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The Hyper-Lite family has had a bit of a dubious numbering system, so when the Hyper-Lite 4.5 came out two years ago, we expected the 5 to arrive sooner than it did.
Instead, they puzzlingly reverted to a new version of the 4. Weird, huh?
Anyway, we got there in the end, and the 5 looks to be a small, but significant step up from its predecessors.
At 5.2 pounds, it's the heaviest in the bloodline, but still very light in the grand scheme of things. And it's oh-so comfortable too! It also has 5 dividers, with a 2-2-1 split, including one full length.
Callaway Hyper-Lite 5 Stand Bag
Our Assessment
Some cynics might say that the only difference between the Hyper-Lite 5 and its predecessors in the 4 range is that it is heavier! Of course, that's a bit obtuse, and, aside from the fact that it has a 5-way divider (instead of 4 – although the original 4.0 had 6!) and a larger top, Callaway have brought a sturdier edition into the mix with the 5. Importantly, they've done so while pricing themselves competitively, and this bag will definitely carry particular appeal for the mid-high handicap golfer
Pros and Cons
- It's light, and the shoulder and hip/back pads offer ample comfort
- It has 9 pockets – there's plenty of storage space for apparel, and clever fobs and pouches for valuables, water bottles etc.
- It's available at around $180, and that makes it hugely competitive in this market
- The legs seemed a bit flimsy to me, and didn't retract/extend well. Be sure to test this with clubs in the bag. You don't want your towel to get caught in there while carrying
Key Facts
|Product Details
|Callaway Hyper-Lite 5
|Launch RRP
|From $180.00
|Handicap Range
|Mid – High
|Bag Type
|Bag Width
|9 inches
|Bag Weight
|2.35kg (5.2 lbs)
|Colour Options
|Black; Navy/Charcoal; White/Charcoal/Green; White/Lime/Charcoal; Royal/Navy/Silver; Black/Charcoal/Red; Red/White/Black; and Charcoal/White
|Manufacturers Website
|Callaway Golf
Callaway Hyper-Lite 5 Stand Bag Detailed Review
Weight and Comfort
Callaway are commandingly-placed in the market in terms of weight, and although they've added a few ounces to the Hyper-Lite 5, you've always got to be happy with a bag that weighs in at under 5.5 pounds.
The X-shape design for the adjustable straps is pretty standard, and the padding at the apex is pretty much in line with industry norms. It's a simple, uncomplicated setup in terms of carrying, and that's no bad thing.
Build Quality
We've mentioned above about the stand, and we must caution that by saying that this could be unique to the one that we sampled.
The mechanism just didn't seem as responsive as others we've man handled in the last week or two, and the legs didn't tuck in as well as you'd expect.
Nevertheless, they've done pretty well with the rubber at the bottom of each leg, which should ensure that it doesn't slip when you put it down on a smooth surface.
Other than that, there's nothing wrong with the build or versatility of this bag.
It's solid and balanced as a result of the Xtra Traction Technology; has 8 (or 9 – depending on your definition) pockets which are well located, and its features are pretty crafty when it comes to little things like finding a place for your GPS, stowing away your umbrella, slipping on the rain hood or popping your glove on the nifty little Velcro.
To sum up, the design ticks all the boxes you'd expect from a decent carry bag today – no more, no less.
Value for Money
If you're after a good-quality bag at a bargain price, you'll struggle to look past the Hyperlite 5.
It's not the most gorgeous bag that's ever come off the conveyor belt (nor is it the ugliest), and it doesn't bring anything revolutionary to the table.
But it's another solid addition to the Hyperlite family, and that means you know what you're getting – something that more than holds its own, and for a great price to boot.


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Yes. Facebook.
You may have seen it on Facebook. You know. I work there now!
It's been hard to parse the events of the last six months. But I want to.
So. How did it happen? In March, Hot Studio, the design firm where I'd worked for the last six years, was acquired by Facebook. I'd expected an eventual acquisition by some larger company. I wanted it for Maria. As the badass company founder she was, she deserved it. Still, it came as a surprise. There may have been rumors, but that's not the same as sitting in rows of white chairs in a company-wide meeting listening to your long-term leader spell it out.
It was shocking, the bigness of it. Facebook! In Menlo Park! And Hot would close!
We didn't know what would happen to everyone. It was a hard time, the unwinding of Hot. The splitting up of family.
But I got an offer to work in the Content Strategy group at Facebook. And I said yes please.
And now every weekday morning I pull off the Dumbarton Bridge in my vanpool (more about that later), onto 1 Hacker Way, and go to work.
What is it like? My electronic badge beeps me in. As a n00b (new person) on my first week, I felt I was staring up into the underbelly of a vast spaceship. Around me, I saw a diverse group of talented people, and a different world. What's it like?
- There's graffiti and posters and color-splashed walls
- Light streaming in
- Art everywhere
- Open desks and more desks and more
- Vending machines with electronics (headphones, power adapters, mice, etc.)
- Snacks and more snacks and lovely nonalcoholic drinks
- Hundreds of esoterically-named conference rooms (e.g. "Puff the Magic Drag and Drop")
- Plants inside and out
- Foxes!
- Bikes to ride (they are quicker - and give you an unexpected sense of joy)
- Free food! Rich food. Healthy food. Fresh and varied. (Low blood sugar is never an issue.)
People move around me, hustling from building to building in the sunny interior courtyard. They're developers and designers and people with MBAs. Content Strategists like myself. Good sharp people who help with all of the details.
So many brains in one place! Lots of data, numbers, metrics. People with strong opinions. An intensity of purpose. Strong charisma. It's optimism and realism, combined in a way I've never seen before.
There's also a surprising humility at Facebook. A willingness to examine problems. An understanding, among everyone I know, that the perks aren't ubiquitous. It's a privilege. So we work very hard. We work to make Facebook a great experience for everyone who uses it. If that were easy, we'd be done already. But it's not easy. That's why we're there.
After I get home in that same vanpool, I see Rafael and Alejandro and Story. Our beautiful family. Before I walk in the door, I stop on the porch and take a deep breath. I tell myself, "Steady, lady. Steady." I want to leave work behind, but I'm still excitedly solving problems with my co-workers in my head. I take another deep breath. I admire the late sunlight streaming over the hill in front of our house. I calm down.
I walk into eight streams of information coming at me through the three people I love and the many devices in our home.
"Mommy's home!!!" It's a lovely chaos of hugging and kissing and sharing of toys and drawings and video game news updates. Then everything needs to be done.
I'm not good at everything. I'm still me. I'm still learning balance, and about how to be the very best mom I can be, and a caring wife, and about creative fulfillment, and this new job. (I'll take a another deep breath now. Ahhhhh. Okay. Whew.)
But I'm where I'm meant to be. At work I feel like I can do what I'm best at: Writing. Connecting. Communicating. Being of service. Making stuff.
And at home I can just be with the kids, which is all we need.
Thank you for being here, and for knowing all sides.
- Margot
Yay, vulnerability. Yay.
I'm low. So clear the current situation w/Raf traveling does not work, for me at least. With the exception of two nights he was recently gone for four weeks. For those of you without children, I'd just like to say FOUR...WEEKS! Four! Weeks! I'd like to continue to rise to the occasion, but I can't. Bro-ken.
Then, as he always does, Rafael came home. He looked like a zombie, but the sun shone on our family again. His project was complete, the impossible done. He was no longer working 16-hour days himself. He roughhoused. He changed diapers. He drove to and from preschool. And, blessedly, I was not alone working and not-sleeping and trying so hard and not-managing it all.
But by the time the good man returned from his earning expedition, I'd drunk the last dredges of my Survival Juice. I was looking at him like, "WTF are you DOING here? You haven't BEEN HERE. We (the kids and I) have a SYSTEM!" It's always like this. We need time together to relax, to work together again. But I'd been a madwoman trying to accomplish more than possible. Ali and Story needing more than I can give. And the big ole bills from our superhero nannies...It wasn't pretty.
