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Real Housewives of Vancouver blog: Ronnie Negus on "New Faces & Old Wounds"
The Real Housewives of Vancouver are back, and so too are our weekly cast blogs. For episode one, titled "New Faces & Old Wounds," returning wife Ronnie Negus opens up about her struggle after the first season, why she chose to come back and how she really feels about her former best friend, Mary Zilba.
What didn't we see between the end of Season 1 and the start of Season 2?
Tragically, my daughter nearly lost her life. It's a miracle she's here. She was 22 minutes without oxygen. It's those moments in life when you put everything else behind you and you move forward and you start fresh. Jody came to the hospital and she prayed. When somebody's praying over your child who may not come off life support, it changes things. So Jody and I, I don't know if we were ever great friends on the show, but I thought life's too short. Since then I think our relationship has developed and I think that she's a lovely person. I don't think the first season did her any justice; not really myself that much, either.
After we stopped filming — I don't know how much I can get into it – my friendship with Mary, I love her and I wish her all the best but unfortunately things continued to go sideways. My daughter, when came home from the hospital, had a birthday and I invited Mary to that birthday and she didn't come. She " didn't want to be seen in public with me," she wrote in an e-mail. I will never forget that. My daughter who nearly died is having a birthday and yet [she doesn't come because] she doesn't want to be seen in public with me? I was flabbergasted.
I felt like there were a lot of underhanded things that I saw last year which I didn't notice before. It was as if she had it out for me. I don't like insidious people and I feel this year is going to show a whole different side of the returning wives.
Obviously not all the ladies of Season 1 returned. What made you decide to come back?
I came back to settle the score. I wasn't going down like that. I had to show the world the real Ronnie.
Did I drink too much at times? Sure I did, who hasn't ! 3000 hours are filmed, 11 are shown. It's like, 'The girl that's been to rehab, making rehab wine is an alcoholic!' Thank you very much; glad I could help you with the ratings.
I did the show for a life experience. Mary Zilba begged me; said she wouldn't do the show without me. I did it because she needed the show. So I went and did it, gave my whole paycheque to charity and I'm watching the show going, 'What the hell is going on?' because there are other cast members that drank as much as I did but that didn't air.
In the episode you mentioned you stopped drinking.
I stopped drinking for five months. I can't tell you what happens but sometimes filming a show can be extremely stressful.
The funny thing is, when I said I was taking a break – and I actually didn't drink for five months and it was great – it was like a double-edged sword. Suddenly I started thinking that people will think I really am an alcoholic. By stopping to drink you're almost confirming that it's true. But it's not true.
That's kind of the devil's bargain with these shows.
Yeah, but I had never done anything like it and I had no idea what I was getting into.
Do you feel you understand how to play the game better now?
Oh yes. I saw a lot of lies last season and I swallowed a lot of crap. This year, I'm not lying to anybody. I'm not playing that game. I think this year a lot of true colours will be shown.
When they introduced the new housewives, was there an unspoken race to try to sway them to certain sides of old arguments?
I'm glad you brought that up. I run my own race. I don't need to make people love me or root for me or join my camp because I need protection. Having said that, all sh-t erupted and someone went temporarily insane. The bottom line is, did I see some of the old Housewives race to grab somebody to get them into her camp? Absolutely.
Not me, I run my own race.
Do you feel like you're stuck between Jody and Mary?
Oh my god, I got the worst seat on the bus. I could never do the show again if those two are on it. I can't stand it!
This season opens with a very emotional barbecue, can you explain why chose to let the world into this moment?
I'm going to be straight up. I was going to have that party for the doctors and nurses who saved my daughter. So my niece and I were planning this BBQ and production said that would be a really fabulous opportunity to introduce the new wives. And because I'm the one that's friends with Jody and Mary, and it was absolutely true that Jody and I put our differences aside because of Remington. I had to go to all the doctors and nurses and paramedics and ask if it was OK and they all said absolutely.
So because they were OK with it, I was OK with it.
Considering Mary refused to come to your daughter's birthday, what was going through your mind when she sang to Remington?
In the episode Mary says she hadn't been to my house in three or four months. I can tell you, I've lived in this house for fourteen years and Mary hasn't been to my home more than – and this is a big maybe – ten times. Last time she was at my house it was over a year and a half ago.
I can't take it. Listen, I'm not going to do a show – and I'm never ever going to do it again – if someone who's supposed to be my best friend lies about every single little thing. It's like, no, you weren't at my house three months ago, you didn't come to my daughter's birthday and you actually had the audacity to tell me you didn't want to be seen in public with me.
You know why that was? Because I was going down the sh-tter. You know, where I come from you put your hand out and you pull your friend out of the water you don't put their foot on their head and I told her that. I told her, you're on top of the world right now because you're doing well and you begged me to do the show. There are some hard feelings there.
In the episode she says I was trying to maliciously hurt her kids when I said she was married and it was annulled. I've got news for you, and it's going to come out, she was married to the guy for four years! Honey, if you were married to him for four years and it didn't happen then my first two marriages never existed. Lie after lie after lie.
I'm passionate about it and I'm upset. She begged me to be on the show. She said to me many times that if I didn't do the show she wasn't going to do the show. And for three months I held out until finally I said that if I give all the money to charity I'll feel good about it and agreed and this is how she repaid me?
Like I said, I've come back to even the score.
Read Mary Zilba's side of the feud here.
Real Housewives of Vancouver airs Tuesdays on Slice.


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In the past few years several prominent researchers have argued for the adoption of taxes on junk food as a means of reducing their consumption. Often, as in a recent editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, the argument is made that money collected through the tax could then be used to subsidize healthier foods. This is an idea that I've found very appealing – we make the bad foods more expensive, the good foods less expensive, and people will probably shift at least some of their purchases to those healthier options. But a very interesting new study by Leonard Epstein and colleagues suggests that things might not be so simple.
The paper starts with some very interesting background information on the cost of food over the past few decades. For example, relative to other goods and services, current food prices are 38% lower than in 1978 (although the absolute cost of food has increased due to inflation). And while overall the absolute cost of food has increased, this increase has been far greater in healthy foods than in unhealthy foods. The graph below shows the increased cost for various foods since 1983. As you can see, the cost of fresh fruit and veggies has increased by nearly 200% – 3 times greater than the increase seen in sugars and sweets, and roughly 6 times the increase seen in carbonated beverages (For a terrific exploration of why junk food can be so much cheaper than healthier alternatives, be sure to check out The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan).
Based on data published by Finkelstein et al., as cited by Epstein et al.
