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Beets hold a special place in my heart and belly. I grew up eating borsht, a staple in Ukranian and Russian culinary traditions. On cold winter days each spoonful would provide a comforting hug, while the cold version would soothe the heat on hot summer days. Fast forward to a couple years later..this bright root vegetable continues to ground and nourish me. I love its culinary versatility and of course rocking nutrition profile.
Full of fiber, potassium, folate and bone-building manganese, beets are also an excellent source of nitrate. Nitrates are naturally-occurring compounds in vegetables that the body converts to nitric oxide. This increases blood flow and oxygen to muscles which boosts athletic performance and cardiovascular health. Their beautiful color comes from betalains, which have been found to interfere with the oxidation of LDL cholesterol in the formation of plaque. Since they are methyl donors they also prevent altered liver metabolism which can occur with inadequate dietary intake of methyl groups.
When shopping for beets I make sure the greens are still attached. Not only do they provide more fiber, calcium and nutrients but they make a delicious addition to a meal or side dish. Sure they can be a bit messy to work, but that's part of the fun! I wear gloves when handling beets because they tend to stain everything. I hope you enjoy this recipe and are inspired to get creative in your own kitchen.
HeartBeet Salad
3 beets
Blanched and chopped beet greens
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
1/4-1/2 tsp Himalayan salt
In a pot of water boil the beets until they are soft all the way through. This usually takes about a half hour. While the beets boil, soak the beet greens in a tub of water and white vinegar as they usually hold a lot of dirt. Rinse beets and throw in a pot of boiling water for a minute to blanche them. This will soften them a bit. Remove from pot and pat dry with a kitchen or paper towel. When they cool chop the greens and set aside.
After the beets cool, the skin will be easier to remove.
Grate the beets in a separate bowl and add the zest and juice of the lemon. Add the chopped greens and add the salt. Mix everything thoroughly and place in refrigerator to cool.
Happy & Healthy Cravings! 🙂


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New mural unveiled at Limerick library
A NORTHSIDE library has been given a splash of paint, with a multi-coloured mural in its storytelling area.
Staff at the Watch House Cross library in Moyross commissioned city artist Rachel McDonnell to paint a mural in the story-time area.
After three days of effort last week, the mural is now complete, and features wildlife, beside a river with reeds.
Designed to make youngsters more aware of the outdoors, the executive librarian at the Watch House Cross Patricia Cusack said it has been welcomed by families using the facility.
"It is something nice, and interesting for the kids to see a lovely nature-based wall, with animals, birds, butterflies, and other things. This is something we had intended to do since the library opened, and we have finally got around to doing it," she told the Limerick Leader.
The playroom is very popular with parents and children, with up to 50 toddlers listening to the library's story-time sessions which take place on Fridays.
"They are delighted at this. On Friday, the parents and toddler group will be back, so I would say they will be ecstatic by this," Ms Cusack confirmed.
For artist Patricia McDonnell, painting the 12 by four inch mural was a departure, as she is more used to creating artistic video installations and collages.
"I was given a brief to draw a picture like this. I would not normally do nature pieces, but I saw in the brief I had to do wildlife. People seem to like it," she said.
Fine Gael councillor Michael Hourigan, who was also in attendance, welcomed the addition to the Watch House Cross library, which opened in 2007.

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I adore being at the shore. I know that so many people find the beach revitalizing, refreshing, renewing. And I'm one of them. Michael remarked upon actually getting on the beach that I looked "at home". And I was. Not that I'm not at home here, near the lake, in our little place that we've made a home. It's just that I think I might have been a mermaid in a past life. Or a fisherman. Or a lighthouse operator. I feel so comfortable at the shore, like I've come home. I could truly sit at the beach all day, doing nothing but watching the waves, watching the sun rise and then set, feeling the salty air on my face. Thank goodness I gave birth to two little girls who also enjoy being at the beach. Ryan took such pleasure in frolicking through the waves, and Finleigh got a kick out of picking up (and tasting, of course) sand. I'm so grateful that my family loves the beach like I do. We've already made mental plans to go back next year and camp ON the beach. And in my head, I'm already there.
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Puerto Rico
Every time I travel, I am struck by the ethnocentricity of American tourists (yeah, yeah, myself included). This is not only when I travel to an area where English is not the main language, but even when I'm traveling within the US. Michael and I just spent a week in Puerto Rico, which, though technically a US territory (or colony, depending on my mood), is a very Latin place. Spanish is the primary language, and I speak just the tiniest bit, having favored French in high school (dumb move, I see now).
But at least we tried.
When we walked into Puerto Rican restaurants, we didn't assume that the waiters spoke English, or that the food would be anything we recognized. Isn't that the point of traveling? We wanted to try new things, eat traditional PR food, drink local coffee, try local brews. Case in point: first night there, we asked the bellhop where to get good coffee. His reply was quick and finite: There's a Starbucks just a few blocks down. We responded with: No, REAL coffee. We know it's grown here and we want local coffee, not crap. He laughed, and pointed us to Pelayo, which, as it turns out, was FANTASTIC. Local flavors, local coffee, yummy frittatas and empanadas and cafe con leche. We went back a few times. And yes, we spoke extraordinarily broken Spanish to the nice girls at the counter. I can ask for coffee! Thankfully, seeing our attempts, they answered us in English. But, like I said, I try not to assume.
This was the restaurant recommended to me by my first class seat mate: Archbishop of San Juan Roberto Gonzalez. It was a little out of our price range. But nonetheless, I sat next to a regular celebrity. Me, a lapsed Jew who spent 4 years in Catholic school. Hhmm.
The other thing that struck us almost immediately was the pace. It's so slow! Not that that's a bad thing…we could stand to learn a thing or ten from puertorriquenos. At restaurants, they give you plenty of time to peruse the menus while you drink your cocktail or coffee, plenty of time to enjoy your appetizers before your meal comes, and the waitstaff leave you alone entirely to enjoy your meal, only stopping if it appears your drink is empty, and to enquire your reaction to the food. Eating a meal can easily take 2 hours, something unheard of in American restaurants, by and large. And every place is like this. No one hurries, except to cross the street (if you value your life and limbs, that is).
The first day, we wandered the streets near our hotel, the Condado neighborhood, and found it to be touristy and a little trashy. We got caught in a torrential downpour, as we both forgot that a little rain in that part of the world usually leads to a LOT of rain in short order. Whoops. We dashed across the street to a French bakery, and gratefully accepted the pile of napkins they offered us to dry off with.
Did I mention our room was on the 10th floor overlooking the ocean? Michael's got the hookup, and man, were we hooked up! We slept the first few nights with our glass door open (heck, it's the 10th floor, no one's coming up) listening to the waves. Then we realized that the mosquitoes were going to eat Michael alive if we continued that, so we had to stop. Bummer.