So I'm defeated today, and without a plan for what we'll do to be happy together forever. You know, because that's like obtainable?
A plan! A plan! How my brain wants to go to a happier future. Late at night it noodles away, adjusting a series of imaginary levers which never seem to balance. People might say: "Just don't work!" And then I have to say, What if I dialed down work? But then we'd be further behind. I can do the math. It's like this:
Mortgage + Preschool + Sharecare + Household Expenses = Wha? Huh? Wha? Huh? <suicidal thoughts, thoughts of running away, etc.>
So we're looking at refinancing and into daycares and au pairs. It's hella fun shit, let me tell you.
If we moved to a random somewhere that we could afford if I didn't work, and I found myself more alone as Rafael worked his ass off elsewhere, I'd seriously lose my mind.
Should we move to LA, where he shoots most of the time? Perhaps. I could go SoCal. But do we have to? We loves the Oaktown. And our nearby friends and family. And I really do love my job.
If only I could give up on taming the Modern Parenthood Beast. Meanwhile I'm just sucking its fumes.
You probably know exactly what I should do. "Margot!" You'd say to me, just as I'd say if I were trying to convince you to see the light. "You should just..."
I want to know the answer–but part of me can't hear it. I'm overwhelmed with information right now. I'm resistent, too, I have to admit. Why? Because any one of the solutions will require change. And associated, usually overblown but you never know, risk.
Change and risk. Easy to recommend, hard to implement.
So if you read this, and see me, don't bother trying to tell me the solution. Just give me a hug.
Yay. Vulnerability.
I hate it.
Money Changes Everything: the Bay Bridge Carpool Toll
On July 1, hefty toll increases went into effect for many Bay Area bridges. On the Bay Bridge, which connects the East Bay to San Francisco, in the carpool lane the toll increased from "free" to $2.50 per car. For non-carpoolers, the toll is now a whopping $6 during peak commuting hours. The carpool lane still requires (3) passengers per car, or (2) in a two-seater, only now it also requires a FasTrak device to automatically deduct the $2.50 toll from the driver's account.
It's been two and a half months, but there's still a debate raging about how the $2.50 carpool lane fee should be handled between those who participate in the gloriously un-organized Casual Carpool system. I'd first written about Casual Carpool back in April - here's my summary of what it is and why it works.
My biggest gripe about the toll is that it changed one of the best things about Casual Carpool: it was free to ride in the carpool lane. And now it's not. Whether–and how– this cost should be shared between drivers and passengers is the issue. A dollar has become the amount of money in question. (Rounded up from .83 cents if all (3) parties in each car split the $2.50 toll.) But what used to be a silent and neutral ride is now marred by the need to discuss, of all things, money. And how each of us feels about potentially exchanging a dollar. Inevitably, people feel compelled to talk about it: why they'll take the dollar, or why they won't, or why they didn't offer it up in the first place. There are strong feelings all around. And let me tell you, there's nothing more polarizing than talking about money first thing in the morning.
As a driver, I'd decided before the toll went into effect that I didn't want money from passengers. To me, it's about getting into the city faster (the carpool lane saves about 15 minutes), and not paying the full $6 for the toll (saving $3.50 each morning). Both factors make it worth my while. I just didn't like the idea of money being exchanged. I have to drive on certain days, and that's all I want to do: drive into the city, and do so quickly and quietly.
Of course, many drivers feel differently. In fact, some feel that passengers who don't offer to contribute are being incredibly rude and presumptuous: you expect a free ride from me? There's been jokes about letting people off at Treasure Island if they don't cough up a buck. One man, driving a sleek newer Mercedes I might add, said that the time saved was his primary motivator–but that passengers were just "freeloaders" if they didn't contribute.
I'm more frequently a passenger. And as a passenger, I'm happy to pay $1. A dollar is a ridiculously cheap way to get into the city–and it's super convenient for me. (The BART train is $3.50 one way, and takes me about 45 minutes to get to work. The carpool involves a short walk and then about 25 minutes in the back of a stranger's car.) That said, the rare times I don't have a dollar, I won't run to the store before I get in line for the carpool. I'll usually just let the driver know that I would like to contribute but don't have change this morning, so will need to do it the next time I see them.
The social norms of this transaction are still evolving. When the new toll first went into effect, there was a paper sign taped up at the Claremont Ave stop which read: "Passengers should offer $1 to drivers." But the next day, the sign was gone. In early July, some drivers even requested the money when people got into the car: "Can each of you contribute a dollar?" That was awkward, especially when someone didn't have it, or only had a twenty.
"Should drivers carry change?" someone asked. "And by exchanging a dollar," one particularly legalistic passenger opined, "Does that mean that you are our driver-for-hire? How does that affect your insurance?" Oof! Again: awkward!
The most elegant solution for drivers who wanted the passengers to contribute seemed to be a sign:
The driver of that car put the dollar I handed him into a drawer in his dashboard without further ado. It was a pleasant, and thankfully wordless, exchange.
Throughout the month of July, and in early August too, the new standard seemed to be: Passengers should each offer the driver $1, preferably right when you get in the car, or just as you're being dropped off.
Some drivers like myself didn't accept the offered dollars: "I do it because it's faster, and there were plenty of you in line," one female driver said. "And I'm already saving money by picking you up." But many did accept the money, and still do, gratefully.
And yet–as of this writing in mid September, it seems that not all passengers are offering it up. When I've asked others how often passengers are offering, people have said it's been about 50/50. So the message may be going back to drivers: pick us up to save the $3.50, and the time, but don't count on our cash.
Will there be fewer drivers if cash isn't consistently offered? Or fewer passengers if the dollar is required? We'll see how the increase affects the overall carpool spirit, and the Bay bridge traffic, in the long term. This added tension doesn't look good for either. A month after it went into effect, Bay Bridge traffic was actually down 30%. That's good for the environment, but probably not generating the revenues they'd expected by slapping more fees onto all lanes of the Bay Bridge. To encourage more carpooling, which has worked in everyone's favor for more than three decades, I think the carpool toll should be eliminated.
I yearn for the simpler days when we weren't all talking about, and exchanging, money in the mutually beneficent system known as Casual Carpool.
I know, I know: fat chance. Money changes everything.
Riding with Strangers
Pretty much every weekday morning, I get into a stranger's car. We don't talk as we drive across the Bay Bridge. I focus on my iPhone, get caught up on personal emails. Or I stare out the window, watching the giant cargo ships going to and from China and who knows where. I see Alcatraz and Angel islands off to my right, and the deep red of Golden Gate bridge to the northwest. Ahead of us: our San Francisco. The sun glints off those familiar buildings which pop magically through the clouds.
I could be in a Lexus, a beemer, an American mini van, an ancient Toyota hatchback. I could be in the backseat of a coffee-infused couple driving to work. Or in the front seat with another stranger in back. Or squeezed in tight between two others in the back of a luxury hybrid SUV. (If lots of people are waiting for rides, one of us might venture to ask the driver: "Can you take three of us?" They almost always do.)
I know how weird this sounds to those who don't commute to San Francisco. It's called Casual Carpool, and it's pretty unique and amazing. There are spots all over the East Bay where one can wait to be picked up, and to pick up passengers. We all get dropped off at the same location in SF, just off the Bay bridge, which happens to be 2 blocks from my office.
The rules:
- No talking, unless the driver initiates a conversation.
- Listen to NPR. Or nothing. I think this is to avoid music choices causing major a.m. friction. Crappy house music, anyone?
- Drive cautiously and courteously.
- Passengers have the right of silent refusal. If you're a woman and a man in a two-seater or a creepy van pulls up, you can just step back and let someone else take that spot. No explanation needed.
Here's why I think it works:
- It saves time. For a driver, it means cutting 20 minutes of sitting in stop-and-go traffic as you wait to go through the toll plaza.
- It's free/cheaper. For now the carpool lane is free. As of July 1 the carpool lane will be $2.50 versus $6.00 for regular commuters during rush hour. (Ouch!!) But I don't think it will reduce the casual carpool pool by much. It's still a significant reduction in cost for those who have to drive.
