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Some trail statistics (we might add to theses later):
Day 1 (Friday, 7/12): Sunrise Park to Mystic Lake – 10.7 miles – 4 hours
Day 2 (Saturday, 7/13): Mystic Lake to Eagles Roost – 11.3 miles – 8 hours
Day 3 (Sunday, 7/14): Eagles Roost to Golden Lakes – 11.5 miles – 4 hours 40 minutes
Day 4 (Monday, 7/15): Golden Lakes to South Puyallup – 11.8 miles – 6 hours
Day 5 (Tuesday, 7/16): South Puyallup to Paradise River – 17.2 miles – 7 hours 15 minutes
Day 6 (Wednesday, 7/17): Paradise River to Nickle Creek – 11 miles – 4 hours 45 minutes
Day 7 (Thursday, 7/18): Nickle Creek to Indian Bar – 6.7 miles – 3 hours 45 minutes
Day 8 (Friday, 7/19): Indian Bar to Sunrise – 14.2 miles – 6 hours 30 minutes
As you can see, there is a lot of variance in distances/times. Day 2 for example was a little shorter in distance than Day 3, but took us over 3 hours longer! Route finding was a major reason for this. On Day 2, we had elevation gains over large snowfields with zero view of the trail or footprints to follow. This meant a lot of scanning, scouting, and map and compass use.
Day 0 (Thursday, 7/11): Preparations
Backpackers on the Wonderland Trail are required to have permits that assign them to designated camp areas along the trail. As we ran into others hiking the trail, we realized we really lucked out in getting ours (Dave's birthday present??). It seemed that everyone else requested their permits in March! After obtaining our permits, we drove to Morton, a nearby town, to purchase some trip supplies… aka food… from a local grocery store and have a "real meal." We feasted on burgers and fries at the Cody Cafe, a small restaurant with great service and friendly faces. We then drove back into Mt. Rainier National Park, and headed up to Sunrise parking lot to organize our packs and sleep in the car for the night.
Day 3 (Sunday, July 14): Eagles Roost to Golden Lakes
A 7:20 am start began with an easy hike towards the trail split to Mowich Campground followed by downhill to South Mowich Camp. After crossing the river via several bridges, the five miles of continuous uphill began. Alex had quite the turnaround from yesterday's struggles and cranked out the mileage. Eventually, the trail flattened out and we arrived at our camp.
We quickly settled into camp site #2, abandoning the #5 trend we had thus far, ate the last of our cheese wraps, filtered water and crawled into our tent for our typical afternoon nap. We heard some voices, and realized other hikers made it to camp and where picking out a site. A short while later we connected the voices to faces of two older gentlemen. In the short time we spoke, we decided we they were the type of people we would like to spend some time with and decided to meet up at their camp, #5, for dinner.
After an enjoyable evening spent sharing stories with the backpacking partners of 40+ years, we determined that if we had taken camp #5 (which turned out to have amazing views of the lake), we probably would not have gotten to meet and spend the evening in the company of Dick and John, and that would have been a loss.
We settled into our tent that night feeling we had an amazing day of hiking and sharing conversations with our campmates.
Day 4 (Monday, July 15): Golden Lakes to South Puyallup
We hit the trail at 7:15 am and hiked an easy 5 miles to North Puyallup Camp before beginning nearly 3 miles of uphill. Dick and John had told us of their treacherous ice/snow crossings along this section, so we were quite relieved to find that in the mid-day sun we met much better conditions. Slow, but steady progress along the snowfields took us up the mountain to Klapatche Lake and Camp. The lake and its surroundings were beautiful, perhaps our favorite sight thus far. We decided to soak in the beauty and enjoy some snacks from the edge of the trail.
We followed the trail uphill through more snowfields, but found them quite enjoyable and beautiful in this area. We even found ourselves doing both intentional and unintentional butt slides down them.
After all the great terrain since the lake, the trail turned less than stellar for the last mile and a half to our camp. After arriving at our camp, we had a lunchtime feast to fill our growling stomachs, took hobo showers, and washed our clothes in the stream next to our site to try to lower the level of stench we knew was growing. We could tell that our bodies were acclimating to the routine of backpacking. As we laid down for our regular afternoon naps, we did not find ourselves needing the extra sleep. This was a welcome sign, since tomorrow was the long day we had been somewhat dreading, 15ish miles on the trail.
Day 5 (Tuesday, July 16): South Puyallup to Paradise River
Either the coffee in the mocha moose pie we had for desert, or the anticipation of our long day, made us rammy that night, so we decided to sleep until our normal time, rather than our planned early start. We figured the extra sleep would be more important than the extra time. Despite the long mileage; over two miles longer than we had originally calculated, the day was going well. We both had minor breakdowns within the last few miles. Alex's occurred when she was starving and realized more mileage remained than we had calculated in her head. Dave's occurred when he has being bitten by mosquitoes and decided to don his fleece and head-net despite the warm weather. Alex later found remnants of mosquito smashed on his face.
We arrived in Longmire by 1:00 pm. This was an area we were told would be a welcome break from the trail, where we could find "real food." We had grandiose dreams of the food we would consume. We had been told we could get a mediocre burger at the Mt. Rainier Inn, but we would think it was amazing. And that we did. After dropping our packs, taking off our boots, checking with the ranger station for updated weather and trail conditions, we headed to the inn. We feasted on bacon and bleu cheese burgers, fries, and homemade chips, washed down with Mt. Dew for Dave and iced tea for Alex. After cleaning our plates, we walked to the general store and bought ice cream from the cooler and a bag of Doritos we would save for later. We allowed ourselves to rest our feet while relaxing on the porch of the Inn until 3:00 pm.
Rejuvenated by the break and food, we hit the trail again. Before long we stopped to put on jackets and pack covers due to the rain that was beginning to fall. Despite the long day we already had, we cranked out the remaining 3.5 (easy) miles in about an hour and a half. The rain slowed to a stop when we arrived at camp, allowing us the opportunity to set-up the tent, pump, and splash (Alex) and submerge (Dave) in the river, before it began again. After calculating the day's mileage again, we realized we actually had over 17 miles of hiking… not 15!
After settling into our tent that night, Alex was shaken from her sleep by Dave making a loud barking noise. It turns out he heard an elk stomping its hooves around camp and was concerned it would poke its big elk head under the vestibule of our tent and chew up his pack, thinking it was a saltlick because of all the sweat it had absorbed.
Note: At some point while we were in Longmire, Dave came out of the bathroom, asking "Do you see me??? Do you see me??? *lifts shirt* Look at me! I look like 'Into the Wild'!!!" Having seen himself in the mirror for the first time in days he realized he had lost weight since our trip began. Even though we were eating and eating, it wasn't enough to keep up with our activity level.
Day 6 (Wednesday, July 17): Paradise River to Nickel Creek
Tired from the long day, and waiting out the rain (the only rain we had the entire time on the trail!), we slept until 8:00 am. We putzed around camp, waiting for things to dry out a bit and did not leave until 9:45 am. It turned out this was our least favorite section of trail. If we could repeat, we would cut this section out. It was miserable bushwhacking through tall brush covering a rocky trail. We found it ironic that the section of trail we disliked, and seemed to have the worst terrain was nearest the most tourist accessible area of the park. We stopped at the Box Canyon area to cook up a lunch of potatoes and veggies before continuing on to our camp.
Once at camp we hung our still wet items to dry, and began to eat and eat and eat. Our bodies needed all the food we could supply them. We ate desert, then two dinners, followed by trail mix before heading to bed for the evening.
Day 7 (Thursday, July 18): Nickel Creek to Indian Bar
We began the day knowing we had less than 7 miles to cover and had a group shelter site for the night. This meant, no matter what the terrain, it wouldn't be THAT bad. Plus, since we had a shelter, we wouldn't need to set-up the tent, which meant preparing for our last (and long) day on the trail would be quicker.
The terrain today was picturesque, and quite enjoyable even though it involved quite a bit of snow and pretty much all uphill. We arrived at camp to realize we had an AMAZING stone shelter, away from all the other camps, with beautiful views everywhere we looked.
Because of the short mileage, we had plenty of time to enjoy our camp, eat, and relax. Knowing tomorrow was our last day on the trail, we ate almost all of the extra day worth food we brought along, just in case we would need it.
