £1.6 billion over the next three years.
Is this a significant moment?
Yes, absolutely. It is unlikely that in any other sport television rights would be weighted in favour of overseas income like the Premier League's latest package.
It shows the global value of the Premier League — the English football division that has become a worldwide brand.
The fact that the Premier League have managed to increase the overall package is also a big deal.
Other football leagues around the world have generally seen drops in their latest TV rights. The only other league in Europe that has increased the value of their TV rights is La Liga.
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A man famed for delaying tactics, Jacob Zuma has launched an application seeking for his Arms Deal corruption trial scheduled for Monday to be postponed for a week.
Zuma’s lawyers argued that they couldn’t meet with him due to the riots – carried out in his name – that gripped KZN and Gauteng last week.
In a statement on Friday, the Office of the Chief Justice said the matter will be held virtually.
But the Jacob Zuma Foundation disagreed, saying it wanted the matter to be held physically.
Its spokesperson Mzwanele Manyi, said they wanted Zuma to be released from prison to appear at the Pietermaritzburg High Court.
If not held in person, the foundation asked that the matter be put on hold until it can be heard in person.
Zuma, who is facing 18 charges from the Arms Deal, was also fighting to have the charges against him thrown out of court.
Zuma has called for the recusal of state prosecutor Advocate Billy Downer SC.
He chucked a series of bizarre allegations into his application, including that Downer had allegedly conspired with US spies from the CIA.
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Q: I have a. 2015 Chrysler 200 and it wont go past 32 mph what could be wrong?
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Hi Dread. Thanks for sending in your question. Usually, this type of issue occurs when the "limp mode" is engaged. This can happen when the ECU detects a mechanical or electrical problem with the transmission or other drive-line systems. It’s very difficult to determine exactly what needs to be fixed without.
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tart phoning voters in 20 congressional districts Monday, in hopes of tying Republican lawmakers facing challenging reelection campaigns closer to Akin’s comments that suggested women would not become pregnant if they were raped. The comments have sunk his chances of defeating Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), as a poll released over the weekend shows Akin trailing her by nine points.
Among the targeted Republicans is Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who faces Democrat Rob Zerban in November, but is still leading in polls in his southeastern Wisconsin district.
The calls are intended to remind voters that the Republican Party platform includes language opposed to abortion and that doesn’t endorse abortion exceptions for women who are impregnated by rape or incest or if their health is at risk.
Republicans like your Congressman Mike Coffman share some of these radical, right-wing beliefs —.
It’s outrageous. This week, Congressman Coffman’s Republican Party platform will include a plank that says no to a woman’s right to choose without any excepIf you’re tired of this right-wing social agenda from Congressman Todd Akin and Congressman Coffman then call him now.
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Q: Highcharts putting extra space among legend items I am using highcharts and I am trying to display some exxtra space between legend items for example the legend should look like
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A: You can provide margin between two legend items in Legend options.
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Read more: http://api.highcharts.com/highcharts#legend.padding
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OnCell-TourSphere has partnered with Google Field Trip to provide quality “stories” to Field Trip users. With over 1 million
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Entrepreneurs and business people in today’s world have to be strong, and determined. The overhead costs keep on increasing, and the profit margin keeps on decreasing. The only thing which is to be blamed for such a stressed out environment is the cutthroat competition.
Apart from all the competition, entrepreneurs also have to deal with the wave of salespersons who promise to supply products that will increase the profit margin or lower the overhead costs.
Keeping aside all the hardships of running a business, the most important and risky part of a business is transactions. The most common method of transactions in cash, card swipe or simple online transfer.
Credit cards are the major source through which payments are made. Although credit card companies keep on calling people and irritate them to the core, business people can often benefit from credit card transactions.
In this post, we will discuss a few ways by which a small business or an entrepreneur can benefit from credit card processing and merchant service refund.
Before batching out, it is very important to review the day’s transactions. If you do not review before batching out, then you might lose a lot of money. How?
On a busy day, you canThere are instances where accidentally you have entered $10 instead of $100. If you do not review it before batching out, you might lose $90. If such a scenario arises, then you can void the sale, and the sale amount will not get credited. In this way, you don’t have to pay the processing fee for the sale. Even if you opt for merchant service refund, you also need to pay a certain amount of fees for the same.
Many times, the discount rates are applicable to entrepreneurs are using a credit card processing machine to process payments. The discount rate is given on the processing fee, which the business person needs to pay for the processing of the purchase. This fees is paid due to the conversion of the transaction into cash and then depositing the cash in the bank. To become qualified for this discount, you need to provide the right rate code. This can help you save hundreds of dollars as well.
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Author Antony Beevor explores some well-documented cases of their participation in his book Stalingrad. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter link Hilberg, Raul The new units received full infantry training and were given extensive police powers. At WikimaniaJimbo Wales announced that the German Wikipedia would soon institute a system of " stable article versions " on a trial basis. Participating in this campaign were Geheime Feldpolizei units, and ; their mission included pacification of areas behind the front, protecting military installations as well as transportation routes. They had the military authority of the OKW to arrest and execute officers and soldiers from either the Wehrmacht or the SS for desertion, defeatism and other duty violations. This resulted in another reorganisation of the ranks structure. A note in the top right corner of the screen indicates to the reader whether or not the present version of an article has already been reviewed, and provides access to the most recent reviewed version or a more current, unreviewed version as needed. The GFP also investigated any claims of defeatism talk in line infantry. The final CD containedarticles and 1, images.
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The Feldgendarmerie were a type of military police units of the armies of the Kingdom of Saxony (from ), the German Empire and Nazi Germany until the conclusion of World War II in This earned them the pejorative Kettenhunde ( English: chained dogs) after the gorget they wore with their uniforms.
