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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
a happy fourth.
7 comments:
- Amy said...
WOW that just screams America!
So wonderful to see a family together sharing memories like this
- July 13, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- Everton Terrace said...
Ahhh, just one of my most favorite places. I love the numbers on the back of the shirts - genius idea (will probably copy it)! What a lovely family you have.
- July 13, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- Miranda said...
Beautiful family. What a great time together you must have all had. Nothing like a ton of kids getting to just be kids outside. I love it!!
- July 13, 2010 at 11:31 PM
- janine said...
Hi Bev,
Thanks for sharing these pictures of your family. They put a smile on my face!! Days shared like this are what life is all about.
Take care
Tasmania, Australia
- July 14, 2010 at 4:58 PM
- Rhonda said...
I just love baby pictures where the baby looks like they have a secret...darling simply darling
- July 14, 2010 at 9:06 PM
- A Write Life said...
What a lovely family.
- July 15, 2010 at 7:05 AM
- iSearchDecor said...
That looks like a wonderful 4th of July! I had a great day as well celebrating and spending time with my family.
- July 16, 2010 at 1:25 PM


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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2018
Posted on December 1, 2018 by Clive D. Field
Counting Religion in Britain, No. 37, October 2018 features 18 new sources of British religious statistics. The contents list appears below and a PDF version of the full text can be downloaded from the following link: No 37 October 2018 OPINION … Continue reading →
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Counting Religion in Britain, October 2017
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Counting Religion in Britain, November 2015
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The Traveling Dress - Rockville, Maryland
This spring my daughter, Nolin, & I had the honor of joining some talented photographer friends & their daughters in The Traveling Dress Collective. This is a project where you buy one dress & each spend a week with it taking photographs. You are not to share any photos with the group until after everyone has finished, so the anticipation is real!
The dress arrived in here in Maryland mid-February & I was so excited to see it in person. It was gorgeous & I knew my daughter would love wearing it. However, living in the northeast, I was worried about getting her outside to shoot at this time of the year.
Lucky for us, the day of our session, it was beautiful outside! The temperature was unseasonably warm. The sun was out & shining. Thank goodness Mother Nature cooperated!
I decided to take my daughter to one of my favorite outdoor locations in this area. We spent the afternoon exploring. My daughter absolutely loved twirling in such a beautiful, twirly dress. She twirled her way around as we explored & would have continued into the night if I had let her. Although she would have been thrilled to keep the dress, she was so happy to pass it on to the next person, after I told her a little bit about the little girl, of course. We had a fabulous time!
10 Photographers. 10 Daughters. 10 Cities. 1 Dress.
I'm thrilled to announce that our project was chosen for publication by The Traveling Dress Collective! Click below to travel the dress's journey into the hands of me and my nine friends, and see each of our interpretations of the dress.


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Dragon's Bread with Smoky Paprika and Spicy Nasturtium (for when adventure calls):
Do you remember that defiant, adventure-seeking feeling that would come over you time-to-time when you were little? That feeling that led you to sneak into the pantry for some bread or maybe some Pop Tarts and stuff them into a bag, which you then hung on a stick in true drifter style. That feeling that led you out the door and into the unfamiliar, whispering "We're about to embark on a grand adventure!" or "I'm going to go find a dragon to conquer!" After a little while, though, that voice would tire out and become silent and the growing in your stomach would begin its complaints. That was always about the time my sister and I would decide that maybe running away from home wasn't such a good plan and gosh, mom was making hamburgers tonight and they sound awfully good, maybe we'll run away tomorrow. And so it goes.
Whether that sudden inspiration to leave the stale known world behind came from romanticized concepts in literature like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin or ancient ballads of dragon-slaying knights, or whether we were collectively tapping into something more ancient, more primal, and more immediate is unknown to me still, but it makes sense. This is the time of outward energy, of trying new things and going new places and exploring the external world to give us fodder to explore our own inner worlds in the depths of winter. It's a time of venturing into the dragon-like heat of a summer's day to conquer or own fears and curiosity. It's only natural that thoughts of adventuring outside of our known world consume us and we daydream of camping trips, road trips, and days spent at the beach.
Running away is still a temptation as an adult too. We may not be able to run away for a week, leaving our jobs and responsibilities behind us, but surely we can run away for a night? We can drive into the wilderness and let our naked bodies soak up the pleasure of brisk mountain streams and we can lay on the ground or snuggled up in blankets and admire the ways the stars twinkle. We can even run away for just a few hours, go to somewhere wild and magical and get our fix of summertime adventure before we blink and it passes us by. But by now we know better than to pack such a lame assortment of adventure foods. We know that to truly run away, we're going to need some tasty sustenance. We're going to need a picnic.
And luckily, this bread serves the perfect function for a runway summer picnic. It's beautiful, flavorful, and easily shareable. You don't need any utensils to enjoy it, nor do you need any condiments to top it. It is filled with everything you need. The radial scale pattern makes it easy to tear off a chunk to munch on, and the orange-red bread itself is colored and flavored with smoky paprika and tomato paste. The zesty filling is a pesto made from spicy-sour nasturtium leaves and parmesan cheese. Start it now so that by the time dinnertime rolls around you can pack it up and head somewhere a little more adventuresome than your own dining room.
If a dragon had a favorite flower, I bet it'd be nasturtiums. Their peppery bite and fiery colors seem to encapsulate summer's heat in flower form. Nasturtiums are a common sight in mid-summer. Their tangled vine-y foliage and unmistakable round leaves are peppered with bright yellow, orange, and red flowers. They can be seen in gardens and pots, but you can also find them growing wild along the Pacific coast in sunny areas with well-drained soil. Both leaves and flowers are edible and have a pleasantly spicy, radish-like flavor. They have a slightly tart aftertaste, probably due to their high levels of vitamin C (in fact, they were once used to treat scurvy!) They make an especially flavorful pesto that mellows out just the right amount during baking.