We spent some time checking out the area around our camp, which included a really awesome waterfall and box canyon. The waterfall, though shallow, was very powerful and intense… definitely not something we wanted to fall into!
We settled into our sleeping bags that night, knowing we would wake up early to begin the 14.2 miles to the car. We had mixed feelings about this, it would be great to have real food and showers, but we would miss the beauty and simplicity of life on the trail.
Day 8 (Friday, July 19): Indian Bar to Sunrise
We were up early and on the trail by 5:45 am. The day greeted us with a beautiful morning of hiking. This section may have been the most scenic of the trail. It also provided us with sightings of some fat marmots, and the trail markings of the passing of a large heard of elk.
Despite the scary section of traversing an ice field that sloped down to a bowl, spirits were high. Maybe our bodies were fully acclimated to this life of walking, or perhaps it was the knowledge that today would bring us back to the car, and to glorious food that the was not cooked via rehydration. The mileage to our first landmark, Summerland Camp, went quickly, and also signaled the end of snowfields. From this point we knew we would be hiking downhill and then onto fairly flat terrain for all but the last 2.5 miles. We knew those last 2.5 miles were all uphill to Sunrise, where we began our trek a week ago.
After descending from Summerland, the terrain was even easier than expected. It meandered through a pine forest below Goat Mountain, and was wide and flat. While in this section, we saw a hiker that looked familiar, but wait… that couldn't really be the guy we saw starting the trail on our day 5. He'd be almost done the whole loop…
But it was! Turns out he was on his second to last day on the trail after cranking out 20ish miles per day. After stopping to talk to him for a few minutes, we continued our own crushing of mileage.
Before long, we started to hear cars and see day-hikers, signaling we were getting close to White Birch Campground. Tents, cars, rv's and lots of people appeared… this meant 2.5 more miles to Sunrise! After a quick snack break we began the last uphill push. After 13+ miles, Alex started to slow down, and Dave was still crushing, motivated by the approximately one mile distance from the car. With lots of "motivation" from Dave, Alex started cruising again within the last quarter mile… And there was the parking lot…. and car! Off with packs, off with boots!
With a great feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment, we headed down the road to grab iced teas and a bag of Doritos from the first store we could find. For the record, we downed that bag in under 7 minutes.


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10 Things You Need to Know to Burn More Body Fat
Consider this article your quick guide to fat burning and getting lean.
Whether you're looking to get in better shape for your sport or simply want to get your summer "beach body" on point, burning body fat more efficiently will help you reach your goal faster. With that in mind, here are 10 things you need to know to burn more body fat.
1. Burning Fat Is All About Energy Balance
Energy balance is the difference between the energy you take in and the energy you expend. Some people refer to the energy balance equation as the "calories in, calories out" equation. Calculating your energy balance should be your first step if you're looking to lose weight, burn fat or gain muscle. If you're looking to slim down, you're going to need to achieve what's called a negative energy balance.
A positive energy balance is what occurs when you're at a caloric surplus, meaning you're consuming more calories than you burn. This results in weight gain.
A negative energy balance is what occurs when you're at a caloric deficit, meaning you are consuming less calories than you burn. This results in weight loss. If you want to drop 1-2 pounds per week (which is generally a safe goal for most people), you'll want to achieve a caloric deficit of 500-1000 calories per day.
There are three ways to change your energy balance. You can reduce your caloric intake, increase your energy output (exercise more), or combine both options to achieve a caloric deficit necessary for weight loss.
2. Resistance Training Is Your Fat-Burning Friend
The more muscle you have on your body, the more calories you burn. More muscle means your body will burn more calories per day, even at rest. Sounds simple, right? However, the only way to build more muscle is to incorporate resistance training (also known as strength training) into your exercise program. By incorporating resistance training, your body will signal a stress response to your muscles, triggering them to grow bigger and stronger so they become more resilient to the stress of the resistance.
Your body will use more calories as it grows more muscle, but you can also take into account the energy (calories) you're expending while you're working out and the energy your muscles use to repair themselves after you're done. When you put it all into perspective, you can see why resistance training is so important to burning fat and getting lean! In many cases, you don't even have to cut calories to see aesthetic benefits from resistance training.
When it comes to your exercise regimen, stick to compound exercises that use large muscle groups over multiple joints to get the most out of your workouts. These include movements like Squat variations, Deadlifts, Bench Press, Push-Ups, Rows, Pull-Ups, etc.
Generally speaking, free weights and bodyweight exercises will burn more calories and build more muscles while also keeping your body more resilient than exercising via machines. Another thing to consider is rest time between sets. If your main goal is fat loss, you will want to keep the intensity high during your workouts. There are a couple ways you can do this. You can increase the weight or load of the exercise, or decrease the rest time between sets. Typically, you want your rest interval to be 30-60 seconds (though it depends on how heavy you're lifting). Sticking to these simple rules will allow you to burn more calories during your workouts and expedite the fat loss process!
3. HIIT Cardio Works Wonders
Cardio is anything that raises your heart rate. When you think of cardio, you probably think of steady state cardio jogging or cycling for 30 minutes at the same pace and speed. But if your goal is to burn fat, interval training is much more effective than steady-state cardio. Interval training entails the inclusion of several bursts of intense or all-out effort exercise into your workout.
The most important thing about high intensity interval training (HIIT) is that it keeps your body burning fat even after you leave the gym. During a HIIT workout, your body can't shuttle enough oxygen to your muscles during periods of hard work. Therefore, your muscles accumulate an oxygen "debt" that must be repaid post-workout in order to get back to normal. The result: your metabolism is sky high for hours after your workout. Fitness professionals refer to this concept as excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC). The biggest way to use it to your advantage is to regularly work short, intense bouts of exercise into your workout regimen.
Here are benefits of HIIT workouts:
Time efficient
Boost metabolism
Stimulates growth hormones
Develops cardiovascular system
Improved heart health
Decreases recovery time
Variety of workout types
When creating interval workouts, focus on work-to-rest ratio. This could be as simple as 30-second sprints followed by 30 seconds of rest for 8 sets. This is an example of an equal work to rest ratio interval. You can make this same workout easier by increasing the amount of rest or by decreasing the work interval. For example, 15-second sprints followed by 45 seconds of rest would be a 1:3 work to rest ratio. Always start with moderate intensity then progress as your fitness level improves. The beauty of HIIT is that even just a few sprints of intense effort can produce powerful health benefits.
4. More Fiber Will Help Your Effort
Fiber is a type of carbohydrate, but unlike other carbohydrates, the body cannot break down fiber into glucose and use it for energy. There are two types of fiber: soluble and insoluble. Both are beneficial in different ways.
Soluble fiber attracts water during the digestive process, forming a gel-like substance that delays the emptying of your stomach and helps keep you fuller for longer. Additionally, it can lower blood cholesterol by interfering with the absorption of dietary cholesterol, helping to remove it from the body.
Insoluble fiber provides bulk to your bowel movements and prevents constipation.
Here is a list of some common foods rich in fiber:
green beans
whole grains
green leafy veggies
Fiber-rich food slows the release of carbohydrates. Black beans, berries, sweet potatoes and other high-fiber foods are digested at a much slower rate than low-fiber foods, causing a slow, steady stream of glucose to be released into your blood stream. On the other hand, low-fiber foods like white bread digest much faster, causing rapid spikes in insulin followed by dramatic crashes.
High-fiber foods like broccoli will fill you up and make you feel satisfied longer, even when you eat less food. One cup of broccoli yields about 40 calories with 10 grams of carbs, 4 of which are "unabsorbable" fiber. Compare that broccoli to one cup of pasta that yields around 150 calories with 45 grams of carbs. You'd be able to blow through that cup of pasta like it was nothing, and probably go back for seconds and thirds, but that single cup of broccoli may be filling enough that you feel great for hours. A diet high in soluble fiber has been found to help stave off visceral belly fat, a particularly dangerous type of fat.
5. All Calories are Not Created Equal
The foods we eat are just as important as the calories they supply. Simply put, everything you eat can be categorized as either a carbohydrate, fat or protein. Each of these three macronutrients will metabolize differently, even though they all provide calories. One gram of protein provides 4 calories, one gram of carbs provides 4 calories, and one gram of fat provides 9 calories.
