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Report by Jim Davie
A late Logan Davie goal earned Lochee United a point in a disappointing game at Whitton Park. None of the three goalkeepers on duty had much to do as chances were few and far between.
Broughty were first to attack but Kevin Milne was crowded out on the point of shooting and Jamie Winter managed to force the first corner of the game.
Connor Birse and Grant Lawson both had chances for Lochee but failed to test keeper Duncan McPherson.
A back header from Greg Kirk was seized upon by Bluebells keeper Mark Stewart before Milne could pounce, but the first save of any note came from Stewart in the 35th minute when he saved a shot from former Thomson Park player Brian Clark.
The closest Lochee came to opening the scoring was when Cameron McMahon got his head to a Dougie Cameron corner kick, but the young midfielder headed wide. The Fed goalkeeper's first save of any note came in the 10th minute of the second half when he turned a Birse effort round the post.
That was to be the last contribution from McPherson as he went down with a bad injury and had to be substituted. With no goalie sub on the bench Danny Cavanagh came on, with Fraser Smith going between the posts.
Cavanagh was only on the field a few minutes when he tried a shot that flew over the Lochee bar.
With 20 minutes to go the home side broke the deadlock. MILNE chased a long ball down the wing and sent in a looping shot that ended up in the Lochee net.
Both sides were forced into substitutions at this stage with Danny Millar replacing Kirk and Chris Liversedge coming on for injured goal scorer Milne.
It must have been frustrating for the Lochee bench and fans that they hadn't yet tested makeshift keeper Smith, but they began to exert more pressure on the Fed defence and Lawson blazed over from close in.
They finally got their reward in the final minute of normal time, though there was still a considerable amount of injury time to be played due to McPherson's injury.
From a Stephen Mcnally long throw-in the ball bounced around off a few players and, rather fortuitously, landed perfectly for DAVIE, who had the simple task of heading it into the net from close range.
The Bluebells tried hard for the winner but sub keeper Smith came up with several good punch-outs to keep them at bay.
Broughty Athletic: McPherson (Cavanagh 63), McCunnie, Blair, McLellan, Hay, McNaughton, Winter, Clark, Smith, Kesson (Garden 66), Milne (Liversedge 75).
Lochee United: Stewart, Webster, Kirk (Millar 75), Smith, Mcnally, Cameron, Reid, Lawson, McMahon, Davie, Birse.


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My husband is a part time minister in a small rural church. He does not maintain an office at the church, but does the majority of work from home, ie. study time, phone calls etc. He drives to the church twice a week (93 miles roundtrip) to officiate services. Is the mileage from his home office to the church tax deductible?
I've seen a few pieces of information on this but wanted to confirm the correct view before using this for our tax calculations this year.
Any advise would be appreciated!
Joyce gets a simple answer. Since the cost of going from one work location to another business location is a business expense, then only if the home office is a legitimate, deductible office-in-the-home is the drive a business expense. Learn more about home office expense here.
Because regulations for ministers differ somewhat from those for the self-employed in general, know that I have not checked the regs for an exception. No time now. Maybe after 4/15.
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Hi June,
I've just recommended your site and books to some indie friends who are wading through this year's receipts, and boy are they thrilled.
I have a question about logging business mileage. I paint murals and got a commission to do a doctor's office in my old hometown in CA. I now live in CO, so I drove out for the job. I timed the mural painting around a friend's wedding in CA so I could kill 2 birds with one stone.
My husband came along for the ride and the wedding. We spent a total of 2 weeks in CA. 1 week I worked on the mural and 1 week spent visiting family and wedding activities.
So my question is: Does the entire mileage for the trip count? Or do I have to modify for the percentage of time spent on pleasure vs work and/or the extra passenger in the car?
Eternally grateful for your website and books!
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Since the trip was primarily for business, meaning that Corrie would not have gone to the wedding had she not had the assignment, then the cost of the trip is a business expense. She may not deduct personal expenses.
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LONDON: Economic growth across the 19-country eurozone is showing signs of slowing, according to a survey conducted before any assessment of the impact on German industry of the emissions-rigging scandal engulfing carmaker Volkswagen.
Financial information company Markit said Wednesday its monthly purchasing managers' index - a broad gauge of business activity - fell to 53.9 points in September from 54.3 the previous month. Though anything above 50 indicates expansion, the decline points to slower growth.
Markit says its survey points to quarterly growth of 0.4 percent in the third quarter, unchanged from the previous three-month period.
"There remains a worrying failure of growth to accelerate to a pace sufficient to generate either higher inflation or strong job creation," said Chris Williamson, Markit's chief economist.
The projected quarterly growth rate is, according to Williamson, below what is generally regarded as the eurozone's long-term potential and puts the region on course to expand by just 1.6 percent this year.
A more detailed look at the survey shows that Germany is enjoying its best quarterly expansion for a year even though growth slowed slightly in September.
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While Volkswagen is struggling to contain the fallout, there are concerns that the scandal will hit sales as brand is damaged. Since VW is a major part of the German economy, there could be some implications for growth.
Carsten Brzeski, chief economist at ING Germany, said the ongoing refugee crisis and now the "Volkswagen shocker" pose new risks to the German economy, which have yet to be picked up by surveys.
Brzeski concedes that it is "unclear" what the impact of the VW crisis will be, but that there will likely be one given the size of VW. It is, he notes, "one of Germany's most important global champions" and an "important growth driver for the German economy."
Volkswagen AG has already set aside 6.5 billion euros ($7.2 billion) to cover costs related to the scandal and could face billions more in fines and penalties.
"While the German economy defied Greece, the euro crisis and the Chinese slowdown, it could now be facing the biggest downside risk in a long while," Brzeski said.
Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets, also warned that the scandal could weigh on German growth, not least because of the importance of the car industry to the German economy.
"It is going to take quite a lot of skilled panel work to repair the dents in the 'Made in Germany' brand, particularly given this scandal has exposed a deliberate attempt to deceive," he said.
"The implications for German GDP growth could well be significant in the coming months, if global trust is lost, not only for VW but also the rest of the European car industry, if evidence is uncovered that we aren't seeing an isolated case," he added.
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Common edible plants found on the seashore
December 2016.
All the following plants have been tried by the author. The author does not assume liability for adverse reactions to the wild plants featured in this article either by consuming them or coming into contact with them. They are handled and consumed at your own risk. Every reasonable care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in this article but the author assumes no liability for any inaccuracies or omissions. Use of this website means you have read and accepted the above and agree to the conditions of use in our Disclaimer.
This is not a world–wide comprehensive field guide, and there are many more edible seashore plants. The plants referred to in this article are generally regarded as being common and safe to eat by the majority of people. It is a good policy to learn, and be absolutely familiar with, a small number of common survival plants that you are confident you can positively identify, rather than try and remember many plants and maybe make a bad error in identification. All survival skills need practice, relying on a survival book or field guide in an actual survival situation is not a good survival policy. Always test a plant using the Universally Accepted Test for Edibility of Plants unless you are certain you know the plant is safe. This article is about finding obvious food in a survival situation; if you want to try them out, please only pick from areas where plants are abundant and remember to respect their natural habitat.
A word or warning:
Be mindful that wild plants are visited by birds, rodents, snails, and the like. Pick from the middle of the plant selecting leaves that are intact and always cook or blanch the vegetation you collect in boiling water before eating. If you are not used to eating wild plants, start with very small quantities and see how your digestive system reacts – some people can suffer discomfort in the gut, other don't. Avoid plants growing near busy roads because these will contain higher levels of pollutants. Most seashore plants require soaking in repeated changes of fresh water to remove bitterness and salt content.
Chenopodiaceae family:
Arrach (Chenopodium album):
Chenopodium album.
Survival food value:
(Excellent, good, quite good, poor)
Various species, growing extensively across the temperate regions in altitudes of up to 4,260 metres (14,000 feet).
Found on wasteland, open spaces, grassy spaces and common on shorelines.
Use as a survival food:
Chenopodium album is an important survival food. It is noticeable as a spiky plant growing up to 1 metre (3.3 feet) tall. The leaves are dull green and spear–shaped, or more rounded and oval depending on the species. The flowers are tiny, and creamy–white to green. The leaves can be boiled or steamed and eaten; the seeds can be eaten or crushed into flour to make bread. It gets its common name from its balanced amino acid pattern, which is remarkably close to that of the hen's egg.
Chenopodium bonus–henricus:
Chenopodium bonus–henricus.
Also known as "Good King Henry," Chenopodium bonus–henricus has been grown as a vegetable in cottage gardens for hundreds of years and is often found around the sandy reaches near the seashore. This dual purpose vegetable is now rarely grown and the species is more often considered a weed. Cropping can begin in the Spring. Some of the new shoots can be cut as they appear (usually from mid–spring to early summer) and cooked like asparagus. All cutting should then cease so that shoots are allowed to develop. The succulent triangular leaves may be harvested a few at a time until the end of August and cooked like spinach.
