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The convergence of virtual reality, parallel processing, and Internet access is enabling computational-fluid-dynamics (CFD) codes to model complex problems in the process and petroleum industries. Improved user interfaces are making it easier for non-specialists to use CFD to investigate the conditions under which flammable or poisonous gases, to investigate the conditions under which flammable or poisonous gases, for example, might build up around an oil platform. CFD rests on the sure foundation of the scientific laws that deal with mass, momentum, and energy. Engineers used CFD in the design of a coal-fired furnace whose burners produce a swirling flow, enhancing the efficiency of the combustion process. CFD codes simulate the processes in four key stages: ignition, laminar-flame propagation, turbulence generation, and turbulence-controlled combustion. The ignition process is usually represented by the sudden temperature increase of a small body of gas, such as in a single computational cell. Most CFD codes seeking to simulate explosions use variants of one of these models.
In the process and petroleum industries, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can reduce development time scales and costs by replacing lengthy and ex- pensive laboratory investigation with numerical predictions. Yet some companies are unwilling to use CFD because of the cost of software and hardware, the need for in-house CFD expertise, and the time required to solve complex simulations. Several recent advances in computing, however, have enabled firms without vast computing power or extensive expertise to obtain solutions to complex CFD problems using virtual-reality methods via the Internet.
Many different types of simulation are relevant to the petroleum and process industries, including mixing and projected vessels; the combustion of solid and gaseous fuels within furnaces, and the subsequent formation of soot and NOx; the separation of mixtures of oil, gas, and water; fluid flow through pumps and valves; and gas dispersion. Computer simulations provide insight into these processes and many more; in some cases, they represent essential tools for a fuller understanding.
Of particular importance are cases in which safety is being investigated. As an ex ample, consider the safety of oil platforms and the risk of explosions. As is well known, combustible gases may leak into oil- platform modules, forming combustible mixtures with air. These mixtures may be inadvertently ignited, leading to explosive flame propagation. The pressures generated by explosions result in loading on the platform structure. Damage to and partial destruction of the platform may cause missiles to be projected, and consequent penetration of vessels containing liquid fuel may lead to spills and the spread of fire.
How high the structural forces, how severe the damage, and how lethal the missiles will be are all difficult to estimate, as are the fires that will spread. Yet all of these factors must be estimated if the adequacy of safety precautions is to be assessed 'and approvals to build and operate are to be given. Computer simulations provide a means of making such estimates by predicting the gas-dispersion and mixing process; the ignition, flame-acceleration, and explosion phenomena; the load on the platform structure; missile formation and motion resulting from structural damage; and the spread of fire resulting from subsequent oil spillage.
Several CFD packages can perform the necessary simulations. The specialist codes are applicable to only one of the processes mentioned; general-purpose packages are designed to perform simulations of all five kinds.
A Virtual Approach
CFD has an important role in many areas of the process industry, but it is often seen as technically demanding, computationally intensive, and expensive. One recent development in computing that is helping to change those ideas is parallel computing. CFD is ideally suited to parallel computers, since each processor can be used for a different section of the computational domain almost completely independently of the others. This means complex simulations can be solved much more quickly. Parallel computers are expensive, however, and many companies cannot justify the expense of a parallel-processing machine purely for CFD use.
Another development is the use of the Internet to connect computers that may be separated by a considerable physical distance. A third is in virtual reality (VR), because it is now possible to view and move around virtual worlds where the displayed view is as close to "reality" as the user desires.
These three advances have led to the establishment of a VR-based consulting service developed by the London-based company CHAM. Users set up their problems in a limited VR environment on their PC, and use the Internet to transmit their geometry and associated information to a network of parallel computers that can quickly provide a solution. Virtual reality makes CHAM's PHOENICS CFD code accessible to non-CFD experts, and it lets the engineer concentrate on solving the problem. Tills system requires only a PC, an Internet connection, and a knowledge of the process under consideration. Remote computing makes it possible to access the necessary computing power to solve the problem from a Pc.
PHOENICS runs on PCs and Unix platforms, but it performs its calculations in a way that has proved economical for use on either shared-memory or distributed-memory parallel computers. The technique is called domain decomposition, which implies the whole geometry to be simulated is cut into imaginary slices, with a PHOENICS-carrying processor devoted to each. Domain decomposition permits simulations to be performed with computational grids that are fine enough to represent the simulations adequately.
In the PHOENICS VR interface, dialogue boxes enable users to choose and alter material properties, models, and boundary and initial conditions, and to enter any other information applicable to the problem. Users can also move around their chosen geometry and view it from any angle. Objects can be at any orientation, and entire geometries can be imported from a standard CAD file. The PHOENICS results viewer can be used to plot a wide range of results in the virtual-reality environment, including streamlines, vectors, and contours on planes, iso surfaces, and x-y plots.
Laws and Models
CFD rests on the sure foundation of the scientific laws that deal with mass, momentum, and energy. However, the rigorous calculations needed to work out the implications of all these laws would vastly overstretch modern computational power, even that of parallel processors. Shortcuts (usually called models) must be used. CFD therefore also rests on the less secure foundation of models of turbulence, radiation, and chemical reaction. These models are embodied in sets of mathematical equations, similar in form to those for the conservation of mass and momentum, which purport to describe the most significant aspects of the phenomena in question.
The turbulence models now in use derive mainly from research projects performed at Imperial College in London in the 1970s. Additions with respect to combustion have come from the University of Trondheim in Trondheim, Norway. New advances have resulted in two models of turbulence, both of which can be activated by PHOENICS. One is known as LVEL, which is derived from L, the distance from the nearest wall, and VEL, the local velocity. The second is a multifluid approach to turbulence, which allows quantitative computation of what had to be guessed at before-namely, the probability-density function that describes the fluctuations of temperature, concentration, and the like.
Although explosion processes occur too rapidly for the radiative transfer of heat to exert much influence, quite the opposite is true of the spread-of-fire process, which may take place later. Radiation is a complex process that is expensive to compute exactly. The challenge, therefore, has been to invent a more economical (albeit less rigorous) formulation that is approximately correct.
The Immersol model that CHAM has developed and incorporated into PHOENICS simultaneously handles radiation between solid surfaces, heat conduction within those solids, and convective and radiative interactions with the surrounding fluids. The validation of this method is still in progress. At this stage, we can assert that it gives exactly correct results in simple circumstances and plausible results otherwise.
Chemical reaction is another expensive process to compute exactly. What may be expressed simply as a single step-fuel plus air results in carbon dioxide plus steam plus heat-actually proceeds by way of hundreds of individual reactions involving scores of distinct individual species, such as H, 0, OH, CO, and NO.
Fortunately, in contrast to some other applications CFD is used for (such as furnaces, gas-turbine combustors, and reciprocating engines), single-step models suffice for explosion and fire-spread simulation. It is far more important to represent the turbulence properly than to refine the chemical-kinetic description.
In evaluating the safety precautions and the risk of explosion on an offshore oil platform, leakage of combustible gas at a certain minimum rate may be regarded as inevitable (or at least possible). This assumption leads to several questions. Will gas-air mixtures arise that are within the limits of flammability? How large a volume of such a flammable mixture can accumulate in the module? Will that volume be located near a source of possible ignition? Such questions are easy for CFD to resolve if the location and rate of the leakage are specified and if enough is known about the ventilation conditions.
Faced with such a task, CFD will take into account the motion of the air, under the combined influences of ventilation induced by exposure to the external atmosphere; buoyancy (density differences interacting with gravity, whether driven by temperature or concentration); the momentum of the gas jet, if this is appreciable; any internal-ventilation fans; the resistance exerted by the solid objects in the module; the turbulence generated by the flow past the solid objects; and the resulting evening of composition differences.
