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Once a year, I get together with my sorority pledge class. Immediately, we regress to the "good old days." Any new "pimples" in our lives are washed away in hugs, love, and understanding. Each year, the lines that crease when we laugh get bigger, but the Delta love is always the same. Belly laughs … oh how I love laughing about nothing important.
Today, I caught myself eavesdropping at lunch. Two older women were bragging about spending time with their granddaughters, who were probably about five years old. They cackled and clapped as they shared stories and pictures of their families.
My most recent "frequent lunch" and occasional exercise group of friends are about 15-30 years my senior. Once a month, we try to get together and paint or lunch – whichever we feel like doing. I love the wisdom they share and have come to realize that at any age, we all need a big girl cry and hug sometimes.
All great friendships are rooted in love, and love is the greatest of all.
At some point in life, we try to find the one person who completes us. Those relationships thrive most if there is a friendship and common interest to fall back on. Rather than using dating sites, one of my friends chooses travel groups and camps for grownups to nurture her sense of adventure with no obligations to please.
A recent client moved here from Brazil to finish her degree at the University of Alabama in nutrition. She has since found a group of Brazilian students to remind her of her home. These relationships, and the flowing language they shared at a recent gymnastics' meet we all attended reminded me that yes, the world is big – but opportunities to find those with common ground are everywhere if we're open to those around us.
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Memorial Day happened to fall the day before Jamie's birthday, so with a long weekend to enjoy, we drove to Colorado Springs, just an hour south of Denver, for a little mini trip. On Saturday, we went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, which is America's only mountain zoo. It's smaller than the Denver Zoo, but has a unique layout with the way it climbs up the side of a mountain, giving visitors a bit of a workout while walking through.
A ski-lift-style sky ride took us over the zoo for an aerial view, and we sailed right over the tiger pit. And a giraffe-feeding platform brought us closer to a giraffe than I had ever been.
At the top of the mountain, accessible through the zoo, although only by car and not by foot, is the Will Rogers Shrine, built by Spencer Penrose in the 1930s to honor Will Rogers, who died in a plane crash. A winding staircase leads up through various rooms, containing old photos of Will Rogers, to the top where you have an 8,000 foot-high view of the zoo and Pike's Peak region below.
Below the shrine were stone steps leading to a chapel, where the Penroses and Will Rogers are buried. Spencer Penrose was a lover of animals, and was apparently given a bear as a gift in 1916, which began his collection of exotic animals, which he housed at his ranch. Eventually as his collection grew, he founded the zoo as a safe home for his many animals.
Somehow I think Jamie would not have wanted a bear as a birthday gift!
For his birthday dinner on Tuesday, I wanted everything to be perfect, but it seems I'm a little jinxed in the kitchen when it matters - remember how I messed up the Lemon Raspberry layer cake for my Dad's birthday / Mother's Day?
Before dessert, I had planned what I hoped would be a delicious and elegant birthday dinner of creamy summer squash and carrot soup with basil oil and crostini, roasted tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and goat cheese, and Ahi tuna steak with zucchini mango salsa and a balsamic orange reduction sauce.
The basil oil was simple to make - I just blended a large handful of basil with 1/4 cup olive oil, then let it steep for a day in the refrigerator before straining it. It tasted fantastic drizzled over the soup, even though the soup itself was disappointing. The flavor was good, but the texture was grainy rather than creamy, so I must not have pureed it very well.
The tuna was tender and flavorful, and Jamie grilled it on his new Himalayan salt block which lended a subtle saltiness to the fish. The zucchini mango salsa was fresh and light.
For dessert, I had spent quite a bit of time dreaming up a trio of cheesecake, ice cream and truffles... Orange Blossom Honey Cheesecake, which I had planned to drizzle with White Chocolate Ganache, and top with Dark Chocolate Truffles, flavored with Grand Marnier and dipped in white chocolate.
And lastly, Orange Blossom Honey Ice Cream, with, of course, a shot of Grand Marnier on the side.
As sometimes happens to my grand plans, I ran into trouble. A LOT of trouble. First, I baked the cheesecake, which emerged from the oven looking absolutely perfect, but when I removed the foil, I saw to my dismay that water from the water bath had leaked through the foil, turning the bottom half of my cheesecake and crust into mush. I almost cried. And then I baked a new cheesecake all over again.
When I was ready to make the white chocolate ganache, which I've never made before, I thought it would work similar to dark chocolate ganache, which I've made many times. So I heated the cream, poured it over the white chocolate, stirred in a little liqueur, and waited.
And waited some more.
After way too much waiting, I still had a bowl of very runny, white chocolate sauce, not ganache. I thought that maybe if I poured a thin layer over the cheesecake and refrigerated it, it might start to firm up. But that never happened, and so I ended up scraping it off the cake (you might detect a few little drips in the pictures below), and made dark chocolate ganache instead.
If there's a secret to white chocolate ganache, I'm determined to figure it out. Not today, though.
The dark chocolate almost made me cry a second time when I microwaved it, only for a few seconds, to help speed up the melting process, and it "broke", which is what happens when the fat separates from the solids and it takes on a gloppy, greasy look. But trying not to panic, I heated a tiny bit more cream, and slowly drizzled that in while stirring. To my amazement, that fixed the ganache perfectly and it came right back together into a smooth and creamy mixture which I immediately spread over the cake before anything else could go wrong!
Topped with the truffles, it really was a delicious cheesecake, as I think orange and chocolate tastes wonderful together.
Jamie looked at the six candles in six truffles and asked me, "Am I turning 6? I thought I was 38!"
Try fitting 38 truffles onto a 7-inch cheesecake, though!
In spite of all the hiccups, or maybe because of them, it was a fun and memorable day.
Grand Marnier White and Dark Chocolate Truffles
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- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate (60% cacao), finely chopped
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier, or other orange liqueur
- 3-4 ounces white chocolate, chopped
- sprinkles or colored sugar
Place the chopped bittersweet chocolate in a bowl. In a small saucepan, heat the cream over medium-low heat, just until it begins to bubble. Remove from the heat. Pour the cream over the chocolate and let stand for 3 minutes. Stir with a spatula until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Stir in the Grand Marnier.
Refrigerate the ganache for about 2 hours, until it's firm enough to roll into balls. Scoop about 2 teaspoons of chocolate and roll between your hands into a ball; place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining chocolate. Place in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Melt the white chocolate according to the instructions on the package. Dip the dark chocolate balls into the melted white chocolate (a toothpick or cake pop stick might make it easier). Place on a baking sheet with a clean piece of parchment paper. Sprinkle each truffle with sprinkles or colored sugar.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving, and refrigerate any leftovers.
Yields about 10-12 truffles.
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen
Orange Blossom Honey Ice Cream
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- 2 cups whole milk
- zest of 2 oranges
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup orange blossom honey
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup orange juice (juice from 2 oranges)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 tablespoons Grand Marnier, or other orange liqueur (optional)
In a large saucepan, combine the milk, orange zest, sugar and honey. Bring to a simmer over medium low heat and stir to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat. Stir in the remaining ingredients.