Chenopodium berlandieri:
Chenopodium berlandieri, a member of the Chenopodiaceae family that contains similar nutritional value.
Common names:
Pigweed, pitseed, lambsquarters, goosefoot and huauzontle. It is an annual herbaceous plant in the Chenopodiaceae family.
Range: The species is widespread in North America, where it is native to Alaska and northern Canada, south to Michoacán, Mexico, and including every U.S. State except Hawaii.
Further information:
The fast growing, upright plant reaches heights of up to 1.05 metres (3.4 feet). It can be differentiated from most of the other members of its large genus by its honeycomb pitted seeds and further separated by its serrated, more or less evenly, lobed lower leaves.
Use as a survival food:
Although widely regarded today as a weed, this species was once a fully domesticated pseudo cereal crop, similar to the closely related Chenopodium quinoa. It continues to be cultivated in Mexico as a pseudo cereal, a leaf vegetable and for its broccoli like flowering shoots.
Chenopodiaceae family Food value:
Leaves typically contain 16% protein; 7% fat; 46% carbohydrate and leafy stems typically contain 4% protein; 1 % fat and 9% carbohydrate.
Further information:
Also known as 'Fat Hen' or 'Goose foot'.
Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), Elaeagnaceae family:
Hippophae rhamnoides
Survival food value:
(Excellent, good, quite good, poor)
Range: Europe, including Britain, from Norway south and east to Spain and Asia, to Japan and the Himalayas.
Usually found near the coast, often forming thickets on fixed dunes and sea cliffs. All species of the genus are called Sea Buckthorns. Plants typically grow 2 – 4 metres (6.5 – 13 feet) in height and have silvery–green deciduous leaves and colourful berries that persist most of the winter.
Use as a survival food:
There are both male and female plants; the latter develop berries that are round to almost egg–shaped and up to 1 cm (0.4 inches) long. The fruit is usually orange, but can be yellow or red. Unlike the majority of fruits that fall away from the maternal plant at maturity, the sea buckthorn berries remain on the bushes all winter until eaten by birds. The fruits have a distinctive sour taste and a unique aroma reminiscent of pineapple. Fruits are amongst the most nutritious of all berries and also contain beta–carotene and other nutrients. Although too acidic to eat direct from the bush, they make excellent juice (with a flavour of passion fruit) and jelly. In a survival situation, pour boiling water over the fruit and mash it up into a paste. It helps if you can sweeten it with something. Eat small quantities of the mashed fruit and see how your stomach reacts to the acidity; increase the daily consumption gradually as your digestive system gets used to it.
Food value:
The fruit is a very rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamins A, C and E, flavanoids and other bioactive compounds. It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is quite unusual for a fruit.
Medical value:
It has limited value as survival medicine because of the difficulties of extracting the necessary oils and juices, but it has considerable use commercially. In a survival situation, a decoction of the fruit may be used as a wash to treat skin irritation and eruptions. The tender branches and leaves contain bioactive substances that are used to produce an oil that is quite distinct from the oil produced from the fruit. Yields of around 3% of oil are obtained but it is extremely difficult to extract the oil manually. This oil is used as an ointment for treating burns.
Europe, including Britain, from Scandinavia south and east to N. Africa and W. Asia.
Margins adjoining shoreline, fen peat, scrub, hedges, ash and oak woods, on calcareous often dry soils.
Further information
Do not confuse with Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica L.) Rhamnaceae family, see photo below.
Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica L.)
The fruit of Rhamnus cathartica L. is purgative, but not seriously poisonous. Other parts of the plant may also poisonous to some people and young children.
Glasswort (Salicornia Europaea), Chenopodiaceae family:
Glasswort (Salicornia Europaea)
Survival food value:
(Excellent, good, quite good — poor)
Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, South Africa and South Asia; the coasts of Western Europe, including Britain.
Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophyte (salt tolerant) plants that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves; coastal sands in Europe and Scandinavia, mudflats and salt marshes, often near the low tide mark.
Use as a survival food:
Low to medium survival food value. Leaves, seeds and young stems are edible raw or cooked. The plant is at its best for eating in late summer. The stems are very succulent, but have a thin woody core that is easily removed. They are best harvested when about 15 cm (5.9 inches) long, the top 10 cm (3.9 inches) being used, leaving the bottom 5 cm (2 inches) to produce new shoots. They require little cooking, just a few minutes of cooking is sufficient. The plant has a salty flavour with a taste vaguely reminiscent of asparagus. The young shoots can be pickled after first boiling them in salted water.
Food value:
No current accurate analysis. Plants contain starchy compounds and sucrose. Depending on the soil, plants absorb and can contain relatively high amounts of sodium and potassium. Seeds contain 72% linoleic and 18% oleic acids. Seeds are rich in protein and edible oil, but are small and fiddly to collect and handle.
Medical value:
Nothing known.
Further information:
Also known as Marsh Samphire (commonly confused with, but not related to, the edible Crithmum maritimum, Rock Samphire; see photo below).
Crithmum maritimum, Rock Samphire
Common names for the genus include glasswort, pickleweed and marsh samphire; these common names are also used for some species not in the Salicornia family. Previously used in glass manufacture, hence the common name, Glasswort.
Oyster plant (Mertensia maritima), Boraginaceae family:
Oyster plant (Mertensia maritima):
Survival food value:
(Excellent, good, quite good, poor)
Uncommon and declining globally, so please, if you find it, do not eat it unless you are in a true survival situation. Low survival food value as a food; the leaves are edible raw or boiled. The oyster plant is a mat–forming plant, which is distinctively blue–green with purple flowers and succulent, oval leaves.
Range: Found throughout the temperate regions of both hemispheres, including Britain.
Shingle by the sea.
Use as a survival food:
Leaves are said to taste of oysters, although the flavour is fairly bland and has a very mucilaginous texture, which is probably where the similarity to oysters came in. Flowers can be eaten raw. Eaten by the author back in the 1960's when the plant was not on the endangered plant register!
Food value:
No reliable data but known to be very low in calorific value.
Medical value:
Nothing known.
Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims), Passifloraceae family:
Passion Fruit
Survival food value:
(Excellent, good, quite good, poor)
Range: A native of South America. Found all over the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, the Indian Ocean Islands and southern Africa, especially South Africa.
Passion fruit is found near shorelines.
A perennial climber, with stems sometimes reaching 15 metres (49 feet), passion fruit is a vine–like plant that smothers trees and shrubs. Often cultivated, it escapes to wild habitat because its seeds are spread by humans, birds and feral pigs. Leaves are deeply lobed, pointed at the apex, glossy and dark green. Flowers are white, except for the base of the corona, which is purple.
Use as a survival food:
Medium to high value survival food. Easily identified. Fruits are ball–shaped and greenish–yellow turning deep purple, 6 cm (2.4 inches) long, with sweet pulp that has a distinctive musky, guava–like flavour and smell, with a sub–acidic to acidic taste.
Food value:
Per 100 g (3.53 ounces) of edible portion (Purple passion fruit, pulp and seeds): Calories 90; moisture 75 g (2.65 ounces); protein 2.2 g (0.08 ounces); fat 0.7 g (0.025 ounces) carbohydrates 21.2 g (0.75 ounces); ash 0.8 g (0.03 ounces); calcium 13 mg (0.2 grains); phosphorus 64 mg (0.99 grains); iron 1.6 mg (0.023 grains); sodium 28 mg (0.43 grains); potassium 348 mg (5.37 grains); vitamin A 700 I.U.; thiamine (trace); riboflavin (trace); niacin 1.5 mg (0.023 grains) and ascorbic acid 30 mg (0.46 grains).
Medical value:
No validated value as a medicine. In Madeira, the juice of passion fruits is given as a digestive stimulant and treatment for gastric cancer.
Further information:
Of the estimated 500 species of Passiflora, in the family Passifloraceae, only one, P. edulis Sims, has the exclusive designation of passion fruit, without qualification. Within this species, there are two distinct forms, the standard purple and the yellow, distinguished as P. edulis f. flavicarpa Deg. All wild Passiflora are edible but should be tested first before consuming.
Scurvy grass, (common scurvy grass): Cochlearia officinalis, maritimus. (Cochlearia species; also called scurvy grass, scurvygrass, or spoonwort)
Scurvy grass (Cochlearia maritimus)
Survival food value:
(Excellent, good to quite good, poor)
Common scurvy grass grows as low, rounded or creeping plant, typically 5 – 20 cm (12.7 – 50.8 inches) tall. The leaves are smoothly rounded, roughly spoon-shaped , or in some species, lobed; typically 1 – 5 cm (2.54 – 12.7 inches) long, and with a fleshy texture. The flowers are white with four petals and are borne in short racemes.
