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B.E.S.T. Celebrates the Holidays with Our Families
December 6, 2014
B.E.S.T. hosted our annual Family Holiday Party on Saturday, December 6th at Calvert School. Over 150 B.E.S.T. family members came together to celebrate the holiday season, decorate cookies, and meet friends new and old. We also took time to celebrate members of the Class of 2015 as they prepare for their final semester in Upper School. Dora, a senior at St. Paul's School for Girls, was the highlight of the afternoon as she shared her B.E.S.T. story with our guests. Dora joined the B.E.S.T. family as a 6th grader and over the past six years, she has participated in many B.E.S.T. events and programs, including the Young Adult Dale Carnegie Leadership Program which she says "broke me out of my shell and allowed me to do things I would have never done." She appreciates her B.E.S.T. experience, expressing that "if not for B.E.S.T., I may not have received the education I have today, or been exposed to certain opportunities and experiences." Dora is a member of St. Paul's School for Girls' Competitive Dance Team, President of the Black Awareness Club, and captain of her school's hip hop and jazz dance team. We are so proud of Dora and of all of our B.E.S.T. students!

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Completed graphic design assignment for a kid's juice label and a poster to go along with it, plus all my roughs.
The one of the words making the shape of the fox is my favourite, something to do with the creepiness of it, but it may not have been the strongest or most appropriate.
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FNCC supports land conservation efforts in Canada and the work of Canadian conservation organizations, including but not limited to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Canada's leading national land conservation organization.


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The MovieTickets Blog
Ava DuVernay Wins Entertainer of the Year at NAACP Image Awards
Jan 16, 2018 by: WENN
Director Ava DuVernay was honored with the Entertainer of the Year prize at the NAACP Image Awards on Monday night.
The Selma filmmaker, who is set to release her latest project A Wrinkle in Time in the spring, won the public vote for the award over the likes of Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman, Bruno Mars, Insecure actress Issa Rae, Chance the Rapper, and JAY-Z.
During her acceptance speech, the Queen Sugar creator and producer gave a shout out to writers and directors such as Shonda Rhimes and Dee Rees, before adding, "I got four words for you--Ryan Coogler's Black Panther. It's coming. Three weeks later, another hero takes the stage, a little black girl with glasses, she saves the universe from darkness that seems to be all around us. It's called A Wrinkle in Time. It's a love letter that I've made for family and community and the best in ourselves.
"This is our time. We can say we were here when all this gorgeous art was happening, and that we supported it--that we lifted each other up, that we did as Dr. King said we would do: Live the dream. We're the dream. Thank you so much."
The televised ceremony, which honors outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in entertainment, was hosted by Anthony Anderson at the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on Monday, what would have been civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.'s 89th birthday.
Other winners included Girls Trip, which was named Outstanding Motion Picture, Get Out's Daniel Kaluuya, for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, while Octavia Spencer won the female version for Gifted.
In the television categories, black-ish dominated, winning Outstanding Comedy Series and acting prizes for Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson. Power was named Outstanding Drama Series and its lead actor Omari Hardwick won Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, while Taraji P. Henson received the equivalent prize for Empire.
More winners were announced on Sunday night at a gala dinner. They included Get Out's Jordan Peele for writing and directing, Girls Trip's Tiffany Haddish for supporting actor, while Idris Elba won the equivalent for Thor: Ragnarok.
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Oct 18, 2017 | Atlanta, GA
Interested in giving your little yellow jacket a quick start on being part of the Georgia Tech Community? The Tech Wreck Break Camp is a day camp offered for 1st through 8th-grade children whose parents are a part of the Georgia Tech Community (Faculty/Staff and Student). It is six, one-day sessions during the 2017-2018 academic year. Camp runs from 7:45 a.m. until 5 p.m. and is located at the Campus Recreation Center (CRC). Cost per day is $40 per child. Post-care supervising is offered until 5:30 p.m. for a cost of $10 per day.
Each day the children are provided with a lunch and an afternoon snack. Campers will participate in a variety of activities that range from organized games, arts and crafts, and free time. We also have a wonderful opportunity for the campers to enjoy the state-of-the-art swimming pools at the CRC. All dates have post-care options.
Below are the camp dates and registration deadlines:
- Day 1: Monday, November 20, 2017 (Deadline to register: Wednesday, November 15, 2017)
- Day 2: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 (Deadline to register: Wednesday, November 15, 2017)
- Day 3: Thursday, December 21, 2017 (Deadline to register: Thursday, December 14, 2017)
- Day 4: Tuesday, January 2, 2018 (Deadline to register: Thursday, December 21, 2017)
- Day 5: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 (Deadline to register: Thursday, December 21, 2017)
- Day 6: Monday, February 19, 2018 (Deadline to register: Tuesday, February 13, 2018)
Registration opens at 7 p.m. on Wednesday October 25, 2017. Register through mycrc.gatech.edu. Please be sure to confirm access and to add all eligible dependents. Mark your calendars on the dates listed above for when you are interested in having your child join the CRC for a day full of fun! For more information, visit crc.gatech.edu/programs/kidscamps.


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Hi hi hi
Me again, how is everyone? I'm moving back to uni tomorrow but setting up internet could take a week or 2 - does anybody know if you can buy/hire/whatever a wireless dongle short term, just so I can connect until the main connection's established?
I bought a pay as you go 3G dongle from three
for my computer a little while ago I think they're about £29.99, it was pretty painless to set up although £15 for 3GB is a little much.
Is that on contract tho?
I'm trying to find the cheapest short term fix available, failing which I'll have to just live in cafes offering wi-fi...
no it was pay as you go
if you got one on contract you'd usually get the dongle free and then be subsequently financially crippled by the monthly contract.
Hmm ok, I might pop to a phone place in Exeter tomorrow and
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Don't worry, though I have not been posting, I've still kept myself in touch with the Ultra world. Here's some latest from Tamashii themselves.
Not-so-new news:
Ultra-Act exclusive: Andro Melos. Release date: TBA June 2012
Ultra-Act exclusive: Jean Killer/ Jean Nine. Release date: TBA July 2012
The Latest:
Guess who?
Ultra-Act Ultraman. New model. Release date: TBA July 2012
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The first thing you are to do is strip completely for me, yes, right here in your office.
You want high quality images and movies showing women enjoying sexual climax, right?
I am doing exactly what I said I would do when I left the house, shopping, but not for myself. From now on you'll be wearing lacy panties and garter belts under you boy clothes during the day.
The whole screen was taken up by an image of a pair of lacy, red panties. It was headed, Instructions for my Sissy, with a list numbered from one to nine. I found your hidden favorites list the other day, quite by accident I might add.
The only link available was one that read, "Click here sissy" I was beginning to panic, so I re-booted the system, only to have the same screen appear. You can't begin to imagine how shocked I was to discover that while I was away, you spent all that time looking at pictures of men in panties and lingerie.
We shoot the pictures and video ourselves which means it's unique.
We think you'll find our orgasm erotica rather special.My hands shook as I cut my white cotton underwear into pieces no bigger than three inches across.


