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The day I became a tortoise
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Hello there beautiful people!
So I am moving houses again. I think. Scared to stay and scared to leave? Oh yes. I have been feeling VERY unsettled lately, I attribute a large part of that to my… largeness. Although I am less large now than I used to be! I am the tortoise in this race, not the hare, but at least I'm IN the race and not sitting in the stands cheering it on. I've been really into metaphors lately.
Went back to school (ouch), am still working full-time. Still am not loving my location aka las vegas, but maybe as my insolation (aka chunk) gets to be less and less I will be able to tolerate the heat more. It does make it harder to work out outdoors, something about running in 120 degrees (not even exaggerating) is less than appealing. Oh hello my old friend the excuse! I am thinking I will adopt a dog from the pound and then I will have to go running. And we can go to the lake and swim our little hearts out. and I will have a buddy that will never leave me. Plus it's legal to microchip them so if she DOES leave me I can track her down in a totally legally stalkerish type way… "don't ever leave me! Because I'd find you.." (- wedding crashers)
I'm kind of seeing someone. Well, ok. I AM seeing someone. In a relationship apparently. But I feel terribly about it because I don't think I'll want to be in it when I am finished with this personal journey. I told the person that I am a flight risk and not sure what I want or will want. So I guess I am at least honest… and they are just getting out of a long term relationship themselves so maybe they are OK with this just being a short term thing too. Healing each other. I guess not everyone has to be "the one".
The day I took a picture
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So I hate that my friends can post pictures of me on FB. And I hate that I still look like I do. I was doing so good felt really great and then saw the pictures from yesterday and WOW do I have far to go still!!! It makes me never want to eat again. And it makes me want to eat a big cheeseburger. and never leave my house again, at least until I look better. dangit!!! I'm so EMBARRASSED that I let myself go like this. I just need to let this be the push to keep me going instead of letting it bring me down.. I still have to figure out how to do that. Oh god. My face is SO FREAKING FAT I can't even handle it. and I actually felt confident yesterday! looking like I do! WTF is wrong with me.
Tell you what though, I can't wait to work out after work!
Sorry that this is such a downer I'm just feeling overwhelmed by how gross I am.
The day I found my inspiration
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Saw this on 3fc and it was such an inspiration I wanted to share it with anyone who happens across my page
One Year From Now
One thing I can absolutely promise you without a doubt, is that time will pass. 24 hours from now will be tomorrow. 7 days will be a week later. 365 days from now, a year will have past. This part is certain. What isn't certain is what your life will be like then. The next year will pass in its own time the same way the past year has gone by. The question is – what do you want to be doing/feeling one year from now?
You can decide that the amount you have to lose is too daunting and will never happen and give up. That is a choice that you can make. Think about the consequences of that. Your life will be much like it is right now. You will probably be having the same emotional feelings about your weight and your past year will be filled with happy moments and sad ones just like this previous year.
Or, you can decide right now that you want to start today and make one healthy choice after another. Each choice gives your body nutrients it needs to build healthier organ functions and strong muscles. Even before you see results on the scale, you will feel better because your body is functioning better. I can't promise you that you'll be at goal weight or that you will have even lost a lot of weight, but I can promise that if you spend the next year making healthy choices you will feel better than you do today and will be well on your way to getting to goal. You will have learned what works for you and what doesn't and you will have tackled some of the emotional issues that keep us overweight. This journey is about more than losing weight. It's about self-discovery. That isn't something you can "gain back." I can't promise that your year will be void of sadness and nothing but pure elation. It won't be. I would predict that you'll find that when you learn to deal with the ups and downs of life in non-food and self-destructive ways, you will handle them better and your self-esteem will skyrocket.
So, the next year will pass regardless of what choice you make. The question is do you want to look back and thank yourself for starting today and allowing yourself to feel better and be healthier or do you want to look back and wish you had started?
Or to some that all up (and as my mother would say) – You're gonna be a year old anyways, where do you want to be?
This week for the first time someone who didn't know I was trying to get healthy commented on the fact that it's noticeable that I've lost weight 🙂 I'm so thrilled. I have finally reached over 10% body fat gone! I have so much more to go but I feel like I have overcome large hurdles already. My diet is absolutely 100% better. I finished my first 5k mud run. I almost died, but I finished it. Today instead of getting fast food on the way home I stopped at fresh and easy and got organic healthy food. I haven't even been craving soda for the past few weeks. I can see my jawline again. I almost (almost) feel pretty again sometimes. I see the potential to be/look/feel special again. I have hope, which I'm hoping will help me soar to being healthy.
<3 I find myself impatient for results because it feels like it's taking forever.. but I'm closer today than I was last week and that's something special and something no one can take from me.
The day I decided to play in the mud
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Special thanks to laura1562 for telling me about the other option on beach body. Just ordered turbo fire! Very excited to start the new program.
So I found out about something called the tough mudder. Basically you pay to be thrown in the mud and electrified. It looks like fun! Well, the big military guys in the video look like they are having fun anyways -_- I want to do it! It'll be here in Vegas in October. So I did the calculations- I could be well into onederland by then and able to kick butt!
Now the part that makes me want to bury myself in the mud…
Or better yet, shove other peoples faces in the mud-
Some of the guys at work are doing it. They are working hard to talk the hot (aka skinny) girls to do it with them. Guess who didn't get asked to do it even though I totally want to? Yeah. Now I know what it felt like to be not asked to the prom or picked for dodgeball, apparently it doesn't get better once you're out of school! Plus one of the girls looks and acts exactly like I did before the weight gain. Because I know these guys like me as a person (eye roll) I don't blame them for not wanting to hang out with the fat girl, but it still hurts. I'm a "nice girl with a pretty face". awesome. shoot me now (:
So as much as I'd like to see the mud ruin their perfect fake eyelashes…
It is my own fault. I let myself get this way and I don't feel beautiful so my personality changes and becomes withdrawn. I'm all done being the token fat friend and am so ready for this to be an unpleasant memory.
The day I started to lose
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Well, I decided against using the pills that I had mentioned in my previous post since I believe it should be a natural loss, I want to be proud of every pound I lose and not attribute anything to some pill I take.
In other news I joined weight watchers two weeks ago and am so far down 7.4 pounds! It's working for me so far, I am proud of myself for the first time since I can remember. I lapsed a little bit this week, going back to my old ways while on vacation in Florida, but I managed to catch myself and am back on track. I love the accountability and that it helps me get back on track.
The gym is still a bit allusive for me, I haven't gone at all this week but I did go for a long walk by the lake in Florida. I've been thinking about doing power 90 or p90x, since on my work days I don't have the tenacity to make it to the gym. My roommate has a punching bag in our spare room so I have been considering youtubeing some boxing exercises and doing those.
I read about mini goals on the forums and they seem to help so here are mine-
total weight ; total weight lost – percentage
Starting weight – 259 pds
Current weight- 251 pds
*every mini goal met gets either a show here in vegas OR a mini road trip!*
246; 13 pds – this is my 5%
234; 25 pds – this is my 10%
221 ; 38 pds – this is my 15%
208; 51 pds – this is my 20%
Onederland- My personal favorite goal. back to where I said I would never get bigger than.
*Every mini goal met now gets shopping*
195; 64 pds – this is my 25%
182; 77 pds – this is my 30%
169; 90 pds – this is my 35%
159- 100 pds lost!!!! Re-evalutate goal to see if I want to keep losing
156;103 pds – this is my 40%
If I lose a steady 2 pds a week I will have reached my goal by this time next year. That seems like forever but if I had started getting serious about it when I started this blog I would already be there.. Can't let another year go by.
The day I realized some things never change
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"If you really want to lose, you'll find a way, and if you don't want to, you'll find an excuse. It's up to you."