Pour into a container, cover and refrigerate until well chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight.
Strain mixture to remove the zest, then freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions of your ice cream maker. Transfer to a container and freeze until firm, 4-6 hours.
Yields about 1 1/2 quarts.
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen
Orange Blossom Honey Cheesecake with Dark Chocolate Ganache
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- 3/4 cup crushed honey graham crackers (about 1 "sleeve")
- 1/2 cup almond meal flour (or raw almonds, toasted and very finely crushed)
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 pound (two 8-ounce boxes) low-fat cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/3 cup orange blossom honey
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons orange extract
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup low-fat sour cream
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 ounces dark bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 tablespoon Grand Marnier, or other orange liqueur
- This recipe can easily be doubled and baked in a 9 or 10-inch spring form pan for a larger/standard-sized cheesecake. Baking time may need to be increased a little.
- If using almonds instead of almond flour, toast the almonds first by spreading on a baking sheet and baking at 350 for 8-10 minutes until they are very fragrant. Crush in a food processor.
Getting Ready:
Preheat the oven to 350. Wrap a small spring form pan (7 inches in diameter, with 2 1/2 inch-high sides) with 2 layers of heavy foil (the foil will prevent the water from the water bath from leaking into the cake). Spray the inside bottom and sides of the pan with non-stick spray.
Prepare the Crust:
In a bowl, combine the crushed graham crackers, almond flour, sugar and salt. Drizzle the melted butter over the crumbs and toss with a fork to moisten. Press the crumbs into the bottom and halfway up the sides of the pan.
Freeze crust in the pan for 10 minutes, then bake for 10 minutes. Set aside while you prepare the filling.
Reduce the oven temperature to 300.
Prepare the Filling:
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese for 3 minutes until smooth and creamy. Add the honey, sugar, vanilla, orange extract and zest, and beat for 5 minutes until light and smooth. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition. Beat in the sour cream and heavy cream. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl and beat for several more minutes for a very light and airy batter.
Pour the batter over the crust and smooth out the surface. The pan should be full almost to the top.
Place the spring form pan into a baking dish or roasting pan. Pour boiling or very hot water into the baking dish so that it comes halfway up the sides of the pan. Bake for 1 hour, to 1 hour and 20 minutes, until the top is a pale golden brown, a crust has formed on top, and the cake has risen slightly; the cake will still seem jiggly if you shake it, though. Turn off the oven, and let the cheesecake sit in the warm oven for 1 more hour. Transfer to a wire rack on the counter and cool for 1 hour. Place in the refrigerator and cool for at least 4 hours, or overnight.
Make the Ganache:
Place the chopped bittersweet chocolate in a bowl. In a small saucepan, heat the cream over medium-low heat, just until it begins to bubble. Remove from the heat. Pour the cream over the chocolate and let stand for 3 minutes. Stir with a spatula until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Stir in the Grand Marnier. Let ganache sit at room temperature for 10-15 minutes, until thickened slightly to the right consistency for spreading/pouring on top of the cheesecake.
While the ganache is thickening, take a sharp knife and run it around the edges of the cake to loosen the crust from the pan. Remove the sides of the pan. Serve the cake on its metal base, or if you're careful, you can slide a large spatula under the crust to transfer it from the base to a serving plate or cake pedestal.
Pour the ganache over the cake, letting it run down the sides if you like. Chill in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to set the ganache before slicing.
Yields 6-8 servings.
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen


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In cool nun news, Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced Wednesday it is exploring sainthood for Sister Blandina Segale, an Italian-born nun who challenged Billy the Kid, calmed angry mobs, and helped open New Mexico territory hospitals and schools.
In "Let's make the church more welcoming" news, a bishop in Wisconsin is requiring decisions regarding the baptisms of children of same-sex couples to be routed through his office. The memo that went out reads, "a plethora of difficulties, challenges, and considerations associated with these unnatural unions (including scandal) linked with the baptism of a child, and such considerations touch upon theology, canon law, pastoral approach, liturgical adaptation, and sacramental recording."
Also in welcoming news, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila wants his priests to stop saying "Good morning" during Mass. Cardinal Tagle is one of the youngest members of the College of Cardinals, and was speculated to be one of the candidates for pope, before Pope Francis was elected.
In SCOTUS news, the Supreme Court struck down restrictions creating no-protest buffer zones around clinics that provide services including abortion in McCullen v. Coakley, saying that the buffer zone laws violate the First Amendment. Pro-lifers are celebrating the decision, but they may be making it out to be more than it actually is. The court did not issue a decision about the much-anticipated Hobby Lobby case. That decision is expected now on Monday. (In related news: Most Americans have a favorable opinion of the HHS mandate that employers provide health insurance that includes contraception coverage.)
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Spitbank Fort or Spitsand Fort or Spit Sand Fort or simply Spit Fort is a sea fort built as a result of the 1859 Royal Commission. The fort is located in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England.
Work on constructing the fort started in 1861 but was soon halted for a review into the best way to defend the Solent and approaches to Portsmouth Harbour. Work restarted in 1867 and was completed in 1878.
Spitbank is smaller than the two main Solent forts, Horse Sand Fort and No Man's Land Fort. Its main purpose was as a further line of defence for ships that made it past the two main forts. It is 162 feet in diameter across at its base, with 1 floor and a basement and armour plating only on the seaward side. It was originally planned to have been armed with nine 10" eighteen ton rifled muzzle loader (RML) guns on the seaward side, and six 7" seven ton RML guns on the landward side. However, by the time of completion the plan had changed so that the seaward side received nine 12.5-inch muzzle-loading (RML) guns. From 1884 more modern 12-inch breechloading guns were installed and these were in service until after World War I.
In 1898 the role of the fort was changed to defend against light craft and the roof was fitted out with two 4.7" guns and searchlights. In the early 1900s all but three original large guns were removed. Minor upgrades to the smaller guns and searchlights continued through the years.
The fort was declared surplus to requirements in 1962 and disposed of by the Ministry of Defence in 1982. The fort is now privately owned and opens as a museum. It has 50 rooms, has its own dance hall, restaurant, has been available for private functions and has limited accommodation available. It was the venue for the Coaltion Festival in the summer of 2009, and other psytrance and hard dance parties.
In 2009 it was put on sale for GB£800,000 but was sold before auction, reportedly for more than £1m.
Owner Neale Brickwood bought the fort with two partners and had wanted to create a microbrewery at the fort. He said "The original Victorians drilled this well out. (It) actually goes down 400 feet into the seabed. It's fresh water from the chalk aquifer that runs down from Portsdown Hill to the Isle of Wight, which obviously filters the water." He plans to use this source of water to brew his beer.
Apart from those already mentioned there is one other sea fort, built just off the north east coast of the Isle of Wight, St Helens Fort
Hier een leuk artikel met mooie plattegrond
En een link naar de site van de nieuwe eigenaar die van het fort een hotel heeft gemaakt (link staat al ergens op het forum maar die kan ik niet meer vinden...)