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Steinberg, Jonathan Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. At the outbreak of the First World War the Feldgendarmerie comprised 33 companies.
Author Antony Beevor explores some well-documented cases of their participation in his book Stalingrad. In Aprila complete list of article titles from the leading German encyclopedia Brockhaus was uploaded to the German Wikipedia, in an apparent attempt to facilitate the creation of still missing articles.
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This is a List of World War II electronic warfare equipment and code words and tactics derived. Kettenhund – German jammer of the Eureka beacon. Knickebein.
Operation Steinbock (German: Unternehmen Steinbock), sometimes called the Baby Blitz, was . To confuse British radars further various medium bomber types were equipped with Kettenhund radar jammers, specifically carried in the Ju Feldgendarmerie units, (also known as “Kettenhunde” or “Chain Dogs”) were generally given occupation duties in territories directly under the.
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List of Wikipedias by article count. Wikimedia Commons has media related to German Wikipedia. A military police school was set up at Potsdamnear Berlin to train Feldgendarmerie personnel.
Many ordinary soldiers deemed to be deserters were summarily executed by Feldgendarmerie units. These units, which were part of the French police's intelligence servicespecialised in tracking down so-called "internal enemies" e.
Kettenhunde wikipedia deutsch Another specialist unit called Gruppe was created to interrogate all Wehrmacht soldiers who had managed to escape from Soviet captivity.
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A statement on the German Wikipedia site said that the legal changes "could lead to a considerable restriction of the free internet" and that they. Kettenhund-Feldgendarm, wegen des an einer Kette umgehängten Blechschildes Rußlandfeldzugs die deutsche Stellungen überflogen, wie Nähmaschinen. Letzte Aktivitäten im Wiki.
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Although SS Einsatzgruppen units originally under the command of the Sicherheitspolizei Security Police; SiPo had been used during these operations, [1] the German High Command felt it needed a specialist intelligence agency with police functions. The hoax was reported five days later by the Heise News Ticker and the article was immediately corrected. Westpoint, CT: Meckler. Retrieved 19 January Prizes are sponsored by individual community members and companies.
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13th amendment court cases 2012 nissan The first contest was held in October - the article Kloster Lehnin Lehnin Abbey was selected as the winner from 44 nominated articles.
Although SS Einsatzgruppen units originally under the command of the Sicherheitspolizei Security Police; SiPo had been used during these operations, [1] the German High Command felt it needed a specialist intelligence agency with police functions. Retrieved 24 October Armonk, NY: M. Logistical support for these police units was frequently supplied by the local military commanders, which helped the GFP facilitate the process of transporting civilian prisoners "to places where they could be murdered.
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I have been feeling pretty crappy lately that I have let my fear of running in the heat and humidity (I still don't have a gym membership) get in the way of reaching my goals. Today was the day I said "f*ck it, I'm running!"
Well folks...holy crapbars....I thought I was going to die. Yeah, I know what you might be thinking, and yes, perhaps I'm being a bit of a drama queen here, but dudes, it was 28 degrees (82F) outside and that's not even taking into account the humidity!!!!!! The wonderful weather network tells me with the humidity it 'feels like' 40 degrees (104F!!!!). I sure know how to face a fear, don't I? I even ran at 3pm! Of course ideally I would have liked to run in the morning or late at night when it's cooler, but I can't with my damn work schedule (unless off of course). This is why I've put off running lately because the time I can run, it's so freak'in hot, but not today ladies and gents, not today!
I decided to go back to doing workouts from the C25K program that I loved before. I did week 4, Run 1. Am I proud of the fact I can't run as long as I could before? No, not really, but I am proud I got out there. I am hoping when cooler weather hits us again I can get back to running the distances I was before, but for now I'll deal. Like I said, I have this fear, my body is not use to the humidity and I'm out of practice....plus lets face it...I'm still fat.... oh sorry...obese.... Thanks BMI!
Week 4 of the C25K is this...
The first rotation was okay. The last rotation was (my famous word) BRUTAL!!!!! I wanted to quit so many times since I still don't have that determination that I used to. I just kept saying to myself though (sometimes even out loud) I can do this. A couple times I was in the zone so much I said it when people were near me. I seriously think they thought I was coo-coo!
Once I was finished I once again passed out on a grassy hill near my house. I literally ended up in the recovery position! lol... It was so hard peeps. It took me a long time for my breathing to get back to normal, but I did it.
This time around ( if you've been reading my blog, you'll know this is not my first trip around the block with WW) I really want to get this exercise AND eating right thing down pat at the same time. Somehow all these years I've only been able to focus on one or the other. It's like focusing on both takes too much brain power for me or something....ugh....Hello, I'm a smart cookie, I should be able to do both at the same time for god sakes, but for some reason I haven't been able to. Here's hoping I can truly change that from here on out!
So here's to a brutal awesome day of running with many more to come!
Labels: Couch to 5K, Fears, Running
Food Good, Running not so much...
Well, I'm 240lbs with my clothes off! Woo-hoo!!!!! I yet again weighed myself this morning and I'm back down to 240lbs. Crazy. Now if I can only be 240lb with my clothes ON. Damn you weight watchers for not allowing us to strip at the meetings.
Yesterday I did nothing. Sad, but true. I just wanted and needed a day to relax and not worry about anything. I did a little bit of sweeping and laundry, but other than that I watched TV and read. Yup...total couch potato. I do wish I had enough energy to run though. Why?... because then I wouldn't have to do it today! It's hot out there people, and I can't run at night because I work. Now I have to get out there at 3pm. Yup, that was poor planning. At 3pm it's still hot out! Hot = unhappy sweaty runner. I do have to get use to it though, as when I work nights, this is the time I will have to be running. It's either 3pm, or 8am when I get home from shift. I'm still not sure what's better. I'll have to maybe feel out both times and see. At 8am it would be cooler (maybe), but usually after working nights I'm kind of out of it and ready for bed. At 3pm though I'm in bed and really don't want to get out!