Smoked Paprika and Tomato Dragon Bread:
3/4 c. lukewarm water
2 tsp. active dry yeast
1 tsp. sugar
5 Tbs. tomato paste
3 c. unbleached all-purpose flour
1 large egg
3 Tbs. olive oil
1 tsp. kosher salt
3 tsp smoked paprika (or more, if you like it more flavorful)
1/4 c. finely-chopped fresh basil
egg, for egg wash
Filling, below
- Dissolve yeast, sugar, and 1/2 c. of flour in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Add the tomato paste, egg, olive oil, salt, paprika, and basil to the mixture and stir until combined. Add the remaining flour and stir well. Add additional flour if needed to form a stiff dough.
- Knead for 6-8 minutes until smooth and supple. Place in an oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 45 minutes to an hour or until doubled.
- Roll the dough out to about 1/4" thick, then use a 2" pastry cutter (or drinking glass) to cut out discs. Keep the rest covered while you work. Place 1/2 tsp. filling into the center of each circle, then fold it in half like a taco. Fold that in half again to make a petal shape and pinch the bottom together. Place the petals in a greased 9 or 10" cake pan in a circle, then place another layer in the middle to form a radial flower shape. Roll a bit of the leftover dough into a small ball and place in the middle.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until puffy, about 30 minutes. If you used a springform pan, you can now remove the outer ring and place the bread flower onto a cookie sheet. (If not, just leave it in the pan.)
- Preheat oven to 400F. After the dough has risen, remove the plastic and brush with a thin egg wash, then bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Nasturtium Pesto Filling:
A note: this recipe makes about twice as much as you'll need for the bread filling. You can halve it, or make the double batch to eat later - it's great over pasta, eating with chips, or baked into quesadillas.
3 c. nasturtium leaves and flowers
1/4 c. olive oil
3 Tbs. lemon juice
fresh black pepper
1 c. grated hard cheese like parmesan
- Blend the nasturtium leaves, olive oil, and lemon juice in a food processor or blender until only small chunks remain. Stir in the black pepper to taste, then add the grated cheese.
I hope you enjoy your summertime adventures! If you give this recipe a try, I'd love to hear what you think of it. (And I super-love seeing the versions people make! Tag me in the photo on Instagram (@misswondersmith) or Facebook (@thewondersmith) so I can see!
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For many Bolivians, Sucre is the rightful capital of the country. The city hosted Bolivia's declaration of independence in 1825, and for many years after was the seat of national government. Today, Sucre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a fascinating window into South America's past, with many of its old colonial buildings preserved immaculately. After spending two activity-filled days exploring the city's pretty streets, we've compiled the best things to do in Sucre, the White City of Bolivia.
1. People-watch at Plaza 25 de Mayo
Plaza 25 de Mayo is at the heart of Sucre's historic centre and the hub of activity in the city. Its perimeter is lined with some of the pristine whitewashed colonial buildings that inspired Sucre's 'White City' moniker, such as the State Government Palace.
A statue of Antonio José de Sucre, Bolivia's first president, stands at the centre of the square, surrounded by beautifully cultivated gardens and converging walkways. This is a great spot to take a seat at one of the plaza's benches and watch city life unfold.
You'll often also find pop-up market stalls and local craft vendors plying their trade around the edge of the plaza.
2. See the spectacle of Sucre Cathedral
The stand-out feature of Plaza 25 de Mayo is Sucre Metropolitan Cathedral, towering proudly on the south corner of the square. This grand old building is the nerve centre of Sucre's deeply rooted Catholic traditions.
The cathedral, which was completed more than three centuries ago, fuses renaissance and baroque architectural qualities. Many of its original features are impressively preserved and maintained.
The majestic cast-iron gate and carved wooden doors are a taster for the incredible detail you will find throughout the cathedral's interior. It's well worth taking a look inside to explore the intricate carvings, oil paintings and stained-glass windows.
3. Explore the White City at night
Sucre's white cityscape is impressive to behold in full daylight, but as night descends the old buildings take on an extra-magical quality.
Many of the most significant colonial buildings are decorated with gold-coloured features that complement their whitewashed facades. When illuminated at night, this is accentuated magnificently.
Sucre Metropolitan Cathedral shimmers golden-white as dusk falls. If you walk around the narrow streets surrounding Plaza 25 de Mayo from here, you will see the city in – excuse the pun – a very new light.
4. Shop for food at Mercado Central
While Sucre has a great choice of restaurants that offer traditional local dishes, one of the best ways to experience the local food culture is to explore the local markets.
Mercado Central, just a couple of blocks to the north of Plaza 25 de Mayo, is the city's principal marketplace. Be prepared to get your haggling game on to buy fruit, vegetables, meats, bread, herbs, spices and other foodstuffs from friendly local vendors.
If you don't have a place to cook your own food at your accommodation in Sucre, then you can head upstairs in Central Mercado and try local dishes at the busy lunchtime eateries. These are a fantastic way to discover Sucre's cuisine at very cheap prices.
We tried mondogo – a local special of crispy fried pork, chilli sauce, potatoes and corn – and paid just 30 bolivianos for both of us, including a drink each.
5. Take a walk in Parque Simón Bolívar
Parque Simón Bolívar (not to be confused with the giant park of the same name in Bogotá, Colombia) is a large park and gardens located some five blocks to the north-west of Plaza 25 de Mayo. It's a peaceful place to hang out, take a relaxing stroll or go for a morning jog.
The most recognisable feature of the park is a red iron structure designed by none other than France's celebrated Gustav Eiffel. The construction resembles his famous Parisienne landmark so closely that it has become known as Sucre's Eiffel Tower. It stands in the middle of the park surrounded by ornate crafted ponds.
At the far north end of the park is Fuente del Bicentenario, a large water fountain that was built over two centuries ago. A colourful light show is staged at the fountain every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 7pm and 9pm.
6. Eat some of Bolivia's best salteñas
One of the trademarks of Bolivia's food scene is the salteña, a savoury baked pastry snack. It is a Bolivian take on the empanada, which is popular in Spain and across most of South America.
Salteñas differ from empanadas in that their usually meat-based fillings come in a spicy sauce with olives and potatoes. Bolivians tend to eat them as a mid-morning snack.
