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Los Angeles Forest, Calif.-Brian Sosa's M3 teetered precariously, upside down, on the edge of the cliff. Seconds before, the tail end had gotten a little too far out during a spirited drive up a twisty section of mountain road outside the city. While he'd normally correct these slides, his tires at the time were balder than Telly Savalas at a Mach III convention. Causing the heavily modified M3 to slide from one side of the road to the other and then flip up over the guardrail.
Sosa has been modifying cars to go faster since he was barely out of Underoos. He got his first VW Bug at the tender age of 13. While he patiently waited for his driver's license he rebuilt the engine, re-upholstered the interior, and did a primer paint job.
"After this I was hooked," he says. "I modded pretty much every car I owned after that."
Sosa admits that he delved into the Japanese market for a while, but as he got older and owned a few watercooled VWs, one of them a murdered-out 20th anniversary GTI, he decided Euros were the way to go. Like any true gearhead, he eventually realized that getting traction with big power in a FWD was like Junior Seau trying to sprint in an ice rink while wearing bowling shoes. Then again, had he stuck with front-wheel drive and not started a new chapter in his life, involving RWD and a modded E46, his life may not have been hanging by a thread that night in the mountains.
Lucky for him, his days on Earth weren't up. You wouldn't be reading about him if they had been. While the car was smashed to oblivion, his five-point harness and race seat had saved his hide. And he managed to climb out before the smoldering vehicle plummeted down the sheer cliff face and exploded. OK-that last part was hyperbole. Sosa describes it better: "The driver side was off the cliff, so I climbed out of the passenger side. I thankfully walked away without a scratch, but the car was totaled."
They say every dark cloud has a silver lining. In this case, the lining would be Sosa's E46 replacement, this supercharged E90 M3, complete with a six-point roll bar where the kid's seats are supposed to be. But at 23 years old, this BMW tech doesn't have those pesky things running around quite yet. Which is why he's able to blast his way around L.A. in what can truly be called a caged animal.
You may be wondering: Why a four-door? "I didn't want to buy a used E46 and the new M3 coupe just didn't appeal to me. It didn't have that aggressive race look I like," Sosa says. The slightly wider and longer four-door did appeal to him, though.
"I was talking to a buddy one day and we were saying how hardcore it would be to have a four-door sedan gutted out with race seats and roll cage," he says. "So I finally pulled the trigger on the E90. Before even taking it home I installed BMW Blackline taillights and the modding has not stopped since."
Speaking of stopping, Goodridge brake lines with Hawk pads and Motul brake fluid assist the E90 in coming to a halt. The entire chassis is lowered by H&R springs. Pneumatic duties are carried out by Continental ContiSportContact 3s that wrap custom-painted BBS CHs measuring 8.5x19 fore and 10x19 aft.
With the basics down, Sosa decided to put the car on a diet. He pulled the rear seats and the sound deadening material to shave some pounds. Then it came time to get to the heart of this caged animal's core, the engine. Gintani has been in the Bimmer game for some time now. The company's supercharger kits run up to 9.5 psi depending on the application. We first ran into them last November as their motley crew lingered around one of three of the supercharged BMWs parked at the weeklong SEMA convention in Las Vegas.
It was Gintani's reputation for performance that doesn't compromise drivability or dependability that led Sosa to call on this company for engine mods. Alex and Arbo Gintani are understandably tight-lipped about the exact specifications of the blower setup. But we do know that it consists of larger injectors, 12:1 compression ratio, and a custom machined intake manifold with a built-in cooling core. These items and others combined with a Vortech V2 charger run at 6.5 psi to help the S65 V8 churn out a claimed 630 crank horsepower.
Sosa's last incident occurred the night after he got the supercharger. After getting sideways while hard on the throttle, he flicked down to second but the additional power kept him sideways even through third gear.
He didn't crash-the only thing the policeman in the alley saw was a black four-door with a roll cage and a carbon 3F front splitter getting sideways at 45 mph.
This particular incident wouldn't end up ruining Sosa's night-or his M3. After pulling him over, the police officer called him out on the exhaust, which is a 2.5-inch catless race system from Gintani.
"I didn't mean to get it sideways," Sosa says. "I just wasn't entirely aware of how much faster the car was, and I didn't want to look like an ass in front of my girl, so I just rode it out." The officer let him go with a warning.
There's a moral to this story somewhere. I think it has to do with commitment. Sosa has it for his drifts, his girlfriend, and his project car. If he's going to stay this committed, he may want to extend that roll cage by a couple of points the next time he decides to go to the mountains.
4.0-liter V8, dohc, 32-valve.
Gintani SCV supercharger kit: CNC-machined intake manifold, larger fuel injectors, Tial blow-off valve Vortech V2 T supercharger (6.5 psi boost); Gintani catless race exhaust system
Six-speed manual
H&R springs, Panhard antiroll bars
Goodridge lines, Hawk pads, Motul brake fluid
Wheels & Tires
BBS CH, 8.5x19 (f), 10x19 (r)Continental ContiSportContact 3, 255/35 (f), 295/30 (r)
3F front splitter, Karbonwerkes trunk lid, LCI taillights, smoked reflectors, blacked-out grilles, semi-gloss mirrors
Recaro SPG seats, Schroth harnesses, six-point chrome-moly rollcage
Peak Power: 630 hp
Peak Torque: 420 lb-ft

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Stewart Stevenson spoke next, stating that Scotland's target for 100% electricity consumption from renewable energy by 2020 is ultimately going to be financed by private low carbon investment. He emphasized that technological solutions have to go together with policies and 'efforts on behavior'. He drew on the importance of a low carbon investment conference which was held in Edinburgh last September, as a chance for this crucial public-private engagement to take place.
The renewable energy sector now accounts for 10% of Scottish GDP and with a current 27.6% reduction from 1990 levels, Scotland is right on track for 42% by 2020.
Dominique Ramard, Vice President, Brittany then drew attention to a big scale marine energy project with EDF which has received investment in the millions of euros, as well as the numerous windfarm projects that Brittany also boasts. He affirmed that working with new financing models is crucial, and announced that on December 9, 2011, in collaboration with Caisse des Depots, Brittany will launch a regional carbon fund. He asserted that great potential for carbon reductions in Brittany lies in agriculture and public buildings, and called for a joint demonstration of the Clean Revolution.
Next to speak was Marta Marin, Head of the Basque Country delegation to the EU, who said that scarcity of resources in her region is 'a driver for renewable energy and energy efficiency', although social resistance to wind farms is still an issue.
Marin hinted at crossparty support for climate action in parliament - as a climate bill was recently unanimously adopted in Parliament which will lead to more business opportunities - but the transport and building sector are still the biggest challenges.
Oswaldo Lucon, Senior Advisor to Secretary for Environment, The State of Sao Paulo began by testifying that his state is the 'industrial powerhouse' of Brazil. He said there is currently a challenge to choose between fully harvesting the recently discovered offshore oil reserves on the one hand, and investment in innovations to tackle climate change on the other.
Lucon maintained that the parliament has sent a clear signal by adopting a 20% reduction target from 2005 levels by 2020, which is a first in its kind in developing countries, and considers it, 'the best metric to keep on track, but also a clear message to international negotiators emphasing it can be done'.