I have to admit I'm worried about the run on July 3rd. Since the June 12, 2010 5K I did, I've only ran once! I know...where did my mojo go? Not good. Mojo I need you right now! In all honesty, I think I'm still afraid of the pain. The last few runs I've done have been pretty bad runs. Not enjoyable at all and lately I've felt like I've been going backwards rather than forwards. I am trying to run faster, but it's kicking my ass. I've thought about doing some of the C25K weeks over again, as I increase my speed to see how that would go. I might try it today. It's worth a shot. Anything to make running enjoyable again.
Other than that, food wise I'm doing okay. Today might be hard for me as I woke up at 10am and work nights tonight. LONG. ASS. DAY. Here's hoping I can nap for a bit before working 7pm-7am. I've ate 6 points so far. I have 25 points left until tomorrow morning when I go to bed. I would have more if I had any extra weekly allowance points left, but I've already used those up at the weekend parties. :-( Wish me luck. I think I'll be chewing on several pieces of carrots and cucumber all night!
Labels: Couch to 5K, Running
Week 9, Run 3 - Graduation Run - DONE!!!!!
I graduated!!!!!! I just ran my last run of the couch to 5K program. My last run being 6K! WOO-HOO!!!! That's right, I'm an overachiever! I actually didn't set out to run 6K, but I forgot my Nike + sensor at home and I couldn't remember my 5K stop point . I only knew my start (of course) and my 3K turn around point. For fear of not running long enough, I just ran back to where I started (which I knew was exactly 6K).
I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself for finishing what I started. Never in a million years did I think I'd ever be able to run 5K, let alone 6K, but I have and it feels fantastic!
Do I really Want it?
Learning to run has reminded me that if I set my mind to something, I can do it. Through determination, will and drive I can accomplish any goal I set for myself. Nine weeks ago running 5K seemed impossible, but it was my goal I set for myself and I did it. I plan to do it again today as well. Week 9, run 2, here I come. So now why the hell is it that when I set a weight loss goal, I can't have the same success? I've reached every goal I've set for myself in recent years. Move out on my own, landing a job that I wanted and love, bought a house on my own, graduated from university etc..etc..., but this damn weight loss goal I just can't seem to tackle.
I tried to 'Dr. Phil' think a bit tonight and ask myself...is being fat working for me? It must be in some regards because I'm not changing. I don't have that drive, determination or will to huncker down and calorie count and loss this freak'in weight once and for all. As I thought more and more I came to realize that perhaps my weight has become my security blanket. If I truly begin to shed the pounds and separate myself from my 'blanket" I'm valnerable to possibilities that perhaps scare me. I'm not going to get into details, but I'm sure you get what I mean.
I'm confident in many aspects of my life. I'm smart and successful, but when it comes to weight loss, I'm a failure. I feel like I'm not strong enough to getter done. With that being said though, I know I have begun to make positive changes in my life and people are noticing. People have even called me an inspiration. Me! An inspiration. HA! That is shocking! It does feel good though to hear coworkers say they thought of me as they went out for a run and said, if Sonya can do it, so can I. The scale may not say I've lost weight lately, but many had asked if I have. I look in the mirror and I see a smaller self. My stomach is less bloated, my arms don't have as large of "wings" as they use to, and my legs look stronger. Of course I wish my double 'no neck' days were behind me, but here's hoping with my continued running and veggie diet it will come with time.
Labels: Bumps, Challenges, Couch to 5K, Feelings, Food, Inspiration, Self Sabotage
That's right ladies and gents, this fat chick ran 5K!!!! Goal = achieved! Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not too shabby for a girl who just started running three months ago!
On Sunday, my best friend (who has been running for just over a year herself) and I went down to the lake (lake Ontario) and ran on the waterfront trail. It was GORGEOUS! The weather was awesome, the view was amazing and the trail was fantastic! It was my first time running there (or really being there for that matter), but you can bet it will certainly not be my last.
My first 5K was still part of my couch to 5K training. I'm in week 9 and this week is all about running three 5K runs. After my third, I've officially graduated!!!!! I got to say, I found this run easier than my last three runs of 4.46K. I'm not sure why. All I can think of is that the trail had more hills than I'm accustom to, and what goes up, must come down. I love running downhill!!!! I actually was a bit faster on this run than my last couple runs. I ran the 5K in 40 minutes. Not cheetah fast, but not snail pace either...more tortoise-ish. My goal was to run it in less than 45min and I did it. I'm hoping on 'race day' to finish it in less than 40min. I do wish of course I was faster, but speed will come with time. Lately I've just been concentrating on going the distance.
Not much else is new around my neck of the woods. I made Polish Style Lasanga for dinner last night, but I have to say I will NOT be making it again. First off, I realized it's not that healthy. Secondly, I found I had to use two packages of instant potatoes to cover the noodles, and then I didn't have enough cream cheese to mix the potatoes with so they ended up being soooo dry. Plus my oven ready noodles were not so oven ready. As the potatoes were so dry, the noodles didn't have enough liquid to help them soften. As you can imagine, this dish was a disaster! lol.... I really should have just made potatoes with onion in them and called it a night!
Tonight I'm hoping to make a new dish using polenta. I went out and bought all the ingredients for the dish, but now do you think I can find the bloody recipe? Hell No. I thought I e-mailed it to myself or facebooked it to myself, but nope. I can't find it. Gurrrrr....now what the hell do I do? lol.....Here's hoping I find it before my veggies go bad!