If your diet consists of donuts and candy, for example, you'll look and feel differently than if your diet consists of lean meat and vegetables. Protein has a higher thermic effect than carbohydrates and fats. This means your body burns more calories breaking down and digesting protein than it does carbs and fats. Additionally, protein is more filling than carbohydrates.
Although protein is an important part of a healthy diet, you certainly shouldn't derive all of your calories from that one macronutrient. Carbohydrates and fats are essential for optimal health as well. Certain fats, such as medium-chain fatty acids like coconut oil, are actually linked to increased energy expenditure and reduced hunger when included in the diet.
Carbohydrates are your body's go-to energy source and are necessary for maintaining intensity during your workouts. However, carbohydrates also fill up your body's glycogen stores quickly, so excess carbs in your diet can mean excess fat.
Everyone's body is different. There is not a one-size-fits-all solution to calorie intake or macronutrient breakdown. The best thing you can do is track what's going into your body, adjust as needed and repeat that process until you get the desired outcome you want. A calorie deficit will result in weight loss, and a calorie surplus will result in weight gain, but the quality of the calories you consume can have a big effect in how those changes manifest in your body.
6. Track Your Progress, Tweak Your Process
This is probably the most important tip for getting and staying lean. You must track your progress, take body measurements, measure your body fat and weight, etc. Recording your food choices and portions will also help you zero in on what makes you feel and function best.
I know it sounds simplistic, but the only real way to figure out what will work best for you is trial and error. However, there are a couple of things you can do to make the process easier. No. 1, figure out your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE).
This number tells you how many calories you need to consume to maintain your current weight based on your activity level. If your goal is fat loss, you will want to subtract 500 from that number and that will be the number of calories you will need to consume each day to lose weight and burn fat. To be consistent, track and record what you eat to see how close you are to calorie needs. Once you have controlled your caloric intake, you can start to break those calories down into macronutrient ratios.
Knowing your natural body type can help you zero in on the right macronutrient ratio for you.
If you're an ectomorph, you're naturally thin with skinny limbs and a high tolerance for carbohydrates. Usually your metabolic rate is fast. A good starting macronutrient ratio for you would be something like 25% protein, 55% carbs and 20% fat.
Mesomorphs are naturally muscular and athletic. They have a moderate carbohydrate tolerance and a moderate metabolic rate. Mesomorphs can usually start at a 30% protein, 40% carb, and 30% fat macronutrient ratio.
If you're naturally broad and thick, you're probably an endomorph. Endomorphs have a low carbohydrate tolerance and a slow metabolic rate. If you're an endomorph, try a ratio of 35% protein, 25% carbs and 40% fat.
7. Added Sugar Is the Enemy
Too much added sugar might be the single biggest issue in the modern American diet. In an age when the average American consumes a staggering 88 grams of added sugar per day (the American Heart Association recommends a limit of 24 grams per day for women and 36 grams per day for men), food producers are using lots of it to ensure they're appealing to consumers' tastes. While you likely know obvious culprits like candy, cookies, ice cream, soda, etc., even foods like barbecue sauce and cole slaw can contain staggering amounts of added sugar.
Diets high in added sugar have been linked to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, tooth decay and even cancer. Foods high in added sugar are typically low in overall nutrients, making them little more than empty calories. The FDA states that "scientific data shows that it is difficult to meet nutrient needs while staying within calorie limits if you consume more than 10 percent of your total daily calories from added sugar."
Ten percent of your daily calories from added sugar sounds like a lot, but it's frighteningly easy to surpass that total. One gram of sugar contains 4 calories. A 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola contains 39 grams of sugar (virtually all of which are added sugar). That's 156 calories of added sugar—nearly 8 percent of your total daily calories if you're on a 2,000 calorie a day diet.
8. Water Makes Everything Run Better
A lot of people underestimate the importance of hydration when it comes to fat loss, but drinking plenty of water is one of the easiest steps you can take for a healthier body and mind. A 2016 study of nearly 10,000 adults found that people who took in too little water on a daily basis had 50 percent higher odds of being obese than those who consumed enough, even after adjusting for factors like age, gender and income.
Start drinking early in the morning and aim to drink between 3-5 liters per day, depending on your body composition. This will help flush your body of toxins and allow your body to function optimally. Some other benefits of drinking lots of water include: healthier skin, teeth and bones, improved digestion, reduced fatigue and increased fat metabolism. Adequate water simply helps your body run better.
9. Keep Healthy Snacks on Deck
Snacking is often our biggest downfall when it comes to eating well and getting lean. The issue isn't snacking itself, but what we choose for our snacks. Many popular snack choices just aren't healthy. You want to aim for three medium-sized meals a day and supplement the rest of your daily calorie needs with 2-3 snacks. Here are a few healthy snack ideas:
Protein shake/smoothie
Handful of nuts
Berries or apple
Greek yogurt
Hard-boiled egg
Celery with almond butter
Hummus and carrots
Cottage cheese
10. Manage Your Stress
For most of us, stress is a fact of life. Unfortunately, research reveals that it's also a fact of fat. Even if you usually eat well and exercise, chronic high stress can prevent you from losing weight and burning fat efficiently.
Every time you have a stressful day, your brain instructs your cells to release potent hormones. You get a burst of adrenaline, which taps into stored energy so you can fight or flee. At the same time, you get a surge of cortisol, which tells your body to replenish that energy even though you haven't actually burnt very many calories. This can make you hungry—very hungry. And your body keeps pumping out that cortisol as long as the stress continues. So if you're consistently stressed out, overeating can become a habit. Increased levels of cortisol also cause higher insulin levels, dropping your blood sugar and leading to cravings for sugary, high-fat foods.
Levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, rise during tension-filled times. This can turn your overeating into a habit. Because increased levels of the hormone also help raise insulin levels, your blood sugar drops and you crave sugary, fatty foods.
A University of San Francisco study published in 2011 found that rats placed in high-stress situations were likely to use fatty and sugary foods to self-medicate. The comfort food had a calming effect on the rats' brains that restricted the release of stress-related hormones. Stress hormones send messages to the body, one of which is to store fat around the body. The most studied and effective way to reduce stress is meditation, because it lowers cortisol and blood pressure levels.
Here are a few things you can do to relieve stress:
Deep breathing techniques
Sleep (at least 7 hours or more a night)
Light exercise
Now you are equipped with the information you need to start your journey toward getting lean and mean! Remember, getting the results you want is all about utilizing the most effective methods. This means performing appropriate workouts like HIIT and interval cardio workouts to maximize fat burn. Calculate your calorie needs, body measurements, macronutrient goals, and be flexible to make adjustments on the fly. Stay away from foods with added sugars, drink lots of water, eat frequent meals, have healthy snacks ready, and stay stress free! If you're looking for a structured routine to help you burn fat and build muscle, try my 8-week Lean Machine program.
Source: http://www.stack.com/a/10-things-you-need-to-know-to-burn-more-body-fat?

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I simply love Clique kits and Creative Embellishments! Two hit companies!!
C'est Magnifique Scrapbooking sketch challenge
Scrap Around the World Mood board. I was inspired by the vintage feel of this mood board. The soft pinks balanced by the brassy colored clock and the key.


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Blind Man's Bluff/
A favorite: walking through the curtain, a baby's blind man's bluff, in which my son listened to his parents' crooning, "Where's Beren? Where is he? I don't see him." He responded by gleefully crashing through curtain into the room. As he reached the end of the curtain, his laughing face was revealed. He went back and forth, from lit room to darkened room, avoiding toys, crumpled blankets, and other pitfalls. He walked directly into the bedroom, but trips into the dining room were different. He calculated that walking straight would cause him to run into the front door before the curtain ended. He never had to hit the front door to learn that. He simply made an arc to his right, passing expertly through the dining room chairs and his high chair.
My son has learned the art of the pause. Last night I watched him present the book I Am A Bunny to a visiting friend. She offered to read to him, and he climbed into her lap. He leans against the wall or bed, feeling something is behind him. He embraces large plush toys, pillows, soft blankets. Now that he has proven he can walk, he can also stop.