- It's not personal. The general "no talking" rule means that you don't have to chit chat. I've found the majority of rides to be silent except for a "hello" and a "thank you" at the end. So amazingly, you still get your personal time in the morning.
- Community, and safety in numbers. It's not just me in a stranger's car. Usually it's me and another stranger in a stranger's car! The magic number 3 really does change the dynamic. Plus, people have been commuting this way for over a decade, and know one another, who drives what cars, etc. We're all in it together.
- It's mutually beneficial. Really, that's what it comes down to for everyone involved.
What's interesting, of course, is when people don't follow the rules exactly. I've been serenaded with classical and country music–the latter made less repulsive since it was introduced as the soundtrack from Crazy Heart. One day several of us talked about our weirdest carpool experiences. The female driver said: "When a guy had just, I mean literally just smoked a bowl in the car before he picked us up. I was like, hey, smoke it at home, man!"
I asked, "So how was his driving?"
She said, "He actually drove fine. I just really wish he'd smoked that bowl at home." It was the lack of tact that galled her.
The other passenger that morning contributed this story: he'd been out of town and parked his car under a ginko tree for a week. Apparently, ginko trees really stink. (Who'd of thunk?) So his car, he told us, smelled like puke. A woman got in the front seat, took one whiff, and said "I can't ride in here." She got out, and this well-dressed man was humiliated. "It's ginko!!" he wanted to yell after her. A man got in the car and didn't say a word about the smell. Until they were almost across the bridge, when the passenger asked:
"Hey, did you eat some blue cheese in here?"
"It's ginko!!!"
I myself break the rules when I pick up carpoolers with Ali. Having a two-year-old in the car changes everything–you simply can't be that formal. And after 15 minutes of politely listening to Michael Krasny's (insightful) blabbing on NPR, Alejandro starts demanding HIS music. I apologize and ask the passengers' permission. Not like they really have a choice. Their asses are already peppered with cracker crumbs and their feet and laptops are a half-inch deep in crumbs as well. They don't have much to lose. (They could have always stepped politely out of line, too, when they saw who'd they'd be sitting next to!) So we all sing the Pollywog in a Bog song together. Out of courtesy, I try not to repeat it more than twice.
Every morning is somethin' different. That's one of the best parts of riding with strangers.
Nighttime in Rockridge Country
It's dark out here in Rockridge Country. I walked home from the Bart one night after we'd just moved to Oakland. It was 9:10 pm. I walked down a street–I don't know, Lawton? I'd heard about frequent muggings of Rockridge commuters, but having just left night-buzzing San Francisco, I wasn't thinking it was late, or that it would be that dark.
The only sound was that of my breath, and the legs of my corduroys rubbing together as I walked. Two reminders, I told myself, that it was good we now lived further away from Tartine. And I could still walk! I'd had two beers and then taken Bart and damned if I wouldn't walk, just to prove I could. But I was unnerved by being alone on the street. The road itself was black; no headlights, no one else traveling at what seemed to me to be a perfectly fine hour to be coming home or going out. Didn't they believe in streetlights? What kind of country was I in, in which night was actually…dark?!?
That's Rockridge Country, ma'am. Oaktown, Cali-forn-i-a.
The Subarus and Hondas parked in crushed-eco-gravel driveways glittered in the–what was that?–ah yes: moonlight. The perfect brown bungalows were dark, dozing off. Soft lights gleamed here and there from windows carved out of the bark of the square-ish Craftman homes. In the dim light I spotted $300 tricycles and brightly-colored sport sets strewn about the front yards. I was confused. In San Francisco, we had no front yards, so it wasn't even an option to leave a trike out all night to get thugged by a drunk hipster, bum, or neighbor. Never mind the contrast of all these riches against the reality of Oakland's 18% poverty rate. So who lived inside those darn cute houses?
Families. I thought. Dear God, it's really true! That's why everyone's going to bed or already asleep! It horrified me because I wanted to be better than the tame and lame parents I imagined inside the cozy houses I hurried past. Never mind that I myself was excited to be in bed by 10:45. I wanted to be cool enough, superhuman and rich enough, to have stayed in San Francisco. Even though SF was no longer working for me, for us, for Alejandro.
Of course, what I really wanted was to feel comfortable in this weird new land: to understand it. To be enveloped, rather than ostracized, by the neighborhood's warmth and richness. It is idyllic, it is isolating–for now–and it's also just beautiful. My own little patch of country, eight blocks from Bart. That's about as country as I get.
But I'll keep this desk lamp burning, to remind the one weary traveler who passes by our new house that he or she is not the only one awake in Rockridge tonight.


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Fun Friday Musical Tastes
Right after I finished my undergrad in 1994, I subscribed to CMJ: New Music Monthly. The magazine had a full CD of new music on it every month (I have no idea if that's how they do it now or not). Every month was a whole CD of music I loved. It was great. I often looked really cool by knowing about music well before anyone else did.
I had a subscription for a couple years, and then when we moved out east in 1997, we let it lapse. Every now and then I would think about the magazine and say to myself that I should resubscribe.
So one day I bought an issue without looking at its contents. It was not pretty. Here I was a few year's out of college and there was ZERO music that I liked on the disc. Had music changed that much?
I hadn't thought much about the magazine until I found a mix CD I had burned of all the songs I really liked from the monthly CDs I had accumulated. It's a mixed bag. While I still like songs from The Stone Roses, Rake's Progress, Citizen King, and Portable, there's a lot I don't care for as much anymore. Like who? Like Jill Sobule, Hagfish, Dangerman, and Throwing Muses.
And who's heard of any of these bands these days? People think today's bands have weird names, but what about Jimmie's Chicken Shack or Fun Loving' Criminals or Ben Folds Five? The disc is a strange testament to my former music tastes. Now, Ben Folds Five is not on the mix CD since I bought their entire album, and their subsequent album, but they were a band I discovered through CMJ.
So how do you discover new music these days? Where can you point your patrons to find the hot songs of today that will be in the 'cutout bin' of tomorrow?
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Wednesday, February 06, 2013
An Appreciation of Jenny Hunter Groat
Jenny Hunter Groat is my mentor. Although she has passed, I write in the present tense. I know her spirit will continue to be the guiding light of my life as an artist. I have only been in Jenny's physical presence three times and each has a color in my mind. The two-day workshop on Notan, the Japanese design principle of light and dark, in Boston in 1985 are the colors we worked with—black and white and gray. The week-long retreat/workshop called Knowing/Not Knowing at Green Gulch Zen Center in California in 1988 is the green of the California woods. And the afternoon my family and I spent with Jenny and her husband Pete in 2003 is golden. Jenny herself is a white light—a combination of all the colors—drawing strength and love from every experience regardless of whether we would define it as good or bad.
I am writing this for myself because because I need to honor Jenny, for those of you who knew her to share your sadness at her passing and the comfort and inspiration she gave us all, and for those who didn't know her because you need to know her. You need to know her courage and her love—for Pete,
for her animals,
for her students, her fellow artists, for every one and every thing on this earth.
You need to know her work, her probing mind and endless curiosity, and her ability to find peace through trial, joy through work, and to follow her heart and her soul wherever it led her.
Jenny was an artist in every way—in movement,
with pen,
with brush,
with paper,
with erasers,
with words,
in teaching,
and in life.
I hope you have time to visit some of the following sites to see the fullness and richness of her life. Everything she did was embodied with the spirit that we all love and will carry with us. Thank you Jenny for everything you gave us and thank you Pete for being her partner and support and sharing her with us.
Jenny on Saatchi Online. The About section eloquently tells of her work and her life and there is portfolio of her paintings.
Jenny Hunter Groat: Abstractionist on Artspan. A great collection of her work. Don't miss the Dance Archive.
Richard Jett's short film of Jenny:
Jenny's Queen Goose Cartes de Visite from Planet Pictia
An earlier post of mine about Jenny
9 comments:
- Carol Chapel said...