Epstein and colleagues point out that food prices have a strong influence on purchases, which makes it seem very reasonable that the relative changes in the cost of healthy and unhealthy foods over the past 25 years could be influencing food purchases, and therefore obesity rates. For this reason, changing the cost of food through the use of taxes and/or subsidies are obvious targets to curb caloric consumption at the societal level. But they also point out that intentionally manipulating the price of food could have unintended consequences, especially with respect to subsidies for health foods. For example, if health foods are subsidized, it is likely that people will buy more of them, which seems like a good thing. But it is also very possible that people may use the money they save on subsidized health foods to buy even more junk food – an unintended consequence that I had never really considered. Thus, the authors performed a small experiment to determine the effect of both fat taxes and health food subsidies on food purchasing behaviours.
Participants in the study included 42 mothers who were also the primary food shopper for their family. The mothers were then placed in a laboratory fitted out to resemble a grocery store, and given $22.50 per family member and told to:
"imagine that she had no food in her house and that the money she was given was to be used to purchase groceries for her family for the week".
Participants were told to spend all of their money, and each participant went "shopping" 5 times – once with all foods priced accurately, twice with the cost of healthy foods lowered (by either 12.5% or 25%), and twice with the cost of unhealthy foods increased (again by 12.5% and 25%, respectively). So, what happened?
As you might expect, as the cost of unhealthy foods was increased, the amount of total calories purchased was significantly reduced. However, as the cost of healthy foods was lowered, the total number of calories purchased actually increased. In other words, people were using the money they saved on healthy foods to purchase more unhealthy foods. A health-food subsidy of 12.5% resulted in about an 800 calorie increase in total calories purchased, while a health-food subsidy of 25% resulted in an increase of about 1,500 calories. So it seems that the health-food subsidy may not just increase the purchase of health foods – it may increase the purchase of all foods, regardless of their nutritional value.
Now there are obviously a lot of caveats to a study like this, and the authors are quite cautious in how they interpret their results. For starters, participants were told that they had to spend all of their money during each trial, which makes it almost impossible for the health-food subsidy to result in anything but an increase in total food purchases. So for that reason alone I'm pretty hesitant to take this study as evidence that subsidizing health foods is a bad idea. But it is interesting, and I'm really curious to see if this finding is supported by studies looking at more "real world" settings.
The paper is published in the journal Psychological Science and it's free to the public although it's behind a paywall, I'd really recommend you check it out. Some of their graphs (which I couldn't re-publish here due to copyright issues) are especially worth the download.
UPDATE: My friend Laura has just posted on my Facebook wall that junk foods are an example of what economists call a "Giffen Good", which is a good which people consume more of when prices rise, violating the law of demand. From Wikipedia:
The classic example given by Marshall is of inferior quality staple foods, whose demand is driven by poverty that makes their purchasers unable to afford superior foodstuffs. As the price of the cheap staple rises, they can no longer afford to supplement their diet with better foods, and must consume more of the staple food.
"As Mr.Giffen has pointed out, a rise in the price of bread makes so large a drain on the resources of the poorer labouring families and raises so much the marginal utility of money to them, that they are forced to curtail their consumption of meat and the more expensive farinaceous foods: and, bread being still the cheapest food which they can get and will take, they consume more, and not less of it."
—Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics (1895 ed.)
I know next to nothing about economics, but I find this pretty interesting, and would love to hear the opinion of anyone who knows more about it than I.
So what do you think – are taxes and/or subsidies a good or bad idea?
Travis Saunders
Epstein, L., Dearing, K., Roba, L., & Finkelstein, E. (2010). The Influence of Taxes and Subsidies on Energy Purchased in an Experimental Purchasing Study Psychological Science, 21 (3), 406-414 DOI: 10.1177/0956797610361446

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December 20, 2012
In the wake of a series of regional drought conferences with farmers, ranchers, business owners and other stakeholders, USDA is entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Commerce, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to improve sharing of data and expertise, monitoring networks, and drought forecasting efforts. The MOU is a direct outcome of the regional conferences.
In recent months, USDA has partnered with local governments, colleges, state and federal partners to conduct a series of regional drought workshops. Hundreds of producers met with government officials to discuss needs, and programs available to them. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off the first meeting in Nebraska, and additional meetings were held in Colorado, Arkansas, and Ohio.


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SIOUX FALLS - A man accused of criticizing South Dakota Republican leadership last year through robo-calls that weren't properly identified wants a judge to throw out a civil lawsuit against him because he also is being charged criminally.
GOP activist Daniel Willard is accused in Lake County of violating state election law. He has pleaded not guilty.
Dakota Dunes lawmaker Dan Lederman has filed a separate civil lawsuit against Willard in Minnehaha County. Lederman's attorney tells the Argus Leader the lawsuit is about clarifying the bounds of election law for legislators who might face unidentified attacks and for citizens who might hear or see them.
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Graydon on Gwyneth
Click here for my initial post on the new Vanity Fair cover released yesterday, specifically the part at the top…Gwyneth Paltrow by Graydon Carter.
That's right. He wrote it. And Vanity Fair has just posted an excerpt from the piece on their website. I'm including all of it because you need to get the full flavour, even though it's only an abbreviated flavour, because there's already so much here:
"In the full version of the Editor's Letter, Carter explains that he had originally assigned contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis to write a story about Gwyneth Paltrow after noticing that people tend to have passionate opinions about the actress—some positive, some negative. The letter continues:
Vanessa turned in her story at the end of the summer. And it was just what had been assigned—a reasoned, reported essay on the hate/love-fest that encircles Gwyneth Paltrow. I thought it perfectly explained the whole phenomenon. But it was such a far cry from the almost mythical story that people were by now expecting—the "epic takedown," filled with "bombshell" revelations—that it was bound to be a disappointment. What to do? I decided to sit on it for a time.
In October, Gwyneth called me. We talked for about 20 minutes about the story and her reaction, or over-reaction, to it. At one point, she asked my advice as to what to do to get the "haters" on her side. I suggested putting on 15 pounds. I joked that it works for me. She replied I had put on much more than that. Which I thought was fair and funny. Two months after the phone call, Web sites lit up with news of a truce. We received more mail, much of it now criticizing us for caving. There had also been conflicting reports that Gwyneth had coerced George Clooney into not being on our cover—clearly not true. There were reports that she was trying to scuttle our annual Oscar party, that she was going to organize a competing dinner. The Paltrow camp subsequently denied both claims.