In 1988, an explosion on Piper Alpha, an oil rig in the North Sea, resulted in a fire that completely destroyed the platform, killing 167 people and costing millions of dollars in lost revenue each day. PHOENICS has generated results that include the influence of a crosswind (neglected in some earlier studies) on the distribution of combustible gas within a module of the platform. One focus, the concentration of gas from a leaking flange joint, enabled us to explore the assumption that the wind entering the open end of the module is aligned with the module axis. PHOENICS also shows that the gas concentration when the wind is from the left has a component along the inlet face of the module. The two concentration profiles are markedly different, because of the different velocity profiles.
Had such computer simulations been done at the time of the British government's public inquiry into the Piper Alpha disaster (as they could have been, albeit less easily than today), the simulations would have provided a more accurate picture of what happened. The investigation instead relied on physical model experiments, and these took no account of the side wind effect, even though the wind direction was known to be oblique to the module end on the night of the disaster. The inquiry, however, ultimately did result in new regulations that set high standards for the safety of offshore platforms.
CFO and Explosions
What if an ignition source exists within the region in which CFD predicts that a flammable mixture will form? Will the flame be extinguished before spreading, or will it propagate with increasing speed and violence, leading to a fully developed explosion? Such are the questions to which a CFD code can supply answers that are probably correct. Of special interest are the pressure differences across damage-prone confining walls: What will they be, and how will they vary with time?
The physical and chemical processes under consideration are flame propagation in unconfined gas mixtures, pressure rise in fully confined gas mixtures, the generation of turbulence by the flame, and the effect of pressure gradients. When a spark ignites a flammable mixture that is initially at rest, a thin spherical flame spreads from it at a speed (relative to the unburned gas) of between 0.1 and 1 meter per second, depending on the fuel and its concentration. Although such flames might have a bad thermal effect by reason of their high temperature, they can scarcely damage structures, because pressure differences are approximately equal to the density multiplied by the square of the velocity. The density of unburned gas is approximately 1 kilogram per cubic meter, and the velocity is-at most-10 meters per second. Therefore, no pressure differences in excess of 100 newtons per square meter (0.1 atmosphere) are likely to arise.
To consider the other extreme, suppose that the combustible mixture is completely confined within a fixed volume enclosure, raising the gas temperature within from, say, 300K to 2,100K. Then, no matter how rapidly the flame propagates, the pressure rise will be approximately 2,100/300:1, or 6 atmospheres. This is enough to fracture many structural elements. Unfortunately, this is not even the worst case.
If the gas mixtures in offshore-platform modules burn, they must be regarded as partially confined. They are present in spaces between solid obstacles, both large (such as compressor housings) and small (such as tubes within a tube bank). The influence of these restrictions to flow is to distort the shape of the flame in such a way as to promote the mixing of hot, burned gas and cold, still-to-be-burned gas. This increases the volumetric burning rate, so the flame speed (insofar as this concept has any clear meaning) rises by one or two orders of magnitude.
When we view the progression of an explosion in a vented, baffled enclosure, the flame propagates around each pair of baffles and accelerates along the center of the enclosure. The shape of the flame closely matches experimental images obtained by the British health and safety executive as part of the Piper Alp ha investigation, using high-speed video techniques.
The motion of gas through the succession of restrictions and enlargements represented by the solid objects in an oil-platform module creates shear layers or regions exhibiting steep variations of velocity. Turbulence is created in these layers; this turbulence promotes the further mixing between burned and u n- burned gases, which leads to further combustion.
Like velocity gradients, pressure gradients can lead to flame acceleration. They act by accelerating the less-dense hot-gas fragments more easily than the denser unburned fragments. The former are therefore thrust vigorously into the latter, forming new sources of ignition. This process can lead to detonations, or explosive waves, in which the pressure exceeds even the constant- volume-burning pressure. CFD codes simulate the processes in four key stages: ignition, laminar-flame propagation, turbulence generation, and turbulence-controlled combustion.
The ignition process is usually represented by the sudden temperature increase of a small body of gas, such as in a single computational cell. Until the flame meets• the first obstacle, it is represented as progressing as a thin front at the speed known from laboratory experiments. Differential equations are usually solved for the energy and the length scale of the subsequently generated turbulence. These may contain special, empirically derived terms for the effect of obstacles, particularly restricted ones. The rate of gas burning is then taken as proportional to the rate of energy dissipation, i.e., to the square root of the energy divided by the length scale.
This practice is called the eddy-breakup model. A modification is known as the eddy-dissipation concept. Most CFD codes seeking to simulate explosions use variants of one of these models. All such practices rely on the notion that there are two distinguishable gases at each location, one significantly hotter than the other. They can be classified as two-fluid models. PHOENICS embodies the recent generalization called the multifluid model.
On an offshore oil platform, leakage of combustible gas may be regarded as inevitable (or at least possible).
Evaluating Results
A well-known but often neglected fact about CFD calculations is that, unless the number of space and time intervals is sufficiently numerous, numerical errors render their results dubious. How many intervals are enough? The only way to find out for certain is to repeat the calculations with a greater number of intervals, so as to determine whether the physically significant results are appreciably altered. This rule is accepted but rarely observed, because the expense of finer-grid calculations may be hard to tolerate. PHOENICS is no different from other codes in this respect. However, because it can run on parallel machines, the cost of the finer-grid runs is more affordable.
Furthermore, the predictions are intended to answer questions that are not always sufficiently realistic. Thus, a uniform stoichiometric mixture of gas and air may be postulated as prevailing throughout the module in which the explosion is to be simulated, yet this initial condition could never be attained in practice. Or wind conditions external to the module may be supposed irrelevant and therefore inserted with little thought, whereas in fact a• crosswind may greatly influence gas mixing within a module. Finally, the making of initial-condition postulates about the locations of gas leaks and ignition sources involves much guesswork; with so much uncertainty, we can argue that some numerical or scientific deficiencies can be tolerated.
Models of turbulence, chemical reaction, and radiation properly have science-based uncertainty attached to them. This doubt is quantitatively substantial; in the case of explosions in offshore modules, it could mean that the predicted peak pressure, for example, is correct within ± 50 percent. Only extensive comparisons between predictions and experiments can reveal the size of the errors. Given the expense of these experiments, it may be many years before the question is adequately answered.
This article is adapted from a paper presented at the ASME Asia '97 Congress and Exhibition, held in Singapore Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1997


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Alan Ruschel is one of just six survivors in the devastating Chapecoense plane crash that killed 71 people last Monday – but it wasn't the first time he narrowly escaped death.
The player, who is on loan from Internacional, has survived three devastating situations: a serious car crash, moving seats on the jet before it crashed in Colombia, and surviving after being rescued from the wreckage, according to South American media.
The right-back, who is now breathing without the help of machines, was told by his doctor to make the most of life following his recovery.
Doctor Sonagli reportedly told UOL Esporte: "If he [Alan Ruschel] has seven lives, he should not waste the other four."
According to rescuers, Ruschel screamed for his friends and family as he was being stretchered away from the crash site. As he was being wheeled into surgery for a life-saving operation on his spine, he begged doctors to take off his engagement ring and keep it safe.
His fiancee, Marina Storchi, said the ring is still not back on her husband-to-be's finger but she has it and she can't wait to 'return it to its rightful place', according to the Daily Mail.
She said: "Alan is everything to me. He is the love of my life."
Seventy-one people, including 19 players and staff, were killed in last Monday's crash on the way to Colombia for the first leg of Copa Sudamericana.
The 27-year-old was the first survivor to be pulled from the wreckage and suffered multiple fractures and a spinal injury.
Investigations are continuing into the cause of the accident but a recording suggests the plane was out of fuel moments before the crash outside Medellin.
The club, who were on their way to play Colombian club Atletico Nacional in the two-legged final of Latin America's No 2 club event, have since been crowned winners of the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol, the BBC reports.