I don't know why it's so hard for me to change. I just looked over my old blogs and it's been almost a year, yes a year, since I joined the gym. granted I DO go, just not as much as I imagined I would. I DO eat better, just not as good as I thought I would. Lately I haven't been hating myself QUITE as much as I have the past two years, but I am just fed up with myself. Fed up with how I look, fed up with my laziness, fed up with the extreme back pain and the way I've become shy. I'm not shy. What the hell?!? As I balance my computer on my leg and half on the pregnant belly (I'm not pregnant) I am just SICK and tired. So now instead of just buying the healthy food and letting it go bad I actually have to eat it.. and actually do those in office exercises on days where I work and know I won't be able to make it to the gym. I have to make myself confront my problems head on, because to the bitter end I am an avoider. I simply avoid problems and expect them to just go away.. Well, that ploy didn't work with my bills and it's not working with this either. So I'm going to try to hold to it this time. Now every time I eat my old favorite fast food I feel so depressed after and fat and hate myself, so I'm thinking my body is finally ready for the change too. I bought some "diet pills" that won't really work as a miracle drug but I have heard that it reduces appetite and boosts energy, and I'm in desperate need of energy. It's called Apidexin, comes with a 100% guarantee (minus shipping of course) so I'll give it a go and hope that it will make some kind of change, even if only mentally putting me in a good place. You know, placebo affect.
I'm feeling like it's all or nothing, if I don't lose the weight and get healthy now I never will. and never being healthy is one bleak future that I'm not prepared to accept.
and on that note, off to the gym.. even though I'm exhausted from my 12 hour shift. sigh.
The day I joined gym stripper
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First an update from my previous post- yes my ex came to town, yes I saw him, yes he said I looked hot and that some other girl was too skinny for him. And no I don't believe a word of it.
Today I joined a different gym. Normally I go to the standard 24 hour fitness 'family' gym, but now I am a 2 year contracted no getting out of it even if I die member of Las Vegas Athletic Club. Did I mention I live in sin city?? Where everything is 24 hours, full service, and naked. Just like this gym. I have the strong belief that every tiny dancing stripper and muscle headed, ed hardy wearing, douchey man works out there. and by works out I mean does 5 reps and goes to "rest" in front of the mirror while lifting their shirts to preen, similar to the capuchin monkey during mating season. Not that the girls wear shirts, sports bras seem to be more than enough clothing and allows for optimal preening. Evolution has yet to transpire.
On the plus side it's great motivation. Also there is a pool, jacuzzi, steam and dry hot rooms (coed and womens only), smoothie and healthy food area, actual track circling the second floor with glass so you can see outside, women's only section that appears to be empty late at night, more equipment than any person would ever need, and it's CHEAP.
Still, this is the only gym where I have seen someone fix their make up on the treadmill. Really?
The day I got a laptop
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After a particularly depressing few months without a laptop, I bought a new one. A sleek and gorgeous apple. I'm still trying to figure out how to do a blogroll/ "link" to other blogs. I'll figure it out one of these days.
Speaking of apples, I haven't eaten one in months. note to self, add to the grocery list. apples.
My "ex" will be in town this weekend and I am absolutely dreading seeing him. We were together during my a-little-thick-but-still-sexy phase. Now that my face resembles a pumpkin I just want to slip into a moo moo and hide in a dark room. I find myself wondering if I can lose, say, 50 pounds by the weekend. He, of course, will just smile and make some remark about loving thick women and how the girl who just flirted with him right in front of me (since I must be just a friend, right?) resembles a stick. But how can he love my body when I can't even love it myself?
I am considering picking up overtime so that he won't see me like this.
Does weight effect everyone like this? I am still shocked at how much my personality has changed. I used to be sparkling and confident.. Now I don't want to go out and I avoid mirrors like the plague. Every time my friends complain because they had to wear their "fat" jeans (size 4) I want to go home and get back into bed. and then there's sex.. which I won't get into now, but it has lost quite a bit of appeal on my end. It shouldn't be like this. I used to say "why complain? just change it if you don't like it!" But really, it's not that easy. Or maybe it is..
I'm happy to say I've given up jack in the box (my fav fast food, which is to be blamed for the dreaded "back fat" I have lately been gifted with) and go to the gym at least once a day. Granted I don't always do very much at the gym, but I do make an appearance. No weight lost yet but I haven't gained any either, so I guess thats a step.
the day i said tomorrow
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So, today for "breakfast" I had a little bag of chips and some soda. Because, you see, I start my diet tomorrow. Well tomorrow is my birthday, so saturday.. But saturday is my after birthday birthday, which means ill start my diet on sunday. Ill start to save my life later.
I can't possibly start exercising now, because I don't know where my ipod is. I work 12 hour days, so I just don't have the time. My career gets in the way, "its not my fault". How many times have I shrugged off getting myself fit because of these very excuses?
My phone calender alarm went off today. Its my 6 month "anniversary". I should be at my goal weight today. I made a pledge to myself months ago to exercise and eat right.
Since that day I have *gained* 27 pounds. 27. I should be celebrating my success, but instead I'm putting an arm around my stomach when I sit down, and I'm wishing it were winter again so that I wouldn't have to deal with shorts and bathing suits.
A man died in his hall today. He was so big that he fell into the doorway and got stuck. The shame he must have felt being so fat that he was wedged in the doorway, unable to move. Picturing the firemen having to break open his doorframe so the coronor can get to him, and pronounce him dead from cheetos.
That happened TODAY. Not tomorrow, not next sunday. The bad effects are happening now, but I'm not curing it until later.
Still, knowing all this, I'm starting on sunday.
I made the list of work outs and of groceries to buy. I'm swearing off soda and fried food, and my work outs are 5 days a week.
I should be more like nike, and Just do it.
*****TO MY BLOG and fellow bloggers!- a little accountability would be wonderful. All my friends are roughly 100 pds wet, and don't get how much being overweight impacts everything. Because, when we are honest with ourselves, it does. I would absolutely love to go through this journey together! I'm slowly learning about the blogging process, what linking is and all that.
*** I'd love for us to support each other! We all battle something, even if it has nothing to do weight ***
the day I ate a skinny chick
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Sitting at my console at work I reach down to touch my neck, but my chin gets in the way. I've always had a hint of a double chin (when turned a certain way or in awkward pictures), but I now have an actualization of a double chin. My shirts have always clung a bit awkwardly to my stomach, but I could wave that away with claims of "its bloating from my period" or "oops had a big lunch". Now I resemble my friend sarah.. Who happens to be 7 months pregnant.
Being a tall kind of chunky girl has faded away to being a fat girl. My being tall was an asset when I was just chunky, but now that I've descended into fat its working against me. I feel like an amazon, a behemoth.
I have stretchmarks covering my thighs, hips, breasts, butt, and now stomach.. And I've never had a child. Its my birthday in 2 days, and the excitment I felt faded the moment I realized that going out would mean another night out with my skinny friends. I'm single, not because men aren't interested but because I'm not interested in myself. I'm too insecure about myself, and that causes insecurities with men. I get comments like "how independent you are!" And "you don't even need a man, I wish I were more like you" but in reality, I yearn to be touched but am terrified to repulse a man as much as I repulse myself.
The thing is, I don't feel like a fat chick until I look in a mirror. I feel thin and beautiful. I can flirt with any guy and feel confident, until I touch myself or look down.
How did I come to this?
I'm tipping the scales from fat to just about obese. Hopefully I can make a healthy change before I fall farther…


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Pander88uk wrote:For the record the answer to the question of where rugby was invented was.... Rugby
William Webb Ellis attended Rugby School in Warwickshire and I believe wrote the first set of official rules. The Rugby Union World Cup is named the "William Webb Ellis Cup" in his honour.
