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Today's birth story is by the very lovely Samara, who shares the details of how her gorgeous little bub Madeline came to be! If you want to hear more from Samara you can check her out on Instagram under the handle: @our.cottage.life
Tell us about your TTC journey… My husband and I knew as soon as we were married that we wanted to start a family. There was no plan in place, we just wanted to see what happened. But I remember feeling disappointed every month that I wasn't pregnant! About 6 months in I decided to be more proactive and began tracking my cycle and ovulation after seeing an OBGYN for my endometriosis. After another 3 months I bought some ovulation tests on a whim….
We had just celebrated our first wedding anniversary when I fell of my bike and tore a ligament in my knee. I had been seeing a physio for a few weeks with no improvement so my GP referred me to have an MRI. It was my day off and I was about to call the radiographer to book in when I realised I was a day late! This wasn't unusual at all for me but I thought I had better take a pregnancy test before I called…. just in case. I took the test, popped it on the bathroom counter and went about my day. A while later I checked it and it was positive!!! I had to look at it about 10 times and took another test just in case I wasn't reading it right. My mind immediately started thinking how do I tell my husband? I'd seen so many cute ways to tell your partner on Pinterest and I wanted it to be amazing. Those who know me know that I am ridiculously impatient… and within 5 minutes I had called him at work to tell him the news! I was soooooo excited and couldn't wait to watch my belly grow.
How did you go with morning sickness and your pregnancy in general? I enjoyed being pregnant for the first few weeks, it was a little fun having such amazing news and keeping it all to ourselves. At about 5 weeks I started to get a little bit of morning sickness but totally tolerable and easy to hide. When I was 8 weeks pregnant we went away to our beach house with friends for my 27th birthday and that's when I knew it wasn't just morning sickness. I spent the whole weekend in bed, I couldn't move or eat without being sick but figured surely this wouldn't go on too much longer. By 10 weeks pregnant people had started to notice that I hadn't been at work much and just wasn't myself. We had our first doctor appointment that week and I was given medication to stop the vomiting, as I had started to lose weight.
At 11 weeks we were meant to attend a family event but unfortunately I was admitted to hospital with dehydration and diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum. The medication made it a little easier to function but I was still struggling to stay hydrated and day to day life was hard. I hit the second trimester with hope that the sickness would stop and I would get to enjoy the beautiful glow of pregnancy. It didn't. As the weeks passed I started to get anxious leaving the house, I had emesis (sick) bags and crackers stashed everywhere – my handbag, both our cars and every room in the house. I was terrified of being sick in public but still had hope that at 20 weeks the sickness would go away. It didn't go away! The hyperemesis stayed with me right up until Madeline was delivered, all 39 weeks and 6 days. Every day was hard. I couldn't shower or brush my teeth without being sick, smells made me sick or sometimes I would just wake up in the middle of the night to be sick. It made working as a Nurse almost impossible. I had to change shifts as mornings were horrible. Some days it would carry on all day and I wouldn't be able to work at all!
And finally, the path to Madeline…. I went along to my 36 week midwife appointment knowing that I would be seeing someone new as the midwife who had been looking after me was away. As she was measuring my bump and palpating to see where bubs was sitting she told me that I was going to have at least a 4kg baby – hello freak out!! We were finishing up my appointment when she noticed that I had been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and there had been no follow up. She offered to send me off to another ultrasound as a perk of GD to see just how big this baby was going to be.
A week later I woke up and I was huge, it was like my whole body had blown up into a beach ball. My husband was concerned and asked me to call the hospital to see if I needed to come in for a check-up. I had the ultrasound appointment that morning at the hospital so called them on the way and they said to pop in after the scan. The scan all went well with bubs measuring 3.8kgs. I was still freaking out but at least it wasn't over 4kgs and waddled down to the women's assessment unit. I was seen by a lovely obstetrician who told me the swelling was due to Hypertension and that I had a week for bubs to make her arrival. I was booked in to be induced on 24th of June.
Induction day rolled around and I hadn't told anyone (other than family) I was being induced to avoid the 'is she here yet?' messages. That afternoon a friend popped in for a coffee,
I remember just chatting to her when she asked me when I thought I might go into labour. I answered 'tonight' with a laugh and told her about the induction. I remember she was shocked I was so calm. I was so ready to do this, I didn't have a birth plan but wasn't scared of the idea of birth. I was ready to rock it and meet our daughter. We went in to the hospital as planned and were sent straight to the birthing suite. The suite was full and they suggested my husband and I go to the pub down the road for one last meal before we were parents but thought they should check my blood pressure before they sent us off on our date. My BP was through the roof so they cancelled our date quick smart and I got the next available room. We settled in and a while later a lovely midwife popped in a cooks' catheter and told me to get some rest. She said it would help to dilate the cervix, induce labour and would probably fall out overnight. They sent my husband home and I went to sleep.
The next morning the catheter hadn't done its job, so I was given a stretch and sweep and some gels as the next step. This happened every 8 hours and through the night with constant monitoring of the baby to make sure she wasn't going in to distress (along with 2 hourly blood pressure checks). By Sunday morning I was exhausted and so beyond ready to meet our little one. When the obstetrician did her morning round we finally had a result of 1cm dilation, so they decided to do an artificial rupture of membrane. I don't think I will ever forget the pain of that rupture, it made the stretch and sweeps seem quite pleasant. Everyone left the room and I jumped in the shower. That's when the contractions began, hard and fast!
When the midwife came back to check on me I was pacing the room trying to find any possible way to get comfortable. I honestly didn't expect it to hurt that much!! I asked to be put on the anaesthetist's list for an epidural knowing there would be a wait and that I wouldn't be able to cope. While I waited we tried using the gas, which worked well early on. When the anaesthetist arrived, I popped on the hospital gown (A seriously odd moment as a nurse being the patient) and we began. I was terrified of having an epidural, I absolutely hate having needles as ironic as that is, but I sat as still as possible holding my husband's hand and breaking for contractions. After the anaesthetist did the epidural she said it would take a few minutes to work and she would be back. In the meantime, the student midwife who arrived just after handover time told me she would be putting in a catheter. They popped it in and thankfully that all went well, however I was still feeling every contraction to its full extent. The anaesthetist tried the epidural again and we waited but the block had gone laterally, only working on my right side. This happened 5 times in total with the head of anaesthetics attempting the last 2 before deciding to try a spinal block, which also didn't work.
While all of this was happening I had a cannula inserted and was put on an oxytocin drip. This had been slowly turned up through the day. By 10pm I had only dilated to 2cm and was in quite a lot of pain! Handover to the night staff had begun and I was told I had Pre-eclampsia. The decision was made to take me to C-section but due to the failed epidurals and spinal blocks I had to have a General Aesthetic. I was wheeled in to theatre and remember being told that it would be a short aesthetic so that it wouldn't harm the baby. I watched them prep my belly, saw the scalpel being placed ready for the incision and the next thing I remember was waking up in recovery. As I had a GA my husband was unable to come into theatre. He waited outside while I delivered our baby but was able to meet me in recovery once I woke up. He told me he had gone to the nursery with our beautiful baby girl, who was born at 11.17pm on the 26th June weighing 2.9kgs and was able to have skin to skin with her. I was taken to the postnatal ward where my husband said, 'good night' and went home to get some rest.
It was 4 hours until I laid eyes on our daughter. I remember the midwife wheeling her in to the room in the early hours of the morning and placing her just out of my reach. I watched her peacefully sleeping for a while snapped a photo and went back to sleep in between the Midwife doing my observations. It was about lunchtime the day after Madeline was born that I was able to hold our beautiful, tiny little girl. The midwife helped me to attempt our first breastfeed and this was when I got my first cuddle.
Knowing now what our journey would be, I would still do it all again in a heartbeat just to meet our perfect little girl. I can't imagine our lives without her crazy little personality.
Wow! What a crazy, beautiful ride for you Samara! A very big thank you to you for sharing this amazing story with us! I don't know about everyone else but I love to hear birth stories!! They are all so truly magical!
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If you play sports, you should keep two things in mind related to your vision: protection and precision.
Sports lenses protect the wearer's eyes. Sports such as tennis, baseball, softball, and racquetball may see ball speeds of 90 mph or more. In baseball alone, there are over 500,000 injuries per year! But that is not the most common cause of sports-related eye injuries. Most eye injuries occur in basketball, where an elbow or a finger jabbed into the eye can cause corneal abrasions, fractured bones, retinal detachments, or even blindness. Polycarbonate lenses are more resistant to impact than glass or plastic and offer protection for 90% of eye injuries. Protective eyewear fits well, features a padded nosepiece, has prescription or non-prescription lenses, and has deep-grooved eyewires to prevent the lens from falling out when impacted.
The specialized lenses also optimize your vision. Depending on your sport, certain lenses are more appropriate than others. Dark, UV protection lenses are great for baseball and other outdoor sports. Golfers can benefit from gray-brown colored lenses which make it easier to outline the course. Even if you do not normally wear glasses, non-prescription sports lenses can benefit your performance. Some people think that lenses prevent the wearer from seeing the action, but many sports lenses have anti-fog, glare reduction, and scratch resistant properties. Some are also designed to maximize peripheral vision.
Just as sunblock protects your skin from harmful UV rays, so too do sunglasses protect your eyes. We recommend you invest in a set of quality sunglasses which can provide at least 98% protection from UVA and UVB rays. While cheaper sunglasses can range from poor to excellent UV protection, our sunwear lines provide the best protection from the sun. We carry a large selection of styles and colors.
Another product to consider is a pair of polarized sunglasses. Polarized lenses block light reflected from surfaces such as a flat road or smooth water. If you are involved in activities such as water sports, skiing, golfing, biking, fishing, and even driving, polarized lenses can be very helpful in reducing glare and giving a clearer view.
An important note: if you have a youngster in the family, it is never too early to fit them with sunglasses. Children under the age of 20 are the most susceptible to the damaging effects of UV light which is a contributing factor to cataracts later in life. You would never send your child outside without sunblock, so protect their eyes from harmful UV light in the same way with a fun pair of sunglasses.