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 5/25/2010 3 comments:
Labels: Couch to 5K, Recipes, Reviews
I have been a bad blogger lately. Mostly because I am so tired. So tired that accomplishing more than one thing a day is too much. I've been in bed a lot lately. I've been too tired to read, therefore haven't been reading your blogs, and too tired to write, therefore I haven't updated mine.
This tiredness is abnormal. I stopped taking my vitamins and I'm feeling it. I didn't stop on purpose, I just never remember. I'm wondering if my B12 or iron is low. No matter how hard I try to ensure I'm getting enough green leafy vegetables in, I know I'm still not getting enough. As a result the last two days I've taken all my vitamins (like a good girl) which include a multivitamin, B complex vitamin, calcium tablet, vitamin C and D, a St. Johns Wart and Green Tea capsule, and now a iron capsule. A lot? Perhaps, but I know they are essential and hopefully will help to make me feel better. This tiredness thing is starting to get annoying, and I refuse to introduce coffee or pop back into my diet!
Regardless of my tiredness, one thing I haven't let go by the wayside is my running. I am now on Week 8 and today I just finished run two. This run is 4.46km long. I managed to run it in 35.42 minutes. My last run (same distance) I ran in 37.17minutes although it did include running up a big hill.
Today I really started to understand that running is a complete mental game. At the 1K mark, I really wanted to quit. I wasn't feeling the run, I was tired and sore already. Then when the little Nike + dude came on and reported I just ran 1.5K, I wanted to tell him to shut the F*ck up and throw my ipod across the road! I kind of have a love-hate relationship with the Nike + sensor dude. I hate him in the beginning for telling me I have run only 0.5km when I feel like I've run 5K already, but I love him when he tells me I only have 400 meters to go!
Today there was a lot of negative self talk going on. I just didn't know how I was going to finish. I kept moaning and groaning and beating myself up one minute, but then the next I'd snap out of it, and just say outloud (yes outloud...I'm sure my neighbours think I'm crazy) that I can do this, because I've done it before! Thankfully, I didn't give up and instead kicked some demon-negative self talk ass and didn't walk once. I ran the entire 4.46km and then passed out on the grass!!! I'm not going to lie, it was damn hard. Probably my hardest run yet, but it was also my longest and my fastest, but I did it, and that is something to be proud of. Fat chicks really can run!
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 5/15/2010 2 comments:
4K - one step closer to 5K
Today I ran 4km! I was slow, I was tired, I was sore, and I was sweaty, but most importantly I was sooooo proud of myself when I was done!
I decided to run 4km today because I realized when searching the coolrunning.com website that I should be running 25min OR 4km. I have been running for 25 minutes, but not 4k. Today I thought I would give 4k a shot and not focus on the amount of time it took to get me there. It took me longer than 25 minutes to complete because even though I stand at 5'11" tall, I run like I'm 4'9". My stride length sucks...still not sure how to improve it, but hey...I've only been doing this for 2 months!
I ran 4k in 32min 56 sec (pace - 8.13min/k). In other words I went from running 25minutes to running almost 8 minutes longer! How do I know this? Well I went out and bought the Nike + ipod. I love it! Best little thing ever. I now know my pace, my distance, my calories burned and time! It's fantastic.
I don't own the shoes to put the sensor in (most know by now the sensor goes under the sole of Nike shoes) so I found a tip off the internet that said to place of sticky velcro on the back of the sensor and on the lip of my shoe and then ensure that the sensor is secured with the velcro and shoe laces. Make sense? Maybe...anyway, It worked great! I was very pleased and look forward to running with it in the future.
Because of the Nike + ipod, I didn't actually listen to the C25K podcast this time. I knew week 7, run 3 was 25 min or 4K so I just set the Nike + to 4K and ran listening to MY OWN MUSIC!!!! Don't get me wrong, the dance music on the podcasts are good, but I loved listening to my own music.....although got to tell ya, the songs I belt out in the car are not necessarily the best songs to run to! Some adjustments to the song list are needed. Any suggestions?
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 5/11/2010 No comments:
Labels: Couch to 5K, Nike +
I had a weak moment and now I'm paying for it. When out grocery shopping yesterday I bought a lot of good foods. I also bought passion flakies and cinnamon raisin rice pudding. I knew it was bad, but I thought maybe (just maybe) I'd be able to not inhale them both in one day.
I ate the entire box of flakies in less than 24 hour and the entire large container of rice pudding.
They are both completely gone now.
I'm not sure what triggered the need to inhale. I really didn't think it would turn out this way. I can have chocolate in my house and ice cream in my house for weeks without eating it now (something I would have inhaled before), but I suppose flakies and rice pudding are still a red flag food for me. It's better if I just stay away.
I was feeling a bit nervous/anxious after I wrote my post last night (okay, well perhaps I do know why I inhaled) After looking up my route on mapmyrun like I said I did, I then went to coolrunning.com and realized I'm only running 3K in 25 minutes when I should be running 4K. I knew I was slow, but it was kind of like a punch to the stomach. Here I thought I was doing well (and yes, I do realize I still am for just doing it in the first place), but then to realize I'm behind the pace by so much...well, it kind of sucks. Top it off with the fact I mapped out 5K and now truly know how far that is....I think I freaked out a bit.