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Action research in English spelling : an overview of English spelling related problems
This study specifically explores the spelling related problems on the students studying in both English and Bengali medium schools. It is a general observation that the students in our country have very little understanding of the phonic and spelling system in English. They mainly rely on memorization, and if they forget any spelling, they have no clue of reconstructing it. In this case of an unknown spelling, learners depend heavily on the teacher's pronunciation, which at times misguide them. Moreover, our conventional education system in a way encourages them to opt for retention. All these factors direct the students towards memorization, and they continue doing the same at the secondary as well as tertiary level. However, the method of teaching spelling through proper knowledge of prefixes, suffixes and the phonic system is an established one, and widely practiced in ELT. It is my contention that introducing this method at an early stage might bring in significant changes in language learning. The recommendation is based on an action research conducted on a sample group.
This study addresses a momentous but, somehow, neglected issue of EFL writing skills. In Bangladesh, the children studying in English medium schools. especially those studying in classes 2 and 3, usually find spelling problematic and. hence, frequently make mistakes in spelling vocabulary items or words.To draw an inference to the observation, an action research on spelling was conducted in a renowned English medium school named St. Margarete's School in Dhaka city.
St. Margarete's School is a 22 years old institution having classes from play group to O level. In class 3 there are 24 students. The hypothesis acted upon was if the students were taught the proper ways of learning spelling at the early level of education the result would lead o improved written outcomes of the students.The finding of the action research supported the hypothesis which enticed the researcher to carry out further research on spelling letter.
Resources and background Literature
There are innumerable articles dedicated to theories on the teaching of spelling in the internet. In the internet version of the journal "voices from the Middle, the March 2002 issue has an article "Effective spelling instruction in the middle grades" by Shane Templeton. Here the author claimed 4 things about spelling - the spelling system is logical, learning to spell is a process of continuous developments, students' spellings correlate with their word knowledge, and good spelling instruction supports both reading and vocabulary development. A teacher must understand students spelling level before good instruction can occur. For instance, a student who does not understand the spelling pattern of single syllabic words, should not be learning polysyllabic words. Once spelling levels are determined word categorization activities are effective techniques for guiding students to recognize spelling generalizations.
English spelling has traditionally been difficult for those who teach it, as well as those who must learn it (Johnston, 2000-2001). Lack of simple one-to-one letter /sound correspondences in words and apparent exceptions to spelling rules contribute to spelling errors. Due to the complexity of the task, it cannot be assumed that students will absorb good spelling practices without explicit instruction (Gentry, 2004).
Teaching styles and theories affect trends in instruction (Bruck, Termain, Caravolas, Genesee, and Cassar 1988). Teachers who emphasize skill acquisition through a variety of teaching strategies that are developmentally appropriate are more powerful and successful in teaching spelling (Morrow, Tracey, Woo, and Pressley, 1999).
While knowing rules may improve the writers ability to spell, thus taught in isolation is inadequate. Understanding base words and how they are manipulated (morphology) is essential (Johnston, 2000-2001). Bear and Templeton (1998) point out that children need sufficient information to discern the patterns used in spelling. They state, "word study becomes useful and instructive when it is based on the students' levels of development and when appropriate words and patterns are explored through interesting and engaging activities" (Bear and Templeton, 1998, 222-243). They outline six stages through which children progress while learning words.
1. Pre-phonemic Spelling- birth through middle of first grade
2. Semi-phonemic/ early letter stage- kindergarten through middle of second grade
3. Letter name- early first through early third grades
4. Within-word pattern – first grade through middle of fourth grade
5. Syllable juncture- third through eight grades
6. Derivational constancy- fifth through twelfth grades.
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'Neevevaro' movie is releasing on 24th August and the movie team is busy promoting it. As a part of promotional activities 'Neevevaro' team has roped in Ram Charan. The mega power star will launch Neevevaro hilarious teaser.
Aadi and Ram Charan shared screen space for blockbuster 'Rangasthalam' directed by Sukumar.
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In every city these days, you can find a good wine bar, where you can enjoy a good glass of wine. These days, the interior designs of wine bars are improving so not only do they have wines for all your senses, you can also enjoy the settings in which you sip your wine.
I went to one such place the other night in Brussels. A small wine bar with rustic furniture and interior. The bar stools and tables were made of recycled wood; the wines were displayed their on wire-netting and they had a lovely display of tinned food for sale. Especially, the many rows of coloured tins caught my attention. Great displays!


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Japan denies Yasukuni visit unconstitutional (Xinhua) Updated: 2005-10-25 21:35
Japanese government on Tuesday denied that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's
Yasukuni visit is unconstitutional.
According to the answer statement decided at a cabinet meeting, anyone, even
if at the position of prime minister, has no relation or problem with the
Constitution if he decides to pay a private visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.
"As long as the premier tell the public the war-dead honoring purpose of his
Yasukuni visit and does not take part in religious ceremony there, his visit,
even if an official one, does not violate the constitutional separation of state
and religion."
The statement was in reply to the questioning of the main opposition
Democratic Party of Japan that required the government to explain on Koizumi's
Oct. 17 visit to the war-related shrine.
Koizumi paid his 5th Yasukuni visit a week ago despite constant opposition at
home and abroad.
He has visited the Tokyo-based shrine, which honors 14 Class-A war criminals
responsible for Japan's aggression against its Asian neighbors before and during
the World War II, once a year since taking office in April 2001.
Seizure of abandoned rails shakes a nation's conscience
China eyes strong growth to 2010
Major Chinese cities on high alert of bird flu
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CySure appoints cyber specialists EnterpriseRed as a new security and compliance reseller partner in the UK
CySure's solution cuts through the fog, with clear guidance and support for organisations throughout the GDPR compliance process
Collaborative partnership to help organisations improve compliance and cyber security awareness amongst workforce
London, UK - Cyber security specialist CySure Ltd has appointed EnterpriseRed as a specialist reseller partner in the UK further extending Cysure's international network of partners across the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, the USA and the UK. The Berkshire-based cybersecurity experts will resell CySure's information security management system, Virtual Online Security Officer (VOSO).
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146 MW of solar power at airports
The government of India plans to generate a total of 146 MW of solar power at various airports across the country. AAI has already installed solar power plants at 16 airports with a total capacity of 5.4 MW. So far, 51 lakh energy units have been generated from these plants leading to a reduction of 4,600 metric tonnes in carbon emissions. By December 2016, additional 24.1 MW of solar power plants will become operational at 11 more airports. In fact, the perspective plan of AAI targets augmenting the solar power generation to 116 MW by including 16 more airports.


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Reliability, Automation and Improvements Engineer
- Location
- South Yorkshire
- Salary
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 11 Jan 2019
- Closes
- 18 Jan 2019
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- Contact
- Michael Dungworth
- Function
- Engineering
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
- Contract Type
- Permanent
This new S. Yorkshire based position is the ideal opportunity for highly skilled engineer looking to take the next step within the FMCG industry.
Client Details
Our client is a national food supplier with strong company values and a wealth of recognised brands. The Reliability and Improvements Engineer role is based at their South Yorkshire flagship site.
Reporting into the Engineering Manager this Reliability and Improvements Engineer will form part of the engineering team that plays an integral part in the smooth running of a fast paced, food manufacturing site. The main responsibilities are to provide the correct maintenance strategy for the site equipment involving optimising preventative and proactive maintenance against reliability and cost objectives.