Cochlearia is a genus of about 30 species of annual and perennial herbs in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. Growing across temperate and arctic areas of the northern hemisphere.
Most commonly in coastal regions, on cliff-tops and salt marshes; they also occur in alpine habitats in mountains and tundra.
Use as a survival food:
Both young tender leaves and flowers (biennial/perennial – young leaves best in early spring) can be eaten. Older leaves tend to be very bitter and have to be soaked in a couple of changes of potable water before eating to remove some of the bitterness. If eating leaves raw, first blanch for a few seconds in boiling water. The flavour is strong, some people find it overpoweringly strong, tasting similar to mustard. The leaves of scurvy grass are particularly rich in Vitamin C.
Medical value:
Scurvy grass was extensively eaten in the past by sailors suffering from scurvy after returning from long voyages, as the leaves are rich in vitamin C, which cures this deficiency disease. The discovery of citrus fruits, particularly limes, replaced scurvy grass for this purpose.
Further information:
The plant has spread far inland in many areas along grassy road verges. The use of salt on roads in the winter has created a high degree of salt in the soil along these road verges and the seeds are thought to have been spread by car tyres. Perhaps the only plant to have spread due to the motor car.
Some people find it can cause stomach and intestinal irritation when large amounts are eaten uncooked. Some people find the leaves and juice from them can irritate the skin.
Sea Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus)
Sea Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus)
Survival food value:
(Excellent, good, quite good to poor)
A large, straggling plant, often more than 1 m (3.3 feet) in height, bearing many pale yellow flowers in May and June. Each flower is typically cruciform, as seen in most of the Brassicaceae, and there is often obvious veining on the petals. Occasionally a plant has white or pale pink flowers. These are followed by a hard seed pod with an appearance like a row of beads, due to constrictions between each seed.
It is found on Mediterranean and Atlantic shores. In Southern Ireland and in many areas of SW Scotland (its northern limit) it is the predominant coastal plant. Also on the South and West coast of the UK.
Common all around the coasts growing on open coastal grassland, sand dunes, shingle, cliffs and disturbed ground by the sea. On parts of the east coast of Britain it grows on muddy shores and can be found inland on dunes and on waste ground. It thrives in poor, sandy soil, and can cope with drought conditions. It is found in muddy estuaries.
Use as a survival food:
The whole plant is edible. To prepare the roots, peel off the tough outer layer leaving the clean inner part of the root. Chop them up and cook them in boiling water until tender (30 – 45 minutes). They have a strong smell of radish when peeling them but once cooked they are quite mild in flavour. Leaves can be eaten raw (always blanch for a couple of seconds in boiling water) or cooked and have peppery taste, sometimes with a "earthy" aftertaste. The young segmented pods taste like mild radish. Avoid mature seed pods as these are rubbery and less digestible.
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz):
Energy 35 kJ (8.4 kcal); Carbohydrates 2.9%; Sugars 0.9%: Dietary fibre 1.6%; Fat 0.1%; Protein 0.4%.
Vitamins: Thiamine (B1) 1%; Riboflavin (B2) 3%; Niacin (B3) 2%; Pantothenic acid (B5) 3%; Vitamin B6 5%; Folate (B9) 6%; Vitamin C 18%;
Minerals: Calcium 3%; Iron 3%; Magnesium 3%; Manganese 3%; Phosphorus 3%; Potassium 5%; Zinc 3%;
Medical value:
Sea radishes are diuretic in nature, which means that they increase the production of urine. Juice from radishes cleans out the kidneys and inhibits infections in the kidneys and urinary system, thus helping the treatment of various urinary conditions that are exacerbated by excess toxins in the system.
Further information:
Sea kale (Crambe maritima)
Sea kale (Crambe maritima)©. Photo courtesy of Dennis Stevenson
Survival food value:
(Excellent, good to quite good, poor)
Easily identified. It is large and very fleshy, covered with a greyish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off. Long–stalked leaves. Flowers in the summer bearing large panicles of veined white flowers which have a honey–like smell.
Hardy plant growing throughout the British Isles. Found along many European Atlantic coastlines. Once a fairly common plant but now dwindling in many areas.
Found on wasteland, open spaces, grassy spaces and common on European Atlantic coastlines. Found growing on sand and shingle around the coasts of the British Isles, mainly the south coast of England, along stretches of the East Anglian and Cumbrian coast, along the beaches in Northern Wales and in the extreme south–west of Scotland. It can found on dunes that have an underlying layer of shingle.
Use as a survival food:
Young, white stems are edible and tender before the leaves start to expand. Shoots are best cut when 10 – 12 cm (4 – 5 inches) long and still crisp. Consume within 24 hours. Mild taste often compared to a cross between Asparagus and Celery. The entire plant is edible raw or cooked. Blanched leaves can be kept for extended periods of time and are best eaten raw; they have a cabbage or kale flavour (hence the plant's name). Stems can be eaten raw or cooked and have a nutty / bitter taste. Flower heads taste a bit like broccoli and can be eaten raw or cooked. The roots have to be boiled or roasted and taste like sweet potato. Do not confuse sea kale with sea–kale cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.), which is a different vegetable altogether (see photo below) Sea–kale cabbage leaves can be harvested, cooked and eaten as normal cabbage.
Sea–kale cabbage
Medical value:
None known
Further information:
Sea–kale is regarded as being indigenous to the UK. It is declining in some areas, possibly because of coastal erosion and the construction of sea defences destroying the shingle habitat where sea–kale grows. In some areas sea–kale is on the increase but the risk of people getting interested in foraging may prove detrimental to the sustainability of these seashore plants. Please only harvest them if you really need to and respect the natural environment of all these precious indigenous plants. It flowers in June and July.


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S.E.R.E is training that soldiers at high risk of capture take in order to survive. Sadly, no equivalent exists for civilian personnel that end up drafted to the ranks of TPS report devotees. Until now.
At Cubicle Warrior, we are trying to draft that sort of operational training now. For better or worse, the authors have been captured by corporate America. The upside is that you can follow along as we chronicle our efforts to Survive, Endure, Resist, and Escape.
The downside is, of course, that we only know a few lucky souls who have managed to ditch the cubicle for good while keeping a high standard of living. Here we will extrapolate, explore, and enact.
Or, as the Gunny might say, 'Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.'
Cubicle S.E.R.E
Cyclical goals need inertia to get started. Sometimes work (and life) has to be survived. You go, not because you want to but because you must. College loans, mortgage payments, or family health insurance mandate your regular attendance. Here's how to make it through relatively unscathed.
- Happiness on the Job: How to get a career started.
- Fitness: Stop bad traits.
- Financial Security: Get out of debt.
Cyclical goal demand consistency. This is often the most difficult part.
- Happiness on the Job: How not to go postal and Making a better career.
- Fitness: Start sculpting a body or building endurance.
- Financial Security: Stay out of debt.
Here's a helping hand for getting through the rat race without turning into, well, a rat.
- Laughter is the best medicine. Humor, irony and sarcastic invective have long been effective tools of regime change.
- Happiness on the Job: Who needs a job?
- Fitness: Aggressive goals.
- Financial Security: Building a safety net.
Once you reach the desired state of a cyclical goal it takes comparatively little effort to maintain it than to get there again. Like birds gliding on thermal drafts, the true masters of cyclical goals evolve their lifestyles to the point where they automatically do the little things needed to stay on track.
- Realizing that better day; the one sans cube.
- Fitness: Staying in shape.
- Financial Security: Staying comfortable.


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There is a right way to take a live release photograph. It is with the Atlantic salmon in the water, able to breathe, and get its breath back, so to speak. While holding an Atlantic salmon close above the water for less than five seconds is okay, keeping it in the water is even better.
In the past few years taking that live release photo with the salmon in the water has potentially become more creative, with the production of excellent point-and-shoot waterproof cameras for both stills and videos. Given that rivers and ordinary cameras don't mix well, take a hard look at some of the options.
The Olympus TG-2 iHS might be worth a look at. Check out reviews around the web and see what you think. There is also the Pentax cameras like the WG-2. Once again, check out reviews. Some complain the screen of the Pentax is difficult to see underwater. And then there is the GoPro, especially their model Hero3. This one has taken the water world by storm for its high quality High Definition video, decent stills, and extremely light weight. It even produces high quality slow motion, if taken at 60 frames per second. A downside can be the length of time the video camera can operate with the standard battery. A second issue is that because the camera is so small, often the video is very amateurish and shaky. Good video needs to be held steady for extended periods, and most definitely not waved around. With care, it can produce beautiful results.