El Patio Salteñaria in Sucre is reputed to serve some of the best salteñas in Bolivia. We tried them, and we weren't disappointed! It's a very popular spot though, so get in there early – any later than 11am and you might miss out.
7. See the city panorama from Recoleta
At the crest of a hill to the south-east of Sucre's historic centre you will find Recoleta, which offers the best city viewpoint.
Like many colonial cities of South America, Sucre's streets are arranged into a grid pattern. From Plaza 25 de Mayo, you can reach Recoleta by walking along any of the roads that point south-east. Within 20 minutes (and after a short but steep hill walk at the end), you will reach the spot.
Recoleta itself is a nice area to look around, with highlights being the cobblestoned, arch-lined courtyard of Plaza de Anzurez, and the nearby craft markets. The real beauty, though, is the panoramic view across Sucre's white-walled, red-roofed city streetscape, and the mountainous horizon beyond.
8. Have a coffee at Café Gourmet Mirador
Situated perfectly just beneath La Recoleta's main viewpoint is Café Gourmet Mirador, a little café with outdoor seating. This is the perfect spot to rest for a while and enjoy that view over a Bolivian coffee, perhaps with some homemade cake.
The café also serves excellent food at reasonable prices. If you time your visit just right, you can have a meal and a glass of wine while watching the sun set over the old city. Perfect.
9. Spot the local street art
While the historical section of Sucre around Plaza 25 de Mayo is typified by clean, white walls, if you venture a little further out, the city landscape begins to change. In the neighbourhoods between the old centre and the bus station, a less affluent area of the city, we came across some beautiful examples of street art.
The Italian street artist Blu is known to have painted a mural in the suburbs of Sucre. We couldn't find that particular one, but we did encounter a beautiful street mural of a child in rags huddled into a ball. With an active community of artists in the city, there are many more examples to be found around the outer streets.
10. Take Spanish lessons
Drawn by the relaxed vibe and safe reputation, many people choose Sucre as a base for learning Spanish. The city is, in fact, one of the most popular centres in South America for doing so.
There are classes available all over the city, with prices as cheap as 35 bolivianos an hour (about 5 US dollars). When you combine this with the beautiful surroundings and chilled pace of life, it's hardly surprising that people are choosing Sucre for language-learning slow travel.
If you're passing through as a backpacker, taking a Spanish lesson or two is also a great way to meet new people.
Where to stay in Sucre
Sucre has a range of different accommodation options for travellers of all budget types. We stayed in Clavel Blanco hostel, which served all of our needs. It had a nice communal area, and a spacious and well equipped kitchen so we could cook our own food. With a free omelette breakfast too, we couldn't complain, especially with beds as cheap as 50 bolivianos a night.
If this isn't your vibe, than you can choose from many other places to stay at booking.com.
How to get to Sucre
Sucre is centrally located in Bolivia and well connected by road to other major cities around the country. Bus routes operate several times a day to La Paz, Potosí, Uyuni, Santa Cruz, Oruro, Cochabamba and Tarija.
Before we arrived in Bolivia we heard a few horror stories about the quality of bus transport in the country. We were pleased to discover that it wasn't true at all – we had nothing but good experiences.
We arrived in Sucre on an overnight bus from La Paz with Trans Copacabana. There are many other companies that operate the routes – it's a good idea to shop around at the bus terminals for the best price.
The main bus terminal in Sucre is located a couple of kilometres away from the historic centre. It's not a bad walk, or if you prefer, taxis are very cheap (around 4–5 bolivianos a person).
Sucre does have an international airport that receives flights from Madrid, Buenos Aires, Salta and São Paulo, all operated by national airline Boliviana de Aviación. If you were ever in doubt as to how Sucre's inhabitants feel about which city should have capital status, look out for the 'welcome to the capital of Bolivia' sign as you leave the airport!
Things to do in Sucre: map of attractions
This map shows the sites of interest I have detailed in this article:
Further reading on Bolivia
If you're planning a trip to Bolivia, you might find our other articles useful:
- Bolivia itinerary and travel guide: the classic two-week route
- How much does a Bolivia trip cost? Here's what we spent
- Two days in Copacabana: Lake Titicaca Bolivia style
- 14 fun things to do in La Paz, Bolivia
- How I conquered my fears to bike down Bolivia's Death Road
- Cholita wrestling in La Paz: a unique Bolivian showpiece
- Bolivia's Cerro Rico mines: a journey into the 'mountain that eats men'
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On Oct.4th 1981 (34 years ago) Jim got on his knee and officially asked me to marry him!! It was at an anniversary party for the Sterio's Landmark Restaurant downtown. He did this in front of many people including my parents and friends!! Do I look happy or what??!!One of the best decisions I ever made.
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- Doom said...
Congratulations! Quite a task, for both of you. Though I have to suspect the benefits are all around. I am pleased, from hearing bits of your story, that you came around and made the right choices, or at least right enough. I'll add you both to my prayer list. Who said prayer lists always have to be about the bad? I might tease, as a bach, but I know better. Be well.
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- LL said...
34 years -- and the kids and joys that come with that, is something to be proud of.
Prayer is all about gratitude.
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- Kid said...
Congratulations Sig. My first shot at this was one of the worst.
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John Dillon, the County Sheriff, was there; he was the 1st Deputy Chief of Police when he retired and ran for Sheriff. He looked at me and said, "Jim, now you can't back out out sport."
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- sig94 said...
Kid - this is also my second. My first was a disaster also.
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Tomoaki Higashiyama, Yasuhiro Nishida, Yusuke Ichiyama, Sanae Muraki, Masahito Ohji; Signal intensity measurement of magnetic resonance imaging for extraocular muscles inflammation in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy before and after methylprednisolone pulse therapy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):5900.
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To quantitatively evaluate the extraocular muscles inflammation in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) before and after methylprednisolone pulse therapy, measuring signal intensity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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Wayne Vandenlangenberg will step on the scale on a special live broadcast of The Biggest Loser Couples on Tuesday. Weighing himself is common practice since he woke from a coma and resolved himself to weigh something, to be something, other than 674 pounds. From lifting a tomato juice can in his wheelchair to walking five miles and plunging into water aerobics and kickboxing, Wayne's resolve resulted in a staggering 400 pound weight loss, inspired by the long-running reality TV weight loss competition.