We were in uncharted waters. At Vanity Fair, we tend to keep stories we are working on under our hats. It's not easy being a monthly magazine in an Internet age, and since most of the publications we compete with are weeklies or dailies, when it comes to the stories still in train, a certain amount of institutional secrecy is required. The Gwyneth Paltrow saga had clearly just gotten away from us. My instinct was to continue to let it sit until people had forgotten about it, or at least until expectations had diminished. The fact is the Gwyneth Paltrow story, the one we ordered up, as delightfully written as it was, is not the one the anti-Gwynethites expect. That it has generated more mail and attention than many of the biggest stories we've ever published only makes the situation more complicated . . ."
I love that he calls out her "overreaction". Because it references that email, the one she sent around to all her friends telling them to boycott his publication. And, like any good bitch would, Graydon makes sure to tell us that it was Gwyneth who called him and not the other way around. She came to him. She initiated the peace. The most popular girl in school had to reach out to a Canadian gossipmonger who's always considered himself an outsider. So maybe that explains the softening. After all, Graydon got what he wanted. All victors should show mercy, non?
But did he really win?
How good did she feel when he told her that people basically hate her because she's skinny? It's a socialite's most powerful weapon. Wasn't it Babe Paley who once said, "You can never be too rich or too thin"? I wonder if that's Graydon's way of reminding himself, seeing as she told him that he was 15 lbs too heavy, that he will never truly be part of that circle…but he still really, really wants to be. And that's why, in the end, the person who actually wins here is, as always, my G.
A story about G "has generated more mail and attention than many of the biggest stories we've ever published"…
SHE gets to claim that now. SHE gets to walk around believing that. SHE gets to moan, self-indulgently, that even when she's not news, she's news. "Today belongs to Gwyneth." Every day belongs to Gwyneth and all the girls who are like Gwyneth.


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June 18, 2002
Los Angeles — A health care survey conducted by the UCLA Anderson Forecast of 460 companies across the United States indicates that as health care premiums continue to rise, employers will increasingly shift the burden of costs to their employees. The results will be further explored at the next quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast Conference on Wednesday, June 19, 2002.
Eighty-five percent of those polled in the survey have seen their health care premiums rise by at least as much as 10 percent over the past plan year, according to Dr. Christopher Thornberg, senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast. Twenty-five percent of survey respondents saw their premiums rise by more than 20 percent.
"What's interesting about these results is that companies believe that the current premium health care increases are just the beginning of a longer trend," Thornberg said. "Specifically, 80 percent of the companies surveyed anticipate that premiums will continue to rise by another 10 percent, while one quarter believe that increases next year will be more than 20 percent."
Of those companies who responded to the survey:
27 percent reduced the level of benefits coverage
41 percent increased premiums on coverage for dependents
65.5 percent raised employee contributions to personal premiums
75.5 percent raised co-payments or deductibles.
The difference between the situation now compared to that in the late 1980s and early 1990s is that many employers are now simply passing on the increased healthcare costs to their employees, Thornberg said.
Thornberg noted that companies that altered their plans this year are more likely to transfer rising health care costs to their employees in the future. Forty-two percent of respondents from companies that did alter their plans believe it is likely that the company will revise its plan again in the future if premiums continue to rise.
The surveys were completed by human resources managers representing a variety of large and small businesses. Specifically, companies were asked how much their premiums rose over the past year, how the company responded to the change, and what they felt the outlook was for the company's health care benefits.
The informal survey was administered in preparation for the June 19 conference titled "What Every Business Needs to Know About the Current Health Care Crisis," which will feature a variety of participants, including doctors, health care executives, management consultants, hospital and health care administrators, and county and state government officials. Keynote presentations will be made by Dr. Thomas Garthwaite, director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Health Services and former under secretary for health, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, and Leonard Schaeffer, chairman and CEO, WellPoint Health Networks. Through several insightful panel sessions, the conference will address several key issues affecting the current health care crisis including, why medical costs are rising, what can be done about it, and how to understand the tough health care choices that businesses and government will need to make.
For more information on the health care survey results or to register for the UCLA Anderson Forecast conference on Wednesday, June 19, please call 310-206-7707. Please visit www.uclaforecast.com for program updates. The lead sponsor for the June Forecast conference is Deloitte & Touche, and co-sponsors are HealthNet, K&R Law Group, Tenet Health Systems and WellPoint Health Networks.
The UCLA Anderson Forecast is one of the most widely watched and often-cited economic outlooks for California and the nation, and was unique in predicting both the seriousness of the early-1990s downturn in California, and the strength of the state's rebound since 1993. Most recently, the Forecast is credited as the first major U.S. group to declare the recession of 2001.


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Daily Archives: February 22, 2012
Alchimiste Parafaragamus ou La cornue infernale (1906)
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Marlon Brando, 1950 (photo by Philippe Halsman)
"I have read the play [Orpheus Descending] three times since yesterday and am going to read it again. I think that it is the best play that you have done so far. I have been afraid for you sometimes, because success sings a deadly lullaby to most people. Success is a real and subtle whore, who would like nothing better than to catch you sleeping and bite your cock off.
You have been as brave as anybody I've known, and it is comforting to think about it. You probably don't think of yourself as brave because nobody who really has courage does, but I know you are and I get food from that."
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Zack Schuler needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 109 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
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I'm not targeting anyone in particular
I would like someone to take the picture on the following page: http://www.calnettech.com/aboutus_C…istory.php
and make a characature out of it. I would like it to be similar to the characatures located under "Music" at the bottom of this page.


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Over the past week there has been somewhat of a frenzy in the Linux blogosphere.
I wrote an article highlighting the many articles that appeared due to the release of Ubuntu 13.10.
In that article I mentioned that I would be looking at Lubuntu 13.10 as it is a distribution that I haven't yet reviewed.
Lubuntu is supposed to be a lightweight Linux distribution and therefore it should be more than suitable for my Acer Aspire One D255 Netbook boasting an Intel Atom Processor (1.66 ghz) and 1 GB memory.
So how did it fare? read on to find out.
Downloading Lubuntu 13.10
You can download Lubuntu 13.10 from http://lubuntu.net/blog/lubuntu-1310-saucy-salamander-released.
By clicking the above link you can also read about the purpose of Lubuntu, the features of Lubuntu and changes that have been made specifically for Lubuntu 13.10.
Lubuntu is available as a 32-bit download or a 64-bit download.
How to buy a copy of Lubuntu 13.10
If you have a poor internet connection or a download limit then you may wish to buy a copy of Lubuntu 13.10 on DVD or a USB drive.
System Requirements
To run Lubuntu 13.10 you will need an Intel Pentium Pro or above. Basically your computer needs to have a CPU with Physical Address Extensions (PAE).