The following day, we headed to Old San Juan, the site of the early history of the area. We walked several miles of Forts and streets, ending up exhausted. We spent a while wandering through forts of San Cristobal and El Morro, absorbing all of the history each had to offer. Michael in particular enjoyed the military history of the forts. I'd had no idea the streets of Old San Juan would be so amazing…I love cultural history, and this was a city that was not lacking. The old homes, with dark wood shutters and brightly painted exteriors were so Carribean, so coastal, I instantly fell in love. Just looking at the way these homes have been kept up, refurbished and refinished, one can see the passion of these people. The streets were alive with color and people. We found several old churches (SJ has a rich history with the Catholic Church), and though we didn't go in, we were able to admire them from the outside. The white stucco (I think it was limestone of sorts) contrasted so beautifully with the blue skies. Combined with the religious iconography, I couldn't help feeling like I was looking through my camera lens at a Dali painting. Too bad my camera isn't awesome enough to capture what I could see through it. Someday soon, I'll have a "real" camera.
We stumbled on a food fair as we walked through town, though we were too tired to take advantage of it that night. We were again struck at the passion of the Latin culture, and the marked contrast between American culture and Latin culture. Americans are SO reserved, except where it's acceptable: in nightclubs, bars, late at night. Latin's seem to let loose day and night. We went back to OSJ on Saturday, after spending all day laying on the beach. Silly me forgot to put sunscreen on my legs, and ended up super crispy, so I donned a loose skirt and tank top and out we headed. I was always amazing at how put together the women were, despite the humidity. When I walk out in to humidity like that, I'm instantly damp, makeup melts off my face, and my hair curls like nobody's business. The locals must be used to it. They wore makeup that stayed put, hair that stayed straight, and more clothing than I could stand in that heat. I presume one gets used to it when one lives there, but being a West Coaster, and not at all used to humidity, I was amazed (and a weensy bit jealous).
The food was fantastic…we found an Italian restaurant called Fratellis that served yummy lamb, orchiette, and nutella raviolis for dessert. We wandered the streets for a while after that, just enjoying people watching, trying to guess who was American and who was local (it was pretty easy), and musing about whether we looking as much like tourists as some of the other tourists. As Michael and I always do when we travel, we imagine what it would be like to live in this place, to raise children in a new place. Could we do it? Could we defect out of the mainland US and live as expats in another country? Maybe if I could live in the green house…with the dark wood shutters and doors, and beyond the front living area, a courtyard. And maybe if it was at least on the west coast. After the grueling journey (14 hours and three flights), I couldn't subject my family to this on a regular basis. Maybe, instead, I could bring the Carribean here…I'm plotting a dream home that includes a courtyard. The courtyard needs to make a comeback, and the PacNW is a good place to have one.
Sunday we hit the Museum of Art, which was, unfortunately, the only thing open in that neighborhood on a Sunday. We were both surprised at the depth and quality of the art. It was all Puerto Rican artists, and though much of it was religious, the more contemporary art was all social commentary, and it was fascinating. Thank God I married a man who enjoys art museums as much as I do! We'll work on RE…for now, she's too young to appreciate art like that, though I've tried, and will continue to try. For the admission price ($6 each), it was a great way to spend half the day. If we weren't so hungry, we probably would have stayed longer. That night, we went for a walk near the hotel and found some live music at a local trattoria, so we ordered up some mojitos and enjoyed the jazz fused with beats from a DJ. Again, we commented on the life that seemed to flow from the community: kids dancing, old men dancing, people hanging out in the park at 11pm, talking, laughing, drinking (but not drunk). We tried to compare it to a late night in Seattle, and thought that if anyone was really out at that point, they would probably have been belligerent, rather than just enjoying what life had to offer without crazy drunkenness.
On Monday we headed back to OSJ…just to absorb the culture some more, and ogle the beautiful old homes. I'd read that Puerto Ricans were once famous for making lace, and I wanted to try to find some. A travel site told of a museum of arts and crafts that was in an old Dominican Convent, so we headed there.
It was closed. So was La Casa Blanca, the old governors' mansion that was decorated with period furniture and artifacts. Bummer. No lace and no casa. But, we did find Michael a custom made panama hat, and me a beautiful silk scarf the colors of the Atlantic ocean.
And we noshed on coffee and empanadas in front of a café in a square, and watched as a young girl fed pigeons from her hand…she was so sweet to watch, and it all felt so very Mary Poppins (save the Marshalls that was behind us. Yes, a Marshalls).
Tuesday, we spent on the beach, and Michael swam in the waves. I huddled under the umbrella while a storm passed, and thought how fitting it was that it was grey, stormy and cool on my last day there. For dinner, we hit up the same trattoria we'd had drinks at the other night. The Italian food was amazing: smoked salmon crostini with raita, a sausage platter with pesto, and a crispy crust tomato pizza with gorgonzola. It was a perfect way to end the trip.
And now, here I am, 14 hours into my journey home, waiting to kiss and snuggle my girl when I land in Seattle. I've been on and off airplanes all day, and the only real fresh air I've inhaled was in LA (does that even count as "real"?). I cannot wait to be off this plane. Almost 2000 words in an hour…that's what a boring flight, with no books left to read (I've started and finished 6 this week) will get you: prolific blathering about the vacation.
But what good is a vacation if you can't take something back with you? What am I taking back? A nice tan (my NW friends may be jealous), a small jar of sand, seaglass and shells for RE, a few mosquito bites, and an appreciation for slowness. Not that I haven't appreciated it before, I was just too busy rushing from A to B to really stop to slow down. That is the one thing I'd really like to take back with me. Oh, and I'm ordering this sign to put at the front door.
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After The Mortgage
Well you have done it!! After years of carefully managing your finances you watch gleefully as the last payment is taken from your account signally the end of your mortgage. So now what? This week we are going to look at a few things to protect your now mortgage free home.
- CELEBRATE!! This is a huge accomplishment and certainly deserves a mortgage freedom party/dinner or glass of wine.
- Make sure the mortgage provider removes the lien on the property. Quite often this is missed and old mortgages stay on title. A phone call to your mortgage provider may be in order.
- Consider getting a home equity line of credit. This may seem like I am pushing you backwards but hear me out. A HELOC can be taken for up to 65% of your property's value. You will incur the legal fees and an appraisal but there are no payments unless you draw down some of the funds. There are a couple reasons you may want to consider this. The first is that if have not yet retired, qualifying for this type of a mortgage is easier than when you are on pension income. It can be a valid alternative to have access to the equity in your home as compared to a reverse mortgage down the road. You are able to use your home equity as tax free income which can allow your investments to stay intact and accruing interest even longer. Perhaps you want to access some funds for home renovations to protect and increase the value of your home, this can be a great way to do that as well.
- If a HELOC does not sit well with you, please consider getting a title insurance policy. Fraud is rampant these day and land titles are a matter of public record. That means anyone can look up your home and see that it is free and clear which may make you a target of mortgage fraud. You can get a title insurance policy through your lawyer as a measure of security against just that. It is a onetime cost starting about $300 and going up from there depending on the value of your home.
- Contact your home insurance company. You may be eligible for a discount in premiums now that you are mortgage free though this varies company to company.