Thank you Susan for the tribute to Jenny. I too will miss her. And my heart goes out to Pete. Have you already posted this on Facebook? I hope, if not, that you will.
- Wednesday, February 06, 2013
- Velma Bolyard said...
susan, though her name sounds familiar, i never met her before, but i love the film and watching her paint. thank you for that.
- Wednesday, February 06, 2013
- Unknown said...
Oh, Susan, you said it so well! Jenny has been, and will continue, to be an influence in so many lives in so many ways! From her I learned to accept my own sensitivities and to be comfortable in my own creative skin. Somehow, I knew, as I sat next to you so many years ago at the "Knowing, not Knowing" retreat so many years ago, that our lives would never be the same. Thank you for saying it all so eloquently here!
- Wednesday, February 06, 2013
I didn't know Jenny at all, or even of her, so I appreciated knowing about her many talents and your friendship. I loved seeing the photo of her "en danse" and posting that wonderful little film was such a delightful introduction to her personality. My favorite part: "...I wasn't feeling well... until I started it---ha ha!!" I am still smiling. Thank you so much.
- Thursday, February 07, 2013
- Janis Doucette said...
Wonderful to read! Thanks for sharing!
- Thursday, February 07, 2013
- flowers said...
Thank you Susan for this special tribute. Jenny encouraged me to fight through my fear of carving and to keep at it. She will always be a special lady to me. I carve to this day thanks to her.
- Friday, February 08, 2013
- flowers said...
Thank you Susan for this special tribute. Jenny encouraged me to fight through my fear of carving and to keep at it. She will always be a special lady to me. I carve to this day thanks to her.
- Friday, February 08, 2013
- mgold said...
Thanks for your beautiful words regarding Jenny. The images and text really give a full image of her. I, too, was a student of Jenny's and she remains an important influence in my work and approach to making art. I'm writing a remembrance of Jenny possibly for Letter Arts and it would benefit much from the images you included. Any chance you have hi res pix? Thanks again for your tribute. Nice to see all the folks who she affected share their memories. I can be reached at work at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks again.
- Monday, February 25, 2013
Im only sering this post now after looking at "Lions Roar" article that spike of Jenny and Pete. In the early 60's I took modern dance on Clement St from Jenny. Her joy in the body and generosity as a teacher was an inspiring gift. I ran into her at Green Gulch in the 80's by grace not chance. A belived teacher. Thanks for your words and images.
- Sunday, December 06, 2015


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The Cameron University chapter of the Student Oklahoma Education Association (SOEA) was named Outstanding SOEA Chapter 2009-10 at the organization's statewide convention earlier this month. Criteria taken into consideration for the honor included increased chapter membership, chapter meetings, communication, and projects.
"I'm so proud that our SOEA chapter has been recognized as the outstanding chapter in the state of Oklahoma," says Dr. Ronna Vanderslice, Dean, School of Education and Behavioral Sciences. "The students involved in Cameron's SOEA chapter have certainly earned this recognition through their hard work and community service."
During the convention, chapter representatives presented a portfolio that chronicled their achievements over the past year. Some of the activities were monthly meetings that featured guest speakers such as Heather Sparks, 2009 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, participation in Family Math Night at Edison Elementary, and last month's community service project at Swinney Elementary, during which SOEA members painted health and fitness murals on the wall of the gym. Additionally, Melissa Price, Cameron's SOEA president, held a state office as OEA delegate, representing all Oklahoma student chapters.
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"Long, long ago, before Steinitz, it was considered that a chessplayer wins or loses a game solely by virtue of his ingenuity. Morphy was a genius, and so beat he beat everyone; his opponents were less talented, and therefore they lost to him. Steinitz recognised and demonstrated that chess has an objective basis. The events which occur on the board are subject to certain laws, to positional principles. If a chess player is guided by them then he will be successful."
Mark Dvoretsky, Training for the Tournament Player.
Many chess players have erected their understanding of the game on rotten foundations. The years go by they enjoy some success and pick up some knowledge of a number openings. Eventually they soon discover that against opponents of a particular strength they can do nothing - they just lose over and over again. A kind of plateau is reached beyond which it just seems impossible to progress. Their grasp (and I don't exclude myself from this!) of the game is slipshod and incomplete. The game is not thought of in terms of a homogeneous whole but as a series of disjointed fragments. We have all heard of the expression "practice makes perfect". Where chess is concerned I'm not so sure. I think the truth is that most club players become skilled in their mediocrity - it becomes something they hone to perfection! I know that I have done an awful lot of honing over the years!
I would like to add a few of my own to the above list [some of which I find personally rather unadventurous]
For a start: How to Reassess Your Chess by IM Jeremy Silman. A really wonderful piece of work in my opinion. Does something that sadly many chess books don't do: makes you think about the game in a different way - at least that was the effect on me. There is some truly original thinking in this book. I don't know whether it is still in print. My own copy is published by Thinker's Press of Davenport, IA.
Silman reviews books for Inside Chess Magazine and very engaging and readable they are too. To go there click on Silman's Reviews.
Training For the Tournament Player by Mark Dvoretsky. Has a fantastic reputation. Dvoretsky is reputed to be the world's foremost chess coach. This book is fairly advanced [but not too much]. Again, distinctively written and thought provoking. Contains lots of exercises; published by Batsford. Another book by Dvoretsky is Secrets of Chess Training, with a foreword by Kasparov, also published by Batsford. Be warned! This is somewhat difficult - heavy and challenging. Will not suit everyone.
Practical Endgame Lessons by Edmar Mednis. An interesting book on endings. Published by Batsford. Again, I'm not sure whether it's still in print. My own edition is twenty years old and in English descriptive. Highly readable.
Some years ago (many years ago!) I remember borrowing some books from the public library in Ipswich. They were: My Early Years, My Middle Years, and My Later Years. I'm not completely certain about these titles. Anyway, they were the selected games of Paul Keres and annotated by him. And what annotations; absolutely wonderful! He was just brilliant at explaining the thinking behind his moves. I haven't seen these books in years and I suspect they are now out of print. But in the last four years or so they may have been reprinted in a single volume. I say may because I'm not sure. There is The Road To The Top by Paul Keres. I haven't personally seen this. Is this a reprint in a single volume of the three earlier books? It may be. Even if it isn't, anything by Keres is worth having!
Update: The above is partially correct. I have since discovered that The American Batsford Library (the U.S. counterpart of Batsford Publishing in England), has re-issued the series in a two-volume set, with some editing and additional material added by GM John Nunn. The first volume is entitled Paul Keres: The Road to the Top and deals with Keres' career until 1950. There are fifty-one annotated games by Keres, with additions, corrections and comments, all given in the form of footnotes, added by Nunn. The second volume is entitled Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection and concerns itself with the balance of Keres' career, presenting fifty-two annotated games. The original series presented games through 1962. Nunn has added five games to this part of the book, drawing from the original Russian edition that contained them (the English edition, apparently, didn't). Nunn has also added another fifteen games himself to complete the series. The result is a terrific presentation of the games and career of a great, much missed world-class grandmaster. While never quite losing his taste for the attacking style of his youth, as he grew older, his play became more strategically based. This two-volume series covers his best over a 45-year playing career against some of the world's strongest players.
From the first volume here is:
Stahlberg - Keres, Bad Nauheim 1936. Nimzo-Indian Defense 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 0-0 7.Bd3 d5. 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2 g6 10. 0-0 Ba6 11.Bc2? Nc6 12.Rel Re8 13. f3 Rc8 14. dxc5? bxc5 15. Ng3 d4! 16.exd4 cxd4 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.cxd4 Nxd4 19.Ba4 Qe5 20.Rbl Nd5! 21.Bb2 Nc3 22.Bxc3 Rxc3 23.Khl h5! 24.Bd7 Rd3 25.Qa4 Bb7
26 Ne4? Bxe4 27.fxe4 Nf3! 0-1 Either 28.gf3 or 28.g3 can be answered by 28...Rd2. These marvelous games as well Keres' fascinating career make great reading. They have both been overlooked for too long. For copyright reasons I haven't been able to include Keres' wonderful notes. This is rather like having a Sunday roast without any gravy! For those you will just have to buy the books! Fred Reinfeld, incidentally, has covered part of the same ground in his book, Keres' Best Games of Chess 1931-1948 published by Dover. Worth looking at but hardly the voice of the master.
