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Honorary Members
Roy Simonson (inducted 1989)
Roy Simonson was elected by MAPSS in 1989 as its first honorary member. Roy is also an honorary member of state associations of professional soil scientists in North Dakota and Ohio.
Roy was born September 7, 1908 in Agate, North Dakota. His pre-college education was in public schools in North Dakota. Roy obtained his B.S. from North Dakota State University in 1934, where he took soils courses from and was advised by Charles E. Kellogg, who later became Chief of the U.S. Soil Survey. Roy earned his Ph.D. in soil science from the University of Wisconsin, where his major advisor was Emil Truog, in 1938. He also has an honorary doctor's degree from a school (Landbrukshogsksole) in Aas, Norway, awarded in 1984.
Roy served as Assistant Professor of Soils at Iowa State College, 1938-42. His subsequent employment was in the USDA federal soil survey programs, first with the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and then with the Soil Conservation Service. He served as Principal Soil Correlator for the Southern United States, 1943-1946; Chief Soil Scientist for Pacific Surveys, 1947-48; Assistant Chief of Soil Surveys, 1949-52; and Director for Soil Classification and Correlation, 1953-1971.
While Roy was Director for Soil Classification and Correlation his office was for a time in the Federal Center Building in Hyattsville, MD. During this time Roy and his wife Susan (and until they went off to college etc., his sons Walter and Bruce) resided in College Park, MD. Roy and Susan continued to live in College Park until they moved to a retirement village in Oberlin, OH, in 1993, to be near their son Bruce and his family. Bruce is a geology professor at Oberlin. Roy's presence in College Park was a blessing for Del Fanning and other soil professors at the University of Maryland who recruited him to help on a volunteer basis with their teaching and research programs. Roy gave numerous invited lectures on soil science topics to classes and seminars at the university. For many years Roy presented his annual two hour "soils of the world" lecture, on soils of the (then) 10 orders of Soil Taxonomy, to the annually taught soil morphology, genesis and classification class (AGRO 414, now NRSC 414). For these lectures he utilized his vast collection of 35mm slides of soil profiles and landscapes -- taken during his professional travels around the world. His outstanding ability to photograph soil profiles was also utilized at the university when he taught a segment, on photographing soils, in a graduate level agronomic photography class. He also on three occasions in the 1970's and 80's taught a graduate level class at the university on "Theories of Soil Genesis".
Roy developed and published in 1959 a generalized theory of soil genesis. This theory of soil development by additions, losses, transfers and transformations appears in many soil science textbooks including those of Fanning and Fanning (1989) and Brady and Weil (2002). Roy also authored many other outstanding publications. A list of some of them is given at the end of this sketch. The one on "concept of soil" has been especially instrumental in getting the concept of soil as an organized natural body recognized and used throughout the world.
In 1962 Roy became a member of the editorial board of Geoderma, then a new international soil science journal. Five years later, Roy became editor-in-chief of that journal. He was very active in this position, with secretarial help from his wife Susan, for many years to help this journal become a respected international soil science journal.
Roy is known for his many writings and presentations pertaining to soil science/pedology history. Roy started writing soil science history articles in the 1950's with articles in Soil Science on "Lessons from the first half-century of soil survey". One of Roy's history papers on "Soil classification in the past – roots and philosophies", first published in an annual report of the International Soil Reference and Information Centre (Netherlands) was selected as a history chapter for the Fanning and Fanning (1989) textbook. Other chapters of that book on the gross processes of soil formation and change were inspired by Roy's lectures to his Theories of Soil Genesis classes at the University of Maryland.
Roy continued in the new millennium to publish his writings. In 2003 he wrote a little book published in 2004 on his experiences doing soil survey work in Montana in 1935, entitled "Six months along the Missouri".
Roy met Susan at Iowa State in Ames in 1938 and they were married in 1942 in Albia, Iowa. Susan unfortunately passed Dec. 31, 1996. Twelve years later, on Nov. 2, 2008, at age 100 years, Roy followed. –Compiled by Del Fanning, in part from information supplied in an exchange of letters with Roy.
John Foss (inducted 2004)
JOHN E. Foss was born on 30 May 1932 in Whitehall, WI. He received his B.S. degree in agricultural education from the Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls in 1957. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Univ. of Minnesota in 1959 and 1965.
He served on the faculty at the Univ. of Wisconsin-River Falls for a few years in the early 1960's teaching soils and geology. In 1966 he joined the faculty at the Univ. of Marylandin the Dep. of Agronomy, where he served for the next 15 years. While at UMD, he taught courses in introductory soil science and soil and water conservation and conducted research in soil genesis, during which time he taught soil science to a great many of our MAPSS members, and he helped mentor a number of disreputable graduate students (Carl Robinette, Dan Wagner, Mary Wagner, Cliff Stein, Bill McMahon, George Demas, Phil Snow, Marty Rabenhorst). Also during his time at Maryland, he was very active in the National Cooperative Soil Survey Program and contributed significantly toward the soil survey effort in Maryland. It was also while he was at UMD, that Dr. Foss initiated a research program in soil archaeology collaborating with colleagues in departments of Archeology and Geology at Catholic University and UMD. Ever since those days, he has been involved in countless archeological efforts around this country as well as in Central America, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. John Foss basically pioneered and helped forge the collaborative efforts between the soil science and archeology communities, and has continued to make significant contributions in this arena.
In 1981, Dr. Foss left UMD to become the head of the Dept. of Soil Science at North Dakota State Univ. and then in 1985 he became department head at the University of Tenn. at Knoxville. Although he carried weighty administrative responsibilities, he continued his research activities in soil archaeology .
Dr. Foss has published a great many scientific papers. He has served the larger soil science community as the chair of division S-5 (Pedology) of SSSA, he has served on the editorial board of the journal Soil Science, and was the president of the American Society of Agronomy. I think one of his greatest honors, however, must be that he was a charter member of MAPSS, and has retained active membership throughout the history of MAPSS to the present day. In summary, John Foss has made outstanding contributions to soil science in Maryland, as well as to the larger profession of soil science.
Delvin Fanning (inducted1999)
Delvin S. Fanning was born on July 13, 1931 on a dairy farm near Copenhagen, NY in the days of farming with horse power, where he most enjoyed helping his Dad with the trapping of wild animals. After high school he began trapping professionally, but after one year, low fur prices and girls caused a change of mind to pursue college. He received his BS and MS degrees from Cornell University (advisor Nyle C. Brady) and then studied under Marion (M. L.) Jackson at the Univ. of Wisconsin for his PhD, which he received in 1964. During and between his school years he did five field seasons mapping soils with USDA SCS in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In March of 1964 he moved his family to College Park, MD where he joined the faculty at the University of Maryland. While at UMD, Del taught courses in Soil Morphology, Genesis and Classification and in Soil Mineralogy. In 1989, with his late first wife, M.C.B. Fanning, he published a textbook entitled Soil: Morphology, Genesis, and Classification that has been used in teaching this subject matter area at a number of universities in the U.S. and abroad. He also coached the Maryland soil judging team during 12 or more seasons, taking students to regional contests throughout the NE region, as well as to a number of national contests around the country. He also organized or served as chief judge for four or five regional Soil Judging contests held in Maryland and for the two national contests held in 1973 and 1994.