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Individual Author Record
General Information
Name: Patrick SomervillePen Name: None Genre: Fiction Audience: Adult; Born: 1979 in Wisconsin
-- Website -- http://www.patricksomerville.com
-- Patrick Somerville on WorldCat -- http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=patrick++somerville
Illinois ConnectionSomerville lives in Chicago and teaches in the master's in fine arts programs of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Biographical and Professional InformationSomerville grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He went to college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and later earned his MFA from Cornell University. He has taught creative writing and English at Cornell, Northwestern University, Auburn State Correctional Facility, and The Graham School in Chicago. His writing has appeared in ''One Story'', ''Epoch'', ''GQ'', ''Esquire'', and ''Best American Nonrequired Reading''.
Published Works
- The Cradle: A Novel, Little, Brown and Company, 2009The Universe in Miniature in Miniature, Featherproof Books, 2010This Bright River: A Novel, Reagan Arthur Books, 2012Trouble: Stories, Vintage, 2006
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This Bright River: A Novel
ISBN: 0316129313 Reagan Arthur Books. 2012 Lauren Sheehan's career in medicine came to a halt after a sequence of violent events abroad. Now she's back in the safest place she knows--St. Helens, Wisconsin--cut off from career, friendship, and romance.
Ben Hanson's aimless life bottomed out when he went to prison. But after his release, a surprising offer from his father draws him home. In Wisconsin, he finds his family fractured, still unable to face the truth behind his troubled cousin's death a decade earlier.
As Lauren cautiously expands her world and Ben tries to unravel the mysteries of his family and himself, their paths intersect. Could each be exactly what the other needs?
A compelling family drama and a surprising love story, This Bright River confirms Patrick Somerville's status as one of the most exciting young writers at work today.
The Universe in Miniature in Miniature
ISBN: 0982580819 Featherproof Books. 2010
In this genre-busting book from award-winning novelist Patrick Somerville characters, stories, and stray thoughts revolve around the The Machine of Understanding Other People," the story of a Chicago man who is bequeathed a supernatural helmet that allows him to experience the inner worlds of those around him. Through his lonely lens we peer into the mind of an art student grappling with ennui, ethics and empathy as she comes to terms with her own beliefs in a godless world. We telescope out to the story of idiot extraterrestrials struggling to pilot a complicated spaceship. We follow a retired mercenary as he tries to save his marriage and questions his life abroad. Mind-bending and cracklingly new, Somerville's broadly appealing and uniquely imaginative constructions probe the outer reaches of sympathy, death, and love in a world seen from the inside out.
The Cradle: A Novel
ISBN: 0316036129 Little, Brown and Company. 2009 Early one summer morning, Matthew Bishop kisses his still-sleeping wife Marissa, gets dressed and eases his truck through Milwaukee, bound for the highway. His wife, pregnant with their first child, has asked him to find the antique cradle taken years before by her mother Caroline when she abandoned Marissa, never to contact her daughter again. Soon to be a mother herself, Marissa now dreams of nothing else but bringing her baby home to the cradle she herself slept in. His wife does not know-does not want to know-where her mother lives, but Matt has an address for Caroline's sister near by and with any luck, he will be home in time for dinner.
Only as Matt tries to track down his wife's mother, he discovers that Caroline, upon leaving Marissa, has led a life increasingly plagued by impulse and irrationality, a mysterious life that grows more inexplicable with each new lead Matt gains, and door he enters. As hours turn into days and Caroline's trail takes Matt from Wisconsin to Minnesota, Illinois, and beyond in search of the cradle, Matt makes a discovery that will forever change Marissa's life, and faces a decision that will challenge everything he has ever known.
Elegant and astonishing, Patrick Somerville tells the story of one man's journey into the heart of marriage, parenthood, and what it means to be a family. Confirming the arrival of an exuberantly talented new writer, THE CRADLE is an uniquely imaginative debut novel that radiates with wisdom and wonder.
Trouble: Stories
ISBN: 0307275353 Vintage. 2006 A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
In this hilarious and wildly inventive debut, including a title story that was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Patrick Somerville charts the dangerous territories of adolescence and adulthood for the American male.
In "Puberty," Brandon takes the matter of his reticent hormones into his own hands. In "English Cousin," Terry's enigmatic relative arrives, looking to learn about love, stateside. And in "The Future, the Future, the Future," Dan's carefully planned life falters when he sees his wife kissing her boss. Trouble explodes with wicked humor, exuberant braininess, and unforgettable style.


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Arriva London helps Eldon Primary School celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday
Our open-top Heritage Fleet Routemaster, RMC 1464, held pride of place as part of Eldon Primary School's celebration of the Queen's 90th birthday. The school field saw nearly 1500 children and staff have a wonderful party, with their head-teacher dressed as Her Majesty the Queen on the top deck of the bus.
The school choir, along with several other groups, performed the National Anthem. They also tried for the musical bumps record and are sending the video off to the Guinness Book of Records!
There was lots of dancing, along with fire-eating and stilt-walking from one of their very talented teachers.
The school wrote a lovely letter of thanks to everyone involved from Arriva London, which ended with the following:
"We are extremely grateful to you and all the staff at Arriva for making this event extra special for us. The children loved being able to explore the red bus, and for them it was the highlight of the entire day."
The school held a raffle and managed to raise enough money to purchase a brand new sound system; their day was a resounding success!
If you would like to hire the Arriva London Heritage Fleet, or just learn more about us, please click here.
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Arriva London's Clapton garage helps introduce bus transport to Orchard School reception classes
At Arriva London, we take our role in the community very seriously, and are always seeking ways to help educate the community in how we can best serve them, and how complex operating buses can be.
Arriva London starts new Route 333 contract with stylish new environment friendly hybrid buses
Arriva London is proud and delighted to have been awarded the TfL contract to operate route 333 running between Tooting Broadway and Elephant and Castle operating from Brixton bus garage in Streatham Hill.
Over £1,000,000 donated to charity by Arriva London staff through Payroll Giving
Over the past five years, our staff, through the Payroll Giving scheme, have given over a million pounds to their chosen charities.
Arriva London starts running the route 157 service from Morden to Crystal Palace
Arriva London has been awarded the contract to run TfL route 157 from Morden, to Crystal Palace for five years, starting from the 3rd December this year.
Brixton Beaver Scouts visit Arriva London's Brixton bus garage
For the Beavers of the 2nd Streatham Hill (Christchurch) Beaver Group, last week their meeting was a voyage of discovery as they visited Arriva London's Brixton bus garage.
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Virtualization security and patch management
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VMware vs. Microsoft vs. Citrix
Download now to compare the top ten virtualization management tool providers including VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix, and see what improvements your organization could make with a virtualization management tool.
Virtualization security and patch management News
February 23, 2018
IT turns to VMware encryption for added VM security
Encryption features in recent vSphere and vSAN updates aim to balance security with simplicity and performance. For VMware shops, there is little standing in the way of adoption.
June 22, 2012
VMware vs. Microsoft: Ferocious pricing war from the user perspective
This week, users chimed in on the VMware vs. Microsoft pricing and licensing war and critics questioned VMware's Hadoop-on-vSphere strategy.
August 19, 2011
Shionogi breach spotlights virtualization security
A disgruntled ex-employee admitted to deleting VMs at the pharmaceutical company, highlighting the need for proper enforcement of access-control policies in virtual environments.
July 20, 2011
Virtualization security helps state agency recover from breach
After a security breach in 2008, New Mexico's Human Services Department turned to tools from Juniper and HyTrust to harden its virtual server environment.
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How does Azure Update Management handle patching?
Microsoft built Azure Update Management for administrators who require a centralized tool to automate patches for systems both on premises and in the cloud. Continue Reading
Support a guest security policy with endpoint hardening
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Events on December 23, 2017
Holidays at Gresham
6pm to 9pm @
Gresham Center
3620 W. White River Blvd
It's been said that you cannot light another's path without brightening your own. That's exactly the philosophy that became the driving force behind Holidays at Gresham.
Hundreds of volunteers guide vehicles through a magical holiday entrance tunnel, elves placing gifts in Santa's bag, singing carolers, a giant gingerbread house, and much more!
New this year – a 30ft lighted Christmas tree! Live nativity scene with animals on Sunday, December 10 and Sunday, December 17.
Holidays at Gresham is Meridian's gift to the community and is free to attend.
Scrooge the Musical
7:30pm to 12:42pm @
Muncie Civic Theatre
216 E. Main St. Muncie, IN 47305
Cost: $18 Adults/$13 Students
Muncie Civic Theatre presents SCROOGE! THE MUSICAL on the main stage December 8-10, 14-17, & 21-23. Thursday, Friday, & Saturday shows are at 7:30pm and the Sunday Matinees are at 2:00pm. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for groups of 10+, and $13 for students & children. Reserved Seating.
In this musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', Ebenezer Scrooge is the definition of a miser. He is rich, but completely stingy with his money, and he exploits the good nature of his employee Bob Cratchit. On Christmas Eve, however, Scrooge is in store for a rude awakening when he is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who informs him that he is going to be visited by three ghosts, including the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present.