The city perspective was highligted by David Cadman, Former Councilor, Vancouver. One innovative initiative he pointed out is the climate registry, which was adopted by hundreds of cities around the world to report on jointly.
Overall, the panel offered a clear summary of the shared need for collaboration and exchange from all government levels as well as the corporate sector.
Luc Bas, Director for International States and Regions, The Climate Group, who co-hosted the event, added: "The international community can learn a lot from what is being done at the sub-national government level, which is clearly distinct from the city level that has enjoyed far more attention until now. Government members of The Climate Group recently formalized its States and Regions Alliance, and a priority is to share these actions for a Clean Revolution among themselves, but even more so with all the other international actors."
See our States and Regions' Alliance key commitments
Learn more about The Clean Revolution.
Damian Ryan, Senior Policy Manager, The Climate Group, is writing news and analysis throughout COP17, and providing a more in-depth post-COP Briefing after the events. Keep up to date on our website and by following him on Twitter during COP17.
Our international policy teams are have also commented on key regional positions in the lead-up to Durban; read about Australia, China,Europe, India and the US.


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An emboldened, second-term President Obama on Tuesday made clear that if lawmakers don't tackle climate change, he will do an end run around Congress and use his executive powers to curb greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming.
The commitment — delivered during Obama's fourth State of the Union address — shed more light on how the president plans to make good on his inaugural vow to combat climate change as and showed he is willing to flex his muscle on the issue.
"If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will," Obama pledged. "I will direct my cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take — now and in the future — to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy."
Although Obama didn't spell out details, the president could immediately direct his Environmental Protection Agency to impose new greenhouse gas emission standards on existing power plants, going beyond proposed mandates that apply only to new facilities.
Obama also pitched a "drilling for clean energy" plan, where revenue from oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters would be steered toward research into alternatives for fueling the nation's cars and trucks. The "Energy Security Trust" Obama proposed would be used to support development of advanced electric vehicles, biofuels, natural gas-powered cars and other alternatives to petroleum fuels and the classic combustion engine.
As part of the deal, Obama said his administration "will keep cutting red tape and speeding up new oil and gas permits."
Similar ideas have surfaced on Capitol Hill before. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, included a plan for using drilling revenue to fund clean energy research in unveiling her "20/20″ vision for U.S. energy policy last week, though her. And two years ago, as a handful of senators tried to fashion a compromise on climate change legislation, one possible deal hinged on expanding offshore drilling in exchange for new limits on carbon emissions.
"The president was clear about the magnitude of the challenge and resolute in his determination to use his executive authority to take action, especially if Congress won't," said former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Carol Browner, now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
But some oil and gas industry leaders were skeptical.
"We will have to take a closer look at the president's proposals related to taxes and use of revenue from natural gas production to ensure that they don't have a negative impact on our ability to provide affordable energy and create jobs," said Regina Hopper, president of America's Natural Gas Alliance.
Jack Gerard, head of the American Petroleum Institute, said that if Obama wants to make good on his commitment to an all-of-the-above energy strategy, he "must follow through by implementing a national energy policy, lifting existing restrictions in support of responsible development of our vast energy resources, approving the Keystone XL pipeline and standing up against unnecessary and burdensome regulations that chill economic growth."
Obama used his nationally televised address to reiterate his call for America to take the lead in a global clean energy race, leverage the strides the U.S. already has made to expand wind power and drive down the costs of solar power. "As long as countries like China keep going all-in on clean energy, so must we," Obama said.
He also advanced a plan modeled after the "Race to the Top" education program for states that would reward those that make big advances in energy efficiency. Details on the program were scarce Tuesday night but the administration signaled it would be used to support state governments that implement policies to boost efficiency and slash waste.
Echoing previous State of the Union addresses, Obama once again invoked the promise of natural gas, which produces fewer carbon emissions than coal when burned for power. Energy companies are using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling to extract natural gas and oil from dense rock formations nationwide, unlocking previously inaccessible supplies. That natural gas boom "has led to cleaner power and greater independence," Obama said.
Although the president stopped short of specifically pledging that the EPA would impose new greenhouse gas emission limits, Andrew Steer, president of the World Resources Institute, said this is one area where Obama clearly could act administratively, even if Congress doesn't move first.
"The administration can make significant progress in reducing emissions . . . by enacting standards for existing power plants, which represent the largest portion of U.S. emissions," Steer said.
Luke Metzger, director of Environment Texas, praised Obama for backing up his "bold words on addressing global warming from his inaugural address by outlining clean energy solutions." But, he said Americans are "counting on the president to clean up carbon pollution from power plants, which will help the United States fulfill its obligation to future generations."
Without congressional action, the EPA also could pursue greenhouse gas regulations aimed at airplanes, the fastest-growing transportation source of those emissions.
Lawmakers and energy analysts don't expect Congress to pass a comprehensive climate change plan, like previous, failed efforts to impose a cap-and-trade plan or tax on carbon dioxide emissions.
Eileen Claussen, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, said it would be best if lawmakers developed a "market-based approach that put a price on carbon" as a way to slash emissions. But if Congress doesn't act, "many companies are prepared to work with EPA to craft sensible policies meeting both our climate and energy needs," Claussen said.
Environmentalists widely cheered Obama's tough climate change talk but insisted a major test of the president's commitment is coming soon, when the State Department decides whether the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is in the national interest. That $7 billion project would ferry bitumen to refineries along the Gulf Coast, potentially expanding the market for oil sands crude harvested in Canada using more energy-intensive techniques than conventional supplies.
Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, which is organizing a major Keystone XL rally in Washington, D.C. next weekend, said that he was glad to see the president "ratcheting up the rhetoric about climate change."
But, he added, "the test of that rhetoric will be what he does about . . . the Keystone XL pipeline, with its freight of nearly a million barrels a day of the dirtiest oil on earth."
Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, said it was "important that the president acknowledged the urgency of the climate crisis," but "climate change won't be solved on rhetoric alone."
"We look forward to seeing the Obama administration's plan to cut greenhouse pollution without waiting for Congress but we do know this: It must include use of existing laws like the Clean Air Act to cut carbon pollution, a significant shift toward sustainable energy and rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline and drilling in the Arctic."


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Elvis is a 16-foot saltwater crocodile who lives at the Australian Reptile Park outside Sydney. He apparently does not like lawnmowers. Above, we see what happens when one gets too close. Park operations manager Tim Faulkner tells the BBC that after Elvis "drowned" the offending machine, he guarded it for over an hour: ''It was his prize, his trophy. If it moved, then he would attack it again.'' Luckily, Faulkner and others were able to distract Elvis with meat and fish out the lawnmower (and the teeth Elvis lost in the battle). However, it will never mow lawns again.
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- Dorothy Marie Johnson yearned to break into the boy's club of Western story writers
- Her story "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" was turned into a film with top Hollywood stars
- Greene: She knew how to draw readers into a tale and keep them hanging until the end
No one ever handed her anything.
She never had it made.