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15 June, 2012
Mini Countryman: A Powerful Mini Car For The Big Indian Population?
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Bone loss in the jaw is often caused by an infection that goes untreated. The result can be the loss of one or more teeth since they no longer have sufficient bone material to support the roots. When this occurs, your first concern may be about your appearance – what are the options for replacing the lost tooth? The following guide can help you understand what replacements are available.
Implants are the preferred replacement option for many people because they look and are cared for just like a natural tooth. Unfortunately, just like a natural tooth, an implant needs sufficient bone in which to bond, so they may not be the best choice if you have suffered bone loss.
If you are set on an implant, you can ask your dentist if you are a good candidate for a bone graft. If so, you will first have bone graft surgery. If the graft is successful, you can then have the implant placed.
The next best option if you want a permanent replacement is to go with a dental bridge. There are two types of bridges typically used.
A tooth-supported bridge requires healthy, well-rooted teeth on either side. The outer enamel of these teeth is ground away. Then, crowns are made to fit over the filed down supporting teeth, with a false tooth placed between them to fill in the gap from the missing tooth. The supporting crowns are then permanently affixed to the healthy teeth. This bridge can be used to support more than one tooth, so is a a good option if you lost two teeth.
The other option is a bonded bridge. You will still need healthy teeth on either side of the missing tooth, but they will not be damaged. Instead, the false tooth will have resin wings on either side, which will be bonded to healthy teeth to hold the false tooth in place. This works well if you only have one missing tooth.
Partial dentures
Partial dentures are removable, so they aren't a permanent option. They are usually the least invasive and the least expensive option. These dentures are the best option if you have multiple missing teeth, or two missing teeth that aren't side-by-side. Partial dentures may also be used in the intervening periods between each step of bone grafting and implant placement as a temporary replacement option.
Talk to your dentist to learn more about your dental reconstruction options after bone loss.


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DRAFT AGENDA (click here for a printable PDF)
6:55 Sign-in (5 minutes)
7:00 Introductions, name placards
7:05 Approval of the agenda – Board
7:10 Approval of Meeting Notes –Review andadoption of February minutes
7:15 Tree Committee –Planting Masterplan. Tree Committee members (35min)
7:50 Bylaws Update
5.1) Clarify exception to term limits, 5.3) Clarify minimum % votes needed to be elected,
8.1) Clarify all meeting voting limited to elections and modifications of bylaws and A of I,
12.2)Clarify process for dispensing funds consistent with Policies and Procedures,
Board Decision to include on ballot.
8:10 Committee Reports
- Nominations and Elections Committees – Rod Merrick (5 minutes)
- Green Spaces Maintenance Funding Task Force – Clark Nelson & Allyson Peterson (5 minutes)
- Communications Committee Report – Kristiana
Nelson (5 min)
- Newsletter/Bulletin- eNewsletter content. Joe Dudman (5 min)
- Schools Committee- Matt Timberlake and George Bengston(5 min)
- SEUL Board Report – Nelson(5 min)
- SEUL Land Use and Transportation Report – Brightbill(5 min)
- Transportation/Parking/Sidewalks Krause (5 minutes)
- Land
Use Update: Rod
Merrick (10 minutes)
- RIP project – PSC vote and way forward to Council Testimony.
- Legislative Report.
- Historic District – update
- Notices and requested comment from City
- Land Use Discussion
8:55 Final Comments and Adjourn
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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Yikes, this was my first time ever experiencing back pain, and it was excruciating. I did a few things over the weekend that might have tweaked the muscles in my back (moving my Jet Ski seat or cleaning my kitchen cabinets). On Monday and Tuesday, I could feel the tightening of my back muscles, but Wednesday morning I woke up in serious pain and couldn't move, which was scary. I called my twin sister and she came over and took me to the doctors and was prescribed a muscle relaxant and pain medicine. Part of me is thinking that since I turned 50, it is downhill from here! I spent two days on the couch relaxing and figuring out how to best use the medication I was given. This morning, I came to work but I think by lunchtime I will be back on my couch resting. I hope that over the weekend things will start to be back to normal.
A special thanks to the PTO for hosting our STEAM Challenge yesterday. Christine Hunewell sent me a few videos and pictures. I am so sorry to have missed it! The students had a blast with all of the different challenges. Three of our students' bridges held 68 pounds and we didn't have any more weights to safely place on them. We will continue that challenge next Friday. Students are already talking about how they are going to change their designs for next year's event!
Next week, we will celebrate Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week! Our PTO is busy at work organizing different opportunities and events to thank our incredible staff. If you want to get involved check out the NHCS PTO Facebook Page, contact your child's room parent or email Megan Magrauth at firstname.lastname@example.com. Friday of next week will be having a "Walk the Red Carpet Dress-up Day." We hope our students will participate.
Have a great spring weekend!


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11 Tips for Beginner ProgrammersMay 11, 2016 4:19 pm ·
News headlines about programming jobs being in high demand are endless. Corporate recruiting is turning to ridiculous tactics.
The truth of the matter is programming jobs are in high demand, and the trend isn't likely to slow down anytime soon. With everyday products continuing to adopt technical knowledge (read: wireless toasters), even old-school industries are on the hunt for talented programmers to join their ranks.
Even if you aren't a professional programmer, learning how to code can still come in handy. Save yourself from future headaches while studying with these tips.


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Rosa Willis / Photo Bring on the world, PHS graduate Rudy Perez and fellow seniors await their diplomas during the ceremony Saturday at Dragon Stadium. See more photos from the day on page 16A.
The 272 members of the PHS Class of 2018 graduated Saturday, May 26th. Despite threat of rain all week, the ceremony took place outside in the newly remodeled Dragon Stadium. English teacher Keith Petty gave the day's commencement speech, reminding students to "remember where you came from."
Petty, a favorite teacher among the class of 2018 for his good nature and interesting classes, told students that love had brought them this far in their journey.
"The love of parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins, friends, educators and countless others has helped you reach this waystation to your destination. It is that love on which prayers and hopes are born, Class of 2018, and with that behind you, you cannot fail."
Petty told the class the gift of love is something to always value.
"Education is highly important. Hard work is highly important. A combination of the two changed my life for the better; but love is a force that never fails. Thus, you have been given this gift that assures you when any adversity comes along in your lives, you have the substance, the ingenuity, the tact, the strength, the endurance, and the resilience to emerge on the other side of that adversity victoriously; and it means that you have the seed within you to pass it along to others."
In his speech, Petty challenged the class to "Remember where you came from. Stay humble. Keep your hearts open. And, most importantly, consider your fellow men and women, for that is love."