Del has made many research contributions, but two areas are particularly noteworthy. Del is known as one of the leading experts in the world in the area of Acid Sulfate Soils. He pioneered work in recognizing the significance of acid sulfate soils in a variety of geomorphological settings and he has been on a crusade to help people become aware of the potential environmental hazards associated with exposing sulfidic (potentially acid) materials. His collaboration with Dr. John E. Witty of SCS resulted in significant revisions of Soil Taxonomy for acid sulfate soils in the 1992 and subsequent editions of Keys to Soil Taxonomy. Del is also recognized for his work on disturbed or highly man influenced soils. His work in this area resulted in part from his involvement in a number of urban soil survey projects with USDA SCS/NRCS including Washington DC, Baltimore City, and, in an advisory capacity, New York City. These two areas of research (acid sulfate weathering and disturbed soils) were interestingly combined in his work on classification of soils formed in coal mine spoil in the Appalachian province and again in his work on soils formed from materials dredged from estuarine harbors along the Atlantic Coast. In both cases these were very youthful soils with unique properties affected by acid sulfate problems (leading to serious environmental difficulties). Many practitioners and managers of various groups have become aware of the problems and hazards of these soils due to Del's efforts. As a result of his many contributions, Del was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and of the Soil Science Society of America.
Del continued as Professor in the Departments of Agronomy and Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture at UMD until his retirement from the University in July 1999, at which point he was made Professor Emeritus. Following his retirement from the University, Del has continued to be extremely active both in the larger profession and in MAPSS. He has led field tours, organized symposia, written and presented papers at professional conferences, and is also currently the editor of Pedologue the MAPSS newsletter. Del was a charter member of MAPSS in 1986 and served as Vice President in 1990-91.
George Demas (inducted 2004)
George Demas graduated from Arundel High School near Annapolis, MD in 1976 and enrolled at the University of Maryland in College Park where he received his B.S. in Soil Science in 1980. He then continued his work at the University of Maryland and completed his M.S. degree in soil genesis in 1982. During the 1980's and 1990's, George began employment with the USDA-SCS as a soil scientist and worked on a number of soil survey projects in areas which included Dorchester, Charles, and Worcester Counties in Maryland, Sussex County, DE, and Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May Counties in NJ. In 1994, George was awarded support by the USDA-NRCS Graduate Studies Program to pursue a Ph.D. in pedology, which he completed at the University of Maryland in May 1998, with the writing of his thesis "Subaqueous Soils of Sinepuxent Bay, MD." For this work, he recently received the Emil Truog Award which each yar is given to a single soils graduate student in the country for "outstanding contributions to soil science as evidenced in the PhD dissertation.
George conceived the fundamental concept of subaqueous soils in the early 1990's when he published an "idea" paper in Soil Survey Horizons, and he continued to pursue it even while concerns about its legitimacy were expressed by other soil scientists. The potential value of George's ideas, however, were recognized by the NRCS when they awarded him support and academic leave under the their Graduate Studies Program so that he could pursue his Ph.D. in pedology. George convincingly demonstrated that additions, losses, translocations and transformations occur within subaqueous sediment profiles, causing the formation of pedogenic soil horizons, and leading to the conclusion that these sediments are better understood to be subaqueous soils. Based upon these findings a proposal was adopted by the NRCS to modify the definition of soil as stated in Soil Taxonomy, in order to accommodate subaqueous soils in shallow water environments. George developed a protocol for producing detailed bathymetric maps which enabled him to conduct subaqueous terrain analysis and identify subaqueous landscape units that contained distinct suites of soils. In this way he demonstrated that the soil-landscape paradigm could be applied in a subaqueous environment. In demonstrating the applicability of the pedological paradigm to shallow water estuarine environments, George Demas effectively pushed soil science across a new frontier, and has thrust the principles of pedology into an entirely new realm.
Following the completion of his doctoral studies, George continued his work with the USDA-NRCS and had been named Project Leader responsible for management and oversight of the soil survey update for the State of Delaware and for subaqueous soil mapping projects in the Mid-Atlantic Region. George was also a founding member of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Professional Soil Scientists (MAPSS) and provided unlimited energy, creativity, and humor during his tenure as president and newsletter editor. George Demas passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at his home on December 23, 1999. His parting left a gaping hole in the Maryland soil survey program, in subaqueous soils research, and in the hearts of many of us.
Therefore, because of his outstanding contributions to soil science in Maryland, as well as to the larger profession of soil science, we were pleased to posthumously elect George P. Demas to be an honorary member of this society.
Richard Hall (inducted 2004)
Soil scientist Richard (Dick) Hall worked for more than 50 years and mapped more than 1 million acres of soil as a Soil Scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Maryland and Delaware
Richard Hall served in many different capacities as a Soil Scientist with NRCS, formerly known as the USDA Soil Conservation Service. He began his five-decade civil service career in 1950 as a Soil Scientist Trainee working in Maryland. The last year of his soils mapping work was in Delaware. Between Maryland and Delaware, Hall had mapped over one million acres, and he had different positions within the agency ranging from Soil Scientist Trainee to the State Soil Scientist in Delaware. His name is recognized in 8 soil survey manuscripts across Maryland and Delaware.
After retiring as State Soil Scientist, Dick continued to work with the soils program both in Maryland and Delaware as a volunteer and as a consulting Soil Scientist. "He contributed immensely to the Maryland and Delaware programs as an advisor as well as a supporter for the modernization of soils information in both Maryland and Delaware," said Jim Brown. "Hall has always had a keen eye to recognize unique and different kinds of artifacts and relics on the landscape such as the oyster kitchen middens in Queen Anne's County and sulfidic exposure of sea shells and sharks teeth along the Potomac River."
"He worked on a variety of projects that included an acid sulfate study where he assisting Ph.D. students in their research at the University of Maryland. He collected well water data from the early 1960's until 2002. The data has helped tremendously in our understanding of the Agricultural Drainage Class Interpretations."
Hall also had a great interest in providing soils information to environmental education classes at middle schools and high schools. He played an instrumental role in establishing a nationally recognized program – The Envirothon. The Envirothon is an international environmental competition for teams of high school students that begins at local schools and continues through county, state, and international competitions.
He was active in the American Society of Agronomy, Soil and Water Conservation Society, and was a charter member of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Professional Soil Scientists. Richard Hall passed away after a long illness at his home on Oct. 16, 2003. Therefore, because of his outstanding contributions to soil science in Maryland and Delaware, we were pleased to posthumously elect Richard Hall to be an honorary member of this association.


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A Quirky and Fun Experience at the Vancouver Police Museum/
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When we started planning our trip to Vancouver, a friend of ours who lives in the city, suggested that we explore the Vancouver Police Museum. We enjoy quirky museums like this, so we were all for it. The Police Museum is pretty small, so it's a good idea to add other activities to your day.
It was fairly close to our Airbnb, so we decided to walk to it and enjoy parts of Chinatown. We passed by a cute Chinese Garden and a ton of Chinese shops, so we got a little taste of Vancouver's Chinatown. We would have taken a bit more time strolling through Chinatown if the weather was warmer, but it was quite chilly that morning.
When we arrived, we saw a handful of people but for the most part, we had the museum all to ourselves. The first section had some interactive activities like trying on different police attire and some random costumes like the Chinese New Year Dragon. We were fairly close to Chinatown, so we figured they just threw that in there as it really had nothing to do with the police museum.
We really enjoyed looking at the old school breathalyzer machines, counterfeit money, confiscated weapons and even jail cells. You'd be surprised with some of the weapons people used; some were very clever! We saw a group of kids on a school field trip leave right when we arrived, so I bet they got a good lesson on what it would be like to be in a jail cell....not fun!