The GoPro Hero3 has another trick up its sleeve however. At the beginning of 2013, a bargain-priced quadcopter "drone" went on sale that was specifically designed to carry GoPro cameras aloft. Called the DJI Phantom, this $600 to $700 device weighing 800 gm will lift one of the GoPro cameras, and is noted for being very responsive to control by the operator. The DJI phantom has an effective range of about 300 metres, will fly for about seven minutes on one battery charge. This device is a milestone – the first mass-market drone that has sophisticated and stable controls.
The rules for flying in Canada at present are that any device this size is classified as a model airplane. And as long as it is being used for non-commercial purposes, it can be flown on any property where there is permission to fly it. Remember it does take time to get to know the DJI Phantom operationally, and especially if it is being used over water. This is a rugged device, but does not float. And when it comes to others being in the area, it does making a significant buzzing sound.
Undoubtedly by next year we will start to see some flyfishing shots taken with this. But whether anglers use them somewhere to provide a new perspective on their release of an Atlantic salmon remains to be seen. Obviously it would require another individual dedicated to operating the camera-drone. Be aware that it does take practice to use effectively, and the operator needs to use caution around other people. Plus don't use where others will be annoyed at having it impinge on their own salmon and river experience. To understand the capabilities of the DJI Phantom with a GoPro camera, a video made in June in Finland helps – click here
River Reports
The island rivers have continued to be on the warm side, and some low on water. Fishing has slowed, overall. But just today (Aug. 28) the Aug. 25 counts are out, and the results are positive when compared with last year, except for the Northern Peninsula rivers.
Exploits – To Aug. 25 33,136 salmon have been counted, compared to 30,294 in 2012. This is a bit below the 2008-2012 average of 37,783, but those years included the record returns of 2010 and 2011.
Campbellton River – With 4,595 returning by Aug. 25, that is well above the 2012 4,191, and a few salmon ahead of the previous five year average.
Middle Brook – 2,994 to Aug. 25, ahead of 2,719 for 2012
Terra Nova – This river had 4,185 salmon, compared with 3,862 in 2012.
Conne – With 2,435 to Aug. 25, it surpassed considerably the 2012 return of 1,960.
Harry's River – The Didson count remains just below 3,000, at 2,951, but above last year's 2,248. The Didson units use a visual representation of a "radar-like" imaging of the fish. While the units are much appreciated in BC and Alaska, there have been issues in Newfoundland differentiating grilse and large salmon.
Torrent – This river on the Northern Peninsula has had a disappointing return of 2,984 to Aug. 25. This is far below last year's 3,836 and even further behind the five-year average of 4,615.
Western Arm Brook – Also down, with 777 to Aug. 25, against 1,170 in 2012 and 1,487 for the previous five-year average.
Flowers River – There are still reports of good fishing here, with Flowers River Lodge reporting six salmon hooked at Top Pool yesterday. Water levels medium to low, and great water clarity.
English River – The counting fence has 581 (145 large salmon, 436 grilse) which is an improvement for both over 2012's 444 (67 large salmon, 377 grilse).
Sand Hill – This river has seen a greater return of large salmon – 1,267, along with fewer grilse – 1,622, totalling 2,889. In 2012 there were 733 large salmon, and 3,526 grilse, totalling 4,259. This river has a run that is extremely volatile in numbers, one year to the next.
Muddy Bay Brook – This river has had 36 large salmon and 296 grilse, totalling 332. In 2012 there were 10 large salmon and 253 grilse, totalling 263, so a positive change in 2013.
Nova Scotia
Water levels are generally low. Overall attention is turning to the Northumberland Strait rivers, where the Atlantic salmon season opens on Sunday.
Cascapedia River – To August 22, Darlene Sexton has reported that 274 salmon had been released and two grilse retained. The Cascapedia has also witnessed a dramatic reduction in the number of grilse observed and angled to date; only 12 in total. Water flow has dropped considerably and is registered less than 13 cubic meters per second on the 27th.
Madeleine River – As of August 18, the Madeleine River Zec has reported a total of 1,230 (997 salmon and 233 grilse) through the counting facility. The closest comparative date in 2012 is August 22 when a total of 1,016 (672 salmon and 344 grilse) had been counted.
Rimouski River – As of August 25, 507 fish had been counted (317 salmon and 190 grilse) compared to 381 (178 salmon and 203 grilse) at the same date in 2012. This year's numbers are considerably higher than the entire 2012 season totals at September 30 of 385 (179 salmon and 206 grilse).
Captures to August 25 include 87 released salmon and 49 retained grilse for a total of 136. The Rimouski grilse numbers continue to reflect a generalized trend on most rivers as well as the increase in salmon.
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Matane River – To August 26, 1,565 salmon and 579 grilse had been counted totalling 2,144 fish. To date in 2012 for the season, 2,001 (989 salmon and 1,012) grilse had migrated through the counting facility. Reported captures to August 26 are 618 (329 salmon and 203 grilse). At the same date in 2012 a total of 718 fish had been reported landed (305 salmon and 413 grilse).
Matapedia River – To August 26, for the 2013 season 1,183 fish had been reported landed which includes 142 released. At the same date in 2012, 742 fish had been reported landed which included 55 releases.
Mitis River – As of August 26, 650 salmon and 350 grilse had been counted for a total of 1,000. In 2012 at the same date, 918 fish (560 salmon and 358 grilse) had been counted.
Captures to date are reported to be 272 (26 salmon released, 118 salmon and 128 grilse reported deceased). The reported captures at the same date last year were reported at 255 (22 salmon released, 101 salmon and 132 grilse deceased).
2007 to 2012 total run data:
2007 680 fish (345 salmon and 335 grilse) 74 % of minimum spawning requirement
2008 1,409 fish (464 salmon and 945 grilse) 97 % of minimum spawning requirement
2009 1,014 fish (634 salmon and 380 grilse) 126 % of minimum spawning requirement
2010 832 fish (470 salmon and 362 grilse) 92 % of minimum spawning requirement
2011 1,306 fish (516 salmon and 790 grilse) 109 % of minimum spawning requirement
2012 980 fish (580 salmon and 400 grilse) 103 % of minimum spawning requirement
New Brunswick
Southwest Miramichi – The Dungarvon Barrier is reporting to Aug. 25 a total of 225 large salmon vs. 107 in 2012, and 191 grilse vs. 131 in 2012.
Lower down the river the angling comments say the salmon are less interested in taking flies, but are present. Water levels are still above average for late August.
Judy Lutes, in the upper part of the system notes things this way:
"River levels are down and temperatures cool, with few anglers on the river. Not many salmon are being caught, but there is a lot jumping and rolling seen on the river, a bit unusual for late Aug. This is true for the main river from Napodogan Lake up (RT 107) and into Juniper on the south branch. But overall, the river is like a really rich fruit this year, by comparison to last year."
Northwest Miramichi – There have been salmon arriving at the barrier this week, with eight grilse and a large salmon last Friday being a highlight, along with several individuals since.
Debbie Norton of Upper Oxbow Adventures has this to say:
"We still have high water and catching was good on the weekend with some anglers limiting out. The water is cool and fall run must be on the way."
Nepisiguit – We noticed that numbers seemed low last week. This is what we had last week:
"To Aug. 15, there were 43 large salmon against 35 in 2012, and for grilse only 38, vs. 105 for 2012." Upon enquiry, Bob Baker noted the following regarding numbers this year on the Nepisiguit:
The Nepisiguit fence was operational as of July 22nd, and out of operation from July 27- Aug 17 due to high water levels. To Aug. 21 it had approximately 80-90 fish in nine days operation.
There have been good numbers of fish evident in the river since water cooled down commencing around July 20, but no way to even estimate numbers. – Bob Baker
Too often this is the problem with counting fences – high water makes them actually dangerous to operate, and prone to fouling with debris.
Jacquet River – To Aug. 25 there have been a total of 225 large salmon and grilse, vs. 188 in 2012. In 2013 this has included 111 large salmon and 114 grilse, vs. 49 large salmon and 139 grilse in 2012.
Penobscot – The Veazie Dam demolition is proceeding, with a breaching of the main portion of the dam.
To all Readers – have a great Labour Day Weekend


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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Mark Walker & Big Ned
I well remember visiting his home in Sydney and being fascinated by his creations. Everything he builds is bigger and just a little bit different to most other motorcycles. The images will describe this better than I ever could.
4 comments:
- Lawrence said...
I've been searching for more pics of Mark Walker work. Your pics are great and I'm always interested to here about people's awesome home grown engineering. Are there any more pics out on the web?
- November 8, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- Ian said...