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Undergraduate Programs Committee
Dorothy F. Schmidt College or Arts and Letters
Here are the current versions of the New Course Proposal Form and the Course Change Form.
Here the Syllabus Guidelines approved by the Faculty Senate and the Syllabus Checklist.
Here is a link to the University Undergraduate Program Committee (UUPC) website, where you can find more information as well as information about their meeting dates, times and places.


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#Inspiration: FOB Wise Quote.....182Monday, 8 January 2018
This a feature on the blog aimed at bringing you inspirations daily with quotes from great men.
Here is the quote below;
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
--George Bernard Shaw--
Issa brand new Monday, the second Monday of the month, you know right?
What are your plans for today?
I am working on my project in school and I will download you all the gist later.
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Archive for the 'Good Reads' Category
Michael Hollinger
The Arden Theater
Sept 15 –Nov. 7, 2010
In his seventh world premiere for the Arden, Michael Hollinger probes deeply and quietly into the mysteries of love and writing. Ghost-Writer, Hollinger's new play is also a gift to his wife Meghan Bellwoar, who returns the gift with an accomplished and moving performance.
Bellwoar plays Myra Babbage, devoted secretary to novelist Franklin Woolsey, a role that demands her active presence on stage for Ghost-Writer's entire ninety minutes. Myra is interviewed by an unseen interlocutor to determine if she is channeling or mimicking the words of the novelist who died in July with a manuscript near completion. It is November, 1919, in Manhattan. Myra insists she is not writing "only typing" and that she doesn't believe in ghosts. "What is a ghost… a vivid memory?"
Douglas Rees as Mr. Woolsey also remains on stage throughout Ghost-Writer. He has less to say but the subtleties of gesture and inflection he employs convey meaning and express a period steeped in restraint. Bellwoar and Rees are very compatible. Bellwoar catches the complexities of a young woman of the last century and the wit, irritation and lively passion. Hollinger catches the tenor of language steeped in psychological nuance, wit and word play. Language to be savored for its quiet explosions.
The interpretation is beautiful in its movement from obsession to understanding into grief. Woolsey, upright, self-critical, belatedly unlocks forbidden feelings for his amanuensis. He has come to rely on Myra's punctilious punctuation nor can the words come without the sound of her typewriting on only her instrument. She has been "tamed" of her jiggling, she reveals, attending over the years to his relaxed attentiveness to inspiration.
Theirs is a marriage of true minds. Since he is married, there are strictures. Once they dance, once he unburdens his heart then freezes. "We kissed and kissed," Myra tells the interviewer. Then: clarifies "We would have kissed." This is a true romantic.
Patricia Hodges as the overlooked Mrs. Woolsey appears and sounds imperious, vain, touchingly ignored, in short, ideal for the part but opening night her swift delivery and zig-zag movements were distracting and caricatured. She may need time to relax in the role. Mrs. Woolsey is given some of the play's sharpest insights.
And if the words aren't his? Myra alone with Mrs. Woolsey, struggles with this question.
"Well, then it's just you alone in a room," Mrs. Woolsey says. That's called being a writer.
Ghost-Writer at the Arden through Nov. 7.
Beckett's First Love: Bravo Live Arts
Live Arts….
First Love by Samuel Beckett
Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland
Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Sept. 3-5, 2010
Conor Lovett, of The Gare (pronounce: Gair) St. Lazare Players, Ireland, gave a brilliantly devastating depiction of Samuel Beckett's rarely seen First Love opening weekend of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. The work, from 1946, (but not published in 1971*) is so bleakly comic, the audience howled aloud. Artistic director Judy Hegearty-Lovett directed. In First Love, Lovett, portrays a man who hangs out in cemeteries and associates his marriage with the death of his father. Lovett, shaved head, poker face and short jacket immediately triggers a misunderstood, lost soul – ah, a Beckett man.
Lovett's played most of them. He's considered an imminent interpreter. (The performance told why.) The second half of the intermission-less First Love could have you gasping if you're a woman who has loved a damaged man though there is no physical violence. The writing though uneven holds quirks and terrors. Love and freedom, this play asks: Are both possible?
*Why did the playwright wait so long? Speculation Beckett wanted to protect an acquaintance. There are two in this one-man play. The question that will stick once you've seen First Love. Which one.
Bedside Table: Cezanne's Quarry
Who can be without a stack. Lighter reading this month: a first novel by Barbara Corrado Pope. A mystery involving Paul Cezanne and Emil Zola (who did write a novel inspired by his artist friend). The fabrications: an English geologist who follows the theories of Darwin and of Sir Charles Lyell, the Scotsman whose theories greatly influenced Darwin. A French beauty with a beautiful mind supports the Englishman. The French beauty is the victim. She and her scientist-Significant-Other hold salons to discuss the new-and-controversial theories.
Corrado- Pope teaches gender studies at the University of Oregon. Her love story is the spider in the web of mid-19th French tumult. The Catholic Church battling Science; women treated as chattel and worse. Though the whodunnit of Cezanne's Quarry is predictable, the facts of life for females of any status were exceedingly grim; the author's grasp of these is significant. It is always pleasant to gain a slight awareness of artist's life, and Cezanne's granddaughter, has endorsed the first novel, which is set in Aixe en Provence of the Midi. Corrado-Pope shows affection for her characters, some promise developing dialogue, but the plot is forced.
March 25, she will discuss Cezanne's Quarry at The Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square. Alliance Francais sponsors. There will be a Provencal buffet.
Reservations: 215- 735-5283
$15 for members of the Alliance or the Barnes Foundation. Non-members: $25.
American Austen
American Austen
The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier
Edited by John Lukacs
ISI Books, Wilmington, DE
Hurry over to Atlantic Books on South Street and see if you can pick up the last of these books half price. Miss Repplier, who nailed Philadelphia, The Place and its People, (1898) who knew our history better than anybody from the time of King George III, to well, to her death in 1950 (she was born 1855.) Hard to believe now but for a time, Repplier (pronounce with the final "R") was on a par with Edith Wharton and Amy Lowell for her witing even though her writing was in a minor mode, her genre was the familiar essay, the succinct piece usually on literature or a familiar topic.
"My niche is small," she said, "but I made it myself – in Philadelphia."
The Atlantic Monthly published her for decades. She wrote thousands of essays, I've lost count at 8 books, which are out of print but lovely to hold in the hand, not very costly and available through those out=of-print sources online. Essays were her great strength. (Also biographies of Catholic saints which do not appeal to this writer but have not been carefully gone through so it seems unfair to judge here.)
Edmund Gosse, and other leading lights of the day, greatly respected her. So did H.H. Furness, Philadelphia's great Shakespeare scholar.
She was not a pushy woman but she knew her own worth and her wit in and on this city appears unparalleled. The choices Lukacs has made in American Austen will prove some of these points.
In the meantime, let me add from my memory stock (having gone through the Repplier Letters available at the Rare Book Room at the University of Pennsylvania Library): Repplier was the person who brought a young Henry James to make his first (and I believe only) appearance in Philadelphia. James's talk did not go particularly well. If, H.H. Furness is to be believed, Miss Repplier's introduction was livelier.
American Austin should be available online. The website: isibooks.org. Check it out you care about literature, wit, style. The first essay is a reprint from Lukacs's Patricians and Philistines: Philadelphians: 1900-1950., welcome addition to any library shelf of Philadelphiana.
American Austin cover authors you haven't read or thought about. Hazlett! Fielding, Strachey! not to mention scintillating thoughts on yes, Jane Austin. "How the Quaker City Spent its Money" and "The Promise of the Bell" are but two essays on our fair and not-so city.
Repplier spent her entire life in this city, one address was at Clinton and 9th Streets, I have passed many times, wondering where she had her desk, the one where sat her beloved sphinx like cat. Her best friend from childhood, Elizabeth, who married the painter Pennell, lived down the street on Pine, another block away the Owen Wisters, he of " The Virginian." It warms me to think that her recipe collection began with this one:
Oyster stew.
Enough said: I am an enthusiast.
Doubtless I shall be add and subtract to this post.
Jane Austin's secret source
Out of her young, questioning self, came the grave certainty that the family was the source of art, just as every novel is the fate of a child.
It might be argued that all literature is ultimately about family, the creation of structures – drama, poetry, fiction –
that reflect our immediate and randomly assigned circle of others –
what families do to us and how they can be re-imagined or transcended.
Carol Shields on
Jane Austin
(*Penguin Lives, copyright 2001)
This series is an amazing feat of publishing. Best minds compressing original thought on writers you wouldn't think there would be anything left to say. Shields on Austin so taut, it sent me to her own work. Just finishing up the superb: Stone Diaries, which some time ago won the Pulitzer, and is a very fine, swift read, and yes, it spins the circle of family.
Golden Age Revisited; adds performance Feb. 14
Note: Performance Added Sunday February 14, 7:30 to make up for cancellations due to Snow!file0400
The Poet's House
Someone else rents it now.
It sits across from the very, very run-down cemetery.
On the gate the sign reads: Should we have stayed at home? Wherever that is.
Impossible not to think of her One Art.
Lost continents, homes.