If you are running a computer without PAE incorporated then it is still possible to run Lubuntu but you need to install version 12.04.
In the comments below I have been informed that you can use Lubuntu 13.10 with or without PAE but it has to be the 32-bit version. The information I have given in my review comes from http://www.lubuntu.net/.
I guess the best advice is therefore to give Lubuntu 13.10 a go and if it works then great but if not falling back to a previous version should work.
The minimum requirements state that you need just 128 mb of RAM. To be honest you need more than this. The Lubuntu website is a bit vague in regards to the recommended requirements. I would suggest 1gb of RAM nowadays is a minimum.
If you are downloading Lubuntu then the first thing you need to do is either burn Lubuntu to a DVD or write it to a USB drive.
If you are using Windows go to http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ and download the Windows version of Unetbootin. If you are using Ubuntu then you can download Unetbootin from the software centre. For all other versions of Linux check the repositories using the appropriate package manager to see if Unetbootin is available.
Insert a blank USB drive and run Unetbootin. Select the Lubuntu 13.10 that you downloaded and then the drive that depicts your USB device.
When Unetbootin has finished writing Lubuntu to the USB drive remove the drive and insert it into the computer that you wish to install Lubuntu on and boot it up.
From the menu select default and this will load up a live version of Lubuntu. Click the install icon on the desktop.
Installing Lubuntu is fairly easy and if you have ever installed any other version of Ubuntu then it should be straight forward.
Basically the steps are:
1. Select where you are on a map
2. Create a user and password
3. Partition your drive
Now the partitioning is the bit that most people find the trickiest especially if you are installing side by side.
There are options for replacing the current operating system, installing side by side or something else. On a netbook I think it is fine to use either replace (if you don't need what is there already) or side by side. There is no need to get too technical with the partitioning on what is usually a fairly small hard drive.
For a full Lubuntu 13.10 install guide click here.
First Impressions
Lubuntu 13.10 will look and feel quite familiar for those of you who have used any version of Windows in the past 20 years (Windows 8 excluded).
There is a taskbar at the bottom which consists of a menu, quick launch icons and a system tray.
Lubuntu uses the LXDE desktop environment.
The components of LXDE include lightweight panels, menus, the Openbox window manager, file managers, text editors and terminal emulators.
The menu is a throwback to the Windows XP classic menu.
The system tray contains icons for audio settings, language settings, network settings, a clock and an icon for logging off.
Connecting to the internet
As Lubuntu is based on Ubuntu it is very easy to connect to the internet.
Simply click on the network icon and choose the wireless network (or indeed wired network) that you wish to connect to.
You will be prompted for your password and then you will be asked for the security key to the network.
The browser included with Lubuntu is Firefox (version 24).
Lubuntu doesn't come with a lot of applications but for a netbook there is more than enough to get you started and certainly enough for browsing the web and staying connected.
Archive Manager, Disk Management Utility, File Manager (PCManFM), Calculator, Image Viewer (GPicView), Text Editor (Leafpad), Terminal.
Penguin Canfield, Freecell, Golf, Mastermind, Merlin, Minesweeper, Pegged, Solitaire, Spider, Taipei, Thornq.
Document Viewer, mtPaint Graphic Editor, Simple Scan.
Web Browser (Firefox), Messenger (Pidgin), Email Client (Sylpheed), Bittorrent Client (Transmission)
Word Processor (Abiword), Spreadsheet (Gnumeric)
Sound and Video
Audio (Audacious), Media Player (MPlayer), Webcam (GUVCView), Disc Burning (XFBurn).
System Tools
Lubuntu Software Centre, Package Manager (GDebi, Synaptic), Startup disk creator.
Installing Applications
There are various ways to install applications using Lubuntu. I would imagine the intended preferred method would be the Lubuntu Software Centre.
You can find the software you are looking for using the software centre by clicking on the various categories to browse, or by searching using the search box in the top right corner.
I had an issue on the netbook whilst using the search function and I traced it to this bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/lubuntu-software-center/+bug/1043595).
The search function starts searching after just 300 milliseconds of typing. So if you haven't finished typing your search term in that time then you have to wait for the search to complete before you can enter the rest of the search term.
On top of this I regularly received the following error message when using the Lubuntu Software Centre.
The first few times I thought the software centre had stopped responding but by clicking wait eventually it came back with some results. This isn't ideal.
However all is not lost because Synaptic is installed and I think this is a better tool for installing software anyway.
Simply type a keyword or the name of an application into the search box and a list of relevant programs will appear.
To install the applications, mark them for installation and when you have chosen all the items you need press the apply button to install them.
You will need to use the program installer if you harbour any hopes of watching Flash videos, playing Flash games or listening to your music collection (assuming your music is in MP3 format).
Flash and MP3
To be able to play Flash or to listen to MP3s you will need to install the Lubuntu-restricted-extras package.
Either load Synaptic and search for Lubuntu-restricted-extras or open a terminal and use "Apt".
To use "Apt" first of all run "sudo apt-get update" and then run "sudo apt-get install lubuntu-restricted-extras".
As you can see by installing the restricted extras package I was then able to see Jack Wilshere's brilliant goal from last weekend.
I was also able to listen to Chas and Dave in MP3 format.
Everybody now… "I don't care, I don't care, I don't care if he comes round 'ere, I got my beer in the sideboard here, let mother sort it out if he comes round 'ere".
Customising Lubuntu
Lubuntu uses the LXDE desktop.
I found that the default layout looked very uninspiring with just a panel at the bottom and a blue desktop.
LXDE like Xfce is highly customisable and it takes the minimal of effort to turn it into something like this.
I am not going to go heavily into how you customise the LXDE desktop in this article. (I will save that for a later one).
Changing the background is simple a case of right clicking on the desktop and choosing "desktop preferences".
There are a number of decent images included by default with Lubuntu including the one shown above.
You can of course download your own images from the internet and use them instead.
It is possible to create multiple panels and you can place them on all 4 sides of the screen.
Panels can be used in the traditional sense with the menu, launch icons and system tray or you can add an application launcher and add icons for all your favourite applications (similar to the bottom panel in the desktop image above).
Other login options
As well as the standard Lubuntu desktop there are a few other options including Lubuntu Netbook, Lubuntu Games and Openbox.
The above desktop shows the netbook option. It looks like an afterthought as far as I am concerned and not really that appealing and that brings us onto the next section.
Lubuntu 13.10 wasn't completely free of issues I'm afraid to say.
I have already mentioned the issue with the Lubuntu Software Centre but I have also had a couple of crashes when booting up as shown below.
Other problems I found were to do with the other desktop options including games and openbox. Neither would load beyond a blank screen with a mouse cursor.
