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Alongside the CDI and CPEDI, four days of national competition took place at the Hartpury Festival of Dressage in Gloucestershire (5 – 9 July 2017), bringing the curtain down on the 2017 Premier League season.
Charlotte Dujardin and Mount St John Kom Fairytale (pictured with owner Emma Blundell) scored a double, winning both the Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges Section A and the Zamar Intermediate I Section B, scoring 75.61% and 74.04% respectively. Kom Fairytale, now 11, was bought by the Mount St John Stud as a nine-year-old as a future horse for Charlotte. Born in Finland, the talented chestnut produced a foal as a young mare before starting her ridden career.
These achievements were all the more remarkable being only the combination's fifth competition together, and the Fürst Heinrich x Weltmeyer mare's Inter I debut.
Sunday's Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges also belonged to Charlotte, this time with her 2017 Charles Owen Advanced Medium Gold runner-up, En Vogue. The tall, Jazz eight-year-old has proved challenging to train, 'he just threw himself on the floor when it came to teaching him changes', but Charlotte's faith in him is being repaid and he's looks very much a budding Grand Prix horse.
En Vogue also played a starring role in the previous night's gala evening performance. He achieved a fabulous second place in the Elite Stallions Young Horse Prix St Georges with his 72.98% performance, though it was with stablemate Mount St John Freestyle that Charlotte raised the roof. The eight-year-old Fidermark mare and her rider, who are reigning Equine Construction Advanced Medium Gold Champions, blew the judges away with their 82.19%-winning performance.
"She [Mount St John Freestyle] has a heart of gold," Charlotte said, speaking to judge Isobel Wessels immediately after her test. "She is unbelievable, no matter what atmosphere she's in, and isn't afraid of anything – nothing bothers her.
"Next year I really hope to have her for the World Equestrian Games. She's only eight but she just shows such huge talent. I feel very lucky to have a horse like this to follow on from what I had with Valegro. It's all so natural for her, she's a really special horse."
Leading rider Matt Frost kept his cool in the heat of a sun-drenched Hartpury to take victory in Wednesday's Baileys Horse Feeds Intermediate II. He impressed aboard Dedi Leech's AMD Don Rosso II, a 12-year-old by Dr Doolittle, to earn a score of 68.03%.
Matt's victory relegated Maria Eilberg and Sarotti to the runners-up spot, though Maria's show ended on a high as she took Sunday's Monarch Equestrian Inter II with Hermione Black and Penny Pollard's Royal Concert. Maria and 'Rico' were unanimous winners achieving a score average of 71.89% from judges Judy Harvey (GBR), Henning Lehrman (GER) and Elke Ebert (GER).
Pony power was in the spotlight on Sunday for the finals of the British Dressage Young Pony Championships. This championship seeks to identify the pony stars of the future as well as provide valuable competition exposure for these equine youngsters.
Indoors, in the Hartpury Arena, these up-and-coming ponies performed their respective tests – the BD Young Horse Novice Test for four-year-olds, the BD Young Horse Elementary Test for five-year-olds or the BD Young Horse Medium Test for six-year-olds. Each pony was then awarded marks for the paces, way of going and general impression.
FEI3* Judge Peter Storr and List 1 Judge Trish Gardiner presided over the four-year-olds. Four ponies contested the final and the title was awarded to Jennifer Manning's Sports Pony Studbook Society (SPSS) graded and premium licensed pony stallion Chartstürmer WE (pictured top right), a son of Caramel FH out of an FS Golden Highlight mare. Ridden by Jennifer the good-looking German bred chestnut, who stands at stud in the UK, was awarded with a fabulous score of 7.72. 'Charti', as he's known, has started his competitive career with BD at Prelim level and remains unbeaten in all his outings so far.
The five and six-year-old categories were also assessed by Trish Gardiner, this time joined by FEI4* Judge, Judy Harvey. The five-year-old category was headed by another SPSS graded breeding stallion, the Bromson Stud's Woodlander Sir Gorgeous (pictured right) who has been produced by Charlotte Drakeley with help from Henry Boswell. 'Riley' as he's known, was bred by Lynne Crowden at the Woodlander Stud, by Woodlander Santana out the SPSS graded Welsh Section C mare, Synod Galina (by Synod Rum Punch). Gorgeous by name, gorgeous by nature, he was scored an impressive 8.40.
Sophie Taylor (14) who's been selected for the Pony European Championships with Madam's Miss Maria, rode her SPSS registered gelding, George Clooney BS (pictured below), to victory in the six-year-old category. Bred by Julie Lockey, the attractive grey by pony dressage legend Caesar 171, was given a super 7.94 to edge ahead of Lili Laughton with Alicia Laughton's Armada Magic Cadillac.
"I honestly couldn't be happier with George today winning the 6yr old Pony Championship at Hartpury Premier League," said Sophie on her Facebook page, clearly thrilled. "He has been a star from start to finish taking the show atmosphere and competing all in his stride. A big thank you to everyone that has helped get him this far over the last two years. Julie Lockey who bred him and the Godrics Stud who own his mega daddy Caesar 171. Rachel for all your support and keeping mum calm!