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SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp. TM, +0.38% said Monday it will lay off 7% of its Australian staff, blaming pressures including the strong Australian dollar and a persistently weak market for vehicle exports.
In a statement, Toyota said it plans to make 350 staff redundant at its manufacturing plant in Altona, Victoria state. The Japanese company has 4,683 employees in Australia.
"Toyota Australia is facing severe operating conditions resulting in unsustainable financial returns due to factors including the strong Australian currency, reduced cost competitiveness and volume decline, especially in export markets," said Max Yasuda, president and chief executive of Toyota Australia.


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Vitamin Water?? More Like Sugar Water!Friday, September 24th, 2010
Recently, several people have asked me my thoughts on the so-called "healthy" drink Vitamin Water. It seems many people believe this drink is healthy primarily based on it's name. In all actuality…this drink is not much better than a can of soda.
If you look at the "nutrition facts" label on the back of any Vitamin Water, you'll see that each 20 ounce bottle has 2.5 servings in it; each serving is 8 ounces. So, to truly find out what's in that 20 ounces, you have to multiply the serving on the label by 2.5. After doing the calculations, you'll notice that Vitamin Water is high in calories and loaded with sugar. The majority of the Vitamin Water drinks have about 150 calories and 33 grams of sugar. Thirty-three grams of sugar in a drink called "vitamin water"!!! Are you kidding me! That's more than seven teaspoons of sugar in one bottle! How healthy does that sound?


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Jambo! (hello)
I am here and it is fabulous. The funny thing is that it's different, but yet I feel at home. Perhaps it is because I see every country in this one country. When crossing from Kenya to Tanzania, I saw the mountains of Poland, the donkeys of Spain, and even the land of Wisconsin. People are just like people everywhere. Everyone eats, sleeps and tries to maintain their life in between. There are the poor and the extremely wealthy. I suppose the only difference is that I am in a place many are afraid of, many pretend or forget of its existence.
People here are extremely friendly. Yesterday, I met a babu, a grandfather, who took me out for drinks and a discussion about religion. It was a fascinating conversation. He made some Ugali, a traditional African dish that you eat with your hands. It wasn't as spicy as I'd hoped, but delicious nonetheless. His son will teach me how to make it this week. I participated in a procession with him, honoring the Body of Christ which was one of the most amazing things I have ever experienced in my life. The music, the dancing, the adoration on people's faces, dissolved any thoughts my tired body had of hiding from the hot sun.
I am still unclear about how 5000 people can sing all at once and be completely in tune and sound as if they have been practicing for months.
They taught me to sing "Bwana Jesus Anakuita uje kwake daima millele" (We call to you Jesus to come be with us forever).
Today, I learned that I am a legal intern for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Joyous and unexpected news, but it seems that I walked in at the right time and spoke with the right people. Now, I have access to all the buildings and have a nice little identity card that lets me in all the chambers(court rooms). Also, I have free Swahili and French classes because of my wonderful card!
I believe that I will take a safari in Ngorongoro this weekend and perhaps even the Serengeti. Apparently, green mamba snakes can rise as high as six feet and they chase the jeeps. One bite from one of those has enough venom to kill 10 people. Next week, we head to Kigali, Rwanda and the following weekend, we hope to meet with Father Kazik in Tanzani in a smaller village about 7 hours from here.
For now, a toast – Maisha merefu to the first few days here which have been some of the most spectacular…