Born in Iowa in 1905, an only child, she soon moved with her parents to Montana. As she grew up, she developed a love of reading and an interest in writing, and submitted stories to her small-town newspaper. She studied English at college in Montana; she briefly and unhappily married and then divorced. She worked whatever jobs she could find. Her husband had built up numerous debts, including gambling losses; she vowed that she would make good on all of them, and she did.
She sold some stories to the Saturday Evening Post, using her full name as a byline: Dorothy Marie Johnson. She moved to New York, found work at the Gregg Shorthand Co., and eventually became the editor of a women's-interest magazine.
But she was homesick -- and she yearned to write a different kind of story. In New York, she would go to the public library to read up on the saga of the West and would go to the movies to watch thrilling films on that same theme.
She missed Montana, and what she most wanted to do was write Westerns.
The authorship of Westerns -- tales of cowboys and rustlers and settlers and the rough-hewn world around them -- had traditionally been a men's club. Zane Grey, Max Brand, Owen Wister, Luke Short, Jack Schaefer, Louis L'Amour -- right up to today, those are the kinds of names most frequently associated with famous Western novels. There didn't seem to be much room for a Dorothy.
She didn't care. She knew she was good enough to succeed.
Here are six words for you:
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
She wrote it. She changed her byline to Dorothy M. Johnson, feeling that Dorothy Marie sounded too frilly; she wrote the short story that was turned into one of the greatest Western movies ever made. A men's club? John Ford, the director of the 1962 film, and John Wayne, James Stewart and Lee Marvin, the stars, welcomed her into their own club. So did Gary Cooper, who starred in another movie based on one of her stories: 1959's "The Hanging Tree." And Richard Harris, who starred in 1970's "A Man Called Horse."
Last Sunday's column, about the immortality that the highest level of artistry confers upon the artist, centered on the life of Vincent van Gogh, but it also mentioned some authors whose work will long endure. In between the names of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Philip Roth, I placed the name of Dorothy M. Johnson.
A number of you asked who she was.
I'm glad you did. I was kind of hoping you would.
Because, in addition to the wonderful talent she possessed, she is a prime example of how, if you set your heart to it, you have a chance to accomplish just about anything.
She died in 1984, at the age of 78. According to the obituary published in The New York Times, she wrote 17 books, more than 50 short stories and many poems and magazine articles. After she moved back West, she taught college writing courses. The Western Writers of America bestowed upon her their highest honors.
Her writing was so clean, so spare -- she knew just how to draw her readers into a tale and keep them hanging on right up to the last word in the last sentence of the last paragraph. Westerns may not be as popular as they once were, but beautiful writing is eternal.
Your public library, if you're lucky, has some Dorothy M. Johnson books; I think you'll find them a treat. KUSM, the public-broadcasting station in Bozeman, Montana, put together an affectionate 27-minute documentary on her life called "Gravel in Her Gut and Spit in Her Eye." If you'd like to see it, here it is.
Because she seemed to enjoy putting unexpected twists into her plots, and because we're talking about "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," I'll end this with a story about the movie I think she might have liked.
During my years of musical travels, I became friends with Gene Pitney, the singer whose hits included "It Hurts to Be in Love," "Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa," "Town Without Pity" and, of course, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." Once you hear that song, you never forget it.
Pitney told me that he constantly heard two things from fans. Either they would say:
"I thought your song was one of the best parts of the movie."
"I was watching 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' on TV last night, and they cut your song out of it. They must have had to edit it for time."
Both sets of fans, Pitney said, were wrong.
"I thought I was recording it for the movie," Pitney said.
He was justifiably excited about the prospects. With that cast and that director, the film was destined to be a big hit.
During the recording session, a friend of Pitney's left the studio, went outside for a few minutes and saw a marquee on a movie theater. The person came back, Pitney said, and broke the news to him:
"In the middle of the recording session, I found out that the movie had already come out."
To say that made him a little depressed is an understatement.
"Here's a movie with Jimmy Stewart, Lee Marvin and John Wayne -- and the song doesn't get into the movie," he said.
But people continue to think they heard it there. For a long time, Pitney would gently set the questioners straight. By the time he died in 2006, though, he often just smiled and let them believe what they wanted to believe.
He was living up to a line with which every Dorothy M. Johnson fan -- and every fan of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" -- is quite familiar:
When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.


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42 comments:
- Martina said...
Yes, one little thing leads to another! Sometimes i'm overwhelmed with all the things i WANT to do - it helps, getting back and into the present moment, and do just one thing i can do! xox
- July 8, 2011 at 1:46 AM
- this free bird said...
It's like you're reading my mind. I swear I've been thinking about this and referenced it just moments ago. It's a sign!
- July 8, 2011 at 2:02 AM
- Traveling Distances said...
Love this post! Starting a new chapter is always nice and refreshing.
- July 8, 2011 at 2:09 AM
- Ana Degenaar said...
I love this, I really do need to start a new chapter in my life.
- July 8, 2011 at 2:21 AM
- Erika Lee @ A Tiny Rocket said...
I often think too that I am the only one who gets in the way of myself :) It's all about your mindset.
Happy Friday!
- July 8, 2011 at 2:40 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
I LOVE THIS....I LOVE THE MESSAGE, THE IMAGES and the WAY you presented this. BRILLIANT MY FRIEND! Yes, something NEW is what we all have to try....it is actually GOOD for the brain! I would sometimes ask my students upon entering the classroom to get out their spelling words and practice writing them with THEIR OPPOSITE HAND. It is hard, a new thing that the kids enjoyed doing, but NOVELTY is a great exercise for the brain, not to mention that it is fun and exciting to try a new recipe, struggle through something new. I must finish the last measure of a minuet that I have been learning on my harp. Learning that last measure will take some concentration, but it will be great! THANK YOU FOR THIS MESSAGE dear one! And my writing...ah..bliss. I just need all day. Yesterday I spent so much time "struggling" through a piece of poetry that when I came up for air to go to the grocery store with my husband, I was THINKING the whole time in words....specific words. HOW IS YOUR PAINTING? Any new ideas or developments?
BRAVO MY FRIEND, this is a wonderful message! Have a marvelous weekend and come by later this evening or tomorrow; my new post will show pictures of my home.
- July 8, 2011 at 4:08 AM
- A Plum By Any Other Name said...
What a great message to wake up to on a Friday. Thanks for this lovely reminder to enjoy life's little treasures. Let the weekend begin! ;)
- July 8, 2011 at 4:25 AM
Thank you for this post! It was just what I needed to hear today!!!
- July 8, 2011 at 7:05 AM
- thingsIlove said...
So true! Love this post. Have a lovely weekend darling.
- July 8, 2011 at 7:19 AM
- Hannah {Culture Connoisseur} said...
Lovely post. And so true, "it only takes some small changes..."
Love those shoes too, oh boy!
- July 8, 2011 at 7:27 AM
- melifaif said...
LOVE this!!!!!
- July 8, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- amy b.s. said...
love all your thoughts on new things to do. i may have to try a few out myself!
- July 8, 2011 at 8:20 AM
- Yelena Starikova said...
I love it!!! That is so Inspiring!!! Beautiful Images and thanks for lifting my mood!
- July 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Gorgeous Glam said...
I agree. Whenever I'm feeling in a rut, I find some new music, get outdoors more, change the makeup, get on a new book, and create something just to name a few lol. Hope you have a great wknd doll! xo
- July 8, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- Annie said...