There is a section in the morgue that displayed Vancouver stories of solved and unsolved murder stories. If you're a true crime fan, you'll love it but if you are not into this sort of thing, then I would highly suggest skipping this part since the stories are pretty gruesome.
This police museum actually used to be a functioning morgue until 1980, so it was a little eerie exploring the autopsy room. They had different types of flesh and how those wounds were inflicted on display around the examining table. I kept thinking about the show Dexter when I was in this room. I most certainly could not be a profession in this field but really appreciate the people who can do this.
There was another fun little section where you can take part in being a sketch artist. The sketch artist activity was all done digitally, which was quite fascinating as we thought this was always done by hand. Also, it is very hard to describe someone when it comes down to it. You can either sketch yourself or sketch a picture that was given to you. Our friend did a pretty good job sketching himself!
If you're interested in tours, they have several walking tours and educational tours for all ages. We saw some children take part in an investigation tour and it looked like a lot of fun. Would you be interested in visiting a museum like this? We'd love to hear your thoughts!
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The main goal of the FP7 project BALANCE (balance-fp7.eu) is to explore the possibility to support postural stability of a human, through the use of exoskeletons, focusing on control approaches.
An important aspect of such an exercise is how to measure the balance-performance of the human, and of the human supported by an exoskeleton, that is: benchmarking balance. A first source of inspiration, we thought, can be the way balance-performance is assessed in humans, especially through the clinical scales that are used to assess balance ability in patients with different impairments.
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ly obvious method of scoring the underlying balance performance component of mobility tasks, as separated from other aspects of that task. The clinical tests typically assess the ability to perform specific activities while balanced, and are scored through qualitative, subjective scoring of the ability to perform the tasks in a stable way, or by measuring speed or duration of task completion. A general problem with such assessment procedures is that the reduced ability to perform functional tasks other than quiet standing, such as walking, may be the result of a broad range of sensory, motor and cognitive deficits that are not necessarily related to balance skills alone.
We observed that several more complete clinical assessment procedures, such as the BESTest procedure, involve providing pushes or perturbations to the human and judging the ability to deal with those, but that these pushes are typically provided by a therapist in a subjective way, and are only provided during standing, most probably because of practical reasons.
To overcome such limitations we focused on building devices that could provide perturbations during both standing and walking, and moreover provide the perturbations in a very precise way. These perturbations are precise in size (force profile over time) as well as precise in timing (at which moment in the gait cycle), and do not hinder the human reaction to the perturbation (transparent operation mode). One device was developed by University of Twente, The Netherlands; this is a pusher that is mounted over a treadmill that can provide defined force-profile pushes at pelvic level to a standing or walking subject. Another device was developed by University Rehabilitation Institute; Slovenia, this is a mobile over ground device with comparable abilities, but that additionally also can provide rotational perturbations, and allows turning gait.
Until now, both devices were mainly used to study human reactions to specific perturbations in standing and walking. In BALANCE, they will also be used to benchmark balance performance. The simplest metric is to evaluate experimentally until which size of perturbation the human, or the human with exoskeleton is able to handle the perturbation (without falling, or without making a corrective step), but more precise metrics are also being studied, in order to quantify and normalize the specific behavior in response to a perturbation. These metrics are based on properties like the total body Center of Mass, the Center of Pressure, the Base of Support or also on the Centroidal Dynamics of the total body and describe the quality of the balance performance in a qualitative way.
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Khilnani noted that his firm would supply natural gas through a virtual pipeline to industries as a cost-effective source of power generation.
He lamented the escalating cost of production, owing to the rise in pipeline vandalism, which he said forced industries to switch to more expensive and polluting diesel-fired power generation.
The CEO hinted that Powergas Africa pioneered the Nigerian CNG market, delivering an innovative 'Gas on Wheels' solution to pipeline gas supply for customers.
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Haverigg 3
By the late 90s we realised that it was possible to connect more capacity than had been shown in our initial studies for Haverigg I, so the idea of repowering was born. It took a few years to obtain planning consent, secure a connection and obtain a Power Purchase Agreement, but by 2004 everything was in place. The project was constructed by Vestas Wind Systems A/S with project management by Wind Prospect Ltd and commissioned in February 2005.
The Haverigg 3 windcluster uses four Vestas V52 turbines, with a total rating of 3.4 MW. The V52 is one of the workhorses of the industry, with many thousands in operation around the world. They are elegant, efficient and quiet, mixing established design with advanced composites and control systems.
They were selected after detailed landscape and technical assessments. While they are larger than the five V27's which they replace, the overall visual effect is not much changed. They turn more slowly so are more restful to the eye and from a distance appear to be very similar to the four Haverigg II turbines which have remained on the airfield.
Pulling together a project like this requires help and support from many people and organisations. The planning application was prepared by Wind Prospect Ltd with assistance from specialist consultants Woolerton Dodwell Associates, ACIA and SGS Environment.
The wind speed and energy yield were calculated by Garrad Hassan from the original measurements made in 1990 and the long term records from Haverigg 1.
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Thank you for contacting me about the draft Environment Bill.
As set out in the 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment, the decision to leave the European Union has created an historic opportunity to deliver a Green Brexit, where environmental standards are not only maintained but enhanced.
Draft clauses to be included in the Environment Bill on environmental principles and governance have now been published. These draft clauses will be central to the new Environment Bill and will place environmental ambition and accountability at the heart of government. I am encouraged that these clauses are only part of a broader Bill, which will include legislative measures to take direct action to address the biggest environmental priorities of our age: air quality, nature recovery, waste and resource efficiency, and water resource management. More detail on all policy areas will be published in due course.
The draft clauses set out how a new system of green governance will be created, including establishing an Office for Environmental Protection, to ensure we succeed in leaving the environment in a better condition than we found it. The draft clauses also place our 25 Year Environment Plan on a statutory footing, and introduce a set of environmental principles that will be used to guide future government policy making.
In the Plan, the Government committed to developing a Nature Recovery Network and, in the long term, to create or restore 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitat outside the protected site series. I am encouraged that action is being taken to protect wildlife sites and to restore and create wildlife-rich habitats, and that investment is being made to aid species recovery.
I firmly believe in protecting both the UK's vibrant ecosystem and the natural environment worldwide. Environmental and economic progress are not just compatible: they depend on each other.
Carbon emissions have fallen by 42 per cent since 1990. Britain's share of electricity generated from renewables has doubled since 2009 and Ministers are determined to ensure we become a world leader in the new green economy.
Between 2010 and 2015 Ministers provided £7.5 million to establish 12 Nature Improvement Areas, created 150,000 acres of priority habitats and planted over 11 million trees; they are now committed to planting 11 million more. The National Pollinator Strategy will improve our understanding of the abundance, diversity and role of pollinators, and identify any additional actions needed to protect them.
Fifty Marine Conservation Zones have been created to help protect our rich marine life, joining the UK's over 500 existing marine protected areas, and a further 41 have since been announced. A new UK Blue Belt of protected sites is now being created in British waters and around the UK's 14 Overseas Territories where there is local support and environmental need.
Outside the EU Britain can build on what we have done so far and develop global gold standard environmental policies, taking a more targeted approach. Having left the Common Agricultural Policy we can use public money for public goods, rewarding environmentally responsible land use. Meanwhile, by leaving the Common Fisheries Policy we will be able to grant access and allocate quotas based on sustainability, allowing us to pursue the highest standards in marine conservation.