Spitbank Fort
Algemene discussie over Britse fortificaties
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De bovenste foto is van de Marinedienstvorschrift M.Dv. 502/4 "Flottenstützpunkte und Küstenbefestigungen - Portsmouth" 1939. De onderste foto werd genomen in 2013. Spitbank Fort is een luxe hotel geworden.
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Pracht werk zeg....
Mooi die moderne bunker op het oude steenwerk... prachtig contrast.
Mooi die moderne bunker op het oude steenwerk... prachtig contrast.
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Today the Irish Times column, An Irishman's Diary, recalled the explorer and naturalist Dr David Walker, who was born in Belfast in 1837. He was educated at Befast Academical Institution and at Queen's College Belfast and then became a licentaite of the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin.
Dr Walker was the surgeon, naturalist and photographer on an expedition which left Aberdeen on 1 July 1857 to search for Sir John Franklin, who had disappeared while trying to discover the North West Passage. The expedition was led by Captain F L McClintock and it returned to London on 23 September 1859, after two years away, including 250 days trapped in the ice. During the journey he collected flora, fauna and geological specimens and carried out scientific observations and experiments. On his return he presented papers of his findings to both academic and public meetings.
Walker was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy, a fellow of the Royal Georgraphical Society and a fellow of the Linnean Society. He also received the Arctic medal.
In the 1860s he went on an expedition to British Columbia and then crossed the border in the United States of America. He served with the American army for fourteen years on the northwest frontier and then from 1883 to 1887 he was the resident doctor in a gold mining town in California. Walker moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1889 and died there on 11 May 1917. His death was reported in the New York Times but there was no mention in any papers in the United Kingdom.
Some years ago when Belfast City Council published a volume on Celebrated Citizens of Belfast, Walker did not even make it into the book, a regrettable omission. I have not yet had the chance to check in the new Dictionary of Irish Biography but hopefully he is included there.


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The Wealth Poverty Buys
The Letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov
They wrote over 450 letters to each other between 1953 and 1985, often twice or three times a week, exchanging poems and commenting on them, copying for each other long passages from books they were reading, gossiping about their contemporaries. When they began corresponding, and for many years after, they were two unknown poets, Denise Levertov in New York or Mexico and Robert Duncan in San Francisco, struggling to make ends meet and depending on a small circle of literary friends for moral support. "Poetry's the wealth poverty buys," A.R. Ammons says somewhere. They published their poems and essays in small magazines with tiny circulations that were nearly impossible to obtain outside a few bookstores scattered across the country.
Duncan and Levertov rarely met face to face and when they did it was usually for no more than a day or two, and yet they were extremely close for almost thirty years. Levertov shared many of her most intimate secrets with Duncan, who was less forthcoming about his own private life. As she said in an interview, "No matter what anybody else said and however much praise and approval I got from other quarters, if I didn't have his, it didn't mean much to me."1 Their friendship was gradually broken up during the Vietnam War. They disagreed over how—if at all—poetry could be both politically useful and aesthetically sound. Duncan doubted it could. After a final angry exchange of letters, they stopped corresponding regularly in 1972 and were in touch only on rare occasions until Duncan's death in 1988. In the richness of their prose and their knowledge and in their escalating drama, their letters read like an epistolary novel with an unhappy ending.
Robert Duncan was born in 1919 in Oakland, California, and adopted as an infant after his mother died in childbirth and his father, who worked as a day laborer, could not afford to keep him. His foster parents were devout theosophists who consulted horoscopes and astrological charts while picking out which child to adopt. He grew up amid séances and meetings of the Hermetic Brotherhood and recalls his elders speaking in hushed or deepened voices, or speaking in voices that were not their own. He was told at that early age that his forebears witnessed the destruction of Atlantis and that he himself was fated to witness a second death of civilization by fire and holocaust.
Duncan went to high school in Bakersfield, and in 1936 enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, where he traded the writings of Madame Blavatsky and other occult classics for leftist politics. He read Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein, published his first poems on social issues and class conflict, and started his own magazine. He dropped out of school in 1938, briefly attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and moved on to Philadelphia to join a male lover who had been one of his instructors at Berkeley.
In 1941 he was drafted and sent to San…
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My wonderful friend Rosie from Rosie Bakes a Peace of Cake has awarded me with this award. I am so touched and feel so honoured to have received this. I enjoy and love blogging and it was Rosie who encouraged me to start my own blog, I am so happy I took her advice. She is a true inspiration to me and she never ceases to amaze me with her beautiful creations. I just wish we lived near so I could sample those creations! Thank you so much Rosie for not only being a good friend to me over these years but for believing in me! Love and hugs, xxx.
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Former MLS Goalkeeper & Latham-trained Attorney Secured through 2014 Season
SANDY, UT (Friday, September 10, 2010) – Real Salt Lake General Manager Garth Lagerwey has signed a four-year contract extension, ensuring his presence in the RSL front office through the 2014 Major League Soccer season, RSL President Bill Manning announced today. Under Lagerwey's stewardship, RSL has undergone a massive competitive transformation, advancing to consecutive Conference Finals and delivering to the state of Utah its first major-league professional championship in nearly 40 years.
"Garth has been one of the major forces behind our successful rise on the field, which has also had a positive effect on our overall business operation," said Manning. "He is talented, well thought out and in my opinion one of the sharpest young minds in the game today. It was important to me and our ownership that we ensure for our fans a perennial championship contender, and that we reward Garth for his success and guarantee consistency in the front office."
Lagerwey works closely with former Duke University and Dallas Burn teammate and current RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis regarding player acquisitions, scouting, the MLS Draft and all player personnel-related matters. Both have successfully implemented a culture where players, staff and fans work as one for the RSL shield, epitomizing a "Team is the Star" attitude. Lagerwey, Kreis and the team's coaches – Jeff Cassar, Robin Fraser and Miles Joseph – compose the lone technical staff among MLS' 16 current teams comprised entirely of former MLS players. Since Lagerwey's arrival at nearly the precise midpoint of the team's six-season plus history, RSL's fortunes have improved dramatically:
Lagerwey Era Previous Regime
Games (reg. season) 90 88
Wins 35 19 46% increase
Losses 28 48 42% decrease
Ties 27 21
Points 132 78 40% increase
Pts/Game 1.47 0.87
Win Pct. .539 .335 21% increase
Playoff Games 7 0
Playoff Record 3-1-3 n/a
Championships 1 0
*** Reflects games played through Sept. 9, 2010
"This contract extension is an embodiment of the work put in by so many people other than myself. This is my dream job and RSL's success would not be possible without the consistent excellence of our players and the tireless work of our staff," said Lagerwey, hired by Checketts after crossing paths in a transaction involving the NHL's St. Louis Blues.
"It is a rare opportunity that I have been given to work for Dave Checketts, who gave me a chance when no one else would have. I am grateful for the culture he has created where we need not be afraid to fail and where we have consistent opportunities to ask questions, to learn and to grow. I hope to reward his faith by fulfilling the mission he has laid before all of us to construct a dynasty here at RSL.