So fucking what Pander - just get a speed game started

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Lamar engineering students perform well in baja competition
(Lamar press release)
A group of 10 LU senior mechanical engineering students, also known as "Cardinal Racing," who designed, built and raced an all-terrain vehicle took first place in a sled-pull event, and finished 30th overall out of the 100 teams at the 2013 SAE Baja East competition in Cookeville, Tenn., April 18-21.
Hosted by Tennessee Tech University, the goal of this intercollegiate competition was to construct a functional, durable, versatile and cost-effective vehicle that could be mass-produced by a fictitious firm. To ensure the competition that puts emphasis on driveline, suspension, and chassis designs, all vehicles must be powered by unmodified 10-horsepower engines donated by Briggs & Stratton Corp.
Each team puts their vehicle through its paces in a variety of dynamic tests; hill climbs, chain pulls, maneuverability, rock crawls, suspension and traction events as well as a four-hour endurance race.
In addition to taking first place in sled pull event, Lamar's team finished 25th in suspension and traction, 29th in acceleration, 33rd in design and endurance race, 35th in maneuverability, and 61st in cost.
On the "Cardinal Racing" team were: Trey Frederick, Jacob James, Garrett Minaldi, Jacob Porter, and Eddie Strickland, all of Beaumont; Adam Tanton, Silsbee; Peter Newell, Baytown; Kyle Horton, League City; Ryan Clarke and Jude Vidrine, both of Nederland. The team received an overall score of 575.03.
This is the fifth consecutive year for Lamar University to have a team in the SAE Baja competition. At last year's event, in Wisconsin, Cardinal Racing scored a 389.39 to finish in 77th place.


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I don't want to learn either
I feel like this is a decision that should be made by only me but people are arguing about my choice. If I were to drive now I'll just be doing it unwillingly. Why would you want to put an unwilling person behind the wheel, you're just asking for them to crash
Seriously, all this is making me hate driving even more and I haven't even started.
Ever felt like you have been pressured to drive?
get em teddy ◟ʕ╬ᴥ╬ ◟ʔ
Same. I don't need to drive yet, so I haven't bothered learning.
I guess you could learn and get the exam out of the way so that you don't have to do it later and you make the "people" happy. Though sticking with "No, I don't want to drive" is fine. With all the ways to get around without driving, it's not like it's necessary.
I don't drive either, and I have no intention to. Everyone at my work tell me constantly to learn how to drive. But then, they tell me to do a lot of things I don't want to do. I just don't listen.
I don't see the point in not wanting to drive, if your scared or whatever that's fine. X-x and it is your life so if you don't want to drive then don't.
I used to feel the same way too. But once you start doing it, you will never want to take public transport. It's such a hassle.
On top of that, whether you want to or not it is best to learn. What happens when you get married or have kids, you can't always rely on public transportation.
Driving is really convenient and and really helps you with your independence, but if you don't want to drive, more power to you. Just simply DON'T drive. Just take the bus/subway/taxi and don't expect people to drive you everywhere.
It's not like the people pushing you can drive can study for you and physically take the written and practical driver's exam for you.
I'm all for people not wanting to be behind the wheel to not be. Probably better for the environment in the long run, plus save some lives.
Winter Is Coming.
When I was a teenager I was the same way. I told myself I was never ever going to drive, but my family kept pressuring me. I started driving when I was 17; I'm 21 now. I hate to say this but driving is one of my least favorite things to do. I don't mind going for a drive in my neighborhood while listening to music, but driving in traffic to get somewhere important is enough to pull my hair out. It also snows a lot where I live and the streets get pretty slippery. The good thing about driving is having independence and being able to go where ever I want without begging for a ride. Being a ride mooch sucks. For now, if you have access to public transportation then don't worry about driving yet. Just keep the possibility open, because if you have a car then you can go anywhere you want.
Its so refreshing to hear you young wippersnappers saying your not down with driving. Bicycling is whats up anyway. The only major bummer about not driving is lack of beats. I got a 12" Sony explode pushed though a 650 watt Kicker amp. Thats the bizness. Although I would like more.......
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I used to feel the same way too. But once you start doing it, you will never want to take public transport. It's such a hassle.
This depends on where you live. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and I would never, never, EVER drive to San Francisco under any circumstances because it's extremely difficult to find parking and any parking you can find is ridiculously expensive. If I have to go to SF, I always take public transit. In some cases, taking public transit is faster. However, for just about anything else, I drive.
My parents were the ones dragging me to learn how to drive. I still hate driving during commute times (but it's a little hard to avoid working an office job with regular business hours). I try to avoid the freeway when I can. Still, being able to drive is a nice form of freedom. Depending on where you live, you pretty much may not have a choice. If I lived in San Francisco, I could get away with public transit, but in suburbia, it's pretty hard NOT learning how to drive because there's NOTHING within walking distance.
My backlog...
Same here, I just catch the bus when going to classes. Parking is horrible at my campus. I'll drive eventually.
I've chosen not to learn, both because I have no interest and because I think it is unsafe to put someone who would gradually forget that they were driving at the wheel....
the sooner you get your license the quicker they start counting years for insurance, so it will be cheaper when you need it.
I used to be worried that I would be terrible at driving. I put it off for a good while, but within the first two days of learning I picked it right up. It's not all that hard, you just have to be aware of your surroundings. Most of the time, it's what OTHER people do that gets you into accidents, not one of your mess ups. (Should you be paying attention as stated before.)
I am the wanderer...
I live in San Antonio and EVERY car has dents and dings from the sloppy drivers here. When you have your first accident, we call it "The Texas Welcoming Party".
I'm not a driver by nature. I prefer mass transit or walking. I have a licence, a car (undented) and insurance, but if my destination is within 3 miles, I'll walk.
Hard at work on my Manga - I will be your little sister!
I am not sure if I will get me a drivers license, just because *The worlds supply of oil is running out;)* Or I just don't want to pay for the gas <.<
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"It's common knowledge that almost every single geek hates Internet Explorer with a passion, but have you ever wondered why? Let's take a fair look at the history and where it all began... For posterity, if nothing else. Contrary to what you might think, this article is not meant to be a hate-fest on Internet Explorer - in fact, we're pretty impressed with the hardware acceleration and new features in Internet Explorer 9 - but keep reading for the whole story."
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Still a mess
by timdp on Thu 21st Oct 2010 10:17 UTC
The article shouldn't claim that "the mess is over". The IE9 beta still failed to render any of my work properly, while I like to think I write pretty decent cross-browser code. Stripping out all my pre-IE9 hacks didn't help; I had to resort to yet another set of exceptions for IE9. Make no mistake: the browser's standard support is still lacking, and while the team have made great strides, IE9 still means just another wonky rendering engine to support.


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Before joining WWF in 2003, he was on the academic staff at the International Institute for Wildlife Conservation and Management, based at the National University of Costa Rica. He headed up WWF´s marine work in Latin America until 2009, including the conservation of marine turtles, whales and dolphins, fisheries, and marine habitats.
His recent publications address the link between biodiversity and society, including attitudes and practices toward nature in Central America, the economics of marine turtle consumption and conservation, a concept and methodology for species conservation with a livelihoods focus and, more recently, adaptation to climate change. He currently leads WWF´s efforts to save elephants, rhinos, great apes, pandas, polar bears, tigers, sea turtles and cetaceans from extinction. An avid runner, Carlos lives in Switzerland, drinks lots of tea, and is fond of Asian cuisine.


