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What is Cloud Compiling, and is it safe for mainframes?
Cloud computing can be a touchy area for some IT admins – especially when mainframes are brought into the equation – because of security concerns. But if security issues weren't a concern, would companies be willing to run mainframe workloads in the cloud to reduce mainframe costs? Enter Cloud Compiling.
The St. Paul, Minnesota-based startup is promoting a private cloud for mainframe shops, as well as an externally hosted Software-as-a-Service model for COBOL and z/OS compilers.
Check out the Cloud Compiling presentation from the recent SHARE conference:
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Charles Mills, the Chief Development Officer at Cloud Compiling, LLC, explained that his company's technology saves companies money on their mainframe software licenses by moving compiles from individually licensed LPARs to a single cloud mainframe, either in a pre-existing private cloud or in the company's software-as-a-service (SaaS) public cloud. Cloud computing-wise, the program reduces the number of platforms needed to maintain compilers, and improves standards enforcement. In addition to the cloud computing benefits, Mills noted the cost savings is a key selling point of the product.
"Customers pay a license fee for every version of every compiler in their environment, on every mainframe in their environment. This is how IBM licenses compilers," said Mills. "So, if the customer has multiple versions of COBOL compilers in their environment, they are paying a fee for each one on each of their mainframes, based on MSU rating. With Cloud Compiling, the customer keeps the native compiler or compilers on one designated mainframe, installs Cloud Compiling on the other mainframes, and from there, the technology virtually leverages the native compiler across the enterprise. Programmers compile just like they do today, using the same compilers. We then split the monthly cost savings with the customer – they save 50% and pay us 50% of their total monthly savings."
For customers with just one mainframe, notes Mills, the SaaS or public cloud model is utilized to similar effect in regard to savings – they split the 50% saved on their mainframe license fees with Cloud Compiling, LLC. The only difference here is that the cloud is created using Cloud Computing's mainframe – they maintain the native compiler on their mainframe, the customer installs Cloud Compiling on theirs, and then virtually compiles as a service model – in the vein of salesforce.com. Mills also notes that there is no up-front investment in Cloud Computing, so ROI is essentially immediate.
I also talked with Mills about any security issues related to the product. Public and private cloud-wise, Mills noted that security options offered include SFTP, or FTP with TLS; VPNs; and PassTickets – IBM's technology that safeguards passwords. In addition, for mainframes, Cloud Compiling operates on the customer's in-place security subsystem – either RACF or others. The Cloud Computing technology excludes the use of security credentials for interactive access.
So saving money on mainframe costs sounds good, right? But lots of folks with good ideas have ended up on the wrong side of Big Blue's legal team lately. I asked Mills if IBM might react negatively to Cloud Compiling and he did not think it would be an issue.
"We are helping IBM customers to optimize their licensing and maximize their use of Z technologies," said Mills. "Unlike many other companies, we are advocating the continued use of both IBM Hardware and IBM software. Our Cloud Compilers ensure you get the greatest amount of value and flexibility from the platform in general. Any technology that improves the customer's environment has the side effect of possibly diminishing IBM's revenues. For example, performance monitors postpone the need for CPU upgrades. For our public cloud customers, our IBM licenses allow us to offer compiling as a service –- we are really no different from any other service bureau."
For more on Cloud Computing, here's a video:
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Under the inspired leadership of first President John Clune, 125 years ago, a group of patriotic Claremen got together in New York to form the County Claremen's Association, later renamed the County Clare Patriotic, Benevolent and Social Association of New York.
People from all walks of life in New York met regularly to discuss the welfare of Clare people and they rolled up their sleeves to provide support and friendship for young people who had left Clare.
This August as part of the Gathering, the Association will celebrate their 125th Anniversary in Clare. Mayor Pat Daly says "that this gives the people of Clare an opportunity to salute the New York Association for their sensitive care of generations of Clare emigrants and their contribution to the wider Clare community there down through the years." The descendants of people from Clare whether they be 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th generation will be equally welcome.
An impressive programme of events has been created including a civic reception, anniversary banquet, commemorative mass, golf days in both Doonbeg and Ennis, a tour of the spectacular beauty of the County including attractions such as The Cliffs of Moher and Loop Head. There will an exhibition in the library and heritage and genealogy talk from Clare Roots Society.
President of the Association in New York, Cathy Hogan whose Dad hails from Kilkee, says "You do not need to be a member of the Association to join us – all you need is the desire to return to the land of your birth or the land of your ancestors! " Further information is available on www.hometoclare.com and www.facebook.com/hometoclare.
You are specially requested to share this information with relatives and friends in New York and on the East Coast and to submit some new stories from your parish for the website.
Clare people contributed in all walks of life including teaching, carpentry, medicine, labour, law and the army.
Many generously shared their rich culture of music and dance and cultivated a love of Irish customs and traditions. Mary Gleeson, General Manager of the Old Ground Hotel who has been co-ordinating information for the website on behalf of Promote Ennis and has been fascinated to read some of the adventures and achievements of Clare people who left these shores.
She said "Pat McDonnell of Doonbeg was an Olympic Champion and Policeman on Times Square, Mike McTigue from Kilnamona was a world champion boxer and not too many people can claim to have a Gaelic Football field called after him – this honour was bestowed on Ballyea man, Woodlawn resident Paddy Markham. It must have been a source of great pride for him that "Paddy's Field" – the only athletic field on New York City parkland built for Gaelic Football was developed by the club founded by Paddy and other volunteers from the Woodlawn community.
"Other notable stories recall the genius of John Philip Holland – a pioneer in submarine development and Daniel O'Day from Kildysart who ensured the first pipe to bring oil to New York was laid."
There is also a Clare connection to the most famous Irish political family The Kennedys whose great great grandparents came from Newmarket. Robert Kennedy was New York State Senator. New York members of the Clare Association are looking forward to lots of nostalgic chat as they celebrate here in Clare on 26th August. Don't forget to tell your cousins.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
It's Christmas (Cookie) Time
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So fun, Katie...I can't wait! (And I'm with you...love the cheesy jokes!)ReplyDelete
What a tasty looking plate! I've been thinking about Christmas cookies for awhile now as well. There will still be the tried and true favorites, but I'm going to try a few new things this year too. Can't wait to see your recipes!ReplyDelete
Those tried and true recipes are always my favorites, but I like the idea of adding one or two new ones. I'll be searching around on all the blogs for something delicious (and maybe chocolate filled--chocolate always seems to be lacking!).ReplyDelete
Oh, I could never choose the one I wanted from that plate as several look good and people probably frown if you take more than one, right? My son and husband would eat the whole tray as cookies are their favorite things.ReplyDelete


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[email protected] Shiny Festa PSP Games' 2nd Promo Streamed
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The online Namco Bandai TV service's [email protected] special "Natsu Da! 1-ban, [email protected] Matsuri!" (It's Summer! #1, Idolmaster Festival!) debuted the second promotional video for three [email protected] Shiny Festa games for the PSP on Sunday.
Unlike most of the previous [email protected] titles in which players manage the careers of aspiring idols characters, the upcoming games will be in the "idol rhythm" genre. During a music festival at a southern resort, the characters will perform live concerts as idols and even as a band (complete with instruments). The games will have new animated footage and new songs.