Despite the problems that I have come across in Lubuntu 13.10 I would still highly recommend it for a netbook.
The performance is brilliant (except for the software centre) and with the minimal effort it can look good and be functional.
The software centre issue was a bit disappointing because Lubuntu is supposed to work on older machines and to have search ahead turned on seems counter productive.
The choice of software is adequate because on a netbook you aren't going to be doing a huge amount of work on it.
I tend to use my netbook for getting online quickly and maybe playing the odd game or watching a video or two. Lubuntu is perfect for my needs.
So Lubuntu or Xubuntu? Well that question will be answered in a forthcoming article.
Customising Lubuntu
Click here to read about customising Lubuntu
Other articles that you might like:
- A review of Elementary OS
- A review of Linux Mint 15 Xfce
- A review of SolydX
- A review of OS4
- Linux for netbooks
Have you tried Lubuntu 13.10? Did you encounter the same problems as I did? How did you find the experience? Let me know using the comments box below.
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Victor Cocktail
1/4 Brandy (1/2 oz Pellehaut Armagnac)
1/2 Italian Vermouth. (1 oz Carpano Antica
1/4 Dry Gin. (1/2 oz Bols Genever)
Shake (I stirred) well and strain into cocktail glass.
For the first Victor Cocktail, (stay tuned,) I tried to wrack my brain to think of a Dry or New World Gin that would possibly go with Brandy.
Eventually, my brain just gave up and told me to, "Use Genever, you idiot!"
Uh, right.
This is tasty, I guess basically just a slightly extended Brandy Manhattan, nothing wrong with that. The maltiness and mild botanical notes of the Bols Genever function slightly to add some additional elements to the cocktail.
Eventually, I would say it is more of an interesting exercise in tastes than a delightful cocktail, but all the same, not unpleasant.
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Jetty_and_Trinidad_Demo - POM file that adds Jetty6 support to Trinidad Demo
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I am an engineer, business executive and entrepreneur
I have started and built several companies in the past 25 years and now I am on my next venture. I am passionate about clean energy and reducing US dependency on foreign energy sources. Reducing rising utility costs for individuals and businesses while at the same time reducing the need of construction of new power plants is at the center of our mission
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Design a Logo and Tag line for Energy Dynamics and come up with a couple of alternate company names.
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Alan D. Crown, emeritus professor of Semitic studies at the University of Sydney (Australia), where he also earned his Ph.D., died last November after suffering a stroke. He was 78.
Crown was a renowned scholar of Samaritan studies. His work made him one of the foremost experts on the Abisha Scroll, a copy of the Samaritan Pentateuch that was supposedly penned by Aaron's great-grandson Abisha, and he received a grant to produce a critical edition of the Samaritan Pentateuch.
Crown was also well known for dismissing the popular Essene connection to the site of Qumran. Based on historical trade routes and archaeological evidence, Crown (who was originally trained in geography) and his student Lena Cansdale argued that Qumran was instead a caravanserai, or ancient hostel, where eastern merchants and travelers could rest and dine on their way to and from Jerusalem.
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Understanding the pros and cons of each flooring option, the root of facility design.
The foundation for a successful health club starts with the facility's flooring. Covering one of the largest visual spaces within the club, ground surfaces leave a lasting impression with members and prospects. Indeed, flooring can add aesthetic value, as well as offer acoustical advantages, tactile comfort and practical function.
Still, with so many options available — rubber, carpet, wood and more — operators must tread carefully when making a flooring choice. If you're uncertain what material will work best for your club, check out what's underfoot at similar facilities.
"[T]ake a look at other existing clubs and see what looks right to you," advises Doug Baumgarten, founder and president of Country Club Fitness in Rockville, Md., which offers fitness center design, and management and staffing solutions for private high-end clubs and resorts.
By visiting other clubs, you can examine how various flooring surfaces hold up to the wear and tear of member use. And once you are on the premises, you can ask club owners what they like/dislike about the materials, and talk to them about their experiences with flooring.
When you understand the benefits and drawbacks of certain material, you'll be able to determine which flooring types are best suited for each area of your club. "It's not only the choice of material but the proper application of the material," says Donald DeMars, the chairman and CEO of Donald DeMars International, a California design and development company for the fitness, sport and recreation industries.
For example, carpet, while visually pleasing, is not a good idea for group cycling rooms. Why? Because sweat, a caustic agent, can damage the fabric.
David Phillips, interior designer with Montclair, N.J.-based Fabiano Designs International, offers this advice regarding flooring choices: "A good rule of thumb for delegating the appropriate floor surface to the appropriate area is the more traffic, the harder (durable) the flooring should be. The wetter the areas, the less porous a surface should be. The noisier the room, the more sound-absorbing the flooring should be."
With so much to consider, a refresher course on the basic flooring options might be beneficial. To help you, Club Industry dives feetfirst into the world of fitness flooring, and examines each surface type.
The Word on Wood
The most traditional of fitness flooring surfaces (next to rubber in the weight room), wood offers a big aesthetic bang for the buck. "Wood has a traditional appearance that people like and relate to," says Edmond Zisook, an associate with the Illinois-based SAS Architects and Planners.
Since wood is typically used in group exercise rooms, which only cover a limited space, club operators can conceivably budget for this more expensive material. (Plain wood flooring goes for $5 to $7 a square foot.)
Clubs with more money to spend can consider cushioned wood floors — running $10 to $12 per square foot. Ideal for high-impact activities, cushioned wood floors help to prevent joint injuries and strain.
Still, expensive wood flooring may not be necessary for all clubs. "One thing we've found is people are spending too much on aerobics room areas because they tend to think they need to put in the very costly suspended wood floors, like in a dance studio," says Baumgarten. "But 80 to 90 percent of the classes given nowadays are low-impact classes anyway…. You may not need the expense of a high-impact floor if you're not doing a lot of high-impact classes."
In addition to group exercise rooms, wood is frequently used in sports courts — and different sports call for different thicknesses. For example, racquetball courts can use a half-inch thick wood, while courts for basketball (a higher-impact sport) should include a 3/4-inch thick material, explains DeMars. There are also synthetic floors that you can use for these areas, but "they're not as easy on the legs and they're less attractive," DeMars adds.
If the expense of real wood is a concern, consider bamboo flooring, a tough, environmentally friendly alternative. Used wood flooring — that is, wood flooring taken from other buildings — is another less expensive (and eco-friendly) option. "A second-hand floor would certainly help the environment, and the distressed look of the floor adds another appeal," Phillips says. "Future marking of the wood only adds to its beauty."