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Week of October 23, 2006
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While using the Downtown Campus Library, please observe the following rules and polices:
Courteous Behavior
Please respect the rights of others who wish to study and work in the Library. Keep your study area neat and clean. Move unwanted library materials to a re-shelving area. Walk quietly through study areas. Refrain from writing in or marking-up library materials. Don't block pathways with your laptop cord (plug it in under your table). Erase the whiteboard in your study room when you leave. Don't move the furniture around. Generally, treat others the way you wish to be treated.
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Catherine Lucille Moore (24 January 1911 – 4 April 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, usually credited as C. L. Moore. She was one of the first women to write in the genre. After marrying fellow writer Henry Kuttner she worked on many stories in close collaboration him, most often using the joint pseudonym "Lewis Padgett." In 2007 their most famous collaboration "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" was adapted into a film The Last Mimzy.
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- She was unbinding her turban...
He watched, not breathing, a presentiment of something horrible stirring in his brain, inexplicably... The red folds loosened and — he knew then that he had not dreamed — again a scarlet lock swung down against her cheek... a hair, was it? A lock of hair?... thick as a thick worm it fell, plumply, against that smooth cheek... more scarlet than blood and thick as a crawling worm... and like a worm it crawled.
- "Shambleau" (1933); later published in Shambleau, and Others (1953)
- Death in your eyes, Earthman. Nothing in your mind but murder. Can that brain of yours comprehend nothing but battle? Is there no curiosity there?...Let me look deeper — if there are depths. Your death will be — useful and, in a way, pleasant. Otherwise — well, the black beasts hunger. And flesh must feed them, as a sweeter drink feeds me...
- "Black Thirst" (1934); later published in Shambleau, and Others (1953)
- Nothing I have ever written was given the slightest deliberation. It was there in the typewriter and it came out, a total bypassing of the brain.
- In a 1980 interview with Jean W. Ross, published in Contemporary Authors Vol. 104 (1982)
Black God's Kiss (1934)[edit]
- Now she took the sword back into her hand and knelt on the rim of the invisible blackness below. She had gone this path once before and once only, and never thought to find any necessity in life strong enough to drive her down again. The way was the strangest she had ever known. There was, she thought, no such passage in all the world save here. It had not been built for human feet to travel. It had not been built for feet at all. It was a narrow, polished shaft that corkscrewed round and round. A snake might have slipped in it and gone shooting down, round and round in dizzy circles — but no snake on earth was big enough to fill that shaft. No human travelers had worn the sides of the spiral so smooth, and she did not care to speculate on what creatures had polished it so, through what ages of passage.
- It was a long way down. Before she had gone very far the curious dizziness she had known before came over her again, a dizziness not entirely induced by the spirals she whirled around, but a deeper, atomic unsteadiness as if not only she but also the substances around her were shifting. There was something queer about the angles of those curves. She was no scholar in geometry or aught else, but she felt intuitively that the bend and slant of the way she went were somehow outside any other angles or bends she had ever known. They led into the unknown and the dark, but it seemed to her obscurely that they led into deeper darkness and mystery than the merely physical, as if, though she could not put it clearly even into thoughts, the peculiar and exact lines of the tunnel had been carefully angled to lead through poly-dimensional space as well as through the underground — perhaps through time, too.
- All about her, as suddenly as the awakening from a dream, the nothingness had opened out into undreamed-of distances. She stood high on a hilltop under a sky spangled with strange stars. Below she caught glimpses of misty plains and valleys with mountain peaks rising far away. And at her feet a ravening circle of small, slavering, blind things leaped with clashing teeth.
- She half expected, despite her brave words, to come out upon the storied and familiar red-hot pave of hell, and this pleasant, starlit land surprised her and made her wary. The things that built the tunnel could not have been human. She had no right to expect men here. She was a little stunned by finding open sky so far underground, though she was intelligent enough to realize that however she had come, she was not underground now.
Quotes about Moore[edit]
- Catherine Leigh Moore shattered the masculine barriers of fantasy and science fiction when she started publishing her remarkable short stories in Weird Tales in the 1930s. Her character Jirel, the ruler of the fiefdom of Joiry in medieval France, was the first female Sword-and-Sorcery hero. And, considering how much competition she faces today from the warrior women who have followed the path she blazed, she remains one of the best.
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Konashevich: Known and Unknown
An comprehensive exhibition of works by V. M. Konashevich (1888–1963), a brilliant book illustrator and easel graphic artist.
Konashevich: Known and Unknown
An comprehensive exhibition of works by V. M. Konashevich (1888–1963), a brilliant book illustrator and easel graphic artist.
A retrospective exhibition of works by Igor and Ekaterina Pestov focusing on the most burning issues of today's world: consumption, spiritual void, aggression, and human v...
An exhibition of painting and graphic works of Russian Expressionism investigates original traits of this international movement in Russia.
St. Petersburg from the 1850s to the 1910s in Photorgraphs
Historic events, everyday life of the city, and St. Petersburg places of interest depicted in photographs and postcards of the late 19th and...
17 october 2018—14 january 2019
An exhibition on the occasion of the 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx offers a comprehensive overview of images of the influential thinker in Russian culture and everyday lif...
Unexpected Malevich. From the Archive of A. A. Leporskaya, Donated to the Russian Museum
15 november 2018—14 january 2019
The exhibition will present drawings by Kazimir Malevich donated to the Russian Museum by R. F. Strimaitis, ac...
Lazar Khidekel (1904–1986). Towards the History of the Russian Avant-Garde
21 november 2018—21 january 2019
The exhibition will present over 80 works by Lazar Khidekel — a prominent figure of the Russian avant-garde — from the colle...
Musical Thursdays in the Stroganov Palace
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Daniil Vedernikov&"Barocco Concertato" with programme "Splendid France"
Jazz concerts in the Coffee House
1 november 2015—29 november 2015 > Russian Museum
On weekends of November 2015 will be held concerts in the Coffee House of Summer Garden.
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Mysteries of the Stroganov family quest
26 october 2015—28 october 2015 > Russian Museum
26 and 28 of October 2015 Mysteries of the Stroganov family quest for visitors with disabilities will take place in Stroganov Palace .
The quest will be held from 13.00 to 15.00.
Administration of Primorsky district in the Media Center of the Russian Museum
16 october 2015 > Russian Museum
The delegation from the administration of the municipality № 65 of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg have visited the Multimedia Center of the Russian Museum (West guardhouse Mikhailovsky Castle)
The State Russian Museum in the rating of TripAdvisor
20 september 2015—20 september 2015 > Russian Museum
TripAdvisor's global rating put the State Russian Museum on the third place in rating of the best museums in Russia 2015
Musical Thursdays in the Stroganov Palace
17 september 2015—17 september 2015 > Russian Museum
17 September 2015 at 7 p.m.
The Russian Museum and XXth International Tennis Tournament St. Petersburg Open
17 august 2015—27 september 2015 > Russian Museum
On 17 August 2015 the exhibition dedicated to the anniversary ATP Tennis Tournament St. Petersburg Open opens in the Summer Garden.
"Byzantine Routes" Photo Exhibition
3 october 2014—2 november 2014 > Russian Museum
On the 4th of October 2014 "Byzantine routes" photo exhibition was opened in Coffee House by the АСЕВ Association and the "Metropoli" Cultural Foundation with the support of the State Russian Museum.
Russia through the train window
9 june 2014—28 june 2014 > Russian Museum
The exhibition «Russia through the Train Window» is a joint project by JSC Russian Railways and the Russian photographer Anton Lange. The aim is to show modern-day Russia through the camera lens of a photographer traveling by rail across this vast country.
The collection of masterpieces, chosen by the Russian Museum will allow you to make a first impression of the collection of the Russian Museum.