Each Shiny Festa game will feature a different set of idols from the fictitious studio 765 Pro. [email protected] Shiny Festa: Honey Sound will include Chihaya Kisaragi, Haruka Amami, Ritsuko Akizuki, and Azusa Miura in the anime "Music in the world" with the song "Vault That Borderline." [email protected] Shiny Festa: Funky Note will feature Yayoi Takatsuki, Hibiki Ganaha, and Iori Minase as well as Ami and Mami Futami in the anime "Music is a friend" with the song "Visionary." [email protected] Shiny Festa: Groovy Tune will have Miki Hoshii, Yukiho Hagaiwara, Makoto Kikuchi, and Takane Shijou in the anime "Music of love" with the song "edeN."
The games will ship in Japan on October 25.
[Via Hachima Kikō]
Update: More information such as anime and song titles added.
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Coint & Plick 2010 #1: Red Dead Redemption
292 points, 18 votes, 4.5 TOP GAME votes
Matt D: It's pretty much pitch-perfect Western from the voice work to the vistas. The world has a great amount of verisimilitude and immersion, and a sort of weird self-awareness. At one point while searching for buried treasure, I realized I was in a cactus-free zone and the very moment I said to myself, "Damn, what am I doing here?", Marsten said, "What am I doing out here?" Creepy, Rockstar. Everything sort of reacts as you'd expect: bandits are bandits, varmints are varmints, coyotes are coyotes. The combat is a step up from GTA IV (which I found a bit anachronistic); there's endless freedom to explore and the storyline is surprisingly good. This competes for the top spot among Rockstar's many offerings for sure. Can we have Tokyo next?
Mitch Krpata: This being a Rockstar game, the story of Marston's quest for revenge — and, yes, redemption — is adorned with endless side missions and mini-games. At their best, they flesh out the world. What would an Old West setting be without some back-room poker? Some of this is busy work, like the series of challenges that send Marston into the wilds to hunt game under increasingly stringent conditions. Yet it's all worth pursuing just to experience the harsh environs, and to marvel, evenings, at the red sky in the West. Rockstar builds incredible worlds. Red Dead still showcased some of their worse qualities, but it also gave us their most compelling hero and their most beautiful environment.
n/a: Admittedly this is pretty much the only 2010 game I played in 2010, but it's also almost the perfect game for me. I feel justified in naming it the best game of the year.
jjjusten: Loved it to death until it became terribly terribly samey and boring; find the herb/critter hunting quests for level ups are total bullshit. On the plus side, this is the first game where riding a horse didn't make me want to break shit in my house. It looks absolutely gorgeous.
Lamp: There are so many aspects of Red Dead Redemption that I found deeply stupid ,but its one of the rare games i felt compelled to finish this year. Others will, I'm sure, write more fluently and more passionately about it but damn did I ever… uh… finish it.
ledge: Who knew a GTA clone set in a desert (wait a minute, that's literally a sandbox…) would be so fun. Less irritatingly repetitive gameplay than GTA IV, a more engaging story and and less ridiculous cutscenes; plus it was good fun just to chill out in the desert and spend some time shooting rabbits and coyotes and pumas and armadillos and bears and crows and wolves and boar and eagles and… I do agree that the missions end up being repetitive, but it's not as bad as GTA IV was for that, and also the various challenges do add a bit of spice. Okay, picking herbs gets a bit dull but i had fun trying to find all the different critters to kill, searching out the treasure, etc. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the depth in the gameplay.
bnw: King Kong of 2010. Writing, atmosphere, and voice acting all on a different level then the rest of the field. Biggest complaint would be that it gets a little grindy with repetitive side quests.
Polyphonic: A few of my friends and I brought our 360s together to play this game as one big posse. It was probably the nerdiest thing I've ever done, and caused me to seriously question the life decisions that led me down that path. But fuck it, it was fun. There are few moments in my gaming life that I will ever treasure more than when I killed that bear in the snows of Tall Trees with only my knife, or when I drifted up on my RS to see a starry sky as I hunted for armadillo carapaces — only to be mauled to death by a cougar.
The single player storyline was very good, probably the best Rockstar has done to date, and the closest they've come to gameplay that is actually fun in and of itself. But the star of this game is the atmosphere. Also, the zombie overrun multiplayer co-op is fucking great.
Jimmy Mod : I just met my first cougar. The meeting did not go well.
JimD: I didn't actually finish RDR, and I don't think it's that good as a game (it shares a lot of GTA's flaws while lacking a lot of its dumb fun) but as a world it's fucking amazing. It just feels like a totally believable immersible recreation of a certain time and place, which is kind of a new thing for games to do, and I hope lots more games do it in the future. Bonus points for multiplayer too, which was good for big stop-shooting-me-in-the-horse lulz.
ZS: The "shoot 5 flying birds from a moving train" challenge was like the chillest assignment I have ever received. If only real life challenges were so relaxing. YES, I want to name my horse, YES I would like to name it Michael Lindington, and NO I don't care who knows it. I've been getting up and down off the horse every time, listening to John Marston say "ooooh…this is DIRTY"
Tracer Hand : i have logged approx 5,000,000,000,000 hours with this game. i was just about ready to launch my assault and unlock mexico but my horse died right before the big race – the one i'd spent hours getting to know! so fuck – i spent a good while looking for the kentucky saddler but never found him so finally i just went on an all-night hunting binge, leveling up enough to buy the kentucky saddler outright
something happened while out hunting that sums up this game, and all its nonsensical, fabulous breathlessness
1 – trying to kill a coyote i somehow ended up aiming straight down into my horse and pulled the trigger (!)
2 – my horse was still alive but my honor dropped and suddenly lawmen were on my tail
3 – trying to outrun them, i heard the sound of a train and realized one was headed past right in front of me
4 – i managed to race the train and dart just in front of it, cutting off the lawmen and saving my sorry ass!
total movie moment
Things that get you an M these days: opium and sex on a table
Forks' RDR Country Soundtrack mix:
Buck Owens – I Got A Tiger By the Tail(1965)
Cherryholmes – Black and White (2007)
Cherryholmes – Don't Believe (2008)
Anonymous Young Girls – Hopali (1930's?)
The Carter Family – See That My Grave Is Kept Green (1933)
Cinderella G Stump – Temptation (1947)
The Carter Family – Keep On the Firing Line (1941)
Chet Atkins – Tennessee Stud (?)
Bill Monroe and Doc Watson – Chicken Reel (1963)
Alex Hood's Railroad Boys – L and N Rag (?)
Alfred G Karnes – I Am Bound for the Promised Land (?)
Alfred G Karnes – We Shall All Be Reunited (?)
Basil May – The Lady of Carlisle (?)
The Carver Boys – Sisco Harmonica Blues (?)
Bascom Lamar Lunsford – Lulu Wall (1939)
Buell Kazee – A Short Life of Trouble (1939)
Charlie Bowman and His Brothers – Moonshiner and His Money (1929)
Blue Highway – Where Did the Morning Go? (2007)
Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers – If the River Was Whiskey (?)
Cal Stewart – Monkey on a String (?)
Ben Curry – I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop (?)
Ben Curry – It's A Fight Like That (?)
Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah – The Spasm (?)
Bill Carlisle – Feet Don't Fail Me (?)
Asher Sizemore and Little Jimmie – Little Jimmie's Goodbye to Jimmie Rodgers (?)