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What Is Your Life Worth? The Texas Legislature Says At Most, $250,000
What is your life worth? The Texas Legislature says at most, $250,000 when the state of Texas is responsible for killing you or your loved one. Is that enough to care for your family, should you die unexpectedly? Our lawmakers seem to think so. We don't. Your signature can help change that.
Cresha Leanne Greer was a loving mother, devoted daughter, and caring aunt. She was killed on Dec. 18, 2014 when the driver of a TXDOT vehicle recklessly crossed the highway center line crashing head-on into her vehicle leaving behind a 12-year-old son, Brendan. Greer also took care of her 2 year old nephew, David Grimes. During a Sept. 18th hearing, the Texas Department of Transportation was ordered to pay the legally maximum amount of $250,000 to the family. Michael Moore, 29th Judicial Court Judge, approved the maximum award amount along with $80,000 settlements from Greer's own insurance companies.
I'm sorry, but $250,000 just doesn't go very far these days when a loved one has been wrongfully killed..."
Jason Stephens, a partner at Stephens, Anderson & Cummings, represented Ms. Greer's family, refusing to take a fee for his firm's services, as he recognized the importance of providing for Brendan, Cresha's son.
Stephens says the resolution of this case highlights the need for a major change in these cap limits.
"These damage caps have been on the books for decades and they are simply unfair and unjust to Texas families," Stephens said. "I'm sorry, but $250,000 just doesn't go very far these days when a loved one has been wrongfully killed. There are medical bills and funeral bills to pay, then there's the huge financial loss of your loved one's earnings, not to mention the pain and agony of having your loved one wrongfully and unexpectedly killed because of the State's negligence. Our state legislators need to eliminate or at least raise these damage caps to reflect the real loss that today's Texas families, like Cresha's family, have suffered. Our law makers can do better than this, and they need to know 'We The People' demand better."
Despite the successful conclusion of this case, two young boys will be left without the security and love Cresha provided. Help us change that for other Texas families who suffer from the unexpected loss of a loved one.
Please sign our petition by completing the form on this page.


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If you're on social media chances are you're seeing a plethora of 'get in shape by summer memes' like I am. They're kind of annoying, but that's only because I know I need to get more consistent with my workout routine again. I did Crossfit last year, which I actually really enjoyed, but when I realized how much money I was forking out every month I had to rethink that whole thing.
Then I thought about joining a "regular" gym because it's a little cheaper, but I realized that Duluth, MN, already has a limited amount of nice weather. I didn't want to be forced to do indoor workouts or waste my money when I know I won't go to the gym when the temperature finally hits 70.
Instead of spending my hard-earned money, I opted to do my workouts at home and/or outside. That way, if I miss a few days here and there (which will inevitably happen) I won't feel guilty because I'm not out any money. If you currently pay for a gym membership and you find yourself not getting your money's worth OR if you just feel like you should/need to make a cut to give yourself a little more wiggle room in your monthly budget, here's my general workout plan – that I started yesterday morning – that's not going to cost me a dime and I'll change it around a little each week.
Monday: 30-45 minutes cardio of choice (kick boxing, other non-running cardio, or jogging outside)
Tuesday: 45-60 minutes yoga or pilates
Wednesday: Weights (arms, back, chest or legs) and ab workout
Thursday: 30 minutes cardio of choice and arms (weights/push-ups)
Friday: Weights (back, chest, or legs) and ab workout
Saturday: Household chores (Yes, they count when you're active!)
Sunday: Rest
I already have a set of 5-25 pound weights to use; you can always make your own out of used water bottles and sand though, for instance. Or, there are plenty of body weight workouts that don't require any weights at all. Resistance bands are also great; they won't cost a ton and would be a one-time expense.
With internet access, you can pull up videos on your phone, tablet, computer, or smart TV. YouTube has innumerable workout videos of all varieties. If you find a channel that you like, you can subscribe to it so you can find a workout faster. (One of my favorite channels for women is PopSugar Fitness, by the way. 🙂 )
From experience, I encourage you to plan out what type of workout or which video you are going to use. Otherwise you'll spend 5-10 minutes just trying to find what you want to do, which can be demotivating or cut into your workout time if you're on a time crunch.
I try to get in at least 5 days/per week, though it may end up being 3-4…and that's okay.
Sometimes I'll exercise Monday through Friday; other weeks it might be Saturday through Wednesday. Think about early mornings, lunch breaks, or after work. If you can only fit in 15 minutes total or 15 minutes at a time, it still helps. Just do your best to fit exercise/activity in your schedule the best you can. The nice thing about YouTube is that you can find videos from 5-90 minutes of all kinds of workouts.
The nice thing about video or no equipment workouts is that you can do them pretty much anywhere. So no need to skip a workout if you're traveling…you already have everything you need if you bring the right clothes.
And because of where I work, I'm always thinking about the financial piece. Think about what you can do with the money you're no longer paying each month for a gym membership. You could pay off debt, build up emergency savings, or save for a goal!
For more tips, check out How to get fit on a budget and Tips to eat healthy without wasting money.
Author Elaina Johannessen is a Program Director with LSS Financial Counseling.
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The Research & Instruction Librarians at Pius Library are happy to schedule library visits for 1818 high school classes for research purposes. Due to current staffing levels, the librarians will only be able to open the classroom for the session, and give a brief overview of troubleshooting tips. There will be no formal instruction this semester. After that, the class will be free to use the classroom computers, and may call the on-call librarian for assistance as needed.
The Library is a popular and busy place so we need to coordinate activities to avoid undue congestion. In order to minimize stress for SLU students who are preparing for their final exams in the building, we offer Library Research Visits during these times.