Russian Museum - one of the world's largest museums and is perhaps the only country where such a full treasure of national culture are presented.
Virtual tour of the museum complex. 2009 (Rus., Eng., Ger., Fin.)
In the online shop of the Russian Museum presented a huge range of souvenirs, illustrated editions and multimedia disks.
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Guidance Note for Entities Considering the use of Bluetooth Technology for Direct Marketing Purposes.
Transmission of MessagesThe use of Bluetooth technology to send messages to mobile devices including phones within a certain radius and in pair mode is one of interest and potentially concern to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. The concern arises from the fact that consumers may receive messages that they do not want and that personal data may be processed without a valid basis in the Data Protection Acts.
There are currently no specific legal requirements in relation to the actual transmission of such messages as they are not sent over a publicly available telecommunications network. It is likely that as this form of marketing expands that there will be increased and justifiable calls for improved regulation.
However, from a best practice perspective every effort should be made not to send messages to persons who do not wish to receive them. In this respect, the issue of seeking prior consent for such messages has been put forward as enabling their transmission. While this is to be welcomed, it is not entirely clear how this could be achieved in practice as the transmission of messages by Bluetooth makes no distinction between persons who have given their specific consent and persons who have not been afforded that opportunity. In the latter category would seem to be persons who have expressly not given their consent but wish for their own reasons while in the proximity of a Bluetooth transmission in a public area, or even in an enclosed space such as a hotel or shopping centre for instance, to leave their phone in pair mode. In addition, the rights of employees working in Bluetooth zones and who have legitimate expectations in this area also need to be given due consideration.
One method put forward to this Office of achieving prior consent in the above way, may be via relatively small (2-3 metres)) but perfectly clear Bluetooth transmission zones into which the person must actively pass their Bluetooth device. If the person places their Bluetooth device in such a zone, perhaps a clearly marked area on the floor of a shop, having received information that by doing so they will receive marketing messages of offers via Bluetooth from that entity then the consent of the person would seem to be given thereby legitimising the receipt of the message.
Data Protection Act ConsiderationsThere are also specific considerations which may arise under the Data Protection Acts from a person's interaction with a Bluetooth message. Specifically if that interaction resulted in any personal data such as phone no, handset ID, Bluetooth machine ID, name of receiving device, etc being transmitted to a Bluetooth base station, for example, this would need to be done in full compliance with the Data Protection Acts. This requires a user to give consent before their details are collected. Where it is not possible for this consent to be collected, compliance with the Data Protection Acts can be met by ensuring that no personal data is sent back to a Bluetooth base station. It is understood that Bluetooth base stations can be set to a default position of not recording such personal data.
If any personal data was being collected from the acceptance/receipt of a Bluetooth message then this would lead to significant data protection concerns in the absence of specific and informed consent. An individual or organisation which controls the contents and use of such personal data is a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts and must discharge the responsibilities imposed on them by the Acts.


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"Btrfs holds the promise of giving Linux many enterprise class file system features similar to ZFS but with even more features and better performance. In fact, many Linux experts think that btrfs is one of the keys to the future of Linux. While btrfs is not quite ready to be your only file system, it is in the kernel ready for testing and is still undergoing very heavy development. In this article we will introduce the key features of btrfs find out how it compares to existing file systems."
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I am Second
by Rob Kerby, Senior Editor
The world has two great stories it needs to hear: the story of how Jesus came to save the lost and the story of how Jesus saved you. The first we are all called to share, the second only you can tell. Doug Bender, co-author of I am Second: Real Stories. Changing Lives, shares five lessons on how to talk about God with the people in your life.


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PORT ORANGE -- City leaders are planning to speak softly but carry a big stick at a special Volusia County Council meeting tonight when they ask the county to stop cutting down trees near trails as part of a scrub habitat restoration at Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve that local and state officials say is essential.
In a conflict between two groups that usually work together -- trail users and environmentalists -- Port Orange comes down on the side of trail users. The big stick the City Commission has authorized is for City Attorney Margaret Roberts, as a last resort, to seek a court injunction to stop the state and county from eliminating the tree canopy over trails used by bikers, horseback riders and hikers. The trails would re-open after the restoration work.
"They roller-chopped more than 84 acres in a very short period of time. There's 177 acres left. I don't think that it will take more than a day or two to roller chop (the rest)," Roberts told city leaders Tuesday night.
Local environmentalists and state scientists are just as adamant that the restoration work should continue to help save a vanishing ecosystem. State and county officials say the 2,500-acre tract between Port Orange and New Smyrna Beach was specifically purchased in the late 1980s for scrub restoration.
Stephen Kintner, conservation chairman of the West Volusia Audubon Society and the former head of the county's environmental management department, said scrub habitat is one of the most imperiled habitats in Florida, and its protection and restoration are critical to the survival of scrub jays, gopher tortoises, and other scrub-dependent animals and plants.
"Roller chopping in particular has been shown to be a very successful technique for restoring overgrown scrub, where fire management is not practical because the area is too heavily overgrown or too close to an urban area or both," he said.
Clay Henderson, a former county councilman and former president of Friends of Spruce Creek, wrote in an email to County Council members this week: "There is no other place on the planet like Spruce Creek Preserve.
"It's important for everyone to step back and take a breath and remember that the primary purpose for the acquisition of Spruce Creek Preserve was protection of invaluable historic resources and conservation and restoration of imperiled habitats and natural resources," Henderson said.
The county began the roller chopping in early July and took more than a week to clear a western 80-acre parcel, but halted the planned work on the more controversial 177-acre parcel to the east until after tonight's meeting. The county is looking at options in the event the County Council says it wants to consider buffers, county officials said this week.
Port Orange officials said they hope a confrontation is unnecessary and that state and county leaders instead will agree to buffers between the current wooded trails and the proposed cleared land.
"We have a long relationship with Volusia County. We work with them on a lot of projects," Roberts said, warning that going to court could jeopardize that status.
"We stopped the work by getting the (meeting). And until you exhaust that avenue, the peaceful avenue, we did not believe it was appropriate to file suit," she said of the city's decision last week to go to court if necessary. "They did agree to grant the time before the County Council to discuss the issue."
Mayor Allen Green said after a recent conversation he had with a county leader, a compromise seemed possible and the two men agreed "we needed to stop throwing arrows."
The city, which helped fund the initial purchase of the Spruce Creek Preserve, is asking the state to re-examine the management plan there with all "stakeholders" being invited to participate in its development, including Port Orange and the people who use the trails.
In the meantime, Port Orange, which owns a large tract of neighboring land also managed by the county, has sent letters to the governor and other top state leaders attempting to stop Volusia County from clearing the land, and offering several possible options.
"We're not trying to provide just opposition," City Manager Ken Parker said. "We're trying to provide some other alternatives and asking them to open the process to consider the alternatives ... We hope (tonight's) meeting begins a dialogue."
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, owner of part of Spruce Creek Preserve, has pushed the county, which now manages the land, to restore about 250 acres of state-owned scrub habitat in the preserve. The department chided the county in a 2007 review for failing to restore the land to the scrub habitat for years. Port Orange city officials said they didn't know about the county's plans, but county officials point out the activities were listed in a draft plan given to the city in 2010.
On Wednesday, Volusia County sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott responding to a letter Port Orange sent to the state on Tuesday. County Manager Jim Dinneen said the city attended meetings where the management plan was discussed in 2010. The city was given a draft copy of the management plan, which twice refers to a plan to roller chop and burn the scrub.
The city has said its staff only gave the plan a cursory review for compliance with the city's comprehensive plan and has asked for the state and county to revisit the planning process to allow the city to be directly involved.
State officials are scheduled to discuss the restoration work tonight and explain why it's important.