"Also, I have to say a very big thank you Izzy Lickley Dressage for lending me her Fairfax bridle. Home now so he can have some down time whilst I get Dot [Madam's Miss Maria] ready to go to Pre European Camp. Secretly I think Dot will be proud of her annoying neighbour!"
The winners:-
Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges Section A
Kate Smith with De La Veiga, 72.59%
Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges Section B
Charlotte Dujardin with Mount St John Kom Fairytale, 75.61%
Baileys Horse Feeds Intermediate II
Matt Frost with AMD Don Rosso II, 68.03%
NAF Five Star Recover Advanced Medium 92
Vikki Pengilly with Zion E, 67.43%
Shadow Horse Advanced Medium 98
Charlotte Dujardin with Ekitof, 74.30%
Zamar Intermediate I Section A
Sadie Smith with Keystone Dynamite, 72.06%
Zamar Intermediate I Section B
Charlotte Dujardin with Mount St John Kom Fairytale, 74.04%
LeMieux Grand Prix
Sara Gallop with Summerhouse Zelham, 68.44%
Lovington Ice Advanced 105
Dylan Deutrom with El Zorro, 67.50%
JS Team Wear Advanced Medium 98
Kate Cowell with Dramatic Conquest, 76.05%
Elite Stallions Young Horse Prix St Georges Championship
Charlotte Dujardin with Mount St John Freestyle, 82.19%
Dawson Memorial FEI Pony/Junior/Young Rider Team Test
Charlotte McDowall with BKS Grand Design, 69.29%
Fairfax Saddles Prix St Georges
Charlotte Dujardin with En Vogue, 74.96%
Monarch Equestrian Intermediate II
Maria Eilberg with Royal Concert, 71.89%
Hickstead National Young Horse 5YO Qualifier
Ashley Jenkins with His Highness, 7.82
Hickstead International Young Horse 5YO Qualifier
Nick Lawson with Fandango V, 6.98
Hickstead National Young Horse 6YO Qualifier
Rebecca Hughes with Classic Goldstrike, 7.84
Hickstead International Young Horse 6YO Qualifier
Sophie Wells with Gladstone, 7.1
British Dressage Young Pony Final - 4YO
Jennifer Manning with Chartstürmer WE, 7.72
British Dressage Young Pony Final – 5YO
Charlotte Drakeley with Woodlander Sir Gorgeous, 8.40
British Dressage Young Pony Final – 6YO
Sophie Taylor with George Clooney BS, 7.94
For full results see the show website.
Photo credit (Dressage Pony Championship): Sports Pony Studbook Society.


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Javy Lopez homered twice and tripled, driving in three runs, as the Atlanta Braves avoided a series sweep by beating the Cincinnati Reds 9-4 on Thursday night.
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Jose Guillen homered in each of his first two at-bats against Shane Reynolds (4-1), but the right-hander allowed only four other hits through 6 2-3 innings as he beat the Reds for the fourth straight start.
Reynolds struck out nine, getting Felipe Lopez and Adam Dunn three times apiece. He left the game after giving up Lopez's RBI single in the seventh.
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Half term family fun at Magna
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Visitors to Magna over the half term holidays will be soaking up the fun as the popular Aqua-Tek outdoor water play park re-opens for the summer.
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If the sun shines, children will be able to explore the Sci-Tek adventure play area which features trampoline nets, spinning bowls, tilted roundabouts, twisted slides as well as rockets and castles.
Or they can take part in a "It's a Rubbish Adventure" workshop, daily between Monday 25th and Friday 29th May, which focuses on the science and engineering used to sort, separate and recycle all the useful stuff that people throw into their black bins.
There will also be regular steel tours where families can take a guided tour with an ex-steel worker and find out about the history and heritage of the old Templeborough steelworks. Or they can watch a forge demonstration to see a blacksmith at work and learn how steel was made.
Children can also pop into the Science Busking Corner and have fun with a range of balloon experiments or take the Smelly Dinosaur Challenge.
Stuart Ballard, education director at Magna, said: "Parents are always looking for things to do with the family in the holidays.
"We offer a range of activities which are fun-based but also get them interested in the world of science – our Sci-Tek playground has been specially designed to let children of all ages play, explore and learn.
"Aqua-Tek and Sci-Tek together form one of Europe's largest outdoor playgrounds – but make sure you bring a towel and a change of clothes for the kids as they're bound to get drenched."
Magna, which is housed in the former Templeborough steelworks, has more than 100 hands-on exhibits designed to explore the four elements of air, water, earth and fire. It also hosts regular school trips and hosts business and social events.
Admission charges for Magna apply. For more information and full event-listings, go to www.visitmagna.co.uk or call 01709 720 002.
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By nature, I'm pretty chill and laid back but now and then I get ticked off by bad behavior. Two weeks ago, the internet was the prime source for people to express their opinions on same-sex marriage, Christianity, attempting to clown Oprah Winfrey, and naked women just being, naked. Social media allows us to connect in ways we never imagined but it was never to take the place of face to face communication. Here's a couple of tips on managing social media just to remind us of what it's for.