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2 lbs of fresh shrimp (medium or small size)
Catupiry is a Brazilian creamy cheese from Minas Gerais with a very high fat content. And the taste is completely different from any cheese in the U.S. or Europe. If you'd like to try this recipe and you live in the U.S., Philadelphia Cream Cheese might do the trick. If you go to Brazil, I suggest you buy a couple in the supermarket the day you leave. It's pasteurized, etc., so I don't think there'll be any problems with Customs...You can always try! In Miami, you can buy it at Brazilian markets.
Preheat oven to 450° F. Spread cheese over bottom and sides of 13 x 9 pyrex. Peel, devein and wash shrimp, sprinkle with lime juice and salt. Leave in refrigerator until ready to use. Chop tomatoes into big chunks and puree in blender. Saute onion in olive oil until limp, add shrimp, cover and bring to a simmer. Add tomatoes, parsley, green onions and whole peppercorns. Simmer for fifteen minutes. Dissolve corn starch in milk. Add hearts of palm and milk to shrimp, stir for a couple of minutes and remove from heat. Add salt and pepper to taste (remember the cheese is salty!). Pour shrimp mixture into pyrex. Sprinkle top with parmesan cheese. Bake until cheese is melted (about 15 minutes). Serve from pyrex. Serve with Brazilian style white rice. YUM! (Don't even begin to count calories here...).
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Big Sky Tournament Central
Big Sky standings
MISSOULA, Mont. — In a must win game, Sacramento State came through in a big way, posting an 8-0 mercy rule victory over Montana on the final day of the regular season, and in the process, clinching the Big Sky Conference regular season championship.
The Hornets (29-18, 14-7) entered the day tied for first place with Weber State in the Big Sky standings, and needed a win or a Weber State loss to clinch the conference title. Weber State defeated Northern Colorado, 3-1, earlier in the day, making today's game a must-win situation for Sacramento State. The Hornets got the job done, posting eight runs and eight hits in a game that was stopped after five innings because of the eight-run mercy rule.
The regular season title means the Hornets will host next year's Big Sky Tournament. Next week, they will be the No. 1 seed at the tournament on May 10-12 in Ogden, Utah. Weber State won last year's regular season title, allowing them to host this year's postseason tournament.
Sacramento State will assume the No. 1 seed and receive a first round bye at next week's double elimination tournament. The Hornets will open on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. PDT against an opponent to be determined. The winner of the Big Sky Tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Regionals.
The Big Sky championship is the Hornets' first since the conference began sponsoring softball in 2013. Today also marks Sacramento State's first league title since winning the Pacific Coast Softball Conference in 2008. It was also the Hornets' second conference championship at the Div. I level (1990-pres.), and 10th in program history (1967-pres.).
Sacramento State is now 73-41 (.640) all-time in Big Sky play, and had posted three second place finishes before getting over the hump today.
The Hornets and Weber State (27-22, 14-7) finished the regular season in a tie for first place, but the Hornets earned the tiebreaker by virtue of taking two of three from the Wildcats earlier this year in Ogden. The two teams entered the week in a first-place tie, and the Hornets took two of three from Montana while Weber State won two of three at home vs. Northern Colorado.
"We are thrilled to finally bring home the Big Sky championship," Sacramento State fifth-year head coach Lori Perez said. "After a few years of being so close, we were on a mission to get it done this year. Our players came out hungry and ready to attack today. I could not be prouder of the effort of our players and coaching staff.
"We intend to keep this momentum going into the upcoming week and will be preparing hard to be a strong force at the tournament. Thank you to all of the support this year from our fans, the community, and most importantly, our families."
Sacramento State picked a great day to score its most runs since tallying 13 at Northern Colorado on March 24. The Hornets scored three times in both the first and second innings, and twice more in the fifth. Hornet ace Celina Matthias (18-9) was on her game again, throwing a two-hit shutout while striking out three batters.
The Hornets got the scoring started in the first inning, set up by a two-out walk to Suzy Brookshire and an infield single by Sydney Rasmussen. That set up Mo Spieth, who was drilled in the leg on the first pitch she saw from Montana starter Colleen Driscoll. However, the umpire ruled that Spieth intentionally stuck out her leg to get hit by the pitch, and did not allow Spieth to take first base. Four pitches later, Spieth sent a rocket over the left-center field fence to give Sacramento State a 3-0 lead. Over the last two games of the series (both wins), Spieth was 3-for-6 with two homers and five RBIs.
Sacramento State tacked on three more in the second after Zamari Hinton singled home both Marissa Maligad and Matthias. Later in the inning, Hinton and Nene Alas pulled off a successful double steal with Alas swiping home to give Sacramento State a 6-0 lead.
The Hornets tacked on two more in the fifth on a Spieth RBI-single scoring Brookshire and a Matthias sacrifice fly plating Rasmussen.
In the circle, Matthias faced just three batters over the minimum, allowing two hits with one walk and three strikeouts over five innings. She needed just 79 pitches to complete the shutout and Montana advanced only one runner past second base the entire way.
Spieth was 2-for-4 with a run, homer and four RBIs while Hinton was 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBIs. In the process, Hinton improved her hitting streak to 11 games. Alas, Hinton, Brookshire, Rasmussen, Matthias and Maligad also had hits for the Hornets.
Driscoll (7-8), who threw a four-hit shutout of the Hornets yesterday in Game 1, was saddled with today's loss after giving up six hits and six runs without getting out of the second inning.
The Hornets (29-18, 14-7) need just one win to lock down their first 30-win season since the 2008 team went 32-21. That 2008 team was also the last Hornet softball squad to qualify for the NCAA Regionals.
August 14, 2018 SOFTBALL SIGNS NEW MEXICO TRANSFER JENSEN MAIN
August 7, 2018 SOFTBALL'S VICKY RIOS ELEVATED TO ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
May 17, 2018 BROOKSHIRE AND MATTHIAS NAMED ALL-PACIFIC REGION
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April 11, 2018 SOFTBALL WINS FIFTH IN A ROW, BEATS SANTA CLARA, 3-1
March 30, 2018 SOFTBALL SPLITS A DOUBLEHEADER ON THE ROAD AT WEBER STATE
March 21, 2018 RAIN CANCELS SOFTBALL'S GAME AT CAL
March 15, 2018 RAIN FORCES CHANGES TO NORCAL SOFTBALL CHALLENGE SCHEDULE
March 13, 2018 ALAS NAMED THE BIG SKY SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
February 22, 2018 MATTHIAS' SHUTOUT LEADS SOFTBALL TO DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT WITH STANFORD
February 21, 2018 SOFTBALL HOSTS STANFORD THURSDAY FOR DOUBLEHEADER AT NOON
February 19, 2018 SOFTBALL FALLS TO UC RIVERSIDE, COMPLETES TOURNAMENT WITH A 2-3 RECORD
February 15, 2018 SOFTBALL TO PLAY FIVE GAMES OVER THREE DAYS NEAR PALM SPRINGS
February 10, 2018 SATURDAY'S SOFTBALL GAME AGAINST CAL CANCELLED
February 10, 2018 UC SANTA BARBARA USES LATE COMEBACK TO BEAT SOFTBALL
February 1, 2018 SOFTBALL SELECTED THIRD IN THE BIG SKY PRESEASON COACHES POLL
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Wind Power Makes Hydrogen for German Gas Grid
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Proposals to generate hydrogen using excess wind power have been blowing around for quite a few years now, with the hydrogen being a form of "energy storage" that can be subsequently burnt for heat and/or power.
Some systems are now appearing in the wild in countries as diverse as Morocco, Turkey, Argentina and Norway.
Greentech media reports that the Germans are getting in on the act as well, converting excess wind power to hydrogen and feeding it into the natural gas grid (perhaps the combination of hydrogen derived gas and biogas will eventually eliminate European dependence on gas from Russia and the middle east) - Wind Power Makes Hydrogen for German Gas Grid
For the first time on an industrial scale, hydrogen produced using wind power is being injected into the natural gas grid in Germany. It's a development that could enhance the value of wind power by making it useful no matter when it is produced.
E.ON said the P2G unit in Falkenhagen in eastern Germany, operated in a partnership with Swissgas AG, has a capacity of 2 megawatts and can pump out 360 cubic meters of hydrogen every hour. In a sign of the potential of the technology, its inauguration drew a crowd that included the German economics minister, members of the European parliament and high officials of Brandenburg state.
"One of the biggest challenges of transforming Germany's energy system is finding ways to integrate the increasing share of intermittent, renewable-source energy," Economics Minister Philipp Rösler said in the E.ON news release. "To ensure that Germany's power system remains stable and that our economy continues to have the energy it needs, we not only have to rapidly expand energy networks. We also need innovative solutions like the P2G unit here in Falkenhagen."
The Falkenhagen facility is essentially a way to store wind power. Instead of turning off the turbines at a nearby wind farm when demand is low (as it can be at night, when the wind tends to blow strongest), or using the power to move water up a hill (effective but site-specific and expensive pumped hydro) or charge a battery (expensive), or try to find a buyer for the power far away (requiring costly transmission), the power is used to turn water into hydrogen by electrolysis. The hydrogen is then shot straight into the area's natural gas system, displacing a fossil fuel.
What's especially interesting here is that last step: the use of the hydrogen in the natural gas pipeline. We recently reported on a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, "Blending Hydrogen Into Natural Gas Pipeline Networks: A Review of Key Issues," in which the authors sound a fairly optimistic note about the possibility of putting the country's extensive gas pipeline system to work for clean hydrogen's benefit. They don't give a 100 percent endorsement of the idea -- because of the nature of hydrogen, the natural gas system can only take small percentages without extensive reworking -- but their review of the issues says that the pluses appeared significant enough to warrant further study. So while the E.ON project in Germany is fairly small, it should provide valuable insight that will help guide subsequent approaches with the technology.
Other similar approaches include putting hydrogen produced from excess renewables to work in fuel cells, and reacting it with CO2 from bioenergy plants to produce a carbon neutral methane, sometimes known as "renewable methane" or synthetic methane. This synthetic methane could go directly into the natural gas pipeline without the limitations of hydrogen. A 25-kilowatt demonstration plant using just such a system is operating in Germany.