-- Environment Writer Dinah Pulver contributed to this report.


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Published in Rogersville [Lauderdale County] [Map]
Years of publication: 197? to current
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Holdings for: LCCN SN87050056
Published in Loretto (TN) [Lawrence County (TN)] [Map]
Years of publication: 1931 to 1932
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In a few days, God willing and the creek don't rise, I will arrive at a small town on the Eastern border of Ohio. I will take my bags to my new room, meet some new friends, and a few old ones, bid my family farewell and begin a new chapter of my life.
Across the country and the world, millions of other students are preparing to do the same in some shape or form, each daring to go a step deeper into the icy pool of independence.
I'm heading off to college, and God knows where after that.
The question is whether I'm ready. Officially speaking, just about.
My paperwork is all in order, my packing list is nearly crossed off, and my house has been desperately searched for every essential volume of literature I can't bear to part with. Naturally there are still a few loose ends to tie up as there always are, but for the most part all I need to do is bide my time.
However, it's the psychological aspect that's more complicated. On one hand, I'm counting down the seconds to leave. Literally, I have a timer on my phone that tells me exactly how long before the big day arrives.
I've always been something of a philomath, and in just a few months I'll get to wake up every day in an institution dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. Throw in a couple of good friends and an electric kettle and Heaven can wait.
On the flip side though, Leavenworth has been my home for as long as I can remember, and there are several things I'm not anxious to say goodbye to.
I'll miss my job at the tiny retro Dairy Queen downtown. I'll miss the parks where I used to play even if I'm too old for them now. I might even find that I miss squirrels. I didn't see any on either of my campus visits, so I presume they're largely absent from the area. It's funny how the little things change.
My family is certainly not last on that list, and I intend to contact them far more than they joke that I will.
I imagine that I must be feeling the same kind of internal paradox as Bilbo Baggins from "The Hobbit." There was nothing Bilbo loved more dearly than his home in the Shire.
However, one day a great adventure came beckoning for him, and he had to make a choice whether to follow it. Ultimately, his wild or "Tookish" as Tolkien put it, spirit got the better of him, and he journeyed far and wide, struggling against wargs, goblins, elves and even the dragon Smaug himself.
The important point, though, is that at the end of his life, Bilbo wrote a book chronicling his exploits, and he did not simply title it "There" but "There and Back Again."
Whatever odysseys I find myself wrapped up in come the next few years, I shall eventually make my way home, if for no other reason than my heart is here.
LV Times guest columnist: Home remains where the heart is
In a few days, God willing and the creek don't rise, I will arrive at a small town on the Eastern border of Ohio. I will take my bags to my new room, meet some new friends, and a few old ones, bid my family farewell and begin a new chapter of my life.


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Analects, or Analects of Confucius, written in twenty chapters, is thought to be a composition of the late Spring and Autumn Period. It is undoubtedly the most influential text in East Asian intellectual history, collecting maxims and short discussions between Confucius and his disciples. Many of them take sense in an historically well-defined context.
It is within this work that most of the basic framework regarding Confucian values such as humaneness, righteousness, filial piety, and propriety is uncovered.
There are various theories regarding its compilation, but it is obvious that it is somewhat of a patchwork, assembled over a period of time, but the core of the book could be attributed to the second generation disciples.
These Analects, with the other Four Books, is part of the foundational texts of Confucianism.
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The problems with Elyria Avenue recently came to light after core tests and boring showed voids under sections of concrete. Additionally, icsis revealed that ihe subsurface is in poor shape and fracturing is more extensive than believed. And although the mayor is disappointed wilh the new findings, he is happy to be getting a bargain from Cross-Roads. "Not only have ihey (Cross- Roads) lowered ihcir bid on a cosl per fool amount, but they are doing three limes the work this year over last year," Higgins said. During a finance committee meeting last week to discuss the bids, councilperson Diane Eswine told the mayor she was concerned because Cross-Road's estimate was less than half the amount of the highest bidder, which caused her to question the reliability of the choice. Eric Blacktop's bid was about Sl 18,000 and Ohio Pavement's was around S79,0(X), according lo the CONTINUED on page 2 Jealous women spray paint car, home, school over boyfriend troubles by BILL ROSS News-Times reporter Spray-painting vandals that targeted Marion L. Steele High School, a vehicle, and houses in Amhersl and Lorain are suspected by police lo be jealous girlfriends. Patrolman Les Carrcnder of the Amherst Police Department said he expects charges against two women to be filed sometime this week, after they have been interviewed by dcieciives. On May 30, jusi before 7 a.m., a Steele High employee called police and reported that obscenities and vulgar pictures had been painted on the field house and locker room building. In addition to the vulgarities, which made references to school officials and the city of AmhcrsL there was the statement "take a trip — mushroom," written, in reference to drug usage. While Carrcnder was interviewing the employee at the scene, a female studenl approached him and said that her home had also been sprayed painted in a similar manner. Carrcnder was also notified thai a car on Cleveland Avenue had been sprayed; the car is owned by another Steele teen. He also found out from ihc girl's father the names of any persons wilh whom his daughter CONTINUED on page 2 Imposter getting into homes as city building inspector so beware A man posing as a city inspector >r engineer has twice gained entry ■ > properties in the Amherst area. City building inspector Ron Ko- rtbwal said his office first received a call on May 27 from a woman who owns a home on Jackson Street. Her tenant called her after a man came to the house saying he was the building inspector and had to measure the deck. The man is described as white, average in both height and weight, laic 30s and dressed casually. "She told me he was very ordinary looking," ihe homeowner explained. "Bui he addressed her as 'Mrs. Jackson,' so he was probably a lillle nervous and substituted the street name for her name. He did know my name, so he must have done some research." After measuring the deck, the man lefl the property. The second incident occurred last Wednesday at a home on Deer Run in Amhersl Township. This lime a man showed up and told the homeowner he was a city engineer and needed to inspect her sump pump. The homeowner described the man similarly, but added that he could be in his 40s and has balding light-colored hair. Additionally, he was accompanied by an African- American woman, late 20s, tall and ihin with her hair tied back. "I asked him who had complained and he said he got a report from the plumbing inspector," the homeowner said, adding that the couple had no tools or papers with them. She allowed them to enter her basement unaccompanied and upon leaving, they told tier she would be receiving a written letter of changes needed. City engineer Mill Pommeranz. said he did not visit the Deer Run home and was unaware of the incident. Konowal said ihc city recently acquired a photo ID machine, of which he plans to make quick use. "I will have a photo ID made. I also recommend that people make sure they see proper identification before Idling anyone into their homes." Both incidents have been referred to the detective bureau at the Amherst Police Department for further investigation. Sunday's graduation ceremonies held at the Palace Theater in Lorain went off without a hitch. Marion L. Steele High School seniors of the Class of 1997 were awarded diplomas by members of the school board. At top, board ~-oaember Ron Yacobozzi ■"""awards a diploma to a grad as she walks across the stage. At right, an emotional moment is shared outside the theater and at bottom, a young woman relaxes after it was all over. Celebrants spilled into the street and slowed traffic for a bit. (Photos by Bill Ross) Heather Skeeles Ray Deidrick Deidrick, Skeeles picked top classmates As th(S choices for valedictorian and salutatorian for the Class of 1997 were announced last week, it was obvious at Marion L. Steele High School that brains and brawn do not have to be mutually exclusive. Both valedictorian Heather Skeeles* and salutatorian Raymond Deidrick are outstanding athclctcs as well as top scholars, and arc described by others as being "exceptionally nice people." Skeeles, 18, knew that she was in contention for valedictorian after her guidance counselor, Robert Games, told her if she got all A's on her finally report card, the title would be hers. "I had track on Thursday afternoon, so I was still there when they totalled up the grades," Skeeles said. "When they told me, I was of course pretty happy." Skeeles' grade point average of 4.215 is indicative of the hard academic work thai she has done ihroughoul the years. Her family moved to Amherst during her junior year, after her father, James, was transferred to Lorain County. He is an extended professor employed by Ohio Stale University, Skeclc's mother, Marty, is a trained dietician. She also has two younger sisters, Angie, 16, and Laura, II. "They both get straight A's also," she proudly reports. It is her parent's encouragement that has helped to develop Skeeles into a top student, but she has also been influenced by (he fine staff at Steele. CONTINUED on page 12 ,'
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High Rise
We have treated the high rise buildings as the central icon of the project. These are the gateway buildings that will be recognized from a distance, and which will be the initial attraction for visitors and residents alike. It is also the landmark location where the water moves in, approaching the inland.