- Update your will. Mortgage Freedom day is a great trigger to update your will. We all know there are only 2 guarantees in life, death and taxes. Give your loved ones the gift of planning ahead so that they can move more smoothly through this difficult time. A well planned estate will save them an awful lot of money and we would all much rather our loved ones receive that money rather than the system.
- Earmark the funds. Now that the mortgage obligation no longer applies you may want to reassign the funds to your retirement strategy. You were used to paying that amount each month so why not continue to do so? Debt payout, retirement funds, family vacation, home repairs or whatever you have need of.
So please take the time to celebrate this great victory in your financial life! You certainly have earned it.


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Oct 31 2009
Disney Joins Netbook Craze
The new Disney NetPal from Asus is a beefed-up Eee PC netbook with thicker hinges, a spill-proof keyboard, onboard parental controls and no shortage of Disney-themed frosting. Once you get past the mouse ear-shaped Webcam, this is just a typical Intel Atom-powered Windows XP netbook that you could easily imagine prying from your child to look up a recipe or watch a funny YouTube video.
There are three USB ports and a Secure Digital slot, plus a VGA graphics-out port for school reports and a headphone jack. The Wi-Fi/Webcam combination could make Skyping with a grandparent an option. The case comes in pink (aka Princess Pink) or blue, and there are two hard drive options – either the 160-gigabyte model (the MK90h) or the more shockproof 16GB solid state drive model (the MK90).
You may opt for the larger size and teach your child how to back up photos or projects on a separate USB drive. Missing is a disk drive. What makes this worth the few dollars over a cheaper vanilla netbook or an iPod Touch? According to Chris Heatherly, head of the Disney team behind the system, it has to do with your peace of mind.
Rather than going the filtering route, the NetPal uses a white-list approach, where you decide what your child sees through his custom Disney desktop, which mixes installed applications with online destinations. A scheduler, hidden behind a password, lets you decide which games your child can play, and when, if you want to limit your child's time with Webkinz or Free Realms to after school but also have it inaccessible at bedtime, you can do so.
Perhaps the best part of this netbook is that it gives you choices. So if your child gets tired of Hannah Montana or if you feel your child has outgrown the virtual fencing, you can toggle off your magical kingdom, download FireFox and run your NetPal like the netbook it really is. The NetPal goes for USD350. – NYT.


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This will be a short guided ride from Victoria Park to King George V Play Park and back. The route is completely off-road, making use of the shared use paths of the National Cycle Network, namely NCR-75.
We will meet next to Victoria Park Children's Play Area at 11am. Join me for a pre-ride coffee if at Jac's Coffee van if you arrive early. From here we will cycle north-west along local cycle route 14, connecting with the Hawthornvale Path westbound. After a short time on this path we will turn left onto the Goldenacre Path (local route 13) and follow this south until King George V Park. Here we will stop for around an hour to give the kids a chance to enjoy the play park before heading back to Victoria Park along NCR-75, returning for around 1.30pm.


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To encourage the growth of tennis among ladies in our community and at the Bossier Tennis Complex.
Dates/Days/Location for League Play:
• Matches will be played on Mondays or Fridays, depending on your team's level
• All matches will be played at the Bossier Tennis Complex
• Teams will consist of 4-6 players (including a designated captain) who are rated at the same USTA level (2.5, 3.0, 3.5, or 4.0) or self-rated using USTA guidelines.
• To promote the mission of Bossier Ladies Tennis, captains are encouraged to include players outside of the group with whom they most often play.
• A captain may invite a maximum of two players to "play up" one level on a team, but they may not be partners in any match.
• Teams will play two courts of doubles matches.
• 2.5 and 3.5 teams will play on Mondays at 10 am.
3.0 and 4.0 teams will play on Fridays at 10 am.
• Registration fee is $15 per player (cash preferred).
• The captain must collect registration fees for all players on her team and turn them in at BTC.
• Each player must pay applicable court fees.
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• Captains must register all team players via email at email@example.com. A team roster must be provided and include the following information:
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Mini Vi di VANNI/ Small but clever
Small but clever. MiniVi is our new collection of petite eyewear for women that manifests the unmistakable VANNI style.
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Fitness trackers guide us on how we are going with our workout. They measure all sorts of things, from our heart rates, to how fast we were going, to how much distance we've covered, if we were running or cycling. These trackers have sensors that track down specific data in a way that is convenient for us. It is important to know where we are to stay on track with our particular program.
There are fitness trackers designed for different purposes. For cyclists, however, being a sport that includes real distance and location, there are trackers that detect a change in terrain, for example, which is covering more area when you're competing or training for a race.
Trackers can also record speed, not only topography, and that's all apart from the regular tracking down of your heart rate and calories burned. GPS is incorporated also for the purpose of tracking your route. Knowing where you're going is pretty important, since you may eventually end up where you can't bring your bike, after all. It is best to check once in a while. All in all, functionality of these trackers make up a huge factor on how you are going to choose the fitness tracker that is best for you.
One other thing you may want to consider when buying trackers is the understanding that these devices are designed in a wide variety of ways, being sensors that are made to measure different types of pulses. Some can be worn like bracelets, watches, armbands. Yet some can be attached to the actual bike itself, incorporated through the handle bars or foot pedals. Where you keep these trackers depend both on your convenience, wear ability and the accuracy of data they can collect where they are placed.
The main question you need to ask yourself when buying a tracker is how much information do you really need to have in order to get the best out of your workout? What do you want to get from all this exercise? Are you training for competition? Are you simply trying to lose weight? Try to answer these questions and then match these needs toward the features of the device in scrutiny. Some trackers will highlight these features as their best.
For example, speed may not be something you are concerned with when your goal is to build muscle. You may want one of those trackers that concentrate more on determining topography, with a built in GPS.
If you are losing weight, you may want to consider mostly on the tracker's ability to measure calories burned as well as measuring your heart rate. It is all in what you want the tracker to do for you and not to be boxed in to what the package says it can do.
Having posted those questions for you to ponder on, needless to say, you are ready to hunt down the best tracker for your biking experience. We have compiled 10 of the most reliable trackers specifically designed for Cycling.
Table of Contents
- 10. Fitbit Surge Fitness Tracker
- 9. Moov's Fitness Tracker for Cycling
- 8. Powertap Fitness Tracker
- 7. Polar V650 Bicycle Computer
- 6. Polar Look Keo Power Essential Pedals
- 5. Spree Headband and Baseball Cap
- 4. Amiigo Bracelet and Shoe Clip.
- 3. Flyfit Ankle Band
- 2. Basis Peak and Basis B1 watches
- 1.NZN Labs LIT
10. Fitbit Surge Fitness Tracker
If you don't mind wrist constraints, the Fitbit Surge Fitness Tracker may be best for you. Fitbit is known for their PurePulse heart rate monitoring technology, which means that primarily, what this baby is going to be best for is monitoring your stress rate. It also has a built in calorie meter, a GPS that measures topography and distance covered. It even has a sleep monitor, and can sync with iOS and Android devices, keeping track of all your hard work.