Today I'm feeling a bit better of course. I'm trying not to think of the 5K race, but just taking it run by run as I have for the last 7 weeks. On the coolrunning website It states "Week 7 - Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.5 miles (or 25 minutes)." My podcast just has me running 25 minutes...but perhaps I need to run the 2.5 miles (4km) instead no matter how long it takes me. I'm really not sure. Four kilometers might take me 35 minutes and that's a huge jump from running for only 25 minutes. Ahhhh...I'm not sure what to do. Help! Any runners out there?
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 5/08/2010 15 comments:
Labels: Bumps, Challenges, Couch to 5K, Fast Food, Feelings
Today was a productive day. I had to really force myself to make it a productive one, but I did it and I'm proud.
This morning I got my butt out of bed (yet again, not easy to do!) and went and volunteered with the horses again. I love it. I was able to meet the two new horses they have and visit the other ones as well. It was great fun. grooming, watching the horses get trained etc...etc... I got a workout shovelling poop again too! Got to love those poop workouts!
After being there for about 3 hours I came home and after having a shower and getting ready I went and had my 60 minute massage! Ladies and gents (if there are any out there) It was fan-freak'in-tastic! Just what the doctor ordered! She said my calves were really tight (which I knew about - hence one of the reasons for going) so she worked on those a lot along with my lower back, shoulders and neck. I was so relaxed coming out of there I really (and I mean really) just wanted to come home and have a nap. I didn't though. I forced myself to go and get groceries. I didn't have any real food in the house and I knew if I didn't buy food today, I'd be eating out tomorrow (which of course I don't want to do!).
I spent about 1.5 hours in the grocery store then I came home and put everything away. I then got my fat ass outside running! Thankfully the rain stopped just long enough for me to be outside for about an hour. Currently it's a thunderstorm out there! I decided to take a new route today for my run. My old one is getting boring as it's basically a huge block and pretty flat. I said I was going to get some hill training in this week and that is exactly what I did. I ran up one crazy long hill...but I did it! The same hill I had trouble walking up only a few months ago, today I ran up! WOO-HOO!!!!!! It's feels so great! My total training time today was about 45min. I ran about 2.9K (as per mapmyrun) and walked the rest for a total of 5K. It's still daunting to know the part I walked I still need to learn to run to finish my first 5K. AHHHHH.....shit, I hope I'm going to be ready! I did feel I could have ran longer today (which was a nice feeling), but I'm not sure I could have ran the entire thing. Here's hoping in a month I can!
After the run I came home and made Thai Vegetable Green Curry. I picked up a jar of President's choice Green Curry (which is damn good!) and followed the instructions on the back of the label. I fried up some tofu with a bit of EVOO and then added in some thinly sliced red peppers (one entire red pepper). I let them cook for a few minutes and then added in the jar of curry and a can of corn. It simmered for about 10 minutes and was done! Easy Peasy! I then made some minute rice and put it together and had an awesome dinner! It was soooooooo yummy!!!! I only ended up eating 1/2 the bowl. It's pretty filling so I'm going to save the rest for saturday and sunday. Lucky Me!
After dinner I ended up having a bath with epson salts to relax my muscles again and I then crawled into bed with my laptop. Oh baby! I can't promise I'm going to be able to catch up on all of you tonight, I'm pretty exhausted and have to get up at 5am for work in the morning. Oh joy oh fun. Here's hoping you guys are having a far more exciting friday night than I am!
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 5/07/2010 No comments:
Labels: Bath, Couch to 5K, Grocery Shopping, Massage, Recipes
So I know I haven't even graduated from the couch to 5K program, nor have I ran my first race, but I'm looking ahead anyway!
I know what works for me. I finally realized setting goals keeps me focused, motivated and determined. I'm not talking about goals like working out three times a week (although that might work for you), but I'm talking about actually setting a goal where I'm committed to something( aka - a race). I also know that following a training program has helped me. The fact I can now run for 25 minutes knowing that I found 90 seconds hard during the second week of training only 6 weeks ago is encouraging. It makes me think, if I've come this far in that short amount of time, where could the next 6 weeks take me? The possibilities are endless. I love that each week I continue to increase my running time. I know that once I've 'graduated' from the c25k program I'm going to miss the weekly advances. I fear I'll get bored running 30min 3x/week so I decided to think ahead a little.
Today I decided to search online for podcasts that I can use after I've completed the c25k podcasts I've been using to help me train. With a little digging I found one! It's a 10 week program (c25k is a 9 week program) to help me train for a 10K race! How cool would that be to go from couch potato to 10k racer in 6 months! The podcast I found can be found here if you are interested. You can also find them on itunes for free. Just search for 'Freeway to 10K' under podcasts at the itunes store. For myself I find podcasts training programs so much more helpful than just reading a website and attempting to time myself with a stop watch.
In food news, I made Kale Chips for the first time tonight! It was my first attempt at eating kale actually - ever. I had no idea what it was going to taste like or whether I was going to like it, but I've heard about the benefits to eating this wonderful green for awhile now and I thought I'd give it a shot. Like I've said in previous posts. I'm attempting to venture out of my comfort zone of peas, green beans and corn now that's I've converted to vegetarianism.
I used a bit of EVOO and salt on the kale and mixed it together and then put it on a cookie sheet. I then put it into the oven at 350 degrees until they looked crispy - 10 min maybe? The end result was delicious. A bit salty (my fault - I had no idea how much to put so over did it a bit), but otherwise a very tasty healthy alternative to the potato chip!
I think next time I'll try adding some parmesan cheese into the mix. I just read a blog that added a little and that sounds tasty too!