"I also want to thank Dell Loy Hansen for the injection of energy he has given our club in the past year. It is a pleasure to work for Bill Manning and I have learned a great deal under his mentorship. Perhaps most of all, I look forward to continuing to work with my friend and teammate of nearly 20 years, Jason Kreis. He constantly challenges me to provide the environment our team needs to succeed and we make each other better.
"Our vision to create a player-centric organization is the foundation of our collective success and our philosophy that the 'Team is the Star' is one that permeates our organization both on and off the field. Working together, we can win multiple championships and reward the devotion of our fans, without whom we would not have our Rio Tinto Stadium unbeaten streak nor our MLS Cup triumph."
Since arriving to Utah in September, 2007, Lagerwey has successfully negotiated contract extensions of several critical players, including GK Nick Rimando, MF Javier Morales, FW Fabian Espíndola, DF Chris Wingert, DF Jamison Olave, MF Andy Williams and current Captain Kyle Beckerman. Over the past three-plus seasons, these "core" individuals have established the foundation for RSL.
Additionally, Lagerwey has been critical in the identification and recruitment of several key pieces to Real Salt Lake's deep postseason runs in recent years, including last season's MLS Cup championship and this year's Supporters' Shield challenger status, including DF Nat Borchers, MF Will Johnson, DF Robbie Russell and former MF Clint Mathis – each of whom left careers in Europe to return stateside in 2008 and bolster Real Salt Lake.
Along the way, Lagerwey successfully engineered deals to create the deepest bench in Major League Soccer, acquiring starting-caliber players Ned Grabavoy and Rauwshan McKenzie off waivers and trading for both Pablo Campos and Luis Gil. Depth has also been added via the MLS SuperDraft, as DF Tony Beltran, MF Jean Alexandre and MF Collen Warner have logged significant minutes in various competitions in their young careers.
In anticipation of RSL's participation in the 2010/11 CONCACAF Champions League, Lagerwey also engineered loan deals for Costa Rican international FW Álvaro Saborío – currently RSL's leading goal scorer – and Argentine utility player Nelson Gonzalez, each of whom have played a critical role this year.
Lagerwey and Kreis have engineered an extensive Real Salt Lake overhaul, molding a glut of new faces into a competitive unit that opened the state-of-the-art Rio Tinto Stadium in 2008 and dramatically qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs on the final weekend of the year in both 2008 and 2009. Currently, RSL is competing on three fronts: challenging for the 2010 MLS Supporters' Shield (regular-season champion), positioning itself for the MLS Cup Playoffs (beginning in November) and competing in the 2010/11 CONCACAF Champions League, a regional competition with a trip to the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup awaiting the winner.
Lagerwey has been intimately involved in Major League Soccer circles since the League's inception in 1996, when he began his five-year career as a goalkeeper for the Kansas City Wizards (1996), the Dallas Burn (1997-98), and Miami Fusion FC (1999-2000). Lagerwey's three stints in the League's early days allowed him to cross paths with a handful of current RSL players and coaches, including Williams, Rimando, Beckerman, Cassar, and Kreis.
A native of Elmhurst, Ill., Lagerwey's sharp wit and knowledge of American soccer at all levels made him a natural fit in the media realm, getting his start by filling in as a guest writer for Sports Illustrated and SI.com writer Grant Wahl's weekly soccer column. Lagerwey traded his pen for a microphone upon retirement and served as a color analyst for D.C. United's television broadcasts on Comcast Sportsnet during parts of seven MLS seasons (2001-07).
Lagerwey joined Real Salt Lake from the law firm of Latham & Watkins, where he served as an associate in the Corporate Department of the firm's Washington, D.C. office. A graduate of both Duke University (BA, 1994) and Georgetown University Law School (JD, 2004), Lagerwey's experience in the practice's Sports, Media & Entertainment; Investment & Strategic Ventures; and Mergers & Acquisitions divisions included assistance in a client's acquisition of a minority portion of the NHL's St. Louis Blues, the majority owner of which is SCP Worldwide; the buying and selling of companies in a variety of fields; and extensive fund formation and management of the investment funds for the Carlyle Group, with emphasis in the energy sector.
Latham and Watkins' Los Angeles office spawned the careers of Major League Soccer Founder Alan I. Rothenberg, for whom the League's first-ever Cup Championship trophy was named, as well as that of current MLS President Mark Abbott. Former MLS Deputy Commissioner Ivan Gazidis – currently the Chief Operating Officer of famed English club Arsenal – began his career in the firm's London office.
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When I try to login to either trash it or just do anything it either redirects me to that same message or just continuously brings me back to that login screen. I'd like to either shut off comments entirely or even just delete the blog permanently, but since I can't login to do anything like that I'm stuck just getting spam emails constantly.
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The Blogs have now been fixed, you can login and use them again, see here. With regard to the spam comments, you can disable commenting or close comments on old posts to prevent new ones. You can also disable the email alerts. All of these are in the settings either under discussion or on main site or profile for the alerts.
I have also updated all the blog software, and installed Akismet to tackle both new and existing spam. You will need to get an API key from Akismet, which is free for personal use (it tells you how when you activate the plugin).
The best way to deal with the spam is to click 'check for spam' from the comments page, note that this only works on 'pending' or 'unapproved' comments - if you have a large volume of spam comments that are approved (I think it auto approves after a time) please let me know and I can go into the DB and mass unapprove all non-user comments and that should allow Akismet to process them. Or I can mass set them as spam or mass delete comments as well if you need it.
If using Akismet, note that it can only process approx 10,000 comments at a time, so if you have a lot (JZine had 700,000+) you will either need to run it multiple times or ask for it to mass cleared in the db.
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Well, Outlook lost my incoming email not once but twice -- three years of emails! I suspect that it had to do with one of their updates as I had Business Contact Manager and that required .Net.
Needless to say, I will NEVER trust Outlook ever again.
Barca has been tremendous as a much better alternative.
Has anyone else ever lost data in Outlook and what tool did you use to recover the data? Microsoft's scanpst.exe tool sucks and probably simply overwrites data it can't fix.
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Cat Zingano on schedule for Ronda Rousey title fight
- Ronda Rousey defeated Sara McMann in 66 seconds Saturday night
- Recovering from injury%2C Cat Zingano wants the next shot at Rousey
- Cristiane %22Cyborg%22 Justino would like a shot at Rousey as well.
On the subject of Ronda Rousey's next opponent, the one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that, in a fair world, top contender Cat Zingano would get the next shot at the Ultimate Fighting Championship women's bantamweight title.
What they disagree on is whether the UFC is such a world, or whether Zingano will be ready to go by the time the next window of opportunity opens in Rousey's increasingly busy schedule.
The champ is expected to begin filming a full-length film version of HBO's Entourage in March, and she'll likely be busy promoting her work in The Expendables 3 in the summer.
Late summer "seems like a cool time" to fight, Rousey told reporters after dispatching Sara McMann via first round TKO at UFC 170, "but I might want to fight sooner than that."
As Rousey steamrolls through opponents, however, finding one who seems worthy of the challenge will only get tougher. Zingano earned the shot with a TKO win against Miesha Tate in April, but a subsequent knee injury forced her into surgery. Then in January, just as her recovery was getting underway, her husband and coach, Mauricio Zingano, was found dead of an apparent suicide.