As far as I know their are no other pics like this, some are mine and others supplied by Mark. There are a few small articles in local papers and the like, but this blog is the best resource as yet. Mark has a new project going at the moment, he's just emailed me the first images of it. I will post it soon and probably visit him to get some new ones. Cheers.
- November 8, 2010 at 5:51 PM
hey ian hi my name is jim i have known mark for a long time ,yes what a machine . i have filled tank up few times at drags .i am wanting to contact him to say hello ,is this possible
thanks jim
- March 21, 2013 at 10:37 PM
- Ian said...
G'day Jim. Contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll see what I can do.
- March 23, 2013 at 11:26 PM


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MANCHACA, TEXAS. Manchaca is ten miles southwest of Austin in southwestern Travis County. It was named for nearby Manchaca Springs, where José Antonio Menchacaqv once camped. In 1851 a post office known as Manchac House opened two miles south of the present townsite, with William Pelham as postmaster; the office was discontinued the next year. A second office, called Manchac, was in operation at the present townsite between June 1874 and May 1875; after it closed, mail for area residents was sent to nearby Onion Creek. In 1881 the International-Great Northern Railroad completed its track between Austin and Laredo, giving the small community new life. With the railroad in 1881 came a third post office, now spelled Manchaca (pronounced "Manshack"). By 1884 Manchaca had seventy-five residents and served as a shipping point for grain, cotton, posts, and lumber. A school, a hotel, and a Methodist church were added in the 1890s. The community became the focus of a common school district, which in the 1930s had two grade schools for white students and one grade school for black students. The district joined with Oak Hill in 1961 to form a rural high school district and was annexed to the Austin Independent School District in 1967. Manchaca reported a population of 200 in the late 1960s, but the number of residents reported there fell to thirty-six in the 1970s. Local development in the mid-1980s brought a growth spurt to Manchaca, and its population had increased to 4,700 by 1990. The population dropped to 2,259 by 2000.
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The offending advert, found on the whoistheking.be website in French and Dutch, asks users to pick between "King Philippe" on the left and "Burger King" on the right.
Those who choose Philippe -- represented by a cartoon image that doesn't seem to resemble the real monarch -- are then asked: "Are you sure you want to elect King Philippe? He won't be the one to cook your fries".
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But the Belgian royal family was not amused.
"We disapprove of this approach," royal spokesman Pierre Emmanuel de Bauw told AFP, saying the monarchy had contacted the burger chain over the ad.
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium arrive for a gala dinner at the Operahouse in Oslo. (Image: AFP)
"The use of the King's image is subject to authorisation," he said.
"In this particular case, we received no requests. Since it is for commercial purposes, we would not have given our authorisation."
Burger King's majority shareholder the Bertrand group bought French fast-food rival Quick in 2015 and has steadily re-branded Quick outlets in France.
But the deal maintained the Quick brand in Belgium, Luxembourg and outside of Europe, which is now being partially phased out with Burger King set to open its first Belgian outlet in June in the northern port city of Antwerp.


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Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Kamal Thapa, who is on a three-day visit to India, said he would discuss massive protests in the border areas with the Indian leadership.
Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Kamal Thapa, who is on a three-day visit to India, said he would discuss massive protests in the border areas with the Indian leadership.
Thapa, who is on his first visit abroad, arrived yesterday in the national capital, days after Khadga Prasad Oli took charge as Prime Minister of the country after adoption of a new constitution that has sparked massive protests in the lowlands?
Thapa will today be meeting External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and discuss issues concerning both the countries.
External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup said, the visit will provide both the countries with an opportunity to discuss all issues of mutual concern as well as to review and further strengthen India-Nepal relations.
Tension between the South Asian nations has stirred up since Nepal adopted a new constitution on September 20, upsetting southern minority groups who fear being marginalised in a new federal structure.
India had rejected Nepal's contention that New Delhi has blocked a key border trade point with Kathmandu that had resulted in acute shortage of essential goods. The violent protests have claimed over 40 lives so far. The formal talks between the government and the Joint Madhesi Front (JMF) – the main agitating group – have formally begun in Kathmandu.
The Madhesi community in Nepal's lowlands, many of whom trace their origins to India, have imposed an economic blockade to oppose the promulgation of the new constitution. They are against the splitting of Nepal into seven provinces. Protesters have blocked thousands of trucks at the border with India, the main supply route into landlocked Nepal, while the road to China is still obstructed by landslides.
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Hello, everyone! I think that the capital of Belgium is worth the separate post, especially because very often it is neglected by travellers.The others say that the city is not safe. While I've never had any issues there, if it is possible – try to avoid the areas of the train stations (in particular – Gare du Midi, Central station and Gare du Nord) in order not to ruin your first impression of the city. I would say that you have to know the city in order to fall in love with it. Many parks, museums, cafes and landmarks are hidden from the tourists who decide to spend there several days.
Brussels is home for different nationalities and this mix of nationalities is impressive. At the same time it is so usual to meet people from all over the world there, that you can rarely meet indigenous Brussels people;-). I suppose that only about 25% of all Brussels residents actually are Belgians, who originally come from Brussels. I've worked in Brussels for 6 months and I can't easily remember even 1 person who was originally from Brussels ;-).
For tourists the usual programme includes the visit of the Old city with the Grand place at the first place and the Manneken Pis at the second. Belgium cuisine specialties degustation are also taking place in the Old city – frites, mussels and endless sorts of beer with the Belgium chocolate for the dessert. However local never eat in the Old city, particularly because it is crowded with tourists and do not represent the real sense of the city. So, if you would like to discover the real Brussels, you'll be surprised how different this city is and how many secrets it keep!
The city is very green, there are many parks – big ones and small ones. Belgians love to spend their weekends in parks, playing with children, reading, exercising, having a picnic or simply chilling. My absolute favorite for all these activities is small Parc Georges Henri in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert.
1. Taste Brussels!
Belgium is known all around the world for its chocolates, that is absolutely amazing. Although in Brussels you can buy a great Belgium chocolate from a mass-market brand in every supermarket, if you are a gourmet, I suggest you to go to the Place du Grand Sablon. Here you'll find almost all luxury producers of Belgium chocolate and sweets in one place. Take your time – try a dessert in one of the cafes (or even in the shops) with a cup of a great coffee. Then go for chocolates tour in another shop and, finally, don't forget to buy a small box of the freshly made macarons to enjoy it in the evening or to take it with you as a present. If the day is sunny and hot – try the Godiva ice cream – it is worth every cent it costs!
My 3 favorite chocolatiers:
Pierre Marcolini – I am in love with their macarons! The store on Sablon is the combination of art, beauty and fantastic taste. Definitely worth visiting!
NEUHAUS – if you are interested in better price, you may go their factory store in Brussels (Address: Postweg 2, Vlezenbeek 1602). This store is not very glamorous, but offers great deals. The most important thing – the taste of this chocolate is amazing and absolutely the same in the boutique and in the factory store!
Godiva is one of the most famous chocolate company in the world and they make the most tasteful ice-cream in the world! It both tastes and looks amazing! I also like Godiva's milk chocolate, it has so wonderful taste! I was lucky to attend Godiva workshop once, where the chefs explained how the chocolate is made and showed how to make some amazing desserts from the chocolate.
Another thing that you probably know about the Belgium is the Waffles. With Nutella, creme fraiche and strawberries or even without anything on the top. It is very delicious! The most traditional way is to buy waffles from the minibus, that you'll see almost everywhere in the city centre. Also during the academic year, you may see those minibusses next to the schools – the price will be lower than in touristic place, but the taste will be even better 🙂
Le pain quortidien – this is my favorite place for eating out! This is the chain, so you'll definitely see one of their cafes while being in Brussels. It is a great place for brunch, lunch or morning coffee!
2. Explore Art & Culture!
The are many different museums that are located almost in every part (!) of the city.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium is a must-see. It is like a Louvre in Paris, you have to visit it at least once! The museum is big (although not as big as Louvre), therefore plan to spend there at least 2 hours.
Musical instruments museum – building, workshops, small concerts presenting how the rare instruments from all around the world are played. On the top floor there is a restaurants offering lunch with a wonderful city view.
Mini-Europe – since the Brussels is the capital of Europe – the visit of the mini Europe will compliment well your Brussels trip. The famous Atomium located nearby and you may take a great pictures from the Mini-Europe with the Atomium on the background.
European Parliament – the interactive visit is possible and is absolutely free! If you are interested in political issues or in the history of EU formation, you will enjoy it for sure.
Horta museum – My favorite! It is the house-studio of the greatest Belgian architect Victor Horta nowadays is the museum, where you could discover the architecture and interiors of the beginning of the last century. It is the typical Art Nouveau building with mainly originally retained interior decoration. I like this place for it's cozy atmosphere!