Meanwhile, movement has reached new levels. Truly new levels - he can climb the dining room chairs, the outside of his crib, from the bed he can climb onto the window sill by holding onto the window sash (we try to discourage this, but Jared and I had to witness and then photograph and then videotape. So, he's done this at least four times. At least.).


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Daily Archives: 24 Feb 2017
Be Glad You Aren't Thomas Cranmer Today…
Meanwhile, In Europe
Something for the Barthians
Which makes one wonder- given Barth's very odd behavior- 'what are you smoking, Karl?'
Still, I have to admit, Karl had great penmanship.
Today With Zwingli: Zwingli's 1526 Edition of Pindar
S. Jackson remarks, justifiably,
On April 14, 1525, Zwingli was chosen rector of the Carolinum, the Great Minster school; consequently he moved into the official residence of the rector, and lived there until death. He used his new position to improve the schools and took part himself in the biblical instruction, which he had made part of the curriculum. That he was still fond of humanistic studies and had not forgotten his Greek amid all his absorbing labours, he demonstrated by issuing on February 24, 1526, in Basel, an edition of the poems of Pindar.
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Zu den schönsten Zeugnissen von Zwingiis Verehrung der Antike gehört seine Praefatio und seine Epistola zu der Pindar-Ausgabe seines früh verstorbenen Freundes Jakob Ceporin. Ihre Bedeutung ist daher auch in der neuen Zwingliausgabe (Bd. IV, S. 863 ff.) entsprechend hervorgehoben worden.
You can read the Preface here. Zwingli was a man of learning. And he remained exactly that his entire life.
#ICYMI – Newly Discovered Portraits of the Reformers Have Been Put on Display in Zurich
And they're on display at the Zurich Central Library:
Sechs Gemälde aus der Reformationszeit schlummerten dreizehn Jahre im Keller des baugeschichtlichen Archivs in Zürich. Nun sind die wichtigen Zeugen der Reformation in der Zentralbibliothek zu sehen.
«Das war wie Weihnachten», sagt Jochen Hesse, Leiter der Graphischen Sammlung der Zentralbibliothek Zürich über die sechs Wandbilder, die sie geschenkt bekam. Hesse hatte die sechs Doppelporträts aus der Reformationszeit 2013 zufällig bei einem Besuch im baugeschichtlichen Archiv der Stadt Zürich entdeckt. Sie lagerten dort seit ihrer Restaurierung vor dreizehn Jahren.
«Ich war neugierig und fragte nach Herkunft und Besitzer», erzählt er. So erfuhr er, dass die Bilder aus dem Haus des Buchdruckers Christoph Froschauer stammten, der durch den Druck von Werken der Reformatoren ein wichtiger Förderer der Reformation in Zürich wurde. Als Eigentümerin der Liegenschaft an der Froschaugasse waren inzwischen die Schaeppi Liegenschaften Besitzer der Bilder.
Christmas indeed! Read the rest.
John Calvin: On The Superstition of Lent
I'll happily stand with Calvin on the issue of Lent and leave those who wish to lie in the filth of the pigsty of 'tradition' simply for the sake of 'tradition' to do so.
Institutes 4.12.20 reads thusly (with particularly useful descriptions of lenten observance and observers bold-faced)
Then the superstitious observance of Lent had everywhere prevailed: for both the vulgar imagined that they thereby perform some excellent service to God, and pastors commended it as a holy imitation of Christ; though it is plain that Christ did not fast to set an example to others, but, by thus commencing the preaching of the gospel, meant to prove that his doctrine was not of men, but had come from heaven.
And it is strange how men of acute judgment could fall into this gross delusion, which so many clear reasons refute: for Christ did not fast repeatedly (which he must have done had he meant to lay down a law for an anniversary fast), but once only, when preparing for the promulgation of the gospel. Nor does he fast after the manner of men, as he would have done had he meant to invite men to imitation; he rather gives an example, by which he may raise all to admire rather than study to imitate him.
In short, the nature of his fast is not different from that which Moses observed when he received the law at the hand of the Lord (Exod. 24:18; 34:28). For, seeing that that miracle was performed in Moses to establish the law, it behoved not to be omitted in Christ, lest the gospel should seem inferior to the law. But from that day, it never occurred to any one, under pretence of imitating Moses, to set up a similar form of fast among the Israelites.
Nor did any of the holy prophets and fathers follow it, though they had inclination and zeal enough for all pious exercises; for though it is said of Elijah that he passed forty days without meat and drink (1 Kings 19:8), this was merely in order that the people might recognise that he was raised up to maintain the law, from which almost the whole of Israel had revolted.
It was therefore merely false zeal, replete with superstition, which set up a fast under the title and pretext of imitating Christ; although there was then a strange diversity in the mode of the fast, as is related by Cassiodorus in the ninth book of the History of Socrates: "The Romans," says he, "had only three weeks, but their fast was continuous, except on the Lord's day and the Sabbath. The Greeks and Illyrians had, some six, others seven, but the fast was at intervals. Nor did they differ less in the kind of food: some used only bread and water, others added vegetables; others had no objection to fish and fowls; others made no difference in their food." Augustine also makes mention of this difference in his latter epistle to Januarius.
True words, Calvin. Truly said. Let's see how the rabid lent-ianists like those apples.
13 Heretical Notions 'The Shack' Perpetrates
The History of the Qumran Discoveries
Here's a neat little post by Simone Venturini.
Between 1946 and 1947, a pastor of the Bedouin tribe Ta'amireh was herding his flock in the area called Khirbet Qumran (i.e. the Qumran ruins). At some point, perhaps to drive out some animal, he throws a stone. It ends in a cave. He hears a noise like terracotta objects that break. He enters the cave. The epic of the Qumran discoveries starts.
Martin Luther and the 95 Theses: The Exhibition
Five hundred years ago, on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses, a series of statements and proposals about the power of indulgences and the nature of repentance, forgiveness and salvation. Originally intended for academic debate, the document quickly gained popularity, garnering praise and condemnation alike, and is generally seen as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. "The Image of a Fractured Church: Martin Luther and the 95 Theses" presents the context of Martin Luther's Theses, the role of indulgences in sixteenth century religious life and the use of disputations in theological education. Shown also are the early responses to Luther's Theses by both his supporters and his opponents, the impact of Luther's Reformation, including depictions of the posting of the Ninety-Five Theses in later Protestant traditions, as well as current attempts by Catholics and Protestants to find common ground.
An Exhibit Curated by Dr. Armin Siedlecki
Very exciting!
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"The entire Christian life, root and stem and branch and blossom, is one continuous fellowship with Christ." – Geerhardus Vos
A Dutch Historian Reviews "The Commentary"
Read it here. Or enjoy the English version below:
The humanities are, essentially, a pedagogical program. The study of history and foreign cultures serves to help us understand our own civilization and age a bit better, helps us recognize our own prejudices, and puts our own ideas in a different perspective. Besides, the humanities can be great fun.
Because it would be unfair if only academics benefit from the humanities, academics are supposed to transfer their insights to society, but – pace authors like Eric Cline – this duty is seriously neglected. Stripped of their pedagogical essence, the humanities have become sterile activities. The government can stop financing them and no one would really notice, because we lost the humanities a long time ago. For various reasons, other disciplines have suffered from a similar loss of significance. In religious studies, however, there are some interesting initiatives, initiatives that may also be useful among the humanities.
One of these initiatives is the commentary on the Bible by Jim West, a theologian who is lecturer in Biblical and Reformation Studies at Ming Hua Theological College in Hong Kong and is also Pastor of a Baptist Church in Petros, Tennessee.
In his commentary, West explains every chapter from Genesis to Revelation to "the person in the pew": the ordinary member of a church, who, when reading the Bible, encounters a desperately foreign culture and therefore needs some guidance to understand it. This fact applies to every ancient text and therefore, the success of West's commentary shows me, a historian of the ancient world, a road to take to give the humanities back their lost pedagogical essence.