"The poor girl has been through a lot over the last year," UFC President Dana White said after UFC 170. "But I agree with Ronda. She's next in line."
According to her manager, Ed Soares, Zingano still wants the fight and could be ready to go "as early as June."
"She texted me last night right after the fight," Soares told USA TODAY Sports. "Cat watched the fight, and she's focused, she's motivated, her recovery is going well, and physically, she's getting back. She's had a rocky road since her surgery, especially with all the personal stuff that's happened to her. But Cat is one of those people who can take the negative energy and use it as a motivator to go get that belt."
But as Zingano recovers, other contenders continue to make their cases in the cage. Soft-spoken Canadian Alexis Davis won her third UFC fight in a row with a split-decision against Jessica Eye on the UFC 170 prelims, and she was quick to offer her services as a potential challenger.
"Of course I'll say yes," Davis said at the post-fight press conference. "I've been fighting for so long, and who else is 3-0 in the UFC, other than the girl sitting right down from me (Rousey)?"
But as the Rousey train rolls on, calls for her to face former Strikeforce and current Invicta FC featherweight champion Cristiane "Cyborg" Justino will likely grow louder.
Late last week Justino released a statement announcing her intention to drop to bantamweight in order to retire Rousey "like I did Gina Carano," who stopped fighting to pursue a full-time acting career after suffering a TKO loss to Justino in 2009.
Immediately after Rousey's latest win, Justino tweeted that she was glad the champion had been victorious because "now I can kick her ass in December."
White, who's been dismissive of Justino in the past, said she would have to prove she can make 135 pounds first, and she'd have to sign a deal with UFC, neither of which is going to be easy.
But if all that happens and she remains healthy?
Maybe we can do it," he said.
If Rousey keeps knocking off challengers with such ease, maybe he'll have to.
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I suffer from anxiety so much! And I want to start this cold shower therapy, but will it negatively effect my high blood pressure? btw this high blood pressure is all new ever since I've started with these headaches that seem like tension. (alot if pain on almost a daily basis) will the CST be a good solution for me? Does it help with headaches? Thanx so much!!
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Marissa, all your symptoms are common in heavy metal poisoning. Do you detox periodically? Master Cleanse? Take Vit/min supplement? Eat lots of greens, Chlorella? Oil Pull? it could likely be anything else like allergy or who knows, just sayin' it's likely.
From what I've read, cold shower therapy can be dangerous for LOW blood pressure folks. Try CST s l o w l y. Just a little cool at end of shower, more cooler and end of next shower etc.
I would do the CST along with other detox methods. A high profile, high potency multivitamin/mineral/foods supplement as directed on label alone will help very much if you are one who never supplement.
I just want to say that cold showers are great for major depression and anxiety disorder, but they don't help much if you don't shower your head. First, I was doing cold showers but was avoiding showering my head. It helped but I still had a lot of anxiety and depression going on. Then, after trying to SHOWER NOT ONLY MY BODY BUT MY HEAD too with cold water (I was told it's good for hair loss), I felt like I was born again. Plus, my hair doesn't seem to fall out much any more.
About two months ago I was having yet another anxiety attack in the middle of the night. I got up and Googled and wound up at your site. Thank goodness! I read all the testamonials for Cold Shower Therapy. I tried it and much to my amazement I have felt so much better! I am grounded,emotionally stable and strong. My skin feels fabulous, my hair is soft and shiny, I am energized and also relaxed. I have tried so many treatments for severe depression,anxiety and panic attacks. CST has helped me beyond my wildest dreams. Yes, I now sleep so well that I am having amazing dreams as well. Thank you for this great resource and community !!!!!
I use the cold shower therapy everyday now, I try to do it at least twice a day. I also practice falun dafa which results me in good health also. Two power combination. I have more energy, more alert, less anxiety and less depression. It is uncomfortable at the beginning but well worth it.
Well, I found your site from a link on paxilprogress.org and I suggested this "crazy idea" to my husband who's been dealing with panic attacks and anxiety. He hopped in, screamed for a few minutes, and came out looking a lot better than he had in a long time. I figured I'd "take the plunge" as well, just to try it out. As a FORMER hot-shower addict, I have to say that cold showers are IT!! I feel amazing, my face isn't dry, my hair is silky, etc. Plus, my husband happened to jump back in and...well, let's just say that "taking a cold shower" has a whole new meaning for us! ;)
I started cold showers about three or four weeks ago and I love them now. They seem to help me get rejuvenated in the morning and I have had less anxiety. Everyone should try them.
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Oh God...this is the most greatest thing in the world. I embrace the Eastern philosophy of medicine which talks about natural and organic treatments to the ailments that we all suffer. Unlike Western medicine that gives you toxic pills to swallow only to treat the symptoms and not to cure you. I feel great. I've never been so happy and energetic in my life and I feel like I'm high all day long...of course with out the impairment of psychotropic drugs. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...yeah, there is the hesitation associated with jumping into a swimming pool, but please, just "bite the bullet" and do it.....every day.
Wichita, Kansas
I agree. The Western medicine is atrocious. The only side effects I get from them is insomnia, weight gain, nervousness, and irritability. But most of all it tastes bad. I am glad to embrace the Eastern way of handling the problems with my body through taking cold baths and nasal cleansing. It works. It worked for Neiman in the Bible (leprosy), it worked for Father Sebastian Kneipp (tuberculosis), and it works for me (asthma and allergies).
Toronto, Canada
Here's my own personal story that is related to this concept.
I've always been the person with the weakest immune system, when I was a kid I had anemia, and since then I would get the flu 3-4 times a year, each time resulting in 3 weeks in bed for recovery.
Then at age 25 by pure fluke I started taking cold showers (ok it was no fluke, I couldn't pay my heat bill so they cut off the hot water :S), and I immediatley started feeling a difference. I went on close to 5 years now without getting sick once! (I did eventually pay my bill but continued taking cold showers). As a matter of fact I once stayed in a household full of sick people, shaking hands, hugging and kissing, and I was the only who didn't get sick, even though I had the worst medical history of all of them.
Ever since, I've been taking cold showers exclusively. I've varied it now so that I start out with a hot shower, then halfway through I flip to cold water until my body temperature gets to the point where the water stops feeling cold and starts feeling refreshing. What this does is it promotes the flow of blood throughout your whole body, first by forcing the blood out of your organs to your skin (that's why your skin looks red-ish), then the cold water sends them rushing back into your vital organs. The amount of energy you gain is incredible, try it, you won't be sorry! Not to mention its better for your posture, & cures back pain.
Anyways, point is that showering with cold water everyday fools your body into thinking that you are about to get sick, so your immune system gets triggered and is prepared for any virus or microbes coming your way for the rest of the day.
I find it sad and ironic, that I've wasted thousands upon thousands of dollars going to doctors, taking medication, trying everything so that I can live a normal life without fearing something as trivial as a little WIND, having to spend 60-70 days a year in bed recovering, and the answer was as simple as a cold shower!