Comic Art Museum – Belgians are known for their Comic Strips. The museum located in the building designed by Victor Horta and is the other exceptional creation of Art Nouveau style of this architect. The most famous characters are Tintin and his white wire Fox terrier Snowy, created by Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist. If you are loving these cute characters, I also suggest you to visit the Hergé Museum outside of Brussels in Louvain-la-Neuve.
3. Read as Belgians do it!
Not only Comic Strips are very popular here, Belgians actually love reading and read a lot! For book lovers I have 2 absolutely amazing addresses in Brussels! You'll find there books in French and English, but even if you are not going to buy anything you could come here for the nice "librarie feeling".
Filigranes bookstore – order hot chocolate and enjoy reading! You are not obliged to buy anything 😉 But you'll definitely will, if you love books!
Cook & Book – the place to enjoy not only reading, but also great lunch or dinner! Cook & Book is the bookstore with several cafes and restaurants inside. I love to have a dinner in between the books about travelling, depending on the table you choose you'll get this wonderful feeling of travelling around the world!!!
Come to visit Belgium! Cheers from Brussels and my daughter who loves it very, very much 😉


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The Tour de France organisers continue to flex their muscles.
Considering the new, improved 23million euros a year deal with French television is it any wonder?
Tour boss Christian Prudhomme is keen to protect the French state television station?s investment as, privately, the broadcaster sought some guarantees that the race would not be plunged into controversy again this summer.
So it wasn?t a surprise to hear that they won?t be extending invitations without first considering the potential implications.
The last thing they want is to have to ask a team to leave the race, as they did Astana when Alexandre Vinokourov failed a dope test.
What was interesting, though, was that Prudhomme said he would not ban individual riders. Instead they would simply decline to invite entire teams.
Free from the UCI?s ProTour legislation there is nothing set in stone that says ASO must invite the top 18 teams.
UCI president Pat McQuaid reiterated that all 18 ProTour teams should be invited to the Tour and that any wildcards should be restricted to the 12 squads that have signed up to the biological passport scheme.
But ASO has stayed resolutely silent on this matter and is not about to be bullied over team selection. It seems Prudhomme and Patrice Clerc will use their own criteria to choose the teams that take part in their race.
It?s difficult to blame them for that after last year, either.
And that leaves Astana looking vulnerable. The name is so intrinsically linked to last year?s unedifying scandal and so many riders remain, the impression is of a light spring-clean rather than a root-and-branch operation. Prudhomme cannot forget that Astana damaged the Tour.
Then there is the Italian Olympic Committee?s on-going investigation into Operacion Puerto to confuse matters.
With the teams for the 2008 Tour due to be announced in the next three weeks, it leaves plenty of time for a protracted legal wrangling should Astana not be in the list.
At the end of the day, riding the Tour is not ? and should not ? be a right. If ASO, a private company, wants to exclude certain teams, it is perfectly entitled to do so.
The race is what counts, not the individuals who take part in it. A Tour without Astana or perhaps Caisse d?Epargne would survive perfectly happily. But a Tour with another scandal will be a disaster.
Prudhomme is correct to take whatever steps he deems necessary to safeguard his event.
The Belgian police popped round to Tom Boonen?s house last week.
They wanted to ask him about his friendship with cyclo-cross rider Tom Vannopen, according to reports.
Vannopen was being investigated for using cocaine, according to prosecutors. Boonen used to be one of Vanoppen?s training partners.
Again the information ended up being leaked to the press.
Knowing the Belgian police they probably popped round to meet Boonen and get an autograph.
But there is a wider issue. Far be it for me to suggest there was an impropriety in Het Laatste Nieuws? reporting of this incident but there do seem to be a remarkable number of damaging stories about cycling in that newspaper.
They rushed to print allegations against Patrick Lefevere last January.
Het Laatste Nieuws, the Brussels-based paper owned by De Persgroep, is the major rival of two titles owned by Corelio, another publishing company.
Corelio owns Het Nieuwsblad the sponsor and organiser of the Tour of Flanders and Het Volk the newspaper behind the opening spring classic of the season.
So next time there?s a thin puff piece masquerading as scandal printed by a Belgian paper and regurgitated by English-language websites, check out its origin.
Because it might just be in Het Laatste Nieuws? interests to sully the reputations of Belgium?s biggest bike races and racers.
Sprinters, sprinters everywhere.
Six out of six stages at the Tour Down Under ended in bunch finishes, now Qatar is offering more of the same.
What?s the problem, it?s only January and these are glorified training races, right?
Well, in Qatar?s case yes, but the Tour Down Under has enjoyed a tremendous elevation in status without a similar rise in excitement. At least Qatar isn't pretending to be something it isn't.
Mind you, it's not even the organiser's fault ? after all, they weren't going to turn down the UCI's very generous offer of ProTour status were they?
Instead, the season kicks off to much fanfare and then a disappointing display of predictable racing.
If I want to see six bunch sprints in a row I?ll watch the ENECO Tour or the opening week of late 1990s Tour de France. But even the ENECO has a time trial and chucks in a hilly stage towards the end.
The Tour Down Under get an A for effort, an A+ for generating publicity but a D for unimaginative route planning. Next year, must try harder.
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As the snow drifts through the towering evergreen trees, silence enshrouds this remote pilgrimage site, a place some consider the Bethlehem of North Korea.
It was in a rustic log cabin at the foot of Mount Paektu where Kim Il-sung, the founder of modern North Korea, led the fight for his country's independence from Japanese imperialism more than 70 years ago, according to state-sanctioned accounts. Nearby is the lodge where his son and eventual heir, Kim Jong-il, was born, the accounts say.
The story of Kim Il-sung's exploits at Mount Paektu is seen as the genesis of the official history of North Korea, a legend that borrows heavily from the methods and symbols of religion in a largely atheistic country.
As North Korea celebrates the centenary of Kim Il-sung's birth, his past, like the misty peaks of Mount Paektu, remains veiled in myth. Some foreign historians dispute parts of Kim Il-sung's eight-volume memoirs as well as the official biography published by North Korea in 2001, and many details are impossible to verify.
However, the prodigiously detailed memoirs do suggest that he drew from a wide range of early influences, including Christianity, Confucianism, communism and a native movement called Chondoism, to craft the mythology used to justify and enshrine his family's rule.
"Kim [Il-sung] turned his whole family into a divine entity," said historian Song Bong-sun at Korea University in South Korea. "He knew theocracies last longer than any type of regime."
Though Kim Il-sung's ancestral roots were in the southern city of Jeonju, he was born outside Pyongyang in 1912 to a poor, but devout Christian family of tenant farmers. He was named Kim Song-ju, or "pillar of the country."
Years before his birth, US missionaries had arrived in Pyongyang, the nation's capital, with books, medicine and Bibles. They were so successful in converting locals that by 1907 the city became known as the "Jerusalem of the East," according to missionary accounts.
Kim Il-sung writes in his memoirs that he often accompanied his mother to church, although he later downplays her devotion by saying she mainly considered church a place of rest and respite.
Kim Il-sung also insists that his father, born to a church elder and schooled by missionaries, urged him to "believe in your own country and in your own people rather than in Jesus Christ."
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Despite his later efforts as president to restrict religion, Kim Il-sung readily acknowledges the presence of Christians and Christianity in his early life. Its influence is clear: The 10 Principles of Kim Il-sung's ideological philosophy hint at the 10 Commandments of Christianity and all three Kim rulers are referred to as "heaven-sent."
At the time of Kim Il-sung's birth, Korea was two years into colonial rule by Japan, a period Kim describes in his memoirs as a "living hell" for Koreans. Koreans were ordered to take Japanese names and speak only Japanese, in a bid to obliterate their language and culture.
The fight for Korea's independence is a dominant theme in Kim Il-sung's memoirs, called With the Century, apparently written in 1992 at age 80. Kim places himself in a long line of patriots, claiming that his great-grandfather played a key role in a famous attack on a US ship, the General Sherman, as it sailed up the Taedong River in 1866.


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Unusual tower configuration better copes with control valve failure.
Increasing energy costs make heat integration more attractive. However, heat integration can complicate control (see: "Control Challenges Can Pinch Energy Savings") and can significantly expand the ramifications of equipment failure. To illustrate the latter point, we'll examine the impact of where product is withdrawn from a stripping column on an upstream reactor train.
High-temperature reactors commonly include feed/effluent exchangers for heat recovery. Typically, after this exchange the feed gets raised to the final desired temperature by a high-temperature utility, often a fired heater, before entering the reactor. Figure 1 shows a simplified system for a hydrotreating reactor where the reactor effluent also provides heat to reboilers for two downstream sidestrippers.
For illustration purposes, the two sidestrippers differ in configuration.