Mayor Jingleberries: played this drunk last night and my horse got killed by some rampaging animal. So I got upset and starting killing anyone I came across to get their horse. I guess your not allowed to murder fools for their horses when you think its convenient. I guess you're supposed to find a riderless horse out there…?
goole: i think i'm around the 40% mark, in the game's second act in Mexico, and i haven't interacted with one indian yet. i don't think there are any in the game at all. i think this is significant, somehow. i like that the game is in 1911, a "late western" about the closing of the frontier rather than an early one about opening it. maybe this is just to allow them to put more interesting guns in the game, or riff off the meta-westerns like the wild bunch or there will be blood (a town called plainview? really?). plus it doesn't shy away from politics at all; every other dude wants to talk to you about federal power. anyway, the setting's early-20th-century-ness is really present and apparent to me and i'm really liking it. speaking of politics, there's the politics of Rockstar's media reputation, and i'm getting ongoing chuckles from the (what i take to be) anti "hot coffee" vibe of the whole thing. no matter which path you take, the John Marston character is (so far) faithful to his wife as a given. the prostitutes say stuff like ""I hate to see a man with such a dry pecker… can I help?"and our killer just says "my wife wouldn't like that" or something. the writing and v/o is head and shoulders above even IV. the mission design is finally good. the secondary challenges are interesting well-thought out, hit that grinding w/o grinding sweet spot. the body physics and gun combat are excellent (the gta games are kind of bad as shooters, really!) I'm not totally without complaints but most of the things that bugged me about the GTAs have been mostly fixed. and the things it does well it does really really well. you can't underestimate how important it is to have a game be pretty. funny i think it's closest to bully in terms of uh vibe, maybe cos of the atmosphere and hazy old-timeyness
Cozen: jesus, the sky in this game
Jim D: Huge lolz last night – I wandered up to that little cave where West Dickens lives, and found him stood there rambling away to himself while pissing onto his own bed. Went a bit closer to try and get a better look (yes, I was looking for his winkie), but accidentally bumped into him, which caused him to fall face first into his own pissy matress and lie there shouting about what a bastard I was.
Forksclovetofu: On a river bed, I found an old man doubled over holding his head. A woman was laid out in front of him, bloody and dead. When I stopped and walked up to him, he stood up and shakily held a gun to his own head. I ran up and pushed him. He dropped the gun and began weeping and then finally glaring at me angrily until I rode away. That's not a video game, that's a Cormac McCarthy short story.
My main issue with this game is: riding along minding my own business, "help save my baby" from the side of the road, I pull off my horse and before I know what's up someone is shooting at me, I return fire, kill some old lady and now the game is shaking its head at me with a "what were you thinking" attitude. Then, cougar attack.
I just went south of the border and the amazing and very clearly directorially planned moment with the Jose Gonzalez music was awesome; as deeply affecting as anything I've ever seen in a game. Then I got eaten by wolves. This is a lot less like GTA and a lot more like Fallout 3
There''s a lot less relatably icky gang bullshit and putting caps in people's asses than GTA but the game is about two steps away from blatant racism; the first guy I met in Mexico might as well have been Al Pacino playing Tony Montana which didn't even make sense. There is a definite parochial "save us old white guy we cannot survive without you" vibe. Also there's a real disregard for life that even GTA never fostered; the game invites you to kill kill kill every animal you encounter… weirdly, that puts you somewhat of the game's time though?
All the above aside, I recommend this wholeheartedly and would definitely say it's the best thing Rock Star has ever done.
Machinima Directors Are Suddenly Taken Seriously
MPx4A: I lassoed a guy off a hooker to try and go the taking him alive route, but it just made him fall headfirst into a wall and he died anyway. The drunk guy that sometimes falls out of the bar seems to be immune to punches. I tried to lasso his body to drag him to the cells for the night and he disappeared, leaving only his hat. I kind of hope they don't patch any of that shit. It's happened to me twice that I've seen a guy standing on his own in the middle of the wilderness, waving his hands and looking scared, and then I've got off my horse to talk to him, he's immediately tried to ride off on it, and I've shot him and then lost 50 honor as a result. I too have accidentally shot my horse in the neck, minutes after maxing out its loyalty. I did not skin it. Do you know why? It was out of respect.
bnw: forks shot me in the head. never forget.
Coint & Plick 2008 #1: Fallout 3
266 points, 15 votes, 6.5 TOP GAME votes
Mordy: Somehow, Bethesda went from the quirky, though fairly generic world of Elders Scrolls, to the thematically rich, emotionally painful, and – fuck it – literary world of Fallout 3. No game ever moved me this year as much as Fallout 3 did. When I left Vault 101 for the last time, marching back into the wastes after reconnecting with the friends of my youth, I choked up. I found myself thinking back to the vault for the next hour or so, thinking back to what was forever lost, to what I'd never see again. Fallout 3 was full of these kind of gorgeous moments. An unexpected Town House excursion exposed beds full of skeletons and a still functioning robot. When turned on, he read a poem to the children's dead skeletons. The poem? Sara Teasdale's There Will Come Soft Rains. The Town House had no connection to any quest, no goods worth salvaging. But it was my most amazing moment of gaming in 2008.
The unofficial Forks Fallout 3 Soundtrack
John Justen: Absolutely no question that this is the best, most involving RPG I have ever played. This is the way to get people who don't like RPG's to take a second look. I really hope there is an achievement for obsessively turning on ham radios and opening toilet stall doors, because I'm pretty sure that I'm in the lead on that one. There really isn't anything that this game does wrong, music included.
CraigG: It's both exciting and daunting in terms of how big this game seems; I've barely made a dent in this after ten hours of play. It's part of what really got me into gaming as a hobby.
Mitch Krpata: The most fully realized game world since Crackdown, at least. I've yet to play it for less than three hours at a time.
Circa 1916: Awesome so far, despite weird little things. Animation is awkward and comical sometimes. Combat can get a little wonky. I killed a guard with one bb to the chest (?) and enemies don't really react to getting shot. Only 3 hours in. Spent most of my time wandering around a town chatting with people and I can't wait to get back to it. Scarily addictive and ridiculously fucking awesome so far. I've already logged 20 hours and I haven't even really touched the main quest yet. The sidequests are mostly excellent and feature a surprising amount of different outcomes. The game feels huge but not stretched thin. The replay value is ridiculous. I'm super impressed overall, it's worthy of the Fallout name. Every time I fire this up I become more and more enamored. This has got to be the best RPG of the 00's. Eh?
Forksclovetofu: Now that I just got past my first (wounded) deathclaw and marauded the shopping center, I got to say this is so addictive and fun and engaging. Improved Oblivion basically with a much more agoraphobic and nihilistic setting. I've been real happy with the pirate radio on the PIPboy. The further I get into this game the more vast it feels. Just got a house with requisite robot butler and am on the third chapter of Moira's crazy book and am ready to take some time off from that particular quest batch. I can't walk out the door without some oddball thing happening: robot firing lasers at me, three man merc hitsquad after my bounty, giant crab men chasing me down the street, fire ants that breathe actual fire, mine infested bridges… it's always something new! I am regularly struck by how uncomfortable I am killing folks who've set up little shelters under bridges or in utility sheds; they see me running up the hill with an assault rifle and of course they're going to start firing. Then I kill them and take all their stuff. And _I_ get the good karma?
I ran into a shitload of freezes getting by some mirelurks and then more when I was going to rivet city. Weird music/sound hitches. A spot where the world geometry came apart and threw me into a black hole. At least five cases where I've run into divots of rough terrain that I simply couldn't extricate myself from. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason and it comes and goes. But I can't stop playing! The carrot for me now is to visit all the places on the map that the wanderer perk opened up. I'm going through by quadrant and the main hassle is fear of running out of ammo; the alien blaster has been a real consistent life saver and I don't think there's any more ammo to be found for that weapon. As soon as that starts to wear, I'll certainly head to the end. I'm expecting to be done with this game in the first week of the year and then put it in lukewarm storage in anticipation of the DLC. Still finding surprises round every corner tho! Button Gwinnett robot! Nukalurks!