Other day to day responsibilities will include:
- Evaluate and establish the requirements of all outside third party technical support
- Use of CI tools to assess and repeatedly improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the maintenance plan
- Ensure effective maintenance plans delivered to the Site Capital Plan
-Maintain an audit-ready culture
- Prioritise HSE and Food safety at all times
The successful Reliability and Improvements Engineer will have a range of the following:
- Apprentice trained in mechanical, electrical or automation
- Experience working in a fast paced, high volume manufacturing setting ideally FMCG
- Knowledgeable and experience implementing manufacturing improvement concepts
- Ability to coach and advice technicians to raise the engineering department's capabilities
- Take pride and responsibility for the quality of own work delivered, and identify and action ways of improving it
- Eagerness to acquire new skills, complete training and development workshops
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I can't believe the big day has come and gone, and my baby is now a school kid! We made the last few days before he started as special as we could, visiting the beach, our favourite chocolate cafe, the museum, and anything else we could fit in.
I was particularly nervous, not only because Charlie is one of the youngest in his year and we had a lot of toing and froing whether to send him this year or next, but we'd also had the worst orientation day possible, and I couldn't help but worry something dramatic would happen on his first day of school too. Thankfully, he handled it like a pro, no tears, just a high five for me and his Daddy on our way out. I was so proud.
Just as a recap, Charlie's orientation day: for months, Husband and I had said that we would use his orientation as a guide for whether to send him to school or not, so I was feeling quite nervous. He left home happily, everything was going well. Then we got to school. He told me he felt a bit sick. I thought maybe he was just nervous. We went to the welcome in the hall, sat in the front row, and he started lying down on my lap.
Then, just as the proceedings were beginning, he projectile vomited. Up my face. All through my hair. All over my white shirt. All over himself. And it just kept going and going. Exorcist style. I was kind of frozen, but one of my friends was sitting near us and came over and, you know, wiped some of the vomit from my face, some teachers wiped up the floor, and they helped me get him out of the hall so he could continue vomiting outside. We actually attempted to stay after that, but the vomit kept coming, so we ended up having to forego the rest of orientation.
Thankfully, Charlie wasn't too traumatised. He's pretty familiar with the school, used to running around with his brother for the past two years. Nonetheless, at this early stage, it feels like we've made the best choice for Charlie, and hopefully he continues in the happy way he's started!
Also, huge mistake of taking him for a haircut the day before school started to a terrible hairdresser who interpreted my "I still want his hair long, just tidy it up a bit" to mean, "Please make my child look like Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber".


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The controversial ads unveiled on the back of 10 CTA buses Wednesday read, "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man." They conclude with the words, "Support Copts. Defeat Jihad," referring to friction between Muslims and Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Within hours of the buses' first runs, messages appeared on Facebook and Twitter denouncing the campaign. Many said that degrading a spiritual tenet of Islam — one that refers to a Muslim's personal quest to become a better person — amounts to hate speech.
"This whole campaign insinuates Muslims are violent," said Asaf Bar-Tura, programs director for the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, which protested the ads on social media Wednesday. "If it's within their legal powers, (CTA) should either not put it up because they incite hate and stereotypical thinking or put a label next to each sign saying, 'The CTA disagrees with this ad.'"
So far, federal judges have sided with the advertisement's sponsor, the American Freedom Defense Initiative, which sued transit authorities in New York City and Washington, D.C., when they initially rejected the ads. Those judges ruled that public forums such as buses and trains cannot bar advertising entitled to First Amendment protection.
Pamela Geller, executive director of the initiative, could not be reached for comment Wednesday. But on her blog Atlas Shrugs, she posted a letter from her lawyer threatening legal action against the CTA if the agency didn't place the ads.
Brian Steele, a spokesman for the CTA, denied that the CTA was threatened with a lawsuit. But the precedents did deter the CTA from rejecting the ads, which are expected to run on different routes each day for four weeks.
"While those courts agreed that the AFDI ads violate anti-disparagement or anti-demeaning standards similar to CTA's, that violation in and of itself did not remove AFDI's First Amendment protection to place the ads," Steele said in a statement.
"CTA understands that this ad may be offensive to our customers," he added. "While the courts have ruled this ad is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, we object to its divisive message."
The estimated ad revenue is about $4,500, a spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, said the group plans to launch its own nationwide ad campaign next week. As part of the campaign called "My Jihad," individual Muslims define what the spiritual concept means for them.
"I don't feel the urge to fight. … I'd rather put out the alternative," Rehab said. "People can decide what racism is."
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Thread: The Phillycide Thread
August 12th, 2019, 09:17 PM #61
August 18th, 2019, 07:10 AM #62
Re: The Phillycide Thread
Back on track in Philly, it appears.
August 18th, 2019, 08:23 AM #63
August 18th, 2019, 08:37 AM #64
August 19th, 2019, 06:44 PM #65
Re: The Phillycide Thread
Not another homicide, but it could have been - doubling down on DA Krasner being weak on prosecuting gun crimes and then being a hypocrite about gun crimes.
In another twist in a case that has captured national attention, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Rayford Means on Monday allowed a West Philadelphia man to withdraw his guilty plea in the shooting of a beer deli owner with an AK-47 rifle last year because federal authorities subsequently charged him with the same offense.
Jovaun Patterson's sentence in the shooting of Mike Poeng was criticized by many in the law enforcement community as lenient after Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's office gave Patterson a plea deal of 3½ to 10 years in state prison in November 2018. Also, the District Attorney's Office failed to notify the victim of the plea and sentencing hearing, a violation of the state Crime Victims Act.no size restrictions & screw the limit.
August 31st, 2019, 09:36 AM #66
Re: The Phillycide Thread
this is good news: https://www.inquirer.com/news/metro-...-20190831.html
But then there is this: https://6abc.com/1-woman-killed-anot...lphia/5504640/
and this: https://6abc.com/man-shot-and-killed...lphia/5504705/
I may have missed some others
Last edited by TangoBravo605; August 31st, 2019 at 11:09 AM. Reason: addn'l links + "But then there"
August 31st, 2019, 10:05 AM #67
August 31st, 2019, 11:10 AM #68
Re: The Phillycide Thread
Good catch, I should have inserted "BUT", I'll do that now. thank you
September 1st, 2019, 08:48 AM #69
Re: The Phillycide Thread
Philly is indeed rivaling Chicago.
"Four people have been killed and eight others injured in another weekend of gun violence in Philadelphia during which seven shooting incidents were recorded in just over 10 hours late Friday into Saturday morning. An eighth shooting occurred at 9:26 p.m. Saturday. One involved four victims; in another, two men were shot in the head." From the Inquirer 01 Sep 2019. I haven't ferreted out the reports of these incidents relative to my previous post, so some of these data may overlap with those.
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Author's Note: This is the version I'll be using going forward. It was written between April 21st and 22nd, and I may have done a little #NaNoRebel work and re-typed/re-wrote a scene from a few months ago.
This story talks about abortion, drug use, sex--nothing in great detail--but if those concepts bother you, I suggest you read something else. I have a dark fantasy story that doesn't have any of those things in it (yet), that you're welcome to try.
These were easily the hardest 3,000 words I've put to paper (well, only about 750 of them really hurt). It's unlike anything I've written before, and we're just skimming the surface of where the story will eventually go. This is a fusion of real life memories, of past relationships and experiences, some new and some old, but never forgotten. It's as much fiction as it is reality (ie: parents, don't freak out over the details, and don't read too much in to it).
The story started to make decisions for itself, characters appeared that I hadn't planned on, and a certain rent-a-cop decides he's going to be a hero... when I never planned on him sticking around.
The Renegade Messiah - Day 21-22
Word count: 3,088
Raize couldn't hate him, even standing outside the abortion clinic alone. The sign said the clinic opened at 7:00 AM. It was 7:09 and she was still waiting in the rain. She could have sat in her car in the parking lot but it was full of angry, sign bearing picketers. People who didn't understand; people who weren't pregnant and alone; people who weren't her. Their signs cut deep, their sputtered curses and accusations made her thankful the rain washed away her tears. "Whore!" A woman's voice cut through the rain like lightning. The word made Raize twitch slightly and she felt her stomach tighten up. She couldn't hate him but it didn't stop her from hating herself.