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Inching progressively further down the rabbit hole of degradation, Michael Glawogger's Whores' Glory offers a revealing, troubling look into a trio of environments of prostitution. Moving from the veneer of classiness that characterizes a meat-market-style Bangkok brothel through the narrow hallways and economic desperation of the Dhaka, Bangladesh pleasure quarters to a rural Mexican open-air market, Glawogger's documentary triptych posits a fixed world of the basest economic exchange, where the filmmaker's camera locks down the characters in shots whose frequent rigidity mirrors the lack of social (or physical) mobility of the prostitutes he profiles.
Returning to the approach, at once observational and overly aestheticized, that characterized his celebrated 2005 doc Workingman's Death, Whores' Glory is as troubling and as troubled as it is devastating in its limpidity. The whole thing's a study in matching (or contrasting) form and content, a push-pull between distance and involvement. In the opening segment, taking place at the Bangkok brothel, irresistibly neon-lit overhead street shots alternate with scenes of the women lining up behind a glass partition while johns on the other side call them out by their assigned number. Glawogger's camera doesn't quite duplicate the gaze of the men making their selection (he turns his apparatus on the customers as frequently as he does the women), but there's still something vaguely queasy about the dumb proximity with which the director brings us in contact with the sordid transaction.
Given the rigid efficiency with which the Thai brothel operates, Glawogger crafts this segment with an airtight structure that takes in the cyclical nature of the women's lives. Granted a measure of economic freedom and social mobility lacking in their Bangladeshi and Mexican counterparts, the Thai prostitutes are free to speculate on possible prospects for their careers and social lives and to spend their money on things other than basic necessities. In a scene late in the opening segment, the women visit a gigolo bar where they essentially flip the script on the men, this time serving as customers in the sex trade. But as the segment ends with them returning to work—their money spent—and lining up once more to be the chosen ones, the best these women seem capable of is breaking even in the eternal return world of monetary-sexual exchange.
If the Thai brothel runs according to strict order and the illusion of classiness and promise of social mobility, no such glamor or possibility adheres to the cramped quarters of the pleasure district in Dhaka. A constricting maze of narrow hallways in which dirt poor women entertain johns in filthy hovels, the Bangladeshi whorehouse is an environment of dire economic necessity and intense competition among the women for clients. (This last aspect is one it has in common with the Thai establishment.) As Glawogger tempers his seemingly objective stance with a handful of interview segments, we learn of the sickening circumstances of the prostitutes' lives. In one heartrending scene, a pair of early teenage girls reveals the number of men they've already slept with on the day of the filming and characterize these clients' behavior in a range from the polite to the vile.
One of the more problematic aspects of Glawogger's film is that he seems as interested in the aesthetics of global prostitution as he is in the lives of the women involved therein. A skillful technician, Glawogger lights the dingy Dhaka hallways in such a way as to emphasize the bright colors of cloths and garments. He makes obvious moral points by conspicuously panning from a shot of a young prostitute to a baby sleeping on the floor of the hallway. And he structures the Bangladeshi segment in a deliberately loose manner (especially compared to the tautness of Thai sequence) reflecting the relative chaos of this particular site of prostitution. Making his directorial hand felt in his aesthetic choices (why, one wonders, is PJ Harvey playing over shots of destitute Bangladeshi hookers?) and his decision to directly interview both the prostitutes and their clients, Glawogger alternates uncomfortable observation with questionable shows of auteurist presence. It's not always an easy mix, but the director generally manages to capture enough richness of detail to justify the project's more problematic moments.
The biggest aesthetic shock Glawogger conjures up is in the transition from the second segment to the third. As a wipe shuttles away the Bangladeshi darkness for the bright airiness of a small Mexican town, the visual exchange is bracing—and relieving, given the claustrophobia of the Dhaka scenes. But all this light and air turns out to be the background to the most despairing of the segments. While the Mexican prostitutes may possess slightly more mobility than their Bangladeshi counterparts and they seem to play a slightly less passive role with their clients, the degradation suffered by these women is made clear in the frequent sequences in which Glawogger's camera rides shotgun in the cars of cruising men. As these horndogs drive past the doors of the various rooms where the women wait outside, they describe the acts they hope to perform in particularly vicious terms.
Although the women in the Mexican sequence possess something of a vitality lacking from the Bangladeshi prostitutes (one retired hooker memorably catalogues the various olfactory offenses of her former clients), they seem, if anything, more trapped in their situations by the remote location of their operation. One prostitute explains how recruiters come to cities and virtually abduct young women into the life. As such, Glawogger saves his most troubling moments for this final segment, particularly a pair of concluding scenes that both suggest the two aspects of these women's lives and the two sides of the director's approach.
In the first of these scenes, Glawogger abjures the more distanced strategy that characterizes much of the rest of the film and, in taking us into a woman's room to observe the sex act for the first time, employs a handheld camera pressed close to the fornicating couple which uncomfortably reminds us of the filmmaker's direct involvement in the lives of his subjects and the possibility of his presence influencing the action. As we watch in itchy intimacy the man pumping away at the woman, the camera makes the director's proximity (and our own) all too conspicuously felt.
The final scene, by contrast, in which two prostitutes, one of them naked from the waist down, relax in a room and smoke crack, is filmed with the fixed-take rigor that Pedro Costa brought to similar material in his classic film In Vanda's Room. Glawogger keeps his camera at as great a distance as possible in such cramped quarters and the result is a scene of desperation, one that sees two women groping at some sort of human connection only to lose it in a haze of crack smoke. The active world of fucking gives way to its only alternative, the relatively passive chasing of oblivion, and Glawogger's camera treats each scene accordingly.
Finally, a mention should be made of the role religion plays in the film. Religious rituals and iconography factor in all three segments, but serve a very different purpose in each. In the Thai sequence, prayer is an all but empty practice, one which the women use to petition God, half-seriously at best, for more clients. Muslim law provides a much stricter set of guidelines to the prostitutes in the second segment, as it forbids them from performing certain potentially lucrative sexual practices (such as giving blowjobs). In the Mexican segment, several of the women practice a sort of folk religion that seems to blend indigenous elements with Catholicism. These prostitutes pray to a goddess of death, a ritual that helps them both situate their lives in some kind of higher order and habituate themselves to the transitory nature of existence. Whatever role religion may play as an undercurrent in global prostitution, however, it does little to change the hard economic reality of the sex trade. Glawogger is no sentimentalist and, even when allowing the women their due in interview segments or in gussying up their bleak environments with pleasing lighting and framing, the director understands that prostitution is little more than the nasty business of debasing one's body in exchange for that most necessary of international resources, ready currency.
Film Comment Selects 2012 runs from February 17—March 1.