9. Moov's Fitness Tracker for Cycling
Moov's fitness tracker for cycling wears around the ankles instead of the wrist. It works the same way as the Fitbit Surge Fitness tracker, and is able to sync its data with most android and iOS devices. It not only measures your heart rate, calories, distance run, but also serves as an artificial coach, and provides tips on how to improve your workout. It's 9-axis motion sensor makes it possible for the tracker to find out how much distance you've covered by counting how many times the wheel has turned. The ankle strap on this unit is breathable and lightweight, so you can concentrate more on your activity. It is also waterproof and has a 6 month battery life.
8. Powertap Fitness Tracker
Another alternative to wearing your tracker is not to wear it at all. As compared to the first 2 trackers, the Powertap fitness tracker is designed to replace your pedals. This allows the device to measure the power you exert on the pedals. You can now find out how much force you need to place on pedaling to gain the best momentum in cycling. These pedals can be hooked up to Powertaps monitors and laptops, providing you detailed information on how efficient you are in terms of force exerted on the bike. This state of the art technology, however best for team cyclists, professionals and advanced amateurs who enter in competitions, may not be cost effective if you are just a run in the mill everyday cyclist. May not be the best thing to buy if you're a beginner.
7. Polar V650 Bicycle Computer
As the name suggests, the Polar V650 Bicycle Computer is more than just your average fitness tracker. This device packs everything into it: heart rate monitor, calorie tracker, speed tracking and distance monitor, GPS tracking, altitude measurement, open street maps, Incline measurements. Paired with its GPS capability is a Smart Coaching training feature. It is also equipped with a Polar H6 Bluetooth Smart Heartrate sensor.
The device syncs instantly with the Flow app and web service, allowing you to analyze your performance.
6. Polar Look Keo Power Essential Pedals
Another device that replaces your regular pedal is the Polar/Look Keo Power Essential Pedals allow you 2 bluetooth transmitters to measure the power output you exert on each pedal, thus allowing you to analyze and improve your training.
These pedals are best used in combination to the Polar V650 Bicycle computer we have discussed above. Again, only if you are concerned with accuracy for competition should you consider shelling out for this expensive piece of equipment.
5. Spree Headband and Baseball Cap
Spree incorporated its tracker in a headband/baseball cap to combine both the ability to track down your performance, but also as a functional gear you can wear. It is also ideal for non- bike activities as running. Heart rate is measure via the headstrap itself, and does not need any chest straps to work with it. Calories burned, body temperature, and movement (speed/time/distance) is shared via Bluetooth enables smartphone using the Spree App. Find out more about this headgear here.
4. Amiigo Bracelet and Shoe Clip.
This tracker can be worn as a bracelet or clipped to your shoe. Amiigo claims versatility to this device as it can track down activity: like speed, duration, reps, sets, and intensity for more than 100 types of sport activities including cycling.
Some of the sports you may consider using the Amiigo Bracelet and Shoe Clip are swimming, running, power walking and elliptical. It can also recognize which activity yu are using it for.
It is waterproof and will sync with Bluetooth even on low battery power.
3. Flyfit Ankle Band
The Flyfit fitness band is designed with cycling in mind. It will track duration of your workout, pedal speed, distance traveled, rpm/cadence, pedal count and calories burned and (with phone) bike speed and real-time GPS, and will display your performance via an LED screen. Although built particularly for cycling, the device can also be used for running, swimming, walking, stair-step workouts and indoor biking. It will also track sleep.
Realtime data can be synced over iOS and Android devices.
2. Basis Peak and Basis B1 watches
Basis is tested over a number of biking communities, and measures the basics: time on the bike, calories burned, heart rate, etc. It also measures sleep rate. It also is designed for a few other activities like running swimming, rock climbing. Although, one reported glitch was a slight inaccuracy; so if you're after the accuracy of our pedal-based trackers, We recommend you skip this one out, although this is best for bike-hobbyists and beginners.
1.NZN Labs LIT
Designed for extreme sports, like BMX and mountain biking, the LIT measure additional metrics like big air, total air, max g, jumps and max speed. These are metrics of importance to extreme sports mentioned above. Water resistant up to a depth of 100 meters, syncs wirelessly via BLE, and compatible to iOS, this means you can use it for other wet sports such as surfing, skiing, and motocross.
Planned out which fitness tracker is best? Of course if you are the sporty type, the amount of features packed into the device is important for you. Being able to wear the tracker on your body rather than on the bike is also a deciding factor, especially if biking isn't your only sport. You should consider however some of the cycling-specific trackers if you are a hardcore cyclist entering competition.
We hope this list helps you in your choice, until then, enjoy!


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Nine Colgate debaters headed to New Haven Connecticut for the Yale IV, from October 19th-21st, 2012.
Competing in the tournament were the teams of Srikar Gullapalli '13 and Alexa Windsor '13, Madeline Allen '16 and Emily Luba '16, and Michaela Vebrova '16 and Kevin Costello '16. Melissa Haller '16, Asabi Rawlins '16, and Leah Robinson '16 attended as judges.
Debating motions ranging from squatters' rights, to the bases for scholarships, all three Colgate Teams finished strong. Alexa and Srikar finished with 9 points, Emily and Madeline with 5, and Kevin and Michaela with 3.
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|Looking through the forest along the path ... there are probably all kinds of moose in there!
And this is how I know that you live in another country: there are no bears in the beech trees in my local woods. BEARS?? And moose? It's strictly rabbits and squirrels here. I love this post, Wendy, the pictures are beautiful and I am looking forward to the next one. xReplyDelete
Hello, I would love to see bears and moose. Just as long as I was a good distance away. I enjoyed your hike and the lovely photos from the park.ReplyDelete
I think you are both very brave Wendy what would you have done if you had encountered any bears! I don't like the sound of those deerfly either I would be wearing a net too. The scenery is beautiful thank you for sharing it with us. :) xxReplyDelete
Looks like an incredible place to walk, hate deer fly, we get them here in the spring and they're merciless.ReplyDelete
Thanks for taking us along on your hike, Wendy. This is the first time that I've heard of bear nests. Glad you didn't have any beary scary run-ins!ReplyDelete
Don't think I've ever walked the Mizzy Lake Trail, but I have walked part of the old railway - in the winter on snowshoes I think it was. Such a wonderful place at any season..ReplyDelete
What a lovely place in the woods, my friend. How I would love to walk among those trees :) We have lots of bears, elk, and deer here and it's quite common to see them wandering around. We have some moose, but I have never seen one....maybe someday {{smiles}}
Have a wonderful Thursday and thank you for sharing your beautiful hike with us. Hugs!
The colour and images in your photos are so beautiful, Wendy. I'm always a bit wary of running into bears when we hike in the woods - so much so that for Christmas Tim bought me an air horn! Moose are so ungainly looking, but equally graceful. An paradox of nature. Looking forward to seeing your photos of one.ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful place and very wild-looking! You are brave to hike near bears and moose and wolves, and a bit eerie to think they are right there and you didn't know.