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 5/06/2010 No comments:
Labels: Couch to 5K, Freeway to 10K, Recipes
Week 7, Run 1 - Done
Hey folks...not much to report, but just wanted to say yesterday I came home from work after working midnights and decided to run before I went to bed. I was going to sleep first and than run, but decided against it. It's not easy to force myself out of bed once I'm in it! I managed to complete another 25 minute run (week 7 is all 25 min runs), but it was the first time that I experienced back pain. It's as if my whole lower back got stiff...and my left hip was sore as well. Not fun....but I pushed through. Yay!!!! The key is to spend ample time stretching before I head out I think. I must admit I'm guilty for not doing it as often as I should. Slap myself silly I know! I decided a massage is needed so I booked a 60 minute one on friday. Can't wait!
I'm not sure what the plan for today is. It's almost 5:30am and I'll be done work soon enough (can you tell it's a slow night?). I then of course need to get some zzzz before forcing myself to wake up at 2pm (once again, I say this is not going to be easy!). I work day shift on saturday so I need to flip my sleep clock, and flip it fast! Fun? Not Really! I'm hoping to do something productive today. I'm just not sure what. Usually I'm half dead from lack of sleep on my first day off so fingers crossed I can force myself to do something! I'll keep ya posted!
Oh and one more thing to report....the Dole southwest salad addiction it catching on. One more gal at work tried it and now loves it too! See, I wasn't lying when I said it was damn good!
Labels: Couch to 5K, Work
Howdy folks, how was your weekend? Mine was jammed packed with the three F's. Friends, Family and Food.
As I talked about in my previous post, my family headed to the Lone Star for dinner for my father's 60th birthday. Thanks MirandaJayne for the advice on what to order, but sadly my sister was a bit apprehensive to have anyone order anything that came on a cast iron hot plate (ie. fajita). She feared my two year old nephew would touch it. As a result I ended up ordering Texas Taquitos. As stated on their website they are a
"southern-style spring rolls stuffed with Jack cheese, grilled corn, onions, black beans and cilantro in crispy wrappers served with a zesty chipotle plum dipping sauce".
There were four of them - pretty small but not the healthiest I know.
Luckily, I didn't feel like eating much else for dinner....mind you I sure did eat a few flour tortillas and salsa though. Damn they were yummy! Of course pictures were taken during the birthday celebration - all made me want to vomit. Damn camera, why do you hate me so much? Here when I think I'm making progress and feeling skinnier, you never fail to slap me back into reality!
Oh well, sunday I ended up getting up early and headed over to my friend's geocaching event she hosted. It was fabulous. Wonderful food, lots of people, free swag and great giveaways. She really out did herself. After breakfast my sister, friend with their spouses (and myself of course) headed out to find some caches that were placed for the 10 year anniversary. We hiked/walked for 4.5 hours through a conservation area! It was a lot of fun (and time flew), but damn I was tired when we were finished. I came home and crashed. Lets just say I did not do my wonderful c25k run that day. Instead I took a trip to dream land!
Today I did get out there though and ran my butt off. but I have to admit I really didn't want to. My last two runs have been pretty brutal and that was with having 'walk periods' in between the running parts. Today was a full 25 minute run with no walking breaks. I kept thinking to myself, how the hell am I going to do this when I"ve struggled doing the last two runs so much? Of course this led me to I procrastinate until 3:00pm. Then finally I said enough was enough and got out there. I did some extra stretching (and praying) and stuck on my runners and headed out the door. Thankfully the run was better than my last two and I finished without any major issues. I'm still pretty slow (although I have no idea what my real 'pace' is) but who cares? I did it! I ran for 25 minutes people! 6 weeks ago I found it hard to run for 60 seconds. Now that's improvement baby!!!!
I have to say I am proud of myself. I'd be lying if I didn't, but I also just keep looking forward and still realize I have a long way to go to get ready for my first 5K. I have to increase my speed, learn how to run hills etc..etc... Week 7 I'm going to start working on these things. Week 7 consists of three 25 minute runs. I think I'm going to try to run by the lake (where my first 5K will be) at least once to prepare myself a little more. My runs right now have always been around my neighbourhood which if fairly flat. The lake has more hills. It's going to be hard, but I have to try! I know it will only help in the end. I have a little over a month until my first 5K and I want to be as prepared as I can be!
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 5/03/2010 No comments:
Labels: Couch to 5K, Food, geocaching, restaurants
Well I must be doing something right! I'm very happy with these results considering I've sucked at tracking or doing my 30 day wii challenge this past week. I'm still in the 240s, but I'll take it with a goal to hit the 230s next week!
Today I went to pick up my new eyeglasses. Yay, I can see!!!! Thanks to my eye doc, I was able to get an AMAZING deal on some Alfred Sung eyeglasses. In all honestly I am NOT a brand name gal, but these ones I just so happened to like. Really they were the only ones that were workable on my face! I like them, but they are so different from my previous ones it's taking some getting us to. I look in the mirror, and say, "who's that gal?"
Not much is on the agenda today. I'm just trying to rest a bit before heading into work for 7:15pm. I get to work nights again (oh joy, oh fun). It's going to be a LONG night as I've been up since 10am. ugh...
I did get out there and do my run today. I swear the C25K podcast I listen to when running has sped up the music to therefore speed up my running pace. Dear God, it was brutal....but I did it. Week 6, Day 2 - Done! Sunday is the day I run for 25 minutes. Ugh....I'm scared! The last two runs have been so hard and they have had walking breaks in between. I know I ran for 20minutes already, but for some reason my legs have felt so heavy lately and with the wind...ugh....Pray that sunday is a nice day for me!
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 4/30/2010 1 comment:
Labels: Couch to 5K, Weigh In
Today I woke up a tad bit early so I headed out for a run. I think it was the most difficult run yet. Not because of the amount of time I ran, but because it was so damn windy! Holy Crap, it was windy! I'm also still fighting that head cold which I seriously wish would go away! Anyway, this run was so hard. It felt like week 1, run 1! I pushed through though and finished. Thank god week 6, run 1 is over!