The architecture assumes the challenge of being on one hand aesthetically bold, and on the other functionally rational. By integrating building and structural systems, we have developed a concept that can go a step beyond, with vision. The design is reminiscent of water and dynamic as only visionary people are.
We have also emphasized need for long term flexibility in our designs, by focusing the identity-making components of the concept to the external skin, and the high profile areas, while maintaining an interior that is clear, flexible and adaptable to evolving needs.
Low Rise
The low rise is all about quality of space. These buildings will be experienced mostly from a short distance. They are the areas of the Master Plan that are most fully integrated with the open space and urban design. Through the boardwalk, through the retail level, through the extended base, the Low Rise element has the function of integrating in the experience of users both the functional components of the Plan, and the aesthetic of the development.
In addition to a powerful waterfront pedestrian route, we propose to generate a series of pedestrian through-connections. This will enable the ground related retail to maximize frontage opportunities, and capture additional walk by traffic. It will also enable users of the site to access (physically and visually) the different parts of the development, and the waterfront in a direct way.
Ultimately we see that the Low Rise elements offer an opportunity at the intimate scale, to define and enhance the experience of users. It will also be the benchmark that leads the designs of future phases of development.
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1981 Metropolitan Home of the Month
To our complete delight, we came across an October 1981 issue of Metropolitan Home at the thrift store, and had to bring it home. Flipping through the pages (chock full of cigarette ads and ridiculous big hair) we decided we had to share the Home of the Month with Apartment Therapy readers for a throwback glimpse of high design in the early 80s...
We have to admit that this home didn't pound us over the head with over-the-top 80s kitch. We rather like some of the elements in the house---we would yank the Corbusier chairs in red lacquer right out of the spread for our own home if we could! The heavy use of cinnamon colors in the parlor is a bit much for our sensibilities by now, but the neutrals in the front sitting area are, dare we say, kind of nice!
Take a peek at this Metropolitan Home of the Month from 28 years ago that combines "century-old architecture with today's sensibilities."


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Let's travel back to 1990 again for yet another tie-in with Bugs' 50th birthday. Here's a commercial for the Holiday Inn where Elmer and a goon from a rival hotel are attempting to capture Bugs (since nobody is staying at their hotel since everyone wants to be at Bugs' bash at the Holiday Inn). Note that Elmer is made even less menacing than usual by being armed with a cork gun.
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I remember a Looney Toons promotion at the Holiday Inn because I got some Bugs Bunny cards and stuff.
- September 2, 2008 at 11:36 AM
This is the first time that I see this commercial from Holiday Inn in that year. I can imagine seeing the Looney Tunes characters in a Holiday Inn Express commercials on TV right now. Now that will be something to laugh about.
- September 2, 2008 at 12:41 PM
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Besides the pop-gun, I liked the fact they were using Fudd's design from "A Wild Hare". Nice touch.
- September 2, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Isn't that John Larroquette as the 'goon'?
- September 3, 2008 at 4:46 AM
There are 6 different vintage Holiday Inn Looney Tune pins listed right now on ebay...
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SenseWare at Tokyo Fiber 2009
The second Tokyo Fiber exhibition is being held in Milan, Italy and the theme is Senseware. Senseware is used as an attempt to inspire designers to create innovative technology in fabric and textile form. They can then take the innovative fabric and transform it into whatever they want. Some of these creations seem straight out of story books, but don't worry — you really can balance your coffee cup on an air filled piece of polyester!
A few of the more interesting home decor elements at Tokyo Fiber '09 are: A chair made out of the unconventional material Carbon Fiber. The look of the chair is super sleek and streamlined — as well as extremely innovative due to the material and shape. Another favorite of mine are the "tableclothes that billow up when filled with wind", strong enough to hold your coffee cup filled with your favorite morning brew. Theatre Products is a team of fashion designers that chose to use Polyester ultra microfiber to create these whimsical tables.
• 1 Shigeru Ban: Carbon Fiber Tenax Chair
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The Senseware exhibition for Tokyo Fiber '09 will be on display from April 22-27 at the La Triennale di Milano.
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Despite an auspicious start my trip to Toronto to cover North by Northeast (NXNE) music festival and North Ink Exposure (NIX) tattoo convention was quite informative and enjoyable. NIX was my second convention and I was to learn how to run the TAM booth from the boothmaster John, as well as interview tattooers and cover music at NXNE. We embarked on this trip with less than a full night of sleep between us, so by the time we made it to Canada we were what you might call, spent…
Rather than kick our shoes off and take a breather in the hotel room once we arrived, John and I both hit the ground running. John procured the booth after some confusion about location and commenced to setting up TAM shop. Fueled only by mediocre coffee and energy drinks, John had a fierce look of determination in his eyes. This man wasn't messing around, he had a job to do and nothing would stop him from that.
I set about getting my press credentials for NXNE music festival. NXNE is the Canadian equivalent to SXSW. The Bouncing Souls and Off! were scheduled to play that night. I had interviewed both bands and I needed to get photos to follow up the interviews. Once I had my press pass, I mapped out my weekend of music coverage.
The Bouncing Souls were scheduled to play first so I hoofed it across the grid city of Toronto to the venue. The walk was much longer yet more pleasant than I had anticipated. It was on that walk that I discovered the quirkiness of Toronto. I found myself quietly giggling at many sites along the street. By far, my favorite being the dress shop sign that showed not only a topless mermaid but her merman lover.
After almost an hour of walking, I made it to the venue. Inside was filled with mostly teens eager to crowd surf and mosh. The Bouncing Souls are a more happy than angry punk band. The kids in the room seemed to smile as they stage dove and shoved each other around.
After The Bouncing Souls, it was time to make it to the other side of town to cover Off!. This time, I took a cab and made it to the club in time to see the opening band C'Mon. I describe C'Mon as Canada's answer to Nashville Pussy. A three piece band deeply rooted in American Southern rock.
It was now time for Off! . Keith Morris once again reminded me of what punk rock is. The band Off! has an amazing ability to transport me to L.A. circa 1980. The proof of this transport could be felt by the old school "slam dancing" going on all around me.
I finally stumbled into my hotel room way past my bedtime. I had now been awake for well over 24 hours. I managed about six full hours of sleep but felt refreshed when I woke the next day. I was ready to get schooled in running the booth and I was eager to start video interviews with some of the amazing artists at NIX.
John booked several interviews for me throughout the day. One by one we got them in the booth and asked a series of questions, some serious and some funny. I got some great answers on both sides. The question asking what top three websites the person liked produced some interesting comments. The questions about Sailor Jerry and Ed Hardy gave me prolific and passionate responses.
After the end of a long day, John and I headed to "Sneaky Dee's" for dinner and some much deserved drinks. I partook in the national dish of Canada, poutine. Poutine could be described as the perfect companion food to drinking. It is traditionally, french fries, gravy and cheese curds. Mmmm, Canada….