I really think today will be the day for me :)It's time! Thank you for this inspiring post Shawna! Have a wonderful weekend.. xo
p.s. are you on pinterest yet? You will ADORE it if you don't know it already..http://pinterest.com/allnaturalannie/
- July 8, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- Unknown said...
The shoes with the bows are amazing! I want them! :)
- July 8, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Sem Nome said...
So lovely post and words, dear Friend!! I love every single word you wrote up there!!
I wish your chapters are always happy and full of colors!!
Love, Bela
- July 8, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- Gloria said...
Yes!!! It is good to venture out, and to be brave. God will give us the strength to be bold and beautiful...:)
Have a wonderful weekend, dear friend!
- July 8, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Bad Joan said...
Love this post! So inspiring. It's so true that one small change can make such a big difference! Love all the images you chose too!
- July 8, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- ellie's desk said...
Oh, I hope you have a great weekend of all sorts of fun things. I love the farmers market here. I found a new one on Sundays. Love the quote here!
Thanks for the note too.
- July 8, 2011 at 7:41 PM
- Jamie-Lee Burns said...
I love these ideas - I want to try a new recipe this week!
- July 9, 2011 at 12:19 AM
- littlekarstar said...
Love the pics in your post. Yes I'm thinking of new directions as well...
- July 9, 2011 at 1:05 AM
- alexandra grecco said...
- July 9, 2011 at 5:40 AM
- tinajo said...
Lovely post - made me smile! :-)
- July 9, 2011 at 6:15 AM
- Sienna said...
i love this post. its so inspiring
- July 9, 2011 at 9:34 AM
- DolceDreams said...
Thank you for the wonderful inspiring words, and reminders!I hope that you are enjoying your weekend,
- July 9, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- StephieB said...
Lovely post - I love it all! Hugs and a happy weekend to you, Stephie x
- July 9, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Michelle's Style File said...
Beautiful post- very inspirational!
- July 10, 2011 at 12:38 AM
- k said...
my month has been fulll of big changes so i'm good to go for now i think, haha :)
- July 10, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
Happy Sunday Poppie Girl!!!!
I do LOVE LOVE LOVE your posts! Are you painting something???
Why is it so hard to change?! Yout right....baby small steps!!!!
How's your weekend! Hope you didn't have to work too much!
My Auston and I had a little date night last night! It was so much fun!
We bought a tent last night and set it up today! The plan is to sleep in in tonight, lol ( we'll se how long we make it)
We're off to play tennis, he he!
We suck, but we're having so much fun!
Love you lots Poppie Girl!!!
gi gi
- July 10, 2011 at 4:11 PM
Oh, I want to sit and talk with you. You are so sweet and lovely!! Your blog inspires me, and makes me smile!!!
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!
I love you.
- July 10, 2011 at 4:28 PM
- cb said...
i feel like summers always feel like this post. starting anew and finding out who you are. such a great post. hope your art is coming along nicely. i will send you a post next sunday <3
- July 10, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Courtney McCormack said...
Love this, taking the advise!
- July 10, 2011 at 9:09 PM
- The Many Colours of Happiness said...
I love this, it's so inspiring!!! I will definitely be trying to cross some of these things off of my list :)
- July 10, 2011 at 10:07 PM
- shopgirl said...
This is so true. One little change is all you need and the rest follows!
Hope you had a good week Shawna! Promise to send an email soon! My shop is up! xoxo
- July 11, 2011 at 5:19 AM
- THE ALTERNATIVE WIFE said...
You're inspiring me, lovely! :) xoxo
- July 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Diana said...
You always inspire me sweety! Im actually on a book kick...and I think its a really great new hobbie to pick up...I love reading! :) Love these photos and always your words...so what new are you doing?
Love xoxoxo
- July 11, 2011 at 10:14 PM
- Vintage is for Lovers said...
Beautiful!! Just the words I needed to hear today!!! Thanks for the reminder and the inspiration! xo Samantha
- July 13, 2011 at 12:17 PM
- A Casa da Vá said...
Wow you are amazing, love every work and every pic of this! Very very inspiring... just what I needed after a long busy day, thank you!
Hugs & kisses from Rio!
- July 13, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- classiq said...
Great piece of advice! Inspiring. :)
- July 15, 2011 at 12:25 AM
- Oh, My Darling said...
This post is wonderfully inspiring! Here's to lots of new adventures.
- July 17, 2011 at 7:56 AM
- Fash Boulevard said...
so glad I came across your blog. I'm following, I hope you will as well. I started my blog a little over 3 months ago after graduating from college in the south and moving across the country to LA. The site's all about celebrity fashion from the point of view of an LA stylist. I'd love if if you'd stop by to see multiple post a day on all the latest celebrity fashion news. Any support would be awesome. Thanks love. xoxo
- July 25, 2011 at 2:44 AM


text: Entity Framework Magic Unicorn (and much more!) is now open source with take backs July 19, '12 Comments [25] Posted in Data | Open Source Sponsored By Almost exactly two years from the day we announced Entity Framework "Magic Unicorn Edition" and just a few months after open sourcing of ASP.NET MVC 4, ASP.NET Web API, and Razor we're happy to announce we will release the source code for the Entity Framework under an open source license as well! This is cool for a number of reasons. The EF team is continuing to move forward with a commitment to transparency. The community will be able to not only watch the check-ins and monitor the progress of the project, but also get involved themselves, submit pull requests for bug fixes, use daily builds and give feedback much more efficiently. Just like the open source ASP.NET components and open source Azure SDKs, Entity Framework will continue to have the same full-time Microsoft engineers working on the project and will remain a fully supported Microsoft product that will ship both standalone AND with Visual Studio. The code being open sourced includes the Entity Framework Runtime and NuGet packages, Code First, the DbContext API, the Entity Framework Power Tools as well as pieces that shipped originally with the .NET Framework. The team is also working to open source the EF Designer surface in the future as well. By open sourcing EF we open up the design and development process that started the EF 4.1 preview builds. People who are interested can get nightly builds, see the source code changes, and engage in discussion about the design and implementation. The EF team is committed to opening up the development and involving the community and are going to work hard to make that happen. Entity Framework will live in a Git repository at http://entityframework.codeplex.com and you're welcome to follow, fork, discuss and file bugs against it as you see fit. You could fork it just to fix a bug quickly to unblock work that uses EF, or you could create a custom version of EF with different capabilities. Since the changes can also be contributed back this gives people a lot greater flexibility in how they develop with EF. Again, we've previously open sourced the Azure SDKs, the ASP.NET Web Stack, and now Entity Framework. These products all have the same teams assigned (and in most cases have more resources than before), the same developers coding and the same support guarantees. They are open source projects but they are also supported and released Microsoft products suitable for use in any company. They'll continue to ship with Visual Studio as well as standalone as packages in NuGet. The investment in all these technologies has been significant in the past year and investments will continue going forward with new versions and even more cool features. Async - My Favorite New Entity Framework feature Just as an example, I wanted to show a new feature in the upcoming EF6 that the team is hard at work on for release next year. Visual Studio 2012 introduces the Aync and Await concepts that make asynchronous code much easier to write (and understand). Damian, Levi and I talked about async and the surrounding concepts in this week's Hanselminutes podcast. EF6 will introduce support for the new task-based asynchronous pattern when querying and saving data. You can actually look in the open source code base today and find the first parts of this feature are already checked in! ;) As an example, using EF5 you could define a helper method that will find the store closest to a given location. Any code that calls this method would need to wait while it executed. public Store FindClosestStore(DbGeography location){ using (var context = new StoreContext()) { return (from s in context.Stores orderby s.Location.Distance(location) select s).First(); }} But in EF6 it is easy to turn this into an asynchronous method that can be left to execute while the calling code continues on with other tasks. public async Task<Store> FindClosestStore(DbGeography location){ using (var context = new StoreContext()) { return await (from s in context.Stores orderby s.Location.Distance(location) select s).FirstAsync(); }} This is just one feature but it's my favorite. You'll also soon see mapping of Stored Procedures as well as support for custom conventions using the Code First API. Be sure to follow the Entity Framework Repository and subscribe to the check-ins via RSS to stay up on the latest features and improvements to EF! 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9 months ago, I weighed 167 and wore a 8/10 or size 29/30 jeans. 5 years earlier, back in 2008, I weighed 182 and I wore a 10/12 and a size 32 jeans... Now, I weigh 138, wear a size 2 or 26 in jeans. I am gobsmacked every single time I put on a pair of pants and that say "2" and they fit. The weight didn't come off fast and making a huge lifestyle change wasn't EASY, but it wasn't hard either. It took dedication. Period. It's easier to say that it's impossible than to really commit to making a change though. I have friends who, all the time, ask me how I have time to go to the gym every day... Priorities. I don't go out for happy hour. I don't eat out in restaurants every night. I don't go to 2 movies a week... I go to the gym. I get my sweat on and feel amazing afterwards.