West's approach is straightforward: he offers the Bible in a translation (American Standard Version) and interrupts the narrative every now and then to explain a couple of verses. His comments are aimed "at English speaking and reading members of the community of faith": in other words, he makes the ancient texts accessible for believers. His approach can be applied to other ancient authors as well, such as the Epic of Gilgameš, the Iliad, Herodotus, Caesar, Suetonius, or Augustine.
That would even be quite easy. If I were to write a West-like commentary on Caesar's Gallic War, I would have to make sure that a modern reader receives some background knowledge so that he may understand what Caesar takes for granted and can understand and enjoy the dictator's writing. Such a commentary would not be easy to write, but it is a straightforward job. As a pastor, West has an additional task: he needs to present the text in such a way that the faithful can use the Bible as a guideline. As I said, West's approach is straightforward. The fact that he succeeds is encouraging for everyone who thinks that the study of ancient texts is meaningful.
Back to West's commentary, which was not written to show ancient historians how to regain purpose, but is intended as a means of pastoral care. I am no theologian and cannot judge the theological merits, but I can say that it is a pleasant read. I am currently reading a text I know quite well, Daniel, and West has pointed out many aspects I had not recognized before. The PDFs of West's Commentary for the Person in the Pew are on my tablet, allowing me to go through the entire Bible when my train is delayed or has been cancelled. Given the quality of Dutch public transport I expect to have renewed my encounter with the Bible within a few months.
Jona Lendering


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On Wednesday 3rd May, Explore Learning came into school to deliver a writing workshop to the whole of year 7. They introduced a Creative Writing competition. Students were asked to write a story set in 3017 in under 500 words. Students were very enthusiastic and came up with lots of interesting ideas. They learned how to structure a story effectively, so that it was engaging for the readers.


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I did a lot of driving last week. It was a holiday weekend in the US and the UK and we had decided to go and visit our son at college. After a fantastic weekend, I drove north to our UK site for an afternoon of excellent meetings, and then later that same day I drove further north to visit a site we used to own but now work with. More outstanding meetings. I then drove home. I also did a lot of sitting in traffic – nothing significant – just volume on the roads…just not moving.
When I'm driving by myself and not on telephone calls, I listen to the radio. I used to rely on radio for traffic updates, but now the GPS systems are so good and quick it's not necessary. I listen to talk radio. Sport, politics, business, arts- shows where opinionated listeners call in to offer views to even more opinionated hosts. Hosts whose role seems to be to shout down anyone who dares to disagree with their monologues.
In short spells, these shows are often entertaining if not particularly enlightening. Tuesday morning was all politics (hard to imagine I know…but true). Blood pressures were rising; insults were flowing; good manners were in little evidence. And all of a sudden the discussion paused. It was time for Thought for the Day. Who knew? Calm and reflection (and no interruptions) in the midst of frantic discussions. I listened and waited.
'We confuse intent and action in ways that seldom help, frequently misjudge and often frustrate' was the opening statement. I was intrigued. I liked both the simplicity of the observation, but also the necessity to consider the words. The presenter was right – I do mix intent and action. I needed more.
'We judge others on their actions and ourselves on our intent.' Wow – so that really helped me. We assess our own performance based on our intention and yet for others we consider only their actions. Do I do that? Do we? I think we do…I know I do.
It was intriguing to consider how often and how much we judge ourselves based on our intentions. By definition we always know and understand our intent…both for anything thing we do and just as much for actions we don't do. Conversely for others we tend to only see and experience their actions…since by default we do not know their intention.
So I can assess myself based on my intent very easily…whereas for others my simplest path is to assess based on their actions alone.
The intrinsic risk of an imbalance becomes obvious. Our intentions are always positive…but the impact of our actions is unfortunately not guaranteed to be so good. Even the best of us can inadvertently say or do things that have negative or unexpected outcomes.
Moreover, we can have as much of an issue with actions we plan but don't take. I know all actions I plan are based on positive intent – and so my self-assessment will always be good – but if I don't implement and follow through then I am guaranteed zero impact or benefit.
So what resolution or advice was offered? Well in truth advice wasn't much on offer. The segment was thought for the day after all…and it did make me think.
After another hour in slow moving traffic, I landed on two actions for my day based on my newfound insight. First was to seek to explain and understand intent behind actions – mine or others. Second to avoid my own 'intent but no action' scenarios.
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A man jailed in Ohio on terrorism-related charges tried to orchestrate the murder of the judge overseeing his case, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
A Toledo grand jury indicted Yahya Farooq Mohammad, 37, on three charges relating to the intercepted plot to hire someone to kill U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary, who is overseeing the terrorism case against him, prosecutors said.
Mohammad, of the United Arab Emirates, was one of four people arrested in 2015 and charged with plotting to travel to Yemen and provide thousands of dollars to former al Qaeda propagandist Anwar Al-Awlaki years earlier.
Mohammad allegedly told an inmate at the Lucas County Corrections Center in March that he wanted to hire someone to kill the judge, and that inmate went to the FBI, who got them in touch with an undercover FBI employee.
Mohammad offered $15,000 to the undercover employee to kill Zouhary, and he allegedly said, "The sooner would be good, you know."
"According to the charges in the indictment, this defendant not only attempted to have a federal judge murdered, but he did so to obstruct justice in a terrorism case against him," Barbara L. McQuade, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said in a statement.
"This prosecution seeks to hold the defendant accountable for attempting to victimize the judge and for trying to undermine our criminal justice system," McQuade said.
Mohammad's attorney, Tom Durkin, criticized the prosecutor's comments as inappropriate and said he and his client will fight the charges.
"We intend to vigorously contest these highly orchestrated and preposterous charges in court, rather than in the media, as Ms. McQuade has so prejudicially chosen," Durkin said.
"In doing so, we are quite confident that the public will soon come to learn that any undermining of our criminal justice system and the rule of law lies instead at the feet of the government and its informants," he said.
Mohammad allegedly arranged for the money to be paid through his wife in Chicago, according to the indictment. She gave the undercover employee an envelope containing a $1,000 cash down payment in April, according to the indictment.
The undercover employee on May 16 showed the wife a photo of what was purported to be the judge's dead body and informed her that "the photograph was the matter that he was to conduct for her husband," the indictment reads.
She allegedly told the undercover agent that she would have to contact her husband and then would contact the undercover employee, according to the indictment. Mohammad's wife was named only by her initials in the indictment. She has not been charged.
Mohammad was indicted Wednesday on charges of attempted first-degree murder of a federal officer, solicitation to commit a crime of violence and use of interstate commerce facilities in commission of murder for hire, the Justice Department said. The charges carry a maximum of 30 years in prison combined.
A U.S. drone strike killed Anwar Al-Awlaki in Yemen in 2011.


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Rick Perry's Ugly Words
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The leading Republican contender's ill-tempered attack on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has been years in the making, writes MoneyShow.com senior editor Igor Greenwald.
Until this week, the Republican presidential campaign has been blessedly free of economic arguments, besides the general longing for jobs and claims they would be less scarce than this without the red tape manufactured by Democrats:
- The one candidate who'd bothered drafting an economic "plan" got laughed out of the race not long after suggesting that tax cuts would get the economy growing 5%.
- Another hopeful, Tea Party favorite and Iowa straw-poll winner Rep. Michele Bachmann, opposed raising the debt ceiling like the rest, and is an avowed foe of entitlements.
- Rep. Ron Paul's campaign is driven by his economic views, of course, and he would wrest control of the economy from the Federal Reserve and return the country to the gold standard.
- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is running on his business acumen, though it mostly entailed squeezing costs—and jobs—from bought-out companies.
But none of them had managed to tap into the deep vein of resentment running through the electorate this year, and in particular the social conservatives who tend to dominate Republican primaries. That is, until Texas Governor and new frontrunner Rick Perry launched a heavy-handed assault on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Asked his opinion of Bernanke and Fed policies, Perry offered this:
"If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I don't know what you would do with him. We would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas. Printing more money to play politics at this particular time in American history is almost treacherous—or treasonous in my opinion."
Leave aside the fact that whether Bernanke is in fact "printing money" is debatable—though it sounds vaguely more nefarious than buying assets. Leave aside the fact that Perry's logic assumes that additional asset buying would in fact get the economy going enough to sway the electorate, a possibility he seems to resent on partisan grounds.