I don't understand why this isn't common knowledge. The answer isn't to try and cure diseases, it is prevention. Simple prevention.
In contrast, hot showers are so bad for you I'm surprised there are no awareness campaigns against them. Hot showers cause depression, bad posture, back pain, lowering of the immune system, low energy, they are horrible for your skin as they dry it out completely and makes your skin looser and makes you look older, its bad for your hair as it also dries it out and makes it weak and brittle...
In life there are few things that are for sure. Love, Reltionships, Religion, god, the future, the stock market....
But now, as silly as this sounds. the only sure thing in my life is a cold shower every morning!
Budapest, Hungary
Let's be serious!
Hydrotherapy wasn't invented by the East, and not all people use all the day heavy synthetic drugs in the West. Moreover, in some situations you must use those heavy drugs to save your life. Even the "Easterners" know this, because they have adopted the "Western" medicine that has saved millions of life. Let's keep ourselves on the middle of the road.
I've been suffering from anxiety and depression for years, and recently I've started to get panic attacks. I finally got motivated to start researching my problem on my own because I've discovered that doctors (at least the ones I've been too) are useless.
I've discovered a lot of useful information on this website, but what really caught my eye is the cold shower therapy. I've never taken a cold shower in my life so I tried it today. Honestly, I've never felt so great. I don't know what it did to me, but I got a terrible fit of the giggles that lasted half an hour. I feel a lot better, and motivated, which is rare for me especially in the morning. I'll keep it up and see what else happens, but I definitely recommend trying it, for whatever reason. And Thank You for this great website!
Moscow, Russia
Dear Earth Clinic,
Thank you for this excellent forum on cold water therapy. I had an anxiety which seemed to 'come from nowhere'. Cold baths work on this much better than cold showers. Also swimming in the sea or lakes. There is a tradition of doing this in Russia and also northern China: but in modern times people think it is madness. In this time of credit crunch (2009) this is a practice which everyone can afford.
I have a question to people on this forum: what about time? I do it for 1-4 minutes, 2 times a day, before and after sleeping, every day, as my uncle showed me, like the brushing of the teeth. (The washing with warm water and soap I do before or after this: it seems not to matter which.) It seems that a longer time is not beneficial at all. So I am interested to know other people's ideas about timing.
Another question: I work sometimes in Arabia where it is very hot in the Summer times. There is no problem to make a bath of water, but it is not very cold. So do people know of any device/machine which can be put in a bath to make the water cold? Putting ice from the fridge is OK but this method needs a lot of ice.
Kind regards,
Lake Jackson, TX
I live in texas and in the summer months there is often no cold water in the taps. I am sure several people have this problem. May i suggest buying one of those basic camping showers that come with a hose and hanging bag. You can put the bag in the fridge every night before bed and have an ice cold shower for the morning. Most of them have some sort of hook so you can hang it right on your shower head.
Melbourne, Austrailia
Loon Lake, Washington, Usa
Dear Igor from Russia, I have done hot and cold showers for many years. I have found that 3 minutes hot to 1 minute cold is just about right. Do this at least 3 times and each time increase the hot and then increase the cold. You will be surprised how much hotter and how much colder you can go. I aways end with cold and go at least 3 to 4 minutes longer on the last cold. You will feel amazing! When you are sore from working out or working hard, do the hot and cold, most of the time you will have no soreness when you are through. The hot opens the vessels and lets the blood flow freely and then the cold constricts the vessels and pushes all the old blood and toxins out, replacing it with fresh oxygenated blood, so you want to do this a few times to get all the pain causing toxins out. When ever you take a cold shower you want to do a few times of hot and cold to get the most benefit out of it. I hope this is helpful.
I took my first cold shower today, after reading about cold shower benefits on your website. It really does feel good! I was a little scared and started with lukewarm water. Brought it down as most as I could tolerate it. But man, the other people are right - it really does give you a ton of energy! I suffer from depression, anxiety and panic attacks, and this shower seemed to my anxiety in check. Thank you!
Hey! John from Arlington, TX, howdy. I thought "I" invented this cure for panic attacks. ;)
I started taking cold showers after I developed panic disorder, general anxiety disorder, and moderate depression. Cold showers have been the best distraction out of any other distraction to get a panic attack to go away. It feels so good when I take a cold shower that it is like an addiction to me. I feel instant gratification both physically and mentally when I take cold showers. They our the best to get rid of negative thoughts, minor physical pains from within the body, fear from a panic attack, and anger. At first I tense my muscles together so I can get use to it and then I let them un tense and let the water flow and it feels so great. Also I feel that my body is working better and I am a lot more alert and awake. I always feel like I am regenerated afterwards no matter how much I am going through. It is an intense body high. I would recommend this to anyone who suffers from anxiety, depression, or addiction problems. Remember when you take any of these three away you need to replace them with something else and cold showers is a great safe alternative that works wonders!
Anxiety, Depression
When I was a kid around the age of 9 or 10 I developed severe separation anxiety from my parents. It was hell just dropping me off at school in the morning, and was sleeping in my mothers bed at that age because leaving her caused me such distress. My anxiety disappeared sometime from turning 10-11 years old, I'm 17 now and about 1-2 years ago my anxiety returned but in a form of social anxiety and just whatever the 'bad feeling' could attach itself to. Like my anxiety is just a base feeling and attaches to whatever might cause me distress such as socializing in school which is a big stress for me as I am a pretty self conscious person.
Only about 2-3 days ago I came home from a jog and checked my Facebook and happened to notice a page "cold showers after a workout" and decided to try it out as I was pretty sweaty and hot from running (I live in Texas it starts to get warm/hot this time of year). I had my first cold shower probably about 3 days ago. I felt very refreshed and energized and almost anew after my first cold shower.
Now after only 2 days of practicing cold showers I have to say, it's definitely got some sort of therapeutic value in it for me. My thoughts seem clearer and a bit more focused but most of all I noticed the energy and motivation gain. I didn't have to make myself want to jog anymore, the jog was no longer an endurance. It was fun and I kept pushing harder and felt like it wasn't a chore but a pleasure. Everything seems the same way, it's no longer something I just have to do I enjoy doing more things. I guess to sum it up it's helped with my depression which I have also been suffering from since my recurring anxiety.
The most amazing moment during a cold shower is when you flip from hot to freezing water and nothing is there but the shock and the feeling of the freezing water rushing around your body. It's almost like a spiritual release of stress because your mind goes into a shock and all you can think of is how uncomfortable the water is, and on top of that it's healthy! My acne seems to be smaller, still breaking out but it's not huge bumps anymore more like dots which is amazing because severe acne runs in my family. It's been 3 days since I started and it's almost like hot water is uncomfortable and cold water is where the relaxation is at. It's just amazing. I highly reccomend this to anyone, don't be scared I encourage you to flip that shower handle from hot to no heat whatsoever. You'll know when there is no heat in the water when the lever or whatever u use to adjust your water temperature gets to a certain point and you can hear the pipes make a lighter noise.