It's no secret that there is a culture of shame that exists in America around obesity (though some, like this waste of perfectly good meat, think that the problem is that we don't shame fat people enough). Unfortunately, body-positive people have ceded the moral high ground to fat shamers by allowing fatness to be framed as an debate of morality and fat-shaming to be discussed as an issue of health. Both tactics miss the point.
Nearly every online discussion about obesity ends up as a discussion on the morality of being fat (as though weight is a moral issue), and there's always one person who feels the need to tell us fatties exactly how easy it is to be healthy (read: skinny), get healthy (read: be less fat), and stay healthy (read: not get gross and fat again). There are plenty of links I could throw at you to show that our beliefs about what it takes to be skinny is at best incomplete and at worst actively harmful. There are thousands and thousands of people out there that are fat and fit. There are still more people who are fat and have medical conditions that make it difficult to near impossible or dangerous to lose weight. But the problem with arguing against fat shaming with these examples is that it doesn't matter. Fat people are as deserving as thin people of respect and humanity as thin people because we are people and not for any other reason.
The quote above is from a woman that lost weight and feels good about herself for having done so. Great for her! I begrudge her none of her happiness, and I hope that every time she puts on size 2 pants (or pants of any size), she loves herself and her body, because our bodies are wonderful things that help us move and breathe and laugh and live. I won't even argue with her statement that losing the weight was easy and keeping it off is fun. Even if losing weight were as easy as these people would have us believe, it still wouldn't make fat people any more deserving of ridicule or shame or hate or discrimination or substandard medical care or terrible articles complaining about how PC America won't let some shitmouth at Philadelphia Magazine make fun of Thunder Thighs In Accounting.
Being thin is a priority for some people. This is a fine and perfectly valid thing. But your priority is yours and yours alone, and the ease with which one can make this a priority is irrelevant. It's obvious if you make the same arguments about any other lifestyle choice that it's absurd on its face. You know what's easy? Being really knowledgeable about film and film theory. It's something that I make a priority in my life. I don't go to the gym; I go home and watch French New Wave films. But people aren't crashing the comment section of reviews for Michael Bay movies to tell fans how easy it is to hang out and watch François Truffaut films and how much better you'll feel, if you just make it a priority.
If you place a great deal of importance on being thin and athletic and in amazing cardiovascular shape, I think that's just swell. You made something a priority in your life and you are doing things you enjoy. That's great and I encourage you. But you're no better than the person who doesn't place a priority on those. Your choices aren't better than the person who is fat and in great shape (I ran a half-marathon at 275 pounds, I know from being fat and in shape), or who is thin and in terrible shape, or even the person that's fat and out of shape. Those people have different priorities than you, and to suggest that their priorities are inherently and obviously lesser, whether with outright nastiness or couched in pseudoscientific - hell, even solid scientific - concern trolling, is high-minded arrogance.
Sorry, but to a lot of people (this writer included), happy hour is fun. Eating out in restaurants is fun. Going to movies - even TWO MOVIES A WEEK - is fun. Not only fun, but those can all be highly rewarding activities, as rewarding as getting one's sweat on is for the commenter above.
And I don't even mean to pick on that one person. She's not unique; she's just the current mouthpiece for society at large. The entire weight loss industry is built around the premise that being thin is easy if you aren't a fat failure, and that deprivation is the key to happiness. It's all represented in that stupid, stupid mantra, "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels." Fuck that. Pork belly banh mi is delicious. Beer (seriously, have you tasted 10 Barrel's Apocalypse IPA?) is delicious. Mashed potatoes are delicious. Peanut butter is delicious. Falafel and pita with hummus and tzatziki is delicious.
It's no one's place to tell me where my priorities for my own body should lay. For me, at this point in my life, all of those things taste better than skinny feels. Disagree if you like - it's neither criminal nor immoral to feel differently on the subject. But don't pretend that sanctimonious self-flagellation makes your view more correct. It just makes you the loudest and the meanest, and that's ugly at any weight.
Joshua David can be found on Twitter at @joshuaadavidd.
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Why is it so hard to make touch-ups match? Turns out, it's all about watching the paint dry.
Two painters can touch up the same wall at the same time, use paint from the same can and get completely different touch-up results.
Paint Touch-Ups, Storage and More:
Water leaves a paint film as it dries, according to an article by Tony Sharotta, a process engineer for Sherwin-Williams, in Cleaning & Maintenance Management magazine. A dried latex paint film consists mostly of pigment and binder (latex) and contains 100 percent solids. However, in the can, the same latex paint contains only 20 to 30 percent solids for ease of application. How quickly the water leaves the film determines how good the final touch-up work can be.
Evaporation and wicking remove water from the paint. Evaporation eliminates most of the moisture but generally does not affect the final touch-up job. Wicking refers to moisture absorbed into the substrate or surface being painted &ndash which could be a previous layer of paint or even the drywall beneath it. The rate at which wicking occurs is the controlling factor in the final look of the painted surface.
When touching up a wall, realize that the paint will wick at a different rate than the original top coat. Reproducing the exact wicking rates each time you paint is virtually impossible, but you can try to influence it. You can slow down the amount of water lost through wicking by diluting the paint when using it for touchups. Diluting paint adds moisture, which slows the wicking rate and increases the time needed for the paint to set up. Dilute the paint by 5 to 10 percent with water for latex-based paint or mineral spirits for oil-based paint.