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Observations in Life
Published January 28, 2014 by Sandy Kowal
This month I took a long vacation – possibly one of the longest ever in my life (other than summer vacation as a kid) – you see I can't relax and NOT work unless I'm NOT in town. I took 2 weeks and went to Hawaii.
This much needed time off was put to good use. While in the island state I found many ways to distract myself from frigid Wisconsin: got married, hiked, beach-combed & I even took a few naps. Possibly one of the more fun activities was people watching. I love watching folks be themselves.
Some observations of note:
Bottled water tastes better on vacation. Even kids love bottled water.
Babies cry louder on airplanes, at night, than on the ground. Fellow passengers who shout "shut up" do not help.
People will eat foods they would never try at home and, even if it tastes horrible, they will claim to like it. The give-away: "what spice is in this?"
Hawaiian dogs are very mellow.
One particularly interesting thing I noticed while shopping (in the small town near our rental home) is that people will like your store more & pay a lot more for something if you call your store a boutique. Shoppers will pay twice as much for your goods than in a regular store. And shoppers appear at least twice as happy leaving the boutique with their shopping bag in hand.
Which inspired me about work, not that I was thinking about work…
Welcome to the Tweedee Production Video Boutique!
Fresh bottled water.
No crying babies.
No bad food.
Mellow dogs welcome.
I think I'm onto something.
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Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Serves: 4-5
Recipe Ingredients:
300 gm Paneer
To taste Salt
2 tbsp Lemon juice
1 tsp Green Chillies (finely chopped)
2 tsp Panchphoran ( equal quantities of cumin seeds + mustard seeds + nigella seeds + fenugreek seeds + fennel seeds)
1 tbsp flour
1 tbsp Refined Oil
2 tsp Mustard oil
½ tsp Mustard seeds
150 gm green gram Sprouts
100 gm fresh Coconut (grated)
2 tbsp Mustard sauce
5 tbs Hung Curd
20-25 Curry leaves
Recipe Method:
Press the paneer to squeeze out any extra moisture.Mash the paneer till soft like a dough. Mix the paneer with 1 tbsp lemon juice and chilies.
Heat 1 tbsp oil, add panchphoran. When spices crackle, remove and cool. Grind to a coarse powder and mix into paneer mixture with salt.
Shape the mixture into kebabs and roll in maida. Grease the grill and grill the kebabs.
For the salad, combine sprouts and coconut in a bowl. Heat ½ tsp mustard oil. Fry the curry leaves and remove. In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp mustard oil, add mustard seeds and 4-5 curry leaves. When mustard crackles, pour tempering over sprouts. Mix in 1 tbsp lemon juice and salt and toss well.
For the dip, mix mustard sauce with hung curd and ½ tbsp. Add salt to taste.
To serve, make a bed of the salad, place kebab on top and top with a teaspoon of the dip. Garnish with a fried curry leave to serve.
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Midweek Motivation
A collection of quotes to give y'all a bit of motivation!
"We all have dreams, in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort."
- Jesse Owens
Olympic gold-medalist runner
"I succeed on my own personal motivation, dedication, and commitment. My mindset is: If I'm not out there training, someone else is."
- Lynn Jennings
American long-distance runner
Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose."
- Wilma Rudolph
Olympic gold-medalist sprinter
"Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet."
- Doris Brown Heritage
First woman to run sub 5-minute indoor mile
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
- Steve Prefontaine
Legendary long-distance runner who held seven American track records
"Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible."
- Doug Larson
English gold-medalist runner
"Your body will argue that there is no justifiable reason to continue. Your only recourse is to call on your spirit, which fortunately functions independently of logic."
- Tim Noakes
Professor, runner in more than 70 marathon and ultra-distance events
"Remember, the feeling you get from a good run is far better than the feeling you get from sitting around wishing you were running."
- Sarah Condor
Got any of your own?
Run for your lives,
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Essential Strength Training for Runners
Here are 10 exercises that you should only take you about 30 minutes. Try to do them twice a week if you have, but you can see benefits from doing the routine just once a week. However, try to avoid doing strength training on the same day you have a run scheduled. Both are what is known as eccentric muscle tearing activities and are best separated by 24 to 48 hours.
Do the exercises in order for 3 to 5 sets as time permits. Rest one minute between sets. It's ideal if you can warm up with 5 to 10 minutes of light cardio and dynamic stretching.
1. Planks
This is a classic, right? Lie in a prone position and prop yourself up on the elbows with your feet slightly apart. Make sure your body is aligned, your abs are nice and tight and your shoulders are directly above your elbows. Hold this position for 45 seconds to 1 minute.
2. Russian Twist
Lie on your back with your upper legs perpendicular to the floor and your knees bent at 90-degrees. Without changing the bend in your hips or knees, lower your legs to the left side of your body while keeping your shoulders in contact with the floor. Lift them back to the starting position and repeat to the right side of your body. That's one repetition. Do 10-12 reps.
3. Scorpion
Get into pushup position but with your feet on a bench. Raise your right knee toward your left shoulder as you rotate your hips up and to the left as far as you can. Then reverse directions, rotating your hips up and to the right, and try to touch your right foot to the back of your left shoulder (you won't be able to do it). That's one repetition. Continue for 30 seconds with your right leg, then switch legs.
4. Back Extensions
Lie facedown on a stability ball with your feet spread wide for balance. Your elbows should be bent with your hands lightly touching the ground for initial support. Squeeze your glutes and lift your torso up until your body forms a straight line. As you lift your torso, allow your hands to come off the ground, keeping your elbows bent. Extend your arms overhead. Hold for one or two seconds. Release your arms and then your torso back down to the start position. That's one rep. Aim for 10-12. No stability ball? You can do the movement on an exercise mat: Raise your thighs and arms off the ground while your torso stays in contact with the ground. Do 10-12 reps.
5. Squats with overhead press
Hold a pair of dumbbells or a barbell with both hands in front of your chest. Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Push your hips back, and lower your body into a squat until your thighs are parallel to the floor. Press the weights above your head, and as you stand back up, return the weights to the original position. Do 10-12 reps.
6. Lunge
Another oldie but goodie! Step forward with your left leg, and lower your body until your front knee is bent to 90 degrees. returning to the starting position and repeat with the other leg. That is one rep. Do 10-12 reps.
7. Jacknife
Get into pushup position but instead of placing your feet on the floor, rest your shins on a stability ball. Pull the stability ball toward your chest by raising your hips and rounding your back as you roll the ball forward with your feet. Do 10-12 reps.
8. Hip extension
This is one of my personal favorites because you can really feel your glutes working! Butt burn is the best! Lie on your back on the floor, and place your calves on a stability ball. Extend your arms to your sides to help support and balance your body. Push your hips up so that your body forms a straight line from your shoulders to your knees. Without allowing your hips to sag (keep with your body at all times), roll the ball as close as you can to your hips by bending your knees and pulling your heels toward you. Do 8-10 reps.
9. Shoulder press with rotation
Hold a pair of dumbbells at arm's length in front of you, palms facing your thighs. Keeping your back naturally arched, bend at the hips and lower your torso until it's nearly parallel to the floor. Keep your arms straight as you bend your hips so that the dumbbells hang straight down [1]. Pull the dumbbell in your left hand by bending your elbow and raising your upper arm toward the middle of your back [2]. Lower and repeat with your right arm. That's one repetition. Guess what...do 10-12 reps.
10. Row
Hold a pair of dumbbells at arm's length in front of you, palms facing your thighs. Keeping your back naturally arched, bend at the hips and lower your torso until it's nearly parallel to the floor. Keep your arms straight as you bend your hips so that the dumbbells hang straight down [1]. Pull the dumbbell in your left hand by bending your elbow and raising your upper arm toward the middle of your back [2]. Lower and repeat with your right arm. That's one repetition. Once again, 10-12 reps.
Now go admire yourself in the mirror.
Run for your lives,
Monday, August 19, 2013
Monday Quickie: Five Prerace Nutrition Mistakes
Here is a link to a recent post on Runner's World
Five Prerace Nutrition Mistakes
Some good stuff in here folks!
Run for your lives,
Five Prerace Nutrition Mistakes
Some good stuff in here folks!
Run for your lives,
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Training Weeks 5 - 8
Four weeks checked off already and the countdown continues!
Last week you should have completed a 2 mile time trial to determine your training pace for speed work and tempo runs that play an important part in the rest of the plan.
I'd love to consult each of you on the results of your time trial and your training paces, but clearly That's not possible. In lieu of the one-on-one, there are a number of good calculators online that will give you your training paces.
This one from McMillian running is a great one; it's clean and simple. But there are also calculators from Runner's World and Cool Running.
5K and 10K refer to your paces at each of those distances and race pace is your goal pace for the half marathon. Note that what the calculators give you are just a guideline. If you find that your 10K pace is either far too hard or too easy, make adjustments in 15 second increments. For example, if your time trial predicts a 10K pace of 7:45, but you're finding it hard to keep up, simply adjust it to 8:00 and see how that goes.
With the addition of speed and tempo workouts and your long runs growing longer, you need to really take rest and recovery seriously.
See this post on how to recover from last year's blog.
And for those beginners out there, here are weeks 5 - 8 of the beginner's plan.
Run for your lives,
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Q&A: Why do I need to do strength training for my legs when I'm running so much?
Someone asked me the other day about how to incorporate upper body strength training into his running regimen. When I asked him why he only wanted upper body he said he didn't need to do his legs because he was already working them by running. Cue cartoon eye bugging and dramatic gasp. This is a common misconception and entirely not the case.