Touched by his story, NBC re-edited Tuesday's show to include Wayne in a rare live broadcast, celebrating his do-it-yourself weight loss and The Biggest Loser's role in it. Wayne will take his first plane flight to Los Angeles, eat healthfully at Gordon Ramsay Restaurant at West Hollywood and finally enter The Ranch to tell his story and weigh on live television. But as excitement mounts and his television appearance beckons, thoughts of his past don't occur to him.
Instead, the number clouds his mind; What will the scale say? It's like an entity into itself: The Number. He dreams about it as the trip nears. Facing what The Number was years ago, facing what The Number will be Tuesday. The glare of national television and the support of his wife, mother and close friends notwithstanding, The Number exerts a tremendous power, even if no one else understands. "I've never told a lot of people how much I weighed," he said this week as he finished preparations for his flight to Los Angeles on Sunday.
It will be his first trip on an airplane because he couldn't pay for two seats in his 600-pound days. "They're putting me on a scale at the ranch in front of all of America. I'm freaking out here. I'll turn around and see the number and I don't know how I'll react.
That Was Then
The clamor of "weight loss success stories" and the awe factor -- the "Oh wow, that's amazing!" reaction -- can muffle the fact that you have live through hell first to actually be the success story. There's a gritty, uncomfortable truth at the heart of before-and-after images -- the picture's 1,000 words don't discuss the during. Wayne's faith and positivity are impenetrable, if for nothing else than necessity. He himself never knew he weighed 674 until he entered the hospital near his Neenah, Wisconsin home for what he thought was a cold in November 2007. Little did he know his heart was failing, and his oxygen breathing capacity was 61 below normal. His lungs began filling with fluid and he entered a coma for 11 days. By that point Wayne, now 49, was no stranger to health complications -- the classic obesity-related diseases of sleep apnea and diabetes. The nightly oxygen tanks and medications for cholesterol, blood thinners. He remained in the hospital for 64 days until his lungs healed sufficiently. Returning home, a wheelchair-bound Wayne watched Jerry Liensby compete on The Biggest Loser's fourth season. He had never seen the show, he only knew Liensby was similar to his age and was undergoing a process Wayne had only envisioned. That was June 24, 2008.
Unable to leave the house and not able to afford the gym, Wayne began his journey by lifting a tomato juice can. "When I was a little bit stronger, I'd duct tape the two of them together. My muscles were so weak from being in the wheelchair," Wayne said.
"Then I started walking down hallway, I'd get out of the wheelchair and make one trip, then one and a half. Then I got brave." Wayne only left his house for doctor appointments the year between his hospitalization and seeing Liensby on television. When he got brave, he means he opened his door and walked to his mailbox. "I was just hoping no one would see me."
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It wasn't so long ago - Wayne remembers the nights he cried himself to sleep, promising himself tomorrow would be the day he stopped being 600-plus pounds. And then it wasn't. All those "I didn't do its" added up to 30 years, Wayne said. So by the time "tomorrow would be the day" became reality, it took 200 pounds for Wayne to believe it was actually happening.
"When I lost my first 100, I don't see anything. Everybody was like 'Wow!,' and I look in the mirror and say 'Where? Where do you see this?' After I lost 200, I saw pictures side-by-side of my picture and said, 'Wow, I can really do this.' I knew my clothes were bigger, but I never saw it before then. Then I'd stand sideways, and thought, 'I guess what I'm doing is working.'"
Wayne blossomed from then on. He can rattle off the multitude of actions most people take for granted. After going from an 8X pants to a 42 waist, he can shop where he pleases without a "X" in sight. He can cross his legs, see the movies, enjoy sliding into a restaurant booth. People are impressed with his accomplishment, and even more shocked when they understand he started with tomato cans and not a surgical procedure -- which is the only thing his doctors recommended, Wayne said. Surgery can make a lasting difference for some, but Wayne said the risks at his size outweighed the benefits.
It's all moot now -- he lives with no medication and no oxygen mask. "Now that's an accomplishment," he said. "People respect me now. It's weird, [and] it's just amazing; people have to listen to what they want to say now. Before, I didn't want anyone to notice me." Then there's the odd sensation of feeling like a stranger in your own skin. Wayne estimates he has at least 40 pounds of loose skin on his body, and doctors told him it will require at least $12,000 to remove it. Because insurance won't cover his surgery and he doesn't have the finances, he forges ahead. And there's the humor. Years ago, Wayne traded his fast food and lying about grocery store purchases to broccoli spears and the occasional patch of pasta. He'll drive past drive-throughs and chuckle that his weight loss single-handedly deprived some fast food managers their yearly bonus. He's still amused that his wife, Laurie, refers to him to her "skinny minnie" instead of "her big teddy bear." And for all the nights Wayne cried himself to sleep, he's usually so focused on his goals now he doesn't have much time to be emotional. Except for those moments where just how much his life changed hits him. "I'd see pants I wear now and think 'I can't fit in that, I'm a fat ass' and then remember 'You don't have a fat ass,'" Wayne said. "But I just look at them and think, "Oh my God, I can fit in all of them. I'd just looking at the waistband and I think to myself, 'Are these mine, are these truly mine?' Then I get a little teary-eyed."
So Now What?
When you speak with Wayne, three things strike you -- his gratitude for his transformation and his wife, mother and friends' constant support, his honesty and, most importantly, his humility. In an age where "success stories" pop up regularly, Wayne's straightforward spirit cuts through TV hype and the "people don't actually lose weight because of "The Biggest Loser" cynicism. When a man walks outside and is grateful to breathe and says "You're smelling life now," with complete sincerity, every reason someone can't lose weight or keep it off sounds like a cheap excuse masking another truth. He's out to prove it to everyone else, too.
"I want to inspire people to get healthy. I lost 30 years of my life due to being fat. I missed so much stuff, now I'm 49, and I can't take any of that back … so many parties, so many picnics, because I didn't want anyone to see me," Wayne said. "Now, I want to be 'If I can do it and weigh this much, you can do it too.' I started lifting cans; I didn't have any money to go the gym, you can use what you have in the house."