Stored paints can lose moisture, making it more difficult for touch-ups to match the original coat. However, there is good news: Matching older paint colors is easier and more precise with improved color-matching techniques, so you no longer need to buy more paint than necessary for fear you won't be able to match the color later.
Tips for Storing and Disposing of Paint: The key to paint storage is keeping air out of the can.
- Before closing the can, carefully wipe paint residue from the groove, or chime, and the rim of the lid.
- Close the lid with a rubber mallet or place a block of wood on the lid before hammering it shut – a hammer will damage the lid, preventing a good seal.
- Don't store paint in direct sunlight, inside a hot attic or garage, or next to something warm such as a water heater or furnace. Heat accelerates deterioration, and UV rays fade pigment.
- Don't store paint where freezing temperatures are possible. The freeze-thaw cycle will ruin latex paint.
- Some experts recommend storing paint cans upside-down, but this technique will cause the paint "skin" to form on the underside of the paint. The paint skin is impossible to completely separate from the paint in the mixing process, leaving undesirable chunks. It's easier to remove paint skin from a can stored upright.
- Dispose of hardened latex paint with your household garbage. Use hardening agents such as kitty litter, sawdust or products purchased at your local paint store to solidify large amounts of latex paint.
- Oil-based paint and solvents, including mineral spirits, are considered hazardous waste. You must take special precautions for proper disposal. Check your local regulations to ensure proper handling.
- Whenever possible, use paint completely or donate it to community organizations such as theater groups, schools, housing authorities or reuse centers. If those options are not available, most counties and states have household hazardous waste collection programs. Find your local environmental agency here.
For additional tips, go to http://www.factsfacts.com/MyHomeRepair/storingpaint.htm.
Information provided by Sherwin-Williams. Content can be found at: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/home-builders/services/paint-technology-and-application/sw-article-pro-howtogettouchup.html


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I've loved DC and have been drawing fanarts for 4 years or so and I've decided to post a topic here. XD
Most of my fanarts are uncolored, though. XD
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FORT MEADE, Md. - Lawyers for an Army private who gave classified information to WikiLeaks opened their defense at his court-martial Monday with leaked video of a U.S. helicopter attack in Baghdad.
Pfc. Bradley Manning has admitted to leaking the 39-minute cockpit video showing a 2007 attack that killed a Reuters news photographer and his driver. The Pentagon concluded that the troops reasonably mistook the journalists for enemy combatants. The video is the basis of an espionage charge alleging that Manning had unauthorized possession of national defense information. The government contends that Manning wasn't authorized to possess the video.
WikiLeaks posted it in April 2010 under the title "Collateral Murder."
The defense called its first witness, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua Ehresman, to establish the wide authorized access Manning and other intelligence analysts had. Ehresman testified that Manning and others he worked with in Iraq compiled reports based on a broad spectrum of information available on a classified computer network.
"We got them wherever we could," Ehresman said.
Earlier Monday, as the trial entered its sixth week, Manning's defense team asked the military judge to acquit him of as many as seven charges for lack of incriminating evidence. The government has until Thursday to respond, then Col. Denise Lind will rule.
The defense seeks acquittal on the most serious charge of aiding the enemy, a computer fraud charge and as many as five counts of theft. Details of the motions weren't discussed in court.
Manning faces 21 contested counts. The former intelligence analyst pleaded guilty in February to reduced versions of some charges. He faces up to 20 years for the admitted offenses.
The defense has said it intends to call 25 witnesses to refute the government's charges. The 10 prospective witnesses on Monday include Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler, who has written that leaking something to WikiLeaks is no different than leaking it to The New York Times. Benkler's testimony could refute the government's assertion that Manning knowingly gave intelligence to the enemy because he knew al-Qaida members would see what WikiLeaks posted on its website.
Another prospective defense witness, retired Air Force Col. Morris Davis, would likely give testimony to refute charges stemming from Manning's acknowledged leak of Guantanamo Bay detainee assessment records. Morris was the chief prosecutor at Guantanamo from 2005-07.
Manning said in a Feb. 28 courtroom statement that the assessment briefs were "not very important from either an intelligence or national security standpoint."
Michael Navarre, a former Navy judge advocate now in private practice in Washington, said lead defense attorney David Coombs will likely seek to elaborate on Manning's assertion in his February statement that he selectively leaked material that wouldn't harm national security.
"I think he would pick up on the themes he brought out in the plea," Navarre said.


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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Chicago Fire set the all-time MLS record for ties in a single season Thursday night, giving up a late goal to draw D.C. United 1-1 in front of 15,818 at Toyota Park.
Former Fire forward Josh Wolff scored for DC, hammering a close range shot over Chicago goalie Sean Johnson in the 73rd minute to steal a point for United and hand the Fire their 15th draw of the year.
Midfielder Sebastián Grazzini scored the Fire's goal, side-volleying a close range shot off of DC backup 'keeper Steve Cronin — who came in for an injured Bill Hamid at halftime — in the 59th minute.
Though United came into the contest with momentum and form on their side, it was Chicago that dominated most of the game. But struggles in front of net, particularly from forward Dominic Oduro, left the door open for DC to come out with a point.
The Fire had their first chance in the ninth minute when Oduro collected a long ball on the right wing, cut into the box and slipped DC defender Brandon McDonald before hitting a shot straight at Hamid at the near post.
Chicago came agonizingly close to going ahead in the 14th minute, when Oduro again beat a static United backline. He ran onto a Grazzini through-ball in the left side of the box and hit the inside of the far post with a curling 15-yarder.
DC started settling in after Oduro hit the post, getting a bit more of the ball and spending a little more time in the Fire's half. Still, it was Chicago that had the next opportunity, with midfielder Marco Pappa forcing Hamid into a fine save with a curling, 35-yard free kick in the 30th minute.
Oduro missed an absolute sitter in the 42nd minute. Attacker Patrick Nyarko put a cross on Oduro's foot just two yards from goal, but the Ghanaian striker couldn't even hit the target, sending a right-footed shot high and wide at the left post.
Oduro's stunning miss was the last chance of the first half, but it wasn't the end of the drama. Hamid went down with an strained right hamstring while he was taking a free kick, and collapsed in the tunnel to the locker room. That forced Cronin, who let in three soft goals on August 6 against Toronto in his last outing, into the match.
Cronin had his first action in the 52nd minute, comfortably saving Fire midfielder Logan Pause's long-distance volley, but didn't do as well the next time he was called upon.
It was an attack that once again started with Nyarko. He rounded Dejan Jakovic on the right flank and sent in a curling cross that DC defender Daniel Woolard could only flick toward the path of a wide open Grazzini at the back post. The Argentine midfielder took full advantage, side-volleying the ball off of Cronin's hands to give Chicago a 1-0 lead.
But DC weren't behind for long, finding the equalizer in the 72nd minute.
Talismanic attacker Dwayne De Rosario dug a long-ball out of the corner, then found substitute midfielder Santino Quaranta at the top of the box. Quaranta played cleverly to an open Wolff in the right side of the box and the veteran forward did the rest, squaring his shoulders and hitting a powerful shot into the roof of the net. Wolff's goal was DC's only shot on goal of the night.