To get the best mental results ( ie not skin health or hair loss but the mental clearness and motivational feeling) I would recommend no Luke warm. Endure the cold and it will gift you with a fortitude of mental strength and clearness. It's like a high when you first flip it to cold, don't focus on how cold the water is just try to think of something else while that waters rushing around you and you'll realize your completely stress free! Ok ive written too much! I hope you all can find the same experience with this as me. Good luck and glad I found this site many other remedies I intend on trying.
Reston, Va
Cold Baths
Thank you for the useful article given for woman's not to take cold shower during menstruation. Good message! Why do getting sneezing, nose destroy after taking bath in cold water for few minutes? Did taking cold water bath immediately after an exercise is good for health? Taking cold water bath will keep the body physical and mentally active?
I live in Norway, and was delighted to read all the feedback on cold baths and showers. Through my job, I had access to a cabin on the ocean, and bathed during the summertime (17-18 Celsius). I felt great afterwords(hot shower to wash the salt off). On a dare, we swam later and later into the fall, swimming until the water was 12C, and always getting an incredibly invigorating experience. It became the absolute highlight of every trip to the cabin! I thought this was all to do with the ocean, for some reason, and it never occurred to me that a cold shower or bath would give me the same results! It is exactly as described here by so many: I swam around until I didn't feel cold anymore, then stayed until I started to feel chilled (arms start getting heavy in 12C! ). Then into the hot shower, and out again incredibly re-invigorated. What an interesting website!
Michelbach-le-bas, Alsace, France
It is Autumn here now but we keep the swimming pool running for a while longer so that we can have a swim during our sauna sessions (we have a little infra-red sauna in our garden). It is a bit of an effort at first but after a few minutes you don't feel the cold anymore. The second time around is even easier maybe because by then the circulation is flowing like mad. After we close the pool because of frost we will still leave the garden shower going for a while. Too bad when everything is gone but then we come inside to have our cold showers. Funny enough my allergies make me sneeze a lot with differences of temperature but never with this.
In the early 90's I took part in a trial of cold bath therapy. This consisted of taking a cold bath every morning and started off at 22 degrees C for 5 minutes and increasing the time and decreasing the temperature so that when one got to 14 degrees C one was immersed in the water for 20 minutes. That proved to be too long for me, but I did manage 14 degrees for 10 minutes and I must say, having done the therapy for a period of 6 months, I felt extraordinarily well on it. I have now decided to resume it and, having done my first 5 minutes in 22 degrees this morning, am feeling really rather well!
The therapy was thought out by a Pakistani physician here in the UK initially as a cure for Asthma and then ME. I have however lost all reference to him and the therapy and would be grateful if someone knows anything and would care to share! Happy cold bathing!
EC: FYI, 22 C is about 72 F.
Brisbane, Australia
Funny you mentioning this asian fellow. I still have the cut out from the original telegraph /times (?) article in my lockbox at home. I can scan it for you.
I am taking cold baths now. I feel there is a better difference between the bath and the shower. For me the cold bath helps me to better recover from the night's sleep. My routine of starting my day is easier when I take baths than showers. While the bathwater's running, I can irrigate my nasal passages, wash my face, and play my music. I still get all the benefits of cold showers, but in a different way. I have more energy than taking the shower, and the energy lasts all day. 12 inches of water in my tub is not all possible but I do fill up. I am so happy about cold baths because they work.
Newport, Gwent, Uk
Hi there, I have just come across this site whilst looking up the health benefits of cold showers/baths. The only reason I thought to do this is because there is a New Years Day swim in the sea in freezing temperatures and seeing as a woman of 80 does this every year and is as fit as a fiddle I thought I would see if there was any health benefits. I am amazed at everyone's comments and now can't wait to start having my own cold shower experience. I have noticed a few people have mentioned nasal irrigation and washing their nasal passage etc and was wondering if someone could explain how to do this and what the benefits are?
Many thanks
Glasgow, Scotland
I can only recommend nasal irrigation (haven't tried cold showers). I first tried it when my ears & nose became blocked after a cold and it worked. My guess is that it clears out excess gunk in your tubes, and maybe also reduces inflammation to help you breathe more easily.
Some folk use a neti pot (which is designed specifically for this purpose), but I just used a small water bottle which had a nozzle that would fit up your nose. Dissolve a small amount (quarter to half a teaspoon) of good sea salt in warm water. Then top this up with cold so that you have a decent amount for the flush (say a third of a 500ml bottle) and that the water is just slightly warm.
With your head over a sink and tilted to one side you pour the solution up one nostril and the aim is to get the liquid to pour out of the other nostril. When you first do this it might take a little getting used to, it's a strange sensation. If it goes down your throat a little don't worry, it's only salt water, but bend over the sink more and tilt your head further until it comes out of your nostril instead.


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University Park, Pa. -- How do you live green? Well, just ask the members of the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Technologies (AVT) team who created LiveGreen, a campaign to promote the idea of sustainability at Penn State.
Throughout March and April, members of the team implemented LiveGreen at youth presentations, community events and Earth Week at Penn State.
"LiveGreen was just another way to have students and community members come together and take a stance for sustainability," said Dana Bubonovich, the Outreach Coordinator for the AVT team. "It is all about thinking and living green in every day life."
The promote LiveGreen, the team partnered with State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham, Paul Ruskin of Penn State's Office of Physical Plant (OPP), Drew Astorino of Penn State Football, and Mike El-Saleh of Penn State Fencing to create a LiveGreen video that focuses on how to live green at Penn State.
"Getting influencers involved in the campaign was a large factor of its success," said Bubonovich. "Hopefully, other students and faculty at Penn State can see the importance of LiveGreen and how it can positively impact society."
The team also handed out more than 5,000 LiveGreen bracelets to students, community members, and youth in the area. These bracelets symbolized the importance of living a green lifestyle in the community.
The AVT team will continue to promote LiveGreen throughout campus and hope other organizations will become involved.
To view the LiveGreen video, visit http://www.youtube.com/pennstateecocar online. For more about LiveGreen and the Penn State AVT team, visit http://www.hev.psu.edu/ online.


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I am preparing some scripts to setup merge replication in our production environment. After completing the export from UAT, I've come across something that doesn't appear like it would work in the production environment?
exec sp_addmergesubscription
@publication = N'<snip/>',
@subscriber = N'<Server Name>',
@subscriber_db = N'<snip/>',
@subscription_type = N'pull',
@subscriber_type = N'local',
@subscription_priority = 0,
@sync_type = N'Automatic'
The problem I have with this is that the subscriber name is hardcoded to the physical server name of the subscriber DB. In UAT that's fine because the subscriber is a single server, in production that's a problem because there are three production subscribers with mirror partners.
What name should I be using for the subscriber? If I leave it as
NULL as the documentation indicates I can, what are the implications of that?


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Ghost RiverBy Will Hunt
Not long ago, I read an article about archaeologists in Greenland who discovered that plants growing above an ancient Norse ruin possessed slightly different chemistry from plants growing nearby. I was taken with the idea that the energy of a forgotten structure, invisible and buried deep underground, may percolate upwards to leave subtle impressions on the surface. It was this that came to mind recently when I discovered Minetta Brook, a hidden stream that flows beneath the streets of Greenwich Village.