Not because of what she was about to do—she knew it was the best decision for her—but what had brought her to the cold steps of Blue Mountain Clinic alone. She focused on a puddle of water and watched as the rain drops tried to destroy it. She focused on the water to drown out the voices behind her. 7:20AM and the doors finally opened. The willowy woman at the front door apologized softly but Raize didn't hear her. She stepped through the doorway, soaking wet and numb.
"Do you have an appointment?" The woman asked. Raize nodded and brushed a strand of hair aside with a trembling hand. She stared at the woman. Donna. Her name tag said Donna.
"What's the name for the appointment?" Donna unlocked the next set of doors and opened them both in to a dimly lit waiting room. Inside, a man with dark skin, broad shoulders and a navy blue rent-a-cop uniform waited.
"Go and clear them out, Brent. They started early today. Vultures." The security guard nodded a thick neck and left the two women alone in the waiting room. Raize listened as the man went outside and began barking at the picketers. The rain drowned out his words but she heard the fervent chanting begin to subside.
Raize had fallen asleep in the stiff waiting room chair with a magazine in her lap. A light tap on her shoulder startled her awake.
"Sorry to wake you. The Doctor is requesting you take this pre-operation medication." Donna held out a clear plastic cup with two pills in it. She held a water bottle in the other hand. Raize blinked the sleep from her eyes and sat up. The waiting room was still as empty as when she had arrived. She took the cup and the water bottle. Donna looked down at her.
"I'm afraid this isn't going to be very pleasant. The medication will make you feel ill, but it's necessary for the operation. The bathroom is just down the hall." Donna pointed politely.
"Once you take the pills, the abortion cannot reversed." Donna whispered.
Raize stared at the pills in the cup. They were a startling shade of red, like crystallized blood. She knew somehow she'd never forget the color of them. Or the bitterness as they slid down her throat.
Donna lingered just long enough to make sure Raize didn't spit out the pills and returned to her desk. Raize watched the older woman shuffle some papers on her desk and went back to watching the silenced television.
A black ticker across the bottom of the screen announced another bombing across the city. Another abortion clinic, a three-story building. An underground terrorist group known as "E.V.E." claimed responsibility. She saw the remote sitting on the waiting room table and tried to turn up the volume. The remote was broken.
"You don't want to listen to that, honey. E.V.E. is far away from here, don't you worry."
Raize wasn't worried at all until Donna had said something. Her stomach started to rumble so she closed her eyes and tried to go back to sleep. Just before she had fallen asleep, the door opened and the chanting from outside rushed in like a cold wind. Brent closed the door behind him.
"Donna, go ahead and call Central. They're not backing off this time. That bombing's got them all sorts of riled up." Brent rested his back against the door as a barricade.
Outside, fists pounded on the outer door and demanded entry to the building. She heard a cardboard sign ricochet across the window, and the sound of shattering glass as something harder made contact. To Brent's credit, he did not flinch at the sound. Before Raize could begin to ask questions, her stomach began a protest of it's own. She shot up from her chair and rushed down the hallway.
She barely made it to the toilet before she became sick. The noise outside muffled the sounds of her groaning. Sweat dripped down her forehead and she put her face in her hands. The pills had wasted no time in stripping away her dignity. She reached out and fumbled to lock the bathroom door as the sound outside became louder.
Raize spent the next hour waddling back and forth from the waiting room to the bathroom. She felt sick and embarrassed and hoped Donna didn't notice. The rent-a-cop spent his time going back and forth from the waiting room outside, each time returning wetter and angrier than before. Brent was older, with patches of white in his black corn rows. He had the look of a patient man—but one whose patience was wearing thin.
Eventually Raize was able to sit again without fear of getting sick. She was positive she didn't have anything left in her intestines anyways. Maybe she'd get lucky and start excreting excess fat. The thought made her dry heave in her chair. She gripped the armrest and made sure she didn't throw up; she had to keep the pills down. The waiting room began to spin and she laid back with her eyes closed.
The door opened again and another rent-a-cop showed up to stand beside Brent. The new arrival was much younger—a fact that did not escape Brent by the rolling of his patient eyes. Taller, leaner with pale skin and blond hair. The two men spoke briefly; Raize listened only because there was nothing else happening in the waiting room. She didn't have much choice. She cracked one eye open to watch the TV as they spoke.
"...Central's short-handed, Brent. I'm the best you'll get this morning." The other rent-a-cop said with a smile that Raize could hear in his voice.
"Why do they send the charming ones? I needed someone who isn't afraid to use that taser and crack a few heads together if they break down that door. Instead, they send me the Prince of Dirt Town himself, Dirk Letum. Next time, tell Central to send me their secretary."
Brent gave one last look at the door and shrugged.
"Stay here a minute, I need a cup of coffee."
"I'm not--"
Brent held up his hand to silence the other man.
"Coffee. Now. Keep those lunatics from breaking down the door for a minute, will ya?"
Brent disappeared down the hall of the clinic without waiting for an answer. Donna craned her head around to watch the man walk down the hallway.
"You'll have to make it yourself, I haven't made it back there yet." Donna said and went back to shuffling papers.
Raize returned to watching the TV as Dirk looked around the waiting room, checked the taser at his side, and braved the outside. Distantly, she could hear him raising his voice over the crowd.
She watched an episode of a Spanish soap opera after the news and was about to begin the next episode when a nurse finally met her in the waiting room.
"Raize?" A young woman called to the empty waiting room. Raize nodded and stood up sleepily from her seat. The nurse pushed open a set of double doors down the hall from the bathroom. Bright light poured in and momentarily blinded Raize. She could hear the buzz of florescent lighting. She hadn't been afraid until that exact moment. When her vision returned, her heart fluttered a little less, and she was standing in the hallway with doors on all sides.
"You'll be in room—C, for Cat. Right over here." The nurse smiled and led Raize by the shoulder gently to the room. Raize began to feel a little weak in the knees.
The nurse took some notes, checked her vitals, and then left her alone. That was probably the part that hurt the most. Even getting her blood drawn hadn't made her as nervous as the silence of the sterile room. She waited, shifted in her seat, did everything she could to not think about what was going to happen. It wasn't that she regretted it. She knew it was too late now. She just didn't want to be alone, and she had no one else. The emptiness began to clutch at the inside of her stomach and claw its way up her throat. She was dry heaving again when the Doctor knocked on the outside of the door.
"I just needed clarification before we begin," the doctor said as he looked at a clipboard in his hands. "How are you paying for your operation?"
The question made her stomach cold and her breathing halt in her throat. Why now? Of all the times he could have asked, why ask when it was too late to run away?
"What?" She asked and tried to swallow back the fear. The doctor flipped a page on the clipboard and his eyes scanned the pages. He reached in to his pocket and took out an orange plastic pill bottle. He began to open it while he continued to read.
"You're going to want to take these. Let it dissolve under your tongue, it will help with the pain--" He popped the cap without looking and flipped the page back on his clipboard.
"Oh, I found it. You've been referred to our clinic by E.V.E., and they're payment plan doesn't cover this part." He put the pills back in the bottle and set the clipboard down.
"Shall we begin?"
Tears streamed down Raize's cheeks.
"What brought you to Blue Mountain Clinic today?" One of the assistants asked, as Raize tried to relax on the operating table. The last injection they gave her started to kick in. She couldn't remember how she had gotten there. She remembered crying and being ushered out of the room and in to this one, and given medication and getting help to climb on to the table. The staff was nice, and she didn't want to see that doctor again.