Thank you again for taking the time to contact me.
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|Season 7 Episode 11a
|My Fair Babies
|Original Airdate
|March 30, 2001
|VHS release
|All Growed Up
|DVD release
| Season 7
Growing Up Changes Everything
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|The Time of Their Lives
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|The Way Things Work
Characters Present
- Tommy
- Angelica Pickles
- Chuckie
- Kimi Finster
- Phil
- Lil DeVille
- Susie Carmichael
- Alisa Carmichael
- Charlotte Pickles
- Fluffy
Inspired by her mommy, Angelica decides to have biziness muncheon for "grown ups", which means "no babies". Will Susie be able to teach Tommy and the gang how to act like "adults" before the party starts?
- This episode is loosely based on the musical "My Fair Lady".
- According to Susie's sister Alisa, diapers are a "big fashion no-no".
- Lucy and Charlotte is the only parents of the Rugrats who appear in this episode. Surprisingly, Tommy's younger brother, Dil, doesn't appear in this episode.
- When Phill scratching his butt the animation was the animation of the episode "Finsterella"!
- Chuckie is potty trained and doesn't wear diapers unlike the younger toddlers but was kicked out of the party because 2 years old is still a baby age though Angelica and Susie are 3 and 3 is still pretty much a baby age too But Angelica is so unaware that she is very close to their age.
Susie: Wait a second. How do they have to act Angelica?
Angelica: They'd have to...umm...tell a joke! And um...Talk a whole lot gooder...and dress up...and I don't mean wearing a clean diaper!
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"Hello" can be a game-changer...
I was late getting my boarding pass and therefore obligated to choose a middle seat on my Southwest Air flight to San Diego. I chose the nearest to the front of the plane. As I squeezed by the woman in the aisle seat I realized that the man in the window seat looked like a former linebacker, tall and broad across the chest. A big man. He was holding his Kindle tidily in front of his chest, but even so, his arm lapped over into my space. The woman on the aisle opened her tray as soon as we took off and began working on her laptop.
My mind started grumbling to itself about every possible grumble-able aspect of my situation: my tardiness in getting my boarding pass, my having forgotten that my ear buds were in the pocket of my jacket now stowed in the overhead rack, the "ridiculous" size of economy seats, my travel companions taking up "too much" of our shared space.
The grumbling in my mind went on picking up speed until I remembered that the title of the talk I was scheduled to give that evening was "Befriending Our Lives: Healing the Divisiveness in Ourselves, Our Relationship, Our Communities and Our World." I almost laughed out loud. Instead, I turned to the man on my left and said the magic word, "Hello!"
In less than a minute the conversation we started caught the interest of the woman on my right who shut her laptop and joined in. We talked about families and politics and books we were reading and I don't know how it was for them but for me, I was a bit disappointed when we got to our gate and needed to go our separate ways because I was interested in all their ideas.
I think I'll use that title for everything I teach this year. I'll be teaching for two days at Spirit Rock in April and I hope that you'll join me. Find information at calendar.spiritrock.org/events/befriending-your-life.


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Simplistic and seasonal flower arrangements are beautiful for a rustic Wisconsin wedding.
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Pair with:
White or pale pink Roses
- White Anemone
- Baby's Breath
- Ranunculus
- Peony
- Lilac
- Muscari
- Wax Flowers
- Ferns
- Privet Berries
- Hand out small, potted succulents as wedding favors!
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- Baby's Breath
- Succulents
- Carnations
- Eucalyptus
- Lily of the Valley
- Privet Berries
These fluffy flowers are perfect for statement flower pieces, so if you are on a budget or do not want to overdo the number of flowers in a vase. Carry the theme to the dessert table as well, because frosting made to look like Hydrangeas on cupcakes are fun and easy!
Pair With:
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- Roses
- Queen Anne's Lace
- Baby's Breath
- Dahlias
For a daytime or outdoor barn-themed wedding, consider adding Daisies to a bouquet or centerpiece.
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Baby's Breath
Pair with:
- Lavender
- Daisies
- Succulent
- White roses
- Ranunculus
- Eucalyptus
- Anemone
- Queen Anne's Lace
- Wax Flowers
You can have an entire bouquet or centerpiece of Baby's Breath, however this simplistic and rustic flower is best used as a filler.
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with Thomas Gabriel
This is from a gig I played at B.B. King's in Nashville. When I showed up to the venue I had no clue who else was in the band, what singers we'd be backing up, and what songs we'd be doing. Several singers took the stage that night. This is Thomas Gabriel, who happens to be the grandson of Johnny Cash, and who sounds amazing similar to his grandfather.
I hadn't played Folsom Prison since I was a teenage, but fortunately it's a hard tune to forget.
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Johnny Neel is on keys, and the amazing Tim Gonzalez is on harp.


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Essentials by Ellen March Release Sneak Peak Cards:
Watercolor Stamping and Backgrounds + GIVEAWAY
Hello! I am so thrilled to be guest designing for Ellen Hutson, and it was so fun to work with such a unique release -available for purchase on Sunday March 4th. And today I'm going to use most of this release in a technique I adore – creating watercolor looking backgrounds and stamping without actual watercolor. Also make sure to read to the bottom to see how you could win a $50 gift card to Ellen Hutson!
We all love distress ink backgrounds, but with watercolor stamping on top you can create another great look. I picked my color palette and then found the lightest shades of distress inks and blended them on my card stock. For the most watercolor-esque look, blending the colors in random places helps create the look.
As you can see in the photo, my blending is not perfect, which is fine for this technique. Then I took some pretty images from the "So Matcha" stamp set and arranged them into a cluster on my acrylic block. I then took the same colors of distress inks I used on my background and pressed them onto my images, making sure they overlapped. (Tip: when using analogous colors, you can usually just press directly onto your stamps, but if you're using very different colors, use a small ink blender so you don't contaminate your ink pads).
Another tip, because these images have just delicate and intricate lines, I don't add water to blend the colors together. One, because it'll look blended enough on the fine lines, and two, because if you add water it will easily bleed out and warp the look of the image. This also makes the images stand out a bit more from our background of the exact same colors.
The blended background plus our blended stamped images give this background a faux watercolor look. If you would like to enhance this look, you can drop water droplets from a brush and let them interact with the distress ink.
To finish off this card, I used the "Fortune Cookie" dies to cut one of the fortune cookie shapes out of Kraft cardstock. I then lightly blended some brown ink to the bottom left part for so minimal shading. This die cuts slits in the fortune cookie where you can slip in the fortune. I am obsessed with this idea – you create your own fortunes! And the sentiments for the fortunes are so awesome – they're perfect so many different kinds of cards. So I picked out the fortune I wanted from the "Good Fortune" stamp set, stamped it onto the die cut white cardstock and slipped it into the slit.
Also, often when I create full backgrounds like this, I like to help give some visual balance to the card by using some horizontal lines to help break up the expanse of the background. For this card, I used three white stripes of cardstock behind my fortune cookie. I then blended some color onto the edges of them – and I'm not 100% if that was the right decision, but there you go haha.
And the card is done!
My second is done using the same technique except with larger and thicker-lined images from the "Rustic Flowers" stamp set, so I used 1 or 2 spritz of water to help blend the color and lighten it a bit, which makes the flowers and leaves blend more into the background for a cohesive look. Don't spray much more than this though, because the images will start to lose their shape. Again, I used the exact same colors for the background as I did for the images.