We are human beings. We thrive on relationships. Social media makes it really easy to neglect your social skills. But please don't let it take the place of talking to another person face to face. In other words, don't ask a person on a date on twitter or Facebook. If you're really close friends, pick up the phone and call them on their birthday. And when someone passes away, the temptation is easy to send a text especially if you don't know what to say, but it's so much more meaningful to show you care when you do it the old-fashioned way. And my LAWD, don't break off a relationship or bad mouth your spouse when it ends. It shows respect for your privacy and the other person. (Even if you can't stand them, no need to let the world in on your drama.) IMO
Mind your manners, please. I'm all for a good debate, but when we gotta "go IN" and take it to the level of buffoonery, we miss the mark of civility. No need to curse anyone out, or randomly vent off topic because you feel some kind of way, because you can always pick up the phone or have a conversation if you really want to deal with the issue. Now, for the folk that like to get on websites and bully from the keyboard, if you wouldn't say it to their face, you might want to let it go. Being racist, sexist, or simply disrespectful behind the keyboard is a just being a coward. And while we all have the right to voice our opinion, can we stay on topic and address the issue instead of attacking the person? Our Congress has a problem with this too so it's obvious we all have work to do.
Get a life. Sometimes, the people consumed with social media have forgotten that there are real people out in the world. So, no wonder they have a hard time communicating when they aren't connected to FB, LinkedIn, twitter, tumbler….etc. Just speculating, but they may have free time to argue with people they will never meet because they aren't workin' on stuff in their own lives. I know firsthand because when I wasn't working, I could easily be consumed (nosey) with what everyone else was doing. After I applied for jobs online, I would scroll feeds….and read timelines…. and blogs. Nothing to do with ME but in everybody's biz but my own. My point is take a break sometimes and get away from the computer. Trust me, it will still be there when you get back. You might even decide you don't need it anymore.
Sidenote: I wrote this after noticing a couple of guys who wanted to date became angry and decided to vent and take jabs at me on Facebook. NEVER once was anything addressed with me off-line and I'm fairly good at picking up the phone. As it turns out, you can't please everyone and most certainly if you act a donkey with me over something minor, I made the right decision. Mind your manners. :)


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Wednesday, May 26, 2004
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Biara this Tuesday
Inside the Red Security Building (Ambra Suruka) last week.
The Red Security Building
Mike on top of an old Iraqi tank outside the Red Security Building
Welcome to Kurdistan!
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In front of the monument at Halabja.
No Baaths!
Mike, Karim and I. Note the signs warning of mines behind us.
Mike and I just outside of Khanaqin.
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Mike and I inside an old Iraqi tank here in Suli on my first day here last week.
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One can profit handsomely from ties they have to others, direct or indirect. I am indebted to Mike and Karim for the connections they have here in Suleimaniya, mostly through their students at the university here. This was how a visit to Khanaqin on Sunday was made possible and how we were able to make a another trip yesterday (Tuesday) out of the city.
The long journey to get here coupled with the hot and long days since has left me fairly tired. Tuesday began with another early morning, with Mike, Karim and I meeting our pre-arranged four-wheel drive across the street. We headed out of the city for about an hour and half to the town of Halabja, scene of the most infamous chemical attack in March 1988 by Saddam Hussein's regime against the Kurdish people who at the time were accused of conspiring with the Iranians in the Iran-Iraq war. Much of the town and many of the surrounding villages were decimated during the war due to their proximity to the border.
One of Mike's students is the daughter of the top PUK army officer in the area and this tie had been used before to their advantage. In a fashion similar to that on Sunday we had great treatment from the PUK official. We entered to what I expect to be the standard type of office for officials with similar responsibilities. Longer than it is wide with a large but dated desk at one end and the remainder of the room circled with deep but uncomfortable sofas of a similar age.
These officials all seem to hold court in their respective offices, taking appointments as a room full of lower ranking men wait and mill around outside like a troop of personal assistants. This man, however, seemed quite unlike the others we met on Sunday, a clear indication that he was indeed something closer to what Mike and Karim described him as before we got there. He is in control of the area which covers much of where the the Al-Queda cell Ansar-e-Islam once roamed, establishing a Taliban-like government in the mountains near Iran. Perhaps this was the reason for his desk being covered in various papers and every few minutes his phone blurted out a piercing and highly irritating tune like those seemingly favoured by most Kurds. The other officials were clearly less occupied and the men who lined their offices in hindsight now seem to have been more like friends stopping in for tea rather than men from the community arriving for legitimate business or with real concerns.
Despite him apparently being busier than the others, he was just as welcoming to us, if not more so. He accompanied us to the Halabja monument and by doing so made us feel quite important as our vehicle was saluted as we passed all the guards on the way and once there the one guard who accompanied us on the way was complemented by another six or eight, some of whom accompanied us through the building while others waited by the entrance.
The Halabja Monument
The monument itself seems significantly older than its years. I assume that the heat of the sun combined with less than perfect building materials have made the outside of it age quite quickly. Welcoming visitors at the driveway to the monument is a sign which reads: "It's not allowed for Baaths to enter". The inside is striking, but at times quite graphic. It begins with pictures tracing the history of the region before one enters a room lined with horrific photos of the victims lying in the streets of Halabja immediately following the attack. In the last room in the ring surrounding the centre is a collection of artwork with various themes, but decidedly more upbeat and leaving one with the impression more of hope for the future than for dwelling on the death and suffering of the past. In the centre is a room which rises to a point in the centre, the Kurdish colours draped from it with the sun in the middle. Below is the memorial itself with space for flowers to be left. Around the outside of the room behind glass are the names of all those who died.