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French Milner-Barry.
Thomas Feeney - Kiven Plesset
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 The normal line is, of course, 3.Nc3. For this line go to my game against Goodchild on the Members page [3...Bb5 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2?! Suffolk League 2001] 3...c5 4.c3 In this variation White seeks to give additional support to point d4. The pawn chain now extends from b2 to e5. 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 Of course white's d-pawn is, in effect protected twice: 7...Nd4? 8.Nd4 Qd4 9.Bb5+. 8.O-O White decides to sac his d-pawn for quick development. 8...Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4. 10.Nc3?! Very sharp. White offers another pawn. 10...a6. Black declines. After 10...Qe4 he has a two pawn advantage but is dangerously behind in development. Even so how does White proceed? One idea is to attack the Queen by 11.Re1 and so make possible tactics based on Black's pinned e-pawn: 11...Qc7 12.Nd5; 11...Qd4 12.Nb5 Qb6 13.Be3 and it's clear that Black's position is rather uncomfortable. The idea of 10...a6 is stop a piece landing on b5. So, let's see what happens. 11.Qe2 Ne7! 11...Rc8 is the main line recommended by theory. The line continues 12.Kh1 Bc5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 Ne7 15.Rac1 Qh4! 16.f4 Nf5 17.Bxf5 exf5 18.b4! Ba7 (18...Bxb4?! 19. Nxd5) 19.Nxd5 O-O with approximately equal chances. However, what about 15.f4!? (instead of 15.Rac1) 15...O-O 16.Rf3 Bb6? (Loses a piece. Mandatory was 16...Nf5, but after 17.Rd1!? Black faces big problems.) 17.Be3 Qb4 18. a3 Qb3 19.Bc2! 1-0, P. Djuric--Jovicevic, Yugoslavia 1994. According to Uhlmann, the move played in this game (11... Ne7) is the best continuation for Black. 12.Kh1 Qh4!?
Uhlmann gives 12...Nc6 13.f4 Bc5! attempting to take advantage of White's weakened dark squares with chances for both sides. 13.f4 g6 14.Be3?! Perhaps 14.Bd2 was better. My feeling here is that unless White comes with 'something big' he's just going to be a pawn down for nothing. 14...Nf5 15.Bxf5? I know from personal experience how annoying the Black knights can be and how tempting it is to get rid of them but this doesn't look at all convincing. 15...gxf5 16.Rf3 Rg8. Setting a tactical trap. Black could also consider the sacrifice of a pawn to activate his light-squared Bishop (you can find a similar idea in the notes to my game against Goodchild on the Members Page): 16... d4!? 17.Bxd4 Rg8, intending 18...Bc6, or if 17.Rh3 Qg4 18.Bxd4 Qxf4. 17.Rh3? Obligingly White falls right in!
17...Qxh3! The opening of the g-file and the a8-h1 diagonal is fatal for White. 18.gxh3 d4! 0-1 The only defense against the deadly check from c6 is 19.Rf1 Bc6+ 20.Rf3 dxe3 21.Nd1 (21.Qxe3 Bc5!), Black wins by 21...Bc5 22.Nxe3 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Rd8 24.Qe2 Rd2 25.Qf1 Rxb2, followed by 26... Rb1 or by 26...Bxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Rb1+. Neat!
GM Utut Adianto - John Eid
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 O-O 7.e3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Ne2 Bb7?! Uhm. What is the best square for this piece? From b7 Black attempts to curtail the advance of White's pawns in the center. The alternative (probably better) is to position the piece on square a6 and try to exchange off it's threatening opposite number on d3. 11.O-O Nc6? Too slow! I think Black has to react quickly now before White assumes a dangerous initiative. 12.Ng3 Ne7 13.e4 dxe4 14.fxe4 c5 At last but much less effective now than it would have been on move 11. 15.e5 Nfd5
16.Bxh7+ Taking advantage of the lack of a defensive Knight on f6. But just look at Black's King-side; his King has no piece cover - no Knight on f6, the Rook has moved from f8 to e8. White, on the other hand, has an overwhelming advantage on that side of the board: Knight, Rook, both Bishops and his Queen are able to move into that sector very quickly; if Black had time to play his Knight to g6 (and maybe his other Knight to f8) he might be able to hold the position but he isn't given the chance. You see how dangerous White's light-squared Bishop on d3 can be? The imbalance between this bishop and it's opposite number on b7 is striking. It just confirms my suspicion that in this variation when White plays f3, Ng3 and e4 Black should seriously consider ...Ba6 rather than ...Bb7. 16...Kxh7 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxf7+ Kh7 19.Nh5 Rg8 20.Nf6+ Nxf6 21.Rxf6 Rf8 22.Rh6 mate
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Queen's Gambit
GM John Fedorowicz - Jason Luchan
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Qc2!? A new idea. White's idea is simple: play e2-e4 and open the centre. 5...O-O. Theory says this move leads to equality - uhmm! Instead, 5...c5 is the usual reaction against Qc2 in the Queen's Gambit, but, after 6.dxc5 Na6 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.e3 Nxc5 9. Nd2! dxc4 10.Nxc4 or 10.Bxc4 O-O 11.Bf4!, White retains slightly better chances. 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 b6?! 6...Nbd7 is more solid; retaining the option of taking on f6 with the Knight. 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh7+! Interesting. What's the point of it? We'll see. 10...Kh8 11.Be4 c6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.O-O-O Qc7 There is no defense against the coming sac on h6, e.g., 14...Re8 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Qxh6+ Kg8 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Bg6+ Kg8 19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Qxf7 mate. I take it that this was the idea behind 10.Bh7+! The Queen lands on h6 with check and after 14...Re8 point f7 is undefended. 15.Bxh6 Be7 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Qg5 Nf6 19.Qh4+ Kg8 20.Ng5 Rfe8
21.Qh8+! 1-0
For if 21...Kxh8 22.Nxf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd6, etc. Actually, there is something rather familiar about 21.Qh8+. The same idea occurred in one of the Spassky-Petrosian games from the World Championship match of 1966 (I can't remember which game and it could have been the 1969 match. Well! It was a long time ago)!!
Hal Terrie - GM Alex Yermolinsky
1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.Ne1 White re-groups. The Knight can go to square c2 and then, depending on what Black does, maybe e3. 7...Be6 8.d3 Nge7 9.Nc2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2?! I don't like it. Better, I suspect, is 11.Ne4 b6 12.Ng5 Bc8 13.Ne3! When White's Knight's work rather nicely. 11...O-O 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Bc3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qd7 15.b4 This activity turns out to be in Black's favour. 15...cxb4 16.Nxb4 a5! The point. If 17.Nxc6? Qxc6+ and 18... Qxc3. 17.Nc2 b5 Firmly taking the initiative. 18.a3 The tactics work to Black's advantage. If 18.Rb1 or 18.Rc1 18...Qd5+ and 19...Qxa2. 18...Rfc8 19.Qd2? Overlooking Black's reply. 19...Ne7!
0-1 Looks surprising doesn't it? But White cannot avoid losing a piece on the c-file. If 20.Ne3 or 20.Bb2 Qc6+ and 21...Qxc3 or 21... Qxc2, and if 20.Kg1 Qc6. Really White was struggling after his ill conceived thrust 15.b4.
GM Andres Rodriguez - Daniel Gordon
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.h4!? Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be2 h5?! Committal because it places the g5-square at White's disposal. Theory recommends immediate counter-play in the center by 5...Nc6. 6.Nf3 c6 7.Ng5 Nbd7?? An instructive mistake. Black loses by force! He had to play either 7...O-O or 7...Qc7.