Roberto Spiralli: i definitely agree with the scarily addictive tag. First time in a long time that I've done that thing where i thought 10 minutes had past and it was an hour. When I first arrived at Megaton and did my early exploring it really did feel like I was just back playing Oblivion, but the more I play, the less I find I can rely on the tactics and the approach I used playing that game. I am also going the ponderous/exploratory route. I lack the self-discipline to stop myself being distracted by everything I wander across so the main quest hasn't seen much love.
Jim: OK, I have killed so many people already. This is a buggy piece of shit. Just jumped off the bridge that goes over the river in the south-east going across to DC and the second I hit the water it crashed. Jesus Jones. There's plenty of games I've enjoyed playing more, but I've notched up 37 hours in a week and despite now having it crashed eleven times and corrupting a save game I'm still persisting at it. Actually if I was to enumerate all the lame things in this game that pissed me off, it would sound like I disliked it, but that couldn't be further from the case.
Kingfish: Found Hubris Comics last night, and the text adventure in the basement. I like having the Explorer perk, as it reveals every single place; I feel like I'm cheating but I'm not! Huzzah! The guys at Obsidian and Bioware would have probably done a better job of strengthening and filling out the story bits for the quest, but for a big-budget/blockbuster title, I'm happy with what we got. Needs more funny, but it does wonders in expanding the world and backstory. Not only do you get to see more of their ruined society, you get to investigate museums to see how their ruined society spun off.
Cozwn: The water mechanic doesn't feel properly developed enough for it to have any significant or meaningful impact on the way you play the game and so the way you interpret its meaning – however I do agree that the end of the game does undermine a lot of what's gone before (inasmuch as its somewhat redemptive)… for me, it's the finality that jars (I know, right? the game has to end) as so much of the game is about the world and its inhabitants scratching through but for the most part slowly wasting – memories wasting, and bodies wasting physically (psychologically, and emotionally)… I would have preferred something a little more elliptical, less obvious, more elision less bang.
S1ocki: It's kinda crazy how much I THINK I've done, but you guys are all talking about weapons and techniques and shit I've never even heard of yet!!
Goole: i don't really have much to say except this game is awesome and it's taken over my life.
Coint & Plick 2009 #1: Batman: Arkham Asylum
189 points, 13 votes, 3 TOP GAME votes
BNW: Very well done. Slightly overrated but still high quality and fun.
EZ Snappin: A good Batman game? Whodathunkit?
Kevin Conroy discusses voicing Batman
Adam: Watching goons get progressively more freaked out as you take down their buddies one by one is pretty satisfying. Also the way that pushing the left stick all the way forward doesn't make Batman run–dude just walks… and very confidently so for a guy wearing a cape.
MPX4A: Best thing I've done so far:
1. String thug up
2. Spray proximity-triggered explosive gel below thug
3. Wait for thug's buddy to notice and run towards him
4. Cut thug down with batarang onto explosives
Polyphonic: Fun game and certainly the best superhero game ever.
MP3 of David Chen's lively Harvard Media class on Arkham Asylum
Arkham Asylum's Sophisticated Story
S1ocki: Not only a great game, but one that managed to incorporate the character's mythology in a way that surprised and impressed me. The flashback scenes were more artful and interesting storytelling than I'd ever seen in a video game, rivaling the Batman movies in their interpretation of the endlessly re-told tale of the Caped Crusader's origins, and—without giving too much away—at points using the familiar conventions of video gaming in really innovative ways. As I said about Uncharted 2, I'm skeptical of video games' ability to replace, or even mimic, cinematic storytelling, but this pointed to some interesting new directions.
CraigG : I just found this game satisfying in pretty much every way. The story line was good without feeling the need to get overly complex, the fighting is really great and you get a warm glow when you manage to wipe out over ten guys without taking a single hit. The stealth sections, wiping out a room one by one, watching them panic… it's all so satisfying. Everything is well balanced in terms of combat/stealth and I feel the only thing letting the game down IMHO are the boss battles, which are mostly only fun because they fill the fight with lots of fighting against regular grunts too. Overall, easily the best game I played all year.
Forksclovetofu: Less groundbreaking and more that it just does everything perfectly right. I appreciate the ridiculous depth; it's an adventure, button masher, stealth, puzzle hunter, fighting game jammed into one. Never really hits a slow point; I found it amazingly well balanced and engaging.
NYT Review with obligatory 'Confederacy of Dunces' reference
Mordy: This is one of the best things I've played this year. I don't know if that's high praise for the game, tho, or just a good indication of how disappointing 2009 has been for gaming.
"There are 314 breakable TVs on Arkham Island."
Antexit: Arkham does some great stuff with the Batman story and there are some amazing Psycho Mantis-level mindfucks. Not only is it the first superhero game that makes you feel like you're the hero in his every aspect (as opposed to the Spidey games, which got swinging and crawling great and everything else sucks) but it's a better stealth game in a lot of ways than Metal Gear. I love how balanced the combat is! The bad guys seem to be able to take about as many hits as you, and you really get the sense that you're up against a room full of bad guys and the reason you come out on top is not that they're all really weak or that you have some artificial advantage but that they're a bunch of thugs and you're BATMAN.
Jjjusten: This is 80% great, but drops in the ranks a little bit in retrospect for the fact that it's way too easy. The boss battles are the worst aspect of that; I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the Killer Croc level is, no joke, ONE OF THE DUMBEST AND WORST LEVELS IN MODERN GAMING. Whoever decided that replacing challenging or difficulty with easy, mindbending tedium needs to get a pink-slip. That said, when the game is on, it's on. Plus, it looks great… except everyone I talk to plays 90% of the game in detective mode, so we never actually see much of it.
Coint & Plick 2009 Most Disappointing Game
#1 MOST DISAPPOINTING GAME OF 2009 – NOBY NOBY BOY – 5 Votes
JeffLevine – To say I was really looking forward to Keita Takahashi's follow up to Katamari Damacy would be an understatement. After all, it was Katamari Damacy that got me back into gaming and/or finally got me to take gaming seriously as a hobby. It was the reason I got a PS2, the very first console I ever bought by myself. That this LONG anticipated game ended up being some kind of pointless, interactive screen saver that didn't hold my interest for an hour; yeah, that's what I would call a disappointment.
Polyphonic – I don't know what I was expecting, but I definitely was hoping that this would be a game and not just a doodad.
S1ocki – This has got to be a practical joke.
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Here are more excerpts from metaphysical sources that have interesting insights about the potential that lies in reuniting male and female for a higher end. (Also see separate menu items for Edgar Cayce, Alice Bailey and others.)
Excerpts from Born to Heal
Ruth Montgomery[2]
One of the clearest Western accounts of the critical importance of the subtle exchange between man and woman appears in a book about a man who had extraordinary healing powers. He explained that he healed people by supplying, in effect, the missing energy of their ideal mates. According to him, without the proper "nerve fuel" or "human electricity," slow starvation of the nervous system occurs, leading to restlessness, discontent, unhealthy cravings, illness and death.
This nerve fueling takes place normally during the sex relationship with a person having properly mated energies. This is nature's method of keeping the magnetic field [of humans] vital . . . Nerve fueling is imperative through normal sex life without insulation, in order to maintain health. Unfortunately, many people after a certain point in life discontinue this natural relationship, not realizing they are inviting nerve depletion and starvation, and thus ailments and abnormal function. . . .