I had learned of the stream from an 1865 map of Manhattan, drawn by an engineer named Egbert Ludovicus Viele, which showed marshlands, rivers, and streams crisscrossing the island beneath an overlay of the city's grid. The map, which is still used today by engineers, showed Minetta Brook beginning as two branches, one originating from a spring at Fifth Avenue and Twentieth Street, the other from a marsh near Sixth Avenue and Seventeenth Street. They met near Twelfth Street, then flowed south down Fifth Avenue, through Washington Square Park, before emptying into the Hudson River at Charlton Street. According to the historian John Fiske, the brook, in the seventeenth century, had been a favorite fishing spot for the Lenape and the Dutch: "a clear swift brook abounding in trout." By the early nineteenth century, it had disappeared from maps, buried beneath the streets, forgotten. Or perhaps not. There were stories floating around about basements of older buildings in the Village with grates in the floor, through which you could see the stream flowing. I wanted to listen to the stream, smell the water, dip my fingers in, maybe even take a small sip. Wouldn't that be something. And so I decided to retrace the path of Minetta Brook, going door-to-door, asking everyone I met about the stream that flowed beneath their building. Read More


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Saturday, January 19, 2013
Christ, Corvettes, and the
Spirit of Christmas
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My two
year old son, Tyler, loves anything with wheels.
From John Deeres and Caterpillars to Ferraris and
Porsches, if it has a motor, he wants to check it
out. Even though he can't say Lamborghini or
Mercedes yet, he already knows how to identify them!
It doesn't hurt that one grandpa farms and the other
has built parts for the automotive industry for over
35 years. The boy has something in his DNA for sure!
But a few months ago, he surprised me. While sitting
on the couch reading one of his many car books, we
came across a picture of a Corvette. When he saw the
picture, he pointed at it and said, "Dah," which is
pretty much his generic word for anything he can't
pronounce. But then, he proceeded to push the book
away from me, get down from my lap, and disappear
into the other room. I couldn't figure out what he
was doing. I had always taught him to like Chevys
more than Fords, so for a second, I thought maybe
this was his first act of rebellion. However, about
a minute later he reappeared with a toy Corvette,
just like the one in the picture, climbed back up on
my lap, took the car and matched it with the picture
of the Corvette on the book, and once again said, "Dah."
I was one proud daddy! You see, Tyler realized that
the pictures in his books were images of real cars.
The pictures weren't the point in and of themselves.
They were only meant to teach us about the real
At that moment, it hit home to me that John wants us
to get the same point when it comes to Jesus Christ.
In John's rather unusual introduction to his Gospel,
he calls Jesus "the Word." He talks about how "the
Word" was the one who created all things, how he was
with God in the beginning, and how he came to shine
his light into the darkness. But then John goes on
to say maybe the most profound statement in his
entire Gospel: "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt
among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only
begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth"
(John 1:14, NIV).
I had a spiritual awakening the day that Tyler
matched the picture of the Corvette with his toy
Corvette. This is what John has been trying to say,
and so often I have failed to grasp it. Throughout
the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament), God didn't
just want to reveal stories or laws. He wanted to
reveal himself. He didn't want people to merely see
how they should live. He wanted people to see their
Creator and emulate him. So when the time had fully
come, God didn't send another prophet or another
king to tell people about God. He sent himself. God
took on skin and bones and lived among us. He was
born just like the rest of us. He walked our streets
and got his feet dirty. He became susceptible to
sickness, heartbreak, temptation, pain, and yes,
even death. He experienced the fullness of humanity
because he was fully human.
When John says
that Jesus "dwelt among us," the original hearers would have heard
that to mean that he "tabernacle" among us. It is temple language.
To the Jews, the concept of the tabernacle, or later, the temple,
was extremely important. This was the dwelling place of God. This
was the place where they came to worship and to offer their
sacrifices. What John is saying is that God's intention was not to
merely reside in a building, but to walk our streets and to live
with us. Through Jesus, there is a new tabernacle where God resides:
the whole earth is his temple.
We often talk in our culture about "remembering the spirit of
Christmas." The only way that we can really remember the spirit of
Christmas is to remember the flesh of Christmas. The Word became
flesh and made his dwelling among us. He became God's Word among us
so that we could live out God's word in this world. He gave his
flesh for us so that we could be redeemed from lives of sin and
instead live out grace and truth.
When it mattered most, God didn't merely give us a book or a
picture. He gave us himself. He gave us the greatest gift by taking
on skin and bones and dwelling in our presence. As we gather around
the manger this Christmas, may we reflect his example to his world
by living lives full of both grace and truth.
[Pastor Dustin Fulton, Jefferson Street Church]
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I'm not telling McDonald's how to run the business. They've had the right formula for fast food success forever. Nobody makes better fries. But when it comes to lattes, McDonald's is just not likely to be my cup of tea.
Hang on to your lattes, lads and lasses!
McDonald's, the home of the Big Mac, the Quarter Pounder, and hot apple pies with internal temperatures that rival the sun's, is looking to broaden its menu to include cappuccinos and other fancy blended coffees.
Should Starbucks beware?
Will they be losing baristas in bunches to the world's biggest fast food chain?
With slightly more affordable prices for lattes and a franchise everywhere you turn, Dunkin' Donuts has no doubt been dipping into Starbucks' business.
But I'm not so sure "McCappucinos" at the McCafe will catch on.
Coffee has been on the menu at Micky D's for as long as I can remember. What it may have lacked in flavor it more than made up for in magma-like temperatures that could melt through the front seat of your car.
In recent years, McDonald's has added Newman's Own organic coffees to the menu in tasty flavors like vanilla and hazelnut; a big improvement in my opinion — I'll buy anything with Paul Newman's mug on it — but still not likely to lure loyal caffeine addicts away from the local coffee house and their high-priced blends.
This move by McDonald's, it has been reported is to get more people to eat in its restaurants, rather than in their cars after zooming through the drive-thru. McDonald's has been going through an image makeover, with redesigned, modern restaurants catering to today's sophisticated clientele, and is counting on customers to linger over a latte, converse while sipping cappuccino, all from a booth inside the restaurant.
And I must admit there would be some immediate advantages to dining in; first and foremost would be the reduction in the number of ketchup stains on the back seats of my car.
I just have a hard time imagining mochacinos becoming the staple that McNuggets have been for McDonald's all these many years.
And I can imagine customer confusion when they come to the counter to order these specialty coffees — a strange new brew at Ronald's house.
"Make mine a grande, non-fat, half-caf latte, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun."
"Would you like an extra shot of special sauce in that latte?" the McBarista might ask.Something could go very wrong.
I'm not telling McDonald's how to run the business. They've had the right formula for fast food success forever. Nobody makes better fries; the double cheeseburger on the dollar menu is a triumph in every way. And those new snack wraps, I'm lovin' them, too.
But when it comes to lattes, McDonald's is just not likely to be my cup of tea.
Alice Coyle is the managing editor of Community Newspaper Company's Raynham office. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.