8.e5! dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 If 9...Nxe5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.f4 and Black loses an Exchange. 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.e6 Ne5 12.f4 f6 13. fxe5 fxg5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.Qf3+ Bf6 16.exf6 Qa5+ 17.Bd2 Qxb5 18.fxe7+ Kxe7 19.Bxg5+ Kd6 20.Qa3+! Kxe6 If 20...Qc5 21.Be7+, or 20...Kc6 21.Qc3+ and 22.Qxh8. 21.Qe7+ Kf5 22.Qf6+ 1-0
The loser of the previous game wins the next game, which is also extremely interesting for the theory of the Staunton Gambit.
Dutch Staunton Gambit.
Dragol Milicevic - Daniel Gordon
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Qxe4
Mentioning 7...gxf6 only as a move which deserves attention, ECO's latest edition finishes the variation with 8. Qxe4!?, unclear. Amen to that!! I thought it was only us British who possessed a talent for understatement! Black' position looks a mess and so it proves! 8...Bh6 9.f4 c6 10.Bd3 Qb6 11. O-O-O Nd6 12.Qf3 O-O 13.Nge2 f5 14.g4 e6 15.gxf5 exd5 Now White's attack is irresistible. Maybe 15...Nxf5 offers some defensive chances. 16.Rhg1+ Kh8 17.Qh5 Rf6 18. Rg3 Qd8 19.Rdg1 Qf8 20.Qg4 Bg7 21.Qxg7+ Qxg7 22.Rxg7 h5 23.Rg8+ Kh7 24.R1g7+ Kh6 25.Rg6+ Rxg6 26.Rxg6+ 1-0
Sicilian Najdorf
Reynaldo Del Pilar - George Trammell
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 b6 9.Bc4 Bb7? Black should play 9...Be7. 10.Ng5 d5 11.Nxd5 Bc5
Now White can't castle King-side and Black's bishops look menacing. Hard to believe the game lasts just six more moves! 12.Nxf7! Not so clear is 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 or 13.Nxf7 exf4. 12...Kxf7 13.Nxf6+ Kxf6 14.fxe5+ Ke7 15.Bg5+ Nf6 16.exf6+ gxf6 17. Bxf6+! Kxf6 18.Rf1+ 1-0 For if 18...Kg5 19.h4+ Kh6 20. Qc1+ Kg6 (20...Kg7 21.Rf7+ Kg6 22.Qf4) 21.h5+ Kxh5 22.Rf5+ Kg6 23.Qf4 and wins.
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Sunday, September 15, 2013 10:16
(Before It's News)
By Susan Duclos
Russia and Syria have agreed upon a deal about chemical weapons and the U.S. has tentatively agreed. As will be shown in the two videos below, the rebels seeing their chance to overthrow Assad in Syria dimming with this deal, they have come out and rejected the deal.
Before this deal was reached, a former CIA analyst said that there would be a false flag attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of one and sources have been reported by RT as having confirmed a false flag attack in order to nix any deal pending and encourage the U.S. to intervene.
Now that the deal has been reached, prepare for a major attack by the Obama backed Syrian rebels, using chemicals, to occur in Syria or aimed at Israel from Assad territory, with the rebels pointing the finger at the Assad regime.
Look at these quotes, via Prison Planet:
As Reuters reports, the head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council said on Saturday a U.S.-Russian agreement to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons was a blow to the two-and-a-half-year uprising to remove President Bashar al-Assad from power.
Crucially, General Salim Idris notes that this allows Assad "to escape being held accountable," and, while unverified for now, Idris added, "we have told our friends that the regime has begun moving a part of its chemical weapons arsenal to Lebanon and Iraq. We told them do not be fooled." But another military council official, Qassim Saadeddine, was a little more aggressive: "Let the Kerry-Lavrov plan go to hell. We reject it and we will not protect the inspectors or let them enter Syria."


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Monday, May 9, 2011
My Little Girl
Those big pink flowers were attached to a candle ring and were made out of some wird material - something between paper and felt. Blossoms were much more layered but I took them apart and added white rounded shape embellisments in the middle. Then a couple of paper flowers and leves die cut from green card usin Sizzlits die.
This card really lifted my mood and I was even more pleased when half of my family thought that I had printed out the girl image rather than coloured myself.
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Cinks fighting for a place in Krylia Sovetov
After being released from HK Riga just several days ago, 20-year-old Latvian forward Ronalds Cinks has now joined another MHL club Krylia Sovetov for a try-out, reports LETA news agency.
Cinks was released from HK Riga as he did not meet the expectations of the club. Both the coaching staff and Cinks himself agreed on breaking the contract. Unofficial sources, however, were informing that Cinks was punished for disregarding the disciplinary terms of HK Riga.
Krylia Sovetov has also a VHL team, where another Latvian Sergejs Pecura is currently spending already his second season. In the recent years also Roberts Bukarts and Ainars Podzins (both now playing for Dinamo Riga) have played there.
This season Cinks played 12 games with HK Riga, scoring a goal and adding six assists. Throughout the past two seasons Cinks was also repeatedly recalled to Dinamo Riga of the KHL, where played a total of 20 games.
Podzins: Is there a reason to be nervous about?
In an interview to allhockey.ru, Ainars Podzins, who was drafted by Dinamo Riga this summer, thus moving back from Russia to his native Latvia, talks about his time in Riga, about playing for Dinamo and his first game in the KHL. We now present you a fragment of the interview, kindly translated by Alessandro Seren Rosso.
Were you nervous before your first KHL game?
Podzins: "Well, is there a reason to be nervous about? I was brought as the thirteenth forward. I was just watching the game. Though I wasn't nervous when, during the game against Neftekhimik, they said me: 'Podzins, get ready, it's your turn.' We were winning 6-3. And I got to play two shifts. I am really satisfied about them. I had a shot, I gave a pass, and I played only two minutes. They iced me in the first line with [Mark] Hartigan and [Tomas] Surovy, at [Aleksandrs] Nizivijs' place. The greatest thing was that they congratulated me more than Karsums, who scored two goals in two games. I could think I won the Olympic Games. I got to the bench and looked at our masseur, and he says 'Podzins, you did that?' And everyone from the team congratulated, 'Bravo Podzins, well done'."
You've got some interesting nicknames.
Podzins: "Yes, they call me 'Poga' [meaning a 'button' in Latvian], which is similar to my surname. But the most popular is 'Stallone', [Vitaly] Karamnov called me that way when he saw me without a jersey for the first time. I'm not that big, but I am well-built."
Next to whom do you sit in the locker room?
Podzins: "I sit next to veterans, next to [Girts] Ankipans, not far from Nizivijs.
Do you talk more with the younger players?
Podzins: "Oddly enough I don't. I mostly talk with veterans, especially with Ankipans, we sit next each other. I also try to talk with foreigners, but my English is very bad."
But do you talk with them?
Podzins: "Yeah, I think [Mark] Hartigan already grow tired of me."
How come?
Podzins: "For some time we were living at the same hotel, and I didn't know when we had the practice. So I went to his room, and I saw that he was sleeping. So I excused myself and asked, and he said: 'in two hours', then he shut the door. Then later a foreigner asked him: 'Mark, how did you sleep?' And he replied: 'Good, until I was awakened'."
How do you like Riga?
Podzins: "It's astounding! In Latvia they love hockey. Can you imagine that someone would ask me an autograph after a game? But if [former NHL star Sandis] Ozolins or Nizivijs arrive, then 30-40 persons would arrive in no time, and they can't literally get out. They have crazy fans."
Where do you live?
Podzins: "I live in an apartment in Piņķi at the second floor. At the first floor live other two guys from HK Riga, Martins Jakovlevs and Eriks Sevcenko. Everything is at high level. I can get to the practices on feet and they always bring me to the games."
Did you have any problems with the language?