Indeed, wood flooring can beautify a club's appearance. The only real disadvantages for wood flooring, besides the expense, is its acoustical value (sound is amplified) and, depending on the treatment of its surface, lack of slip-resistance. That means water or perspiration can create dangerous conditions when they come into contact with the wood.
"You need a floor with 'tooth,' that has enough grab," says DeMars.
Carpet Capers
"Carpet can give many types of looks with an endless array of colors and patterns," Phillips says. "The area that it is used for plays a big part in the selection process, in regards to toughness and durability, color and pattern. It can give a warm rich appeal or [a] corporate look, or maybe that 'New York, New York' look — the options are endless. A big disadvantage is where it is used, like in under weight areas, or under Spinning bikes."
Recall that members' perspiration can destroy the fabric. Also, even the most durable carpet selection will have a tough time withstanding heavy weights. Baumgarten solves this dilemma by placing rubber mats over the carpet in heavy equipment areas.
Even if you put carpet in the most suitable area, you can still ruin this flooring with improper maintenance. DeMars suggests asking the flooring manufacturer for advice about cleaning solutions. If you don't follow the supplier's recommendations, you could damage or shorten the life-span of the carpet. Also, ignoring the advice may nullify the floor's warranty.
Clubs that do follow the manufacturer's cleaning advice still may face a carpet-ruining accident. DeMars shares this story: A club used a bleach solution to clean the exercise equipment. When employees moved the equipment, bleach dripped onto the carpet and faded out sections. Oops.
Fortunately, by keeping extra carpet on hand, clubs can deal with these kinds of mishaps, DeMars says. Extra carpet allows clubs to replace damaged sections without having to redo the entire floor.
Not that clubs can patch up carpeting forever. Eventually, a new investment is needed. On the plus side, replacing a carpeted floor isn't very costly. Underlayments will increase the price, but carpeting itself is inexpensive (between $1 and $6 a square foot, with very nice, quality material as little as $3).
"The bottom of the economics ladder is old-fashioned carpet," says Zisook. "It's a very good product, but it has poor serviceability. You'll have to replace every three to five years."
In the meantime, you can get a lot out of carpet. To squeeze the most from your dollars, Zisook recommends carpet for large areas where wear isn't an issue. "The largest single area is the exercise areas, and that's where the price per square foot counts for most clubs on a budget," he says. "If you're on the lowest budget, go for lower-priced items like carpet, and in the wear areas, use a harder surface (e.g., hard rubber or vinyl). The areas that you shouldn't skimp on, if you can avoid it, would be the lobby and reception areas."
Many clubs insist on using carpet in the changing areas of their locker rooms, since members often dislike touching tiles with bare feet. However, there are some sanitary concerns associated with this, and, in some states, carpeting near wet areas is illegal (due to risk of mildew and molds).
"We don't necessarily recommend using carpet in locker rooms," says Alex Harrow of New York's Freyer Collaborative Architects.
Neither does Zisook. "In the very high-traffic, big health clubs, we want to be able to put a hose on the floor at the end of the day," he says.
The Rubber Room
An extremely durable surfacing option, rubber flooring is a heavyweight contender in the weight room. Rubber can stand up to the punishment of free weights, plus it's a great sound absorber, says Phillips.
While rubber is durable, it will have to be replaced as often as carpet. Plus, the price is higher, costing anywhere from $2 to $7 a square foot.
"It can get expensive," admits Phillips, "and the more porous are hard to clean."
Still, clubs get a versatile floor for the price. For example, "hard" rubber flooring, or composite rubbers, can be used in place of wood in exercise studios and sports courts — just as long as members don't object.
"Some people like the idea of wood floors for dance and for basketball," explains Zisook.
Even outside of group exercise rooms and sports courts, members may dislike rubber flooring. Some may find the tough look of rubber flooring intimidating, or at the very least, unappealing aesthetically.
"More high-end clubs looking to attract high-end clientele want to go with carpeting for as much of the club as possible," offers Baumgarten. "[A rubberized surface] has a little bit more durability to it, but aesthetically it's not as pleasing and it may actually cost more than carpeting."
Clubs that want aesthetics — and want to save money — can put rubber flooring on top of carpeting in specific high-usage areas. This approach leaves more area of the facility carpeted, saving the club money while providing pleasing design options.
This isn't to suggest that rubber surfaces lack charm. No longer limited to black, rubber flooring can be ordered with color chips to jazz up a room. True, these color options carry a higher price, but operators haven't shied away from the material.
"Clients are now spending more up front on high-quality rubber flooring," Phillips agrees.
Of Tiles and Terrazzo
Water is the universal solvent. Given enough time, water created the Grand Canyon. Thankfully, most of your club members don't take millennium-long showers or drip the Colorado River in the changing stalls. But there are all kinds of germs, molds and fungi that breed in wet areas, requiring heavy-duty scrubbing several times a day. Therefore, the surfacing you use in these areas has to be able to withstand both strong chemicals and flooding.
"In wet areas, it's ceramic tile and no close seconds," says an adamant Zisook. "Ceramic tile is a category that's the most impervious to water. There's nothing better for toilet rooms and shower rooms…than tile."
Design-wise, tiles (ceramic, porcelain, marble, etc.) offer much for the moolah. Rich in color and styles, tiles can create a very elegant, inviting look. A good rule of thumb though is the more intricate designs you use, the costlier. So while clubs can get tile for as low as $2.50 a square foot, natural stone tile ranges from $9 to $11, marble tile from $15 to $18.
Maintenance is another drawback for tile. Dark grout (not white) can help disguise dirt somewhat, but it's still important to clean the tiled areas every day.
For those who want complete ease of maintenance, terrazzo may very well be the answer. Poured terrazzo can set a club back $9 to $15 per square foot, but maintenance is a snap.
"Cleaning is a daily dust mop or wet mop for the most part, with a good sealer to protect and enhance this beautiful product," Phillips says.
Terrazzo is available in virtually any color, and material may be mixed for added color versatility. "Terrazzo is a product that is being considered more and more in its poured and tiled applications," Phillips says. "It can give a rich look or fun casual appeal. It is lasting, functionally and visually…. Terrazzo will certainly hold up on walkways, stairs, lounge areas, entrances and wet areas."
Zisook doesn't agree. He considers terrazzo to be a "luxury product" — useful in lobbies and reception areas but too slippery for wet areas. The ground also has to be prepared properly for terrazzo, meaning that if your floor surface is not completely level, expensive prep work will be needed. The same is true of tile.
Clubs that opt for terrazzo should realize that this is a "permanent" flooring option. That's OK, but operators should try to leave much of their club open to a little change.