Upon returning to the PUK compound we had the standard lunchtime fare of fried chicken with bread and salad before getting a letter written for us that would allow us passage through the checkpoints in the region. It proved to be a ticket to anywhere throughout a region where otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get into at all on account of reasonable suspicious attitudes towards all foreigners. The two main places that we managed to visit were until quite recently both centres for Ansar-e-Islam. The first, the town of Biara, is nestled in a steep valley and looked over by the spires of a Sufi shrine. The books of the Wahhabis in the small library of the mosque, though now these particular books sit without being read and the shelves themselves are topped with boxes from the world food program. We all felt most welcome in this town and there was no visible evidence that this was very recently a centre of the group which formed part of the motivation for war.
Mullah Krekar's Mosque
From there we started heading back but stopped at the mosque of Mullah Krekar, the old head of Ansar before he was captured The mosque itself is quite plain, appearing to have been constructed quite recently and was a uniform sandy brown colour. Again, the letter we had was helpful with the group of soldiers there guarding it. The walls were pock-marked from small arms fire and one good size hole had been blown in the roof. In front of the mosque was a small building once used as a prison and beyond that, large craters almost certainly from the massive air campaign.
Despite returning to Suli thoroughly exhausted around dinner hour on Tuesday, there were nonetheless plans for the evening and we had to get ready to go out again. In calls to Mike since he arrived here he had talked of playing bingo here, and this was on the slate for last night. The game we played was not actually bingo, but something called dumbala. As I had a hard enough time with the numbers in dumbala and needed simultaneous translation, I am thankful that unlike Bingo, there are no letters assigned to each group of numbers. It's not too clear how much the cards cost or how much the payouts are, but from what I understand the normal practice amongst the group we had last night (which at its peak swelled to about twenty) is to pool any winnings and play until the money is gone. Regardless, I got a few hours of fun and a free lesson in Kurdish numbers for my 5000 dinars (about $3.30US). Of course, a great deal of alcohol was served.
The University of Suleimani
Today I headed off to the university with Karim as I had not yet had a chance to walk around and take a look there. The university had been closed in 1979 by the Baathist government but reopened following the 1992 uprising. There are several thousand students there and overall it appears there is reasonably good facilities and space given the overall situation of the country and the region. I spent some time talking in the student cafeteria where I saw firsthand evidence of what Mike and Karim had talked about a fair amount since I arrived here last week. Despite being an enclave a more liberal attitudes within this already relatively liberal city, relations between unmarried men and women are nonetheless quite reserved. This is not to say there are no couples on the campus, but the practice seems to be most often of courtly love and students apparently rarely date anyone besides the one they will marry. While arranged marriages do occur, I am told that amongst the university-going part of the population it is rare. Mike and Karim both report that they are subject of a bit of jealousy from the male students as they think nothing of saying 'hello' or waving to their female students as they would at home to a friend, a step like this for them would imply that they were hoping for a relationship and as such most cannot build up the courage to do this. One particularly interesting difference I noticed on campus compared to off campus was that when men met women they would shake hands, whereas off campus there is hardly any physical contact between men an women. Men often greet one another with four kisses, two on each cheek.
'Well come U.S.A.'
This afternoon after short time in the bazaar to pick up a few things we set out to find some pro- US graffiti which Mike had seen several times during his stay here. He couldn't recall exactly where it was but thankfully in time we stumbled across the simple black pain on the sandy-tone wall which read: "Bush. Well come U.S.A. we like USA." And off to the side was written "P.U.K.". Ironically, Mike and I returned to the flat for the dinner which we had bought while we were out: US MREs (meal ready to eat). I have yet to 'enjoy' mine but as he said while devouring his, "You can't expect much. It lasts for five years and it comes in a bag." Maybe I'll wait until breakfast to eat.
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Picnicking in Kurdistan is an all day affair and far different from the relaxing day one would associate with a picnic back home. Had I known, I would have been sure to not allow myself to wakeup on Friday morning after such a short sleep and probably at least one too many (low quality) gins with Iranian-made lemonade.
One might think that around here surely some would take issue with Thursday night's activities in celebration of Mike's 25th birthday. Thankfully, provided one indulges in private, alcohol is not an issue here, at least among men. Beer, wine and liquor can be bought easily in the city.
Friday's picnic proved to be an all day affair as promised (and warned). Three hours each way by bus, with singing and dancing the whole way, most often to the same horrible western songs. I was able to sleep in on Saturday and finally recover somewhat from the tiring journey to get here. Saturday afternoon was spent mostly recovering from Thursday and Friday before a short time spent in the bazaar.
Today (Sunday) we awoke early again to make the trip south to Khanaqin. Khanaqin is a predominantly Kurdish city, but remained under the control of the Baathists in Baghdad when the bulk of the Kurdish areas gained autonomy in the early 1990s. It is located reasonably far south where the Kurdish dominated land creates a panhandle, hugging the Iranian border. We took a regular taxi most of the way, but switched to a PUK vehicle about an hour away, before crossing the former Green Line which demarcated Iraqi Kurdistan from the rest of Iraq. Where the Green Line was there are minefields at roadside and power lines which would have crossed until the early 1990's remain cut. By this point the geography of the land had changed quite dramatically from up here in Suli. The Green Line is actually quite deep into the part of the country that looks more like what one sees on TV.