As runners, it's important to all major muscle groups, but it is particularly important to focus on the core (chest, shoulders, abdominals and back) and upper and lower leg muscles.
Regular strength training can correct natural imbalances, such as differences in your left and right sides, unequal flexion and general overall strength. Strength training can also improve your overall form, making you run more efficiently for the long haul. And, it should go without saying that correcting these issues can significant reduce your chance of injury.
Plus, don't you want to avoid that dreaded skinny runner look?
In an upcoming post, I will give details on some great exercises and routines for runners.
Run for your lives,
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Staying on track while away from home
First of all, sorry about that last post. I suppose some of you are blaming me for the decidedly nasty turn in the weather. In fairness, I had the idea for that post during one of those glorious 70+ degree days. But if you need a scapegoat for the 180 turn from fair to downright awful, I can take it.
On a happier note, summer often marks a season of travel for many folks as they take advantage of school holidays and the like. While travel is obviously a great time, it can cause concern for those of you who may be trying to stick to a training or fitness regimen.
Here are a few tips to keep on track without unraveling your fitness while keeping your travel companions happy.
1. Modify your long run schedule – look ahead to the week of your vacation and see how you can modify the week ahead or week behind such that your travel week is a recovery or week of lesser mileage.
Here is an example:
Example planned long run schedule:
Long Run: 10
Long Run: 11 miles
Long Run (vacation): 12 miles
Long Run: 8 miles
Long Run: 12 miles
Modified long run schedule:
Long Run: 10
Long Run: 11
Long Run (vacation): 5 miles
Long Run: 12 miles
Long Run: 10 miles
2. Make is a recovery week – Consider the whole week of travel a maintenance or recovery week and focus on getting in 3 quality runs. Three runs of as short as 30 minutes is plenty to maintain your fitness and not lose ground in the overall scheme.
3. Run early – Try to run early in the morning while everyone is still sleeping or enjoying their morning coffee. You can check it off your list, run guilt free and still have the rest of the day to enjoy time with your family and friends.
4. Keep in short and quick – Reduce the time of your runs but make them harder so you get the most bank for your buck!. For example:
30 minute ladder run – Repeat this cycle 2 times through
5 minutes easy
4 minutes moderate
3 minutes somewhat hard
2 minutes hard
1 minute very hard
5. Take advantage of playful cross training opportunities – swimming, water skiing, cycling, and more can all be fun family activities that get your heart pumping and contribute to your over all cardiovascular fitness.
6. Use your runs to explore your destination and scope out fun shops and restaurants that you can visit with your family later in the day.
Most importantly, have fun….you're on vacation for crying out loud!
Run for your lives,
Friday, August 9, 2013
News flash: The most effective core exercises
Wait for it...
I'm sure you're dying to know...
Is this getting old yet...
Alright, it's the squat and the deadlift!
Surprised? I was. But the squat and the deadlift are both exceptional whole body exercises that engage all of the key muscles in your core. So, if they are not a part of your regular strength routine, they should be! Both of these, the dead lift especially, do require proper form to avoid injury and execute to their full benefit.
See these links for videos on proper form and, if possible, do these in front of a mirror to check yourself.
Run for your lives,
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Chill out!
I never would have foreseen the need to write a blog post on dealing with heat and keeping cool while training in Kodiak, but with multiple 70+ degree days it is seeming useful and necessary! Who would have thought?!
While those of us in the more northern latitudes don't face the extreme heat and humidity as our southern neighbors, dangers of heat exposure can show up in temps below 60 degrees. Interestingly, since we are not acclimatized to warmer temps, Alaskan may actually be more susceptible to heat related illnesses.
So here are a few tips to beating the heat.
- Plan your runs for cooler times of the day, particularly in the morning.
- If you have a long run planned, opt for a series of shorter loops so that you can stash ice or water at your own personal aid station.
- Wear light colored and lose fitting clothing that wicks moisture away from the body (NO COTTON PLEASE!!).
- 30 to 45 minutes before your run, drink a slushy. Mix water or sports drink with ice and blend in a blender. This will not only hydrate you but will also lower your core temperature so you start a bit ahead of the game going into a workout.
- Pay attention to what your body is telling you. If you feel dizzy, lightheaded or even chills. STOP RUNNING, seek shade and find the quickest way to cool yourself down. Jump in the ocean if you have to!
- Know that the heat may impact your ability to hit a certain pace. Save a tempo run or speed work for a cooler day. Your body and your brain will thank you.
Run for your lives,
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WWE News: Chris Jericho reveals who would have made the list in real life in 2001
What's the story?
Chris Jericho was a recent guest on the Hot Ones podcast where they discussed many different topics. One of which was someone who Jericho didn't get along with at all early in his WWE run, none other than the current Executive Vice President of Talent in the WWE, Triple H.
In case you didn't know...
On October 2nd, Jericho celebrated 27 years in the professional wrestling business. Before heading to WCW in 1996, he wrestled all around the world including CMLL in Mexico and WAR in Japan.
The heart of the matter....
That was 16 years ago. Jericho confirmed on the podcast that he loves the guy today. Take a look at his quote from the podcast below (transcript from NoDQ.com):
"In 2002, we didn't like each other. I think we were almost pitted against each other in a lot of ways. We had great chemistry, great matches...I just didn't like him, he didn't like me, and there was no falseness. No I love him. Great guy."
One staple of the Hot Ones podcast is making their guest try the most insane spicy foods. Check out the full episode below:
The friction between the two was most likely a product of the times. Triple H established himself in the WWE (though he was in WCW in 1994 & 1995) and was turning into one of the creative leaders of the company. Jericho established himself in WCW for a few years before making the jump to the WWE in 1999.
They made their first big mark in two separate companies that had different cultures. They could have had a difference of opinion, or it was just the competitive nature of the business. Triple H was on top with Degeneration-X, and Jericho comes over from the enemy and his first segment is with The Rock.
What's next?
Chris Jericho is currently on tour with his band Fozzy. They play in the same arena that the WWE travels to when they head to the United Kingdom, the 02 Arena in Birmingham, this Friday, October 27th.
Author's take...
I'm not surprised at all that there were people who didn't get along with Jericho in the WWE. He came over during the height of the Monday Night Wars, so it isn't a stretch for those in the WWE to perceive Jericho as the enemy so to speak.
2001 was a long time ago, and when it is all said and done, both Jericho and Triple H will go down as some of the best of this generation.
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Have you ever dreamed of taking off on the open road?
You're not alone. Many yearn to drive from coast to coast, visit national and state parks, or tour scenic byways and All-American Roads.
The attraction of recreational vehicle travel is to see the country, visit new places, meet interesting people, and experience the freedom of the open road.
Free again! All it takes is a clean windshield and a full tank of fuel, and you feel a terrible craving to be "on the road again". Let's see what's over the next hill complex. In the words of Willie Nelson, "Goin' places I have never been; seein' things that I may never see again."
For real, there's the music of this friendly engine pushing you along with the lyrics of the road. The RV is familiar, always familiar. Cozy, like home. Better than home. It is home.
No matter where we go in our RV, that sense of independence is satisfying. We have our own facilities, from comfortable bed to a fridge full of our favorite foods. We set the thermostat the way we like it and go to bed and get up in our usual routine.
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The main costs of owning an RV are more than what it costs initially to purchase one.
You need to think about the financials that are involved in upkeep and repairs, storage, travel costs, insurance, taxes, campground costs, and most importantly, what it costs to maintain an RV's value.
The expenses of owning any kind of RV can be staggering—fuel and propane costs, extended warranty plan, insurance, licensing and registration fees, state sales taxes, monthly payments and finance costs, camping fees, utility costs, routine maintenance costs, unexpected maintenance costs, roadside assistance plan, tire repair and replacement, engine and drive train repairs, road hazard expenses, off-season storage, depreciation, food expenses (including eating out), entertainment, entrance and day use fees, club/membership fees, storage fees, communications (cell/smart phones, internet), mail forward services, and the list goes on.
Add them all up and you may find them overwhelming.
If you were to ask a group of RV owners the real cost to own an RV, few would be able to give an accurate answer.
Even if they knew, each response would be different.
One reason is that there are so many hidden expenses involved with RV travel that they are sometimes too complex to compute.
For example, someone who has storage facilities on their own property stores their RV at no cost. Someone who buys a large, expensive unit and must purchase protected storage for it can spend $2500 per year for that service.
A person who can pay cash for his unit spends thousands of dollars less for it than someone who must finance the exact same RV.
Someone who purchases a previously owned unit that has been well maintained will pay less for repairs than a person who makes the mistake of buying one with many mechanical problems.
When people purchase an RV, they tend to forget about the cost of sales tax. For even the least costly unit, sales tax can add hundreds of dollars to the cost. For large diesel pushers, people can pay upwards of $20,000 in sales taxes.
The actual cost of owning a RV is quite high but does not offset the sheer pleasure of going where you want and when you want and sleeping in your own bed and not having to pack and unpack clothes.
And the miles will roll on…
You'll be amazed at the beauty and the diversity of America.
Worth Pondering…
John Lennon once wrote, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." Decide to make the most of each moment.
See you- down the road and enjoy your journey—RV living is the freedom lifestyle.