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"Pale amber sunlight falls across
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That hardly sway before a breeze
As soft as summer: summer's loss
Seems little, dear! on days like these.
Let misty autumn be our part!
The twilight of the year is sweet:
Where shadow and the darkness meet…
A little while and night shall come,
A little while, then, let us dream."
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It's no secret that Fall is my favorite season, to me it feels like a kind of New Year. A shift that allows change big and small; that brings new energy after the summer's heat. This seasonal energy is deep and profound, and every year invites a different understanding of myself as I dig deeper and deeper into the shadows.
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MIRACULOUS MULE kick off the new year with the announcement of a brand new album.
Two Tonne Testimony is heralded by the unveiling of a video for the track 'Where Monsters Lead', a sermon of heavy foreboding originally unleashed in November immediately following the US presidential election.
The band's third full-length album, Two Tonne Testimony is due for release on their own Muletone Recording Company label through Bronzerat on 24 March, featuring the following tracks….
1. Holy Fever
2. Shave 'Em Dry!
3. Sound of The Summer
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The album is available to pre-order here.
We're delighted to have Miraculous Mule appearing at our fifth annual Vive Le Valentine show at The Dome, Tufnell Park, London on Saturday 4 February, alongside THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE, THE BAR STOOL PREACHERS, THE FUZILIS and BRANDY ROW. Tickets, at a bargainous £15, are available here.
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I had the afternoon available for photography in Iowa's Loess (pronounced "luss") Hills above the Missouri River. These hills are a 200-mile-long string of glacial dust that was deposited by strong winds during our glacial periods when planet Earth was much cooler.
The afternoon was gloomy, with rolling thunder going on and on and on for about an hour—really! Eventually a brief rainstorm swept through, but afterward I was able to create some good photography. The light was far too dull for color photography, or even traditional black-and-white, so I turned to an old favorite—infrared photography. Infrared photography doesn't record the light spectrum visible to our eyes. Instead, it transforms a scene, with leafy greens recording as ethereal shades of white and light gray. Even the focus point for the camera is much different than for visible light.
In this photograph a road curves through the mystic forest of Bur Oaks—a Tolkienesque place where enchantment can happen at any moment.
LOCATION: Preparation Canyon State Park in the Loess Hills of western Iowa, USA.
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Western Conference Semifinal Game 2 - Nashville 2, Vancouver 1 (2OT) – Series tied, 1-1
If you want to look up the term "stolen win" in the sports dictionary, a listing of Saturday night's NHL playoff game between the Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks would serve to fit the definition. If ever a team made away like a bandit after appearing to be a beaten and spent force for 95 percent of the night, Nashville matched the profile.
The Predators scored a soft goal with 1:07 left in regulation and then watched their goaltender, Pekka Rinne, make multiple jawdropping saves in one and a half overtime periods, as they evened up the Western Conference semifinals with a shocking win at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Nashville was on its way to a second straight 1-0 defeat and a 2-0 series deficit when a prayer of a goal gave the Preds new life. That life was saved several times by Rinne in the bonus cantos, and when Matt Halischuk scored at 14:51 of the second overtime, the complexion of this series changed on a dime.
It was all so improbable: Ryan Suter freely admitted that he was just trying to earn his Nashville teammates a whistle and an offensive-zone face-off when he fired a long shot behind the goal line as the third period was dwindling down to the final minute. Somehow, the shot banked off the back of Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo and off the inside portion of his skate. The puck's carom off the skate directed the frozen rubber into the net, and in the blink of an eye, the Predators had been granted an overtime period by the hockey gods.
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In the overtime, Rinne took over. He robbed Vancouver's Kevin Bieksa on a headlong dive to close off an open net. He also performed the Dominik Hasek snow angel and made a pair of dazzling snatch-catch glove saves at the end of open-ice sequences in which the Canucks earned glorious chances at game-ending goals. Rinne made 18 saves in nearly 35 minutes of overtime competition, stopping Vancouver with a full range of bodily contortions and angular movements. He unleashed the full toolbox of goaltending skills at his disposal, and he continued the game long enough for Halischuk to beat Luongo with a top-shelf shot three fourths of the way through the second overtime stanza. Luongo made 44 saves, but his soft-goal lapse just 67 seconds from the regulation-time finish line will linger on the Canucks' plane flight to Tennessee for Game 3.
That's what life is like when a game gets stolen from you.
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One of the big trends recently has been xeric gardening (the use of low-watering plants). The ideal garden is one that never needs water, no matter how hot and dry it is. This conserves city water for homes, keep reservoirs full, and doesn't strain the resources of your community. Also, it reduces the gardener's work too, as not having to water saves time. As well, xeric plants are by their nature usually low-maintenance, mostly needing very little care to thrive.
Top of any list for xeric gardens is the Red Yucca, a clump-forming perennial plant that thrives in sun and dry soil. Most plants that love heat and drought only grow in warmer zones, but the Red Yucca is unusual, because it thrives even in zone 5, where winter temperatures can drop at night to minus 20. In cooler zones like that it is important to grow this plant in the sunniest and driest place possible. Because it is so hardy, this is a great plant to give an exotic look in a garden in cooler zones.
Growing Red Yucca Plants
The Red Yucca, also called coral yucca, hummingbird yucca, red-flower false yucca, and samandoque, forms a large clump of leaves that are 2 to 3 feet long, but only about an inch wide. They have no thorns, unlike true yucca, but they have thread-like thick hairs curling off the leaf edges. The clump of leaves can grow to 6 feet wide in time, making an imposing garden plant.
The leaves are blue-green and evergreen. In colder areas they often turn purplish to reddish-bronze in winter, making an attractive feature during the winter months. In summer and fall tall flower spikes rise above the foliage, reaching 4 to 6 feet in height. These branch, and all along the upper parts of the branches, clusters of red flowers form. These open with a pinker interior, making a very colorful show for months and months. The warmer your area, the longer the flowering season will be, but even in zone 5 they flower all of July and August, and sometimes in the fall as well. Hummingbirds love the flowers, and this plant is a fantastic way to attract these beautiful creatures into your garden.
Uses in Your Garden
Use the Red Yucca as a specimen plant in a bed beside rocks and in gravel. Mass plant it with grasses and other xeric plants for a bold summer show. Use it architecturally against a plain, painted wall. It also makes a wonderful plant in a large container, perhaps a south-western style clay pot, or a large modern planter. Use it in gravel-covered beds and on slopes or in dry stream beds, with other drought-loving plants.
Planting and Initial Care
When choosing a location for your Red Yucca, make sure to plant them in a hot, sunny spot. Once established it needs no additional watering, and it thrives in poor, well-drained soil. Wetness is never good for this plant. It needs no special care, although spent flower stems should be cut out at the base for neatness. The foliage is not eaten by deer, but flower-spikes may be. It has no significant pests or diseases and is very easy to grow in even the poorest soil, and in polluted urban areas.
Creating a Xeric Garden with Red Yucca
Xeric plants are very fashionable right now so be the first in your area to grow this amazing native plant. To create a xeric garden, choose the hottest part of your garden; preferably on a slope, so that water will not sit in the soil. Dig over the area, but do not add any organic material. Place some attractive large boulders in strategic places, according to your taste. Make it look as natural as possible.
If the soil is heavy, mix in plenty of coarse sand, and then plant, spacing plants well apart to give an open, desert-like look. Cover the ground with a layer of sand, followed by a layer of gravel and stones of mixed sizes. That's it. Water young plants every couple of weeks for the first season, and after that, just tidy by removing any dead foliage or flower stems. Nothing could be easier, or easier on the environment.
Adding Red Yucca Plants to Your Garden
No wonder the Red Yucca, Hesperaloe parviflora, is so tough – it comes from one of the harshest places in the country, the Chihuahuan Desert of west Texas. It also grows in central and southern Texas, and into northeastern Mexico. Coming from such dry places, we can be sure it will grow in any xeric conditions. This is a very unusual and highly sought-after plant, and we are pleased to have found some excellent young specimens. We do not expect these plants to be in our inventory for long so order now while stocks last! You may also want to consider another popular variety, the Color Guard Yucca.