If the natural mating energies are kept up to capacity, the field can supply the necessary energy to keep the . . . brain alert, eliminating the slowing down of the brain as well as the body aging, which occurs over the years. . . . [W]hen a person's energy is up to normal it keeps the body supple, the skin soft, the bones flexible, and the teeth deterioration free.
Excerpts from The Mystical Qabalah
by Dion Fortune[4]
p. 245
The subtler aspects of sex appear to be entirely lost to the Western world. It must suffice to point out that all the more important aspects of sex are etheric and magnetic. We might liken it to an iceberg, five-sixths of whose bulk is below the surface. The actual physical reactions of sex form a very small proportion, and by no means the most vital portion of its functioning. It is owing to our ignorance of this that so many marriages fail to fulfill the purpose of the welding of two halves into a perfect whole.
Chapter 17
23. Chokmah and Binah, then, represent essential maleness and femaleness in their creative aspects. They are not phallic images as such, but in them is the root of all life-force....[Phallicism] means that everything rests upon the principle of the stimulation of the inert yet all potential [female principle] by the dynamic principle which derives its energy direct from the source of all energy [male principle]. In this concept lie tremendous keys of knowledge; it is one of the most important points in the Mysteries. It is obvious that sex represents one aspect of this factor; it is equally obvious that there are many other applications of it which are not sexual. We must not allow any preconceived concept of what constitutes sex, or a conventional attitude towards this great and vital subject, to frighten us away from the great principle of the stimulation or fecundation of the inert all-potential by the active principle....
24. Such knowledge does not lead to impurity, for impurity implies a loss of control that permits forces to override the bounds that Nature has set them. Who so has not control of his own instincts and passions is no more fitted for the Mysteries than he who inhibits and dissociates them. Let it be clearly realised, however, that the Mysteries do not teach asceticism or celibacy as a requirement of achievement, because they do not regard spirit and matter as an unreconcilable pair of antinomies, but rather as different levels of the same thing. Purity does not consist in emasculation, but in keeping the different forces to their proper levels and in their proper places, and not allowing one to invade another. It teaches that frigidity and impotence are just as much imperfections, and therefore pathologies of sex as is uncontrolled lust that destroys its object and debases itself....
26. Chokmah [male principle] explodes like petrol; Binah [female principle] is the combustion-chamber....
27. Now the expansive force given off by petrol is pure energy, but it will not drive a car. The constrictive organisation of Binah is potentially capable of driving a car, but it cannot do so unless set in motion by the expansion of the stored-up energy of petrol-vapour. Binah is all-potential, but inert. Chokmah is pure energy, limitless and tireless, but incapable of doing anything except radiate off into space if left to its own devices. But when Chokma acts upon Binah, its energy is gathered up and set to work. When Binah receives the impulse of Chokmah, all her latent capacities are energized. Briefly, Chokmah supplies the energy, and Binah supplies the machine....
33. For the most part, the relationship between a man and a woman is not entirely satisfactory to either party, and they have either to put up with incomplete satisfaction in their relationship under the compulsion of religious or economic pressure, or supplement elsewhere their incompleteness, with as a rule a recurrence of the previous conditions when once the novelty has worn off. It is to be observed that under such circumstances it is only in novelty that sexual satisfaction at its highest is to be found; and novelty is a thing which requires constantly to be renewed, with disastrous results to sexual economics.
34. The trouble is, that while the male gives the physical stimulus which leads to reproduction, he does not realise that on the inner planes he is by virtue of the law of reversed polarity, negative, and is dependent for his emotional completeness upon the stimulation given by the female. Hi is dependent upon her for emotional fertilization, as is clearly shown in the case of any highly creative mind, such as Wagner or Shelley....
38. While it is not possible to straighten out a tangled sexual life by operating upon life as a whole - for instance, no amount of wealth or fame is any adequate compensation if this fundamental instinct be thwarted - it is quite possible to straighten out the whole life-pattern by disentangling the sex life.
Chapter 22
18...The Greek hetaira [temple prostitute], or woman whose profession is love, was something very different to our modern prostitute. The Greek kept the simple physical relations of the sexes for his lawful wife, who was secluded in the gynaeceum, or harm, and was kept simply for breeding purposes in order that he might have lawful hers; and she was a woman without education though of good blood, and was not encouraged to render herself attractive or ply the arts of love. Still less was she encouraged to worship the goddess Aphrodite, who presides over the higher aspects of love....
19. The Aphrodite cult was something very much more than the simple performance of an animal function. It was concerned with the subtle interaction of the life-force between two factors; the curious flow and return, the stimulus and the reaction, which plays so important a part in the relations of the sexes, but extends far beyond the sphere of sex.
21. The function of the hetaira was to minister to the intellect of her clients as well as their appetites; she was a hostess as well as a mistress, and to her resorted the philosophers and poets to receive inspiration and sharpen their wits; for it was well realised that there is no greater inspiration to an intellectual man than the society of a vital and cultured woman.
22...This lifted the cult of Aphrodite out of the sphere of simple sexuality, and explains why the priestesses of the cult commanded respect and were by no means looked upon as common prostitutes, although they received all comers. They were engaged in ministering to certain of the subtler needs of the human soul by means of their skilled arts. We have brought to a higher pitch of development than was ever known to the Greeks the art of stimulating desire with film and revue and syncopation, but we have no knowledge of the far more important art of meeting the needs of the human soul for etheric and mental interchange of magnetism, and it is for this reason that our sex life, both physiologically and socially, is so unstable and unsatisfactory.
23 We cannot understand sex aright unless we realise that it is one aspect of what the esotericist calls polarity, and that this is a principle that runs through the whole of creation, and is, in fact, the basis of manifestation.
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- Born to Heal, by Ruth Montgomery, Fawcett (1986).
- The Mystical Qabalah, by Dion Fortune, Weiser Books; 2nd edition (2000).


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Your home looks so pretty! I love the flocked tree!
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Gorgeous details! I love your wreaths and how you set up the goodies in your dining room! Love your style 🙂
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Hi Kristen, I have been a silent observer of you blog for awhile. I just lie to see how creative you are. Your home looks absolutely gorgeous all decorated for Christmas! I wish I had energy to do the same 🙂 but with three little ones in the house I just find a lot of excuses!
Love it all! Oh can I just pack up your tree and take it to my house? I agree with Ella Oooooooh! 🙂
Your home is so beautiful, the best part is Ella's ohhhhhh:)
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Oh My Goodness!!! It's Beautiful…Love! Thank you for sharing <3
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Kristen, your tree is so gorgeous! And even prettier in person! You have mastered Christmas decor and spirit! Love you!
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Kristen – Your home looks so warm, cozy, inviting and ready for the holidays. I'm sure baby is enjoying the decor and especially the lights.
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It's all so pretty. Some of my favorite touches are the handmade wreaths, the black striped ribbon on the tree, the lace tree skirt and your kitchen set up.
Merry Christmas!
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I love your decorations and can't wait to see more. Where did you get your giant lantern, I love it and have been looking for a huge one for awhile?
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Jess told me your house was adorable…and now I know why. I loved your Christmas home tour. It made me smile. I love the snowman's crown with the music paper.
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This is the current art assemblage project I am working on.
I made the faces from air-dry clay. Took some impressions and used
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This is the queen of hope perhaps.....
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After almost 2 years of hard work, the game development is finished.