The PUK vehicle was arranged through Mike and one of his students whose father is fairly high up in the PUK. We were shuttled from bleak office to bleak office where the man in charge of each apparently just sits every day as other men bring him papers to sign. It was funny at times to the see the somewhat rag-tag group of soldiers and other people shuffle in and out, most saluting, many in military-type uniforms, but no two uniforms were identical. Of course at each office was the requisite cup of tea. Generally speaking the PUK officials in each of these offices to me seemed to be overly optimistic for the future of Kurdistan and for Khanaqin. Interestingly, with respect to Iraq they were less optimistic but it would seem, that less optimism for Iraq would compel them to be less bullish on getting what they want for Khanaqin given the difficulties that are sure to arise when it comes to deciding where it fits into the 'new Iraq'.
In Khanaqin, the evidence of the campaign by the Baathist regime was everywhere. The railway station and tracks had been removed in the 1980s, leaving just a wasteland where the trains once passed. Destroyed homes were common and much of the city is crumbling. Some newer buildings were visible, and we were told that these were built for the Arabs and Baath party members who were moved to the area in the 1980s when scores of Kurds were moved out to other parts of the country, particularly the south. The situation in the city at least appeared much worse than it likely is as we were there in the heat of the day when most of the local people take a midday rest. Nonetheless, the remnants of what once stood there in Khanaqin, coupled with the omnipresent PUK guards gave the city a truly odd feeling. Just outside the city remnants of both WWI and the Iran-Iraq war remain clearly visible. Down in this part of the country there is also significantly more evidence of the present military campaign ongoing in the country. While the number of soldiers by no means gave the indication of the scope of the engagement to the south, compared to here in Suli, where I have not seen a single US or other non-local forces, the dozen or so soldiers and half dozen vehicles indicated a more insecure environment. I don't think I can stress the difference enough between the feeling one gets here and the images one sees on TV back home. While it is still clear that this is a conflict zone, particularly when one sees private security people around, things seem to me at least to be rather unaffected by what is going on further south. That said, checkpoints are common and there is a significant presence of security personnel.
Opinion amongst the people in this part of the country seems to be divided on the continuing prisoner abuse scandal in the United States, with many saying they thought the Americans were better than that, but others pointing out that Saddam Hussein's regime did worse.


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Remarks at my father's funeral
I'd like to thank every one of you for coming out today…for standing up one last time for a good and beloved man. For the ways you helped Pop grow into the man, the worker, the father he was…for the changes you wrought in his life…for reflecting his bright and loving nature in a way that caused him to cleave to you…I embrace you, every one.
My brother Wier broke the news about Pop's passing followed close by a call from Torrence with the details, some of which I'll share with you now.
Torrence and Pop were heading down to Boone for a visit with Torre and David that Thursday afternoon. They stopped to take a little break at the rest area just the other side of the North Carolina line. He'd seemed a little loose and weary walking back to the car so she helped him back in the passenger seat.
Buckled up and ready to go she hits that highway on-ramp and gives it the gas. 10…20…30… The world is a neon green Southern springtime…70 degrees and sunny. 40…50…60…
Now if you've driven with Torrence you know that speedometer kept on creeping up. 70…80…probably a healthy 85 before she backed off the accelerator. In my mind in this moment I like to envision Pop just kept on accelerating, achieved escape velocity, and sizzled out into the universe at 186,000 miles a second.
What struck me…what made the difference were Torrence's description of that moment. Herself still spinning in the fresh, confounding vortex of loss she called and described Pop's face as looking "so young…like he did when we first started dating." She went on to describe the transcendent look of peace on his face, as if relieved of all of his burdens and doubts and fears. His final moments on this Earth –his deliverance from all uncertainty and suffering– you have to know were the second-to-last gift his maker ever gave him.
Now if you could go back in time and ask Pop at 40 years of age how he'd like to go I bet he'd have painted a scene not entirely dissimilar from the late afternoon of April 12th. Flying down the highway through a familiar, beloved world fairly quivering with renewal; with his lady-love at his side; with his final breath one of sweet Southern springtime air…if you knew him you'd know Hollywood couldn't have engineered a more fitting finale.
We were down at the river house yesterday for a little lunch and some family time. I had hoped to find some time during my visit to bide a while in his domain…to meditate a while in quiet communion and seek out his spirit. My friends, to my shock and pleasure no such measures were required. Today you can not walk into their home without feeling the enduring glow of his loving presence…the quiet contentment of a watchful soul whose charges –Torrence and the living Rappahannock itself– are safely embraced by the courses in which they flow. I tried to feel bad for myself that I could no longer hold him but it became quickly apparent it is he who now holds all of us.
It is for that reason I now ask you all to set aside your sadness and fill your hearts with joy. Pop is not gone. He has simply transformed from light to light, and all that remains is for each of us is to shine.
A moment of Zen penetration from the Western philosophical tradition
"To practice death is to practice freedom. A man who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave."