So it's not a shock that The Biggest Loser is acknowledging him next week -- it's not just the enormity of weight he lost, or that The Biggest Loser influenced his decision to change his life. Amid few finances and low expectations, Wayne beat all odds. And with his wife, mother and close friends cheering from Wisconsin, on Sunday Wayne will begin an adventure beyond his wildest imagination from watching Jerry Lindsey two years ago. Wayne seeks to settle into his life changes first, but he wants to address his skin at some point. When he feels he's ready, he wants to enter motivational speaking. He still plans to attend an amusement park and ride a roller coaster for the first time. But those goals are for the future. At the moment, The Number and the public's overwhelming positivity demand his attention. The next few days will mark many first experiences -- his first plane trip, the first time he buy clothes that fit him, his first television appearance -- but let's hope it also marks a finale. Hearing his former weight and whatever the scale says Tuesday will give his journey a reality it lacked -- hearing The Number, on national television no less -- makes the process more real. You can't hide from what you were, or what you've become. But maybe in the glare of television lights Wayne will realize he is far, far greater than whatever The Number has to say about him. He's accomplished far more -- he is far more -- than any digit from the past, present or future.
The special live section of The Biggest Loser will air Tuesday at your local NBC affiliate. Be sure to cheer him on, and give him not only your excitement and goodwill, but also your deepest respect. Lord knows he has mine.


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"What fool would plan to defeat their enemy by dying forever themselves?"
- – Asdrubael Vect
Ynnead is the Eldar god of the dead and may or may not be the reincarnation of David Bowie. Ha! Bet you can't unsee that now!!!! (Cegorach pls)). He was previously more of a concept than an actual being, representative of what may be the last hope of the Eldar against their eternal enemy, Slaanesh - and possibly Chaos in its entirety.
When Slaanesh was born, she devoured most of the Eldar race, and their souls, and most of their gods, and basically caused a lot of things to get badly screwed up, making a terrible mess in the toilet afterwards that the Eldar were forced to mop up. The crap on the wall that won't scrub off was that the surviving Eldar found Slaanesh was constantly hungering for their souls, laying in wait for the moment when any member of their race died to completely consume them. In the past the Eldar believed that when they died, their soul would be reincarnated - with Slaanesh's coming, the Eldar's ability to reincarnate disappeared. To save themselves from this fate, the Craftworld Eldar use spiritstones to trap their souls upon death. The spiritstone is then used to intern the soul within the Infinity Circuit of a Craftworld, next to a carefully placed egg timer, where the soul is free to roam around and commingle with the other Eldar souls of the Craftworld.
As more souls over time have been added to the infinity circuits, the Eldar Farseers perceived something stirring from this collection of souls; this was Ynnead, a god formed from untainted Eldar souls and the power of Asuryan, the king of the Eldar gods, who passed on his power to the Farseers of the Eldar before he was devoured by Slaanesh. The Farseers believed that when the last Craftworld Eldar dies, Ynnead will be fully born and will rise up to cast down Slaanesh, destroying him/her/it forever. It's unknown whether this would have been feasible or not considering Slaanesh's immense power, but Ynnead represented the Eldar race's last, best hope for a better future, and so all their efforts went toward making him as strong as possible.
Worship of Ynnead was, and likely remains, pretty controversial among the Aeldari, as would be expected of xenos modeled on the "dying elder race" shtick. Death is literally his entire purpose and portfolio, and the species that alternately worships and reviles him is coming increasingly closer to extinction - about as permanent of a death as you can get in this universe. Their last and best hope is essentially a gamble involving the soul of every single Eldar, alive or dead, on the off chance that they might be rid of Slannesh forever, and if that fails...
Those who accept Ynnead have the following point of view: Ynnead is the Eldar god of the dead. Or at least he will be, as he is currently being created. He is in godly limbo at the moment while the Eldar try to amass enough pure souls, or at least souls that have overcome petty desires, in the various Craftworlds' Infinity Circuits which are bonded together by the Eternal Matrix that links all the Infinity circuits and World Spirits together through the Webway, to give him enough mojo to become a proper god.
With the release of the Gathering Storm, it turns out that the Ynnead is anathema to the Chaos Gods and they are actually afraid of it - yeah, and Khorne wears high heels. On the other hand, Slaanesh has already been put on a bus in Age of Sigmar (Never mind he's getting some new stuff already) and Ynnead is a pretty good way to put Slaanesh on a bus in 40k too.
Other Aeldari see the worshipers of Ynnead as a misguided heretical death cult who are risking the souls of the Aeldari race on a gamble. It also doesn't help that the Yncarne bears more than a passing resemblance to Slaanesh.1
Basically, Ynnead is the Eldar's last hope against Slaanesh. Ynnead is the Eldar god of the dead and may or may not be the reincarnation of David Bowie. He's alive (for a given value) and active now, but this is new fluff and as always in WH40k the Eldars' plan did not survive contact with reality.
Slaanesh was born out of unbridled hedonism, giving them the theme of extreme pleasure. Ynnead is born out of the dead post-fall Eldar who are vengeful but still optimistic stuck-ups, so Ynnead would theoretically be born out of the Eldar's vengeance and hopes for a better tomorrow. Assuming it follows the same process as Slaanesh; Ynnead probably won't go rogue and will follow the main purpose of its creation. Probably.
Could the Eldar have simply had a bunch of Farseers, Warlocks, and Exarchs of each Path commit ritual suicide to reincarnate as an Eldar-Emperor being like the ancient human shaman did in outdated fluff? Probably, but these are Eldar. Their whole schtick is being cowardly pussy-tards. They would probably be too afraid of failing and being eaten to take such a chance. Or worse, it succeeds inside Slaanesh, further strengthening the abomination. That sounds about right for 40K.