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For FabSlam this year, our challenge was to build a weather proof/protectant bike helmet. First we started planning, and idea sharing for the helmet. Then started to put our ideas together. One thing we decided on making, that was the main and hardest part of our helmet was the googles. It took many prototypes to finally get the googles to work. Also we put a fabric in between the shell and the padding that would keep the rain out of the helmet. We mostly shared jobs when we needed to so if someone had trouble with the website one of the teammates would help. I mostly worked on the 3d printed parts of the project i did a little work on the website too.
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Absolute beautiful. I like the fabric you chose it looks really good. You'll have it hung on the wall for Christmas lucky you.
Poor windswept Santa, especially as he's nearly finished, still I expect Soda Pop Santa has something going for him. He sounds quite bubbly (Oops-Sorry).
Looking forward to progress pic.
Happy stitching.
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Mother Mother
Rock & Roll Hotel
1353 H St. NE
Washington, DC, 20002
Doors 7:00 PM / Show 8:00 PM
This event is all ages
Mother Mother
Mother Mother has always reveled in contradiction.
"It's the person, the humanoid...that's the very good bad thing."
For Ryan Guldemond, there is no denying the human condition in all its tragic, conflicting nature.
Two years after the Juno-nominated "The Sticks," the band's apocalyptic 2012 album steeped in isolation and dread, the Vancouver quintet returns with its fifth studio album, "Very Good Bad Thing": an edgy, synth-heavy, club-driven rock record filled with massive hooks.
But as is the band's trademark, behind the gauzy boy-girl vocal harmonies, angular guitar lines and infectious rhythms lies something deeper and darker.
"I think it's peppier and more of a party, but at the same time the torture is very apparent," singer/keyboardist Jasmin Parkin says.
"But there's not a lot of denial," Guldemond says. "There's a pride behind the confession. No one's denying anything."
Human "malfunctions" are cause for celebration on "Very Good Bad Thing."
Mother Mother come out swinging on "Get Out The Way," a super-charged call to arms Guldemond describes as not letting anyone to get in the way of your truth, whatever your truth may be. "I know I'm supposed to integrate," he snarls, "but how's about instead I inch away?"
"F -- - yeah, I'm a deviant," Guldemond proclaims on the proggy "Reaper Man," which pounds its way through your cerebellum like the giant walking hammers from Pink Floyd's "The Wall."
No subject is taboo for Mother Mother on "Very Good Bad Thing": male body image ("I Go Hungry"), morning-after self-loathing ("Have It Out"), bullying and suicide ("Kept Down," inspired in part by the death of Amanda Todd).
"Am I to die alone and sublime?" Guldemond asks before ending the album as if it had all been an illusion -- with a vanishing trick. "You may just watch me disappear," he sings against the silence.
"As I get older I feel more in touch with my flaws as something I can integrate, as opposed to something I suppress in order to spin some yarn of perfection," Guldemond says. "Never have I been so at peace with the imperfect side of myself."
Recorded with Juno-winning producer Gavin Brown (Metric, Billy Talent, Tragically Hip) at his Noble Street studio in Toronto, "Very Good Bad Thing" is the next logical step in Mother Mother's sonic evolution.
This isn't the same Mother Mother that gave us the cheeky "Touch Up" (2007) and "O My Heart" (2008), or even the adventurous "Eureka" (2011). It's a much different band than on the conceptual "The Sticks" (2012), an album that made Mother Mother the second most-played artist on Canadian alternative radio in 2012 and 2013.
The guitar hooks are bigger, the synths are louder, the vocal harmonies are more carefully crafted and the irony toned down, and the bass and drums are tighter.
"I've been really getting into James Blake, Little Dragon and EDM in general," Guldemond says. "As the songs were coming in, they were wearing a skin of electronics. It's easy to demo from that place. In doing that you get attached to that personality and it begins to define the shape of the song. It just made sense to continue down that path as opposed to uprooting the core and starting from scratch.
"It feels natural. There's a lot of fire in the band and its sentiment, and that seems accentuated through big, modern, tough sounds."
"Very Good Bad Thing" certainly pops out of the package with a resounding snap.
For a band whose approach has been to modernize itself at every turn and has never really been able to fit neatly into a box, Brown was the right fit for the job.
"He really brought an edge to our sound," Parkin says. "We've never done the same thing twice. Every album is a new chapter and a new beginning."
Close to 10 years after it formed, Mother Mother is embracing its true nature. And it speaks volumes.
"No matter what you do you'll be criticized for it," Guldemond says. "So it's better to be criticized for taking risks rather than being safe."
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It's true that people in India don't really understand the concept of a band because we didn't have any big bands like The Beatles or the Rolling Stones. When movies like Rock On! came out, many people may have got the concept of a band. But it is still about the singer because we never had something culturally as phenomenal as any of these bands. The music today is not really band-oriented, it's more about produced music, and the style of music doesn't really favour bands. It still focuses on the person who is singing. You look at the singer as the most important person. That can only happen if there are people who can change the perception of what a band is," says Venky S, bass guitarist and one of the four members of the band of boys, Sanam, who performed at the "Virsaa with Sanam Again" concert in Pune last week.
From humble beginnings, where they recorded songs in the bedroom of their parents homes using household objects for lighting and sound effects, to being YouTube stars with over 4.3 million followers and packed shows wherever they perform, the motto of the band has remained the same — to promote the indie pop and band culture in India.
All four members of the band, which comprises vocalist and frontman Sanam Puri, his brother Samar Puri (lead guitarist), Venky S (bass guitar) and Keshav Dhanraj (drums), agree that the biggest challenge in reviving the indie pop culture is competition from Bollywood. "In India, the music industry is only associated with Bollywood, which is actually a film industry. The whole idea of bands and independent artistes making music for the sake of music is missing. For example, if we were making a song for a movie, it would have to be what the producer or director wants, which suits that particular actor or role. Our music is where we make music for sake of it, it's an art. That is missing in India to an extent. There are so many talented bands and people but if you want to make money in this industry, you have to go to Bollywood. We want to bring the band culture back in India. We want freedom to make music the way we want, so that we do not rely on someone else for work or ideas," says Dhanraj.
Sanam admits that reviving the indie pop culture is not an easy task, given Bollywood's influence on people's musical taste. "This revival is not only dependent on us, but on a lot of other people. When someone starts doing well, immediately Bollywood comes to them. Everyone's aim is Bollywood. Once they enter the film industry, they start growing but nothing is left in the independent space. In the '90s, we had such a vibrant independent space. In 2005-2006, when Kailasa came out and Teri Deewani, Saiyyan were such hits, they were getting somewhere but again no one else was doing it," he adds.
The idea of Sanam was born when the Puri brothers were in school or junior college, winning competitions and doing stage shows. "I remember when we started out we would only sing in English, we must have been 13 or 14. We switched to Hindi, as it was more popular. The old songs had such beautiful melodies, it tempted us," recalls Samar.
Were they apprehensive about touching songs such as Lag Jaa Gale and Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi? "We were extremely nervous, especially with iconic songs like Lag Jaa Gale, that are very sensitive. We thought people will be critical about it. Surprisingly, that did not happen. Today families write to us to share how three generations are our fans," says Sanam.
While the initial aim was to make it big, now it's about sustaining. "What goes up, must come down. The shelf life for every artiste is limited. When the graph goes up, it becomes even more difficult to keep it there. How to go beyond that, it's very difficult. When an artiste releases a video, people like you. Then when an artist experiments, people may not accept it. We also get bored doing the same thing, even if people ask us for it. We want to learn more. We are focussing on growing as artistes," concludes Sanam.