Your photos are wonderful - I can hear the silence. Thanks for taking us along! x Karen
What a lovely place to be trekking in, Wendy. And so exciting to be near a moose - I look for one every time we go to Canada. Also beavers, and I saw one swim across a lake last year, but would love to see them up close. It must be very pleasant in this area.ReplyDelete
Good Morning Wendy,
What a serene, inspiring and motivating hike you embarked upon.
Your countryside is gorgeous-reminds me a bit of Colorado but of course much lusher.
Moose are such fascinating animals, we actually have several of them that live on the farm in Idaho down by the snake river and next to the larger ponds.
I love nature-we think we might purchase a few acres in Colorado next Summer and put a 5th a wheel on it. It is a manageable driving distance from where we live in Texas.
The beaver dam is beautiful! Thanks for the photos ♥
Beautiful! And you're right - that deep blue water looks very inviting!ReplyDelete
So beautiful!ReplyDelete
Wonderful photos and what a great place to hike, although a bit 'rough' for my liking and ability and FEAR! haha.ReplyDelete
You're right about moose being easy to miss even though they are enormous. I've been working in the woods and watched moose walk by but didn't hear a thing - if I hadn't been looking right at the animal, I wouldn't have known it was there.ReplyDelete
I love that trail. I've done it several times. The only time I regretted doing it was one time during blackfly season.ReplyDelete


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In just over a week from now, Facebook will switch to the much talked about Facebook Timeline.
It was first talked about in the f8 conference last year, and until as late as February this year, it was still unclear when this shift would definitely happen. But now it's upon us. So what are the new features that Timeline brings to your brand or business?
Out with the old
The days of the Facebook welcome page are almost gone; Timeline does away with the welcome page and instead gives you the opportunity to have an 850px x 315px graphic area to display a unique, functional, or quirky side to your business or brand.
Apps have taken over from the welcome/landing pages. Before this, marketing campaigns involved a custom splash page, containing an image with an arrow pointing to the Like button asking people to "like"a page. This is no longer possible with the terms of service changes and the exclusion of welcome/landing pages.
Timeline now makes your entire profile visible from the first load and the Apps are neatly disguised as buttons under your cover image. Facebook has however included a Google+ / Twitter inspired Subscribe button, which allows people to subscribe to your page and select what content they want to see from your page in their newsfeed. This feature is what I would call Facebook's secret weapon – subscribers can connect with anyone's profile and read their updates as long as they have the subscribe feature added.
This, along with the current newsfeed panel on the right, will give Facebook a new "Twitter" type edge. Whether it will work or not is yet to be seen.
In with the new
Anyone now has the ability to message your page, whether they are a fan or not. However, you can edit the settings for this through the Admin Panel.
You cannot initiate conversation with someone, and can only message people from your page if they have sent you a message first.
The new Applications page has a great 810px width and seemingly unlimited height; no more restrictive skinny apps. Designers can take advantage of the generous application space given to them and I, for one, can't wait to see the great designs that come out of this new freedom.
Of course I haven't even got to the 'life changing' new layout below this header section. The beautifully split content area gives itself to a flowing waterfall of posts, comments, milestones, questions' and images, leading the viewer through a journey of discovery.
You can pin a post to the top of the Timeline and have it stay there for 7 days. Pin a post by going to the post and clicking on the pin icon, to the right of the star. This will save this particular post to the top of your page for 7 days and after the 7 days, it will go back to its original place in the Timeline.
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You can also highlight important posts so that they span the entire length of the Timeline. To highlight a post, go to the post and hover over it ,and then click on the star. Your post will now span the entire width of the page, breaking up the timeline and giving more attention to a post you want to feature.
When you mouse over the Timeline bar in the centre of the page, you get a marker that appears, and by clicking on the timeline you can add questions to your fans (or subscribers), milestones of important facts in your business or brands life (e.g. Coca-Colas page), and even tag photos to a certain time, even if they were from 1910.
The Timeline will give brands and businesses the opportunity to educate, interact with, and engage their fans in a whole new and enlightening way. Social media agencies are going to be in a full-on strategy war over the next few months to see who can come up with the best and most interesting ways of marketing their clients' brands and businesses on the new platform.
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Routes : North America : United States : Montana : Rock Climbing : Livingston : Mill Creek Canyon
Mill Creek Canyon
Climbing Sections:
- Brain Bucket Wall (2)
- Cunning Stunt Wall (3)
- Livingston Saturday Nights Crag (3)
- Mill Creek Crags (2)
- Peanuts Wall (2)
- Roadside Fins (5)
- Thunderbolt and Lightfeet Crag (1)
- Warm Up Wall (2)
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|Presently, 18 crags have seen route development and activity--ranging from 5.7 trad lines to 5.13 desperate clip-ups. The rock is 50 million year-old granite that has been exposed though Absaroka weathering and uplift, providing crisp splitter-cracks and pristine faces. 90% of the area is road-side and requires less than a 10-minute approach--and the nearby creek adds the comfort of chilled beverages throughout the day.Approximately 77 routes on 18 crags/ buttresses have been red-pointed and completed for future parties to experience, with an additional 4 top-rope walls utilizing 10 separate anchors. Climbing is on U.S. Forest Service land and has no restrictions except for a seasonal gate closure (Jan. 1-May 1) 3 miles downstream--generally the season is best May through October.
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|From Livingston. travel US 89 highway (70 mph limit !) 14 miles to a paved road on the left marked by a green "PRAY" sign. There is also a brown US Forest Service access sign. Head east to STOP sign and continue for 14 miles--road turns to grated gravel (30mph). Crags are visible from road--anchors and bolts are camoflagued.
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Calera, Texas Farm-to-Market Road 3078 (old US 290),
In Calera, a long forgotten community, not even documented in the comprehensive Handbook of Texas, sits an adobe and rock church. Freshly lime plastered, it looks so new that it could be from a set of a Western movie. But the small church northwest of Toyahvale is the historic Mission Mary, recently restored by the Calera Foundation.
Inside the air is still and there is a pleasant smell of dust and devotional candles. Soft light filters through rafters and two wooden benches invite contemplation. The community of Calera, meaning lime kiln in Spanish, built the chapel in the 1920s. Father Brocardus, a circuit priest originally from the Netherlands, drove to the mission once a month from Fort Davis in his Model T.
In its heyday, Calera had a population of about 90 people, mostly Mexican Americans who worked as farmers or ranchers. The area was watered by Phantom Lake, which dried up in 1983, long after most of the population had left.
Behind the churchs restoration is Kate Vigneron, a certified Alexander Technique teacher and the owner of the Tennessee Walking Horse institute. Born in Louisiana, Vigneron spent twenty-nine years in France; she now owns the 4,000-acre Madera Hills Ranch near Toyahvale, which is also the home of the institute. Vigneron formed the foundation in 2002, and the foundation restored the church in 2003. Its now non-denominational and open to everyone.


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These guys must be fun at parties. Astrobiologists Aditya Chopra and Charley Lineweaver said in their recent study that the reason why aliens haven't made contact with us is because they're all dead.