Here we have a leading presidential contender using language about the head of the central bank that would get him suspended for bullying from most schools if he were discussing a classmate.
The White House is not alone in crying foul—much of the GOP establishment has also voiced its disapproval. But Perry is not retreating an inch—he is in fact standing by his remarks.
This is not a gaffe by a political novice. It's a calculated tack by a canny populist undefeated in a 26-year political career, thanks to a keen nose for determining which way the wind is blowing.
And for the Fed, the wind is blowing in from a garbage dump, because monetary policy in a time of economic crisis is a complicated undertaking that's easy to lampoon as an elitist effort to separate hard-working Joes from their hard-earned money.
Never mind that the hyperinflation prophesied by the Fed's critics has not only failed to take root, but is in fact not even on the horizon. Never mind that the 2008-2009 downturn proved much deeper than anyone expected at the time, and the country is much closer to the brink of a depression that was only dodged thanks to the "bailouts" the Fed's critics deride.
What's notable is that the presumptive Republican frontrunner has just accused the Fed Chairman of treason, hinting that he deserves some "ugly" frontier justice for good measure, and is not only not backing down off that limb but is using the remarks to cement his status.
In an era of economic decline, Perry has realized that the winning formula is finding a scapegoat for the pain voters feel—preferably a scapegoat with whom it's hard to identify. This tactic is as least 75 years old, and hasn't grown prettier with age.
But it's the logical consequence of popular efforts to vilify the Fed, none more popular with this famous Youtube video, now at 4.8 million views and counting.
It's the consequence of news anchors and pundits adopting this video's reference to The Bernank as a badge of disrespect. It's a consequence of a misguided campaign, not just on the right but on the left as well, to either to abandon monetary policy entirely or to entrust it to the politicians—the same ones who made such a hash of things in the debt-ceiling debate.
Perhaps they'd appoint a supercommittee to guide interest rates; it's all Congress can manage these days, it seems. The thought of entrusting monetary policy to people running for elections every two years should terrify anyone truly concerned about sound money.
We live in a complicated world, and Congress regularly proves that it's a world it's largely unprepared for. Monetary policy, like jurisprudence and neurosurgery, is a complicated craft best left to experts.
Treat them "ugly," and it won't take long for the ugliness to boomerang.
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The most common type of shifting which happens in everyone's life at least once is relocation of household goods. Moving with the contents of house that a man has set up for the comfortable living is something which becomes a complication on the D-day of moving. Whatever things we own, we get attached to it and this is a reason we want it to be by our side; but shifting the things from one destination to another is never easy and especially when you are not much familiar to this. Household shifting totally depends on the number of possession a person occupies. The complexity level increases with the increase in the number of goods that has to be transported from a place to another. If you have to expertise in the act then you need to plan.
Plan, plan and plan because this is the golden way for you to come out of the complication of shifting. Few live in 1 BHK flat, few go for 2 BHK, 3 BHK, studio apartment or penthouse; it all depends on the requirement. Whatever is the size of house, the shifting process remains the same, yes the complexity may be less but not the process of shifting. To eradicate worries of shifting people do consider hiring the professional Packers and movers in Punewho would take care the burden of shifting and hence end up the things to something desired and positive too. But, as the charges of moving professionals are never less hence only a few could afford them whereas the rest try their own hands in packing and moving their stuff.
Well, it is not something which is not possible; the only thing required is planning. If you are the one who is talking the whole-sole responsibility of packing and moving the household stuff then this is the article where we are going to tell the most useful and quick tips for household shifting that would make the task as fast as blink of eyes. To make it even more elaborative, we are telling the room by room tips for household shifting. Follow the tips and enjoy your move.
Well this is the most important room and hence we are placing it at the first order. Packing bedroom could be tedious and hence we are here with the tips that could make the task easier for you.
Start with the cupboard, as it is going to be the most time-taking task. Pack the off-season clothes first. Starting the task at least two weeks before move would be helpful.
Antiques, photos, should be packed with special care; you should use proper packing material for the same.
Pack the beddings and furnishing with extra care. As these are sensitive so make sure you pack the same in big box so that, it may not get de-sized.
Bed should be packed at the moving day to ensure you can use the same till the last moment of move.
After bedroom another significant room is kitchen. Packing kitchen is time taking process as there are many complex items to pack and move. Here are the tips to make the process effective.
Pack the fragile items first. Chinaware, glassware is few of the items you should pack earliest because packing the same takes a lot of time.
Discard the left over items or the items that could spill during the move, like the half filled container of oil. In case you wish to carry it then make sure you pack things effectively so that it may not damage the other items.
Cleaning the gas burner before packing would serve you as an additional benefit as you can use the item at the fastest and quickest at new place which would simplify the things there.
Labeling the boxes would help you to open it first at the next destination.
Living Room
The most attractive room of home needs patience to pack because there are many items there. Whether the showpieces or the big screen TV, everything has to be packed patiently. Here are tips that would let you do the task safest.
Pack showpieces in advance because it is a time taking process. With this, you should make sure to use only proper padding materials to ensure the item reaches safe to new place.
For packing any electronic item at home, you should consult the user manual. You can call the experts in case you find yourself not capable of backing sensitive electronic items.
The linens and cushions should be packed in big boxes so that, it may reach to the destination in the same size as it has been packed.
Any indoor plant should be transferred to plastic pots a day before move so that; it may become capable of handling the change.
These are few of the best tips and ideas for packing the various important rooms of house. To make your move more effective you should plan for everything well in advance.
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Relocation is one of the most expensive event and also the most tedious event you will ever encountered with in your life. This not only requires lots of time and manpower but lots of means too. You must have sufficient amount of money to relocate your home with reliable moving company. And for this you must be aware of the relocation expenses only then you can make your budget. Though relocation is a tough and expensive event but this can be done under your budget without any hassles if planned and organized properly. Here are some useful home shifting tips that will help you to relocate your home without any hassles and also you can save upto 30% on your total moving cost. All you need to do is to follow the below mentioned tips:
Get Rid of the Useless Goods
The moving cost depends on the weight or quantities of your goods and it is totally worthless to carry the goods along with you in your new house that useless for you. You should get rid of the goods that you don't use or will not be used by you anymore. This will reduce the weight of the your possessions and also the cost of your move.
Sell the Unwanted Goods
The goods that are useless for you or you don't want to carry it with you can be sold. This will help you to make some money which you can use for your moving expenses. If there are goods that are in goods condition then you can give it to charity also.
Book Movers in Advance
It is very important to book movers in advance, leaving it for the last moment can cost you a lot. Because movers and packers have busy schedules, so they can charge you extra penny in the name of urgency so, you must book them in advance to get their dates at good price.
Compare Quotes
Get moving quotes from at least three Packers and movers in Gurgaon. These quotations include company's details, charges and services. Compare the quotes to know the rates or charges so that you can hire the company that best fits your budget and requirements.
If you will follow these tips then you can save upto 30% on your moving charges while relocating your home. So, follow these tips hire the best movers and packers in Mumbai hat fits your budget and enjoy safe and hassle-free home relocation in India.
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Household goods relocation is tough. For those who are living in Pune, this is the most informative article for you regarding your move from the city. As the city is full of residents and non-residents, hence shifting is a very common feature for the people in Pune. Relocation is a common concept and with it there are the common complications that are attached with the same. If you live in Pune and want to make a move with the goods in your house then we are here with few of the best tips for you, following what you would have the safest relocation ever with the things. Make the safest ever goods relocation with the things at your house and certainly the points are going to help you in attaining that.
Plan Ahead: First of all, you should plan for the things ahead of time. This is a required act because it is only a good planning that would save you from everything till the end of the move. Having the right things by your and a good plan of action would lend you to a favorable result by the end of the move. Hire packers and movers in Pune for your safe move.
Make Checklist: Making a moving checklist is necessary because it would enable you to know about the things that you are supposed to do during the move. How the things would be moved, how much is the moving budget, when the things would be moved; these are few of the things that a person needs to decide beforehand to ensure nothing in the move goes wrong with him.
Hire Packers and Movers: If you really desire to have the safest relocation with the things that you possess then you should hire packers and movers Punefor the task. They would be the best assistance for you in the move and would certainly give you the best.