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Every city needs a lake, and every lake needs a $22 million restaurant on its shores, where you can munch on tacos while a passing gondolier sings in Italian. Luckily, Oakland has figured this out, and residents can now unwind at the Lake Chalet there, where an inconsistent menu takes a back seat to the stunning surroundings.
Most of that financing came from the city itself, and went toward the renovation of an old, cobwebbed municipal building. Following the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires, Oakland built a high-pressure pumping station on the west shore of its central estuary, Lake Merritt. Should the city catch fire again, firefighters could slurp up all the water they needed. Today, diners can slurp oysters there and revel in the Mission Revival remodel, which manages to feel both sprawling and cozy.
This isn't the first time Gar and Lara Truppelli, the husband-and-wife proprietors who opened the Lake Chalet last August, have installed a restaurant in a historic building at a scenic spot. A previous makeover resulted in the Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. That establishment is geared more toward tourists, while the Lake Chalet feels more like a neighborhood place, with a diverse clientele and varied décor.
Covering nearly 10,000 square feet, the Lake Chalet offers indoor and outdoor dining areas. (A dock patio is open year-round, and a less-formal menu is available there in warmer months.) In the main dining room, heavy wood shares space with old metal rafters for a pump-house-chic effect. A fireplace roars in the Lake Room, where tables overlook the lake. Outside, this sleek, grown-up look gives way to a more youthful scene, as people mingle steps from the water on the dock.
With all the visual distractions, the food is a bit of an afterthought. The contemporary Californian menu is resolutely unpretentious ("Start with some fresh seafood!" it exclaims) and less singular than the views. But the pancetta-wrapped scallops ($24) are nicely done, as is the English pea and ham hock soup ($7.50). For a sure bet, start with a Black Diamond cocktail gin, lime, Pernod, blackberries at the 80-foot marble bar, order a burger ($12.95) or a braised pork sandwich ($11.95), and then wander out to the dock to behold the lake itself, dark and shimmering. It's the real main course.
The Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill, 1520 Lakeside Drive; 510-208-5253, thelakechalet.com. Open Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.


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After our last lesson, we had some specific homework while Trainer was out of town:
- Get The Mare to relax
- Stop holding onto her face
- Work on some low jumps, concentrating on softening her before the fence, and getting organized on the backside of the fence WITHOUT pulling her up
- Don't get involved in her issues, and maybe even stay away from the things that get her amped up
So armed with that, we spent the next few days only walking and trotting. Walking on a long rein. Trotting and actively making myself let go, move the trot forward and back – without my reins. The Mare kind of hated the slow work at first, but once she figured out what I was asking (and that I wasn't holding onto her face), she caught on pretty quickly.
The weather warmed up for a good bit in the upcoming week, so we broke out of the indoor and spent a few days hacking in the sunshine, which was a total mental reset for us both. We started to incorporate some canter work again, and I started to ask her for more lateral give at the canter, rather than barreling around like we had been. Still focusing on not keeping an iron grip on the reins, the difference in her work ethic was becoming apparent – we'd spent the last few months fighting, and in the last week, we were making progress again.
So Trainer comes back from Georgia, and offers me a lesson spot before I head home for spring break for a few days. Because of my exam schedule, I was only able to hack her the day before our lesson, and warned Trainer that she might be a tad spicy.
A complete 180 from our last lesson, as we went to work and explained what we'd be working on while she was gone, Trainer commented, "Well whatever you're doing – it's working." The canter is still slowly becoming less of a hot mess (and I'm supposed to be learning to "let it be ugly" until The Mare figures out that I'm not here to hold her up – that's her own job), but overall…it was a totally different horse I was riding.
We were working on some consistency issues, and each time we passed the door towards the fields she'd toss her head. I told Trainer I didn't think she liked the change in lighting, and got the Riot Act read to me. "Okay, that's fine. But she's going to go places and there's going to be things she won't like, she still has to do her job. You are tough on her on some things and then make excuses for her on others – don't make excuses for her. Don't get involved in her issues. Ride how you are going to ride, and don't make excuses."
Translated: Put on your big girl panties and deal with it already.
And with that swift kick in the pants, we did. We went on to have some of the nicest, softest grid work (we got a "this is the softest I've ever seen her jump, she is being very good" towards the end of our lesson).
The recurring theme from this lesson was to let go, stop overthinking, stop micromanaging, and instead work on offering The Mare as much consistency in my riding as possible.
What's nice about The Mare is that she doesn't need something drilled into her for weeks or months before she "gets it". The improvement – once we identified where we needed to fix habits – is already readily apparent.
I'm relieved to continue to break the cycle of insanity and continue on the path to bettering The Mare, and myself. We are working on developing a more consistent lesson schedule as we prepare for summer shows and Morgan Grand National in the Fall, and if we continue to grow anything like the same fashion we have in the last several weeks, I am excited to see the horse that I'll be taking with me.


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by Bach Lien
South Korean teacher Lee Sang-bok has displayed his photos of the landscapes of Viet Nam in a recent exhibition in Ha Noi.
Having lived in Viet Nam for three years, he has travelled to almost every region to capture landscapes that deeply impressed him, as well as meaningful moments.
He sometimes travelled with a group of photographer friends, but many times he went alone on bus or motorbike.
"Through the photos, I want to share my feelings about the countries where I have lived," he said.
His photos include mountain valleys in the northernmost province of Ha Giang, golden terraced fields in late autumn afternoon in Mu Cang Chai District in Yen Bai Province, terraced fields which lush with ripening rice in the mist and smoke in Sa Pa, the pristine blue sea of Nam Dinh Province, and the golden autumn at the Sword Lake of Ha Noi.
Lee said he visited Mu Cang Chai in 2014 and waited two hours for the perfect light to take the photo.
"In South Korea, 70 per cent of the land is covered with mountains. But I am deeply impressed by the mountains in northern Viet Nam as there are a lot of beautiful valleys and terraced fields that I could not see in my country," he explains.
"It seems that Lee took the photos with all his heart and love for the country. At first, I found it hard to believe that it was a foreign teacher who took those photos. His photos make me love my beautiful country more," said Tran Thanh Khue, a visitor to the exhibition.
In 2014, he held an exhibition honouring the beauty of lotus of South Korea and Viet Nam.
Lee first came to Viet Nam as a tourist in 2006. He decided to come back again in 2013. Since early 2013, Lee worked as vice principal of the Korean International School in Ha Noi.
"I have loved Viet Nam since I first came," said Lee. "The more I travel through the country, the more I love it."
Before coming to Viet Nam, he was principle at a high school in Miryang city in South Korea. He nourished a passion for photography for nearly 20 years, and has travelled across South Korea and in Asia to take photos.
He will return to South Korea next month.
"I will miss Viet Nam, I'll keep good memories of the landscapes, the food and the kindness of people."
Before leaving Ha Noi, he plans to organise his third exhibition in Viet Nam and display his photos capturing the daily life of Vietnamese people.
He also plans to exhibit his photos in South Korea. — VNS


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Sometimes, kids can be so unpredictable. Especially when it comes to food likes and dislikes. At least that's what I've discovered with my own children. For example, most people love melted cheese right? And most people assume kids like it too? Well, my 8 year old son hates anything with melted cheese (dairy or non-dairy) and always has. He doesn't really care for grilled cheese, really cheesy pizza, or quesadillas. He does love cucumbers, pickles, and my Sriracha Hummus. And of course he loves all things sweet. 🙂
My daughter has also continually surprised me with what she enjoys eating. Sometimes I think we don't give our kids the chance to develop a taste for "healthier" foods. I am certainly guilty of this! I just hand them the pasta or sandwich and don't think to serve them a salad alongside it, just assuming they wouldn't eat it anyways. I'm trying to get better about this!