"Our suggestion that the universe is filled with dead aliens might disappoint some, but the universe is under no obligation to prevent disappointment," they wrote in their study—probably before dropping the mic.
Scientists have long believed that we are not alone in the universe, with billions of planets in the Milky Way alone capable of supporting life. And if life can be supported, the thinking goes, then life should—microorganisms should evolve into multicellular lifeforms, eventually giving rise to life intelligent enough to send and receive radio signals, or maybe even travel in space.
But Chopra and Lineweaver argue otherwise, saying that "early extinction could be the cosmic default for life in the universe." Using the Gaia hypothesis (which states that microorganisms interact with their environment to form a self-regulating system, making it habitable), they note that even if such organisms existed, the chances of them evolving in time to regulate a planet's environment are slim.
Without this regulation, more complex multicellular organisms are unlikely to appear. So what you're left with are just a bunch of dead alien microorganisms battered into submission by the harsh environments they emerged in.
"Even if life does emerge on a planet, it rarely evolves quickly enough to regulate greenhouse gases, and thereby keep surface temperatures compatible with liquid water and habitability," Chopra and Lineweaver said in their study.
They must have then found another mic, and dropped it again. "Maintaining life on an initially wet rocky planet in the habitable zone may be like trying to ride a wild bull. Most riders fall off."
Chopra and Lineweaver's study is unlikely to make SETI researchers find something else to do with their lives, but without evidence proving or disproving the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life, these 'false starts' seem at least as likely as extra-terrestrial life being 'out there.


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I had a lovely few days at the riverside Lodge, I stayed here with my 2 teenage boys that where exited to stay and fish on the lake whilst I enjoyed the jacuzzi BUT this was not the case ... it was not set up for fishing at all and we had to leave the lodge each day to find a fishing lake for them to do what they came to do. This said the lodge was very comfortable and clean in perfect position for Ripon town centre with some lovely shops and restaurants. So if your not looking to fish off the back of the lodge which is what we wanted to do as it's how I read the description then it's a fantastic place to stay and explore !!
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Hot tub so clean and the accommodation was fantastic.
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We really enjoyed it a lovely roomy lodge and great hot tub.
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We have just returned after 5 day break and we were sorry to leave. Lodge is in a lovely location with pleasant river views and only 10-15 minute walk to Ripon centre. Hot tub was a great size. Fixtures & fittings were all clean & tidy. Only slight complaint was the double bed- would have been nicer to have a king size for the extra comfort. Overall a great place to visit for a short break.
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Lovely stay at the lodge, beautiful setting and great location for peace and quiet but still only a 10 minute walk into Ripon. Fairly basic site and indoor furniture however made up for in the cleaniness and value for money. Would definitely recommend :)
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Would recommend uredale the lodge was comfortable cosy excellent decor and was spotless will be returning again soon
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Lovely comfortable lodge with great view of the river. Well finished interior. Hot tub was fantastic and so relaxing after a day out and about in the region. Good tv/WiFi so teenagers happy!
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Amazing holiday. Would definitely recommend and 100% will be booking again! Thank you so much for our stay.
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We loved our stay at the Uredale Lodge, so relaxing, and very private. It had everything you would need.
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Well what can i say. The lodge was just grate with every thing you need for a relaxing and peaceful stay. Now i am home i miss the hot tub and our hosts were just grate. We will be returning for shore .Well done to all .
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Visit us in Chicago on Wednesday, January 25th from 6:30 – 8pm and meet the instructors, students, and alumni of our Data Science Bootcamp.
Enjoy food and drinks as Metis Sr. Data Scientist David Ziganto walk you through a sampling of what students learn throughout their 12 weeks of project-based data science work. Ashley Purdy, Metis Career Advisor, will then speak about the career support process and host a panel of 3 bootcamp alumni — Ahmed El-Razi, Data Analyst at Grubhub, Michael Moliterno, Data Scientist at Datascope Analytics, and Matt Holbrook, Sr. Data Analyst at eSpark Learning.
Additionally, Jason Moss, Metis Co-Founder and President, and Nathan Vermeiren, Program Manager, will be on hand to take your questions.
6:30 – 7:00 Register, mingle, eat & drink
7:00 – 7:45 David discusses the Metis Data Science Bootcamp; Ashley shares the career support structure and hosts panel
7:30 – 8:00 Chat with Metis students, staff, and alumni and enjoy more food & drinks
Plan on learning about the Bootcamp curriculum and outcomes, as well as how it culminates with Metis Career Day, when hiring partners come to Metis for student final presentations and portfolio reviews.
David Ziganto
Sr. Data Scientist (Bootcamp Instructor)
David has a penchant for solving novel problems with machine learning and revels in sharing knowledge with others. He comes to Metis from HAVI, a world-renowned supply chain and logistics company. He developed the machine learning back-end for their SaaS product and provided training in Python, algorithms, and Apache Spark. Prior to that, David worked at a research lab for the Department of Defense where he led multiple facets of a big data cyber security project. David holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University, having specialized in optimization methods. His industry experience spans defense, education, healthcare, insurance, logistics, marketing, and supply chain.
Nathan Vermeiren
Program Manager
Nathan is passionate about non-traditional education, taking tools learned in the classroom and implementing them in real-world experiences. He previously worked for Kaplan International as their Regional Activities Manager and Student Services Coordinator helping international students achieve their English language goals. Before Kaplan, Nathan worked for a language events company and built bilingual communities through events for over five years in both Spain and Argentina. In his spare time Nathan enjoys traveling, attending cultural events, reading and being outside when Chicago's weather permits it.
Ashley Purdy
Career Advisor
Ashley has an impressive career support/advisory background. She started her career as a technical recruiter in Milwaukee, WI, where she worked with both job-seeking candidates and employers to help facilitate the best matches. She then transitioned to DeVry University in Chicago as a Career Advisor, where she worked with students and graduates on all aspects of the job search. Ashley was quickly promoted to Senior Career Advisor due to her outstanding leadership skills and work ethic. She also has experience as an event planner and has organized large career fairs at DeVry — and is now a Career Advisor at Metis in Chicago!
Jason Moss
Metis Co-Founder and President
For almost 20 years, Jason has worked in education. From founding a nonprofit organization in New Orleans to working at companies such as McKinsey & Company, Scholastic, Kaplan, and now Metis (a part of Kaplan), he has sought opportunities to build businesses and work with exceptional teams on creating transformative learning experiences and products. He spends most his time at Metis (1) ensuring the quality of the student experience and outcome; (2) developing the roadmap and building the team to grow the business, and (3) engaging with data scientists around the country with whom Metis can collaborate.
Ahmed El-Razi
Data Analyst, GrubHub
Michael Moliterno
Data Scientist, Datascope Analytics
Matt Holbrook
Sr. Data Analyst, eSpark Learning
Connect with us on Twitter before the event! @thisismetis


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On October 17, 2018, the Government of Canada legalized and regulated access to cannabis.
This legislation will:
Should you choose to use cannabis on a recreational or medical basis, here are some important things you need to be aware of with regards to your insurance.