When you apply your ink to your stamps, either using the mini distress cubes directly or using a finger dauber, make sure to put your lightest color down first, and put down more than you think you'll need. The lightest colors, especially yellow, will get mixed and lost very easily. When deciding how much or where I want to put my color on the stamps, I honestly only make sure I have a relatively even amount of each color – I don't think about placement a ton and it always turns out great!
I then added those small clusters of flowers from the "So Matcha" stamp set to fill in any gaps, using the same colors of distress inks. I used the same design for this card – the gold strips of paper to break up the background. Gold or silver papers are a great way to add shine/texture without distracting from colors in a card.
My third card uses the same technique, but uses lighter colors for the background and darker shades for the stamped images. I wanted these beautiful bamboo images from the "So Matcha" stamp set to stand out again the green background we created. I also varied my stamping technique – I alternated between spraying the images with a spritz of water and using no water at all. This also helps to create even more faux texture. In this card, my sentiment was my focal point so I used white strips to frame it. The sentiments are from the amazing fortune cookie sentiment stamp set. I added some gold watercolor splatter for fun.
BONUS CARDS: My other two cards are bonus cards because they're not made with the technique we've been using. These are made with actual watercolor backgrounds. This one I used watercolor to create a twilight sky for these pretty lanterns to hang in. I stamped the bamboo lightly in gray so as not to distract from our colorful sky, and added these two cute friends. I added many clear rhinestones in the sky to emulate smaller points of light/lanterns in the sky and added the sentiment right above the girls' heads.
My last card, I used a portion of a yellow and pink watercolor background as a backdrop to our glittery fortune cookies of varying shades of gold. I framed our focal point with Kraft cardstock stripes for a clean look.
Would you like to win a $50 gift card to Ellen Hutson?? All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by March 8th telling me what your favorite card was, and I will announce the winner March 9th!
Products I used:
"So Matcha" Stamp Set
"So Matcha" Coordinating Dies
"Fortune Cookies" Dies
"Good Fortune" Stamp Set
"Rustic Botanicals" Stamp Set
Colors I Used:
Twisted Cintron Distress Ink
Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink
Pine Needles Distress Ink
Peacock Feathers Distress Ink
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Salty Ocean Distress Ink
Shaded Lilac Distress Ink
Picked Raspberry Distress Ink
Spun Sugar Distress Ink
Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink
Thanks so much for stopping by today! Again, it is so awesome to be a part of an Essentials by Ellen release, happy shopping starting March 4th! https://www.ellenhutson.com/this-just-in


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Ashok Kumar's reprieve comes weeks after the CBI contradicted the Gurgaon police and zeroed in on a senior student of the school. The Class 11 student killed Pradyuman to delay exams, the agency said.
The 16-year-old is in a juvenile home.
The CBI, however, has not given the conductor a clean chit. One of the conditions for his bail is that he has to present himself for questioning whenever the investigating agency wants him to.
Pradyuman Thakur, a Class 2 student, was found with his throat slit in a toilet near his classroom shortly after being dropped off by his father on September 8. The same evening, the Gurgaon police arrested Ashok Kumar, claiming he had confessed to killing Pradyuman after attempting to sexually assault him.
The district judge noted today that the CBI did not submit any evidence against the conductor.
To bolster their theory, the police said Ashok Kumar was among those who were seen at the toilet around the same time as the boy.
The CBI, which took over the case on September 22 after pressure from the family, turned the case on its head by focusing on a surprising suspect - a student.
It said that others on the security footage, including the student, were not examined by the police at all.
The investigating agency suspects that the police planted evidence - a knife said to be the murder weapon - on the conductor to pin the murder on him.
Ashok Kumar's family has alleged that he was tortured and forced to confess to a murder he didn't commit.
The family of the Class 11 student has also alleged that their son was beaten and forced to confess.
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In Conversation with Hilary LeBeuf
By day, she is a digital marketing strategist, specializing in financial services. By earlier in the day, she a mountain runner.
Hilary LeBeuf is what nowadays we know as a"digital nomad". She prefers to live a pretty minimal life, keeping everything simple enough to pack up in one suitcase and go whenever she pleases. She almost always picks her destinations with running in her mind. Although she is originally from the United States, she considers Mexico more of her home.
We know you're traveling at the moment.Tell me more about that. Where are you right now and what are you planning next? What's the purpose of your travels?
- As we speak, I'm in Huaraz, Peru: the gateway to the Andes' Cordillera Blanca. I'm here for the mountains. As my trail running habit has escalated over the years, my desire to explore the world vertically has become pretty ravenous. Perhaps more importantly, thanks to trail running, my beliefs in what I've capable of accomplishing with my own body has been redefined. I've got some pretty big dreams in pretty big mountains, but l lack a lot of very high altitude experience and technical know-how. I'm here to learn so I can keep pushing my limits.
Peru is is the first stop in my tour of South America, The alpine climbing season is almost over here so I'll head south to Chile soon and eventually spend most of the South American summer in Patagonia.
I'm not a fan of traveling like a tourist. I like to find community and share in daily life as much as possible. When I travel, it's important to me that to learn from people who are different than me. Throughout my trip, I'm doing volunteer exchanges, where I use my professional skills to help small businesses in exchange for housing, food, skills, or here in Peru, mountaineering training.
Tell us a bit about your connection to Mexico. We know you've spent some time in Baja and now you're mostly based in Mexico City. What attracted you to this country?
– Well, it sort of all started with Tijuana and snowballed from there. For a brief period of my life, I was working towards an academic career studying neuroscience and psychology. I had moved to San Diego to study, but I couldn't find my groove there. It's just not my scene. One day, it clicked that there was this whole other country to explore, right in my backyard, and so it began.
People in San Diego talked about Tijuana as if were an active war zone, a place where nothing good could possibly happen. The general talk always left a bad taste in my mouth, so I had to find out for myself.
I'm from another city with a bad reputation, Detroit, and I think for that I've grown up with this understanding that there is always a richer story and a most times a vibrant community once you dig past the barrage of hype and bad news.
I began crossing the border more and more and eventually moved to Tijuana for a time. I soon made friends and found running buddies and trails and plugged in to the community in a way I never able to in San Diego. There's a warmth to Mexico, an openness to the people that's hard to justify with words. Mexico just felt like home, immediately.
Mexico City came about after I visited a good friend who moved there. I fell in love. I was attracted to the ability to wake up early to run in mountains and come home in the afternoon to a vibrant city life, and still have that Mexican warmth and openness. Before I left for South America, I spent the last few months in Guadalajara, mostly by accident. My intention was to stay for a week or so to visit friends before I started traveling but the vibes that are so uniquely Mexico, the community, the hospitality, totally hooked me. Not to mention, the trail running opportunities in Guadalajara are killer.
At this point in my life, I've done my share of travels and I really think Mexico might be the friendliest and happiest country I've been to yet. Honestly, in my current travels I'm finding myself missing Mexico every single day.
What is the role of running in your life, what are the core benefits of this practice and how does it impact the rest of your life?
– It never quite sits right with me when people refer to my running habit as exercise. Running is my lifestyle. It's an approach to daily living. It's a practice. It's a means of knowing myself through the good and bad. It's celebration. It's release. Sometimes it's community and unconditional support, but sometimes it's luxurious solitude. It's whatever I need it to be that day, whether I realize it or not.