The trip back to the hotel was entertaining as John and I watched the locals get silly drunk. In this time we witnessed a girls gone wild type flashing, a band playing in the back of a moving van and some interesting fashion choices.
Sunday was the day to really kick ass. Kick ass we did. John booked more interviews for me and ran the booth. I'm very new to the tattoo world, so I had to have a cheat sheet written on my hand as I walked around shooting stills and doing a video B-roll. The convention floor had a very busy energy. It seemed that everyone was working. I took it all in with big new eyes to this world….


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The demise of so many of our favorite magazines last year made us feel significantly less guilty about our gigantic periodical collection even though it has a tendency to overflow our shelves. We constantly reference past issues of our favorites that have passed away and treasure the arrival of the few that are still alive.
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Seductive. Inspirational. Versatile. The tri-deck Sunseeker 40 Metre Yacht epitomizes everything that is Sunseeker. Accommodating up to twelve guests in sublime surroundings, the sheer scale and layout of this immense yacht is awe-inspiring. Expertly finished using ultra-modern materials and techniques, the 40 Metre Yacht is one of the finest examples of modern day motor boat building. The main deck features a lounge, separate dining area and full galley, while on the upper deck you'll find the sky lounge, cocktail bar and access to the skydeck; where comfort and lavishness reach new levels. As impressive out in open water as it is in the harbour, this icon of design is unlike any other.
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Images of Australia: An Introductory Reader in Australian Studies
Gillian Whitlock, David Carter
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'A great opportunity' — There will be some local faces in attendance this weekend when the NCAA Women's Final Four comes to New Orleans.
'A great opportunity' — There will be some local faces in attendance this weekend when the NCAA Women's Final Four comes to New Orleans.
Thirty local girls — all of them basketball players themselves — will be taking part in the Champions for Women mentoring program.
Congratulations to these young athletes, each of whom might one day end up taking part in the NCAA championship herself.
"This is a great opportunity for the girls," said Lacache-Montegut coach Tammy Martin, who has six players from her team attending. "It gives them an opportunity to see what the next level is about."
That is an excellent point.
These girls, who are 12 and 13 years old, will have a great chance to interact with and learn from coaches and players at some of women's basketball's highest levels.
The program will involve both basketball lessons and seminars for the youngsters, a good mix for aspiring athletes at any level.
Congratulations and enjoy!
Family Fun Fest — If you follow the sounds of great music and the smells of delicious food, you are sure to end up in Larose either today or Sunday.
The Larose Family Fun Fest is exactly that, a festival of family fun and a great chance to pass a good time with family and friends at a great local happening.
The festival features all the excellent food that festival-goers have come to expect, as well as rides for the kids of all ages and enough bands to please the ears of any discerning fan.
The festival kicked off Friday night and runs through Sunday at the Larose Civic Center, 307 E. 5th St., Larose.
"We're proud of the way it's grown and that we've been able to keep it a free and unique festival for the people of south Lafourche promoting our heritage, community and culture," said Executive Director Jasmine Ayo.
Well said. We'll see you at the festival.
Birthday wish — "Tis better to give than to receive" is a tried and true saying but one that usually requires a bit of maturity for people to appreciate.
Giving rather than receiving is a trait that generally eludes children, who might not yet know better. It is also a trait that eludes a good many adults.
But one local child is trying to make a difference by embracing this good advice.
Cassidy Cressoine, 5, of Houma told her mother, Lacey, that for her April 26 birthday this year, she wants a pair of shoes for every child in the MacDonell Children's Services Home in Houma rather than presents for herself.
"After I saw a little girl on the TV getting shoes for poor kids in Africa, I just wanted to give everybody shoes in Louisiana," Cressoine said.
If you want to help fulfill her wish, email email@example.com.
If we could all be so selfless, our world would be a much better place.
Welcome to town — They're here, and there are thousands of them.
A large contingent of Harley-Davidson enthusiasts are in Houma this weekend as part of the Harley Owners Group, or HOG, rally.
The group has activities, parties and rides planned around the area today and Sunday as part of the rally, which officially kicked off Thursday night.
Welcome to town, everyone. Enjoy yourselves, stay safe and come back soon.
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Epic Skyforce First Half Dooms Legends and Sets Up Crucial Finale
Crisp ball movement led to excellent shooting and a Sioux Falls Skyforce triumph 135-121 over the Texas Legends Friday night at the Sanford Pentagon.
Let's make it clear that 3,193 in attendance saw both teams perform well on offense. Sioux Falls (30-19) torched the nets to the tune of 62 percent and the Legends' rate settled at 57 percent. Also of the 94 combined made baskets 70 had assists attached to them. Skyforce guard Chris Allen noted that a lot of credit is due to playing under control with a fast tempo. "Any mistake they had we would push it as fast as we can down court, swing it around and whoever had the best shot take it and make it." Skyforce forward Craig Smith was usually the one taking the optimum shot to the tune of 33 points on 12-14 from the floor. Anthony Mason, Jr. did his part providing 24 and the high dealer was Larry Drew II with 14 assists with 16 counters. Smith's repertoire was especially broad and worth a look in the clip.
A tie game at the end of the first quarter morphed into Skyforce 26-11 run over the first 6 minutes of the second period. Overall in the second, Sioux Falls torched the nets with 42 points to end the first half at 76 overall. Texas (23-26) was only able to knock the lead down to single digits during a fourth quarter spurt. Allen says the Legends are a tough defensive matchup. "With the caliber of players they have, no one person is going to guard them. They make moves, get into the lane then make a pass to (someone) wide open because of our team's help defense." P.J. Hairston was the one cashing in for Texas most often with 26 points followed by Dallas Mavericks assignee Ricky Ledo (24 points) and former NBA stud Melvin Ely (23 points).
Saturday night, the final game of the regular season will bring the Tulsa 66ers to Sioux Falls. Meanwhile the Legends will hop a flight to DFW and play host to the Idaho Stampede. Then comes the playoffs as the 8 playoff teams are known. The seedings will be determined by Saturday night's action with first round matchups announced on Sunday. Sioux Falls could win the Central Division title, but need Iowa to lose to the Los Angeles D-Fenders and Rio Grande Valley to lose to the Austin Toros.


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Jared Clark Homers Twice But Canaries Fall To Saints
ST. PAUL, MN -- Jared Clark hit two home runs, including a grand slam, but the Sioux Falls Canaries suffered a 12-8 loss to the St. Paul Saints on Thursday night in St. Paul.
The two North Division rivals split a four-game series, and the Canaries finished the season series 4-6 against the Saints.
The Canaries (35-49) took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on Nick Van Stratten's single, but the Saints then unloaded for 10 runs against Canaries starter Adam Champion (6-9). Joey Becker's bunt single tied the game at 1-1 in the fourth, and Jose Hernandez followed with a three-run home run. In the fifth, the Saints (42-41) sent 10 men to the plate, collecting six runs on eight hits.
Jared Clark launched a two-run home run in the seventh inning to make it 11-3, and he hit his first grand slam of the year in the ninth to cut the lead to 12-7. He finished 2-for-4 with six RBI.
The Canaries added one more run in the ninth on Stephen King's double, but Matt Meyer retired Cory Morales and Marcos Rodriguez to end the game.
Rookie starter Billy Soule (3-0) earned the win, throwing 8 1/3 innings and giving up eight runs, six earned, on nine hits. He walked two and struck out six.
Champion suffered his worst loss of the season, yielding 10 runs on 14 hits in five innings. He did not walk anybody and struck out five.
The Canaries begin a three-game series against the Gary SouthShore RailCats at 7:10 p.m. on Friday.
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