Both teams had a couple of decent efforts in the final minutes, but neither came too close to finding a winner.
The draw pulls DC (7-6-10, 31 points) into a tie for fifth place in the Eastern Conference with the Red Bulls. Chicago, meanwhile, (2-7-15, 21 points) stay at the bottom of the Eastern table.
Both squads return to action this Sunday, with Chicago hosting Toronto FC and DC traveling south to take on surging Sporting Kansas City in a contest rife with playoff implications.
Scoring Summary:
CHI -- Sebastian Grazzini 2 (unassisted) 59
DC -- Josh Wolff 5 (Santino Quaranta 3) 73
Misconduct Summary:
DC -- Clyde Simms (caution; Tactical Foul) 38
DC -- Dejan Jakovic (caution; Tactical Foul) 70
CHI -- Logan Pause (caution; Tactical Foul) 83
CHI -- Yamith Cuesta (caution; Tactical Foul) 93
D.C. United -- Bill Hamid (Steve Cronin 46), Perry Kitchen, Brandon McDonald, Dejan Jakovic, Daniel Woolard, Andy Najar, Clyde Simms, Stephen King (Santino Quaranta 71), Chris Pontius, Dwayne De Rosario, Charlie Davies (Josh Wolff 60).
Substitutes Not Used: Blake Brettschneider, Marc Burch, Austin Da Luz, Ethan White.
Chicago Fire -- Sean Johnson, Dan Gargan, Yamith Cuesta, Jalil Anibaba, Gonzalo Segares, Logan Pause, Sebastian Grazzini (Daniel Paladini 72), Pavel Pardo, Marco Pappa (Diego Chaves 86), Dominic Oduro, Patrick Nyarko (Orr Barouch 86).
Substitutes Not Used: Baggio Husidic, Josip Mikulic, Cristian Nazarit, Jon Conway.
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Referee's Assistants: Craig Lowry; Peter Manikowski
4th Official: Niko Bratsis
Time of Game: 1:53
Weather: Clear and 75 degrees
Attendance: 15,818


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DwellStudio's American Thanksgiving
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DwellStudio was founded by Christiane Lemieux in 1999 in an effort to bring modern textile design to the world of home. The company quickly established itself as a leader and innovator in the bedding market – and expanded to a fuller offering of home furnishings products, including table, baby, and junior. What follows is a guest post by Christiane regarding her new found Thanksgiving traditions. Take it away Christiane…
American Thanksgiving is new to me. I'm Canadian (we do have a Thanksgiving of our own—in a different month, with a whole different history) and I've always used Thanksgiving as an excuse to take a nice long weekend, nothing more. This year is different, though; I've got two little Americans at home. It might not be my tradition, but it's going to be theirs. Welcome to my first American Thanksgiving.
I decided to do some research (apologies in advance if any of this is inaccurate!). The general consensus is that the first Thanksgiving took place in 1621, on a day the Puritans had set aside to celebrate their first harvest, and to mark their first year in the new world. The Puritans broke bread with their neighbors – depending on who you ask, the Wampanoag or Iriquois tribes. I already feel more connected to this holiday; I've got Mohawk Indian blood on my dad's side.
All I knew about the Puritans (or Pilgrims, whatever you want to call them) was their big black hats. But forget all the complicated political issues of colonization; these people left their homes in search of a better life. Isn't that what we call the American dream? And this year, of all years, there's a renewed optimism in the air, an excitement about what it means to be American. I'm ready to celebrate that.
But within reason. Our philosophy at DwellStudio (and my philosophy in life) is to keep things simple. I've got two kids and a full-time job; there's no way I'm going to make a papier-mache cornucopia.
Since I didn't grow up with all the trappings of an American Thanksgiving, I felt free to create my own tradition. On this holiday, the meal itself will be the center of attention, so you don't need to do much in the way of decorating. The rich cranberry red, the warm orange of pumpkin and sweet potatoes, the perfect honey brown of a crisp turkey — it's already a gorgeous color palette.
With that in mind, I decided on a simple, monochromatic backdrop; I plan to use our Sketch place mats and runners — the subtle, graphic black and white are the ideal starting point for any table setting. To warm things up, I'll add some vintage brass flatware, and serving bowls with a beautiful gold interior. Remember, dinner is the center of attention, so I'll use a monochromatic centerpiece: a grouping of white vases and vessels I have around the house, plus some gourds, spray painted white.
Of course, I'll loosen things up a bit for the kids' table; after all, if the kids are restless, the adults won't get to enjoy the impeccably-set table or the lovingly-prepared meal. It is a holiday, after all, so I'll pull out all the stops, making dinner for the little ones an interactive experience. I will use all our DwellStudio kids' favorites (a puppet re-purposed as a place card holder, a fun kit unfurled and used as a place mat) and plenty of crayons and toys to keep little hands busy.
To me, the results will feel special and festive, a nod to tradition but in keeping with the way we live now. It's the perfect modern Thanksgiving — and I can't wait to celebrate this way for years to come. Happy Yankee Thankee, from DwellStudio.


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Bad Reichenhall has a rich, 150-year history as a health spa, with treatments that have proved hugely successful in alleviating respiratory illnesses. The natural secrets of its success are saltwater, mud and a stimulating climate.
The resort enjoys a magnificent mountain setting in the far south-eastern corner of Germany. Surrounded by verdant hills and scenic peaks, Bad Reichenhall is sheltered from unpredictable weather conditions.
Alpine salt, salt-rich Alpine water and mud
An alpine saltwater mineral spa, it became famous because of its salt, which is still to be found in most German kitchens. But the so-called 'Pearl of the Alps' has plenty of other natural treasures to offer: the local rock salt residue, mountain pines, natural mud and alpine climate make this the perfect destination for a relaxing break. Bad Reichenhall is served by an interdisciplinary network of healthcare establishments consisting of spa facilities, doctors and clinics – a framework which ensures that many symptoms can be successfully alleviated on a long-term basis. The resort is ideal for patients with respiratory conditions, although it is also perfect for those suffering from musculo-skeletal problems, skin complaints, allergies, or simply too much stress.
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There's No Way You'll Solve This Math Problem For 11-Year-Olds
By Dave Basner
June 6, 2020
It's good to know children are being challenged in school but when do teachers go too far? Plenty of people are asking that after being stumped by a question posed to 11-year-olds in China.
The question is, "If a ship had 26 sheep and 10 goats onboard, how old is the ship's captain?"
According to the BBC, responses from students included, "The captain is at least 18 because he has to be an adult to drive the ship," and, "The captain is 36, because 26+10 is 36 and the captain wanted them to add up to his age."
A copy of the question went viral on Chinese social media, where everyone had an answer of some kind, like, "This question makes no logical sense at all. Does the teacher even know the answer?" and, "If a school had 26 teachers, 10 of which weren't thinking, how old is the principal?"
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Makes10-12 servings
- 1/2 pound bulk Italian sausage
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- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
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- 1/8 teaspoon rubbed sage
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- Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine the first 8 meatball ingredients; crumble beef and sausage over mixture and mix well. Shape into 1 in. balls. Brown in oil; drain. Add to the sauce; cover and simmer for 2 hours. Serve on rolls. Top with cheese if desired.