Podzins: "It was strange at the start. I went to the locker room and everyone was talking in Latvian. Now I'm used to it. Everyone talks to me in Russian. Practices in both the main team and in the junior teams are run in Russian language. But if I sit with other five Latvians, they talk in their own language. And I literally know only a couple of words."
Will you learn the language?
Podzins: "I've already promised that to the fans! But now I have no time, I'm always playing. It would be easier if everyone would talk to me in Latvian, I'd quickly learn many words."
You dreamed for the whole life to play for Dinamo. And now you play for them. Is it like you
Podzins: "It's even better! I'm happy because my dream came true. In spite, I'm the youngest player of the team everyone treats me very well. They take care about everything and you only have to play. The coaches and the players, in both first and junior team, make everything possible so that you can really develop and I'm very grateful for this."
Sotnieks stays in Riga, try-out players are signed (updated)
The 23-year-old Latvian defender Kristaps Sotnieks, who in July attended Washington Capitals Development Camp and considered continuing his career in North America, has signed a contract with Dinamo Riga, reports club's homepage.
According to Sotnieks himself, he was waiting for a reply for three weeks, however no one called him and he did not want to wait any longer, so because of that he agreed to the Dinamo offer. The contract is signed for the next two years.
Although Sotnieks plays together with Dinamo Riga already since the beginning of camp, we can consider him as the latest and probably last addition to the team.
Also goalie Edgars Lusins as well as forwards Vitaly Karamnov and Juris Stals have turned their try-out contracts into a proper contracts with the club. Ainars Podzins has signed a two-way contract for the next four seasons. However, he and Martins Jakovlevs must have been reassigned to HK Riga.
Pelss joins Oil Kings
I know this is coming a bit late, but, while majority of the "prospect-talk" in Latvia was all around Sotnieks and Podzins last month, professional reporters/journalists (I don't consider myself professional, as I'm not getting paid for what I do) missed that Kristians Pelss, who was drafted by Edmonton Oilers in early June, showed himself at the Oilers Development Camp and was confirmed to join Edmonton Oil Kings of the WHL.
Oil Kings general manager Bob Green described Pelss as a player with lots of skill. He mentioned that Kristians is an explosive skater, with tremendous speed. Green believes that Pelss will generate a lot of opportunities.
It is very interesting that in the second half of July Dinamo Riga, who picked Pelss at the KHL draft, added his name to the HK Riga pre-season camp list and that it was never announced that he opted to stay in North America.
Simek's time in Riga ends
After the second exhibition game of Dinamo Riga, forward Juraj Simek, who had a try-out contract with the club, has been released and is free to go.
According to icebox.lv, Simek is planning on joining the pre-season camp of AHL's Norfolk Admirals, where he already spent the previous two seasons. Right before the camp Simek recovered from angina, which certainly affected his performance in Riga.
As of now Dinamo has try-out contracts with goaltender Edgars Lusins, defender Martins Jakovlevs and forwards Vitaly Karamnov, Ainars Podzins and Juris Stals. It is, however, expected that Martins Jakovlevs will play for HK Riga of MHL. Jakovlevs still has not played a single exhibition game for Dinamo.
According to Janis Matulis of the respectable weekly Sporta Avize, HK Riga has released another three forwards – Rustams Begovs, Mikelis Freimanis and Vjaceslavs Movko.


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"You don't go to Cuba for the food."
Dear Friends,
No one can deny that one of the many pleasures of traveling usually includes the local cuisine. Whether savoring a rich foie gras on a toast point in France, a saffron-tinted paella in Spain, a creamy carbonara in Italy, a fragrant cilantro-laced larb in Laos, the crispy lacquered skin of a Peking duck in China, the spicy lamb of a Moroccan merguez sausage–there is no end to the fond sensory memories these delicious dishes evoke. So when you are told "you don't go there for the food," it takes a hit on your eager anticipation of the upcoming journey.
ATA has sent hundreds of travelers to Cuba since the fall of 2010, on both professional and people-to-people programs. And sadly, we do advise all of our guests to expect mediocre meals while on the island. State-run restaurants serve bland, repetitive meals, usually including Moors & Christians (black beans and rice), roast pig, fried plantains, beets and shredded cabbage, and possibly a flan or rice pudding for dessert. Paladares, privately-run restaurants that are proliferating with recent economic reforms encouraging entrepreneurship, serve a more varied and interesting cuisine. Some of my recent paladare meals (at Café Laurent and La Guarida in Havana and at Villa Lagarto in Cienfuegos) included shrimp brochette, pork chops, and swordfish. However, none of these meals came close to the fine Cuban cuisine available in the U.S. or elsewhere.
So this disappointing showing begs the question: why are chefs in Cuba not able to produce a higher quality of cuisine? I have heard various answers. The high cost and lack of availability of produce and foodstuffs, the until-now limited demand for high-end meals, the fairly weak chef training programs and culinary career opportunities, the surprisingly limited fishing that takes place around the island.
Eighty percent of what Cubans eat is imported, and 40% of that comes from the U.S. (rice, beans, corn). This dependence is a serious economic weakness and makes foodstuffs expensive for the average Cuban, not to mention for the restaurant owners, both state and private.
Forever resourceful, Cubans are finding ways to address the need for fresh vegetables, luxury food items, and hard-to-find spices. With a more open door for Cuban Americans to visit and send packages to their relatives, a steady stream of restaurant supplies is flowing into the country. Community vegetable gardens are sprouting up in urban areas. Between May 2011 and April 2012, I already noticed a huge improvement in the quality of the cuisine. Fruits and vegetables were more readily available, and the shrimp and fish were a little less over-done. The New York Times on May 18, 2012 reported on an interesting culinary project taking place at the time of this writing–Project Paladare (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/americas/in-cuba-cross-cultural-art-project-involves-food.html). Such culinary collaboration between Cuba and foreign chefs will only further the refinement of Cuban cuisine.
In the end, Cuba in all its glory—with its passionate culture, its vibrant people, its whimsical art and ubiquitous music—fills every sensory need a traveler has and more. So while we assume food is a key component of any successful travel experience, Cuba proves that there is more to life than the material, corporeal needs of human beings. Cuba feeds one's soul in a way few travel experiences—or meals–can.
In a few years, with any luck and the continued loosening of the US travel policy on Cuba, resources will increase, culinary training will improve, and the excellent Cuban cuisine we enjoy in Miami and elsewhere will be emulated where it originated—the island nation itself. And then Cuba will be hard to beat as a destination that truly has it all!


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In one word, having anxiety feels like a burden. The constant nervousness, the jittery instances, the loud thumping of the heart that is felt in the back of your shoulders, your neck, your throat; it is confusing, it is frightening and most importantly, it is as harsh as the first time you experienced it. That's at least until you learn to deal with it. The worst part about being diagnosed with anxiety is how much the thought of that makes me anxious.
It happened 4 months ago, I was woken up by extreme palpitations. I took a sip of water, tried to slow down my heartbeat and flashes of painfully worrying thoughts that reminisced my dark corners. It didn't work for a while, until I got exhausted of trying and eventually passed out. The symptoms have got interesting and dare I say, more apparent than ever, in the last 3 weeks – chest pains, jittery stomach, hands shaking, irregular breathing, the likes. I have to agree, I'm not the most optimistic person, so the anxiety really does add to my sour take on life; but more than that, the physical symptoms genuinely scare the shit out of me some days. Ironically, they usually get much worse on the weekends, you know the time when you hope to unwind, but end up thinking about everything that's not working out. I guess I'm hoping by putting this out there, I could lighten the burden and perhaps open a debate that could help me and help some of you who are going through the same.
There are a few things that I'm working with as of now to ensure I have some control over my anxiety and they seem to working (most days). I hope these things help you out or if you have any alternatives, leave them in comments below.
- I've been meditating *GASP*. This has never been something I've been inclined to do, but this has really helped my sleep patterns. I usually go on YouTube, find sleep hypnosis/meditation rituals and listen to them in bed, relaxing. It has an unusually relaxing affect to my breathing, my physical jitteriness and in calming my thoughts.