Carry the Minimum: Not everything that you have needed to be carried along with to the new destination and you have to think about it very well. Packing and moving household goods is complicated because people could not actually make out as what are the things that they would actually need. So, think much sensibly and reach to a conclusion regarding the things that you would need.
These are few of the better and of course the effective ways that you need to follow for your safe household goods relocation in Pune. You should approach movers and packers in Pune if you don't want to face any complication in the move.
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Blog source: https://moverscoin.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/maintain-safest-household-shifting-in-pune-with-these-tips/
Undoubtedly packing and moving the things is one amongst the most complicated things that a person needs to face in his life. Relocation is tough and more than it is, managing 5teh things that a person is carrying with himself. Amongst all the other types of moving and shifting household relocation is considered a toughest one and it is because of the complexities of different items that are involved in the process. Making a safe and secure move with household goods is tough and that too in the case when you are residing in a city like Pune.
The people of Pune actually find it one amongst the toughest challenge for them to pack and move their things from a place to another and it is because of busy life schedule of theirs. Well, in order to meet with the tough challenge of household goods shifting in Pune, it would always be a great idea to approach packers and movers in Pune for the business. They are the moving professionals who are experts in dealing with the requirement of shifting. Whether the move is in consideration with household goods or one wants to shift with the commercial items, having the professionals by the side to manage the requirement of shifting would definitely lead to good results by the end.
Packers and movers Pune are much efficient for the move and it is because of their experience and their ability to deal with the things. They know it well when and how they need to do and organize the things. They are managing the requirements of the move this means everything is going to be perfectly all right. They not only possess the right packing materials for the things but they also have the proper moving insurance. An insurance coverage for the move always keeps it at the safest side.
When there are movers and packers in Pune to handle the requirement of move, one really does not need to worry about anything. He can keep his hands folded and can watch the professionals doing the business. A move with them is always efficient and this is a reason why those who desire to have the peaceful move with no hassle and complications should straight away hire the professionals for the task. Moving professionals would always make it the best from their side because their experience for their work is what makes them the most efficient ones to handle the same.
Blog source : https://moverscoin.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/how-efficient-packers-and-movers-in-pune-make-moving-simple/
One of the most often asked questions is how much does it cost to hire packers and movers? Before people reach to the movers they wanted to know that whether they can afford them or not or are they too expensive for them? Well, no one can say you the charges of a removal company not even themselves before knowing your requirements. There are many factors that are considered while determining the moving cost and on the basis of that the charges of movers and packers is determined. You can only surmise about their charges or fees but the actual cost can only be known after evaluating the goods by the movers. Hence, for knowing the charges of movers and packers Pune you have to invite them in your house for assessing your possessions, only then they can tell you their charges and the total cost of the moving expenses.
Packing Charges
Packers and movers Pune will come to your house to assess the goods. They will look what kind of packaging materials and employees will be require to pack your stuff. The packaging materials and packing cost will be included in their charges. They use higher-quality packaging materials to pack your stuff to keep them safe from damages. So, these are the main thing to determine the charges of movers and packers in Pune.
Apart from packing charges one of the biggest factors to determine your moving cost and the movers' fees is the distance of your move. They use their truck to transport your belongings to the desired location so the fuel charges, rental charges also included in their fees. The charges based on the distance of your move. The more the distance is, the more their charges will be. So, basically it is the transportation cost that they will charge you.
Packers and movers provide different services like full services, packing services, loading-unloading services, warehouse and storage facility, etc. So, their charges also depends on which type of services you take like only packing, transportation of goods, loading-unloading, etc.
Transit Insurance
If you want to have stress-free relocation then you have to do insurance for the safety of the goods. Many reliable moving companies are associated with insurance companies that insurance goods against damages so that the damages will be covered through it. And for this they will charge extra cost.
So, the above mentioned things determine the charges of a moving company. Well you can ask them for their moving quotes that gives you an idea of their charges depending on the services you need. Compare the quotes and hire packers and movers in Pune that fits your budget.
Blog source: http://movingsolutions2.blogspot.in/2017/11/how-much-does-it-cost-to-hire-movers.html
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This weekend we have the grandchildren. "Mum and Dad" have a long weekend in a comfortable hotel not too far away. We have all done this before. We all want to do this again.
I love being a granddad. I love the relationship between a skipped generation. The absence of must – the joy of okay – the reality of saying we can – the reality of saying other stuff can wait. What I struggle with is "being that" over a full long weekend. Small children like being told "yes we can". Small children then test out "the expectation of yes" in more and more things:
Can I empty the cupboard of treats … can I go to the park right now … can I not go to bed – ever … can I drink sugar all day and all night … can I clear the surface s and hurt my brother just because I can … can I pinch my brother's stuff because he breathed on me wrong … can I say why endlessly … can I say no endlessly … and why have you started to say no instead of yes … ?
Despite my best of intentions I find I become more of a parent over a long weekend – a benevolent, loving (grand)parent – just not the same "yes we can" granddad I usually am.
I think about God Soft Hands Jesus as I contemplate the-weekend-about-to-be and my (expected) morphing from "grand" to "less grand" – and then back again.
How I spend my life being a good child with my living "father". How I desire rather than demand. How I converse rather than shop. How he and I have a "thang going on."
"You see, Paul I don't have to "discipline you" nor "keep the peace" nor all that stuff you feel you have to do to make a harmonious home be just that. I don't have to intervene if you want to throw all your toys out of the pram and have a rant. I don't have to walk away to keep my sanity after 24 hours of relentless "me me me" from you you you. I don't have to because my "job" is not to be your carer. My job – if I must have one – is to love you without condition through eternity. The eternity of one long millisecond and the eternity of one long drawn out lifetime.
What do either of us gain by me intervening all the time? You intervene with a very few. Those you know. Those you live with. Those in your small circle of love. Now imagine that with every single one breathing this very second. Imagine "intervening" with unconditional love in every second with everyone everywhere.
I can never have the relationship of a grandfather with you. You and I are full–on … every second … of every day. But I am not your parent either. I am not the one to give or withhold. To reward or to punish. That moves us both closer to conditional love … Behave well love. I know better love. I deserve love more than you love. Prosperity love. Austerity love. Even religious love. And perhaps indoctrinated love. Whatever "condition" you want to call it … "love".
And that isn't me – or us – either. I can only be your friend.
And we both know a song about that."
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I have so much shit to do. I need to pack up the stuff that Nick left, I hope John won't mind storing it for a while. Kevin and I took a load of stuff to the apartment, and he'll be helping me again sometime next week. I'm thinking I can pack stuff up Sunday and we can move some more on Monday. I think we're going to take my newly acquired furniture to either his apartment or over to his new house on Wednesday. Sadly I've been sucked back into being online, I didn't think that after a few months of occasionally checking my email wouldn't be enough Interwebs for me. I was wrong.
I talked to Nick sometime this morning, and he was in Utah going through Mormon country. Scary. Apparently the scenery is pretty but it gets boring, I wouldn't know I've never been that far West. My mother, one of her friends and I took a two week long road trip to Yellowstone, I loved it, it'd be fun to do something like that again.
I really like Nick's old laptop, it's an IBM Think Pad circa 2004-2005, it's a little iffy with the wireless, but I've plugged it in to the modem via ethernet cable and its been phenomenal.
We're cutting hours at work, which was incredibly frustrating last night. Tyler and I were swamped all night, and we didn't get out of there until 11:45. We were so frustrated. Cafe is consistently the busiest part of the store and we need three people until at least 8pm.
My cat has been going berserker all day long. Freak. I think there's pot in the treats I gave him earlier.
Crocostimpy is coming Tuesday for his birthday, that will be awesome. I can't wait to see him.


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Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Book Update
That will remain the case for a while, while I press on with getting the book finished. I have now written 24 out of 33 of its chapters, so good progress has been made.
I am sorting and editing the photos that will be included in the book as I go, and my Cousins partner, Helen, has been editing my words on a chapter-by-chapter basis.
I hope to finish writing by the end of April, with the final editing and book layout completed by say June, printing done in say August, making the book available from about 1st October. That's the target, anyway!
I haven't forgotten my promise for those that commented on my blog before or during my tour of America!