Something to consider: Ynnead is a very different god then any other active entity in the setting. All of the other gods are immortal beings of perpetual nature. They are always focused on the concept of being endless, be it stagnation, warfare, evolution or excess. Only The Emperor shares a base concept with Ynnead, which is the concept of finality. Ynnead is the god of Death, and death is by its very concept a mortal thing, making it impossible for the Chaos gods to comprehend. So few demons are truly destroyed that the ruinous powers don't actually view the concept beyond something mortals do in their spare time, and facing mortality would be such an alien concept that it would make them fear its existence. Ynnead was able to negate the position of Slaanesh, the disease of nurgle, the sorceries of tzeench and stop the senseless conflict of khorne. It's existence is the possibility of ending them, and so they fear what they cannot understand. Ynnead May be small now but if it ever reaches a higher strength, the Chaos gods will have major problems.
The Gathering Storm[edit]
Surprise! Instead of sucking up all the dead Eldar souls, Ynnead is prematurely "born" during the 13th Black Crusade following the fall of Cadia. Eldrad Ulthran attempts to summon him early by stealing the fossilized bodies of all the dead Farseers from all the Craftworlds, and conducting an elaborate ritual on a crystal moon. It gets fucked up by the Deathwatch, and only a tiny fraction of Ynnead enters the Materium.
After searching through space, this fragment discovers Yvraine. Due to her history, she was considered the ultimate expression of being Eldar because apparently the true Eldar are supposed to travel all the paths of life, even the dark ones. With her is the Visarch, a former Exarch of the Dire Avengers who trained Yvraine and had his heart broken when she chose to leave rather than succeed him. He ended up sneaking into Comorragh, pretended to be an Incubus, and fought his way to Yvraine after she unlocked the power of The Sword of Sorrows, one of the severed fingers of Morai-Heg forged into a sword by Vaul. The Visarch would later get his own sweet croneblade, The Sword of Silence, when it was pulled from the heart of Craftworld Biel-Tan.
Together, Yvraine and the Visarch become the prophets of Ynnead, preaching that not ALL the Eldar have to die for Ynnead to be born. This ends up fracturing Eldar society at all levels, and Biel-Tan ends up tearing itself apart over whether or not this is actually Eldar heresy. The destruction of Biel-Tan causes all kinds of Warp holes to tear themselves into existence around the ruins, and Ynnead births an Avatar through them known as the Yncarne (get the pun?), the one-horned ghost-fire model that's been making the rounds in photos of the latest White Dwarf.
Yvraine, Visarch, and Yncarne are now gathering an army of all the branches of the Eldar race who believe they can fight Chaos without all having to hara-kiri, while those who don't believe in Ynnead are preparing to kill all the heretics for daring to alter the fate of the Eldar. Eldrad himself is imprisoned and placed on trial by the Eldar Inquisition, because he's not Eldar enough, and proposed, after his failure to birth Ynnead, allying with the Imperium of Man to defeat Chaos once and for all. Even if the other Eldar don't like the idea of becoming best buddies with the Imperium they still reluctantly agreed that they are still the best of a bad bunch, what with the other options being either the Orks or Tau both of who are either too "young" (translated as to naïve and inexperienced to face the forces of Chaos and lack the incredible power of any major faction) or simply too uncooperative and uncouth to be allied with (basically ever alien that isn't a devoted Imperial citizen ordered to cooperate), that didn't stop Yvraine from helping to resurrect Roboute Guilliman, so perhaps an actual alliance may be possible.
It may also be that Ynnead simply disagrees with the stupidity of not allying with the only faction both willing and able and actively doing something against chaos. It could also be possible that once Guilliman gets in charge the Imperium will stop killing everything that isn't human and start killing everything that is a demon with them.
The Croneswords[edit]
The five Croneswords are legendary shapeshifting blades said to have been formed from the five broken fingers of the severed hand of Morai-Heg. According to legend, the five blades are imbued with a connection to Ynnead, and will reveal themselves when the unborn god begins to stir, where the blades will find their way into the right hands and lead to the eventual salvation of the Eldar race.
The blades are as follows:
- Kha-vir, the Sword of Sorrows - The first awakened blade, appeared to Yvraine while in the fighting pits of Commoragh
- Asu-var, the Sword of Silent Screams - Was pulled out of the Biel-Tan Infinity Circuit before the craftworld broke apart, is now held by the Visarch
- Vilith-zhar, the Sword of Souls - Currently wielded by the Yncarne, was recovered from Belial IV.
- The Spear of Twilight - Relic weapon of the Iyanden Craftworld, said to drain the life of its wielder. Had been wielded by Prince Yriel since the invasion of Hive Fleet Kraken, it's power awakened after Yriel fell to Nurgle daemons and resurrected him.
- The fifth blade has not been found, but is currently being sought on the Necron infested Exodite World of Agarimethea by Nuadhu Fireheart of Craftworld Saim-Hann. (potentially a returned special character for the next codex?)
|The Gods of the Eldar
|Asuryan - Cegorach - Isha - Kurnous - Khaine - Lileath - Morai-Heg - Vaul - Ynnead


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Long before Sunday's vote, Venezuela's presidential election was a fait accompli. Nicholas Maduro, who has become more autocratic the deeper the country falls into crisis, banned major opposition parties and politicians and repressed anti-government protests. Many voters — either disillusioned or joining in a boycott — stayed home. Turnout was just more than half of what it was in the past two presidential elections.
In the digital arena, the opposition generated far more interest than Maduro. Spanish-language attention to web pages about Henri Falcon, the candidate who placed second in the vote, reached an all-time high. Similarly, opposition party social media accounts were far more active than government ones.
The question is, does that matter? The opposition failed to unite — either to support Falcon, or to boycott the election altogether. And the government has succeeded in quelling popular dissent. The greatest threat to Maduro is Venezuela's military, which — thanks to a mix of repression and inducements — continues to support the regime. For months, many observers have speculated that the military would soon take matters into its own hands, and reports of discontent in the ranks have been increasing.
Yet, Predata signals that anticipate major actions related to the Venezuelan armed forces remain level, suggesting that at least in the near-term the status quo will persevere. Wherever the bottom is for Venezuela, we may not have reached it yet.


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LeaderBox—Books That Will Help Your Professional Growth
Updated July 19, 2019—LeaderBox is now LeaderBooks. LeaderBooks is a digital companion guide for your reading.
"Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers." —Harry Truman
That is the philosophy behind Leader Box, a monthly book subscription service. If you are in or want to be in a leadership position, developing your education through books is a necessity. Warren Buffett says he spends 80% of his day reading. Bill Gates reads 50 books a year. Mark Cuban reads three hours a day. Elon Musk taught himself to build rockets by reading books. Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon started their book clubs. Reading is essential to advancing your business skills.
LeaderBox by Michael Hyatt can help you with this. It provides you with the structure you need to read more and develop your leadership skills. And they've set it up so you can do it in just 30 minutes a day.
LeaderBox is a subscription service so each month you get two business books with study guides and reading plans delivered to your home. Michael Hyatt's team carefully curates the books with an eye towards developing your leadership skills.
I have been dying to try LeaderBox for several months. The only thing holding me back was the $79 a month subscription fee. That's a lot of money to spend each month even if it is an investment in yourself and your business.
Well, LeaderBox ran an ad on Facebook a couple of weeks ago, offering a previous month's edition of the box, so I jumped at the opportunity to check it out. Then I stalked the tracking number impatiently waiting for it to arrive. When it got here, it was as good as Christmas morning. Because, books.
Every month you receive two books. Each book has an Activation Guide, a reading plan, and three quote cards featuring notable quotes from the book.
I received the box from November 2017, and it included the books Crucial Conversations: Tools For Talking When Stakes Are High and Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. I haven't read either book, but Crucial Conversations has been on my TBR list, so I was super excited to see it as one of the books in the box I received.
As I said, each book comes with its own Activation Guide. The Activation Guide is what makes LeaderBox unique in the world of subscription book services. It provides a framework and reading plan so you can read both books in one month in about 30 minutes a day.
The guide starts with an Executive Summary. The Executive Summary gives you an overview of the book and how it will benefit you.
Then you get into the schedule of the book. Each day for ten days, the Activation Guide tells you how many pages to read. You get an overview of the Big Idea from those pages as well as Key Quotes.
Following the day's reading assignment is by a blank 2-page spread where you can jot down your thoughts and ideas from the day's reading. Part of active reading is writing about what you are learning. But it does NOT have to be fancy. Just write down keywords, phrases, ideas, ways to implement, whatever occurs to you. The more you do it, the more natural it will become. And it will help you internalize what you've read.
On Day 10 1/2, or when you've finished reading the book, you have space to write down your thoughts and how you plan to implement the book's ideas. There are prompts to help you, based on a formula Michael developed called InSIGHTS.
Once you've completed the InSIGHTS pages, Michael's team has created an Action Plan for each book. Reading the book is great, but the benefits come from implementing what you've learned.
The last part of the Activation Guide is Resources for Going Deeper. It's a list of relevant articles, podcasts, videos, and other books that will help you delve further into the topic if you wish to do so.
Each book comes with its own set of quote cards. There's a key quote from the book on each card (made of beautiful, heavy card stock) to serve as a reminder of what you've learned.
There is also a private Facebook group for LeaderBox subscribers. As all members are reading the same book and on the same schedule, the group gives them a place for discussion and networking, which is a valuable asset. (I did not have access to that group because my membership was similar to a trial membership.)
Overall, I am very impressed with the LeaderBox. It's a fantastic tool for executives, business owners, entrepreneurs, really anyone who wants to grow their leadership skills. You get two books each month, specifically chosen to help you develop as a leader, delivered right to your door. Each book has its reading plan, so you already know how much to read each day. You can read each book in just 30 minutes a day, Monday-Friday. That gives you the weekends to tackle other reading material or to catch up on the week's LeaderBox reading if necessary. You have a designated place to write down your thoughts about the book. And you have access to the Facebook group where other leaders are reading the same book, on the same schedule. It's an excellent opportunity for discussion and accountability.
In full disclosure, I'm not going to continue my subscription to LeaderBox. I'm a book blogger. I'm a voracious reader. Reading leadership and other business books is as natural to me as breathing. And I already have the habit of note-taking like Michael's InSIGHTS.
So if you are like me and already reading two or more leadership books per month and implementing what you're learning, you probably don't need LeaderBox.
But if you need to develop that daily reading habit and you are serious about improving your leadership and business skills, I highly recommend LeaderBox. At $79 a month, it is not inexpensive. But it is more cost-effective and time-friendly than trying to find books and create action plans for yourself. And it's definitely less expensive than conferences and masterminds. There is also a 30-day money-back guarantee.
You can find out more about LeaderBox here.
Have you tried LeaderBox? What did you think? Do you participate in some other non-fiction, business book service? I'd love to hear about it. Let me know in the comments.


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I'm never quite sure how to measure a guitar pedal when adding or correcting one. Should I measure:
A) just the box itself?
B) or include the jacks?
Measuring between the jacks can add 5 to 10 mm or more to a dimension which would help to better gauge placement and available space but might distort the image of the pedal? Of course spacing is going to be dependent on what type of plugs are used so . . .OH! Idea! ("plug" module idea removed from this thread and I'll start a separate thread for it)


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This year's Gardner Grand was packed with activities…maybe too many, but we had a great time! We began with dinner at our favorite restaurant in Heber City called Back 40 Ranch House Grill. When everyone ordered, we were sure we'd have a ton of leftovers, but surprisingly, the food went away and everyone ordered at least one dessert! We then hung out at the cabin and chatted, watched a movie together, and went to bed later than we should have.
Up early the next morning, we went on zip line and horseback riding tours, ate at Café Rio, shopped for our service project, and then went swimming at the new city pool. The evening was spent roasting marshmallows and making s'mores, watching a talent show and a movie, playing games, and sliding down the stairs.
Another early morning, we went to Music and the Spoken Word and on a small tour on Temple Square with the sister missionaries. The rest of the day was spent journaling for our photo album, making the first Gardner Grand video, putting together activity grab bags for children who have to stay at a local hospital, and a barbecue with the rest of our family.
Although it was a super busy weekend, we love spending time with our grandkids and watching all of them interact together!