How do you feel that your running practice has evolved throughout the years? What has changed in your practice since you started?
– I jogged on and off over the years, but finally took running up as a daily habit when I lived in New York City. I was an aspiring art curator. Running was my salvation from the sensory overload and hyper-competitive nature of living in the Big Apple. It was my me-time. No e-mails. No schmoozing. No French philosophy. No second thoughts about my outfit. I started running to shake myself free of the art world lifestyle that was clashing with my intuitions about the life I wanted to live.
But what started as an escape, quickly turned into so much more. When it dawned on me that my body in movement was a vehicle, and not just a means of huffing and puffing my way to catharsis, everything changed. My weekends quickly turned to following my feet to experience every avenue & block of the city that I could. I'd grab my metrocard, just run until I was lost and then take the subway home.
My running practice had became a means of exploration. Eventually, I began this weekend ritual of making my way from my Ridgewood, Queens apartment to Uptown Manhattan to run across the George Washington Bridge into New Jersey. That's where I really started trail running. It just escalated when I moved to the outdoor playground that is California. By then almost all of my running had moved to the trails. Every weekend I found myself trying to go longer or higher or steeper just to see more.
Today, I run because I want to see the world with my own two feet. Whether that's on the streets of Bangkok at 3am or nervously jogging exposed Andean ridges. I want to experience this incredible world on a human scale.
Are you currently training for something in specific? A race or an adventure?
– I work with a coach, David Roche, and I follow the plans he gives me. So I guess I'm technically always "training." I run mostly everyday but my motivation to focus on specific "training" waxes and wanes. That's mostly due to my semi-nomadic lifestyle and my habit of saying yes to all opportunities for adventure whether or not they're "good training."
Next month, I'm heading off to Chile, where I'll run a 50km race just for fun near Santiago with some friends of friends, who I actually connected with through an Aire Libre experience. My big focus is on El Cruce, a 3 or 4-day stage race in the Patagonian Andes in Early December. It starts on the Chilean side and the objective of the race is to cross the Andes into Argentina, hence the name.
Tell us about you experiences with Aire Libre so far. We know you've been part of our retreats and had a close connection with us while in Mexico. What would you tell future participants about these experiences?
Before I officially moved to Mexico City, I had signed up for UTMX because "altitude acclimatization" was a great excuse to spend over a month hanging out in the city. I wrote to the Aire Libre facebook page for trail recommendations while I was in town and Mau graciously invited me to join him and some friends to run that weekend. That "come and join us, everyone is welcome" attitude is pretty central to the Aire Libre vibe, I think.
Even though I have been to a retreat, I almost forget that it was a special event apart from hanging out with the people that I've come to know as my extended Aire Libre family.
My first official Aire Libre experience was a 4-day trip frolicking around the incredible trails of Nevado de Colima. I'm a pretty big trail nerd, but I think what struck me about that retreat is that you don't have to be a mountain-loving, ultrarunner to enjoy these experiences. There were people that had never run a trail before in their lives that I saw walk away totally energized and changed by the experience. I myself walked away refreshed and inspired, and with a boat load of new friends.
From your perspective, what's the impact of an initiative like Aire Libre for the global community?
– In the times we live in today, it is so important to show people there's another way to live. They can choose to say yes to adventure, to fresh air, to finding presence in sharing time with one another.
Community is priceless. It's so easy to get caught up in an "us vs. them" or "inside vs. outside" narratives that media and economic competition can spin. Getting people from different walks of life with different perspectives to spend time together is so badly needed in a world where we've internalized our own niche marketing demographics. Whenever people ask me how I learned to speak Spanish, I always make the joke that it's all thanks to boyfriends and mountains, but it's totally true. The outdoor community worldwide is pretty welcoming and there's no better place to stutter through a new language than the fire at a campsite. How beautiful that weekends spent rock climbing and trail running enabled me to connect with another 500 million people in the world! Without a doubt, the Aire Libre community was definitely a part of that for me.
Also, maybe it sounds dramatic, but I really think that outdoor sport has a special role to play in saving the world. Trail running in particular is a sport that depends on access to natural, often wild places. For every person that finds themselves connected to these spaces, there is one more person with a stake in protecting them, one more person who will carry those values back to their postmodern daily life. When people realize that the environment is all around them, it's not just far off arctic glaciers or endangered rainforests, protecting that environment becomes second nature.
Are there any wise words regarding running, traveling and daily living you'd like to give to our audience?
– Give zero fucks. Excuse my French, but the sentiment warrants the language. There are a lot of things that don't matter at all, or a whole host of things that matter to other people that you don't have to care about too. Not everyone is meant to climb the corporate ladder. Not everyone is meant to run 6 minute miles. If you want to bike across South Africa, plan it. If you feel like singing out loud on your run, belt it out. If you want to abandon your upwardly mobile path to travel the world and sleep on couches, say to hell with the haters and start asking how.
Especially as runners, it is so easy to get caught up in pace and competition and metrics, but if you're too hung up on external perceptions you risk missing out on all of the joy. I'm not a talented runner, but giving no fucks gives me the power to say that no mountain is too high, no race is too long, no route is too hard. Life is just too precious to not aim for the summit every single time.
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September 7, 1987, Section 1, Page 29Buy Reprints
John McEnroe received the bad news late Saturday night. In this case, he wasn't the last to know. Earlier in the evening, he had suspected that Ken Farrar, the grand prix supervisor of officials, might issue a harsh penalty, one that could cost McEnroe not only in dollars and cents, but also deprive him of his right to play tennis for the rest of the year.
He guessed right. As contrite as McEnroe was for losing his poise during his victory against Slobodan Zivojinovic in the third round of the United States Open, Farrar decided that his outbursts on the court had gone too far. McEnroe was fined $7,500, which carried with it an automatic two-month suspension.
''I spent a great deal of time and thought over the decision,'' Farrar said yesterday. ''I knew this kind of money would put John out of the game for two months. But it was intolerable. What he did was an unacceptable situation.'' Appeal Is Planned
Peter Lawler of Advantage International, the management group that represents McEnroe, said that his client would appeal, claiming the fines were excessive. McEnroe was cited for three offenses by the chair umpire, Richard Ings of Australia, all in the second set when McEnroe became angry at calls by the linesmen and inaction on the part of Ings.
The first warning was for unsportsmanlike behavior, which Farrar thought was worth the minimum $500 fine. The second offense was for verbal abuse of Ings, costing McEnroe a point during the match. Farrar levied the maximum penalty of $5,000.
''I can't believe of a more vile, disgusting attack on a chair umpire,'' said Farrar, who watched the match at courtside and later reviewed the tapes. Focus on Microphone
The third warning cost McEnroe the 12th game of the second set. It came when he shouted an obscenity at a man holding a microphone. McEnroe has long objected to courtside microphones because he believes they are used to eavesdrop on his discussions with the officials.
Farrar was sympathetic, but felt the reaction was unwarranted. ''From a personal point of view,'' Farrar said, ''I question having a microphone on the court. I question whether it is valid or worthwhile and I think that it is an issue that should by addressed by the council.''
The amount of the fines, Farrar acknowledged, were arbitrary. Each of the three offenses could have amounted to $5,000 or a total of $15,000. McEnroe's appeal may focus on the issue of the microphone.
''It's pretty hard to say that professional athletes playing for money in front of the public should be protected from what they do or say,'' said Marshal Happer, the administrator of the Men's International Professional Tennis Council, which will rule on any appeal.