"I thought it wasobvious," Raize said and her words slurred together. She lifted a hand weakly to point at her stomach. She knew none of them would laugh, but she thought it was witty. She closed her eyes for a moment to block out the bright light of the surgical equipment.
"A boy," she whispered and a tear followed her words. She closed her eyes again and let the memories overwhelm her.
Five hours too late, Raize would discover the man she'd just had sex with was a black out drunk. She remembered everything; most of the words, all of the motions, all of the pain. She remembered that she felt like she was in love, and that he was the most amazing man she'd ever found herself half-naked in the back of a car with.
And he would remember nothing. She'd be left with guilt, and he'd be left with a memory that stopped a few hours before he even started kissing her. The lust of her life, delivered drunk and hard to the passenger seat of her car after he'd just said he loved her... and it was all a lie.
Ruin had been drinking for thirteen hours before he poured himself a double Whiskey and Coke. Raize was stoned on something, she wasn't even sure what she had taken, and smelled like cheap vodka. Neither were in any condition to drive. Ruin didn't care; as soon as she rolled to the first stop sign, his lips were against her ear. He bit her the first right-hand turn she made and her fingers began to tremble against the steering wheel.
"What was I supposed to do?" He spoke between breaths. "I just gave you everything. Everything I had, it's yours." He was rambling but Raize didn't care as long as he kept panting against her neck. Empty words, perhaps, but they still made her heart race. She waited a heart beat longer than she had to at the stop sign just to soak up the feel of him. It was 4:30 AM. The foggy back roads were empty.
She turned on her blinker. "Go straight," he said, in a surprisingly firm voice. He wrapped his fingers in her hair as she corrected the swerving path of her car. He wasn't going to make the drive easy. The next few blocks were a blur; the double lines on the back road swayed in and out of her vision. Every time his tongue touched her neck, the steering wheel went a little more sporadic.
"Next time we stop," his hand drifted down her thigh, "I want you to pull in to that church parking lot." Raize knew the one. Across the parking lot from his cramped apartment, just a step below a crack house. The church was probably safer at this time in the morning. Safety didn't seem to be a concern of his. Raize nodded, and Ruin's finger brushed her lip. She stuck her tongue out long enough to taste his skin.
Ruin wasn't a short-statured man: 6 feet of lanky, goth-pale skin managed to slip through the center console and in to the back seat of her car—then reach out and pull her with him. She fell in to his arms with surprising grace. Through some small miracle they both managed to fit in the back of her car. The windows were already fogging up. She could see the dim lights of the house behind the church. Their little town was waking up soon, and she hoped they'd be gone before it did.
The last thing they needed was the police. Raize still had a bag of pills in her jacket, and Ruin was violating probation for a number of reasons. Drunk, out past curfew, probably high on something she didn't know about. Also, trespassing and having sex in public was illegal for a felon, too. Raize shoved the buzz-kill aside and took off her jacket.
Ruin pulled her forward and snaked his hand in her hair. He gripped her harder than anyone had ever done, and pulled her dangerously close to his mouth. The pain made her vision flash white, the reality made the breath catch in her throat.
"I'm not asking if you do now, but—could you—love me?" He whispered against her ear. Raize should have realized right then that he was gone. Her heart took a nosedive off a three story building.
"Yes—" He cut her off with a kiss.
"It's time to wake up," a voice spoke, somewhere distant. Maybe it had all just been a dream? She struggled to open her eyes. She saw a shape float in and out of her vision. Taller than the rest, black hair to his shoulders, dressed for a funeral. Ruin was there, she could see the glint of his tongue ring as he smiled down at her. She blinked away the sleep and pain shot through her entire body.
"Steady now, steady." The nurse's voice this time, a woman, and she was gripping Raize's shoulders. Raize was trying to sit up. Her nightgown had fallen down one shoulder. Her legs felt like jelly. She felt like she was dying from the waist down.
"Hurts," was all she could manage to say. Her throat was dry. She looked around for Ruin. She knew the truth: he wasn't there, and never would be. She'd never see him again, and she had to deal with that. He didn't even know she was pregnant. Her irrational, fractured mind just kept wishing he'd show up. The pain snapped her out of her thoughts.
She sat up on the hospital bed and let the nurse help her stand. She clenched her jaw against the pain and took a shaky step forward. It felt like it took an hour to walk back to the first clinic room. The nurse settled Raize down in to a padded chair. Next to the chair was a round coffee table with a red, leather-bound notebook.
"You're welcome to write in the notebook while you wait. Many patients like to say... goodbye, or leave a note for the next woman. The doctor will be with you shortly for your post-op instructions."
Raize didn't know why she was crying as the nurse shut the door. She stared at the notebook for a long time then picked up the pen and began to write. She wrote goodbye to a child she would never know; to a life she would never have; to a love she'd never feel again.
She wrote a story about Ruin, about a misguided night that both created and destroyed lives. Her own, her baby's, and if Ruin knew, probably a piece of him as well. She tried to explain that she'd never be a good mother, that she was too selfish, that she didn't want to care for anyone but herself. That she'd made a mistake and she'd think about it for the rest of her life—but she didn't want the child to suffer a life full of pain. So she granted it death and silence, a life without knowing the pain of love.
She tried to apologize but she knew she couldn't. She'd never have the words, all she could do was try to justify her actions and continue her life. And hope that the pain went away.
As soon as she signed her name at the bottom—a loud explosion sounded outside. Her chair shook; the room shook. The journal fell to the floor. Jars full of cotton swabs and boxes of rubber gloves crashed over the side of the table. The magazine rack and one muted painting clattered to the floor. Smoke began to roll beneath the door to her room. Outside the door, she heard Donna scream. The unmistakable sound of a gunshot cracked through the air. Donna's voice went silent.


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ZZ Ward: Marry Well
I miss the 'girl power' movement of the late '90s and early '00s. Back then we had Spice Girls and Destiny's Child and TLC reminding us that being a woman was rad and that we didn't need a man to pay our bills, bills, bills. Well, if you're hankering for a brand new anthem to encapsulate your non-stop badass-ness, ZZ Ward has just the song for you. "Marry Well" is exactly what all the ladies should be listening to every morning before heading off to work. While you're busy getting gussied up in an outfit you bought, in an apartment you pay for, blast this tune and remind yourself that you're the shit. This song makes me want to strut down a New York City street in 5-inch heels before walking into a high-rise office building. It makes me want to do a choreographed dance with my girlfriends in a beauty salon and it definitely makes me want to Z-snap in the face of all the haters. ZZ Ward's "Marry Well" is dripping with sass and self confidence that is guaranteed to rub off on you. It's audio courage, so enjoy liberally.
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Lobster saute in vin jaune with morels
Ingredients: Yields 4 servings
From the fishmonger's:
4 lobsters (fresh or frozen), each 700g
From the fresh produce market:
20 dried morels
6 shallots
1 garlic clove
1 bunch of chives
1 bunch of parsley
1 bouquet garni
From the grocery store:
1 bottle of Jura vin jaune ("yellow wine")
From the cheesemarket:
2 eggs
20cl crème fraîche
30g butter
From your larder:
4 tbsp. neutral oil
1 tsp. sugar
Salt, pepper
- Peel and chop the shallots and garlic.
- Steep the morels in lukewarm water.
- Cut the lobsters with their shells into several pieces. Delicately crack the claws, leaving them whole.
- In a large skillet, gently brown the pieces of lobster and claws in 3 tbsp. oil, then keep them warm.
- Add 1 tbsp. oil to the skillet and gently brown the shallots. Add the garlic and the vin jaune. Bring to the boil over a low heat. Add the water in which you steeped the morels, the bouquet garni, salt, pepper and sugar. Bring to the boil and reduce by half over a high heat.
- Fry the morels in hot butter in a skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Add 15 cl crème fraîche to the wine sauce, then add the morels. Simmer for 15 minutes over a low heat.