-Michel de Montaigne; Complete Essays, Chapter XIX
Linji's How-To for Buddhists & Zen practitioners
"Followers of the Way, the Dharma of the Buddhas calls for no special undertakings. Just act ordinary, without trying to do anything particular. Move your bowels, piss, get dressed, eat your rice, and if you get tired, then lie down. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean."
– Linji Yixuan, 9th c. China
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Such is his power that karma can't hold him. No matter what kind of karma, a Buddha transforms it. Heaven and hell are nothing to him. But the awareness of a mortal is dim compared to that of a Buddha, who penetrates everything, inside and out. – Bodhidharma
A snowy day at the Hobbit Hole
I could see flakes by the earliest dawn light, resolving into the scenes revealed here by mid-day.
The snow is wet and heavy: with fat flakes feathery from the aching cold aloft.
The way to study true Zen is not verbal
"I feel sorry that I cannot help you very much. But the way to study true Zen is not verbal. Just open yourself and give up everything. Whatever happens, whether you think it is good or bad, study closely and see what you find out. This is the fundamental attitude. Sometimes you will do things without much reason, like a child who draws pictures whether they are good or bad. If that is difficult for you, you are not actually ready to practice zazen."
— Shunryu Suzuki, Not Always So
Reggae Covers: Eek A Mouse – Dyer Maker (Led Zeppelin) + BONUS TRACK
A classic cover, and one of which I've been aware since it's 1991 release. Eek A Mouse's unique verbal stylings, which he calls 'Chin-Indian Music,' is the perfect vehicle for Robert Plant's staccato, mumbling delivery in the 1973 original.
You'll have to forgive the 'elevator reggae' backing track. As ever, Eek is the star of his own show.
…and a bonus reggae cover of this same song, this time by the legendary Sly & Robbie:


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Between my birthday and life, June was a busy month. It has been so hot but I am trying to enjoy the sunshine instead of whining about the heat.
I got a bunch of stuff done and was able to post some great Finished Objects.
With the Aquaman square done and the LEGO blanket done, I was able to plan for the next projects and get restarted on some WIPs.
Plus who doesn't love Rainbows!
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Extracellular matrix degrading proteases from the plasminogen (plg) activator (PA) and the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) systems have been implicated as important mediators of ovulation and corpus luteum (CL) formation and regression. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the expression and regulation of PAs and MMPs in the ovary and to examine their functional roles for CL formation and function.
The expression of membrane-type MMP-1 (MT1-MMP) and its substrate gelatinase A (MMP-2) mRNAs was studied during pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG)/human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-induced ovulation in immature rats. These proteases were coordinately regulated so that both were highly expressed in the theca cells of large preovulatory follicles. This suggests that MT1-MMP activates gelatinase A in preovulatory follicles to degrade the follicular wall during ovulation.
In pseudopregnant (psp) rats, MT1-MMP mRNA was expressed in the CL throughout the luteal phase. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteases type-1 (TIMP-1) mRNA was expressed during CL formation and regression. MMP-2 and collagenase-3 mRNAs were expressed during CL formation and regression, respectively. When the luteal phase was artificially prolonged or shortened, TIMP-1 and collagenase-3 mRNAs were induced only after the serum progesterone levels had decreased, indicating a close association with luteolysis in the rat.
In psp mice, the expression of mRNAs coding for both PAs, seven MMPs, and five protease inhibitors was studied. Most of the studied molecules were coordinately expressed during formation or regression of the CL. However, uPA, MT1-MMP, and TIMP-3 mRNAs were expressed throughout the luteal phase. The role of uPA was examined in psp uPA deficient mice. These mice displayed no abnormalities in luteal function or vascularity. The role of uPA is thus either not essential or can be compensated by other proteases in the absence of uPA.
In order to control the timing of the CL formation, a mouse model for PMSG/hCG-induced CL formation was developed. Five different protocols were evaluated. One of them provided CL that were stable for six days. In that protocol the mice were treated with prolactin (PRL), twice daily from day 2 of CL life onward. The expression of the steroid acute regulatory protein (StAR) mRNA in the psp CL was also characterized to assess its use as a molecular marker for CL development and regression. It was highly expressed in the forming and functional CL and downregulated at a late stage of CL regression.
The functional role of plg and MMPs for CL formation and function was investigated in plg deficient mice treated with the MMP inhibitor galardin (GM6001). Both psp mice and PMSG/hCG +PRL-induced CL formation were used. Several molecular markers for CL development and regression were used to evaluate the health status of the CL. Our data showed that healthy and vascularized CL formed even in plg deficient mice treated with the inhibitor. However, serum progesterone levels were significantly reduced in these mice, an effect that was mainly attributable to the plg deficiency. In conclusion, neither plg nor MMPs, alone or in combination, seem to be essential for the development of a functional CL.