''But on the other side,'' Happer said, ''there are no microphones in a football huddle. First of all, we'd like not to have said what was said. Second, we'd like not to hear it.'' How Fines Add Up
The code of conduct lists specific penalties for the type of violations McEnroe committed on Saturday. When a player has been assessed $7,500 in fines during a 12-month period, he is automatically fined another $10,000.
He then begins with a clean slate. If he is assessed another $7,500 in fines during the same 12-month period, he is fined an additional $10,000 and is suspended for two months. McEnroe falls into that category. Earlier last week, he was fined $350 for ball abuse, thus his total for this tournament alone is $7,850.
McEnroe has been fined a total of $35,850 this year and $80,500 for his career. He has earned close to $10 million.
The accumulation of fines also continues throughout a player's career. If McEnroe were to accumulate fines of $7,500 within a 12-month period, even in 1990, the third penalty would carry a $10,000 fine and four-month suspension. The fifth and last step includes a six-month suspension.
McEnroe can appeal immediately and has until 10 days after the Open final in which to do so. Happer promised a speedy decision. If the suspension stands, it will probably begin during the last week in September and end in late November. The only tournaments of note at that time are in Brazil the last week in November, and the Nabisco Masters, which is held during the first week in December.
Only the top eight players in the grand prix point standings are eligible for the Masters. McEnroe is currently 11th, although he would move up a few places if he continued to do well at the Open.
McEnroe could play in a tournament in Los Angeles during the appeal period. He won there last year and is entered again. If Happer upholds the suspension, McEnroe would miss tournaments in San Francisco and Scotsdale, Ariz., both of which he won last year as well.
So the prospects are that a suspension would idle him for the remainder of 1987. Given the time he would need to get back into playing shape, McEnroe might not appear on the tour until the indoor season begins next February, if at all.
He has said in the past that he would be unwilling to endure indefinitely the emotional drain playing tennis places on him.
''It's going to be very hard for him if he gets a suspension,'' said Mats Wilander of Sweden, who is seeded third here. ''A suspension means he's not going to practice hard for the first few weeks. Then, maybe he'll play a few exhibitions. He will come back to tournament play, but he needs a lot of matches which he won't have. That would be the worst for him.''


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3D is the next step for TV and Spanish satellite operator Hispasat does not want to be left behind. The compny has begun to test the technology through taking part in the project "3DLive".
In this project the participants study and define the new broadcasting services of 3D via satellite. The project also analyzes the problems in relation to the new technologies of compression and image transmission in 3D by means of different types of networks (satellite, IPTV, etc.).
"3Dlive" is co-financed by Spain's Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce within the 'Plan Avanza I+D' for the Information Society. The project is being coordinated by the country's main telco Telefónica.
The participation of the country's satellite operator means the beginning of new investigation lines for new services such as digital cinema in 3D and the reception of 3D TV in homes.
In the frame of the DVB group Hispasat is part of a working group recently created to follow the evolution and developments in relation to this new TV format.
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The $180 million Streets of West Pryor mixed-use development in Lee's Summit will be anchored by McKeever's Market & Eatery. The 63,000 SF grocery store is a new-to-market concept operated by the McKeever family, with third-generational roots and over 40 years' experience in the grocery space.
Drake Development broke ground in May on the 70-acre, $180 million project, located at the intersection of Interstate 470 and NW Pryor Road.
Other highlights include a 220+ luxury apartment complex, 165+ room hotel, 160+ age-restricted apartments-villas, and a wide range of national and local retail and restaurants. Due to ongoing negotiations, Drake declined to disclose additional tenant commitments.
The luxury apartment complex is being developed by Indianapolis-based Pearl Companies. First-class amenities will include underground structured parking, pool, fitness center, multiple courtyards, and first-floor access to restaurants, retail, and walking-trails to neighboring Lowenstein Park.
Led by Drake Development president, Matt Pennington, Streets of West Pryor was designed with the intent of creating a walkable and sustainable mixed-use community at the gateway of Lee's Summit.
"When people think of a "mixed-use" development sometimes the end-product falls short, as it's commonplace to have opportunities for live and play, but the "play" doesn't extend beyond shopping or dining. We wanted to extend the "play" to outdoor recreation, and this was achieved through ample green space and walking trails connecting to neighboring Lowenstein Park. It was critical we tailored the site plan to include Lowenstein Park, which is a favorite among Lee's Summit residents," Pennington said.
The property is one of the last large infill sites in the KC metro, continually pursued by developers for its ideal location, but plagued with significant development issues including large quantities of rock, varying topography, power line relocation, and land assemblage of thirteen parcels owned by eight different property owners.
"We had an obligation to listen to any and all resident concerns. Planning meetings were meant to be an open discussion, answering all questions and iterating the project as we moved forward to address those concerns. We truly believe Streets of West Pryor was "co-created" with the City of Lee's Summit and its residents," Pennington said.
"As a consultant to Drake Development throughout the process and as a lifelong resident of Lee's Summit, I am so proud of what this brings to our community today and in the future, John Lovell, Lee's Summit Planning Commissioner added.
Other partners involved in the development include Emery Sapp & Sons, Lovell Sagebrush Insurance, RI Architects, and Schwerdt Design Group. Streets of West Pryor is expected to be complete by Summer 2020.


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The Quest for Abs - New Core Strength Routine with Video
Let's get something off the table right away... I don't have visible abs or visible ab definition. It's an area I definitely want to improve on. Not only because I want to change the appearance of this area of my body but because I've neglected core strength training. That's why I'm writing this post... because I think it's a common mistake.
There are a lot of bodybuilding articles that will tell you that you don't need to work your core like your other muscle groups. They will tell you that the core is being worked when you do compound movements. Or, articles will say that your ab routine can be a quick 9 sets tacked on at the end of your workout. That's how I trained my abs for a long time. I quickly threw an ab routine in at the end of working out another body group. I'd move through the exercises without much thought and believed that 2-3 times a week training abs this way would do the trick. After training this way for about a year, I found that my core didn't feel stronger or even fully worked. I knew something was way off and I would need to adjust my training methods.
After implementing some key changes, I now know I'm on the right track. Boom! My abs have started to feel sore like my other muscles groups. I get out of breathe while training them and I am sweating during the workout. I finally feel like I'm actually making some progress on my core! This is all being done during a bulk phase, so I don't expect to see a 6 pack. My goal is muscle growth and strength gains. The changes below have allowed me to make some real progress in just 3 short weeks.
I shifted my ab training to mimic how I train other body parts. Instead of seeing the core as "different", I thought of working the muscles the same as say Shoulders or Chest muscles. The first exercise of this new ab routine is Cable Crunches. By using a weighted movement, I can slowly up the weight and increase the intensity over time. Also, by using added weight we can push the strength gains further than using body weight as out only resistance. To train abs like my other muscle groups, I also increased the sets to 15 working sets. It seems like a lot, but it allows you to really fully exhaust the abs and send them into muscle hypertrophy.
I will admit that my previous core training was half assed. It was often at the end of a long upper body session and I just wanted it to be over with. I needed to change my mindset and make ab training just as important is another body group. During my core workouts, I now continually check in with myself and ask if I'm present and in the moment. Am I focused? Am I feeling my abs engage? I think that abs are a very easy area of the body to just go into auto pilot with. By checking in and making sure you're focused, you will be more prone to actually be working the muscle.