In other news, about a week ago a took a chance and ordered jeans online. Being a plus size girl is hard enough, but add being tall to the mix and let me tell ya it's very difficult to buy pants/jeans. About a year or so ago I was very excited at the fact that some of the plus stores around town were finally catering to us tall fat gals. I was able to buy jeans without an issue. Now because these same stores say not enough people are buying them, the jeans are disappearing. I'm so annoyed!!!! Where the hell am I going to buy my jeans? Anyway, when I was at Rickis the sales lady said I could order tall jeans from their website, so about 2 days later I gave it a shot. Well Ladies, the jeans came in today and they fit! Yahoo!!!!! I can do them up, and they are long enough! It's a good day for a tall gal!!!! I must admit I have a bit of a muffin top (as they are a lower rise than I'm use to), but with the right shirt I'm able to hide it with hopes it will start to disappear soon! Waist 34". Length is 35"
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 4/29/2010 2 comments:
Labels: Clothes, Couch to 5K
Well ladies and gents, it took me 30 years, but with a head cold and tissue in my pocket, I just ran for 20 minutes straight! Week 5, Run 3 - DONE!!!!!
... Now it's time for some Benylin!
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 4/25/2010 3 comments:
WI - Lost 1.5lbs
Aren't my toes cute? I just happened to get a pedicure yesterday. Perfect timing or what!
So this week I had better success, not huge success but better and I took the photo to prove it. Can I just tell you how bad I want to get out of the 240s? I have been stuck in the 240s for FAR TOO LONG! I am really going to try to do even better this week so I can see a 3 on the scale next time. I love threes and it's time we started to see each other more often.
The second photo is a number I really didn't want to see. It's a tad bit embarrassing. The second photo shows my percentage of body fat. AHHHHH. Really? Does it seriously say fifty-freak'n-three percent? Dear god, that is brutal. Now I said I wanted to see the number three more often, but let me clarify. I want to see the number three, but not when there is a five in front of it! Cookie (my best friend) told me not to believe it, but if I'm trusting the scale with my weight, don't I have to trust my scale with my percentage of body fat too?
Anyway....I really am trying not to focus on the scale too much. Last week when I didn't lose any weight it helped to justify a self sabotage which is not cool. This week, I saw the 53, flipped my scale the bird and now am moving on.
The past few days have been busy for me and a bit stressful, but I think I'm handling it okay. I haven't ate to cope which is entirely new for me. I did go out for Cookies 'yay I'm FINALLY done school' party (she recently went back to school) and had a few drinks, but who doesn't do that every now and then?
I have officially completed week 4 of the c25K and I'm NOT going to repeat it! I surprised myself and did fine. Week 5 however, I'm a little scared about. My first run I'll be doing today should be okay. It's three, five minute runs with 3 minute walks in between. But my last run of week 5 is 20 minutes with no walking! AHHHHHH. Can we say scared? Twenty minutes people, and on top of that my friend wants to run with me on sunday. Sunday just so happens to be the day I planned to do the big run. Now usually I wouldn't have a problem running with a friend, but this girl has a slight crush (what am I in grade school?) with this so-called new friend. Even though I know my place in his world, do I really want to run my first 20 minute run with him where I'll be sweaty and possibly dying? Not really, but I'm going to anyway because that's just how I roll.
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 4/22/2010 3 comments:
Labels: % of Body Fat, Couch to 5K, Weigh In
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Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 4/19/2010 1 comment:
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My Wii remote batteries were dying the last time I did workout four so apparently it didn't register so I just had to do it again! BOO!!! This of course meant I had to suffer through another brutal session of lunges and squats! Thank goodness the next workout focuses on my arms!
The timing and the calories burned is a little less on my second round of "workout four" because I just got in from running Week 4, Run 2 of the c25k. Since the first exercise of the Wii Challenge is running/walking, I skipped it. Sue me!
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 4/18/2010 3 comments:
Labels: Couch to 5K, EA Sport Active 30 day challenge
It's been a busy few days here so I didn't get a chance to write yesterday (or catch up on all of you!). I just wanted to let you know I'm still going strong on the c25k and the Wii EA Sport Active 30 day Challenge!
I ran my first run of week four yesterday and ran for a total of 16 minutes!!! WOO-HOO!!!!!! I've come to really realize this running/exercise thing is all a huge mind game. I just kept repeating, "if a 375lb man can do this, so can I" to myself and it worked. I made it through. YAY!!!!! Now am I looking forward to my next run? Not particularly (hey, I'm just being honest here), but I am determined more than ever now that I have my running date to kick a little ass, so here's to many great runs ahead!
This morning I watched a bit too much tv (multiple episodes of United States of Tara via castTV) and then got off my duff and went and did my 4th session of the 30 day challenge. Today was a bit tough. First because it's been 3 days since I've done it, and secondly because today was a lot of lower leg stuff. Lunges, squats, jumping lunges, more squats, all the good stuff. I know my duff will thank me, but I'm beat...and I still have it set to easy! lol... god help me when I get to level medium!
Food wise, I haven't been a really good girl. I had ice cream, french fries and a boston cream donut. ugh...but if it's any consolation, I did realize that the fries were nasty and the boston cream donut felt as if it was full of chemicals. Wish I could say that stopped me from eating them, but sadly not. Some day my friends, some day!
Anyway, this weekend the plan is to get some groceries so I'll have no excuse to go and make bad choices again. I found a great veg. recipe site recently that gives the calorie content so I might see if I can make something from there. That way I can track it properly when I eat it unlike the other meals I've made lately.