"Most soft flooring…has a life-span," Phillips says. "I would like to think people are replacing these products around every seven years to keep their clubs fresh. This is something that should not be avoided. Also clubs become outdated much more quickly if they did not originate with a good design, and the members know that by looking at the new club that has just opened down the street from you."
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Thousands of images dating from the 1860s and before provide invaluable insight into life and living during Kalamazoo's formative years. The man behind the camera for many of these (often stellar) images was Wallace S. White, one of Kalamazoo's most noteworthy early photographers.
During the 1850s and 1860s, Kalamazoo became home to several prominent photographers and daguerreotypists. Among these early photographic pioneers were Schuyler C. Baldwin, who is perhaps best known for his stunning stereo images of Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, Cullen C. Packard, a well known portrait photographer, and many others. By the late 1860s, a second wave of local image-makers had begun to document the region and its citizenry. A leader among this group was Wallace S. White.
"The rooms are expensively furnished, elegantly carpeted, and the walls are adorned with handsome life size portraits, beautiful engravings and superb specimens of the photographic art. W. S. White, always a favorite artist, has now the finest suite of photographic rooms in Western Michigan, if not unequalled in the state." —Kalamazoo Gazette, 16 May 1878
Born in Chicago in 1842 and raised in Otsego, Michigan (Allegan County), Wallace S. White came to Kalamazoo in 1868 and began his career as a partner in the photographic supply firm of White & Lindsey at 103 Main Street.
In 1873, White purchased Schuyler Baldwin's old gallery at 116-118 Main Street, and opened his own photo studio, where he actively began capturing images of local citizens, and "gained a high reputation for superior productions [as] a leading artist" (Gazette).
On 17 May 1878, White unveiled his newly remodeled studios at 148 & 150 West Main Street, which occupied the entire third floor above F. S. Stone & Son's Grocery at the corner of Main and Rose. His new studio boasted a large double parlor, new portrait studio with a large skylight, and a new camera.
Much like his predecessor, Schuyler Baldwin, it was White's ability to capture images of the Kalamazoo community itself that continues to provide us with a highly accurate view of what the young village truly looked like. From its busy dirt streets and plank sidewalks, to attractive storefronts, local scenery and interesting social animation, White's images provide an outstanding visual record of the community's early architecture and a compelling glance at everyday local life. Cigar dealers, clothiers, grocers, and other merchants greet their customers with product-filled storefronts. Marching bands perform during festive parades; horses, wagons, carriages, parks, and buildings all lend valuable clues about life as it once was nearly a century-and-a-half ago.
In addition to his life as a career photographer, Wallace White also had an active interest in music. Military bands were exceedingly popular throughout America during this time period, and White enjoyed being part of the movement, both as a performer and a band leader. By 1877, White was offering second hand musical instruments for sale at his photo studios. Violins, an alto horn, a baritone horn and a guitar were all advertised to be "good as new." A year later, White's Full Quadrille Band was furnishing music for dancing parties and social occasions.
In January 1885, White went into partnership with George B. Balcom, a local violinist and director of the orchestra at the Academy of Music. The pair bought out the remaining stock of sheet music and books from Col. Delos Phillips' Music Store on Main Street and quickly set up shop in the First National Bank block. By September, Balcom & White had added a large case to their store filled with musical instruments for sale, "from a violin and cornet down to a harmonica." The partnership didn't last long, however. In November, White sold his interest in the music store and continued photography.
In the absence of a proper local community band during the summer of 1888, White formed his own 17-piece military band and began participating in parades and other social events in Kalamazoo and other nearby communities. First directed by White himself, then by Chester Z. Bronson, and later by Derance "Deal" Richards, White's Military Band (also called "White's Light Guard Band," "White's Light Infantry Band," or most commonly just "White's Band") eventually developed an enthusiastic local following.
"As the procession ended at the park, a concourse of several thousand people were present...
At 3 o'clock, White's military band struck up a lively medley piece, closing with the 'Star Spangled Banner.'"
–Kalamazoo Gazette, 31 May 1891
By 1891, White's band had improved significantly. His outfit was featured prominently during lavish Memorial Day ceremonies on May 30th, and the group took its place among the dozen or more marching bands that participated in the day-long independence Day celebration in downtown Kalamazoo. The Fourth of July festivities included a morning parade down Main Street (now Michigan Avenue), plus band concerts and other activities in Bronson Park during the afternoon and evening. (Fireworks were held that night at the corner of Main and Portage!)
During the summer of 1893, White's band became the primary attraction for the opening of the community's first amusement resort at the end of the new electric streetcar line near Woods Lake, drawing as many as four thousand or more for each concert performance.
White and his band performed locally and throughout West Michigan for many years, and the popularity of the outfit continued to grow. White's band was at its peak in July 1893, when it was inducted into active duty as the Michigan National Guard's "Second Infantry Band," known more commonly as the "Second Regiment Band."
(Additional local musical affiliations in parentheses.)
White continued to operate his photographic studio on Main Street until 1893 when H.A. Brown took over the location, allowing White to more closely follow his continuing interest in music. He formed a partnership with J. H. Edwards and opened White & Edwards, a second hand furniture and household goods store at 312 West Main, where he sold second hand musical instruments. Later in the year, the two bought out W. H. Edwards & Co. and consolidated to a larger location at 112 Portage Street.
White dissolved his partnership with Edwards in February 1894, but continued selling second hand instruments through Edwards' store until summer. As the Second Regiment Band (with Deal Richards now its active leader) began to take on a more rigorous touring schedule, White opted out of the band and assumed ownership of Solomon Dill's Music House, a long-standing local music store in downtown Kalamazoo.
White's Music House opened in August 1894 at the old Dill location, 123 South Burdick Street, where he continued to sell sheet music, pianos, and other instruments. White also tried his hand at music publishing during this time, by producing sheet music for local composers like Will Marchant. White even added a "wheel" (bicycle) department in 1899 to capitalize on the popular bicycle frenzy.
White's Music House moved several times; first to 127 South Burdick in 1895, then to the Auditorium building (AUV Hall) on Portage Street in 1899, and later to 206 West Main, opposite the courthouse. White's store remained in business until 1901, when it was sold to another local musician, Banks Baird.
With the Second Regiment Band still performing as an active unit and continuing to see National Guard duty during summer encampments near Battle Creek, White formed a new band during the summer of 1896. White's (new) Military Band included longtime bandmate Frank Newell, local Philharmonic Orchestra leader O. G. Clement, Academy of Music director E. C. McElhany, and Symphony Orchestra drummer Carl Catherman.