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Gold 1 Garage Enter From Reedsdale St or General Robinson St
Gold 1A & 1B Enter From General Robinson St
Gold 2 Enter From Chuck Noll Way
Gold 4 Enter From North Shore Dr
Red 5 – Gen Robinson Garage Enter From Tony Dorsett Dr or Reedsdale St or General Robinson St
Red 6 Enter From General Robinson St
Red 7A, 7B & 7C Enter From Scotland St
Red 7D Enter From Lacock St
Red Clark East Enter From Scotland St
Blue 7F Enter From Lacock St
Blue 7G Enter From Lacock St
Blue 7H Enter From Lacock St
Blue 7J Enter From Sandusky St
Blue 10 – North Shore Garage Enter From Sandusky St or Gen Robinson St or Lacock St
Green 21 Enter From Reedsdale
Green 22 & 23 Enter From Ridge Ave
Recommended Routes
To North Shore Parking:
- I-279N take North Shore Exit 1B to Reedsdale Street.
- 28S to North Shore then follow Lacock Street to Reedsdale Street.
- I-279S take Exit 5C before Ft. Pitt Tunnel to West End Bridge to North Shore and follow North Shore Drive.
- I-376 take North Shore Exit 1A to Ft. Duquesne Bridge to North Shore Exit 1B to Allegheny Avenue.
- 65 to North Shore and follow North Shore Drive.
From North Shore Parking:
- I-279N take HOV Ramps on Mazeroski Way or Anderson Street.
- 28N follow General Robinson Street.
- I-279S take North Shore Drive to Allegheny Avenue to Reedsdale Street to West End Bridge.
- I-376 use Allegheny Avenue to Ft. Duquesne Bridge Ramp.
- 65 use Allegheny Avenue to Ridge Avenue.
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Your Job: How Satisfied Are You?
When it comes to job satisfaction, employees and employers sometimes view their work experience through a different lens according to a recent survey.
The top five contributors to job satisfaction, according to employees, are as follows:
- compensation/pay
- benefits
- job security
- flexibility to balance work/life issues
- communication between employees and senior management
When human resource professionals were asked to predict the top five contributors to job satisfaction, here was their ordered list:
- relationship with immediate supervisor
- compensation/pay
- management recognition of employee job performance
- benefits
- communication between employees and senior management
Show Me the Money
Employers underestimate the value of compensation and benefits in attracting and retaining high quality employees.
Employers overestimate the value of supervisory relationships and employee recognition programs.
A summary of the survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is available at DiGiTAL50.com.
What to Do Next
So, what if you feel your current employer is not making a significant contribution to your job satisfaction? It could be time to identify another employer. Two recent articles in The Wall Street Journal shed some light on effective job search strategies.
Stand Out: Join the Crowd
The first article encourages passive job seekers to become more visible by joining and participating in professional organizations. To learn how networking can lead to job referrals access If You Want to Stand Out, Join the Crowd.
LinkedIn: The Right Way
The second article explores the value of expanding your network via a service such as LinkedIn. The Right Way to Use LinkedIn offers advise for developing your contacts and enhancing your reputation in the marketplace.
Here is Beantown Web's four-step (JADE) plan to increase your job satisfaction:
- Join a professional network
- Attend networking functions
- Develop your professional contacts
- Enlist your network to help you find a more satisfying job
Mark's Guide provides a listing of technology-related professional networking events in the greater Boston area. The most promising upcoming event for Web professionals is Ignite Boston 2 on Thursday, September 6 in Cambridge.
This FREE event is sponsored by O'Reilly Media, Inc. In addition to learning about Web 2.0 start-ups and making new LinkedIn contacts, you can register to win $300 worth of O'Reilly books of your choosing! Simply send an email to IgniteBoston at oreilly dot com.


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Public comment is set for Wednesday, June 22 at 1:45 pm. If you can't testify in person, visit this page to submit comments and learn about the different fisheries management issues we're currently working on.
You can also check out this the meeting agenda and briefing materials to prepare for the meeting. The following is a quick look at some of the issues the Council will address next week:
Red Snapper Sector Separation Sunset Provision
After hearing a summary of the comments received during public hearings, the Council plans to take final action on Amendment 45, which considers changing the sunset provision that will end the separate management of private anglers and federally permitted charter boats at the end of 2017.
A recent stock assessment indicates that the triggerfish stock remains overfished. The Council's scientific advisors revised the acceptable biological catch levels and the Council needs to consider developing a new rebuilding plan for the stock. Along with determining new catch levels for the stock, the Council will also consider changes to the recreational bag limits, size limits, and closed season; and commercial closed season and trip limit.
Red Snapper Management for Federally Permitted Charter Vessels
The Council will discuss the latest draft of Reef Fish Amendment 41, which considers creating a red snapper management plan for federally permitted for-hire vessels fishing under the for-hire component of the recreational red snapper allocation.
The Council will review the input received from its Ad Hoc Reef Fish Headboat Advisory Panel and discuss a revised draft of Reef Fish Amendment 42 which considers creating a management plan for federally permitted headboats fishing for reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico.
After the Council meeting we'll host a wrap-up webinar to review what happened. Please join us at 6 p.m. EST Wednesday, June 29, for a quick presentation followed by a question and answer session.
As always, if you have any questions you're welcome to email us.