In the ovary, extensive tissue remodeling is required during both follicular development and the break down of the follicular wall at the time of ovulation. Extracellular proteases such as serine proteases and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are thought to play pivotal roles in these processes. In this paper, we have used in situ hybridization to study the regulation and distribution of mRNA coding for MMP-2 (gelatinase A) and its cell surface activator membrane-type MMP1 (MT1-MMP) during gonadotropin induced ovulation in the rat. In ovaries of untreated immature (23 day old) rats, the levels of MT1-MMP and MMP-2 mRNA were low. MMP-2 mRNA was found in theca-interstitial cells while MT1-MMP mRNA was found in both granulosa and theca-interstitial cells and both messages were induced after stimulation with PMSG. After an ovulatory dose of hCG, the expression of MT1-MMP was dramatically down regulated in the granulosa cell layers of large preovulatory follicles but the expression remained and appeared to be up regulated together with MMP-2 in the theca-interstitial cells surrounding the large preovulatory follicles. The expression kinetics and tissue distribution supports the notion that MT1-MMP may have dual functions in the ovary. Initially MT1-MMP may act as a matrix degrading protease inside the follicle during follicular development and later, just prior to ovulation, as an activator of proMMP-2 in theca-interstitial cells surrounding preovulatory follicles.
The corpus luteum (CL) is a transient endocrine organ that secretes progesterone to support pregnancy. The CL is formed from an ovulated follicle in a process that involves extensive angiogenesis and tissue remodeling. If fertilization does not occur or implantation is unsuccessful, the CL will undergo regression, which involves extensive tissue degradation. Extracellular proteases, such as serine proteases and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), are thought to play important roles in both the formation and regression of the CL. In this study, we have examined the physiological regulation pattern and cellular distribution of messenger RNAs coding for gelatinase A (MMP-2), collagenase-3 (MMP-13), membrane type MMP 1 (MT1-MMP, MMP-14), and the major MMP inhibitor, tissue inhibitor of MMPs type 1 (TIMP-1) in the CL of adult pseudopregnant (psp) rat. Northern blot and in situ hybridization analyses revealed that gelatinase A messenger RNA was mainly expressed during luteal development, indicating that gelatinase A may be associated with the neovascularization and tissue remodeling that takes place during CL formation. Collagenase-3 had a separate expression pattern and was only expressed in the regressing CL, suggesting that this MMP may be related with luteal regression. MT1-MMP that in vitro can activate progelatinase A and procollagenase-3 was constitutively expressed during the formation, function, and regression of the CL and may therefore be involved in the activation of these MMPs. TIMP-1 was induced during both the formation and regression of the CL, suggesting that this inhibitor modulates MMP activity during these processes. To test whether the induction of collagenase-3 and TIMP-1 is coupled with luteal regression, we prolonged the luteal phase by performing hysterectomies, and induced premature luteal regression by treating the pseudopregnant rats with a PGF2alpha analog, cloprostenol. In both treatments, collagenase-3 and TIMP-1 were induced only after the serum level of progesterone had decreased, suggesting that collagenase-3 and TIMP-1 are induced by physiological signals, which initiate functional luteolysis to play a role in tissue degradation during structural luteolysis. In conclusion, our data suggest that gelatinase A, collagenase-3, and MT1-MMP may have separate functions during the CL life span: gelatinase A mainly takes part in CL formation, whereas collagenase-3 mainly takes part in luteal regression; MT1-MMP is constitutively expressed during the CL life span and may therefore serve as an in vivo activator of both gelatinase A and collagenase-3. TIMP-1 is up-regulated both during the formation and regression of the CL and may therefore regulate MMP activity during both processes.
The formation of the corpus luteum (CL) is accompanied with angiogenesis and tissue remodeling and its regression involves tissue degradation. Matrix degrading proteases such as plasminogen activators (PAs) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are thought to play important roles in such controlled proteolytic processes. In this study, in situ hybridization has been used to examine the regulation and expression pattern of mRNAs coding for proteases and protease inhibitors belonging to the PA- and MMP-systems during the life cycle of the CL in an adult pseudopregnant mouse model. Of the nine proteases and five protease inhibitors that were studied, the majority were found to be temporally expressed during the formation and/or the regression of the CL. However, the mRNAs coding for urokinase type PA (uPA), membrane-type 1 MMP (MT1-MMP), and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases type-3 (TIMP-3) were constantly expressed in the mouse CL throughout its whole life span. To study the functional role of uPA in the CL, we analyzed luteal formation and function in uPA deficient mice. Our results revealed no significant difference in ovarian weight, serum progesterone levels, and blood vessel density in the functional CL between uPA deficient and wild type control mice. The temporal and spatial expression pattern of proteases and protease inhibitors during the CL life span suggests that members of the PA- and MMP-systems may play important roles in the angiogenesis and tissue remodeling processes during CL formation, as well as in the tissue degradation during luteal regression. However, the absence of reproductive phenotypes in mice lacking uPA and several other matrix degrading proteases indicates that there are redundancies among different matrix degrading proteases or that tissue remodeling in the ovary may involve other additional unique elements.


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What happens when I'm ahead like this, I feel like a comic is "old news" by the time it goes live, whereas it's still sitting scheduled and ready to go. It's kind of weird.
FEMA Response is the comic I was alluding to in an earlier post when I'd jotted down the idea while working on an earlier comic.
Feline Contempt, the idea originated from my own cat, of course. Indiana Jones always seems to upset that she's not being fed enough, when of course, she has plenty kibble, but would prefer her wet food. She can be bothersome (I don't like having a wet nose rubbed all over me. It's like I'm being painted with a highlighter).
Anyhow, she just had this impression like she was so full of contempt, but of course was helpless to serve her own wet food. This joke was just a snapshot into a grouchy cat's mind. And, no doubt, I'm sure you'd recognize the cat's design to resemble "Grouchy Cat," too.