The first sidestripper (upper column) has a conventional arrangement. Product comes from the bottom of the column. The bottoms liquid splits between the reboiler feed and the feed to the bottoms product pump. The unit shown uses a thermosiphon reboiler; a reboiler relying on a pumped feed doesn't alter the analysis.
The second sidestripper (lower column) has an alternative configuration where the reboiler feed only consists of the column bottoms. Liquid product comes from a sidedraw above the reboiler feed. This is an unusual arrangement — in most units, the lowest liquid product typically exits from the bottom of a column, not a sidedraw.
Both configurations meet the fundamental requirements of the process. Each sends an identical liquid to its product pump and its reboiler. The difference between the configurations only becomes apparent when considering failure modes.
Let's examine what happens if the liquid-level control valve fails. In the upper column, the control valve's failing open leads to an immediate loss of liquid in the column. Due to the short residence time in this unit, in a few minutes at most, no liquid is available for the reboiler. At this point, the reboiler no longer acts as a heat sink on the reactor effluent.
By itself, this isn't necessarily a major problem. With six downstream feed/effluent exchangers, the temperature-profile change may be relatively modest. Nevertheless, it can't be ignored.
One common practice in complex heat-integration systems is to vary the materials of construction as process temperatures change. In some cases, this primarily is a cost-saving step. With some allowance for materials' life and corrosion, less expensive materials often handle colder services. In other cases, the situation is more difficult. Conflicting requirements of low-temperature versus high-temperature corrosion mechanisms may make materials' alterations mandatory as temperature profiles change in heat integration systems.
Fortunately, in this case, it's possible to select suitable, albeit expensive, materials that cover the entire operating range.
The lower sidestripper configuration is a step toward alleviating problems from temperature profile changes caused by control valve failure. The product control valve can't remove liquid below the sidedraw nozzle, which is some distance up the tower. So, a liquid inventory remains — giving operators some time to respond if the level control valve fails. Because liquid from the trays falls into the bottom of the tower, the reboiler won't be starved of liquid if the level control valve fails open.
Alternative designs could meet the same objectives. For instance, another option is to use a baffle inside the tower to create a preferential flow path through the reboilers at all times.
While the reboiler and product configuration of the lower stripper is odd, it does have a valid purpose — to meet the requirements of a specific equipment failure with minimum safety and operating problems.
Always investigate and understand the effect of unusual events. Unit configurations that may act identically in normal operation may differ in costs and benefits in unusual situations.
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Kara DioGuardi is a first-time mother!
The ex-American Idol judge and husband Mike McCuddy welcome a baby boy via gestational surrogate at 1 p.m. today.
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The ex-American Idol judge and husband Mike McCuddy welcome a baby boy via gestational surrogate at 1 p.m. today.
Oh, joyful occasion: It's here!!!
Ensuring that January 31 will forever be known as Kim Kardashian Baby Bump Day, the reality star just posted a photo to Instagram with the hashtag "#PoppedOuttaNowhere!" and the caption: "Well hello there!"
Rihanna knew she'd be grilled about Chris Brown during her new interview with Rolling Stone, and he was reportedly both aware of this and supportive.
According to insiders, she told him about the sit-down before it was published.
Geraldo Rivera is mulling a run for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2014 as a Republican, the TV and radio personality revealed on his show today.
"I mentioned this only briefly to my wife ... but I am and I have been in touch with some people in the Republican Party in New Jersey," said Rivera.
Part one of his interview with Dr. Phil aired today, with Ronaiah Tuiasosopo admitting two important things:
"It takes a lot of courage to recover from homosexuality and this type of thing and coming back to your real life," Tuiasosopo told the host. "As hard of a task it is, I'm going to do all I can to live right."
Jessica Simpson has a pregnancy pal in BFF Cacee Cobb!
C-squared is expecting her first child with new husband Donald Faison, she announced today, following Jess' lead in breaking the news via social media.
Note to Lance Armstrong: This is a new low for you.
Forget admitting to Oprah Winfrey that you are a lying cheat. Forget breaking that same news to your 13-year old won.
Take this, haters.
With talk somehow still circulating around the Beyonce lip sync scandal at last week's Presidential Inauguration, the singer took to the podium today at a Super Bowl press conference and first address the issue.
Don't try to crash a news report by WKMG-6 Orlando's Jessica Sanchez.
She'll cut you down to size in two seconds, as a drunken reveler found out this week in New Orleans, where Sanchez is covering Sunday's Super Bowl festivities.
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) says he has reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58,500 for two controversial trips he took back in 2010.
For many years, the Miami Dolphins tried hard to keep Dan Marino protected in the pocket.
Unfortunately for this record-breaking quarterback, he failed to heed the same action when having an affair many years ago with Donna Savattere, as news dropped this week that Marino fathered a baby out of wedlock with that CBS employee.
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Population 339,800 2014
Capital Belmopan
Highest Point 3,805 ft (1,160 m)
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GDP $1.624 billion 2013
Primary Natural Resources bananas, cocoa, citrus, sugar, fish.
BELIZE ("BELICE" IN SPANISH), formerly the Settlement of Belize in the Bay of Honduras (prior to 1862), British Honduras (1862–1973), and Belize thereafter, became independent on September 21, 1981.
Located on the Caribbean coast of northern Central America, it shares a northwestern border with the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, on the west with the Guatemalan department of Peten, and on the south with the Guatemalan department of Izabal. Honduras lies 46 mi (75 km) away at the two nations' closest point across the Gulf of Honduras and CARIBBEAN SEA to the east. The current name is derived from the Belize River (also called the Old River) and Belize City, the country's largest city, principal port, and former capital.
The eastern border has numerous marshy lagoons flanked by the world's second-longest barrier reef (240 mi or 386 km). The nation is shaped like a rectangle extending 174 mi (280 km) north-south and about 62 mi (100 km) east-west, with a total land boundary length of 321 mi (516 km); the border with GUATEMALA is 165 mi (266 km) and with MEXICO 155 mi (250 km). Cay islands include about 266 square mi (690 square km), and the Hondo and the Sarstoon rivers define most of the northern and southern boundaries. The western border follows no natural features but runs north-south through lowland forest and highland plateau. The entire area of the country is slightly larger than EL SALVADOR or MASSACHUSETTS.
Geologically, Belize is divided into two primary physiographic regions, the Maya Mountains rising to 3,675 ft (1,120 m) and northern lowlands drained by 18 major rivers and streams. Most of Belize lies outside the tectonically active zone that underlies most of Central America. The climate is subtropical.
Belize was under the political control of a series of Maya city-states prior to the arrival of English colonists in the early 1600s. A 200-year territorial conflict between Britain and SPAIN became a conflict between Belize and Guatemala, from the independence of Spanish colonies into the 1990s. Modern Belize consists of six political districts (Belize, Cayo, Corozal, Orange Walk, Stann Creek, and Toledo); the new capital, Belmopan, is centrally located in the interior.
The country has a population that is fragmented into many racial and cultural groups. The two largest groups are Creoles; English-speaking or Creole-speaking blacks and people of mixed African and European heritage, and Mestizos, Spanish-speaking people of mixed Mayan and Spanish European heritage. In addition there are Garifuna (Afro-Caribs originally from the Lesser Antilles), Maya (descendants of the original inhabitants), East Indians, Chinese, Arabs, and Europeans. English is the official language, but a local English dialect, Belizean Creole, is spoken by most groups; Spanish is widely spoken outside of Belize City. Other languages include Mayan dialects (Yucatecan, Mopan, and Kekchi), Garifuna, and Low German. Most Belizans are Roman Catholic, but there are significant Protestant minorities.


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
All We Needed Was a Psychic With an Electronic Cigarette...
We attended what turned out to be a memorable dinner party over the weekend. It was only the second time we'd been to this couple's home and I don't actually know them well. We're friends of a couple who are close friends to them and that's how we were included. The times we've been around this couple they've been very pleasant. Here's how I told the story on Twitter:
Sweet jezzuz- what a crazy night. The hostess confronted her husband about cheating right in the middle of dinner. Talk about uncomfortable
Somebody complimented her on how nice the house looked, she said "Not only is my housekeeper great at cleaning"...continued
Continued: "She's also great at fucking my husband". We all about died!
And he didn't know until that moment that his wife knew about his affair.
He was speechless first, then tried to calm her down saying they'd discuss it later. But there was no shutting her up.
When she spit that out there was dead silence, forks suspended in mid air, and mouths agape
We all just sat there in shocked silence. No one knew what to do. He tried to calm her down, but she kept drinking and got weepy.