Anyway, that's it for now folks. I hope you are enjoying your weekend.
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 4/17/2010 1 comment:
Labels: Couch to 5K, EA Sport Active 30 day challenge, Self Sabotage
Zero Pounds lost this week. It's better than 0.5lbs gained that I saw yesterday, but I agree....still not good. I'm trying not to worry about the scale too much. If I do I have days like yesterday (which ended with me having a damn pizza and NOT running). I hate that the scale still has that hold on me. I really thought I was over that, but I guess I'm not. Instead I let it determine my mood which resulted in me making bad choices....AGAIN. Gurrrrr.
Today I wasn't feeling that well. I was still super tired so I went home early from work. I climbed into bed at 5:30pm and watched TV online for a bit via CastTV.com (LOVE ONLINE TV!). I watched some American Idol, Bones and then finally watched an episode of The biggest Loser. I'm not sure if you caught it, but one of the contestants ran their first 5K in the gym on the lastest episode. Actually he ran 5 Miles! That's 8K people and he's 375lbs!
Of course this inspired me immediately. I got my fat ass out of bed, put my sweats on, and out the door I was to do week 3 run 3 of the c25k at 8:30pm. All I kept thinking was, if he can do it, I can too dammit! Tonights run was great. I felt like I could run longer than 3 minutes at a time, which is encouraging considering how I felt last time. I'm not as scared anymore of week 4. I know it's going to be hard, but you guys are right...I need to try. I can do it. After all, if a 375lb man can do it. So can I!
Tonight I also contacted my friend who is going to do my first 5K with me. He has finally picked our run. To my surprise he picked one in June! June 12th to be exact. My first reaction was, "are you crazy? I can't do one in June. It's too soon"....but then I thought, that attitude is going to get me no where, so I agreed. AHHHHHHHH. So help me god.....
I guess I have to remind myself that Operation give a Sh*T is not about finishing a 5K or getting to a goal weight (although yes, I do want to get there) ultimately for me, it's about getting healthy. So even if I run half of this 5K and walk the rest, I am still accomplishing great things. It isn't a failure if I can't do the entire 5K right off the bat.....but let me tell ya I'm sure the hell going to try!
I think it is good that I finally have a date to work towards. I need that more than ever right now, so I must say thank you to Michael from the biggest loser for the inspiration he gave me today. You'll never know how much I needed it.
Posted by Sonya @ Eyes on the Hourglass at 4/15/2010 1 comment:
Labels: Couch to 5K, Inspiration, Weigh In
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My client, Dr. David L. Lewis , was a top microbiologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He raised the standards for dental hygiene worldwide when he showed how previous practices were inadequate to protect dental patients from the transmission of HIV. He showed how EPA’s rules for land application of sewage sludge did not have the scientific support needed to protect us from airborne diseases. Now the Environmental News Network (ENN) is reporting that in 1998, the EPA assigned Dr. Lewis to the University of Georgia in part to research the risks of crude oil spills from drilling rigs. Dr. Lewis was concerned that oil from a blowout could travel in deep sea currents to environmentally sensitive areas on all sides of the Atlantic. Anyone ever hear of the “Gulf Stream”? ENN is reporting that the Clinton Administration’s EPA nixed the project. The EPA’s Office of Water (OW), headed by Robert Perciasepe, coordinated with leaders of the biosolids industry (who were sore about Dr. Lewis’ research on the dangers posed by their industry) to damage his reputation and get him fired in 2003. ENN says that EPA Administrator Carol Browner was sympathetic but was “overruled at the highest level.” President Barack Obama appointed Browner to oversee energy and environmental issues, and appointed Perciasepe as EPA Deputy Administrator. It is too bad that we lost the opportunity to apply our top scientific talent to the problem of biological degradation of crude oil, and that those who sided with industry over our interests are again setting government policy. You can read Dr. Lewis’ paper on his proposal to study oil spills, how EPA squashed it, and then squashed his career at EPA, by following this link.
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However, in times of anxiety – which many of us are experiencing some of at the moment – sleeping well can be more challenging as our sub-conscious is feeling unsettled. But it is more critical than ever as sleeping well boosts the immune system.
1. Stick to a consistent sleep schedule Get up and go to bed at the same time, even on the weekends (that’s a tough one, right?) Your body loves consistency and routine and the more you do it, the more normal and natural it will become.
2. Limit blue light in the evenings Blue light is emitted from electronic devices and stimulates the brain, so try to stay away from them after about 7pm. If you want to watch TV (make it relaxing or funny NOT THE NEWS or anything scary), or work on your computer (nothing stressful!), wear blue light blocking glasses. You can buy easily find them online. These are an example.
3. Create a self-care, evening routineHave a relaxing hot bath with Epsom salts and lavender essential oil. Turn down the lights. Meditate: I like the calm app or you can join me in a meditation here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WnhFAY0ie8Journaling is a great activity to participate in before bed (to get things out of your head). I like the 6 minute journal.Practice some gentle yoga stretches and deep breaths (to move stagnant energy).
4. Sleep in a cool roomYou’ll sleep more soundly in a cool room because your body temperature naturally drops when youto anoptimal room temperature for sleep is between 60-68 degrees F. Anything too far above or below will likely cause some difficulty sleeping. So even in winter, keep a window a jar.
6. Block out external lights & noise It’s a well n’t taking full advantage of thi Use an eye mask and block out as much light as you can, especially alarm clock glare or any other electrical devices as well as outside light. I have also found wearing ear plugs a game changer (and yes, I am a mum to two little ones! I can still hear them if they really need me).
If you are interested in learning about natural ways to support your sleep please book a free 20 minute consultation with me, I would love to help you.
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