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I make this at least every other week as we all love these meatballs and they just get better as leftovers. I serve with spaghetti & the sauce is just right. It is definitely a go-to recipe for potlucks as well as they are soooo good. The sausage really makes them excellent.
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Excellent! Just as good without the sub rolls. All the sausage really gives it great extra flavor.
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More Please!! I thought this did not look saucey enough...but it was perfect!! Will put this recipe in the "Family Cook Book."
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These our for sure the best sandwiches. Thanks for the wonderful recipe. Definitely a keeper. Will be a "go-to" for years to come.
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Easy to make, excellent flavor.
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And Curt Flood, Too
Great column by Bill Rhoden of The New York Times on what could be perceived as the interlocking Hall of Fame candidacies of George Steinbrenner and Curt Flood.
A few months before his thirty-second birthday, with twelve wonderful seasons behind him as the brilliant center fielder of the St. Louis Cardinals, Curt Flood was traded to the doormats of the National League, the Phillies. And he said no. He said you don't have the right to ship my butt anywhere you please – not after I've given you a dozen years of my life. And he stood up against the establishment – and whatever you think the players have done to the game in the last twenty-five years, what the owners had done to the players for the 100 years previous was a million times worse. And Curt Flood refused to go, and he sued, and it cost him his career. This wasn't some fringe guy; through 1969 he had 1,854 hits — all he needed was seven more average seasons to get to 3,000 — he'd batted .293 (only six guys outdid him and five of them are in the Hall), he'd slugged .390 (that was ninth best in the era), he'd had six .300 seasons, two seasons with 200 or more hits, he'd won seven straight Gold Gloves, and he'd been on three pennant winners and two World Champs. And he gave it all up. The man got exactly thirty-five more at-bats in his life. No million-dollar contract, no free agency, not even a job as a first base coach somewhere. He even lost the lawsuit – but he paved the way for the freedoms and salaries and rewards that those who followed enjoy to this day. He was thirty-two – and he gave it all up for a principle. The least he deserves in a plaque in Cooperstown.
In point of fact, as I once suggested on ESPN while Curt Flood was still alive, every player should have given him 1% of their salary.
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Keith, I don't know if you have ever seen this video I'm going to link. It's an amazing interview of Bob Feller from 1957 done by Mike Wallace. Feller had retired and was an advocate for an end to the lifetime reserve clause in baseball. Amazing stuff and a dozen years before C Flood. The video is archived on a University of Texas website.
Enjoy the video and I love your show. Great Special comment last night.
Thanks russelw for the link to a fascinating video document. I now see Feller in an altogether different light after viewing this interview. He was absolutely years ahead of his time. No doubt the lack of public support among major leaguers of the time had, perhaps, a little something to do with the very reserve clause against which he was campaigning. Mike Wallace was a shameless shill for Philip Morris in his commercials, no doubt controlled by this sponsor the same way major league broadcasters were tightly controlled by their sponsors, a topic briefly explored by Wallace and Feller in the interview. Of course, this video makes a powerful argument for Curt Flood's presence in the Hall of Fame, considering that he risked and lost his career, unlike Feller who had recently retired.
Curt Flood, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, the baseball gods of my childhood. My father took me to my first baseball game at Busch Stadium in 1965 to see Bob Gibson pitch. The game has certainly changed a lot, both for the better and for the worse. The 1960s were the golden age of baseball for me.
It took a lot of guts for Curt Flood to do what he did. He forever changed baseball. For that alone he should be in the Hall of Fame. Statistics be damned.
I met Mr. Flood in August of 1988, on a hot summer day in a crowded mall in St. Louis. I was with my family, my step father being newly retired from the SLPD. We were in the food court trying to save a small table of two for a family of seven while each tried to decide where to each and in what shifts.
My step father, spying each venue, tapped my shoulder, leaned forward and pointed towards an average looking man in a line of people waiting to be served.
"Do you know who that is?"
"No. Who?"
"It's Curt Flood."
"Who's that?"
In a few sentences he explained the impact this man had on baseball.
Seeing no vacant tables, I asked, "Do you think he'd like to sit with us?"
"Why don't you ask?"
My brother and step brother made their way through the crowd. Mr. Flood had been served and looking for a table for a minute or two.
"Mr. Flood, would you like to sit with us?"
Rather surprised by the question, he agreed. We showed him to our table and a seat. Unrecognized in this crowded mall by anyone but the seven of us, he seemed happy to have a seat and talk about baseball with Cardinal fans (which he was happier to have remains a mystery). He told us of baseball in his day, the differences between the eras, and some of the famous players he played with.
Feeling we were close to encroaching upon his personal space and noting that he was nearing the end of his snack, we asked if he would mind an autograph and a photo. He signed and dated the handout from the mall and put his arms around us for a few pictures. We thanked him for his time and he thanked us for being Cardinal fans and he headed for the trash with his tray.
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Ken Becker often started stories with a quote, so I thought it fitting to do the same. How did a young man who couldn't type and couldn't spell become a journalist? How did a college dropout become a college teacher? Reading this book appealed to me for a number of reasons. First, the title intrigued me because I am married to an international aid worker, and I have also been an expat for most of my adult years (US, UK, Tanzania, and Sierra Leone). Second, the topic was interesting to me because in addition to being a teacher librarian, I am also a writer. I've never made much money at it, but I love it. Third, and finally, with full disclosure, Ken is my neighbour and who doesn't want to know more about their neighbours? When Ken kindly put an offer of Life Story writing in our mailboxes one summer years ago, I kept the paper which included his website and blog link (thebeckerfiles). When I recently went back to check them out, I discovered he'd written a book, which I found out was available at the Mississauga public library (and also on Amazon). I couldn't resist, and put a hold on it right away.
Becker, a rugged non-conformist New Yorker, pulls no punches as he recounts his rocky road in life and journalism in this readable memoir. I appreciated his honesty, humour, and short snappy writing style. I've always found journalists to make good authors, because they know how to be compelling and avoid boggy writing. Becker was indeed, always striving to cut through the b*llsh*t to get to what really mattered. Unfortunately, with his acerbic wit he may have p*ssed off some people in his life, burned some bridges, perhaps not realizing that his manner could be off putting. Or else he was just being recklessly forthright, in an effort to be true to himself. Either way, he also made a lot of friends, and it is evident from the book, that he is clearly devoted to his craft and to his family. He's always been a pleasant neighbour, even though our dogs don't get along.
His craft is writing, and he has written about an impressively wide variety of subjects: crime, travel, sports, politics, entertainment, etc. There are all kinds of interesting stories about famous people he has interviewed and private anecdotes that never made it to press. The inside scoop is why we love memoirs so much. A good memoir should also point to something beyond the individual, and this one does that as well. It gives a veteran's view of journalism over the last 50 years. Being a journalist requires curiosity, grit, determination, hard work but also vulnerability. Putting your hard won well-crafted words 'out there' can be scary. I'll end with another quote from Ken because it speaks to the value of memoir and passing on our stories. "While most people make arrangements to pass on accumulated riches, whether substantial or meager, many fail to recognize the value and uniqueness of their life stories." Thanks for your contribution Ken! It's inspiring.