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Barbados will be seeking to get some financial institutions exempt from the provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliant Act (FATCA), which is expected to become fully operational by September, 2015.
This was disclosed this week by Minister of International Business, Commerce and Trade Donville Inniss, who told a media briefing that a team was set up to commence negotiations of an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) between Barbados and the United States.
"The Government of Barbados will negotiate with the US to ensure that institutions like credit unions, pension funds, Government entities and international institutions that present a low risk of US tax evasion are exempt from the provisions of FATCA under a special annex to the IGA," said Inniss.
Outlining reasons for the intended exemption, Elson Gaskin, bank secretary of the Central Bank of Barbados, explained that unless the account was over a certain amount, then it would not be reported.
"Institutions such as our credit unions are deemed to present a very low risk of US tax evasion," said Gaskin.
"We don't expect to find many US taxpayers in our credit unions. In fact, there is a threshold. Once you don't come up to two per cent of your account holders, disclosing what is called US indicia, you will be exempt from registering under FATCA. But what you would simply do is, those persons who are US taxpayers, if they meet the account threshold that information would be reported to the Inland Revenue
who would then transmit it to the IRS," explained Gaskin.
The number or percentage of American taxpayers holding accounts in credit unions in Barbados is not yet known. Gaskin said the financial institutions were in the process of gathering that information. The number is not yet known for other bank accounts as yet either.
The threshold for bank accounts is US$50,000 on aggregate.
"So if you are a US taxpayer and you have an aggregate total of BDS$100,000 in a bank account on July 31, you will be subject to FATCA reporting, or if you have an insurance contract with a cash surrender value of at least $500,000 you will also be subjected to reporting. If you are under those thresholds those amounts don't have to be reported," said Gaskin.
The Inland Revenue Department will be responsible for transmitting the information to the IRS on American taxpayers who are account holders here.
Sabina Walcott-Denny, commissioner of the Inland Revenue said the department would need "more resources to do this efficiently", adding that the cost of the exercise "will have to be negotiated".
"The regular cost according to the agreement, will be borne by Barbados. However, the extraordinary cost, we should be able to negotiate something on that," she said.


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Wow I wonder if any one from work reads my blog?
I was thinking about this because it's occurred to me that my job eats into my precious blog time. Rather than nourishing my imagination with ideas and people fodder, my job only impedes the proper maintenance and daytime electrification of Phoenixism.
Now granted, I think I depend on my job less than many people at work…
By "depend on" I refer to modern man's common rut in which he buries himself beneath layers of accumulated helplessness with the shovel that is his job. The practice of building one's life, structuring it, upon the shaky foundation that is one's job in today's precarious economic world. Modern consumerist man has built a very delicate and capricious house of cards upon a wobbly table.
Upset the table and your wonderful life is no more. The life you are used to. The life you have built.
In that respect, compared to my co-workers, my lifestyle, sparse and simple (other than all this damned electronic gizmodry), while hinging on my job, will not be radically upset if my job was pulled from under me.
As Janis Joplin said, freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose…
Still, who the hell wants to lose their job in today's climate?
I've been unemployed and it is no fun.
No fun at all.
So you know, I work for a behemoth international conglomerate that is demonically protective of its brand and its image. For me to sit here and publicly write, in detail, about my employer and/or its employees would probably condemn me to regular visits to the local State unemployment office with its hordes of helpless and dumbfounded inhabitants as they come to terms with the new jobless paradigm gracing our beautiful post-banking crisis society.
There's always an "ie" with me.
Because I rarely just directly say shit.
What's the deal with that?
The reason I don't touch my blog at work is because that would involve the work computer and the employee handbook clearly states "don't even think of Phoenixising from your workstation, motherfucker!"
Literally, that's what the handbook says.
I wonder about my blog and work. Do people read it? Anyone in the whole freaking place?
I don't think so. No one has ever alluded to Phoenixism out of the blue.
It's not like I'm standing in the bathroom pissing away and the VP of Sales walks in and shouts "Hey David, I loved your post about cussing!"
That would freak the shit out of me.
For all my bold bluster, I don't know how I'd feel if people I sorta knew vaguely happened to read this blog.
My brother and my son occasionally glance at it. My parents don't. My dad spends tons of time surfing news sites and other sites where he can play billiards or bowl, but I don't think Phoenixism is exactly in his bookmarks. Still, I wouldn't be bothered if my parents read this.
But, I would be freaked out if people I barely know, borderline acquaintances, did.
I'm odd and I can't figure myself out.
Work is a strange environment for me. Because of everything I wrote right now.
It's a different mentality than what I bring to the table.
I've never been a serious-minded person.
Which is not a trait that bodes well in the workplace or endears you to the upper levels.
Funny thing is, I believe I'm very capable and pretty sharp, but you just can't make me give a flying fuck. Because more often than not, I'd rather have a good laugh.
I simultaneously indulge in random irreverancies while working hard and productively.
I balance myself out.
Hey so much for that post about "mediocrity" huh? Instead you got this pseudo resume.
The charm of Phoenixism is that there is absolutely no game plan.
I'm driving this sucker by the seat of my pants!


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Photoshop Sketch
When I first made this render, I started by digitally overlaying an existing TT bicycle to map out hard points like the seat, wheels, and handlebar geometry. After loosely blocking out a shape I liked, I added light and shadows to quickly visualize the overall form.
Existing real life components like the crankset and derailleur were added later, along with the wheels, grips, and seat which I designed myself.
Alias to Rhino
The challenge now was to create a believable 3D model without compromising the essence and form of my 2D design. The frame had many complex surfaces that needed to connect to each other seamlessly, and I decided the fastest way to surface my design would be by starting with Autodesk Alias. Once the overall form was completed, I exported the file to Rhino where I added components including the crank and chain.


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Spring Exhibition Photo CD Now Available!
Submitted by mountainskater on Thu, 05/25/2017 - 05:55
Great job skaters, parents, and board members! We were treated to some beautiful skating! Now available, the photo DVD. This disc has several photos of each skater in the show, all professionally edited. The cost is $18.00 and all proceeds benefit FFSC.