By the time we left she was smashed and weepy
Actually they aren't "close" friends of ours. We're friends of a couple they are close to. Only 2nd time I've been to their home
I stayed out of it, just listened and nodded occasionally
I just kept eating
You should have seen her husband's face- he didn't know she knew until that moment
You won't believe what first made her suspicious- his Viagra was disappearing faster than it should have!!!!!
She said pharmacy phoned her 2 tell her refill was ready for pick up, she knew they hadn't done it enough times 2 need refill
She watched the house on the cleaning lady's day and saw her husband come home,
Not a live in housekeeper, a cleaning lady that comes in twice a week
All I know is she saw hubby coming home on day cleaning lady was there.What made her suspicious of the cleaning lady, I don't now
I'll have to call one of the gals and see what's going on
My tweet buddies wanted more details so I promised them I'd call my friend who is close to the dinner party hostess- let's call her Jane. So here's the skinny... Jane discovered the cheating right before Thanksgiving. Around the same time that the pharmacy called her about the Viagra refill being ready for pick up, a neighbor asked if her husband was ill. It seems the neighbor had noticed hubby had come home in the afternoon twice that week and thought maybe he was sick. Jane knew hubby hadn't been sick and hadn't mentioned to her that he'd been going home in the afternoons so that made her suspicious. For the next few weeks, she parked down the street and watched the house on the afternoons the cleaning lady was scheduled to be there, and sure enough she saw her husband coming home on those days, staying a couple hours and then going back to work.
What I found to be so strange is that she let it go on and didn't say anything until last weekend at the dinner party! Jane told my friend that what set her off was that shortly before we all arrived her husband had told her they had to postpone the cruise they had been planning. He told her he couldn't get away from work, but she knew he'd had no problem getting away from work two afternoons a week for months. And that was the catalyst for the outburst at the dinner party. My friend said they are still together, considering couples therapy and the cleaning lady has been fired. What I want to know is why two adults with no kids at home need a cleaning lady twice a week? Damn, they must be messy!
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- AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 3:04 PM
I want to know who fired the cleaning lady and what was the reason given! LOL!ReplyDelete
What a mess. Sounds as if she had decided to go along with this until it actually affected her lifestyle. I hope they can work it out and be happy. I hate seeing marriages break up.
But, if I were Jane, Dick would be out the door before he knew what hit him! (At least until I calmed down and could be rational.)
Keep us posted if you hear more, ok?
Bobbi- I didn't think to ask who did the firing-LOL Yes, it sounded like she would have put up with the cheating and kept quiet if he'd taken that cruise with her- crazy.I can't imagine putting up with ROM cheating- and in my own home!ReplyDelete
- WhiteTrashGalMarch 23, 2011 at 3:46 PM
Dayum! Y'all have some wicked dinner parties.ReplyDelete
Maybe Jane cared more about having an ace up her sleeve for leverage at some point. Maybe she was bored with him, as well, and was fascinated to find out he could do something unexpected like that. Or maybe she didn't want to lose the maid--good help is hard to find.
I'm with you, though, ROH. Except I have said before if hubs has an affair, don't forget to take his laundry. Now if the ho was willing to clean my house in the bargain...hmmm.
Changed my vote: Jane wanted to keep the maid. ;-)
WhiteTrashGal- That was the most dramatic dinner party I've ever been to in my life! It certainly kept my attention. I wonder if Jane will hire a new cleaning lady or start cleaning her own house?ReplyDelete
- Bea from NJ (@sweeetbea on Twitter)March 23, 2011 at 4:42 PM
HOLY CRAP!! ROH, it was worse then we all imagined!ReplyDelete
She knew about this for months! and she let him keep at it!
I would've gone Lorena Bobbit on his ass (or balls) LOL
When's the next dinner party? Bravo is missing out big time on the Housewives of Manatee County! LOL
- Need a HobbyMarch 23, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Saw this on the tweeter & talk about a "Bravo moment!" No chair throwing, table tossing or hosts thrown about the room, though. *sigh* Drunk & weepy not so fun.ReplyDelete
So she knew since around Thanksgiving & didn't say a peep? Didn't want to rock her economic boat perhaps? But his nixing the cruise was hitting home to her? Jeez. Didn't sound like they had all that great of an arrangement, which is what it sounds like rather than marriage.
If it were me, when I confirmed for myself it was true, I wudda called up some folks with still camera & video equipment, maybe even a sound guy, & busted in like 'to catch a stupid old fucker' & made a documentary out of it. Then debate whether or not to put it on YouTube & consider what it would take for him to keep it out of the public domain.
No way would I be quiet for 4 months unless I was building a soundproof chamber underneath the house or had some other uh... naughty plans in the works.
Yikes. Good thing you don't have to see these folks often.
On the other hand, if you ever have to get him a gift, perhaps one of those peenie pumper uppers? Since his viagra supply is prolly limited (if not cut off entirely) & monitored more closely than old cold war era nukes in the former soviet union.
Thanks, ROH, for "the rest of the story!" :D
BEA- I think I'll decline any future invitations to their house-LOLReplyDelete
Need a Hobby- I can't imagine letting that go on for months and not confronting him. Yes, I think they are more in love with their lifestyle than each other. Would never work for me, but to each his own. Every time I see him now I'll be thinking "poor sad limp dick".
She knew about it since Thanksgiving & didnt say a word?! I would have pulled a Lorena Bobbitt within a week of confirmation & would now be sharing a cell with a certain blogger we know.ReplyDelete
- Bea from NJMarch 23, 2011 at 7:38 PM
LOL, Humbruh, I'd be ur cellmate too!ReplyDelete
ROH: damn!! No more accepting their dinner invites! We want more gossip! LOL! Just kidding, I don't blame u 1 bit.
DAMN!!!! How do I miss all the parties!?!?!?!?ReplyDelete
I would of loved to attended that party!! Mr Man would of loved to attend it as well. We would of laughed for hours afterwards.. yep.. we get enjoyment from other peeps misery.. ITS MY FAVORITE PAST TIME!
Did anyone see Donald Chump on The View today?? lord have mercy..
Humbruh- Can you imagine letting that go on for months? Who has that kind of self control? Oh, and by the way- I get the top bunk.ReplyDelete
Bea- Yes, I don't think we'll be going back to their house. But the food was sure good and they have a great pool- such a pity. LOL
I'm Just Saying- You and Mr. Man sound like ROM and me- we're still talking about the party.
No, I missed Trump on The View. I don' think I could stand having both Trump and whiny Elizabeth on my TV screen at the same time
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2011 at 11:42 AM
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OMG!!! Too funny! Thanks for the laugh!
- TuzentswurthSeptember 11, 2011 at 11:36 PM
This is unbelievable! I wonder how much they were paying the cleaning lady while this went on. If she was paid by the hour, but was F*#%(*g the hubby for one hour, did she deduct this hour from the cost? Would have made good dinner conversation. roflmao, even though hubby is an asshole and it is a sad situation, what a great story it gave you to tell.ReplyDelete
Tuzentswurth- It was a dinner party I'll never forget! A couple months after that, we were invited to another party at their house. I declined-LOLReplyDelete


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Details of the vulnerability were first posted on a Chinese-language security forum and was later confirmed with Yahoo security officials, wrote Wei Wang, a researcher with McAfee Inc.'s Avert lab in Beijing, on a company blog.
So far, no exploit code has been published, wrote Karthik Raman, also of McAfee.
The vulnerability affects Yahoo Messenger version 188.8.131.523. It is triggered when a user accepts an invitation to use their Web camera. The type of vulnerability is called a heap overflow, where a piece of code can be executed with improper permissions, which can allow for further malicious behavior such as downloading other code, said Greg Day, a security analyst for McAfee in the U.K.
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Last night (2/16/2016) I went with Ryan's family to Clarity (Vienna, Virginia, USA) for dinner and to celebrate my new job as Assistant Brewer at Gordon Biersch. For my entrée, I ordered the Dry-Aged Hamburger with confit onion, white cheddar, garlic mayo, and a house-made roll.
While at Clarity's, I also tried Evolution's Exile Red Ale, a 5.9% alcohol by volume (ABV) beer brewed by the Evolution Craft Brewing Company (Salisbury, Maryland, USA). Evolution;s website states that their Exile Red Ale exhibits 48 IBUs (International Bitterness Units) and pairs well with steak, lamb, burgers, fish and chips and cheese. Evolution's Exile Red Ale is currently listed as a American Amber / Red Ale on BeerAdvocate, an English Pale Ale on ratebeer, and a Red Ale – American Amber / Red on UNTAPPD.
Below is the commercial description of Evolution's Exile Red Ale:
"Inspired by the pale ales of England, this beer is red in color, assertively hopped but well balanced. Fruity and aromatic, generously dry hopped with Cascade and East Kent Goldings." – Evolution Craft Brewing Company
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