- Wash and finely shred the herbs.
- In a large skillet, drizzle a little sauce over the lobsters and place on a low heat for 5 minutes.
- Mix together the egg yolks with the remaining cream.
- Off the heat, add this mixture to the sauce, stirring continually. Pour over the lobsters. Do not boil.
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Bone Density
Cancer Marker
Express Report
Pap Smear
- Male and female aged 25 above
- Working class with pressure
- Sexually active male and female
- Male and female with family history
(recommended for female age 40 or above) Detecting tumour, breast lumps or mammary glands proliferation
(Liver, Gallbladder, Spleen, Pancreas , Kidneys & Aorta) (Original Price $1800)
Recommended for people aged 25 above. Include Urine and Blood tests, Liver Function and Renal Function, Cancer Markers, Ultrasounds, Pap Smear (ThinPrep) etc.
This Plan includes 70 check-up items. Through urine and blood tests, you will find out different health index which reflects the body's health condition, especially focusing on liver function and renal function. In addition, this plan added some common venereal disease.
Breast Cancer Screening:
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March New Moon Ritual
Hello loves, I am so excited to talk to you about this March new moon. It is happening on the 17th and is in the intuitive sign of Pisces. This one will bring a sense of conclusion as it is the last one of the zodiac season. Which feels really amazing as we prepare for spring and a fresh start. It will also give us a bigger picture of the last year and for a lot of us that has been an intense one. Think back on March 2017 and see if there are any theme resurfacing. Pisces is a water sign and making us feel more fluid in the new direction and completion of the old. Now if you have been feeling any stressful emotions coming up this week it is because of the close alignment to the planet Chiron, the wounded healer. This wound is surfacing for fast healing, so if there is one area of your life that is causing this anxiety, Saturday's new moon is the best time to address it.
To move past the things that are no longer serving you I created a new moon ritual for this month which you can find on my YouTube channel. It is a simple and powerful letting go ceremony that i practiced with my friend Amanda from @itsbluberrymoon. Check it out and I hope you subscribe for more moon rituals and interviews coming to the channel soon!
Happy high vibing!


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Let's face it cardio is important to our health. Unfortunately, it's also boring.
What adds to this dilemma is the equipment we use to do it. Treadmills, ellipticals, stair steppers, and other machines can fall extremely flat for users. Do they have their time and place? Sure. But a majority of the time I don't want to just float through my workouts mindlessly putting one foot in front of the other on a large, expensive and usually gym bound machine. As a former athlete, I love to test my skills. These machines don't have a lot to offer in this area. For example, I'm not going to set out to beat a new personal best of how many steps I can do on the stair stepper in 5 minutes. That sounds miserable. In all honesty, it's not that these machines can't be effective; they are perfect for some people. It's just that every time I see people on these devices, they don't strike me as individuals having a good time. They appear to distracting themselves from the agony of repetition by texting, reading, or talking on the phone.
This is the #1 problem most people have with staying consistent with their workouts.
If you aren't having fun doing something, then why on earth would you want to do it again and again? Yet, we have all gone through that in the name of fitness and in turn make ourselves miserable in the process. This leads to burn out. I don't know about you, but when I don't like doing something, I don't do it.
This is exactly how some of you feel about your workouts, and you are waiting to make a change once you can't ignore the reality of the situation anymore.
If this is how you feel or you are simply tired of the same 'ole routine and want to find something to spice it up, something that will get you excited for a workout, something that will help you look, feel, and move better. You, my friend, need to give the jump rope a whirl, literally.
Here are 3 reasons why you should jump rope:
- The jump rope is simple, engaging, fun and inexpensive
Truth: Learning to jump rope is a challenge…and that is why I and so many others love it. It isn't something that you can just pick up and instantly do well. You have to work at it, practice and over time develop the coordination to do it skillfully.
"What if I'm not coordinated?"
No one is to start with. You should have seen me! I was lucky to get two or three rotations before tripping on the darn thing. But, every time I picked up my rope, I did a little better and figured out a few new things which kept me coming back for more. This is something I have heard over and over again from jump ropers. It becomes addicting to them (and did for me) and they can't wait to see how much better they can do the next workout, which resultantly can't come soon enough!
Imagine being excited for your next workout!
That is what you are searching for, that is what you need, and I believe the jump rope is the solution to breaking you out of the mundane workout rut you have been stuck in.
- You won't just SEE changes in your body, you will FEEL yourself getting better
Because you are having fun with your workout you will find it easier to be consistent. Consistency is the key to unlocking all the rewards fitness has to offer. If you do anything only every once in a while, you will never become good at it, you will never improve your skills performing it, and most likely you will get frustrated and quit. But, when you do something consistently you will start to figure things out and you will start noticing the little things that you can fine tune in order to take your abilities to the next level. Your experience will begin to compound and you will start to see big changes in your progress.
With the jump rope you will burn fat, and lots of it. You will see changes in your body that will further feed the new passion you have for this new skill and your workouts. On top of that, you will also feel yourself getting better. Every time you pick up your jump rope you will notice improvement. You may have set a goal for consecutive jumps without missing and you break it, you challenged yourself to learn 3 new skills and you are finally able to link them together in a freestyle routine, or you notice the speed at which your jumping is getting lot faster and you have people coming up to tell you that "you're pretty impressive with that thing!"
Each one of these small yet significant victories act as the gasoline being poured on the fire inside you, showing you that you can do this, that you ARE athletic enough, and that you WILL be able to achieve your goal.
- Results in 30 minutes or less
Our time is the most precious commodity we have and many of us are busier than we have ever been. We have significant others, kids, family, sporting events, jobs, and other responsibilities that need our attention. These can easily take up a good portion of our day, so being able to fit a workout in becomes more challenging and often stressful to even think about.
Did you know that you can get an effective workout in less than 30 minutes? How about under 20 minutes?
What if I told you that you can get a KILLER workout within 15 minutes!?
Of course it depends on what your goals are, but I know you can spare 15 minutes for a better you! Especially when it can be performed virtually anywhere, which is the best feature of all. The jump rope is extremely portable and can easily be performed: in your house, on the deck or patio, in the garage, at the park, in the gym, on vacation, and most other places you can think of. With the jump rope the world is your playground, be as creative as you like and have fun with it!
As you can see the jump rope checks all the boxes for fitness enthusiasts of all levels. It also checks all the boxes for those of you who have never been inspired about working out. I encourage you to give the jump rope a shot and I'm sure you will enjoy it and begin to see your workouts in a completely new way!
How do I pick the right jump rope? There's a million options out there!
Click Here to learn what to look for.
Here is a quick and effective jump rope and body weight workout you can try.
Jump Rope Tabata X2
Perform each exercise for 20 seconds with 10 seconds rest in between. Rest 1 minute and perform Tabata 2 in the same fashion.
Tabata 1
|Jump rope
|Body weight squats
|Jump rope
|Body weight squats
|Jump rope
|Body weight squats
|Jump rope
|Body weight squats
Rest 1 minute and proceed to Tabata 2
Tabata 2
|Jump rope
|Jump rope
|Jump rope
|Jump rope
Rest 1 minute and jump rope for 2 more minutes at an easy pace for a cool down. Rest as needed and you are done!


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Picture the scenery. You're standing behind someone as they're about to park their car. You're giving them clear instructions. Waving your hand backwards in a slow motion. Come on, come on, keep going.
That sort of thing is happening every single second somewhere across the globe. But this video in particular captures something very rare indeed.
Somehow, God knows how, as this bloke is giving a female driver parking instructions, she whacks her foot down on the reverse pedal and ploughs the car directly into the friendly helper.