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Total and Permanent Disability insurance (TPD) provides a lump sum if you suffer an illness or injury that leaves you totally and permanently disabled. TPD insurance benefits are often used to eliminate debts, pay for medical expenses or fund any permanent lifestyle changes resulting from disablement.
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[Yes, it's one of those long-time-between installments walking posts. Keep up at the back there…]
On how it wasnt the walk I had intended to take.
Waking up that morning and unfolding the map of streets I have already walked and ones I have yet to walk, I had mapped out a route. The route would, after a Muni ride into the city centre, lead out of downtown, straight down a road Id crossed a thousand times but never purposefully walked along, and to a neighbourhood Ive been wanting to explore for ages, but had been saving for such a beautiful day. Its an interesting place – yet another one of the very self contained and proud areas of the city that, set apart by city planning or ridiculous gradients, manages to feel like a very distinct, friendly small town, even as you turn the corner and can see, barely any distance away at all, the point of the Transamerica pyramid and the rest of the downtown/financial district skyline and Well, lets hold off on that, because I didnt. Go to that neighbourhood, I mean or explore it (yet). So thats for another day.
What happened, instead, was that I caught the J from near my house. It trundled down the streets, tucked itself down cut-throughs and skirted the park. It crossed Market Street and plunged into the tunnel that takes it down to the Embarcadero. At Civic Center, I got off the Muni, and started up toward street level.
Civic Center, non-San-Francisco-people, though it sounds grand, isnt. It is not the most lovely place in the world. It has city hall in it, which is a very beautiful building. It has several excellent museums, a few good touring theatres, and a lot of nice restaurants. But its also at the lower extension of The Tenderloin, which is smack (literally) in the middle of the city, and, for reasons that Im sure people more familiar with city politics and history can tell us in the comments, a very tightly contained area of disarray.
Bordered on all sides by lots of expensive property and ridiculously wealthy businesses – on one side by Nob Hill, the traditional home of San Franciscos Super-rich (though now more often found in the bloody Marina across town) – The Tenderloin is like a different city to the ones that butt up against it. Look at a crime map and youll see all the coloured dots of drug-dealing, street-robbery, prostitution, and all sorts of illegal forms of anti-social naughtiness spread out across the city, for sure, but teaming like a hive in the Tenderloin.
Its also where a lot of the big tourist hotels are based.
The first time My Beloved came to the city on business, I woke up the morning after his first night there to find a long, poetic, beautifully super-descriptive email about how, far from being the City of Silicon Wealth he had been expecting to visit, this was a city on its knees, crushed by poverty indeed, quietly ringing with the mumble of hard drugs or bad sex offered for sale by every passing stranger and ripe with the stench of broken dreams and all the other descriptive terms that English Lit graduates like my dearest like to squoosh into their letters. It was a work of great travel literature and a historical document to be treasured.
Or would have been, if the next morning I had not woken up to find, basically, a rebuttal. Hed turned left when hed meant to turn right coming out of his hotel, and ended up in the Tenderloin by mistake. The rest of the city was really nice, he went on, and his jetlag was better, weather lovely, wish you were here, etc.
So coming up out of the Muni, I wasnt green. I know what the area is like, I used to live just to the south of it the first year we were here. I knew when I planned my route out that morning. It was broad daylight, I was brought up in London, Im not scared of people or believe that everyone out there is just lurking around a corner waiting to cause me harm or make me dead (well, MOST of the time). But as I passed through the ticket gate, fended off a man hustling for change, another hustling for a bit of my ladylike charm, I started to feel a bit like it wasnt the walk I wanted to take that day.
Stepping onto the escalator, the bottom half of which was in the shade of the Muni station, the top half in the bright sunlight of Civic Center, I started rising out of the ground, and into a world that smelled very strongly of piss. There was a man shoving another man around by the wall at the top of the moving staircase. Gruff voices laughed that laugh thats half way between gurgle and cough. The smell of piss got stronger.
As the escalator neared the top, I saw a woman with wild eyes catch sight of me, and turn to walk my way, and realised just how much I just couldnt be arsed with any of it. I held on to the handrail between the escalator and the stairs, swung myself into a U-turn and headed straight down again. My muni transfer was good for another couple of hours: Id get whichever tram arrived next.
On the actual walk that I took
Due to works that would have meant getting off the Muni and on to a hot, stinky bus anyway, I stepped out at West Portal.
West Portal. If theres anything that can make a girl feel like shes just walked into a science fiction novel, its alighting at a station called West Portal. Beyond the West Portal, my child, lies the outer edges of the galaxy of Ublubblubblytron FIVE, and your mission they would say – but beyond the West Portal lies the suburbs of Sunset and Parkside, and beyond them, the Pacific Ocean, and the only mission you accept in arriving there is either to live a quiet settled life for the rest of your days, or walk a very long, very straight road for the afternoon. I chose the latter.
I bought a tourist map of San Francisco at an antiques fair a few weeks ago. It was a free giveaway from a city bank in the early fifties to their new customers, presuming they might be new to the city, and pointing out some of the more notable and attractive landmarks in their new home. Its in black and white, with flags planted at the appropriately exciting places with pictures on describing just how exciting each one is, and just how. Theres a flag planted at the Powell Street turnaround, with the words CABLE CARS, and a cartoon of some smiling people hanging out of an old streetcar and waving. Theres a flag planted on the northern edge of the city, with the word MARINA and a cartoon of some smiling people hanging out on a sailboat, and a flag planted in the North East Corner with the words FISHERMANS WHARF and a cartoon of some disproportionately happy crabs hanging from the rough hand of a fisherman and about to be smacked with a pointy hammer and turned into happy chowder in a happy sourdough bowl.
In the west of the city – west of Twin Peaks, west of the great fog divide, and west of the West Portal that Id just stepped out of, the area was mainly clear of flags. There were, in fact, only a few scattered around the outer neighbourhoods, or the avenues, as people refer to them generally (and generally, depending on where they live, with a sneer in their voice). The words next to each flag planted on the map that time simply said RESIDENTIAL, and then a cartoon of a man with a porkpie hat and a pipe mowing the lawn. Or a picture of a man with a pipe in a car going off to work, and his family fondly waving goodbye and the word RESIDENTIAL. Or a scruffy-haired child and a friendly-looking dog with its tongue hanging out. RESIDENTIAL, said the flag. RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL.
Not much has changed.
I passed through a brief shopping area on Taraval of a few streets where the most muni lines cross and connect – with a small supermarket, some dusty looking estate agents offices, and many dentists and doctors offices that were either really bold in their design choices or just hadnt felt like changing them since the mid-70s.
And then, not wanting to walk next to the buses that could otherwise hoik me straight down to the beach without all the pesky walking, I turned left at 17th avenue, and right onto Ulloa.
The avenues are the ones that run north to south along this side of the city. The streets that cut through them east to west have melodious names, exotic (to my ear). While many of the downtown streets are named for the mayors, city founders, captains of industry, the streets of Sunset and Parkside are different. Ortega, Pacheco, Quintara, Rivera, Santiago, Taraval, Ulloa, Vincente it took me a year and a half of walking to click that they were alphabetical. I know, I know – Im just not used to cities having such ORDER imposed on them. Im from a land of jumbled streets and gradual city-growth, not ones that sprang up and exploded in size from zero to enormous in a hundred years.
I wandered down Ulloa, pausing to take pictures of pretty flowers I cannot name but will probably end up using as laptop screen desktops on dark sad wintery days.
I passed a set of children, out on some urban summer camp treasure hunt. A jogger. A man being walked by eight dogs. At 19th avenue I waited for the lights to turn a block down, then scuttled across the eight lanes of road in case they started again and every decided to take me down at once.
The rest of the way down, though, I was mainly by myself. Thirty-one blocks, in all, down to Ocean beach. I caught up with a UPS man, making his rounds, and though he took off just after I passed, he stopped at another house half a block in front, and I caught up as he tried and failed to deliver his package. I passed just as he was jumping back in his van and throwing the undeliverable into the back. He drove on, another half block. I caught up. He drove off. I caught up. By the end of four blocks it was getting a bit embarrassing, but then he flashed me a big grin, and I smiled back, and it wasnt odd any more.
Down through the avenues, each quiet, each more unremarkable than the last, as if someone had banned fun, or individuality, or, in fact, anything that might suggest the last century had ended and another began.
On many blocks, there were examples of the beautifully manicured lawns, shrubs and driveways those flags marked RESIDENTAL had promised me.
I imagined them being tended at the weekends by men with antique lawnmowers and porkpie hats and pipes hanging out of the side of their mouths, before being waved off on Monday morning on his way to work by his perfectly coiffured wife, small tousle-haired child and dog with a tongue-control problem. Then theyd go back into the house, shoot up some protein-shake-style mixture of chardonnay, pedigree chum and marajuana and pass out until he got home because god knows there is NOTHING ELSE TO DO on this side of town.
At the beach, which falls after 48th avenue and on the other side of the Great Highway at this point, I turned left, walked two blocks, and walked straight back up again, away from the sea, toward the mountains in the middle of the city and my house on the other side of them, up Santiago, past neat little houses, cars in a middling state of repair, and the same UPS guy at least three times more.
Detail is unnecessary. It was ALL THE SAME.
Well, save for the point where – and I should have mentioned, on long flat walks where Im unlikely to overhear other snatches of conversation or unusual things, I plug myself into walking music and think, or into podcasts and lose myself in those as well. So I was listening to a bunch of This American Life podcasts that had had me giggling out loud at some points and smiling at many others, but suddenly, in the middle of one of the stories, there was moment that made me cry. A lot. I cant remember which, or why particularly on that day, but somewhere between 14th Avenue and Portola, as I walked down a quiet side street with no one on at all, I was fighting back the desire to stand still and bawl like a baby.
I could, of course. In this neighbourhood there was no one to hear me. In Civic Center, meanwhile, there would have been everyone to hear me, but no one would have looked twice.
I skirted the bottom of twin peaks, up a busy road Ive been driven along many times, but never quite realised the tedium of until I took it on foot:
And as soon as I could, I ducked into the side streets where I could see from my map that there was a slight gap where roads didnt quite match up which, I hoped, might turn out to be a shortcut or a stairway that would get me moving toward home.
Of course, it turned out to be a cliff, but the long way round meant I got to see a more interesting, individualistic kind of RESIDENTIAL. The kind that has houses with both driveway and front garden covered with beautiful, classic American cars in a state of repair that makes you quite sure theyll never be driven again. Or little glimpses into a sunny home through the kind of entryway that I love more than any reasonable person should love an entryway.
And cars filled with coconut shells carved to look like decapitated monkey heads.
Or at least I hope thats what they were. Decapitated monkey heads spruced up to look like coconuts was the other less likely but still plausible option. Because once youve become the kind of person that decides to put that in your car, who knows what else youre capable of?
And then toward home. The long way round due to the pesky cliff (I should have realised it was called Glen Canyon for a reason), knees complaining at 8 miles so far of pavement pounding, stomach joining in and throat drowning out both of them when it realised there was one more massive hill to go and Id run out of water somewhere the other side of the crevasse.
It was worth it, though, of course. At the top of the hill, almost at the road that would take me home fast – and faster if I rolled down it, which was starting to look like the most tempting option – a perfect view over the downtown skyline and to the Berkeley hills beyond, way over the other side of the bay.
And then I limped down the hill to be RESIDENTIAL.
My kind of RESIDENTIAL, that is. The one on the Eastern side of the city.
RESIDENTIAL, rockn'roll style. With tea.