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Shahmaran, Kurdish snake goddess, possesses eternal life and wisdom of ages. Legend tells of a young man who stumbled upon an underground cave. Disoriented, his eyes fell upon a beautiful creature in the sultry half-light. She had the body of a snake and the head of a woman. She greeted him genially, but fearful that he would reveal her hiding place, she kept him close by regaling him with sweet stories. Years went by and eventually, once she had no more stories to tell, he wanted to return to his own kind. He had fallen in love with Shahmaran and promised never to reveal her location, and so she let him go. One day his Sultan fell sick, and the only known cure was to eat the flesh of Shahmaran. Reluctantly, he gave away her secret, thus she was captured and brought before the Sultan. Her secret, she revealed, is that whomever ate from her body would be healed, but whomever ate from her head would die. They killed her, and boiled her flesh. Lo, the Sultan ate from her body and was indeed healed. Distraught, her lover ate the poisonous flesh of her head so that he would die too. No sooner had he done this than Shahmaran's secret was revealed. Her last, parting gift, was to leave a lie as her legacy: instead of dying, her lover received her secrets and her wisdom, and had to live with the guilt and sorrow of her murder forever.
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IT job market in India is apparently crashing. It is mayhem in IT sector. According to various reports and studies, about 2lakh job cuts are going to happen every year in next three years. This unfortunate happening is more severe than ever after globalisation. Few reasons of mass scale terminations of employees in IT companies are identified as rise of protectionist policies in US and Europe, rise of automation, decrease of hiring of Indian engineers abroad, rising rupee value to Dollar leading to lower realisations for software exports and efforts of IT majors to maintain their profits in bad weather too commonly known as cost optimisation.
Could IT majors not read writing on the walls earlier? Did they make any efforts to address the challenges as global hiring policies in IT sectors were targeted by foreign Govts? Were IT industries not prepared fully in adapting newer technologies? These questions are to be answered by IT sector.
It is said that maximum employees targeted for job loss, fall in category of having outdated skills that no more required in the business. Here two questions come on surface. First, who will take care of re-skilling and up-skilling of such "redundant" employees working for years in the organisations as performers and overnight they become under performers. Will it be employer or employee himself?
Second question is, how job cuts, which are popularly termed as Layoffs to be handled by HR. Actually in legal terminology of employment laws, these are not layoffs. These are actually retrenchments, which need due compliance of relevant law before effecting. To avoid legal compliances and further disputes if such retrenchments are challenged, IT industries have adopted the way of forced resignations that too in a brutal manner.
Business demands that to keep talent pool intact, organisations should invest consistently in re-skilling and up gradation of skills of their employees much before such situation arises. Because, it is the employer who knows better what up-gradation of skills are required for people in future. These initiatives may reduce the numbers of terminations. Employees should also understand the job market and take note of what is in demand and up skill them to remain employable before such unfortunate situation knocks their door.
In the whole process of mass terminations, the manner in which these are affected, have brought bad name and dent to the image of reputed organisations, particularly in terms of HR capabilities for handling such sensitive issues. If the organisations have to terminate hundreds of employees every day to execute the mandate of top management, it is perhaps difficult rather impossible for anyone to remain empathetic and sensitive in each case. To develop empathy and sensitivity towards each employee who is going to face the heat of job loss, needs time, which HR Executive may not have because, he has to show the achieved figures every evening to his boss . HR cannot be blamed alone for such insensitive mass terminations. Public apologies of seniors can be a damage control exercise and to save public image but can't really improve HR practices at bottom line. HR practices flow from top after all.
This month's cover story is on the same burning topic of importance of re skilling to remain updated in market otherwise no way. CEOs, HR experts and industry stalwarts have put their wisdom through responses to our questions.
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Dear Friends,
After we find a routine for our hair, it's easy to fall into the habit of using the exact same products week after week. This can cause a buildup of product residue on our hair.
This week, let's use an apple cider vinegar rinse on our hair to remove product residue and also add more shine to our hair. After shampooing, put a couple of big splashes of apple cider vinegar in a large cup and finish filling the cup with water, then pour over your hair. Rinse out. You can follow up with conditioner if you wish.
Occasional use of this rinse makes my hair look great and feel so soft. I hope that your hair will also benefit from this quick, inexpensive and natural beauty treatment.
Pamper yourself! You are so worth it!
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Brain v Body
what percentage of each goes into make you 'you'?
Obviously the brain is gonna be higher than the body...
For example if you had a heart transplant, most people would say unquestioably you were the same person, but what (if it was possible) if you had a head transplant?
You can't seperate them in that way
Brain is a part of the body. The dichotomy you are describing is outmoded. "You" are the result of little electrical sparks flying around your brain aren't they. Generated by your body's electricity. You can't just swap brains around can you.
OR CAN YOU? Evil doctor Fullerov?
i vote for
It's like one whole thing though.
Mind & body are waaaay too seperated out by people these days. And "spirit" as well. I prefer a more whole way of thinking about it, rather than seperating it all out that way, you know?
Yes, but
if you swapped to a body with a life threatneing disease you would become more anxious. Your body chemistry would change and, as a reult, so would your personality.


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For the last ten years I have been professionally involved in the special needs community, but truly it has been a lifetime journey. My mother has been the victim of several debilitating strokes, my grandmother suffered from dementia, and a couple of my siblings have various developmental delays. My entire life has revolved around people who are differently abled than I. I lived life with them and saw the successes and the struggles. I knew there was a need, and I was determined to find a way to fill the gap.
While at college pursuing my bachelors degrees I studied education and computer science, laying the foundation to build a bridge between these two areas. Discovering Things is the culmination of six years of work and my first connecting point between the two fields. Having walked alongside individuals who are differently abled, lived life with them, and studied how they learn and grow, I can funnel all my knowledge and experience as a software developer and teacher into our mission to truly help others to thrive.


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