24 comments:
Nose, grindstone, no assy req'd
- 17 January 2012 at 15:00
- motoroz said...
Keep up the good work. I am sure it is time consuming. Don't wear yourself out.
- 17 January 2012 at 17:49
- Raftnn said...
Good stuff Gary. I have just started reading Jupiters Travels, but I look forward to reading yours over the xmas break next year.
I am sure it is a most rewarding experince for you. AS you near the end you will have a great senses of accomplishment.
- 17 January 2012 at 19:06
- Gary France said...
No Name - too right. Just get her done!
Oz - time consuming is right, and some! It has taking far more time than I expected.
Roger - You are right about the sense of accomplishment. I started by counting how many chapters I had tick off on my list, but now I can just look at how many chapters are left to write. That feels so much better.
- 17 January 2012 at 19:49
- mq01 said...
yay what fun!... i cant wait to read it!
- 17 January 2012 at 21:02
- Trobairitz said...
Wow, 24 down and 9 to go. Good for you for plugging away.
- 17 January 2012 at 22:16
- FLHX_Dave said...
I'm really looking forward to this. I'll start saving up and promote the snot out of it.
- 18 January 2012 at 00:06
- VStar Lady said...
Am impressed ... and looking forward to reading.
- 18 January 2012 at 00:49
- SonjaM said...
This is awesome news. Something to look forward come next winter.
The way you are used to planning projects I am sure that you will hit your set timeline on the spot.
- 18 January 2012 at 02:24
- WooleyBugger said...
Well, you have me on the hook so mark me a copy. Sure, your closer to getting yours done. Hopefully I'll have mine done and on your shelf one day.
- 18 January 2012 at 03:25
- Gary France said...
mq01 – It is fun writing it, but it is a lot more challenging than I thought it would be.
Trobairitz – As soon as the number of chapters left to write was less than the number already written, plugging away seemed to get a lot easier!
Dave – You won't need to save. When I decided to write the book I made a promise on my blog that I fully intend to keep. That was that everyone who had written a comment on my blog before my trip across the USA finished, would receive a free copy of my book. Those comments helped and encouraged me to keep writing my blog each day and without that, there would be no book, so I want to say thank you to those people that kept reading my blog and without knowing it, drove me to keep writing.
VStar Lady – Thanks, I hope that you enjoy reading it.
Sonja – As I sit here and think about people looking at book next winter, I hope they will be cheered by the amount of blue skies in so many of the pictures. I think I will hit my timeline, he said, full of hope......
- 18 January 2012 at 07:20
- Gary France said...
Wooley – There will be a copy heading you way as soon as the ink is dry. Writing is much more time consuming that I ever imagined. I look forward to reading yours.
- 18 January 2012 at 07:24
- Canajun said...
Gary, having written a couple of books myself I can relate. The last one (a family history) took 10 years on and off, but I think you'll be done faster than that! :)
- 18 January 2012 at 15:12
- Gary France said...
Canajun - I hope mine is quicker than ten years!
- 18 January 2012 at 15:27
- cpa3485 said...
Sounds very exciting Gary!
It was probably a good idea to wait a little while to do the writing. There would be a better chance to do some reflection. I'm wondering if you have had any trouble recalling specific events from Timbuktu America. At any rate, good luck with the rest of the writing. Looking forward to reading it someday.
- 19 January 2012 at 22:54
- Eve said...
That journey was such a big part of so many of our lives all those months Gary. I'm sure that it will be enjoyed by your family for ages as well!
- 20 January 2012 at 02:55
- Lady R said...
I remember actually being disappointed your journey came to an end. It was fun looking at our country through your eyes. Can't wait to see it!
- 20 January 2012 at 12:43
- Eve said...
I totally agree with LR. Something happened to my blogging mentality after the journey was over Gary. Kind of went through some kind of "virtual loss". It really was a great connection for the "natives" brought to us courtesy of a Yankee Brit!!
- 20 January 2012 at 13:29
- KT Did said...
looking forward to reading this!
- 20 January 2012 at 17:41
- Gary France said...
Jimbo - Recalling everything isn't too much of a problem as I have my blog to provide so any reminders. I did wait a while, but I now wish I'd started earlier as it seems to be taking much longer than I would have preferred. I have learned I am not good at reflection!
Eve - it was very good of so many people to follow what this Englishman was doing in that great country of yours.
Lady R - That is kind of you to say, much of the book is photos, so you will be able to see much of it again.
Eve - it sounds odd to say sorry for your "virtual loss". The end of the tour took some getting used to for me, but I didn't expect it affect others as well.....
KT - Hopefully you will enjoy it.....
- 20 January 2012 at 21:09
- David Masse said...
Gary I'll buy a copy, let me know when and how (firstname.lastname@example.com). I look forward to it. Ride safely.
- 21 January 2012 at 04:41
- Gary France said...
David - I will let you know when its ready. Thanks!
- 21 January 2012 at 09:12
- Dar said...
I am looking forward to the read!
- 23 January 2012 at 19:29
- Rex J. Covington said...
I look forward to reading the book!
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Hi all,
In the last tutorial we have seen how to use Sails REST apis with Angular JS , this time we'll do a more advanced experiment. You might be familiar with fancy urls like
yourdomain.com/profile/username. What if this feature can be achieved in simple efforts , it would be nice right? So today we will learn about Angular Routing and i'll be using Twiiter Bootstrap to spice up the website :) We'll create two pages one which lists all employees and another on which shows employee profile (url - /profile/employeeid )
So lets get started.
We need to create a vanity URL here (without .html or .php etc in the url ). For that we use angular routing technique . In the newer editions of AngularJS , they recommend to use
angular-route.js file to achieve this .This can be found here . Click here for Angular Routes File.
Basic Configuration
Create a directory structure as listed below for Angular App
Now we move on to the Markup Section .Here is the first markup needed, the main page used for routing .
index.html can be seen as follows
Let us move to the first view :) . The main page which lists all employee details and the link to their profiles
$index gives the iterator offset of the repeated element (0..length-1).
The second view - profile view - which shows the details of a single person. Here we'll use the API which we have generated in the second part of the tutorials . For those who haven't seen the API view it here . Click here to view the API – findEmployeebyEmpnum. We will use the same api here also to search employee by his employee number.
ngShow directive shows or hides the given HTML element based on the expression provided to the ngShow attribute.The attribute logic is set in the controller. We can now move on to the controller logic.
Define the
angular app employeeApp and include ngRoute for our routing purposes
Configure the app for routing as follows.
$routeProvider is used for routing purposes.
when adds new route definitions.
Points to note here : Here profile/:profileid is one of the routes where
profileid is the parameter passed (In /profile/123 profileid is 123). This parameter can be accessed in ProfileController using
$routeParams and can be accessed as
$routeParams.profileid .
We will see this when ProfileController is explained.
We'll move on to the controller logic now.
This is the same logic as we saw in last tutorial . We'll now move on to the most awesome part of the tutorial Generating the views based on $routeparams.
We can have the code for the ProfileController first.
We are accessing the routeparameter using $routeParams in the controller . Our API call returns a data as follows .
We have
notFound set to true if there are no employees with given employee number , Check this in the success function and set an errorFlag according . Here we'll understand the power of
ng-show We have previously given attributes for ng-show as
notFound flag . We will show the table containing information of employee if
notFound is false .
This is achieved in the code as follows
notFound is trueshow Error Alert.
We can see the end result now. Lift the sails app and hit the browser with http://localhost/angularapp/ . You can see that it is redirected to http://localhost/angularapp/#/ . If this is done then the work you have done is correct . You will get a screen like this
You will get your employee list , click on any link and notice the URL structure right now . It will be something like this
Here your have created a fancy URL in short span of time . The Profile page will be like the one below
Now check the error page also . Check with the url
http://localhost/angularapp/#/profile/10000 or any other employee number which is not in the list .
It will now show a screen as seen below
Hooray!!! We have completed the routing part very easily. Next time we'll discuss about the adapters in Sails Js and how you can tune it to use multiple databases - A hybrid database architecture with Sails having both relational databases like MySQL and non-relational databases like MongoDB. Thanks for reading and see you there :)
Update : The file for this tutorial can be seen here