Car Insurance and Cannabis
In June of 2018, Alberta's alcohol and drug impaired driving offences came into effect to align with new federal drug laws.
With the legalization of marijuana, cannabis use is being looked at the same way as alcohol use when it comes to getting behind the wheel. While legal, if you are driving under the influence of marijuana and are over the legal limit, even if it is intended for medicinal purposes, it will affect your insurance the same way an alcohol conviction would.
Whether it is from alcohol or illegal drugs, a DUI is a criminal code conviction that will stay on your record for five years from the date of conviction. You will also automatically have your license suspended. These things combined can affect the rates you pay for car insurance for several years. During the first three years, you are considered high risk and will be charged an extra free on top of your premiums. The next two years you are eligible to be placed in a regular insurance market but will also be charged an extra fee for a higher risk as well.
The hike in your rates comes as a direct result from insurance companies seeing you as a greater risk based on statistics and actuarial data.
According to data from Intact Insurance, drivers with a DUI conviction are 30-40% more likely to be involved in an accident. Data from MADD Canada says 30% of drivers with a DUI; get another DUI within 10 years.
Lastly, should you cause an accident while driving under the influence, you forfeit the right to claim for any damages and injuries to a third party.
Legal Limits
Under the new drug-impaired driving offences, the maximum amount of THC blood concentration level a driver can have is 2 nanograms (ng) per millilitre (ml).
Note: Drivers under that Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program that are found to have any amount of cannabis or illegal drugs in their blood are now subject to the same provincial sanctions that apply to alcohol. These include:
For more information regarding the impaired driving law changes in Alberta, click here.
Cannabis and home insurance
When it comes to having medicinal cannabis, marijuana plants, or cannabis accouterments in your home, depending on which company your insurance is with, you will be provided coverage under the contents section of your home, condo and tenants insurance policy.
For more information on the legal amounts of cannabis possession under the new legislation, click here.
The above mentioned items related to cannabis can sometimes fall under what is called a special limit. A special limit on your insurance policy is essentially a limitation within the wording of your coverage that outlines the maximum that would be paid out for certain items in the event of a claim.
Please contact your Sharp Insurance broker to discuss special limits on your policy as every insurance company is different.
At Sharp, we understand the insurance can be complicated and confusion. As always, feel free to contact your Sharp Insurance broker with regards to any questions or concerns you may have with regards to the legalization of cannabis and your insurance.


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Farmer's Market Corn with Chile and Lime
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Hands-on Time: 5 mins
- Makes: 6 servings
Give your farmers market grilled corn on the cob Tex-Mex flair with this recipe. Featuring chili powder, cumin, garlic and coriander, with a splash of lime, these ears of corn are irresistibly juicy with the perfect amount of spice. Perfect as a side dish with your favorite summertime meal.
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- 1/2 teaspoon Frontier Organic Ground Cumin Seed 1.76 oz.
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- 1/4 teaspoon Frontier Organic Garlic Granules 2.68 oz.
- 1/4 teaspoon Frontier Organic Ground Coriander Seed 1.66 oz.
- 1/2 teaspoon Frontier Table Grind Sea Salt 5 lb
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Juice of 1 lime
- 6 ears fresh corn on the cob, shucked and rinsed
1. Preheat grill to high. Combine spices in small bowl. Toast in hot skillet, shaking skillet or stirring constantly, until aromatic, about 30 seconds. Combine oil, juice, salt, and toasted spices in small bowl. Set aside.
2. Shake water off corn. Grill, turning occasionally until kernels begin to blacken and pop. Remove to platter and brush with chile mixture. Serve immediately.
Calories: 170
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Bali Scuba Diving – submerge yourself in a thriving and vibrant underwater world. Explore excellent dive sites and a collection of underwater gardens. For many years, Bali has been extremely popular with divers. This is due to the warm waters around the island. They're abundant with extensive coral reefs and magnificent marine life. It's common to see sharks, turtles, manta rays and a kaleidoscopic range of tropical fish. Spectacular dives include drop-off walls, shipwreck diving and drift diving.
Dive centres in Bali operate from all the main resort areas. They offer both fun dives and PADI-certified Open Water diving courses and adventures. During the rainy season, diving may not be at its best as storms reduce visibility. But there are certain dive spots where you can expect calm waters and clear visibility at almost any time of year. These include Menjangan Island and Pemuteran on the North Bali coast.


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Free online on www.vitalitygames.com a new game called "Punch Box". Punch the boxes as hard as you can! You are a boxer with very low money and because you can't afford to train at gyms, you train by punching boxes! You have to tap on the sides of the screen to punch and destroy boxes and be careful to avoid sharp wood that is on some boxes or otherwise you will get knock out! Also, remember that time is limited and you have to punch boxes to earn more time. So punch as fast as you can and earn more score!
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Actually what I am doing today is I am going through my manuscript carefully and checking for errors. I'm checking carefully everywhere in it, of course, but especially the parts that I have revised recently. I noticed while checking my last manuscript that I would think my manuscript was free of errors, when actually there were still some in there, in the parts I revised. For example, subject verb agreement. Little things like that.
Also, going to my Merriam Webster dictionary if I am not one hundred percent sure of something. For example, is playground one word or two? (It's one word.)
In other news, last night I bought my sister some tea from Lupicia.com (the American site) for my sister. I was introduced to the Japanese tea company Lupicia by fellow blogger and real life friend Helen of Living La Vida Loca in Japan.
My sister is not the least bit girly and is extremely, extremely hard to shop for. Basically she doesn't want anything. But she does drink tea and this is nice because it's authentic Japanese tea. It's like I am sending her a gift from Japan without paying for the expensive shipping. It's also nice that the American site accepts my Japanese credit card. (A lot of American sites don't like cards that were issued in Japan!!!! Boo hoo!!!!)
What else? Just lying low. Taking it easy.
Since I have have MIA the last few days, I will leave you with this interesting blog post written by an African American woman. (I don't know much about Jpop of JTV so I don't usually "go" there on this blog.)
That's it for now. Cheers!


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New Horizons
This is a warm and friendly group that studies a book of Bible at a time going verse by verse to allow a deep understanding of the text. The class participates in lots of discussion related to the scripture and its life applications. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age, gender, or Biblical knowledge. Look for the classroom sign near the door to the gym.
The class has started a study of the book of Matthew for the Fall.


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by Piter Kehoma Boll
What would you think if someone came to you and said that your pet snail accidentally got pregnant and you're the father? Or if you went to the doctor and he said to you "congratulations, you're pregnant and the father is a sea urchin". Of course you'd be proud, dontcha?
Well, if you think that's a ridiculous nonsense, you're quite right. But guess what? There's a senior (i.e., very old) scientist claiming that such a thing happens in nature all the time! And what's his name? Donald I. Williamson.
Born in 1922 (he's 90!), he's a British planktologist and carcinologist, already retired, of course. But at least from 1987 on he has been publishing a series of weird papers claiming that hybrids between different animal phyla happened many times during the history of animal kingdom.