The band performed often for local events and parades, and continued to make occasional special appearances at Lake View Park during the 1896 season. White's Military Band (Wallace S. White, Director and Manager) remained active locally in one form or another until about 1909. By then, White had become associated with the Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Binder Company, where he remained until shortly before his death in 1921 at the age of 79.
The library's extensive collection of Wallace White's photographs, including White's original glass negatives, remains an essential part of the KPL's Local History collection.
Related reading from Kalamazoo Public Library's Local History essays.


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edbeard wrote:very nice. I love the use of the delta. That really makes the map for me.
at the moment it is a bit difficult to see where connections are. Well that's not really what I mean. What I mean is that there is so much going on it's a bit difficult to take it all in. Those bridges really jump out at you whilst the rivers are blended to the map. If those bridges could blend a bit more (maybe have the 'cairsnwk style' bridges where the colours of each side spread onto the bridge like on your CCC map)
I'm sure you'll fix this as you go on but a few of the labels and circles could be placed better. Sometimes they're too close together or too close to a river .
I'm guessing you'll put your sig in the blank space above the title? That blank space is too much at the moment. I'm sure you'd fill it but I'll mention it anyway.
The colours are a bit close to each other since they're muted. This makes differentiating them in the legend somewhat difficult.
I think this map will be quite good!
yeti_c wrote:Mendes / Mednes is spelt incorrectly...
edbeard wrote:well I didn't know there was an update, but the only difference I can see is that you have labeled each of the continents.
honestly I don't like the way you've done it. I really like the colours you have and the dull look that they give. Maybe try doing a mini-map?
Or just doing the text (for continent labels) in a different way. Or, perhaps blend them in somehow.
WidowMakers wrote:If the rivers are borders, they need to be closer to the color of the sea. Currently they are a little hard to see.
Lightening then up would make the bridges stand out more as well.
Kaplowitz wrote:I love the way it looks. Maybe now i will understand one of your maps!
TaCktiX wrote:I think its chief weakness right now is its plainness. There's not even a bonus for holding capitals of multiple regions. It's plain Risk with pastel colors. Perhaps spice it up with a few unique features?
TaCktiX wrote:Another thing is the heavy amount of hyphens higher up the delta. It looks like you've got plenty of space to mess with, so de-hyphenate places that aren't normally hyphenate. The hyphenation makes it look more crowded than the map actually is.
Quite agree.edbeard wrote:I think the font does help
:oops: Oops...blundered there, didn't I?Do you mean for the yellow continent to be separated from itself somewhat? What I mean is that Semabehdet isn't connected to any other Mednes territory.
Memphis is WAY too high. 5 for two defending territories and only three territories can attack it? Seems like a +3 to me.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the only difference between Buto and Tanis is that Tanis has one more continent that can attack it? It has the same number of defensive territories, the same number of territories overall, and the same number of territories that can attack it. I'm not sure if the +3 vs +4 difference makes sense here.
Maybe someone else has a different opinion on that.
You could argue that all the continents are +3 worthy except Sile
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I'm talking puking your guts out, here - writhing on the bathroom floor in agony as your stomach tries to find the very last piece of bile left in your system.
Remember? Well now transplant that bathroom floor to the dusty Outback, on your hands and knees in the dust and prickles, 32 degree heat, no shade, dry retching.
That was me yesterday, courtesy of a dodgy barra burger at the Daly Waters pub, a popular watering hole about 600km down 'The Track' as the locals call the Stuart Highway between Darwin and Alice Springs.
I just wanted to curl up in a ball and die quietly, but unfortunately that wasn't an option in the middle of nowhere so we had to keep going until we could find a motel room where I could lie in air-conditioned comfort and feel sorry for myself.
There was one just down the road, actually - well, 500km away, which is just down the road around here.
It took nearly five hours even at the speed you're allowed to drive on the open road to get to Tennant Creek, where I'm now propped up in bed while Katie fusses over me.
You can travel at 130km/h in the Northern Territories on some of the highways. Until yesterday, we'd stuck to 100, mostly because the cruise control I self-installed resolutely refuses to go any faster (I reckon it was made in NSW) and I can't be bothered sitting with my foot on the accelerator all the time.
But yesterday we felt an exception needed to be made. The road stretched in a thin straight line until it met the horizon, shimmering in the heat. Other vehicles roared past us as if we weren't even moving. In this landscape, at the legal open road limit in New Zealand you seriously feel you could get out and walk alongside the car for a bit to stretch your legs.
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After leaving Darwin a week ago, we headed through Litchfield National Park, which was absolutely jammed with NT weekenders making the most of the amazing waterfalls and plunge pools to beat the heat.
We couldn't help comparing Litchfield to Kakadu, the NT's two famous national parks. The conclusion we came to was this: If you like swimming and waterfalls, go to Litchfield. But if you want grandeur on a truly large scale, then Kakadu is for you.
Wangi Falls, Litchfield National Park
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6:05 33.40 miles 10:56 average per mile
Elevation gain 7304
6:00 am) warm and very humid
Ran with Justin for first 2:11. We ran UPT, LRR and down Barr trail.
Unfortunately Justin had a bad fall and banged up his knee. Otherwise
a good run and good company. Once back at Memorial Park I got my
supplies for the run ahead by myself. I thought I had enough hydration
but it was humid and I was drinking more than I planned on. I ended
up having to head back to the car sooner than planned. I ran out of
fluids at 5:15. I was able to get some water at a Subway in Manitou
Springs. At this point I was pretty dehydrated and knew I would have
to cut run a bit short. Plan was to get in 7 hours. Besides being
behind on hydration I just wasn't having a great run. I felt pretty
spent only 3 hours into the run. Lots of walking today.
From Memorial Park I ran back up Ruxton over to Intemann trail. I then
hit the Red Mountain trail and up to the top and back down. Back to
Intemann over to Section 16. I ran that loop and back on Intemann.
Down Ruxton and back to car at Memorial Park.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Long Run
Posted by Brad Poppele at 3:35 PM
4 comments:
- HappyTrails said...
That is a stout run Brad - nice work! Might need a bigger hydration pack for the epic runs ;-)
- August 31, 2013 at 4:21 PM
- Brad Poppele said...
Thanks Steve! Yes I needed lots more fluids today. Don't even think a bigger pack would have been enough. I have never been so thirsty on a run. It was very humid early on and as the run went on it was just plain ol' hot!
- August 31, 2013 at 9:04 PM
- Alicia said...
Impressive run Brad. Nice.
- September 3, 2013 at 8:04 PM
- Brad Poppele said...
Thanks Alicia!
- September 3, 2013 at 8:14 PM
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