- I've been focussing on eating healthy (mostly). I have my days when I chow down on noodles or pasta, but surprisingly enough, hefty food really adds up to the anxiety ( at least for me). So fibers, proteins and good carbs have been in my diet, followed by very little caffeine and plenty of water. I feel as if this has a psychosomatic affect on my mind; anxiety brings out a lot of physical symptoms that startle you, the fact that you're taking care of your body instils this feeling of self-care and wellbeing. That thought really calms me down.
- Anxiety is really hard to explain or to talk about. Since this has been my second hit with this disorder, it somehow feels stronger. I guess it really depends on what you're dealing with i.e. family, relationships, work or financial issues. Personally, I know I've made it a point to be a bit more shut down about my personal feelings; in friendships and at home. It's a personal choice and I'm not sure if that's feeding my anxiety, so I've made it a point to write in my journal every day! It helps me gather my emotions, my goals, things that are working out, and the ones that aren't.
- Lastly, take a time-out! Just this last weekend, I had a major meltdown; I was shaking and panicking and a whole lot of mess. I took a second to breathe; went outside with a cup of coffee (decaf), forced myself to listen to each and every lyric to the music I was playing, did a few pamper rituals and made a to-do list for the rest of the week. You have to train your mind to allow distractions from the overwhelming feelings. It's a slow race, but you have to win it!
I hope reading this helps you; as much as writing it has helped me.


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Director: Bill Condon.
Cast: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Josh Gad, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Kline.
PG cert, 129 mins
Starting off with the obvious: the cast. When I found out they were doing a live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, I searched long and hard for actors that could play Belle, Beast, Gaston, Maurice, Mrs Potts, Chip, Lumiere, Cogsworth et al.
Let's start off with the protagonist: Belle. Upon the announcement that Belle was being portrayed by the queen of feminism herself, Emma Watson (do I NEED to mention the movies she's been in?!), I could not have screamed "YES!" louder than anything. Then I frowned and thought to myself, "Okay how the heck didn't I see Emma Watson as Belle?!" And then, this promo photo was released, and I saw it. That was not Emma as Belle. That was Belle herself.
The next character I'll be discussing is Gaston. Like, okay… he's not as important of a character as Beast (played by the handsome Dan Stevens), but when I saw the promo photo of Gaston, the first thing I said was, "Oh, I get it now… Gaston loves himself so damn much, he actually auditioned to
play himself." But alas, that was just a fantasy of mine. It was actually Luke Evans playing Gaston. Sigh.
And what can be said about Ewan McGregor and Emma Thompson playing Lumiere and Mrs Potts respectively? A definite match made in animated movie heaven! Same could be similarly commented on Ian McKellan as Cogsworth.
The pitfall comes here… the portrayals of Maurice, Belle's father, and Lefou, Gaston's right-hand man. Now this is NOT – and I repeat, NOT – about the actors' abilities to portray the characters, but their physical appearance. I thought Josh Gad looked too good to be Lefou (and I also keep having these Olaf vibes every time I hear Gad's voice… is it just me??), and I thought that Gerard Horan (who played Monsieur Jean Potts) looked more like Maurice than Kevin Kline did!
Plot: Compare & Contrast
We all know the plot of the story… but just how accurate was the live-action remake to the animated classic? It actually was, surprisingly enough, but there were these 8 differences that I could note:
- "There must be more than this provincial life," sings Belle at the beginning of both movies. The animated villagers couldn't understand the "most peculiar mademoiselle" because of her affinity for books. Yet the live-action version sees Belle not only feeding her own knowledge, but also opting to share that knowledge with others. The classic opening scene now has those villagers scowling at her for using a makeshift washing machine (remember, this is France in the 1740s) and teaching another young girl how to read.
- The live-action movie shares more about the Beast's life before the curse that transformed him after he refused to be kind to an old woman. Not only is his scathing personality shown to audiences, but the household staff further explain how he came to be so cruel (and how they didn't try to stop that from happening). Furthermore, it is revealed into further detail that it's not just the castle that's enchanted, but also the entire city, leaving everyone to forget that the royal family ever existed (and making sure no one looks for them). Also, a magical woman who is present at the end of the film witnesses the titular characters' love and reverses the curse.
- Director Bill Condon revealed that LeFou, Gaston's sidekick played by Josh Gad, is gay, making him Disney's first-ever LGBTQ character. Of this, Cordon explains that, "LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston," and that "He's confused about what he wants. It's somebody who's just realizing that he has these feelings. And Josh makes something really subtle and delicious out of it. And that's what has its payoff at the end, which I don't want to give away. But it is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie."
- Both films see Maurice get lost while riding through the forest and seeking refuge in the Beast's castle. In the animated version, the Beast walks in on Maurice's intrusion and therefore imprisons him. But the live-action version has Maurice initially entering and exiting the castle freely, but getting caught red-handed while trying to steal a single rose for Belle — an annual tradition between the father and daughter.
- Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and Chip have a new friend in the castle: Maestro Cadenza, a musician who is transformed into a large and ornate harpsichord on the first floor. He is married to Wardrobe — now named Madame Garderobe (pictured above) — who is housed in Belle's room on the second floor. Cadenza and Garderobe are voiced by Stanley Tucci and Audra McDonald, respectively, and their subplot of constant separation has viewers empathizing with characters.
- Another new character is Belle's mother, as the live-action movie explains that she died from the plague when Belle was very young. The reveal occurs when the Beast shows Belle a magical book that lets them travel to anywhere in the world, and she wishes to see her childhood home in Paris with fresh eyes. The two then discover a beak-shaped plague mask, and Belle later reassures Maurice about the truth he was never able to discuss.
- In the animated version, Gaston is a goofy egomaniac who pays off Monsieur D'Arque, the head of a local insane asylum, to pronounce Belle's father insane and lock him away, leaving Belle free to marry Gaston. But D'Arques' role in the wrongdoing is minimal in the retelling, as Gaston, played by Luke Evans, handles his evil doings against Maurice with his own two hands.
- The new movie gives the Beast his musical moment. "It would've been perfect to have Beast sing in the animated movie, but we just weren't able to find that moment in that particular medium," composer Alan Menken explained. "But on Broadway and in the live-action film, it's essential that the Beast sing. The Beast is really the protagonist of the story, whose life has changed in the most dramatic way." The ballad Evermore takes place after the Beast lets Belle go, knowing that doing so means his curse will never be broken. Still, he sings that she remains with him. Josh Groban sings another version on the soundtrack.
The Final Verdict?
I give this movie 4/5 because of the poor portrayal of Maurice and Lefou, but overall, one of the most enchanting movies of modern times. Of a tale as old as time (pun definitely intended).


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I have a dilemma.
What do you do when you walk into a bookstore, pick up a book, start reading it to decide if you want to buy it, and end up reading the whole book? Should you buy it?
Today, I picked up a book titled, "Snakes of the World and What To Do About Them."
There were two pages on the Bushmaster Viper of South America with large, color, photographs. It talked about its color, its markings, and its eating habits.
Book: The Bushmaster Viper is a very dangerous snake. A bite from one would be very serious and probably fatal if medical attention was not immediately available.
I suppose that's where the second part of the title comes in, "And What To Do About Them." I hope there's a doctor around if I run into one of those.
The King Cobra might be more dangerous than the Bushmaster. It didn't say much about the King Cobra–but what it did say was important.
Book: The King Cobra is a dangerous snake. Without medical aid, death is certain for its victims.
I'm glad they live in Asia and I don't have to worry about one of them being under my porch. But, then, it might be exciting knowing that a King Cobra could be lurking under the steps and might jump out to bite the mailman at any time.
Reading about snakes made me a little jumpy. The bookstore was quiet, too–which didn't help any.
I bought the book. I might want to read it again sometime.


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At a November 14 meeting, Mario Salinas, an architect and former Nicaraguan Minister of Tourism, presented the latest progress on the coastal highway project, known as La Costanera. About 60 developers, real estate professionals and other business people attended.
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