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Title says it all basically. I've had the DC-5 for a bunch of years now, and it's a great amp. Great sound, flexibility, etc. I'm currently in the process of making a replacement tube guard for the rear, as the original was removed several owners ago.
Anyway, one thing that has always kinda gotten to me is how relatively low the reverb level is on the lead channel compared to the clean channel. Is this by design, or is there something not right with my DC-5? I've got to pretty much bump it up to 8 or 9 to hear anything at room volumes, while the clean channel is almost overbearing at 5 at the same type of volume level.
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World Kindness Day is coming up on November 13, and as part of an ongoing focus on kindness in 5th Grade, we created a "Caught Being Kind" bulletin board on our floor. We asked the students to keep an eye out for their peers' behavior, and to let a teacher know when they caught a classmate in a random act of kindness. Our goal is to have every student's name on our bulletin board by World Kindness Day next week. So far we've noticed 5th Graders volunteering to organize laptop carts, helping to clean out one another's cubbies or pick up dropped notebooks, showing good sportsmanship during student council elections, and in general treating each other with generosity and patience.
Our 5th Grade initiative caught on in the Middle School, and at today's assembly our students presented to Grades 5-8 on the work they're doing to make our school a nicer place. After sharing their Caught Being Kind bulletin board, a student made paper chain of kindness, and a choice quote from Wonder by R.J. Palacio, the entire Middle School watched a short YouTube playlist on the ways in which other students across the country celebrate World Kindness Day. We then dispersed to our homerooms to fill out Kindness Pledges, small slips of paper on which students listed the ways they can work harder to make our community more generous, supportive and warm. Next step: Cover a bulletin board in one of our main hallways with these pledge slips.
The assembly was a great success, with students across the grades reflecting on their behavior and generating concrete examples of how they might increase their kindness towards others. I was a bit concerned that the older students would find the concept silly or juvenile, but was in fact pleased to hear from teachers in grade 6-8 that their students responded to the activity thoughtfully and with care. It got me thinking that while it's easier to launch something like this with younger students, developmentally it is likely the older ones who need this guidance the most.


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Exhibition Series: Wild Nature
Exhibition Curator: Vasanti Lackner
Dates: October 2009 through March 2010
Chris Hood: October 10 – November 11
Claire Jackel & Robert Minervini: November 14 – December 9
Ruth Hodgins & Kit Rosenberg: December 12 – January 6
S. Patricia Patterson & Izumi Yokoyama: January 9 – February 10
Group Show of Participating Artists: February 13 – March 10
Openings: Every 2nd Saturday, 7-10 pm
Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday:12 pm-5 pm, or by appointment. 323.788.9187
Pehrspace Gallery, 525 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Pehrspace Gallery is pleased to present Formal Gardens. Wild Nature, a series of solo and two-person shows curated by Vasanti Lackner. The exhibits address the disparate art worlds of San Francisco and Los Angeles, two cities that are surprisingly insulated from one another despite the fact that only a short distance separates them. The series showcases seven Bay Area artists whose work bridges the aesthetics typically seen in either city.
The title of the series, Formal Gardens. Wild Nature, originates from a quote by Walt Disney in which he states, "I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess." The irony is that Disney found his strength in the containment of his own imagination. His creations embody the perfect balance and convergence of work ethic and play, and the result is something that defies either extreme. Similarly, Formal Gardens.Wild Nature investigates the integration of opposites, and the sometimes-surprising results of this interaction.
The subtleties of each artist are revealed through juxtaposition, enhanced in relation to one another. Yet the opportunity to exhibit in a series of one and two-person shows, rather than as one large group, allows breathing room for both artist and viewer.
The series is intended to introduce work that might otherwise be confined to its place of origin. While it is not uncommon for bay area artists to participate in group shows in Los Angeles, the task of securing a solo exhibit can prove daunting when venturing out of one's community. Although they share the experience of a San Francisco art education, Lackner chose the participating artists because "the essence of each individual's work, the unique flavor, which transcends style, is not specific to any one place. The work presented holds its own regardless of location."
Verge Gallery and Studio Project presents Magic Window, a group exhibition of Contemporary painting. Featuring 11 Sacramento and Bay Area based artists, Magic Window encompasses a wide breadth of work that exemplifies the diversity of painting today. From Patrick Marasso's masterfully recreated oil paintings of candid photographs and Gale Hart's politically based abstract figurative work, to Andrew Patterson-Tutschka's formal exploration of urban landscapes and S. Patricia Patterson's large scale watercolor glimpses of Americana, Magic Window promises something for everyone. Artists include David Fiveash, Jacob Fossum, Gale Hart, Cynthia Horn, Rhia Hurt, Patrick Marasso, Robert Minervini, S. Patricia Patterson, Andrew Patterson-Tutschka, Gina Tuzzi, and Sara Wanie.
The exhibition runs from November 12 through December 19, with an opening night reception and Holiday Party on Thursday, November 12 from 6-10pm. Two Second Saturday receptions will accompany the show on November 14 and December 12, also from 6-10pm.Verge Gallery + Studio Project
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I skip my usual pre-poo step and go straight into washing with a cleansing conditioner, such as As I Am Cleansing Pudding, or a gentle shampoo, such as Dessert Essence Coconut Shampoo.
My hair is already in jumbo twists from the previous week, so there is no need to section it off for washing. After washing, I slap on some conditioner and let it set under a plastic grocery bag, which is my go-to shower cap, for about 15 minutes. Then I lightly finger detangle each twist, re-twist, and rinse off the conditioner. Afterwards, my hair is plopped, sealed with my homemade shea butter mixture, and then air-dried overnight. I do this once a week, and it does not take much effort or time at all; I'd estimate that I spend about 1-1.5 hours on my hair on wash days.
Pinned up twists during the week
Styling my hair is a quick process – about 20 minutes – the morning after my wash day. I just re-twist my hair into 10-12 fresh jumbo twists, and that's it! (Once in a blue moon, I will stretch my hair with heat after wash day so that I have more sleek jumbo twists.) The twists are then bunned and/or pinned, like in the following photos, for my "everyday" look. Maintenance of my hair over the course of the week is very minimal; I don't do anything other than protect my strands with a satin bonnet or scarf while I sleep and re-bun or re-pin in the mornings.
The process literally takes seconds.
|Lazy days: jumbo twists in bun or pinned. (The ones with me in the purple are done on straightened hair.)
When I am "feeling a bit fancy", I will remove my twists for a chunky afro to wear for a couple of days or do a fresh twist out if I want big, curly hair. If I'm feeling extra fancy, the moment may call for a braidout on straightened, freshly washed hair. The "extra fancy" process is much longer and intensive, hence why it is a rare style for me.
|(LEFT) Shrunken chunky afro. (RIGHT) Feeling EXTRA fancy: braid out on straightened hair.
This "lazy" regimen is something I started last year after annoyance with my long twist takedown process and detangling sessions. (Granted, it was only several hours once a month but it was still too long for my liking.) I also desired the freedom of being able to wash my hair more frequently given my new routine of exercising three times a week; the thought of going two or more weeks between washes just didn't sit well with me anymore. Since my hair is long enough to put into 10 twists, I figured why not do that weekly! I was initially nervous about the styling, but it has actually worked out really well.


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Mojito cake
This week I made my friend Clari a birthday cake based around her favourite drink- Mojito! It's super delicious, everyone should give this a go. Recipe is here. One thing I will amend is that it took me a lot longer than 15 minutes to prep this thing, so keep that in mind if you do decide to give it a try. Also the buttercream recipe makes a bit too much for my taste, but I'm not a fan of icing on cakes generally anyways.
My next boozy cake adventure will probably be Gin and Tonic cake. Hells yes.
After giving boozy cakes a try I can't seem to get the idea of having an alcoholic tea house out of my head. This adds to my current fantasy of wanting to start up my own tea house based around the one I visited in Brasov, Romania. A tea house that opens late and serves alcoholic tea cocktails with alcoholic cake sounds brilliant to me, but some friend's have boohooed since I told them so it'll probably remain as an idea and nothing more.
In other creative news; I've been working further on my project surrounding my dad and I've had some neat ideas about how to take it further, so yay, and I've been thinking about doing a professional shoot with my Game Boy Camera just to see how the photographs would come out on something like that. Why not eh?
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Don't fancy alcoholic cake uch but the Andy project sounds great. Keep us informed. Love, Nana and Pappy xxx


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