All started, as already mentioned, in 1987, on his paper "Incongruous Larvae and the Origin of some Invertebrate Life-Histories" where he considers the huge differences between adults and larvae in many animals, at first mainly concerning echinoderms. His "revolutionary" idea is that larvae and adults evolved separately as different lineages of animals and later became a single species by hybridization. He claims it by initially citing works that suggest the possibility of horizontal gene transference between distantly related organisms, mainly caused by viruses carrying a small amount of their hosts' DNA from one to another. So he apparently thought "If one can carry one gene from an animal to another, why couldn't it happen with the whole genome?".
Echinoderms, his first victims, are thought to have hybridized with hemichordates, so explaining why the larvae of both groups are so similar. By the end, he admits that he hasn't made any research concerning all or most of the recent works on development and phylogeny of the targeted groups.
Here is important to cite a work by Švácha (1992) studying the imaginal disks in larvae of holometabolous insects (those with larva, pupa and adult stages). Imaginal discs are some regions of apparently undifferentiated cells in insects larvae and previously thought to be the source of most of the adult features not found in larvae, as well as being responsible for the replacement of some organs in larvae by new ones in adults, like the larvae's antennae being replaced by new ones during the transition from one stage to another. Švácha noticed, however, that this actually doesn't happen and that imaginal discs only help to develop larvae's structures, but not replace them by new ones. That is to say, the adult form of insects does not come from a second "embryo" hidden inside the larva.
Of course Williamson ignored this paper and many others and in 2001 he brought another argument to sustain himself: a fallacy.
As you might or not know, the endosymbiosis theory suggests that some intracellular organelles, like mitochondria and chloroplasts, originated from bacteria associated to eukaryote cells. One then can state that the functions of intracellular organelles existed before the organelles themselves, so it was completely logical for Williamson to assume that the features of larvae existed before animals having larvae."
Like if he was in a frenetic state, Williamson started to discharge loads of "perfectly possible" hybridizations between animal groups. To cite some:
- Turbellarian larvae came from Rotiferans
- Echinoderm larvae came from Hemichordates
- Tunicate larva came from Appendiculata (an old group comprising Arthropods, Annelids, Rotifers and others)
And to be even more bizarre, he suggests that the blastula in animals' embryos came from hybridization with Volvocales, a group of green algae!
And as you can also see by reading his work, most of his references are his own previous works, obviously indicating a lack of interest in any REAL study trying to understand the origin of differences between larvae and adults. It is also worth noting that Williamson had some unusual phobia for the names of echinoderm classes, since the ending –oidea was to annoying for him to be seen in something other than a superfamily.
By 2006, Minelli et al. presented an interesting review of researches concerning the development of arthropods from larval forms to adults, where one of the possible explanations to the drastic change occurring in holometabolous insects larvae is nothing more complex that a kind of "neoteny", i.e., when earlier stages of development last longer in an organism's life cycle. In this case, the probable thing that happens is that the larva of holometabolous insects are kind of very developed and mobile embryos, nothing that weird, right? And guess what? In the whole review there is not even a single mention to Williamson, and we all can imagine why…
In this same year, Williamson attacks again with another paper, this time claiming that the Cambrian explosion happened due to a high number of hybridizations with larval transfer and, as in all of his previous works, uses the argument that "natural selection cannot explain such divergences between adults and larvae". We can clearly notice that he completely ignores all recent publications concerning phylogenetics and genomics and, as it at least seems to me, ignores anything related to evolutionary theories other than Darwin's The Origin of Species and Lynn Margulis works (to whom he appears to have some desperate passionate feelings).
An then again, in 2009, he comes with another article, this one at PNAS, entitled "Caterpillars evolved from onychophorans by hybridogenesis" where he persists in his absurd ideas, claiming that caterpillars arouse from a female moth being accidentally fertilized by a male onychophoran. and he still goes on ignoring anything related to molecular data, attacking Darwin's and Haeckel's ideas once more and citing only works that, by his limited point of view, could support in any way his incongruent ideas. All works published during these more than 20 years that he passed affirming the same nonsense, like a fanatic priest in a church, were left aside.
Anyway, this last work gained a higher repercussion than the previous ones and many scientists manifested their indignation with it, so that for two months the paper was held up from print publication, until finally appearing in print in the issue of November that year.
Now, seriously, how could it be possible that such a ridiculous idea was allowed to be published in this century, after all the serious researchers concerning phylogeny and ontogeny of animals?
Well, it was possible only for one reason: Lynn Margulis. She was the one that communicated the paper, via a submission route that allowed academy members of the United States National Academy of Sciences to manage the peer review of a colleague's manuscript. But why would Lynn Margulis support such an idea from an old retired out of his mind "scientist"? I should say because she was pretty out of her mind too.
If you know Lynn Margulis, you also know that she was once a brilliant biologist with challenging ideas, helping to make the endosymbiosis theory to get known and eventually accepted to explain the origin of chloroplasts and mitochondria. But in her last years (she died on November 22, 2011) she started to attack well supported ideas in science in a kind of irrational way, like stating that AIDS isn't caused by HIV.
When this last work was released for press, the same issue brought a challenge by zoologist Gonzalo Giribet and a paper by Hart & Grosberg rejecting Williamson's ideas based on all molecular data already available that clearly indicate that holometabolous insects do not have onychophoran genes at all to explain such a BS.
Apparently Williamson prepared a briefly response, but it was not released to be published.
So after reading all this, I think anybody can understand why nobody can take him serious. Or would you ever believe that you can get pregnant by a jellyfish while swimming in the sea?
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Abbott, A., Brumfiel, G., Dolgin, E., Hand, E., Sanderson, K., Van Noorden, R., & Wadman, M. 2009. Whatever happened to …? Nature DOI: 10.1038/news.2009.1162
Giribet, G. 2009. On velvet worms and caterpillars: Science, fiction, or science fiction? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (47), e131 DOI: 10.1073\pnas.0910279106
Hart, M., & Grosberg, R. 2009. Caterpillars did not evolve from onychophorans by hybridogenesis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (47), 19906-19909 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910229106
Minelli, A., Brena, C., Deflorian, G., Maruzzo, D., & Fusco, G. 2006. From embryo to adult—beyond the conventional periodization of arthropod development Development Genes and Evolution, 216 (7-8), 373-383 DOI: 10.1007/s00427-006-0075-6
Švácha, P. 1992. What Are and What Are Not imaginal Discs: Reevaluation of Some Basic Concepts (Insecta, Holometabola) Developmental Biology, 154, 101-117
Williamson, D. 1987. Incongruous larvae and the origin of some invertebrate life-histories Progress In Oceanography, 19 (2), 87-116 DOI: 10.1016/0079-6611(87)90005-X
Williamson, D. 2001. Larval transfer and the origins of larvae Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131 (1), 111-122 DOI: 10.1006/zjls.2000.0252
Williamson, D. 2006. Hybridization in the evolution of animal form and life-cycle Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 148 (4), 585-602 DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00236.x
Williamson, D. 2009. Caterpillars evolved from onychophorans by hybridogenesis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908357106