Check out the ludicrous scene below:
From that point on, what does the woman do? The expected? Just drive slightly forward and allow the potentially injured man to get out? Rush to his help? Nah. She just sits there with him pinned between her car and the wall behind.
Eventually a group of people rush over to the man and, although it's not clear, he appears to get out completely unscathed. What a bizarre experience for the young chap. If he was stood just slightly to the left or right there's a very good chance he would've came out with some grizzly injuries.
Whoever the driver is I hope she's had her driving reassessed since this clip went viral.
However as bad as things are in this vid, the antics are not quite as shame-worthy as these.
This is the moment a woman lost control of a brand new Ferrari, just seconds after getting behind the wheel of it for the first time.
The driver and passengers escaped with minor injuries, however the car was completely destroyed.
The Ferrari 458 cost nearly half a million pounds to buy and import into China, and was destroyed just moments after being driven away from the dealership. Yikes.
The red sports car crashed through a barrier into oncoming traffic, smashing into a BMW 4×4 in the process.
The video initially shows the interior of the car, with the driver saying:
First time driving a Ferrari. This truly is the most amazing feeling.
The video then cuts to footage of the accident – check out the moment below:
Traffic cameras on the busy city-centre road show the woman suddenly swerving out of control and slamming head-on into a metal traffic barrier and a BMW X3, which also collides with the unsuspecting driver of a black Nissan saloon car.
In spite of what appeared to be a low-speed crash, footage taken by witnesses in the aftermath of the accident shows the front end of the Ferrari 458 completely destroyed, with its airbags deployed.
Luckily, the driver and her female passengers were not seriously injured.
The vehicle is reported to have been purchased by the rental dealership for the astronomical import price of more than 4 million Renminbi, (£463,000), while the cost to mend the damaged Italian sports car has been estimated at half that amount.
Social media users have suggested the driver may have turned off the car's traction control before the crash, which would explain how the vehicle suddenly spun out of control.
If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected]
Joseph Loftus is a Gold Standard NCTJ journalist with four years experience working for international and regional press.
As well as working for UNILAD and LADbible, Joseph has worked as Liverpool Correspondent for Unsigned & Independent Magazine, as well as stints with the Liverpool Echo and Warrington Guardian.


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Dylan Hartley hopes to use this weekend's Aviva Premiership final as a chance to put his hand up for British and Irish Lions selection.
The Northampton captain is one of three hookers chosen by Lions coach Warren Gatland for this summer's tour of Australia.
The 27-year-old will lock horns with one of those front-row rivals against Leicester on Saturday – Tom Youngs, who has displaced Hartley as England's first-choice No.2.
But Hartley is determined to show he is nobody's understudy.
'A few people think I am in the Lions squad to cover the third hooker place (behind Youngs and Wales' Richard Hibbard),' Hartley said.
'I see this weekend as a chance to push myself forward. I am going there to win a trophy for the club but it is an opportunity to put my hand up. Injuries happen and selections don't always go your way but you have to bide your time.
'Like Arnie said, I'll be back. I am not done. Everyone has their time in the sun. I am here for the long game.'
Hartley has lost four Premiership semi-finals with Northampton and the 2011 Heineken Cup final.
He added: 'The prospect of going to Twickenham with your mates, playing in front of 85,000 and winning a trophy at the end is huge.
'I don't want this weekend to be another one of those heartbreak games.'


text: A year in the life of a house cat, as told by the cat (whose name is never revealed), from the author of A Cat's Little Instruction Book (not reviewed). With entries like ``June 25--Slept'' and ``September 5- -Unraveled all the toilet paper this afternoon,'' much of the content here is charming and playful. Rutledge's cat tells the story of its home life with the adoring Mrs. Vigil and her two other cats--affectionate Bobbie Boop and forlorn little Zachary. It also tells of its outdoor life with other cats, including Mr. Bull, a feline friend with whom he enjoys ``digging through people's trash, exploring everyone's yards, and playing with bugs.'' Interspersed with the ever-so-cute cat antics are more serious tales about neighbors and visiting relatives. In soap-opera fashion, we learn of Mrs. Thornhill's troubles with her rebellious teenage daughter; the aging Mrs. Mintucket, who decides to walk across America barefoot after staying indoors for 20 years; and the odd Pinchons up the block, who share their home with 23 cats. About two-thirds of the way through, however, the book takes a bizarre turn as Mrs. Vigil suffers a sudden stroke and has to be hospitalized. Her commandant-like ``friend'' Mrs. Axe moves in, begins giving away Vigil's cherished cats, alienates the neighbors and their pets, and finally meets her own violent demise. There is a happy ending, however, as Mrs. Vigil regains her strength and manages to return home and reunite her cat family. A slim volume, mostly light and whimsical, but also melodramatic and rather peculiar. All in all, a strange little book.(Book-of-the-Month Club selection)


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We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers who have come together to conduct a study on biosecurity in the age of genome editing.
Our overarching goal is to study critical biosecurity issues related to genome editing technologies and present policy options and recommendations on how to assess their benefits and risks, how to manage the often-competing demands of promoting innovation and preventing misuse, and how to adapt current, or create new, governance mechanisms to achieve these objectives. We seek to inform deliberations in the life sciences, regulatory, and security policy communities, as well as the broader scientific community and public stakeholders, on the appropriate measures to promote and safeguard this promising and powerful new technology.


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Is it too early to start talking about the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight? I don't think so. :-)
Over at the excellent Batman on Film site there is already a fair amount of info about the upcoming Bat-flick, including the latest bit that an FX geek like me finds interesting in regards to the Bat-suit.
As in the prior Batman movies, the suit will continue to evolve, but I'm sure that in the current series there will be more of a logical reason for it to do so (beyond the latest costume designer wanting to but their "mark" on it).
According to BOF, the new suit will be sleeker and have more fabric to it, presumably to allow Christian Bale as Batman to move more freely. No doubt it will still have lots of armor on it, but it makes sense that a guy who fights predominantly hand to hand would wear a suit that allows for maximum mobility.
With Batman Begins having been so incredibly excellent and with the same director at the helm, I'm very excited about The Dark Knight. So far everything I've heard pushes this to the "good" side. A more realistic and creepy Joker as the villain, for one thing and even the fact that (so far) director Chris Nolan is being brave enough to not even put the name "Batman" in the title of the film. I don't know if that decision will make it all the way to the film's release, but I give Nolan points for trying.
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Stranger Danger – Baffled Oil Catch Can R&D, Part 1 – Design Plans
Our engineers at Mishimoto are no strangers to the dangers of oil blow by. We have well-documented evidence that this is still a common threat to most modern direct injected vehicles. For those of you that don't know, blow-by is a byproduct of compression and combustion. Blow-by is created when oil and fuel vapors push past the piston rings and … Continue Reading ››


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Sweet Potato Toast with Kale and Egg
When it comes to bread there are not many I like or would ever recommend. If you are not celiac I would always suggest a good quality sourdough bread, ask your baker about the process of baking the bread. If it is a 24 - 48hr process than you have found a winner. And if you are GF well there isn't many products on the market that have not had the gluten removed, and then been filled with water, additives and a whole lot of chemicals. That's why I love sweet potato toast, getting back to nature is always a winner, no matter what diet you follow.
Ingredients: Serves 1
- 2 eggs (poached)
- 2 leaves of kale (thinly sliced)
- 2 slithers of sweet potato (about 2cm thick, and from the largest part of the potato)
- Chilli, salt, fetta to serve (optional)
- Cut your sweet potato from the widest part. On some potato this is straight down the middle, on others longways down the middle.
- Rub a small amount of olive oil on both sides.
- Place in the toaster and toast until golden brown.
- Meanwhile cook your eggs.
- Throw the kale on a fry pan with coconut oil and cook until golden.
- Plate up and enjoy.
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