The Business Man @ Home joke was a bit of a takeoff on Office Space and the classic dialogue surrounding the new coverletters we're putting on each of the TPS reports now. Didn't you get that memo?
I can't imagine any office-themed joke goes very far before it flutters upon the "memo gag." And of course, this is the second post in this series, and here we are. For the record, I didn't draw the child's art - - I cut and paste it from a Google search.
The final product didn't mention the "memo" or "TPS Reports" or anything like that, but the joke is firmly rooted in an homage to Office Space.
The last joke on here was "Ship Christening," which is sort of a personal favourite. My wife and I were watching the news and the Duchess of Cambridge was christening the Nebuchanezzer in June. I laughed at what a waste it was to bother shattering a bottle of champagne, and the first thing to come out of my mouth was basically this joke as you see it.
this image.
Those poor champagne-less kids in Africa, right?
Anyhow, there's a little insight into the goings-on of where some of these jokes come from. No doubt, joking around with my wife is a great source of inspiration - - and she's come up with a classic idea or two in her time, which I'll credit gratefully when the time comes to publishing them.
Thanks for reading, and if there are absolutely any questions about any of these series, ask away, and I'll answer them as best as I can.


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by Christina LaMontagne on March 26, 2014 for NerdWallet Health
One in five American adults will struggle to pay medical bills this year. A sudden accident or frightening diagnosis can touch virtually anyone, unleashing mountains of bills even on the insured. In fact, medical bills are the leading cause of personal bankruptcy, a last resort after millions of families have drained their savings, maxed their credit cards and even refinanced their homes. To further understand the complexity of health costs, NerdWallet Health has compiled a series of estimates highlighting the strain of medical bills in 2013.


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Hi everyone! I hope everyone has had a good first week back at school.
I thought I'd share with you a recent outing I'd had as I had such a great time and would definitely recommend is as a fun, exciting day out!
Yesterday, I went up to London with my family to celebrate my cousin and brother turning 18 and had such a good day out! We went to the London Dungeon which, I'll be honest wasn't very scary but was still great fun! Later, went to see The Poppies at The Tower of London because it was the last weekend to see them before they got taken down- I can't even express how amazing they were! The Poppies were stunning and like nothing I'd ever seen before!
When we got into London we had a quick Pret lunch before the London Dungeons. I had a salmon and avocado protein pot with a super smoothie to drink, which was so good as I find staying healthy while out and about can be a bit of a challenge but this was so tasty and super easy!
After, we went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner before going to see Miss Saigon which literally took my breath away as it was such an amazing show! I am a HUGE musical fan and this show certainly didn't disappoint! I won't bore you with the plot line however, the lead Kim, played by Eva Noblezada, has one of the most amazing voices I have ever heard- her range was incredible!
I had such a good time and would definitely do something like this again with a group of friends, however be warned: It can lead to being quite an expensive day out- I better get saving!


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Immediate past Minister/Deputy Chairman National Planning Commission (NPC), Dr. Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman has said that contrary to claim by President Muhammadu Buhari that his administration met an empty treasury, former President Goodluck Jonathan left behind $32 billion.
This amount, according to him, comprises $30billion in foreign reserve and $2billion in the Excess Crude Account (ECA).
It would be recalled that Buhari, while speaking with newsmen, said his administration inherited "virtually an empty treasury" from Jonathan.
But the former minister rose in defence of his boss in a statement, describing the report as "unscientific and unfair".
He explained that the amount left behind by Jonathan would have been higher if not "for the governors' insistence on sharing the money".
He said the former president must not be criminalized or tagged a looter before the generality of Nigerians.
He said: "Government can't tell us that there is no Excess Crude Account(ECA), Sovereign Wealth Fund(SWF) or are we saying the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS) and related agencies have not in the last one month been generating revenue? It is when they are able to prove that they have not received anything from these government agencies in the last one month that Nigerians can buy into the president's claims of an empty treasury".
He recalled that under Jonathan, Nigeria was rated the largest economy in Africa and 26th in the world, adding, "How can such a government now leave an empty treasury?"
"Money made by government is meant to be spent, and this the immediate past administration did responsibly. Every government, even in the so-called western world, including the US which today remains one of the largest debtor nations in the world, government operates on deficit. Is it not on record that President Obama inherited $2billion debt, a collapsed banking sector and mortgage industry, yet he never raised any alarm. None of these has happened in Nigeria under Jonathan.
Under Jonathan, Nigeria became the largest Africa economy and 26th in the world amidst deadly security challenges and dwindling international prices of oil. In spite of all these, the FG never owed salary.
Upon inception of Jonathan's administration, it is on record that the price of oil at the global stage was over 100 dollars per barrel and at the close of the administration, it dropped to $46. Yet, there wasn't collapse of government and federal civil servants were paid as at when due. It will be misleading therefore for our respected President Muhammadu Buhari and indeed the ruling APC to claim to have met an empty treasury," he said.
Abubakar, who was a member of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and served as Kwara Campaign Coordinator of Buhari in the 2011 election before he later joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urged the president to concentrate on delivering the change he promised Nigerians.
"I very much respect President Mohammadu Buhari and he is capable of handling the situation and he should hit the ground running", he added.
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