Mind muscle connection is important. It's vital really to gaining strength and muscle tissue. Too often, we utilize other body parts to actually lift the weight and end up barely using the targeted muscle. The Cable Crunch is a great example of this. I used to get into position and start pulling the weight down without going slow and focusing on what muscles I was pulling with. When you preform this exercise with bad form or quick speed you end up using your lower back and arms. Without intending it, you end up completely missing your core muscles. I know this to be true because when I would train "abs", I would end up with a sore lower back. If you can't feel your abs engage or get hot, slow down and rethink the form. Do the exercise as slow as possible and focus on using your abs only by stabilizing the rest of your body.
If you've neglected abs or are struggling to increase core size, then a shift in priority is necessary. I started training core every other workout and not skipping any sets, it made a big difference. In just 3 weeks, I saw size gains in my upper abs and definition in that area. I also felt that I actually needed the rest periods to recoup my abs between training them. That's a good sign that they are being properly worked.
Attached a curved curl bar to a cable machine. Pin a lighter weight for warm up and form preparation. Grab the bar and pull it down with you as you get in a kneeled position on the floor. Next, pull your butt down to sit on your feet. With an arm on each side of your head, place the bar behind your head against your neck. Slowly bring your body into a bent position so that your upper body is parallel to the floor with a slight curve up at your lower back. Now you're ready to do the actual movement. Pull your elbows towards your knees with your abs. Focus on not using your back. Stay tucked in and then slowly return to starting position. At the end of the return, you should slightly curve your lower back down and bring your ribcage up. Common mistakes: Pulling straight down to the floor and not towards the thighs. Using too heavy of a weight and "swinging" the weight down to the floor. Going too fast and neglecting to "crunch" at the middle of the movement.
I love these! Very glad to have found them. This movement is a nice combination of yoga type movement with calisthenics. To start, lay a mat on the floor. Lay flat on your back and then bring your knees to your chest. Wrap your arms around your knees and bring your neck up. Hug your knees and hold. Make sure that your back is heavy to the ground and stable. This is where you'll start. Unwrap hands and send your legs out straight. At the same time, cross your arms at your chest or send them above your head. Don't let arms or feet hit the ground. Slowly, bring everything back to hug position and hold for a second. That's one rep, repeat 12 times for full set. Common mistakes: Going to fast and not pausing at the hug position. Rocking to the side and not aiming straight out. Using the back muscles to "jolt" the neck up and not letting the abs "pull" the upper body to the chest.
These are similar to the slow focused movement of the cocoons but they engage the obliques during the "twist". Start flat on your back with legs up off the ground and bent. Shins should be facing the ceiling. Place hands behind head, cradling the crown with elbows out wide. Come up in a crunch but twist to one side, bringing your elbow to the opposite side knee. As one knee comes towards the opposite elbow, send the other leg out. Each side is one rep. Aim for 12 slow reps on each side. Common mistakes: Going to fast and not doing the full twist. Pulling the head up with the arms, make your obliques do the twist.
The most common ab exercise of them all... but how often are they done right? Lay flat on your back on a mat. Bring knees to a bent position with feet on the floor. Make sure you are very stable with the lower body. Cradle your head in your hands. Slightly come up and make sure that you feel your core engage, not any tension in the neck. Once you have connected with the muscles, then begin. Pull your chin to your chest in a quick but controlled movement. Stop for a brief moment once you are here, feel your abs heat. Then, slowly bring your head back down. Think of unwinding in a curved movement not a straight drop down. You should feel all this in the upper section of your abs. Common mistakes: Using the arms and upper back to "lift" the head up. Not curling the chin into the chest. Going to fast and neglecting the decline portion of the movement, which is actually the most effective portion.
For the last exercise, I chose to use any weighted ab machine in the gym. The goal is complete burnout on this last exercise, so go heavier but a weight you can fully control. Follow the directions on the machine and make sure that you are connecting with your ab muscles. Common mistakes: For almost all weighted ab machines, the mistake to make is using your back muscles. Avoid this by stopping and checking in with your core. Go slow and keep trying the movement until you feel the abs engage.
If you are unfamiliar with any of the moves, check out the database on bodybuilding.com. Every exercise can easily be found by searching for it by name. This routine is for intermediate to advanced lifters and takes about 30 min to complete.
I have found that this workout is helping me to finally work my core to a level where it is growing muscle. This is only one of the ab workouts that I will be utilizing throughout my 2018 bulking phases. Watch for other routines in the future!
*I am not a certified personal trainer. My experience is limited to myself. If you are new to lifting, please seek out resources online and the help of a trainer or experienced friend before embarking on a new fitness regime.
Please feel free to comment and share this post! For more updates, please follow me on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Best of luck and props to anyone who strives to improve themselves in and out of the gym.


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One day, some months before turning sixty, I woke up with a voice in my ear. It's time, said the voice. Time for what, I asked. Time to learn a new language and skip town. Um, for how long? And with whom? For a while. And you'll be going alone.
The voice was telling me what I already knew: that I needed more adventure in my life.
Twenty-seven years earlier I had studied Japanese and gone to live in Japan, where my knowledge of the language made all kinds of wonderful things happen: deep friendships with Japanese women, a romance with a Japanese doctor, and a travel memoir that won a national award.
I just had to repeat this type of experience at least once more before I died (minus the romance: I'm happily married now). My husband would have to understand.
Brazil had always loomed large in my mind, a great hulking mass that begged to be explored. And Brazilian music filled me with a longing that went beyond words. Brazil it would be, then. I hopped online and ripped through the Duolingo course in Brazilian Portuguese. Next, I began meeting up with Brazilians living in Toronto (thanks, Facebook) for conversation exchange, while Brazilian soap operas (thanks, YouTube) helped boost my comprehension.
My agenda is simple: pretend I'm twenty-five and see what happens.
I've been in Brazil for a month now, with a return ticked booked for mid-May. After spending three days in São Paulo with friends of friends, I landed in a charmed island city called Florianópolis, which boasts 42 sandy beaches, sand dunes, fresh- and salt-water lagoons, pokey restaurants serving the morning's catch, an assortment of dive bars, and fishing villages dating back to colonial days.
While the city is a state capital and has a half a million people—a million in tourist season, which happens to be right now—the mountains that slice through the island put firm limits on urban sprawl. In fact, I would call Florianópolis (handily shortened to Floripa) a collection of towns, each with its own character, rather than a true city. I would also call it paradise.
Quite a bit has already happened, in fact. I've danced to live Samba music, tasted impossibly juicy Brazilian fruits like cupuaçu and maracujá, bought a bikini (nobody, and I mean nobody, wears onepiece women's bathing suits here), and landed a part-time job teaching English. I've dressed in white on New Year's Eve and run into the ocean—a tradition in Brazil—where the surf-grade waves knocked me off my feet. Oh yes, and celebrated my 61st birthday.
This is not like Germany or Holland: your average Brazilian resident does not speak English, which means I've had to step up my language game. At the end of each day my brain cells are crying, but there's nothing like total immersion to get you up to speed.
I've known days of loneliness—loneliness as deep and wide as the oceans and sky separating me from my husband and grown children. I'm also making new friends. Brazilians are extraordinarily welcoming, and I'm learning that a little effort pays off in buckets of conversations, outings, and caipirinhas (Brazil's answer to margaritas).
Above all, I'm learning that adventure has no expiry date. p.s. My husband, bless his heart, did understand.


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