So a few years ago, Emma wanted to try my salad with this Lemon Maple Tahini Dressing on it, and she LOVED it! She still calls it her favorite salad dressing, and gets so excited when I make it. Who would have thought?
I've read a couple of books about how to feed your kids, and I think the most helpful one I've read is this one: It's Not About the Broccoli. She doesn't write from a plant based perspective, but the concepts have really helped our family.
Another good one is Dr. Furhman's Disease-Proof Your Child. This one is more nutrition based, but also has some good recipes and ideas.
But this Lemon Maple Tahini Dressing is mostly enjoyed by myself and Alan! We love it, and can never seem to keep it around for long. This dressing is quick and easy to throw together, doesn't require a blender, and stays good in the fridge for quite some time. It's amazing drizzled over any type of lettuce: romaine, mixed baby greens, or kale. Try adding some chopped apples, grapes, blueberries or raisins to your salad with this dressing. And don't forget to add some beans to power you through the rest of your day! My favorite type of beans to put over a salad are chickpeas.
This Lemon Maple Tahini Dressing is:
Slightly sweet
Do you have any tips on how to help kids eat healthier? Let me know in the comments! 🙂
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 2 medium-large lemons, juice squeezed
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2-4 tbsp pure maple syrup, to taste
- pinch of salt, optional
- Add all ingredients to a medium bowl. Whisk until well combined.
- Store in the fridge for up to a week. The dressing may thicken as it sits; add water, a tablespoon at a time, to desired consistency before using.


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Why do these creatures choose to spend the winter with us? The simple answer is that Pembrokeshire is warmer than the places they have left behind. Our maritime climate offers milder weather, and enough food. Had the birds stayed in their summer haunts they may have frozen to death or starved.
Many of the birds that arrive in Pembrokeshire each autumn are species which prefer coastal habitats, or places with open water and damp heathland. They include waders such as the golden plover and lapwing, or wildfowl such as the goldeneye. Escaping from the harsh Russian winter are thrushes such as the fieldfare and redwing.


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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Teaser Day 3 from My Favorite Things
This little cutie patootie is called Carnation and she will be available along with a "few" other things (lots!) this coming Tuesday night after the Release Party HERE. You'll be noticing a theme throughout the year, as she is basically "Miss January", and she comes with a stamp that says January among a few other sentiments.
Ya'll may also notice a new Die-namics die on this little number. You.Won't.Believe.It.---MINI ROLLED ROSES!! Yes, WAY!! It's two more sizes of the Rolled Rose Die-namic that ya'll already love. Aren't they just the CAH-UTEST!!??! They are so tiny! (And remember to pick up a quilling tool at Hobby Lobby to make it easier to roll them!--it will change your life! Maybe?)
Ready for some TOP-SECRET news? Today, there is a prize hidden on one of the designer's blog posts. As you make your way through the Teaser Time posts, simply leave a comment on each blog, for your chance to win one of the Brand Spankin' New stamp sets being released on January 4th. A winner will be chosen from the comments on the pre-selected blog before tomorrow's teaser goes live, and will be posted on Kim's blog HERE. Be sure to check tomorrow to see if YOU are the winner. You can play along each day for your chance to win. We will be giving away NINE new stamp sets this week!
As always, you can find the master list of today's participating designers HERE on Kim's blog.
SUSIE Q-TIP: Rolled Roses, Buttons or other little embellishments piled in a trio are the perfect detail to help fill in some of that perfidious open space on a main panel.
Stamps: Carnation Pure Innocence (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Orange Fizz, Cream, Sour Apple, Pink Lemonade (My Favorite Things), Aqua Mist (PTI), Alphabet Soup Girl (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Mini Rolled Rose, Jumbo Ric Rac and Dainty Dots Die-namics (My Favorite Things), Large Scallop Nestabilities, Damask Embossing Folder, Copic Markers, Sewing Machine/Thread, Divine Twine (TCP), Hot Glue, Jody Boosters
Finished Size: A2
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Gaw-geous!!! Can you guess what I'm spending my bday money on?!!ReplyDelete
Very sweet card! I love these new PIs and dies. Can't wait for the release. :DReplyDelete
Such a sweet card Susie! Love the soft colors!ReplyDelete
Your cards is soooo cute! Love the new Die-namic, gotta have it.ReplyDelete
Love this idea and yes I will have to get the rolled roses, scalloped edges. http://craftywizard.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
Sweet! Love the roses!ReplyDelete
Sweet color palette, and I love those mini rosettes.ReplyDelete
I really like the sherbert colors and all the roses are just so pretty.ReplyDelete
Too squealin' cute!!! What time savers those dies would be!!!ReplyDelete
That stamp is soooo cute!!! Love the rolled roses too!ReplyDelete
those mini rolled rose dies are a MUST HAVE!!!ReplyDelete
This is so cute, love the colors and the adorable new imageReplyDelete
Great tip on the quilling tool! Love your spring colors.... Can't wait to be done with winter. Thanks for the ray of sunshine!ReplyDelete
my husband says the same thing - have to group things in odd numbers - 3 is a good one.ReplyDelete
Love your card, it will warm anyone up!
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Gorgeous Susan, love those rolled roses together!ReplyDelete
- Donette BJanuary 2, 2011 at 9:01:00 AM CST
What a CUTE card! The bright cheery colors are just perfect for this adorable PI stamp. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
So colourful and cute! This is perfectly sweet!!!ReplyDelete
I just love those roses, your cards are always fabulous, Susie.ReplyDelete
I love your colors!! And your design is spot on Cutness!! I love it :)ReplyDelete
Susan, this is adorableReplyDelete
She is TOO cute for words!!ReplyDelete
This is beautiful!! Love this PI gal!!ReplyDelete
very cute! love the spring colors!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! Love your colors...super cute!!ReplyDelete
This is just adorable!ReplyDelete
Your colors are fantastic -- love the 3 roses together!ReplyDelete
So fresh and lovely!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 2, 2011 at 12:48:00 PM CST
OMG, how I love the flowers! This is stunning!ReplyDelete
Love the spring colors...so soft and pretty! Loved this card! thanks for posting!ReplyDelete
So darling love the PI images and your color choice is so nice and spring looking. Love it love the details.ReplyDelete
susan, you out did yourself again... love this oneReplyDelete
Super cute card, Susan! Love the spring colors and your rolled roses are amazing! :-)ReplyDelete
I love your fresh use of color -- so pretty!ReplyDelete
Love the happy colors! And this little girlie is so cute....well actually I am in love with all of them!!! Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
LOVE your card and your rolled roses!!! (=ReplyDelete
So soft and pretty, just love it.ReplyDelete
This is ADORABLE, Susan! I love your soft colors and tiny roses!ReplyDelete
Love your card...a little ray of sunshine in all this gloomy cold weather.ReplyDelete
Sweet card and beautiful rolled roses!!ReplyDelete
I feel like I'm repeating myself. This is so cute! I love your design.ReplyDelete
I love the fresh colors! Such a sweet look for the newest PI sweetie!ReplyDelete
This is beautiful Susan! Your rolled roses turned out perfectly! :DReplyDelete
this just makes me smile. the colors are fab!ReplyDelete
This is fabulous Susan!!ReplyDelete
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